North Carolina Newspapers

. PnMislied by Koanoko Publishing Co. . -for god, foe country and fob tbuth." W. FLETCUKR AUSBOK, KDITOK. VOL. IV- ' PLYMOUTH, NVC., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1893. NO. 37. '" - . ' - - , . . . . .. ... , ............ ..... . " Directory. ; ; STtTB 60TEHNMKWT Governor. Elms Carr of E laecomba LteuUnaut Goverunr, It. A. Doughti n, : of AUeghauy Secretary of Stwie, Oolavlous Coke, of Wake. , , Treasarer, Donald W, Bain, of Wake. . Auditor. 11. M. FuraiAu. ol uinconitie. Attorney. Gt-nural. rrai k I. Obornt, c f MeckWbburg Superl.ur utltnit of Public Instruction, J. C- fecarborougti. of Johnston. CoUKTT Q VERKMEHT tihariff L-Vi Blouut. - Deputy Sheriff, t. SSpruill. " ... Treasurer, VV I. Fieenaau " Superior Cjrt Cleik. Th a.'J. Marriuer. Kagiater of Heed J P. Hilliud CuuiMiasionare, II. M. Snll, VV. 0. Maf riser. 15.. D Latham, Jos. Skittieibarpe and U A. Kotchfild. Krd of Education. Thos S. Arroistead, T.L l'trk.switJ.L Norman Saaeriaraudeut of Public Iustraction, Rv. Lath-cr Eborn. . ' CITY. - - llayer aaa OUrk, J W. 3rya.. Trurr, 'JC. K. Luthaiu. ; Uhiaf of Folice, Jsiph Tucker. ConitOiiwn; K uitbaui, G. K. Bate ' ra BrD O B inklcy, J. F. Norman J A . Bryan. J. kl fcnaitu, Sampson Low and Alfred (Skinner v church SEBVICEB. Methodist- Her W. II. Willis,- pautor Services ewry Sunday at 11 a m , nud I p at. Frajer nieeiiug every edoefcday nigkiat 8. buudaj school at 9 a. m., J. F. Mormaa. 6f erintmdeut Baptist Ke v. J F. Tattle, pantor, servi ces evry lt and 3rd Sundays at 11 a. m., aad 7.e p. w. Praytr in-tiug evry Tnaradv ' night at 7:30. . Sunday - achool every binday at 9.80 a m.. J. VV. Bryan, mp.riaUKdiut. .Xpisepal Rev.' LuiUer Eborn, rector. Service, every Si tJuidy-rTl a. m., aud 1,39 . -an -? lay. Vein ei at 10 a. m., L. . I Fagan, superintendent. LODGES. .' '''IC.'ef EI Plymouth Lodge No. 2308 tteete 1st and 3d Thursday night, in each Meain. VV. H. Hampton Dictator, . -.-" : K. B. Yeager Fin. Keporur. K.'. L il. Iicanoka lodge Huts ti alia 1th 'thmrsd.y uigUiu iu each utunih "; - j. F. iNtriwan Protector, D. Yt-ager .Secretary 10 O F. Eperauza Lodge, No. 28 niee'u vry'r8dy aijihtat Bui-ah's Hail. J.. V. ryaa X. O , L. 1'. Houston, eci'y- OOLOSED. , HUIlCa SERTlCKi Baiciple - Kuler A XJ llicka, pastor. gviei avaiy huday at 11 a &. S p. m. nd t m. bnuda.r i-.chool at 9 u. m. K Q Miuhall pariutndeut - Mtkadit - C B. Uogan,. pnator, Herrifts avery lat aud 3d Suudaya at 11 a. m., ad a( 3 mud 7 80 p. m. bunday Hcbonl at $ a. in., i. VYigm, aupuriuUiwtui ; J. V MoDoukUI, ifcoreiaiy 1st Baptiat. Mew Ckapl !- Servicas erery Sunalay at 11 and 3. ,i.er ti; H Kuijjbt, patter Sunday who4 vry Sunday ; ? 3d- Baptiat Ziou'a 1L4 - 11 U JSoriaaa, paatar.- Proaa'ui.ig enry 4tu tjuiidy Huii v day aoboel avry tiuuaay. Aloso Vjnn, Uaparutanu.nt ' ' .' ,. liODOEB i - lluons, Oanhagiail - Meets lat 5onday igkt' itt ack iiionib. ti l'owo, A U., A. Evaratt, aeeratary a U O o(OF Mcriuian' Sun Lodge 1624 Uaats v-r ; 2d and 4h Mi!:dy.mgut iu ck htk at 7i o'citwit, T. F. Boaibry, M; G., J. W Mcluud P: 6. ..... - Ckria;opber A;oc.s Loda K wf L is v-ry "lxt iiouday kjig.M iu tch tautb aJ o'clock aryig oiety me ts orj 3d Monday aigt iu aacli icon lb at 8 u'ciotk, J nl. Walker fcacreiary - . Eoper Directory. Jaatioa Of tba Peacv, Jan. A. CbeB.on. Caaatabla, v arre u Caboou. Uetbodiit, Rv. J.' i. Finlavsoo, BaiTicea arery utidav njoruiag pastor. Nit '11 e'cioak (exoept the fi at)t aud Vtry Su-dfty night at 7:30." Prayer meeting every Wtd. "maa Jay night, buuday kCho d urday moru ing at 9:80, L Q Koper auptrintundeut, X. Rrljawii secretary. , : J -IpiaCpal, KaV Lutbr Eborn. rbr. Serriaaa ary 2d Suuday at 11 o'clock a. na , and 7:30 p, m isuiiday kokaol arary luaday usminx ai 10 'clock, Thoa W.; BU jbi aupenatondeut, W. 11. Daily s.cra. urj- . . v.