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GASTONIA GAZETTE. • j:: ■- > ■ . . - * Issued every Tuesday aud Friday by The Gazette Publishing Company. 1>. ATKIN8, Editor. J. \V. ATKINS, Business Manager... 1 ■" v ' Armstrong Building, Main Street. PHONE NO. 30. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One year.$1.60 Si* months. . -,5 Four months..60 One month.. ■ -1® TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1008. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. In the campaign that is now on dn earnest for the nomination of county officers the matter o( greatest1 importance Is undoubtedly-thc choos ing of the beBt available men for _. inunty commissioners. It seems . likely tfeat in the excitement of the campaign for the other offices this . matter will not get the attention and }: consideration that it deserves from the people of the county. We be lieve that if every voter will consid er the .matter carefully he will ar rive at the conclusion'that the acts of the county commissioners in their -official capacity as administrators of the county’s affairs, ooncern him • more cioseiy auu vuwi. more vitally than the acts of any ot^r officer whatsoever. For this reason- therefore, men ought to be chosen for commissioners who are In,.the first place well qualified in every respect to manage the business of the county wisely and economi cally. and who are sufficiently pub lic spirited to give ample tlpie and attention to their work as commis sioners: The Gaiette has no candl ; _'datea, and will have none, but has only tho best Interests of the county In view In suggesting the Importance of the office of county commissioner. - - -: One who reads the news that finds It way from all parts of the world In to the columns of the dally papers 'naturally expects to find occasional stories of horrible cruelty and in humanity from time to time, usually however under a date line of some land far distant from our shores and loss boasted of as to the home of lib erty and hnmanlty than our great American commonwealth. During the last few days, however, the dis patches relating to the findings of the legislative'commission which is Investigating the system of leasing conylcts In the State of Georgia have revealed a state of affairs that might fittingly exist In some far less en lightened land. The details are too harrowing to be -reviewed here, buffioe It to say that If the reports l e tru$^,-instances of slavery far VTorae than that of ante-bellum days have been enacted there. The mis fortune of the criminal has been levied on to bring a tribute of hun dreds of thousands of dollars a year Into the State treasury and many times as much Into the pockets of unscrupulous, brutal and depraved contractors and lessees. Men whose services were valuable and had been' purchased at auction for a trifle, have found It lmposalble to obtain' par dons In the face of absolute proof of their Innocence. There seems to be little hope of an immediate abolish ment of the system, but the people of Georgia owe it to the other States ' of the Union to remove as quickly as possible this blot from our clvlllza Iton. --j. S' Mrs. 8. tfl. Lewis Dead. < On last Friday afternoon at 6 o’ clock death came to Mra. S. A. Lew 1j at her home near Gastonia, after an Illness of many months. The funeral services were condi^cted at Olney Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. A. S. /.nderson, pastor of Loray Presby terian church, and Rsv. G. A. Spar uw. Mrs. Lewis was a sister of Messrs. Bradley and Rock Holland nod leaves a husband and several children to mourn the loss of wife and mother. She was a woman or c Ulmable character and her taking i. way Is deeply monrned by all who 1 new her. • The foundation of robust health is what is allowed to enter the mouth. The more simple the diet, the more perfect the health. •-_**. . I FLAKE CELERY ; FOOD is plain, pure and wholesome, < easily digested, prevents con- f stipation. M I to cents a package. < For mIo by ail Brooers OVER THE STATE RECENT HAPPENINGS IN ALL SECTIONS' OF THE STATE RE WRITTEN AND CONDENSED FOR THE BENEFIT OF BUSY, READERS—WHAT8 GOING