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A r. CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, AUGUST 24, 1903. EFFORT TO WRECK HOUSE WHXIAH FIRTH, PRES. THE FRANK "B. COSIINS, Vice Tret snd Tr 1 :Jy.'" 7 'IS i 1 u ( . THE SR0RT1HG VX)RLI BASEBALL YESTERDAY -:" ' NatlwuU uengt.e. : - Chicago 5; Brooklyn 0. Second game . fh,cwn 1- RrnnVif.l 0. ' . " v , Kt. Louia 9: Boston 10, Second game St. Louis 5; Boston 3.' ' , V Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati i , HouHtem -? New Orleana 0; Atlanta Montgomery f Mempl't OS Innings). Birmingham 4; Mobile 3 (Called end 8th, ' ran. . ...'.- " '.'... : Eastern JiMiB0. Montreal' J; Jersey City 4. A , J ' 'No other: games scheduled. - STANDLNG Ob TlliJ CLUBS, t ? NATIONAL , LEAGUE. ;P Won. IM ret ...-l 42 -v, -.u Pittsburg ;. , yx'ew-Ywlt . f - ' 65 67; 45 , 47.,, .67 " M .500 . ,.437 (8 . .370 ;. 70 : -364 Chicago ... .. v. ... ; Philadelphia t. .. "Cincinnati ., .. ., .. .. .. .. '' Boston . 4 f . . 48 Brooklyn ..' .. .. .. .. ".. . 40 St.' Lul .... .40 r V1.. : AMERICAN LEAGUE '' i-'.'-' ,.,!.-.' .. . Won. Lot, Pet Detroit ., 6 1 ,8t. Loula '.. .i;i,.-V:....' ss Cleveland . ' .i? .... -; 3 "'. Chicago ... . W Philadelphia .. ,.' 63 i Boston ..'..-.. S3 ' Washington ,V '.V New , York i. .'. .. .... . 3 .80S ' .E60 . .477 , -.407 r JC4 "V SOUTHERN LZLAOUK. ' ' ..r '.f i :V-Won." Lort. ' ; Naehvina ... ; .. -i. 68 -fj ; New Orleans .W... . , M Memphis .4 ' M" J 61 Vt Montcomery .. .. .. .. M V 68 ;14 Mobile .. ... .. .. 64 i 64 " .486 Lltfl Wrvk v.- M ,68' ;, .483 "'' Atlanu-.. . . 68 i: 67 ..US Binnincham .. .. .. . .. 41 65. .333 : r: ' gOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. ;h ': ' Won. 'Laat. Pet Jarkaonvllle .. tl 84 .894 . Savannah Augusta .. . . Columbiv ., ,.. '.. Macon .. .. Oiarleeton .. 64 61 48 47 44 46 .680 B8 .468 67 .447 68 , .409 68 .400 ; : VIRGINIA LEAGUE. , "vj Won. Lost. Pet. Richmond'.. .'.. .... 68 , 87 .648 Danville .. ...i U. 87 .641 J.'. Koanoke ...... .. .. .... 81 :. 67 .472 Portsmouth.... 45 67 .441 Norfolk ' .... 43 - 63 .406 Lynchburg .. .. 3 64 .379 V JJATIONAL uzagvk. , Cincinnati. O.. . Aug. J3.Phlladelphla was able to get but one man to third ,ta. Spade holding the visitors safely at all- stagea to-day. The locals batted In their first run and was aided In getting their second by a passed balL. Score: R. a E. Cincinnati ..' 601 100 OOx J 6 t Philadelphia .. .. .. .. 000 000 000-0 4 1 - Batteries: Spade and McLean; Foen. Moren and Dooln. Tim 1:12. Umpire, Johnstone. ; j- ' y " ,. Chicago. Aug. 23.-Chicago twice blank ed Brooklyn to-day, strong pitching and fielding holding the visitors safe all the r -way, In the first game Brooklyn made only I hits off Overall. Tinker scored ' , Chicago's first run in the third Inning on Ms single end two Infield hits, c Hits by Ever and Btelnfeldt snd two sacrifices : scored another In the seventh. Reulbach was wild but lucky in the second game. Chicago scored the only runs in the first Inning when Hoffman singled, Bheckard : was passed. Chance sacrificed Evera hit J ,'ssfe and. Sheckard slipped home f double steal. - v Score: - R. H. B. Chicago 001 000 IOx.t 8 . Brooklyn .. .. .. ... 000 000 900-O 3 Batteries: Overall and Kllng; .Mctntyre ' and Bergen. Time 1:43. Umpires, Email . and- Rudderham, - Second game: "r. R. H. B. Chldago -m 200 000 OOx 3 t 0 " Brooklyn 000 000- 4 0 .. Batteries: Reulbach and Moran; Ruck- er and Bergen. Time 1 :42. Umpire a, Rud "" derhara and Emalie. ' - ' . ; ., St. Lbuls, Aug. 28. Boston and St. Louis broke even- to-day r 4 he- viaKore -whining the first gam 10 to and the locale tak ing the second 8 to 3. Errors and the In effectiveness of Karger gave, the first game to Boston. Home runs byltonetchy and Snaw and perfect fielding' won; the second contest for St Louis. , - ' - .' Score: .- ' . ' " R. H. E. St. Louis .. .. .. .... CM 000 000-4 7 6 Boston .. '.. i. 010 401 040-10 12 1 Batteries: Karger and Ludwlg; Dorner and Smith. Time 1:47: Umpire, Klem, -1 Second game: R-Jlt St. Louis .. .-. .. 010 040 flOx T. Boston '. 000 030 600-8 10 0 Batteries: ' Higglnbotham,' Luah. and Ludwlg; Flaherty, Llndaman and Gra ham. . Time 1:36. Umpire, 'Klem. '- t - ' SOUTHEKX 1liAGCE. ' ':"':, - Memphis, Tenn,, Aug. Score: .' " TL H, E. Memphis .. .. . 000 000 800 000 4)-4. i.- 6 Montgomery .1 .. 000 000 ftoo 000 I 1 . t 3 Batteries: Schwenct and Owens: Bliss ml Shannon. Time 3:20. - Umpires, Brown ad ntsslmmons. .i . ' ' .. ,: - : .' ' ' Mobile Ala.. Aug. - Score: . ; v,' :, ; Birmingham .i ,. ;,' Mobil - . .--'. '-B- H. E. .. 000 O40 9O-4 6 3 100 000 10-4 I 3 , New Orleans,: Aug, 21 . r 4 ' Seem v. w. -r : R.B.K. Atlanta ... .. .. .. .. 01O 001 0002 : t Tew .Orleans..,.. .... 000 000 000 0 3 2 Batteries: Ford Snd MeMurray: ' Bra 'sells and Stratum. Tmie . 1. SI.: Umpire, .i Carpenter.- z :k ' ' H - : V SsJIsbwy Tcnr Disbands. ' , . , ' . ...... VlN .1 Salisbury, Aug. 23. The' recently orgsnlsed baseball team for this city is a thing- of the past, for the present, the venture proving a failure financi ally. The boys were paid off Satur day tilgbt and some of them have.s.1 . ready left. , The promoters of the . team are oat between $150 and $200. J.