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JL Jrijoi w V JA F H! f? jl TO n NO. t ). NEWTON, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 , 1890. PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR. 4 pry Hi r FGr? PITCHER'S si rn r.-ntnri' promote Digestion, and l t,rivi:i;i', r'lutuleacy, Constipation, Sour s: a. !., Murrh'jr.i, and Feverishness. TIm tb ciuM U rendered healthy and its sK.p natural. Castoria contains no M rj'Ui-'' f'T ether narcotic property. ' r.ifl.-.rii is o wpll adaptfd to children that I vcvnim' ! it us superior to any prescription U. n uto;:. " 1 1. A. AtiCiiER, M. D.. 1'ortianJ Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. I u-o Onstona In my practice, and find it n,-c;.ii.v ft l.-i'titl tn aiTections of children." L-SX. KnriERTSON, M. D., 1057 -2d Ave., New York T.rr. CrsTAnt Co.. 77 Murray St., If. Y. J. B. LITTLE, - h, NEWTON, N.G Cr ? P LAUGEKOUR, DENTIST. Xj:vtox, N. 0. . I.Ml'Si illlproVi-IIM'Uts. N-V luii-.-s. Ac-liiiii;- ;iinl bnd-:--;h. :n-;il. .1. till. .1 ,-ni.l snv- I i iii : :l lis ;llt on l:n - ;, v ')' j.-r I; . ot - i i - i;, ' : " i'Xir ;i-t ii, A : :(. 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V.i,i.,,.r9 h-aril. Com- M ful r-iill K.i.n-llMrall. SoldbrK.lIISCOX, "'rill, l.ri. W,,!.rur ko.it sr proof. Nil I h.-iltcd at ft pleasant Inn, A.- I i:iy (iy w;is wending A yuliti-ii ;ple whs tlio tfiigti, Krcn: knotty bough iieprndini. 3 Tin;- liivst it was an apple tree l'f Miiilinjjly rcceiM d me, A ml -ipi-cafl his choicest, sweetest fruit. To stn-titfthen and relieve me. Full many ahlitheand feathered Kuest, t'nnie thrnugh it hi.iicaes sprins;insj ; 71iey liopyied and flew from spray Ut spray. Their notes of pladness sininc. Terif-ath his shade I laid me down. Ami slumber sweet possessed me; Tl.r soft wind blowing through the leaves, AVith wliif-pt-rs low caressed me. A nd when I rose, and would have paid, My host so open-hearted, lie only shook his lofty head I blessed him and daparteil. (From the German. """"I. from - ,;l.M,i'"i TKKATMK.NT-B.t. la dmy "-?V vT PARKER'S feV-Vl. KAI5J BALSAR.1 VW " 3?" 'liI'"rT-'" a'"1 lH-tuiifk-s lh hi ''4 fr"rr-"- lH-wnifk-s lh h .-'.. V-'S --f a lti.yiri:int ?r.iwth. JjAv-i? J-V;v-r a'.B to Hr-atoro Oi i c'l.-, ' Kfrl J1-" to t Youthful Colo jcj Curtti p.i-ulp hair. Gray or i (1 1 s'ii s.'H jiuir iuliinK. Ml tl."int I)ru.,;'irtS 1 -j ''"K-T ipruo. i i.r-s t.-.i- w.mt Couirh, -k-Hi .nyORNS, The ..n' jure curt for t'ortn. i-t. at iiiuU, ox UliCOX fc CO., N. X. A Cheap Subsoil Plow. P. F. ivffiiuvor, of Monro? c-minty, Term., gits a .lescription o: acboapsub svdl jdow that lie uses, that is worthy of the attention of farmers who believe in (lc plowing. lie says: It is a practical implement, and does the work ejtial to any of the patent con ivrns I have seen. I made the stock ii" It iri half a day, except handles, which cost 23 cents at. the hardware t-.tv. The blacksmith's bill for irons ami w ork was $1.50, making the whole co :. '-xrhiMM' of my own work and tim !; -. !.?". It sliotiid Ik? painted, which wiiiii'i ctt sometiiiii.-. but mine was uiveti two -(hx! coats of crude petroleum, winch will preserve the timber almost as well. A is a sijuare hickory pin, mortised in between the beams, which are held to-g'-ther by bolts, b b. This effectually prevents the beams working hack and forth. C is an iron plate secured to bot tom of lower beam by bolts: d is a large diamond-pointed coulter, weighing 17 lbs., 21 by 4 by 1 inches. The hole for tin- coulter in the upper leam is mortised only half way through, and the coulter is prevented from falling out by a pin through it just alxrve the lower beam, e. By means of the double beams the power is applied low down just as near the point of resistance as possible. This makes its draft loss, and also makes it run steady. Some of my neighbors use a long, nar row gopher-pointed, bull-tongue plow on a common bull-tongue plow-stock, while one takes the iaould-lxard oil his Oliver "F. r plow and thmks he has the best subsoil plow in existence! Most of our expensive plow manufac turers make suJsoil plows, and it need not be difficult to procure one which will do grnxi work. Trench-plowing may pay on any land with a rich subsoil, esjioci a"y on bottom lands, but subsoiling i? hencficifil mainly on well-drained, and pa- ticularly on hill lands which are in clined to w;u-.h, and where