North Carolina Newspapers

! : : A Curd to the Public. Wo hnv-noticed in s-veral piqu-rs in North C'liriilin i that w! Int;nlt d opei.iiit( a Keeicy Iur-tittm-in Wii-riin-t-iii, N. 0. Wo nupput-u it nm out ill tin- iHi-t I'.tH un nrj iirraninij tr open out in Wu-li u-ioii, I. C.liii I out lu PaUiinnre, JM. Wc iiavc nu lutentim ol r.i'!:iiikr n:i Ii.Mitu-.e in nuy oti.-i town ia North Cuolum at -rc-cnt. u. w l.uvc i.mpii in,'!M!iiir:.ila!iijii-l f. .r u'.l iIi-m who c,,n;.j to iti our iK-w aii'l si fi:t;'l In-MHi!-: at (.ri'ci.lior.. N. :. I'.,r f urtli'-r i::l-,r ; :t -lion, ii'Hp'm i hi- K'--iy Ibatltt-t", fire n3 buro. or J.oi-I; U i J ;;. Anl now scientists ni'ToIcs In Ink. The tcuced to the pen .'. ! i invf di'-covr-rprl should be sua :iro. Tim Olmtinate ilnro. The latest way to arrive at a vrn ts to smoke out the was siii'i'i'.o-fiiliy t lo:ig :i'i w hen el in;- were i;;i.i!i! t' anion. Th- ob.-t;: long cmiM, smoke that tilled tin; cigars, pipes t tin CIl COIl.pa!i!on; tvf than iiriiiin i Hartford !.-t n ite juror. Tl:.s i ll in I In rt ford not ii u good men and I ;i i' ; :j -f; tle-ir com- j i 1 1 or hold out an lit the volumes of ,e jury room from : cigarettes of his proved mor- effec aud lit give Im I Jc n I ays re -ijt it vli-n a doc l:i r hud.ai.d. Si's w n.:s for Sc lileil S!ioj Will low. In i'uris a novel apparatus h.is been fixed In front of the windows of a few hops, pioneering the way for an Ifitrj-ii;--tio:i of t!ie Invention. It consist-- of a small pip'- laid along from tli'.s through numerous holes s the exterior of the shop window, and emitted n pi ntle current of warm n'.r lightly Kfi'tuetl. which la very agree. .-l,ie to the i ho; , iado'.v gazers, wl-ii) It keeps tiie windows i'IlU and bright, thus more efn .utlvoly iiSplaying tho I Ollt'-UtS. Why .Not .r .v li ets? Cenuany lias l.'.oV-:,"J acres of land In bitgar beds, and France- lias 1.70'V (M)0. Ten or twelve tons of beets can tit- grown to the acre and will yield a ton of sugar. 'ne million acres of ugar beets nive a crop worth S.Vi.oom,. juo. One million acres In corn at pres ent prices j.i-. e a crop worth $;.2"0.0Ul). Why not grow sugar beets'.' Leuveu worth Times. The otilli lie i k lise!f. Mr. .1. !;. .Vac iowun, edi'or of the Chattanooga, I lines, in i recent urticle iiu oiilhern 'otton Texljli-s," phows by f.cts iiml iiuics t!ii fhonoiiienal udvanct! of the :-oulh in tin) n:uuiifin; tui e of cotton "nous ami demonstrates that tiie South is (-teudily progressing tov. ai ds Hie l:iani;f:ictui't! of the. lmest I graib-s j.f otton. in I'.mi tiiero was :io! a biein iicry m tho South, an l all cotbm , K"cd ina!iufa' tui"d in this (tectum e:o H.-nt to tlio Nortlt to lio liinsjivd There ai now sevciul bieachciicH iu the Soiitli, and Mr. Mau (mvuii beiievi a that u year or tvoh-iic the South w ill hav linishitig capacity f iitiiciriit for u'.l the good-, manufac tured there. The fad that Southern mills excel all others iu colored goods. Cotton toucl iivj, cotton blank' t-, Ac, in brought out in Mr. Maivlowau s article. J he most interesting pat t of his uiliclo is that in which he cj csc-i the fa lacy of the general belief that the recent vwm i rtnl advance of cotton manufactur ing in tlm South is duo to the advent of Northern enterprise) and the invest ment of Notthern capital. Ho pays: "Ky fur the largest part of the new mills built since liastorn spinners be came actively interested in the South ern cotton trade uro Southern proper ties, built with Southern money aud operated bv Southern managers." A Noll-en-ir: S. mi.- f..k-i -i.-tirill-.- l.i-il fWlll .11-1 ;,tll:-.ii;.:li tilt-l Oil IIM 1,1 -e aSs-l-. ell 111 ll N.ili.i i - U'lC -. Its lilnir. I h re. Ml.-iIIhi !h" only h i I mnl to.-rm. i-J- z-'in-i ui for li.uiilierl. t Py :u lt from .1 T. SI,- i ill. Kiiilyanl K:p!in lias written one of Ids l.et st..tl iw;is volinnn ef Tin- Youth's ' for the I hi, ion. 'llm l;ar.iiiu:of l! i- S ir.-ili S;i',.," h i'stitle, and il is a siirrinif l.iNi i f lieri i-m in the innks. '1 lu-e wii.i Mil.f.-rilM-to Tin- Yoiita's O iinpai.i"ii new ill receive the im ertreo for tie- r.--t i I t!,e ve.ir. and T'n -1 'nin ; -union's Iwelv.-.eolor ealeiid ir i -r JV.'. T,., ',,:u punien'1' yiiiiv calendar-are i e,-oriii..-,l ih iimnaLr tin- n ln--t a'nl ee.-t ee.ly cx-iande or this f.-rm of art. I!!u-truted "pro-p. etu- of the v.iliiaii' Tor l.SUS and aai 1- i-opie-ef the paper si-lit on m: li a i-.n. Addrc-s. Th" Yoiiiti'h i'otiiii.'iniou, i;uT I'-.ilii'nbas avenue, listen, M.i-s. Sr te or m -. 'i rv ot Tni.i'.n" la s ( oc.n TV. Fhank .1. Cnt NKV in.iki s nier I'.ii lin-r ef tin- !inn I 'e..ilein- lin-iiirsi-in tUi-e nmlStnti- al"eTT-:iii!,:iii.ti .nth tti.it lie is tin- !' !'. .1. ' fi m:v .' V el Tl Vllo. 'onnt it said In :n will ;.n in .1 i. us for cki'1 (lie sum of umi: in m utui i-vi-rv i-iin- nl i Ai'Ainin that eii-noi. t tarid by tin-UM-ef ji i.'s '.v vahiui v::r.. Fc ink .1. hi:m:v. Swoi n to iM-f.e.v me ami Milin-ri :h-1 ir. in 1 i eiv-ii--. this i-! ii il i v el I ii-i-i-iiih.-r sr.M.! A 1). ISx,. A. W. .I.i:Mx. I t V C..1.K. Hall's Cat-mti 'tin- i t lUi-n int.-rnally. am' lu-l-ilir t-th- on the hi ! ami lam o.i'- mu I:ic- nt titt sytt.-in. Send for UsUmnni-iK five. V. .1. HKvKY i . Toledo, O. S Id ly Din -xM.-. TV. Hall's i mmlv IMU-ir.- theb-st. Mr". Wiri'.'ow'sSootUiiiifSyrn: foro'if'iiren tei t -nu. M'lti-ns the euni-i, re bici'i-- inflam i tiou allays pain, cure- waad colic, -ol-. a lielllc. Fits ! ill i -nut', v i iv li v alter tir-i ilav' im . Nerve Itestorvr. S'.'tri'il li. Jr. K. 11. Ki.im:. U i..'