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A PrcMornATic family iieHspa
Jer devoted to the interest of
its County, State ami Nation.
l'uUii-l-ed rxivy Wednesday at
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Subscript ion invariably in An
v.N(i:oid advei t ismodts paya
ble on demand.
A f u4 reliable remedy for HEADACHE,
TOOTHACHI Ki:RALilA. A few
irope ptind orer Hie painful urf glvei Ira
nent
lat relief, with tarmlnttioo of the itUck.
Prloe tOe. and BOc. per bottle. FOB BALK
Praperert only by the KEPHALINE DRU8 CO.
mmt TESfiKON!-
ALS.
Mr. A. G Coi seniiig Xorth
Ci.tawba Cn::v ( 11 ( . X. C.
says, "1 write this to say
that the little bottle of medi
cine called Kephaliue is a
rplcmlid remedy for headache
my v. hole family use it and
all say that it relieves them.''
Mr. Wilson Lanton, Kings
Creek, Caldwell Co. X. C. says
'"1 have used Kephaliue for
headache, toothache and
neuralgia add have never
failed to be relieved, I have
also used it for Colic in doses
of one and two drops with
great benefit."
THE HON KILLER.
Near the head waters of
Horse Creek, lives Gerard
Hob, a daringand well known
mountaineer, who, it must be
supposed, derived his title
from the number of moun
tain lions he has slain in
that vicinity. Various are
the ways in which he hasslain
the Htrimals, for he no sooner
gets on the trail of one of
the varments than he scarce
ly haHs or stops, but cont in
ually shadows the animal
day and night until it is
brought to bay and dropped
by the unerring aim of bin
rifle.
Though Gerard Rob is fair
ly covered with scars and
deep gashes from fieice en
counters with lions and oth
er brutes, every of which in
dicates thrilling ad venture,
yet'.ie protests he is not a
fraid of the most savage
mountain lion ever walked,
for be considers the whole
tribe base cowards. On one
occasion he had a mountain
lion for a bed fellow and be
affirms that he rested per
fectly easy, and without any
undue excitement. It came
about in this wise. One of
the ranchmen living in the
foot hills near the North
Platte river had been missing
large numbeis of his theep,
and they had evidently been
slai" by some wild animal.
The depredations instead of
decreasing were rapidly aug
UOONli WATAliATOrNTV, X.C
meiriing till each morning j forked, and as he l'iJ not yet
two or more members of the' see tin1 niiiraal. lie decided to
Hock would be found slnutfht-.; remain in the den until mor
eml and their carcasses part-! niiiy; ami prevent its esenje.
ly eaten. The owner of the ; All tin time he could hearj
ranch concluded it was thelthe movements of something1
work f F n lion and employed j near, and lie hiy with his fin
Gerard Rob to bring in the jger touching the trigger ren
nnima.'.; skin, dy to shoot. Hours wore u-j
The first day out, though j way, and he thinks he must,
ho followed the lion through j have fallen asleep, tut how
Hep valleys ari'l over thejioiighe did licit know, for
rocky sides of the mcuntnins when lie woke up he forgot i
for nearly forty miles yet
! not once did he catch sight
! oi me ueasr, mougu at sev-
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eral tunes he nn? ver. near,
At one place among some
thick brush the lion stopped
long enough to kill a good
sized deer, and was feasting
on the carcass when the noise
of the hunger's approach
caused him to floe again,
The hunter, after taking a
. . . .
gooi i.igut. s rest undersomejqii'.et. A few minutes after
she! .-nig rocks, was out a-!
gain at the first dawn of dav
and soon discovered the Inr
of the beast where it had lain
the previous night. Then an-
(,1UJ1. ti1uwv. .lov.-,iui,n,mt
luu.nMui inn u no iri 1 1,
in following the lion, but Dob:
i-Ot OtlP glinipSO ()f
him be-'
him
Ronr
bushes. Tills;
greatly encouraged the hun
ter, as he noticed that occa
sionally the lion halted at
intervals, indicating that ho
was growing tired. At the
earliest streak of light on the
following morning- Rob has
tily swallowed histoid lunch
of jerked meat and buiscuit
and was off after the lion as
usual. The trail led straight
for a cave, and just as Rob
entered at one end the lion
rushed out like a flash at the
other. Rut a quick shot from
Rob's rifle wounded the lion
and in its flight left a trail of
blood in the path. On it
went, up the sides of the
steep, craggy mountain, with
Rob in steady and determin
ed pursuit. Now he felt cer
tain of his game, the blood
enabling him to follow it
easily. Still the animal did
not exhibit any uncommon
signs of fatigue until late in
the day. At various times,
however, it endeavored lose
crete its trail by doubling
and springing in and out of
the water, but. the hunter's
eagle eye readily detected the
enort at deception and" he
lost but little time with blind
trails.
Late in the afternoon, as
Rob was carefully feeling bis
way up among the crag,
suddenly he was startled by
a low growl, and instantly
he saw the form of the ani
mal in mid-air comingdirect
ly toward him. Stepping to
one side he barely dodged
the beast's paw, and it land
ed far below him, and again
disappeared in a twinkling.
