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News. PKTTATnn rev u u u j i MOUNT AIIIY, N. 0., THURSDAY, M AY UJ, 1807. NO. Hi VOL. 10. nn -GREATEST ON EARTHS Dr. Mllea Bermtl frirl. Mr. B. T. Caldwell, I baok-keepar in tb Vin National Bauk ' Kolton. Kj. I waa omipli-lf run l"n. Mjr nrrS3 bnams mi iiiitrui, IhrfNiah h-m of -p iT.l n.irrv lliai I ' would ' " Mililui(lv l '"V I wnulil ll rLke'""1"'11 hul "Ul" -1 rrt, It T. Camiwkij. In .hall ni iip' that I rnulil tint pnMltily atu-nd to or liuslnna a 1 should. In ll.,n with tt.lt I lifti Hit rr.KJ-J, binvim rImhiI tin utotniM h, iiimJ fmlii In diffiTt nt nitrunf ii, y iNMiy, wnit.-oniuh rtH.in In llttMh. 1 wit ruiniud U irj Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. I flrt pn-'iircd n trliil tvt 1 1 from ft 1wl dninvt-i Hfnl(fMl rtiilttii.tiirk.y followed, I ttn-n hrtn u.t-d u titular lUic nnl ty i he I un 1 Iiiv4 um- UiIn ui i whn k fliflt-niil num. I Am iiiiw nn lit y liiiftl .mil l him) hin hIiI to li'4')hurnlly Hit'l fill rv" u In r I y ii.t littitf I riiuid tii it HiMiihly tin UtVrt lakitit; your A'Ti(W. I nn imw n(u rr..vr r., mul )n nut IimIImi U pronounce Ir MUtut' ItvMoruljVo h'rviiie tli ytfiifMi ntnHn on uirih." Fulton, Ky. U. T CA LUWF.LL. IV Mil" Nnrtn U anM on ft nnalflv ffntrar.u tlitil lli fin-1 1 m t 1 1 will NorfiL All (IrtiKir.MHM!. It mil, 4 tint tit fm or It will l M t if prtmll. on n vitl of price -j Ute ir. Milua Moi.vi.l U., LikliwL, iud. Dr. Miles Nervine r,,.mib J. A. MARTIN, HOTAHY PUBLIC, I'HONK 20 AM) 28, Mount Airy, N. C. S. 1'. GKAVKS, Attorney-at-Law, MOUNT AIRY, N. C l-rrertlre In Stale mid Federal Courts, Prompt aiumilon Vi collwjtluu ot claim. W. S. XKKD1I AM, Attorney-at-Law, Pilot Mountain, N. C. IVWHl pri'tl In lli Mute CourU. Col-li-tilim of clnliiii iipweliilty. Ju9 lain T. 15. Mc-CAHGO, DOTAHV PUSLIG. OFFICE OPPOSITE NEWS OFFICE, MOUNT AINV HOTll BLOCK, BulNt8 PmOMFTI ATTtNDtO To. CIKO. r. JSl'AHGKH, Attorney-at-Iiaw, MOUNT AlliV, N. C. Will prw twe In HUlo iM Keilurnl ourU. lv i. mu-ntloii to colli-ctlnu of claim anl lirKollaUhK loan. W- f. CAMTtH, j. R. IIWILLVN, OUMUO, a c. CAHTKK Ik IUiWKI.I.YN, Attorneys-at-Law. ir-piai lli In tlie HUt and Vrili-ral ( oiina. l-romi'l atuinllon (flvi-n Ui all butlnran enlrunu ad lo lli-lr cars. J. H. SJakemore, PHOTOQRAPHER MOUNT AIHY, N, C. U pri'iand to makti all lli New and Arilaiic 8tjl". I UP "l tin " i"l If' " Bral-claaa work. DR. C. W. BA.NNER. DENTIST,-i Mount Airy, N. C. Olliee over Tylr A Hanner'i Iruj( KtorH. Olln'e boura N . m. Ui 0 . in. JOH. NATIONS MAI IU I M Watches, Clocks and Jewelry f all kimla, Hi-l!ijf Mai'liisie. M'l.ii al li.lriiini-i.t. An. Wl:tii'a,t.'l'',k ''! Jewnlrif ri'liairi-d Ifl lwt nnv man liff nj atiafaiaiuli (uaraiili-i'ii If ' want Ui aavd iikiiii-jt m lii furi! makiiiif your jiur'li-i nr having yuur work diiiit!. Bnrlal Robes, Slippers, &c. A full .lor k of all lrrm aaj 'iiallll. krpt 01 hii'l. ami at rranai'l rlm. etof rwin, Ui-Cair ovar U.I.. 1'altar. Hi'a ttota, un Main Htr.at, IUlUua, nt bona MiiTtli of tli railroad. MTATH Normal and Industrial School. OEf AWTKrTtl M'HispM ft Uwhr, 444 rflaf VtMl-M . pr (M rftVt (r txipll. BiatrirtlbiUM lfw Pi (lxtitritf in I" ih N-irtii UM r-fwi. r4. i apUtivw RttrW at fwti.i At4i U ftl frM-tut!ifti (ft ijMir 1Mb in nir ttt ntiiattHi. ftt AW, IMIUOW tf M4' lt 'rt Afeft, rciiVltl MAUI. l HfBH wrwefyilaurik V.C. U rVi tr fa I L LL). Jf E.A.HANNAH, irii.r l Col, Catt, 1 hM live FIRE STARTS IN A BAZAAR AND A WILD PANIC ENSUES. MANY LADIES TRAMPLED TO DEATH. The Trench Capital In Mourning on Account of the Great Holocaust of Last Tuesday Evening, l'ari". May 4. Tlio (irand lla ztiarlluClixritiu, wlucli wiih inatiu rated ytterday, ended this after noon in n diHHhtcr wliich cauoud tlio lotta of at li'tu-t two hundrod lives. and which Iihh thrown many of thu best known families of rranco and other continental countries into niournini;. A tiro started in the flimsy struct i) re in which tho ha ZHar uhh iKiing held, and in a few nun ii tea tho whole place was a heat ot anhes, in which Mere the bodies of many of the leaders ot continental society ai d of women prominently identified with chantablo