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VOL.4. SHELBY, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY IP, 1889. NO. 38. BUSINESS CARDS. E CABAHSS, ATTORNEY AT LAW nl United States Commissioner, j SIIELBr, n. c. - KACTICES in the courts of Cleveland Rutherford counties. - . Office on West Warren street. 28-tf. B. Frank Wood, Attorney at Law. ' SHELBY, N.'c. V C OMMISSIONER of Deeds for South Carolina.- j 11-ti Shelby Eoindry ' . . AKD r Machine Shops, B. B. BAB1NGT0N, Proprietor. 1ANE MILLS, PLOWS- and Castings V of all kinds, when in; need or any thing in that line, give me a call. 16. FORSAtE. SPLENDID WATER POWER and 420 Acres of well-timberecj. land j within five miles of Marion, N. C., on the C, C. & C. R. R. . Choice location for a large manufactory. Plenty of power. ; Good merchant mill now on premises. ' Flour ing mill a little out of repair. Terms REASONABLE. ! For farther particulars, address ' THE NEW ERA, i2. ''. Shelby, N. C. a fresh; lot ; " i t ' - OP FINE Buggies and Phsetons - Just received at !"-.- BOSTIC BROS. & WRIGFS "Warehouse. Call at once and make a - ' I - - selection ot the FINEST LOT Ever brought to Shelby; j 7. WAIT ELLIOTT, FasMonaMa -Barber and fiair-Dresser, '"v:-,-SHELBY, N. C., '. HAVING secured an expert assistant.is prepared to do all lonsorial work in first class style. He has moved into his new shop in the Bostic Building ion the north west corner of Marion and LaFayette streets. '.. " '. j- 1-tf. DRIED FRUIT. 4 NY one wishing to buy Country Mc .. Iasse3 or a small lot of Dried Peaches, jxa!cd and unpealed,: will do well to write or call on ! i D . J. KEETEIi & CO., t Cuba,N. C- TO ALL WHO OWE US. YS7E WERE burned out in the late fire Y V and lost $2,500. We need what is due us, bo plase cors.e forward and help uis in this our time of need. It is not much to you, but all the small amounts put together will help us gTeatly. - Yours truly, GARDNER & QDINN. .;. Shelby, N. C, Nov. 15, 1383. I will sell my plantation, one and a half miles east of Ckerryyille,; Gaston county. N. C, said plantation containing one hundred and seven acres; and a half, described as follows 25 Acres Wood Land, 25 Acres Bottom Land a jtati f cultivation, and 5?i Acres -Upland, in high slate of culti vation. ' f S00 Fruit Trees, 2 years old, consisting of apples, peaches, pears ana grapes, au 01 Greensboro's choicest varieties. . This property is improved by a -two-story brick dwelling -containing six rooms, fire place in every room, designed" upon the best plans fer taste and "bandat good well furnishing good freestone water in the yard, good spring, near, outbuildings a perfect completion to the dwelling. A good two room tenant house is'. on the plantation. ; t ' ' Aay one wanting to purchase a good plantation or a beautiful home in a good neighborhood and a healthy location will find it to their interest to communi cate with or come to see me before buy ing, j P Itespectfully, Vi. Cherry villa, F: . n, . HOTELS. Shelby Hotel, SHEL3Y. IT. C..' J. V. KERR. Proprietor PIIE best furnished and best kept Hotel .1 in theWestern part of the: State. Per fect satisfaction guaranteed. Public pat ronage solicited. ; . . i' j I At the beginning Of the year! the' Com mercial changed hands, and with the new management the house has been refitted afid 1'urnUbed anew. No effort will be .spared to maintain its well-desered : rep utation. Rooms newly carpeted and neat ly furnished. Best servant attendance. Tabic fare first-class'. . " 4-1-8-tf. Central Hotel, W. E. RYBURN, Proprietor, - I SHELBY, N. C. I' rT",HE Largest and most costly building i in Shelby. Beautifully located. First class fare. Polite servants. Large and well lighted rooms. Well arranged office and sample rooms. Telegraph office in building. Omnibu3 and f irter meet ev ery tiain. i 3s-t TO DRAW OB HOT TO DRAW. To draw, or not to draw ; that is the question. t Whether 'tis cooaier in tL mind to ven ture The doubtful chance of skinning for a straight, Or to stand cat asrainst a C of green backs, And then by bluffing, get 'em. To draw to ante More. But by that draw, to fill; and end The tremors and the thousand direful haps That hands are bare to. "Ha a consum mation Devoutly to be wished. To draw to fill! - To fill r perchance to bust I Aye, there's the rub i For in that vagrom draw what cards may come When we have shuffled off th' uncertain pack, ,.. ,., - . .. . Must give us pause. ; There's the foul .take That makes calamity of a bob-tailed flush ! For who would stand the blind, the crafty raise, , The wait upon the. age, the reckless straddle, The insolence of pats, the vile, base cards The patient player of the dealer takes When he as well might