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t THE CHICLE. ffjLESSBOjtlO. N. C. Helena, Montana, claims to be the tfebest cityof its population. in ; the world. - ' F Iii Hung Chang says there are'mill ions of people in China thai do not fViftt China had; a") war with Japan. ' ' - I In discussing W. W. As tor's chance of espousing , a royal princess a Euro pean paper recalls the fact that the founder of the Duke of Fife's family was a Scotch peddler, Adam4 Duff by name. ' Ten thousand employes under the " War Department have been classified in the civil service in acccordance with the order of President Cleveland of May 6 last, tthioh extended the operations of the law to practically . all Government employes. Argentina, means to get ahead of the European Powers in taking possession of the South Shettand Islands on the edge of the Antarctic continent. An expedition will be sent out for the purpose this year. , The islands may possibly be of eome use as a sealing and whaling station. ; ' Conservative Yale College is invul nerable to the attacks of women, its doors being still closed against them ; the faculty have, however, made a concession in their favor, and have provided for a teachers' course. Teach ers both male and female, can enroll their names in he university! cata logue. It seems that the X-rayc, gen erally xegarded as so beneficent in action, are to be pressed into the service of mutilating as ell as of mending hu' manity. A London dealer offers for sale cartridges tested by the obliging Roentgen rajs to make sure that they have been carefully loaded. To such multifarious use does busy-brained man put every new invention as soon as elaborated ! Mischievious persons in the West, whose idea of fun consisted in frighten ing timid people by circulating false predictions of appfoacoing tornadoes, have learned that the issue of counter feit weather predictions is punishable under Federal law as is the issue of counterfeit money. The counterfeiter of Government weather reports is a misdemeanant whose crime subjects him to a fine of $500 or imprisonment for ninety days, or to both fine and imprisonment. The law was intended to prevent speculators from affecting J the prices of agricultural products on the exchanges by spreading spurious prognostications of the weather. It has been invoked for the first time to euppress the wild Western "hum orists." Lord Russell's visit to America re minds the London Chronicle of an an cient story. It says that during Lord Russell's Treviona tnnr in thin panntrv I i I 'it t -i . . . . I itfiwi j-iora uoieridge he came in con- taftf. wifK ,v. I it.. 1 - , n n. 11 v iiiHin iiMi-H f 1 1 T.rin rid-T- 1 moiuuing lux-Senator W. M. Evarta It was while walbmc wi f V. AT f ..t. I o u. L s I one day alonsr the hani nf l that his attention wo- nawA - i iiT TXTooW; i . ' - accoramg to a tvanttinn had 4- l-w 3 .11 i I iii an i I.IUU. it riiii iii i rm wn a rmiiAwwMii -p,uiUua uonar ngnt buawh. WttH wiae, anajuora uuciecu iuu&ou uuujtiui. xOUJtnOW a dollar went further in those dava thah it goes now," the American law yer blandly insinuated. "Ah," said Lord Russell, quite equal to the oc casion, "and it ; may have been easy enough to ' Washington ; it is well known that he 1 threw across the Atlantic." sovereign Thrift and melody do not seem to go together, exclaims Harper's Week ly. The author of "Kathleen Ma- yourneen," rho died a few weeks ago, nau uib snare oi prosperity auring ms career, but came to want long before the end of it. A few weeks after, died Percy Gaunt, joint author with Charles . ; Hoyt of that famous and -familiar song, "The Bow ery," and he too outlived his means of sup port. Ye t The Bowery' ' was immensely profitable to some one, and was reported to have paid its : authors $37,000 ; and Gaunt "wrote a great number of other songs, some of which were popular. . But "probably with Bongif iters, as with persons in other lines of industry, it : is one thing to make money and another to"keep it. The obituarians, who dwelt , at gener ous length upon .Crouch, told, one amazing-story about him-that he had been married four times, and had . -4- t hirtv-three chil- Deen tne pj.s"t , dren. There was certamiy. thrift about that. but the story was F , were alYeadly deficient in the were both conservatives' they did not without affidavits; and possimy it was ,mmp of reTeraoe, aud I louad that 1 disagree. I.am a Liberal myself, and "t true. ' y'l ' !'