North Carolina Newspapers

Keep the Month Shut. If you wuld avoid colds, keep the mouth shut when coming out of an over-heated room, especially late nt nlifht, nnd breathe through the nose. Chills are apt to enne people talk freely while out of doors j nnt nftf-r leaving a room full of hot air, an. I theater-goers who dlwiiM and lough over the ply on their way home are Inviting Illness. It Is, in fact, during youth that the greater number of man kind contract habits of Inflammation which make tlielr whole life a tissue of disorders. Naval Tank. The new naval experiment tank nt the Washington yard. In which minia ture war ships will he tested, will h" ."lift fret long and '.' ft'-' across, .uid Inside the water space u VA l -17." l.y 4.' feet. Its l'-ptJi v. ill Ih- 11 feet. Running across, close to water, w!!' Ix a carriage upun which there will lc attached a dynamometer to n-dver the resistance due to towing a mofk-1 through th- tm.vi n. Mod-'., varying Pi size from ten to twenty fc.tt of very new hlp to lie built will !i" attached to this machinery and drawn through the water. The wave motion will he observed and the resNtntee It offer will he calculated. A New York hoy stole a Mc:imlont at Louisville the m her day and ran away with it. CorMinately the Ohio Hlver happened to lie In usu at the time. Cure Ciirnii i t li I'liyMc. Mltflit nn w. II try that ni to iito inj.t Jlie euro of leitiT. K. mil. Hlni.'worin niel . Hot iit.in .tin nnnetifiiif mill lilm,1 rii'-'li-'ini'. 'I i tti rliii' Is ttm only ni,,iiiti-iy n,,f.. hii'I . frtiin r-m-ily With li . urc In Hiirn. It nn ointment. .7i.-iit itf ill iitvlntH or ly mull for .Hie. In hMIiij.h from J. T. Miiii.trlno, Saviinnuli, Ha. A Handsome N. A. it. Souvenir. 'I tie Senlioiiril ir Line iiii.I Men hriM-.' .in. I Miners' 'I r.ui'oortMt ion C'oinp.'itiy in iirnin--ililt for fnrt her ileti! of t!,e l'ii-,n:.lv l otelm le.l Tour to Pro i-leii. e, . J., ,,ii, tin- Kit, Aucu-t II. I.Tveis He.) n hnrel.sone- l-ouvenir limine .lll l l.nttoti The 1,,-ulj... re res nts nil of t lie I:,te,t sf,iv,.,ir lientLfi-. mill is uncle or lilne I'iMioti l,;t e eel lu- lol.l me.l.illi, n. with leetnl run. n then,,. liion ii;ipeiirs the s. . I.. pTi.Pmin Vi M i I...I l,.iinieii Train riiniii-it' :t roll .t-it. a Ml is nmneil " I le- I j Ion . I la t he l,u f ton iii,.a-. the M. A- M. 1. ,, j,n, -. a. 1.. (I,,.. tiiule murks in Mile ,'iml rcl. w it.li tin- wonts "Are on uoin on 1 1. pi-nvi.leu (. Knnr-lnr-. A MCllst III ,V" The hieies will onlv he civeii to the ,ur elmsers of excursion t ieket- f.,r !hi- .. on. tint Uie hntton- en n he f- ur il hy .chlr sinp T. .1. A mler-oii, i.etionil Pa-.e"n;:i-r A sent, I'oitsinonth, Vu. The nt tent ion of our rciuler- is c illeil to t he M.inle syrup ml. in this ,.,u,. It Ii.-ih the li ilf ! eiiilor-ement from pnrtiv- who ran not iilTonl to lie iiti nit it, nrcl l oltereil to the people l.. i :in-et hev enrmot lifferil t.. Mir the !-mp. The will m.iko ii mlstiilii. if the y ilo not i ii y this. Fits nermnnrnflv run it. No fit or nnrvonn iii ss utter lirst hi tiie of Dr. Kline Nerve IJestorer. S'.Mrtiil hoi tie aiel tveatisc Iri'u Un. Iv. II. Ki.ine. LU.. wil At. li St .l'hilal'a. Mrs. WinslmvV foothln Pyrnn for children teething, wiftciir the Kuril rei ii, i rut infill iiimn lion, ulluye pinn, cures w iml enlle. Tie.ii bottle. IhaynfiMinrl I1s,r fr.. f,,r ron-umptlnn nn tinfHiliiii; rn.sliein,.. K. ; .,,r l:i." Srott St., CoviuKton, Ky., -t. 1, l -tt. W II. tlrillin. Jii.-kH..n, .Mi. Iiik-iin. writes-'.s,itr,.-,., with .il.-iri-h for lilt.-ei, yenr. Mull's (.-it.-irih ( tire i urtsl me." sil, ),v Dnii; 1,'isls, VV-. TROUBLESOME PIMPLES Blood Perfoc'ly Purified by Hood's. "I lutve I u trouhleil with uniHll red pimpltM hreukiri' out on my fnee. They cnustvl mo ;i yr-'iit deiil of j u in. I hiive taken several hollies of Hood's Suriipiirlll.i ami it has (riven, me relief. 1 have not hcen trouhleil with the (.iinjiles since 1 h.-an taking it." Ln v l'isi ami, 'J.'MI West 144th Street, New York City. iiomemher Hood's Sarsnporilla Ih t he txwt-in fuel tlie One True IU'kmI Purinr. Hood's Pills cure i-uasti patlon. S3centn. MONEY MADE EASY ; III READ THIS AND 1P.INK IT fND RnriDiy. OVtlt. We mini l-n men wholime i-nerv uml irrlt. We " III ulve III. in K s.iuoll.in III wlo.-l, tl ev i-atl niake money r.i.I.M - I hi- lalM.r li.-lli oht fln.l elllplov- inelil lie- (..-,r roiiml. Ke.piln s no rapttill ill- Kre.it eilii. iitii.il. Some of niir I I sil.-mm u nrecoiinrrv (...vs. V..UIIK men erel.l will .1... Helulnioiatl.il! i llllek an t Mire. We have ne.-.l for HO men w itliln Ihe li -t ihlrtv ilm . i..ii.. nute timr. Imt writ i ut on.-e t. ii. r. ii ri mi ins ,i i-i i . cut,, . Atianta.ua. MAPLE SYRUPra, iitiii-.i-li.rali.ml "3 CfHISPiROflLLON, liy a new pr.n ess. whieh m ils in 1 pel- million. "I want toihank you forth.. Maple Srup recipe which 1 tlml in excellent, lean reditu ineiiil It highly to aiiv and every one- lie v. .atn P. Jones, Curtei-sville, lin. Sei.il M ami L'et recipe or -tamp anil i nvei-ti-ate. Ponana for iiL:eiits. .1. X. I.OI SPKK II, .Morritlim'n.Tpiin Dr. V7 H. WfiKEriELB t;n ho eonsuUe.l in hi ofllce in C1IAKI.OTTK, X. V., No. ro; North Tryoii Street. On any week .lay exeepi Wednes.lny. Ills rriictl.-o. in llmite.l to liiseases of the Eye, Efifi, Kcsh aTKnoiT Wanted-fin Idea 5. Who ran rhlnk Home hIiiiiiIh Write JI1N WKIHirtiliCltN' 0. Patent Alter net. WaHlilniro.n. I. c. f,.r tlielr $i.Mii prlro offrr ua nei Hit of one thousand lu'fiuloim wantril. UlttiMfclCME CATARRH W. II. NMITII A (., nl, . v., Prop..' - i API is rn he t-.I wilt- eat tfiflr kimt-(,lg hy Antt .t:; the marvel. e-, .