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VOL. 15.
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Suffered Lighted. Years.
Pain. I inrte,1 Mwl lerp t'nma.
Mr. J.iUn A. r.-nrfn. of ('(ii'ntrlun, Tenn.,
II'., Ivnltd I iih rli'irt-e of tlel otivtrle
IlKlit filtut i t fu.t i-'n.'e. h Imvo a rrcat
stiffen". ir sllu.i-iiiti mil r-.m ij cure
lire U'fct dc ilhi'd , lit rr i lf, nr Mlmm
"K..r f T-M:, I l ff-'ti.l fr..tn lerviillliisl
lllIC'ii,0.:M. I !;! .1 i-ieiy H'lii.-nv ri--oiti
tn.-ri.; .. ijV f:,,!y frl, ,,,!,, lint
cmilil lec-t mi r..- t ut nil. 'I n nrs situ,
while U Uii ir.mel l,y tliii-.' Iisrl phy-l-ciniis.
!!,. liiiTi, M ii. y ,,,.. rixl, tiny
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Mim. Ji-i.ia A. Itnows.
Infornmil n n Umt 1 In, I Iss-ninn drojofrij.
ui.. Hull Hi..r(. n, Imln Iicihj (or inf. I
tlii'ii il.i, Mr, I to try
Dr. Miles' Restorative Nertlae,
I n 1ti"ii iiiihIiIp to gi t to leen until
HI in i.iw
till 1 1 Mill I
lft si. I,.. ,
muni Oavllvlit. anil iliirltit: u II
luul a di i. h"avy (mln In mjr
ti'M t'( miMiiitJe. inUrt. lint
ffti-r Inking nne-lialf tsittloiif tli frrrrme
i hi lil lr'i nil iiIl'IiI JuhI on wi ll i.n I hit
did. Tim .VnttK ! t only n-ineily that
Huv tim any relief wlmn .i r. I am mil
oil aid strung, met t Id, ink f.Vnl mit ln
of my lift fur Itr. MiUt' Kmint."
Mil. J'l.lA A. lltlDWS.
Tr. Mill'' NcrTlnd In wiM nn a po-Oilm
luaranU'v I In 1 1 he 111 .1 U.nlo will I,, n.-lll.
All rtriicirKiH Hi-ll It ai II. 8 tol!lt for f.-,, or
tt will Im' mut, ir,)ni. on -1 1 t of iirlin
J the Dr. Mllim McUkul Co., 1 lUhiirt, Ind.
Dr. Miles' Nervine R,.,.,?r;:.,h
). A. MARTIN,
nOTMJRV PC13LIG,
I'llONR 'J AM) 20,
Mount Airy, N. C.
P. CI It A VMS,
4- Attorney-at-liaw,
MOUNT AIRY, N. C
llr-prartlroa In Stale aril Fo.li'rul ronrla.
Prompt attention lo riilleeilun of rlalms.
V. S. XKKDIIAM,
flttorney-at-Eaw,
Pilot Mountain, N. C.
tirwill pniotli'P In 1h male conns. Col
lectlon of claim a Hixvlalty. Jati-lifra
GKO. Y. SI'AUGKH,
Attopney-at-Uaw,
MOUNT AIRY, N. C.
Will praclli-p In stntf and Vcrtornl court.
Ppicli)l ait nilou to colli-cilon of rlalms anl
nre,illatln( loana.
W. F. CARTER,
MOUNT A,R , N. C.
J. R. LEWELLYN,
Cautku & Lkwki.i.v.n,
Attorneys-at-Law.
rTrai-tl.'" in the Male anil Fi'oVral ivmrta.
l'rompt attention givi-n lo all business cnirust
to their i-are.
J. H. Slakemore,
PHOTOQRAPHER
MOUNT AIRY, N. C. '
Is preparrd to makf- all the New and Artistic
fitjies. Is up llh the times ana will trlve you
first -class work.
DR. C. W. BANNER,
fDENTIST.-c
Mount Airy, N. C.
Oltice over Taylor A Banner's Drug
etnre.
Office hours R a. m. to 6 p. in.
Wben T"n li ive .lone work to do joii
will find it to vour interest to we J. II.
Walker, lie Will tiirnish none Imt t-'et
granite, illier rough or cut. CeineU'ry
work a mcialty. Apr-t-liu
ACADEMY AND COLLEGE,
F)R nearlv 100 years this lnslll nil' for the
higher e'rtii -alLm ot oiihk wunifti lla iwu.
iiiivl I lie very front ranaranil was never mo.e
Lnmerouslj a'lended Mian now. II Is tioi only
provided wlih a hiKh-r"'"' ellc((t i 'nurse txn
Las exiert!i In all mils sH-elai Imolsoi M,.'-le
Art. Elooutl, n. I hiiiiiii r-'lal and Ili'loMrUl
M ud'es w e will Iv til,'n.s.-d lo send csiil,.i:ue
on iiillcation. Term iM-k-in xepn -inner :ird.
JOUN 11. Cl.l.w I I. I.. 1'n , lj. ,1
Sal,-m. North I'urolina.
