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I-** ■-■■■■■ A - •, Happiness, to pat It short. Is that agreeable aeasatlon which springs frost the enjoyment How to secure happtncoo Is a problem n. Ji which a*[(lions Inall ages Hd ve wrestled, and to day, with respect to thin anindane sphere. It's Wo wont to aa/ bat. In our opinion and from aar view*paint, the moat pstentla! agency In bringing sbont thin happy state la to be found la tbo state of affairs that exists at our store whom we’re selling Clothing at a 20 per cent ««t dear through the line and Men’s and La dies* Underwear at a like eat la price, and where dan, you will find a most elaborate display of •. Lana Waistlag, White Mercerised HamasIrs, sad Dimities, Lawns and Piques aad aa radless variety of colored washable Dress Fabric* ^with mercerised stripes and ntharwlaei where too, we’re giving away FREE h war easterners the celebrated Walter PraU Pnrfnaian aad Tallet Articles M these daa*t bring happiness end cause the "aadla that won’t came off,” we too will have to throw up the spaagt. BROS. THE SPORTSMEN'S SHOW. Th* chief potato «f tstemt In thta r*w*o spartaaaen’e show hi iTiHiina Sioare Unite, Kew Toth, are the beater* eaaipa tad the Iadtoa .in.,, aad taka, soys the Now M World. A body at water, upon which thaoa to U tetoaA coTora the esatral part of tba Oasdsa. aad aa tbte totoad (real the OjUrway trite, atarit ftaaa bar Imfllli la “Hiawatha,- act la tbs play ari that aaraa. that ltee tbs aids <rf tbj'to-'uan^a Tlrjlsl* has tars attract most attss lisau Thro* asaa at DtawfdOs ceea ty, Va. sat white aad tvs Mack, oia Wars la exploit (ha starts* of their a Mti ossa, tvs posses dapa sc dos* iiarrtet btasri aad a deep atsatked «*ea hnerart saved Moos or* tbs otbsr laprsssataduB at the foresee of Wv wtddta rsasty. Abs Maacero. a woods teasef great rapate ta tata osantry.ia ths hotter la charge, bat “Use” lorry S»d Uatr Pete, tba fiat of wboa •was Maas, d* vest oC tbs talkiag. **» sail, ths taattattaa «7 by whtah the gate# to saitad frost earer. has tabea We ptese la the «*» «ba* tba Maine games ased'te ST. PIERRE SURVIVOR. Jowpk SIbsncc Tells How Pelee Buried Him Alive. COD PAMB1SSKFK0X MAKTWQCS —— «»>■ auto* la, antrum* Moll SitMracr. said to bo tba only ■arrtvor of tba Inhabitant* of St. Pi wva. MnrtlnHjoc, who ware la that fifty whan, the terrible eruption at SUat Pa laa occurred, arrived at Kew Yack tha atbar day, mesad aad scarred, In tha Maaraga of tba ctaamablp FbatabaOa. Oa waa la a dangooo of tha St Plano plain at tha tlm at the catastrophe, mya tha Now York Tint**. Whaa aaaa aa board tha vaasol boforo tha tuprematattrm of i elreoa could provtm Mm with better and warmer ctottUcy. ho a remaned a pitiable apaeU eta. Ho had oo a rrthor undent straw hat was barefooted, wore a soil of tlothu of tha tblniami texture aad a threadbare aad wired overcoat The bare feet were scarred with frightful ouufca of tbe experience be bad aidm ■eae, while those parts of bU body that worn visible warn burned in numerous Prices, the white scars on tha black skis id via* him aa uncanny appear •ace. Ho ri about twaaty-auvan years at ago. la his peculiar West ladlaa French tha staa, talking through aa interpro ter. trial to tail bis iiory. "It waa Just a mouth bafore tba ex ploaloa,*’ bo nahl. “that I was tmprts •wefL I am a earpoatar and had been wuctla* In St Prim. On day I got lata a quarrel with a mu over ■oao thing—I have Corgetria what-aad tba end of It waa that la tha fra eae i stab had him and waa a mated. At list I waa pot to work on the roaAs wtttj the atbar convicts. I ooctlaasd ta do my triaa la that SMuiasr oatfl about law Says before tha eruption, when 1 got rids a fight with one of tba convicts and boat him over the bead. For boat in* that fhUow I waa placed la the sec ond tier of the dungeon*. and that la why I am Mr* to tell the story of that awful tblag that took place four days later. "WM« rote* exploded. | thought It | ms thunder, but when the oolee grew leader end louder I heard the terrible shriek* end cries from the people •bare, ell at whom, 1 afterward found eat. h«l boon killed by the hot mad oad eekea from ike mountain. I knew I eomatktag awful waa happening. Very