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The Burke County news., 1900-06-29

noon last at the residence of
Or. Murphy, aged about
thirty-nine years. Every
thing was done for his relief
and comfort here by skilled
physicians and loving ones, but
on account of the advanced
stage of the disease-tumor
or cancerous effection of the
nothing seemed pos
sible to do for him in effecting
a cure; therefore, many days
previous to his demise those
dear to him had despaired and
tearfully, and could only await
the final ending and flight of
the spirit of their dear one to
the realms of light, peace and
tranquility beyond the haze.
Mr.. Evans was happily mar
ried to Miss Matte McNair,
of Laurenburg, about a year
ago, and she survives him.
The remains we're conveyed
to his native home, In Cum
berland county, on Monday
for interment, accompanied by
Mr.. John F. McNair, father
in-law of the deceased, Mrs.
DR.. |. M. Taylor, sister Of
deceased, and Mrs. E. H.
Evans, the bereaved widow.
June 9th, 1900. SCRIBO.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not by cured be Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY s. CO., Props.
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, O.
WALDINC, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggist, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nal1y, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 7oc per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
A CARD OF THANKS.

wish to say that l feel under last
ing obligations for what Chamberlain 8
Cough Remedy has done for our family.
We have used it in so many cases OF
coughs, lung troubles and whooping
cough, and it has always given the
most perfect satisfaction, we feel great
" indebted to the manufacturers of
this remedy and wish them to please
accept our hearty thanks.-Respect-
fully, Mrs. S. DorY, Des Moines,
Iowa. For sale by w. A. Leslie,
Druggist.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
MITCHELL.
Magnetic City News-A Reward Of
fered for Robt. Samples.

p4Lersyille Mirror, June 21st.
Two hundred dollars reward
has been offered by the govern
OF Of North Carolina for the
arrest of Robt. Samples, the
murderer of Charley Bise.
Bise was shot, it is said, in
cold blood on the O. r. &. G..
extension some weeks ago by
said Samples, who was then a
night watchman.
Magnetic City correspond
.nce: Another Sunday school
was organized at Spring creek
Sunday. This is the fourth one
that has been organized in the
last few months. Miss
BERTHE Wilcox and VIM. Gar
land, who have been attending
the Deaf and Dumb School at
Morganton. have returned
home. Rev. G. E. Rogers,
Il young Presbyterian minis
tel, is here for the summer.
He expects to do evangelistic
work.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
Let Factories and Employees Attend
to Their Own Business.


to Their Own Business
In the numerous letters from
mill men printed in the report
of B. r. Lacy, Commissioner
of Labor and Printing. for the
year 1899. copy of which has
been received at this office, We
find the following letter from
Mr.. Thos. P. Moore, of the
Alpine Cotton Mills, at this
place:
B. x. Lacy, Esq. Labor Commissioner,
Raleigh, n. c.
DEAR SIR:-We think the
most useful thing you can do
is not to interfere in any way
whatever with labor, and leave
the mills and manufacturers
to make contracts and manage
their own help. Some Of your
questions We can not answer,
as most of our work is piece
work, butmen average seventy
five cents, and women about
fifty cents. We think widow
with children should be allowed
to put her children in mill at
any age she can get work for
them. but we do not find that
it pays to employ them under
twelve, and try not to do it.
We think the law should look
to more important things aud
let factories and people who
want to get employment attend
to their own affairs. We have
never had an accident; but
carry insurance for the benefit
Of any who might be injured.
We pay off in cash every week,
and have little or no trouble
with our hands.
Respectfully.
THos. p. MOORE.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
Terrible Railroad Wreck in Georgia
Thirty-Five Killed.

Atlanta, Ca, Dispatch, oath.
A passenger train on the
Macon branch of the Southern
Railway ran into a washout
one and a half miles north of
McDonough. Ca, last night
and was wrecked.
The wreck caught fire and
the entire train, with the ex-
ception Of the Pullman sleeper,
was destroyed. Every person
on the train except the occu :
pants Of the Pullman car. per
ished. Not member Of the
train crew escaped. Thirty-fve
persons in all we're killed.
Some of the killed were mem
bers of extra train crews who
we're passengers on their way
to spend Sunday in Atlanta.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
Sale $aI 2,,{2,t: of L Lots 42t
FOR TOWN TAXES.

