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AH draggfsts. 3k S 3 "gr TOBACCO SPil li 1 and SMOKE m m f i rouruieaway can V w be s cured cf any form of tobacco usluj made well, strong, magnetic, full o r.d vigor by taking ftQ-TO-BAS s -sreak men strong:. Many gai: rot: Hi": ten days. Over 5UU ,UUl gits. Care ruaracteed. Boclt FREE. Address STEKilNi CO.. Cbicaso or J few York. 417 Dentist. -,;'.vr Ni-.v Whithend Butldit- fr. ,rn - ! I .'ciock ; 2 i-U . ;. t'i. -i ' ) f ! . : K; 1 K . N . C iFFlTK MOTKl. I.AWBESCT. T7 ! r r-cnpied f : r r n K N i: Y-A T-L A T. jr. jt ?MITH. ST HART H. SMITH C? VITM 1- SMITH. ATTinxE vs- 4 r- la rr. Sta?3n 3'd'jr. over Tyler & Ontterbridgr, Scotland Xerk,X. C. E DWARD L. TRAVIb, Utorney an.S ConPfilor at Law, HALIFAX. N. O. f:"!fo'i'7 Leaned on Farm Lands. Eny Yom. BI GG!?, U?JDERTAKIX(i ANTD PICT 'RR FRAMED frm JOH?? B HYATT, it (J. Brown's old stand, Tarburo rir-t-c!as goods at low prices. Compare our v'urk Tfitb that v our Ci nipetitora. ESTABLISHED IN 1S65 CHAS H WALSH Etoi Miis and Ni WORKS. c. AU A-rk strictly 5rs:- rOiriO, VASES, 40. : ..-.! ;.) :. a iv dre tree i,,;ff f-- nr1e I -5?:v 3Ytia!it on all Wo e prrptiy obia U. 8. ami foreign - ire - 9 o S3 s a tiafogf ---- Send niodel: sketch or pl.oto of inyeEticn cr free rcpri on pr.tpntafcilitv. Frr frc e Icoli, it . . .. r . . m l. ai ' a nf A nvila vfe&Br EXPERIENCE ' Trade Marks DrsieNS rABVPieura Ac Atirnna sensing a sketch and descrtptton may OTj'clcly ascertain nr. opinion mw"ru, l.?Tention 19 prohsl.ly patentable. Com ma. tiou strictly ooiiflrtei!tll-Hkou Patent rpectat notice, without charee. In the sekMtifie Hmertcan. A nandsomely ninstrated weekly. eolation of any cientlfio jou rna . Term.3a year: four months,!. Bold by all newadealem f 1 J r i' Consult your doctor. If lie savs take It, E Jt then : i a e ssys. If he tells you not E 5 to Mk it. tlien don't take It. He knows. B f? LcaTa it with him. We are willing. H t; J. C. ATEK CO., Lowell, Mass. g 4 VS! d& SDITOES'3 LEISURE HOURS. ointsand Paragraphs of Things Fresent, Fast and Future. The directors of the Stat9 penltenr tnry have decided to abandon all ate larm operations exespt the np nda on Caledonia farm where the iate holds about 4,500 acres. Aeon net has been made by the pen! ten- ary authorities to manufacture in the rison goods for the Standard Manu enuring Company, of Atlanta. Pants nd overalls will be the goods manu ctured. The News and Observer says: -For this the State is to receive 62 $ nts a day for each convict at work, he directors are to furnish at least 00 hands, and upwards to 300. In iese are to be included the one-legged .id otherwise disabled convicts who r not ablP to do hard work. "This is a class ot labor not here to re uj-ed to advantage, so a member of ie board said !ast night, and the State ill be greatly the gainer. It is esti- .4 ted by a member ot the board that he cost to maintain each convict is 5 ceuts per day. ud the difference' -tweeu this and the contract with the t lanta firm goes to the profit account, he work is to begin on March first." A number of tessperance workers, ri.reentatives of the various denomi utionsi, met in Raleigh a few daysag- id organized what is to be the "Auti-.-iloon League of North Carolina." Haie Senator N. B. Broughton, of Ral ah, was made president, Dr. T. N. vey. editor of the Christian Advocate. s m-'d secretary and Mr J C. Blnir astirer. Hondquarters will f v 'eijih, a.'id ine plan is to push th r. Tlie f i'iowina extrnc- frm the ndples vf the League were given : the Morninss Post: Article 1. This organization shall h called the North Carolina State Aii-'-Saloon League." Article 2. Its purpose is the abolith nent of the liquor saloon, by any rnd d proper means, the creation and crys iiization f)f a righteous publ'c senti nent ard the prooer enforcement of 11 laws against the liquor traffic. Article 3. The League pledges ltsell o maintain p strictly non-partisan at tude and will avoid affiliation with ny political party as such. Article 4. AH persons who are wili ng to subscribe to the purposes and mture of the League are entitled to nemberehip. article 5. There shall be three de irtinersts of work : 1. Agitation. 2 legislation. 