- Luck seemed to be against the ven ture, the Reldsvllle team falling to - show up for th. first gnme, rain , knocking-out the second day's game with Wadesboxo, and the gate re--' celpts not coping up to expectations. ' : .... , , .,. . ,- .: .. 1ne Itlll la Fipor ' Mlnuts, ; ; ' Warsaw, lad... Dispatch, 21st, AH' speed records'of the Pennsyl-vl r , Tryifrc mu'err rlt n this morn . Ing when a special train" ran from Plrceton t Warsaw, nine miles. In four minutes. A speed In excess of 100 miles an hour was rrfalntamed the ntir distance. ; ' On th train were experts from th Pennsylvania shops at Altoona, Pa-, together with experts from Harvard TJnlvaraity. The object of th run was to test bridges and other equlp jnent Half an hour before the train ; Vas run between Plerceton and War .. saw t ninety-two mils an hour. SOUTH ATLANTIC. JarkHonville AVtus Pennant. ' Savannah. Ga,' Aug. .23. The cloe of the South Atlantic League season yeater day allowed Jacksonville in the pennant plaoe with a percentags of .691, Charles ton bringing up the rear with .408. ; It la declared that the season has beB a disastrous one financially, for most' of the clubs la the league. . Jacksonville, In fact it ta said. U the only city where the game has made meney for the, own ers.', Savannah and Charleston, It la be lieved, have come out about even, while Columbia. Augusta and Macon Jur said to have lost. heavily., . s : 5 ir T'v. "' , Financial matters , will fc gone over at a meeting of the league directors In this city to-morrow.' ' Then plans for next season will also be considered.. Th league will probably be extended to take In Chattanooga.. Tenn., and Columbus, Ga. PLATl'S GATFXEY TO-DAT. Series of Three Games Between Fltcs ' 1 Team and sooth Carolina. Collection pf I Use Runners This Afternoon at t4 O'tiork. "- . -'- Ths first series' of thr gamea be tween Flte's team and Gaffnejr will bs begun, on the Carolina League dia mond this afternoon, the weather per mitting, at 4 o'clock. Th Indications ar that th, . contest will , be worth seeing, as, both i teams hav ; a number of ; t?oo4 ' play ers on them. -Tor Charlotte . Tem pi will twirl, Bumgarner will catch, Shumaker wilt hold down the Initial cushion, Funderburk' will play around the second nag, enedden as of old, will adorn third sack; while Benton will nail ''them -t. short. In" th left garden Prim will Jle in waiting for whatsoever comes his way. , Drumm will offlciat in right and Finn In left. The locals will probably find 'the Gaffney team composed of warriors worthy of their highest prowess. Among those who will line up with the Sandlappers are Walt Hamrlck behind the bat who caught last year for Wake Forest; Ballou, pitcher, of th Spartanburg;, team, and., Rlckard, Martin and J. Watson, from Spartan burg. .' ; - .. . The two teams wll therefore hear a resemblance to those - which ' have been performlnu on the Charlott dia mond during th past months a re semblance striking enough perhaps to enable one to .half close his eyes and Imagine that he Is beholding a con test for the championship of the league.. The- admission , will be 25 cents. Wadesboro will play Charlotte here Thursday, Friday and Saturday. ' AUTOMOBILE MEET PLANNED, . ? A Number of Towns to Be Hepre . sen ted at Race In Richmond Coun ty. . :. Correspondence of The Observer. Rockingham, Aug. 22. At an early date, the exact time not yet agreed upon, a big automobile meet will be held at EUcrbe Springs, in Richmond county. Some fifty or more cars will participate. C'heraw, Bennetts vllle, Sumter and Marlon. S. C. Lau rlnburg. Monroe, Charlotte, Wades boro, Rockingham, Concord, . Salis bury, Gastonla and other towns will be represented. The tour will con clude with a time race from Rocking, hgm to Ellerbe Springs. This road Is eleven miles in length, of sand, clay 'and' well 'graded. It will be put In excellent repair for the race. The address of welcome to the visitors will be delivered by Mayor W. U. Everett-- A nomber'of prizes will be given. A free barbecue and dinner will be serv ed at Ellerbe to the participants and guests, which will include a number will Include a visit to Blewett's Falls, on the Pee Dee, on of the most beau tiful slants In the State. A compli mentary dance and reception will be, given in the evening in the notei pa vilion. :. AMOSEMES'TS "UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES." When a play has been presented for six" entire seasons -to--large 'and delightful audiences, returning three and four times during thst period to many of the cities visited. It is safe to assume that that particular play Is what Is called "a great big hit." This Is the history of Lottie, Blair Parker's, play, "Under Southern Skies," which opns the season at the Academy of Music Wednesday, matinee and. night. This play has enjoyed phenomenal prosperity - dur ing the six years of its existence" and now is in Its seventh season of con tinued success.' Of alH Southern plsys of recent years "Under South ern Skies" hag proven the . most popular. The reason la not hard to find. The main story Is one that ap peals strongly to every heart it holds' the ' spectator tense - snd in terested until the curtain falls. But tt Is th manner of Ulling this story which- forms th treat and unusual charm of "Under Southern Skies." The characteristic traits of the Southy ern peopl ar so vivid I? drawn by th author. th air t Southern beauty, chlvslry. . romance and gayety so permeate the entire play and production that If stems less a play than an actual pre.itntment of bit of real life. , u ,.