THE 5HBEPjjiN<|S"
OF THE WORM).
Chat with the Han Who Owns One Million Sfcsap
and 5ells Rama Worth 98.000 Apiece—Origin !
of the Oreal Australian Industry.
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art«2M» ss.tsa
i'&uS^^iSiSiSSt'a o‘r
■bau Mr gatteite tegrtter. MM
tetti. epoo a ttowwd bHh swuM
nowiwra wgh item IkatMiku
Man laXaaMI Waha atom
‘ ^SSmSiuu *wff°hira^’
budTtd ^wbo 10,00olste
mff*apwaidf^Ttets ti|f tmigMM
.•SsSgygiSaS
ate teem aaouh torso Irish mw lot
^^"^"Srtffthe The wool
^^Mofoar tmea, afltti ttwa^tlo^!
®j i.
t
estaa to Australia to LUO with prac
Uoally setfciog. Ha failed at irat, and
atartad again wtu» a small Dock, ate
ftgljjt to iwar has added to Ms
SaaRr aaa latte arariA^Ha'bS
■art aaaaaonateUma steep, and Us
paaaeaaieae ate is the teat parts oC Aa
:•. #—< I ** «old Mat am ot hie
terms oa tbe Derllog Dowos la thirty
** ^tojMg ate tarty milas ate
Bates Otter aUtlsna la Xew Booth
Uatoe, tte an togatter te owu am
tteaa ariUlpa aeraa and basts atest a
mUUoa or so moat. His estates am
fan ate oB with wira into graat pad
desks, la whidi tte aheap ate kept. Ua
tea soak attcaian weBata aopoly ttem
*tth water, m>d te laptmbTS
Varmoat rams to tataaate hit atoek.
Atuo atearlag he eold a mill loo ate
tetede «c wool, tadataa
atter tte ptateet aawnatad to 11.000
betas, daws te Me steep bareeotas
math at twaaty-two poaada af wool
“•*? !?!*»,*T?*t*r»
Smcfhia rams, which &ok^
haai at a laaaat steep show, had a
Oeecaupon it whieh, te laid ax, would
Sgauasysnsres:
•» nt(M ►on. nnr.
. *»wi*n«prtaso«r (uwnto baa*
Uwt It to not mi tMOwm thing la
AMMatla Car a blooded ram to aell for
82.000 Mi «*•»! Tbara ui ibup
OTttyjrtar at which Ua beat
too* toaoU ataacUoo, aod a number
<< tnatioaaa tan oaosnad lo »M*
KaBasssrress
are-K^f^S v*2£
Glbaoo. totofor *8.0*. wbft oat af
HUM
UflOOnlnBaa. orWrjM. At tbwa*Om
gtog**» towap aaU from $100 to
[*$£••« Mpf ta1!#? Mn cS
mo g* M*a ataraga MW far tba
*a* bo brought to Uia aato. aad to
MM.Wa asarapa aw IU00. wbila hi
VH0baaaoatTcd antooarnaga »l^w.
Ttoa w« town «o« Uwt it par* to
bmd ftoarbasp to Anatralla, and will
*5 Man Idaa of ibt aooramaa
▼atoa af Mr. MeCa*br>’a baldtoga,
mo* af tha ibosp batog ttry floa.
wwa» twk uraotr mo un or too
JjWSJ’SS.MKtSSTC
Hw*. and th* re
aattHa eaneideTaM* iaoresaa la Um
*0*- W* Mod Uua the ibtty which
Hnma naaa of tha Vermont mod
the A net rallan retain their wool much
Urngme than th* Aastialiaa ahvep."
Mow a 93.000 aunat* uuu
XwHh taoaldshow70atom* ot Um
•heap exhibited at Um Vrrtoav cheep
ehow. There were la all 7u0, rrpreaeot
log every part of Awi-.eiu. Four hua
**?• S2* *’ flao*. being ia
Um flawwaol eject, . J 300 were fat
th ll»* aompeUtioa to the
ethjhtorfroami mutton. JKvary abase
*t tha (how waa worth several hundred
dollars, aod some sorrrat thousand dol
hue. Amaag th* lattar waa Mr. Mo
Oaofbey’aS&OOOram. which took flirt
Prtm. It waa a gnat obieng beadle of
wwpl with a pair of tog borne at one
end of U. The wool ley 00 H in folds
aad rolU, ttw skin apparently wrick
Hag Itself la order thst it might bold
toOM. Its asm ware enUrely bidden by
the wool. Tbe wool come oat three
Inch** ovvt IU ayes snd there were
mmB holaa to It through which Um
hyulaatai out. I stock my Roger into
2S5T?* cam)4 the skip
wit boot potting my whole An into it.