He now pursued it with more
vigor, and that evening just
at dusk discovered where the
animal had crawled in a hole
between some rocks. Rob
halted at the outiiide only
long enough to eat his dry
meal, and then, with his v in
chester in hand, boldly en
tered. At first ye could hear
growls and the animal seem
to be moving not far from
1 i . f i i , ! i uvj uti ill .r; v illy VJil
him but he could not d.stm- j MolJaj evt.nillir. Three hun
guish a single objtct. Soon ; auc ttftv sts are ex-
he came to where the holei
i where he was uud pat out his
j hand. As he did hohetouch
. 1 .. I. . i. ,. . i .. ...
eu me uir oi ttie non, ami it,'
i immediately, gave a snarl, j
j Two eyes now glared fiercely
j upon him. In another in-j
! stance he pointed his Run to-j
J ward the two glistening eyes j
J and fired. The report waal
: followed quickly by a cloud j
j of dust, and violenl struggles ;
; of the beast. Then all became I
t i
wards he found the corpse of
the dead lion, and then bnn
tin- task of pullir.a: him (Mit.
On m i-.-i vi; .. :i! the surface,'
he w:tM -ns.d. i ii'ev snrnrised
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11 iiini iiM iiiii i i 1 1 e ei i i ; u-
vanced, and. alter skinning1
t!i . animal, at one hastened
for fiieset tlements. Thelion
measured almost nine feet,!
ami was a real western mon
ster. Lnrnime City Convs
pondent to the St. Louis
Globo-Dcmocra t.
The iv ilmington Messenger
is taising a fund to erect a
Confederate Soldiers' Home,
which it behooves every per
son within the boiders of N.
C. to contribute of his means
to. People of Watauga here
is a chance to display that
generosity and State pride
for which you are noted.
Send your contribution to
The Wilmington Messenger,
Wilmington, N. C.
Listen what the Messenger
says:
We want to present the
claims of the old maimed
Confederate soldier to his
more fortunate surviving
comrades, to those who es
caped the hardships of the
service, to those of the other
side who have come among
us, and to all those of our
young people who haveconie
upon the stage of action
since the struggle closed 24
years ago. The object is to
build a suitable asylum for
the refuge of the weaiy and
worn in' the evening of their
days, that it so may not be
written of us thereafter that
we allowed our heroesif the
war to die in penury and
want. Thirty-three and a
third cents from every Demo
cratic voter in North Caroli
na would give a sum of fifty
thousand dollars to start the
Home. Such amounts is so
insignificant to each that we
cannot imagine how any
could fail to send it in. We
are writing history in these
appeals, history that will
read bad for the name and
reputation of North Caroli
nians, if we fail in the under
taking. Ex-President. Cleveland,
great in private as well as in
public life, is to be given a big
I t 1.I11llf 11 All' ltd' .4-T
pected to be present. Among
WKDS'KKDAV, M AVClr).
them will beChief Justice Ful
ler, of the Supreme Court of
the United States; Ex-Secre-tarh
Vilas, Faircliild, Bay
ard, Dickenson ami Coleman
and Ex-Attorney - General
Garland, Allen G. Thunnan,
Representative Breckinridge,
of Ky., Ex-Representative
Scott, of Pennsylvania, Gov
ernor Hill, of New York, ami
n host of other prominent
Democrats. Theoceasion,of
course, will be a grent Demo
cratic "love-feast." and the
meeting of such a company
will put life and enthusiasm
in the leaders of the principles
which are going to be victo
rious in '02 Let's us come
to the front, Democrats !
We clip the following little
gem from the Wilmington
Messenger:
Sattkday Night.
The misty twilight hours
are hastening on the shad
ows of night are comingdown
and the curtains of light are
are being pinned )V n Krar
beyond the western hills; the
bustling scenes' of Saturday
eve are rushing by, and soon,
ah! soon another week will
have been entomed in the
grave of the pa.vt. thus re
minding us as the cares and
perplexities, the ups and
downs, the joys and sorrows
of another week's toil is end
ed, so "soon born on times
most rapid wings," will we
arrive at thesad, solemn Sat
urday night of life's "fit full
fever" and our frail barque
launched out either upon the
Sunday morn of a blissful
immortality, to spend our
eternity "singing with the
angels," or into the deeper
deeper Saturday night
"shrieking with the damned."
How careful then ought tve
to live, with what religious
fear, lest our Saturday night
of death find us unprepared,
to sink into its bosom as
sinks the sun at the close of
day.
EOSSE DEKIGT2Y.
Treating horses for diseas
es of the teeth and mouth
is a new feature in verterina
ry practice. Since its intro
duction in St. Louis, however,
it has been demonstrated
that a majority of the ail
ments to which the horse is
subjected comes from diseas
ed and defective teeth. This
can be observed almost any
day upon the street, where
you see horses being driven,
that hold their head to one
side, or have their tongues
protruding from theirmouths
or frothing at the mouth. All
of this comes from some de
fect in the teeth. An exposed
nerve or an ulcerated tooth
is as painful to a horse .as to
a person, but most generally
the poor animal is allowed to
go through the greater part
of its existence without any
attempt being made to relieve
it. Extracting and filling
teeth in horses is now a reg
ular business in St. Louis,
and there is scarcely a large
establishment where a large
number of horses a re em ploy
ed but that the service of a
dentist is necessary. St. Lou
is GUbv-IUmorrat.