-in., for tli drink huliit Write l;n,,v Cliriiiii-ii FulJ information (in plain wiapprri maili-.t rr.-! OSBORNE'S biHiks. buort tun. t'hap t.rd Saiid tor caialnfoo. S. X. I'. Xo. ;)lt 'il? WORK FOR ALL,:s,r,;Su,;,.s. Kt-ml three ',',. stinips for ttill liartirulats t i Charlotte Urokerane Co., Charlotte, V C. MflRRIflOE PftFER Hest l'uhlihed -FREE .1. W. lU NNKl.S, Toledo, Ohio. H tlllifcS WhtKt ALL HSt f AILS. "ukii yrup. rau-s li.ssl. Ul In time. S. .Irl l,t-.1r ......... . 3 7V7--v DRM Pill Clothes. The good pill has a good coat. Tho pill coat serves two purposes; it protects the pill, en abling it to retain nil its remedial value, and it disguises tho taste for the palate. Some pill coats aro too heavy; they will not dissolve ia the stomach, and tho thoy cover pass through the system as harmless as a bread pellet. Other coats are too light, and permit the speedy deterioration of the pill. After 30 years exposure, Ayer's Sugar Coated Pills have been found us effective as if jusf fresh from the labor atory. It's a good pill with a good coat. Ask your druggist for Ayer's Cathartic Pills.1 More fill particular in Atcr's CurelwoV.. 100 ragt. Scut free. J.C. Aver Co, I.owc'.l, Mss. Why Popular Education Has Failed in This State. BY 8UPT. LOGAN D. HOWELL, Of Kalelgh, Iiefore the Cnlverslty Summer School The Cost of Kit il eal ion, Ktc. Tho foUowin? in a brief PTnoT',U of a aperrenl lieforo the ."Diversity Mum mer School liy Hujierlnteuilent Loan D. Howc'l, of lialeik'h, on " vTiy i'oim Inr fMncation Has F'aik.s.1 ra Xorth I'ar.ilirm:" I In eoiiHiilorinj: tlie eu!ts of popular eiliieation in Xortli Carol i n, iro must j compare this rjat with all other iu I the Union. On of the rnls of e.lu j cation is wealth. Jiu'rl by this Btand ard ediieation in North Carolina has 1 lamentably firled. For with the f x j reptioiiH of South Carolina and Mis i bissippi tlirre is less wealth per capita 1 in North Carolina than anywhere else ' iu the Cniou. Hut South Carolina and .Mississippi have ovr half their popu latton black. North Carolina one-third only. Jiut the lirst object of education ie to remove illiteracy. Judged by this htandard our popular education lias been u!i ignominious failure In fact there is no popular education Lerc. J-or the people are not edncatefl. More than a third of those ofer ten years of i;re cannot rend or wife. Ow con dition is worse than tit At of any other State or territory except six, namely: Louisiana, outh Carolina, New Mex ico, Alabama, .Mississippi and leorpia. 3ut all these States except New Mexico have u larger per cent, of nejfro popula tion than North Carolina. A irpinia and Florida also have a larger per oeut. if negro population than North Caro lina, yut their illiteracy is lesa than cms. These facts are unpleasant to admit, but tho most liumiliating is this, that our rttatc was nearoi- being the luowt illiterate in lftio than it hal been in lTn. It is true the wLole uuiouiit of illiteracy was sotnuuLat roducetl. Hut wo have been more laggard than other Southern States. Florida which lias nearly half it popu lation black has gouo by ub, ho tliat whereas in 1S70 we ranked nth i illit eracy, in Mt we ranked 7th. At this rate it is only a tpiestion of time when North Curolmii, the other fitafes Laving edtieuted their children, will be the home of tho inot illiterate people in the American I'nion. Shall we lot this Come to pans? Already it is tlie home of the most il jterato white peojile in the Fnited States oxcept in the Territory of New Mexico. Our State ranks worse iu il literacy when we compare the white people of the different States than we count the negroes. This does not mean that the white people of North Carolina are more iliiterate thau the uugroes. It does mean that tho white people of North Carolina aro tho most ignorant of ail the white people in the United States except in New Mexico, and that the negroes of North Carolina have more education than tho negroes of HovMia! other States. About one white person out of every four in Ninth Carolina caunot read; to bo exact, the illiteracy is twenty-three per cent. The enormity of this appoars when we consider other States. Massa chusetts ami Nebraska have less than one per cent, of illiteracy anion;' their native white population. There are seventeen States with less than two per cent. Counting the District of Colum bia and excluding the Indian Territory and Alaska there are forty-nine States and Territories. There at e thirty-seven of these that have only half as much illiteracy among their native white population as North Carolina. In other words the white people of North Caro lina are twice as illiterate as the white people almost anywhere else in the Union, including tho States of Mid land, Pelaware, Missouri, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Misrissippi and West irginia. We have moreilliterate white persons than South Carolina and (leorgia combined, more than Alabama and Mississippi, more than Louisiana and Texas, whose combined white imp utation is twice as great as North Caro lina's. Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia and Florida, to gether, fall short of North Carolina's number of white illiterates, hnt their aggregate native white population is over twice as m eat. The cuuse of this large percent of illiteracy is seen when we compare tlie scnool terms of other States with North Carolina. The report of the Unitad States Commissioner of education for ls.ii and l:ri, gives the average length of terms of the public- schools of the United States, one hundred and forty one days, or over seven months. North Carolina's is the shortest term of all sixty-three days. For twenty years we have been struggling in vain to teach four mouths in tho year. All the other States except South Carolina. Alabama and Oklahoma, have more than a four months' term The school terms iu New Jersey. Khode Island, Massachu setts. Maryland, DoSrict of Columbia and Connecticut aro threo times as long as ours. There are thirteen States that l::ne an eight mouths' term or longer twenty four States that have a sevei months' term or longer, thirty-one Ma:e that have a six months' term or longer, this includes Virginia. Arkan ::;:s, uid Kentucky; there are forty-one State- i all but eight) that have live months' term or longer, this includes ieurgia. l.ouifciana. Mississippi, West Virginia, Texas and Florida. ( ur position among the sisterhood of States is then this: in per cent of illiter acy of the w hole population, seventh; n per cent of illiteracy of the native white people, second; in length of sen. ml term, forty-ninth ; in amount ex ! -en ied for each pupil, forty-eight: in amount of tax in proportion to wealth, forty third; in salaries paid teachers, i'or!y-niiith. 1 here can be only one excuse for -li.'li a condition -enormous taxes for !;;: things. j;ut taxes in North Caro lina aie not enormous. They are less 'oi'i nuvwhere else in the Union, ex- cept in Nevada and Idaho. The tax rate for all purposes in North Carolina is something over half the average for the United States. There is no pleasure in making pub lic such humiliating facta about our State except for the hope that they rnav arouse to action. For these con ditions exist, and North Carolina mast face them. Shutting oar eyes to them will not remove them; denying them will not change them. Bat having peen the cause of our failure, we ought to know how to inaka our publio schools a success. Nearly half the school population did aot go insida of a school last year. But what was doaa by theothar half? Little inore than lear the A, B. C's. .Sot half the children studied arithmetic. The av erage white teacher in North Carolina enrolls during the three inonthe she teaches, forty-oue children. But their attendance is irregular.aud if we should visit her school on an average day, we fdiould find twentv-eight pupils present, only thirteen of these far enongh ad vanced to study arithmetic, only seven geoyraph v, four in grammar and two in Lnite.f States history. Let us tea what it cote to vducate children in th different flrafres. The averair for the United states is .lS.CS a year for each child. We spend upon each child only .1. a year. This is less thau any other Slate, except fionth Carolina, which ftpeuds $:.20. The wealth of Masa"husette is rive times as gi eat us North Carolina's, but Massa chusetts spends for each child at school about ten timet; as much as we, f.'JS.DS. i'eren Southern States sjend for th education of their children twice as much as we do: New Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas and Arkansas. Our State tax is already oie of tins largest, only six other States having a heavier oao. But when we come to count the local taxes and the general tax North Carolina drops to the lowest of all but six. There are objections that local taxa tion may suit Maine, but it will not suit our condition aa au agricultural people. We hear mea saying that good schools cannot be maintained among a popu'ation so scattered as ours. Local taxation is not peculiar to the North or to cities. Kansas and Nebraska are great farming States and settled only about half as thickly as North Carolina. Kansas has no State tax and Nebraska only three-tenths of a cent, but by local taxes Kansas heept its schools open six mouths in the year anl Nebraska sevn. Arkansas is not as densely set tled as Morth C arolina. Its tax rate for schools ia two and a half times as great as ours, and tfro thirds of it comes from local taxes. Arkansas' school term is uearly twloe aa long m ours. nriA rt tlm f. .1 lmvi n tr sltntoa orn an thickly settled as NortE Carolina and they ralne all or nearly all their school funds by local taxes, and all have au average school term of from live to eight months: iorth Dakota. South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florid," Ijouis iaua. Compared with other states south and west North Carolina is well popu lated. Scarcity of population oanuot excuse our illiterate condition. Nor can we plead the negro as aa excuse. Seven States (South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Flor ida, Virginia, Alabama) have a larger share of xigro iopulation thau North Carolina, and they all have a larger school term than ours, and all but Ala bama have a heavier school tax. Geor gia has H(V,xr) more negroes than North Carolina and a school term ten weeks longer. Virginia has 7000 more negroes than North Carolina and a school term twice as long and a sohool tax nearly twice aa great as ours. A WOXIKKFI'Ij KKI'TILiK. Caught by a James Klver Fielicrnuin and .lust the Shape of the Iiiver. A New York traveling man recently arrived at Norfolk from a trip through Virginia and tells of a remarkable dis covery which was recently made by fishermen up tlw James river near City Point a few days ago, "1 had heard a good deal nlout the scenery along the river," said he, "and wanted to visit two or three of the bat tle grounds of the late war, so I finished up my business at l'etei shurg an 1 we it over to City Point, General Grant's old headquarters. A great many of the darkies