jAS- A. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor.
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VOL. XXXI
LOUISBURG, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1901
CHURCH DIRECTORY
METHODIST.
Sanday School at 9:30A. M.
Geo. 8. Bakeb, Supt. -Preaching
'at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M.
every Sunday.
Prayet meeting Wednesday night. .
Al. T, Plyleb, Pastor.
BAPTIST.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. ,
Tho8. B. Wilder, Sopt ' '
Preaching at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M.,"
every Sanday.
Prayer tn-eting Thursday night. -
s Forrest 8mith. Pastor.
EPISCOPAL, .
Sunday School at 9:30.
Services, morning and night on
1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays.
Evening Prayer, Friday afternoon,
' Albar Gbeaves. Rector.
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lroTe wioiia.l card
D
R. 8. P. BURT,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
Louisburg, N. C.
Office la the Ford Building, corner Main
and Naeh streets. Dp stairs front.
D
R. R. F. YARBOROUQH, .
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Louisburo, N. C.
Olflce 2nd floor Nea,l building, phone 39.
Night calls answere'l from T. W. Bickett's
residence, phone 71. .
B.
B. MASSKNBURQ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
- lOUISBURS. K. c
Will practice in all the Courts of the State
Office in Court Honse..
0.
U. COOKB sour,
ATTORNS YS-AT-L AW,
IfOUlSBUBe, N. o.
Wnl attend the courts of Nash, Franklin,
Granville, Warren and Wake counties, also the
Supreme uoon oi nurm vatuuii,
8. Circuit and District Courts. r -
Db. B. 8. FoStaa. .
Dr. J. B. MALoirs
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R3. FOSTER fc M.ALONK.
PRACTICING PHYSICIANS & 8URGBONS,
Louisburg, N. C
Office over Aycocke Drug C jn pany. .
W
m. HAYWOOD RLFFIN:
; ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, .
L0UISBCR9. K. O.-
win nva.c.t.ipi in all the Courts of Franklin
and adlolniug counties, also in the Supreme
Courtand in the United States, District and
Circuit Courts. - ,
Office In cooper and Clifton Building.
'JJHOS. B. WILDER, '
- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
:' LOU18BUB8. JT. O. .
Office on Main street, over Jones at Cooper's
.tore. - ' '
F.
S. SPRUILL.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
- - lovisburo, jr. C
Will attend the courts of Franklin, Vance
Granville. Warren and Wake counties, also
the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Prompt attention given to collections.
Office over Egerton's Store. i
TW. BICKBTT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
!
LouisBUBe v. a
Prqmpt and painstaking attention given to
ery matter intrusted to nis hands.
Refers to Chief Justice Shepherd, Hon.' ohn
Manning, Hon. Robt. W. Winston, Hon. J. C.
Buxton, Pres. First National Bank of Win
ston. Glenn k Manly, Winston, Peoples Bank
of Monroe, Chas. E. Taylor, Pres. Wake For
est College, Hon. E. W. Timberlake. - -
Office in Court House, opposite Sheriff's. ,
w,
M. PERSON,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
" LOUIBBUBe, V. OV
In all courts. Office
Practices
.Building.
in Neal
H Y ARBOROU GH, JR.
ATI OENEY AT LA W;
- LOUISBURG. N. C ,
Office la Opera House building, Court street
All legal business intrusted to him
will receive prompt and careful attention.
R. R. E. KING, -
DENTIST, '
LOUISBURG, N. C.
0 m i oveb Aycocke Dxuo Company.
With an experience of twtnty-flv years
s a sufficient guarantee of my work .in all
cue up-to-date lines oi tne proiession.
HOTELS.
FRANKLINTON HOTEL
FBANEXINTOSr, N. C.
SAM'L MERRILL- Prp'r.
Good accomodation for the traveling
bile. - ,
Good Liverr Attached. - ;
MASSENBURG HOTEL
I P MaHsenburo; ' Propr
HENDEBSON, N- C
4ood accommodations. Good fare:
lit and attsntW servants
Po
NORWOOD HOUSE . '
tfirrenton.' Kartli Carolina
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nr. J. NORWOOD, Proprietor.
Patronage of Commercial
toweling Public Solicited.
Tourists and
MIMl
oenatOr Carter Receives !
His Reward.
LONG SPEECH BORE FRUIT.
Bacon Snatched From Grasp oi
the. Pork Hunters.
HAMA- GETS EVES WIT BTJET0H
Chairman of the Rivera and Harbors
Committee, Disciplined. For- Oppos
ins Ship . Snbaidy Steal a- Teddy
Starts ; Off ,t Well McKinley' - Op
- timistic. Sentence Contradicted by
History Promises to Cuba Should
Be Kept Mortalities and Fatalities
of the' Last Congress Louisiana
Purchase Fair..
Special Washington Letter.
'"One of the most turbulent legislative
bodies that1 the" sun eve? looked down
upon was the Polish diet. In that
assembly every member possessed an
absolute veto on any measure. T-o kill
any bill all any member had to do
was to yell "Nie Potzwallum!" and
the bill was as dead as a smelt. As
a rule the; gentleman who did the yell
ing was also dead, for when he yelled
"Nie Potzwallum '." and stopped the
proceedings usually his fellow mem
bers were so enraged that they ran
their swords through hkn and put an
end to him. , .
. Senator Thomas H. Carter performed
the "Nie Potzwallum" act for the river
and -harbor bill, acting, so it is, whis
pered, under instructions from the
White House, but he didn't do it with
two words. The senator babbled pn
for 13 hours, only falling short by
one hour of Senator William Vincent
Allen's matchless performance as a
long distance talker. If the hour of
12 m. had, not arrived, Carter would
have broken the Nebraskan's record.
