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V—1 XV1LI {JjJ'Jfflaa.) Gastonia, N. g. October 14, 1807.
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IHOVLEDQE OT EVERYTHIHG 18
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■HU Arp In AlUuta CoaMitutMn.
Hots la a letter Cor tlio boys.
I ballave that even ac Imperfect
knowledge of many calling* render* a
man happier than paifaotioti in *uy oue
and comparative iguoranoc of all tha
rcat. Great scientists, dliooverara and
Inventor* aaem to be oacraaary for tbe
world's progress and (lie good of man
kind, but their work IsgvoeralJy at tha
expense of their liaaltb and happiness
Sir Isaac Newton In bla laat day* ex
olAlumd with a sigh, “X have made a
slava of myself.” His great mlud wss
alwaya on a strain In one direction. It
is Mid of blm that b* bad a bole cot In
tbe lower part of tba door tor blsfaior
Ite oat to enter and exit and whan iho
had a pair of kitlena be bad two smaller
holes out for them. Ti e mind la like
tbe body. It must have a variety of
food. It ie Ilk* the mosclea In the
arm* or If only ono aet ure need
tbe others baoome weak and will grad
ually penib away.
I waa talking not long ago to a
learned judge, a mau of One judicial
mind aad literary attainment*, but
who acknowledged bis very limited
knowledge, of nature and nature'!
Iswa. “I hardly know one tree from
another,” aald ba, “excepting of online
the chestnut, biokoiy nut and walnut.
Yea, of ooursa. I know the pine and
tbe oak. Indeed X have never had any
occasion to know more for I was raised
in town and books have alieurbed me.”
1 was ruminating about this beonase
oar little girl's mother Is teaching ber
to draw and to paint, and 1 asked her
to draw me a chestnut tree an oak tree
and a maple tree. She la working on
them now ud bat to go out and luck
at thorn and oxamtD* the bark oo tbe
trunk, and ilia shape o( the liniba and
tba leave*. I wonder bow many boys
and girls can draw a hickory lea/ with
out looking at vuo. ( should like to
see their specimens. Thousands of
boya, especially country boys, know all
the common tree* of their neighbor
hood bnt It rrqalrss elae* and careful
observation to describe them surd point
out the difference. Now there are ten
different kind* of oaks in thie couutry,
but very few town raised people can
name bait of them. Then there are
different kinds of hickories and pto«a
and aMt and elm trees, besides the
liackberry, box elder, poplar, beech,
locust and cottonwood. Eugen Le
Hardy was a very learned and scienti
fic Frenchman, bnt tbonght that
American cotton grew on the oottou
wood trees and that we gathered It by
using ladders. It la aatd that a Mr.
Jackaon. of Atlanta, la trying to In
troduce Us* letter kind now and has
got the trees up to feurteeafeet high.
Tbe study of Uie trees and shrubs of
thia Southern country |* a delightful
and Instructive recreation for young
people, and 1 with they would »;
more attention to it Of coarse this
study requires some knowledge of bot
any, bnt that Is easily acquired. This
kind of knowledge is more useful and
more comforting than a college smat
tering of calculus and couic sections
and rhetoric and logic. I do not be
lieve there am ten men In Bartow
county who would know ginseng If
they were to see It. Not many more
know wbat la father gray beard or
"bit* ash, the medlotnal shrub from
wblob old A.Q, hlmmoua first mad*
tbe original 8immons’ liver medicine
i° Gwinnett oounty. I know abont
that, for when i was a yonng merchant
I sold the first he ever made and con
tinued to sell it for blm fur several
veers aud he told me wbat It was
made of. I think, though, that tbe
rather greybeard gave ont about tbe
time the old man died.
I wtah that onr young poopl* would
aeqair* habit* of observing things more
ckMsdy as they Journey along through
Ilf*. Some people see everything and
some aee nothing hardly. When
should tree* be eat down that are
wanted for wood Y Wbat kind of
wood Is the strongest and will bear tbe
greatest burden Y What kind is the
mast eUstlo Y Wbat kind the hardest
to spilt? What kind will last the
longest in lb* ground? What kind
moot anitabi* for pianos, chairs, furni
ture or waloseotlng ? What kind for
maul* or weagea or esnea ? Dr.
