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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

post-mortem examination of the tigers
after they had been skinned, found
that in each case a single buckshot
had gone to the heart. One had also
an insignificant wound on the head
from another pellet. For really ap-
palling fuke," as Mr.. Butler says,
this achievement of the Malay wood
cutter will be hard to beat" 1t is GER
tainly not performance any sane
white man will try to parallel, much
less to eclipse.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

osity that approaches contrition for
the act, We have raised him up again
dried his clothes, brushed the dust
from him, healed his wounds, feo
him. hired carriage and gently con-
veyed him home, and, as we pafueu
with him, amid confusion OF regrets
and adioses, thrust s2O,Ooo,OOO into his
pocket Such are the short ana SIM
pie annals of a great war. honoraple
to us and profitable to SPAIN
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
r.mov,nr Hats at the rheater.

Here is a scheme that the manager
uses at his theater in Portland, Ore.
After the orchestra has finished the
overture a neat sign rises to the view
of the audience from the floor of the
stage. 1t shows these magic words:
This is the proper time for ladies to
remove their hats" And If they are
not already off, the sign works won
iers
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

The women of Paraguay are so much
in the majority that they do the work
of the country. They are the buyers
and sellers of every community, and
outside of the cities the men are the
drones. Any bachelor in the Un led
States can find wife in Paraguay if
he wants one, for the men are now so
few that any two-legged animal with
out feathers, of the masculine gender,
will here be greedily grabbed The
sexes were once about equally divided,
but Paraguay had war which killed
OFF the men. 1t was just before the
close of our trouble between the North
and the South. At that time Paraguay
was the leading country of this part of
the world. 1t was about the richest of
all South American. and its wealth and
influence angered the Argentine Cra-
quay and Brazil They combined
against it and their joint army attack
ed the Paraguayans. The struggle last
ed five years, but it ended in the wip-
ing out, as it were, of the Paraguayan
men. 1t is said that 100000 of them
died in battle and that thousands of
women and children were starved 10
death.
1t is hard to get accurate figures in
any South American country, but, ac-
cording to the best estimates, the pop
ulation of Paraguay was cut down by
this war so that there was only one
man to six women, while aisother stat
istician gives it that three fourths of
all the people in Paraguay, numbering
about 100000, were destroyed. When
the war ended there were only 100000
left, of whom about $4,000 were men
and 100000 were women over 10 years
of age. The rest were children. Para
quay thus became a land of women,
and nature seems to he keeping it so.
Since the war am told that more girls
have been born every year than boys.
In Asuncion the girl births exceed the
boy births by more than five to the
hundred, and outside the city the per-
centage of girl babies is greater.
Many OF the Paraguayan women are
very good looking. This is so of all
classes, and especially SC o. the young.
A Paraguayan maiden is trifle under
middle height. She is as straight as an
arrow and as timber as a willow tree
branch, though inclined to be voluptu-
GUS in form. Her complexion is of the
Jersey cream order and often of the
reddish brown of the Guarani Indians.
She has, as rule, more or less Indian
blood in her veins. When the Span
iards came here this country was in
habited by the gentle and semi-civiliz-
ed Guaranis. The two races intermar-
ried. Their descendants took wives
from the same tribes, so that today
there are comparatively few Paraguay
ans who have not large proportion OF
Guarani blood. The Indian mixture has
resulted in the adoption of many In
dian customs, and the language most
spoken by the people today is the
Guarani. In the country districts little
else is used and in the schools OF
Asuncion there are notices on the walls
that scholars must not speak Guarani
during school hours. The Guarani is
q soft language and the Paraguayan
girls have sweet voices. Indeed, their
tones fall softly on my ears after the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

muzzle-loading gun
loaded with the
rather unscientihc
charge of a bullet
and four buckshot.
Moving quietly
through the jungle
he suddenly came
upon a tiger feed
ing on the carcass
of a sambhur, and,
with touching con-
fidence in his
weapon, fired at a
distance of twenty
PAGES. The tiger
rolled over, and,
when the Malay
cautiously a p
preached, he found
not one dead tiger,
but two, the second
having been hid
den from the
sportsman. thought
only a few feet dis
tant from the ami
NAL he fired at. Mr..
Rutler who made
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
BIGAMY
If Not Poiygamy, Once Authorized in
Europe.

