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Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
SOME BRIGHT INSTRUCTIVE MISCELLANY FOR ALL
CLASSES READERS.

Tho yuisance of Innrtistic Advertising.
We have occasionally regretted the
monstrosities of street advertisements.
Every vacant wall or boarding which is
accessible to the bill sticker blazes with
pictures which do not precisely educate
the public taste, and are rather q serious
addition to the minor evils Of life. Well
meant efforts have been made to improve
these posters. The late Mr.. Frederick
Walker designed one for 1.-THE Woman
In White" It was to1erably yinoffensive,
but far from an addition to the amenity
of blank wall.
Mr.. Herkomer, If we are not mistaken,
has tried his hand, and a we'll known
picture Of a little boy blowing soap bub
bles, by Sir John Millais, is sufficiently
familiar to the amateur. Il But the worst
of it Is that no such repeated airs, from
whatever hand, are agreeable, much less
the terrible man with the liver pad, COM
pared with whom the lady with improb-
ably long hair is gem. This is not the
end. The fields ON each side of the rail-
ways grow monstrous advertisements-
an offense to the eyes OF travellers, and
surely no real inducement to purchase
the wares Of the culprits.
A society has been formed to deal with
these horrors, and the society protests
against "diffidence and dependency
This is plucky at least, and SO far de-
serves respect. It is q monstrous anon
ally to spend public money on the i'm
provement Of public taste, and then tc
permit that taste to be debauched by
''sky signs" advertisements in green
fields, posters haring on every vacant
space-London Saturday Review.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Preparation the Important Factor.

The discovery by Edison Of the carbon
with which he perfected his electric lamp
seems happy accident, but such acci-
dents never happen to common men.
The great inventor sscraped some SCOT
from the blackened chikinney, Of his lab
oratory lamp, and In asepirit OF curios-
ity tested Its properties. It proved 10 be
the thing for which he was searching,
but behind this fortunate discovery was
series Of exhausting and exhaustive ex-
periments with all kinds Of likely mate
rails, absorbing the energies Of many
months. The lucky hit rewarded the
persistent will Of patient workman.
So with the young and obscure lawyer
who conducts and wins q difficult case,
as did Thomas Ershine In his elders ill
ness or the struggling surgeon who has
q sudden chance of distinction offered to
him, he must have had q long and Ia
borious preparatory training before he
can profit by such an emergency. In
short, great opportunity is worth to a
man precisely what his antecedents have
enabled him to make of it.-Willialn
Mathews in Harper's Young People.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Baited For Catfish and Caught an Owl.


A man Of unquestioned veracity
vouches for the truth of this fish story
His friend, who lives a few miles in the
country, set line for catfish one day
In the morning when he went after the
fish he found them in abundance. and
on one Hnt he found large owl that
must have been terror to birds and
fishes when alive. The line was wound
around the body and the neck Of the
owl, and the fish bore marks Of the owls
talons, showing that the owl had caught
the fish after the hook had caught it,
and in its efforts to fly away with the
fish it had been ensnared by the line,
after which the fish had its inning by
drowning the owl.
At any rate the owl was dead, and the
fish, though disfigured, was still in the
swim and playing the line with vigor
that caused the line to bob up and down
with the irregularity of the cotton mar
ket. The drowned owl is on exhibition
as q witness to the truth Of the story
and the fish, though the finest Of the
catch, escaped the frying pan, and now
has steady job as an owl catcher. The
fisher set him for owls.-Valdosta Cor
Atlanta Constitution.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
whs. rh.y Knew About washington.

An Everett schoolteacher whose little
charges range in age from to years
determined to celebrate the anniversary
Of the natal day of the father of his
country by asking few questions. This
was the interrogatory which she pro-
pounded, What can you tell me about
George Washington And these are a
few Of the Individual answers:
"He was the savior of us all"
HE was this owner of the soldiers"
HE was the man who can shoot
straight"
HE discovered this country"
He was the first man in the world" !"
He was the man who never Dragged. y
HE is the only man in the world who
never told q lie. Boston Journal.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Mistake. Mistaken.

The use Of this word seems to be 80
anomalous as to need some inquiry and
explanation.
I may be mistaken, for l continually
make mistakes. But when shown to
have been mistaken l own myself in er
Tor. Yet, If I am mistaken, is it not the
error Of him who mistakes me? But it
may be that / am right and that he is
mistaken, though suppose that ought
to take him Alright and not mistake him
Nevertheless often have to say In ar
gument; "You were quite right. was
mistaken"
In q word, though he who mistakes
must be in error, our common use OF
language considers him who is mistaken
to be so.-Notes and Queries.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
DEATHS CONQUEST.