work The building was only a temporary one, being built simply of planks and cloth. The bazaar was held by a representative syndicate of the chief charitable institutions of the city, which every year unite for tho purpose of selling ali kinds of articles which are devoted to tho relief of the poor. Tho receipts cmcIi year havo amounted to about l,0iMl,ii(i(i francs. Tho baziar was under the patronage of the leaders of society, and many of the stall holders vtere Indies of rank. The firo started at half past 4 o'clock in tlio (Jinornatorapli in stallation, wliich was near tho stall of tho Duchess d'UAS. Jt is sup posed that it originated from an imperfectly insulated electric wire. There were fully l.SoO persons at tending the bznr, and the moment the cry of tiro was raised there was a fearful panic. A wild rush was made for the exits, which jtiickly became blocked with stru'ling timsHcs of humanity, and many of those seeking to escape were k nocked down and tramped to death, while others were suffocated in tho awlul crush. It was ut lirst thought that the loss of life would not exceed thirty, as that number of dead were Scedily recovered and laid side by silicon the ground, hut it took little further search to i uveal the fact that tho catastrophe was ot far wider ex tent, and that tho death list would be far in excess of that number. In addition to those who were cruhhed or suffocated, it appears that many others who might otherwise have escaped were caught under tho roof which collapsed in a few minutes after tho tire started, tho uprights supporting it having been burned away. From t-tories told by survivors it is learned that the dresses of a fiuiiilMir of ladies canght lire before tliey scarcely had an opportunity to attempt an escape, and their shrieks of agony as they ran hither and ihitherin blind terror added to the panic. They ran into the crowds near me exits, aim in this manner tho firo was communi cated to clothing of persons who either perished miserably or were frightfully burned, ho lar as tan bo learned about five hundred per sons were enveloped in the lUmes, tho other in the building liaving managed to effect their escape le fore tho lire gained headway. Ono hundred and fifty seriously injured persons have been taken to tho hoa- nitula or are being treated at their homis. Tho ruins are still smoking this evening, and until they have cooled oil sullicieiitly to allow of a thor ough search fciiig made, it will be impossiblo to know the exact num-U-r of the victims. Indon, May 4 Tho Times says that many foreigners were among the stall keepers, including a nuin U r of Kuglich md America-is. It adds that it is feared that suine of them are among the victims 1'aris, May 5, Details ot the burning of the (iratid l!a.aar do ('bantu yesterday are slowly tilling Tint, it is now plain that it was inoro tcrtiUo than any catastrophe on the continent since the burning of the King theatre at Vic'iiis in where eight hundred o 'plo were burned. The bodies of sixty seven have been identiliod. Forty four are still unclaimed and still a number arc in thu ruins. Tl.o exact number will never m known. Many are completely dismembered. Workmen aro busy excavating the ruins in march of the bodies. I'resi dent 1'iuro visited tho injured this morning, rendering every measure of kiwiatanco possible. Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of Ex Deputy 1). S. Marshal, Columbus, Kin tayt I "I raa delivered 4t of TWIN I m S In than W) ruin- l -v J tun UU WHO U I f ararocl any tn a fur tutnf mil; two bnttlea of rfr MOTHERS' Of! FRIEND" zfo mot urri aftxswabd. fa-"-- a i a. mh, as sip "f l aw a. ma. ( Tu at.'liliu' a.4 I'm. MMiti fttttUToa re., arum, . tout ur ALL uau OOlata. THEY MURDERED THEIR OWN FATHER, Mr. Oden, of Beaufort County, Killed by Hii 13-Year-0ld Son. A special dispatch of last Tues day to tho News and Observer from Washington, l'eaufort county, N. U., says : Ucaufort county has again been tho scene of another tragody. This time a father was killed in cold blood by his eon, just 13 years old. Monday afternoon about (MO o'clock, the news was received here that a murder had been committed near