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way toward relieving the troublesome
race friction, of which we had enough in
North Carolina last year, particularly
in my district, whore the negroes are so
numerous. do not believe that many
white men will lose their voting priv
ileges under the law on account of Hitter
acy. although the opponents of the
amendment have sought to make it APP
pear that under its operations many
whites would be excluded as voters"
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Mrs. Joe Persons
REM E.DY.
HUAfOR IN THE BLOOD.

This is valuable Endorsement.
Kittrell n. G., Nov. Is, 1898.
Mrs. Joe Person:
Dear Madam have been for a num-
Der of years troubled with what seem
ed to be humor in the blood, which
gave me a great deal of annoyance in
the winter. | consulted and tried the
treatment of five physicians without
the least benefit, but since beginning TO
take your remedy am much improved,
and hope soon to be well.
CLIFTON l.. WHITAKER.
Sec. N. G. Conference NJ. p. Church.
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IAN EMPTY SACK CANNOT
STAND UPRIGHT"

Neither can poor, weak, thin blood
nourish and sustain the physical
system. For strength or nerves and
muscles there must be pure, rich, vigor-
Gus blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
standard preparation for the blood and
its many remarkable cures and the fact
that it does everybody good who takes
1t prove it is just what you need If you
are weak and languid.
Hoods Pills do not grippe. All drug
gists. &c.
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Of 0HeF TO sell one Thousand SHARES or
Stock in The Durham and Northern
Railway Company owned by the City
of Durham.
At an adjourned meeting of the Board
of Aldermen Of the City of Durham,
held on the 25th day of August, 1899, it
was ordered by said Board that: "The
entire stock owned by the City of Dur
ham, in the Durham and Northern Rail-
way Company, be offered for sale, as a
whole, in the following manner: The
City Clerk shall advertise for sealed
bids, for said stock, to be opened on the
18th day of September, 1899, at II
O'Clock M. the City reserving the right
to reject any or all bids. Each bid must
be accompanied by five hundred dollars,
or certified check for that amount on
some responsible bank, as an evidence
Of good faith on the part of the bidder,
which shall be returned to the owner if
the bid be not accepted.
If a sale should be made, the pro-
ceeds thereof shall be placed to the
credit of the sinking fund, provided for
the payment of the bonds issued by the
Town of Durham in aid of the Durham
and Northern Railway Company, under
Chapter 40 of the Laws of 1887, and
the interest or dividends arising there
from shall be applied and used to reduce
taxes collected for said fund.-"
BY virtue of the foregoing resolution,
/ will receive bids as therein provided,
until II o'clock m. Of the 18th day of
September, 1899. The stock to be sold
consists of one thousand shares of the
par value of one hundred dollars each.
1t was issued to the Town (now City, OF
Durham, in exchange for bonds of the
par value of one hundred thousand dol
lars, after a subscription to that amount
had been made by said Town. Persons
desiring further information, may adj
dress me or Victor s. Bryant, City At
torney at Durham. n. G.
GEO. w. WOODWARD,
August 9th, 1899. City Clerk.
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SPECIAL RATES. VIA S. A. i. TO
RICHMOND. VA.

On account Of the unwilling Of the
Winnie Davis Monument and Meeting
e. ID. C.. Richmond, Va, November lib,
1899. the Scaboard Air Line will sell
round trip tickets from Raleigh for SGT
for the round trip. Tickets 30 he sold
November and 6, with .nal limit No
vcmber IA. inclusive.
u. 7. SMITH, City Ticket Agent,
Raleigh, n. @.
Telephone III.
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NOTABLE REVIVAL SERVICES.

Spring Hope, n. c., Sept. 11.-(Spe-
cial) -0ne Of the most notable revival
meetings ever held i'm this section is nov
in progress at Peachtree Baptist church,
three miles from here.
Evangelist John II. Edmondson is the
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TIE BAPTIST FEMALE UNIVERSITY,
OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT RALEIGH.

controlled by the Baptsts the
possibly
Everything
hot Faculty of
of
elective Credit
n standing
like
Eouion. For address
PRESIDENT
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SPECIAL RATES VIA s. A. Il. TO
NEW YORK, N. Y, AND WASH
TNGTON, ID. c., ON ACCOUNT OF
THE ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION
OF ADMIRAL DEWEY, OCTO-
BIER. 1899.

