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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30
A VAIN CUES r.

We started one morn. my love and I.
On a Journey brave and bold
IT was to find the end of tn" rainbow
And the buried bag Of gold.
But the clouds rolled by from the surnmer sKv.
And the radiant bow grew dim,
And we lost the way whore the treasur lay
Near the sunsot's golden RIM
The twilight fell like curtain
Pinned with the evening star,
And we saw in the -hning heavens
The new moons golden car.
And We said, as our hands clasp-a fond'y
What though we found no golde
Our love Is u richer treasure
Than the ralnbow's sack can hold
And years. with their Joys and sorspws,
Have pas sni since we lost the way
To the beautiful buried treasure
Al the end of the rainbow 5 ray.
But 1ove has been true and tender
And life ha, been rich an SWEET
And we still clasp hands with the olden 10Y
hat made our day complete
D. w. Jo,inn IN Century,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30
The Dead in AlgierS.

Arab women patronize the conveyanccs,
and on Fridays they 90 in crowds t
Belcour, where there is a cemetery and
neat little khouba frcqucntcd by the fair
sex only on that dav. A column in th'
center Of the court supports trelises oi
grape vine Tombstones of marble and
slate are numerous in the court vel
as out in the cemetery. At the head 81
each tomb is slab of marble with one
or two round holes in which flower pots
are set. or cups placed there that the
birIls may drink from them; the native
belle that these birds afterward ily
away to heaven with greeting from the
soul reposing beneath
The keeper of this khouba was old and
blind he passed his time in sweeping
the carpets and mating, then ,cstin.
and singing to himself. He would use
his handkerchief to dust the sacred tomb,
wash it and then dry it in the sun.
holding it until It was dry. To satisfy
my curiosity | sent child to translate
for me and ask if he was happy or hat
he could desire He shook his head
NO. | want nothing. am never ennute
and am quite happy
One day | witnessed here the burial Of
enid. he young boy was lald IN the
grave wrapped in yar1 or two Of white
cotton, smaller hole was dug nj the
bottom Of the grave, and served rs n
coffin, being covered with fiat slabs ii
stone TO prevent the earth from fallin-.
directly On the body Twenty Or thirty
men stood round in silence the earth " fs
hastily replaced, and temporary stones
were placed at the head and ieet the
cushions and pieces II embroidery IN
| which the body lay on 'he donkev Viii h
bore it 10 the final resting place were put
back on the animal, anil the procession
moved silently Swav The women and
girls always come afierward 10 weep and
place flowers and especially branches u
| myrtle They often spccd the greater
part Of thee DAYS round new grave.
sitting on mattin. and carpets -IlrI.sr's
/ -HaIl,t5se.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30
Thomas III I,eutou- VANITY

Senator Vest was entertaining the
tOrnmefce Committee II the senate re-
Gently with some anec. s'cs Iliu.tratlve
of the oilaract.f If Thomas II fenton.
his eminent pr.1efe~s. who repfcsen'ei
the State Of hIsspuri ~ the ~euate from
ie21. the wear II Missouri admission 10
the | MON, unt'i l~,i Among other
stories tina. the >tna'orsto 80 the so!-
lowius. conccrniu. VI In'.l vanity.
ono Of HI, few faiinE-
II - as ncteSsIrg ~ ogc ttute that an
operation should h. j. rfotined on sir
Benton The phfsician ~ attendance
told u Ecn.on that the operation was
necessary
-i;ut i not tbs > dangerous opera-
tion. 'ine,or'' asked thc senator -Dif
not f!iny 'he Older lie "a. s re-ui, Of .
similar operation performed ufon himf"
The operation - nat Dangerous "a now
performed, answered The Ih5slsian
'Modern-&cien has ren..fei II com
para,ively simple.
The operation @as performed and Mr..
Benton survived il. 4 few wears later
as be lay sick almost s.nto death he sen.
for this sarn- physician aoi made hlIn the
following req e-t
''Doctor vi.h you would write after
nv death fuls history Of the operation
you performed on me- Aud | wish YOU
= sag tha. IN operation vas performed
On rl'ng tile eide. aud lie died, that IL
was erfoTaei on Thomas H. Benton
And he survived 1T -see York IritgnA
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

