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Rooms OF Dem. EN-. Con-.

Rooms OF Dem. En-. CON-.
OF CUMBERLAND Co.,
Fayetteville, July 10, "a.
At a meeting of the Democratic
Voters, held May 9th, it was desired
that the Senatorial and County Con-
ventions for the purpose of nominating
Legislative and County Officers, shall
be held on the 9th day of September,
being the last Saturday.
The primary meetings to be held in
the different Townships at their usual
places at 3 O'Clock p. NJ, the last Satur-
day, Both day Of August, to elect ten
Delegates and ten A%lternates to repre-
sent the respective Townships in said
County Convention. There ought to
be large attendance in each Township,
and an Executive Committee of five
good workers must be elected to serve
for the next two years.
My friends, a great tidal wave of pO-
litical reform will sweep over the ma
ton this Fall. Let us by prompt and
energetic action put Cumberland in
line to enjoy this great victory by a
signal triumph in November.
w. c. TROY,
Ch'm'n Dem. EN-. Com.
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liter has taken the medi-
ally, according TO di-
iher health and spirits
let. The humor is all
err face. l wish every
er might know what a
is Sarsaparilla is in
-
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07
WIT AND HUMOR,

Currency.
Now on the scene,
With smile serene,
The orator appears;
He smiles his best,
Pulls down his vest,
His husky throat he clears,
And spouts he then,
my country-men,
Lend me, l beg, your ears"
-NeW York Journal.
A kiss he stole ere she could faint:
She shudder'd at the smack,
And grimly said, in language quaint,
Nov put that right straight back,'
Oh, how sweet a girl is,
But, oh how bitter,
The same girl is,
When her clothes don't fit her.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07

A conductor on one Of the East
ern railroads cried out as the train
was about to pass through a tunnel
This is one mile long and it takes
four minutes to pass through it."
The train dashed through into day
light again in four seconds, and such
a scene! Five young ladies were
closely pressed by five pairs of mascu-
line arms, twelve pairs of lips were
glued together, and ten inverted
whiskey TASKS flashed in the air.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07

"Well, Jakey, | hear you + 60
ing to get married. Is it so?
eyes"
"Who are you going to marry?
"Jane Meters
"Why she's old, Jakey, and also
homely."
"That's just the kind [ want. |
want 'em old, so they'll know some
thing, and homely so they'll stay at
home.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07
The Cares of a Modern Croesus.

New York millionaire-"Are the
girls locked up for the night, wife,"
8 "Yes."
"Coachman chained?"
"Yes.'
Has the patent butcher catcher
in the front yard been oiled so it
works well?"
dyes"
"Well, we might as well chloro-
form the gardner and go to sleep"
-CHicagO Tribune.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07

Little Paul-"Are whiskers catch
ing2" Big Sister-'No, my little
pet; why do you ask?" Little Paul
well, [ thought if they were you
would have hair all over your face
Big Sister-"I don't understand you,
my love-" Little Paul-"Oh, of
course not; but I'll bet that Sam
Jones, who comes here three times
a week. will"
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07
The Duties of a Servant.

Mamma complained a little girl;
running into the house, "me and
Willie wanted nurse to sit down and
let us pour sand in her back, and she
wouldn't"
"Certainly not. She did quite
right
"Well, that's what you told hel
she was to do when she first came.>
II told her that she was to let you
and Willie pour sand down her
back?"
"Not exactly that, mamma, but
you told her she was to mind the
children
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-10-07
POETRY.
WALKING WITH JESUS.

BY l.. F. BAKET
! feel the touch of His pierced hand
On my heart, and its pain is DER:
| follow the prints OF His sacred feet.
And the path grows smooth before.
He is leading ME forth by His own, own
way,
The beautiful way of the cross;
Shall turn from the Love who loves me
Nay, never! for that were loss.
What matters it if l am weary oft?
l know He was weary too:
And He had not where to lay His head,
When the night it's shadows threw.
He was out in the cold on the mountain
top,
And alone in the desert wild;
All! why should the shadows all fall on
Him.
And none IN His sinful child?
Let me take the cup, let me drain it all,
1t is sweeter than words can tell;
For SO near that His very life seems
mine,
Is the Love l love so well.
And, 0, l think if | did not choose
To take all He hath for me,
I might miss the look from His blessed
eyes,
Which now I Away see.
He makes me strong, and He makes me
calm,
And the tears are wiped away
Before they fall, SO my steps move on
Heavenward from day to day.
And, o, when its gate shall open wide
And Christ on His throne shall be,
shall think, even there, of the precious
time
When He walked this world with me
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SEPTEEM1.I' BET, 1ST
The Fayetteville Graded School

