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INTERESTING ITEMS BELATED
BRIEFLY.
Newsy Items Which 'Are Gleaned
From Various Sources And Pre
pared For Our Readers.
Billy Mahoce lias got two black eyes
now.
Tho Republican city tickt was defeated
in Philadelphia.
There are 18,000 female students in the
various colleges in this country.
The coal miners' strike at Evarisvldo,
Iod.. was renewed recently.
Dakota voted largely againat a division
of the Territory into two States.
Mr. O'Brien has been sent to the prison
infirmary Ly order of the doctor.
The Chicago Railicay Age estimates
that 04 OS miles of railroad have been laid
this year.
In Mississippi the straightout Demo
crats won the day in opposition to a few
Independents.
Several arrests have been made in Chi
cago of men charged with i- uspirirg to
use force to prevent the execution :t the
anarchists.
The comptroller of Currency has au
th arize.' ihe First National B.ujk -.f 3-tr-hani,N
C. to begin business with a c ;i
tal of SI 00.000.
The ringleaders of the Soddy Mine
troubles, have been arrested, an 1 the
rnountaircers have retired to.. the mean
tains, aft aid to attack the sh .riffs poss?.
The ouly way to bring tdoont' reform
an 1 have right princip!es to prevail is to
proclaint the truth and advocate fearlessly
and consu ntly what you ho d to be right.
Ex
The Jiske of Marlborough has been
sued in ihis country for using his tongue
too fredy. Dukes are no more in this
country than any other "big dog" with a
! title.
Tho Jirgy of Indiapolis have snubbed
Rev. Dr Parker, of London. Upon a
vote to invite him to attend the City Min
isteri d Association, it was voted down by
30 to 3.
A granite tile on exhibition in a show
window at Detroit is over S00 years old,
and said is to have been taken .fiyrs the
tomb of William the Conqueror at Caen,
Normany .
At tho mint at Ilambrrg, Germany,
they are at present coining 25,000,000
pices of bronze coins for the kingdom of
Siani, Indo-China. The bronze plates arc
supplied by a Rheui.-rh factory.
Washington is trying to be the most
moral city in the country. She bounced
all the sroniblcrs, then tried on the Ed
munds Mormon law, and now proposes to
break up the pool betting on races. Ar
gt Frank Moxio, of Dakota, was about to
be married, but was busy with a game of
poker. The minister who was to perform
the ceremony went to inform him that the
company was waiting, got interested and
took a hand, and the wedding had to be
postponed.
A favorite pastime of some Southern
editors is making taffy for Northern p- n
cil drivers. A tavorito is nose in the
dirt ; a:.1 the favorite musie is groans of
cornpu: ctioa and cryiug "nncl- an, un
clean."' This placates tho North they
think. Star.
At Tucson. Arizona, recently, Gen.
Miles v .5 presented with abenutiuii sword
on behalf of the citizens of Arizonia as a
token ( their gratitude for hi service-- n
the campaign against the Apache". G n.
ii'o3 made a graceful speech, expressing
his appreciation.
A general strike of the ma'-ters cup'oy
ed m ti t malt houses not corrected with
the breweries was inaugurated in Milirau
kee roc :u!y. The number of malsters i.i
volvod "i: the strike is about 125. The
strike is for the purpose of enforcing a
demand Vr an increase of about 5 per
month in waes.
('has. O'Reilly, trcsur.-r .f the Irish
Nation.-! League, lus issued an addrscs ap
pealing f jr aid for the rt niggle for Irish
homo r "?. He says a roll of honor, con
taining a list of the names of all subscri
bers, is to be established, and th it every
sabseriK-r will be furnished with a list of
honoiar, membership.
fen years ago the eighteen principal wall
par or manufacturers in this country form
ed a pool, and r.eld ta uniformity in prices
till last July, when the pool was broken.
But the disastrous effect on the smaller
concerns predicted at the time has not fol
lowed, and prices for standard goods have
f'-t altered a hair. Cheaper grades, how
ever, have not been so low in price in
twenty year as at present.
Established 1SS1 Y
VOLUME 6.
WHAT INVENTOR EDISON SAYS.
(JYer York Jfail and Urjrcss.)