--- - - ' BapUat, Rv. Jot. Tiaoh. pastar. gar riaaa aTary 3d Sunday at 11 a m. aad 7-30 P. . . -.LODaaa. Koper Maaoalu Lodga, A.. F t A. M. Ha, 443, maata io their Hall at Ropar, N. C at 7:30 W., lat aud &K. Iflaadaya afur lat Saadjy LtJaTia";tW. M.;E. L. Wiliiama, Secratary. f . ' ' - Importamt t Ladlaa . Sir I niada una of yr Philctokxk with, nay last child, in ordar to praoura a afa aad eaay trarail. I need it about two manlht bafore my expectad. tima. nutil I '-waatakaa tick, aad I had a vary qaick aad caay oooflnamant. . xothing oocarred ta protract my couTalaacance. aad I got abaut ia las tima than Wia naval for ma. I thick it a mediciia that akoli be aaed by averr eipectaut uiothar, for ahouid they bat try it aa I have, .thay would nirar agaia bt without U at auch timaa: 1 am youra r pactfally Mra. ELIZA.BEI UD1X. Any 'merchant or druggut can procure RiBLEY'a PHILoTOKEK lor f 1 a b ,ttl. CUAELES F. IilSLEY, Whnlale Drug gist, 82 Cwtandt St., Kew York. THE SWEET, SAD YEARS. The fWfft. tad yaant, the sun, the rata, Aias, too qnickly did they wane I For each souk boou, aomebleasiug bora; Of smiU and tears each had its atere, Its checkered lot t)f b ies aud paia. Although it idle b at d vain Y l c.tunot I th wisk retrain ; .lhat I had held them evermore, ' 1 h aweot, ad years I Like echo i f au old refraia That long within the uiiiid has Iain, I keep repeating o'er aad o'er, 'NtLing can e'er Ue past raa:ere ; Nothing bring back tba years agaia, The swt, 6ad yaars " Rv. Charles D. Bull. POSTAL PERILS. TIllC DANG US BRAVED liY FAl rilFUL MAIL OARRIEIW. THMY CLIMB MOUNTAINS. FORD TOR K IS NTS, TURK AD tVT AMPS AND CROSS PE8Rr TO DELIVER .... t LETTJiKS ALMOST IN AC-- ; Cfe'SSIBLil OFFICES. ' The resident! of cities whoso let: tcr ure ut times a little overdue would' -4)0 1cm impatient with the Dublio servunts ,if thev undet'otood with how much labor and oftentimes danger the duties of the mail carrier are attended,--writes an ex-United JStates Postofiiee Inspector Ac- ctutomod to express traius and telo graphic messages, we are apt to for gt the fact tliat the great majoritj of our postoiticws are not et served by railroads,- but aie situated oh stage route, or are reached by horte carriers and even by footmen, who jwnetiato to fastnesses where it is impossible to urge a horse with safe ty. In winter many of them travel by snowshou and with, dog sleds like tlnse of the Esquimaux. The new Territory of Alaska, now within the postal confines of the United Stares, has twenty-two postoffices in regular operatiou, out tney are no more re mote tliair are many .in-regions in the Eastern and ' earliest settled' States. Tho aim of the Oorernment. re gardless of expenso to it or of, labur upon the part or its servants, is to place within the reach of all citizens the refining and humanizing influ ences' of newspapers, of home and social letters, ' without which meiij when exiled, lend , to ignorance antl brut tlity. No qiieKtion as to what revenue win ne u.ti vea irom tne iiew ollico has weight; the consider-' at ion'; is, Will TTbe of substantial berteflt to grant postal facilities, and, if. eo, then supplies are tum to the point and bids itiv'iiwd "for carrying the mails.. " T , As. an Inspector I visited Lie's iVrry, in-Coconine County, Arizona. The office is oh the Colorado Kiver. lining iu Utah we went by the . mail i route Aouth ward from Salilia,' whore early on a March nay we took stago far kau ab v;a I'anguiich. Thu ride occupied three full days,' and at the end of. the 205th mile we stoppeJ at a farm' house lalo at night, thorou ghly' chilled and worn out. 'Thence to the ferry was iiinwty-threo miles, but, fortunately; we had a dayjn which to rest before proceeding on our journey. ; ; ? - For, over two hundred miles we traversed a section of tho American Desert upon which there is little water, scant vegetation and few peo ple. 