MOUNT AIRY, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1800.
NO. 17
SlMMONgV
iCiwiii- c Jet's.
yREGULATOR
WMMMllllliHilBM ! Ill It tf Will
THE BEST
SPRING MEDICINE
IsSlMMONS I.iVhR REGULATOR. Don't
forget in take it. Now is the time you
need it most h wake up your Live'. A
sluggish Liver brings on Malaria, Fever
and Ague, H'leutn.iiism, and many other
Ills whiih sli.itur tlio constitution and
wreck he.iitli. Don't forget the word
KnGULAiuw. It is Simmons Liver
Regulator von w;mt. I he word REG'
ULATOK dis:in.;iiis!i.s it from nil other
remedies. And, tvsidis this, SIMMONS
LlVbR RfGl-'LAfOK is a Regulator of the
Liver, keeps it projvrly at work, that your
system m. y he my! m goou condition.
FOR THL- liLOOl) take SIMMONS
LIVEN REGULATOR. It is the best blood
purifier and corrcitor. i'rv it and note
the difference. Look for the RED Z
on every packige. You wont find it on
any other medicine, and there is no other
Lier remedy like SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR -the Kiugof Liver Remedies.
Be sure you get it. 4
J. li. ..-illti ('.. Pliiliulolplilb, Pa.
W. R BROWN,
- (OKKU K WITH GKO. W. 81'AKOKK,)
Mount Airy, N. C.
B. P. GJt AYKS,
AttoPney-at-Law,
MOUNT AIRY, N. C
laTraetlces In Stale BDd Keili-rul Courls.
Prompt attention to collection of duliim.
W. S. XKKDIIAM,
Attopney-at-lvaw,
Pilot Mountain, N. C.
fa-will practice In the Slut Court. Col
lection of claims a specialty. Jiint-liin
GKO. W. SPAKGKIt,
Attorney-at-kaw,
MOUNT AIRY, N C.
MHH
WNe(fotlatlni? Loan unci tln'Colli'i tlini of
Claims a Hpuclalty. Insii'iuicfl pliu-ed In man
dartf Compaiilrs upon Hln-raJ trins.
. F. CARTER,
MOUNT AIHV, N. C
J. R. LEWELIVN,
Caktkk & I.KWKI.I.YN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
fVI'iarllee In the State ami F"lernl rniirt.
Prompt attention given nil iiu.Iih'hs rntninl
ed to Uiclr rare.
J. H. Slakemore,
PHOTOGRAPHER
MOUNT AIRY, N. C.
l-O-o o I
Is prepared to make all the New mi l Artistic
Styles. In up llh the times and will Kite you
DrDt-cl&s work.
COAL I
COAL!
White Ash Anthracite1 Coal for Stove,
and Grates.
Russel Creek (,'oal for Stoves and (irate.
Pocahontas (JobI for f-hops and Kii;iiie,.
Order tilled promptly.
I Ji. MeCAUGO.
Agent for i'oeahonta. Coal Co.
When you li ne jnae mirk to do joii
will find it luiour interest to aee J. 11.
Walker, lie will iurnish none liut lie-t
(trail lie, eitlief rough or cut. t-ii-tery
work peeialty. Af-r-'J liu
JOS. NATIONS,
lilSl.kH IX
Watches, Clocks and Jewelrj
Of all kinds, Hewing Mahiie. M'lxical
liistrumenU. Ac. Watches. Clocks and
Jewelry repaired in U-t sssiliie man
ner anil salisfact ion Koaraiit-ed If you
want to save money ie me before
making your purchases or having your
work done.
Situated on
Opoil upper end of Franklin. Sign
at tli door. New ahoea in sfx-k at
$3 (W and $3 50. f-hoea made to order on
abort notice. Slioea repaired promptly.
Hatisfvtion guaranteed and work de
livered when desired Terina cash.
L. B. Albertson, Prop.
W. H. SlFHPSOn.
BROKER,
ICouiit Airy, N. C.
Representing Fifteen Honaet On All
tb Beat Market a.
Everything in Heavy and Fancy Gro
ceries, fruits and Confections.
Lowevt market price given. Office in
Joye HUtrk, at head of te, on right
ti,d side, f routing on Main Mreet.
"Out-rf-t n MerehaiiU will
traM rail or w rite for delivered prtcea
9m all kifd "f Itroceriea.
m
Viaitifi( and Country MereLanU eor
id tiled to call at oCjee.
Granite Roek Work.
