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She could only be assured-of this by overhearing his interview with Rose Gernon and therefore accepted my in vitation to go to the Jermyn street room a If their tenant was Francis, he would resent the intrusion cf Rose,, but if Felix the two confederates would doubtless talk of their guilty secret. . Thanks to a sovereign judiciously be stowed on the carekeeper, I had discov ered that Rose Gernon intended to visit Felix at 8 o'clock. How the carekeeper found out I do not know, but in some mysterious way servants seem to gain all information concerning the doings of their superiors. , It sufficed forme that Rose would be in the rooms of Felix on this evening, and that Olivia would catch them in a trap. I had no pity for the guilty pair, but I was gen uinely sorry for Olivia. She little knew the torture she was about to undergo. I did and almost regrettedithat I had in terfered in the matter. However, I con soled myself with the reflection that it was better for her to suffer a few hours' pain than lifelong misery, That she agreed to go to Jermyn street at that hour without a chaperon, proved how desirous she was ol learning the truth. Delicately nurtured, gently bred, she must have felt horrified at the risk she was running of losing her1 good name, 4ut peeing that hejr life's happi ness depended upon knowing' all she flung etiquette to the winds and came. When I found her at the foot of tho stairs at 8 o'clock, I admired and re spected her from the bottom of my heart. I , "Am I late?V she asked, touching my hand with trembling fingers. "Only five minutes," said I, .looking at my watch. "I have been waiting at the head of the stairs for that time However, we can soon walk round to Jermyn street ' . ''Do yon think any one will know me, Mr. Denham?" said Olivia, taking my arm. "See, I have on a plain dress, and this veil is a thick ona " 'No one will recognise you," 1 an swered soothingly: "Nor do I think you will meet any one of your acquaint ances." VI should have brought my mother but that I wished her to know nothing of this treachery. If I find I have been deceived, I shall 'break- off my engage ment with Francis. But you will keep silent about my visit, will you not, Mr. Denham?" ' i i "Noone shall hear a word from me, " I answered earnestly. "But keep up your spirits. Miss Bellin. Even if you find you have been deceived there will be some consolation in knowing that t is Felix and not Francis." I "You are wrong there," she replied positively. "It is Francis. I have told you so all along. " j I shrugged my shoulders without re ply. Evidently, nothing could shake her faith in themaiL ' All I 'coold hope for was that the' two confederates would betray themselves. "What are you going to do, Mr. Den ham?" asked Olivia anxiously. -"We will go. up to the rooms of Bri arfield, " I answered, and there overhear their conversation. " . "Is that not dishonorable?" she said, shrinking back. "In most cases it would be, ' I replied hastily, "but it does not do to be too particular in this matter, j If you break in on them, they may demy everything. Thinking they are alone, you will hear the truth. Remember, Miss Bellin, when one deals with a villain one must beat him with his 'own weapons. Depend upon it, it is most necessary that we should learn alL " j , ' "They can speak of nothing I do not "know." i . "Are you aware of the truth?" said I, somewhat startled by this remark. ' "I am aware of the truth, " she re peated slowly, and before I could ques tion her she flitted up the stairs. ! There was no time for pae to ponder over her words, as it was now past 8 o'clock, and Rose Gernon might descend at any time I therefore spoke a few hasty words to the, caretaker; telling "him I ' wished to see Mr. Briarfield, and fol lowed her at once. In two minutes we were both standing before the door of Briarfield's room. j "It is locked, " said Olivia faintly. "Never mind," answered I, produc ing' my latchkey. ''This key of mine opens the door. I was, as you are aware, a, great friend of Francis and learned that my key fitted the lock of his rooms some time ago. I have not forgotten the circumstances, so it comes in use ful now. See!" ' I turned the key, and the door open ed noiselessly. Motioninz to Miss Bel- L fin to prececle me, I followed her quiet ly and closed the door behind us. We heard the murmur of voices in the sit ting room, i She as well as I knew its whereabouts thoroughly. The door was slightly ajar, and in front of it stretch ed a tall screen, with fretwork at , the top. . y .j-.'". Stepping j through the