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LETTER HEADS
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Mr.. Lucius H. Smith has an axe that
is not only curiosity, but has a history.
As near as he can trace, it was brought
over by Columbus when he was roaming
around loose, looking for place to stand
upon, and it was stjlen by some Indians
soon after the cid navigator landed, and
brought west; and as it was something
out of the ordinary way of axes, 1T was
kept y something sacred, and was ham
ded down, as dowry with the oldest IN
diam princess upon to marriage. Il thus
got into the hands of the pale face bro
theirs. This memorable axe is also sup
posed to sustain close relationship to
the little hatchet" with.whicb G.. Wash
ington, Esq, is popularly, supposed to
have cut his'way through a cherry tree
into the White House, on. rather the
Presidency of the country Columbus es-
tabiished. Mr.Smith is as proud of his
axe as he is of his direct descent from the
celebrated Mr.. John Smith, who is also
reported TO have met with lively Incl
dent insw1lich cestain Indians threaten
ed to take a rather hel5 lifting part.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-08
!. a MA4EoR.IfIATfoN.

A correspondents At Pigeon Valley in
forms us that on the 4th inst, male
child was born 10 Mr.. George Young,
residing on the lands Of Mr.. A. Haynes,
which has no eyes or nose, and only a
part of the upper iaW-where the front
Il. mouth !. .h.pss er-issl-s-
spendent says, and its face bears no re-
semblance to a human Itssweight was
four pounds, and was living and doing
well on the 9TH. s
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-08
STILL IN THE LEAD!

STILL IN THE LEAD. '''' ' 80 =
The Seven Springs Ir6h-Alum Mass is
rapidly gaining in popularity The sales
of it are larger than ever before and still
increasing. Noperson has ever used It
without. deriving unmistakable benefits
therefrom. 1t is the best family medi-
cine ever offered to the public. and never
fails to give perfect satisfaction. At this
season of the year when Cholera Nor
bus, Cholera 1nfantum and Diarrhoa are
prevalent, this.Yaluable remedy should
be kept in every house, 1t never fails
to cure and if used in time will prevent
an. attack. 1t is guaranteed to cure in
digestion, dyspepsia, headaches, chills
and fevers, &c. Try it and be convinced.
s1li1 ~ lsil fff-~--. .~-' u atsj 90 +...f
Carpets, Mattings, Squares, Rugs, Mas
Oh Cloths, Lace Curtains, .Cfetonnes, Rale
Silks, 1urcoma1as, Table DanaGsks, Sheeting,
Ioa0els, Napkins, DC. j, s.;-ar;- - .e.tir
eodF = IL. REDWOOD & co.
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TEE MADISON HERALD.

TEE MADISON HERALD. f3.- Him Jt.45l
A new candidate for public favor, under
the above title, will be launched upon
the sea of journalism at the enterprising
town Of Marshall, in Madison county, by
Mr.. c. E. Wilson, of the. Asheville .1ri-
bosle, about the first of Octsber. Mr.. w.
will also continue the TFibNnc. Madison
county is one Of the best counties in the
South, and we have no doubt her people
will fully appreciate good local paper,
and we are sure Mr.. Wilson will give
them one. We wish him success. no
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-08

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
IN now have the tax-list for 1885, and
hope all will call and settle as soon as possible.
T. C. STARNES,
Sc div Tax ColPor City of Asheville.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-08

Jersey BULL
ton who wish to use my fine Jersey bull can get
free pasturage0n my farm six niles east of Ashe-
vile. THOS.B 1ONG,
sept sd Aw1w Long, N. G..
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Departments II.
ID! g. 9WADDELL, SuP'T; ;
Trial of speed.

Trial Of Speed.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER aIsT, 1856,
No. RUNNING At ago O'CLOCK /
Half Mile Dash, for Two Year Olds; Purse
5000 III
First Premium, S35 90
Second premium, i-,.-5 10 90
Third premium, 90
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.Losr.

On Monday night a Ladies' Gossamer.
The finder will please leave the same at
Pelham's drug store.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-08

Send yoGr Job Work of all kinds to the
Citizen Office, If you aeant it done neatly,
chedply and qciM dispatch. =
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PREMEfTM List:
OF THE
Western. .Nloa-Eh GS5es0g lssG
| Fair .aesOefs sstOps
Fob tsss.
Fab: to be 5seyB lltf0lee 1oth
and 9ad 1sSc1sssire
HarfIMoOds. .1Ei1craIs .
DePaas u e.

