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The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
$500 Reward.

For number Of years the lower part OF
Chico Township, Pitt County. has been
the scene OF numerous iEcendiary ires and
othfr acts OF lag essness OF late incen.
diar.sm has been wen more fregnent.
On the morning If Sept IN ber nth. J. j.
Laugbinghouse lost a Gin House. To-
baccn, &c: this wss followed OF the morn.
ing OF October 18th, by the burning ~ the
Tobacco Il ck Hcuee Of Rryan Grimes.
short while since Mrs j. H. -aunders
aIso suffered from tree OF the same origin
In view OF these aggravated ofenses the
Governor of North Carolina has offered
1900 reward for the apprt hension Of these
Grim malls, The Board of Commissioners
nf 1T County fer az additional 800. J.
J. Laughinghouse Uffcr- 800 and j. BRYAN
Grimes offers 800 reward. Total 81 .eOU
reward. Daring the month OF November
the Gin Eouse Of W. l.. Smith was burned
With heavy -: also the Gin Eouse Of K
+. III son was fred The circumstances
surrounding thee cases, with such in.
formation as se caa give convir ce us that
| q shreTd, competent man can easily in .
sho-t time terre tout the author or authors
| Of these crimes.
J.J. LAUGHINGHOU3 3F.
J. BRYAN GRIMES.
| Grimesland, Plttcounty, y. c., Lee. /, 81.
declS-tt
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
Bucklen's Arnica Salva.

ihe best salve in the world fo,
cuts bruises, sores, ulcers, sal,
rheum' fever sores, letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns, and All
SKIN erupt'ons, and positively cures
plles,or no pay required. 1t is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale at John Y. Mac
Eaes
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31

The sheriff of Cabarrus county
d'dn,t q have to serve big break
last to to the inmates of the ;a;l at
Concord Friday morning. Three
prisoners, Leroy Gray, Jim Todd
and John Kiser broke Jail. They
cut through the iron grating to
their cell, then lowered themselves
to the ground below. Gray and
Todd are the Rowan cotton thieves
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31

The children's health must not
De neglected. Cold in the head
causes catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm
cures at once. 1t is perfectly safe
and is easily applied into the nos.
tr'ls' The worst cases yielding to
it. Price soc.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
ELI GIBSON.
D4AOORATIU EX. COM.

ri,ns atirs c Of the State Democratic Exec
md w ooo0nnittee Called for March
patic r'lnS ~ Of the State Demo-
&en COLI nA1Cu'lve Committee has
Alei'Jta 1 called d. by Chairman ssri Smith, at at
N92'ns, ;, Wednesday, March End,
tte sa1 ~ ! o'clock a. m. to fix a
VA 4 S,'. place, and issue the call
csa,sct;Se. e Convention, and for the
\ NAV Vn OF such other business
Member rlsoperly "s P come before it.
nb. DIS e,s.' Of the committee are urged
aportannt, nt'll' as this will be a very
ieetlng. If.
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sep21-1y
A Little Girls Experience in Light
house.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are
keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at
Sand Beech, Miss, and are blessed
with daughter, four years old.
Last April she syas taken down
with measles, followed with dread
ful cough and turning into a fever.
Doctors at home and at Detroit
,reated her. but in vain, she grew
worse rapidly, until she was mere
handful of bones." Then she tried
DR.. Kings New Discovery and at
ter the use of two and half bot
ties, was completely cured. They
say DR.. Kings New Discovery Ii
worth it's weight in gold, yet yo'
may get trial bottle free at Johl
Y. Mac Rae's drug store.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
A Mrs. Higgins, the Cast

A Mrs. Higgins, the Gastonla
Gazette says, was hanged in Nor
canton, before the war. tor the muir
dsr Of her husband. They lived IN
Mcdowell county. The woman
chopped her husband up with an
axe. put the pieces in the fire, and
sat up keeping a fire over them all
night.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31

The colored folks Of Gastonia'
under the leadership Of Niles Watts,
tell the Gazette they mean to break
up petty stealing among thel'
color by striking the culprit the
necessary number of lashes and
then going before the law them
selves.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
INV Daughter's Life

Was saved by Hoods Sarsapar'lla
saws Mr.. B. 3. Jones, of Alma,
Maine. "She had seven running
sores in different places on her body
but since giving her Hoods Sarsa-
parilla she has become we'll, strong
and healthy"
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
MILLER & LINDSAY.
District Agts tor North Carolina,
RALEIGH NJ O.