Ollvsr Holmes must have * tod led all
*t»ut thee* whan be wrote the "Oo*
Hoes Shay."
• Inquire! at Um nnace mi
MOMUmMs omfmtmSt
Mto-t he MM mar bSTSm bMuss
fur Wta eon door aad euk;
_ — -w ian—weed to nuke UieiMiu*
5K wa5^,rSB
And the twUol toe* rrom the MIMda.H
Bot perhaps Dr. HoloMd got it aU
•root *ome old honeat wagon maker
for the* know. I’ll bot that Ur. Brad
tor, of oar town, can a newer every
Question, The boyd ought to find out
that black locos* aod chestnut and
oaaga oracga make tha beat poata, and
black gam tba beat hubs, and peralm
mon tha baat wadgra ar gluts and aas
■afraa tba baat bowa, and white oak
tbd beat beakata. Ia England It to
claimed that a yaw tree poet will laat
longer than an Iron ooe. The boys
onght to know that the barks of all
treed are noaoooduotota uf baat aod
OOld and keep them cool In summer
aod warm Id winter, end lbe green
IddTM ue tlw lungs that Inhale tba oar
boo boat tbs air abd not only make
wood tor tba Iran but purify tha at
moapbtra t bat w* brant be. And hence
erkry babltatlon ought to litre some
traea about those beautiful uiaada lo
tba aea that ara of coral formation nod
kept growing an til they gut ahoea tha
water aad tbsa soma aaaoaao’a cams
lloatlag along aad lodaad them and
•fmtad and grew u5 the haras of
UM taaaa fall down and rotted and
made a soli foe mora eoooaoeu, aad
la aaaraa of lima tba Mend became
a paradise. That la tha testimony
°* Im rock*. The boy* should
watch tbe JltU# gaanmcr ball
thw floats away Id the air from tbs
•west llttla dandelion plant. So light
and ao feathery that It would take a
thousand of them to wtigb an onnoe
*ud yet tha aead an there for more
plants and they are wrapped, as It
were. In a blanket to protect them
from the winter's ootd. So It la with
the seed of the Hootch tblatla that la
blown about by a breath of air like It
was nothing, but It has the germ, the
embryo of life In It, and will And a
lodging place soma where and a Imp un
til spring, and then make no mistake.
It will uot oorue np » dandelion, hut
will surely make a tblatla. In the
hortioultnnU garden* at Txuidou are
raspberry plants that came from seed
found in a tnao'e stomach who bad
been burled 1.700 years.
Htudy nature a Jlttl* as you go alone,
boy*, and it will nwke you wiser and
bettor and happier men. Plod out
why It le that a dead bird weight more
than a live one and by what force or
power a bunard can tall round and
round la (be air above you and never
bet a wing nor wave a feather.
It isn't every boy who can be a Ban
rraalulu, but every boy can learn
someth log evuiy dey, and eves one
not a day will In course of time make
blm a wise mao. What a boy was
Franklin! What a man 1 The youngest
of etventeen chtldrvu, apprenticed le
a caudle maker, next to a printer; ran
away from Heston to Philadelphia
when seventeen yearn old and hired to
a Mr. need, and fall In love arlth De
borah, bw daughter; was never Idle;
read snd studied In every leisure mo
ment; westered ('reach. Italian, Bpau
ISi?..*1!15. b«»»e postmaster 0f
Philadelphia, thee postmaster general
"f »>• Uw colonies; established the
Philadelphia library, the Philosophical
Society and lbe University of Penney!
vanie, and not long e/ttr be drew
lightning down from heaven wtlb a
kite end a string and a key.
Whet e mao lie wad Wlwtabo>!
AM KXPMMTX OWUBACK.
Tkalliwiuillaa Rm4« In la T*k
Cmirjr.
A well-informed writer on the •ob
ject of good road* ujn.
Jtobert P. l’orter, who 1* great on
statistics, crowed the ooeao with Colo
nel Pope in the latter part of July,
and he acquired aome figures and facte
about road* ttmt are worth repeating.
