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"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH:1 V FLKTCIIER AUSBOff, Kditob. ' C. V. W. AUSttON, lUSIMSrS Maxaqzu. VOL. IIL -. PLYMOUTH, N. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1891. NO. 27. Published by Koanoke Publishing Co, ON CAROLINA'S HILLS THE GRANDEST SCENEKY TO BE WITNESSED EASfOF THE ROCK-IES-COL. M'CLUIIE IN PHIL 'adelphia TIMES. I hare Been the grand mountain views of every part of our continent cast of tbo sierra Nevadas, and must, testify that there U no mountain scenery thin side of the Rocky mountains that equals, or even ap proaches. the graudeur of the varied views presented here. From the southern portico of the Keuil worth Inn cau be Been fully forty mountain peaks aud. domes, all of which are higher than Mt. Washington or any other rnouataiu elevation east of the Rockies, llere is a complete circle of bro ken moantains fur as the eye can reach, with Mt, Mitchell nestling among a family of undulating cliffy away off toward tue rising euu, kissing the chilly breezes at an altitude of 6,711 feet above the sea aud directly toward the setting stui, more thin one hundred uii'es dixUnt, ii Mt. PiRyaK with its Ictutifully rounded dome towering ovor its neighboring peaks to cast its long shadows over the foot nills aud valleys below. . Sucn a panorama of variegated mountain scenery id not to be seen clo vrhere in till our boasted lilue aud Apaiachitin ratines or,iu all tho vurt-ni ragged sceao.y of lht Walie Alounuius cl New ifughiud. Asbtftiita and its Eurrouvidiupis are a revelation to all when tain tintchlcss iuoiiu- tain view breaks upon tUt-ui It is now a hire of industry as wul us ihe Mceoiof plttasute and lis-tlth-srekors i: tLe (South. 1U altitude rauge from 2,-tOO to-3,00 ) fe t above tidewater. Trie city, witti its pi inaneut population of f,f00, is tkt toauh. Meat of the famous equ ity of IJ;iqcoui1jo, and it ia tur rounded by iunu .neraWo bro ken hills with I requnot suarpiy -jutting peak, all adoni jd by bfluliful retdiicuctf , whiie acrops the avriuuano.i ( he Inciiau terra for beautiful river), is an cr; couutiu View of mingled foot hill farms aud broketi iuOuuUius One prominent elevation some threo miles from the river is'tho centre of the magnificent estate of George W. Van derbiit, conjoining 7,200 acroj iu'one body and employi uk from 6JJ to 1,000. tneu iu beautifyiug it. The laud alone coat $230,. 000, and Lis improvemnnts are so colossal in couoeption as to flud parallel . only iu the grandeur of the sucieat iiouiana. Uis Louse is now m oours-i of erection on the western slope of the central elevotiou, with a bewitching view ol mountains, rivrrs. farms and city. !- It is 400 feet iu ' length. with solid wallsof fifty fett in height from the deer park on tha westoru frout to th first floor, and the Uwn-leuuia court alone, with its huge. wails from thirty to fifty feet in height, would make a foundation for the grandest of the auoieni tempius iu the Old World. A piivaitTrailroa;! some live mile ; in length is kept busy transporting materials ! for 'the palace, for bridges, for roads," etc., ' and when completed the cont of the tstato ' witl reach $5, 00a. 000. There will be" oue J hundred miles of eleyaat roada, traversing ( the Vanderbdt estate, of which thirty eigut : will be macadamized, and scores of bridges of every conceivabie form of exquisite architecture, will add to the beauty of the place. " The building of the palace will be a five yean' task, even with every branch of mechanism employed in its construction filled with woikjien. This will be .the , most magnificent ou the Continent, stir passing the oldest and largest English .estates in natural beauty and wi,h its game preserves equaled by few iu any country of the world. " . It