RALEIGH, n. O.
Office in Henry Building, immeds~tel,
n front of Postoffice Lock Box 373.
If you want to know what policy vii
;ost cut this out, filling in the blanss, ane
nail to us. We will return you estimst.
md one of our calendars:
Amount ...
Age (nearest Birthday.
Name. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Address. ..................,..
apr l-tilla:
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
A Money Maker.

1t is 50 hard to get employment
now and so hard to make money,
that l know others would like to
know how they can make a little
money, as l have done. Tell your
subscribers they canget all the Jew
elry, tableware, knives, forks and
spoons they can place, and make
S25 a week. The plating outfit
costs $5. | bought mine from H. F.
Delno & Co., of Columbus, O. 1t
plates gold, silver and nickel. l did
$40 worth cfplating the first day.
lhe work is done so nicely that
everybody seeing it wants work
done. This machineis the greatest
money maker ever saw. Why
should any one be out of employ
ment or ort of money, when they
can, by using my experience, always
have money in the house
and have a little to spend too?
Any one can get circulars by ad-
dressing H. F. Demo & Co., Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
X. JARRETT.
sep2l-1y
"A correspondent of the Ashevil'e
Democrat, writing from Estatoe,
Mitchell county, says that is the
most healthy country in the United
States; only eight deaths in a
population of 1000 in this township
in one year. Only one person has
been under the care of a physician
in the past fourteen months.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
WHY IS 1T ?

,;.,. Prize to the Chronicle Reader
VIM lI Furnishes a Correct Answer.
f.v wears ago a certain farmer
a fAv miles from the nearest
t,.p lie had no market in which
\ sll or buy. 1t did not concern
In what was the price of wheat,
f,rnn, cr pork in the markets of
4, world. He raised a supply of
|',op, mutton, beef, poultry and
[.retabIes. He raised his own
(a,,s, and cattle. The family
[i,sed the seed with their hands
E-on the cotton by the fireside after
tppper-the good wife spun, wove,
nj and made the garments for a
insp children. Once a year a
bad Of hides, horns, turkeys and
bbr valuable truck was carried
INV miles to town and sold in re-
Srn for coffee, sugar, and a new
Er.s, or two. The farmer used to
k.ate. with satisfaction, that he
pvel no man anything, that he had
|sad a large family of healthy
rn aad daughters, that
hs land was in good condition and
bat he had a fine lot of stock.
One day railroad came along
nacouple of miles OF the farm,
sll atogn was built within six
pls, The old farmer was now in
contact with the outside world; the
result vas that in ten years his
tm wa mortgaged, be ceased to
raise cattle, hogs, horses, sheep,
corn and wheat, and kept we'll in.
formed about the markets Of the
world. Oar question is this:
WHY WAS THIS FARMER MADE
tR BY BEING BROUGHT INTO
CONTACT WITH THE WORLD?
l0the person writing the best
answer before February lst we vii
gVe'ne years subscription to tht
DAILY STATE CHRONICLE. An
"'s' II short, will be printed in
sF% columns. No long answer
s'l'Fd' as We have room only fol
short letters.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31

re sons insured
Insured under Limited the
II from 81 to
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
Surplus.......... so, ,9Sl ,233 IS