An exceedingly sensational story Of
atlieido comes from Vienna. The suicide
was stephens Won kcgcl, a man Of fashion,
enormously wealthy, and famous rs one
of the handsomc,t men in the empire.
In addition to what he already possessed
He was quite Young aud an ardent
sportsman, and the cause Of his act is q
profound mystery He was last seen at
Buda Icsth III excellent good humor,
and two days after he shot himself on
his fathers estate, near Stuhlweissen-
burg Vienna society has been in an up
roar over the event
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

Tho hp4sb thinks that 'thc new train
mo school for nurses III connection with
the Ncw York State Homeopathic Asy-
lurn at Mddletown, N y, Is much
needed institution, for there nurses Will
be taught how to take care of and MN
istrr the wants Of insane patients, both
in public hospital and III private houses.
Considering the brutal cruelty that j 50
often pfactlccd toward the helpless in
SAN IN public institutions, this new
school It Mddlctown has not been es
tabliehrd lay too soon
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

The present emperor of China had nm
M short time a2o eight nurses twenty
h'e flmcrs, twenty tivc palanluln-
bearers, ten umbrella holders thirty
physicians and surgeons, seven CASTRO
nomlcal dncctolS twenty seven interior
cooks, fifty walters and messengers, fifty
dtcS>crs, and other attendants to the
number Of 100. Seventy five astIologcrs,
his spiritual and mental welfare. In
spite Of aI this. facctiously observes the
New York Wor'i. the Emperor is said
TO he a very worthy and good naturcd
y0uur man
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30
the sound and soon stood over the open-

the sound and soon stood over the open
lng to a dry we'll, over which heavy
ron pulley, part of the ancient ma
,hlnery, was cast.
Il am here, pretty weak from long
'asting," said the occupant OF the strange
prison, when he knew that Alma was
above. I've been here several days,
judge, and began to think death alone
would end my sufferngs He and |
came together on the Goth Of June. We
:oliowed the short cut from the station,
and at his request we entered here to ex-
anime the old factory. stepped on
some rotten planks and was precipitated
INTO this old we'll was hurt by the
'an. He promised to 90 for a rope. He
lid not return. Once | climbed to the
surface but could not lift the wheel, and
te'l back. | have called and called until
exhausted"
Alma, trembling with agitation and a
strange inward 10Y, promised to bring
help and fastened from the old mill
When she returned her, father accom-
panied her, bearing a lantern. 1t re-
luired the united effort of the old man
and his daughter. with lever. to move
lifted TO the surface Manning was too
weak to stand
Assisted by father and daughter. how
ever. he managed to walk into the open
air. His story of Paul Hildreth's perhdy
planted red hot wrath in the heart of the
old squire.
'Let him show his head again.and I'll
put him where the dogs won't bite him. y
| avOwed the old man at white heat of
wrath. And then the catter of hoofs
fell on their ears. Some traveller was
! The squire lifted his lantern and flung
the rays down the road
1t was Paul Ilildreth
His face grew white when he saw the
trio, and noted that one was Gerard
Manning.
"stop moment, Paul Hildreth, I've
a little account to settle with you, =
cried the old man. advancing, his face
revealed, stern and solemn, in the weird
light. SIN the sight Of heaven you are
a murderer, and i"
But the old squire was not permitted
to finish the sentence, a horse suddenly '
! wheeled in the road, and dashed swift,
from the spot
The scoundrel, He must be inter
cepted," grated Mr.. Dane, moving
swiftly after the tleeting man.
''Father, come back. ;" called Alma.
The old squire soon returned. realizing
the futility of the chase.
II will post him on the morrow, ano
he shall not escape" muttered the in
dignant old man
And then the trio climbed the hill
and at easy stages made their way to The
squire's home. OF course Paul Hildrctl
did not show up, nor did Squire Dane
post him as he had promised, owing tt
Manning's wish.
''He may not have meant to murder
me-" said Gerard, "hut he would hav,
released me only after wedding Alma
who, it seems, fell INTO the trap"
"For which | am heartily ashamed
although that telegram quite upset me,
returned the girl
In after years Fenlows Folly wa
utilized, and the young squire who pre-
sides over the destinies of a CROWN.
manufacturing village, owes his al, IL
| often asserts, to his wites bravery il
visiting the haunted ruin one night il
the hong ago Yankee Blade.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

