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CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERrAN. RcV. A.y. White,
pastor. Preaching every second uhd
fourth nndiiy, at 11 a .in.. and lit night.'
Prayt'i-meeting every Wednesday, night
Sunday school ever' Sunday at 9 a.m.,
A.C. 5lcIntosh superintendent.
Ikthodtst. Kev. C. A. Gault,
pastor. Preaching every third Sunday,
at 11 a.ni. and at. night; every fifth
, Snndav at 11 a.m. and at night; every
first -Sunday at-night.-'. Sunday School
every Sunday at 3 p.m.; W. T. Nelson
superintendent.
' Baptist. ltev. X B. Marsh, pastor.
Preaching every' Saturday, before the
fust Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and at 11 a.m.
oh lirst Sunday. " ' V; '!.,.'
SOCIETY MEETINGS..
A. F. & A. M. Lee Lodge Xo. 253
jue ts the fiist Satuixlay of each mouth,
at 1 o'clock p.m. -
COUNTY OFFJECRS.
.31, M. Sharpe, Sheriff; J, T. McFn
tosh. C.S.G.; JL M. Oxford.H.'of D.; C.
J.Carson. Tnaurer; J. P.. Pool. W. K.
Sloan, V. W. teague. Commissioners;
A. C. Mcintosh, A. T. Marsh, W. W.
Teague, Board of Education; J. J. llen
dren, School Superintendent; Z. P.
Deal, Coroner. -
' CORPORATION OFFICERS.
A. A. Hill. Mayor; W. B. Matheson,'
E. L, lledrk-k. J. M. Matheson, Com
luissiouers; E. L. Iledrick, Town Clerk.
THE MAILS.
Statesville and AVilkesboro, daily.
Matter for either of tlese mails should
be in the cilice by 1- . . V j '
Lenoir Tieav.es Tuesdays nnd Fri
days at 1 p.m. and arrives Wednesdays
.andSahirdaysatSp.nl.
- Newton Arrives Tuesdays, Thurs
- da and Sarunluyi at 12 ni. iiid leaves
same days at 1 p.m.
Boomer Arrives- Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves same
days at 1 p.m.
jWntly A rrives' Tuesdays ami Sat ur
dayVat 12 m. and leaves same days at 1
." p.m. . ' '-" L :.. .
1 lamptonvillc A n i ve. Tuesilays a nd
Fridays at 0 p.ni. and 'leaves Wednes
day s. and Saturdays at G a.m.
1I elv Cut I j'aves Fridays at S a.m.
ami arrives Sat unlays at 4 i).m.
r.vusbv Mountain Arrives Wednes
days niid SatuniaVa at 12 ni. and leave.-
same days at 1 p.m.
1'HOFESSrOXA L CARDS. ,
"lUASTFS B. .10NKS,
XV Alloiney-:t-Law.
Pmetiees in the eourts of Alexander.
Calaw i, CaldwelL Iredell and Wilke.
r p.rOinpi attention given lo the eollection
of claims and all ot her business entrusted
to him.
HOTELS.
ALEXANDEB 00U1TTY, IT. C.
This fan'vous Mediclual Spring is now
greatly improved nnd fitted up for a
Health Resort and Pli-asure. Retre-.it.
And tlie Invali-d will here tind rest.
juiet and health. The water from this
Spring is
NATURE'S GPJ:AT REMEDY
.for all diseases resulting from impuri
tieof the -blood, i-uchas Cancer, Rheu
matism, Asthma. '-Liver and Kiduey
tiisease. Dyspepsia. IiloixJ and Skin dis
eases, Secondary. S3phsMis, Ac. Hun
dreds of testimonials can be'had (f the
eurative. properties of the water.' The
Spring is easy of arcess, as-conveyance
can be had at anj surrounding railway
station.
Tkhms: Board $1 per ..day forsft less
time than a month (its days, to count as
a .month); $20 per month. Special ar
rangements and terms for families. The
best of attcn-ti' n -iven guests.
Water will be shipped to anyone de
siring it ai, 10c. per gallon, vessel au l
carriage extra. 1
The following Ismail anah-sis of this
water as madtjhy Slate Clu init Dab
ney: Tot:il mineral, matter in solution
and suspension, I4.G0 gi-ain per luipe
rial gallon, consisting of
' Siliei Very large 'amount.
Carbonate of Iron Little.-; ..