Among the early Teutonic tribes, as
among all savage nations, polygamy
was openly practiced. According to
Herbert Spencer the Merovingian
princes also had more than one wife.
But so far as is known no civilized
European government ever authorized
the practice. In the thirty years war
the Diet of Franconia, sitting at Nu-
remberg. passed the following remark
able law, permitting each man to
marry two wives on account of the nu-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
Was No Romance.

He-"My dear madam, we have Doth
passed the age of romance, but l offer
YOU my heart and with it my hand"
She-"My dear sir, l agree with you
that we have both passed the - 1an-
tic age. l beg, therefore. to inquire
what amount of check that hand is
able to draw ?"-Bo:ton Journal
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
SIMPLE METHOD
by which Sewage In Water May De
Detected.

Here is a simple test for the pres
ence of sewage in water. All drinking
water should be tested in town or
country frequently, as there are other
impurities besides sewage which are
quite as deadly, and every cistern of
water is liable to be source of blood
poisoning. Mice, rats and other pests
must have water, and many case of
typhoid is set up by such as these
falling into the cistern and remaining
there for months in a decomposed
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
TWO AT A TIME.
How a Malay woodcutter BagGed Big
Tigers.

An extraordinary shooting adventure
is recorded by. Mr. A. l.. Butler of the
State Museum, Selangor, Malaga, IN
the last number of the Bombay Nat
ural History Society's Journal. One
day in last July Malay woodcutter
went out into the jungle to cut fuel,
taking with him, on the off-chance OF
shot at deer, an old inglebarreled
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
FAMOUS RoUoH RIDER.
Buck Taylor Says "Pe-ru-na is the Best
Catarrh Cure on Enrth-Curcd Me-"

Sergeant Buck Taylor, one of the
famous Rough Riders, is a personal
friend of Governor Roosevelt of New
York. He accompanied Governor
Roosevelt on his great stumping tour
through upper New York state. He
was promoted through gallaptry in the
field during the late war.
The Sergeant has the following to
say of Pe-ru-na: Il think there is no
better medicine on earth than Peru
ma, for catarrh. 1t has cured me. 1t
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

parrot-like accent
which has sawed
my y m p a n u IN
during my associa-
tions with their
Argentine sisters.
One of the CHIEF
industries of the
Paraguayan wom-
en- is lacemaSing.
1t is true. that the
lower classes do all
kinds of work, but
al, the women
make beautiful
lace. They spin
webs as delicate as
though they were
spiders, and every
house is full of
beautiful cobwebs
ruade by its wom-
en-. They make
lace handkerchiefs,
fichus and en-
broideries a n d
weave great ham
mocks of thread so
fine and so strong
that they will out
last a generation.
They have patterns
of their own which
they have taken
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

do you celebrate st. Patrick's Day7'
Yes, | always go see the parade my hus-
band is always late to dinner and the
children all come home CRYING because
they got stepped on in the crowd"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

"How does your wife occupy the time?"
"Weil, since my arm has been vaccinat-
ed she puts in most of her time leaning
on me-"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28
RECKLESS

Some Blue PencilInE.
Washington Cor. St Louis Globe
Democrat: Under the convenient
leave to print" some surprising liber-
ties are taken with that staid journal,
the Congressional Record. A few
days ago a member from the east put
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-28

Pauline couldn't establish her claim to
be a Daughter of the Revolution"
weren't her papers right" Yes but
they said she was to peaceable''
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25
MARCONrS IDEA OF THE WAY The HERTzAN WAVES TRAVEL

f'~ttespn 49,
Mr.. Marconi was asked to express in
rough way on paper his conception
Of the Hertzian wave that comes from
the vertical wire hanging from the
mast. A card had been prepared with
q pencil sketch of the diagram here
shown In the figure, supposed to repre-
sent an upright pole or mast from
which hangs the Marconi vertical con-
ductor. Quick as flash Marconi seiz-
ed the pencil and by single down
and-up stroke made the two wave
marks" shown in the illustration, and
with the words Long waves-like
that" was off.
AS Mr.. Marconi was not available Mr..
Densham was afterward asked to en-
plain this diagram more fully and he
stated that the figure to the right of
the diagram gives more correct idea of
the way the Marconi people conceive
the theoretical appearance of the wave.
But just how the wave might start
from the wire was question. Mr.. Den.
sham stated further that practice SEEM
ed to prove that the wave was about
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25
Harvey at the Head
Of Harper Bros,