Hunter's bridge. Messrs. lr vin liremloy, John Oden, IJurwell Jones and Clan Jo Uoberson went down to the scene. Suspicion had already centered upon the children When these gentlemen reached tho home of Oden, they found nearly one hundred people gathered, and the children in tho house sitting by tho fire. They woio immediately placed under arrest and held until the coroner reached there. The children protested their innocence, saying they knew nothing about it Just prior to the hearing this morn ing before tho coroner, the boy con fessed the crime, saying: "I shot father about twenty-five leet from tho door." He said his sister told him to shoot him. They could take tho hind wheels of the wagon and make an ox cart and go where they pleased. 1 he younger sister said substan tially what her brother did. 1 he oldest girl claimed her fattier was shot in the woods, but did not know whether her brother did it or not. Oden was shot in tho left side in tho heart, ten squirrel shot entering chat organ, and his left lung was shot ali to pieces. The cause of tho murder was that tho boy ran way last week. When he returned, his father told him ho was going to punish him. His sistor told the boy if the father attempted to carry out his threat to kill him, a command executed to tho letter, and our coun ty gazes upon another crimo too horrible to chronicle. The coro ner jury's verdict was that Lewis Oden came to his death at tho hands of his children, Marietta, Jarvis and Amesia Oden. They were placed in jail on last Tuesday." It will bo a sad sight to see a 13- year old boy on trial for the murder of tiis father. Cuba and Crete. Tho London National Review thinks ihe people of tho United States havo no right to point tho linger ot scorn at the powers for preventing tho Greeks in Crete from winning their independence when we stand off and see Cuba struggle to be tree, and do not lend her any assistance. Tho two cases are not exactly parallel. Tho government ot the 'nited States is acting under a treaty -ith Spain in refusing to permit armed expeditions from leaving this country to make war on a country, Spain, with which wo are at peace. Tho people of tho United States havo contributed thousands of dol lars to the support of tho Cuban cause. Our government has not blockaded the ports of Cuba as tho powers have blocked Crete, nor have we in any way attempted to assist in tho subjugation of Cuba by Dpain. On tho other hand, it is not so certain that Cuba could govern her self as it is that (i recce could better govern her present territory and Crete, too, than tho Turk does. Tho lowers are holdiii"; up tho hands of an intidel ; both parties to thoquar- e! in l.uba are, nominally at least, Christian. When tho Review says, however, that there is moresulTering in Cuba than in Crete and that Spain las lorteited Iter moral right to con trol tho Island, two facta are laid down that are undeniable. Cut what about the Turk's moral right to govern anything or anybody i right upheld by the powers. On the whole, we aro a little ahead in the comparison. Athevillo Citizen, Steel freight Cart. A Pittsburg paper notes a $0l 000 order to a manufacturing com pany near that city for steel freight ara, 1 he muio paper prophecies that steel will supplant wood alto gether in the m an u tact u re of freight ears; that the life of an ordinary wooden car is about ten years, while it is expected that tho steel one will ust a lifetime. I ho weight of the steel ears is Oik) pounds and their carrying capacity fiO tons. The cost will he f l,oo each, and the cars will lie fitted with air brakes and many new and valuable appliances. Tho manufacture of wooden cars uses up a vast Misntity of lumU-r and tho general substitution of steel would alford much relief to the foresta.. -- Most counties in tho State suffer whero tobacco Is cultivated. What a warning ; Biielilrn's Arsiirai Halve. The Host Salve in the world for Cula, Hi uisca, Kore. Ulcer. Hall K'iriim, Kuvrr Hurtw, Teller, Chapp ed Hands, ('liilhluinoa, Corn, and fill Skin Eruption, tin positively cure 1'ilca, or no pay required U i guaranteed to give pei(i t salia faciinn or miity refundud. Tries 'ii