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foT3TE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY or STATE,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
RALEIGH N. c., lle. 81, 1895.
In compliance with Section 9of AN Act
TO consolidate the Insurance Laws of North
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Utons, j certify that the above is a true copy
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! a young girls life
there comes a time
when the careless
innocence Of child
hood changes to the
modest, blushiug
maidenly self con
seriousness of APP
preaching maturity.
The eye is brighter /;
the form is roundcr;
there is a touch Of
shy coquetry in the
glance: the girl has
become a woman
She has entered that
critical period so full
of happy possibil-
tiles, yet so hcdgcd
about with the ply
steal sufferings and
dangers peculiar to
her sex.
It has been said
| that TO be a woman is
to suffer. Too often
this is true. 4 gO-
man S whole nature
is so bound up in the
special functions Of
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STATE OF NORTH CAPOLIEA,
OFFICE or SECRETARY OF STAT
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
RALEIGH, N. g. Dec 81, '95
Ia com lance with ecriOn Of AN Act
to Goa, olidab- the Insurance Laws of
North ( aroiina ! Certi that the above
is trg extract from the sworn state
merit cf the UNITED St4tes Branch of the
Pro- iX ssuTance Company n Deem
ben 3lsJ 1855. now on file Ia this dep TT
meat
G. NJ COOKE
Secretary OF State.
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john Nichols. when the National
Republican party makes its nomination
for President the great bulk of the
Republican party will drop into line
notwithstanding the different views
they may now entertain in regard 10
The tariff, finance, etc, and when the
National party makes its nomination
the great bulk Of the Democrats will
support that, Notwithstanding their
present differences. These little side
issues, street-corner threats OF boiling,
etc, will amount to nothing when the
great issue comes.
"But what about the Popuists?'
"Oh, / think the two greater ele-
ments will absorb the smaller ones
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MAY DE THERE YET.
-Four EnElfshmen who Died on Q
Warm Island In the Year 1916.
From tie Lewiston Journal.

FROM tie Lewiston Journal.
Uncle Robert William Quinby OF Lewis
ton says that he has travelled in all tho
warm countries of the globe and that he
has been in the coolest ATTITUDES He does
not think that we have such very hot
wea ther. II people would make provision
for the hot days as they do in India he
thinks we should not notice IL so much
But" says he. THE warmest weather
that L ever experienced was on a small
island called Johns Biscuit, of Cape
Gracias, on Honduras. The Elizabeth
Jennings. on which | sailed In 1870. from
Portland. stopped there for water, and a
boats crew went ashore for IL II
was a little volcanic island and awful dry
and hot We didn't know whether there
would be water there no. but we did
ma spring with stream az large. az a
broom handle pouring out ali the Time
And do you believe me, The water was
dried up and soaked up before il had run
four feet In the sand. The place was COW
cred with dried trees, and "A little distance
away was what looked like a hLt--a hab-
ltaton Tor man. We went in and found
the shrunken remains of four men, sailors
probably who had died in one night, to
Judge from appearances. one was sitting
In chair one lying on the floor and two
leaning against the wall in sitting posi-
ton. There was dry food on the table,
dry meat in a box and everything was
burning dry.
"A letter in the pocket OF one man was
dated Liverpool, 1876. and on the table was
a bottle with note in IT, evidently intend-
four English seamen marooned by a cap
tain left to die. The note was dated 1876
and i suppose they had been there dead in
that hut for over thirty years. and they
dried right up. We left them where we
found them"
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and by that I mean that they will follow
the lines of the figure. The proper overcoat
for demi-dress is the long. straight, close
fitting Chesterfield, long enough to cover
the Prince Albert, and made in the same
motive, In rough-faced goods.
