Published by Koakoke Publishing Go,
'FOR GOD, FOR QOUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
V FLKTCIIFR AUShON. Enirn,
C. V. W. At 'HUCS, UvtUKLtn AUxaorb.
VOL. Ill-
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7,1891.
" SO. 13.
UIES JETEKBIA.
There is no night.
No darkness to enshroud
The worlds In sable cloud;
A shadow f alia, and proves
IIow every planet moves
In sea of light;
One Day's effulgent tide
Plow on through ages wldef,"
Night Is each planet's own.
And darkens it alone.
There fs no night;
O soul, God's fane benign
Is ever seeking thine; .
God's love makes radiant dny
While thou art in the way .
Of Troth an Right;
Face thou the godless vast.
Love's light will shadows cast;
.The shadows are thine own,
And darken thee alone. .
There is no night, ' ,
No night of death to bar
Life's all-transcending star;
O Love, why mourn apart 1
The cherished of thy heart
liath found the Light ' ,
That casts this shadow Death;
Life never yet drew breath
To tread the vale alone;
This shadow Is Life's own.
Edward Glenfaun Spencer.
A PULLMAN CAR "WOOING.
Scene s Eastern bound Pullman car at
the Oakland mole
Time: 8.80 p. m. v
Enter elderly gen tleman , carry ing email
valise and large hamper. Following him,
two ladies, evidently rnother and daugh-v
ter. Daughter in dark blue traveling cos
tume, with large bunch of violets pinned
to front of her jacket ; 'is a pretty, slen
der girl of about 18.! Both laden with
flowers, books, and numerous Email par
cels,: which; they deposit in a section
UCtUCBi UUUU1S Ut VUlt AXIO AUlllMYJUJ
conversation ensues :
" Gladys, dear, I am really worried over
your taking this trip alone. Had you
not better wait a day or so, to see if we
can hunt some one up to accompany
7' . .!
"Oh, no, indeed, paps. It was unfor
tunate that Mr. Wilson was taken ill so
suddenly this morning, so that Mrs. Wil-"
eon could not go with me this afternoon,
but you see I'll 'have to start to-day to
. reach Omaha in time for Clara's wedding,
especially as Tm to be bridesmaid. You"
and ruamnra must not worry, for I shall
get'along all right alone. . - .
" eome in and find their respective sections,. :!
The engine toots warningly. A few more
kisses and hurried instructions, and papa
nnd mamma are cone. The train moves .
off, slowly at first, then with increasing -speed
carries her farther and f arther away
from the two worried souls die had just
left; . "
. unctys icit a little tngnteneu attne'
. rrosnect of ..this, her first Ions journey.
alone, and. kept her face turned toward
the fast flying but unnoticed landscape,
for the blue , eyes behind the long veil
were blurred with tears.
Her thoughts flew back to her parents,
cow on the way to their home in San
Francisco. She knew how much they
would miss her-the only child though"
she was going to stay only a . few weel;.s
with her Omaha friends. . She thought,
too, of some 'one eLe who well, soma
one who was also left ia San Francisco. ;
Finally, turning to inspect her fellow
travelers, she thought the few men and
fussy old ladies looked very uninterest
ing. Thrown .'carelessly in the section
opposite was a valise and a man's ulster,
but the owner was not visible; She then
turned her attention to the books, candy,
and flowers piled up in front of her. ; She t
read, smiled over, and tucked away in
lior bag the cards and tiny sealed notes
hidden in the candy boxes or attached to
the bouqueta. -
Time passed, and with a reckless little
yawn Gladys glanced at her watch and
found, it after 6. The porter just then
announced that a stop wUl be made now
at Sacremento for dinner. ' "
Gladys thought of the bother of un
packing the neatly strapped hamper for
. . t l-i-l l.i r
imt at the station alone -wislisd Mrs. Wil- r
eon had come, then decided to dine on
candy, as she was not -very hungry.
