The Gastonia a:
_ ^•▼otod to dim ProtootSoa of Homo and tho Intorootr of tbo Covuacy.
Vol. XIX. Gastonia, N. C„ Febrnary 10, 1808. {MX\
STORIES OF THE CLOAK-ROOM
HOW THE OOHQREMMEH TILL
TIME.
IkImimi of MH r»«l»»i Iijmi
•■MaltTl AniM Onanlifi Writes af
Ua«aM tplrlk of tka Ihu Wba
M>lp la taalabaaiM aba Mall
babaialn *a-Pri>ai« Jaha AUaa
la Always la bt krlla* Uatt to Pal
aba Oiaal af Laaaiaa la Marry
Maa4.
CbarloUc Obsarrrr.
Wahhimotos, January «9.—The
cloak room* are two cozy little nooks
adjotuiog the ball ot lb* House of Rep
resentative*. Oji 1« patroul*-d by
Rapabllean* aod tbe other by Demo
crat*. They are really tbe private
boxes of the legislative theatre. Thnlr
doorway* command good views of lbs
Chamber and galleries aod of tbe Noes
and figure* of tbe actor*. Within
tbras box** circuit lights abed a soft
radiance, and sofas and eeay chair*
Invite weary Represent alive* to lent
repote. Jo winter a oliaerful wood
Are la ever hitting on u liny hrorUi
adorned with a mantel of variegated
marble. Around this Inglealda gather
a few choke iplrtta; who light their
pipe* and cigar* and solace thi-mselvee
with quaint sterlet and remlnlsceoec*
while tbe drowsy hum of dnetry dis
cussion Is beard in llie House. The
Demoeralte nook was a favorite resort
In days long past, of Governor Andy
Curtin; dunset Cos, CUailea F. Crisp
Davy Culberson, John R Fellow*, and
■coroe of stalesmen of more or less re
nown. Samuel J. Randall. William S
Hoi mao, Fernando Wood, and men of
that Ilk had no uae (or tba oloak room.
I.tfa was too aartous a matter for them.
Whatever of uerv* and vivacity was
about tliecn was reserved for post pran
dial speech** or elabroom seances.
They tabooed levity while in the
House, aod weot ao far aa to bang
their baa and overcoat* In their com
mittee rooms In preference to tbe
cloak-room. Tbe habitoce of Uieae
cosy nooks are men whose dispositions
ere streaked with sunshine aod wbu
relieve the strain of legislative work
by opening the safety valve of mirth.
To them an hour In the oloak room t*
Ilka raoeae to a schoolboy. Figurative
ly. they run land Jump and about, play
"red linn," "pull away,” and "auap
the whip." To th* new member this
daily rooem la a revelation. At drat
be la daxsd; anon. Interested. and In
uauy case* captivated. He ere* well
known statesmen in a light entirely
new.and If gifted with wit and rspar
tee, Winds up with becoming a mem
ber of tbe inner circle himself and
contribute* to the fund of euj»ymeut.
Tbe retailer of obsolete stories or of
pithless reminiscences quickly goes to
•tad, but tba uulque original is far
flitted with no real rained applause and
flourishes Ilk* a green bay tree.
Hour* io tbe cloak-room vary lo ce
lebrity like deye Id winter. The at
mosphere la not always clear. Cloudy
day* alternate wilb sunny.one*, or Ibe
rain fella, and at limes there la a
heavy frost and frat-xing weather.
One sunny hour oocarrnd during tbe
debate oo the cltll service bill Silver
Dollar Bla..d and1 David D« Armond
were of the party. Carmack, of Mem
phis, eat naareat tba Ore, and Jobn
Allen, of Mississippi, war struggling
with an alleged perfecto. Judge Moon
of Tennessee, waa twiddling bla
(bomb* In unalloyed enjoyment, while
tlieeunny-feoed Strait of South Caro
lina. waa extracting comfort from a
clay pips mad* by a Watauga ludlao.
There were a drtxm or mote In lb*
party. Jobn Alien opened a reminis
cent campaign by referring tb a hot
confab which had Just occurred on tho
door of the House.
"ft reminded me," said John, "of a
(oeoe Umt happened in oav district In
a little towu down In Oktibbeha ooun
ty. Tbe so o was about on a level with
tb* borlson and the chickens srare
thinking about going to roost, when a
dispute arose between two lauky elt
Irene la front of a country store. Their
language was quaint and Idiomatic but
pilnftuly virile. It woald have at
treated more than tbe usual attention.
In Fanenll Hall, aud It would have
horrified Plymouth ohuroh. The men
were evidently old acquaintance! and
on that account were disposed to be
lenient toward each other. Both were
armed, bat neither drew a wropou.
