The Gastonia
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Vol. XV LI. G«*tonla, N. C„ June 4, 1890.
THE SHIRT-WJUSTED GIRL.
BAB DI800UBBE8 01 DEOEBEEA
TIOH OF WOKAB’B DBEBB.
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Everybody and everything Is an
abomination of desolnlloa. urn would
become a murderer with very alight
provocation. Ooe feela aa If ono oould
■111 that baby next door for aoreaiuiug.
Nothing seems good to the eating Hue
but loee and oool drink*. Nothing
vernru good in tbe dressing line but
that which Is known at a skirt and u
shirt waist. And If ever tboro was an
untidy looking thing in all tho world it
is the shirt waist. Women drift to tb«
shirt waist habit at they do to dtiuk,
or gambling, or slang, or bicycle*, or
any other vice. The all lit waist ori
ginally started ua a ihirt, pure and
almplc. It was worn by a UUor-mudc
girl with a well cut skirt and a jaunty
Jeokyt. Then somebody, who knew Sts
contort aud thought nothing of Its
effect, put lu full alt-eves, made it a
little closer Bttlog, and wore it with a
skirt and without u coat, and tho enn
SHiusnoe is Hist some of the Minkoat
looking skirts that were ever cieated,
or ever- insulted a good dressmaker by
their appearance, attached tlietnwlvea
uulo shirt waists and each wearer nl
the combination coania herself ilr«tsod.
Tlis impression when on* looks at n
New York street on which women
moat do congregate is • lot of bojs who
haven't pulled their shirt* down well,
who are weariug out trousers nor knee
breacliet, but soma fool sort uf an ar
rangement that Is not well shaped.
That is the skirt. The ehirt wearer
never studies her mirror below tho
belt, and aa long as the stiff satin bow
at her neck loiks well, and her belt Is
taut, she give* uo thought to “the old
skirt." aa alie calls It. Mis-oUt skirts,
misfit skirts, half-worn skirls, badly
hung skirts, and all aorta and condi
tions of skirts are counted proper as
long at the shirt waist Is above them,
Just between you and me, I some
time* wonder when 1 look at a woman
In a shirt waist that there doesn't come
over her a sensation or undent**, Tor
that Is Uie kind of fading that would
attack a man If he took off his coat
sod waistooat and praoeed around
during the lav In bis shirt sleeves,
after tbe parlance uf masculinity.
Theu, too, tbe ehirt waist ia a fraud.
Ail the people who sell them, or make
them, or wear them, dilate on their
coolness. This coolness might Us a
truth If It were not for the fket that
tbe ehirt waist It surmounted by a
collar. In aliffneta like unto tlie stai-eh
lest of tbe starchy, and totalled nt the
wrist* by cuffs that are not only stiff,
but require cuff bailout. There is no
joy In life when a woman bat to put a
uulr of cuff buttons in r. pair of cuffs.
The clianoee are ten to ime that tbe
link goes through tbe drat button-bole
with ease, but through the second It
will not go. It ahp*. it tildes, and It
cuts vour finger. Then all that you
can do If yoo wish to unite that cuff
and that link is to link your dlgnHy<
and with an air of subjection lick the
back of that buttonhole until it bends
to yonr will.
WHAT SHE HAS MAlrKKKD.
A* Tor buttoning that collar in frout,
lovely woman haa shown bow ox tensive
her knowledge Is by conquering that.
Sbe does not break her finger nails over
s collar button, not she. She coolly
takes a small glove buttoaer, and,
quicker tbau a metrician cun any
••Hey! Presto!” the union Is achieved.
The shirt waist la demoralising. With
It. the average woman wears a mudo
tie, whleh allows that she has uo ap
preciation of what la really good form,
from tin-stand point of the haberdasher.
Then, nine times ont- of ten, the girl
who wears her shirt waist oarrle* her
glows. I don’t know why, but I do
know that this lank of trtmuess Is due
to (he influence of the peculiar article
of wearing apparel that covers her
above the belt. And gracious good
ness I look at the belt.
It may be narrow, or It may be wide;
it may liave a plated buckle, liuU came
from a cheap-John shop, or a gold one
that come from TUIauy’s; but there is
a certain type of girl, wearing n shirt
waist, who Is going to make that belt
enver ID inches, and ltl Inches only,
or die In the attempt. Shedoesn’t die.
but she pet* an awfully red face; and
as for tier temper, well—her temper ie
usually ISO, Kalirenbelt. The other
type of girl wearing belts and shirt
waists don’t cars wbethsr the bolt gum
over » margin of 40 ioohea, or whether
it Incloses 4i Inches waist land. These
are tha people who are looking for
comfort. Usually their skirts sag,
ami droop from under tlie loose belt,
to that the world at large know*
whether the skirt is gathered on to a
baud, plaited on to It, or. ae a mail ex
piii'itd It, ''arranged In tboeo funny
roll* like ae nee gee,” and by thla ho
maant godst*. Mao are vory ignorant,
but they do not wear shirt waists.
