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HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898.
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CONGRESSMAN KITCHIN.
HE MAKES A RATTLING SEVEN MINUTES
SPEECH IN THE HOUSE.
A Brief, Comprehensive and Forcible
Exposure of Republicans Failure to
Keep Faith With the People The
Consideration of the Bankruptcy
Bill the the Occasion of the Brilliant
North Carolinian's Hard Hits.
(Spocial
Corrosponilouce t
Observer.)
The Di-inocrats of the Fifth Con
gressional District ought to feel
proud of thoir son, V. W. Kitciiin.
lie is made of tho ririt kind of stutT,
and when it conies to debating impor
tant Ojiiestions ho can hold his own
with the best material in the House,
Ho showed up splendidly in the de
bate of the Bankruptcy bill. His re
marks are so clever and to the point
that I give them wrbatim.
Mr. Kitohin said:
"Mr. Speaker: The diverse opin
ions in this House and throughout
t he count ry as to the right and pol
icy of bankruptcy legislation, also
the various opinions among those
who favor bankruptcy legislation, as
to what are proper provisions of such
legislation, ermpe me to wish that I
had greater time; to discuss this bill.
In m v opi nio n. t In- a in end moiit repor
tod bv the Judieiary Committee as a
substitute should be defeated, and
this should be al lowed to vote direct I v
upon the Nelson bill as it passed the
Senate last spring.
-Now why should the Judiciary
Committee amend this Nelson bill by
striking out all after tho enacting
olau-eand inserting this amendment?
The main reason that occurs to nn;
is that the Nelson bill was intended
especially for the benetit of debtor,
while this amendment is intended es
pecially for the creditor. I'nder the
Nelson bill the creditor could blast
the hopes and dost roy t he fort lines of
his debtor in only one case, and that
was when- the debtor had conveyed
his -property with the actual intent
aid purpose on his part to pretor or
defend any of bis creditors. But
under t his amendment t here are cirht
htssses of -acts of bankruptcy under
itherof which the creditor can pur
sue t lie debtor the iiankrunt court.
This amendment, if it passes, and
becomes a law, will be used by cred
itors as a method of collection. In
my opinion bankruptcy leirislation
lioiild have but one general pur
pose anil that purpose the relit;! of
serving and untortunate debtors
from their load of debt, to enable
them to go forth in business with
confidence and freedom: it should
never be intended as a method for
collection of debts. The different
States provide or should provide suf-
lieient laws for collection of debts.
And I think all bankruptcy leirisla
tion should be limited in its dura
tion so as not to continue as a stand
ing temptation for fraud. It should
never be expensive in its operation,
or cruel ami oppressive.
Mr. Speaker, the Federal court is
always a terror to the accused; and
so will any court be whose judges
hold ollice for life and who can and
will express opinions upon the facts
to the jury, and it will be a fearful
thing for tho debtor to fall into the
hands of the Federal judiciary under
t his measure.
If the majority of this House
really desire bankruptcy legislation,
why do they not advocate the Nelson
bill, which has already passed the
Senate? Whv should vou hrinjr an
amendment which, if passed, will
probably be defeated in the Senate,
thus leaving the country without any
legislation on this subject?
I suppose. Mr. Speaker, if there
over was a time when bankruptcy
legislation was needed, now is the
time. I'nder the fall of prices caused
by the cnhaiicing valuc of gold, ever
rising n-nicr the favortism of law,
intelligent, industrious and frugal
men have m tunes ot plenty irone
from good to bad circumstances: and
as farm products have fallen in price
hard times have, over a land greatly
blessed by nature, spread debt, mis
ery and despair liko a pall
Tho Dinglev bill has not brought
relief to this country, though it may
no considered oy Kepuolicaus as a
panacea. Wages in the New En
land mills have been reduced: opera
tives are out of work: and cotton
the "Teat American export crop, is
worth $10 per bale less to-day than
it was when President MeKinley ap
proved the Dinglev bill. And this
bill, which was intended as a meas
ure of revenue as well as protection.
is about to bankrupt the Treasury of
the I'n i t States, notwithstanding
the vast amounts of lHonc-V receive
from the s.alo ot tho I'nion Pacific
Railroad. The results of thi
bill will stamp it as a failure: it will
i
be so recognized by the people. It
one of the great burdens that the K
putilican party will have to carry in
t lie ensuing campaign. The vote in
this House on the Teller resolution
speaks evil for the Republican party.
