, T WE GUARANTEE TWICE AS LARGE CIRCULATION IN IREDELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES AS THAI OF ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED. STATBSVILLB, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1897. No. I. i in 11 ii v f r X lis m I mo nf PiiPniinnA Ever brought Ulic ui i ui uiiui c-to statesvillfi X,,vv on exhibition at 'Barron & dnau-to mention prices, in this II say. mat we not oniVMKKr all (.iiip metitors- THE . FOR B EST Porus blaster Removing Pain in the Side Chest or back I Hall's Anti-pain is none better. For sale at 7 JOB : POINTING- I - Fa Goo L Coming Ih In Daily, Calico 4 eta.- per yd. Heavy 10 cent Outing for 8 cents per vd American indigo blue Calico 5 cts. per yd.; best heavy sheeting 5 cts. per yd.; Good Coffee 10 thfor $1.00. Hats, Shoes and Clothing As low as the lowest. See me J. T, Oit. 14th, 1VS I sell a good Standard Acid MTOUWANTTOSEE Some Beautiful Goods JUST STEP IN AND TAKE A LOOK At the new things lam getting in. A part of my China !' ftnd imported Glass Ware is just in. I would be glad I to have the ladies, especially, to come iti and see these ijoods. IF YOU ARE IN Need of Specks, I CAN FIT YOU CORRECTLY, With best quality of glasses., R .H Rickert, Qotton Is Low ITiW V SO -l 0 W IN COM P AH 1 SON WITH THE I'll ICES IN OUR STORE. No house in town in our line can touch our prices. Don't take our word but come and see for yourself. We have more experience in, our line than any other house in town. We know how to buy and what the people want. Good Goods for the least Money. Come and see us-, you will be astonished at the bargains we are off ering. . Now York B-aclsot CothJng Sous SfjOUNSKY & ADLSON In comer of Cooper Hotel and next door to St. Charles Hotel. - IF YOU NEED ANYTHING IX THE '. . Overcoat or Mackintosh Line This fall you want to see what nice ones we are showing. No matter what you want to pay. We can show you theDressi est and Best top coat your money, will buy. In tinder wear ' . We can show you the most complete stock carried in this mark et, at prices to suit all. We have just received .1 NEW LOT OF ' ' Klondyke Hats and Caps. No trouble to show goods. So come and-see' us before buying. Yours,- ' . Sloan & Shelton -aesville N. C. CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS -, " v S 4jT4iEARLOAPog champion grain Prills Just arrived, Oliver Chilled Plows, are the best in the world, Anchor and Babcock Buggies, J,None Better." One and two Horse wagons of various Brands. We have a very handsome line of - Coal Grates, Cook Stoves and Heaters. This is a good time to repaint your house. We offer the best material. Sewing machines, Corn Shellers. A Complete Stock of General Hardware. W. A.. THOIIAO d Co. Statesville, N. C. fiLl Prettiest Cheapest Nicholson's. We have'not small advertisement, but competition, but undersell c& Nicholson, Dealers in Furniture and Buggies. IS PORUS PLASTER, been tested for years. It has There. W. F. HALL, JR. DRUGGIST. QIVE US YOTJU WORK. WE G VA UANTEE TO SA VE YOU MONEY OX ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING, SUCH AS LETTER, NOTE AND BIL1 HEADS, ENVELOPES, CIR CULARS, JAIfflS, c. SEND FOR PRICES. I The Mascot Job Office before you buy. PERRY. East Broad Street. for wheat lower than any one; else. THE JEWELER AND OPTICIAN EDITORIAL HOTES. We frequently read" of a man kill ing his sweetheart or his wife and then committing suicide.lt isagreat pity that the fool arid criminal does not begin operations at the other end of the line. ' The. bimetallism-by-international-agreement dodge, which the Repub licans worked in the last campaign for all it was worth, has about play ed otit. The question is becoming simplified, and in the next contest it will be free silver-and bimetallism against the single gold standard. Upon that issue thousands of silver Republicans, who relied upon inter national agreement in the last cam paign, will be. with us. Our Republican . exchanges are still harping on the McKinley pro sperity. They say that it has' al ready come and that it is only the thick -headedness of the people which prevents their seeing it. The gold pretended- Democrats started out on the same line;- but, as they have not entirely lost the old-time Democratic habit of telling