ON IN THE OLD NORTH STATE FROM MANTEO TO MURPHY. Result in Lincoln. The Lincoln county Democratic primaries held Saturday resulted in the following nominations: For Sheriff,. Lee Heavner; for Represent ative, H. D. Warlick; for Treasurer, J. O. Allen; for Register of Deeds, B. C. Woods. Mayor Up for Gambling. Mayor John H. Moyer and J. K. Hawkins, of Lexington, • were tried before a magistrate of that place Sat urday for gambling and w'ere bound over to court under bonds of $200 each. The prosecution is the work of the law and order league of Lex ington, the warrant having been sworn out by a member of the exec utive committee of that organization. Judgment for Big Sum. In United States Circuit Court at Asheville Saturday Judge Newman rendered a judgment for $14,350 in favor of the heirs of . Col. A. J. Mc Goifnigle against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York. On account of alleged unlawful in crease in his assessments, Col. Mc 000/014 S11 pawonn pnu e|3|uuoo policy in the company to lapse some months before his death in 1901. Drowned in French Broad. Jerome Latin in g' a lad 19 years of age, was drowned in the French .Broad river near Asheville Sunday in a successful effort to save the life of a companion who was swimming with him. His body was not recov ered. Attempted Suicide. ' At Winston-Salem Sunday morn ing F. C. Adams, a promlnent'traveP ling man of Carthage attempted sui cide by taking hyosclne in his room at the Zfnzendorf Hotel. Prompt medical attention saved his life. He had been dn a protracted spree, and despondency resulting from this was probably responsible for his deed. Shemwcll Bound to Court. Baxter Shemwell, who forced con ductor Smithers to stop Southern train No. 37 for him at Lexington on the'morning of July 21st, was tried at Greensboro yesterday Afternoon before Justloe Collins and bound oyer to Superior Court under a bonjl of J1.009. v Child Disappears. Joe Evans, a 9-year-old white boy adopted by Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hay den, of -High Point, mysteriously disappeared Saturday when sent up the street to sell some fruit, and has not been heard of since although dil igent search has been made for him. • V Killed by Train. - W. A. Stewart, of Charlotte, was struck by a Southern* passenger train within 75 yards of the station at Salisbury 'Saturday night and suffered injuries from which he died Sunday morhing. It appears that he was sitting on the crossties and did not heed the approach of the train, although it is noi thought that he was Intoxicated. His remains were brought to Charlotte for bur ial r- • i" State of Ohio, City, of Tol- * SB. ‘ edo, Lucas Couuty Frank J. Cheny makes oath that he Is senior partner of,the ffcm of F. J. Cheny & Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every cape of Catarrh tbat cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENY. Sworn to before me and subscrib ed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh cure Is taken in ternally, and acts directly on the blood and, mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con stipation. j. PUBLIC SPEAKING. Col. R. L. Abernethy’s Appoint ments for Speaking. ^ Col. R. L. Abernethy, of River Bend township, who has announced bis candidacy for the State Senate, will address the voters of the various lections of the county at the follow ng times and places: Open View farm, Aug. 1st, night? Dallas, Aug. Ird, night; Belmont, Aug. 4th, 3 p. n.; McAdenvHle, Aug. 4th, 8 p. m.; Cowell, Aug. 5th, 3 p. m.; Gastonia, :ity hall, Aug. 5th, 8 p.m.; Dijling's, tug. 6th, 3 p. m.; Bessemer City, tug. 6th, 8 p. m.; Cherryville, Aug. th, 1 p. m.; Stanley Creek, Aug. th, 8 p. m. Twenty-live Italian, workmen were irowned last Friday in a tunnel in iwltzerland when a flood of water rom a subterranean river or lake lied tbe tunnel, the walls giving a ray before th& rush of waters. ATALEWPORTflm Curious Story of the Haunted Sentry Box. LIGHT ON THE OLD LEGEND. — One of the Many Mysterious Disap pearances From Fort San Cristobal Accounted For by the Revelation of the Lost One Himself. Writing In the Journal of the Mili tary Servi e