The probability that common coldi
?re largely du? to specific living or
t C.U. C.ra J"?t ?
much cholera
, by (irruK. .. _ ,
or consumption, in*
creases with more careful observation
of the waves of disease such as in
fluenza and like ailments that sweep
through large a reus and attack mil
lions of victims, taking account oi
all countries, within a few- months or
possibly weeks. If the disorders suf
fered came from any individual cause,
in every case, there would be no such
massing of sickness, says the ( le\e
land leader, at certain times with
corresponding freedom when natural
conditions seem as adverse as they i
ore in seasons of epidemics. The
most ordinary colds come and go in
decidedly wave fashion, just as much
aa more serious diseases of the res
piratory organs. It need hardly be
?aid that unsound conditions of the
body bring on all such sickness, in
the sense that {htsods in perfect
health are not likely to be affected,
but that is true of nearly all germ
diseases. The human animal may be
?o sound that it defies their assaults
and makes every form of Infection al
most harmless. The science of medi
cine has been making great progress
along the line of investigation which
deals with the causes of dlseaae. Tt
may yet advance with equal rapidity
and more directly important results
In the discovery of remedies for mal
adies or, better still, of means for
preventing illness.
Philip P. Armour had six rules of
success. They were the following:
"Good men are not cheap.
"Capital can do nothing: without brain* j
to direct It.
"No general can fight hla battles alone
He must depend upon his lieutenants,
and his success depends upon his ability j
to select the right man for the right
place.
"There Is no such thing as luck.
"Most men talk too much. Much of my
success has been due to keeping my
mouth shut.
"The young man who wants to marry
happily should pick out a good mothei
and marry one of t\pr daughters?any
one will do."
Armour was a man worth following
In many ways.
When "Golden llule" Jones, mayor
of Toledo, went to Chicago lately he
registered at the Grand Pacific as
Sam M. Jones, N. I*. When asked
what N. P. stood for he saidr "That
Is my title. It stands for nonparti
san in politico. With the twentieth
century I have thought of adding two
more letters to the title, making it
N. P. A. T., meaning nonpartisan in
*11 things. You see, 1 had very lit
tls education when I was a boy?not
more than six months in all?and
wanting a title 1 founded the degree
of N. P."
|
About 50 of the principal observ
atories of the world are now cooper
ating in a great programme of ob
servation for improving our knowl
edge of the distance between the
esrth and sun. Fully half the re
sources of the Lick observatory have
been devoted to this work for two,
months past and the observations will
soutinue one or two months longer.
A number of enterprising automo
bile makers have tried to get the presi
dent to add a horseless machine to hit
stable equipment. They have offered
him especially constructed and elabo
rately decorated vehicles and have used
all their commercial wiles on him and
his representatives. A great many
Washington official* use automobiles
but the president stacks to horses.
One reason, though not an excuse,
for lynching can be seen in the report
from Kansas of two policemen who
were pursuing a brute who had as
oaulted a little eight-year-old girl.
When the six o'clock whistle blew
"their day was up, and the two con
?eientious guardians of the peace
gs*omptly abandoned the chase.
A New Jersey baker who was fine*:
tor selling bread on Sunday has dem
enstrated the inconsistency of preaent
laws by buying on Sunday a cigar ai
the drug atore kept by the justice win
fined him. He also bought stamps n:
the post office, showing that the got
ernment itself violates the law.
A smallpox scare gave zest to life in
Oadillac, Mich., recently, and while it
was at its height two hobos claiming to
- be from an infected district walked
Into town. They were penniless, of
ootirse, but the alarmed Cadilktcians
noon subscribed enough to send them
100 miles south by rail.
The distribution of congressional1
garden seeds this year will be the
largest ever made, it ia said, the up- }
grropriation for this purpose having
been increased from $130,000 to f.170,
C0O. which will add 3,000 packages to
each congressman's quota.
A-V\ jehington exchange reports that
? young couple from North Carolina
?aked permission to be married in the
?sat room of the white houae the other
day, but it could not be granted.