JOS. NATIONS,
MtAl.KR IS
latcoes, Clocks and Jewelry
Of all kinils. Heviinj? Macliines, M'isii-al
Instrumeots. c. Watehea.t'lix'ks atid
Jewelry repaired In bovt rswsilile man
ner and satisfaction guarantee. If you
want to save money Sie me before
makine your purchases or having your
work done.
IIIlI,
-hi-ai tra li-
c
Pf!"
Burial Robes, Slippers, &&
A Ml sl.vk of all sb-I !i'.!i!ij irpt
va ,o4...t 1 re.aV riees,
r, njv.sia.rs erer M, I., raffor
S.n's star. " Win Rl- Real !,
rst hi North of th. rilrol.
Granite Hock Work
The Govefnar'l Inaugural.
A Kulciul' fifiHl of th lfllli,
si.v : I. Kucll virnte iiihiiiiib
li. I'lirncll to (Iralt b liill to n in
tnidiiccd tlu firi-t Iht of tli" h'fl'i
iittivn M-Kcii.-n, fixing the il'-i t tl's
IhwiLMirHtion.' l'lirni'll chvs it Ih
dihinil tlmt not a iliiy ho l"t in
jfiitiin into ollhso. Ho drew tho
hill Hinl M:iit it to Unwell. The
InttiT wrote him tlmt it would Im
better to insert in the bill tlmt tint
Hiienkcr hIihII declare the reenlt of
the election on the day following
the iiitilicalioii ot this act Hi;d that
tho jrevi'tiioi take the oath and ho
iiiHtiillcd in the jircBenee of the two
ImiiHes Ht the paino joint eeHHioti iin
inediutelj upon the declaration of
the remilt, '"l do not think," ho
wrote, "that wo tdiuiild have anj
inMiijriiral fpeech or any c.cii'inoiiv
about it, wivo ha h'mivu indicalea
h t us Hive over if."'"' which tlie
democrate have thrown away in iihc
lers frolic. Whatever the coventor
hits to fay lie will tny in his incrHa!-e.
Our friends will iih!i jour bill
thruiiiih. and, I puenn, paca it the
diciind (lay alter they uieet."
rniiiell drew tho bill to day. It
proviib for counting the votes c:ift
lot ollh'i'i-8 of the executive depart
ment", and that on the day of tho
ratification of ibis act there ahull he
a joint ki -scion at 11 o'clock in the
morning; that the speaker nba!l
open find publirh the vote f"r gov
ei nor and other exictitive olliccrs ;
that a ciioii hk that in done the
governor Hliall take the oath and be
iinnied ately inducted into olHce.
Tho other otlicerg t-hall, in hood as
m iy be, take the oath of cilice.
i'limel! gay this bill may bo
piifc-od Janimiy H'h. In that ran?,
Unwell will he inauuaiated Jan
uary 7th. He fecla euro it will not
be liter than tl e btb, and pays there
is no law fixing the time.
A Pathetic Story.
II. V. Stone, a yo'intr man who
was run over by a train near Do
Lund, Fla , died" from bin injntics,
one of bis legs being cut olT. Stone,
it H-ems, was a sun of a wealthy and
prominent family in New York.
l'Vr some time he ii is been trying
to go en the stuge, but he was op.
pi sed by b'-s parents, arid finally in
a tit of desperation tin- Voiing mail
left his home for this purpose. He
tail' d, however, to secure a place
wiih a theatrical c itnpany, umi
ra'hi'r than humiliate himsclt by re
turning to his pareiits, ho. started
out as a trump and had walked
most of tho way from New York to
l)e Lund, and was g"i'ig on South
when hit met the accident that c st
him bis life. I'.etore, dying the
young man told where his parents
lived, slid they have been coinimini
rated with.
Best Family Medicine.
Mr. N. Jones, (iiiard, Ala,
says, May Kith, "1 was snf
feiing from Catarrh in the head
and whs cured hv King's Royal
(icniictui r. We Veep it all the
time, and believe that it is the best
familv medicine there is on the
im.iki t to day."
(iermettier suits all ages in tho
home.
It is so pleasant to take that all
like it.
It is so harmless that the tender
est babe and most delicate invalids
are always safe in using it
It cures when all else ftils. New
package, large bottle, 1"S doses, $1.
For sale by Taylor it banner.
Crimes steadily increase among
the whites in North Carolina. They
seem to be racing with the negroes.
One county, Richmond, sends four
whiles convicted of mtmlerarid one
black in one batch of criminals to
the penitentiary. TVrhapg every
one of them ought to have been
hanged, and would have been prob
ably if the crime had been coin
mi; led in Kngland where life is held
to be sacred and ciiminals tret their
deserts. There are twelve mur
derers in Richmond county.
West Cornish, Vermont, is proud
ofan apple tree which ha6 been
betirintr fruit for Kfi years and this
year bore a crop of forty-one bush
els ; but perhaps that is because ap
phs are so cheap.
A recent article published 'n the
New York Journal showsthat Kuro
pcmi cities have progressed more
rapidly within the last few years
than AmeiicHti cities
It is asserted that $H0d.OO0 will
meet the expense of keeping a pub
lic school open in each of tho 7,',''
si-lii ol districts four months in each
year.
