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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED-A girl for general house.
work. Apply at once. Mrs. H. o.
Feederle, 1o2 Rosedale. 112-14
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31

Don't miss fireworks, theater or
dancing Saturday evening, Randolph
park.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31

Messrs. Motz and Good returned
home from their trip last evening.
They had visited Strasburg, Winches-
ter, Atlantic City, and Mr.. MOTIFS old
home in Snyder county, Va.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31

Randolph park will have grand
display of fireworks Saturday evening.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31
AKRON men
We're Given a Genuine virqinia
Greeting.

The Winchester (va,) News Item has
the following to say regarding Akron
men:
"Messrs. John Motz and Adam Good,
of Akron, o., are visiting Rev. John
ID. Bushnell, on West Cork st. These
gentlemen are officers in the Lutheran
church, at Akron, in which Mr.. Bush.
nell preached some months ago. This
Is their first visit to Virginia and the
beauty and historic interest of our
city has greatly pleased them. The
News Item extends to them welcome
and wishes their stay among us will
be an enjoyable one"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31
NONE BARRED.

Continued from first page.)
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-31

No such man as named by the Lead
er is known in Akron.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
PIEDMONT LAND SOLD.


State Immigration Agent Thompson
says the papers have been signed for
the purchase, by New Workers., or 81 900
acres of land in the Piedmont section.
for sheep ranch. This land is located
In the mountains near Morganton. 1t
will be the only ranch OF the kind in
the State.
FARMERS OPPOSE AMENDMENT.
The editor Of the Progressive Farmer
sgnys he has not as yet decided POSI-
lively as to when he will make an
announcement of the policy of that pa
per- regarding the constitutional
amendment. He said he was sur
prised to find SO many farmers oppos
Ing the amendment; that these may
change, and that in Wake especially
the farmers are opposed to It. AS has
been stated, there is little doubt that
the paper will advocate the amend
ment.
There is also reason for saying that
Attorney General Walser Will not be
going on record against the amend
ment. He is a quiet man. and makes
no parade of his views.
TOBACCO MEMS ORGANIZATION.
Winston Salem parties expect to
make application to the June session
or the Legislature for Il charter author
iZins them to organize the Tobacco
Mems Benevolent Association" The
tobacco journals have recently con-
tanned notices of nlan, and tobacco men
throughout the State have endorsed it.
The idea is to organize an association
consisting entirely of tobacco men. and
allow any man who is engaged in any
department OF the trade to become q
member of the organization by paying
q fee of $500. The only qualification
that an applicant shall have is n good
moral character. At the death OF a
member OF the association each surviv-
ing member pays $f.15. st.0O to so to
the family of the deceased brother and
the 10 cents towards paying expenses
etc.
VANCE MONUMENT UNWILLING
1t is stated by committeeman that
the date of the unwilling of the Vance
statue cannot be decided until the com
mittec gets TO Washington and. has
definite news from artist I7licott
About March list is the time now fixed
for the visit to Washington Some
persons favor May 10 as the date OF the
unwilling. for the reason that it falls IN
the middle of the week. while May &C
will be Monday. and it is objected that
good many people might be unwilling
TO travel OH Sunday To get he-c. But
ii is admitted that the GOTH, the states
chief holiday, is the most appropriate
time.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
OXFORD.
FURNITURE FACTORY AND
OTHER FACTORIES TO
LOCATE THERE.
Especial to The virglnian-pIlot3


Especial to The Virginian- Plot.)
Oxford. n. c., Feb. 26.--The furni-
ture factory, which our citizens have
had under consideration for some time,
is now assured and will be opened at
an early date, with Mr.. S. w. Parker
us president. Several other factories
will also be established here in the
near future.
DR.. j. II. Tucker died at his home.
in Henderson, Saturday night after Il
lingering illness from consumption,
aged sixty years. He was one OF the
leading physicians in North Carolina,
a member OF the Episcopal Church,
nnd his death IS greatly deplored. His
funeral will be held tomorrow
Rev. ]. w. Jenkins preached at the
Methodist Church Sunday at II o'clock
in the interest of the Methodist Or
phanage. which has been located in
Raleigh.
Mrs. Ilenan, OF Wilmington has been
called to the bedside of her son, who
Is extremely i'll here with pneumo-
MIA
Mr.. s. w. Winston was called to
Selma last week on account OF the i'll
ness of his mother, Mrs. Julia Win
ston, who died yesterday.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
ELIZABETH CITY.
Especial to The virglnian-pilot.)