Id Air)' Shoe SIiop,
Maio Street,
Hypnotism and its Perils-
It is not'.ctd witli noniiiall iltvrt'
df tsuiinfaction, hj tlio V'Bsliiii;tiifi
TinifH. tha' the preaa of the country
is cullinit nttotiti.ui to tlio dannu
thHt lies in tlic inilifcriminitto re
ti,.it r,f livntuitihiii. to rt'iiird tlit
hvnnotiHt ittlllv 88 Rt-liirlll oi'llhllt
perfortnur bikJ the fxliiliition of lii
iowcr as merely a Clever iricn ih
only foolinli but an cvidonco of in
exiUHtitjlu iitiorHiifo. Tlieio innth
inir unw alioiit it. of (".lUrno. 1 1 Iimh
been praetrnt d under vurioim si'iell
atioim in lmst tiiiu.'H and by mnri) or
lens broiinnent people. It ban been
ieiitihlH as well Hf
hv iiiounlelmnkB, jimt M it i lo-day
?,aoilr Hill 1 Cmrlioetro were ita ex
poneiitB in tlio latter part of the lust
onntnrv nml I 10 wiirimmii: ni'"
Eminent psycliintrii-U of (iermany
Kranmi. Switzerland him the I'liileii
Statea haveetipiged in tlio tttmly Biid
practice of it lur entirely proper and
iitiinano tmrpoaes in our day, but at
the Mini) time it ia mndo the nieiina
of inoiiev makiiiL' bv men w hoiniHt
be clawed with the Herniating am:
Hellers and Kcllcra. aa entertainer
only.
Jlinht hero lies the dancer. A
faculty, a power capable of produc
ing aiicl; excellent remit, aaeau !e
eocured tlirotigli hypnoiiMii in the
treatment of certain nervous tm
eatea, but which aluo may be em
ployed for the accumiilibiimenta of
crime, should no longer lie deemcu
iH'tieatli the notice of lawmakera
For instance neaily every hypnotist
K'Hoo; about the country kiviiik per
formancee aasurea his audience that
the hypnotic sleep or condition lias
absolutely no bad elkct upon the
subject, but is rather beneficial than
otherwise. On the other hand, there
are eminent phyeicians who ascrt
that every time a man submits him
self to the hypnotic influence, he is
injured mentally. A New England
praetiiiotiur of distinction declares
that a person who makis a business
of being hypnotized, and continues
to do so for several year?, will, be
yond all (juestioii, become an idiot.
How much of all this i true on
either side of the question is a mat
ter that cannot bo passed upon by
the layman. This much is certain,
that hypnotism should no more be
allowed to be practiced indiscrimi
nately by ttii body and everybody
and without leyal control and regu
lation than poison is permitted to be
sold by persona not properly quali
fied and authorized to Jo so and tin
der (ltliuitc restrictions at that.
Durham Sun.
Mis. Charles M. Park man, of No.
;!."il (irier avenue, Elizabeth, N. J.,
writes that she has "the original
die tryin which these:il ot the Con
federate States wis made." It was,
she says, given soon after the war
"to my husband, Uev. Charles M.
Tarkiiiaii (whodied April 21st list),
by a lady in her last illness." Mrs.
Turkman deeires that oine histoii
cal society or memorial body shali
preserve the die, the identity of
which, she states, will be avouched
by residents of Elizabeth; by Mr.
Joseph Campbell, of (lalvestoii,
Texas, and Col. James G. Iiurr, of
Wilmington, i. C. (ioldoboro
Argus.
,
With the blood full of humors,
the heated term is all the more op
pressive. (Jive the system a
thorough cleansing with Ayei's Sar
saparillaand adose or two of Ayer's
Pills, and you will enjoy Summer
as never before in your life. Just
try this for once, and you'll not re
pent it.
A negro woman by the name of
Vokley came to Ijxingtoii Siturday
evening and purch-sed some salt
fish. On her w ay home she ate
some ot the fish raw. Shortly after
eating them she began to have
spasms and died very vxm there
after. Lexington Dispatch.
A healthy appetite, with perfect
digest' . and assimilation, may le
secured by the use of Ayer's Pills.
They cleanse and strengthen the
whole alimentary canal and remove
all obstructions to the natural func
(ions of either sex, without any tm-
plearant effects.
Vice President Stevenson's hootn
for the Democratic presidential
nomination is said to le growing.
A light frott fell in Alleghany
county rriday morning the zV'.h
msL o damage was done how
ever. tikin 1 iiiies.