The business mans overcoat is double
or single-breasted box. The single-breasted
Is better, because the lapels and collar,
which Is velvet, of the double breasted coat
have to be very large. The covert coat is
useful for Informal wear, strap seams loose
front. tight back. big patch pockets. Quite
horsey garment. in fact. Then there is
another extreme covert, even shorter and
squarer, almost like a pea-jacket, hardly
available for general USE"
Bicycle Breeches.
us 1t true" l asked, that it's fashion
able to have patches on the seats of BIZ
cycle breeches of the same material as the
cuffs?"
mo, that's a fad"
at looks very funny from behind" ven
tured.
Cant help it. Fools have to have odd
things. By the way. the cuffs of really ex-
pensive wheeling brooches now button ex-
actly in front, not on the side. Boomers
are no longer worn. The correct cut is
loose. but not long and not at all baggy.
Mixed cloth with plenty Of color is used in
the breeches. but the coat is of different
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favorite. slight modification of this Is a
graduated club tie, narrow at the Knot ana
widening at the ends. Wheelmen will wear
the hunting stock.
"a radical departure this season Will be a
new stock, much like the ones Beau Brum-
mel used to wear, with Bishop points or
linen falling over it, You know; the kind
some of the women have been wearing this
summer Practically it consists Of two
bands. one higher than the other. 1t may
be too radical to succeed, but 1t has been
taken up by one of the best houses In the
city,"
Fabrics for Suits.
1.-THE selection of suit fabrics is doubtless
of Importance I suggested.
'The good, old rough-faced cloths will be
in the lead" said Mr.. Connolly. Scotch
and English goods in heather mixtures
with plenty of life in them-you take the
colors in any of the Scotch clan tartans
and crImble them up fine all through a
web in differing proportions and you have
an infinite variety of good weaves. Greens
will be in favor, and reds and browns in
mixture.
There is no change in dress suits-never
is. Oh maybe. some trif1ing alteration in
the lapel, seam, collar or other trif1es that
even tailor wouldn't notice, but nothing
radical. The silk-lined sleeveless Inverness
cape Is the correct outer wear with full
dress. Prince Alberts will be the coats for
formal occasi ons-black or dark blue with
fancy cashmere trousers. Trousers, by the
way, will be pretty nearly pegtops; loose
from the knee up, tight from the knee
down.
THE three-button cutaway will be worn
always is. But the Prince Albert is the
more formal and the favorite with really
well-clad men. Rough-faced vicuna is a
good fabric with trousers of fancy cassi-
mere or worsted. Patent leather Shoes al
ways. go with full or formal dress. Coats
will fit better than they ever did before,
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Creek. The camp has also it's darker side
am told that it is not worse than that
Oh other rich mining camps, but it Is bad
enough, and, to say the least it is a dis
grace to Colorado and the United States
Along the main business street nearly ey-
cry other house is a saloon, and in these
saloons gambling goes on from daylight
until dark and from dark until daylight
There are all kinds of games to catch the
money OF the miners. You can play any
KIND of a stake, from five cents to a thou
Sand dollars. and in addition to faro rou-
iette and poker. there are wheels of for
tune. policy games and games of Gran
Inc miners work OF ly eight hours and as
the work goes on day and night In each
mine three corps of miners being employ
ed throughout twenty-four hours at eight
hour shifts, there are always crowds mon
the streets, and the saloons are always
full.
Each saloon. 1t is safe to saw. has at
least three gambling games going on with
in 1t, and the saloons number about
eighty, there must be at least 21O games
at which you can lose your money in the
town. All sorts of vice are licensed The
saloons, | am told, pay $500 a wear for the
privilege of selling liquor, and every game
pays its license of 80 a month. so Won see
the town has an income of about s4s 600 a
year from its saloons, and of nearly $50 600
a year from gambling.
In the Dance Halls.
1t Is on Easy street" that you find the
most Of the dance halls Of Cripple Creek.
