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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-03

When opening bottle of wine the
waiter first pours little into your
hosts glass. Why2 Is 1t to cleanse
the bottle of anything which passes
off with the pouring of the first glassl
No. Away back in feudal times it
was custom too. In those times it
told a mans guests that if his fagon
of wine was poisoned the contents OF
his own beaker would prove it. So
if a guest saw his host drink without
i'll results it seemed safe to conclude
that the wine was all right and the
repast might proceed.-Notes and
Queries.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-03

A youngster was anxious for a
watch, and her grandmother had
said, when ! die, Margaret, l shall
give you my gold watch" A few
weeks after she was visiting with
her grandmother. and evidently long
ing for the time when she should re-
oeiye her legacy startled her rela-
tive greatly by saying, "Grandmam-
ma. when arc you going TO die and
60 into = hole, 30 ! can wear my
watehF'-Nsw York ndbuna
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-03

The triumph Of art over nature is
illustrated in the fact that an artist
recently made painting of some
Leech trees in al cid pasture that he
sold for $3.50. The owner of the pas
ture parted company with his prop
erty at about the same time for $3.50,
and he called it good sale at that
Augusta (Me.l Farmer.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-03

With the dress suit the fine white
linen handkerchief holds precedence.
A colored handkerchief would throw
the full dress ensemble completely
out of joint. The plain white hem
stitched mouchoir is indeed apropos
upon all occasions. Although the
handkerchief is for use primarily,
aud in strict observance Of the code
of good manners should never be ex-
plotted, there is strong masculine
psnehant for the fancy handkerchief
tor informal wear. Clothier ard Fur
pishsE.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-03

interest," indemnity in old
values Cotton of the Massacu
tt Mutual Life in and thinking of
ho y;u ls Glad at
c MITCHELL & LUNN, Resident
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
A Baby Climbs a Ladder.

Think of baby twenty-four hours
old climbing astepladder 1t was rather
an understood infant for that age too.
OF course it could not climb mp by it.
self, so the nurse carried it in her arms.
1t did not cry, but clapped its hands de-
lightedly. The child was little boy
and the climbing of the stepladder took
place in the very room where he was
born. The mother regarded it as an i'm
portant event evidently. 1t was by her
orders that the performance took place.
Her interest was none the less because
it was all for the sake of gratifying an
old time superstition.
Monthly nurses all agree that il a
baby goes down stairs before it goes up
stairs its path in life will be downward
and i'll luck will attend it. Accordingly
precautions should be taken against
such an omen. In this instance the
child having been born on the top floor
of the house it could not be carried up
stairs, and therefore its mother had sug,
gested the ingenious plan of having a
stepladder brought into the room 80 that
nurse could mount it with baby in her
arms.
But that was not all. A small Testa-
ment was attached by string to the
child's arm and in its chubby little fist
was placed gold dollar. Thus reason
able certainty was secured that the boy
would grow up both rich and pious. AT
the same time it seems very odd to see
such superstitious observances practiced
in the city Of Washington in the yeal
1s92.-Washington Star
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
Plant Shade Trees,

Again the time of year has rolled
around when deciduous trees shed their
leaves. The best time to transplant de-
ciduous trees is during the fall of their
leaves in the autumn and the bursting
of the buds into leaf in the spring. There
is little choice in many portions of this
country as to what particular time dur,
ing the period mentioned trees should
bo transplanted SO that the soil is in
proper condition. In this section, where
winter is well defined, the planting
period is divided by cold weather into
fall and spring, and the relative advan.
tages of the seasons are less a matter of
moment than the fact that not nearly as
many trees are planted in either as there
ought to be. However, this is an oppor.
tune time to remind those who have a
place to plant tree that fall Is a better
time than spring to set out trees. Nc
Keesport Times.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
A Peculiar Find.

Mrs. j. w. Hood had a peculiar ex
perience a few days ago. She was
searching for mislaid article and was
rummaging about on the closet shelves,
when she laid her hand on lady's gold
watch. 1t did not belong to her, and
she was at loss to understand how i,
came there. The incident worried hel
so that she finally went to the office
where Mr.. Hood is employed to tell him
about it. Mr.. Hood was as much sur,
prised as his wife, and advised her to
make further investigation. Upon
her return home she again went to the
closet shelf and there found her silver
spoons, which she had packed away in a
trunk in another room a few days be-
fore.
The only satisfactory explanation they
could find was that burglars had been
in the house and had the gold watch
with them. They probably found the
silver spoons, and were looking in the
closet for other valuables when they be-
came frightened and hurried away, leav,
ing the watch and spoons lying on the
shelf. Mrs. Hood has advertised the
watch, but SO far has failed to find ar
owner.-Chicago Journal.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
Cold Nerve in u KODber.


