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WXLKESBOBO. N. C.
; Strange to say, tlie improvement in
firearms has not increased - the . rant
derons result of battles.
A French picture dealer ? says that
all of his unsold pictures are sent to
the United States, where they briuf
fancy prices. -
A recent parliamentary- return
shows that there are upward of $21 ,
000,000 of unclaimed money in var
ious " Government"
Great Britain. I
departmenta oi
' t Of the 12,000 miles which form the
land girdle of China, 6000 touch Bus-
sian territory, 4S0O British territory,
auu oniy 4uu j? rencn, wiiile - suu s may
i be described as doubtful. J'.-
The warden of the Missouri . Peni
tentiary feeds the 2000-odd convicts
in his charge at an average cost of
eight cents each a day, and, accord
ing to the New Orleans Picayune they
live reaasonably well, too. '
The deliberate judgment of Judge
is "that the continuance of the Turk
ish Government after the last slaugh
ter in Armenia is an insult to. decent
humanity the world over; and the Eu
ropean politics that treats it feebly or
overlooks it is a hideous.crinie.' " .
The mountainous regions of the
western part of North Carolina truly
afford a typical section for both sum-
zner
and winter resorts.- This fact
has been taken - advantage of by
Northern people, who are now found
in large numbers, enjoying life in this
most' delightful spot. ;
Land suitable for fruit culture
in
California commands a much higher
price per acre than in New -York.
Anywhere near railroads the price is
from $100 to $300 per acre, without
any improvements, and of course ifj
there are buildings and fruit trees
planted, the price is more.
Dr. Joseph Parker, of the Citr
Temple, London, is warring with the
reporters - for reporting his sermons.
He thinks that newspaper reports in
terf ere with the profits of his pub-!
lished sermons, and has been asking
advice as to how he can prevent re'
' porters taking notes of his addresses
it is believed his . only remedy is t6
make a contract with his audience
that they will not publish his
mons.
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The age limit in the Chinese army is
elastic, if there is any truth in ah
edict which is attributed to the
Chinese Emperor. ' The document
grants a piece of silk, ten bushels of
rice and ten pounds of meat to so
' .... a '
uiers upwara oi eignxy years oi age,
A double quantity is allowed to those
who have reached ninety years.
patent of nobility is granted to those
who
year.
have survived their hundred
A man in Australia had a new and
brilliant idea not long ago in regard
,to the interpretation of the clause In
his - marriage vows: "Till death us do
part." -His wife died, luckily for
. her, as '- the following facts1 demon-
etr ate, and since he was bound o
till death to his wife, the husband
luwu. ix pay . ner zunerai expens
The:-court promptly decided tha
husband's duties only cease when
undertaker's bills are paid. : 1
Says ; the Electrical Beview :
1891 a: young. ' electrician, I now
In
in
Faris, on looking through Carnegie's
great steel rail plant at Braddopk,
Penn., casually suggested that ' elec
tricity could be made to operate the
widely separated pieces of machinery
at a saving of many thousands a year.
Becently Andrew Carnegie visited the
plant for the first time - in two years
and saw eleotricity doing the work.
This improvement, together" with
others, makes it possible ' for "eight
men to do the work 500 did in 181.
An unusual thing, related by the
Cleveland Plain-Dealer in connection
. with the" court is the hplding, by! the
United States urand Jury, that Sdrip
tuf al quotations may be libelous. JiH.
A. Busby, of Means, 'Harrison Cpun-
ty, was indicted for writing le iters
and postal cards to David Handle; of
Columbus, Ohio. On the' envelo e of
the letters were the quotation's : ' Owe
No Man Anything,"; '"Let . TJs Walk
iHonestly,'' and "Many Years , jrhou
Shalt Be Troubled.' He was indicted
on four counts on the ground that the
liwKuiaire used wes libellous and calcu-
.' v. ininra the character ofrMr.
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TELEGRAPH.
The darkness and the ptlenee Ue
; Between your soul and mine, ,
Xtke some great river rolling by , ,
Beneath a night of stormy sky, ! .
Where not a star may shine. .
But, as beneath the sullen brine - ' '
Twixt lands of kindred speeoh, ?