The F,ro f"H ap] .s'oeimm plain
tHc}v rcmarkS: And now Sweden
falls into line amoun@ European govern
ment.. III forhIddny the American hog,
fe1d or alive, 70 enter the Kingdom. cx
cept uudc 50 high duty as to prac-
tle''Iy exclude piggy. 50 it goes Eng
'aHd Is low about the only place where
onr 10 kcr~. dead or alive. are Omitted
sweden and Norway use little Of our
mtits France and rcfmany send Us
alge amount, q Goods WOULD it not
hc good to retaliatca little on these ctyctc
pc2yl, of Europe III 4 mercantile way,
NOW 'Att We are going toEeve dynamite
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

n We ,lo not look out warns the New
o,.,an. It4Yanr, this will be treele's
,,ln4y. Each year it takes 5'o,ooo
~ 4 timber to supply cross ties for
.er -aiIroads For all purpose the de
,.e,.c II oar timber area is over 30, 80,
100 acres a year. an area equal to that OF
g<roIe Land every five days IN the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

The nae Of hrownstone IN building
a,..i,c:- structures is almost entirely
g-lantinuod N Ncw York Nity 1t IS
~ for dwellings but its chief en-
,t,rmcut i for window and door
lnmmings. Wherever it forms building
ma,er ra. is messed with the utmost
pIainncss and simplicity
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

The III rrincc Peter -Wifts'n
stein 1T 10 III. sistcr, the Princess
UohenIihc ~chllngsfur wife OF the
Governor General # lls1ss-l othrlngen,
estates IN Russia worth 50, 0oo, 900, but
the Clar nas forbidden her T. occupy
them on thc grourd that no foreigner can
hold property in RUSSIA
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-30

Cultivate in groves. the average
growth in twelve wears of several warm
tie, of hard wood. has lsern asccrtasned
10 H.. abou. As follows II hite maple
seac hes foo. IN diameter. AMI - feet
in height. ash, leaf maple or t,ey elder.
foot in diameter and :" feet IN height
= h t. willow l. inches and - fee. yea-
low willow. l. inches aud - feet; I-os:.-
hardy poplHr. ~ inches <anf 20 feet !.
blue and white ash. Y, inches and -
feet: black walnu, and hu.ternnt, -
inches ana 20 feet.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE weather
crop bulletin, issued by the Signal Office,
says: Reports from Illinois, Iowa. Mis-
souri, and Nebraska indicate that the
weather during the week has been espe-
cially favorable, and that the corn crop.
which is very large, is generally secure
and past injury from the frosts.
The frosts, which occurred during the
week along the northern border of Iowa
and in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan, did some damage to the growing
crops. Over the West portion OF the cot
ton region, including Alabama, Mississip-
pi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas, the favorable weather during tho
week greatly improved all growing crops,
and cotton picking is in progress in all
these States. In North and South Caro-
lima, all growing crops were seriously in.
jured by the heavy rains and dangerous
foods. The weather during the week was
especially favorable for tobacco in Ken
lucky and Tennessee. The weather in
New England and Middle Atlantic States
was generally unfavorable for ripening
crops, and farm work was retarded.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21
MoRTaAGEE,s SALES.

Under and by virtue of Mortgage executed
TO me by 81. G. Sewers and wife. Mary r. Sewers,
and recorded in Book "a, page AT, Registers
office, Mecklenburg county. viii sell at public
auction at the Court House door in the city of
Charlotte, at 10 o'clock NJ, ON Monday the 22d
day of October, 1888, the Tract of LAND sit
uate and lying IN miles northwest of Charlotte.
on the Beatty's Ford Road, adjoining the lands
OF @. /. Mccoy. N. r. Sewers, M. e. Duekworth.
Laura A. Sossaman and q. T.. Sewers, and which
is more particularly described in said Mortgage,
containing one Acre, more or less.
Also. certain other Lots of LAND lying in
Mecklenburg county. which are particularly de-
scribed in Deed from Riddle and wife to n.
R. Sewers, dated January 26, 1885. and registered
in Book AZ, page 80, Registers Office, Mecklen.
burg county, and Mortgage Deed from NJ. R.
Sewers and q. G. Sewers to the Peoples Building
and Loan Association of Charlotte, N. c., regis
tered in Book 46, page 434, Registers Office for
Mecklenburg county, to which said Record
Books reference is hereby made.
TERMS CASH G. GRESHAM,
Sept. 81, 1888. 5w Mortgage
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21
TAX NOTICE.

