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Negroes Rarely Commit Suicide.

"There are plenty of cases on record in
which colored people have been killed by
members of their wv race, but q negro
seldom, if ever, commits suicide" OBJ
serves Coroner Frank. 81 know of no
nationality OF race in which self murder
is so rare, and the reason is of course
the extreme philosophy which charac-
terizes the colored man or woman's
every thought.
"There may be a good deal of gru,n-
bling, but so long as the next meal
ahead is provided for there is nothing SO
much as solicitude, let alone anxiety,
and just where despair can be found In
a colored man it is hard to say. The
negro may. labor under a good many dis
advantages, but he certainly is ahead of
his white brother in the matter of enjoy
ing himself heartily on the least possible
provocation, and of never thinking Of
such a thing as meeting trouble half
way."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
LANDING THE SHORE END.
An Interesting Description Of How
Cable Is Secured on Land.

An Interesting Description OF How .
q Is Secured on Land.
We steamed off and anchored US near
In shore rs we could get, opposite the
place intended for the landing place. All
was now activity on board. No sooner
were we at anchor thana couple Of boats
were dispatched for the beach, with a
party of men and the necessary tools
and implements for use on shore. On
board both picking up and paying out
gear were being made ready for action,
Us they both played their part in land
ing the shore end; huge coils of rope and
a number of collapsed air balloons made
their appearance from below.
These balloons were inflated with air
to their full diameter of three or four
feet, and the quarter deck of the DIAL
malta began to assume the appearance
of a giants toy shop. Meanwhile the
shore party had firmly anchored to the
beach two large 'spider sheaves," or
skeleton iron pulleys. These were placed
some two or three hundred yards apart,
forming two angles of parallelogram,
Of which the bow and stern sheaves of
SAS SAA - OAAS AAS wv
A rope was now carried from the stern
of the ship to the shore, and, passing
round both spider sheaves, brought back
to the ship and taken over the bow
sheave to the picking up gear. The cable
was made fast to the rope and paid out
slowly over the stern, the picking up
gear meanwhile heaving in on the other
end of the rope, and so hauling the cable
gradually ashore. The rope was wound
four or five times round the big drum of
the picking up gear, steam was turned
on, and the drum, rumbling and rover
berating, hauled the rope in. Aft tho
cable was wound four or five times
round the paying out drum, also revolved
by steam in order to ease the strain,
which, with about a mile Of rope out be-
tween the ships stern and her bow, is
something considerable.
As the cable leaves the stern the raison
d. etre of the air balloons becomes mp.
parent. At intervals of about fifteen 0.
sixteen yards one is securely dashed to
the cable, and in this way the cable is
foated from the ship to the shore, and
not dragged along the bottom to run the
risk Of being damaged by rocks. An
other advantage is that, if the cable is
sagged by a cross current or tide, it can
readily be Strengthened by stopping tho
paying out and heaving in at the bows.
Herbert Laws Webb in Scribner's.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
no r E

A Natural barrier In the South to the
Extension of Slavery.
Slavery, rs is well known, depended
for its extension on two important crops,
both of which demanded a large amount
of cheap labor and afforded articles
which commerce greatly demands. The
institution rested on the industries of
tobacco and cotton growing. Only
where one of these crops could be profit
ably titled did the institution ever firm
ly establish itself. y glance at the map
will show that the Appalachian system
of mountains widens us we go south
ward from Pennsylvania until it occu-
pies nearly one-fifth of the southern
states, extending southwark so us to in
clude half of Virginia and North Caro-
lima, IL considerable part of western
South Carolina, much of Georgia, Ten
nessec and Kentucky and Il part of Ala
bama.
In this section The character of the
soil and form Of the surface and the ma
turc of the climate make the land IN
suited for the extended culture of either
tobacco or cotton. The result was slav-
cry never firmly established itself as an
economic institution i'll any part of this
vast territory. Here and there in the
more fertile valleys a few slaves We're
employed, but there arc counties in this
area where a slave was never held, and
where, to this day, a negro is so great a
curiosity that people will journey mics
to behold him. The natural result of
this distribution in the negro population
was that the mountain districts of the
south We're separated in their political
motives from the plane country.
When the rebellion occurred the APP
palachian country was Il region where
disaffection toward the Confederacy pre-
vailed; to a great extent tho men cast in
their lot with the north, OF at least gave
their sympathics to the Federal cause.
Tho peoples Of eastern Kentucky and
Tennessee and western Virginia-and
generally those of western North Caro-
lima as well-recruited tho ranks of the
Federal army.-Professor N. S. Shaler
in Scribner's.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Mushrooms Out of Place,

