.l ' ' v Lord?;. ibli gh h-1 graceful
liUlf ;t i;"of i'iiritiHijtr. his
' )Kt Ijv -JuVi k ' o; ; 1 h fi f the
, QuVfii could go Jf i y shod has
. I n ourdone by i..lVten
1 brill." :A-.,-yl :--.y.
; VbtdH8bedo?,
'On n'"very slippery day
last vvintcrfsht seatteredthe
cremated ashes of . her . first
husband on the front steps
no that hr. second husband
wouldn't slin tlowh." Cleve
' land Plain-Dealer.." '-
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Know it You
know all
about the
heavy feeling
in the stomach, the
formation of gas, the
nausea, sick headache,
general weakness of
the whole body. ' '
You can't have it a week
without your, blood
beings Impure and your
nerves all exhausted.
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li mere Doming, new
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doui u. ... lour grana
narents took it. 'Twas
an old Sarsaparilla before LI
other, sarsaparillas were
known. It made the word
4 " Sarsaparilla famous
over the whole world. ,
There's no other sarsa
parilla like It. In age and
power to cure it's "The
leader of them all."
tl.Mshuit. AUfoczliis.
Ayer'a Pills cure constipation.
"After mifferlng terribly I m
Induced to try your Sarsaparilla. I
took tbroe bottles and now fuel like
new man. I -would advise all my
llna invu tnr. a ... .hi. A 11 T
for it baa stood tha test of time ana
J Its curative power cannot ba ex-
4 celled." LD.Ooon,
J Jan. 80, 1S09. Brown town, Va.
If yot hTt any complaint whatarar
and aaiir the beat medical 1t1c yoa
m vu uua.ivi) rvcviTv. wnw in doctor
A freely. Tou will receive a prompt re
I Py without ottrt. Adrtreu,
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Dyspepsia Curie
Digests what yon eat.
It artificially digests the food and alda
Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans." It Is the latest discovered digest
ant and tonlo. No other preparation
can approach It in efficiency. It in
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatu'ence, Sonr Stomach. ' Nausea.
Sick neadache,Qa8tralgia,Cramp8,nnq
11 other resultsof Imperfectdlgestlon.
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E P. LOViLL. J. C. FLETCHER.
I.OViLL& FLETCHER.
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i f '; to the colletion oiclaims."H
Dr. J. M. nOGSIIEAD,
; Cancer SpBclalist,
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; fto Knite; No Burning Out.
Highest references and ndors-
nients of promiiient persons suc-
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, ri THCSCX'S ECLIPSE.
Baltimore Sun. ' - ;
The totnl cJipHH of thp aim
on May 28th next will be vis
H)lf in onr SunthVrn States,
nnd hH Profpusor! Billow, of
the UniteiU 8ttftH Weather
Burenu. Hays in an article in
Apple tony Popular Science
Monthly for May, "we are
fortunate to haxe the show
at home in bur own couutry
this time." Aany foieigners
will come to the United States
to make observations. The
track ot the eclipse on May
28ih, Prof. Bijcw Ftaten,
enters the United -States in
south eastern Louisiana pans
es over Nw Orleans central
l.V, over Mobile, Ala., which
is on ittTHOiithern ede; over
MoHtuomeiy, Ala., on the
northern edo;e; over Colum
bus. Ga., Daeses 25 miles
souh of Atlanta, Ga.; pauses
near Macon, MilledKeville, An
ffusta, Columbia, S. C, nnd
Charlotte, N. C , which Is 10
miles north of the central
line, nnd over Norfolk, VoM
35 mileH noith of tbe center.
The track is about 50 . miles
wide in all parts, and the du
ration of the eclipse vu lies
from one minute aud twelve
seconds near New Orleans to
one minute nnd forty-four
seconds near Norfolk on the
central line.
