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8LEEPY UAH'S SPEECH. It Had an Electrifying Effect on the Jury and Brougnt a venue the Plaintiff. avornar WriierB au When Washington ve "anj" oi 'stories they have only to look into the career of Hon. George Vest, L.n.tnr from the crreat state of Missouri.- There the fund of good material is apparently inexhausti ble. Walter Wellman has been taking a turn at Vest, and finds a new story that is worth repeating. The scene is located in Missouri, of course, and the preliminaries tell how Vest was employed by a man whose dog had been shot by a neighbor. Other eminent counsel attended to all the preliminaries of the fight, while Vest was tnere, nis head sunk down between his shoul ders, and apparently asleep. Fi nally his associate nudged him and tnM him ithat-'he n.u8t make the closing speech. He demurred, but seeing he must do something to earn the fee which had been paid him, rose and after gazing earnest ly at the jury for some minutes, began a speech of which lata is a stenographic copy : - "Gentlemen of the Jury: 1 he best friend a man has in this world may -turn" against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he baa reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we- trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faitb. The money that a man has be may lose. It flies away with him, per haps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered ac tion. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the Atone of mal ice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one abso lutely unselfish friend that man jan have in this selfish world, the -one that' never deserts him, the one that never proves 1 ungrateful J or treacherous, is his dog. ' "Gentlemen of the jury' the Senator continued, "a man's dog -stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snowdrives fiercely, if only: he will be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as thesun in his journey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless nnl'tinmnloea t Vi o f Q i h f ll I ilnn oebe no higher, privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the; master in its embrace and the body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friend pursue their way, there by his graveside. will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws. his eyes sad but open watchfulness, faithful even in death." What followed the Wellman describes in this way: "Then Vest sat down. This, re- - i 1 I m t . marKame sneenn ne nan riAiirAreri Ocandal Upon DcandaL A great many people thought last year that the Democratic charges of peculation and extrava gance against the fusion state ad ministration were for political ef fect only, but they were true, yet not half the truth was told. The public remembers what outrageous scandals have developed in connec tion with the conduct of the peni tentiary, and enough has been pre viously published with reference to the Agricultural Department to prepare the publio In a measure for what was to be seen In yesterday's paper.' This, let it be understood, is not a Democratic showing, but is from the mouths and the books of the f ueionists themselves. And what a showing ! "The committee bad discovered, from the books that between June 15th-4aet and June 15th of this year, the inspection of fertilizers cost $15,794,while during the previous twelve months it had cost only $5,344." The greater part of this sum was spent between the time the result of the last elec tion was known and the time of re tirement of the fusionists from of fice. As our Raleigh correspondent tersely put it, "they were pulling the Agricultural Department as a a pig would a teat." The worst individual case, how ever, is that of J. C. L. Harris. As president of the Board of Agri culture he received $4 per diem, and in addition to this, $2 per diem for expenses, although he lives at Raleigh. He received $150 for preparing the report of theboard to the legislature, though that should have been a part of his regular-duties or those ot the secre tary, to be discharged without ex tra compensation. He received $250 annually as counsel fees, and $2,000 for one speech before the Supreme Court of the United States, though Busbee and Busbee had prepared the brief, the cost of which went into their annual bill of $250 for fees, and Harris' only part in the transaction was the making of the speech. These are. in brief, the principal facts developed in the Investigation of Tuesday, by the moutiWof ex- Secretary Ramsey, fusionist, and by the fusionist books, kept by him or some one else of the crowd. It is a disgraceful record, and yet The Raleigh News and Observer says that on Tuesday was taken "only a very small bite at the cher ry." If the Democratic party had ever made any such record in any department of government, we should have considered that it had betrayed its trust to the people and was disgraced forever. It never did so ; it never misappropriated a dollar of the people's money. But it was not good enough for them and they would have fusion. It is to be hoped that they have had enough of it. Charlotte Observer. in and alert true veracious in a low voice, without a gesture. No reference had he uttered about the evidence. When- he finished judge and jury were seen to have tears in their eyes. -The jury filed