And Thomas .hath received his re
wardan appointment as Louisiana
Purchase World's fair commissioner at
a nice little salary of : $5,000 a year
and not much to do. More fortunate
than the Polish patriot who yelled
"Nie Potzwallum!" Carter's senatorial
brethren did ' hot run ' their " swords
through him, though several of them
were angry enough to have done so in
jigtime. They were smacking their
lips in anticipation of the juicy ,bacon.
and, lo, when Carter spoke there was
no bacon but mueh cussing. . -
All of whichj-eealls the famous lines
Old Mother llubbard ' '
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor doggy a bone.
' . But when she got there " '
The cupboard was bare, "
, And so the poor doggy got none.
- . - Hanna Grinned". -
No doubt Mark Hanna grinned a
sardonic grin as the hands of the big
clock pointed .to . 12 ' m.. for he
was savagely evening things up
with his ; eminent fellow citizen.
Hon. Theodore -E. Burton, chair
man of the- river and . harbor com
mittee, who openly announced '-his
opposition to Mark's stupendous steals
popularly known as the ship subsidy
bill. "Sweet is revenge!' Mark would
have said if he. had ever read Lord
Byron, the greatest poet, and revenge
getter of them all. Byron gibbeted his
enemies before high heaven that all
men might . gaze upon his victims.
Mark knocks them in the head and
leaves them "By the wayside. In the
language of the sporting fraternity.
"it's a horse on" Burton and "a horse
on a- good many conscript fatners
who looked upon the pork barrel with
watering mouths.
: Teddy. .
As a veracious chronicler of current
events It is my duty to inform my mil
lion readers that Governor and Colonel
and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt,
flippantly and affectionately yclept
Teddy, pulled off his part of the inau
gural show not only with great suc
cess, but with great-eclat. He perfo'rm
e in the senate chamber, with a roof
over his head to keep off the rain, while
Mr. McKinley labored under the disad
vantage : of speaking to a vast con
course of people who were being soak
'ed to the skin by a steady downpour.
Colonel Roosevelt bore himself hand
somely and delivered a very nice speecb-
in a clear, audible voice and proceeded
with the routine duties of presiding of
ficer as though he were a veteran. , He
made a favorable Impression on all
present. 1 take pleasure in stating
these things because Mr. Vice Presi
dent Roosevelt Is a much more admira
ble character than was Mr. Candidate
Roosevelt He certainly added nothing
to his own fame or to thefistimation in
which American public men are held
a home and abroad by bis capers dur
ing the campaign. ' But he starts well
in the vice presidential office.- ;;
-"'.:'."-:, The Presidents
Mr. McKinley actually thrives in the
presidential office: He must, judging
by appearances, weigh' 15 or 20 pounds
more thanjhe did at. his. first inaugura
tion arid is In perfect fettle, yet it is
known by all who have opportunities
for judging that the presidential posi
tion la what Mr. Mantalini would
have denominated "a demnitiah horrid
grind.". It made.Grover Cleveland hag
gard and hollow; eyed, and. whatever
else may be said of him. Grover is not
a delicate or feeble person. He ' is
strong and big as an ox. but a'll the
same CO days' worry in the spring of
1893 brought great hjack rings under
his eyes-, and he had to go fishing. As
Mr. McKinley ejooil In the rain "Speak
ing to the people be was the picture of
health and manly grace .a matter for
(Congratulation all around.' . ?
Mr. Mckinley is by nature an opti
mist. Surely be can claim to have
svritten the most optimistia sentence
j-vt-r Denned. "Our institutions will
not deteriorate by extension, and our
sense of justice will not. abate under
-tropic suns m Iistant seas, -
t ivnmblv and ' fervently: pray Al
mighty God that the ; presidential'
prophecy may be fulfilled, but if it
Is we will have broken and. reversied
all historic precedents. The pathway
"mnn for fl.000 vears is crammed
with wrecks of nations which did e
actly what we are doing spraddled,,
out all over creation, took Into the
body politic hostile and alien peoples
and endeavored to assimilate them.
All those nations are dead. Let us
hope that we may escape this sad fate.
steps.1. It may be that we are Immune
to au tne eviis wiiich wrought their de
struction, but 1 beg to state that we'
have no evidence of that fact. Au con
traire, as the. French would say, all the
facts go to show that we are only hu
man. Indeed "Uncle" Shelby M. Cul
lom once - confessed in a fine burst of '
confidence that even United States sen
ators are human. - ' .
It will be observed that in the sen
tence which I have quoted Mr. Mc
Kinley speaks of unlimited expansion
No pent up Utlca confines our power;
, The whole, the boundless continent is ours.
Not only- the continent is ours, but
the graceful' presidential orator se
renely Informs us that "our institutions
will not deteriorate by extension" ex
tension anywhere, -extension ' every
where. What rosy spectacles our chief
magistrate must wear! What warrant
has. he for such a sweeping statement
in the face of the sober but unpalatable
facts of history? Yet I hope he Is
correct, for we are now entered upon
a policy of all devouring extension.
We are committed to the doctrine, un
heard of till now, that we can't trade
profitably, with a man unless sve own
him.
' Does History i,let
Pur presidential optimist says, "Our
sense of justice will not abate under
tropic suns in distant seas." If It
does not, all history Is a lie. Alexander
must certainly have been a gentle and
tender father to the Asiatics when he
conquered, Roman proconsuls never
plundered vassal peoples, and England
has been a kind, nursing mother to the
East Indians and the Boers!
f undertake to say that no more skill
ful or tactful rhetorician ever stood
before an audience than Mr. McKinley.
