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MORG-ANTON, N. 0.. OCTOBER 30 1902.
No. 32.
Constipation
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back
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mouth? It's
vour
liver! Aver s i-ills are
liver pui:;- j-
They curs consti-
cliQy dyspepsia.
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ivv.-n or f-h black.
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Farm foi Sale.
The Davis Alexander farm, which I
now own. I will sell for cash or part
cash and 5 per cent, interest on balance
for a term of five years. There re
about 310 acres in said tract. A first
class frame dwelling house and all nec
essary outbuildings. A. Nor 1, corn
"will, which will pay the interest on-the
value of the place. This is a 'first-class
investment. The surrounding neigh
borhood is composed of as good people
as the county - affords, -free school
within half nile of farm. My reason
ivr selling is, that l QO not m
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dthe
place. Title retained till purchase
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ipjEE:fcn
money is paid. This offer wilSJ hold
good for twenty days. Parties jwish
"ng to buy and mean business can get
U information about the place from
Mr. Alexander or myself about the con
Uitions of sale. - ."
s. m. Mcdowell. ,
Aug. 10, 190i Morganton N.C
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
As Told by the Papers in
the Neighboring
Counties.
CLEVELAND.
Hew Presbytery Died Married A
i rmtful Meeting Fine Corn Crop.
Shelby Star, Oct. 23rd
rhe campaign is progressing:
most satisfactorily in Cleveland,
Democratic speakers are preach
ing Democracy with great power
and they are being heard by
good crowds.. ;
Mr. Spurgeon Jackson, the pop
ular young son of Mr. William
Jackson, and MissOlIieEskridge,
the accomplished daughter of Mr.
Jno. G. Eskridge,. of Double
Shoals, were happily married on
last Sunday morning, J. M. Wil
son, Esq., officiating.
Miss Daisy Hartsell, a daugh
ter of the late Rev. J. 0. Hartsell,
who died in Shelby a few years
ago, died at the home of her
brother in Winston-Salem last
week. She was a noble young
woman and true Christian,
whose beautiful character made
her a favorite among her ac
quaintances.
Mr. A. H. Cline, of Buffalo, has
a fine farm and he is making an
unprecedently large crop of corn
this year. He will make at least
2000 bushels. One of bis tenants,
Henry McDowell, calored, raised
some exceedingly fine corn. Fifty
ear8 "of. it makes considerably
over a bushel and weighs 71
pounds. Some of the ears meas
ure 15 inches.
Rev. N. G. Bethea and Rev. E
A. Plyler have just closed a most
.fruitful Meeting at Bessemer Citv
There were 65 conversions and
reclamations, and 20 accessions
to the Methodist Protestant
church. It was a great meeting:.
Uev. N. G. Bethea closed a good
meeting at Caroleen two weeks
ago. There were 32 conversions
and 11 accessions to his church,
making a total of over 50 new
members for his church this vear.
e
News was received here Satur
day of the death of Mrs. G. W.
J,ogan at her home in Chimney
Rock .Iriday. afternoon after a
lingering illness of several weeks.
An operation was performed, and
because of her age and weakened
condition, she did not survive the
shock. Mrs. Logan was 72 years
of age and leaves six children to
mourn their loss. She was for
merly a Aliss Uauaniss and re
sided in Shelby, where she had
many friends and relatives.
At the meeting of the Mecklen
burg Presbyter v in Albemarle
last week it was decided to ask
the Synod which meets in Wins
ton-Salem this week to create
another, Presbvtery in this sec
tion to be known as the King's
Mountain Presby tery a n d ' to be
composed of the counties of
Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln,
Rutherford and Polk 'counties.
This plan was heartily favored
by Kev. W. ti. Minter, who is one
of the strongest young ministers
in the Synod. It is expected that
this Presbytery will be created.
CALDWELL.
Death of Mrs. Clippard Corn Crop
Turning Out Well-Other News-
Lenoir Newa Oct. 24th.
' Poultry and eggs are scarce
and high on this market.
We hear that the corn crop is
tui ning out better than, expected
in some parts of the county.
Miss Susie . Perkins", 'of Burke,
spent a few days with Misses
Beal this week, "leaving for her
home Wednesday.
Thv farmers are getting pret
ty well through with wheat seed
ing for this year -and - a" fairly
good sized .crop has been sown.