r.tnia por boi. For sale by Tay lor J ' irirr. Please rav your aulax-rintion. , - f now, wrn t you ( STATE ITEMS Of IMPORTANCE GATH ERED FROM OUR MANY WIDE AWAKE EXCHANGES. Hev. A. II. Peoples, a Methodist Protestant preaches of McDowell county, is dead. Trinitv ' dWo this voar obsor? ed Arbor Day and the boys planted nearly six hundrod trees. A cloud burst at Lumberton last Saturday wrought great harm. The cros in that immcdiato section aro seriously injured. Judge Kwart says he is not inak ing any efforts to get the superin- tendency of tho Ilureau of Engrav ing and Printing. Evangelist File recently held a meeting at Durham, lie says un belief, prejudice, sectarianism, Ac, kept tho jieoplo away. It is stated that tho activity of tho revenue ofheers has closed most of the liquor distilleries, blockade and otherw ise, in Davie and David son counties. William Whito, of Tyrrell coun ty, attempted to examine his fish nets while intoxicated, a few days ago, fell overboard and was drown ed in the Scuppernong river. The Southern Ilaptist Convon tion at Wilmington was perhaps the largest gathering of preachers ever seen in North Carolina. The personel of tho body was tine. Eighteen car losds of poultry came down the Western road Sun day morning in ono train. They were being shipped Ironi lennessee to Jersey City. Morganton Herald. I-ewis Ponds has a freak in the way of a calf that has two tails, the odd one located on its shoulder. This calf will have the advantage over other calves in fly time. Con cord Standard. W. II. Holt has been appointed postmaster at (iraham, Alamance countv. vice S. (I. McLean, resign- ed ; and M. (. Lillington at Panth er Creek, l adkin countv. vice 1. It. Jones, resigned. The Stato Press Association will meet at Morehcad City this year, the dates being Juno 9th and 10th. About ono hundrod members are expected to attend, many of tbem accompanied by some lady member of their families. Tho following North Carolina boys recently graduated from the Medical College of Virginia: 11. M. Homier, Aurora; Charles W. Keel, Hrantsboro; J. II. Pearson, Jr., Fremont; Marvin P. Skeen, armors; C. II. Wharton, lCnlhn Judge Dick says that on or about Juno 15th he will appoint the Uni ted States commissioners for the western d strict. He will name the commissioners while in Charlotte at the time mentioned. The law pro vides that there shall be ono com missioner to each county in the dis trict. There was a desperate fight Sat urday night in Huncoinhe county between revenue ollicers and moon shiners, in which twenty-tivo men wore engaged. An iiucii sun was oimd in a tobacco barn and was captured, as were four moonshiners, one of them, named Eldiidge, be ing .badly shot. The meetings in the Haptist church continue. Never have the people of Monroe had the privilege of hearing better preaching. Dr. J. W. Carter, as sn expounder of tho scriptures, as an earnest, conse crated preacher, as a profound and original thinker and aa a faithful, consistent servant of the Master, stands without a sniierior. It is a treat to listen to his discourse.. Monroe Enquirer. Tho three year old son of Mr. T. I. James, living near Pomona, met with a fatal accident Sunday. The ittlo fellow was playing about the house when his mother stepped to the well for water. Hearing him make an unusual noise she callod to him to I) fjiiiet. Returning scarce ly a minute later she was horrified to find his clothes in flames reach ing to his head and which she ex tinguished as quickly as possible. Medical aid was summoned but the child liveii only a' couple of hours, having inhaled the flames. Ihe father was away from homo on a visit at the tima Tho child was buried at Leo's Chapel Monday. (irccnattoro Patriot. It is rciwrted on good authority that the Southern lUilway has de cided to build an extension from Murphy, N. C, to Cleveland, Ten nessee, which will shorten its pres ent route over 100 miles and effect s saving in schedule time of 3ve or six hours to the West. At present the route from New York and Washington, on the Southern's main line, to Chattanooga and Mem phis and points in that region is via Salisbury and Asheville, and Knox villo, Tenn. The Southern already has road south from Asheville to Memphis, and from thii point it will take only 65 miles of road to reach Cleveland, Tenn., on the pres ent main line. Jlctwten loo and 110 miles will be saved by this route over the one now used. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. Several Important Changes Piatt Contid en New York Slighted. Washington. May 5. The Ii publican Senators held a caucus and adopted the rewirt of the Commit teo on Committees. Tho important changes are as follows : Sowell, of New Jersey, to Appropriation (Jallinger, of N. II., to Commerce ; Hurrows, of Michigan, to Finance ; Clark, ot Wyoming, and roraker, of Ohio, to Foreign Relations; Spooner, of Wisconsin, to Judicia ry, Carter, of Montana, relinquish ed Inter State Commerce to Elkips, of W, .Vs., and takes the latter's place on Indian Affairs and Terri tories ; Piatt, of New l ork, snd Ilarma, of Ohio, aro added to Naval Affairs ; Foraker to Pacific Rail road ; Sjwoner, of Wisconsin, to 1 nvileges and hlections ; iNelaon, of Minnesota, to Public Lauds. Sumo dissatisfiction was express ed to the caucus over the assign' ments, notably by Senaters Piatt of INew j ork, and Wilson, of Wash ington. Mr, Piatt called attention to the fact that New York was un- reprsentod on cither tho Finance, tue Appropriations or the Com rnerce Committee, which ho said was an anotnalns stato ot affairs He said he had no complaiut to make on Ins own account, but that he felt that ho had a right to pro test in tho interest of tho Stato. Mr. Wilson urged tho unfairness of the failure to givo him tho place on the Commit teo on Commerce, which had been vacated by his lato colleague, Senator Squire. Sen tor llanshorougli also expressed somo disappointment over his fail- nre to secure a place on the nuance Committee, and Senator Clark over the fact that he had not been placed on a committee dealing with west ern interests. All these were re plied to by members of the commit tee, who slated that tho assignments were the most equitable it had been found possible to make. Ilio trusts, combines, corpora tions and the like never fail to keep their eyes on tho committees. A great deal deiiends on these com mittees sometimes. About Greece. It has a population of 2,2S9,30S. I' is called "Hellas" by its peo ple. Ihe mean temperature ol wrcece is 64 Fahrenheit. No part of Greece is forty miles from the soa or ten from the hills About one half f the population are agriculturists and shepherds. It has an area of 24,! 7 square miles. It is the only country in tho world whoso armies are provided with the (iras guns and paper covered car tridges. 1 ho Greek nag is a white cross on a Hue ground the Havarian colors and the Greek cross. Greece is more thickly populated than any other country in Europe, with the exception of Sweden and russia. It has few rivers and 'many hills. None of tho former are navigable, and many of tho latter are fortified. Its present boundary limits arc determined by an arrangement be tween (treat Hritain, France, Rus sia and Turkey concluded at Con stantinople on July 21, 1832. (July about 70,000 of the inhab itants speak any language other than Greek, and about 20,000 profess any religion other than tho orth odox. Tho chief characteristics of the average Greek are his inquisitive noes, fondness for excitement, love of discussion, desire for knowledge, ptitide for learning and aggressive patriotism. The climate has two striking pe culiarities the heat in summer and the cold in winter are far more in tense than those of any other coun try in the world lying in tho same atitudo. Gell once remarked that in traveling through tho Moria in March ho found "summer in Mes- senia, spring i:i Laconia, and win ter in Arcadia, without having moved beyond a radius of fifty miles." N. Y. Sun. Southern Educational Baptist Convention. Among the many adjuncts which have come to be si inched to the Southern Haptist convention is that of tho Southern Haptist Educational conference. Ic was organized at Hirmingharn, Alabama, in lMl,and has grown to such proportions that its friends are beginning to consider the advhability of severing it from