M M if -.1 -11 THE OBSERVER FA KITE V 1 1 iTiK, N. C. SATRUDAY, MAY 26, 1900. S. J. HALS, Editor and Proprietor. I. I. HALX, Jr., latintu Buufftx. fob fbesidkztt of the hutted states in 1900. WHililAM J. BRYAN. Democratic State Ticket. For Governor, CHARLES B. AYCOCK, of Wayne county. For Lieutenant-Governor, W. D. TUR NER, of Iredell. For Secretary of State, J. BRYAN GRIMES, of Pitt. For Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, GENERAL T. F. TOON, of Robeson. For Treasurer, B. R. LACY, of Wake. For Auditor, DR. B. F. DIXON, of Cleveland. m For Attorney-General, BOBERT D. GILMER, of Haywood. For Commissioner of Agriculture, SAM UEL F. PATTERSON, of Caldwell For Commissioner of Labor and Print ing, H. B. VARNER, of Davidson. For Chairman of Corporation Commis sion, FRANKLIN McNEILL, of New Hanover. For Member Corporation Commission, SAMUEL L. ROGERS. For Judge of Tenth District, W. B. COUNCIL, of Watauga. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. Harold Jacoby in New York Commercial Adver tiser. On May 28 the sun will be totally eclipsed, and the event will be visible in parts of the United States. Occasionally, as we know, the moon passes between us and the son, catting off the latter's light completely. This we call a solar eclipse. Lunar eclipses, on the other hand, are caused by the moon's reaching such a position that the earth is directly between it and the sun. The moon has no inherent brill iancy like the sun ; it shines only by reflecting solar light ; and when that light is cut off, the moon simply "goes out." But the sun is self-luminous, and is in reality shining just the same under eclipse as at any other time. In the former, the moon having suddenly ceased to receive or reflect light, the eclipse is observable wherever the moon, if uneclipsed, would be visible. But at any given moment we can usually see the moon from one-half the earth's sur face. Consequently, if a lunar eclipse takes place a majority of the earth's inhabitants have an opportunity to ob serve it, and thus a lunar eclipse is something that almost any person can remember to have seen. But it is vejy different with the sun. As we have said, he continues to give light when eclipsed, so that it is only in places where the sun is actually covered up by the moon that he will seem to tye eclipsed. The moon under eclipse-is like a candle that has been extin guished ; it is dark from whatever side we look at it. But the eclipsed sun is like a burning candle, which will be invisible to him only whose view is ob structed by the interposition of some opaque object. Tnat opaque object is the moon. But she is comparatively small and cannot render the sun totally invisible from more than a tiny circular or oval spot on the earth's surface. In the eclipse of May 28 that little spot will be only about 75 miles wide; and if the moon were not in motion the total phase of the eclipse could be seen nowhere else. But the moon is travel ing all the time through space in its orbit around the earth. So the little spot is moving, too, and changing its position gradually upon the earth's surface. Thus, instead of a spot, we shall have a long strip or band about Cleanse the liver purify the blood, in vigorate the body by using De Witt's Lit tle Early Risers. These famous little pills always act promptly. King Bros. I consider not only a pleasure but a duty I owe "to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my case by the timely use of Chamber Jain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I was taken very badly with flux and procured a bottle of the remedy. A few doses of it effected a permanent cure. I take pleasure in recommending it to others suffering from that dreadful disease. J. W Lynch, Dorr, W. Va. This remedy is for sale by B. E. Sedberry & Sons. 75 miles wide; and by waiting for the right moment, it will be possible to see totality from any point within this band. The whole thing is much as though there were a huge pencil, with