Jkh weal beug dawn lo great buacbca
the bslly, and the lags were covered
alrer to the> baofki On tbe outside the
•< » dirty color, but when I
pe^ad It aside aad looked lo, It was of
arlA ore*my whit*. Tbe strands of
•to! ware epirel and springy and vary
tba • tails I saw ears*
which bad 30 pounds of wool on them,
and everywhere | beard tbs praise* of
*■» Vermont abeep. 1 asked one men
wbrtbsr the abeep did sot lose their
waol from gsaaratloa to geo (ratios la
•®. «» » country as 2f*w South
Wake. Ha r spitedthst they did, and
that tbe bringing Id ot odd cliscsts
•hsep sack a* tbe Vermont* prevented
this.
AXOKO TUX sqUATTKHS.
The sheep owaerv, or aquaUere os
lhay as* called, were all well dirastd
»»d w«l| *dseated man. There wire
hundreds of them at tbe show. They
looked more Hka a crowd of Yankee
mao then anything elm, snd
M Um dinner which was given they
mnde speeches la raeponsv to toasts
which were ns good as you will beer
anywhere They were ell landholders
aad many had farms wbloh woeld b*
•oretdsred priacipaitties In Um Uni
ted States, bat Which are looked upon
as quit# small bare. For Instant*, I
Mked as to whether 1b* Vloa Prwsi
dMt had a large station. They reply
was that Ire had not, and his poeers
atoas all toH comprised only ekout <»,.
000 aersa of lend. Another men was
pnlatsd out who owned 200,000 setae
, and another who had tielf a mlllloo
■eras, all ander fence
IX TUX WOOL WAOBnousxs.
Sydney ji the chtet wool msrtet of
Australia. It stipe hucdrede of mil
iiooa of pounds of wool to .Europe
wrnj jeer, end it I me eoae or the
largest wool weteboueee in tho world.
Ia as taka a walk through oue of
them. Wa are la a great room cover
lag area* acres. It U roofed with
glare and upon the floors are Lhoasaode
at bales of woo). Keck bate la aa high
aa wilt shoulder. It to wnppml la
yeltow haggles, but the top U open
awd the while wool seems to bars bum
foctk ami to be pouring out upon the
floor. It to marked with tha station
from whtoco It eomn.
la athar parts of the warahouss an
asooataiaa of wool wbtoh have been
takaw out at the balsa, sad in other
Ptoses the aww an ptektsg the wool
nr shipment.
Come with on to one of Uioaa plica
awd examloo It. See bow ditty aad
grassy tha wool to. Tha sheep an not
washed before shearing and the wool
to exported as It ooassa from tbeir
kaeki the cleansing being <3owe after
to rraebra the European markets.
Throat yoar band lata (be pile. Now
laokatU litei.meeas IhoegbH wen
coated with vaseline and your oaK to
soiled with tbs grease.
nuno wool in *yonkv.
One of it* carlo** f«aiar*a of Srd
Mf In Ha wwl aal«». Ererytlilug U
•old at aatUoa. Tna aalaa Uk« place
la Horen bar, JDaaenbar. aad in
wry, men beyara from Ragland aad
Ha Oaotiaaat aad from Urn United
dial** aad Japan cane bare lo bid.
Tbe buyer* wear to** ureratli a*d
Mm* aeata wbMe amniaina tb* weet.
Ikgr go frata bale U u*ie, taklag
non* of aagfa bow aeaeti to after for it
In iM aeeUoa ream. A« eeaoy ee 1»,
fid baiaa are nnatiwea eoM la a day
■■* Hafla aalaa mil feat ap aa aaeb
M MnagMrtkn ef a oalUloo datlai*.
I HUM wiib Mr. Miaabaaanba.
waef tbelargaat wool dealer* iaByil*
wy, aboat die bwtoaae. Ha tall* £*
a lbw yearn md afcnaat all im weal
af Awbail* 3*a nipped eiraat by tb*
RMXrw M Imdna. aad I beta naaM
and MkhMi At pnwaal tb* grael
if part af uiapradaat la wit U tb*
Saia^wrsSH!
awdbl* part eat tail aboat r .000,000
wartb af aract, Ml*» and at bar seen
tblagn toon year, aad tbetr daaUan
ae* «Mb all pact* of Europe U wed
ft fin that Oarnaay. Mftan and
l3Se*Xy“LJK SR
aaab Man try aanda Ha aw* buyer* and
the neat af Man deal dlrro iy wUb
UiHi. ww an away Haaa af
■tnnarg and ikm an Mu af wibaa
rwaaM angfd in tba baNnaaa. Mw
af Iba at aa wire we of lO.noo taw aaa
Ojwol. The shortest io«U U over U,
U00 mils*, sad tho outvying of four
potmde 1UOOO miles Cm I seat U one
aftte wonders of modem eieiHeetton.
Tta prise* ©f wool vary according to
qaalily. Tho eoarae wool wHloTuo
hriBf only U or H cm la while Um
ton wrings as rnueh as 30 or 3o onila.
