Gleaner.
VOL. XXXI.
GRAHAM, N. C, THUBSDAY, JUNE 15, 1905.
NO. 20
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'IJ i
MAN WHO
ONCE MADE
DIAMONDS
Bjr Cutctifft Hynt
Cttrlth, IMS, h) Cl.ll, II,,
T is a remark past doubt that
Conrad Macdonald waa
most wonderful chemist
XfvunlP 1 1r n n .1. I .
aaaaaa "jni. a uivff UUB, UQQ
that's whv T aqv tf tti- ii
' - - "-rf w uu vulaM KUOK
of acquaintances are, with few excep
tions, entirely ignorant on the subject
Even the Hatton Garden people, who
ought to know, have overlooked this
talent in their awe at one another of
the man's peculiar attributes,
i Pedantically Macdonald waa Ph. D.
of Leipslc and i D, 8c. of London,
which, of course, does not go for
much, and he was also a B. A. of Cam
bridge, first class Nat Science Tripos,
both parts, which naturally gees for
nothing at all. Honors men are no
torious fizzles In attar lira mnA a
none of tnese things In the leaat proves
that he was usefully and practically
clever. Even the post at Burton-on-Trent,
from which he derived a living
during some sixteen preparatory years,
" uv v&ikvituu ui uis powers,
wan mprplv nniilvaf tn Kmwam
flcially that may argue certain niceties
lit mflnlnnlntlnti unA ' an
r kuu uu nvynuvu;
knowledge of organic work, but no op-
oauuua uv Twuirti wtucu an uut ex
haustively remarked upon in the text
ooou. - unginai researcn is entirely
foreign to that branch of the trade.
PYr tha atvla nf wnflr ha Aram m mMA
Iniyime fawlnnrnavman im!tii Anntil
boast a better but the exoteric public
uweu iu nee now no spent it. ns xarea
on Spanish claret Camembert cheese,
brown biscuit and plug tobacco entire
ly; bought one Inferior suit of black
per annum, which became many hued
with hlpflfh flllfl nflri hafAra thA Aa rf
discarding; t never , purchased- letter
press, amusement or new nats, ana yet
wore hla manfiv down tn tlut hrnakin
strain.: The local bank manager while
sending nun uncivil letters anoni over
drawing his account used to wonder
whether Macdonald waa supporting an
Invalid mother In luxury elsewhere.
Macdonald knew very few people
outside the brewery: Myself and one
other man made ap his list of callers:
As the other man pinned himself to
travel 18,000 miles per annum, mostly
nn foot nr hnraehack. ha did not often
turn up at Burton-on-Trent end, else
because of wanderlust my own visits
rarely amounted to the - blannusL
Neither Macdonald'e residence nor his
menage was attractive enougn to a raw
more reanArtAbla-sloitora.
He Inhabited then a large rectangu
lar barn, standing ty itseir m,a neio.
It had originally been a grain store,
possessed no chimney - and had win
dows only in the roof. When necessary
Manlnnfllil nroenred heat br exaltma
a brick over two roaring Bunsen burn
ers, light by inducing toe said uunsena
to cast forth yellow, smoky flames. A
canvas . hammock - slung across one
angle and a blanket sleeping sack sa v
ed the formality or Deamaaing. i
floor was a seat which never required
Araaaina int It , nnaition. IV These tbingSk
when reported ; in Burton-on-Trent,
were looked upon aa the adjuncts of a
savage. Moreover, there, waa usually
free chlorine in the air,-which, with
the other stinks of the place, bit bear
ily into a stranger'e long. '
Consequently Macdonald became a
pariah and waa left severely alone,
which was what he wanted. He nat
nntiitf anrned the renntatioa of being
mad, which be was not and of being
unclean, which was oniy bp
modification. For Instance, he had a
tank in hit barn and dived there thrice
daily. - '' , '
The other attribute which I hinted at
aa belna- his was a' business talent
which enabled him to bring off the big
Kiaofcmaiifn eonn of the century.
n-tnci hail ha keot this np his
aleeve that not even I and the other
man knew anything anoux it.
exhibited himself up tUI then In all
Mwnmardal aa the moat nn-
luatme
methodical creature nnaginaoi
Aa it chanced, I did not see mm u
-mm. -u. ki.wmaiiinar ehema had been
laid before the diamond ring, and they
were beginning to enow ineir oi"
for tts proposals In violent form. y
V.. "ZZLi m kick on the doer
DO OUO w
panel with a anarp -yui viver
nlxed my voice ana i m
t tn itit snrDrles. an easy
. .k ,a mmitl with point upon
lIC.UJ MM. " ,
the unwonted clearness or we
v ti ..vai if I nan a Dinn.
