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■.r.KAMBin.VrtildtnS. C. K. itVAUt. Vtevtres. A.O. Krai*. Cast Ur. CAPITAL MO.OOO THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OABTONIA. N. C. Accounts of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Farmers Invited. liberal Dealing along Conservative lines. SAVINGS We have added a Savings Department, in which we Pay 4 per cent., compounded every three months. If you have not already opened an account in this department we invite you to do so. OK. WOMB ON THE NBOKO, Tki Ultraatlng Csm tl Vu Jhm, Wk la Three lack* Skrtwlkak Um ta he— Whtal a Naira at UM Oaai Beapltal—A Black aai Tackle ter Weaus. CktiWtt Obacrrsr. lit. Lett night aa Mr. Brevard Nixon, Mr. C. G. McMichael, and an Obearvar man were standing in front of the Hotel Beford, talking about tbe weather. Dr. Wilder came along hamming. "Now is Um wiatar of our discon tent "Msde^loricus summer by this sun •And all tbe clouds that lowred upon "la the deep bosom of the ocean buried " Now arc our brows bound with vie torioua wreaths. "Our bruised anus bung up for moeumeflits. "Oar stem slarrums changed to merry meetings, • Oar dniedful marches to delightful measures.* Those of the party who knew Dr. Wilder in hit palmy* political days, when be could and did carry voting precincts at hi* will, felt certain tbit be was in fine mood. He seemed contented and happy. “Why so happy. Dr. Wilder?" asked Mr. McMichfd. "Are yoo thinking of those negroes that yon wired up?" “Yes, I am |n«t delighted that all of my wreck negroes are do ing wall. We have 90 of them and they are improving every ^We had Anbury St Finger to make a block and tackle lor Lisxic Bowman, tbe 3501b. giant ess, to-day and we can awing her as wa please. Yes, air, wa lift her in -canvass and handle ber aa yon would a piece of granite on a derrick. It re quired the combined and con certed efforts of everybody in tbe hospital to move her, k*t now one nurse can raise ber and turn her about without faelb. "Yon know that I was think ing, as 1 came along np there, that I would Hke for the Yankees at the North to come down hem and see what the Episcopal church hare srete do* inf to ameliorate the suffering* ofthoae poor negroes. I hove never seen anything like it. lira. Mallinckrodt and others have beta there every day doing what they coeld to relieve pain end make tor comfort.*1 •Nov. Dr. Wilder, tell nr Sffhrfch&a ”*'“*■" •We wired two of them. They are doing very well." Dr..Wilder did not seem in clined to tell abont his pet trick, hot Mr. MeMlcbael la gittad. “Why. Dr. Wilder, they tell ■e that yoo threw a negro down here ooct and cat a piece oat ol ow of hia lega to make if the same length as the other, wired him gp and be la atilt Saras ‘trA re interested, tad wish to know what yoo did to the negro who Am oot here at the Loobe Mill? > "Oh," declared Dr. Wilder, “yon ar4 talking abont Van mmn thaafany patlont that I over had given me more reputa tion. Dr. Dennis O’Doaqghee and myself worked on Mm. He broka one leg and f recta red a bone la the other. Iwaa whet* ting my kalvee to anmtrtr Ms bj, when Dr. o'DmMgkM itid, 'He is nothiog but a «on* vict. tot littte. Why ua« wrt^the other Lbu one?” "The idea struck me at once. We aaw that the right leg would be three inches shorter than the {eft if we succeeded in getting it to grow together, after taking out the crashed bone, so we lost cut three inches out of each leg, and wired the section together with silversmith's wire: The bones knitted, healed and got well. Van is living and doing well to-day. Of course we destroyed his architecture and made him three inches shorter than he originally was, but barring that, he ia all right. He rolls from 300 to 1.000 pounds of coal at the Loniae Mill every day. I am proud of him. Last vear when the Seaboard Air Line surgeons met at Norfolk I exhibited Van and ha proved to be a great curiosity. Tbs operation was done 1891 and it was the first one of that kind. "Van seems to be aa strong and as well aa he ever was but ! he is not quite so handsome. "James Odom, one of the negroes who was hurt in the Hamlet wreck, had both legs broken. When the crash came be was sitting with his legs un der the seat and they were broken between the ankles and the knees, just where Van Jones' were. We* sawed him off end wired him together. He is doing spendidly, and when be is well he will he but an inch shorter than he was to begin •with. "In order to wire the two sections of bone together boles are drilled through each piece, the ran through and then tied, drawing the end of the bone together. We wired another victim. He ia going to be - all right. It ia a great scheme. aim mm (van. turn of the straight bones and three of the collar bones.