-.-.....-. " Seats will go on sale thli morning at Hawley"s. - . t "MARCKLLE." There Is no sweter plac t dwell .Than her-Marcllel ' Could angl. love you half so well As t, Mareeuer r,; . There not In heaven an angel bright Could match your living eyes oi ugni: Ood grant I'll never say goodnight To you, Mareelle! t t -' ' f. What slortes sweet hstch heaved to tell To you. Mareelle! ' "7 What echoes where thirWnthema aSrell, - Like yours, MarcelleT- ' There where Faith makes a gilded dome For all th sheltertes that roam, ? -What Ilk your kla when I came home, TO your Mareelle! v i . x ; All sorrows which the -day befell . ' Seemed faint, Mareelle! ,: A eabln door was horn to me, And m your Love's simplicity , : Earth sweeter seemed than haven could be, , v ""MaTtsne-Maroenei m X -r Against God's lov I should rebel If you, Msroejle, Should break of Love the msglc spelt ' That mad Mareelle! -God would hare tiothtns for tne There, TVbsr shine His anRls, frowned and ' fair. - . . - - Save your brighl eyes snd golden hair,' Marcelle-Harcelle ' -FRAN L. STANTON. SMALL SEXSATION AT : RALEIGH Explosive Placed Under "DMelllng In the Jted Light. District Shatters . ivhxTj Rural Mall Carrleg Has ' Narrow Escape From Death by ' Drowning A Political Stir Created by - Letter of a Local, PoUtldan Candidate r. County. Treasurer, V Debarred lYwn , Running' iu the Second Primary, : Announces - That i Ha Will Come Out as an . Inde I pendent Candidate Deaf Asuoela - tlon Elects Officers and Adjourns to Meet Again: t the Capital Next Year. .. ,. , , . - . fe. .Vj. t ' V'- Observer " B ur'ea-a, -'' -:i ' t The Holleman Building. !r-"'!::-t ':-? Raleigh, - Aug. . 23. . In th wee sma' hour this morn ing there , wai'trv-' hea explosion in the, eastern section of the cjty that was heard all over the cltyluvestlga tlon showing that It was at th house of Maud - Kelly, In the a tenderloin section, and that from some' explosive placed' under,; th front porch - by. same one th porch and surrounding lattice work was badly torn up. No one in th house was hurt The Kelly woman gave bond yesterday In a pane against her from -Wilson charging her with keeping; a dis reputable house there about one year ago. . While a-twhtte woman, she-admitted In a recent investigation hero intimacy . with a well-known , negro hack driver, William Jones. . He was believed to be" there when the ex plosion occurred. H , had been warned to leave Raleigh. 1 ,-. ACCIDENT TO MAIL CARRIER. Last evening Rural Mall 'Carrier Sheron, having - a circuit in ' this county out from Lillian, narrowly escaped drowning in Barton's creek and did lose the mall and his buggy, th horse having broken away from the vehicle and gotten to' the bank about a mile' from the ford.: Sheron was attempting to cross when he had to swim for his life and was carried a half-mile down stream before he got out There are at least two rural routea stopped in the - ' county-just now on account of high water due to frequent rains lately and a steady downpour for torn tlm yesterday. A charter Is Issued for the Wilkes County Fair Association, capital $125,000 authorised and $4,600 sub scribed by H. W.. Horton, Clarence Call, C. H. Gwyn and - others for holding a county fair annually and providing permanent fair grounds. A POLITICAL STIR. A considerable stir Is being made in Wake officialdom and among politicians by a signed statement from H . E. Norrlsv former county attorney, in the morning paper that the pregtr-nt county ' commissioners not onl? have no right' to borrow money, for the county road com mission to continue road ' improve ment but that the members of the board who voted for. the recent sum borrowed for the purpose are liable to $200 fine each, to be collected by any on prosecuting. He cites tho State constitution and ' statutes In support of the position he - takes. Only Chairman D. T. Johnson, of the board, recently voted against borrowlnar. so that he alone would be exempt from prosecution. ' A' bond election was voted down last spring when the dinpensary was voted out and profits from that source elimi nated, i Charles Crawford, who received the third highest vote In th recent Democratic primaries for th Wake county treasurershlp, . is insisting that he will run Independent npw that he Is debarred from ' second primary to fight It out with L. Brown Pegram, Pegram having been de clared the nominee without the neces sary majority of votes after th' re tirement of, Capt. P. . B. Williamson, present treasurer, who was second In voting strength of th primaries. Crawford insists that he should have been given another chance to . fight It out with .Pegram. There . is also the threat from Rev. A; - D. Hunter, who was also In the first primary for the treasurershlp nomination, and made a sensational fight against the renomlnatlon of Captain Williamson, that he will also oppose Pwarn. Democratic leaders fearUbat unless these differences are aajusteoy ana all factions growing out Of th con test harmonized the Republican nominee for the treasurershlp will certainly be elected. This Js William J. (Andrews, who Is ' a' son of -Vlcii President A. B. Andrews,ef th Southern Railway, president of the Glenwood Lund Company and, though a young man, quite a wealthy capitalist. v --. -.