They bad almost reached the border
lln* of passion, when the heaviest of!
the two sprang Into ble saddle, gave
hi* hors* free rolh, tod rod* away.
As be disappeared at a tarn In th*
road, some one turned to the lone man
sad asked him who his antagonist
was. 'He’s as good friend and as
•qoare a neighbor a* you'll see in a
dog's age,’ was the response 'Tbs
only trouble with him la that when be’*
drank bis mind wont work at all and
wbea bat sobrr he's a ouseed fool.’ 11
John knock'd tbe aahee from lb* al
leged prefect©, and looked unconcern
ed while bln oolleegoee roared with
laogbtee. Before tbe merriment had
oeaxed Mark Smith, of Artxon*(sprang
Into tbe mete*. “It1* a good story,"
uld t>». "and reminds me of some
thing that happened nereral yearn ago
In Arltooa. Two friends of mine ware
tiding near the Mexican border, when
they *«re at.tiled at seeing the body
of a man swinging from tbs limb of a
tree. It waa evident that Judge
I-ynch had been holding curt, sod
that a vtrdlet had been rendered In no
eordance with the erhler.ee la the ease.
Home ©on hod ear'd the sheriff of the
coenty maeh trouble aad s«me ex
peeat. A gro«ip of bnmarda were
perched aa n limb above the victim
sating at a paper pinned npnn hie
bask. As my friends approncl** the
batasrds stretched their wins* rather
reluetaolly, and (Upped away a hun
dred yards nr more. The hover tarn
rods aroaad the body, aad finally da
cipher'd the Inscription im the pnper.
Homobody had writ!an neon It the
words: *T*M was a vary had anas la
SOSOS rssgsete, sad a thnnd'tln* sight
votes la ether*.' The bastard* wars
evidently la a qwandary eves the In
ecrlpttoc, for tbe body was uo
touobed. ”
U »u almost too ihaiUy a story to
b« •musing, but Mars’s way of trlflug
It oaptored the coUrls. It’s oas thing
to Ml a story, and another thing to
write It. The voice and aeoeot of tbe
narrator oaooot be photographed, aor
oao bla faoial express loo be given. All
Uieee add to tbe seat of tbe narration
and aid materially In making tb* de
nouement. Tb« laughter over Marfa
story had barely subsided before Uie
Hon. Ike Hill, of Ohio, buret Into tbe
clonk-room with Important news from
Columbus, where a great seoalurUI
light waa raging. Tlvo news started
John Allen afresh. He said that the
matter would probably he fixed up
according to the logio of a negro dowu
lo Mississippi. Tbe Quanolsl xitualKm
and Ua retsUoo to tbe Afrioen raoe
were uuder dlscuoatoo. tell you
Bphraim, wlutl am do (rouble wld de
trouble wld de nlggah, an' why he
don’t dooe pros pub like de white quo.
You see de olggah be don’t know bow
to transfer Bo how. Now de white
maa he kaew bow to transfer—yee,
luderdy. Now yere am ds milk In de
nut: if I done gib my note to a white
mao to git a hundred dollar* for to
make a crop wld, ha dona transfer It
to the merebaut, an’ de meiebaat be
done transfer it to de bank, an’ dat
bank she dooe transfer It to anuddar
bank,and ebery one o’ desn glia a hun
dred dollars on it but me. I has to
pay a buodred dollar*, ’cause I don’t
done understand dt* yer system o’
transfer. No, sab; de nlrgah ain’t
gwlne to prospab till he dneelestm liow
to transfer.”
Of court* this rtenloltotnot, to 1ST
nolbiog of ill application, gar* rite to
a Daw tliearn of oierrlmaot. It en
couraged (be great Miatiasippiac to a
new (Sort. It oaoi* lo pat ebon acme
one commented on the prolonged at>
aenoe nf a well-known habitue of the
cloak-room.
“Hu used to spend the most of hla
lime I wire at the extra seat Ion," re
marked Mr. Cochran, of Missouri, but
he Meats to have deserted ns for
good.”
"Hla desertion,” bloke lo Allen,
"reminds gwolt story told me l>y the
I lev. Ham Jones some months ago.