When solicited to insure in other Comn.
mes, remember that THE MUTUALlTFI
INSURANCE COMFY OF New York is emit.
Aed 10 your first consideration. since i,
nolcs the foremost place among the .;t.
INSURANCE Institutions of the world. and
oHers superior advantages in all the fe..
lures OF business, together With uneaualled
nnanclal security.
lit is the OLDEST active life In,pr.
alice Company in this country.
1T is the LARGEST Lite Insurance Com.
pany in the world.
o'-it ls the STRONGEST financial institu.
nOn IN the world. it's asaets amorntjno
to more than $147 ,OnO, ,Os,O.
TT ls the SAFEsT Company ID which t.
insure.
'.-It ls the CHEAPEST Company in whlc.
to insure. Its large dividend returns
reduce the final cost Of Insurance to
minimum.
st is the BEST. Company in which to
insure. as it combines all the advan.
tages OF age, large and select mem.
bership, financial strength, absolute
security, and the cheapest insurance
that ls honestly possible under any
contract which has definite value to
the beneficiary
7. 1t has no stockholders to claim any
part Of the profits The assets and
surplns all belong to the insured
8.-lts ratio OF expenses to receipts shove
tie most economical management.
.. Its NEW Policy is the most liberai ave,
offered by any Insurance Company.
O.-It places 40 RE>TaIorIoNs upon Tray
81, Occupation or Residence after be
ing two years in force.
IL. Being practically NoN-FoRFEIrAB1E
and [NCONTEsTABI.E it provinces iegs.
CIV and not lawsuit
/. 1t Is the SIMPLEST aud most compre-
henslve torn OF Insurance Contract
ever issued. If the Policyhol er pays
his Premium while he lives. the Com.
pany will pay the tuii vaiue Of hl,
Policy when he dies.
'3.-Ail CLAIMS are paid i'm ,,Uno.
acceptance of pro fs OF >o-...
i4,-Ihe DISTRIBUTION Policy G. unis Iom
pany presents most attractive in
vestment feature. it not only accu
muiates the surplus arising from the
premiums over the cost OF the insuf
ance on each policy in force durin,
the Distribution period, but incr ease
it by compound interest
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31

'RsoS STATION, Richmond
'VD''y' y. When the railroad
! r''' and he had a market so near
''1 ~ ana he could get the news from
%r'r %ss markets, how cheap corn and
~, .,,H :, was he concluded to buy the
~ '' VI ais corn and bacon and quit
sna. ils On hIs farm everything his
A 'r' needed and all the stock on
/, h, ,''ln' 50 he made a change in
s. S way Of farming. He depends Oh
nt.- LOUIS or Baltimore or some
AMI A. :. '@Faway town for his supplies
,,i ,1 n :, Ten Years he is a poor man,
H. " ne had continued farming
e,., N5 dld before the railroads
s,a ' ne would have made a sue.
h., "uu 'he railroad would have
4 ~ some help to him. So I think
viii I :, mad not come in contacr
isr nle us world; that is, had no mar
tea 9 :, nm, 1t would have beer
ELI GIBSON.
The state chronicle., 1892-01-31
Notice Of Dissolution,

The firm heretofore doing business
at Wake Forest, n c., under the name
of r. L. Brewer & Co is this day dis
solved by mutual consent.
The business will be continued at
The old stand by w. H. Edwards who
will pay the debts of the firm and with
whom all accounts due the same must
be settled.
W. II. EDWARDS,
r. l. BREWER.
Dec 81, 1891. ja-S 4w
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
GROWN AixU oCEPTER.

The emperor OF Austria writes to the
pope every week.
Ex-King Milan Of Servia is the most fire.
ouent royal theater goer in Europe.
Princess Mary of Teck is celebrated "a
being one of the best dancers in London.
Queen Victoria is one Of those few peo-
pie now living who knew Sir Walter Scott
personally.
The German kaiser recently surprised
his cooks and solutions by invading the i'm
perial kitchen without notice. He was es-
corted, CT course, by tie steward of the
household.
Spain's little king takes a daily drive in
a carriage drawn by four mules, which are
selected instead Of horses because they are
safer and never get impatient, no matter
how long the royal lad keeps them waiting
when ne Ieav es the carriage in the Padro
to play.
The ear has taken to boxing as his IA
vorite form CT indoor exercise, but the diff
Guilty is to get any one to stand before him
with tie gloves, except his brotherin-law,
young Waldemar (the sailor prince of Den
mark, whose jaw the czar is said to have
nearly broken at a recent bout.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
out little domestic UfIss and loved not rc
he with his r,ar1nerD