Carbonate of Lime S me. '
- Sulphate oTLiine Small amount. '
, Chloride of Soda Su.all am Mint. .
Chloride of Potash Small amount.
Send iorci l eu 1 .-1 r . ';
. 1. 11.. W1LBAR. PropV, .
Elfendale P.O., Alexander Co.
CAVE A TS, TRADE MARKS,
COPIGHTS
obtained and all other business, in f hn
U. S. Patent olliee atteulel to for mod
erate fees. Our ofiiee is opposite the
' Patent ollice.and we. can obtain patents
in less time than those remote ironi
Washington.' Send model or drawing,
vie advise as to patenrabMity free of
charge; and vvc make no charge unless
we obtain patent. i - -
We refer here to the Po.itmaster.Supt.
of Money Order Div.. and lo o-tUcials of
the U. S. Patent office.
For circular, ddvice, terms and lefer
enees to actual clients in your own
State or count v, write lo '
. C. A. SNOW & CO..
-"-Washington. D. C,
Oppo. Pa ten t -0 llice.
O FECIAL NOTICE. IF YOU DE
. O sireanylhing in the Millinery line,
t all on Mrs. A, W. SiiWEit. No extra
charue for ti imniiug hats. '
JBo'ubcriW t&v the jociiNAli.
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LOCAL DIRECTORY.-
TATLOESVHiLE,
Handling California Wheat.
In no country in the world can
wheat be. bandied ; as cheaply as
in California. During the harvest
season therer is no possibility bi'
rain, and the wheat is put into
burlap bags , and stacked up in
field until the farmer is ready to
ship. When sent to San Francis
co it lies on the wharf until a ship
is ready to take it on board. "y No
shelter is needed, and there are
no elevator charges, the bags be
ing placed on board -ship just as
they come from the fields. In ad
dition to the profit resulting from
cheap handling, t lie owner has his
profits considerably increased by
the grain wheight made On. the
voyage to Liverpool. When the
wheat leaves California it is dry
astiuder, and in exactly the con
dition to absorb the moisture of
the sea air; and, consequently, on
its arrival in England a cargo of
wheat -will; bo heavier by many
thousand pounds than when it
left California. AY heat is never
shipped in bulk, but always in
bags, as when loaded in bulk it is
about the most dangerous cargo
a ship can carry. No matter how
lightly it may be packed at first,
it settles considerably within a
short time, and then it is very
liable to shift. When shifting
tnkes place a ship is as good as
lost, as the change in the center
of gravity throws her ou her beam
ends, and she is near certain to
go to the bottom in, the first mod
erate gale. Many ships were lost
in t his way, and now the shipment
of grain in bulk is tuohibited by
law. .:''.
Men of Genius
So far from being narrow the
man of . genius must, one should
say, be broad in the range of his
concept ion, and if not in .'that,1' of
Irs execution. There is a seuse,
indeed, in , which every artist
would be tlie gainer by becoming
universal. Thus the poet and the
painter may each profit from a
full and exact study of the facts
of natural science, liut then the
artistic - benefit depends on the
subject being -studied not as a
savant would study it, merely for
tlie sake of precise kuoyledge,but
of a the of erksthc poetical or pic
toriol aspects, relations and. sug
gestions which the facts presents.
So true is this that one is hardly
going too far in laying it down as
a cannon that a painter ought
not. to be an authority in the
realm, say, of purely historical
iind ethical discussion. .
The lives of great men have
often shown us a strange and per
verse inclination to break through
the bounds of their proper do
main. More than one man of un
doubted genius has, it is averred,
expressed regret that he had not
attained distinction in some other
line than his own. Wo'le, when
actually engaged in his last crown
ing feat of generalship, is said to
have declared "that he Would rath
er have written Gray's "Elegy
Goethe, not satisfied to be tlie
greatest of German poets, was
ambitions to become a savant as
well. Such tacts appear at first
sight to contradict our theory
that supeilative performance of
any kind implies a corresponding
ing concentration of impulse. Yet
the contradiction is only apparent.
Wc may be sure that Wolfe who,
by the by, became a. soldier soon
after he was 13 was, on the
whole, more passionately desirous
of military than of poetic distinc
tion, just as we kuow that in
Goethe the poeticimpulse was the
most.jiotent ami. permanent; :Such
occasif) 1 1 a ro v i n g am b i t i ons m ay
ineaii notiiing more than that the
great man, like the small one, is
apt to xVer estimate what lies be
youd his reach, or, perhaps, that
that he m ore t h a 1 1 co m in o n me n ,
is aware of the limitations that
hmin him in, and is now and again
disposed to rebel against them.
