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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-30
! DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
GINNING ESTABLISHMENT, BARREL FAC
TORY AND GRlST MILL BURNED.
One Hundred and Twenty Bales of Cotton
Also Burned--0ld Dominion Steam
ship Barely Saved.


Aurora, N. c., Nov. 29.-(Special.)-
A very destructive fire took place here
today. The large ginning establishment,
barrel factory and grist mill, belonging
to j. B. Whithurt, was burned this
morning about o'clock. f. L. Cherry
had stored in warehouse adjoining,
some one hundred and twenty bales Of
cotton, part of which was saved in a
damaged condition. His loss was about
seventy-fve bales. Several other parties
lost from one to ten bales. Some fifty
tons of cotton seed was also destroyed.
The warehouse Of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company was saved by great
exertions. The total loss will foot up
some six to seven thousand dollars. Mr..
Whithurt has been truly unfortunate by
fire, his saw mill and planning works hav-
ing been burned about three weeks ago.
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There is a Charm

music, especially IL 1t be produced OF
re Of our Planes. Fine instruments hk
ihe
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-30
Blood
Poison

A man afflicted with Contagious
Blood Poison, might as well commit
suicide as TO take the mercurial
poisons which are always prescribed
by the doctors. If he takes those
poisons, he might as well make his
will and get ready for the under
taker. Perhaps this is plain talk,
but it is true, and truth 10 unpleas-
ant sometimes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-30

II the sufferer will take Swffts
Specific (S.S.S.). instead of mineral
poisons, he will get well again, al /
sfay well. He will find that this
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drives all poison from the system
1t gets into the minutest veins, and
eradicates every vestige of faint in
the blood. 1t is the only Real Blood
Remedy ever discovered. 1t not
only cures Contagious Blood Poison.
but is the only remedy that can reach
Scrofula, Catarrh, Rheumatism.
Cancer, Eczema and all other deep
asated Diseases of tho RI1.~l
rec books on the cure of all Blood Die
orders will be sent on application to
the SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-30

When the appetite fails there is no use In
trying to tempt .he palate with delicate food
No matter how good and well-cooked and
appeuzlng !" the food may be, it cannot
give any punishment unless the stomach is
able to digest it. Mature indicates the state
of the constitution by the loss of appetite.
This is an unfailing indicator. 1t shows
that something is fundamentally wrong
with the nutritive functions
The only true natural relief must be as
searching and fundamental as the trouble it
aims to overcome. 1t is the thorough deep
searching character of DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, which causes the mar
velous efficacy in all bilious and digestive
difficulties. 1t creates that healthflll vitality
of the entire digestive and nutritive organ
ism which produces both the natural desire
for food and the organic capacity to assirri.
late and transform it into nourishing, reviv-
flying blood and healthy tissue. It gives
appetite, digestion and sound sleep, and
builds up solid muscular strength and
vital nerve energy.
H H. Thompson, Tsq., of p. o. Fox 4. Kipr1e
Blair Co. Perfl'a writes: AZ had been troubled
with extreme vomiting in summer season, al
ways after eating had to be very careful at times
10 get anything TO stay on my stomach at all; had
been taking other medicines, but without effect.
I heard friend speak OF DR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, and thought would give it q
trial. fused about FIVE bottles Of il and think it
is the only medicine hat did me any good as /
have splendid appetite now and am not tsirg
any medicine at all aud don't tllinl. need any
more"
A man who is suffering from the evil
effects of constipation doesn't feel like
work, and can't even enjoy his leisure
hours. Or. pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
sure, swift, safe, and permanent cure for
constipation. They are tiny sugar coated
granules. One little Pellet" is a gentle
laxative, and two mild cathartic. They
never grippe. Dishonest druggists try to
get you to take substitute for the sake
of the added profit.
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Southern Express Company.
O H Sale at Raleiqh.

Unless previously called for ana
charges paid or otherwise disposed OF
the Southern Express Company will sci
to the highest bidder for cash, at publl.
aaeti@w at the auction house of Erana
stronsek, S21 soutk Wilmington stree
by Frank strcnach. auetioneer, en Mon
day. Dee. q, 1897, commencing st e:A&
q. IA, al matter that has been on Aans
six months or 8vers aa itenlxeG state
meat of which es q be seen at the G7m
paAy's office, 103 Fayetteville srr~ea
and in Rpsbne place at the court hos&s
Of Wake county.
w. =. GROSSWELu
Superintendent
a. p. BRYAN. Agent.
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BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALvE.