Hoes* vtoss are too meao, evsu for wen.
Tbs shirt-waiat girl Is never satisfied.
She Is socumaUtlv*. When site has
three shirt waists, ah* wants tit, and
wbsn she gets tlx, sbo yearns for t er el vo
A fabric represents nothing to lier ex
erpt its possibilities in tbs shirt waist
line, and In a shop ah* stands staring
at a bit of cotton trying to ton it mads
ap, and deciding whether lu collar
ought to be white or of the some
material. 8bs la reck less In buying
belts and ties. Bat aha will wear oos
skirt all summer. It may fray around
the bottom. It may be uodetiraids In
*rsry way. Imt If It la mentioned at all.
It gim her a chance to dilate on Iter
economy In weariog nut her old shirt
sSlrt, making It useful by I he Interven
tion of the shirt waist. Anythiuglhat
a woman wears Which gives Ivar a semi
loo** appearaues, always slake her a
little raster la her language It would
br Impossible for a girl In a summer
silk, made after the fashion of owe
worn by Marie Anlionstta, and having
s large hat, gay with many rotes and
much tnile, Co any a little word begin
uing with a D and ending with an N,
bnt her alatar la a shirt waist, a sailor
hat, an aaey-flttlng bait, Un shoes, and
uo glows, buds it tumbling oat of her
lips simply because the cable ear
doesn't stop when ah* signals It.
The shirt-waist girl to supposed to be
given over to athletic gaonw. flh* la
fond of carrying the necessary ntwnslU,
but l think she would rather sit down
end talk about bow and where to buy
it ahtft waist for a dollar ninety-sight
that evrry place alee wonld coat two
dollars than m play euy outdoor gams.
Advertised sales of shirt waisla would
draw the wearer of them to the warm
est place Imaginable, aad the shirt
waist Hand* will stand 10deep and loss
nil decency of manner and speech in
Ukelr detonnlnatlun to ha In at the
finish nud possess ons of the shirt
waists so lavishly described in prin
ter’s tnk. It Is true that they art too
often misfits, and it I* also true that
their materia] will fade under au in
tense smile, but still when they ooin*
from a bargain counter, they have
virtues only appreciated by (heir
buyers.
i.onw to srBND tub summer.
One of tbo chief charm* of going
away for the summer la tbe packing of
trunks. My advioe to every sensible
woman la Mils: “If yon have attached
to your menu anything that la maaeu
line, baud uvrr voor key* to him aud
let this back-breaking, tbooght-oon
•uunug bnitnoM be conducted by him.”
Man In the ebetract it worthless aa
far as woman'* clothe* are eoucvroed,
but man, the individual, nan go over
your belougtbga, pick oat just what
you want and pack yoor truuk so that
II will luck. That is a great victory
I never saw a truok packed by a woman
that would lock at the Orel oall. Boom
times It does, after tbe boya have
jumped on It, and lbs strap has been
drawn, but usually a woman baa to tip
an expressman to do tbs locking. Me
drat Met a rope aroand tbs trank,
then slsmi It on the door, aod then
turns the key with acorn, and without
trouble. A woman Dearly always
knowa what tbe wants to take to the
country with her. but she doesn't place
Iwr proprieties well. She knows ahe
can’t buy tbe baby's tinned food up
country, and so she wraps up lonumer
able cant of it aod lay* them between
Harlan’s organdie frocks, because they
do not make a heavy trunk. Ofoourse
tbe tine leak, aod Majlan whole 18,
and exporting to look like a flower In
these organdie frock*, doesn't quite
wish the baby hadn’t been born, bnt
doc* wish that—well, anyhow ahe
wiilie* tbe cans hadn’t leaked, She
called them some kind of cana, bxt 1
bare forgotteu what.
One of the boys lovartabty reminds
you that, ones you are la tbe coos .ry,
you beve to drive four miles to buy
Ink. and that wbea you buy It It Is
abominably pale. 80. being a woman,
yon joy In harmony, and In tbe trank,
with the booas and your husband's
h<nt dnuhed novel, goes Uie ink.
Every man who lifts that truckful of
books swear* until he Is tbe color ef a
lobster; and every man who swears at
that trunk throws It down, hoping to
smush it But no maneuoceeda. How
ever. one of these gentlemen manages
to break the ink bottle, aod tits novel
reeks with dark deeds and the black
fluid. Aud everybody la sorry.
OK KATUHE’li MEADOWS.
Still, everybody I* la the country,
aud uo matter wbat ooe'a wow are
tlwy lesaeo somehow when one looks at
Iba beautiful treat, realize* that the
gross extends farther than the plot la
the bsokymid, and drinks in th* air, ao
full of good mates. City air always
reminda me of that perfume called
opopsnux. the combination of which la
only known to tlm chemists, aud the
result of which i* only pleasing to a
rattier depraved taste. It waa once
wlilspnrod that opopaosx waa made of
the tnfli of little pig* boiled down, but
I don’t believe anything ao crude
could result in anything au complex.
