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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
HALF A CENTURY BEHIND.

It is at least fifty years too late to dis
putc the proposition that newspaper adj.
vertising pays. The reverse may have
been true when Rip Van Wrinkle went to
sleep, but Rip has walked up, and even
Schneider" can bark out the truth to
him. Not only does newspaper advcr-
tis,ng pay, but II pays we'll and on the
whole better thnn il ever did before.
A few years ago newspapers were not
what they are now. They were fewer in
number, aud in all that charactcrizcs
good newspaper management they were
inferior to the newspapers Of the present
day. Remembering that our allusion is
chiefly to the papers of the smaller cities
and country towns, no one who is iamil-
lar with the facts Of twenty-five years
ago will dispute with us when we say
that, wonderful MS has been much Of the
progress Of the last two or three decades,
the advance In respect to our newspapers
has not been surpassed in any other d.
rcction.
In the days of the past advertising paid
Conspicuous incidents of men who grew
rich by early perception of the advantages
of newspaper advertising readily CONT
to mind, while the truth that thousands
of persons who achieved no personal &C
lcbrity made handsome profits by th,
same means can be easily shown.
In this day the newspapers have mucl
to commend them which they did no
then possess. They are better printed
for ono thing; they are more prosprou
and have better commercial standing
for another. The papers of the class spc
cially referred to have at their command
a reading matter service which puts then
fully on n level, as to matter, with th
most prosperous metropolitan daily
Aud 80 an advertiser, when presenting
his announcement for insertion, may ie,
confident that his advertisement will h
printed in good company, and since thes
are also the times Of perfected printin
machinery, in good lcgblc form also.
Therefore since newspaper advertisin
has always paid, even in the day wl'e
newspapers were, by comparison, poorl
printed and only moderately edited, TIL
business man Is standing in his own ligl
and casting the blackest kind Of a shat
ow II he 10 not student and libert
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
A SUCCESSFUL SALE.
SOME FANCY FIGURES FOR
FANCY PROPERTY.
ASHEvIlLE DIRT A VERY GOOD
INVESTMENT.
The Htarnes Sale Of Lots Well At
tended-A List OF Lots and
the Purchasers.

T. F. and G. II. Starnes sold four acres
Of land divided into residence lots on
North Main street to-day. The sale was
well attended, notwithstanding the rain,
and the bidding was well kept up. Davis
& Carter were the auctionecrs. The
land is divided as follows: Numbers 1,
9, 3, 4, 8 and front on North Main
street. 7, 8, 10, 20 and 81 on Starnes
street, 0, 10, II, IL, 13, II, Is, 16, II
and 1S on new street leading from
Starnes to Cherry. The prices and pur-
chasers were as follows:
No. /, (corner lott 65x120, Jesse X.
Starnes, 81 $40; 2, 65x12O, L. W. Burk-
holder, 81 ,260; 3, 65x121, Frank Lough-
ran, 81, 900; 4, 6+lax121, Frank Lough-
ran, SLOTS; 8, 64x122. Chambers &
Weaver, 81 ,020; 6, (corner lott 6+x122,
T. c. Starnes, 81, $50; Z, 60x120, T. c.
Starnes, $92O;s, lcorner lott 6Ox12O,
T. c. Starnes, $975; o, +6x12O, Frank
Loughran, $565; 10, +Ox120, E. W.
Burkholder. $500; II, with Howell
house) 75xl2O, T. J. Hargan, $2,6l0;
l2, 6Ox12O, Jesse X. Starnes, $3.50; 13,
(corner lott 6Ox12O, Jesse X. Starnes,
$1,31O; IL. lcorner lott 65xl05, G. W.
Cannon, $1,I10; Is, 60xlO5. W. I.
Reynolds. $1,055; IS, 55xl0S, W. I.
Reynolds, $3.50; II, 50xl1S, Mr.. Gen.
try. $+6O; IS. 5+x11S, J. X. Rich, $3.50;
10, (corner lot) 59x12O, NJ. Z. Roberts,
S1,275; 20, 59x123, T. J. Hargan,
$1,000; 81, 60x20O, p. p. Clax,on,
1890.
Thirteen acres, of which this property
is a part, was bought less than three
years ago for $1,000. and the total OF
to-day's sale was S22 ,S25.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

THE United States supreme court is
turning out n great many highly inn
portant decisions nowadays. Its latest
one. giving the coup de grace to Nor
monism, is almost as thrilling as that
concerning the original package.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

GREAT sympathy is expressed for
Kemmlcr by some people because his exc
cution is delayed so long, thus keeping
him in suspense. There is quite point
here. Yet we fancy poor Mrs. Kemmler
wouldn't have minded If her execution
had been postponed just as long. But
she was obliged to take her capital pun
ishmcnt very promptly.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

THE American hog got his protection
inserted in the tariff bill by an amend
ment to the bristles clause moved by Mr..
Mckinley himself, and it is supposed
that the hog vote is now secure.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
WHITLOCK'S
Special Sales Week.