open door in a gingerly manner, we placed ourselves directly behind the screen, so bbuld both see and hear without danger of being observed. , Thus far our enterprise had succeeded iri the most I successful man ner, and nothing remained for us to do but to listen to the important conrversa-; tion now taking place. ? A I Felix, standing with his back against the mantelpiece, looked anxious and an trrv. while Rose Gernon, her hands on the table, faced him fiercely. Evidently the conversation was not progressing in a satisfactory manner to either. "No!" she was saying rapidly. "I ac cept no mpney for what I have dona You know the only reward. I claim t your love!" ' . j. ' . ' "I cannot give it to you, " said Felix doggedly. "You know that as well as GbNG0RD Ida" "Do I?" she cried passionately. "Do j you dare to say that to me after all your tows and protestations? Why did you tell me you loved me if it was but a lie?" "I did not tell you so. " "Yes, you did, 'Felix you did! I re member the hour, the day, when you wore that you would make me your wife." "Keep quiet," I muttered to Olivia, who made an involuntary movement. "I tell you, Rose, there is some mis take, " said Felix angrily. "You mean spirited hound!" "I am a mean spirited hound." he answered wearily. "No one knows that better than I do. " "Some women, " continued Rose, not heeding his interruption, "some women would have you killed. I am not a wo man of that kind. I'll stay and marry you." "Impossible! I am to marry Miss Bellin." "You promised to give up Miss Bel lin if I helped you to see your brother at the Fen inn. " "My God!" muttered Olivia, trem bling violently. . "Hushr" I whispered. "Now we shall hear the truth. " "I have changed my mind, " retorted Felix in answer to .the last remark of Rose. "That may be, but 1 have not, Mr. Felix Briarfield. I fulfilled my promise and went down with Strent to that lonely inn. Your brother came, and you know that he never left it again. I have fulfilled my promise. I how require you to fulfill yours and make me your wife. "I cannot! 1 cannot!" he said in a faint voice, wiping his. brow. r"For heaven's sake, take this money I offer you and leave ma " "I have mixed myBelf up with crime for your sake, and you offer to put me off with money. It is useless. Your promise I have, and that promise I re quireyou to keep, or else" "Or else" "I'll tell the truth to the police. " "And thus involve yourseli in ruin with ma " "I don't care, " she said sullenly. "Anything would be better than the tor ture I am enduring at your hands. " "And what will you tell the police?" asked Felix in an unnatural voice. "You know well enough. I shall tell them how you killed your brother. " i "It is false!" he said passionately, 1 neither saw nor laid a finger on my brother." "Indeed! Then if you are innocent who is guilty?" "I don't know." I "Did you not come to the Fen inn on that fatal night when Francis came? "Yes, but I never saw him. " , "You saw him and killed him. " i "It is a lie!" It was neither Felix nor Rose who spoke, but Olivia, who, in spite of all 1 "I am a mean spirited hound," he tn- steered, wearily. could da broke on the astonished pair. The man advanced toward her, but she waved him back. "I defend you, sir, " she said proud ly, because 1 know that this woman speaks falsely, but I have also to de mand an explanation from you. " Felix paid no attention to the remark. but simply stared at her in a stupefied manner. . r Olivia," he said in a low voice. "how did you come, here?" i f I brought her, Mr. Felix Briarfield, " said I, stepping forward. f'You. Denham! And for what rea son?" i I pointed to Rose Gernon, who stood ouietlv bv. with a malignant smile on r r - - her face. "There is the reason, " I retorted meaningly, "and Miss Bellin" 'Miss Bellin will speak for herself, " said Olivia in a peremptory tona "Miss Bellin speaks of what she does not understand. " interposed Rose ven omously. "Because I deny that Francis killed Felix?" questioned Olivia "No, because you deny Felix killed .Francis." "What do you mean. Miss Gernon?' I asked rapidly. 