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A LEFOELIATOr.Y
For Rerlh I'arnllna Kradnl-Aran
TOTS HAD A GOOD TIME.
CUBAN AFFAIRS BRIGHTER
A OAB1BRUSITB
A NEW BAY STEAMER
The '77
Tha first
makes ordinary I muslin
look far worse than ' new.
The first wash makes LILE
DOUN MUSLIN look for better
than new.
It washes the starch, china
clay and mucilage out of ordi
nary muslin, leaving it thin,
and loosely woven.
The only changes It makes In
LILEDOUN is to wash oat the
name which is lightly stamped
on every yard, ana to help
bleach the goods.
UlLEPOUN
MUSLIN
Is not blenched at the factory, be.
eauss fketory blsaohlng- weakens
muslin tanorflftMQ peroent. lus
all ootlon, thoroughly cleaned and
carded, bard twisted, oloaely woven,
bruabsd and calendered to a soft,
smooth and downy nnisn. ask
onr aealer for LILEDOUN MUW-
cot keep It we will send It direct
LIN and take no other, imeaoes
from tha aallls. mrrlaaa Bald. In
bolt of 60 yards or more. A Mle
doun button bK free on request.
HOOHB COTTO-t MTIX8,
Taylorsvftlle, Bt. C.
I mih II
Ttoa Eafertalnmeot Thursday Night.
Regardless of the mud aid
rainy weather, a medium sized
audience was on hand Thnis
iej night to witness the enter
tainment in Ca ton's hall.
Recitations, tableaux and
solos filled the evening's pro
pram. ' It was good, too. Mr.
C T Colyer, of Asheville,
who Is spending some months
here, treated the audience to
some violin solos. His touch
is exellant and his tones are
harmonious. His accompani
ment was played by Prof.Kees
ler on the piano. One of the
bst tableaux of the evening
v as "the new woman," v here
the men diligently washed the
clothes and tended to the
kid" while the ladies of the
home "enjoyed themselves"
iii worldly sport. The troubles
t f married life wero excellently
rendered by Mr. Keesler and
iflssStoner in responsive
twigs first they were lamenting
" of the day of their combining
then all was love to end with.
It was splendid and the pro
gram was of good length.
Nearly $20.00 was mad?
from the entertainment which
goes towards an improvement
la the First Presbyterian
. church .
ppeaeHeltls Caused dy nittlna- rrass
Lacteal -
Another eminent physician bas
come to tbe front. Ho nays that ap
pendicitis the dreaded dieae that
so often occurs now, is produced by
' the habit men have of sitting croKK
lsgged. Tbisjde says restricts tbe
action of the digestive apparatus,
.od especially the lower intestine,
causing stagnation and tbe stretch
of the opening of the appendix. As
proof be cities tbe fact that women
seldom bare the disease. Moaroe
Journal.
Tbal llnlarky 13.
The number 13 seema awfollv
unlucky for Senator Qmy. H
lacks that number of votes to keep
in the United States Sonate and
he can't make it till he gots rid of
that 13.
More ( bnng.'S At the Ucpoi.
0-ie oan hardly realize where tbe
old waiting rooms stood now since
the sldo-track has beon rot in on
that side. Tbe station is torn away
entirely. The railroad bridge is be
in ; lengthened somewhat in order
to g're ample room for cars cn tbe
new dide-track. A large part of the
bank on the west side cf the tr ek
bas been torn away also.
At Warn u sssiher Long- rase.
fhe court commenced Wednes
day afternoon on the case of E l
O L'pe, executor of Wra, W Bost,
vs. Alice Bost, executrix of L C
Bost. This is a case of cmaid
erable length.
Attorneys Caldwell and Means
are employed by Mr. Lipe while
Miss Bout (now Mrs. Parher) has
obtained Attorneys . Montgomery
and Poryear. Before adjourning
for dinner Mr. Caldwell closed
his speech, which was tbe first of
tbe pleading.
This case bas been on the civil
docket for one year.
IHE BEST PKESCKIPTION FOR
CHILLS
and forcr is bottle of Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic. .Never fnils to onre;
Then why experiment with worthless
imitation r Prioe 60 oenU Your
jy.w7 if i r W9- s
mens 1st Its Favor By a Iady Wrller
staael at a Iieoilos; of '"
acrrnder llaok Inb.
