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PAGB FOUR. TIIH GASTOXIA GAZETTD. FlUDAV, AITJL 22, 1010. r This Space Frost Torrence & Co. Druggists Pone No. 16 The Gastonia Gazette. Issued every Tuesday nd Friday j The Qaxette Publishing Company B. D. ATKINS, Editor. J. W. ATKINS. Business Manager. No. 2341 Main Avenue, PHONE NO. 60. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One year H-M Biz months 76 war months 5) One month 16 FRIDAY, APIIIL 22, 1910. In the death of Samuel L. Clem ns, whose writings over the nom de plume Mark Twain have given delight to three generations of the reading public, there passes one of the most unique char rtr that the country has ever produced. To those who are famil lar with the stern facts of his life there Is a tinge of especial sadness in his passing due to the many mis lortjneri and reverses which mark ed the (losing years of the great hu morlst's life. There is something of the Irony of fate in the fact that one whose genius for furnishing humor for the public was so great should himself have suffered so much sor row. The election of a Democratic Con eressman. James Havens, in the Rochester, N. Y., district Tuesday tv a majority of 6,000 votes where the Republican majority is normally 0.0,000 gives further evidence that the people of the country of all po ultlcal faiths are intenl upon a change of government. The Repub lican party is paying dearly for its failure to keep the pledge for genu ine downward revision of the tariff. A vague feeling that the present high cost of living is in some way due to the high tariff also enters in to the situation. There seems to be no doubt that if the congressional elections could all be held now the country would go Democratic. The election at Rochester Tuesday was to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Representative Perkins. Attorney General Wickersham's The Citizens National Bank Gastonia, N. C. The bank that is not so large or old as to be forgetful of its customers' wants and needs, and is as strong as any of them. Is the designated depository of the great state of North Carolina. It makes loans at the legal rate of interest when satisfactory balances are maintained, and every accommodation and courtesy (ex tended customers in keeping with sound banking. We invite you to open an account . R. P, Rankin, Pres. A. G. Myers, Cashier. Capital and Surplus, $75,000 Belongs to and No. 5 L. D. investigation of the cotton pool has raised a rumpus. It was announced yesterday that the Investigation would be postponed a few days and a hope was created in the financial district of New York that the whole matter, would be abandoned. A lit tie later, however, the announce ment was made that other witness es would be called and that even a more searching investigation than was at first contemplated would be made. The Attorney General and the government are both being se verely criticised in many quarters, especially by the cotton manufac turers, for this action, it being al leged that the government forces are being Invoked by the New York speculators who contracted for more than they could deliver and who are seeking a way to nullify their con tracts. Whatever the truth regard ing the matter may be it is certain that Mr. Wickersham stirred up a hornet's nest somewhere when he took upon himself the burden of this investigation. The census of 1900 showed that there were 1429 Cherokee Indians in the tenth district, which embrac es the counties of Swain, Jackson, Graham and Cherokee. IMPORTANT NOTICE. The publishers desire to call to the attention of all Gazette subscribers the fact that the paper Is now op erated strictly on a cash-in-advance basis as far as subscriptions are con cerned. Every paper is promptly discontinued the day the subscrip tion expires, this rule being applied with impartiality. A postal card no tice is sent every subscriber at least a week before (his time expires In or der that none may fail to have knowledge of the exact date of ex plration. If you do not want the paper discontinued please see that vour remittance for renewal is in our hands not later than the date of ex plration of your subscription. Re mittance should be made by postof dee money order, express money or der or clieck. It Is unsafe to send money through the mans and the subscriber takes the risk when send ng It. Any failure on the part of ubscribers to receive the paper promptly should be reported at this office and the matter will be thor oughly investigated. HOW EYESTONES ACT .... Their Movements When Placed In Lirno Juice or Vinegar. HAVE APPEARANCE OF LIFE. Their Motion Is Caused by Carbonic Aeid Gas Evolvod by Contact With th Liquid Acid Th CUansing Pro. mi ins Journey Ovor the Eyeball. ' The drnrclst took small bottle from a drawer and emptied from It a few tiny object thai looked like flat round bit of pollubwl bout. B pick ed op one and baudd It over for In spection. One. side of It was marked with numerous concentric grooves. V Tbat la ao eyentone." Mk1 tbe drag- gist lie poured a tablespoonful or so of liquid out of a buttle Into a saucer like dlsb and dilated It wltb water "And tbla." aald be. "is a weak solu. Hon of lime Juice." Tbe druggist took one of tbe ey est ones and placed It In tbe solution. Prwwntly It began to move as If It were alive. It made Its way slowly about In different direc tions In tbe liquid In a mysterious manoer. That strange movement of tbe eye- stone," said tbe druggist "when plac ed In a weak solution of lime Juice or vinegar ban glveu rise among Ignorant and superstitious people to tbe notion that It has life