Please read the following Law carefully and
remember I am compelled to obey the same,
and every man in the county will have to con-
form to this Law as also will have to conform
to it,:
LAWS OF 1887 CHAPTER 137.-Sec. SO. The
Sheriff or his Deputy shall attend at his Office
during the months of September and November,
for the purpose of receiving taxes; he shall also
in like manner attend at least one day during
the month of October at some one or more
places in each township, OF which fifteen days
notice shall be given by advertisement at three
or more public places, and in newspaper, If one
be published in the county.
Sec. 80. Whenever the taxes shall be due and
unpaid, the Sheriff shall Immediately proceed to
collect them, &C.
Sec. 55. On the first Monday in February in
each year the Sheriff is directed to offer at public
sale at the Court House all Lands on which the
taxes levied for the previous year still remain
unpaid on the first Monday in January preceding
Taxpayers must remember that failure to pay
Tax as assessed. subjects each delinquent to both
criminal procedure and a heavy cost in money,
from 81 80 to $3.50, however small the tax.
Please pay up and save you and myself all
this trouble and expense.
shall endeavor 10 follow strictly the above
laws, therefore all parties are earnestly re-
quested to come forward and settle their Taxes.
will be in my Office during the month of Octo-
Der, or you will find Deputy there. for the pur-
pose of collecting Taxes.
I will visit the places named below for the
same purpose, on the days stated during the
month of October 1888:
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

THE DAILY CHRoNICLE.-We were alb
Eent from home last week when the DEMO
FRAT went to press, else we would have
hOticed the change in the management
Pnd editorship OF our neighbor, the Daily
Chronicle Under the new company
Ormed to publish the Chronicle, MIR
Robert Haydn has become manager and
editor According to the Letters of Incor-
POratlon, issued by the Superior Court
Clerk on the Sd ofSeptember, the "Chron-
Gle Publishing Company" started with q
capital OF eight thousand dollars, with the
privilege ofincreasing it to thirty thousand.
Mr Haydn, the new Editor Of the Chron-
ole, was formerly the Washington cor
Respondent Of the Augusta Chronicle, has
lad good deal of experience in the news
paper business, and is a gentleman of de-
flded ability. We welcome him to the
york In Charlotte, and hope he may have
prosperous aud pleasant career among
s' A daily paper should certainly be
nalntalned in our community, and if the
proper patronage is furnished and paid
g0r, the Chronicle can be made all ite
friends and the public desire.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

THE MAINE ELEcTIoN.-People who
think the Republicans made large gains
in the late Maine elections will learn bet
ter by reading the following figures COM
piled by the N. Y Herald:
Republican plurality in 1884 1851
Republican plurality in 1888 1S495
Republican loss on plurality 1856
Republican increase on vote of 1884 691
Democratic increase on vote of 1884 2047
AS the N. Y. Herald says: "In word
with the canvass under Mr. Blaine's own
leadership; with an issue which would af
feet Maine more than any other State;
with every party inducement TO bring
about the political revolution which Mr
Blaine claims, the Republicans, in a poll
larger by ten thousand votes, have a
smaller plurality than iD 1884.
These are the Maine figures as read in
the cold light OF history and not by the
midnight enthusiasm OF Mr. Blaine. They
show that the Democratic party is strong
er than in l884-stronger than at any
time since the election OF Pierce in 1852,
and that it has victory within it's lines, in
so far as it supports the integrity Of Mr.
Cleveland's administration and maintains
the highest standard OF Democratic prin-
ciples."
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21
Cotton Cloth Bagging in New York.

The New York Times says: Samples
of cotton cloth bagging were exhibited
on the tables of The Cotton Exchange
yesterday, and though lew persons
thought it was likely to be more infamma-
BILE than ju:e bagging, the majority COM
mented very favorably upon it. The OBJ
lection as to infammability can be re-
moved, it is thought, by dipping it in
some solution. The insurance under
writer's have agreed to insure it, and it is
thought by members of the Exchange
that the Board of Managers will pass
favorably upon the new cloth at their
next meeting. The cloth has been sub
jected to compression by the use of hooks
and declared to be fully as strong as jute.
The material used in its manufacture .is
the cheapest cotton, thus reducing the
price to less than that ordinarily charged
for jute bagging.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

