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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12

mountain, filed with boiling stuff was
worth the price of admission, and the
roaring of the boiling stuff, and the
explosions way down cellar, and the
flying stones, the smoke going into the
air for a mile, like the burning of an
oil we'll, the red-hot lava finding crew
ices TO leak through, and flowing down
the side of the mountain in streams
like hot maple strip, made a scene
that caused us to take off our hats and
thank the good Lord that the thing
hadn't overlooked enough to hurt us.
But ] could see dad was scared, cause
when ] wanted him to go around the
edge of the crater with me, and sec
the hell-roaring free show from other
points of view. and see where the hot
ashes years ago rolled down and COW
cred Pompeii and Herculaneum. ne
baked and said he had seen all he
wanted to-. and if he could stay alive
until the next car went down the
mountain, they could all have his in
tereSt in VeSuviuS. and be darned to
them, but he said il l wanted to go
around looking for trouble. he would
stay there under q big rock, with the
Chicago lady. and wait for me to come
back. She said she knew dad was all
tired out. and needed rest. and SHE
would stay with him. and keep him
cheered up; so l left them and went
down hill on some flowing lava, and
pick up specimens.
Well, sir, 1 wish I could get along
some way without telling the rest of
this sad story, but If l am going to
be q historian / have got to tell the
whole blame thing.
When l left dad and the Chicago
woman she had produced a lunch
from somewhere about her person.
and q small bottle, and they were
eating and drinking, and dad was
laughing more natural than [ had
seen him laugh since we run over the
old woman with the automobile at
Nice, and she was smiling on dad
just as though she was his sweet
heart CAS- I went around the crater.
a couple of blocks away, / looked back
and dad had laid his head in her
lap. and she was stroking his hair.
Well, | picked up specimens, burn
ed the soles off my shoes wading in
the lava, and took in the volcano
from all sides, and after an hour 1
went back to where dad and the woman
were lunching, but the woman was
gone, and dad acted as though he had
been hit by an express train, his eyes
were wild. his collar was gone, his
pocket-book was on the ground,
empty. his scarfpin had disappeared
and the s11 watch he bought when he
was robbed the other time was miss
ing, and dads ton"ue was run out, and
he was yelling for water. / thought be
had been trying to drink some lava.
Dad. what In the world has hap
pened to you?" said /, as / rushed UP
to him.
"That woman has happened to me.
that is ALL said dad. as he took Il
swallow of water out OF a canteen one
Of the dagoeS had.
Tell me about IT. dad said I. try
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12