Institution, Captain Ar thur P. S. Hyde of the coast artillery tells this curious story of "the haunt ed sentry box” of Fort San Cristobal, the ancient Spanish built fortress which guards the entnfu.ee—to San Juan, Porto Rico: “A number of picturesque sentry boxes built of masonry and appearing like minarets are placed at points of vantage .in aud around the fort One of these ou the sep front, and reached only through a long and dark tunnel from the interior of the fort. Ip pop ularly known as La Garita del Diablo, or the devil's sentry box. usually, al though incorrectly, translated the haunted sentry box. Tills name was given to I! by the Spanish soldiers for the reason that a number of sentries stationed there disappeared in a most mysterious manner and were never again beard from. “An American officer was once on duty that took him into the remote in terior of file island, aud while spend ing one night in a small settlement he engaged in conversation with a num ber of the Inhabitants of the place. One old man. on learning that the of ficer was stationed at Fort San Crls tolml, became especially Interested and in the course of the conversation told ioiiowiiiK Biurj-. “ 'I used to be a soldier In the Span ish army nnd was stationed at Fort Son Cristobal. A uumber of soldiers while on sentry duty had mysteriously disappeared from the sentry box down by the Fra. nnd we had all become convinced that It was haunted By the devil, who. wp thought, used to come nnd steal the soldiers away. “ ‘One stormy night It fell to my lot to go on duty In the devil's sentry box. as we railed it, at .midnight, nnd It was with some doubts and misgiv ings, that 1 went with the corporal of the guard mid relieved the former sen try. WhPii they left' me I listened to the sound of their footfalls reverberat ing from the walls nnd celling of the dark and narrow passage, ever grow ing fainter and fainter as they reced ed. until finally the noise of the storm and the sea completely drowned It npd I whs left alone with the mad ele ments. / •t‘ ‘it was a mad tight and pne well . calculated to add to the feeling of awe tbaj the devil's sentry box always In stilled lqto the man on duty there at night v •‘ ‘Presently my attention wns at tracted by some IlghtsVln a small tav ern on tbp shore below the fort, where many of us were- wont to go when oft duty "tor a ulase of rum. Then I be gan to think that I might be able to climb down,, over the. ro.cks to the shore, get n glass of rum at the tav ern and return to my post v “ The Uiore I thought of It the more determined I was to go, so finally, leaving my rifle and belt In the sentry box. I climlied over the wall and down on to the rooks and so made my way, with great labor and difficulty and no little danger to the tittle house, where the occupants -were making merry with dancing nnd drinking. I soon fell to and enjoyed myself with them. " ‘When one Is dancing with a .fair senorlta be sometimes forgets the pas sage of time, as I did on that fatal night, nbd’not until long after 1 o’clock did I bejjln to think of returning to my post Then, realizing that the cor poral had made his Inspection and bad found me gone from my post and with my rifle nnd belt left behind, 1. saw only a coart martial and the gar rote staring me In the face, for in those days for a sentinel In the Span ish army to quit his post meant sure death, even In peace. “ To go l*tck was ont of the ques tion. There was only one thing left fop me to do. nnd That was to desert. My heart sunk within me. If I should be captured, the same fate would be meted out to me; but, I reasoned, If I were to go back the fate would he a certainty, whereas If l deserted at least I hid a chance of keeping out of sight of the authorities. I deserted and before morning was out of the city and on the way to'' the moun tains. “‘I have lived Id this little hamlet for years and have never been hack to the capital "since that day. nor have I ever told my story to a single soul un til tonight, but how that the Spaniards ■are gone 1 no longer fear for my life.’ "Thus wc have the story of the dev il's sentry box from one of the very mfcn who so mysteriously disappeared from It, and It would seem to he prob able that the other disappearances could he accounted for lu a similar manner were the truth known. Qulen sabe?" Captain Hyde mentions au Interest ing fact that, although for centuries Porto Rico was considered the legiti mate prey of freebooters and was-at tacked at various times by regularly organized expeditions of the English and the Dutch during I times of war, with more or less success. Fort El Jlorro has never Ixwii captured by an enemy, and Its only surrender was to the Americans, together with the sur render of the whole Islaud.: Gravity Is only the hark of wisdom, but It preserves It.—Confucius. John Wood, secretary of the board of trade of Greenville, S. C., has re ceived authentic Information to the effect that he has fallen heir to one million dollars, coming through the settlement of the Wood estate In England. Mr. Wood formerly lived In Rock Hill, S. C.. having married Hiss Bailie London, of the latter place. • Subscribe for The Gazette, A LITTLE ONE An Exchange of Presents That Was ! Not Wholly Satisfactory. John Mitchell, the labor leader, was discussing ou one occasion a labor struggle of the past “1'ou see, they.dtdnlt give ns a fair deal,” he said, '-bit looked fair ou lls face, but really It was like the deal of/ Harvey ltarr of llraidwood. f "Harvey ltarr, a successful lawyer, had a wonderful talent for getting tme best of people. Even at home he lire [it this talent In play. His wife saA^o him one morning: “^Harvey, dear, this is the flftieuth anniversary of our wedding. What are you going to give me'/' l ‘This is what 1 am going tofcive you,’ Harvey answered nffectiouhtely, and he handed his wife^jlu ycrisp, fresh hills."" 7 “’Oh, thank you! Aud what shall 1 give you'/' the gratified wife asked. “ ‘That meerschaum pipe I've been admiring so long,’ HaTvey promptly an-; nounced. • "In the evening on his return home | the pipe awaited him. It bad cost I Just $15. ne lit np and.began to color ' it carefully. But as the evening wore on his wife seemed ill at ease. “ ‘Where is my present, Harvey?* she said at last fretfully. “'Why. my dear.’ Harvey explained, •you gave me a pipe. I gave you $15. Don't you sec? We’re just even.’ St Louis ICepubllc. ' TOLD BY THE THUMB. One Way, So They Say, of Reading a Person's Character. The closer the thumb is set to the wrist, the greater the amount of amia- j l>!e qualities a person possesses. And. conversely, the higher on the hand the thumb is set. the lower the order of his mental and moral makeup. Monkeys' thumbs abut from the hand at'a point close to the fingers. The closer to this formation a Iranian being comes the more monkey-like intelli gence and character he Is apt to-have, i A thumb set very close to the wrist shows sympathy for all lu distress, great generosity, independence, love of liberty for self aud others aud a readi-; ness to share with the unfortunate. When the second phalanx of the" I IUU1UU 13 U1ULU IUUf,CI lUUU IUC null I phalanx, there 1$ a discordant relation between reason and will. Reason preponderant* to such an ex-1 tent that the entire Ufe Is spent In planning what to do without ever do ing. A person at this kind sees clearly , What is best for him, bnt lacks de-' termination to put It Into execution. I , He sees the goal nnd the steps neces- ■ sari1 for attaining It. but In the same , glance be takes in all the obstacles, | and while he is pondering the matter the opportunity to win success escapes. I —St Louis Post-Pispatcb- * ■ v ; r ' -5— Seeking the Light At a ,diuner during au Episcopal convention at Richmond a young lady sitting near the bishop of London said to him: . ' , 1 • “Bishop, I wish you would set my mind at rest as to the similarity or dis similarity. hetweeu yonr country nnd ' ours on one point Does the butterfly because the tomato can?" The bishop laughed heartily at this ..vivacious sally. Not so a young Eng lishman .of his party, who after dinner sought his host- , “I want to know, you know,” said be.' “about that Joke of Miss B.’s. She ahsked If butter flew because tomuh- ! toes could. Pray tell we what the point