North Carolina Newspapers

. -t- r , ; - - Mai -SY iff r i i f J."W HIRPEB,; f. IM.H Jf - i Fveprtotera. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Trma $0.00 Xr-t- VOL. V. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 4, 188j. NO. --o m i . 1 1 tn i Mil i r ) r r 1 1 - Professional Cards. GEO. M. LINDSAY, Attorney at Law, onTHnuo, s. c v . - v . Will practise wherever forttonal rrlee "tUft?-m-r Koo. A. . Merrlmoo-Joph oct3wtf ' .tfO.I!DASJ.HOQRIv -Xttorney, AT IrAWV: Kw Benin, K.' (!. WT11 gnetlaa In th ContlM oT Onm, L. voir 7anN. Onslow. CuiUwMii Cravea; also I . C. S. Dtret Coort. . . rvwa.pt umU pM ta Om eotleetloo of P. MURPHY PEARS ALL, ATToa-ntT uw,., TltESTOS, JOSES CO, N. C. Will pnctk la tb Countlee or Onalow. lpnr, Xmplln. Maun Arui Inn aMAwtf Ifew Berne Adrertismnts. D. W. HURTT, MERCHANT TAILOR. ZANG'H Vaw Some, 2T. a Ferdinand Ulflchii GEO ERIES &DRY GOODS BOUTS. SHOES. HATS, Itop. Twiues, Paints Oil Can TAw,aud Oaknm. r' Tlie place to bar GRAIN SACKS in uy naatity and r r. . .. . ; LOltlLIAUU SNUFP . - V v by the bbL NETS aud SFINES. Foot of JJKklle atreet, , NEW BERNX,' 2ST. C. ..'.-.i.j'i J Ul.VTVWUlDI VTVIlTllr, W i . 1 - , ii i. n J j a- . IWknp taa tead (all 1 ' - . JtOPS AND TWIKES,').'' S P I KES, NAILS. CA-MVaRS. -, ato AXX kxttds' .v 1 v" .. smp chahdeley, : .;: PAINTS, OILS an d BRUSHES. 1IULES, P027ES. ' : t VTajons, Phaetons, Bnggies, i:,.:::i:3I v;hi?3, saddles, C3 CCCX'SCEliEHATEO YDSL GOOD YOUNG STOC ' alwaji ou ban'aad lof aale ; ., v- LO"W". FOB CASH. A! m. HAHN r ; Middle StreeC Opposite' Episcopal Church and Odd Kel-ws Hall. - " Junel5w-Cm . Small Preflta aad Quick galea.. H A C K G U R NBR 0 T H E R 8, Xt f I O LKS ALJ3 KETAI I . GROCERS Corner Srosd and Qnean Streets, NEW BERNE, N. C. SJUTFS JID TOBICCOS Mar. 30, I f n n JOHN DUNN, xurnrAcmtEB OF v- ' And Wbdeaale and Betail Dealer in ' . Steam refined Confectfoney. CANDIES, . FKE3H A CANNED FRUITS, r V Crackera and Cakes, CIGARS, And all Kioda of Child ren'a TOYS ' ' - I WAGONS Ac. Ac. '. POLLOCK St, New Benie, N. C AprI 3,lyw AViM. LORCH, GENERAL MERCHANDISE . CAST ACSCK3CSSATIC2S. VrmmA M. w Mtrmu, . C. 3D AIL BROS., WE OLESAE OROCERt . ivy AND ' ooaooaszov xebotavts. ' Mri..! w 1 T WOMA-QD BLESS HER Learned Xetes About tfce Fan Ladies, tke Probable Origin of Switches and tbe HairpU Mystery, jrilh a Cata logaeef Taples. f " TOAST BT MASK TWAIN. - tif r York 8nn.) "the toant fnclude-s the sex uni rersallj-. It is to women, compre henaivelj, vbere&oerer he may be toimd. Let us consfder her wavs. Firet conte the matter of tdres., Thi t a most important consider- atiOD, in a subject of thts nature. and must be disposed of before wo can intelligently proceed to exam ine the pro founder depths of the theme:- For text, let m take .the dress of two antipodal typea--tlie' aavae and the . cultivated daugh ter of oor high modern civilization. ."Among the Funs, a great negro tribe, a woman, when - dressed for home, or to go to market, or to out calling, does not wear anything at all but jnst-ker com piexiou. Thai is all.. That is her- en tire outfit. It is the legitimate costume of the world, bat it made of tho darkest material. It hat often: been mista ken for mourning. It is ftbe trim mest and neatest - and ' gracefullest costume that was ever in fashion, it wears, well; it doesn't show dirt; lou don't bare to - send it down town to wash, and liave some of it come back scorched with tho flat- iron, and some of it with t he , but tons ironed off, and some- of it pet rified with, starch," and some of : Jit shewed by the calf, and some of it 11. 1 I ! .1 , 1- -A rocieu mi til actus, unu . Home .01 n exchanged fori- other cnstomers things that ha vent any virtae but holiness, and ten-twelfths of the pieces overcharged for, and . the rest of the dozen mislaid. And it always fits; it is the perfection of fit. And it Is the t handiest :lresa in the whole realm, of fashion. It in always done op. :i When you call on a r an lady, and send np your card, the hired, girl never says. Please take a seat; madam Is dress- ? . . . ".: v . t ' r ug; sue wju ue uowqiq iiiree-qnar-tew oaahoorXOo4-ftdam is al ways dressed, always ready : to re ceive, and before yon can get the door mat before your eyes she is Tin mm m!of - TIiati nnrain rk vLInn j uu iuiuov a. ax-AJy oap- Us A uil ladies don't go . to . church ; to see what the others have got onjand they dont go back home ri Ka nnil elnnil a k and ue- BUI A W OUU BldUUr.1 AW . .-a-. "sucn ia rue aarK cuacv or sav agery a to' every dajr-toiletr and thus, curiously enonsrh. she finds 'a point cf contact with the fair dan gh-1 ter of civilization and high fashion who often has nothing to wean and thus these widely , separated types oi . toe sex meetf upon wmnioa ground.- Yes, such is the Fan wota-J an as she appears in ner simple un ostentatious every day toilet. ' But oil state occasions she is more dressy-At a banquet she wears bracelets; at a lecture she wears earrings and a belt; at" a- ball shettwenty;foui-inches. wears. ; ltoc-rmaraJ iiufl with true feminine fondness for- display' she wears them ottLerarmsf. At a $u-. neral she wears a jacket of tar and ashes; at a wedding, the bride who csa afford it puts - on ' pantaloons.! There the dark child f of , savagery' and the fair daaghter of civilization meet once -more upon comDQrirfon groan d; and these two toachaijrof nature make the vwhole world kin. "Now we will consider the dress of oor other type! A largo partjof. too aaagnter or emtuation is aer dress, as it should be. SoiSe civil ized women-would ioo, lalf " their j . -4.t.ii -- : s.: i I cuann-1 wikuoub ucesa, aau some would lose all of it. :.The daughter f of modern cfrillzation, ' diessed ,t x. .... ' ner utmost best,, ts a marvel of r cop. quisite and beautiful