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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09

-TLe stock 81 catt1n II the
III tic Earopeau spiuners is
stated at COZ 900 bales, being 22o, 900
bales less than on the first Of April
last year. The American splnners
so far have taken 100000 bales,
against 1,5S5,Q00 bales last year, and
l,136,O00 the year before. From
this it would seem that the stocks al
the American mills must be compar-
atively light, and that the demand
must for the balance of the season
be constant and maintained. The
crop LAS SO far yielded 5,49s,6oe
bales, but the receipts are Low nom
inal, and there is hardly more thar
100 900 bales TO come. The tota
visible supply Of all cotton, is 1853,
Gl4, against 2,S3G,3S9 last year, be
ing a decrease Of 277.000 bales.
Tile Raleigh Ne,cs and Oh
) $ercer saws We learn from a lette
Of Senator Vance 20 Gov. Scale
that he and Senator Ransom pre-
serted the invitation of the tacuIt,
Of the University to the President
ari Irga1 tic arr1ntauca Tho Pre-.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09
BLOOD FAINT.

was suffering from blood poison
and mercnrlal rheumatism, and had
spent $500 for treatment With no
benctil, aud 1t seemed that | was
doome1 to die. Caught at Swifss
Specific as a drowning man would
Al a straw, and it has saved me from
E" horrible death, and cured me
sound and well. Il is the greatest
medicine III the world.
{ II. SMILEY,
Quincy, Ill.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09


e suddenly u have dissolved.
Mr.. L. J. Hale, editor Of the
Fayetteville O~b$e1cer, has been ~
pointed consul at Manchester, Eng
land, vice y. d. Shaw, suspended
Gen, Grant las 20 far im-
proved as TO be able to work sc.-
eral hours on his book last Tuesday.
The doctors pronounce lis case as
being "hmply wonderful.
Over halt the signers OF the
Confederate States constitution are
dead. Anew York lady owns the
original document, and she has been
repeatedly offered $4,000 for it.
--Prcsidcrt Cleveland has APP
pointed Hon. John Goode, of Nlr-
ginia, Solicitor-General. This is the
office held by Hon. Samuel +. Phil
lips, Of this State. The friends OF
Judge FowIe thought tia: he wa,
entitled to this appointment, but it
seems that President Cleveland did
not think so.
The President proposes to
make a clean sweep Of tie Mahone-
tie officeholders in Virginia, and has
alreA1y begun by ~supplanling the
famous Republican Confederate
Brlgadier Mosby, and appointing
Col. Robert Wilhers, of Virginia, to
his place as consul general at Hong
Kong. These Mahoneites were for
Arthur, because Arthur was for
them, and now President Cleveland
will put i'll Anew meE who were for
Cleveland. The sooner the better,
says the Raleigh Mars aud Observer.
But cannot something be
done, asks the Raleigh BibIicat Re
cOruc", to improve the teaching in
our schools. Sometimes committees
try to improve in other respects at
the expense of the teaching. In or
der to have a long term Of school,
they will employ a cheap teacher
But this is mistaken economy. II
we cannot get more money, we must
try to improve the character of the
teaching. This car perhaps be most
effectively done through the county
Superintendent. Four years age
this Office was created, but before i,
had fully shown whether the office
was needed or not, an economical
Legislature practically abolished it
The last Legislature has restored
some of it's best features. What We
wish to say now, is 10 urge our
readers not to condemn this office as
a needless waste of money until il
has been tried. Those States which
have The best systems Of Public
Schools, have county Superlntend
cnts.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09

Over halt the signers OF the
Confederate States Constitution are
dead. Anew York lady owns the
original document, and she has been
repeatedly offered $4,000 for it.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09
STATE NEWS.