Better
Health
Than Ever
"All attat k of La Grip, threw
years ayo, left we physical
wreck, aud being l.aturaily frail
ajid delicate, it seemed aa if 1
never should raUjf again. Iu
dutfj at last to try
L"J Sarsaparilla
I was mrpriied after talini it
two wreka. to Gd1 I was riitit i2
strength, ami tiuw I am pir-i
to aay I am eti joymg Iw-tter health
than I ever La4 before la my
life." Eta BftAua. Lincoln, Lit
Highest Awards
World's Fair
Chicago.
NORTH" CAROLINA NEWS.
STATE ITEMS Of IMPORTANCE CATH
RED fROM OUR MANY WIDE
AWAKE EXCHANGES.
A town can never prosper with
out unity among its people.
Secretary Ayer, ot the Populist
State committee,say8 the Pops, will
certainly nominato a straight State
ticket.
The news which comes from the
treat State farms near Weldon
all favorable. The stand of cotton
is the IicbI ever seen there.
The Virgin Cotton Mills, of
Huntersvillo, has irono into the
hands of a receiver. Tho indent
ednes is $18,000; assets problemat
leal.
Evangelist Fife has been offered
the Prohibition nomination for
Governor of this State. It is not
known whether or not ho will &c-
ccpt.
Tho North Carolina JJaptiat Sun
lay school Chautauqua will be held
at Morehcad City thiSBummer, com
mencing August 4th and continuing
one week.
Mr. J. P. Erwin, a liveryman of
Salisbury, was accidently shot in
tho arm at a shciting match about
week ago. Lock jaw followed
and he died last week.
Charlotte is to have a new national
bank, to be established through the
etlortsof O. P. and P.. D. Heath. It
will be ready for business Septem
ber 1st with a capital of over if 100,-
000.
(. W. Ilinsliaw, of Winston, in
a private letter to It. A. Doughton
of this place, says that he is author
ized to state, by high authority, that
the proposed railroad will be built
from koaring iuver to btone Moun
tain. Alleghany Star.
News reached Franklin, says tho
resa, last week that Mr. AVilbur
ioane had been found dead in bis
waoti with his throat cut Wednes
day night. Later reports state that
he was not dead, but pretty badly
carved up. It is said the cnttinc
was done by his nephew, Walter
tembert.
Heretofore the State Board ol
Education has had the school books
large and there was a uniform
system all over tho State. This was
changed by the last Legislature and
now the county commissioners are
the judges. Each county can have
dillerent set of books if the com
missioners see tit.
The Supreme court has decided
that tho sugar bounty is legal and
all right. It's "leual'' to pay boun
ties to rich tnists, etc., but when it
comes to making these rich nabobs
pay part of tho burden ot taxes to
nm the government, it is "un
constitutional." Von see it is just
owing which way the money goes
as to whether or not it is "legal or
constitutional.
Fireman Hicks, of southbound
freight train No. 43. was killed by
the vestibule train about 11 o'clock
last night at Morehead, the first
station north of (irtensb, ro. The
freight train had taken the side
track to let the vestibule pass and
Mr. Hicks got down from the en
gine and sat down by the track.
Ho went to sleep, with Ins head on
the cross ties and was struck by the
engine of the fast flying train. His
head was crushed to pieces and
death was instantaneous Salisbury
Herald.
SheiiflJ. II. White and Deputy
11. C. Chandley, of Jladiion coun
ty, came down the Western last
night with live prisoners for the
penitentiary. The men wire placed
in jail here and were taken to Ual
eirh this morning. All were white
and were convicted of murder in
second degree-at the Febtuary term
of the Criminal Court but took an
appeal to the Supreme Court The
judgment of the lower court was
continued and the men will have to
serve their time. Three were sen
tenced to 15 years, one t 8 yuri
and one to 5 years imprisonment.
Salisbury Herald.
A bo lit a month. ai;o Mr. John A.
Edens, who lives a'. Holly liidge,
thirty five miles from Wilmington,
ori the Wilmington, Newbern &
Norfolk Kai!wny, was seized with
the hallucination that Lis family and
friends had entered into a conspiracy
to oison him. He, therefore, stop
ped eating and no amount ot in
ducement could be held out to him
to take even a mouthful of food.
He also refused to allow a doctor to
give him attention, and the result
was that be died of sheer starvation
!at Thursday. For twenty five
day he had not t-att-n a bite.