Moro money !■ loet in one year by
bad roada than I* levied by all (lie
dutiable article* Imported, aod more
than all the money that ia collected
from all tbe Internal taxes levied by
the general government. The bad
roads of this country coat tbe public
$300,000,000 a yaar. Tho yearly
freightage of all tboahlp*. eaoal boats
aod railway* lu tbe country is far lew
than tho freightage that paaaw along
the nouatry roads. There !• hardly a
pound of freight hauled upon the rail
way* of this country whlob doaa not
bar* to Hint paa* over some highway
designed for the use of vehicles and
borsea. American railway freight
rate#, though they are the lowest In
Ute a or Id, are frequently grumbled at,
but dow tbe oomplainer ever think,
queries Mr, Porter, that It baa coat
him more to haul 40 buabel* of eoen or
wheat over 10 mile* of bad roods than
to ship ft 100 mile* over * railway ?
These are tbe thing* that the people
who are moot iaterested Id good road*
aeldoo think of, because, u they do
aothavato pay Id oaah upon tbe epot
the low that result* from carting their
product* over roads deep with mod or
dust, or full of loose rocks and deep
rate, they Imagine that they have lost
nothlug. In reality; they have lost
labor, horse fleoh, wagons, and, worst
of all, groat quantities of time, which
lo every man who makes the moat of
bis business ia the moat valuable com
modity of all.
A Wnr UelDkmM,
U«v. B. Z. Johnson, tbe well known
Preebyterleu minister ol Lincoln top,
lue tbe following Id the Ootober num
berof hie paper, the UoniWy Hulls** :
Pmebytery [Mecklenburg' meets tble
moeth »t Providence church, October
8U>, lie. m., twelve mile* tooth of
Clierlotte end five mile* weet of Mat
tbewe station on tbe Seaboard Air
Une. Thle la one of oor oldeet
churches and MeeMeoburg Presbytery
he# never held a regular session there.
*A*t time a regular sees!on wee
there was In April. 1880, when
Concord Presbytery met seen after the
»Ar waa over. It wse to meet there In
! April, 1880, hot a quorum failed to get
there. Kev. ffn. w. Pharr. D. D..
aod myself (the pestor) were tbe only
ministers present and ons or two
elder*. Brother Pharr preached on tbe
word "Watch" to the congregation **
sembled and we adjourned. Aa era
separated we saw the smoke rising
from the burning railroad bridge on
the Catawba near Rook Hill, and the
late Bey. U. U. Baoka (who had ex
pected to join tbe Prsebytery). aod tbe
We Thoe. B. Prloe, elder lo the Steal
Oreeb ohnrch, had tbelr boreea taken
from them before they reached borne.
BrMher Pharr spent tbe aisbt with me
*bd hie falUifol bone bed to do tome
•»£f* fuse lag naxt day to teoare
"Wheeltr’l men.’* We turned nor
horete lo (he front yard when we
reached (K>me end only the prop race of
my wounded brother—a oevalry officer,
eared them and a pair of Aoe mulea.
plowing la a Held la front of ua.
WE ARE RIGHT IN LINE
With New Goods for the Fall Trade at Low Prices
That Cling to Tonr Borv.
Prices That Are Continually Bobbing
up, Prices That Just Won’t be
Forgotten.
THAT’S THE REASON WE HAVE SO MUCH
TRADE. People are continually finding out what a
good stock we keep. Besides, we know how and where
to buy, and this helps to make our prices the lowest.
We are packed to the loft in every department.
GRAY & LOVE.
Millinery Department.
All the newest and latest fads of fashion. Never be
fore have we had such a display in Millinery. Birds of
Paradise are as numerous in our Trimming Department
as sparrows in the trees. In fact, we think pattern hats
and shapes came from the same locality. «
It was certainly a divinely given talent that
conceived the thousand and one beautiful
styles, combining and blending all the c
lovely colors that go to make up woman's hats this
fall. And ours are basement prices, too.
Dress Goods Department.
Rich and Rare Beauty prevails in thia department.