"No," I said; "never carry one, al
ways too much afraid or euoouun
eelf. And what the deuce do yon want
aaV.l ai anraiTT
Zw tn, mraelf. bat t ttongbt
- imi. vm - " -
!, a it Mnvenieni to d m-
d also-beeled., don't yoo call It In
yourstangr .
"But why? wnat nee bst. "
. . t nrhv ever sbomld
IS TOOT BWUW " - .
yoi of all people, take to -Of.
terT
because: my good McHlnrJe.a4.yoe
. .iiuK. the atmosphere
mnsiacu v j - -
of thia place nas cnangeo. J' "
evil smells la past;
. h. a Fiorina OB the
xneree uww . . .
roam round thU bam for three mortal
Bontha. Here: don't your pipe at
the Bunsen. Try a spUi." -
He tore a leaf from a
-x. . -taiWraihT and
4.i w .n T tared at hint wttk a
pocketed bead. He flung the book wttt
JTerasb at a re of tset tubes and
laoghed..
Tn not mad or aaywbers jjeai jt,
be explained, -bot Tre done with ieria
inal reeearcb tn eaetwerry
kal physlce for ever ""TrZ
At the present moment Tm trylngto
ieeTand tt - not aa easy job.
There's a atrong gwDbabinty that I
phaat earn more tna a eomn
eoroBer-s toque By the way
kare Toe been these Hat
months?. .
CollectiM bird. J2Z
Kadagas Bot never aaiad met Try
yoe-re been at recently. It Issrt tM
manriiig tack, "?J - . .
took something from Ue
pulled eot nw wa andjstd-e4e
be the word TecT an buf
traggUngv angular Jfff;
mm
The deoce yon o -r-.
me look. Shade of Solomon! This
can't be a diamond!"
"Xou cant prove it to be anything
else."
"An expert oonld, perhaps.'
: "An expert couldn't For oDe reason,
it happena to be a diamond a gem
like those of the mine and the shop,
McHinnle, neither more nor less. That
is a rhombic dodecahedron, morpholog
ically and chemically the same as a
diamond from Klniberley or Brazil.
Not counting experimental labor, the
actual manufacture of that cryatal
cost me 9. On the market as you see
it how, the stone to worth fully 1,900."
"And this is what you've been peg
glng at all these years?"
"It's what I have had In my mind aU
my life. It's what I've worked for ever
since I could read or reason, j It's been
my one Idea for making a fortune, Just
aa other men try for their millions in
coals or cotton. I'm there now, assets
ready to realise, but I tell yon, old
man, the apprenticeship has been too
bad to even remember In detail. The
original outfit before even I touched
work was enormous chemistry, miner
alogy and the whole of physics, crys
tallography, geology, mechanics all to
the utmost verge that any-man bad
ever worked before. They took np
years of ferocious labor and almost
all my capital. The balance of money
went In buying diamonds to experi
ment noon. Then I had to work for
more funds and got this Job of analyst
here in Burton. It's been an awful
time. You know I'm a luxurious mind
ed chap, fond of purple and soft living,
and yet I've not spent 50 a twelve
month on my body through all these
years. Except the odd momenta when
I had my swim in that tank, I've been
biting against the fatee from waking
hour to sleeping time.