"MOTHERS'
FRIEND"
Phnrteri labor. Us5J mm.
d1rr?ni-!ifs tinrr to life of
tyth mother arid fhsul ami h "ive, her in cndi
lion more lii.-omh e to wptly w- vry
" Striwi-r nf'-r than b1rr- cv.P.n -mmM
tmy pr -miujil ttiuwife is ibe b-t rorneiy
FCIt rdSII.'Q DHEfiST
Known nd worth t pr. for that nlfwie.
fni-tr-.-.! 'ui 'wrimi.iffid by sih.wirn &nd
u Urn ho hyvt ni it
iWwmr ot su'wUiuie cd IrrjitstioilS
Makes Chlld-EIrth Easy.
Seet tT F. r s or mnii Of reefing of p e.
tl.aa r-r k-Jlle. B -IS) M,THF K'S"
Kalid ff. CxXi twining Toluntanr u l ,rcKx. lml.
pRtrriri irnruTox re., irnvri, 6a.
mm t4. tfotr.
DAC
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
STATE ITEMS Of IMPORTANCE GATH
tm FROM OUR MANY WIDE
AWAKE EXCHANGES.
Winston shipped over 2"i,OU0
i Hinds of manuliictured tobacco
ast week,
JoM'ph J. !unli,p,of Wadeshoro,
haa tiecn given a patent lor a venti
lator for railroad cars.
The Letriulatiire is to ho peti
tinned to give women the right lo
vote on school question".
The report of the Commiisioner
of Tensions shows that there are
3 it 54 federal soldier p.tisioneiii in
North Carolina, and llm amount
paid I'leui hist year was IfSI'J.Sm'.'i'J.
1 The postolllei! at Locust, Stanly
county, was robbed of a registered
letter containing (II and two paek
Rirea i f jewelry were also taken.
The Concord Standntd say the
guilty party will bo found.
Two well-iiieaning, but excitable,
young men, in trying lo remove a
f,3 tid io from a house threatened
by the lire the other ni'ht, succeed
ed in breaking about $13 worth of
dishes Concord Standard.
I lining the year the Odd Fellows
in this ritate have made considerable
gains. uraml Secretary J. 11.
ooib'll says the order has fi.iMa)
members, and there aie 115 lodges.
Seven new lodges have been urban
ized and cue re-organized.
Wednesday afternoon tho last
spike aiis diji en in tho railway con
necting Ashchoro, Randolph coun
ty, wiJi Aberdeen, Moore county,
'fhis admits of trallie between the
lonir lc it pine region and the South,
em railroad.
Ry .in act of the hist C'ongiess a
survey w.is ordered of the Neiise
rner ut and below Newborn to find
eight feet of water at dead lo v wa
ter. 1 be survey haa been made.
Li'dit feet at dead low water means
eleven bet at any ordinniy tide and
twelve feet when there 18 a good
tide. New hern Journal.
In Lewis Fork township, Wilkes
county, !at Sunday, Nathan l'old
en and Will Wyatt got into a fight
and Wtr.pons were used. During
the melee a pit-to! was filed with
fatsl t licet. Jordan Wya't, who
was striding etT some distance, was
the vi 'tim, the ball stiil ing him in
the bond. He died that night.
Wyatt was a pea -cable men and
highly vespceti d. He " as about 50
yeais o:d N. Wiikcsboro Hustler.
Ashciille Citizen: Saturday at
8:10 1. M , tl-e Superior Court in
the (- of Edward F. Witsell vs.
tho West Aeheviilo and Sulphur
Springs Railroad company return
ed a veidict awarding the plaintiff
damageg in the sum of $,i0i for
injurii s receivi d ;n an acc:dint on
the company's line near the passen
ger depot. The suit was tor 25,
I 'On. .judge Rryati'r eh rgc in this
case is ,-poken of an example of
fainn': s.
The common school (jne-tion is
growing in jiiiblic in t rest, v.c are
to see, and we hope by the
time t.ie legislature meets, public
sentiti.inl will be so trys.falized as
to force the lawmakers to give at
tention to thechildien of the State,
wlieth' r they wish to or not. And
let us hope for the bcrt. Ilumnn-
iiy (not to mention the Constitution')
rtqniies that the public dhools
shall li.st at least four months in
the ye-.r. Chanty and Children.
Stat'v-ville Laudmaik : The Rand
maik recently made note of the tact
that a Ya lkin comity man boitsted
th it he was Co years old and bad
never been drunk and never carried
a watch .r pistol. W. W. White,
Esq , t-f this vicinity can show a
la tter record. He is C4 years old,
has carried a watch, but never car
ried a pistol, although he has own
ed one. has not sworn an oath since
he cvn recollect and doesn't think
he ever swore one, never took a
chew of tobacco in his life and nev
er smoked a pipe, eigar or cigarette.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says :
We have a strange talc to tell. The
numhc,- of applicants for the post
oflico at this place are gradually de
creasing, as the news reaches them.
It all happened this way : Word
whs p'rt out that the present incum
bent bud received orders to marry
into the famhy of the succe-sf ui dp
plicMiit for the pos?(,(H"e, and that
lie WHt ready to comp!v with the
orders. As a result, the applicants
have ne.de a stampede to withd fcw
from li e race. You can hardly
find a person in town now willing
to accept the grave responsibilities
of taking the ollL'C.