And. Mr. Speaker, that sad and
disastrous calamity in Havana har
bor would not have happened the
Maine would not have been in that
harbor in my opinion if the majority
on the floor of this House ha.d ab
lowed the Cuban resolution lobe con
sidered property, as tidclity to the
spirit of their platform demanded and
as the American people expected.
In mv opinion the violated
pledges of the Republican party
the overdue debts of that party to the
American people and humanity are
suilicient under any just principles,
when you consider their platform
promises made in order to obtain
power, to throw the Republican party
into inevitable, involuntary and per
petual bankruptcy. And in the
minds of the people a petition for that
purpose is already tn tile. The
American jury wiil find the facts; and
the coining elections w ill declare the
Democratic party the trustee of all
those great powers and responsibilites
that are enjoyed but improperly used
by the Republican, party of hank-
nipt conlidonce.'
This last remark brought down the
House. It was a true indictment of
the Republican party, ami the
American people will sustain it in the
fall and in 1900.
EN DURANCE.
(Chicago Standard.)
How much the heart may bear, and yet
not break!
How much the flesh may suffer and not
die!
I question much if any pain or ache
Of soul or body brings our end more
nigh.
Death chooses his own time; till that is
sworn
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder
at the surgeon's
knife.
Each nerve recoiling
from the cruel
steel.
Whose edge seems searching for the quiv
ering nie;
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs re
veal That still, although the trembling flesh be
torn,
This also can be borne.
We see a narrow rising in our way
And try to flee, from the approaching
ill;
We sek some small escape; we weep and
pray;
But when the blow falls, then our hearts
are still ;
Not that tlin pain is of its sharpness shorn ;
lint that it can be borne.
We wind our life about another life;
We hol.l it closer, dearer than our own.
Anon It faints and fails in deathly strife.
heaving us stunned and stricken and
alone;
But, ah! we do not die with those we
mourn;
This also can be borne.
Behold ; we live through all things fam
ine, thirst.
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
On soul and body but we cannot die.
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint,
and worn
Lo, all things can be borne.
Gems of Thought.
All who joy would win must share
it. Happiness was born a twin
Bryan.
Be strong, live happy and love.
but first of all. Him whom to love is
to obey. Milton.
Progress is the law of life. Robert
J'rowninij.
Our great business undoubtedly is,
not to see what lies dimlv at a dis
tance, but to do what lies clearly at
hand. Curlili1.
Ambition is like salt water to the
thirsty the more one gets the more
one wants. Libers.
Think that today shall never dawn
igain. Dante
What must of necessity be done.
vou can always tind out, beyond
question, how to do. 1,'uskin.
He who goes out of common paths
to look for opportunity leaves his
own door and misses that of his
neighbor. Macdonabl.
In character, in manners, in style,
in all things the supreme excellence
is si ni pi ici ty. Longfellow.
As regards modes of prayer, all
are good, provided they are sincere
Victor Hugo.
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Tho Charlotte Observer served no
tice a day or two ago that it was
tired of the snarling at its heels and
proposed to lay about it. Comment
ing upon this the Ashcville Citizen
says:
As for the Charlotte Observer it
has been decent too long to get both
hands into the tar bucket at this late
day. No doubt it could lay on a lot
of stutT where it would appear to tit,
but the satisfaction would not be
lasting. We hope to see it keep to
the better part where it is now.'1
The Observer knows its own busi
ness but it should remember the in
finite power of silent contempt. We
have admired all along the dignity of
the Observer under circumstances
trying enough ot times. Like the
Citizen we should regret any change
of policy. (Irccnsboro Telegram.
Slightly Mixed.
"When Adam," said the political
orator "was driven from the garden
of F.den to "
Whore was Adam driven to?" he
asked in a whisper to one of his
platform supporters.
