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HILLS FILLEDWITH GOLD.
Joseph Brindle and His Wealth of
(lOlClcU vie n vmau o nuic vi .
Dress Robs Her of a Fortune-Christopher
Bechtler
and His Courious Coins.
THE MINING FEVER IN BURKE.
Flush Times at Brlndletown, Where
Kverv Rood of Ground Maintained a
i..itl Mine An Interesting Chapter of
The yiM " .
'1 .
BY COL. T. G. WALTON.
CHiPTBR 10.
'What is here? Gold? yellow, Htterinji,
precious gold ? ...
That makes the sorrow-stricken widow wed
again."
The discovery of gold in Burke
county occurred iu 1828, under
peculiar circumstances. A travel
ler passing through the county
from Mecklenburg, Rtopped lor
dinner at Joseph Briudle's, (living
oIimiu twflvA rnilp.o from Morgan-
l v v v j --"-'
ton, ou the Katherford coauty
public road, where it crosses a
small creek, having its source in
the South Mountaius,) told Brindle
that gold had been discovered iu
Mecklenburg, which had caused
great excitement. Mrs. 'Brindle
asked, "what is gold;" he replied,
"Tl.e most valuable of all metals,
of a sbiuitig yellow color." "I have
something in my draper like that
I found iu a chicken's craw,'? said
tbe'woman, asking to see if, he
said, ''It is gold, and if yon found
it, as you say, there is gold hee."
Trte stranger told them how to
search for it. Brindle and his son
went to work" ou what proved to
be one of the most valuable mines
iu the county. With winged
speed, the exciting news was
wafted abroad. Brindle and his
wife brought the first product .of
their mine about 80 pennyweights
tn AforfTsinton. f which had been
made in a short time by panning
the earth and gravel without the
aid of machinery.) This was the
first gold ever made in Burke, and
.was sold to Thomas Walton, a
merchaut, at eighty cents per
pennyweight. Brindle- gave him
a glowing' account of the extent
and richness of the mine. My
father said, "If it is as you say,
you have a large fortune in store
lor yourself and family, never sell
your jniue; you will find maijy
shrewd men, who will persuade
yoii to sell. "No,' said his wife,
"lie shall j never sell it; not if
they agree to cover the laud with
silver dollars." Paradoxical as it
way seem, it not unfrequently
occurs that trifles light as gossa
mer succeed, when dollars fail.
ami such was the case with'Mrs.
Brindle. After long- persistence
in refusing to take five thousand
. dollars, offered by a compauy,
i-ltirlt litui It u u 1 1 rl linst nnnoaitfuil
to lake, provided she would as
sent, one of the compauy (know
ing the fancy that the Dutch had
for gaudy red colors) as a last
resort, took with him a brilliaut
old fashioned red cassimere shawl,
threw it around her shoulders,
saying he would make her a pres-
eui of the beautiful , shawl, pro
vided she would assent to the
sale. : The shawl was victorious.
The mine was sold. Teus of thou
8 i mis of dollars in gold was real
ized from Brindle's mine. The
gaged in. gold mining, the
miners were at some trouble and
expense in having their gold con
verted into a circulating medium.
X CHI1ISTOPHEB BECHTLER.
1 A German named Christopher
Bechtler, had emigrated to the
Uuited .States with his family, and
settled about three miles from
Eutherfordton, ou the Jeanstowu
road, about ten or twelve miles
from the mines in 1833 or 1834.
lie proposed to tie miners that
he would flux, analyze and coin
their gold for asmall percentage.
A number of the miners agreeing
to this, bad large quantities of
their gold coined in five dollar and
one dollar pieces, and probably two
aud a half dollar pieces, with the
name of "O. Bechtler, Rutherford
County, N. C," ou one -face, on the
reverse, the value, the number of
grains and the carats fine. To
give some idea of the amount of
gold fluxed and coined by Mr.
Bechtler. On one occasion 1 was
iu his laboratory, where he was
working, and noticed the con
struction of the floor, an ordinary
tougned and grooved floor, crossed
at right angles, with strips about
2J inches ' wide,'1 islightly raised
above the main floor, I asked him
what was the object of the double
floor. In brokeu English, he said
a great many times, be as careful
as he could, tine particles of gold
would escape, when he was weigh
ing, melting and coining ; aud so
many persons coming in aud go
ing out on a smooth floor would
carry the scattered gold off; but
rubbing their shoes on the slats,
the gold would fall betweeu. I
asked him if he had ever taken
the floor up, the reply was, "yes,
two years after it was laid, and I
got two thousaud peunyweigts. of
gold." Mr. Bechtler was reported
to the Treasurer of the Uuited
States as violating the constitu
tion. A five dollar Bechtler was
Kent to the mint, weighed aud
analyzed, and pronounced- all
right, and as it did not purport to
be the coin of any nation, the gov
ernment agreed to treat it as
bullion. After the death of
Christopher, Sr., his nephew,
Christopher Bechtler, Jr., con
tinned for several years to smelt,
coin and analyze gold. These
coins are rapidly disappearing,
the great bulk of them having
been recovered or converted into
. l ..till a
jeweiry, tnose sun extant, oeing
a premium.
