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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-14

lives, nor foresee the accidents that may
befall us as we move to and fro an the
land or sea. We cannot escape the pestll-
ence that walketh at MONDAY nor make
ourselves secure against fire and flood and
famine. What pitiful creatures we are,
and yet we see everywhere around US
young men who are conceited and proud
of their manhood or their money and we
see young girls who are vain of their
beauty or their dress when they played
no part in the formation of the one or
the earning of the other. \ beautiful
woman is close kin to the angels, and she
should be thankful that God made her
so, but she has no excuse in the world
for being vain. Humility is her loveliest
ornament. AS for these concelted and
naughty young men who strut around in
the clothes that they never earned or
that got by short cuts and dishonorable
means, they excite only pity or contempt.
When we look upon them we can put
exclaim with David, Lord what is man
that thou art mindful of himE Young
men, why don't you humble yourselves
under the mighty hand of God who made
you, you have not the remOtest idea who
you are today and you don't care if you
haven't. You have Travelled 200, 100000
of miles since the last year and got back
to the same place you started from. You
travel 10000 miles an hour and everyday
turn a summersaut $4,000 miles round
and don't know it, and you don't care If
you don't. The Creator is your engineer
and runs your train without run-off or
a collision and you never think of Him
or thank Him. You seem to think that
you are doing it.
1 reckon the Goth century problem is
about settled. 1t is an old problem and
perpleNed mankind away back in the
ages. The question used to be whether
the year Trior to the birth Of Christ was
/, B. c., or O B. c., and the mathemati-
clans and astronomers settled it down
at 0 B. c., and begun the new era with
1, A. D., and it remained l, A. d. for
800 days. But aside from this the prob
lem is purely a mathematical one, for
if it takes 100 years to make century
it will take 1900 years to make 10 CEN
turtles, and they will not have passed I'M
til lext January comes. What a word of
confusion those old popes and monks
and kings got our chronology into. With
some Of them the year began with 10Th
Of March, with others LIST of January,
and Christmas and Easter. One time the
year was set back three months and at
another time u days. The year was di-
vided into 8 months and 10 months and
II months and at the last into II months.
They treated old Father Time according
to their whims. Julius Caesar stuck in
month to crafty his vanity and he
called it July. This made Augustus Gaze
sar jealous and he stuck in another
month and called it August.
But about $50 years ago all Christen-
dom got the divisions of time settled down
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A WOMAN THERE WAS, AND SHE

thought she could cook,
CAS- you or | might do)
She wasted good money i'll buying q
book,
"How to make Candy''-with merely
a look
At the simple receipt in this wonderful
book.
(Which was the best this woman
knew
Oh, the time she spent, and the fuel
she spent
And the sugar she lost was immense,
Just to make her n pound and save UP
the cost
And now she knows that at Royster's
the cost
Is exactly fifty cents.
And it isn't to toll, and it isn't to spoil,
That fills her with feelings intense,
Its to follow a receipt that didn't work
right,
ca receipt that never was meant to
work right
And never could save fifty cents.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL SALE.
North Carolina-Wake County,