get their living up that way by net lishin. Tho morning after 1 reached City Point, a man told me some of the fishermen had cauirht a strange anitual, and if I went un to Peter Jacksou's shanty I could see it. Accordingly, I got into a boat and paid one of the old Uncle Tom darkies a quarter to row me up to the place. He had heard of the discovery and said it was some "wonderful beast"' that no one in those parts had ever seen before. Fully a hundred colored breth ren of all sies and descriptions had gathered around by the time we had ar rived. The night before, while Jack son and his brother had been hauling their net, there was au uuusual commo tion, and, after dumping the fish, they were astonished to find a remarkable looking reptile, a little less thau three feet in length. It at first made a lively fight, but was finally laid out by a blow from an oar. Tho superstitious negroes were almost afraid to row ashore with it, but curiosity fiuallj' overcame their fear. I do not wonder that the darkies were so scared. It had fourteen or fifteen claws attached to short legs something like au alliga tor, also an enormous mouth, which had been pried open and was lined with ugly rows of teeth. The tail was shaped like that of a whale and the web-footed claws showed that it belonged to a spe cies which could swim. Its color was dark green, the claws being red, also portions of the tail and the inside of the mouth as well. It had one lartre eve. and a long slim tongue like thot of a snake. 1 am frank to say that I never saw anything like it before, and if I had been out with the boys any during the week, would have thought sure that I 'had 'em,' but I had been sober as a judge for months before. 'The thing was taken up to Rich mond, and from there sent North to some naturalist I believe. It was sent on the steamer Virginia, of the James river route of the Old Bay Line. I or me along on the same trip, and the officers of the boat had quite a discus sion about the animal or reptile. We spread it out ou a piece of paper, and one of the pilots Mhile examining it, suddenly made au exclamation. Be fore we could ask him what was the matter he hastened out and came back with a mail of the James river. Won derful to say. the shape of the thing was almost similar to the many curves in the stream. The Chickahominy and other rivers which now into the James river, corresponded with the legs of the animal, and where the river was largest it was broadest. Tho tail was located near P.ichmond, and its mouth when opened M as very similar to the shape of the Hamiton Hoads between Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. The officers of the steamer were so impressed with the likeness that one of them made a draw ing of it. 1 believe, and sent it to the headquarters of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which operates the James Biver Liue of steamers between Baltimore and Richmond. I should think that the Smithsonian Institute at Washington would like very much to oVitaiu this curiosity. It may have been a Southern alligator, vhich had gotten out of his latitude and into the James, but I have never seeu au alligator before which had a red tail aud tongue and was of such a vivid greenish tint" Men tire of every 1 fr.g"i1se: It is a wonder they do not tire of life. THE WRITINGS OF INFIDELS AND ATHEISTS CONDEMNED. SHOCK WILLIAM'S SENSIBILITIES, The Great Mysteries of Nature Refute Their Agnosticism and Ordinary Mortals are Satisfied. These modern agnostics, skeptics. atheists ami infidels are having a lively time in the New York papers. The columns are open to them ami it keeps our Christian and God-fearing people busy in replying to their assaults npt n the Bible and Christianity. No two oi mem seem to nave the same forth or hi be fighting under the same gen eral, bnt tluy are all engaged in storm ing ihe citadel, some on one side and some on another and with different weapons of warfare. They are pull downers instead of build-uppers. One set assaults the miracles and seem to have a fecial spite at Jonah and the whale. Another set denounces Jeph tha for pacrificintr his dnuirhtpr and de nounces God for permitting it. They are equally indignant against David for having Josiah slain and against Samuel for ordering Saul h slay the women and children and cuttle of the Amalekites. They declure that all these stories are fakes or, if true, that God is a brute for allowing such outrages. Some believe in the New Testament, but not iu the old, while others ridi cule the miraculous conception of the virgin Mary and pronounce it a woman's trick to hide her nhame. Some write from a medical standpoint and a?sert that man is by no means a perfect creature physically, but could lie improved, on in many partioulors ior instance, tne can oi the leg should have been in front and there should have been one eye iu the back of the head and the elbow joint should have had a back action, so that a man could scratch his bad: and a woman button her dress or fasten her skirt more conveniently. They declare that a perfect man should be built to run like a horse and swim like a fish and liy like a bird, and Shakespeare they say, was only indnlging in a little tally when he wrote "what a piece of work is man. How noble in season; how infinite in faculties; in form and moving; how express and admirable; in action how like au angel; iu appre hension how like a godl" Some of these writers talk alout sa cred and divine things with the most shocking oouteinpt and intimate that nobody but cowards and lunatics bo lieve in them. They would