HaFJlWoOsIs, 1lineraIe &c.
Best displag of IaldN oeds selectz
ed IN W Nc so 90
e display of minerals gatheEed
IN w NC slIsssS9 20 90
FiAest display Of carp lish oo
display of other fish, raised in
pond III 90
For the best display Tin and Stove
Ware, also house furnishing
goods in that line manufac- e
tured in WNC Diploma
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YNRUsTEE's SALE.
BY virtue ofa deed of trust executed. to me
by Wilson Boyd. duly registered in the Registers
page 10, said trust made to secure the payments
Of certain notes mentioned therein, I win sell
for cash at pubic auction on the 2lst day o.
son Engine mounted on slsids. Said sale tQtake
place where the mill is now situated, being In
Cathey's Cove. on the waters of Webh's branch
a miles above the fork of Hominy creek and 81
miles from J NJ Thrasbs store at H0miny Depot
on thew N r r. TH0Ss I. 4VANGILDER, :
Aug 1S, 1885. Trustee.
Also will be sold at the same place and time Z
first class Saw Mill, complete. 1is the same mill
which has been used in connection with the
above engine, and is warranted in all respects.
sept 3W2t JAMES BUTTRICK.
ALSO,
WIZ be sold 52-inch Circular Saw.
aIfsEfEs zE WIN. NJ. WRIGHT. Z
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srARNEs STRICT

Recently made l,srough the valuable
property of Messrs. Starnes Bros, has
been rendered to the city and accepted,
and is now. public highway. Some of
the handsomest property in the city is
nowtopen to, the,market, and persons de-
string lbeautiful localities Tor residences
will do well to examine it. 1t is near the
center of thelcity, and is most convenient
in all respects. lcssA-f=tc .z"fs. q
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No. 2-RuNN1NG AT 3 O'CLOCK.
Mile Heats, Two Best in Three Purse
$4,000.
First premium, 975 90
Second premium, ttS. so 90
Third premium, NJ rs 90
No. s-PAc1NG At 4 O'Clock.
Mile Heats, Two Best in Three, Purse
-..-- $500. ~,
First premium. $40 90
Second premium, -sat-,|f IS 90
Third Premium, ry,t,s-g 10 90
No money paid unless 3 minutes made.
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EXACTLY. i!E = y. 49,
The Winchester Times says: The fell
low who loafs around the streets all day
and goes home at night to a wife, mother
or sister, who works hard to support him,
can ten You exactly what the country
needs to make it prosperous and what
policy newspaper ought to pursue, and
the kind of matter it should get up to
make it a glorious success. n iF.S3
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THE MAsfMoNrH Russian SUM- .FnowRR.

THE MAsfNoNTH Russian SUN-FnowRR. j
Col Hoyt, of Turnpike, brought to our
Office this morning, a sup-fower of the
above variety, which was mammoth sure
enough. It measured full twelve inches
across its face, and its seed were as large
as pumpkin seed. The seeds of the sun
fowls, and is good for stock. A fifteen-
cent package of seed, produced for COL.
Hoyt, nearly five bushels,l which shows
an enormous yield for the outlay. Accord
ing to the yield on the land planted this
season, Col. Hoyt says one acre would
produce one hundred and fifty bushels
of seed. This surely would pay; The
seed sell in Northern markets for fortI
cents a quart. .,.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-08

On the public road between Arden
and Asheyille, a pocket-book, which the
owner can have by proving property and
paying for this notice. Apply at this
Office
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NNTLF sTRAYED OR STOLEN,

MULE sTRAYED OR STOLEN,
M From the
Banner Warehouse last night-,A Sorrel MARE
MULE wears of age, in good condition, with
gals on hips. A liberal reward win be paid for
the return of mule to me or information leading
70 recovery : JOHN w. ,WEIIsS,z ~
sept 6-dft Sandy Klush, N. G..
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CeHooL NOTICE
viii open for the fall sessi on Monday the 14th.
Her friends ana patrons will please take notice.
sept 5-d1w
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER .aND.

No. 4-TRorrINe AT ago o'cIocKf
Mile Hears, Two Best in Three, Purse
: - S1oo 90, .:...asT. 10
First premium, -..,s-., 500 90
Second premium, 80 - IS 90
Third premium, - Z .Aiii-h- rs 90
No money paid unless 8 minutes made.
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DAILY EDITION.

w. T. Weaver, Sole Agent for Hess
Handmade Shoes for men. If
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No. ls-RUNNING AT $500 O'CLOCK. !,
One Mile Dash, Purse $50 90.
First premium, $50 90
Second premium, IS 90
Third premium, 500
No. 6-RUNNING AT 4 O'CLOCK. =,
Three Fourths Mile Dash for Two Year
Olds, Purse 500 90. -.y., 4.
First premium, sos 90
Second premium, N L IS 90
Third premium, pIs7rE ~ 1890
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FRIDAY. OCT. z3Rp.