the subsoil is of such a nature as to benefit the soil by intermixing therewith. Here we want simply to loosen up, not to throw it out of the furrow. The silo has Come to Stay. II. Corley Greene, of the Cream Hill stock farm, Vt., writes as follows to the Country Gentleman: One of the pecu liar features of the discussion on siloes, L the fact that the opponents of the sys tem are limited to those who have never fed ensilage. Victor Piollet, the big granger of "Wysox, Pa., would rather leave his corn fodder till frozen, and then 3hock it, than have anything to do with "stinking ensilage. " "There are none so blind as those who will not see. " There is a suggestion in the last contri bution from J. G. that may well be en larged upon somewhat. This has been a very poor season for corn, but a wonder fully favorable one for weeds. Many a farmer will wade through a tangle of pigeon grass, barn yard grass, and vari ous other grasses and weeds, to cut and shock his poor, yellow, half-grown, im mature corn for dry curing corn that will never repay the labor of husking. The fodder will be inferior.and the weeds go to enrich the desert air, when if he would go over his field with a reaper, gathering weeds, grass, and corn alto gether, cut fine and put into a silo, he would with less labor secure double the food value that he does by his present practice. Why will he not do thi- ? Be cause he shuts his eyes to facts and his mind to reason. It cannot longer be said, as was said five years ago, "The silo is only for the rich. " It has been amply demonstrated that of all men, the "poor" farmer ha of small means.he of little skill, he whosa feet slipped back two feet while advanc ing one not only most needs the silo.but may have it if he will. No barn that stands is so poor but a little cheap lum ber and a few days' work will provide a silo of sufficient capacity to feed more stock than a barn full of dry fodder now feed3. And the feei ng of security that comes over a man whT has got his pre carious, succulent crops into a pit where no winds or wet weather can ruin them, is something good to feel. The curing of aftermath and of the rank growths of annuals in September, with short days certain, and wet, cool weather probable, is a very precarious business. Ensiloing them is a perfectly sure way to save them. As the silo idea is every year being proved more and more capable of gen eral adaption to the needs of the com mon farmer, he will by degrees get his eyes opened to the fact, and I expect to live to see the silo the rule, and the lack of it the exception. Unwatered lands. About a fifth of the globe's land sur face, according to Professor Loomis, haa an annual rainfall of less than ten inches, and a considerably larger part haa too little- water for agricultural purposes ex cept in the limited districts where irriga tion is practicable. In North America an almost rainless region exists in South ern California and Arizona, and a large area about Slave Lake haa only ten inches of rain yearly. The Pony. The pony is the horse of hardships, says a horseman in an exchange,- and one that has sprung from some poor country where he haa ever been purely the child of neglect, he and all the pre decessors of his race. In a rich country, like the horse regions of Kentucky, for instance, his pony characteristics would Invariably run out in the course of a few generations. He is not a distinct strain, as many would seem to suppose. He doubtless sprang originally from as good a strain of horses as the world knew of at the time, and his present reduced size and characteristic toughness have re sulted, unquestionably, from local cir cumstances. IT COSTS MORE TO LIVE. POCLTIIIT YARD. Co'.d ami damp are fatal to young tur keys. Of the varieties of game fowls the duck winged is one ox the most beauti- Save all the touUry droppings and add to the credit column of your ac count. Weed your flocks of all superfluous roosttors and hens that lay only every other day. Charcoal in sonic form and lime should always lie kept -.venient where the fowls can help tin uselves. An observant poultry man says that young turkeys invariably choose the dandelion before all other green food. Fill the poultry .use full of the dust of buhach or Dal-- cian insect powder; clow the doors for an hour, and, if well blown in, tiie dust will kill the lice. Felch tells that g.en