The sentence which I have quoted Is
universal in application, positive in as
sertion, gorgeous in the policy fort
shadowed. It appeals to American
pride,,to our Inherent, ineradicable lust
of land, to the old buccaneer spirit of
Sir Francis Drake, which is net dead
within us, and to our overweening ego
tism. The Greeks went to the deuce
on the road mapped out by the presi
dent. But the president would have us
believe that we are superior to the
Greeks and therefore can do with per
fect impunity what caused the down
fall of Greece. The Romans degener
ated and were made the slaves of bar
barians for following the plan advo
cated by the president of universal ex
tension. Rome became the Niobe of
nations by adopting the McKinley
theory. But -that matters not to us.
for we are superior to them. We are
a peculiar people. They were a Job lot
of dagoes. They had such scrub poets
as Virgil and Horace, such inferior
orators as Cicero, Mark Antony and
Cato, such obscure scribblers as Taci
tus, such one horse generals as Julius
Caesar. Pompey7 SeTpicT Afrlcarihs'and
Belisarius, such statesmen as Octavius
Csesar,v Justinian and Trajan; they had
such patriots as Brutus and the Anto-
nines. but we have General haf ter
and Rear Admiral Sampson and can
therefore afford to despise the Romans
and all their works!
Promises to Cuba.
, One sentence in the Inaugural must
cause every honest man In America to
feel good, and it is this: "The declara
tion of the purposes of this government
In the resolution of April 20. 1S98.
must be made good." That Is the Cu
ban resolution in which, we declared
our disinterestedness in . beginning the
Cuban war. . It Is sometimes called "the
Teller resolution." As to whether It
was a wise resolution men differ and
will continue .to differ. Individually 1
think it, was. But. wise -or unwise.
what Is writ Is writ. We must live up"
to it or earn a worldwide, deserved and
enduring reputation for Punlca fides.
May God grant Mr. McKinley the cour
age, resolution and fortitude to live up
to that one of his Inaugural declara
tions to the end that the honor of this
great republic may be preserved! He
will need a vast store of courage, res
olution and fortitude to withstand the
pressure which will be brought to bear
upon him by speculators. Btock jobbers
and rascals who trade in patriotism.
Of course all sane people would like
to see Cuba a part of this country. I
have no doubt that it will be sooner or
later, and the more completely we live
up to the Teller resolution, the. more
fairly we treat the Cubans, the sooner
will that desirable end be accom
plished.
Mr. McKinley says and truly: "We
face at this moment a most important
. question that of the future relations
of the United States and Cuba, With
our ' near neighbors we must remain
close friends." The first of those two
sentences cohtafns a great truth. The
last states a sound policy. If the pres
ident Uses bis utmost endeavors to car
ry out that policy in good faith, he wil'
deserve well of his countrymen, and
they will with one accord rise up and
call him blessed. " To -few men that
ever lived In the flood of time have
such powers and honors been given as
President McKinley now possesses.
The Drayer of every true patriot is
that he may use them In. the fear of
God and in the love of our country,
Mortalities and Fatalities.
In November, 1898, there were elect
ed to the house of the Fifty-sixth con
gress 360 men supposed to be in good
health, mentally and physically, and to
be in the full possession of all their
faculties. Most of them were in the1
prime of life in the flower of' their
years. Yet now 15 pf them-r-one out of
every 24--are . in their graves an as
tounding mortality! Let us hope that
''aftej? life's ' fitful fever they sleep
well," Sadder tstilj, two, of tfcp 3GQ-
Boutelle of Maine and Sprague of Mas,
sachusetts are In a lunatic asylum.
Reflecting on these facts, one feels like
quoting Abraham Lincoln's favorite po
em, "Oh, why should the spirit of mor
tal be proud?" - ..... .
- Boutelle had sewed In congress for
J.8 years. Counting the two he has spent
la the asylum while nominally a mem
ber of the house, hi cpngressional
service extended over a period of 2Q
years. He was elected In 100Q for two.
years, more, making 22 years In alL
The strangest thing that ever happened
In the politics of this country or of any
pther was his election to congress In
4900 while he was confined in a luna-fia-
asylum. Parallel that who can.
For a long time he was chairman of
the great naval committee and cut a
Wide -swath In the house. -His election
pnder such peculiar and qnnreoedented
circumstances goes to show that the
Yankees are not so cold blooded after
alL ' .
" To a casual observer It would appear
that Mr. Sprague's situation was de
cidedly to be envied L before luna
cy came upon him. Most people con- j n
oiucir greai wesuiu as a great gooo.
Sprague had ducats galore.- He was
rich In his own right and married a
wife rich beyond the dreams of ava
rice. She Is a multimillionaire sevetal
times over. It waa currently reported
that she gave him a round million as a
wedding present. No doubt millions of
people envied them their good fortune.
and yet the humblest day laborer In all
this broad land is happier than Con
gressman Sprague, with his millions.
Vanity of vanity salth the preacher;
all is vanity May these two ex-
representatlves be speedily restored tr
reason!
Tb
Louisiana Purchase Fair.
When Thomas Jefferson came to die.
he ' wrote his own epitaph' In these
words: "Here lies Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of American
Independence .and of Virginia's stat
ute for religious freedom and father of
the University of ' Virginia." Those
were great and noble deeds, for which
we are all his debtors; but by one of
those strange accidents which puzzle
mankind the Immortal statesman neg
lected to enumerate In hia epitaph the
greatest of all bis deeds the making
of the Louisiana purchase. That per
i ormance made us a world power.
Those gentlemen who suddenly awoke
at the close of the Spanish war. rubbed
their eyes In astonishment and ex
claimed. "We have " become a world
power!" as though they had made a
great discovery, were precisely 05
years behind the times. . What tbey
thought had been done In 1893 Jeffer
son accomplished April 30. 1803. Con
sequently it was eminently fitting and
proper that congress should make pro
vision for celebrating the hundredth
anniversary of that momentous event.