Tbe Chicago drainage canal has a
perfect Life line, consisting of a strong
wire cable stretched along its entire
distance of 34 mile*. It i* there for
use and safety in case of accident.
Tbe board of health of Hartford,
Conn., has come to the oonclesisa thai
cats sre the mefcns of carrying filph
fiherls. - '
Birthday of Ared Kin*.
Copenhagen, April 8.?The
eighty-third birthday of King
Christian of iVnmark, wan cele
brated everywhere to-day in his
domains.
The King is in good health.
He received the congratulations
of officials, diplomats and other
dignitaries. The streets of the
city were crowded, and in the
squure fronting the Aiiialienborg
l'alace seve-??' thousand |>ersons
cheered th' ,-j.who in response
ap|H'ared upon the balcony with
his daughters. At a banquet
given at night in the Crown
Prince's Palace theCrown Prince,
Prince Frederic, offered a toast
to the King.
Queen Alexandra of Kngland
and Dowager Km press Marie of
Russia, who have lieen attending
the celebration, will leave here
to-morrow.
Keep your eyeon theSniithfield
Hardware Co.'s store windows.
Ooldsboro held an election ]
Tuesday on the question of issu
ing bonds for the graded schools
of that city. The schools won by !
a good majority.
President McKinley has ap
pointed P. C. Knox, of Pennsyl
vania, a m?ni her of his Cabinet,
to succeed Attorney General
Griggs.
Garrett Ripley in ou trial at!
Frankfort, Ky., charged with
complicity in ttie munier of Gov.
William (ioebel early last year.
A lot* cable dispatch from Lot*
don says 111 at medical men of that
. city have beei
Antiquity of J
vastly amused at a
th* Salt Core, . 1 ? i ??
hoax which, ao
cording- to numerous cables, appar
ently has been played upon the Amer
ican public by some humorist who
possessing uneient volumes of the
Lancet, has been making extracts
about the salt cure and selling the
tame as up-to-date copy. There i*
nothing new in this cure. Medical
records show that Sir C. Wren prac
ticed it successfully as curly as 1656;
that Sir Spencer Wells and Sir Waltei
Richardson used it extensively foi
cholera in Londcu in 1848 and 184*.?
while the experiments on dogs report
ed from Chicago are identical with
Richardson's experiments of 20 year*
ugo in London. 'Hie injection of a
salt solution is certainly a wonder- j
ful remedy and has been used reg j
ularly in the London hospitals for
many years, but the salt in the solu
tion has neither nourishing nor stim
ulating effect. What hapi>cns it this:
When a person loses beyond a certain
proportion of blood the veins collapse
and little or no blood posses to the
heart, which stops beating. The
1 veins simply need more fluid. Two
thousand years ago it was discovered
that the blood of animals was some
times eflicacious, but often dangerous.
Pure water was tried, but it was
found that this injured the blo*^! re
maining in the veins, paralyzing the
muscles. A? it was known that the
blood contains considerable sodium
chloride, or common salt, Libavius ex
perimented therewith in 1615. The
mixture now used by British cTocVrs
i?: Chloride of sodium, 1 dram;
chloride of potassium, 6 grains; phos
phate of sodium, .1 grains; carbonate
of sodium, 20 grains; alcohol, 1 dram; j
water, 1 pint. This is warmed to [
blood heat and upward of liulf a pint;
is injected into a vein at the elbow.
In a few seconds tihe heart becomes
refilled and again beats. In from
four to five minutes consciousness is
recovered. In cholera the blood thick
ens and ceases to flow. A pint or tfcvo
of saline solution refluidizes it. though
it does not always save the life. Rich
ardson, in 1S<8, in the case of a wom
an apparently dead, restored her six i
times, but she finally died. Thus salt
is not an elixir, but. ic used merely to
prevent the extra fluid which is need
ed to start the heart's action from
having a deleterious effect. The idea
of eating salt beyond the small quan-1
tity necessary to have good effect* is'
scouted as absurd. The result is
more likely to be harmful.
