THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, MARCH, 6 3 wnv tx periment When You Can Be Certain that the worst cough or cold yourself or any member of your family can contract will cede easily to ;t 3 WAN'S which gives immediate relief and begins to permanently CURE at once by application only? Gowan's Pneumonia Cure is invaluable in the home, where the tots at school and the wage-earners are equally vulnerable, while to the traveler exposed to all kinds of weather on the road a bottle of Gowan's in his "grip ' may mean salvation from a long and tedious illness far from home Large size $1.00; smaller size, 50c; croup size, 25c. At all DruggistsV If you have any trouble procuring Gowan's write to &c J GO WAN MEDICAL COMPANY, DURHAM, N. C. WHO IS NO. 631? 'JSSSBSSSiiLrt- we TO KEEP THE SERVANTS. Housewives cf Leavenworth In Rivalry With Army Officers' Wives. Leavenworth, Kan., March 5. Com ;r;ition for servant girls is so keen anions the wives of army officers sta tioned at Fort Leavenworth and the knsewivcs of the city of Leavenworth iln.t ali sorts of inducements are held cut l iy the local women to keep them, ihi most recent move made by ' the Leaver-.'. onh (Limes being the organi zation of a club for the girls who work in kitchens or as housemaids, to teach ther.i such things as embroidery, vocal anil instrumental music. Meetings of the club are to be held every Thursday evening in the parlors of the First Congregational church, ficm to 10 o'clock, and there are to le four ickhIs, the first for instruc tion in vocal and instrumental music ami embroidery, the second to be de vote:! to lessons in the common school itanches. the third to discussions of council tevents and literary work, and the fourth to informal conversation and parlor games by way of recrea tion. The club has been organized by Mrs. C. S. Moses, wife of the physical in structor at the Young Men's Christian Association, and several women in tci.siel in the welfare of the working ?iiis, especially those employed in kitchens and as housemaids. They se lect such girls for membership as they think will take kindly to it, and natur ally each member has selected her own hired girl as a member. .The women oiganizers are to be the instructors in the different branches to be taught. Two meetings have already been held, cM the club promises to be a perma nent one. Servant girls were scarce at Fort Leavenworth until recently, and the highest of waes were paid so high were these, in fact., that white girls l.'i-eferred working there, and house wives of the city were forced to work in their own kitchens or these were laesided over by negro women. But re cently four troops of a negro cavalry iCsimer.t were sent to the army post, ; .ml colored women who wished to ob tain employment near their husbands oi sweethearts have usurped the places of the white girls. Yet the letter are fccaice in the city, preferring to work in factories, where they can have their evenings off. The club members say that by teach-in:-,' the girls who work for them vocal nd instrumental music and embroid t:y and getting them interested in S'X'd books they can induce them to I'Mium at home nights, and that they T'jH be able to convince them that they ''ill be more eagerly sought for by young men desiring wives, and, iurthor, that the girls will feel more n a social plane with their employers. WELL WORTH TRYING. v- H. P.rown, the popular pension attorney, of Pittsfield, Vt, says: "Next to a liension, the best thing to get is iir. Kings New Life Pills." He writes: tuny keep my family in splendid health." Quick cure for Headache, u-nsiipation and Biliousness, 25c. iirant at AYoodall & Sheppard's ATE SOAP AND DIED. Rowan Convict Choses Novel Way to End His Life. Walter McHam. a negro, who was 'ntenced by Judge Councill to the -ads tor roni. years, at the February crm of Superior Court, of Rowan, died 1 his own hand Saturday evening, icriam was convicted of store-break-Z" 'f fwing to the fact that he had r'Po .leiore sorved a term on the chain liri' that his reputation was uh 'ny, hut,; leniency was shown. J'! instrument of death employed v -McHani gives added interest to the ii, ,' n! tho l'oor outcast. Thursday - secured a piece of rosin soap, such vised at the chain-gang camp's, shr ' '"'""'-d the entire cake. - In -a n while he began suffering intense ''. nd- within a few hours' lapsed '' 1 apparent llTinmrmmn.nn..!. XTtn-nt ' until his death Saturday even- fan!?Iam attf'mDtea suicide" in the j" e manner while serving a previous PC, t oa the chaingang, Salisbury Tl nv lil,Ue files we should keep, . 