VVlicii the wlud blows over the city
otic cagrrly swallow* a mouthful of
air, and gets microbes, dirt, varlon*
uiiplinixunt things In the way of vege
tables. dowers and people who are
more or leas decadents, while In with
Uie other thing* some* that strong
odor that alwaya permeate* th* air
when many people breathe into it. In
Dm country the air tastes differently.
It always reminda mo of a euw’e
breath; that smells of clover, suggests
now milk and I* altogether dainty.
.Ho after dinner oaohou wae ever made
that could glw such a perfume u this.
U never mskw much difference
when you hare a big. comfortable
room to sleep In, end Ox-Ms end grows
to move around In, whst you gat to
eat in the country. But if yon are
civilized, you don’t want to stay them
sfter lbe summer days. Civilization
Is a mistake. It cause* yon to long
when Ibe warm day* have gone by far
the good things nf tbs flesh, anil th*
couutry does not set them forth. The
Idea of serving In Ibe eouutry Is
primsysl (the typewriter spelt that
prim* evil, and 1 waa going to tat It go
at Arrt, but f thought perhaps some
body would thing I did not know the
rninning Of the word. Vanitsa I)
ooffwraT ooffm* as a i»umk.
tn the country, coffee ta counted
beot at Its weakest, and tbara la a
f*o«y for drluklag It oear a eurloumly
ehoped itone wall which the country
people call a cup. Dot whoa one can
bnwttie good air what dlfforeoca don
It make about the coffee f Whether It
I* after the German lathi on, black aa
night, tweet tt lore and strong is tbs
devil, or whether it It from Her res or
tbs dther thing f Tow don’t ears
much about your coffer, or ysnr tea
•'thee In the cone try. Too oan alt la
Hie shade and gal grant draughts of
sweetness, tha reanft of Urn farmer
culling down snmottling, we ignorant
city people don’t hoow what, bat we
do knew U.at It u heuMh-glvlsg.
Country people who don’t appreciate
their hleneioga wonder eS aa boomer
wo Wuf on the |rasa, take an appla off
tha tree and eat It with |<*y, go oat
lianllojr for all aorta of qaaar tbloju
that don’t trouble theca, and area
breath# with delight. Last year I
wanted a ec aka skla. 1 told a country
boy of thla desire of my heart, and t
also told hits that to fat Just what I
wanted I was willing to lay down oar
tain oold pieces of silver that seemed
to him of value, but to me only of
worth bacauaa of what they would
Wnw. Wall, I got mronako akin, bnt
that fool of a country boy hadn’t been
careful, and It was torn and couldn’t
be made into a ball. Now, if that
had been a oily boy be would have
catad for that akin, be woe Id lava
strata had It. watched It to sea that it
didn’t arlnkle, and tba result would
have been thla- I should have had a
belt made of snake akin, aod t would
have told, everybedody that It was a
place of the real original aarpeoL that
lhad inherited from my f.-^^and.
“Other Eve. Country boye don’t
appreciate their blaaalnga; they loot i
for the city and Its colae and vulgarity.
Ula within the possibilities that a
ooustry boy might admire a girl In a
•hlrt waist. I will get acquainted I
better with him thla aummar, and I
will let yon know about »L The
ablrt waist la the exp rawed depravity
In clotbea for women. And yet, and
yat -I sea before me a woman In a lUk
ikirt, pink shirt waist, but I bank
goodness, not a sailor hat, and lo I be
hold ! for tba truth la mighty aod must
prevail—H is Ban, I
** UiMrW la Lam.I*.
ManufMlarers' BmM.
Thera la no reason why there should
not bo greater diversity la aaoafoe
tarlng in the,Sooth, a* great aa Id the
North, the West ot tlie Beat. There
• re souse reasons why m toy line* of
manufacturing, which are not In the
South at all at the present time, might
•uceeed there beUer than elsewhere.
. Vf* ur* °f many uadtrUklnga in
the South baa bean due to lack of prao
tloal knowledge on the part of the
managers. Where practical knowl
edge and executive ability I lave beau
oombtned, there baa been uo occasion
to report failure.
8tauntoo, Vi, reoorta aa Instance
of auocean la maaefacturlng that sur- '
prises the people of that city them-1
•elvea, mad, henoe, that cannot fall to
prove eurprtetng to many others, and
prove a luaeuu worth studying, aa
showing how the South can profitably
diversify Its industrial interests. This
la nothing less than an organ factory,
in October, 18M, W. W. Putnam, who I
wae brought up la aa organ factory,
and who had been for eight years
superintendent of the largest piano
aad orgao factory in this country, be
gan In a email way In Staunton the
manufacture of reed organs, employ
ing only three nut. All the work Is
done there that la done in may ordloa
*7 organ factory. The boeinase grew
■taedUy; the capacity was increased,
notil now aoreateen skilled meohsnlas
ore employed, who turn out so aver
age of about 100 organa a month.