* "Why is ft, Dr. Wilder, that the average negro stands a bet ter chance of recovery than does a white man?” "I can’t say about that, but it ia true. Give me a negro every time. He has more animal in him; I guess that is what makes the difference. Why, Robert Johnston Sturdivant, a negro who was hurt at Hamlet, Cad concussion of tbe brain and was unconscious for a week. He la going to get well. A negro la not lost until his heart stops besting. He cannot •tend tbe loss of blood like a whits man.” • Why ia a negro apt to die if hurt fa the heel, doctor?” asked the newspaper man. "That I cannot answer.” The conversation was anU mated and so interesting that the qnartstte soon grew into a crowd, which grew aatil Dr. Wilder departed. Sevcw-Year-OM Child Dies Drunk, onsets Mnsa. If aver angels weep over what mortals do in this world, they most have wept over what took place ia Lincoln county on last Tuesday, Wa are informed that Mr. John Keener and Traver La wing start ed to Lincolnton and got some brandy on the stay. The little seven-year-old boy of Mr. Law ing'died'from the effects of what Mr coisntrysea, think of n child seven years old going into eternity* victim of strong drink. Wc cannot save some men who are sat ia their ways end are slave* of strong drink, bat ia the name of humanity, let ovary man who is a man raise his voice and naa his vote and his iadn enca to lava the mothers and safiS"*"** curse of strong | Subscribe for Tn Gasan*. Gasan*. fa ittW»AW»HH, They Mte CMmmI MM vte nada^tM Ub li mi iO CkwloMt Okumr, "There ia something wrong with the way things feu out in this unit of the country," said Col. W. B. Bradford yesterday, be had returned from Gaadersbmir. Cabarrus county. "What's the matter now. Col onel, did things not go right sar at Ganders burg?" was . "Yea," declared Bradford, as ■* <r?v* ^owa **d began to dig ■t his ankle with four fingers and a thumb, " bnt tbe cursed rad bugs are after me and will give me no peace. It does seem fenny to me that every tweet should have n bitter. They say that is so. and I believe It. I went to the Isla of Palau ooca and tbe moaqaltoaa made life a burden to me. If the cars bad not stopped running for the mgbt I should have gone back to Charleston and taken the first train home. Tbe hotel people raid that the breeze waa wrong. The explanation did not help me. "Prom the coast I went to the top of Mount Mitchell, the high* eat P«ak east of the Rpckies, thinking that no pest could live there, where nothing but the mow bird, tbe mountain boomer, i little hardy squirrel, aad bal ram trees seens to prosper. 1 lay down the first night, after I irrived at tbe top, and went to deep, feeling that nothing bnt ilecp, sweet sleep, and rest arrttiM kn imb 1 n> Y — ■ ■ ... the rattlesnake line, and bad no lean. "Well, air. I had not alept one when I waked np in a fright. Three or four places be tween my bead and me feet were burning as if they bad been touched with shot needlR Sven while I lay there, wonder pg what the tormentor could be, [ received several bites. I knew hat no mosquito nor red bog tould be in that climate. There fore I aroused my friend, a mountaineer, and asked him to what he had delivered me and he rolled over and growled. ‘O, it’s a flea! Gw’on to sleep.’ Bnt [ couldn’t .sleep; the fleas were worse than the mosquitoes at the Isle of Palms. "There is no rest for the wicked. I had always said that if any misfortune overtook me I wanted to be carried to Ganders* hurg aad where 1 could receive the care and attention of my friends and kinsmen. I had hoped to be buried there, when i ate, but I feel to-day as if I trould never rest in Gaadcaburg. "1 never knew the red bug when I was a boy. As a man grows older bis troubles multi ply. Here I am to-day. spend* Infi my dme scratching away, whan I should have nothing but the most pleasant memories of my old home place. I cen’t hn •gine where I got the chigger. rbey tell me that salty bacon will kill them. I have not seen * oiec* of salty meat in ten fears. I bid forgotten that there was each a thing. But I im going home to see if 1 can’t ieliver myself from the little pMte. I can use kerosene oil, “**•* or something else. Sncb is life, boys; when you think that the other fellow in bavin? a ?ood time in«» the tread of your thoughts. When I see the ruddy faced country boy, with bis clear eye. " “I"?1. Wl“ and a wagon full of inky peaches or water melons or irmpes I long forth* farm. But boys, fast look at my poor legs." Bradford picked up bis um brella and went groaning op the afreet. Tea. Wtgatherfrom Tn* Gazstt* that Gastonia la wrestling with the drag story Kqn or orobltm. Tn Gachttb la favorably im prested with the Statcsvilla plan, whore tho drag stores do sot eel! liquor, and it recommends this plan as the solution of the prob lem la Gastonia. ClgmsBart his »ye-*Hht. Mr. J. H. Hoffman's friend a should no longer otter him cigars. For years he was aa ardent smoker. A few yean ago he checked no because he SiuVfi&a&t zass&A'sJsx mocalhst sbonthfa eyes. longer smokes, and only g smoker osa realise what fc meana to atop. Eg". ilJ - KUSSIA’8 BLOODIEST MUTUT. Cum Buy ob Load ni Bm Isholo at tool Bat Cm* trot ftnlati Otnww. Helsingfors, Any. i, 1:40 a. a. —Sveaborg is entirely in tbe bands of tbe mutineers, who now bare in their posisssioa every kind of armament. Hor rible scenes occurred last night when tbe fierce fighting was continued. Tbe heaviest artil lery was used during tbe con flict. Helsingfors, July 31.-—A gi gantic military conspiracy aim ing at tbe simultaneous capture of Russia's three great sen fort reams, Crons tad t, Sebastopol, and Sveaborg, arranged by the Revolutionary Military League, was prematurely sprang here to night by an attempt to arrest members of a company of tap pers who had mutinied on ac count of tbe death of one of their comrades, alleged to have been due to ill treatment. The entire garrison of the fortress at Sveaborg flamed out Instantly In revolt. AJ1 tbe artillerymen and sappers garrisoning toe place were involved. Only four com panies of infantrymen remained loyal. Tbe mutineers seised 40 mac kite guaa and practically all the quick-firers sod light artil lery in the fortress, bat even with this aid they were unable to hold tbe main fort against tbe loyal infantry. Tbe fight ing continued nil night long. The heaviest firing was beard from 10 o’clock in tba evening until 1 tn tbe morning. WABSHirn VrOHT BAJULACKS. This morning s detachment of civilian rrvnlnhnntriMaeizerl the marine barracks on Skatudden Island, hoisted the red flag, and were joined by all the marines. Nine cruisers, torpedo boats and destroyers lying in the harbor opened fire on the barracks. This fire was arrested from the third-story windows of the bar racks with machine gnns and rifles. The torpedo boats and de stroyers, which were lying closer to the shore, were sub jected to such a hot fire from the barracks that their crews were driven below decks. They finally steamed out sod joined in the bombardment with the cruisers. This sea attack was in co-operation with attacks by Cossacks and infantry from the land side, which began at 9 o’clock in the morning and con tinued through the whole day. Finally, towards evening, the firing ceased and tbs authorities announced that the barracks bad been captured. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon the Cossacks cleared the square in front of the palace facing Svesborg and then drove the public from the entire water front for the par. pose of preventing the sending of assistance from the city ot Svesborg. &KKBWAL or BATTLI UXJU.V. The exact situation at 8vea borg ia not known. Roman are in circulation that the entire fortress has now fallen into the hands ot the insolvents, hot they lack confirmation. It la believed that this cessation of fighting ia but a prelude to the renewal of the battle between the mutineers and the govern ment troops. A . • t. . • A I A _ - » AH IBUIWUKQVC CfUUW W the killed and wounded CUMt be obtained, but the casualty list on both sides mast be heavy, for fighting waa waged with des peration. There are varioaa rumors to "be beard regarding the fate of the officer! who ware at Svea borg and in the 8katadden bar racks. According to ona rumor almost all the officers, and ac cording to another, almost all tba junior officers, side with the matiaeers. The marines at Skatodden ate said to have convened an elec tive court-martial which con demned several officers to in atant execution. Water ea i Herts as Feed. "If nervous women would only drink more water they would not be SO nervous," remarked a trained naraa the other daw, "Nearly every physic (ea will recommend a woman wbo la suffering from nervous proa ‘ration or nervous exhaustion to