BY virtue of levies made by me for
default in pay. ent Of town taxes for
1897, l will sell at auction, for cash. at
the Court House door in Morganton. n.
c., on Monday, July .. 1900, the vari.
Gus lots and parcels of land herein
named.
The bid will be struck off 10 him
who will pay the amount of taxes. with
all expenses, for the smallest part Of
said land. Tha purchaser must pay
the amount due on the spot or the
land will be Immediately resold
Rufus Avery, ) lots $500
Joseph H. Avery, 10, 40
George Avery, lot 80
Clarence Bowan, ! lot 30
Jim Caldwell, lot so
Isaac Fleming. lots 4.le
X. Williams, Let SIS
J. S. Zimmerman. l lot 4.64
Seventy cents will be added TO each
Of above amounts for costs.
JNO. MARTIN,
Acting Tax Collector.
June 3, 1900.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
HICKORY NEWS.
Capt. Ben Newland Appointed to a
Good Position-A Steam Laundry
for Hickory-Othe Items.


Hickory Times Mercury, June 10th.
Peaches are coming into
market; the crop is a large
one.
The heavy rains Of the past
few days have washed land
badly and interfered with the
wheat harvest.
\ steam laundry is to be
established in Hickory at an
early date. Albert Keever and
J. l.. Leach are the projectors.
Postmaster Shuford informs
us that the amount Of business
transacted at the postoffice is
steadily increasing. This is a
reliable indication that Hlck :
Dry is growing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bruins,
Of Asheville, came down last
week to spend a few days with
relatives in Hickory. They
were on the train which was
wrecked near Biltmore.
The Baptists Of Hickory talk
strongly Of running an excur-
sion to the annual orphanage
picnic at Mocksville on July
26. More than enough persons
have already agreed to 60 to
insure its success.
Capt. B. A. Newland, OF
Hickory, who recently took
charge Of the Mountain Park
hotel at Hot Springs, has been
appointed Superintendent OF
transportation of the A. and
\. c. railroad, with headquar
rers at Newbern, n. &.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
Eight Killed in Wisconsin.

Green Bay, Wis, Dispatch, oath.
A north bound passenger
train on the Chicago and North :
western Railroad. loaded with
excursionists bound for a local
Sengerfest in this city, collided
at 1915 O'Clock this morning
with freight train at Depere,
FIVE miles south Of this place.
Eight persons were killed, one
missing and 81 were injured.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29

Ii troubled with rheumatism. give
Chamberlain Pain Balm a trial. 1t
viii not cost you a cent if it does no
GOOD. One application will relieve the
pain. 1t also cures sprains and bruises
IN one third the time required by any
other treatment. Cuts, burns, FROST
bites, quinsey. pains in the side and
chest, glandular and other swellings
are quickly cured by applying 1t.
Every bottle warranted. Price, 20 and
~ cts. w. A. Leslie, druggist.
The Burke County news., 1900-06-29
STATE HOSPITAL NOTES.
Personal Mention and ItemS- { News
by Our Regular Reporter.


by Our Regular Reporter.
Miss Lille Slade is spend
ing few weeks with relatives
IN Durham.
Mrs. Thomas w. Gibson,
OF Hickory, is visiting at DR..
|. M. Taylor's.
Miss May Conoley left last
week for her home at Red
Springs on an extended visit.
Mr.. Hill of Raleigh
visiting here this week, re-
turning to his home on Tues
day.
Mr.. Joseph Queen and wife,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, we're visit
ing at the Hospital on Tues
day.
Mr.. John Williams, a theo-
logical student of Texas, is
visiting relatives here-Dr.
Murphy and family.
Mr.. John F. McNair, of
Laurenburg, spent a few days
here last week, and was the
guest of DR.. Murphy.
Prof. George T. Wins ton,
president of the A. s. NJ. Col
lege of Raleigh, was here for
a day or so last week.
Mr.. w. w. Martin, of
Fayetteville, spent a few days
with relatives at the Hospital
last week, and returned to his
home Saturday last.
It appears that all the
ladies are going democratic
and are for the amendment.
Make a note of this, young
men, and getin the procession
Miss Annie K. Evans re.
turned to her home in Cum.
berland county last week
after a visit for some time
with her sister Mrs. DR.. Tay'
lor.
Mr.. George r Satterwhlte
went up to his home at Dysart
Vile last week to remain for q
while, until he can fully re
gain his health, which is some
what impaired.
Mr.. n. F. Rusmisell has
pet rabbit, and also adog, an(
at times they are the best O
friends, but often the rabbi
gets angry with the dog ane
chases him around and whip:
him at will.
Mr.. E. Hervey Evans. wh'
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
ORVILJE Fl. PLATT.

