The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interest* of the County.
Vol. XX. GASTONIA. N. C.. THURSDAY, NOVKMBKli 0, 18111).
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THE NEGRO'S SUPERSTITION.
EVIL SPIRITS, 0HARM8, CREAMS
ARC BIBD8 OF ILL OME5.
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ftof^Oow Ij». H.lhrr la Fatar—
■Malny nf llMa«._Blnl. Tkal nM
Fra real, BBa.nl nr Dwunj.l Walaa’n
Wlucn! Frlro.lt
Hvn York Boo.
Tlic superstitions of tiro togroes of
tin North J,oulst.«oi and Arkansas
bottoms are devl.lble Into four u'.xses:
superstitions alaiut Imtuau ln’lu(«, win,
pnara* supernatural poaer*. supvr.ll
llous about evil spirit*. luiperslltlin a
a pout dreiml and ruperatilions sbnut
birds. Of auiaritl liloo* about human
being* the most •■utab'.a Is llio belbf In
the voodoo, wl.leli is a ebarm cast
upon s personal or uulnial, and lh«
voodoo doctor. wln< IsLbe prison able
to east tbe on arm. Sumo voodoo
ebsrcui are cast l.y Ir.euntatlnns, sumo
by tba «vU eye, some by merely urt-ui
log barm to th# object lulind.d to la
Injured. It la notewoilliy that no
voodoo, or vO'Xl i > dnC'i'. ia credited
with power to d > good. The working
of the ctialci Is always lulm c ,1. The
voodoo man can do lurre 11 <u «uemy,
but uo benefit to hla employer, save
6Uoh Indirect benefit as may accrue
from the eneuay’a burt. la all the
wide ntoge of negro anparaUtloii there
la nothing which will bu productive of
isvvuiwi, oinio, uuiy u it:w lore
obarma and dreamt winch tell Hie
dreamer liow h« may And money.
Otherwiee It Is all gloomy and hurtful.
The favorite voodoo charm, which It
■old by aged witches at print rouging
from 90 oeota to $S. according In Hie
wealth of tbe purchaser. Is com i-Bod of
a red flannel) beg, tome two Inches
long and an loch wide, wiiioii la sewed
tightly all aroaud after having been
Ailed with flab bonus, scraping* from
the nails of a dead person, a dead
baby’s Italr and nun or two valueless
dried berba. Thla Is worn around the
neck by a string and la supposed to
confer upon the woarer p-iwer to barm
soma one with a thought, aa well as
protection from spirits Contrary to
accepted belief, the Louisiana negro
his no faith In the effanuoy of a inbtMl’a
foot, nor, to far as is aaotruiuanlo,
hat aoy Other Siutl.rrn llfgtu. That ra
ysctillaiiy a white ntan't aupeutlilon.
All the oae a negro baa (or a rabbit la
toratch It, In a graveyard or out of it,
and eat It fried In Ilnur batter with hut
coru pone oil the side.
Many evil spirits cornu to (rouble the
darky. Berne on lbs wind* of the
night, they am soen flickering In the
black shadows "f the trees In the
moonlight, they turn up kwrlng,
mocking, drowned faces from list
eddies and whirls of tbe crest river*,
they abide about lonely plantation
cemeteries sod lurk In tbe dmn of
woods so massive and thick that among
them Is twilight all or the day. The
negro la ao Imaginative creature. in
slave times the only leisure which Hie
bad vie!ting name after auosut. ile
made king, secret journeys from plant
ation to planUetlon, with Ills heart In
his month from dread of spooka and
llie petrol, and it la easy to see whence
moat of his fancies are derived, it la
not easy, however, to troou tbe uni
versal belief that a blto from n “blue
gum nigger” Is death. Oacaalnnelly
an Aarloan of pure blood bss gums of
a pale blcish cast. As, tike other
negroes, he la grinning almost con
stantly, hts guma are liberally displayed
and they are col pretty. Possibly a
longtime ago s blue-gummed negro
bit somebody In a light and bis oppo
nent died. Anyhow, belief In the
fatality of the blue-gummed bite ex
lends from tha onset of Texas to the
eastern shore of Maryland, and (.here is
little Ilxallhood that it will ever die
out. Indeed, one of ttiees rare negroes
Is uncanny enough In appearance to
jangle a Caucasian’* nerve* oat of
trno.
The blaok nan has had a hard time
of it in Afnlea for acme thousand) of
years, and not any to fury a lime
vinos coming io I hie county. Handi
capped by lack of edocatlou and pos
aaiatng and unsurpassed capaolty to
“ass tbluga,” It la Dot to be wondered
at that bla euperstltluaa are mauy and
that nearly ail of tbem bare a gloomy
cast. One of tbe few exceptions to
tht* general rule la to be fuoud in the
affection, almost reverence, with wblcb
eatrablemlc petson la regarded. Tbe
negro does not abate the white preju
dice agalnat croaaeyea. He bllerea
that a oian or woman ao affitoted la apt
to be a special favor tbe dark powers,
to be protected agalnat many Ula,
notably against eoake-blte, and even to
have In some carta the power of infact
log others wltb good luck. A negro
girl whose eyre look In opposite direc
tions has oo trouble In getting married,
whether she bo of good figure end
Otherwise pleasant features nr not. If
any of her children also Imre creased
eyas ebe becomes otlebrated and It
looksd upon as “aho1 ’nuff tui jer.”