Out of uDour 70 eclipses cf
the sun which have occurred
somewhere in the world with
in the nineteenth century,
savs Bigelow, there have
been only eight total eclipses
of more or less duration , vis
ible on. the North American
continent. The others hap-
jvened in places often remote
from civilization and some
times in totally inaccessible
localities, as over the ocean
areas. The difficulty of trans
porting hfavv baftuage to
the reinotf part of Asia, Af
rica or South America is such
as to preclude all but a few
scientists from any effort to
observe eclipses. In 1889
the United States . govern
ment, sent an expedition to
CapM Ledo, West Africa. 7 his
expedition carried a common
equipment of scientific ma
terial to be used for obsei va
tions such a s telescopes,
spectroscopes, polariscopes
and photographic cameras.
The party was prepared to
observe the eclipse in its to
tality after the most ap
proved methods, but unfor
tunately lost the sun entire
ly during lhecritieal moment
by the temporary obscuring
the sky through local cloud
formations.
Thp United States Weather
Bureau has been conduct
ing special observations on
thecloudiness occurring from
May 15 to June 15, in ea-h
of the three years '97, '95
and '99, between 8; a. m.
and 9, a. mM the morning
hours of the eclipse next
month. The observations
give substantially the same
conclusion for each year
naraelj, that there is a max
imum of cloudiness near the
Atlantic coast in Virginia, ex
tending back into North Car
olina, and also near the gulf
thcrn Mississippi, while there
is p minimum pf cloudiness
in eastern Alabama and cen
tral Georgia. While the cloud
obseVvntions suggest "'t bat
Ge()fgia and Alabama ' have
the best sites for the eclipsei
the deration is but one niin
ute aho twenty seconds in Al
abahia, while it is one min
ute and forty seconds in N.
C. Statistics for observing
the eclipse will be, therefore,
selected in the latter State,
although the probability for
minimum cloudiuess is twice
as good in Georgia and Ala
bama..' : V' .;' -
The path of the total eclipse
of May 28,1900, after leav
ing the United States, cross
es the North Atlantic ocean
to Coimbra, Portugal, and
continues over North Africa
to its erid at the Red Sea.
Stations which are not situ
ated on the path of the total
ity, says Prof. Rigelow, will
see the sun partiully elcipsed
in proportion to thedistance
of the locality from the cen
tral line to the northern or
southern limits. New Eng
land, New York, the Ohio val
ley and the Southern Rocky
Mountain districts will tee
the eun about nine-tenths
covered; the lake region, the
lower Missouri valley and
southern California will see
an eight tenth eclipse, and
the northern Rocky Moun
tain region about six tenths
or seven tenths. The btst way
to view the partially eclips
ed sun istosecurethreestrips
of thin, colored glass, one
and a half inches wide by five
inches long red, greed and
blue bind them over the eye
end of u good opera glass
and ddju8t focus on the sun
No other eclipse track will oc
cur in thiscountry until June
8, 1918, when one. will pass
from Oregon to Florida, two
minutes in duration. Anoth
er will occur in New England
on January 24, 1925. Eclips
es seven minutes in duration
will be visible in India in
1955 and in Africa in 1973 -
the longest for a thousand
years.
The ancients believed that
rheumatism was tin work of
a demon within man. Any
one who has had arj attack
of sciatic or inflammatory
rheumatism will agree that
the afflictiop is demoniac
enough to warrant the belief
It has neyer been claimed
that. Chamberlain's pain
balm would cast out demons,
but it will cure rheumatism,
and h u nd re ds bea r test i m ony
to the truth of this state
ment. One application re
lieves the pain, and this quick
relief which it affords is a lone
worth manj times" its cost.
tor sale by dealers.
Dr George R. C. Todd, for
merly of Kentucky, a broth
er-in law pf President Abra
ham Lincoln, died in Barn
well, S. C.,Sat ui day. He had
lived there for many years.
practicing medicine.
1 consider it not only a
pleasure b')t a duty I owe to
my neighbors to tell about
the wonderful cure effected in
my case by the timely use of
Chamberlain s colic, i bolera
and diarrhoea lemedy. I was
taken vei v badly with flux
and procurd a bottle of this
remedy. A few doses of it ef
fected a permanent cure.
take pleasure in recommend
ingit tootherssufferingfrom
that dreadful disease J. W.
! Lynch, Dorr, W. Va. Sold
by dealers. .
C.V, tKUBSDA Y , ; MAY 10, 1900.
