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Nilrt Iv nnii?cl'. 3t32I?!7 7 rtf Jit 1 ".. 1 ' BILL A HP'S LETTER. .' j ., It ja a beautiful new moon- -not ex actly new, but since Tuesday night, when we- first saw it, I never saw a larger one nor a brighter one nor one that balanced itself so proudly in the western heavens. 1 Not a drop of jwater would it spill and, some say that means we will have a dry month and 6onae say we will have wet- one. To my un learned mind the moon is the most complicated and wonderful piece of ma chinery in the realms of space. It makes my head swim to to study its elliptic orbit, its lunar time and sidereal time, ita librattons of latitude and diur nal libration; its ascending and descend ing nodes and their retrograde nfcotion which takes eighteen years and 219 daye to complete; its apogee and .perigee, the two points of which -are movable and move along the (circumference of the ellipse from west to east and complete, the circuit in eight years and 300 days. Sometimes it comes along acircleiri the heavens that is ; near the; zenith and sometimes its course is low down in the southern sky. Its speed is hot uniform as it moves around the earth, for some times it gets ahead and sometimes, lags behind. Its axis is inclined to its orbit and seems to nod backwards and for wards for three degrees. Then there. are the eclipses, which add to ihe wond erful complications, and yet every phase and every motion obey a law and are iutelUgible to meiji of-scieuce. It is the, regularity of irregularities. But men of science like Otis Ash more understand it all and can make an almanac and foretell-eclipses for a thousand j years. have unbounded , reepect for these men tor ureer and Ashmore ana Dr, Means, all of our own state, and for the lamented Professor Mitchell, ' who was the greatest of modern astronomers. But this beautiful new moon provoked another line of thought. I saw. it over my rightsboulder and in a clear sky and was satisfied, and yet I am not superstitious about it. I had j Just a little rather Bee it that way and so had the majority of civilized people,' Luna means me moon, ana most people are IuDatics. Even; Blackstone, the great jurist, defines a; lunatic to be one who is insane at times but has lucid intervals during eertain changes of the j moon. And although Che medical world has long since exploded the superstitious theory, of the moon s influence on the mind, the name of lunatic still obtains and is applied to all insane persons Alter outn Carolina natt seceded, a man asked Mr. Pettigrew which was the road to the . lunatic asylum. "Any raad alL" the roads," he said, "the whole State is one vast lunatic asylum," Almost everybody has some superstitiou about the moop a influence on ; vegeta tion. My good neighbor, Mrs. Fields, told me last week that she had been ruht busy all day planting her potatoes, 'fur," said she, -"you know it is the dark of the moon now.' She i3 the best gardener in the town and always succeed?, but she does herself injustice when she gives the moon any credit for her success. Many years ago I made a fair test ot the' moon theory, for I planted four rows in my garden in the dark of the raooh and then four more right beside them two weeks later and gave all the same culture, and I found no difference in the yield. jThe best time to plant potatoes is when the ground is ready, and it may! be very unready if we wait for the dark of the moonl But I' have found that good farmers differ about how many days are included in the dark of the moon. Some say one, some say two or three; and others say all the days of the moon's wade, which would be about thirteen Bat if there is anything in the moon theory, why confine it to Irish potatoes and peas and beans? Why not apply it to sweet potatoes ana ground peas and corn and wheal! - But there are other superstitions -that even the most sensible and well educated people cannot shake off. The roasted chicken on out table to-day was gar nished with parsley and ye have none in our garden. J I asked my wife where it came from; 1 "From Mrs. Postell s, she eaicl: "I Will get some from her," -Said. I "and piant it. I sowed the seed last spring, but it did not come up ','No, said my wife, "you won t get it from Mrs.. Postel, unless you go in the nieht and steal it. She believes that it is a giit tnat carries aeatn wnn tne giv ing, and she wouldn't give you a plant for tne world. Why, she declares that it always . causes a death in the family, and only three years, ago a neighbor pulled up some by the roots against her protest and tools it home and planted it, and the woman died within a week. "Well, now Mrs. Postell is verv smart cultured and well-balanced woman, but she is a lunatic on that eubit ct," and I fear that my wife is showing symptoms of the same malady. Certain it is she will not hear to ray getting parsley planU from anybody as a gift, andxsertaiu is it tbat I am not going out at night to steal any. Wellz-maybe. that if a toeraoa has faith in such things what they believe will happen, for laifcn will remhvp moun tains, and if there is a faith care there may be a faith kill, r These saperatifions are deep-rooted for; they come down, to us through the ages.'