.i: f I) . Klin ' Tl I V "lis .tti.-nii 1 t:e tii-five Ar U t.. Phila.. l'a. T ran rt roinnu ml PNo'.- I 'uro for Consump tion to MiflYn-r-I'-em A-i'mii. K. 1). XoWN-skm-, 1 1. Howard, i.j.. May 1, ISvi. CURED MIS CATARRH (irtlliiff lt,-Mrr Sooii Alter Taking- Hood' Sum iptirl!l;l. "My son had catarrh very badly and wo could Ret tiotliini; to do ht:u miy Rood. Hn was iuuvti run down. I divided to jcivo him Hood's Snrsnparilta and after ho began tnklu- it hi was soon i-Uini; lu-iter and is now well.-' Mrs. J. M. W. Jllils, Antrim. II. liomember food's s parillo IkIIii- ln-t--n tuct I he One True Pioe-1 Piirdler. Hood's Pills iZtiVJx&z t N. I'. Nil. iC'Jl. LilKtS iVtiti t Ail list u;u i . ouku s-yrup. n-u-s i.r,. use In nun-, hoia bv i-r-icL't'-t. A A t A A 4 A A r.sL i or Colds, for Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, Whoop ing Cough, and all Throat Troubles or Lung Dis eases, you can't beat and you can't better Half size A A a a a A Jt a sf A A A A 'SStV. CHICAGO'S LARGEST BELU IVelzhs O.BOO Pound" anl Is In G John's Contlnsi Chnrch. The largest bell la Chicago Is that re cently placed in the tower of the Church of St. John Cantius, at Carpen ter street cud Chicago avenue. It took the better fait of three days to hoist the big bell and two others Into the tower. Sixteen men were employed In :he task, and a man from the foundry nt West Troy, N. Y., where the bell was ca. t, superintended the Job. Six thcisand five hundred pounds Is the w tig ot of the big bell, and with It r.mie two other,welh!ns3.."00 pounds end 2,lo0 pounds respectively. The big bell is tiie largest in Chicago. It meas ures sixty-six Inches across Its mouth nt-d its height is fifty Inches. Resting on the supports from which It swings, u lien ringing out a summons to attend mass or tolling the death of a parish ioner, the bell towers to 'sore than twie the height of a mn. The big bells were cast in West Troy, N. Y., where most of the large be'.la for churches are made. The work of casting it was a very tedious process, for great care must be used In casting a bell, as the slightest mistake will ruin its tone. Seventy-seven per cent, or copper and 2-5 per cent, of tin form ed the alloy which was first made and then melted Into 12-pouud Ingots. Thes-e In turn were melted In three re veibatoiy furnaces. A giant mold was madi consisting of a core and a cope, the latter lining over the former lour ing a space between In the shape of a bell. The outside of the core and the insido of the cope were lined with clay hard. ned bv firing. T):o mold was WW 0 Q I AlK.EsT HKI.I, IS CmCAOO. ii-nvti In a pit ami the Iron sheeting used Inside the core and outside tho cope was a half Inch thick at the top ami two Inches thick at the bottom, thus preventing tho danger of explo sion, such as was formerly common when cilSi'il!"; :t bell. Sin-aims from the furnaces poured ta.tu the maid and the bell was cast nm! ready to be shipped to Chicago. Tiie Kinalii r bells were made In much the same way, but special molds were not necessary, as the foundry makes a great many bells of their size. The bells were received Iu Chicago and wen? jd.-ped on exhibition on a' platform in front of the church, where they were viewed by the thousands I who comprise the densely populated I .1. liviiilfl VUOI1U--. 1III.U they were consecrated, the priest of the diocese, Kcv. Father John Kas przyckl, being assisted by fifteen priests and representatives of more than sixty I'olish societies. It Is esti mated that l',oiO persons were pres ent at the service. BROTHER OF THE NOVELIST. II. 1. IIiii:L-i-.rl the Ner British Mi ftcr to taracui. W. II. D. Ilacgard, the new British minister resident at Caracas in Vene zuela, Is a brother of the famous nov elist. Itider i laggard. He is the first liplomalic- agent to be sent to t ho South American country in many years. The lelations of the two nations have not bei n such as to permit the presence j:' a British minister In Caracas. Now that these relations have made way for a more cordial feeling the Intercourse iias been resumed. Mr. Haggard Is one of tin- ohlest men In the service. He has been ill the consular department 'or full thirty years and has tilled many id i nor oiheco. Since 1S9-1 he has been British consul general at Tunis. Ills mission to Caracas is in 1 lie way of pro mot 'on. Mr. Ha.eirard will bo succeeded tu T.mis by Sir Henry Johnston. Sculpture Under Ground. While a workman engaged in a Tueb lo. Colo., Moueyard wns dressing a block of stone his chisel laid bare a round '.mot or knob near the surface of the rock. A stroke of the hammer vig orously applied for the purpose of smoothing down the nodule had the ef fect of dislodging it entire. An Investi gation proved that the underside of tho stone knot bore a perfect tnodel of a human face. Who owned that face and In what age of the world did be live' A. .A A A A. A. A. A. 4 4 4 4 4 4 bottle, 50c. 7 aVVV7TJ .X A A. k A. A A a" IllStll i mmm vast ! w. it. p. itAooAitn. biOLLY'S KISS IT thirty vears sono by, incd, since she ani I trcre yonnff. And "'lies w.'re bright, and earth was new, ani love its rondols mTigl It bcmiis to-dav I hear her sins a plain as tha I heard. Bweet " Vton SVater" ami ' B-;a Bolt," and "Maggie" every wcra; And how her eyes frrew tender, and how hope sprung elate Tor liio was bliss with Molly's kiss, down by tho farmstead gate. The moonlight o'er the fodder nolds still shines as bright as thee; 'J'he plainini? of the whinpoorw "ill yet echoes down the glea; Aud I suppose that lovers like to linger