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The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-05-18
whnt Can BE Done.

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The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-05-18

Send yo;:r job Work of all kinds to the
Citizen Office, If yoss scant 1t done neatly,
chedpty and acith dispatch
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-05-18

HRINKLED Sursuckers, in hand Graz
hast Shoes, Straw Hats Clothing.
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The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-05-18

UALUABLE MICA MINE FOR sALF.
ioffera valuable mica mine for SALE Situated
in Buneombe, four miles from the rail road.
Call on LOCKE CRAIG.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-05-18
DAILY EDITION.
THE DAHY CITIZEN

Our Carriers will deliver the paper ev-
cry Morning in every part of the city to
cur subscribers, and parties wanting it
will please call at the CITIZEN Office.
The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-05-18

New Goods arriving daily this week,
If at WHrTLocK's.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
his FIRST POEM
Longiellow's BOyl.h Production and First
Encounter with Critic.

Longfellow's BOyl-h Production and First
Encounter with Critic.
An orator may feel sense Of salts.
faction in the grafton which makes him.
The voice OF nation, but his success
locs not thrill him rs did the dcclama-
iion when lie was Il boy which first
made him the hero of the little red
school house at the crossroads. Ever
the poets latest volume, though the
publisher announces its tcntf edition
loes not so stir his soul as did the sigh,
Of his first poem in the country news
paper.
The poet Longfellow had this thrill
ing experience in his thirteenth year.
Near the farm of his .datcrnal grand
father there was small lake, known
as Lovell's Pond. 1t was the scene Of
4 famous event in New England history,
'Lovell's Fight with the Indians. The
story made such Il deep Impression on
the boys Imagination that he wrote n
poem of four stanzas entitled, 1.-The
Battle of Lovel's Pond"
With trembling heart he ran down
to the printing-oilice whore the Port.
lind Gazette was published, and dropped
the manuscript into the lcttcr-boX. The
evening on which the paper was
printed he went again, and stood
shiver:ng while watching the working
Of the press, and wondering if his poem
would appear the next morning
His sister shared his confidence, and
they watched their father when he
picked up the paper and dried it before
the wood lire. lie read it slowly, laid
II aside, and said nothing. They picked
it up, and 10! the poem was there in
the poets corner.
The delighted boy read it over and
over, again and again, AMI each time
he felt the thrill of pleasure intensified.
In the evening he went to visit his
friend Frederick, the son Of Judge
Mellen, his fathers intimate friend.
Tho conversation turned upon poetry,
and the judge, taking up the morning =
Gazette, asked:
"Did you see the piece in to.day's
paper? Very stiff; remarkably stifl.
Moreover. it is all borrowed; every
word of it."
1t was the boys first encounter with
a "critic." and that night his pillow
was sprnklcd with tears. Tho judge
was correct in his criticism; but poor
~ were the verses, they gave the boy
his first sensation OF the pleasure ol
seeing oneself in print. Youths Com
DaHiOn.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
HOME AND FARM.


1T is mistake to put spoons In the
holder handles down.
When drain pipes or other places
get sour or impure they may be clcansed
with lime water, carbolic acid or chlor.
ide of lime. .-Erchdn9e.
TO stone raisins asly pour boiling
water over them and drain it off. This
loOscns them and them come out with
ease. e.-1he Household.
You may grow Melilot or sweet
clover for the bees to gather honey from
late in the season, but not for stock as
they will not eat it. 1t has bitter
taste. 1t will perpetuate itself in good
land without cultivation. - WeSterD
Rural.
Asparagus Soup: Boil one bunch
of asparagus and one onion until ten
der, with one teaspoonful of salt and
one of pepper. Pass through a colau-
der and mix with one quart Of boiling
milk, little butter and one egg. Serve
immcdiatcly.-7oiedo Blade.
Public water-troughs, 1t is claimed,
nv pibJSo rum WHICH lHieCuOuS ulS-
eases may be spread. 1t is better that
the farmer carry pail in the wagon.
But If the trough must b, used, the wa
ter should always flowing in it instead
of turning it on only when wanted.-
Chicago Tribune.
Orange Jelly in the Peel: Cut inch
round holes in the stem side of smooth
oranges; take out the pulp with tea
spoon, and steep the skins for two hours
in cold water; drain. and scrape out the
inside carefully, range them on broken
ice, and fill with French jelly. When
cold, cut in halves, and serve from a
glass dish, garnishcd with green leaves.
The Caterer,
--Kooping down the weeds will not be
the only gain to come from thorough
hoeing, BY having layer of finely
pulverlzed soil at the surface evapora-
ton Of moisture will be prevented dur
ing the day, while absorption VIII 20 on
through the night, After every heavy
rain the soil Of tho garden should be
gone over with hoe or rake to prevent
crusting. " Chicago Journal.
Charcoal in porous basket and
also qucilme serve important uses in
the publication Of air. In experiment
ing on this subject scientist took three
hens and placed them under bell glasses.
With one he put little lime, with an
other some charcoal, and with the third
nothing. In half hour the latter was
dead, the second quite stupid, and the
first was almost MS well as ever. This
shows the value Of charcoal in bed
room or sick room. Egchaage.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
An lmpossibiIity.