ducklings, celery and milk and barley fattened, are fast becoming a substitute for the wild duck and game supply of the country, which are on the fast decline. Wheat contains a larger per cent, of albumen than any other grain, and for tliis reason is one oi the bet to feed hens to promote laying. It should not be made an exclusive food, however. It is no easier to keep poultry than to keep other stock, as labor and proper management must bo used to meet suc cess. Less capital may be required 3 poultry, but it must be judiciously ex pended, or a loss can result as easily as from any other so ce. Experience is of more value than capital in poultry rais ing. Laying hens require meat, more espe cially in cold w 'her, when eggs are scarce. We wouli, however, prefer to give them all the skim milk they will drink, this being a good substitute for meat, and in some respects more health ful. On the farm, where milk is usually plenty, there should be fresh milk pro vided for both old aad young stock. You will see good results from such a course Try it. An experienced poultryman says tho best paying ducks he ever knew of never saw a brook or pond, but wore allowed a:i ordinary mil:- -.u of water. When fed they were quid, instead of rambling to the brook ana drinking enough to carry the food out of the system before its full nutriment had be-.-n absorbed. Ducks can be reared pro tp.blr on dry ground. Do not let them ran in wet grass or in too much shade when young, as it is apt to cause rheumati- n. Feed often and keep a dish of water at their feeding place. - Fowls want green food, especially in the season for it, a i d where they have their lilierty they .,-.isumc- large quanti ties of grass; also vegetables if they can 5 t at them. Wi .-a confined in little runs thoy should hriv?; a small supply with their other food daily. Clover is always welcome. There is nothing they like better than cabbages, both heads and leaves. By sowing a bed in the garden with cabbage seed, early and thick, a plentiful supply of loaves can be fur nished them lefore the transplanted plants head. The Poultry Review says to raise fowls for eggs alone select the Leghorns, white face black Spanish Minorcas or some lay ing breads. For market poultry exclu sively select the Dorkings, Asiatics, or some of the American breeds, all of which are good for that purpose. Should both eggs and meat be d di ed try a cross bred fowl. We think the following makes a3 good a cross as any to be had: A black Leghorn cock bred to Langshan pullets, a white Leghorn to light Brahmas, a brown Leghorn to partridge Cochins, and a cuckoo Leghorn to either the American Dominiques or barrel Plymouth Rocks. Chicks of either of these crosses will com bine the laying instincts of the eire with the size of the bens. Strawberry Planting. Strawberries planted in the early autumn will have the advantage over spring plantings in producing a fair crop the following season, whereas the ber ries from a spring planting will be few. Plantings in the fall, however, in cold latitudes, must have a mulch protection through the winter, which should be raked off in early spring. The best soil ia a deep, rather sandy loam, but fine crops are raised on a variety of soils if well drained. On old and worn sons a. large application of well rotted barnyard manure should be worked in before the nlantlnff. If aDDlied a vear beforehand. .all the better. For gardens there are two principal metnoas oi planting, one of beds four feet vide, carrying length wise throe rows of plants set one foot apart In the rows. Parallel beds should be separated by a walk two feet wide. Under this arrangement the fruit can be cultivated and gathered from the walke without tramping down the beds. An other method is to plant in rows two feet apart plants twelve inches apart in the rows. Early drawn plants are sometimes heeled in for a short time and partly shaded and watered, by which new roots are formed and are trans planted later to the bed3 on days when the soil is in the most favorable condi tion for their growth. For field culture the rows should be about four feet apart The settings should always be plants of one season's growth, and those nearest the parent plant are to be preferred. About tne Small Fruits. I believe it ia a mistake to continue the same plot of smafl fruits in bearing several years. For strawberries two crops are enough; after