Half Mile Dash for Saddle Horses, Own
ers to ride.
Purse $254 ,isaG G5IJIl
First premium, SIS.
Second premium, 10.
.DE --ft--+%- ,fEifTe1ii
SrH RAcE-RUNNINc, AT 3 O'CLOCK.
Half Mile Dash for Horses Owned and
Raised in Western N. Carolina.
Purse S2S.
First premium, SIS
Second premium, 10
9TH RAcE-RUNNING, AT $500 O'CLOCK.
Consolation Purse for Horses that have
Trotted and not won at this Meeting.
rs Mile Dash. Purse $50.
First premium, $zs
Second premium, IS
Third premium, 10
10TH RAcE-RuHN1NGLPA1R MULEs-
!; /et AT 3:4s O'CLOCK.
x Mile Dash. Purse SIS.
First premium, :. $40
Second premium, s
, 1885-11-08
A VIEW nEPAnruRE.

A recent ruling Of the secretary of the
interior will do more to promote reform in
the civil service than all the doctrinaire
experiments of the commission.
1t has long been customary for officials
in the several departments, Immediately
upon the termination of their official rela-
tons, to rush into practice as attorneys or
claim agents, generally making exclusive
specialties OF the very branches of business
in connection with which their services
have been conidentially employed. So
notorious has this become that the news
papers Of the country have teemed with
advertisements bidding for practice upon
the capital OF knowledge acquired by
means of former tenure Of official place.
The interiors and the treasury departments,
especially, have for many years been in
tested with practitioners Of this character,
openly marketing information necessarily
obtained during the existence of confiden-
tial relations.
IL has been decided by Secretary Lamar,
with special relation to the general land
office, but with equal reference to the
other bureaus of the interior department,
that no person who has held appointment
as officer, clerk or employe in that depart
ment, shall act as counsel, attorney or
agent in the prosecution of any claim
against the United States pending during
the term of such appointment, or aid in
the prosecution of such claim within two
years next after such appointment shall
have terminated. This ruling must COM
mend itself to every lover of justice,
whether he consider the unseemliness-to
use the mildest term-of making traffic Of
official Information to the injury of the
government itself, or the unfairness of
giying-in case of concurrent claims-so
manifest an advantage to either litigant.
The rule of action of the ex-oficial
attorneys has been that of Capt. Dalgetty:
When the pay stops, service ends; and
the other side offers an open market for
all knowledge gained. One might even
have passed upon a case but a few days
before appearing as attorney in its fur
ther prosecution. 1t is well that such
scandal should end, and its successful
termination will far outweigh ali turgid
phrases of platforms As evidence of sin
cerity. The principle here enumerated
commended itself to a Republican con-
gress to the extent of securing a statute
on the subject thirteen years ago, but it
was reserved for a Democratic administra-
ton to make the first effort to carry that
statute into effect.
, 1885-11-08
THE sIGNA SERVICE.

The humorists of the daily press have
done much to harm one of the most use
ful branches of the public service by
laughing at odd Probabilities and the
work of the signal service.
One would think from reading the com
mcnts OF the paraeraphers that Gen.
Hazen's bureau had done nothing to JUS
tiiy its continuance; but when the fact
becomes generally known that out of the
0i6 cold wave signals displayed in the
now completed year of the bureau Sl5
were justified, it would seem that wen the
most careless observer should be con-
WINGED of the great use of the service.
TuE LEADER has recognized the value
of the signal service reports by giving
them space in its columns daily for the
last fifteen years, and we may say hat
few features of the daily news published
apparently receive more attention from
readers than our weather and tempera-
ture reports, as shown by correspondence
received ON the subject.
The report of the chief signal officer
which has just been issued, shows a graft
Tying condition of the service. There are
nearly 500 signal stations in the United
States and twenty-five in Canada from
whieh daily reports are received. From
these meteorological differences for forty
two hours are drawn relative to approach
ing cold waves, lrosts, storms, extreme
temperatures and the general state of the
weather.
The weather side of the signal service
is the one most appreciated by the public,
but it has an important military aspect,
which is recognized by the highest author.
tiles ut home aud abroad.
So far as the weather service is con
cerncd it is safe to say that, admitting its
limitations and Deficiencies, caused by
lack of money for extending the service,
no branch of the public service is more
useful in a practical, everyday way.
, 1885-11-08