is not surprising that thousands o visitors-come from the suuuy bouih in summer time to enjoy the bracing atmos phere and unrivaled beauty of those moun. tains, nor is . it surprising that thousauds come here from the North iu winter time to escape the sudded changes and oppres. give rigor of our winter climates; , It is the oue pleasure aud liea.th-seeking region that has all season) for it 'worshippers. Its rides aud drives of . unequaled beauty ; its dry, exhilarating atmosphere ; its gr Dial winters even among the mountain fops, aud its pure breezes aad cool nights in the heat cf summer, make it au all the year .resort for those who seek p.easurp, rest, or fugative Lealtu, and it is evidcuily destined to become the great resort of the Americau contiuent. j PURE WAXiR. ( Vlil Messenger. . 1 . We are very much interestbd iu pure drinking water; The first duty of a com. rnnnity is to secure pure water and in abundance. It is suicidal and criminal not to do this. If sanitary aud medical science . have established any one thiug buyoud ill dispute it is that puro water is undoubtedly esseutial to'personnl health aud that a great deal of sit tness, and iu tna'ny cf its most serious forms, is directly tiaccabie to bud vater--to poisoued water. We doobt, if properly analyzed, there i a well of water in Wilmington, or in ten miles of Wilmington, that does not contain poisonous matter that is 'destructive to health. There were several analyses made some eight or ten years ago, aud ail the we'ls were found to be impure It is well kuown to tuoue who have intelli gently aud carefully considered the question Shat some of the abodes of men moht noted for malaria, feyers sickness, death have actually been so changed under sanitation have beeu absolutely so transformed by sim ply introducing pure water, that from bein t'eath-traps and foter beds they have become great sanutoriuiu8(uot sanitaiiums)ofheaith aud as such have been sought by the sick. Tlhe sanitary j juruals deserve to be read by all intelligent people for their is very dense ignorance concerning bgiene and sanitation among otherwise int liigeut peo pie. --. v . The simple law of health are notuuder. stood by the musses. SVe call attentiou to the last number of the Mxuufactnrers' ltt'ooid, where our fii ud Hud broth. -r jour naiist, the peel liand.dl, discuseed At luuti. uud wim uuutenews and round kuuwitdgt oi i ho niditer iu hand, this very lmporta i isubjoctol puif WHier for the people. It lr. uu Hdmuahie aud able piebentalion of b subject uai. n secoud to none that cn oc cupy ine minds of our " pnvslciaus.' pub u: auihuiitics, householders, taxpayers and hettltU olllclals. Air. liud iil S 'j s that both "experience an.l oboei V -tiou compel dv to stall out with wuhi may seetu au audacjous de:ari. tiou, thai m.t 't the prtveut .ble or rymu tio UiHcu.se cl thr wond is a'nabable not r wnut is pupuiany caliAt 'ujidaria,' but iuu- iiqu.i lUJpnrei wuter.". We wish wa .cou.u piodiicc uiucu t;t L t paper, -it throws, light j'isl whure it in ueudctt. He urgo.. liiieiiuu aud boiiing us the sure cure of lui pure uter ivinuy of our rentiers iu th pitot cii- bear testimony to how often t nave urged tuia up u all. Do not eve. tvush our lauo in impute wa er, lunch lex (tiiuii it. iuti do luis ai jour peril. Th t isceititn. lui.e Uine to boil, mid if joi cuu to filter bi.ioro using. Wo mubt qu- '.i Leif iiuui oui' fiK-ud's moat ttmciy discus sion. u s: 'iu ever pl.ioo on earth man can drink put fl bx iiUi tifS-, water jf so minded, for tht moM cOtitaauliiHteul Iluiu riuy : u rt naer. t' Ml leu! uitiaihfe- by boiling uud ' filtering. t h ClWu'tstfe,- wuu ie vlten derided, are M inaiaijC t u tn this prticu!HrT ui.d have bt:Ci for taousands of jers.; .Millions of iiieia living on or uear gret rivers which