VOL. XVII NO 15
NEWTON N. C. FRIDAY MAY, 3 1895.
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Newton, - - N. C.
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Newton, IM. C.
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NEWTON, N. C.
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people of Newton and the public general
lyfeeling grateful for a very liberal pat
ronage in the past, hopes to merit a con
tinuance of the same. Special attention
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Office at residence.
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I have moved from Newton to
Statesville, but will continue to
practice in Catawba and Lincoln
counties, and will make an ap
pointment at Newton occasional
ly. Calls solicited.
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Statesville, N, C.
J. B. LITTLE,
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NEWTON, N. C.
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Newton, - - - - N. C,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
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July 14th, 1891.
J . E. THORNTON,
KEEPS constantly on hand all sizes
of Wood Coffins. Also Burial Robes.
Strangers sending for coffins
must send good security.
Sh op one mile north of Court House,
NEWTON, N. C.
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NEWTON, - - - - - N. C.
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NEWTON, ----- N. C-
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THE DEATH KNELL v FUSION
0Pr. KiVii HOLDS AN AUTOPSY
In a Letter to Col. Cnj He I'foaaatfM
It Dead Ho ny tho Fomjh;4 h F1i
to KefpF.lth Wl!h hj Psii.pm fu-Hn
1 at aa Bud Hhiclhi K.xi Oirnp.jljj.i
Will Se Ciuiiu.-nt c f itio Kuth-.o-d
tun Dcni'iCrtt.
Charlotte Observer.
The following is a copy of a
letter written by Capt. Jno. B.
Eaves, ex-chairman of the Re
publican State executive commit
tee, to Col. H. C. Cowles, of
Statesville, a member of a na
tional Republican committtee:
Dear Sir Your letter of a few
days ago in which you ask my
views in regard to several phases
of the political situation received.
The county government law
enacted by the recent Legislature
bears no singularity to that ex
pected at the hands of the fusion
ists. The same fear and distrust
of the negroes is evinced that has
always been shown by the Demo
crats. But the fr.sionists carry
this feature of the law further
even than the Democrats before
them. The election of three com
missioners is all right, but be
comes a travesty upon local
self-government when it is made
so easy for the opposite political
party to cause the appointment
of two additional commissioners
whose power when appointed will
equal the power of the three elect
ed by the people. This single
peculiarity of the new law lias
stripped it of every vestige of
kindship to that vouch safed by
the Republican State platform,
in lieu of which it is a mean and
cowardly excuse. The passage
of this law marks the end of
fusion or co-operation between
the Republican and Third parties
in North Carolina. Since fusion's
inception the Republicans have'
made concessions in principle
and patronage, while in both the
Populists have been the dictators.
In the State this was true to a
marked degree. Now it appears
to be encroaching upon the vital
principles of national Republi
canism as evidenced by the fact
that some Republicans are not
scruppling to lay aside the prin
ciples upon which the national
Republican party has long been
established and according to
which it has conducted this gov
ernment through its greatest
prosperity, and to place in their
stead the visionary and extrav
agant plank of the Populist plat
form. I refer to those Republi
cans who are advocating the
idea of free silver. The Republi
can party will continue to advo
cate financial faith of the sound
est kind, and those who wish to
be of the party must do likewise.
This government can no more
coin silver free while every other
government of the first class re
fuses and maintains a gold
standard than itcan commit anv
other absurd impossibility. Un
der the present condition of
things the United States will be
safe financially only with gold
as a standard and silver coined
as fully as can be with a just par
itv between the two metals.
The next campaign will see the
Republicans of North Carolina
strictlv in accordance with the
national party and prepared for
a straight fight in the State, In
no other way can the manifold
injuries already wrougnt Dy
fusion be successfully overcome.
In short this is the only policy
and it is the one that will control
in this state nenceiortn, ne
first work of the Republicans in
the State should be the reorgani
zation of the party on its origi
nal basis. Very respectfully,
Jno. B. Eaves.