there as we, Their eves filled with the lijrht that ne'er shono yet on land or sea; iiut do they love as we love 1 then when wo would linger late. And life was bliss for Molly's kiss down by the farmstead gate? Tiie world is filled with prosy things there's little now to cheer; Gray hnirs tell plain the time to leave off cakes and ale is here; Yet so-nethinK of my youth returns when thinking how I hung Upon thi words in "Maggie." fiere " when you aa 1 1 wero young;" A'el little one: how mueli I'd give to take fro-n age and fate Oae'niKht of bliss with M-jilv's kiss down by the farmstead cate! b Will T. Hale. 9 RACING WITH FIRE. S9 UR train was crossing a vast prairie. The single lin3 of rails ran straight a3 if it had been drawn with a ruler, from one horizon to the other. On each side the coarse grass, green with the tint of spring, waved breast high. There was no sound except the monotonous beat of the wheels, as they passed from on-i rail to the next, and the steady swish of the grass, as it bent before the rushing wind of the train. I was sitting on the platform of the observation car, with ha'f a dozen other passengers. Tho conversation fell upju prairie fire, aud each man ha 1 his say. "It was ii!on in 1S71, when this road was a-building, aud I was one of the engineer's assistants," spoke up a grizzled, hard-featured man who'had taken bat little part in the conversa tion. "We began at the western end, down by Bucephalus, and wa had laid oat about forty miles of truck in a straight line right across the prairie, and had got to within, say, ten miles from where wo are at this identical minute. It wai aa easy job, for we just laid tho sleepers down on the ground and spiked the rails to them. calculating to ballast the track when j we got good aud ready. I had a big j gang of Irishmen under me, and we used to average a mile a day of track I layiug. One July wo had a strike J among the laborers, and all hands ; quit work. I was down at Bucephalus at the time, and the chief cngi- neer asked me to take a locomo- f tive over the line and see if the strikers j had done any damage before they j left us. I started out m the luormug with Ilo1)ady except th engineer in charge ! of the locomotive. I agreeing to take turns with him in shoveling coal aud watching the engine. We came along slow and easy, for the track was too rough for any fast running, and about noon we got to where it ended. There were no signs 1hat the strikers had meddled with the track, and as it was a pretty hot day, Sam and I, after we had hud our luuch, lay down alongside of the engine in the sha le of the cab aud took a nap. "I woke up a little before 2 o'clock, and as I was filling a pipe and making up my miud to wake Sam and to start for home a big wolf bolted out from the high grass and ran across thetracli not two yards from us. His tail was ' between his legs and the foam was : bent on gathering us in. dripping from his mouth, and he was " 'The ground is sort of loose aud making about- as good time as any wolf : swampy just below here, if I reinem ever made before or since. He never j bcr right,' said I. 'Will she keep the so much as looked at me, and when he hd vanished I called Sam aud told him I had seen a mad wolf. While I was speaking about a dozen prairie dogs rushed past us, and then there came another wolf and a couple of hares. All of them were doing their level best, aud they paid ho more at tention to us than if we had been a couple of corjirses. " 'What on earth is the meaning of this circus?' says I. 'Are those ani mals just racing for the championship, or is there somebody after themV "Sam didn't answer, but I saw that he looked seared. He sprang up, and climbing on his engine looked over the prairie to the eastward. Then he sang out to me to get into the cab quicker than lightning, aud started to open the draught aud sot the fires blazinpr. '"What is it?' climbed into the I began to ask, as I cab. But I didn't need to finish my question. I could sea for myself what was the matter. Tue whole prairie east of us, as far as I could see, was in a blaze, aud as there had been a strong east wind all day, and the fire wasn't more than three or four miles away, I calculated it would be down on us in a very few minutes. ' 'Hain't we better start a fire and burn some of this grass oft" before the fire gets here?' I asked Sam. You see, I had read about that way of stopping a prairie lire, and knowing that Sam had been bora aud bred on the prairie, I calculated he would know all about it. -o, pays baui. Lan t you soe that the wind has all gone down here, though it's Mowing a galo where the lire if? Hold on, notr, for I'm going to open her out, and we're g"ing to do some till runuing.' "With that hepulledopeu the tbrot- tie, aud the engine started with a big jump, , as if she had just seen tho lire aud was ba.llv scared We went down the track for about a mih1 at a pretty good gait, aud then we Lad to stop j in signalling that fire to stop and lay while Sam tightened a nut in the con-' up on a siding for half an hour, jus't necting rod. to suit us.' " 'Do you mean to run away from the j "'There's water in the tender,' said lire?' I asked. : j? 'couldn't we do anything Mith'tLaiV " 'I calcn'ate to try it,' said Sam. j " 'Your hea l, j ard'ier,' sars Sam 'iuce it's our only chmce, but I don't j getting up and going toward "the Vea much believe that we can run as fast ' der, 'ain't so far from beiug level. f:n this track as the iiro can. That j Let's see how much water we've got."' lire is coming on at the rate of twenty j "With that he opened the water miles an hour, and whether this en- i tank and looked in. 