At the moment a familiar form came
up the aisle, and in a second a tall, hand'
Some young man was standing near with
outstretched hand. A gleam of amuse
ment was in his dark eyes as ha quiutly
paid, "How do you do, Gladys ?" '
A delicate pink colored her cheeks a3
6he shook hands, and answered' him with
a surprised and rather cool, " Why, Jack,
where did you come from ?n
"From the smoking room, where I've
l-een,, for-the last three hours, ever since
I came inland found you so wrapped up
in the scenery you did not see me," he
replied; moving some books away and
sitting beside her in the most matter of
course way. : .
wi,nvo ora von foinf. .Tnclc ?B
1 1 V J O O. . "
, "To Omaha, Gladys."-?
"Vliat for ? ? asked she suspiciously. "
' Parr1v business "fartlyv pleasure.
Business, to take care -of you ; pleasure,
to be with you," he answered concisely.
" Now, Jack, you know that id very fool
ish, after' ,
-- i
"Last night, when you refused mo
again. Yes, I know ; but you see I can't
1 iel p being foolish. W as bom bo, I guess, "
said Jack resignedly." '
Dead silence followed this for about
two minute. ' She looked steadily onl uf
tlirs window, while' he gazed al :-'nr!y at
thfl ball head 'of a man a few t . i ia
fj'Dfit.
puasive tone, ruiaays, won't you recon-
eider what you said last night ?
Looking around nervously to se8 if any
one could hear, she answered, "No, Jack
please don't go over that again, for it
won t do one bit of good."
He looked disappointed ; then picking
up her jacket, said, "Well, we re almost
to Sacramento. Come, let us go, oat to
dinner. "
Glady's rose quickly, glad that bIio did
not have to dine on candy after all ; and
while helping her with her coat Jack
casually remarked :
. "You have lots of flowers,
' "Yes, and these lovely violets thoy
came this morning with no card attached .
but I think I can thank you for them,
she said, looking up brightly at'him. - '
- A tender look came into his eyes as ha
said, " Yes", 1 sent them, and I'm -much
obliged to you for wearing them. p
"Oh, " said Gladys rather coolly, 'I had
no preference. They matched my dresp
bo well rtliat is why I wore them;" ",.
"Yes, I see," assented be as coolly.
"Those cream roses would not look well
with it at all, for instance. " - .
Poor Httle violets that Iaat remark
caiisocLtdieir dethronement, -for the" girl
with a flush hastily and angrily detached
them, saying, "Come to think of it, the
roses would be far, more effective, and
pinned a few of the long stemmed
beauties in their place. ' '
Just as quickly Jack replaced the few
violets he had worn in his coat with a
rosebud that she dropped, saying, "Mine
are w ithered, too. " : -r
Gladys looked annoyed,; but said
DOthing, and in five minutes they wen-
hurriedly eating dinner at the station
restaurant. . ' -
Afterward Jack amused and enter
tained hertill the early bedtime, and she
slept soundly that night, feeling safe with
a friend so near. '
Carefully looking' from behind her
curtains next morning, Gladys saw that
. the opposite section had been changed
"two beds to two seats" again, but "Jack
was not visible. Half an hour found her
dressed, waiting for him to appear, as
she intended askin him to breakfast out
of the well stocked hamper. , :
Presently he came in, and after a very
. slight hesitation smilingly accepted he
invitation, He helped her unpack the
hamper and set the tablo in her section,
and in a perfect gale of fun they began
their morning meal, sitting opposite. -
"This is fun, it n't it?" said Gladys.
spearing for a sardine with a corkscrew,
for Jack, as company, was honored with
the only fork. : i - - ' ""
"Immense I" he assented so emphatic
ally that she laughed gleefully.'
Emboldened by this," Jack, in the net
. of carrying a piece of cold chicken to his
mouth, - leaned over, and lowering his
voice and ; fork' at the same time, said
coaxingly : "Let's breakfast together al
waysshall we, Gladys ? " -She
smiled in spite -'of. herself at his
tone and manner, even while a dainty
, "'"-y- r
V- M V y . V - V IW I S.' W V-V Jt WJJ UUU
piratically; "Couldn't think of such a
tiling. Don't be sihy, Jack. "
f. '"Oh ' l.stM w.,-,1 l.'fUl vl.-lt" Ti
r V", jyu .-vcv UtltO ,11.1, OCtlU UilKsO.
dramatically, as he'sfraightwxsdjip and i
! ..,.A.,,1 t T : i.: 'r.T.-
j Their merry littli meal over, the rest
of the day passed in the usual routine o;
- a Pullman car. Jack was all devotion
i from first to last. Reading, talking, and
eatingwith hasty little proinonades when
there was any opportunity, was the order
' of the day, . ". . . .
