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WINSTON, N. c., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1885.

us, and which here Uttered the whole
highway. He now stood stock stiH,
his legs as firmly planted on the.
ground as if they had been pillars of
masonry. Evidently, moral suasion
was the only argument suited to the
occasion, so spoke to him kindly:
"Get up, Sam. / see / made mis-
take. l won't use the switch, again.
But Sam was not disposed to take
my unsupported word. He still stood
as if rooted. to the ground, but quiet
as n Quaker meeting, and snnconeern-
ed as if listening to political oration.
Seeing that he required ocular dem
onstration of my good intentions, [
tossed the switch over his head, say
ing, as I did SO, "You see, L mean
what l say; so get on, Sam, that's a
good fellow" He nodded his head,
and then went on as before, picking
his way again carefully around the
many puddles and broken rocks that
encumbered the highroad.
1t was not long before, looking off
at the river, l noticed two distinct
currents, both coffee colored, but one
several shades darker than the other,
flowing along side by side, but refus-
ing to mingle, and each keeping its
separate way for a long distance. The
one nearer the shore | knew to be the
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now came into q broken country,
where every slope with southern ex-
posure was cultivated in tobacco. But
/ saw but one dwelling, and that was
in a broad field, from every acre of
which / was teid its owner cleared a
yearly profit Of a hundred dollars !;
and yet his house, about twelve feet
square, would have beeu thought by
any Northern farmer unfit for stabling
his cattle. These people have no con-
ception of order, or neatness, or COM
fort. Looking at the way in which
they live, one is not surprised at the
reckless disregard of life, or at loss
for the answer they. would give to
Mallock's question, els life worth
living?".
5A5 A little farther on I came upon an
other .shanty, also about twelve feet
square, and with no visible opening
except doorway, and near it was
BARRIERS shop. This last was rooted
with the sky and had neither doors
nor windows. / could see the whole
interior. but discovered nothing in the
way of furniture except an operating
chair, and that was hen-coop. Seat
cd upon this was a ragged native"
the very picture of forlornness, and
kneeling on the ground beside him, in
his shirt-sleeves, was another native"
the artist III hair--who had trimmed
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u how how mounted the colt and pursued
my way along the river; but it soon
became apparent to me that singn-
lar Change had leone over Sam. lie
no longer ,sent~efi-by fits and starts,a
now fast, now slow, and veering frorn'
side to side of the road as a way ward
fancy took him, but straight aheads
and with steady jog that would
have done credit to. q breken-dovn
stagehorse. He had either been born
again 81 L changed int another poIy.
His. late immersion in the Ivy my
nave sobered his mind, or the thou.ht
of home have come to him to spurpis
progress. At any rate, he refusedlll
conversation with me, and jogsd
along steady as a church-clock ad
demure as any deacon. i
| / was revolving in my mind hoWo
get him over the drift-wood, whenlt
q sharp curve in the road. we cue
suddenly upon it. It was a serious
strpctjon. The river here made
ahyppt bend, and the food had pil
up in the roadway tangled mast
estray logs. uprooted trees, and brand
undergo WITH, to-a height Of fully
feet, and all 50 densely packed tha
"A ~
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Z = IS
broad river now foaniing around
se ROCKS, now whirling in some
ing pool, now tumbling in white
lades over q sunken ledge, and now
in flowing on, vide and deep and
lid, as If it had never kEown an
~ mood in its whole career. And
hit ALI were the high, enclosing
ntains.s-their Wooded slopes and
granite. cliffs towering up hum
Is of feet and often teppling over
tery road dway.
he day was clear, the weather had
Grated greatly, and Sam and /
ed lazily on, enjoying the sum
ie, with nosincident worthy fnote
Il we came to the house of his
ler. Tie kindly gentleman Was
ing 4 should ride his colt on to
+xander's, but / sooal found I must
get the CONSENT of his coltship.
wever., this T did with the hribe of
" years of pnrn, with which | lur-
him un the highway till I got him
safe distance. Then mounted
again, and had no further trouble
j the maynard fellow.
or several miles the mountains had
i running down into hills, and We.
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the river and getting sound
drenching, we came to the con-
clusion that fishing for that day at
least, was a delusion and q snare, SO
we stopped at the house of hospita
BILE Scotchman and asked for a drink
of water. "My friends, you've come
to the wrong place to get water, but I
have some of the best last years cider
you ever tasted and the finest peaches
in the neighborhoed." You may