thev huow to be wrst Bcwers drink orthem luipuuity, becauso Jhe i raw material is boned I' r their t-v which, by the way; they ooneuuie wiiiiout muk aid BUgar. A hiyh degree of heat acts , as a germicide. Srirgrona, Wed nwara i t lias, plunge their Hi. trtiuitnta, into boiliut waier. so that after oucrutious iipun certain patients all clangs r of blood-puiMuiug' subsequently is obviated, borne yearn ago 1 had occasion to couruk th' vital Htatibtics of nan t ran. Cisco), aud my r rnenibcaune is that "th lienlttiieat pail of that.city. was the Ohiuese quarter, whe,re nearly yery hygieuic law .i i rfeumab y vioiittea.. It occurrea to me thai D' rhrtps th Ouiuese owd their coin. paiauvu txouii tiou j from disease to Ue l'aoi -tiiat ihey did not drink water in its criiua btato, but as boilud te." jMODEKEOfihAPHY. . IN WHICH TUB JfNSWBRS ARB EIIArnD TO MKKT PliEKliflT EXIULNCUS, . Galveston Tribune, Of what is tuo t-urfat-e of the earth com posed ? . Of corner lots, mighty poor roads, rail road tractis, ba-ibaii grounds, cricket fields and skating rinks . ' What portion of the globe is water ? About three-fuurths. .sometimes they add a li i-llo giu aud nutaieg to it. What is a town ? A town is a considerable collection ol bouses and inhabitants, with fourorflvo men who "'ruu the party," and lend money ou 15 per cent. Interest. What is a city? A -city is au incorporated town, with a mayor, who believen the whole wond shakes Vtheu he happens to fall fiat ou a crosswalk. What is commerce ? Bonowiug $." f or a day or two, ind dod,; ii.g the lender tor year or two. Name the different races. Ilorso race, boat race, bicycle race and racing around to find a man to endorse yvur note. - Into how many classes is mankind divi ded? bix being enlightened, civilized, huif civil .Zf.d, savage, 100 tuter, not worth . a cent and Indian agents. What nations are called enlightened? Those which have the most wars aud th worst law and produce the most criminal. How many uatious have the earth? That's according to how you mix you. drinks and which way you go home. What is the earth s axis? The lines passing betwoen New York and San Francisco. What causes day and uighi? Day is caused by night getting turned out. Night is caused by everybody taking the street cats and goiug home to supper. What is a map? A map is a drawing to show the ju y where fcimith tood when joues gave hi in -oue- under the eye. Whal is p. mariner's compass? A jog holding four gallons. The Ord-r of Knight of Labor is twenty oue years old. The Hcamen's Union of Baltimore, . Md. is n thing of the pact. " ...... The preen gks factory of Atlanto, Ga., i has opened for the seasou. 1 Ti-KAT tlOHKID TOWEL. Dow dear to my heart aro the towels of n? chlluliood; Thos niowy white towels that hung on the wall. What pleasure ami comfort they, alwa.s brounht to mp, As I wiped off my fac with that towel on tha i wall. In fancy I see It hung up oa the wall, ' AVLUe near it I Ben the white china wa.'h bowl. And the pitcher of water so soft and so clean It makes my heart glad when I think of the scene. I'm a, traveling man now,' yet I n,ever forget . ' Those once happy days when I got my face wet. . No lint ever stuck to my hands or my face. Nor Were those white towels like a piece of sheet lace. . . It's the towels in hotels In most country towns That cause me grief and many deep frowns. They simply portray to my own satisfaction -That tho landlord's not noted for very great action. Ills towels are his card on which ho can bank. And if you should use them they'll smell very . rank. Likewise is his butter, so also his cheese. They all smell so strong that it makes mo ke. neeze. ' My advice to such landlords, all over eacTi State, . . Is to clean up your" office and comb your old - pato, Hang up a clean towel at least once