North Carolina-Wake County,
In the Superior Court--before the Clerk.
Service by Publication: Ella Jackson,
Betty Hawkins, Elias Felts, and Ma
than E. Leonard, Jas A. Leonard and
William A. Leonard, the last three in
fants by their next friend Il. e. Jack
son, being the heirs at law of Jordan
Felts, deceased; and G. 2. Felts, Jas.
B. Felts, Mrs. Alice Cochran, Thad-
deus E. Felts, Callie Felts, Miss Will
lie Felts, Alice Felts, Henry Felts,
Mrs. Ada Jackson, l.. G. Kelly, Lula
Kelly and Leslie Kelly, Susie Kelly,
Moody Kelly, Mooney Kelly, Thad
\ Kelly and Bee Kelly, the last named
six infants by their next friend Virtru-
vlus Royster, 7. j. Tins, Jeanette G.
Gibson, Jasper ID. Felts, Marcus B.
Felts, and F. j. Gilbert, being the
heirs at law Of Caswell Felts, de-
ceased. Elk Parte.
To all whom it may Concern:
TAKE NOTICE.
That on the 4th day of December,
1899, petition in Special Proceedings
entitled as above was filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court Of
Wake county, North Carolina; that the
purpose of the said petition is the sale
by order of the court Of a certain tract
of land situate in Wake county, North
Carolina, formerly owned by and in the
possession at his death in 1897, of Cas-
well G. Felts, known as the "Felts
Land. and more particularly described
as follows, viz: Situate in said county
about two miles east Of the city OF
Raleigh, in st. Matthew's township, on
what is known as the new road"
bounded on the north by said road, on
the east by the lands of VIM. Thomp-
son, on the south by Walnut creek. and
on the west by the lands formerly owned
by James Cannon, said tract contains
ing one hundred and ninety-nine acres.
That the said petition is brought by the
heirs at law of Caswell G. Felts, who
ask for q sale of the said land for
payment Of the debts now outstanding
against the estate of the said Caswen
G. Felts, deceased, and also for diyis-
ion among the said petitioners, heirs at
law as aforesaid. This is to notify all
persons claiming any interest in the said
land to make themselves parties to this
proceeding on or before the 10Th day of
January, 1900, and assert any alleged
right or interest in the same which they
may claim as aforesaid or ether
wise they will be forever bound
by any and all orders and de-
crees of the said court which may be
hereafter rendered in this proceeding,
and the petitioners will have the relief
demanded in the said, petition.
This 4th day Of December, 1899.
VIM. RUSS,
Clerk Superior Court, Wake County,
North Carolina. 12-5-1w6w
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DR.. THOMAS M. JORDAN
Physician and Surgeon.
PHONES "a & 1874.

In general practice eighteen years.
Offices. Tucker Building. Room sos,
and residence $50 North Wilmington
street All calls promptly answered
day or night.
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Beulah, S. G.
MOzLEY's LEMON ELIXIR.

I have been a great sufferer from dys-
pepsia for about fifteen years, my trouble
being my liver, stomach and bowels Wild
terrible headaches. Lemon EllXir cureo
me- My appetite is good, and ] am wen.
| had taken a barrel of other medicine
that done me no good
CHARLES GIBHARD.
No. 1915 jefferson ST., Louisville, ky
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NOz1,Ey,s LEMON ELIXIR.

Cured me of enlarged liver, ervOus IN
digestion and heart disease. | was un,
able to walk up stairs or to do any kind
of work. | was treated by many physi-
clans. but got no better until used
Lemon Elixir. 4 am now healthy and
vigorous. ii. BALDWIN,
No. 9S Alexander ST., Atlanta, Ga.
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MozIEY's LEMON HOT DROPS.

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage,
and all throat and lung diseases. Ele-
CANT, reliable.
25c. at druggists. Prepared only by
DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta, Ga.
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IMOZLEYS LEMON ELIXIR.
A PHEASANT LEMON TONIC.

Cures indigestion, headache, malaria,
kidney disease, fever, chills, loss of appe-
fife. debility, nervous prostration and
heart failure, by regulating the Liver
Stomach, Bowels and Kidneys.
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MozLEY's LEMON ELIXIR.

Cured me of indigestion. I had suffered
for ten years. had tried almost every
medicine, but all failed. Since taking
Lemon Elixir 4 can eat anything l like.
w. A. GRIFFITH.
Reevesville, s. G.
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Moz1EY,s LEMON ELIXIR.

Cured me of indigestion and heart dis
ease. after years Oh suffering when all
other remedies and doctors had failed.
N. D. COLEMAN,
Renlah. S. G..
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-14

