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The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18
The Duke aad the Viola.

From the Ioaeon keho
A story IS being told az present concern
INK the late Duke OF Coburg. whose elthu-
siastic love Of the violin was so wei
known. Some years ago Prince Alfred IL
vited q well-knoWn London professor 70
play upon his Stradivarius. bur the nusl-
elan insisted upon fhe royal host leading
the way. This fhe duke did. after which
the professor played a masterpiece DO
vou know" sald the duke. 4 had no flea
there vas so much music in that iasfru-
nent until heard yol performy Quite
possible. your royal higaness." came the
ready II somewhat candid reply. neither
did l." This Is one Of the stories II u
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31
Killed by a Train.

News reached Norganton
last Saturday morning of the
hndlng of the remains Of John
Lall on the r. r. track be-
tween Connolly Springs and
Hllderbrand. He was Killed
by a train sometime Friday
night and pieces Of his body
were scattered on the track
tor some distance. He was
seen at a distillery near by
Friday evening, where it is
said he was drinking heavily,
and It IS supposed that on his
way home he lay down on the
track and went to sleep.
Lail leaves a wife and sey-
eralChildren. Kincaid
summoned a Jury and held an
inquest. The verdict was
''drunk and asleep on the
track
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31
WCMEH In TROUBLE.
The Approach Of Motherhood is the
Occasion Of Much Anxiety to All.

~EE~S~SA AA0S~ 40 PAX
Occasion Of Much Anxiety to All.
Every woman breads the ordeal
through which she must pass in becom-
ing a mother. The pain and suffering
which is in store for her is a source of
constant anxiety, fear and dread. to
say nothing of the danger which the
coming incident entails. The joyous
anticipations with which she looks for
ward to baby's coming gives way to an
indescribable dread of the ordeal when
she fully realizes the critical and trying
event which will oon approach and
have to be endured.
Women should hail with delight q
remedy which insures to them i'm
munity from the pain, suffering and
danger incidental to child-bearing.
Such a remedy is now offered, and
women need not fear longer the hour Of
childbirth. Mothers Friend'-is q
scientific liniment-and if used before
confinement, gently and surely prepares
the body for the great requirements
and changes it is undergoing. insures
safety to both mother and child, and
takes her through the event with COM
parative ease and comfort: This Won
derful remedy is praised by every
woman who has used it.
What woman is not interested IN
''MOther's Friend?" This wonderful
remedy has been tested and its price
less value proven by the experience OF
thousands of happy mothers who
have used i, during the most critical
period of voman's life-the approach
and elimination of motherhood.
1t has won their everlasting praise,
for it gave them help and hope in
their most trying hour and when
most needed. EHery woman may some
day need "Mother's Friend The
little book, Before Baby is Born;
telling ali about it. and when it should
be used, will prove of great interest and
benefit 20 all expectant mothers. ana
will be sent free to any address upon
application to the Bradheld
Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31

saving only one bureau. tbe
organ and "a few other things
All the household and kitchen
1arnlture and all wearing an
parel was burned in the house.
The building was new and
nicely furnished. Mr.. Peeler
IS thrifty and prosperous.
There was $3.50 insurance in
the Farmers Mutual Fire AS
soclatlon. The fire was un-
questlonably Of incendjarv
origin, but there are no sus-
PIGEONS as to who the guilty
party IS. The fire started on
The opposite side Of the kitchen
from the stoSe fue, and there
had been no fire in the stove
since the previous day.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31
MCDOWELL.