'.V rroceedlori . ,
The Watauga. County Sun
day School Convention con
vened with Beaver Dam Bap
tist church on Friday, April
27, 1900.
Elder Solomon Younce de
livered' the annual sermon.
Text 2nd Cor, 3 3. :
After intermission the con
vention was celled to order
by the chairman, L. W. Far
thing. .' v
An open question box was
then announced and a num
ber of interesting questions
were proposed and discussed.
On Saturday morning the
programme was taken up for
consideration.
On the first question E. F.
Jones said that as to num
bers he thought the worn
was retrograding, but as to
spiritual growth and materi
al advancement; that the
work was advancing.
D. C. Uarrr.an and J. H.
FarthingJn discussing the
second question argued that
people never become too old
to be benefitted by attending
the Sunday School.
On Saturday at 11, a. rn.,
Elder D. C. Harman, after re
lating some experiences of his
fifty years in the ministry,
real a selection from the
63rd chapter of Isaiah and
delivered a sermon from the
3rd verse.
At 1, p. m., the convention
-ea sso m bled and in discuss
ing the fourth question, the
brethren warned the church
es and Sunday Schools a
gainst becoming too formal
in their woik.
The chair appointed breth
ren J. C. Horton, W.T. Van
dyke and John C. Zfrown to
arrange a program me for the
next Sunday School Conven
tion to be held with Three
Forks Baptist church, to b?
gin on BViday before thefirst
fifth Sunday after the first.
Sunday in March, 1901.
It wasalso announced that
a Union meeting would be
held with iethel church be
ginning on Friday before the
fifth Sunday in July, 1900.
On Sunday at 11, a. m. El
der E. F. lories preached to
a large congregation from
the text: "Forme to live is
Christ; but to oie is gain."
A. J. Gambill, Secretary.
S.1V8 ahexcbange,and very
truthful'y, on the subject of
promoting industrial enter
prises: "The success of man
ufacturing enterprises in your
town means an increase of
real estate value, a more live
ly market for all farm pro
duce, a netter cotton market
and other raw material, nnd
a great increase in the vol
ume of jour business. It is,
therefore, to your interest to
lend every assistance to the
promotion of manufactories.
All pulling together, in this
matter insures success."
An Epidemic f Whooping Congb.
Last winter during an epi
demie of whooping cough my
rhildren ontrncied. tha dis
eae, having severe coughing
spells. We had used Cham
berlain's cough remedy very
Micces8lull.v for croup and
naturally turned toitatthat
time and found it relieved the
cough and effected a complete
n r e. John E. Clifford,
Proprietor Norwood House.
Norwood, N: Y.. For sale by
dealer, ,
Judge idami Either a Fool or a Falsi
;..v : . , flerv ;j ;
Chatham Itecord.
jTnemain feature of this
blacky and taa convention
in Chatham county was the
speech of ex-Judge Spencer
B. Adams, and it seems al
most incredible that a man
who had ever been "elected a
judge even by fusiohista,
could have so far degraded
himself by making a speech
so full of falsehood and mis
representations. Amongoth
er false statements by him
was the deliberate assertion
that the Democratic party in
North Carolina would notal
low a white man, who did
not own land, to vote for
Senatcrs until after, the wnr,
and that the Republican par
ty gave them the right.
Judge Adams either did or
did not know this statement
to be lalse. If he did not
know it to be false, then he
ought never to make anoth
er speech, for any man so ig
norant as that should never
attempt to teach othur peo
ple. And if he did know it to
be false, he ought to be too
ashamed to show his face
again in public.
The fact is (as everv intel
ligent man knows), that the
Democratic party was the
advocate of "free suffrage"
and in 1854 carried this
State on that issue, electing
David S. Reid Governor over
his Whig opponent, Gov.
Charles Manlv.
Hand and Machine Production.
St udies of the effect of ma
chinery upon hand produc
tion, made by Mr. Carroll D.
