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SEXATOUIAL PRIMARIES.
The Township and County Convention
can Requeit r Instruct the Deino-t-ralif;
Nominees who to Vote for.
(Communicated.)
Under the Democratic Plan of Or
ganizations the township conven
tion is the base or unit of all organi
zation, and therefore is the prime
source of power. The county con
vention, is the creature of the town
ships, and in turn the State, judicial
and senatoi ial conventions are the
creatures of the counties. This is
the theory and the practice of our
plan.
So when the .State Convention
voted down the primary resolution,
it simply said we leave this matter
to the source of our power, the town
ship and county conventions. And
in this connection it should Le borne
in mind that 123 of "aye" vote to
table came -from Republican and
Populist counties, while only 26 of
the "noes" came from that source.
While it is true that one third of that
Convention voted not to table, and
while it is also true that the delegates
from many counties who voted to
table did not seem to represent the
wishes of their counties as in some
manner heretofore expressed, for
example, Mecklenburg, New Han
over, Durham, Bertie, Anson, Pam
lico, Onslow, Chatham, Forsythe and
some others, yet the public accepted
the results as an expression on the
part of the Convention to leave the
matter more directly with the peo
ple. Now the question arises, how can
the people who so desire express
their wishes on the Senatorial ques
tion? Easy enough, and in the true
spirit of our plan. Let every tow n
ship that will, pass a resolution re
questing or instructing the legislar
tive mominees of the county conven
tion of which its delegates will be a
component part, to cast : their vote
for certain men for United States
Senators. And if a majority of the
townships so elect and decide upon
the same two men, I take it no can
didate lor the Legislature will be
fool-hardy enough to disregard their
wishes. Again, the townships might
instruct.their delegates to the county
convention to insist in that body upon
a resolution of request or instruction
as to their choice for United States
Senators.
This matter will not down, and the
people will be heard. Some may
cry '-'harmony" while they are getting
n their fine work, but theirs is the
harmony" the wolf wanted of the
bleating lamb, whose cries not only
disturb the "harmony" of the neigh
borhood, but was calculated to break
up a square meat ana cnecK-meie
arceny. We all want harmony and
are trying to get it by letting the peo
ple have their way ; but if by any
fine manipulations the next Legisla-
ure elects obnoxious Senators, the
. -V . 'Ill L -1
simoom ot tne desert win De dui a
summer zephyr compared with their
wrathful indignation
A Member of the Convention-.
Daily Press.
Investigation Invited.
Of course it is proper to inquire about
what any man says. Is it true?
The most rigid investigation is in
vited into the testimonials published in
behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sptcial
atumion is called to the high character
of the persons whose testimonials are
published by the proprietors of th s
medicine, as evidenced by their occu
pations or indorsements. ; In fact, no
matter where a testimonial in behalf of
Hood's Sarsaparilla may be from, it is
reliable and as worthy -of confidence as
if it came from your most trusted neigh
bor. k . i
Wash ingtoji Gazette : Happi
ness atr'- ns on me ireun
Far - vtimatuses are about
exhausted, the cabbages are all gc net
beets and kowkumbers are no more,
and with only a limited supply ol
butter beans in sight, we were get
ting blue. Things are changed
A subscriber down the country sen
in four chickens, another reader frorr
Long Acre fetched up a bushel o
Irish potatoes, one of the merchants
trusted us for a ham. and a friend
in - the country swapped a pound
ol butter lor the Gazette during the
campaigtr; with this and a silver dol
lar from a subscriber in Pitt county
with which we expect to pay the
cook, everything is safe this week on
the Tngun Farm. Of next week we
are unable to predict, hence it would
be well for some one to fetch in an
other dollar. .
A Grand Feature.
Of Hood's Sarsaparilla is that while it
purifies the blood and sends it coursing
through the veins full of richness and
health it also imparts new liie and
vigor to every function of the body.
Hence the expression so often hearu
"Hood's Sarsaparilla made a new per
son of me." It overcomes that tired
eling so common now.