The bold thief who few weeks ago
tried to kill Charles Wonnell when the
latter refused to quietly submit to see-
ing his house robbed returned to Won
nell's house about o'clock yesterday
morning, and knocking at Mr.. Won
nell's window until he was aroused
made proposition to sell the watch Sc
cured upon the night Of the burglary.
Wonnell replied that he couldn't buy
the watch then if he wanted to, as he
had no money in the house, and added
taat he did not care to buy the watch
back.
"Well," replied the man outside the
window, you will surely give some
thing for it. Will you give me ten dol
lars for it?'
Wonnell asked how he knew it was
the stolen watch, and was told that a
brother knight in Wonnell's lodge, X. of
H., had told him that it was, and that it
had the proper initials engraved upon it.
The man said he had bought the watch,
but refused to give his name, saying
when asked, "Oh, you wouldn't know
me If l told you my name" Wonnell
finally told the man that II he would
leave the watch at Frank Hosbrook's
grocery he (WonnelD would leave ten
dallars at the same place,
The man departed, but the watch was
not left at the grocery. Mr.. WonnelI
thinks he recognized the voice of hi
last visitor as that of the burglar, and
believes that the proposition to sell tn,
watch was but ruse to induce him tC
open the door, when he would be over
powered and compelled to submit to an
other robbery indianapolis Journal.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

Another correspondent asks of North
Carolina: as 1t healthy slater Would
it be a good place for hip disease, HI
could you give employment at once Il
one SO afflicted"
This Is healthy state, l have said 81
before. The western part of the state
has a climate like that Of Turin. say
this without wishing to keep any one
away from Turin. To show you how
people retain their faculties here, l copy
the following from the Atlanta Consti
tuition:
DIR. E. s. Warlick reports case in the South
mountain section of Burke county, n. c., whicl
is one Of the most remarkable on record, II VIC
except the Scriptural story Of Sarah. Mrs
William E. Smith, Of Upper Fork township
gave birth to q child,la circumstance whicl
would have created very little comment In thu
South mountain had 1t not been that the da!
on which the child was horn hapuened to IN
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

not say word that will cheer and unite
us2 A friend of mine hired a new cook,
who cooked, stuffed and served hot a
baked goose without removing anything
except the outer wraps of the bird. This
is no joke. 1t is the everlasting truth.
The girl never admitted that she was
utterly green and knew nothing regard
ing the use and abuse of the American
people.
Servants ask the questions them
selves entirely: Do you have much com
pany? How many in the family? etc.
We had a girl come last week to apply
for place, and, Mr.. Nye, you could not
exaggerate, if you tried, the list of ques
tions she asked. Emboldened by my
perfect helplessness and horror, she Went
on and on till she could think of nothing
more. Then she said Well, l presume
that it will do if l come Monday.
have some engagements for the rest o
the week Then she started for the door
"'You have forgotten to ask one ques
tion,' said. You have forgotten to as|
if wanted you. l do not. You ma
run along now. Illinois people a,
called Suckers, but there isn't such
general run of paresis here as you M
have been led to believe from readn
the New York papers, She then wei
away"
We are all suffering from the sam
cause. Only those who employ colorc
girls warranted not to crack are perfect
happy.
used to write freely of the servan
question and said some bright thing
about 1t, but that was when l was
bachelor. Now l am keeping house, an,
am more reserved. am writing
book, however, on the servant questo'
which will be published after my dealt
1t will be filled with facts and write
in a terse yet we'll chosen style that wi
in great measure take the keen ed,
off the general public grief over IL
irremediable loss.
OIL Aye
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
Railroads and the Game Laws

A large doe was struck and killed by
the night train coming south on the
Adirondack and St. Lawrence railroad
in the Adirondacks. The carcass was
taken to slaughter house in town and
dressed. A question arises as to the liza
bility of the railroad company for killing
deer out of season.-Cor. Utica IN. Y,
Herald,
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
NYE WRITES or N. C.
HE TELLS HOW HEALTHY 1T &c
WHERE HE LIVES.