. There is a plant called rue and another called rosemary, and both wefe in the days of Tvitchcraft to drive away eii spirits. They were called,-"herbs of grace," and; were im bued with saving qaalities.wbilo parsley ia of evil omen and darigerou3j unless it is stolen by night: f But my wifa insists that ailittle'.. rea sonable supersiition is a gad thiag to have, for it proves tbat we a?e not over confident in our own merits and feel the need of fortifying our welfare. She says that it indicates a belief in the euperna tural and that it we were all .like Iogef- soll aiid Uident believe in anything, we would have no superstitions. But how. bout these cBarins these anrulets and opals and these rabbit feet? They say that Colonel Uandlercarrus a rabbit tool and has faith in it. Maybe he has too much faith ia it. . I have known men who carried them to have very bad luck, ... - . 1 1 . : 1 1 ' .1 and men wno aiueru come out aneaa. And suppose -Atkinfoh and Berner and Sam Jones -should carrv them; wouldn't they neutralize Candler's ' and - leave things about even? I tell you my breth ren , from the way this campaign has started out one rabbit foot won't win the race unless it comeeJrom a Tas mule-eared rabbit, for they tojd nip that those rabbits always run on three . feet irom a common dog, but wnen a grey hound got after one the rabbit had - to put down the other foot, and then it was goodby hound. When Goyernor Hogg was running for governor of Texas he secretly carried the left hind foot of a mule-eared rabbit and said 'Goodby Clark" you! see, it is the left hind foot that is held in' reverence, and that is the one to carry. I've -an idea offend ing out there for one for Colonel Can- ler as soon as the greyhounds get af tar him. He doesn't need it yet. This is a four-mile heat, and no jockey will urge his horse to do his best until the last quarter.' And no good jockey will handicap his horse with excessive weight. My opinion is that some of the candi dates are overloaded with platform and will break down before they reach the last quarter. But the prospect is good for a fair race and lota of fan, and, my hope is that the spectators will keep calm and serene. Bill Arp. How Senator Oeorge Was Baptized. The late Senator George, of1 Missis sippi, was an agnostic, while his wife was deeply religious, says a correspond ent from that State; She placed a neighboring ' Baptist minister on his trail, and he got no peace. Once, riding slowly home from Carrollton, and read ing his mail, the preacher burst out of the woods on his right hand and began. They came to a creek and crossed it. It was, in the Senator s language. 'saddle-pocket deep." On the further bank he dismounted. "Git down," he said fiercely. The minister looked at him doubtfully. He feared a personal en counter. "Git downl" He got down. "Now," said George, "I'm tired o' bein' harried around th' kentry, like, I was -a cotton-tail rabbit an' you was a pack o' nigger dogs. Baptize me right here." It was winter time, but the venerable statesman would not be denied. The two men waded into the icy water up to their armpits, and the ceremony was performed. Senator George climbed into his saddle and looked down on the shivering evangelist. " "Now," he said. you go home and stay home. I'm through with this foolishness." Will Decline to Take Any Mixtures. Lumber ton Robeson lan. Speaking for ourself, and we believe for a large number of Democrats, . now and always earnest Bilver men, we de clare unhesitatingly that fusion with no party will be accepted. Let us have a straight Demqeratio ticket nominated upon the Chicago platform without the change of a word, and to the support.of this ticket let us invite all who desire to see the principles advocated incorporated into our laws. . But let us form no fu sions, co-operations or combines with any other party. The editor of the Kobesonian has never voted for otner tuan a democrat and hedGe8 not recognize the right of the party to ask or expect himto do so. And ji otnera man democrats were placed upon a ticket nominated by con vention calling itself Democratic he does not hesitate to say that the ticket as a whole would not receive his sup port. - Democrats, and Democrats only, will be voted for by us. Profitable Farming. From 68 acres of cotton, corn, fodder, oats, hay and pork, Mr. Fletcher, Aof Marlboro , S. C. cleared last year $1,738,60, or an average net profit $25.