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My wife is a Southern j?irl Kcnciuus neariea, courageous and 1 O 1 resoiute, ioo. it was she, in fact. wuo raaue trie fight for my life. wnen l would bave surrendered in mere lassitude and despair. .Lnad tried Florida and Colorado in vain. When told that I must m luxuwara n,uya, i remonstrated, "'nit. it'c t. ... . "VT TKt- r P v"i "-o 11 v use. j.i will Cost a great deal and you will only have I ? . . f . - iue misery oi oaviner to burv me in a distant land. It is only a question of a few months. The doctor knows it it he would only speak his mind." "Morton, you are corner to Nu- wara Eliya, and you are going to get well!" cried the indomitable wife, cheerily. bo we packed off to San Francis, co, sailed by Pacific mail steamer for Yokohama and Hongkong, and thence by steamer again for Cal cutta and Colombo, the chief sea port of Ceylon. Thence we ascend ed by rail to the pleasant little semi English city of Kandv and two days later went up by stago-coacb, n iour hours, to jn uwara Uiiva a kind of natural sanitarium on the tableland, six thousand three hun dred feet above the sea. The heat had affected me badly at Colombo, but at Nuwara Eliya. I felt better immediately. The air is cool, but yet has no "shivers" in it, such aa I so often felt in Colorado; or Ceylon is near the equator. There was a delightful freshness in the atmosphere, and there were no bad winds. We remained at Nuwara Eliya but a ftjw days, however, for we had etters to an English family who had moved to a still higher locality, known as Porton Plains, several eaguos distant. So we went on to that place. They reckon the alti tude at Ilorton Plains at about seven thousand feet above the sea-level; t is this height, of course, which gives the climate freshness and cool ness. Pedrotallagalla, the highest peak of Ceylon, is about eighty-three hundred feet above sea-level; and the famous Adam's Peak which we passed on the railway trip from Cjlombo to Kandy, is seventy-four, hundred and twenty feet in latitude. It will thus be seen that, within 80 miles of the sea, the interior plateau of this sub-tropical island is situated at an alpine eminence. Hence it possesses many of the attributes of the more noted mountain sanitari ums of the great continents. It is not my purpose to advertise the interior.of Ceylon as a health resort, nor even to advise invalids to go there; for "climates" which agree with one person may not be auited to another. But Ceylon hap pened to agree with meI felt bet ter from the time of my arrival. Previously I had felt very listless, but at Horton Plains 1 was inclined to be astir, out-oi-aoors, an aay ong. The English settlers to whom wo had brought letters made us very comfortable. It was not merely that the food was excellent and the accommodations altogether good: they welcomed us heartily; they en tered sympathetically into all my wife's Dlan for curins me, and I r will bear testimony that 1 have a - ' found this hearsay kindness to Americans is characteristic of Eng- ish people wherever 1 have roamed. We found noble forests clothing the sides of the tableland; gran'l valleys leading down to the plains. On these wooded slopes and in the glens, game consisting of the muntiac and a redsdoer, buttalo, ions and the Ceylon bear and panther abounds. There are also many herds of elephants. Monkeys are numer ous, and partridges are as plenty as sparrows, lhe crocodiles are con fined to the muddy rivers in the owlands, and although we occa sionally heard of cobras, wo never saw one in the highlands. This is the country in which Sir Samuel Baker hunted so enthusias tically when be was a young man. Emulating Lira in a modest way, 'Cita and I went huuting a great deal. At first we walked but a little way, proceeding for no more than a mile from the house, shooting par tridges and watching monkeys. -But as I grew better and my courage rose, we made longer excursions in quest of deer. The air stimulates one to walk. By the time I had been at Ilorton Plains three months, we actually made to ten miles, away down the valleys, to points where the return trip was like climbing a high moun tain. This locality, although now over grown with forest and very wild, was once the seat of a highly devel oped civilization. Everywhere W3 stumbled on the ruins of ancient residences and tempros, substantial ly