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K)!irj Pablic for Pensioners,
EAEEELLTGN. Scrr7 Ci. N.C
DR. W. H. WAKEFIELD
Ui'l I ir Vif.-;ii. nl llie June
Hts " :itir !.kV, July l:itli.
Eye. Ear, No..;o and Ttiroat.
S. P. GRAVES,
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" R. L. HAYMORE"
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P. B. HAUIEE,
NOTAR1T PU3I.IC
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GEO. W. SPARGER,
Attorney at Law & Notary Public,
.Mount Airy, ,. C.
t N- v-rf t nine tJ-At tt? fotlt-tion oi
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CARTER & LEWELLYH,
Attorneys - at - Law.
i"ri-t I-- in th .;! and Fd.TaI
Curt..
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rt tru-t.-U to tln ir can.
W. H. PROCTOR,
extractor for Plain and Ornamen
tal Plastering.
ten: nl Ummi a Sciiltj.
A t tiij j.r..r:.M r.fj, I rffrr to T. 15.
M l'r-, Moiutt Airj, N. C
Pine Street Dairy.
t I't'll Mil f iVIi IM't't'
Vt l'Kl.lVK.!:Y.al furnish Cft-
t' m;.;.-t.. rati;i f,.r Milk Cows and
J C '-a'f lh a-3t ffd KtuiMii to
t o l'4.f) tn.in. AiJir
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A. S. BIcBIICSLlZI,
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Piila and Fancy Painting Hard
Oiling an! YaroisMn.
t K. A of tt a-.d a!I i.t!..-r
f. r t:i I t,av ..( work.
J. F. HARRISON
ft I.. inform fii.-nl a ad tV ral,
I s. turV.ijr thl U n h;w tl
tnj ftin,lr I l.ne of
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES
l't'l.!..;;. IIAt.TKCS, ,r..
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J- H. BLAKEMOEE,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
tilatnst.f MT. A III Y.N. C.
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Al1 fr Only $5.00.
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W. J. SOYLl'i, Editorand Ownir.
D. Sicilian and H';i W"vei.
0::e of the ir.oit a.lt-tir inct
dcr.U conncct;i with the lat houis
ct Dr. Uu'Jri.nr. ua the liral viett
of the Uoc!-r' wile to (Juvcnior
Morton to U jr him to c-ommutc the
death fenterio! into lifu impnsont
merit. fchea.rn'vcJ at the Governor's
country retMci.ee at I o'clock A.
M., uniJ he L'ot ti out of bed to kc
her. She threw in n-clf at !t!4 feet
arvJ l":zvd 1 ar l -oh, harj for
mtrcy for her has! ami. Ihit in
VR.ri. Tlte iocrnor knevr hi: dtitv,
atol "L'Srttalilo a it mtIjc did it.
He kt the hi, toj !ong delayed
anjhort ukc It course, and IJnch
anan 0:1 3Iond.ij received the jun
ilime:it that he so richly dervcd.
This fvffr wotnan, who tried to
hard to Utichinan'i; life, had
Ik-ctj the vict: to of one ol that
vilhiiri'ii v.er.t crimes. He made
chfr-w h-ait .-t her, and divorced
her in carder ti marrj another a
rich, tM, dt-oruved uotnan, whotu
he afterwards murdered. After he
had killed hi M-cond wife and ttc-v
ed into the j-f-rion f her for
tune Mo haviii made a wiil in his
l3vor) he a'nin mnrried ht lmt
wife, who i no hi. widow.
Ihichanan wa tried in theeprirg
of Ih'JZ on tfici chirc of Mi..ninr
hi e-e.nd wife, and the jury found
a verdict of guilty of murder in the
tind doree. The trial was a long
and tedion one, anl the expert evi
dence win conliHiugand conllictinz,
and one of thj jurors in the ca-c
tHJcnrne delirioti.. Uhhi thi and
other ground Ihv. counsel for the
prisoner sought t-, w.t n.ide the
verdict ; hut utter much delav tJie
Curt td Api'i-a1-) Ft:.taiftcl thedjn
vi' ti ti. I hen c.i:ne a rt.pitc, a
tc.i.r.u Ut u!i-ut rfi-eutcra ing, ut
t i::pto t gc. the lniteI ht ife
court t inti rrfere, nppal to the
l"tot;d State Stiprt-me Court, and
tin illy lit; appeal t j the L'ritir.'i
Minisn-r on tin ground that lluch
an.;:i va. a -Iritidt mhj.vct. All in
vain. He .t h'dc-eits at la.-:.