There runs a slender, living lln , !
O'er which there flash.by lightning sign,
The thoughts of each to eaob, ;
So, neath the parting flood of death
- There runs a living line I
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Of steadfast memory and faith, "
: Of lore not born for mortal breath,
Between your soul and mine! (
&unantha W. Shoup in Independent.
AS IN A LOOKING GLASS.
Scheioe. Boudoir and toilet of a society
belle. The belle, who.! besides bfetng very
beautiful, is still young and fresh, is seated
in front of her dressing table under the nan as
oi ner maid, who is preparing her nair ior
the night. ' On the dressing table are a mir
ror and various articles of the toilet. . ;
I HE! Maid "Made
moiselle was : a
great triumph to
night; no?"
The Belle (ab
stractedly) "Yes,
Celeste, I think
BO. - '
.,' , The Maid , (with
pride) "The men
all fall down and
. t ! -1 i-
adore mademoiselle ;
no?"
The Belle No, not all
Some of v them. Enough
the men.
of them.
(Sighing). Too many of them." :
' The Maid"That is good. Made
moiselle has embarrassment of choice. "
The Belle "Yes, an embarrassment
of choice. You speak truly, Celeste.
(Sighing again). It is that which
makes me but, bah I why think of it
all? I suppose it is the experience of
all girls like me in society, with a for
tune, a face and a facile tongue.
There ! That will do for to-night.
Celeste ; I am going to sit up for a
little. I may read and I may write, I
cannot say." ' !
The Maid (horrified) "But made
moiselle has already lost so much of
the beauty sleep."
The Belle "I am restless. Be
sides, if all be true that men have
told me to-night, I "do not need it
Good night. Celeste." r
The Maid "Goodnight, mademoi
selle !" (Exit maid). i
The Belle (alone) "Five proposals
in one night. That is, counting one
that I suppose does not ought not to
count. ' Four of them at any rate such
as a girl in her second season should
jump at. As for the filth well, I
won't think of it, I mean, if I can help
it I won't. Yet but what nonsense I
Let me review the others. I First came
old Totterly. Sixty years old he said
he wax He ia eighty, if he is a dayj
Worth four millions, he said. ' That
part is probably true. But, oh I Let
us pass on to the next. PhilipEger-
ton Denning, the writer ana tninKer ;
the literary lion of the season. Funny
ho should fancy me. I like him, too,
myself. I cannot help admiring his
intellect, and I feel that I should
always respect him. Yet (muses sev
eral minutes, then sighs).1 "Who next?
Oh, yes. (Laughing heartily). I must
not forget him. Lord Tuifnut, the
latest British importation, who did
me the honor to offer , me, with a
monocle in one fishy eye, his title, his
mortgaged estates and the family
tree that, in its timer, has borne an
abundance of just such overripe fruit
as he is. And for what? My youth,
beauty, and money. ' Nonsense. Next.
Ahem ! The same thing, in a measure,
only of our own manufacture. Tracy
dePuysterVan Treffer, of the most
cerulean of blue blooded Knicker
bocker stock. Truly our country has
reached a wonderful height in her in
dustries when she can turn out : any
thing so nearly like the English arti
cle, even to his morals, as, Tracy de
Puyster Van Treffer ! There they are,
all of them, labelled to the best possi
ble . advantage. All except ;- Jack.
Poor Jack I Well, I might as well list
him. Jack . Willoughby.' Something
down town. " Poor as a church mouse,
handsome as Apollo, and true as steel.
Ah, well I (sighing) I suppose I must
not think of him.- It is lucky, though,
that some one Interrupted us when he
proposed, or I might have said yes. I
was overcome with the heat of the
ball room ; and when he put his arm
around me, and whisperingly begged
for an answer, I felt so weak; for the
moment, that I, don't think I ishould
nave nadstrengxn 10 reiusenim. xut
somebody came, somebody ' always
does, and I suppose I am safe, i I
promised them all an answer in a week.