The gold of this county is usual
ly found iu rather small s particles,
a uegget of any size was rarely
found. I don't remember but two
that weighed as much as five
ounces. The first was found at
the Corpeuing miue about four
miles North East from Morgantou,
the second en the Fleming mine,
on a branch of Lower Creek.
Some time after the late war A
nugget partially crystahzed found
at the latter, is now in my posses
ion, weighiug a little less than
four ounces. It is the most brill
iant and beautiful specimen of
virgin gold, I "have ever seen.
Dr. Satterwbite, who was en
gaged in mining in this county,'
had a theory that gold grew like
other things, iu nature, and was
the prouuctiou oi a cuemical pro
Sulphuretted Ovum Wilson.
Nothing since Our Noble Order
went into - politics nag so
TAR HEEL TiDINGS.1
a:
wreathed its brow with glory as The Cream of the Week's News from
Us latest achievement. Iu its
glorious career it has aspired so
many aspirations, it has achieved
so many achievements, it has. ac
complished so many-accomplishments,
it has scjutillated so many
scintillations that a complete and
exhanstiug category of the whole
outfit would be too volnminus to
mention, A few laurel wreathes,
however, may be hinted at, leav
ing the reader with an extra hand
fnl of leisure to fill in all gaps.
Our Noble Order has given to the
world the sub-Treasury '"scbenie
a system of political philosophy at
once pungent, "potent "and fra
grant with the aromatics of -old
mown hay; it has sent the Sock-
less to the lower house of Cougress
with orders to sock - it to both
Democracy and liepnblicauism
without discriminating much in
favor of Republicanism ; it has
substituted, iu the Senate, a set
of Eolian harp whiskers for a
scintillating brain with a rde
uecktie; it hung a flapping pet
ticoat to its flagstaff and sent
Sister Mary Helen Lease flitting
through the South flopping it iu
face of the Southern Democracy,
yelling "in hoc signo," aud things
like that (Iu Hoc Signo is at
present writing, we are reliably
iuformed, lying, np for repairs it
has been expressed, post paid, to
Mr. Lease with orders to wash the
egg uog stams out of it the next
time he washes, the baby's over
clothes aud other clothes too in
siguificaut to mention iu a pro
duction of this order.) Our Noble
Order has produced oue of the
most remarkable Governors of the
century, he of Colorado, whose
highest ambition is to ride lit
blood np to his horse's. bridle (very
few, even of our best Governors,
are capable of such rank, rnephitic,
gimpson weed aspirations as
that); Our Noble Order has re
tired from the Senate of the
United States, from the State' of
Calhoun and Hayues, a man who
gave the best efforts of his life
for the preservation of the liber
ties of his state, as he believed,
and in his place put a mau who
tries to kill cabmeu when he gets
druk; in the same state it has
subverted one of the fundamental
principles of freedom and admits
spies iuto meu's castles, iuto the
holy of holies of the houie.
These be some of the diamonds
that sparkle in the Populist dia
deni. Bet Iustnous as they are
they fade into rhine stones com
pared to the last, crowning, tower
iug, climax capping, dazzling, be-
All Parts of the State.
INDUSTRIAL AND POLITICAL
Some thins Abont Oar Kdaeational Instl
- tatlona Crimes and C.aaltls Wonder
ful Growth of the Vnl versify Lord
. Richmond" Wants to Uo to Congress
from the Ninth.
!
. .. Mrs. Oliver II. Dockery died
last Friday morning. . j.
X ..There are 192 students at the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, iu lialeigh.
. . Vice-President and Mrs.
Adlai E. Stephenson are spending
two weeks in Asheville. . j
..Horse thieves are
in liowan county, says
bury correspoutteut of
server.
operating
the Sal i-
the
A BOOK VBOM BCItKE.
rBOM L1JCVIIXX FALLS.
ad Their
Ob
..George Brown has been sent
to the peuitentiary for ten years
for wrecking a Seaboard Aairline
train at Piue Bluff. i
..Revenue collectibus for the
month of February in the fifth
district of North Carolina
amounted to $133,Go'J.3S.
..The Statesville Mascot
diets that Mr. Henderson
have lively opposition for
nomination in the seventh
trict.
pre
will
the
dis-
Frof. Aberoethy'e Novels
Striking Titles.
