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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
The sultan of Morocco who is for

of noisy music. has engaged native
highlander to play the bagpipes at
his court. The Moorish musicians. when
they first heard the penetrating notes
of the bagpipes, stuck their fingers In
their ears.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
SAMPLE PROPOSALS.

y case the readers
a T e interested
in knowing how
proposals are actu-
ally made, here is
a lot of stories told
by the w O m e II
themselves. Sever
al men have sent in
stories of how and
when they asked
the decisive uues-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
Philanthropy.

''Doian." said Rafferty,, "ye're gittin'
too savin'. Did yez nivver hear thot
money is the root av all evil?"
''Oi how. An I'm doin' the little Oh
kin TO pull it UP by the roots an shpare
the rest av yez."-Washingto Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
Our Modern Children.

"Why, Frankie" said his mother.
"what are you reading IN that book
about bringing up children?"
I'm just looking to see whether I'm
being properly brought up-"-Tit-Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13
The Strongest stones.

The trap rocks of New Jersey and the
dolerites of Staten island are the
strongest stones in the United States,
their crushing resistance being $4,000
pounds to the cubic inch--Philadelphi
Press.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02

Don't nauseate your stomach with teas
and bitter herbs, but regulate your liver
and sick headache by using those famous
little pills known as De Wits Little
Early Risers. Carolina Drug Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
STATE NEWS.

The Newborn Journal says that ar
rangements will be made by which
trains will run through from Wilmington
to Nolfo via Newbern, over the At
lantic Coast Line.
Lewis Carpenter, of Tadkin county.
who recently died. leaves $1,000 to the
treasurer of the Baptist convention. the
interest to be used for Baptist State
Mission work.
Tie Bank of kinston has been paying
out gold since Saturday and still has
several thousand dollars of the yellow
boys to pay out for the golden weed
that is making Kinston famous.-Kinston
Free Press.
Rev. Mr. Horner. an Episcopal min
lister. preached to large congregations at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning and night We learn that an
effort will be made to build an Episcopal
church here in the near future.-Carth-
age Blade.
Walter Hampton, hand on the small
fishing sloop B. S. NJ. Pearl, was knock
ed overheard at Elizabeth City during
squat last night while engaged in
reefing the mansail, and drowned, all
efforts to save him being futile. He
was young man, 10 years Of age, and a
resident of Currituck county.
Mr.. ID. Nj. Hardy, of the GOldsboro
bar, has been appointed Judge Advocate
General of the North Carolina Division
Of the United Sons Of Confederate Veter-
ans. The organization has for its object
the perpetuatiOn of the true history of
the Southern Standardization Ar
gus.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
Free Cure For Men.
A MICHIGAN MAN OFFERS TO
SEND HIS DISCOVERY FREE.

Claims to be a Benefactor to Weakened
Mankind.
There Is always more or less suspicion
attached to anything that is offered free
but sometimes a man so overtlows with
generosity that he cannot rest until his
discovery is known to the world, in order
that his fellow men may profit by what
he has discovered. 1t is upon this princi-
pie that resident Of Kalamazoo, Mich,
desires to send free to mankind pre-
scription which will cure them of any
form of nervous debility; relieves them of
all the doubt and uncertainty which such
men are peculiarly liable to and restores
the organs to natural size and vigor. As
it costs nothing to try the experiment it
would seem that any man, suffering with
the nervous troubles that usually attack
might be the final result, ought to be
deeply interested in a remedy which will
restore them to health, strength and
vigor, without which they continue to
live an existence Of untold misery. As
the remedy in question was the result of
many years research as to what combi-
nation would be peculiarly effective in
restoring to men the strength they need,
it would seem that all men suffering with
any form Of nervous weakness ought to
write for such a remedy at once. A re-
quest to III. G. Odds, Box 1922, Kala-
mazoo, Michigan, stating that you are
not sending for the prescription out of
idle curiosity, but that you wish to make
use of the medicine by giving it trial,
will be answered promptly and without
evidence as to where information came
from.
The prescription is sent free, and al
though some may wonder how Mr.. Odds
can afford to give away his discovery,
there is no doubt about the offer being
genuine. Cut this out and send to Mr..
| Odds that he may know how you came to
write him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION.

