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BALEICHI, AUGUST 21, 1893
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
The Happenings of a Day Throughout
the .World.
The national bauk note circulation
has passed the two hundred million
mark.
Rer Dr Howard, who was arrested
In Chicago August 4th and made his
escape, has again been arrested at
J aokson, Tenn. He has been fraudu
lently using the malls.
Two large fires occurred yesterday.
The Western Brass Manufacturing
Go's plant, of St Louis, was burned.
Loss $165,000. The town of Merced
Falls, Ga, was destroyed. Lobs $350,
000
New Tork and Connecticut were
visited by a cyclone and rain storm
storm Wednesday night. The loss in
Connecticut will ran an Into the han
dreds of thousands. At Asbnry Park
the loss will reach $30,000 and four
men were drowned.
If there exists a man who thinks
that political platforms are con
structed for any other purpose than
to joggle with votes he should read
the speeches made in the House dur
lng the silver debate.
Uncle Sam should lose no time in
marrying that Minnesota widow who
has received notice that she is heiress
to a t25.0Q0.0Q0 earat.A in Tnrlia
Something most be done to pat
money in circulation.
It requires more bravery to face
the yellow fever than to charge a
battery, and the young surgeon who
died from that dread disease, con
tracted while trying to stay the
march of the scourge, was more of a
hero than many a soldier whose
name has been embalmed in song and
story.
The discovery that Mount St Hel
na is an active volcano comes in
good time: the State of Washington
offers this additional attraction to
the aatnmn toarists.
How does it strike yoa to increase
the amount of money in circulation
by paying your debts? This isn't in
tended to be personal, but it is both
pertinent and practical.
The theory international is all
right, bat the United States has
never gained anything by patting it
Into practice.
The talk about the doctors of the
country uniting upon Senator Gor
man as a Presidential candidate is a
matter not to be spoken', of lightly.
There are few men with nerve enonsh
to openly disobey the orders of their
doctors.
Every Congressman seems deter
mined that his individual plan for
adopted The people are gradually
relieving themselves without the aid
of Congress.
The lawn party to be given by the
ladles of the First Baptist church has
oeen postponea until this eve
nfng. It will be held in rear of the
postofflce from 5 to 11 o'clock p m.
The young ladle of the Sunday
school abd ehnireh are requested to
pskt in d&Cribatlng refreshments.
her long sleep over.
A Woman Awakens After Two Years of
Unconsciousness and is Dying.
The State.
IffDlASAPOLls, Ind., Aug. Si
Bridget Pendergast, afcpatient of the
State Insane Hospital, has been
asleep for two years and life was kept
in her by means of milk belog forced
through - a narrow rnbber tube
through her nose into her stomach
Thursday the attendant saw a
movement in the strange patient's
bed The sleeper had awakened.
She talked a little and seemed to have
been conscious during her long sleep.
She has been gradually dying since
awaking, and Dr Kay thinks the end
will come in a few days.
The patient's body has become so
emaciated that hardly more than
skin and bone remaiufVnd she does
not weigh more than twenty fire
pounds The story told about her
is that she was brought to her condi
tion of mind immediately preceded
her commitment to the Insane hospl
tal because of unrequited loe. She is
twenty eight years old.
Attacked With Diphtheria After Kiss.
ing the Bride.
On Wednesday evening, the town
of Krantone, In tfew York, the mar
riage of Miss Aiken to Mr Amsdell
took place. The bride was a very pop
nlar young woman, and many friends
were at her wedding. She had a
slight sore throat, bat thoaght little
f it and made complaint to no one.
c'ince the wedding the.case has devel
oped into one of diphtheria, and
nearly a score of her friends who
were at the wedding and kissed the
bride when offering their good
wishes have been attacked witn tne
same disease. No deaths have oc
curred yet. bat many of the cases
are very serious, and tne worst re
suits are feared in some of them.
The Doctor's Diagnosis.
Young Doctor to Patient " Let me
look at your tongue. H'm ; troubled
with dyspep
Patient" Not a bit. I can eat
sole leather."
Young Doctor Let me feel your
pulse. H'm : wakefulness at night."
Patient" Sleep like a top."
Young Doctor" Let me see your
tongue. H'm ; dizziness and pains
In."
Patent "No."
