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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
a New Gun For Our Artillery.
(By the Associated Press.)

Berlin Aug. 18th United States War
Department has bought of Herr Ehrhardt.
a gunmaker of Dusseldorf, the right to
re-arm the American field artillery with
Herr Ehrhardt'S new piece. captain
Henry D.. Borup. of the United States
Ordnance Department, is now at Dussel-
dorf on this business, probably to learn
thoroughly how the gun is constructed.
The gun which the United States has
acquired the right to use is understood
to be an Improvement on the MOret, sup
piled to Great Britain. being lighter and
of longer range. The United States ord
nance officers have long complained that
their field gun was less effective than the
French and German guns.
Captain Borup is among
foreign ordnance officers as formerly at
tached to the Paris Embassy OF the
United States, and as having been re-
called on an intimation of the French
government that such a step would be
desirable, this being due to his unusual
success in penetrating military secret.
High Point, N. c.. Aug. 14-Work has
begun with a vengeance or a sewerage
system for High Point. The force COM
menced first i'll the heart of town.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
The Auto Buried Beside Him.
(By the Associated Press.)

Iby lHe AssOCIdLeI IItSS.J
Berlin, Aug. 16.-The Bleichroedcr fam
lily have caused the automobile that
killed Baron Van Bleichroeder, the well
known banker and sportsman, near
Cologne, June 18th last, TO be buried be
side his grave in the grounds of Schloss
Duren, near Cologne, and all the mem
bers of the family have given away or
sold their autos, of which they had sew
eral. Baron Won BleichrOcder dispose
of a magnificent French racing machine
that cost 81, 600 for 81 500.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
Negro Lynched for Assault.
(By the Associated Press.)

Meridian, Miss, Aug. 16.-At Walnut
Grove. Lcake county, last night, Charles
Johnson, colorcd, was lynchod by a party
of citizens for making an assault on a
Young white woman. Johnson was fOrcl-
blv taken from officers who were carry
ing him to prison.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
PITT COUNTY TAX VALUES.
These Show.a Gain In Property Over Last Year
OF 1874, $50.
Especial to News and Obscrver.)

Especial to News and Observer
Greenville, N. c., Aug. 16.-The tax
books for Pitt county have just been
completed and show a gain over last year
in property to the amount of $1S4 $50.
The total taxable property is returned
at S4, 72O, 155. OF this the white people
listed 81, 53S, 652 and the degrees S1o2,oo3.
The corporations listed $496,1l5, the
banks $50, 100. The incomes listed amount
to S17. 265.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
Religious Mania Led to Murder.
fBy the Associated PresS.)

New York, Aug. 16.-Charles c.. Rub
sam, a well-to-do dealer in house furn-
ishings at No. $50 Willis avenue, today
shot and killed his wife. He then shot
himself, dying instantly. Religious
mania, so the police believe, led Rub
sam to do the deed. He was ~ years OF
age and his wife forty. The couple left
three small children, the Oldest being 10
years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
FREE.
WHICH CURES
Rheumatism OR Catarrh
Blood Diseases. Bone rams.

Recent or old deep-seatei cases are al
ways sure signs OF impure blood. II you
have aches and pains in bones. joints, or
back, hot. swollen muscles OF rhcnma-
tlsm; hawking, splitting. dropping in
throat, impaired hearing or eyesight. bad
breath Of catarrh. take "a few bottles OF
b. b. B. (Botanic BLOOD Balml, which
Will make a perfect cure through the
blood. Especially II the case is an old
one, deep~seated one, Blood Balm VIII
cure when all else fails. y. B. Is makes
the blood pure and rich. and stops all
aches. and makes the breath sweet.
Druggists, 81. BY writing Blood Blam
Balm Company, No. 100 Mitchell street.
Atlanta. Ga. sufferers may have "A treat
ment OF b. b. b. sent free, and test IL at
home. Medicine sent at once, prepaid.
Describe trouble. and free medical advice"
given until cured, AS Blood Balm has
cured thousands o. hopeless cases. suf-
fers are advised to give b. b. Is. a trial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
POU LEAVES FOR MAINE.
Chairman Griggs Calls on Him Tor Campaign
Duty IN That State.
(Special to News and Observer.)