'The latter are specially praise worthy for being hospitable from so meagre a store. At Leo's -were scarcely a dozen patrons of the office and it C03t the Govern nint many dollars for "every letter and paper that crosses the route. But the peo ple at the feiry are Americans, and they must have letters ; and,' furth er, should -an obstruction occur on this isolated route an agent of the Government must investigate C it, personally if necessary, with the same alacrity that is observed when trou ble arises in Now .York City." ' In Wisconsin and Michigan when the roads are blockaded with snow drifts the mails go forward with reg larity by snowshoe and dog sled carriers. , Such methods of locomo tion though primative, are not as slow as might.be supposed. Many of these Indian carriers will make fifty miles a day and their paths are not nearly as arduous as the bridle paths "of the Eastern mountains, .where in spring it is , almost impos sible for a man to find a footing. Throughout the swamp regions of Extern North Carolina, and in the pine and turpentino country iu gen eral, are poaloffices that are remark ably inaccessible, supplying commu ni cation between the lumber ship pers ot the iouth and the warehouses of tho North. Sans ouci, in JNort Carolina, is of this class, and i reached by rail from .'Norfolk to EdentOn, thence by steamer across the sound to Plymouth, . and from there on by a little propeller run niug up the Cashie lliver, stopping at numerous sawmills to exchange the mails. Ihe Cashie is narrow deei and very crooked, runniuff to all j points of the compass in th swamps before entering the Roanoke It is lined with heavy pines which are being cut down. We 'passed raft of 5000 in tow to Eden ton breaking apart and stopping naviga tiou lor a mile and delaying our ar rival ai VViudsor until aftel midnight It was at. the latter place that ir Waiter llaleigh made his first home in America. x . . t here aro other equally inaccessi b!e offices ; reached by feri'y across the Neuse at Aew Berne, and riding some twenty miles across a sand beach to Pamlico or Bayboro. There are few people there. Along the eastern coast of North Carolina, cut olf from tiie mainland, is a narrow, long strip of sand beach on which there are a dozen - postern ces. They are served by a small sailboat rtiuning semi-weekly from Manteo, on Koauok Island, to Davis, stopping at Hatteras, Ocra coke and other places. The bulk o the mail consists of official corre spoadence between Washington and the lighthouses, with perhaps now and then a newspaper giving quota tions at Norfolk: and Wilmington. e i . i ueguianty is eniorcca on tins as on otlj or -routes, and good cause must he shown for delays beyond schedu time. The mountain regions of WVst Virginia offer ' special attrae tions for depredations upon the mails aud havv many onices that are, very hard to reach in spring wlien the roads are deep in mud. The route from G a uley Bridge, oh the Kana wha, through the Alleghanies to Ad dison aud Nicholas supplies several omces of this character. We cro sed this route in April and had dilK culty to get -horse, their owners fearing to let them undertake the journey.-. We started with two Hor ses and a mountain buggy, but ting set in the mud a mile away left thu venicle th"re as a dancer ei I'rocuring saddles and a guido we aain set out and bv nightfall had covered ten miles of the sixty Upon tho route, lho tourney was more tedious' than GOO miles across the desert. It took us directly over Powell .uountau), the Jnghest pe'ak of ; the Alleghanies, requiring t nine miles of a sharp, circuitous asceut Rutwli8u once its wooded crest was reached our labor Was amply repaid by tiie panorama of mountain scene ry tnat opened to tiie, view. Having seen the most noted points or America s natural scenery, I re gard tiie view., from "Mount Powel asjuisurpassod. It was a vision of what -greeted' the explorers of Vir ginia and the Carolina,. We