built of stone, but now mostly fallen in and overrun with vines and shrubbery. From nine hundred to fifteen hun dred years ago, when Buddhist cul lure was at its height, this salubri ous district of Ceylon was no doubt the resorts of the magnates of the land. All the running water was then carefully saved in tanks for ir rigation. The remains of these old tanks and reservoirs are to be found in every valley, ravine and hollow Sjme of them were of great ex- icni, naving dams ot masonry fifty ieei. id neigni. A. Jew still contain water, and are made use of by the bmghalesa, who will be found liviDff . . .. o iu uLiie namieib near Dy, cultivats mg rice, millet and tobacco. Hor ton Plains, however, the hamlets were very few, and we were usually in a wiiaerness. Ihere was a sufficient spice of uangcr 10 give zest to all our excurn sions, for always we must needs ketp a sharp watch for poisonous snakes, and be on the alert for a possible sudden attack from the fe rocious little Cjylon bear, or charge from some old "rofrue'' el phant which might be observing us Irons a thicket. But our most nota- ble adventure bad to do with Quite a ainerent species ot game, which A nn . we nad not reckoned in the least on seeing. On this occasion we bad descended into a glen toward the Menirin lagoon, following one of tne wen-beaten foot-paths which serve as roads throughout the wild er portions of Cdylou. At length, - i - . . . we came to a very dense, shady thicket or grove of the ffieranlic rhododendron of the country. lhe Singhalese rhododendron grows to a height of seventy feet or more, having glossy, round leaves and a stem a foot or more in diame ter. About us the trunks stood quite closely and the upper branches had interlocked, forming, with their toUage, a most inviting shade. "This grove should bo a good place or rounettes, 'Uita said, peeping upward among thelbick, dark foli- age. "it l see one, 1 shall shoot it. lhe roussetts, or flying fox a kind of enormous bat is a creature so uncanny, disgusting and destruc tive to gardens, that we never felt the least compunction in shooting it at sight. But now we saw no rous- Betts, and what occurred to me as mora odd, no monkeys, for such a grove is likely to be infested with them. Only a mongeos was espied stealing away to Ike cove- of some stones. Presently we found ourselves near an old stone edifice, half concealed by green creepers, over which sev eral of the larger rhododendron trees formed a green canopy. Apparent- y the ruin bad once been a manor bouse, but the root bad lallen and the walls were cracked and crumb insr. Tho portal on the west side gaped darkly, disclosing an old ball nearly filled with rubbish and the tangled stems of vines, but darkened from overhead by the shadows of the hick tree tops. Lintel anc door-step remained in place; indeed, the front wall rose to a height of perhaps fif- een feet, and appeared to be at least forty feet in length. The dressed stones of the arch had been sculptured with designs from Buedhist myths, many of which could still be traced. After a cursory inspection, we sat down on the old door-step, to enjoy the shade of the wall. I laid my head down and shut my eyes to rest a bit, while my wife watched her way was to make a baby of me. We bad kaned our guns against the wall at our backs. I had brought a carbine, but 'Cita ha2 a light double-barrelled gun. I fell asleep it was so delightfully cool and quiet there and may have slept lor some minutes before my wife gave my arm a slight pinch. Opening ray eyes, I saw that she was looking intently at some object, and following her gaze I espied a little wild buffalo calf that bad strayed into the grove. Soon he was near the old wall, within fifty feet of where we were sitting. He was a burly, shaggy, sturdy little beast, and although he was ap parently not more than six weeks old, his little knobby horns had als ready begun to show in the hair on bis forehead. We surmised that he had strayed from bis mother, for after coming close up to the wall, he uttered a plaintive bleat. The calf stood looking uneasily about for fome moments before I noted an ab rupt jar, or shaking of the thick tree-tops overhead. Then, with a suddenriess that was awfully start ling a huge anaconda, or python, dropped its Xlds out of lhe dense rhododendron foliage! It came down like a plummet. Its whole length seemed to