ALEXANDER COUNTY,
Democratic Record.
- Somebody asked the Little Roclt
-Democrat to point out what the
Democrats have accomplished in
the three years which.they have
had charge of the government,
arid that paper replies as follows:
,1. Tt has restored more than
100,000,000 acres of unearned land
grants to the public domainfor
the benefit of poor settlers. :
2. It has paid 8200,000,000 of
the public debt, arid at the same
time paid more money for pen
sions than ever paid before in the
same time. ' - -.
3. The expenses of the govern
ment have been reduced about
$15,000,000.
4. Hordes of lazy, incompetent
and useless officials have been dis
charged with. ; r
' 5. It has broken up Indian rings
land rings and tradeship rings
that flonrished till the Democrat
ic party came into power.
0. It has established business
methods and strict economy for
jobbery and wasteful extrava
gauce.
7. It has given the lie to a
charge that the Democracy if en
trusted with power would "put
the negroes back in slavery and
pension the confederate soldiers."
5. It has done more Jin three
years to curb the capacity of cor
porations than the Republican
party did in a quarter of a cen
tury. . ' ;-'-
9. The Democratic party re
pealed the odious and unjust tcn:
urc of ofiiee act. v
10. A De m ocr'at ic Con gress
passed an act forbidding the
ownership of land by aliens.
;. 11. A Democratic Congress in
stituted a searching impiiry into
the affairs arid ' management of
the Pacific railroads an investi
gation, which has already accom
plished 'much good.'
12. The Democrats reduced the
fees on postal money orders and
extended the benefits of free de
livery system. Y
13. A Democratic Congress or
dered the adjustment of railroad
land grants.
11. A Democratic Congress
passed an act authorizing the is
sue of small silver certificate a
matter of great advantage to the
people.
15. A Democratic Congress
passed the act settleing the suc
cession to the presidency, and also
the act regulating the counting of
the electoral vote. There could
be no more important acts.
10. A Democratic Congress
passed an act forbidding tlie use
of convict labor upon, all govern
ment works., A just and wise
act. .
Dead Indians Debts.
"The debts of dead Indians are
paid by their relatives," said an
ex-merchant on Main street Mon
day. "When Anderson and Bern
hardt," he continued, "killed an
Indian several years ago he owed
me 8345. Since that time $330
of that amount has been paid by
his relatives. Kentucky died the
other day owing me 850. Already
his relatives have approached me
on the subject and made arrange1
meats to pay the amount. It is
a law with them to pa the debts
of their dead relatives, and they
never braek it. I am sure of get
ting my money if an Indian dies
owing me, but when a white man
dies leaving no property, no mat
ter how rich his relatives are, I
never expect to get a cent. There
is a great deal of good about a
dead In dian, s a ny fcow," said the
ex-merchant, as he closed his con
versitiou and walked away.-jFrom
the East Oregonian. :
The Weldoii fair will be held on
the 1st 2nd, 3rd and 4th of Ko
vember instead of October, as
was stated ii short time since.
EST" Nw and beautiful goo'ls just re -1
tiiived at the millinery store.
X. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887.
A PatlnAaoAA.C!AinaniiA-n ' i
, Marsh-I. Polk robbed the State
treasury of Tennesse of several
hundred thousand : dollars some
years ago while serving as State
Treasury. He fledj but was sub
sequently arrested and returned
to Nashville. In due time he
was reported to have sickened
and .died. His body was shipped
from Kashville to Bolivar, Tenn.,
where it was deposited in the
ground. v
Now comes the news that Mr
Gamble, a prominent citizen of
Anneston, -Ala., has jnst returned
from an extended visit in the
City of Mexico, and while there
he met Polk on the street and.
talked with him. He made futher
investigation, arid found him in
business in that city.
The affair has created nolittle ,
excitemeutjn the State. Gamble
was well acquainted with Polk
while he was treasury of this
State. . - - - .
Senator Ransom on State Politics.
