Published by Koanokb Publishing Co, AF0R GOD FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH:1 W. FLRTCHF.R AU8BOST, Editor. V. V. W. AISI5CN. hUSlNa'S iUVAQKtU VOL. Ill- PLYMOUTH.N.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER i, 1891. MO. 30. CHATS FROM ABROAD. ' The Jeeuits are about to start a news paper in Rome. " Emperor William will edit the biogra- pny or vpn Moitke.. ' . French and German goods are driving loose or Untish make out of Russia. 1 A Persian carpet has been in use for WW years in the mam; hall of the shah's palace in Teheran. . The sum collected in Germany for a church to be erected in memory of the late Kaiser . William amounts to about 720,000 marks. . . Ex-Empress Eugenie is rheumatic and uses two sticks to assist her in walking. She has arranged to leaf e the bulk of her fortune to Prince Napoleon's children. The report of the leprosy- committee at London, composed of eminent physi- cians, gives hope for the discovery of a cure tor this hitherto supposed inemedi able disease. ' - ; Heinrich Schmilineki, one of the mil lionaires of Hambunr. has decided to . leave his immense fortune to his native , city. The money, however, is to be used to build an asylum for unmarried women. It appears that the czar is desirous of repaying to England the amount of the Russian loan of 35,000,000 florins bor -rowed by Russia during the wars against Mini, iiapoieun. j.ni8'WM oe an r KOTeeshlW Windfall ftr fViQ TlvIflaW 9 au mo lun uacu UI1 mg lulr ( ian railways has ; been imported, costing ; 100,000,000 to J20,000,000 francs a year, -1 but an attempt is now being made to use the lignite, 9f which tho country posses ; eoe large beds.) i Very satisfactory results iave so far attended the experiments. ,,- A dispatch from Constantinople gives it : I T nAwwyt All A a I l Jl . Ti mi wuuiug uuwunp 01 cne increase oi brigandage in various parts of the Turk-t- ish . empire- In i the - Turkish province nown as Old Servia the brigand chief, I Mihran, has, established himself in the toountains with about 80 followers, and Hves in princely' fashion on blackmail ex r acted from noi(ia anfl villa o-ah Iltmdtl 'a Temper. N One of Handel's violent exhibitions of terrtper nearly endd tragically.- At are hrssl of "Otho," SignoraTCuzzoni de" , dared' that she : would - not sing the ait "Falsa' imagine" in which she afterward t:d ; very great success. ; T.'lie ruling tepiriVf the great man had already Leau Irritated by (Borne symptoms of insubor- t ".nation, ' and this declaration carried Jtinj quite beyond bounds, He flew at ', the rbl. savin tr: - i T d t ( l always knew you were a very devil, ,but shall now let you know that I am ' -a T AAlvataViiih (?. rvi-i tra f tin Ian 1m t " -, VJmWV1A.'WUU yw Ka UVW V. tie UbV no 4 Seizing her with one hand, he ran tc Vfjji winiirtitf- anrt iwnrft flint if chja.li-l Biiig me air immeuiawiy lie womu mro ' her into the street.' She- was afraid, and . sang it forthwith. ; ; . 5 It was well known that Handel could Ijsctbear' to 'hear the tuning of instru ments, '.and therefore this was always done before he arrived at the theater. A musical wag, determined to exact some - amusement from his irascability of tera hen the Prince of Wales was to be pres . tut, and untuned all the instruments. As soon as the prince arrived Handel 'gave t!) siirnal to becin. con snirito. but such was . the horrible discord that the en raged musician started up from his seat, and, having overturned a double buss which stood in his way, he seized . a ket tledrum, which he threw at the leader of the band with such violence that he lost his full bottomed wig in the effort. With- breathing vengeance, but so choked with passion that utterance was denied him. In this ridiculous attitude he stood star fog and stamping for some momeuts, amid the general convulsion of laughter, nor could he be prevailed on to resuiuo his seat until the prince went ' in person and with much difficulty appeased hi ".wrath. ' J ' The musicians in the orchestra used to " prognosticate the state of his temper , by sign which shows how extremely im pressionable he was. He wore an enor mous white wig, and when things went well at the oratorio, it had a certain nod or vibration,' which-manifested his pleas ure and satisfaction. Without it nice ob servers were certain that the great mu ' sician was out of humor. .