On account of the above occasion the
Seaboard Air Lime has arranged To sell
round trip tickets from all stations on lis
line to New York and Washington. at
rate of one and one-third first-class fare
for the round trip.
The rate from Raleigh. via all rail 10
Washington, ID. c., S12,S5, via Ports
mouth and steamer, S11.S0; to New
York, n. Y, via all rail, $3.50; via
Portsmouth, \. & w. S.fB. Co, Bay
Line, or Cape Charles route, or o. d. s.
s. Co., $1S.60.
Tickets win be sold om two dates to be
named later rs soon as dare Of rccrp-
lions are decided upon, with final limit.
so as tc' allow purchasers i've days ~
in New York or Washington.
For further information call on he
undersigned
II. S. lizard, r. p. A.
Raleigh. y. G.
u. p. SMITH G. T. A..
Raleigh. n. G.
-
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MR.. w. r. ELLIS DEAD.
He Was Clerk of the Superior Court of
Davie County.

Winston. n G., Sept 11.-(Special) -
w. r. Ellis, Republican clerk of Davie
County Superior court. died in Mocks-
vile, this afternoon, aged 81. He rep
resented his county twice in the Legis-
lature. He was a brother of Winston
Salem's assistant postmaster, w. j.
Ellis.
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IMPORTANT SALE.

Under and In pursuance of Judgment Of the
Superior court Of Wake county duly rendered
at April term, 1899, in the action of John " ard
ct al VS.. The North Carolina Car Company ct al,
and under the provisions Of a deed OF trust exc,
cuted April ], 1897, by said North Carolina Car
Company to the undersigned Trustees, and reg
istered in the office of the Register of Deeds OF
Wake county in Book 143, page 729, the UNDER
signed will expose to pub ic sale on MONDAY,
AUGUST z, $780, at u O'Clock M, at the County
Courthouse door in the city of Raleigh, all
that tract or parcel of land, on which the works
of the North Carolina Car Company are now
located situated in the county of Wake and
State of North Carolina, Just beyond the north
ern boundary Of the city of Raleigh, bounded
and described as follows: Beginning Frank
lin Place street at the southwest corner of the
Klueppelburg lot and running with his line
north ~ degrees west, POS 12 feet to his conner;
thence with his line and the line OF Vass' 'Ot
southl80 l-2 Degrees cast $50 feet to Steinmetl's
line thence with Stemmetz's line north y de-
grees, east s87 feet TO w Turks line; thence
with sale line nor'h 81 l-2 degrees, west 3a3K
feet to thc right of way of the Raleigh q CASTOR
Railroad Company; thence southwardly with
said right IF way $50 feet; thence north "a Ia
degrees east 1877 feet with ,he lines Of Cole and
Eeumeyer's lots thence north degrees, east
n feet thence north 81 1-2 feet, east with Neu
meyers line l24 IL feet; thence north degrees,
east with Undertakes and Heiiig's lines 2l5
feet thence north 81 degrees, east with Franklin
Place street Is feet to the beginning, contain
ing six and 3S-100 acres, more or less, together
with all privileges and appurtenances thereto
appertaining or belonging, and all the buildings
ana structures, improvements ana uXJures on
said land, and all engines, boilers and every
other kindof machinery on said land or in said
| buildings and all and singular the corporate
| rights and franchises of said North Carolina
| Oar Company
| Terms of sale: cash. G. Fl. BFLVIN,
| E. q. SMITH,
Trustees and Commissioners.
| June IL, 1899 tbs.
| The above sale is postponed by consent OF all
| parties until Monday, October I'd, 1899, at II
| o'clock M, at the county court house door,
| Raleigh, N, q.
@. III. BELVIN,
l - - q
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vIR0 GINA COLLEGE

Opens Sept. 18th, 1892 One of the leading
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American teachers. Full course. Superior adj
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seven states For catalog address the President,
MATTE P. HARRIS. Roanoke Virginia.
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June IL. 1899
NOT ICE.

