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Le^al advertisements, such-as administra- /1 tors’ and executors’ notices,/commissioners’ trustees’sales, summons fo non-residents, J. K. Cline, Sh’ff. Lincoln CO., arresting and delivering Wa,.’ VhKsh case we reserve the ritrtrt to fix ou r own Cooper, prtce. “ " COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION. OLD AND NEW MEMBEKS TAKE THE OATH OP OFFICE, Routine Work of Allowniices artel Re- port>(—The Ofltcers Elect Tender Their Bonds—All Inducted Into Office Except Sheriff Elect L.orcln—He is Al- lowed Thirty Oaj’s .Vore for Comple ting His Bonds. Tlie board of county commissioners met in the Court liou.se at Dallas Mon day iijoruing. The oath of oftice whs administered by E L. Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court, to the following commissioners: G. A. Patrick, Caleb Pasour, ,1. R. Connell, J. F. Thomas, and John F. Carpenter. Caleb Pasour was re-elected cliairman of the Board. side paupers for quarter ending Dec. 3. O. F. Mason is employed as attorney AMERICAN FCNDNES-? for TlTLPq tor one year from Dec. 3, 1894, for sum hWUNESS FOR TITLES. ot fitly dollars, and, if services are n.lt Military Designiiions as Plenty as Black- too great, less, he to draw all honds tor berries-Pecmj*r Kew.paper Preflxe,.. “"Zrw^o^CI^Ir-discntinued as an “ outside pauper and allowed to go to the ^ew York Tribune, home. don’t tell me chat we Americans do S. M. Rhom is continued as an out not like titles Why, hang it, -we side ^pauper and albiwed $6 00 per dote on titles. Just see how many of nnui-f..,. M. M. Carpenter, Agent. the rich girls go gunning fortifies abroad and aie willing to accept quar CaU’b Pasour and G. A Patrick n ai>piiinlefi a cmnmitlee to receive or reject theArmslrong Ford Bridge on completion, with power to call in an expejl toexHinine said briilge. LeRoy P. Stowe, connly Treasurer elect tendered his liond in the .-iuni ot $20,500 Peter M R iyne. I/ilian J Lineherger, Win. H, Lmfiiergi'r, Eli II. Withers, ,I Aioiizi Rhyne, Dtvid F, Fiiday, Eli Pasour, (Jwirge A Gray, Leroy L Susgs, and Milvs A Rhvne. , - are sure'ies. Couniy Lond .pf .qua! _A.llcwances aggregating $174 tor out- : amount was tendored with Larklu A Thornburg. James D. Mooie. .loon 1, S. M. Rhom, outside panper month ending Dee. 3... G. H. Croft ou Armstrong Ford iron bridge as per con tract A R Anders, Registrar Lowell precinct J. M. McIntosh, lumber and work on Pegram bridge C. L. Gattis, Registrar Stanly Creek. The letter of Judge ? .Walter Clark Which suggests legislation oh several lines as much needed, will be fead with Interest by tho^ who feel a concern in public affairs apart from party politics. “Have you read Judge Clark’s let ter?” we asked otseveral business men in Gastonia. “Yes,” replied some, “no” said others. One who liad read it with care said, “Yes, and thatsix per cent interest business is coming. 1 look for the next legislature to make that the legal rate.” THE PBESIDESrT’S MESSAOE. Congress convened Monday and beard the President’s message. It is a long and dull (except In spots) docu ment. It would fill over 14 columns, two solid pages, of this paper. So we do not publish it this week. We shall present some extracts in our next issue. Mr. Cleveland’s illness and confine ment at home have doubtless had their effect on his message. The tariff and currency occupy suitable and impor tant but not large space in the docu ment. The bond issue is justified, llie “pop-gun” tariff billsare recommendt'd for enactment, and Secretary Carlis le’s currency scheme approved. Tliis plan is on the line of the “Baltimore plan with which our readers have al ready been informed in the columns of this paper. W. B. Rutledge, Registrar Mt. Holly J. L. Wallace, attending can vassing Imard W. A. Falls, 600 t:t. lumber for bridge J. M. Blackwood, cotiin Emily J. Blackwood, deceased pau per, (Amt claimed $9.55).., ^ H.L. Rhyne, keeper of poor, month ending Dec. 3 J. M. Skidmore, ct)tlin for Elizabeth Kumfeldt, de ceased pauper Elizabeth Rumtelt, outside pauper (till death.)... M. 11. Shuford, Sh’H, making Senatorial return M. H. Shutord, Jail fees mouth I Rhyne. E Igar D. Tiiompson, v'^n H $ 2.00 ; Rhyne, Lawson ,L Smith. Michael H j (Jostner, Lerov L, Sntig.s, Jame.s H I Lewis, Jonas Hoffman, Laban L. Jen- 1000 00 ; kins, Lewis L. Flowers as snieties ! Kotli boiid.s accepted and treasun-r 2.28 ' takes oath of office. I On motion of the attorney of the 6 50 Sheriff elect, A. K. Lot'tin. it is or dered that consideration of the three 1 74 bonds tendered by said Sheriff elect be i continued until the Hrst Monday in ' January, 1895. Adjournment. 