10 niakf. tiiv. i, , .... ...V Sinib lld-iw ana Drigm, Tm 1 Vhe niorninS. smile at noon, : Ke Rcky Mountain Tea at night. Lbirinp r n , Etrun f,.Tln,y 9,"res Eyes; Makes Weak UUi" ''"otbes Eye Pain. Doesn't Smart BIG FIRE AT PI NEVILLE. Otreets Thronged With People Who Watch the Destroying Flames, Un able to Stop Their Ravage.- The Ex tent of the Damage Done. Notes About People, ; " Special to The News. ;'; PinevilleN. C.; March 6. Last Sat urday night about eleven . o'clock, fire broke out at the drug store occupied by Mr. John Potts. When first discovered, the roof was a sheet of flames, which soon com municated to the dry goods store house cwned by Mr.W. T. Dominey. Mr. S. C. Mansoa's . large furniture and grocery store was next in the path of the destroying element and in view of the fact that we have no fire fighting facilities, we saw that it too, was doomed. The streets were thronged with men, women and children, all of whom looked helplessly on. The buildings were;of wood and fell an easy prey to the fire fiend. The large brick store house, of Morrow and Co., which has been erected since our dis astrous fire of not quite two years ago, adjoined that of S. L. Manson and a bucket brigade of men and boys was formed who kept it deluged with wa ter. The roof is tin, painted with a pretty good fire proof paint, and ol though it was heated to almost roast ing point, a squad was on its top, who kept up a constant cry, of "water, more water," which was rapidly carried from the yard of Mr. Zeb Johnston, directly across the street. ' ' The drug store building was owned by Mrs. Eliza Ardrey and had not a dol lar of insurance on it. The drugs. and furniture were owned by Dr. J J. Stewart, of Mt. Holly and Mr. John Potts, of the village, a small part of which were saved. They had insurance i to the amount of $500, and had a stock of eleven hundred dollars. The store house of Mr. W. T. Dom iny had no insurance. The goods were owned by Messrs.jMeachem and Epps, of Fort Mill, S. C., and were not in sured. Mr. Epps came up from Fort Mill last week and spoke of having it done, but neglected to do so. Miss Tol lie Funk, of our town, was their most efficient saleslady and was soon on the scene, but Mr. Guy Poore, our de pot agent, had arrived earlier and broke open the door and with ready and willing helpers, the goods were res cued, but right much damaged. Mr. S. L. Manson was insufed, but his loss, both of goods and building, we learn, will not be covered, The guard house in the rear of the burning build ings, was also consumed. Two tramps, who had sought shelter in its walls for the night, were found sound asleep by Mr. Lon Culp who simply looked in. The brick store of Morsow & Co., saved our town, or at least the busi ness portion of it. On the opposite side is the large brick building occupied by Mr. Zeb Johnston who has a fine stock of new goods. The upper story is occu pied by the family of Mr. Johnston as a residence. The blacksmith shop of Mr. Sam Boatwright, considerably: in the rear of the building caught fire several times from the sparks, but was watered out. Mr. John Nipholds' livery stable with its combustible material of feed stuff, from which the horses had been led out, just beyond the black smith shop, was constantly kept wet Our men and boys worked faithfully as was their duty, with the limited means at their command, but we must give a word of praise to our ! colored population. They worked nobly, as they, always;. do in similar circumstan ces awd "our-people greatly appreciate, their untiring faithful assitance. Mr. Zeb Johnston, phoned to Char lotte for fire companies, but the chief wired that they were coming, but they failed to appear. In this connection we wish to say that we must have a fire-fighting ap paratus. 