make Vol taire and Tom Tayne ashamed of them selves. Now, if a man has doubts about the miracles or the divinity of Christ and is really seeking after the truth and expresses himself in lan guage that shows respect for the faith of his fellow men, it is all right; but we are too helpless to be vain or con ceited. If I knew where I came from or where I was going or what would be my future state or if I could pro long my existence or could foresee the calamities of life and prevent them, I could afford to strut around and play Sir Oracle. But I feel my helpless ness more and more every day, and like a child in trouble I want to go to my father. Whether there be a God or not, all the good people I have ever known or read about believed there is, and it is disrespect to them to take His name in vain. Addison says that Sir Robert Boyle, who was the greatest naturalist that England ever produced, had the most profound veneration for the Supreme Being and never mentioned the name of God without a pause a visible stop in his discourse. No w ell-bred man is ever profane or speaks the name of (tod irreverently. I cannot under stand how medical men who have studied the auatomy of the human body this complex and wouderful machine should ever be skeptical about God's existence. If I knew how my will, which is immaterial, controls my muscles, which are material, and make me extend my hand or my foot or close my eyes and open my mouth, I might boast of a little knowledge; but as it is, the raising of my arm or the writing with this pen is a greater miracle than Jonah living three days iu the whale's belly. Every seed that terminates and makes a tlower is a miracle to me. Sometimes I wonder if I had a glass that would magnify a million times could I see the embryo oak in a little acorn; could I see the orange tree iu the seed of the fruit. All nature is full of miracles. Wind ing up tlie canes in front of my ver anda are madeira vines that climb one way and hop vines that climb the other way ami jasmine vines that climb both ways. Every plaut has its own laws, and they are unchangeable. Just so with the beasts and birds and insects, and I almost envy them in their happy ignorance of death and a future state. Hundreds of katydids are singing in the grove whilo I write. The males are making music for their unmusical mates. They will sing on and be happy for three months and then die. The form and structure of their little bodies is a miracle, for the utmost ingenuity of man could not make one. The two little drums that every cicada carries for sounding boards and the tiny frets on their wings that scrape each other with in conceivable rapidity make a musical note that can be heard half a mile on a still and quiet night. And then their sense of hearing is so wonderfully acute! For what child has not tiptoed to the tree and touched it ever so gently aud closed the orchestra. Dr. Holmes calls the katydids "this testy little dogmatist," for they never tire of faying "katy did"" and "katv didn't." But about this improved man and woman that these skeptics would make if they could. Sometimes a man does fall over a wheelbarrow in the night and bruise his shins, and I remember well how many hard licks we boys got when we played shinny at the old sehoolhouse ou top of the hill, but the fores got well and no bones were broken. If the calf was in front the bruise would be as bad aud it won 1.1 make a man's pants bag at the calf instead ot the knee, and a woman's calf when riding a bike would look awful! About that third eye in the back of the head, it would verv mnMi interfere with our sleeping position and give no room for a woman's back hair and utterly paralyze her devotions in church. If we are to have a thiv.l eye the optical nerves and muscles should be so arranged that when the two in front are open the one in the rear should be 6hut, and vice versa. But this third eye would of course necessitate a larger cerebellum t the machinery, and that would give a wma me oig neaa. as to a double- mi mm rimples. blotches, hlackheads, red, rough, oily, mothy skin, itching, scaly scalp, dry, thiu, and falling hair, and bahy blemishes prevented by Ccticura Soap, the most tffective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and kwoctosi. ior uniet, nam, ana nursery. Pop i. Kid thranrtimit th trarid. Pottis Oro A d Cr sit. Corp., Sole Prop., Bocton. V. 8. A. by CtticoftA KuixiMas, jointed elbow for scratching purposes, I've no particular objections, though on a pinch a man can do like Sidney Smith's pigs: He can rub up against a post or the edge of a door and get relief. As to that Munchausen busi ness of running and swimming and flying, it is folly to discuss. Man has no need of such powers, and if he had four legs like a horse aud fins like a fish and wings like a bird he wouldn't be a man, but a sort of quadruples amphibious aerolc, too smart for this world and not good enough for the next. Good gracious! what a world of new theories about man and the creation these modern thinkers have got up. They can't fool tho old folks, but I fear they do demoralize some of the young. Young man, stop aud think before you desert the faith of tho fath ers. It is safe to say that such great and good men as Calvin and Luther and Knox and Wesley and Whitfield ami Sir Isaac Newton and Addison and Pope and hundreds of others who lived aud died in the faith were not mistaken. Wait until these agnostics and skeptics all agree on a religion that will give comfort in adversity and peoco in the hour and article of death. No, don't wait, for they have had