.' -? s -? j' ' ' ' " ' ' fJ' : - r" ' " t ' ' ' " ' ' LOVE'S " WAY. f.Wherfe Love guilds his nest, dear, Whlre his steps iaoline, 1 Bosy Bast or. west", dear, ;; That sweet way be thine. That sweet way, i ' Where dwells the May i ) That sweet way be thine. Whero Love reaps the blooms, dear, Whore his bright stars shine, ; Sheltered from the glooms there, Ths t sweet way be thine. . i That fiweet way, I Until God's day That sweet way be thine. And still for thee, the light, dear, Though never light be mine; And thank God for the night, dear, Ifnorning's rose be thine. And Love's dear way, ! Until God's day And Love's dear way be thine. - Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. i fli DECEASE. -i i . ITHOUGH undoubt-1 m eaiy x naa been very I ill, 1 am by no means certain of my facts at about this time ; so wnetner x was tne victim of a lively im- agination, or of hypnotic trance, I really cannot say. Any way, one morning I seeded to be con scious that I was talk ing with a demon, my bedside. He was a very pleasa t sort of fellow and not bad lookin but somehow I knew he was a demon "Wquld you like to hear what they I are saying aoout you ana go to your own funeral?" he asked pleasantly. "People generally do attend that ceremony personally," I suggested; then sfter a moment's reflection, I asked, "Am I dead, then?" "Of course. Did you not know it?" memo replied imperturably. Well, you are dead, but I will give you tne remarKaoie power of going among your family in the spirit and noioiKlA fham " I "That's very kind of you, but I've heard jyou people seldom perform ser vices for nothing. What recompense do you require ? "None. The penalty you will pay will be sufficient reward to me." "What penalty?" "Tc see yourself as others see you, and h jar what they say of you. " My friend then dematerialized him self iito thin air, and the next mo- ment I was glidiner noiselessly down the stairs. I should explain to you that I am an ojrphan, without parents, but a member of a large family; sisters, brothers, cousins and all the rest o? it. I happen to have more money than any of the others, and have hitherto been much sought after on account of many excellent personal qualities. I am not married. Well, the fact is, I am of a rather retiring disposition, and not having yet come across a girl who would help me out with the preliminaries, I had not found courage to take the fatal plunge. J My eldest sister, Priscilla, had there fore been keeping house for me. X easily passed through the closed parlor door without opening it, which was very convenient, and found my self, unseen by them, in the midst of rela ives from different parts of the country. They were waiting break- fast had was be for some important person who I not yet made his appearance. I I foolish enough to think it might tnvHfilf and hh. ftn-mn tr mi? nns. I tnmMv at f h fnf. f t-Yii I ' v,nt.l nf nmnrao nn aar mf t tn? I V w u.. w , OWn AUV. AAUU I lxi. r ,i . .1 . t I lorgonen ior tne moment mat x was a deniaterialized soirit. Soon, how - 1 a w 1 nvpk thA donr mot v 4 J.. J- l 1. t. n m 1 iu.xsu.it. -L u nan my ciucsb urutucl XCIIX1. 1 Now T ViPo-an trt nnr.tan TTo oa mv executor and residnarv legatee. I He represented me. the late Crawlev sloWuicker. Eso. duuul . i w. . all the court and deference paid to him. This was absurd, you know, for a bigger fool never lived. Well, he made straight for my sit- chair, and sat down where I King i xms was stepping into my shdes with a vengeance-actnallv i ! mi . - . I : ii - . ueurpiug mt) Mttme pjace OCpUpisa DT my disembodied spirit. Tom was a bulky fellow, and I felt the affront. .Besides, wishing better to watch the proceedings, I got up quiokly and sat Denind my chair. . . tTwo things especially attracted my attention, and somewhat shocked me. Id the first place, Priscilla's presiding seemed