-; . i:iX!.r - ; Iktbktor Edisok claims to have made new and Important .discovery ia elec 4rle street car apparatus, one which wil de away with the trelley wire, lie de clines to explain exactly how It Is to oper ate, probably wishing to secure; his' dls- ' covery by patents first; but states thai Jhere ts no trolley wire overhead 'nor slot beneath,' nor Is it a storage battery art rsngement The moters under the cars are used, and if his vague explanation Is understood, there is no actual contact be twe'ea the car, er aay portion of It, and ' the wire that carries the current. rws from Washlnf ton states that President Harrison has ordered that all Ohle clerks who go home to vote will lose their pay for that day. This Is erak nentty proper, but some people no doubt will be led by It to think J that perhaps President Harrison does not care much whether Major McKlnley is elected or ot Of course the election of McKlnley la Ohio this fall will msk, htra a strong candidate for presidctit next jcar, should Mr. Harrison b? couTite4 the race, HISTORICAL FACTS. GCV. JOHN OWKN, f)F HORTIt CABOLIN1, CAMS NEAtt BEING PUEtilDSMT OF TIIi V7M1TKD STATES. Cor. Wil. McMcnger. It may not be gonarallr known that in the county of Bladen there lived, fifty years ago a gentleman, the late :. Governor John Owen, who came very near bsine; president oi the Unitsl btitea, but whose distrust 'of his own abilities prevented bis occupying that exalted position. It happen$3 in this way: . . When the national Avie convention met at Harrisbnrg, La., io 1840 to nominate candidates for president and vice-president, Governor Owen was one of the - debates from this State. ' He was an ardent admirsr of Hsnry Clay and an earnest advocate for his Domination, and for that reason and his prominence as apnblio man he was made president of the eon vsntion. It is well known that Wm. Henry Harri !'mou, of Ohio, received the nomination to te grevious disappointment of Mr. Clay's iriendo, and to none more so than Cover. nor Owen, for he had clung to him su evsry ballot and had exerted his influence in every honorable way to securs his nomination , There was much feeling' -exhibited by the friends of Mr. Clay at his defeat, and to soothe their disappointment they were - re. quested by" the . supporters of Harrison to name the man fr vice president en the -ticket, and they would give him an- unani mous support Gov, Owen was approached and asked if he would accept the . nomina. tiou but his modesty was greater than his ambition, and perhaps the dufeat of his political idol was still rankling in his boKom au1 lis declined, giviug sa a reason . that he did not think his name would add strength to)tho tkktt, and John Tyler, of Virginia, was chosen who was ' nu3ertood to - have shed tears copiously over Mr. Clay's defuat. The ticket was elected by . an -iimuenes majority. Harrison died a month after h;s inuuguration, TIer becAme President and betrayed the party that elected him. Had Gov. Oweti consented to the use of his name he-would have been President and would have reflected honor upon hie a&tire State for he was a pure, ; high ; toned, .chivalrio gentleman of fine attaiumentsaud courtly address; " " - . 