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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-09

touched at the little fellows distress
and, taking him on his own horse, he
Ealloped at full speed after the depart
ing family.
With the boy in his arms he soon
overlook them. when the mother, whose
forgetfulncss was due to the fact that
she had sick babe to care for, re-
marked simply to her husband;
why Mr.. Clemens, we forgot Sam.
my"
The boy, unnoticed in the hurry, had
erept into the pantry ana fallen asleep
TON SAWYER'S" CAVE.
In many respects the town 10 which
Judge Clemens removed his family was
= like most other Western river towns;
K but 1t had one advantage that even yet
distinguishes 1t from It's sister cities
! O special endowment of natural beauty.
About the early home of Mark Twain
were glens and cliffs, islands and caves
4 that would foster the poetic spirit and
Il ina gination of any lad who would yield
himself to their spell How deeply
these natural beauties were engraved
on Mr.. Clemens mind his books. TON
! Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Fin attest;
Every rock almost every tree can stiil
be identified. The Mississippi, that in
/! the early days often attained width
of seven or eight miles, has become a
very insignificant stream by compare
son, but TON Sawyer's" island Is still
there.
The cave, in whose dark alleys Tom
q and Becky wandered. dcspairing and
Z. starving. IL still place of interest Ter
4 yisitors When Mark Twain had his
little hero and heroine wander into a
Y hitherto unknown part of the cave III;
which there were beautiful stnlactltta
and stalaginites, those who knew the
I. cave well said he had not only drawn
on his imagination, but had made Il
Y gross geological error, as formation
Of crystals in that rock was thought to
be impossible.
4 However III 1892 tbs. theories of the
f scientists We're disproved and the aur
thor Of Tom Sawyer" was Vindicated
Z. by the discovery of the I.eBaune cave,
4 southern branch Of the Mark Twain
cave, that is . perfect Aradin'S palace
from its splendid formations.
The town Of Hannibal then contained
only Few hundred inha bitants, ita
chief support being the trade in tobacco
that was raised in the vicinity. \ few
rods back from high water mark. Judge
/ Clemens erected a neat t.vO-story house
the first one of which the town could
I boast, and into this house q piano wa,
= brought for Miss ParTneIia SANS"
Oldest sister Fer some time this nstru-
ment held undisputcd sway In the town
4 put MISS Clemens obtained n music
q class and soon every girl. whose father
round the luxury within his means had
n piano.
SAM CLEMENS IN SCHOOL.
The public school system had not vel
round It's way into Hannibal. and
= Khowledge was dispensed on the subj
II scription plan. in . one room frame
SE ,tuse, ABOUT twenty by forty fee. in
II dimensions. There the common English
y branches were taught. first f,y Mig.
~ LUCY Davis, and afterwards by John
q Dawson.
Fl The relations between Miss Davis ana
& Y sTZsoK safn Clemens were not the most
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-09

Toilet Sets ut COST.
JOHNSTON CHINA co,
%. 81. SO Granny street.
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BEAUFORT, N. c.

Beaufort, n. G., Jan S.-tspeciall-
Among the arrivals 1t the Davis
House Monday night was sAIr. HOLSTER.
from Newborn. n. c.
Young lady nf this town lad her
hair partly burned off Monday.
Mr.. G. +. Bland and sister came down
iuesday night. Mr. Bland will wee
one OF iicauforts accomplished yo,1nm
ladies Wednesday, night.
me yacht ureno arrived in por, Mon
va" ~, rom New York, hound to TloriC.u
The son of Mr. William wade nc
straits, n. G.. accidentally shot him
sen on Monday, January 9th. while fool
.ng with a gun
Thc revenue cutter TitusviIlc arrived
mere sunday morning. bound to Savan-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-09
The Boyhood Days Of Americas Great liumor.
Isl Infinitely and interestingly Described.
HIS. EARLY LIFE ON TIE MISSISSIPPI
Torn snwScr's Cave San. Clemens in
school Yotng sam as Mistir
q Sam md the Tavern Keepers
sS "a Eoots.-'Shc Episode OF the iio"t-fti.
Tired siait and Drawing speech.
5f, BY EMILE DE SCuELLE.
Copyright, 1895. by s S. Mcclure, Lin
49, tfs ss- .|l tied