The Supremo Coii-t at Rale;gh
last Tn.'sday ended a very notbie
chsc. Almoet s year ago Enrolling
Clerk Rrowri, of the Jx-gishitiire,
wsstri.'dand convicted ki a c'isrge
of frsudi. let. tly permitting to be en
rolled h lull f,.i regulate assignments,
said bill never bavin p:tss'd any
readira in cither branch of the
Iifgie'utnre but having leen unfa
vora'olv reported and tallied, l.rown
appealed to the Supreme Court,
which now unanimously reverse
the lower court and tint!, there was
not tin least evidence of fraud on
I'roate part. This Assignment
Act, which was enrolled and sin
edliy the Spakers ot txitb branches
of the legislature, was not discov
ered until several dae alter '.be
T't'isla'ure had adj-n-ned. It is
tb tirst rise ot the kind on record
in North Carolina.
Onions In Sickness.
Few eop'e seem to realize what
a good family friend may be foiimj
In the ot ion. It may ofieu bo made
the outit o of prevention as well a
the poll ml of euro. Cut across the
grain, h ilf uu onion placed in
slecpiriir room at night, especially
if it mint be closed, will absorb tho
for I air to a remarkablee degree.
During the wr, a young soldier
died in i g Kiy in a few hours from
eating with his breakfast, half an
onion which had stood all night
near sc eral sleeping men. I ho
doctor said ! "Roys, nevor eat an
onion that hag been cut and exposed
to the air for awhile, for it absorbs
poison ai a sponge does water.
In fever mid contagious diseases
ther are invaluable whin properly
used. Once, during a ncoiirago of
yellow fever in a Southern city, a
young g rl was the onlv person In
three sq iares who kept up. and she
ministered not only to her own
family, but to all neighbors within
reach, Hitting from homo to home,
like an angel of mercy. Tho phy
sicians became interested to know
tho seciet of her continued en
durance, and finally inquired what
she lived on. She replied : "Rread
and onions. I have ro time to
cook for myself, and, as I am fotnl
of raw onions, with salt or vinegar
thm has been my main living for
weeks." Then tho dix tors said :
Onions, onions, that's the secret;
we will see what they will do for
the whole ci:y," whereupon thev
issued or.lcts that every one, both
sick and will, should tat all the
onions, raw and cooked, that were
possible, and that they should be
sliced o i pl ttes, and set In the
houses throughout the city. In a
few bonis aficr placing, they were
found to have turned to a grass
green, when they wero burned or
lined 1" the ground, and the plates
ajrain tilled with fresh ones. This
was done twice a day, and in one
week's tune the plague was stayed.
An oil couple we knew wero
both stri ken with typhoid fever
about the same time and placed in
separate rooms. The abiert child
ren wcte siKin summoned home to
see then uic. I 'no daughter, the
iirst eveii'iigof her arrival, set plates
of sliced inious in both the sick and
and adjoining rooms. Ry daylight
the next Homing they were thrown,
reen an 1 foul, into the hre, and
fresh onti put in the plates. This
was dene movning and evening, and
in a few lays a marked and snrprfs
ing impi ivei lent was apparent in
both patients.
In the wriier's family there was
a had car j ot diptlieria, and onions
need in t lis way were thought to
have pre ont ;d the spread of the
disease. At another time, in a caso
of malarial fever, with strong
symptoms of typhoid, the onions
were use 1 th ? same way for two
weeks. At first they Would turn
very grei n in a tew bonis, but less
and less so toward the last, until
they showed no change of color at
all. Tiny should always be cut
across tho grcin when used for this
purpose.--M,s. l.ida Hunter in
Chrietiar. Ob ervcr.
Cub and Her Friends.
It is r. w 'bought that not loss
than l,0i 0 nn ii will start from New
Orleans in a few days f"r Cuba to
fight the Spanish.
A bunt eighty-five strong, intelli
gent mec we 1 up in ndl tary drill
ing, left !?tislon a few dsys ago for
Cuba i hey were in command of
1O iis M"rsh!l, w ho his experience.
A mcL'ting nils held at Home
stead, I'll , to form a military com
pany to i to Cub to Hs-ift the pa
trio's in 'heir t-truggle f -r liberty.
Tnirty fic young men were enroll
ed. Coi 'isp .ndei ci wid be open
ed at on'-e with the Junta at New
York.
A company of three hundred
men, wii i cannon and other arms,
willTcav Denver, Colorado, in a
few days to cant their fate with the
Cuban insurgents. The men will
Is? under the leadership of Dr. II.
L. Darin 11, who has a brother in
the Cuba. i Junta in New Yoik.
Indignation of Cubans of Jack
sonville and American friends of
Cuba over the reported cowardly
assassina ion of (ten. Antonio Ma
ccotindti a flag of truce, whs ex
pressed by a torchlight procession
and mas meeting at JaoksoM ille
Fla. Sj ceh.'s denunciatory f the
Spanish 'iovernment and Ocfieral
Wcyler .vere made by prominent
citizens.