Ihi -!;:t i.'i ni lrn of Scotch
jare:t in iMiilijrgh, in fid
'n-gi-.n h i? e. a drug cUrk.
filter ! e gr;. !ti cl a doctor
of tut: : . j Hie tr.-t V."il'; Wa
H !en -I. rdUrMtit u voting vo
JJi.fi i t 0 id. ! i:ni!v of Halifax,
'i I :.- ;-eofd wiy n courtesan of New
ark . N. r:.-v.:itt! Arr.i Sath.r
hmd. und ahe it w.e- whom he mur-
ditid t r her IV rtufiP, ttimatnl at
ah-:it ' I'M mi. 1. Kvery cent of thii
rMt-i x:n'e!i Crtlfi'. into Jhichnnan
liauda ho . itlier pent in deh itichery
ln f.-;: he v a 4 arretted or in law
yers' teea at. d cxpcuct of expe-rt,
etc.. atler he fell into iie uuthcaof
the I iw. Helcaviv hU widow with
out a rend, ii'jwrvjjr Morton, how
ever, h pro.ni.-.. to a.vist her, if
po? if .In. Her 'vori n ttlte u i-cr-!!
v, i etch aI.'j ha jti-t le :t exe
cul' d lot. o.eite ! iytu ral -ympathy.
Tlie a-.ttiioritii. at Sing Sing have
hr.-nht the eh.virocutin proe-es to
Uvii a degree ol perfection that
ISuchatta'i wa killed painlessly and
ex.diti.tr!y. I Hewn. dead in a
intuute r tw. after he took hi.i-eat
in the dc.ith elinir. JS'o death Iy
hanging foul 1 have lieen o easy,
and the .New York public now
teem well content to let the elecv
Intention lvv atand, and in time we
doatt u.tX t!i.it it will le adopted
in m t ..titer Slitf. It Would not
be convenient to put electrocution
into ii.. in country district.1, but it
ii eu.-y enough to take a condemned
man to he capital of the State, or
to any other city dcsignated, there
to h:e hi.-, death ejected in the
electrical chair. Dr. I.uchanau was
convicted in the city of New York,
but vw taken to Sing Sing lor exe
cution. m One tiling, however, may
Ie :lid against tiiq death chair, and
thi it that men riich a- Jhtchanan
WrtS do iot deserve to have death
made comfortable lor them. llich
liiond Dh-patch.
1 jit
So.
To hear tome peeplc talk one
would think that proverty could le
swept tl the earth by leg:.-Nation.
"Th-. r ve have withyoa always"
w ;.f tp-iken b" a higher Kjwcr than
a hrv-tn.i.kiig tKdvd earth. Poverty
can !c cliche. by IcgiilatiLii, but
cannot be abolished. W'c umie
titac wonder if thc-HJ politicsms
who are ki p.T.-ittnt in their de
claratii.tH that it tho government
was to adopt tlieir pet tinanci.il
theoriei the i.r ot thio great
country would a!l lc in good dr-cum-:a;irt.
ever rcr.lly e rwdcr tlie
Hr.
Uv,
....ri rllifht.e.- play an
ttkrt in fo-cilled phi I-
imt'ortint
mtJtroit.w. rohti-. ol nroe h.n-
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ijaircr.
The
Oldest
And the Best
In the Fall of '.a. my Ron,
cte on ta ra-ck. 1
lanccil it. at irave h:m no Icr
nianent tx-m lit.
Sarsaparilla
was tlin r.'sortc-d tx and the re
sult w as all we could l.aye wiah'M
tor Th carbunr 1? healed lutcK;
Iv. and his health u now trfert.
1L r5- Uoczie. CIiai plain. a.
The Only
Sarsaparilla
At World's Fair.
1
CHICAGO'S MEMORABLE FIRE.
The Owner of the Cow That IGcked 0er
the Larrp is Dead. !
Chicago, 111., July 4 Mrs. C.
O'Leary died yesterday. SJio was
the owner of the frictioua cow
which, in a barn in the rear ot No
137 De. Kovcn ttrect, on a raemor-
a a ....
able night in October, 1871, kicked
over a lamp and started a Uaze
which col Chicago $100,000,000.
cince tlio ntgbt ot that historic
conflagration Mrs. O'Leary s life
wa iiiibittered by tho popular be
lief that the indirect! was mpon
fcible for the losa of life and enor
mous destruction of pronertv. She
dtnie-d the etory vigorouely, and to
the committee whicu investigated
the lire and canoes made affidavit
that the allegations about herself
and tho cow and the lamp were
not true.
ANOTHER VERSION OF IT.