the truth and being candid, they soon had to draw in sail, especially when 5 cent cotton got to be a standing efutation of their position. If Mc- iinley's prosperity consists in the present conditions, then may the good Lord deliver us from any more such prosperous times. The Asheville Citizen says "that D. M. Luther, Esq., a member of the State Democratic committee from the 9th district, will advocate before the committee at its approach ing meeting the plan of making the next campaign squarely on the Chicago platform and white 'supre: macy in North Carolina. We are with Mr. Luther in his fight. A surrender of either of these principles of the party can but mean hopeless and shameful de feat. Neither must one of them be exalted above theother they should be our Siamese twins, our double slogan of victory in future cam paigns. No alliance with any other party or with any disgruntled ele ment of our own party, which com promises in the least these two vital principles of the Democracy' of North Carolina, should be made. The work of the committee and of the party should be to uphold the eternal principles of the party first aud then to adopt such a wise party policy as to make victory for those principles certain. We mayhave the most beneficent set of principles ever devised for the government of men; but, unless we occasionally win a victory so that those princi ples can be incorporated into laws, they benefit no one.1 The counsels of the members of the committee who believe in all of the party's creed should prevail. A campaign run by men who are Democrats on State affairs and something else when it comes to National questions 1 1 -1 i ' 1 can only end in disaster, rut only all-around" Democrats on guard The bankers and bond-holders, not satisfied with the present suff ering and hard times caused by cur rencv contraction," will endeavor at the appproaching session of Con gress to have a bill passed to still further contract the currency by the retirement of the outstanding greenbacks and Sherman law coin certificates, amounting to about $500,000,000 and which bear no in terest and pass at par with gold; issue interest bearing'bonds to take their place, and allow the National banks to issue bank notes on the bonds. They are not satisfied with the present amount in interest bear ing bonds which Tias been needless lv saddled unon the tax-payers of j " the country, but they ask the coun trv to retire a half of million of money, which bears no interest, and issue more bonds so that they can get safe investments for their mon ey. , The bankers are not satisfied with the present advantage which' is given to them to issue - between $200,000,000 ' and $30OV0OO,00G of pa per money, which cost' them noth ing, to the people; at. the highest rates of interest known to the law, but they ask that they' be allowed to fesue 'some $700,000,000 &nd have a monopoly of "the1 jpariefrmrjney of tbi . . . . ; mi f '.' ' At1 i n i government', xnis is me goiu-oug program. It has the support of Cleveland and his few followers to a man and most of the Republicans Opposed to the bill will be the en: tire Democratic and Populist repre: sentation in uongress5 tne suver Republicans of the West and a few regular Republicans wfro. still have a little conscience left. The proba hilities are that the opposition will be able to prevent Jthe bill's pass age.in the present Congress, but the greed of the bankers and bond-hold ers never sleeps and the question will come up in future Congresses, The silver men in future contests must not only fight for more money but to hold what the country al iady b.tts. Local-News ' Mr. Henry McLe'h'rid,' of 'Shiloh township, took a lot -yt c'att'e and hogs to Richmond. Va.f last eelc- A six-year-old sini of tin , late Clark Thompson die? Mast Thursday of typhoid fever and was5 buried at Concord church, l Mr J. F. Ostwalt, of Fallstown township, goes Mr. Combs, of Stony Point, one better on his second crop beans. Mr. Ostwalt ate sewond crop beans and roasting ears -combined one day last week. Mrs. E. 