''oPSSidl ~ 1He NlrSlnlan-IllOt.1
Elizabeth City. y. c.. Feb. 26.-Owing
to the cold weather the congregations
at the different churches were small
Sunday morning and night
MI. Il. l.. Straughn. OF Norfolk, spent
sunday with his parents OH Poindexter
street.
Miss LESSEE Norris. of Beriley, Va.
Is visiting her aunt. Mrs Il. Il. Sawyer,
on West Church street
Owing to the cold weather. the work
OH our streets has been suspended.
MI. I. s. White left Saturday on n
visit TO Norfolk
The residence OF MIR. Emerson Davis
on West Fearing street. has been pur-
chased by DR.. a. l.. Pendleton The
sale was made by Burgess Bros. e. Co.
real estate. rental and insurance agents.
MIR. Roscoe Turner has been appoint
ed by Judge Coble receiver for u large
sawmill situated in Camden county, and
VIII sell the same at public auction at
the courthouse door in Camden county
Thursday. March the 29th The mill Is
situated in q spot where timber can be
reached in abundance.
MI w. u. Williams is confined to his
residence on Pearl street by illness.
Mr.. j. II McCabc left yesterday for
New York city on business.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
HEREFORD.
Especial to virglnian-Pilot.)

Hartford. N. c., Feb. 24.-Mr Theo
White. OF Hartford, is in town this
morning.
DR.. Johnston. of Elizabeth City. spent
Sunday in Edenton and preached at
the Nj. T.. Church morning and even
Ing. Dir. Johnston has many friends
here who are always glad to have an
opportunity of hearing him preach
Rev c. j. Il. Anderson, the talented
young pastor of the Baptist Church at
HEREFORD. occupied the pulpit OF the
Baptist Church here Sunday. he and the
pastor. Rev. q. y. Cowan having ex-
changed Dulpits for the day
Rev. Thomas Wood. of Beicross,
passed through town this morning.
Mrs. John II. Griffin is on the sick
list.
DR.. T.. !. Griffin visited Hartford Sat
urday on business
Some OF the nets~and boats OF our
fishermen were damaged by the high
wind Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Miiettc, of Norfolk. was regis
tered nj the Bay View Saturday
The Seine fishermen will soon put
their nets i'll the water,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
WILMINGTON.
SPIRITTINE CHEMICAL WORKS
REOPENED-NEW HOME FOR
CAPE FEAR GOLF CLUB.


Wilmington. N. c., Feb. 26-Excel-
lent Roadway is being made by Mr.. l..
Hansen. of the Spirittine Chemical
Company. in the rehabilitation OF the
OLD Carolina Cresote and Oil Works, in
the southern pare of the city, which he
purposes TO equip for distlling pine
wood products the plant TO be known in
future us the Spirittine Chemical
Works.
On the portion of the plant where the
retortS stood Il building will be erected
this week for Il refining department.
MI. Hansen will retain ten of the re-
forts for the Sprittine Works. He
hopes TO be ready to begin opera tons
within very short time.
NEW GOLF CLUBHOUSE.
Saturday marked q new era in the
history Of the Cane Fear Golf Club,
which has had Il career of three years
ana mas met with u permanent en-
thronenient a the hands OF the de-
voices of the game in Wilmington.
The club then opened its beautiful
new clubhouse The building, in its
architectural feature is gofesque. Its
twenty feet piazZas in front, facing the
street railway, and on the north side
overlooking the links. The house is
covered by hip roof and is divided
INTO three rooms-in front being Il re-
ception room. With Il ladies' dressing
room TO The rear. Opening on the
piazza fronting the links is Il gentle
mems dressing room. Both dressing
rooms are fitted With lavatorie and
with lockers for the ladies' and gen
tlcmens suits. clubs, etc.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27

The Great Family Medicine or the Age
FOR sore throat. gargle the throat with
mixture of PAlNKII.,ER and water
ana the relief is immediate and cure posi-
I'VE II should not be forgotten that the
rain. Killer Is equally as good To take In
trn@ly as to use externally. Avoid sub
stitutes tucre Is but one Pain Killer
Perry DnNls'. Price 2lc. and hOr
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27

paper than those of any other cores
pondont.
The above is AIR. Sossaman's explana-
ton of this most remarkable newspa-
per phenomenon.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27

ton will be fixed by the Executive
Committee. which will meet at Raleigh
March 10th at noon.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03