art and' 'ex-. pens. All the lands, all the clime-; and all the arts are laid under tri- f bate to furnih her forth. Her lin en is from Bella t; her robe is from Paris; her lace is from .Tesice or pain or France; her feathers re from the remote regions of south era Africa; her furs are from" the remoter home of the Iceberg anilthfiL atrrorai'hef'rahTrom Japan; her di amonds from Brazil her hiWlefs from Calabrnl4fellBlfrtromJ CjTlnn- liAi-aTn-rta - frWrfr, 1?7una 1 sbe baa gms end trinkets from buried Pompeii, nd others that graced comely Egyptian forms, that have been dust and ashes now lor forty centuries, her watch is froni Geneva, her card case is from Chi na, ner hair from, from, from I don't know where her hair is from I never could find out. That is her other hair her "public hair 1 her Sunday hair. I don't mean the hair she goes to bed with. Why von ought to know the hair I mean; It's that thing which she calls a twitch, and which resembles a switch aa much as it resembles a brickbat or a shotgun, or any other thing "which you correct people with. Its that things which phe-. twists And " then coils round and ronnd - her head, beehive fashion, and their tacks the end in under the hive and harpoons it with a hairpin; And that reminds me of- a- trifle. Any time you" want to, yon can glance around the carpet of a Pull man car and go and pick up a hair pin; but, not to save your,, fife, can yoa get any woman in that ear to acknowledge that hairpin. Now, isn't that strange? But it's true. The woman who has never severed from castiron veracity and fidelity in her whole life will, when con fronted with this crucial test, deny her hairpin. She will deny that hairpin before a hundred witnesses. I have stunidlv eot into more troub- lo and more hot water trying to hunt up the owner of a hairpin in ! a Pullmancar than by any; other discretion of my lifei ' : "Well, you see what thedaughter : of civilization is when she is dressed, j and you have seen what the ! danehter of savaeerv is when slie 1 isn't. Sncli is woman a to cos tume. 1 come, now, to consider her in her higher and nobler re spects as mother, wife, widow, grass widow, mother-in-law, hired girl, telegraph operator, telephone helloer, queen, book agent, wet nurse, stepmother, boss, profes sional fat woman, professional double-headed woman, profoisional beauty, and so forth and so on. We will simply discuss these few let the rest of the sex tarry in Jericho till we come again. IjtJEER STORIES. HE STAGGEBED "A LITTLE." Unioutown Local : Eli Berry, of color, is not only one of the best workers in the State, but is decid edly the strongest in his neck snd cranium. In the removal of our nflinft last wp.pk Kli wns f:li:irtrRit Nnd he performed the herculean feat of carrying on his head fully l,80il pounds of type without drop ping a single one. We must con- ffess, though, that he ".staggered" a jittie, A STIFF COW "TAIL." Hawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch: The most aged cow in Georgia perhaps in the United States is owned by a citizen of Hawkinsville. Th owner assures tis that the cow is 100 years old, and is now giving milk. When we mentioned the improbability' in fact, the almost impossibility of his cow being 100 years ul.4 the gentleman assured us that she had belonged to his grand parents, great grand parents and other ancestors, and that there is no doubt that the cow is 100 years of age. A "WELL- PRESERVED LUXCH Hickman Courier: Charles Hol- cozube has two biscuits baked thirty- years ago, and tney are well pre served. His mother baked them V liim tt1 - Ua wna 1 -. r t 5 rr linma November 10. 1852, fora lunch, and iui n ucii Lij n teen uuiuo enjoined him not to eat them until he got hungry, aud Mr. H. conceived the idea of keeping them as a memento of his mother, and has kept - thetri well preserved thirty years. a farmer's soft snap. Warreuton Virginian: Informa tion has reached this place that a' rooster belonging to a farmer ' near Thoroughfare Gap has gone off to live with a flock of wild turkey Every" morning at daybreak he crows, and the farmer, who knows where his rooster is, is thus enabled to go out and kill a wild turkey every day, - COLORED CURIOSITIES. Cy nth-ana News: - The Paris Keutuckian says there is a colored woman had a grown daughter there who has . not the sense of smell, and never has - had. We have a colored boy, in Cyuthiana, named Marcus Lee, who has a double head, no forehead, and eyes on the out side of his head, like those of a bull- irog. ue is trouoieu wun a Keen sense of airiell, and so is everybody else when he is around. THE CHAMPION GOURD-RAISER. ?M-IqllieP.JiJpnl, living at .ttrin (station, xenn., claims to De the champion gourd-raiser (in num- i9.io -Knoxjsounty. ' J'rom a sin- gtevm the oasr season: sue raisea variety1 known as 1 tlie 'siphofefj-or dibDer-eroord. - She also raised sev eral specimens of ' the Elififti iume, or oonneirgouru, jneaaavg 'A CURIOUS COMBAT. Hickman iTenn.) Pioneer: Tolbo4 YnghJ. iofofms us ora 'father sin gular infidenf which occurred a few days since. He jwas riding along when his horse became' lightened at an --object in the road. ' . Di joounnag he tounuif.to Dea nuge l)lick"SBake aida iajrgewiwk en- 1 - ii ' . i mi gagea in a ueauiy com uat. xue snake "was twisted twice around the hawk' netk Mr.? SSVsoon ' ilis- telped Jbiasnaketibio aiid took the n.lJaducah-Ne.w.sr'v We .were shown this morning by A. M. Leanson a curioaity iD the Way of a black rat. Therodeut,-ooe;.