the annual meeting of the great con vention, and at a later ooriod. dur ing meeting give a week to the con aideration of topics of general in terest. The conference is one of the le gitimate outgrowths of the prevail ing spirit of education throughout the South. Tho steady advance ment of its interest has lieen com mensurate with the pr. gresa ot ed ucation throughout the Southern States. The seventh annual session of the conference wss held at Grace M. E. church on Thursday. Wilmington Messenger. - I. A prisoner in toe Iasucaster, Fa., jail whoae time expired about three months ago, has ust beer let out because they forg it to turn him imm) sooner. Whether he will claim dmag- or they will charge him for three mouths' board and lodging is not yet stated. IT IT Ii '1 D BEING CONSTRUCTED OF STEEL AT Nl AGARA FALLS. THE TASK A DIFFICULT ONE. The New Structure is Being Built Around the Old Bridge. Railroad Traffic -it Not Interrupted. The historic snstension railwa bridge over the Niagara gorge wi; ii be entirely romoved by July 1st and a new steel structure, remarkable in many of its features, will be in its place. The now bridge is being built around the old, and the change from one to the other will be made without interference to traffic. This new bridge will consist of ono mightlv steel span, 550 feet between springing points the largest arch in all tho world flanked on either side by a trussed span 115 feet in length connecting the eame with tho cliff on each side of tho river. In addition to this there will be ap proaches aggregating 2H0 feet in length. lhis mighty structuro. to cost naif a million dollars, and to weigh 7,200,000 pounds, is to take the place of the present suspension bridge, which was long considered ono of tho best in tho world. It was built in 1S55 bv John A Roob ling, for tho Niagara Falls Inter national Hiidgo Company, of New l org, and tho ."Niagara rails Sus pension liridgo Company, of Canada. In 1S0 tho original wooden sus ponded superstructure was found inadequate, and was substituted by a new steel stiffening truss 620 feet ong. Six years Inter the stono towers on top of the cliffs, support ing tho cables, wero found to bo crumbling, and were replaced by new ones ot steel, without inter ruption to traffic. lioth of these changes wero undo under tho di rection of L. L. Huck, chief engineer in chargo of tho new structuro for the I ennsylvania Steel Company, which is doing the work for tho two corporations owning tho bridge franchise. Now coims another and greater change, iho old bndgo, with its single track, is inadequate for tho enlarged traffic and tho increase in Weight for locomotive engines, and will lo replaced by a new bridge with two railway tracks on its upper deck, and with railway tracks, side tracks, sidewalks and trolley tracks oeneatn. ihe lower tracks will bo used for an electric line from the 'uited States to Canada around the Whirlpool gorge. A Strange feature in changing from ono bridge to tho other is that it will bo done without interference with tho heavy traffic, though tho new bridge is being built on the- exa..t sito of tho old one, which it surrounds, and with which it is in- terplaced. The new structure gets not one ounce of support from the old, as it extends from the cliffs on either side out into tho sir in an ap parently mysterious manner, and to the eye of the tyro defies gravity. ta Hugo pieces ot stool, which in somo instances exceed thirty tons in weight, aro being extended with ap parently only tho atmosphere under thorn. W hen these t wo sides of the arch meet in the centre of the span and are joined, tho old bridge will be blocked up on the new one, tho new bridge carrying it in addition to its own weight and the regular traffic. The latter will then be disconnected pioco by piece, and tho new floor system placed in position as the work progresses. The last work will bo to remove tho four cables ot the stisiicnsion bridge, each weighing 170 tons and having a length of 1,(!00 feet. Then tho towers will como down, and a landmark long familiar to tourists to Niagara Falls will havo disap peared. Tho contract for the new bridge was let last May. In