3 30 ; — 225 No Repudiation. St. Louis .lepablic. 2 20 : The Reiipublic’s contention that the analysis ot election flgnres made t>y 4 80 Stati.slician Waite indicates a larg' PASSIKG ON THE BO?TDS. We hear pauch these days about sound currency. The county com missioners this week have been in terested in sound bonds for the county officers, and in the wise and proper protection of the people’s interests. All the officers elect tendered their bonds Monday and Tuesday and most of the two days’ session was given to consideration ot them. All the bonds tendered were scrutinized as never before, it is claimed, in the history of the county. Acting on the advice of couBSel, the commissioners regarded the amoiint listed on the tax books as the msjximum that could Le reached by an execution and iield the sureties striatly to amounts fixed on that basis. All the bonds were approved except those oi Sheriff-elect Loftin, and the officers duly insalled. Mr. Loftin gave a satisfactory oflicial bond, but was short about $8,000 on the other two. He was allowed 30 days to com plete them. It is generally conceeded that he will give good and satisactory bonds by the first Monday in January. Meanwhile, Sheriff Shuford remains in full posses'son of the office. The commissioners are applauded on the one hand for their determination to have gpod aud sure bonds and on the other are severely criticized by some for not .declaring the office vacant. USLAWrt Section 752 of the Code makes it the duty of the commissioueis to publish an annual statement of all accounts audited by them, showing the name of the person, the amount, and the na ture of the account Involved. The object of this is to inform the people how their taxes are applied by the custodians of the county’s interests. For ^veral ye.irs tUe commissioners of Gastou have failed to comply with this law aud have not rendered to lijo peo ple this annual account of tlieir stewardship. This Week their attention wag called to the matter, but they refused to con sider it. Their counsel said there was no penalty attached aud they could violate the law with impunity. Some of the board thought that in the inter est of economy the publication should not be ujiide. The first excuse is wicked, and the second may looJj toward economy, but it is unlawful economy, further, this nonconformity to law places the commissioners in the atti. tude of unwillingness for their official actig to besubjecteil to public cr'ticism. The commission«fs in other euanties publish ill their county papers an an nual account ot their stewardship; let the commissioners ot Gaston do like wise. We believe they will do so when they have had time to reflect on tJw matter in its different phases,' broken down specimens of humanity for husbands'^ \a ply because they call themselve ,'^^ukes or marquises or counts or not. Now, I don’t mean to say tile. We Americans are anxious to havi any orders of nobil ity. But we mijke up for the lack of noble names, ^ny other sort of a title we can gesihold of is used with a vengeance, (insider military des ignations, for ifistance. Look over the lists of petble who are present at .any public fulictipii. The number of military n^hu is astounding. Where do they (ime from? The war has been over rparly 30 years, and a vast number;pf the officers who came out of it kre dead. But the number of geneuls, colonels, majors and captains seems stupendously large still. Of course the militia of the states furnishes a good many. A maa is.at the head of a regiment. He conducts a drill once a week or so, takes part in a parade a few times a year, and perhaps spends a week in a state camp. Hi^.||makes his living as a business ^ ||-g''pssional man. stay-al-home Republican yote is bm-ne military assA^kJns are merely ! tml by a couiparisui) of tlie leturns of an incident of hlMlteer. But to all 7 00 the Congressiona) elections of 189U the world he is.the colonel,’ and ; witli tliose 01 the eleciioj.s of this year, he remains the o^Knel forever. 