Editor Morrison Of Worthington, Ind,
"Sun," writes: "You have a valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, and !
can cheerfully recommend it for Consti-
patien and Sick Headache, and, as gen
eral system tonic it has no equal" Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 1925 Cottage Grove Ave.
Chicago, was all run down, could not
eat nor digest food, had backache which
never left her and felt tired and weary,
but six bottles of Electric Bitters restor-
ed her health and renewed her strength.
Prices so cents and $1.00. Get bottle
at any drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
WHICH is THE BIGGEST?
springfield Republican,

Whether j. p. Morgan, through his i'm
mense railway and banking interests, or
the Standard oil magnates through their
petroleum, railway and gas control, rep
resent the mightier force in this free
land, is question upon which opinion
seems to be divided. But in either case
an individual powers appears against
which only the might Of government can
pretend to stand. And we have only late
ly seen the federated government of all
the States as clay in the hands of third
and lesser capitalistic power-that of the
sugar conspirators. When such facts be,
it is idle to expect Organism, so called, to
disappear from American politics.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02

Oxford, n. c., Sept. 1-(Special.) y
Mr. H. III. Foushee. of Durham, attorney
for Union Bank, of Richmond. Va, was
in Oxford yesterday and made demand
upon the treasurer of Oxford for payment
.of interest, amounting to $4,000 on $2O,-
1000 of bonds issued by the town of Ok
ford in aid Of the Oxford and Coast Line
Railroad The town has heretofore re-
fused to pay these bonds and in conse-
1uence of this extended litigation fol-
lowed in which the town Wits victorious,
cur Supreme court holding that the issue
eff the bonds was void, because of irregu-
Tarities in the passage of the act mcor-
norating the railroad.
1t is stated that the demand made yes
terday was preparatory to the institution
OF new suit in the Federal court to test
III said court the validity of these bonds.
The Oxford Female Seminary and the
Francis billiard School opened today I'M
der most encouraging auspices.
The Odd Fellows of Oxford gave So
ciable entertainment last evening in their
we'll furnished lodge. A bountiful supper
was spread in the armory hall, consist
ing of choice delicacies with a bountiful
supply of grapes and fruit, of which
about two hundred guests partook.
4 moonlight festival is to be held at
the: Horner bicycle race track Friday
evening.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
UNIVERSITY OF Y. c.

Date of Opening.-Every Indication OF
the Largest Attendance in Thirty Years
New Professors are Here.-Few Stu
deMts Have Arrived.
Chapel Hill, n. c., Sept. Especial
-It= is a great time in the old town
Chapel Hill, just about now, when every
thing in the village and campus is be
ing put in the finest order for the open
ing at the University next week.
Many of the faculty have returned, and
others will arrive this week.
Dr. Eben Alexander. exMinister tc
Greece, will resume his work as Pro
fessor of Greek. Prof. c. w. Toms
of the chair Of Pedagogy, and DR.. f.
V: Howell, Professor Of Pharmacy, have
arrived.
examinations for removal of condi-
tons will begin next Monday, the 9th
The entrance examination will be held
On Wednesday. Thursday and Friday OF
next week.
Students are required to register next
week. Those who should know say that
the correspondence indicate the largest
attendance in thirty years.
: President Alderman, who has just re-
turned from a trip to New York and
other northern cities in the interest OF
the University, leaves to-day to speak in
Mecklenburg county. President Alder
man knows how to build great univer
sity, and as II consequence of his powers
the University was never so well anC
so favorabley known to the people OF
North Carolina as it is to-day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
TIE ENCHANTRESS.