It Will Fall I,Jke a Bomb Sb9ll
Rutherfordton Democrat.
Hon. Jno. B. Eaves, of this
county, who was chairman of the
State Republican executive com
mittee from 1888 to 1895, has
addressed a letter to Col. H. C.
Cowles, of Statesville, a member
of the national Republican ex
ecutive committee, in which he
gives his views upon the result of
fusion in this State and makes a
prediction that fusion is at an
end.
Those who know Mr. Eaves
know that he is a Republican
from principle and that he is the
unrelenting enemy of any move
ment that may entail a com
promise of the principles and in
tegrity of his party. He wras, as
is well known, opposed to fusion
last year. He is still as much
opposed to it as ever, and has
pumimM fcipJiMiH urnwrh
found nothing in the history or
accomplishments of the move
ment to cause him to alter his
opinion.
It is a very well established
fact that Senator Pritchard is
engaged in an effort to commit
his party in this State to Mclvin
ley for the presidential nomina
tion. It is also equally well
known inconsistent as it may
seem that he is trying to com
mit his party in this State for
free silver.
Capt. Eaves' letter is a most
important document and antag
onizes Senator Pritchard's free
silver movement. It is a strong
argument in favor of the North
Carolina Republicans' close ad
herence to the tenets and princi
ples of the national Republican
party.
We are permitted to publish a
copy of Capt. Eaves' letter, and
we predict it will fall like a bomb
shell in the camp of the fusion-
lStS.
The Qitton of Local Taxation fir
fecuuols to B VoUd on Every Two
Tears.
Landmark.
The lasl Lfgitlature passed an im
portant aft relative 'to the public
school-, rqnirirg the question of
local ttxition for public education
to be voted on at the next tl?etion
for members of the Legislature acc!
biennial? thereafter by each t wn
ship, city ard town not already
levying a special tax for schools'
This special l-?vy to be voted on is
20 cents on the""l00 of property nud
GO cents on each pU. The original
bill, which applied to ev ry county
was amended so that 56 ounties
were excepted, this leaving the act in
force in the counties of Al-xmdtr,
Beaufort, Bladen, Burke, Cabarrus,
Cklwe!!, Charterer, Cherokee, Cliy,
D-.re, Dividsor1, Davip, D jpl r, Ga-
'Ltof Graham, Guilford, HirueM,
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson,
Macorj Madison, Mitchtl', Mont
g ornery. Orange, Pamlico, Pender,
Polk, Rutheiford, Stanley, Stokes,
Surry, Swain, Tjrrell, Waehicgton,
Watauga, Wayne, Yadkin and Yan
cey. Wherever this special tax will
be voted it will greatly increaee the
efficiency of the pnblic schools and
it is probable that the people will
vote the tax in a number of the
counties tamed. There was already
a law allowing the county commis
sioner?, upon petition of one third
of the freeholders, to order an elec
tion to levy a special tax of 10 cents
on property and 30 cents on polla,
but tee new law requires the election,
without petition, and for twice the
amount of special tax, the question
to be voted on every two years until
the tax is voted.
It will be noted that Iredell ia ex
ceeded from the list of counties to
which the provisions of thU bill ap
pliee, and it would ba of interest to
know why the exception was made.
If the people cf any township, or of
all of them, in this county want to
vote this tax on themselves, The
Landmark thinks they should have
that privilege.
Peculiar Trees.
New York Ledger.
Almost every peculiarity is exhib
ited by trees, and travelers often
bring remarkable accounts of the
wonders of the vegetable world.
We have b9en told of trembling
trees the trembling tree being a
species of acacia, which puts itself in
a "wild commotion" when touched
and gets in a great rage, trembling
violently when transplanted, at the
same tinn emitting a nauseating
odor ; of smoking trees, a species of
mulberry which at times emit vapor
like puffs of smoke; or rain treee,
which discharges showers of dropp.
There is also, according to the de
scription of a traveler, a tree native
to Queensland, Australia, which,
though beautiful to the eye, is very
offensive to the sense of smell, and
positively dangerous to approach.
