An uiu Sou..
. ni-.? thoNfltlme'* lofty lot?
' | To questions l<r replyhltr:
l:She only knowff keep tbe cot
| A ml soothe till- kUdteti'i orylng.
Not hers to sum ?" temples oritrht.
Sad strife for?rlfo returning :
..She only kuowa'he lamps to llaht
And keep the b'mt' "res burning.
Not Iters to mote with iron will
in paths of stiange endeavor;
" She only knowsthat Home is still
The sweetest >mue forever!
There are her J>ys, and there her tears?
A .lfe so swettly human,
The world sha 1 whisper throuKli the years:
? *' tiod bless fat little woman
r ?FVauk I. Staufn in Atlanta Constitution.
, I
Growth )f executive Power.
Mpj iiitfttald Hfl)ublicau.
j The pa/sing of the second sess
I< 'i of tlr- ">Gth Congress without
i slightest consideration of the
rt of die Tinted States is play
tg in China merits some atten
tion. There lius not been a de
pate in either House or Senate
fm the subject. Yet much has
aken nloce that concerns Con
gress find the people, and that
tends to commit this nation to
.pertain activities abroad for an
indefinite future.
CorgresH seems to amount to
very little in these important
natters of foreigh affairs. The
entire Chinese policy of the gov
ernment?and its merit or demer
it we need not stop to consider?
lias been conceived and worked
out by two or three men, who
ha ve Leen held responsible to 110
one. Secretary Hay formulated
his so-called open-door policy and
Co/igress was never consulted.
I An American army was sent into
[ Chinese territory, where it waged
la war, and Congress was never
1 cot suited. A peace with the
[Chinese government, which in
volves "irrevocable" terms, the
beheading of high Chinese digni
taries, the payment of huge in
demnities, the impairment of
China's sovereignty, a considera
ble change in the future relations
! between China and the Tinted
States, has been under negotia
tion for six months, and Con
gress, meanwhile, has been ig
nored. ? ? _ * *
l ne present tendency 01 tilings
' is strong in the direction of an
omnipotent executive and an.
atrophied Congress. In so far as
I the Senate shares in the treaty
| making and appointive [lowers
lit is itself a part of tlie executive
land thus that branch is preserv
ed more or less from the weak
. ness and insignificance that is
! creeping over the House of Rep
resentatives. The House, the
' truly popular branee, was never
.sunk so low in power as in the
.session now closing. Represen
tative (iillett voiced this feeling
when he protested against in
creasing the House's member
ship. The Senate treats it so
contemptuously as to substi
tute an entirely new bill of i eve
nue reduction for that originated
by the House and the House
meekly abdicating its constitu
tional preogative, accepts the
subsitution asa matterotcourse.
As for the Cuban and Philippine
amendments to the army bill,
most important legislation, the <
House has played the part of a ,
lackv rather than that of a co
ordinate branch of the legislative
department of the Cnited States j
government. j
But the power of the president
goes soaring and kiting. He
personally disposes of offices
carrying salaries of $11.000,000
a year. He wages a war and j
makes a peace in China all by
'himself. And, to cap all, Con- ,
gresshasncw abdicated to him
full civil power in the Philippines!
indefinitely, makinghiin as much
of a despot benevolent though
he may be, as one of the old j
khans of .Mongolia, over 10,000,- j
??00 human beings on the other
aide of t lie globe.
An Honest Medicine tor La Grippe.
George W. Waitt, of South
Hardener, Me.,says: "1 have had
the.worst cough, cold, chills and
grip and have taken lots of trash
of no account but profit to the
vendor. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is the only thing that
lias done any good whatever. 1
ha ve used one bottle of it and the
Chills, cold and grip have all left
trie. I congratulate the manu
facturers of an honest medicine.
Cor gale by Hood Bros.
A new terror of courtship has,
according to one of the medical
papers, been developed. A young
woman for some days hail been
sintkn ing from a supposed attack
?f I#urisy. When u doctor was
calls in he found that one of her
rilu<hv as fractured. After much
questioning the girl blushingly
admitted that her fiance had
inflicted the injury while giving
her the usual tender embrace
before part ing on his last visit.