-r-. DEAF ASSOCIATION'S ' OFFICERS. The work of the first annua) ses sion: of the North Carolina Associa tion of the Deaf has been completed and the association' adjourned to meet here again next year. The election of the officers, other . than President D. R. Tillinghast, ., of Morganton. was left to. th . very last of the session and resulted! Vice president, W, H. Chambers, for merly of Raleigh and now of Knox vllle, Tenn.: secretary, R. 8. Taylor, of Mount Olive; treasurer, p. L. Ray, Greensboro. The president was au thorized to name th executive com mittee later. The association adopted resolutions expressive of appreciation for the Interest manifested by North Carolina legislators. State - officers and the press In the care and train Ing of the deaf, dumb and blind. UNION'S SECOND PRIMARY. - Mr. JTofin Griffith Wins Out as Sheriff , and Mr. J. E Stewart is Nominated Yor ReglMor of DeedsMistake tn "Counting Votes Gives Mr. It W. Xjemmond Iteprescn tatl veiwi I p. , Special to The Observer. ' . . Monroe, Aug. it. The second pri mary for 4he Democratic nominations to county offices was held yesterday, and resulted in the nomination of John Griffith for sheriff, and of J. Ed Stewart for register of deeds. Mr. Griffith received a msjorlty of 450, votes ever his competitor. Mr. TV C. Lee, iandtMr. Stewart a majority of 448 over-Mr. Bright Orlffirt.. There were 8.068 .votes cast In the contest for Sheriff's office, and 2.868 for the candidates for register of deeds. For cotton wela-her. Monroe townshln. Mr C. B. Harden via nominated, receiving 1.047 votes against Mr. Luther Wll Hams' 1.010. v A mistake of two votes In th eoun.1 at one of th voting preeincu in Jackson township for candidates for Representative was discovered vfter the canvaaaing board had - made the official returns for the original count The county . Democratic v executive committee, therefore, met on Friday last and Mr. r. w. iemmona, in whose disfavor - the mistake was made, was declared nominated In the first primary, Mr. Lemoiond by the eeeeee returns receiving L337 votes, 1.336 1-4 Tbelnjr necessary to nominate. MrAR- V. Houston, who, according to-the first returns, would hav been In the second primary for Representa tive In competition with Mr. Lem mond. was attending the Confederate veterans' reunion at Winston-Salem when t ie mlstak was discovered, and Teturneolidymonilngbefore the executive committee met When Mr. Houston learned the facts, he with drew from th race without waiting tor tht decision of the committee. BT COIi. FRED A OLDS. . It goes without aaytng that children are the most delightful thing in the world. The ' most appealing thing to me about them is their frankness. The odda are ten to one - that they don't flatter you but tell you the truth. If they Ilk you they don't mind say ing so, but If they don't they either say-nothing at all or els show their frankness by Informing you of their dislike. Then, too, they know, by what we may call Instinct, for lack of a bet ter term, whether we like them or not If any Charlotte . people . want proof of this I lake th liberty of re ferrlng them to Professor Keealer, Ask him: he knqws. , , I had a very artless letter from a child . friend . who complained that ' I wrot "stuff for grown-ups and not enough for children. I protested that at Thanksglvlag-tlme I wrote stories for th Oxford .orphans and their friends, but she would hav none of this and wanted' something in .The Observer, so I thought It might be well to hav a little talk with my young friends, who to be sure ar very numerous, and if you pleas we will go out Into the fields a llttl and se what odd and out-of-the-way things we can find there; things which th ordinary world simply passes by and doesn't see at all, but which we. with these bright little eyes of ours, will discover quickly enoUg. After the autumn has come ' and fixed Itself very firmly upon things, with nipping air and that touch of frost which makes your cheeks tingle and which brings down the leaves in such a fluttering and forlorn fashion. If we look along in a place where there ar blackberry bushes it. will be found that the green leaves are all gone from the ordinary ones, but that here and there Is a plant which ha a head of almost 'vivid green, the leaves of this being very thick and curled inwards so as to form a clus ter. Now take your knife and cut off the top of this little blackberry bush, which Is simply a strslsht stalk, and not high, and holding It over th open palm of your hand, tap It upon th latter lightly, then look into th hol low of the hand and you will find beautiful little crystals, very white and delicate. What ar theyT Why, sugar, to be sure, and with apologies to our friends, the sugar trust people, they really couldn't make any better sugar themselves. Who put the sugar there? Our little friends, the ants. They hav don the work and have provided something' good for ths winter. Is It for Thanksgiving or for Christmas; for any particular holiday, or simply to dip In upon any old time? Anyway, there is the sugar, and I have tasted it many a time and have surprised country people In not a few