1t Is sometimes made ground Of
objection TO the Bible that it contains
many mysteries. II it were a merely
human production this would not be
the case. In this feature we find an
other respect in which close likeness
appears between the Bible and the
physical creation. Both have depths
that we can not explore. Just here
VIC would naturally look in the Bible,
II we assume it to be true, to find a
special likeness TO nature. We observe
that in nature, however little may be
revealed to us, still that little is Just
what we need to know, and Is all that
we need to know. However much is
hidden from us, still nothing is hidden
the knowledge of which is essential, or
could contribute, to our present uses
and happiness We would expect to
find the same to be the case with the
Bible. This expectation will not be
disappointed. All the mysteries, and
these are many and deep, which are
presented to us in the Bible are for us
only matters of curious speculation.
All truth that is necessary to be known
and received by MS, that can in any
way affect our present and future wei
fare and happiness, Is set before us in
clear and strong light. Mechanics ana
Faith.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
HELEN JACKSON.
Her Boundless and Genuine Admiration
Tor Physical Perfection.

Her Boundless and Genuine Admiration
for Physical Perfection.
No ono loved beauty more than she;
no one could depreciatc the body more
when it began to lose its freshness. For
strong young men in their prime, for
blooming girls and mature woman
hood, she had an admiration as frank
and almost as unqualified as Greeks,
But her very alteration Of physical love-
illness made her peculiarly sensitive to
imperfection and the dismal accompani-
ncnts of sickness. In her own case,
when accident brought infirmity upon
her, 1t was received at first with shud-
der Of disgust kind of quick impul-
sive scorn, Of which. perhaps, only no
Bile natures are capable. She spoke of
her illness as "a career of disgrace. "
1t was not, probably, for the loss Of
creature comforts, nor even the long
trim OF Affections which it entailed;
these She could endure; they proved, in
fact, field for the exercise of n forti-
tudc which was little short of heroic.
Health meant liberty, It's loss an end
less series of restrictions affecting her
activity and the free play of her intelli-
gence. She resented them as some
thing outside of herself, which deserved
only contempt and chastising. Her
SOUL she thought, could lift itself above
them-wss above them. Throughout
her sufferihgs, she kept her sunniness of
spirit, her serenity and elasticity. And
she continued to work, and to think Of
work. This, indeed, was an integral
part of her creed. To idlers and diet
tanti she had always turned n cold
shoulder; they had no place in her
scheme of things. If her antipathy as.
sumed at times humorous form, it was
none the less real and detp-seatod. 1t
would have gratified tho most rigid
economist to have heard hor set forth
this thesis of life as q period of active
production. She reioiced to call her.
self, snd be called, a working woman;
there was no better title under heaven
to hef sense, and her life was a long en-
forcement of the belief, fruitful Illus
t;ation of how it could be practiced
with dignity and success. Princeton
Reviesc.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
USE OF THORNS.
How They Protect Pltnts Agaln't the At
tacks Of Hungry Animals.