woo the dungeon* cammencad to get bet, and tko straw In my toll caught dm from the mad and cinder* that got la from above. I eeampad tba Are oat wtth my bare feet time end time again, and that la why they are eo awfully marred. Than the hot ashes and cin ders kept Calling through, burning my bam skua Mora and anus aotl face, and ter beam—I thought it was months— the awful agony Kept up. "At last, altar what seemed an age. tba **hes aud cinder* stopped falling. I triad to get oat of the place, bat the pemagewaye were all dogged with aabaa and debris, and I had to go back ta my hat oaB. All thle time the buns wan palalng aw almost to death. g» hot waa the tittle dungeon and aa Mghtfnl waa tba tartars I waa under* (dag that it waa almoat aa bad aa I Imagine bell mart be. "After a long time, tithough 1 was almost dead with banger end thirst, not ta asatlen my sailer log from tba boras aB aver my body, l baud knock tag above ag and then, aa tba knock tag kept gattlng trader and louder, 1 know that remshady waa trying to get ■sad. At last a little Hght came through tba bole that was being opan ad ap, and I raw the good fees oC ri der Marts looking at me. He bed •our ssMIsci wMb him, and they help ed gull ma oat into the daylight Then I eaw tbs earful eight. II Plena waa gem* dead people were lying ail araaad and from Merit Pelee smoke end aabaa warn pouring oat Tko right drove ms smd, and tba next Iking t knew I was ta the hospital at Fort de France. Than I caught the yellow fever sad tost my mind again. "When 1 recovered from that, I isk ad tar a lawyer. I thought that I would have ta ha pat back ta tba dtm geaa. The lawyer teM mo that 1 had riUtared oasogk and war free again. This ta otl ( know." Ha waa tahaa ta Bute island to ha hy tko Immigration swthorttles allowed to land aad tabs tba freaks of • wen - Vast buffalo trust. Pawntt BUI’S Plus For Sdv fag the Bison. fO BE HBBDBD 01 WnOOVRU F ABM AM (ha Wild (m of (hi VmM KU ha Havo Sms f»n«Hi« ■askew wm iuwim with m.-x •( tk« r»ali la Ininli at Faaor Frleeo. aa Than laa Una Uiaut. Major (Jordon W. LUlle. president ot the Arkaaaai Valley National bank at raw-nos, O. T, wbe la kaon through out tbo treat aa "Pnrriiwa mil,” lias baagbt a tract ot aoo acre* or land joal treat of Kenosha. Wla In the early spring be trill take ta tbal city (lie Ib-at herd of wild buffalo ever brought coat of the Mississippi river. any* tho Ht Louie Pewt-THapateb. Incidentally Major Llllio will leach tbe people of ttic middle wcat eomc near thing* In regard to tbe organisa tion of Intel* and combines in the live Stock w.. it. A nillllou dollar buffalo truat la one of the oddest combination* of capital oVer formed la this time of combination, bat Major LUUe, tbrougb tbo aid of Lloyd F. Ktrodcmna, ltaa managed to bring about such n com bination, and bka truat I* eo lecorety formed that tbe statistics ot tho gov ern mmt ebotr that tbs trust hoi cor ralled ovary olid buffalo in tbo United States and Canada sad la fact tho en tire world. The monarch of tbe plain* hat served hie time la his original state, and In the future it Is the purpose of Major Mills to force this great hard of buffalo to re lief 1b furnishing tbo meat supply for great cities Ilka Chicago and New Tack. Major Uille Is one of tbe great be lievers In tbe west. He baa made and lost half a ilnca fortune* among tbe western wild* nod la aoo of fhe few men who are loath to sc* tbo dlsap pearaaca of Use featnrM lb*I bare fuado tbs western part of (ho couuiry famous aa Iha Items of tho Indian and tbo cowboy To liand Ihl* picture of early America down to posterity Major Lillie has arranged to transport to (hr cast a portion of tbo poopto who have mads this life possible, aiul they will be settled on tire large farm along with tho buffalo. TM Indian* wbo were formerly scat tered over the plains and mountain* are fast disappearing. The buffalo boa disappeared. tbs cowboy with hla Mg hat and knitter trappings U no thing more than u common herder of cattle and the trapper who dealt la the pelt* at the denlaens of that western border Is only a tradition. Major Ullk grew op la thk scans, and It la Ida purpose to preserve a little of tlae primeval life and