I asked Edison tlWhat is to be the ten
dency of invention during the next quar
ter of a century ?"
"The nest invention, I think," he said,
''is likely to be the turning of coal into
motive power without the meditation of
steam. I am now at work on a machine
call the pyro magnetic dynamo for this
purpose to get electricity direct from
coal. We get it out at a terrible waste.
As four-fifths of the heat in a fire place
goes up the chimney and ouly one-fifth oat
into the room where it is wanted, so about
three iaurths of lbs -energy is coal is lost
in getting at the other fourth. Coal can
be turned immediately into electricity I
hve demonstrated that and I will know
in a short time whether it can be done
commercially thai is, without costing
more than it comes to. It my idea can be
realized, a steamer that now burns a hun
dred and fifty tons of coal a day will burn
twenty five tons instead. Very certain I
am that the whole tendency of invention
for the hist thirteen years of this century
will be directed toward economy of m
tive power.
Wh.i do you think of the Keely mo
tor?" "I have n-.-ver seen it, so I have no
opinion :ucu; it. "But all the results he
is said to ha a obtained can be got from
compressed ::r. Ail (he air iu this room
can ue cr.tTvfsed into a liquid that could
be carried into a fi'burt she'l, and its cx
plosive forte would be tremendous. Skill
fully released and reconstructed it would
move a great machine."
"WIku motive power gets to be four
times as cheap as it is, Mr. Edison, what
will become of. the laboring man "?'
"lie will he enriched by it. Machinery
will bo his slave. See how machinery has
multiplied iu the last fifty years. As a
direct result, workingmen get double the
wages they did then and the neceesities of
life cost only half as much. In other
words, a baud worker can to-day buy four
times as much with four hours of work
as his father could fifty years ago. For
the fiast time in the world's history a skill
ed mechanic can buy a barrel of flour
with a single day's we.rk. The machinery
iu the United States represents the laber
of 1,000,000,000 men or fifty times as
much labor as that of all the men in the
country. When motive power is still
further cheapened say in another genera
tion I believe that the unskilled laborer,
if sober and industrious, can have a house
of his own, and a horse and can iagc, and
a library and a piano. It is terrible stu
pidity that leads some laboring men to
suppose that machinery is their foe. It
is the thing that givos them ioelependence
and even freedenn. Without machinery
society would drift into the condition of
master and slave ; the multiplication of
machinery pi?ans for every worker more
food, better clothes, better house, less work.
In fact, I believe that the indefinite in
crease, of mr.chiuory is going to solve what
folks eall 'the laber question' that is, the
desire of hand workers to get a bigger
slice of the margin of profit."
Home Industries.
.Textile Record.)
It is 'dearly evident to most Ameaons
that the advi-.ntage of this country lies in
raultipl ? -,g domestic industries raiber
than in 'lirui'dshicg them. Every new in
dustry 'la? nn he maintained, which sup
plies a Tin:- felt by the people, is a Ci..ar
gain in '.ver. way, as employing workmen,
keeping promts at home, using materials
product's he.e, paying wages that are sp at
here, an! te ding to make us industriously
indpon Jetit. The very highest form of
nattouaViife is that which exists with the
widest possible diversification of industry.
England suiters to day because she has in
tensified her manufactures aud neglected
to cultivate Vor soil thoroughly. Ireland
and -indii s'ifT because they have agri
culture without manufactures. We giv'e
our people a chance in every direction, and
the nios robust national life.
' The Cannon Hall Train.
Charttf Chronicle.)
The running of the "cannon ball" train
on the Richmond & Danville road is to be
commenced on November 13th, and the
schedule fcr the train has already been
made ovt. The train will be run solid be
tween New York and New Orleans and
will be composed exclusively of drawing
room and sleepin t cars. It will pass Char
lotte going south at 11 a. m., and return
ing North will pass here at G;30 p. m. An
extra train will be put on the road to do
the local work, so that there will be three
daily tnins on the Kichmond & Danville
road, instead of two as at present. Be
tween Danville and Charlotte the "cannon
ball" will make but two stops, one at Salis
bury and one at Greensboro, and between
Charlotte and Atlanta only four stops will
be made.
"CAROLINA,
RED HEADED GIRLS.