Two men sat in saloon and drank
the beer which is sold in Kensington.
In the brief intervals wherein he rest
ed his swallowing apparatus one of the
men said: Il was drivin' that year,
and Bill was conductin'. Electricity
wasn't known at that time. Bill used
to give me dollar every night after
the days work was over. l lived high.
Then Bill was changed to another run.
He told me they was goin' to put q
greenhorn on with me, and began to
cut down expenses. for I knew
greenhorn wouldn't do much alongside
of capable old hand like Bill. This
greenhorn made me sick when I seen
him. He was young. palc and pious.
He didn't even chew. l watched him
like a hawk the first day. and he done
no business-none whatever. / cursed
the luck that had hitched me up to
him. you bet. That night, after hours.
he said to me with his ladylike smile:
Mr.. Perkins, i am from a country
road, and don't know just how your
rates are in this big city. but here is
81. and II it amt enough I'll try and
do better for you tomorrow oh. he
was slick youngster. all right. In
four years he owned his house."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03
ANIMAL LIFE in MARS.



Wy ths lEartiaas Must Have Dsvsa-
opsd Pseuiiar chancssrissaeA
Mars possesses 30 many features in
common with the earth that 1t II Inn
possible to resist the thought that It
also has Inhabitants. says the National
Review. This is, however. by NO means
equivalent to saying that Marttan folk
are constituted In the same way as
human beings: indeed. every constd-
Grafton points to the contrary. What
ever atmosphere exists on Mars must
be much thinner than ours. and far
too rare to sustain the life OF q peo-
pie with our limited lung capacity. A
race with immense chests could live
under such conditions. or a folk with
g::;s like fishes could pass comfort
able existence In spite of the rarefied
air. The character Of life anywhere Is.
In fact, nodded by the external cir
rumstances, and as these are known
TO be different on Mars from what they
are on the earth, Martian inhabitants
must have developed peculiar eiiarac-
leristics in order to adapt themselves
20 their enyironments-the forms OF
life capable Of hourishing In attenuat-
ed air have survived. while those re-
quiring denser air have dropped out OF
existence. The tenuity OF the atmos-
phere OF Mars is nc: =.hSe caiy fact
which suggests that the inhabitants
Of that planet are not fashioned after
the image OF man. II is known beyond
the possibility ct doubt that the force
with which a substance Is attracted
to the surface OF Mars is but little
more than u third as strong as II ls
on the earth; or. TO express the point
in figures, 100 pounds on the earth
would only weigh IS pounds on Mars
II tested In spring balance. In con-
sequence OF this weaker pull. 1t would
be possible for human being to per-
form astonishing feats on Mars with
out excessive muscular exertion. A
man who could jump five feet here
could top fifteen there: he could lit
three hundred-weight by putting out
the same strength as IT required to
raise one hundr1d-weight on the earth.
he could spring across road as easily
es he now leaps over a mud puddle.
and a couple OF bounds would carry
him to the top OF flight Of stairs. But.
paradoxicsi as It may seem. the small
er q planet and. consequently. the less
the pull OF gravity at It's surface. the
greater is the probability that its In
habitnnts are giants compared with us.
Terrestrial giants are generally weak In
the knees. they are crushed by their
own weight But on Mars they would
only weigh one-third rs much and
would therefore be able to move about
In a sprightiy fashion. 80 that an eie-
phant there might be quite nimblc
animal
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03


This method was evidently used ex-
tensively and for long period. In
time some smart fellow found tEat
three poles laid together would give
fairly good drain. as they left
space IN tho center. They had only
to be covered with grasses to keep out
the dirt. and required but small
ditch for their reception. One wonders
II there was not a good deal of trouble
about Joining the ends. Some one i'm
proved on this method by making the
hole In the middle greater. This was
done by splitting the three poles and
having the split sides touch each other
at the edges. forming triangle. After
that men got to laying two parallel
walls OF stone and covering them with
Nat rocks. We may be sure that these
stone drains were at first small. for
1t hns taken men a long time to find
out that drains should be OF good size.
These stone drains are still extensive
ly constructed in countries where
stones are plentiful, even In our own
New England states. The first tile
drains were primitive. The tiles were
made like an inverted U. and we-e
placed on the smooth mud. having no
other bottom. The edges OF the tiles
were pressed into the mId. ard the
whole drain thus easily became un-
even. II is no wonder. then. that the
next step was to make tile with
fat bottom.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03
WORK OF POSTAL SERVICE.