'We're all right.' gine will keep on on the rail at any : savs he. 'You come alon? herean'd such rate as that I have my douots. Hullo: hereeome the snakes.' ell, we started on again, running over snakes by the dozen. We had lost about twenty-three minutes by stepping, but the lire seemed to have gamed onus about balf the di.-tauce that it ha.l been when we first saw it. and wc were near enough now to hear the crackling and the roaring c-f the flames. I saw the tire strike abiiitree. and if you'll believe it, that tree burst as if it had been tilled with gunpow ler, and vanished clean out of sight iu less than a minute after the leaves be gan t frizzle. The wind was drawing toward ihe tive, but we could see by tho w.:y the Uauies acted that a high 33i wind was bringing the nre down on us at an awful rate. The flames would shoot up thirly or forty feet in- to the air, and wave just as if they J 4 )' 2 id li were burrahiu catching us. at the prospect of "Our engine was doinsr at least twenty-five miles an Lour, and was swinging from side to side and bump ing over the joints for we didn't have any fish-plates in those days as if she was bound to jump the track. "We had outrun the snake ru'oeession, and tho only live thing we could see was a coyote who was loping down the track fifty yards ahead of us, without so much as turning his head to see what was after him. " 'How long will the track stand this sort of thing-'' says I to Sam, ns he finished shoveling fresh into tho fire. " 'Pon't know,' says he. 'It's eigh teen miles from here to the Wachu setts ltiver, and if wc cau't get across the bridge ahead of the fire there is a fair chance that we won't cross. I don't much believe that wo will fetch the bridge, but if we don't it won't be be cause I don't drive thishyer engine for all she's worth. We're dead men it she jumps Ihe tra;k, and we're dea l men if we stop short of the river. So we might as well let her go and take our chauces.' "Sam hung on to the lever and I hung on to the edgo of the cab win dow. Neither of us could have kepi our feet without hanging on to some thing. I am free to say that first along I was pretty badly scared, but when the engine didn't leave the track, for all her slewing and jumpings, I be gan to think she would carry us through. So far as I could see, tho fire didu't gain any on n;i, butthen we didn't- seem to be gaining anything to speak of on the lire, "Presently Sam swore in a general sort cf way, and sung out to me to rake up the lire. I did so: aud then, supposing that something nias;t have cUsyatislied him, I a?ked him what was the matter. 'That coyote's tho matter,' said he. 'We don't gain an inch on him, and I do most everlastingly hate to be beat by a coyoto. Here! you take the ever while I lie her jints a little. I'm bound to beat that covote between here aud the river or to pile up this engine." I never see such an impu dent brute since I took to railroading.' "Well, Sam went out on the engine with his oil can, and when he had oiled her to his satisfaction he came back and raked up the lire again and fussed rouud with Ihe gauges. He seemed to have forgotten all about the danger we were in, and to think of nothing but racing with that coyote. 1'rettY soon we could see ihntwA bad gaiue'd a little on the beast, and Sam was as cheerful as he would have been if he had been sitting comfortably in a Bucephalus saloon. He never so much as looked back at the prairie lire, that was as near as ever and I track, uoyou thmli "Sam didn't answer me, for he was leaning out of tho cab and watching tho coyote. Suddenly he sings out, 'Hurrah, boys! The coyote's losing his wind. There ain't ten minutes' more-run in him, and we'll be atop of him in less than that :ime.' "Just then we struck tho swampy part of the road that 1 had been speak ing of and, one side of the track link ing a little too deep, the engine jumped the rails and struck out across tho prairie on her own hook. Sam aud I jumped at the same minute, and when we picked ourselves up tho en due was Ivincr on its side about a rod away from the track and the tender was trying to climb over the wreck. " 'That there coyote's won after all,' said Sam. 'He's ,t ft fresh wind, -and he's safe to make the river in time to i save his bacon.' " 'What's tho use of talking about him?" says I. 'Tell me what we're going to do. There ain't any sort of use in trying to run, I suppose?' "Not the smallest grain,' says Sam. 'That lire is due here in about fifteen minutes, and we might ns well sit down quiet aud wait for it. "I saw that Sam didn't consider that there was tho least bit of a chance for us, aud you can imagine whether I was scared or not. " 'I did real once,' says Sam, 'about a chap who was riding on the prairie and was chae I by a fire, same as we are now. He shot his horse and ripped the hide oil" and wrapped himself tip in it. The hMo heing I t,'it-eu, yoti understand, didn't huru j and the man came through all right, It's a middling toagb yarn, but alAhe j same it's a thing that might have j happened. I was'thinking that if the j lire would wait half an hour till my ' boiler tubes cooled down. I could mill j them out and we could get into the Doner, the same as the man trot into his horse's hide. But there's tret into that tank with me. We'll put j the cover on when the tire reaches n ' and I exnect we can stand it for five minutes or so. It's a scheme that lav3 ! Hastings loaned Ler $200 and she way over that fc-llow's horsehi le game, ent away. The years rolled by with aud I shoul'lu't wonder if it turned I out tne S-OO being returned, and out satisfactory for all concerned. I Hastings had forgotten the occurrence "The manhole was big enough to let j when he received a letter from a bar a man through, aud when Saui an.l 1 1 lister in London stating that an estate got into the tuk aud crouched down ' $73.00') had been left him by a Mrs. in a sort of shun vositiou the water ' Hall, formerly Miss Carrie Lurch, of . came just up to our thins, aud.we had aooui ten inenes oi neau room, riam pulled the iron cover part way over the hole and said. 