(Louisville Courier-Journal.)
The fact that wherever a red-haaded
girl is seen a white horse may be found
near by is explained by the Louisville
Courier Journal upon a theory not here
tofore advanced. It points out that among
the Gretiks and Egyptians red headed
girls were decided belles, and-instances
Cleopatra and Helen of Troy, is among
the fortunate poscssors of auburn carls.
The gallants of those days became enam
ored of their red head, and carried on
over them just as any love stricken swain
would do in the year of grace. 1887.
Bat all flesh being grass, these Greek and
Egyptian dudes had to die when their
times came, and being unwilling to part
with the aforesaid reel heads, under the
system in vogue at that day of transmi
gration of souls, they took the shape at
death cf white horses, and continued to
follow the red headed girls around. And
the (sultrier-Journal doesn't blame them,
tor it has a weakness that way itself. Ifc
describes the red headed girl in a manner
worthy of the State of old Bourbon, as
follows :
There is bo denwing the fact that when
a red headed girl is pretty she is pretty
pretty enough to fascinate a white horse or
any other livirfg thing such a red-headed
girl, for instance, as we have the authority
of Soule Smith for saying abounds in
Kentucky. ''Jcr sk-in is softer than satin
and whitw-r than snow. Her form falls
away in voluptuous curves that make a
man dream cf the apples ed Paradise ben
ding down upon their golden boughs and
dumbly pleading to be eaten. Her brorn
eyes are bright with a latent fire quickly
enkindled from the t'.uch of love, and
burning with a soft heat that melts the
heart of man amid the sweet savors of de
licious spices. Her Walk is light, but lan
guorous. The violetsupon which her lit
tle foot presses die in ecstatic pain about
her instep, joying toMiavc been so "blessed
before annihilation ; and the red blood
which mantles her rounded velvet lips
makes them glow until the roses turn pale
in shame at the dullness of their colors."
Surely a man of taste, whether in the
form or a horse or not, would follow such
a girl as long as he had the power of loco
motion. Farming Tliat Pays.
(X. V. Star.)
Every farmer should aim to raise all the
farm products needed for domestic use
first. The independence of farm lie here.
He grows every supply for his table, so far
as hi: soil and climate permits, under his
own eye. He is dependent on no one for
the necessities of life, or even for the lux
uries of his table. Every variety of fruit
suited to his locality should be produced
for his own use, let him live near or re
mote from the city. Then, let him in
crease the acreage of every variety that
pays in the market to his ability to handle
it without loss his losses will often over-;
balance profit. It is not wise for the grow
er to put himself at the mercy of others.
If he does, he will often find their ten ler
mercy cruel. They will let his perish
abla property go to waste, unless they
can secure the lion's share of the prufits.
Besides grain crops and stock growing
as a branch of farming, every farm adapt
ed to it should have growing on it aa or
chard of every variety of fruit demanded
by the market at paying prices. Do not
run so much to one kiud of fruit that you
would suffer heavy embarasraent if it fails.
All kinds of fruit seldom fail in one year.
The October Fire Waste.
About the only oomfort to be derived
from the fire record of the month just
closed is that it is not quite so large as that
of the correspoading month of last year.
The closing of the tenth month, however,
of this year, brings the loss up to over
SI 00,000,000, or an average loss per
month ot more than 310,000,000 fig
ures that are truly startling. The only
other bit of comfort is that, considering
the growth of wealth, or rather of proper
ty that can be burned, the proportion of
loss is probably growing relatively smaller.
Nevertheless, the loss is absolute, aud, bar
ring conflagrations, no other country on
esrth could stand or would endure such an
appalling waste. Only three months out
of the ten just passed show a better recpid
than October. The files t f the New York
Commercial Bulletin show that in the
United States aud Canada there were 171
fires during tb.e month where the loss was
310,000 and over, and the total loss there
by was 3,495,000- Canada's snare iu
this loss is not so large as in August or
September, the twelve large fires eauiinga.
loss of only $305,000, while 14 fires in
September caused a loss of $1,504,000.
Deducting Canada's October loss, and there
remains for the United States a loss by
large fires $8,190,500.
CAEOLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS
SMITHFIELD, N. C, NOVEMBER. 19, 1887.