time enough and offered nothing. Bill Akp, ia Atlanta Constitution. OFF FOR GItEEXLAXD. Lieut. I'wiry Sets Sail to Establish a Uase of Supplies. The steam sailing bark Hope, with Lieutenant II. E. Peary on board bound for northern Greenland, left Boston at daybreak on the 10th, fully equipped for the voyage. The work of provis- ioniug the vessel was completed only a short time before she sailed. Theobiect of the voyage is to establish a settle ment at a remote northern point in Greenland which shall bo used as the base of supplies for the expedition to search for the North 1'ole under Lieut. Peary in mm. Public Sohool Klectlon, Aug. lO. By act of the General Assembly an election will be held in every township in North Carolina in which there ia no local taxation for school purposes, Tues lay, August 10, for the purpose of im proving the public schools by local taxation. The State of North Carolina has ap propriated .(), 000 out of the general fund to be apportioned among the townships voting in favor of local tax ation. If a township votes a tax of 10 cents on the 100 worth of property and '10 cents on the poll, aud thns raises S"00 in addition to the usual echool fund, the State will add SIOO more, making the extra amount added to the school fund in the township $1,000. If the township raises 8300, the State will give $300. If it raises over S-j00, the State will add SSOO. Any township that votes for local tax ation will, therefore, be sure to have first-class publio schools. Col. J. S. Carr. of Durham, has promised to give S-"00 to the school fund of the county that votes the largest per cent, of its votes for local taxation. Let all strive to get this bounty. llemember the day, August 10. Be at the voting place and bring your neighbors. To stay away will be equal to voting against this plan to feet good schools tor only a small expense. The tax of ten cents on the 8100 is only one dollar on a thousand or five dollars on rive thousand. Surely every citizen will see that thus the best schools can be obtained cheaper than any other way. J. W. Bailet, Hrr.nMoRsov, L. 1). Howell, V. IT. Mebaxe, D. II. Hill, Committee. N. B. Those desiring literature for information or to distribute, send to J. W. Bailey, Chairman, Baleigh, N. C. A Deadly Vocation. A few years' work in the manufac ture of white load suffices to effect a hideous disfigurement. In this indus try it is inevitable that, sooner or later. the workers must succumb to lead noi. soiling, and there would appear to be no part of the loly that the poisonous fumes and floatintr particles which ncr- aieate the atmosphere of the workshops ao not affect. The complexion takes an a ghastly, comse-like nnllor ti.A gums turn blue, the teeth decay rapidly and fall out, the eyelids are hideously inflamed. A scratch or an abrasion of the skin becomes an unbeatable pore. Later on. when nerves and muscles be come affected by the poison lu the Mood, tho eyeballs are drawn into oblique positions, ami take on a Hiu and bleared appearance. The Julnts, especially the knee and the wrist. In come semi-paralyzed, and the whole form is gradually bent arid contorted. The Chinese hand-shake ln hleh life is rapturous, out conservative. Tln-y shake their own hands. When the new Chinese Minister arrived In this coun try his legation welcomed him by touching eK-h other's foreheads, 1 low ing to tlie floor, chattering at lightning speed, and slinking their own hands again and again with the utmost ardor. This hand-shake would be a boou to the President. J&G tWJ AsrA TASTELESS 6 ih5 IT O 1 C XIECTEKAKT PEAET. I ELIZABETH COLLEGE. -!- L FOR WOMEN. ' CHARLOTTE, X. C, EQUAL TO THE IJEST C ollepes for mm with every fcsttircof a high grade Cllee fur women adde-1. A FACULTY OF 13 SPECIALISTS From schools f international reputa tion, aa Yale. Johns Hopkins. AmlierM. University of Viritnia.Ber in.New Lns land Core ervatory. Paris, &c. Til K EE COURSES I.eadinz to degrees. liKOl l SYSTEM w ilh elective. MUSIC CONSERVATORY- ith course leading to diploma. Vive Orc;in.iano,Violin, (iu t.ir. Banjn.M.vi dolin. Voi-;il. ART CONSERVATORY Full course to diploma-alt varieties FULL COMMERCIAL ("nurse Teacher from Kastuian. A REFINEI HOME Witti every m-)ilra convenience. CLIMATE Hmilur to that of Ashevillb. COLLEGE HU1LIMNC., " V ft. f rontaae.lCt ft. d.'ep. 4 stories hch. hni t or pressed tirick. tire proof, with ev r' modern appliance. Catalogue sent free on application. Address, REV. C IL KINO, President, Charlotte, N. C. L1 Made from the Purest, P.tnest and Sweetrt loaf crown lu the Golden H.-1C of North Cnrollua. ' l igarciie hook kws with iacli ioz. kucu. ALL FOR lO CKXTS. A Pleasant, Cool and Delightful Smoke. Lyon A. Co. Tosacco works, Durham, N.C. IS JUST AS COOD FCR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRECcEOcts. o . , CAt.ATIA.Il L3., NOV. 1C,1!33. Paris McdlciDC Co., St. lxin. Mo. ,entleinen: We wM lnl ycr.r, fi"0 bottles of GKOVK'S TAKTIiLESS ll!I,i, TONIC? nnd hr.v.. b'liiirtit threo Kropn nliiicly this vc;;r. in ail mr ex. y.'rienee of 14 year, in tha d'rmj hiisiiies:'. hnvo .ever sold nn article thut("vc- swh universal mtio tactiuu as your Tonic. luurs truly, Aunev.Cahr iCo- fl GREAT GMMeT We want n agent In every town in tu V. S. an-t Cuiiaila. No experience reqnired. Imlin mk most Rtuf-esvful amenta. W oav salary or lilnral roiumisKinn. You can work all t, time r lelsnrn li-iir ami can earn from KICIIT T TWK1.VK IMl I.I. A US MAI WAY. We l,al piv 5 COTTAGE LOTS FREE 'loonr ." moHt siicres-Mfnl agents. Tliese lntn ar worth l,MOearh now. will be. w..rtti K3,KM Jli'.J." ".I