Aud by the by, .Ham Jones is one of
the best story tellers I ever met. Tbit
locldent occurred in hit early lire,
while ba was the pastor of a country
church up In the naouutalna of Geor
gia. Hla oougregatUMi kept up a con
tinual assault on the outposts of Ha
ton. They had prayer-meetings and
class meetings coutinuelly, sod wound
uponoea month with a genuine hip.
and-knee baptismal service. One of
the most enthusiastic mem hers of lit#
church was Brother Snodgrass. He
always took the lead at clam meetings,
and was regarded es the ball wether of
the flock. Heddeuty he ceased coming
to class meeting; nor did tie appear at
chnrcli on Hnndaya. Three months
had pasted, aud nothing bad bran asm
of Brother Buodgraae. Cue night at
oltks meeting Brother Dusenberry got
up aud told his experience. It was
well eeatooed with "ament" aod
“I«onl be praised." It was so affect
ing that many of lbs brethren and aB
the sister* were lo lean. When Broth
er Duten berry took bis seat, Mr. Jones
tald, "Brother Dusenberry, Isn’t
.Brother Haodgntaa a neighbor or
yours?"
I "Van, Pasture," Mid Brother Du
unberry, "Brother Snodgrass la my
neighbor. He ia a mighty good neigh
bor, and I reckon a great deal on
him."
"I am very gtud lo hear It,” lbs pat
tor responded. "But Brother Sood
graaa toe mi bo have entirely dropped
his church relations. Can ' you tell
why It is ha no longer attends clam
meetings?"
“Well, Parture." replied Brother
Dusenberry. drawing a -long hrealli,
"yon ads. Brother Hoodgraas has got
to he a leetie quarrelsome when lo
liquor, and be thinks he hed belter
keep out of a crowd."
One of the beat Morin wu told by a
New York Uoograaaman. It waa con
oerulng Got. Tom OohlKrne. For a
yr»r or more the ooloocl lias been an
Invalid. Ha baa pleasant room* at
the 'Viitdsor. In Maw York. Tba New
York Oongreaeman, having some bad
ness with him, found him, propped up
Id bed. A negro servant osbered the
Congrrortaaa Into tlte room. Tlte col
onel was delighted to see him. and a
lively conversation ensued. It was
interrupted by a pronounced snore.
"Here. Jim," lbs colonel shouted
"whet’s the matter with you. Don’t
go to sleep here.”
"No, Malta Ochiltree, no. Indeed,
Jim ain’t gwioe to eleep.”
The Congressman began to state hie
bnatuese, and had used up three min
alee of bn time, wbea we eonoroua
snore wea again in vibration, A wood
aawyar ooald not have made more
boIm.
"Jim, yon black rascal," roared llie
oolooel. "what In the tbooder do you
mean Interrupting oe In this way?
Slop your Infernal sooret"
" ’Deed. Uaaaa OohIHree, aad ’deed
I Isn’t snoring. Jim's wideawake
man. He yeshe what you sey, Colonel,
’deed lie doee."
*• Well. keep awake," tba Cotontl re
sponded, "or leave tha room."
A third time the eon variation pro
needed, end 1 third time tbe mimic of
a nasal bugle waa evident
"Jim. yon Interval black aooandrel,"
the colonel cried, "get ent of tha room
—gat out thla Instant. Tills Is tha
third time you’ve gone to sleep.”
"Taint me at all. maae*. ’deed
taint me." Jim replied. "Don't you
know what It am. Uaaaa Ochiltree?
It am die rare dry Stan* register a.
drawlu’. dak’s wlmt It am 'Tulal no
en-re at all—del It ain’t."
No much fne the ohmk r-»>m of ih*
II.mas The clonk room of tba Nanais
are grander and far more royally far
alehed. They might not inaptly be
•erased parlors oe even bondeifo. La>«*
eeade and mineral waleri frrqaantly
flow bare ad the eapaeea of tbe guverw
ment, and pipes are oakeowa. Mena
tmlal wit Is retailed from cans rook
era, aurronuded by otto cun*, wad tbe
outy atmuaphar* of the House oioak
room te lacking. The SeuU cvpra
eeot* tbe aovoralguly of tbe State*;
tbe Houee tbe aoveralgaly of the peo
ple. One aavora of tbe patilclao; the
other of the plebeian.
LlMiila * r«.
Krone lha Jooraal.
Majg.ec Kno Hoover, wlio edits tbe
Sataulo department of this album ot I
song, lat a log of wood fall on bla arm
Sunday. He hasn’t been able to make
an tbU weak.
ertoe odeera made n raid Teas
day. but the grape Tine telegraph had
convey ad to lbs mooutblnera nawa of
their ouiotng aud they toads “water
haul."
William Huffatetler, eon of Jeff
llaffeleUer, Ui« wall known distiller,
was ibiowu fiom Ida borao white on
bla way from Long Shoal* Saturday
night and waj pretty badly hurt. Hit
cMlnr bone waa broken aad be was
badly bruised op.
Mias Nannie TurbyOll and Mr. Or*
▼al Addettooldt were married at the
residence of tbe bride's parents, Mr.
aoa Mra. Prank TnrbyOII, naar towu,
Sunday, ttev. W. P. Worn bla odkiat
lug. [ Mias TurbyOll U a slater of Mra.