2183 To summarize comparative res iits “Then look at military staff of I Without goi!iy[ into statistics, il is rm ^ , i enough to say that the gain in the SOyevnors. Thej are usually made 7 40 Republican vote of this year over that up of civilians. TJey don’t know any i of two years ago is less by 40,000 votes more about drills and tactics and 3 40 than the falling off in the Rt'tmblicaii strategy than a South Sea islander : vote ot 1890 from the vote of 1888. does about the constitution of the 9 25 I In other words, while the Republi- States, and, moreover, they . Aj.. oijuioiu, urtu icea moiun i Cans carry the elections of this year by ^ i ... ,, ending Dec. 3 42 40 polling not more than one-third ot the ^ while they A. P. H. Rhyne, attending j total possible vote ot the country hold their ofiicesli but they get to be canvassing board 1 00 , shown by the census, they still fail known as colonfeJs and majors and Thos. Wilson, registrar Gasto- | short of regaining the vote they lost captains, and t?'’'Hitles stick. No- nia precinct 4 08 in 1890, when McKinleyisin, the Sher- ' body, I presunl^is going to kick M. N. Hall, attending canvass- man Imllioii purchase law and the other verv’hard ove>'«‘'is but T fnr nnp mg board 2 60 ‘ hiiquities of the Heed Congress were but 1, tor one, C. Dilling, attending canvass- i so emuhaticallv condemned. ao Kicnagainsi ing board S. M. Robinson, attending cau- . vassing board A. L. Guy, attending canvass ing board .... F. C. Sipe, 2 days on Finance Com ............. W. D. Glenn, registrar at Glenii's and dttendiiig can vassing board J. T. Oates, Registrar and at tendance on c.invassing b’rd. J. M. McIntosh, registrar and attendance on canvassing board J. B. White. 1 day on Treasury Com J. R. Connell, com. & mileage to date 12 80 J. T. Carpenter, attending can vassing lioard 1’90 J. R. Lewis & Co., supplies for poor, month ending Dec. 3... 22 51 E.L Wilson, clerh, stationary. 20 25 E. L. Wilson, clerk, recording election returns... 5 50 E. L. Wilson, clerk, recording jurors and justices (if peace. . 2 25 J. M. Huffstetler, services on bridge com. canvassing board 4 20 2 60 ' iuiquities . j . i so emphatically condemned. kickagainf, sfrtgnifyingormanu- 2 00 ' Democratic adiiiinislration lias re- faoturing tit^f tTiA man may some- I pealed 1 he Slierinan law and the Me- how or other oeVjtitled to be called leo Kii'lty law. The Democratic Presi : a lieutenant or fTcaptain, but it fre- I dent and the Democratic tJongress , quently happens!that in some inex- 4 00* Reed Congress were united against |S'general. This is j McKinleyism and bullionism. Mr. ; especially the case when he runs for Cleveland was elected as the avowed ! a political office^ and in these in- 2 90 enemy of both. His pledges and those stances he rarely.stops short of being ofhispariy onlines of hospitality to i flg^ged general, with the in- ! ledeeined'! I record ot .Hfe imperiled, j And that work has met with the ’ forts stormed and bS'^les won. I 2 81 tacit approval to great bodies of Re- have even seen the placiciVnd peace I putilican voters, weo have signiBnd a loving Wanamaker calleG*''general 2 00 of it by not going to ' ' ’ . the polls to resent it. It is iiiconceiva- THE FEMININE LEFT FOOT. A Young Woman of Observation Says It Needs Very Serious Attention. “I certainly would like to know,” said a young woman of observation, . „ , ,, ^ , , ■ n.' J. „ penes, fastens the scarlet poir 3gran- why It IS that 90 per cent of women . „ ^ ^ , ^ ^ ara Tir\^xrov T.irrnTO-i* in hoi» a-r»rl A Persian Girl’s Bance. Then Zanoub, the Persian girl, or Radha, the Hindoo nan^'^hni, takes her pan soopari (the betei nut) from her mouth, adjusts her ample dra- turn in their left foot when they run up stairs. If both feet were turn ed in, I could understand it, but it is only the left foot that is the offend ing member. I’ve asked lots of girls why they do it—oh, bless you, I do it myself!—and they have all denied the failing, but when a committee of. investigation was appointed the ver dict always was that the left foot was turned in, and that it was turn ed in at the toes. Then when we ate flower tighter in. her hair and rises to her feet, while the drum and the tamboora begin “ Taza-^ba-taza” or “Jan-i-man.” Lowly does she sa laam to the gi-eat personage, piously does she touch the silver bells fas tened upon her bare feet, with a prayer for favor and success, for dancing is a serious and solemn mat ter with these people. And then she softly becomes a living embodiment of music and of the poesy of motion, . .dancing true, scientifio dances, ex- came to inquire into the reason for • j.i, i -u ^ pressing the very language, hy ges ture, gait and eloquent sway and wave of hand and foot and arm and this defect