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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

The returns upon safe investments
tavc fallen SO low as to become a serious
,,ottcr to persons relying for their in
cc,re upon invested capital. In the next
10 or 10 years most Of the railroad bonds
issrcd years ago at 6 and Z per cen in,
,,rcst fail duo, and IS they arc abun-
dart.y secured they will he extended ut
II Greatly reouced rate CT interest. Tive
such cases IRE before PA;laue!o hia IN
rcstcrs Mt the present timc. 1hc first
mortgage : per cent bonus q tho iIotll-
srn Pennsylvania Rail1cal company, II
,crfectly safe Investment, are icing tx-
fenced 1T 4 Per cent. TIC first r~aoifga;e
7 uer cent bonds Of tie pcnnsy iy..Ala
ond New York Canal and Railroad ccr.-
many arc being replaced at 4 1-2 Pr cot.
both these issues were pat olt 80 years
ego. and now the new holders have
their income cut down from 80 to 10
Der cent. Other instances readily can lc
found. TwcEty years ago the CONSOLE
dated mortgage 6 per cent bonds CT the
Ponnsy wanna railroad sold at par.
Within Il few months the company has
sold hcnds secured by the same mortgage
at 3 Ia per cent.
This condition is worldwide. British
conso,s have lately sold up to ia per
cent. They bear 2 3-4 Per cert interest,
which is to be reduced to 2 l-2 per cent
in 1908, while the bones are absolutely
payable 20 years thereafter. The rate Of
interest is failing throughout the civil
lized world. This has been its course fer
80 years, and there is no reason to sup
pose there will be any change. The
wealth CT the world is increasing every
year at a most wonderful rate. Every
indication that tends to conserve energy,
to augment production and to facilitate
business is one more influence that aids
in the creation of wealth. Never was
the human intellect so Lusy as now, so
ingenious, so well supported. And with
every year the pressure for good invest
merits increases. The supply is not at
all equal to the demand, nor can it be.
1t is still possible TO secure Investments
that yield 6'per cent interest, but they
are rot ordinarily such as a trustee
would select fer Lis Lcneflciarics. A risk
must be Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

In three days n letter from Havana Will
reach New York.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

ct them carry ire OF T. AND he clung IN
despair 10 his qrardmCther's jacket. But
ne 1e. ssutcd him. The good La Rance
lad taken him out of the water half frozen
and trtn bling with fever, then he had told
The colonel Of the affair, and that officer
lad sent II IL an on horseback with IA sup
yer and "A pair of new trousers.
The sausage was suffering on the
stove, and the trousers were hanging on
Tho wall.
And this is the tale my nurse told mefof
the little red ffer who for love OF his
grandmother flshcd for f~rogs.-FrOln the
French For Short Stories.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

For SALE-A fine nickel plated bari
+ene horn for sale at "a very low figure,
Call at this office.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

An ordinary load of mortar Is one cubic
yard.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20
For Rent.

A good six room house with we'll, eel
ar, barn and other improvements a
reasonable terms. Inquire Of Mrs
Blundell.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

Buy your fencing, pine or redwood
shingles, clear and COMMON lumber Of
all sizes Of Foulks and Powning, Verdi
or Reno. The best mountain pine and
low prices. Common Timber on the cars
at Verdi at $40 per thousand.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20
Notice to Hunters.

] hereby notify all hunters not TO
trespass upon my premises. Those
who do not heed this notice will BIZ
prosecuted. L. &. HERMAN
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20
Don't Forget Us.

We are agents for the Weekly Exami-
ner. Leave your money in town. Don't
order through these travelling agents.
we will give yon the same prices ana
premiums. Order at the DISPATCH VI
Gee Or the Post Office. Give us a chance.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20
HUNTERS NOTICE.

Hunters will please not go into the
fields on the Italian ranch near Jake
Hamilton's old place, or on the Hill
ranch, to shoot, as the wild cattle break
out and cause me much trouble and ex-
pense.
+. OLINGHoUsE.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

~ letter can lie sent from one part ct
.@ls to another mc1o caickly than a
..1'sr&Fh message. 1t can he shot
a'ou&h a compressed airtubei il a flash,
""r 'han Il telegraph message can be
NS-ltted. copied cut and delivered.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

When you stop in Truckee for a day
" fora month you should remember
YOU get the best accommodations at the
Whitney House.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20

A railroad mans friend is Trib.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20
Advertising Locals
GOOD

Frank Hammond has 300 acres of fine
pasture at the Fellnagle ranch and will
pasture cattle and horses for 81 a head
per month.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-02-20
To Rent.