An embarrassment of choice, Celeste
said, (Closes her eyes and thinks.) i r
? A half hour or more passes, during
which the belle appears to sleep. Sud
denly she opens her eyes. ' ? v ;
The Belle "I must have slept. But
nothing in my dreams seemed to offer
me any help. , Oh, dear ! Is ' there
anything or ' anybody that can show
me-what to do?"
" A voice "There is." -7
The Belle (startled) "Good gra
cious 1 What was that?" v - - .:'
A Voice "Don't be frightened. ; i It
Was 1. --;;.!.--.....-,.,.
The Belle (still more , alarmed)
.TlHf. Iin lira caii? WIiota am T(111 7"
'; A Voice '"Your mirror." ? : i
t .The ; Belle But, good heavens !
Mirrors cannot speak. " '-') f
V ;"The Mirror "Mirrors can do : a
great many more things than people
give them credit for. We reflect ;
-why should we not speak? . That we
can do so is proved by my talking to
you now. I have listened to all you
have thought and would help you." '
r The Belle ' (trembUng) "Was 1
thinking aloud?" - : :? v ;
The Mirror "No. . But you cannot
think and look into my face without
erery thought being known tQ f
even though I may not re?eal what is
In your mind. .1 want to help you to
decide vur future. Are you willing,
that I shuld?", i ,v
' The Belle "You mean' with regard
tO-" . I ' S ' ?. ; - i ' 'rCr--:. i
The Mirror ' r (blandly) "I mean
with regard to the five proposals you
received to-night.."' ; :
! The Belle (after a pause) "Which
shall I accept?" 'i
The Mirror "That I. may not tell
you. l ean simply help you "to judge
for yourself." 'i. ' ;' :., : -'J- ' -
:;The Belle (anxiously) "How can
youdo that?'!.-! " &H&:
The . Mirror-U'.'By showing you
yourself, your surroundings and your
condition of mind, five ye,ars after
ypur marriage with any ' one of your
would-be husbands of thisj evening. "
V The , Belle "Oh, dear ! - ? This is
worse than chiromancy. Wouldn't
eh wouldn't it be wicked?"; v f .
I The Mirror "Not so wicked as it
would be to marry the wrong man."
'i The Belle-r-VI suppose that must be
true. Well, what must I do ?"
i1 The Mirror "First, turndown the
gas. Then place yourself, facing: me,
and light the spirit lamp of your curling-iron
apparatus. Now, take some
of your pearl face powder, sprinkle it
on the flame, and wait. (She does so.
The surface of the mirror becomes
heavily clouded). Which would you
see first?"' ;;,; '
' The Belle (laughing hysterically)
"Oh, take .them in their regular or
der." V V'-'- " V';"' :;'
I The Mirror "Then, Mr. Totterly,
the eighty-year-old millionaire, first.
What can you : see? Speak !" . (The
cloud on the face of the mirror gradu
ally clears in the centre, disclosing a
picture.) ' ;
; The Belle (in a . low voice) "I see
myself, . handsomely dressed, covered
with jewels, at an evening reception.
Many men are around me Offering me
attentions. .For some reason I dare
not accept them. In a corner, jealously1
watching me, I see Mr. Totterly. He
scowls every time a man pays me a
compliment. Everything is bright
around me, . but the very brightness
seems to weary me, and remind me of
something lacking.
The I Mirror (grimly) "Are you
happy?"
f The Belle (shuddering) "No. Al
though bored to death where I am, I
dread to go home, because I shall be
alone with I him, my husband. ; I see
nothing but despair and waiting, -con
stant waiting for release,
vanishes), j
(Picture
' The Mirror "You will not forget
that. Now look upon this. (Again a
picture forms). What do you see?"
, The Belle "I see myself again, but
alone. I have been reading, but have
tired of i L There is something I want
to do, something I want to f eel, but I
cannot. In a little room nearby I see
Philip Egerton Denning, my literary,
intellectual husband, . He is very busy,
writing. In my utter loneliness, I get
up and go to him. Stooping . over, I
gently kiss him on the brow. He
frowns, pushes me away,' and tells me
I destroy his ideas. I sign, turn away,
and go to bed."
The Mirror (ironically) "Are jtu
happy?" !