TOE NATI05.1L CAPITOL GOSSIP.
NATIONAL TOPICS REPORTED
WEEKLY.
Our Correspondent Writes About
The City Who Are There And
What They Are Doing.
As the timo for the assembling of
of Congress draws near, Washington has
emerged from her summer siesta and
is in the midst of aa era ot preparation for
the advent of assembled wisdom at the
Capitol. The dawn of theapproaching
" season " is unusually radiant. It already
reflects its glow over the whole city, and is
prophetic or a reign of politics and gayety
such as will cttst a shadow over lemem
brances of pre -ding Congressional ses
sions. Mai yc' the people who possess
wealth, culture, and lesiure, make Wash
ington their winter resort, and have al
ready returned. They will soon be fol
lowed by a general rush from all parts of
the country. Then the ball begins. Con
gress and society will vie lor supremacy.
The former wi I .interest, the latter will
dazzle. Tl p .7er of society in Washing
ton has to I i seoo to be appreciated. It
exerts a strong control even over official life,
and its power cacoot be broken or dissembled
It reigns ever Congress, in that it lures
both Repreni'.tive and Senator away
from their duti.-s aUthe Capitol. Not in
freepaently docs the House of Representa
tives await a quorum until its truant
members can be arrested in the enjoyment
of a " high tea " or ball at Mrs. Secretary
So and-So's, and returned captive by the
Seargeant-at-Arras. The monarchs of this
power the society leaders will strain
every nerve this season to increase its
magnetism, and they promise a succ ssion
of entertainments on a scale that has not
heretofore been attempted. Gossip is the
the ambassador and minister plenipotentiary
of the social world. This year she tell of
the m3sterious costumes and surprises
that will astound the oldest inhabitants,
and add greatly to the splendor of
the display. Between Vanity Fair and
the National Legislature, thire will te
nothing dormant in WTahington the com
ing Fall and Winter, from the first whir'
after Monday, December 5th, to the inter"
mission which ensues when the mantle of
Lent is thrown over society.
All Washington, and by that I mean
the combination of social and official life
at the Capitol, has been to the races the
past week. The race season is indeed a
gala time here. Fashion, with its modern
tastes, is a great patron of the turf, and
fashion novrhcre rules with greater sway
than in her owj stronghold at the Capitol
of the N-uion. Here a comparatively
great propcrtio of the population can af
ford to enjoy themselves without regard
to cost. Ergo, they all go to the races
and lose their nioney. Heads of Depart
ments, Chiefs cf Bureau, down to the $900
clerk, may til be seen hovering about the
book -makers, r posing on the quarter
stretch for he ..dmiration of the ledies on
the grand st- d, wrhilc the diplomatic
dudes pro'-ien:-le with usual wont in
front of th.i cro .Td. .As they strutted up
and down i e rast week, they seemed to
feel that ev ry ye was upon them ; nor
were they mi'aken. The cut of their
trousers, t: . ape of their collars, and
their kaleie "'-se-'i ic neckties usually afford
much amu? uk it. The diplomat must be
classed in the eccentric family of the
genius lion- , f both in his face and dress
he seoms 'o ; resent in combination the
fashions of Pju ?, London, Berlin, and St.
Petersburg
Apropos the races, the fact is lately
developed chat there are as many fine
teams and iauJsome equipages in Wash
ington as are t- be found anywhere. Tiaie
was when a handsome turnout or fine
span ot horse was a rarity upon the
streets of tho Capitol, and one involuntari
ly turned to ''ok after the unusal sight.
Not?, however, such a state of things no
longer exists. The miles of asphalt and
smooth pavements are fairly alive during
the winter, the elegant teams driven for
the best part by their respective owners
General Beall, on his fine farm just out
side the city limits, keeps so many fine
horses that, were he so minded, it would
be possible to appear with a new team
every day for a considerable length of
time. The President has a handsome
team of blacks, and Secretary Bayard's
favorite steed is a -large powerful bay,
mounted upon which it is not infrequent
sight to see him riding quietly along some
unfrequented country road, half the time
with his own thoughts for sole compan
ions. The President is engaged in the prepa
ration ot his annual message to Congress.