rssrr If James w. Dobson and Miss
laura Sandlin The Social Feat
Tres 81 a Week.
<. Democrat. Aug. o4th.
r. md Mrs. Geo. |. White
.utrrtailing the Misses
W.... and Margaret Presnell,
II canton.
u Laura, the gentle and
.....U.ag daughter Of Mrs.
Bette ~andlin, died at her
.Ho... hi Old Fort, n. c.. Thurs
.G.vu0ruIng, August 10th.
Uaa.a.~ at the hotel, parties
a- Mrs. John Yancey's and
Mr~. j. +. Guys. and noun
tain. climbing trips constituted
.t.l- social features for the past
week.. y moonlight picnic to
r.. Iron bridge and another
dance are talked of for next
week.
james ". DobsOn died at his
H.-.,ruce Wednesday night
after an illness Of three weeks
with typhoid fever. Deceased
has only resided here about six
months having removed here
from Dysartsville and was en-
ployei at the Mcdowell furni-
tare factory. His wife and
four little children survive
him.. The remains were taken
to OAK Grove Cemetary for in
torment yesterday morning.
As the family We're IN rather
,r.altened circumstances, the
iHnerdI expenses were pald by
Subscriptions from the citizens
and fellow employees Of the de-
ceased, the latter subscribing
very uberally.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31
CLEVELAND

Dwelling Burned Killed by a Train
ALaWniale Marriage Shelbyand
Cleveland Springs Thonged With
Visitors.
Shelby star, Aug. 9th.
The Mormon elders are still
at work in this section.
Shelby is thronged with Wis
''nr~ and Cleveland Springs
has 4 larger crowd this season
'..au for several years.
Mr.. VIII McCurry, an indus
t.loU> and successful young
H.au OF LaWndaIe, was happily
married last Sunday to Miss
A..a Canister, the charming
daughter OF Mr.. C. p. Cansler,
HEY. !. \. Cook officiating.
Mr.. John Ramsey, a cotton
.-.-i operative, was killed by
.." last mail on the Southern
.' NIu@'S Mountain on Sunday
A.-At. His body was badly
-#ag.el. He was 80 years old,
other to Mr.. ID. w. Ramsey,
vi LauragIenn, and leaves a
VIII" and two children.
MIR. Daniel Peeler, an indus
'...t> and hard working far
h.". ~ No.. $ township, lost his
a.r" new dwelling house and
III. tie household effects on last
Sunday morning by fire. When
HI. and his family awoke the
". II the house was in flames
~... ne family barely escaped,
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31

ion assume no risk when you buy
Snainoerlain's Collie, Cholera and
D~iarrhoea Remedy. W. A. Leslie.
Druggist, will refund your money if
you are not satisfied after using il.
II Is everywhere admitted TO be the
most successful remedy in use for bow
Ell complaints and the only one that
never fails. 1t is pleasant. safe and
reliable.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31

Persons having hickory
timber for sale, suitable for
spokes and handles, will 10
we'll 10 see Payne 4 Nelson,
near depot. II.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31

The NEWS and the THRICE-A-
WEEK \. Y. WORLD both
one wear for Sl.SS.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31

GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
AND HATS.


am selling goods in my lines during the heart
Cd term with a rush, preparing for the fall trade.
Buyers who are looking for job lots and bargains
are now taking advantage Of the cut down in prices.
Large quantities Of Mems Furnishings and Hats.
IN nice, good. substantial goods, going at low
prices,
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31
Shirts is My Big Line.

In all prices. sizes and STYLES. | carry the big
gest line Of Shirts in this section. In Hats and
Caps all competition Is knocked out.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31

Subscribe for THE News.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-08-31
Clothing is Going Off Below Any
Price Yet Offered.

Clearing and making room for fall stock.
| will soon visit the large manufacturing centres
To place in a large new line.
Price, and good goods are telling the tale. Nv
business is growing now every month. Test
monials are coming in from all sections declaring
allegiance 10 fair dealing and good stuff.
WILL LEAD IN GOOD AND
@ PRICES.
Come 10 see me. Yours 10 please.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
THE GRAND JURY.

