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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-11-23
STATE. NEWS.

The Fourth Annual Convention
OF the Sunday School Workers OF
North Carolina will be held at
Goldsboro, commencing Monday,
November 25,h, 1895. at 7:30 ? N,
continuing Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nov. Goth and 9th. The Conven-
ton will he attended by Prof. II. NJ.
Hamill, Superintendent of Normal
Work Of the Illinois Sunday School
Association and probably by Evan
gelists W. P. Fife and Weston X.
Gales aud other prominen, workers.
Burlington News: Mr.. d. J. bod
son, Supervisor, was busy Thursday
morning getting tools, dc, ready
for laying new aud heavier rails on
this line. He will begin a, or near
McLeansville, and 60 east. Fifty
three miles are to be laid by Christ
mas, and 40 or 90 men will be kept
hard at it till the line is completed.
There is no doubt about the South
ern going into Norfolk and there
making connection with their own
steamers which are being built Tor
the purpose of carrying passergers
and freight between Norfolk and
Baltimore.
Danbury Reporter Mr.. Luther
Young, who lives between the Cas-
cade and Piedmont Springs, informs
US that he has a number of tame
partridges that feed and roost with
the chickens. Says one Of the chill.
dren can pick them up, lay them on
their sides in her hand and handle
them as she would q pet kitten. He
said the way they were tanned the
children found them, a dozen or
more, the old bird had been destroy
ed, they put them under a ben jus,
Matching which adopted them as her
own brood. now they are grown
they feed and roost with the chick
ens, come into the house, ETC., jos,
as gentle as if it was not their nature
10 be wild.
Lenoir Topic: The last Of De
cember, 1882, two men met at the
n house of Mrs. Catherine Holt, ir
Orange county, near where the towr
4 Of Graham Cow stands. They re
b NAMED there all night and slept to
gether. The snow was eleven inche.
deep or the ground the next morn
ing. They separated, and one wen
y into the ministry aud went as a mis-
d sionary TO India, where be spen'
!. several years. The other returned
to his home in Burke county. The
other day they met again Cor ,ht
first time in sixty.three years, ant
i" both OF them were 10 good health
. Both 70 years OF age. They
" were Rev. John c. Rankin, Of New
al Jesse sgg3@ fo67ae9sgaleeem1ds y33a az1aa
man, Mr.. n. A. Powell.
Raleigh News-Observer: 9Th
e attendance at Wake Forest is grow
/ ing," said editor Bailey, OF the Bib
a lical Recorder yesterday. "a DO.
passed through here today 10 ente,
is He said that he had written to en-
b gage a room bu, they were all take'
% aud be didn't know where he woul'
find quarters. OF course there is a
i, ways a way TO make room at an
IS college, and the boy will tind a goo
d place But this shows. that Wax
Forest is climbing up" This
gratifying news to every friend c
education in the State May ID
,e day hasten when Wake Pores
Trinity, Davidson, Elon, RUTHERFORD
and the University will be SO tu
the rich men OF the denomination
Or and the State will have TO bull
1t larger buildings.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-11-23
The Western n. G.. Conference
will meet at Reidsville, Nov. 9th.
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALvE.

BUCKLEN ARNICA NALVE.
The best Salve in ,hs world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sal,
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptious, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. Il
is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price
IS cents per box. For sale by W
A. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-11-23
WEEKLY HILLSBORu MARKET Ii
pOkT.
BY n. w. BROWN & CO..

Il, 1890.
Wheat, per bushel OF 60 lbs, 60 TO
IS cts.
Corn, per buehel of SO lbs. 40 cts.
Oats, per bnshel OF 80 lbs, 80 cts.
Meal, per bushei OF 46 lbs cts.
Bscon-hog round-Sto II cts.
Flour, per barrel. 81 90 to- $500.
Tallow, per pound, 4 to > cts.
Beeswax, per pound, 20 cts.
Butter. per pound. 10 to 20 cts.
Eggs. per dozen, - ID cents.
Hides, dry. ; TO s cents. per pound.
Hens. each. 20 TO = OTIS.
Feathers-Live Geese-40 cts. per
pound.
Woot-washed-o0 cts. per pound.
Unwasllcd Wool, II cts. per pound.
BURY Wool, ) cts. per pound
Coffee. Is 10 IS els. per pound.
Sugar. ) TO 6 cts. per pound.
! Sassatras Bark OF Root, II cts.
per pound.
All kinds OF country produce in
good demand. {.
Peeled Peaches. 5 10 ) cts per ID.
Unpeelei Peaches, (no, wanied) 3.
cts per 10.
Apples, | TO 2 - cts per ID.
Cherries, + els per ID.
Piums. 3 cts per 10.
Blackaerrles, > cts per 10
I. Pears, ) cts per 10.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-11-23