Thee# Instruments are mada In seven
etylen, tipm a small portable organ to
the finest parlor organ. They have
been sold to dealers In every Stele ot
the Union, except two; have been
■hipped to Mexico aad ae far away ae
to Norway. On the first of January
lha concern had to more Into larger
qBarters, and Is even there already
becoming eomewfaat cramped for
room.
Ti>e success ot this ubdrrUktog is
primarily due, of oourae, to a thorough
knowledge of the businem; but it dem
onstrate* the fact that It Is perfectly
safe for the South to leave tlve beaten
track and to engage In new forma of
manufacturing. « n mau knows how
to do a certain thing, and the com
munity la willing to encourage him, bo
may undertake it io the South with u
much confidence ol success ns la any
part ot the Unlled Stales.
A rmk mt UykMac
Omthun faurl
The fatal llasb of llghtolog that
killed Mr. Bryan's children at Mon
cure, luet week, played aktraogefreek.
Near the fatal tree, that was (truck,
waa a well that was being cleaned out.
Two colored man were at the windlass,
ooe of whom was knocked down hy the
■hock and the other not touched, and
yet the roan who waa down In the well
(U struck and right badly burned.
He wae at work at the bottom of the
wall In a stooping poetare, with one
bip touching the eide of the well, sod,
strange to any, the eleotrlc current
rushed down the well and burned on
hie hip plainly a red mark exactly like
the letter •• w.” This etrange mark
was bunted as distinctly on hie akin
as If a branding Iron had baan used.
A OU( IMS.
Wilmington A tar.
Kx-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas,has
won bis oalf sulk Tor tbs sum of 00
rents B month be agreed to let a neigh
bor’s cull browse In bln pasture. The
oalf fall Into a bole and died. Neigh
bor seed for value of ealf and got
Judgment for 190. Ingalls appealed
and tbe higher eoert reversed the de
cision of the lower one end taxed the
ooete to the owner of tbe etIL An the
coals would buy n Mg drove of calves,
tbe ex-Seeator feel* good nt getting
thin oalf oS hie bands.
“W* Mil bon of Chaaabtrlaln'B
Oouifh EUmady than of all othara torn
Ha*d.” Writ** Maaara. Karr A Sou*,
drufgiata, of Kan, f*a. Tb*y alao
My.' "Tim aal* of It la aomathlnf
idMooavaoal. Wa haw aoM two Croat
Util winter, aalllnc aa blfh a* the hot
Um to oaa BOTulac U aa manydurar
aet eaatnaaara. Tbit raaady haa
prorad mrtteolarly a*o*teWa! la
owopy lUfaotioaa. Oar oiwtomaw in
wrtaMt pro* oaa at It Um beat thay
eon And. and w* know of ao caM
wbaw It ha* faUad to fir* aatlafac
Uow.'* Par aalaat Hand 10 oa*t* par
hattla by J. K. Ubrry A Company
PROSPEROUS SOUTH.
UZHJBT1IAL DTTSKBITS L00IIH6
UP 01 all BIDES.
II Trip rtrMfk Umt
•fMlMUBHuk MOMNbi Slant.
*• fc* or na Twr-sk*
amm Wnlio
*»»• hift-WtMtra Trad#
ICtoa, Mayor.
. Mr. Blobard H. Edmondt, editor or
Ibe Many/act*i*rw’ Record, who recent
ly relumed from a trip In the South.
In an Interview with a reporter for the
today, eaid that throughout the
entire Sooth there Wa* a marked tan
denoy to Improvement, wbloh wee n
jpeeUlly noticeable in lmlngtrlal io
‘‘AIom tbn Obeaapeaka and Ohio
and the Xurfolk and Wnieni rall
roada, atrrtohlog from Hampton itoada
out through Wait Virginia," he aatd.
>j*reU everywhere maw a very do
olded Increase In activity. The out
put of coal is increarlng; new mlnee
wra being opened; timber Uadi and
ooei land* are being pwrohaaed for
development, oad the evidnnoen of Im
prevemant cannot fall to Imprem any
one wbe tnveaUgatae tola territory.
4,000,000 COTTON ITUIDL*.
*“ th* Central Aioulh the Carolina,
and GoorgU, there la do abatement Id
tiro activity in cotton mill building
and In the extension of existing plant,
2? «•*, 01 tba present year tba
Houlb will have ahout 4,000.000 spin
f repmasotlng *n aggregate cap.
ItalbaUon of np.ri- Jli8.000.000,
ngulnat 1.700.000 loindlaa with a oapl
tSof 181.000.000 In tba o»d,u, y*ar of
JflOO. tbu, showing an joarraao of over
W® V*r oeot. in tba number of aplndlee
within aix yaera.
“Buelum* matters to Atlanta are
■toowlot favorable results, at tha out
come of tli* Kx position, and statistics
afMar that more building Is now being
done In tba city and of a higher cleat
of raeldeoeas, as wall u of bualneaa
bouarn, than cm before.
OSOKOIA WATKUUBIAIX CBOr SAVE.