Wilmington MeMcntrer,
A Statcsville minirtcr, remarking,
a few days ago, on the pievsiling
cry oj hard times, scarcity ot money,
etc., said that it is not the neceseiticf
of life that tije people are crying for
but the luxuries. This is true. How
many ixople in this section, for in
stance, are aetually destitute! Poor
people there are, of courae. There
alwaj" fmvo b -cn poor people snd
always will be poor people, no mat
ter what Sort of conditions obtain.
On the other band, numerous peo
ple enjoy more luxuries to-day titan
ever before. We are glad that this
is so, but tui.ie ol them, because
they cnnot obtain all the luxuries
they want, cry out that they are
oeify-triekeo and oppretaed. It
is cot the noccssitice of life they
cry for, but the luxuries. States
, i.le Landmark.
A Pretty Marriage.
A phflrminir nuntial event was
that at tho First Uaptist church Bt
10::J0 a. m. to day, which joincu in
the holy bonds of matrimony twoot
Winston-Salem's popular young
pool ilo.
Tho bride was Miss Minnie Clay
ton, the beautiful and accomplished
daughter ot Mrs. S. S. Clayton,
while the bridegroom was Mr. A.
F. Messick, one of Winston's pros
perous young merchants.
Tho rostrum was beautifully dec
orated for the occasion with potted
plants. One especial attractive feat
ure was the largo vases filled with
magnolia blooms, which occupied
positions on either sido of the
rostrum.
A largo audience bad assembled
in the church and comfortably seated
by tho ushers Dr. Thomas Li
Ashby, of Mt. Airy, and Messrs.
A. V. Nash, 13. S. Phillips and
Lawrenco McCrary, of Winston.
When tho hour for tho marriage
ceremony arrived the ciiurcn auui-
toniiin was flooded with brilliant
electric lights, and the bridal party
entered, proceeding down either
aisle, to tho timo of a wedding
march, executed by the church
oriranist.
I ho march was led by the ushers,
Messrs. Nash and McCrary, up tho
right aisle, and Dr. Ashby and Mr.
Phillips by the left aisle.
the flower girls were next in the
bridal train, advancing by tho left
aisle and wero little Misses Fannie
Thompson, of Mount Airy; Addie
irown and Uessio aUins, ot
Winston.
Tho bride and bridesmaid, Miss
Cora Conrad, followed in tho wako
of the flower girls, while tho prootn
was escorted by Itev. V . 11, Jjrand-
enburg. "best man," down the right
aisle, tho whole party meeting at
the altar, where llev. Dr. Iirown
pronounced tho ceremony which
made them hutband and wife.
The ex t ol the bridal party was
by the right aisle, the flower girls
eading and strewing flowers in the
pathway of the happy couple.
from tho chnrch the party was
driven to tho IN. and W. depot,
where they boarded tho train for
an extended bridal tour of northern
cities.
The Sentinel joins a host of ad
miring friends in wishing for them
long, happy and prosperous life.
-Winston Sentinel, 2d inst.
Of Other Days.
How often the man who is en
grossed with the cares of business
life finds himself in the quiet mo
ments going back to tho scenes of
childhood, and how he longs to go
buck over those days again. Some
times these scenes come in review un
bidden ; again they are ealled to
mind by hearing some one tell bis
experiences ; but come as they may,
he longs to again go over the play
ground, the fields, the forest and
once more be a fiee, untramtneled
boy again, to wade tho branches,
catch minnows, go swimming or
chase the hare and squirrel. The
impressions ol these things come in
to the mind when young(and pliant,
and nothing short of insanity can
efface them from memory. Such
dugs bring mingled joy and sad
ness ; joy, as ono imagines he is go
ing over the scenes again, sadness,
on maturer n flection, bringing the
knowledge that those scenes have
hanged. Tho open held may now
bo a loresf, tho grove a thicket, and
on going to the old home ho finds
few objects that remind him of
other years, and the return does not
give the pleasure expected. But it
is all a dream, and only a short rest
tor a weary mind, and cares crowd
in and engross the mind again
Burlington News.
An Express Agent.
Mr. J. E. Mitchell, Agent South
ern Express Co., Grifliu, (ia., May
Mb, 1V.I5: 1 have used Kings
lloyal Germetuer in my family,
and consider it tho best medicine 1
have ever used. It has relieved
me of Muscular Rheumatism. 1
also know ot several other cases of
rheumatism and Catarrh that have
been cured by its use." Write to
The Atlanta Chemist Co., Atlan
ta, Ga., for 4S page book, givicg
full information, free. New pack
age, lart'o bottle, 103 d.es, $1. For
sa!e by Taylor & Banner and I). A.
