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OUIMIM, IM. C. JULY 19, 1899.
No. 30.
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Wo are often out talked but never out done. We come to
our friends and customers - again. Thanking them for their
verv liberal patronage the first half of this year, which has
more than doubled our expectations, we make you one faithful
promise, that we wiW not ouly meet, but we will beat any
prices that are offered you in the .
TOWN OF DUNN.
We Positively will not be
undersold,
though .we lose money, for we know that such LOSSES are
FUTURE PROFITS.
Now listen. It is just six
20th Century,
during this time we must do
$25,000.00
worth of business. In order to do this we shall sell better
goods for less money, FOR CASH, than anybody else. We
are buying our goods for the cash, thus saving from 15 to 35
per cent, less than other people pay. So you see we can sell
goods at what they cost other merchants and make a good profit.
As to quality of our goods they speak for themselves, so
come in-and have a talk with us. Well, we guess that you
would like to know who it is that is doing all this talking, we
are proud to tell you,
THE MASSEWCILL DRY
GOODS COMPANY,
Wholesale and retail dealers in
Dry goods, notions, clothing,
shoes, hats, caps &c.
Gents ' Furnishings a Specialty.
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A 11 kinds of tobacco- men's supplies such as Lanterns,
Themometers, Twine etc. We don'tcharge any profit on these
pods, but sell them for the accommodation of our customers.
Large line of fresh Groceries, Tobacco and Snuff. v-
We have with us this season the clever and wellknown sales
men Messrs. W. R. Marks and R. T. Surles, who will be glad to
e their friends. Again thanking you and hoping you will make
good crops and realize good prices.
We are yours to serve,
IsMirill Or?
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The Horse's Wonderful Power
of Smell.
The following from Horse
and Stable "shows how very
keen indeed must be the horse's
isenseof smell: "The horse'
will leave musty hay untouched
in his bin, however hungry
He will not drink of water ob
jectionable to his questioning
sniff, or from a bucket which
some odor makes offensive,
however thirsty. His intelli
gent nostril will widen, quiver
and query over the daintiest
bit offered by the fairest of
hands, with coaxing that would
make a mortal shut his eyes
and swallow a nauseous mouth
ful at a gulp. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight or
whinny that her colt is really
her own until she has a certified
nasal certificate to the, fact. A
blind horse now living will not
al low the approach of any
stranger without showing signs
of anger not safely to be" disre
garded. The distinction is ev
idently made by his sense of
smell and at a considerable dis
tance. . Blind horses, as a rule,
will gallop wildly about -a pas
ture without striking the sur
rounding fence. The sense of
smell informs them of its prox
imity. Others will, when loos
ened from the stable, go direct
to the gate or bars opened to
their accustomed feeding
grounds, and when desiring to
return, after hours of careless
wandering, will distinguish one
outlet and patiently await its
opening, The odor ot that par
ticular part of the fence is their
pilot to it. The horse in brows
ing or while gathering herbage
with its lips is guided in its
choice of proper food entirely
by its nostrils. Blindjhorses do
not make mistakes in their
diet."
His Life Was Saved.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent
citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately
had a wonderful deliverance
from a frightful death. In
telling of it he says: "I was
taken with .Typhoid Fever, that
ran into Pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I was so
weak I couldn't even sit up in
bed. Nothing helped me. I
expected to-soon die of Con
sumption, when I heard of Dr.
King's New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I con
tinued to use it, and am well
and strong.
I can't
say too
" "This
much in its praise
marvellous medicine is the sur-
est and quickest cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung
Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cts.
and $1.00. Trial bottles free at
McKay Bros. & Skinner's drug
store every bottle guaranteed.
Famine in Russia.
In Russia there is' a famine
in the northwestern provinces
at present, of which Mr. Stead,
who has been spending June at
The Hague and who visited
Russia in May, writes as fol
lows : ' 'The northeastern pro
vinces of Russia are smitten
with a great dearth, which, as
it has left 3,000,000 people des
titute, may rightly be regarded
a famine. The Empress Dow
ager and the Red Cross Society
are doin a noble work. The
Emperor has subscribed enor
mous sums from his own purse,
but it is to be feared that, de
spite all voluntary efforts, the
mortality will be very great.