ing to keep from laughing. when !
saw that he was not hurt.
Say, let this be q lesson to YOU"
said dad, land don't you steer another
woman to me on this trip. Do you
know that you hadn't more tina ngot
around that big rock when she said
she WAS tired aud was going to faint,
for the altitude was too high for her,
and [ tried to SoOthc her. and she did
look pale. and. by gosh, [ thought she
was going to die on my hands, and !
would have 20 carry her corpse down
the mountain. / heard o Scuffling on
the rocks, and she looked UP and saw
man not ten feet away. and she said:
Me husband aud then she tainted
and grabbed me around the neck and l
couldn't get her loose. She just froze
to me like q person drowning, and
that husband of hers, who had come
up on the last car. hunting for his
wife, who had cloped, pulled a. long
Glue gun and told me he would give me
i've minutes TO pray, and then he would
Kill me and throw my body down in
The crater. to SiZZlc.
II told him / could nay up enough
ahead in three minutes. and he could
AXE all / had il he would loosen up
ais wife, and bring her to, and take
Ter away, and let me die all alone, and
ct the buZzardS cat me. uncooked. He
took the bet. pulled her arms away
rom my throat, took my money and
oat brought her to, and said he was
soing TO throw her into the crater but
, told him she had certainly been good
o me. and If he void spare her life,
md take her away in the cars. he
could have my watch and Scarfpin, and
le took them, and they went to the
arS.
''Shc looked back at me with the
'addeSt face l ever saw, and said:'O
;ir, it is all a terrible dream. and
viii see YOU in Nanles. and explain ALL,
nd now. by Christmas I want TO go
Jack to town and find her, and rescue
Ter from that jealous husband and
lad got up and we started for the car.
The man and his wife went down on
ne car ahead of US and dad wouldn't
elieye they were regular bunko peg
le, who piav that game every day on
.ome old sucker, but the man that runs
ne car told me SO
/ can be responsible for dad IN
Verything except the women he meets
Vhen IL comes 10 women. your little
tennery don't know the game at all
ours.
HENNERY.
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in the shade; showing, as it does, that
China has been using cotton goods OF
her own, and manufactured them
even before we did of the United
States.
According TO Mr.. Shepperson's point.
SO long as We are surrounded by the
Chinese Wall" the Dingley and the
Mckinley tariff. just SO long are we
more or less excluded from competing
in the markets of the world, with
other countries, with our manufac-
tured goods
We wish to say something about the
ginner'S report over which there is
some difference of opinion. l am glad
the New Orleans convention endorsed
it. So sure as we make cotton, so sure
will there be a report by some auth
ority if no other than Theo Price;
therefore, / think 1t should be by the
government or by some standard au-
! thority. Now the thing for us farm
ers to do is not to get mad with the
government and refuse to report, but
rather learn Il lesson from the govern
ment report and forthwith proceed to
curtail our own acreage and quantity
OF bought manure. Use all you can
get of home made, but buy not more
| than one-third to one-half as much
| as heretofore. But for the ginnerS'
report we should not have had the
! New Orleans convention. for we would
not have known our duty so clearly.
Mr. Ed, hope you will not think l
am just giving you a little cheap taffy,
| for 1 do not mean it in that way, but
wish to hand you a rose while you
| are living to appreciate. So much
eulogy after one is gone l do not hold
with. If the other papers of the State
and of the other cotton States would
! fight the farmers cause as zealously
as you do we should surely WIN IN this
| hight. Well do / remember how you
| championed the cause of the tobacco
| growers in their first movement for
! better prices. l fear that many of
them known as county papers, have
| not even given the dates of the coun-
| ty and township meetings, as agreed
| upon at the great New Orleans meet
| ing. | am quite sure not more than
half the people know the time Of the
| meetings.
| Yours,
W. II. DARDEN,
| Ay1pD y. {.
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Bank for Nfebanc.
(Alnmancc Ctleannr.O

The hourishing little town of Me
banc, this county. is to have q bank,
On last Friday night the Commercial
and Farmers Bank was organized III
that place with $4,000 capital stock
subscribed with permission to increase
to 100000, and it has been duly in
corporatcd. The Messrs. Bason.
White. Puryear, Cheek, Oldham. ana
other leading citizens, with some out
Of town parties, are at the head of it.
Mebaue has several furnishing manu-
factories and others in sight. We are
glad to note that our excellent neigh
5ors are going ahead and doing bust
ness.
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WHAT SULPHUR DOES.
For the Human Body In Health and
DtSaasn

DlSPaSS.
The mention of sulphur will recall
to many of us the early days when
our mothers and grand mothers gave
us our daily dose of sulphur and mo-
lasses every spring and fall.
1t was the universal spring and fall
"blood purifier" tonic and cure-all.
and mind you, this old-fashioned rem
edy was not without merit.
The idea was good, but the remedy
was crude and unpalatable, and q
large quantity had to be taken to get
any effect.
Nowadays we get all the beneficial
effects of sulphur in a palatable. con-
centrated form, SO that a single grain
is far more effective than q table
spoonful of the crude sulphur.
In recent years research and ex-
pertinent have proven that the best
sulphur for medicinal use is that OBJ
tanned from Calcium Calcium Sui
phide) and sold i'll drug stores under
the name of Stuart's Calcium Waters.
They are small chocolate coated pei
lets and contain the active medicinal
principle of sulphur in a highly con-
centrated, effective form.
Few people are aware OF the value
of this form OF sulphur in restoring
and maintaining bodily vigcr and
health: sulphur acts directly on the
| liver, and eXcretory organs and puri-
fies and enriches the blood by the
prompt elimination of waste material.
Our grandmothers knew this when
they doSed us with sulphur and mo-
lasses every spring and fall, but the
crudity and irpnurity of ordinary flow
crS of sulphur were often worse than
the disease. and cannot compare with
the modern. concentrated preparations
of sulphur, of which StudrtS Calcium
Waters is undoubtedly the best and
most widely used.
They are the natural antidotc for
liver and kidney troubles and cure
constipation and purify the blood III n
way that often surprises patient and
physician alike.
DR.. Il. NJ. wilkins while experiment.
ing with sulphur remedies soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium vas SUI
perior to any other form. He says:
For liver, kidney and blood troubles,
especially when resulting from cOnSti-
patton or malaria. | have been sur
prised at the results obtained from
Stuart's Calcium Waters. In patients
suffering from boils and pimpIes ana
even decp-seated carbuncles. / have
repeatedly seen them dry up and dis
appear in four or five days, leaving
the skin clear and smooth. Although
StuartS Calcium WATERS is q proprie-
tary article ad sold by druggists and
for that reason tabOoed BY many ply
sicians. yet I know of nothing SO safe
and reliable for constipation. liver and
kidney troubles and especially i'll all
forms Of skin diseases as this remedy
At any rate people who arc tired cf
pills. catharticS and So-called blood
purifiers" will lind i'll stuart Calcium
Waters. q far safer. more p3latable
and effective prepare ton.
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NfI. SIlEPPEisoN'S LETTER.