shoot downward, but it hung suspended by its tail to the branches above. The frightened calf started aside with a bound; but quick a was the movement, it was not quicker than that of the python. Its bead darted forward, horizontally, striking the calf with such force that the little creature was upset and rolled over cn the ground. For a moment it sprawled amidst the dead twigs then j-imped to its feet. But meanwhile the python had had time to swing again. Ben fore tbe calf could run away, the serpent, loosing its hold up in the iree, projected its shining body through the air, in what looked to be a huge spiral. It fell heavily upon its victim, and in a moment bad him in its folds. The luckless little animal ha V hard ly time and breath to emit one scared, despairing bieat, before tbe great serpent had suffiocated it. 'Cita meantime had jumped to her feet with a cry of terror. Woman like, instead of seizing her gun, she clutched me by the arm. I seized my own gun and was on the point of shoot'ng, when I reflected that, as it was too late to fuccor the poor calf, we might as well, see what would follow. I said this in a whis per. Accordingly we drew back into , tbe archway of the old door and stood still, peeping around the jamb of stonework. - For five minutes cr more, I should CHARLOTTE, N.C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1896. iniak, the python continued to en fold the cart' until it was entirely lifeless. Then, slowly casting off first one and then another of its coils it opened its wide jawa as if to take toe can s neaa inio us mouth. As these preliminaries to swallow were going on, webeard a rumbling sound on tbe outskirts of the wood and saw a buffalo cow trotting for ward and bellowing loudly. Pro bably she was the calPa dam. Two other buffaloes followed her, somes what shyly, as if for company's sake but she moved boldly, looking to right and lett, and lowing. Discerning tbe serpent on a sud- den, she stopped short with staring eyes, then bawled as from fury' -or sudden griet, and charged with low ered head. Tbe python, thus as sailed, drew back from the calf and reared its head. With a vicious hiss that penetrat ed the entire wood, it struck the cow mach as it had struck the calf at first, using its hard head as a pugilist uses bis fist, and knocked her backward nearly off her legs. .Bellowing madly, tbe cow charg ed again. Tbe python's bead shot over her back, but wif,n her horns she succeeded in throwing the rep tile a distance of ten or twelve feet. At that tbe python -made suddenly for the stem of a large tree, ud which it went with marve'oua speed to a height of about twenty five feet, when it again shot down as we had seen it do at first, and again struck the cow with its bead, liag- ng and frothing tbe buffalo charged again, and by this time the other two buffaloes had come near, pawn ng the ground and adding their deep bellowing to the clamor. We, though rapt spectators of this singular combat, had, of course, been keeping well to cover of the archway. But now eeverul bits of old mortar and stone rattled sud denly down about our ears, and glancing upward, we saw the head of another python thrust out over the top of tne wall above the arch. ts tongue played out like a jet of blood. At sight of this second python. Cita screamed outright ; and we both ran into tbe grove as fast as we could, feeling a horrid appreben sion that the reptile would launch ts folds upon us. VVe ran t a dis lance of thirty or forty yards, and then turned, guns in hand. lhe glistening head of the second python could still be seen on the archway. Its attention seemed di rected to the buffaloes and to tbe fight which the first pythou war carrying on with them. It thrust ts head forward, first this way then that, playing its tongue and hissing. aying the barrel ot my carbine alongside a tree, I fired and shot this serpent through its head. It drew back and fell down inside tbe old ruin, and at the report of my gun the three buffaloes scam pered off. The first python appear ed to have drawn himself uo into he tree-tops out of sight. By this time the odor of the ser pents was quite overpi wering, and lelding to Cita's entreaties that I hould not exert myself for fear of hemorrhage for I had not yet grown very strong we went away. Next day I came back with a small party of English settlers and natives, and found the