- i.56 per acre, not counting the proceeds from the dairy, poultry, garden, orchard and other minor sources. Each acre, in other wordsyielded enough profit in one season to buy outright from two to ten acres like it. .Thirteen acres of cotton cleared $472. Thirty-five acres of corn and peas cleared $692. ;. Twenty acres of oats and grass cleared $352. The net profit on the cotton per acre was $36.61; on the corn and peas was $19.77; on the oats and bay was $17.60. . After cutting $320 worth of oats from a twenty-acre lot it was ploughed once and treated to $26 worth of fertilizer and yielded $200 worth of hay extra, ; ; E wart on Batter. ; In referring to Senator Butler, Judge Ewart, whose nomination to be judge of the Wertem District Court the Sen ator is holding up, says Xo the Hender son ville Hustler: i 'Butler has about had his day, in my opinion, tits own party is disgus .ed with his courseand will oppose his re turn to the Senate. Small' as it is. the Popjlist party seems now to be hope lessly divided on various questions. One class calls itself the 'straight-outs' and the other 'middle of the road Populists, andthere seems little hope for then to again co-operate, inis division means Butler's downfall. There can be only two great parties in this country.' j?rom tne unarioue ixews we leura that Monday was an unlucky day for occupants of the tombs, there having been thre or four attempts at suicide. One named Eamseur, after getting hold of a roper tried to bang himself in his cell, but Officer- Daniels succeeded in getting to him before the work was done. The rope was immediately taken from him, but in a short while it was found that he had taken his suspenders off and was tfvrog to end his life by tying them to the top of the cell and hen jumping off of his bed. But the suspendrs broke and gave him a pretty bad f fall. - Hardly ' had they gotten Raroseur quiet wheij they saw one of the men that they -had just bnght in fatl to the floor. In a' short while some onecume and told the officers that he had taken a vial of laudanum . They at once commenced the work of rolling and tumbling him and succeeded in eaving his life. w A man stands no chance of being elected to the mayorship of a city unless he eniovs the conhdence and esteem of his neighbors.: Geo. W. Humphrey the popular, -mayor. 'of Swan ton, Ohio, and under date of Jan. 17r 1896. he writes as follows: VThis is ta certify to our " appreciation of Cham'berlain's colds. -r-Qeorge VV. , HuMrnBEY. by M. I Marsh 4 Co, r Sold Couah Remedy. My family and neigh-itirelv from the pain uid the scond af- V,nrs have' tested it. and we know it is? forded complete relief. In a short time othcuvl participation by an pioellend remedy" for couahs and I ffas able to be up and about agaiu.-r government in the h BEV. SAM tf ONES WRITES OFJPB08. : PKCTS OF WAR. The clouds seem to be gathering. The low, muttering thunder of war seems to be hearoj in the distance. The peo ple of the jUnited States are disturbed from ocean) to ocean. There is a feel ing of unrest, disquiet. But I daresay there will be no war. The old adage goes "the time to prepare for war is in times of peace." I do not -know what the court of inquiry may decide as to the explosion ' land sinking of our battle ship Maine in the harbor at Havana, but I do know that this is a great nation of ours, j ..r":-V"" If my.miemorv is correct, Spain geo graphically ia about as large as Missouri in her area.' Spain is on her last legs. She is. a bankrupted nation today. If she cinnotlick Cubashe has demonstrat ed her weakness and paralysis, and it would be no credit to this nation ot ours to lick Spain and we might have several other nations to lick before the thing is over. It would be like a strong, vigor: ous man hitting a frail, puny, sickly, weak little woman. ' No matter what the provocation might be, if I were to T i , . TT IJ 1 A ' AJ see a man ao tnat x wouiu ds usmpieu to take a. hand myself. JJut we jean oiuster ana neiiow ana paw the djrt. There is not much harm in that. The whole thine reminds me of a scene the boy described whose bus iness it was every morning to dnye the calves to tjue pasture. At the same hour each morning a neighbor boy carried his calves to (he pasture, lhey always met at about the same place in the road, the calves and the boys. There was a little buiryearhng with each drove of calves, and long before they came to the meet ing point they would begin to bellow and paw the dirt. Ihe nearer they ap proached jeach other the more belligerent they became, and hnally when they came up to meet each other face to face they stood and looked daggers at each other and then walked out into the same corner of the fence aad went to eating grass together. f It would seem that n the newspapers ran the country they would soon run us into a fieht with Spain. But the powers that be ai Washington seem to be care ful, prudent, conservative, cautious, That is well enough. I was a good big kid when: the war between the 6tates