Dream super ttlllon* of Lhe black
race do net differ meterfelty from
tboee of lire .whiles. Almost all
Southern era. no mailer wlial I heir
social standing or education may be,
are atrocgly superstitious. In no other
part In tba wnrld will one see en many
men and wo men refusing tn walk uu
derfladdera. and careful to touoh each
ohar that la parted In gnlug from a
room, and anxious to are tba new
moos ever tbe left she alder, ar il fxar
ful about the direction tu whlob tbe
■alt la Spilled and ao forth. Recti of
three beliefs, or dreads, they trans
ferred to their tlares, and la addition
the negro he* devltei) several of hla
own, to whloh lie cllogi with unshak
able tenacity. To dream uf a bowl ef
elabber witb a fly In Its oeatra menus
that before the year U out lie Is going
to be badly nut with netne sharp
luStrkBcnt. To dream of a mud tur
tle la elenr water means that enme ef
Dm pianist lei i stock, hie own nr hta
employer's, will perlah id lbs swamp
bog. To dream that tbe fodder is
burning means that there will tm a
death lo tbe family. To dream of a
marriage also msune death, aa dose a
dieu.o nl death ilaelf, or a d rum of *
iiaav* fell, or a dieaiu of dancing long
To<‘ B-ld baud ultra a lead-Colored
»l.-w of llie thing* lie Uiika of lu hla
sl*«p. If lie drruinf / f a rat knawlng
Ilia clolhta, however, It la an iuriica
lion tlmI Ik la going to find a pot of
gold, and uHiiy * negro. huViug «o
dreamed, bat walctnil live point of bit
plough with u great care all of tbe
scaaoii iu expectation of taring tin? poi
l arm'd up.
The Atrloan kapaiitllloiis of Ulrdt
are luumarahle. Pretty pearly orory
fealberrri thlu* with tvhtcli lie la ad
•(oalolcd hat some tort of ucoulf tig
olllcaoce. Soiueol tlim* bellels h«* Inn*
received from Uie whllea, but moat of
thrill have been evolved In'iu Uie inner
coniolooaueaa of hit ancestors, end
they display for Uie (Duel part tho
characteristic orgioid riot of imagtna
Uon. Tbe jayblid In regarded with
comically grave dieli ual. It la Uie
counselor, guide and friend of **Oi*
alareo Sat’n" himself. The am.mot of
confidence estaullabnl vein ago be
tween the devil end Hit jaybird la to
the Air loan mind euurinnua Pmait
tlo.i unclre and auntie* balls ve tli*t
whenever Beixehub can tp>ra tbe time
from living operations Ik visit* the
earth, aud le and lb* and the jaybird
bold acooferoncaof the power*. dev tar
way* wberoiu ami whereby to ciianaru
Uio weak and fcoiile-o).tided. Before
this oomblnatlon tbe Voodoo rtierru
• Inks Inin loalgniOcauoe la It* ability
to work eviL T.iare Is no dnfeaM
hi'»k uir raaaiin in prayer.
Tli m la liialily estresird, as tbo more
arduous the •■milm" tlie Iris work
will b* d'inr In ilia Held the next day.
Tliu Jaybird la sate (r m negro muct,
■nude axle through Ur unto'a fear.
A more Impudent and uullje thief Ilian
tliu bird dues liut exmt. but it may ha
guilty uf *ny impertinence or acoun
dnliacn about African premium and
not a alone will be heaved at it. The
Immeasurable • ■cranes of the bird.
Ilia manner In which It will pilfer with
in a y«id of the house-wife's hand. It’s
•apparent utter frsrlstsueMof the uegru
human, and iho horribly harsh and
anyerlug ery with which it greets any
attempt at ream an or. or signal litre a
mote than usually successful raid,
have Iuid much lodo with Iuvcsllug ll
with diabolical attributes. It la a
very besuliful bird, tut Its beauty is
uniy feather deep. The negro of the
Quid and quarters looks upon It with
pious 1 Mirror and always hums toms
tort of hymn when it la around. On
one Friday In avsry aevuiitti month lbs
jaybird visile hell, canying In its beak
seven graios of sand, sod Uinse seven
grains dropped lotu the n trues makes it
seven 'lures bolter. As this bat h-en
going on since Adam’s unwarranted
luuoheoti. tlie liolosss of the bad
negro's Is long past computition.
There is oommou to all Southern
bayous and creeks s small blue herou,
known as the sky-poke. It Is ungainly,
tlmiil and narmltwa. It his an infre
quent cry that has souiethiug of the
laaunance of the hillerc, though on a
much weaker scale. Tbia Urd, which
Inhabits the depths of swamps and fliss
above morasses, tbs negroes have in
vest'd also with familiarity with the
Kvll One To some of them it is
known as ths Devil’s doctor, and it la
supposed to bare a Satanic knowledge
of the virtues of herbs. It uover t»u
herbs, living eotlrely on minnows and
small frog*, yet It is supposed to take
them wheu sick, and lie gtxxird anti
liver wbeo dried sod powdered are
taken as specific for many complaints.
Shy-poke feathers are common orna
ments in negro cabins, being held to
bring good luck, and if the housewife
can get a duster made its wings she is
happy.
Aoolhei darn it Wrd ta tbe ytdlow
hiiDQtr. the large, beautifully colored
wood-pecker of browu. red end gold
tluet 1* common In ell Southern forest*
Tbe yellow-hammer I* uot a familiar
like Uui jaybird, nod due* not ylalt the
lofrmal region* at regular or Irregular
Ibtmala, but it I* believed to be es
pecially under the protectlou of Natan
•»d*uy man who elayi It Is marked
out for especial machinations on the
part of tbe Prince of Darkness. He
will he made III, or he may die. in
aoy case be will be tempted that be
will be certain to tall and then punish
ment will follow. Tbe yallnw-hemmor
bolide In tbe hollows of tree* and Its
eggs are richly marked, but little negro
boys, who are habitual robber* of
neat*, will not dleturb Its how*. They
are taught from their cradle that there
I* no surer way lo evil fortune.