out and in a minute or two return ed to the court room. The plain tiff h ad asked for $200 damages. The verdict gave him $500, and several of the jurymen wanted to hang the defendant." St. Louis Globe Democrat. There is a good story told on one of the conductors on the A. C. L. Of course he does not live anywhere around here, but when his friends see him these days there is such a snicker that he makes himself scarce. It was not long ago on the Cberaw and Dar lington road. The car was full of passengers, one of them being a big, fat negro woman with a child in her arms which was crying, and she was trying to console it, but it wouldn't console. "Stop dat cryn chile, doane you see vour mammy gittin out yo' supper?' With this remark she offered the breast to the child, but it wouldn't take tit. Coaxingly she said: "Hush yo' squallin', yer little black rascal, an' take yo' supper; if ver don't I'se gwine to give it to the conduc tah." The roar that went up in the car was deafening. The con ductor twent lntojthe baggage coach ahead. Florence. ( S. C.) Times. ' TO CUBE A COLD I3T OHE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU Druggists refund money If it tails to Cure. S5 Tht genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. "Doo" Johnson's Definition. "There used to be an eccentric old character in our neighborhood," said a planter, reported In the New Orleans Times-Democrat "who went by the name of Doc' John son. He had never been 40 miles from the settlement in his life, and was barely able to read and write, but he was naturally a sort of iack of all trades, and somehow or other he acquired a tremendous reputa tion for sagacity. Whenever an argument arose among the country lolKs JJoc Johnson was pretty certain to be called in to decide it, and as he would rather have died than to have admitted ignorance on any subject, some of his state ments of fact were amazing in the extreme. ,' One day a farmer in the vicinity received a letter from his son who had moved up to Iowa, saying, among other things, that the corn, crop was looking badlv and the country was being overrun oy immigrants. The last word stumped the old man, and after puzzling in vain over its meaning he happened to see Doc' and call ed him in. Johnson knew from the peculiar warmth of his greet ing that he was going to be asked to solve some knotty problem, and at onceas8umed his wisest air. 4 "Doc," said the farmer, pointing to the mysterious passage in the letter, 4 what in thunder does that boy mean by immigrants? What are they like anyhow?' Johnson spelled through the paragraph, and, noting the reference to the bad corn crop, began rapidly to put two and two together, immi grants 1' he exclaimed, to gain time. 4Why, I thought everybody knowed what they was!' -'Air they crit ters?' asked the farmer, curiously. 4They is, replied 'Doc,' 4a kind of er cross between, a 'possum and a coon, and I'll tell you what 1? he added impressively, they're just simply death on corn.' " The soothing and healing prop erties of Chamberlain's .Cough Remedy, Its pleasant taste .and prompt and permanent cures, have made it a greatfavorite with the people everywhere. For sale by C. ionon, Druggist. . , a. : : i A Convert to Oil Roads. llr. A. C. Boggs, Catawba's member of the House of Bepresen tatlves, has (become a convert to Prof. Meig's plan of greasing the public roadSt At least he believes the theory is sufficiently plausible to justify experimenting on a small scale. He advocates buying a few barrels of oil, either out of the county funds or by private sub scription and applying it to tbe muddiest roads that can be' found, and see what the effect would be. If it makes them as hard and dur able as the professor claims h will. then there: will be no longer any excuse or palliation for having bad roads any longer in Catawba. Oil, in spite of the Standard Oil Trust, is cieap. All that would be neces sary would be to put the road beds in the most desirable shape, dump tbe oil on, according to the profes sor's prescription and the oil would do the balance. The roads would become as hard as cement, and water would wet them no deeper than it does the feathers on a duck's back. It is a fascinating theory, and like Mr. Boggs, we are inclined to ; think there is more in it than tbe public at first were willing to admit. At any rate, lets give it a trial. We are willing to chip in a few nicklee, either in the shape of tax I or to a private subscription paper, for the purpose of buying few barrels of oil. We would just like to see what kind of a conglom eration Pennsylvania coal oil and good old Catawba Dutch mud would make. Newton Enterprise. At What Age Should Girls Harry? It has come to pass that the mod ern! girl marries later in life -than her! predecessor. She feels that there is no hurry and takes plenty of time to look about her. The healthy-minded would generally prefer to marry, but just at what agesj is somewhat hard to deter mine. It seems to me that the on ly possible answer to the qaestion is also the most obvious, namely, when she arrives at years of disr cretion. This happens at various ages, according to the character and capacity of the girl. Some girls are sensible women at nine teen; some are never sensible worn- en at all. The Amelia Sedlia sort of girl is '! . . . .h .... , , a survival oi tne cnattei