?London Mail.
KE GETS GOOD PAY.
President Hays of the Southern
Pacitic?The Man Who Receives
the Highest Salary Paid to
Any Railroad Executive
in America.
The Saturday Evening Post.
Only twelve years ago Mr.
Charles V. Hays, the new Presi
dent of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, held a clerical position.
Now lie receieves the highest sal
ary paid to any railroad president
in America?probably in the
world. This is said to be $55,
000, or #5000 more than is paid
to the President of the I 'nited
States The peculiarity of Mr.
Hays' mental equipment which
enables him to command this
splendid income is well illustrated
by a certain bunch of old letters
reposing in the pigeonhole of the
desk of an offlcnl who was a sub
ordinate to Mr. Hays when the
latter was General 'Manager of
of the Wabash road. Some of
these epistles are only two or
three lines in length, but not
one of them is too. short
to contain a sentence of official j
commendation of a kind calcula
ted to stir the heart of the most
indifferent subordinate. The;
ability to bestow approval with
the same discernment and
promptness with which he metes
out criticism is held to be the
secret of his phenomenal success, j
His complete demonstration of j
remaikable abilities for harmo-]
nizing conflicting interests and
attracting a large, popular and
loyal following was made as Vice
President and General Manager
of the Grand Trunk line. Here
he encountered a deep-seated
prejudic aginst his Yankee origin
and American methods. From
flagman to directors the road
was staunchly British. Red tape,
and officialism were highly devel
oped in the service. There was
not, it is said, a typewriting
machine in any office of the
system.
imeoi rlie nrst orders issued
by Mr. Hays was for a force of
stenographers and typewriters,
and an equipment of machines for
the entire system. l!ut the most
revolutionary practice w h i c h
he carried into effect on the big
Canadian road was the "open
door" policy. Not only did Mr.
Hays keep his own door open to
all who had legitimate and im
portant business, but he also was
to it that the doors of the officials
under him were broadly open to
the public. Mr. Hays is only
forty-four years of age and was
oorn in Hock Island, Illinois.
Philip Armour's Hatred of Cant.
The late Philip Armour, above
all things else, hated hypocrisy
and cant. A writer in The
World's Work for March relates,
in this connection, a characteris
tic anecdote:
()n one of his many quiet trips
through the poorer parts of Chi
cago, Mr. Armour came upon I
a family in destitution. The
husband had broken his leg while
at work. The wife was suffering
from rheumatism. The six chil
dren were without food. Mr. Ar
mour did not stoj) to inquire
what the antecedents of the fam
ily were, but that same day sent
food and money to them.
Soon afterward a clergyman
who knew of the case called on
Mk. Armour and told him that
lie had mudea mistake insuccor
ing the hungry ones.
"Why so?" asked the mer
chant, stroking his side whiskers
iu a meditative manner.
"B-tcause," was the minister's!
reply, "the woman is an irrelig-j
ous sinner, fallen from grace and
society."
"You?, " replied Mr. Armour,
"you are a cantingbigot unfit to
teach the doctrines of .Tesus
Christ. (Jet out of this office."
A Finished Education.
Mollie?Thank fortune, my
musical education is completed;
at last.
Aunt 1 human?I had supposed j
that a musical education was.
like any other education, never
completed.
Mollie?Yes. 1 know: that's us
ually the case. Hut Prof. Crotch
et told me to-day that I sing and
play as well as ever 1 will. Wasn't
it good of liini to say that?? Bos
ton Transcript.
The lingering c aigl following
grippe calls for On ? : AeCough
Cure For all tin ud lung
troubles this is the n \rmless
remedy that gives i 'nte re
sults. Prevents c n ption.
J. H. Ledbetter, ho Son,
Hood Bros.
Rose Blizzard has be- n oin
ted United Statrs ma-? t! for
West Virginia.