3. Law Enforcement. Article 6. The ultimate authority e Anti-Saloon League shall he veste a ccnventifn of the League. The men composing this Leagut re determined and zealous. They art ten well known in the State and an Anders in their denominations. Then hosen motto is: "The Saloon Muc lO. The article elsewhere printed in thi Hsue descriptive of the career of th e Jnmes W. Tufts, ought to be sng ttive to young men. Sometime- p!e are inclined to say that the da is passed when voucg men who stn ith nothing but character can become ich or great. It is just as possible w as it ever has been, and the op-M-t unities are just as numerous It defends much upon what a youm in starts out tdi and how be d S me one has weF said that tbfr W thmtiKh which every successtii; an passes is labeled "Push." "Frequently persons draw compari .us between the successes of men ir; ,e South and men in the North. We ere much interested in conversation Rocky Mount some nights ago with gentleman fiom the northern part of ie Siate of Maine. He spoke freely oi .nditions in the South as he saw hem ; nnd one of his observations was hat the people down here are top wili ng to be helped and don't think ;no jgh of helping themselves. He vs amuced that when be left the train here was a man waiting to "lug his it tie grip over to the hotel." He says fibat up in Maine when a man wants anything done he generally pulls ofl bis coat and does it himself and does not hinder time enongh to do the job hunting up some one else to do it. Doubtless this was largely tb3 prin ciple on which Mr. Tnfta worked when be was a young man, and it is the true nrinMsrin on which inderjendence and . real prosperity depeuL - A REMARKABLE L.AREER. A. Multi-Millionaire Hiss in North Carolira, TH3 LATE MB. JAS. W. TUFTS. The death of James W. Tufts some en days ago at Pinehurst, brings his career prominently before ibe pub lic. The Charlotte Observer stated hat be was born in Boston in 1834, md had been interested in Pinehurst, 'bis State, since 1895. The Observer's utharn Pines cor- -esponaent writes as iullows : "Mr. Tufts began his business career ts clerk in a Boston drug store, during vhich time be was always punctual, lonest and keen to the best interests ot is employer, who held the young clerk u the highest esteem. "It was undoubtedly here that be aw the increasing demand for a more lequate soda fountain, consequently is mechanical and inyeutive genius -serted irseJf, the result be'ng the la noiiA Arctic Soda Fountain that onf hcs in almost every flrst-clas dru ore in a city, town or village. Mr ufts was enabled to keep the paten: rapleted, under his own managemen: d a'so controlled the mauufacturmt ' his invention, from the sale of which, is said, bis fortune amounts to ove -0.000.000. He also established at. : her p'ant in Boston for the mannfac ure of silverware and brass. "In 1S95 bis attention was called t s nan iy section of North Carolina b - Rev. B. A. Goodridge, a Unitarian miuister of Dorchester, Mass. On the 3rd day of June in the same year he came and stayed five days, buying about 4,000 acres ot land to which ha heeu added 2,000 more acres since. He was accompanied -"n his first trip b President Hubbard, of th? Bost n Ii -va'id Aid Society, the idea being Hud a hea'thy resnt for consumptives ho could afford to resort hither fm nature's treatment. "The present site of Pinehurst was '?hosen and work begun towards ereci in a village, the total cost of wbict has been over ii million dollars. Dwell ng houses and hoarding houses Si-ranp up like mushrooms in a nigbt. The Hollywood Inn was the first hotel built, at acostof $125,000. Afterward 'here were built the Berkshire, Magno lia, Concord and Pine Grovd. Las; vear there was completed tbe magnificent-bo tel called the Carolina, with 300 rooms, at a cost of $200,000. ThisyeaT t he Harvard was built at a cost of morr tban $75,000. "Tbe present town consists of 200 acres originally fenced in, together with 300 acres of golf links, which are thr finest anywhere, a larm, dairy and aunery. "Although the original idea was to make Pinehurst a resident for con imptives, after one year's trial Mr. Putts changed his mind and advertiser! his resort as a retreat for tbe overwork d business man, and for those wh wished to escape tbe seveis winters o 'be North. The result has been that every year be has been compelled u enlarge in order to accommodate the ncreaig influx of Northern visitors who find in this quiet, balmy Eden all he comforts and convenience of a modern city : for Pinehurst has electric Mirs and lights, water and seweragf--y stems, golf links, parks in which arc he de?r and different species of fowl 4-ith variegated plumage. Shrubbery adorns the grounds and vines trail alone the winding roadsides, dotted here and there with fragrant flowei eds. "Mr. Tufts was a thorough business man. Whatever he did was a success, due to his sagacity and mental force The key to his success no doubt was? tbe fact that he was everlastingly at it During his business career be lived at Medford, Mass., and every morning found bim at his office by 7 o'clock, where be worked strictly until late at night. And only the severest beat of summer would call him to Cottage City, where be would spend a few days. "As a philanthropic man his gifts were mostly private, and numbers of donations came from him of which tbe general public has no Knowledge. He associated himself In this work with the Rev. Edward E. Hale, who was his favorite religious adviser, and who has spent some time at Pinehurst during tbe last two seasons, as the special guest of Mr. Tufts. Mr. Tufts was a strong, believer in the principles of Unitarianism ana was an active mem ber and worker with that denomina tion. He leaves a wife and one son and one daughter, who are both mar ried." A Certain Care for Chilblains. Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder. It cures Chilblains, Vrmthitas. Damn. Sweating, swoiien AHdruggif.an4hoestor,25d What Cotton Hills So. Wilmington Star. At first sight it might not seem that tbe farmers are much interested in cotton or any other kind of mills unless they raise the raw material that is consumed by the mills, but as a matter of fact tbe farmers are more in terested in them than any other class of people, with the exception of those who have their money invested in them or depend directly upon them for employment and a livelihood. According to tbe report of tbe State Commissioner of Labor and Printing there are in this State 285 textile mills distributed among 53 out ot tbe 97 counties In tbe State, and varying from 1 to 26 in a county. They give m ploy men t directly to 44,544 persons. The wages paid to this army of em ployes, many of whom have families, is spent mainly for food raised upon the farms, while all of the raw mate rial consumed except that by the silk mills, and that imported by the wollen mills, is produced upon the farms, and tbe farmers get the money. They thus supply a home market, near tbe farmer, ior thousands upon thousands )t dollars' worth of stuff, for which be wi.-uld have bad no market without hern, or which be would have been compelled io sell to some middleman, vho shipped to distant markets. There isn't a farmer within hauling radius of any of these mills who has aot been benefited more or less by i hem, not only in the returns from the iiniduce of various kinds sold to them, Uut in t;se enhanced vaJue of the lands, u account of the home market and the number of products that come in demand. They stimulate land im provement, too, better cultivation, nore diversification of crops, more at mention to slock, dairying, fec., and hus help the farmer in another way. These are Fume of the reasons why farmers are and should be interested in textile mills and in all manufacturing industries. Self Bsliaxue. Southern Educational Jonrnal. Heury Ward Beecber used to tell bin story of the way in which his eacher of mathematics taught him to tepend upon himself : "I was sent to the blackboard, and ent, uncertain, full of whimpering." " 'That lesson must be learned,' said my teacher, in a very quiet tons, but with terrible intensity. All explana tions and excuses he trod under foot with utter scorntulness. 'I want that problem ; I don't want any reasons why you haven't it he would say. " 'I did study it two hours.' " 'That is nothing to me. I want the lesson. You may not study it at all, or you may study it ten hours, just suit yourself. I want the lesson.' "It was tough for a green boy, but t seasoned me. In le?s tban a month had tbe most intense sense of intel ectual independence and courage to defend my recitations. "One day his cold, calm voice fell upon me In the midst of a demonstra tion, 'No !' I hesitated and then went back to the beginning, and on reach ing the same point again, 'No !' utter ad in a tone of conviction barred by progress. " 'The next I' and I tat down in red contusion. " He too, was stopped with 'No !' but went right on, finished and as he sat down was rewarded with 'Very well,' " Why,' whimpered I, 'I recit ed it just as he did, and you said "No !" " 'Why didn't you say ftyes," and stick to it? it is not enough to know your lesson. You mast know that you know it. You have learned nothing till you are sure. If all the world says "No !" your business is to say "Yes," and prove It." ' The Tadpole. Of course most people know that frogs and toads are evolved from tadpoles, but there are some very strange things about these batrachians that possibly you don't know. Because this changeling is so well known to nearly everybody it -may be dismissed by saying that it is born with gills and lives entirely under water nntil it reaches tbe transformation period, tben lungs appear in place of tbe gills, tbe tail drops off, legs sprout out and an animal fitted to live on land Is the result. To Benew the "Old Black Silk" Dresa. February Ladies Home Journal. A few little touches applied with skill will make your "old black silk" quite nice enough for many a day. It will tequire new sleeves, made bell shape, with embroidered muslin un dersleeves. Trim tbe bodice with a small round yoke, a collar, and a ruffle down the front of tbe embroidered muslin. Outline tbe yoke with narrow velvet ribbon, and trim the edge of the skirt with (Cm him. SPANISH COUNT CURED IDE Gaunt Begnndo de Oviea Was a Carllst exile. The signature of his uncle, Louis De Ovies, is found with that of John Quincy Adams coding Florida to the United States in a treaty with Spain. The Count is forty-six years of age, on exile from Orietto, situated in the northern part of Spain, and has been exiled since 187ft ; he is wealthy, and has traveled and studied the customs, habits and languages of twenty-five different nations. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medleine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, the Count gives his 'endorsement to their great catarrh remedy, Pernna, in the following The CanfMd, Atlantic City, N. J. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen "Last winter my secretary had a severe attack ot la grippe which was cured effectually by the use ot tour bottles ot Peruna, so when I contracted the same unpleasant sickness last fall I at once sent for a bottle. It truly worked wonders, and removed tbe sickening and sore feeling I had within a few days. would not be without it now for any money, and when I go away I carry Peruna as a valuable perquisite to my traveling outfit." JULIAN SEQUNDO, CONDB DE OVIES. AN AWMJARODY. The Old Oaken Bucket A Hygienic View. ABOUT THE LONG AGO. N. C. Bulletin for January. The truths of science are not often expressed In verse, and this fact serves to emphasize the few Instances where rhyme has been employed to convey fact. Tbe following parody on "Tbe Old Oaken Bucket," which is not only amusing, but contains some valuable points in sanitation, is by Dr. J. C. Bayles, formerly President of the New York City Health Board, and was read by him at a meeting of the Academy of Medieine. We quote it from tbe columns of Engineering News, which says that the sanitary science conveyed in tbe verses may seem elementary in deed to our readers, yet it needs but tbe slightest knowledge ot conditions about the average farm-house and country village to realize that millions of people are living amid just such un heal tbful surroundings in entire ignor ance that they have anything to do with causing disease and death. Ths parody is as follows : With what anguish of mind I remem ber my childhood, Becalled in the light of a knowledge since gained ; The malarious farm, the wet fungus grown wildwood, The chills then contracted that since have remained ; The scum-covered duck-pond, the pig sty close by it, The ditch where the sour-smeHing house drainage fell, The damp, shaded dwelling, the foul barn-yard nigh it But worse than all else was that ter rible well, ' And the old oaken bucket, the mold crusted backet, The moss-covered bucket that hang in tbe well. Just think of it 1 Moss on tbe vessel that lifted The water I drank in the days called to mind ; Ere I knew what professors and scien , tists gifted In the waters ot wells by analysis find; Tbe rotting wood fibre, the oxid of iron, The algte, the frog of unusual size, The water, impure as the verses of Byron, Are things I remember with tears io my eyes. . fjaj Hsisa it illi-r-" r aadsMfcat aanssdread of wsftsiaiwlf. And to tell the sad truth tho' I shud der to think of it I considered that water uncommon ly dear, And often at noon, when I went there to drink of it, I enjoyed it as much as I now enjoy beer. How ardent I seized it with hands that were grimy, And qu'.ck to tbe mud-covered bot tom it fell, Tben reeking with nitrates and nitrites, and slimy j With matter organic it rose from the well, Ob, had I but realized in time to avoid them Tbe dangers that lurked in that pes tilent draft I'd have tested for organic germs and destroyed them With potassic permanganate ere 1 had quaffed. Or perchance I'd have boiled it, and afterward strained it Through fillers of charcoal and gravel combined ; Or, after distilling, condensed, and re gained it In potable form, with its filth left behind. How little I knew of the enteric fever Which lurked in the water I ventur ed to drink, But since I've become a devoted be liever In tbe teachings of science, I shud der to think. And now, far removed from the scenes I'm describing, The story of warning toothers I tell, As memory reverts to my youthful im bibing And I gag at the thought of that hoirible well, And the old oaken bucket, the fungus grown bucket In fact, the slop bucket that hung in the well. Literary Digest. The Doctor in China. Selected. A story is told of a physician in China who had mismanaged a case, whereupon the indignant family seized him and tied him up, hut in the nigbt he man aged to free himself and escaped by swimming a river, which cut ofl pursuit. When be reached home, he found his son, who bad just beeun to study medicine, poring over his books. He wrung out bis wet clothes, and, turn ing to tbe student, said grar ely : -MJ uou fcfl . .J-1L'S?JEl portant thing is to learn to swim When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and pleasant in effect use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25c. Sample