There sis cereal a Wanda of a col known
hr tbo aaasM of Ihvtr avsctt, olilob
Mwaya bring high price*. I usva bn.
tan sav n imt oT some of the grraay
wool aalaa of last year, showing that
•tftala boyars got ss ranch as 5 costs
apowod more than Um ordinary mar
krtntaa. Tharo is also • difference In
tbaprlaa according to shat par; of the
•beep lbs wool comm from. Every
•beep '* divided np Into met loos, nod
aftor Um dsaoa M token off the wool
from the Mgs goes Into one plena, nod
•a oo, m dotsu elssatlleaUons being
■•da from um sama sbeap.
8yd Dfv has lie wool exchange,
where all Um wool auoUooe am bold.
Tho esebaag* la situated near the
heart at tha city. It la a long narrow
room much like n chapel, wilb au
auctioneer >• drag like a pulpit la one
end of it. Tbo varluue wholesale dealers
or aummtmtoa mcrahanU aro allotted
different days ou which they may aue
tloa off their stock, sad oa those days
Uo bwytro ooaeo to bid. Osbl* report*
are reoelred u* to tbo prices In tha
groat wool msrkata over the world,
sad the exjltecueot rite* *nd rails
with tho quotations. Tim commission
mtrcbanls aro ooly latarosted la get
•log as much as they can for tkelr cue
toners and tbc wool ones brings more
than it is worth. After it Is sold the
the commission man delivers it to the
■earner necked rowdy for shipment.
Hero In Aurtrmltu the gavenimeu;
bis colleges for wool MndenU. A
branch Of the tnchniesl schools is de
voted to night dsales for shiep breed
eto sod wool dealers, in theaeschools
the students aro taught all about sheep
The different breeds aro exhibited and
ttaerr qualities pointed out. Tire stu
dent have to grade tod cUtility wool,
sod hundreds of balsa from tke station
are supplied to the school by wool
dealers for Ibis purpose. Each stndont
wean an apron and overalls to keep
the greasy atnff from tolling bis clothes
while be goes through the bales picking
out tho good sad bad wool and sorting
It according to quality. Qe l* taught
bow to abeer sheep and bow to scour
wool. Ho ia taken by tha teacher* to
10 im wool aeons and la given beet, of
practical In*traction at lo reeding
shipping and marketing.
There la a regular piofetalon of
wool aorliog la Australia, and the mac
who knows all abnal wool aiad abeep
CM gat a high salary as a manager oh
•apart. Suppose a squatter baa 100.000
•haep and can add one pound pet sheep
to bia ciop of w..ol. Hut difference la
100,000 pounds per annum. which
means a fortuue. It la so with Um
men owning smaller flocks, and hence
tha wool and aheap experts are tore of
good wages.
Mae from the woolen milks of Eng
land are l-roogbt cut liera fur this
porpnse, and every effort la mads to
produce the highest prised wool.
1 bad a talk si lo tba growth or
Australia's wool industry with one of
tba ok] time aqoattera, a mao who baa
been raising abeep for fifty jeers and
who baa now about 50.000 oa two dlf
fareot stations. Said lie : “We have
fewer abeep iu Australia to day than
wv hud Ira years igo. Ilcto in Kaw
Snath Wale* wo bad mure Ilian 80,000
OflO In 189L, and now we have just
ubout 40,000.000. Wo have lost »,000
000 by the droaglit and overatoeklog,
wad have now jut about wbat wa can
easily feed. I cao retnembor tba time
wrlian Ihete ware only 0,000,000, abeep
lu ibis colony. Then all tba sheep
were herded. Now they are kept In
paddocks, fanced with wire, aad It
la baa tower shepherds and tba coat la
much laea.”
“Wham did your Qra; siteeu coma
from ?" 1 asked.
“They wore brought over by the oon
vlcta.” was ibe reply. “When Captain
Philip came here In 17S3 ho brought
tweety-cino sheep and ither livestock.
These aheap did very well, and in a few
yaars after that Capt. MaearthuraUrt
ad the kina of making a sheep country
of Australia. Macarthm n-aa a mili
tary mao with a Klaotlfio bent. Ife
had a farm near Sydney, and ax pari
naatad in crossing noma Earn India
rams and Irish awes, and aa a result
produced wool bettor than that of
either of the ancestors, lie than ex
■tented with tba marlnoa. Tou know,
parbapa that up to the present cen
tury the doeal wool came from Spurn,
which bad always been aotod asa aheap
breadiag country. Tba Spanish bad
large flocks of merinos, and the Govern
"•nut forbade lbs exportation la order
to hasp tba wool trad* lu 8palo. Tba
daulan of that tlaa thought that good
wool oould ba grown nowhere else
tbaa lo Spain, and tbs Spanish wool
consequently brought tba highest
ptieea.
plain Meearthur Imported nor
mal asetleo sheep from the Cape of
(load Uope, and he alao got noise from
I ho Quote uf King Oanrga III of Kig
land who had originally ateured them
from tho King of Hpain
“The KngtlnliUorreramoat fare Mac
arthar a grant of 10.000 acres of lead
to try hit experiment, aad la a abort
Usm ho prarrd that Australia oould
prodoea aa good aboep u Spala. aad
that Ha wool waa equally dee. It waa
Mug before dm wool exportations
•mounted te much, but tho Hooks
atoadUy looroamd aad the ohar
aetnr of tho wool Improrad. anlll bow
wo raise mere amol aad hotter wool
Uatw any other oouotry. Wo are, 1
thtwk, furalehlrf at leaat nne-Mtb of
ull tho wool raised la tho world to dap."