"Pain" lino!" was the repJy,
"When Adam was driven to DanY
tino" finished tho speaker, "what did
he. do then?"
"Dam'lino!" shouted a man in the
crowd, "or you either!"
And now Spain has to stop whip
ping Cuba long enough to apologize
to t ho United States.
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THE OLDEST TWINS.
THEY ARE HUGH AND HECTOR MCLEAN,
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These Remarkable Men Celebrated
Their Eighty-eighth Birthday on
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Hale and Hearty, Intelligent and
Well Read Devotedly Attached to
Each Other Neither never Married.
(Special to the World.)
Raleigh, N C, Feb. 13 One of the
oldest twins in the world drove in
his buggy twenty-eight miles the
other day to visit the World corres
pondent, who had requested an in
terview with him. He is Hugh Mc
Lean, of Dickinson, Harnett county.
He and his brother Hector, were
born February 16, 1810. In three
days they will be 88 years of age.
The World correspondent had intend
ed to go to these venerable men, but
Hugh said:
T felt so well and so sprightly I
thought I would come and see you.
I didn't mind the twenty-eight miles
drive. I am not egotistic, but I am
glad something will be published
about us so our kindsmen here and
in Scotland, too, will see it1
Hugh and Hector are tin; fourth
and fifth sons of Ducan McLean and
Mary McAlister. The parents of
their mother came over from Scot
land in 1736, and one of them, Col.
Alexander McAlister, was a notable
in North Carolina history. The pa
ternal grandfather of the twins, John
McLean, came over after "the MS."
The twins were born on Upper Little
River, in what was then Cumberland,
but is now Harnett county. The
house in which they were born is yet
standing.
Hugh McLean was asked if they
hail any of the family heirlooms. He
replied: "None, except Col. Mc
Alister's sword, which is a claymore."
This ancestor was born in 1698, and
200 years are thus spanned by three
generations.
Hector and Hugh have spent most
of their lives together. They were
when rjuite young apprenticed to a
tailor at Fayetteville and served five
years. After their time was out
they went to school at home, and
when they were twrenty-six stutlied
English grammar four months under
Gen. McLean. Hugh, in speaking of
this added: "Then we studied bv
ourselves for years. In fact, I still
study and so does brother Hector."
To hear Hugh speak one would think
him boyish and that his brother and
he were lads together. He said:
"We went to Fayetteville when we
were sixteen, and were tailors there
ten years. Then we went to Ala
bama and worked seven years. We
made money there. Wc lost negroes
and money by the war. We had
much money lent in Alabama, and
after the war the people who bor
rowed could not pay. We always
applied ourselves to our trade. We
studied it. We worked harder than
most people who are in trade, and
we got more money than most people
in our line.11
Hugh was asked if he or his brother
had ever married. He said:
"Wo wore always social with the
ladies. Hector proposed marriage
twice, but I didn't succeed. I never
got to the point where I thought I
could suit myself. I was a great
hand to go to parties and enjoy my
self finely. Brother and I were
always strictly temperate. I used
to take a glass of eggnog at Christ
mas time. Liquor was often offered
us, but we never touched it. Brother
used tobacco several years, but I
never chewed or smoked."
The venerable man showed a
daguerreotype of himself and his
brother, the inseparables, taken in
avettevule when they were forty,
and a handsome pair of men they
were, not looking a day over twenty-
live. He said:
T traveled a good deal. I like it.
Brother is now feeble and docsn t
travel much. We w ill be eighty-eight
years old on February 16. We were
never in the military. We were too
old to serve in the last war. We took
the Fayetteville paper from 1837 to
18bo, and since then we nave taken a
Louisville paper. We buy books
which interest us and have a library
of which we are very proud.
'Brother and I own everything in
common, our house and land. YV e
have had large tracts of timber land,
but sold most of it. When we lived
in Alabama we were so much alike
that two years after I left people did
not know I was gone, lhey saw
a.
brother Hector and thought he was
if I may use the phrase both of
us.
Both Hector and Hugh are greatly
interested in looking up their family
history. Hector has given much
care and monev to the placing of
tombstones over the graves of his
kinsmen. They both want informa
tion as to their relatives in .Scotland.