At a farm house in Newchurch in
Pendle mushrooms grow in profusion in
the various rooms on the ground floor.
A gentleman visited the place one Sun
day, and he found mushrooms growing
out Of the chinks of the floor and also
from the walls. He was allowed to take
several away, one of which was eight
inches I The vicar of Newchurch
often has a dish from the farm house. It
is interesting, but melancholy, to i'm
agine the bodily condition Of the dwell
ers in such a house, and also the mental
condition of a clergyman who can enjoy
a dainty originating in such a way
Gardeners Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
The Tea Plant,

The tea plant is like the orange plant
in IL respect, for the seeds, the bios
SONS and the leaves all appear at the
one time. 1t takes a year to mature the
seeds. One popularity of the tea plant
is that the veins are started from the
midrid, all turning backward, forming
a sort Of loop. Very few plants in the
world exhibit the same popularity.
The seed pod is generally three cor
nered or irregular, and contains a philip
pine of seeds very bitter to the taste.
The blossom of the tea plant is a dream
of delight. It is a delicate white, with
a centre of very many sta1nens of yellow,
with a perfume when it is fresh that it
is impossible to describe. -Pittsburg
Dispatch,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Wages of Cincinnati, Teachers,

A principal of q district school gets
$1,000 salary; an intermediate principal,
$9,100; the high schoolprincipals, $4,000,
and the superintendent, $4,000. There
is but one man in the city getting as low
as $3.50. The superintendent of music
and drawing get each $s,100, and the
principal Of the normal $4,000, or $40
per day.
The average daily wages of the teach
ers is &4.13, OF 1926 per year. They teach
six hours per day, and get from IS cents
an hour up to $3.50. In other words,
some of the principals make more money
in one hour than many workingmen do
in two days.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Specimen Cases.


S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tlsm, his stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de-
gree, appetite fell away, and he was ter
ribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him.,
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg Of. eight
years standing. Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, O., had Five large fever sores on
his leg, doctors said he was incurable.
One bottle Electric Bitters and one box
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en-.
tirely. Sold by j. j. Freeman's Drug
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
A Banyan Grove,

Near Clifford station, on the Staten
Island railroad, there is a peculiar piece
Of woodland, a spot where the roots of
the trees all attach themselves to the
trunks at from four to six feet above the
level of the ground, givingto the stumps
an odd, spidery appearance. The soil of
the vicinity is very porous, which lends
weight to the opinion that the banyan
like grove has been formed by the action
Of frost and water.-st. Paul Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
THE OLD CLERK.

AS he bends DER the ledger that shining old head
Which reflects every mood of the sky,
While he s%tealthily blackens the figures In red
CThe mistake of an age bedimmed eye),
OFT I wonder how time will effect his release.
What he'll do when we vote him "too Slow"
Tween the days that his use and his heArt beo,.
. ings cease
Where will the old clerk COY
One can learn of the temperate days that are gone
From the rollingpin rule and quill pen;
And he answers to Toby" at ii
AS he answered to "Toby" at 10.
From Its first infant struggles, to credit and
wealth,
He has watched the great enterprise grow;
But his hand trcnibles now-hci Is broken in health:
Yet-w:cre can tho old clerk 20?
What u nugget of rest he might own:
But n lonely old heart and a weary old brain
Arc his need for the years that have flown.
Every blossom lie loved In the heyday Of life
Has been withcrcd and lies meath the snow:
And cen mcrlory's barred from this hustle and
strife
Then where should tho old clerk 20.
That tho world has n heart none will seek to deny
And it %softcns, it's said, year by year;
At the end of full many n walk we espy
Golden promise OF comfort and cheer.
There's a sweet little chcrub" that steer, poor
old Jack
To n "harbor'' where storms cease to blow:
But when drops for the last timc the peu on its
rack
Where can the old clerk gos
Thomas Frost in New York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

In the house of a small milliner in
Dublin there was a pet monkey. One
day in the same room with him was
placed a basket of kittens, and on the
fire his mistress had put some soup com
posed principally of mutton. Having
occasion to go outfor a moment, as soon
as her back was turned the monkey
tshed out the meat, ate it, and substi-
tuted the kittens for the mutton he had
stolen,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

The accumulation of explosive gases
in a room, mine or ships hold a now
be ascertained by means of an indicator.
1t consists of a porous cylinder closed by
a thin metal membrane, and the pene-
trating gases raise the membrane, close
q circuit and ring an alarm.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Truth in q

The intelligent compositor is some
times wiser than he knows, and that was
the case when recently in setting up n
list of persons whose claims against the
city had been allowed by the board of
supervisors he substituted ak for nm !
and prefaced the list with the statement
that ''the following bilks were ordered
pdd.n Good bless the intelligent CON-
posdtorl He has q bad heart, but his
hand Is true.-Sen Francisco Examiner.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
AUTOMATIC sHvzvc .zic.-s%,'.