. Gladys acknowledged to herself, after
bidding him good night, that Jack waa a
very pleasant companion but sho did
not want to inarry him ; no, indeed.
Jack HoUis liad known and " loved
Gladys Preston siiico he was a boy of 1!)
and sho a little girl of 14.' . He liad pro
posed and been declined several times,
but knowing that she did not dislike him,
and believing that "everything comes to
the man who waits, " he was waiting, and
in the meantime wooing to the best of hi?
, . 'Ml
IIe was very much afraid she would
meet some other man during her visit
; who would fall in love.with her and win
her ; hence his deep laid scheme to travel
. to Omaha with her, ' As for Gladys, after,
her first surprise at seeing him on board,
she was so used to his never failing devo
tion that she took his coming with her as
I a matter Of course. It was just like Jack,
' she thought. '
The second morning Gladys arose with .
I a severe headache. With that and a
j wretched night's seep she was worn out
and cross undeniably so. Sho snubbed,
poor Jack, who was all sympathy; re-:
fused the cup of tea he brought her when '
they changed cars at Ogcien ; and when
j the journey began again sho lay brick on
the pillows he fixed in the seat for her,
and would have nothing to say to him.
All day she suffered intensely, feigning ' j
sleep most of the. time to avoid being
fussed over by the sympathetic old ladie3. j
How Jak 1 longed to' take the golden
brown head in his arms and stroke the
throbbing temples. "Toward evening,
when the rest of the passengers were out
at dinner, he asked her with a passionate
tremor in his voice to give him the right.
Mia was trying to swallow tle tea he
again brought in to her. Pusliirg it
aw ay, she said angrily n . :
"Jack, yoirbothw mo to death. ' Don't
over mralioa that subject to me' again,
? : I will not many you. Go away, and
. (.--t- t. . . .. ii i nt J j.
.- . ' ' Jl i . : i:-
and waited 6ilcntly out or tue car. xnat
was the last she saw of him that night.
She had her berth made up early, and,
utterly exhausted, soon fell into a refresh
ing sleep, from which sho awoke in the
night with the headache gone.
Her first thought Was of Jack, and her
eyes opened wide with shame as she re
membered her rudeness to the man who
had always been so kind to her. She re
called the pained, set look, as he had
turned away the evening before, and re
solved to ask his pardon the first thing in
the morning, when of course he would
forgive her and they would bo good
friends again.
Morning found Gladys herself again,
sweet and pretty as ever; but no Jack to
be seen. , He had not come in to take
breakfast with her, as she expected, so
she decided he must have eaten at the
station which had been passed early, be
fore she was up. '
After a lonely littla breakfast by her
self, she settled down comfortably with a
book to read and wait for him to come
and make up. .
.." The'hours passed, however, and still no
Jack. His traps were still opposite, so be
must be on the train, probably in thr
smoking room, where the other mei
spent most of their time. She began to
grow very indignant at his neglect.
; "To be sure, I told him never to speak
to me again, but he knew I did not mean
it, " soliloquized Gladys ; then tossed her
head and vowed she didn't care what lie
did, - . . . ' -
At luncheon time she saw him disap
pear in the eating room without so much
as a look even in her direction. Shortly
after the train moved he sauntered care
lessly in to his section. Meeting her
wondering eyes he . gravely bowed, then
taking a book, was to all intents soon ab
sorbed in its contents. .
Her heart seemed to 6ink a few inches
as she fully realized that he had taken
lier hasty words literally, and did not in
tend speaking to her. But pride came to
her rescue, and she was apparently as
much interested in her work as he was in
his. , - :
. The afternoon rolled on, and still they
read, never glancing at each other. A3
the train drew up at the dinner station
he threw down his book, and without a
word to the girl across the aisle went out
talking -and laughing with one of the
men. " ; ; ; . '
. Gladys, who had not left the car that
day, timidly asked the old ladies if she
could go out to dinner with them, aud
was promptly taken under their wing.