It goes without saying, that his chief top
ic will be the tariff problem and fhe ques
tion of the reduction of the surplus. It
is also probable that there Will again be
something said upon Civil Sorvice Reform.
ATTEND EES."
A DAKOTA STATESMAN.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Some years ago, when the Dakota Leg
islature met at Yankton, at the beginning
of onj 'session a man .from Armstong coun
ty named Edmunds contested another
man's seat. A committee was appointed
to look into the matter. After examining
the case for some time it went into execu
tive session, and one of the members said :
"Mr. Chairman, there seems to be no
question but that this man Edmunds is
entitled to the seat. He got the most votes,
the people evidently want him, and . Yan-
dell simply got in through the rankest
fraud."
The other members seemed to look at it
in about the same light, but, after they got
through, the chairman arose and said :
"Gentlemen, I presume what you have
said is all so. I don't know anything
about it, but while you have been invest
igating the votes, I have looked up the
men themselves. I met this Edmunds out
here this morning, and I proposed a little
game of poker to pass away the time. 'I
never gamble,' says he, I consider it a per
nicious praticc.' 'Ah,' j-ays I, 'come over
and have a drink then.' 'I never drink,'
he replied, 'I do not consider it right.
'Oh, well,' says I, 'take a cigar with me,
then.' I never use tobacco in any form
says he, 'I consider it injurous to the
health. I Was beat for a minute, but I
braced up, and said : 'Mr. Edmunds, come
out to the barn with me and we'll get a
bite of hay. Don't be backward, I'll stand
it, the hay is on me this time.' 'My dear
sir,' says he, 'I haven't taken a mouthful ot
hay fur over tAVelvc years. I do not con
sider it fit food for a man.' Now, this is
straight talk, and that's just what he said,
and I say we don't want him in the Dakota
Legislature. He hasn't the first qualifi
cation, gentlemen ; he don't play poker.
Now, Yandell does. Yandell is a states
man. Yandcll isn't afraid to stay in a
jack pot, and I tell you, old Joe Yandell
is the man we want, and Edmunds
ought to be warned to leave town." The
chairman's revelations settled it, and Yan
dcll had his scat.
A Wise Rule.
It is a wise rule to let the mind rest at
tentively upon some reason for devout
thankfulness just before lying down to
sleep at night. Even if the day has been
crowded with cares, ar.d even if sorrow
have overshadowed its passing hours, the
devout soul will be able to recall, in look
iag back, some occasion for gratitude, some
memory that proves afresh the goodness
and mercy of the Heavenly Father. WThen
one falls to sleep thus with soothing and
gracious thoughts in the mind, not only
in slumber sweeter and invigorating, but
also the morning waking in mors coura
geous and helpful. The day's tasks, how
ever hard, sppear less formidable. Hard
ships seem to have dwindled over night,
and blessings to have brightened and mul
tiplicd. To be at peace within will nerve
one to meet the fiercest conflict without.
Inward composure and happiness are pro
portioned to the degree of our recognition
of God's presence in and control over our
lives, and this depends greatly upon our
training our minds to dwell upon II im
and his goodness, especially at times when
there is little or nothing to draw off our
attention.
The Son of His Pa.
(Utica Observer.)
'The Republican party has never claim
ed that Colonel Grant ought to be elected
simply because he was General Grant's
son," says the Elmira Advertiser : Non
sense. Th!it very claim was put forward
on the day Colonel Grant was nominated.
The Republican Buffalo Express voiced
it on the day after the Republican eonven
tion when it printed this paragraph : "Hur
rah for the son of his father !" There
were at least 100 men in the Republican
convention who were better entitled to the
nomination for Secretary of State than
Grant by virtue of individual party ser
vices and ability. But he was taken be
cause he lore the name of Grant and for
no other reason, and his election is now
demanded because he is the son of Ulysses
S.Grant. Those who undertake to dis
pute this honest proposition only find them
selves worse off than ever for arguments
in favor of Colonel Fred's election
Church etiquette.
A little hesitancy as to the proper thing
to do sometimes disturbs a gentleman
when strangers are ushered into a church
pew which he with one or more ladies is
occupying. Therefore, it might not be
amiss to say that if the strangers aie a
lady or ladies, accompanied by a gentleman,
all that is necesrary ia for the first party to
move toward the inner end of the pew
and make room for them, but if the new
comers are ladies alone, the gentleman
should step into the aisle and allow them
to pass in first.