'Now we're prettv certain not to bo roasted, which that tire is aimiug at. It'll be some satis faction to get the better of it.' " 'I don't see," said I, 'that we're otttermg things very much by putting ; ourselves in the way of beiDg j instead of roasted.' boiled 'I don't suppose, eaid Sam, that there is any great things to choose be tween being roasted or b'iled or fried, or, you might say, baked. But that lire has set its mind on roasting us, and if we're b'iled,it'll be disappointed. Besides, I ain't so sure about the b'iling. It'll take some time to heat up this water, and we may pull through, alter an. "Just then the noise of the firo showed that it wa3 getting close to us, and a whiff of emoke came into the tank. Sam pulled the cover on, and says to me, 'Just sit and take it easy. There's air enough here to last us for some time if we don't use it up talking." "I kept quiet, and said my prayers to myself. The fire came down on us with'a whoop like ten tribes of Injuns, and the top of the tank was hot in less than no time. The roaring of the fire seemed to pass on and away from us but there was a tremendous crackling going on in our neighborhood, which showed that the Are was still around us. Wc waited and waited, hoping every minute that the fire would die out and let us open the tank. The water kept getting warmer aud warm er, and when I touched the top of the tank, where the water didu't reach it, I burned my fingers. The nir, too, kept getting more and more choky, until I was very near my last gasp, and Sam was about the same. AYhen he couldn't stand it any longer he threw off tho cover and put his head out. Then he broke into a big laugh that was a little hoarse by reason of the choking he had undergone, aud he climbed out of the tank, calling to me to follow him, which naturally I did without wasting time. "The prairie fire w.ic miles away, and the crackling whi Ji we heard was made by the woodwork of the tender and the wreck of tho engine cab. which was all in a blaze. There wasn't anything to hurt us when we were once outside the tank, but- if we had staved in it long enough we should have been boiled without the least doubt. "We jumped down on the ground, and stood there to see tho wreck burn, and with the exception of my burnt fingers and a little hair that was singed off the top of Sam's head, we were as cool and comfortable as a man could want to be. "We walked back to Bucephalus, and I had considerable difficulty in getting my chief to believe that Sam and I had saved ourselves by hiding in a tank. I was so well pleased at niv escape that it made very little odds to mo what ho thought about it; but Sam was that discontented at having his engine beat by a coyote that nobody could get a civil word out of him for the next week. rail Mall Magazine, CROP-DESTROYING CARP. A Two-Acre Field of Uuckwheat Eaten by I'lali. Some years since Farmer Woodward, of Great Bend Township, I'enDsyl vania, secured a quantity of carp from the Pennsylvania Fish Commissioners. Making a pond in his pasture, he placed the carp in it and waited patiently for the grand fishing days to come. He had not long to wait. In three vears ho was catching three or four pound specimens. Ho supplied the neighborhood and gave to the poor Visiting fishermen carried six-pound carp back to the city, and Farmer Woodward's carp pond became famous throughout all this section. The fish multiplied wonderfully.and it was not long before starvation faced them. They found the natural supply of animal and vegetable life in the Von- inadequate. To supply thc-i needs they gradually commenced to make lucursions. Into Farmer Wood ward's garden, near by. They ruined it in a week. Tho farmer boys killed scores of the fish with clubs, but for every carp killed ten eamo to the funeral aud remained long enough to dine. Last week Farmer Woodward and las family took advantage of a cheap excursion to ew lork, daring which i time tlie tai'P made a general exodus tens of thousands strong, and, work ing their way gradually through an acre of stubble, invaded a two-acre field of buckwheat.and in two days and nights removed every vestige of tho crop, leaving the ground a3 clean as il a company of cradlers had passed over it. A hard rain followed, and tho gorged carp remained in the field to enjoy When Farmer Woodward returned home on Saturday aud beheld the ruin he set the farmhands at work with clubs and axes upon the black, movin ! liyl'(lti of lsx nIul slaughtered wagon I loads of them. Woodward says that he will securo enough fertilizer the deal to recoup him for the loss of the buckwhent crop. New York Press. How to Go to Sleep. At the recent meeting in Montreal of the British Medical Association, ia the section of therapeutics, Dr. J. B. Learned, of Northampton, Mass., gave his experience with the many methods of inviting sleep without taking drugs. He