Raleigh has opened her third to-
bacco warehouse.
There are between leo and 10.
children i, the Oxford Orphan Asy-
lum.
The maker Of q North Carolina
cotton planter has sold 735 this
year.
The report OF the burning OF a
event. officer in Granville county,
a few days ago, is without any toul-
dation whatever.
Winston Sentinel The fencing IN
North Carolina is valued at en- NIL
lion dollars, and the stock at two
million. In other words it takes
five dollars worth OF fencing TO pro
tect crops against one dollars worth
of stock.
Durham Reporter Mr.. J. 5.
Carr, together with W. w. Fuller,
returned from Lou,sburg Court Sat
urday, informs Us that in their Ease
against McElwee, they accomplish
ed all that was desired in this court,
that is, obtaining a restraining or
der preventing McElwee from fur
Their infringing upon the Bull Dur
ham brand OF Tobacco.
Raleigh News and Observer +:
| Raleigh has no less than twenty-four
churches. OF these fourteen be-
long to white congregations and ten
to coiored. Of the white there are
two Episcopal, three Baptist, three
Methodist, two Presbyterian, one
Roman Catholic, ono Hebrew, one
Primitive Baptist, one Christian.
No less than six new churches have
been erected in the past two years.
Rockingham Rocket One day
last week some of the hands on the
plantation of Mr.. T. L. Diggs, hav.
ing occasion to cross the river, found
at the mouth of Jones creek on the
Arson side the carcass of an alliga
tor nine and a half feet long. The
strange visitor by some means had
become inextricabfY entangled in {
net work Of vines near the waters
edge and thus persisted. The won
der IS, where he came from and how
he got himself in such a snap. 3,
the way, we have listened for years
past 10 the story Of the finding of
live alligator on Jenny's branch
near Rockingham, some fifty year,
ago, which incident is one among
the revered traditions of the com
munity.
Washington Gazette The credu
lily OF the negro is beyond belief
Some time ago a negro was hange,
in G%reenville. Since then an enter
! prlsing colored brother has beel
selling alleged Strands of the hang
mans rope to cure fits. A strant
long enough to so around the nee
is sold tor % cents. 1t is said tina
the happy possessor Of the rop
finds eager purchasers here ever,
Saturday evening, and of course hi
country custom must be large. An
= other negro has seer this and gon
one better. He has been to Wash
lngton City recently and claims i,
! have had q talk with Presideu
Cleveland. He tells the darkie
that the President authorized hin
to find out all the colored mon !
i'Iti county who voted for him, an,
! to all who will send a bride be wi
) forward a mule.
lis the merry month OF May,
| Bees tromiowerto flower do hun
; Children roam in colors gay
1 The village throughsto the tap c
the drum.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09
The DoCTOR'S LAST HAIRY X
SORT.
Evansville. Ind, Jan

Evansville, Ind, Jan Il, 50,
] recently Lad q very tiicuit case
OF Consumption. treated it in the
no>, scientific nanner possible, but
TO no citrc' patient grew gradually
worse. Rather than Give up, and as
a last resort, decided, much against
my wish, to use q remedy that bad
cured one OF my former patients
Greatly to my surprise, the patient
began to gain, aud in . much shorter
tlue than | dared to ever expect,
she was completely cured. The namo
Of this remarkable remedy Is Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Crn
sumption. now use it altogether
in my practice.-Lcading II. d.,
LrtutSritIc.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09

lis the merry month OF May,
Bees tromflowerto flower do hum,
Children roam in colors gay
The village throughsto the tap of
the drum.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09
FORTUNES FOR FARMERS AND Me

CHANCES.
Thousands of dollars can be saved
by using proper Judgment in taking
care OF the health OF yourself and
family. Ii you are Bilious, have sal
low complexion, poor appetite, low
and depressed spirits, and generally
debilitatel, DO not delay a moment,
but go at once and procure "a bottle
OF those wonderful Electric Bitters,
which never fail to cure, and that for
the trit1ing sum of fifty cents.-73ri-
buae. Sold by all druggists at soc.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09

Instand relief is afforded III cases
Of c%ramping, pains IN the bowels,
sick. htadache, &c, by taxing \ few
drops of Ramon's Relief. For safe
Nv w. A. HAYES.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09


~Spartanbnrg, 5 c., March 18th,
1SS4-Iour most valuable medi-
cine (Swift's Specific has done he
so much good that | feel like saying
this for the benefit of those who sui
fer like did. | was poisoned by
poison oak, and saw not a we'll day
for six years, until | used Swifts
Specific. In the six years | used al
most every kind Of medicine, but
none had the desired effect. After
using six bottles OF Swift s Specific |
am restored to perfect health-with
no sign OF that awful poison lett.
DAVID NESBET.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09

| had for thirty-eight years suffer
ed every spring and summer with
poison oak, which | contracted in
bathing when a boy. tried every
thing for it, including many lhysi-
clans, bat without any benefit. l
took six bottles OF Swit,'s Specific
Is. 5. 81 Jour years ago, and it cured
ne sound aud well. Three SUM
e have passed, and | have had no
return of it.
JOSEPH BEASLEY,
Columbus, Ga,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09