of gait it seemed that no body could furnish any that would bear discussion. Some said it must be because of the pressure of the skirts, hut that could not be, because the skirts would affect both feet alike. Then, too, we tried running body, of that passionate or sorrow ful Persian or Guzerathi song, which she sings in a high falsetto, full of minor keys and minutely divided notes. Perhaps you will not admire up stairs with the skirts lifted free TT ,, it until you understand it and have 0£ both feet, but it was no use—the ■’ poor left foot remained in disgrace and weakly continued to toe in. When we walked up stairs with dig nified consciousness, as we should do if knew we were being watched by TOme of you fellows from below, each foot kept straight, but imme diately we started to run we found that it needed aW of our rust 'aining care to keep the left tootsie from pointing its big toe in the face of the big toe of the right foot. The gen eral verdict was that it was done naturally, and therefore uncon sciously—that we were, in fact, as Jack would say, ‘a lot of unbroken fillies, all having the common fault of interfering with the near hind foot. ’ “But, as I have said, none of ua could give any specific, demonstrable reason for this defect in progress, and I’m very much inclined to grieve over it, for what’s tho use of train ing yourself to look like a cross be tween a Greek goddess and one of Du Maurier’s square shouldered Eng lish women, shod in French kid shoes, if every time you run up an American staircase you turn in your left foot like a weak kneed New Jer- Liver studied its marvelous antique grace and emotional significance. Perhaps the western man will prefer, after all he sees and hears, to encircle a tight laced waist bound in fashiona ble silk or satin and whirl it round to the better comjirehended strair of Stra.uss or G-'^'Jfr,' lentpiuiisLi.i^i'uir wa# their delight in this measured, sober, refined and soothing pas seul, and all night long, as dancer after dan cer salaams and sits down, to be suc ceeded by another and another and another, these statesmen, warriors, merchants and pundits of the strange Indian world will watch with undi minished interest the slow, quiet, musical passages of thenauteh.—Sir Edwin Arnold. In Podr Health means so mucli more t!un { you imagine—-sericjs nnd t' fatal diseases rer-uli f/cr.i'? ’trifling ailments ncglectc:!. Don’t play with Nature’s \ greatest gift—health. | Kyouareteelins'l ^Biuwn’s and jfenerally ex hausted, i»e> vous, have no appetiie and can't work,^ begin ai oncetak- ^ ing the niosi relia ble strengthening medicine,which is Brown’s Iron Bit ters. A few bot tles cure—benefit comes from the very Arsl dose—f/ :your Execution Sale. By virtue of power of sale vested in ni liy process of the Superior Court ot U ston County, I will on Monday the 7th day of January, 1895, at 12 o’clocti M., at the Court House door in Dallas, 5T. C., sell to the highest bidder tjr cash to satisfy a jiidgmeiit of Jane ft. Wilkes, trading as Me.'-klenburg Iron , , Works, vs. The Consolidat d Manufac- sey heifer? It makes me sad and j turihg Co., all the right, title, and in- mad to think of it, and I’ve been | terest of said Consolidati d Mf’g Co.. thinking a good deal about it of late in *he following described real estate Zimri Costner declared a pauper and allowed to draw $9.00 per month at home, Joe Costner, agent. J, M. Huffstetler, as. Justice of Peace renders otlicial report which is approved. E. L. Wilson, Clerk Superior Court, submit.s report of' incorporation of Crowder’s Mt. Cotton Mills which is accepted. Annual report of of clerk also tendered and accepted. John J. Orrnand, Register ot D.aeds- elect, tendered his orficial bond in’ the sum ot $5,000 with Janies J. Kennedy, :W. A. Mauney, E. E. Black, Peter Niell, Moses Stroup, Jacob Kudisill, and John A. Torrence as sureties. Approved. -■ Sidney C. Carpenter Constable-elect in Oheriyville townlisip tendered ac ceptable bond and was sworn in. D, P. Proneliarger, Constable elect for Crowder’s Mtn. township likewise tendered official bond and took the oath of otiice. Also Euret N. Huffstetler for Gas- t'lnia Townships, M, B. Peterson for Biver Bend townsliip, and H. S, -\d- ams tor South Point township were likewise sworn in. Monthly and annual reports of M H. Shuford, sheriff, were tendered ond accepted. .James W. Abernethy coroner-elect tenderel his official bond in the sum of $2,000 with Robert T. Smith, Jasper