Tho Mianelseler M«at.
The Wilson Wows says: "A Dwr
hoot lady has a little nteeellrlagla Ln
Ingtou—a bright tot-whose father
wan an eathwMaMM AyoeS assn daring
tho Imd oampolga, nod ha tengbt bar
to hurrah for Ayaoek aad told her that
Adama waa wndldata of the ptekanla
nlw, and MM MUM cot oboar Mm.
Some Usm after tha Moettcn Her Hun
dey aahaal laaahtr tree an'eahtalog her
■ad asked bar who waa tho that man.
"Ayaoek.” aetd the little girl la giant
gVe. «< |f Mm waa wring the enrraet
Unug. Mm wm told that Mm waa
wraagt that Adam waa the .diet me a.
"Me, oo,” wsa her reply, -lie MUM
mm (!• ptofcMriwiJis htltoad f#f,°
Lately Maarad la Leads* btmaaa he
ys.'Wirwf cz r.rui;
hasw aarad him. They MruagUMa the
dlgurill, r*HlH wri
Mdby
I
numwra hwdm.
TW* VIMta na» a Mata* a* 4,tr*l
Ci-eQiawVr WmaWnu.
Tho YUdU P.ilaco at UnotUuUiunJu
U ■ oonuasut to Tver. It Is uixas-lu
pioof, bomb proof, enrUujuaku proof,
tlrepioof, microbe prcof. Aiubiucls I
and engineers are baildiug and rebuild
tag Inocseeslly. Soma now secret re
treat |g always under way. Tna eulir*
domain 1« surrounded by ,:n imiuvnso
wall, thirty fret high, aed the obofaeat
truepe of the empire aland guard
around it An loser wnH twelve fe*t
thtok, with gate* of Ircu, enclose* the
Privet# residesno Uacif Tbo walls of
bis own dwelling are flUed with armor
plate, lu ease of profeclllee. It Is said
that a Bjstciiuus passsgw connect*
wtlb ten secret bed uUauibei*, forming
an lntrtcata Isfayrlath. Xn or.e twit
lila body attendaut knows where lha
Sultan may sleep during any pert leu
Isr night, lie has electi la lights and
telephones la bis owu apirtmenls. hat
forbkks tneai In Constantinople. Tel
ephones alight prove handy for ecu
splrators, aud be believes that s dyuu
mite cartridge could be sent ov«i a
wire into Uie palace. lie fears rlnc
trio explosions. so Constautmnpip *ua
gets along wtlb gaslights. Hs betas
tbu word dyosroo, because It sounds
Ilka dynamite Balloons ara tabooed,
lest one should pause over liioi long
enough la drop a ebank of explosive.
Aslotbercgkl luxury of the Ylldli,
that Is a matter of course. The do
aiolo la u small world m itself. Vive
tbouaaud people live witlilo tho outer
wall, not counting a small army of
workman and the 7,000 Imperial
guardsmen. Tbara nra shops, facto
ries, araeurli. stables, a library, uiu
senrr. picture gallery, tiinatrc, aud
even a manager!*. Tun muoairli
loves trees, but he keeps their branch**
woll lopped off so that lie can soe to
I he fullieruiosl corner of bis park.
Chart!* »»»>»«« la a Via Bair.
Rakish N'cwon.l (Kiwrrtr. iMb.
The AslicvUlle Republlcau* who ob
it et to tlt« appoiutmcnt of elite F.
McKaanoo ai clerk at tu* Federal court,
are in a lover of Opposition. The cur
rent issue of the Asheville Register
contains s darning cartoon, with high
waymen ou horse back, stopping a eotoh
on tbe road. Underneath the cut are
these words:
"Chat. McKesson und Clan bolding
up a stage coach, trying to rob nua of
tbe beat citlzsns of ltuncomns county
for opinion sake, yet McKesson u aatd
to bu aisled to succeed C. It. Moore ui
Clark ot Ilia United States Court, Will
tha people submit without protest?’'
It alao has a blood and thonrti'r affi
davit from T. J. Gaudier, dcriartil to
| bo a leading Republican of Uduiuomb*
county. which la as follow*:
i "It was In the year (18 Hint l liral
i made the acquaintance of this man
McKesson. 1 bad lean to lUtoigh lo
attend the Cunsti'.otiunal GooTen lien.