\ At Il we opened the old lu,.cer Warehouse, onvAc 18th day OF >eptemhe
1854 tor the first aLrof Leaf 1nt"tHoi lhe 9h. we toUal that Raleigh. IL
Tobacco Market, WAS N c>taIli>r-i frt and at once egals to look around {.
commnliouS mHrtrr, iIa>ia. purchased the lot No. 65. Wilmington =
I've at once contracted win t1r North Carolina Car Company tor the hand>1n
new Warehouse which he, have lut finished. and vh.h opened ton the dn
timc u Wednesday, the 18th uar al April. We are 20 prepared 10 A3rneI L.
Tobacco. A. we hope. 10 the advantage 81 II Farmer Friem 5 and oulStSe
We have a full! corps Of competent Jerks II Employees. good slcrping roun<
exccieltS laheS. and water on tnr premises. We promise you good time an
good prices for Nour loDa.r.
We ave an eagcr corps of bnN,ls with ample capital to handle the nt
crop IT h State if ece~ry. Our grocery dly -.ools me llariwarcst stores oMs
complete stocks of goods at prcS which defy compa tnion. We have three
the best banks in the State. il on wish 10 deposit your money you cannon dos
with nor e~tety any where han here. We have good road, leading INTO f
City the best water rim the world after YOU get here. All OF this we AN sulla.
uMc ii OF will give us L rial.
Lii eral advance, made on con>ignn ,ns and Tobacco soil strictly ntI"r IL
stiu~tions Of c"n>Esnor. Empty ln@>heals nd boxes sent free h ht'Gtt TO IA
tesw wishing to ship u. We have been very successful I'm ob;aHhllg So"l. lHa
for Tobacco at believe we have given satisfaction TO II customers.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-09
HORROR OF MINERAL POI
SO\lNG.

thousands OF persons are poison
ed IN America by the confined use
Of Mercury, Iodlde OF Potassium and
ether minerals, Tor various diseases.
The Mercury works It's way iuto the
tissues, producing rheumatism and
decay Of the bones. The Iodlde Of
Potassium eats away The coating OF
the stomach, and dries up the gas
tr.c juices which digest the TODD.
Al" the patient fingers along IN ag-
ony OF is glad to die 10 get away
ron misery. >wiit'> Specific is a
complete antidoie to all this poison.
IL eliminates Mercury from tie VS.
TEN, removes the evil effects OF
Iodlde OF Potassium, ana brings
back health and happiness. Send
your address tor a copy Of Treatise
on Blood and Skin Diseases.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer
., Atlanta. Ga.
The Southern Baptist Convention
IS in session at Augusta, Georgia.
II. /. West, Stone Point, Texas.
says / have used two bottles Of
kaiEon'S. Nerve and Bone Oil OIL
my brother, Tor rheumatism. and am
happy 10 say that it has entirely re,
.le'cd him, and, believe. made :
cure. For sale by W. \. lIayes.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
No Teet0tai!crs III Farce.
iPari; I,p.fp,


There arc no atcr-drinEcrs in France.
Among my numerous ac, ;ua.ntancGs and
friends have only found one lady who
had been such from the age Of 10. Her
conversion tool, place under the follow
ing circumstances: She had been q
weakly child, and the doctor ordered
very superior bordeaux at all her meals.
AT 10, having outgroWn her weakness,
she was sent TO boarding school, where,
of course, they offered her nothing but
the vim ordinairG. She refused to drink
if, and the schoolmistress, after many
struggles, had to give in, not without
having previously complained to her
parents about her Obstinacy
The child in the cradle is given wine
to drink; the little school boy and girl
finds it in his lunch basket; the soldier
thinks it is hardship if he does not get
it. The existence Of our temperance and
teetotal societies is both a Won ,er and a
theme of ridicule to the French. Sir
Richard Wallacc's drinking fountains,
of which there are about forty in Paris,
produced Homeric shout of laughter at
first. | spare the reader the details of
their use during the first years of their
existence. The morning ablutiOns of
the homeless yagabond were the least of
their degradation. At present, in the
dog days, perhaps one may see nurse
or a poor person lift the plated cup to
his or her lips, b,ttt it is q sure sign that
the coco man is not in sight, or that the
WhereWithal to pay him is wanting.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
Last GrcaIlalI EE.,ior&t ion.