experimental voyages NJ. Santos-Du-
mont sailed from Suresnes TO and
around the Eiffel tower and returned
to the starting point. But when he was
about to make the attempt one day last
month in the presence of the Deutsch
prize judges something went wrong
with his apparatus and the full trial
was postponed. He ascended for a
short distance, however, and executed
a few maneuvers to show that the ship
could be steered. Only a light breeze
prevailed at the time, and hence the
test was not very significant In fact,
1T was meant chiefly for exhibition pur-
poses and to avoid a complete disap-
pointment to the crowd of spectators.
He will make a fresh attempt in the
near future, he says. NJ. Santos-Du-
mont is Brazilian by birth, an engin-
eer by profession and only % years old.
When his airship is in operation NJ.
Santos-Dumont sits on a saddle almost
exactly like that generally used by BIZ
cycle riders. The machine is provided
with pedals and sprocket for starting
the great propeller But he relies main
ly upon a gasoline engine to drive the
latter. The propeller is two-bladed
and has diameter of twelve feet The
blades are of steel and aluminium, with
cover Of silk. The screw makes 1S0
revolutions a minute and is expected
to develop a speed of twenty miles an
hour
| In modern experiments in navigation
with a self-propelled airship two gener-
al plans have been adopted in order to
sustain the craft in the atmosphere
Langley, Maxim, Chanute, Lillenthal
and others relied solely on the aero.
plane, or widely outstretched wings,
but for the last two or three years lit
tie or nothing has been done in this d.
rection. The other method was to
have bag filled with hydrogen or IL
Illuminating gas and shaped like an i'm
mense sweet potato. The longer axis
of this receptacle was kept in a hori-
zontal position, and from it was sus-
pended boat or other support for the
propelling engine.
With device of this latter kind Rem
ard and Krebs, of the French army,
were able to develop speed of four
teen miles an hour as long as 1885. Nu-
merous attempts have been made since
that time to improve on the record, but
thus far without success. Great things
were expected of Won Zeppelin's air.
ship on Lake Constance, which, full
year after was begun on it, had its first
real trial early last July. The pro-
however, and radical improvements
were undertaken.
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Near Enough.

A group of men were exchanging sto-
ries Of adventure in a grocer's store In
a small Western town.
"Tve been In camp" said one of them;
"only came down yesterday. One morn
ing last week l struck the trail OF a
grizzly about half mile above the
camp. followed that trail without
let up till about half-past four that
afternoon, and then gave 1t up, and
went back to camp"
"What possessed you to quit after
putting in whole days work? asked
one of his listeners.
"Well, to tell the TRUTH" said the
grizzly's follower, shifting his weight
ponderously from one leg to the other,
at seemed to me the trail was getting
altogether too fresh"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-14
NAVIGATING THE AIR.

Paris fully four miles from the colossal
turning point. This makes the entire
distance at least eight miles, and to
travel so far In the prescribed time limit
will necessitate speed Of sixteen miles
an hour or better. This is greater
velocity than has ever yet been attain
ed, which Is In itself Of much impor-
tance. But the chief thing to be dem
onstrated by the contest Is the posslbll-
ity of steering an airshlp.
The attention OF persons directly in
terested in this sort of enterprise Is
more particularly centered upon the
ship devised by NJ. Santos-Dumont,
who has been in Paris for several
months with the intention of compet-
ing for the $4,000 prize offered by NJ.
Deutsch. 1t is said that in one Of his
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NAVIGATING HIGH IN AIR.

SteerabIe Balloon Has Already Made
Several Aerial Trips in Paris.
Aeronauts all over the world have
been watching with deepest possible
interest contest conducted in Paris,
where NJ. Deutsch offered a prize of
$4,000 to the airship which shall make
the first successful voyage of four miles
and return. The course" is from Sur
asnes to the Eiffel tower and back, and
the entire journey must be made in
half hour. Suresnes is suburb of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-14
WHEN MOLLY LED THE MEETING