SINCE Mark Twain said The law
I recognizes no mortgage on Il man
brain--and honor is Is harder master
than the law--it cannot compromise ior
, loss than hundred cents on the uoii;ir
and its debts never outlaw ana
gstrnightway set about paying his debts
with his pen, the good people OF tne
little town of Florida, Mo. where ne
was born. hnvc been proGdt! 81 nm
than ever The house Of Samuc! Lang
horn Clemens nativity was 'W0-ronin
log structure with weather boarding oil
black walnut altogether too mean
house for so great II man TO ne porn
in" as his mother remarked uurtnS
his Inst illness. and half the old ladies
in the town claim the honor OF haNinE
put the first clothes on the infant prod
ICY.
y Yet one OF these same old ladies WHO
knew him well as n child describes him
as IAN antic yuungster. not over bright
but full of Fly FRANKS and funny ways
His mother was Il superior and hand
some woman. much given To dreamy
Specuiations. and ii is from her thnt the
humorist inherited some of his most
admirable qualities.
After the failure of the elder Glenn
ems scheme to render Salt river naviga-
BILE the little inland town offered poor
facilities for raising Il family. Consc-
,Quently in 1895 the children and house
hold goods were transported III covered
wagons to the ilourishinE mississippi
river town of hannibal. Perhaps al
hour after the family had departed
Mr.. Donaldson, neiehoor, passing tho
deserted house, heard most pitifu
wyiling from within. Dismounting. h,
pushed open the door and there sat it'll,
Sammy, too frightened to tell what WA:
the matter. The mans heart wa.
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why fIou'G Yea"

Why DON'T you see Dr.. Wec!i?
ON account OF stool; taking Frank II.
Gale. tie icWrlsr, viii sell Diamonds.
Watches and Fine Jcwelry at cost dur
ing the month of january.
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i'h%Giciars endorse l.. i l.. as Il splc;I
d'd combination. ard prescribe IT with
great Satisfaction for The cure of al
forms aGd stages of Primary, Secondary
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HEREFORD. NC.

Hertford, y. c.. Jan. S.-(speclan-
Mr. T.. A. cverton has returned home
with his bride
Mr. Percy Macmillan is nj home.
Mr. Charles iSnush and wife, Of Wash,
inEton, u. G.. have returned home.
III" Robert Wait" is in New York o.
business.
Miss alice white had the misfcrtu,e
of losing Il fine gold lock bracelet sun,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-04-23
AURfGAiiESAtE.