It will be done on a magnificent scale.
The whole world will be our guests,
and the celebration will give our re
sources such a vast advertisement as
to largely Increase our wealth.
Napoleon's Mistake.
When Napoleon sold the Louisiana
territory to Jefferson for a song. ' he
parted with the most valuable asset
ever owned, by France. He would
have done a better part by the French
people bad -be abandoned la belle
France to her enemies and moved the
French, with then: Lares and Penates,
to the Louisiana territory and there
have established a new, a larger, a bet
ter, a richer and .a more beautiful
France. If he had neither sold it to us
nor moved to It himself with all bis
subjects, England would have gobbled
it in a short time, when It would hare
been gone from us and our heirs for
ever and forever. With England to the
north and west of us we would have
had a tough Job maintaining our Inde
pendence. , Even if we had remained
free and Independent, we would have
been so cribbed, cabined and confined
that we nevercould have"become evtn
a continental power, much leas a world
power. What a blessing It waa that
Jefferson defeated John Adams In 1300,
for the New Englanders were bitterly
opposed to . the acquisition of the
Louisiana territory, some of them
going so far as to declare that by that
magnificent achievement Jefferson had
overthrown the constitution and dis
solved the Union. Jefferson bought tt
at the only time possible for such a
transaction, so that If Adams bad de
feated him the purchase would ' not
have been then made, and today the
Mississippi river would be our western
border. The $5,000,000 appropriated by
congress to celebrate this beneficent
event Is not the fiftieth part of the
taxes paid In one year in one way and
another by the citizena of the Louisi
ana purchase. One good purpose which
the celebration will serve Is to start a
Jeffersonlan revival, a thing very much
needed Just now, for bis principles are
those of wisdom, truth and Justice. No
other man that ever lived did so much
to make the Idea of representative gov
ernment popular and to make Its prac
tice a success. The Hamlltonian school
of writers and orators may sneer all
they choose at Jefferson and his the
ories, but after they all molder In for
gotten graves bis principles will sur
vive to animate and bless mankind.
Night Was Her Terror.
"I would eongh nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs. Chas. Applets to. of Alex
andria, Ind.. "and 6onld hardly get any
sleep. i nad consumption so bad tbat if I
walked a block I would eongh frightfully
and spit blood, bat, when all other medi
cine failed, three $1.00 bottle of Dr.
Kino;' New Discovery wholly eared me
and I gained 58 pounds." It's absolute
ly guaranteed to care Cough. Colds La
Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and
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Trial bottles free it W. O. Thomas'
drag store. .
The idea of giving while one is alive
will become epidemic as soon as men
discover what fun it is.
A Good Congo. Medicine
- -. , . Children.'
for
- "I have no hesitancy In recommend
ing Chamberlain s Coogb Remedy says
F. P. Moran. a well known and popular
baker, of Petersburg, Va, Mwa have
given it to oar children when, troubled
with bad coughs, also whooping .eongb.
and it has alwavs given perfect satiBiae
tion. It was recommended to me by a
drnggist as the best cough medicine for
children as it contained no opium or
other harmful drogy Sold by W. U
Give away your money. It s ex-
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Remarkable Care ot Rheumatism.
From the Vindicator, Butberford ton. N. C
The editor of the Vindicator ha had
occasion to test the eHcacy of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm twice with the most re
markable results in each ease. First,
with rheumatism la tb shoulder from
which be suffered excruciating pain for
ten days, which was relieved with two
application of Paia Balm, rubbiog tb
parts afflicted and realising instant bene
fit and entire relief in a very short time.
Second, in rheumatism in thiah joint, al
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which wa relieved by two applications,
rubbing with the liniment on retiring at
night, and getting up free from pain.
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FIGHTING A WILDCAT
AN ADVENTURE THAT MADE ONE
WAN SHY OF THAT KINO OF CEAST.
Is "ft Ulla- to Go a Loasr War
Aroaad to Avoid Feroeloas AaU
nl. Even Tk(k Selene Say
1 hey Will Flee at Una's Aanroaeta.
I have read' la the rrrs erftala
eclontlflc assertions that no wild ani
mal wia voluntarily attack or pursue
a la man being, but that, on the con
tra ry, the fiercest of tbcm, as tradition
an'.; the tales of woodsmen classify
the 'u, will make haste to escape the
po.-- ible sight of man,, unless, la doa-
IHTCte cases, hunger may urge It to ap
pro ich Mm, Its most dreaded foe. such
en beini; extremely rare." said a
matter tf Xact and veracious New York
businessman. -
"If that is so, I Lad a little experi
ence once with a wild animal that must
have been the most desperately hnncry
beast that, ever longed for food. The
occurrence was In northwestern Penn
sylvania, where one winter I had some
business that called me ten miles from
the county town to one of the back-,
woods districts. It was late In the aft
ernoon when I started on my return to
the village. The way was over a lone
ly, narrow, crooked mountain road, bor
dered by deep woods much of the dis
tance. Toward dusk, as I was round
ing a short turn In the road, my bor.
which bad a good deal of spirit, shied
suddenly and sprang forward on a
furious run.