There are dozens of these in the town.
and they would be a disgrace to any Chris
tan community. You enter saloon, at the
back of which is a big room, in which
a screeching band plays. The saloon is
hlied with men and women, some sober
sc me half drunk, others totterng with
intoxication. The women ara young
and not few are pretty. Some wear lorg
Mother Hubbards, some are even more
scantily clad. The faces of all are flushed
with drink, and some of the women al
most stagger as they push their way in
ard out among the men, begging them to
dance and drink with them. In most cases
the men refuse, for many are here ONLY TO
see. There Is no charge for the dancing
but the man who dances Is expected 10
treat his partner, and the girls are held
out as bait to sell the liquor and to get
the drunken miners to gamble Stop a
moment and watch the dance. There are
Guadrilles and waltzes, and cowboys, with
their hats on, are hopping about in HEAVY
boots over the board floors and swinging
their drunken partners. Listen a nome mt
and you can hear their conversation 1t is,
not fit to print, and oaths AMI slang are
mixed with the vilest of language l have
seen some of the famous wicn ed dances of
the world. / have been In the Moulin
Rouge in Paris, and have seen the can-can,
but this is worse. The Parisian's vice Is
IN certa IN extent refined and hidden
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aristocratic horse. which was done. The
cssket was a capacious structure, covered
with black cloth, with silver trimmings
and handles. When it was completed
heavy silver plate was affixed to the top,
bearing the horses name, age, and the
date Of his death. At a late hoar this af-
ternoon the old horse was buried at the
park.
Ezra L. was a roam gelding, foaled in
1873, being somewhat more than twenty
three years old. and was by Gibson, by
Rysdyks Hambletonian 10; dam Kitty
Pierce, by Dirigo Grand, dam imported
Lady Franklin
Ezra LIS record was 2.21 IA made at
Charter Oak Park, Hartford. in 1882 In
that race he trotted last quarter in
80 IL. which at that time was considered
remarkable. He won many races against
the crack campaigners of his day, and
made his last public track appearance here
in 1885.
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ed your system to more than it's full and
you are ready to drop. Cripple Creek it
Self lies in nest in these hills The coun-
try surrounding it is it some places not
mech wilder than parts of Pennsylvania
New York and Ohio, and in others it is
composed of mountains which rise grad
ually upward until the snowy caps of the
furthermOSt peaks almost reach the clear
blue sky.
The Golden Streets of Cripple Creek.
The whole region surrounding the town
contains gold. From it, in 1891, was ship
ped s2vp.VD worth of ore. In 1892 the ship
ments jumped to S6po.oo0; in 1893 to $780,
Co, and last year to more than sSOo0,0OO.
The output this year promises to be at
least one-third larger than that of 1895. and
now the hills on every side are honey
cOmDed with holes. GU could not chase
fox over any one of the old grazing fields
without breaking your horses legs. Here
and there you see great shafts standing
out against the blue sky with piles of rock
beside them These are working mines,
ard those big frame buildings which frcwn
down upon you from the hills are more pro-
ductive of gold than Alaidin's polace
when il contained the wonderful lamp The
hills are covered with rocks. nearly all OF
which contain a small proportion of gold
ard the very streets of the town are I'M
deriaid with low-grade ore. Cripple Creek
IS built upon the rocks. and the stony
streets over which you walk are l am told
worth from s. TO slo per cubic yard. If the
processes Of reducing low-grade gold con-
true to improve. the town may some time
have to be moved for the gold Ipon which
1T stands. y friend of mine took me be-
hind a building in the heart of the city the
other day. and in the wall of the excava-
ton showed me strata OF light color
running through the darker rock.
That, said he, contains gold and 1t
would pay to mine it. You can follow the
vein and see how it crops out here in the
alley beyond"
That same afternoon 1 met Mr.. Frances,
the editor of the Cripple Creek Mining
Journal. He took me through the little
pine building in which his paper is gotten
out and then showed me in mis- back ard a
shaft. about which there was pile Of dirt
That shaft sa;dshe. marks a prospect
which our newspaper company owns. Some
of the rock has assayed $50 a ton, and 1t
may be very ruch lower down.