No rain fell last year in a re
gion as large as France, with
the result that every green thing
withered up, and the unfortu
nate natives, many of whom
are Tartars, and others belong
ing to various Finnish tribes,
have been eking out a misera
ble existence by eating weed,
bark, and clay. Hence an out
break of scurvy in a most ma
lignant form, the description of
which recalls some of the scenes
of the lazar house. These pe
riodical recurrences of famine
seem to prove that it 'is as ne
cessary to organize a famine re
lief department in Russia as in
India.
The Cor8an Pearl Fisheries
Describing . a visit ; to the
Coreaji Island of Quelpart, a
writer ju the Corean Repository
says the diving for the pearl
oysters found off the island is
entirely done by, women.
Dressed in a uathiug suit, with
a sicKie in one nana ana a
gourd with a bag tied to it in
front of them, they swim out
from the shore as far as half a
mile boats cannot be afforded
and there dive, probably a
depth of fcrty or fifty .feet, to
the bottom, cut the weels with
a sickle, tear it off from the
stone, and then put it Into the
bag which is kept floating by a
gourd. They do . not go back
before the bag is filled, which
often takes more than -half an
hour. Although they are mag
nificent swimmers, one cannot
help admiring their endurance
when he thinks that this work
is begun as early as February.
The pearl oyster is both used
on the island and exported. It
is very large, some measure ten
inches in diameter, arid verv
fleshy. Unlike other oysters,
it has only o"he shell, which is
often used by the Coreans as an
ash-tray, and from which mother-of-pearl
is obtained. Cov
ered with this shell as with a
roof, the oyster lives fastened
to a rock. Its meat is consid
ered a luxurious dish, and one
oyster costs as much as six
cents on the island. Pearls are
but seldom tound in the oyster.
For export, the oysters are torn
out of the shell, the intestine
bag cut off, the meat cleaned,
dried, and strung on thin
sticks. Although white when
fresh, the color changes to a
dark red, like that of a dried
apricot. These can be seen
displayed in the native grocery
shops in"" Seoul, flat reddish
discs of about four or five inch
es in diameter, fasten dby tens.
with a thin stick stuck through
them.
CASTOR1A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
The Dumdum Bullet.
The Dumdum bullet secured
its name from the Indian arse
nal by whose officers it was de
vised, and the name should not
be spelled in two words or even
hyphenized, as a great many
people appear to think. Dum
dum i,s a town and a military
station about four miles north
east of Calcutta. It was the
experience in the Soudan, and
also in the Spanish-American
war, that the new magazine ri
fles, whose' small calibres allow
them to have greater accuracy
and greater carrying power
thanr the old weapons, were
faulty in one important partic
ular. The small-cailibre bul
lets have slight effect on those
struck by them, and it was to
obviate this difficulty that the
Dumdum bullet was devised.
This bullet is one from which
part of the nickle or copper cov
ering is removed, so that the
force of the impact spreads the
soft lead, making a missile that
inflicts a severe shattering
wound.
No Right to Uglinsss-
The woman who is lovely in
face, form and temper will al
ways have friends, but one
who would be attractive must
keep her health . If she is weak,
sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable.
If she has constipation or kid
ney trouble, her impure blood
will cause pimples, blotches,
skin eruptions and a wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters
is the best medicine in the
world to regulate stomach, liver
and kidneys and to purify the
blood. It gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexion. It will
make a good-looking, charming
woman of a run-down invalid.
Onlv 50 cents at McKav Bros.
Y iel d of a Smoky Chimney.
The chimney of one of Chi
cago's big buildings, which has
been an ardent violator of the
smoke ordinance lately was
cleaned last week and twenty
barrels of soot and 40 barrels of
ashes were taken out. This
matter had been collecting for
three years, and was -causing
poor combustion.
At midnight says the Tribune
of that city, two colored chim
ney sweeps went to work on the
big pipe. "Billy" Johnston,
who is an experienced "whip
per," was sent to the top of the
chimney. A rope was lowered
so that it hung loosely the
whole length of the chimney.
Poised on the narrow top, four
teen, stories above . the court,
Johnson stood and swayed back
and fourth as he beat the chim
ney with the rope. In a few
minutes a cloud of soot came
up and fell on the top of the
buildings in beads, it was so
heavy. This, with forty bar
rels of ashes collected under the
furnace, had checked combus
tion to such an extent that"the
chimney had always been "lift
ing soot."