Juo. C. Moore of Gaatoula. Editor
Uauiti 1
Tbe annual meeting of U>e stock
bolder* of tbe Elm Grove Cotton MUla
waa held Wednesday. Wa have beard
nothing bayond the feet that they were
pleased with tbe reports submitted by
the offloara. all ol whom they re-elaoted.
Toe drat quarterly conference of the
Lincoln loo eirmilt waa held la the
Melnndlat church here Monday by
Presiding Bluer Ware, ot Sbalby.
Communion aaryicae werebekl Sunday
night.
The eoterprlalug eltitvoa of Crows*
have just Oalabed having lit* town ear
veyod and alreaU laid off. Tbe prop
erty owners have had tbutr properly
laid off Into lota aud Uteee will be
offered for awla cheap. Crouse 1* beau
tifully located cud i* going to grow.
Wednesday was ground l>og day.
He came out on time, but beard of the
row in Kingdom and scooted back into
bl* bole without making any weather
observation*. Tb* Inference la that
we may look fer aia waeka more of h*U
and bariea—In Kingdom at least.
Mr*. Mary Mower* Hoffman la* Ul«d
a petition for a divorce from her hus
band, C. P. L. Huffman, E«|, Mr. O.
A. Junto* represent* Ula plaintiff and
baa applied to Judge Graeu, who la
holdlug court In Charlotte, for alimo
ny wlnle the suit la pending. The
plaintiff, wo are informed, allege* in
her petition cruel treatment and fail
ure to properly provide.
Satu Hr* w ley, Ore man on the Nar
row Gauge passenger train, was bad
ly hurt at the pump near Gastonia
Tuesday. The engine stopped at the
tank to get water. Draw ley started
to pull down tbs Iron pipe, which
convey* Die water to the tank of Uie
engine, when It broke and fell upon
bla head, knocking him senseless. He
waa badly bruised and ahakan up, but
waa able to come on with ble train,
which waa delayed about an hour by
the aocl deal.
KrXlab Good eon, ootorod, wife nt
Bob Guodson, who Uvea in I roc ton
township, waa arc**ted in Gaston
eonuty and brought to Jail bore Mon
day upon a warrant of insanity. A
oomcaiaaioc ds lunatics Inqu trend o ex
amined tier Tuesday and dsclded that
she waa of uneuuad mind, but not In
sane to a degree Justifying her being
eonfluid in an asylum. Some weak*
ago tha woman attempted to murder
her husband wllb a club, and later
gave him a drubbing with the poker.
The oompany that purchased the
Old Paper Mill alts a few year* ago
and built a Cotton Factory at Long
Shoals have made in my Improvement*
there. It is oo the South Fork of tbs
Catawba Rlvrr, which has been
bridged bringing Qaeton oonnty into
oouyenlent and relations with Lincoln
county, five miles south of Linoointon.
The Oompany last year built a Chapel
and furulsbed it and on lbs first Sun
day In January the first service was
eondticied la it by tbs Linoolutoa pas
tor at the request of the people, and a
Union Sen day School organised and
books and I'teralure furnished by the
Company. Tbe service was Well at
tended and arrangements are matur
ing by which there may ba preaching
In the Chapel every Sunday by neigh
boring minister*. The Chape) also I*
open for a day aohool during tha week.
I.inooirton church be* bad a mission
In Uie Interest of the Paper Mill peo
ple for many rears, and feel* grateful
to the X-oag Shoals Company for pro
viding a Chapel iu which tlio pastor
may do good aervloe for the (JoUnn
MUI people and families ovrr the river
who corns to worship with them nit
Sundays. Tbe owner* of thli plant
are Lutheran* and their building and
furulablng tbit Chapel Is the moat sub
stantial contribution u> Homs Mis
sion* w* bar* bed la Lfnooln County.
rifalTlan lalka Cam Itoaaa.
Wdkatboro CtronMa.
4. P. SooU, Jr., who Ilya* uur
CKotisn, tu la town loot Hatarday
aud want Into lb* ooart hooM to Mb
it* hi* lau> H* la 341 yaara old aad
thla la tbo drat tlata li« waa rrar in iha
ooart boa at. lia la a qnlat honaat.
nard-Working ell loan, who atlandi to
nobody’* ba«lo*<« bat M« owa.
a aw t a In a la Kaaw.
It may ba worth roinatl.liig hi know
that Hi* vrry l»-at innllelno for ro
»tor mg Iha tlnal not in rniu* ayntna
to a Iteallliy rigor I* Klarttrlo lllllru.