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Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
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pay required. 1t In guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by all
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Ninety days reAider GO. Absolute III.
,orce for describe intempergnee, cruel
ty, neglect Sewars French. Lawyer,
0611 Broadway, Eargo, N. Oak. Pan
.hlet mailed r two 2-cent STAMPS.
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Divorces for DesertiOn.

a. p. BRYAN, Agent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-30

Adults and children are kept healthy
by using Vick's Vegetable Liver Pins.
2S cents
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

Mr.. Seton.Karr. who has recently returned
from Africa. has been giving TO the Royal In
s~titution some account OF his highly interest
ing and important discoveries In that CONT.
nent. In November last. he discovered the
great flint mines OF Egypt. which. In itself. Is a
most notable achievement. though It has not
that fascination Of vague conjecture which Ia
possessed by another result OF his wanderings.
for he claims to have found In Somallland the
original homo of primeval man.
With regard to the discovery of the long-lost
flint mines. Mr.. Karr says that he had pre-
viously discovered stray hints In Thebes, but
was most anxious to prove that there was no
connection between the comparatively modern
temples and pyramids of Egypt and the infinite
Iy more ancient paleolithic remains which he
felt certain were 10 be discovered throughout
the whole OF the Nile Valley.
Hearing rumorS from the Arabs OF the exist
snce OF large flint mines In the Eastern desert
he inquired OF Johnson Pasha II he had any
knowledge OF them, and johnson was able to re-
call soms half-forgotten information which the
Bedouins had given him. Proceeding on his
travels Mr.. Karr reached one day the hidden cliff
~plateaus OF the Wady Sheik. And here he came
across what appeared to be ruined cities OF vast
extent, stretching eastward for twenty miles
across the desert. He felt convinced that he had
found the mines and was soon able to prove 1t.
Each mine was marked by It's own special
types OF instruments. which Prot. Flindus
Petrie. the great Psychologist. declares TO be of
the greatest possible interest, and hitherto un'
known TO science. They consisted OF axes,
wedges. spearheadS. rings, disks. sickle-shaped
knives, and hundreds OF stone truncheons. These
last resembled in shape a policeman's baton. and
were probably used in shaping the other articles.
The palHoliths he discovered in somaliland
III. KArr declares to DO Of greater age than the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

'ahaid friend has summed up Barnato's
'a''eFlsIics very fairly in the following esti-
. ana a rood deal that was vulgar. bizarre.
""Ts' Air. Barnett Isaacs BarnAto had also
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