“In South Georgia the peach and
watermelon and oenr crooa art now
•afe and InvretigJion, shoV that tbe
peach crop will ba the largest mi pro
daoad In tbe State. Tbe aggregate
▼slue of tbe crop, of that district for
O'* imrl, being estimated aa high aa
97.000.000 or <8.000.000. It laoaleu
l*ted that the fruit tod metoo crop of
'J!!1 lhta fur fornlab from
16,000 to aO.OOO carloads of freight to
to tbe railroad*.
ntMlORATlOW ACTIVE.
“The Immigration movement Into
tbnt territory la extremely active, and
plans are maturing for oonaidorable
colon 11»lion enterpriam, In addition U>
those already la oparstlou. Including
the bringing of German and Scandina
vian settlers aa well u of Northern
and Western people. Along tbe
Georgia suwl A1 shams Railroad, which
la largely owned In Baltimore, there
are some half a doxeo oolouiration un
dertakings, In addition to tbe Fill
tvrald Grand Army movement which
baa already settled over 8000 Western
people on tbe UOO.OOO-aere tract uf
land purchased for that purpose last
year.
mox ahd steel numovijto.
"FrobaWy the most marked Improve
meat end one Indicative of the most
wide-reaching lo Buenos open indus
trial matters ia seen In the Alabama
Iroti and ooal district*. Birmingham
“ taking a decided turn for the better,
end within the last few weeks half a
duion Important enterprises Involving
Investments of about half a million
dollars bare been pot oa foot, while
two extensive steel plants are iiraci
tkaally ensured.
"The Birmingham ltollh.g-MIll
Company, one of the oldest aod largest
eotKX.ro* in the State, baa decided In
build a steal plant with a capacity of
900 tons a day to famish steal for ite
own works, and this will be construct
ed without regard to any outside (loan
cUI aid. The SI.000.000 steel enter
prise pro looted by the Toaneesee Ooal.
Iron and Railroad Company It snub
mg tangible shape, although no time
nae been set for the work of constnio
Uoo.
“The output of eeal Is the heaviest
la the history of the State, and, not
withstanding the tow prices which still
prevail for Iron, tha product loo is very
heavy, aod nearly all of the furnioe*
of the Bute are lo Mast.
WJOBTKMM TltADB IIIKOCOII SOUTH*
MX TBA»*.
''Another actable erkJence of tlm
■•betel upbuilding of tbe Mouth to the
trend of Wei tern trade thiongh Moutli
w Porto to Kurepe. During ibo I Ait
nine month* New Orlennn boa exported
lS,0<X),0oo buiheli of corn, againit
2,000,000 buabeto for tb* correspond
ing time of the prerloua year. New
OtImm by tha way. win ibonly be la
•dranee in tome reapeota of every
c»ly in tbe world In II* shipping
facilities
"Juat below tb* elly a new ahlpplog
point baa been eatabluAwl, where 32,
000,000 or (3.000,000 taa been Inreated
In building a (rain • I*rater, cotton
warehouse*, four of tb* meet power
ful Cotton ocmpneaaa In U>* world
•wd deck* aad pier* for eteamebip par
pouua. At tble point wharfage I* en
tirely free, thus olfarlsg great attrao
Dowa to etoatoaMpe.
"A belt railroad owied by the mate
ooapaay oonoeeU with all railroad*
enter log New Or lean*, nod freight
Ualaa destined for that point arohaa
died as aeon ax they (trike the bait
railroad with eomprvwrd air tooea*
Urwa, tbua aveldlag the danger of Bra
with locomotive* recall.* la lud out
between ontton warehouses. Tbla
auoaaaarily br'.oga aboit a great reduc
tion la the eoet of lasoraoen.
**w extuxt TO M A rag* runt.
"Not to bo auUloae by tble acre
■Mat, the lllleota Otntral liailroad to
•pending about «1,000,000 la the build
big e( Mother grain alerator and ad
dlttonal ebipplug facilities, and tbi*
eoiaiauij will aleo furnish free wharf.
th*» New Orirmna will prsc
twelly be a free pert bofore die end of
the year.
“At (ielvuetoo tliera it a heavy grain
morrmrut aa at New Orleans, while at
mUui ha, Tex . eu elevator and
othar ebipplug facilities are beiog built
to be ready for the opening of a direct
railroad line between that port and
Aeneas City, which will be ooaspleted
•bont SupleraUer 1, and upou which
$10,000,000 bare bran expeoded in con
struction work during the Met three
I yen™, tbe read being something over
700 miles long.
“At Mobile aa alerator la under
construction; at Peontoola the l-auU
rille mod Nashville is building an
•levator and extensive eh I usd dw
wharves; Sevannefa aad Charleston nri
pushing for Western trade; l*ort Boyul
has exported nearly 1,000.000 bashds
rf ooni ainoe the Ont of tba year, and
Norfolk and Newport Nows, as all
ItaltlDorsani know are developing a
gnat exporting basinets.
ucunuaaa outlook.