The McLeans were from Jure, Hugh
Sb s. It was pathetic to hear him
a.
say :
"Not a person is now living in
Fayetteville save one who was there
when we went to the place, in 1826.
Then the town had 4,000 people. It
has not grown much since. The
greater growth is in the graveyard.
Ah! how that has grown."
These aged twins, whose love for
each other is untouched by time,
went to Fayetteville and had their
photogrphs taken side by side just
as they were in the daguerreotype of
1850. They always dress well and
live well. Hugh's language is that
of a man who studies. He keeps up
with the times. He
lives sixteen
miles from the railroad's
nearest
whv he
point and this, he says, is
made the journey
miles here in his
of twenty-eight
buggy. He said
that thev are the oldest twins in the
United States, and so far as they
know the oldest in the world.
The best way to avoid such diseases, as
hair falling out, premature baldness, is to
use the best preventative known for that
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Aphorisms.
No man can be provident of his
time who is not prudent in the choice
of his company. Jeremy Taylor. j
A sound discretion is not so much
indicated by never making a mistake '
as by never repeating it. Bovee.
No soul is desolate as long as i
there is a human being for whom it j
can feel trust and reverence. !
George Eliot. j
I know of no manner of speaking
so offensive as that of giving praise
and closing it with an exception
Steele.
Common sense is the knack of see
ing things as they are and doing
things as they ought to be done.
C. E. Stowe.
What are the aims which are at the
same time duties? They are perfect
ing of ourselves and the happiness of
others. Kant.
Contentment is a pearl of great
price, and whoever procures it at the
expense of 10,000 desires makes it a
wise and happy purchase. Balauij.
Choose always the wav that seems
the best, however rough it may be.
Custom will soon render it easy and
jreeable. Hythagoras.
Consider how much more vou often
suffer from your anger and grief than
from those very things for which vou
are angry and grieved. Marcus An-
tonia.
That tired feeling is due to impoverished
blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla enriches and
vitalizes the blood and gives strength.
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Hood's Pill's are purely vegetable and
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Some Every-Day Philosophy.
Of two evils choose the greater ;
you will be blamed any way.
Jokes on marriage are only funny
to those who are happily married.
Learning makes a man lit company
for himself and a terror to others.
Some friendship is like health all
right so long as it doesn't cost any
thing. Politeness is called the flower of
humanity, but men cannot live bv
bouquets alone.
Criticism is one way of making it
known that we dislike other people's
faults more than our own.
Life is neither a tragedy nor a
comedy; it is a chore which we can
accomplish better by whistling than
bv weeping.
When a good man has an overbear
ing wife all other wives have a mys
terious feeling that things are being
r n O
made even,
COLORED SOLDIERS FOR CUBA.
Col. Mallory, of Georgia, has inti
mated to the War Department that
he can raise a regiment of 25,000 ne
groes on short notice to go to Cuba
and fight the Spaniards. Col. Mal
lory suggests that, from a climatic
standpoint, if war should be declared
between the United States and Spain,
that the white soldiers be sent to
Spain, and the colored to Cuba.
It is understood that the Govern
ment will adopt this suggestion.
Fayetteville Observer.
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THOSE WHO TALK WAR.
It will be observed that those who
have been in the war are the last to
want any war with Spain or any
other nation. Whether it be a small
or a large war it destroys human
life and property, and disturbs the
normal condition of life, and trade.
It adds to the vast sum of suffering,
and tills the homes with misery anil
apprehension.
If those who want war could be
made to do all the lighting it might
be considerably different, but it is
the experience of all countries and
people that the inciters of trouble
are irenerallv the first to iret out of
O a, ' t
the way when the ditietilties begin
It is a bad thing to talk war. it is
against public sentiment and public
feeling. It is the spirit of fight and
not the spirit of peace. Uncle Sam
will never tight until he is compelled
to because it is common sense, which
has made him strong and useful not
l only to himself, but to the world in
i general. Baltimore Sun.
I
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From the Fairhaten (JV. ".) Register.