One of the judges of a Philadelphia
court recently took occasion, in dis
missing a grand jury, to suggest the
ACCESSIBILITY of abolishing that insti-
tuition. He maintained that it was
cumbersome, expensive, and adapted
to facilitate the escape of criminals.
Originally, he observed, it vas of
value to protect citizens against op-
preston by officers of government.
Nowadays, no such danger exists, and
indictments may be prepared at once by
the district attorney. This latter sug-
gestion is enough to condemn Judge
Bregy's proposal. We know what a
sink of corruption the Office of the dis
trict attorney of any large city may
become under our party system. We
know how the Office is administered in
New York. and the people of Phila-
delphia have lately seen their direct
or of public safety" accused of an at
tempt at blackmail AS for the es-
cape of criminals from justice, matters
are bad enough even with a grand jury
to find indictments. II there were no
grand jury in New York, what with
Tammany magistrates, a Tammany
district attorney, and a Tammany
commissioner of jurors, there would
be little hope of justice. Very few
criminals who had any political in
fiuence would then have any fear of
Sing Sing, while the persecution of
honest peon1o would become a safe
and lucrative occupation. The grand
jury is, it is true, cumbrous institu-
ton; but it is almost the only bulwark
of liberty which the ordinary citizen
possesses. 1t may allow some crimi
nails to escape punishment, but it
causes some to suffer it would other
wise escape, and it protects good
many innocent people from persecu-
tiou.-New York Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
TO MAKE CONVERSATION.

A little suggestion about place-cards
for a luncheon or dinner; instead OF
having the names OF the guests upon
them, cards may be prepared by cut
ting pictures and letters from maya
zines and newspapers and FASTING them
neatly and carefully to make some
illustrated device. sentence or verse
characteristic OF the guest and the
occasion. The guests walk round the
table seeking their places, and the va
rious cards are apt to put the company
at once at ease and to be the source
of free and general flow of CONVEX
sation, thing so really hard to be
sure of. II the company Is one OF In
Inmates, familiar with each others
affairs. a very delightful and mirth-
provoking addition to the dessert may
be made by having a surprise "skele-
ton story" It's subject matter should
deal with the doings of the various
members of the company. The story
Is written complete that no adjectives
are used in the narrative, but as many
places as possible are left blank for
them. The company is then calleo
upon to name adjectives in turn and
the blank spaces are filled in. The
completed tale is then read aloud, and
wonderful and fearful the medley
Sadie American in Womans Home
Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
MANY USES OF ALUMINIUM.
Nicola Tesla Believes 1t Will Super
sede All Other Metals.

In a contribution to the Century
Magazine, Nicola Tesla writes inter-
estingly on the present and future
uses of aluminium. Tesla is some
thing of brilliant theorist in his line,
much as the Frenchman Flammarion
is in the line of astronomy. Yet
Tesla has accomplished some wonder
full things, and his opinions are de-
serving of attention when he speaks
on subjects connected with electricity.
Tesla believes that just as we have
had an age of stone, an age of brass,
an age of iron and an age of steel
not to speak of a golden age-the
coming century will usher in an age
of aluminium. When we consider
that it is only seventy years since this
wonderful metal was first discovered,
and that the aluminium industry is
scarcely forty years old, it must GER
tainly be admitted that wonderful
progress has already been made.
One conclusion arrived at by Tesla
which will be welcomed by electric
companies, and Will be quite otherwise
regarded by those interested in cop
per mining, is that the advance of the
aluminium industry will result in the
humiliation of the copper industry
that they cannot exist and prosper
together. Even now it is cheaper
TO convey an electric current through
aluminium wires than through copper
wires. Aluminium castings cost less,
and in many domestic and other uses
copper has no chance to successfully
compete. A further material reduc-
ton of the price of aluminium cannot
but be fatal to copper. Tesla believes
that the big copper companies, fore
seeing this result, will endeavor to
absorb the aluminium industry. With
metal that is so widely distributed
over the world this, however, would
be no easy job.
Tesla even goes further than this
and claims that before many years
aluminium will run iron very close.
The possibilities of this metal are in
deed wonderful. There is said to be
thirty times as much aluminium as
iron in bulk available for the use OF
man. Among other things aluminium
may revolutionize naval construction
ana will make aerial travel a posi-
bility.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
WINTER FASHIONS for MEN