Cripple Creek and the Fire.
The town of Cripple Creek is a wonder
1t Is less than five years old. but it con-
tains 1900 people. 1t was burned down
three months ago. but it is now fast being
rebuilt Some parts of it are being sub
stantiaily constructed. and the people are
evidently here to stay. Today it Is a
hodge-pocge of town. It has all kinds of
buildings. made of all sorts of materials
thrown together in all sorts of shanas Tie
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have wide board walks. which are filled
with men from daylight until midnight.
and along which you may see many people
moving during the wee small hours OF the
morning. What cosmopolitan crowd 1t is
that walks these streets! There are French
men, Germans, English and Americans;
cowboys from the west and tenderfeet from
the east, moving along to and fro, trying to
keep out of the dust. There are men in
velveteens with laced boots coming up to
their knees, and there are men In home
spun who tramp past you In cowhideS.
There is the plug hat of the Wall street
broker. the bicycle cap of the clerk and the
sombrero of the bad man from Texas
mixed in and out with the mass. Every
one moves fast. There Is some pushing
ard showing, but you are surprised at the
good order everywhere kept. Now and
then you hear a man swear, but there is no
shooting, no yelling and abundant good ma
ture. This IS the mining camp Of 1896 and
not that Of 1S49.
The Homes of Cripple Greek.
Back from the business streets you see
the homes Of Cripple Creek. The hills
about the stores for a. radius of half
mile on each side are dotted with huts,
cabins and frame houses of all descriptions.
Some are respectable cottages, costing hun
dreds of dollars. Others are mere store
boxes. covered with red roofing paper.
tackled on to keep out the rain. The most
fresh yellow pine shines out amid the
shacks which are covered with this roofing
cloth of red or pink. There are many log
cabins. These are fiat-roofed. and the
earth is filled up around their walls to keep
out the rain. There is little dampness
here, you can sleep on the ground, and the
only danger is from the cold winds of the
winter. Some of the frame houses are of
the shape and size of a street car without
wheels, and others are mere sheds, knocked
up for the time. There are hundreds of
people living in tents, and there are board
ing tents and lodging tents, in which from
hfty to sixty men pay from % to 30 cents
a night for a cot and cover. Rents are
high in Cripple Creek. There are no vacant
stores or houses, though building is going
on everywhere. Some stores, which are not
more than eight feet square. rent for from
500 to 500 a month, and any kind of a
sleeping room would cost you from s. to St.
a week Real estate is very active, and the
town Is now being built with the best of
public improvements. About three thou
sand dollars a month are spent in improv-
ing the streets by blasting away the rocks
by dynamite. A number of new school
buildings are going up. and there are Ave
different religious organizations which pro-
pose to erect new churches. The town has
a Y NJ. c. A. a Salvation Army, and its
police organization is such that a lady
might walk alone through it's business
streets at any hour of the night and not be
lnsulted. There are many nice families liv-
ing here. and some neighborhoods are as
good as you will find in any part of the
country.
So much for the bright side of Cripple
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to such an affectionate people as the Mus
covites have the name Of being. However,
OF every regiment always begs pitifully for
leave to stay on, feeling with the old Brit
ish soldier in the mutiny. who said: Tho
regiment Is my father and my mother, my
sister. my brother and all my blood rela-
tions."
1t is useless to pretend that the troops OF
the line or the artillery, or the cavalry. are
equal to the guards. who are picked men
coming from all parts of the empire, and
having nothing in common but their height
and chest measurement and their attach
ment to their officers. In the line men
often come from the same place. have been
playfellows together in childhood. and may
be seen walking about the streets hand In
hand just as orientals do all the world over
who have known each other well. There Is.
indeed, a great difference even in the
same battaions, as great a difference as
We see in the troops at Al6ershot. when
they have not had time to feel the building
up of the frame that enSueS upon the new
system of cooking.