will open, with a full corps Of Teach
ers, occupying its large, new, and at
tractive building, situated on Hay
mount. The past speaks for itself. The
future is more promising. The Board
of Managers have lost no effort to sus-
tain its past record, and place within
reach of all the advantages of a most
excellent
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CAMPAIGN BANNERS.

AAAY&A 6A4N4N 1AA4N ~ AA6Ss
Splendid Portraits of the Presidential
and Vice-Presidential Candidates in oil
cOlors, on painters canvass, made us
transparent as glass, and highly decor
ated, for Procession Banners, Window
Transparencies, lanterns: also in shape
of Maps, with two wooden or metal
rollers.
3 it. high, by 2 #. wide, per doz. $500
Complete Torch and Lantern
above size Pictures of Presi-
dent and Vicent, per doZ., $500
IS ms. high, by IA ms. wide, per
dOneZ 600
IS ms. high, by % ms. wide;
double size, President andVice
President on n sheet, per
dozen, 800
Complete Torch and Lantern
and above double size Pictures
on two sides of the Lantern,
four pictures altogether, per
dozen, 5000
Medallion Heads of James G.
Blaine and Grover Cleveland,
silver or gold, mounted on
plush cushion easels, size
1Ox13, each, 100
I Sample copies a be had by remit
ting price per dozen rates. They are
without competition in regard to nov
city, beauty, and real artistic value.
SCOTT ART COMPANY,
sep2-tf 176 Broadway, n. Y.
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It is said that ten minutes after
biting a dude the mosquito becomes
raving crazy. The trace Of insanity
in the dudes blood goes at once to
its head.
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COFFINS, CASKETS,

and Undertakers' goods generally, which
we offer at reasonable prices. Give us a
call when anything of this kind is needed,
and we guarantee satisfaction. Hearse and
Carriages furnished when desired. Can be
found at store during day, or at residence,
on Hay Street, just above depot, at night
or on the Sabbath.
S. SHEETZ & SON.
Green st. FAYETTEVILLE, N. G..
may 81 If
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SCHOOL.

Board at a nominal charge a be had
convenient to the School, orthOSe from
abroad. The Patrons will bear in mind
that money is required to run so extern
sive and complete a School, and those
that are able and are unUilliTg to pny
for the education of their children. will
do us and the children a kindness 10y
not sending them to this School.
BOARD MANAGERS.
au ~ tt
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
The Southern Negroes Dog.

When you come to study the matter
you will find just as much difference
between the southern negro's dog and
the white mans dog, as there is between
canine owned by negro and one which
comes when Senator snaps his fingers.
The Southern colored man who is too
poor to have mule, OK, pig, fowls, doors,
windows, or FIREPLACE ia his cabin, has
q dog-sometimes four or five. When
he comes to town at least one follows
him. When you pass his home the
whole family of CANNES bark at you
from distance, or silently gaze at you
from the doorstep.
The negro's dog is slouch. He is
built on wrong principles to begin with.
1t would seem as If half of him mad been
ON earth for year or two before the
other half was hitched on. He seems
to realize that ne isn't "purty," and he
behaves accordingly. He is almost in
variably of dun.color. He sid!es along
where other dogs trot, and If he isn't
stump.tailed he Is lucky canine. Ho
follows along In humble manner, rs If
begging pardon for being on earth, and
the smallest whiflet can scare him until
his eyes stand out like peeled onions.
You never see one misbehave in town.
He sits under the wagon, if there Is one !;
If not, he follows his masters heels up
and down and around in abject humility,
ready to run at tho slightest alarm.
ready to return as soon as danger has
passed. Step on him and he will not
show tooth speak to him and he skips
out with his tail dragging. The master
may DO ever so Independent, but the
dog has no business on earth. He is an
interlopar. He feels this, and he slinkn
and EIouches, and # pefoh.ase ho zap
pens to utter bark as stranger rides
up no 10 ut ohce seized with Ihe most
dreadful remorse, and away he goes for
the swamps to do pennance and convince
himself that it was purely accidental
Detroit E'ee Press.
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A Fortune from on Accident.