CoTcspondence Wilmlugton Messen
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; I deem it to be proper to print
some views of Senator Ransom
expressed in a conversation with
your correspondent ia few days
since at Weldon since opinions ad
verse to the success of the Demo
cratic (party in North Carolina
have found their way into the
newspapers. Gen. Ransom said
in response to questions, that
most of the later contests in the
State had been severe. While
the fact was apparent that North
Carol ina was a Democratic State,
it had to be struggled for by the
ri val parties at etuh ivcnrring
election. . Nothing was to be ta
ken for granted. There Was dis
cipline, good leadership, shrewed
management in the opposition and
no . wise Democrat V iguored the
fact: In the campaign of next
year, in his judgement, some of
the features of past conflicts would
be produced As in the last year's
canvass much would be made as
possible of local issues. The ene
my would endeavor to heal his
own wounds while inflicting
wounds upon us. We would have
to watch him at all points and
be circumspect as well as cour
ageous. The Senator did not ap
pear to be uneasy as to the out
come of the struggle. The Dem
ocrat must, however, do their best
and keep together. They must
not flinch. They must work hard
and stand up like men. The great
interests of the party were para
mount to all merely local consid
orations. Worthy and capable
men ought to be nominated, and
when thus placed before the peo
ple suported by all Democrats. It
was early to discuss issues or men,
but fit nominees and sound Demo
cratic principles were always iu
order, and he did not doubt that
such would be auuouced as the
resnlt of Democratic deliberation.
Asked if he thought the State was
safe, for the Democracy in the
eveut the usual effort was made
he replied, "I do."
The Republican nominee for
Governor in Maryland declines
to run. He hankers after no such
barren houor as that- which the
nomination confers.
In Brief, and to the Point.
Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to
Tiie luunan aigesmve appaiiii
one of the most complicated and won
derful things in existence. It is easily
put out of order. ;
Greasy food, tough food, sloppy fowl,
bad cookery, mental worry, late hours,
irregular habits, and many other things
which ought not to be, have made the
American people a nation of dyspeptics.
JJnt Green's August Flower has done
a wonderful work in reforming this sad
business and making the American peo
ple so healthy that they cau enjoy their
meals and be happy. ' v . .
Remember: No happiness without
health. But Green V August Flower
brings health and happiness to the civs-
peptic. Askjour aruggist ir uuiuc.
Scventy-fiveceuts. .
; The Antlers of the Deer.
Upon inquiring of old hunters,
who were supposed to know all
about the habits of deer, I was in
formed that when a buck dr6pped
a horn he immediately dug a hole
in the ground arid buried it out
of sigh t. Upon futher investiga
tion, however, I was unable to
find a person who ever saw a deer
performing the operation, or one
who ever found a horn that had
beenj buried by its owner or any
other similar animal.
- But in late ? years' I have had
several opportunities to learn
where some of the naturally shed
deer horps go, if not all of them.
The deer shed their horns; in
spring, and they no sooner fall to
the ground than the' wood mice
attack them? and they disappear
before the the teeth of these little
rodents so quickly that a few!
weeks are sufficient to obliterate
every vestige of the noblest pair
of antlers. Even the squirrels
like to gnaw the deer horns and
fresh bones of various kinds, and
it is this natural or depraved
taste that makes our common red
squirrel rob birds' nests when the
young are nearly full. groWnj for
as I have observed, they devour
the Teet and legs of the birds only.
I have frequently made them
drop the young, birds they were
torturing, and have always found
that they were eating the feet
and legs, perhaps because these
parts had a mutty flavor, j
Medical Humor.
The celebrated French physi
cian, Ricord, was one day walking
along the Boulevard in Paris
when he met . an old gentleman
who was very rich,(but who was
at the same j time rioted ibr hisl
extreme stinginess.15 The old man;
who was somewhat of a hypoch
ondriac, imagnied that he could
get pome medical advice from
Ricord without paying for it.
"Doctor, I am feeling very poor
"Where do you suffer mostf"
"In my stomach, doctor.?'
"Ah, that's bad, Please shut
your eyes. That's" right. Now
.put out your ton gue, so I can ex
amine it closely." I
The invalid did as he was told.
After he had waited patiently for
about ten minutes, he opened his
eyes, and found himself surroun
ded by a crowd, who suppose that
he was crazy. Dr. Ricord, in the
mean time, has disappeared.
From Texas shifting. l
. A, Michigan Solomon.