For a woman to steal a ride ia a
novelty in railroading. It is reported
that the crew of a fast freight train
on the Lehigh Valley railroad found
a young woman on top of a box car.
clining to the footboard, and half j
blinded with the cinders that flew
from the stack of the locomotive. i
The atory she told was that she was'
in New York when her money gave \
out, and longing to get to her home
in Pennsylvania she decided to steal
a ride on a freight train, as she had
often read of men and boys doing.
Walking to Xewark, she waited nntil !
night, and then climbed to the top
of a box car. She just had time to
j tie her hat fast to the short sacque
<he wore when the train begun t<
move, and she declared that between
I l>eing chilled and frightened, ehe
hadn't moved two inches during her
long ride. She was given a bath and
i ticket for home. The cautiou to
not try it again was hardly needed.
V
Southern School Desk Factory.
Mr.C. H. James, of I'itt county,
haa located here for the purpose
of manufacturing school desks.
He has been manufacturing desks
at Bethel, N. for two or three
year* and hus met with great
success. He manufactures agood
aubatantialdeakut a price within
t he reach of all the schools.
Mr. Jamea was here a few week a
ago and liked the place ao well
t nut he haa moved here and es
tahliahed the Southern School
I leak Factory. Hia factory ia
located near the Brooklyn Luru
lier Company'aplant. He already
haa a force of JO or 12 lianda at
work.
' Mr. Jamea, who for aeveral
veura was a teacher, cornea highly
recommended. We wish him and
hia enterprise much aucceaa.
Maj. Martin Gets Ten Years.
Thursday afternoon Major W.
H. Martin, the defaulting institu
stutional clerk in the State Treas
urer's office under ex-Treasurer
Worth's administration, was
brought before Judge Starbuck
in the Wake county Superior
Court and sentenced to ten years
in the*State prison.
In passing sentence Judge Star
buck said there was some doubt
as to whether he was a State offi
cer or not and the court would
five him the benefit of the doubt
y pronouncing sentence for ten
years, the minimum for ordinary
embezzlement, instead of twenty
years, the least punishment which
could be imposed upon a State
officer guilty of such an offense.
Maj. Martin received his sen
tence without a word and was
escorted back to jail as soon as
the judgment was entered.?Ral
eigh 1'ost.
It has taken centuries for the world
to learn that the man who profession
!>.??.?, -.d ?H} makes us laugh
may be respected.
Humor. The court fool, the
strolling jester, the buffoon were de
spised; there is a lingering- reluctance
to acknowledge dignity in the humor
ist. Great men, men great in other
ways, may be droll or witty incidental
ly?that is different. Even then there
will be admirers who are uneasy in
their laughter, says Youth's Compan
ion. Some excellent citizens of this
republic used to wish that Abraham
Lincoln would not make jokes. Many
mors appreciated his jokes, but would
have thought it nonsense to say, what
all historians now admit, that his
humor was in truth part of his power.
To-day we begin to realize how
precious a quality is pure humor?twin
to charity and brother to wisdom.
Lately, too, we have had new reason to
perceive with what noble character
istics it may be sllied In its possessors.
Our own Mark Twain, long a source of
wholesome merriment to his country
men. has become also an object of seri
ous pride, for his gallant and successful
struggle to meet obligations-** hich he
might legally have disregarded, but
which he felt rested upon his honor.
The late Sir Arthur Sullivan, we learn,
was struggling with a cruel malady
while he composed "Pinafore." faint
ing from pain between bar and bar of
the merriest music. Shall his courage
be less honored because he made us
laugh? "As the crackling of thorns
under & pot, so is the laughter of the
fool." and is most readily evoked by
folly, cruelty and vulgarity. Not wo the
laughter of the sane and sensible. It
cheers, it refreshes, it illuminates, it
leaves man friendlier toward man.
Those who have the art to call it forth
are benefactors of their kind.