a day, And the traveling man then will have noth . . lug to Bay. Charles Clifford Way land. Hev During Protector "Billiger! Hark!" Mrs. McSwat sat straight up in bod and listened to a noise she seemed to hear down stairs. "Wh.it is it, Lobelia?" inquired Mr. McSwat drowsily. "It sounds liko somebody talking. LisfcttP . . Mi McSwat listened. lie, too, thought lie heard something. "I will see what it ia," lie said, speak ing very loudly and moving very leis urely. "Pon't bo alarmed, Lobelia; we are well 'armed. : Besides those two re volvers, " he continued in a high pitched voice, intended to terrify any unauthor ized persons' that might bo in tha house, "I have a heavy cane and a largo glass paper-weight. r Be calm, Lobelia!" Ila crawled out of bed, collected his urs'Wil, and the procession moved down uU'.Iiy iti the following order: Mr. McSwat, with revolver t in each hand, heavy cana under Jiis arm, aud , . . paperweight ia . Hi:ketof his " embroidered ... robe de nuit. . Mrs. McSwat, ready to scream, with front hair in curl paiters, lamp iu ono hand,.au4 bottle of cam phor in the other. At tho landing half way down li'r. McfJwat stopped. , . "Ixjbelia," he obsci'ved sternly, "it will be necessary for you to go in frontT" You have the lamp. I'll protect you." Mrs. McSwat took her place in front as directed, and the procession moved on again. 'At the foot of the staira -Billiger stopped aud took up a commanding place near the hat rack. "Kow, Lobelia, go ahead with the" limp into this room on tho left7 I will remain here to see if anybody rushes out. Ifinybodydte8Tuii)uti''fie exclaimed, grinding his teeth inv manner . horrible to hear, "I wiii put 14 bulleta through him, knock him down with this paper weight, and break every bone in his body with this cane!" Mrs. McSwat went into the room on the left and looked around. "Do you see anything, Lobelia?" asked her luiKband in a voice of thunder. "No, Bitliger." "Go through the other rooms," he roared, bracing himself firmly against the wall. While Billiger remained in the hall, armed to the teeth, pale with iron resolu tion, and trembling with ungovernable ferocity, Lobelia explored all the rooms and came back. "Did you see anything?" he demanded. "Not a thing Bill iger." "Give mo the lai." p!" He handed his weapons to Lobelia, took the lamp, and with .dauntless bravery went through the rooms himself. ."It wasn't anything, Lobelia,' ho said with extreme disgust. u You didn't hear anything or anybody r" The procession ioved up the stairway on the return trip. ' ' "You must try to overcome this ti midity of yours, Lobelia" said Mr. Mc Swat an he put down the Lamp and re lie ved his wife of her load of deadly weapons. "If I hadn't been here to pro tect you," he grumbled, crawling back into bed, "you would " have frightened yourself to death. Clucago Tribune. ' The Superior Cnpe Cod Poke. "What are you givin' us?", yelled a down town grocer in an excited way Tuesday to an Auburn friend who had chunbanedliishatdowuon his head and whirled him around so violently that he fell on a potato barrel and skinned his elbow. y "I'm takin' boxiu' lessons," said his friend, "and that's the marine awing." "Tliat'a it, is it?" said the grocer, a.) ho grabbbd the Auburn man,' jaw mod him uader a moat bench, kicked the visible portion of hid anatomy, and hit him hard with a broom. "How do you like that? That'j the Cape . Cod poke, otherwise known as pot luck. W ext time you come round with your new tricks just remem ber that there's a few of us old ones left who knew a twist or two when we were young." Both men were flushed and both were mad and both smiled. Lewistou Jour nal. - Really Terrible. "These women are enough to drive a man to despair. Lately I began a corre spondence with a young lady, and spent a whole