sets the brain to work at once on retiring it is to direct the respiratory process. It is to count respirations to see that they are fawer in number, regular, deep and somewhat pro tracted. Iu addition, certain groups of muscles are employed iu routine order in silent contraction. By con stmt change other groups are brought into use. He has completed a sys tematized routine of contraction and relaxations. A slight elevation of the head from the pillow for a definite time by count of respirations is one of the many changes of position. All this is without any commotion, and need not be recognized by a sleeping companion. Brain and muscle and all parts of the body soon come into the normal state that precedes and invites sleep. A sense of fatigue soon over takes one while thus employed, aud before he is aware the brain has for gotten its duty to regulate the breath ing process, the muscles have ceased to expand to the call made upon them in tho beginning, and sleep is in control of all the forces and all the organs. His Bread I'pon tba Waters. Fifteen years ago Carrie Bnrci es a servant trirl in a California honse- 1 old where William F. Hastings was I also employed. The girl became ill au,l ua 1 to leave, but had no monev. Caiitorma. Hastings could hardly be lieve what he read, but he has the ! money now, and for Jus generosity t j a strange girl years ago he has become ! independently rich. When the girl left California she went to Australia as a nurse an.5 taere man-ieu a retired English merchant, who died some years afterward, and the widow then returned to London and lived there until her death. KO.K3. ter-trid oak writing desk is pol ished like piano. It Las a 9-incb be -e Led plate g'aw in top and a deep drawer below. Ar-ti-tio French ler: Ist'flnisuid lomabcgauy. 4L 53.95 Id nor PC(V ial price for tU.3 tit) dealt. (Ma.ll orders fined rrompt'y V Wo wld mail unyono, free or an chsrce, our tie 11 J p.i f pec:a! lata lojjuo, containing Furniture, Drni-eriea, I-amps. Stove , Crockery. Mirrors, Pictures. Uoddiuir, Kefrlperatnr. Bat' I ai ring -s. etc. T i is ttio most cm pletfcbook ever puHi'hed. and we rT all pombho- Our lithographed Carpet Ca alogtiQ. 6howioa carpets in color, ta also youra for th asking. If carpet aump e ar wanted, mail w. in lamps. There is no reason why Tim hould pay vour local d--aler 60 per cent, profit when you can buy from tba mill. Drop a line now to tho money-save b. JULIUS HINES & SON, Baltimore, Md. Please mention this paper. BSSB3SEB responds readily to proper fer tilization. T firrrcr rmnc fuller pn re rind x.., larger grain are sure to result from a liberal use of fertilizers containing at least 7 actual Our books are free to farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, S3 Nassau St., New York- IR. W. H. WAKEFIELD, 3 Can b oonsulte l In n!s ofBct it wo fBctin StX OHANXOTTK, N. C. No. 500 North Tryon Street, On any week tiny xe-pt WeJrieg'lay. His practice la limited to diseases ot tho EYE, EAR, NOSE ANO THROAT. rir TZRTCTIE. Rice'sGocse Grease Liniment Is lways solil om'er enarantee to cure all aches and pains, rtieiinirti!-rr ienrnli.-i!i, sprains. brniM-s and liurn?. Jt ! iil-o iirnint-i-u to cine colds, -rip.rou;lib ami ia cripiie quicker thun any tuown r inciiy. No cure no puy. Sold by nil dra'vlft-' ii.d fonT;il rtivn. iade cnlv by t)OSK (ihliAaK LlMMi NT CO.. (jiitKt.vsuoKii. N. C. The price of Cottim U at a!! time e;rtrolloj by a fi-w Xe T Tie and Liverpool operaturs. I atn fuliy posted la advance i f all their liitf-nitons, an 1 can shiiw yoa how tu make Eium y by tnves'lns In Cot ton, wlih mine of the risks of jiecu!at;--a. Vr:tt .'or full pi-tic ilars. II. 1. O. llox 104-1, New York. Seattle Klondike FREE INFORMATION BY Seattle. Wasit.. CUAMIIER Of OllMEUCB i:u::KAr. Seattle, Klonmrk, Alaska. WasH'njfton S aU. SeatTl---. CW) ; illation; HnJlr:i-l. Comuier-ial, M iuin-i and Attrinulturnl ( 'env" r.-; Bert OuUlt-; I.o cyt I'riops Ijcmt Kxiuri mcc; Largest City; Safcbt P.oa.i-f.; Add. hc-. far Double Breech-Loader Guns and Rifles from $2 to $50. Re-j oicrs, u c5, up. n:es, rarors, v -- Vijf c.i... t..i. en,iin r.-c .it .11 MnX- C2i-.iT.--v Send 3Vstain'ps tor 75 PfC Crtsiojite and 8ave2 jp6rcc-i.t. 430 w. wsm St. ViMf ALEX.LSE';FLE i CO. leuisvuil, V.3t AStlcS Fin tiiat's ALL THE RAGE. EjiiidIo st-ut on rot-eii t of cents In Staruiis wltli cur ll.-.nil-nmilr lllutiUil t'alaW'ueuf Ji-wclry and Siivurware. You lean ntu!.e a yoo-l tuitii; liinlr ti:r-ae am.ii: I your friends. fAT Al.oiit E 1'nt.K. D. M. WATK'NS & CO.. 9 Pack Sr., .Pjiovhiesce. It. I. OSBORNE'S hidmetid tllEUNfn.. .n. Artnal L:iinnK-- N'ntrf itujii-. !Uort tune. Cheap boarii- SnJ for cat!rr:s. WANTED- B iarticu!rs a A AMC.Tln evi-ry town an I city In the Uii!t-d Ktatei to wll Imperial Paltcrrn. Write' fi-r particulars and get niii-ri:il hi.l.l n Fn-c. Xew Imperial I'uli. Vo.. lc-iii!i!-.eepiile, .. V. T. JOSEPH'S LIVER REGULATOR TIIK IJICST O.N TIIK ! Alt KKT. All Dni-jr 'iPts and Merchant-. Mnf'.l br It. UEilii'i.ii A I'ii- Chattanooga, iVnn. P RAlfPR"! "rent Vegetable BLOOD & uniiLii u Ll fur klienmat:ni, sti pa;io:i & Iu .iff LIVER f.llRF. (lUirnn .1 hbrnmat:'ani. S roful. .SviVnilU. V m- tipaiion & Iu .iireptiou. Manufactured by LOOK Fit LOOKOUT MEDICINE CO., GromviUe, Tenn. 1 C.mt Km- ribrmrrei. Konit for a FRKE iai-KftLieA Ipi i-.-i 104 il t-.i. l'l-sifti-i'.ic. lt. S. PKKKKY, thitaeo, 11!. CHEW fit AH iulA ,.0-IHt tStHT. SMOKE SLEDGE CIGARETTES. -ft Cor Potash BUY COTTOll NOW! THE ClIAXCE OF A I.IFE TIiie TO MKC A VORTCXfi WIT.l LITTLE BISX Write for juarkt la:fr r A tien is.