Hood's Pills are pure vegetable, per-
t i 1
f4ctly harmless, always rename anu
FUNERAL OF "RED AGNES."
The Demonstration Over the Iturlal of the
Socialist Martyr a Disappointment.
I'khi.i.v, September 3. In lierlin at
the suggestion of the authorities, most
of the schools had their exercises and
picnics Saturday. The social democrats
were somewhat disappointed by the
chancre as they expected to use the big
crowds as the background for their
demostration at the funeral of Agnes
Wabmtz, the - socialist waitress who f
killed herself in the Freideriehshain
cemetery last week. The Vorwaerts
shows its chagrin by publishing an
eulogy of -'Red Agnes" as she was
called. It calls her a martyr to the
cause of humanity a genuine philan
trophist who soared far above all ques
tions of patriotism. The police warn
ing against a big socialist funeral was
obeyed without protest, however. No
great procession and no bands were al
lowed to follow the hc:irsev A few
delegates from socialist clubs .iii-l half
a dozen personal friends accompanied
the body to the cemetery. There, too,
the programme v.iis disappointing.
The jratherin around the grave was
small, the speeches short and tame.
FOR NE WELL'S PLACE.
Reported that the Nickel l'liito's 1'rtisldenr
will Head the L:ikt sh'-re Directory.
Cincinnati, September A private
telegram received in this city last night
from New York says I). V. Caldwell,
president of the Nickel Plate line, will
be chosen President of the Lake Shore
road, vice John Newell deceased.
It was decided by the Vanderbilts
that they should not go outof the circle
of their roads to find a president for
the Lake Shore, and as Mr. Caldwell
was deemed the most, thoroughly
equipped man for the position they de
cided upon him. .
PRAYERS FOR CLEVELAND.
Ocean Cruvc Spi'aker Wants Christians to.
I'nite That He May Stop Tipplin
i H'ICA N (iRovk, September 3. Notwith
standing the campmeetiug has closed,
the holiness and young people's meet
ing continue with' unabated interest.
The holiness meeting this morning was
converted into a general speaking meet
ing, and one man in the audience asked
the prayers of the Christians for G ro
ver Cleveland "that he might overcome
his great sin of drinking." He said he
had written the president stating his
intention of asking prayers for 'him..
Wanted to Sacrifice Her Kahe.
Washington. Ind., September S.
Mrs. Melitis Morrison Imagines that the
second coming of Christ is at hand, and
she lias tried several times to kill her
family. Her husband heard a noise in
the kitchen, the other night, and found
her standing by a table, a butcher
knife in her hand, in the act of plung
ing it into their baby. He snatched
the baby "from the table and ran. Af
terwards his wife said she wanted to
offer it as a sticrifi.ee to God.
Conditions of Trade in Europe.
M AX'cif kstkr. September 3. During1
the week a fair business was done, for
India and China, makers having more
orders than for some time. Prices,
however, were still near the lowest
points, especially for lowest China
cloths and best shirtings. The home
trade showed improvement with the
line weather, new orders being given
with greater freedom.
Heavy losses to the Cornell 1'iiiversity.
Citiitkwa Falls, Wis.. September 3.
The heaviest loser by the forest tires in
this vicinity is Cornell University, of
New York, which had nearly $l,OCO,o7o
invested in pine lands, located chiefly
around Long Lake, thirty miles from
this city. Their lands have been com
pletely divested of the pine and their
loss will be almost complete.
' Socialists Heroine Dictators. .
Bkrlin, September 3. Brunowiile,
leader of the independent social demo
crats is stirring bad blood among the
socialist regulars, preparatory to the
national congress next month. They
had lecoyie tyranical dictators he said,
no longer in touch with the intellectual
and spiritual movement which vitiliztd
German social democracy.
NEWS ITEMS BY WIRE.
The state siege has been raised at Ilio
de Janeiro.
Newcastle, Pa., is ilooded with bogus
dimes and .quarters.
A young woman horse thief is under
arrest at Guthrie, O. T.
Simon Humpf, a jeweler, of Seattle,
Wash., is missing with SlO.uoo.