: "The big mistake I worked under for
a long time was In thinking with other
chemists that diamonds were nothing
, A erasb and a Minding oratorio.
but pure carbon. I did crystallise that
though I didn't say anything about It
Another man Mr. Hannay of Glasgow
also did the same thing and publish
ed his results In 1880. He exposed a
mixture of paraffin spirit and bone oil
distillate with lithium in a strong iron
tube to the prolonged heat of a re
verberatory furnace. He got speci
mens of dlamantoid carbon, but they
were small In size and when placed on
the polishing wheel Immediately cram
bled. I was about aa tacky, except
that in addition I had a bed blow-op
which cost me half a femoral muscle
and will make me limp to my dying
fliy. Afterward I f dhnd that there was
something else In natural diamonds be
sides pure carbon, and, working -with
that something else and a mechanical
contrivance with electrical adjuncts"
"Oh, look here," I cat In, "that'll do.
Ton make me tired."
"Greek, still Greek to yonr
"Emphatically; so come to results.
Ton say yoo know bow to make dia
xmuIi f tanm alu for half nothlnc a
carat-diamonds which will stand cut
ting and which are in an respects equai
to the dog up animal V
Macdonald nodded ana rnDoea me
bands softly.
- "And now you're going to put them
on the market? Well, don't flood It and
you're got the softest thing any one
man ever owned since nom naa toe
monopoly for live stock,"
"it's hlchly Improbable that I make
or sell a single crystal' -
I turned and stared at nun. was us
man craayt,...,
"There's a much better dodge than
netting np a diamond factory.'
He paused again ana taagnea. -"flnaak
nn acoondreir' I shouted.
"Don't keep me In the "thumbscrews
ere." Wbafe betterT -
"Why. not doing It and being paid
for that same. Don't yea knew that
h h diamond doodIo bare crabbed
together tnte the biggest ring or treat
or comes er whatever yea choose to
man I tt uv eemmerelal fraternity in
ail the world 1 This ring either ewms
or has a governing Merest b an me
hto mines fce Africa, uraau ana uaur.
and even the lesser eaea la Tii-glale
and Boraee and those places, ana n
kiai the aatoot Bad brines the
price to what it exactly kkea. Doyen
tbiair fkat ring woum eanmw s navina
eat trying Tory bard to have two fla-
rs and a ararea sa k-
n aid And so yon offered to
trade with the tlagr
"I wrote to two Battoa uaraen sea
raw I knew-tbey were sserehantt I
aa, an an oUamoaMta ftp tO OX-
parfents Has erlttv- and brritad them
lo oome aowai mwn w
Mend. Tbeycasaeaadbreagfataanaa
with fbeni who en paper, at any rate-
one of the Brat enenuets ec we nay.
see be a soon sewn no
ota ted sense facta and shewed
snsrimr-T iTbea before
av v laaiiaal an m aamall era asetal
eynader with varlooe tldngs, eerewee
the top ana seeiea a.
Kew. Mr. Ivenetetn. eaid I to
. M than. Tee net that In yeor
aha aai ata ft IVtT With If
Tmmr aa at ss the tt lag's ears
m pevtot stone. If yoo try to an
erewtt before a week's eat yort here
explosion wnien aa aarcn
a mf aaat wkatjevnr ease ban-
ponate theeamosd ring, tbetr snbee
oneat nnceedingi won t buaraet yea
any more. But 1f at the end of the
week you take out the atopper, which
you can do then aa aafely as I put It
in, you'll find a colorless liquid and
rather a good diamond. I'll make you
a present of the lot to do what you like
with.' .
"They went away then, and I beard
at the end of the week they'd found
the diamond all right a gem, I guess,
worth about 150 and that they sent to
Amsterdam to get It cut Into a bril
liant "Well, that specimen gem took Its
facets all right and then I didn't hear
anything more from the diamond ring
directly for some time. They commu
nicated Indirectly. First a pyramid of
beer barrels took the opportunity of
collapsing aa I was crossing the brew
ery yard. I escaped by the skin of my
teeth and thought It waa an accident
Then there waa a gas explosion In my
laboratory, and the place waa wrecked
body and walla. By the greatest mira
cle on earth I'd Just gone outside, and
the only victim waa a strange man,
who was blown to rags. That made
me suspicious, and when walking
across the fields here tonight a man
came for me with a knife. I'd this re
volver ready In my pocket and shoved
blm off with that"
"Shoot blmr
"No; what waa the use, poor rogue?