- uu Cutton. W. L. QALBRAITH, Banlier, 33 Wall SI., U. Y. .Vrmlii-r N. T. Con. Want to learn all about a Horse? How t) pick ont a good one? Know imperfections und so guard against fraud? Dct-ct dieiso and effect a cure when same is possible? Tell the ago by tho teeth? What t-j call the different parts of the animal? How to shoe a Uorso properly? All this and other valuable information can bo obtained by reading our 100-PAGE ILLUS TRATED HORSE BOOK, which wo wiil forward, postpaid",- on receipt of only 25 Cents in Stamps. Book Publishing House, 134 Leonard Street. - - New York City, to 0 il SfiMil & PI 14 Cast ftJ J24 Leonard Street, N. Y. Clt for it sirves iLe purp ,t tl.e ;;re.it eacj c:o-lIat -o ting a Lur.dred time tie 50c. asked. It I co!np:et!y Indexed. ra.ik.D.' tba information nstantly available. With th valu- aosr av able book you tave a world of knowL Jse at j oar finger' ends, acd can f II easily topplv a lack of early educa- :ional advantage?. Vhen r-adinsr, don't yoj constantly coma acroia ref erences yoa tail to understand? Iin't.'.Oc a izuall araoant to pay fir having such knowledj-a t a.tcd? Do yea know who Crcrics waa, and where l.e Lved? Who buiit the Pyramids, and x:es? That .and travels 1L3 feet per srcor.d? WLat ia tha lor.gest rivtr in the world? That ilaici Polo ineHed tie coaifas ia 12&t, and who Marco IV.o vm? What tbe GrTdian Ki.ot 50 J m wa ihe b-oi contains thousands of explanations of Just 0m 0 f such nmtttrs as rou nion'ier atxint. Hut il .1 (!, r... sV B V 1ot price ol ball s dollar JtX Ti - ar CHINA, CBOCKEBT LAMPS. FOB U5D TO Om CALL O MOORE & KYLE, Ko. 8 Y. Trad 8t., CharlotU, N. O, .... axao .... JOBBERS OF TOYS. CbeapChtn, I itoiw and Olansware. Will greyouOLD TARIFF PRICES. In our l etail lleparimeiil wo carry th iiandaomeat Une of Diunerware. Cut Ola-s W ednawood. ni . u . tion Fnrnlshlnaa carried by any liQuue in tha Mate. Our prlcea are the ; lowret. , EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR! .H..H.D. a Wo Uk f Ulna a. Il fa rtiu is a most Vaiuali for lb a HourboId. tesuhtiui d tt Ike eaiilly-ilU; ingntaaed tymplomsoX tliaereut D.traMS, tae Cauio- anil lin ot Fra entmx -uca Xl-e, and ih B'.mplo-I Komeulem wtilott wlU al leviate or cure. Ho l'lrt, 1'rofuwly niulrated. TBr Hook 1 vrllln IB plala rerr-duy Engilab. nl I free from the technical term wbtok remter uum Oootor Hook to valueless to lbs xedrrmllty of readers. This Beek ts la renileil ibeal nsreiee to the t-uiiillr. wU Is m wunied as lo oe n-atiiiv uiulerotood by all O.XLV nu ml POSTPAID. I ,, r.,. I Not only does tins book corn- tala uu n.aca Information Hela- ly rItss a Complete Analysis of & ft I eTOTythln ruiuiug to Court. t I slily. lUrrlue and (b Prsdno- tion and luxinuj of Beaitsiy I ramiiies.togefn Trim vaiuaois Ke.-ipes aud Freacriptlons, Kx- I 1'Unntlouior Hoianioal fraetloa. I Correct iw or Ordinary Herbs, IK. 134 Ltoauril ot.. N. Y.fcity aud arrscr. TRUTHFUL LADIES SPEAK VVT lft7y '.Wis a rocahontas. Tenn.. writes: Huve used Ir. SI. A. Sim luons I.iver Medicine It years. It cured mo of Pal pitation of I ho Heart, 8 irk Headache sod V mala Trouble. My Hus band :ses it for Bilious and Malarial dlKordsrs In this section it is sa Etnplo as West and Bread. We think it much Su perior to J. H. ZeiUa'S Liver Medicine. Jenifer, Ala., writes: Ibavs utJ Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Ulcdicine &0 years. It cured J. M. Clark of Sick Headache, and HL L. Powell of Heaviness and Tirel Feeling, nave used "Clack Draught" and Zel lia's Regulator, but find th Tr. M. A. Simuious to b the tett Mediclus. r?57K Lono, Ark., writes: t W Have used Dr. M. A. vssra Simmons Ijivcr V; J'.t'dicine 20 years for ?R y) Sick Ilcadac'lie, and ' l v 'K"ijr "rr cfit. IlavcuiedZeilm a Liver Regulator, also f-lL-K "Black Draught," hot ff2&& Cobden, 111., writes: 5' Tor Liver and lfe Sfl nialo Troubles nothing except Dr. j I'J M. A. Simmons ft T r .1 1 J.. .1 ;,l jiivcr Aistiitiii5"v me any good. "Black Draueht" did me no I'HEVKSTED BY TAK1XU "Our Native Herbs" the Great Blood Furlfisr and Liter Regulator. 20O DAYS' TREATMENT SI. OO C'ontaliilDg a Itejistorcd (iuarantee. :i2 page liock iiml Testlnionialu, FI1EE. St-nt iry uiiiii, postage ialfl. .sold only by Ti! ALOfiZO 0. BLISS CO.,YashIngton, D.C. lT. No. :6 97. Mark LxehansrV . O. lS"oii Fxi-'- ENuYCLOPtDIA luikht "eii Lo tiie name of the 520 p L-ot-k Ettt Jiost'iald for r'c. in stamps by the BOCK PUBLISHING HOUSE and IMt'ltOVt Yot'l'.SJtLr. X If ?&i S::tt E:t To L'- them, t ut it I. ri.r.j xn let the txy-r thtazs f-uiTeraa-1 Wc f the vrluj Ma adlfS watoh sffilct thr.-n li. a malor ty f t ei-w-s a care o.uld h-r hj 1 tii- r.wmr f-.tM li:'je knowledsa. iuH " ra" f'"- ul tr- ra lbs ui.e J-:unrtil Pir ljok w i i-ffer orr.tr. -li,e (be Vis.-tlcal tprlni-es.f a bid who d.v, t.-. t'-'-ntrnveyan f nti Jf to c-.Dli.t r a f'n-try ar.l - a l-uiiw, m a pnir.e. as the IIlnr f hirr.f-if md fn.llv drrx-flt-d n It. be iJis sufcject b it f-Dt on sctiir a need t-t Lifsd 111 cin-D.aii-i, and lie re uit wan s rranil iit-rtw, a-ler bs bad P-i t u.u'-h iiiui.ej sad Kl hnuart . t l Taluable cblcJc-!- In ez-erlnirctli:r. t hut be learned In all ttene TeaTnlseti.l'iedlnthUUK.k. vitiVh e tend plpl1 nrlwuidfOiiuiiiiniii It uirbri )iuh'i in Ieft anJ . ure M-eves. hi-w to f eed t;t Krps and also for Iauenl., whti b Fcwl. tr.saT- for Krredins- Furvtse. aaa sverythlm.lndi-e'l. you thoold know on this snbj'ec. COOK PI BLISHIXO IIOUBK, 13 l;oax St Jfjf. City tag IfWfli I II a I li 1 'KM Fi ll nvsa OHIO RIVER & CHARLES10N RAIL WAY CO. SCHEDULE. To take Effect May 5, 1S07, 7 35 o'clock, a. in. KOBTHBOCSD. 