aod tbat It loves vine gar and loves to swim In It above all things. Rut tbere la no more life In an eyestone than tbere Is In a paring stone It ta compoiwd of calcareous material and when placed In tbe solu tions named la made to move about by carbonic add gas. wbicb Is evolved by contact wltb tbe liquid acid. "These little stoues and all genuine eyestoues once were tbe front doors.' so to speak, of tbe shells of a little molluscous animal that lives along tbe South American east coasts. Tbe shell of that little creature In a univalve. This calcareous formation 4s on the tip end of the mollnsk. and when It draws Itself Into Its shell to escape danger or go to sleep tbe end. of course. Is tbe last part tbat Is drawn Into the cavity or moutb of tbe sbell. where It fits so closely and Is so bard tbat It affords perfect protection to tbe animal against Its enemies from without. The natives collect these Uttle mol lusks In large numbers for no other purpose tban to secure tbe eyestones. as we call tbem. and tbey bold tbem In great awe. believing tbem to pos sess supernatural attributes. Bailors on tbe vessels engaged In tbe fruit trade with those regions obtain the stones from the natives and bring tbem here for sale to tbe wholesale druggists, and tbere was a time wnen the demand for tbem generally was quite large. Tbere is nothing better to remove foreigu substances from the eye tban one or these South American eye stones, wbicb use Is wbat gives them their name. Many people think tbat before using them it Is necessary to put them In vinegar to give tbem life,' but It Is not necessary at alL Tbe stone Is Inserted at one corner of tbe eye, wltb tbe grooved side next to tbe lid. Tbe pressure of tbe eyeball forces it to move about in tbe eye. and tbe grooves collect tbe foreign matter and retain It After making a thor ough circuit of the eye tbe stone will come out at the corner next to the nose. No inconvenience Is caused by Its presence. Tbere are other eyestones. In tbe bead of our common crawfish there are two little bones, just back of and beneatb tbe eyes, which resemble tbe 8outb American eyestones. about tbe only difference being that tbey are smooth all over Instead of grooved on' one side. These crawfish bones are knowu as eyestones and are used as sucb in tbe west but tbey have none of the virtues of tbe real eyestone. Their proper name Is crab stones, in Poland and parts of Russia quite a trade Is found In tbe collecting of these crab stones. Tbe crawfisb are taken and burled In deep pits, where tbey are left to die and rot Tbe refuse Is then washed and tbe stones are picked out They are not used in those countries as eyestones, but are taken internally, faith in their beueu cent stomachic properties being great" New Fork Press. Only One Message The lady of tbe bouse where tbey use a "party line" told tbe new maid to repeat to ber any message. Then tbe lady went shopping. When she returned she summoned tbe maid. "Did you receive any message for me. Jane 7" sbe inquired. "Only one. ma'am. 1 thought 1 beard tb' bell ring, ma'am, an' 1 took down tb' receiver. : ma'am, an' just then a voice said, 'listening again, are you, you old snoop T "Cleveland Plain Dealer. . . The Old Mill. Tourist in Holland I suppose, my good man. that mill bas ground out your living for a 'good many years? Gentleman of Marten Bless you. nol Tbe old sback hasn't run for twenty years. I make a better living renting it aa a model to American artists. Judge. Paps Enjoined. "I call this tbe Hmlf "How nowf "A young cub has enjoined roe from Interfering wltb bis attentions to my daughter." Kansas City Journal. Philosophy Is nothing but discretion. SehJen. Ill HYPOTHESIS One of the Most Interesting Prop ' ositions of Science. v WHAT ir ACTUALLY MEANS. That the 8un. Planets and All Matter Were Ones a Vast Mass of Inoan descent Gas All Jumbled Together In sit Enormous Chaotic Cloud. , . Everybody bas beard the phrase, tbe nebula hypothesis, but wbat Is ltjr In s few words this la tbe meaning of "nebula hypothesis:" That tbe sun. the planets and ail tbat is lu then were at one time In tbe inconceivably remote past a vast mass of chaotic, in- andesceut gas all Jumbled together is an enormous uubula. or cloud. - n To begin wltb. tbe first conception that science bas dared to make, bow ever, takes us oue step further back Without mentioning tbe origin of mat ter Itself science conceives tbat In tbe beginning all matter waa uniformly distributed throughout space - that tbere were no stars, no planets, no satellites, but tbat all space was Oiled with the matter we now have divided up Into very fine particles some dis tance apart . Tbe consistency of such material was perforce very thin in deed, much more rarefied than tbe highest vacuum we cau obtain now by air pumps. From this state to the nebulous Htate tbe theory bas a miss ing link, one tbat cau only be Satisfied by supposing divine command, for- it assumes, lu the words of Professor Todd, that "gradually centers of at traction formed and these centers pull ed in toward themselves other parti- cles. As a result of tbe Id ward fall- lng of matter toward these centers, tbe collision of its particles and their fric tion upon each other tbe material masses grew hotter arid hotter. Nebu lae seeming to fill tbe entire heavens were formed luminous fire mist like the filmy objects still seen In tbe sky. though vaster and exceedingly numer ous." This process is supposed to have gone on for countless ages, faster in some regions than in others. Many million nebulae were formed and set in rotation around their own axes. This happily can be explained by science. Whenever particles are attracted to ward a center and are kept from fall ing directly to this center a whirlpool is formed, rotating in one direction. An example of this, though humble and not exactly analogous, is the rota tion of water In a basin when tbe stop per Is pulled out of tbe bottom. 