cases by telling them about it, for lots of country people have eyes which see not and the open lessons of the woods and fields are almost as much lost upon them as upon city children. Our tiny friend, the bee, that model of industry, which like the ant has been studied for years and years by the specialists and found to be one of the most wonderful of all created thmgs, does things by mathematical calculations, apparently, like the spider. The bee's cells are all angles and so Is the spider's web. We think always of the honey-bee, not of that Jolly little, fellow, . th humblerbee, which we call the humble-bee, which somehow or other always makes me think of Dlcken's fat boy, so roly poly Is It, or like on of those funny little Chinese) gods, who rock from side to Hide and never turn over, all stomach except a trifle of head. Well, the bumble-bee Is a honey-maker too, and the way he puts up his honey Is very funny Indeed. To begin with he makes a bag. out of cloth. If you please, felt cloth, and Is a very clever maker tod, and hangs this underneath some good shelter, where rsln and wind cannot bother It and he will make, a row, perhaps severs) rows, of these little spheres, each about half an Inch In diameter, and then fill these with honey, as clear as a dew drop, and my! how sweet When you find these little honey-bags, make two holes In them with a pin, opposite each other, and the honey will run out and It Is delightful to eat. One I jound a couple of. dosen of these honey-bags under the cotton platform at RaJelgh, took them home, got out the honey this way .and put it upon a slice of bread. A we go to a good dinner : and tackle a piece of fried chicken and think ho'w very good it ta, or eat a slice of melon, we must not think that our feathered "friends, the birds, do not know what good eating is and ap- j predate It too. The other day I saw a thrush come in with a grasshopper. a fine fellow, and, by the way, he was kicking. The thrush perched on a limb near-by, not seelngme. and when proceeded to eat her lunch; She was not too quick snout it ana nei tne grasshopper very adroitly Indeed. Th limb was flat and she held him down until he was entirely dead and then at him with the most evident relish, between bites taming her head left and right, and once making a low note, as if of criticism or approval. There was no greediness about It th bird taking her time. After she hal eaten she sang, for sne was a wood thrush, one of the sweetest singers w. have. Musicians tell me about this bird that it is the only one In Amert a which sings according to our musi cal scale; in other words, ' that ' its notes can - be rendered ' into music which we can repeat. .,: These moonlight nights, these splen did nights when the big harvest moon looms so large and . makes night al most dsy, are so beautiful that a great many people declare It .a' posit I v shame to go to bed. and Indeed the ex cuse Is an unusually good one. but It must not be thought that, human be ings alone enjoy the moonshine. Have you ever seen th young rabbits play ing on a moonlight night? They pick a clear place In a tittle glade and there they have their sports. They seem to turn - somersaults . and "the pranks-Hhey play-would le . worthy of L low, qulek cry which they frequently give, and as they pass each other hav a fashion of striking out right and left with those long and soft hind feet of theirs. The rabbits are not large In August but they love. to play. Later, on crisp winter nights, when ths moonlight sparkles on the ground or on the snow, they will be grown up and they will play this way too. but somehow there H more of sport In what the little ones do. I have seen them plsy and, once saw mama,. Mrs. rrabWt. sittlsg verjr demurely, looking otv I have ns doubt that occasional ly she spoke to her youngsters, giv ing them directions about plsying or a bit of advice, and she may hav even scolded them llttl If they kick ed 00 hard or did something els Malaria Makes Pale, Sickly Children. The Old Standard O ROVE'S TASTE LESS CHILL TONIC drives out ma laria and builds tip th system. Tor grown peopl and children, too. AMERICAN MOISTENING : I . 1 79 Milk Street, Boston, tlaas 77 X S. C0THEA1I, fouth;n Vcnttl,e, 405 Trust w&t amiss. Now Mrs. Rabbit, while enter ing very heartily Into the spirit of the sport kept an eye open for - "Brer Fox,' the sworn foe of all rabbits. He was quite Ukely to sneak along, young rabbits being very much to his tajste, and If he should happen to come what a scattering . there would be! "Uncle Remus. rest his soul, has told us all about-'Brer Rabbit" and "Brer Fox." and I have no doubt the good man has seen many such a gam as this of a summer night or a winter one, for he had, to a wonderful degree, the eye which sees and .doesn't miss things. " ' . - Rabbits are smart enough and brave enough too, upon occasion, strange as is may seem. I remember that about ten. years ago a large party of us was hunting on lands now owned by the Insane asylum here and two of us stood on a great fallen tree, overlook ing an old and grass-grown road, long abandoned. A large pack of hounls was after the rabbits and we heard them coming, perhaps a quarter of a mile away. Suddenly, like a ghost, a rabbit popped into the road-way; sat perfectly straight