the second season I pould set out new plants. The fruit will be finer in every way than from the old vines. Raspberries should not run for more than three crops without a clwmge to new ground with new plants. I have in my mind a small planting of blackberries that five or six years ago were in their prime, large and fruitful, but have been on the decline ever since. The old canes have been cut out yearly, but degeneration has been going on un til they have virtually run out As a ruleall beVries should have a thorough cultivation early in the season, and we should, not try to get too many crops from the same plants. fH. B. Sugar-Cured Bams. One of the most posular methods of sugar-curing hams is by dissolving one pound of coarse salt, with four ounces of sugar, in as little water as possible. Ordinary syrup may be used instead of the sugar. This pickle is boiled and BKimmed, and, when cold, is poured over the hams, previously well rubbed with salt, and packed in a barrel. Braised Wounds. Bruised wounds require fomentation with cloths wrung out of warm water, or warm poultices. To make a soft, emollient poultice, pour sufficient boil ing water on a mixture of equal parts of wheat-bran and flaxseed-meal, to mak ft thick, soft and moist, but not dripping. N. Y. ma. The poor man who intends to live this coming year will have to pay dearer for the privilege than Le uid last year, unless he lives on perk and sugar and tenpecny nails and wears t is old clothes. His bread will cost him more than it did last year, be cause llour is 20 per cent, higher. Eis potnlces and beans will cot him more, because there has been a shovt crop. Eis canned goods, such as to aiatoes, core and peas, will cost him more, bt cause the manufacturers of tin cans have had to pay mora for their tin. The crop of vegetables, exclusive of tomatoes, was short, too. Last year soma of the cancers sold their goods at a sacrifice in order to get rid of them. There was an over production. Many of these ca nets went out of the bu iness at the end of the season. The supply this year will more nearly equal the demand. It may not equal the demand. The result will be high prices. Tomatoes are plenty, but with ihe canneries running at their full capacity they cannot can them fast enough to keep them from spoiling. They ought to be cheaper tb.aD they were last year, bat the tin cans will keep fhem up. Fruits will be a luxury that the poor man won't be able to indulge in. The crop has been small every where except in California. There won't be nearly so much canned as there was last year. Tbe poor man's tea will cot him aiore because it has to be paid for in silver, and silver is higher now than t was. Then the tea crop wasn't as big as it might have been lie may be able to buy coffee for less than it costs hitn now. Co lite has been hi;b for --orrie time because the demand for; was almost equal to tie pro duction. Tho high prices induced more men to go into tueootfee grow ing business, and more collee is pro duced in consequence. The supply will be more than the demand proiv abiy, and lower p ic?s will result. He will have to pay more tor his boots and for his children's shoes, because the prico of leather has in creased at least '20 per cent. His clothing will cost more, because wool has. advanced in price 10 per cent. His wife ca' buy he: ciothing about as cheaply as sue did last year, Low ever. His house rent will be higher if he has a house by himself, becaue the demand for smail house.- is was passing through Bulgaria dur ing the Turkish war, the men found a little girl in a village which had been abandoned by its inhabitants. The soldiers took her with them. She was formally adopted as the daughter of the Kexholm regiment aad given the name of Mary Kex holmsky. In the long years of peace which followed, Mary had no lack of wo nan's tender care in the quarters o ;he regiment. The wives of the of ficers and others vied in caring for bar. But she was sent early to school, as the daughter cf any other well-tosdo citizen might L, at the Alexander and Mary Institute at Warsaw, where the regiment was stationed. The cost of her educa tion was paid by the regiment. Mary was a bright scholar, and last June finished her studies in the institute. Wishing to make some sign of her gratitude to her big fos ter pare t, and having certainly not sufficient money of her own with which to make a present to each of the grenadiers, she did what any other sensible girl would have done, she worked out a gift with her thread and needle and sent it with her thanks. The gift was a big cushion of silk velvet, upon which Mary had em broidered thf number of the regi ment and a representation of some of the marks of distinction which Did been awarded to it in token of brave service. Below these was this inscription, worked in siiir, giving the date of the girl's adoption by the regiment and of her graduation from the f-cuool: "Mary Kexholinsky, stu ler.t of the institute A. M. A. W. J.'