OF offer to sell one thousand shares OF
Stock in The Durham and Northern
Railway Company owned by the City
of Durham.
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idolatrous temples, and with fires as
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idolatrous temples, and with fires as
the basis of their worship
The Apostle Paul delivered an argu-
ment on the question of whether it was
right or wrong TO eat meat which had
been offered to idols. He said that so
far as he was concerned it made no diff
ference how the meat had been cooked.
But, in Difference to the opinion of 9th
ers, he said: IF il cause my brother to
offend, l will eat no more of the meat
offered to idols" So, in that early day,
it must have been a question of great
Importance.
But in our day the eating of meat Of
fered to idols is practiced on this con-
tinent in refined sense. The North
American Indians realize, in vague
way, that there is Great Father above
us all; but their conceptions are little
above the conceptions of their idola-
trous ancestors. They follow the Gus
toms Of those ancestors, and have bar
becues of dogs in their religious fes-
rivals. This custom came from ances-
tors who offered dogs in sacrifice to
idols. The aboriginal Indians ate the
dog meat thus offered, and the modern
Indians eat dog meat after their reli-
gious festivals.
Juggling with fire was practiced in
very ancient times" said learned pro-
lessor to the writer. MANY of the
tricks of that sort which are best
known to-day were employed to de-
ceive the vulgar thousands of years
ago. There is nothing even now which
does more TO excite the establishment
of the ignorant than the breathing OF
flame, which is a deception handed
down from remote antiquity.
/ "When the slaves of Sicily rose in
rebellion about $50 u. C.. and took re-
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the bottom OF the galley. Beman stood
In the stern as steersman to direct their
course.
With the utmost force and order they
pulled away with the tide northward
into the dense fog. just as they were
vanishing from sight enc Of the guards
on deck discovered them, and with a
cry Of Halt, therel Halt" discharged
his musket at them. The next moment
several guards fired, but with such uu-
certainty on account Of the fog that the
fugitives were untouched although
shots pierced their clothing.
Now they were concealed in the mist,
and all was uproar behind them. Every
guard was bawling: "Rebels escaped
Rebels escaped" The officers were
rushing about, shouting hoarse com
mands to fire, 10 let down the Whitby's
boats and pursue, and to do any mum.
Der OF other absurd things. The two
men In the water were calling loudly
for help, with nobody to heed them,
The prisoners were cheering with might
and main. And as soon as word reached
the nearest frigate her guns began to
thunder as she swept with grapeshot
the surface Of river and shore in the
direction in which the fugitives had
fed.
But the Americans were too shrewd
TO continue their flight in the track of
tn Sc deadly missiles. They knew well
that they would be not only fired upon,
but pursued as soon as the British
could man their boats. So, when the
fugitives were fully out Of sight in the
fog, Beman steered the galley directly
across East river to its western shore;
and as IT was night by this time they
turned their course in the opposite d.
rection from what their pursuers would
take, and silently skirting Manhattan
island southwark rowed completely
around the little city of New York,
This was an extremely hazardous
thing to do, for the course carried them
close along the front of the Battery
and under the very guns Of several big
frigates, Now and then they were
hailed by sentinels from land or ship,
but Beman, having prepared himself to
answer by questioning guards and Of
ficers on the Whitby, replied in such a
way as to avert all suspicion,
whitman hour or so the galley struck
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venge for the wrongs they had suf-
fered, there was among them Syrian
named Eunus. lie was man Of great
craft and courage, and having seen
much of the world, he had become ac-
.quainted with variety Of little-known
arts, lie pretended TO have immediate
communication with the gods, and, az
usual in such cases, he confirmed his
divine missions by miracles. When de-
sirous of inspiring his followers with
courage, he breathed flames and sparks
among them from his mouth.
at is said that, In order 20 perform
this marvel, Eunus pierced a nutshell
at both ends, and. having filled ii with
some burning substance, he put II into
his mouth and breathed through it.
The same trick is performed much bet
Ter nowadays The juggler rolls to-
gather some fax or hemp into ball
about the size of walnut, which he
sets on fire, permitting it TO burn until
Il is nearly consumed Then he rolls
around it more flax while II is yet burn
ing, and by this means the fire may be
retained in the ball for long time.
When he is ready TO do his act he slips
the ball into his mouth unperceived
and breathes through 1t. His breath re-
wives the fire, so that sparks proceed
from ii, and the performer sustains no
injury so long as he inhales his breath
through his nostrils only. Ry this art
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SOCIAL TACT.
A Noted Frenchmnn Who Was an
Adept ut Smoothing
Things Over.