Subscription $1.50,
NUMBER 23.
STRUGGLE WITH A PANTHER.
- (Atlantic Constitution.)
John Patterson and James Arrandul,
while on their return from North Carolina,
Were attacked by a large panther, about
one half mile from Clayton. Patterson
having lived in a country infested with
this ferocious beast, took iu the situation at
once. It seems that the animal fell upon
Patterson for its prey, .due to the fact, no
doubt, that he attempted flight upon its
discoveiing. The struggle that ensued,
and the frantic effort of Patterson to
extricate himself from the clutch of his
unexpected assailant, was witnessed by his
partner.
The huge beast, with glaring eyes sprang
with its forepaws upon Mr. Patterson, cir
cling him with a hug which almost bulged
out his eyes. The panther would first
shake itself to one side and then to the
other, evidently with the purpose of throw
ing its victim to the ground. Patterson
knew that if he fell he would be instantly
torn to pieces, so learned against a chesnut
tree by which he stood, he did his best to
poise himself so as to maintain his balance,
After hard endeavors he managed to get
his knife from his pocket, which he opened
by clasping arms around the panther's
body. In doing so he had to squeeze the
animal sharply. The panther seemed to
catch the idea of the old "backhand wres
tle" from this movement, and entwining
its hind legs around Patterson's waist, there
was for a minute or two as pretty a wres
tling match as was ever witnessed on the
arena.
It ended in a ''dogfall," both
coming down at once, and rolling over each
other.
Arrandale, in the meantime, was not
idle. lie was unarmed, and for a moment
was in a quandary as to what to do. He
saw no means ot attacking the animal, but
sras too brave to think of desertion his
friend in such emergency. He ran over
the ground looking for some weapon. It
seemed as if the ground had been swept
of every offensive object. At last he
found a long piece of granite, sharpened
on one side and heavy on the other. Wilh
this he determined upon a hand to-hand
struggle with the monister. Running up
just in time to find his friend giving away
from exhaustion, he behveredone stunning
blow on the panther's head. This attack,
from an unexpected quarter, evidently
aroused the fear of the panther, for releas
ing its embrace uponjPatterson, it made one
spring across the road, and with apcareing
cry disappeared in the dense of the forest
beyond.
As soon as Patterson had recovered
sufficiently to do so, the journey home was
continued. He did not sustain a scratch,
but says that from the vice like grip of the
panther, he feels as if every bone in his
body had been broken, The panther on
the night following occupied the front
yard of Mrs. York, a widow lady. She
had no arms of attack, but had tc close
doors, bars windows, and sit up in terror
all night, while the beast outside filled the
air with its mournful lamentations.
Jeff Davis' Bed of Hoses.
( Elberton ( Ga.,) Leader. )
. A Gainesville lady related to us recent
ly a bit of unwritten Confederate history.
Away back in the sixties, when the strug
gles between the North and those of the
South were raging upon the fields of gore
and glory, Jefferson Davis was being toss
ed upon the waves of adversity and blown
about by every contrary wind, while mil
lions of loyal Southerners prayed and
worked for him and his cause. In thoe
trying days a lady of wealth and refine
ment lived in Atlanta, Ga., only a short
distance from where the Hill monument
now stands, which Mr. Davis saw unveil
ed. This lady cultivated a yard of beau
tiful flowers of various kinds, and once
when the summer roses bloomed end
wasted their ordor on the desert air she
irathcred them and made for her honord
chieftain a literal bed of roses. This in
cident has naver appeared in print, but
such devotion on the part of southern
womanhood to a cause in which her dear
ones sacrificed their lives is worthy of nar
ration. The solace of such a woman's
symppathy mast have cheered the presi
dent of a dying infant nation even if he
never slept on a bed of roses made by ten
der and loving handd.
Household Hints.
A RECEIPT FOR MAKING PIE MELON
preserves. Take the pulp of the melon,
clear of seeds, -soak in salt and water one
night, then, scald in alum water, then soak
in fresh water for 5 hours then to one
pound of the pulp (cut in pseccs to suiO
one pound of white sugar, "about one pint
of water to every four pounds of sugar,
season with mace or lemon and cook to
suit. Housekeepers will find this excel
lent preserves.