The following original paper
was recently read by a member of
tbe Jnlia Magruder Book Clnb,
the subject for the meeting being
"Living Questions:"
"Among the living questions of
tbe day 1 think there is scarcely
one of more vital importance thn
this. Perhaps not, apparently,
one immediately interesting to a
womau's book club, but certainly
interesting to women in general.
It is a question which has, or
will, come before our State Legis
lature now in session, and I for
one earnestly hope that a bill
may be parsed requiring nnd pro
viding for the establishment of
one at the earliest possible time.
We are all eagerly interested in
the improvement and extension of
onr educational system, and moat
jui-tly so, for education is the foe
of ignoranoe which is bo product
ive of lawlessness and vice. But
our schools do not fnrnish all we
need for the prevention of crime.
And our jails and penitentiaries,
howeyer indispensable they may
be as a puniuhing agency, do not,
I think, furnish the only, nor in
many cases the bett, mode of cor
rection. In the case of old and
hardeced criminals there m.iy be
no other or better tiffins of pun
ishment as a mcasuro cf preven
tion. But would not ' a reforma
tory, wisely planned and ju
diciously managed, greatly lessen
tbe number ot old and hardened
criminals. I am no sentimental
ist iu regard to criminitls. "As
ye sow bo Bhall ye reap," is a law
not only inevitable but just and
good. I bolieve it is riylt that
punibbuient f-IiouM follow wrong
doing. But even as tLe Divine
Ruler temporfa justice with mercy,
and oCers to his erring ehildrou
renewed opportunities of repent-
auoe and reformation before the
last stern, irrevocaole fiat of con
demnation is pronounced, even to
I believe the sovereign State
should deal with trespasser
against her just and beneficent
laws. In how many, many cases
is the offender, young, thoughtless
and misguided, rather than de
liberately wicked ? It is rieht
and just thut some penalty shall
be niotcd out even in the lonst
aggravated of those cases. But
should not the 6tate seek to re
claim rather than to severely pun
ish these comparatively innocent
offenders ? Should she not make
a strong effort to win them back
to good citizenship and upright
lives? But is there any rational
hope of doin; this under our
present sytteiu? Tbe common
juil, the convict's camp, tho peni
tentiary, all filled with criminal.-
more or less debased and hope
lessly hardened ready to lead
them on in tbe paths of wicked
ness, to encourage by word and
example in the downward path
these furnish a weak agency in
deed tor the correction and im
provement of a poor, thon?htles,
it may be, naturally, weak boy,
who in a moment of temptation,
perhaps even of sore provocation,
committed a rash act, to recail
which ho would fcivo ell in his
power to give. But sentenced to
daily association with men wor e
tlian biuisi'li and subject to tlo
hard, tyrnunioai discipline of oar
county and State prisons, with
little or no influence for good, it
is little wonder tint he comes out
nt the expiration of his term far
worse in heart and feeling than
when he went in. And feeling
himself braridi'd with the indeh
blo stain of dihgrucn be more
readily fall into evil aeeocintions
and reckless halite. Surely there
must be sone means by which
these terrib! t) resnl-s mty, in some
cases at least, bo prevented. And
if there he one, tho law-makers of
the State are responsible before
God for their neglect or misuse of
it.
"My object in writing on this
subject is to try to arouse atten
tion to and interest in it, and to
sucrgest thtt we as individuals,
or as a club, may endeavor by
some effort to assist in this Rood
work. We might appeal to our
own representatives in behalf of
it, and doubtless there are other
members of the Legislature on
whom we mitfht call to give voice,
influence and vote to secure tor
North (f.trolinn an institution so
greatly to be depired,"
Sergeant Hope Barrier Beys Ha Es-
Jered Ibe Trip.
aorgeaut Hope Uarrier, in a
letter to his mother immediately
after their return from their
march last week, writes that he
enjoyed the trip yery mnoh save
a little tire like that of marching
for ten miles in a path bo narrow
that they had to go single file
The grass was higher than their
beads in places. H writes thtt
they visited four rr five towns
wbose.namcs he could not rcmem
bor aud could not spell them if he
did remember them.
Some of the scenery was very
attractive, lor instanoe a river
runs through a town and then
dips into the-earth and is invisible
for six miles where it bobs up
again. They t amped two nights
at San Antonio de las Banos.
Now any old veteran can imagine
them sitting round in groups re
hearsing their experiences and re
calling points of interest.
Saved by a In be la 11 la Brain.