Here ia an account of its effects. A
traveler Bays: "Sometimes while
shooting turkeys in the scrub I l ave
entirely forgotten the stinging
trees tili I am warned of its proximity
by its Bmell, and have often found
myself in a little forest of them. I
was only once &tung, and then very
lightly. Its effects are curious.
The sting leaves no mark, but the
pain is maddening, and for months
afterward the part when touched is
tender in rainy weather, or when it
gets wet in washing," etc. I baye
seen a man who treats ordinary pain
lightly roll on the ground in agony
after being stung, and I have known
a horse so completely mad after get
ting into a grove of the trees that
he rushed openmoutbed at every one
who approached bin?, and had to be
shot. Dogs, when stung, will rush
about, wbinning pitecusly and biting
pieces from the affected part."
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Truth a Strang) aa Fiction.
New York Sun.
A counterpart of the curiou3 erij
iwDglemeut which tonus the plot of I
Mr. Thomas Hardy's novel. "Thai
Hand of Ethtlaerta," was liiely dii-l
dood in Eaglaud during the tri:U 1 1 j
the High Court of Justice.
' It appear that TjoL long ago a Mr.
Theobald, a member of Parliament
fVr Esex and a great county uiag
nate, lost Li life through a rail
way accident. The very large for
turie which he left had been in some
small part deried from a sum of
$200,000, which he had inherited
from his wife, who had died intes
tate. Mr. Theobald's property Was
in process cf administration in due
course, when some laboring people
claimed the $200,000 wbichh bad
once belaned to Mrs. Theobald's
separate estate, on the ground that
they were her next kin, and that she
was not the lawful wife of her puta
tive husband. They alleged that
Mrs. Theobald, who was a lady of
education and had been known as a
rider to hounds and a leader in
county society, was in reality of
peasant origin, and, in fact, the Bis
ter of one of the petitioners, Isaac
Dunham, a biieklayer. They assert
ed further that, in 1860, when very
young aud while living with her fam
ily in the workhouse, she had mar
a .peasant, called Harry Algar, pop
n'arly known by the name of "Gin
ger. Witu uirn she lived in pover.
ty for two years, after which they
parted and faded out cf each
other's lives. Bat he was al've, so
iht claimants maintained, at the
due of her marriage to Mr. Theo
bald. Isaac Dcsham, the bricklayer, te.
tided that wban next he heard of
bis sister she was in course of trans
formation into a fi ie lady. She had
rret, shn told bitn, a greit gentlmao,
a Mr. Theobvld, rho was having her
educated and intended to make her
hh 'vif?. This nineteenth .century
version of Kifg Copetua's elevation
of the beggar maid waa actually
enacted. Tne two were married in
a more or less clandestine way in an
obscure village in Middlesex, ai:d
thereupon the workhouse girl took
her place at the head of one of the
finest houses in Essex. Those who
believe that blood wili always tell,
and that nothing can compensate for
the lack of early training, will take
for granted that Mrs. Theobald's
low origin, and the ead aud sordid
surroundings amidwhich she had
grown up, were speedily diviufd by
the local Mrs. Grcndy, and that she
was relegated to the most lonesome
quarter of Conventry. As a matter
of fact, such admirable use had sh
made of her late-acquired education
al advantages, that not a soul sus
pected that she was not to the man
ner born. The f-tc!s, indeed were,
known to her kin folk, bat not one
of them betrayed her. Her peasant
father and mother became servants
in her establishment, and. as the ev
idence give l in court showed, tb6y
never presumed on the relationship,
whila she on her part treated them
with the utmost kindness, and, when
only her husband was present, al
ways address them as father and
mother. To her mere distant rela
tives, also, she was very helpful, and
always had a ten-pound note in ber
pocket when any of them was in
need. The private incom?, by means
of which she gratified sucb generous
impulses, was due to the liberality of
her husband, who at the time of
their marriage had settled upon her,
as her separate estate, the $200,000
which is now claimed by her next of
kin.