By virtue 81 d isSswHr OfsalS
contained in d mortgage exc
cuted by W. II. q. Norris and
vile N. r. Morris; tO thr Cifi.
sen s Building mid Loan, Assfj
ciatlon 0f Lep0ir; N, e., iii
the 0th day Of April, 1881,
and registered IN the Regis.
ter's Office Of .Wataiigii i:Ohti:
|ty In hook " pf mortgages;
page $40; fwillOn gM0iiGay;.
the 9th Gay af April, 1895.
at the court tlOdAe door ili
Boone: Mt; it being Mon
dry 0t f:6ohe tunrt. offer for
Sile to the highest bidder for
cash to satisfy said Ilortgage
land cost Il certain lot or par
Gel of land in the town ot
Blowing Rock, Watanga Co.
Beginning on q stone Hal'.
graves soUtheastGorner and
runs south 86 Il % po.es to
n stake; then north 4 Z ~
poles to d stake in ". NJ. Nor
ris' outside hne; then vest
with said line ~ poles to X.
l.: Hargrave's corner; theH
south 4 west with said Har:
grave 9 line to the beginning;
containing three acres more
or less. This March 16. '88.
g: L. BKRNBARDT, Pres.
W. W. SCOTT, Se..
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other, do they hot pull ole
sba,i against the other? ?
Therefore, I ray unto S0n,
put yUut oxen ~ the same
end Of the wagon.
D. Therefore, yet We to
sether and stand yet0gether
on Uns platform, for what
pro6teth it ifa 10 to I son
of Jefferson beat hix hard.
money hfotliet, or il the
hard-money son fay his 16
to 1 brother, II BY NO doing
you both lose your political
birthright; yea, even to the
land Of Misso iri?
&. Yea, | repeat, Whit
prbl1teth 1t a son Of Jefferson
to refuse to eat out OF his
own political PCT, even II it
be gold or silver, or OF both
gold and silver. ifby 10 doing
he must eat the Republican
soup of protection fiIvored
with For.e-bill vinegar, Or
else ent Populistic broth, fa.
vored with H0 liidn knows
what; for is not every Popu.
list his own cook, and ITO any
two of them season toget lIer7
And 1t Is also written that
too mdny cooks spoil the
broth.
Z. Therefore, | SAY unto
tyou; your (politicnD stom'
achs We're not made for pro
lection soup, nor l'opulist
broth; 40 get ye together
with a great get. SO mote
it be.-Liberty Advance.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-04-23
A Twenty. Pound Nugget.

Springfield, o., April II A
syndicate of Ohioans who be.
gan prospecting in North
Carolina about three years
ago for gold have struck it
rich.
Ex. Mayor o. 8. Kelly, the
millionaire manufacturer,
who was recently appointed
q commissioner to the Mex,.
can exposition by GOV. Buck
nell, who is a member OF the
syndicate, received y tele.
gram from Dr.. J. d. Lisle,
late OF this city, who has
been experimenting the mi
ming for the last 8 months
stating that a. chunk of ore
almost Il nugget, weighing
81 pounds and 2 Onnces had
iced found, which an assay
showed to be worth over
81, 600. Other finds oflesser
richness, bnt Mt the same
time very profitable, have
been found and as a eonse-
quence excitement is running
high.
The mines are about Is
miles from Concord. the coun.
ty sent Of Cadarrus county.
Just before the war hroke
out capitalists began work
ing tine locality Tor gold, but
with the interncenp strife ra.
ging work was abandoned
and not until a few months
ago we're any further efforts
mnde 10 find the hidden
treasure. IL was in the vi.
cinity OF the Concord mines
that the largest nugget
known was found back in the
fifties.
A oig rush.to the new Edo
rado is expected. 1t is prob.
able that people from here
will 70 to Concord at an ear
lIy, date. Besides ! he May.
,,or and .Drs. Lisle, Warren
h ely, a well known manu-.
facturer, also of this city, il
10 the 'syndlcate. Il
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-04-23
POLITICAL GOSPEL.
Three Chapters from the Book Of
Democracy.
CHHpTER 1.

l. Now, during the third
year of the second reign Of
Grover, some of the children
of Jefferson and Jackson
kicked; yea, kicked exceed,
ingly, and thev eat cross-leg-
ged, and cut their tobacco
fine, and refused to be- COM
forted. la it not 80 written ?
2. And it came to pass
that the children of Jefferson
and Of Jackson threatened
no longer to eat to gether
out OF the same political pot,
an:l many OF t he peopl q
incurred because OF these
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The Greensboro Record
says the wife Of 4 hank CASH
ier at High Point gave birth
to three girl babies one day
last week.
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srlf acceptable to the A. T, AL
bv pledvpn.