Mons, Challemel-Lacour, a distin.
guished member of the French acad-
envy who died lately, was noted for his
tact and readiness in social emergen.
cieS Both were severely tried upon
one occasion. NJ. Challemel-Lacour
was sent as ambassador from France
to the Swiss confederation. He called
in due form on his arrival upon the
president. The servant who opened the
door said that his eXcellency was In
the cellar bottliug wine, but that the
visitor could come in and wait. The
ambassador hung up his overcoat in the
hall and went into the parlor. Pres
emily the Swiss ruler hustled in.
AN ugly job, monsieur!" drying his
hands; IAN ugly job! But always bot
tie my own wine. Pardon my coat also
1t is poor fit, glancing down. 1T is
my sons, to tell the truth, hurried 1t
on without looking at it,"
The ambassador bowed and smiled. II
was bis own coat.
The interview being over, he went
home shivering. He sent messen-
ger the next day for his coat, which he
had hung up in the hall"
OF all the qualities once essential to a
sovereign the one most useful now is
tact. Queen Margherita of Italy, who
belongs to house trained to kingcraft
for more than thousand years, is said
to be wonderfully skillful in dealing
with social difficulties. An incident
which occurred at one of her drawing
rooms illustrates her readiness and
delicacy.
The persons who are to be presented
at the Roman court are arranged in a
large semicircle in the throneroom. The
queen enters and passes around the
line, attended by chamberlain, who
names each person, adding usually a
word or two TO give the queen some idea
of their claim to notice. She asks q
question or makes a remark to each
and passes on.
On this occasion there was in line a
young man from South America whose
embarrassment showed itself in pale
cheeks and terrified glances as the
queen drew nearer. AT last she reached
him, and stopped. He heard his name,
saw her smile. There was a roaring in
his ears; his knees shook. Every eye
was bent upon him with amused inter
est, his terror was so perceptible.
From Brazil?" she asked. And
what town in Brazil is your home, sig
nor?"
"l--your majesty don't knowl" he
gasped,
The whole circle smiled; but the
queens face was as calm as marble.
You mean that our beautiful Italy al
ready has made you forget your home
All. signor, you are skillful courtier!
You hatter us too muchl and playfully
shaking her fan at him, she passed on
leaving him wondering how he came to
make so brilliant response, while the
crowd also looked az him, respectfully
bewildered, also.-Youth's Companion.
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stood AT each end OF the ship, and row
of them lined the rail on either side.
Around the shores OF the bay stretched
Gordon Of pickets, while several frig-
ates were moored In the river, and bris-
tied with shotted cannon ready to bel
low away at any moment But for the
vast magnitude of these difficulties he
would have liberated all the prisoners
on the Whitby, over thousand in num-
Der. Indeed one magnificent attempt
was made, but failed.
On dark night the guards We're
overcome and confined below decks
without n shot or an cutlery; then the
anchors were lifted and the ship was al
lowed to drift, in the hope that she
would run ashore somewhere and az
ford an opportunity for the Americans
to escape, But the rafting Of chain
in raising the anchors reached the ears
OF the night officer on one Of the frig-
ates, and before the Whitby had fairly
begun to move a yawl filled with ma
rines came alongside, and the under
taking was frustrated
But so enfeebled by rigid confne-
ment and low diet were most OF the
prisoners that probably many OF them
would have persisted even had they es'
capped They had not endurance TO
march across the country to their
friends Thus 1t was plain that any
attempt at general escape would de-
feat itself,
Finally Beman decided to include a
few only Of his harbor comrades, and
hoped by quietness and swlftness to
get Off without awaklng much oppo-
sition. To this end he selected the
seven Of his companions best fitted for
the attempt, and, rehearsing his plans
to them, obtained their hearty support.
He had observed that every evening
just before the change Of guards gall
ley came over from British headquar-
tiers in New York, bringing lieutenant
with orders for the night and sometimes
letters or wines and delicacies for the
officers of the ship. This galley was
manned by only two oarsmen, who gem
orally, while waiting for the lieuten-
ant, came on deck to chat with the
guards and prisoners, and left their
oars in the small boat.
Swung above mems heads over the
deck Of the Whitby, and designed for
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special emergencies, were other gal
leys, each of which, as our plotting cap
| tive had discovered while clambering
innocently about the place, contained
oars; these might come into play. And
here 1t should be added that the eight
Americans engaged in the plot were all
familiar with boats and rowing,
All things having been carefully
considered, Beman awaited favorable
occasion to undertake the perilous adj
venture.
The chance did not come until one
rainy and dismal day late in October.
Fog rendered objects few rods distant
quite invisible. The boat from head
quarters, delayed by the fog and an I'M
usually strong tide, was late in reach
ing the Whitby, and arrived just as the
guards were changing. The clrcum-
stances were favorable-a fact for
which Abel Beman had been inwardly
praying all day.
When the boat touched the ship the
officer sprang up the side, bearing writ
ten orders in his hand. Shouting back
to an oarsman to follow him with a
basket brought from the city, he hur-
ried to the cabin.
Just then the day guard was being
called away and the night guard told
off in their places. To add to the haste
and confusion of the scene the pris-
oners were purposely restless and
noisy, surging about the deck as if to
keep warm, and shouting in the most
boisterous manner.
Whispering to one Of his seven com
panions, very tall man, to reach up
and get pair of oars from a galley
overhead, Beman, with boyish, good
natured smile and a remark to the re-
naming oarsman, sprang over the side
into the boat. Keeling as if about to
fall, he exclaimed, childishly: Here,
catch hold of my hand!"
The boatman, evidently plying him,
sprang forward, seized his hand and
gently drew him toward a seat in the
stern. But this was a fatal mistake
for the oarsman, for like a fash the
little American captain grappled the
bulky Britisher, overturned him, head
downward, as if he had been a stick,
and plunged him into the river.
At the same second the guard posted
at the gangway came down head first
also, gun and all, hurled by the pris-
oners on deck into the water. Then,
gliding down like so many swift shad-
ows, came the seven grim followers of
the daring dwarf, and all except those
who were to WELD the oars squatted in
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THE MODERN IDOL.