How They Protect Pltnts AgalnIt the At
tacks Of Hungry Animals.
The protective mechanism of plants,
so far as they are direct ID against ag-
grcssive animals, are TO be looked for
mainly in the noighb)rhood of the
young growing parts or the reproduce
tive organs. Not exclusively, however.
but generally the older yegetative
parts are defended by thcir own inher-
cnt qualities. such rs their hardness or
wirinoss, which keep them from being
suitable for the food of their assailants.
Such young growing parts in many
plants, particularly those growing in
exposed regions, are plentifully sup
piled with thorns. spinel, or prickles,
rendering thom, in many eases, eX-
tremely formidable. The thorns or
prickles may be- produced on almost
all the VI setative organs, and may be
merely cpidermal structures, of much
stronger in composition, contain
ing considerable developments OF
woody tissue, These thorny plants
are most noteworthy in desert
countries. some that are met
with there, notably the so-callcd
'wait-a-bit" thorn of Africa, having
spines of immense length. and being
quite impcnetrablc by man or beast
Cases are not of infrequent occurrence
where oyen the lion himself is u con-
siderable sufferer by coming into
collision with this plant So great is
the development of the thorny charac-
ter in this region that Grisebach con-
meets ii particularly with desert expo
sure and scarcity Of vegetation. Nor
are thorny plants by any means con.
fined TO such regions. On our own
hcaths the gorse is familiar plant
and one sufficiently formidable to
passers-by, while other spiny Legu-
minose, as the wrest-harrow (0n0nis
Spinosa), are not infrequent by the way
side. A further peculiarly may be
noted in connection with these plants
often tho thorns do not occur above
the point which is assailable by til,
animal in its search for food, while,
when the shoot has outlived its period
OF succulent condition. and its tissue,
have become hard and dry, the thorn,
do not persist, being much more nu
mcrous when the part is young. Ma
| tuTe.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.


Muscular Exercise to lie Takon Only In
Reasonable Moderation.
That physicial DEVELOPMENT. tho
n,onor roo of tho musc,os s,cc,odAI
pr. o So " ,S 1 80 80. s'| 80
oy reSt' S'ccp anu 'ruo rePoso' "ro ''c'-
essary conditions oil health vigor
strength and endurance, can not admit
OF n reasonable doubt This exercise,
~ bo worthy of thc form must be t,ke,
y, .a..,,...a ,,,,, a., I.u,, - 49,.
III ''o'oi'''ioo ', WIN Wv low. /" Jul
belng' IN reasohaDic mouerauoh' Ill
way not to result in any undue tension
of the muscles, any unnatural, spas
modic efforts, any extraordinary waste
of vital forco, such as must be followed
by depressing exhaustion, by fatigue
which absolutely demands unusual rest,
continued for days. before the powers
can be recupcrated.
Every individual, in ordinary circum-
stances, can labor u givon number "f
hours each day, to be followed by u
definite rest and sleep, the legitimate
result OF which will b. to develop
physical powor aid to tho muscle
stamina, and promote health and
physical happiness. In this way,
during the formative period OF youth,
strength Is manufactured, developed,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
TOAD LORE.
How Some OF the CurlouI Notions About
Toads Had Their Origin.

How Some OF the Curiou4 Notions About
Toads Had Their Origin.
Toals have much in common with
frogs, bur they are hatched from spawn
that is deposited in long strings, while
frog spawn is in masses, and they have
no teoth. They are also marked by
ugly warts, which give out an acrd but
otpoisonous juice. They have tongues
CUES whose motions, nearly rs quick as
lightning. the eye can not follow, and
which sweep in the insects they catch
with such speed that the victims
''secm to melt into thin air" rather
than to be caught and swallowed,
They can climb plastored and white
washed walls or flights of steps, and
even in, flowcr-pots whose outward
sloping sides would seem to forbid
such achievement. They will cat moth
ing that is not in motion except their
own skins, which, when they are cast
off, they roll up and swallow. The
muscles of their thighs and legs strik-
ingly resemble those of man. They
can not breathe when their mouth is
held open. The ollnecromancers used
them freely and in various ways in
their magic. In some parts OF England
the application of toad is supposed
to stop bleeding, and dried specimens
arc worn as charms against rhcu-
matism. The members of Devon.
shire family had Il reputation for cur
ing .'king's evil" by means of toads.
Some of the German peasants are sand
to have way ofcrucifying toads, which
must bc caught for the purpose on
Easter Sunday morning before sunrise
then burying them in an ant.hill, and
leaving them there till Whitsunday,
when their clean and white bones, worn
in little bag around tho neck, will
always make tho possessor win in
games of chance. The Thibotans, &c.
cor,ling TO Abbc Hue, tell of n toad
that dwells amid the mists of n lofty
mountain range and, unless he is
propitiatcd, filings ice and avalanches
down upon those who pass in the val
leys below. -Popalar Science Monthly.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
MILK AS FOOD.
A Perfect Article of Food for Children,
But Not for Adults.