penoa, and as she never acquires the sort of discretion which is a safe con duct through life it makes no dif- xerence at wnat age sne marries. She lis the clinging sort of creature who looks about for a man to lean upon .and generally finds one, lor men in theory still prefer her. They sentamentalize on the sub ject in their youth and talk about the ivy and tbe oak. When they are captured, if they do not suffer the fate of the oak smothered by the ivy, but survive to tell the tale,) they still cling to their theory ; but they spend the leisure hours of their middle age at their clubs. - UNCLE SAM'S HOT BATHS. The Hot Springs of Arkansas. Via. Southern Railway ' Will eradicate from your system the lingering effects of grip and other ailments caused by the severe winter, and malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia, catarrh, stomach, .kid ney,! liver and nervous disorders, paralysis, blood and skin diseases, and! chronic and functional de rangements. The mountain cli mate of Hot Springs is cool and delightful in summer. 100 hotels open tbe year around., For illustrated literature, con taining all information, address C. F. Cooley, Manager Business Men's Leajgue, Hot Springs, Ark. For reduced excursion tickets and' particulars of the trip, see local agent or address W. A. Turk, Geh'l Pass. Agt., Southern By., Washington. D. C. Opposing the Pistol. The many recent assassinations and murders in Texas have aroused the press of that state, and with great unanimity they are demand ing law "It the enactment of a stringent against the carrying of pistols, should be," says the Austin Statesman, "made a felony in Tex as for any man, except an officer of the' law on duty, to carry a pistol. Until the 'pistol toter'- is banished from the state, Texas cannot take that rank in advanced civilization and social order that every good citizen hopes and works for." Other influential papers are equally vigorous in protesting against the "pistol toter." This is a healthy departure and should be kept up until the desired end is accomplished. ,-li-. Is a deceptive dis- a a e thousands hare it and don't JL XI Vy U JL JL. Hi vrant quick resulu I you can make no mistake by using Dr. Kilmer's Svramp-Iioot, the kidney remedy. At druggists in nnv sample uotue uy bu KIDNEY great kidney remedy. cent ana aouar sues. free, also pamphlet telling you hovr to find out if you have kidney trouble. Address, Dr. Kilmer ft Co-, Bingham ton. . T. Countess Had Her Hevcnco. The Count and Countess Napo dano, of Vienna, lived happily to gether until the Count fell In love with the daughter of -the local doc tor, Concetto Devajo by name; a charming young girl of 18vyears. The Count deserted his wife and eloped with Concetto Devajo. The Countess Napbdano obtain ed a divorce from her husband, who then married Concetto. ) I Two years later Count Napodano and Countess Concetto returned! to Matuggacci. The former Countess Napodano was now on her death bed. She sent a message to the Counters Concetto that she would like to see her before 6he died. The Countess, wishing to humor the wishes of tbe ding woman, went to see her. j j j The invalid asked her to stoop and kiss her. As the fresh young face of her rival came near her own the dying woman raised herself,1 and by an almost superhuman ef-i fort bit a piece clean out of Con j cetta's cheek aud' mouth, then fell back dead with a contented smile oh her features. 1 1 Concetta was disfigured for life. and her husband, the fickle Count, has already left her for a new love "Richly allustrated" barelv de! scribes the August Cosmopolitan, tnere being in that great number one nundred and forty-six different illustrations of all sorts and sizes and not one of them commonplace or uninteresting. The literary features of the magazine vie with tbe pictorial, the whole forming a most attractive magazine for sum mer reading. j' j L How much is your time worth'? L 00 you value your trenh? u 0lr worth, saving? ThM Jr. M your teAr worth, saving? These questions 2n answered to your entire satisfied W U Va&hing IPoWder "I TIlr.?lc-aniff- " Wlll do your work in half the w witn half the labor, and at half t other cleanser. 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Dr. Pierce's magnificent "Golden Medical Discovery," with its splendid blood-purify ing, liver-toning, strength-creating power, hurls the fortress of disease from its very' foundations, and searches and drives out the lurking symptoms of weakness and de bility from every secret hiding place in the entire physical system of mankind. ! I The work of this grand "Discovery' is thorough; it gives the health that is all health; the strength that is solid and sub stantial and lasting; not flabby fat; not false stimulus; but genuine, complete, renewed vitality and life-force. I j " I had been a sufferer for fifteenTyears nearly all the time.' says Mrs. Sarah B. Taylor, !of Eureka, Greenwood Co.. Kans., in a friendly letter to Dr. Pierce. " In August. 