All eleven-inch shell was found on
the Grand Trunk tracks' at Portland,
Me., yestfcrday. . .
The Third National Pank of Provi
dence It. I., will vote October 10 to re
duce the capital to $300,000.
The Pemberton. Mass., millsxwhich
have been closed for several weeks, will
resume, operations Tuesday.
John E. McCrickart, a fire insurance
agent, left Pittsburg for New York Au
gust 20 and has not been heard -of" since.
Three Swedes were killed and two in
jured by the explosion of a threshing
machine yesterday, near Elbow Luke,
Minn. " . ; ' "'-
Thomas Ryan and Ed. Weyver, coun
terfeiters of American dollars and
quarters, have been arrested in Wind
sor, Out. ; . ..
The President has commuted 'the
death sentence of Mitchell Thomas, the
Indian murderer of Wisconsin,-to life
imprisonment.
Rear Admiral Walker, fresh from
Honolulu, says that there appears to be
no change in the sentimc- of the white
people of Hawaii infaVor o'i annexation
to tlie Unifjfd States.
Therforner stone Of the soldiers" mon
ument at Louisville will be laid in Oc
tober by the Woman's Confederate As
sociation of Kentucky. .
Louis (falvin. 15 years of age, held up
and robbed five loys at St. Joseph, Mo..
Saturday while they were playing ball.
He nsed a revolver to show he meant
business. Galvin got $1.-0, aud was
soon arrested. '
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those who have nothave now the op
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tie free. Send your name and address
to H. E. Bucklen & Co , Chicago 111.
and get a sample box of Dr. Kir.g s
New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy
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THE POSSIBLE CAUSE
Explanation of the Haze Notice
able in the Sky.
DARKNESS IN THE LIGHT OF THE SUN.
Forest V Ire and the Siaoke of Burning
Croos lielieveil to be responsible for
the Strange l'heuonicuuu.
Like Occasions.
V asm ingt jx, September 3. The pe
culiar haze that has been noticeable in
the sky all over the country for the last
week or so has been a matter of great
interest to meteorologists, and many
experiments have been going on in dif
ferent, observatories of the country to :
determine its cause and nature. The
weather bureau oflicials, whose reports
on the weather conditions are daily
read throughout the United States have
been making observations of this phe
nomenon, and the opinions of two of
the -professors of meteorology were
given to a reporter.
Prof. Henry A. Hazen said: J "This is
what may be called the Indian summer
dry haze, .lust what is the cause of it,
it is a little difficult to determine.
Like rfienoiiienons in the Past.
Similar conditions have been noticed in
the past, notablyon the "dark day" in
1781. which was due to a dense condition
of the atmosphere, probably caused by
smoke. In 1881 there was another dark
lay known as "yellow day" which ex
tended from New England to Virginia
on the Atlantic coast."
Professor Cleveland- A bbe, of the
weather bureau, who has made a
special research into this smoke phe
nomenon, said: "I begun Unlay a
collation of all the data the weather
bureau has relative to the spread of the
haze which now covers- the greater part
of the United States
Early in July I .i
began to receive reports of forest Hres j
and large areas of smoke in Minnesota,
Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Since
then reports have come from lower
Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania.
Forest Fires the I'ossihie Cause.
There is every reason to believe that all
of the sinoky 'haze which now covers
the country is the result of the dift'm
sion of the smoke of burning forest
fires and crops. . ,
A comparatively little fire will make
a large quantity of smoke, unless it is
widely diffused by strong winds, in
which case the smoke becomes like the
thin haze of the Indian summer. But
it so happens that in this present sea
son the . United States has exper
ienced rather high temperature ami
light variable winds, so that the smoky
haze has not been carried away to a
great distance. It has therefore, at
the present - time an average density
greater than usual."
OF THE BATTLE OF SEDAN.
The Anniversary elrlrte I at llauilturg
Writli Fnt litisiaKm and Merriment.