serpent which I had shot dead inside tbe wall of the old house; but no trace could be found of the other one. We measured tho dead reptile, nd found it to be (Twenty-nine feet and six inches long. We did not ake its circumference, but I should have said that tbe one whch killed the calf was as large around as a section of eight-inch stovepipe. Morton L. Whitman. GWINE BACK TO DIXIE. Six Happy Negroes Return from Liberia They Are Sufficiently Amused. New York. Sept. 27. Among the passengers whom tbe steamship Waesland, from .Liverpool, landed here to-day were six colored people overjoyed at finding themselves again in the United States. They were Taylor Smith, ot forest City, his wife and two children and two riends, and they all had a sad story to tell ot tbe want, misery and hunger suffered by the bouth rn negro colonists who sailed from Savannah on the Laurada last March to try their fortunes in the black republic of Liberia. From tbe day thev landed at Monrovia, Smith said, until their departure, bey were unable to get an hour s work ef any kind. Twenty. five acres of ground were given them by tbe Liberian government, but there were no houses to shelter them or their families Soon after their arrival tbe rainy season be gan, and with it came a dea'.hly malarial fever, called by the natives 'John Bull fever," which carried away 40 of tbe newcomers, among whom was one of Smith's children. The disease was still doing its dead ly work when he left for the United States. Smith staled that nearly one half of the 202 persons taken to Monrovia on tbe Honsa, which left Savannah sometime before the Laurada, weretiead and buried long ago. Luckily for him to return home. When he left, old friends, half naked and crippled by dis ease, hobbled out into the purf to bid him what all felt would be a last farewell. President Cbeeseman, of Liberia and the missionaries did all tbey could for the unfortunates, but the returned colonists said, like everybody else, they had very little money, no food and no work for them. " - , O-a-OTOHJLA.. a . I THE GIRLS ARE OS THE WAT. Of a Stronger, More Forceful Literature; So Some Authors' Insist. In the October Ladieg Home Jour nal Edward W. Bok editorially dis cusses the plaint ot certain authors It A ' 1 A . 1 - iuab jruuug gin d eiana in our way oi naving a strong, lorcetul Iitera lure. They argue that these offend mg young girls constitute tbe ma jority of book buyers and readers, mas tney insist upon having smooth, pretty and conventional reading matter." Mr. Bok is evU dently disposed to'treat this protest in a race nous spirit, pointing out to the writers bow they can pursue iittraiure iu accora who ineir own desirer and aims, without disturbing me young girls or publiahers either. "It is very strange," Mr. Bok wcii-sayo, --bunt certain or our au i ii.i . . f thors should so constantly complain oi being circumscribed in this mat ter of writing about 'the great truths or lile and 'tte problems of human kind.' There is no reason why they snouio ieei so. lhe world is larcre. i n rw . . . w - " and all ways are open to those who wish to travel them. If authors want to go into the darkest and vil est sewers of human life why should tney notr Jivery man is his own master. And alter any author with euch a 'mission' has thoroughly satu rateu bimseli with tbe atmosphere of the places he has sought, then let him write of them. He will not of fend any one. No one will disturb him least of all, the publishers. Certainly the young girl will not. Refined and well bred women will not annoy him. Dtcont men will not obtrude themselves upon him ; they are busy with weightier affairs. So why should not the author anxious to solve the prob- ems of life go ahead and solve them There is no reason on earth why he should feel any sort of thraldom. lis facts are to be had for tbe ex perience; ink and paper for a few cents. Beyond that he need feel no anxiety. He need not worry about tyrany: there will, be none. He need only satisfy himself: no one Iso. Not a human being will ob struct bis going. And if, here and here, a stray speciman of tbe dread ed 'young girl' happens across his path he need give himself no uneasi ness o: mind, bhe will get out of his way. So, why this complain" ng-r -;- "WHERE MEN FAIL AS LOVERS. All flood in Deeds, but Most Fail in the Handling of Words. "It is a question with me," writes