-nuary 1S7S: Jute 7, 1390." The onicers celebrate J Ihe reception of the cushion with a festival, to vh:ch all Mary's schoolmates were invited. Her education completed, the- laughter of the regiment will be iound t-cme useful occupation, or a i'Co-3 husband, bv L- r biir. indulgent parent. greater Sli',) p.y. and rents It will cost him varti. because the o cei. is p-tts ih than th will be higLtr. more to keep price of coal i.as or more a ton If iuc needs Lew cu be will have to tay mere for m, because the price of carpet wool has advanced ami the jute that is used in the macuf ciure of many carpets will cost more. If ha needs new crockery or glassware, that will cost him more. His po-s and ket tles will cost him a cent or two more each. Altogether, living whi be an ex pensive, luxurj-. Dying will be rath er expensive, too, for the price of cof fins has gone up. The increase in the price of the necessaries vi iife has been going on now steadily for nearly a year, and, according to information a Sun re porter has obtained the past week, it is not goii g to stop for some time yet. On an average, everything is ten per cent, higher now than it was a year ago. Just the reason for this incie.-.se it is hard to tind. It may bo, us one business man expressed it : 'The producers of this country have been working lor nothing too loug. They have made up their minds to make money now, and the consumers have got to pay for what thy get. The producers con trol the market. That is, they have got if weli in hand no.v aud they ere g'.jii.g to keep it weli hi hand " DAUGHTER V TIFii REGIMENT HOW THE tXl'KKSKK.S, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE HEALD, O'dKilX VTK1. Youth's ( 'onipiinion. i: is not an uncommon tning in the European armies for a regiment oi troops to lake some poor aban doned child, and bring it up as a son or daughter of the regiment. 'Daughters of the regiment" are of ten found, perhaps it is mure poetic and interesting for a battalion of rough troops to adopt and cherish a iittle girl than it is to take a mere boy, who may presently be rough aud a soldier like the rest. Many romances have been woven around these daughters of the regi ment, but better than romance is the most recent way of bringing up such a daughter, which is illustrated in the case of a brave Russian regis ment and its young ward. In the winter of 1878, when a reg iment of grenadiers of the Russian army, called the Kexholm Regiment, THK COTTON STATEMENT. Nkw Orleans. Oct. 2. The Sep tember crop statement issued today by .Secretary Hestei. of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange, shows the largest movement in cotton for the first month of the season since the war, if not in the l:i-tory of the cot ton trade. The amount brought in to sight for the month was 651.024 biles, aga'mst CGS.C'sS in September, r.nd 433,i)7.S in September, tSJSS. The eailv crop cf IBs -"S3 brought into sight in Se, tember that year S24.000 bales the nearest to this season's movement on record. The statement shows the receipts at the porta for the month to be 722,77'J bales, against 574.151 last year. A HUNGRY SOLDIER. This is Private John Allen's latest cloak room stary: "You know I never told but on? lie in my lie." said the Miasissippiin. "That cured me. It was back in 1SC2. a day cr two after the second battle of Manassas I wis a small, car; foe ted soldier boy, about 13 years old. marching w:th Lee's army toward Maryland. My feet became so sore from marching over the rocks that I had to fall out of line, and became separated from my com mand, and consequently from ail commissary stores on which I could draw. The country had been so often raided by both armies that it was difficult to get anything to eat I was very hungry and thought I should