Smithfeld, n. c., Aug. 16.-Congress-
man Pou received a telegram today from
Chairman Griggs, requesting him to re-
port to Hon. Geo. L.. Crockett, at Thomas
ton, s1aine, August goth, for campaign
duty. Mr.. Pou left for Washington to-
night, from which place he will leave Tor
Thomaston tomorrow night. He wiz be
out of the State ten days.
One hundred thousand pounds of TO-
bacco were sold here yesterday at prices
exceptionally high.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
PAINTS THAT
TAYPAINTED.
The WorthingtOn Co.,
Manufacturers and JObberS,
Richmond Va.
A Moth Proof Bee Hive.

Necessary device can be chcaply at
tachcd to any hive. Well tested En-
close 30 cents to BRYAN TYSON, Car
thage, n. c., and receive full instruc-
tions for constructing. You viii please
mention this paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19

CORN MILLS AND MILLSTOEES.
II in need Of a corn mill or millstoncs
you Will find it TO your interest to cor
respond with Carolina Milestone Co. Of
Cameron, y. c., manufacturers Of corn
mills from the famouse Moore County
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
EOR SALE

Pursuant to powers granted In charter
incorporating Lincoln Benefit Society, !
shall proceed TO sell at tho ~conpany'a
office in this city on the 3oth day Of Au-
gust one share Of the capital toe OF
said society.
29-4t ". LEE PERSON. Secretary.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Thackeray's Homes.

Down on your knees, you rogue"
said Thackeray to ]. T. Fields. the IA
nous publisher of Boston and author
Of Yesterdays with Authors down
On your knees, for here Vanity Fair
was penned.' And l will go down
with yOu." added W. NJ. T., ''fOr in very
truth l think very well myself of that
little work." Thackeray spoke in Ken
sington, in little room at the top Of
a house in a quiet street, with a lattice
window, but the street was Young
street, not KensingtOn Palace gardens,
as some people fancy.
The best of Thackeray's work was
done in Young street. There he bought
from his profits an old house in Palace
Green, pulled it down, and built from
his design the quaint mansion Of red
brick with stone facings which Bret
Harte introduced with tact so moving
into his parody sketch of Dickens THE
Haunted Man." Thackeray lived there
but from 1861 to Christmas eve, 1863,
when he died in his sleep, they say. The
last works were written there-"The
Roundabout Papers" and Others.-Lon-
don Outlook.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
American Girls in England

The American girl has the poise of
English married women, according to
Sarah Grand She knows men better
and enters into their feelings with more
frankness than the English girl dares
to. OF course. tile EnglishwOmen en-
ter into the mems sports. They ride
and shoot and fish a great deal. But
it is a question whether that endears
them to the men. \ man is rather apt
TO regard a woman as somewhat of n
bother when it comes to days shoot
ing. As for the New Woman In Eng
land. she is growing more popular. At
first men were suspicious of her. They
had an idea that she was going to be
loud voiced. heavy-fOOted and dogmar-
ic. AS a matter of fact. those charac-
teristics are much more likely to be
found in quite the opposite quarter; in
the wife Of some country clergyman.
for instance. who is in the habit Of
stalking about telling the parishioners
how to govern every detail Of their
existence. Man is finding out that the
New WOman's greatest crime is that
she understands him. As that enables
her to make him more comfortable. the
New Woman is matrimOnially in de-
mand.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Sweetest in the World.

A stoutly made little fellow of S, TO
his mother, who happened 20 be ex
tremely thin:
''Oh, mother, do believe you must be
the very sweetest woman i'm the
world.'
Thanks very much, Lawrence. But
why so affectiOnate? What do you
want?"
Il don't want anything. l only know
you must be the very sweetest woman
in the world"
Really you are too fiattering. Why
this sudden 0utburst of affectiOn:"
"Well, you know, I've been thinking
over the old, old saying. The nearer the
bone the sweeter the meat. The
Strand.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Adulteration OF Drugs.

Adulteratlon Of food is bad, but adul-
teratiOn of the drugs on which the res
toration of health may depend may be
even worse. Yet there is much Of this
fraud, the Tennessee Board Of Phar-
macy asserts. They have found it in
their own State. and have reason to
believe that it prevails elsewhere.
In Nashville samples Of drugs OBJ
tained from several dealers proved on
analysis to be adulterated with water
or other ingredients TO the extent of
80 per cent. This is in violation Of the
State law, which requires that drugs
must be 100 per cent pure, the stand
ard Of the United States pharmacopeia.
Four of the offending Nashville drug
gists have been indicted and other in
dictments are expected. Hitherto
warnings have been given on the first
discovery of adulteratiOns, but no more
warnings are TO be given.-New York
Evening Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
FOUND AMERICANS BUYING LAND
AT SASKATCHEWAN, WESTERN
CANADA.
A Michigan Farmer visits Saskatoon
and Is Well Pleased.