Houston.
During a balloon ascension in
Martinsville, V., Friday afternoon,
an old colored man named Art hie
Brovo was caught in the ropes and
carried up a distance of 3o0 fWt,
w'jeu he It 11. He was ki Kd instant
ly. The old negro was employed
to help arrange the balloon for the
ascension. He with the other help
ers was told to get ont of the way
but failed to get away in time.
Mors
Curative power is contained in
Hood's Sarsaparilla than in any
other similar preparation. It costs
the proprietor and manufacturer
more. It cost the jobber snore
and it is worth more to tLe cou
luiDtr. More skill ia required iu
its preparation and it combines more
remedial qualities than any otbir
medicine. Consequently it has a
record of more cures and its sake
are more than tlne of any other
preparation. Hood's 8rMparil!
is the beat medicine to buy becuM
it is an hooeM medicine and thous
ands of testimonials prove that it
doe actus!) and turuianeDtly cute
disease.
SCENES IN YUCATAN,
THE GREAT WONDERS OF A COUNTRY
UNKNOWN TO OUR PEOPLE.
Addison Coffin, a Cousin to Mr, Jno. L.
Worth, of Mt. Airy, Who Has Explor
ed All European Countries,
Writes an Interesting
Letter Here,
Mr. Jno. L. Worth. Your kind
lettor came to hand in duo timo and
I will try to reply briefly, for to
give Yucatan in full would take
many days of close work.
I, too, had read Stephens, Nor
man, LePlongeon and others, and
was full of tho highest expectation
when starting from home. Yet,
like others, had accepted as truo
what the Books say about Egypt,
Syria, Assvria and Perean ruins be
ing the grandest and oldest in the
world, expecting to find those of
Yucatan second class in many ways
I had lain by tho shoes I had worn
in my European trip, to bo used
hereafter, as having stood on the
great Pyramids of Egypt, stood by
the Holy of Holies in Jerusalem
and in the Garden of Gcthscmunc
and on Calvary among tho ruins of
Baalbeck, stood on Mars lull and
the Acropolis, walked around on the
wonderful ruins of Komo, travelled
over tho land of the Midnight Sun,
and in every nation of Euroc, bui,
now I have another pair to place
besido them, which havo walked
among and stood upon still grander
and older ruins than they. It was
enough to make LePlongeon give
wings to his imagination when he
stood upon the great Pyramid of
Chichcn Itza, Fxtnal, Palingueand
Meita, and think that the Garden
of Eden was thero, for every lino
and feature seen in them all original.
e are strongly impressed with this
idea of originality tho longer we
remain among them. It seems evi
dent that they were the originals of
all others in the world. Ihey are
different in construction and ideal
design ; dillerent in tho building
material, with a higher ideal ot tho
retined and beautiful in architec
ture, combi'iation and natural har
mony, llni great stone serpents
that are carved in 6tone true to na
ture when surrounded, as here, with
scenes of rural lite, seem to lose all
of their repulsiveness.
lhe beautiful tracing of wreaths
and garlands of flowers, though
carved in rough stone, have a soft
er sweetness than seen anywhere
else, even though wrought in mar
ble. All th'J ruins are built in solid
concrete of lime, cement and broken
or boulder stone, aud cased, on the
outside with large slabs of cut stone
and on tho inside stuccoed with a
coating hard as stone and as durable
as the best cement ol to-day or any
other day. The ancient Maya race
were evidently tlio first builders on
earth whose works arc now known.
Their civilization has been the high
est ever known, as evidenced by the
wonderful fact that there has been
no defensive wails, forts, or defen
sive works of any kind, all seems to
belong to a period wholly different
from what existed at tho time or
since all other ruins wero built.
Yucatan ha-i been the center ot an
Empire more vast thau any known
in iiistory or tradition, and the
whole State seems to have been one
continuous city. In travelling six
ty two miles in oue direction there
wero ruins in sight all tho time
from 30 to 150 feet high iu every
stage from perfect to sLacces
heaps.