Tue Department OF agriculture IS
preparing a gigantic road map OF
oh ahs W S ssss& s Al1ii&sa s%SAsA ;sss
completed will show the condition
as REGARDS paving or macadamizing,
construction and repair Of every
highway in the United States. The
first step in the construction Of good
roads is TO find ont how many bad
ones there are, which this map viii
set forth. We are anxious 10 see
what kind Of a showing Orange
county makes or this map
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-11-23

Our War Department cost last
year, 1894, s54,567,930 Our army
is the most expensive, proportioned
to its numbers, in the world, states
the New York Mail and Express.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-11-23

Rev. DR.. Columbus Durham, a
prominent Baptist, died very sud-
denly at his home in Raleigh on
Thursday pight. NQxembsr 14etthh. :,
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Ice Ponds.

The water should be let into the pond
before the end Of November. If the
bottom of pond is full Of weeds, cut
them down and burn. The watec should
have a depth of eighteen inches, If pos
sible. AS the ice is much superior being
free from the sediment at the bottom of
pond. If earth and leaves have washed
into the pond, take them out with
two-horse steel scoop. With two active
men and a strong team good-siZed
pond can be effectually cleaned in two
days time. This earth, after it dries
out, should be mixed with lime, in the
proportion of one bushel Of fresh lime
10 a carload of earth. Throw il up into
a high, narrow rick, and let 1t season
for several months. 1t makes capital
compost for meadows pasture and for
the garden. The bottom outlet from
pond should be securely puddled with
clay, as this is the weakest part in the
breast of the dam. The breast of dam
for q small pond Is best made Of clay.
1t should be fifteen feet wide at the
bottom and four feet at the top. After
the pond is full of water turn the water
off and letit run round the pond. Still
water quickly freezes, and water Of a
depth OF twenty inches will freeze over
and be fit to cut several days before ice
that forms on deep water, or when the
water Is constantly agitated.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Larpest i'm the World.


Within short time the largest paper
mill in the world will be erected at Sault
Ste. Marie. 1t will be built by the Sault
Ste. Marie Pulp and Paper Company. of
which Il. III. Clerque is president. Drex-
ell, Morgan & Co. are the hackers of the
new company, Of which the Cramps. the
Philadelphia shipbulders, are the lead
ing stockholders. The company has al
ready placed orders for machinery that
will give it nearly double the capacity of
any paper mill in the world. The COM
pany, which already has a mill on the
Canadian side, has purchased the water
power rights on the American side for
$265,000 with the added condition that
within five years there shall be construct
ed on the American side n grain elevator
of 100000 bushels capacity and -four
ing mill with capacity of 10000 barrels
per day.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
F,ngars Cave.

Fingars cave is one of the most re-
markable natural grottoes In Europe.
1t is situated on the Island of Staffa,
about seven miles off the coast of Null,
Scotland. The cavern is 227 feet deep,
AZ feet wide at the entrance and 62 feet
high at the opening at time of low
tide. This has great deal to do with
the size and dimensions of FingaPs
cave, because it is eminently q sea
grotto. The oceans waters are always
the floor of the cavern. At time of
very lowest tide there Is twenty feet
of water in the cave. 1t can be readily
entered by means of small boats at all
times except at the hour of extreme
high tide. In Europe FingaIs cave is
considered the greatest British won
der.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Made of Paper.