'I mean that this man whom Miss Bellin thinks is her lover Francis is Fe lix Briarfield, and Felix Briarfield,' she continued, "is my lover. " "No!" said? Felix hurriedly. . "It is not true!" I expected to see Olivia grow angry, but in place of this a bright smile irra diated her , face as she looked at Felix. I could not conjecture the meaning of her action and began to grow uneasy. Rose also looked anything but corafort- abla Evidently she had met with her match in Olivia. "I overheard part of your conversa tion," said Olivia, addressing her point edly. "Very honorable, 1 am sure, " retort ed Rose, with a sneer. "Honor is thrown 'away on women like you, " answered Olivia scornfully. "I am glad I listened, for it enables me to protect the man I love against your arts." ; t "That js not the man you love, ". said Rose spitefully. "He lies in the marshes surrounding the Fen inn, slain by the hand of his brother. " . i "That is not tree 1 swear it is not true!" cried Felix, approaching nearer to Olivia. . "Be quiet, Francis, " she said quick ly. "Let us hear what she has to say. " "I have to say that Felix Briarfield loved me," cried ,Rose angrily, j" He loved me long before he ever saw you, but when you crossed my path he want ed to leave ma He impersonated his brother Francis, who was at that time in America, and yoa, poor fool, did not A 1 anmro t.rtA rlMPTltlon. " : ' 1 !Awwv w -r .. .. . j "Yon are quite right 1 did not, : re- BE rtfST .A-2Sr3D IFE-A-IR NOT,' CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, plied Olivia calmly, f "Go on." "When his brother Francis came back this month, he thought all would be discovered and implored me to save him. He told me of a plan whereby, he intended to decoy his brother to the Fen inn on pretext of explanation. There he intended to kill him. p Olivia made no remark, but placed her hand within that of Felix. I won dered she could do iso, seeing that he was accused by his accomplice of a hid eous crime, and made uo denial. "I went down to the Fen inn with a man called Strent" "That was not his real name," I in- terrupted. j How do you know that?" she said' sharply. "Never mind. I know that it is so. "' "1 decline to tell his real name, " said Rose, darting a furious look at me. "L call him Strent, and by that name you knew him and knew me at the Fen1 inn." '!' '.'. 'I certainly did: not expect Rose; Strent, waiting maid, to change to Rose Gernon, actress." j 'You are too meddlesome, Mr. Den ham," she said coolly, "and would do better to mind your own business, Ij "Scarcely when I have discovered so vile a crima " i . "It was he who committed it, said Rose malignantly, pointing to Felix, He came- to the inn and killed his brother." It is a lie!" cried Felix in despair. "I laid no hand on my brother. I did &ot even see him. " I "Wait one moment, Miss Gernon, be fore you make this accusation, said Olivia? "You say j that Felix is your lover?" Ida" And you promised to assist him in removing Francis if he married you?" "I did." I "For what reason when the removal of Francis would enable Felix to marry me under his false name?" "He promised hot to do so, and 1 thought if I helped him to kill Francis I could force him to marry ma " "You love him greatly?" "I love him better than any one else in the world." I " I am sorry for that. " said Olivia. with a touch of pity, "because Felix is dead." ' i "Felix dead!" said Rose incredulous ly. "Then who is the man?" "This man is my lover, Francis Bri arfield, who returned from Chile on the tth of Juna" I ' i (To be continued In our next.) The Cotton Mill Prolbem. Mr. F. J. Moran, of the Atlanta Con stitution, has been in New England studying the cotton-mill problem. An intelligent female operative said: "These Massachusetts men denounced slavery in the South,, but they are trying to fasten upon us white slavery." She says that the operatives are fined for flaws in goods, and that the fining sys tem is practiced so as to rob the opera uvea of the higher wages they are sap- posed to get. Mr. Moran says that. though the hours are shorter in New England mills, the tension is so great that it is harder on the operatives - than the longer hours, where those in the the mills can say a word to a fellow- worker without being docked. Discussing the proposition of the Arkwright Club to have Congress pass a universal ten-hour law for all the States, Mr. Moran says that the main purpose of this is "to throw sand in the eyes of workingmen of Massachusetts, and turn them sway from their effort to have their wages equalized with 16 per c?nt dividends and $20,000 a year salaries to such sons of mill presidents as act as treasurers of big corporations." - Of the condition of affairs at New Bedford, Mr. Moran says: "The visitor to New Bedford will be struck by the thousands of idle people to be seen on the streets: the silent factories. which give out no sign of life; the empty two thousand houses, which have been vacated by operatives now in refuge in other places. But, saddest of all, will be struck by I the destitution which drives men, women and children to fish markets and soup-houses, more , like