No train* srcrc run over the llidge in
those days, *0 It was ucccasary to come
from Morgautou to Ashevilln In a
stage coach. Wlsea we started from
Morganton there were lu tha coach bu
ilds* myself and dipt, bweet, of Raw
bain, who was coming to the moun
tain* on a visit, Geo. W. Guliagao, nee
of the belt citizens who ever lived in
Madison county, and U>a Misses Tul
Itam, twodauzbteis of Gapt. PuliUm.
of Asheville, ft wus In the lime of the
Grant campaign and there was a i.irge
crowd lu front of the Wnlton House tu
Morgautou.cheering for lifeDemocratic
candidates The crowd wte ouioly
aud untloiug that there were Republi
cans lu the coach, they became often
alvo In tlialr acts sod their cheering.
As the coach left lire town I hurrahed
oacefor Grant sod Colfax. After we
had gotten several mike from Morgan
ton we heard uku approaching us from
behind on horseback. Two of Iheaa
men dashed oo lu front of tha coach.
Oo* caught bold of oar horses, whit*
the othir cause tn the side of the coach
and demanded that I get out. 1 was
usver so angry In my llfo nod 1 wauled
to do this, hut Gut lad In begged me
not to do ao, and Mr. Gnliagsn heM me
back; Saying the men wets drinking,
ware heavily armed zud woold kill ns.
The men rode at tbe side of llio coach
for a quarter of a mile, ut'.ug coant*
and Insulting kiugunge, regardless of
the presence of tbe frightened ladles.
All at once Ik leaned over, alrnoet In
side of the coach door, und I theo
caught him about the (ace and head
aud dragged him from Ills horse. This
man who ws* trylog tu mob me for
opinion'* take, who was using Insult
ing language la the ptssonoe of thee*
Asheville hulk*, wbo we* holding op a
Lnited State* mail coach, was Charts*
McKesson, of Morgantou, wbn Is now
10 he honored with one of tbe beet pool
Ilona In the gift of tbe Republican par
ty, to safeeed a man who lisa always
been a yenU*man and a good citizen.
Rut about that trip: When tha eoaob
started on again the four meu ao
hovte* rede ou ahead and stopped ns
again at the bosse of old man Uuther
ford. I told McKesson tkst If th-y
ww,<k>tb mo ■ i«ir cviolijk » wikir•
tbraab (hem nil. and named a day wh»u
I would bn there again on my way 11
lUiMgti. I Want to Morganlon on lire
day named, nod after a aboil May .11
town, gut on tba tenia. I wet iroel
that lima and MeKenaon auit liaea
raallaad tba Male of affair*, lor he did
•how blaatlf le the car, bat did a lot
of talking ou tba outeide. They had
aoaea lo tha etatton In tha team rig lu
whlnh we hid arena la Morgenton.
Daractml, I mean Collector Finikin*,
waa with naa 00 ibat trip, and iw took
tha Imraaa from there. HeraohM w»e
aaly a boy Uaen, and wanted lo go lo
MnrgmaiMi u> mg the train. lit bad
oejm Men a ear before.”
We eoald Imagine Charley If eKeaann
leading a german with the grate of tire
podera beaux; dallyerlng a temper cue*
laatnre with urn eloqaeue* of Hough,
go'og from otre party to another with
tha war of an aeeompllabed acrobat—
bat Charley Mo Keeton ae a highway
ma*. how lag up a landing Uepuhhexn
a« I he meg and rearing him, It la a
•tagwifar to be aekad to behove that
tba Darke acrobat ever played that
role.
TMa Incident aha we that wlieo one
llapeMiaa* wdnta aautbar Hrpabnean'a
jab, a hair-polling and m ad-el Inning
Moea b on hand, and outtldere wonw
da well la mead from under.
emoomwreemBoa~
A Ibtlby ggaatal to Urn Chert** U>
•mar my» that T. D. MeXrayer, a a..«
•MhoaM aed mill mao of the ifh*iby
Caktoo Mum baa jeet oxeMeted a new
mevotMm lo eeffUlfaedtog ehuUtee.
art M naa thing that boa been tried
lima awl agate by many naari aaa*ll
—* patent right am, which baa re
"•N I* > failara. Mr. MeBrayer'e
maabwe h a alwpto 00a awl darn tha
wort luaMy. This wanting aan be op
•rated ao any brew waayl Urn Draper.
UK a* M me PHiurmm.
>•»>«<« »r <Unk ■ (lull*.
1 * OCU I vail a a>*iv)iiis detoilpthm u(
lUinl iii Uiw dumian, say* Oscar £
Davie In Kveitbcwly’a Magsxfpr. Tim
raa'i who ur.de it Mid that thirat such
ft !ll> I mil rmllllud ttciu WNV « U' U'l
thine. Uc. ukv u aaderu wry good in
drrd Ihu luug Usxy think Hurt. Imi got
»hrti 11:« dmnth was ended: some
timra |:i tba Philippian iinthhig Hxied
hut the blood, and J.nt felt that h:.h
Wing and steaming within you.