A Herald reporter boarded the
train at Marion last Thursday, and
while riding down to Morganton
hart a very pleasant and entertain
ing interview with Prof. Arthur
Aber.nethey. Prof. Abernethy, it
will be remembered, is the same
beardless youth who used his pic
ture a few years ago to decorate
the circulars of Harter's Iron Tonic
and had written underneath them,
"The youngest professor in the
world." " After a brief conversation
on general topics, the Professor
turned to the reporter and said :
"Well, what do they say about
my novel in North Carolina? I've
been out of the State a good while
you know, and haven't heard how
people were commenting upon my
new venture. Have you heard any
oncspeaking about it ?"
A few"," the reporter answered.
thoutrh tou have not nuhliheri it
yet I believe?".
"No; but I've made arrange
ments with Ltppincott to issue it
for me and send me two thousand
copies at once, and these may be
at home-now. This firm objected
for some time to publishing it for
me because of its title."
"Yes ?"
"'Tis a striking one and quite a
original idea with me. I have
named it, "The Hell You Say."
"The Hell You Say
"Yes; you see unless a man's a
nis Snow la Cpper Bark IVranaals saw
Happealaa frosa 1st rails.
Correspondence of The VI organ toa Herald.
Altaicont, N. O, March 7th,
I8'J. Please find space in TnE
IlEUALD for a few items from this
corner of Mitchell county.
We had the deepest "now lant
week we have Lad in 4 year. It
averaged 15 inches and in some
places it drifted to a depth of 4
feet.
Mr. Ezra Mace Las a cow that
das given birth to two bliud calve
one about a year ago, which is
still living without tail or eyes;
another on the 3d mat. without
eyes, although it is well developed
in every other way.
Mr. J. W. Wiseman is putting
lumber on the ground for a new
residence between Linville Falls
and T. C. Franklin's.
Mr.-J. M. Carpenter is baring
lumber cut to build -a new resi
dence at Altamout.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Franklin are
visiting telatives at Katherford
College this week.
One' of our neighbor ladies
chased a large groundhog up a
tree last Saturday; but he did not
stay there quite 40 days, lias
Lowdermilk come out yet.
'Mr. Jacob Carpenter in still iu
our midst, bat in thinking of go
ing Went this Spring.
Success to The Herald.
J. W. P.
MAINE TO TEXAS.
What People la
Doinjr and
Other States Are
Saying.
A LITTLE FOREIGN NEWS.
Matters Vha Will latere! Oar
k Editorial OmsswsI
"Southern OalracW mm too fMbor
f Mini aad I1 son's Lino.
Bide
1
..Congressman Bower returned
to Washington last Wednesday,
his father, who has been serionsiy
ill, having greatly improved in
health., j
..The Landmark says that1 Dr.
Mott, "the Iron Duke," i leartily
in favor of a coalition between the
Pops, and the ltads. in the com
iug election. . ;
. .In 18S0 there were 607,000 cot
ton spindles in the whole Sooth.
In 1804 there are CCo.000 in North
DvaartTtll Notes.
Crank Or has Some fad OrpeCllliar- I Correspondence of The Morgan toa Herald.
ity he can't make anything writing DYSARTVILLE, N. O, Match 8,
these days. He must depart from 91. The weather is fine now for
the old cut and-dried lines. This farm work, &c, and the people
is the reason I chose the queer are at work.
title." " Robert Howard returned to the
"Then you expect to make I State Hospital at Morctnton tbi the other day asUted her tuii in
money out of the book ? . week after a few dys visit. I robbing a afore in broad day
i uo. i nave aireaav maae ar- Jir. ueo. w. uaruin ana lamiir iicur.
. - r i . '
..Virginia has just adopted the
Anstraliau ballot law.
. . English and Portugese troops
re fighting iu Africa,
..Yellow fever iu Riode Jencrio
is spreading at a fearful rate.
..Mr. Talinage ban changed his
mind, deciding to slay with his
old flock at the Brooklyu Taber
nacle. ..One man was killed and thrre
more beriou&ly wounded in so
election riot in Troy, -Yn last
week.
..Mrs. Mary Elleu Lcax", the
Kamtas ettirout ioitirian, has
Juat inherited a haie in an estate
in Ireland.
..Anarchists exploded a bomb
neat the Parliament Ilou-ve in
Rome lat Thursday, killing two
men and cresting inteue excitement.
.."Down with the House of
Lords," is a cry now freoaetith
uearu in jMigumi i-oi:ticjl merl
in gs, says the Nrw York lleraltfi
London correspondent.
w - -
..ium i irnry a woman s
right tUte. A wuoiau tut there
has joiued n band ol robbers, and
GIVENjVWAY! j
I Two Good Books l
s t
5 with every dollar paid for f
subscription. " .
See inside pages.
C mi iu n inn mm mmsmnisi nmr inu
rangements with the Union News
Company to dispose of several
thousand copies, and I expect to
sell a good many to other firms.