"At the same instant an animal with
glaring eyes plumped down from some
where and landed In the sleigh at my
feet. It bad evidently leaped from a
tree at the horse, the quick movements
of which nervous animal had defeated
that purpose, and the attacking animal
had alighted with Its fore feet on the
robe that lay across my lap. It glared
furiously at me. with Its face not more
than two feet away: as It clung to the
robe with Its sharp claws, growling
fiercely. I had never seen a wildcat,
but I knew Instantly and Instinctively
that I bad one to deal with here, and
It seemed to be a very large and sav
age one at that. I bad no weapon, but
fortunately the whip that stood la Its
socket on the dashboard waa loaded at
the butt,
"Clinging to the reins with my left
band the horse waa running away I
quickly drew the whip from the socket
and struck the wildcat on the lrtad
with the heavy butt. That caused the
animal to loosen Its bold on the robe
and drop into the snow at the side of
the sleigh, but the agile. and furious
beast was op In the fraction of a scc
and and with one bound sprang on the
back of the sleigh,, which had a low
body.
Although the hone was running
madly away along the narrow and
crooked road, throwing the sleigh from
aide to side and threatening It con
stantly with destruction against some
TtA-k'or stnnm. I was obliged to drop
the reins and leave the result of the
runaway to chance, for the .wildcat
wai struggling desperately to gain a
foothold in the slelgb and fight me at
dose quarters. I knew that If the
sleigh should happen to come Into col
llalon with any obstacle heavy enough
to wreck It I would be.no match for
the catamount, now wrought to the ut
most ferocity, fighting It on the slip
ping snow, even If I were unharmed by
the collision, so 1 strained every nerve
to conquer the determined beast while
I still possessed the advantage of foot
hold In the sleigh.
"Once I thought It was all op with
me, for as the sleigh waa carried
abruptly round a short turn In the road
ty the speeding horse one runner
struck a stone or a root, and the sleigh
careened and ran st least CO feet on the
other runner alone. I mechanically
threw the weight of my body toward
the tipper side of the sleigh, all the
time raining rapid blows on the head
of the wildcat wUb the butt of the
whip, and forced the sleigh down to Its
balance on both runners again. A few
more blows after that, and I was re
joiced to sve the determined and tcna
clous beast first loosen one claw, hang
for a second or so by the other, while it
tried to selxe the top of the back of the
alelgh again with Its teeth, and then
tumble to the road and lie motionless
tn the snow.
- "I dropped back on the seat limp
and weak and too much unnerved to
make the least effort to obtain control
of the runaway, which was still rush
lng wildly along the uncertain road.
made still more uncertain by the gatb
erlng darkness. The horse ran at least
three miles farther and then began to
alow up and at last stopped half way
up a long and steep bill from sheer
exhaustion. I had by this time recov
ered sufficiently to take charge of the
horse again and drive the rest of the
way to the town, which wasn't far,
and where I arrived with the horse
covered with foam, a sleigh splintered
and covered deep with scars and
scratches made by the desperate wild
cat and myself so badly used up by
nervous shock tbat It was three daya
before I was able to get about again
in anything like good condition. 1
never beard whether the wildcat -was
killed by my blows or not. but 1 have
an Idea he waa 1 hope so. Science
may be all right In declaring tbat wild
animals will hasten to flee at the very
suspicion of man's approach, but It
ever 1 am going anywhere and bear
there are wildcats In that direction I'll
go around -some other way." New
York Press.
Peers of Great Britain have the right
to be banged with silken cords Instead
of hempen ropes. Few avail them
selves of the privilege.
Lignum wtta? Is the toughest wood
known. It cannot be worked by (put
ting.
Strike A Rich Ffnd.
"1 was troubled for several year with
chronic Indigestion snd nevoae debility,'
writes F. J. Green: of Lancaster-
N. H- "No remedy helped me until I
bena usinir Electric Bitters, which did
me more good than ail the in ed irises I
used. They have also kept or wife la
excellent health for year. Fhe says
Electric Bitters are just splendid for fe
male troubles tbat tbey are a grand toa
ie and invhrorator for weak, rundown
women. No other medietno can tak its
place in our fsmily." Trr them. Only
60c Satisfaction guaranteed by W. G.
Thomas
Subscrit to the Times.
THE DLACK VENUS. ,
rly Stoae Ftanr Morshtn4 r
Nuatli of Brltaay.
Even fal rci:;'-oc bard, and
there are reminders of all eslloct
faiths still existing la the world. One
of the most curious rrllcs of rrtua
hicn are stia worshiped la a Chris
tian country is the gametic black
stone figure of a woman which Is to bo
found, la a forest of the district of
Morblhan. In Utittany.
It U known as the "Black Veoo."
but probably dates far back of the
time when the Greeks and Romans
worshiped that goddess. Antiquarian
asjeert that this cty Idol betoegs to
the ace of the serpent worshiper, one
of whose subterranean temple is la
the neighborhood. This woulj make
the figure far older thaa the Christian
era.
The statue la that cf a Lege, ca-
coath woman, with a u7U-a. angry
countenance, her form enveloped la a
wom mantle.
The superstition Breton have al
ways wonh!prd the Cgare. tucrtlng
that it ha power over the weather and
the crop. If the tdol la neglected, they
declare that the grain dW on the ear,
and If the anger of the black woman I
further roused a tidal wave sweet-
over Morblhan.
Twice the stone was cart lata the sea
by p!ou folk wbo hoped thereby to put
an rnd to this Idolatry, and twice the
peasant dragged It back and set cp an
altar before It.
About two ccntcrte ago Count Pierre
de Lannkm. on whose estate the dure
stood. In order to save the statue from
lolh rrlen.I and enerale. dragred It
by 40 yoke of oxen to hi own chateau
and set it up la the courtyard. II cut
an Inscription on the base of tht peds-
taL ceclarlrg tbo figure to be aVrao
carved by Capers soldiers.
The count and bis chateau are both
gone, but the bu?e black woman, over
grown wlti moss, still stand la the
forest, and the peasant tl3 beseech
her to ties their crop.