In Cavite than* la n long high rut.-*'
wlili in>slutan arj unwell*. In jvnee
tiau■ an trrlgalipg ditch waters it, hut
war Iras diled It up. We marched he
fern dsvbreak. By tan o'clock tbs nun
trail l<aen shining for » million jeira
straight Iiito llu* twain Ilf iiYotl man In
tlm cnl'iruu. TU« tall. Imat-wilhrird
«rn»a. Hie )«lh>v/. dead lie.* lo
the tow uUiniloi m1 fold*. llm
fsd*-il barn ho »6 In i lie low airatetwe
thol oil >*■ had breo swales. j ilr.td with
the myriad* of boat ibvil* lo iheli fan
taalle dunce. Tho still ulr aremrd
allva with thbu. The earth riciverrd.
I m* u man thrm* nut lilt Panda uu ■
lill oh forward on hi* face. Some
budy hied lo shift him into u comforts
nble position, but when hr urn* lifted
up lie was dead. Men fell out by
kcoies. Not eveu llie excitement of
llm flflil could keep llmai up Tliny
lay where they fell nor cared that tlm
advauco ot tb* column would leave
them In tho hands of any enemy that
might oomo beck over llie flue nf
march. Timer who crisped «l night
full wem scute: !y mine tb.m half of all
who started.
Ooce, eai y in tba afternoon, we
came to a isjnd of stagnint water.
When thsjr Imd UrnabaJ bask the gioen
acum thAt c >ver*d It. the lunn drunk
II ra. 1 r Oil of tlm yellow tilth. The vision
uf typhoid freer thruu|h all thrlr mm
palgnlDic was hid Itohlitd tlm reality of
thrlr thirat,
WSy. Indeed ?
Sr. l.el. lupnbllc,
Wo're nudrrsetliog F.oropc all over
1 be world. Why down neal u b'gli
protective tariff to kea|> Kuropa from
underArlling u* at home ?
A Will In rmrk
14. toil) Uconbl:o.
With Americas mvcatuoturni* char
ting lower pricer abroad than (U linme.
Isn't the American lyiNaumer paylog
tlm high protective tariff lax?
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The bum who htaroe khflhh
wUc lor hi* family.
The aiaa who hurt res hi* health
U who both for hi* tady nd
MbmK.
You may huuro health by grand
(ng It. K fa worth guardbag.
At tha first attack at 1'riui.
which generally approach**
through the UVER udn**l
foaU ItaoU ta Uunancrahte way*
T*B» —
Tutt’s Pills
And »avo your hnnlth.
Professional Cards.
13. X._ RUSSELL,
AVTAKKKV AT I.4W.
KING S xomiix. - - - N. C
oCTrrhki* tnurostionAl wlmi to U».'
of UuvcUiid uml hrljolnin^r tsiuuciev. ittii tn
n>o blow.
TjUciuh .1. IIoi.t.anu,
ATTOBilKT O mrXNKI.LOB at taw
DAI.T.AR N. C.
Uffle* u*ir retldeuce.
P. H. COOKE,
At (OSIKT A l»|(milUO* AT LAW,
nasTusiA. a. o.
Ollu In Osl* a \TIUaa UulUtHur.
I'hnnn Kn. ITT
At Dali** to C’Mtt** ufUce «rwy first
tlrnday.
It. R. WILHOnT"
a nv « fftt r-A r-LA w
Gastonia, 21. C.
IV. //. Hoffman & Son,
-DKNnaia
OASTONIA, ...... q.
%T Ofltco o»or First. Nnttonal Dank.
Phone 73
P. It. FALIahT"
DRNTI8T.
Gastonia, .... N. C.
Offer* Ofer ROInunn Vtrr»fl»rv*M HiorAi
vrhofxi w.
I)«. I>. K. MoConnrll,
—UJCMTlSr—
on* first d-Mr Y. M. 0. A. ItulMIng.
GASTONIA. • ’. . - 31. V.
’mom 09.
MISS VAL SEVIER. |
TjuirlUriil Itu'inrkn. i
■ hi 11. Taw Mall f
rhmmm tn ar aa. A
Legal Papers, Letters, Reports, 4
Accounts, ami all kinds 0
of Typewriting at rea
aowtble prices.
! HINDIPO
UK. -IRAK O’llAUliA’S (Pads)
i ttKEAT FHEX'Cfl
t»»i« iim rirai.iMu w nid wui
nJVi iMMn' n uni' Nmam MU;
Ia< Vila—*. ranin* Una—i. m«. Iimimm
Hr—in. Mu— nil ilratm mo in Hrrrmm
IM<l«» Can—it k» n— IMnta nr tin—
. tUm ml W—M, 0*tnn, U|Mt<. na "living
[ IM Pa—IlnM KPtv* It wmrAm ■« Mmnft;
inimnIKw mnt Itmmtb. It «M— itw I—
Ml toll. Mil nix ftMiimi Mil*. Ifca
■■rn On Pl—al tronlc. ami IM— Itn rtnt
<l—w H> Pal* IVana, anti Mat— tm Vmq
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*au m la; lllrai.
EKOET TOUSEVCE A u>..
*nla Afanta. Oaaioata W. O.
■ wrmam . j
Two hundred bushels of po
tatoes remove eighty pounds
,»«v of “actual'’Potashfrom the
soil. Unless this quantity
is returned to the soil,
r the following crop will
materially decrease.