his gpondulics save, By simply passing. Who would chaffing bear, " Or grunt and fret under a cruel raise, Forsake his aces up, lay down three queens. But that the dread of seeing after call The undiscovered full, against whose might No flush can stand, puzzles the will. And makes us rather nurse the chips we nave Than curious ol hands we know not of. Thus does the draw make cowards of us all! And thus a sanguine four heart specula tion Is sickened with a black, unwelcome - club; And lovely jack-pots of great wealth and moment, .lluLt av,v :ngtii ve car s, their fortune? virn right to open. Chicago Heral A STORY OF THE WIRES. "Can I tell yon some dot and dash stories? Well, yes, perhaps I can." The operator was an old-time telegra pher, who, being cornered by a Lewis ton (Me.) Journal man, was sounded for news. ' . ''Did you ever hear of a deafand dumb telegraph operator? Don't be lieve it f Why, man, I taught a deaf and dumb boy his first dots. Believe it T Come, let me give yoa the facts and a little story with it, off-hand like, and you can work it over to suit your self and readers." Thereupon this toyer with lightning reeled off the following yarn : "The deaf and dumb operator was my twin brother, so alike in form and feature, and indeed all save the one great distinguishing- mark of speech, as to be often mistaken for myself. At 12 years of ago a bright, noble boy, that great scourge of childhood, scar let fever, robbed him of those two most precious faculties, speech and hearing. When I secured the position of messenger at our local telegraph office, with the promise of opportunity to perfect myeE in the art telegraphic, it was lie who proposed and carried out bis purpose to commence the study at the same time, and tsO diligently did he pursue his labor that, maimed as ho was, he acquired by eonstant practice what would seem an impossibility. He read the fast recurring clicks of the Morse instruments, not by sound, as i3 the rule with telegraphers, but from the sense of touch as he placed his fingers lightly upon the moving arma ture. Hia had been all home practice from lessons delivered by myself after ofSce duties were over. "I applied for and secured the man agement of the office at G . a good ly town on tho Kennebec. Here the sumnief found us, my brother and I, busily employed with office duties. The deaf and dumb operator attended strictly to this branch of business, sit ting with finger lighly resting on tho instrument, intent upon calls, or copy ing with pen the words as they flowed from the quick pulsations of the little brass armature beneath his sensitive touch. ' At firs': this t d been a great xti- r u "a tov jpeople, yet th c-.i-i ; led :. last asa mattr ot ; . t. -i'lonly occasionally visitors cam.) witness tae phenomenon. "It wna well aloncj into tho ice har vest of winter that one day Col, Tra cey, agent in the town for one of the larger ice companies, the chief indus tries of tho 'town, entered the office and after a cheery greeting, announc ed the fact that $1,000 in freenbacks was expected on the evening express, to bo used by him in paying the hands on the mprrow. 'And, boys,' he added, 'I suppose you don't care to keep that amount over night, perhaps you'd bet ter deliver it to me' at. the house ; then I'll lock it in my safe and be ready with the pay-roll in the morning, for the men will be anxious for . their scrip.?-" We were willing to please the Colonel and readily consented to what he wish ed. During that afternoon a furious storm of snow set in. Trains were de layed and. ia consequence, it was af ter 9 o'clock in the evening when the express parcels, and among them the express bundle of cash, arrived at the office. Ours was a small office, sup porting no delivery team, and as one rt no Tnnef na mcec&nirm lmv litTitH i er proposed doing so while I settled up my day's business. Had there been a thought of danger in the errand to dis turb us I never should have consented tp his going ; being none, 1 gave a gesture of thanks as he buttoned tight ly his coat about hiui, seized the par cel and stepped out into the storm. Alone in the office, the dys business was soon put in order, and the express parcels checked from the way bill. Then, seated in my brother's chair , I fell into a reverie upon the courage of the poor rboy who sat there day after day, deaf to all save-tho busy instru ments until aroused " by an unusual stir at the office door. Thy were bringing "him in. my poor boy ; his clothes in disorder and stained by the storm and, yes, blood. What could have happened t j flis poor right hand, whicli could have told ia place of speech, hung useless at his side, the arm disabled by a blow. "What is it, men 1" No answer, save that they had found him strug gling through the storm, and recog nizing him, had brought him here. While plying the question I had clasp ed the wounded boy in my arras and supported him to his accustomed seat beside the instrument. we have need of a doctor here greatly,' raisiujr tne injured arm. On of the men imme diately started in search of a physi cian. "Seated amid the light and warmth of familiar surroundings the poor fel low revived somewhat, and cast arlances about, as if looking for meus of communication. 