The Oxford O.'phan Asylum is
an old and meritorious public
ebaritabl institution that deserves
to ba wt 1 fostered by a merciful
fciid synr. athetic public.
Dr. Kli gj 4rw Dieorry for
Const) m pi ln.
This i the best meilicino in the
world ' all forma of coughn and
'.oldi on-' for consumption Every
Itotlle is guaranteed. Il will cure
nnil not l isappoint. Ii haa nvceuul
tor w hoopin ; cough, as'hnia, by
fever, p'letiiiionia. bronchitis, la
grippe, cold in the head and lor con
sumption. Il ie sttfc lor all age,
pleusHitl lo lake, and, nhove all, a
iro cure, li is always well lo lake
Dr. Kind's New Life Pills in con
iioc-iion svilh Or. Kite's New Dis
covery, s a they regulate and tons
tbe atom .eh ami bowels. We guar
antee pe foct walisfuetion or return
ntejupv. Pre trini !oit!e at Taylor
k Baim. i ' Drug Store. i;ofcul..r
is 50 eeitta and tl.OO.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,
THE FOLLOWING IS SAID TO BE A TRUE
STORY OF AN OLD SLAVE'S
FIDELITY,
When a man has been dead lorty
six years it is rather late to w rite a
tribute to Ins memory, nut tins is
an instance where a conjunction i f
circumstance crowded out the lacts,
and the good which tho man did
was almost interred with his hones.
The writer recently nude
journey Into t lie country near liar
risoiiville, Mo., Ih county scat of
Lass, tho county adjoining that m
which Kansas City is situated. A
low miles from the iioiinly sent two
graves were seen from the high 'ray.
They were cotispicioiis more from
tieghct than otherwise The limn
who was acting as guide said, in a
matter-of-fact mani t r, asluicoaxtd
the team :
"One is the grave of the mistress,
the other that of her l iilhfnl Negro
man. lie was buried beside her, ss
you sec, ut her request"
"Ihey were victims of the cbol
a," continued the guide, "when
that awful scourge swept over the
country. It almost depopulate!
Ilarrisoin ille. Every doctor in the
town was stricken down, an J then
the only men in the town w ho sold
drugs or knew anything about
medicine dropped dead in tlnir
work. After tliat those who weie
left died in their turn, it teemed,
and without any asiistatiee. Two
of the latter lot wero those who
were buried in the graves we just
passed. The woman was the wife
ot the oldest and best doctor in tbe
town, John McRevnohU.
" hen the California gold fever
struck tho whole country Dr. Me-
Reynolds caught it, and he i 'intd
that long procession which whitened
the plains and crossed the moun
tains. He took with him bis faith
ful body servant, an old Negro who
had been his property frem inlancy.
Ho had attended his master so lotto;
that the master regarded him as
necessary to bis welfare. The old
servant often accompanied his mas
ter in the calls of the latter en his
patients.
" hen the doctor reached the
gold country be gave up his pro
fession and hi came a miner, and the
old servant was his assistant in that,
as he had lieen in other things in the
States. They itcresneeisstul. At
the end of a year the old doctor bad
$10,00') in gold, and that was a
toitnne then. Rut in the mi'ht of
his luck he was taken sick and died.
His nurse, attendant, and under
taker was his faithful servant, Asa.
Ihey did not wasie much time on
funerals out in that countiy in ti.ifo
days. After Asa hid buried his
master he owned himself. II ? was
in a country where there was no
slavery, and had the entire p' sses
sions ol his ma-ter in his own bunds.
No legal steps that might have leeii !
taken in Missouri could have reached
him. He wis a rich man.
"I have been told, but 1 do not
remember the particulars, that some
ot the people in the mines, wiio 1
lieved that Dr. McReynoids li ft a
fortune, undertook in various ways
to get it. Rut the old servant
thwarted them all and succeeded in
getting out of the cmutry. His
journey back across tbe plains was
an eventful one. lie wis followed
and tracked and often forced to re
Sort to strategy to evade his pur
enrers. Once lie buiied the f. r,ui:c
of his master in the sand oi the
pert when he was hard pressed,
and in escaping from a bard ot
desperadoes he found himself a
captive of indian?. What his fate
might have been, you can guess, it
bo bad not bad a bit of good lucK
aikiut that time. Some sort of epi
demic had broken out in the tril3
where he whs held, and as Asa was
sort of a doctor from observation,
he experimented on the sick reds
with such success that they regard
ed him as a special dispensation for
their benefit from tne hands of the
Great Spirit In this way he re
gained his freedom, returned to the
pl.ice where be had buried the
fortune of his master, resurrected it
and ri sinned his journey without
ftirtbtr moles ation.
'He reached Independence. Mo.,
and called upon a man who had bei n
a patient and friend ot his mister.
This fiierid ccompnniod him to
H-rrisonv ille, and w as the im.-sen-per
who tave Mrs. McReynoMe ti e
first information concerning tie
death ot in r husband. Then toe
friend t. Id l.er about her fi.ithfm
servant, Asa, and this was followed
by calling in the old servant from
the Negro quarters, and he render
ed to bis mistress an account of bis
stewardship, with the larger am 'Unt
of his master's fort one.
