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__^_OASTONIA, N. C„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER tl.
POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS
ON TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
UikUt this head will he printed front lima to tint noteworthy attcreocea
oa them to of currant Interest. They will he takes from public addreaae*.
hooka, naiumn. aewapspera. In fact wherever we stay dad them Some*
time* thaae selection* will accord with oar views and the view* of oar read
sometime* the opposite will be I rue. Rat by reuos bf the subject matter,
the style. Ute aathorshlp. or the views expressed. each will have aa clement
of timely Interest to make It a conspicuous arts ranee.
The Debit tad Credit Sides ol Life's Ledger.
John Trot wood Mow. in A 8cm ran Hymnal.
I believe life is so adjusted and balanced that n man pays to
the debit of every false deed or thought a credit coined (mm the
sweet and nuguish of hi* soul.
Deed Advice to the Youag Preacher.
Slaleavllle (Landmark • rafmit ol ordination Sew. Clyde V. Turner.
Kev. J. 13. Bootne delivered the charge to the candidate. Hie
talk was on plain, practical, common sense matters in regard to
the conduct of a minister who wonld succeed and be useful—his
personal habits, his manner of dress, care for his health, etc. The
candidate was advised not to dress poorly, so as to excite pity, nor
ostentatiously, so as to excite comment. He was urged to avoid
"spotted vests and streaked breeches." The speaker knew of a
candidate who had been rejected for a pastorate because bis
breeches were too short. The young man was also enjoined to be
careful of his diet, to avoid indulgence in over-eating, thus pre
serving his health, so as to avoid making a drug store of himself;
and he was also enjoined to be careful about the selection of a
wife. The preacher's wife is n very important personage and a
mistake here may impair or ruiu his usefulness. Avoid going in
debt and avoid questionable money making schemes.
No Howl Now.
Richmond M*w*»L««Oct.
During Mr. Cleveland’s first administration the treasury was
"embarrassed'' with a surplus from revenues and increased the
deposits in tbe bauks to about $70,000,000. Thereupon, it will be
remembered, tbe Republicans raised a tremendous howl, and this
"Democratic pel bank policy," as they termed it, was vigorously
deuouuced in the Republican national convention of 1888. Indeed
the Republicans made it an issue in tbe campaign in which they
elected Harrison. Now the available cash balance of the treasury
i* $231,744,333, exclusive of tbe gold reserve, and tbe various trust
funds, and of the aforesaid available balauce $155,738,307 is in tbe
national bank depositaries. There is $76,000,000 of "free cash"
remaining in the treasury itself, and of this $40,000,000 has been
credited to receipts other than those from customs. That 40,000,
000 the secretary proposes to turn over to the banka on deposit,
thus making the amount held by the banka nearly $200,000,000,
and considerably more than double what the banks were favored
with by Mr. Cleveland’s administration. Bnt no appreciable Re
publican protest rends tbe circumambient atmosphere. What was
all wrong daring a Democratic adminiatration is all right daring a
Republican administration, especially since it plays into the bands
of those who are trying to convince the country that there is no
need of banking aud currency reform, and relief can be bad with
out it. Wonderful it ia traly -how a party’s point of view changes
touching a policy according to where responsibility lies and the
ends likely to be contributed to. On general principles we would
say that it is better to have the surplus scattered in tbe ‘banks,
where it can be made available for business purposes, than to have
it locked up in tbe treasury vaults. Bnt this is apart from our
purpose in presenting tbe above facts. We simply desire to keep
straight the Republican record for consistency—save the mark—
and give our readers a chance to appreciate tbe inspiration to con
sistency in this case, which they cannot fail to do when they re
call the fact of tbe fight in tbe Republican ranks against banking
and currency reform, and Republican talk about there being plenty
of money.
Venders el Bird MlgraUan.
SMnrdar Svnios Pom.
It is now announced that the hooded crow, ordinarily a slug
glish bird, hurls itself, by souie unaccountable law, through apace
during its spring migration at the enormous rate of 406 miles an
hour, while the Northern blue-throat, which normally is a hopping,
rather than a flying, bird, resorting to wing flight only when be
sieged, performs the amazing feat during migration of flying 180
miles to the hour. Ornithologists who have not shared in these
observations arc amazed at the revelations. Doctor Gatke’a prom
inence as a member of the Zoological Society of Loudon, the
British Ornithological Union, the Norfolk and Norwich Natural
ists’ Society, the Ornithological Society of Vienna, the Hungarian
Ornithological Union and of the Permanent International Orni
thological Committee, is attracting to his conclusions the serious
attention of scientists the world over. In regard to the North
ern blue-throat, be says there is conclusive evidence to show that
in one unbroken nocturnal flight it passes from Central Africa to
the German Sea, a distance of 1,800 miles, making the Journey in
nine hours. From its winter bon^e in Africa observations have do
termined that it starts after sunset, arriving at its far Northern
summer haunts before dawn of the next morning. Yet more
wonderful than this flight of the Northern blue-throat ia the mi*
gratory achievement of the Virginia plover (Chamdrius virginicus)
which leaves its Northern haunts in North America, and, taking a
course down the Atlantic, usually from 400 to 300 miles east of the
Bermudas, reaches the cosst of Brszil in one unbroken flight of
fifteen hoars, covering a distance of 3,200 miles at the rate of four
miles a minute.