arlf acceptable to the A. r, A
by pledges.
To say the least oft there
is something odd about the
proposition fathered by Sen
atOr Hawley, Of Conr., to
take the, printing 0f postage
stamps from the Bureau u
of Engraving and printing
have it dGn- again by con-
tract. 1t must be rs vel;
known to Senator Harley AZ
ia t0 everybody else that
Il he stamps are being as we'll
printed M they ever were,
and that thousands of dol.
lars are being yearly saved
t. the government by reason
of the work having been
taken out of the hands o!
private contractors. Why
then should n change be
made that will 6enef t .no-
body outside of the lucky
contractors? Perhaps Sena-
tor Hawley owns stock in
some plate printing concern,
the American Bank Note
Company of New York, for
instance. He acts like one
imagints such a stock holder,
who had more regard for his
Iprivats profit that for the
pnblic interest, might act
under similar circumstances
Hon. Win. Caryl Ely, one
lM New Y.,rk's most prom.
i,rnt Young democrats,
Tn,sspl through Washington
onhis WAY home from nvisit
To Georgia. He mid npon a
subject that il greatly inter.
esting democrats: 81 had the
pleasure of listening to the
first joint debate between tx
Speaker Crisp and Secretary
Hoke Smith. Mr. Smith made
a fine impression, and,
think, a majority Of the
audience thought he had thu
b"st of the argument. Dir.
pite this fact, however, Judge
Crisr's prestige is 40 higlI
and his popularity so grea I
with his country ,hen, that thu
odds are greatly in favor oI
his election ~ the Senate
Plenty Of men who differ with
him on tho money question
are willing to concede thai
the Srnatorship is only a just
reward for his long and exec
lent party SCI vices"
There was a great cOm
motion in the Reed MnI
when it WAS learned tha,
Senator rulIo,n had written
y letter withdra wing his name
IN a candidntefor the repuhll
can nomination. After nuci
persuading, Senator Cullor
agreed to withhold the letter
for n time. The Reed ,npr
are afraid that if Cnllom
withdra VIZ, Illinois will send
q, solid delegation for McKin
ley to st. Louis.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.