New York, Nov. LEI. Henry Har-
per, vice president of Harper & Broth
ers, announced this evening that at the
meeting of the directors of the publish
ing company today George b. NJ. Mar
vey, editor and proprietor of the North
American Review, was elected presi-
dent and managing director of Harper
& Brothers. He added that Mr.. Harvey
had purchased from the shareholders
large interest in the company. The
organization as completed at meeting
today was as follows: President, G. b..
M. Harvey; FIRST vice president, John
X. Harper; second vice president, J..
Henry Harper; third vice president,
Clarence w. Mcllvan: secretary, Jas.
Thorne Harper; treasurer, Henry s.
Harper, and directors in addition to
the officers above named. II. " Harper
and James Harper.
The changes consist In the substitu-
ton Of MIR. Harvey as president In
place of John W. Harper, who becomes
first vice president, and the retire
ment Of John Harper. whose health
renders il impossible for him to at
tend 10 business. Mr.. Harvey will en-
ter upon his duties on Monday.
MIR. Harper declined to state the
terms under which Mr.. Harvey be-
comes the head Of Harper A. Brothers.
II was learned, however. from another
source, which there is every reason to
believe is authoritative. that the share
holders OF stock, which was appraised
block of stock, which was appraised
some time ago at $237 share, ut $50
per share. The exact amount OF stock
purchased by him cannot be ascertain
ed, but 1t is said to be about sl.D00,O00
worth.
II was reported some months ago
that consolidation of Harper a.
Brothers and Doubleday & Mcclure
had been practically completed. II was
found, however, when the time came to
put the suggested consolidation into
effect that the lines of publication of
the two companies differed 50 widely
that the plan was impracticable. and it
was abandoned.
Mr.. Harvey confirmed the announce
ment Of Mr.. Harper, bur further than
to announce that he would continue as
editor of the North American Review
he declined to discuss his plans fJr the
future.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25
CRICKET TODAY.

There will be cricket Ilatch be-
tween a team from the II. c. c. and a
mixed team from the Enrol and LennoX
at the usual time and place this after
noon. Following is the personnel OF
the teams
Errol--Captain Henderson, Messrs.
Fairhall, Steel, Gibson, Teltch, Miller
and Farson. Lennox-Captain Will
Hanson, DR.. Herault and Messrs
Whitehead and A. N. Other.
II. C.. C.-Judge Stanley. AMI MasrG.
Jordan, A. Dunn, r. Anderson, j. C.
Penny, j. Cockburn, II. Ayres. Harvey
l.. de l.. Ward, Piianaia, Walker and
II. Herbert.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25

four times the length of the wire. as in
dictated in the diagram. Remembering
therefore, that the general standard
height Of the vertical wire now employ
ed by Marconi Is 100 feet. this would
make the wave, say, coo feet as II
leaves the l50-foot vertical conductor.
Mr.. Densham was asked what was
the effect of an increased spark length
or electromotive force whether the
length OF a spark gave an increase of
the distance reached by message. His
answer was to the effect that IL made
very little difference after certain
points.
The Marconi people were questioned
as to the methods likely to be employ
ed by Mr.. Marconi in the line of direct
ing the Hertzian waves, but the ans
wer came with smile that on this
subject they had nothing to say"
In view of the tests to which the
Marconi system has thus far been sub
mitted 1t seems safe to assume that II
has reached an entirely practical stage.
and is now ready for application to
every day work.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25

1t is not necessary to intro
duce Mr.. w. Y. TOW to peo-
pie who patronize art in Ho-
nolulu. To those who may
not know, it would perhaps be
as well to say that he has been
in the employ of King Bros.
for close on to ten years, where
evidences of his skill are always
to be seen. He works in oil,
water color, or pastel, with
equal facility. His studies in
Hawaiian Fish have been copied
and recopied by less skillful
hands, which is evidence suffi-
cient that he is a master in
stilllife. His studio is still with
KING BROS,
no Hotel street.
American Messenger Service, Tee
DhOne i1f
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25

Hawaiian Songs. See page 8,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25

American Messenger Service, Tee
phone iif.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25
DEEDS ARE FRUITS.