I a”—Lipplucott’s Magazine. ' A Thoughtful Tyrant. Major Hay ford Thorold. second In command of the First battalion, Duke of Wellington's regiment had an odd experience In Mntabeleland in lSOtl when sent to restore order In a little township called Gwelo. On arrival , there-he found the noting commandant, an ex-storekeeper. Ill a stute horde ring on delirium tremens, so he bud him ' locked op. The commandant, how-j ever, managed to break out and innke bis way to the telegraph office, where he dispatched the following wire? Chamberlain.' London: Man hero named Thorold questions my i sobriety. Who Is Thorold? Wire at once 1 to avert bloodshed. English Army Horses. Every horse in the English army Is numbered and has n little history kept1 for It all to himself. The number Is branded upon the animal's hind feet— the thousands on the near bind foot and the units, ten und hundreds on tho off hind foot Thus the horse whose number Is. say, t8.331»will have an 8 on bis left hind foot and 3W on the other one. On what Is called his "veterinary history sheet” everything about the horse will from time to time be tyrlt ten.—London Army Journal. ■Something Comic. Brownblgge (to waitress who has handed him a newspaper)-Ain’t yer got nothing comic?' I likes to have something funny to look at while I’m a-heatlng. Waitress—There’s a looking glass straight In front of you, sir.—Lou don Tit-Bits. i An Unhappy Outlook. Prospective Tenant—I .should want the studio for sculpture. Caretaker Yes, sir. Some of these Is rented for that There’s a sculptor molding nest door, sir.—Harper's Weekly. Mutual Reluctance. "Here Is my seat, madam, bpt can dor, compels me to say Ibat I think you are ns well able to stand as I am.” “Politeness compels me to say ’Thank you. sir.’ "—Chicago Tribune. Earnestness Is enthusiasm tempered by reason.—Pascal. At a meeting of the aub-commlt tee of the Democratic national com- j mittee held In Chicago Saturday to choose officers of the committee Nor- ; man E. Mack, of Buffalo, N. Y„ was i elected chairman; L. P Hall, of Ne- . l - ' braska, vice-chairman; Governor C. , N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, treasurer; John I. Martin, of Missouri, sergeant at-arms, and Drey Woodson, of Ken- 1 tucky, secretary. Both W. J.. Bryan i and John W. Kern were present and .) approved the action of the commit- 1 tee. 1 .‘"V- ■-.'• '.7?p v. - - SUN A PUZZLE. W^%ee Only the Outer Shells of the / Great Blazing Orb. 'flic great ball of tire wtiic.ii we call iWe suu Is uot really the suu. No one pas ever seen the suu. A series of concentric shells envelops a uudeus of which we know absolutely nothing ex cept that It must be almost Infinitely hotter than the fiercest ruruace and that It must amount to more than nlue tenths of the solar mass. That npclpns Is the real sun. forever blfflleu from us. The outermost of the enveloplug shells is about 5,000 miles thick and Is called the chromosphere. It is a gaseous lluid, tinted with the scarlet glare of hydrogen, and so furi ously active that it spurts up great tongues of glowing gas (prominences) to the height of thousands of miles. Time was when this agitated sea of crimson fire could be seen to advantage only during an eclipse. Now special In struments are used which enable as tronomers to study It in tbe full glare of the sun. ' Beyoud the chromosphere, far beyond the prominences evpn, lies the nebulous pallid corona visible only during the vanishing moments of a" total eclipse, aggregating not more than seven days In a century. __ • No one has ever satisfactorily ex plained how the highly attenuated matter composing botp the promi nences and the corona Is supported without falling back into the sun un der the pnll of solar gravitation. Now that Artbehtus has cosmically applied the effects of light pressure a solution is presented. IIow difficult It Is to account for such delicate streamers as tbe promi nences on the sun Is better compre hended when we fully understand bow relentlessly powerful Is the grip of solar gravitation. If the sun were a habitable globe and you could tranaport yourself to-Its surface, you would find yourself pulled down- so forcibly by gravitation that you would weigh two tons, assuming that yon are an ordinary human being. Tour clothing alone would weigh more than a hundred pounds. Baseball could lie played In a solar drawing room, for there would be some diffi culty in throwing a ball more than ♦hlr+v forif Tennis would be degraded to a form of ontdoor plngpong. From these considerations It Is plain that' gravitation on the sun wonld tehd to prevent the formation of any lam bent streamers and to pull down to Its surface masses of any size.