hand down In other generations one Isolated colony of the re presents ttran of the forgotten peat. The land that has been bought by Major LUUe and his associates Is one of the Uses! pieces of property on the shore of Lake Michigan. Its buildings ware hunt years ago to the form of a southern plantation. The Utile cot tages which were formerly need us tbu homes of tenants will become I bo homes of the Indians brought from the plains, la these modern wlgwaroa, far from the borne of their sties and tbs catnpftrea of the past will Uvc the rapreseataaves of the Cheyennes, the A raps boss and the Klowas. For the last ten years Major LliAo and Mr. Nlcodemas have been at work getting tnlo a single herd all lha buf falo In tint world, but Ilia task la now practically completed, and the major baa a single herd constating of M5 ani mals. All at these will ha brought to the east, where they wUI be in easy touch with the markets of New Tart and Chicago, fu getting this herd to gether Major Lillie has recently bought the ramose “Goodnight" herd In Texas and the Alrotd herd to Montana. Tbs only animate of tbc race now t% be found outside of this hard are In tho parts of Mew Tort. Chicago, ten Francisco, Yellowstone and Cindniutl. In removing hla stock from the west to the shores of Imho Michigan Major LUUe slates that the move Is purely n business ooa. The plains of the west are uo longer a fit plaoe for tbs borne of tlw raised hard. Brcry year a etoargn of Texas favor awm-pe up from the sooth, and aarraral times Is tint last tow years the herd baa been almost wiped out. Bren at tbs present time the animals aw being guarded to pre Tant tbs return of the fever. Betides Ibis fact the Indiana bars become trou blesome, sad s bead at soldiers la alto gether lasugkteot to defend the art male against the onslaughts at (be la flan*. Tbs annual buffalo toast Is got of the estabUsbad easterns of the la ' die so, and they would wittingly face a flail army at soldiers rather than let a year pose without iitmi rlag tba feast Buffalo meat baa never been a oouv merelsl product is this section of the world, but la the last tow years the ■seat at the artaml has become a tod ha the otuufaablsaaMe society, and teaay prices have haem offered for eras ■aval goon titles at tba meat During tbs holiday mum Major Lillie stopped a seats at butchered buffalo to Maw Tort, and tor them ha Nectved mere Om» |i s pemad. Tto— ton of ink nw la solitary •ootekOMot to pan of tho oatmanu oaty poaltoattory yteaoo hntx<—<1 ap ta Mo Otoloipo talar uooaa. Mwpi ' Of wtort to to Ofefe Oto “ mo^skeodoetau kto _ --» 00 o f to tow. Bha mm bto arT ay «aya to too TG2J:TSjSmSI ST* For the National Convention Baptilt Tnm Hoopla’s Union of Aawrica, Which meets In At lanta,Os., July MS the South ern Hail trey will wfl return tickets at ona Brat-clsaa fare (plus 25 cents) for the round trip. Tickets sold front polat* beyond s rudlns of 500 miles sr jsssr ust paaoeupan to Mnsh origins] rtorttaff potto July 15. NEW METHODIST j»A£ER. wm tall itatlac Xtm end W«U h-» tutor. At Um Uatliodlat ministers' mealing to Philadelphia Um otiwe day Um plena tor o now secular morning paper to bo published aU day* hi the week wen explained end discussed, anya the cbl «e«o Uecord-Herald. The paper ta to be tolled tbe Pans Square Gamut The capital stock la *800,000, and *260.000 at tbla la to be preferred. The paper la to bare no spotting news. It Is to be smaller In stag than the present dally abecti and will bo printed In larger type. No advertise ments are to be admitted ea tbs fleet and editorial pages, and certain adrer ttorments are net to be admitted at an. Satisfactory arrangements ban boon made. It la said, for getting Um new* of the world and (Or editing It properly, so that there will be no yellow jaarmnl laut In the paper. la reepooao to a qnes Uoti as to whether it weald be aecee mqr to work oe the Sabbath la older to got om the Monday morning edition, the answer was most ofnphntlc that n paper could aot lie got oat In any oilier way. DINNERS WITHOUT FOOD. UUll KM at AmtIiu ood u>k Ultra nukl*ubl(i. Hostess.