From our Regular Correspondent.
Democratic skies are bright
ening. Nothing has made
this more apparent than the
visit to Washington 81 Ex.
Secretary Whitney. Mr.. Whit
ncy wodld- nor admit that
politics had my thing to do
with his presencein Washing.
ton, nor would 'he nee any
news paper, men. It can be
stated, however, without any
violation Of confidence that
he did come ON a political
errand and that 1t Was in the
interests of the democratic
,'arty. The TACT that Mr..
Whitney is again taking az.
tive inrerest in politics il OF
itself a good omen for the
dem,cratic party. His tai
ents as, q hal tnonizer have
never been excelled, and they
are all tn be used to unite the
democratic party. He be-
lipves that il the democratic
party can le united 1T can
easily defeat McKinleYisln,
an Lii Mckinley il the, repuL.
lican candidate, McKinleyism
will be the tissue regardless of
the platform adopted by the
St. Louis convention. A
special train left Washington
early this morning carrying
the officers 0f the National
Association, of DemOcrati:
Clubs, and their distinguish
Democratic guest 20 MOnti.
cello. tue birth place Of JET
ferson, where the birthday
of the great democrat WAS
fititEgly celebrated thisaftpr.
noon ON the lawn " h ere
donbrless more than once
jefferson made speeches to
his nrighhors on the great
principle which formed and
still form the foundation OF
the democratic party. OF
tho<e principles Jefferson
said, and his words are spec
tally applicable to-day: And
should we wander from them
in moments OF error or alarm
let uh hasten to retrhce Oul
steps and to regain the r.md
whirh alone leads to peace,
liberty and safety" The prin
cipnl speakers of t h e d Y
were Senator Daniel. of Va.
and Ex Governor VIM. +.
Russell, of Mass, both OF
whom delivered addresses
worthy of the orcasion and
of their own reputation, AZ
orators and az democrats.
The party returned IT, Wash
ington to night, loud in their
praise of the hospitality ol
the officers of the National
Association ol Democratic
Clubs and Of Mr.. Jefferson N.
Levy, the present owner ol
Monticello. and all feeling
that they were better dem o.
Gratis for having made the
patriotic pilgrimage.
Another bomb shell has
been explored among the
supporters of the several can
didates for the republican
PresidNn'i,l nomination by
the announcement that Rep
resentative Linton. OF Mich,
would he the A. P. A. candi'
date before the st. Louis cor
A
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CningE. sae
3. For, 10 and bsholh,.
some of the children sai,l
with exceedingly loud voice.
Let the PoliticaI Pot I've ~
Gold" and others said. "lHt
it BE- Of Silver"
4. And there we're vet 9th
Q 20 who dwell. In tho and WIN.
said; " arr both wrong
for we say unto you. "The
Political Pot should be of
b,th Gold and Silver; yen,
verify"
5. And thus it came to
pass that a political cloud.
hung heavily over the chill.
dren Of Jefferson and Jack.
son; and certain wise men H.
mong them said, "Why
should We M.ek thus to de.
stroy ourselves? Surely, We
are not damphules."
CHAPTER Ii,
/. Now, there lived in the
land a CIR ain (politicaD
tribe who called themselves
Republicans; but, politically
speaking, we're they notgreat
sinners? 1t is no written in
the book of Democracy in
many places. Selah.
2. Many of these people
loved one Bill Mckinley. and
no sane man knew wherefore:
for was he not the father of
Mckinley Bill, a very bad
(poIiticaD child?
3. And it came, to pass
that the childr n 81 Reed and
KrKinley laughed in their
sleeves; yen, and some laugh
I'd "ha. ha," and Others
laughed che. he." but they
all laughed rogetheI; for do
they NOT ALWAYS laugh and
vote to gethel
4. And they joked earh
other exceedingly, and poked
each other in the rlbs-yea.
even in the short ribs; and
some OF them took four
fingers 10 gethe semi-occhs-
ionally, while they all cried
as one man, The SONS Of
Jefferson and Jackson s,nite
each other, and they know
not what We d."
5. And did they not also
speak in this wise: The chill.
dren of Jefferson arc asleep
and hear not the Republican
wolves bowling in the wilder.
meas. for they d. not quarrel
one with the other as to
whether their political pot
shall be- of silver or gold?"
&. And they said; "As for
ourselves, behold how pleas
ant il ia for brothers to dwell
in harmony, for can not We
see the visions of post Offices
just beyond? Yea, verify"
And they smacked their jaws
together with an exceeding
smack.
Z. And the children oi
Reed (who was a great coun-
ter in his day. said, az they
slapped their legs with mheh
force: I've will have our po.
litlcaI pot all things to, all
nen, but We will ha We IL filed
to the top with protection
soup" '.0 .. 2.
8. And so it came to pass
that when one OF thechildrpn
OF Morton said, The Rppub-
lican political pot is ofgold,'
they disputed him not. 3
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~. Aiid WIipti .trt Il third
,,is sal,l, "Is4hol,l. atlast my
t..ysA have brhpld Il political
pot made III l,oth guild nhd
silver" they disputed him
not, for they said. "Hnvs Ne
not lot thu sons OF Jefferson
do the qunrrtling?'
IL. And SO it came to pass
that the children Of the tribe
s.fsAicKiniey. who dwelt in the
land t,f the Burkry"s, held a
gfs'at l.'ust and they ipasted
nn protection soup. served q
h NopoIm,n; ard was not
the sonp favored with reci-
procity salt and post pfiice
pepI~r? 1t is..so written.
~. And they made a
great platform. and. when
some.of the..trlbe of Mckinley
danced upon one side OF it, 1t
rang o. silver, and when 9TH
err dancel upon the other
side Of it. it rang ofgoldjand
when yet Others went down
the middle it rang of both
gold and silver; aud it came
to pass3that thosei:who had
taken too much protection
soup acted like men who had
taken too much usquebaugh
and they said, I'VE ars strict
" in it,
13. And m they danced
With exceedingly high kicks
they exclaimed in loud voice.;
Beh.hl! II We yet the lOa ves
and fishes it matters little
whether the political pot he
of silver or g0l1, for how car
Il man procure the political
shecklps If he has no post o.
fice?' And az in one voice
the children Of the tribe oI
Mckinley said, That's No
lie."
II. Now there was::in the
land Il gren, kingdom called
Missouri, and il wus a land
flowing xith milk and honey
bnt this seemed strange to NJ
man, for was not this king
dom Democratic? And the
Mckinley ties coveted the fail
land Of Missouri, and said
while the sons of Jefferson
and Jackson slnite each 9th
er concerning their poIitia
pot, behold we will capture
their land; yea, even the
kingdom of Missouri"
L. And when they said
these things ten Thousand
dead patriarchs who hdc
once belonged to the tribes
Of Jefferson and jackson iI
the land of Missouri, turned
over in their graves; and tht
earth trembled.
16. And skulls nnd cross
hohes appeared in the skies
and 10. and behold, even n.
thelpeople looked the skull'
and crossbones formed them
selves into letters that spellet
the word "ROdInan."
=, ,CHAPTEy Ill.
l. Now aS5dt this tim,
there ll'appeafefm the land o
Missouri u great prophe'
whose name wis Legion. an(
he said:
2. 81 ann not a seventh
son, but lAsay these thing'
unto you: so, come let n
reason Together.
g.. Beholdl A politica
honse divided against itseI
ca mot stand; and If broth
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PROFESSIONAL.
Dir. J, NJ. HOGSHEAD;
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. E.