An interesting revival is in
progress at Alt. Zion church, SIX
I 1 T i 1 i -r T
or eight miles noutheast of Le
noir. The pastor, Mr. Stover, is
assisted by Rev. Mr. McKmney.
. Mrs. Reese CI ipp'ard died of
typhoid fever at her home, a few
miles- southeast of Lenoir, last
Friday. She left a four months
old iufaiiL Mrs. Clippard was
only mnteen or " twenty years
old and her "remains were buried
at Lower Creek church Saturday.
WHAT'S r YOUR' FACE
' : WORTH!- - '
Sometimes a fortune but
never, if you have a aundiced
look, a sallow complexiOn.moth
"patches and blotches on the
skin, all sierns of liver trou
ble. But Dr. King's New Life
Pills srive-clear skin, rich com
nlexion. Only 25 cents ; at i
TulHs- drug store.
CATAWBA.
Stolen Milluwy Found A Promi
nent Citizen Arraigned on a Grave
Charge Funniest Joke of the Cam
paign Cottonl Turning Out Well
Other News.
Newton Enterprise, Oct. 24th.
The Southern railroad is put-
tang in a side track tor the Ca
tawba Cotton Mills.
Mrs. G. W. Jones, after spend
ing some time with relatives in
Newton, returned with herfamily
to her home at Kutherford Col
lege Monday.
x ne meeting ar rue impiisi
cnurcn cioseciauesaav nignr. ix
..I il -l im i i. t.I
was a very successful meeting.
Seven converts were baptised
Monday night. '
. .
. Married, by Rev. R. A. Yoder,
on the evening of October 16th,
at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bost,
near Maiden, Miss Laura Bost to
Mr. W. A. Fulhvobd, ;f Lenoir.
Mr. F. E. Bost says .he never I
kne w cotton to'turn out so well
from a given amount of seed as It
does ' this year. From 1388
pounds ot seed cotton he got a
bale of 533 pounds. He Rays if
he had sold the seed, as well as
the lint, he would have realized
about 4 cents a pound for his
seed cotton.
The funniest joke of . the cam
paign in this county so far, is the
claim of the fusion papers that
Prof. Brit t got the best of Gus
Self in a debate last Friday night;
and the next funniest one is the
claim that his speeches in Cataw
ba will considerably increase the
majority for the "Citizens ticket."
There was a preliminary trial
before squire J. M. Brown in the
court hou se Tuesday on - the
charge against Mr. T. C. Mehaf-
fey, a prominent citizen of this
county, for attempting an as-
sault upon the fourteen-year-old
daughter of Mr, James Setzer.
He was bound over to theSuper-
ini- ff.nrt in tbp sum of $200.
- I
Several weeks ago a number of
articles were missea irom tne
.1 1
millinery store of Shu ford & Les
ter. A certain ladv in town was
at once suspected. But no action
was taken until yesterday. The
sheriff and two assistants went
to the houee with a search war
rant and found about $30.00
worth of goods that were readily
recognized. It is presumed that
the store was entered with a key
tha t fit the lock. The goods were
stolen on Sunday night after the
opening the latter part of last
month. Mrs. J. S. Allen and
daughter Cora are the parties in
the case. The trial is set for next
Monday.
WATAUGA.
A Letter from Rev. Blalock Bearing
r Sad "News -One Thousand Bushels
of Apples Gathered on One Farm
A Drop in the Price of Cabbage
Boone Democrat, Oct 23rd.
Apple gathering and 'tater
diggin' and corn pullin' continue.
Rev. David Greene and others
have been conducting -a meeting
at Brushy Fork for a week or
more. - . " . - V
There were near oihT thousand
bushels of marketable apples
gathered on the farm of Uncle
Milton Brown, at Deerneld. -
Mr. James D. Councill and Miss
Emma Witkler will he married
in the Methodist church in Boone
at 7:30 p. m., next Wednesday.