-of : medium size, hadTVeencaptured at Mrr. L.'s place of bosines is at trap. ; Besides his black fur, which was as soft and velvety a the hair of a mole, the rat had feet nearly' if not exactly the shape of a mole, . while there were bther indications of a toixture 4n breed between the two na 'If "critters." a yaj tough yarn. Hawkinaville (Ga.) News,V. Q. Dmke of this couufj, ftepff to t he fioiitiWth the biggest potato "yarn we have heard of this season. He says two gentlemem from thiscouri? ty found a potato in Florida weigh ing 650 pounds. They bought the potato, bored a hole through the, middle of the same attached shafts,-' and, then buying an ox, they rolled the potato home wheelborrow fash- ioueu Jiecnoatsrs useci to say mat ion. ' Let .Mr. Clarke go to the head j such itinerant worshippers had on "fcaters."' ' "Leel religion" only. A canine that crows. i A a stranger - T . . I rose m one of our city pulpits to be- ,r The Lynchburg (Tenn.) bentinfll ; gin the service, several of the con learns irom Shenfi Joe S. Hobbs egatioa began to leave the church, that Mr. Wm. Bruce, of Coffee's He waa a lauie maQ aud the ,lulpit Creek, has a dog "that rows just was iOCatel near the doors. line a rooster, some rwo .wars ago , just as he heard the roosters, aud every morning as regular as could betkept up the practice until now he ia .an expert . crower. He goes through all i lie mo4tu sofa roos ter, raising his head j and. bringing it! lower down as he completes his crow. The truth of this statement ; is vouched for by Rev. Mr. McQueeu, j MrlHaslit, Wm. Bruce, and several ; other responsible gentlemen. A . Dress with 1,800 Buttous. It almost seems increeible andj had I not had occular proof I should not dare to state it, that a single dress should have on it 1,800 buttons of varying sizes.: Ten days were consumed in arang ing and sewing oh the button by a seamstress, ua eacn sieeve mere were 100 buttons; on the body,, basque and collar .550, and on the skirt 1.350. . Those on the skirt were arranged in triangles, squares. crosses, stars and other curious; shapes on a foundation f black satin. The dress had a satiny up-; pearance and was very weighty so much so that it would require a lady of considerable strength to j wear it. The intention was to have 2,000 buttons ou it, but the entire surface of the dress would have to be covered. The buttons were all black, some round and others flat, and many of them quite expensive. Detroit Free Prvx. At Lynuhburg, Ya., a man named Warren, while drunk, fell a dis tance of 500 feet over au embank ment, but escaped serious injury. A Few Isms. The following are a lew isms which the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist publishes for tho benefit of readers not versed in the conflict ing belief's of the day : ATHEISM. A disbelief in the existence of God.' An atheist is a fool; -for the Bible says, "The fool hath said in his heart there is no God." And the reason why he says it in his heart is because said heart is ,ldeccitfnl above all things and desperately wicked." If his head were level he would say nothing of the sort, for reason admits that God is since His works declare Him. DEISM. A belief in the existence of God, but a denial of revealed religion. A Deist is, therefore, an infidel. He often declares his belief in natural religion that is, what man inav discover by reason alone. Deism and rationalism are twins. POLYTHEISM. A belief in the existence of many gods. PANTHEISM. " A belief that the universe is God Spinoza was a pantheist, and so was Hegel, a recent German pnilos opher. "A strange belief that leans its idiot back on folly's topmost twig." ARMINIANISM. Is very nearly the opposite of Calvinism. Its belief's are (1) con ditional election and reprobation; (2) universal redemption, limited in its benefits only by man's act in his failing to believe and obey ; (3) regeneration is absolutely essential and. mstantyf - follows justuying faith. - It is the work of the Holy Spirit, given of God. There is no irresistable grace, and apostatism is possible. Both Calvinists and Arminians believe in total depravity and future eternal punishment. UNIVERSALISM. A. belief that all men will be finalty saved. UNITARIAN ISM. A Belief m the unity ot UOd, as opposed to the orthodox belief of a trinity in unity. MATERIALISM. A belief that there is nothing but matter in the universe. v hat we call mind and soul , are to materi alists only properties of matter. Of coarse materialists deny immor ality to man. Death is annihila tion of existence. SPIRITUALISM. The opposite of materialism, originally was a belief that all mat ter is really spirit, and that there fore the universe is only God's concreted thought. Latterly it means those who believe in inter course with the spirit world. We suppose tbe jvitch En dor was a (roititiidteig sip V J A believe that all events neces sarily .happen that is, are ordained, and can not be altered. ' MOHAMMEDANISM I . A .doctrine of the Mussulmans, who believe in the unity of God, and that Mohammed was his pro phet. : They are fatalists. CALVINISM. ' The leading doctrines are original sin, particular election and rebroba tion, particular redemption, effect ual ; grace in . regeneration and perseverance of the saints. . BUDDHISM. Nominally believed by one-third of the human' race, teaches that there have been so far four succes sive in carnation of Deity, followed by stages of unconsciousness. The highest g6od is 5 Nirvana, or the state of unconscious repose. The last incarnation was called Guad- ama," 500 years before Christ, and iu after ages another, will come to lift ment up. Mean while its ad erehts strepi-cticaliy iddlators. I Miftif&uj8' hrefa(mi5st as! plentiful as the leaves-of ..the fortst. Most rof thenv like, falling- leaves, bad their .day.' - - a" "-' - ...,i" Beel Bellglen. Sou)e"people join the minister in stead of joining the chnreh. When they discover a stranger iu their favorite's pnlpit, they sometimes rise i up'ttud.' go out. The old-fash- iait a moment, mv friends," said the preacher, "till