Wright, of the Labor Bureau
show that 52 men are now
employed in making a plow,
against 2 in 1850, the opera
tions perlormed being as 97
to 11. As respects the time
required to irake plows, 1,
180 hours wei ? required by
two workmen in 1 850 in ma k
ing 10 plows, while but 37
hours are required by the 52
men now employed. The re
duction of time is as 31 to 1
in favor of machinery. Wa
ges have risen from 60 cents
t ) $1.25 and $2.60 a day,
but even with these higher
wages the economy is about
8 to 1. The cost of the labor
employed in making 10 plows
is but $7.09 now, auainst
$54.46 in 1850. Labor has
not been displaced, because
it finds employment in mak
ing the machines that seem
to displace it and thereduced
cost of products has increas
ed the demand. Every step
of progress creates new In
dustries. Baltimore' Sun.
J. Q. Hood, justice of the peace
Cronby. Miss., makes the follow
ing statement: "I can certify
that One Minute cough cure will
do all that iH claimed for it. My
wife could not get her breath and
the flrtit done of it relieved her.
It has also benefited my whole
family." It acts immediately
and cures conphe, colds, croup,
grippe, bronchitis, asthma and
all throat and lung troubles. Cut
tey Bros. Phillips & Son.
Father "That man should
be an example to yon, mj
son. He entered a store as
office boy and worked him
t-elf up until in a few years he
owned the business."
Son "He could never do
that in thse davs, pa, when
tbey nave cash registers."
m 17.
James Drake Brought to Jail. ' .
Lenoir Topic. - , , .
James Drake, one of the
parties who wer9 tried hero ,
two years agi for attempt
ing t6 burn a store house Jn
H ickory, was brought here '
from Spartanburg last Thurs
day night by Sheriff Boyd
and lodged in jail. The form
er trial resulted in a miss trib
al, the parties gnre bail, and
the trial has been postponed
for one caube and another er
er since. '
At the last term of the Crira' :
inal court. James Drake did
not appear, but sent a state
ment from a physician to (he
effect that he was unable to .
be here. The certificate wa
not in due form, however and
his bond was forfeited. This
being the case Solicitor Jones
wrote Governor Russell, on
the 2l8t of April for a requi
sition on the Governor of 8
C. for Drake. On Tuesday eve
ning of last week Sheriff
Boyd went to Columbia, the
requisition was honored, and
Thursday night Drake was
safelv landed inside our new
Pauly Jail. So he will be here
next week, and the Solicitor
hopes to dispose of the case .
which has already dragged
along for over three years.
It is terribly easv to get a
person engaged in wondering
if perhaps he isn't throwing
himself away.
A woman can't be said to
be practical if her wedding
dress is not of a material
that will tnake overnicelyfor
children.
In nine cases out of ten,
when a woman dies, the neigh
bors Bay that she could'have
been saved it her husband had
gotten scared soon enough.
When it is prayer meeting
night the mother is allowed
to go to represent the family
but if it is a church concert
the father and daughters at
tend.
Big sleev( s were considered
a necessity on every womans
dress two yearsufco, but they
are as antixuated now asthe
manner in which a country
barber combs his hair.
As a proof that she makes1
good mince meat, an Atchi
son woman points with pride
to the fact that of six who re
cently ae her mince pie, five
were sick within an hour
Atchison Globe.
Thouianda Have Sidney TrOttfcl
and Don't Know it
How To Vlnd Ottt.
Fill a bottle or common glaaa with your
water and let. It stand twenty-four hours; ft
sediment or set
tling Indicates an
unhealthy condi
tion of the kid
neys; If It stains
your linen It (a
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too'
frequent desire to
pass It or pain la
the back Is also
convincing proof that the kidpeys and blad
der are out of order,
"-u, i ,., what to Do.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so
Often eipressed. that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, (ke great kidney remedy fulfills oyer?
wish in cising rheumatism, pain In the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability
to hold wafer and scalding pain In pawing
It, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to ge often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of SwampRoot Is soon
realized.. It stands the highest for Its won
derful cures of the most distressinr esses. .
Uf you need a medicine you should have the
nest, sou by druggists in 50c. and$I. sues. .
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery
arid a book that tells
more about It. both sent I
absolutely free by mall,
address Dr. Kilmer fle
Ron of Bwaftoet, '
Co., Blnghamton. N. Y. When writing men
Won reading this generous off sr In this ppb
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