2tUe waa chosed Governor of the Stale by he LegiKlature io 1828. .Prior to;i855 our Governors were all choseu by. the Legula. ture, but in that year the convention met to amend.theconkthutiou of the State per. haps the ablest body that ever convened in North Carolina, and the election of Gover. nor was given to the people. . Edward B.' Dudley, of V) iliniugton, was the first Gov. ernor of the State leced. by the direct vote o -the people, Lis compedilor beiug Hichard Dobbs Speight, then occupying the guber natorial chair, and who was the last Gover. nor chomm by tlie G neral Assembly, WHEN AND WHAT TO READ. Bible IUcord. , If you are impatient ait dov'n quitlly and have a talk with Job. If you are just a little strcngheaded go to see Moses. If; yiu are 'getting wesk-kneed take 'a look at Elijah. ' . . ' If theret Is no aong in your heart listen to David. "i ; " ( . . If you are a policy man read Daniel. If you are getting sordid spend a while with Isiah. r If you ftel chilly get the beloyed'disciple te put bis arms around you. If your faith is below par read Paul. If you are getting isy watch James. , If yen re loMngTslght of the future olimb np to Bevelation aud get a glimpse of the promiiaa land. THE SACREDNESS OF MAR. . RIAGE- For the man and woman who purely and truly love each other, ani are guided by the law of justice, marriage Is not a state of boudsife. ludeed, it is only when they become, by this outward acknowledgement, I ... . . . . . , . . t i - publicly avoweu rovers, iom ireeuom. ie realized y -' hem in its full significance,; Thereafter they can be openly: devoted to each other's interests, and avewedly chosen and intimate friends. -Together they can seek the charmed avenues of culture, snd, Btreugtheund by each other, can brave the world's frown in th rugged bat heaven-lit Sate of reform. Home, with all that ia earest in the aarred name, is their peaceful and cherished r sweat within "whose nanct uary bloom v the virtues that make it temple of beneficence. Ex. ' " - " 71 '' ';WHATITISCAI.LEDi Taking $1 .flW.OOO is called fenius. Taking $100 00O is called shortage. ' l aking $r(f,000 is called litigation. . Taking $25,000 is called insolvency, - Taking $10,000 is called irregularity. Taking $5,000 is called defalcation. Taking $1,000 is called corroption. Tf.king $."oo is called embezzlement. Taking $100 is called dishonesty. Taking $50 is called stealing. ' '1 aking one chick cu is called waf on ocL etv. ". HARD TIUES- PHESIDEHT LITINO8T0N OF GEOKOIA, DIB v CUBSKB TH1 CAUSE. : . . Mountain Home Journal. What causes the poverty ? jThe financial policy of the Government, the system established by oar national. leg. islation. - - ' In 18C6 the farmers owned 70 per eent. of the property in Georgia, and the farmers of the United States owned 68 per cent of the entire property of the country. - To-day Only 28 per cent.Jof the people own homes, and. in Georgia only 24 par cent, of the property is held by farmers, 'it ; ;,: In 1842 Charles Dickens said a- tramp in this country would be as strange asight as a flamiag sword at midday in the heaveu. In 1876 there were 3,000,000 of tramps in the United States. ' The; townsandiities of Georgia have grown at the expense or the country. In ten years the propertyjn towns andj'cities has increased $00,000,000, while in the rural districts it has decreased $50,000,000. ' In 180G Cougreas passed the famous con traction act.; Jt;was-uot rigedly enforced, however, ;until 1868. In 1806 the total circulation was $1,693, S79,573. amounting to $5 per capita. In ten years the circu latiou fell to $169,549,097, and the money in circulation was reduced to $5,45 per capita,-'.-' . ' Iuelsven years there was lost by "con traction" of the currencyja total of $10,149,. .t87,l5, shared by the people as follows; Lost.by business men, $1,804,751,117. Lost by farniera, $3,044.93(l'297. Lost by Uboriuif clause, $4,800,000. , The circulation aud its effects upon the timsa is.ehown by the following table: 1811 $28.000,900 Hard timei. 