At the recent meeting of the Ameri
can Ornithologists' union, the commit
tee on bird protection submitted an en
couraging report of work done during
the paat year. With the cooperation of
lighthouse keepers, captains of life
saving stations and owners of islands
on which gulls and terns breed, the !
plume hunters were kept away from
fields which have heretofore yielded
their largest returns. Under the Lacej [
bill, passed at the last session of con
gress, the society w as able to seise the
bodies of 2,6(0 birds from a Maryland
dealer, and touring suit against him.
The good effect of this action was felt
at once. All the wholesale milliners in
Ualtimore asked to have their stock in
spected, and offered to withdraw what
ever was held illegally. It is worth
noting that among the many ladies
present at tha meeting of the union,
not on* wore a hat trimmed with birds
or feathers The members evidently t
practice what they preach.
West Virginia mud lately caused a
Pittsburgh woman to lose a husband.
He applied for a divorce, charging his
wife with infidelity, and when the case j
was called in Pittsburgh she failed to '
appear. Her attorney concluded that
she did not wish to contest and a de
cree was granted. Next morning she
arrived with the information that she
had received notice of the trial at Man
nington, W. Vs., whe-e she was stop
ping, but that the roads in (hat sec
tks were so bad she could not get to
town until 24 hours had elapsed.
KENI.Y NEWS.
Easter passed very pleasantly.
Mr. T. Eldridge, of Glenwood,
came down to attend the debate.
Mr. J. W. Hollowell, of Smith
field, spent Easter with relatives
and friends.
Miss Mary Alford left last Sat
urday to siiend awhile with her
brother in Raleigh.
Mr. George Duncan, of Pinner's
Point, Va., s[>ent Easter with
relatives and friends.
ftev. II. W. Hines filled his ap
pointment Sunday. Heprewhed
two very interesting sermons.
I lev. G. B. Starling and W. A.
Edgerton attended a picnic at
Wendell High School last Mon
day.
Mr. (i. May and sister. Miss
S^llie, spent a few days with their
sister. Sirs. W. A. Edgerton,
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bailey and
Mr. Charles Knight, of Barnes'
Store, Messrs. J. It. Raines, Ed.
\ewsome, of Lucama, R. S.
Barnes, of Taylor, Jarvis Edger
ton, Tom Bagley, of Bagley,
Albert Smith (a former student
of Kenly Academy) and brother,
of Wilson, attended the debate
Friday night.
Easter Monday will be a noto
rious day in the history of many
Kenly Academy boys and girls.
As it was the last holiday of this
term they didn't fail to make
good use of it by enjoying a pic
nic at the Lowell Ferry. Moat
ing and a sumptuous dinner was
enjoved by all. We are sure the
picnic would have lost its life if
Professor Harper had appeared
on the scene. Boys ana girls
would have scattered with beat
ing hearts and a frightened look.
The public debate in the Acad
emy last Friday night was a
pronounced success. A very large
and appreciative audience greet
ed the aebateis, who were: affirm
ative ? John Holland, Austin
Pittman and C. M. Watson; neg
ative?H. R. Knight, J. B. Barnes,
and 1). H. Rose. The query was
"Resolved, That United States
Senators should be elected by a
direct vote of the people." After
an interesting ana animated dis
cussion of about an hour and a
half in length the judges, Rev. (1.
B. Starling, of Fremont, It. S.
Barnes, of Taylor, and E. G.
Barnes, of Kenly, retired and ren
dered a unanimous decison in
favor of the negative. College
songs were furnished by the
Academy Octette. Miss Helen
1'ierce sang a solo. "The best
thing we have ever had" is the
popular verdict. We now have
160 pupils on roll.
Felix.
Married at Dunn.
To-day at noon in the parlor of
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Lee on Divine street, Miss Katie
Peacock, a niece of Mr. Lee, was
joined in marriage to Mr. Seth
I>ee, of Johnston county. The
eeremony was performed bv Rev.
W. C.Barrett, pastor of the Bap
tist church. Tne marriage was a
quiet one, only a few friends being
present. Immediately after the
ceremony the happy couple, to
gether with the guests were ush
ered into the dining room where
an elegant dinner was served.