The price of cabbage at Lenoir
has dropped as low as 25 cents
per hundred, but t he rush of mar
ket wagons continues all tfie
same. '- . ' '' , " - -
At the close of his sermon at
the Baptist church on Sunday
night, the Rev. Jones lead a let
ter from Missionary Blalock,
who is in China, bearing tha sad
hews to his churches here that he
had buried his only child in that
benighted country last May
THE .WORST FORM
Multitudes are singing the
praises pf Kodol, the iiewais
covery which is .making so
many sick people well"; and
weals people-strong by digest
ing what they eat. -by cleans
ing and sweetening the. stom
ach and by transforming their
food- into the kind of pure.ricn,
red blood that makes you feel
good all over. Mrs. Cranfill.of
number of years I was troubled
with indigestion ana dyspepsia
which errew into the .worst
form.
Finally I was induced
Tr ' J 1 - Pt cnn.
four bottles ' I
lj uoy uuuw.kuu uiw. "-'-"t.
am entirely
cured. I heartily recommend
Kodol to all sufferers from in
digestion and dyspepsia. Take
a dose after meals it digests
what -you eat.' Leslie's drijg
store. - ; - '
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Mcdowell.
Sam Jones Lecture New Livery
Stable An American Eagle aaa a
Six-Legged Calf.
Marion Democrat. Oct. 24th.
Miss Lydia Wilson was the
guest of friends in Monro n ton
during the week.
A ,very large American eagle
and a six-legged calf were on ex
hibition in Marion during the
week.
A nw livery stable was opened
in town during the .week: , Glass
AAbernethv.ofConnellv Soriners.
are the Dronrietors
1
Dr. I. P. Jeter, of Morganton;
W- P. Patton, of Asheville, and
Col." Wood, of Tarboro, the com
missioners to examine state in
stitutions, were in the city Mon
day. They left for Mitchell coun
ty, Tuesday, to examine iuto the
condition of the convict camps
there.
Sam Jones spoke to what wan
probably the largest audience
that ever greeted a public speaker
in Marion. Everv foot of seat
ing space was occupied, so that
the first event of the Lyceum
course was an immense success
so far "as attendance .was con
cerned. Mr. Jones was intro
duced by Attorney J. W. Pleas.
Mr. Jones' subject was "A Med
ley of Facte, . Philosophy and
Fun," mostly the latter. Wa
cannot say that we greatly ad
mire Mr. JoneV style, many of
of his jokes and sallies of wit be
ing made at the expense of ser
ious things. We think tha t if his
language was a. little more chaste
his teaching wound be more ef
fective. -7 While -he said, many
good things, the words "devil'
and "hell" occur so often in ' his
vocabulary that people think his
object is "fun" instead of serious
impression. ' The intent and pur-
pose of his address was, we be-
lieve, to warn against the evils
of intemperance, eanibliner. evil
associations and all other bad
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Other McDowell Items.
Marion New a, Oct. 23rd.
Mrs. M. B. Kibler, of Morgan-
ton, is visiting her father Rev. T.
E. Wairg.
Albert Ga rven, who was crush
ed between two cars at Old Fort.
died at the Mission Hospital at
Asheville Monday.
The Southern has a pile driver
at work this week putting down
piles in the big fill east of Marion,
preparatory . to building a larger
: culvert through the fill.
Mr. A. W. Curtis, a native of
McDowell county, who has been
away about 35 years, is here
now on a visit, Mr. Curtis is at
present a prosperous business
man of Chicago.
A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRI
CAN STORE.
O. R.Larson, of Bay Villa,
Sundays River, Cape Colony,
conducts a store typical of
South Africa, at which can be
purchased anything from the
proverbial "needle to an an
chor." This store is situated
in a valley nine miles from the
nearest railway station and.
about twenty-five miles from
the nearest town.. Mr. Larson
says; "I am favored with the
custom of farmers . .within a
radius of thirty miles, to many
of whom I - have supplied
Chamberlain's remedies. All
testify to their value in a house
hold where a doctor's advice is
almost out of the question.
Within one mile of my store
the population is perhaps sixty.
Of these within the past twelve
months, no less than, fourteen
i i a . T a
nave oeen aDsoiuteiy cured oy
Chamberlain's Cougn Remedy.
This must surely be a record.'
For sale by W. A, Leslie, drug
gist. The Past and tha Praeent.
In days gone by
When she and 1 - .
Would drive through leafy laasm,
I begged my JaM, .
But all ta rain.
To let me hold the rets
Twas long ago;
Now. to my woe.
My vigor slowly wanes,
For Jane, you see
- f Twlxt you and me).
Btill firmly holds the reins.