Prices reduced. Every far,t,ym e
have the best Automatic S"":n ii
chine in the market nj rr,iu5r.i
For particulars send for uur i.t.
trated Circular with sumpi : ~
ing. Our Illustrated Circt -
every pat of tic Machine r.r
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and authentic history Of the great American Civil War, pro.
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BIoGnApHY; This gres. work contains tn, n Lives Of m
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portraits Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Shakespeare: Byron. William,
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down to the present day.
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HORTICULTURE. Herein Is given the most useful hints
togrowers Of ali kinds Of vegetables and fruits. as gathered
from the experience Of the most successful horticulturists.
ARCHITECTURE. Designs and plans for houses. cottages.
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The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Ocenu Maycs.

Waves are very deceptive. To look
at them in a storm one would think the
water Travelled. The water stays in the
same place, but the motion goes IN.
Sometimes in storms these waves are
forty feet high and travel fifty miles an
hour-more than twice as fast as the
swiftest steamship. The distance from
valley to valley is generally fifteen times
the height, hence u a five feet high
will extend over seventy-6ve feet of
water. Ocean.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Natural

A class in natural history was called
up for recitation. The teacher talked to
them a while about the relations of
friendship between man and animals,
and then asked q girl:
"Do animals really possess the senti-
ment of Affection"
eyes, almost always" said tho little
girl.
"And now," said the teacher. turning
to q little boy, ''tell me what animal has
the greatest natural fondness for man"
"Woman!' said the boy. - Youths
Tnn,n.nion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
a Chance for All.

Mrs. Gabb-Are you goin' to lave
your darter take music lessons?
Mrs. Gadd-No-o, | guess not. She
hain't no ear fer music.
Mrs. Caldwell, ! wouldn't be dis
couraged at that. Mebbe she might
learn to play classic. anyhow.-New
York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Tracing Paper,

The following method for making
paper transparent for copying drawings
is adopted by the Austrian photographic
bureau: The sheet of paper being placed
over the drawing to be copied, it is light
ly rubbed with ball of cotton saturated
with pure benzine. The tracing can then
be readily made, owing to the transpar-
ency produced, and the benzine on evap-
Grating leaves the paper opaque as be-
fore, and perfectly odorless. To secure
satisfactory results, however, absolutely
pure benzine must be used.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
TIE BUCCANEERS OF OLD

sign, detlantly ut the masthead. Yonr modern
pirate, not on the high seas, but upon the high
reputation of standard remedies skuiks under
has never Is any degree affected IIoste,tsr's stom.
ach Bittcrs, although that standard invigorant
and corrective has long been the shining mark
local bittcrs, composed of fiery nnrectiilcd slim.
ulants. with an infusion. or extract possibly, of
some tonic bark. are still sometimes
virtues kindred to those of America's chosen fam
lily medicine. These perish speedily, while the
great subducr and preventive of disease pursues
its successful career, overcoming malaria, dys-
pepsia, nervousness, kidney troubles, constipa-
tiou and Rheumatic ailments, not only on this
but on many continents.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
When the Wheelbarrow Was Invented

when the WheelbarroW was invented.
Now a writer in the French scientific
journal La Nature calls attention to an
old book printed in 1866, in which is a
curious wood engraving that represents
a single wheeled barrow pushed along
by q laborer. Another plate of the same
book shows a tramway Car running upon
rails. This puts the use of the wheel
barrow back more than a hundred years
earlier than the time of Pascal,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

Shell fsh-oysters and clams-do not
count as fish in the New York market.
The 5000 hotels, restaurants and oyster
saloons in the city use $4,000 baskets of
oysters every day from Sept. / to May
/, and half as many more are used, SO
Say the dealers. by individual con-
srynars
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Cleaning Lamps by Machinery,

A machine for rapidly cleaning the
gauze of miners safety lamps has been
introduced into the Wombwell collier
les at Barnsley. 1t is driven by q belt
and pulley, and the two brushes seen at
the end Of a shaft have a reciprocating
motion. Two other brushes have a cir
cular motion, and are intended to sweep
the ends of the gauze and various parts
Of the lamp.-New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
A Brain

A Neosha county farmer sent this
mixed order to q Chanute merchant:
"Send me a sack of -four, five pounds of
COTE and one pound Of tee. My wife
gave birth to q big baby boy last night,
also five pounds of corn starch, a screw
driver and a fly trap. 1t weighed ten
pounds and a straw hat.-Kansas City
Star
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

Such newspapers as have to be cut or
torn are worth half a cent a pound for
waste paper, and if there are any go
soiled or unfit to keep that they must be
burned pack them into a paper tube,
with turpentine and resin, and saw in
sections for kindling.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

A highly recommended corn cure is to
take a lump of common washing soda,
dip the end in water, and rub the corr
we'll with it every morning. It must be
repeated two or three times a week until
the corn ceases to cause annoyance.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
How "providence" Works.