Close buyers will please note
the following great induce
ments this week:
Black Mohair Brilliantines
at so and 75c., formerly 75c.
and $1.
Black Tamise Suitings, 60
and S5c., former price 75c.
and 81.
Black Camel's Hair and
Serge Suitings at 75c. and
81, formerly 81 and $1.25.
Black French Henriettas,
soc, 75c. and 81, former
price 65c., 81 and $1.25.
Fancy Mohair Brilliant
ines, soc. and 75c., former
price 75c. and 81.
Colored Henriettasat 25c.,
4Oc., SOC. and Toe, worth
much more.
Domestic and Imported
Challies at 5c., &c., and 12c.
per yard.
Wash Dress Fabrics, Lawns
and Prints at 3hc. and up.
French and Domestic Sat
ines at popular prices.
Dress Ginghams and Seer
suckers, large variety.
Outing Cloths, Table Lin
ems, white and colored.
White Goods, Nainsooks,
Lawns, India Linens, Ham,
burgs, Laces, Underwear,
Handkerchiefs, Corsets,
Gloves and Mitts. Large
assortment and low prices.
/ Parasols and Sunshades,
the most attractive in the
city. Prices lower than else
where.
Just received-A new lot of
Black and Cream Lace Floun-
cling and Drapery Nets.
Something New-We sell
the only absolutely Fast
; Black Hosiery in the market
, !, made by Smith 4 Angel
! for Ladies, Misses and Chill
r dren, also for Men and Boys.
+ They are guaranteed not to
:. dye, crock or turn green, OF
:. money refunded.
t U1uuun>u nruxan
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

THERE was a shower Of ants in
Derby, Conn, the other day, and they
were thickest around the postoffice. This
looks as though they were not admins
tration partisans.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
Ground Broken at KiinbaiI.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, May ~, 1890.
Ground was broken to-day at kimball,
the new town in Marion county. on the
banks of the Tennessee. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the starting OF new
towns in the South is now OF frequent
occurrence, yet the unusual importance
of this occasion induced Governor Tay-
lor, the State Officials of Tennessee, and
many distinguished citizens OF this and
other States to assemble in its honor.
Major Thomas, President of the Nash
vile, Chattanooga and ST. Louis X. r.,
brought in his private car n party COM
poscd of some of the iaircst daughters of
Tennessee, one of whom drew the flag to
the top of the stately liberty pole TINT
had been planted ON the summit OF n
| symmetrical Indian mound which is one
of the interesting features OF this lovely
locality. Prot. Edward Hull, Director OF
the Geological Survey OF Ireland, threw
| the first spadciul oi earth, and Prot. J.
| NJ. Stafford, State GcoloSist OF Tennessee,
the next.
| Addresses were made by Governor Tay'
lor and other distinguished men. The cen
tral event Of the day was the briei inau
pural address of Hon. II. ]. kimball
Chief Executive Manager of this enter
prise. In hiscpigramatic style hc showed
that this event was the Key to unlocl
the immense trcasurcrs of the whole Sc
auatchcc Valley, and he portrayed il
glowing terms the vast industrial dcrcl
opmcnt that would result III the cstab
lishncnt Of manufacturing centre a
this point that would rival the mos
noted places OF the kind in Great Britain
and Germany.
II IL well known in this section thn
Mr.. Kimball invariably aceomplishcs ia
; more than he promises; therefore III
, brici address has had most maglca
effect, and II is the universal opinion her
that the christening sale of city lots q
kimbull, June 10th and llth, w,ll DC y
all respects, the most successful of an
I yet held, aud that the purchasers wi
chiefly bc genuine settlers who have al
soutc inith IN the enterprise.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
HOW TO MAKEASHEvlLLE GROW
Let Large Holders of Real Estate
Turn I.oOse Their Holdings.