'How dreadful it is to look on helplessly and see such fearful destruc tion to property and almost life. Hr Tate Spencer was badly burned on one. of his arms' in trying to rescue the safe" in the drug store. Again we wish to urge our people toremove the two wooden buildings on, Maw street, adioining the Johnston store, and resi dence Thev are a constant menace, aSHf'once-they catch fio .our town is Thomason. Misses" Mattie and Rosa Thomoson, - of Rock Hilh S C , are at present staying with Mr. Zeb Johnston? whose wife, Mrs, Rosa John ston a niece of Mrs Thomoson is at the Mercy hospital, Charlotte, Sr medS treatment. Mrs John ston -was the first. patient received at ' "KTlL U Davis, ot Charlotte, who J has been visiting relatives in the vil lage, returned last Saturday. Rev. J. R. McAlpine is still confined to his home with a severe attack of gripp. . ," x ' Rev. Mr. Snipes, of Central Steele Creek, preached a grand sermon last night at the Presbyterian church. Miss Ada Felts, of Charlotte, was the guest of Miss Blanche Rone last Friday. Miss Ada has gone to Harri son to visit Miss Annie Tawfield and expects to spend some time among friends in that community. A reception was tendered Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dowds last Thursday even ing at the residence of Mrs. Nannie Downs, the groom's mother. The young couple were the recipients of many beautiful and useful presents, the tokens of the high esteem in which they are held by their many friends. FREE OF CHARGE. "Not only will we sell a 50 cent bot tle of Dr. Howard's Dyspepsia specific at half price, but we will agree to re fund the money if our customer is not satisfied with the remedy," said Mr. Jordan, the popular druggist, to a News man. "In other words," he continued, "the specific is free if it does not cure." Mr. Jordan has sold hundreds of bottles on their half price introducto ry offer, and have a few left for those who are fortunate enough to call at their-store before they are all gone. It is the regular 50 cent size, containing sixty, !do,ses ,ancl,h3 the. one. remedy for constipation and dyspepsia that makes permanent cures. Dr. Howard's specific for the cure of constipation and . dyspepsia is not an ordinary powder or tablet that sim ply relieves. This remarkable dis covery makes complete and per manent cures. Mrs. Charlotte W. "Wal lace, of Manchester, N. H., writes: "A few years ago I had a very severe at tack of dyspesia. Water distressed me as much as food and I could find no relief. My druggist recommended Dr. Howard's specific very highly. This great medicine gave me relief at once and I have never had another attack of dyspepsia.." Many physicians prescribe Dr. How ard's specific, for they know it cures. N. D. Ross, M. D., East Middlebury, Vt., writes : "I prescribed Dr. Howard's specific in case of a patient who for years had been in the constant prac tice of taking some kind of cathartic daily. I saw him a few days since and he said: 'Dr. Howard's specific is a perfect God-send; my bowels are mov ing every day.' I shall certainly pre scribe Dr. Howard's specific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia when indicated." . - .. PHYSICIANS LEARN A LESSON. Newspapers of Lake Geneva Drop"Dr" and Sawbones Come to their Senses. ' ' ' Newspaperdom. Physicians and dentists in the town 6f Lake Geneva, Wis., have learned the lesson that even dignified and useful professions cannot flourish without some sort of advertising. There is, as everybody knows, a hoary rule of "eth ics" which forbids advertising by doc tors, but in Lake Geneva it was for a long time honored in the breach. The physicians and their brothers, the den tists, inserted cards in a local newspa per. About two years an "ethical" revi val took place in that burg. Smitten with a sense of grievous misconduct, the doctors stopped advertising.: The local newspapers then quit calling them "Dr." o nthe perfectly sensible theory that the professional title is it self an advertisement. If all advertis ing is against their code, free ads are as bad as paid ones. The newspaper .however, treated the doctors with fairness and courtesy. Beyond the suppression of the title there was no change in the paper's at titude toward them after they ceased to advertise. In time the townfolk dropped the "Dr." in their everyday talk and substituted "Mr." - Recently the medical men have, like sensible men, seen . the - reason to change their views. - They have dis covered that a suitable card in the newspapers is no more - undignified than an office sign. The cards are back in the papers and the doctors have ceased to be mere "misters." Prisoner from North Carolina Refuses to be Penitent. From the Atlanta Constitution. No. G31, the North Carolinian who is serving time in the federal prison and who is confined in the dungeon of that institution for refusing to be penitent in regard to his attempt to kill Officer McElroy, continues stubborn. , It was on the 13th of last November that this stone shop where the