Mr. James Rowland, of this villay,
states that for twenty-five years his wife
lias been a sufferer from rheumatism. A
few nights ajro Hhe was in such pain that
she was nearly crazy. She sent Mr. Row
land for the doctor, but he had road of
Chamberlain's Pain Bairn and instead of
going; for the physician he weut to tho
store and secured a bottle of it. His wife
did not approve of Mr. Rowlands
purchase at first, but nevertheless ap
plied the Balm thoroughly and in an
hour's time was able to go to Bleep. She
now applies it whenever she feels an
j ache or a pain and finds that it always
; gives relief He says that no medicine
' which she had used ever did her aa much
good. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale
by the Dorsey Drag Co.
Every issue of The National Maga
zine, of Boston, indicates the concen
trated thought and energy of aschooi
of voung men and authors who are
certain to win distinction. They are
attracting favorable attention all
over the country.
EXPLOSIONS DKCTSSa.ilTura,K
MAINE DISASTER RECALLS SIMILAR
0CCURRENCES AND LOSS OF LIFE.
.Speculations on Many Possible Causes
The Theory of Spontaneous Com
bustionHigh Explosives of Various
Kinds How They are Some Times
Accounted The Loss of the Royal
George.
(Correspondence Wilmington Messenger.)
Baltimore, February 25.
Editor Messenger: The recent dis
aster which befel our warship Maine,
at Havana, wherein there was proba
bly a greater loss of life than would
have occurred in a heavy naval en
gagement, has stirred the whole civ
ilized world and called fortli expres
sions of sympathy from all quarters.
With most of the expert opinion on
the side of an accidental cause, there
are some who cling to the theory of
design on the part of some one "and
that with no apparent reason. It is
most likely that those who actually
were in a position to know most about
the matter were killed by the explo
sion and we may never know the
cause of it. Its mysterious nature
lias led several leading newspapers
to publish accounts of similar explo
sions on hoard ships, with more or
less loss of life, and of other disasters
at sea, not explosions, w ith great cas
ualties. The greatest of all such calamities
occurred to a British war vessel, while
lying at anchor, and has not been
mentioned in this connection, I refer
to the sinking of the Royal George
and the loss of 900 lives. A con
densed account of the accident would
probably interest many of vour
readers and would not be out of place
here.
The Royal George was the princi
pal vessel of Lord Howe's licet, and
while she was undergoing repairs
near the keel, she was too much
keeled over, so that the water rush
ing through the port holes of the de
pressed side speedily tilted her and
she sunk with all on board, including
the admiral, Kempenfeldt, the cap
tain, olliccrs, crew and about 300
women and children who happened
to be on board at the time 1,100
in all. Of these, however, 200 were
saved; but a small vessel, which hap
pened to be anchored near, was
drawn into the vortex occasioned by
the Royal George's descent, and swal
lowed up. Other vessels were also
placed in imminent danger. Captain
Waghorn, who escaped, unharmed,
was subsequently tried by court mar
tial for negligence and carelessness
in the careening operation, but was
acquitted. This is an eulogy for
Cowper. Many of the guns wen;
fished up soon afterwards and several
schemes were projected for raising
the shij) bodily, but without success,
until 1839, the mass was blown to
pieces by the explosion of large metal
cases tilled with gun powder. Most
ot the valuables which bad been i it
the ship were brought up and the
brass guns which wert; recovered
sufficed to pay the cost of the opera
tion.
This accident occurred on the 29th
of Aug., 1782, and the wreck was
blown up fifty-seven years later,
when the oak timbers were found to
be perfectly sound, though almost
black in color. Much of it was
worked up into souvenirs and some
pieces found thoir way into the
United States.
That the explosion on tho Maim:
may have occurred from some half a
dozen causes, might bo readily shown
by any student well acquainted with
modern physics and chemistry. Va
pors arising from several of the hy
drocarbon oils, when mixed with the
proper amount of air, w ill explode vi
olently if ignited. Any inflammable;
matter, when in a condition of line
powtler or dust, may explode. Flour
ing mills have suffered from such ac
cidents and a building was demol
ished, some vears ago, in Cincinnati.
by the explosion of starch dust.