its point touching the earth, and hav ing its other end pointed to the sun. If the moving moon were then also attached to this pencil somewhere near the point, she would draw the pencil along, and the point would trace out the eclipse path on our earth. Anyone standing in that path could then look along the pencil, and at the proper mo ment see the moon covering the sun and obscuring the light. In places sit uated near this path of totality, as it is called, we shall be able to see the eclipse, but not as a total one. For such places the moon will cover the sun only in part so that some of his brilliant surfaoe will remain in sight. The amount of obscuration always de pends upon the observer's nearness to the totality line. The nearer he is, the more nearlv total the eclipse will be. On May 28th the path of totality be gins in the Pacific ocean just west of Mexico. There the point of the huge pencil we have imagined first touches our earth. It then passes eastward across Mexico, and entering the United States near New Orleans, proceeds in a northeasterly direction until it leaves the continent close to Norfolk, Va. Then it crosses the Atlantic, touches Portugal, and afterward passes across northern Africa, leaving the earth finally near the northern end of the Red sea. In this country the cities of New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., Mont gomery, Ala., Raleigh, N. C, and Nor folk, Va., are all on the totality path. At New Orleans the sun will be com pletely covered at 7:30 a. m., while at Norfolk this will not happen until 8:53 a. m. In the former city totality will last 73 seconds, and in the latter 102 seconds. At intermediate places both the time and duration of totality will fall between these extreme values. For places nearer to New Orleans than to Norfolk the numbers will be nearer those given for New Orleans, and vice versa. The greatest interest centers about the physical observations possible du ring a total eclipse. Oar sun is not merely the blazing, brilliant, luminous globe we see every day in the heavens. The fiery center ball has a vast outer appendage, stretching millions of miles into space the delicately tinted, ten uous filmy, unexplained corona. It is the corona that makes a total eclipse so beautiful, regarded merely as a spec tacle to be seen and enjoyed. Its light is much fainter than that of the sun; we oan see it only when the latter is com pletely obscured. At all other times the bright light of the central ball illu minates the air surrounding our earth so as to make it far superior in bright ness to the faint corona; and observers looking perforce through this illumi nated air cannot distinguish the deli cate tracery of ihe corona itself. Bot when the advancing edge of the moon slowly covers the sun's central disc, until at last only a narrow sickle-shaped piece is left, the waiting astronomers have a few moments of intense expec tation. The sickle narrows gradually; but a mere thread is left; yet even that is quite sufficient to mask the corona. Then, suddenly, all is covered. On the instant, as though at the touch of a magician's wand, out bursts the splen did corona into view. 'Tis a sight of beauty indescribable, impressive be yond comparison. Men that have been privileged to see it, ever after tell of its having given one of life's most ex citing moments, never to be forgotten. Bat the quiet scientific investigator tries to make use of these rare oppor tunites to obtain some knowledge of the true constitution of our sun. Before the corona's appearance, jast as the brilliant central disc is being totally obscured, there are a very few brief important seconds when we receive light direct from the outer layers of the solar globe, and these moments offer COLD STEEL OR DEATH. "There is but one small chance to save your life and that is through an operation," was the awful prospect set before Mis. I B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis., by her doctor after vainly trying to cure her of a frightful case of stom ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He didn't count on the marvellous power of Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and Liver troubles, but she heard of it, took seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoid ed surgeon's knife, now weighs more and feels better than ever. It's posi tively guaranteed to cure Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles and never disappoints. Price 50o at B. E. Sed berry & Sons. W. H. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn., un der oath, says he suffered from dyspepsia for twenty-rive years. Doctors and dieting gave but little relief. Finally he used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and now eats what he likes and as much as he wants, and he feels like a new man. It digests what you eat. King Bros. the only chance to examine directly the glowing gases that make up the sun's outside envelope. Much of oar solar knowledge has been thus gather ed painfully in the few fleeting minutes of observation made possible by suc cessive total eclipses. Then it is that we see great red flames flashing hun dreds of thousands of miles out into space. Curling, interlacing.eyer chang ing, veritable cloudburts of living fire, these are proofs of the power and vio lence of nature's hidden forces. The total eclipse of the sun May 28th .... . ah . will be visible as umows: Totality. 7:34 a m 7:30 a m Mobile, New Orleans, Norfolk. Raleigh, Begins at 6:29 a m 6:26 a m 7:41 a m 7:3 a m Virginia Be'ch, 7:40 a m 8:f 3 a m 8:48 a m 8:53 a m Ends at 8:53 a m 8:43 a m 10:15 a m 10:09 a m 10; 15 a m Shown by Comparison. St. Louis Republic. The following statistics, collected by Mr. Henry W. Lamb, president of the New England Free Trade League, showing the difference in price in Eng land and the United States of products manufactured by trusts protected by a tariff are evidence of the widespread influence which these tariff-protected trusts exert in repressing subsidiary manufactures which use their raw materials and in taxing the consumer: Uantity . 100 lbs Article. Lead. Litharge, lbs Wire (smooth) 1P0 lbs Barb wire (galvanived)lOO lbs Wire nails 1)0 lbs Iron ore ton Tinplate 100 lbs Sheet steel 100 lbs Galvanized iron 100 lbs Steel beams 100 lbs Borax (refined) lb Lime bbl Cream of tartar (crystals) lb Bleaching powder lb Castor oil lb Caustic soda 100 lbs Cement (Portland best) bbl TJ. S. Price. U 70 08 3-8 3 05 3 8J 3 83 6 125 4 85 2 .9 3 78 230 075 90 22 1-3 02 3-4 12 4-5 2 52 2 55 Eng. Price. $3 64 04 3- 2 50 2 49 2 55 5 25 3 00 2 07 3 21 1 80 034 ta 150 015 006 184 1 11 In every case the United States place a duty on the product named which keeps out foreign manufactures and has enabled American manufacturers to combine into trusts. In many cases the American manufacturers ship their products to England and sell there at the lower prices, while American con sumers are obliged to pay the higher prices made possible by the tariff. Many of the products named are used as raw materials by American manufacturers in their processes. Obliged to pay higher prices for their raw materials they are hopelessly handicapped in competing with Eng lish manufacturers and forced out of the foreign markets entirely. The simple repeal of the tariff which protects these trusts would instantly bring the price of their product to the level of the price in England with the cost of transporting the product to this country added. The party which declines to take this simple action to repress these trusts is responsible for the resulting condition. .j A NIGHT OF TERROR. "Awful anxiety was felt for the wid ow of the brave General Barnham, of Macbias, Me., when the doctors said she could not live till morning," writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended ber that fearful night. "All thought she must soon die from Pneumonia, but she begged for Dr. King's New Discov ery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consump tion. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its further use com- pletely cured her." This marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases. Only 50c. and $1 00. Trial bottles free at B. E. Sedberry & Sons drug store. QUESTION ANSWERED. Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civ ilized world. Your mothers' and grand mothers' never thought of using any thing else for Indigestion or Biliousness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of Appendicitis, Nervous Pros tration or Heart failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate the action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic ac tion of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headache and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. For sale by B. E. Sedberry & Sons. Gen. Cronje Should Have It. "Lenoir, N. C, Feb'y 16, 1900. "Send i gross Goose Grease Lin.j 25c. size. There is no donbt as to the cura tive powers of Gcose Grease Lin. We have used different liniments, but yours excels ail. Yours truly, "HENKEL BROS." HOZLEY'8 LEHOir ELIXIR, Regulates the Liver, Stomach, Bowels ana xuanejB. For biliousness, constipation and ma- 1 a n' a For indigestion, sick and nervous head- anhfi. For aleeDlessness. nervousness, heart failnrA And nervons rro8tration. For fevers, chills, debility and kidney Hiharsps. take Lemon Elixir. Ladies, for natural and thorough organ; io regulation, ta&e Lemon nnxir. 50a. And $1.00 bottles at druggists. Prepared only by i)r. 1. Moziey, Atian- a, Ga. GRATITUDE. Dr. H. Mozy Dear Sir: Since using vour Lemon Elixir I nave never had ano ther attack of those fearful sick head aches, and thank God that 1 have at last found a medicine that will cure those awful spells. Mrs. Etta W. Jones, Parkersburg, West Virginia. MCZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR. I suffered with indigestion and dysen tery for two long years. I heard of Lipeq- on Elixir; got it; taken seven botties and am now a well man. .Harry Adams, No. 1731 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR Cured my husband, who was afflicted for years with large ulcers on his leg, and was cured after using two bottles: and cured a friend whom Ihe doctors hd giy- en up to cue, wno naa sunerea tor years with indigestion and nervous prostration. Mrs. E. A. Beville, Woodstock, Ala. Oe Witt's Little Early Risers, tbm ftt joua 1UU U). MOZLEY'S LEMON HOT DROPS. Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage, and all throat and lung diseases. Elegant, reliable. 25c. at druggists. Prepared only by Dr. H. Moziey, Atlanta, lia. dly sat & wkly A. B. WILLIAMS, COTTON BUYER, HAY STREET, FAYB'TTETILLK. Pi. C. FAYETTEVILLE MARKETS REVISED daily. COTTOM Middling 9 Strict Middling 91 Good Middliner. 93-10 Strict Good Middling 9f Spirits 46i Common Rosin 1 1(3 Virgin 2 20 Yellow Dip 2 20 Hard 1 20 REPORTED B7 A. S. HUSKE, GROCER. Flour 1st pat., sack, $2.40$2.65 Family Flour 2nd pat., sack $2.00 2 2.20 Hides dry per lb. 8S10 " green per lb. 6 Wool washed 1520 Bacon hog round per lb 9 ham llaiH sides 9al0 shoulders 8 Oats 32 lbs per bushel 45 Peas clay 85 " mixed 75a80 " white, 9010o Meal bolted 46 lbs per bushel 55 60 " unbolted 48 lbs per bushel 6055 Corn old 56 lbs per bushel 55a 60 Onions select per bushel 1.00al.25 Lard N. C. 10 11 Tallow 4 Ducks 20 25 Hens per head 25 28 .Roosters per head 18 a 20 Turkeys per lb 8a9 Guineas none Geese 25 a 30 Country Butter 20 25 Honey strained per ib 8c Eggs, ii Feathers new 35 a 40 Potatoes Irish 1.00al.25 Pork 5 6 A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible burn, oald, out or bruUe, Buoklen'i Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal 11 Gnrei old tores, lever eorei, ulcere, polls. felons, corns, all skin eruptions. Best pile cure on earth. Only So eta. box. Cure guaranteed; Oeld bf B. El Sedberry h Son., drngjist The ancients believed that rheuma tism was the work of a demon within a man. Anv one who