. 8mart flafc
A FIENDISH ATTACK.
An attack was lately made on
CLF. Collier, of Cherokee, Ia.,
that nearly proved fataL It
came through his kidney s. His
back got soelame he could hot-
stoop without great pam, no:
Sit in a Chair eXCent nronellea
i , , Va.a.j- VTNTwywl
i u j vjucuivuo. icmcuj - ts-
mm uniii lie ineu uiecirie Jit'
ters which effected such a won
derf ul cure that he writes he
feels like a, new man. This
marvelous medicine cures
backache and kidney trouble.
TnrifAs thA hlood -and- builds
up your health. Only(dt)o at
i J ohn Tuirs drug store.
A LESSON FROU A CIRCUS.
Toe general staff of the French
army we all present at the scene
of the battle of Sedan recently for
the purpose of receiving an object
lesson in American organization in
moving, - housing and feeding an
army of people. The first of the
four big trains of Barnum & Bai
ley's circus arrived at 5 o'clock, and
by 9 a hot and elaborate breakfast
for 700 was served at tables. Mean
while every tent "had been erected
and every seat mounted. Costumes
had been unpacked and hundreds of
horses stabled, curried and fed.
The staff declared that even the
crack artillery regiments could not
eoual the performance, and the
Thirty-sixth field artillery regi
ment was ordered out from barracks
to entrain and detrain. Various
faults ven pointed out by Mr.
Bailey and his superintendent. A
stenographer took down Ihe sugges
tions, which will later be embocued
in- a report to the minister of war.
The staff was served with supper in
the circus tent, and then the whole
circus melted away toward the next
town in three hours.
Sehefa Prompt Reply.
Frits Scheel, director of the Phil
adelphia orchestra, has a fondness
for American slang and colloquial
isms that is far in excess of his apt
ness in ' acquiring the exact words
and ' senaa. When he first came to
Philadelphia'in tha summer of 1899,
ne was - struck by the expresskm I
'out of skshf sate an Vith fine
neartlnoss to Inojeat pleasure and
satistactlon with ta general order
f " things. Scheel -determined to
make twe of ft at -th first oppor
tunity ana to that fend repeated it
over and over to himself, always
keepiag in -mind the' circumstance
under which. H should be uttered,
iff. Elias met the musician ene aft-
' ernoon when the' latter was- playin
at Woodside park and cheerily icaUed
out: x
TIow are you, Fritz r
Mxou;dorrt sea me r was Scheel 8'
prompt and amazing reply --Phila
delphia Times. b
Now 4oray's Leech Induetry.
"Hirudo day" is an anniversary
m New Jersey that is sever heard
of elsewhere. It is the day on which
the men who gather leeches for
metucai use go to town 10 coueci
-l - , 1 , . 1
tbeir pay, leaving it till this partic-
ular day. Leech buying ia not the
work ior a novice. The question of
price i not at all involved in the
game, as the leech catchers have tha
only trust permitted on New Jersey
soil, and they fix the price per dozen
at which-they will eelL Their prices
rangt from $1.80 to $3.80 per dos
es this year, according, to the age
of the leech. A leech under the age
of eighteen months is not a medici
nal leech. His suctorial proboscis
is not fully developed until he passes
seventeen months, although he ac
quires a "full set of semicircular
teeth in his jaws at the age of one
year. .
How RuamII 8a ge Is Guarded.
Mr. Sage's office is in the building
occupied by the National Bank or
Commerce, in Nassau street In an
anteroom sits his faithful guardian
and confidential man, Mr. Menzies,
through whom the", aged financier
must loe reached. Mr.-Menzies is
Erotected by a partition having a
itticed wire top with iron spikes
reaching to the ceiling. It would
be impossible for a man to climb
over these spikes or to throw a
bomb between them. Mr. Sage is
not always accompanied in the
street or in traveling "between bis
home and office by a bodyguard or
detective. Frequently he goes about
entirely alone and seemingly .Is
without fear except when in Lis of
fice. New York Press.
A Singular Com petition.