The Belle (bitterly) "No. AH the
warmth' in my heart is gradually be
ing frozen by the cold indifference of
the man I have married. He is too
brainy to lavish . any affections on his
wife ; his growing fame is more im
portant than domestic ties. Show me
the next."- ' ' i
The Mirror "Well, what see you
here?" .-L . ' .'.'. - '
The Belle "Another reception. I
am sitting alone, nowerer, utterly
ignored by the many, women, present
except in the way of an occasional
supercilious glance at my gown, or a
whisper to some one else about me be
hind a fan. :, I think it must be in
England. - Some of the women have
red nosesuand they all look tired and
bored to death."
The Mirror ',1t is. 1 It is the fifth
year of your reign as Lady Tuffautt."
The 13elle "1 see myself moving
xue a uiyaeiL "8
info another . room wnere every oody
is playing: cards. Mis Juordship, my
husband, is there, gambling like the
rest. . I tell him 1 do not feel well and
would like to go home. He advises
me to go home alone or amuse myself
in the conservatory. He says there is
too much of his money on the table
to go then. ; He means my money. I
have seen enough of this."
. The Mirror (mockingly)- "Are you
The Belle (sadly) "No, but I am
gradually. : becoming deaaenea to my
' . The : Mirror as a new picture ap-i
pears) 'fNow you' are Mrs. Tracy de
Puyster Van Treffer, a member of the
native aristocracy of New. York. : Can
you see yourself?" " ' ' .'.L
Tlie Belle "Yes. I see myself once
more alone. ' The room is handsomely
furnished ; everything looks rioh and
good. But I am waiting anxiously
and listening mteniiy. ., At every
sound I get up' and look through the
blinds into the dark night. At last,
as dawn is breaking, a cab drives up;
J hear it.' A . few minutes afterward
my husband enters the ; room. He
scolds me in a thick voice for remain
ing up., I A quarrel ends in my burst-"
in 2 into tears. t He stoops over me to
kiss me and I nearly faint with n au
sea." ' .' ' ' "" ' "- ' i -
-The Mirror "Are you happy?" :
' The Belle (fiercely) "No. I am hu
miliated by his neglect, disgusted
with his manner of life, and harassed
with" constant suspicion. I am utterly
wretched.'" . ' '' " : . - -( :
. The Mirror (slyly) "There is only
one more . picture, uo you want to
see it?" . ' ' ' .'; ?-
The Belle (confusedly) irTes, I sub-
pose I may as well. It is probably
M- 11 fVio root " . . K ; .
like all the rest.
The Mirror (as the last picture ap
pears) -Then. behold K And tell what
rousee." - -
Theueue (very soitly) "X see my-
self again. I am sitting in front of a
isosey fire of soft coal, sewing some
thing light. - Near me is near me is
yes, it is Jack. , Mr. Willoughy. I
mean. . He is talking to me very gay
ly, and ' I am smiling and listening.
Now the door opens and two children-
come bounding into the room ; a boy.
and a girL They want to bid us good
night, they TBay. They look so much
like Jack they might almost ' be al
most be his nephew. and niece." .
The .Mirror (gently) "Are you
happy?" -
4 There is no answer from the belle,
for she wakes up with a start,
i: The ' Belle (after looking earnestly
at the mirror, which is as bright as crys
tal) 'I have been dreaming and it is
nearly five o'clock. But I am not sorry.
An embarrassment of choice, Celesta
said. I thought so, too, but we were .
both young. .1 told her I might read;
and I might write. (Smiling.) Well, X
have read a great deal ; I think I will
write a little. - (Writes.) v;
My Dearest Jack I don't think I wUl
keep you waiting a week for my answer. I
am yours as soon as you come to claim me.
- - ' . Ethei
V . . : Life.
WISE WORDS
A rogue is a roundabout fool.
A full jail is better than an empty
one. -
Gossip is generally a desire to get
even. . : ,u :- '-v
A drop of ink may make a' million
think.- '. '
It is a rare man who can do a favor
delicately..
xou seldom admiro a man you see a
great deal of. ,
Bank and riches aro 'chains of gold,
but still chains. ;
It is not hard to forgive a lie told
with good intent. ' " " i .