marli for a box of writing paper. But I had written only three lettars when the false girl broke off the correspond ence, and what am 1 to do with all the paper? Fliegende Blatter. ' Git AIMS OF GOLD. Confidence, like life, once gone, is gone forever. The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. It is no shame to leam so long" as we are ignorant i. e, as long as we five. "Our acts our angels are, of good or ill ; our fatal shadows that walk by us still." - He who knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them. Con fucius. "' Let your zeal begin with yourself, then you may with justice extend it to yout neighbor. We are apt to fall into relapses ; where upon we had better overcome our sorrow than delude it. ' Honor to him who, self-complete and brave, In scorn, can carve his pathway to the grave, And, heeding naught of what men think or say, Make his own heart the world upon tho way. Lord Lytton. Calumny wotild soon Btarve and die of itself if no one took it in auu gave it lodging. Leighton. No idlest word tliou speakest but is a seed cast into time, and grows through all eternity. Carlyle. A niTBRVINO LIPB. A little while to pause aud rest, A little space to draw full breath Ah me! we are too sorely pressed V Who ran for life or death. In order to lay up treasure in heaven it is not necessary to prevent others with whom you have dealings from laying up a few shillings on earth. - More than talent, more than beauty, more than wealth, sometimes more than wisdom-, good manners are the best let ters of introduction and the firmest cem ent of friendship. BLESSED IN BLESSING. A poor man saved by thee, shall make thee rich, . A sick mau helped by thee, shall make thco - strong. . - : Thou shalt thyself be served by every lease Of service thou hast rendered. - . Browning. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Tlie reported profits of the Methodist Book Concern List year were $ 140,000. 1 The Boston Congregationalist Club will erect a new building, costing $100,000, on the site of the old structure. The Baptist strength in Philadelphia, Pa., is 72 churches, 20 missions, 22,750 members, and 31,227 in the Sunday 6choola. The use of stereopticons on mission ground is becoming more and more gen eral, and especially in India is very ad vantageous. One of the richest Episcopal churches in New York is devotiug its strength toward the betterment of tenement houses. The work is a glorious one. We are glad to see the -Congregation' alist call for the abolition of what it rightly designates as "the annual trav esty of a summons to 'fasting, humilia tion, and prayer.' " The day is made in deed a "fast" day of a very different kind from that in which it was first instituted, th. re being considerably moro fun than fasting, more hilarity than humiliation, more potations than prayers. Certainly, Buch a misused day is harmful, especially to the young, and should be abolished. Christian at Work. The Wesleyans and Congregationalist3 of London are relieving the outcast poor of the metropolis by thousands. In one week the London Congregational Union gave shelter to 3,447 homeless bain3, most of them from the rural districts, for "over a third of the population were not born within its bounds. " The "shelter" halls give "a little'cofFee and a few buns to the most needy" on Suuday, and. then the gospel is preached to these people, who never enter churches, in the same halls" where sleep and food have been af forded. ' Forty Ton Boilers. - The heaviest boilers that have ever boon built in Pittsburg, if not in the entire country, afc a battery of 6even submerged fiue boilers that are being built by a Pitts burg firm for a large steel works in West Superior, Mich. Each of these boilers is 10 feet in diameter and SO feet long, made of 1 inch