No KDie; No Burning Ont
Highest references and dendors-
ments OF prominent persons sue
ccssfully treated in Va. Tenn.
and N. c. Remember that there
ia no time TOO SOON to get rio Of
u cancerOus growth-nO matter
how small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-17
Ivy Doesn't Make Damp Walls.

A recent author shows that q preva-
lent notion that the Japan ivy and
similar plants which cling to the wall
by rootlets' make the walls damp, is
the reverse Of the fact. Tons of water
are evaporated daily from these
leaves in the growing season-an
amount which it is almost impossible
they caAd draw from the earth
througSetems which ut the ground
are seldom thicker taan ones finger.
The rootlets suck water from walls to
help supply this waste; besides this,
they cool walls by THAR shade in sum-
mer. The action of the famous Eng.
lish ivy on ruins is referred to as
practical proof of the drying charac.
ter of these rootlets; the mortar is so
hard and dry that it is difficult to de-
molish cheese old walls. If the branches
are allowed to get into cutters or
other water conduits. so as to choke
the flow in heavy rains, it is said the
walls may be rendered damp; but not
by the mere clinging to the walls OF
the plants themselves. New York In
dependent.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-17
a Remarkable %SaIaMander,

A remarkable new eyeless saIa-
mander, which lives in an artesian
we'll at San Marcos, Tex, differs from
other blind salamanders in the ex-
traordinary length and slenGerness of
legs. The creature is blind and white,
as are other cave salamanders. Dir.
Stelneger, who describes it in the
Proceedings of the United States
National Museum, names it Typh-
lomolge rathbuni. 1t has external
gills. The normal number of fingers
and toes is present, but they vary re-
markedly in length. The tail is filmed
and SO well developed that he assumes
that the legs are not used for loco
motion, but serve the animal as feel
ers. In this respect it resembles the
blind or eyeless crustaceans and in
scots OF caves, the tactile organs being
greatly developed in length and
slenderness to compensate for the loss
Of eyesight. That this salamander Is
an adult is proved by the fact that one
expelled three eggs after being caught.
1t is thus a case of neoteny, or larval
sexual maturity.-New York indie.
pendent