'M. Correll, a sister of Mr. D. W." Lowrance of Coddle "Creek township, died in " Edna, Texasi on the 7th. She was a native of south Iredell and has many friends and relatives there whoVegret to hear of her death. Catawba Visitor: The Hickory arid ' Newton Telephone Co. , are making arrangements to extend their line from Claremont to Cataw ba. The contract for the poles- lias been given to B. M. Morrow Esq., who expects to commence work" on them the first of "next week. Charlotte News, 18th: Col H. C. Cowles, of Statesville, came down this morning and is today busy with Federal cd'urt affairs. The next term of this court will .convene in Charlotte the second Monday in De cember, which is the 13th. " Several cases of importance will be disposed of at this term. The Charlotte News, of the 18th, says: ur. J. J. aiowt, ol btatesville, one-time leader of the Republican party of this State, spent last night in the city. Dr. Mott has been since its inception one of the moving spirits of the silver Republican movement, which was begun by the' withdrawal of Senator Teller and other. Western Republicans from the party. He wrote an open letter to Governor Russell a few days ago on the situation in this State, which has been widely commented upon. PERSONALS Mr. Boyer Tomlinsou, of Harmo ny, wno nas Deen in ttie west lor several yearshas returned homo, and will not return West- Mrs J, U. Lampre ht went to Charlotte last week to attend the marriage of Miss Vogel which took place yesterday. Salisbury World, 19th: Capt. and Mrs. T. J. Allison, of Statesville, are visiting Mrs. M. L. Chunn on East Inniss street. Watauga Democrat: Mr. R. C. Rivers, with his wife and little babe, is off to Iredell couuty pn a few days visit. He will return leaving Mrs. Rivers with her mother for a few weeks. North Wilkesboro Hustler: C. Sr. Tomlin was in the city this week supplying our merchants with dry goods and notious. His raanv friends were glad to see him, of course. Marriage of ah Irrdell Man nt the Hobi!- tal in Morganton. Morganton Herald: Mr. Sidney R. Morrison, of-Iredell county, and Miss Blanche Sniith,.ii cnarming aeiitaani at tne estate Hospital, were married at the Hos pital, at 3:30 o'clock, on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J. M. Rose, D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian church of this place, tied the nuptial knot. The ceremony was witnessed bv Messrs. U. S. and E. H. Smith, brothers of the bride, . of Caldwell county, and a number of attendants who were invited. The happy couple left on the eve ning vestibule train for their home about six miles from Statesville, where the groom possesses a fine farm. - l' The Herald joins their Hospital friends m etendmg best wishes tor their future . (The groom is a son of M. G. Mor' rison, Esq., of Bethany township, and is one of that township's best young farmers. We congratulate him. Mascot.) Mooresville News. Mooresville Record. Dr. J. R. McLelland has been elected as a director in the North Carolina Midland Railway. Mr. F. A. Sherrill and two chil dren, of Statesville, spent Thursday night in Mooresville. 1 " At last our town is lighted up, The lights are fairly good and will answer the purpose until we can do better.- The 20-months-old child of Mr, and Mrs". T. F. Young, of Harris bare Was buried' at Coddle Creek last Monday morning.. i ' A house on Dr. Mott s farm near Mt. Mourne, occupied by James Webster, caught fire last Sunday from a defective flue and would have been burned but for a timely dis covery. , The py Under head bPriQut of Mr C. E. Vail 's engine at his cqttongin on Wednesday and buried itself in the ground near where Mr. Voils was standing. The damage to the engine is about $100. Mrs. Eliza Moore, of this place, while doing some work about her yard, fell last Monday morning and broke or fractured a bone in or near the wrist. -The greatest pain she will suffer will be from the fact that she cannot 'work to advantage while the WOund ishe'alin'g. Stale News. John Strickland, of Pitt county, suicided one. day last week by tak ing laudanum, i A negro Jtioy was' killed last week on Cameron & Co's tram-road at Vass, Moore count'. . ; " There have been :G0- cases of ty phoid fever at One cotton factory in" this State this year. It is. said that Robert M. Furman will be the editor of the new daily paper published at Raleigh. The Seaboard Air Line road will straighten its track so as to leave the town of Gaston several miles away. .'