Armstrong, Jiji.n B. Smith, and J ' Matt Arin.stroiig as sureties. Approved aud coroner s^worn in. S. E. Foy county treasurer tendered his annual report which was accepted. Geo. H. Davis, Clerk of the Suprior court, tendered his official bond in the sum of $10,000 with T. A. Davi.s, R. M. Johnson, W. G. Rutledge, Cynthia A. Jenkins, C. L. Hopet, aud Jonas Hoffman as sureties. Accepted and Clerk sworn in. TUESDAY’S PROCEEDING. The Board met in the Court House Tuesday morning p.crsuant to adjourn nient, Pasour, Patrick, Thomas, Car penter present. The following accounts were al lowed: Jno. O. Rankin. Clerk of Board and Register to date J. F. Thomas Com. and niileage to date J. M. Blackwood, agent Emily Blaekwood, pauper H. Jenkins, county physician J. Kiser and C. S. Carpenter. Jus tices ot Peace, teiMjered annual re ports which wt-re aeeepted. A. W, Hoffman, eoutity Surveyor elect, tendered his oflicial bond in the sum ofll.iiOO with M. B. Sajith, L. h Smith, and L. J. Clemmer as Rureties. Accepted and Surveyor sworn into of fice. E. L. Wilson, Clei-k Superiop. Court, tendered his^annual report of funds in his hands as required under chapter 580 I.aws ot 1891. G. A. Patrick and J. T. Carpenter has made special cora- mitteeto examine andreport on the >anie. The committee's report is ac- cei>ted. J. B. Connell and J. F. Thomas are appointed finance .eomqjittee for ejjsu- iugyear, ■ 3.72 1 00 30 00 lie that more than one-half of tlie 5,000,000 iionvotiiig citizens sliould be Democrats, when the Democratic vote reached a total of more than 4,000.000 and the Republicans failed to regain the vote they lost four years ago A natural inquiry arising out ot the argUQieiit is, why it the D. m.icratic policy IS not distasteful to Re,iulilicans it shouM be distasteful to Pemoc aus. There are two answers to this question. The inaction of Congress and the pro tracted—and at limes disgraceful discns.iions in that body around points of well settled party policy, involving charges affecting the integ'nt> of parly leadeis, had a tremendous intluf'nce ii. weakening the party spirit of Demo crats and in fostwing that feeling oi indifference too common at best in all off year elections among partisans of the party in power. This feeling pro duced the stay-at-home Democratic voter.s. There was another class of Demo crats liot small in the aggregitle who were not content to stay at home, hut who felt so stronaly that they went to I he polls for the purpose of voting for B ’publicans. These were Ihe men who hadneen disappointed in offlc ■-s. eking and the friends and followers they could control. Th" man who is dis gusted witli Congress is satisHed to protest by slaying at home, hut the man who thinks he has a personal grievance must carry it to the polls. There has been no i-epdiaticm of the Democratic party or its policies. The Republicans go into control ot Con gress with less than 35 per cent ot the vote of the country behind them. Let us nee how far, under such circumstan ces, they will dare to antagonize a Democratic administratii'n. merely because he was the postmas ter general of the United States un der President Hamson. “But the 'titler’^hat I kick against in earnest is. orir^'or which so-.'-■.nf J^'lency to revert in the right foot, the newspapers *3 largely r(^spj!]si-'0.JO old tonaenoy lingers in th ble. How the practice ever started I Shall i^alooii.s be Opened on Sunday? N6W8 & Observer, 2nd. There will be but one answer in ^Torth Carolina to the above inquiry which is the heading of the leading ed itorial in the New York Herald of •Monday. “Ofeour.xe not,” will he the universal answer in our old-fasioned “I uritanical cmnmonwealth.” But in New York the division is so great that the Hei'ald is inciting everybody to vote so as to ascertain popular senti ment. The existing law requires all saloons to be closed on ihe Sabbath, and makes the sale of any kind of liq uor oil that day a criminal olTense. Bu it is notorious that this law is not enforced except in a sporadic way. The Herald says enforcement has not been demanded by popular sentiment. The agitation is now made in behalf of repealing the laws requiring Sunday closing, and ‘‘opening the saloons on Suiiday under proper restrictimis.” Mayor elect Sirong, the ‘-reform” Mayor, is said to be opposed to the “puritanical” idea ot denying the right to buy whiskey and beer on Sun day and the brave and heroic Dr Parkhurst declined to answer whether he was in favor of enforcing