TEACHING A YOUNG LARK.
nw its
Mother Cooehea
tt to nt
A hoot aad Fly.
J. M. P-arrie. the noted Scottish tory
writer, la Bcrtbner' Maa-axlne told
how a young lark got It first ! a.
A baby lark bad got out of It best
sideways, a fall of a foot only, but a
dreadful drop for a baby.
-ion can get iack thi way," i:s
mother said, and showed It the way.
But when the baby tried to leap It fell
on Its back. Then the mother taarkcO
out line on the ground bo which It
wa to practice hopping, and It got
along beautifully so long as the mother
waa there every moment to aay, "How
wonderfully yod bopT
"Now teach rue to nop ba" said the
little lark, meaning that It wanted to
Cy. and the mother tried to Co It la
vain. She could soar up, op. very
bravely, but she could not es plain bow
she did It.
"Walt till the ran come oct after
the rain." she said, half remembering.
"What 1 son? What I rainr the
little bird asked.-"If yon can not trach
me to Cy. teach tne to slog."
"When the sua come out after rain."
the mother frolic", "thea totj will
know bow to sing."
The rain came and glued the little
bird's wine toe ether.
"1 shall never be able to Cy or sing,"
It walled.
Then of a sodden It becaa to tUnk
Its rye, for a glorious light tad spread
over the worto. catching every leaf
and twig and blade of grass la tears
and putting a smile la every tear. The
baby bird's breast swelled. It did not
koow wby: It Cuttered from the
ground. It did not know why.
"The sua ha come out after the
ralnT It trilled. Thank yoa, sun!
Thank you! Thank you! Oh, mother.
did yon bear meT I can sing."
Then It Coated cp, cp. calling.
"Thank you. thank yon. thank yon
to the sun. "Ob, mother, do yoa
see me? I am Cra: .
A Co4 HesBory.
A bad memory la moat case might
be more properly described a one rust
ing from signer want of use. The fact
1 our brain cella are always "ready to
oblige," but we do not give tbeo un
dent encouragement In their well
meant efforts. Naturally the Individ
ual may cultivate a memory for cer
tain details more readily than for oth
er, but the general basis of all recol-
lectlve acta U the same, and there Is no
department of human mental activity
la which the motto that "practice
makes perfect" bold more truly thaa
In the science of mnemonic. The
view may be expressed. Indeed, that
we never forget anything presented to
our brain cell. When we say we bar
forgotten, we really mean that wt can
not find the mental photographic nega
tive whence we can print off a positive
reproduction. Loodoo Chronicle,
Fro as aa Aatora Setvfcook.
The following I an extract from the
diary of aa Impecunious author: "Rose
at & and bad a sonnet and a glass of
cold water for breakfast. . I retired ear
ly In the eventng without supper, a 1
feared the neighbors would be annoyed
by the rattling , of the knive and
forks." Atlanta Constitution.
Trlassslae tier Sails m BlU
Nannie Oh. dear: my face la so frec
kled! It's just awful!
Aunt Hannah I wouldn't fret, Nan
nie. Of course the freckles are not
very becoming, bet, then, yon koow.
they serve to cover up your feature.
Cos ton Transcript.
Silkworm and their egg were first
brougbt to Europe lo the sixth century
of our era. A couple of monk who
had traveled la China aa missionaries
brougbt away a quantity of the co
coons concealed In their walking sticka
ileadacb ofua result from a diaor-
dcred eooditioo rf tb stomach and eoa
itpatioo cr tc bowvia. A art or two
j Cbamberlaia's Stomach and Liter Tab
let will correct tbe di"rdrs sod eer
the beadacbe. Sold by W. U. Thoc
What is higher and bandtomrr
when the head i cSf A pillow.
CA-interfia of fwWIn'a Wi'ch llswl
Sle are liable to t lvxi pAlaoatnc.
I-afe ttroi aloe. Tb nrteiesl tne
ern n-wi'a poa th ba od wrap.
per. lia a ksrtnle sod b-sUna: ssW
for skio diaease, I'seqasled for pUe.
Thomaar drug sVor. ,
A STRANGE LAKE.
TTto reoallarttleo a t 4 Wale
la Aootrallo,
Lake Geeer I s Jsaied aNol fcxr
raiJrs front, ts ra!ly ; st
rrttelorr. AcrL. a&d Lj Xj r&asy
year eared te st'.rtto cf r'--a-
ulc txea by rrssba of tb t crUr sad
taes;U't4e pbenocaeaa coAaertoj wtta
IX. The rsUcvatee ef l'-s su vary exx- j
trtderably acocei:ax to tircsj.micr, i
but wfcen taoderauly tzM at?st 2 ty
7 culica wia be fal toifrmUy wewt
At either e&d tb U&4 U ruiy I O f
above the tlitest rroe4 srfsee ef
the lake, wktcb rosoeeiee ae inew-a
OQtiet, alihocr u u fed ty a?rros
Ooualala creek.
The lake wa du--overrd ty a t-ctV
c-sa la 10) as4 was know to tue
tUcksestWVg water." lleiilUa
aorpmoed t fonn tl eonrre ef a rtvr
taring It caocth ca the scsta ecavt.
tut rule;oeai vtaitar were tr sua
?rjltcd at the tasaer la wkra tt
black aeoWeJ tb tl. ef wtir tiey
rtrl to eeisTtata a -??rt:tia5;
dread, on rd abort.aal iui st
tad seen tt sil covered wtta tree, an
other txplal&lcg thAt U wtJ t4 ti
water sunk throe xh tb Urf'.o-a and
dtaappeared. t:W caters rvtaeahtrv-J
tb take ecly a a serWe f seU
pood.
rcrig tb f&Jlowtsg t years cvsv
ideraU variation were tx'.rd la tt
depth and eiteot cf tt take, ta 1M1
tt lake beeara rariUHy C.-v-J ejk tt
taoltt portion belag sistfty cr-T
swam pa. a few oactt Uur tirr
BOttber f steej wrr ttore4 la tu
bed f tt Isle, but frra wafer tad t
be carted rjr tt mm cf tt 5rj-trfi.
tbat of tt Uke Ulrr tao salt for ta
tsaa coctccs tloa. ft t Ue reovaed
more or kr dry ta:3 ls-2. tt yr f
tt great tood la that part ef tt r4
coy. when It a gala beeao tiled. wb
an average depth f :& feet. S;a
then tb surface level f tt Uk tas
varied coRertly. tot it 14 ta
oeter been so dry as ta fesr year.