Words are but leaves" II IL not what
we say, but what Hoods Sarsaparilia
does that tells the story. The many
wonderful cures effected by t!is medi-
line are the fruits by which 1t should
be judged. These prove II TO be the
great, unequalled remedy for dyspep-
Sia, rheumatism, scrofula. salt rheun,
catarrh and all other ailments due 70
impure or impoverished blood.
Hoods Pills are non-irrita.ing, mild,
effective,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-11-25
mccoy TO FIGHT MAHER.

New York, Nov. 16.-Representative
of Peter Maher and Kid,McCoy met to-
day and arranged fight between Ma
her and Mccoy for twenty-five rounds
before the Coney Island Sporting Club
on December 18th for $40, 900 purse.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
SALE OF A LARGE TRACT OF
VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS.

BY virtue of IN order and decree of
the Superior Court of Burke County in
the proceeding of George Richard and
others Elk Parte, I will sell at the
Court House in Morganton, n. G.. on
2nd day of January, 1900,
all that tract of land in the County of
Burke known as the ''Stevelv Lands
granted by State of North Carolina to
J.. NJ. Tate and Andrew Baird, on the
waters Of Jacobs and Henry's Rivers,
ridge, standing on a heap of earth
thrown up ty a tree-fatling out of root.
on o. near Thomas Walkers line. and
runs east 20 poles. crossing Walkers
creek. whole distance 20 p. to a small
post oak and red oak on a ridge on or
near George Walkers line. then S. SO
f. % poles crossing C~anebreak creek
to Henry's River, then So poles to a
fork of same, whole distance 90 poles
to a poplar. and locust in a rich fiat
near a spring near Jones line, Their S.
20 E. 900 poles to a stake. then W. $50
poles to a stake. then north to the be-
( ming
Sold for partition. Terms of sale:
20 per cen cash on day of sale, bal
ance in six months with approved
security: title retained until purchase
money paid.
This c1st day of Nov. 1899.
JNO. T. PERKINS.
Commr.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

W A. Leslie. druggist. guarantees
every bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and will refund the money 10
any one who is not satisfied after using
two-thtrds of the contents. This is
the best remedy in the world for la
grippe, coughs. colds. .roup and
%whooplng cough and is pleasant aud
safe to take. 1t prevents any tendency
OF a cold to result in Pneumonia.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

We are not inviting a news
paper controversy. but your
Johns River Correspondent
seemed to be in a Eliminating
state Of mind. We think that
we have a clever enough set
OF county officers and our only
fear is that some Of them will
not serve again, especially our
County Commissioners.
We hope the kind readers
Will not think because we use
the non de plume below that
we are anyways BEHIND.
TURKEYTAIL.
Dec. 20, 1899.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
a SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
twenty-five YEARS CON
SLANT USE WITHOUT A
FAILURE.

The first indications OF cronp is
hoarseness, and in a child subject to
that disease it may be taken as a sure
sign OF the approach of an attack. Fol-
lowing this hoarseness is a peculiar
rough cough If Chamberlain's Cough
Kennedy Is gwen as soon as the child
becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears, it will prevent
the attack. 1t is used in many thou
sands Of homes in this broad land and
never disappoint the anxious mothers.
We have Yet 10 learn Of "a single instance
IN which it has not proved e~tfectnal.
No other preparation can show such a
record-twenty-tive years constant
use without a failure. For sale by
W. A. Leslie, druggist.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
Notice Of AdminiStra-
ton.

Having qualified as administrator OF
James Sanders. deceased. late of the
comfy OF Burke, n. c.. this is to notify
all persons having claims against the
estate of the said deceased to exhibit
them 10 the undersigned on or before
the 9th dav OF December. 1900, or this
notice will plead in bar OF their re-
coverv. All persons indebted to said
estate Will please make immediate pay
ment.
This November 81. 1900.
L. 4. BRISTOL.
Administrator.
JNO. NJ. Null, Atty.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
Notice of
ton.