41 What is it. dear bov ?" I asked aloud. For answer he grasped quick ly my right hand with bw. uninjured left md. with his fingers, spelled out tv. -ds-in the familiar Morse.alpha- bot .ich Tread from the motion of lis fingers 'Robbed! Robbed Twu. Muffled figures. Struck nr.e down. Clung to money package to the last till till they broke in 3' arm Oh. cruel, crueltwo poor boys to rob them of so much !' "A severe scalp wound, the result 0 a blow from some blunt instrument and an arm not broken, but badly hurt. Such was the verdict of the physician after an examination "The long winter season at last grew into spring, then summer, and the sun danced again on the waters of the Kennebec. My brother was back once more in his old time seat, fully recov ered from his injuries and busily work ins the wires as before. Yet no trace of the stolen money nor tho robbers It proved to us, however, a never end intr theme, this mystery, over which we struggled for some clue to its uu raveling ; but it remained a mystery still, until a curious accident brough to light both the crime and tho money "It was noon, and our telegrapl messenger's dinner hour, when one eventful day there came a message of special importance.requiring ah imme diate delivery. Our established repu tatiou for promptness must not suffer this to waitjthe messenger's return, so thrusting tho telegram into the pocket of my coat, I rushed off on delivery dutv. I have said that my brother's appearance so closely resembled mine as to cause uncertainty even among our friends in distinguishing oe from the other. "Now, as my course lay down to ward tho river among the ice houses, I noticed two idlers of vagabond appear uce sitting cooling their heels upon one of the long chutes which project out into the. river, used in hauling the ice from its bed up the great inclined Diane to the entrance of the house. As I came opposite and almost within arm's length of the two worthies, one turning to the other, exclaimed : 'Here comes the dummy, Bill. He's got our mark on him !' In an instant it flash ed upon me, now was the time for ac tion. 0 denounce them later as the robbers would be hazardous "'At last I've got you,' und with the words followed by a cry for help I turned and sprang directly at the throat of the first speaker. There was an answering cry of surprise from the villa a ere my fingers encircled bis tbr ;. and the next moment we were ivl ver and over, each struggling for ; mastery. The other, evidently a weaker spirit, look to bis heel and abandoned his comrade. Soon my mad cries brought help and the robber was secured. Then, after d recting some to follow the fugitive, denounced them both as the express robbers. That night both the run away captured v ere safe within the Tillage lockup. "At the trial which followed, the weaker spirit quailed and, to secure the clemency of the court, made a full confession, likewise disclosing the hiding place of the stolen money, which, less some some two hundred dollars, was unearthed and secured to the express company. The reward of $310 for the arrest and convictioilcf the robbers enabled us to make good the- whole amount. - Judge Edwin Hawes returned from a trip to hia old home in Kentucky Monday. He brought back a ten gallon cask of the bast of old Bourbon local option, of which ye editor is the recipient of a big quart bottle. Whartou Independent LASSOS NTATIHTItN. TIte Animal Krport f C nmcuiMnlonf r Junes. The second annual roport of the State Bureau Of Labor Statistics is a comprehensive document, covering the ground of questions touching labor ia North Carolina us fully as could be ex pected under the circumstances at tending the operation of the bureau and doing credit' to the energy and capability of Couimissioaer Joucs. ' The subjects embraced in the report are contained in six chapters, the first of which is do voted to reports from mechanics in reply to questions as to their wages, hours of l.bor, &c., and their educational, moral and financial condition. The second chapter is made up of reports from mechanical and other employers of labor with special refer ence to capital employed, wages