ravenous beasts than the thirsty ; em ploye with bit j deposit in the savings bank, which New England economists have so persistently pointed to! the South." - : j It Bfske m Difference. BaMch Post, j j The Chatham Record, referring to the very severe, but just, condemnation of Marion Butler by the Progressive Farmer! says: 1 If these extracts from the Progres sive Farmer, which is the official organ of the Farmers' Alliance, had ; been published against Butler by a Demo cratic paper, a few years ago, it would have been denounced as a vile slander and an attack on 'our noble order,' " ! Yes, and what the Democratic papers said then was the truth, and what the Progressive Farmer Bays now is the truth. He simply is now, what he cer tainly was then, only now he enjoys position for which he was not nor can be fitted. I i . ! " Bueklen's Arnica Salve. ! The best salve In the world for cuts, bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents a box. For sale by P. B. Fetzer. i j A Snake Story. Salisbury Sun. I Prof. P. E. Wright, of China Grove, is responsible for the following snake story: On last Saturday while the Pro fessor was planting some fruit trees on his father" s place near Coddle creek in Cabarrus county, he dug up a pile -of snakes, 13 in a number. The combined length was just 208 inches. The snakes were all of the same species, king snakes. Mr. Wright say 8 if any one doubts his veracity in this matter he is fully prepared "to prove it by several living witnesses. An old book quaintly says that to the ring. The good, easy, unsue "when the whole system is pervaded by j pecting people don't know anything well-oxygenated blood, vigorously pro-. about it and before they know it tSe pelled, life and activity are copiously whole county is committed to a man communicated. " Which means that the people dident want. The men wSo when the blood is purified by the use of control are smart and they are polifci k a.Man.iia rfr Ko.iti. tk. ' rally unscruDulous and all together thev Ayer's Sarsapariila, perfect health is the result. BIXL AKP'S LETTER. ( Experience is a good schoolmaster. I was ruminating abcut the schemes and tricks of the politicians who banker after office and my memory went back to the old know-nothing party daring 50's, and how the politicians pulled the wool over my eyes and inveigled me in. I was young then and easily fooled. But I was dreadfully in earnest, for I really feared that foreigners were about to take the country and that Roman Catholics would soon get in power through the Irish vote and the: Spanish inquisition would be revived and the devil be turned loose for 1,000 years. And so I joined, and they made me an officer and gave me a lone; sword and I guarded the door .and my insignia was a white; regalia with the motto: "Put none but Americans on guard to night. I tell you I felt proud and I felt respon sible for the preservation of political and relieous liberty. I would have fought panthers and wildcats and gor illas. In fact, I wanted to fight some thing, for the know-nothing press and know-nothing orators and know-nothing preachers had got us aroused to desper- ration and I could hardly keep my hands off an Irishman when I met him in the street. Every preacher in town joined and Brother Caldwell and Brother Stillwell were made chaplains, and they prayed long and earnestly for our coun try and its hallowed institutions. Oh ! it was solemn and serious. But one night it proposed to choose delegates-to go to a convention to nominate a candi date for coDgress and it leaked out that a man was to be nominated who had no moral standing in the community, but he was rich and had used his money freely and we began to smell a mice. About that time Alex Stephens took the field against our order and I never heard such a speech in my life. He everlast ingly lambasted our leaders for tryine-j to fool the people and he made us dem ocrats feel as mean as a dog ; for ever having fallen into the trap. Before that I really thought I was doing God's service in helping good patriots to save the country. One dark, night I told my wife a lie about having urgent business at my office and wouldent be back until late, very late, and I went out six miles in the country to an old millhouae orrt Silver creek. Half a dozen officers went along with me and we instituted a branch lodge up in the garret of the old mill and got covered all over with cob webs and flour, and next morning my wife got up first and looked at my clothes. She ruminated for a minute and then remarked: "Had to go to mill last night I see. I didn't know that the flour was out." For