-* luKnittaiMl nudAinertcu are complaining nboul a uew full affected l)J the ullra fashlouabtas, mji the New York Prnw. I ha wad of dining with r*Ltab and appearing to appreciate tbo carefully tclcutcd vinudi, tbe guests of today i rfuje almost everything offered nod often wttli an Impatient ahrag. Frequcctly a woman uiil take ouly a bi; of lettuce and a glass of etm nip Ague, alHinngh a* a rulu meu arc above this aoiMclen folly and dine wlib natural' ucss Mini enjoy mem. Ts re'ii t every eoni-w ll Is necessary to have dined earlier, bnl tbe re Is n slight ml ventage In not "dbilug to rat." OrareruiUon In far more brlllbuit end active wbet) shad and squab .'.re liot moiiut-oUsiOB tlss attention of the gucatm. This tendency to spurn tlss din c r may point to tbs prophecy of a freak seteuttst who prop heeled that In ten years wo would have attained it degree of culture that would forbid Oat vulgarity or rating In tbs presence of others. Oralsfst Postal***. A number of 1‘nrtsiaoa who ^ere to the siege hare decided to onset a mon ument to tbo memory of tlsc pigeons that carried tbo dispatch*# which kept up RcmmunlcaUou with the ootalde world, say* tbs New York Commercial Advertiser, ft will consist sf a pedes tal sum-minted by a bronxs vase, on which will be cast a (r orp of the birds that proved of «Ucll utility- to tlis Freuch. The gratitude conic* somewhat Ute. for after the war ti c pigeons In question woes sold by auction and commemorated In pigeon plea A. D. CLARK^ GROCER. This is the place to get your groceries cheap. Let us quote you some prices: / Beat Patented Capitol* VIour . . . . . $2.30 per sack. W Patent Flour at . $2.10 per sack. Pure Leaf Lard at . . 12Hc per lb. (Jranuluted Sugar, 18 lbs. for . $1.00. Rousted Codec . ... 10c per lb. 3-lb can Tomatoes.10c Own.80r per bu. Come and sec my line before placing your order. Respectfully, A. D. Clark. Proteaaional Cards. LUCIUS J. HOLLAND, Attoaney and Counsellor at Law, DALLAS. N. C. Office near residence. i - ^ | R. B. WILSON, Attorney at Law. GASTONIA, N, C. P. R. PALLS, DENTIST. GASTONIA, N. C. Office over Robinson Bros Store Phone 88. DR. D. E. McCONNE LI. ~ DENTIST. Office int floor V. M.C. A Hid’* GASTONIA. N. C Phone 89. CwmlMioMr'i 8«l« if ImL Kiil? *• wm «ShoSI Successive Busy Days Our bargains know no bounds. We are plunging ahead—captivating more and more people every week with our surpassing bargains. It Is your priv ilege to choose freely from these values now. Better ones couldn*t be—“as good” ones are hard to find and If you do find as good they won*t be as cheap as ours. S55BBEB——» The Bee Hive Cheapest Store in Gastonia. .* H. Snyder, Prop. DIAMOND KIN08 HOLD WAT0HN8 ITEgmS ULVEB SIOH OUT OLlBg Flashing Beauty... Summer sunlight neve shone on more beautifnl con ceits in Jewelry than those we have for you to In spect. Diamonds, Watches, Rings, Bracelets, Neck laces, Chains, Secret Dockets—all the Novelties— all of the highest grade, and all at remarkably low prices. Come and see the pretty things for gifts and favors. TORRENCE, The Jeweler. Expert Watch Repairing and Artistic Engraving a Specialty. SOUTHERN RAILWAY the great highway OF TRADE AMD TRAVEL. Uniting th. Prin«ip«l Ganmmtal Cantor* u4 Hwlth nng flttutt Baiart* of th* loath aritk tKo # # NORTH, ESIST and WEST. •tHtitt »tol«(-CU»•■■ •«•• an all Thri■** T» ■!■* •■■■tloni twain an* t*» na«ao w ChwUOoa u. nawtoath OtnUaa lain out* aal Va*t *— Wlaw»|Taortal Tlafewi la alt Oaaar** a on an _*r a* Sr? *vrX£r * --*^7;. .y* ~~m’ *•*. m. m. BAUtrioB. w. n. tatv*i, •aaoaai NnyA-. *a tw. »*n Hi . L n. w. Bum. _ ». e. *iah, ***—*ssagy a -— ^ Southern Railway SCHEDULE. GOING KART. SCHOOL BOOK# and aebaol unp nllaa at the Oaatonin Book Star* om im fltnn. Tt flit—Kift. U any copy pi Thu Oacbttr coming to your office ia not called for and remain* an* delivered on your hand*, you wffl confer a favor by notifying na of the fact and the reason • C. A N. W. RAILWAY. bLOWINO BOCK UN*. IHwM* ItMln Ap*» ll. HOI. tfrvgviggfjv*—" HmSawiAS. CUNCH—All ttaa Flinch you ate ■eearinad haefca. ia the beat. X ceata. Malt ao rent*. Tint Oa*toi»ia Oazrttk ia Gacton eoanty’a Uadi nr paper. Twice a week, *1.00 a year; eaeh in advance.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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