1 wuz settin' with the sinners-'way back
by the door,
"a the pew that smiles weleome-meet-
in evenin's-to the poor.
/ wuz jest the hardest sinner that saliva
ton ever knowed-
A reg'lar OF backslider that had lost the
gospel road.
'Twuz Wednesday night pra'r' meet
in'-when they talked from left to
right;
An the word come that the preacher
wouldn't be with us that night.
An who would lead the meetin'T A
woman raised her ham,
An Molly, with the bright, sweet eyes,
marched up an took the stan!
My heart wuz palpitatin' what
would Molly say?
She didn't keep me waitin'-fer her
bright eyes shined my way!
She give that OF time hymn out-an'
they sung with sweet accord,
With Molly's voice a-leadn' 'em-"Come
Ye that Love the Lordw
An lots of 'em went up fer pra'r', an
got religion true;
An Molly called acrost the pews: John,
amt you comm, tooY
An come!-I couldn't stan it, They
hollered out, "Amenr'-
With Molly's han a-holdin' mine / got
religion then!
Atlanta Constitution.
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where the boat was moored. The girl
the calmness and ease which only can
come to her sex through practice and
long suffering. She was seated with
the ropes in her hands before she really
looked up at the man who had followed
her-into the boat by this time.
Now let me see the stroke which
takes captive your best girls" she was
saying, and then her eyes met his.
Though it would have seemed more
appropriate that he should be the one
to blush, it was to her cheeks the color
mounted. She actually hesitated be-
fore she spoke.
So he was given the opportunity Of
speaking, and this time he availed him
self, willingly.
Il do apologize" he said, every hum
bly," His manner and the laughter in
his eyes did not, however, accord
wholly with such an attitude.
"Well-really- she began, but he
interrupted her.
81 will go further-you will grant it is
a long way further-I will explain"
"There seems room for it"
J He was quite a genius at seizlng his
chances. He took her words as con-
cession, and dipped his sculls into the
water at the same time.
81 shall be able to talk so much better
when we are moving" he said, artfully.
81 fancy my stroke may prove as
worthy of comment as your brothers."
he added. He was still smiling, and he
noted, with growing satisfaction, that
so was she.
"And you do not even know who l
am! Cheek? Oh, don't be hard. Luck
if you like. l am proverbially lucky.
am not to blame for that, am |? Your
brother told you he was expecting his
college chum, Charles Dean? l was
just coming along-neither of you saw
me. l heard you send him back for
your cape" he paused, with sudden
compunction.
"You are not coldT he questioned,
anxiously. 81 forgot and have moth
ing In the way of wrap to offer YOU"
mo, am not cold," she said, as stifly
as she could.
you walked on, you know, and then
temptation seized me. An evil spirit
disguised, most charmingly disguised,
as piece Of braid! And could not re-
sist 1t. was only afraid you would
think had been suspiciously quick
for brother"
II just wasn't thinking" she admit
ted dimpling.
The mood for confession grew on him.
"Or that you might look round" said
he.
81 wish"
mo, don't say 1t! Hear me out first.
Honestly, was not entirely actuated
| by motives Of mere selfishness, as
might at first appear. put 1t to myself
like this: Here is a charming girl going
to spend most perfectly delightful
summer afternoon on the river, with no
more exciting companion than the
brother she has known from her earli-
est days, whose thoughts are as open to
her as her own; who hasn't peculiar
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q HE turned her head very slightly,
- so that the man behind her caught
- thp narrowino of hon. avao ,,,i+l,
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ity, or even a virtue, left undiscovered
l argued with myself about it. Should
l let such paltry thing as the lack of
an introduction prevent me from giving
this girl treat"
"Oh," she cried, "you really are"
"Yes," he said, ''it stands to reason
even as a study, sort of uneXplored
continent, so to speak; strange young
man, in such a case, must present him.
self in the light of an acquisition"
Her eyes were dancing. why don't
you say such an exceedingly nice young
man, while you are about it?" she
asked mOckingly.
Il will go one better" said he, with
your permission. Such an exception
ally nice pair~ and he bowed.
"Oh, you are dreadful-dreadfulw
But she did not say it as fact to be
deplored. She looked away from the
soft summer landscape, down to the
edge of her serge skirt with it's trim
ming of braid and the fateful loop.
"They do sew these so insecurely,"
she said. you haven't pin to spare?'
''It seems almost pity" said he
while she busted herself over it; "but |
suppose it will be just as well now"
The afternoon was, as he had said, de-
lightful, and his swift stroke left moth
ing to be desired. 1t was not cold, after
all, and she never gave another thought
to the cape until she saw it, when at
last they got back, hanging deserted on
the boathouse door, where her brother
had left it when he arrived there to find
her vanished.
The brother and sister were very
alike in disposition, and took things
lightly and as they came. So he never
openly resented her neutrality-suspicious.,
as her new friend pointed out, he, too,
had his more than adequate compensa-
tion.
This Is just story of the inevitable.
For the man of resource was something
of character reader, and he had look
ed at the girl before he stepped.
She called 1t, In her kindest moods. an
anticipation, but he maintained that he
gave the incident It's most appropriate
title when he named it "forerunner. !"
And this 1t was.
The weather favored them, and his
visit heightened from a weeks end to
week and more Ample time for a
man Of such ready methods to win for
himself girl not indisposed to be won.
Thus his visit to the brother ended In
his marriage with the sister-an old
tale, but often very pleasant one.
1t was later in the season, and boat
ing interests had given way to the ne
cessity Of stock-taking In fashionable
wearing apparel, and discussions on the
relative merits of new and antique fur
niture.
II could almost WISH" she said sweet
ly, that 1t was possible to trim white
satin wedding dress with braids in a
sort Of squiggly pattern of loops and
turns"
'If you contemplate having one loop
pendant to trip me up during the cere-
mony," he said, laughlngly, 81 am Off"
Then, perhaps 1t is just as well to
reserve braid as trimming for serge
and CLOTH" she said.
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TO LIVE A CENTURY.
VARIOUS RULES FOR REACHING
A GOOD OLD AGE.
Numerous Helps to Longevity-Dif-
ferent Physicians Prescribe Differ
ent Rules of Living = Cleanliness,
Repose and Exercise Recommended.