ODDS and EKE8.
A Pinevill, Gn., man has a
duck which, he claims, was
hatched from a ben's egg.
The estimated expenditure
by American tourists, in Eu
rope, this summer, is 40,
000.000.
Life is no li? without the
blessincr of a. friendly and ed
ifying conversation. L' Es
trange. Since the war of '70 France
has spent 7.710,000,000
frnncs besides the "Ordinary
Estimates."
A popular Sr. Louis girl re
cently received during a tem
porary illness, o.OOO roses,
and 48 pounds of candy.
In a list of the twelve great
women of the world, there ap
pears but one name of an A
m erica n, that of Marge ret
Fuller.
"Willow chairs and baskets
can be cleaned by washing
with salt water and n brush,
and drying thoroughly be
fore using
There were never so many
farm hands coming from the
North of Ireland to thiscoun
try as at present. Nearly all
of them have friends or rela
tives in the west.
. A Port Alleghany, Pa., man
who was titled out of a sleep
ing car berth by a jolt of the
train, exclaimed in a uncon
scious way: "Don't don't
Fll get up and start the
fire.
The following we take from
a Raleigh correspondent of
the Wilmington Messenger :
The Farmers' Allianceshow
ed at its National Conference
at Birmingham how much it
has the public welfare at
heart. Its vote on covering
cotton with cotton was unan
imous. Some papers have
published statements that
there was a wide difference in
opinion on this subject. Col.
Polk says the vote was first
on a call of States and on
this each delegate voted. Ev
ery ballot was in favor of the
plan. Then, to make the de
cision more emphatic, the
convention as a whole voted
upon it. The vote was a ris
ing one, and not a delegate
failed to rise. The Alliance
will stand by its action, which
was not taken in a spirit of
revengefulncss against tne
bagging trust, but which wa3
considered , to be the best
means of putting on a sure
foundation a system of man
ufactures which will assure
the use of the great Southern
textile in Sonthern mills, op
erated by Southern men, and
will utilize Southern capital
skill and energy. No action
was taken in this matter un
til the delegates were satis
fied, after full inquiry, that
the true policy was to use
cotton. It was found that
the home mills would insure
an ample supply for all the
demands of the Alliance. It
was further found that as a
matter of investment the
step was the right one to
take. It will pay to use the
bagging. The trust jumped
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upon the Alliance and really
opened the eyes of that order
to the needs of the times and
the way to meet monopoly
and benefit the entire South.'
So in the way the bagging
tust was faced. Then some
attention was given another
monopoly the cotton seed
oil trust. The Alliance in
structed its million members
not to sell any cotton seed
of the present crop for less
than 20 cts a bushel, and al
so not to make contracts for
the sale of any seed of the'
cominc crop until advised to
do so.
Another trust was also'
looked after. This was the'
book and stationary trust;
The Alliauce decided to pur
chase its nit ides in this line
at special rates and made its'
contracts. Col. Polk says it
was found that the trust was'
putting a big profit on its'
books and stationary.
It will interest a good mi-'
ny people to know that there
are now 1,790 Alliances in'
North Carolina and that the
membership is over 85,000
Such rapid growth was never
heard of before.
There are no new develop-
ments in the Bo3'le case. A.
petilion for a special term of
the Superior Court to try
him is in circulation. This
shows the strong demand for
a speedy trial. It is to be re
gretted th at the County Com-'
missioners did notassentlast
Friday to the holdingof stlch'
a term. The Governor would
no doubt have ordered the'
term promptly. There is less
said about the case, but pop-'
ular feeling is just as deep.
No one is allowed to see Boy
le, to converse about the
crime. No newspaper man
has ever seen him. His at-'
torneys are too sharp for
that.
A Spider Web Telephone.
A gentleman was'watching
some spiders, when it occurr-'
ed to him to try what effect
the sound of a tuning fork
would have upon them. He '
suspected that they would'
take it for the buzzing of a
fly.
He selected a large, ugly'
spider, that had been feast
ing on flies for two months.
The spider was at one edge
of his web. Sounding the
fork, the man touched a
thread at the othir 6ide, and
watched the result. Mr. Spi
der had the buzzing sound
conveyed to him over his tel
ephone wires, but how was he
to know on which particular
wire it was traveling?
He ran to the center of the
webb very quickly, and felt
all around until he touched
the thread against which at
the other end the fork was
sounding; then, taking an
other thread along, jnst: as a
man would take an. extra
piece of rope, he ran out . to
the fork and sprang upon it.
Then he retreated a little
way, and looked at the fork.
He was puzzled. He bad ex
pected to find a buzzing fly.
He got on the fork again, and
danced with delight. Evi
dently tje sound was music
to him.
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