have 91z inches more than the size of
the wearer's shoe.
The shoulders in overcoats will be
made broad and square, and padding
will be used literally. The Chester
field, the popular overcoat, with seam
down the back, will be made to come
just below the knee. The collar will
be of the same material as the coat or
of velvet, and the garment will be cut
full, making it about one-half box.
Haberdashers are showing large lines
of fall neckwear, the main feature Of
which is the absence OF loud and garish
patterns. String ties will be worn by
men who are welded to old time styles,
but well dressed men will wear the
bat-end and butterfly ties in black and
dark blues, greens and browns, with
small patterns. Ties of the same shape
for wear with dinner dress will be of
soft black silk, and also black with
embroidered patterns. The same shape
tie in white lawn and white ribbed ma
terial will be worn for evening dress,
the collars for these occasions being of
the perfectly straight "choker" pattern,
extremely high under the chin.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
BRETE HARTE AND A WAITnESS.

Brete Harte has been so long a resi-
dent of Great Britain that the days of
his early fame, when he was a new
writer and when from time to time he
appeared on American lecture plat
forms, seem very far away.
He still loves to tell anecdotes OF
those early days, and among his stories
is one of the time that he lectured at
the famous New England town of Con-
cord. Mass.
On the morning following his lecture
he went down into the dining-room OF
the inn, with his mind filled with
thoughts of the men who had made the
name of Concord so widely famous.
He looked dreamily from the window,
fancying Hawthorne and Emerson aud
Thoreau and Alcott as they once paced
along that village street. He was so
wrapped up in thoughts of the past
that he forgot the present. and did not
notice that prim young woman waiter
was standing patiently beside him.
When she saw that at length she was
observed, she ratified out, swiftly and
without a break between any of the
words: "Mush, coffee, tea, ham. eggs.
and bacon. l enjoyed your lecture last
night very much, Mr. Harte; there was
a very select audience. Saturday
Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04

share that million in the future. What
he wants now is not only to have, but
to hold him. Mr.. Beale has, it would
seem, changed his mind in several
things, and among these he wishes to
be married again to that young wife
to whom he walked one lovely spring
morning across the park TO pledge his
truth and honor.
SO he began at Christmas time by
sending present to the youngster of
a fur robe, white lambs wool gotten
abroad, and lined with conch shell
pink, such as any young princeling
might roll about and kick up his heels
in.
To this was added set Of silver
marked with the youngsters mono
gram. And that boy, by the way, was
not named for his father but after his
mothers favorite brother, Walker
Blaine, whose death was not remote
ly the cause of his fathers death.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
HAS LOST HER LUCK.
Poker Annie, A Leadville Character,
Has Met With Misfortune.

One of the most notorious characters
in Leadville and Denver in recent
years has been Poker Annie" Logs
den. She has had an eventful career.
She has always been reticent about
herself, but the records show that a
dozen years ago she was evicted from
Leadville for running the largest and
most open gambling den in the city.
The police chiefs of Colorado's cities
unite in declaring that she has been
arrested oftener and for more varieties
of crime than any woman in the west.
She is said to have been born in a
small Ohio town of an old and much
respected Swedish family. She was
given a splendid education, and grew
to be woman of rare beauty and fas-
cinating manners. She eloped with
the cashier of bank twenty years
ago. He deserted her. She had been
very clever with cards, and when she
found herself abandoned she promptly
opened a gambling-house. She was
remarkably lucky or dexterous, and in
credible stories of her winnings at
poker are told throughout the middle
west. Withal she was kind-hearted
and charitable.
She dressed in barbaric splendor and
scattered cash with reckless prodi-
gality. Once she took a roll of S100
bills she had won on a straight flush
and at once sent it to the building
fund of a Leadville church anony-
mously.
Her luck" or ability to win, changed
suddenly, and then she went from bad
to worse. When she came to Denver
she associated with the most depraved
creatures. Her cleverness as a sneak
thief and badger artist has caused the
| authorities no end of trouble, but she
has managed to escape the peniten-
tiary. She has been arrested for
drunkenness and vagrancy, and now
is fat, fair and forty.
She lives at Thirteenth and Market
streets, Denver, and lately has talked of
riding wheel to preserve her sylph-
like figure" She laughingly tells the
police that she knows the end she will
| inevitably reach if she does not re-
form. Consequently it is now sur
missed that she is about to set straight
the tangled skein of her life in the
form of an autobiography or narrative,
to Jailer Lawson of Denver.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
MEN OF NOTE.