Hamiu'ko. September S.- The anni
versary of the batt.ie 'of Sedan was cel
ebrated here yesterday with great en
thusiasm. Flags were displayed on
public and private buildings and on
the ships in the harbor. Church bells"
pealed, the streets were full of para
ding military and t here was a general
air of rejoicing throughout the city.
At the various churches the services
were largely attended. Meetings were
held at different points at which the
old war veterans heard patriotic ad-,
dresses. In the evening tableaux vi
vants representing senes in the Franco
Prussian war Were given at several the
atres. The city was brilliantly illumi
nated. '
MISS GOULD.WILL MAKE A LAKE.
Spcii liujr ;Uoney tu Beautify Roxbury, the
Itirthpliiee of Her Father. .
Kixcsvox. N. Y-, September 3. Miss
Iltiien Gould proposes to beautify Rox
bury. Delaware county, the birthplace
of her father, where she has erected a
church to his memory. She has bought
a large tract of lowland surrounded by
hills through whi(jh a stream, fed by a
never-fading, spring, flows. Several
thousand dollars will make of the low
land a beautiful lake and adil to the at
tractiveness of the quaint village as u
summer resort. Miss Gould is also in
terested with others at Roxbury, in a
movement to build a handsome sum
mer hotel. ' ;
A PAPER MILL SYNDICATE.
Knitlish Capiiai Said to Have Bought
Thirty-four Mills In Wisconsin.
Arri.KTox. Wfs.. September 3. An
Engl'sh syndicate' has closed a deal for
the purchase "bf all paper and pulp mills
in Wisconsin. The mills in the deal
number thirty -four, and the price
agreed upon is $14.0:10.000. The trans
fer will be made March 1.
Half the price is to be paid in cash andl
half in bonds secured by mortgage.
Most of the property involved is located
on Fox river and fifteen of the mills are
at Appleton. .
Kesume After An Eight Month's Strike.
; Hollieatsbl kg, I'enn., September 3.-j
All the departments bf the Portage
Iron Works at Duncauville will bein
operation this afternoon, after au eight
months strike. The puddlers have ac
cepted the terms of their employers in
imposing a wage scale of 3W.75 per day.
The mill will work on double time, with
a force bf 500 men.
II. Clay Evans Opens Ilia Campaign.
Huntington, Tenn., September 8.
H. Clay Evans, the republican nominee
for governor of Tennessee, opened his
campaign here today, speaking to a
fairly large audience. Beginning at
Elizabeth ton September 17 th. he will
make a thorough canvass or the state,
speaking every day until the election
in November.
Troops and Feasants meet.
ItoMK, September 3. Dispatches from
Spinazzola say that a mob of peasants
there set fire too com'munal plantation
of which they had been refused a share.
Troops were summoned and after some
sharp skirmishing the disturbance was
quelled. . , . '
Many peoplenot aware of the dan
gers of the constipation, neglect the
proper remedy till the habit becomes
chronic, or inflammation or , stoppage
results, A dose or two of Ayer's Fills
in the beginning would have prevented
all this. i v
ip rovn r.ACK Acnr.s.
Or you are all worn out, really good for noth
inir. it is Roneral debility. Try
It will cura you. cleanse ycr?r liver, and give
a cood uppetivo.
REPRESSION OF Art ARCH1SM.
Active Steps Toward the Revision in the
Laws in Germany to That Effect.
Berlix, September 3. The Lokalan
Zeiger says that the emperor has called
the Berlin president of Police, Freiher
von Richthefen, back from his holidays
in Lisseng-er to give advice as regards
the repression of anarchism andjocial
ism. Th,e emperor is understood to oc
cupy about the same position. He con
tends that, while sufficient in the rule,
the existing laws are inadequate to
manjT emergencies and should b,e amend
ed accordingly. If the police had let the
Sedan celebration to take its course
yesterday there would have been
such a demonstration as the empire has
seldom seen since the war. Not only
iri Berlin but also in the provinces the
rumors of an elfort tip suppress the fes-
Uvals caused a strong reaction of feel
ing.'-' - "
The anniversary of Sedan is observed
with the usual decoration of the streets
although the popular enthusiasm has
been dampened hy rumors of the em
peror's disapproval.1. The Port Koel
nisehee Zeituug and the Reiehseote pass
similar comments.