some time I had been a suspect with her about this office business at night, for every time ,a know-nothing meeting was called little three-cornered red papers were seen on the sidewalks about town, and it was norated around that the know-nothings were to meet that night The next day our wives compared notes and found out that nearly all the men had business down town that night Can't fool these women. They don t like secret societies no how. A good faithful wife doesent like anything that gets in between her and her husband She has no secrets from him and he ought not to have any from her. Not long after we were married I joined a secret society, and when she got to look ing over my under garments to see if the buttons were all right, she discovered that the buckles were gone, and I couldent explain it to her satisfaction. But she found out from some other wo man, and whenever I got a new pair of drawers she asked me if I dident want the buckles cut off. Well, the know-nothing party died early in these parts, for the people found out that it wrs a political scheme to get into office. Just so the pohti cians got into the Farmers' Alliance and took charge of it. and they got up an Ocala platform and a big subtreasury scheme whereby great warehouses were to be built bv the government in every congressional district where the farmers could store their cotton ana corn ana oats and sorghum and potatoes and pumpkins, and draw money on them and hold them in the warehouses until until the price went up. One of .the leaders dealared in a public speech at Macon that they were going to hold the cotton until it went to 15 cents, and he made the people believe it, and they rolled him into congress by a tidal waveJ The alliance looked upon law I yers as suspec and not fit to hold office nor fitten to get htten, ana so one law ver sold his lawbooks and burned the bridge behind him and joined Gideon's band and swallowed the Ocala platform', subtreasury and all, and the confiding oeoDle rolled him into congress. But he suffered a relanse in due time and bought more law booksand now the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Another lawyer swallowed the platform bones and skin and ran for congrees on it and got awfully beaten and has never been elected since to any office by the people, and to my opinion never will be. It is- just an old Abel Lincon said: "You may fool all the! some of the time, and you may fool some of the people all the time. " Now, the common people, the farmers and mechanics and toilers, are gener ally unsuspecting and credulous, and when a smart, shrewd politician talkt sweet and nice to them they are inclined to believe him, but what lawyer of an pretensions or respectability ever be heved in the Ocala platform or the sub treasury scheme or "something better?' Of course, any statesman who was fit t hold office knew that it was utterly im practicable and would bankrupt the government to build warehouses and advance money on crops, but it was a hobby on which to ride into office ani fooling the people was of no cocsef quence. No, I wouldent trust any mat) who would do it or has done it. Another way to fool the people is tp form little secret rings in every county and divide out the county offices and each ring man must get his henchtneb to be at the courthouse on convention day and help elect delegate who beloqg make a powerful combine, and it was w . : - 1808. the :riowledge and memory of these methods that provoked Colonel Can dler's letter. He wrote just' what we have! all been feeling ever since General Jkvarls s refeat. He expressed my sen timents and I like it better and better at eachj reading. Now lay on MacDuff nobody is hurt except some "honi soit qui fial y pepse," which means "it is the ait dog who yelps," or words to that effecjt. ., It is no ineu.lt to those who ac cepted office under Atkinson, for ,he doesfent own but one office. 1 TBe others are public trusts in his keeping and he has no mortal right to pay private political debts with them. Itisjhis duty to select the best men for placfes regardless of who they voted for. Theloffices belong to the people and it is a prpatitution of power to fill them for personal advantage. But. professional politicians all do it from the president down and this is political corruption. One day in my indignation I remarked in aj crowd "We are a nation of politi cal tricksters," and an office seeker close by whispered, "Call no namae, Bill; call no names." But the people are really for honest methods and they have" a standard bearer on whose name and fame there is rio blot. Let him write