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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12

ford cloth, stylish in make,
stitched at bottom, real value
81, special sale price $2.75
Ladies' Walking Skirt, made
of oxford and black pebble
cheviot. These skirts are the
talk Of town, there are none
better at $40, our price $500
Ladies' Skirts, black figured
worsted. we'll male and nicely
trimmed, our sale price 75c
Handsome line Of ladies
skirts, in all the new cloths
from $1.2O to $500
Ladies' Flannellette Skirt
Waists. in blue and red polka
dots and fancy stripes, onr
special price SOC
Ladies all wool flannel shirt
waists, in blue, black and red
corded front and back, blouse
front So value, our price $1.4S
Ladies Silk Waists, in black
and all the new shades from
50 80 to $500
Ladies' Wool Knit Under
Skirts, in black, navy, light
blue, cardinal and pink from
| 80 cents to SUI
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12

with cOlored satin, real value
SIS. 80, our special sale price 1886
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Good bleached muslin per
yard Sc
Good bleached muslin yard
wide no dressing, real value Sc,
sale price per yard &c
New York Mills muslin, T.!
cent value, sale price per sd l0c
Heavy Canton flannel, SO in.
wide, sale price per yard Sc
Extra Heavy Canton Flannel
10 cent grade, for this sale only,
per yard Sc
Extra Heavy Dark Outing, 10
cent value, in plaids and stripes.
We have only a limited qnanti-
ty which will be sold, during
this sale at per yard Sc
Light Colored Outings, hand
some line Of colOrs, sold every
where at 10 cents, our sale price
per yard Sc
10 cent grade Of heavy fan
nelettes, nice dark patterns,
sale price per yard 7c
Extra Heavy Duck, in blue
and red polka dot and stripes.
real value -! cents, sale price
per yard Sc
One lot ready made gingham
aprons, sale price only &c
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12
BARGAINS IN DRESS
GOODS.

Black Worsted, plain and
figured, sale price per yd. Sc
20 inch Worsted, in black
and all the shades, real value
30 cents. sale price per yd. 20c
80 inch Plaids, stripes and all
wool tiannels, sale price per
yard 25c
All Wool Venetian Cloth. in
black and all the leading shades,
our underselling price per
yard SOC
80 inch Shrunk Broadcloth,
$40 value, sale price $l.23
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12

Ladies Tailored Suits, made
of wool camelhair cloth, in blue,
oxford and black; Jacket made
in new Double breasted shape,
nicely lined, skirt in the new 7
gore flare effect. real value 81 80,
special sale price $4.9o
Ladies' Tailored suits, made
of all wool homespnn, in brown,
gray and oxford, also in black
serge; fly front or double
breasted jacket, lined with twill
silk; skirt made with inverted
pleat back flare bottom. real
value $40, our price So .oO
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12
FUR DEPARTMENT.

Black sheared coney scarf,
animal heads and long tails,
real value -, our special sale
price 9l'5o
Fur Collarette trimmed with
s fur tails, entire garment lined
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12
Lazarus Brothers,
SEASON STARTING SPECIALS,
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. Is and is.

we are gong to start the rush
less
argain ofe
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-10-12

A FATAL ACCIDENT.
WALTER BEACH RUN OVER BY A
TRAIN AND KILLED.

The Accident Occurred at Hickory
Last Night The Remains Brought
to Morganton This. Morning.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-23
Mark Savage and wife are visiting In