Mr. Bonr.er Denies that Mr. Hooker Out
raged the Little Girl.
Ackoka, N. C, July 1.
To Ui EJ:tr of the Jw ao-1 Oirer : ,
In your issue of June 20th your
correspondent from Washington
doc Mr. Walter Hooker, of this
ulacc, the grot. -est injustice. That
he committed rape on the girl or
attempted to do to was not in evi
dence at all. He is very fond of
children, as every one here knowe,
and went to her father's house, which
i near by, and in sight of his own,
and played with the child, as ho ad
mitted on trial ; but that he had any
evil intentions towards her was
farthest from his thoughts. The
child, it teems, told another of his
playing w ith her; and boon a moun
tain wis made- out of a mole hill.
Her father's feelings wrought uj.Kn
by busy bodic and under tho excite
ment of the moment wanted a war
rant for him. Ho applied to several
magistrate who refu.-ed to give it to
him, being satisfied that the charge
was frivolous. He at last found one
whodidgive it to him. Mr. Midyett,
the father of the girl, has since told
me himself that he was very sorry
he ever a!;;d lor a warrant, and
that h was anxious to have the
m ttte-r sto; ped.
Mr. Hooker ia a usetul and
prominent layman in the Methodist
church at this place, ind ha always
su-tuincd a jugh moral character.
That publicity should have been
given to the inbimous report is ex
ceedingly mortifying to him and his
friends here.
lies Kxt fully,
J. Ih lJo.N.SKK.
Beei Swarmed on the Coffin.
A strange ine'dent happened at a
funeral near 1'arsons, Kan., the oth
er day. A little son of Samuel Car
son, residing south wet of the city,
died and wus buried in the ncigh
lorinr cemetery. There being no
hearse thu remains were placed in
a spring wag n nnd ouveyed to the
cemetery. On the way to the grave
a swarm of bees gathered on the lid
of Ihc colli ti and there remained.
When the cemetery was reached all
effort to drive the Ijee-i from the
Collin were without avail and the
pall-be irers were forced to take
charge of the cotlin with the bees
swarming about them, and before
the remains were depofited in the
grave every pillbearor suffered, bc-1
ing stung in more than one placo on
the face and hands. The beesung
so tenaciously to the coffin that
many of them were buried with tho
body of the dead boy.
Nervous People
And those who are all tired out
and have that tired feeling or lick
headache can lie relieved of all theso
tymptoms by taking Hood's Sarsa
parilla, which gives nerve, mental
and bodily s trength and thoroughly
purities the blocd. " It also creates
a good appetite, cures indigestion,
heartburn and dyspejia.
Hood's Fill. arc easy t,o take,
CUV in action and sure in ellect. 25c.
Why ProScans Use an "R."
A woman of an investigating turn
of mind t tatted out the other day to
discover why physicians begin their
prescriptions with the letter "K."
Well, she found out, but t took time
and caused her some trouble. It
seems that during the middle ages,
when astrology wits in fashion, a
character very much like eur "It"
was the signed Jupiter, the preser
ver of health. The physicians, being
then equally devoted to the science
of medicine and astrology, inva
riably began their prescriptions with
the lolloping woids: ''Lithe name
td Jut iter take the following dosed
in the order set down hereinafter.''
In the course of time this formula
was abbreviated, until at present
oiilv the letter li" remains to teach
us thai the medical art was once
associated with the science of the
fctars. lJewton Traveler.
Lait Juno Dick Crawford brought
hi twe!ve-inontln-ld child. uflVriiiK
from infantiU diarrhu a. to me. It had
Ue: weaned at tour mouths old and
had a!waj U'-n Mcklf. I pav it the
uuil treatment in Mich eas but with
out benetit. Tlu child kept K"o1g
thinner until it weiKhed but little more
than when born, ,r perhaps ten pounds.
I then i-tnrted the father to giving
ChamU rlain' Colic. Cholera and Diar
rhea Ueaiedy. before one buttle of
the " cei.t size had len used a mark
ed imnrovemeiit was ien and its con
tinued ue eu red the child. It weak
ne and punj constitution disappeared
and its father ai.d mjself believe the
child' life wa I saved by this remedy.
J. T. Marlow, M. P.. Tatnaroa. I1L l or
sale by D. A. Ibuton,DrupgUt.
Subccribe to tho 2ws, on'y Ono
Dollar per year.
MOUNT AIRY, N. C
A SAD ENDING
plighted troth broken by
young man.