I so loved once, when Death came by hid
Away my face,
And all my sweetheart's tresses she undid
To make my hiding place.
The dread shade passed me thus unheeding
and
turned me then
To calm my love-kiss down her shielding
hand
And comfort her again.
And, loI she answered not, and she did sit
All fiXedly,
With her fair face and the sweet smile of 1t.
In love with Death, not me.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Some Old Chooses.

In the cheese regions of Switzerland a
custom formerly prevailed for the friends
Of a bride and bridegroom to join In
the presentation on their wedding day
Of an elaborate cheese. This cheese
was used as family register, on which
the births. marriages and deaths were
recorded. Some Of these old cheeses
date back to 166O.-Exchange.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
ARemarkable River In Spain.

There is in Spain river called the
Tinto. which has very extraordinary
qualities. Its waters, which are as vel
low as a topaz, harden the sand and pet
rify it in a most surprising manner. If
a stone falls into the river and rests upon
another, they both become perfectly
united and conglutinated in a year. 1t
withers all the plants on its banks, as
we'll as the roots of trees, which it dyes
of the same hue as its waters. No fish
live in its stream.-New York Evening
Sun.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Two Things without Patents.

The floating dock and the typewriter
are among the many important inven-
tions that were hit upon by men who
have made no attempt to patent their
ideas. A photographer conceived the
idea Of the floating dock before the de-
vice was perfected and put to practical
use, and a naval officer thought out a
practical typewriter, but was persuaded
by friends tx abandon his invention as a
thing that nobody could be induced to
use.-New York Sun.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

ASK father" she whispered softly, and
he kissed her as he headed for the library.
Ten minutes later she glided In and there
found the old gentleman nursing his
great toe and freighting his groans with
whispered oaths. Then she knew that
the destiny Of her sweet young life was
yet m abeyance, snd she took quiet
sneak without uttering a word.-Detrnit
Free Press.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

The late King Louis of Bavaria saved
himself from deposition by timely
death, being found drowned in the fish,
pond of one of his palaces. He had no
doubt been insane for many years, and
his crazy expenditure cost his subjects
so much money that, finding the state
nearly bankrupt, they resolved to dis
place him, and the knowledge of this nc
doubt drove him to self destruction.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

The threads Of fungus which flourish
upon the roots Of oaks and beeches sur
rounded by decaying leaf mold turn the
latter into nourishment for the trees
and the seedlings of the trees are unable
to grow amid such surroundings without
the aid of the fungi.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
The Rusaian Spoon.

The Russian spoon, with its oddly
twisted handle, is greatly affected by our
New York swells. It is made Of gold and
costs lot of money. The bottom Of the
bowl is made of Russian enamel in green
and red and has the appearance OF being
set with emeralds and rubies.-Once a
Week
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

The application Of animals and animal
substances TO the cure of disease has pre-.
vailed from the earliest times, though
the greater part Of such remedies, until
recent times, have been founded on
either fantastic or supsrstitious notions
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
A Chance to Prove His Love.

Suitor Ito her father(-Sir, love the
very ground your daughter treads on.
Father (grimly)-Well, young man
you amt the first party that's had an at
tachment for it. Howsomever, if you love
it well enough to come and help pay up
the mortgage on it, like Jacob did. you
can marry Sarah.-Exchange.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
The Egypt of To-day.


Imagine a people the most docile and
good tempered in the world in the grip of
q religion the most intolerant and fanat-
ical. Imagine this people and this faith,
congenial in nothing but their CONSERVE
tism, flung into the maelstrom of Eu-
ropean restlessness and innovation. I'M
agine q country full of turbulent foreign
ers, whom it's police cannot arrest ex-
cept hagrante delicto, whom its courts
cannot try except for the most insignifi
cant offenses.
Imagine the government of this coun-
try unable to legislate for these foreign
ers without the consent Of a dozen dis
tant powers, most Of them indifferent
and some ill disposed. Imagine it car
rying on it's principal business in a for
eign tongue which yet is not the tongue
of the predominant foreign race. Imag-
inc it struggling to meet the clamorous
growing needs Of today with a budget
vigorously fixed according to the mini
| mum requirements of the day before
yesterday.
Imagine the DEGREES Of this govern
| ment liable to be set at naught by courts
| of it's own creation. Imagine its policy
really inspired and directed by the en-
| voy of q foreign state, who in theory is
only one-and not even the doyen-ot
| a large nurnber of such ENJOYS and the
chief administrative power welded by
| q man who in theory is a mere ''adviseI
| without executive functions" Yes,
| imagine all these things and then realize
that they are no "Mikado'' like inven-
tion Of comic opera. no nightmare OF
some constitutional theorist with a dis
ordered brain, but prosaic, solid fact
an unvarnished picture of the political
Egypt OF fto-day.-"England in Egypt"
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