Mark Savage and wife are visiting in
Bangor, this week.
Webster Savage and wife are passing
the day In Gardiner.
Sacred concert at Lake George, Sum-
day next, by Seekins' orchestra.
Hon. Charles E. Oak, land agent and
fish commissioners, is in town, today.
L. L. Walton, Esq. is passing the
week with his family at Southport.
Mrs. L. H. Copeland of Palmyra, n.
j. has been visiting with friends in town.
Miss Bracket of Biddeford arrived in
town, last night on visit to Miss Mary
Burrill.
Mrs. Edward Greene returned home,
last night, from visit of several weeks
in Portland.
n. w. Brainerd and wife returned
home, Monday, from a visit to Old
Orchard.
Col. Elias Millken and NJ. S. Holway,
Esq, of Augusta arrived in town on the
1870 train, this morning.
Coburn Marston went to Annapolis,
this week, to take the entrance examina-
ton at the naval academy.
Mr.. j. w. Batdorf arrived in town,
last night, to pass few days with his
family who are summering at Hotel
Heselton.
w. NJ. Lovejoy of Seattle, Wash, has
been passing several days in town, as
the guest OF his wife's brother, George
E. Sampson.
Prof. and Mrs. Z. r. Pennoyer of
Brooklyn, n. Y. were among the arrivals
by last nights train, and are the guests
of their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Murphy.
Jos. Goodrich and Jerry Lord left
home, this morning, on vacation trip
through Massachusetts,. They first visit
Peabody and then make the rest of their
excursion on their bicycles.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-23
The Surest Proof
Of up-to-date business methods
is INCREASE OF TRADE.

And the only steady trade VALUE.
Spasmodc result from other Cn fool
the people all of the time, but they lasting.
Our business has with strides for WHIP
Because each values have been further and further advance
the general this apparent
FALL AND WINTER TRADE.
Our Fall Suits and Oyecoa have been made expressly for part
Fall Hats and Furnishings and mofe coming daily
We spared the possible the
and while have always had the selling the BEST
MOST UPTODATE Clothing you
price lower than competitors would ask you inferior article
Don't buy Suit or Hat until you Fall line.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-23
BORN

Athens, Aug. l5-To the wife of Rev. Mr.
Lombard, q daughter.
Athens Aug. 15-To the wife of Oscar Bush
q son.
Madison-Aug. 81, to the wife of Mr.. Charles
D. Lawrence, a daughter.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-23

tandem bicycle for sale and Rem
FS'oh typewriter for sale or to rent.
'wd3 ROLAND T. PATTEN.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-23
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure.
&. W. Groves signature Is on each box. 26c.
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lean ships moved to the attack ON the
line ahead. at speed of eight knots,
the map accompanying this article
showing the positions of the two fleets.
The position of the United States ships,
as shown, was, of course, only. mo.
mentary, as they were constantly in
motion. but it indicates their track
while destroying the Spanish ships fair
ly well.
Neither the fire of the land batteries
in front of Manila nor the danger from
the explosion of submarine mines in
the bay could stay the progress of the
American feet, and the fire from the
shore battery at Cavite point proved
not particle more. effective. The
American sailors, stripped to the
waist and eager for the fray, stood at
their posts, awaiting orders to open
fire from Commodore Dewey, who,
with his chief of staff, Commander
Benjamin p. Lamberton, had taken his
place on the forward bridge of the
Olympia. Capt. Gridley, commander of
the flagship, was in the coming tower,
At 10 minutes before six o'clock, on the
morning of May 1, 1898, the commodore
turned to the coming tower and or
dered the beginning of the battle.
Capt. Gridley Immediately gave the.
necessary orders, and the starboard
eight-inch gun in the forward turret
of the Olympia let go at the fortifi-
cations of Cavite. At the same mo-
ment the Baltimore and Boston
opened fire on the Castillo and the
Reina Cristina, while the flagship led
the line straight for the center of the
Spanish fleet. When within 1000
yards of Admiral Montejo's position,
the Olympia changed her course and
ran parallel to the Spanish line, the
other ships following. "Open with all
guns" signaled the commodore, and q
storm of shells rained upon the enc
my's vessels and the Notifications of
Cavite. Four times the American yes
sells swept the Spanish lines at dis
lance of 1000 yards. Then, with q
lead to watch the depth of the water,
the flagship again started over the
course, running this time within 1000
yards of the enemy. At this range,
even the small six-pounders did dead
ly work. The Spanish fleet, which
from the first had made a gallant
fight, soon showed by weakening fire
the results that were being accom-
plished. and when the run was fin
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Commodore George Dewey, command
ing the Asiatic squadron of the United
States, was at Hong-Kong when this
event occurred: Instantly orders were
cabled to him to move against Manila,
the capital of the Philippine islands
These orders had hardly reached him
when Great Britain issued proclama-
ton of neutrality, the terms of which
compelled him to take the squadron
away from Hong-Kong, British port,
within "a hours. Accordingly he took
his ships to Mrs bay, Chinese port,
only few miles away, where he con-
tinued the preparations for battle
which he had began some days before.
These preparations were completed
on April 81, and Commodore Dewey at
once set sail for Manila with his fleet,
consisting of the flagship Olympia.
Capt. Gridley; the Baltimore, Capt.
Dyer; the Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan; the
Boston, Capt. sWildes; the Concord,
Commander Walker, and the Petrol,
Commander Wood. On the evening of
April 80 the American squadron
sighted Corregidor island, at the en-
trance of the Bay of Manila.
Corregidor was known to be we'll for
titled, but Commander Dewey conclud-
ed to enter the bay at once. With the
Olympia in the lead. and the Boston
bringing up the rear, the squadron
steamed quietly past the island. twas
early evening and the moon was shin
ing brightly. but not until the flagship
was mile beyond the Corregidor bat
teries was the entrance of the Ameri-
can ships discovered by the Spaniards.
Then shot passed over the Raleigh
and another fell astern of the Olympia.
The rearmost vessels of the fleet gave
back shot for shot. Some of the Con-
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used to clarity coffee. Shark and ray
skins produce shagreen leather. Whal,
skins are manipulated into bands Ct
feet long and IL feet wide to drive ma
chinery.f The fish skins taken from
the Red sea are used in Egypt for tn,
soles of shoes and sandals. The Turk.
use the skin of the angel shark tt
make beautiful s:agreen warehouses;:
and the rough skin of the blue dogfisl
is used by ebony workers like emery
paper, for polishing their products.
1t is bewildering to walk about thi.
storehouse of information and make
note of just little bit of what the
men of science show and explain Peo-
pie generally suppose that sea weed.
are as useless as weeds in gardens
But it is not SO. They bring to the
men who work with them a large
part of the annual income of the
world. Sea weeds are of all sorts anG
sizes, from the microscopic foaters tc
the giant sea-tangle, which grows tc
a height of $50 feet and upon which
myriads of marine animals live. They
make this monster sea weed bott
home and food. They live upon it
in it, and it is their sole dependence
When these sea-weeds are taker
from their anchorage on some stone
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-18
PARIS FAIR CUR1OSITIES.