tmi'rove. They arr lorateal at 1-n.in- ii I tin. iueen ol tut- ,ni i'4nst. If yon leire to FOR YOU 'l:atii it ami will work there is one of them Write at once for full particulars to the V. it. t,. fc . ( O)ll'ANV, - . ;Prnr. Mr. P. X. U. No. 30 "J7 fimnrnimmwiwmnwiaiwwii rimifl KIM or s T 3riUnirikIUrJALLU mi.iiiinwwiillM ! BLOOD fi vkmm. Two r'J" them ..U ,T. fc-Tlu.ir.tM- - them regularly for a little while means a ALL DRUadLSTS, 1 ioc., 35c., 90c STAMIAKI) OF HAVE MADE themselves li 897 on account ot their quality not account of their price 1896 COLUMBIAS, !897 HARTFORDS, HARTF0RDS Pattern 2, HARTFORDS Pattern I, HARTFORDS Patterns 5 and G, . POPE MFG. Co'" Hartford, Conn. Catalogue fr from any Columbia dealer, or by mail from us for a 2-cent shain. If CalaaUaj r not pr.peTly rrprrcttd 1. yricSuitj, let 439V f,: rt n r t ' jm' 8 OFTEW ,f?,,ta lrIl,':Jj yoa doa' up 1. jou csa eoaie compact tooit wtilch wouiJ glv the ia 11 V-011 iQ fW lln9'?-"o: be obllgel to bull a twentj-poual S PNC Hnn fo M JF O an.p. nt to BOOK Pl'J. Z? WW W th.,tC0 baa lalex. Vo you kno who Cr,u tra.. aai where Wbat ia 1 Xr,mldS' Wben' Tht t' feet per conrt and lho 5u l0CJrt,rM,er." WOrili? TU:it P i " and who Marco Polo wa? What ihe fJoii-.n v,. .r. . 50 C "i-an"-on of iwt feueh .i at the very low price of half a tiollarand. UaViiot'E XOLUML. LIDDELL COMPANYl CHARLOTTE, N. C. MAN-TFACTUBEBS OP ENCINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS. PUH.EY8. IIAXOERS. COUPLINGS, SHAFTING. PRESSES For Cotton, yarn and warps cloth, and special p urpose?. CINS AND CIN ELEVATOR SYSTEMS. DEALERS IX Saws. Tumps, Fans, and Blowers Belttnp. and Supplies for Steam TlanU, Saw Mills aud Ginneries. Platform Scales, Corrusated Steel Roofing. Mr. Thro. Edwards, a Lawyer as well ns a Splendid Planter, of Hull Head, Oreenc County, N. C, Writes W. II. Osborn, May 17, '97, as Follows: '"Another year has passed, making four, since I left tho Institute cured of my thirst for intoxicating liquors, and as I have an nually written you or Dossey Battle since that time asnrln you of my faith In the permanency of the cure, I now assure you once more that time only adds faith in all the good things it has done for m and oth ers who have taken the Treatment with a desire to reform their l'.ves. Iam pliidtolie able to report all the lioys in Greene who have taken the Treatment to be still on the right road, and are f-trmu in their prnies for what has Iccn iono for them. 1 was truly pl.nl to know that yu had at the Insti tute a goodly number of patients. As lon a- there are any drunkards I do hope you wlit continue f ill up. Kvery itay I live I thank (iod anew for sparing me long enough to take tho treatment, thereby saving my life, aud iny eoul from damnation. HERE IT IS! Want to learn all atiout Horse? How to Pick Out a Good One? Enow Imperfec ti"lit and bo Guard again: Fraud? Petect Disease and EfiWt a ftire whn nam poK-ible? Tell the Age the Ti.-t.tli? What to call the Different Part of the Animal? now to Shoo a IIore Propwrly? All this ' and other Vulualile Information can 1 obtained by ' readin mr 10(-PA;K I I.M STHATKI I linll.l' nilflll. wl.l. h Kill f.irnnl rit- puld.nu receipt nf only 'Z.'t rent in tumps. BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 131 Leonard St., N. Y. City. tlAVIDSON COLLEGE, U nxvincnu m n UMTIUOUIlj " - Mi Ui SlXTT-flRST TEAR. . . SEPTEMBER 9, 1897. Courses for A. B., U. ti., and A. M. Degrees. Y. M. C. A. Hall and Ciymuatium. IVn l'rofesors and Instructors. Four Laboratories. SEND FOR A CATALOGUE. CLASSIC 'A L, 1.1 TK KARV, MATHEMATICAL, HIHLICAL, SCIENTIFIC, COMMERCIAL. ADDRESS THE TRESIDENT, REV. J. B. SHEARER, D. D.,LL. D. CUREMONT COLLEGE, HICKORY, N. C. uiris ana vnnn womB. l.lilHt.ol! H Ml tot health ro sort. Ten schools in one, 4iO PIANO i.'ivin to the li e s t music crwliiata Mountain air and water. Porcatal'K ad. s. P. Ilation, A.M free 'OAHOKE COLLEGE, SALEM, VA. Courses fur I'rirre ANwLviu'l nml i'r- nines; working !at t.ilne; fix hurchi Momit-nln It ration. i. with elective; tlgustan'llird y ourM-s. Library ini.nui vol atory; kikkI moral and disci ; iiu liar-rooma. Healthful siii-chil terms t candidates for iniulstrr anil um till terms t cardhlatea for iniulKtrr an erv tnoaeraie rxnetiae. of minlMer. IiicreiiFlnn .utrona;;t- from many StatM ainl wvi-rnl litrclirn countries 4Mh year Ix-glni i" i nn. i niiiioKue irce. i.. uriifi fiolim, 1 reus. flAK RIDGE INSTITUTE, U FORTY SIXTH YEAR. 124 Students. C'lnssical and Commercial. Ihe LnrgeHt hikI Best Equipped Ut. lno. School in tne South. Address I'KOFESSOKS HOLT, DAK RIDGE, . . . N. C. PATAWBA COLLEGE, W NEWTON, N. I .ext Session Ilegin August ."1, 1807. .... niaiirini:, miriness nun i 1. 1 i..K iii to Coiirs, with mil. enii, I Art. Ten a. -.-.,iii.. ih. il Instrurtnrs. i.ooii ih;l iIIuks. Apparatus. Uhrajics, etc. Thorough work and iiiiHlcrute exieusen. Pure water and mountain air. Worthy iiersons helpe.l. 1'utalonne REV. J. C. CLflPP, D. D., Prosidei t RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, Open rp. I. "9T "'!" (-lr,a treated as human lielnKH, anil '--i.iiiunriiinii,. irraiwi it immortal ls-ln-,'i.nnil in-Kht to u.e this lire wltli refei.-nce to the I f.- h. r. :.it. r. ill K. A heriirlhv, 1'reMdent, iimiiaimMiiiiiaiiaiB,aiif At s r7 by I ! PIMPLES, ERUPTIONS. BLOTCHES. SCALES, ULCERS, SORES, ECZEMA, and CHRONIC SWELLINGS. ARE WONDER WORKERS in the cure of any disease caused by bad or im pure blood. They eliminate all poisons, build up and enrich the blood, enahlin it n en.L. new, healthy tissue. PURE RlOnn iwttamc mm L. .... ckT? .V rfri lm . 