Mr.. B. +. Jones. of Pittsburg, the new
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, owes his fortune to his
shrewdness In taking advantage of an
accident. About 80 years ago one of the
workmen in the rolling mill of his firm,
then Jones & Lauth, got his heavy iron
tongs, weighing about 80 pounds, fast to
bar of hot iron. The bar was already
in the jaws of tho rapidly whirling rolls.
There was no time to release the tongs,
and they went through tho rolls under
ponderous pressure. Instead of being
crushed and broken they came out ut the
other side 1attened out of shape, no
more use as tongs, but bar of iron of O
high polish and changed texture. The
firm made no fuss about it, but had O
quiet consultation among themselves.
They set to work analyzing and expert.
menting. The result was that instead OF
discharge the workman who let the
tongs 60 through cold got bonus of
$4,000, and instead of the little one.
horse rolling mill the present immense
plant was constructed. It is valued at
81 ,000,0 900. It makes cold rolled iron
under an exclusives patent at an i'm.
mense profit, and the long head of the
lucky firm, who was to-day made Chair.
man of the Republican National Com.
mittee, Is a millionaire about ten times
over. At the time the tongs got fast he
kept the books and his partner looked
after the mill. Mr.. Lauth retired from
the firm some years ago, and when the
patent ON the cold rolled process was 70.
issued received 100000 from the new
firm for his share of it.-Phiiadeiphia
Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
What is Made from Paper.

One of the most remarkable uses which
paper has been put to CT leto years "a the
manufacture of zylonite, q substance
which at the will Of the manufacturer,
may be made in imitation of horn, rubber,
ivory, tortoise.shells, amber and even
glass. The uses to which zylonite are
adaptable are almost infinite, but perhaps
the most extraordinary is the manuflc.
ture of cathedral windows. The discoy.
cry was made about fifteen years ago, but
1t is only within the last two years that q
company has been formed for its manu-.
facture. The basis Of zylonite is plain
white tissue paper made from cotton or
cotton and linnen rags. The paper 10
treated first to bath of sulphuric and
other acids, undergoing u chemical
change. The acid is then carefully
washed out and the paper treated with
another preparation Of alcohol and cam.
phor, assuming an appearance very much
i:se parchment. L is thea capable cf
being worked up into plates of any thick.
ness, rendered almost perfect transparent,
or given any of the brilliant colors that
silk will take. It is much more flexible
than either horn or ivory and less brittle.
Combs or other articles made in imita.
tion of tort0ise.shell are said to be go per-.
feet in appearance as to deceive the eye
Of the most practiced workman in that
substance. The difference in the mate.
rial can be detected only by tests.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
No Kicker

A young man was ushered into the
parlor, where sat his adored one. She
was gazing soulfully into tho fire think
ing of him, no doubt, but not dreaming
of his presence. He tip.toed his ap.
proach, and alyly seizing struggling hair,
which coyly nestled in It's blonde beauty
on the scruf of her round neck, gently
twiched it, and waited for the start and
maidenly blush, pleasant surprise.
Again he drew it toward him, and again
did the fair one continue to look in the
fire. "Dear girl she knows not Of my
presence" he murmured to himself.
"How glad she will be to discover her
Charles so close behind her! will end
this SUSPENSE" and gently lifting an
auburn curl from the sloping shoulders,
ha EEsGsea gz onIy ford se5e. c..
tweak; and, gentle reader, you can be.
lieve us or not, but We hope to die If he
didn't scalp her. The whole business
came of, and then she saw that Charlie
was there. Shall we draw veil oyer
the dreadful picture7 BY no means.
Charles knew chat shs wore false hair,
and he knew that che knew that he knew
1t. Besides the girl was suraing thirty
and worth millions. Charles was poor,
but dead In love. A poor young man
madly in love with girl worth millions
is never kicker.-Eve,y Sunday Morn.
;up ,e5 5'5e - ,E.'5a
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
Henry Clay's Heroic Son.