W« l*r* liwfci «4l*f >lM
temto+'.m, an cnl >ii« u
tmiaau JW rwa an**
S*>y •*> MM C oe.
OER»U}f KAI I WORKS,
t\ K-na Sc.
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SOUTHEAST RAILWAVT
b
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Ar. Doa villa ... U Jfcp
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Du.ly U*-Hy Uili> Daily.
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Lt. Qro'uiborv T 10 i* T Ci » * 9- c 1.4*0
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t. <»r *!iinU. 10 42 ij . Ill* * ul *
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• Ouffue/. fl lip 1*4 'A a ? U p 9 At*
* (ipar'ljara U £)« 11 U u I lav 1*»*
■ (Tram villa ILh It*.),. 4 .4*ti ll IS*
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m lini'ivMrUia 4 £»n. .i*4y| ACIji J 4#5
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Ar. AOaain.VT «i )o . « JSt'l lu ll u 4 (Af
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If«. u. - ' 5JVi£
Km. Na.ll CTATtOML No. 11 Kx.
bur*. Daily. Dally. Sun.
AMp ll id w Lv l.nfcT Ar *10 M * V*kp
2 U U 4J i* ’• IUy*TllJo *• 10 It a « u> p
• lip 12 01m - Barmcuy - 0 .*.{* A 8>p
JO ttp. )X 6up At. Athm» .Lt V <»»_*.&£
N *»e cio>* compel U*n tuawla at Lola nil
main n*o iratua
“A" *. ». -*P~ p. in. -JT* anon. "X" OfHi.
CSmmiiIn line bloamorv la d-JJy aarriaa
ba^avu:. Norfolk a»l ikdnmora.
Nc*. 27 and Usi— ** W«4k>iuiruo* and SoothwiA*
am l.iiBitod.* Hottd Pulinaa train. bfdBfcam*
pom.d aonMsiva^y of ftaoal Pulban MtmleuM*l
«f Utuk do**ya. tkransh haiwMo Van York
aod Atlant* Thiouiha hllnu alMrplnf aara
bntrroon Ncrr YrrrC and Now Ov/cana, vl*
Wa»bhifft«wt. Atlanta aa« Moqtgaaawy aadal*
■o M.vani Kaw York and MrsophU, rlaWaak*
uiffTuu, Atlanta Nirudnftatti. idoraal
rolhraziljitvmry ou«arTatiutioar* brtwaan Ma>
am and Wtnr York. l).ntno ran Bferr* all
9*a«l« Turouta. *Jrapine ivn balwaaa
®rwB<xih> and Ibik'l/.i No bncH aorrlm o*
lAialrutn. Thom trmCm will tu*p »4 faliM*
tIUo. LmJa, Toom*. h an«c», OalTuay *+ Bl*ok»
tof UyJo »»ho on aod l at otf poM*acrra far
aad rroot Vt a*lda|toai *ad bayoad and far u4
Iron tiruraTihrCdvmkU aad bpartaabur*
ONamtiA* Hal
Noa Jfi orwl |l-“Attaat. and Y«ar Tork Ex
pMt" Now train batwaon Atlanta a
laMa, •otmfx^tn* al Ckariotio wto»
Mat number* far and from XVad *
York and l Wo a
ssssassii
tat WuihlBgiu
hllaa. nn on tu. I Ml. -
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j&sr assjeTi n»Tv°a
0«.r» Poimt CnvroAf
♦anflu* U rahWlnilwtitaabpdala.
cJuJtp VaAuinN irata, wit fun*, ona^h aarvla*
w; i.v f ATi/ix msooxrt witeWiT
„(*• ■ *• y in
ELMER SPENCER,
Bailder and Contractor,
GASTONIA, N. C.
Solicit* Estimating, Con
tracting, Building and
Job Work.
•gy^BHck or Wood._^a.
KMinii
Tbo port«»r*'„ hitherto rxtuinr bo
iwotti J. Firm JoHnoon •«) 9. A.
Prrwly trading m j. Firm Joheooo A
*•*•»•* llito dordlaeotrod by inolualotm
*•*»• I>. A. I'oga ouoerodlng to tba lu
••tm of ft. A. Prmlr. TWi a»
Sria eoatletlag of J. Flea JoUrarn and
0. A. Pago, nwmtt indoWrdnrre of
Ibo former Ora aait lo ibota oil aeooaolt
•wing to tbo foroirr Ora arn dot lad
r*r*Wo.
J. Fi.raion want,
H. A. 1'awatT.
lotto 1, tool.
j.i- —iu_ r*-1 " ■ . .-..aiij
■i.a«s ruiwx rt'utn n u. n. u.
Own|r rirc iu hnikmn.
wiiliil, ululitulf e«m. I lie
kliifl I hot hate n.inWd I'.vcl'i*. I,it
»l .-li»a»aB*J latim i Dii'dleli*ei)**M>ni*'i-i,
»•<•'* |.. Ji. IJ. u. l||,.,ill.,o
Dlovd iUiiti]. iin.ioogM, uMfil lor «l)
jrcafr. jcn mucuotia ia:ul.ea in
the louulliV -um Throat? iiruuUuLn?