much more lavish than nnder mjr regime, and in the second I struck by the happiness and gayety of was nue wuuie companv. This was nalcn - lated to take my fatuity down a few pegs ; for I had fondly imagined that . death would plunge my, entire jamuy in ine uttermost depths of de - ptmr. xmsnnaan fcl never line going into blaoTr-" . . ; Priscilla was saying in her even tones to Aunt Gwen; "it's so very un - Uoky." x apn't mind the change at all," siid Aunt Gwen ; "the color iust suits nie, you know. But I reallv can't tell what orders to give, not knowing how xi am proviaea ior. ' ".lnat'a as good as asking." said om, with one of his horrible laughs, hioh I used to consider so hearty. M A fi rra act vaaI ac j x 1 J3 orse. I suppose the regular thing is to read the will after the funeral : but as it s ail among onTRAivftB it dnes not ! nm - - - - ' - matter, and I'll read it to all directly after breakfast." ' : , Then they started talking about! their late relation, Crawley Siowquick- er, and the things I heard about my- who sat b ry, "J. i j.vv a i . x i-. " t n nn rw nv. mo nnvnrvni a r a Km i not one of them entertained ' that re spect and affection for me of which I had imagined they were all possessed. Now I fully realized the truth of my zriena. tne aemon s, woras. xi was a dreadful penalty to pay, aj sad morti fic&tion to hear what they said of me, and to see myself as others saw me. "Well, of course," my (cousin Ver non, said, responding to some remark in a virtuously deprecatory tone. "Of course, de niortuis nil nisi bonum, and all that sort of thing,! you know, but I can't help saying that Crawley was always mean horribly mean !" ' Confound the fellow! And this was a man to whom I had left 500, forgiv ing him all the money he owed me, whioh was as good as doubling the leg acy! j "No, no ; not mean," Tom answered, and I blessed him for those words, but he spoiled it all by adding, "A bit careful, you know." "Ah, I should think so," savs Pris- cilia. "You will hardly believe it, but it's A fnrt. VlO Tl PTTOT o.11-iTira? mA I AW -rm w w V tm w W mtm. M41V WW -i -m. Mum J 1 11 I I II rTV I enough to keep house decentlv " Of course, this was not true, as you " . . . . . . " 1 may imagine. She was always wanting more money, ana yet never succeeded in purchasing anything remarkable. And this was my sister Pris. whom I had always thought so affectionate, so entirely aevotea to me. ua. it was too horrible. These three were my principal legatees. If 1 had only known sooner ! But how was that possible? . I knew what I would do. I had made up my mind and having no body, 1 was all mind now I would go at once to, my solicitor s, ana nave a codicil drawn up while there was yet time. ut stay, there was no time : it was too late. I had' quite forgotten that I was only a poor ghost, a d)aaterialized spirit, and that old idiot, Sharpitlaw, was so wedded to routine and old-fashioned custom that he would certainly regard a posthu mous testament as informal, and as I was invisible he would treat my signa ture as null and decidedly void. vvnen next x turnea towara my amiable and disinterested family circle, I perceived that the breakfast things had been removed, and Tom OiowquiOKer sat in tne armcnair witn my will spread out before him "Tkaiia'a cinmanna tnioainfr " There's some one missing," he said, looking around him magisterially; "who is it?" "Only my sister Minnie," Venon remarked casually. "I went to her this morning, but she's so upset about his death that she feels quite ill, and could not come down to breakfast. "Don't be absurd," said Priscilla; "whv she never crave him so much as a civil wora. men, sotto voce to ner " m mm at. brother: "And that's what has upset her, I expect. She is afraid she has spoiled her chances of a legacy." Oh, that spiteful Priscilla ! If 1 could only alter my will! But it was too late, for here was my executor standing, or rather sitting in my place. At least there was one thing I could do ; I would find my friend the demon, and see if arrangements could not be made for haunting them ! But these precious words about Minnie had sent balm into my tor tured spirit, so that