came on.! There were many Diooa-ana-? thunder and spread-eagle speeches maue the newspapers were busy thundering1 forth their views; but both the north and the south ot this Union ' bit off more than they could chew when Fort Sumter was fired on, for it was a long, blocwy, fearful struggle to Appomattox I heard one fellow say today he was sure if we did get in a war with Spain there were a lot of idle then who could eet a iobi There is many a fellow in this country itching for a war with an other country. But that class of men are not running the country, I am glad to say. i But I am candid when 1 say that this big country of ours has dickered and dallied with the Cuban question too long. Twelve months ago if congress or the president of the United States had said to Spain, "You must conquer Cuba by humane warfare in three months or move your army off of that island,", there would have been no war under those circumstancos; but we have waited and dickered and dallied until there is a probability of war with Spain, lit would be a calamity should it come to pass, bome Bible scholars have poijnted to the close of this century as the period of the Armageddon war War nof meansjnuch more than it did thirty years ago. It is possible for Spain toi move her navy along the coasts of the United States and destroy billions of property in a few days. ' ihe com bined world couldn t whip us if we could move' off twenty miles from the sea all around, but our greatest wealth and cemters of wealth are exposed io the guns of the battleships of the ene my. And really the moneyed and bus iness interests of th country will hard ly permit a war. Everything goes down under the dollar now, and hu manity has almost ceased to ask wheth er a thing is right or wrong, but how much Will I make by this or lose by that ? I would rejoice to see Cuba a free and independent repuouc. l am not in ia vor of the annexation of Cuba And Ha waii. We have got more territory how than wd rule or govern welL We do not want a state or any annexed territb ry out at sea. We do not want any thin2 that will cost more than it comes to. This ia the greatest republic on the face of the earth. This government as a republic is a constant menace to ev ery monarchy in the world. A mon archy hates a republic like a Democi-at hates a Pop. They will combine with abythibg to lick him. But this talk of war and this uneasy feeling unsettles business relations and business pros pects. . . . - The great cottou firm of Philadelphia is ordering their buyers to stop throug h out the south? because of prospects of war. All stocks and bonds are sums down ibecuuse of the Cuban scare. 1 I don't think jie are iu : stampede like Texas cattle, but folks are like cattle they are easily stampeded. But the cooler heads are in charge. They may manage to hold the thing down.-j I hope snat leasts Fighting is the poor est business man or mea, republics T j or mooaifchies ever resorted to. , It brings tT. k n , k i ' Peter the Great aJ . .. iaP. ipeii uu3lct T'h ou oil Wioil at. losr- oannnifthMi nna r- j , t", l Xu ? : conquered- But when Cbnst wanted to Tr r. ::Tu f-u lions bf i - . . r ... i mpn vim Ul d fi for T,hr Kt. No hi-rlior r.il was evpr pivim to nieaf OC- 7l:.-.a than lC nra no tr nil rtn- mies and do good to them that deSpite,twhlch will not help the Bilver cause. fully use us. Love at la.t is heaven ' : and earth's most potent weapon. j ' SAM P. JONES is f Od the morning of Feb. 20, 1893; I was aick with rheumatism, and Jay in , bed until May 21st, when I got a battle. of Qbamberlain's Pain Balm.; Thejrst ' application b( it relieved me almost en-: A. T. Moreabx, liiiverne, Minn. Sold by M- I Marsh, Co, 8ETTKE OFF SINGLE THAN HABSIED. The woman who proudly declares that she can not eyen hem a pocket hand kerchief, never made up a bed in her life, and adds with a simper that she's 'been in society ever since she was 15, should not marry: And there are others. The woman who would rather nurse a pug dog than a baby. ' The woman who thinks she can get $o,000 worth of style out of $1,000 sal ary. The woman who wants to refurnish her house every spring. The woman who buya for the mere pleasure of buying. The woman who -thinks that men vre angels and demigods. , The woman who does not know how many cents, halves, quarters, dimes and nickels there are in a dollar. The woman who would rather .: die than wear a bonnet two seasons old. The woman who thinks that the cook and the nurse can keep house. The woman who thinks it ia .cheaper to buy bread than to make it. The womai who buya brie a-brac for the parlor and borrows kitchen utensils from her neighbors. The woman who wants things just be cause "other women have them. Ihe woman who thinks tbat she is an ornament to her Bex if she wins a progressive euchre prize. ; North Carolina Veterans. - The first reunion of the North Caro lina Division of United Confederate Veterans in the State, will be held in Charlotte on the 20th of May. Not only .every comrade .belonging to the command, but every worthy 3onfeder rate, whether a member of the U.C. v. or not, is cordially invited to attend. All the details foi the occasion are . be ing arranged by committees from Meck lenburg Camp at Charlotte. Comfort able cots and substantial food will be furnished to those who will accept the hospitality of the camp. Uegotiations are now being made with the railroads, acd favorable rates will doubtless be made to the old soldiers from all parts Of the State. - . " Earning of the KaUroaag of the State. ?