There is no other work in the world Of
which 30 many copies are printed annu
ally as of the Chinese almanac. Tho
number il estimated at several millions
It is printed at Pelring and is monopoly
of the emperor.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

That's q very lovely baby of yours,
Lawson. wonder what he will devel-
op intor
well, If we can Judge Of the future
by the present. think he will be town
crier when he grows up."-Harper's Ba-
tar.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

An action may be so clothed as to
change its proper effect on people. With
most of us a sugar coated vice seems pref
erable to a pepper coated virtue.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

One of the most distinguished suicides
in this country WAS the Hon. John Davis
speaker of the house of representatives
from 1915 to 1917
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

From the safety of .heir operation in
blood letting the leech has been used for
more than 1000 years, and in many cases
doctors could hardly dispense with their
N
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

There are differences IN testh.' Some
are of a nature capable of withstanding
very rough usage, while others are frail
and need constant attention.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

The use of drapery in ideal art is as
purely for artistic reasons as Is its ab
ssDce and has nothing to do with the
propristy OF clothing.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
GALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY ON
- SOUTH MAIN, VALLEY, SYCAMORE
AND OTHER STREETS.

BY virtue ofa deed of trust executed to me
by G Martin and wife. dated the nth
day of November, 1891, shall offer for sale
at public auction at the court house door in
the city of Asheville, Buncombe county, N c
at O'Clock a m the folio wing Described
lots. pieces or parcels of land situate. lying
and being in the said citv of Asbeviiie to-
wit: the iots numbered. respectiyely. 2: 3: =,
26, 20. ~. 70, 2e. so, 81. 80. ss, "a. 80. SO.
King; and resistered in the office OF Rezi.-
70 OF deeds. paRes 500 and BO1: sbeinG the
same lots con veyed to Q Martin by w Tai
bot Pen MIN and others by deed dated Oc-
tober ., 1891 and registered in said ohHee
in deed book 10. pages sos ct seq. The prop
erty will be sold in lots.
Terms One-third cash and the balance IN
two equal instalments payable. respectively,
six and twelve mon this after the day OF sale
with interest from that day at the rate of g
per cent per annum; the deferred installnnents
10 be secured by deed of trust on the prop
crty to be made and registered at cost OF
purchaser on the purchaser may. IL he de
sire, pay the whole purchase money in cash
rns-15-22-2o-tds Trustee.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Notice to Contractors.
To Lookout Mountain.

Until further notice, beginning at .7:3o
a and ending $50 d will leave
the square for Lookout Mountain every
hour and every half hour,l and will leave
Lookout Mountain, beginning q 7:45
a m and ending s:45 p m, at 10 and 40 min
utes after each hour Passengers for Lookout
Mountain on cars arriving at square at 10
and Is minutes after each hour, will misc
connection with for Lookout Mountain,
and will not be entitled to a transfer to that
mar23dtf
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

Some think that Carlyle, while living
the life of a student. was all the while
dying to be something much more active.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

Now that the French have distin-
guished themselves in building canals,
some Partisan engineers propose to span
the English channel with a bridge "a
miles long
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
what Did He Mean.

shAzgs-Does your wife ever lose her
temper7 '-|
Raggs-Not that ever knew of.-De-
troit Free Press.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Notice tO Contractors.

Mayors Office, AsheviIle, N. c.. March II.
1893.
Sealed proposals will received at this
Office until 3 o'clock ID. March 81 1898,
for grading French Broad avenue and Park
avenue from Buxton street to Jefferso drive
Specifications and profiIes can be seen at the
en- Rineer's of1ce. C ID. BLAHTON,
b NJ. LIB, Mayor.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
NOTICE.