By a surgical operation unique
in American medical science
Joseph Sepie, a butoher, has been
rolieved, at Mercy Hospital, of an
inpanity-prodnoing tumor on his
brain just over the right eye. 8epie
has hertofure "seen double," suffered
from awful bradaches and at
tempted suicide. By trephining
bis skull and incertino; a tube that
drained off tbe tomnr the drclors
hsvo cured bim. Chicago Die
pa'ch.
Nomlutulor for Dtroetora.
We see that the Democratic cau
cus nominated as directors for tbe
penientiary, ae follow: J H Wed
dington, of the 1 lib judicial dies
triot; W H Osborne, of the 6th; Dr.
M A Morphew, of the 10:b; James
F Lee, of tho 7;h; E L Travip, of tbe
2od; J W Perry, of 4th, r,nd A B
Young of the l).b.
rtiey Qnnrferpcl m ic court ;ftc n.
Jtather unnsnal vns ibe can of
i.r8(la 7 nliernoofj, hcn the
jury on the c ise of Mr. Ed Lipe
vs. Mrs. Alice Bost Parlior, after
hearing tbe pleadings oi the at
torneys, and before receiving
their charge from Judge Shaw,
asked that they be allowed to stay
together during the night. Their
request was granted, and Judge
Shaw ordered that their meals be
furnished them. They stayed in
the court room Thursday night.
Not yet having been charged
by the judge as to the different
points o! law, nothing was before
them for the niaht. Disousnions
of different kinds, mostly relig
ion, interspersed with some side
splitting jokec, were beld.
The charge was given them as
soon as conrt opened next morn
ing. tbe ciso having been piven
them about 11 o'clock today (Fri
da- ., . .,
Llp-Zlot Case. Ended.
At the afternoon, session of
court today (Friday) the jury re
turned to the couit room with
their verdict in regard to the case
o? Mr. Ed G Lipo, executor of
Wm. W Bost vs. Alice Bost, ex-
eontrix of L O Bost. The follow
ing is their answers:
Is tbe plaintiff the owner and
entitled to the possession of any
of the articles of personal prop
erty specified in the complaint?
Answer: "No."
Dd L O Bost wrongfully and
fraudulently cotvert lo ber own obp
the $000 or any part thereof belong-.
log to the estate or w w rsost, as
allt'grd in tbe coirplaint ? If in,
wbatrnm? Answer: "Y'S of $470."
.V ba', damped, if any, bas tbe
plaintiff sustained ? Answer: "470 "
Is tbi plaintiff's cunss of aotioo
birred by tVe ftn'uU-s of limitations?
Answer : ''Yep."
vwelllns; House Borned,
The largest fire Binco the old jsil
burning that Alht marie hes bad
within her borders was tbe bnrrlng
of Mr. J 8 A'.Line' two-story rei-
dense, Oil Hecaud stifet, ait Friday
nmraing aUor.t 1:30 ..'cl; k. Wi'iiia
lufcs tba r hour after the first
a.ar.n, despite ga::ant wors trom
the bucket brigade, the bouse was
a m88 of ruins. The origin of the
fire ia not known Mr. Atkins lost
everything save piano and furnish
ings in the parlor and silting room.
His loss is fully covered by insur
anos. Stanly Enterpriao.
Horrible agony is caused by Piles,
Burns and Skin Diseases. These are
immediately rolieved and qniokly enred
by Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salyo. Be
ware of worthless imibi tlons. J, P.
Gibson.
Oonghint; injures and biflitmos sore
lnnga. One Minnto Coogh Cure loosens
tbe cold, allays coughing and heals
quickly. Tbe best ooufib core foroWl-dren.-'-J.
T QibsoBr
Uea. Gomes Arceple tbe (3,000,000
aud Co-operafea With Gen. Brooke
The Cnban Army lo Bo Disbanded.
Like a burst of euasbins in
olondy day comes tbe news that the
Cuban complications are greatly
simplified. The tender of $3,000,
000 to tbe Cnbani to bslp them to
disband and retnrn to oivil life and
home permits has been accepted by
Oen. Gomes and be has agreed to go
to Havana and oo-operate with Gen.
Brooke in disbanding tbe army.
Oen. Gomez dcclintd to receive tbe
money bimelf but wiabed Gen
Brooke to keep it in charge while
he would aid In its proper distrnbn
tion. He said it was not enoogb
bat that he would make it do In
starting the men in civil pursuits
again.