cont'd conceive th difficulties that confron ted Lewis and Clarke, when on their hardy two years'- expedition they penetrated the wilderness of the Northwest I, erritory, going forth in to a- boundless, wo-ded, unkuown continent they know not whether. To travel but a few miles of such a country after a country of partial settlement requires unusual forti tude Wre met but one traveler up on these remote bridle pths. lie was the purchasing scout afoot of an eastern carriage faciory buying hiek ory trees for ''stuHipage." Keeping a iittle inn we found a mau who was formerly a prominent physician in Cincinnati with a large practice and iucome, but.who, be;oining an ine briate, took tho hereic treatmeiit of exiling himself in the Alleghanies lie had horses and servants, aud was literally monarch of all ho fciirreyed. Beyond the difficulties attending tho leaching of remote postoffices there is at times'unusual danger in tho work of tile mail-carrier. In winter many o the routes in the Rockies are ry dangerous and al most superhuman efforts are requi red to : avoid fines for delinquency. When- the rich Lamartine mines were opened in Colorado, I was ordered to that point in midwinter. Without a guide, and following ver bal direction,-1 rode from Preeland, turning my horso into the bed of a mountain stream. It was dark as we approached Ft eel and, and had grown much eolder. The stream had turned to thin ice, making it difficult for the horse to kep his footing. I endeavored to keep him on his feet but he grew nervous, aud reaching a wide place in the stream where all feet were on the ice, he slipped and fell headlong and in trying to rise rolled from the bed of the shallow stream into a deep ravine, the bottom of which could not be seen in the darkneis. I was unin jured, and picking my way cautious ly to Freclaud remained there all night, goiug on to the Springs by delight. On my way I met tho carrier coming afoot slowly .up the mountain, lie had lost two mules by their slipping from the narrow path, but was trying to perform the service with a degree of regularity, as the mines were filling with peo ple anxious for their letters from home. New York Herald. JUDGE GRESHAM. WHAT DEMOCRATIC PAPERS BAT OF SELECTION FOB THE CABINET, ' HIS The Republican praas canaot forgive Judge Greshaia for refusing to vote tor the pickpocket tariff and its reprtsaatative. Hence the abuise that it is new heaping on him. Rochester Uaion, Grcsbaui'a name ia a tower of strength ia all that section. He is the choice of thona. and there regardless of party.' The Third Partyites begged perruissien to aemiaaie him because they knew bis streagth Thus it can be seen that if Mr. Cleveland has made the seleelien he has exhibited high politics. Richmond State. Really, the only question is whether it is bast, if we are to have political partiea, to give the bighaat honor ef an aduiinistratiea outside of party lines. But ao leug as - the choice falls upon a safe and conservative rasa, as iu this eise, the question is relieved of much of iuimportanod. aud, it;Mr.Oreh- bam is n.it a Democrat, he certainly h aot a Repubhcau Peterburg Index Appeal The seleation ef Judge Greiham will nrobablv ba distasteful :o the ' f neada cf a ef Col. Morrison, of Illinois, and ex Gov. Gray of Indiana, as they both expected Cabinet aiirjoiatmenta. But. this smde. the selec- tion will strungthea the Democratio party and the new Administration very greatly in the West, which is the Democratic reeruit ing.grouadof the futare -Pittsburg Post. His aoceiulmont ia a master stroke of coiid oolitics aad rood senxe. Fortunate in hia whole public career aud in public ap. preciation ef hia character, Judge Greshatu is also to be congratulated open the lm pressiou that ho has made upon tho great Democrat who is to became President next mrmtli an imer.iiion that tba Herald glad te say is Bharad by Demearats