Justice Westfall is Assistant
Police Judge. In his first charge
to jury yesterday he said: "Gen
tlemen of the jury, I guess you
know about as mch of tin's case
as I do, as you have heard the
testimony. If. you believe what
the attorney for the defense says
Jou will return a verdict of not
guilty; if you believe what the
attorney for the . prosecution says
you will bring in a verdict of
guilty; but if you are like . me and
don't believe either one of them
and only believe what the evi
dence says I'll be if I know
what your verdicwill be." Grand
Rapid Herald.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. '
The. best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores,- Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures PileSjpr no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction, or money refunded.
Price, 25c. per box. For sale by
all druggistr.
The C!ost of Ignorauce.
Absence of knowledge of the fact that
physical and menial weakness; indiges
tion, impure blood, and sick headache
can be averted by Dr. Barter's 'Iron
Tonic, costs millions of money annually
for uncertain and unreliable decoctions.
"TaVlor's Premium Cologne at
J the Millimry Store, .
-j 1 Per Year.
The Americari Congress in 1828.
The Representatives following
the example of the British house
of commons, ttsed to sit, with their
hats on. In 1828 a motion 'that
no member should remain covered,
within the bar of the Honsa was
discussed, and at first defeated by
ten majority.! An order by the
speaker that Visitors in the gal
lery -should not wear their hats
while the House was in session ,
aye great offense to some of the
Representatives, and Was enforced
with difficulty. '
, The ladies had been originally
excluded from the galleries of the'
House, in accordance with the
British precedent. But, when the
famous Jay treaty was brought
home for ratification, the House
came near refusing to make the
necessary appropriations for car .
rying it into effect, and heated
debates ensued. One night, at a
party ,Mrs. Langdon,of New Ham- :
shire, whose husband was a mem
ber, expressed her regret to Hon.
Fisher Ames, of Massachusetts,
that she could not hear the argu
ments, especially his speeches.Mr.
Am es gall an tly replied that I he
knew of no reason why ladies
should not be permitted to hear
the debates. "Then," said Mrs.
Langdon, "if you will let me know
when you next intend to speak I
will mak& up a party of ladies,and
we will go and hear you." Tho
notice was given, the ladies went,
and since the congressional ora
tors have always had fair hearers. .
with others, perhaps not very
fair. v . - - '.,' -- V r ' ;
The Senate chamber now occu
pied by supreme court was admir
ably adapted for the deliberations
of the forty-eight gentlemen who
then composed the upper - House.
Modeled after the thrcatras of an
cient Greece, t possessed excel
lent acoustic properties, and there
was ample accommodation in the
galleries for the few strangers
who then visited Washington.Tho
Senate used to meet at noon, and
generally conclude its day's work
at 3 o'cloek while- adjournments
over from Tuesday to the follow
ing Monday were frequent. Oc-.
casionally set speeches would bo -made
on some? important question;
but the debates were generally
colloquial, and, as there was no
verbatim reports of the proceed
ings. Senators would change or
modify their views during the
consideration of a -bill without
being placed on the record as in
consistent and changeable.
A true story is told of an old
New Hampshire doctor, who wag
one day consulted by a man.,
suffering from rheumatism. The
physician gave him copious advise
and ended with directions so con
cisely put as to be easily memor
ized. "Avoid dampness," he said.
Yes sir." "Keep warm; keep
your feet dry and remember what ,
I've said about flannels." f Yes
sir.77 "XaKe ine meaicine, wita
absolute regularity; Here is the
prescription. The man expressed
his thanks, paid 'his fee, and took
his leave. As he reached the
door the doctor called: "Oh, by
the way, if any of these things
help you, just give me a call and ;
tell me. I've had rheumatism for
over twenty years, and nothing
has ever helped me yet. Good
morning."
A Gift for AH. -
In order to gire all a chance to test
it, and thns be convinced of its wonder
ful onrative. rowers. Dr. KinsV New
Discovery for consumption, coughs and
colds, will be, for a limited tlrtic, given
away. This offer is not oniy iioerai, out
shows unbounded faith in the merits of
this great remedy. AH who suffer f rom
coughs, colds, consumption, asthma, .
bronchitis, or any affection of throat,
chest, or lungs, are especiaUy requested
to call at any drug store,anu gei a inai
bottle free. Large bottles, $1.
&9-r A. W. Sower is selling Tri-
r--..ta of i Thft best corset on
the market. A new lot just rectrved.
-rubsr.te fo.- the Jourual$l. .
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