The $3,000 000 Ip onr money will
be (qnal to over $4,000,000 of tbe
money tbere and will amount to
about $100 per man. It is under
stood that this amount is not a part
of tbe wages of soldiers but only an
aid to a dissolution of tbe army and
a starter in life. OoDuMeno In tbe
high parposes of the United (States
seems to have taken a new bold on
On bans and it is hoped that ntw
progr 88 wtll be made to get tb
Cubans affairs In shape.
, , ,
A Had Dos; Senreln f no Country.
On TLursday morning at tbe
home of Mr. Jno. R Black welder,
abont 5 or 6 miles east of here, a
dog with good symptoms oi
hydrophobia, came to his house
biting at liici and h?a brother and
several dogs on tbe place. After
working with tbe dog awhile and
finding that death would better
fall to its lot he Bbot it. The dog
bit two of Mr. Black welder's dogs,
too. Mr. Black welder, fepring
that some tronble might result
from it. aluo killed bis two. The
dog that caused the tronble be-
longed to Mr. Foil, proprietor of
the .Arlington hotel in Ol.arlotte,
htvii g beon broupht over the day
before. Mr, Foil bad I een offered
a nice sum for I113 dog only a week
or two ayo. I
It is feared that soverhl dogs In
the community may have possibly
been bitten by the dog.
Chansea Abont tbe Depot.
Mr J A Kirkman.of Greens
boro, has arrived here to ao
cept the position of night
operator at the depot, to take
the place of Mr. Chas. Kim
ball, who has been promoted
to chief clerk in the freight
department, which position
was formerly filled by Mr,
Ballard.
Died at 119 Tears.
Caps Wruthttn is tbe name of an
old t olored woman who died In Wil
mington recently believed to bsvt
attained to 111 rears. She claimed
'.o have belonged to the Washington
f-mily and liked to talk of early
life scenes in which ''the father of
his country" figured.
"I," Baid the orator, "am an
American of the good old stock,
rooted deep in the soil "
"The only stook 1 ever heard of
that rooted deep in the soil," said
the farmer in the andienoe, "was
hegs." Indianapolis Journal.
A Collision at Hoa.
Tbe schooner George Olark w'
lost at Ocean Viw Tuesday nigbt
by a collision with the Steamer
Richmond. The latter was injured
but not fa'olly. The Olark's crew
all fciped.
Mes"
What ntrnek II lm Moss.
When Cervera was asked by a
friend what struck him most in
tbe San iago naval fight, be
answered, "The 8-inch sholls."
Ha Gone lo Rirhmond.
Mr. Ernest M Harris, of Nor
wood, has accepted a position
with W J Blalock A Co., of Rich
mond, Va., and left Wednosduy
for that place. Stanly Lnter'
prise.
Mr. Harris is known by a
number of onr roadors, having
been the nightwatchman at the
bleaoherv for a long while.
Por Over fitly Tears
Mra, Winslow'i Boothing 3jrap hai
been naed for over fifty years by
millions of mother! for their child
ren while teething, with porfeot mo.
cess. It soothes the ootid, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
oolio, and Is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea, It will relieve tbe poor
little sufferer immediately. Bold bj
druggists in every part of tbe world,
Tt nty five senta a bottle. Be sare
and ask for "Vfn. Wiaslows Sooth
ing Syrup," and take no other kind.
What stops aTeuraJfW pVOe fatoffOt
In Tesiis Write n Lettrr Conmtnlnir
Interesting; Hews or Their Work In
Those Paris.
Written tor the Standard.
Alsdorf, Tex., Jn. 31 : Mr. KM
tor I will try to give your renders a
few dots from the Lone Star State,
as it has been a long time since some
of them have beard from me. I m
now living in E lis conn y, one oi
tbe finest farming counties In all
north Texas. '1 be soil here is frt m
fonr to lix feet deep. It teems to be
bitter adapted to cotton tban any
thing else, as that is abont all tbe
farmers try to raise. It seems that
the farmers don't try to raise their
own supplies here as mncb as they
do in North Carolina. It's a 3ne
Oiuntry for ra'sing hogs bnt the balk
ofjwheat is shipped fiom Kansas
Ui tv and at. Louis ana sola at a
high prioe to farmers in the maimer
and fall, on oredit of course.