One drop of scandal will spread over
a whole life-time.
What we place most hopes upon
generally proves most fatal.
Ji; very thin? a man - likes to do &
woman can prove is wicked. ' .
The man who Knows the worid and
is not a cynio is usually a fool.
An evil intention perverts the best
actions and makes them sins.
In the meanest hut is a romance, if
you but knew the hearts there.
The fools are not all dead vet. and.
what is more, they never will be. (
Every human heart ought to be a
bird cage with a singing bird in it.
Of all virtues justice is the best.
Valor without it is a common pest.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the character of your thoughts.
The wise man expects everything
from himself ; the fool looks to others.
The Deonle rav more for love than
for any other neoessary evil on earth.
The more friends a basmoss man
has the more thinsrs he sells below
cost.
r The trouble with most people's
economy is that they don e save any
money by it.
The younger a woman is the more
indicmant she is when she hear3 of a
bad husband.
It is all right to vote for the coun
try's DrosDeritv. but you must work
r & w
for your own.
What is birth to a man if it be a
stain to his dead ancestors to have left
such an offspring?
A Remarkable Fall ot Stone.
M. L. Fletcher, an English mineral
ogist, tells of a remarkable fall of
stones whioh took place at some early
date in the history of Mexico. He
describes fourteen huge masses in all.
and advances the very , likely theory
that they originally formed a single
meteoric mass that was shattered by
the intense heat engendered while
passinsr through the earth's ; atmos
phere. The fragments ot tnis immense
meteorite are scattered over a section
of 00untrv sixty-six miles in length
i , twfln;v.twin idth. and it is es-
and twentv-two in width,
timated that its total weigut was out
HtMft Rhnrt of 20.000 pounds. One
niece of it. now in the National Mu
seum at Washington.- Atlanta Consti
tntion, 7, 1 .
v : Hotv Horses Sleep.
- When the. horse sleeps, one ear is
directlv forward, why it is.no t known.
A naturalist thinks this is to guard
ofxinof. f!norflr. beinor a. survival of-
thir oriorinal wild habits. He says
OTafK o. Tiotra ftsleeD through the
window of his stable, and make a faint
noise to the front. The ear will be all
attention, and probably the other will
fly round sharply to assist. Now let
him an to sleeri aaam. and mase ine
oam a nnifln nn Onfi side.' The forward
car will keep his guard, .with possibly
Htrhtninor fliok round, only to re
sume its former position" New York
Dispato h. . - - -' .
1 Tamed a Pair ot Elk.
A nhehalis County (Wash.) farmet
has latelv' been creatine a good deal o-f
inATAsfc with a uair of elk which he
had - tamed and . trained to do. many;
things usually done by horses. 'A few
days ago a traveler offered him a good
price for his elk, but the farmer re-
Til BAn T.O Tl&rL Willi lUtJU.. ' ouluu
nio-Vif. n.nnno'ftr rot into his barn and
ate up-one of the creatures. Chicago
Herald. " v.
Wroth Silver."
Wroth silver," from the several
parishes of his hundred of 'Knightlow
in Warwickshire, in England, was col
lected a few days ago by the Duke of
Buccleush as lord of the manor. The
custom ; dates back to feudal times.
I El '1 -1 l iv:
For every penny not forthcoming the.
prescribed penalty on the defaulter is
S5 or else .the forfeiture of a white bull
with a red nose 'and ears. Chicago
Herald.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTUIAL.
Imperfect clothing is a cause of
much bad health. " : .
A Swedish musician has had a violin
made of aluminum. " r -
In Berlin thev ; ara makinsr nuitri-
tious bread from flour and sawdust.
An English ' paper contains the . an
nouncement of a cure for blushing. -
The very latest astronomical works
catalogue between 6000 and 7000"
"double, stars.'
The Somerset Railroad of Maine has
purchased a snow plow weighing
twenty-three tons.
If a can of milk is nlacad near an
N ' , , A
open vessel containing turpentine, tha :
emeu or turpentine is soon communi
cated to the milk.
Bulbs of : incandescent lamps i aro
now blown with artistic designs in re
lief, thus obviating the use of a shade
and increasing the beaut v of the
lamp.
