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The Twentieth Century,
The Scientific ; American con
considers it necessary to advise
its readers that the twentieth
century begins with January 1,
1901, and not with Janury 1,
1900, as some of them suppose.
" The Scientific American is un
doubtedly correct, a but it - is
strange how many persons and
intelligent persons, too, will
stand .you down that the
nineteenth century will end with
the last day of December, of this
year, and that the first moment
of January, 1900, will be the be
ginning of the twentieth century.
The fact that the great Paris
exposition is to be held next
year has increased the errone
ous belief that the twentieth cen
tury begins with the year 1900,
but the Paris ex-position will cel-
It seems that a short interview rate the close of the nineteenth
between President McKinley and century, rather than the opening
Admiral Dewey caused an order of the twentieth,
for five war vessels to proceed to The twentieth century will
xi -ru.T u Linr, Pen 011 a Tuesday and close on
tlwPluliromesca. a Sunday. It will have the
They are the Brooklyn, Nash- greategt Qf leapyears
ville, New Orleans, Bancroft and possible for a century twenty
Badg-r. The reasons for these four The year 1904 will be tlie
vessels of good size and power first one, then every fourth year
are "that the smaller vessels are after that to and including the
expod.to the fate of the Ur- year 2000. February will three
daneia. They must do a good times have five Sundays; in 1920,
amount of patroling alone and 1948 and 1976.
the larger vessels only only are 1 he twentieth century will con
safe. It seems Dewey's ideas and tain 36525 daY whi lacks one
aay pi Demg exactly weens.
The middle day of the century
Concord, N.C., Oct, 6.
The Atchison Globe tells of a
wife who has bluffed her hus
band into the belief that she has
heart disease, and is liable to
drop dead if crossed in her
wishes, "arid adds that she is
the envy of all the other wives
in town.
they count with every body now.
are
maugu-
will be January 1, 1951.
Several announcements
made of changes to be
rated with the opening of the
new century. The first of im.
portance is that Russia will
adopt the Geogiari calendar.
This will be done by omitting
thirteen days, the amount of
error that will have accumulated
Ther - are some men who are after the cloSQ of Februar i900
Jfond of giving currency to ru- The "RuRsian will then Trrito.
mors, and ' yet never drop a Januarv 1. 1901. instead of Tto-
pcrny in the collection plate. cember 19, 1900, or rather, in-
Selected. - stead of both, according to the
dual system now . in vogue in
It doesn't suit the Cabarrus
people who want to. attend the
State fair that court comes at the
"very same time. More then one
finest hog in the world, and the
doo- nnd rVhinkan descend in a
,parachute.
be tak ?n with a grain of salt.
Philadelphia Times.
Now it is said they are storing that country and in Greece. The
electricity in a capsule. It should other important announcement
is that it is not at all unlikely
that the astronomical day, which
now begins at noon of the civil
day, will begin witli the civil day
at midnight. The present
method of having the astronom
ical day to begin twelve hours
after the beginning of the civil
Prods.
No man can count the cost of a
use gss life.
Happiness is not in doing
what you like, but in liking day is a to be confusing.
what you do. In many . countries festivities
Crookftd conduct makes a cross and celebrations of various kinds
.PhiHeHaTv are already being projected and
. arranged m honor of the century
Man is but a seed, and the which will dawn before most of
grave his furrow.
Man ; may hide from justice,
but he cannot hide from himself.
us are ready for it.
Back From the Phillipine.
The News says that Mr. Dixon
A Everett has just returned to
Oh arlottp. from trm PhilirmiTifiSy ,
x-x- - couia nave a
He sunered trom two wounds
one in the shoulder and one a
compound fracture of the nip
He is honorably discharged.
Mr.. Everett was in the. thickest
of the fighting and can therefore
talk very interestingly of Phillip
pine experiences.
Smallpox in Halifax County.
There are three cases of small
pox in Halifax County, says
the correspondent to the Char
lotte Observer, with a good deal
of danger of a spread of the dis
ease unless vaccination becomes
"general and many had such
hitter experience with it last win
der as to claim that it is as bad as
the diseasev :, '
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The disposition to look on the
worst instead of the best side of
our f elloyrmen no doubt accounts
in a great degree for the distrust
we have of one another. What
a good thing it would be if we
correct balance
struclevery now and then be
tween the good and the bad in
order to see just how our several
accounts ought to stand, and
then, perhaps, more correct esti
mation might be placed on men's
character. Durham Sun.
GLORIOUS NEWS
Cornea from Dr. D, B. Cargile, ol
Washita, I T. He writes: "Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs,
Brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. 'Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, and the best doctors could erive no
help; but her cure is complete and her
health is excellent." This shows that
thousands have proved, that Electric
.tuner 8 is tne best blood puriher known.
It's the supreme remedy for eczema,
letter, salt rneum, ulcers, boils and run
ning sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, expels poisons, help diges
tion, builds up the strength. Only 50
cents. . Sold at Uetzer's Drug Store.