“Tli* whole outlooh,” said Mr. Ed
monds, indicate* a broad and solid
development of tlie entire South. Its
Industrial Interests nr* prospering end
expanding, notwithstanding Urn gen
•ral oomplaint of i»ard Uars through
oot other sections. The farmers are
less In debt than at may time sine* the
war, and while they am preparing far
a lau«e option crop, this year** cotton
•ill bo prod need at tbe lowest cost
ever known to tbe South.
“Moreover, tlwiv is a v«ry mark ad
jaerraas is gold mining Interests, and
while inncli money baa ia lima* past
l«*n recklessly squandered In specula
tive gold satrrprises in the South,
tbaro is a good prospect fur a solid aod
substantial development of gold inter
oM*. Th* groat deomea* iu the oast
of rrduoing gold ores wtileu has come
about within the last two or three
year* mskis available tbe vast auaHtl
tlas of low-grade ores founu all the
way from Virginia to Alabama.
riAKT SOB GOLD SXIL7UIQ.
“Una of tbe recent processes. which
moms to be mevting with imniri and
which If permanently sancmofol proco
Isaa to have a material effnet upon tbe
booth. Is now in operation at Blacks
burg, H. C. At that point well-known
capitalists have expanded about MOO,
000 during lb* last two years In ex
pert meets! nark and Anally la the
building of aa extensive plant for
sal ph orators*. At this plant, which
Is now rnoolng night and day, nil tbe
tngmliaois of tbe ore are tavsd, aod
It is estimated that Ibwss blptoducu
will pay the cost of operating, leaving
th* gold as clear gain.
"Go* of the moet important fea
tures of ibis is the low coat at which
sulphuric acid la being produced.
This baa induced a combination of
fertilizer companies to balhl a 8100,000
fertilixer plant a few hundred yards
from the sulphuric-acid works, and
th* sulphuric acid la carried in laden
pipes direct from the acid chambers to
the fertiliser works.
“It la thought that tbl* will bring
aboot a reduction In tbo oust of fer
tilizer*, which may have a conaidcra
bln Influence upon agricultural Inter
mta, while I wiping to develop the
gold-mining interests of th* 8o*th.”
Dun's lerlsv,
Continued export* of gold, amount
ing to tB.W0.0lK) thli week, are recog
nised a* nataral result* of th* borrow
ing eud importing o*rly In the year,
but canted no aeriont apprebeuaioo.
There I* » general oonviotW that do
»t motive (chrmta will not aueuevd,
although at preaeot political uuoertalu
tiaa cauat port of Um buainaae that
might bo dou* to bo postponed until
the future la more clear.
Is a nation whor* every man la a
ruler, aad baa hta opinion about thing*,
every man'« expectation* or tear* effect
liuitiicaa of all aorta.
When cnovootlona are over, tin
Bald ror doubt will b* much narrowed.
A great maoy men will tbeo begin to
aet on what they eon filler onrtalntloa.
Other* will Bod their worst fear* Ml*,
and will tettle down to basinet*.
Other# atlll, finding their Idoot defeat
ed, will begin to reckon that hupea are
only deferred.
butler** la a qaestlou of human na
ture, and he read* It beat who raanecn
bert that all aorta at people haw a
•hare, by their hopes and fbara, tholr
purohaaa* or economise, in making
trade.
It aoaia* probable at present tlutl o
majority, after th* oonwntion* have
acted, will he In a more hopeful humor
than they are now.
A «Ww That Olm Ml Mu
Mnrv<c'»%u» OuU Lrwr.
Kpaakla* aboat oowa, bat bore I* one
that la a cow—whan It comet to mllk
fftviii* and butter-producing qaalUlea.
Mr. Alta T lUmaa, of ihla plate, Imm
a oow Uiat gltaa regularly between five
*»L •*? ■••hme of milk a day.
Wednesday of last week her retold
wae ala ga'leoa and ana quart—tin*
htgtieat pot at alio luu reached-end
Theraday thla lallkioa yielded two
pounda and ala ounce* of batter. Tbie
now la a Croat between the Janet tad
Oetoo, a ad la about *re year* old.
She la flna alte, well proportioned,
aaaily kept and kindly dUuoead-a
tieaaera aaeoag har kind. Who hoe
a baiter out. oataide of lb* Uua rib
bon. tboroughbrad, oxblblUoa atoek
that art lead about T
A «mi *nu I—lip I
BILL ARP'S Bm
he tblli how he got food rot
THE HPIP1T ■Quant.
MU —— —»» M KM M MH.
MImUwIMM MlltaW.