and with swift strokes of his forefeet washed ""h Is face; then' bunching all his feet to gether, humped his back and gave a tremendous leap, using alt th power of his Jumping legs, the hind ones, and did a good seven or eight feet clear the trail and away they went right angles into the woods and across a creek on some stones. Along came the dogs, hot dn the fresh trail, and swept past me, following the road. They soon found the trail had ended, "petered out," as they say In th far West when a mine plays out and so they cam back, looking very sour and worried; swung around and hit th trail and away they went away again, but they never ctyight that rab bit A friend tells me that hs has a Bel gian hare which will make good In a fight with any ordinary dog and says he has known him to whip a dosen dogs, notsbly a very pugnacious point er. Usually the rabbit simply surrend ers, or gives way to one tiny pellet of shot, but sometimes he will carry away a whole load," It seems, and show a grip upon life which is cer tainly very remarkable. But then, that most humble little animal, the 'possum, can whip that terrible fighter, the 'coon, though-the latter is a match for almost any dog, the more especially if the tight takes place In water, where the 'coon Is very much at home, whether In the up-country or along the. coast. The meek little 'possum, scared to death of the dog, will tackle the coon and cut his throat. Some time when you are out In the woods, my dears, the big woods, and not too far from water, either spring or stream, and see the trees around a certain spot worn very smooth and the ground looking rather like chil dren had played on it. and with, sev eral holes here and there under con venient stumps or tree roots, you may b pretty sure that Mr. and Mrs. Fox ar round-about and that their little darlings have this place for their play-ground. If you hav plenty of time, don't walk over the play ground, but climb a tree within' eye sight of the place, oep very quiet and maybe you will see Mrs. Fox and her Interesting young family creep-out, look about and when they see that everything Is all right, have a little game. Mother will wallow on the ground and her babies will drag her about, making rather rough play sometimes with their teetin and claws, but like human mothera n .1 m mrl-fA kkAlOTA Mhe DIID Wll. Ill .1 1 1 .1 ..- ... . gives one a cuff. The little foxea wlir rub against trees and run up sloping ones, and once I saw a half-grown one over twenty feet above ground on a tree, lying very close there and seeming to be playing hide and seek. The fox Is very sly and he has the art of creeping to perfection. He knows how to stop and look like he was a rock or anything and he also knows how to move fast without ap pearing to do so. for the gait of .-.no animal Is more deceitful than his. Now we wilt go to some stream bank, "at ln edge of a well-shaded pool where the big trees lean far over the water and where freshets have from time to time o undermined the bsnks ss to expose their great 1 roots, and leave netween tnese iium slopes of clay whh?h give nice places to slide upon, and If you look at these you will sometimes see that they look as smooth as If they had been pressed with an Iron. If we are very quiet and are not too close w will see another very pretty sight' for the place is an otter-slide. The otter Is a beautiful animal and the ladles who so Ilk to wear furs in th win ter greatly admire otter fur, and this makes it valuable. The result Is. that Mr. and Mrs. Otter and their family have a very hard time of It Indeed; but they must have their sports, too, Ilk our friends, the foxes, so they come up out Of the water, all dripping, cHmb up the bank, up a sort ofiKt1e steps and then, head first down their slide they go and into the cool water. In which, to be sure, they are perfectly at home. With their feet wide spread and their coats so fulf of water that they look aa If they had been oiled, down they go, very evidently getting the keenest ktnd of ' enjoyment out of it all, for they will play this gam for an hour at a tlm and In addition do all sort of stunts in th water. They.ar having v tobogan-sllde. On day I was coming along a lit tle branch, which runs between the penitentiary grounds and those of the hoKpltsl for the Insane when I saw a rlppte In the water, looking Just like the letter V. ; and then 1 knew In an Instant that a musk rat was mak ing K. Its nose wss the end of the V, I was very quiet never moved a muscle and kept low, It was mother muskrst. ano when she got a liru further along here, were some of her youngsters. They were under the edge of a place where the bank-of the creek, along a meadow, hat been strengthened by thick pieces of wood, driven down Into It When ths mother came to her darlings they Bwsm out and she and they swam In 111 of VaniUa obtains its. fare excellence troni the Mexican Vanilla Dealt'.'