I , I in.,.- I...
easily caused to explode and a recent!
form tt oniriio. tiroiwwos tn nso kucIi
material as a source of power. It is
claimed that coal dust, w hen exploded The president liberated him, made
in a proper engine promises to form him chief of police of his native dis
ono of the cheapest sources of power ; triet. which was one of the worst in
known. At present the invention is,
not perfected. j
Spontaneous combustion of coal nr
tht; bunkers has frequently been al
luded to in this connection. This
phenomenon w hich occasionally man
ifests itself in both mineral and or
ganic substances is but little known
to the general reader. Indeed a dis
cussion of the chemical reactions in
volved in the various substances in
in which -1 ion t an on ii s combustion is
likelv to take place would not
would not -br
readily understood by any one not a.
chemist. But the fact that it does
occur under a variety of circum
stances is pertinent.
The spontaneous ignition of coals,
especially those which contain a con
siderable per cent, of sulphur, in the
form of iron pyrites or sulphide of
iron is likely to take place when the
coal is stored damp and in a confined
space, with no circulation of air.
The coal bunkers of modern vessels
form an ideal place in which these
conditions may bo realized. The
heat generated in the beginning of
the process has no chance to e.-cae,
but remains in the mass and so has-
tens iho
linal ignition. That
they
do ignite and sometimes burn
quit)
a while beiorc discovery is a wen .
known fact.
Outside of those mineral matters
liable to sjiontaneous combustion,
there arc numerous organic sub-
stances which undergo a process of
heating or fermentation which may
result in ignition. Among them
those most frequently known to ig
nite sjKintaneously are hay. jute, ,
hemp, tow, tlax. cotton, and woolen j
u'9-ic or rai's. The latter, especially '
when more or less impregnated with
' - I- . .
.TV
oil, are peculiarly subject to sion
taneous ignition. Even saw dust,.
nnder the like conditions, has !u-
niat-
Iteras damp grain or seeds of any
kind ever ignite sixjntaneouslv
j though they will develop considera-
i ble heat when stored in bulk. In
the South, before the manufacture of
cotton seed oil became general, it
was customary for the planters to use
their surplus cotton seed as a ma
nure. These they would put into
heaps, covered lightly with earth,
until the heating of the mass became
sufficient to destrov the germinating
power of the seed. In this condition
they were used as a manure.
Gun cotton is one of the high ex
plosives and is considered about
three times the strength of gun pow
der. It is made by subjecting clean
cotton to the action of nitric acid and
is usually stored in a wet condition.
For certain purposes of warfare it is
considered superior to gun powder
and is often used to charge torpe
does. This peculiar action of the mixed
acids on cotton is also apparent when
other vegetable fibres arc immersed
in it. Sawdust, when deprived of
its gum and resinous constituents,
may be converted into a kind of pow
der by subjecting it to the action of
the acids named.
The storage and handling of gun
cotton is considered not more haz
ardous than ordinary gun powder.
Whether or not it is liable to sponta
neous combustion is a question for
the chemists to decide.
Explosions of any kind usually sur
prise us and all arc mysterious until
we know the cause.
Two mysterious accidents, which
came under the observation of the
writer, might have never been ex
plained had they not been carefully
investigated. A new steam engine
and boiler was set up and tired, just
as it was received from the maker.
Not a pound of steam could be got
into the cylinder, though the valves
were all wide open and a heavy pros-
sure on the boiler. At last it oc
curred to the engineer to take apart
a packing joint in the steam pipe,
when he disco cretl that the rubber
packing had been inserted whole,
that is, without any opening being
provided for the steam to pass
through. Without proper investiga
tion the explosion would never have
been accounted for.
Another remarkable explosion on a
small scale, was that of a common
modern axle of a two-horse wagon.
The axle had broken in the middle
and was taken to a blacksmith shop
for repair. Liko many of the country
wagons the wooden axle was fit t ed at
each end with cast iron "thimble
boxes." These the smith undertook
to remove by putting thein into his
fire, so that "the irons might be loos
ened and placed on a new axle.