And the Russian soldiers are nothing like
so we'll fed as ours. which 1 do not hesitate
to describe as now the best provided army
In the world. The troops of the car get
about farthing day pay: otherwise they
have everything provided for them. 1t Is
rot abundant, in our sense of the word.
The bread Is brown, or rather black. with
large proportion of rye. without which
the man of mujik origin would not care for
1t, as he likes 1t a trlfie sour. His allow
ance of meat is about half ours. and that
rot of the best quality. We judge, and
what there Is comes to him practically al
ways In the form of SOUP with vegetables
in it, and with more or less of the meat
in each portion, far it can be made
to CO.
However, If he does not get much to mas
ticate, he at any rate gets all there Is Of
good In it, bones and fat together, espe-
cially fat. The days are long past when
the mujik of the towns had an opportunity
of swarming up the lampposts to drink
the whale seal Oil with which the streets
used to be lighted. and that he did this
have been assured by many old residents,
native and foreign: but now the streets
are lighted. where not with electric lamps,
then with Baku oil. and that Is a trife too
strong even for the stomach of a mujik.
But he still likes his fat, and the soup he
consumes fairly swims in grease. 1t would
not be palatable soup to him else. With
this and his black bread he thrives on two
meals day, and he can go and do long
days work without waiting for meal at
all. In word, he is gross feeder and
hard worker.
He is also fairly quick at picking up drill.
and even shows intelligence In the extern
sion movements when he has been put
through the hard grind first of barrack pa
rade. He is smart, too. with the manual
exercise, and he is now to be better trained
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color, say, solid blue or black. Yes. as soon
as the bargain counter men began selling
complete bicycle suits for from 81 upward
the suit to match was doomed The gen
tleman now wears a blue or black coat. a
Hamburg hat, not a cap, and breeches with
plenty of color, that may cost him from SIG
to s24 a pair His stockings have very
bright tops on bodies of heather mixture,
and they turn over enough to show two
buttons on the cuff. They cost from 81 up
to Sc, s. CT s. pair
Eterna! vigilance is the price OF being
well dressed to men as to women, but per-
ha ps these observations will enable many
a good fellow, who has neither time nor
fortune to keep abreast of the van. to
stumble along somewhere within Mailing
distance of the leaders.
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SEARCH FOR GOLD
Bright and Dark Sides of Life at
Cripple Greek.
FAMOUS MINING TOWN DESCRIBED
Gambling HeIls and Dance Halls
Line the Principal Street.
a T T E r Il 81 E F r f

Copyrighted, 1896 by Frank G. Carpenter)
CRIPPLE CREEK, August 5, 1896.
The gold regions are the only live part
of the United States today. Business is
dull in the cities. The factory fires in
many parts of the country are dead. The
farmers are grumbling at hard times and
the laborers are either out of work or al
most ready to strike for more wages. This
is not so in the Rockies. New prospects
are being opened and the output of gold
from the Cripple Creek district is averag-
Ing about a million dollars a month. There
are $4,000 men now living and working
within a radius of six miles of this town.
and what five years ago was cattle ranch
has become one of the busiest parts of
the United States. Miners now receive
from 81 to $50 day, and the mines are
worked by day and by night.
In the Heart of the Rockies.
You hear little talk of politics and little
growing about the business depression
Every one is crazy for gold, and the chief
subjects of conversation are the outputs of
the mines the new strikes which are
promised on the hills all about you
1 wish 1 could show You this Cripple
Creek region 1t lies. you know just back
or Pixies Peak. and, the crow flies with
In less than 100 miles of Denver. 1t Is two
miles straight up in the air above the Leo
pie VINO live on the edge of the sea. and Its
great gold treasures lie as it WERE on the
very roof of the United States You are
very close to the sky. The air is so clear
mat you can see many miles. 1t is dry and
pure and full of ozone. You seem to be
breathing chamIag gre and you go on and on
climbing the hills hour after hour until
the night comes. when you fird all at once
tnat the stimulating atmosphere has work.