/ A Western paper states that new bi-
cycle tire Is built on the compartment
plan. The arrangement Is such that a
series Of chambers are produced in the
tire, each Independent of the other, so
that in case the tire is punctured with
a tack or a sharp piece Of glass, only
part Of the tire will collapse and the
rider of the wheel can continue on his
journey. If a pneumatic tire is pune
tured now, the entire tire will collapse
wholly, and the machine is useless un-
til repaired. The new ones are made Of
pulp produced from paper stock, and
are Of sufficient durability to permit
usage on carriage wheels as we'll as
bicycles. 1t is claimed that the tires
manufactured on the compartment plan
are as easy riding as the most elastic
rubber pneumstics. 70
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

ture formerly existed IN various parts
Of the United States there is not the
least doubt. The remains Of such enor-
nous reptiles have been found in Col
orado, Arizona, Oregon, Montana,
South Dakota. Maryland, Virginia and
the two Carolinas. They belonged to
a family of extinct reptiles known to
the geologists as dinosaurs and the re-
mains found in the mari beds Of the
four last States mentioned above prove
that the Western varieties were much
the larger. Professor o. G. Marsh, of
Yale College, found dinosaur remains
in Colorado from which he restored
skeleton upward of 125 feet in length.
The largest found in the Eastern mari
beds was less than fifty feet in length.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Thicves Beat a Mail Carrier.

At Ionia Mail Carrier w. d. McDon-
aid was assaulted while making his route
Tuesday night. After being unconscious
for some forty-eight hours he was able to
explain the mysterious affair. He says
he was followed for some distance by two
men, and finally one of them grabbed
him by the arm and demanded his keys.
He says he refused to give them up, when
the second man struck him blow. He
fell, and as he tried to get mp, they COM
menced kicking him and going through
his pockets Suddenly one of the men
heard some one coming, and that is the
last Mcdonald remembers.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

acquire literary fame, as she desires to
be able to keep up her old homestead.
She is quite sensible about her work,
and when manuscripts are rejected,
takes 1t as part Of the business, and
does not cry out against the injustice
of publishers. Miss rompkins has re
sided in CalOfirnia all her life. Her
family have lived there many, many
years. Her father, Edward Tompkins,
who died twenty-five years ago, was
regent Of the State University, and very
well known in public life.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Short State Items.

Rev. G. A. Terhune, pastor of the Con-
gregational Church at .Standish, Arenac
County, has resigned, and will leave the
village.
At Northport farm produce has be-
come so scarce as hardly to pay for har-
vesting, and money so scarce that mer-
chants have shut down on credit. Many
will be unable to pay their taxes, and
more distress Is looked for this winter
than for several years past. Ap st
The Fort Wayne Electric Company has
Just completed plant for Stanton, and
the streets and business houses are now
lighted by electricity. Enough private
consumers are secured to pay the running
expenses of the plant and the city thus
secures its city street lighting for moth
ing. ffA 20 -ttit "a -'' ~
The annual report Of the Genesee Coun-
ty Farmers Fire Insurance Company
shows a paid up membership of 4,4OO.
The amount of risks is 81, ,44O, 900. while
the property destroyed by fire during the
past year reached nearly $4,000
All records, were broken in the Bay
City police court the other night when
seventeen parents were tried under the
new compulsory education law for neg
lecting or refusing to send their children
to school. Two of the number utterly re-
fused to obey the law and were notified
that II their children were not in school
they (the pnrents) would be sent to Jail.
The others agreed to comply with the
law.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
A slim of the Tongue.

Some newly married men are very
bashful in paying the minister his fee.
One bridegroom who was put through
the service in Washington the other
day hesitated good deal over it. At
last he handed the minister a $40 bill
with the remark II wish 1t were more,
sir; I'll see that 1t is next time" The
bride gave her new husband a queer
look, but said nothing, and he walked
Off with her. utterly unconscious Of the
slip he had made.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

as SHOWN in the small figure, adapted
to receive and fit over reduced portion
OF bracket plate attached to the casing
or frame Of the doorway.
At the center of the reduced portion
OF the bracket plate Is q bolt with
square head fitting in recess in the
back face Of the bracket, while Its free
threaded end passes through an open
ing In the central projection of the out
er leaf of the hinge, where it is en-
gagged by milled nut. To take down
the door it is only necessary to un-
screw the nut, the hinge remaining ON
the door and the small bracket plate on
the casing, the nut being again placed
on the bolt that it may not be lost.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

Sulphur is Of the greatest service In
the greenhouse. 1t is invaluable, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Ledger,
against mildews and great help
against the red spider. The common
way for using 1t Is to mix with an equal
bulk of air-slaked lime, and with
water, oil or milk mixed to paste with
which to paint the heating surfaces Of
the house. There are other methods Of
using sulphur, as placing the -four Of
sulphur on tin plates on the heating
pipes, or saturating cotton rags with
melted sulphur, letting them dry, then
laying them over the heating surface
and moistening them. Either Is unob-
tectionable.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

than In summer, when fowls can help
themselves. Oyster shells make tho
best sharp grit, but are expensivs In
land, and broken croclrefy or glass may
be used instead. Fall-sown rye makes
splendid fresh feed In carly spring.
when the birds most need something Of
the kind to insure virile eggs that Will
hatch out vigorous chicks; early sown
oats will supply green feed after the
rye Is tough until the hens can be turn
ed out to grass.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Feeding the si1a9e.