Let Large Holders of Real Estate
Turn I.oOse Their Holdings.
The half is sometimes greater than the
whole.
The Pearson auction to take place the
first week in June is Obliged to result in
great benefit to the city.
When large block Of vacant land is
sub-dividcL and sold to different parties
diversity Of interest is created which
necessarily results in healthy growth
and activity. If Others will follow the
example capital will pour in, new blood
will be infused, new interests will be re-
quired, new enterprises started and our
population will reach 25,o00 within the
next three years. Keep the ball rolling
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
THE DAILY CITIZEN.
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

KATE KANE, ESQ.,. is the latest woman
admitted to practice before the United
States supreme court. She halls from
Chicago. and has winning ways.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

r HAVE fifty men making $40 daily and
Il want more, on ingenious new patent no
canyaasiug or experience necessary to sell IL,
will give salary when know you. Address
Immediately, Winfield II. Moody, y. o. box
A9o, New Orleans. La.
mny2Adnt
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

AT LAST woman has been found who
is willing to try the dress reform scheme
and play it to the limit. She is a Vir-
ginia girl who used the bifurcated gar
mcnt and rode man-fashion through the
streets of New York. Comfortably and
modcstly she rode along, and created as
much of a sensation as Buffalo Bill
would have done. and without half the
excrtion in managing her makeup.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
"GET RID OF the FLIES"

Every housekeeperin Ashe-
vile has the worry of Flies.
Fly Paper is sticky and only
a little less bother than the
Flies. We sell the Harper
Fly Trap, the best made at
only 1S cents each (sold in
other Stores at 25 cts.) they
are handy, easily cleaned,
never wear out and get there
in Kidding the house OF Flies.
One or two in each room will
soon abate the nuisance. Our
Ice Cream Freezers, Ham,
mocks and CrOquet Sets are
seasonable and are priced as
low as the same goods can
be bought in any city OH the
continent. We are selling
Lace Curtains, and goods for
half curtains, (of which we
have some lovely patterns)
at prices that always please.
Our second supply of Brass
Curtain Rods is expected
daily, the other lot was
priced at exactly one hall
per foot as the same goods
we're quoted at elsewhere, but
that is the way our prices
run, sometimes one half, or
two thirds, always lower
than anybody else in all
lines and we keep every
thing. The biggest line OF
Ribbons in town. Every
thing at
wBIG RACKET"
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
ESTABLISHED 1874.
VIC. CARMICHAEL,
APOTHECARY,
20 SOUTH MAIN STREET, AsHEvILLE, n. c.

For sixteen years l have
carried on a Drug and Pre-
scription business in Ashe.
vile, striving at all times to
buy pure Drugs and sell no
goods that are not strictly
first-class in every respect.
Everything warranted as
represented or money re-
funded. My goods are pure
and fresh and my prices as
low as the lowest. Prescrip-
tions filled at all hours, day
and night, and delivered free
of charge to any part OF the
city.
Mr.. J. Taylor Amiss is with
me, and will be pleased to
meet his friends and custom
ers.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
SENATOR JONES. La. .sT STAGE.

Ex-senator Jones, Of Florida, is IN an
insane asylum at last. His hallucination
is one Of the most singular on record.
It seems to have been led up to by per-
scvering enterprise on his part to marry
an hciress, and to have been continued
from feeling Of modification about re-
turning to his associates in the Senate a
discomfttcd man, until at last it resulted
in genuine insanity. Senator Jones was
not originally man Of eccentric habits.
He was n hard.hcaded, impulsivc law.
yer. having a sanguine temperament,
and well bent upon gaining his ends,
But his mind was clear. and he discussed
questions without imaginative disquisi'
tions or looscncss of attitude on any
points. Good judges at one time called
him the best constitutional lawyer on
the democratic side Of the senate.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

THE latest species of maniac abroad is
reported from Washington in the person
Of dudish and handsome young man.
whose mania is for kissing females who
are found abroad after dark without
male protection.
1t is curious that in none of the oscu-
latory assaults of this sweet-scented in
dividual are the girls reported to have
made any serious resistance further than
to give the alarm after the fellow was
well out of the way in search Of other
prey. The weapon OF defence in such at
tacks is always on he spot, and it would
seem to be no great feat to scream for
help.
Even muscular spinstcrs seem to have
remained quiesccnt while the sacrilege
was repeated several times, and were
even then too overcome to breathe more
than faint alarm.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26

A large portion of the eSeavating for
the government building has been done,
and layer of concrete. from sixteen to
twenty inches deep viii be put down, as
the first part of the foundation, next
..,a.L
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-26
may2ldiw

FoR RENT.
One house, furnished or unf,irnishcd, stu.
atcd on Bcarden avenue. For further inior'
nation apply TO prof y. u. vcnabie or u. 4.
Watson,
ninyg4d3t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
Ivanhoe Land and Improvement Co.
Public Sale of OTIS
BUENA VISTA, VIRGINIA.