The 111 repute of lb* screech owl la
due probably to Its eene call* Negroes
regard 111 crying about a home at
night as a prceuieur of death, sod
when the Aral note aoneda through the
cbloka lo tbo cabin’* side they ahlrer
and draw oln**r to the Are, and duck
thetr btruU bet waao their aitonldera u
If tome one had struck at them. Tlia
abrtek of this goggle-eyed liny prowler
i la,wore* tbaa the yelp of the coyote fur
Inspiring fear, and It I* supposed to
oreaege particularly tbe death of a
child. It there I* on oh I Id, which la
rare In a negro family, uoy grown per
eon will do. The screech uwl I* so
seldom eeeo In lb* day time and I* so
plentiful In IteylaiU at night that It I*
raeponalblo fur uaualng more terror
a Boon* tbe negroes then anythin* else
thet Ale* A family eettlog oat to at
tend a dance on a neighboring plant*
tloo will go book Into tbo hut and to
watu behind a locked door onlll day
light If It It la greeted by a aem-eh
owl * osoanny Uootjuet when starling.
As the sanitary condition* are (red. as
they or* much exposed and as thalr
food la poor, theta are many death*
and among the Southern negroes tlier*
■ re Sian many owls. It I* not •Ingular
that coincidence* occur and each of
them tend* only lo strengthen the be
lief that whan the eerreeber or lea the
rustle of Asrael1* wing* may be
beard.
TIm yarlnua fnrm i ol crow peculiar
to the doulll are Mid* of 111 omo.
This Inelodea all l be family of r***n«
eud blackbird*, nreept lit* *earl»t
•I bo Wrd blackbird, which comae In tlx
winter time and It good to eat. I’.toai
blf Its brilliant rod adurnmanlo an It
from tbe condemnation. Thu purphi
freckle, which la a frequenter of bam
yard* and fond of tb* company of enw*
and boner, I* looked upon wltb ipeelsl
aversion and a urgro will svelte an
Iwur, which should In devoted to
work, endeavoring to fntce »n* »f (Ikno
bird* to lesve premise* and slay »«4V
Magpies, starlings and black inartto*
are all objeol* of aversion. ft would
eoero that the oemo hatred of them I*
due primarily to Uictr funereal color.
The darky love* bright tilings ami Ue Is
apt to regard a* evil anything which
partake* o» the traditional Uu* of l bo
davit Ao exception must be tnado of
the magpie, whlcb I* disliked and be
lieved lo be so ill lack bird *« much
because It la ao lrreformsble thief a*
because of 1 a Inky eloak. All uf his
crowd of firers partake of the nature
of the Evil One and ara nlaaeei vs
among hi* subject*. Oath* oootiary.
red bird*, cardinals, blue bird*, lain
gera, many of them grren vitros, and
even th* awkwark pink flamingo are
viewed wltb pleasure sod tbelr pres
ence Is welootsed aboat s osbio clear
in*.
The uegro if musical, U food of
music sod is a grest hand for domeetlo
pels of all kinds, particularly featbeied
Minds. No matter how poor a family
■ nsy be It is certain to have oblokena
tod ducks about. This It s racial pro
pensity. and tin marshes aloes the
Orinoco River to Eastern aod Btnth
America are now populous with wild
Muscovy ducks, descendants of tame
fowls brougnt over lu tbe bolds of Slavs
ships along with their uobappy owneta
two hundred years ago. Yet one rosy
traverse any of the Southern Stales
from end to end and ha will never see a
caged mocking bird lu a negro cabin.
This is not because the African doos not
so)oy the bird's marvellous voloe and
revertoiy. lie does sod will quit work
any time. If tlwr« is no oue watching, I
to listen to the singing. Rut the ns
genes do not cage tbe mocker and keep
it In their homes because they credit it
with htvlug supernatural wisdom
It It their belief that the little bundle
of gray ||«S an extensive vocabulary of
lisowu, which la true enough, that it
understands lha v.wec'i of humaulty,
that it never forgo',* anything and llmt
it ibo Oral opp.'.-iuully't retails family
secrets fur tits bsar'Qi of uuy of its
kindred which cosv ue in trees within
souud of its voice. Tln-sn to turn lly
away to retail th« news all over tu*
country In eomc mysterious way,
which the darkey d<»‘s not attempt to
rxpUln, tbe Information gets lo the
whits folks. 1'etty thefts of such
things as chickens, watermelons, gar
den vegetables and so forth are very
I common among tbe duutUern blacks.