o the Editor:
That article in your issue of Feb
larry 3D. by Mr.. Shcpperson, is thu
randest tariff article ! have seer
ritten or heard spoken by any on
| any of the recent political cam
aigns. I think it lays Mr.. Nc
4aurin's view on the cotton situation,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12
Cotton Seed Oil Mill.
Uittleton News-Reportcr.)

(LlttIetOn NeWS-Reportcr.)
y number Of our farmers met in
Warrenton last Saturday and decided
to build a cotton seed oil mill They
propose to erect a plant to cost not
ess than $4,000. and stock TO the
amount of $4,000 was subscribed OIL
he spot. There are men of money
md brain, very important factors. IN
the scheme, and success is assured.
Love is heavens light.
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Printed
Brussels Nets

The seasons greatest triUmph--a
beautiful fabric in very tasteful print
white founceS, &c, &c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12

Mil Ends from English min secured week
of
to hs-We
have
must thcnto FULLY the Walt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12
ESc q yard, & an. WIDE
1000 Checked Louisines

In all the best and latest color combi-
nations. comprising green and blue.
brown and green. red and green. tan
and green. green and copper and ire
descent cflcCtS--COrrcCt size check
These silks are the best values that
will be offered this spring. You can't
get their equal for less than a dollar
a ward.
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White
.Enbroideries

The freshest. newest Embroiderics
in Raleioh.-Our own Importation
from ST. Call, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Edges. T1ounccs. fnsertinGs.
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cola pSed and had to be brought &C
with smelling salts and whiskey tina
the woman carried in her pisto
pocket.
Gee but it was worth all the trou
blesto get up the mountain, to see tn
sight that opened up The hole in tht
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12
Sl.OO G. $l.25 a Yard

Our yard wide Plain and Changeab
pure silk-a grand range OF colors-
BUNGALOW is n rough crash OF
natural silk, natural high grade, sup
pie and lustrOus, particularly good for
good for TailOr-madc suits, shirt waist
suits, etc.-2T inches Wide-S1.00 a
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Silk Fabrics
Favored by Fashion
OUR CREPE DE CHIMES

OUR CREPE DE CHIMES
81 inches wide, $1.OO up. Blacks.
whites. creams and every fashionable
color for day or evening.
CREPE DIE CHINE
Made in GcVmany--a fun line Of
fashionable colorS, soc. Yard
inches wide.
LOUISAINES
In hajrlinC checks. double and
treble tone. % inches wide ut 75c.
yard.
OUR BLACK, YARD WIDE, CHIFFO
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Dobbiin 3 !
Free Delivery

Weprepay, Postage Freight
or Express charges any
where i'm North Carolina
on all cash mail orders
amounting TO $500 Or
more.
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.HOnaespun
Silk

i another of the Oriental Silks. but OF
lighter. slIeeTer claracter--special
~ good for Shirt Waist Sults.--2S
inches wide, TSc. yard.
China and Japanese SILKS are
splendid this sprinG.--We show
grand line in natural white. blacks
and full range OF fashionable colors.
You must buy your silks as early az
possible this spring. You will get
what YOU want and at much lower
prices than by waiting until later.
We watched fashions trend. anti
cipatiug the popularity OF silks VIC
bought literally when manufacturers
were seeking orders and We're willing
to make low prices to get them.---fVn
girc our customers this advantage.
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Fancy Checked Silks

Dame Fashion says cmphaticalIy
that Checked Silks will be the correct
ideal for costumes and Shirt Wais.
Suits this SprinG.-In fact tue demand
for checked Silks viii be universal.
and you will find the correct checks
quite scarce later in the season.
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Love is heavens light.
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IN The PUBLIC ENE.