Having qualified as administrator Of
r.. NJ. Williams. deceased. 1T. OF the
county OF Burke. North Carolina. III 5
Is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate OF the said deceased
TO eXhlblt them 10 the undersigned on
OF before the othday of December. 1890.
or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to SAID estate will please make i'm
mediate payment.
This December 9th. 1899.
J. c. WILLIAMS.
Administrators.
JNo. u. Null, Atty.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
GLEN P NOTES.

i.#. IN
Mr.. NJ. S. Powell spent Sun
Jay at home.
Mr.. Tate Simpson has gone
10 tennessee.
Miss May Pitts, of Clare
mont College. is at home for
the holidays.
The public school taught by
Mrs. \. r. BuffalOe at Snowfall
closed to-day.
Nr. Green Stacey is in
barge OF this section of the
southern Railway.
Reports are that an import
ant event will happen near
Rollins. Will give details
later.
Some Of our young folks at
tended a party at Mr.. Pink
Parsons last Saturday night
Il week.
Seventy feet Of Mr.. Will
POOLS mill dam was torn out
~ the recent freshet on Lin
Vile river.
Mr.. J. ID. Pitts has recently
lded furniture to his stock.
Bedsteads and so on are nice
presents sometimes.
Mr.. Alvin Powell has gone
- NeEo, \. c., to relieve
section foreman Snipes, who
has gone to Atlanta, Ga.
Uncle Pope sends a game
cock to Charlotte that will clean
up any cock there that designs
to cross swords with him.
The children are looking for
ward with joyous anticipation
- Il Christmas tree in the
Academy Christmas light.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Pitts re-
turned last Thursday from a
IMP to Asheville, where they
combined business with pleas
IRE.
That Mr.. CALVIN Simpson
and Miss Minnie Bailey will be
married Sunday is no secret.
Miss Bailey is an attractive
lady.
Mr.. June Bumgarner and
Miss Minnie Conley, daughter
Of Mr.. Jasper Conley, were
married to -dayl Wednesday.
Nr. JIG. CARTS attended the
wedding.
Mr.. NJ. c.. Sigmon. having
purchased Giles Bros stock
oil goods, opened up last Satur-
LAY, III the store house for
merIy occupied by Mr.. L. \.
SIMPSON.
Mr.. Frank Brinkley has ac-
The evening times., 1899-08-15

The report of daring hold-up and bru-
tai assault was received at the Fourth Pre-
cinct station at o'clock this morning.
The victim was Mrs. John A. Dean, resi-
dent, Of Arlington, Va, and the assailant
an unknown negro apparently about TWEEN
ty-five years of age. The scene of the
affair was at point between Jackson City
and st. Asaphs. The negro made his es-
cape in the darkness, as the outrage took
place about O'Clock a. m.
When seen by Times reporter after
her arrival in Washington this morning,
Mrs. Dean stated that she, in company
with boy twelve years old, were pro-
ceeding along the St. Asaphs road driving
a wagon loaded with truck for the market.
When they reached a bend in the road a
negro suddenly jumped into the wagon
from behind seized her by the throat and
demanded her pocketbook. Mrs. Dean,
thoroughly frightened, handed the man her
purse. but on finding it empty he threw
it to the floor of the wagon. He then
seized the boy and threw him to the bot
tom of the vehicle, kicking him savagely
several times. Turning from the boy,
whom he believed to be insensible, he
again clutched Mrs. Dean by the throat.
Mrs Dean resisted as best she could. Her
assailant seized a stick which was in the
wagon and was about 10 strike her over the
head with il when the noise of an approach
ing vehicle was heard. The negro dropped
his weapon and leaping from the wagon ran
down the road and disappeared in the dark
ness.
The negro is described as being of light
brown color about five feet seven inches
in height, and weighing from $50 to l60
pounds. He had a small mustache and
wore dark sack suit and straw hat.
The case is out nf the jurisdiction OF the
Washington police, but lookout is being
kept for the man. The Virginia authorities
were also notified