free. Every box guar anteed. For sale by E. T. Whitehead A Co. I VI EARLY everybody is having la J grippe again. It resembles eome- what in the beginning a severe cold. A chill or cold spell is followed by aching bones, sore throat, headache, cough, and general weakness. Its course may be quite slight or severe, but in either case it nearly always leaves one in a miserable condition. ' Unless Peruna is taken it will be weeks or months before a person re gains his usual health. If the victim is fortunate enough to begin the use of Pernna at tbe commencement of the attack the course of the grip is much shoriened, and the system is left in a natural state. People who have had la grippe, but arc still suffering from the after-effects, should not neglect to take Peruna, as it will promptly restore them to health. Henry Distin, the inventor and maker of all the band instruments of the Henry Distin Manufacturing Co., writes tho following from 1441 South Ninth phia, Pa : " I had a bad at- J lacK ot a gnppo last December T which lasted 1UIM w IUHU UUtV months, and which left me with catarrh, and BAVArnt nfrnv friend s advised llenr' 1)ist,n- I me to try Pernna. . 4 I began with a bottle the first week in March rnd it certainly did me a great deal of good. 1 was so well taiincd that I purchased another lxittle and fol lowed the directions, and can say that it has cured me." Henry Distin. A large per cent of those who aro afflicted with this epidemic, instead of getting well as they ought to, will have chronic catarrh as the result. This is almost invariably the ense nulogs Pe runa is tskou as soon as possible after the grip begins. EveTy one who has observed tho effect of Peruna during the last three epidem ics of la grippe positively knows that this remedy will cure it permanently. The fact is, however, that a great mul titude of people will not, take rcruna, and a foundation for chronic catarrh will be laid. Even in cases where chronic catarrh has affected the lungs, and the early stages of catarrhal consumption havo been developed, Teruna can be relied upon as a prompt and lasting cure. La grippe and catarrh are at present tho two great enemies of life in the land. Peruna is a cure for cither. If you do not derive prompt aud satis factory results from tho use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Htuiman, givin.tr a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you Jn's valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. IlartiiK.n, President The Ilartmau Sanitarium, Columbus, Standard Time. Youth's Companion. "What time is it?" r"ew questions are more common than thi., and yet each day tbe United Staica government goes to a great expense iu giving ?t an official acswer. To ascertain the in stant when it is noon on the seventy filth meridian and to .send that infor mation all oyer the country is a- grat and a costly task, ihe astronomical observatory in Washington computes the true time, which is thenco trnns- Imitted by electricity to every impor tant city and town. About five minutes before the Wash ington noon the telegrapli companies cut off all their regular business except on lines where they nave moro Ih.in one wire. They tbeu connect all im portant points, from which there may be numbeile ramification, with an electric wire going into the great clock in the observatory so that all over tbe country its ticking? may lo heard. For the ten secouds just belore 12 o'clock there is silence, which is broken by tbe "noon beat." Regular business is then resumed. Jn some cities the wires connect with a time ball which drops with the noon beat. Th lime ball in Washington over the state, war and navy depart ment building is three feet in diameter and can be eeeu from all parts of the city. Crowds frequently gather'about to see it fall, a distance of 21 feet, high in tbe air. The man whom some of the spectators suppose to be dropping the ball Is merelr there to hoist it again to its place. In the building beueatb are 23 clocks which are each day automatically cor reeled by it. An electrical device "sets" them, placing hour, minute aud second hands exactly vertical at the instant tbe ball drops. The hands f hat are too fast are pushed bck, and those that are slow nro thrust fenvnrd. Although Washington is on tho ecy-enty-seventb meridian, the noon hour is ior convenience computed for the seventy-fifth, the time standard for tbe eastern part of tbe United States. In tbe central belt, which ts governed by the ninetieth meridian, tbe signal from Washington means 11 o'clock, in the Rocky Mountain belt It is 10 o'clock, and on tbe Pacific coast line it is 9. E. T. Whitehead & Co., the druggist, will refund you your money If you are ot satisfied after using Cbamberlsin'a o roach and Liyer Tablets. They cure sorders of tbe stomach, btlliousness nstipation and headache. Price 25c -T'Tj'njin'"