"I have been toid by some of the
very old timers that Asa was the
first c J ired man whoever received
anything hkeanovatiouin Missouri.
When Uarrisonville heard t-f tie
old Negro's return he was invited
to the homes of I he people, and find
greater glory than any white man
who has ever lived there sinco
His mistress gave him his trc
do'm and some ot tbe money; 1
don't know bow much. Rut lie re
maincd her faithful servant. He
refused to accept h:s freedom as
long as h's mistrens lived.
Tlse cholera came, as I have snid,
nd one of the victims was tbe
mistress of Asa. He cared d r her
and was her attendant until be was
st ;'ck " b'fi !r. Wf.fc, J e fniW
to rv.'ps.i.U lo ti'-T cite thes-Usf--eLd
the reason, and then it was told her
that he was dead. She knew her
time had come, and she hardly Jmi
time to request thai his remains be
placed hi side l.'ers, n-id it was ilone
And these are theii giaves Only
a few people living know even the
mimi.M of tho ili'Hd, and riot inatiy
know the story I ha e told you. If
I were a rich man I would put
monument over the rave ot that
colored man, and I w.r-tld just have
a lew woros on it, r ter nis name
something like this :
Faithful unto Death.
Sun.
The Stats Aid Question,
Tho Caucasian Is not no1" taking
tip this matter as a party to the
controversy on cither side, It Is
question, however, which is tip for
settlement and siigk cstioiis may bo
in order. 'As to the principle In
vol veil, wo think tbe denominations
have finite a strop easo J but a
uiiicipleis worthless unless it nan
o made effectually operative. It is
manifestly unjust fora State to pro
vide high education facilities that
can be taken advantage of by only a
lew of its people, and fail to provide
acuities lur, at b ast the rudiments
of education, which may bo taken
advantage of by many. Rut while
this would bo urjusl, it would bo
simply folly to take away what tho
lew have and at the same time pro
vide nothing for the many.
riio twenty thousand dollars now
annually given to the L'uiversity
iocs am perhaps aa many as two
hundred or say one hundred
young men to procure a higher edu
cation w ho would not otherwise get
Certainly therefore some good
done. Now take tho twenty
thousand dollars from the Fni versit v
and give it to the pub. ic school fund,
and what is the result ? Let's see.
There are T"7 school districts
in N'oith Carolina. If the twenty
thousand dollars now given the
1'iti versity should be divided among
these districts, each one would re
ceive 2.5'i. Ibis amount alone
would not result in toy increase of
practical lamelit in each district, and
the general result would be this:
The opportunity now given one or
two hundred young Men for secur-
a higher education would be
taken away, and no prietical good
would air u re to the lioo.ooo child
ren of school ace in the various
school districts. -The Caucasian.
Congressman Woodman Means Business.
Representative W. odmn,of Illi
nois, has intridueed , joint resolu
tion in Congress directing the Pres
ident to intervene in Cuban afl'airs.
1 he n solution after reciting (icn-
eial Maeeo's assassins ion and Span
ish cruellies in Cuba, says that the
'resident has failed to carry out
the wishes of the pe. pie; that the
honor of the I'nite.i States is at
stike and that history gives no pre
cedent on which to bv-e a hoc that
pani.-h operators ill change to
comjliance with civi'ized warfare.
The 1'rcsiJent is directed to express
severe condemnation ot tne Span
ish mi thods of war! rc especially
the murder of Mace, to recogn'ze
the independence of Cuba and to
demand of Spain tl e withdrawal
of all troops trotn Cuban soil. He
is also directed to ts3 proper stej
to see that this demand is carried out.
The Whole Story i
Of the great sales attained and great
cures accomplished by Hood's Sar
siparilla is qnicUv, ndd. It puri
ties and enriches tbe blood, tones
the stomach and gives ttrcngth and
vigor. Disease cam.ot enter the
system fortified by the rich, red
blood w hich comes by taking lloou's
Sarraparilla.
Hood's Dills cure nansea, sick
headache, indigestion, billiousness.
All drnggists. 25c.
The twenty-first annual State
Convention of the Young Men's
Christian Association will meet at
Winston Salem February 10-22.
The fight on the question of state
aid to public school is becoming
hot, but in a month will be hotter.
m " 1
Tutt's Pills
Cure AH
Liver Ills,
Perfect Hcaltli.
Keep the system in perfect or
der by the occasional use of
Tutt's Liver Tills. They reg
ulate the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
Tor sick headache, malaria, bil
iousness, constipat ion and kin
dred diseases, an absolute cure
TUTTS Liver PILLS
Tteiiia Fail fir S
I is nr.t of ttss lvst c-w farm ia Vir
ginia foraalj.. It ftnnrti. -rf thw hnrxlrwl
m. Tin linmpf-a sal rwtBtT-fi a-m
craml ana in i;n,iM, ; ep buinlr4 f it
,,Trl eotiom toil rnta tie tnimlrod bay
'aek evtry mr. The iMipnwN'nH'iit ooa
m il a dwelling two ok na roI
r"oo.. wnl nni, pri' li'.n. fori, aoww,
f sanry. Mark ami. if ale.. to pomt barm,
acn iMsai. b.isey hi aed four fal.ins
1t mitr. I li a harpain In tl'is
fmi 'ivtinss Ix'twse iliia and Xmaa.
t or f inMr iiifnrma'tna -it in
i, A . BAI F.N,
Snak Cmm, Crr.n Cmit. V .
rr-srfa. pyp t ?u ti '.r y r.