The operation of beating the
chimney was continued for sey,
eral hours at intervals. After
each beating the weight of the
soot would cause a downward
draft for several minutes and
then, when the natural draft
overcame the weight, great
quantities of soot would roll
out of the chimney arid settle
on the roof, too heavy to be
carried away by the breeze.
More-thari half of the soot, how
ever, settled to the bottom of
the chimney, and Mr. Smith es
timated that he would take
from what he called the ' 'breech
ing" six or eight barrels of
soot.
Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but Skin Erup
tions rob life of joy. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, cures them ; also
Old, Running and Fever Sores,
Ulcers, Boils, Foils, Felons,
Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises,
Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Best Pile cure on
earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only 25 cts. a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by Mc
Kay Bros. & Skinner, Drug
gists. Lightnine's Fatal Stroke.
Fayette ville, July 10. News
was brought here Saturchfy of a
lamentable catastrophe on Mr.
John Kirkpatrick's plantation,
in Gray's Creek township, in
the southern part of this county
whereby, during a thunder
storm Andrew Murdock was
killed, together with two mules,
while Mrs. Murdock, a little
white boy and Henry Crilmore
and a girl, the last two colored,
were more or less stunned and
injured.
During the prevalence of the
storm the party, who were at
work on the farm, took refuge
under a large tree, under which
it had been the custom for the
hands to take the noon-day
meal. Mr. Murdock was killed
instantly. Gilmore was restored
to life, but is badly hurt and
can hardly recover. Mrs Mur
dock was terribly burned on dif
ferent parts of her body. . The
colored girl was burned on one
foot, while the boy seems to
have received serious internal
injuries.
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STORIA.
Am Kind You Han Alwars Botl
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July Frost
Mr. J. C. Stimson, of Watau
f?a. writes the Commissioner of
Agriculture that there was a
frost in that countv on "the
first day of July heavy enough
to write your name in. But no
damage was done. Very cold
nights. Weather and season
perfect. The hav and apple
crops so far are the best
News & Observer.
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Talk to Your Horse.
Some man, unknown ta the
writer hereof, has given to the
world a saying that sticks:
"Talk to your cow as you would
to a lady," There is a world
of common sense in it. There
is more ; there is good sound re
ligion in it. What else is it but
the language of the Bible, ap
plied to animals: "A soft an
swer turneth away wrath." A
pleasant word to a horse in time
oi-trouble has prevented many
a disaster where the hor.se has
learned that pleasant words
mean a guaranty that danger
from punishment is not immi
nent. One morning a big, muscular
groom said to his employer :
"I can't exercise that horse auy
more. He will bolt and run at
a n v i h i n g he sees
Th
owner.
a s ma 1 1
time, asked
hooked up.
carriage -he
miles, and
man and ill at the
that the horse be
Stepping into the
drove a couple of
then asked the groom to station
along the road such objects as
the horse was afraid of. This
was done and the horse
was
back
n e s
The
driven by them quietly
and forth, with loose 1 i
slapping on his back.
whole secret was in a voice that
inspired confidence. The man
had been frightened at every
thing he saw that he supposed
the horse would fear. The fear
went to the horse like an elec
tric message. Then came a
punishing pull of the lines,
with jerking and the whip.
Talk to your horse as to your
sweetheart. Buffalo Horse
World.
The Successful Farmer.
Knowledge has always been a
66Hil.i6ri6fsuccess in whatever
form of effort men employ them
selves ; but the condition be
comes more imperative as com
petition is increased, the means
of production improved and the
scale1 of operations -enlarged.
That business which is intelli
gently conducted is the busi
ness which brings the surest re
sult. Even the farmer, who
plows his ground and sows his
seeds and trusts in Providence
for his harvest, can no longer
safely depend upon the lore im
parted from father to son since
Adam digged. He farms best
who knows his farm, and Jiow
to feed his fields so that they
shall feed him. The progres
sive and successful farmer must
be a man of liberal informa
tion. Philadelphia Record.
Father of 23 Children.