other capital. There is q good deal Of specula-
ton as to what is at the bottom Of the venomous
attacks on the British Ambassador at Constanti-
nople. Sir Philip Currie. that have b EN- ap-
Vienna. Their inspiration. however. is not
necessarily Of Austrian origin. The paper men.
toned Is an old ally of the Sultan, and has on
more than one occasion been the mouthpiece OF
Iildiz Palace on the Bosporus. speaking
through the ottoman Embassy at Vienna. 1t 10
reasonable. therefore, 10 suppose that 1t 10
Yildiz speaking now. AS the Sultan has made no
secret OF his anIipathy to Sir Philip Currie,
whose Independence OF manner and speech dur
ing the Armenian massacres deeply offended
him. and II is only a few weeks ago that the Sui.
tan oppressed to Sir Ashmcad Bartlett his wish
that the British Government would recall him.
This Is the view taken OF tho matter by several
nails at Vienna.
With regard TO matters nearer homo. tho
bringing up. {. the Fifteenth and sixteenth
Army Corps IN. Alsace-Lorrainc to their full war
strength and the issue Of the new quick firing
guns to the German artillery have created an
lying between Paris and the frontier. The old
controversy as to whether Nancy should be forth
fled or left an open place has been revived, with
much TO be said In favor OF either argument. Tho
bulk or the military opinion appears to DO against
terrifying IL, AS the result would be TO immobi-
lie a large body OF men that would otherwise
DO FREQ TO take tho feld. The enforced retire.
ment, by order of tho Emperor William, OF Gen.
dorville Won Lovenklau, commanding the
Thirty'third Division In Lorraine. has caused
surprise even among the German officers OF the
Sixteenth Corps, who have always regarded him
as one Of tho best Generals in it. Tho only rca.
son that has been hinted ut Is that he Is OF
French origin, and did not carry ont with SUM-
clent rlgor the temperance regulations ordered
by Zen. Haeselcr, commanding the corps.
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Egyptian implements, and quite distinct. They
are identical in form with those discovered in
England and France. thus showing the unity OF
race throughout the world during the stone
age. While tracking q lion on q long low hill in
the centre Of somaliland It was that Mr.. Karr
made his great find. He found numbers Of stone
implements, once buried deep for concealment,
but now each one raised On a little pyramid OF
solidined gravel. like boulders on a glacier. On
certain spots there were no stones at all which
did not bear some trace of work by prehistoric
hands.
"The Garden OF Eden, II II ever existed" said
Mr.. Kari. may have been here"
This idea wa caused by the existence Of Ger
tain landmarks corresponding with the descrip-
ton OF the four rivers given In Genesis. Appsr-
entity. in Mr.. Karr's view. somaliland was at one
time Q seat Of tho manufacture of flint instru'
ments for the whole OF the world then known.
no other flint mines having been then discov-
cred. and all the implements. in whatever parts
of the world found. being essentially OF the same
character. Somaliland and Egypt. according TO
the evidence of these hints. must then have been
inhabited by ancient mar at least two hundred
OF three hundred thousand years ago, u period
when parts OF tho North Sea ana Mediterranean
were dry land. and 30 travel would be conipar
atiyely easy. which 10 sufhcient TO explain the
appearance OF flint instruments all over Europe.
Asia, and Africa. Between these continents, Mr..
Karr tn .nks there must have been constant
definite intercourse and communication for
purposes OF trade In flint spearheads and arrow
head.
Whether or no we agree with him az 10 tho
Soinali hints having perhaps been handled by
tho immediate descendants of Adam. 1t IL Ger
tain that Mr.. Karr's discoveries take us back To
a rude civilization which makes Menes and tho
| carly AssyriAn empire quite modern by com.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

tho Kerija River. The Rerija River rises in the
Thibctan highlands, turns at this point to the
northwest, and flows along the base OF the Kuen
Lun. Tho route taken by Roborowsky and his
little band had probably never before been trod.
don by a human foot. He was surprised on May
% by such q violent snowstorm that he was
compelled to return. In June Of the same year
tho bold explorer returned. and this time sue
ceeded in crossing the Uzutagh Mountains at
tho south. Beyond tho latter a vast desert
stretched out before his gaze. lying 16. 600 feet
above tho level OF tho sea, higher. therefore.
than the highest mountain in Europe.
Although It was the middle OF June. there was
not the slightest trace OF life. and the surface Of
the ground was covered with low ranges OF
sharply pointed quartz hills. After penetrating
twenty-five English miles into this wilderness,
the expedition came across q few miserable will
low bushes; beyond this, however. there was
nothing. not even a sign Of lichen on the stone.
covered ground, The only animals that showed
themselves were a few Orongo antelopes, and
these were In such an exhausted condition that
they passed within a few yards Of the mon with.
out paying the slightest heed to their presence,
or 10 tho danger they thereby run.
In this desert rain appears TO be quito I'M
known, and only snow seems to fall the whole
year through. In the month OF Juno IL showed
every day, though tho snow Immediately evap-
GRATED OH reaching the ground. In the morning
Of June Is, at an altitude of 1900 feet,
Roborowsky found the temperature to be-l2 G.
After making forty miles In this terrible region
the party had To return. for the horses were com.
pletely worn out through the stony surface; only
ono Of the animals survived tho march. At the
northern edge Of the mountain chain the expodi-
ton had to encounter continual sAndstorms. Of tho
violence OF which II Is difficult TO form an idea.
The slopes Of the mountains are here covered
with a thick bed Of loess. that extraordinary fne
granular soil which Ia so very prevalent IN
China. This Is taken up by the winds and car
riod through the air, and In heavy storms such
enormHus masses are present that the sun IL
obscnred as II by an eclipse. Should rain fall
at the SAME time each drop collects a small
quantity OF dust on its downward course; the
water almost completely evaporates before the
drop reaches tho ground, and instead OF wet
rain. a rain Of tiny dust pellets falls on to the
earth. When the storm Is over the dust falls
again TO the ground and contributes to the In,
crease Of the loess covering In another place.
" hole forests OF poplars are sometimes buried in
this dust, which accumulates round the trunks
To a height Of forty feet. The trees then very
quickly die, and, when a later storm again blows
away the masses Of dust surrounding them. they
fall to piecsA II. r. Q.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
Days SHOES.
A Few Statistics CONCERNING Them. Contributed
by DAvy's Father.