She played gpon her sweet guitar,
She smiled at him the while;
Emboldened then. she sang a bar
Or two III awful style.
He vawneG-hs larynX was displayed,
She dropped her sweet guitar;
..Perhaps.'s exclaimed the angry maid,
lyon klrow what manners are:
'Rut if You do | must declare
You must have concealed the fact
He went and kissed the maiden fair,
He was man of tact.
Sweet little sorccress,' he said,
Il feel beneath spell.
And so | nearly lost my head,
For you performed so well.
All. WOMAN. woman. F'lattery
Goes straight into thy heart;
1t dries: thy tears, it comforts thee,
1t soGthes the keenest smart!
She gave her hand to him, and so
She never plays to-day
The first thing that he did was to throw
Her sweet guitar away!
Cleveland Leader.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
FOOL, CRAZY OR SANCTIFIED?
Correspondence Kinston Free Press.

Mr.. Carr. while here assisting the
Rev. Mr.. Geddie in meeting, told OF
a man who was seeking sanctificatiOn
but could not get it ON account of hav.
ing killed or stolen an OK of Il neighbOr
He went and confessed to the man and
paid him, the result being perfect hap
pness. 1t so aroused the conscience OF
IA young man near here that he went to
several cases of stealing, and one case
of helping to break in Il house and steal
ing several hundred dollars. Opinion
seems to be divided whether the young
man is fool. crazy or sanctifed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02

John Griffin, Of GAINESVILLE. o., says:
81 never lived day for thirty years
without suffering agony, until a box of
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured my
piles" For piles and rectal troubles,
cuts, bruises, sprains, eczema and all
skin troubles De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve is unequalled. Carolina Drug
Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02

81 crave but One Minute said the
public speaker in a husky voice; and
then he took dose Of One Minute Cough
Cure. and proceeded with his oratory
One Minute Cough Cure Is unequalled
for throat and lung troubles. Carolina
Drug Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
TEEATH OF MRS. TAYLOR.

Pittsboro, n. c., Sept. 1.-(Special.) }
Yesterday Mrs. Fanny Thurston Tay-
lor, wife of Capt. John w. Taylor. and
youngest daughter of the late Col Henry
A. London, ST., died in this place in the
46th year of her age.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02

Vim. vigor and victory these are the
characteristics OF De Wits Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for con-
stipation. biliousness and all stomach
and liver troubles. Carolina Drug Com
pary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
THREE COLORED CADETS.
Two Negro Boys, Besides Bunday, Will
Try to Enter Annapolis.

Try to Enter Annapolis.
Annapolis, Nd, Aug. 30.-R c. Bun
dy,- the colored appointee from Cincin-
natl, has arrived at the Naval Academy.
X. +. Smith, colored, from ChicalA, is
expected soon. and another cOlored
youth from North Carolina, making
three in all.
This seems to Indicate settled plans to
get: one or more cOlored youths into the
school. If they are successful there
probably will be no maltreatment of
them by the white cadets, but socially
they will no doubt be ostracized.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02
MORE ABONT THIS BONDS.

Attorney for Union Bank of Richmond
Makes Demand on Treasurer of Ok
ford for Payment of Bonds Issued in
Aid of Oxford Coast Line Railroad.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-02

Just tell them that You saw me snOk
ing the Magistrate cigar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
TWO KANSAS DISTRICTS.

But for local jealousies and the pOliti-
cal interests Of individuals the state
of Kansas would long since have been
divided into two federal judicial dis
1ricts. For years cases have been shift
ed from one point to another for hear
ing in attempts 10 catch the ears of the
judges who have come in from other
states TO lend a lift in the situation.
The Kansas Chief in speaking Of the
proposition to divide the state and of
the Overcrowded condition of the work
aud so forth, calls attention to the fact
that Florida, state having about one
third the population and One-third less
In area, has two districts. Louisiana,
with one hundred thousand less popu-
lation and but little over half as large
has two districts Mississippi, with
about 100000 less people, and but little
over half the territory, has two districts
which are now presided over by one
Judge, but has two marshals. Tennes-
see has 100000 more people and but
little over half the area, has three dis
fricts, with two judges and three mar
shalS. All Of the small New England
states, and Delaware, each have one
judge. Even Rhode Island, which is
only one-sixty-fifth the size of Kansas,
and has less than one-third the popula-
rion, has one judge and marshal There
as no earthly reason why Kansas should |
not have two.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
THE GOSPEL OF CRANKS.