evary whert. " In hia abiuet awpoiatmauts ao far Mr. Cleveland has made no mistake. The presence ef Judge Grasham in that body will haston the dialutioa of the party ef pi ej adieu and piundar and ex; rt a prodigioua iafluenoe in beh If of uoiversul damooracy aad good goveriiment Chicagd Harald ' If Grovtr Clavelaad bas iu vitad Jadge Gresuata to hia Cabinet ke has prooeadad wisely, for tho Judge is oaa whe is near the hearts of ike people, Lecaasa th-y raeoguiza in him sterling worth as a citizen. In alj cosentiala Judge Greeham is a Democrat. Ilia sympathies are now and always kave been heai tily with the popl. lie is op posed uow., he always has bon opposed to the ide that, ia a repub.ic where every citizta is supposed to bt. upon au eqaality before the law with every other citizen, the agency of Gjvernment ,shail be used to favor one class at the expense of (mother. As a Cabicet ffloer and as.a Judge ke has baa clearly opposed to the eucroaahment of corporate powar . upf'B the rights end interests of the great body of the people. Chicago Times LIKE ON FROM THE GRAVE -AN ENOCH ARDEN CASE. . Aebvillo Citizen. -- That troth in stranger than notion i dim- onatrated ceulusiv-ly by an Enoch Aiden case with variations that has developed in Ashaville, with tho seene laid ia Yauc-ey and Baaoonibeeenutiea. The story with which this article has to e begins abut four years age, in Yaaeey ooauty, where lived Anoi ftl. Austia, bis wif4, Annie Au-jtin, and theii tix children. One day, the aayon which thUstory begins, Aosten and a aeighber,' Heary Ladford, became involved in a row, and Austin kil. led him. The man with the mark ef Cain pan Lia brew was arrested, aad shortly thereafter waa brought to Ashevide and eonfined in jail for safe keeping. He re. ntaiued here for nearly a year, awaiting the efiiwes alaW proeaaa cf the conr.s. The wife, ia order to ba near her huabaud, came to Ashe vitle with 'the children, and have since made tbair boiue hare, several of the ttle enas having beea givea hemes with familiea ia the city. Aastla was tried, eouvicted of 3iaa. slaughter sod seateuoed to a term in the peaiteutiary a Raleib. After he had served a part ef hi term uia lettara te Urg a A . - ' Auaua auaaeoiy ceasea, and alter aaany weeks of waiting the wife heard that her haabaod bad been killed by a 'pea" guard in attempting xe eaea'pe. , -' Tima passed, and Mra. Aastin, bslievieg her bubbiud dead, aoccpted the Land of E W, Morgan, of thia eouaty. and tbey were married on the 14th of October, 1891, bf Justice A. . Summey. The ceuple livad happily together until aeverai manths ago when Mrs. Mergaa was thrown into a stcte bordering on freazy i by the . receipt of latter froat husband ne. 1, viheui ahe had btieved;dad i'or ao many meuths. Th matter, was bud before the lattor day bus. bat d and to him Mrs. Morgan, (or Austin imparted the information that she could n longer live with him. That day she left him. '.-' now, Austin, nusDand ne. 1, bas reap peered on the c ceue, arriving kdre from Raleigh a few days ago. It seems that he had been shot, twice in the head and once in the back, while attempting 1 to encape trom the penitentiary, bat, although brought near death's doer, he recovered He was an invalid, however, from the wouuds, and one ballet is said to be in bis head yet, causing periedieal faiatiag fits. UU case was brought to the attention of the Governor and Austin received a pardon aad came 4o Asheville. Since hia arrivt he hasbsea Etopping with relatives in North AahbVille. ' " '. ' Anslik'a return, it is said, has caused mild aoit of conaternation ia several families Several of the children, as has already been btated. have found homes with families who have become attached to ' them, and who bow fear Austin, will try to take the children away i.