The pretty bride is a sister of
Miss I jet tie Peacock, who has
charge of the Exchange office,
and is one of the most popular
young ladies in the city. Mr.
1 jee, the groom, recently returned
from Kicnmond, where he has
been attending the Massey Busi
ness College.
We extend congratulations and
wish them much joy and happi
ness.?Dunn Banner, April 4tn.
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab
lets cure a cold in one day. No
Cuce, no Pay. Price 25 cents
Interesting Social Event.
Mr. George F. Woodard and
Miss I.elia A. Watson, Mr. New
ton A. White and Miss Sarah A.
Joyner, two bright, happy
couples, were married at Prince
ton, N. C., in the M. E. Church
South on Wednesday, April 10,
the Rev. K 1). Holmesofficiating.
A large concourse of in teres DM
spectators filled the church to
witness the ceremony. After the
marriage the newly married
couples boarded the Southern
train for a trip to the eastern
part of the State. X.
Those famous little pills. De
Witt's Little Early Risers will re
move all impurities from your
system, cleanse your bowels,
make them regular. Hood Bros.,
Hare& Son, J. R. Ledbetter.
SELMA NEWS.
I'at. Piirker returned to the
A. & M. CoUcga Tuesday.
Mi*. T. H. Whitley and'child
ren returned from a visit to her
mother Wednesday.
M r. Blake Baker spent Paster
Monday at Wendell, at a pic-nic.
| He reports a good tune.
Miss Ola Youngblood attended
our concert Monday night. She!
is visiting Miss Nola Mitchener.
Messrs. Robert Millard No well
and Clarence W. Richardson. I
si>ent Paster at their old home in
Wilders.
Miss Bimrham law taken charge
of our telephone exchange. Sorry
I to lose Miss Cox, who we hear
goes to Rocky Mount.
Misses Nellie and Adelle 1 urner
who have been visiting Mfss Fan
I nie Jackson, returned to their
home in Richmond, Va., Tuesday.
Robert P. and Albert M Noble,
| Jr., came home last Friday to
spend Paster. Mr. Bernard Hor
! ner came with them. They re
j turned Tuesday to Chapel Hill.
Miss Julia Fuller Rtheredge
and Miss Annie Foy, came down
last Friday to spend Paster with
Miss Margaret Etheredge. They
returned to Peace Institute Tues
day afternoon.
Mr. Robert E. Snipes has been
i appointed Southern Express
Agent, vice Mr. B. S. Garris, who
has been made agent of the A. C. |
L. at Clinton, N. C. Sorry to
have Mr. and Mrs. Garris leave
us.
Misses Mayme Griffin, Lizzie
Pebnanj and Julia Ferrell and
Messrs. L. I). Debnam, Bat. M.
Robertson and Will H. McCul
lers, of Clayton, came down to
our concert Monday night, re
turning Tuesday morning.
Gov. C. 15. Aycock passed
through here Tuesday on his way
to Raleigh from Fremont where
he has been several days with his
brother, Senator 15. F. Aycock.
He was looking very well. What
is the matter with Aycock for
| U. S. Senator when Pritchard's
time is out ?
Sen ex.
Nerve
Food
If you have neuralgia, Scott's
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
will feed the nerve that is cry
ing for food?it is hungrv?
D ? *
j and set your whole body going
again, in away to satisfy nerve
and brain from your usual food.
That is cure.
If you are nervous and irri
table, you may only need more
fat to cushion your nerves?
you are probably thin?and
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil will give you the fat, to be
gin with.
Cure, so far as it goes.
Full cure is getting the fat,
| you need from usual food, and
Scott's Emulsion will help you
to that.
If you have not tried it. send for free Minnie,
its agreeable tnste will surprise v?>tt.
SCOTT & llOWNi clteii i*tN
409-415 Pearl Street Nevr Yoik.
50c. ami.- ? 11 ? "gisi-,
N< )TICE.
To Whom it May Concern :
There will be an election held
in School District No. 3, in Selma
Township, on the 30th day of
May. 1901, to levy a special tax
for the purpose of establishing a
Graded School for said district.