After dinner, Jack stayed in the smoking
room playing cards. .
Then as tho shadows darkened so that
she could not see to read, Glady's spirits
fell to the lowest ebb.- Turning to the
window, but seeing nothing of the fast
darkening landscape, she gazed steadily
out with fast filling eyes. She 'realized
and confessed theu to herself how
much she had missed Jack all day.
On the train flew into the darkness.
-The car lamps were lit, and berths were
being made up all around her. More and
more lonely and low spirited she grew.
To-morrow morning would bring them
to Omaha, where her friends would meet
her. Sho would go one way, Jack an
other and lie would never speak to hw
R"ain. The last thought was too -much
for her, and by this time sho was crying
softly but bitterly in the corner,' with her
face still turned to the window.
Ah, Jack, deliberately staying away all
day from willful Httle Gladys wa3 a dip
lomatic stroke of yoursl
Suddenly some one leaned over her and
said softly: "Why, Gladys, homesick al
ready?" Startled, she turned quickly, and with
a joyful little catch of her breath dashed
her handkerchief over her eyes, and an
swered shyly: "No, Jack", only lonesome,
aud I I'm sorry I was so rude yester
day." .. '. -'. ...j ,: . .t
He sat down, screening her from any
prying eyes, and said very low ; ? Gladys,
darling, were you -crying because I've
been such an unmanly beast to-day ?" ,
Tho pretty head dropped lower but no
answer. Jack' glanced around no ono
Was looking. Taking her hand, ho said :
"Gladys, onco more I ask you to be my
wife, .If you say 'no FeliaU never trolible
you again, but shall take the first train
home from Oma) a to-morrow, a disap
pointed man. Which is it, dear j yes or
no? ;:;: V' ':' .O :; .
' Still no answer. . 1 ; -; ; :
"Say yes, dearest, "pleaded Jack,. with
his lips dangerously near the fluffy bang.
An almost imperceptible nod was all
the answer he got, but it 6eemedto sat
isfy him.. Gently raising her head, ho
stole a kiss', just in time to escapethe por
ter's inquisitive eyes ; as lie came, iip,
blandly asking the young lady if she was
ready to have her berth mado.up. --r
Blushing furiously, tlie young lady said
yes,-she was ready ; so pressing her hand
warmly, Jack whispered : "Good night,
love, " and left her, well satisfied with the
result of his journey. Jesaia Howell
Hull, ia the Overland.
The trials of the Sims-Edison electrio
torpedo in the port of Havro excited a
gr;;at deal of admiration. Tlie torpedo
perfonned tlie most intrtcato probations
iit a high rate cf spocd, and show od ilolf
to be directly undvr control from tho
ehovo ojn'rator.
.f tl
SOUTHERN ELECTORAL
VOTE WILL ELECT.
News and Observer., . ' . :- .
Tha Itepublicdns hope to succeed in elec
ting iheir candidate for President next year
through the aid of a third partj ia the
South. : They know that If . such a party
should develop sufficient strength in North
Carolina. "..Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee
to render thesa States doubtful, it would
offset the losses they anticipate from defec.
lions in the iiorth and West. .But if the
South should remain solid, as heretofore,
ia casting her electoral vole, every reDSona.
ble calculation will then point to the elec.
Uou of a Democratic Presidout. The New
101K lanes has the following to say on
tho subject:
For it is plain that if tho Democrats con
count Ou tho olectornl votes cf . the South
which they oblain'ed in 1838, any division
brought about by a third party in tho North
would be more in tneir favor than that of
the Kepubl leans, In the election there will
be 414 Electors chosen. O those iho South
will furnish 159. "... A majority will be 223,
and with the .South there will be .but 64
votes to be obtained. Now, putting aside
the older States, such as Now York, New
Jersey, : Obnntttifiut and Indiana,' which
were heayily Democratic last year, and
which would furnish C7 votes, there are
Statta in the - West 'where the Alliance in
known to ba strong and vbera the Pemo
orats would be sure to get the most aid from
a third party, that would make - up the
majority needed. , - .