A Michigan Farmer Visits Saskatoon
and Is Well Pleased.
Mr.. s. X. Lent was a delegate sent
from the farmers of Allegan County.
Michigan. TO Western Canada to report
on the prospects for successful settle
ment. His report is as follows: went
from Winnipeg to Edmonton, thence
east one hundred miles by wagon. l
found the country In that vicinity a
rich. black loan. varying from twelve
inches to three feet deep; the crops are
simply something enormous; wheat
and oats by actual measurement often
standing FIVE feet in height. 1 have
been q farmer for forty years. and con-
slider myself a fair judge OF the yield
Of grain, and l saw wheat that would
yield 50 bushels per acre. and oats that
would yield 100 bushels per acre; not
0ne alone. but good many. As FOR
root crops and garden truck, in no
country have l ever seen their equal
for all kinds except corn and tomatoes;
the nights being too cool for these TO
ripen we'll. As a stock country it has
no equal. East OF Edmonton. on the
head waters Of the Vermillion river,
to 100 acres. the grass standing 4 feet
high. and would often cut three to four
tons to the acre. From Edmonton l
passed through some fine locations.
namely. Wetaskiw!n. Lacombe and 9TH
err points.
From Macleod went to Regina.
thence to Prince Albert. 247 miles
north of the main line. For the first
fifty miles is fine farming country. but
the next hundred miles Is more Of a
stock country. Then at Saskatoon,
Rosthern and Duck Lake found some
very fine farming country. so good that
l found a party of Americans from
Minnesota buying land for themselves.
one party buying twelve sections. and
the other twenty sections Of land for
themselves. which they proposed to i'm
prove at once.
have travelled over twenty-three
different States and territories In our
Union, and never in my lifetime have
l ever seen such magnificent crops and
especially as fipe stock country.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
TREE ON CHURCH TOWER.
1t Has Been Growing There for Over
Eixhteen Years,

1t Has Been Growing There for Over
Eighteen Years.
A tree which for over eighteen years
,ad thrived ON the top of the hOrth
;Ower of the Church of the RecOncil-
alton was blown down yesterday af
:ernOon. The tree. which was believed
% he of mountain ash. Il variety rarely
,een in this locality. had been the sub
iect of occasional illustrated magazine
articles. AMI To visitors Uticans have
old with pride the origin of the little
shrub. 1t had been one of the curiOsi-
ties of the city. The church is built
IF stone and is the only Universalist
Church in the city. Its pastor IS the
Rev. J. u. Corby.
About fifteen years ago a little shrub
was noticed growing from between the
many crevices on the top of the tow
foliage. and when the little tree ma
tured red berries followed the unfold
ng of the leaves. Large quantities of
1irt had been deposited by storms be-
tween the cracks. The rains Kept the
accumulation moistened. and the tree
prOspered until it reached height of
about five feet. The tower was cover
ed with the trees branches. The roots
extended through the crevices until
the church elders feared that it would
disturb the masonry and force the
stones out of position. Some wanted
the tree removed. but the church men,
bers had become attached to the Odt
sight. and all attempts to remove it
were Overruled.
Two years ago the water began to
leak through the tower. and the stones
were covered with tin. 1t was then
that the tree began to decline. The
1irt in the cracks did not furnish the
tree with nOurishment because the tin
roof prevented the rain from reaching
the roots. The tree declined and last
summer it had scarcely any foliage.
During the storm yesterday the tree
was uprOOted. the tin roof torn away,
end the tree toppled over into Seneca
street, sixty feet below. 1t is general
ly believed that some bird dropped the
mountain ash berry while OH the tower.
The passing of the tree will be noted
In the church recOrds.-Utica Corre-
SpOndence New York Sun.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
An Important Di.covery.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. ia sensation
al statement is made by Mr.. Benjamin
Major whose home is at the corner of
Jane and Hurlbut avenue. this city.
Mr.. Major says that he has found a
remedy which will positively cure all
Kidney and Bladder troubles. He
suffered for long time with these dis
eases in the most painful form and
during his illness experimental with a
great many medicines without getting
any relief. Finally he tried Dodd's
Kidney Pills and TO his great joy was
cured completely.
The statement he makes seems TO
have ample confirmation in reports be-
ing published every day Of wonderful
cures by this remedy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16