1816 fll0,000,00(- Good umee, 1818 f40.000.000 Paaie. - 1632 $00, 000,000 Fair times. I8;i7 ilW.OOO.OOO Beoming times., 1843 $58,000,000 Panic, .1817 $105,000,000 Good times. . - 1857 $215.000,000 -Boomiug limes. ; 1828--$150,000.000 Panic. 186a--$l,C5I,282,373, ' 630 failures Booming times.7 ' ' . . . 1873 $738,272,000, 583 failures Pan ic; ,- - : . 1877 $790,443000, 8,872 fsilures Pros- tration. . - In 1868 a certain farmer in Georgia earns to town with a 600 pound bale of cotton ne and his wife bad raised. He sold it lor 30 oeats a pound getting $450 for the bale. He paid bis taxes, $40; bought a cooking stove, $32; V suit . of .clothes fur $15 ; a dresa for his wife for $5 ; a barrel of flour for $12; 100 ponnds of meat for $18, aud had $30 in clar obL left. ' - la 1877, nine years later, the same farmer carried a 500 pound bale to the same mar ket. aud sold it lor $42 44. ' He paid his taxes $ to; and had $24 loft. Tins so deuiOralized him that he got dead drunk and Uead broke. . xne price tor his cotton hadcomravttd, Out taxes and othsr taiugs EUROP AND THE UNITED Philadelphia Time, ' -. - The United States have long enjoyed the pity of all Europe. . ifor'lhe waut of a navy, as a natiou weiiave long been treated with open contempt, the want of an army worthy of the name has been the cause of ' abundant sneers. Our beet aud pur were rigorously exciuueU from ' the European uiaraeta. tor many years and evu 1.0 w are not fully reaored, American securities' were sstematK'aliy depreciated in tu opinion ot lnvoatora. Ane Auittri caus ware t betanbt a leeauu they Would not be quick to forget. ' ' Alu.08', wiln the turn oi a kaleidoscope the auuation . haa been cuauged. Tue American navy, ll no'i great, is taut becom ing rsBpeCtabie. It wouia st least be a Very . enecuys commerce destroyer iu a conflict" sub any nation. In a -lLgle tuontn it could sweep U u.erohant sbips of Great Britain Irom the seas. . It .our army has not exclied the smprue aud auuiitauoU of Europeau touruta it haa coat ss than it va worth m coinpailnou witU 'tn aruiics of other nadous. " Ihe great powers of Europe, KuwtiB especially, are on the verge of bankruptcy becauae of tutir expensive armameuu. .Every natiou in Europe flnda itself compelled to oome to na for beef and pork aud breadatulfs or starve. . Ihe utter cwlapee ot the boulh Aiuencau securi .ies tust Were preferred to ouia haa turn ea every eye to ew York auU Washington for a seunder finance thau prevails in Lou" don, Berlin aud ht. Petersburg, - f", ; It become mo e aud nure ey iaent every day that a great upheaval is iiupndiijg Iu Kusaia the situation must be terrible. Persecution and famine, popular di&oon teut and ituperial bankLrnptcy are ; the pre ludes to what is to follow, husaian methods of preserving peace by creating and main tain iugiui me use armies has brought near, ly every continental ' btate into financial difficulties from which there may be no escape except through disorder or - revolu tion, while eveu Great iintaia has ben brought to her knees through the re vol a Hons ia Argentine, Chili, and Briwtil. With rich harveBte and no important en. tanglfmeuts, the United Bute cannot fail to profit from existing conditions elsewhere whatever befalls. TUE FARM AND GARDEN. Boadside weeds are industrious seeders of adjoining fields. ' When you see the chickens busy and viatvuiug u is a aignui turin. A single night way ruin all. Neyer let the brooder become cold for an hour. Once the chicks get chilled they never folly re cover. , . ' When the chicks seem to be continually eying, it means more warmth needed. The warmth is more iaipomnt than food. Peed the chicks on clean surfaces or in little troughs ; never leave food to ferment. Clean off