TO
A Young Lady Through Grief Overs Broken
engagement Commits Suicide is the Sun
day School Room of a Richmond, Va.,
Church While Her former Fiance it Sing
ing the Closing Hymn of the Evening
Service.
Kichmond Dispatch.
Miss Minnie B. Wilkinson com
mitted suicide in the infant class
room of tho Second Presbyterian
church Sunday afternoon by shoot
ing herself through the heart.
The tragedy, which was distress
ing in every particular, and one of
the most sensational in Richmond's
history, occurred near the close of
the 6 o clock service. Next to tho
last stanza of tho closing hymn,
"Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every
Nerve," was being sung, when
some of those in the church heard
what was found later to have been
the fatal pistol 6hot.
The report was not a loud one,
and some of those upon whose cars
it lell thought it was only a rock
thrown against a window. Many,
perhaps half ot the congregation.
Lad withdrawn from the church,
and were on their way home before
they knew what had happened.
The sad aflair created great excite
ment among those who were ad
vised of it before leaving, but there
were no scenes.
. From what can be learned there
seems to be no doubt that Miss
Wilkinson took her life to end the
intense grief that Ehe had experi
enced as a result of tho engagement
that had long existed between her
and Mr. E. 13. Marquess having
been broken sometime ago.
Miss Wilkinson was a member
of Dr. Iloge's church, and attended
quito regularly. She was present
at the morning service, and alter
the congregation had been dis
missed chatted with her friends, and
seemed to bo in her usual spirits.
hen sho left home for the after
noon service ehe had, without tho
knowledge of the family, taken a
pistol from the room of her broth
er-in-law, and evideutly concealed
it under her clothing. It was with
this that 6he ended her existence.
She did not, as far as is known,
enter the main body of tho church
at all, but went through the side
way into the lecture room,- where
she was seen before the " service.
commenced, gazing stead lastly at a
iortrait ot Dr. lloge. She met the
janitor, Joshua, greeted him cheer
ily, and asked whether or not ho
intended making any change in tho
arrangements ot the infant class
room, and unon receiving the as-
w i n
surance that he did not intend do
ing so, thanked him. Joshua then
left her to go to the loft to pump
the organ, and sue closed tho shut
ters. She then emerged into tho
hallway immediately behind tho
pulpit and between the church
proter and the infant class room.
Sho was seen several times walking
to and fro in front of tho door lead
ing into the church, and although
she acted somewhat queerly nothing
was inoagur. oi tier oenavior until
it was recalled afterward by tho
shooting. During the sermon she
remained near tho door of tho
church and apparently listened at
tentively to all JJr. Jloge had to
say. W hen ho concluded his dis
course she returned to the infant
class room, where she went deliber
ately to work making preparations
to kill herself.
She carefully folded her cloves
and laid them, together with her
parasol, on the ledge ol a bookcaso
in the room, and the presumption
is that she then drew the pistol from
her clothing, where 6he must have
concealed it, and placing the muz
zle against her left breast Hred the
shot which terminated her exist
ence. The ball penetrated tho
breastbone through tho centra and
pierced the heart slightly to tho
right, causing almost instantaneous
death. ' Tho unfortunate lady fell
just behind the door arjd between
a bench and the bookcase, on
which sho had laid her gloves and
parasol, under a window.
Several of the officers of the
church remained behind to investi
gate tho noise they had heard Mr.
S. H. Hawes was the first to leave
the sanctuary through the rear door,
and he was quickly followed by
Capt. Maxwell T. Clarke. When
these gentlemen reached the hall
Mr. II awes studied the fumes of
powder, and called Mr. Clarke's at
tention to it. Mr. Hawes pushed
ojen the door of the infant depart
ment, which was partially closed,
and there, lying behind the door,
ho discovered Miss Wilkinson's
body. Tho lady was yet alive, but
just as the gentlemen reached her
ahe breathed her last. The lace on
her corsage was adainc, having
probably united from tho flash of
the pistol, so close did the suicide
place the muzzle to her bosom.
Sir. Hawes quickly extinguished
this, and an alarm was raised.
Mestengets were quickly dispatched
for doctors and several physicians
promptly responded, but all too
late to do any good, as the unfor
tunate woman had long since de
parted this life.
In the nieau time Dr. Uoge, fol
lowing his usual custom, retired
through the rear door cf the church,
and, noticing that something nn us
ual had happened, hastened into
the infant class room, where he wae
greatly shocked when he beheld
Miss Wilkinson's dead body. Uia
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1895.
grief was mo6t poignant, and he
wept bitterly. Dr. lloge is said to
have loved the deceased as though
she were one of his children, and,
therefore, the shock to him was
even greater than it would ordina
rily nave been. He was gotten out
ot the room as quickly as posible,
and. with Mr. James Lvons. Jr..
hastened to the home of Miss Wil
kinson's parents, where the sad in
telligence was imparted to the be
reaved parents.