-ona taem. Morgan, or no. 2, is aid to be afraid Austin, fetling offended because ef the ascend marriage may undertake to make matters warm far Liu. A list a h.xa net yet seen Mrs. Austin nor has he expressed a dire to do se. . a, 1 ' ' ' - - , wuii e .iinM.-jMjxjgga -. A LETTER. TO 1H GIRLS NO. 9 BT WILD KOBE. Dbaii Sisters : Perhaps you think ere this that you have beard the iat cf nie and, like the heroine of some novel, I have been oirried off to so Jie lonely prison or otherwise mysteriously disappeared, for when last I addressed you the rtses of sum mer bloomed flr aud sweetaud now nature has put on her dreau of eaow aud icj, but I have not yt : concluded to .write "fiais" apon th pages of my literary work, bo while I rest for a season from the jys and sorrows of a school girls life, I will come, with the permission of our good ffiead,' the editor, to kave a eiiat with you. 11 baa been several montlis since my name last appeared iu the co-uoius ef The Beacon, but no week has passed in which it has not been received and welcomed like a friend of eld, aud throog i my long silence dear sifters, no tiaa bus oome when ; my desire has not baen far your advancement and welfare. : listers, old kmc wiater is ludevd all araund us with his icy fcttero, for even in cay Southern home, I can lok upon tho suow piled white and dap end cannot say I envy you whose homes an in colder cjimes. I look out upoa the suow which clothes ear fi-tds and Waods like a huze white garment, it is indeed bVautiful, ao grand and white it seems the eiubleia of purity, but its beauty fills my heart with sadness for how quickly fancy couvorU it iatea winding sheet, hiding the Uad grass aad flower-, and .ears dim the fair SJena while sad thoughts go out to other graves beneath lh? auoa aod dear forms sleeping there bHaath its cold, white wings. Christmas, the anniversary which should ever bf ono of rej tciug to rich aud peor alike, has come and gene aud ne doubt lafi many plausaut memories behind, aad -tonight tho eld yaar is dyiag a few more hours and it will be as a path on which our feet cau treaa no m-'re. a page in the book of onr lives turned from u forever. Tat hew often the ewift wiugs of memory will take us back to sutiaad ef the past, and in fancy wo Will live our lives again. .IIow often in the years to - cume memory will revert to 1892, bringing to cur miud soma bright hope rvalizei er seme aweet friend ship formed then and, some of ite days, how gladly we wonldltve again. We greet the new'yaar just b.fera us with hearts full ef hope far the future, yet sadly enough we watch the o'd year die when we remem ber that we are ane year nearer the great beyoud aud that likewise we laUit all boou iuiah our uiloted time on earth. ' And nw,' my sisters, the grand new year is just before as we mcst no begin on a new leaf in the history ef our hves, let us resolve that we will make ne blot nor write oa careless word upon tkU pure white page, for erelong this must alao be taken front enr haads. Let us strive to became wiser aud bttUr, I lo not mean to torn a leaf that will net stick, but we will write upon it with a pun ef truth and earnest en deavor. As Uappiuest, my tUtert, saeais to te thu aita of ns all let we tell yon f the key to unleefc its oftimes hidden doer. " It ia aak. lag those happy around us. so Ut ns ask ourselves the question if we have dene all in our power in the past year to make the lives of thoo around ua bright and in the year bfore ns endeavor to be gentler '. and kinder than ever before. Nothing is cheap .er than tied words, yet what messengers they are of pence and good will. how . often they soothe the wounded spirit when other earthly power can, remember ' that you are commanded to "Bear ye one anoth er's burdens" and without '. obedience we caa never be truly happy. ; Many things may be required of us.jfbut nothing 'which onr Father will net give us the strength to perform. i Another thing sisters we should net for get i.nd