drink loti of water between meals, bid many women who de not come under a doctor's cam would teal bettor and look bet ter if they would drink, say, a quarts* water in tba eonrae o* • day. Water Is a nerve food. Jthaa a distinctly soothing of fset whan sipped gradastly. as one eaa test for bet self." wwu war wwmm tun wi inw. He even failed to recognise the hero in Charles Lamb. It is so with men generally. We look for the animal, the abnormal— we eves glorify the very bed, provided their hedneee has the proper touch of romance. We have btfOdcd a school of litera ture around such scoundrels as "Raffles,” aod rejoice when the rogue escapes the coaseqneaccs of us own knavery, while the world’s great servants go an rrconiscd tad tutwirdad. It ought to be onr bomaree la this coentry to dignify the average the so-called common' —men. For it ia be that keeps the world moving, and moving in the risht direction. He to the burden-bearer, the duty doer. It is on trim that we nut depend in every crisis. The idee that be should he set aside for every millionaire vulgarism that lifts his heed above the mire in which he was brad to intolerable. It to to the common soldier, the common toiler that we meet appeal when there to desperate work afoot. We read in the papers of the "sports* who are becoming so offensively prominent, yet no members of this class ever Uft their hands In behalf of their country. The novelists and poets have thrown e golden mist around that "far country" known as Bohemia, and yet Its very ex istence is perilous to civilisa tion. end to the souls of men end women. We hear much of the "artistic temperament." that temperament, if there is nothing else, to not capable of greet service to mankind. Bat of the sober, dusty and be mired drudges yho toil that the world suy live; who f«UilI"the lew sod the prophets,” end who die uecomplsiningly in the harness alter having made the whole of humanity their debtor '—where ia the laureate to echo brute their glorioaa lame? Old Walt Whitsun ia the only poet, aa far aa we sow recall, who baa fittingly rtcognired the rank and fU of the army of progress. It ia time for na to ckar oer virion, time to aee things aa they are. Wa ought to see height to the DtaUorm on which he stands. Men mast he lodged not by the greatnesa of their opportunity, bet by the way ia which they see those that come to the at, no nutter how small fkay may be. If this country is pledger worship at all te Traly we atri'to'irifNMP •elves a new aappty of ideals— need to team whet ia really vjOtMtalw lm Ufa on this planet. The childish habit that so many of na have of worahippingfSin merely because they are big, or new, or riartHng, or wicked, ■wat be overcome. Wr need poets and novelists who wfU develop to na a sense of right vainer—who will glorify these erage man and crown Urn in the right of the world M its master and saviour. The hem is the nun who works Us pan sage, pays Us way. Wares m X+++++++++++++ t MADE IN $ OWN SH„. + -£ + NEW TAILORED + SKIRTS M«v Tailored Waiat witk Haas eaflar MX ♦ Tla. + -— ■ J New Wash Suit* 4* Thcaa are dtafcaad. cat, made, aad • on artistic saaiag raaa aad tea la 7 claas qualities «Ucb will icaraal taapec 4> We iavtte yoa to saa Ibaa, | JAMES F. YEAGER ♦ *+++++++*♦+++♦+++* -- one. does his duty and from the path btUm _ _ and Us office. And ha fa all . the more a hate because he Is 1 not conscious of befng one. It fa not for bis sake, hot for the sake of the rat of ns that be shook! he honored. He asks no , itwira loa ctavki do aoacc. Bat it is necessary thatthe world should see in Wei the tine ideal, J and that the romance, the beauty endthapower of Ufa sbonld he made deer to all. j Catching Sharks si Chari aWea. < MnUsSMaiw. An exciting pastime of j Charleston fishermen is shade I fishing. Tbs fishermen repair « to tho wharfs, nasally at night,1 1 and nest some large vessels. < where more or km refase la i thrown overboard and the sharks ' coiuscntc. . The IflW for e£j«y-jBrt j attached e strong chela, and IS I the chela fa fastened n strong « line of 100 or mate feet In kngtp 1 the end of which is looped over « a convenient poet. The book fa < baited with a liberal cfanak of < beef or aah pork and thrown oat < into the harbor. If sharks are < around there is something doing in e very short space of time, as 1 the shark fa s veritable glutton j and as boob as the bait fa attack, I ft is swallowed and then reman an exdtiag tag of war short <
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