Our claim of ever keeping abreast of vogue in show
ing the always black fabrics is freely allowed by all
who make comparison of style and qualities. Wc are
now displaying the new and staple fabrics in rough
and smooth effects at prices that cannot fail to make
them quick sellers.
Clothing: Department.
Neat, Nobby and Good Fit. Think of it I Tltona
andi of dollars worth of near Clothing piled ap on the
upper floor. No room for any more. All bought be
fore the tariff bill passed. Old prices prevail os long
as they last.
Shoe Department.
Just for one moment, please. We feel confi
dent that we are doing the shoe Ira tineas of
this section and \vc have lost no time In trying
to put our Shoe Department in the front rank.
What a joy and comfort to many a weary foot would
be a pair of the noted Hamilton and Brown Shoes 1
Underwear Department.
There i* a crispness in the air that heralds
the approach of Winter. Time to change
summer under garment* for the wanner
kind. This department has never before
been so complete with ns. Special pains have been
taken to suit all—Men, Ladies, Misses, Boys and Chil
dren, and our prices arc clever.
The Spirit of Honest Business
is without caste, class, or condition. It is everything for every
body. It gratifies the wealthy and gladdens the wage-earner.
Honest merchandising goes on forever for all We proffer noth
ing unsuited to immediate usefulness. These values have a
specific identity with your present needs. It will pay you at
least to interview them before spending your money elsewhere.
Dry goods Emporium, Jw IO ^7
Gastonia, N. C. VJ- ill I
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ommw*U)* Luia>n.
A report earn* loot week from Loo
do* that the United State* want to
boy Greenland. bat Ik wan denied at
WeetilBgtM at aeoa a* Ik reached
tbere. We efcooM think eo. IT#
bare no more oee for Oreanlaad'i ley
•owtaina than we bam for India*
corn} atrande, and yet eboat ea moeh
una for either ae for Caha or Hawaii,
apoa the anaeuttoo of both of which |
eo May of oar people boob boot
w* Mil Zaata, the met Mood rww
dy A ear* oar* for fall lag Manhood,
r root Torronoe * Uo., Qaakoala, V. C.
«M rim.,
tniOMl M«ek tor. CkarVXUi Ubnrvcr.
With (oar aagro poatakaUra In iha
ooaaty, a aagro conoty ooaualaatonar,
a nagn Jailor and a aagro ooart ortor,
It look* aoaMttiing Ilka 1M&
Moamn JauMi
Oaoa, wbao wa wara young aad
frank, wo attaMptad to adrlaa farmora
to bold tbalr notion for battar prteaa.
That at lift wan ao dlaaatroaa that
wa ara not Aolag that toy oaara.
Don’t fall to try Eloa'a OoaaoOioaaa.
It aaraa. Wa nail and gnarantaa It.
i. X Carry * Co.
Cook Stoves and gash Pots.
Take Notice.
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Don’t Buy a Stove
Anywhtm uaUI you «• m or «*. o«r pdiw.
LONG BROTHERS
In an article _
current a—bber of
Cel Alfred B.T; I
TaLltaMlini
«PtaU why cotton hM not aft—
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purely epeoolatlee, u4ot —
•XramihefoUtloM— weepty c—•
loal. KmUm. ootleu etoUi* were
MUteg et 5 M# ornU per poaodT b—w
tbe Vow— Car 10 yew. It hae base
ssiisssfta.’Tr ?r
IS SSr.fTVi V JSmT
sr & s*2st&1£S
fra—diet. - fill —T jJ
aorae lie! enure. led—, the Bill. bee*
been working oe Mock boon, far tbe
—Jr — that raw eoUanwae reie
Upply too high for the —oufeet—d
product*.
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wprata, end that tbe. ^
who in Into tbe —
their etocke eboot ea
hehedtble ' '
«ee win fal to tlM~
” be eere. "ere l
delation. Tbeoeedtti
UBy different, ni |
EKV3S
view of the alt— ■
be expeoted that M— wtt Miitti be
ea ttpwerd tom le tbeweibtTltta
lo be hoped thet aaah wM be tbe a—.
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"Ordered by tbe Board iw
PW*» of will— in led i eUbedto
oeaUnued tor the re—a that tZ
pauper fond le esbauatad."
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