The candidate for any sort OF hon
political, social, business times
'nf of Q must be well dressed TIA"
od time would DO woG by the odd
nan 1t dressed la Hottcntot- For or
1'harE male n1ortaie iii North Caro-
lima We supply taiIor-madc earb dis
,ihciiVe and stylish in cut and 1T ster-
mig quality as TO fabric. moderate as
- price hint TO him who would
keep in the public eye"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-25
CONTEST

There will be temperance contest
given in Mr.. Roofs Hall, Lexington,
S c., on the evening of the 25th Of
August. This contest is given under
the auspices of the w. G. T, u.
Miss Mary B. Herbert,
Supt. Me lal Contest.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-25

Frieud!

Have you stopped to conside
what gem you have in the ideal
Policy Of the Pacific, when can
you find such Policy?
Who has it for sale?
What company can compete it
for one moment?
Did you ever think that one
might need insurance Money more
in life than death?
How many thousands lose their
insurance through inability pay
premium caused by accident or
sickness?
How can you buy medicine and
food and pay doctor bills and in
surance premiums? While sick or
laid up by accident.
How can you provide for your
family or your self when you be-
come disabled by accident or i'll
ness?
The Ideal Policy answers all
these questions, solves all these
problems.
1t pays the face value to the IA
mily, in case of death. 1t furnish
es money to pay the premiums on
his policy while he is hurt or sick
and this insures his policy to be
paid to his family. should he die
OF accident or illness.
1t pays him his whole insurance
in ten equal installmcnt, should
he from accident or sicknes be to-
tally disabled or lose his hands or
his feet or his eJesight.
And remember there is no extra
charge for the disability contract
the Pacific has the same legal re-
serve that all other old line COM
panies have $40, 100000. Special
fund to made good every clause in
their Poiices, a few good men can
make good money, selling these
grand contracts for nae III M dis
nnqDuuunun
trict, and every boS should have
one OF our(l2al Policies-drop
a card,a ;, H. A.,
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-25

To be continued.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Simple Life in Icelan,

There are no manufactures in the
country. Each home is factory and
every member of the family hand
Shoes are made from goat skins
The long stockings worn over these in
wading through the sno ware knitted
wading through the snow are knitted
by the women and children, and even
the beautiful broadcloth comes smooth
and perfect from the hand loom found
in every house.
The sweet simplicity of their ma
tional costume does away with the
necessity of fashion books, Young
girls who are about to be married
need take no thought as to where
withal shall they be clothed" When
they array themselves in the we'd
ding garments of their ancestors, two
or even three generations remote, they
are perfectly up to date in the matter
of attire.
This simple life is conducive to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Written Appeal to Rat

Over on the west side OF the city
q long row of old fashioned dwellings,
has been torn down this spring to
make way for some modern business
buildings While they were being de-
molisbed the contractor in charge was
apnroachod one day by a workman,
who handed him a soiled and worn
envelope which had been found among
The brick and plaster,
The faded inscription, Mr.. Gray
Rat. prompted the contractor to read
the letter. 1t ran:
Dear Nr. Rat: Although we real
iza that our house is greatly honored
by your presence and that of your ex-
ctcCincly numerous and sprightly
family. we feel that it is selfish of us
to expect to have a monopoly of your
,.eiety. and we would humbly suggest
.fat you vacate our premises and Sc
lact as your abode the residence of
our neighbor. number 1871, which we
are sure you will find pleasant and
profitable place. With most sincere
assurances Of our deep esteem, be-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Thought Visitor Was Bum