1 ,VL.A 1 UK. To Pure Blood and Perfect Health. IA& Slfi'IPiLL ALIKE. TIIC UM(M. the leading blcycl es on S60 50 45 40 SO tamp. n nrl rfern"e4 IF thM fieWA ,uiir nrtad, whl.-H yoa would n.atter9 as you woaler 50 C. OHIO RIVER & CHARLESTON RAIL WAY CO. SCHEDULE. To take Effect May 5, 13:17,7.30 o'clock, a. in. NORTHBOUND. 2nd. 1st. Class. Class. 3.1 33 Tries. Daily Thurs. Ex. at Sun. sorrniii.fv,, Daily Mun Ia. We, EASTERN TIME. a. m. it. m. !' in n. 00 200 9 3J 2 20 0 43 2 32 11 10 2 4 1 1 50 3 0 J 11 5.i 3 0.- 12 4 ) 3 2- 1 01 3 10 Camden DeKalb estvi!lo Kersluuv Heath Sjiriiiijs l'leasaiit Hill Lancaster lliversi.lo Sprinirdell 1 20 3 ro 2 IK) 4 00 Catawba .lunctiou 10 41 2 10 4 10 4 40 4 30 5 00 4 4 5 20 4 50 0 0 ) 5 0" 6 20 5 20 ti 40 5 40 r, r no 7 30 0 20 p. LU. ti 35 Leslie Rook Hill Newport Tirah Yorkville Sharon Hickory drove Smyrna Dliick.slmr Ear Is ti 40 I'atterson Sprint 0 50 Shelby p.m. Lattimore n u, C 55 5 50 Smyrna :; :.n ;i n.:, 2nd. EASTERN -.,! (Muss ( aM Daily TIME. Ivlv Ex' lx Sun. Sii-i. a. m. . iii.' 8 10 Dlaekf-bur! -i-m 8 30 I'u.ls ji H 40 ratterso'.i Siriiis sji Ji 10 Shelby h-j; ) -P liattiinoie 7 r, 0 50 Mooresboro 10 00 Henrietta ; , 10 20 Fores 1'ity i; i 10 50 Kutherfoiiltoii (;.m It 05 MilUo-d i;ii,) 1125 Golden Valley 1135 'J'herinal City '.:!) 12 00 Glenwood" :,t-, 12 20 Marion 1 i p. 1:1. i' 1.1. No. 32 li.is eoiineet i.ri it!i ti e l Ins. ter & Lenoir Railroad :.t Vo.Kvilio. S. C, with tlie Southern 1 'uilwav itt K.m-. Hill. S. C., with the Lati. a-t. i .'. ( 1.,. ter Railroad at Lancaster, S. . U:il with the S nth Carolina ( i-..r.-u Railway at Camden, S C. No. 33 has eonnection ilh the Su'i;u Carolina and Georgia Railway t Cmih den. S. V., with the Lancaster A ( lies ter l5ailroad at liancaster, S. '. , ith the Soouthern Railway ut Kock Hill. S. C, with the ('Lester .V Lemur liailinul at Yorkville, S. C., and with the Smith em Railway at l!hu ksburir, S. f. Nns. 31 and 35 w ill carry passengers. No. 11 and 12 Lave connection ut Marion, N. ('., and Rlackshun:. S, ('., with the Southern Railway. (SjMl'Eli Ht'NT, S. 15. Ll MI KIN, Dresideut. ti. 1". A. TIIK MAKKKTS. KBWT YORK COTTON FI'TlMlES. New York July 10. Cotton qniet, Middlintr iplaud, K M; MiMliii Gnlf . Futures closed Mem'.v. Hii;h- Low- ( loa- est. est. iut;. ? 40 7 4i 7 4 1 K 7 4i 7 3t 7 41-4:! 7 22 7 10 7 l'.i.'Oi 7 0S 7 (.' 7irjio:i 7 03 li 'J? ; '.Mi(".i; 7.05 7 (MIC. Wni,: M 700 7 (13 7 li.'.. n.i 7 00 7 OS 7 (nii, ii: 7 15 7 HI 7 Km II 7 IS 7 15 7 1 :;.. 1 July August September . . October November ., December. . . January .... February. . . March April May June IiIVERrOOIi COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, July 10. Midllin 4 9-32. Futures Closed quiet. July 4 li" II July and August 4 on ,. io August and September 4 oV.'Hi Kept ember and October 3 0:! v October and November '! "iTw s November and December 3 55 h December aud January 3 Mvi-'A January ami February 3 r:ti. "I February and March 3 51 l March and April 3 55 April aud May OTI1ER COTTON MAKKETS. Charleston, July 10. Cotton firm; middling 7f. Wilmington, July 10. Cot Km Btead3'; middling 8. Savannah, July 10. -Cotton firm; middlinir 7J. Norfolk, July 19. Cotton firm; middling Njl. Charlotte, July 19. Cotton mm,:.:. Strict pood middling Hi; ioo.l mi'l dlin, strict middling . .; mi'l- dling 7; tinges, 7 A ( 7 i ; Stum, 77. Columbia, July 19. Good mi i'llin;' 75; strict middling 7i; miilliniK "f strict low middling 7; low mid dling 71. Market steady. BALTIMORE I-nODCCE MAKKCT. Baltimore, July 10. Flour Firm Western super 2 00 to 2 S5; family H to 4 15; w inter wLeat patents 4 25 to 4 50; spring do 4 10 to 4 4'. WLeat. Steady. Spot 'i to month K0j asked; Aiiifust 75i t 7'.-; September 75J to 754'; Southern l sample 77 to Sl i; do on irra U 7'.! to (31. Corn Steady. Soot and rn'.iith to 31; August 30;' to 31; September;:!?; steamer mixed 27 to t7:; Southeia w hite 32 to 33; do yellow 33 to ::i. rice. Charleston, July lO. -TLo ri.-e ket was uiet w ith no sales. TL tations are: 1'rime .-, (ood 4, Fair j Common :; I! NAVAL STORES". Charleston, July 10. Tui !!. t"' firm at 23 asked. Rosin dull ; ii'.tinW doing; quotations omitted. Savannah. July 12. Spirit J ' I' 11 tine market firm at 21 J; nah-s - f' ..eipts, l,-.'45. Rosin rirm; wile r ?eiptH 3,770; A, ii, (J and D 1.2". V. 1 -'- V i.y:, ;i i.4f, 11 1.5.1, k i.;5, M 1.7"' jf l.-'(5, window glass 2. 00; water whit 2. '' Wilmington, July 1!i. -Turpentii'" nothing doing; receipts 11 1. Rosin trA .it 1.25",1.30;receipts50l. Crinleturi ei. tine firm at 1.3'i, l.sjand !.!(; rec.-ift l j. Tar steady at 1. 15; re tipts COTTON KEEO Oil . New York. July i:. Cotton see'l ' strongly held ou light stocks; salen, 1:1 eluding 1,000 barrels prime yellow - ' 251; prime crude 2"K -' '.K prime sun. uier bellow 21U"25i; oir summer yelloH' 21;'244'; prime winter yellow 30'(31. cm yak.. New York. July 10. - Options oiik i firm at an advance of 30 to 40 poiMi and showed exceptional activity dun:.' .he forenoon following cables report n. -' frost in interior and active covering by local shorts; eased o'T partia.ll-; marl.et in afternoon ruled active on coveriii.' ! manipulations; closed irreg i with prices 30 to 35oints not ailva'i' f Juiv.S7.0j to .7.10; August, i..":i" 27. 10; September, $7.2 ) t j $7.25. cojjee, Rio' hteaOy, and held hiu'1"" Cordova, V) to PH. srAR. New Yoik, J-ilv !'.. Raw, linn f::r. refininjr, 3; centrifugal. 2'i tet. ::.: Muscovado, HJ test, 3d; refined, thin If It Ls feasible to insure rf-sM-'v ;ains.t burglary why shouldn't baft preia.;uts be Insured against writers?