Ilighesl of all in leaenig
W".'alwa,fc.
Ii Vw.f VWU
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His Lost Wife Is Found.
"Walter 8. Covington and wife,
Lenoir, H. V was written on the
register ol tho I'ark Hotel, Raleigh,
yesterday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Uovlngloh break
f ;istcd in Raleigh and left at once
for their homo in Inolf ,
About three weeks ago Mr. and
Mrs. Covington wero married at
iVlnteville. She was a Miss 1 tittle,
the daughter ol Rev. J. F. Tuttle.
of Whitevillo.
After being in Lenoir ten days
she disappeared, and no one knew
w here she was. Her husband has
been hunting for her dsy and night,
and at last ha found her.
Tho case Treated a good deal of
excitement in U'tioir, and grave
apprehension was txpiessed by the
ady s mends.
Mr. ami Mrs, Covington arrived
here from tho North yesterday
morning, and spent a few hours in
the city.
lhc Hickory limes last week
said:
"Tho people of Lenoir are excit
ed over the strange actions ol Mrs.
Walter Covington. Mrs. (Coving
ton was matriod only two week
ago. She had been in Lenoir ten
days Tuesday she B' ked her litis-1
hand for money and was given
IIS. With this she boarded the
train for Hickory, telling tho eon
ductor she was etily going to that
toint. At Hickory she asked the
station agent almut the prieo of a
ticket to Raltimore, and how many
hanges she would have to make to
get there. She then bought a tick-
t tor Salisbury and boarded the
Western train. She was on the
train when it passed Statesville,
ut bevond that there is no news
of her.
"Her husband knew nothing of
her leaving until he went to sup-J
lcr luesdav night. A telegram
was sent to Mrs. Covington's father,
Cev. J. F. Tuttle, at Uhiteville,
but a reply stated that she had rot
reached there Wednesday.; M r. Cov
ington ptssed through Hickory
ednesday m scutch, of his wife.
No cause can be assigned for the
woman's strange liehavior."
A special f'-om Washington, 1).
C, says:
'.Mrs. Covington, of Lenoir, was
oiind demented in a Raltimore hos
pital and taken home." News and
Observer.
. - ..
Mr. William Smith, of Davie
county, died last Saturday of a con
gestive chill.
Oh, How They Hurt.
Neuralgic pains are often so acate,
that the rsTorsuncrf becomes, almost,
frenzied w ith the intensity of the pain.
Salvation Oil will instantly relieve ami
effectually cure neuralgia, so there
Is ao reason why a moment's pain
should be endured. Mr. Jacob Klein,
1036 Main St., Evansville, Ind., writes:
My wife suffered from neuralgia for
seven years and since she used Salva
tion Oil, she has not had a spell.. I
think It is the best liniment I have ever
tried, and I would not be without a
bottle of it in the house. I had the
rheumatism for five years and had tried
a great many liniments, and must say
that Salvation OH did me more good
than any outer remedy."' Salvation
Oil is sold everywhere for 25 cents.
M
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W. H. SIMPSON, j
AGENT i
For Fes BMep
area avaiiTTaixa a
IN OFFICE SUPPLIES.
T.'nmSf1risr Wai-li , Bun
iain him W iieel Os'ura. Buni'iiir
lirsltiw. inief lllrii: Klaemii'm. tll K
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H'lie. 4 if-
lllli'.TH "0- 2
la. l'fvfcet
r-iiteeton cmlw.-(irs' ewm'
p T-tiioB rais. lliirKl rtnnrt liie
tnrlnl sm. PriiitHiir hotels.
Suimis. Ceiina Cen i ll Mhiiii-i, Kunrr
I'.I Imt.'fa, Kulr 'iw, Kin.rr
s;jip fwis. Hiit,r Mtrn' r, ''ia. m-o-rlis
hism ii lBk.fo-a.-U rnisi en. sie.,i
Msinr. siwH u'! mil FH'uri'n. swir
Inking Mtn!" ("isnip sriMKii-a n.tr,j.
Surd lrk-ns Bella uil
T' r- WrlirS'ipt.iiH.
'7'liert- Is smiiiiis oefl tn ar nffls we
ciiwl 'p"i . i'l i tl. ter) ;osm
,rt,. jvwit,is twllfln1', i--vts
hriim, Wsroiin' Jmrmrai-iiiss-.
ana .11 pn'f-s.f inni iiib ui rto e(i t
t-el m prir fo!fr.rt bv1ltg fri-ewlierf..
our iu.ir(ii's Is t"ll.'Heil. . i.-Cy.
l'r"inrt .'n-nti, nw, tonii ftcien,.
tim-'c in Jo','. bn"k. r Swan rw s'."
rit-ii'-iinna fr.iMiiH? i ven
airtrt UMtA Airy, . C. UX-k B. a.t.