1901" g HNLHH
The question of the preservation OF
wood used for docks and piling has he.
come an i'm ortaut iactor Of cost in com
nnerce The action az wafer on wood.
and the destruciiveness of the teredo.
worm. when considered in connection
with the rapid depletion of the forests of
the country. making lumber costly. have
hasiencd inyentipi - preserve such tim
Der from both sources of decay. was
talking with a member of the loci com
mission the other day. when he said to
me that creosotinc seemed to be the only
remedy. but was too costly.
COL w. T. Canadny. sergeant at arms
Of the United States. tells me that the
people of his stale. North Carolina. have
beyond question solved the problem
They have immense forests OF pine. and
their shipping interests Of pine. and their
shipping Interests are large. The average
life Of timber in docks at Wilmington has
been about two or three years. In that
time the teredo- worm would literally per
forate any piece of wood put into the
water. The remedy is carbonizing the
wood by charring the surface and then
filling il will creosote. For the latter
purpose they have at Wilmington great
retorts into which they put fifteen OF
twenty logs. The retorts are then closed
and pressure put on by which the creo-
sote is forced into all the pores of the
wood They get twenty pounds Of solid
oils into each square foot of timber. 1t
has been tested until Capt. Eads declares
he believes it will last 100 years. and De
esseps has within IA year taken ship
loads 10 Panama for use on the great
canal.
, 1885-11-08
China. Railroad, and relesraph..

81 q NkAHf 49, 90 ~ ANANNl
China can easily find responsible people
who will contract to supply her with
1000. 900 tons of rails or 1000 miles of
railway. with rolling stock and everything
complete. and the fact that she has not
made any such contracts is a proof either
that she is not prepared to pay the price
required by the people who arc in n posi-
ton to do the work or that she does not
want the railways Ten years ago the
latter reason was the true one; to-day the
former is nearer the truth, though the
latter has still some effect
The Chinese can not for many years
hope to manage railways. Even in the
case of the Chinese telegraphs. the fact
thai the charge per word from Pekin to
Shanghai, a distance of some 800 miles, is
40 cents say, Is Cd is a proof that there
is no management at all; and with rail
ways It would be worse Even In Eng
land. after sixty years of experience. rail
way managers are such exceptional men
that we are obliged to pay them more
highly than almost any men in similar
positions, and any arrangement which
leaves the railway management in native
hands must be ruinous TO that particular
scheme.
, 1885-11-08
A Painters Lay Figure.


MIR. J. G.. Brown has now under way
another of his bootblack pictures A
young boy wearing a straw bat is seated
on his box painting n mustache and a
goatee on the face Of his younger brother.
likewise seated on a box. When Mr..
Brown was found at work on this picture.
the model consisted of two bootblacks.
boxes. placed one above the other. on
which were in similar position two round
smoking tobacco boxes Of cardboard. the
whole being topped with a dilapidated
straw hat.
The unnatural inference was that Mr..
Brown painted his bootblacks out Of his
head, he having put on ava so many
of the genus ON inquiry. however. II
was learned that the youthful model who
had been used for one of the figures be
came Tired and was allowed TO go aftei
receiving another hat in place Of his ole
straw. the latter being the part of the
picture on which the painter was then en-.
gagged Hence the strange substitute for
"A lay figure.
, 1885-11-08

Ola bny% and CIR of I'm ish ; c ETY..
i"Corkai sner ~ Thu A oIau
1t is impossible to say what age ia
looked upon as the limit | myself know
one young lady" who goes about in
society as a girl, and has her name en-
grared on her mothers visiting card for
projection, / SUPPOSE. who is between 80
and 80. The only thing ungirlish about
h9r is that she doesn't play at lawn tennis.
However, in that respect she is an excep-
tion. for the older a girl gets. and the
balder and more stifl jointed aiman seems
to grow, the greater interest do they take
in that now most silly game. know n
other girl" of 80, or Whereabouts. who
skips about with a racquet in her hand at
every garden party. and men of so who
live in white flannel trousers. Why they
do 1t Is what beats me.
Both males and females are the reverse
of attractive in any sense. The women
have paint covered wrinkles. false hair
topped heads. and porcelain embellished
gums. while the men grunt when they sit
down. and their knees crack when they
walk, let alone run, after a ball hit be
yond their reach. | might say that the
majority of these absurd old boys is com
posed Of retired army generals. colonies
and majors. whose idea'of active service"
does not go beyond the hardships and
dangers of q review at Aldershot, or an
inspection on the barrack square.
, 1885-11-08