Dr. Edward Thompson, Mr. Gil
ky and others that I met ia Yuca
tan, and who had spent several
years there, say that there is not an
acre in Yucatan or Campache but
shows marks of former human hab
itation, and ntsr Tieul tho whole
country seems to have bten one
solid city. Wherever thero is a
grupe of tuins, theie is a central
Pyramid with a chambered edifice
on top so adapted to tLe size of the
base as to make them look taller
than they really are. I will give a
description of ono of 14 immense
ruins in tho grouge at Uxmal; for
(aek of a true name, it is called the
Governor's House: First, there is
a terrace of solid concrete 4iJUx500
ftt and CO feet high. On this ter
race is raised another 150x350 feet
and GO feel high. On second ter
race is built a house 50xDO feet aud
5') toet hig'i. It stands north and
south end is divided into chambers
3 )xC0 feet and 35 feet high to apex
of painted arch. There is but one
door in each chamber OxS feet, with
no window or other opening. The
walls of the building are six feet
thick and the flat root 10 tctt thick.
There is a high hall way aero.- ;t
in the middle ; the door of the east
ern entrance was ornamented with
the most elaborate adorning 1 have
ever seen, but it was destroyed by
tha brutal, murderous Spaniards,
and the fragments are in heaps,
lautiful iu their ruins. The out
side is adorned and covered with
symbolic pictures and hieroglyphic
writings, ill very legible, awaiting
to tell their st jry of the diotat.t pat-
The ages ot these ruins are vari
ously estimated from 7,0x0 to 18,
(aaj years Their originality and
he tvii'tii.te of wondi-rtul knowl
edge of the builder satisfies me that
they will go back 12,0h yeara at
It-act. Tha nKt it. riling tart that
presented itaejf to me was the mo-t
ttnmistakable evidei.ee thrt the
Maya race knew more of electricity
than we do. All their buildinirs
were Duo-conductors arid fire proof,
and what is still more wonderful
tho concreto of which the buildings
were made were impervious to tho
A rays. And yet more wonderful
all the appliances lor electric lights
aro there, many ot them still in
ph:co; and more arid moro wonder
ful they did ail their stono cutting
with copper chisels, aa in the oldest
ruins in tho old world. They also
had the art of manufacturing razors
out ot J ado stone, with a perfect
razor edge. They had no beasts of
burden all work was done by men
Their great highways were mado
for bare or sandaled feet, and tho
rock show in places that untold mil
lions of bare feet havo worn them
down.
Their most stupendous buildings
have not been places of general re
sort as churches or temples, as evi
denced by tho approaches. The
stone steps aro not much worn while
in others tho steps have been re
newed several times and still great
ly worn. While among the ruins,
and even yer, it seems moro like a
wotidoifuldreatn than an actual liv
ing reality. It was the same with
my interpreter, Miss Julia L. Ball
ingcr. Many times it seemed to
her like all was some bright ideal
of glowing imagination, especially
when st aiding on tho summits of
some of tho Pyramids and looking
out over the sea of green forests
with tho vast ruins standing high
above them in lotio and silent deso
lation. It would take many months
to really get an intelligent knowl
edge of the vast extent of theso rti
ins, for they have all been over
grown with timber and thorny
vines, and net ono fn five has been
cleared oil. At Chichen Itza there
are 82 in a radius of four miles, only
five of which have been cleared of
their luxurient growth. From the
top of tlio highest, by the aid of
glass, we can seo 100 more stand
ing up like green haystacks. All
around through the woods we seo
fragments ot pillars, carved figures
ot men Mid animals, showing that
small buildings have once covered
the whole country and all show
marks of taste and skill of a high
order. Even the ancient stone
fences show mechanical skill.
There is no trace of an interme
diate period. The ruins seem to
belong to one peiiod and apparent
ly abandoned at tho same time un
der similar circumstances. If they
wero deserted on account of war
and cor.qiieet, the conqueror did not
injure tlio great buildings. Time
alono was tho destroyer until the
Spaniard cime, Ilo destroyed
more in 300 years than time iu 10,
0U0 had done. Some people think
that likely tho cities were depopu
lated by a great pestilence, for there
are fewi-r tombs and burial places
to be seen here than in other coun
tries with like ruins. Ono man as
imaginative as Dr. LePlongeon
thinks he sees abundant evidence
that they are antedeluvian, which
would explain their originality and
the seeming simultaneous abandon
merit. But thero is one stubborn
i&v.t, the present Maya race aro de
scendants of those who did the carv
ing and painting on the walls. A
photograph ol a model Maya of to
day is identical with those painted
12,000 years ago. Even the loose
flowing dress is tho same.