He waa only a paid tool earning bis
dirty pay, and, besides, I didn't want
to get myself Into a row with the po
lice. Nice snug place to spend the even
ing In, this, MoHlnnle, Isn't Kf Don't
j mi thlUc you'd better go and sleep
at the hotel, like a sane Chriatlaar
"I do, most distinctly. And I'll go If
you'U come with me."
"No, I won't thanks. Lock on the
hotel, for one thing And, besides, I'm
going to see It out here. I'm not going
to let those scoundrels think they've
scared me Of course they deny all
knowledge of these outrages, and It
would be impossible to father them on
Hatton Garden. Indeed, tevensteln
has at this moment a libel suit pending
against me for an open letter I wrote
to blm on the subject But there's not
the smallest doubt that that's What
they're after."
"But my good fool, they've oceans
of money, and If they go on long
enough they're bound to bag you at
last"
' "My dear McHinnle, they won't go
on. They'll get my ultimatum tomor
row morning. That points out that the
working details of my Invention are
written upon paper and bestowed in
safe keeping elsewhere. In the event
of my death that pithy MS. will be
forwarded to Printing Bouse square
and form a column of very Interesting
reading In the Times newspaper next
morning. To every one above the grade
of oostermonger that disclosure would
be the sensation of the century."
"Quite so. What figure do yon charge
for leaving things as they were?"
"A pension of 200,000 a year so long
as I keep the recipe to myself. Tomor
row morning they'll know of this and
the conditions, and they'll be bound to
accept Tonight they don't know, and
so assassination still strikes them aa
sound business. But as I say, tomor
row there'll be a meeting of the availa
ble chiefs of the ring, and they'll snap
up my terms. I'm dirt cheap at the
price. They'll have to screw that 200,
000 per annum out of the diamond buy
ing public for a good maay years to
come yet Ton see, they wouldn't cut
short the pension by slaying me, be
cause, Ipso facto, they would smash
their own trade by doing tt. Asa very
necessary life Insurance I naturally
stick to the publication dense In the
newspaper on the day of my death. Bo
I fancy, McHinnle, I've get that dia
mond ring as nicely on toast aa ever
yet blackmailer" ,
A crash and a blinding explosion cut
short Macdonald's sentence. The far
ther wall of the place awept bodily to
ward ns In a whirlwind of smoke and
flames, and as the blast smote me on
the bead life appeared to tear Itself
away with a Jolt and a Jerk.
It was by a eery marvel of marvele
that In that moment we were not
transmuted to the clay whereof our
corporeal bodies were formed. Noth
ing but the tank had saved us. But the
advancing breath of the explosion bad
driven ns ever the brink, and the wa
ter bad acted as a cushion against the
shock. So violent bad been the power
of the bomb thrown against tt that of
the building nothing remained bat a
cattored monad of dusty rubbles
Br tbetr a mots the diamond ring bad
lifted tbetr bands, agalast Macdonald
with mat to amy, aad by tbetr s gents
the seme coterie drew- ble nntoastloaa
form and mine also ant of the chilly
baven-of -that -water tank. By a curt,
ana irony Mr.Xeveneteln waa the first
person to bring ns aealitance. He bad
just arrived la Burton by special tram
to aay that the demand for the 200,000
annuity waa agreed to. I bare never
aeon any one so effusively genial and
dvll aa Mr. Levenatein made himself
while be attended to ear physical neeos
after that explosion.
The preeese of blossoming eot mte a
at aseena waa one I om box see.
the rreacfe ware going ap to Ttav
bnkta Just then, and I wanted to go
with 'theas to see whether the place
really extoted or whether tt waa only
asaanlasd Joke. Aa K ureea ear.
tbosawgbberbood proved mteneely In
teresting, ae I stayed there a toagiab
time, aad when I got aacx ta nmgiaaa
sSfdoaaM bad quue eetoea
down to the new order ec tbntga.
That tank, (be only cieauue eetaxen
of hie working days, waa a forerunner
of what is the aaaa'a abMiag puce new
that he baa come tato eaorateos weattb.