Take, for iubtauce, the electoral votes of
Illinois, 24 1 Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Mich,
igan, 14 ; ... Minnesota, 9 ; Wisconsin,' 12.'
Here are 82 votes in & half dozen . Western
States, every ono of Which has retarnod a
majority, of Democratic Congressmen to
the 'present .'.House of Representatives'.': ,It
is reasonnbly certain that if there is to be a
Farmers ticket in the field in these" States,
the Republicans Will find it harder to re-.
cover their supremacy than the Democrat
to retain theirs, aud that the chances af the
Detnacrats for getting their needed C4 votes
are much better than thai chances : of the
II publicans for regaining tho 82, all of
which they will uei-d. The facte are clear
enough, therefore, to mkc the development
in the South of the greatest interest..
ABOUT BANii.5-
The Rnle;ch Ncwb and Obstiver of a
rcJcent date gives its readers tno. following
informatiou about b inks:
' Ut-fore the war, underlie policy of Home
Ilalc in money matters, the State liauks
suppdi-d every Stale and every town and
community with as much cUfreiicy w was
needed. They had the privilege cf issuing
their own notes nndor -certain Regulations
prt-icribtu by tne tetate legislature. ia
North Carolina we; had many sheb banks,
and thcif obartens granted jUAt before the
war "n quired that the issue of their notes
should ba limited in -twways: '
Firjt, they should never issue more than
t wice the amount of -the'ciipiral of tho bank:
str.c PM'Ondly, they gh.ojild.-!'.:?cr havo" out
more-iliRii-tnreo-- mica wa'j ainuunt 01 specie
they had on hand iu fhtir van t3.
l"u the operation of " business laws, it
hnppeucd thai thene brinks cculd not keep
afloat n.uch rnoro of theic own notcB than
an amouut equal to their capital. In other
words, it may bu utaied in a general way
that tLoso banks lent oat two ttiitdrt of their
capitttl aud kept the other third iu specie,
aud ou that babis lent 6ut their own n . tos to
nn amount equal to their capital ; . ad bO'
bidt-s they ccmld xxhh tLe.i deposit. So,
whi'.e leijdmg at the rare uf tix per .cent.,
thoy tamed rijuch u.oro tnau wx per cent,
on their c tpnal-siock.
These bank b supj litcl the poplo with
oViC 42CO.0p(),CC0 of paper money before
tho war; but during the war the govern.
n.ent found it expedient to displace their
notes with iio ts buetd on guverumout
credit, - ' ' ' . '
To ciplftia that it must be Terneroiercd
that in the Federal government bmgn.ii
to issue its owa notes or greenbacks, which
SiMn fell below par. in twelve months it
tock $133 in th-so rjtes to' make $100 iu
specie ; a the end ' of tho second year it
took $150 to make $100 in specie ; ami at
the end .f hix mouths were it tooec $2.10 of
thni to make $100 ia specie. Tha: waa in
July, 'I he bonds of the United etntes
wfire Eclihig at still more ruinous pricen
They often sold for less than their face value
eveu iu thii deprtcjitbd curreney.
To help the government out of iu flnan.
cial difficulties it was thought bant to make
a demand. theso ccvormuent bond?,' and
at the suue true to get rid of the Suia Lank
notes. . . --'.-.-- -And
so tho plan of establishing th5 vtes.
ent Ka;ioual liauki was deviled.