In many oases they are forced into the
trifling dishonesty by lack of an ads
•lust* food euupiv. One of them wbo
kei t a mocking bird would be regarded
at doomed. He would aa srrJl go to
tlie nearest country store and proclaim
his guilt. Despite this distrust, or
dread of the mocker, negroes never slay
It when it la in llieir freedom, but
their klr.dne>* to It Is due to a desire
to curry favor Willi Itktul not to Hppre
eialiou of its branty >>f body aod voice,
fn feel t ho negro, while food of Its
iiogiug. looks upon it as an nUlclons
bearer of evil tidings and a common
name for It Is "tattle bulid” or meddle
bolid.” Thin belief Is analogous to the
while expioasloo, "A little bird t -Id
me," often glveu In rcspor.ee to quo*
lions.
the dually dwellers on the planta
tion nr* dowu od tbe cuckoo. The
women era esprcially inimical to it be
c mte they thick lu pr»arnca prjducrs
twrranneM. They do not know it ai
tba cuckoo, but cull It the rain crow
Doth men and women will break up a
cuckoo oeat wherever they Ond It. A
negro woman who bate* another negro
woman will use np tome time and pa
tit nee endeavoring to tala a hard
boiled cuckoo rgg wllb her enemy’*
food. If the cannot do that abe will
eodravor to lift tom* of tbe powdered
egg ahel) on her hair. Many bitter
fend* have been caused by this. A
ohildlsee negro woman I* a rarity; tbe
race being especi -lly fecund, but now
and then one li found, and (lie wilt al
ways declare that somn unknown rival
or fueworoan baa doaed bar with “rain
crow alga.” Tba superstition may
bays It* baa* in tbe cuckoo’s refusal to
build a neat of Ita nwu, and Its aocoeaa
In dispossessing other birds of the
borne* liter have constructed. The
cuckoo will also devour Ip winUmneas,
all egga It snay And In a captured nest,
and If Ha Incursion bo made a little
late In the season It 1s apt to produce
iMiirnnea* (n itiat psrttcular bird
family.
A superstition la harder to kill than
an established dally paper, and ones the
properly of a race It will outlast the
race. Lon# ago the negroes became
Imboed with dlsllk* to a crowing bon,
The old Anglo-Saxon distich about a
whistling worn in and a crowing hen
nevsc coming to a good nod Is current
ataoog them, but tbelr hatred of tba
unsexed fowl goes further beck. They
attach bad lurk to It. Pip* ooo« from
liapreseuoe In tba barnyard, pips and
crops and cholara. and ail of tba other
ITU to which chicken flesh U heir. The
crowing bea t* sometime* held respon
sible for sickness uraong the cattle or
for s draiib In tba family. Consequent
ly lira ban which manifests any daalra
to uturp'lba roooter’a prerogative Is a
Iran that gone to pot p'ornprly. She U
a-rtan with toe* >. ao bad lock attach
ing to her Q**h, but her feathers are
scattered aa far array as oaa of tba
pick an In lea can be loduoed to carry
them and lire viscera ere btiriad, or
burned, If the I urn ha* Utd any eggs
wlthm a masoosbln time they, too, ace
eaten, or If Urey are Son old for food
they are destroyed. hf»ver, ooder nay
olrcntnsltrie**, are they placed under
another hen to be batched oat. Whet
are known aa ‘-roister eggs,” eggs
with duubhr yolk*, or no yolk at all,
are supposed to lai products of a win
lug Tran. Whan one of them la fona I
la tba neats a careful watoh of Ut*> en
tire chicken Iriba la Inatltoted In tbe
t*opa of dlsoovaelag tha ucmntrooly
culprit, and tba flrtt clash which ewo
partially struuUlea a nrow Is *q a l value',
to * death warrant,
Xvgriwt tn Southwestern Arkansas
wilt tart keep pigeon* foe fast of bid
luck to tbe bonee, but tMsMparslIUon
doe* ant appear tnhevaevteodad sernaa
ib« Lcuiwna Hue. Taw ntgrcua In
nny section keep pigeons, but mainly
because they nn» ion laxy to build coop*,
not from tear or lb* evil uroen. it I*
dimoult to oiiderstattd tba ustveis I
darky dislike and fear el tbe wild
gooes, oor baa any sensible egplanat'ir
Of It brso odswd. It exists, howryer
In many (Mils of the Sontb. Tbe fowl
U a tad luak fowl to thousand* of
Africans, but their iloaleatatioo <>l it
does not extend to its tneut. 'flu1;
will eat It If they can Rat It. sod if the
R«e*o ere flying ilia negro able to pro
cure »«ntuuolUmi will put to lots of
UCM trying to kill them. The body,
however, Is pluoked, baked and do
soured aa soon as It reaches tbu cabin.
It is not ktpt Imaging In order to l«j
ctime Under for fear of Uia voodoo.
The feathers are Imriird, though the
superstllioa coats maoy a good black
house dame a rang, there being no lat
ter fan or small broom, or duster, than
Dio wild goora’e wing Ihuhape tbe
common avurslou to tbe Uni in a at ate
of life way be trued to its hooking
during lt( night pats urea. Pill log Ir
regularly through tba dark from tbe
imomamirablo eb.m vault of tieavvo.
tbe souqh Is earls enough, partl-ularly
towards the IllUe hours of the morn
ing. wbrn tba predatory Ham bo la foot
ing a hasty way homeward wilt ao
uoaasy oooaclenee. Tbe wild guest
lioulix are *aid to be Hut basis for Uia
Yorkshire legend of the Gabriel bounds
the ghostly pock wblob sweeps through
tbe air In lull ory, bringing death to
the Inmate* of tba house over wblob It
passes, and a Southern darky baa mors
Imagination than ao Englishman nine
teen times oat of twenty.
Mm li»?« mp writs**.
Tbe unfamiliar rustle of silken skirt*
startled Hie woman editor, and she
looked up, to see a tlrl erasing between
tbe littered desks or tbs oily room to*
ward brr.
•‘Good morn In r I" liar roles rose
like a bell above i be click vt tlie type i
writers. Tbe oily editor start*) to
•cowl, tmt thought better of It. The
Orel copy render forgot tbe word he
nestled for the top Hoe of a scare bead
and b-gau anew. Ths woman edit"
nchncwlsdgnl brr arlutetloo and
motioned her to a chair.