On the flank of hie more stable resi
dence be baa built bias a bage beano of
and Hied tt wttb aalma and ae
and palmettos aad other tropical
foliage plsata and fssan, There la ae
method or order ta taetr pfcvoag. aer
re teausto watte a boot tna
place, lome uc toe Boer m eert anon
grass, the rest wessr wiaamg sa aesn,
narrow ebaanebv La and set of the
sttettorfottaan. The tomporatare stays
aa tbe eighties.
Here Conrad Macdonald, aa fan gar
Chat nature gave aim. beaks aad swans
and divea for six beere of tbe day and
saodJ tales ever aa alrsblp baltt en nas
nrJ prtaciplaa. Be etadlee tbe fllghta
of Wide and bntterfUso and Usecta
whieb skim aad flatter to tbe warm
air areejad blaa. bot tin are be baa
aaede no practical effort to pat Me eo
servatloao tote shape. Tot 1 fblak be
win make that alrabip.
If yea don't know Macdonald aad do
not believe die tote, go rooad to Hat
ton Garden and aak any diamond mer
chant there bow much he pays toward
Conrad Macdonald's pension. He may
wax eloquent but the odds are be re
fralna from giving a civil reply.
The Wife, the Cknreh.the rive Dellnae
Irving rarke allowed himself to be
persuaded to accompany his wife to
church, and, of course, after be got
there be found that part of the service
waa devoted to ralalng a small fund for
church repairs. Hla first feelings of
resentment wore away under the plead
ings of tbe preacher, and when bis wife
banded 95 to tbe usher be thought of
the economy she must have practiced
to have saved that much out of her al
lowance, i
Bnt the fund still lacked a small sum
of being complete, and as other men
spoke a good word for tbe cause, at tbe
same time giving from their cash sur
plus, Mr. Parke felt the spirit possess.
Ing blm.
"We all want to see ear church kept
in good repair," be said, "and I wlU
supplement my wife's gift with fS
more."
As he said this he felt In his fob
pocket for a Ave dollar bill which be
bad placed there tbe night before. It
was gone. He felt in other pockets, his
embarrassment growing each moment,
and then, as If aa Inspiration bad coma
upon blm, be turned aa accusing look
en bis wife. .
Mrs. Parke flushed; tbe congregation,
which bad been enjoying the scene,
burst into laughter, contribntlona were
called off for the day, and tbe preacher
pronounced the benediction. Chicago
Becord-Herald. ,
Keaalnded Htm of Old Tlatee. .
' An old man whose millions were all
tbe time rolling np ether mllllona for
blm not long since happened to notice
the tin lunch pall of tbe new office boy
whose borne was across tbe ferry from
the big city. : It chanced that the lad
waa the newest and youngest of the
numerous boys employed by tbe firm of
which tbe old man waa tbe bead and
had not bad time to become acquainted
with tbe personnel of tbe oOoe. He
waa out at the moment, aad a certain
reminiscent half tender curiosity
tempted the millionaire to lift the lid
of the little round pail. There wet
two sandwiches of homemade bread,
a doughnut and a piece of apple pla
Tbe eld man amlled. For a minute be
waa a boy again, and tbe little tin pall
before blm waa tbe one be himself bad
carried fifty years ago. Tbe new office
boy's face was a study when bo die
covered this tableau behind tbe big
"That's my dinner you're eatlngr be
exclaimed Indignantly at sight of tbe
strange face. ;
"I know It my boy," returned tbe
other, still smiling, "bnt yon moat let
me finish It now," taking another bite
of the pie. "Here's enough to get yon
another dinner" and be banded tbe as
tonished youngster a five dollar bill-
"only It won't be aa good a one as this,"
be added, with a twinkle ta his eye.
' Faiq mm Teaolr
Schoolmaster (to bis wlfe)My dear,
I wish yon would apeak more care
fully; yon aay that Henry Jones came
to this town from Sunderland.
Wife-Tea. :;, --
" Schoolmaster Well, now, wouldn't
it be bettor to say that he came from
Sunderland to thia town?
Wife I don't see any difference la
tbe two expressions. , v-
Schoolmaster Bnt there la a difference-
rhetorical difference. Tea don't
bear me make use of such awkward
expressions. By the way, I bare a
letter from yonr father In my pocket"
- Wife But my father It not tn your
pocket Ton mean you have la yonr
Pocket a letter from my father.