Sad Story Of Man Who Taught Him
How to Play Poker-A Young Man
Wanted to Open Oysters and Do Other
Things-A Chicago Servant.
Copyright, 1892, by Edgar w. Nye.l
Birdie Swartout, of Cripple Creek.
writes in good faith to know if color
may be detected by the degree of heat OF
the odor-in other words, is color per.
ceptible by means of any other sense
than sight?
LIE Fontaine says yes. He even goe.
so far as to say that people who are
color blind may be quite accurate by
means of other senses-taste, touch
smell or even the feeling of warmth
He named in his last work-viz., "Colol
Blind People and Blind Colored People
Contrasted"-a case in which loco
motive engineer, who had been colo,
blind for twenty years and held hi.
position by means of the sense of smell
claimed afterward that red light haI
an odor like red flannel, while the greer
light had smell like green flannel. H.
lost his place, however, while sufferins
from polypus of the nose.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
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Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
no5sat4t

NOTICE-By virtue Of the power of sale,
IN vested in me as trustee. contained in n
deed 10 trust, executed by Sidney p Henry
(deceascdl dated st day of April, 1871. and
registered on pages $40 ct. seq. Of Book 2 +
of the record of mortgages and deeds in
trust In the Office of the Register OF Deeds for
Buncombe county in the State of North Car
olina, default having been made In the pay
ment of the interest on the debt thereby Sc
cured, such default. under the provisions In
said deed, causing the entire amount of the
said debt to be due and payable, shall. ct
IL O'Clock noon on Saturday, the 31st day
of December. 1892, expose for sale at public
outcry, at the court house door In Asheville,
N. c.. to the highest bidder for cash. the
piece or parcel of land, together with frame
house on same, situate on Turner street In
said City of Ashcville, and fully described in
the deed in trust aforesaid. This Goth day
OF November, 1892.
ID. c. WADD8LL, JR., Trustee.
OFF .CE 80 PATTON AVENUE, :
AT WEAVER & MYERS STORE
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

A Lawrence (Kan.) man recently re-
ceived q letter which was mailed in
Chicago about twelve years ago. 1t was
accidentally discovered" in a ven-
tilator shaft with package of other
mail.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
Dissolution Notice.

Leicester, N c., Nov. 5, 1892.
Notice is hereby given that the copartner-
ship heretofore existing between Geo r
Jones and Jno Carpenter under tho firm
name of Carpenter & Jones is this day dis
solved by mutual consent, Jno. Carpenter
continuing the business, assuming liabilities
of same and receiving all monies due the
firm. JOHN CARPENTER,
nov11d3Od GEO X. JONES,
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
Advertise in THE CITIZEN.

THE CHATEAU-Private boarding h house'
l. No. 211 Haywood street. Pine city
and mountain views: perfect sanitation; hot
and cold water; comfortable, airy rooms;
well provided table; attentive service; rca-
sonahle rates. Two hundred yards from
Montford car line
MRS.M. L. DETWILER,
oct7dtf Proprietress.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

A Berlin chemist claims to have dis
covered the art of reproducing colors
true to nature with the camera, If true.
the discovery is one of the most impor-
tant that has been made in the line of
photography.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
slEEplNG CAR SERVICE.

SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
Nos ii and 12--Pullman Sleepers between
Hot Spring and New York. via Ashevil'e,
Salisbury and Washington also between
Asheyillc and CinSinnati via Knoxville and
Hartman
Trains Nos / 3 and IL Pullman Sleeper be-
tween Ashevillc and Charleston. via Spar
tanburg and Columbia via 5 {, Ry. connect
inc Mt olumbia Tor Savannah via S. b r X.
with Parlor cars. -
w. A. TURK, 5. II. HARDWlCK,
Gen, Pass. Agt Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Washington, u c., Atlanta, Co.
VIII GREEN, Gen. Manager. Washington
v L. McBEE. Gen'l Supt Columbia, S, c.
SOL. HAAS. Traffic Manager. Washington
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
FOR RENT.
OVerbrOOk Home.

A-good house at Biltmorc station, in a nice
Hroveiof oaks overlooking the Swannanoa
valley, with seven acres of land. Apply to
I. Nj. BROOkSHIRE,
Hepdersonville,
Or d. r, HERNDoN. Biltmore, N, c.
nov29d1w"
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

I'm no way can Americans SO effectively
inform themselves on the subjects that claim
public attention from one month to another
as by reading the North American Review"
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