Tbtn inrdkjiiia w imrtly ragotaMr, all
by airing lour u> u-ie* rai.tr** In ilw
alntvaeli, faulty altoiiiUle# Iha 1,'Trr
and Kidney*, aad aria tliear organa In
throwing Imnarltlra la lh« Mood.
Klaetrlw BlUrrt laapruyeo tba affwtlU-.
aid* dlgratlou. aad la pro non near) by
ihaar who h»ra triad It aa Uva rary
boat blood pai l liar aad nrry* tool*
Try It. Bold for BOO <w $(.do par bottM
at J. R. Uarry * Oa** Dtwg atom
■ Toaorueiu.
*nmu Sira a mtiwral «r
»IUI« ctwki cm.
0»m nun0*101 to Conte* Untcni.
At your rtquaet I Mad you a abort
■tatmoent of llieoaae of hydrophobia
I bad under ray oaca but >wL On the
*i.h.ulL 1 *•»» ctll0d l« Ml little
child, Willie A. Clark, ho of Mr.
Ooorge UUok, who wa bitten by e
ntbld dog a little hm than three
aeon tbe aco. uur Datoa Rouge, Dr.
& M. D-tVegn being In tbe Immediate
neighborhood at (tie Use aaw the
ebikl aod dntaeed tbe wound. Ha waa
thaooe taken lo Charlotte and received
tbe application of tbe f-unooe mad
■tone, dloee tbet time tbe family re
moved Into the Hew Hope neighbor
hood, where I Brat eew iheeblMon
Jan. Mill, aod learned thotoo tbe 94th
he eompulned of pain ie tbe oral of
the wound, which bad healed up.
Bedneee and ewelllogof tbe parteooo
appeared, with high narvoua exelte
mrat. aed twitching aad Jerking of
the who la muaoular ayattm. Thla Waa i
bla ooodltton wban I Brat aaw blm;!
there waa no fa be it* excitement, pulaa
faabla aod very frequent, talked lo
oreaaetly but qulta rational, except
when parux yarae of nonfolalooe aaraa
on ha would rare and talk laoobet
mitly. When quiet be would freqaeal
ly oell for water, but when brought be
woatd flgtit It off and tereem violent
ly. Wbtti a tAMpoonfal of water,
milk, or anything waa forced Into him
b* would gulp It down with a vmleut
Jarfc nod go into con vulalon. He ebowed
a dlapoellloa to ran away and bite,
made aareral attempt* to bite bla fath
er and mother, aod asld ba wanted to
Wte aomething. Oo oaa ocoaalou be
•prang from bla bad aod ran to the
door, bat wee caught by bia parent*,
who buog around blm from tba Brat lo
tba end without Intanslmton. lie
could take neither food nor drink with •
onl bringing oo ptroxvami of eonvitl
■loo*.
Ae be draw ntar bla eod, be bad a
rattling In lila throat. with a oopioue
Dow nf ▼ lac Id talira from the oornara
«f hla mouth. Hi* breathing became
hurried and lotermittent, and be
Qaelly died wltliont a etraggte, after
Bra dare of luteoaa auSarlug.
A. V. Axdxieon, M. D.
***** *• • ■-*» par MML
WUmlajftoa Ucvivw.
W* cun remember wbso oottoa sold
ut 51.90 per pound, right litre la Wll
mlngtou. This wu Id 1505. directly
after the close of Uib war. It had been
hidden In various places, mom at litem
very eooret and out of the way. The
late Jama* Dawson h«d 05 bales
bricked up la a vault iu a building ou
Bomb Water it rest, building In the
rear of Mhwi Junes 0 Slav so son A
Taylor's wnolssals grocery house and
□ow nwued by Nr. Htsvensou. We
■aw this ciiDm brought to light and
helped to weigh It. Ws were told that
Hr. Dawsoo got 51.95 per pound for
it, but in this we may liave been mis
informed as from a table bsfwa as we
dad the highest pi loo quoted in New
York ws* 5120 and therefore we
adopt Diets figurs*. Hot in ons year,
1504. did It go beyond 11.90. (o that
year It got up a* high a* 51 HO per
pound, against 93 oentaln 1803.
The table we allode to It sent oat by
Price, McCormick A On., of New
York. There ws* a big drop, how
ever, towards tbe latter part of 1555.
when It ranged duwi ea low at 85
oent*. From that tine the deeeeut
was gradual, but ttre. At late as
1881, asv-e yasrs age, It told for 134
oeoi*. In 1800 the saxlmuo was 81
and tbe minimum 71-10 Those Qg
ure* be it understood, were for mid
dling. To-day this (rad* U worth In
New York 5 15-10-_
WUmi IW W—kwkw
IT. Y. Cor. UHarkXte Obimr.