again if he warjts to and let his banner have on' it, Reform in political methods and economy in administering the govern ment. Already tnere are rings torm ing to defeat him, rings by the men who control nd they are desperately in earnest for the scepter of their office is departing. The issue is plain. It is the) politicians against the people. We wabt cleaner-methods both in state and county and municipal' elections. Au gusta and Marietta and Cartersville hay e recently degraded their townships by corruption at the polls and like smallpox the pestilence is spreading. Buk we shall see what we shall see. The combat deepens. On, ye' brave! The one-eyed plow boy has nothing to take back or qualify and the people wit 6tand by him from Tybee Possum Trpt and from Possum Trot to Tugalo. i Bill Arp. I Editors and Postmnsterships. Washington, Feb. 19. Hereafter ed itors who are appointed postmasters will hetpermitted-to--eoxiUaue their- news paper work without interference by the Po8toffice Department. This decision hs been announcea by First . Assistant P48tmaster General Health to several peirsons "now owning and conducting newspapers and recently appointed-to pGotmasterships. There will be no in terference with the newspaper work so lob g as it is conducted In a pleanly and orjderly manner, and there is no neglect of business pertaining to the postomce. If there is evidence that neglect in ' at tending to official matters occur as a result of work in the pdstoffice and on trie newspaper, or complaint is made by the patrons of the office, then the department will conduct an inquiry into the facts. x.verv case will stand on its merits. It is said there are more editors who are postmasters in the sec ohd and third classes or otices than in afay other branch. The salaries- of the offices range from $1,000 to $3,000 per year and many of the editors would pre fer not to take the office if doing so com pelled them to give up the active charge ot their newspapers. This policy is different from that of the last administration, which notified editor-nostmasters that thev would not hie permitted to engage m partisan writing. I : No Untangling Alliance. Monroe Enquirer. J Beyond all doubt the monetary ques tion is to be the issue in the pext na tidnal campaign. Addresses were , is sued on, the 15th, by the chairmen of the Pemocratic, ropuhst ana lree silver Jtte- bublican national committeees urging fusion on silver.- In each address the advocates of free tilver.are urged to wipe put party lines and make a strong fight for the white metal. The campaign is some distance off, but now is a good jtime for free silver Democrats to resolye jto make a straight fight and make "en tangling alliances" with none. We are ieternally opposed to fusion. The Dem jocratic party should set its .standard, imake its platform to the best interests bf the people, nominate men loyal and iworthvand bv its merit command the support, of all patriotic . .men. lhe Democratic party injures itself when it jgoes a whoring after strange gods. A Smart Cat. ; Marion Masseager. ' Mr. J. B. Burgin, of Old tort, has a cat that can open a door. It is an in side door, with a metal latch. The cat swings in the handbolt with one loot, and pulls down on the thumbpiece with the other foot, when the door opens of its own weight, and the cat'jUmi back on the stairs and walks down, or else she scrambles down the door as it opens She has spencd 'it with a rat m her mouth. On the morning of Feb. was sick with rheumatism. 20, 1895, and lay in bed until May 21st, when I got'a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Thefirst application of it relieved rue almost en tirely from the pain ind the scoud af forded complete relief. In a short time I was able to be up and about again. A. T. Mokeaux, Luverue, Minn. Sold by . M.L. Marsh, & Co. Times of excitement, ware pr rumors of wars, sometimes make fools of other wise sensible people. Coi. Fred Olds.re- ports that the commander of a military company in this State sent a requisition to the adjutant general's office in Ral eigh last week for overcoats foriiis men so that they could be ready toriarch on Cuba. The requisition was returned with the information that the climate of Cuba was warm enough without over COatS. . ; . :i : A man stands no chance of . being etecled to the mayorship of a city unless he eujoys the confidence. and esteem of his neighbors. Geo. .W. Humphrey is the pupular mayor of bwanton, Ohio, and under date of Jan. 17, 1896, he writes aa follows: ' 'This is to certify to our appreciation of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My