2nd. 1st. Class. Class. So 83 Tues. Daily Thurs. Ex. Sat dun. SOVlHli,,,-N1 EASTERN TIME. . m. p. ia. 900 200 0 3J 2 20 9 43 3 32 11 10 2 4 3 11 50 3 0J 11 53 3 03 13 40 3 23 1 03 3 40 1 20 3 50 Camden V ilail Westvilio Kershaw Heath Sprin:,'? l'leasaut 1 1 ill Lancaster Riverside Springdeil 2 00 4 00 Catawba Junction in r. 2 10 4 10 Leslie M 4 40 4 30 Rock Hill i 5 00 4 4 Newport u -,; 5 20 4 50 Tirzah 4' 6 00 5 05 Yorkvdle n 0 20 5 20 Sharon i- j C 40 5 40 Hickory I J rove m.-, 6 55 5 50 Sinvrna S .- 7 30 6 20 Elacksburg y . p.m. 35 Eur U ' ; 4, 6 40 Tattersou Springs 7 4 050 Shelby : ;m p.m. Lattimore t m. 6 55 5 50 Sin v i n a . i 11 2nd. Class Taily Ex Sun. a. iu. 8 10 $m 84) 0 10 ) 4J 9 50 10 00 10 20 10 50 11 0j It 21 11 35 12 00 12 20 p. m. HP l'u ly 1.x r uT 1(H) 7 ;r, 7 10 C.'O 0 1$ ('. (K .1 .",5 r. :;o ri 05 4 15 I', ia. EASTERN TIME. R'.a.-ksburg Rail-i Patterson Sii--: Shelby I.attiinuio JIooi esbiil o Heniiett.i Forest City Rttthi'rf.tiil'.Dii Mdlwo.i.i (lolden Valley Thermnl City (5!t.-nw(o.l Marion No. 32 has connection v ith the Cl.i g. ter & Lenoir Railroad nt 5 orkviili. S, ('., witLi tho Southern Ruilwav ut l'nlc Hill, H. C, with the l.amu-t. r .v t he, ter Railroad ut Liitn'aster, S ('., i with the St uth Carolina u:i l (i-nri Railway at t'amdeti, S. ('. No. 3J lias connection w it'i tin South Carolina and (Jeorgia Railway at a:.i den, H. C, with tho I.ancast-'r l-.ov ter Railroad at Lancaster, S. '..with the Soouthern Railway nt Rock Mill. S C, with the Chester Ar l.enon- Ruilroal at Yorkville, S. C, and w :th the South, em Railway at RliuksburL', S. (!. Nm. 34 and 3-5 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion, N. C, aud Rlai-ksburg, S. C, with tho Southern Railway. Sauufl Hunt, s3. II. Lviii'Kiv, President G. 1. A. MYSTERY SOLVED BY SCIENCE. Ulcrobaa Can Tirsw Nltrrtcen ir.ua the Air and Give It to l':iint.. Besides buying woll-si-lectcd lVi'.il lzers, the progressive farmer of tl:- fu ture will also provide himself v. ith hut tied billions of the microbes whh-i. li able plants to obtain nitrogen fimn tin olr. It was a long pnz.b to -In -mS's to learn how nitrogen Is :,tsinl..(l. It was clear that under ordinary Ir-ui.i-ttaucos plants are tillable to iiiii'injir! ate directly from the nir the iiiiroH'-n they absolutely require for tln!r growtli. The a'r in tho pores of tlm soil contains plenty of If, but the routs nre not capable of cut-dug it to In come a constituent of ihe Kip r Lcgumluons' plants, hin-h us ln-.-ins peas, and clover, require n-ai i!v:d of nitrogen, and It was of hnecial in terest to provide them nrtilieially, if possible, with this impoi-tant constit uent. The mystery wns dlypelh'd by a r -ceut discovery Cunt the roots of i!;niM capable of absorbing nitrogen hcu lit tle protuberances, and it Is tlinniji! these protuberances that ihe niM-of-u Is taken In. Further stu-ly with th" help of the microscope rcveu'ol tls fact that the protuberances oiit:i!:i millions of bacteria, ami that It Is tlnsr bacteria that absorb the nitrogen a:il glre It to the roots of plants In a furm In which It can be usetl by tln tn. To the activity of these l lu-tl'- :;t l-:n-ie-rla, plants particularly l-gtiinl.i'ii plants owe their vigor iiml I'erhai' their existence In their present fi tn The plant life In this view. I- a n Mil'. In Incidental product, of tin- vital pro cesses of microbes, a million of which could swim with comfort I" "' si'1?'1' drop of water. The next f 1 l r.-'s to isolate, by methods with which bac teriologists are familiar, th- :nic!it of bacteria suited to c :; h crop, and ' breed them artiliclnlly i:i pnying j t:-'11 Utles. This bos been dune. A ;cn:::i:i f-nn breeds seventeen f pedes of hai-to la o. the nitrogen-absorbing si",,-s m l sells them to agriculturists !:i !.!tl-i under the name of "niiragin." A "'--tie containing soinc- tlion-aicl ! .'II: of the useful b:tctiin an 1 m '" ?1.25 will 'inoculate,' acre of ground. The e mers with "nltragln" qualify them to spo.il of Its practical utility, talned encouraging n ers Lave not. It has I ket less than a year : i 1. .f far- :. f to vl.;-:' n.nr- to i fair .1 !- ;xl used too late In the na-on f test. "NItrngin" ought to In fore It Is two months old. .n ! Uy Is Impaired, If i.oi whol y 1 It is four months ol 1. It ir.':-i In a cool place, and is l. -t '!; ; haps, at night, since it is i:i.ii::: posure to the liht. Its f :: ' assist germinating K'-.ls a: roots to put forth the h- ir- -I ; ences. It Is accordingly um !'ss fr plants, and In coils already plied with nitrogen !:i the form. Under favorable coin!.' eral experimenters have vi ' said, excellent results. ' not been found sus.i-eptiM'-ence to an appreciable '' remains to be deieriiiin'-d ? tent of its utility. It is j t It 6eem, whether the s'-ri is to be inoculated wl. ;:. i r should be mixed with tin- g-::i tainlng the "nltragin,' or v.;.' "nltragln" should be mltci quantity of the latter fa"' the area to be treated. I:j ; agriculturists have in iiitrr. teresting subject of t-x;,cr:::. tlmore Sun. M'.;'. t:.? fr-(i The followlug sign on a fari not far from a certiin Ma-s.',ei.'-"c'' town is jjossiWy re?r-otl'il-'le. ' vacant rooms sad the tori ---- s the owner. "Boarders takcu George Washington, la h!s bt-s L '' could not have b.cii more tr'5T tLan tin nuthor of the s!jn. Not Very Cleanly. The natives or Alaska never ci their clothes, unless they are worn They are considered the Clihit-st ra: of beings oa the earth. v