There are many helps to longevity,
the latest being the Hundred Year Club.
Join in, say its members, and you need
have no further thought of sickness and
death. However, everybody does not
belong to the Hundred Year Club, and
old-time doctors and physicians, as well
as new ones, lay down many laws that
must be followed if health is to pre-
vail
Avoid fussy women" says one learn
ed doctor; they kill persons off by the
dozens. Avoid being fussy yourself;
it wears you out as nothing else will.
Calmness can be attained"
Make cleanliness your MOTTO" says
another. extend this to both the
house and the grounds. Few women
starve for food, but many do for fresh
air. Every woman if unable to take
walk daily, should go out into the
yard or to the window if an invalid
and breathe deeply a hundred times
or more for exercise.
Throw away your corsets and never
wear any tight clothing and by all
means sleep in a well-ventilated room.
Beware of gluttony. If not hungry
contine the eating to fruit and utilize
the teeth instead of the stomach for
chewing the food Battle often and
keep the blood pure; exercise daily and
do kind deed on every opportunity.
'The effect of exercise ON the mind is
always good the brain and nervous sys-
tenn are supplied with more blood and
the repair of waist is more complete"
According to Sir James Sawyer, by
observing the following nineteen rules
one stands n good chance of being
a worthy member of the Hundred Year
Club:
l. Eight hours sleep.
2. Sleep on your right side.
3. Keep your bedroom window open
all night.
4. Have mat to your bedroom door.
8. Do not have your bedstead against
the wall.
q. No cold water in the morning, but
bath at the temperature of the body.
Z. Exercise before breakfast.
6. Eat little meat and see that it is
well cooked.
8. For adults Drink no milk.
10. Eat plenty Of fat to feed the cells
which destroy disease germs.
IL. Avoid intoxicants, which destroy
those cells.
II. Daily exercise in the open air.
13. Allow no pet animals in your liv-
ing rooms; they are likely to carry
about disease germs.
IA. Live in the country If you can.
15. Watch the three D's-drinking
water, damp, drains.
16. Have change Of occupation.
IT, Take frequent and short holidays.
IS. Limit your ambition.
10. Keep your temper.
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A BIT OF BRAID.



~ HE turned her head very slightly.
~ so that the man behind her caught
the narrowing Of her eyes with
sudden anger, and the fitting of her
rounded chin.
Clumsy she said in voice ringing
with scorn. She caught up her skirt.
just raising it from the ground, and
hastened on. But she threw few more
or less acceptable home thrusts over
her shoulder as she went.
81 can't think what you have been
doing with yourself lately. Not i'm
proving, anyway. And you won't get
on in the direction you are-taking, can
assure you. 1t makes me very doubtful
as to the truth of all your yarns of con-
quest-they are just what took them
for-fairy tales, every one. For no girl
would be tame enough to be trampled
on, If that is your habit Oh, of course
you saw the braid hanging. You could
not be so blind as that"
She gave the offending skirt, with the
loop of braid dangling uncomfortably,
a further hitch. She had the daintiest
ankles-the word expressed her alto
gether-and the man following her
made no objection.
1t was, indeed, his continued silence
she seized on next-to misconstrue.
pAt least" she said, with sisterly
fnghtforwardness, you might apollo
! glze."
" They had reached the landing stage