“I oaioe,” abe said, with it smile of
most eufrging eoeSdence. "to aak yon
a iiuestloo. Yon won't mlod, wMI
yon T You nre an re ? Ana you will
answer ?”
“I will If I can.'1
"Oh, yi ucae. Yuusee, I am going
In enter Die nrwsptpar precision, and
I waiil ynu to tell me Imv to begin.”
“AngcU and ministers of gnu* ds
hold u» I” the newspaper wonmi ex
claimed.
“Uub ?>’
“1 didn't i|ie«k—ibal li ( didn't—
•as anything. 1 couldn't you know
What makes you think you want U> bv
a ne«v«pa;ier worker,?''
i*Olt, It’s 5> liivrly !“
“Um-nt I It U y WUal do you
want to do. tiptoe or loeol work y
“Unit ? Oh, 1 dno't know. Any.
thing. IM Just nt soon irtl'p Hie
drannttlc notions, so I could go to I lie
II up. ties all the time.”
“That's utodest to begiu with. Ft tve
you ever written anything fur publics
tiou ?”
“No; but I could. ( can write lovely
letters. Jack says— ” Str paused to
sweet confusion.
‘T’fl tell you,', she said, with it sld
glanoe at the unsuipeeting young chief
of the local Bluff; “you write a nice
letter to the city editor. Ifn is ton
busy to Me you now, for (lie Unit <dl
tlou is just going to press; but you
write a nice letter—the kind Jack likes
—and maybe be will find a place for
jrou.”
“Thauk you so much It’s so sweat
of you. tvblcb is tbe editor? That
one? Ob Isn't be bsodtnms! Good by "
She fluttered oak. The typiwriteri
stopped their wild clatter fur a mom
ent and the 5rA copy reader begun
counting letters over itgaln for a six
heed.
It was six months before she came
into the nfflee again Rut then U was
wltb an air of proprietorship beautiful
lo behold.
i wroie iih run a* yea raid, ”
•ha explained U> Ui» wouinu edltur,
“«od Harry came right op to aaa me.
H« raid U was customary f ir editor*
to teach young reporter* all alioot
newspaper bull use* before they coma
oomeUoaa teUienfll*, An) *!■•* (
learned all -bout it, ha -I— well, (
*m not going to bother with writing,
after allln
“Uffl m, I ace! And Jack?”
•'Jack!” Har roloe ran up and down
i ha aoale to tha noia of ointernot and
down agate to the oareedng tone of
happuiara; "Why' I’m going to marry
a oUy rdltorl”
< ham^fUln* reta Balsa Oaves Mb.
«r«, Wky Tour
Mr wife 11*1 bean oilng Chamber
lalp'a Pata Dalai, With good results,
for a tamo abouldar that haa pained har
continually fur nlao years. Wa hare
triad all kind* of msdloinw and dootora
without reorlslag any benefit from aay
of them. Oar dav we aow aa advertise
moot nf thla medicine and tboeght of
trying It, which wa did with tha bast
of satisfaction. Aba haa oacd only one
bouts end Imr abealdar la almost well,
—Aoor.pn I,. HUtlT, Manchester,
S. II. Par tale by J. 8. Curry A On.
Tha middle olaaaaa ara tha gran teat
rradera of adrertlalag. They read ad
WrllMaiteta as a matter of domestic
aoonmy, ».-> aa to make a dollar go t0
iits utmost limit.
It will not ha a torpriae to any who
are at all famllar with the good q*nl|.
lira of fliambartale*! Cough Krmady.
•o know dial propla avarywltare taka
pleasure hi relating thoir sxp*rl*oe« In
the iiao of tliat aptoodtd medloloo aad
In tailing of the baocOt they hare m
eatrad from It. of bad onlda It has
cured, of thraelroad attack* of pnoe
tonal* It hu averted aad of Urn nhll.
dram It haa saved from at tack a of ar.oiy
■ and whouolcg aougb. It li a grand.
good roadMH04. Per takr by 4. R
[ (lurry A Company.
IXM4M.V OR TIiaV.UL VAR.
»«••(« IWIarn lha RNIM
An> Altar IU* liml Ml aaul IN*.
■of Klara af lha Ream AIMtmm
K-waMIe Balkar Tkaa Altar lha
u Utah Uwrrnrat- 1'kanwiwhlh
iMIanrai af lha kaaaat Iff -n~r n On
Uka VnaB raallaM efJetw Ball.
Xm XnrkJiwrMl
Tim situation (u SouUi Africa U an
ironical commentary on the pesos non
frenea vt th* Uague aud lha proposal
of lUo c nr lor Miv UlsanBaamni af ua>
lion, IMurc Urn wax <m ib« seel of
llm crrrtnnUla of bar delegates was
void, Midland was deliberate!y aud
wauiouly forcing • quarivl upon Pioal
dact Kruger on trumped-up end Iwaa
laaa pretense fur the purpweuf destroy
iDff ir»a Indepau lence of the Transvaal
republic. Having suonasdsd Ic forming
•n ulllio Inm, tbs !• uow aisambtlng 1
an army gneater Ilian His sullra native
Boar population, larger lb as tu« eg
* regale of tbe fur ora under Wellington
At Waterloo aud Baglan In Lha Crlinaa.
for tbe purpoee of oblitenUtug e litte
ooQimouwcAlIb wbuee errs le Iras thee
Lb at uf Montana and wooes eltlaenablp
1* «xore.w*i by Boons of dUct In Urn
♦tabi of New Jfotlr.