piid, articles produced and the condition of employees, the object being to get em ployers to give facts and opinions with refetence to their business affairs, Cto be used in a general way), as well as nformation on thoso points upou which employees expressed themselves ii. the chapter previous. In Chapter III the apprentice law of the state is examined, aid opinions with respect to its practical operation are presented fromjhe Superior'Court Clerks of the state and others who are supposed to be familiar with it. Ex tracts from the apprentice lasvs of other states are also given with a view to throwing light on the subject. In Chapter IV some ideas with re spect to manual traiuing and techmcal education wlrich have been gathered are presented with certain utterances of the leaders of thought upou the sub ject treated. Chapter V deals with cur present public road law. It gives the views o mtny correspondents in the state rep resenting all shades of opinion on. the subject with extracts from the road laws of other stales and suggestions from the bureau itself. Chapter VI and last is devoted to agricultural statics, showing in the main the productiveness of farming in the state the past year. Besides these subjects the Commis sioner says it was the intention of the bureau to present a chapter in regard to the mining indnstry of the state,and much information with respect to the business and labor engaged therein was collected, but it wa3 not as full as de sired, and as the matter of the report, without the chapter on mining, occu pied as much space as could be civen to it, it was determined to wilhhold the former for further investigation and fuller data. "The size, of the presont icport," it is said further, "together with the smaliness of tho appropriation made for the support of the bureau, is the excuse for not undertaking the inves tigation of other subjects which the bureau was requested to investigate by persons interested in them, and which were in line with the bureau's duties." It appeavs, howsver, that a very con siderable correspondence has been car ried on by the bureau since its estab lishment with the people of tho state, and wo are glad to know from the re port that "their interest in the depart ment has constantly increased from the beginning." "They have given gen erous and cheerful aid by responding to inquiries, as well as by words of en couragement. They have recognized the bureau in its true light, as a ve hicle for the expression of views upon economic questions and affairs of state, and along with tlie information fur nished of a private nature, the corres pondents havo given their opiuions upon public D.S&1V3 as well as those that immediately concerned them. The expressions for the most part have been conservative and prudent, and there are but few bitter criticisms even in stating complaints." All thii w very gratifying, for, as the Commissioner says, "what is said will thus commend itself. Abuses will sooner be correeted by a plain, temperate expression than in any other way. The considerable space given to the statement of opinions from corres pondents will do srood. They will com mand that attention from all which the voice of the laboring and producing classes should receive." As Mr. Jones continues,"ihe bureau is designed to be an educational force; its purpose is to investigate matter3 pertaining to the producers of the state and to present these matters for pub lic consideration.'! . Hence it will prove of inestimable value if properly sujs tained. To quote again - the report : "The field which it is intended to -oc cupy is not newor, untueu." it is, a field well kiiown, practical and definite, and one f rm vhich may be obtained, the best results to the state." . What has already been accomplished, by the bureau and this- is - of ' undeniable practical value-is ;ut an earnest of what can be dove. Moreover, the work the bureau has in hand shouid.be well done and that there should be . ample provision of funds to that end. is but a matter of course as regards the public welfare. The act establishing" the bu reau allows three thousand dollars for the first year's work and two thousand dollars for each subsequent year. The Commissioner says thai "by the most rigitbecopomy it requires the sum, of three thousand dollars to pay tho sal aried postage and incidental office ex penses," atd that "thi3 amount is less thar Sallowed any other bareau in the country." , The 1 eports from mechanics cover ever eouny and are from individuals who live for the,raost part in the towns of the stato. Each county, howevet,is represented by several correspondents. The tables show that the averago jour- ueytifan compensation