- Tells it Softly.
: TheFayetteville correspondent
to the Charlotte Observer says :
It is not " unusual to see in
stores - the cold, crude printed
announcement, without ' 'frills, "
that you must "down with the
dust" if you waat the goods; but
it is. refreshing to the customer
to nave this injunction softened
by the liquid rhythm of poetry.
In an upper Hay street store is
this legend; 7 ...
Since man to man is so un-
just,
I do not know what man to
trust;
I've trusted many to my sor
row: . .
So pay to-day I'll trust to
morrow.
A MOTHER TELLS HOW SHE
SAYED DAUGHTERS LIFE.
I am the mother of eight child
ren and have had a great deal " of
experience with medicines. LaBt
summer my little daughter had
the dysentery m its worst form.
"We thought, she would die. I
tried everything I could think of.
I saw by an advertisement in our
paper that Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was hierhlv recommended and
sent and gdt a bottle at once. It
proved to be one of the very best
medicines we . ever had m the
house. It saved my little daught
er's life. I am anxious for every
mother to know what an excellent
medicipe it is. Had known it at
first it would have saved me a
reat deal of anxietv and my
little daughter much -: guff ering.
Ycurs truly, Mrs. Geo. F. Bur
dink, Liberty, R. I. For Sale by
M. L. Marsh &, Co., Druggist.
Trustee's Sale.
Pursuant to the authority Tested in
me as mortgrasree in a certain deed of
trust executed to me by M. O. Boger
and wife and recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus
county in book No. 11, page 356, I will
sell at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash at front door of the court
house of Cabarrus county between the
hours of 12 and 1 o'clock on Tuesday,
the 24th day of October, 1899, the fol
lowing lot or parcel of land lying and
being in the corporate limits of Con
cord and bounded as follows:
Beginning: at the southwest corner of
Catherine Turner lot, running south
sixty feet to a stake on .Love's avenue
thence west one degree north one
hundred feet to a stake on Coleman's
et al line, thence north with said line
sixty feet to southeast corner of said
Turner's lot, thence west one hundred
feet with said line to the beginning on
Love's avenue. Thirty and one-naif
feet are given in front for street. One
part f said lot Jno. H. Love bought
from G. M. Lore. .
Given under my tend this 22nd day
of September, 1899.
W. C. CoiiEMAN, Trustee.
THE
RACKE
STORE
-We have just received a lot of Stamped Linens which we
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are selling far below their usual values. If you anticipate doing
any Embroidery for Christmas presents now is a good time to start
your work. Small Doylies or squares for lc, larger ones 2
to 10c. Table and Tray Cover, Center Pieces, Splashers and Scarf s,
15 to 25 cents.
Wide hemmed with wide silk stitching as above at 5 to 50c.
See Our Window Display.
Embroidery Silks, wash colors, 3c
worth 5c.
Embroidery Hoops 5 an 15c,
Embroidery Scrim 15c yard
Embroider Silk (not wash colors) l-2c
per skein.
Crocket Cotton 4 and 5c. Silk 5c Short
length spools. K
Special in Stationery Department.
200 New Noyels at 10c.
Indelable Ink at lOc.
White Ink at 10c
Q-am Boards, containing sixteen gams
$2.25 and twenty dito for $3.50.
See cur 5 and 10c Departments up-stairs.
Nice lot of Glass etc. in them.
. JL Bostian.
Farm For Sale.
In pursuance of a judgment and de
cree of sale duly rendered m the Bupe
rior Court of Cabarrus oountT. in the
case of J C Query et al, ex parte, the
undersigned will expose to public gale
at the court house door in the town of
Concord. N. C, on Monday No
vember 6th, 1899, at 12 o'clock M-,
the following: tnu-t of land in No. 1
township, bounded as follows: Be
ginning at a B. O. in the lane, Andrew
corner and runs with Andrew line S. 6.
E 35 poles to white oak in the lane then S
11, 1. 24 poles to a blackjack in the lane,
then S. 46, E. 50 poles to btake in lane.
Phillips corner, then with Phillins land
N. 14, E. 35 poles to hickory, Phillips
wiuoi, huqu wxui x iiuiipa auu tying line
rj. poies to a post-oak, King's cor
ner, then N. 26 poles to hickory on Mor
gan s line, tnen with it N. 81; W, 59
poles to a stake by an old road. Mor
gan corner, then N. 20, W. 175, passing
Morgan with Harris' line toaB. J.,
Andrew's corner, then, with Andrew's
S. 35, W. 76 poles to a B. J. by the side
of a glade, then S.3. E. 50 poles to a B.
J. sapling, then S. 23, W, 26 poies to
the beginning, containing 106 acres,
more or less. Terms of sale: One-half
cash, balance payable 12 months after
date. Title reserved till purchase
money is paid in full. T . ;
i Jas. P. Morbison. Com'r.
Coucord, N. C. Oct. 5, 1899.
, Caldwell & Stickley, Att'ys.
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