An active volcano. with daily erup-
tons, and earthquakes.
Giant telescope. that makes the
moon look only a mile off,
The cosmorama. showing the earth.
sun, moon and stars.
The cloud gallery. where visitors
walk above the clouds.
Palace in the sky, a huge house
shaped airship, that rises 1000 feet
A fairy palace under the river
Seine. with mermaids and the Lorelei.
A sea beach with salt water pumped
from the ocean 1875 miles away.
The bottom of the ocean, with a
sunken ship and strange submarine
life.
An American corn palace. with
walls Of cornstalks and tower made OF
corncobs. -
The Alps in miniature. with mouu-
tain guides and Swiss chalets in the
heart of Paris.
The panorama Of the world. which
viii represent a. trip around. the
world in 60 minutes.
A restoration of old Paris of 500
years ago. with its royal court. min
strels and tournaments.
Palace Of light. with walls of glass
and crystal. studded with diamonds .
and draperies of pearls.
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ished three of the Spanish ships were
seen to be ON fire.
The result of the engagement being
now NO longer in doubt, Commodore
Dewey decided to stop the fighting
long enough for the crews of his ships
to have breakfast. Accordingly: the
American fleet withdrew to the other
side of the bay. until shortly before
II o'clock, when fighting was resumed.
This time the Baltimore led, with the
Olympia and the other ships follow
ing. and at 11:16 began hurting shells
at the Spanish fleet, which returned
Commodore Dewey ordered four Of
his vessels into the inner harbor to
make an end of what was left of Mon.
tejo's fleet. By this time the Reina
CriStina had been sunk and the Cas-
tilia almost consumed by fire. In face
of a whitening fire at close range the
Spaniards were forced to desert their
ships one by one, the Don Antonio de
U1loa being the last vessel to be aban.
doned, just. before she sank.
At 1890 the white flag was hoisted
ors being hauled down, and then
Lieut.. Hughes, with boats crew
from the Petrol. went into the inner
harbor and set fire to the Don Juan
d'Austria, the Isle de Cuba, the Mar
quis del Onero and the Correo. The
transport Manila and some smaller
vessels were taken as prizes.
Commodore Dewey had not a man
killed, and only eight wounded, and
the total damage done to his ships by
the Spanish shells amounted to less
than $4,000. On May he drove the
Spanish forces from the navy yard
and arsenal at Cavite, blew up the
batteries at the entrance to Manila
bay and established the blockade If
the city. Within 4s hours the Span
iards had lost property to the value Of
$4,000 900, 1900 soldiers and sailors
had been killed and the cable con-
Meeting Manila with the outside world
cut. Manila, Cavite, Corregidor, SUI
big and other fortified points, shown
in the second map, were in American
hands ten days after war HAD been de-
clared
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JOKES FOR DINNER TIME.