steel, and containing 23G 4 inqh flues 20 feet long. These boilers weigh 40 tons each, and will have to be trans ported upon cars built especially for the purpose. As Good as 60,000 Candles. - The new 14 story hotel in course of con struction in Chicago will be, supplied by 8,500 incandescent electric lights, the cur rent being furnished by an electric coin ranv. but the wjriusdono in Buch a man ner that on isolatod plant can be put ia lit any tune. SI ?T! Peanuts and other produce to AlcxsBiaclcrr Morgan & .o., AND . General O ommission Merchants - NORFOLK, VIRGINIA- ...'Guarantee liiglicst market prices, quick sales and EDMUND ALEXANDER, DLCA'J Uli vasuiiigtou, . v. - j.orioiK, i. J. Makbiner. DEALERS IX Finest Caskets, CONTRACTING given special attention. Estimates furnished on build ings ol any kind at short notice. . When iu seed ol anything in our line or wishing our services, call at our Undertakers l&ubliftbmnnt on Washington Street, . ' . . PLYMOUTH, N, O. 6 11-01 tf The" DLDTE LIABLE H. peal' Proprietor.-' 1 ftJAAUPACTUREU OP ;' - - Huggics." riiaeions, Koail-carfs, Fann-carts, ATaons &c" at prices lower than ever. Men with tlie cash can ffet a bargain. I defy competition and .will not be undersold' Repairing of all kinds done. GE DIGE J, MAKUFACTURER OF m fn-KJf'n,Tm i"-' ,i.e 1 -carts, Wagons and ciPER Biding Vehicles Repairing of all kind done with neatness and disatcb. All WorK Guaranteed- .jy'17-tf Adams street, Ply mouth, N. O. Hunt KM ft!TaaifcTfcMaJiii work Iff ii. by Aaaa Pin, !", i T.ltl, nd Jmo. EMU, Toll. tl.lL'ulSolt tit. '. Hm OSO k"ct tlanri,?.!itu J" mJ B I 9 I I a Itich any ftjir!)' ia;!ltr,t ik rt (i'har V 1 1 S I 1 vl' r9S '" wil mm4 w L3 S h II f 1 1 lader4u.ti4r!.,oi,1wl!l wwt iv.akMMtT, "W W how to iuti Ikrw T)wii DMr. ear in lliarowu tiir.i(tia.whr.r tbtv Svf .1 alaafHMlak 1 situation rhiiliTmnl.al n uth rtt:i can vara that aKirttar,. if mnni'V fur mc niili-M tuerOil .1 abov. Ka.lyaaa aalamly anm). I i)irv ltit on murker ftm aauta cl.ttril uraulr. 1 a.c Rr(lr taaa'fit. anil proviii,! vrlh fttrf.!, a 9' nnibrr. wlin ara maUia uvar SaOf.fi a Tar a.a. li li la. W i1 SlU.iI. full nai-tlwiHraFKiEt:. Kdnxtl ,,, " ll.Lt:, ltuK 4ZO, AntfuatM, MaiiHt. tSeCQ.M rearli btlnj toikIij bjr Jrnn H. Onodln,Troy,K.Y.,l ik for u. Hvadar ym ni nil'innkc a uiiuli.ltat wo can loarh Touoittty tiow towatn IVitiu at ta on. itii Mifit ad In any f&n -f -I I" --n America. y wnininico nt btftiie, f U fft ' 'inf nit viiitr ilnicur w memau c.nl t- t 'ine nil tinr 11mr.nr )ni, Hioirwuw i.:n t- i . f 1 lb w.rk. Ail iiejw. Umi rsy : J cvvi YtfiJnr. FAiMI.Y. M'LUtll.t Ivitnit A : Ja. l'--arJati i Til I Jul iUliVi MORGAN L. P. HORN THA W a. . ' iriy mouth, JT. O. W. J. Jacuoh. Coffins, Etc. and BUILDING 82TOrders by mail solicited. iJarriagE FacluTyr Plymouth N. C. Give mo a call. t BATEMAN, :nqtice. Noam Carolina. V Mhlnjton ContttT. Slrpht-n .7olintoii,. Iu tte bujtiaf Cr'irt. FmniA Johnston Th-Ci'fmdnnt l)OTnmed v. i'l tV notice tat mi nctkn entitled an boi lint fxen couiintix'ci.l ia ! ihvhnpt'rior Com I of W aahiugtoi: c'unty, in i nciionfur divoice. And tlie aiU dt'fu4.Bt will j furihif tiike notice 'bat the U rajquiitd to app,r t tho next lerm of the Saprrtor Ceurtef sid county 1 n nclield on Monday SSta dny of H;tuber 181, at 1 1h Court Ilouw of aaid county in I lymoath. N. C. Rhdani-WKV ordemur to fh crroplatut In Mid actios jefitT the plsintitt will apiily to the Court for the ratlaf ' dfmtndcd iu complnmu T. J.lliia'Ml. 0-11-Cw C. of H. C, KOTIOE. f The firm of Csnitstos Jt Co , of Paivi!la Va ..hold nctas eghirt tv.. lor th sere of two hundred and'fiftj dollars which lby are offering for t . I hereby notify H persons PO' tn tmrcbsvp nnli-s fit will not be paid. RUJUSSWAlIf. tea 41.
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