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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-23
Dividends Did 1t.
OFFICE OF THE
EQUITABLE NATIONAL BANK,
CINCINNATI, Jan. 9, 1894.

Hon. John NJ. Pattison, President Union
Central Life Insurance Co., Cincin
natl, o.
DEAR SIR take pleasure in &C
knowledging receipt this day through
E. W. Jewell, your General Agent in
this city, of $40, 1927 SO, in payment of
policy No. 1928 in your company.
wish to express to You my hearty
thanks My policy was FOR $4,000 90,
and on your Life Rate Endowment Plan
I paid you but the Ordinary Life Pre-
MUM, Just the same as l would have
paid any of the other leading companies
for policy to be paid only at death,
and yet your profits have been so large
that in a little over % years it has ma
tured for an amount over the 80, 900 .00
and thus have an Endowment Policy
at Ordinary Life Rates.
am greatly pleased at my good for
tune. No other company known to me
gives such a contract. or secures such re
suits. carry policies in a number Of
the leading companies. but have none
whose results compare with this.
am glad that my own city of Cincin
natl is the home of such an institution
as the Union Central Life Insurance
Company, and as a citizen ] am proud
of it. l am,
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE FISHER.
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Kinston, n. G., June %.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

TO the Editor: We know there are
many men in North Carolina, in every
way fitted for the responsible position
OF superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, and among those who are emf
nently capable and qualified, is Maj.
Henry Harding, of Pitt county.
Maj. Harding was a brave soldier
and officer in the Confederate army.
After that unpleasantness las Mr.. Lin
coin used to call it) was over, ne repre-
sented his native county in the memoir
able years of 1S6G-'67-the term which
was broken up to make way for the
bayonet and the carpet-bag rule.
Among the many intellectual young
men of that session. he was considered
among the foremost.
Although Maj. Harding is a staunch
Democrat, yet he is a teacher rather
than politician. He has lived in Pitt
county for several years, and was for
a long time County superintendent of
Public Schools, and through his untir-
ing energy and management he infused
new life and vigor into the public
schools of Pitt county. He resigned
only TO be elected Register Of Deeds.
Maj. Harding has held many places of
public trust and i'm all of these positions
the consensus of opinion universally
expressed by all sects and classes was
well done good and faithful servant. -
Now, if the State desires a compe-
tent, experienced, patient, honest, in
dustrious man, who is wise enough
to fulfill all its duties, without regasr
TO party, sect, or class, then Ma. Hard
ing is the man.
In Oratorical ability he justly ranks
high. and the Democratic party could
do nothing better than to nominate
him, in the coming convention, for Su-
perintendent of Public instruction for
the State of North Carolina.
W. r. WILLIAMS.
Falkland. y. C., June II.
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JULIAN S. CARR FOR GOVERNOR

TO the Editor: The Democratic
State Convention will soon assemble
in Raleigh to nominate a candidate for
Governor and other State officers.
This is a matter that delegates who
are 10 select our candidates should well
weigh, as it is no time to make mis-
takes.
In travelling over the State during
the last three years, expressions from
the people has clearly indicated to me,
that Julian S. Carr is decidedly the
man for us to nominate.
L. u. WILLIAMS.
Method, n. c.
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orously; and 16 to 1 it will and should
be at Chicago-no straddle, no compro-
mise, and if the Populists and the sill
yer Republicans don't come to us, it is
then not Democracys fault, but their
own. J. NJ. LEACH
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Centuries ago, peo-

Centuries ago, peo-
pie used to fear what
they called the pes
tile nee. " Black
Death - was the
most terrible thing
in the world to them.
They feared it as
people now fear the
'Cholera and Yellow
+ ever. An d ye t
there is a more terri
BILE thing than any
of these. There is
a thing that causes
more misery and
more deaths than
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CAPT. L. w. MASON WILL NOT RUN.