The title catches them; and if I
cao just get Postmaster Bissell to
mail circulars to all post-offices
Carolina. That tells the storv of declaring the took unfit for the
. t. C3.....9. I . . u i r . i g . l
t lit; oiaie a progress.
ill be
ley, cjivc
thiitj.
old piles of earth and gravel have
been worked over three or four
times.
Soon every branch, creek aud
tributary was prospected from
Joints River aud Lower Creek, in
cluding Second Broad River and
its-tributaries; taking the names
in many instances of the original
owners, such as Briudletown,
Brackett town, Jamestown, Hunts
vi lie, and others more euphonious,
such as Val Dor and Golden Val-'
rering an area of more than
miles square. To this
region flocked many like "eagles
to the carcas," many from middle
and eastern North Carolina. Men
of note a'ld wealth, buying the
mines from their original owners
Burtons, Mangums, Hawkins,
Greens, Robards, Alexanders,
Willisesj Norwoods, Weavers, Sat
terwhites, Thomas, Masseys, and
many ot-hers, briugiug their slaves
with them, aud some from Vir
ginia, Hodges and Grahams, aud
others of Burke and Rutherford,
were lnrgely engaged in mining in
this region for more than twenty
years.. . ,
Immense quantities of the pre
cious metal was taken from the
mines duriug this time, and as
there js no means of ever, approxi
mating the amount, it will never
be known. I have kuown as much
as thirty thousand dollars worth
of gold taken from not as much as
an acre of laud at Jamestowu - by
Col. Jos. Erwiu and W- F. Mc
Kesson, at comparatively a small
a mount expended for labor.. Most
of these miners had their families
with them, lived extravagantly.
thinking they had an inexhausti
ble, fund in their mines: proving (
the old adage; "come : lightv sgo
V" u ' - - -
In proof of this belief,-I remem
bfr an incident. Ex-Governor
llutcliins Burton brought a large
quantity of gold to the bank to be
transmitted to the mint at Phila
delphia, by the cashier, Col. Avery.
Col. Avery congratulated him
upon his being so successful in
mining. He said Colonel, "I want
to take your advice whether I had
not better curtail my ininiug oper
ations for fear of reducing the
price of gold ; I verily believe I
cau make bushels of it." "Go
ahead, Governor, make bushels of
it if yon can, I will guarantee yon
won't reduce the price one cent."
There being but one mint es
tablished by the government at
the time, when so many were en-
cess constantly going ou, which
gave use to a chemist's fruitless
attempts to discover "The Phil
olosphers' stone." The Doctor said
this was proven. by the fact that
the old miues were profitably
worked over so often. Professor
Frederick Overman,- a distin
guished mining engineer and
scientist, explains satisfactorily I
think, the increase or the growing
as the Doctor called it. In a book
published by him in 1851, he says:
''There are localities in the gold region of
the Southern States, where every piece of
rock, and every handful of soil contains more
or less of the precious metal. The primary
source of this metal, is evidently in granite
or its associate rocks;' and it is from the
abrasion of these rocks, and when the sold
is in an alluvial deposit and found in a
stratum, it is an indication of there being no
tration from the surface, do not extend to
any great depth bearing gold, as contracted
with pyritic veins; pvritics and all other
sulphurets of metals, are injected from below,
these cannot crystalize from a watery solu
tion, these sulphurets have been driven into
crevices of the rocks, either in the form of a.
vapor, which is most probable, or have been
injected in masses by pressure from below ;
it may be asserted as a fact that all native
sulphurets, particularly all of iron contain
gold ; it does not follow from -this, that all
pyrites contain sufficient gold to pay for its
extraction; as sulphurets cannot possibly
penetrate any rock , but from below, we
naturally conclude that the heaviest body of
such kind of ore must necessarily lie deep in
the earth. This conclusion is supported and
confirmed by practice, for all pyriteous veins
are inveribly found to improve in quality
and quantity with the depths. This circum
stance speaks very favorably for the gold
formation of the Southern States We have
here a belt of gold ores of unparalleled ex
tent, immense width and undoubtedly reach
ing the primitive rock, which, on an average
connot be less than 2,000 feet deep; here is
a mass of precious metal, enclosed in the
rock, that cannot be extracted for ages, and
in this respect the region in question is the
most important of nil the known gold depos
its, California not excepted."