Young Doctor " Let" me feel your
poise. H'm; easily tired, with an in
disposition to mental exertion of
any.", .'
Patient-" No."
Young Doctor" Let me see your
tongue. H'm; headache and stiff
ness of the."
Patient" Haven't had a headache
in twenty five years."
Young Doctor" Let me feel your
pulse. H'm ; you are using too much
tobacco."
Patient" Never touch it In any
shape."
Young Doctor" Let me see your
pulse- er I mean your tongue. H'm;
too much confined to your desk. You
need fresh air and." 7
Patient" I'm a letter carter."
Young Doctor" Let me feel your
tongue that is, I should say, your
pulse. H'm ; you have a tired feel
lng come over
Patient" Never.",
Young Doctor" Let me see your
never mind, your tougue Fever
ish at times, with a desire for water?"
Patient "No, beer."
Young Doctor "Do you drink
beer?"
Patient-" Oh yes I"
Young Doctor" To excess ?"
Patient " No."
Young Doctor" Tell me how many
glasses a aay v
Patient " Sometimes more and
sometimes fewer." .
' Young Doctor" I thoaght so. We
members of the medical profession
are seldom deceived in our diagnosis
of a case." :
Patient" Am I in danger, doc
tor?"
Young Doctor" No Immediate
danger, but it's lucky yoa called me
in I" Yankee Blade.
Those congratulations seem to have
gotten several trains ahead of the
baby, state bow or other ll I J . . t
T
Millions of Gold in Graveyards.
Graveyards as an element in the
money question has not be n given
much consideration by financial wise
acres, but the fact comes oat in eon
neetion with a treasury statement
that of the $1,600,000,000 worth of
gold used in the arts throughout the
world In the past 10? years, the great
erportlo i is now buri d ineofflns.
The practice of dentistry absorbs a
large per cent of the yearly produc
tion of the precious metal. The state
ment shows that the world's prod no
tiooa of gold and silver from 1791 to
1899 aggregated $10,7(8,809,000, of
which $0,633,908,000 was gold and $5,
104,(61,003 silver. Of the gold pro
duced, $3,58,00 1,000 has been coined
as money and the balance used in the
arts.
Women Voted but Were Beaten.
Women voted at Atlanta City in
the district school eleetion called to
empowei the hoard of education to
proceed with the erection of the $50,
000 high school building It was the
first time they took advantage of
their prerogative and they cham
pioned the erection of the structure,
but the nngallant men knocked them
out by 95 votes. The meeting was
presided over by Postmaster Levi Al
bertson. The question brought out
the largest crowd In the Pennsyl
vanta avenue school building ever
known in the history of the district.
One Way to be Happy
Is at all times to attend to the com
forts of your family. Bhould any one
oi them catch a slight cold or cough,
prepare yourself and oill at once on
Messrs. W. H King & Co., corner of
Fayetteville and Hargett streets, sole
ap-ents and get a trial bottle of Otto's
Cure, the great German Remedy,
free. We give it away to prove that
we have a sure care for Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Consumption, and all
diseases of the Throat and Langs.
Large sizes 60c.
For sale by W. H. King & Co., corner
Fayetteville and Hargett streets.
SUMMER EXCURSION RATES.
The Richmond & Danville R R begs to an
nounce that commencing June 1st. summer
exouraion tickets will be placed on sale at
all coupon ticket offices in Virginia and
North Carolina at very low rates for the
round trip.
These tickets will continue on sale until
September 30, 1893, permitting stop overs on
going and return trips at all resort points.
Send for summer homes folder and apply
to any agent of the company for informa
tion as to rates and schedules, or W A Tu-k,
General Passenger Agent, Washington D 0
Havir-g made all the money necessary to
reduoe price for the benefit of our customers,
we will sell a lot of nioe pine wood for $1
per cord on yard, or .9150 delivered any
where in the city.
LIME fl 10 per barrel. .
LATHS $160 per 1,000.
Hast on market. Lumber in Dlank. nro-
miacuous width. $8 PO. Fr amine from $9 to
$11 per 1,000. Flooring and ceiling .612 50,
flM15perl,roo.
Sash,- Doors,- Blind
and Moulding reduced in same proportion.
Best Heart Samples
al vaya on hand. We manufacture our own
material which enables us to sell at bottom
prices. Our motto is quick sales and small
profits. jvlStf
Ellington Royster Co.