- Eli Henson, of Concord, cut his foot tvvo weeks ago and died' Wednes day of last week with blood poison. W. J. Pre vat t, one of the largest merchants of Lumberton, failed last week. Assets $15,000; liabilities 11,MM). PurviSj the negp murderer, was hanged at Lillington, Harnett coun ty, last Wednesday with neatness and dispatch. A house belonging to the Cannon Manufacturing Company 'and near to their mill in Concord.- was-burned last Friday. John W. Walker, an University student from Charlotte, had his col lar bone broken in a football game at Chapel Hill last week. -Capt. Hull, A- C. L. yard conduc tor at Aberdeen, Moore county, was run over and killed by a shifting engihejast week. The physician at the convict farm in Halifax county has been forced to resign on account of undue intimacy with the female convicts. . A test case will go up from John ston county to have the Supreme Court decide the constitutionality of the imprisonment for tax law. A. A. Trexler's cotton gin, near Rockwell, Rowan county, was burn ed one day last week. He lost ten bales of cotton and some cotton .seed. Charles Patton, an engineer be tween Salisbury and Greenville, S. C saw that the driving wheel of his engine was broken, jumped and broke his arm, one day last week. A sad accident was noted on the train at Ruffiu Wednesday, when Miss Mary Aimes. of ""Tallahassee, .. died suddenly. She was being taken to Baltimore to undergo an operation. The barn of the Summerrow House in Newton, was burned Sunday of ast week. Loss $300. It was only bv hard work that the Summerrow House was saved. The body of Purvis, who was hanged at Lillington, Harvett coun ty, last week, was unclaimed aud it will be given to the University Medical School for dissecting pur poses. Robert L. Abernethy, of Moun tain Island, Gaston county, has not bad his hair cut since Bryan was defeated and he says that he will not have it cut again until William Jennings Bryan is elected Presi dent.' The Hickory Mercury says that Samuel, little son of J. P. Campbell, ot Mountain v lew Alliance, was burned, so badly by a fire which broke out in his father's house last week that he died soon afterwards By hard work the house was saved Wilkesboro Chronicle: Ex-Sher iff Greenwood, of Roaring River, is in trouble again. Last week the revenue officers found about 900 gal Ions of whiskey in his watermelon patch. They dug it out of the ground. The whiskey was "sent to Winston. The penitentiary authorities have made a contract with S. - P. Hilder- brand, of Cohoes, N. Y., to furnish him with any number of convicts up to 350 to make shirts inside the pen itentiary. He is to pay the State 24 cents per dozen for the shirts about made and to commence work January 1st, 1898. Fayetteville Observer: Ex Sheriff Hector McNeill, went a gun- ning Friday and bagged a mink, that is he killed a mink as it was running off with one of his chickens bringing it to the ground with a well directed aim at a 25 yards range; Not bad for a gentleman 9.0, years of age. - : High Point Enterprise: The In land Printer of November has the picture of the log cabin in which Andrew Jackson was born. This reminds us that the last of the old Court House - at Brown's Cross Roads, Randolph county, where An drew Jackson made his maiden speech at the bar, can yet he seen. Part of the floor sill remains under the debris of the old rocky chimney which has toppled over, Asheville Citizen: Information from Marshall, where the Circui court is in session, is to . the effect that Sheriff Ramsey, of Madison county, has resigned befause of the probability of action being taken against him, at the instance 6: judge Jiiwart, alleging neglect of ofhcial'duties. Whiskey is said to be the cause of the trouble." Severa days -ago Ramsey visited this city and was found on West College street in an intoxicated Condition, GENERAL NEWS. The Queen of Spain has pardon ed the Competitor crew. Another man has died of yellow ever in Pemacola, Fla., Albert Frantz was electrocuted at Columbus, Ohio, Friday for murder. QPrairie fires in western Texas have destroyed many sheep and cat tle: A, hurricane in Ecuador destroyed the town of Lore to and killed many people. , A' gang of fraudulent patent at torneys has been broken up in Cin cinnati, Ohio. Henry Sherry, a lumber