I have given these extended
opinions of an expert, distin
guished iu matters pertaining (o
the origin, formatiou and per m a
uence of gold veins, and more
particularly of what he says of
pyritieor sulphnret veins, to eu-
conrage those who may own them,
in gold regions and may happen
to see this writing. The failure
of miners, hitherto in realizing a
profit from this species of vein, al
though fonud to be rich in gold at
aud near the surface, which by
long exposure to atmospheric ac
tion bad dispelled the sulphurets
and set the gold, free; but soon
by going down on -i the vein the
sulphurets become solid and the
gold imperceptible, -and owing to
the great expense attending the
reduction of the gold by chemical
process nntil recently (as I learn)
it can now be done at a compara
tive "small expeuse. 1 know of
several large veins of this charac
ter in Burke, Caldwell and Kath
erford. Some of them have been
partially worked, and abandoned
on account of the increase of the
sulphurets.-' L- ;
; - . "To be Continued.) ' ' i "'
gemmed achievement of the Pop
ulist party, to wit: sending-S. O
Wilsou over the State of North
Carolina telling its farmers how' to
ship eggs! Oh, trauscendeut un
dertaking: oh, superhuman en
deavor! What a source of wealth
egg shipping will now become to
the agriculturalists of North Caro
lina! With prophetic, vision we
look into the future and see, at no
great distance, eyether, cur State
studded with the. country - man
sions of heu-fruit millionaires!
And when the announcement of
this eggsciting - news maks our
barnyard welkins ring, what a
stimulus it will be to our hens to
lay ! The very knowledge that
their best efforts will be . sent to
market nnder the S. O. Wilsou
method will incite the hens of this
section to such unprecedented ac
tivity that they will have to be re
quested- not to over-exert them
selves. " Who knows bnt -what
eggs shipped by the S. O. Wilson
process may come high, and" the
farmers be enabled to get a corner
on eggs to form the Tar Heel
Egg Tru8t, thns avenging them
selves for being ground down by
the tobacco trust and the other
concerns of this character and dis
position. Oh, what a glorious day
is coming by the time S. O. Wil
son gets through with his egg
shipping. lecture tour! By the
time posterity comes on, every
farm house will have upon its
walls a portrait framed in a frame
of goldeu egg shells the portrait
of a benefactor, the great Gideon-
iteish chief aud egg-shipper, S.- O.
Wilspu. y ;:
This is a pleasant picture.
Would that we could allow it to
hang there nuspoiled. But Sul
phuretted Ovum Wilson, (some
time spoken of as S. Otho or
Sothoj) must be showu up. He is
dealing in eggs, but not as he
represents, lie's the great Alii
ance incubator. - Every where he
goes he drops an egg an addled
Alliance egg of discord, with its
yolk of strife, its white of discon
tent and its shell of agitation.
And after a while these eggs will
hatch. After a while, nnder the
poisonous innflence of this arch
iuenbator, these eggs will incubate.
aii over tue state tnere win be a
popping, popping, popping, and
lit tie, ugly, nasty, long legged, half
fleged, pop eyed chikens of hate
and murder aud spite aud anarchy
will break out! Look out for
the :egg8 he's - shipping. They
are rotten. Charlotte Observer.
. . AUiauce Secretary Barnes'
suit against Congressman Craw
ford, for libel, has been dismissed
on demurrer. Barnes has anneal.
ed to the Supreme Court. I
..Dr. W. R. Wood. 8nierin.
tendent of the Central Hospital
lor the Insane at Raleigh, has re
signed. Dr. George L. Kirby I has
been elected to succeed him. j
..William Littleton and Joseph
Moore, wanted at Taylorsville tor
burglary, have been captured in
Salisbury. The captors will get
the reward of $250 offered by the
State. t
..At Winston court last week
Dr.'L. L. Sapp was acquitted! on
the charge of murderiug a man
named Lamar, the jury finding
that the killing was in self de
fence. . . j
..Governor Carr has appointed
Judge Clarke, Treasurer Tate,
Capt. N. W. Ray, of Fayetteville,
and several other North Caro
linians to locate the position of
the North' Carolina troops at An
tietam. j
..Ella Wood murdered her in
fant child at Durham Wedues
day, by sticking a hat piu down
its throat. She confessed the
ciime and taid the devil made her
do it. We are prepared to believe
that the devil had a hand iu it.
..A mad dog ran amuck in the
streets of Wilmington a few days
ago, and bit four colored cople.
One of the victims, Julia Hill, was
pulled down by the beast jand
fearfully bitten on the cheek. A
colored boy killed the dog with a
brick-bat.
..resident Winston's master
hand is building up the Univers
ity of North Caroliua wonderfully.
In 1891 the iustitnt on had I 199
students, in 18o2 it had 248, in
1893 there were 3lC and iu 1894
there are 395. How long will it
be before the 500 mark; is
reached !
..The Asheville correspondent
of the Richmond Times expresses
the belief that the itepublicans iu
the ninth N. C. district will ."en
dorse" the caudidacy of Mr. Rich
mond Pearson, and says that
Judge James II. Merri'non will be
the strongest man .the Democrats
can put np ngaiiist Lord Rich
1T1 a
iiioiiu. diuige .uerrimon says lie
will not be a candidate. i
..Greensboro Female College is
preparing for n grand commence
ment June 6th and 7th. Bishop
R. K. Harerave, D. D., ! will
preach the baccalaureate sermon.