Cranks have their places and their
Uses. Much of the machinery Of the
world is moved by cranks. Stagnation
would become the chronic and univer-
sal condition but for cranks. Germany
today as attracting more attention from
the balance Of the world because of its
cranky emperor than it ever did save
In the movement which made it an en-
pire. Cranks are the life of every moral
and spiritual organization, as they are
the inspiration of every political prog
reSs. 1t is conventional to dread the
crank, but the dread leads to Sitting
and appropriating the good found in his
fad. The editor of the Nebraska Jour
nal having preached a sermon in his
columns recently upon the text that "No
successful man is a crank is answered
by the Cincinnati Times-St with the
declaration that while cranks are not
always successful, nearly every man
who brought new light into science or
was Of some striking benefit 10 man.
kind was a crank. Perseverance and
unalterlble adherence TO principle or
ideal. these are the qualities of the
genius and the crank. The difference
between a genius and a crank is akin
TO that between a financier and an
embezzler, when both steal and virtue
depends ON success. According to the
modern verdict Napoleon was a crank
when he tried to capture Moscow in
mldWinter, a hero when he landed from
Elba with a handful of men and march,
ed against the armies of Louis XVIII
ct the latter was as foolhardy 4 ven
ture as the first. There is a terrible
moral gulf between SUCCESS and fail
ure. Nasco di CANA. Columbus. Cool,
and Nansen might have been buried in
me oblivion of crankdOm If success had
not been theirs. If Andree returns
from his balloon voyage alive he will
he the hero of the hour: if he is never |
heard from he viii be numbered AMONG
the fools who gave everything for |
nothing.
When the exposition of 1876 was |
opened in Philadelphia Alexander Bell
begged permission 10 exhibit his te,e-
phone. He was regarded as a visionary /
crank, but was finally allowed to put /
ms talking machine" across the end of
one building. Is there an original stock
holder of the Bell Telephone companv
today that would associate the worI
crank with the name of Bel? What
genius has not been crank up to the
turning point Of failure or success?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
--SAl[LAsH
gauu A Eagle
NJ. NJ srURDoCK. Editor.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.

1t is not what you give, but how you
give it. 1t is not the value of the pres
ent, but the spirit in which it is offered.
II is not a ''Quid pro quO'' affair, but
an act of cheer. 1t is not of or from
abundance, but Of and from the heart
The gift need not be burtbened with
diamonds, but must be ladened with
love- A once beautiful custom is degen-
Grating into a nuisance, if not curse.
The gifts are too frequently enforced,
the one going being measured by the
one coming. It's a swap which is ever
growing more burdensOme. To meet
the demand there is raking and scrap
ing by many TO the verge of impOver-
ishment. This all comes Of the reciproc
by the one received. Instead of hailing
the season with the pleasure of full
heart, TOO many dread its approach
with an empty pocketbOOk. The happi-
ness supposed TO come through Christ
mas gifts does not compensate for the
misery entailed. In short, the Christ
side Of Christmas is well nigh lost in its
selfish side. The gift of the first Christ
mas was Christ. Christ in turn gave
love- 4 Christmas gift which fails OF
enbodying the giver's heart fails of
love, therefore fails of its Christmas
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
A WESTERN MAN WANTED.