Ideafness,
Its Causes and Cure
Scientifically treated by an aurist' of world
wide reputation. Deafness eradicated and
entirely cured, of from 21 to 30 years' stand
ing, after all other treatments have failed.
How the difficulty' is reached and the cause
romoved, fully explained in circulars, with
affidavits and testimonials of cures from
prominent people, mailed free.
.DbA FONTAINE,
myl7 12m Taooma, Wash.
Sate of Land.
By authority of mortgage, executed by W
E Rogers, as recoided in book C9, page 465,
Register of Deeds office for Wake county. I
wiU on Saturday, sept 9th. 1893, at 12 o'clock
m, at tne oourt noose door or waxe ooun
tv. anl. to the hiehest b'dder for cash two
tracs of land about two miles east of the
town of Apex,in White Oak township. Wake
county, M U, adjoining tne lanas oi v a
Jung, wm aiewan iwxru; uiu uuiera, oou
tainmg 36 acres, more or leas, and particu
larlv described in the aforesaid mortgage,
.-J J ROGERS,
an4 tds Mortgagee. ,
Sjnriiniig
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Waiter
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PHARMACIST,
Fa-yetrtje-viJLle Sc
BAT.EIG-H, iSTr O,
The water is brought direct from Saratoga and Is dispensed In creclselv
the same condition in which it flows
at 5 cents per glass.
Doctors
THAT EVERY ONE SHOULD DRINK
(D'tfterburib
ILfitfMa Watfei
DURING TBI8
by keeping the stomach in a (rood
and Bladder troubles; and is also a
PANACEA FOR DYSPEPSIA.
Sold by J H BOBBITT at 20o per half gallon bottle
Ice. Eceo'Tlie Lyeninu Visitn,
We are prepared to supply
ICE, ICE, ICE
in any qanntity of the best quality
and Ht lowest p -ices for cash We
will not be uodersol'l by any
one, north or south, from,
car loads down. Bend
orders to
Jones & Powell,
.' ... . . t
Raleigh, NO.
Phone 41 and 71.
A large stock of AutUra! ( A 1
cite Coal, all sites. SJJ.Li
Bituminous Coal'for fuel and steam.
Or 1 U XT Oat8, Bran, flay,
JJ rvll Shingles, &c, at .
wholesale and retail by
JONES & POWELL
ORSOLK AND CAROL INA R.B
OONDKVBBD SCHKDTJIiK.
Dated August 9th, 1891.
South . Jfoth
Bound Bound
Train. stations. Train.
No. 101. No. 100
A. M.
"9 60
1015
10 27
1102
11 20
1137"
1152
12 81
1263
;120 '
P. M.
8 26
2 01
4 47
414
864
886
8 21
2 89
217
160
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Drivers.
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At
Suffolk;
Gatea,
Tunis,
.jAhoekey,
Aulander,
Hobgood,
Tarboro,
Kooky Mount,
Arrive
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Lve
P.M.
A. M
No 101 makes connection at Rooav Mount
with W'dr W Train No 23 for allpoinh
8outh, and No 78 train for all points North
G 1st BSBPBL, J BT KBSIiT,
Gen'l Manage . ' Supt Trains
T Bmwrso, 'ei'1 ,?asft'r Agt
... Admioistratoi's Hotici
Having qualified ' as administrator upon
the ebtate oi the late Mrs Emtlr Johnson.
this is to notify - all. peraous .having claims -sgtinst
the estate to present the sime to me
for payment on or before the 15th day of I .
June, 1894 All persons indebted to the ea 1
tate will please settle without further de- I
mand. MARION JOHNSON. f W .
14 6 w Admr Emily Johnsoa, deo'd . '
5AIItr'AUCiOM U guarauteed,
to every consumer! of H OOD'8 '
Sarsaparifia.' One. hundred, doses la,,
very bottle No other does tta M
f3
. I f i '"X
S. nVTairfge-b Sts .
from the spring at Saratoga and Is sold
Agree
WEATHER,
condition. It will cure Gravel Kidnev
IS PUBLISH RD
EVFRY EVENING
EXUfcP. SUNDYt
$3 PER "ANNUM
or
Tweaty-flve Gents Per CsaUi
BT
n. Brown, Orr
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