The law providing for these bans 'was
firht paused i a Ftbuaryi 1864.' Under this
law the State bank holes wers taxed out of
existence j and ihc organization of National
Banks was 'iulowcd.bal srt less than one
thud cf their capital was to vi mves ed 111
government bonds, upon which bank not.?
ii'iht be it'tfUed not licetdmij iier cent
of the face cl tho bnruU That was similar
iu piiuciple to th Bank of Euglnnd w hieh
can ii-suo its notes to ILu umouut which the
L) ilh tov( ruinent owcn it. Hut the Unit.
j ed crates iituued tho ssnOant of the--'bai2ks
1 tsnus to 03 per ctnt oi hat the govern tDent
i owed w.eh I'awk. Th idea wiw to - iti-ke a
I demand lor.ovcrnnicnt bands. -Toe Suite
! bank notes imiun taxed r.t ten per.t were
j retired; avd gfadu;uly National Hknk notes
j took their piac. Tin s-e bitnks, 1 however,
I i!.d ii(;t v. ft vt,l! vuid r wrty before. the war
I vt.m ijver, '1 'iy e-oni & to UtCtmv aftf-r
: l.i:ff wr. a' ( iT:d or: m aligtik fj.K'O,
' ! ' 1 1 ' J.. ! v ' ,
THE
Since that time, although the numbjr of
banks have been graatly increased and are
now increasing every day, their notes have
been retired, until the banks havo surreud.
ered all but $125,000,000 of their note3. As
the law requires that every bank shall own
a certain number of government bonds, and
allows them vo issue notea on theso bonds,
the likelihood ia that uttil the law is changed
tho amount of theso bank notes will remain
at about this figure. - - ,. - .
The government has thus reqnired theso
banks to own some government bonds, and
allows the banks to issue notes becured by
those bonds, and the Bcurity is good. And
so the bank notes are good and pass any
where The States before the war allowed
the State banks to issue notes to three times
the amount of specie on hand ; now the
Federal government allows the i.ational
banks to issue notes to 90 per cent of the
aruonnt of government bonds they hold
for that purpose. - The government taxes
State bank notes ten per cent ; and it Uses
national bank notes ono per cent each yerr.
. lr one will cousiaer tuese trungu lie will
" see the most noteworthy differences between
the state banks and the uationat banks
Tho States were not responsible for tbo
notes issued bv the old State banks! neither
is the government responsible for tho na
tional bsBk notes. They are only the notes
ot tho banks. " They are -not government
money at all. . .,
Sometimes one hears a man sty that the
government "Wds money to the banks at
ono rer cent. 1 uat is a mistake. 1 he gov
eminent does h. t lend money to the banks.
The States formerly gave to the State banks
the right to tvsuo notea 1 the Federal gov
erumeut nofygiyea to these national banks
lh riKht to issue notes for currency. The
government does not lend them anything
whatever, in this, mat tor. lhe govern'
meut formerly taxed thepo banks on their
capital; en their deposits, and "on their
notes. It has repealed tho first two taxes,
aud only the tax. on circulation remains
Unrebealetk . J... . ,
, In order that some .rascally aincers might
not hisue more notes than the law allows,
the govern meut keeps that matter under
its Own eye, and furn'.shes every baiiK with
notes, which the bank president la to sign
before thev can be issued uy the bant.
One of the evils of this National Dank
system ' is seen n tlua : the. banks do not
find it to their interest to issue note3, and
so sincj 1882 they have retired more than
$220,OOO.OuO of the paper currency of the
co:inirv.
This would be a very serious contraction
ef the cunenov, were it not that by the use
of 6ilvcr certificates, the place of these
bank notes haa been supplied. Under the
State bank system the banks found it to
their interest to issue notes, and there was
no danger of the banks of their own accord
contracting tho currency unduly in this
way. , -v-'.:" ; "'" , '".
Another noteworthv thing; about this
system is that the banks ara forbidden to
lend money on mortgages of laud.: State
banks could do that . if . they wanted to.
There is now about one biluon of paper
money in this country ; but the bank notes
retained by theSi banks amount only to
$125,000,000, being about ono'-eighth of
the entire amount. Te federal law alio Wi
the?o national banks to charge such a rate
of interest as the State law establishes as
the lefjal rate; and whore the Slate has no
Interest law, the federal '.aw Axes the rate
at 7 per cent In North Carolina the rate
is Sperc01lt and no bank can charge any
more than that lawfully.
That has been the rate at Raleigh for
many years, and we 6upposa it is the rate
with all bau-lia in the State.
""vVHATOr-ISS FUTURE ?