Tbe prosperity o< * bosinses hoate
may be pretty aoewslely gauged by
Uw amount of advettlsing It doe*. It
Is therufure prubeblstbat *x-Po*ima*
tsr General Waoamiksr Is making *
great deal of moo-y here. Whoever
writ** his advertlmosnu, by tbe way,
la* geelut in lliat In*. A visit to tb*
Wenamaker store l> proof of the value
of advertising. Tie plaoe Is pock *4
with people. Whet E. J. Dectilng A
On. bad the store md after Uwm llll
lea, Hughes A On,It was pleasant to
shop there because /ini did iioi have to
>ght your way to Ut counters or wait
ioUrmtoably fur your change. Bui
the business did ntt P*y. People said
II Was because the location was bad.
Out It was merely bseans* there eras a
lack In the gnsotlg and tbe style of
advertising. Tii* 'bargains" were not
pet before the labile in attraotiv*
rnoauh form. Led they been, the
public would be* rushed after them
Just as it dow rishea after Wanama
maker's “bargsli*."
rial WmMM SnaukaMt.
CMmgo Dally Rev*.
Health—I waa reading In tha papar
Utla norulng abort a Taiaa a«n arha
waa ttrnek by Ibbtolag while he waa
■wearing. HeaarttaWe oenurraaoa,
waan’t ft f
Drown—O. ( 'on't know. If light*
ulng waa to atrlki a Ttxaa man whan
be wunh aweerng It would bn manh
Bore remark a Mr
ii_^«*wa^a»
Tk> OwtSaat ■ amagj.
Mr. H. D. Orenre, ruarcliant, of
Chtlhowlr, V*. rerun** u>ai ha had
m»auaption, waa alenu up to dla,
sought all lodleal treatment that
I money ooultl whom re. irM all cough
r>m*dlra tva ould bear «>f, bat got no
relief i a pant leaf alglila alii Ingap a
chair; waa ln«>C«d to try l»r, King’n
Me# Dlaoovvr. umI waa cured by uae
of two la a ilea Kor i**al lliraa jeara
ha« U uu atlodiaa »" trainees, aud
•aya Di. Ilia's Mu* Otaeovary ••
tha graudrut rtaedy am made, u It
haa dune ao «>ub for him hod al»> foe
other* la his caiainnlty. Dr. Xing's
Haw Dlaouvey la guaranteed for
Coughs, OoMa tad Contempt lea. It
dao^foU. Trll boukn frua at J. H
Carry fkl w'a Hu* Store.
Imraafiatiu »—t
pasts^fir- ■~u*
Data which bare bceo gathered
Uroagb long period* of Use la parlous
oounlrim abow that the ratio of bora
U girls ia tha birthrate la lower la
cltlra and large towaa than among the
overworked, amatlly-M aod badly
* haltered peasants of Europe; that It la
Jw* owoag tha well-to-do m the alttaa
tbaa to is amoag tha poor; that It in
oraasM after long wan aad In tlma of
agrlcvUnral desreasioa aad low wages,
and attar long famine, aad that, while
Umi normal birth-rate U about 100 boye
to 100 girts. It may rtae aa much aa one
or two par oeoL under eondltioea of
great hardship.
Yoaag husbands an seldom eblo to
affeat any great Improvement in good
•l**®*. bJlt ■** axperimeat lo haM
r1
jgt it m if bie buses and ooentry
ware la a state af ataga bynietaoUem
enemy, be may do au to the aaeurecoe
w«H war rested by aotanoa that if be
oaay boas lor aboet a dos-a man aooa
aaroog them tbaa bis acigbbon eoold
expect.
The birth.rata u4 each epee lea, Ilka
tu bataoU tana of Ilia. U soaeetblog
vhloh it ahirutarlatle of tba specks,
or natural, and u baa bam And for
the advaatage of tka speak* AU
know that, while am die at eidagee
eod formany cnee* there la a natural
term of life, and that, while a eat le
«** JfJ? ^ • omw' *<*•
not differ much In alia or weight, or la
general activity from a cat, may live
for centuries. do It la with the birth
rate. Bach species bare characteristic
birth-rate, and that birth-rate la that
which on the average la moat adrao
tegeuaa to tba specks. Animals which
lira loog or art UtU* rxpoaad to acel
d*nt, aod thorn able to protact and
care for tbair yean* tiara a low birth
rate, white those which are much ex
auaed to daagsr, or abort-lived or au
it for giving their young parental Cars
uud protection, hare a high birth-rate.