Bishop O., P. Fitzgerald will de
liver an address to the alumna?,
aud Uou. Thomas J. Jarvis will
deliver the literary address.
There are 20 young ladies in the
graduation class.
public to read my fortune
made."
"What is the plot of your novel,
may I ask?"
"That, too, is an original depar
ture, though it is rather a -mixed-up
affair. The dynamic point con
sists in an argument that a woman
hasn't a soul. Of course you re
member the passage in the Bible
that substantiates this ?
"Oh, certainly; yes, yes."
"It's a little hobby of mine, and
to prove its truth effectually I
spent tnree weeks writing -one
page of my novel. I admit that
a man has a soul, but affirm that a
woman is different, that she-er-hasn't
and all that sort of thing,
you know."
"I am prepared to believe that
your argument is entirely con
vincing." "Thanks. I rather flatter myself
that it is, too."
"1 beg your pardon " said the
reporter after a pause, "but does
your father, President Abernethy,
know the title to your book ?
"Oh, yes," laughed the professor,
"I was three years writing the
novel ; and told him about its
name some time ago. He said
nothing, but looked rather doubt
ful. I'm determined to retain the
title in any event, however. I in
tend to make some money out of
the book and think I can do it by
this method."
"Do you intend to make a regu
lar business, so to , speak, of
writing novels ?"
"Well, I don t know. I may and
I may not. I shall certainly write
one more book though, and this
will have even a more striking
title than the other one."
"Wha.t will be its name?"
"In a Devil of a Fix.' Unique
title, don't you think?"
"Decidedly, and quite eupho
nious. Will it be on the meta
physical order, too?" ,
"Probably, though I haven't
.made up my mind definitely as
yet." .
But just at this point the porter
yelled, Morganton, and the re
porter was forced to part with
Prof. Abernethy without learning
the particulars of this second pros
pective creation of his youthful
intellect. . .
hare moved to Teruesev, so we
are informed.
Mrs. Geo. Taylor was seriously
sick a few days ago bnt is improv
ing now, somewhat.
Mr. Jobu II. Cooper moved to
the Wilson place not long since.
Mr. John Cooper. Jr., and Miss
Ninnie Walker were nnited in
marriage Feb. 25th, 1894, Rev.
John R. Denton officiating.
We learn that Dr. J. O. Sim
mons will locate here again soon.
Glad to know that the doctor is
coming back. He is an excellent
young man and a good physician.
Mrs. George Satterwbite is on
an exteuded visit to relatives and
friends. .
Best wishes for Tbb Herald
and its editors.
Whoee Mm Is McKastt
The Republican organs are still
as gleefully as ignoratly moraliz
lag upon the downfall of that dis
tinguished "Democrat," John Y.
McKane, and now and then there
is an amusing charge such as is
made by one of them that "the
mau in whoso interest Mc Kane's
frands were perpetrated and
whose success was accomplished
by them acts as President of the
republic Cleveland should par
don McKane at ouce and appoint
bun to on honorable office, or re
sign." It will doubtless pain these
dear little partisans to learn that
the frauds for which McKane has
been sentenced to the penitentiary
were committed last November,
just oue year after Mr. Cleveland's
election to the presidency. And
it will not alleviate their pain to
bear that McKane has been a
rather impartial dispenser of
election favors, rather than a
Democrat, plying his arts in the
inteivst of whichever party or
candidate offered the roost ef
fective inducements to him. Iu
1S8S, for instance, McKane was
red-hot for Harrison, turning a
big Democratic majority in
Gravesend into a bigger HaVrisou
majority, for which service,
although Mr. Cleveland has failed
to "appoint him to an honorable
office," Mr. Harrison did appoint
McKane's man to the office of
Uuited States Marshal. Courier
Journal.
..The assistant cashier tT a
Dexter, Michigan, bank told a
pretty story or being slugged by
masked roblers, who took 3,200
of the bank's funds aud fled. He
has since confessed that be stole
the money himself.
..A race war Is raging at
Woodidou, New Jersey. Blacks
aud whites ate both "toting
guns," and a colored man ha
been shot through the back and
will die. The feeling is very bit
ter and there Is. talk of a pitched
battle. This Is not in Mississinm
bat New Jersey.
..Senator Wilson, or Iowa, Las
introduced a bill in Congress to
pat an end to ticket scalping. It
requires all ticket sellers to have
a certificate of oppointment ex
posed to view, aud provides that
all tickets sold shall bear the
name or the ticket seller. The
penalty for violation is 15000.
..The town treasurer of Middle
boro, Mass., has resigned. On a
careful examination of his looks
he found the town Lad $300,000
more cash in bank than it should
bare had, and Le gave it op
iu disgnst. Such a town treas
urer as that woold fill a long Ml
want tn many towns we know f.