This is a permanent national fete. It
is nc manifestation or hatred to. France
but a renewal of thanks to Heaven
whieb-gave us the crowning victor, f in
our .struggle to establish German unity.
The Koelniche Zeitung says: "The,
observance of Sedan day Is no display
of hostility to France. Even though t he
insatiable self esteem of France be of
fended by the celebration, the Germans
without desiring to provoke their neigh
bors cannot, consent to refrain from
showing their consciousness of glorious
memories."
THE PIMLICO TRACK BURNED.
Baltimore's Famous Turf aud Ail linlld
iugs Adjacent Laid Low hy Fire.
Baltimore, September :. The grand
stan-L exposition buildings and other
adjacent buildings at Pimlico, Balti-
more's famous racu track, were burned
yesterday. The fire started in one end
I ..t ......
of the grand stand and had gained con
siderable headway before it was discov
ered. Several tire engines repaired to
the scene, but were of little or no - ser
vice, the huge wooden buildings burn
ing Lke so much tinder. The destroyed
property occupied nearly a quarter of a
mile and extended on loth sides of the
grand stand. The club house and sta
bles are some distance removed from
the grand stand, and were saved. The
total, loss is estimated at $50,000, and is
covered by insurance. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Pimlico track is
ownul by the Maryland state agricul
tural soclaty and is by them leased to
the Pimlico driving club. Immediate
steps will be taken to replace the
burned buildings vith more modern
structures.
TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE.
Au Auiatuer Tragedian I'ses a Loaded Pis
tol Through Mistake.
Skdai.IA, Mo., September 3. At
Lee's Summit Saturday night an ajna
tuer theatrical company composed of
young society people was presenting
the play "The Postal Clerk," at the
opera house. In the play it becomes
necessary to use a pistol. In the dress
ing room of William Gihhs were two
pistols, one loaded with blank car
tridges and the other with bullets.
During the act .Gibbs fired at J. P.
Lasherman. "an operator for the Mis
souri Pacific railway, who was' play
ing an important- part. The audience
was horrified to see Latherman fall to
the floor with a stream of blood spurt
ing from a ghastly wound over his left
eye. He cannot - recover. Gihbs is
almost crazed with grief, as the men
were warm personal friends.
CHASED BY HAYTI AN. VESSELS.
The Steatner Puzzle, of New York. Exper
iences Trouble at Fortune Island.
'Nassau, N. P., September -3. The
steam yacht Puzzle, of New York, was
watched while at Fortune Island by
three Haytian war vessels, who gave
her a great deal of trouble, and who
waited to capture her on her leaving
that British port. The admiral de
manded of the resident authorities per
mission to search the vessel, believing
that she had on board arms and ammu
nition, destined for Haytiati insurgents.
A search resulted in nothing suspicious
being found. The Puzzle slipped away
on the night of the 27th, and was pur
sued by the Haytian vessels towards
Nassau, within thirty miles, but she
eluded pursuit and arrived here Au
gust -2sth. - -
- ROYALTY AT HIS BEDSIDE.
Feeling at the Death, in Exile, of au Hon
orable Man and a Zealous Worker.
London, September 3. -The condition
of the Count of Paris is not improved.
The Princess de Joinville. Prince Em
anuel D'Orleans and the Due D'Aleucon
arrived at Stowe House to-day. The
Paris Matin, referring to the Count of
Paris, says: lTf his illnessshould prove
fatal, thoughful Frenchmen will feel
remorse at seeing die in exile an honor
able man, a zealqjus worker and tlie pos
sessor of air the. solid qualities that
France needs to-day."
: ; Revolution in Hayti Possible.
Quarantine, S, . I., September 3.
The steamer Saginaw,' Captain Rock
well, which arrived from Azua, San
Domingo, last night brings no news of
any disturbance in Hayti. President
Hippolyte is said to be mortally ill, and
when he dies it isthrought that an un
certain state of affairs will prevail, and
a revolution would be among the pos
sibilities. Zimmerman is an Easy Winner.