The has, which is short-Uvsd and
• uoh exposed to snamtae, may lay
iWO egga a year, hot the Mother Cteiry
chicken a, eh lob an saM to bo tba
moat numerous of all Mrda, lay but uus
•f> a yaar, bet thaw an laid on tend
ban iu tbs oesan, whan than is little
danger to the eggs or young.
tio it is with the ratio between the
aexes. Wheo a preponderance of one
■ex Is greatly advantageous to lie ape
etes, that tax predomluataa la the
birth-rate. When ooa aex te peculiarly
cxpoaad to danger during Infancy and
yo jtu, this danger Is met and provided
for by nalaie through an exoam la tba
birth-rale nf that sax. Among young
frogs than an about 140 frcaalea and
60 males In tach 300, but whoa frogs
are throe and four yean eld the trXca
an eguaL As female frogs an axpaaed
to danger In the early port of their
Here, »» exosaa of female frogs Is pro
duced. Among mankind Infant mor
teltly la ouch greater among boy*
than among glria, and the birth-rate 1*
adjusted lo tills danger by an exoeaa of
loy birth.
It Is undoubtedly pomlbls for mao
f° by bog generations of select
Ivs bnsdlog the birth-rata of domesti
cated animals or the nulo between tbe
■exes, bet no one who it familiar with
tba eobjeet can hop* for any sadden
rad teal change through the application
of empirical rule*.
riNiaMtii Mm.
Iwfcnllc Kaqulr»r.
Three hou«* wars burned In Bock
HIU IM Monday, during tb* high
wiod which prevailed throughout the
day, sty, the Htrahl oC Wcdncnday.
The fire originated In a defretlv* flu*
In tb« hon»* oeouplad by Mr. W. f.
Uarrleoo, and spread ao rapidly that
only a portion at U>* faraitur*. and
tbat lt» tba room*, ware saved. Prom
Mr. Garrison** the flaaar* aptead to Win
rrwdeece of Mr. Q. W. Picket pad
nooo deetr-<yed It. Most of the hooM
bold good* wrrr saved Next tba
bmia. of Mr*. M. A. Fry, was destroy
ed; but not until altar the furniture
waa removed. Tba house* of Hasan.
J. J. Hall and Wade R. Brawn were
to sertoo* danger at one daw. aod It
looked as IT tba conflagration waa to
be quit* can oral. One of tb* bouaas
waa lusorrd Ter 6460 sad the other two
fur 6000 noh_
A Imw Kwrmyr.
Morsanine NnaU.
Tba Presbyterian oboroh bad a oar*
row escape from destruction by Bra
on Sunday ulgbt, Uta 23d ult, Tba
aeabin af tba ehuroli, aa la outturn ary.
built » Bra In the ' healer to make tba
adlBoa comfortable far area lag larvlca,
amt returned to bla Irome. A llUla
below 7 o'clock, Mr. J. W. IFlIaoo,
Jr., being the Brat to antac tha ohurch,
diaoorerrd tha auditorium Iliad with
•mob* aud ■ email blase oooeumlngtha
floor about one of tba regteteie. lie Im
mediately ran aoroaa to the raddanna of
Mr. Treeuell and caught up two bonk
eta of water which fortunately waw oa
Ua phiaa and hurriedly ratunad
with them and dabbed tba water
oo the bunting Boor. minguteb
lag the blase Just to time to prayaot
Uia daatractloo of tba building. Orar
basted ptpaa waa tha eoaaa of tba Bra.
p^..——_
-woo* oood:
t
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L V. Armj, W%_ M Mara-na MtnM,
It baa loaf baao a moat wag and
ralag qaaauoa n ta what —nlr. If
•ay, tba prudent trim haldm bad la
met of Sirtimpn made bp tha
wlngad fowl* of Ola neighbor aw his
gardea asd (lowar*. Tba dUBoaltp bar
beau aetvod bp a daolaiaa at lha Mwmm
Court, laaa oriole a rsndarud b/jaa
«$• £,?• «•• <* *** «• *«1
UO Iff. O.. 818.
It U tbaio bald that tba kfUiaf of a
toltoap damage fsaaaat li a vialattow
•ftbo gg.<Sft*UjTkuIlagsf
Ip dona, la or natty to animals.
Ttot tha killing la aaadtamly doaa
when Ua purpose is to prevent dam
•M tapacdaad garden.
„ Tto remedy la bp Uapaowdlac Itom
tuijlymp paid or by ao aettoa far
• ‘Their destruction la wot riniawm
to bla right*” '
It would atom to Mow (torn tha
Court’s holding that ohletoaa an pro
to* tad bp tto slat at* agalaat amity
to aaltaala, that to allow aaah fowls
to run at largo la a atoak law tenttatr
would llatU boa violation of tto law.