..Republican Coogresnmen at
Washington who have imagined
that they were tuding out tons
of Teun Jeid's tariff speech, are
much annoyed at the discovery
that the primer got things mix
ed np, and that they have been
sending oat the celebrated Dem
ocratic argument of Hon. W. L.
Wilson.
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Upon receipt of your address and
fifteen cents in postage ttaxnps. we will
mail you prepaid our Souvenir Fortfolio
of the World's Columbian Exposition,
the regular price is Fifty cents, but as
we want you to have one, we make the
price nominal. You will find it a work
of art and a thing to be prized. It con
tains full page views of the great build
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A terrible phantom la trading near;
With no human look, with ao harass breath.
nc staaaa ocmioc umc ut naaatrr Deal: '
If there is one disease more than an
other that comes like the unbidden
guest at a banquet, it is Catarrh. In
sidiously it steals upon you, "with no
human breath" it gradually, like the
octopus, winds its coils about you and
! crushes you. Dot there is a medicine.
called Dr. 8age's Catarrh Remedy, thst
can tear you away from the monster,
and turn the sytbes' point of the
reaper. The makers or this wonderful
remedy offer, in good faith, a standing
reward of $503 for an incurable case of
Catarrh in the Head.
BY virtae of order mm At br J. W.
HapooMt, CWt o4tW Saprrtor Covet
at tiarkr eoaaly. tat IM apvrtaj
pntdtag a aad rosrl eatitird I. 1
aaxl otkM-rs acsaaat Flora Waatpaoa)
DeaTas
Cavaaat Bo Car
Ordered on Trial.
Oakland. Cal. About two years I
ordered from J. R. Gates & Co., San
Francisco, a bottle of Simmons Liver
Regulator on trial, and so satifactory
has been its use in expelling bile from
the system and regulating the action of
the liver that from an order of one at a
time the order has risen to a dozen bot
tles at onco. B. V. Lawrence.
'"I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for a
number of years, and it has always
given me satisfaction. It is an ex
cellent dressing, prevents the hair from
turning icray, insures its vigorous
growth, and keeps the Bcalp white and
clean." Mary A. Jackson, Salem,
Massachusetts. -
Carry the news to Ma nr.
And, pray, be not too long, !.
For she is fast declining.
And, sorely, 'twould be wrong
not to tell her of Dr. Pierce's Favorito
Prescription. We do want Mary to
know, in some way or other, that this
world-famed remedy will cure her be
yond any doubt ! It's just the medi
cine for young womanhood, and thou
sands baa it bridged over the perilous
sea. '"."" J i-,
From every State, from evenr citT.
from nearly every neighborhood in this
broad land, comes the grateful ac
knowledgement of what it haa done
and is doing for our daughters. The
oniy tneaicme lor the distressing and
painful irregularities and weaknesses
of woman, sold with apost gvaran-
ice to give aatj8iaciion id ev, j ease, or
money refunded. In other words, sold
on trial!
Buckleu's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the worhl for
Cuts, Braise, Sores Ulcers, Salt
liheoni, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped llands, Chilblain, Corns, sud
all Skin Eruptions, nod positively
cares Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by John Toll, Druggist.
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the olaeaaed portion pi the' ear.
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional reme
dies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube get
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result,
and unles the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cored by Hail s
Catarrh Cute. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,Tolede, O.
C7-Sold by Druggist, 75c
..Massachnsetts sailors report
that vessels are being systematic
ally luted to destruction by
wreclers on the 2tov Scot it
coast by means of falc lights.
This recalls the story of the old
wrecker on the North Carolina
sand bauks, hoa.ed a light
fastened ou his nag's brad to lore
passing ships to the reefs.
..In Kruntwick. N. Jn a wevk
or so ago burglars entered the
bouse or Moore Laker aud brained
his sleeping wife and baby with
au axe. Moore flew to the rescue
and killed both burglars in his
wife's bed chamber, lie has jut
turned his heroism into infamy by
selling the bed ou which bis wife
and child were murdered to a
oiuseuu), after coolly maiking out
where each Isy when tb death
blow was struck.
..A dispatch to the New York
Herald from Stroudsbarg, ljn
says that twenty-fire citizens' of
Tsuuerville, armed with shot
guns, bad inarched to the ramp of
a lot of half starved .culoied rail
rod hands near that town aud
ordered them to leave the county
on psiu uf being shot. Next fall
the people of Tsuuerville will be
holding up their Lands iu holy
horror over some facirul tale of
racc prejudice" at the South.