I get my hat, and I'll gowitu you-' Down he came, limping, . hat in hand, aud out of the church. This abrupt closing of the service taught the people that there was at least one minister who would not be treated with contempt. Una Certain Occasion. the eloquent Dr. E-H. Chapin, being! sick, was compelled to ask a friend ro preach tor mm. as tne stranger iu .I11U.UH.C m u.umg mu, j a score of person rose to go out This clergyman also was equal to such au emergency. "All." he said, "who came here to worship Dr. Chapin will please leave now ; but those who came to worship God will sing the fortj--third liymn." That stopped the exodus. (Iowa Coon Caught a Coon. i.SaTanah Recorder. A green grocer named Helmken, on West Broad street, has been bothered greatly at tlie way his pickles disappeared. He had in his yard a vicious coon, which he placed in a barrel corresponding to the pickle where receptacle, and placed it the preserve barrel stood. One or two days elapsed and no sucker was owight until last night, when a coloren nan went to the bar rel, cautiously raised the lid, and kept his eye on the proprietor. 1 he coon in the barrel immediately seized the colored man's hand and j sank his teeth viciously in that, uiein- j ber. The negro yelled and started ' from t he place,swearing that he was ; bitten by a rattlesnake. COCKLING COSQURED. Tae Bout Koscoe Had With Jem Maee. Hon. Koscoe Conkling, the great resigned, is an adept boxer it is said, and in the days that are gone, never to return, was exceedingly joyous in putting noses and heads upon brother Senators. Having upon one occasion severely punished old Zach Chandler, the latter re solved to get even. Jem Mace, the noted pugilist, happened in Wash ington, and on the promise of a handsome gift, consented to put on the gloves with Conkling. A num. ber of friends were let into the se cret by Old Zach,a and certain even ing, Conkling was introduced to Mace, by Chandler, the latter rep resenting the pugilist to be a lum berman from Michigan. It reanired but little manoeuvering to arrange a set-to between the' New York Senator and the ''lumberman." the latter with blunt candor dis claimed any knoweledge of science out jtuMieu mat lie was used to "rough-and-tumble fights, and could give and take some powerful blows." Conkling smiled serenly. Here was a foeman worthy of his steel, a veritable puglistic diamond in the rough. He would show the assem bled spectators how science con quered brute strength. He removed his coat and vest and tied his sus penders around his waist. They took their places, Chandler acting as reieree. .ai ace's posi tion was one ol studied awkwardness. He held up both hands in front of him, and instead of bracing himself with one leg behind the other, both feet were wide apart and nearly on a parallel line. Conkling's movements were the perfection of grace. He flour ished his fists rapidly for a moment before Mace's face, and then with a "look out for yourself!" he struck a blow straight from the shoulder But somehow it fell short. The lumberman in his clumsy, awkward fashion, had, by good luck, it seemed, just moved back far enough to escape it. ooniuing laughed. and said in a patronizing tone: "You did that cleverly,'' A few moments of sparring followed. Conkling saw a good opening and made for it, but the lumberman clumsily avoided it and countered so heavily that Conkling measured nis lengtn on the floor. He came up smiling, however, and compli mented the lumberman on his extraordinary luck. Not a suspi cion in- his mind. In the next round Conkling succeeded on plant ing a few blows on his opponent's chest, bat was knocked down at the conclusion with so much force that he was unable to rise for an instant. When he rose to his feet it was plain to be seen he was very angiy, but he struggled hard to con trol his emotions. He was badly used up. His "hyperion curl" had lost its curve and hung limp and soggy on his forehead. His clothes were torn, while great beads of sweat rolled down his face. The spectators were ready to shriek with laughter, but were held in check by old Zach, who promised them still futher sport. He then signalled Mace to "go in." Mace did go in. He pushed Roscoe. He crowded him, he pounded him. He worried him So that at last Conkling dropped into a chair so weak and exhausted that he could no longer retain his legs. Then the pent-up merriment of the spectators broke forth, led by old Zach himself. They hollowed and yelled, and one could have heard them a block.' Slowly the truth dawned upon Roscoe that he had been made the victim of a ridiculous practical joke. Calmly he drew off Ins gloves, quietly he arranged his disordered attire. Meanwhile the laughter continued. He cast a withering glance at his tormentors, and then, with the dignity of a prince, marched down ths stairs. He never forgave Chan dler, and would never allow his in timate friends to chaff him on the subject. A New Kind Wanted. We were having a long wait at a railroad junction in Georgia when an old darkey turned np with a basket of boiled eggs and sand wiches. When he had passed around through the crowd he winked me to step aside, and as we sat down ou some boxes in the freight house, he began: "I reckon yon's from up Norf'f" "Yes." Well, sab, I wanted to ax how many kinds of relignn you had up datway." "Oh, about a dozen, I guess." "Cracky, gollv!" he whispered, "but dat lets me out! Sav!'' "Yes." "We hasn't got but two kinds down yere Baptist an' Methodist. 'Cordin' to de Baptist Ize got to forgive de nigger who stole all my hay las' week, an' 'cordin' to de Methodist I can't lickde onery ras cal who tied up my ole mule in de scrub an' left him to death." starve to "And vnn K-nnf; n hpu- bin,!?'' "Zactfy, sah 'zactly. 