■ laving l>*Sii tuubbcd and kicked
and cuffed by >U U« gnat powers of
Euiope, subjected to ludlgotUs* to
wmcn tbe haa submitted without pro
test. England now make* an eoocmcus
military detitunalfallam against an In
sigmkou-.l ootnuiually w a dlaorrdllad
•lugger avenges himself for the lusnlts
of Ins equals by ludUoricnloata assault
upon ei ipplea and wuimo and Child ran;
and tbi« War of conquest the moat
bruml sod Indsfanilcia of all her
crluica against human rigid*—la waged
In Wic n imeol civilisation I It should
nut be foigoUmlballtM Door republic,
lisa beet rvlabliWijd, lodepsudetil a iv
srelgu republic. It b*d the same right
to exist Uial tie many or France «-t th*
United Stale*. Uy tbe ooavnntiou at
FrelorU In 1661 England couovddlia
autonomy aud again by the lam Junto i
Nnilai of 1661 it was formally and oe
kniUly sgicsd that the Tran>Vasl repub
iio slmnld be supremo lu Its in tarsal ad
miulstratkm that It should make no
treaty with P-iWen ufbtr than the
Fret. Si am wltluia'. Hie COD tent a-id ap
proval -il Ur-ut Drltaui.
rilB tltO UTS OP TUB DOKlia
Tt.ttiH is no preUuae that Ideas* tp
ulallout ha*« been violated In the
P'.nwnt voutC'itiou. The forelgu relt
lion* of ll» liners are not In question.
Nothing is luvulved ssoept tbe condi
tion upon which ne'.uraliallou, the
franchise and repreaauUtlon are gran
ted to IminigTauts aud foreigners.
These are mallets of Internal policy
snd administration, to he determined
by Hot Tran.vaal government tt a sere
at. These regulation! may be sat 1*fac
tory to EngUud or olherwlie, bat by
in'.crnaUoml Juw tlm has no unite
tight to intddle than »h- lia* to inlsr
lure- wait safTr-tge In the Uutlad Dal*
•>r with tlm fuviiiod* of Uxtlimj In
Itumla. The trial in that lbs U.a-r t are
an (ilnueta In Ilia onward march of
clviliz ilimil. Is a prau-xl equally impu
dent and lilntplisnioaa. Tbsy .are
whal they have bean for a oentury.
They are celtber lactlvr nor worse than
wheu Lord Derby He-usd with Ibeta
Qfiiwii yeare ago at London. Tory
ara a raoe nf faltly educated. ludustrl
out sober farmers. Tbsy are psaoetblc
much given to bo-pitslUy sod deeply
religious; tbsy lore liberty aod urn de
voted to tbe price1 pie of evil-govern
ment.
OOUl ABB D1AMOXD* vauSUft MAB
MBUf.
Originally aril led In Cepe Colony,
they tlad from tlie tyranny of tha Brit
ton lo Natal sixty years ago. I'urtued
r<y Utelr hereditary eoetnlea In tbelr
near abode Uiay ugaln emigrated, and
Ml uo llndr lioioe* and altara. lilts tha
Puritans of Mew England and tba
ptoureri of the wear, In tbe wilderumw.
aorrounded by eavsga lots, nod Liters
they remaloed with aucb degree of
elvilixalloa as oonLanlad them and 4lu
lu i bed no onn «im till tba discovery of
the diamond field* In Ki totally nut tbe
told raafa of tba Wttwairrereud.
<doits likely tber were not a* polished
Is tbslr man a era or a* re Bold in their
ways of Ilfs a* the Biigltab gsntlsiaea
who figured In (he Olsvalnrul amt
■caudal,pouibly Utsy were unt mote
hotiset then lbs gales* pig* of British
nobtliiy who sold their names to pro
ototora of swlndhug ooruoraliuot: or
ihs eomradm ef tba Prlooe of Wales
who c baa ted at cards; bat l hay ware
hardy self-reliant a ad pros* to Ilia ea
Joymeula of domratlo life.
It rosy be that Uia government of
Paul Kroger It narrow, prospective
sad lotoleruUf; bat If the Boars are
i*thBed It la no aoacuru ef England.
There era other governments which
ant mil Ideal, and none are perfeot
Tbs portraits af Oom Paol »b <w that
l«a baa no more beauty than without a
cm id la would go dark to bed. Tbs Cut
of bla wblakora h oat up to data; tits
chitbes do not fit, hie countenance be
tray* tgnsraosa. craft and obstinacy;
Dot I* is tbs legitimate rtiler of a aev
arign etala a* mash aa William Mo
Klnlay nr Kalaar Wilhelm It to said
that Mra. Kruger oooka for tba family
aMkaa bar bed aad mils on gaesu at
table. But none of UieSu character to
Ues and oowdltkma menaced Anglo
U«xm clvitlaatton or Uirastaned WaM|.
tty of tha British vmplr* until 1883.
when gold was dtoeovered at Johaaoss
burg
Tha almpls troth Is that tbs real
grisrsoos of Bag1*** agaluat tbe Boon
to not that they arc illiterate, etolM
*nd uuprogress!vo, but that the Tmns
vaal rmtatna the itshsat gold mines la
tha world, and English minere, capital
lata and au-oolaror* waot to Siotnil
thewi tVhsnsvM a weak nr fsaMe
power ksv aaythleg that £»gUa1
fool* and rvfuae* ta sorreader, that to
uf Itself saaua balll, aad Urn plaudit
Kibbary aad sKortatkm that t»Mow are
always la rha latsrwat of atvllianisa.