in the principal mechanical pursuits of the . state is as follows: blacksmiths, $1.33; brick msons, $1.05; carpenters, $1.40; ma chinists, $2.06; millwrights, $2.10; painters, $1.43 printers, $1.44; wheel wrights. $1.50. This rate of compensation is hot as high as the rate in some other states of the TJnion where the centres of popu lation are larger, yet the Commissioner notes that the number owning homes and accumulating, from the reports made, is higher than in states where a greater rate of compensation prevails, The percertage of those owning homes from the reports received is 59; per centage aceutnulatinr from wages re. ceived 39; percentage running in debt for living expenses 20. This is a cred itable showing, the Commissioner tbinks.and speaks well for the thrift .and" economy of the mechanics of the state. The reported average part of wages paid in cashf is seventy-five per cent ; th proportion paid in merchaudise twenty-five percent. ! The average price oE board (obtained for the purpose of getting some idea of the cost of Hving in the state) is $9.05, Tbe average amount of rent paid by ti'ose reportiug is $12.50. The average number of-months the public schools aro kept open is four. Of the children of families reported to thebureau some' what owr two-thirds rota choc!. Th i . j averago number of hours ff labor per diem is 10 4-5 a high average and one that ought to bo lessened, says the Commissioner, and we agree with him. : The subject of incompetent workmen comes closei to the mechanics of the state than any other, judgitg from the renprt, and i the Commissioner thinks that the evil indicated may be reme died, Jwitlrjustice io &))y "and that.too, as suggested by many correspondents of the bureau," by a system of state certificates like those now given to lawyers, doctors and teachers. - mi 1 m xne numper 01 establishments re porting m tho chapter with- reference to mechanical and other employees .is 421, and of this number 335 report the papital em ployed, by them as $5,551,550 The .census (of 'SO shows that thero were 3,S02 manufacturing and mechanical enterprises in North Carolina at that time, with a capital employed of $13,- 04.3,639. Now we have 330 enterprises. reporting a capital of $5,551,550, an the Commissioner pauses, to indicate how this shows a rapid increase both in tho nauiber of oUi manufacturing enterprises and the amount of money invested in them daring : the pas decade. --,'.. ltio d,buz mecnanicai ana manu facturing enterprises given by the census of '80 as being in North Card lina reported the employment of 17,109 men, women and children. .' The wages they paid per annum f aggtegated $2,- 740,763. . The articles produced by them were worth $20,095,037. The report before us shows the fol lowing : Establishments giving num ber of hands employed by them, 402. Number employed, 5,935 Number of establishments giving capital employ ed in them and also value of articles produced, 24G. ' Capital, $4,730,150. Value of aricles produced, $6,098,557. Establishments giving value of articles produced 'and also the amount paid labor to produce these articles, 193. Value of articles produced, $5,712,751. Amount paid labor, . $1,005,222 - nine teen per cent of the value of Jhe pro duct.: Tho average amount - paid skilled labor for the state as given in this chapter is, for males, one dollar and fifty cents per das', females, fifty-five cents per day ; unskilled men, seventy cents per day. unskilled women, forty cents per day; youths, thirty-four cents per day and childreu,twenty-four ceuts per day. The averase hours of laooi ai. "givtu at tea atid a half. Average price of board per month is put at eight dollars and eighty cents. Average per cent of wages paid in casn.eiguTy-iwo per cent.; average paid in merchandise, eighteen per cent. Average pec cent, of adult employees who cj&u read avd write, evnty-two per cent.; average child employees who cap read and write, sixtv-one per cent. .Average' per cent of employees owning homes, trnrty-eight per cent. Average number of employees reported as ac cnmulating, thirty-six per cent. ; iQui&ccount of the many suggestions. from mechanic-; and others with "re spect to npprentices and the existing apprentice law of the state the subject is given special attention in this the second annual report of the bureau. ,,f Few of the correspondents regard the present apprentice law as adequate to tho needs of the state and some say jt is practically a dead letter, ji Commissioner Jones thinks it can and ought to-bo added to and changed in many particulars and ha makes the following among other suggestions with respect to the matter : , "1, The word 'master whei ever it occurres in the law should b.e stricken out and in lieu thereof the word eta plover substituted. . 