At Battle Ground, Ind, a brakeman
on a freight train left the switch open
and sat down with a friend for a smoke
and a game of eucher. Attic end of an
hour, much to his surprise, a passenger
train came along and was ditched.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Machine for bending shovel Handles.

Machine for BENDING Shovel handles
The large proportion of shovel han
dies, usually about rs per cent, which
are split or broken in the process of
bending has led to the invention of a
shovel bending machine. The saving
effected may be estimated from the fact
that in a trial lot of twenty-five dozen
put through the machine only one handle
was spoiled.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

Cork soles are sometimes in demand,
more especially when there is q liability
to dampness and by those who object to
wearing rubbers, cork being impervious
to water, light upon the foot, and valu-
able as q non-conductor.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
Reportoria1 Memories

Mother-1 am glad to hear you went
20 church today. What was the sermon
aboutp
Adult Son "a reporter)-I don't know,
mother; I haven't written out my notes
yet.-Good News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06

Nervous prostration is not quite as
fashionable as it was a year or two ago,
which is a cheerful sign and one that
points to the fact that we are learning
to take better care of ourselves.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
1NCoRPORATIoN NOTICE.

So,icc is hereby given that application will he
made TO tie Secretary of the STATE of North pa-
kcta for Il charter for Il corporation TO be known
as The odd Fellows fuild!ng and Loan Associa-
ton of America. under the, provisions of Article
sixteen of chapter three of the Civil Code in ;hc
compiled laws Of said State as amended b. the
laws of 1899.
The character and objects of said Association
are as follows:
II is to be composed of Odd Fellows an of
members of the Degree of lsebchal. of the lndc.
pendent order of Odd Fellows. The authorized
capital stock of said Association 10 be Sl2,GN.too.
divided into 120,G0Os shares of one hundred dollars
each per value.
The object of said association is to enable odd
Fellows, Itcbckalis and trustees of lodges of sail
order 10 procure title 10 homes and lodge room
buildings, through the loan Of funds of said 1850
citation. as the same are collected from tim. 10
time as ,aymenis cpon The said shares Of stock.
in accordance with the articles of incorporation
and bylaws OF said association.
Signed by A +.
Dec-.94-t C. +. MERRY.
CUAS. r LANALl.EY.
JOHN PURCELL,
LIE. LONG.
DUNCAN MCDONALD,
JAMES &. CAMPBELL,
AN. PACKARD.
A. II. GRAY.
ELMER +. TURNER
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Additional train leaves Oxford daily ex-
cept Sunday HOO a. m, arrive Hender-
son 1905 p. m, returning leave Hender-
son 2.lO p. N. daily except Sunday, arrive
Oxford 3.l5 p. m.
N. so, leaving Goldsboro 2 20 p. IN.
and Raleigh 445 p. IN daily, makes CON
nection at Durh an with No. 10, leaving
at 6 90 p m. daily, except Sunday for Ok
ford, Henderson, and all points on O. &
o. & c., and R. & NJ. Roads.
Passenger coaches run through between
West Point and Raleigh, via Keysville,
on \ Os. "a and 1O2, and IS and 1O3.
Nos. 81 and SO connect at Richmond
from and to West Point aud Baltimore
daily except Sunday.
Nos. so and 81 connect at Goldsboro
with trains to and from Morehead City
and Wilmington, and at Selma to and
from Fayetteville.
No. 80 connects at Greensboro for
Fayetteville.
No. SO connects at Selma for Wilson,
N. G.
Nos. so and 81 make close connection
at University Station with trains to and
from Chapel Hill, except Sundays.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08
DEATHS.

Bro. G. N. Lassiter, a member of Soap
stone Alliance, Wake county, died on the
Both inst, aged % years.
Bro. John Stepp, a member of Black
Mountain Alliance, No. al, Buncombe
county, died on the 26th of February.
Bro w. T. Hall, a member of Hebron
Alliance, No. 438, Columbus county, died
on the 26th ult., aged A years and 10
days.
Bro. Moses McKeithen, a member of
Lcckwoods Folly Alliance, No. 3O3,
Brunswick county, died OIL the 28th of
February, aged 81 years.
A memorial committee sends us infor-
nation of the death Of Bro. G. A. Law
renee, a member of Symmetrical Alliance,
No. 1893, Guilford county. Date of
death not given.
Bro. w. A. Darden's appointments for
Johnston county:
~Leachburg, Saturday, May Sd.
Mill Branch, Monday, 5tb.
Smithfeld 20. H. Tuesday, 9th.
Niagra, Wednesday. 7th.
The public generally are invited.
E. D. SNEAD,
Sec'y Johnston Co.. Alliance.