my incorporate heart throbbed, shaking the Venetians, and Tom asked where the draught came from. I would go to her at once, so I traversed the closea aoor again, passing them all as the sigh of a sum mer breeze, which is we know not what, or whence it comes, or whither it goes a breath from welf, no mat ter where; 1 don't exactly Know my self. Thus I went uostftirs and into Min- nie s room, where 1 founa tne poor found the girl still in bed, her cheeks pale, her eyes red with weeping, all tne signs noon her of a sleemess night of sor- a row. and oressed close to her soft Vinsnm Rhheld a likeness of mv un- " v tt 1 j.i K u ; u t TT--r. I wormy bcaa, muu 6"cu u once long ago. And this was the girl ' . -. -b 1 who never snoke save to ridicule and i. t mo wsn 1iRlikA fnr m nnxrAKiai in tVi fomilir woo uuuvon vwwi.. , and vet the cirl whose love with usual human perversity I wouldhave given all the world to win Ah. this knowledge of her heart's secret was sweet to me I it gave me courage. I would comfort her. I would oour forth my love. x would tell her stayl what could l tell her V Was I not forgetting again that I was only a poor ghost- merely the shadow of a shade? Was I not unseen by her? I j ; ;ki. mA sv aau eveu wciu tv jjuodiuio xv -w make myself visible for a few mo- ments. I should only succeea in terri fying my poor love out of her senses. Alas ! was this the realization of a hereafter? the punishment of early vanities and sins? To see things just as they are, and yet to be so miserably impotent to alter them ; i to see, too, what might have been, and to beat out I my wearyspins on into eternity m vain longing for a fruition that can 1 never come. My funeral was appointed to take place the next day. It was a very grand I aflVr. altogether, and cake and tea had 1 been laid m the parlor to entertain the I crnests nnon this festive occasion. I. t r - As I accompanied the mourners I down the steps, I suddenly perceived 1 my iriend the demon by my side. vainly x sought a coacn, out coma find no room, - I turned to him some what angrily and remarked : 'I say, you promised 1 should go to mv own funeral, but l aon t seem to have been considered in the arrange ment at all. You forget that corporeally you ,:l hold the place of honor at the head of I 4nA rtvAnaaciAn V v-i f. Bin .VlA CI v-ti ti I can get in here. There's only the doctor and the clergyman. f : M. T I II 1 j I t l ' "joeiweeu tne aociori ana tne par son I iteaiiy. my dear demon, you are I remarkable for a most sardonic humor." ' j . - j Well, the men of medicine and' re- ligion talked politics all the way,which began vociferously exppunding Mr. Gladstone's policy, quite : onuvizms- that s my gesticulations wjere unseen, my words unneara oj mem. - v r finod job for yourself you are dead," said the demon. r. "You're just the sort to get into a joliy ,row with red Hnfc politicians ! The cemetery was soan reached, and I looked down and saw my coffin low ered into the open grave. "Earth to earth' j a inmDS were thrown, and fell upon the lid with a grewsome rattle, I awoke with a ;start, ana my eyes met those of my Droiuer j.uxu, asked cheerily, " Well, how do you do QOV nA fellow?" But I turned from him lor I could not help thinking of - ; i t j:. Kim T had seen mm lass, reaumg my will down in the parlor turned away and enoounteoed my darling mtiA Minnie, who sat unobserved in a remote corner of the room, ana l ieit, oh ! so grateful and happy at seeing T XV. ain 1 fftlt then that it was not I in I lillC:i.Ul w w all a dream. - - 1 I have used xeignea names in this. veracious taie, Deeauuo x would not like to know the strange experience which led me to take cour age to woo, and by and by, wed her. i 1 I W i n lr oho Spare Moments, Facts About Sponges. Some of the finest kinds of sponges are found in Florida waters, and the enltnrist would find profit in raising such species as the "sheep wool," the 4iMit ' the "hard head" and the 'grass" sponge. Some of the kinds recognized as quite distinct are,nover theless, so much alike in appearance that only an expert can tell them apart. The sheep's wool sponges are best of all for the bath. JX is a