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Concord, N. C, Dec 12, 1399
THE
WORSE
EVIL:
THAN. THE
We have for got ton if we ever
lieard how the English sparrow
got into America but the bird is
- here in full force to stay and
jnost people would rather the
'"busy little pest Qhad stayed on
its own side of the. briny
"branch. Jno. S Palmer, says the
Scientific American, has written
-an essay " on the introduction of
animals and birds, not natives of
the land, until approved by a
.government expert of the Agri
cultural Department. : ;r
He cites the instance of rab
bits that were taken- to Austra
lia and turned loose in -1864 for
sporting purposes. Within 12
years they well nigh took "the
land. Millions . of dollars" have
-been spent in bounties, poison,
etc., to get rid of them. In 1887
.no less than 19,182,539 "of V the
41 brers" were killed and the hole
made is more r than filled up.
They have thousands of miles of
-rabbit-proof fences. ' ?
Jamaica was troubled " with
-ats, and for want of ; a rPied
. 'Piper they introduced a little
.Indian mongoos. It effectually
did up the rodent tribe, but mul
tiplied, and for lack of rat meat
".they took to little domestic , ani
mals and poultry.' Now the gin
ger producers would be glad- to
: swap the remedy for the evil, i '
The Henderson Gold Leaf has
a friend of the remedy; dis
pensing class. Among the things
dispensed is soap. Some ' half
dozen cakes are thrust upon the
editor every time the doctor
comes to town.- The editor is
puzzled and says:-- "We do not
know wheiher he thinks we es
pecially need it - or whether to
regard it as a pointless manifes
tation of simple friendship.",
Our solution would be to pre
sume the latter and act on the
former theory. - ,
'B'S" POETIC STRAIN.
"We lay no claims to accom
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piibtjeu criticism, inaeea. we
know npt that we have aught but
our likes and dislikes, butwe see
"tl q world go wild over poems
th a t strike u s less f avorabley than
-t;,at in another ''Cglifmttlndestl
iredited to 'B" in the North
OaroliiiaXIniversity tMagazineL:
There is d, vein of the unone-
ness; of the prodigal ? in it, but
thought clad in terms truly sub-
lime and embellished with poetic
Tbythmv We would skV he
: reader not to -faiL, to jonder es
pecially 'the finale of the second
and fifth stanzas. " r
We are proud of such talent in
our University and fondly hope
'from the- basis underlying1 this
-doleful but sweetly , hufiajjle Bong
to see rising in the sky of worthy,
distinction a star of the first mag
nitude. : ,
i
had
" For Over Fi Itv T ears .
'"Mrs. Winslow's Soothiwrr flvmn
.been need -for over fifty z Z by mil
lions of mothers for their children
-while teething, -with perfect success.; It
.aoothes the. chilu, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the ues remeay tor diarrhoea. It will!
. reiieyf ice poor uuie sunereT'immedi
att 'y. oOl'bydrugcrists in every part
of the 'vorld. Jlenty-flve cents a bot
. lie." R3 sure and a?A for "3fr-. Win
v slows -Soothing v Syrup," end Stake no
-other -kind, - -
It is said '"that the National
Younig Men's Republican League
has declared in favor of Senator
Pritchard for Vice-President for
the next term. Its the very
thing. Break the Mason and
Dixon line with a Republican for
the second place on the ticket.
It will be a stepping 'Stone by
which a good" Southern Demo
crat may become president.
The V ilson Times says Mr.
Joe ' Vick, a farmer in Nash
county brought in a load of to
bacco for sale on the top of which
were four fine turkeys not for
sale but as premiums"" to - the
buyers of so many lots of his to
bacco brjng - the ' highest -prices.
That plan seems calculated to
take some of the stuffing out of
the tobacco trust. ;
' THE AMERICAN BUFFALO.
Some Enoriaous FibresHow; He Was
' We a r e taclinecl to give a good
ueai oi creaiii lo wnari we -reau in
the Scientific : American though
it be a selection; We find, - how
ever, an article by Charles iPred-
erick Holden on the bison or
American buffalo that is almost
incredible.1 - ":;J.
He is now practically extinct,
and roves no more on - the prai
ries of the West and South West.