Until further notice will have no omce
hour In my city Office. Patients desiring to
consult me will please call at my residence.
'srhe winyah." from 10 to N m (Prac-
tice limited to diseases Of lungs and throat }
DR. KARL Won RUCK.
Telephons No. 8.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

r OST OR STOLEN-A pug dog answering
II to the of Frisk. A suitable ard
will be paid for the dog delivered at Carmi
chael's drug store. m27d1 w~
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

NOR RENT-Furnished, No. 55 College
y street, 1S room house. hill modern i'm
provements. Apply at Ga Freuch Broad av-
enue. nch25d1w
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

NOR RENT-No. 13 Starnes avenue. 10
= rooms. we'll piumbed, steam heated. Ap-
Div to r. c. STARNRS.
m1tf North Court Square
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

observation-disclosures rooms and good
ID board be had at 211 Patton ave-
Splendid grounds. On car line. Near
center of city. mch25d1~
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

NOR RENT-Srnan store room, 66 South
q Main st. Apply to Harold e. Johnston
r. b, Johnston, lock box 177. city.
jan7dtf
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
Want COLUMN,
FOR RENT.

EyOR RENT-44 Grove street, seven-roon
G brick house and outhouses. Apply to
mch1 6dtapr1 THOS. ID. JOHNSTON.
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
BOARDING.

DOARDING-At No. s Starnes avenue: hot
ID and cold ater; furniture new: fine 1Oca-
tion; car line. mch9dd
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

DOARDING-Two front rooms, connect
ID ing, with good board, also one single
room. MRS ALICE REYNOLDS, 4s Spruce
street. mch7dtf
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

NOR SALE-A room house, nicely fin
a ished. viii be sold for $1.ooo If taken
within next two weeks House new; location
good Address T d 8, care Citizen office
Inch29d1
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

e with first class board; in central 1oca
tion. Terms moderate. No. Flint street
2nd door from Haywood, on the right.
methodist
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30
FOR SALE.

dor SALB-Thoroughbredp pointer Pups.
10 m27d1w- T. 3. CHEDESTER-
Nor SALE-12 horsepower portable en-
q Gine and boiler. Apply to 27 Patton
avenue address G. M. Mathis, Ashe willie,
N c. mch0d1ms
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

NOR r RRNT-Furnished rooms, large and
z sunny, for housekeeping; new house,
first floor No 5 corner of college and Pine
streets nch22dtf
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

EHoR SALE AND RENT-A handsoDs
q modern eiGht-room cottage. with ali
conveniences; we'll finished cellar and 1aun-
dry separate house of two rooms for ser
about one and half acres, well wooded;
ticulars apply to Capt. o. w. Budd on the
premises, corner Liberty and Hillside streets
Ashevillc. N. c. feb25dtt
Asheville daily citizen., 1893-03-30

TIOR SALE-I have $50, 900 feet of first
10 class lumber, at my mill on ThoS- ID.
Johnston's Pre- Pertv. near cemetery, about
N miles from Ashevil1e court house. Price
80 cents at mill, 81 delivered. Address
e. H. BRITT,
mchJ Od1m p. o. BOX 148, City.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-24
Maine ceatsai Raiiroad.