—Harper’s Magazine. BARffUM’S OLD LION. How the Great Showman Turned His Death to Account. , ; Among the features of tbe parades of the linrnum circus there was for merly one that never failed to attract attention. On the fop of one ot the wild lieast cages lay an enormous lion. He wns not confined In any way. and nervous people watching the parade would shudder at the sight and con template the terrible possibility of the lion springing Into the midst of the crowd^ JJnt the venerable -old king of beasts bad reached the leonlae dotage, and stiffened muscles and blunted claws rendered blm harmless. He was as mild as a kitten nud In the winter quarters, where he was allowed to roam at will, sometimes had to be pro tected from the onslaughts of Irrever ent and mischievous puppies. One night be wandered from the quarters. In the course of bis travels lie chanced on a 1mm where a meek eyed cow was placidly chewing her cad. A faint fllckef-of tUe slumbering Jungle spirit stirred Ills pulse, and, with a crashing blow of the-huge fore paw. the cow was1 slain: then, lying down beside bis victim, be went to sleep and-dreamed of (he time when he wns a shaggy little whelp playing with Ills brothers under the blight gun of his faroff African home. In the morulug the owner of the cow, a stalwart female with the blood of Irish kings In her veins, entered tbe barn with uillk pall in hand. She was filled with wrath at the sight that met her gaze. \Vith a keen edged ax In her band and grim ^termination In her eye she fearlessly approached the sleep ing Mon. and when the men sent out to search for him arrived he lay cold In death. Barnum promptly paid far the dead cow nud euguged to appear on ’ exhibition “tbe woman wbo In mortal combat had slain a lion." The Oldest Treaty. ■foe oldest text of a real treaty now In existence Is that of the convention between Raineses 11. king of Egypt, and the Prince of Kbeta. which em braces the articles of a permanent of fensive and defensive alliance, with Clauses providing for the extradition of emigrants, deserters, criminals and skilled workmen. This treaty was drawn up in the fourteenth eentnry B. C. and Is tho earliest record that we have of any lnterdatlonal .transac tion. Her Uncooked Gown. Miss Fluffigirl—Miss Newtbonght has gone the limit with her vegetarianism! Miss Furbelow—Why, what Is her lat wt? Miss Fluffigirl—She actually re fuses to wear anything but raw silk gowns now.—New York Press Time to Bo Diplomatic. When a woman- shows yon- the pic ture of her baby remember that you will get Into trouble, nine times out of ten, If yon say exactly wbat yon think. -Somerville Journal. __ ' His Idas of Him. Bill—Did you go to see that boy actor last night? Jill—Yes. 'T>ld be get a land?' “What he ought to hate got was a shingle.”—Yonkers Statesman. __ ■ ■ < - Dr. S. C. Mitchell, head of the de lartment of history at Richmond Col ege, Richmond, Va., was on last iaturday elected president of the Jniversity ot South Carolina to s»c eed Major Benjamin Sloan, resigned. )n account of engagements to lec ure at Brown and Harvard Unlver itles Dr. Mitchell win not be able to ssume the presidency until June of lext year, however, and Prof. A. C. ioore will in the meantime remain ding president. ARRIVAL OF TRAINS. Carolina A Northwestern. No. 10, northbound, dally except Sunday, 9:50 a. m. No. 9, southbound, daiiy except Sunday, 5:20 p. m. No. 63, southbound, mixed, dally except Sunday, arrives 4:60. p. m. No. 62, northbound, mixed, dally except Sunday, leaves 6.00 a. m. No. 61. southbound, mixed, dally except Sunday, leaves 8:30 a. m. No. .60, northbound, mixed, dally except Sunday, arrives 5:00 p. m. No. 8, northbound, Saturday* only. 7:06 p..m. v No. 9, southbound, Mondays on.;, 11:45 a. m._ SOUTHERN RAILWAY. NORTHBOUND. No. 44 arrives at...... 6:03 a. m. No. 36 arrives at.9:12 a.'m. No. 42 arrives at.11:44 a. m. No. 12 arrives at.5:26 p. m. No. 40 arrives at........