| out little domestic UfIss and loved not TO
be with his partner"
Lamartine, the great French poet, was
| happily married and received great aid
from his wife in all his undertakings
Button told his friend that his wife had
a great influence over his composition. 81
am always refreshed and aided by her adj
| vice"
Sir Walter Raleigh married beautiful
| girl eighteen years his junior, and she
adored him with increasing ardor to the
very last.
Beaconsfeid married a lively young
widow, who made him perfectly happy,
and he never lost an occasion of singing
her praises.
| Moliere was married to wife who made
| him miserable, aud Rousseau lived a most
wretched life with his wife, who was low
| and illiteraGe.
| The wife OF Christopher North had more
| influence over him than any other person
| in the world and her death was his great
est misfortune
Shakespeare lost the sympathies of the
world by marrying Anne Hathaway, a
woman eight years his senior, who was
coarse and ignorant.
The great Dante was married to notori-
| GUS scold, and when he was in exile he had
no desire TO see her, although she was the
mother OF his six children.
Dryden married discord in noble
wife" and Addison sold himself to a cross
grained old countess, who made him pay
dearly for all she gave him.
OF the great artist, Domenichino, it is
told that he married lady of high birth
and great beauty, who was such viraga
that it is believed she poisoned him.
Steele, Sterne, Churchill, Coleridge, By
ron and Shelley were all married unhap-
PLY, and Bulwer and / .kens have been
known by all the world as indifferent hus-
bands
Dr. Johnson's wife was old enough to be
his mother, but "he continued TO be under
the illusions of the wedding day until she
died at the age of sixty-four," he being
only forty-three.
Sir Waleer Scott was a genius of the
very first order He succeeded in every
department. of letters, but his greatest hap
piness was in his wife. He married her
after short acquaintance, and it was
genuine love match, lasting until the day
of her death.
The younger Ppliny thus speaks of his
wife, Calphurnia: Her affection for me
has given her a turn lor books. Her pas
sion will increase with our days, for it is
not my youth nor my person that she loves.
but my reputation and my glory Of which
she is enamored."
Milton was not great in the character Of
husband and father We read Of him that
his first wife was disguised with his
gloomy house and soon ran away from
him, and his daughters were left to grow
up utterly neglected.
On this side of the ocean we are proud Of
the domestic purity and happiness of most
OF our NOTED men. LoRgfellow, Ertisrsoa,
Alcott. Holmes, Lowell, Hawthorne--ail
down the long and glorious list we can
proudly point to genius sanctified by do
nestle. love, and hone the less happy be-
cause they were literary people.-Wri0er.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
FEMININE FANCiEs.

Senator Chambers two nieces, Miss Alice
and Miss Kate Chandler, are two pretty
girls who ride good deal and ride well
Mrs. Heber Newton has the reputation
of being one of the few women who would
never consent TO have photograph taken
or portrait painted.
At Lexington, Miss. Miss Dixie Cole Is
the express agent, Miss Emily Wright is
the postmistress and Miss Mollie Hoskins
has charge of the telegraph Office.
Miss Louise Ward McAllister, the new
vice regent of the New York Daughters OF
the Revolution, is a tall, dark young
woman, with plain face but most
stylish figure.
Miss Alice Wilmerding, who is undoubt-
eddy the handsomest young girl in Wash
ington, is a good rider. She has ridden
since she was |. child and has good judg-
ment and plenty of courage. She has a su-
perbiy nodded figure.
Nine. Gauthereau, in Recamier gown
of pale blue Picking, with short waist and
top of corsage in white lace fixed at shout
ders and bust, with diamond butterflies,
was the sensation at recent ball at the
Hotel Continental in Paris.
Miss Constance Lodge can ride as well
IS her father, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
and can outride her brother on the road or
cross country. She looks well in the sad
die. as though she were quite easy and at
home, aud is one of the quiet riders.
The new Lady Arlington is not yet
twenty years of age, while her husband is
sixty-eight and the father Of several chill
dren older than the bride. He is popularity
known by the nickname Of ''Bunnie," and
IS a great fayorite at Marlborough House.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, wife of the phil
anthropist and iron prince, is an amateur
photographer of several years. standing
Mrs. Carnegie took up photography by
herself and has gone on without any in
struction other than that gained by expe-
rience.
Mrs. John T. Adair, the American wife
of an Irish gentlemen, has an Irish castle,
an English estate and big Texas cattle
ranch, but discards them all for the charms,
of London life. She was Miss Wads-
worth twenty years or so ago, member
of well known Tennessee family of that
name,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
FIN, FEATHER AND FUR.