Owing TO the present depression in bust
| ness circles the Maine Central Railroad has
found il necessary to retrench somewhat.
Among the varions economies that are
being put in operation is the cancellation Of
several passenger trains which are IN the
| summer schedules and which are running
more for accommodation than profit, and
the following passenger trains are TO be
taken of, commencing July 25th:
The early morning train heretofore run
from WatsrTIlie 70 Lewiston. returning in
the evening the early morning train from
Rock!and TO Bath returning in the evening
and the Sunday day trains on the Knox q
Lincoln division, also the trains put on be
tween Leeds junction and Portland. in
connection with through trains TO and from
Pennington, that service to hereafter be
performed by the through trains running
bets cen Wa,eryIlle and Portland.
The trains thus cancelled may be run
agzia regularly when business will warrant
their resumption.
Prudence has dictated this course TO the
Name Central and every business man will
recognize the wis ION OF it and if. for the
time being, is discommodel. has the assur-
ance that the trains wall be resumed when
ever the tendency Of the times again points
upward
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l.. X Smith will close out his tailoring
stock this month and those owing him will
please call and settle.
In these quiet times the business men
along the street occasionally find opportun-
ity to enjoy a little sport at one another's
eXpenss. One of them was coming to work
recently when he spied small piece of
board on the sidewalk ON the impulse of
the M ment he picked it up and threw it
through an open doorway at friend who
vas taken unl~ares and considerably
startled. When the offender went to dinner
the friend sas on the watch and threw the
hoard at bin. 1t was returned again before
supper The next morning the original
Offender took the opposite side of the street
n going to his business. He knew that
lie friend vas ia wait for him with the
board. Soon after he saw his friend pass
slip down ms place of business and secure
the piece of board TO the floor with wire
nail Later in the day he sauntered care
lessly in upon his friend and after chatting
him little got into conversation with an
other gentleman present. Ii was golden
opportunity AMI he saw out of the corner
of his eyes, his friend edging around to
avail himself of it, Suddenly with a look
OF triumph he swooped down upon the
piece of hoartl Ike a hawk upon a chicken.
tu, j; failed to respond. A loud burst of
laughter followed his efforts in which he,
approaching the corn, was good-natured
enough 10 join.
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Only few horses were sold by Mr.,
Rove AT bis auction yesterday. II is IN
,ierstood that he will carry the remaining
one- to wintArop- A peculiar accident
occurred during the sale. A white mare
was soil far SIS When the man in charge
lsssoo,,l her she fell upon her head and
broke her necs. lying almost instantly. II
is un lersioo! HAT the purchaser will de
man hi. mon. ' upon the grounl that the
mare was never delivered TO him, and was
therefore. the property of Mr.. Rowe at the
tim Of her death.
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n by The Wires Frsm NJ Nssth, East
SsvtA aad Wssi.

Louisville City National bank OF
lille, Ky, closed its doors Monday.
~ or 40 buildings in the business
Paulding, Ohio. burned Sunday.
s4o0, GOO to $500, 900.
4 of Police Jahez l.. Woodbridge Of
I'd, Conn, was Monday elected war
the state prison at Wetherfeld.
Citizens bank, Connorsville, Ind.
BY ex-United States Treasurer Hus-
lied to open its doors Monday owing
financial stfingency.
;. Stevens. cloak dealers, Joseph N.
picture frames, Sapery & Muscat,
ron dealers, Syracuse, N. r., as
Monday. The amount involved Is
%.
Bank Of New England. formerly the
e State Trust Co, Manchester, n.
ras enjoined from doing business,
". the same as the New Hampshire
Co.
, hundred and eighty six thousand
) Of silver where offered for sale To
department at Washington,
~ ct prices ranging from sp.6975 to
" per ounce. all Of which was de-
and - $500 rendered.
10 Janeiro dispatch says revolution
oxen out in the state Of Santa Cath.
which borders Rio Grande da Sui.
nment troops are reported to have
the revolutionists, Who aim TO de.
be Governor Of the state A cruiser
zen sent TO suppress the movsvne"'
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-
ons bad been obeyed. There ap-
have been an absence Of the spirit
Al assistance which used to charse-
h Mediterranean squadron.
.al Hornby aids in another para
! his letter: "If. Is admiral, l hal
misfortune to make such mistake,
enfideni that, with hardly An excep-
.h captain would have kept clear Of
ship, although several captains. with
vmrade Tryon at their head, would
ayed the flagship in order To take q
Of the chief. Why this WAS not
the present occasion is q mystery
I,,rsl Tryon's great object was that
le fleet should move in any direc-
fast rs the flagship. There was no
! in this when the officers acted in
sit Of comradeship and decision.
Aster might have been avoided If the
Of the fleet had shown more conf
nd decision. Officers are expected
their own opinions. and to act upon
emergencies. 1t looks TO an old
.ranean cruiser as if two things were
first, quick appreciation Of facts /;
CELEBRITY of individual movement"
msnauvres of the Channel squad.
ier Rear Admiral Edward Seymour
,ched with unusual interest by the
and the taxpayers are growing on
of the numerous accidents that
ready occurred. In five days there
cen Il collisions. Many engines
en- disabled and much damage has
,ne. On Wednesday Admiral Sey-
urposely hoisted the signal given by
Tryon for the fatal evolution of
No, IA ship obeyed it. Each sig
aek that the order was not undei
Thereupon the first signal wa'
ymsnded, and the signal to turn out
bs,ead of inward, as did the column
.,oli, was gwen.