To the Editor: The three townships
in Warren and Halifax counties ada
cent to Littleton having instructed
their delegates to vote for the Hon.
Thos. w. Mason as their choice for
Congressman and that gentleman in
note to friend here having posi-
lively declined to stand for that of
fee, and fearing that his silence might
be misunderstood / am authorized to
state that in no event will he be a can
didate for Congress to represent the
Second district.
He is most grateful to his friends
here who have thus honored him.
J. p. LEACH.
Littleton. n. c., June %.
Press-Nisitor please copy.
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WANTED, ONE MILLION DoLLARsr

In Confederate money. Bills Of
large denominations a speciality. We
also want large bodies of lands for
colonies, farming, mineral and timber
ed lands. We have for sale large
quantities of desirable properties in
various sections of North Carolina and
n the South. Place your lands in the
Registry of
D. I. FORT & CO.,
Real Estate Agents,
Raleigh. N. C.
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A Summer Course in
Pharmacy.

Having been requested by several young
men interested in the subject, to institute a
Summer Course In Pharmacy, have decid-
ed to do so; provided a sufficient number
manifest desire to join the class to war;
rant the undertaking.
The course will embrace the theory of the
Pharmacy and Chemistry, and the Materia
Medica of the Pharmacopeia of the U. s.
1t is proposed to continue the course dur.
ing term of two months, and pupils vii
be received for that time. The course may
be extended another month at the pleasure
of the class.
Practical exemplifcation of the lectures
will be given when necessary. Terms mod
crate, correspondence solicited.
WILLIAM SIMPSON,
Pharmacist.
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For tho cost of a policy on your life
like the above address,
CAREY j. HUNTER, supt for Va. IL N. g..
Raleigh, N. @.
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500 Reward
Paid by the State of Mississippi for
The Arrest of This Man.

He is six feet high, 80 years old, weighs
seen and went by the name Of John Daniel;
Is stoop shouldered, big frame, gauky, wears
No. u or Is shoe, and talks coarse. Had
by word, "by-gonny," and claims to be
Ere WIN Baptist preacher. He has his
family with him and all grown; One, boy
by the name of Ike, % years old, little dark
old: girl named Sarah Jane, Is or II years
old: one named Tinte about l5years, chunky
built. black headed. The old woman's name
is sis He had covered wagon, one bay
horse, one frosty mule and a red muly COW.
last heard of him for certain at Blowing
Rock, n. G. He is three weeks ahead Of me,
though he will have to stop and gosto work.
He is a farmer and will likely be out from
any town. hold capias for him for MUIR
der at Hilly Springs, Miss. Address me at
J.enoir, n. G. ii. /. HARRISON.
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Littleton, n. c., June p.
Press-Visitor please copy.
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Hon. John NJ. Pattison, President Union
Central Life Insurance Co, Cincin-
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
HIS FAMILY WAS THERE.
In Their Graves Which He Had Come q
Long Ways to See.

Just across the way from the depot
was The town graveyard and sitting on
a baggage truck on the platform was a
ragged, lonesome-looking man, whom
anyone would have spotted at once for
tramp. There were a dozen of us
walking up and down as we waited for
the train, but for "A quarter of an hour
the tramp sat with his head in his hands
and had nothing to say to anyone.
Then passenger, who was evidently on
good terms with himself, walked up to
the man and said:
Dead broke, of course, old man?"
Yes, dead broke" replied the man on
the truck, as he looked up.
Haven't had anything to eat in two
or three days, eh?'
Not since yesterday morning"
willing to work, but your health
won't permit, | take it, as is the case
with all the rest of emf"
MY health amt overly good" replied
the tramp after bit.
mo, of course not" laughed the man.
perhaps you are also worrying about
your family? Don't you want to raise
dollar to get home in time to see your
wife die?"
Come along, you-come along,
gents" said the tramp as he rose up and
climbed back to the graveyard fence.
Half dozen of us followed him and
as we reached the fence and looked over
he pointed to three graves which were
so new that the grass had not yet taken
root, and said:
There's the family-wife and two
children! A week ago l was 100 miles
away, but got to thinking about these
graves and / couldn't stay away. This
morning | finished my walk and / was
waiting for the train to go before I
came up here. Yes. I'm dead broke and
hungry and in poor health and a tramp.
and there's the reason of it. When they
died it broke me up"
One by one we went back to the plat
form. The tramp came last of all and
he was going away without looking at
us when the man who had chaffed him
put the money we had raised in his
hand. added five dollar bill from his
own pocket and kindly said:
"Take it, old man. and better luck go
with you. I'm sorry | spoke as did
Chicago News.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
MUSCLE VS.. MACHINERY.
Facts Showing the Man Power Modern
Prime Mover Represents