Thu seems Incredible, but Doctor Gatke says that many
species ordinarily regarded aa sluggish o( wing pass—evaa at a
manliest slackening of speed—from his observatory on Heligoland
across that island to the oyater beds, 22,000 feet distant, in one
rninnte. When the migratory flight is at its greatest speed, 200
miles an hour he regards as nothing extraordinary.
AH aperies, so far as known, jnst before embarkiog on their
0eTI 0^,JOnr,Ky' u°b *Ct th«'"*e|vea to a careful diet and start
with th1r .tom.ch. empty. Tbla alngul.r preparation applie. ex
clusively fo the migration undertaken at great altitudes. Bxami
natioua of numbers of stomach, of birds bafled by sadden storms
!V,^r*tt?,,aP*V0 thM* ^ra*y »*«vt recently es
tablished this unique fast of a prt-migratory abstinence. Though
they bad started from regions abounding in their favorite diet the
birds had permitted their last meal wholly to digest and*had
stoically refrained from farther food before setting out on their
hemispheric voyage.
THOMSON COMFY.
BIG STORES NOW PUTTING
ON THEIR FALL RIGGING*
Our buyers have Just returned from New
York, where they have made the greatest
selection In all departments, that has ever
been In our little city.
everything is on a move In our stores
opening up and arranging this big array of
goods, in a few days we will be In good
shape. Car loads of goods rolling In every
day, and there will be interesting buying at
Thomson Co’s. We are making every effort
to make this the banner season In all the
history of this store and if goods and prices
will do It, we are sure of meeting our expec
tations. We have left no stone unturned.
Our help Is the same we have had, so we are
well trained to wait on the public intelligently.
Come any time, we will welcome you. Al
ways glad to show you through this big store.
THOMSON
•2 22 The People’s Store.
MAMMOTH INOtAVE Of ICE.
Wy si Prehistoric Monster ltnr
Sttnde Complete In St. Patera*
bnrfl Masenm—Is Unique as a
Specimen—Animal was Killed
Thaasaods el Yeara age—
Natara Pot Urn lato Cald Star*
age.
CfetrlMtoii fi«nd*ir Nn
The huge body of the Siberian
mammoth which was discovered
in the summer of 1901 has uow
been erected in the museum of
the Academy of Science at St.
Petersburg. The unique interest
of this discovery Hea in the fact
that, though many foil'll re
mains of mammoths have been
found and other preserved bodies
of mammoths seen, no body so
complete as this one has ever
been brought home to civilisa
tion. The hide, hair, eyes, flesh
and bones of the insmmoth
brought home by Dr. Otto Hers
art all marvellously preserved
by a set of circumstances similar
to those which have given us
the actual feathers of the extinct
mot bird and the bony hide'of
the tnylodon.
in tbit cnM, according to the
London Sphere, which pnblinhen
the first accurate description and
photographs of the mammoth,
the perishable flesh has been
preserved by means of almost
perfect freeslng and "cold stor
ing" process. When first seen
by the Cossack Jawlowsky the
mammoth waa nearly covered
with ice and it was oaring to a
ilight melting of the surface that
a plsar space enabled him to aee
the strange, hoary relic of a
vanished age. Tne discovery
was promptly announced to St.
Petersburg by way of Yakutsk
and Dr.uttn Hen, of the Im
perial Museum, was immediate
ly sent with a numerous party to
Pro*™*. Jf possible, the body
entire. To accomplish this be
waa given a company of Cossack
troops commanded by a lien
tenant and fifty bones for trans
port. A tremendous journey
over trackless mountain* and
swamps was undertaken and the
r finally reached To quote
Hera's own words, be says:
"We were at a torn to proceed
farther, lor the maps of the
district are not detailed and we
found ourselves in the midst of
a vest number of exactly similar
Ice mounds. Finally, however,
niy nostrils detected a strange
odor and it occurred to me that
it migbt be the flesh of the mon
ster, which had become un
covered and was decomposing.'
By dint of walking in the direc
tion whence the sine)! seeuied to
come, I finally located the
grave. In my excitement I rau
the last mile of the way, against
the fast increasing stench. At
the grave I fonod a faithful
Cossack, who for fifty days bad
stood guard over the carcass at
the command of his superior of
ficer. He bad covered it entire
ly over with a dry soil to a depth
of three feet, but even through
this protection the smell made
its way."