To anyone who delights in spec
ulation and riding hobbies, there is
no better place to go than Yucatan
to indu'ge in the pastime, nor is
thero any place more interesting to
a general reader. It is nearer to
us than any of the wonderlands ot
the worid, being 475 miles South
of New Orleans, lrom which city
steamers sail every two weeks, and
travelling is not more expensive
than in the States. I got one dol
lar and ninety cents in Mexican
money for every dollar of my
money, and a Mexican dollar will
buy as much in Yucatan as our dol
lar in Mount Airy.
Go yourself in November and
Dcccmlier, and you will return and
say the tenth has not been told.
Your friend,
Ahmso.v Com.
Are You One
Of those unhappy people who are
suffering with weak nerves, starting
at every slight sound, unable to en
dure any unusual disturbance, find
iug it impossible to sleep? Avoid
opiate and nerve compounds. Feed
the nerves upon blood mado pure
and nourishing by the great blood
purifier snd true nerve tonic, Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
IlooJ's Pills are tue best after-
dinner pills, atist digestion, pre
vent Constipation. 25c.
Chief Ju-tice David I Snodgrasa,
of the TennHScee Supreme bench,
as Friday lined 50 and costs for
pistol carrying. A plea of guilty
was entered by the defendant.
This in nor charge grew out of the
assault with a pistol made by Judge
Snodrtss last Decemlier cm Lawyer
John II. Beasley, on which case he
was rt'-ently acquitted of any mur
derous Intent.
L.ver fl!8s
Like blUooawaa. tfriprpata, Wa4a-ha. caaaU
pattoa, tnvt Uuack. todipwuoa an fcnmytlr
tun tr Hood nil. Tb-J 4o tto- work
al!v and fharatijfhrv.
Pill
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rni-n-t by C 1. Root k Cs tanS, Mm.
The MJ) rui Is tat ail He anetiUa.
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Highest of all in Leavening
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4D50E.UTEI.Y PURE
Vanishing Lakes.
Minnesota may loso its claim to
the titlo of tho Lako State. A sur
vey ten years ago showed within
its borders over 7,000 ponds and
lakes, but that characterises and
beautiful fcaturo has changed won
derfully since that time. A large
proportion of these lakes at least
one third have dried up entirely,
and in many cases cultivated fields
now occupy the rich bottoma form
erly covered by from 10 to 20 feet
of water. Nearly all the rest have
greatly shrunk in area. Only the
larger lakes remain. Like changes,
but of a more marked degree, have
been observed in tho Dakotas.
There wero many large lakes in
those states ten years ago, some of
them miles in extent, but nearly
all of them have now disappeared,
their ancient beds turned into fields,
and such as remain aro shrunk to
sloughs or pools in groat wastes of
reedy mud.
Lako Mason, in South Dakota,
ono of the largest and finest lskes
in that state, was equipped some
years ago with steamboats and
hotels and all tho arrangements for
a western Chaatauna assembly.
It had a reach of five miles for
steamboat excursions, and in great
part was from 20 to 30 feet deep.
It has suffered the fate of all tho
rest, and tho waters havo so far re
treated that at the present rato of
decreaso it will not be long before
they disappear entirely. The causes
of this falling of the waters aro the
diminished rainfall of tho past
decade and the more extended cul
tivation of the soil, which has ab
sorbed tho moisture which would
otherwise have been drained into
tho lakea. St. Paul Press.
A Month of Disaster.
The Chicago Tribune, which is
much given to statistics, has been
figuring tip the disastrous occur
rences during the month of May
attended by loss of human life.
The Tribune gives the following:
On tho 3rd of May, 12 persons were
killed by an explosion in Cincin
nati; on the 15th, 120 by a cyclone
in Texas; on the 17th, 33 by cy
clones in Kentucky and Kansas; on
tho ISth, 44 by a cyclone in Ne
braska; on the 21st, 10 by a cyclone
in Oklahoma; on the 2d, 5 by a
cyclone in Missouri; on the 24th,
40 by a cyclouo in Iowa ; on the
25th, 86 by cyclonea in Michigan
and Oklahoma and 40 by a cloud
burst at McGregor, Iowa; and on
tho 20th, 12 by a storm at Cairo
and between 75 and 100 by the
tailing of a bridge at Victoria, Brit
ish Columbia.
It will be observed that the Tri
btine only mado up its account to
the 27th ot the month. On that
very day occurred the terrible tor
nado, or series of tornadoes, that
laid iu ruins great parts of the
cities of St. Louis and East St.