When life was pronounced extinct
by the doctors who were summoned,
Coroner Taylor was notified, and
arrived on the scene almost imme
diately, lie made a partial exam
ination and decided that death was
the result of suicide, therefore
deeming an inquest unnecessary.
; Miss Wilkinson was in her 34th
year, and for more than htteen
years Lad been the betrothed ot
Mr. Ernest JJ. Marquess, a nephew
of Dr. Hoge. Recently Mr. Mar
quess cancelled the engagement be
tween himself and the deceased,
and this is thought to have preyed
on her mind until sho became thor
oughly crazed, and took her life.
It had been understood for years,
both by members of the congrega
tion and by the friends of the
couple, that the two were engaged,
and it was thought at one time that
they would have been married two
years ago. Mr. Marquess is said,
however, to have postponed the
event until finally he informed
Miss Wilkinson that they could
never bo married. ThoTeason that
bo is believed to have given for
this was that he felt it to be his
duty to give his life to the Lord's
service, and that he had determined
to enter into evangelistic work.
This was some months ago, but the
two continued to go together until
recently. Siuco then Miss Wilkin
son has shown signs ot melancholia.
This was remarked upon by her
inende, and the cause was soon
noised about.
Mr. Marquess possesses a fine
voice and sines in the choir of Dr.
Iloge's church. He was in his ac
customed place in the choir loft
Sunday afternoon, when tho trage
dy occurred, but left tho church
without knowing anything oi it.
While the unhappy lady was seen
standing at tho rear door during
the service, it was noticed by some
that she gazed intently luto tho
choir loft, presumably at her for
mer amanced; indeed, her last act
before going into the room from
which she never emerged alive was
to look into tho choir Toft.
At the suggestion of Dr. lloge
the body was taken into his home
to be prepared for burie.1, and was
then taken by Undertaker Christian
to the homo of tho father.
How the Snake Caught the Rabbits.
A reliable gentleman of 71st told
us yesterday of a marvelous but no
doubt true incident. He said that
while fishing the other day he 6aw a
black 6nake, about four feet long,
poke its head into the hollow of a
tree, then pull it out, turn deliber
ately around, back its tail into the
hole, and after a little skirmishing,
bring out three young rabbits in the
coils. The gentleman killed I the
6nake and two of the rabbits scam
pered off, the other one having been
crushed to death. Fayetteville Ob
server. Ordered on Trial.
Oakland, Cal. "About two years
ago I ordered from J. R. Gates &
Co., San Francisco, a bottle of
Simmons Liver Regulator on trial,
and so satisfactory has been its use
in expelling bile from the system,
and regulating the action of the
liver, that from an order of one at
a time the order has rien to a dozen
bottles at once. 13. V. Lawrence.'
Esq. R. N. Hackett has 12 acres
in grass, yielding the first crop this
year. From the first cutting lie has
sold about 12,000 pounds of excel
lent hay and has from 9,000 to 10,
000 pounds yet of the same cutting.
The second cutting will yield as
much as the first. And this is the
first year's cutting. This ought to
bo an object lesson to convince our
people that they can raise grass here
and that it pays. There is no reason
why our people can't raise their
own hay, and raise stock, too, except
that they don't try. Wilkesboro
Chronicle.
English Spavin Liniment removes all
Hard. Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splinta, Sweeney, King-Bone,
Stitles, Sprains, all Swollen Throats,
Coughs, etc. Save $j0 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonder
ful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold
by Tatlor Sc Banner,
.ml. Airy, r. J
Keep on a Fishin'.
Suppose the Can don't bite at rust.
w bat be yew Rotn tur dew
Chuck dowc ycr poi. throw out ye wr bait,
ad aay yewr nshln'B threw
Uv course yew haiot y-wr gola tur flsa.
An run ao nh an wait
CnUl yewre aetcbed yewr basket full.
An uae-d up all yewr bau
Buppoae stccess don't eom at fURt,
w hat be vew iroin tur dew ?
Throw id the sponge aa kick yewrself.
Aa ro tur leUnif blew t
rv oourae vew balul yewr goto tur flab.
An bait an ball acatn ;
Blmeby access will bite yewr boook.
And yew wul pun h'in in.
Bob ion Sunday Courier.
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GENERAL NEWS.