A dwelling house of five rooms. Sit
uated on River street. Rent, ten dol
lars per month. Inquire at Postofice
The news & observer., 1897-02-10

Train on the Scotland Neck Brancu Roa
leaves Weldon % p M, Halifax 2S % rn. Al
rtves Scotland Neck 8 20 p m, GreenvflIe 8 ~
% m, KinstOn 50 p M. Returning leaves KAY
ston 20 a m, Greenville 8 22 M, arriving a,
Halifax II 90 m, Weldon II 20 nj, daily ey
cept Sunday.
Trains on the Washington Branch leav
Washington 90 m and 90 IA, arrive
ParInels 90 n and $40 p N, returning leavs
Pal mele so 10 and 50 p m, arrive yVasg
FMS ton II % N and 20 p m, daily excep,
Sur day.
Train leaves Tarboro daily, 80 p m, ~
rives Plymouth 40 p m, returning leave
Plymouth 80 a m, arrives Tarboro so a III
Train ON Midland N. G. Branch leave
Goldsnoro daily, except Sunday7 10 q m, ~
riving Smtthfield 80 m; returning leave
Smfthfield Q 90 O M; arrives at Goldsbor
10 20 Il la.
Trains ON Nashville Branch leave RocE
Mount Mt 4 80 p m, arrives Nashville s % pm
Spring Hope 30 m; returning leave
Spring Hope 8 90 a M, Nashville 35 q m, aY
rfves at Rocky Mount 05 m, daily, excep'
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsay
for Clinton daily, except Sunday, as ii 10 .
~ an 10 p N returning leaves Clinton 81
90 m and 90 p m.
Train No rs makes close connection 81
Weldon for all points North daily, all rat
via Richmond, alse at Rocky Mount witt
Norfolk and Carolina Il. r. for Norfolk anf
ali points North via Norfolk.
H. NJ EMERSON. GENT Pass. Agent.
j. n. AhnLN, G8Bn Manager.
4. III. EMERsoE, Traffic Manager.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
TAXATION FOR ROADS
OVER 500, 900 IN ACTUAL CASH
RAISED BY COUNTIES. I
II Costs Less to Work Criminal or
the Roads Than IL Does to Keep
Him in Jail.

A most valuable book is now In course
of preparation by Prof. ]. a. Holmes,
state Geologist. 1t is a Report on
load and Bridge Building in North Car
oiina," and will be published in few
days by the State Geological Survey. II
" i'll be quite an elaborate report, compris-
i4g about $50 pages. giving all the facts
now obtainahle on the subject, ms well as
other statistics, specifications, maps and
illustrations 1t win eontain complete
raturns in regard TO taxation for road
Improvement in every county in the
State.
These returns will show the actual cash
money raised in North Carolina for road
purposes to be 100000.
The largest amount f$36,000l is raised
by Mecklenburg: the next largest $12,-
000) in Buncombe, and third ($9,300l
Forsyth. Wake and Durham come next
raising $4,000 each. Rowan gives $500.
Edgecombe and Alamance raise 5000
each. Lenoir contributes $4,000 annu-
ally to road improvements, while Guilfori
road tax is $4,000, Chatham $4,000,
Montgomery $2,250, Orange $4,000, Polk
and Jones $1,000, and several counties
raise about S1,200 such as Watauga.
Mitchell and Washington.
The total number of counties that have
adopted a road tax is about thirty. They
are working their roads now by this sys-
tenn either wholly or in part. This is very
encouraging to the friends of the good
roads movement.
Several large counties, such az Gran
ville,. Cabarrus, Henderson, Union and
New Hanover are vet to hear from and
are not included in the above figures.
Reports from number of counties
working eonvicts on their roads show
that it costs less to work them on the
public roads than it does to feed them in
the county jails. In Wake, for instance,
it costs 2012 cents; in Mecklenburg, For
syth, Durham and Alamance it costs 20
cents per day per convict to work them
on the public roads. This cost includes
board, clothes, medical attention and
salaries of the guards. Whereas in these
same counties, when these prisoners are
kept IN Jail it costs on an average OF IS
cents per day per prisoner to support
them.
Thus it will be seen that 1T actually costs
these counties or cents per prisoner
less per day to work these prisoners ON
the public roads than to keep them in
Jail doing nothing. This saving being
due to the fact that when these convicts
are worked on the public roads their pro-
visions are bought at wholesale prices
and they do their own cooking
The reports show furthermore that the
convicts enjoy better health when work
ing on the public roads than when lying
in Jail.
Prof. Holmes says North Carolina
has thousand ableJbodied convicts
that ought to be ON the public roads to-
day. He thinks New York will solve its
convict problem by putting the prisoners,
who are now compelled to be idle to keep
from coming in competition with free
labor, by putting them on the roads
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
THERE IS NOTHING so GOOD.