Lieut.. Holm, who is exploring East
Greenland, is now supposed to be in
winter quarters as far north on the east
coast as he was able 10 journey ldst
Summer. One of his purposes was tC
meet as many of the east coast natives
as possible. We know very little OF
them, as most East Greenland eXpedi-
tions have not met them at all. Lieut.
Holm spent last winter on an east
coast island fifty miles north of Cape
Farewell, where some Esqrimaux live
very comfortably on the salmon, her
rings, and seals with which the neigh
boring waters abound. Holm sent back
word that sledges We're useless for east
coast exploration, as the shore ice is
never thick enough to travel on, being
broken up every day or two by storms
or incoming ice. He travelled north
last summer by boat and land, and
hoped to return next year with rich adj
dition to our knowledge of East Green
land,
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
cremation of Hospital De,Dr.s.-'
ISt James (1aZette


The Paris municipal council has hit
upon an ingenious method of familiat-
izing the public mind in Frar}cc with
cremation, and thus preparing the
ground for its general adoption. 1t has
decided to erect cremating apparatus
on remote spot at Perc La Chaise for
burning the human remains which have
passed through the dissecting-rooms 0t
the Paris l.hospitals. A French paper
makes the almost incredible statement
that of every twelve persons who die in
Paris one is destined to become what II
terms hospital debris" When the
corpses have served the purposes Of
science, the fragments are collected and
human bodies are .'reconstructea" but
the Identification of this debris" after
it has passed from hand to hand
in the Gissecting- rooms being admitted
impossible, each bo!y so reconstructed
must be favored by chance if it has not
been given at least one leg Or arm that
originally belonged to another.
1t is not this state of things that tho
municipal councillors propose to reform:
What they chiefly desire is to effect q
saving in the funeral expenses of the
hospital debris" The projected cre-
matoire will contain three furnaces. The
ashes Of the cremated will be placed in
urns and buried Immediately after the
operation. The council hopes that par
lament will shortly amend the law in
France which renders cremation illegal
in the eases Of persons who die in their
own houses, while it authorizes munic-
ipal councils to do what they please with
human remains when classified as
hospital debris. "
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
How the lee Was Broken.

A good anecdotc is told in The Lon
don Echo in relation to the 1lnsCciablc
habits of Enslishmcn who travel All
Old American gentleman was travelling
from Liverpool to London. Three gen
tlemen in all occupied the carriage, tnC
for an hour alter the train had begun
its journey never one exchanged syIia-
bic with another. At last the American
broke the silence and said: Gentle
men, an L. D.. | have come
from. | have been a merchant for
fifty years, and now | am living
in ease. | am so years of age
and ! have two eyes and one
tongue, and, like a great many of
my C0untrymcn, | take pleasure in
using them. My eyes feel the period in
which they have done me service, and |
cannot read for the motion OF the train.
Having introduced myself, | trust, gen
tcmen, you will not look upon me as a
p.ckpocket." At this one Of the gaut!e-
men drew out his card case and gave
his card. This example was Immediately
followed by the her. ''What, gentle
men, said the American, you do not
seem to know one another; let NE intro
duce you," and with that he crossed his
arms and presented the card Of one to
the other. This was the besirlling Of
warm and long Friendship.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
The Artificial Dinotc.

New York Cor Chicago Herald
In the way Of attractiVeness in fash
ionable femininity itself the newest non
sense is an artificial dimple 1t is made
by smearing a Small spot on the chin or
cheek with colorless shellac varniSh
mixed with glue and then pressing the
flesh with the point Of pencil or pen
holder, holding it so until the stuff be-
comes dry and fixed. The process is
not available for thin, bony faces, nor
where the skin is thick and taut; but in
the case of a soft, pulpy surface very
deceptive result can he produced. The
stiffened indentation retains the shape
of dimple, and a dcsting of powder
conceals the conglomeratc A little
care must be observed on smiling too
suddenly lest the dimple be broken; but
with gentle usage it will last whole
evening
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
At the Candy Factory.