starve, when I suddenly spied a house away from the road which seemed to have been missed by the soldiers- The family was just sitting down to a good dinner, and at my special request they iavited me in. I do not remember ever to to have enjoyed a dinner so much and, not knowitg whea I would get anything more, I tried myself and ate a very big dinner. In fact I took on about three days' rations, I left this house and had gone about a half a mile when I sa v some nice looking ladies going toward a hospital with a covtr ed basket. I was sure they had oomthing for the sick soldiers while I did not feel that I could eat anj -thing more then I through! I had bet ter make some provision for the i'uture. and that I might get some thing to take along in my haversack. I was small for my age, and a rather hard looking specimen. You would never hav. -upp.-sed I ould have lev? loped into the specimen of manly beauty yt-u new see liefore you. I r.pprr. 'c!Jlrd tbtst- ku.d hearted ladies 1. pitiiug on my h mtiest and m.jst i ilifir, cxik, salt?: "L uh.s. r n you te 1 me whe;e a poor soldier boy' -vao has not ha-! a mouthful to eat for three days, can get somthing to keep him from starv iug. "You should have seen the look of sympathy on their faces as they said: We rnui-t not let this poor boy starve t.nd opening their baskets, in which they had two pitchers of gruel, they bean to feed me on gruel out of a spoon. Now when I was a child they used to feed me on gruel when sick, ami I disliked it above all things eatable, but. having told the story about my hanger, I had to eat it. Well, I never was so punished for a story as I was by having to cat that gruel on my din.er. But I have often throught that may be it was a fortunate thing for me. It broke me from telling stories. I have never told one since." A GODLY MAN. OIL WELLS. for. o! th NVws t.. s v.-r. Him Porjrr, N. C. October 1 Some time last spring I expressed ia your colunis my views m reference to the absence of petroleum, iiterallv s:oneoiI, in the exiitig geological formations of North Carolina. The recent rind cf ii near Greensboro Ies not in the least alter my op tr ies, and I have purposely delayed writing to yuu on that Subject uutil a little more than one bottle full should have come f jrth from that oil spring. But not having heard of any further product in the shape of fifty to one hundred barrels per day from that source, I think it will be safe to illuminate our citiea with gia cr electricity. Petroleum is the produet of the decomposition of vegetable and ani mal remains, and mainly the former. These were buried in the mud.form ing the bottom of shallow water, and the air bein thus excluded were slowly converted into oil or some similar material, yielding it on distillation, as it was by the latter process, obtained in England and Germany from devon ian shales locg before the oil springs of Venango county, 1'enn.. attracted our attention- Now, as Greensboro occupies a position almost in the centre of the belt of azoic rocks (without any trace of either plant or animal life,) crossing the State from l ortheast to southwest, the question arises, where should the material come from to form this hydro earbon ? Geology, although one of the most lecently developed sciences, has proved itself to be a sure guide for mineral investments. The eminent English geologist. Sir Charles Lyelh demonstrated from the analogy of the rocks of California that there must also be cold in the same for mation of Australia. Tne miners nent to work and found his logical reasoning perfectly correct It may happen that some of the more recent formations, the area of wmch is very large in ihe eastern part of the State, overly the Paieo- zoic or more ancient rocks, contain ing the remains of moliusks. fishes, coaiplants and reptiles, and where this is the case, there is some show fcr petroleum. To demonstrate this fact is the business cf the State through the medium of a competent State Geologist, a mest important office in a minerally rich State as North Carolina undoubtedly is. which has not been filled since the death of Dr. Ken. Ceas. G. Maxx, M. E. A PROPOSED MONUMENT. tate Chronicle. Some months ago the Ladies' Memorial Association, of Raleigh decided that a monnment ought to be erected at some public place to oonor and perpetuate the memory of the soldiers who fell during the war. This decision was reaced