In feeding siiage 1t Is much better
to always feed from the top, and the
area Of the feeding surface should not
be much greater than five feet square
for each COW fed, says the Agricultur-
ist. IT Is common mistake 10 have
the feeding surface Of the silage too
large and under these conditions the
silage shas time to heat and spoil to
some extent. All heating Of silage Is at
the expense of feeding value, and In
good silos, after the first heating, the
silage Scools and remains cold to the
touch for an indefinite time, unless
again exposed to the air for SOME days.
Silage should be fed after milking. AL
most any substance possessing an odor
at ali marked has a tendency. when
fed to the COWS just before milling, to
have Ii excreted with the milk at the
time Of milking. If, however, turnips
or sHage, ETC.. are fed after milking
then the odors have time to escape from
the blood OF the cow, through the lungs,
kidneys and skin. before 1t Is again
time to milk and the milk viii not be
+SSfrtcJra fs~r9 rftl 81 rS
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Raising Pheasants.

If the ordinary person were to take
up pheasant raising as hobby he
would vote every variety delicate-that
Is, unless he possessed great patience
aud an almost unlimited capacity for
work, says the Germantown Telegraph.
Playing mother to dozen or more
young pheasants, in which there Is an
Unborn desire to eat every hour or so,
and whose appetites crave such tidbits
as gnats or grubs and insect eggs from
old tree trunks, is an occupation which
keeps one on the jump or dig most Of
his time.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

pensive instrument, man in Paris has
put on the market the one here illus
trated. This machine is worked by
hand, though no change has been made
in the manner of recording the sounds,
the agents used being vibrating drum,
a pointed stylus and cylinder of wax.
1t is said the articulation In the new
instrument is fully as good as in the
Edison machine. The cost is about $50
In our money.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Rose berry as q Novelist.

Lord Rosebery Is said 10 be at work
upon novel dealing with the life of
diplomat. He has always had literary
tastes, and has at times written verse
Of more or less merit Not long after
his health began to improve upon his
retirement from Office he took up work
on a novel that had been already well
nigh finished. He Is very careful
workman, and Is rewriting the story
for the third time. ~
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Manning Sells His Wife for $40.

The sprightly story from Adrian of
cowboy raid that resulted in the abduc-
tion of Mrs. Asa Manning from Medina,
lost its dash under Investigation, but grew
greatly in lniqueness and romantic flavor.
1t seems that William Fuller. known in
the adjoining township of Seneca as 1.-THE
cowboy farmer peaceably departed from
Medina Monday in company with Mrs.
Manning. by virtue of a bin of sale, stat
ing that Asa Manning of Medina. for the
consideration of $40 to him paid by Will
lam Fuller. did transfer all his rights,
title and interest lin and to his wife.
Rachael Manning, to said William Full
Ter. The document was drawn up by At
torney C.. S. ingalls,, of Morenci, and was
duly signed, witnessed, and acknowl-
edged. 1t seems that Fuller and the wo-
van were old-time lovers, having hoed
co3n and weeded many an odiferous onion
patch together in the past, when she was
Rachael Baasinger. But she was mar
ried to Manning, and after two years of
welded life he seemed satisfied to trans
fer his interest for $40, paid in farm
truck. Fuller and his wife are now liv-
ing on a farm between North Morenci
and Canandaigua.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Wiuteriuv Rees.

My conclusion is that upward ventila-
ton appears to increase somewhat tho
tendency to an accumulation of fecesr
says a writer in the Bee Journal, and
also, at least in this experiment, to de-
crease the strength Of the colony, and X
this appearance is real, we may con-
clude that the upward movement of the
air disquiets the bees and causes a
larger proportion than otherwise would
to leave the cluster and perish.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Seed Sweet Corn.