"Do you know what killed Henry
Clay 2" my genial Kentucky story.teller
asked me the other day. "if not, + will
tell you. He died of q broken heart, not
because he lost the Presidency, but his
son, Henry Clay, Jr., was his fathers
idol. He was sent to West Point, where
he graduated second in the class. After
four months in the army he resigned,
and began practicing law in Lexington,
living with lis father at Ashland. Not
o young mai In Kentucky promised bet
ter things than he did. When the
Mexican war broke out he was determin.
cd to 60. His father made no objection,
and he went 40 Lieutenant. Colonel of
the first Kentucky regiment. At the
battle Of Buenn Vista, Santa Anna, with
$4,000 troops, nearly overwhelmed Gen.
eral Taylor, with about one.eighth that
number. CLAY fought hard, but, as his
regiment was falling back, shot went
through both legs. He was not mortally
wounded, and three men picked him up
to convey him off the field. It soon
became evident that the Mexicans would
overtake them. "Saye yourselves, boys"
he said, end taking the pistol which his
father had given him, he handed 1t to
one of the men with the words, "Take
this, and return it to my father. Tell
him have no further use for it." With
that they dropped him and ran after the
retreating troops. The last they saw of
Clay he was lying on his back, fighting
squad of Mexicans with his sword.
Next morning his body was found, hack
ed to pieces and mutilated By the towards
who had killed him. Tho pistol came to
his father, then Senator, and, though
he lived severa! years after. an, con-
vlnced that he died from the blow
Cincinnati Meips. Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
A Republican Pie Story

Blaine used to tell story. to expreas
the feelings of Republicans toward the,
Administration of Mr. Hayes, but &c ap.
plies better to. their feelings regarding
his own nomination. A party Of young
men were camping ont in the Maine
woods. One was selected to cook, and it
wac agreed shat the fiat man who
complained Of the cuisine should as.
eume tho duties Of cook himself. The
fare was simply s!rocioRs, but oil held
their peace with on effort. One day some
pie was served that was Thought more
villianous than anything that had gone
before 1t. The man ut the head OF the
table looked around upon the faces of his
companions, and It occurred to him that
condition nearer akin to rebellion was
pictured upon this face of his vis.a.vis
than upon the conntensnce Of any other
of tho nnfortnnates. Addressing him
sweetly, he said (: "What do you think Of
this pie ?" With the utmost emphasis
the reply cana 81 think it Id about the
blank blankedest pie that I ever 2 And
then the recollection Of the agreement
flashed across the speaker and, with Il
beaming countenance and tone of denno-
MAC delight, he hastened to add sBnt i
like it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
Marrying a Deaf and Dumb Han.

A very singular marriage was one
which took place at Leicester, In the
eightieth year of Queen Elizabeth's
reign, between Thomas Rilsby, deaf
and dumb man, and Ursula Bridget, o
hearing and talkativo apinster. AS the
prayer book required that the promises
of marriage should be- exchanged in
spoken words, the clergy and civil author.
tiles of Leicester were unable to say how
this dumb man could be satisfactorily
married. In their perplexity they appeal
cd to the Bishop of London, who, with
the help of another member Of the cler-
gy, devised G marriage service by signs.
The bride made her promises in the usual
manner, and the groom did his part thus /:
Having first embraced Ursula with his
arms, he took her by the hand and put
the nuptial ring on her finger. He then
laid his right hand significantly upon his
heart, and afterward, putting their palms
together, extended both of bis hands to
heaven. Havin,: thus sued for the divine
blessing, he declared his purpose to
dwell with Ursula till death should sepa.
rate them, by closing his eyslids with his
fingers, digging the earth with his feet,
as though he wished to make hole In
the ground, and then moving his arms
and body as though he were tolling q
funeral belt"
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an awful dread of their visits. But those
Dreadful negro vretches, whose very look
oetokened their brutal natures, caused an
indefnable thrill of horror and loathinp.
oy their presence, to women who had
peen reared in an atmosphere of refine.
ment and whose lives had been tenderly
guarded from everything coarse. Though
our friends suffered much from priyation
and still more from constant dread of
iurther outrage, they were mercifullv
shielded from actual suffering aud VIC.
lence. They could receive no direct
communication from the seat of war.
Vague rumors came TO them of defeat
and disaster, but katie's cheerfulness and
unswerving faith in the success of the
cause kept up their spirits. She consid.
cred 1t treason even to hint at the posi-.
bility of failure. Her sanguine spirit
would not entertain doubt of the final
issue. Woman like, she clung to and
trusted in the cause she loved, even when
cooler and wiser heads clearly saw the
impending doom and prepared themselves
for the inevitable stroke. Even in The
darkest hours her hopes were bright and
firm, and when the blow came, it found
her all unprepared. When she heard
euO LEG uuS
ed p her very soul seemed to stagger
beneath the blow. All her fond hopes
were dashed to earth. The cause was
lost for which she had worked and suf-
fered and prayed, and for which she felt
that she could have severed the dearest
ties of earth and oven have offered her
own hearts blood. For time it seemed
as il her very faith in Heaven was shak-
en-. Angry and rebellious thoughts filled
her breast, and even the presence and
safety of her lover failed to comfort her.
But there is q friend who sympathizes
with us in our soE.aws sad nities the
weakness of our human nature. So
when He whispered in her ear: "What
| do thou knowest not now but shalt
know hereafter" the waves of her grief
subsided and she was able to say "Thy
will be doneW But the awful stroke
left her with sore and wounded heart,
and though time has healed the wound,
ever and anon, like the old flesh wounds
of many of our Confederate soldiers, il
breaks out and bleeds afresh.
These lines may seem sensational, but
they truly record the heart history of
one whose hopes were bound up in the
success of the Cause that was dearer TO
her than life-one who has since passed
through many bereavements and trials,
but who, looking back, records the day
above described as the most hopelessly
dreary one of her life.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
The Doctors Mistaken.