Katin* Surra? Hour Faina? (iclih.ir
Skit ? Sr.o.ilit Cilandt? SOB Joint*?
Cui'iir Cuiortd 8|i>i*V Climcm?
UIcimulh'ii oil llu laid;? Kali and
rjelaowi (id: ini? la the Sim >• u>tn»
of IWIi'. ;>lns|ilra aim ulinr? Tl.i n
thU wuiid* rt«»l it. H. ajar li*> will
CO tuple tel; change t^liO whole U tl) h li>
n alran, iHifiot nmlilloit. I rev Hum
•nipt lot.*, m d a thin niM.ulh wlm Ilia
glow of |«rlict In altli. II, Ji. U.drama
lliv pulauu mu , | i|,r ijurm to i|.«
•yicpUimk ci.i.n.1 irturu. J). It. U.
I'Uilda nj* Uir hn km down c oillu
III n It-d lni|>:i*v« i (hr dlgmi* • . S*i
>• l*i i»r» limy l«tl H. It. it. a IiImI
* '[liewill lie BiYtrnawn; lure) thkigr.
II. 1!. U. lor »»!c l.y tnufign » ui tl
111 luge mule. It It Ulgr L* 11 i» (full
liruitiHu*) to t unitilate dm client
with eucli bull!* Hr luie I In* lioll 10
retda llulmile Itheni Hal®. Fin uir)
1,14lie, addits* BLOOD UAI.il CO..
Admit*, On. Den.itbi' nuubla aril
Fua medical id vice given. For lulu
Fmat Tci reoce & Co.
CAEOLlfiA a IORTR1BSTEBN R'Y.
Arholwlr • Otf tlr« r )!|. (.Mfe
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U >vn UA«onUi . j ) |A |» m
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A rTi% v .1J 53 a tri 4 30 »• It
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.J _| No. ». |~X.~C
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Alrtvc hloior}.. 3 It pm "Ni in
A rn\c Hcnloit. . 3 30pm »»■...
Arrive UiawInluA.... « ftp mil 1C am
Arrix*r.a>n«iu.. »Xpm 1133 pin
Lcavo Oaftonl*. M^pia 113 v iu
Arrwv TorkvUla. (Mpit 3«pm
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Connmtvav% at all JitiKiikm* «vi:k Viiakvb,
AU.kklUCv kx L. S C.
.laJcw.
k. I'. Him, Ardilor. ihiMrr. ft. C.
!.. T. .VU*UWI. Mnnnihir
Southern
Railway.
Tl» m»!i<)imd Ilf the SOUTH.
. . TI .'Dimt Liut-.n" P.iint* ...
TEXAS.
CALIFORNIA.
FLORIDA,
CUBA AND
PORTO RICO.
Stnelly First-el*** FtjnltttaMil on ui
Through or Lnc.l Trniir; 1’ullnu.n
l'*l..or SJ<-rplnj Cxi* •-« «ll Xlplil
Tr.lu*; Fox', and Sife Sclirilulrx,
Travel l.y the Soulhirn and >«■« »ra
■•■urtd a Sxfe, Conifi.itahte Kxprtli
ikiu. JuuiiM-y.
Apply to Ticket* Agent* rot Ttir-e
Tahiti, U-ites and General Infra urn
lion, nr xddrea*
ft. I* VKBNON. r. U.DAUHY,
t. e. a.. c. r a T. x ,
Charlotte, N. O. Asheville, X. I.',
s». H. HAHDWICK, G. T. A.
wasmikotox, r>. c.
Going for
.Granite.
Hello, neighbor I where von
driving to this fine morning ?
I'm driving to Columbus
Rhyne's to close that trade with
Rhyne & Abernethy
on stone-xvork for my new
house. They have the I vest
granite I know of, and the jot.
Rhyne did last year for my
my neighbor K. was tip-top
fine work, in every particular.
I've got the prices of the other
fellows, loo, and wlu-it every
thing is considered Rhyne Inis
heat 'em all. I must hurry
along tor fe* r he might raise
hi* price. Good day.
Your order solicited, too.
Rhyne «fc Abcrnuthy.
Leon Steam Laandry.
Bq nipped with the newest
sad best machinery. We em
ploy skilled white people
oaiy, sad dost take negro
1 sundry- Bend os yoar handle
throagh Uriel ft A lex sod nr
•* the BUte Grocery. They
■r« oar agents st Osetonls '
mid will be glad to seres yon.
Bead aet later than Wednes
day at noon.
LEOH STEAM LAUBDRY CO.,
18 V. Tnla St. CUBLOTTg, R. C.
Reid te Alexander, Agta.
•S’*
•* Dr Mir* Mm*
Tie N> eClaae. tees
•r the Min. mil I* i*md »n *«r nf ifcre
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