There are ladVcatloc list etasy tea-
dmi f year ar tt lake covered a
far larger are Itaa asy yet rrdl,
remains f tree ever let) year 44 be
ing feend la spots fora-evly &dr -
r. Tt salit rtarecirr f tt Uk U
the core resurtat ty reo cf :
being fed by pore and sparkJiag fresh
water stmtc.
A IlorriU Oat tweak
"Of Urr oees a ar UiU atul'ti't
fcee.3 aTio-l 1st a ra cf seati keel
writ C D. IstUlef Moexvaie. Ta,
bl HockWs's ArsW ! eoo tH.i v
f r4 her. It a ff-sar!4 ear tot
E
Ttir. fiesta, FtatJ,
Sr, ttewr fai Pi.
Oaly 11 estr
st w. G. Tboo..
bt docs a Uop past becooe
rbea ibe limp U removed f A Usp
rtttr.
CASTOR! A
- Jar Islxzu tzl CLilirta.
Tti Iti Yci H2ii Atop E::j.l
igtar .f
Wbt soft oi coaetmsocr s w-tl
come to ta
aactkeen? On ttAl st
(jfttddf.
Mr. C E. TssOs. ef CuVr.
ITka,. wa wte4 with lret
4 coeaeireUoa fo a loeg tie. t
aar. "! tried sassy rrerersUo
bat sow hse doe avs tt roni ttst
Ctataberlsia Stoemseh aa4 Lir Tn
Ms aa. Tbeaw Tstiet are I t sale
at w. G. TVcxasV drae stora, Prx
teal. &aple fr.
1 When may n chair be Mi4 19 datVe
yon? Whca it can't tear joo.
Wt to are billoe es tV fsoe
litti- liU kaowa a D.Ui t UKi Ksr.
Iv Ekwr lo cieaaae Ik IHer a4 booeia.
Tbey etr crip, Tbooas drag &r.
Wtcn ts a ladj't tto cot a
arm? Wtcd It b a U:le tare.
Aa tlooea. Medlcta foe La Grlppew
Georre W. Valu. cf Soelh Gri:r.
lasaya: :I ise tad lb worst ta.
old. ekllis sad grip aai have fka lis
of trasii of ao eeeat bl troSt to it
teedor. Ct sea bet U la's 0h rady
Is the aly ttiag ttst ta soet asy rcol
tateeer. I kte nd botllccf It J
tbo still, eold 4 grip hsees'd left
1 )t'rsiui U.e saieirr
botest saeklae," For sal ty W. U.
Ttottaa.
' 5otka
AU persoa who iae oer H eaas sal
ot beylaa oil frcxa a, will flea re
tor ease ar caca.
rUaa doa't let a iav to seal tot
tbeta.
Bswcuany.
The Huestis
l fecrti An,
HEW TOHK C1TT.
A Sfrvrf.'y TuU-oUn
rr'f A'rsr,
FVry rooms attk Pri' tU'fc. l see
Aj, rKUfo of Kooom auk f rtae Cata.
f 3 oo ef Uy.
(tparisl rsl ty aXMtt nrmr. Lmra'el
I cmiw nt Oly. ate sstaatao trnm tiea4
(eatral Ivoot. via Foerta A tn, er.
Tras.l.ra to aJ raiU. at 2-. L t.i.ttt
aaikisa dtetaaea of aal rw;wa,
Ivwlaoraat teanr very amWtl A
fart at all aoora. T.l J lle Laara. II
eeoa, TaUe dliote tSee. i mlt. a
KttWra iapeoeeaaetU 4 t.mWrf 4 a
koesa,
A. lit tTIS, rresv
V rarer latti r m yttie r rr ia
?. rrT) nni-t rtxiyT te-!:4 iia
t AU , .1 t mmt I -
C, Aa QUOYI Cc CO. :
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- Omit rX -. u.-TTr3l, It
K 1 - - - .;-
.' aiQ . Mftt Mlaa..
A m ft m araa III I tm lulm mlm i - ttm ..
civic Tom tD
la tie Arrr-a Frty t'crr-Tousy,
cl Nw York. tt Urr-l
(or rsy ta ll sort! ototl
tiive?v to g-irai!iT tt tKty
of persor. t'-'i.. pna,:oi c4
maiary trst, ana a-ci.j a trt'.j
on U&L an-i ciirf akr- l-'C-lltM
I r tt Us cf Nori-a Carwa
as -aC.-lct a-rety oo tc Is mAi
tufertekirp ef every dwr.r Ixo.
"or rat, a Mr", tt X rT-Taj
h:retj Co., ltj r4e ar, New
lor a. or arcj to
. II. lisa-jrxcs.ja. All J.
L-rjz.-i-.rr. ?. C-
YALUAELE TOiVH FECrDTY
ron 6 ALU.