-Kaleigh, N. G, Feb. 27. The an Dsal report of the railway commission has been made public. Its most inter- eating figures are the following regard ihg the lines in North Carolina: Atlan tic Coast Line, gross earnings from operation, $2,568,477; operating ex penses, $1,543,862; income from operate mgr$l,024,61o( and from other sources, $48,511. Southern Kailway, gross earnings from operation, $4,382,908; operating expenses, $2,928,171; income from operations. 1.4o4,736'. beaboard Air Line, gross earnings from operation, $2,199,552: operating expenses, $1,578, 956; income from operation, $620,5957 and from other sources, $92,796. . Mis cellaneous roads, gross earninga from operation. $2,101,421; operating ex penses, $1,606,796: income from oper ation, $494,625. - j A Ponulist was heard to reraaric a few days ago that if Old Man Cleveland were m the White House the country would be apt to knew exactly what i to expect within a few minutes after the court of inquiry into the Maine disaster had made its report. We cannot Im agine what the Old Man would be doing under the circumstances that exist to day, if he were President, because we candot imagine the circumstances. I In other words, there would have been no explosion, either in ir under the Maine in Havana harbor, because he would never huve sent the vessel there unless he meant business. Charlotte Ob server. - '- - ,. . !.; ; Salter D. Worden, who was convicted of murder by derailing a tram in Call- fornina and condemned to death, has, confessed the crime. He gives a de tailed statement of the whole scheme and the names of . persons engaged in the deadly, work. The deed was done in obedience to an order issued hy a committee of strikers in sympathyvith the ruiiman strikers in The World savs Mr. J. A. Pierce, of Salisbury, formerly of Statesville, has brought suit against the North Carolina Railroad on account of the death of bis young son, Frank Pierce, who :was killed by a train in Salisbury some time ago. The amount of damages asked for is not stated, f I Judge Robinson is skill on deck and will ba heard. In changing the grand iurv at Greensboro Monday, said that if a newspaper man wa jever convicted by the jury and the case fame before him he would see that the newspaper man did at least .one. honest days worK; on the "roads. I The annual report of the State super intendent of public instruction says the total disbursements for public schools during the year were $831,380. The assessed value of white property in the t gtale u $211,301,836; colored, $7,350, 1064. A. F. Page, of the Aberdeen t and Asheboro' Railway, has completed ar- ragements for the building of a four teen-mile branch, from. Troy to Mount Gilead, Montghmery county. ! The suryey begans lext Monday. j George). Tillman, a brother of Senator Beu Tillman ahd one of the , most prominent Democrats in South 1--. J ! for the euberoatonal notniDation. , . - - ! The action of the Democratic ;State nvni -v itta rf I nnc . tn vnvm iffinf Arvttf . '""""I7 " r.uHiuug; U1J sliver ieruocrais 10 voie in tne party T'UiarieS is regarded as a blunder In Washington the opinion, outside 01 omciai . circles, seems to be that a crisis is aproaching. Conservative Con gressmen fear that . trouble ia coming, and it is evident the Navy Bapartment is making emergency preparations, -; Secretary bf the Navy Long yesterday stated as hia persona) opinion that "any the Spanish lowing up of the Maine was now practically eliminated from the situation." , ' " MOTE8ANDCOMMENTS. Governor Hogg, of Texas, named his twoi daughters . Ima Hoes and Eura Hogg, respectively, and now christens hi8 uatest little piglet Moore Hogg. ' A correspondent of the New .York Sun wittily suggests that the ex-Governor finish his work by changing his own name to A-dam. ' Some papers out of this State are say ing: that the Democratic State commit tee Tuesday declared for fusion. This is inaccurate- There was no aucb " dec laration made" or intended, say : the members; no purpose of treating, trad ing jor truckling. Biev. Sam Jones has withdrawn from the Nice for the governorship of Geor gia.; tie sayB he has really very much enjoyed being a candidate, but that he is now ex-Candidate Jones. It ia out of the question, he