the law to keep the saloons closed on the Lord’s day. What a commentary is this upon our boasted Christian civilization! In a real Christian country, this question would have long passed the era of de- bat*. It admits of but one decission, vi«wHl frnca the standpoint of a Bible observance of the Sabbath. Open sa loons on the day ot rest and service in the churches are not comp- tihle. don’t know unless it was to save space. It is the'habit of making a title or prefix of a man’s occupation. This is becoming extremely preva lent, especially ajjiong certain news papers in this city., Wehave Lawyer Smith, Banker Jones, Broker Brown, etc. I have even seen Butcher Green in print. The -worst case I recall was Driver of the Canalboat Mary Jane Timothy Black, capital letters and all. A man is very rich. He is fre quently dubbed' Millionaire Jones. He is a singer. He is called Tenor de Throatstrings. He coils ropes on a steamboat and gets into print as Deckhand MoGinty.. He is a law defying crank and is written up as Anarchist Smithkins, and so on. I don’t believe they do such silly things as this anywhere else on earth. The only designations of any kind -we should ha^e are official ones, except in Kentucky, and of course there every one has an inalienable right to be a colonel.” in a very chastened frame of mind. The only explanation I can give of this defect in tho great and gorgeous creature that we’re growing up to he is that it’s a case of locomotive atavism. The natural gait of us all— of the old Eve as well as of the old Adam—was to walk with toes of both feet turned in toward each oth er in a primitive neighborly fashion. In these days of the elevation of the dextrous we have conquered the FRED B. SMITH, P-f A-N O T-TJ-N-E-R. {Gra^.uate of y'ew England Coits&rmtory o/'M'uMc^ Terms Reasonable. . . . , . i . . . . . Oastonia, N. C. New Application of Electricity. An electrical machine for closing shutters of factories in case of fire has been invented by Mr. Samuel H. Curwen, a Salem electrician. The appliance consists of a box resem bling the ordinary .fire alarm box in appearance. It Jis...placed on the out side of a buildtag and contains a battery connecteiS by wires with each shutter on the building. If a fire breaks out anywhere about the build ing or on adjoining premises and it is found necessary to close the shut ters for safety, all the operator has to do is to break the glass in front of the box, pull a hook, and every shutter is instantly closed. It is claimed that the apparatus will close 1,000 shutters in this way in one minute.—Philadelphia Press. Tamed Up a King’s Crown. A few years ago in the north of Ireland a gentleman, Mr. Stuart of Hornhead, County Donegal, was -watching the plowing of one of his fields, ' Suddenly the plowshaTO turned up a hard round bbject crusted with clay, which proved on examination to he a crown pf gold. This valuable find, which is described as a plain circlet of gold, very pure in quality and beaten into shape, is believed to be the royal crown of the ancient king of Ulster. This crown is to be seen at the Royal Irish academy in Dublin.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Deafness Cannot be Cnred liv local appl’-cation*. as llioy cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one waytocnre t>eafn(jss. and that is bv constitr- tional remedies. Deafness is cansed by an in- flaimel condition of the inncoiis lining of the Euslachian Tube. Wiien this tvibe in- liaihed yf>u have a riimbh-ntf sound or iinper feet hearinK, and .when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless -be inilain mation can he takea out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearinir wiii be de stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, -ii'hieh is nothin)? but an in- flamcii condition of the mucous surfaces. . We will g-lve One. Hundred Dollars for any caae of Deai^riesa (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F, ..T. CHENEY it CO.. Toledo, O, tendency lingers in tho neglected left foot and betrays our simian origin. You men have suc ceeded in stamping the telltale thing out, and we will, too, if only the great world of women is aroused to an appreciation of the gravity of this defect in our training. “Now that its existence is going to be made public I look, of course, for the immediate and universal forma tion of societies for the correction of atavistic tendencies of locomotion in the female left foot.”