Louis, and wide areas of the sur
rounding country, causing the death
of, perhaps 500 persons, the serious
wounding of many hundreds more,
and tho destruction ol property to
the extent ot many millions of dol
lars. Truly the month of May, ISto),
has proved to be a season ol disas
ter, and it will leave behind it a
record of storms and physical con
vulsions that will make it long re
membered as a period of continued
calamity.
Mr. Geo. W. Pack, a wealthy
citizen of Cleveland, Ohio, who
spends his winters in Asheville and
has considerable property in that
city, has set wealthy North Caro
linians worthy example. .Monday
he made the offer of $ 2,000 for a
monument to the late Senator
Vance, the only conditions named
in the offer was that the location of
of the monument should be in front
of the connty court house. It is
useless to add that the commission
en accepted this generous offer.
Tho cure of Iiheumatism has
often taxed medical skill, but it's
prevention has been very easy by
an occasional use of Simmons Livir
Begulator. It kcei the liver well
regulated, and the system free from
poison. Therein is tho secret of
health. "I have nsed it for years
tor Indigestion and Constipation,
and also found it gives one relief
from a touch of Rheumatism." N.
Hughe, Lordsburg, N. M.
A prominent Indiana Republi
can, who has been circulating freely
among the farmers ot that state,
telle the Indianapolis Sentinel (24
carat gold Democrat) that free sil
rer will carry that. State this year
by 5n.-0 majority. The IU-puba-cans
there have declared for the
gold standard and the Democratic
convention will be almost Solid for
free s iker.
It you would always he healthy,
keep your blood pure with Hood"i
fcaratri!la, the One Trne Blood
PuriSer.
Tie next General Assembly of
the Southern Presbyterian church
is to meet in Charlotte ia Way It'Jt.
Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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Burial Robes, Slippers, &c.
A full Hto. V of ail si.' " an.) qualitisa kept
on haml, an at :va--on .Me ,rim.
More room, uj wnta:rn ovr M. Ij. Patter
son's store, ..a iinwi Mrn. Keiiiiienie,
first bouse Noriii ol' lh : rallrcail.
AARON PENN,
Till';-
Fashionabb Barber,
Under Graves Wart-house,
Mt. Airy, N. O.
Easy c!.ir, razor keen;
Keissora sharp, linen cli'an.
For a shave you pny a dime
Only a nick! to g t a sliine ;
Shampoo or haircut Pompadour
You pay the sum i f 25c. more.
W. II. SIMPSON,
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TIIST SHOP.
HEADQUARTERS
FOi:
Tin ai. 1 Htf ! roofing, iuttiring .
Hpoutmjr. ValU-y Tin all widths
frbinple Mripa. tVr.rAe., &e.
Water and Meam Fit i inir of ail
kind, kept on hnnd. Ilia Old
Reliable Jei.kiM lnte A Chwk
Vavh , Klit rri-mi Injector, De
troit l.ul rid-torii are a few of tha
many reliable .np!;i' in ttock.
Guns, 1'iMola, Sewii.p Marhirif,
an 1 Kicyclr r paired ty the tiegt
killed workmen tt i"rt notice.
We keep ikk.J ( . j Fashion Coffee
1'ots, 1'irti iV it, and in fact
everything in t!;e Tinware line.
T. 31. Everett & Co.
The
Year
Round
Some Alzdlcinea beloi)9 to one
eason and some to another.
DR. KISS'S ROYAL 6EP.KETDER
IS IN SEASON ALL THE YCf K ROUND.
IN THE FR IING
It pnrifie th h).tt rf!. remnrea lsnftirir
and depression, luvi; .rilt aud .liui
rate, the v. bulc t.-:u.
IN THE SUMMER
Itovrreon.M tliT-Uiation an-t del.ility
caused hy ht treittwr and corrxcu
bowel trcit.lea thit are o prevalent
then, lie ide, it cike the moot tie-lifc-litful
and rctrvhhiug drink.
IN THE FALL
When m'ria "rid-- on every panaine
breeze," )t ia the prent prfteDttr aoa
the enfai !r.(f cmtv (,t trvuhn-a nult
Ing from t:at uum.-.
IN THE WINTER
It ia atiil Deoiled for curie? Col.la, Grip,
tatarrii. i.muiu:u., iu 11". t'U O.t
belong' U cold aeaau;:.
It 4om im thin., set la a facbla
as4 artia war, bat wita a rl
aa4 trtampbaal poww.
Klip II l tfca Rom at Alt Tlmit.
ae-SM Prrri. e pa. fear. Hrm
text. I a Iwa, imuI, HMkiMkn4
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