Immense Labor Involved In Sorting aud
Transmitting the Malls.
There is no department of public
service with which the Individual citi-
zen, regardless of sex. politics and re-
ligion. is more intimately connected
than the postal service. There were
handled by railway postal clerks dur
ing the year 7,11s.422.s40 pieces Of
first-class matter. and 6,223, ,569. 1856
pieces of all other class matter, max
ing total of 1881 .992.725 pieces,
which includes 519.S7O.465 pieces OF
city mail separated in railway post
Offices. This amount o. mail is an
increase of between 4 and per cent
over the railway postal clerks 1885,
SAT packages and cases of registered
matter, 1,063,049 through registered
pouches and 607, ,162 inner registered
sacks, making in all 1887 ,O5S. There
were 1.312.3SS errors made by the
clerks in distributing this matter,
which is over 10000 correct to every
one made. Under the head of "nixies"
(matter SO illegibly or improperly
addressed that 1t could not be deliv-
cred in the wav it stood) there were
embraced 14.606.Os5 pieces, as COM
pared with 13.503.4SG of last year, an
increase of 1,102, ,5s9 pieces Seven mil
lion seven hundred and twenty-four
thousand nine hundred and forty-six
pieces were returned to writer's or cor
rected and forwarded to destination,
the rest being sent to the dead letter
Office for disposition. Examinations
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03
heard WHEN L,orr WENT OUT


ssr.ass obssrv.tssas su . Cssrch vss-
sissis when the Dy.Ass Qstt.
The other night In n Maine village
the dynamo at the electric light sta
ton had q at all of a sudden. and
there was darkness on the face OF the
land for littj> while. A prayer meet
ing was In progress In the vestry OF
the Methodist church When the lights
thinking that In ali probability the
current would Hash back again right
away. All st once there were voices
In the vestibule. Two young men had
come in and were talking. This 10
d---d funny" quoth ono OF them pro-
fanclJ. why. didn't l,now II was
anywhere near time for meeting TO
be over. That minister Is getting lazy.
told Gertie I'D DO here at the door
when meeting let ou; She'll be mad.
and between me and you I don't care
II she is. You never saw such q girl
as she is, never. Wants TO go to all
the shows that come along. and even
went down and inquired Of the jcweler
how much the bracelet was worth that
gave her for Christmas She's get
INK uttuE"ANff too ~ arus thAk y NaAh
she is There are other pancakes on
the fire, don't you forget that" We'll.
don't suppose there Is any need OF
waiting round here" remarked the
other young man In robust tones.
Come along up TO my room with me.
can furnish somcthing more enter
tanning than walking home with
girl. I've got n little bottle OF Scotch
whisky. and you take a little hot wa
ter. and -" Just then the lights
flashed on In the vestry. and the pco-
pie within. In order to drown out the
conversation that was rapidly destroy
Ing the devotional spirit OF the an
sembly. struck up. simmer. oh Sinner'
Turn from Thy Ways" And before
the chorus was reached there was tho
rapid creak OF shoes on the snowy
walk outside-and two prominent
young men OF the village rctreated to
think II over.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03

promised to send present, which came
in the form of sumptuous set of
Scott's novels. The wife of the found
er thought the edition much too splen-
did for the purpose, and at the earliest
opportunity told the donor SO.
Madam" said Ruskin, 'if the money
the books cost had been spent in floral
decorations or wines for a dinner,
nothing would have been said against
1t, but because 1t has been laid out for
the enjoyment of the simple villagers
1t is thought extravagant."
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03

of the hour. One of the judges was IN
the midst Of an eloquent bit of oratory,
ornate with nicely rounded sentences
telling of the patriotic services rem
dered by the jurymen to the state. The
qualities Of the average jury were far
below those that had been displayed
by this one. Its work had been well
and quickly done. And now" contin-
ued the judge, lit is my earnest hope.
coupled with every desire for the pros-
perity of each and every one Of you.
that you will depart into the other
world" here a suppressed litter
went around among the audience. and
the jnrymen themselves began looking
doubtfully at one another-'I mean the
outer world" corrected the Judge. and
he brought his speech speedily to =
close.-Detroit Free Press.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03