says, for him to be a ueurgia letnucrai, ana "men, again, to be a national Democrat I must swal low all the vagaries and nonsense of the 1 Chicago platform. No, sirree Doq't have to. No, I solemnly ayer-1 am jnot a Democrat, pr Republican, or Pop I stick to it, I ' am a Methodist first, and about the last thing I ever expect to be is a Democrat without re pentance and regeneration on their parti" - '., Referring to tho fact that the Depart ment has abolished the postofnee at Lake City,' S. C, where the negro post master ana a part oi his family were assassinated a week ago, and his house andithe poatoffice burned, the Philadel phia liecord dissents and suggests that now that lawlessness haa1 done its worst,, the office should be maintained. and pome negro shou'd be made post master and protected ,m his position eveoi though the civil and military power of tbe government should have to be called into requisition for that purpose. Thatj would be exactly right. At this time when there is so much denand that pncle Sam should go out on the high seas and whip Spain or some other old foreigner, it would be a good idea for hum to demonstrate his ability to enforce his authority in his own house hold Charlotte Observer. " t "A few faithful sons of North Caro lina,!' living in Washington, "vho ought not for to have done it, sent to the New Yorkj Sun of .all papers a copy of the letter of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to the school teachers of North Carolina, asking for a dissec tion pt its grammatical features. This tastTfhe Sun very cheerfully, essays, but for atl tbat the language appears to suf fer at the bands of our State Superin tendent, that paper has to admit that he got to the very spot he set out to reachi. If we had nothing worse than bad grammar to suffer from at the hands of tht present administration we could afford to be happy. Our people are not very much concerned just now on the subjebt of our State Superintedent of Public Instruction as a syntax architect. .They have far weightier matters to en gage j their attention, and the ."few faithful sons" in Washington : might enlisq the aid of the sun in a more pro- ntame airecuon. liaa grammar is one of tha leat, of our inflictions. We want the bun for to understand that Char lotte Observer, ; j No Trade With Butler. ; Sampson Democrat. - . f Itseem8 that Chairman ! Jones and i - - - . Chairman Butler have about arranged for fusion of Democrats and Populists on national issues in the next Presi- aentiai campaign, whether this ar rangement will be ratified by the States remains to be seen and will depend upon certain contingencies.; ihero is one thing certain, and it is this: If Chair man Butler's party fuses with the Re publicans again on local issues in North Caroliba, there is no sense in North Carolina Democrats having anything to do with the Populists. We need free silver in North Carolina, but we need good home government a great deal more lust now, and should not let na tional! issues overshadow those at Our doors which most vitally concern us. " .f resident McKlnlej's Attitude, Washington, Feb. 26. A member of the) cabinet, in speaking to-day of the attitude of the President on the Question of a war with Snain. said: . r . ' 'President McKmley is giving thought- iui ana earnest constaeration ; to every phase jof the Cuban situation, as it ap pears, but he will not be jingoed into war,' dr act in .anticipation of events which! may never occur.! He fully real izes what war means and will not go to this last direful extremity without the approval of bis conscience, and a firm conviction that such a course would be right in the tight of God and of man But, whenever the honor and integrity of tbefnation or its people become in volved' the President may be depended upon to do his whole duty- and do it promptly. ' -y- ' " Mormon Elders Shipped Away. i Lexington, Va., Feb. 55.- Two mor mon elders, who nave been preaching and baptizing at Buena, Vista, were put on a nbrth-bound train from that city last night and shipped away. They had giren power to several of their con verts t preach and were warned "away, but did not heed the warning. . When Closely! pressed by the crowd last night one of Jthem fired a pistol at their ' pur suers, but fortunately, did hot bit any one. They had made quite an impres- sion on the lower class in tbat vicinity. Peculiar Vaccination. The Charlotte Observer has rthe foi- lowing item; I - "Mr and Mrs. T. J. Witherspoon s baby wp a vaccinated accidentally in the. face, under the left eye, and is very sick. ts face is swollen so that the eye is en tirely ckwed. The vaccination is .tak ing iust as though it were on the arm Mrs. Aljitherspoon has been vaccinated, and Ihe doctor thinks the child must have gotten some of the virus on its Soger and scratched its face." t Hoekleii'l Anues galve. The best salve la the world