-Correspon tie nee
Bollclted
ri'KPITAXT to powrs vcsrd in rn
in B-'sipnmf n enwuUii t'J tbe owner.
1 will -ll at public loction U tlie l.iH
et liidder for eash. at 2 o cluck V M
on .tannary 16th, 1?, in Mount Airy,
V Cm in fnmt of this Company's d '.
the f,'l!oinK Vrt i firt of Kock in
tbe lirnnite t'tty l.ai'd arttl rcr.
mfH fiimtn' T . OftiticaW Mnet'rt
U, 2i si, 22. 2S, 1, 8"-' t. U, Ss and x: :
ahio pursiiBfit to t "..!.'! ion p-.i ! y
Ui I)ineti:ir f this Comfiat.y f8 Js -nary
13rh, ISS3, 1 will f-'il at th ".
tim and plaee.anij in tlem' iwnrw
OrtttH-at aumbtira Jo, n. 47. 4S. 4a.
lb l and M, rpprswDtisc k in
(Viiripany ; all of hi. fi re to aa''y
nof ami clai" t r-sr T '
ars'nst the bnliiff ct atrnl I ""' '
(4 f"t-k f r hniirK of ''r-i t
t he rP'ial ' k of 4 '-(' ' r
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pa. Kllaaf tWa l"Bls0 M a
fWr.Lafeit U, S. Go't Hepoit
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A Pig Will Humtn fUn.J and lvt,
Laura Calloway, a tolurud wo
man who resides on J'uii.tlj an J
Dawson strteis, in thus city, is the
owner ij a sow with a I.ttfr of ;
pigs, 'there is nothing singular in
that fact, but the extraordinary part
d it is that one uf the Ign has tho
pet fl i-are of a child, 1. a human
lisnd on the right side, and sits
met like a child. It move, back.
ward all the tin island of forward.
It alo has a full net of teeth snj
long tusks likf a griirtii lu g. Tho
jifg's face Is also pr!ly human and
it has to b,. .., r ,,,, B bottle. Wil
niingtoii Messenger.
- .
As an iiltMraimn of
franking prlvihy" abu
low the
!'l Post-
mnslef (teiieial Wih.m t ile the fact
that out of the ait?'isttM tw.un,
of second cla"s tnaitt r that went ss
mail Inst year 6LVHS,nui punnj,
were carried free.
Voil can't bo well if Vour blood
is impure, but you may h ivo pure
blood and good health by taking
Hood's Sarsapaiillii.
Governor Carr olTera ilny re-
ward for Edward I'trlmr who, No
vember 25th. in Rowan c unity,
hrnlally murdered Robett Jones.
CALL AT -
EYE RETT'S
TIN SHOP.
IIlvADyUAUTlCItS
Tin and Htol Konnng, (icttcring
Hjiouting, Valley Tinall widths
Niimdo Mrips, Ae.,Art., Ac.
Water and'Hteam fr iuints of all
kinds kept on hand. Tha Old
Reliable Jcrikin tilotie .V trheck
Vavlea, Herman Ir.'eotors, Pc
tnit Luhricstors art a few of th
many reliaWs snrpii'Hi in stock.
Guns, Pistols, r-ewiri? Nlachines,
an i IiicyelPi repaired hy the b tt
(killed workmen at short notice.
We fcepp txwl Old Kai-hion Coffee
Pots, lhsh Pans, and in fact
everything in the T nware line.
T. M. Kvcrclt &. Co.
1
OTHER
T5k
There 5s a ib'ffennr between medi-cinf-8
and meiiirine.
Thewe to-day, as a mi 3it?er from
th. of the past in nany r-fwcts.
KbIIv a R-reat is the uifTw-nce be-twi-en
l)r. King "s
ROYAL GEtTr'ETUER
an J the rr3'marj" mc. kirns of to-iHy.
It ia tinlike them In
THESSFIVETHIKCS:
1. It does not taste likeamedt
elne. It is as pleasmt to taka as
lomon&de ami nie's.-fc a nv-t r freshing
drink.
2. It never nauseates the eost
deJicate tt mach.
3. It ?i pot grrfln eff One di
esirse for nt ber. lidoesnotattip
one form of disease in trVr t-3 rtotve
another ai i so often the cs.
4 It contains no nieohol or
ofilum in any form anl is iklwaya
harmtes even when fiwn a Wl
one duf tii A.
&. It does not natch &5mr4y, it
OHres. H reaches aa nothing els
doe ta the l.i.i.lcn si.crcf-s of aimmm
hi the l.lood and ri'inmii t nut. It
diwi this wiih an pb?w and tk-wpt that
tiace incfer heftt ej iih.cl
r.'r ft'l fVMl!- ,Hf ttl 1' -W.'i f ".!.,,.
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ol lil thl'l Il(si li imuia JirCl!iilKi
iihoi.t a or a js.;.r.
tfe-Ma H-dri!Wft reltr tesff
IM, lOi, X'-o. Oim. Zfcu.itr. a kjiulfcc.uri on.? I y
THE UTtMTA CK:ril CD, tVMlK tk
un for m-fti.x soc siu nxx.
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