There is nothing just as good as DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell your some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim something else
TO be just as good. You want DIR. King :
New Discovery, because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to
do good or money refunded. For Coughs.
Colds, Consumption and for all affections
of Throat Chest and Lungs, there is
nothing so good as is DIR. Kings New Dis
covery. Trial bottle free at John Y.
MacRae's drugstore. Regular size 80
cents and ST.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
Public PRINTING.

Under section 3, of chapter 20, of the
Public Laws Of North Carolina for 1895,
the joint committee on Printing and
Binding, OF the General Assembly OF
North Carolina, advertise for thirty days
from date, for proposals for the public
printing and binding for the State, for
two years, from and including the first
day of July, 1897, to and including the
Goth day of June, 1899.
Printed forms of proposals for printing
and binding showing the class of work to
be contracted for, ETC., will be furnished
free Of charge, upon application to the
chairman of the printing committee.
The Printing Committee reserve the
right to reject all bids, if they believe il
to be to the interest of the State so to do.
For the committee.
JOHN A. RAMSAY,
Chairman, Etc.
James FL. Cathey, Secretary.
January %, 1897.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
THE GEORGIA ANTITRUST LAW
ATLANTA .JournaI.)


The Journal has received from many
States requests for copies of the Georgia
antitrust law. In some instances these
requests have come from members OF
Legislatures who stated that they intend
ed to introduce antitrust bills. The
Georgia law has attracted especial atten-
ton because it proved so speedily effec-
tive. A bill that will stop the operations
of trusts in a State has naturally at
tracted very general attention. The
Georgia bill has been introduced in four
or five Legislatures, and it is probable
that several other States will soon have
antitrust laws copied after ours. The
Alabama House of Representatives last
Saturday, without a dissenting voice,
passed bill which copies the Georgia
law exactly. 1t is said that it vii GER
tainly pass the Senate and become a law
at the present session.
The Georgia Legislature seems to have
set the antitrust ball rolling at lively
rate. Let 'er roll
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
NORTH BOUND.

NORTH BOUND CONNECTIONS
at Fayetteville with Atlantic Coast Line
for all points north and east, at Sanford
with the Seaboard Air Line, at Green's
boro with the Southern Railway Com
pany, at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk
and Western Railroad for Winston
Salem.
SOUTH BOUND CONFESSIONS
at Greensboro with the Southern
Railway Company for Raleigh, Rich
mond and all points north and east,
at Fayetteville with the Atlantic Coast
Line for all points south, at Maxton with
the Seaboard Airline for Charlotte, At
lanta and all points south and southwest.
j. w. FRY, w. q. KYLE,
Gen'L Man. Gen'l. Pass. Agt.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
Europe.

You are cordially invited 10 join Sc
aect, limited party Of ladies and gentle
men for travel through Europe in the
coming summer. The tour embraces
Scotland, England, France, Switser-
land. Italy, Germany, (the Rhine). and
Holland. Apply at once for membership
and full particulars to Rev. q. L. HofT-
mann. Charlotte, N. @.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
HPICK Leaf

Smoking Tobacco is just what you
want for pipe" and handmade Gig
arctic smoking-and as you smoke
1t, and watch the delicate blue rings
float in the air, and realize the fra
grant, aromatic flavor, you will, no
doubt, be ready to exclaim long live
"Pick Leaf! Don't stop until you
get a package.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
"PICK Leaf

Smoking Tobacco does not pretend
TO make every mouth in the land as
sweet as a rose, but does give most
pleasant, agreeable and delightful
smoke to every one. Ask your dealer
FOR Ii
The news & observer., 1897-02-10