for cats, braises, 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 35 cents )& box. For sale by P. R, Fetzer. WAB NOTES FBOX B1LXYHXB. : I Great activity is noticed in war circles at home. Seventeen colonels and -five majors have been discovered in the town hall next to the shingles. -; At a public war demonstration i last night th mayor responded to the toast of "woman," and three hundred in. habitants Btraightway declared that they would Btay at home and protect her, in case of war. r'-'r-r -p In digging trenches for the fortifica tion of Billville fifteen'' moonshine dis tilleries were unearthed. We confiscated them aa war : property, and the entire volunteer army hasn't been sober since. An exchange Bays: "War would turn the money loose.? But if it did the same fellows who have got it now would be on hand to scoop it. - (' - , 1 his war suspense is dreadful. - but it's lots healthier than fighting. , - ihe war outlook is not as promising as a thirty-day note. . Would Fardoa One Crime If fle Would Commit Another. Ashevllle Citizen. v Robert Hancock says Governor Rua sell tried to bribe him to horsewhip Josephus Daniels. The Governor says Hancock is a liar. But there is nothing improbable ia Hancock's story. "And this is the shape the matter takes Hancock is accused of a crime, and the Governor is about to remove him, but tells him he will not if he will commit a certain other crime 1 The Republi cans talk of impeaching the Governor. But why do that unless the good work is to be earned throughout the party office-holders, driving the entire dis graceful and disgracing gang out of the places they now hold? O I that there were some way to hide the face of the State from the view of outsiders till the men now in power have done their worst and been retired to private life. The Bcandal-creating, property-wrecked-icg, blundering party of repudiation and anarchy is making the name of the good old State a by-word and a hissing. Why Ratec Snonld Hot Me Reduced. The Seaboard Air Line's exception to the rate of 2 and 2 cents for passenger fares, ordered by the railroad commis sion, was filed to-day, and is quite vig orous.' ; It says: "The old rate ia just and T reasonable, and does pot yield" more than a sufficient return on the in vestment, and -barely pays the actual cost of operation, with economy : and a reasonable interest upon , the funded debt, , and' does not yield sufficient in come to pay any dividend; that the re duction will very probably result in an actual deficit; that the order substan tially requires the carrying of passen gers without reward, under the pretence of regulation of fares and amounts to takmg'pnvate property for public use, without justification, . and without due process of law; I that the commission reached its determination without any petition X)f complaint, and. without any evidence to show that the old rates were unreasonable or the new ones just, and in actual disregard of the evidence offered and that if the order is enforced business will be carried on at a contin ued loss." 1 t A Strange Accident nd Demth. Tarboro Southerner. 1 On Sunday morning the, separator used on the dairy of Mr, Joseph C. Powell suddenly flew to pieces and Mr. James A. Bradley, thai dairyman, was hit by some of the nying debris and in jured so severely that he died in two . or three hours. .The whole room war drenched with milk and the walls were broken by the impact of the parts of the machine. The separator was run with an oil engine, but as there was no ex plosion in the engine the fault must have been with the separator. It was making about 7,000 revolutions a min ute, which was its usual speed, and Mr. Powell can only account for the acci dent on the theory that the . cohesive power of the machine was overcome by the centrifugal force generated ty tne excessive rotary motion. vvnen u could no longer hold together it went to pieces with great violence, resulting as described. Father Weber, a Catholic priest at Rounbout, N. Y., declared recently that in the event of war with Spain it would be the dutv of Roman Catholics to fight for- the latter country. For uttering this foolish speech the priest has been forced to vacate his charge. at Girls who nave to stand on their feet most of the time work aa hard as any day-laborer yet they do not get what is rightly called exercise. Close, confin ing, indoor oc cupation gives no exhiliration to the nervous system por active circula tion to the blood. wears, tears and drags a woman's life away. The whole physical system ?rows sluggish and torpid under it. i No wonder so manv sales I crirls and factorv pit is and housewives sof ter from utdureetion ana consanauon ana bilious, troubles, no wonder tney are aao iect to the! diseases of the delicate- soecial oreanism ot tneir sex. - xne wonaer i rather that they can stand it as well as they dc. - ! ' -. ; But "a poor