It is said that most of the brake-
men and switch tenders on Main
railroads wear congress shoes. The
fact is brought out in connection
with the death of a brakeman in
North Berwick a few days ago
wnose toot got caught in a Irog,
and he, being nnable to extricate it,
was run down oy a tram and mor
tally wounded. It was found that
he wore a lace shoe. Hia fellow
workmen testified that had he worn
a congress shoe, according to the
usual custom, he would doubtless
have been able to promptly take
his loot out ot it when caught in
the frog, and might have escaped
unhurt.
An army of black worms invaded
the town of Thomaston, Me., a few
day 8 ago and seem to have taken
complete, though doubtless tem.po
rary, possession of the place. They
have entirely stripped the toliage
iroin the elm trees that border the
streets, as well as from all the ap
ple trees in the suburbs; all of which
are now as bare as in midwinter.
The worms fall from the trees in
showers, and women walking in the
streets carry umbrellas for protec
tion from the unpleasant pest. The
worms have also invaded the houses,
to the dismay of the housewives.
An odd feature of the visitation is
that Thomaston is the only .town
in the county that has been thus in
vaded.
The new impulse lately eiven to
gold mining has brought new life
to many deserted towns and aban
doned camps in the West. One of
the most notable of these resurrec
tionsrevival does not accurately
describe the situation is the case
of the camp of Florence, Idaho.
In 1861 this camp had a population
of 30,000 people, with banks, sa
loons, hotels, and everything that
goes to the making of a city. It
was a placer camp, and gold was as
plentiful as gravel, while it lasted.
But it didn't last long, and in those
bonanza days miners would not
stay to work quartz. So the popu
lation deserted Florence as quickly
as it came, and for many years tho
town was absolutely deserted, and
as much a ruin as ancient Carthage.
Recently several good quartz ledges
have boen discovered at the old
camp, and Florence ia building up
again. i
An old miner of Wellington, B.
C, met death in a dramatic way
some two weeks ago as a result of
an old, reckless practice. His long
familiarity with explosives had
made him careless. He always
kept his keg of black powder stowed
nnder his bed in the little cabin in
which he lived, and had a habit of
smoking in bed until he fell asleep.
This might seem criminally careless
to any one but a miner, but the
possibility of disaster probably
never occurred to the old man or
his neighbors. But what everyone
else might have expected happened,
pno night recently a near neighbor
was awakened by the crackling of
flames, and lound the old man's
cabin was afire. Before any help
could be rendered the explosion
came, and the old miner and his
cabin weut up.
The simple farmers of Chimasru,
a small settlement near Port Town
send, Wash., are reaching for the
record with a tale of horror about
5,000-pound meteor which fell
near there a week ago with all
manner of weird phenomena. The
meteor was, of course, blinding,
and when it exploded at a height of
500 yards above the earth it "caused
a veritable cyclone" of several
minutes duration. Then it buried
itself in the village pond, striking
the bottom with such force that
"the jar broke crockery in farm
houses three miles distant." Ten
hours after it fell into the pond the
water was bubbling and seething,
and "was found to be hot enough to
cook eggs."' Careful dredging
failed to bring up any fragments of
the meteor, and who knows but it
is still boring a hole through the
earth, and may come out in China
to cause a renewal of hostilities by
being mistaken for a bombardment.
An ordinance requiring bicyclists
to carry bells and lamps, and not
to travel ' more than six miles an
hour within the city limits, was
passed a ! week ago by the City
Council of Topeka, Kan., and has
caused a lively rumpus. The
wheelmen object to the ordinance,
especially that limiting speed to a
brisk walking pace, and the night
after its passage every bicyclist in
the city turned out with the loudest
bell and the brighest headlight he
could procure, and a procession
started round the town making a
hideous din. There were cow
bells, sleigh bells, dinner gongs,
house !elli, triangles, and trolley
gongs, while one man had a trolley
car headlight, and half a dozen
carriod big stable lanterns. The
uproar was tremendous, and the
demonstration a big sucaese, in one
sense. The wheelmen claim they
are simply obeying tho ordinance,
which does not specify the kind of
bell or light that shall be carried;
but the Chief of Police threatens
to arrest the wheelmen wholesale
for disturbing the peace it they
persist in their novel deironstration.
Chamberlain's is the best of alL Vin
cent J. Barkl, of (I anbury, Iowa, has
ueea unamDerinin cough Kemedy
whenever in need of medicine for
coughs and colds, for the past five years
and says: "it always nelp me out. If
anyone asks me w hat kind of though
medicine I use, I reply. Chamber. ain's,
that is the best of all. 23 and 50c bottles
for sale by 1). A. Houston. Drugriic.