The Forest
n about 900 lots This northwest
company which laid
holders 1T beautifully
company nave listed the thopu
hoanokc can show good
vista company behind
Vistas
aVallanlc land for limited valuable
in
and Negotiable secured
inc members the 'uen Vista Real Estate
~ l. D'-'ioi, r. r. WITT.
Secy NJ Tress
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
Suits for Little Hnrs

The first colored dress which ia put on
little boys after they are year old is of
Bingham. and is made with q pleated
waist with rows of insertion between
the pleats and skirt laid in side pleats.
When the boy is about three or four
years old, according to his size, .he is
considered large enough to put in q suit
with the kilt separated from the waist.
These suits arc made of Scotch plaid
and plain woods of light weight. white
piQuc and white nanncl. The skirt is
laid in fiat, broad kits, and if OF wool
IL ornamentcd with decoration OF
squares of braid. Tho jacket is square
and short, to show tho blouse vest OF
viii linen or white or yellow chi,
SIX entirely around. Short white
SOCKS, which display tho bare legs. arc
worn with dark ,an-colored boots
Good uOusekeeOinO
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
VISITING MANNERS.
Little Points of Etiquette That Should Il
Carefully Observed

Listie POINTS of Etiquette That Should 30
Carefully Observed.
Many OF uswho pride ourselves on our
Eood-breeding are singularly blind as to
what is due to friends who are visiting
people unknown to us. or who are en-
tertaining guests whom we have never
mot. Nor are wo moro assured as to
some Of tho points of etiquette toward
our own guests and to our own hosts
when we make an occasional fitting
from home.
IL is useless to decry etiquette by saw
ing that the best manners in all cases
are those which hurt no one This is
truo as general law, but there always
are some points which leave no room for
experiments as to what will hurt an
other, and which yet may be settled
once for all by few rules
If you have an acquaintance who is
entertaining friends whom she wishes
you to meet, it is your duty to call
promptly, and If POSSIBLE offer some hos
pitality to both guests and hosts.
III tho position is reversed, and your
friend is visiting people unknown to
you, never go to 500 your friend with
out leaving n card for the hostess. If
you give any entertainment for the
friend, DO very sure to invite her hosts
also. ltdoes not follow that your invita-
zion VIII DO accepted. but if it is, the
hostess must DO treated as the guest OF
honor and shown every Difference. If,
lot instance, tho entortainment is a
Luncheon for young ladies. she may DO
asked to tako the scat at tho end of the
table opposite to your own
III the mutual friend is your ruost, Won
may be suro that, if she is a woman of
good-breeding, she, in turn, will accept
no invitation which does not include
you, although you may think best to
decline it and insist upon her going
alone. Nor will she receive visitors
without asking you to join thcm in tho
parlor' should hor friends DO rude
enough to havo sent you no cards.
Here, too, you may excuse yourself, or
at most. join them with such delay as to
give them short interview alone.
These samo rules hold good for you
when you arc the guest Before YOU go
to mako the visit send word to YOUR
friends whore and with whom YOU arc
TO stay, so that there may be no idea
that you are in clearinghouse, and
therefore mistress of your time and sur
roundings. This constant Difference to
your hostess should lead you to order
all letters and packages to DO addressed
to her caro-.
AS to the disposal Of your time, when
you arc visiting, no etiquette requires
you to accept all the plans of your
hostess, if you feel unable to do so; but
care is needed to show that refusal
means lack of strength, not lack of in
terest and inclination. With little
tact on both sides, you will have many
hours for your own.
Indeed, skilful hostess will manage
to secure you this privilege, and not
make tho mistake Of working too hard
to amuse you. and so absorb evory mo-
mont of your visit into her idea of what
is pleasure for you.
No greater compliment is possible
than tho quiet acceptance of your pros
once in tho intimacy Of family lifo.-A.
H. Ramsey. in Youths Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
Prof Newcomb.s had Hr,a,s