steady income and would never take
undue chances. He never undertakes
to discuss a public question until he has
studied it in all it's phases, and so he is
not one of those who rush promiscu-
ousy into debate. When he addresses
the senate he is always sure of close
attention.
He is nothing of an orator. Public
speaking has no glitter or charm for
him. He speaks only when he feels
that he ought to- and not because he
likes the sound of his own voice or
looks for the responsive tingle of popu-
lar applause.
Gen. Joe" Hawley his colleague, is
an effective public speaker. He has a
genius for swaying audiences, for stir
ring the emotions and for inspiring
applause. Plat recognizes this as a
gift which he does not possess. Among
his friends he sometimes talks about
it, occasionally with regret. but never
with even an infinitesimal touch OF
jealousy or envy. Il am not like Haw-
ley" he says, and it is just as we'll to
recognize the truth. / always hesitate
to get on my feet in public. l know
that there will never be anything es-
pecially entertaining in what l say, and
| feel that | am tolerated rather than
admired. The best can do is to talk
along without any oratorical frills and
without expecting to get anybody ex-
cited. l usually say what l want to
say, and l try to tell the truth
haven't any pretensions beyond that
Hawley can't even walk to the plat
form without bringing his auditors to
their feet yelling and cheering. 1t is
Hip, hip, hurrah, fer Joe Hawley!
from the minute he puts in an APP
pearance until he gets through. That
is the genius of the man. It's some
thing l never had and never can have
/ am sorry, but what's the use of wor-
rying about it?"
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
NIvsferies Of a TniIet.

Every man has theory against and
an apparent adherence of woman's
use of artificial m cans in the way of
producing a bloomy complexion, and
yet as surely as the needle to the mag
net you will invariably find him gravi-
tating toward the girl or woman with
a made complexion. The fact of the
matter is men don't know face pow
der and rouge when they see 1t, they
are not prone to recognize it even on
a face as near as that of their own
wives. So despite that much is being
said and more written about the lat
ter day woman's frank use of rouge,
powder and pencil, as long as one of
her most appealing charms is vested
in a rose and cream complexion, just
so long will she make use of the
means whereby to build it,
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
AN IMMENSE SPAN.
The Largest Arched Bridges In tn
World.

The Largest Arched Bridges In the
World.
The largest arched bridges on the
continent of Europe, which span the
Rhine, represent a type of bridge
which, although very popular on the
continent for large spans, has not
found much application in Great Brit
ain, although it originated in the cast
iron arch of the Coalbrookedale bridge
of 1873, over the Severn. which has
a span of 102 feet. Up to 1898 the
Dom Luiz bridge over the Douro, with
its arched span of $50 feet was the
largest bridge of the kind in the
world. The Bonn mild steel bridge,
with its one arch of GIG feet span, and
the Dusseldorf bridge, with two arches
of 594 feet inches span, now rank
first in Europe. But the Niagara and
Clifton bridge of 1898 surpasses them
all with its span of $40 feet. The
Rhine, according to Engineering, has
but few bridges, considering its great
length. At Bonn the river is $50 yards
wide, and although the town has So,
600 inhabitants, and Poppelsdorf, adj
joining, $4,000 inhabitants, there is no
bridge. Railway lines run along both
banks; but up till recently there was
no bridge on the reach between Co
blentz and Cologne, distance of IS
miles, and the cross traffic depended
upon ferries, and further upon a rail-
way traject, two miles above Bonn con-
sisting of three ferryboats, each carry
ing 200 tons, worked by engines AMI
cables. Caesars much disputed wood
en- bridge is now supposed to have
| been, not at Bonn, but considerably
higher up the river, near Weissen-
| thurm, where important Roman forti-
| fications have recently been discover
ed. The ferryboats and the pontoon
bridges Of the seventeenth and eign-
teenth centuries, when Bonn was still
| the residence OF the sovereign arch
! bishops of Cologne, suffered much dur
| ing the recent wars. The French rev.
dictionary army of 1895 requisitioned
all the ships of the district and placed
a bridge over them, over which the
army crossed the Rhine-to return a
few days later and to destroy their
work.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
Cuban stndent In MI..ourl.