imagine the rest of the scene and it IL
sufficient tolsay that we didn't leave
hungry.
One of the wonders of the county is
20 acre field of melons, planted by
Mr.. H G. Long, of Longs p. O., six
miles East of lAsheville. This is the
largest crop of melons we have yet
heard of in North Carolina. Who
can beat it? The melons are fine ones
and the crop is expected to net at
least 81 900. s..f- f..f-..flg , q.
Among our rambles we visited
Glen Ingiis, the, finest fruit farm in
the South. Its fruit took a premium
Of both Philadelphia and Paris. Capt.
Matt Atkinson set out and formerly
owned it, Mr. w. l.. Kimmell is the
present oSaer. .a4iBe. -, s.5-ss4
Some trees OF Bupconabe are cur
iosity.i We were told by several reli-
able citizens that Regro saved off
tree 10 feet from the ground, covered
it and keeps three cows there eyery
winter. At thatsrate it wouldn t take
North Carolina long to catch up With
the big! trees Of California Another
one of the stories about the country is
! that on the North fork of the Swan
nanoa man hauls dirt into his field
every year to raise his corn crop. This
looks just q little large yet It is youch-
cd for by some of the best citizens.
Although unfortunate in one of our
fishing trips, we were lucky enough to
bag several trout before we. left and
are now able to sit back on. our laur-
els and spin yarns about trout trout
fishing in the "nlountings." 81 lssa n
After a most senjoyable visit, we
bade our ffierds good bye and depart
ed for the heart of the, Alleghanies
and hope in our next to. describe some
of its beauties and pleasures ,ai !,
{ s8Asfl.s - seaeS slg ~. w :. l..
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Without further incident we reach
ed Alexander's, which has been sum-
mer resort for more than fifty years,
and it was comfortable place to ar
rive at after my experience during the
preceding two days Still, / must get
ON, and my first inquiry was for a con-
veyance to Asheville. None could be
had-aeither horse nor mule-and |
was forced to wait the return of the
construction-train, which I was told
would come back from the Ivy and go
up the road ON the morrow.
y
AT eight o'clock on the following
night took the. e.copstruetion-train for
Asheville. A thick bed of earth had
been spread on the floor of one of the
fiat-cars and rousing pine fire built
upon it, round which the two gentle
men have mentioned and I seated
ourselves on tin canisters-emptied of
the "giant powder" used in blastip 9
the track-and, though the night was
cold, rode on to our destination with
tolerable comfort. iIe. 4
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ems. We're gwine furdcr yit-ter
see our folks over i'll Tennessee. =
"Well, you'll have hard time
getting there; the roads are III yer
bad condition" L Isl II
ssOh, we doan't keer fur the road;
hits only the runs. We karn't SWIM
'em a-tearin' like this are"
fa fWhy, can You swim ?" & + 9
ain coorse [ kin ary bench-les
ged fyse Ishort-legged curl kin Q
thet."
"Well, you'll do to travel in tbs
country. Were you born here ?"
"Yaas; up ter Roothurford ). ult
we'se folks over. ter Tenness"A
.And how is the road between her
and Alexander's?"
"To'able; but We karn't git OR
hit wuth thct critter. Thar's a pie
bout two miles up-whar the dit
has washed in-thet wud spile the le
NV ary four-tutted critter, shore"
In the intervals Of these remaE
she had replaced the snnff-stick in F
mouth, every now and then expect
ating rs il. firing at target. The :
ergy and directness of this operata
excited my astonishment.s
The mail-rider now remarked tt
| it was about time for him to be after
| ing to Uncle Sans business; and
woman rose, and, -chirruping "Coe
on to the man, who all this VIZ
had stood silent and at respect
distance, she followed the mail-rlr
ND the mountain. The last sawf
her she was climbing the steep h
with a firm, manly stride, whilesr
lazy, loose-jointed husband with "
and faltering step was bringingp
the rear. q
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A BUNcoMBE-coUNTY ToBAcco-FARM.
out with an axe for the evident pur-
pose of making "dug-out." If
could get Sam upon that tree there
would be no difficulty in leading him
across, tor he was in the mood Of mind
that would render it possible. All
that was needed was few planks to
form a bridge by which to get him
upon the poplar; and there they were
right under my feet, drifted down
from some up-country saw-mill.
lost no time in placing the planks
against the fallen tree, and then Sam
crossed upon it, thus justifying what
had been told me of the .tight-rope per-
formances of the Buncombe county
pony.
/ was now in the midst of surpris-
ingly grand and beautiful scenery.
The narrow road-in many places
blasted from the rocks along the wa
ter's edge-followed the windings of
the river, and where IT made some
wide sweep we came often upon a
scene absolutely beyond description,
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The First Congressional District.
From fke Waskiaofon Gg>rtfe