Paris, September 3. At the Velo
drome -de la Seine yesterday the bicycle
race for the grand prix de L'Union,
1,000 francs, distance five kilometres,
was won easily by Zimmerman; Banker
second, In the race for amatuers, Ed
wards was .first, and the American,
Dunwoody, was second. -
: Vigilant Will Enter For the Cape May.
London, September 3. It is nOw an
nounced that the Vigilant will race for
the Cape May cup on September 5 and
that on this account she will not take
part in the Plymouth regatta.
Lacklen's Arnica Salve.
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Bruises, Sores, -Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
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pay required. It is guaranteed to give
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Price 25 cents per box. For sale by B.
W. Hargrave, Druggist
Simmons Liver Regulator cured me
of general debility and 'oss of aypet'te.
Mrs. Edmund Fitton, Frankford, Pa,
TOWNS LAID WASTE
Nothinar Loft But the Charred Re-rnaii-3
of a Numberless Dead.'
LAKE LANDS LAID LOW BY THE FIRES
Many Towns of Minnesota and : Wisconsin
Lit-in Ashes With but I''ew Occupants
Left to Tell the Tale-Story of
' ' TJje Forest Wastes.
Minneapolis. Minn., Septembers.
Late advices from the forest' fire district
show that the damage has-nrot been ex
agerated. Duluth reports that mil
lions of dollars of property has been
destroyed and that -300 lives were lost.
Relief trains have been sent out from
here and St. Paul. " A train of sufferers
arrived here during the night. In Wis
consin the towns of Barnett.. Granite
Lake. Cumberland, Pineville. Comstock
and Forest City have been burned.
Seventy-five houses were destroyed at
Shell Lake, and Spooners is threatened.'
One hundred and forty-eight bodies
have been taken out of Hinckley and
placed in the vicinity. The neighbor
ing town of Pokama is wiped out. The
eastern Minnesota train which left St.
Paul at 1:50 o'clock Saturday afternoon
and arrived at Hinckley Saturday night
took 300 people oh board and moved
westward toward St. Cloud. The train
has not been heard of since. It has not
reached St. Cloud and has not gone back
to Hinckley. There has been a general
fear that it has been burned with all on
board. There is no chance that they
are alive, unless they have found a
stream or slough into which they could
go and escape the fire. Every family
in Pokama is homeless and in danger
of starving to death.
Lives Yet in Danger.
A freight train is in a ditch one and a
half miles west of Pokama. Twenty
five people are in the caboose and the
fire is all around them. If they are not
rescued soon all must perish. Hans
Nelson, section foreman at Pokama,
started away j-esterday afternoon with
his family on a handcar to escape the
iire. and nothing has since been seen
or heard of them. It is certain that
they have perished.
A St. ..Louis special says the Great
Nort hern road is doing all in its power
to react?fire-strickeu Hinckley. Ever
since Saturday afternoon work trains
have been engaged in rebuilding burn
ed bridges, and all the men that can be
used are being rushed to the front.
Three large bridges were down. The
'oflicials expect to get into Hinckley
about noon today. The 'sovncst the
frontwhere the work iwins are en
gaged are frightful. One crew-reported
that they saw flames sweep down on
a house close to the track. The place
was enveluTed in fire before the people
could es -ip j. The workmen were pow
erless to render any assistance al
though they were so close "that they
could hear the people screaming as they
were being cremated. -
By One of the Kescued.
The first train over the St. Paul and
Duluth railroad direct from the scene of
the great fire reached Minneapolis yes-
terday afternoon. There were about
one dozen persons on board fncluding
Mrs. Laurence, the only one of the pas
sengers on the "Limited"' which started
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Laurence says the first evidence
of the fire was noticeable about ten
miles north of Hickley when the air be
came, almost suffocating. One mile
north of Hickley a number of persons,
Mrs. Laurence estimates the number at
fifty, rushed toward the train scream
ing frantically. The engineer seeing
the danger they were in if they re
mained, stopped the train to let them
aboard. The heat became intense
and the whole volcano of fire seemed to
burst out in a mighty effort to-wlpe the
train and itsoecupants off the '' face of
the earth.