family and neigh bors have tested it, ana we Know it is an excellend remedy for coughs and colds. George. W: Humphbey;" Sell by M. L. Marsh & Co. ESo n a Yearjjn Advance Number 35. . , . . NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Republicans are saving that Gov ernor Russell is a populist and does what Senator Uutler wishes done as to financial matters. Thev sav the Rnv- ernor has left his own party and that the lauer nas blacklisted him. It is estimated by parties in position to know that $3,000,000 of North Caro lina moneys is spent annually for shoes in the Eastern mrketat Whv nnf hiw them at home and enrich our own peo ple and State with the legitimate profit on these goods ? Only 12 democrats and one populist oted for the Bankruptcy bill which passed the House by a vote of 159 to 124. j.ne Din passed is a substitute for. the i eison Dill passed bv the Senate at thp .extra session, and it provides for both oiuntary and involuntary bankruptcy. Major W. A. Gurthnp savs that V W. Kitchin, the brilliant voung Con gressman from the Fifth district, will be returned to Congress. Major Guthrie says he will give Mr. Kitchen his sup port, and that he is stroncer and mnrp popular than at the last election and will certainly be accorded a re-election., With her skull crushed in and her throat terribly multilated, Mrs. Ella Preston, aged 20. was found dead t Coe Run. Pa.. Saturday. Near thp body lay an axe and a butcher's knife, ith which she had been hacked to death. The husband is nowhere to be found. The voung peoiile had hpn married but seven months. The grand iurv of Iredell Rnnprinr Court, .upon being discharged a few days ago, submitted a report in which it discussed the public roads. &mnnr x - - - , other things, saying that the supervisors should "appoint no man overseer whoj will not take an interest in working the roads; and reminded him that it ia more nonoraDie to pe a good overseer than a poor Governor of a"State."' Having seen it stated more than once in the papers that the proselyting Mor mon eldersj of whom there are now 500 in the South never tried their hands on t$e negro, believing him to be an ac cursed person and -doomed to eternal torment, it is eurprssing to learn from Dr. D. J. Sanders, president of Biddle University, that the Mormon is seeking converts among the negroes. It is ad mitted that the proselyting is done in a sly, sneaking way, with the know!, edge that negro Mormons would not be welcomed , by white converts. Char lotte Observer. - Nothing yet seriously proposed in the line of paternalism goes further thah a joint resolution offered byRepresentativ e Loyenng, of Mass., providing for an amendment to the Constitution, au thorizing Congress to regulate the hours of labor in all the states. The Judiciary Committee has actually been giving hearings on that resolution. A' dele gation of cotton mill men from the South appeared before the Committee to protest against the resolution, but they could have saved money by staying at home. We may come to tha sort of Jhing in time, but not yet. Upon the manner in which Secretary of State Sherman has been ignored by the administration in recent diplomatic negotiations j the Boston Herald ob serves: '"lpe condition to which John Sherman is reduced in the secfetary of of 8tate'soffice of the president's cabinet has been made to appear moffe humi liating than ever during the recent Spanish, complications. Mr. Sherman is quoted as having said to a newspaper correspondent wh,en the DeLome dis closure was first made that DeLome could not possibly have written the letter to Canalejas, while at that very time his nominal subordinate m the state department, Judge Day, was in possession of the original of - the letter, and had received DeLome's confession that he was the author of it. The busi ness of the office of secretary of state was so completely taken out of Mr Sherman s hands that it was not thought necessary to afford him the considera? tion of being told what was going on there. This implies his being utterly ignored alike by the president and by his own assistant in ,the state depart ment. It would be difficult to find parallel to this m our government, qr, indeed, in any other, and when such indignity is visited upon a man who has had the eminence of John Sher man, the case is made doubly de plorable." . , , ' L Fishing for Health. When a man breaks down with that dread disease, consumption, and recognizes his condition he starts out 1 to fish for health. He tries this thing anduhat thing. He consults this doctor and that doctor. He indulges in all kinds of absurd athletic exercises. He tries first one climate and then another. He tries the rest cure and the work cure. He gTows steadily worse.