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WHAT HAPPENS WORTH MEN
TIONING. Choice Items Taken Prom Our Ex
changes And Boiled Down For
The Herald Readers.
Eight negroes were sent to the peniten
tiary from Wilson County.
A joint stock company is being organ
ized at Statesville to build a $400,000 cot
ton factory.
On the Western North Carolina Rail
road the Swanannoa tunnel, "the largest
on the road," has caved in.
The Baptist Church at LaGrange is
nearing completion, and is intended to be
used on the fourth Sunday in this month.
Greensboro Patriot: The report in
regard to the progress of exploring the
coal fields near Walnut Cove is highly
satisfactoi y, and the indications point
unmistakably to valuable discoveries.
Tlurc is in the library at Trinity college
a large German bible, three hundred years
old, with huge wooden backs and grotesque
wood cut illustrations. It contains pict
ures of Luther and family on the frontis
piece and is said to be the oldest book in
the State.
Mr. G. A. Roper sustained a heavy
loss by fire at Laurinburg. II is ginhouse,
with two gins, cotton press, fifteen bales
of seed cotton and three thousand bushels
of cotton seed were destroyed; The loss
is estimated at 2.700, with an iusurance
of $1,200.
Rockingham Spirit ; Ice formed in this
locality last Wednesday morning, although
the thermomter indicated a temperature
of 38 degrees. This we know to be a
fact, for we saw the ice and personally ex
amined the thermometer, which is a stand
ard instrument.
Max ton Carolina Union : Nr. J. P.
Smith, of our to. i will .gather from 25
acres 400 bushels of corn, besides 200
bushels of peas. lie will make 25 bags
of cotton, besides potatoes in abundance.
This will do pretty well for a two horse
crop, on our lauds.
Durham Daily Recorder : Over six
hundred delegates will attend the Baptist
State Convention in Durham, November
15th. This does not include visitors. But
Durham is always equal to the emergency,
and Methodists, Presbyterians and. Epis
copalians unite in extending a hearty wel
come to their Baptist brethren.
The peanut crop of this year is now es
timated at 2,825,000 bushels, of which
North Carolina raises 75,000 bushels. Our
crop last year was 100,000 bushels,
and the total crop of the peanut raising
States, Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee, was 2,650,000 bushels. The lar
gest crop raised since the war was that of
'84 3,550,000 bushel..
It may not be generally known that a
bull dog is held as a doadly weapon by
the laws of this State, but such is the
case. Under the decision of the Supreme
Court made some time since. Justice Bar
bee issued a warrant for the arrest of John
Knight, charged with committing an as
sault with a deadly weapon, to-wit : "a
certain vicious and large bulldog."
Greensboro Patriot : It is said that
illicit distilleries in certain parts of Chat
ham county arc very lawless. As a result
a band of a dozen, disguised, attempted
a few nights since to lynch a good citizen.
They believe that the people inform the
revenue authorities of their uulawful
work ; hence their anger. They are
regularly organized, and are a menace to
good order.
Mr. Noah Deaton tells us of a curious
freak of nature which came under his ob
servatiou a few days since. It was a sheep
which had four well developed homes.
Two of them growing straight up from the
top of the head while the two others grew
at the side and were curved. The sheep
was an ewe aud of medium size, and from
the horns was like any other. All of the
horns are about six inches long and well
developed. Carthage Blade.
ExcJutiige : The State Treasurer, on
Saturday, issued a fertilizer license to
Baugh & Sons, of Ualtnnore, which makes
the thirty-eighth f.r the fiscal year so for.
This makes an addition of -$31,000 furthfl
maintenance of the agricultural depart
ment. It is nearly a year yet before the
fiscal year will close, and during that time
the licenses of three other fertilizer com
panies, doiag large bu.-iucss in the
State, will expire. These will probably
renew and will increase the fund to $35,
500. The total number of license for the
year will probably reach 71. The experi
ment station is continuing the analysis of
different brands of fertilizers sold in the
State. Preparations are b iag made tc
commence publishing the analysis ner
month.