WU Arp In AtUau OewUMUML
* committed Mgbwey robbary
bat onoe to ay Lit* aad It Blocked me
•aaaadtaffy that I bad to do to. When
I Joined tee army at Win*eetor. Va..
in July. 1ML, Gwi. Bartow tout for me
ooa moralag and aaM bo bad ban
madaa brl^dhw aad had completed
blastoff excepting a brigade commla
aary, aad aafcad aa to aeotbt tha goal*
ttoa. 1 told him that TkmZw notSE,
•‘wrtUwAottaof tha* offloa, bot hi
•ad Dr. Millar aad Ma). Ayer laaWad
that I could aeon loan, aad ao I
boagbt aa a hone aod a pair of high
top boota and aoa« Wg braa w>or* and
got ready tor bueloei*. The blank*
■"*1 ooaldu’t
And a book on that MtyMt, aad ao I
doanjrlhtog far a tow d^a I
didn't reoeive aajr rations aor laaa
ally, tori waa waiting for ay commls
•loa and toetroetlooe aad biaak form
to coma from Bfebuiond. Thoaa bad
uoteuam ap to tha elm oM Joe John
son made that all-aight march to )oia
Bmueprtit Maaa—aa, Tba day af
ter our army forded tha Hbeoaodoab
Gan. HaitowVbrigade took a mat at
Plerto and after dinner began Che march
to Piadmoat, a etatioo on tlie Maaaa
m ladroad. tie*. Bartow aoht to an
“»Wk>r, I bare ooat Mg). Ayer on
ahead to gat corn tad forage at Pied
moat tor the artillery borne aad other
ho ram k. my oomecand. aad lamia,
rmmrd that maw of (he men have
aftimr eaten all the rations they atoned
with or gut thorn wet in eroaaiag tba
riper, and they mast bare something
to eat whoa they get to rudmont.
Yoa bad batter ride >m ahead and ee
oara rathiao fur abaat 4.000 wan. Tba
regimental coaemlaaarim wlU act hare
mtr. tor Uielr wagoua era arrand mttoa
behind."
“Will X Bud ouppUea at PUdmoat t"
•aid l vary Innocently.
“You mow And thaw." aeid be.
"Tbto country m fuU of* proriakme,
and yon mow purobaao enough far
4.010 mca-benf. toe™. loarTwlt.
caff** and (a forth. Tba man must
not eager."
And be knit bis brow sad looked
•tern. With exceeding modesty I ssid;
“O towel. 1 bass so money to bay with
•nd maybe they win not soil oo »
credit. Whet then ?•’
“My door sir," sold bo. “tblo is war,
•Inter arms legs* silent.’ if they will
ant sell to you without tbc money, you
mwt impress wbat you ewl. Tbs
u»hn must be fed."
f perortred Uiat bo was desperately
iu earnest, so 1 hurried on (o J’icdmoot
and found Maj. Ayer with a pooket
full of Ettchmuod banks’ mosey, buy
log corn from a Mild old Virginia ter
mer. There wore two wagon loads
that had been hauled by two of the
®n»et yokes of fat oxen 1 seer saw. I
took the major aside end told him my
orders.
•‘There Is some very Am beef In
those steers,” (aid he.
“But 1 hare no mousy,” said JL
“Han't you lend me some V”
“f cannot," said be. “It would coat
me my commission. You can Impress
the oxen.”
“Suppose that old follow stioold ro
elttf Whottbon?"
• -Get Capt. Towers to giro yam • de
tail and nmot him iX be won’t gtra op
pGWltfllf.* *
Se I timidly approached the old man
«« OUT hie eteers, but ho
(lkls't wish to sell Umoi at any pries.
Said ho wouldn't uko 81"0 s yoke for
Mvem. Whan l Anally earns down on
blm with the general’e orders bo wil
furious oud to was hit son. I (Ml as
u * They swore they
bo*B P* tbeir goes
aod kill the Bret man won dared to
tenth their oxen. Tbe old man stood
guard while tbe son wont homo—half
a mile away—to get tbeir guns.
“And you don't even propose to let
a man price bis own property nor to
l*y »<*«'•>” for it, but you will giro a
receW for It that may sot bo worth a
dura. Any roebar oould do that. If
1 this to tbc way the Hulheru confeder
acy hu started out It will but wide
open In 00 deys, and I wish to God it
would!"
Up to tilt* Um I had talked kindly
and persuasively, but at last wheat
found oat he was a anise irmpeihissr
1 gut fired op in any Mings, sad aa
£?*** •«**3 «»i
a detail of tea mao aad bed the steers
driven away, and ee tka old area was
crying end watting tor hie sun with the
guiiel told Ida that If ha wool* coma
over lo Um station I would give him e
reeehit that would ba good at BieH
mood. Ha aarer cursed, far be be
longed to the ebareh, bat be said “Oal
dura" and -‘dad burs" aad dlagna
tlon” with grant rrnpUaaU.
Xbr suvre wnresooa tenu-d over to
aome export batchers from the First
Kentucky isglnwnk and by the lima
the young lean and some of the neigh
bor* arrived with their guoe aad don
Lbe Ill-form] brmtae Had beaa klUod und
bayed sh Um attar «f tbair oeaatry.
(a an hoar's Um their ceraaeeM were
eat ep into am please aad distributed
end the oemp Ores lighted At a Hare
amr by, t parchesed from a gund
confederate aoam floor aadoraohm*
end 1,000 pound* of baeoo. 1 bed no
truobie with him, for be mid ttm boys
rani* baled Kit task rverythlag ho
had. I iavokrd hie good uAm to
make peace with lbe old' man aad Ule
eon. and abort dart thsT imam turns
aad said they would take my receipt,
bat it wn • got 4am onwarlly piece
of buaiaaee. Aad It did Ieoh that way.