-- That is the story of most consumptives: Finally, when the consumptive dies, the doctor shrug's his shoulders and pronounces consumption incurable. A thirty years' test of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery has demonstrated that it cures 98 per cent, of all cases of consumption, if taken in the earlier stages of th disease, before the lungs are too far wasted- In a consumptive there is a weaker spot than even the lungs. That spot is the stomach. A- consumptive never really begins to die until his stomach gives out. The "Golden Medical Discovery" not only braces' up the stomach, but acts directly on the lungs, healing them and driving out all impurities. Honest medicine dealers will not urge you to take an inferior substitute. " 1 had a very bad cough, also night-sweats, and was almost in my grave with consumption," writes Mrs. Clara A. Mclntyre, Box 171, Ash land, Middlesex Co., Mass. " A friend of mine who had died with consumption came to me in . a dream and told me to take Dr. Biei'ce's Golden Medical Discovery, and, thank the Lord, J did so. By the time I had taken half of the first bottle I felt much better. I kept on until I had takeu three bottles. That was all I needed. I got well and strong again." I Whenever constipation is one of the com plicating causes of disease, the most perfect remedy is Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which are always effective, yet absolutely mild and harmless. There never was any remedy Jnvented which can take their place.' They never gripe. BOOK AND JOB PRINTIN OP ALIi K1JIDS j Executed in the Best Style AT LIVING PRIDES- . Our Job Printing Department, with every necessary equipzftjent, is prepared to turn out every! va riety of Printing in first-class style. No botch-wotk turned out from this office. We dijpH cate the prices of any legitinjate establishment. . ; ; j PROFESSIONAL CARDS, I W. H. LILLY, M. D. X MONTOOMKEtf, V. i aai n iuhii tHWtllsik.lh- offer their professional services tcj the citizens of Concord and vicinity. J All calls promptly attended day or night. Office and residence on East Depot reet. opposite Presbyterian church. -UR. W. (J. JdLOUSTDN Dentist CONCORD, N. C. r Is prepared to do all kinds of llenta , work in the most approved manner. Office over Johnson's Drug Store. W. J, MONTQOSCKBY. J. LKB OBOWKL MONTGOMERY & CROWELLj Attorneys and Connselors-at-Law, cornnnn. w. n I Ar Hftrtn ATH will nrnt,A lavin Kk. - j - j am tv in vnwai rus, Stanly and adjoining counties, sue ouperior ana supreme Courts of the State and in the Federal Courts. jOffice on uepot Street. J Parties desiriug to lend mon can leave it with us or place it in Concord National Bank for n R flnrl urA-nrill land it on good real estate security ffee o ; cnarge to the depositor. J We mat 3 thorough examination - of title to lands offeror! loans. i Mortgages foreclooed withnnt Twna to owners of same. D. 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Pipe iuttine and threading done to 10 inches inclusive. All or ders have our prompt and careful attentior, and priees aa low as consistent witp first-class workmanship and materials. When in need of anything in our line give us a cijll. 1 Office and works. Corhin St. -Tl7-ANTED-.TKUSTWOHTHt AND AC V V tive gentlemen or ladles U travel for responsible, estatilished house th Concord. Monthly $H5,00 and expenses. Position steady. Reference. Enclose self addressd stamped envelope. The Dominion Compaiy, Dept. K Chicago. j -i- S AVE IYIOIMEY anr TIIWE Sell or Exchange Your jffood v and Buy Smith Coal from K.L.Craven, Concord,N.C. Jan. 27 3m , I 1 . FAVORITE7 ANdI MOST POjPULAR - A FLOWERS f PANSIES. NASTURTIUMS SWEET PEAS. ne Vict, of eacn variety tor oiy r niA Ud Um Iddwi of In Mfeod. U U lilt Including fre copy of iggg Catalogn and -floral CaJtura, IU C. B. UmiKCrrr. ll SMt Ut So. . oanolia. mm. ANTED Trustworthy and active lli : . POWDER ' Absolutely Pure - i 1 ZXttTV responsible, established houfje in Cabar rus county. Monthly $65 arjd expanses. Position steady. Referenci. Enclose -self-addressed .stamped envelope; The Dominion Co., Dept. Wj, Chicago. NovlS 8w. -!-' NOTICE. Is hereby given that I purchased at Sher iff's gale for taxes on May 3, ljf97, The Con cord Mining Company's land, censistinar of 5 acres, near Concordj adjoining tw. J . Mont gomery and others, and If not redeemed- at the expiration of the year, wiiUdemand deed fof the same. Jj. H. MOjTOOMEHY. i i ; i
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