There was a violent explosion and
bits of the iron flow into every di
rection, wounding the smith, who in
sisted that the thing had boon loaded
especially for him. The explanation
1 .... i i i t ..
was easy. 1 lit; wagon nau sioou ho
quite a while in the rain and water
had accumulated in the hollow end
of the thimble and was securely con
fined there by the swelling of the
WOO( 1. The. heat t if the blacksmith's
forge generated steam in the space
until it burst the cast iron.
Any physicist who desires to inves
tigate explosions will find numerous
natural causes ami conditions to ex
plain them, not dreamed of by the
average citizen.
In the ureseiit condition of the in
vestigation no one can say what
caused tho destruction of the Maine.
We mav know some time, who can
sa'
THOS. C. HARRIS.
;o emu:-WO PA.
This is ttie way all druggists
;rov-N Tntclet Cliill 'I'n ic
Chilis and Fvers and all forms of
sell
for
Ma-
lari.-i It w simtdv Iron and Ouinine in a
tasteless form. Children love it. Adults
xitr it to hitter nauseating tonics. Price
-,0 cents. Piseptlc
A bountiful line of iipw Dross Good.
Cull and Keethemut II THO.MASO.VS.
j President Diar several years ago
interviewed a famous bandit who
was in prison. The robber informed
i t he uresideiit that Ins law less life was
' the result of having no work to do.
the country, and informed him that
he would be held strictly account li
bit for all the robberies in his dis
trict. From that day to this not Otti
lias occurred. Moreover, the presi
dent has appointed many more
bandits to ollice under similar con
ditions, and it is said that they have,
without a single exception, made
successful thief catchers in Mexico.
Here is a suggestion which may lead
i to th
utilization of the train robber.
: ami ins iraiisioriiiaiion nom ino
way in an
to a useful member
' society. Minneapolis Journal.
Oman's
ork
Is never done, and it i especially wtrarimj
nrt wearisome to those whose blood is
impure and unfit properly to tone, bum
tain, and renew the wasting of nerve,
muscle and tissue. It is mori b-caue of
hi condition of the blo-j i lliat woint-ll
re run down,
Tired, Weak, Nervous,
Than because of the work itself. Every
physician says so, and that the only rem
dy is in building up by taking a good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and viUlizer
like flood's Sarsaparilla. For the trou blea
Peculiar to Women at change of at-asou,
climate or life, or resulting from hard
work, nervousness, and impure blood,
thousands have found relief and cure in
nn
InJOCQ
Sarsaparilla
I -j on,, true Blood Purifier. $1 pr
bottle.
.repaxedonly by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Maas.
j. i-aiii re the only p!!l to take
HOOd S PllIS with Hood s Sar-airllla.
Bottled Up!
Whether in the form of pin jH.w(;cj
or liquid, the doctor- prescription t..t
blood diseases is always the s itm -mercury
or jxrtash. These drills bottle
up the jKiisoti and drv it up in il c
system, but they als drv up the marro
in the lioncs at the same time.
The suppleness ami tl.isticit ( th
joints give way to a stillness, the rack
i:i pains of rheumatism. The iorm
gradually liends, the 1kiks ache, wink
decrepitude and helplessness ptem.i
turclv take possession of the liody. and
it is hist a short step to a pair el
crutches. Then conies falling ot
the hair and decay of the bones. a con
dition truly horrible.
Contagious I'.lo. i ',
Poison - th,-
of mankind is i
most ho: : ibb- t
diseases, an,', .
ways balilcd t
doctors. Tin :: y
as h ,t ad tiicrc;
liott'ic nptbe ..;
but it s Inc.!
lorth ,o.:aiii a!t.i
ini; some tie", :-..
oitf.ni. frequent"
the mouth ...'.
throat, lilliiiv: tin .
with citing soi. .
S.S.S.. is the oi..
k iiown cute (or i .
disease. It is jtl.i: -antccd
purely cc
table, and one thousand dollars rcuatd
offered for proof to the cordial v.
never fails to cure Cotillions llloi '.
Poison, Scrofula, Kc.onia, Klu tiniat isi ..