A few are kept in parks and p re
serves. : ; -. ::. - ' " " ;
The amazement is that as late
as 1872 they went in dense herds
that no one could fairly esti
mate. ' ; - ' I -
An -; army . ofiicer m 1867 '.is
quoted as saying that at one time
he was surrounded by . them ; and
that from the top of, the hill, he
could see nothing but buffaloes
and was in the greatest danger
of feeing caught, in al stamped,
such being irresistible." : " ; ; '
Qhe 'Col. Doige: records an
experience of traveling 25 miles
in the brgtoups that formed one
general herd. ; Sometimes, they
would move put of "the ;way, but
at Qthertffies they would : sweQp
past and" around the.wagon when
it team; and all - would have been
crushed had he not -gotten them
pistols. They toppled oyer cars,
and one buffalo hung with his
feet down through the car win
dows as it lay on its side. ,
These great cows .weighing
1,200 and: the bulls' weighing
2,000 pounds apiece, stampeding
in great herds could behead for
as' much as five miles and the
earth tremble'd beneath them.
-It is truly - wonderful howrap
idly this great family disap
peared. -' - -
; In such vast herds they- some
times stampeded over precipices.
Two thousand were ?6st in ' the
quick sands of -the Platte River
in 1867, and at another: ,time
a whole herd was lost by break
ing through' the ice at Lac Qui
Parle, in Minnesota. -
But greedy, reckless, wasteful
hunting has 'subdued ; and ex
terminated the buffalo. ';.
Here are some of the records
of destruction beginni ng at about
1820: ' " -1 v -; -One
gang of 620 . men- in two
hunts killed 47,770. - Five expe-
peditions record an average- of
118,850. Fivei others record 146,
250 ' slain. From 1835 to 1840
212,550 were destroyed. '
One Gaptr JacitHridges. hunt
tngljy :Himselfinade atecord
1,142 buff albs in.six;weeks. J " :
"Buffalo Bill" got his name by
contracting to furnish the labor
ers with buffalo meat while builds
ing the Kansas pacific railroad.
Iii8sm1cmt
280: ; He received $500 - per
month as wages . j , . - -:
" From 1872 : to 1874, 3,158,780
were slain, half of "them being
wasted tilled f for- their hides
, " In 1882, it was resiniated that
but in 1883 -the last ;10, 009 wefe
to "diy ide bycshooting? int6Kthem:
Iii one 'day he killed 26, hot for
sport but for f ety. ; ; ; " L
TIiisTKerd was "ascertained by
others to be 50 miles wide and
was five dasjn :asshig afgiveh
point.
;rjin bnthe. (Kansas Pacific
road. in486? pe between the
pfjland Sheridan,
120 miles through a continuous
herd pf buffalos. r - I V
They became so compact" at
times that the train had to stor
Cars were sometimes deaaile:! y-?
their. eharges.-
One instance is noted wlien
they nade a charge in Jront
while the mass approached in
the rear. ..The engineer. stopped
and blew :the whistle while all
fired into them with guns and
Prbrjer ' leeral restraint ; would
have perpetuated a great j source
of f bod " supply, and much -of
marketable products. " The .de
struction of .buffaloes, is well
called the crime of the century.
To accommodate those wh o
are partial to the use ; of atomi
zers in applying liquids' into the
nasal . passages for - catarrhal
troubles, the proprietors prepare
Ely's IMquid Cream Balm. Price
including the spraying tube is 75
cents. Druggists - or by mail.
The liquid embodies the medici
nal properties of rthe solid prepr
aration. t Gream: Balm is quickly
absorbed 'by the ; jnembrane and
does not dry up the secretions,
but changes them to a : natural
and -f healthy character." - Ely
Brothers; 56 -Warren St., N. Y.
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. Lient. Brnmby Dangerously 111,
-; Dispatches .have been noting
the : rather alarming illness of
Lieut. Prumby. ,: A ' W&shington
dispatch of thed 1th says: ; ' J :
"The condition of Lieutenant
Brumby, , Admiral Dewey's . flag
lieutenant, changed for the worse
late tonight. ' He became uncon
.scibus ntoWard ,ridriiglitan"a"
consultation ,the: J physicians
was held and a " telegram sent
summoning; aBalttmbr"phyi
canwhbisa;"ip ofthe kiud frbm;w
,tenanisapfferm
is threatoned
MrsHayod, , aVistei;pf the
sick officer,; is'at . iiis . bedside.
-A- Night - pi Terror: - '
'Awful anxiety was felt for the widow
of the brave General Burnham of
Machias, Me. ," when the doctor Bard' she
could hot live till morning - "writes 'Mrs.
S. H. Lincoln, who attended her 'that
fearf id uight. 1
soon die frdm Pnettmonia; butrshe
begged for. Dr. King's New Discovery ;
nay-Jig it hud rhoie than once - saved her,
life; and had cured her of Consumption
After three rmall doses she BlepV easily
all night, and its further use complelelv
eared her'; I This afvelonah taedicine
is guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest
S Sisease.: Only 6O0 and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at TFetzer's droug
fctore. . ... . 1
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may
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Bleacned Table Damask 52 Cotton 25c.;. Linen, . . (0 Ro
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