Rabbi Bar-Cocheba, in the reign of the
Roman emperor Hadrian, made the
credulous Hebrews believe that he was
the long-looked-for Messiah.
FOR receptions with fire the ancients
also employed naphtha, a liquid min
eral oil so combustible that 1t kindle9
when. it only approaches flame. Pliny
states that the means which Medea
chose for destroying Creusa, the daugh-
ter of Creon, was simply naphtha, She
sent to the unfortunate princess dress
besmeared with it, which burst into
flames as soon as she approached the
fire of the altar. The priests OF old
undoubtedly used napththa to make
their offerings catch fire, as II spon-
taneously in order TO delude the won
dering mob. In modern times persons
who could walk over burning Goals or
red-hot iron, or who could hold them
excited amazement. Toward the end
of the seventeenth century an Eng
lishman named Richardson made him
self famous by appearing to chew burn
ing Goals, swallow melted glass,
pour melted lead upon his tongue, and
SO forth. 1t is suggested that met
allie mixture consisting of mercury,
tin and bismuth, which melts at low
temperature, may have been substi-
tuted for lead.
various theories have been advanced
to account for the other feats men
toned. It will be remembered that
during the middle ages the guilt or in
nocence of persons accused of crimes
was often determined by ordeal, the
defendant being obliged to hold
piece of red-hot iron in his hand. This
was another case of juggling, such
trials being conducted by priests, who
covered the hands Of those whom they
desired should escape with protective
paste. A solution of spermacetti in
sulphuric ether, colored red with al
kenet root, which solidifies at so de-
grees Fahrenheit, and melts and boils-
with the heat of the hand, is supposed
to be the substance which is used at
Naples, when the dried blood of St.
Januarius melts spontaneously and
boils over the edge of the vessel con-
tanning it.
Every interesting scientific expert
ments have shown what great heat may
be endured by the human body. DR..
Fordyce and Sir Charles Blagden stayed
in a room where the temperature was
26O degrees Fahrenheit for eight min
utes. A beeksteak was cooked in tho
same atmosphere and was overdone in
33 minutes, Sir L, Chantry and others
remained for two minutes in q fur
Iace which was much hotter, the Their
mometer they carried with them indi-
eating 800 degrees when they came
out. The peculiar property of mineral
salts, such as alum, in protecting arti-
cles of dress from fire has long been
known. The Chevalier Aldini, of Milan,
devised costume consisting of cloth
covering for the body, arms and legs,
which had been stepped in a solution OF
alum. The headdress was large cap
enveloping the whole head down TO the
neck, with holes for the nose, eyes and
mouth, and the shoes were of asbestos
cloth. A metallic dress was added 10
this, consisting chiefly of wire gauze.
The costume was intended to be worn
by hremen. Clad in it, man can walk
on hot irons in the midst of high
flames" SMITH ID. FRY.