, Schoolmaster There yon go " with
your little quibbles. Ton take a de
Hght In harassing .me. Ten are al
ways taking up a thread and repre
senting it aa a rope.
Wife-Bepresentlng ft to be rope,
: Schoolmaster For good nose aake be
outlet I never saw such a quarrel
some woman la my llf st London Malt
8TOP IT.
. Boasting of what yon can do Instead
doing It
Amktng that life k a grind and not
worm nrtng.
Exaggerating and making mountains
out of molehllla, :
Talking oontLnnany about yourself
and yonr affaire, . .
Baying unkind things about acquaint
ances and friends. ,
Thinking that all tbe good chances
and epportnnltles are gone by.
Thinking of yourself to tbe exctaaioa
of everything and every one else.
: Speculating as to what yon would do
nv some one eWs place and do yonr
beet In rour own.
OeetnaT Idlr tato the
dmamlno about tt tnetoad of
tbe meet of tbe present '
teagmg for tbe good things that oth
ers have tnetoad of going to work and
earning thaw for yoorostf, Soccees.
Tbe torroreof tbe deep were perhaps
ever more tbruMngty est forth than In
tbe deeerlpOoa by a young tody who
tost year aaede bar Brat trip abroad,
tto kept a diary, very much, says tbe
htew y Herald, like that of Mark
Twain, when for eevea days he recoroVi
Od the feet that be -got np, waaeo ana
went to breakfast"
There wee one Important exception.
When ebe crossed tbe channel tbe ex
perience wee so trying that sbo fett
Impelled to describe It
1 flrmly resolved to stay en deck."
she wrote, "although tbe tempest In
creased to sorb a frightful barricese
fcat at waa ami. tth the nreetest diffi
culty that I could bold ap ary paraaoL"
A W.
Bnrteaotae, the Somen orator, could
repeat word for word a book bo bad
root read. Oe one sirs si en be Bade a
water with eoc Sienna aad to wto It
went to aa auction, wised an day
aad la the evening gave a Hot of aU tbe
antes of tbe pnrghooers. Tbe
of hie mem ary wee la tble
by tbe auctioneers ctork.
who feOewed the rocepttaJation with
hfc book and foend that hi ae ease bad
tbe maa of wonderful OMmory aaade a
Are Ton T
St. Louis Bepublk).
Are you a time kuler 7 JJo you
stand about talking when you should
be disposing of duties that press
you?
Do you hang around home wheo
you should be at your office ?
Do you put off until 9:30 o'clock
the things that might just as well
be done at 9 ?
Do you lag through a task instead
of attacking it with all tbe steam on
and pushing it through briskly ?
Do you ftitter away a single hour
of the day that might be made use
ful in benefitting your health, im
proving your mind or helping your
business ?
Do you squander in selfUh idle
ness moments that you could use in
bestowing comfort upon others?
If so, stir yourself. You are out
of tbe American spirit. You are
not even standing still. You are
going backward. If you do not
look out tbe rest of America will
leave you far behind.'
If you live long you will live
about seventy years. That is. a
short while in which to accomplish
much. You should be firmly
established in your career by the
time you are forty. Tbe years
sweep past and you will be forty
almost before you know it. So,
getbufcy. -Get into the American
spirit, ; Learn the value of an hour.
Do not allow a solitary one of the
precious hours to flit past unultia-
ed. If you are at work, work hard
and reap the reward, if not at work.
pick up a good substantial book and
add to your learning; if you are not
reading a substantial book, take
some physical exercise and benefit
your health. But do not lie around
and kill time.
Stir yourself to-day this mom
ing.
Queer Waye of Oblaamaa.
The ways of the Chinaman are
very different from those of any oth
er nation.
When two or more friends meet
they shake hands with themwlves,
not with their friends.
The man wears the dress and the
woman wean the trousers.
In walking tbey never keep step
At their meals they all fill their
mouths full and tbey begin talking.
If fruit or desert of any kind is
oa the table they eat that first.
Tbe Chinaman has as many wives
as he can afford to bay, and tbe
more h pays for them the more he
is looked up to.
A Chinaman always buys his
wife and if be has i ot tbe nmney to
buy the one be wants be must buy
a cheaper one.