1 want sunthiu'' dat'll answer last rate uoorin' a thunder storm to keen de rool on (le ou, caBII1 an' winch will arterwards let me cotch an' wollop j took a number of hot whiskeys be ole Adams de fust time he men-j fore starting on a five-mile walk shuns dat I wtat to jail fur thirty I home. He was found within one days fur habin' one calf too much." ! mile of his house frozen dead. j I gave him one, and he was : so pleased that he wanted to pre-1 sent me with thirty-one boiled eggs! ' and ten pounds of sandwiches. Glad He ttadetlte ifaie. (Atlanta i.'nnstltutlon.) "Uncle Ben," said old Bob,! "here's dat $10 what yer lent me ! above a year ago." "Brudder Bob, I is greatly snr-! prised at de course of what yerself i is now takin'. 'Fore de Lawd 1 nebber 'spected ter git dat money ; agin, an' I'd dun thought dat I had ' gin de money ter yer." "Ef dat's de case, Uncle Ben, Til jes' put it back inter my pocket. I always make it a rule neber ter dis appoint a man." Cauada is the paradise for lec- j tnrers. It is said that fuel is soex-: pensive there, that it is cheaper for; a man to pay half a dollar to hear1 a lecture in a warm hall than to stay at home and burn coal. BiTer Systems. (R. nr n pi,iiitnin p,.,n-i t. Snnnn.rn i.if . tains on the map between Burke f'T"8' uut 18 . - fn"a .,M-..V- U-l UUV IU1 UlUHU -!........ .. 4.1. ii. .,,i nnnn t tut nm i. A WaTw efforts, involving-as in the forum County on the east, and Burnsville, Yancv Count v. m the west. One could easily ti ll i hat t his section the State was very high land. Howt Rv ol.rvi..rr W nnmom., numerous are the streams that rise there. It is by means ol tiic drainage system that we judge ol the conformation of the land. Giveu a thoroughly accurate delineation of the drainage of any country, and it would be possible to put on the maps a tol erably accurate mountain system Ami mis ornigs me to mo niaiu point the rmon (Pet re of this pa per,viz., that the classification of counties by their drainage system aius one very materially in acquir ing a thorough knowledge of the State, and so of other States, and counties, lisped. illy is tins true of that seeming tangle, the moun tains of Western North Carolina. Studied thus the mountain system unfolds in the simplest aud most beautiful way. For instance, Chero kee and Clay Counties belong to the same system, v:z.: the Hiwassee River system, except the extreme eastern part of Clay, which belongs ro me Macon system. Graham County has its own system indued, but it belongs properly to the Ma con system, as its waters run into the Tennessee River in this State. Macon, Jackson, Swain, and Gra ham have the same system, the Tennessee Tuckaseege River sys tem. Haywood County Jias its owu system, viz.: me uig 1'igeon river system. But Transylvania, the greater part of Henderson, Bun combe, and Madison have the same system, viz.: the French Broad River system. So that the whole south-west part of the State coin- prising about GOO.) square miles, can be divided into four drainage systems, viz: (1.) The Hiwassee, comprising tne counties ot (Juerokee and Clay. (2.) The Tennessee Tuckaseege, comprising the coun ties of Macon, Jackson, Swain and Graham. (3.) The Big Pigeon, Maywood (Jounty. (4) lUe I reilCll joruau, uuui prising me counties Ol Iransylvania, Buncombe, Madison, and most of Henderson. It will be observed that in this grouping three rivers of considerable size have been included in the great divisions, viz: the Cheowah, wdicu drains tun southern part ol Graham County; the Nantehaleh, which drains the eastern part of Clay and the western part of Ma- con, and the Ocanaluftee, which drains northwest Jackson aud northeast Swain. These are sub ordinate to the great divisions, and can thus be included in them. His Uncle Is Sick. A girl might as well be up and I II I VI II M.I Hill I. Kill' II I. II I II tTM Ita I i 1 BIlTTi.T i ,.T t -,B ...., ,KJ uuoiiuuu, ojueuuiujii, w hersfilt to h unixispil nn qihi Ikiva I 4 -.n. n 4.1. . -iI - - - ......... ...... 444."" tne leeuug gnawing at ner neart irom one ears end ro another. xne otuer evening when a certain jouug mini in i ins city nroppeu uiuiocuuunii in uie uiinui aiong- I. . ... .... I .1 , 4-1.- 1 ;,! ,!. i. i. 4. aiuo ui iuo gin ot; nopes io maiTy some day or other she liegan : "Harry, New Years' is almost here. 1 "Yes." "Three years ago yon presented me with a pair of earrings. They were from the dollar stoic." "Yes." "Two years ago you presented me with a pair ol ?y0 bracelets. They were rolled, plate and only cost $0." "Urn." "Last .year you placed in mv hand a diamond l ino;. The ring is washed and the stone is from Lake George, and they retail at about $3 per bushel. Harry!"- "Yes, dear." "Are you thinking of making me a present this year?" "Of course. ' "Then do not seek to cheat and deceive me. Do not throw away your money in trilles and baubles, but buy something that I can show to the world without fear of criti cism. Here is an advertisement in the paper ol a lady's saddle pony aud saddle for only 300 !"' Yesterday morning Harry left for Denver to nurse a sick uncle through a case of bilious fever, and he won't be back until after holi days. Still, it was a wise policy ou the part of the girl. That very day he had figured with a jeweler on buying an 8 silver watch and having it gold-plated and marked: "IS K 9150 Harry to Susie 1S82." Victiius of the Frrst Kinj (New Vo:!; Sun.) Jacob Sell of Adams county, Pa., 75 years of ago, was fVozea to death a few days ago. Henry Conover, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Dayton. Ohio, was recently frozen to death while in a drunken stupor. i A butcher named l-'ishudv of Couestoga township. Pa., continued on his usual route until his arms, legs, and cars were f'roz. n so that he will die. ! David ivnox ol Florence, la., George Chihls was lost in a snow storm during five days and nights, but survived. He was engaged in putting up a telephone line between Lundv and Tioga and the Voscmite Valley. After too much dunk, Oliver Ashlagof Walcott, Dak., started to drive home in a sleigh. He was found next day in a slough, frozen to death. 