ilian Belle in October Jjadies Home Journal, "whether a woman ever knows all the joys of love making who has one ot those dum, silent husbands who doubtless adores her bat is able to express it only in deeds. It requires an bet ot the will to remember that his getting own town at seven o'clock every morning is all done lor you, when e hasn t been able to tell you in words that he loves you. It is hard to get a letter telling about the weather and how busy he is, when tbe same amount of space laying that he got to thinking about you yesterday, when be saw a girl on he street who looked like you, only be didn t carry herself so well as ou do, and that he loves you good by would have fairly made your eart turn over with joy, and made you kiss the hurried lines and thrust he letter m your belt, whero you could crackle it now and then juot to make sore it was there. Near- y all nice men make good lovers in eed. A great many fail at some mportant crisis in .the handling of words: "But the last test of all, and, to my mind, the greatest is in the use of words as a balm. Few people, be tbt-y men or women, be they only friends, loversior married, can help occasionally happening even when people are good tempered. And for a quiclc or evil tempered ones there is but one the handsome honest apology: The most perfect lover is the one who best when to under elands gize." how and apolo- KYDER MUST HANG. The Murder of Miss Sallie Emma Owen Convicted. Macon, 6a., Sept. 26. Dr. W. L. Ryder, who asasssinated Miss Sallie Emma Owen in Talbotton, Ga., on tbe night of April 5, was convicted to-day of tbe crime and sentenced to be hanged January 15, 1897. Dr. Ryder was madly in love with Miss Owen, who did not reciprocate his affection. E iraged by a disap pointment and madly jealous of her other f uitors, be armed himself with a pbotgun, crept op to the parlor, where she was conversing with .a friend, discharged one barrel of his gun, the load tearing off the side of her face, death resulting instantly. The murderer then shot at her vis itor, inflicting a slight wound. "AU Full Inside." "Can't speak for tbe other pas sengers, driver, but that last dump fing filled me up." Yes, and 'twill 'lay you oat," if it was a doughy as some of them are, and then you'll need Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to relieve your pain and gently re move from the stomach, and bow els, all irritating matter- No dras tic purges these, but gently cathar tic, more laxative than cathartic, yet though mild, doing thorough work," and easy to take, aepecific ir distace of the stomache, liver and bowels. In vials to preserve their virtues. Of all medicine dealers. THE HOUSEHOLD. o ' Scotch broth is greatly improved by the addition of & dessert spoon ful of sugar. To remove warts, wet them thor oughly with oil of cinnamon three ume a day until they disappear. au exceueni substitute for mat ting is floor fibre. It is clean, noise tess and not expensive. Do not serve potatoes at table in a covered dish. The will re-absorb their own moisture and become sod den. One of the best ways to mend a rum, id a oiiK gowu id to gum piece ot lhe same material ou tbe wrong side. If a te'atpoonfal of vinegar is add Cd to tbe water in which tnnyh meats or fowls are boiled it will tend to make them tender. iiuuuwurn ana noors are now r 1 i 1 r stained with a color called forest green. It harmonizes with draper ies and coverings of almost anv coior. - . According to a wholesale furni ture dealer the best furniture polish is maoe oi one-third alcohol and " 1 A ... twothirds sweet oil. Apply it with a soft cloth and rub it with another cloth. bow on buttons over a darning needle, and when done pull it out. ana tne buttons will be found to be much looser than those sewed in the ordinary way, and they will not pun on so easily. In making custards or puddings for which it is necessary to boil the mug, me sait should not be added llll I.