from the fact that whil? there were manyshafts and moruments in various cemeteries in the State in honor of the fallen brae, ther was not at any pub--ic i !aca in the State, any monument oi general commemoration. The association appointed a comit tee consisting of Messrs. W. J. Peele, H. M. Cowan and H. W. Ayer to report a plan by which the monu ment could be secured, &a The committee haa sent ia its re port and suggests the fellowin: That a monument be erectM to cost 810.000. That it be erected in Capitol square, Raleigh. The plan suggested by the com mittee for raising the neceseary amount is: That each county in the State be requested to cou tribute its pro rata share in proportion to its population. Under an equal divi sion, the share of each count would be something oer 8100 each: but under the committee's plan the share cf some counties would be several Lundred dollars each, while some would not pay more than ten or twelve dollars. The cammittee further suggested that some person or pers ns in each county be appointed and requested to see that their county raise in some way, its propotionale share of the amount. WEEKLY WEATHER CROP BULLETIN THE ANTI LOTTERY LAW. JlIXiE TYSER PREPARING INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMASTERS WIDE SCOPE OF TOE ACT. Washington Star. Judgo Tyner, the Assistant Attor ney General of the Post Office De partment, has about completed the instructions, to postmasters in regard to the eaforccment of the antilottery law. He intends to consult with Judge Taft' the Solicitor General, before they are finally issued. It has been found that the law is more com prehensive than is generally suppos ed. In prohibiting lotteries it also prohibits all schemes for distributs iug prizes by chances and applies to the church fair as well as to the great Louisiana Lottery Company. An advertisement for a church fair which speaks of a rafile or anything ol the kind would be excluded from tho mails. A POINT TO EE SETTLED. Judge Tyner has had referred to him for decision a question as to whether a newspaper published in Texas that has a guessing scheme can be admitted to the mails. The paper offers a prize to the lady who wiii guess the name of the most pop uiar man and all the details for vo ting, &e., are printed in the paper. Judge Tyner has not as yet made a ruling on this question, but it is on iy a sample of the various problems that are presented for his decision. CANT SLEEP NIGHTS Is the complairt of thousands euffer ing from Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try Dr. Acker's English Remedy ? It is the best preparation known for all Lung Troubles. Sold on a positive guar antee at 25c. and 50c. For sale by J. O. Simmons, Druggist. State Chronii-le. A letter received yesterday by Mrs. F. A. Olds convevs the sad intelli gence that Rev. Nathan Shotwell, D. D., died at Rogersville, Tenn., on the 10th of September. He was sick only two days and was not !e- lieved to be at all dangerously ill until just before death. He would have been So years old the 15th of this month. Dr. Shotwell was a consecrated minister of the Presbyterian church for many years. He was pastor at West Liberty, Virginia, when his brave and noble son, Capt. Randolph A. Shotwell, the brilliant editor of the State Chronicle died, whose un timely end carried grief to the aged father's heart as well as to thousands of people in North Carolina. Dr. Shotwell was at one time, if we mis take not, Presbyterian pastor at Rutherford ton, N. C. He was known only by a few in this State, but was esteemed because of the great love our people bore to his lamented son. A WONDER WORKER. The Countess of Paris is a crack shot and never allows the attendants to load her gun. Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Burlington, Ohio, states that he had been under the care of two prominent physicians, and used their treatment until he was not able to get around. They pronounced his case to be Consumption and incura ble. He was peisuaded to try Dr King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the strjcet without resting. He found, before he had used half of a dollar bottle, that he was much better ; he continued to use it and is to-day enjoying good health. If you have any Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it. We guarantee satisfaction Trial bottle free at T. R. Abernethy's Lrugstore. Chapter 