Republicans Ignore the South.
The Republicans in Congress who
have planned To reduce the South =
representation because certain States
have adopted constitutional provisions
ienying to ignorant negroes the right
10 vote, may well ask themselves why
the black belt has not produced Il man
worthy of a place in the Ca3inet
Attorney General Knox and Post
master General Smith are beth from
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Smiths reSigna-
ton leaves that State with but one
Cabinet member, but the appointment
If Governor Shaw To the Treasury port
folio will give Iowa two members. Hon.
James Wilson. secretary of Agr.cul-
ture. being resident of that State.
Missouri has a cabinet member IN the
person of Mr. Hitchcock. but with that
exception the entire South is without
place in the Presidents official
household, despite tie fact that one
State in the North or West is accorded
two members. If the President felt
any interest in the party in this section.
would he not put himself in closer
touch with the Southern Republicans:
1t is remarkable that in the thirty
five years i'm which the Republican par
ty has had opportunity to grow in the
more SOutherly States 1t has produced
only two or three men who were deem
ed deserving of Cabinet places. Ii the
Republicans SO ignore their brethren in
these parts, it must be for cause. The
explanation is easily found. All that
is needed Is TO take Il look ut Southern
delegations in national Republican con-
ventions. to note the conglomeration of
small caliber white men and the
swarms of ignorant blacks who, in the
main, are clamOrOus for spOils. SO
soon as the convention adjOurns the
1Oor is slammed in the faces Of these
Southern brethren and they have no
part in national councils. Yet certain
are insistent that the
Southern States should permit these
blacks to vote regardless of their abili-
Y to read. The Republicans have no
use for the negro except in campaign
years, and men who are perfectly will
ng to do all in their power to make the
black man source of annoyance to the
white people of the South give him
neither social nor political equality in
the real Republican family gathering in
Washington City.-Atlanta COnstitu
ton
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16

An interesting point has been brought
out in regard to the elective chosen by
the freshmen at Wellesley College this
year. and that there is decided in
crease in favor of the modern Ian
guages. Members Of the class may
choose two electives from the following
subjects: Greek, Latin, German,
French. English. botany. chemistry.
physics, zoology, English literature, and
courses, one or two. in history. Out OF
a class of over 800 this year the elect
ives are about - per cent in language,
22 per cent of this being Greek and
Latin, so per cent modern language.
and Of the remainder about 20 per cent
in science-New York Tribune.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Homemade.

He climbed the stairs to the sanctum
Of the man who prepares humor by
main strength, and said:
DO you want good One:"
Sure"
"Well, did you see that in the papers
about the farmer who was arrested out
trolley wire?''
Yes"
We'll, say, why don't you write
something about him taking the wire
in order to see whether there was any
fodder in the shOck?
As he went out We noticed that he
had a volume Of Riley's poems under
his arm.-Baltimore American.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
He Paid the Penalty.

Boston Husband-This is going too far.
You said you would countermand your
order for that dress.
very next day.
Husband-But here is the dress and the
bill for it. How is that?
Wife-I gave you the letter to post, and
l suppose it is reposing peacefully with
ten other letters Of mine in your coat
pocket.-Boston Herald.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Hanna Candidate for President.

Hanna Candidate for President.
The spirit of brOtherly love that ex-
lists between Senator Hanna and his
adherents and those who have allied
themselves with the Foraker way Of
the Republican party is aptly illustra-
ted in the following paragraph. from
the caustic pen of Editor l. +. Mack,
stanch, stalwart Republican and a
prominent G. A. II. man, which ap-
peared in recent edition of the San
dusky Register. The paragraph says:
IF Hanna is quoted correctly as say
ing that he proposes to make a fight
to the finish for Presidential nOmina-
tiOn in 1904, there is but one course for
Mr.. Foraker TO pursue that will crafty
his friends and that is to take off his
coat and make fight to the finish. 1t
is time that Mr.. Hanna were taught
a wholesome lesson, that Is that he is
not the whole Republican party of Ohio
and that there are other Republicans
in Ohio besides Mark Hanna and his
followers. He has had his own way
long enough and we are not saying this
on the strength of anything that For
aker has ever said, but because that is
the universal sentiment among thor
Oughbred. stalwart Republicans in
Ohio. His course for the past four or
five years has been detrimental To the
interests of the Republican party in
this State. and everybody knows and
his own followers know that he is after
the spoils of office regardless of the in
terests of the party or the wishes of
anybody but himself" Miner
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
A Grand Report from His M.jesty's
D0ckyard. Portsmouth, England,
Where Upwards OF 10, 900 Men Are
Constantly EmplOyed