"1take no note OF time" said Mr.. Togglcton.
Il can count the months with perfect certainty
by tho calls for shoes for Davy. All l want 10
know is tho date Of tho purchase OF ono pair.
Say, for illustration. that wo buy shoes on May
10; then when the next call Is made for shoes
know. without looking at tho date limo In the
paper. or AT the calendar In the office, that II IL
the ION, OF June; for Dayy wears out just one
pair OF shoes a month.
He goes through tho first solcs in two weeks,
ana the second IN two weeks more. Occasion
ally We have his shoes resolcd twice, hut not
often. Usually. when We come to look them
over. after tho second solo has been worn
through, We Ind them In that state of ruin that
Is commonly described in tho phrase beyond
repair
There IL. however: one cheering feature Of
clleapness Of shoes. which never begun To DO so
cheap Ms now. But for this suspicious fact, at
inc rate that Dary wears out shoes. should
pave to move 10 some warm CLINE, where small
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
slT. s:ratsbar 20 Phnip.

Philip said Mr.. Gratebar. the man that
gets the furthest in This world Is tbs man that
Keeps moving. This may seem like u solfe,i.
dent truth, but there are, nevertheless. many
persons who do not seem 10 reaiiIuiL IL. Mauya
rich prize In life has been lOBt by sheer laEinrss,
Keep moving. Philip. You viii be sur.
prissd ana delighted 10 ind how far = nan cSA
get by simply keeping moving
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
The DOucet Skirt.

The doucet skirt shirred on fine cords
around the waist, the shirring extend
ing below the hips, is popular feature
of summer frocks. In organdie this
fashion is particularly adaptable. A
pretty summer girl, who looked as
if she had stepped out of picture at a
wedding in the country recently, had
an organdie with white ground, pow
dered with tiny pink rosebuds, the skirt
made in this way and worn over a white
taffeta slip. The waist had little full
ness gathered OH the right shoulder and
under the arm, the folds being brought
across the breast diagonally and fas-
tened with ruffle on the left side,
forming a curve around the collarless
neck, which was left little bare, the
organdie forming a sort of bolero, which
was drawn tightly across the figure and
the waist defined by high draped belt.
The sleeves were made without being
gathered and drawn tightly around the
arms, except at the top, where smart
looking puff accumulated the shoulders.
With this pretty frock was worn q
leghorn hat tilted over OH the side by a
cluster of pink roses. Roses also formed
O garniture ON top, with loops of black
velvet ribbon forming an aigret on one
side. New York Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Hurrying Him Up.

Jack" said pretty girl to her
brother the other day, ~ want you to
do something for me, there's dear fell
low"
"Well, what is it?" growled Jack,
who is the brother of the period.
"Why, you know that wig and mus
tache you used in the theatricals?''
"Wellf''
"Won't you put them on and go to
the concert tonight? Reginald and
will be there, and want you to stare
at me the whole evening through the
glasses.
"You want me to do that?"
eyes, and as we come out you stand
at the door and try to slip me note.
Take care that Reggie sees you too. J."
"Well, l declared
because, you see, Jack, Reggie likes
me, know, but then he is awfully slow
and he is we'll off and lots of other girls
are after him. He's got to be hurried
up, as it were. scottish American.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Below will be found list showing
how far certain things, animate and in
animate, will travel in second of time:
The snail, one-half inch; man walk
ing, feet; a fast runner, go feet; fly,
"a feet; fast skater, 38 feet; ocean
waves, 20 feet; carrier pigeon, 81
feet; swallows, 220 feet; the worst cy-
clone known, $50 feet; the Krakatoa
wave Cat the volcanic catastrophe of
Aug. az, 1898, in the Sunda islands),
$40 feet; sound in the air, 1905 feet;
the surface of the globe at sea level on
the equator, 1000 feet; the moon, 8, $50
feet; the sun, So miles; the earth, 10
miles; Holley's comet in the perihelion,
235 miles; electric current on telegraph
wires, 1000 miles; induction current,
II, 04O miles; electric current in copper
wire armatures, $1,000 miles; light
1870, 900 miles; discharge of Leyden
bottle through copper wire of one-six-
teenth inch in diameter, 27S, 100 miles.
This last is the greatest rapidity SO far
measured.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Sometimes the most careful women are
the most careless. Many a woman bundles
herself up, to keep out sickpess-when she
Is neglectiDg the very worst sickness that
can come to woman. She allows a Sigh!
disorder to become worse, to slowly sap her
vitality. The little pain and the other
slight indications of trouble seem to her
unimportant. She goes on, with increasing
suffering, until life itself becomes drag.
Nervousness, ''sinking SPELLS" digt stive
disturbances, and fifty other complications
may arise from arrangement of the organs
distinctly feminine. Over 80 years ago, the
need for reliable remedy for sOcalled
''female complaints" was recognized by Dr.
X V. Pierce, then, as now. chief consult
ing physician to the worlds Dispensary and
lnvalids' Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y. He
prepared DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton, the most wonderful effective remedy
that has ever been used for such maladles.
Send 81 cents In One-cent stamps and
receive DR.. Pierce's 1908 page Common
Sense Medical Adviser" illustrated.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Real Estate Transfers.