Advertising Rates Reasonable.
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The Word "Wife."
What do you think the beautiful
word -wif e" came from i It is the
great word with which the English
and Latin languages conquered the
r rench and the u reeks. 1 hope the
French will one day get a word for
it instead of that of "femme." But
what does it come from? The great
value of tho Saxon words is that
they mean something. Wife means
veaver." lou must either be
housewives or. house moths, remem
ber that. In the deep sense you
must either weave men's fortune
and embroider them, or feed upon
or bring them to decay. Wherever
a true wife comes, home is always
around her. The stars may bo over
her head, tho glow-worm in the
night's cold grass may be the fire at
her feet ; but home is where she is,
or for a noble woman, it stretches
far around her, better than houses
ceiled with ceder, or painted with
vcrmilhon, shedding its quiet lifo
for those who are homeless. This I
believe is woman's true place and
power. Ruskin.
An Aligator in the Street.
A sixteen-foot alligator, crawled
out of the St, Johns river at the foot
of Main street, Jacksonville, Fla.,
ono day last week, and leisurely wad
dled up the street toward the centre
of tho city. Main 6treet is one of
the principal streets ot Jacksonville,
and the appearance of the. alligator
created a good deal of consternation
to the hnndreds of people there.
Every man with a pistol started
shooting at tho reptile, but the bul
lets didn't worry it a little bit. After
promenading four blocks, and
squelching with its tail a too famil
iar newsboy, it received a wound
from a rifle which caused it to slow
up a little. Then it started up a
leaning telegraph pole, thus expos
ing its vulnerable parts, and was
soon shot to death. Nine big alli
gators have been killed recently at
the foot of Mam street, but this is
the first that has ventured up town.
Growing Backward'.
A seventy-seven-year-old citizen
of Great Fails, Wash., is uudergoing
a peculiar process of physical regen
eration. About a year ago he con
tracted pneumonia, and his life was
for sometime despaired of, the doc
tors saying his right lung was hope
lessly wasted. He recovered, how
ever, but when just able to hobble
around he fell and broke his thigh
bone, and was confined to the hos
pital again for six months. Since
leaving, however, his physical con
dition has improved remarkablv.
TT" 1 , . , "
axis mugs oegan to open up, tney
became almost as well as ever: his
skin shed off and a rlew skin grew.
and his hair and beard, whieh were
snow white, are coming out a jet
black. His limbs and muscles have
imbered up, and he started a week
or so since to take a herd of young
horses across a long trail to market.
lie 6ays if he continues to grow
young he will get married again
and grow up with the country.
Just What's Needed
Exclaims thousands of people who
have taken flood's Sarsaparilla at
mis season oi tne year, ana wno
have noted the success of the medi
cine in giving them relief from that
tired feeling, waning appetite and
state of extreme exhaustion after
the close confinement of a long
winter season, .the busy time attend
ant upon a large and pressing busi
ness during tho spring months and
with vacation time yet some weeks
distant. It is then that the building-up
powers of flood's Sarsa
parillaarefullyapprcciated. It seems
perfectly adapted to overcome that
prostration caused by change of
season, climate or life, and while it
tones and sustains the system, it
purifies aud vitalizes the blood.
Score One to the, Editor.
A lawyer in a court room may call
a man a liar, scoundrel, villain. or a
thief, and no man makes a complaint
when court adjourns. If a news
paper prints sucli a reflection on a
man's character there is a libel suit
or dead editor. This is probably ow
ing to the fact that people believe
what an editor says ; what the law
yer says cuts no figure. ,
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' A Wise Hen.
Do shut up your noi?y head !
The mi?tre& to a pullet said.
"Caderk ! Caderk ! the ben replies ;
"Pray tell me. madam, do, I beg.
How would you know I'd laid an egg
II I did not advertise?''
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Mountain.
An Imitator of San Jor.fs.
Toni Yates, colored, who i-.
what of a preacher, farmer ..:. 1 .-'
maker, and who tries" to ! ;
Jones in his preaching, toll !.' :
gregation not long since t'. t
who did not behave themfch .
join the church did not Lave :
thing but "cow heads on t".
shoulders no how." Tho rt
a very mad congregation. 1 1 e t '
went home and told his wife tl: t
had an "old cow heaJ," v.!.;r.
his "better naif packed up .
effects and said she won! J 3c we I '
We understand that they hive ;
becotno reconciled and Y
says he is "done with beef." I
nam &un.