2. Strike out the requirement that male apprentices shall be bound until they are twenty-ono years old, and fe males until they are eighteen, and; let he statute read that they shall not be bound for a term beyond thoso yeajs. ''.;. - '"'-"'."' . ' 1 "3. Wherever an apprentice is bounjd, besidrs the stipulations in reference Ito maintenance and instruction y in- Uis trado or callling and in an educational way, the clerk of the court should be required to insert' in., the indenture what the employer is to s pay the ap prentice in wages during each yearjof hi apprentieeahip, beginning with fjhe first and going to the conclusion, j If nothing is to be given, let that appear also-.. . 1 4. It should be provided in. the law that on good cause being shown the requirements of the indenture might be modified by the clerk. ..'., . f 5 The present la w does not give any remedy to an apprentice for a failure to perform the stipulations of the 'In denture othei than a civil judgment for damages as heretofore mentionid This kind of remedy would be jet- fectual against a solvent person, but fucu a judgment agamst an insolvent person, amounts to nothing. . , j It would bo well to make the . wilful jio- lation of the indenture by an employer punifehable by fine or impiisonmentiin addition to the civil remedy.'' j Extracts from the apprentice lajws of various states are given, and the Commissioner is of the opinion tiat "a law which would lessen verbal p preuticing, as tke New York law dotes. would aid iu producing better me i; i. . : j n C"v' v im.-' ta be desired.'' j Under the bead of Manual ar d Tech nical Training, the report points iut that our College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is nearly completed nd will bo mady for students during he present year "will bo opened . for them doubtless during the coming fal." "This is what has been Accomplished thns far towards securing manual ajpd technical training in North Carolina by the state," continues the Commissioner, "and the development of this beg n singwill be watched with interest, especially by the progressive men of the commonwealth." Chapter V is devoted to the subj ct of public roads, and a large majority of tho correspondents of tho bureau Re gard the present law with respect to t e matter as inefficiostand unsatisfactoitr. Many of those opposed to the present system faror working the roads b'y means of a combination of assessments upon labor and taxation upon property the system embodied in what is known as the Mecklenburg Road Law, a compromise measure. As the Com missioner says, in summkg up trie matter, "any plan that gets the bet talent in a community upon the rbadf, and keeps it there, is the best plan,' and he thinks "there is-flo doubt this can be most Burely accomplished b getting those who know most about road-makiug in each township,' puff fTng the work in their charge,and payf in them for the work they do.' Thea at least ' the probabilities are that whatever labo or- money is 'put uporj the high ways'wili b judiciously and profitably expended, which is not the case at present."- - ' i As some of the correspondents men-j tioced the subj et of taxation in conf nection.with the matter of 8ads an 4 asserted that the rate ot taxation i'n North Carolina is very high, the bu'-i rean has thought it worth while ton present the rate of taxation in the vari-f on states of: the Union, that our own! rate may be compared; with thc-irs,and' ia order to do'this a letter of, inquiry! was addressed to severarcounties in; each 6tate, asking the rato or taxation for state and county purposes levied and collected therein. The Jesuit shows that the people of North ( Caro lina pay less taxes than any state in the Union, except Texas. The rate in that state, from tho . information re ceived, is sixty-fivo cents on tl.n .hun Jred dollars' worth of property, but it is well knj ii t....- iui'oiAj i .i . joj.. of public land aro sold yearly nod ap plied to public purposes, and if the sale of these lands is taken into consid eration, the rate in Texas will bo found to be larger than m Noath Carolina. Th? ? constitutional limitajipa.in this state, for state aud eounty frposes, is sixty-six and two-third cents ,ou 4he hundred dollars valuation, and cannot be exceeded,, and in many it is not even reached.; Perhaps if the regular arid special taxes for the ; whole .state were put togethsr they would not. av erage : seventyrfive cents, oa .the hun dred dollars worth of property; The average rate of taxation for state and county purposes ia the various states,' as given in the tables, is one