NOTICE-By virtue of the power of sale
~ contained in deed Of trust III ldc and
delivered to me by the Ashcvie Light and
Power company. which said deed il dated
February IL. 1892, and made to secure the
pa, ment OF note for $4,000, due J A..
Tcrnert | will on NJ ndav. December g.,
1902, at the cour, house door in the city of
Ashevillr. N. c., sell to the highest bidder
for cash the land mentioned and described
in said trust. located on Valley street in
SAID citv and being same lot on which is To-
Gated the new electric station house whi h
furnishes the motive power for the AsAevillc
Street railway cars. For further infpr:na-
tiun apply to the undersigned or J.. A. FEN
ncnt This November 5, 1892.
W. X WHITSON,
no5sat4t Trustee.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

WANTED-Young man who can shave a few
guests, open oysters and milk; good home; per-
manent. Hinkson House, Paoli, Pa.
The above advertisement is sent to me
by valued correspondent at Wyoming
Del, and l should be glad to give the
notice further circulation, thus insuring
some good young man with genius a
warm welcome and permanent employ
ment. The advertisement is taken from
Philadelphia paper of great estimahle.
ness.
Opening oysters and shaving few
customers seem to go hand in hand.
When fatigued with this he might alsc
shave the oysters and open few custom
ers. l used to have such u man myself
as body servant, but he is dead now
He sometimes impersonated me anC
acted as my understudy, often trying 8
new lecture for Inc.
That was the way he met his death
He wanted to be busy all the time. HI
would on rainy days dig worms for the
feeble minded hens, and at night ht
would crochet Tam O'Shanters for the
poor.
But one time he tried a new lecture
for me in an uncultivated town. was
not sure of the lecture myself and tolt
him to be on his guard, for some of thu
ideas were keenly expressed, and thu
treatment was vigorous. He got part wa.
through the window, but it was violentl.
shut down on him, severing him in sucl
o way that the committee got the ent
containing the box receipts.
He had a wife in Beaver Dam, Wis
She buried him there. You can find tn,
tomb there today. She married again
and had bad luck with her second hus
band also. His tomb is there too. Oh
the large marble shaft which his insur
ance paid for is this inscription in large
beautiful letters:
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

This may or may not have been true
but day before yesterday we had on til,
Pullman car Asphyxia coming north /
man who said that the race problem haC
induced him to go south for the mont
Of November, where he found that tn.
colored man was we'll treated and rapid
becoming so wealthy as to threaten tn
supremacy Of the white race. He be
lieved that In very few years the trad
and commerce of the south would be i.
colored hands. He said that in on
county where he visited there were bu
two colored men who owned a mule
each, free of incumbrance, twenty year
ago, and now there are three of them.
Colored children, too, he says, ar,
more plentiful, and parents seem more
economical of them. He says also tina
there is strong atmosphere Of progress
pervading the gatherings there, an'
though color blind he says that tn,
other senses may be readily educated, il
at an sensitive, so that even in the dark
ness one may detect almost at once tn,
color of the complexion pervading til,
meeting, though this of course refer
to the primary colors and not to delicat'
shades.
Ibelieve that many curious anecdote
might be related regarding the wonder
full distinction of color by people VIII
are blind or color blind. l know of
young lady whose father was yer.
wealthyu up to the time he began to teacl
me the game of poker, and she suffere'
from color blindness, at one time elopin!
with the colored coachman and not dis
covering her error until two years 'ha'
swept by on untiring pinions.
My friend now is broken in health ali,
in fortune, living with his son-in-law
and all day long he sits in the sunshin
thinking of the past and singing or tell
ing stories to his little black and tai
grandchildren.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

TTNO LOAN-Money to loan in sums of $500
l. to $500 for one to six wears, on real cs
tate, with buildings in city of Asheville
Rates of interest low. Il COFFIN,
noy23dlm No. l East Court Place.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

DOARDING-t;ood fare and comfort able
ID beds Con vcnicnt to Postoticc.
MRS J. A LHE,
noy1 tt No. &c Flint street.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
BOARDING.

DOARD-Com omfortabe rooms With good
ID board in good location.
MRS ALICE REYNOLDS,
novStf As Spruce street.
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

ID MISUNDERSTANDING board cln be hod
ID at Col. 7. N Rays in Ramoth. y.
miles north of Asheville, near end of Look
out Mountain street car line, Terms rcas-
onablc, nov26d1m
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
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Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

II SPRUCESTREET- arce handsomely
l. furnished room. with board on list
and End floors; table accomm odations and
Location excellent, two minutes walk to
court house; terms moderate. Table board
era accSpm odated rea 'onab'y. nov29d m
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03

DRESSMAKING-The Misses Kilam of
- Boston are prepared to do drossmak-
ing millinery. faacy painting, etc. at l+5
College Street dec1d1wA
Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-03
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