Panic VVith No Humanity.
Mrs. Laurence describing the scene
said: "At the first rush of the flames
toward the cars the window panes bust
with a loud report, and the train began
slowly to return toward Skunk Lake
People screamed and men jumped
through the ear windows. T4ie wild
panic was horrible. There was no hu
manity in it. Jvery person was
for himself and did not care how he
got out of the swirling, rushing ava
lanche of flames. My dress caught fire
but I extinguished the flames. '
'I saw two Chinamen. I can remember
the scene as if before me now. They
were paralized by fright and made no
effort to get away but simply hid their
heads ''under their seats and were burn
ed to death. I st(xd it as long as I
could and then rushed out of the car,
jumping over one or two persons that
were lying on the ground injured.
Some Of the people jumped into Skunk
Hickley a Blackened Waste.
Lake but I simply ran along the ties.
The fire had burned away and after
running until my strenght gave out
I fell down between the rails. I ex
pected every minute that my dress
would be burned from my body. I. put
out the flames in my dress half dozen
times, and I had to hold my hands over
the baby's face in order to keep it from
suffocating."
Sunday morning Mrs. Laurence was
picked "up in the middle of the track
two miles from Hickley - by a relief
party from -'Duluth. which made the
trip on a handcar.
The site of Hickley, says Mrs. Laur
ence, is nothing but a blackened waste
with the bodies of dead and injured
persons lying everywhere.
Ketired Without Making: an Artack.
Shanghai. September The Chinese
report that on Thursday last the Japa
nese made a reconnaisance in force at
Port Arthur. They found the land de
fenses too 'strong and retired without
making- an attack.
Fair Weather Continues.
"Washington. Septembers. Forecast:
For Georgia, generally fair, east winds.
For Alabama, generallj' fair, variable
winds. For Tennessee, generally fair,
south winds. '
Wilmington Messenger,- 4th: On
Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clcc, &
stranger by the name of J. F. Cope
land, fell insensible in the alley on this
irbrth side of Front street, and wa
picked up and carried in an eat in j
house near by where he died in a short
while. A physician attended him and
pronounced appoplexy as the cause of
deaths We learn that Mr. Copeland
was from Richmond, Va., and that he
has teen here a few weeks selling
patent medicine of some kind.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
' ASSOaUrc
STATE NEWS.
Statesville Landmark: Last Friday
afternoon the gin house of Messrs.
Stimpson & Steele's cotton factory, at
Turnersburg, this county, was burned
with its contents. In the building were
three cotton gins, four or five bales of
cotton, a dressing machine, shingle
machine, shafting, etc. Loss estimated
at from $ 1,200 to $ 1,500. No insurance.
Winston Sentinel: Mr. Allen Chap
man, an aged farmer, of Yadkin county,
exhibited in the Sentinel office Monday
a novel corn stalk. Jt was grown in
Virginia and brought to North Carolina
over one hundred years ago by Mr.
Chapman's grand-father. The old
stalk is a fair representative of a rattle
snake and is well preserved. Mr.
Chapman says that he-also has a stalk
on which are three ears Of corn aiid
two tassels. This was raised when he
was a boy.
Mt. Airy News: On Wednesday,
August 22, 1S94, Mr. Drewry Hodges,
of this county, was one hundered years
old. He is the oldest man in the county,
and probably in this part of the State.
Some time ago the people in his
neighborhood determined to -celebrate
his birthday with a great picnic. People
from all parts of the county were pre
sent and the crowd is estimated at
twenty-five hundred to three thousand
people. The picnic was at Mr. Hod
ges' house and the occasion was a very
pleasant one.