dollar and thirty-eight cents on the hundred dollars, which is about twice what it is in North Carolina. So much for the excellence of our Democratic state ad ministration of affairs. ' , The agriculturalstatistica given in the report show miinly the product iveness of farming in North Carolina during the past yearV(- 'The 229 correspondents answering the circular of the bureau report that they own 101,099 acrei of land, valned at $959,046, or $9.50 per acre. This in dividual, valuation is greater than that given for the land generally in the counties from which reports are made the average valuation for the coun ties .being $6.50 per acre, not including town lots.T?i . The number of acres cultivated is given at $434,770. . The total- yalue of the produce made on thes cultivated acres was $267,745, , an. average of $10.50 . to the acre, or. about ; one-third of a bale of cotton. Tho cost of pro duction is given at $290,330, an excess of cost: oyer production of , $23,084. This ts a loss of. Z per cent, upon the capital employed-?rthat ; capital, both real and personal, being put at $040,- 395. V The per,, centage of an , average crop raised by the correspondents is reported at 74. That for the counties generally is put at 70 per cent. , If the per centage of ciops raised by the cor respondendents had been as low as that reported for their . counties, . that is, 70 per cent, their loss would have been 51 per cent, upon the capital em ployed. If an average, crop had been produced. ;Jty those ; reporting, .they would have made 8J per. cent upon the capital employed, taking the method of computation used by. the bureau. ,.The amount paid hiroi labor- was j $44,862, and tho value of the services of members of families working on the farms of those reporting at $5 per month each, and boar 6V was $52,811. Total cost of laborj $97,093. ' The av erage cost oj labor of persons on farms reported, was $8.83 for each aere cul tivated, The. production per acre be ing reported at $10.50, the cost of labor was 36 pci cent of the product. The total cost of fertilizers bought and as d was $13,330, or $58 to' the farm, i cents to the acre. " The cost of food supplies bought for the farm and not raised thereon was $91,920, or $87 to the farm The number of persons belonging to the families of those reporting is 1,375, and of these, 838 are at work and 537 are non producers. t Thus it appeals that there are many interesting facts in regard to agiicul turn and its productiveneas to be gath ered from the report. The facts given are taken, from the actual . experience of intelligent farmers in all partsof the state during ihe past year, ,ar.d they represent the farming of the state in as favorable a way a? possible with due regatd to the truth. "Of course," he Commisssiouersays in conclusion, "tho past year has been an unusnnlly short crop year in most of the counties of the state on account of drouth, excessive rains, &e." In some counties, however, notably in the the west, aad even in some localities where crops are - short,, there have been full; crops made; but taking the whole state, the average report for crops 70 per cent is perhaps a cor rtct estimate, there has been a .loss.'' It appears, however, from the fables given,7 that . many, of ... those reporting made- money upon their farms the past year, iu spite of the -unpropitious searons.. This is especially to be noted in some of the returnswherein grasses and stock are ; reported as-a special feature of farming, andalso in in stances where crops were diversified and home supplies were raised at home. This is but repeating v what- has? been known to bo the experience of the best farmers of "the state for a long time, and, indeed, the experience of South ern farmers generally, aa-attested in agricultural journals and wherever progressive and successful farmers ex press themselves- that where divers' fied farming and the raising at - home of home supplies hate been the' con trolling ideas, farming has been profit able in. season and out or season. When the- fact , becomes more thor oughly realized our farming will be come more profitable. News and Ob server.;'- "-.' V ; I don't know how it happens, but it seems to mo that more telegraphers drift into Wall street 1 and achieve riches there than any class 1 am ae quaiuted with. A few evenings ago was n "i intown club with some gen tlemen, whjn one of the party had a telegram delivered to him. He opened it, looked at it doubtfully, and then said that it was unintelligible. - Th operator, in fact, had "bulled" badly, and as it was about a subject o importance to him, he was somewhat annoyed. Another member of the party, a prominent Stpck Exehvuge