''Sugar toys are becoming quite tho
rage, | believe:" remarked q reporter to
a leading candy manufacturer.
eyes. Toys are made up as readily
of sugar as of plaster Of paris, wood,
metal, or any other substance. The
method of manufacturing-say dogs-is
this: Large quantities Of sugar arc kept
boiling in a huge copper kettle to GER
tain temperature, when it is taken
out and poured into tho dog molds,
which are made Of plaster of paris,
and moistened to keep the sugar
from sticking to them. They are then
put on trays. The way they are made
hollow is in allowing the sugar to cool
and get hard on the outside against the
mold; the liquid sugar inside is poured
out, leaving mere shell. 1t IS then
taken out Of the mold, allowed to cool,
and decorated with a harmless colof.ng
and ready for the market.
THE impression that seems to be SO
general respecting the adnlter&tion OF
candies really has but little, or no iop4-
dation in fact, as the injury cone to the
trade in this particular always more
than countcI1alaG1ts tho tendency in
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
AVO Her THEORY EXPLODED.
How i Tly Walls on the Ceiling
ayc c-,;! 10: racC:a:.ics.
iCLic&Go Heraii.l

Chicago Herald
Science has always taught, and the
generality Of mankind has believed, that
there was q pneumatic operation in the
movements of the common hOuSo-ny.
His legs were supposed to be hollow and
his feet provided with disks. The latter,
clamping firmly the ceiling Of room or
the roof of bald headed man, formed
an air-tight chamber. Then, by setting
his little pump to work, the fly could cx-
tract the air from this chamber, thus
forming a vac lum, with the result Of
fastening his feet firmly to the desired
object. All he had to do when he
wished to make secure his perch was tn
pump out the air and clos the valve.
TO obtain release it was only necessary
TO open the vale and thus destroy the
vacuum.
But this pretty theory has been ex-
ploded. 1t is not from pncumatics that
the fly derives his wonderful powers,
but from paste Il has at last been dis
covered that he sccre c5 q little fluid,
which he keeps in flask somewhere in
his undcrcoat pockets, and when he
plants his foot Il. place WLert he de-
lira, !. to cta,, an instant ha ,,,ns o,,- ,
ltt1o of his ,Hro;l,r, and HI. r,,' fnothn,J ,'' =
j. TINS sim,J5 AMI snraIv c sacurcd , 'GiI iTa
alwavs has j,is mnc;Iago hnttlo Viii,
hun, and by lis use can walk on the
smoothest surface in any attitude. This
paste is an lmI rOVCment over the vac
uum method III that it cHn be applied to
surfaces which would not permit success
NJ Of ia
ThiS now d;sooyn,.v nvmIoics +h. r,,,,
nancbont for nico .,9oorb s,,lacn. ..;.h
r. no. ,,,,,;,1a - ,, +l,l'i' I;,,,1 ,'.i.;,
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1885-03-14
Bill Arp on "Candy Puiiings."
IAtlanta Constitution |


Candy pullings are nuisance, but
| suppose we have to have them. | have
now arrived at the age and frame OF
mind that | submit to anything-any
thing to please the children. And so
when they got their mothers consent
the matter was all arranged and the
company invited without consulting me.
There was q spare room III the house
and as had some writing to do | ad-
journed myself there to have a quiet
time. While | WIS ruminating before
the fire and smoking the pipe of rcace
and tran utility the young folks began
to gather and before knew it the young
ladies were ushcred my into room as re-
ception room, and was kindly Informed
that | would have to yacatc. With .
sigh OF resignation | retired and pokcd
around generally.
Wish l had room-a room OF my
own-and Mrs. arp says she wishes she
had It rO0nl--a room Q? her own. But
she can't taVe Ona. She will never have
one, for children and grand children
would be lost and would Ee lOst she
can't slip OF to Nabor Freoman's but
what Il dozen want to know where she
is and when is she coming back. The
dog and the &C. ro!!0E' Ter -uo she will
never hay: a r.o-l to herself.
But | found cood company at the
candy pulling and had q good time any
how, for ! do love these nabOrIy visits
love to Sc the young folks happy ard
love t" dis curse politics and crops
and naborhood news witt the older
ones. But this candy business is not all
serene; one OF the girls burned her hand
dreadfuIly and is still carrying it in a
bandagc. And then it is so messy, as
Mrs Arp says The children get candy
all over the floor and the tables and
bureau. 1t sticks to my stockings yet
when get ready to 60 to bed. 1t me. is
and smokes on the hearth. The dsho;
are ali daubed and hard to clean UP
again. The door knobs and djpper
handles are sticky AMI they keep sticky
as long as the candy lasts.
But every pleasure has its drawback.
After every dinner the dishes are to be
washed. After every repcse the bed has
to be made up. We ride and drive and
then the horse has to be put up and fed.
We dance to sweet music ard have to
pay the fiddler. We 90 on picnic or
an exclusion and come home tired and
weary. Every pleasure seems to be fol-
lowed by pain or by trouble ..ust aS the
night follows the day. But still it Is
right, for it is nature. We live in con
trasts and ENJOY them.