81 think I'll try to reduce my
weight" said the corpulent grocer.
you've been reducing it too much al
ready" responded the customer with
the 14-ounce pound of sugar.
eyes, sir" said Mr.. Winbiddle to q
stranger, II maintain that all the wa
ter used for drinking and culinary pur7
poses should be boiled at least half an
hour" You are a physician, l pre-
sume?" mo; / am a coal dealer"
I'VE can only taste imperfectly in
the dark" said lecturer; nature has
intended US to see our food" Then"
inquired forward pupil, "how about
a blind man at dinner?"> Mature, sir"
answered the professor, has supplied
him with eye-teeth."
Blivens MY dear, I'm really
alarmed about Tommy's health" Mrs.
Blivens-'T suppose you mean you are
alarmed about his i'll health and future
doctor bills" Bivens-"I said health.
and I meant it. was thinking of
butchers bills"
Dean Hole recently told story Of
two Indians dining in England for
the first time, when one of them took
n spoonful of mustard which brought
the tears to his eyes. The other said:
Brother, why weepest thou?" and he
replied: II weep for my father who
was slain in battle" land he passed the
The other then took spoon
full and he had tear trickling down
his cheek. Said the first Indian: .Whv
weepest thou?" and he replied: II
weep because thou vast not slain with
thy father. Chicago Daily News.
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FROM FAR AND WIDE.