1896, was taken with severe cramping pain in my stomach. The doc tor here said it was due to gall-stones. , He re lieved me for a short time, and then there was a hard lump about the size of a goose egg formed in. my right side: It became so sore I could scarcely walk about the house, and I had no ap petite. I consulted the best doctors in town and they said medicine would do, me no good. I gave up all hope of ever getting well again. I "You advised me to take your 'Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets,' which I did according to directions. I began to feel better, and my appetite came back. Now it is a little over a year since I began to do my own work, j I am stronger than I have been for five years." j SUBSCRIBE TO THE PATRIOT. Qortgagee's Land Sale. - - ! 1 Bv virtue of powers of sale contained in two certain deeds oi mortgage executed by A. M. Euliss and wife, s. O. fcuiics, to w. J. Staley the iUth day of January , l'rtJl. and on the 15tu day of-March, 1835. 1 e6pectively, registered in the register's oce of Guilford county in books Xo. 83. naireaS54-55-5ii-57, and in No 98 pacts 5W-65-67-ti8, t will offer and sell by pubfic auc tion for cash at the dweiiiDg house on the prem ises hereinafter uescriDea, on - SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1899,' at 12 o'olock M., tbe following de cribed tract of land described in said mortgages, to wit: Being in Greene townihip, Guiltoid coun ty, N. C, adjoining the lands of P. p. Smithj 8. Johnson, Frederick Reitzel and others, bounded ar follows r Beginning at a stone, running thence west 176 poles to a f take near Smith wood Academj. thence west 16 east 52 p le j to a stone, thence north 14 poles to a ttone.' thence north 16 eat SI poles to a stone, thence north 17 east 22 poles to a stone tbe new division cor ner, thence south 89 east 170 poles, to a stone in P. C. Suuth's line, thence south 11 west 1 6 poles to a black oak, thence tout h 15 west 60 poles to the first station, containing 122 acres lucre i or less and being on the waters of Stinking Quar ters creek. M This 2lst day of July. 1S99. H W. J. STALEY, Mortgageei ' - - ( , Vj j for Infants and Children. Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil. PrJ contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Xafcotii substance. It destroys Worms and allays FcvcrMinpi? It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieve Ttitir Ingr Troubles and cures Constipation. It resuiates tim Stomach and Bowels, givincr healthy and natural ilCc The ChUdren's Panacea The 1 Mother's Friend.' i 1 The Kind Tou Have Always Bought DC u,ra tnu oiguaiuro oi i In Use For Over 30 Years. Hold On! Don't Despair! VICE'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS 25b. Vial, baa cured others and will cure you of Constipation and 1 r 4 evils, tuts pui is a v eeiaoie ionic Laxauve, ioe purest prescrii i to medical science. Never gripes child or adult. Trial vial 25c. o gists and merchants, or sent on receipt of price. j THE L. RICHARDSON DRUG WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURING DRUGGIST: attendiot on krfown I by drug- CO, Em n uuu 0 i Insure your property against fire and see us before placing it, and get OUR RATES. We have strong companies, and all hue trusted to us will have prompt and careful attention. ness en- BOYD & GLENN, Room No. C Katz Bcawsc. OPPOSITE BBNBOW;HOUSE. E1P n 11IIS; If you intend to build or enlarge vourouse, come to us tor an estimate on Material. We will surprise you on prices. We make a specialty or t 1 Now don't think for a minute we are selling below cost, a no one can do business on that basis. Our motto : Large sales, small proms. Notice by Pnblication. Action Concerning Real Estate. Domenica I.uchi. Thomas Luchi, Eafaella Ra vina and Bettini Francesco, 1 1 Giovanni Tlossi. G. Enisley Doonell, R D. Pat terson and wife Annie Patterson, W. H. Lan gon, J. F. Jordan and wife, Mary W. Jordan. In this action it appearing to the satisfaction of tbe court, by affidavit, that W. II. Lanaron, one of the defendants, cannot after due dili gence be found in the state, but U a resident of the state of Pennsylvania; that sid W. II. Langon is a proper and necessary party to said action; and that the nature of the action is real property, the purpose of the action being to de termine the various interests of tne parties thereto in two certain tracts of land situated in Guilford county. North Carolina, adjoining tbe lands of Ed. Lambeth. John Barker and others, and known as part of the Donnell tract, con taining 400 acres more or less; and to require the defendants to make and deliver to tbe plaintiffs good and sufficient titles to two hun dred and twenty acres of said tracts, in accord ance with written agreements between the parties; and to exclude the said W. II. Langon from any interest or lien in the said 220 acres: It is ordered by the court that publication be made once a week for six weeks in tbe Gbeexs boko Patriot, a newspaper published in Guil ford county, N. requiring the said W. H. Langon to be and appear at tbe next term of the superior court of Guilford county, to be held in the court house in Greensboro, on the Slet day of Ac gust, ls99. and then and there answer or demur to the complaint herein to be filed, or the case will tie proceeded with as if personal serace of summons had been made upon tbe said W. II. Langon. Given pnder my hand at office at Greensboro in said county this 27th day of June. 1S?9. 27-t JXO. J. NELSON, C. S. C. we can show you the largest stock in the South. Guilford Lumber Company, Greensboro, Xj & 1 PlooilTig, Ceill23.gr eulso tlio "best lieart rie . press a.zu3. Tvazilper and sa-red. 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