1 wonder Low they gat their wngnoe j
Uot Mon bmg the good people at
tb* valley gut Uie hang of the beilnsaa
aad •tirramlrrvd at d merer too. 1 aewr
Had mush iroaWe wllh Uioea who wen
•n uursktn.
One dev i sriaal 400 barrets of floor
• kmarAeat »IM ant tar from Orange
Coartilouae. Themaa woe deeper
SPRING MEDICINE
i!f jff?* ^il*ir,:lt“ -'hi mnv .S3?
W. ^ coimttvu«, a«d
fjhf ny|^ Drs | (cffit ihc li'orji
f^f-GULA I OK vow «.13:. Tire wonl Kt<i
d sli.ttdafcji. it from jil ttkt
gSKft^SSSRBiS
^B^fessaaFSi'Si&H
Llvi-Jt *<t jtXAif ^ h luttr 'cst t».vjj
Ihs tfVbi.'tvt. t.mi; far Die ttfM /
30 C.vry psf.urjc. Y«i wt** f.:id it ;.-.
aiiy k.uf lUwXi'nvui lhriv- u no < ii.-i
REo*cATCs-y»:ai-.oitiwrihU:-Z
!k *rc* ?€ri f ft I:
4.U.X.; - i • ’ . .. •,.
aWymtd, but I ted baard that Ilk
**y toft*eore, and aol
SffitfKSgBUds&jacs -
tte lari tad m to kSfia aui£ '
wbleh I did, ud I ytand wtST&r -
baby a.,d captured all tha family «
eeot tar tenaadT Ha waa a etepeot
ESEKigUGHsua
forif son army dldeat take tbalr ub
Maaoa Um otter would. For nearly
?** >25" **«!?»■» tetwam two
Orm^wad remained troe to their great
What* Maaaiagta law—theUwaf
ttelud aad (be protection of tte
“•rta. Any law la battar than ne law.
We old people remember whan, toward
s^jgS&KaSl
ssKUsnsr^iSsas
atolaa boraes and pretended to te oom
aumionad to protect Um women aad
children and to get up supplies for oar
ssiuSs'ijsrurtist
tbe old and taipUn. 3tf wide soas?
times tall tbe children about harref
■«•* <1 *ad bow all ter brotban were
In the Virginia army, aad bow ter te
ther, (he oldor Juiige HatohloTZ
farming ou tbe O-butabooeta rlyer
trying to aaye something for tte grand?
children, nod how one morning a J
of thaaa so-called scoots cams tkm
and daman dad Hi* kaya of tin amoks
bouMauduiJ tbe army must be fed.
and tew te tried to reason with tb^j{
and told tew many bn had to tied at
team, and bow little mart bn had, bet
K&xsffsasans
asSas^-iSS^S
they wont rwnad to tte »—~»"t»iTi«tr te
went naotatrs to a window and mid.
la a determined role*: ••Stop limit
5riOT«n^UI«trand“S
afraid to die, but I wlU kill some of
you befare t do."
Ttey aaw tte morale ofttegunoad
they know tte mao and stopped. Af
ter a brief eonMltetioa they retired.
There erere my wife and ala children
and two UUle orphan* and a score of
Uttie negroes, and them tewtese mm
would bare token tte last monel away
from them.
■ Friends, sometimes ws abuse Um low
aad tte lawyer* ud tbe ooart, bet
otter all the law of tbs landis tte
strongest telwerk of liberty and Jap
Uot. Black atone my* that a anal*
hmMato his cattle, Into wbleh the Mur
of England dsrea not outer wMteS
porioissios, but we remember when
VKgsbonda aad thieves not only entered
tat drove tbe lumetoeoat. Let a*
ell eoMntn tbe law aad tbe oourta aad
tarn them u a blamed heritage te oar
obildrea.
The Aouthora Railway la the Onto*
oor plant railway ayataoM toplvo Inter
■atfoa to th* public and t* Ax low kx
eoialaa rataa for a-nr ooUa*
*o°d ter rrlum uotU Oatotw at to
E&j^^ssssr 8
U la liaodaotM lo dastea and anUUa
la taary raoycot Imvio* thirty-two
bnaatUallj IHatt rated BMaa oawtain*
lot tba Boat roaiplata
ly anaayad lufonaatloa calculated to
a.uwrr fullyaad aatiateatorily crary
vA^r^ssrssst'3
day, rraak aad bm«, ata. “7
Tii* daatbara otter* a chtdoa *#
Boantala aad aaaalda raaarta. tba aort
iMthln* aad aaabraraaaof awMottb*
moat delifttful raaortaon u* Atlaatlo
Cnoat or ta* cool mountain faroawTof
8w«tinaooa, AshavUlo.
tala and othara 5,8Ui
aaa bwl,
Kor copy of puMa
any prowltmnt eouana *
iwevaffiawt^