appleton Oaksmith is being talked OF
for Tom SINNERS seat in Congress-. Let's
see, there is Maj. Latham, James Edwin
Moore, and doubtless several who might be
prevailed upon to accept this little respon-
The above paragraph we find in the
Winston Sentinel, published up in the
Fifth Congressional District. The
coming man is hardly yet determined
by the Democrats, of this district but
there are some general conclusions
which may yet develop into facts. For
many. reasons waters will want a
change. which will give them rep
.resentntive more to their wishes and
their interests. The most popular and
influential politicians which the State
has ever possessed have been who,
while reserving their independence, al
ways maintained a scrupulous regard
for the wishes of their. constituents.
We must return to those days and re-
call such men. The Democratic par
tyi is not one whose wishes and opin-
ions may be twisted and distorted to
suit the ideas of a few, and this popu-
lar principle of practice might well
be recognized by those who assume the
leadership its councils. We shall see
what We shall see-s ssnSf74Is asa.4
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could detect no opening through which
l could safely get the pony. Leading
him along the margin of the river was
impossible, for the water was too deep
to ford, and the current was SO swift
it would have swept him away in
moment. 1t looked as If the woman
was right: that tangled mass of debris
would certainly "spile the legs Nv airy
four-futted critter" But / dismount-
ed and climbed upon the drift-wood to
reconnoitre. ss1 80
Lying diagonally across the ro ad
was a huge poplar. at least eighty feet
long and at the butt FIVE feet in diam
eter. About thirty feet of the lower
part of its trunk had been followed
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eyes, madam; follow my friend
here. He knows a path that will take
you across about a mile up the noun
tain"
"Thank ye," she answered, seating
herself upon Il stone by the roadside.
Use tired: we'se come plumb from
Asheville."
"What! this morning?"
"Yaas; took early start. But
we'se come bit furder'n thet-from
back ter Roothurford, nigh a hundred
mile"
"And walked all the way, with the
mud up to your knees ?"
"Yaas; but we doan't rnind tibet ::
we hain't none of yer indoor chick
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Gov. Vance Gives a Log Rolling.


On next Thursday, the; 9th inst.
Gov. Vance will have an old.fasi.iened
log rolling at his farm near Black
Mountain StatiolI,s on which he has his
summer. residence fslGombroon. All
the citizens of the neighborhood, ,young
mensand old,share'been cordially in-
yited to ebeupresent, and take hand,
not only .atAthesaogs, but at the many
good things appropriate to- such an
occasion, whieiflwiilf be- ilabundantlyi
provided. I sQ uite a numbershave been
sinrlteds i'm eohtiguuus itownships, aand
lother partsAofi thes ceuntry ex-
ira cooks ARE said to be =aI1,eady at
work ppepariA g the meats, vianas, &c.
All who attendsmay be sure of "a roy
al good time, as no man il this world
knows better how toalo thes hospitable
thing thanoar distinguishes Senator,
and sfeliow-citizen, Hon.szs b.. Y ance.
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the others locks
I'M a horizontal
chang" " and was
in the act of comb
ing them straight
down in the lat
estmountain fash
lion. "W hat is the
price for trim
ming hair in this
shopY" [. asked
the artist, as /
rode by. ISIS
"a dime" ans
wered the artist,
without . hooking
up or altering his
position. "An' we
AK fools only half
price. i'll you
heu ynur done 2o
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BEYOND THE BLUE RIDGE
A GLIMPSE OF ASHEVILLE AND
THE ENCAMPMENT.
A s&Sentinel'' Reporter Takes q RAM
BILE i'm ,Buncombe and Goes Fishing
In the Swannanoa.
staff COrrexpoadeace OF the Sentinel.