Gov Roosevelt. unlike most men
who are public speakers, objects to
debating to stenographer what he
intends TO say. When he does not
speak from notes he writes out with
his own hand and with many correc-
tons his whole speech and then has it
carefully typewriter.
The next congress will include two
men of the same name from MISSISSIPPI
pi. The present member from the
sixth district is Patrick Henry, and
another Patrick Henry will represent
the third district, for the past Is years
represented by Gen. Thomas c. Catch
ings.
DR., S. Adolph Knopf of New York
has been awarded the prize of 400
marks offered by the tuberculosis
at Berlin for the best essay
on the subject: How to fight tuher-
cnlosis as a disease of the masses"
Eighty-one essays were offered in
DIR, Knopf is a member
Of many medical societies. and is at
tending physician at the New York
Throat and Nose hospital
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04

the visit of Archduke and Archduchess
by the sudden death of the former,
who, as second brother OF Emperor
Francis Joseph, stood next in the line
Of succession to the crown. Another
imperial couple whose pilgrimage to
the holy land was followed by equally
prince and the crown princess of Aus
tria, for the quarrel which eliminated
in Rudolph's tragic death at Mayerling
followed Immediately on their return to
Vienna-from Palestine.
Prince Frederick of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, uncle of the present German en-
press, after marrying New York girl,
Miss Mary Lee, took his wife on a
honeymoon trip to the holy land and
died suddenly after few hours illness
on his way home, his widow subse-
quently becoming the wife of Count
Waldersee, one of the most distin-
guished commanders today of the Ger
man army. The visit of Emperor Will
Jams elder sister and of her husband to
! Jerusalem, attended by Baron and
Baroness Kotze, had as it's natural
consequence the anonymous letter
scandal which forced Princess Char
lotte to transfer her home from Berlin
to Breslau, while Baron Kotze, besides
having to fight innumerable duels and
being crippled for life, had to undergo
long period of Imprisonment.
The kaiser's own pilgrimage was fol-
lowed by whole series of misfortunes
which included the empress breaking
her leg and becoming seriously ill, the
death of her mother and the singularly
tragic suicide of Prince Alfred of Co.
burg, who has been confided to the pa
ternal care and control of the kaiser al
Berlin by his own parents.
Several analogous cases could be
cited and it is probably due to this thai
the vast majority of the imperial and
royal personages who visit the holy
land make point of doing so alone
leaving their husbands or their wives al
home. 1t is thus that the late empress
of Austria, the late Emperor Frederich
of Germany, King Leopold of Belgium
the Empress Eugene, Prince Henry oil
Prussia and a number of others have
been able to make their pilgrimage Ii
the holy land without being overtaker
by subsequent misfortune.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-04
LOUISIANA STATE FLOWER.

The women of Louisiana have select
ed the magnolia as the state flower be-
cause of its beauty as well as the fact
that it belongs peculiarly to that state,
growing in her forests to great height.
The charm of the flower is well known,
but only those who have seen it in it's
native state can realize the splendor of
the tree, with its large, satiny leaves
and graceful form. The magnolia be-
gins to flower in the early spring and
continues to bloom luxuriantly until
the end of summer. The old French
mansions frequently have long avenues
of magnolias leading to them, but later
residents object to them as lawn trees
on account of their copious shedding OF
leaves all through the year.