If the history and experience Of the
last twenty years have taught US any
thing. 1t should be that we need to
strike hard and often at our insect
and fungous pests. There are some
men that oppose all attempts at legis-
iation to exterminate such pests, and
generally, II their motives are sought
out. 1t is found that they are to be
hurt in their property by the legisla-
ton In question-that they have goods
to put on the market that they do not
want inspected. or else they want to
escape the expense and annoyance OF
inspection. The policy of letting
things alone always finds advocates.
But with insect and fungous pests
the careful farmer and fruit grower is
largely at the mercy of his nearest
neighbor. What advantage is it for
man with a plum orchard to cut out
every sign of black-knot as 1t appears.
II his neighbor on the windward side
Is to be permitted to have an orchard
that is half dead with black-knot? The
ofncers of the state should have full
power to 60 into any orchard and rid
1t OF dangerous parasites, II the owner
OA sum 0ANhaAds nAeSA 4CC aihbs
does not attend to 1t himself. The
whole community is interested In this.
as much the man that consumes fruit
az the man that raises It. II is for
the interest of the community that as
much produce be raised as can be con-
sumed, that the prices may place 1t
within the reach of all. Every state
should have a thorough quarantine
against pests as yet outside Its bor-
ders. and the national law in this re-
gard should be made as stringent as
can be enforced.
We are all the time bringing trees
and plants from foreign countries.
With them are likely to be introduced
pests that are new to us. or have as
yet obtained only a slight foothold
here. In the country from which these
pests come there are other parasites
that keep them In check. On their
introduction into this country the
parasite is often introduced with the
insect we do not want. and the latter
multiplies beyond all experience with
II in Its home. The writer's on ento-
mology assert that some of our worst
pests could have been stamped out by
tau cApchuituIc Vi u icW thcuoAhoe ~
dollars. II that expenditure had been
made within year or two after the
insect was introduced. II Is mistake
to suppose that these pests spread
rapidly-all OF them. Some are very
slow In extending the limits Of their
visitations. An example of this 10 seen
In the gypsy moth. which is still con-
fined to Massachusetts Another illus
tration In the imported elm leaf beetle.
which has AZ yet hardly paused the
Allegheny mountains-
We do not and It at all dificult, to
put large armies Of men In the Geld In
case OF q foreign war: but we hesitate
to put even few hundred of men to
work In combating an insect or sqn-
gous pest that IL sure, II left to itself.
to destroy hundreds OF millions Of dol
lars worth Of property.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03

Sir John Murray. the weli-known
naturalist. In recent address. drew a
vivid picture OF the time. In tho re-
mote future. when temperatures rs low
as those which Professor Dcwar pro-
duccs In his experiments at the Royal
Institution will prevail all over the
earth. The atmosphere and the oceans
will then have disappeared within the
rocky crust Of the globe. their elements
having entered into new combinations
In other words. to use Sir John MUIR
rays expression. the waters of the
ocean will have become solid rock"
But over their surface will roll tho
waters Of new and most wonderful
sea. IAN ocean OF liquid air about 40
feet In depth" At that time. OF coursc.
life On we know II will have vanished
from the ef.rth.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03

THE other day" said Jones. IAN old
woman bounced into our once display
ing notice that we had written to
her to the effect that a quarter tax ON
some property of hers was due. She
swore she. had paid It. had the books
to prove that she had not. and suggest
ed that she had made a mistake. She
declared that she had not and said:
Don't you ever make mistaken
assured her that did not. and joking
ly added: The only mistake I ever
made was when l was married She
looked at me a second. and then said:
No. your wife made that mistake"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-05-03

My earliest recollections." said Mr..
Edwin Markham, author of 'The Man
with the Hoe" In a recently reported
interview, "go back to the days when l
was shepherd boy on the California
hills; / was years old then. When
my mother gave up her sheep range /
turned cowboy, and learned the many
tricks of the trade-could throw a
RATA or ride broncho with the bestof
them. Later l became farmer. and
spent many months walking behind