operator of Oshkosh. Wis., failed last week for $1,000,000. A race riot is on in Washigton, nd., on account of the employment of rre?ro coal miners". Robert Sims, colored, was hanged at Jonesboro, Tenn., 'Wednesday of last week for murder. Eleven persons were killed in Mu nich Bavaria, Germany, last week by the collapse of a cellar. An explosion of gun cotton in the City of Mexico Friday killed four men and wounded light more. In a wreck near Huntington, W. Va., last Thursday, the fireman was killed and several others were injur ed. The toll gate war is "on" again in Kentucky. All of the toll gates in Jessamine county were torn down ast week. Henry Hey ward, colored, of Char- eston, S. C , came in contact with an electric 1'ght wire Friday and was killed. !'. Hemy Clay Johnson, colored, was langed in St. Louis, Mo , last Thur sday for the murder of a newsboy over a game of craps. . A cotton planters' convention will be held in Atlanta, Ga., December 13, to consider ways and means to reduce the cotton acreage. William Moody, of Augusta, Ga juarrelcd with his wife, last Thurs day, she went to her parent's house and he. shot and killed himself. Mrs. Josephine Schilling, reputed to be the wealthiest woman of Port Gibson, Miss., recently married her deceased husband's secretary. . The Georgia Senate has concurred in the House bill prohibiting foot ball in that State. The Governor will sign it and it will become a law. The New York World says that thus far this season eiffht persons have been kilijd in football games and 2u8 maimed, 1 of these for life The steamer, Bluff City, was burn ed Weduesdc y night of last week at Manchester, Ills. All her passen gers and crew were saved. Loss $100,000. A man in Pitts, Ga.,: claims that he knows the - murderers, of Hon John M. Clarion, ' who w-as killed several yGav.- .icroin Arkansas over politics. Arthur Blair Moody, of New Ha ven, Lfi., has -ieen arrested in JNew York for swindling society women. He got thousands out of them by his oily tongue. At aaance i.i iNew York city one night last wcvk Edward Mackin was filled by his partner in the dance a woman we:r iinr l'tO pounds, fall ing on him. Edward D. Hayes, a negro medi cal student, shot and wounded his sweeyheav'tj v Washington, D. C, Friday, aud then shot and instant ly killed him -!f. lne mail carrier was held up one day last week at Warren, Idaho, by alone high v ay man and the mail robbed of $4.00 ). The sheriff went in pursuit of the robber. At Cayuga Out-, yesterday Mrs. Adele Sternaman was found guilty of murder of her husband and was sentenced to be hanged in the court yard of the jail in that town on Jan- uary zu, ioi. In an acck"u:-r.t on the Fort Scott & Memphis i s a.d near WalUngford, Ark., one, nigat last week, one pas- nger was fatally injured and 22 others, more, or less injured. The cha,ir. car. and sleeper were burned. The Tennessee Railroad Commis sion has iDcreased the taxable valu a,tioA of tho. railroads, telegraph; and telephone lness in that State ; $33, 0,00000 over the' valuation of last year. Mary McLaughlin shot her husband and then hers.-lf Sunday night in Boston. Mass, Both are fatally wounded, S:o committed the crime to prevent hex- husband's being re moved to a liixital,- where he was to be operated upon. Rev. Hugo Stubenvoll, a Lutheran minister of Racine, Wis., was' fa tally stabbed Saturday night while returning f rora church. He had threatened to prosecute some boys who persistently disturbed' his ser vices. - y - ' S. P. Carv. tobacconist of Rich mond, Va., ; 'tempted to open a drawer in which was a : pistol. : The mstol was discharged and the ball inflicted a fatal wound on Mr. Carr, whodiefa atfoutfWbhtiurs Bft'erwar'ds. STATE NEWS Salisbury is going to have street cars A company has been formed to put them in. Near Elkin one day last week Henry Hinson stabbed Jim Thomp son so badly that he died. The, quar rel was the result of a drunken row. Henson escaped. . The News and Observer says the bicycle fever has struck the blind institution in Raleigh and a number of the inmates are trying to learn to ride the wheel. There are now 122. first-class State pensioners, z4.i Znd. : elasaE' ora class, 1902 4th class and 2739 wid ows (4th class) who draw pensions. The number increased 49 during