Is this e»m*earwUd name abs built ap
t N Indian empire uy a wrias of loose
uaTvaMs barbarities whose horrors aa
narrated I* Ilia apmahve af Burka and
DaMiag* will forever ahoak the eon
aoleaea of maablud. Upon Um a«ae
iMdaoM forced ibo haul eptaa {
triBJc on Cbfaa. and l« oow engaged to
dlimemherlag th-«t onoHU dooxtn to
advene# drills tl Ion and at tlm aamo
time arcure onntrol of tbo Mara Canal
aud protect inieot toad holdira. Ska
bombarded Ai-vandrla aod tamed It
te Uie night. Eoglaod la the tatty and
raSaa aud coward among aattaaa. She
uevar figbie tier equate at an rqael
Urai.
tote never tenders m ultimatum to
tha at root. With tbom atm aepeUatee
aad compromises aad diekera e»d
field a
8be clalme to have bem tboceeqaer
or of Uapoleue.bat tom amr daeed to
■oral him (ingle-handed no any field,
aad bad It eat lew tor bar Pcjerisa
attire woald ban bem defeated at
r Waterloo.
*• fought Bmala la tat Orlmoa
wllh tlm lielp of ike Krecob; bat glee
her n ortmde or a baby ae ao aatmroa
let and ana is dauntless and undeniable,
dhs bellied and iMailed aud Jusal
nee red ever this ooniry till we tbraehrd
bar la two wan u land aad aoa.
Darlag tbe rebetllun a be omitted ao
efrort to destroy tbe Unton. She
threa'ened the uortb with war aud
treated the r>aUt with prnoaUsa of
iwogoiUoa. She igatpprd teat of
ptretea that swept the earn of uwr oom
■aeroM. from the effect of wbnee
depredation we bare not yat rreavertd.
eod then pild fifteen millions ret bar
J^» tabt. ctmrtaad itoppad her la
tbe face la hta Vaaeswela ~~fngn aad
alia eeoepted ibe InaolC aad eal<mlUad
to artMlmtlun.
TU» EMULT DITOND DOvOT.
It voallwrau ir Ui« greatest king
it i|n In vim w.irl.t c.uld afford ta to
•aagiitiilmnuk on IU difference with
»> *iohII an adversary aa ito Dior
ropaMia and A>«d nemo amlunde »dct
tou by Mgntiaileo. n it baa no often
done with Ito (real powart; tot tto
intarnat of elviligtu *n demand* that
tlm Transvaal shall to ubMb-nsUil In
•wd-r that BrtiMi o uiirot iff the Band
•••y to ►npre.se. Th-» result eta
li*/dly I* doubted. Tto ndds IN too
great. Tto B or* mutt ff>; but them
U no l.iteUlgeasa so donan and »o*qas
as nnt to know tto causa of tbrk
npprvsatuo. Mad on out science *u
>s«llon* aod onld as not lo fuel that
Umy nr* victims ot greed and lojus
U«n such aa will, oi tbs judgment day
nt rations dost ind VcngMuce and re
irlUutt Hi. lunx J Imoilu.
isainHscsa
Tki-.lijrafflsM-is in* Mean a* mm
Tearns nail.
MWl WooVly.
K«» a few wonts about ito Ciuaa uf
all ito troahl-—ibe rail eiiis-—J-ihui
nssbur*. tto i 'tty ,4 U»:d. tto Iras* uf
0»>re lUlTenlll.r*-H'l iHKIUdS III Ml al
ta<iat any otlt-r rnlui-.g cuy *a the
Woild. J.diutinimlHirg nt nets im Uia
al<e uf a farm usee nw. -el by one
li-nil-nh'iiit IIm lived in |mn uu
tll 1880. »h-u |ienai>oe<»r« traced IUe
uuW veins at Kli-raed >rt> Lo tiU firm
Then U>* aovrrnmsiit tkmw upon tto
pjaes aod a ■ U'h of gold soekert began.
Tbs ami in nod riff-raff of Uia earth
anmabled in ito eaoip tu leaven tto
bmlli of speculator* and promoters.
8*0.i Johannesburg rose t'hoeulx-bke
from the utai of Boor nltiplwly, and
in a ]imr imd 80.000 lnhabttaota In
the uext two years this wag doubled,
and Um town could Uniat uf a Ana guv
smmerit building, a nnasU-r uf equally
attract! v.i otOje ntrucinres. many
superb rssldvncc*. two tlmalres and
enough ell arc!*** tu oot.vert even Ito
slouera uf Jobannsaburg. Now tto
nlty Isa modern an* la every respect
lis buHdiogB am a credit k> their own
ers. lbs nt rents urn well kept, end de
spite tbs continued crisis uf tto last
fuaryearn, Johannesburg has prospered.
Tto ptloolpal street is OommtolQUSf
street, wfaleh tuns east and went, par
allel with Um I loo of mleos just sonth
of lbe town. Street oars ran nluwg
this" tboroughfaro from the old J*pp>«*
Town nod from the stock exchange to1
Dawfontsin. tto resMneUa) ssetkm,
vii Brae street. Tbat ml *»tat* was
valuable before .agitation rulaad tto
town In evident from tto Not ttot In
1800 two las on Commissioner at root
**r* sc Id for 1110 BOO
i n« *n* nr IM low n M about MX
Muar* Badt*, with M ml few of streets
Titer* U alto a Ha* raa* anarae, ■ pub
Ho library, foor theatre*, a gait ammo
and polo grouad. and about a daara
olabt. All tb* main Mneig an Hfhted
by olootriotty. wblW gaa ia e* ppn*d to
dwellings. Os tb* bill aorta of tb*
tow a U a Dm hoopitol anting 8b».