-j. .t . am . nil me last ining, as-- tne milk is more apt to curdle if the salt is put n wnen tne mug is hrst placed over the hre. Graham gems or rolli are among me moai reiisbable ot breakfast dishes when properly made. The secret of snccess in baking any ibing made of graham flour is to have the oven as hot as possible without burning. To cure redness of the hands heat one ounce of clear honey, one ounce of almond oil, the juice of a lemon and the yolk of a raw egg. Apply at night to tbe hands and cover with oli gloves slit across the palms. Fr better than soap for the bath, more cleansing and refreshing to the kin, is tbe use of a muslin bag filled with the following ingredients: Two quarts of bran, one ounce of orris root, one ounce of almond meal, and one small cake of castile soap shaved in srips. Apple Charlotte. Rab the bot tom and sides of tbe pudding dish well with butter, slice stale bread thin and line the dish with it. Peel tart apples, cut in email pieces enough to nearly fill the pan, scat tering bits of butter and sugar well through it. Soak slices of bread enough to CQver the apples, put a plate over to keep the bread close to tbe apples. Bake in a quick oven. Womankind. Biscuit Cheese. Slice into ve-y thin pieces about a quarter of a pound of fresh cheese. Let this stand on the stove for a very few minutes, after adding butter about the size of half an egg, and a little salt. Then sprinkle cracker dust until tbe desired consistency is reached. Dutch Cake One pint of bread sponge, one cup of sugar, one half cup of butter, three-quarters of a cup of a weet milk,, and one cup of raisins. Splendid, and economical, too. It can be eaten as cake or bread either. Christian Advocate. Baked Chickens. -Uulexs tbe chicken to be baked is very tender put it in a kettle of boiling, salted water and let it boil about an hour before baking; then remove it from the pot and treat it as you would a young chicken. Stuff it with a dressing made as follows: Chop a loaf of stale bread from which tbe crust has been removed, moisten it with hot water or some of the broth in which thecbicken was boiled, sea eon it-with salt, pepper and sage, and teaspoonful of butter and one or two well beaten eggs. If liked, a little chopped onion may be addeJ or chopped oysters. When the chicken is well stuffed sew op ttn incision, tie the wings dc wo, placing a thin slice of salt pork under each one, also between each leg and the body, then tie tbe legs together and place the chicken in a dripping pan. Pour hot water around it, or, if it was boiled, add tbe remaining broth and bake it until very tender, bast ing it often. For those who like celery flavor in their dressing here is a nice recipe: Boil two or three beads of celery until soft, mash them and add them to an equal amount of bread crumbs, beason to taste with butler,' pepper and salt, if this does not make enough to stuff the fowl add more bread crumbs. . 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And most of as probably find more in this life to bring the frown than the smile. Bat never- meiess, it ts a pity ibat we do not laugh more; that we do not briog oar seives to tne laugh, it need be. ror we all agree that a good laugn is tne but medicine in the.world. Physicians have said that no other feeling works so much to tbe entire human body as that of merriment. As a digestive, it i uoexoened; aa a means of expanding at 1 . . . toe tungs, mere is nothing better. it keeps tbe heart and face vouo? It is the bfcst of all tonics to the epir us. it is, too. ine most em ovable of an sensations. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us,and pats us ir.- to closer touch with what lsbest and brightest in our lot in life. It is to be regretted, then, that such a po tent agency for our personal good is not more often used, It costs noth ing all oar medicines are more or less expensive. 'Why said an old doctor not long ago, 'if people fa lit reauseawnat.it meant to them. selves to laugh, and laughed as they should, niney per centfof the do- tors would have to go out of the business.' Probably when we est a little less busy we shall laugh more ror. alter all the difference between gioom and laughter is but a step, and if more of us simply took a step ma aside oitener than we do, and rested more, we would .laugh more. By autfhmg 1 do not mean tbe silly giggle indulged in by some women and so many girls. There is no out ward mark which demonstrates the woman cf shallow mind so unmis takably as that ofgigling. .There is no sense in the giggle; no benefit to oe derived irom it. it makes a fool of the person herself, and ren ders evary one about her uncom fortable. But just as the giggle is the outcome oi a small mind, the 1 . t tm . tm oeany laugo is tne reflection ot a healthfull nature. What we want is more good laughers in the world not more giglerp." GIRLS' EVENING DKESSES. Prettiest Colors and Moat Desirable Mate. rials for Misses' Gowns. The materials in vogue for young girls' gowns for evening par ties are sine pie but dainty." said Is abella A. Mallon in October Ladies lome Journal. 