.. At Edgarton, Ind, last week
James Krickson, 70 years of age,
whs dragged out of his bed at
night by a mob of 100 men, strip
led and given n coat of tar and
leathers, lie wss then forced to
run op and down the streets "for
the benefit of the inhabitants of I Jt "ir"-.
the town,' says the telegraphic iiii..psi a. ri,
account. - bat a jircdaody
"Southern ontrsgc this would
have made if it had been iu Dixie
and Erickson bad been a coou I
a saaait
era. I wi.l aril at MbMc aortto. at the Coort
llooar door, to tha towa ol Moriuloa, X,
C-. oa the 2a4 dar of AprU. I, laaas ba
as l srti Moooay.) th
CVaareiti-4 laada. to-wit :
HHT TKACT. ttrctoaia? oa
oaaaah oak aad ar kit oak, to tha
twos a est aoa raoa Koat I OS boara to
stake aad o-Marra oa the axle of o Ma;
tkra Korth 65 fcaat. sruaatag a brooch, 1A
Kara to a stake aad pmiutt am the top of a
jh h.U; tk-ra North Sa West 7 antra t m
state aaa pointer on tne cst bask of that
braorh; tbco Xots 3 tvaat. Iirin
braach at its aartoa art th a ditch at a
ptra.l d poln to a stake oa tha sooth bash
o tha Cats M rtrr; thaw doara tha nnr
Soath a-S K Iihj pnlra to a atakc ta th
Inwrroam W haa ta tb bottoas ; thaw Sooth
ST West ftu potrato a ataka; thaw Soot
1 potrs to a stake. ta th ootatda km ; thaw
West 3-4 1 potra to a stake; thaw North tatkt
brsrtaate:. coa tats lag; lS arre aaor or hrao
as by f i r i ate to report of rnaiaaaiiiaii ha
th spetlaJ peocte1iay entitled Soaaat Saoip.
os et. a a. J. K. twaipaoa. daly rssorded
ta the Clrrh'a oflWa ta storka cosstj artll
asorrrallT spprar.
SBCONU K ACT. TVs-taakao-oa the Korth
aide of the railroad at a stake oa tb bo of
tt Patlrr trad eod rwaa North with Hmt
lerabato a slake ka said Ijoarph) Stare,
son's bar; I bra West with Nuanaoa Haa ta.
pole to a rock oa th North aai of tb rail
road ; tbra tast with the ba of tb railroad
to tb beg-iaatnar. betas a poruoa of tb W.
V. wy laad coarered by J. T. Pattaraoa.
sheriff:, to T. O. aaltoa aad by Waltoa to
; "March to search" is the old sd age
It searches out any weakness of the
system, resulting from impure blood.
Those who use Avers Sarsaparilla find
March no more searching or even dis
agreeable than any other month. This
medicine is a wonderful invigorator.
Improper and deficient care of the
scalp will cause grayness of the hair
and baldness. Escape both by the use
of that reliable specific Hall's. Hair lie-newer.
All
Those who have used Dr. King's New
Discovery know its value, and those
who have sot. have now the oppor
tunity to try it Free. Call on the ad
vertised Druggist and get a Trial Bot
tle Free. Send your name and ad
dress to H, E, Bucklen & Co., Chicago,
and get a sample box of Dr. King's
New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy
of Guide to Health and Household In
structor. Free. All of which is guaran
teed to do you good and cost you noth
ing. Sold by John Tull, Druggist.
..The annual balance sheet of
the Pennsylvania lis il road shows
a gross income for the year on the
division east of Pittsburgh and
Erie of GG,375,223, of which 19,-
379,200 was net profit. The total
gross income of the system for the
I year was f ioo,uo'j,io, with a net
profit of tw,ouo,uoo. There are
140 roads in the system, with an
aggregate share aud bond capital
of 3 13,000,000. If the world has
a greater aggregation of capital
under oue management we are
not aware of its existence.
toocbtb
tastier aad wtar
ss oy ni o srs mrnii aa ra ta
kririaier's 00 of Bark rooaty ta Book .
paaree S73. ate., will asoe faUy appear.
rnl UTII TtACT. Beta ooe ha tatereat
ra 23 acres of laad as by r h ri at to rraat
of the State daly rasnstcrrd ta tho Brrtatrr-a
oAttts Hork eoaaty. Hoot p. pa 414
w-Ul asore fatly appror. 1 eras of eai eaah.
Said laad aotd for parrJtsoa aasooa; tawaato
taeomatoa. This 34 arch 7th. 1
Attar At Ks vim. J. W. SI U PSOJf.
attorney. l
Notice to Creditors.
T 1 1
II Abel Haffaa.daard. no be te here
by s-teea to J1 person boidias rtaJaso
acatnst ha eetat to pit at tbra to tb aa-Ocre-ed
tor paj awat oa or besore th Sta
day ot Febraary. A. U- 1 S. or tbia aotsr.
will be plead ta bar of their Tteotti y ; aad
all prraoaa indebted to aaad. eetat are here
by aotiSed to eoas forward aad settle at
oa aad therebe coeta,
Tlua Sth day of rbraar. A rt.lSSa. .
a HCPPM AX.
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