000 to erect.
8* that Johannesburg au sod U a
mnperu Iowa, wtiore It to irmlbtu to
ilea Ilka a olelllaad halag.
TUMftrL WAR.
Hal aaeM.
WaWmwn Pan.
Thu cun* of tbs war to tb* refusal
Ot tha Treats an) rapobUo to aafkaa
•blm tba bord* of IrroepoatiUe adeaa
taler* aad' mat asaarlea attract** than,
not through aayl*tet**t l* tb***aatry,
*"*J* t5» expnutloa Ot pnaatery
M*8t. Thai ban uot gnaa to tba
Tran Waal with nay Id a of madia* ft
their home, uklag port la the progress
and devntopomaat ot braanlag parma
M**t faaton in tb* aattom'* deattg*.
Tbay m* Mmpty aMdlsn of fortab*.
wban tat*i«m la tba repuMte begin
Wl owa pr leat* antra*
tkMM. Bagland ha* d*m*ad*d that
lb«n ana shall |« adalttod to Milan
•blp. 8b* prsaeois tb* mmtdlaary
•pwuol* of * oallou lattaMag apaa
lb* expalrtattoa ot kor OWa gabjants
: a»d wicked par pas*, tbad R amauaU
<•> art « (Treat t* iba lataHlgaaoe of tba
cisutcnd world. It R simply a mod
era main of tba Tnjari ban*.
Kagtaad wcata bar *uhfe*ta adotUad
U *Uls*a*Mp la MoTraorraal on th at
Ibjf may oaptar* aad batrgy tb* efU
del
MU Holly las mail maoafsoturtng
town©* IboCXC. BaHruut mi Cttea
ba Him. Tbara am Mm oattna
mUUta aad Mia lu TDay base a
i _* ?;«••
Tkmm(w« ata
-__» &'
tlw river ia I
TbeliaUraedUs. lopettlagla’a amt
bridge across tba river. Ut tbto point
lawbscsthey hava loaatad th* b«a
bfldaa mm Catawba rtotr. U h to
aeatVS.OUO. Toay will bagin it aooa.
Thla was oar Int visit to Mt. Holly
and wars vrvy favorably ‘-rrrnr ‘
wttb Its loaattoa, ottiaat*. rto. [lav
•a met Mr. Furr who mm Hvad ta
Hlokory. Oat wa wants Mara that
ona of bia sons waa pel to atak with
Carer. Waste met Mr. Loa Lowe
•r# euald aav bia Cam aad dwvltog
lost MNM the rlvor from srfaara wa
•ofoaravd. (tony It did not enlt f.ir us
ta fallll oar promise to syaad oaa
algbt with bill, bat we bops ta go
back liters sglbn aooa.
* vmm* wits mofua wtra.
We accompanied Bra. aad Slater
Ottos SMvas to (Mr betas Friday
nlgbt. They live 34 .arias from MU
Holly aod stoat that diataaaa from
dtanley Creek Mr. MiIsh la aaa or
tbs tod farmer* to (Juntos e-wary. We
btva known bln* alas* yosth. Us is •
bsMvh «>f Ihvb county We knew
M« wlmn bs was owiser by f.&
I>«Mrr. Us was Ursa kwiMind a
sacossafol farmer. Habaaaa letarsat
lag family. Wa do out kaaw wbaa wa
sysr put through a ulgbt more stow
sally. Ua ta net aaly a good farmer,
lulsgoel w irkerln thy church aad
Cor public schools aad Mlttlm ta
band up ummaalty. Tba storms iaud
drouth dastmysd bia crapa but rear
Hat b* does not desptlr.
OOOD KOAM, MTC.
Next mnniag ho bruagbt aa «p U>
asH tba train at dtaatog Creak, ft
did aot Uka bias luag, aa tbs road*
were la bntdai asadltl-m. The
paopla of Osama eoouty ara mail t#
tbatr Intarmt. Tba* ara working wa
their roads by UxtUos. aad aatblaa
irnpro ra tks ooaatry mm la Aral,
vtat ia pettiiur M ha aaa af tba bast
ooanttes tn the diets. They era not -
air*Id sf taxes. WiMttkm aajoyad
tba trip end want ta vMt Oates
■dtiO- ■_:
HowarJ O. HlUfgu, to kit kook.
OotB Paut'i Piotk" aaya j
“It wkuWba dictate to lad aoy.
wkoM *« odttro roM Of doth a |k|ft|
ytanu aa tko Boon of tko Ikwnod
aod tko Oroooo Fno ktala. Tko
roomy aUMaoaa. tko IM la tko oooo
otr, aod tka Cauda ■ boat dtetrikotloj
oaroa. km rombtood to OMko tko Boor
o raoo that te altdool ykjataotty oar
hit.
Brown --r ~mtakao.
a&aaawr.anB
KK&SX3*«,wi,s
"Tka aottoo >4 tka alooM okoor
■o»f. daottnyod ■matted ad tko am
d gmot tdaTod
tko rrmorkabfe powtto dd Utah tkd
Boort b«To dtealojid oo aoagr ooto
H| iAOOioal
9 pW W Qa*
toohrt, ood too Hot a voaarkaMy
tear Uom oo Iko amokmt QM otter ad
fObd. . _
kmkom drlad a tko too ootU M la
ateMMt ao bordaoootooo -dar NkU
wtek out ttlahtMi Matkopr.
laUdMoC war Mli«otriattto yrtMt
rntteteoCdte?" kSfLSk d©