-.11:00 p.Bl. SOUTHBOUND. No.v 39 arrives at.7:54 a.m. No. 37, flag Stop for through pas sengers, arives at . ..;.ll:44 a. m. No li *:rivea«at.. .12:50'p. m. No. 41 arrives at .... J . 5;25 p. p. fjo. 35 arjve^at..... 10:17 p. m. NX 43 arrives at .11 P- m. PRAIRIK DOG'S WATS. Traits of an Animal That Was Do mesticated—A Born Fighter. Forest and Stream. One dog slightly more than half grown I kept near me for the pur pose Of taming and observing. For three or four days he was sullen, but at the end of that time he began to eat cooked prunes, sugar and sweet potatoes and drink an abnormal a mount of water for an animal of his site; and at length he wouldxroar np on ^ls hind legs and yell If hta food and drink, w.ere not supplied regular ly. No bed would suit him. He would cut up bags and other soft ma- j tejlal and arrange and rearrange his home. Yet somehow he could never please himself and finally be began i to occupy my host's bed, going un der the top quilt ‘usually. And It there were any attempts to remove him he would become furious and bark and snap and jump as if he were a great beast. He would even grab my finger in his mouth but never bite It. Even In the middle of the night he woul<np**t-h1» own bad, if he bad been made to go there, and climb up on the big bed. At the house at that time wps a pretty yellow kitten, which laid claim to the bed part of the day, and 1 feared he and the dog might get Into a rumpus; so my surprise can easily be imagined when I observed the kitten pinning the deg under the cover with his forepaws, so the little prairie animal could Jmrely move. Yet when the kitten finally relaxed, the little fellow came forth, licked the kitten's mouth, and told him something 'In prairie dog language and the two lay down together mnch as .two kittens would. Thereafter they were the best of friends, sleep ing side by side every day. Altogether the little dog was one bf tfie keenest animals in intelligence I have ever known, although he could never understand the glass in the windows. For an hour at a tim,e I have seen him examine and paw it. This he did repeatedly, e ven after he became so gentle as to be given his freedom. '.Occasionally a stray dog would be brought into the room to warm. Of ten he would Just about arrive at his ease, whtfn little Buck would stick his teeth into one of his toes, then lart away. He never liked dogs. Vet he seemed naturally to be a fighter. I have known him to leave, the house, go into a dog hole and light, eventually returning scarred tnd bleeding. As to prairie dogs and snakes, there are many contradictory state ments, so I observed Buck Very care rully one d^y, when I saw him run rlmost on a rattler near a hole. He stood back until the rattler went in to the ground, when he took a care ’ly survey of the surroundings, piled n dirt as fast as he could until it vas filled and battered it hard with ils nose. Nor did he Vtop at this. ■ie went directly to another hole.ln :o -which he knew that one opened, )er chance, and filled if. likewise. Buck was death oh rats, although >f course he did not eat them. .' /t ADMINISTRATOR’S N'OTICK.^ I _ Having qualified as administra tor of D. S. Thornburg, deceased, late of Gaston county, N. C., this Is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned • on or before the _ ■StvSj 23rd day of July, 1M8, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said tote will please make immedi payment. This"the 23rd day of July, 190*.— C. A. THORNBURG, A 28 c 6 w. Administrator. - — FOR REPRESENTATIVE. tic;. .,‘3 FOR STATE SENATOR. || I hereby annonnee myself a can didate for State Senator from G«s ton county,; subject to the action of 1 the Democratic primaries and coun- ' - ty convention. ' 5 ROBERT L. ABERNEtHY. Moust Holly. N. C.
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