Taxes are paid in Berlin on about
$4,000 dogs..
One-ifth Of the people Of India
10000. o0o-ars insuf6ciently fed. even
in ordinary years of.prosperity.
The worn-out uniforms Of the Brit
ish army, when sold. bring back into
the war Office treasury close upon
$4,000 q year.
A man who owns . cocoanut grove
in. Venexuela IL independent, az tho
fruit continues to ripen all the year
round and brings q good price. Each
tree averages an annual income OF
$1.20.
Germany is keenly alive to the ne
cessity Of . knowledge of the LAM
guages of the countries in which IL
foresees advantages for trade. German
commercial schools have asked tho
Russian ministry of finance to aid
them in procuring teachers Of the Rus
sian language.
Mediatized German princes, though
they have not ruled for a century, still
cause trouble to their former SUBJ
jects. On the death Of Count Karl
zu Ysenburg und Budingen in Nicer
holz the Prussiap government gave or
dsrs for public mourning in the for.
mer dominions of the family. with
Q prohibition of public festivities Of
any kind Cor a period of six weeks.
Spain has introduced reform in
the carrying out Of the death penalty.
Executions will be no longer public,
and criminals will not be exposed to
public view in the prison chapel for :
"a hours before being put to death.
as in the past. The object of this
custom was to enable the criminal to
prepare for death and to allow the
public to join in praying for his
soul.
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cords shells fell inside the batteries,
and they. were heard from no more.
After that the squadron steamed stead
lily up the bay, the men sleeping by their
guns.
Daybreak found the American fleet
within five miles of the city of Manila,
and at the same time the Spanish feet,
commanded by Admiral Montejo, was
sighted lying under the protecting
guns of the fort of Cavite. The ad-
miral's flag was flying from the Reina
Cristina, protected cruiser of $500
tons. Anchored just ahead of her was
the Castillo, protected cruiser of 1900
tons, and astern were the cruisers Don
Juan d'Austria, DON Antonio de Ulloa,
Isla de Cuba, Isla dc Luzon and the gun
boats Quiras, Marquis de Onero and
Correo. Commodore Dewey lost no
time in forcing the fight. which was in
svitable. Led by the Olympia, the Amer
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hfactures are too numerous to be all
tabulate1 and referred to in a letter;
they would fill volumes and make an
interesting library which would re-
quire q lifetime to read, to the exclu-
sion of all other entertainment and
learning. Ornaments for ladies of al
most numberless sorts are made from
fish scales. They furnish adornments
for the women in savage and semi-sav-
age life, as well as for the refined and
cultured>ladies dwelling in the higher
circles of modern society in all civilized
nations. Fish scales furnish paint and
powder; they furnish eyebrows, dim
Piles, ''beauty-spots" for the cheeks,
and all sort of feminine artificial adorn-
ment. The Chinese have long had a
method Of grinding up certain kinds of
fish scales and using the dry pigment
as the basis of paints for women and
for the arts.
But not only are the scales used, but
also the skins. We have all seen alli-
gator skins made up into shoes. Eel
Jkins are used everywhere for the
thongs Of whips. Dried sole skins are
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millions upon millions of minute an
imals are killed whose existence would
not be known but for the microscope.
Many kinds of sea weeds are used in
commerce for the manufacture OF
soda, iodine, bromine, and gelatinous
extracts. In Scotland horses and cat
tie are fed upon sea weeds during the
winter months. Moreover, sea weeds
are used in abundance for upholster.
ing furniture. instead of torsehair
They are used by packers for wrap
ping delicate objects. and chemists
obtain from them chlorides, silicates,
sulphates, phosphates and carbonates.
The sea weeds draw these valuable
materials from the sea water upon
which they live. apparently by alb
sorption, but really by the well-known
process of osmosis.
IT the people OF this continent
should ever become eaters of sea weed,
they can have it in plenty. All along
the Gulf stream there are banks of sea
weeds, miles in extent. Ships in the
Atlantic. coastwise trade sail over
great spaces entirely covered with
weeds, some of them in the form of
apparently endless serpents, and the
sailors have long called them ''Nep-
tunes gardens" 1t is not improb-
able that these vast storehouses of
weeds may be used commercially FOR
enriching our soil where it is depleted,
or, as the farmers say, worn out"
with continuous crops of single
kind. The sea weed is a spontaneous
fortS
tive to become Immediately rejuve-
mated and verile. 1t is said that on
the French shore of the British chan
mel upwards of 100000 tons of sea
weeds are annually gathered and used
for fertilizing purposes. Thus. the
sea is made to enrich the soil
Just as gourds are used for dippers,
in many places, there are pods of GER
tain kinds of sea weed used for sim.
liar purposes. Large pods holding up
wards of quart are followed out,
dried and filled with whale oil by New
Zealanders, and the necks of these
quaint bottles are tied with fibers of
fiaxen weeds. Other pods are used as
water buckets, and those of smaller
size are used for dippers. The fac.
that they are impervious to Oil rem
ders them exceptionally valuable to
some peoples.
The foods made from these prod
ucts of the deep are annually increas-
ing in number and variety. One of
the best known in larger cities. but
appreciated only by gourmets, is the
sea slug. 1t is from eight inches to
two feet in length and resembles a
Orownish prickly cucumber. After
being dried and soaked in olive oil it
is dried again and then minced to
serve as a choice flavor in thick soups.
The sea slug is found in mud banks
and shoals where fishermen wade
knee deep to find it. When their feet
strike a slug they reach down with
tongs and take it up.
Dyes of many kinds are taken from
the sea, usually from some parts of
the bodies of mollusks, carp, cutie
fish and star fish. Shells are still used
in lieu of money by half-civilized peo-
pie. The shells are also used for
trumpets. horns. pipes, earrings,
brooches, bracelets and other orna-
ments for women. Pearls are the
most valuable of all, but only the
largest are DOW held at great price.
SMITH d. FRY.