rough material prisoner made an attempt on Officer McElroy, who has full charge of the is prepared for' use in the building of the new cell block. It was only by the narrowest margin that his life was saved, and as punishment 631 was sent to the dungeon and solitary confine ment. . . , His sentence began November 13, and, while he has been told again and again by Warden Moyer that he will be taken from the dungeon and solita ry confinement and returned to his cell it he will say he is sorry for his attempt on Officer McElroy and prom ise to do better, the prisoner remains stubborn. . It is now almost four moths since he was placed in the dungeon and sol itary confinement and his case is easi ly the record of the institution. Shut out from daylight, he persists in hang ing on with a ; determination which might enlist sympathy but for the fact that he is sentencemg himself every day and has not one to thank for his present position except himself. At certain intervals through the day and night officers call upon the prisoner and ask him if he is willing to promise to do better and be taken to his cell Sometimes he refuses to answer at all, but when he does deign to speak, it is always to say "no," and he is left to his solitary confinement. It is now believed that the prisoner means to continue sullen and stubborn until the end of his sentence, which ex pires sometime next fall. This he will probably be able to do as, there is no suffering connected with his present abiding place further than being cut off from daylight and communication with the outside world. He has already made for himself a reputation of being the man with an iron nerve, but if he is attempting to play the part of a mar tyr, he is wasting his time, as the pris oners generally are disposed to look upon his actions as nothing more nor less than stubbornness. His refusal to promise to do better means practi cally that he would take the next op portunity of killing an officer the first chance he got. But he will never have this chance, as he will in all prob ability remain right where he is until the day he is turned out of the prison, or again brought up before the courts on the charge of attempting to kill Offi cer McElroy. The prisoner's physical condition continues to be all right, and as he gets nourishing food it is probable that lie will continue for many months more unless he has a change of heart Although still chained, he is able to lie down, and with plenty of warm clothes he prefers to serve his time . in this lonesome and awkward position rather than promise. tp,.b.e oodV and., again en joy all of the privileges which belong to living in the clean daylighted cells in the steel tiers above. QUEER EXPERIMENT. VOCABULARY UP TO DATE. In the spring time you renovate your house. Why not your body? Hollis ter's Rocky Mountain Tea drives Out impurities, cleanses and 'enriches the blood and purifies the entire system. 35 cents. "y ' R. H. Jordan & Co. Some Leaves for the Dictionary of the Yellow Journalist.' Atoms The place to which victims of an explosion are blown, Banquet Table Something that groans under a wealth of delicious vi ands, and from which seasonable deli cacies are served, Bride An accomplished young wo man who enters on the arm of her fath er, is a vision of loveliness, and re ceives many costly and useful presents Bridegroom An unimportant per son of the male persuasion. Carnival A celebration closing in a blaze of glory. Cold Blood Something in which murder is committed. Fire A process which causes build ings to go up in smoke or to reduce to ashes, leaving only smouldering ruins. Fugitive A person who makes good his escape. . " Herc He who rescues a drowning person just as he is sinking for the third time. Lie That which is nailed. . Life Something that is snuffed out. Murder A crime committed in cold blood ; a dastardly deed. Murderer A human monster; a fiend in human shape; a fiend incar nate. ' Only Ornament The . gift of the bridegroom. ; 'Plot A scheme which is nipped in the bud. ' Political Meeting . (our side A gathering which packs the hall from pit dome; an outpouring of the repre--sentative citizenship of the communi ty. - : Political Meeting(the other- fellows') A gathering composed of only twenty-four persons by actual count,- fully one half of whom attended merely out of curiosity. : 'V " Pool of .Blood That in which a mur dered person is found lying. Prisoner A person taken into custo dy and lodged ifl.' jail. : - - ' ; : ;- Society A portion of the communi ty which frequently is all agog" and Of ten in a flutter of excitement. - Street Car An instrument of 'tor ture in which human beings are pack ed like sardines in a' box. . :. Toastm aster A man who makes a few well chosen remarks, which often are appropriate to the occasion". .5 l Victims tof a fatal accident) Per sons who are: plunged, dashed, or hurl ed Into eternity. ; Wreck A catastrophe in which cars are reduced to junk,smashed into kind ling wood, or crushed like eggshells. .