Among the students who have re-
Gently entered the University of Mis-
souri, is Senior Rubio Lopez of Cuba.
During the late Cuban war he had a
lively military experience. He served
some months as a sergeant and two
years as second lieutenant on the
staff OF Gen. Gomez. While on that
generals staff he was intrusted with
several important missions. one of
which was to enter a city in the pos
session of the Spanish and make a
plan of the place Another was to
make a typographical may of one of
the Spanish positions while under fire.
Near the close of the war he was pro-
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
WOMEN WEAR TROUSERS.
And Men Must Wear shirts to BE Re
spected In ChIna

spected in China
There is everything in the point of
view, says Youths Companion. In
China it is considered very unwoman-
ly for a woman not to wear trousers,
and highly indecorous for a man not
to have skirts to his coat. 1t is no
wonder that the Chinese look askance
at the ordinary American or European
who comes among them. To the Chi
nese, says the author of Intimate Chi
na," it seems very uniting for a lady
to go out unattended by a woman, and
for a woman to stand firmly on her
feet and walk on them like a man is
shocking. Thus there are great diff
culties for the traveller to get over.
The garment that seems most essential
to the Chinese woman is a pair of
trousers, and she thinks it highly inn
proper for a woman to indicate by a
belt that she possesses a waist. do
you really eat with your waist grit in
like that?" she asks of foreign wom-
an. A mans dress, as we know it, is
a still greater scandal in China; and
to the Chinese. the only explanation of
it is that the poor fellow has not cloth
enough to cover himself properly.
Nevertheless, nearly every foreigner
after spending much time among ORR
entails, admits that the dress he has
grown accustomed to at home is lack
ing in grace and elegance.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
Tho Country Editee.

The country editor n0,| dictates his
editorials and employs a bright young
man to write local news. His paper is
printed on an improved press, the
power is furnished by a gas engine or
electric motor, and the paper is folded
by machinery. He owns his own home
keeps his own horse and carriage, and
has credit at the bank. A pleasure trip
of a month is likely to be offered al
any time, and he takes 1t gladly, while
the young woman who keeps the books
and the bright young man who writes
local news keep the paper in a straight
line Success.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
A NOTED SENATOR.
IRREGULARITIES OF PLATT OF
CONNECTICUT.
A Modest Man, Rarely Heard of In
Public, who sways the Senate When
He Speaks-A Veteran LegisIator-Is
Not "a Flowery Speaker.

There are two Platts in the United
States senate and they are men of
widely different characteristics. One is
Thomas c. Plat of New York; the 9TH
er Orville H. Plat. If there is any re-
lationship between them it goes far
back beyond present family records
Aside from their names, the two Platts
have hardly anything in common. The
New York senator is a great political
leader-one Of the most astute politi-
clans OF whom American history has
carried any record. The Connecticut
man is about as Indifferent to the ma
chinery of politics as any man can be
who figures in public life at all. The
Connecticut Plat is less widely known
than the other; but within the narrow
er bounds of his reputation he ranks
high. He is never carried away by
popular clamor or by the emotions of
the hour; but he knows instinctively
what the average man is thinking
about and what the average man would
like to have done. He is the kind of
person who would be selected for trus-
tee Of an estate; he would insure it a
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

Suspended by one foot over preci-
pice $50 feet high, with nearly all the
blood in his body congested in his
head, Jamesv Johnson, a negro, Al
years old, hung throughout cold and
gloomy night from a cliff near st.
Louis, below which rushes the tawny
Mississippi. The special Providence
which is said to watch over drunken
men saw to it that when Johnson
stumbled upon the verge of the bank
his foot should catch in chance loop
of barbed wire fence. The obstruc-
ton had been placed there years ago to
prevent such as he from plunging to
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
Work on Mining Claims.

The provisions of the United States
Revised Statutes requiring a certain
amount of work to be performed or
improv ements made during each year
on each mining claim located after
May 10, 1872, and until a patent issue
therefor apply as well to that class OF
claims known as placer claims as to
the class known as lode or vein claims.
The law provides that 1.-THE period
within which the work required to be
done annually on all unpatented
claims shall commence on the LIST day
of January succeeding the date of To-
cation of such claim"
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
MAX NORDAU AT HOME.
Lives Above "a Drinking Shop in Plainly
Fashioned Rooms.