weak woman," as sne is termed, will endure bravely and: patiently agonieu which strong' man would give way nuder. The fact ta women-are more patient than they ought to be under such troubles. - ; Every woman ought to know that she may obtain the most eminent medical ad vice fret ef charge and in absolute confi dence and privacy by writing- to- Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief 008011107 physician of the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y.. Occupying this position for thirty years he has had a wider practical experience in the treatment of women's diseases than any other physician in this country. His medicines are world-famous for their astonishing efficacy. ? The most perfect remedy ever devised for. weak and delicate women is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. : His "Golden Med ical Discovery" is the 00X7 permanent di gestive and nutrient tonic. The two med icines taken alternately, ions the moat perfect and successful coarse of treat ment ever prescribed; for female troubles complicated with a sluggish, e-refwrought, nervous, diseased constitution. 1 In severe constipation Dr. Pierce's P "ant Pellets should be occasionally ' dth the others. They never gripe. - - J- E3J F07O Aosoluiely Pur PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. H. UIXT. M. S. U XOBTSOMXBr, at. B i. m s urn,. offer their professional Berrioea t the citizens of Concord and vicinity J A1J calls promptly attended day or light. Office and residence on East Depot reet, opposite Presbyterian churah- ' DR. W. C. HO USTjON Surgeon ; tig Dentist , ' cowcoa, a. c ;. . . Is prepared to do all kinds of enta work in the most approved manner. Office oyer Johnson's Drnje Store. . i W. 1. KOBTOOmCBT. J. XJUI OSOVIL I0KTG0MERY 4 CROWELL, ittorneys and Connselors-at-L&f r COKOOBD, K. o. - Aa partners, will practice law in dabar rua, Stanly and adjoining counties, the Superior and Supreme Courts oi the Btate and in the federal Courts. Office on Depot Street. i Parties desmntr to lend money can eave it with us or place it in Concord National Bank for ns. and we will lend it on good real estate security free o charge to the depositor. . - j we mar thorough, examination of title to lands offered aa seouritr: for loans. f Mortgages foreclosed without exnensa to owners of same. . t . I B. 0. CAUVXU, X. B. . u.'u wrxvnx, m. -d DRS. GALDWELL & STEVENS, Office In former Poatoffice Building on Haln - oiaretre- Telephone No. 87. DR: H. C. HERRING. DentiSst. is ag-ain at bis old place over Torke'a Jewelry store, , 'OOKOOAS JXm O L. T. HARTSELli v vAttonej-at-Law. J OOZrCOXUD.ZCOXtTS OROX.X0J1 Prompt attention given to all iusi- neas. Uffiee in Morns building o$po site courthouse. .. i - , . THK -; Concord National Bank. i rr iui uie latent appro veu iorcj oi books, and eyery facility for handling accounts, offers a , i FIRST GLASS to the public. SERVICE i. $50,000 2?,000 Capital, - - - Profit, - - -Individual responsi bility of share holders, - J" 50,000 Keep vour account with us. Interest paid aa agreed. Liberal aocommada tion to all our customers. i J. M. DDELL, Presidenl, D. B. COLTBANB, Caahaer May 27,'tf7. BLUUE & BRO., r.lachine Works. CPNCORD, N.'a General Machinists and HacMneiDealers. We do heavy machine work; also engine. and boiler work especially. Pipe cutting and threading done to 10 inches Inclusive. A fl or ders nave our prompt and careful attention, and prices as low as consistent with flrs. t-olass wonunansnip sua materials; - vvnen in neeu of anything In oar line give us a call. , Office and works. CorbinBt. WANTBD TETJSTWORTHY AST) AC tive srentlemen or ladles to travel for responsible, established house In Concord. Monuuy vw,uuana expenses, roanian neuj. Reference. . Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Itepi, K Chicago. ; . i savs itxorjxnr.' and.mii! " Sell or Eictioge Tour Wood 1 and Buy Smith Coalfrora : W ' - ' i K.L.Craven, Concord, N.C. JanJ7-am 3 FAVORITE AN6 MOST POPULAR i FLOWERS SWEET PEAS, one Pkt. OI each variety for only C die' a tMmm a ta fHat U W l af tSM CaUlogaa aa noralValtart. SMS a S. MfWStOtT. IMata.. SMunilH. "- WANTED TruBtworthy and active gentlemen or ladies to travel for responsible, established house in Cabar rus county. ALontmy foo ana expenses. Position steady. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope.; The Dominion Co., Dept. W., Unicago. NovlS w. - NOTICE. . a -4. m Is hereby given that I purchased at Sher iff's sale for taxes on May 3, 1897. The Con cord Mining Company's land, consisting ot 5 acres, near Concord, adjoining W. J. Mont gomery end others, and it not redeemed . at . the expiration of the year, will demand deed for the same. I. K. MONTGOMERY!- ....... , r - -. ,., L.. ' - - ' . r J
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 10, 1898, edition 1
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