A Chinaman nwr walks beside
big wife or sweet heart; he walks in
front and she follows him.
It takes a Chinaman about a week
to get married.
A very common weddiog pnsent
is a coffin. -
If a Chinaman commits a crime
for which bis bead is to be cut off,
be sometimes hires another China
man to take his plao.
China is a good place for a China
man, Japan is all right for tbe Japs
and the Philippines is a good plate
for tbe Goo Goo, but there is one
country that beats tbem all, where
you don't have to be thinking
whether the maa behind you Is go
ing to stick a knife in you or not,
and that country is your country.
my country and God's country.
Tbe Solve thet Penetretoe
DeWitt'g Witch Haiel Salve pen
etrates tbe pores of tbe skin, and by
iU antiseptic, rabifocient and . heal
ing influence it subdues inflamma
tion and cures Boils, Bums, Cuts.
Ecsema, Tetter, Ring Worm and all
skin diseases. A specific for blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding
Piles. Tbe original and genuine
Witch Basel Salve w made by K. U.
DeWitt 4 Co. 8old by Tbe J. C
Simmons Drug Co.
Urn. Win. Guthrie, a widow liv
ing near the Cape Fear river at Wil
mington, tried to drown bcrseli last
week on account of griel over the
arrest of her son, will Uuthne,
charged with highway robbery.
When the woman's purpose was
learned, friends pursued her and by
force prevented her from drowning
herself. - '
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION.
The term "DTSDepei" means
lack of Derjein in the stomach. In
digestion is rightly used whenever
food ieyx properly aigeswa, regara
lean of the cause. It is immaterial,
whether yea call your ailment Dya
pepaia or IndieeeUon wheoRydefeo
SLomaofa Tablets are used. They
an ma ran teed to cure all forms of
stomach trouble. Buy a trial box,
fDrice 25 eta.) and be convinced.
J. C Simmons Drug Co.
North Carolina News.
Deferred from last week. '
Got. Glenn deliver the address
at the closing exercises of Cat
awba College, at Newton.
Fire in the retail dry eoods
aisinct at ivnoxviiie, ienn
Sunday caused a loss of about
5175,000.
Gen. H. V. Boynton, presi
dent of the Chickamauga Park
commision, died Saturday at
Atlantic City, N.J.
While bathing in the river at
High Shoals, Gaston county,
Saturday, Clarence Kobinson,
Id years old, was drowned.
The authorities of Gastonia
will beginning June 11, prohibit
the sale in that town of cigars
and cold drinks on Sunday.
An entire negro baseball team
was arrested at Maxton tbe
other day for vagrancy. Two
of the nine were found guilty
and fined $15 each.
Gen. W. R. Cox, tf Halifax
county, prominent citizen of tbe
State and Mrs. Herbert Clai
borne, of Richmond, will be
married on the 27th.
Mr. Horace W. Connelly, a
prominent citizen of Burke coun
ty, died suddenly at, Connelly
Springs Saturday night from a
stroke oiappolexy. J
Five negro convicts serving
short sentences on a county
chaingang in Florida, were
blown to pieces Thursday night
by an explosion of dynamite. .
The Winston correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says the
friends of J. T. Benbow, of Wins
ton, will push his candidacy for
collector of internal revenue in
that district. :
At Conyers, Ga Friday Will
Sims, a negro, was hanged for
the murder of bis wife Last April.
ne ODjectea to any ettort to se
cure a pardon or commutation
of sentence for him saying he
was ready to die.
The Sentinel says one of the
jurymen who served at the last
term oi rorsytn superior court
drew bis pay $10.25 and turn
ed the whole amount over to the
jailer to be used to buy tobacco
tor the prisoners.
During a storm in Chicago
bunday three churches were
struck by lightning and two of
them were destroyed. Other
buildings were damaged by
lightning and the total loss from
that source is $200,000.
Tobe McKay and Will Town-
send two nergoes employed at a
saw mill hear Maxton, disputed
as to which weighed the more
The dispute ended by McKay
crushing Townsend's skull,
which ' McKay alleges it was
necessary to do in self-defence.