man, quietly took it, and without word jotted down ' tho message as' it was written' "in the ; Morse alphabet He" then 'separated' th " characters iomewhat t differently ..." from; tie bungling per&tor fcho ha.d received it and gave-the -other gentleman what was evidently .the ,cerrect wording p: the mesKtffi.t '-.'fWb'ere -did youlearn any tatnff about telegraphy V . asked TOme'one.f He looked up and laughed "Why, fifteen years sgo I. was a work tog operator at $45 a month.' "Man About To wd," in New York Star. . The old year closed at one and three- heights. Chicago Tribune. . - 0hH;a-m Tas tio clasP hit hand : a o f lCt' how cnder and true As fondly he gazed m her eves And said thev wen. hLj ... blue. vw.uu 9 uuru ATtfXth0 St?onS hS arm, . lhat held her so close to his heart 4 46J0Hd-' wh"ethf kSed hor again part Sth Sh0uld ei But baleful th light ot hot eyes ' " And. scornful her pretty hps curl. - Tnatwf 1D- Werie day lhat he'd man led another girl So many mysterious deaths have oc- ' curredoriafe as to give rise to the suspicion that there is an organised ef - ' -fort being made to kill off everybody found guilty of writing "Xmas" for -Uiristmas. Chicago News." "So you and Herbert mo going to be married ?" said one young woman to -another. "Yes, during the holidays." "You didn't Uneaten him with a breach-of-promise suit, did you V ? "No. 1 merely showed him th phonograph that I always keep con- -cealed under tho sofa."Merchant Traveler. . Jeweller-Tbe inscription you wish to have engraved on .the inside of this ring, if I understand you, is "Mar cellus to Irene." - ' v .. . . xouug man (with some embarra.,- ment)-Yes, that's right. But-er-don't cut the "Irene" deep.-Chicago 111UUUH. - At seven a kiss, is so sweet, 7,lcai ne now and thon's a treat. At seventeen. thev Andthere's a way where there's a wilL They rtril keep up the old. old game. - -Exchange. He (pathctically)--All great mn have smoked, my dear. She (with animation! -Oh. if va wil only swear off untU you are great snail be quite content. AHantoA from the Collegian.. Leap year has been a wor fiiJnM than marriage. Atlanta Constitution. 7 Adam was a sorry neighbor. When he piesented Eve with a snare rib he was too stingy to throw in a piece of -backbone. Atlanta Conation A solid citizen sat tjwn with mark- ' ed emphasis oa a s!;?p y flagstone oa broad street - vest...-.! v mnm;n When he was assV : - to his feet th' bystanders were amazed to find deeply ' indented in the solid stone four letters. Closely scrutinized they proved to bo d-a-m-n," followed by an exclamation point-of mammoth proportions. At lanta Constitution. The Petulant Pursued -You will make mo angry if you persist in vour unwelcome attentions. . - The Ardent Pursuer Oh. thanks. T shall consider that a Now York Herald. ; The lace curtains at the window of a house are not so reliable an index of ' the fiscal policy prevailing in it as the " clothes line. New York Herald. Society Reporter Where vou tro- mgl. Marine Ditto Going out to see a man. Back soon. Society Reporter All right. BriDtr the man back. New York Herald. - They couldn't imagine what caused little Johnny Martin of Sioux Citv. n . fall ill and die, but a post mortem showed thirteen marbles in his stoir.- achjr-Memphis Avalanche. "Were you ever in Jove, Mr. Cink!" "Yes, my dear, two weeks." "How was that!" "It tpok the girl that long to find out that wo don't own the house we live in." New York Evemnr Sim. She- I would like to call you by your Christian Dame, love, but Tom is so hateful and commoD, you know. Haven't you some pet name f Ho 'N-no, I er haven't. She-Are you always known as Tom - -among your friends f , He (brightening up) No, the boys eall me "Shorty." Life. "Bo you think your sister cares enough about me to marry me t" ask ed Merritt, trying to pump her broth' ' er. - '." ' . '. - "I guess she does," returned-lit tla Johnnie, "but I atn not sure you ar solid with the old man. I So perhaps before yen pop tho question you had better question pop." Exchange. BostonGirl (in dime museum) What is that lady's specialty f , . Manager-She is the living skeleton. She is the thinnest woman in the known world. . ' , v Boston Girl Why, ,s it possible f She doesn't seem to. lj very thm. Exchange. .,, , ,;' Mrs.' VVestend And' so you are en gged to Clara Vere de Verct She is so baughty cir cold' and disdainful I did not Vup'pbse any'' one could ever get engaged' to her. How did you manage itf Adult Son I didn't. She managed it. Philadelphia Record: . .. . . - .... Young Gentleman Is smoking un pleasant io you? - -v Young Lady- It depends entirely on the smoker. Illinois State Journal 4-
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