So far the story was practically
uncontroverted. What was disputed
was Isaac Dunham's allegation that
his sister 1 ad another husband living
when she married Mr. Theobald. It
was contended, and successfully,
that she had never been the wife of
the man tamed "Ginger,' who had
survived until 1871. "Gicgtr," it
was proved, had married another
womao, and could only sign hi? came
with his maik. On the other hand,
the Hesry Algar whom Dunham's
sister had married from the work
house in 1860, had Eigced the regis
ter, and had never been eeen alive
after 1S62, whereas his deserted
wife's eecond marriage did cot take
place until lS67.CThe jury found
that Henry Algab was not shown to
have been alive at the time of the
marriage with Mr. Theobald, and
accordingly Sii Francis Jeune gave
judgement against the claimants.
It was arranged, however, that they
should not hare to pay the costs of
the suit, inasmuch as they were un
questionably Mrs. Theobald's next
of kin, and had brought the action in
good taitb. -
No one who reflects for a moment
on the outlines of this true story will
fail to recognizu the romance that
palpitates beneath the suiface of tie
dry law report
Japan's Dipiomscy la h Great CJrlais.
Charlotte Observer.
Ail the world Has stood and won
dered while Japati, at one bou'.d,
p ace J herself in the fzoat rack of
the military, nations cf the world.
When the little idiaud began her
war with China, the gef oral verdict
was that ia the end the Celestials,
with their millions of men who did
not fear death, would crush their
enemy by overpowering the Japan,
ese armies with superior numbers.
But Japan had absorbed, in 25 years
of study, thebesi there was in West
ern civilization. She put an army
into the field and it vied in its super
ior discipline with Germany's fine
soldiers, while England might well
envy the successes of the Japanese
naval commanders. Japan, as we
said at the outset, established her
claim? to rack as a first-class mili
tary and naval power.
But not only has she done this,
but no sooner is peace declared than
she again astounds and confounds
the Western nations by ber wonder
ful diplomacy. All along Japan has
manifested a spirit of fairness that is
commendable. The Tokio govern
ment has lesisted an imperious de
mand by one political faction at
home to prosecute the war to the
gates cf Pekin; the Mikado and his
counsellors have shown a willingness
to compromise which bodes well for
Japan in future interscomplications
Every amend possible was made for
the unfortunate attack upon Li
Hung Chang, at the head of the
Chinese peace commission, the Mika
do rendering unusual honors to the
intended victim of fanatical assassi
nation. Japan has indeed acted
moit honorably in arriving at a set
tlement of the conflict between her
self and China.
Her shrewdness in diplomacy,
however, is what we especially de
sire to notice. Japan has virtually
stipulated, in the terms of the treaty
of peace, for the establishment of an
Oriental Monroe doctrine. She has
declared for an effensive and defen
sive alliance between herself and her
late opponent, which means that the
two great powers of the Orient have
agreed to stand Dy tne policy ol
"Asia for the Asiatics." It is meet,
according to humar reasoning, that
the tim-j should come when the na
tional bullies of the earth should be
checked in their greedy and unjust
encroachments upon the rights and
privilege and freedom of the weak
and stripling kingdoms; and with the
declaration of "America for Ameri
cana" by the mighty young republic
on the Westerns hemisphere, and the
dclaration of "Asia for the Asiatics"
by the two great nations of the tar
Eistern Continent, may are not be
lieve that the fullness of time has
come, or is fast approaching, when
the jealous and avaracious nations of
middle Europe must henceforth keep
hands off ?
But while this policy of Japan, if
B-c is powerful enough to carry it
oat, means a check to the aggres
sions of liuseia, France, England
and other cations, who maintain col
onial policies, it means far more for
the victim-ally fcr China. Japan
furnishes every evidence of desiring
to promote the mutual welfare of
herself aud China. That she would
not cripple the resources of China
ia evidenced by the fact that she
consented to a redaction in her
demand for indemnity from $215,
000,000 to $100,000,000, Japan to
keep ber armiea in possession of the
conquered cities until the indemnity
is paid, as a guarantee of good faith
on China's part. Such alliance will
be of great advantage to the Macchu
rnler of China, for Japan will pro
tect him both against the rebellion of
his subjects, of which he ever stands
in danger, and against European ag
gression, and will co-operate with
him in developing China's resources.