Prime Mover Represents.
What puny thing is muscular power.
whether animal or human, when COM
pared with the vast efforts exerted now
adays by machinery, was well illus
trated some time ago by an English
scientist, Sir Frederick Bramwell
Contrasting a galley, for example,
vessel propelled by oars-with a mod
ern Atlantic liner, and assuming that
prime movers were nonresident, and
that this vessel was to be propelled
after galley fashion, he proceeded thus:
Take the length of the vessel as 600
feet, and assume that place could be
found for as many as 400 oars on each
side, each oar worked by three men, or
2,400 men, and allow that six men under
these conditions could develop work
equal to one horsepower We should
then have 400 horsepower. Double the
number of men and we should have 500
horsepower, with 4,S00 men at work.
and at least the same number in re-
serve if the journey is to be carried out
continuously.
Contrast the puny result thus OBJ
tainod with 19,500 horsepower given
forth by large prime mover Of the
present day, such power requiring on
the above mode of calculation III, 900
men at work and III, 900 in reserve, and
these to be carried in vessel less than
600 feet in length. Even if it were pos
sible to carry this number of men in
such a vessel, by no conceivable means
could their power be utilized so as to
impart to it speed of 20 knots an hour.
This illustrates how a prime mover
may not only be a mere substitute for
muscular work, but may afford the
means of attaining an end that could
not by any possibility be attained by
muscular exertion, no matter what
money was expended or what galley
slave suffering was inflicted.
Take, again, the case of railway
locomotive, in which from 400 to 600
horsepower is developed in an impIe-
ment which, even including its tender.
does not occupy an area of more than
so square yards, and that can attain a
speed of more than 60 miles an hour.
Here again the prime mover succeeds in
doing that which no expenditure of
money or of life could draw from mus.
cular effort-N. Y. Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
A VALUABLE CAT.
# Was Only - Dummy Hut It Was Turk
of Gold Coins.

In Paris, years ago, young girl named
Cosette lived in shabby attic with her
old uncle, a rag picker. He gave her
every evidence of being very poor, and
the two had many hardships to endure
and often experienced cold and hunger.
Cosette at length went out to service
In the household of tradessnan in an
other part of the city. She still re-
tanned n warm affection for her old
uncle, and every week would bring him
part Of her wages. The rest she care
fully saved, and, before many years, she
she had sum laid by. though ii was
small. She became engaged to be mnr-
ried to baker and was very happy
But while she was planning what
wedding clothes she should buy with the
money she had saved word came that
her uncle, the ragpicker, had died sud-
denly, alone in his garret.
Cosette hastened to the place, and
finding there none to care for the body
or give it burial. she had it done at her
own cost. expending in this way nearly
all of her little hoard.
When her lover, the baker, heard
what she had done, he was furious at
the loss of her dowry and refused to
marry her. Her employer also was dis
pleased and discharged her.
Sadly. Cosette found her way again
to the desolate attic, where she wept
bitter tears. But she soon took heart
again, and determined to seek another
situation.
Sha tnnlr n nf the n
II her uncle had left anything of use,
but there was nothing, save large
stuffed cat, of which they had been very
fond.
Cosette reached up and lifted this
carefully down from its dusty shelf. 1t.
seemed very heavy. AS she was NOV
ing it part Of the hide broke away, and
shower of gold pieces fell to the floor.
Her uncle had been miser, and FOR
years had secretly hidden his earnings
in this strange receptacle, where lie
knew they would be safe, as no one
would ever think Of treasure being con-
ccaled there.
Cosette could scarcely believe her
good fortune. When the gold was
counted there were full thousand loois
dor, equal to about $4,000. and this
made her wholly independent. She
had no longer need of situation. 1t
was not long before she married
not the faithless baker, now, but his
employer. And she found through life
abundant reason to be glad that her de-
votion to her old uncle had been SO rich
" rewarded. Boston Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

A CAMPAIGN CRY.
Methods of Republicans and
Disgruntled Democrats.