September 500,000 fdet of lumber was used in constructing preliminary work on either side of tho river, extending from tho cliffs to tho springing points of the arch Then, on Jan nary 2t'th, the first piece ot riveted steel was placed in its permanent posi'loll. Tho usual methods of erecting bridges could not bo employed on account of tho impossibility of con structing temporary staging across the gorge, nor is the old bridge sufficiently strong to support any portion of the new bridge or of the erection plant. The arch is, there fore, bein built out iu sections from each bank, cantilever fashion. The bottom of each arm rests on the springing points of "skewbacks" of tho arch, the tops being anchored by means of heavy chains, eompofcd of eye bars, 250 feet I -ark on either bluff, whero tho chains are curved sroond and down eighteen feet it.to ihe solid rock. There they are em bedded In concrete. The pull on each of theae SDchor sges exceed 2,000,000 pounds, wliich ia equal to the traction power of 100 freight engine. In order to control the weight of the over-hanging arms, four dia mond shaped adjustments are placed in the anchor chains, which are operated by rip-ht and left band screw, revolded by a rtan that requires the united strength of eighteen men to turn. During erection the new bridge is being kept slightly above its final position, so that when the last section ot the arch is placed in posi tion there will be a gap of several inches ; then, by means of the ad justing screws, the halves of the srch will be lowered, closing the gap arid converting the two cautiiiver arms into one single arch. At this stage of the work eighty men will be required to move the capstans. Tho constructions of the two decks and removal of tho old bridge wiU follow, and when Jnly 4th comes every piece of steel will be in place, tho two millions holes punch ed and drilled will havo been tilled with bolts and rivets, aud the new bridge will oe cpen for tratne. Now York Herald. Against the Public Schools. It is almost beyond belief that any intelligent man wili oppose any effort in behalf of better facilities for the education of the childreu of the common people of North Caro lina. Uut here are conclusive evi dences on our desk. One man says the free schools will be a curse which twenty years hence we will be pray ing to be delivered from. He is not an ignorant man, either. He is principal of an academy. Another protest against local taxation, and suggest? to us that this paper is the only one that seems anxious lor bet ter schools. He also says there is a great rush for teachers' places now, and that plenty of teachers, well Justified, can be obtained for less tan present salaries. There is nothing to do but to read thoso let tere, think about them, write to their authors and thank thvtn for so freely expressing their opinions, and go on working tor tho public schools, trusting in the encouragements of others and tho benefits which time will show. We are unqualiriedly in favor of local taxation for school )uriKes. It has conferred great benefits in every State in which it is used ; in fact there is no Stato in which there is any creditable public schools without local taxatiou. Iu North Caralina it has never been tried except with success. Excellent school systems in Asheville, Greens boro, Charlotte, lialeigh, uoldsboro and other places thai have adopted local taxation attest the virtues of this policy. It is true that taxes are hiVh. They have been hiirh ever since there has been a government and men loved money. Hut if we really desire to reduce taxes, we must educate the people, that there by they may become more law- abiding, more easily governed, and more capable of economically gov erning themselves. Ignorance levies a heavier tax on North Carolina every day than any Legislature ever did in a year, and any man, woman or child knows it uibiical Je corder. How's this for Berries? Tho shipment of strawberries along the Wilmington and Wtldon mil road on April 2'Jth was the argest ot the season. ine ship ment amounted to about 10,400 crates, or 332,800 quarts. It re quired three solid trains to trans port the lot The California Fruit Transportation Company carried out twenty-throe of their refrigera tor care with i,o00 crates and the Southern Express Company six cars with about 2,y'J0 crates. 