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The Discovery Saved Ula Ufa.
Mr. G. Cailloutte, Druggist, Beav
ersville, 111., 6ajs. "To Dr, King's
New Discovery I owe my life. Was
taken with La Grippe and tried all
the physicians for miles about, but
of no avail and was given up and
told I could not live. Having Dr.
King's New Discovery ia my store I
sent for a bottle and began -its use
and from the first dose began to get
better, and after using three bottles
was up and about again. It is worth
ite weight in gold. We won't keep
our etore or house without it." Get
a free trial at T. R. Abernethy's
Drug Store.
Every poultryman finds more or
less of the eggs in the basket at
night stained in such a manner that
washing with water will not remove
it. If Le has a really choice market
and every egg is to be perfectly
clean, many of these eggs must be
thrown out for the home table, or a
common market. Bubbihg the stain
with home made cider vinegar will
remove every trace of stain and leave
the efeg clean and shining.
Gratat of Diamond.
According to a cablegram the Pope
has received from the President of
the Trunsvs-d Republic a diamond
weighing 971 carats. The etore was
found ir the Jigersfontein mine:,
and is declared to be ti e largest
knowu.
The cablegram slates that the
monster diamond is of a blush white
cast and practically perfect, its only
blemish being a tiny spot in the cen
tre, invisible to the naked eye.
Why the President of the Trans -vaal
Republic has sent it to the Pope
is not made clear. It ia not made
clear, says the New York World5
that he has made a present to His
Holiness of a stone valued at $1,
000,000. Probably his object was to
get a free advertisement for his little
republic and the big diamond found
there.
The Jewelers' Circular prints a
picture of the diamond, showing its
actual eiz9. This was received from
a correspondent in South Africa.
The Circular presumes that the
diamond referred to is the one
known as the Jagersfontsin Excelsi
or. It was picked up by a native while
he was loading a truck. Although a
white overseer was standing near him
he managed to hide it and keep it on
bis person for some time. It turned
our, however, that he did not wish to
steal it, for he delivered it personally
to the manager. As a reward he re -ceived
$750 an a horse and saddle.
The exact weight of the diamond
is 971 J carats, or about seven and
one-quarter ounces avoirdupois. It
therefore weighs uncut nearly half
a pcund, A diamond of fair size for
a ring weighs cne carat.
In its present condition it meas
ures three inches in length, one and
a half inches in thickness, two and a
half inches at its greatest breadth
and one and a third inches at its
least breadth. It i3 o; a beautiful
bluish color and is shaped like the
broken-off end of an icicle.
The flaw in it is believed to be
more serious than is stated in the
cabie despatch. It is a black spot
near the middle. It could be cut
in two, however, so as to leave out
the blemish. It would then make
two of the largest diamonds in exis
tence. At the time of its discovery
it was valued at $1,000,000.
Aa Underground Lake.
Chicago Herald.
Quincy, II!, is in the throes of a
water works war. The city wanted
cheaper water and the water works
company refused to come down a
cent. Failing to come to an ami
cable settlement, the city decided to
build its own water works, and since
there had been complaint of impure
water furnished by the private com
pany the city has been investigating
the artesian well system of water
works, which some of the neighbor
ing towns have operated in a success
manner. The discussion of artesian
wells has led some of the older citi
zens to put on their thinking caps,
and now come stories of under
ground lakes and rivers large enough
to supply several cities with water
pure as crystal.