But Not for Adults.
Milk is popularly considered n perfect
food. This at first sight appears indis-
putable, since the young live and thrive
on it exclusively. But if we look into
the matter little. We shall SEQ that
while 1t is perfect food for the young
and growing, it does not follow that il
is a perfect food for adults who have
got their growth. Ina certain sense, it
may be considered too perfect for the
adult. 1t contains too much mineral
matter, for one thing, to be suited TO
the adult as an exclusive food. His
bones are already formed, and there
fore he needs only just enough of the
mineral elements to restore waste of
bone. But the young have their bones
10 make, and this excess of mineral mat
ter is just what is needed for the pur-
pose. Then milk is highly heterogeneous,
containing an abundance of material
for constructing muscular and other
tissue This makes 1t act on the kid
neys Of the adult too strongly. taxing
them to throw of the excess Of nitro
gen. only just enough to restore
waste being required, while this nitroge-
nous material in abundance is Just what
children and the young of animals
need, as they are building the whole
system and must have these nitroge-
nous elements out of which to build it,
Mix is, therefore, perfect food for
young animals and children, as it con-
tains in the right proportions all the
elements needed to promote their growth
and development. But for old people
milk is far from perfect food, contain
ing rs it does both the mineral and nj
trogenous elements in excess. For
adults who are undergoing considera-
Bile exercise, and therefore requiring to
replace large amount of waste tissue,
milk is better adapted than for the aged.
Still, for adults who may use up the
heterogeneous portion through physical
exercise, there is an excess Of bone
making material, as the waste of bone
is but slight compared with both the
waste and growth of bone in the young.
To sum up, then, milk is perfect food
for the growing young, but needs to be
supplemented with other more carbo.
naceous and less mineral foods for tine
adult, and Is quite lily adapted to peo-
pie of sedentary habits, or much ad-
vanced in age, as the excess of nitro
gen. more than the large per cent. Of
water which it contains, overtaxcs the
kidneys. The aged should, therefore,
take milk sparingly, which is the exact
reverse of what the young should do
NatiGnak LiUe- Stock journal.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
ORIGIN OF FIRES.


stroyed Annually by Flames,
During the year 1885 the property
loss by fires in the United States amount
ed to $l02,Sl8,796, as shown by the
"Chrpnicle Fire Tables" the insurance
on which was s57,43O,7O0 This was
about an average years losses from fire,
the aggregate varying from $Sl, 900, 900
in 1881 to $4,000, 900 in 1884. 1t is
interesting, and may also be profitable,
tonote somo of the more numerous
causes Of fires, which have been gather
ed with much care and with at least ap-
proXimato accuracy.
8 To inccndarism is'attrbuted the larg-
est number of fires, there being /, ,73l
cases reported. The largest percentage
of inoendiarism was in West Virginia.
where 6l per cent of all the fires were
from this cause; while Oregon shows
the smallest percentage, 5. Illinois
percentage of incendarism was 81.
Next to. inccndiarism, defective hues
caused the largest numbes of fires, 1929,
while stoves were responsible for S36
cases, stOyepipes for 63 and matches for
374. Tho unfavorable discrimination
against gasoline as dangerous sub
stance does not appear to be well found
ed, rs only l6 fires could be traced to
its door during the whole year, while
gas was responsible for % fires, and ex-
plosons of lamps, lanterns, ETC., pre-
sumably using coal oil, caused 1886 fires.
The destruction of about one hundred
millions of dollars worth of property
each year by fire in the United States
represents an enormous waste, whether
in the end it falls upon the insurance
companies or upon individual property
owners. In either case tho loss TO tho
country is precisely the same. so much
Of Its accumulated wealth having been
blotted out, There ought to, and un-
doubtedly could, be vast reduction in
this enormous loss by tho exercise of
proper care and vigilance on the part of
property-ownors, As it is, there is too
much of disposition 10 rely upon the
insurance companies to make losses
good, and the latter have, perhaps, gone
too much upon the theory that so long
rs their premiums were high enough
the quality OF risks taken was not of
primary Importance. Thus the candle
has been burned at both ends. Chicago
JOaiYndi.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19
FOR SUNDAY READING.
GODS FLOCK.