The Bird That St*) ?
ritUliurir CoD^Moikl U&wtte.
The sparrow has outworn itk
welcome and lias long been con
sidered a nuisance. Hut that
does not worry the little bird,lor
it refuses to leave the country to
which it was imported years ago
by men who firmly believed that
it would be a blessing, bounties
have been placed on the heads of
sparrows, they are targets for
tlie juvenile's bean shooter, and
even shotguns have been turned
against them. In Fayette Coun
ty recently a sparrow hunt was
organized bvfarmers and several
thousand of the birds were killed.
Notwithstanding all these ene
mies, the sparrows continue to
multiply, and a map issued by
the Agricultural Department
shows that they have spread
from ocean to ocean and from
lakes to (Julf.
Originally the sparrows were
brought to this country to save
trees from being destroyed by
worms and they did the work
thoroughly in sections where the
pest had nearly mined foliage.
As the sparrows became familiar
with their new surroundings they
developed characteristics that
had not been suspected. They
drove away song birds, disfigured
buildings, and made too free with
the grain in the farmers' fields
The good work performed by
these birds was forgotten and
they were declared a destructive
nuisance, but in spite of these
grave charges the sparrow is not
totally depraved. It must be
said to his credit that, in addi
tion to his war against insects
and worms, he is an excellent
scavenger,and does much for the
welfare of the community in that
respect. And then he is a sociable
little fellow, making himself at
home in proximity to human
habitations and eating the
crumbs that fall from the table
of the rich and the poor. He is a
bird of domestic habits, never
straying far from his domicile,
and he is the only bird that re
mains with us and endures the
rigors of winter. Enemies may
multiply, but the sparrow is here
to stay.
Strikes a Kiel) Find.
I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and
nervous debility," writes F. J.
(ireen, of ? Lancaster, N. H. "No
remedy helped me until 1 begun
using Electric Hitters, which did
me more good than all the medi
cine 1 ever used. They have also
kept my wife in excellent health
for years. She says Electric Hit
ters are just splendid for female
troubles; that they are a grand
tonic and invigorator for weak,
run down women. No other med
icine can take its place in our
family." Try them. Only 50c.
Satisfaction guaranteed by Hood
Bros.
Kis Old Position.
Representative John Allen likes
to tell stories on himself. His
latest is apropos of lus candidacy
for an appointment as commis
sioner to the St. Louis exposi
tion. He says that when he went
home to Tupelo for the holidays
a venerable old negro who had
been one of his father's slaves
met him on the street and was
rejoiced to see him.
"bawdy, lawdy, Mars John,"
the old man exclaimed with tears
in his eyes, "I suttinly is gladter
see you'all lookiti' so proud and
so well, an' I is powerful glad to
know that you'll is in your ole
position."
"What is that, uncle?" asked
Allpn, a little puzzled.
"Kunnin' forottis.o'co'se. Mars
John."?W. E. Curtis in Chicago
Record.
Counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve are liable to cause
blood poisoning. I^eave them
alone. The original has the
name DeWitt's upon the box and
Wrapper. It is a harmless and
healing salve for skin diseases.
Unequaled forpiles. HoodHros.,
Hare & Son, J. R. I.edbetter.
Tallest Laa in His State.
Manchester (N. H.) Union.
> Hugo Muller, the son of Chief
Draftsman George Muller of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, is
probably the tallest man in the
State, and surely the tallest in
the State at his age. Muller is1
G feet 6% inches tall and is not
yet eighteen years of age. Con
gressman Sulloway is G feet G
ihehes tall, so that Muller can
give him half an inch. The young
man is exceptionally large forhis
age and bids fair to l?e not only
one of the tallest, but the heaviest
men in the State. He comes of
tall family, his grandfather on
his mother's side being G feet 11
inehes in height.
Two hundred bushels of po
tatoes remo\e eighty pounds
of "actual "Potash from the
r; V soil. Unless this quantity
is returned to the soil,
& V. the following crop will
materially decrease.