X late la esr iad f? aa'. tie
valaat'.e dsable llawkla' Mere
Ioe a 'iuk Stret. Il tan I
t-otjfMea r: t: teres, ad If
r.t eold. will be rtl fr 1X
Also i g x-1 tai'iiec ku ea
Ncb:b'uet,aJJ-ialef Ul af 31 re,
Fsatl lUwklt.
I also bate for tale ti Col. Jtatw
Tctaeee War teat a4 tie lard
ce&cecUd tierewl'.i lacUditf lie
ut'. aa l tie t4ti.l ic?Mca
Mai Street,
All i at-sv crtrry retUla-
I04: ta.liscri I rty-ag tea rer
eat.ea li aaoal ak4 fr tia
rrcrerty.
tvseqQiei ir ja watl U ly.
J. A.T'JfAy,
Lealjl-3fA. ?. C
Feed Sale I Liierj
STABLR
HATES t FyUia. Fr:;r:r.:rx
LOUISOURQ N. C.
GOOD TEAMS XSD
POLITE DmTRS.
DiriXlAL ATTllVTIOS TO
TTUYELlNa UZS.
X rttruvg of caars ro
c:xAtAtao it.
W aJvaja keep roc4 tverree ttr
ale trr niK r.ail
trio.
I'EEHLESS STLV3I COOKER
TilU lia litaeof a.'l list wlta
vry tccM4t;r tiea'i Lara
rj cc6ti-c re It',
Tie grthlnl cosrtclf&ca cf all
tt tie PaxtxtJit 6rtAat C-ctaa,
Itaafta TIME, FCXX
aei FOOD.
Aay QcaaUly ef fire liat IU
keep two narta cf water leulcjc
ill wili tie c cf a raiaucaa
nK Cock la, ccck a eta!.
MKi J. A-TlI0MAi.
Tf etrta sf saaef.f af tttmUt of iW at
ri t'eart I rM.k&n ta !-
efeeval e4:.a f Ci-4 k a -a t
t J. t. f caaf,
l" 1 fa- -a. TWm M t jM k,
tows. U. t a a4A4ra Afcrs at
Uw sf J. T. e- Mk. . t, etfne. le
alr r4 mui a Wa.i. txe tat y
f Xft.i SI tie trt 4e
ta La&:er X. C . W-f-l aaea. l
aa ta S -4 V-M a y- 0 W I e
aaM. lie Mwt'.t( Aeac,e tracks a4
laai. !
I irtl Trwt TkU laet f4 lJ kt.ee
M Is-e KU Irwt at. I - 1. lJ 4W
en4 a i i -e I eeesaa lm e4
lsa .lau. aa.t ewa:. ave th4 ... g
the Ua4 afr W.a.f li4 teiao
s.-l. ea. lit a-ae t UL I raa
r. tjntf la4 eat eiA-.es v t Wva.i t a
Id'tmrn-K Ae--asi( aA aa a4 aa a IMft
&at, UmH ewaai. lVee 1
e.ets --". tin s nAe
aa y-Mtura. ta.aee ee IS fe aa a
ataka a 4 tack ywe la IV (V.st '.. -. tXeo
arth 3 Jre, Mat f J fC-.-, 1 1 bitttos
rack la lr s keaa.a, taa aa4
afasxa tt Maa.tr aies I tAe a
c.i eaala.a( lAir areea. aaeew
ae leas TV aca.e vra s -n j t aitea
4 Lrwt. tAva kaais af J . a a,n s
acaers a4 Weaa AeA a I- r lt uf
al a rwtt Wv' krasxa, ti ttar
areee. Iseaee aaatA J 4erw, tW a,
II Is As aa -. AA eeeaee.
aosth It's cVcreea. wet T. S yU as a
raeK ta era, JAa t--A-cei . .. IWa-oa
asi tes4Mb a It Saeaa4rrs i fr
la luf W. JA Caten a ceT mm ler'
aesaca. lAeaee as4 lfw aa il ave
a4ea 1X2 yies I LA aT.t. eaa.la.a
isf hilf 4 Area as. 4 aen a -, aaure
V ts, tte t ta Ireca et-is j K i ere.
fnw4 TrarS TVal lwrt f la ktaes
alaJiSB li t ;". tears, n anir
IWknatnlbwl af Ik aau
J-m li . v4 Oi f to t tAat fart a4 l
Ua4 4 Jol Laoaaei. A. tUt ta
kaoae aa4 writll la IW Ma a4 e-ar.
evy of lae laaa n aael J A a La--ae ante
atnta1faneeU IU '2.a a tA
I Wt ) IAa i"t fmnar t oejrt la t-o . 3 c4
ItesVea aa Im st k.lttMnri
a Lb S. twaaT a-i14 ia aM
artito Mart WtrrAy. af av t-l-ntlr1f
&natr--tal aa4 fccael a t--ra.
KnTttot .1 tuli asv4 J aakaa
liijlo eoaae. t l mm W im 11 po. i
ttUlotlUWiM f.a1eea. X-- Neiia
JH" "Mill yoAns Ultui a etaAe aa4
pwt;r. IntM lart iZ -M i Avt. Ao a
I'oaUaak, eeae c4 ku sheila! ta aa4
fn i-IWe. 1 latt .A i-.-m
itl Aata to tl tear aai f.
m t aa-eea. a A . 1 taaal fJ aat .;i. aj aa
tuttti H (o J I I ". t, s-a iHiinn i in . a4
HUl W oaw-Aartk I.
Wa lo Soajrvws ana -.m -. t .
Treata o4 r. -m II r) aA avl tit
MUataa4M.1 it-'., I JL oca Aa
terawt troas f e4 au. t.4 al ( n
ye asaoasi t.at e'.a.saiA lJ aJ KJtu Jtr
(Aaa Btoaef a)
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