fact worth knowing that it pays very zauuu ucuci iu uuj un bleached sponges. The bleached ones look much prettier, but the chloride of lime employed in the process in juries the skeleton, and lessens its strength so that it soon comes to pieces. When you find sand in a sponge, you may Know tnat you are indebted to trade dishonesty. Sponges " i i i j mi never grow on a sanay Dotcom, me sand is added in the bales to make them weigh more. The sponges are gathered by smaii boats. In eaoh boat are two men ; one sculls, while the other leans over the bow. When he sees a sponge, he spears it and drags it aboard, if the water is rough, he uses a "water glass," which is simply an ordinary pail with, a glass bottom. The pail is hung around the neck of the fisherman, who sinks it below the surface when he wishes to see. In this way he can get a perfect view of the bottom. In the Mediterranean sponges are collected usually by dredges, bnt sometimes bv naked divers. The sponges of commerce are warm water animals. They come chiefis from the Mediterranean, 'the Red Se3, the Bahamus, and Florida. The Stair Cure Sow. A new form of regular daily exer cise that is being prescribed by more than one London physician is stair climbing. It is recommended for strengthening the heart. This can only be done by taking regular, systematic and sufficient mus cular exercise. Jjet a ; person who finds his pulse increased fifty to sixty beats in a minute after mounting a staircase, climb a hundred staircases day after day for a month or more, and, it is said, he will find that the exertion does not add ten beats to the normal number of his heart throb3. : The exercise has acted upon this vital organ just as it does on the biceps of a prizefighter or a black- smitn, ana strengin ana me for endurance have been the result. , . - .11 XI "1 , Ttk thia in tinr, all tne cooa to te . , : r: r 5 , . gained by climbing a hundred stair- cases a aay, say uii-y m u muxmus j jz ri 4.1-1,- mm - and fiftv in the afternoon. Doubtless tiiA TiPTson with a weak heart has suf r . fered more or less irom wiim is called nervous dyspepsia. His food, instead of being properly digested, has been mainlv lermented in his stomach, and has caused him various uncomiortaoie . ...i faoUniTR. which he has been in the habit of attributing to everything but their proper cause. It is claimed that not only nave tne hundred minutes so spent in climbing staircases put strength into his legs. a-rrmnrlAd his chest, and saved his I r-- - - ' . . , heart from fatty degeneration, but Uwa v - -j ' that they have given tone to his abdo ' i i 1 i: i.1 minal muscles ana to nis aigesnvo or gans. New .York J ournal. Freaks for the Paris Exposition. t The freak exhibitors are just now besieging the managers of the coming Paris Exposition for space to exhibit their wonders. One man has a pair of hairless horses, each of which has a horn in its forehead and skin of the color of a ripe banana. Another wants to exhibit a woman who has two faces and three tongues, but who is per fectly dumb. Another writes for space in which to exhibit a winged sheep, which only has two legs, and a horse which has eight perfect hoofs in his four legs. An Austrian wants to send a hen that always walks back ward, and an Italian banker thinks that he ought to have room enough in which to exhibit a pure white Shet land pony eighteen inches high and dhod all around with gold." St. Louis Republic. j ; A Bicycle Somnambulist. "La Sonnambula"'; Up to date was seen at Bath Beach; ; N. Y. , Sanday . t -m ' ,' ; . morning, when a young laay Deauti- fnl. of course, was discovered'ridin ff a bicvcle. and yet sound asleep. This" particular young lady was rudely f awakened by her bike striking a stone. When she realized her situation she showed herself a perfect lady Dy im mediately fainting i , awAy.Boston Transcript, FLEET-WINGED CARRIERS. PIGEONS THAT AJtB TBAINED TO - . w ot-. . itoti a mnTT-rro :, How the Birds Are Taught Mystery off Their Unerring Kllsht A Quick Trip From Chicago to New,York. XPERIMENTS were tried by a signal corps at the recent State encampment in Michi gan by sending carrier pigeons to