Well, for myself, I am doing a
mighty good deed feeding the
hungry. I am running tbe board
ing outfit for Bethnue-Crantv Con
struction Co., at one of their gnmbo
pits. Well I guess I'll have to ex
plain best I can wbat a gnmbo pit
is. Well it is a place where the soil
is about I I feet dsep and just as
black as coal and as sticky at bees
wax. That dirt is ploughed up by
machinery. It ii mix-d with slack
stone co .1 and set on fire and it
burns just as they burn brick in
NortbCsrolina and after it is burned
it is taken cut of the pit by steam
sboyels, leaded oi flnt cars nnd
htirtU-d on op the railroad and used
for bailor , ihe same as they nse
gravel or r ck in North Carolina.
As tl.ere are no noks or gravels in
this part of the State tbey nse this
instead. I am on tha Texas Mid
land railroad, which U owned and
ope'atod by one man, Mr. E H R
Ort-ea, son of Mrs. Hetty Green, of
New York, the richest man I ever
saw and bas his heme in Terrell,
Ttx. Well, ai I expeot this will
Bud its way to the waste backet I
had befer top for tbie time. I
would love to vifit yonr town and
see the many changes that have been
made since I left tbere fourteen
years ago. Much suocobb to Tbe
Standard. Yours,
J Wesley Walter,
Free I'll Is
Send yonr address to H. E. Bock
ten & Co., Chicago, aud get a free
sample box of Dr. King's New Life
Pills. A trial will oonvlnce you of
their merits. These pills are easy
in action and are particularly efloot'
ive in tbe cure of Constipation and
Sick ITeadache. for malaria aud
Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guar
anteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to
be Durelv vegetable. They do not
weaken by their aotlon, bnt by glv
ing tone to the stomaoh and bowels
greatly Invigorate tbe system. Reg
ular sise 25c, per box, 8old by P B
Fetser.
A Doggone Good Tblng.
It is our oandid opiuion that s
speoifio tax on dogs, say of $1, would
be a "dog-gone" good thing for
ibetp husbandry and tbe State's
pnree. And thongh the Legislature
is doing some good work and exs
hibing a tolerably stiff backbone,
tbey might get more "doggedly" at
thu matter. Windsor Ledger.
NO OUReTnO PA.
That is the way all drnKfrfsts sell
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonio for chills
and Malaria. It is Bimply Iron and
OniniDe In n tasteless form. Children
love it Adults refer it to bitter, mm-
Bootin&;Tonio, Price, 50o.
ie-
Nome FororaxiH.
There i a roapect that the mer
chants put r e tax will be removed
and a tiar'uited tax be imposed by
the legislators instead, beginning
with $2 for a stock of $500 or less
and increasing with the amount of
opital.
Mr. Clarkson's textile school bill,
it. is said, will not pass but tbere
will probably be a textile attachment
connected with the Agricultural and
Mechanical Collepe.
These are dangerous times for the
heitlth. Oronp, oolds and throot troub
les lead rapidly to Consumption. A
bottle of One Minute Conjjh Cura nsod
at tho rinht timo will prosorvo lifo,
health and a Urea amount of money,
rienwvnt to take; ohildron like it J. P.
Gibson.
A Local Disease,
A Climatic
Affection.
ltmninr dot s toes!
rented? or change ol
climate will cuts lb
Get a known
eciAo,
ELY'S CREAPl
BALM
tt Is qulcklj absorbed
(S res telle at once.
CATARRH
Opens srnl cieanro
the Nasal
'a'KSuooCOLD lH HEAD
Heal and prnterta theimembrane, restore the
crises of taste and smell. No cocaine, no mercury,
no injurlout drug. Full ilxe 50c; Trial ii 10c, at
Druggist or by mail.
bVV VVsrreo. STfort. pe ),.
Bust r w
msE wirvu&a wmm&flL
eV"".
Makes the food more
SOVAI SJHOSO
Two flewteneea
Lessened ly Jndg-o
now.
Before closing the court today
(Saturday) entirely Jndee Shaw,
of his own accord, after givingtbc
matter considerable tbonght and
fearing that the sentence might, in
some way, not have the best of
effect on the oi iminal, saw fit to
lessen the sentences of two. Lem
Jenkir.s, a negro who was tried
for a forcible trespass, was given
an eight months sontonce instead
of twelve months, as had previous
ly been iven him.
Oscar Lomax, the negro who
was found gnilty for a number ot
offencon, was brought from the
jail to His Honor. After talking
to the ne4.r0 for some time, en
couraging bim to amend his ways
and let this be a lesson to bim, bo
lessened the sentence in the peni-
tentiary from ten" years to seyen
ye8r8, 1
A wm.row Kseape, ure.