We have bocks, telling about
BMnpoutkm, u^e and value of
fertilizer* for various crops.
They are sent free.
J GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St.,
K3R> New York.
i*JT\
If You Want to
Save Money
We advise you to buy your goods
of R. I, Lassiter. lie keeps every
tiling you ne id on the farm, and
sells at a very low price, too. He
has a fresh ear load of Flour,
Meal, Corn and Oats.
Watt Plows and Casting.
Dixie Plows and Casting.
Cotton Plows and Casting.
Clipper Casting.
100 Kegs of Nails Cheaper
than you can Buy them.
PULVEKIZED BORAX. 15c
He has the best Sprayer for spraying
tobacco in the world. Sow if you want
non tra-1 Fertilizers, the best made for
cotton or tobacco, cheap as anybody, go to
R. I. LASSITER,
SPILONA. N. C
Will H, Lassiter,
FOUK OAKS. N. C
Thk HKRALuand Home& Farm
one year for $1.2.~>.
EDITING MANUSCRIPTS,
Ladicrou* Illtiuder* Are Sometimes
Made by the Most Experi
enced Authors.
"Most authors are furious at the
bare suggestion of 'editing' their man
uscripts." said a man who used to be
j. reader in a big publishing house,
relates the New- Orleans Times-Demo
crat. "but you would be surprised at
the ludicrous blunders made by the
best of them. When a writer is ac
cessible. the usual plan is to mark the
'bad breaks' on the proof slips and send
them to him. with a discreet note re
questing a correction; but when a
house is getting out a book in a hurry
or when the author is abroad, this is
often impossible, and then the situa
tion becomes very ticklish. I remem
ber, for instance, I was once reading
the proofs of a novel bj- one of our best
known and crankiest wgmen writers.
She was away on a visit to Mexico and
had left strict prders to 'follow copy'
to the letter. In one of her early chap
ters the hero w as shaving himself after
a long hunting trip, and was exactly
half through when interrupted by the
sudden arrival of the villain. A stormy
scene followed, and eventually all
hands adjourned to a fashionable ball.
The authoress evidently forgot that
her man was still half shaved, and 1
took the liberty of finishing the job.
When she saw the book she was as
mad as blazes because I had interpo
lated eight or nine words, and I swore
I would never again play the barbet
to save anybody's reputation.
"Another writer, for whom we got
out a story, made one of his characters
'empty his revolver' at a retreating
burglar, and a moment later'sent two
bullets crashing through a window'
to show a rival how quick he was on
the trigger. I called his attention to
the inexhaustible .pistol, and he never
spoke to me afterward. In an earlier
novel by the same gentleman you will
find reference to the hero's 'dark,
smooth-shaved face.' and on the very
next page he is 'twirling his mustache.'
J noticed it- in proof, but remembered
my experience witli the lady and let
it go.
"It is a common thing for writers tc
locate well-known streets, parks, art
galleries and monuments in the wrong
cities, and they make the sun rise and
set at all the points of the compass.
We had to delay n book for a w hole sea
ron once because the author located
the Windward islands off the coast
of South Carolina, and then wont away
to Japan before anybody discovered
the mistake. To make the correction
involved changing the whole action of
the story, which, of course, nobody
dared to do."
If there were fewer theorists in
the world, there would he more
success. Facts can be discount
ed nt any bank, but a theory is
rarely worth par.?Philip Ar
mour.
DR. F. E. WHITE S
Worm and Condition l'owders,
a blood punfyer for both horses
and cattle, improve the appetite,
fattens the horse, expels worms,
gives n glossy coat. Guaranteed
and sold by Allenl.ee,
Smithfield, X.C. Druggist.
JOHN M TURLEY. W. EDGAR STALLING?
WE WISH
To iuforin you that we have formed a copartnership under the
name of Turley & Stallings, and will keep for sale
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
- GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
BICYCLES AND BICYCLE SUPPLIES
FOR SALE.
Repairing Bicycles a Specialty.
t We ask your patronage.
TURLEY & STALLINGS.