Hon. William r. Morrison's term as a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission expires next month. The
commission in its recent report claims
that it has been Shorn of its powers by
the late decision Of the supreme court,
while shippers have often complained,
in vain, of said commission. But as the
commission has come to stay as a fac
tor of some sort, and as the present con-
greSs will attempt to more closely de-
fine its power and secure it in its man
dates, the composition of the board be-
comes matter of interest 1t has been
given out that Morrison is likely to be
succeeded by Pennsylvania man.
Against this the west should emphatic
ally protest. The shipping interests of
the west are in no particular second to
those Of the east, either as to tonnage,
railway mileage or the amount of cap
ital invested in railroads. In fact, the
west leads in ali these particulars, and
the west should have a representative
on the board. The west has not only
the right for such a demand, but it
should be needed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24
CHINA,S CHANCES

\ peacock feather and a yellow
jacket mean more than manhood 10 the
mandarin. The government of China
Is supposed 10 be conservative. but II is
in fact the most stupendously corrlInt
or any government win n history since
the fail Of Rome. Ii Hung Chang.
whom the whole world was honorinr \
short lime since, is just what his inner
unent questions seemed to indicate. He
Is mercenary old wretch with no m.
triotism or craftsmanship above his
love of wealth. He ipsulted Americans
ana Engiishmen during his late tour
by The ever recurring questions Of
How much are you WORTH" and
How much do You get a year, There
has been much talk OF late of railway
construction in China and of the
chances Of I market for American s,eel
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24

and machinery. A correspondent OF
the Railway Age gives rather gloomy
view of the railroad progress in China.
Ii Hung Chang and many influential
Cinnamon have spoken in favor of rail
ways, but no promoter has been able to
secure the least material or even moral
encouragement. The ring .at Pekin
that surrounds the young emperor and
keeps him in absolute ignorance OF the
world beyond his palace gates is shrewd
enough 10 see that the building Of rail
ways would mean a financial and social
revolution. The commercial union OF
the various sections Of the unwieldy
empire would mean the downfall OF the
corrupt ring at Pekin and the destruc-
ton of the whole mandarin system.
While China is governed by provincial
viceroys, whose power is well nigh alb
solute, no plan for an extensive raiI-
way system can hope TO succeed. Pos
sibly the piecemeal absorption of the
best commercial points in China by the
different European nations brings the
question nearer to solution.
All the talk now is of a division of
thar slOwgOing dynasty among the ma
tions of Europe. The dispatches of
late are full of conjectures and propo-
sftions touching such parcelling out of
the empire England dreads the results
Of such possibility and would gladly
stand in with the United States in a
protest backed by the navies of England
and this country. But what is TO be
viii be. SO far as the interests of the
world are concerned, its progress and
civilization, and SO far as the interests
If the hundreds of millions OF the com
nonalty of that miserable empire are
involved, disintegratiOn and dissolution
night be the best thing possible.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24

J. B. Holland. OF Springfield. H.. has OBJ
tanned judgment against the First Ma
tional bank, OF hlowa. for SSal0. Holland.
in years past, sent the bank money FOR
investment He had all of his dealings
with the President. NJ. NJ. Srnalley The
president would take his money ana #, ST
the end OF six months, he had not IL
vested il in lands or securities OF some kind
he would pay him interest on rae deposit
About three years ago Smaiiey looted the
bank ard aoseonGei. He is stsil fugi-
i've. III the time OF his disappearance. the
bank had SEQ Of Hollands money. suit
was commenced against the stockholders
10 recover IL The defendants claimed that
the hank had nothing whatever 10 90 with
the dealings between Holland ana Small
ley. but Judge Foster decided that ne bank
Mas bound by the acts OF It's president.
and ordered the jury 10 return : vertisc,
for he plaintiff
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24

The report that Russia has already seiz-
cd Port Arthur IS another sign that the
partiuon!ng OF China has begun in earn
est. If the runlor is premature il IS rec
ogniZed everywhere as 50 probable that
il VIII surely be justified before long. Such
are some OF the bitter fruits of the war
with Japan which showed the world that
there need be no fear OF formidable re
slstance on the part OF the Chinese 10 any
possible aggress.on by great powers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-24

The old world IS wobbliEg somewhat
wnen s. cretary Of the treasury OF the
United States has TO appeal to people to
grant HIM the small concession Of being
honest. No one understands the financial
question. so either side calls the other
thief and ''foor' easily.