Tom Dooly, a negro at Spenoer,
got bis hip dinlocatei, one thuijb
bad to bo amputated, and he was
otherwise brnised np and ent
Thursday evening. ' t escaped
with bis life after all. The Salis
bury Sun says that he full between
the rails and tho coac'i pssed
over him. TLe tender cf the en
gine, which was backing, also
passed over him, as did most of
the engine.
The engineer stopped the en
gine while Dooly was under tbe
pilot and be was pullod out. Ilad
tho pilot passed over him he
would no doubt have beeu killed.
millions Ulvcu Awajr.
It in certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
tbe land who are not arrnid to tie
generouB to the noedy andgnfler.
ng. The proprietors of Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Cougbs and Colds, have given away
over ten million trial bottles of tbie
great medicine; and have tbe satis
faction of knowing it has absolutely
onred thousands of hopnlees casea
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and alllfdieeases of the Threat
Chest and Lung!) are surely cured
by it. Call at P. B. Fotzsr's drug
store and eet a trial bottle free. Reg
ular size 50o. and (1. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refundod.
Playod Ont.
Senator Marion Butler is not
only politically dead, as he do-
serves to bo, but be seems to bo
suffering from woakened mental
faculties as well. 11 is motion in
regard to pensioning Confederate
soldiers was strangely out of tune
with tbe times. It was calculated
to npsot the cordial feeling that
was steadily growing between the
two gTeat seotions of this country
that promise to become once more
united. Bnt Southern soldiers
were not slow in making known
their want of appreciation of what
this renegade Korth Carolina Re
publican proposed in their behalf
and he had to drop his soheme.
He managed, however, to allow
his amendment to remain in Con
gress long enomh to get off the
labored speech he had prepared
to prove that Bonth Carolina had
a right to withdraw from the
Union and North Carolina did
not secede nntil tho war was
forced npon her. This is about
ic dop.ilosl ;.' t,u; r ilrvl politician
oould pofsibly bit u;on. It baa
been settled by tho hipuest ot hu
man conrts and whllo the world
kives tae Kouh full crotlit for
honesty oi purpose ana uprignt
intentions, it has been dco'drd
that we had no right to withdraw.
A far more profitable stu.ly just
now ia not whether iu ISfiO South
Carolina bad the right to with
draw from tho Union, but ia it
riubt, in 1899, to tnke into the
Union a lot of uncivilized ihlunds
on the other side of tbe earth.
Spartanburg Herald.
tiuekloa's Arnica naivo.
The Best 8alve In the world fov
Outs, Bruises, Sores, UIO'OT, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tutlcr Gbapptd
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all
Stin .Eruptions, and positively oui'si.
files or no pay reaulr.'d. It w
guaranteed to give ijtatiafadtion m
monev refunded. Fric !( cent' per
box Vor sale at P B Fetst.'s lirnf
tors.
('Rating- Pearls Holoro Nwlno.
A remarkable find was made at
Eltham, Kent, recently. A nnm-
bor of pigs were being slaughtered
for tbe Christmas market, and in
the stomach of oneof them a pearl
of groat value was discovered, in
an excellent state of preseryation.
London Paily Cbroniole,
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PffTS M. , NFW WHK.
Twelve Years of His Life Lost.
Twelve years ago Charles Bur
roll was struck on the head with a
brick. Since then, nntil today, be
has been insane, and for a nnm
bor of years he was an inmate' of
the Eastern Illinois Insane Asy-
lum at Kankakee. Yesterday Dr.
W G Stearns, at the aylnm, aided
by the X-ray, operated on Bur
rell's ekoll. Today the cloud,
which had so long obscured the
light of Burrell's mind, had
passed away, and he began life
where he left off twolye years ago.
When bnt a boy Burrell bad a
quarrel with a playmate, who
threw a brick at him. He was
dazed by the blow and never res
covered from its effeote until the
operation of yesterday. Dr. Stearns
put tbe young man in a chair.
With the Xray a skiagraph of tbe
skull was taken. This showed a
I tbickrning of the bone near the top
rf tba skull on tbe left side. Tbis
was removed in the usual mar.ner,
the foreign matter excised and the
pa'tect wa put to bed.
He awoke today en'irely rational
and bis first words were; '.'Why
did yon bit me?