—Now York Sun. Queer Timekeepers. To ascertain the time at night the Apache Indians emjiloy a gourd on which the stars of the heavens are marked. As the constellations rise in the sky the Indian refers to his gourd and finds out the hour. By turning the gourd around he can tell the; order in which the constella tions may be expected to appear. The hill people of Assam reckon time and distance by the number of quids of betel nuts chewed. It will be remembered how, according to Washington Irving, Governor Wou- ter Van Twiller dismissed the Dutch colonial assembly invariably at the last puff of his third pipe of tobacco. A Montagnis Indian of Canada will get up a tall stick in the snow when traveling ahead of friends who are to follow. He marks with his foot the line of shadow oast, and by the change in the angle of the shadow the oncoming party can tell, on arriving at the spot, about how far ahead the leader is. Doubtless the first timekeeper was the stomach, which notified its owner when the hour for a meal arrived.— Youth’s Companion. situated ill Bessemer City, N. C. Lots Ni). 3 and 4 in Block 58 S3C. 1. - 24 60 4 62 " “ 3 “ 4 “ 74 “ 28 “ 24 76 " “ 3 “ 4 “ 78 ‘ “ 10 “ 11 “ 80 “ “ 15 16 82 “ “ 11 “ 12 84 “ •' 23 “ 24 90 “ “ 3 “ ' 4 92 “ “ 15 16 “ 96 “ “ 11 12 98 u ... 3 “ 4 102 “ “ 23 “ 24 “ 104 " " 15 “ 16 106 “ “ 11 '■ 12 108 “ “ 47 “ 48 114 “ “ 21 “ 22 “ 116 “ “ 28 •' 29 “ 8 Pec, 3. “ “ 1 “ 2 10 “ “ 25 " 26 '* 14 '• “ 23 ■ 24 22 “ " 13- 14 “ 24 “ 28 “ 2J 27 “ “ 2 “ 3 “ 29 “ “ 3 “ 4 38 “ 23 ‘>■24 40 “ “ 3 ' “ “ 23 ‘ “ 4 24 42 44 “ “ 3 ’ “ 4 “ 46 “ 21 “ 22 “ 50 “ 1 ' “ 2 “ 52 “ . “ . 13 ‘ ■ i 14 57 “ " - 43 ' -44 13 “ 45 ' 46 13 Bicycling In Fashion In liondon. At last bicycling, being the craze in Paris, is becoming the fashion in London. That was inevitable. But the English have so little self confi dence in such matters that they re quire to be countenanced by the example of others before they adopt any innovation of the kind. Batter sea park in the early morning now presents a curious sight, for many of the best known men are to be met there, taking furious exercise upon their bicycles. From Battersea park to Piccadilly is not a far cry, and be fore long another silly prejudice will have been swept away, when we shall see men riding boldly about their business and up to their clubs upon this inexpensive and admirable machine.—London Truth. Administrator's Notice. ^otlce 18 hereby given to all pei-sons holding claunsagain.-tthe estate of H. I!. Hutfstetler dec ased, that S. J. Durham has been dulv qualified as administrator of said estate and that they must present tl'eir claims -within twelve monlhs from the date hereof or accor ding to law he will not be responsible for their non-payment. All persons Indebted to the estate are notified that thev must settle promptly or proceediiiars will' be instituted against them. Nov. 30th, 1891, S. J. DuKHAM, Adm’r, .. Also by virtue of an execution from the Superior Court ot Gaston county in above entitled action, I have this day levied on and will al the place and d ite and for the purpose and on the terni' above specified sell all the right, title and interest of ihe said Consolidated Manufacturing Company in tlie fol lowing describi-d real ettale: Lots nos. 1 and 2 in Blnck 81 .Sec. 3. “ “ 3 “ 4 “ 13 “ “ 1 “ 2 “ 58 and a certain m inufarturing plant siluated in Bessemer City, N. C., and known as the Consolidated Manufac turing Company’s Manufactory. M. H. SlIUKOKD, ShfiP., Per F. Flovd. D. S. This 5 h day day of D.‘c. 1894. ’ ConitiPaUoh, Bad Blood Malaria, Nervous ailments . Women’s complaints. Cct only the peiiuine—il has crossed red • lines on the wrapper. All others aiesub- stiiutes On receipt of two 2C. stamps we ^ will send set of lei Beautiful World’s Fair Vi*.ws and book-free. * BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE. MD. GRDVES TASTELESS CHILL TDNIC IS J UST AS GOOD FOR ADU LTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 50cts« _ Galatia, ILLS., Nov. 16,1893. Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:—We sold last year, 600 bottles of GROVE’S TASTELESS CUILL TONIC and havo bought three gross already this year. In ail o«r ex perience of U years, in the drug business, have never sold an article that gave such universal lacUon. as your Tonic, lours truly, ABNET.CABB&C0. For Sale hy Frost Torrence & Co. cMATS,TRADE MAis COPYRIGHTS. Wed., Nov. 28, 1894. Tbur., “ 29, “ Fri., “ 30, “ .Mon., Dec. 3, “• Sat., “ 8, Mon., “ 10, “ Tties.. “ 11, “ Wed , “ 12, “ Thnr., “ 13, '• Fii., 14, “ Sat., 15, *• Mon., “ 17. “ Tiie.s., “ 18, Wed., “ 19, “ Thiir., “ 20, “ Fri., “ 21, “ Wed., “ 26, “ Tlini'., “ 27, “ Fri.. “ 28, “ iiit.. “ 29, “ Mon., “ 31, “ Wed., Jan. 2, “ CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? Fora experience in the patent business, ^mmunica- tlona strictly confidential. A Handbook of In- formation concerning Patents and how to ob tain them sent free. Also a catalogue Of mechan ical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice in the Scientific Anierirnn, and thus are brought widely before the public with- ’ This splendid paper, far the In the free. Single , cost to the inventor. cnber contains beau- Bullding Edition, m copies, 25 cents. Evl.. tiful plates. In colors, and photogi*aphs of new houses, with plans, enabling builders to show the latest designs and secure contracts. Address MUNN & CO.. YOliK, 301 BkoadwAY. NO KOBE EfE^GLHSSES, No >Vaa!i Eyes I MITGHELL’S EYE-SALVE A Certain Sale and Effective Remedy for SORE,WEAK and INFLAMED EYES, rtn-nff-Sit/htofi'no.ftSf n.ntl Hestofing the Sight of the. ola. Cares Tear Drops, Oramilation, Sfye Tumors, Ked Eyes, Mattea Eye Lashes, AND PRODUCINa QUICK RELIEF AND PERMANENT CHRB. Also, xniali.r «flit‘aclons wnen nnotl in other intilaaies, s«*ls as llleers. Fever Sores, 'rumors. Salt Clleiini, Bums, riles, or wherever Inflaii-iinatfun MIT ISAtVE may be used la aclvaiitag-e. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AT 2S CENTS. Tlie Oaai't.te .ofla.ce for neat Job priutlag Tax Notic; I will meet the tax piyers of Gaston county at the following times and places, to wit: Harden, Dallas, (Tastonia, ilclntosli’s, Ciiii.sler’a, Mtn. I.siand. Mt. Holly, Tiickasee^e. McAdensville I.owell, Bel [non t, Rullick’s Stor XJlliOM, Pleasant Kids' Bnkei's, King’s Mtn , Hovi.s Store, Carpenter’s, Cherryville, Plt'ase meet me promijtly and pay your laxes. M H Shuford, Shff., Nov. 20, 1894. Gaston co. Commissioner’s Sale of LandT By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Gaston county, N. C., made on the 24th day of November, 1894, in the Special Proceedinsr A Sellacs and others against ttie commissioner "11 sell to ttie hisrh^ ,, ^ 8 ioor in Dallas, Oastun eoiWy; N. C., at 13 o’clock', W. oa .Uonilaj- the 7th Day of Jaiinar.r, 1S9S, a tract of land lyinjr in Cherryville township in Gaston county, N. C., adjoininjr lands of B M. Carpenter, .M. 1.. l.elling-er and others,' known as a part o( the .Michael Beam tract, and bounded as fi)llo\vs; Beyit.niiig at a I'ock and runs North 59; West 48 poles to a rock; t^en North 53 East 23^ poles to H rock; then North 31}4 West 50 pJes to a rock; then North 50!^ East 90 poles .-to a rock- then North 9 West 41 poles to a stake- then North 21^ East 19^' poles to a gum; then South 75 Kast 44 poles to a gum; then NoKh llj^ East poles lo a stake; tlien North 70 West 10^ pol sto a PoHt oak stump; then North 25M Ea«fc 36 poles to a maple; then South .TO East 95 poles to a rock; then South fil East lax Poles to a stake; then Jiouth 5 West 10>^ poles to a Post oak; then Snith 70 Eiist 8 poles t.) a Water oak* then South lox West 7 poles to a lilack oak: then Souih 75>^ E^ist 16 poles to a rock on tho Kuitfs -Mountain road; then with said road Sonth 27 West 73 poles U) a Post oak on said road; then with sail road South 17 West 38 roles to a rock on said road; then , North 52 West 31 poles to a pine; tlien North 66 West 16 Pules to a stake; then Not th Wests 1-2 poles to a Poplar; then North 58 1-2 West 17 1-2 polea to a Water oak; then South iJ9 West 46 poles to a rock, the beginning corner, containing 1201-2 acres, more or less. Terms of sale: One forth (^) of the purchase money to be paid on day of sale; one half () of the balance on acre , it of six (6) months and the residue on a credit of twelve (13) montht*, ihepurchasevtojjivc his note with security f(;r —ed payments and title to bo. reserved iiix'e pui'chase mc-ney is paid. Jacob Kiskk, Com. until the This 26 day of Nov, Bn 39 o J. 3-6 Executor’s Notice. Having qualified as executore of the l.'vst will and test-anent ot Jacob 11. Uhyne, deceas d. we hereby ylve notice to iill pei-sons indebted to tho estate to make immediate payment to ua and to Hl^.persons holding claims against #al*i estate to present tliem to us ou or before th© 29tli day of Nov. 1895; otherwise this notico will bfc pleaded in bar thereof. Wm“m.\o^un«)n.} fix^G.iitors, ByA,G. Mangun ‘ ‘ Nov, 38th., fs94. Rn!?9oJS G