1'he sleigh was a wreck and the horse was drowned. Fiiio JSliootiiiir. (W II. lit view. . On Saturday morning lst. the 2od inst. , Mr. John WatkiiiH, of Pender county, while out griming, discovered a covey of nine wild turkeys into which he fired and killed seven. This would be called good shooting for a young aud expert gunner, but when it is known that Mr. Watkins is 76 years of age the feat becomes remarkable. He is, how ever, one of the mof.t active men in the county, being able to stand upon the ground and leap upou his horse with the ease and agility of a young man of only twenty years. Great Men's Stomachs i, 1110 iiuna iu ci- nun auix uigest wen is not an element - ,... , i. to me success oi great intellectual T?n a"a 'ong-susta nen leenng, u 1 010"" compre nensive argu of me"P: T,,ie 'I.!!1 ,s ,ood uertl ",m Y8Dl " icy, win, ana repression are possiuie, iu tneir , I ! I . . . nigner ionns, only as tne uraiu is well fed, just as well-fed muscles are essential to a snccesful athlete. Lut ber had a good digestion, and could go to Worms through many "devils as there were tiles on the house-tops;" and he was, more over, as genial as he was heroic, ana kept ins home filled with joy and song. Calvin's digestion .vas exceed ingly weak, and no warm sunshine played on the grand, cold moan 4...I -. !-.ll.. ' .1 . . tciius oi ins intellect ana nis iue ology. Roljert Hall, the great pulpit orator of England, once exclaimed, "I eat like a hog, and I preached like a hog." Much in the 'character of Dr. Johnson is explained by the fact that he was in the habit of taxincr a voracious stomach to the utmost.) - 1 1 I ,11 1 ... tjarey, ine coooier, wno, witnout any academic education, became the founder of modern missions, the translator of the Bible into fortv of the dialects of India, Professor of Sanscrit in tne British college at Fort William, and the first Orien talist of his day. besides doing enough other work to immortalize average men, was largely indebted to a vigorous digestion that was never abused. Says the Medical Xews, speaking oi uariyie, wno began early to suf fer from dyspepsia, "The gloomy view he took of the constitution of modern society was a reflex of the mental depression due to bad di gestion. His railings and wail- in gs over the degeneracy of the times, his hopelessness of any im provement, and his mean opinion of all the literary men and women with whom he-caine in contact, had tneir origin in the same morbid state." I Maklnt-ft nrrl Arnnnd Rnnchnl (From the Cleveland Lender.) Mr. Mark L. Deering, mechanical engineer, of this city, has recently taken out a patent for a barrel without staves or hoops, all in one niece. The material he iisah to make this seamless barrel is wood I nuln. A certain amount of nolo in placed in an iron cylinder, the inside of which is shaped exactly like a band. This cylinder is made to revoive ny an ingenious arrange ment both ways; that is, the or dinary way that a barrel would revoive, ana revoive at the same time bead over head at right angles. at about loo revolutions a minute. The centrifugal force of this double revolution throws the pulp equally i I i n .H.nnl a ,1Z -4. w otn.-rti, cuniij an v.r vu msiuei surface of the cylinder. After be- inr revolved in thia niAnnnr forth or lour minutes air is then pumped through the bung (which is made .... . , . 1 . riant around tne tiiha mnTnv n. .." . . .... 1 c - the air) tin a pressure ol 100 pounds to tne men is obtained. This is done without a cessation of the movement of the revolving cylinder. The pressure of this air squeezes all the water in the pulp through the brass lining of the cylinder, which is perforated with minute boles, and is carried away in the 'ftrobves of the iron cylinder. After being revolved for three minutes under this pressure, the two halves of the cylinder are opened and a perfectly shaped barrel is taken out: all com plete, with heads in, which is laid aside for twenty-fonr hours for the purpose of being seasoned, when it is then placed in a drying room, ueated by steain to 160 of'heat, and kept there for about three days, when it is taken out all finished for the market. Sound Sleepers. "Now blessings on him that first invented sleep!" exclaims Sancho Panza. "It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak." How t horoughly sleep covers a man who is in good health and is quiet in mind, though fatigued iu boddy, may be seen from one or two Rocky-Mountain incidents. A hunter, after a hard day's tramp, made his cani. .After eat ing his supper, he lay down to sleep, using his saddle for a pillow. It being covered with rawhide, ex cited the appetite of a prowling wolf who drew the saddle so gently from under the sleeper's head as not to disturb him. In the morning the hunter awoke to find hi s saddle gone. The tracks of the wolf furnished the only ex planation of its disappearance. He followed the trail, but rfot a sign of hair or hide could he find, aud ou a bare-back horse be rode into the nearest fort. A party of trappers were sleep ing one night iu cam), when an old hunter was awakened by the noise of wolves. The moon was up so that he could see several prow lers hovering near the camp. Siezing hisrilie he shot one, then another, and finally a third, without disturbing his comrades. Dragging tlie carcasses in front of the camp lire, he again lay down, and was soon fast asleep. A light snow fell during the night; and at sunrise every man rouScd up, but