Barrell had bat a treg'ed In a
Wisconsin asylum nnd his ctso wits
pronounced incurable. lie hud been
in Kinkakee Institution sire? 189?.
Uhioi.go Dispatch, 1.
I ke Heart of Amerle.
Edward W Euk, editor of tbe
Irtdu't' llmie Journal, pays this trib
ute to the South and Southern
people :
"The most wholeonee American
ideas, those ideas upon trhich our
government rests, are towbero so
prevalent as they are at present
in tbe Sontli. Tbey do not
question Divine laws in the South ;
Lhl(y aocep, ftnd perpetu,te them;
intellectual progress tiers goes
band-inbandby a strict adherence
to the accepted beliefs of religion
The Southern mother does not ex
plain the Bible to ber obildren
in tbe light of so-called 'modern
teachings'; shs places it in their
bands as bir mother gave it to ber.
And with tbe fundamental princi
ples of religion the Southern child
is taught patriotism and a love of
country; hence, religion and patri
otism etand side by aids in the edu
cation of a Southern cidlu.
"The Southern poople believe in
progress, but progress along healthy,
rational lines. Theories which
mentally upset find no sympathy
with them. They are content to
move rlowly, but sanely and suroly.
And some day wh- n tbe vast ma
jority of us who live in other
portions of this country get through
with our camping-out civiliation,
when we drop our boantful manners,
when we got old enough to under
stand that tbere is a stronghold of
conservatism which stands between
tyranny and anarchism, our eyes
will turn toward tho South. And
we will see there a peoplo who are
American In ideas and in living; a
people worshipful, progrePive,
earnest, courageous, and patriotic-
people who have made their land,
sgainst defeat and prt judioe, 'the
heart of America1' "
The.Tooiporntnre to tho Flnttoni.
The present is an intensely cold
period in many prrts ol the con
tinent. At Winnipeg the ther
mometer reKitftered 22 degrees be
low zero. In parts of Montana it
has been as low as 45 docreos be
low and the mountains are cov
ered from 1 to 2 1 2 fent deep
with snow. At Denver Wednes
day the tlierrnomet'T fell 49 de
crees in 21 hours, and it was still
growing colder. It is bclinvod
that the mercury will get as low
as 2o do.rees below. h.ven in
Texas the temperature ha3 been
bolow zero and some loss of life
lias occurred and much tliiuiagoto
htoek is reported.
Russia po-sessis t;ia largest Stinds
ing army on earth. Every year some
280,000 cocicrirts join the Kua?ian
forces, which in time of prace nums
ber J 000,000 me n. On a war foot
ing this risei to 2. COO 00'J, and sail
ing out the reserves would increase
it to 6,947,000 well trained aoldiars.
Should neofsaity arise, the militia
would be called ont, bringlnir the
Czar's forces np to' 9 000,000. N.
C. Christian Advocate.
tri'Dt-jrF, 'tlTUl. nre tne cures r;
Sis' !i-.;u.:'i. v.r-aptiriil'i, and yet th
rchiii:pl.aiiit naiiimi. nonu sunrw I
jtrilla mtki PURS BUCOSV
York River Lino Will Have Aaoiliet
Vessel The onlrarl A wardett.
The Baltimore, Chwpeake a id
R cbmond Sieamboat Coni;a y,
batter known as the York R ver
L'ne, yenterday award .d the con-
traot for the ontraclton rf a
steamboat, which will be tbe peer
of any boat now plying on tbe
Chesapeake Bay. Tbe decorations
will bt artietio.
When completed and furnished
o November 1, 1899, she will have
cost 8350,000.
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Tha new steamboat, tha naae
for which bas not yet bsen selected,
will be 2G0 feet long, 48 feet beam
and 15 feet draught. She wl! te
fitted eat with the latent dealgn of
expansion engines, and will make
18 miles an hour. She will bave
accommodations for 300 papsengers,
and ber dead-weight cargo rapaoity
will be 700 tons.
Onr Boys Inimnee.
DiBpa'cbes say that there are 169
cases of email pox in Havana. Our
soldiers have been io well vaccinr.'ed
though that tbay may bt regarded
as immune fiom tha disease.
Rev. YT H Btnblebine has re
signed tbe Salisbury German Re
form church.
M. B. STIOKLEY
Attoi ney at Law,
Concord N. C
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Oovernmont Muohinery Almost '
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Tim Grin etii.lomo ia rneinir in ti f
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