the. brooder and .flpors daily. Keep dry earth in the corner of the brooder houae for the chicks to dust in. ', t The first thing to do with the potatoes is to assort them, selecting the beet and most perfect specimens to use as setd next sea. son. The yield of the potato crop . largely depends on the kind of seed used. More new poultry houses have been erect, ed on farms this year than ever before. The farmer finds the oow stable and barn not the place for fowls, fie has cone to believe that there is something m , poultry, and he is going to test the matter for him seife. . Putting up modern buildinus is his first step in the right direction. . t During the holiday season last winter the supply of turkeys ran out, and as high as twenty-five cents per pound were paid for dresMed fowls. Ducks and chicken had to be taken instead, and even they com. inauded a high market price. Why not tr turkey breeding; rightly handled it will pay in moat auctions of onr countrv, and not materially interfere with the regular farm work. He told bis son to milk the cows, feed the horses, slops the pigs, hunt the eggs, feed the calves, catch the colt and put him in the stable, cut some wood, -ptit up the kindlings, stir the cream, put in sh water in the hennery after snpper and' to he suie to study hialessous before he went to bed. Then he went to the farmers' club to Ois- cma the question; "How to Keep Boys on the fsrm." .-;.-,-- . -- w;:. In storing fruit or vegetables in Ihe cel lar, says an exchange, the best plan is to have boxes or- bins, and arrange them so that they wil! be raised two or three inches above the bottom and the same'distance from the wall. - This gives a cold aix space all around them, and. will aid materially in keeping at a more even temperature, while at the same time the risk ot injury by frost is considerably lesaeued. '- Dtd you ever know a tarmerx who gave an earnrst and constant 'attention to his business .as a ' successful doctor docs who keeps himself posted on all that other men in the same Jine are doing, kept posted on the markets, in Bhortj ran his farm in a ttiorouahand business-like Way, who did not make as much out of it as he could have made ou the same amount of capital invested in another legitimate business ? The cow has four large stomachs ; the horse has ope small one ; therefore they need to be fed differently. The .horse must have food of leu," and it needs to be fairly concentrated and nourishing. The cow can take a large amount of food at once into her paunch and then lie down , to mas ticate and aigest it. Therelure she.mnit have time between' meal to do this woik. Food twice a day is often enough for' her. FARUEKS REFLECT. AND 'ANSWEK-' THESE QUES riOS3. Monitor. ' 1. Have veu found farming profitable in the last ten years V . a. If so from what did vou derive vour piont; from the b&le Of graius, cotton or stock? ' v : . 3. if not, why has it not paid ? ! Tin vnn think that the farmers have done as well as mechanics, country mer. chants, lawyer, doctors, preuuheis, teacher and other cluses ? j; " . !i Da von thiok there are as manv farm. era who have the actual necessaries of life as the other classes r . . . V fi. What do vou think is needed to make the bueiness of farming pay better f 7 Dmi lha lack of education, and icDor. ance ol business methods play an important part in toe depression ui tue oubil. ui fsruiing ? . f) man v farmers suffer loss from the neglect of farm machinery, and other care- lessnesa about the farm t . - ' 9.;Do you try to improve your farm. crops and stock? 10. Do you keep accounts, so you may know at alt times what your receipts and expenditures are? 11. Do you work long hours,, or do yon tfllm lima to rest, recreate and keeD potted generally by reading books and papers ? 12. 