1 : Weak, tired, no appetite Chapter 2: Took Hood's Sarsaparilla. Chopter 3 : Strong, cheerful, huDgry TWENTY-THREE YEARS IN THE DRUG BUSINESS. I have been a druggist twenty three years, and have sold all the patent medicines which are known in this country, and can truthfully say that I have never known a remedy for Blood Diseases of more value than S. S. S" (.Swifts Specific) Mr. A., a customer, was troubled with an eruption of the skin on the back of his hands, and had in vain sought relief of the best local medical talent, also of some of the most noted spe cialists in New York, and as a last resort spent some months in Paris, France, under treatment of the phy sicians there, and had secured only temporary relief. After all this treat ment he was finally cured, sound and well, by Swift's Specific. Another customer, Mr. B., had suf fered for manv years with Blood Poison, and thougt he had been cured by mercurial treatment, but the disease returned, accompanied by Rheumatism of a bad type. A dozen small bottles of S. S. S. made a perfect and lastiug cure. W. H. Desasav, Old Fort, N. C Treatise on Hloo 1 and Skin Dip eases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. ELECTRIC BITTERS. FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTO BER Ira, IS90. The reports received from corres pondents of the Weekly Weather j Crop Bulletin, issued by the North I Carolina Experiment Station and State Weather Service, eo operating with the United States Signal ser vice, indicate that the week ending Saturday. October 4th, 1S90, has been one of the most unfavorable of the season- Over the entire State during the first five days cloudy, drizzly weather, with cold north easterly winds prevailed, which, not only has retarded or stopped out door farm work of all kinds, but has injured ungathered crops to a con -siderable extent The rain fail was not particularly heavy, but continued lay after day, combined with the gloomy appearance of the sky, which is so depressing. The damage to cotton especially, is considerable,due to rotting or sprouting; picking, of course, has been retarded; prepara tion of land for wheat delayed, and the sowing of wheat and winter oats, while fodder has been nearly ruined. The last two days, October 3d and 4th, were bright and warm, and dur ing the coming week, which is likely to be generally fair, farm work will be rapidly pushed forward. Killing frost is not probable before October 10th, by which time it is hoped that there will be few ungathered crops which can be injured by it Tobacco is all cured, and corn will soon be sufficiently matured to bo beyoud danger. A heavy rain-fall of 2.07 in one hour (5 to G p. m) occurred at David son College, Mecklenburg county, on September 27th. This remedy is becoming o well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure ail diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples Boils, Salt Rheum and other affec tions caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and preyent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Con stipation and Indigestion try Elecs trie Bitters Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50 cts. and 1.00 per bottle at T. R. Abernethy's Drugstore, Our dear little daughter was teribly sick. Her bowels were bloted as hard as a brick, We feared she would die Till we happened to try Pierce's Pellets they cure! her, re markably quick. Never be without Pierce's Pellets in the house. They are gentle and give immediate relief in cases of in digestion, biliousness and coristipa tion. They do their work thorough ly and leave no bad effects. Smal lest, cheapest, easiest to take. One a dose. Best Liver Pill made. WE CAN AND DO Russell Sage says Jay Gould has an income of $2,000,000 a year. Guarantee Dr. Acker's Blood Elixir, for it has been fully demonstrated to vhe peoole of this country that it is superior to all other preparations for blood diseases. It is a positive cure for syphilitic poisoning, Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purifies the whole system and thoroughly bui'ds up the constitution. For sale by J. CSimmoDS, Druggist When Baby was sick, we g&Te her Castoria When she was a Child, she tried for Castori When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castori
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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