- Government Forestalls Platters. Montevideo, Uruguay, March, 5. Learning that plans for a revolution ary movement were in progress, the government has raided the opposition clubs,:" arrested the plotetrs and 'in stituted a censorship on telegraphic dispatches. The government will pre sent a statement of -its ; action to par liament tomorrow. Order is being main tained throughout the country. : Men Eat Glass Beads to Prove Won ders of Digestion. ; New York Cor. Philadelphia Press. Prof. Max Einhorn of the Post-Grad-uate Medical School and Hospital, has been feeding a number of New Yorkers on glass beads to find out how much they are behind the African osirich in the matter of - digestion. The Professor's extraordinary series of experiments ?ust now concluded show that beefsteak and potatoes, the standard diet in this city, are harder to digest' than in generally supposed. Other curiosities of digestion were- al so brought to light. ; Prof. Einhorn chose small porcelain or glass beads for his experiment. At first he tried to coat, the beads with the essence of various articles of food, but had to give that plan up. Several weeks atjo he conceived the plan of "loading" the beaas with solid food stuffs . by drawing them through the opening in the beads and tying them on with a silk thread. To test the work of the digestive fluids in the stomach only Prof. Ein horn fed the "loaded beads to his sub jects by inclosing them in gelatine capsules with a long silk thread at tached. The subject then swallowed the -encapsuled bead, which was pull ed un again after an interval of from four to ix hours. In this way the ex tent of the gastric digestion was easi ly estimated. Other . loaded beads were fed to the subjects without any thread attached. : Among the; articles inserted in the beads were catgut, raw tendon, raw and boiled beef, raw chicken skin, raw and boiled potatoes, raw potato skin, apples, fishbones, wax, paraffin starch, suet and mutton fat. :. According to Prof. Einhorn these ex periments proved, that in the avera age healthy New Yorkers both catgut and fishbones were digested in the stomach, whereas., boiled or raw beef, raw chicken skin, and raw as well as boiled potatoes did not disappear al together in the stomach. :The raw chicken skin and the raw muscle fiber disappeared futher on, but the tendon was not digested at all. It was the same way with potato skin. Mutton fat remained unchanged in . the stomach; but disappeared through chemical action later on. DON'T DOSE THE STOMACH. Cure Catarrh By Breathing Hyomei Sold Under Guarantee By R. H. Jordan & Co. Hyomei is not a cure-all; : it is a spe cific for the cure of catarrhal troubles. Breathing through the neat pocket-inhaler that comes with every outfit, the aromatic healing of Hyomei penetrates to the most remote parts of the nose throat, and lungs, healing all inflama- tion and killing the catarrhal germs wherever present. So successful has Hyomei been in the cure of catarrh, that R. H. Jordan & Co. sell it under a guarantee that it will cost you nothing unless it gives satisfaction. The complete Hyomei outfit sells for $1, and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medicine dropper and a bot tle . of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a lifertime, . and if more Hyomei is needed,' extra bottles can be obtained for 50 cents. ........ It is the most economical of all rem edies advertised for the cure of .ca tarrh, and is the only one that treats this disease without stomach' dosing, applying . the medication and healing where the disease germs are present. If not convenient to obtain Hyoroei of R. H. Jordan or some other druggist It will be forwarded from the laborato ry by mail on receipt of price, i ..Tlie It ,T. Bootli Co., Hyomei Uldg., Ithaca. N. Y. . BLACKBURN IN RACE. Congressman Now Busily Engaged Patching Up His Fences. 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