has had an attack of sciatic or inflammatory rheumatism will agree that tl-e infliction is demo niac enough to warrant the belief. It nas never been claimed that Chamber lain's Pain Balm would cast out de mons, but it will cure rheumatism, and hundreds bear testimony to the truth of this statement. One application relieves the pain, and this quick relief which it affords is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by B. E. Sed berry & Sons. OeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cree Piles. ScckSr Ceres. "I thiDk DeWitt'a T iZ,',N are the best pil!a in y R, all obstmctiow of tie' ' Kll et quickly and ne fe C1TY 0F FAYEimnTr? WITH EIN4CC H. 0. SEKRUu April 7 To balance, 16 " am'HrnmQBrm.. & 24 " omT 1PCl0r. am't from J a 1 collec'r. UD8' 6177 1 MAR KPT ttt-.. r o m -fc ACCOST May8 To am't from RGw i stall rent bWSffiltH, To am't fiom EN Win stall rent. Wlllias, To am't from T P v stall rent? nn' To am't from J R Vann H stall rent, ' To am't from J R Vann scale rent, ' Pm.Trr r, "Jtf "v-ULKT, To am't W S Cook, Mayor, fiDes May 8 To balance 51.2S1S 1900 April CR. 9 18 23 By sorio No. jlS33, Willis ton & Terry, oi' By scrip 1813.' Far' ville Ice Co , wood, By scrip1843.Ja8.Wood. jy u cuuuuiJS, $0.01 U Scrip 1714, E A Poe, brick, !j Scrip 1745, same -J Scrip 1812, B E Sedberry & Son, supplies, ' qk Scrip 1820, C B Ledbetter, cart hire ;! Scrip 1825, T J Powers, st. comm'r O iono ttt r-r n, . "'i 11 ounp xoto, vv n r lowers, salary Scrip 1829, J H Benton, salary, ' Scrip 1830, J W Maultsby salary Scrip 1831, T J Powers, salary, Scrip 1832, L B Fale, salary, Scrip 1834, A B Williams, Scrip 183 W L Hawley, chrn'n. school No 2, Scrip 1836, R A Southerland, ag't, freight on oil, Scrip 1837, A E Rankin & Co., cem etery work, Scrip 1838, A E Rankin & Co , sup. plies for streets, Scrip 1839, A E Rankin & Co , Fire Department, 5 ft m 6 25 2 00 1 3d 753! 24 6" 20 Scrip 1840, Fayetteville Observer, printins:, 194! Scrip 1841, J D McNeill, Chief Fire Department, idw Scrip 1842, T J Powers, st comm'r, 143 Scrip 1844, Jas K McNeill, chm'n, tor school iNo. 1, cord, w Scrip 1846, T J Power, st comm'r. 16 s April 27 Scrip 1847, W J3 Cook, sal ary, A' Scrip 1848, H U Sedberry, treas'r, Standard on uo. aran, May 4 Scrip 186 1 , D T Oate?, sal'y. 3j 5 2 coupons, $3.5J 7 7 5 per cent, coupons (Bond No. 69), 8, Scrip 1374, fl O Sedberry, treasurer, salary, By balance, W i 11 8 " 8 O0,i & H. O. SEDBERRY, Treas. Correct : A. E. Rankin, Chm'n Board of Audit and Finance. REPORT CF SCRIP ISSUED FROM APR& lit III u I 190, TO MAY 0, 1833 Williston & Perry, lights, 3 ' . . m..i- Vin f ctrra 1834 A a Williams, ouo-u -j insane perssuu, , 1835 W L Hawley, bal. for school ioQAP Psu'nfViorlfl.nd. asr't. ft on oil, Jjl 1837 A E Rankin & Co., cemetery, 1838 A E Rankin & Co., streets, t . . n "I . a- inn r. . 1839 A E Rankin x u., m 1840 Fayetteville Observer print ft icAi .t n MpNpiIL sal., chief fireai, . 1842 T J Powers, streets, .p i n i u l sv tOTTIIIn. 1843 Jas Wooaen, n ":ho0 1854 Jas R McNeill, chm'n scnooi JNO. 1, colore", .jQQ ifliKHR MP.Lauchlin, election is- iRifi T J Powers, streets, SJj 1847 W S Cook, salary. . 1848 H O Sedberry, 'lreas., 3J ,m l.-Ti- ard Oil U., arau, . 1849 Ledbtter Bros . street wort, 1850 J M Goddard, street wor, 1851 W B Johnson, 189 n j Wilson, 1253 S Shetz Son?, 1854 Wilson McLean, 1855 W G OlarK, 1S.i6 Thos Ward, 1857 T J Powers, 1858 L B Hale, saiar, do do do do do do do 121 it 5 5 si 1858 L B Hale, saiarj, ollf 1859 R A Southerland, agt, ? - f n nine. -r L low Baiuc. I''o-- 186 IDT Oates, salary, 1862 T J Powers, streets, 1863 Ledbetter Bros., streets, 1864 Wilson McLean, fliIf ,nr.r- -r a Unor and, Ir 1 u" , JOOO XV - ovum-- . .. loDO o vv ttuov finding C c 1867 B F Beasley, attending lfifift W H Flowers, salary, 1869 J H Benton, salary, 1870 J W Maultsby, do 1871 T J Powers, 1872 W S Cook, ? 1873 same 1374 H O Sedberry. do 1875 Chas Haigh, sire. II 5

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