the year. , Hendersonville Hustler: Four of the U. S. prisoners recently placed in jail here, escaped Saturday, night through a window in which an open ing was made with a knife. One of them returned. Mt. Airy- News: Miss Mary L. Fawcett, cashier of the First Nat ional bank of this city, has returned from a visit to relatives and friends in the Northern cities. There is only one other lady cashier in Hie United States. Governor Russell has commuted to life imprisonment the death sen tence of George Johnston, "colored, who was convicted of rape, commit ted on a colored girl, in New Han- ov-er cpunty and sentenced to be hangetu to-morrow. There wsa doubt of his guilt. . Freemont correspondence Golds- boro Argus: Old Uncle Elisha Hoi land, now nearly a hundred years old, preaches occasionally, and to have his fun, tells the boys that he has a new set of teetli coming out, which they can feel if they wish to, and when they feel for teeth Uncle Elisha bites the finger. Fayetteville Observer: Last night the large hanging lamp in the hall of Mayor Cook's residence, on Cool Spring street, broke from its chain and fell to the floor.bursting into bits and igniting the oil in a flash. Mayor Cook was away from home at the time, but his wife and servants subdued the rapidly spreading flames by throwing the Colonel's new overcoat over it. No damage was done except to a part of the hall carpet and to the overcoat. Sylva Sentinel: A condition of lawlessness, almost approaching a reign of terror, is said to exist on Upper Scott's creek in this county Outrageous assaults on travelers along the public road are said to have been committed without any provocation whatever. Private property has been wantonly injured and destroyed. Some arrests have been made and parties bound to courts and warrants have been, is sued ftr others who have not yet been caught, and yet the outrages continue. The air brakes on cars at Balsam have several times oeen in terfered with and rubber hose cut. Train crews are said to be in a con stant state of apprehension. State Labor Commissioner Ham rick reports at Raleigh that almost all of the 6,000,000 pounds of tobac co no-iV growi west of the Blue Ridge is shipped to England and there prepared for use in India, Buncombe county acoae pow pro duces 2,41(7,1 pounds annually, ,and s,s much as 5,0,00,000 pounds has been grown, there in one year. The ; entire western collection district Ireports 14,913,560 pounds of plug tobacco and 371,000 of smoking. As to apples the labor commissioner found that over 150,000 barrels will be shipped this season, one county, Haywcod, alone furnishing 30,000. The yield of one orchard was sold by Mr. Smathers, of Haywood, on. the trees for $1500 cash. Little JSiver News, ;. Deferred hwa, lat week, ' Mr. I. F. OHne Is quite ill at pre sent. Mr. Henry Layle and Miss Nora Austin were married on the 11th, Rev.- J. A. Downs officiating. On the 5th. Sunday in October Mr, Robert Layle, a brother of Henry, and Miss Rebecca Austin, sister of Miss Nora above named, were mar ried bv Rev. J. A. Downs. Mr. James Fox is very sick with fever. Mr. Sip Jolly arid bia sister, Miss Amanda, of near Taylorsville, are visitin ' in this community. The first frost that killed anything in this section this fall fell last Thurs day night. Fire broke out in the woods ia several places Thursday afternoon and night. One of Mr. Joe Beatley's little boys is quite il at present with fever. "tr. C. J Jolly i - attending him. J. D. C. Little Hiver, Nov. 16-'97. On Wednesday night of last week near Bryan, Texas, while gambling for pecans, a negro named Genera rhAth.im was stabbed twice and killed. Another negro, Tom Sweat; was arrested vfor ti-e crime, acd while being conveyed to Millioan by a Tosse was taken frok the guards tfnd st i'ung to a tree bytegro y t.w Price f Land. Chatham Record: rUl The low price of land was strik-. ingly illustrated on last Saturday, at the attempted sale of the Miss Mary Smith land, situated in this and Orange county. There are nearly 1,500 acres in this valuable farm as productive as any in this section of the State and although it was offered in smalll lots (averag ing 100 acres), yet the total sum bid was a little over $6,000. Tlie build-ings-and improvements on the land alone