1t is said that in China there are cats
that have dropping ears.
The enterprise of stocking the rivers OF
Arkansas and Missouri with the rainbow
trout of California is said to be a most
gratifying success.
The frog, owing to it's peculiar struc-
ture, cannot breathe with the mouth open;
and, if it were forcibly kept open, the
creature would die of sstfocation.
Four years ago the United States gov.
eminent planted quantity Of whitefish
spawn in klamath lake, Or. This year
mature fish have been caught in abun-
dance in those waters.
To protect itself from the rain the orang-
outang crooks its arms over its head The
hair on the orang's upper arm points down
ward, while on the lower arm it points up
ward, the apparent purpose being to shed
the rain like thatch.
A snake moves by means Of the ribs and
the scales on the abdomen, to which each
rib is attached by set Of short muscles
These scales take hold of the surface over
which the serpent may be passing. and in
that manner aid the creature to glide.
A camel of the largest size has been
known to drink from thirty to fifty gal
Ions and then travel without water for
twenty days. The water remains pure, and
numerous instances are on record in which
human life has been saved in the desert by
killing camel and using the water frou
its stomach
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
POWDER AND BALL.

Italy is rivaling England both in the
number and the quality of her torpedo
cruisers.
The Improvements in shrapnel shell dur
ing the past few years have made great adj
ditions to the man killing power of artil-
lery.
The Berthier rife that the French are
arming their troops with will not, it is
thought, answer the purpose when the new
smokeless powders are used.
II is rumored abroad that the Mannlicher
rifles. with which the German army is
armed. will shortly be either supplanted
by another type of still smaller caliber or
else be materially modified and certain de-
fects remedied.
The organized militia of the United
States consists of 101,52l enlisted men,
commanded by S.S79 commissioned officers,
besides ,2tS staff officers, making q total
aggregate OF III, 94S naen. The number OF
men in the United States available for mil
itary duty. unorganized, is S, s05,55e.
Secretary Elkins has directed that the
designation Of the insJit7tioa known as the
post canteen' be changed to the post ex-
change" This action is taken because OF
a tendency on the part of the public 10 as
sociate the word ~canteen'' with that arti-
Gle of a soldiers outfit intended to carry
water, but sometimes used for carrying
spirituous liquor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
SNAP SHOTS.

The Photographic Society of Philadel-
phia, one of the oldest in the country,
which has been foremost in advancing the
scientific branch of photography, has
moved into large and well arranged quar-
tiers on Eighteenth street.
Many amateurs now prefer making Ian
tern slides Of their best work rather than
paper prints, the enlargement, when
thrown upon canvas, bringing out the
beauty of detail and effect which the eye
cannot entirely grasp in so condensed a
form as a paper print must necessarily
convey.
Mr.. friedrich E. Ives, at meeting of she
Franklin institute, Philadelphia, showed
some pictures Of the Yellowstone region in
which coloBs were reproduced. Mr.. Ives
makes simultaneously three negatives,
each one representing the portion of the
image photographed produced by par
ticular color.s
The latest thing in the lantern line is
said to have been made in London, and
consists OF a cox at the lantern In which
the slides are placed, and SO arranged that
by the pressure Of an electric button they
are passed into another box after being
brought into position in'ths lantern, the
lecturer thus having full control of the
lantern.
The following para-amidophenol devel-
oper of great energy is recommended by
DR.. Elder: Potassium meta bisuiphite thir-
ty parts. dissolved in boiling water 500
parts, and ten parts para-amidophenol
Carbohydrate is added after which sufi-
Gent caustic soda is slowly added to redis-
solve the precipitate. For use only one
part of the solution is required with fifty
Darts water
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
EPlCUREAN MORSELS.


Where one lump Of sugar was sufficient
to sweeten coffee it now requires three.
Shrimp appear. to be out of gastronomic
fashion SO far as society feasting" goes.
Some of this seasons wedding cake has
been rich enough to take tript to Europe.
This is an era of the chatting dish, and
great are the uses to which it is now de-
voted.
Gladstone is said to be one of the most
pronounced believers in the efficacy of stale
bread.
A London caterer boasts that pineapple
Is the foundation for two dozen desserts he
makes.
You cannot make bricks without straw.
nor good cake without plenty Of butter
and sugar.
Roasted rice is something new and al
legged to be Chinese. It is ''just splendid'
for indigestion.
To enhance the ..idelieiousness' Of fried
oysters use olive oil instead Of either lard
or butter.-New York Mail and Express.