'Do you spend rainy days in town, or Aa vnn attend Your time - making compost. repairing your farming implements and planning for the luture r 13. T)n vou raisa sufficient food for home consumption, or do you raise cotten and buy your home suppus r 7 " 14 Do vou make your owu : fertilizer or do you buy it ? 15. Do you study and prsctic domestic econOMjy? ; - ' 16. Do vou sell more than you buy, or do you buy air and sell nothing? 17.' Do you think it cheaper to buy.yoar supplies than raiae them at home? - 18. Do you make money rating cotton, or does it cost more to rase it than you sell it for.; t .-' '; ., ' The above questions w 111 furnish food for our farmer readers, and answers from fxpeiieuce will doubtless prove beneficial to ail. Number your answer, an the questions are numbered. AH farmers are incited to answer them. . ' After the leaves have dropped in the autumn is a safe time fo transplant almost c&rdcn nlants of the hardv verenuial kinds. They should be well cut back a few weeks beiore moving mera, Peanuts and other produce to AlcxahcKcr9 Morgaiii & Co., , : AND . ,r - " . . ' ' .... : ....... General O ommission Merchants NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Guarantee liicbest market prices, auick sales and " , prompt EDMUND ALEXANDER, DECAITJK MOEGAN U P. BORNTH1L, Washington, N. C. xorlolk, Va. Plymouth, w. c. T. J. 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J.0.iiy. Allog.a. VTehw yo. b.w ai.a .tart mu. C an n .rk U. .ar. am or all lb. lmt. hit monty w worL T I'.lliir. .nknons irnit! lba. v. -r ..if wMHriprful. Partit'.ra fJM. n.KHttl'M- eS01orUttBC,la t S" d A V !'. t 1 -nrfi-flali. la brt.fi Eje B B 3 a 1 1 loafb any tairi. Iiriflhful p.nnaf mliw ? 3 C ii I S B rart aud m, and wton, fljlBiSiilEs "nr InatrurMon, wil) work ludu.trlosaly, jj W C7 V Vkmn cam l.r. Tkoawaaa itollara Tvartntlirirown lralum. lmr iliay Hv.l will nha rktra!ah th altualiyn nrvntaTinrf.al whirh Jx n .am (hnl umvwnt. He monev fur mo hmU m nc.irii a. ubiT.. l.aMt' nctta Qnxikjy learned- I rlraira bm ona worker frum aavb liatnet ttv county. 1 bar tlrrady lauRhl and prgvH.d with cnqiloj niHil a if ran ui!ifT, who ar maklo- n.ar tSrxHt a Tra'ta. It K K W ml NO I.I 1- Vull partiealata FKlE. Addroai at one. ALLEJi, liox SAW, Augaatit, Mulu. f6IMrS.no rear Is bplngr mada b Jnhn 11. OfHKln-ln.TroTlN.T..ut wotk Ur ui. Uradtr, r '4 you ma. nut mn. p. inun, cu. w can y 1 .. ' Jl . J flu a uar at tba atari, and moio aa you ro ' ' t ft Job, . Uwili alaa, all afro. In any part vt 1 i' 1"" Amnrica, von uit cuniunx. At liurua. Iv- tr all your thnc.or apara aionivnu only to Vl J tlia wuik. All la now. tirwt ay .I LIl'm a- av.ry worker. Ho aar vt?u, fnmi!Hln : v.rrtliinc. F.ASII.V, MI'lihhll.Y l.nniwl A ' ,1 I -A HI' li L1.AI1S H.1,1,. Aildraaa nl oiir. 1 returns. . f. W. J. Jacxsok. E"Orders by mall solicited. BATEMAN, RER OF with-neatness and disatch. - . - street, Plymouth, C. aC; notice. : . . , Nobth CabounA, , Washington County. Stepheu Jcbnston, ",.-' In tte Snperlor Ceirt, '....' Fmtaa Johneton ' " The deftiitUtu above named vrlH take notice that an avtkn eiitnltdae above baa ben comnirncfd iu the S!rior Coott of Wanhingion county, being an anion for divorce. And the said defendant will further take notice that she is required to atipear at Ihe next it-rm of the Superior Court of eaid coudij to Of )ill on Monday 2mh day of October 1891, at tho court Honst) of nid tonniy in Mymontta, N. ti. eiidanxwer tor demur to the complaint in amd action or the pialTitiff will apply to the Court forihe relief dc.viaiKJv'd iu complaint. T. J.Mai&ikbk, ti-ll Ow . C.of S. C. NOTICE. Tlie firm of CartiERton & Co., of Danville Va , bold uctes egaiDbt toe lor the sura of two bm;dvftl Bed fifty, dollars wbich tbey ave cllerinc for bale. 1 bereby notify ail tuTSons not to purcbaite tbao notea aa thry will not lei'Uid. HUFUS isYAlN. tJc-Mi..