cost nearly that sum. The bids being so"low none were accept ed, and so there was no sale, and another effort will be made ' next year, but will any ' higher bids be offered then? ' This land was devised by "its for mer owner about ten years ago, to the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State, and was offered for sale by commissioners, appointed by that church. Miss Smith devised another valuable tract of land, sit uated in this county, to the Univer sity, and most of this tract was sold several years ago. ; A High Old Time la Winston. Winston was greatly excited Wed nesday night over the arrest of J, W. Bradford, 60 year old, for as saulting a fakirv The police chain ed Bradford's wrists together and refused a cash bond for his 'appear ance. Says the Journal: "In this horrible , and revolting way they reached the jail to find a big crowd of representative citizens awaiting them. The crowd guarded the jail door, determined not to let thenvin carcerate the man whom they, had learned to love because of his long faithful services as a public oflicer. The officers were thus forced to ac- ' cept the bond and $40 in cash was put up as a collateral for a $25 bond. The scene at the jail was a wild one. The crowd was desperate and ready to do almost anything. The treat ment of Bradford was cowardly,' and there cropped out an ill-feeling toward him on the part of the officers." ' An Interesting Character. Leslie's Weekly: Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind millionaire, is known, far and wide over the country as a man of sterling character and strong indi viduality. But comparatively few know of his intense love of music. Every Sunday evening the doors of his home are opened wide with real Southern hospitality, and there is a gathering of distinguishedmusical folks who take an . undoubted de light in playing and singing fortius brave old soldier. And his enjoy ment is so heartfelt and so evident that all who take part in the even ing's entertainment are unconscious ly incited to do their best. Mr. Rouss is especially fond of the old- time songs and of the "fiddle," and nothing stirs him to so much enthu siasm as "TheArkansaw Traveler," rattled off in truecountry-fiddlcr fashion. As the old hero of '61 sits . with his chair drawn near to the musician of the moment, his white head uplifted, his kindly blue eyes, moistened withears, he is a fine type of the old' Southern soldier. The riiraasAS niirod bv Hood's Sarsana- rillaare many, because most ailments dis appear as soon as the blood is enriched and purified by it. Right Yen Are, Brother Daniels. Raleigh News and Observer: There is no half way house. There is no place for any man except in one of these two great parties. The gold Democrats, who love gbld and protective tariff more than the prin ciples "of Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan must necessarily land in the Republican party. Those who are schooled in the principles of Demo- craoy, and love tne party crccu . more than the Republican doctrine, will come back home. They will have to choose whether they will have to render civic worship to Democracy or to Mammon. . - . A HEALTHY WOMAN. A perfectly healthy woman is a rare sight. Such a woman is always beau tiful. Health Wring's clear N comp lection, V clear eye, stea- dy nerve, elas tic step, and graceful move ments. A healthy woman is a wom an with healthy mucous membranes. The mucous membranes, line the whole body, every organ in the body. The slightest catarrh of one of these membranes produces languor, sal low skin, listless eye, and weaken ing discharges. Mrs. Alvina Han enkrat, Ribb Falls, Wisconsin, in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, says:. "I was troubled for ten years with, chronic catarrh. I used Pe-r.u-na for about eight months, and I must, say that I am perfectly cured of the disease. It will be two years next; June since I was cured, and r have not been troubled with any of my old symptoms. " L Dr. Hartman 's latest book on chronic catarrh will be sent free to any address for a short time by Tbe-Pe-ru-na Drug M'f 'g. Co , Colum bus, O. ' v " " -' , Ask: pour druggist for a free Pe ru-na Almanac for 1898. i ' rr w i i i i i. i i i f V.) i I I s it 1 1 t ! V. 1 rr I'- ! I. (