-' stop n iikec: About leaky roof 8 and uSe Rex Flintkote, Roofing. .. For sale'only by. ' , - . . -1 CHARLOTTE SUPPLY CO. ; We carry" everything in Mill Furnishings. : : Nsws of ths State Happenings of Yesterday Told In Paragraphs. . Much damage to the various crop in th Scotland section Is reported since the heavy-rains of , last wesk. Th new business building of Mr. J. hi. Burke at Maxton is about completed and some of the offices on the second floor ar already occupied. He will move his stock of goods in about the first of September. Th Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany, of Gaffney, 8. C, which has been shut down for some days, will resume operstlons Monday, much to th grat ification of the operatives who have had no work to do since the plant suspended. 1. ' ' Rain- has fallen throughout th Torkvllle. S. C. section every day or nlfht during the past week cept Monday, and outdoor work generally has been at a standstill and It ! reported that large qua ntl tits of forage, particularly fodder, has been seriously damaged. Rev. Mr. Jenkins, pastor of the First Baptist church at Wilson, is assisting Mr. Morgan, of Maxton. In a very successful meeting. Mr. Jenkins is a forceful speaker and keeps the attention of his hearers during the entire service. Many have already been added to th church during the week, and will be baptised in the near future. s Oct Fat In Hospital. New York Press. Everybody said they never heard such a thing as a person .getting so fat when done up in a plaster cast that the old cast had to be taken on and a new one fitted on to glv the patient a change to grow, but the doctor de cared that the occurrence was by no means phenomenal. "Many lllneeses do not result 'In emaciation .especially down In this part of town." he said. "Scores of poofly fed patients that are brought to the hospital In a skinny condition take on flesh amaslngly while under treatment. This isespeclally noticea ble in th ease of an aecldent wher a plaster csst Is necessary. Then the arm , th leg. th body even that Is thus Increased Jncresses In sis under hospital fare, until th patient 1 In positive pain from the pressure and has to be relieved with a larger cast" Corn a Profitable Crop In Scotland County. Special to The Observer. Maxton. Aug. 23. A prominent sawmill man, who is also somewhat of a farmer "on the side," told me ths other day that hefiHd thlrly-flve acrer ptanteer-iir-corn on which he was told by several farmers who sre Judges of such things, he would make seventy-five bushels to the acre, snd Ihe cost of the corn would not ex ceed 40 cents a bushel at that rate. 1 that not a' profitable crop when It Is now selling at ft a bushel and over? Taylorsvllle Correspondent's Report Correct .- To the Editor of The Observer: The' report of the boiler explosion In Caldwell county this week as sent in by this correspondent to The Ob server, was correct as to facts. The report from Lenoir that there was no explosion Is Incorrect A further In vestigation by this correspondent shows that the front end was torn to pieces and the boiler landed . thirty to fifty yards away. It was not a portable but a skid boiler I hope this will set the matter straight as to my report. A. C. PAYNE. ' Correspondent. kTaylorsvlll. August 23d, DOS. a circle, the none of her babies laid on her back. They were swimming, too; and she turned sometimes to the right, and sometime to the left; went down some fifty feet then came back and went out on the bank and then Into a hole, for the rats mske bur rows In th ground on th edge of th wster. carry straw and grass into them and have their houses there, They do a lot of damage to dams and peopl catch them In barrets or In traps. They get In the barrel and then can't get out; there being water only In the bottom of H, with a tempt ing piece of bait ench aa some veg etable they like. They - look Ilk very Dig rats and henc their name. (Continued Next Monday.) . : . SPECIAL RATES VIA SEABOARD TO CHARIrrTK. ACCOUNT REPUBLI CAN STATE CONVENTION.--The Seaboard begs te announce rates based on ss per cent, of th double local fares for th round-trip from all points on this line In North Carolina lo Char. Mte account of this occasion. Tickets to be sold for all train August Skh snd for 'trains arriving In Chwlott forenoon o( August Nth with final return limit August JOth. 1 Th Seaboard Offer excellent doable daily train service to Charlotte, end for further Information regarding rate and schedule front ynejr atatlo call en your ticket agent or address th untWslgaed. . C It, OATTIS. ' . ' Traveling Passenger Agent ' -. - . ' .' . - .. Rlekh, N. C- COMPANY. : . . , . CHAELOTTE, IT. 0. Southern Railway N. B. Following schedule figures pub lished only as information, and ars not -guaranteed. April tin, 19u!: 1:29 a. ta.. No. 3ft, dally, t Washing ton and points North. Pullman drawing room sleepers to New Tork. Day coaches to Washington. - - - - - : a. m.. No. 29. dally, for Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville. Pullman drawing room sleepers to August and Jacksonville. Dsy coaches to Jackson ville. , , 3:30 a. m.. No. 3. daily, for Richmond, and local points. 6:62 a. m.. No. t daily, lor Washington and points North. Day coaches Charlott to Washington. SO a. m., No. 35. dally, for Columbia and local points. 7:10 a. m.. No. , dally except Sunday, for Stateevllle. Taylorsvllle and local -points. Connects at Mooresvlln. for Winston-Salem, and at Statesvlll for Aabe ville. . 7:18 a. in.. No. 39. dally, for Atlanta. . Day coaches Charlotte to Atlanta. Stops at principal point en route. 