Fashioned Rooms.
Max Nordau lives in Paris above a
drinking shop. 1t appears that the
name "Nordau" was originally used by
its owner as a pseudonym to news
paper contributions. With the con-
sent Of his father, Herr Sudfeld, a
well-known Pesth Hebraist, he legally
assumed it, transforming himself from
South Field" (Sudheld) into North
Meadow" (Nordau), says Literary Life.
Except when he is visiting his patients,
DR.. Nardau spends all his time in his
study. This room is plainly furnished.
A bookcase is one of its conspicuous
features. Among the books are many
presentation copies Of Lombroso's
works. With this author and scientist
DR.. Nordau keeps up a constant corre-
spondence and prides himself on be-
ing one of the very few men in Eurone
who can dicipher the professors hand
writing, which appears to most people
entirely illegible. Leading out of this
room Is Nordau's barely furnished bed
roor1, the camp bedstead of which may
be seen through the open door. a
small trapeze hanging through the
doorway would seem to indicate that he
has faith in "parlor gymnastics 1t
is in this room that all books since the
publication Of Degeneration" have
been written, and where he is at pres
e.. writing a novel.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
COCKRELL'S LIFE SAVERS.

Eating apples for lunch has become a
fad in the senate, and Senator Francis
M. Cockrell of Missouri is responsible
for its introduction. For some time it
has been the custom of the Missourian
to steal away from the senate chamber
after the morning hour and go to the
democratic cloak room for lunch.
Upon the senator's midday menu there
is just one article of diet, and that is
apples. At 60 Senator Cockrell dis
plays a capacity for work which is the
marvel of the senate, and he at
tributes his splendid health largely to
his free use of apples and especially to
his daily lunch on apples exclusively.
Taking notice of the Missourian's good
color, steady nerve and notable en-
durance, other senators have adopted
the apple habit and find 1t beneficial.
Senator Cockrell is one of the veterans
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
Shott and Mott.

The story of these gentlemen and
their duel-a famous one formerly-is
revived, and the tale is thus repeated:
A duel was lately fought in Texas by
Alexander Shott and John s. Mott.
Mott was shot, and Shot was not. In
this case it is better to be Shot than
Mott. There was a rumor that Mott
was not shot, but Shot avows that
he was not, which proves either that
the shot Shot shot at Mott was not
shot, or that Mott was shot notwith-
standing. 1t may be made to appear
on trial that the shot Shott shot shot
Mott, or, as accidents with firearms
are frequent, it may be possible that
the shot Shott shot shot Shot him
self, when the whole affair would re-
solve itself into its original element,
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

gasped. James Johnson" to those
who asked his name.
He was rushed to the ambulance,
which had been driven up the road
from the quarry, and at the hospital it
was found that he had only strained
tendons of the foot and leg and LAGER
ated flesh where the barb Of the wire
caught.
Under the cheering influence of GER
tain and sundry drinks which the doc
tors gave to him Johnson got jovial
over his miraculous escape.
81 had my rabbits foot wild me;
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
Extent of Ocean Cables.

At the present time the extent of
ocean cables is nearly 100000 miles.
The total distance of all wires 1t is i'm
possible to state with exactness, but II
is rather more than ten times the to-
tai for the cable systems. In the
United States alone there are about
500, 900 miles of wire in use.-Ainslee'
Magazine.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
An Excitabls BostonIan.

An excitable resident of Boston
raised a great commotion at the office
of the board of health of that city, a
few days ago. by reporting the dis
covery of case Of leprosy in one OF
the most densely inhabited sections OF
the Hub. Investigation proved that
the supposed leper was suffering only
from a severe cold.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11
WAS SAVED BY BARB WIRE.

NOTED to a first lleutenancy. He has
had several personal encounters with
the machette. and was wounded In
two places He has taken bach
elor's degree in the University of Ha-
vana, and intends to take the degree
of mechanical engineer at the Uni
versity of Missouri Besides the Cuban
there is a Puerto Rican and a Mexican
attending the university.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

In San Rafael Cal, it is illegal to
shoot game with repeating or maya
zine shotgun.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

and Shot would be shot and Mott
would be not. We think, however,
that the shot Shot shot shot, not
Shot, but Mott. Anyway, it is hard
TO tell who was shot.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

SENATOR FRANCIS M. >CoCKRELL
of congress. Jones OF Nevada and ALI
son of Iowa are the only senators who
outrank him in length of service. The
senatorship which he has filed since
1875 is the only public Office which he
has ever held. He was probably the
foremost lawyer in Missouri at the
time he was elected to the senate.
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

guess dat's why l didn't get hurt no
wuss," he said.
Guess it was your own foot as much
as a rabbits foot" remarked the doc
for
The Yale expositor., 1900-05-11

A woman's view Of society depends
on whether she is outside or insids-