Sand ye, Ny iloclS, tho lock OF Ny pasture,
arc mon, and am your God, saith tho Lord
God. - -tzekiel rrrip, ~.
Thou. Lord dO't keep
Sccuro thy sheep.
Wake thOy, or sicop.
Thou lead st Thy chnrgo a-
DY clcur strcum's mafgc
To pastures largo.
From rock and glade
Thou giv'st them MD.
Through shine, through shade.
The waif the weak,
The sad, the meek,
Thou still dost seek.
For them outllOwcd
On CalvarS's rool
Thine own Sons blood.
The s.raved, thus sought
At such price bought,
Arc hOmUwurd brought.
Their shepherd near,
Why should they fear
Aught that is drcarf
Free from annoy.
fafe from dccOy.
How firm their JOyt
while nge accrucs
Their strength renewa,
Like yernal dcws;
TIL they remove
IN Heaven to prove
Thine endless lOyc.
Rev. IL Manning ChipindiL N ". i. Indt
pendent
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-19

Good thoughts are no better than
good dreams. unless they are executed.
--Bqpsist Weekly.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-03-27
Welded Over Their Child's
Grave.

A remarkable wedding occurred at
Oh stnut Mound. Tenn, the other day.
The bride ia Of a good family and the
marriage was to have taken place two
years ago. The lady was q victim Of
misplaced confidence. Her lover failed
to redeem his promise. and to escape the
vengeance Of her male relatives he ded.
During his absence child was born and
died. The father subsequently repented
and obtained forgiveness by a solemn
promise to atone by at once making her
his wife. The ceremony took place this
morning. They repaired to the grave Of
their child with friends and the minister
and kneeling one Oh e'ch side Of the
tomb with hands clasped above 1t they
spoke the vows which united them, the
service being real by the minister. who
stood at the foot Of the grave.-[Ene
Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-03-27

to vaccinating and didn'i intend to have
no sore arm, so jest as soon as l got into
the lodgin'- room took Of my coat and
licked all the stuff of the scratches on
my arm. Bout week after that had
the worst looking tongue you ever see.
and had to go to the hospital and be fed
with a force pump. The doctors said
my tongue must have been sore from
smoking, and the vaccination took in 1t.
It felt az if it was bigger than house,
and hain't been able to taste anything
with it since. Iguess don't want any
more of it. I'd rather have smallpox.
Newark Call.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-03-27
It Was Compulsory.
A Tramp Tells Doctor Who're He Was
Vaccinated.

"Was ever vaccinated? Well l should
say so! was vaccinated where no man
ever was afOre, I'll bet" said tramp in
answer to the query of a Newark physi.
clan.
Compulsory ?" queried the doctor.
Il reckon that's what you'd call it,
cause I didn't intend to have 1t done.
l was trampin' in Rhode Island, and
when applied at police station for
lodgings they run me into room peeled
my coat of, and vaccinated me before l
could say Jack Robinson. Twas posed
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-03-27
Desperate Battle with .
Convict.

John johnson, q convict aged 10. had
been kept in solitary confinement at the
PittsHeld jail for shamming illness to
avoid work. This noon he was making
90 much noise that keeper Charles A..
Fuller went to quiet him. johnson Inn
mediately rushed upon Fuller and beat
him over the head with Q shoe. Fuller
grappled with the convict an terrible
struggle ensued during which johnson
cried, Il will kill you now, d-n youf"
and raised the shoe to strike q crushing
blow. Fuller fred to brighten him. The
man did not heed but rushed forward
and was about to strike Fuller when the
latter sent bullet through JOhnson's
heart killing him instantly. Fuller was
badly bruised.-(Erie Herald.