10:06 a. m.. No. 3s. daily, for Washing ton and points North. Pullman drawing room sleepers to New York and Rich mond, lly coaches to Washington. Din ning car service. 10:60 a. m.. No. 28. dally, for Winston-" Salem, Roanoke and local, points. 11.06 s. in.. No. 37. dally.-New York snd , New Orleans Limited. JDrawlng room sleeping ears. Observation and club earr.' New York to New Orleans. .Drawing room sleeper. New York to Atlanta. Solid Pullman train. Dining ear seryis. 12:05 p. m.. No. It daily, tor Atlanta and local points. 4:00 b. m,. No. 43. daily, for Greensboro and loeal points. 4:38 p. n.. No. 41. dally except Sunday, for Seneca and local points. 4:45 p. m.. No. Z7. dally, for Columbia and local points. :(0 p. m.. No. ?1. dally except Sunday, for Statesvlll. Taylorsvllle and local points. Connects at Statesvllle lor Ashe vllle. KnoxvlMe and Chattanooga. 7:15 p. m No. 12. daily, for Richmond' and local points. Handles Pullman sleep er. Charlotte to Washington, and Char lotte to Richmond. . 9:3 p. m.. No. S dally.' New York snd Now Orleans Limited for Washington and points North. Drawing room sleep- . ers. obaervsl'on and club cars to ' New York. Dining car service. Solid Pullman ; train. ' .. 9.3S p. nv. No. SR. dally, for Atlanta and points South. Pullman drawing room sleepers New York to New Orleans, Rich mond to Birmingham, tnariou 10 At lanta. Day coachea Warning! to New Orleans. Dining car service. Tickets, sleeping ear reservation snd detail Information can be obtained at ticket office . No. 71 South Tryon atreeb C. H. ACKERT. . , Vice Pres. and Oen. Mgr., ' Washington. D. C. S. H. HARDWICK. P. T. M., W. H. TAYLOR, O. P..A., Washington, D. C R. L. VERNON. T. P. A.. Charlotte. N, C. SEABOARD These arrivals and departures as well aa the iintesnd connec Uott.wlththet.eom- . panles, are given only aa information and are not guaranteed. Direct Tine to th principal cities North, East, South and Southwest Schedul taking effect April 12th, IK, subject to ctiHtiae without notice. Tickets for passage on alt trains a re , sold by this company and accepted by to passenger with the understanding that tills company will not be responsible tor failure to run Hs tralna on schedul tlm or for any eurh delay as may be ineidant to 4 heir operation, (are I aercisd to glveglve correct lime OL connecting line, but this company Is not responsible for" errors or omission. Trains leave Charlotte as follows; No. 40, dally, st 4:W a. m.. for Monroe, Hamlet, and Wilmington, connecting at Monroe with 31 tor Atlanta, Blrmiosjliam ' and th Southwest;' with 38 for Raleigh. Weldon and Portsmouth, with t at Ham let for ltalelgh, , Richmond. .Washington. New York. No. 44, tally, at l:0 p. m., for Monro. Hamlet, Wilmington and all local points connecting at, Hamlet with 43 for Colunv bla. Bavannal and all Florida point, and No. U tor RaletKli, Richmond, Washing ton and New York - . , -., . : -. , out change. - '..'.. No. in. daily. 7:00 p. m.. for Monroe, connecting with 41 for Atlanta, Birmipa- ham and the Southwest with train M at Hamlet, for Richmond, Washington and sleeper on this train from Charlott. N. New York. With II at Monro for Ral- -elgli, Portsmouth and Norfolk.. Through colnton, Khelliy and Ruthertordton wltn C.. to Portsmouth, a., dally. Trains arrive in Ctiarfott as follows) ' No. 133. :&9 a. m., daily, from points INorin sni noma. No. ii. dally. U SS p. m., from Wltmlag- . ton and all local point. No. IS2, delly. 7.-00 p, m., from Rufher forut.m, sHielby. Llnoolnton and C. AN. W. Railway points. - ... No. 39, 11 39 p. m.. dally, from Wilming ton, flam let and Monroe; also from points v East. North and Southwest connecting at Hamlet and Monrse- Connections are made at 'Hamlet with No. 133. dally, at 9:60 a, rs.. for Lin through trains for points North. 8outH snd Hnutbwest which ar cemposwd ot vestibule day coaches between Ports month aftd Atlanta, and Washington and Jacksonville, Snd sleeping ears between Jersey City, Rlrmlnsham and Memphis, and Jersey City and Jacksonville. Cat cr o all through train, Pr Information, tlme-tabln. reserva tions or Seaboard descriptive ltteratur apply to ticket asents or addrses: , JAMES KER. JR.. C. P. A S2 Sclwyn HoteL - Charlotte, N. C. ' NORFOLK sTc WKSTFJtX RAILWAY. Schedul tn eecfrt May 17th, J. Hl&OsraLv Charlotte. Sv Ry. Ar 4) :30 pm i JO pot Lv Winston. N.4W. Ar KO pr 4A7 pm Lv v Martinsville. - Lx.ll 43 am T:2SpraAr Roanoke. Lv 9.23 am Connect at Roanoke via Shenandoah. Valley Route for liageratown. -and ail points in Pennsylvania and New Tork. Pullman a lee per. Koanoke and Philadel phia. . Through eoaeh. Charlotte t RoencVe. Additional train leave Winston a. m. daily except Sunday. -It you ar thinking ot taking a trip yn want quotations, cheapest rates, reliable and correct Information, ss to route, train schedules, the most- comfortable an 1 quickest way. Write and th In'ormatn.n I .xourt for the asking, with one of c complete rnsp" fnldere. y - mr -r. P. PRAtKi, Trar. pass. Jte. W. LEVILL. Gen't Pass. A Roanoke, Ya. RFPUBIJCAV STATR CO.N'VT ' CHAR ten S. N. C Aus'i RAT i VIA SEAP.OARD. the Seaboard Air Line re nounce tist en accnint cf B!"n the -bord wi.l put H r s!! r'.its at " rr c t. r f ' bvai ir-. T 'S.:1 t c ;t 2 tn, and fr fwi e- 1 . fren'wn cf A- !-t I . ! these tithe; , 1 te A-. ..-t I
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