The 'Milwaukee exposition
building, at Milwaukee, Wis.,
occupying a city block, was de
stroyed by fire Sunday evening.
The loss is $300,000; insurance
$500. . Fire supposed to have
been caused by electric light
wires.
A great storm which has
swept over Pinetowo, Cape
Colony, Natal, the center, of the
sugar plantation of Natal,
caused the reservoir to over
flow, resulting in the drowning
Of 200 Hindoo laborers. The
storm l resulted : . in numerous
casualties elsewhere.
Sunday morninsr Calvin Un
church, 56 years old. was found
unconscious by tbe road side
near his home, a half mile from
Goldsboro, and a few hoars la
ter be died without regaining
conciousoess. lie bad been to
Goldsboro and it was known
that he had about $60 on his
person. The evidence indicates
that be was beaten and robbed.
A correspondent writing from
Siloam, Surry county, to tbe
Winston Journol says that J. C
Flippin, a fanner of that com
munity, committed sucide Sat.
by cutting his throat with a ra
zor. He was plowing and his
two little daughters were in the
bclu with nim. They missed
their father and on looking for
him found him with bis throat
cut. A church row is assigned
as tbe cause for tbe deed. .
' The Tlaaee Cooler-
It is ten times easier to cure
couch, croup, whooping coogh and
all lung sod bronchial affections
when the bowels are open. Ken
nedy's Laxative Honey and Tax is
tbe original Laxative Cough Syrup.
Gently moves the bowels, and ex
pels all cold from the system, cuts
the phlegm, cures all coughs and
ttrengfatens weak lungs. Kennedy' s
Laxative Honey and Tar contains
no opiates, is pleasant to tbe taste,
and is the best and safest for chil
dren or adulta. Sold by The J. C.
Simmons Drug Co.
wjaMawlNMtaHw"aSaaaBmataw I
IiaiiaaMM,
ST n . -i n-:-
f oiasn as netensory uruuu
' The quality and quantity of the
crops depend on a sufficiency of
Potash .
In the solL Fertilixers which are
low in Potash will never produce
aatisfactory remilta. - .
Kranrbrmcr atuxiU ba fcarifiar wtdi Ow
proper proportioM ot intrtdieau ' tf "
trukatfM bert lertilinr. lo erT kind of
crop. W h.wpublWialarieaf boob,
eonulnlnc the blew marches pa Om.II
(rapomnt ab. arbidi will
ifyoauk. WrlM turn whils yoa tUink ot
it lo lbs ' r
tuimuuwHi
Hr Tar Saaaaa Slra-l, ar
Atlanta. Qts-O'A Snath Broad SUaat.
RYD ALE'S TONIC
Jk SI . . aStrt a ml i a nan
JW eMSrweT)tJ PIMtPwVs7f
BLOOD aod NEDVEft.'
, .. .. . .
It purifies the blood by eliminating; tbe
waste matter and other impurities and by
destroying- the aerate er aucrobee that
infest the blood. It builds np tbe blood -byrectMistroctinrand
multiplvine the red
corpuscles, making; the blood rich and red.
it rcstorea end stimulates too ncrvee,
causing a full free now of nerve force
throughout the entire nerve eystem. It '
speedily curee unstrung; nerves, nervomv
neas, nervous prostration, and all other
diseases of the nervona system.
BYDALE-S TONIC is sold under a nonV
five guarantee.
Trie! else SO seats, raaatjr alee SMS) '
MAITDVACTtraXD BT
Tbe Radical Remedy Cetej,
HIOKORY. m. o.
Sold by J. C. Simmons Drag Co v
Qraham
Underwriters
Agency
8COTT & ALDRICIIT,
Graham, N. C.
Firfe
and Life
Insurance
PromDt
Personal Attention
To All Orders.
Correspondence Solicited.
. N orrc at
THE BANK OF ALAHAKCE
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eadaches
This time of the year
are signals of warninrr.
TakeTaraxacum Com-
Dound now. It may
8av9 you a spell of f e-
" a ft t A.
ver. ii win reguiaxa
your bowels, set your
liver ngni, ana euro
your indigestion.
A good Tonic.
An honest medicine;
MEBANE,
N. C.
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