Detroit with dispatches. In the four or five trials the birds brought the messages a distance of forty-two miles in the average c f an hour and ten minutes, according to the Detroit Free Press. It might seem to bo ae to be a "new departure in military work, but its origin is buried beyond the records of history. For centuries back the peace ful dove has played an important part in the wars and politics of the world. As long ago as the reign of Rameses III., King of Egypt, the carrier pigeon was used in conveying important dis patches from one poisit to another. It is even thought by some that Noah's "dove," which flew all day over the cheerless waters, was a carrier. Cer tain it is that the Egyptians made good use cf this method of conveying intelligence from remote parts of the kingdom. - Frequent allusions ito the carrier are made by the classic writers of Greece and Rome. A Roman of means, in going to the market place, took one of these birds with him in a basket, so that ho might send home the names of the guests whom he invited to dinner. Messages were sen 5; in this way to the Saracens in their wars with the Chris tians. Communication was thus kept" up between the people in besieged cities and allies without. In China, Turkey, and, in fact, fill Eastern coun tries, the use of the carrier is still one of the customs. During the wars be tween France and Germany this was, in many cases, the only means of com munication. In the siege of Paris, it is said that 25,000 of the birds were used. The Germans employed hawks, as the Saracens had falcons, to destroy them. Now, however, it is more for amuse ment than as a means of useful com munication that the carrier pigeon is cultivated. In Belgium, pigeon flying is one of ths greatest of the" National amusements. Races are held, at which from ten to twenty thousand of the birds are liberated, and great crowds of people assemble to see 'them start on their journey. The course is from fifty to 500 miles, according to the, age of the birds, and the distance is sometimes covered in remarkably, fast time. Very few persons know that there is, in this country, a National associa tion, or league, of homing clubs. Nearly every large city, from New York to San Franoisoo,hasone or more clubs that have for their object the raising and matching of fast birds. It is a wonderful power that' the car rier has, of finding its home, though separated from it byj hundreds of miles of unknown country. Some have called it instinct, and others say that it is a matter of sight and. memory. It seems to be both! Certain it is, at any rate, that the carrier is very in telligent, and has a good memory and remarkable power of sight. On the other hand, it can see, at the most, a distance of seventy-five miles from its exalted position in I midair, while 200 miles of country, hitherto unseen by the bird, is often given to it for a course. "I The education of the carrier is be gun when it is four months old. It is first taken just outside the loft and allowed to make its way back to its nest. It is then taken a distance of one or two blocks away and again lib erated. It often happens that the bird will take a long time to find its home on this trial, j but on the next at the same distance it will rise a little way in the air and then dart straight for the nest. The distance is gradu ally increased until the bird can find its way home f roml two or three miles away. Then begins a. regular scale of flights lentil 500 miles is reached. The carrier's flight is very swift, the average being over forty . miles ah hour. Several birds in this city have flown 300 miles at the rate of over sixty miles an hour, and there are well-authenticated cases in which a speed of ninety miles an hour has been, attained. This, however, is with the help of a good breeze. As n,ight comes on the pigeon rests on some tree or in some plowed furrcjw, but at the dawn it is away again on its swift career. It sometimes happens that a pigeon misses the right direction in its flight. When it finds this! to be the ca&e, in stead of flying around until it sees something familiar, the carrier goes directly back to the