A singular contest has just taken
plaoe near Birmingham. - Stones
were placed a yard apart for a hun
dred yards, and a local butcher had
undertaken to pick each one up sep
arately and return it to a basket at
the end of the line. 'The time al
lowed : Ho accomplish this perform
ance was nfty-fira sninutes, and the
batcher tneaeeM to fiWahing in
forty-eight winatee. The task is
not to simple aa k 4rst appears, for
When in tae aerentiea he was run
ning wetnethiBg like 150 yards for
ach atone, which was increased, to
00 at the finish.. Ia this way be
covered a eeoatiderablf distance it
ta estimated between nve ana six
toilea.--Lendon Standard. .
' W Our Meat Exports.
The total annual export value of
United States meat, of which beef
forms the principal item, is in round
figures $100,000,000. If we add to
this the distributive sales of the va
rious packing establishments in the
United States for theiJAmestic mar
ket as well, we fmdljtreaches
the enormous total l JfefOOO car
loads, valued at $2,Ml0VX0. Add
ed to this is the value of the many
byproducts of -the packing house,
which amount to many Bullions
moro.LeaUV Monthly.
100 Reward, $100.
The nidm of this nawr will be o leased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis-
cue that science has been able to core In- all
itaatacee and that ia Catarrh.- Hall'a "Ca-
I knows to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
I being a constttntic
conititntional -disease, reqelres a
eoBstitational .treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Core ia taken internally, acting directly np
oa the blood and mucous snrfacea of the sys
tem; thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building op the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. ' The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers,
that thev offer One Hundred Dollars for any
jnVlXn7ttnot followed by constipation as
case that it fails to care. Send for Hat of
testimonials. , . ' Address,
, " F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. O.
8old by druggists, 75c.
HaU's Family PiUs are the best, .
CONDENSED STORIES.""
Geef4 PitHufh Lte't LMt Cent
' That Was Presented to Mrs. Gibbon.
Major General John. Gibbon thus
describes his meeting with General
Fitz-Hugh Lee at the ' McLean
house, Appomattox county, Va, in
April, 1865, at the time oi the Con
federate, surrender: "Going to. the
door, I found ' General Fitz Leo
seated on his horse and looking, as
I " thought, somewhat UDeasy. lie
had been a cadet under me at West
Point, and I had not seen him -for
years. As I looked at him a vision
of tho past came up before me, and
I could tliink only of a little rollick
ing . fellow dressed in cadet gray,
whose jolly songs and gay spirits
were the life of his class. My salu
tation of Helk), Fitz! Get off and
come in seemed to put him at his
ease at once and brought him to his
feet. He came into the' house and
told me -his story.- Before leaving,
with a grim humor, he took from
his pocket a five dollar Confederate
note, and, writing across its face,
For Mrs. Gibbon, with the compli
ments of Fitz Lee,' he said. Send
that to your wife and tell her it's
the last cent I have in the world.' "
- A Wily Boer Commandant.
A South African correspondent
tells how cleverly the Boer Com
mandant Kntzlnger made use of his
knowledge of English in the recent
war.
On one occasion he galloped
up to a blockhouse and declared that
he was In command of a couple of
squadrons of Marshall's hone and
"I THINK WE HAVE KBITZrKGKB CORNERED
NOW.
was beintr hotlv nursued hv Krit-
ringer himself. So Well did he tell
- 0 w r j
his story that the blockhouses ac
tually held up the advance of the
pursuing column of English with a
heavy fire. Hiding up one evening
to a blookhouse, dressed in an Eng
lish captain's costume and attended
by two orderlies, he announced that
the column to which he was at
tached would pass through at mid
night on a night march and they
were on no account to fire on it. He
selected the spot at which he would
cross and insisted on absolute si
lence being observed. ."I think we
have Kritzinger cornered now," he
remarked cheerily, "and so 'elp me,'
said tne crestfallen noncommis
sioned officer next morning when
he found out his mistake, "if I
didn't salute 'im and the men give
'im a cheer aa e rode off.
A Famous Huckster.
At; the opening performance of
'"Beancaire" its author, Booth Tark-
ington, was pointed out to a certain
lady of Malaprop tendencies as the
"Why Hoosier?" she asked.
"Thafs what they call, a gentle
man from Indiana, was the reply.
A few evenings later on being in
troduced to Mr. Tarkington at'a re-
cention this Mrs. MalanroD enthusi-
astically exclaimed In an effort to
be genial, "So you are the famous
huckster r: flew York Times. :
- He Knew His Faro.