A Grand Report from His Majesty's
Backyard. Portsmouth, England,
Where Upwards OF 10. 200 Men Are
Constantly Employed.
We have now further evidence Of the
intrinsic value OF st. Jacobs Oil as a pain
conqueror. Our readers will do well TO
follow the intelligent and highly inter
esting details as given in Mrs. Rabbets
own words:
ITO the Proprietors, st. Jacobs Oil:
''Gentlemen-My husband. who is
shipwright in His Majesty's Dockyard.
met with an accident to his ankle and leg.
spraining both so badly that his leg turn
ed black from his knee TO his toes. The
doctor said it would be months before he
could put his foot to the ground. and it
was doubtful whether he would ever get
proper use Of his leg again.
"A few days after the accident had
hook left at the door telling about ST.
Jacobs Oil. SO l procured bottle from
our chemist. Mr.. Arthur Creswell. 319
Commercial road. began to use St
Jacobs Oil. and You may guess my sur
prise when in a week my husband could
not only stand but could walk about. aud
in three weeks he was back at work. and
everybody talking about his wonderful
recovery. Seeing what St. Jacobs Oil
could do gave me faith in your Vogelers
Curative Compound, which I determined
to try on my little girl. who was suffer
ing from a dreadful skin disease.
''She has taken two bottles Of Voge
ler's. and one would now hardly take her
for the same child. her skin has got such
q nice healthy color after the sallow look
she has always had.
Il shall never cease to be thankful for
the immense benefit We have derived
from these two great remedies OF yours.
''ELIZABETH S. RABBETS.
''aS Grafton Street, Mile End, Landport,
"A liberal free sample Of vogeler's Com
pound will he sent by addressing ST. Jacobs
Oil. Ltd. Baltimore.)
The above honest. straightforward
statement Of Mrs. Rabhets' evidence is
stronger and far more convincing than
pages OF paid advertisements. which lack
that convincing proof which Mrs. Rab-
bets description Of her own experience
supplies. St. Jacobs Oil has a larger
sale throughout the world than that OF
all other remedies for outward applica-
tion combined.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
New U.e of Social Failin9s.

The Tramp between mouthfu!s)-I
wuz a wealthy married man. mum, but
am penniless now.
Kind Lady-You poor unfortunate
man. Why didn't you put your fortune
in your wife's name?
The Tramp did; an she learned ter
play bridge whist.-Puck.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Only Three at the Table.

John ito guest)-Oh. l insist. Now.
do have more oysters. There's plenty in
the ice box.
Guest-No: really, must refuse.
Two hours later. Phyllis-John. what
did you urge him to have oysters for:
There wasn't any more. Didn't you feel
me kick you?
John-Eh? My dear, you did not kick
me-Boston Herald.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
Mark in a Labor Meeting.

What kind of noise annOys an oys-
ter? A noisy noise annOys an oyster"
goes a venerable conundrum and its an
swer 1t is funny. but there is no sense
In It, Mark Hanna struts before n rep
resentative labor convention and lead
ing labor men actually swallow his own
plea that lie is a very dear, dear friend
of labor. it's all funny and about as
senseless as anything we know of.
With Hanna breaking his neck to get
ship subsidy grab through Congress
and labor men soldering over him as
their friend while he is pulling the coin
out of their pockets it is coming to that
pass where one feels tempted to so out
and decOrate.-JohnstOwn Democrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-16
WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES
Regard Peruna Their Shield Against caah
Catarrhal Diseases.
Regard Peruna as Their

Catnrrh is an old cold. Even the strong
est and most robust are liable to colds
during the winter months. \ cold, if
neglected, is almost certain to cause ca
tarrh of the head. which rapidly spreads
through the system. setting up catarrh
of the throat, lungs, stomach 0r pelvic
organs. What host of winter ailments
woul1 he prevented by a preventive rs
well as cure for colds.