HARTFORD, Conn, Juno 30.-Dr. q.
a. TAFT, the leading homeopathic physi.
clan in Connecticut, who died Thursday,
was supposed for years to have had only
one lung, the other having been exhausted
in early life by pulmonary difficulty.
Very soon after beginning practice he
was sickly and puny, aud DIR. Willard
Parker, os New York, examined him and
said that one lung was about gone and
he could not live over six months. A
leading Boston phyaician confir ed this
opinion. DR.. Taft resolutely determined
to live as long as possible, and began o
course of generous living to make blood
and tissues. Speaking Of this period, he
said some time ego TO a friend: 81 had
bottle of brandy at my plate at every
dinner, and lived chiefly on rare beef:
steak. got the reputation of being q
confirmed drinker, but saved my life.
| have gained sixty pounds, now weigh.
ing 1885," Since those days he has not
had to resort to just that arrangement,
but he lived uncommonly we'll and had
the reputation of providing the most
bountiful dinners in Hartford. Upon
his death the newspapers remarked upon
the loss Of one lung aud expressed sur
prise that he could have lived to the age
of sixty-four. Yesterday, as the result
of an autopsy, it was found that both of
his lungs were In perfectly healthy con-
dition, and that tho trouble and cause Of
death was in the stomach, which had not
assmilated gastric juices, so impending
digestion finally that he literally starved
to death. 1t sconsidered notable case,
showing that well. educated physician,
upon his own knowledge and aiLed by
the diagnosis of the best physicians in the
country, vas wholly mistaken as to the
cause Of his ills. and by course of liv-
ing designed to cure one serious difficulty,
as he supposed, which did not exist,
he brought on gastric troubles which
caused death at last.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
In the Sick Room.

Never stand at the foot of sick bed
and survey the patient. All figures loom
large TO fevered eyes, and by the side of
the bed are only partly seen, and do not
annoy with the sense Of too much pres.
ence. Do not open the door very slowly,
for then the attention is strained specu-
.lating as to who the next conner can be
after all this preparation and with such
cautious approach, generally creaking.
Low, not clear tones, quiet but sure move
Iments, not tiptoeing, and rapid rather
than slow, are q great relief to any patient
who Is blessed with practical nurse.
Whispering is torture; ailence Is best
until you can discuss matters in another
room but if you must, speak out and
make no mysteries about anything. In
severe sickness the nurse must watch the
patient s,eadily, but not seem to be look
ing. In convalescence it frequently
soothes the invalid to have the nurse
seated at the window, appearing to be
looking out. This frees the faculties from
the tension that the sense Of being
watched unusually gives, and also quiets
anxiety if the nurSe does not seem 70
be anxious, the patient will not be.