STAFF Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
LoSG's P. O., n. G., August s.
We have heard the scenery Of West
ern North Carolina called beautiful,
but never did we realize the full sig
nificance of the word until We came
in sight of Round Knob, nestled
among the grand old hills with its
fountain playing 269 feet in the air.
Then as we gazed out and peak rose
upon peak, and the morning sun gild-
ed their SUBMITS, we fully realized
that we We're in the Land of the
Sky" - -,
We enjoyed a good breakfast and
journeyed ON to Asheville, the capital
of the West. The city of the hills
was at her gayest. with the stars and
stripes from almost every window,
while the Asheville band in their gay
uniforms welcomed the soldier boys
from the East with some of their
best selections. az ~ 'fa 2e-zs,z
The Encanpment was enjoyed to
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Ivy, ana just
abovey must
be tie place
where l had
to cross. [
raised myself
inthe stirrups
to- catch a
glimpse ofthe
stream where
it Issues from
the mountain
and just then
espied a SOL
it,lry horse
man. energ-
ing from Il e
ravine thro'!
w h ic h it
pours into the
French
He was clad
in common
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'I.Ragister Hsur Rseds.i.


"a
People sshonlxl remembsr that all
deeds must beiregistered by january,
1856. There should be- no extension
of time after that date, It is unjust
and unfair to land purchasers for the
Iegislature. tosgrantE further indul-.
gence for the registratidm snf land CON
reyances. apd wel do mot heliese fur
therstime wih be granted by the Leg
lslatape of 1887. Serinqsly, We say,
yaa had better fegister your deeds and
sa4e trouble and Il aHsuitsast... 5 : 8 y.
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getting hi m
home ov er
the Ivy. The
colt was kind
but wavward
and unbrok-
en-, and if /
was disposed
to risk my
neck upon his
back the land
lord had no
objection.
= Calling to
mind the adj
age, amy port
in a Storm
which for the
occasion I
rendered amy
vehicle in an
emergency,'I 1
asked for an
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BY EDMUND KIRKE.
From. Lippiacotts Magazine.

From LtPptncott's Magazine.
There was not horse or mule in
the entire town of Marshall that I
could hire to take me to Alexander's,
eleven miles to the Eastward. No one
was willing to risk his animal in SWIM
ming the Ivy, a mountain-stream that
flows into the French Broad about a
mile up the. road, and which was now
very much swollen and rushing in
furious torrent. But the landlord had
in his stable a colt, 1.-TWO year old next
spring." which belonged to a Mr..
Brown, who lived up the river about
four miles on the hither side of Alex
auder's. He had been ridden down by
a gentleman before "the fresh,'' and
the landlord had been waiting ever
since for some one fool enough to risk
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bne lulleSt extent
and bright eyes I,
gay music and
tri p pa ng fe e t
made the nights
! merry .a,-s~
Leaving Ashe-
vile with its heat
and dust we took
a trip into the
country with. a
friend and stop
close beside the
lovely Savanna
noa. Our party
w Ell t up t h e
stream fishing,
and after crawl
ing thro' laurel
thickets, fording
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" THE LAND OF THE sky
SOME GLINIPSES OF LIFE IN WES-
TERN CAROLINA.

A Perilous Trip From Marshall to Al
exanders-Crossins Rushing Noun
tain Torrents-The Mail Carrfer-A
Rustic Couple who Could Walk-A
Wayside Barber Shop-A Runcombe
County Tobacco Farm-A Glimpse
of the French Broad.
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.sIszIA 7 a lsl,s ~ Esss1ss %, iI.ss s.ss
s sa = Is1ss sssss ssii ssM Issssssz.
q hnr lssssssos sssfa aAss
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truths will revolve around IL in their
places. ~ am the truth" says the
Son of God. o come and take il.
PLATE asked, "What is TRUTH" The
truth embodied stood before PLATE
in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.
Accept Jesus Christ and He will
make you free. Let scepticism go
and let all doubt be buried and
perish, and come to Jesus Christ,
the truth, and be saved. You are
TO pass away and appear before God.
Can you go and give an account of
your stewardship? Mrs. Hampson
closed with an impassioned appeal to
the whole audience to accept pre-
sent, great and everlasting salvation.
Are there any in this city that have
not yet heard Mrs. Hampson? Then
they evidently do not know what is
going on. There is nothing being
done at present and there cannot be
at any time anything that holds the
mind and the attention so spell
bound as the fervid, soul-stirring
appeals of Mrs. Hampson. We cam
not explain it. Come for yourselves
and hear. E. G. o.
Honolulu, Jan. Sth.
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patronize and protect each other
against the whites and natives of the
soil controlling a large portion of
our mercantile trade, and the whole
of our rice and vegetable produc-
tions; supplying the native of the
country with food raised from his
soil furnishing nearly seven-tenths of
the plantation laborers, consequently
receiving seven-tenths of all moneys
paid for plantation labor. The gold
law that we are endeavoring to put
in force will supply and allow the
Chinese laborer TO set aside and save
in American gold his wages over
and above his necessary expenses.
This Mongolian stranger has been a
curse TO all civilized nations where
he has been allowed to encroach. He
has succeeded here in artfully secur-
ing the patronage of the native peo-
pie and portion of our foreign
population and the unanimous patro-
mage of his countrymen. These are
facts that require very serious con-
sideration by the Hawaiian Govern
ment.
(In he roucLu1ic1 in nur ,,cxk \
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AN AMERICAN HEALTH LAW.