Prof. Simon Newcomb, of Washing
ton, is known as man whose scien-
tific studies have tended to exaggerate
natural disposition to mental abstrac-
ton. The professors friends, who are
also his strong admirers, understand his
popularity, and overlook in him what
might not be excused in an ordinary
person A Washington lady is vory
fond of telling this incident: She was
at reception given at Prof Newcomb's
house. The occasion had been made de-
iigh'ful by tho professors wife and
daughters, and every thing was very
enjoyable. Toward the close of the
evening, the lady. who had en- ioyod tho
affair greatly, approached the host and
asked him with much enthusiasm: How
often do you have these delightful re-
unions, professor?' But once wear,
madam-thank goodness!-but once a
year" There was no polite prevarica-
ton in that reply. Days
-Discoiorcd rattan chairs arc made
pretty by coating of black or goluen
brown paint, finished with handsome
sushioaa
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
BEES AND ANTS.
THOR Travelling Instinct Ono of the Mar
vcls of Natural History.

THOR Travelling Instinct Ono of the Mar
vcls of Natural History.
How insects, especially bees and ants,
find thoir way back homo is one of the
marvels of natural history. "My vito
keeps beos." says q Missouri farmer,
land my little boy has a taste for
entomology and is always making ex-
periments of one kind or another with
them and other insects. He has been
trying to find out how far away a bee
can be taken and not got lost, but has
not yet succeeded live in the coun-
try, fourteen milos from tho court house.
and during the summer that bow has
been in town with me a dozen times.
and on each occasion he brought some
bees along in little tin box. lie col
ored their wings with violet ink, so that
he would know the insects again, and
let them go in the heart of the city.
The first time he did it he released six
bees at the Biddlo Street Market, and |
believe they got home before we did,
because they were all on hand attend
ing to business tho next morning, lust
as though they took a fourteen mile
journey every day. Occasionally a bee
fails to come back, but in nearly eyery
instance they return in q few hours.
Once he let five. whose wings had been
colored red. out of their box at six
o'clock in tho morning, on the cornor of
Fourth and Biddlo, while his little sis
tor watched the hive at homo. One ar
rived, tired almost to death, and dropped
at the door of the hive littlo before
two, and three came before five in the
evening, all apparently much fatigmed.
HIS experiments with nest Of largo
black ants have been equally satisfac-
tory, for some marked ants have found
their way homo after being released
more than mile distant from the hol-
low tree in which they lived. How
thoy do it is question, but they pener-
ally do, and so it is likely tho travels of
both ants and bees arc muoh wider than
is generally supposed. st Louis Globo
Democrat
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
Daniel wsbster,s Habits.

There has been good deal of contro-
versy about Mr.. Wobster's habits.
When he went to England he acquired
what do not think was his habit be-
fore, no became convivial and on his re-
turn no showed an evident liking for
the brandy bottle. He was never an in
ebrinto. but sometimes he made his
most powerful speeches while under tho
influence OF strong drink, and on more
than one occasion he was sadly the
worse for it. When he made his speech
at Richmond. under tho October sun, as
1T was called, ho drank SO heavily at
dinner that when they took him out into
tho State-house grounds. whore no was
to speak, the Governor of the State said
he was afraid for him. Just before his
turn to speak came the Governor leaned
over and said To him: "Mr. Webster.
we will no ready for you presently"
Webster reused himself, drew his mas
sivc hand up and through his hair, and
smoothed his face, and it seemed as if
he lad wiped away all signs OF intoxica-
ton: and when few moments later he
arose to taco that enormous crowd no
was himself again and for over an hour
he held that audience cntranccd with
his matchlcsS oratory. America.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25
Large Foundry, Machine Shops
and Stove Works

hd construction FREQ
immense vorko1 m
w the town Important
others N>eO'"~0''
"A railroad junction in the heart of the greatest
iron region in the United States The only
town on this great Southern connec-
ton or the Norfolk and Western
SYSTEM
The world famous lmont Crock
haul OF lvanhoo
COKE Being 1000
passed by tho celebrated OF
Magnificent hotel, stores and dwellings under
contract. The cheapest and best lots
in the South.
Ivanhoe Land andlmprovement Go.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-25

FREQ sites and liberal ma
immense limestone and iron and being worked m v
wthn the town Important secured and negotiations
for others. - e"N ~