An electric street snrinkler is m nsa
in , Philadelphia It has two thirty
horse-power . motors, holds 2700 gal-,
ions of water and runs fifteen miles
an-hour. " -
Platinum has been drawn into
smooth wire so fine that it could not,
be distinguished by the naked eye,'
even when stretched acros3 a piece of
white cardboard. "'. -J .
In Sweden a new electrolytic pro
cess is being used in the. extraction
of zino from ores which have hitherto
been considered worthless. It is said'
that pure metallic zinc has not been
produced in Sweden for thirty years.
The greatest astronomers, in specu
lating upon what there is in space and
the distance of external galaxies, cal
culate that the nearest external uni
verse is so far distant that light from
it, travelling at the speed of 186,000
miles a second, would take nearly
nine million year3 to reach us.'
A Mexican paper states that a new
project for the sanitation of the sew
ers in the City of Mexico, at a cost of,
about $25,000, calls for the building
of some twenty-five windmills in differ
ent parts of the city to rotate paddle
wheels in the sewers and quicken the
current to one metre per second.
Six devices for the humane slaugh
ter of domestic animals, four for horses,
and two lor cows, have just been im-j
ported from Paris by the Connecticut
Humane Society. . A , hood which
blinds the animal is put on, and atj
tached to it is a 'spike which when
driven in with a hammer ' pierces the
brain and causes instant death. I
A meteorite, weighing 196 pounds
has been found on the salt marsh east
of Mulga downs, Northwest Australia;
It was an iron-stained mass of bright,
pure metal, not a particle of stone be
ing visible, and when struck with any
hard substance rings like an anvil. It
is two feet long, one foot at its great
est width and eight inches thick.
Uncle Sam's Farm.
The following are the 'numbers of
miles in each State and the Territories :
Alabama. 52.250 sauare miles;
Alaska, 577,390 ; ' Arizona, 113,020;
Arkansas, 53,850 ; California, 158,360 ;
Colorado, 103,925 ; Connecticut, 4990 ;
Delaware. 2050 ; District of. Colum
bia, seventy ; Florida, 5S,680 ; Georgia,"
59,475 Idaho, 84,080; Illinois, 00,-
650 : Indiana, 36,350 ; Indian Tern--
tory, 31,40Qj Iowa, 56,025 ; -Kansas,
82,080; Kentucky, 40,400; Louisiana,-
48,720; Maine, 33,040 ; Maryland,
12,210; Massachusetts, 8315; Michi-
gan, - oo.yio ; Aunnesora, 00,00a ;
Mississippi, 46,810 ; Missouri, 59,415 ;
Montana, 146,080 ; JNebrasfca, 77,aiu ;
! Nevada, 110,700 ; New Hampshire,
9305 ;JNew Jersey, 7815 ; New Mexico,
152,580; New York, 4,17U; JNortn
Carolina, 62,250 ; North Dakota; 70,
795; Ohio, 41,060; Oklahoma, 39,030;
Oregon, 96,030 Pennsylvania. 4b,aio ;
Ehode Island, 1250; South Carolina,
30.570 : South Dakota. 77, 650 ; Tennes
see, 42,050 ; Texas, 265,780 ; Utah, ,
84,670 ; Vermont, 9o0o ; Virginia, 42,
450; Washington, 69,180; West Vir
ginia, -k 24,7S0 ; Wisconsin, 56,040 ;
Wyoming, 97,890. The total area 01
the United States is 3,602,990 square
miles. -New York Dispatch.
High Smokestacks for Factories,
A aid a from the fact that tall chim
neys are better for the public health,
fcv liftinff the deleterious product of
combustion far into the upper air, it
would seem that technical ' considera
tions alone might recommend : them.