Sweet corn can be readily saved for
seed, even while green, II the ear Is cut
from, the stalk and hung up to dry. 1t
is still better If exposed, with the husk
stripped from it, but attached to the
butt, to temperature Of 12O degrees.
Sweet corn has so much more moisture
than other corn that it is difficult to get
it dry before freezing weather, unless
care is taken to expose 1t to heated
atmosphere after stripping the husk
from Ii
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FIG. !. GOOD FARM SMOKE HOUSE.

opened from the outside to quickly free
the inside from smoke. At the bottom
of one side is a small door, from which
extends small track to the center of
the room, in which slides square
piece of plank, moved by an iron rod
with a hook on one end. On this plank
is placed an old iron kettle, with four
or five inches Of earth In the bottom.
On this the fire is to be built, when the
kettle can be slid to the center Of The
room with the iron rod. 1t can be
drawn TO the small door at any time,
to replenish the fire without entering
the smoky room, or allowing the smoke
10 come out. The house has an earthen
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
A New MIX Separator.

A machine, which separates the milk
and churns the butter at one opera
ton, pasteurizing the milk before 1t is
separated, won a medal at the British
Dairy Show. This machine, of course,
makes sweet, fresh, unsalted butter,
which is so unpopular in the American
market that similar machines, known
as the butter extractor and accumula-
tor, which have been perfected by an
American manufacturer, are no longer
made. A successful milking machine
was also exhibited at the show.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
FertiIizc the Fruit Garden.

1 believe naturally good fruit soil
can be made more productive by the ap-
plication Of sheep manure, hen manure
and wood ashes; that orchards should
be cultivated, some crop raised that
does not sap the soil badly, with, per-
haps, year or two in grass, until the
trees are we'll established. Small fruits
should receive more attention on the
farm and all varieties that can be
grown should have place.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05

floor and tight foundation of stone or
brick. The walls should be Of matched
boarding and roof shingled. The build
ing is made more attractive in appear
ance If the latter is made slightly
"dishing." Corncobs make an excel
lent smoldering fire, with an abundant
evolution of smoke. Chips from the
woodpile. with some earth and saw
dust, If not too moist, also make a
smoldering fire that answers very well.
American Agriculturist.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
Muskexon,s Dilem ma.

Over year ago when John Kuppen-
heimer was found short in his accounts
as clerk of the Muskegon Board of Pub
lie Works, in settling with him the city
took his residence, which was heavily
plastered with mortgages. The question
of whether the city can pay off these
mortgages is probably destined for the
courts as the council insists a payment
now due shall be met and the Mayor de-
clines. The agent of the holder of the
mortgage threatens mandamus proceed
ings. Mayor Leahy's position is that the
city possesses no. right to invest in real
estate other than as sites for public build
ings, parks and Streets
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
oPrincipal cities where shock was felt.
4 - ------Route of earthquake from south
to the north and northeast.

fTlnclpdl cities WbeIe SHOCK was Iel.
- ----Route of earthquake from south
to the north and northeast.
Initial point and southern extreme, Co
mayagua and Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Northern extreme, Green Bay, Wis.
Western extreme, Beatrice, Neb. East
ern extreme, Cleveland, Ohio. Last point
where shock was felt in North America,
Chatham, Ont. anrs -t
From Chatham the seismic shock made
its way across the Atlantic to Rome and
Naples, where its last wave was felt.
Y Charleston, Mo-, seismic focus, where
shock was severest, causing the earth to
open and water and sand to gush forth.
Time of shock-Great seismic disturb
ance at midnight, Oct. 16, at Tegucigalpa
and Comayagua, Honduras. Earth
quake at 5:O7 a. m, Oct. 81, at Chicago,
New Orleans and all points in Missis-
sippi. Missouri and Ohio River valleys.
Earthquake at $40 a. m, Nov. 1, at Rome
Crawford avalanche., 1895-12-05
A NEW WRITER.
Miss Elizabeth knight Tompkins, of
California, and Her Work.

Miss Elizabeth Knight Tompkins, of
California, and Her Work.
Elizabeth Knight TOmplSins, the au-
thor Of "Her Majesty" just published,
is California girl, born in Oakland
and brought up there. She is also a
Vassar girl, having graduated in 1888.
"Her Majesty" was written originally
as play, but the author decided to
put the story in a novel. Her first
book, "An Unlessoned Girl" was to
have come out first but her publishers
suggested that it be extended, and "Her
Majesy" was published first. The
young lady says that she is more anx-
ious perhaps to make money than to