and tries again. starting point The carrier is not fond of flying over, water, perhaps because there are " ho guide marks and no resting places. A large number of Ne-np York, homing pigeons were liberated at the World's FairJ All but one soared around for awhile and then started down Lake Michigan, following the shore. The one exception flew to the top of one of the high buildings, where it sat for fully ten minutes aud then shot off eastward, directly across the lake1; This, bird made the flight to. New York in thirty-six hours. Very often the pigeons lose their way and never reach home. The fancier are desirous of getting rid of these birds, as either their flight is not strong or their in stinbt weak. Only the swift, strong birds are kept, and the greatest care is taken in . bi ceding them. . "Willie Taddells," said the school teacher firmly,' "you have a piece oE chewing-gum , in your desk. ' Bring it to me instantly." "Yes'm," replied Willie, "but it ain't the flavor, yon use. Yours is orange, an this is win-trgreea.,,--Harpper's Bazar. ; E Drug Store. Berry Bros., Wilkesboro, N. C. Keep on hand full line of Fresh Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints, Tarnishes and Everything kept in a First-Olasi Drug Store. Prescriptions Carefnlly Store in the Old Steve Johnson Building, just opposite the Court House. Be Sore to Call and See Them. 1 1 STALEY & CO, DEALER IN DRUGS. mT PATENT MEDICENES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, Cigarettes, Fancy and Toilet Soaps, etc., etc. ' Prescriptions promptly . and accur ately filled. Situated in the Brick Hotel Building. ; LIVERY & FEED STABLES, A. C WELLBORN. PROP- Situated on Main Street, eat of th Court House. Good horses aBd new ve hioles of all kinds ready for the accom modation of the traveling public. Horses carefully fod and attended to. Girt ua a trial and see how we feed. A .C, WELLBORN, Wilkesboro, - North Carolina mm r& b ma u'riwii Attorneys at Law, "WHiKESBORO, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal pourta. - " . i - m : - '- ISAAC C. WELLBORN, : Attorney r at -r Law, o, u. o. Will practice in all the court. Dealer in real estate. Prompt attention paid t collection of claims. T. B. Fnrurr. H. L. QmtKOk FIULEY & GREENE, Attorneys) - at - Low, VVTLKE8BORO. N, 0. WiU practice in all the court. Col' lection a specialty. Real estate sold o A monument is soon to be erected at Little Falls, N. Yl, in honor of the mem ory of the revolutionary general, Nich olas Herkimer. In the naming of tiie counties of New York the achievement h o various revolutionary heroes and pa triots -were not forgo tteii, particularly Aj.a,iLiiiLvu, jeuersou, Ji'uuisou, :uuuiwr, Montgomery, Schuyler, i Steuben, Clin ton; Delaware (after Lord De La Ware), ; Franklin, V Fulton, LWisv Greene, Wringston, Putnam, Sullivan, W'ayne, Yates and last, but not least. K Washington. By some erroneous ne glect, for -which the early democrats of Jackson county jnsthis State. Germany Js increasing its produoflon of coal more than any other European Country. '.Some of its coal is sold, in tb California and Oregon markets, to gether with, that from British Colum bia Australia, Japan and Great Bri tain. Indian and Japanese coal is said to be driving other, supplies out of the Far East. They are both inferior as steam producers; but are very cheap. The steamships: using. them make a saving of 40 per cent, over the cost of. British coal. Russia is" trying to sup ply her Black Sea fleet with coal from her own mines. 'She has a duty of 40 per cent, on Imported . coat, but even Tnat rate is unable to keep it out ox via. country. , H trrercTowcrca sapa-n Turns eager eyes toward the vast unpeopled territory of north Australia. Though English offi cers predict that trouble would follow Japanese colonization in the great is land, It Is probable that one of the greatest exoduses of the age will short ly set in from Japan to the north Aus tralian coast. The old world pef ples must nave room, and they will follow the .preceden'ts of all history by rasm It wherever it lies oaca : i . - - V Compounded
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