lhat is the cultivation ef onr minds. If God has given ns talents we should : not wrap them in a napkin, but work to im prove and increase them. But some may say their talents are so small that time in only wasted Htriviog to improve them. I o'ten think of what a friend said to me once heKaid: 'God has commanded ate to work. and if he baa only givea me one talent t and my brother teu, why Bhonld I not work as well as he?" Why not indeed, ne eiaters we should regard each hour as golden and truly that day lost whoae low declining sun, Views from thy hand no neble action done." Aad you Bister who are eejeyhur. the advantages of instruction' letiine insib that you waste not the golden - momenta, for let me assure yon that education is one of the chief blessings to woman, and with out it she ean never hope to become iads peudent and I look forward to the day and, trust that it is not far distant when girla net fitted by education to proWde for them selves will be raro in our land,, when ne wemau need be dependent if she doae not wiah to be. Bat girls remember this can not be unless wo work to obtain . L for education is cot a gift neither te be bought with moaey without efforts of our own, but rather a reward for years of naeeasing toil. Now. Sisters, with kind wishes lam Wild Bosk. Long Kidge, N. C, Deo. 81, "J2, TAa baa alrB&dr ben aaaa thia Mmmmi. cation was intended for our first issue ia January, but it has been crowded out from time to time, however, as the old adage in it is uaver too late to do good, bene we publish it hoping it mar furnish food for thought in the uiind of some. Ei. VALUE OF COTTON CROPS Chronicle. Speaking of the comparative value to the farmers of small and large cotton orops, the Galveston Newj says : "The b:st authorities, both bulls and beaifc, admit lhat another large cotton crop this year means 6 cent cotton or even cheap er than that next season. The ; world does not need 8)QO,000 or 9,000,000 bales of cotton the coming saasDn and will not buy it except at its own price, which, as eo freely intimated already, will be at or below the cost efproduo lien. " These are self-evident facts. What the News desires to show a it shewed iaaper. factly last Jar nary is that there is more money for the farmer in a small crop than there is in a large one. It requires no mathematical kuewledge , t o appreciate this. The statement ia a simple eue. If a small crop ba prodfed 10 cents will be a moderate price for cotton, while if the crop ' be a lare one C, cants will be the niaxium. AMuming the correcluess of these fignrea, let us tco what the results will be from a orop of 6.000,000 bahts and a crop ef 9,000- 000 bales. Six million bales at lOo - 300,000,000 Cost of production - - 180.000,000 Profit $120,000,000 Nine million bales at 6o - ', $270 000.000 Cost of production 270,000,000 Profit " - - . . Kothing. These figures are net absolutely correct, but thay are near enough so to impress up on the mind ef any ; thoughtful man; the fact that there is more money in a small crop of cotton thii year than there is in a large ue. : ;; As already staled by the News the farmers have it in thtir power to fix the minimuat price fr which their catteu shall sell next year, whan tbey hitch np their teams to go out to plow. If they are wise they will curtail nciease, for if they de not the cotton. rail's will be ted next season at the expense of the farmers The case is too plain te require argument." The Slar eays that the Mississippi c&tflah is not over particular as to hia diet. Bern is what was found in the "innards" if a. 312 pounder, which bad been greuaded by freshet aud captured t Two fishhooks and a line, a tenpenny nail, a gold ring act registered tetter. Whether be had eattn the person who wore the ring, aad made a raid oa some postolflce aad gobble I tl . mail is not known. Take your h' iru payer. Py fr U, ami read It.