In the preface to a new transla
tion in English of Telstoi's "Sevas
topol" an amusing story is told of
the way in which a uerman transla
tor handled the inscription to An-
na xvarenina. V engeance is mine;
I will repay. That inscription was
written by Tolstoi in" the ecclesias
tical Slavonic used by the ' Russian
church, and the translator rendered
ft t "Revenge fa sweet; I will play the
ace
- Where Water Was 8carce.
Frederic Villiere, the well known
war artist and correspondent, de
clares he saw the following sign in
a prominent hotel in an Australian
town where water was - scarce:
Tlease don't use soap when wash
ing, as the water is required for
tea."
Record In Brlckmaklng.
A record in- brickmaking was
made in a Bango (Me.) brickyard
recently. -The crew, consisting of
ten men and using a horsepower ma
chine such as has been used there
for the last twenty-five years, un
dertook to see how many bricks they
could make in ten hours. The re
sult was 46,000. -: , - :
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Tablets at W. A Leslie's drue:
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When too want underwear dif?
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FOR THE LITTlle ONES. '
A Ufa Saving Elephant Who Caught
Cold and Died. a)
A few years ago two children were
bathing in tho- sea at a little town
on the coast of France when sud
denly for some reason or other they
were carried out o their depth. In
a few moments their cries as they
struggled in the deep water aroused
attention, but before any one could
reach them they were rescued in an
altogether unexpected manner.
An immense elephant belonging
to a traveling circus happened to
have been led down to the sea Jhat
morning to bathe, and as he was en
joying nis bath close at hand he
heard the cries of the children.
Plunging through the water toward
them, he lifted them very gently,
one at a time, and carried them to a
place of safety. ,
This elephant, whose name was
Gua, recently died at Hereford from
the effects of a severe cold. He had
reached -a great age and was said to
be 150 years old. Chatterbox.
How to Tell the Time.
I've Jus' learned bow to tell the time;
My mother teaehed me to.
An' ef you think you'd like to learn
I guess rrnlght teach you. -
At first. .though. It's as hard as tun
An makes you twist an' turn.
An' mother says that they is folks
Big folks what never learn.
" i
You Btand before the clock, Jus' so.
An' start right at the too;
. That s twelve o'clock, an when you reach
The little hand you stop.
Now, that's the hour, but you've got
To watch what yowre about.
Because the hardest part Is to come.
To find the minutes out. .
You go rtght back again .to where
You started from an' see
Bow far the minute hand's away.
Lik. thla you re watcbln me 7
An' when you've found the minute hand
You multiply by five.
then you've got the time of day.
As sure as you're alive.
They's folks, I know, what says that they
Don t have to count that way,
That they can teU by Jus a glance ,
At any time of day.
But I don't b'lieve no fibs like that, .
Because ef that was true
My ma would know It, but she showed
He like I m Bhowln you.
W. W. Whitelock In Leslie's Monthly.
Nip.
One morning I found my terrier
flip sitting outside the store cup
board. He always liked to be near
when it was opened, because he
hoped to get something to eat, bo I
took no notice of him;' but he
jumped up at me and then at the
door, asking as plainly as he could
that it might be opened. I scolded
him for being, so greedy, but he
would not move.
Later in the day cook wanted
something; . from the cupboard and
remarked that flip had been sitting
j - . . ....
there ever since breakfast, lie
seemed very excited and pleased
when he found the door was really
going to be opened, and when cook
threw back the door we knew why.
Pussy, who is a great friend of his,
walked out. Nip had been trying
to tell us she was there all the morn
ing, only we were too stupid to un
derstand. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Boy Was Right.
Schoolteacher, examining - the
class, lights on the youngest and is
6o .struck with his intelligent as
pect that he questions him forth
with: "flow, my little man, what do
v turu u iuuci x lie utuc uiic ic-
mamed silent. "Well, suppose
were to give you five rabbits today
and two more tomorrow, how many
rabbits . would vou have then V
"Eight t" promptly answered the ju
venile. "Eight I Why, how do you
make that out?" "'Cause I've got
one to home already.
Interesting Experiments. '
Fix a - needle in each end of
broomstick, rest the needles on two
glasses placed, on-chairs, with the
needles alone in contact with the
classes. If vou strike the broom
stick violently with another stick,
the former will be broken, but the
glasses will remain intact." The im
pulse given by the blow has not
time to, pass on through the par
ticles in the glass. The particles of
the broomstick separate before the
movement can be transmitted to the
glasses. .