Tarborn Advocate. " '
Plain fuels from every quarter show that
now, th9 Smith is increasing in wealth and
influence, more than any section of coun
try in the world. The civil waruhcoR her
to tho foundations, but in a way laid a
second foundation more solid aud substan
tial, upon which tho Southern people are
rearing a structure that is astounding the
world. The South wtjco the war, has been
ealletl new', not from tho people or any
great discoveries,- that have boen mado,
hut simply from a new .'system that Las
been inaugurated. The abolition of slavery
has changed everytuing," 1 he whole social
and commercial world has faced about aud
all things are nttw. No other country in
the world has experienoad suoh a turn
abont, and at the sauo time preserved its
ceiubibrium." It is neitho" the land ror tho
climate, but it is the peeplo who are makiug
tho South blossom as ft roo. , -
WHAT TO TRY.
Health Monthly. ' ' .
Try pop-corn for nausea.
Try cranberries for nudarU.
Try a sun bath for rheumatism.
Try ginguv nlo for htomach cramps.
Try clam brcth fvr a weak ttotnach.
Try cranberry pankio for erysipelas.
Try 8witlU(Wiug sdiva when troubled
w ith sour stomach .
Try a wet t wel lowol to tho bcic of tho
neck when sk-epls. '
Try butteriniik for removal of freckles,
tan and buituruut stains. -
Try to cuUlvate an cqnnblo tcrcrer ond
don v borrow ;r-tublo aiieaCl.
'Try haTcJ cider a wins yl.ws'fiiU three
times a elay for ague and rticumadsm.
Try a h it. dry flannel over the Feat of
neuralgic p-un, and rm-.tw it frequently.
Try pun pwd. red borax up tho nos
trils lor c.ituvrad ''j'd i;i tho licid.
'h Try takin,? jonr Co. 'dver oil in tomato
cattupif you ttBi.'i to niiUe it ratutnblc.
Tiy brcalh'hig the uiu. s ef turpentine or
caibolic acid to relieve the whooj ing cough.
Try ft cloth wrung out from cold water
pnt aUMit tho neck iet uight for sore throat.
Try S'i xtrn pwr of sV-ckings ouUldo r f
your 8!io-s when traveling iu cold wcaihcr.
liy waw.iiig with your hiv.&s boL!nd
yor. if yen iititl your&eU" bc-cowiaj; heal for-
.t:d.
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DEEP IN LOVE.
A boy's TJNiqua ikJve letter.
IlendcrsonfJold Leaf. . -
The- moet unique fervent and doliciou
love letter, we have bad" the pleasur of
reading since the days when we used to ba
in that kind of business oursolf, came under
our notice a" few days ago. The boy who
wrote it is about J.0 yearB old, and. the girl
is presumably in the sama neighborhoe)u.
With a promise cot to call any names, wa
have boen permitted to print the charmiug
miasive. llcre it is :
"Dear Emma I love you and I wish
you would write to me I love you and I
wish I could kiss you. Emma, you look so
rosy,. J love. you. don't you love, me? I
wish you. would write to me. I guess you
loveme. T I don't care if you don't, 1 will
write to you anyway. I want you to write
to me aud if you have no leal pencil I wilt
give you one and some paper. I am so
glad thai yuu love mo. Emma, did you tell
that boy that lives beside your, house that
you was going to slap my nose ? Emma, I .
could not help but cry when that boy totd
me. Emma I thought yon : thought more
of me. I have given you about twenty.five
cents worth of candy, and you don't treat
me well, besides I give you some gnm."
There is no doubt about the. condition ct
Lj. .. . I . IT. T . .- tt. I . 1 .
intu uuy. , ne is ia love. . 110 may oe uutj
10 years old, but if he lives to be 100 ho
will never be any mo e ia love than he was
when he penciled this letter.
WOOD
FOR THE
' PRESS.
FItlNTIIJG
Scientific American. - -'.
The wood pulp business is generally re
garded as in its infancy in .this country,
and yet the product is enormous". ' Tho
Philadelphia Pa ) liecord, which rr Tves
us own paper, naa lurnisned, a piece of
special information, which gives an inkiu
of the magnitude wf the general consnmp
tion of wood pulp. It states that, a 'sinf;lo
edition of the liecord 150.000 copies of a
12 page paper required 1 7 tons of . blank
paper, to produce which 67 cords of poplar
. 3 in 00 1. i;.. . u ..