Dr. Hera describes the long
hair and thickness of the hide of
the mammoth and how the
stomach was found full of nn-'
digested food. The attitude in
which be was fonnd shows that
he met his death by clipping on
a slope, for hia rear legs are bent
up so that it would be impossi
ble for him to raise faimselr Dr,
Hera writes:
"The impromptu grave into
which the animal was plunged
was made oi sand and clay and
bis fall probably caused masses
of neighboring soil to loosen and
cover him completely. This
happened in the late autumn or
at the beginning of wioter, to
Judge by the vegetable matter
found in the stomach; at any
rate, shortly afterward the grave
became flooded, ice following.
This completed the cold storage,
still further augmented by vast
accumulations of soil all round—
?vih£n.0<,,c« hundreds oi feet
thick inclosed by •yards upon
yards of soil that remains frozen
for the greater part of the year.
Thna the enormous carcass was
preserved for how long no one
knows through hundreds of
centuries perhaps, until not so
many years ago some movement
of the earth spat forth the fossil
mausoleum, leaving It exposed
to sun and wind until gradually,
very gradually, the Tee crust
wore ofl and revealed to the pass
ing Cossack the long bidden
treasure."
The mammoth, whosa appear
aoce in the flesh baa been so
wonderfully preserved appears to
have died out completely before
the advent of what are known as
neolithic timet. Thna bis re
mains (teeth and bones) an
found along with very old human
remains of the early stone age.
i
and a life-like and unmistakable
engraving of a mammoth has
recently been discovered in the
Grotto of Combarelles in Prance.
How far early man assisted in
the disappearance of the mam
moths is jhh an easy matter sc
comely to determine. Baron
foil. wbo has studied buried
glaciers of the glacial period in
Siberia, cornea to the conclusion
that the "mammoths and the
other contemporary mammals
lived on the spots where we find
their relics. They died ont,
owing to a change in the pbysi
co^geographical conditions of the
region. The bodies of these
mammals which have not died
in const onencc of some seddeu
catastrophe were deposited in a
cold region, partly on river
imaeet and partly on the shore
‘*re# aa^ °® *1** aurtacc of
glaciers, and there they were
sndnaBy buried in loan. They
have been preserved fat the sa ne
way ns have been preserved the
rnssses of ice underneath, ow ing
to a permanent, perhaps increas
ing, cold."
A Brent Trnth.
StMMvtlte T
In preaching an ordination
**nno® *1 the First Baptist
chore h8uu da/ morning. Rev.
Uviogstoee Johnson emphasised
the importance of a preacher
preaching the doctrines of the
«£•* Scr'Ptural troths
which an Protestant ehorches
recognise and believe: not the
special doctrines of e denomina
tion, which are right and proper
on occasion, bat the great doc*
trinea of the Bible are the things
the preacher should preach la
season and out of season. When
ever, says Mr. Johnson, a preach
er drop* the Bible doctrines sad
goes to lecturing on politics,
science, etc., right then the
decadence of religion end the
Church begin*. This is a great
truth sod one that needs to be
recognised. A case in point oc
curred in Raleigh last week, and
Is mentioned in the news col*
nmae of this peper. A preacher
who had lived in Ohio, got the
Northern idea in hi* mind and
instead of preaching the Bible
went to talking about the negro.
Ae a consequence he haa a Ear*
■ ««* ebont hit tan. He
will probably loos hit pastorate;
he haa damaged the causa of re
Hftaygl hopeiemly Impaired
NEW WAIST1NGS
They are at Yeager1**
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The new waistings are here. If yoa have not t
there a one pleasure yet ahead of rnn rnau fa
in ^bric. “•» *• colon aod color-c
D »nd simply bewildering
feet one that safes yon. and if voa an even varyn
And a pattern bare that salts yon perfectly. T
other patterns and see that tfa'.^Ssrllto H
NEW SKIRTS.
NEW HOSIERY.
_ Prettiest Has of piaio faU and winter hi
Ooctooia. Oar children*! and misses’ hosiery at?
running fa tins from 4’a to 9*8, fa thebeat
market. ■'■y.'-ity - ji
* * *
Miss Parks, oarenpert milliner, baa arrived aad *01 again
have charge of oar mJUfoery department. , ”
JAS. F. YEAGER.
A TELEPHONE
KING’S MOUNTAIN MILITARY ACADEMY,
Hm.hswi.1 mi fit.ni)
Yorkvllle, South Carolina.
Cadets form t port of cnltnrsd, irini/l. circle.
Members of faculty with tbeir families aad the cadets all
live together aad live well. Bock cadet receives the
closest personal attention and individual infraction. The
cadets'** woll as the faculty dsawud that tyougnan
shall at all times eondnet himself aa a gentleman or leave.
A safe place for your boy.
Col. W. 0. STEPHENSON, Sapt.
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WE SOW THE SEED, A 4
YOU REAP the HARVEST.
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The fall linn of the famous Stetson Shoe in hot
* ready for yon. A nun can salect front among oar
showing of Stetson’s any styles that "take lus eye”
sod be sure that the styles are absolutely comet.
Aa easy way of following voar own inclination
and dictates of fashion. We’ve contracted On
habit af having the newest.
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ROBINSON BROTHERS,
The Shoemen.
Craig 4 Wilson's
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