This April 1st, 1901.
By order of the Board.
J. W. Stephenson,
Clerk B. C. C.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
next stockholders meeting of the
Smithfield Cotton Mills will occur
on Monday, April 29, 1901, at
11 o'clock at the mill.
April 11, 1901.
Allen K, Smith,
S. S. Holt, President.
Sec'y and Treas.
MILK COWS FOR SALE.
For sale, several young grade
Jersey cows with young calves.
G. F. Uz/.i.e,
Wilson's Mills. N. C.
I have two vacant houses on
my farm near Wilson's Mills I
would like to have occupied by
families who want work by the
day or month. J. M. Beefy.
STORE FOR RENT,
Houses (or Rent,
MULES FOR SALE.
My store in Smithfleld now occupied by
Mr. D. P. Johnson, will soon be vacant and for
rent.
Apply to Beaty & holt
IF yOU WANT IT
I have several two room houses on my farm
for rent cheap. I have
3 or 4 Cheap Mules
1 could spake and would
sell them.
Also one young' mule for sale.
BURKHEAD R. JONES,
Four Miles West of Smithfleld.
Alb lm.
USE CEREALITE AS A TOP
DRESSING ON YOUR V HEAT
OATS AND COTTON.
I have on hand a car load of
Cerealite which I will sell very
low for cash or on time. Call and
see me at the Register's office.
J. W. Stephenson,
Smithfleld, N. C.
Mr. J. M. Beaty used one of the:
Acme Guano Distributors last
year and was well pleased with
it. He has just bought another
one of them. These distributors
are for sale bv
ft. M. Sani>ekh,
Smithfleld, N. C.
The Best 10c coffee in the
world at N. B. Snipes & Bro.,
Selina, N. C.
In the best cotton growing sec
tions it would look as strange to
see a man sowing guano by hand
through a trumpet as it would
to see one sowing cotton seed by
hand. Every man who has a
cotton planter needs a guano dis
tributor. The Acme Guano Dis
tributors are for sale by
W. M. Sanders,
Smithfield, N. C
Short Form Lien Bonds for
sale at Hekald office.
1 have a large supply of Flow
Castings, Cotton Planters, Cot
ton Kings, etc.
W. M. Sanders.
For all of the leading daily and
weekly papers, visit the News
| Stand of R. E. Snipes,
Selma. N. C.
Garden seed, millet seed and
I Irish potatoes, in good quality
and quantity for sale.
W. M. Sanders.
Big line Base Ball Goods at
Hood Bros., Druggists.
I)r. Clarence Porter Jones,.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Specialist, of Richmond, Va., will
be at Benson, April 22d,2dd and
24th. At Dunn the 25th, 20th;
and 27th, 1901. These days
only.
Call and see Our Fine Milli
nery in charge of Miss Annie
Fuckett who has iust returned
from the North where she has
spared no pains in acquainting
herself with the latest styles and
designs for the spring and sum
mer. Our stock is beautiful and
j surpasses any we have yet car
j ried.
Spiers Bros.
Old nonunion nnd Richmond
Brand guano for sale by.I. If.
Parker, Selma.
Call and see my Guano Distribu
tors. I have several kinds. The
old method of sowing by hand is.
a back number.
W. M. Sandkks.
Buy your high grade fertilizers
of J. H. Parker, Selma, N. C. He
sells Prolific Cotton Grower.
Farmers' Friend, Old Dominion.
Farmers' Alliance Guano, and
Richmond Brand.
House for rent.
The Davis house, across the
street from Turlington Institute,
is for rent. It islargeenough for
you if you wish to take boarders,
ipply to Bkaty & Hoi/r,
Smithtield, N. CT.
Buy your Kainit and Acid of
J. H. Parker, Selma.
A full supply of Standard Fer
tilizers on hand, Acme, Admiral
Gilt Edge and Farmers Friend
and several other brands.
W. M. Sanders.
This signature is on every box of the (enaiwK*
Laxative Bromo'Quinine r%bwu
the remedj that nam a foW la fci