When David Huntly conclud
ed to marry his wife, he called
his children to witness the nup
tials. Out in the yard, 50 feet
from the house, he had driven
up a stake, and commanding
each to place their hands upon
the stake, Uncle Joab Wilkio,
with his quaint marriage cere
mony, united the old man to
his bride thus making his chil
dren legitimate heirs to his es
tate, is the story told us, with
names of witness to the mar
riage. We are also informed
that 23 children was the crop
he raised. Rutherford Vindica
tor. Smallpox Record in State.
The Health 15ulletin. which ish
issued by the North Carolina
Board of Health, sives the
small-pox record in the State
from January 12, 1898, to May
1st, 1899.
There was a total of 016 ca
ses, 551 of which was colored
and 102 white. The disease
was confined to 38 counties
There was a total of 17 deaths,
9 of which were colored and 8
white.
In the number of deaths Mc
Dowell led, with a total of G,
while Mecklenburg followed
with three. The death rate
was 2.70 per cent. Among the
colored population the derith
rate was 4.92 per cent, and 1.97
Dyspepsia Cure
I Digests what you eat,
! It artificially digests the food and aids
I Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
pans, n is tne latest discovered digest
ant and tonic No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in-
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick IIeadache,Gastralgia,Cramps,and
all other results of imperfectdigestion.
Prepared by E. C DWltt A Co, Crjlcaflo.
For sale by Hood & Grantham,
Druggists, DunnN. Q.
An Old Time Beer Test
Beer is considered by all true
Bavarians as necessary as bread
and its purity and potency aro
much more thoroughly tested.
Long, long ago, the good burgh
ers of -Munich established the
custom of putting the roval
beer to an annual test, and the
ceremony is still observed by
the guild leaders of the butch
ers, bakers, tanners, smiths and
other crafts, who assemble at
the Hof-Brau, wearing stout
leather breeches. A big tank
ard of beer is emptied upon an
oaken bench, on which tho
burghers seat themselves for
twenty minutes, quaffing beer
meanwhile, as fast as thev can
pour it down, and chanting old
songs in praise of King. Gam
brinus. If at the end of the ap
pointment time they find it dif
ficult to rise (being held down,
presumably, by the beer upon
the bench, riot, of course, by
thatjwhich thejrhave swallowed)
the beer is pronounced good,
but if the adhesive qualities are
lacking it is rejected and tho
royal brewer denounced.' As
some of the drinkers can empty
five quart-mgs in tho 20 min
utes, one would suppose that
the beer would seldom bo found
aencient in aanesivo powers.
but the Teutonic he1d is strong
as well as hard, and the breech-
es do not always suck. ex
change. Don't Stop
taking Scott's Emulsion be
cause it's warm weather.
Keep taking it until you are
cured
It will heal your lungs and
cr'rve. vmj rich blood in sum
mer as in winter. It's cod
liver oil made easy.
50c and $ 1. All druultu.
There have been reported 888
corporations doing business in
the State whose taxable'proper
ty is valued at $15,343,000.
Raleigh township boniis for
$50,000 were sold Saturday at
$110.30. The bonds bear. 5
t0
per cent interest and run thirty
years. This amount is raised
for schools in that. township.
A special from Winston to
the Charlotte Oobserver of Sun
day says : Miss Mollie Law
son, daughter of a farmer nam
ed William Lawson, was killed
by lightning last evening while
going from one field to another
to help her brotlier bind oats.
When found she was lying on
her face. Her shoes were torn
fiom her feet, her hair was
badly burned, and the tin buck
et she had been carrying had a
large hole in it. The deceased
was 22 years of age.
, The best wheat crop that we
have so far heard from, is that
raised by. ex-liegister of Deed
J. F. Killiam on his farm near
Denver. He sowed li bushels
on 1- 11-12 acres and got 75
bushels over 37 bushels to
the acrel He sowed 13 bushels
and got an average of 274 bush
els to the bushel sowed. Ho
made 800. Mr. J. A. Lort
who farms the Caldwell place,
threshed hN wheat crop this
week. He made 1,900 bushels,
an average of 20 bushels to the
acre. The upland wheat aver
aged 24 bushels to the acre.
On 90 acres he; made 1,805
bushels. His last year on 125
acres was 1,102 bushels. Lin
coln Journal.
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j among the whites. .