pared for submission to Congress,
containing protective provisions
against the introduction of cholera
or other infectious diseases into the
United States. 1t comprehends
National Board of Health, to be
constituted by one member of every
State Board. Both National and
State Boards have powers conferred
upon them, to act unitedly or indie
pendently, in the framing and en-
forcing of health regulations. The
National Board will regulate the
marine quarantine service, making
rules to be observed by all vessels
sailing from foreign ports to ports
in the United States, and fine not
exceeding 1000, to be q lien upon
the vessel, is appointed for each
infraction of such rules. A pro-
clamation may be made, by the
President of the United States, of
measures which he may deem neces-
sary to be taken for the public pro-
lection in cases of emergency, but,
at the same time, he shall convene
the National Board, and whatever
regulations that body may devise
shall supersede those contained in
the proclamation. Consular officers
are to collect sanitary statistics and
information in foreign ports. De-
partment officers at home are to
serve temporarily under direction of
the Board, without extra compensa-
ton. An appropriation of $500, 900
is made in the bill to meet expenses
incurred in carrying it out, such
sum to be disbursed under the Ma
tional Boards direction. 1t will be
reassuring to this country to have
such complete measure against
pestilence adopted by our most in
innate neighbor. AS, however, it is
not improbable that the cholera may
break out afresh in European coun-
tries, with which we have some in
tercourse, next season, or appear
among our Central or South Ameri-
can neighbors at any time, it be-
comes us to have our own house set
in order against such an unwelcome
visltant. Mixed up though our health
interests are with party politics,
public opinion properly brought to
bear upon our Board of Health
would, we trust, not be without re-
suit in having the sanitary condition
of Honolulu made more satisfactory
than it is. The probability that if
epidemic disease broke out here, the
country would be cut off for the
time from commercial intercourse
with the United States, under that
country's proposed stringent law,
should in itself prevent our Board
of Health from going to sleep ovel
the sanitary condition of the city.
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Mr.. Jaeger has another article on
''Neglected Industries" in the cur
rent number of the Planters Month";
ly. 1t contains the following striking
sentences near the close 81 am
convinced that every island of this
group could be transformed into q
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Mr.. Jaeger offers to give training
in gardening and tree culture to a
number of select boys from the
plantations, at the Government
nursery, for an average indemnity
of 500 per boy per annum, each
one, however, to stay only three
months. This is an opportunity
that should be jumped at by intelli-
gent planters.
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WANTED,
NOTICE..

NOTICE.
d F. EHLERS & COMPANY hav.
H. ing this day assigned all their
property and claims to us, the under
signed, we hereby notify all persons
owing said firm to make immediate
payments.
e. p. Mable, at the store of B. F.
Ehlers & Co.., on Fort street, is author
lied to receipt for all payments.
Ii. W. SCHMIDT,
G. w. MACFARLANE,
Assignees B. f. Ehlers & Co.
Honolulu, Jan. 8, 1885. 913 If
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THURSDAY, JAN. s, 1885.
THIS EVENINGS D0lNCs.

Skating, Z.
Mystic Lodge, No. ,, 1880.
Meeting, Fire Police, 1880.
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(7o be coueluded in ouy ucxt.)