ne enemies of democracy have al.
ready begun campaign of abuse. No
language is too vile. no enithet too
coarse for them in speaking of the men
nominated BY the Chicago convention.
hr. James Gordon Bennett, editor and
proprietor of the New York Herald
many times millionaire, and resident
Vi Europe because the country that
inaae nm rich is not good enough for
him, has generally had the grace to
support the democratic ticket. But
Ioliowing the lead of the dsgruntled
Dana, his paper has bolted the nomina-
tlons and left the democratic ranks.
10 make the detection more disgusting.
1t copied that perfect specimen of shift
ing sophistry, the Sun editorial declar-
ing for Mckinley, and added me too"
virtually acknowledging its inability
to frame a declaration of it's own. ex
hibiting bad judgment and lack of orig
inallty as well. But the climax was
reached when the Herald printed the
following sentence:
Bryan is pauper of the west; he
has not dollar and is proud of his poy
erty."
his vile and foolish attack gives to
the democracy campaign phrase Of ir-
resistlble force. Mr.. Bryan may not be
rich, but he has never begged his bread
and has always worked honorably for
1T. In this he is typical American
citizen. In this he is representative of
the true American idea. In this. too.
he differs from Mckinley and his fol-
lowers. He has not allowed other men
to Fay his debts. He has not sold him
self, body and soul. to syndicate of
millionaires. He is not rich, it is true.
and to be poor because he scorned the
methods that have made his enemies
rich is thing to be proud Of To style
him pauper because he lacks the i'll
gotten gains the Ohio syndicate is scat
tering broadcast for corruption pur-
poses, is to insult, not only the man of
the people, but the people themselves.
AS campaign cry, "The Pauper
Candidate" will awaken the indigna-
ton and hasten the action of millions Of
the honest American citizens.
To the "three Rs was credited the
election of Cleveland in 1884 1t APP
pears that "The Pauper Candidate" is
likely 10 have similar effect in this
mpaign.-Tammany Times.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

The democratic campaign will be
one of education. That of the repub-
licans will be one of vilifcation.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Hanna "object lesson"
reached it's zenith at Homestead in 1892,
and there was a decided echo at the
polls that year.-N. Y. Journal
y. Pierpont Morgan as McKin-
ley advocate is a shining mark. The
tinancier who shared in profit of $1o,-
00OcO in one bond issue ought to be an
effective campaigner for the gold stand
ard.-St Louis Republic.
Some people are going to vote for
Mr.. Bryan simply because they like
a man with the courage of his convic-
tions. Some people are going to vote
against Mckinley simply because they
don't like trimmer.-Albany Argus.
The republicans have not formally
renounced their hope of carrying It
least one southern state, but since the
democratic victories in Alabama and
Tennessee the talk of breaking the solid
south has ceased, and mighty little is
sas City Times.
Said William Mckinley, speaking
il, the house of representatives on June
"a 1890: 81 am for the largest use
of silver in the currency of the coun-
try. 1 would not dishonor it; would
give it equal credit and honor with
gold. would make no discrimination.
/ wonld utilize both metals as money
and discredit neither. / want tb, dou
ble standard" The official report Of
these words may be found on page
6 447 of volume 21 of the Congressional
Record. Six years after uttering those
words William Mckinley turned his
coat in order to get the republican NOM
ination for the presidency. How much
confidence can the people place in
man who will eat his own words in
order to get nomination ?-Heiena
tMont.) independent.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
THINGS TO REMEMBER.

A cloth wet with ice water and laid
across the eyes is often cure for the
most aggravated cases of insomnia.
Lamp wicks soaked in vinegar some
"a hours before being called into use
will give a clearer flame and steadier
light than those not so treated.
=. YOU want your pet canary to sing
his best and look his prettiest feed him
occasionally with hard-boiled eggs
cbonned fine and mixed with cracker
crumbs. Do not give him more than
tbimbleful Of the mixture at time.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28

The man who owned fruit ranch
in California was stopping for several
days at the boarding house and the
landlady was excruciatingly polite to
him.
"Hugh!" shifted the lady boarder with
banged hair, II guess she must be maxi
ing love to him."
NAV, she amt" retorted the man
boarder with red whiskers.
"Why not? just look at her. He
can't express a wish that she doesn't
fairly break her neck to crafty"
That's no sign of ducks nest"
insisted the red whiskers.
"Pd like to know what you call a
sign, then?" and the lady boarder
swished herself around in pet.
"You wouldn't know if / told you,"
grinned the red whiskers. There's a
bond of sympathy you amt on To. lie
raises prunes for the eastern MARKET
n. Y. Recorder.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
WOULD YOU BELIEVE
That You Can Walk s5.253 Miles in Ono
HOurY