But there has been a iaa laieiy ior iow.
chimneys in factories, and W. Bt Le
Van expresses the weighty, opinion
that they are a mistake. . As to first
cost, there is ho saying over - a. high,
well-proportioned ' chimney, apd the
ments demands the building of high
chimneys so as to enaoie more iuei ; jo
hA hnrned in a criven-time and space,
thus increasing the power; and output
. - 1 mi - .
of the boilers, a. rapid arais is equiv
alent to a large fire-grate 'area, and
v.a fVa a.rlv.Tit,fliorfi that the. heat is
J I iiaw ' . O . :
transmitted much more rapidly, to jthe
v.i'ioii Vi-d- TAAdon of the hisrher temoer-
Pature obtained. Moreover, in many
industries, the goods produced ; are
liable to be spoiled .by 'smoke and smut
- - . : " a J . m 11. -
permeating the lower strata 01 ine
atmosphere Atlanta o ournai.
Wild Animals In Texas.
Sheep and cattle ranchers in South
west Texas are asking .the State to help
t.liam to exterminate or keep down the
wild animals that are playing' havoo
with stock " in " that region. So far
from the advent of settlers thinning
nnt lha Danthers, wolves, and coyotes,
t n a animals are increasing greatly in
numbers through the plenty of food;
afforded by the vast nerds 01 cattle and
sheep. The ; ranchers have spent
thousands of dollars in trying to abate
the pest, but without avail, and- now
they want the state to tase a nana.-
Chicago Herald.
I Sew
Drug
Store.
iTOSs.
Wilkesboro, N. C.
Keep on hand a full line of Fresh
Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints,
.Varnishes and Everything fcept in
a First-Class Drug Store.
Prescriptions'
. Carefully
. . CflQponnfioI
Store in the Old Steve J ohnson
Building, just opposite the Court
House. - . -
Be Snre to Call and See Tien.
R. EL STALEY k CO.,
DEAJjER IN
DRyGS5.
PATENT lYlEDICENES,
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
Cigarettes, Fancy and
Toilet Soaps, etc., etc.
PrfiHfiTintions nroirmtlv and accur
ately filled. Situated in the Brick
Hotel Building'.'
LIVERY & FEED STABLES,
k. C WELLBORN. PROP-
SitUHtevi ou iMaiu Street, east of the
dourt; House... " God ho.rcs aed new ve
hicles of all liinda 1 idy for the accom
modation of thW traveliug public Howei
carefully fed and attended to. Give
us a trial Hnd sed how we feed.
A .C. WELLBORN,
Wilkesboro, - North Carolina.
H.B.PAHKER,JR.
Attorney art TLa,-K7
North VjU sboro, North Garohua.
OFFICE IN HOTEL GORDON.
Prompt attentioa paid to all busioe
Oollccioo- a specU'ty.
R, N. HACKETT,
Attorneys at Law,
- : . WHiKESBORO, N. C.
Will practice in the State . and Federal
Courts. - - '
IOAAC C. VELLBORTJ,
V Attorney - at - Law,
lorb, S3". Om
Will practice in all the courts. Dealer
In real estate. Prompt attention paid to
collection of claims.' ; "
T.'B. FrjrLBT.
H. L. Qnxxsra.
FIIILEY & GREEIIE,
Attorn cyo .- at - Law,
WHJCB8BORO, N. O.
Will practice in. all the courts. Col
lections a specialty. Real estate sold on
iaauxiimsloii ? '
Mines of Soap.
" . Few people know that soap is found
in natural mines in California. These
mines are on the shores of Owen's
Lake, and are accounted for by a
scientist, who has '. recently investi
gated them, as follows: The water
of the lake is strongly impregnated,
with borax and soda. In the water
a curious species of grub breed by
millions..' These grubs go through
their various transformations arid fi
nally emerge as short-winged, heavy
bodied flies, very fat and oily, They
live but a few days, dying and falling '
into the lake in such numbers as to
be frequently washed ashore in layers
more than a' foot thick. The oily
substance of the dead flies blends
with; the alkali of the borax and soda,
and the result is a layer of pure soap,
corresponding in thickness to the
drift strata of the dead flies, a foot
deep of the flies making a layer of
soap nearly an inch thick. These
strata, repeated year after year, have
formed the celebrated "Soap banks
of Owen's Lake," where a large force
or men have been constantly em
ployed for a number of years.Ne'w
Orleans Picayune. ,
Theee is a bridge in
county, Pa., which is 01 fci oVa
me sxream n cro23.
Beny B
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