1 he ber ries were carried to the various Northern markets, and at the aver So selling price would be worth out $tJO,OO0. The above is from the ilming- ton Messenger. It is authentic and gives our readers an insight into w hat is going on in the "strawberry belt" of North Carolina. It beats tobacco and then there is no six cents revenue on a pound of straw berries, lhere is no prosperity in country where the farmers have to go to tow n to get their meat and bread. Hotter quit tobacco and do vote your time to raising strawber ries, meat and bread. Diversified farming is the thing for the farm ers ot Surry and adjoining counties. Every farmer ought to make on his own farm plenty to do him without laving to buy a dime's worth. They had some able financiers iu the last Kansas Legislature. Their Day is 150, but one of them man- god to litt two f "sOO mortgages and didn't strain much either. John Sherman himsull, when he first be gan, could u'i have done much bet ter than that. Tuft's Pills Cure All Jver Ills. Save Your Mongy. 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There is com fort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Roof, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in reliev ing pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It eorrecrs inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wme or leer, and overcomes that unpleasant ritceseity of being compelled to get up many tunes during the night to urinate." The mild and tho extraordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon realiz ed. It stands tho highest for its wonderful cures of the most dis tressing cases. If yon need a medi cine you should have the best. Sold by druggists price titty cents and ono dollar. For a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent fieo by mail, mention Thk Moist Airy Nkws and send your full post-office ad dress to Dr. Kilmer it Co., Ring hauiton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuine ness ot this offer. NO LIKE OTHERS There la a diflF-renre between medi cines and mrilicines. 1 huM! of to-day. us a rule, tliflVr from tho-; of tlnj prist in many respevta. Fully as preat is tho differeuee be tweeu Dr. King's ROYAL GERI.IETUER and the ordinary medicine of to-day. It is unlike them in THESE FIVETHINCS: 1. It does not taste like a medi cine. It is as r.l.-a.saut to take as lemonade and mak-s a mot refreshing drink. it. It never nauseates the most delicate st maoh. 3. It does not swan off one dis ease tor another. Jt does not set up one form of disease in order to relieve another Su in so often the case. 4. It contains no alcohol or opium In any f.rm and is always harmless even w hen given to a babe one day old. 5. It does not putch simply, ft cures. It reaihf as nothing else doe to the liiJih-n sonr'i-s of disease in the blood and removes the cause. It due this with an ease and power that have never Iwo equaled. Tor all trmitil-ii rf the rtliv1. 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Tiii-iT i aiiiiiii.tr uH-llD nfrr!ia Chnol .iii'i'! .1,-1 st ihr iry Hiwrst pr. in pursu it- t'T flml f-ml. Haft k)T. lul ls aUliulaflMlwa and Ktl pr"f".-.'"iii.i wo am !u wi-ll lo k'ft nij pM- I F'-fr 1'Uniiiiri--"!!- lutir NtM.s i av'HiiNl. r;--UHy. t-ftft-pt ai i.-i,o. a Kt.rti ii aii r,ir. om, lo Ju h:i k. al h-aiJ ( sisa. rfk'lit huna i"1"- f"'i'Or.f H-a buvsL, AluUW Airj. Jt. C iK k Bfl I . .CorreBpondence h M.-rl kv (Solicited. - kU-i-B , If English Ppavin l iniment renioVM a!! Hard, ("oft or ( alUiused Lump and ISIi-miuhe from horse, Llixxi jvnii Curbs, Hphiita. hsrwiH-jr, lunir-Ikc, tiflrw, hpraina, ail haul'.en Throats, Conch. etc. r-av I'm by ue of on bolus. Warranted the rooat wonder ful IHeniLu Cora ever known. NI4 hv Taitoa A rtiia ill Airy. K.O UillSTFn A r-haM.-l.dj or rr,lh. II Oil I LUi n.an to d strilut aatiipl" and make a h.ii-to-hoii rinm for our YeirHabSe Ii-iiet 14-j to l"5 amount ea.iij made. Addrwas I'ro't A Reed. Mi to SVJ Austin Avenue, Ct. eafo.lll.