'LlghUweight silks, cbiojn over silk, organdy or dotted muslin developed in the same way with decorations of youth fuUlooking laces and many ribbons make particularly pretty gowns for eveuing wear. Tne young girls bodice is made either quite high and finished with a soft laill about her neck or else it is cut oat in what is known as the 'Dutch quire. Long sleevos or elbow puffs are proper with tbe 'Dutch equate,' and many picturesque f. tectsare obtained by this combina tion. JNo matter how rounded an arm may be, nor how pretty tbe and, evening gloves should be worn with the party dress. The an is not an absolute necessity to the evening toilette, but it is al ways a prett? and graceful addi tion. "China silk, light-weight corded silk, chiffon, organdy and muslin are the materials dedicated to tbe young girl. When any one of these made up for evening wear the ining should be of a light-weight, but not a corded, silk, or inexpen sive satin, rale blue, turquoise blue, rose and salmon pink, pale sil ver gray, and, best of all, white, or the colors in vogae for the young girl. No matter how charming tbe elietrope shade may - seem it hould not be chosen for a young girls, and no matter how glowing and attractive a bright red fabrick is, it is inartistic as a party dress, and should on no accouut be chosen. n this connection it may be said that the prettiest of all party dress es for a young girl is tbe ono made of white material." An Awful Fanny gtory was related by Smvthe at tbe club the other night. When tbe laugh ter subsided some oue said: -'Smyn the, I never saw a man change as you have during the past year. A few months ago, you were tbe most taciturn man imraaginable; now you are the life of tbe party. How is n7 1 "My dear fellow, replied Smy the. "a year ago, I was a sick man. 1 was suffering from liver and stomach derangements. I was morbid and melancholy, and my friends, tbe doctor included, thought I was into consumption. One day some one advised me to take Dr Piece's' Golden Medical Discovery. I did bo, and I am a new man. It has actually renewed my youth, and I enjoy life as I bate not in years." Dr. R. V. Pierce: Sir Allow me to offer my thanks to you for my good health since using your -GoI den Medical Discovery." I was but tbe shadow of a person, so thin and haggard, without one momenta ease; bad snfferd for y errs with my stomach and liver, and this "pring had a very severe attact of La Grippe. I then commenced csing the "Discovery" and my recovery is wonderful. I am forty-five years old. and feel as well and strong as I did wbea s'xteen years old; ray sieep is as sound as an infant's I re nam. " - - Yours thankfully. R. A Gilrs, VOLUME XL1V NUMBEK 2263 a av jm - Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar bakinir nnwdrr nuh. 1 1!1.0'. 11 ln livening strength. Latt at United States Government Focd Rt-poit nutAb CAKING rOWDEB. UOMI'ANY. New Y,.rk. Trustee's Sale of Land. By virtue of a Dower r.f a! vtnt.lnl in a deed of trust executed bv J R Rwn. and wife, to me, dated Hept. 23th, 1895. acd registered in the offic of the register of deeda of Mecklenburg county, in book 106, page 180. 1 will sell at Dublic auctlun at tbe court house door, in the eltv of JJSVh 5?. h!gbrw bKMdekfir casb' Rgi KM deed of Irust, and described as follows: Be ginning cn South Mint stre. t at corner of lot No 3. and runs with the line of said lot parallel with Second street 89 feet, thence parallel with said Mint street 4; feet, to the corner of lot No. 5, thence with tbe line of said lot narallel whh Second stre t 99 feet back to ail.l Mint street 43 9 feet to the beginning, the same being lot No. 4 and a Dart of the eatata conveyed by deed from T. G. Allison and BAmu.l raylor to W. E McKamey, In 1857. and recorded in the register of dmU office la book 4. paee 2?3. Thla 17th dw of September, 1890 BREVARD NIXON, Trustee. Mortgage Sale. Bv virtne of a nnw v.aA In m. ti . deed of trust ex cuted hy J. P. Beatty and wife on the 11th dav of April. 