Sarah Powell to r. G. Powell, part lot
l, blk 6, Lothrop sos.
H. M. Higgs to A. G. Buck & wife, part
lots and 6, block z, Vernon, $1,000.
H. M. Higgs to j.. j. Frost, part lots 6
and Z, blk 6, Vernon, $1,000.
B. Hallstead to S. E. Dean, lots on blk
SIS. B. Thomas's add, Corunna, 500.
CT Holman ct al to J. A. Bremen &
wife, part W / sec 2S, New Haven, $2l6.
M. E. Chapman to g. c. Champion, lot
on sec IA, Owosso, SLIGO.
G. Grout to M. VanBerger, part lot g.,
blk 10, d. L. Co.'S I'd add, Durand, $3.50. :
D. B. Holmes to r. G. Fair, lot 5, blk 2,
d. B. Holmes add, Durand. $3.50.
W. Davis to F. w. Vestren, Il wife. lot
4, blk /, S. X. Barnes add, o Sosso, $1,000.
A. 3. Chapman TO w. J. Varcoe, lot on
sec IA, Owosso, $3.50.
S. Y. Martin to Frank Jenkins 60 acres
on sec rs, Caledonia, 1925.
M. A. Buckuinster to Fanny Warren,
part lot 5s, McA. and G. divisions, Corun-
ma, $25.
M. j. Bedelman to M. A. Davis, part
lot /, blk 5, G. A. Parker's add, Bancroft,
$3.50.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Probate Court.

Letters testamentary issued to Edward
M. Eighme, in the matter of the estate OF
William Eghme, deceased. Letters also
issued to Lydia d. House and Clayton
Thomas, executrix and executor respec.
lively of the estate Of Jabez 7. House
deceased.
Silas B. Southworth appointed admins
traitor of the estate of julius B. Her., de.
ceased.
Sarah Eighme appointed guardianIoi
Bernice Eighme, a minor. Ia. ::s..s
Levi Bonesteel.was discharged Ras adj
ministrator de bonis non with the will
annexed Of the estate of Jacob Bonesteel
deceased.
On Aug. 14th petition for the.probating
the will of Hiram Brown, deceased, to be
heard.
Petition for appointment of admins
traitor of the estate of Charles w. Carter,
deceased, to be heard on Aug. 14th.
On Aug 10th the final account of Otto
Krell, administrator of the estate of
Amos w. Nichols, deceased, toSbe heard
On same date final account of Edward
Buck executor.of the estate of George
Fauth, deceased, to be heard.
KATHERINE L. KELSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

One of the greatest mysteries to scien-
fists, one for which there seems TO be
no reasonable explanation, issthat con.
corning tie migration of the lemminq,
or Norway rat Instead Of taking place
once year THESE migrations occur only
once in every / years. When the time
comes for the exodus, the little animals
journey westward from Scandinavia,
allowing nothing to stop their move
ments, which virtually amount to q
headlong fight They swim the lakes
and rivers and climb the highest noun
tains in incslculable numbers, devastat-
ing the whole country through which
they travel. Naturalists attribute the
movement to some inherited memory OF
flight to escape an expected cataclysm,
but this seems somewhat farfetched. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.