Concord Times: Jerry Anthony;
colored, who for years kept a nero
restaurant on the old corner opposite
the Allison corner, died suddenly last
Sunday morning about 9 o'clock. He
was on his way from his restaurant to
his home on Last Depot street, and
was carrying a bucket of slop. When
neafchis home, he was seen to throw-
up his hands and fall. He died almost
immediately after some persons who
were near reached him. Jerry was a
highly respected darkey. He leaves no
family. -
Asheville Citizen: Lverything from
eggs a foot or less in j ircumfert nee to
corn 30 feet or less high is laid 011 the
editor's table in the course of the har
vest months. To-day certainly brought
some novelties: the first a line Essex
hybrid squash, being a cross between
the standard hubbard and the turbau,
from the farm of W. M. Nettles, of
Beuna Vista. The second was a rattle
snake with eight rattles and four feet
of ugliness. The latter was dead,
thanks to T. M. Kimberly who was
introduced to his snakeship on 'Elk
mountain yesterday afternoon.
Free Pills.
Send your address to II. E. Ihicklen,
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
trial bottle will convince you of their
merits. These pills are easy in action
and are particularly effective in the
cure of constipation and sick headache
For malaria and liver troubles they
have been proved invaluable. They
are guaranteed to be perfectly free
from every deleterious substance and
to be purely vegetable. They do not
weaken by their action, but by gluing
tone to stomach and bowels greatly in
vigorate the system. Regular size 25c.
per box. Sold by Hargrave's Drug store.
Goldsboro Headlight: An "unusu
ally tall stalk ot corn was shown ns,
Tuesday, by our townsman Mr. J. H.
Powell, a product of his garden, which
measured 16 feet in height. It bore on
ly two ears, and they were 12 feet dis
tant from the root.
must have proper nourishment during growth, or
they will not develop uniformly. They find the
food they need in
Scott's Emulsion
There is Cod-liver Oil for healthy flesh and hy
pophosphites of lime and soda for bone material.
Physicians, the world over, endorse it.
Thin
are not known among those who take SCOTT'S EMUL
SION. Babies grow fat and chubby on it, and are good
natured because they are well. - v
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U.un's 1Imii Wisdom.
-1 he devil probably loves a stingy'
man.
Happiness is never found by running-after
it. V '
Every good woman is a constant
minder that God lives.
Trials may frighten hut they can
not hurt a child of God.
God's laws are never kept until
they are written in the heart.
Every crown that comes from the
hand of man has thorns in it.
The fact that enemies are loved is
proof that Christ has been on earth.
It is when the devil looks least
like a devil that he is most dangerous.
When you go to church to pray
for a revival don't wear shoes that,
squeak.
A disinterested act of kindness is
something the carnal mind cannot
explain. -
The sermons that do the most to
save the world are not preached in
pulpits.
Nobody is ever awakened by the
preaching of a man who is himself,
half asleep. -
Hunger and thirst after righteous
ness is sure evidence that the face is
toward God.
Some people are always blaming
God for the troubles they bring upon
themselves.
One reason why people make
crooked paths is because they keep
ooking back.
Why suffer wita sick headache and
billiousncss when Simmons Liver Regu
lator will cure you?
HOW TO IlAti COTTON.
SJde I'ieers and Hemline Should Never be
I'sed.
Messrs. Alex Sprunt & Son, cot
ton exporters, of Wilmington, have
sent out a circular of which the fol
lowing is a copy :
To our Agents and Friends :
In consequence of very heavy los
ses sustained last season by the ex
cess ol bageing on cotton bales, the
Liverpool Cotton Association has
adopted the rule; which prohibit the
use ol side pieces and double head
ings. The rule is mandatory, and all
bales not conforming thereto will be
subject to reclamations. -
Our buyers are specially charged
to exercise great care in the examina
tion of each and every bale foe ex
cessive bagging and not to purchase
any cotton with side strips or double
heading. They are - "il;;o directed to
give preference to ;: ''!xe.s weighing
500 pounds and above, as nearly all
charges are by the hu ad red, and
heavy weights are alike preferable to
producer and consumer.
Compliance with the above re
quirements will prevent friction and
preclude the possibility of claims aris
ing Irom this cause, otherwise the
producer or seller will have to bear
heavy losses. V' v
Respectfully,
Alex Sprunt & Son.
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