One citizen remembers that about
fifty years ago Si mot Hochgrafe, a
farmer living east of Eubanks, about
seven miles out of Quincy, Bet Tom
Truelock and other men to work
digging a well on his place. The
bottom of the well dropped out and
Truelock found himself standing in
water. Afterward, with the aid of a
light, he found there a great body of
water, above which the rocks formed
an arch. Farmer Hochgrafe, fear
ing that the ground might cave in
around the well, ordered it filled up
with stones. Ever since, however,
there has been an abundance of pure
water rising above the stones. Five
years ago Farmer Peter Horn sunk
a well in the same neighborhood,
and ever since there baa been a con
tinuous supply of pure water.
Cure for Headache.
As a remedy for all forms of
Headache Electric Bitters has proved
to be the very best It effects a
permanent cure and the most dread
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its influence. We urge all who are
afflicted to procure a bottle, and give
this remedy a fair trial. In cases of
habitual constipation Electric Bit
ters cures by giving the needed tone
to the bowels, and few cases long
resist the use of this medicine. Try
it once. Large bottles only Fifty
cents at T. R. Abernethy's Drug
Store.
Ram's Horn says that if men bad
to be judgee by one another the
gates of heaven would remain closed
forever. The same paper also says :
"Strip off .all masks and there' is
hardly a man who would know big
next door neighbor."
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Hovel Method of Securing Sleep
Globe Democrat.
"I have seen a good many novel
methods employed by mothers in
order to put their babies to Bleep,"
said George L. Wann, of Trenton,
N. J., "but I think the strangest way
of all is one which is prevalent in
India, where the native mothers put
their babies' heads nnder a spout of
water to eeud them to sleep and
keep them quiet. I spent several
months in that country not long ago,
and witnessed this curious mode of
treatment dozens of times every day.
The water of the hill spriDg was so
adjusted as to furnish a series of
tiny spouts. Under each spout was
a kind of earth pillow and a little
trough, constructed to carry off wa
ter. The restless child was placed
on the pillow in such way that one
of the spouts played directly on the
top of its head, the water then pass
ing away in the trough. I can testi
fy that the process was most sac
cessful, and was seemingly highly
enjoyed by the babies, who remained
perfectly quiet nnder the spouts.
The people asserted that the water
did the children no harm, but on the
contrary strengthened and benefited
them. They seemed to think that if
a child was not subjected to this
treatment every day or two it would
grow up weak-minded and good-for-nothing."
Meat Price and r arming
New York "World.
The present price of meat is quite
as high as that which prevailed when
the currency was so depreciated that
a dollar was worth only 80 cents or
leas.
The present price of two great
agricultural staples, wheat and cot-,
ton, is lower than has ever been
known since modern commercial
conditions began.
Obviously those who grow wheat
and cotton should, so far as may be,
grow meat instead, or corn that
makes meat. And there is not much
doubt that will occur. Wherever
corn can be grown, or beeves, sheep
and hogs raised, the temptation is
just now strong to devote attention
to such products rather than to sta
ples already in excessive supply.
In the South especially this en
forced diversification of crops will
be of lasting advantage. The habit
prevailing there of making cotton
the single money crop has been de
plored for ye?r& by the wisest think
ers of that region as an evil and a
danger It is well that circumstance
now brings immediate self interest to
reinforce wise counsel
Weather Hlata-
Harper s Young People.
Watch the sky for what are called
"mares' tails." These appearing
after clear weather show the track of
the wind in the sky. A rosy sunset
predicts fair weather. A red sky in
the morning foretells bad weather.
A gray sky in the morning means
fine weather. If the first streaks of
light dawn are seen above a bank of
clouds, look out for wind ; if they are
cloee to or on the horizon, the weath
er will be fair. In general, soft,
delicate colors in the sky, with in
definite forms of clouds, mean fair
weather ; gaudy, unusual color?, and
hard edged clouds mean rain, and
probably wind.
A daik, gloomy, blue sky is windy;
but a bright, light blue sky indicates
fine weather. Generally, the softer
clouds look the less wind (but per
haps more rain) may be expected ;
and the harder, more "greasy," roll
ed, tufted, or ragged, the stronger
the coming wind will prove.