Hour
Have ou ever thought of the dis
tance YOU travel while you are out OH
an hours stroll? Possibly you walk
three miles within the hour, but that
does not by any means represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
on it's axis every "a hours. For the
SAKE of round figures we will call the
earth's circumference $4,000 miles, and
so you must have travelled during the
hours stroll 900 miles in the axial turn
of the earth.
But this is not all The earth makes
journey around the sun every year.
and long but rapid trip it is. The
distance of our planet from the sun
we will put at 92,000,0O0 miles. This is
the radius of the earth's orbit--half the
diameter of the circle, as we call IL.
The whole diameter is therefore 1884,
00O,00 miles, and the circumference be-
ing the diameter multiplied by 3.14l6,
is about 57S,000,000.
This amazing distance the earth trav-
els in it's yearly journey, and dividing
it by 365 we find the daily speed about
1,5s600O. Then, to get the distance you
rode around the sun during your hours
walk, divide again by "a, and the result
is about $4,000 miles. But this is not
the end of your hours trip. The sun,
with its entire brood of planets, is NOV
ing in space at the rate of little more
than 43s,000 miles day, or 1880 miles
an hour.
So, adding your three miles of leg
travel to the hours axial movement of
the earth, this to the earth's orbitai
journey, and that, again, to the earth's
excursion with the sun. and you find
you have travelled. in the hour. S5,253
miles.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
STARTLING PHOTOGRAPHY.
What N Young Woman Experienced After
sitting for Her Portrait

sitting for Her Portrait.
An Interesting contribution TO tie lit
erature of the new photography is the
account of Miss Elizabeth l.. Banks
experiences.
The negative" she says, "was re-
markable success from scientific
standpoint. The X rays he'd not only
perfectly photographed the bones of
my neck, but they had also taken the
liberty TO poke about among my ribs,
reproducing six of them on both sides,
as well as my shoulder blade and coll
lar bone. This was accounted for by
the fact that the Photographic plate
was much larger than my neck, and
although the rays of light had been
directed only toward the neck bones
they had penetrated far below and
through my clothing.
Had any of the ribs or other bones
been broken or out of place there would
have been no difficulty in discovering
this by means Of the photograph. The
chain which | wo.e showed very promi-
nently and even the links of that part
worn in front were clearly discernible
muscles of the neck. The length of
time required for preparing this photo
graph is explained in the very easily
understood principle that the thicker
the object to be photographed the long
er it takes the rays of invisible light to
penetrate it. 1t also follows, as mat
ter of course, that the length of time
required for photographing depends
very much upon the size and weight
of the person to whom the bones be-
long; SO, l, with no weight or stature
to speak of, was a comparatively easy
subject"
Miss Banks was painfully surprised
by the pictures of her foot THAT
plate, when it had been developed in
the dark room,' and held up to my
horrid vision, gave me the first glimpse
/ ever had of my feet in stocking and
boot, not as they seemed, but as they
were.
I'm the portrait of the foot in the
stocking--the texture of which, by the
way, showed up wonderfully-theb bon. $
of the toes, which should naturally be
straight and separated, were crowded
one upon the other, while the portrait
of the foot that was shod was still more
terrible to contemplate. The bone
were squeezed up into the shape of a
triangle-to fit my American pointed
boot.
"'Are you sure the X rays don't ex-
aggerate? / asked in horror-struck
tones.
1.-The x rays are like figures; they
won't lie," was the answer. please
show me every portrait you have of
peoples feet. ] want to see if mine
are worse than the others So six or
eight portraits of feet were brought to
me, none. however, taken in boots, but
even without the boots they were not
only quite as unshapely as my own.
but, to my infinite delight, found sew
eral that were very much worse, and
also noted with feminine satisfaction
that the pictures of mems feet showed
the bones to be quite as badly out of
shape as were those of my own SEX.
London Courier.
The Forrest City times., 1896-08-28
A Valid CLAIM.

Upon what do you base your claim
for this insurance." asked the acci-
Dent insurance agent of Cadby.
''On an accident, of course said
Cadby. IAN accident which prevents
my attending to business"
what was the nature of the acci-
dent?''
"A fall" said Cadby. II accidentally
met Miss Wilkes at the seashore, and
fell head over heels in love, and can't
do blessed thing for thinking about
her."-Harper..s Bazar.