The late Rev. Father Thomas ]
Scully of Cambridge used to tell of
this experience he once had:
While going home from town
where he had delivered a lecture he
was the only passenger on horse
car that got stalled, because of a
heavy snow storm, in a lonesome 10.
cality.
Asking the conductor the location of
the nearest house, Father Scullv
reached 1t after weary half-mile walk
throgh the snow. Knocking on the
door, he asked and was granted the
privilege of entering by kindly faced
woman He did not disclose his iden-
tity' but while enjoying the warmth of
the stove he asked for something TO
eat and something hot to drink.
The good woman hustled about and
soon the priest was partaking of her
hospitable fare. Tugging at the WON
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10

state of high morals, higher probab
than in any other part of the worI
There is not drop of liquor mar
featured on the island, and for d
$4,000 population there is but one
liceman. There is neither a Jail nj
any place of incarceration for crimi|
ais; nor yet is there court in Wild
high crime could be tried.
The percentage of crime is 50 sind
that it does not warrant the expell
of keeping up court. When
criminal trial becomes necessary
offender is taken to Denmark to'
swer to fhe law for his misdeeds
The women are among the most
vanced in the world. Their Woma
Political League has a members
of 1000, and they enjoy more Ct
rights than the women of almost 4
other country, having a voice IN
elections save that for members
their legislative body.-The Pilgri
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Downfall of the Mosouit)

Did it ever strike you that mos
quito could become an inebriate?"
asked the observer of things. ut
hasn't? Well, let me tell you one of
my experiences. | was working in
New Orleans several years ago with a
friend of mine. He was a hard drink
err and whenever you saw him he was
literally saturated with booze. He
was a clever little fellow, though. and
for several months he worked in the
same office with me We did consid-
cradle night work. Well. every night
Ed would come in drunk as a boiled
owl, sit down at his desk and begin
to peg away. Whether it was because
he was the booze artist in the Office.
or from some other cause, his desk
was a mecca for the mosquitoes
There was one big fellow | noticed
particularly. He attracted my atten-
ton one evening, when Ed was asleep
In his chair, and he (the mosouito)
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10

Speaking of curious accidents by
which persons lose their lives, the man
who fell out of bed and broke his
neck. while presenting an eXtraordi-
nary case in some respects, will scarce.
ly attract more than passing notice,
said a thoughtful man, for there have
been many cases equally remarkable.
Men are frequently killed by very
slight falls. | recall one case where a
mans neck was broken by a very
slight turn of his foot He attempted
to catch himself that is, to preserve
his balance, and the effort was Of
such violence that he broke his neck.
Many men have broken their necks
by sudden stumble and fall on the
sidewalk, or by being knocked down
by some hurrying pedestrian, or by a
street car or vehicle of some sort.
1t is not at all uncommon for police.
man, with no intention of doing more
than to subdue an unruly member, to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10

lieve us, most respectfru,
THE SMITH FGy V1I,
The laborer was ppz,ias aNiLY'|
contractor, after Struggling ~, uat
dim boyEnod recollec;iope VII, WIN ~
explain it, There is. or r.. % aos
used to be, a sort Of trad,to. ae
the tenant of rat infes,ai 'aa
We're to write a note 70 - Coy
couched in terms of ex,rs,. wy a
ness. requesting them to 90 49, POI
and post it in a rat hole tbe ra .S.sNs|
obige. 'S Nd
The contractor remember.,
back in his childhood days in !.
try town writing just such 10. 90
litely asking a rat family to NM
their attentions to a nelgbho' aug
had been vindictive, and frmlv ~
ing, on their temporarily dis.s
ing, that it was the note that a aSl y
The contractor took the let,o. v
to show his small boy that lo,,. uO'
Santa Claus were not the or,.
epistles. and that there ware y
places besides chimneys which ~.
serve as mail boxes.-New yorp =
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ans skirts was a boy some or !,1.
old. The priest beamed kindly Oh H'
and asked him his name.
The boy began to cry yigorous4'
Shame on ye," cried the WOn''
shame on We, Johnnie
Still the youngster blbbered' 81.
The priest went on eating. nc "a
decidedly hungry after his lone ~
in a cold car, and his walk 'n'O''
the snow rather jaded him. ~
As the boy continued TO CITY, III
mother exclaimed; DRY up !e -,
little thing; dry up, | say, or 'ne lin,
will ate ye," and then in an app. ,,,Ir
way to the astonished Father o
Won't We, bum; won't We ate 'oD'
If he don't hush his Mise? ..a
When she learned who the supp p..,r
bum" really was the poor WIN WIN,
was quite inconsolable - D'
Herald.