A bright yellow sky at sunset pre
sages wind; a pale yellow, wet;
orange or copper colored, wind and
rain.
These are some of the most im
portant points about weather whirh
have been set down ia the books by
old and experienced sailormen.
Te Hake Pur Blood
There is no medicine before the peo
ple equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla. It
is the standard spring medicine and
blood purifier and it possesses pe
culiar merit which others try in vain
to reach. It really makes the weak
strong. Do not neglect to purify
your blood this spriDg. Take
Hood's Sarsaparilla now.
Hood's Pills become the favorite
cathartic with every one who tries
them. 25o. per box. '
Prof Bidden Coming to North Carolina aa
the Agent of an Xngliah Oeatpur;
Newark N. J., Dispatch, 18th.
Wm. E. Hidden, of - this city, who
returned from London on the La
cania last Saturday, went abroad on
March 6th to complete contracts in
North Carolina.
These interests were capitalized
while Mr. Hidden was in London for
$200,000 and a company was formed
called the Piedmont ' Mining Com
pany, limited. Mr. Hidden wai
made a director of the company and
was appointed the American manager
to have full charge of the - company'!
property and interests in this conn
try.
Mr Hidden said to a reporter to
day that the new company owneq 2,
500 acres of valuable mineral landi
in the mountains of North Carolina,
and also owns all the mineral right
in another tract of 1,000 acres. The
principal mineral to be mined is
gold, rich deposits of which exist on
one tract which" is sixty miles east of
Asheville. Another valuable mineral
is monazite, which contains thorium,
a material used in producing the in
candescent gas light now being' in
troduced in Newark. This mineral
exists in large quantities on all com
pany's property.
Farm and Garden Hotao.
Make some reasonable experiment
every year.
Increase the number of hogs. So
long as people eat pork and bacon,
some use can be made of the meat.
In seeding grain to sheep feed a
small quantity often. Keep them
dry, and give them all the salt they
want.
The winter evening should be em
ployed in reading aloud and in
amusement. That is one way ' to
make farm life pleasant to the chil
dren. Dairy farmers who sell milk in
New York City get an average of
about ten cents per gallon. 'This " is
leas than our dairy farmers get ' in
Southern towns.
If at any time you have a spare
moment it would be well to look
around and that all the tools and
machinery are in good order and
ready for the spring work.
Give the hogs the ran of a , pas
ture, with good water and- comfort
able quarters to sleep, and feed
ground soaked feed, and there will
be a handsome profit on the invest
ment
Give more attention to the garden
and track patches. Aside from the
pleasure derived from : sating " freely
of fresh vegetables, you add to your
comfort and save doctors' bills.
Horses may take cold in the sta
ble when brought in very warm,
pecially if cracks permit -cold
draughts to enter. The blanket
should always be need on very eold
days as a protection.
To get rid of weeds it is only nec
essary not to allow them to produce
seed. If this is done every year they
are sure to be exterminated, ' but it
must be the object to destroy every
one.
Eggs from the large breeds, as
Cochins, Brahams, etc, are not so
apt to be fertile in winter as those of
the smaller breeds. It is well to
remember this when setting for very
early chicks.
Famine occurs more in those sec
tions where dependence is placed
almost exclusively upon a single
crop. There are always some crops
that can be secured, although all
others may be a total loss.
The exact temperature for loosen
ing the hair from the skin of a pig
at butchering is 180. The pig should
remain a full minute in the water at
this temperature to give time for the
hair to be loosened.
The four secrets of -success in
breeding are method, jadgement,
application and patience. "Without
judgement there can be bo method,
without method no application and
without patience no success.
The Robertson cow ration, in clad
ing a mixture of sunflower seed,
gave an increase over older'; methods
of feeding, but not enough to pay
for the extra trouble and' cost, said
the Vermont Station director.
Every farmer is, or ought to be,
interested in protecting bis own proi
'ducts, and every pound 'of butter
properly made and " sold at a fair
valuation is a paying factor in tha
interest of every other buttar-xraiar.'