Vi. Emile lola says hat after leaving
school he became a clerk in a warehouse.
His wages were small, and. although he
tried to add to his income by writing
verse. he found much difficulty in keep
ing the wolf from the door. Indeed. the
public thought so little Of his poetry that
he was often obliged TO go hungry to bed:
until. one day. a brilliant idea struck him.
lie lived at the top of a house, and had
access TO the roof. Nothing seemed to be
more easy han TO improyise a trap. and
to sci 1t on the leads for sparrows. lie
successfully tried the experiment. and for
some months aflerward sparrow was
almost his only animal food
, 1885-11-08
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER, s. 1855.
RMS OF sUBSOKIPTION.
RATES or

DAILY LEADER. all transient advertisements
10 cents per line each Insertion, @ consecutive
Insertions Scents per hne one month Q cents
per line.
MIND mention notices. among local reading
matter. 10 cents per line each Insertion.
y LEADER, all transient advertise
ments . cents per line nrst Insertion one
month. % cents per line SIX months 10 cents
per line one year p cents per line. Marriage
and birth notices si.01 each. No advertisement
inserted for less than . cents.
II. GLAFckE. Pnblisher.
, 1885-11-08

NJ. +. Posr is at Washington, pros
trating himself at the foot of the throne
and petitioning Cleveland for the Wyo-
ming %governorship. We scarcely think
he will get it, but you can most always
tell what a Democratic president will do.
-L1rdmic Scat1ieL.
Mr. Post is not just now prostnting
himself at the foot of any throne. lie
left here last week for New York, where
he is engaged in arranging the details Of
u Of the largest live stock sales hat has
ever taken place in this territory. About
a million dollars is involved in this trans
action, and it is probable that the business
Mr.. Post has in hand is considered by
him Of greater importance than TIE gov
ernorship or any other Office in the gin Of
the administration. If any "prostrating
is done il will be at the foot Of the power
thsi has the million dollars to dispose Of,
, 1885-11-08

he would do that. too, but. 10 tCll thd
truth, he said, he wanted her ma D be
lieyed and hoped she wanted HIM NV.
lie looked uround on The waste. and tho
girl raised her eyes and swept tho blacken
earth with them TO the point where The
lead OF the clouds touched the ilane-swept
earth.
II was pride against hclplc,sncss ard
love. aud the latter woI She left W IN
the young mar that afternoon. and 10 a
friend Of hers here she said that she would
never return as a farmer
, 1885-11-08

You may not be aware OF 1t, but it's a
fact, that many of the medicines recon-
mended Tor Group contain either chloro-
form or opium, and cannot be given to
children in the large and frequent doses
required. in cases of Group, with any de-
gree of safety. They are dangerous and
should be avoided at all times, There is
one preparation. however, that does not
contain a single ingredient that would in
juro a child, and it Is a certain and posi-
tive cure for or pup, and that is Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy 1t has cured
thousands of cases and can always be
depended upon. Sold by w. N. Hunt
, 1885-11-08

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal, is
Natures Own Ture Laxative. This plea
sent liquid fruit remedy may be had OF
Hunt & Whipple druggists. Sample bot
ties free and large bottles at fifty cents or
one dollar. Il is the most pleasant,
prompt and effective remedy known, to
cleanse tho system, TO act on the Liver,
Kidneys aud Bowels gently yet thoroughly;
to dispel Headaches, Colds and Feyers; to
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kind
red ills. For sale by w. N. Hunt.
, 1885-11-08

or the age in the medical line is the liquid
fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufac-
tured only by the California Fig Syrup
Co., San Francisco, Cal. 1t is agreeable
to the taste, acceptable to the stomach,
harmless in its nature, painless yet prompt
and thorough in its action. For sale by
w N HINT
, 1885-11-08
SK|N,'u e %' s;.,,,

u~UMIL1ATING erupiions, itching and burning
hskin %tOrtures, lOathsome sores, and every spe-
cies Of Itching, scaly. pimply, Inherited scrofn-
lons and contagious diseases ofthe blood, skin
and scalp, with loss OF hair, from infancy to old
age, are POSITIVELY cured by Culicura. the great
skin Cure. and Cuticura soap. an exquisite Skin
Beautiher, externally, and Cutlcun Resolvent
the new Blood Purifier, Internally.