Tba asms liability to Indlrtmant
oador tba aUtuto attoabn to tto lap
tag of polaoo, tkougfa oa owo'a ova
numtan for aootbar'i “egg-sunk Ing
_ Tto Court dialing oitbn this oaao
from ttot of Parrott n. Ilaartaflrtd.
»,»■ O-uo. “wtotw It woo told low
tol to kill a aheap.”
“This I* tsfiaw of tto fast ttot
•uab animal ooold Dot Iw aaolly oaugbt
aad Isrpoaadsd, nor ooald lia ba aoU
for anything to pay damage* ”
It la bopad ttot tbla wUl baaa “a
word to tba wln,M and that tto own
er* of oh taken* torkaps. green ar
otbn fowls In our burg map taka dua
ootloa thereof and goraro Itiamtoim
accordingly.
SouUMm Industrial Mon.
Alemaneo county ranks Orst in looms
nod third In spmdloa, baring 17 mlUa
nontnlnlng 4.JU looms and 88,064
■plod lot. Qosion ranks test In aMa
dlm andsnoood In Isoms, eontnlng
118.084 spindles and S,4fr laamZ
Mecklenburg ranks n sseood in apt*
dim, barlug 80,694. Butfaerfusd oomm
ntst, bating 80.000 spiadtm and 8,400
Iwms. Wo ooMd so on and giro nil
tbo others, but will stop b*n, Tbo
State contains 810 mills, os Coltowo :
188 ootton mills (spinel ag or mmrlog)
with 94.617 loosusnd Spla
dlm; 90 boolsry mills with 1,490 knlt
***_ OolrtUf mills; ooyltal In
mated 817.969,970. Thera era mrta or
Oimit woolen mills, and than Is ooo
•ilk mill oontaiutng 18.009 spied I as
wbloh an rsry sucotmfuL Korth
Carolina Is to-day tbo loading cotton
Stats in Umi Uuion. la 1870 As bad
in nil 88 mills; tea years later bid 49,
and sis years later had 80 and bao now
188 mills (cotton) sad 98 knitting. Tbo
If net la unable tu dtate jasttbsanm
bsr of splodlm and looms is thn woolsn
mills. At least 48 pmcaoiof tba
cotton mills la tho Stela era rannltw
ainht sad day. In ail thorn mills
shout 44,000 hosm power Is mod.
North Carolina bao water power to tba
omoast of at loam 8,000,000 bora*
power. That, If dafohMI. wnnU
drive not Ism than UO.OOO/SoOstdsdlm.
A %—r PUm.
An uptown innate tan Baud Jobo
**h with n peculiar rrpnnain A
f*» nlghte ago, ai>4 Ifca memory of It
•Utl linger*. A friend of Johneoa*
purckaaed anew plaao end Invited the
PwliiM to oall nad try K. Then
were aeearal other guceU on head, who
waated to hear Jfr. John boo’• latoet
eootpoaltlooa. The piaaiet arrived la
dua lion, hat aoaraaly had ha tooohed
thakeynef the plaao ehea be gave ea
•s«Uaa«tlea of pala aad nrooe from Me
teat with itarOlag elaerlty. He wa*
too frigfctaaed to *Mk aad give aa eg
fisssu.'iBPSusassa;
weat over to the ptaoo to lovnikato.
hot each oo* mat with the aent ra
Pitlnee — the pmftnic, oath ratal v
fag • arm etoeute ahuek. Of team
then waa quite a little eaeltonoat aad
the oenpeay wee onenwtiot dan
foaoded, anUl Mr. King, the owner of
the latoraeeeat, toW them that be had
e Mlf.pUylog allaahneat eoootroetad
oatheioeMeof the plneo which waa
raahy e ttoy dynamo. flatten far
gotten to torn off the e arrant, aad the
wtieo being entangled with the airing*
a enrreat wa* famed, end at Beta aa
any oat loathed the toga the oicenH «a
tenpin*, tone caution aO the treable.
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kraed by paMMbanV^to*lou Mt
DAMf DM I 111— H tmL bODOnUl mmJt *
iXiowMmi, mmUbc the mb of
of frtaa«Ml» between ua aaheertber
awd tha paper am ae bard U break up
t>y aa oaulde Mlrd party
wbleb btad oM friends la
Hotel life. --—■ -
rore la a Mwapaper
tboae who bare r
through be petaaal for
eomeunae tioawa “
on aooMBt at i
dipped Into i
itiititVtm be
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t?C
bui^eid'orw cn®e"eo*f|i!*r ^d yTop
table We. After th la when be goes
aat to the oooatry be wlUtabe abeoia
dOhapihartHab Odd, Cholera aod
Diarrhoea Eewrdl with kkh-Mlh
aoart Valley (lava) Tlaua. Tar Mia
hj J. E. Oarry A do.
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