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria.
0hen she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
0PICK LEAF

Smoking Tobacco is pronounced by
good judges to be the very best to-
bacco, and why should you not enjoy
the best smoke respectfully when you
get 2 ounces and cigarette book for
10 cents
The news & observer., 1897-02-10

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL 1t
fails to cure. 25c.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
ssPlCK LEAF

Smoking Tobacco is at the top for de-
licious aroma. 1t is just as good as
we can make it, after twenty-five
years experience In the tobacco trade
IT is the result of almost life time
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
"PICK LEAF"

Smoking Tobacco gives the consum-
ers the very best Tobacco ounces
for ten cents. 1t is made for that
purpose, and is winning its way to
public favor. 1t is indeed winner.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
LEAF

Extra Smoking Tobacco is the best
of the best" because it is made from
the ripest, sweetest and purest leaf
tobacco grown in the Golden Belt
region of North Carolina and manu-
factured with the greatest care.
Nothing but the very best goes in IT.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
"PICK Leaf

Smoking Tobacco should be kept by
all first-class dealers, who wish to
give their customers the best smoke
possible, 2 ounces for 10 cents. Keep
calling for it until you get 1t, and
take nothing else in place Of it
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
TRUTH IN A NUTSHELL.

Impure blood is the natural result OF
close confinement in house, school room
of shop.
Blood is purified by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and all the disagreeable results OF
impure blood disappear with the use OF
this medicine.
Ii you wish to feel well, keep your
blood pure with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
The 99-year lease must be annulled.

Hoods Sarsaparilla is known to be hon
est medicine, and it actually cures when
all others fail. Take it now.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
IMPURE BLOOD

and its consequent ailments are speedily
cured by taking Anheuser-Busch's Malt
Nutrine-the food drink. At all drug
gists.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10

The oo-year lease must be annulled.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
Notice.

Application will be made ta tbp present
Legislature to amend the charter IT Tie town
of Selma, in Johnston county.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10

Hoods Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver medicine Gentle, relia-
BILE, sure.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10

Refusal TO annul the lease is equivalent
to giving the Southern Railway S120,O0O
annually for 80 years.
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
LYON &CO'S
"PICK LEAF"

Extra Smoking Tobacco stands un-
rivaled for purity and flavor. 1t will
please the most fastidious. Cigarette
book with, and coupon in each pack
The news & observer., 1897-02-10
VALUABLE HISTORICAL CONTRI
BUTTON.
biblical Recorder.)

biblical Recorder.)
President Taylor has completed his
Life of Matthew Yates. From what we
know we have no hesitancy in saying that
it will be the most valuable contribution
ever made to Southern Baptist biography,
and the equal of any biography ever writ
ten for our denomination.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-19
JOINT RESOLUTION.

To amend section 80 of Article Ill
of the Constitution of the State oil
Texas.
Section1. Be it resolved by the
Legislature of the State of Texas,
that Article 3, Section 50, of the
Constitution of the State of Texas be
amended so as to hereafter read as
follows:
section 80. The Legislature shall
have no power to authorize any
county, city, town or other political
corporation, or subdivision of the
state, to lend its credit, or to grant
public money or thing of value, in
aid of, or to any individual, associa-
ton or corporation whatsoever, or to
become a stakeholder in such cor
poration, asso citation or company,
except within the limitations of this
section. 1t shall be lawful for any
county in this stae, which is not
now, or may hereafter not be, con-
nected by railway of standard
gauge with the general railway sys-
tens of the state, to rive aid, by and
through lis commissioners court, by
the issue of bonds of such county.
or other evidences OF indebtedness,
in the const ,uction of standard
gauge railway or railways, into,
through, or across any such county,
when by vote of the majority Of
the qualified voters of any such
county, voting at an election held
for that purpose, such aid is author
lied.
"And the power and authority is
hereby expressly given to the COM
missioners court of such county,
where by such vote aid is au-
ihorized, to levy and provide for the
collection Of al annual tax upon al
zabjest 70 taxation IL such
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-19

county to pay interest and sinking
fund on said bonds or other indebt
edness, provided that the aggregate
of said tax, in any such county,
shall never, in any one year, exceed
the value of two per centum upon
the taxable value of such county.
Gull power is hereby given said
commissioners court to at any time
order, and in all things provide for,
and regulate such election, and the
holding, return and determination
of the same and prescribe the form
Of the ballot to be used.
GAIL bonds or other evidences of
Indebtedness, issued by any such
county, under the provisions of this
section, shall, before being deliver
ed, negotiated or fioated, be approx
ed by the attorney general of this
state, and thereupon the comptroller
of this state shall register the same
and endorse the fact of such registry
on said bonds or evidences of in
debtedness."
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-19
ACHING JOINTS