Winston, July 3. The 7 -y c : r ,
daughter of Junius Ja:t"c 3
killed by lightning in Y"ilke.r
ty, yesterday. Tho child vr.s :
neld returning homo frm '
grandfather's when s truck. I
latner saw ner lall. hut . . -
dead when ho reached her.
News was received here toJ ;y t'
Joseph Journey, storc-kccpcr :
gauger at a whiskey distillery :
the Wilkes and Iredell county V.
was murdered and robbed a f
nights ago by unknown rt!
He was found dead in his cut;
his home, one mile from the tl! '
lery. It was known that 'he h
considerable money when L- '
forborne. One dollar v.;. - :.
in his pockets after his h
The Review of Reviews ,
"In all candor, after sonic ex:.: :'.
tion of the quetioa on the pi ::
we must confess ourselvo unah! :
see that Mexico is placed at .
serious disadvantage by her t
tinued adherence to the
ard. Jt is true that the cxtrc;
high price of gold, R3 inea::rc I
standard Mexican silver :::
adds much to tho burdens of t
interest upon the foreign dclt ; '.
Mexico is coming safely an J ? : :;:
out of her financial pcrplexith
few years ago, and it would . ; ;
that she has never enjoyc 1 :
prosperons times than durin - :
past year.
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A rato war in marrhio i..
threatened in tho Kan.-ai City c:
becauso of tho alleged pracT.c ; c ;
Trohato Judgo in waylaying c; :
socking marriago and fecurir t '
business by making hut-tar.;. ! :
ductions in tho uual f. .
Justicos send all persons ap !y I: -them
to perform tho cercraonv
to tho court house to get tho r
eary license. Tho l'rolato Ju :
chambers adjoin tho marria3 h
office, and it is claimed that ho v
lays the couples, marries them, :
collects tho lees, thug tleprivic - t
Justices of what they naturally (
sider their rights. Tho'JiT;"
threaten to cut rates away C :
unless tho Probato Jud'C quiu ; 1
ing their matrimonial client?.
That scrofulons taint v-huh !
been in your blood for jc:r:, -be
expelled by taking He. . I'.. ;
saparilla, tho greatest blood f ur;
A farmer in llalo, Mo., la ;
finished planting fifteen ceres
corn for tho third time th' : y
Bugs have eaten every f. ; J
blade of tho two previous j L: ; '
This is not, however, a ;.'
Western incident oi ngricuh-: ; ,
a farmer of Knox county, 11c',:
ports that crows have just C;.'
pulling up his twenty-two bur.
bills ot corn whieh ho plant. 1 '
spring.
' A horse kicked H. 8. f J jiT r. '
Freemjer House, Middleh r:, ... .
the knee, which laid him t,, i.t !
caused the knee joint to f
A friend recommenced 1 , t
Chamberlain's I'ain Bairn, w! J
and in two days v.h3 able tn !. -Mr.
Chafer has reeornmer.tJ- J l ?
others and says it i- exc'-Ii! -r t f -kind
of a bruise or fprain. 'J - ,
remedy ia also famoui f,.r it ' -rheumatism.
For gale by 1). A, i,
ton, Druggist.
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A Startling D'sdore.
Tho Kalcigh Xews ar.d )'. ; .
makes a very etartling f-.tatc:
It is to the eiFect that earc: .1
males show that there will t o a
licit in tho revenut-i of the ;;'.:,t
tho clobo of the next year ol i
0275,000. This is tho rc.-ult c! .
incompetent and vicious .
It is startling in the extreme. L
toforo. under .Democratic ral , 1
Treasury has been gradually a'-:-;
lating a surplus. The Der.-.ocra'
the State (should got together al
and arm themselves ljr tl j :
affray, determined to reiwtrr. t
Stale.
liil
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la the rewjltof tte cus.l tr--
! blood 3 lo rOerm. Tb8jfV-r-. '. a ..
Mercury and Poua r-:.-..--. i
be dreaded than tte ..--.- f .
snort wbUe Li la a fir w.t"? i
j ibn before, Ti. rcect c-- -
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for wfclcn S. S. S. Ij U r.' -t r
care. A few bo.r.:.-f i
where all else txas ii.i.e6.
1 mXril from a iri"'i ' f - '
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Va dwi tuan lle r'.
I lb BtM.crnr:bi i 1 -
1 1 ot Coar wtuiool r .'. s
1 1 trig1 m fw iKrft rt of
ill ltjrod rmp!Si y.'tl f e
;Um now a t l tbc
1 1 eotnpi-ul r curd- I
iwt'l Toor vn,jrf el - U
4 1 a&Hted wuh t' rMn?r- ,..
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