waited to see w ho had the courage to turn out and renew the lire. One man at last jiuned up walked towards the lire, and as he saw three wolves sprawling in front, ran for his rifle, crying, "Wolves! wolves!'' The whole camp turned oat to find three dead wolves. Where did they come from?' "Who shot them?" "Who dragged them there?" were shouted from one to the other The hunter ex j plained. ! "Can it be possible that we slept ; so soundly as not to hear three ritie- shots?'' exclaimed one puzzled ! trapper. "Well, it's lucky for us no Indians I are around," said another: "one j brave might, have killed all of us, I without one of us know ing what i was going on!" Georgre'a Love Teat " -(From the ChloMoTrlbena.) , to of "How she must have loved him." As Myrtle Redingote spoke these words softly to George W. Simpson a blush of maiden modesty flamed iur n idihoi , pure - uuuK iae uu.. iM-.reuiijr ; oentna tlie tiny pint care , mat eioou line pigmy .cuuneu un - iMKueineuc oi ro?e in leu utu, mmt. and warm, and with .beautiful curves whose - dimpled outlines would have made even an anchorite resign. George bad becu felling as I her that beautiful utory -of (he princess of olden times, who, when ber lover was stricken down by a poisoned arrow, knelt by Ids aide, and with ner own ruby Hps drew from the wound the fatal element. When he had finished the girl gave utterance to the words with which - this chapter oiwna.' And ihhi, for . I 1 1. . -.11.. ... .. - iu lu.iuui, ik.iivi hjh : wtwsva them. .v '' George was the s first to, upcak "If I were wounded by. a poisoned arrow, darling, would you emulate tho example o: the princess r7 The girl'! form shook witb a sad- den tremor, and ber bead feu upon bis shirt front. . , . , .. "I could not do It," Rlie nobbed . I 4 1 . ... J ' uu-uugu uer tears. - .j. , W by not asked Ueorge. . "Doaot press me lior an answer," replied the girl, J . "But I must know,", ho said Id low, agonized cones. - j ' "Thcnj" she murmurednressing 1 him still more closely to ber, "yon I ara from Kentucky, and' I do not I care to catch the delirium tremens.'' Fashton Fanclct. -ijaugtnr Don nets, gloves ana sup- pern. -UTJ IU IHJtO. . ,-r. V ' Roman striped silk are used lor full dress occasions" Gilt and amber beads border new French bafts and bonnets. Arabesques of Satouohe are tlie leading jackets and wrap, gurni- tnres. : .. Fancy feathers of every - descrip tion are the rage for millinery i use. a 4 Xf i r Telegraph, hozzAr, electric and royal are four very popular rdiadeai or blue. 4 , Royal cardinal jackets pre very fashionable worn over black skirta of silk satin, or eashmerea. Scarlet cloth, witu eider-down woven in it, is a light aud com for- table fabric for winter Onderhhirti. .Round and oval-shaped brooches are imported now that every lady is supplied With longHlender.; luoe pins. , V , ; : ''-" White felt" poke bonnet trimcd with white uncut Velvet, white fea-J tners ana some cut Draiu.-urt. woru byyoungjadies. 1 k.i, "'j liUDv, very ., uaiK. pmm -coion, and golden brown are, the naleHltriA cojlHrcllon me most in vogue for velvet .costtimeai for the promenade. ' , , " m. i . i. ,. , ......... xuecuiuiiiKUioiB vtr; x-t'y iiua 11 1 1 1 ll f I . . . 4 largely lucrewieauiewHw in auiot- . 1 , , , caoi tne wereey pouice,.,wuo pop- ularifv she long ago inaugurated in lnAnn Hantera ind Flsherar . ..(New York tfan.) 1 A Dure white deer waa killed recent ly by Mack Ldiiy at uaniMteo, W. . It is estimated that 500,000 deer are annually slaughtered. In .Oregon ami California by akin banters. : , , The Town M'WBbai or Versailles, pulled his gun out of the wAg.in by the muzzle, aud lost an inu.n ; As f hllip Myer .or lndianaimlis .Was shooting birds his gun burst and : the breech pin waa drtres through his brain, ..... ... ... im w in attemDtuie to amir nis cruu osor a fence Charles F. Smllh of Bottscour, Ga., waa shot in the arm- and bled' ft eatn- t . ...-,-.ri,u i , i ; t ' While climbing Big Lick Mountain, John W. Miller of Tower City,' Pa., slipped and fell,.' His gua wemtoflt and blew oil bis arm. , . ,..- '. 4l f io George Dunbar of Ionia had his eliin blown off by the accidental discharge, of bis gun. A doctor bas rigged srp an artificial chin for him. , , , , i .).,. .. William E. Kirk of Locust Valley went hunting on Satnrday. '' lie re turned with one eye destroyed and 'his face pitted with shot holes. , Neal Lamont of West, Stockbridge, Mass., on returning from ' a hunt, waa killed by the accidental disolaarge of his gun as he stepped from hi wagon.; , ,u , Frank Whitton of Clyman, Wis., waJ naa never oeiore nanaiea a gun, went hunting and was killed at the first 'fire, the gun being accidentally discharged. Andrew F. Simon of , Indianapolis went hunting with his son. On their way home the boy's gun 'was accident ally discharged, and the , fattier lost a leg- ( George Bringolf of Hammond, lad., stood up in his boat to flre at a water fowLandhis gun kicked' him back ward into the water and be was drowned. A sawfish caught by E. P. Andrews of St. Augustine, Fla., was fourteen feet in length and had a saw three fet ten inches long. It weighed nearly 800 pounds. Just as one of a party Of dtick hunters in a boat near Bag Harbor fired at a fowl, C. O. IlaTPti raised his head and caught the charge of shot intended for the duck. While preparing for a hunt Sanford ! Robertson of Cootta county, Ala., held his gun acroHR his knees to fix the lock. The weapon was accidentally discharged killing his 18-year-olU daughter. i Two boys, George White and Wil I liam Devens. of Crawfordsville, Ind., I while hunting became so excited at j raising a bevy of quail that they brazed I away, wounding each other severely. Brief Stories of Animals. I (New Vork Hun.) A strange bird has been captured in Williamson county, Tenn. It in bins, i with snow white beak, nnd has claw nearly six inches long. A family in a burning house in San Francisco was roused at night by the screaming of a parrot. In the confusion I Polly was forgotten, and the firemen who afterward rushed into the smoke in response to what seemed a woman's screams found the bird dead in his cage. i A Pottsville cat caught a sparrow. 