Announce the presence OF rEeu-
matism which causes untold suffer
ing Rheumatism is due to Tactic
acid in the blood. It cannot be cur
ed By liniInents or other outward APP
plications. Hoods SarsapariIla pu-
rifles the blood, removes the cause of
rheumatism aud permanently cures
this diseases. This is the testimony
of thousands of people who once
suffered the pains of rheumatism
bal who have actually been cured
by taking Hoods SarsaparilIa. It's
great power 70 act upon the blood
and remove every impnrity Is the
secret OF the wonderful cures by
Hood ; 5arsa parilla.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-19
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN
UNCLE SANS EMPLOY

Today marks the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the day on which G. w
Watson entered the employ of ihe
United States customhouse in
Brownsville, in the capacity of mes
senger.
Twenty-Five years is long time
to serve in any one position, and
more especially in the employ OF
the government whose great army Of
servants is subject to change with
every change Of political supremacy.
The fine qualities displayed by the
subject of this article, his faithful
discharge of his duties, and the gen.
eral favor with which his superiors
have regarded HIM, have been in
strumental in retaining "Watson" as
he his generally called, in his po-
sition. Though a colored man, born
Of slave parents, he is man of more
:han average intelligence, and one
of the most gentlenanly officials
ever employed in this customhouse.
Every body in Brownsville likes and
respects "Waison." Uncle Sam is
fortunate to have the services of one
so competent and faithful.
We are pleased to add in conclu-
sion, that he is most valued sub
scriber of THE HERALD, and has been
since the founding Of the paper over
four years agO-and our bill collec-
tor has never failed to find him at
home on the first of every month.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-19
THE MATAMOROS
RAILROAD.
Important Meeting Last Night.
A $4,000 per Mile
Subsidy.

The meeting called by the Cham
Der of Commerce and property own.
ers of Matamoros. at the NUM-
cipal building in that city at eight
O'Clock last night, for the purpose OF
meeting State Representative Dastu
que to confer regarding the proposed
extension of the railway to connect
Matamoros with Monterey, was duly
held.
Mr.. Benevendo, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, called the
meeting to order and stated its OBJ
ject. Mr.. Dastugue, having lived
many years in Matamoros, did not
require an introduction. He adj
dressed the meeting in an eloquent
vet business-like manner, defining
his position as representative, and
his appointment by the governor to
obtain data necessary for the extern
sion of the NJ. n. railway from its
present terminus at San Miguel de
Camargo to Monterey. He said in
part:
Il have visited the cities of Cerralvo,
Mier, Camargo, and now Matamoros,
for the purpose If obtaining some assist
ance in building line of railway from
San Miguel to Monterey. The promoters
do not want any bonus, but the certainty
of selling the necessary number of shares
to complete the road to Monterey. This
concession is subsidized by the federal
government with $1,000 for every kilo-
meter of the road built The state gov
eminent also has subsidized it with
S25oo per kilometer, which makes $7Soc
per kiIometer, or almost $4,000 per
mile. While in Monterey 1 met Gov.
Reyes of Nuevo Leon. He assured me OF
his assistance and that the state would
take shares in the same line as Tamauli-
pas, $4,000 for every kilometer built for
the entire distance"
The chair appointed a committee
composed of NJ. 81. Cross, Guadalupe
Fernandez. Lorenzo Garibay and Mar
celino Rougier, Mr.. Cross as chairman,
TO solicit contributions by selling stock
at 500 per share, and to report as
soon as possible.
A good many shares OF stock were
taken by those present, and the NEE :
ing adjourned with every prospect of
successful Issue.
Up to three o'clock this afternoon, d
considerable am unit of stock had been
sole. There remains no doubt that
Matamoros will be connected with
Monterey within a year or 80,
Mr.. Dastugue returned to Monterey
this morning, being called there by
business CO Injected with the proposed
road.
The chamber of commerce win r.
port to the city council and later to the
oferaor.