X A Clayton, N. G
At J. M. Turley's old stand, near the depot.
HARDWARE!
WE KEEP \ FIRST.ULASS HARDWARE STORE WITH
ALL SUCH THINGS AS
Stoves, Ready Mixed Paints, Oils, Lead, Guns,
PISTOLS, AMMUNITION. TINWAKE,
STARK'S GENUINE DIXIE PLOWS.
CHILLED PLOWS for one or two horses. GLOBE CULTIVATORS,
WAGON MATERIAL. NAILS and HORSE SHOES. POCKET and TABLi
CUTLERY, FIRST QUALITY BELTING,
SA8II, DOORS, BLINDS, CROCKERY, LAMPS, Extra teaw Teim Collars, eU
COX COTTON PLANTERS FOR SALE
Just received a big lot of Devoe's Old Reliable Paints and Color
in Oil. Every Gallon Gnaranteed.
We ask your patronage and promise you good treatment.
Clayton Hardware Company,
C. W. CARTER, Owner and Proprietor,
1)10?tf. CLAYTON, N. C.
If y< W ? ^ ? ^ ? V ? ^ -V* V ?
mTp , r- ? /*
Come and Examine ^
\i/ the big stock of ff
j{j FarmingjTools j
It HARDWARE ^of aM Kinds' j
U/ Of Every Description. ft
jjj HARROWS, CUUTIVATORS, J
yt/ And Fertilizer Distributors. ft
& PAINTS, OIL, VAR- BUGGY AND WAOONJIIAR J!
\? NISHES, SASH,DOORS, NESS, COLLARS, BUI ' ft
BLINDS, DLES, SADDLES Ac., ft
it/ we have. /|"
\t/ ft
\t/ Watch This Ad. for a Change. ft
it HALL'S HARDWARE HOUSE. <1
X! W.La "iittL. } BENSON,.N. C.
aft
"ORINOCO."
LUCAMA, X. C., November 14, 1(.)00
F. S. Hoystku Guano Company,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Dear Sirs :?We used "Orinoco Tobacco Guano" under twenty (20) acres of
tobacco tbis year, we made a very fine crop on the 20 acres where we used Orinc
We are not through selling our crop vet but can report the sale of seven bams.
The seven barns gold weighed 6,418 pounds, and brought on the Watson w;
house floor in Wilson $ 1,700.87, making an average for the entire lot of 261 c(
per pound We give you below the sale by barns, We have every leason to ex|
to receive $4,000 or over for the tobacco grown on 20 acres with ORINOCO, mak
an average of $200 per acre. We expect to use Orinoco under our tobacco as !
as we can get it.
When we have finished selling all of our tolmcco we will give you a more c <
plete statement. Yours very truly,
(Signed) E, F. & L, F. LUCAS.
BARN No. 1 945 POUNDS $222.23..._. AVERAGE 23.43
BARN No. 2 710 POUNDS 193.42 AVERAGE 27.24
BARN No. 3 1078 POUNDS 288.48 AVERAGE 26.76
BARN No. 4 844 POUNDS 205.00 AVERAGE 24 29
BAr IT No. 5 __1090 POUNDS 354.25 AVERAGE 32.50
BARN No. 6 sit POUNDS 216.70 AVERAGE 24.so
BARN No. 7 877 POUNDS 220 79 AVERAGE 25.17
6418 Lbs. $17(0.87
ORINOCO TOBACCO GUANO IS FOR SALE BY
COTTER. UNDERWOOD & CO,
SMIT1IFIELD, N. C
Now Open For ?
Business.
We Carry a Staple Line of
Dry Goods, Notions, Crocke
m Tinware, Shoes hats, X
Hardware,- Wagons, &c.
, We also carry a Full Line of
Standard Guanos, Acid. Kainit, iik
Bone and Potash Mixture,
Cotton Seed Meal. &c. .V A
Good Flour a Specialty.
R. B. W.HITLEY & CO.,
Selma, N. C.
See us if you want a Sewing Machine.