1 The sparrow rhirpml an alarm call, nnd iuan instant large numbers of the bel ligerent little birds came to the rescue. , They swooped down on puse from svery 1 side, and although she tried to give bat tle she w-as overcome, and, dropping her game, fled. A hunter "g dog in Plumas countr. Cal.. seized a gray squirrel as It jumped unhurt from a tree after being shot at. The squirrel caught the dog by the lip. and held so fast that he was unable to shake it off. Tlie dog finally rau to a 1 stream nearby, and. plunging the squir rel under water, held it there until It was drowned. . ALL0V1K i ii r : ? : A h g killed lo I: ill.. , ty, Temiea', wril;ml k, i net. ....... - The'omiigf crop n !!. r pi gulfcoa.it ia unuMiu'u'y ; year. : ,'MiiM Ellen ilrKennle, lady residing in Io,l.' wHgliK 375 rxiuinU. "Bill Alp1 ia dcml t 'I. Ga, He waeainule, iuhI 1. his thirty-nine year. A factory for iimkinc and lubricating oil out I ( Unn U-en Minted at N u (i A hot wwlng, whi(h v through a bed of grav I t ore, luia been Luovci u t moiid, Virginia. vork on tho channel i Mucola, Florida, Ima , 0-r, to be made twentv-fmr I I ."H. Eight hundred cnt i r Georgia, Alabama nnd 'I left Chattanooga last v ' home in t he W'c ?. The South l. a . , of nltont O.f'Oft (K'ti i.i. ) Urt;lly over (i,uo,o o ; ' acbool education. A lemon grown in 1! county, 11a., iit! i : half inches iu cirri;' eight inches in li.in, t t. 1 An unusual amount ( mains unpicked in A!.' that picked and ial I held by planters for b- (! : The Galrestoti ,V . valued Ot f l.V'W'.f'UJ I ing 'In what wim yi abtlutclyr Jndiun c ; m ' Texas. At l.ol. f'ninn 1 fi.rlt w(n,,KS(.(1 , nnd au alligator, in ; was buccchkIuI in wov riaa. i . .-. Win. Gralo.ui, p ,! ; haa been ndnuttc'l to t CartcrnvjIIc, Ga. 1 youngest, Ian cr In I i Htnten. ' ' ' TheSonth C.ml.i.a 1 baa parsed a I i 1 1 t r. . : intercut on mone v to ten Tl:e limit hcictoiore percent. ' MishiKxIpiil h t 1,17'.' i ing estnlillimrniH. w ;i h Of f4,C27,CIUl. ' Tl.cy i; itcrsoiia, n nl liKwluie H,4a"),H82 r Jin:;m. fH,t,000 lying bile in l, i Sl.o owes f..,ooo,(i(ii, ii ( Isso good that credit ; for bonds, and ahc b : forty wutpmniumoa 1 urcaaiui imamm 11 1 1 J' a lale' iuml. r ol n raft don lourna k.i k: " a n:iUocrjn'kcts.. 'i . i 1 Appropon of these e i . nil inCMU'lli: tvmira near a cmi I .. ... . . t . . 1 mo orami rnc ot .in r 1 heurd a ration of 1 lion: H.iid one: ''Von i,. : ha'vo an Annlo of An-: etle." "Yea,' tvspchdr.. j! , " ."What could yon l...ve ! lug about, mj- dear; i i Are only .worn ut tun: wOf course I do, i : i luoitifled. ' 1 don't K e! , t4i 14 una kt such in ; i What in lie world Mill j But 1. an) always doing i dreadful. The of her : I down" to dinner i:h i on. Just tlunk'of it, v .U'cakl'-Vbt-cnp to dim.! i! i evof hoar anything so t : jo.urlifeT', ' And the ofher lady nvov she never had. i-A brutal fellow next to r . had who had been Iit : ; iconversaUon turned to i . . a "voice distinctly nm' t ladies; said i 'Queer what' funny" r ' man. will 4oake nboi.; You wouldn't believe it, v , it'a a fact that I've c ; ,o 1 - night with my ausjicndcrs en v . aide out.w r i "Great Ccar!"' is that ho I" r ejaculated. ,, ,"Jes," aaid bi "and I v r f an darn ashamed in my 1 ' . I've done'worse thin gs tin i ' "Yes, Wrjfotily last f;:n.! I to church with -my icr:t i t and the. next t night I took . vniicty-show in my Sunday I and then the horrid thing wct.t tb et ft drink.1" " V , i i. ,. ..utifBiiea. i.i (hUKm ll4wrd.) , ' The Midland Comny bare rfui.- I to surrender pnmrtMUirl of tlie ADnt , . & North Carolina lUUrond,. L i i. - ltMLMHlew UW)MJM, 1 SK I, 4 1 V lease has been declared foil, tract d litigation will, bs t. r which will benefit nobody but i vers engaged therein, hince t ; land Company have had x i the roa4 the -towns and the rnm" along ita line have, greatly rtw) .. fO" thbir tnatagmniit of It I much more beneficial to the public t it was whea under the oontrcJt of i former inanagers. Then it was Mm k a political vnaChlne, ee is allnnj t generally believed, in the lateru r n favored class, but wader the Midi. . management it has beea run on u . business principles.. Ia Uie lurr-ur.r. the lersl-headed editor of the . w Berne JocHiav we -would ak, ' i.a senso ia there in taking hs in4 frwi.i lessees who were making mors i-i .i. for the stockholders than any lot hi i... agemet has verdoe. . - - ? T - ., , ' Female fMM-intj, What is It that makes 'all tlioas in. . wfio aaaoeiate habitually wick wo.... superior to others wbt do nntf V. makes that woman who Is so uxUip . to and at ease ia the eaeisteof men. -jierior to ber sex la general 1 bk'Tl " cause they are In the habH t.f If. graceful, oootinod eanvsrxaticxii the other sex. ; WomMl ia this wsy ) their frivolity, their faculties a", their delicacies aad peculiarities tint ! all their beauty and caftivatioa is i spirit of intellectual rivalry. And men Voe their pedantic, mde, de4i tory orsollen wanner.' Ths oois i t i understanding and the heart rh continually. Their areritiAs are r -bed off, their better materials poln.) t and brightened, and their nrltni", I " grld.ls wrought into Oner wort man ship by the Angecaof warn en than U ev er could be by those of men. lb tn.n and steel of their character er l.i.l 1. like the armor of a giaat, by Mods . I knots of gold and preoioes stone, w l. n thev are not waated la actual war- 1 fare. J&r. - A. TTW X.