1890. and registered in book 73. page 9, in the of. lice of register of deeds for Mtckleoburc county, and io book 12, pace 53. in the of fice of the register of deeds for Gaston county, I will sell at the court bouse door in the citv or Chariot e, N. C., on Hatar day the 12th day of October,is98.a tract ot land in Mecklenbure countv. to-wit: Ba. ginning at a stone on the eat side of the Tockasege ford road on 8. W. Be&tty's 1 ne, runs with said road N 49 1-2 E. 10 poles to alone in the road, thence 8. 21 E. 24 poles to a stone, thence 8- 49 1-2 W. 16 poles to stone on 8 W Beatty's line, thence wiih his line N. 21 W. 24 po'es to the'beginniDg, containirg two and a fourth acres. Also one other tract of land, lying io Gaston county, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stake on the banks of tbe Catawba river at the corner of tbe Whiten btowe tract known aa the old Wills corner, runs 8.88 1-2 W. 238 poles to a stake and pointers oo Beatty'a line, thence 8. 26 W. 23 12 poles to a stake, thence N 83 E. 240 poles to a stake on the bank of said river, thence with said river 19 1-5 poles to h beginning, containing 81 3-5 acres. Terms cash. This the Slst day of August, ' W. C. MAXWELL. Trustee. 5w. EXECUTION 8 ALE By virtue of executions ireued to me bv the Superior Court of Mecklenburg coun ty, North Carolina, in the cases entitled Aiken & Co., against Leroy Davidson, Z. S Yandle. asiignee. azainst Lerov David son, B. F. Mitchell & Son against Leroy uaviuson, j. ji. uanu against leroy Da vidson, and i. H Levin & Son against Le roy Davidson, and of the levy which I have mide under said execations. I will. on Monday, the 5th day of October, 1898, at 12 o'clock, m at tbe county court house d or in Charlotte, sell to the h'ghest bid der, for cash, to satisfy said executions, an me rigm. title, tntenst and estate which the defendant, Lvroy Davidson, has in that house and lot of land lying in the city of Charlotte, said county and Htate, ir tnuagiweniy-nve (io) leet oa Jsi Trade streets extending buck seventy-five (75) feet and common ly called the " Traders National Bank building " This 2nd day of September. 1899 Z. T. SMITH. Sheriff tf Mf cklenburg County. septS lw EXECUTION SALE. By virtue of so Execution directed to me by the clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg Coocty, Nirlh Carolina io ctuae entitled W. D Gills v. Dr J. J. Rone I will sell on Monday, the 5th dar of October 1896, at 12 o'clock m-, to tbe highest bidder for cash, ail the following property to-wit : All the right, title, in terest ana estate or Dr. J.J. lione in that lot of land in Pineviile TownshiD. Meck lenburg County, North Carolina, adjoin ing ine lanas oi Airs- Abrroatny, W. E. xounts and others, and rounded on tbe South by a line running from Mrs. - Abernathv's c mer Io an Easterly direc tion to the Younts line near a cedar; thence N. with said line to W. E Yount lot; thence with Mrs. Russell" lot; thence . Wist to Culp Street; thence with said street to the beginning containing about 6 acre; known as Tbe Home Place" of Dr. J j. -ltope. Also one piano. Thij Aug, 27 1696, Z T. SMITH Sheriff. Aug 27 1896. 6w. IIOHTOAGE SALE By virtue of a power vested la me bv a deed of fruit executed by J J. Rone and wife, M. L. Rone, on tbe 25th day of May 1891, 1 will sell at public auction, at the Court Bouse door in tbe City of Charlotte, N. C on Saturday the 3rd day of October 1896, all the property conveyed by said deed, wh'cb is registered in Book 73 page 847 in tbe office of tbe Kegtster of Deed fur Mecklenburg County, described as fol lows, to-wit: BegginLiog at a Stone, Sol- ' cmon Harris' line in tbe town of Pineviile. runs with bis lie 8. 15 E. 26 poles and IS links to a Black Jack ner tbe Scnool House, thence wi'h Mn. Houston's line N 62 1-2 E. 43 poles to a stone, Mrs. Campbell's corner, thence with b-r line 77 1-2 W. 80 poles and 10 links to the be ginning, containing two and a half acrts. Also one other truck of land in Pioeville Township, ootnioiog 17 acre and known as the4 Mescbsm Place," particularly de sert ed in a deed from II K Keid and wife to T B Meacbam, regUtered in Book 86 page 844 in tbe office of tbe liegUter of Deeda for aaid county. Also a blf in terest in another lot in Pineviile, adjoin ing I be property of J. W. Morrow and others, particularly described in a deed from S. Younts and others to T. B. Meacbam, registered in Book 18 pige 318 -l" said office. - T rms Ctsb. This tie 23th day of Aug. O. W.C.Maxe.l, Trustee.