WW) iiDcu. 111 uuuia iiuui itiuu mo
tree it had beun turned into printed papera.
The process is thus divided with respect to'
a test case: Chopping 1J cords of wood,
6 liours; iu manufacturing into puip, A
hours; transporting to the Record office, I
hour and 20 minutes; wetting paper pre
paratory to printing, .30 minutes; printing
10 .000 conies. 10 minutes. This shows the
rapidity with which raw material may be
turned into a nmsned article, going tbronga
numerous processes. If the tiecora aver
rged 50 cords of poplar daily, it would
amount to 18.250 cords annually, It1 must
then be considered that this is only one
paper in ue city, and that about every
uewspaper is printed aroaj .; iatwTt8rsmm,
sisting largely, and often almost wholly, cf
wood pulp, which is also used in the pro.
duction of nearly all common and mediusj
grades efpaper foratmo6t aUru.es. It is
thus seen that the consumption f wood in
pnhp making is of great magnitude.
With the enormous consumption of wood
far railway ties and building and the added
requirements of thejprinting press, it is not
strange that our forests are rapidly disap
pearing. Every State should pass laws for
tho encouragement of tree planting. If
steps are not - boon taken ' to restore our
woods, there will ere long be ft tree famine.
DEATH OF A MISER.
Concord Standard. '.
Old uncle Bill Bost, of No. 10 townkit'i", "
Cabarrus county, died the other day and
his body was buried at Bethel. Ila was
about eighty years bid, was a bachelor, and
was known to be miserly in his habits to a .
wonderful degree. His only --companions
were two dogs, and an old negro womaa
who had been living with him during ! ; -.
entire life. Curious to ey, in his will I d
left her nothing bat her old age and a we.: ;i
out constitution not a penny or even a
shanty to cover her head. His real esti'.H
consisted of 1,800 acres of land. ' His houi a
place containing 500 acres he left jointly
to his two nephews, Allen and Peter I5e) t
The former is his executor- Tha balnt e.: 1
was left to other nephews in 100 acre h.trt
each. To his nieces he gave nothing. I a
his dilapidated home he had a. safe whit-li
was. thought to hold thousands of dollars.
When this was opened the only mom y
found was a punched Dickie, Further
search was instituted and in old bureau
drawers, old cupboards, in pitchers, jars,
in old clothes pockets, in old stockings and
in cracks in hia miserable house was found
$10,000 in gold, besides a large quinti'y of
gold dust and bullion. lie had 00 hand
only a few huudred dollars ia paper moiiey
aud no notes or mortgages of any couku
quence. In tho search a package from a -Charlotte
bauk Was found containing
several hundred elollars that had never bet-u
upuned at all. This was received by hiiu
iu 180. Last spring he made 1hX returns
and gve in as money on baud fi.OOO.
Perhaps he did not know bow much ho
hid fctuck ahcat.iu dilferent phtees. He hn I
corn and bacon on band four years old,
and some hay that has beenstackei tweuty.
five years. He eased his corecienee by
leaving of his bird earnings $100 to IeiJ.i 1
Church, lie made his will only-ti.it
weriks ago, and thcro is much talk abort
contesting it, for seme of his Ha havo bt-tu
left without anything.
The bigsest s'.ory of the season caa s
fm Iincoluton, ujs the Atlanta t'riiB t.
tutiou. W. T. Murpliy, who is a morchut
of that place, Fays that, while Leu, t
soldier in Virginia, ho came across a 1km ..
er who had just bowed a crib of popcorn,
and . pretty soon ftfter the !. .:! l.d 1. :'.
the crib it caught, firs and every (rniit :u
the corn popped, nnd very sexo th v, liiln
plantation w3 tovered with ftheVhlio
A. male, about 2 year-s old, 'k-hieb was n. ,
baru near by, 6?.w the ground jjovered
whit." corn, and tbeucb tho' Ihprnio.i.i -,-.
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