Cancer, or any other disease oi t;
blood. If vou have a bloxl disa-- .
take a remedy which will not injiiie o. .
beware of mercury; don't do loli-ii- :
to your system. Don't i;ct lxittlcd up 1
( )ur book s sent fice to any addtcss
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, C.a.
An Innocent Sufferer.
How often ni hoar of sweet
innocent child surToiIng from
some terrible blood disease
which is hereditary and which
it not indicated truiii the sys
tem will be a source of misery
during its entire life. If you
art; a parent and oiir child Is
stilTerilig limn any liiond dis
ease, don't neglect getting a
bottle of
Africana,
The Sure Cure.
Read the following:
I hud been troubled tor joais
with ibeiiiiiiitisin. I t.mk two
bottles of your most excellent
medicine, AFKIOANA, which
has nboiit relieved me entirely,
and I feel likii a difTeit-ut man.
My little daughter, eight yems
old, was greatly alllicted with
soie eyes all her life, and less
than iino Mittle of AFRICAN A
lias affected apparently a per
manent cure. It affords un
ci eat plea-uii" to fcciiinmciid
your most excellent medicine,
the "AFRICANA" as a great
lelief to sulfei iug humanity.
RKV. I". M. JORDAN,
Brevard Transylvania county, N.C.
VI If or?
arc a Sunrrc i o :; .
arc a r.utnre .f
If vou :ir-.- r vo :
health, ; -i.d f..i' ; '
lKM)k nil t'li'.l onlc
children arc i .:
which Prey's '
has cured lor v
Ob l-ot'tr I i t,I f
I'ullliuvi
W. R. BE5T,
Physician and Surgeon..
Ollice over Doreey's Drug Store.
JJIC V. S. HAKIMS,
DENTIST,
HENDERSON,
N. C.
tW Office over
Street.
K. O
Davis' store, Main
Un. 1-a.
Long Distance.
Telephone Service.
II KM-hlf-ON TM.KI'HONK CoMl'ANV.i
;-tieral Supei iiiti-iideiit's llic.
II KM'i.nsON, N. C , Jan. -.'i, "n. )
We hog to call our attention to the fol-
lowiti: towns which aie i.ow connected
by long distance Ii:iei with lleti(I'-l son:
Axtell.
liiishurg,
Mation,
Middb-buig,
Oxford.
Ridgeway,
Wairentoii,
KlUiell,
Wise.
Ilrixiksto'i,
I ntie ille.
Dahiiey,
Frank I in ton,
(illlllUIt'.
Wat hii 1'laiiis,
Itiml,
Youngs ille
I'b-ase note follnwir
g irist Miction in
the use of Iotig Di-tance .Service.
That calls are cliaiiT'-d to the '1 ob-phone
at which the call 01 inmates.
'1 hat th charge for a toll cannot be
reversed unless advance notice in given to
the Toll Ojcrtor at Henderson, who will
give the connect ion when as-iiird that
such collection is ..tti-factory.
'I hat in ii-ing Jung distance lines you
will gt Ik t results by -J,oalutig ill a
natural tone of voice; with the lips touch
ing transmitter. ( Shonting ilm-i no good.)
That five minute is the duration of
single call. '1 hat an additional toll i-t
charged for each additional five minute
or fraction theieof.
l-t7"'lhita little Telephoning saves a
great deal of traveling.
14) 1 hut you can communicate with up
watd of lj.miO iHTsons. in 2' towns
That a telephone, communication em-bodi-s
both mt-s-age and reply. Tele
grams or letters do hot.
New Miljscriliets can secure seivice. at
Central OrhCe, I'nst Otlie or Hotel.
F. C. TOKPI.KMAN.
Ofii'l. Jtupt.
For Rent.
A on or four horse farm in Warren
county, iienr Shiidy Crove. Ten room
dwelling', four room tenement, stor
hou-e, puck house, burns. Ac. Fine to
buret bind, alo adapted to the growth
of cotton, hinall grains and gran-.
For terms npplv to
T. N. ALSTON,
Epsom, X. C.
apotash
rt. They
o, ajso. (
ihild'H i
stratcd
which
t, and j
V
a -V. av