sB- The farmers ought to do some
thing to prevent their cotton from being
depressed in price at the whims and
pleasure of spectators and gamblers.
AS the Raleigh Progressive Farmer says,
if they will make their own supplies they
can hold their cotton as long as they
please. On this poibt the Farmer remarks:
"The recent advance in the price of cotton is
largely ascribed by commercial reporters in New
York to the light receipts resulting from the ter
rble fight between the cotton farmers and the
Bagging Trust Suppose the cotton farmers
of the South should place themselves in position
to combine and withhold their cotton at their
pleasure for even one month, couldn't they make
these spectators squeal? They can do it if
they will only raise their own supplies at home.
This would make them masters of the situation
and in ten years we would be the richest and
most independent people on the earth"
Gambling in "futures" should be pre-
vented by law-it is worse than gambling
with cards for money.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

az" Several lynchings have occurred
n this State and elsewhere within the
bast two months-men taken from Jail Or
rom the law officers and hanged or shot.
That should not be SO, and every good
Eitizen should do all be can to prevent it.
III is a terrible thing to execute q man
without trial. The matter of an injured
person Identifying a criminal is an uncer-
ain as well as a difficult thing to do
! here have been many fatal and serious
mistakes iu that regard. Every man
should have fair trial, and courts and
uries should act more promptly than they
have been doing. We agree with the
Wilmington Star in it's remarks on this
|ubject, copied below:
Another case of mob law has occurred, this
ime in this section of the State. A negro was
banged for an assault upon respectable white
was the work of negroes. We again say that
d will end in destroying the courts and return
i he strong will persecute the weak and the dark
Efess of the Dark Ages will return. Let the
criminal laws be improved and strengthened.
Five society chance against criminals on trial.
not let all of the technicalities be on the side
bf vilainy and violence. Let the Courts be
prompt. Change the trial by jury so as to make
fpine men convict"
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

tag The third party organ appears at Durham
this week. Mr. w. q. Burkhead, formerly of
the Tobacco Plant, is its editor. In letter to a
friend in Winston, Mr. Burkhead says: "After
much prayer and thought believe it to be my
duty to join the third party. Winston Sentinel
p The good Lord always does right, and
we don't believe He ever consented tor
friend Burkhead to run a third-party
paper for tie purpose of indirectly help.
ing the Radical party, which might have
been done in direct way. "Circuitous''
ways to do bad thing are not Provi
dental ways.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21
Raleigh Items.

MIR Robert G. Grissom, son of DR..
Eugere Grissom, has left for Philadelphia,
to enter the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Rev. J. A. Weston, who last yesr was
assistant Rector of Christ Church, has
been called to the Episcopal Churches at
Hickory and Lenoir.
Mr. Ed. Stagg, who for years has been
with Col. A. B. Andrews, retires to enter
into business with Mr. John HI. Windsor,
At Greystone, and is succeeded by Mr
Thomas A. Montgomery. Both young
men are widely known in the State.
Col. r. M. Holt does not improve much.
He is yet at Buffalo Lithia Springs, con-
fined to his bed. He will hardly be able
to take any further part in the canvass.
Capt. William Smith tells me that the
Roanoke river at Weldon is destroying a
great deal of property. At CASTOR the
stream is three miles wide and the famous
food OF 1877 is rivaled. The river al
CASTOR and all along that stretch is fal
over all the lowlands. Capt. Smith con.
graduated himself on the excellent style
in which the Raleigh and CASTOR, and
Raleigh aud Augusta railways have
weathered the spell; with all it's rains and
foods not FIVE cents worth of damage wal
done either road. Some damage was done
the Durham & Northern, and the Georgia
Carolina aud Northern suffered some
what.
To show the effect of the weather or
the cotton market here, it may be stated
that the total receipts for the week wer,
only 80 bales. The total receipts in Sep
tember last year to this date were 2,O2!
bales. This year they fall under 100. The
stock is only % bales. The cotton which
is coming in is of very inferior grade.
Commissioner Robinson was again in
terviewed at the Department of Agricul
ture this morning. He says that from /,
number of letters which have come In tn,
past few days, aud which he has CAREFUL,
read, he is inclined to estimate the loss o
cotton by the storm and rain at Is Pc
cent. In other words, with favorabl
weather, the crop in the State would hav
been Is per cent. better than it 10 to-day
'-Ralei0h cor. Wilmington Messenger.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-09-21

SAD.--Eigbt prominent gentlemen,
neighbors of Col. Dockery, publish card
saying that the Colonel is a dead failure
az farmer. You know he processes to
be hardw orking farmer and is a mem
Der Of the Alliance, and on the stump be
girates considerably on his good Qualities
as farmer. But now his neighbors in
Richmond county certify that he has
always been a dead failure as farmer.
How sad.