'Gravi ty attracts tbe water Immediately above the bole, which starts flowing out. thus leaving a space to be filled. The rest of tbe water rushes in from all sides to do this, and the whirlpool is tbe result. Now each of these whirling nebulae became exceedingly hot and each formed wbat is known as a star or sun. our sun being one. Tbe earth and other planets bad not then come Into separate existence, of course, as it Is supposed tbat they were thrown off later from the sun. Our sun In Its nebulous form and ro tating swiftly on its axis gradually flattened at its poles on account of centrifugal motion. This phenomenon is entirely familiar to those who have seen a ball of clay on a potter's wheel gradually flatten, Tbe motion was so swift and tbe mass so nebulous that the sun to be took tbe shape of a disk. Aa time went on the outer part be came cool and somewhat -rigid, while the Inner part continued Its cooling and contracting. Thus the Inner part drew away from the outer, leaving a ring of matter' whirling around on the outsidev This breaking off of tbe ring is supposed to be hastened by the in ability of the outside to keep up tbe swift motion of the central mass, both on account of tbe slight cohesion and of the centrifugal force. But this par ticular part of tbe argument bas noth ing to stand on if the first law of mo tion Is true. In the successive stages of tbe sun's contraction this process was repeated over and over again, until several rings were whirling around the central orb. They would necessarily be In the same plane. Now. these rings, not being uniform In mass or thickness, would eacb'gradually accumulate to ward tbe densest portion until tbey, too, would form a ball which would subsequently flatten, and if the sub stance continued nebulous and the ball -was large enough they would also slough rings. Of course the rings the sun discard ed have become the planets, which, as required by the theory, are all very nearly in tbe same plane. 'The rings that the planets formed .have become moons or satellites. So we are driven to conclude tbat our sun at one time filled all tbe spaoe from bis present position to tbe farthest planef in the solar system. . ., Prom this theory there is another thing tbat we have to believe, and tbat Is tbat every star in tbe heavens bas gone through this same process and bas a family of planets sailing around It just aa our sun -has. It would be Impossible to see these planets, of course, for It is impossible to sea a star, even with tbe greatest telescope, except as a mere point of light . As regards the proving of this neb ula hypothesis, of course it cannot be done. But everything points to Its ac curacy. Many nebulae are seen even now among tbe stars tbat seem to be coins: through tbe delayed process of world forming. Around one of tbe planets of our own solar system. Bat urn, are three rings, which are proba bly destined in time to become moons. 4n tbe opinion of some scholars. A. T. Dodge in New York Tribune. Are You Satisfied With Your Present Income? , ., . . , i t i . - . v , - ; , . If not, now is the the time to start a bank ao , count It is easy to save when you get the habit of ' making a weekly or a monthly deposit - When your account reaches respectable proportions you can then , invest your savings and materially increase your in come. -We take deposits lage or small. - ' , v The First National Bank . ' Gastonia, N. C v . ; ; . Gaston County's Oldest and Largest Bank, L. L. JENKINS, PRESIDENT J. LEE ROBINSON, R. R. RAY, Dbnt Hunt Elsewhere till you see Us and get Our Prices on Groceries, -Produce, Dry Goods, Etc. We carry the best lines of Flour, Coffee, Canned Goods, Etc and will sell as cheap . . as anybody. Ford Brothers 220 Poplar Street New Arrivals This Week at Thomson We have just received a large shipment of New Organdies and Lawns, Muslin Underwear, Ladies' Wash Suits, Ladies' Neckwear, Em broideries, Etc. Special attention is called to our Millinery Department. A big ship ment of all the new shapes is Just in. Gall and see them. All the latest and newest fads in Ladies' and Children's Parasols. Thomson I Am Offering a Few Good These lots are worth the money asked for . '. them, and will sell. If interested See, phone or write me at once George E. Haithcock Most anything and everything in Gastonia Real Estate Office upstairs in Glenn Ant often oat of office moving Phone "Ro. 288 or 8. G. Pry's " Pay your poll tax before the first of May or you cannot rote. A- cut of three cents per gallon was made in the price of whiskey in Cincinnati yesterday. s I Every .. Gaston ' county . Democrat shoud see that his poll tax is paid before May 1st. Pont disfranchise yourself. - . ." " ' 1ST V. PRES. 2ND V. PRESIDENT. S. N. BOYCE, CASHIER For Bargains for cash, according to quality PHONE 24 Opposite Modena Mills. Merc. Co.'; Merc. Co. for Sale Today ' Vacant Lots Building, Main Avenue around over town. Try Office residence No. 264. . Gastonia Cotton. These figures) represent the prices: paid to wagons, April 22nd: " Good middling . ... . .. " 1 Strict middling ... .. . . . .14 8-S Middling : ... . . . ; -1 Cotton eed ....J. ;....10 : Pay your poll tax before the first of May or you cannot Tote. - - ) - I.
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