' , Vain Miss Hipp.. - "
The sun was very, very hot, and so was
- vain Miss Hippo
'When on a day In summer time she came
- to take her dip, ohr
' TOT DAINTY DABXXNO.
Tb glad I brought my parasol,''
she. "If a some protection.
I shouldn't like to freckle, for that spoils
a good complexion.
CASTOR I A
- For Infants and Children.' ;
KIsJ Y03 H2T8 AlwajS BOSgu
Signatareof
I
' ' JEPor Sale. My house
and lot on East Union street,
at a bargain. . For price and
terms apply to ' -
V R.P. Gillam. ;
COST " OF OCEAN SPEEDING".
Much has been said of late re
garding the speed of the German
Atlantic greyhounds. Not enough, .
perhaps, has been said regarding tha
cost of this speed. The latest crea
tion of the North German Lloyd,
JCaiser Wilhelm II., is designed to.
do twenty-four knots an hour at an -expenditure
of 40,000 indicated
horsepower. Our White Star, liner
Cedric, the largest 6hip in the world,
will go seventeen knots with 14,000
Horsepower, liut, says the Smnninff
World, the . Kaiser Wilhelm will
burn 750 tons of coal per day, which
ia 190 per cent more than the Go-
dric, ,and she will need 256 moro
hands to work her. Curiouslv
nough, of -her crew of COO only for
ty-five will be ordinary sailors, the
remainder being mechanics of vari
ous orders. London Telegraph. .
Hie Downfall.
Gentleman How did you get in
such a battered condition ?
Tramp Me downfall was brought
about by liquor, sir.
Gentleman And you have "the
ace to tell me that P
Tramrj .Twa'n't mv fault, sir: I
stumbled over a derouahn.
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and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. lt
will relieve the poor little sufferer imme-
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the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing
Syrup," and take no other kind.
To the People of Burke CouAty.
In announcing- myself a candidate
for Register of Deeds, I desire to say I
am not a politician, l am going to run
before the people f Burke county. I
am an old soldier, and it all the good
people wUl give me their votes and
elect me it will do me much good. I
have been voting- thqf Democratic ticket -
40 years and never have held an office.
The man I have to run against is a
young man, and he is a nice man, and '
nave nothing- against him, but I
think he can wait a few years. What
do 1 must do at once or 1 will be out
of date, and he is comparatively" a
young man and can wait another turn. .
Now, it is with the people, and I '
humbly ask at your hands one vote at
the ballot box. I am placed at the
bottom of the list. I will not act dirty
in order to get votes. . You all know
me, and do me as you will and I will
be satisfied. You all, or many of you,
know I was an old soldier and am un
able to do hard work. Take me up
and see if you think I deserve anything,.
at your hands. If so, vote for me;
You all know I am a Democrat; If 40 -years
services for the party is not suf
ficient to convince you, if one was to
come from the dead you would not be
lieve him. ,
I will give you a statement from my
old captain. See what he has to say.
Kemember'I am in the race to stay
to the end.
J. F. BATTLE
TuSQUiTEE, Clay county, N. C, .
Aug. 20th, 1902. 1
1
To whom it may concern: - -
This is to certify that James F. Bat
tle was a member of my company, that he
enlisted July 5th, 1862, at Fort Hem-
bree, Clay county, JN. C, ana served
with honor and distincting to his com
rades and many friends in the State in -
which he was born and reared to the
close of the war, and was detached
from company F to Col. 6. N. Folk,
who was commanding the otn JMortn
Carolina cav.; subsequently- I believe
to Gen. Gion's staff, and that he was
a gallant soldier in . every respect and
highlyfrespected by 'all his comrades.
W. f. jyiuuKJi;, captain,
Commanding Co. F. oth N. C. Cav.
' I have read the above statement of
Capt. W. P. Moore and I know the
same to be correct. ,
THOS. DUCKWORTH.
. Subscribe
IIeeald :
for The News-
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Announcement. - - ----
I hereby announce myself an Inde
pendent candidate for the office of.
Treasurer of Burke county, and solicit
the support of all lt pan
soeVer, - -E. S. WABLICK.
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