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ANOTHER. HAS A SCHEME Schemer Wants to Sell Mr. Shultz Money The following lotter unfolding a plan to got rich fast was receiv ed by Mr. Shultz recently. The whole is published and is self-ex planatory. TI IK LETTE K, Confidential. 4^My Dear Sir:-Your namo was sent to mc by my son (who is my traveling representative) as a shrewd, reliable and trustworthy man to co-operate with in your vi cinity, and I therefore take the liberty of proposing a scheme to ?u that ninety-nine out of a bull ed up-to-date men would gladly grasp if they could personally ex amine my work, thereby convinc ing themselves of the absolute safety of my oller. I am an expert ongraver, hav ing for 2'2 years been employed in the Bureau of Engraving, Wash ington, D. C., and for 1(2 years superintendent of one of the larg est bank note companies in the country. Every moment of my leisure was spent in practicing the duplication of the One, Five and Ten Dollar notes, and as these were the original denominations 1 Wid worked upon, you can believe urie when I say they are perfect. Now, my dear sir, 1 am fully a ware of the suspicion and preju dice that you naturally will enter tain for my proposition, and you will on first thought probably .think the matter not worth your consideration; but if you will post pone your decision and look upon my proposition from a business standpoint, you will certainly give me credit for not bein^ idiot c nough to waste my time address ing a man of your standing in the community on a subject, such as this, unless I could beyond tho granted that the people in general iffhow that there are hundreds of thousands of "counterfeit" dollars in circulation. Their various methods and .schemes have been exposed from lime to time in the newspapers throughout the entire country, md their inability to furnish the joods is clearly demonstrated the noment they are requested to sub nit them to examination. My proposition to you in plain erins is this: Would you be wili ng to co-operate with me in the lisposal of my goods providing hat 1 prove to you beyond all oubt, that my work is an exact I upi i cation of the originals and hat it cannot be told from the enuino, even by experts. The almost impossible chance of <^teetion would occur only in ease ou should attempt to deposit in bank one of the government otes and ono of mine of tho same enomination, check-letter and umber at the same time. A dis reet man can avoid this. Under tami I do not expect you to in est one dollar until you have ex _^hn?ncd my entire stock, from one one hundred thousand dollars, lompare them with the genuine, .nd in fact submit them to any est you sec lit, then after you are alislied on every point, you car. lecide whether you will accept my proposition or not. To give you ,n idea of the profits of the busi loss, I will say that an investment if 500 dollars would give an tin ned ?ate return that years of toil in your present business would not to, and without injuring friends, loigbbors or your fellow-man. To . onvince you of the safety of the msiness I will upon receipt of elegram as per enclosed note end you a sample of my work and ^ will also appoint a place to meet ou, so that you can personally xamine my entiro stock. If for any reason you decide not ) co-operate with me, I trust as i honorable man, you will honor ie protection that the word "con idential ensures to all comrauni cations, burn this and lot tho mat ter drop. Trusting, however, to hear from .you immediately, I ro main, Confidentially yours, P. S. Enclosed please lind clip pings from a Washington news paper, which should assure you of tho absolute safety of handling my goods. DIKKOTI?N8. Prepay your telegram to insure safe delivery to mo. Do not write any letters to me, as they will bo returned to yon open through the dead letter oilico at Washington. Sign full initials of your name only to your telegram. To avoid any delay or mistakes, be sure to send mo copy of tele gram exactly as below: Lewis Aekron, Hotel Anderson, Pitts 1 )urg, Ponnsy 1 vania. What grade do you want. A speedy reply will insure you prompt Returns. I must hear from you at once. THU CLIPPING. Washington, I). C.-The ex planation has been advanced by tho experts that the wonderfully accurate character of tho engrav ing on the One, Five, and Ten dol lar greenbacks of the 1S01 issue, which are causing so hinch uneasi ness in the Treasury just now, is due to the note; being "Spurious" and not counterfeit; in fact, the conclusion has been almost defi nitely reached by experts that these bills instead of being the work of some patent and clever engraver of counterfeit money, have been or are being printed from government plates stolen from the bureau of engraving. lt is in tho latter probability that their 1'spuriousness" would be, as bills printed from govern I ment plates cannot be called coun I terfeits. Tho engraving is practi cally (lawless, and as tho bills are time for the printers of these dan gerous duplicates, but without success, and investigations have been held to lind out, if possible, by what surreptitious means tho plates were got out of the bureau of engraving, but nothing new was learned. Strange as it may appear, it is very evident that the thoft of a government plate is not such a very diflicult matter. The piocess by which tho government plates are made is as follows: The engraved plates are given a hard temper and then placed un der a soft steel cylinder which takes the impression. Tho cylin der is then tempered to tho hard nest of the original plates, and from it impressions are taken on Soft steel plates, from which the printing is done. From this cyl inder press as many sets of plates can be made as desired. l'util within a few years this cylinder press was most carefully guarded, three locks being attached to it, so that three ollicials necessarily were present when it is operated. Hut in late years !;omo oflicials con cluded that one loc.k'was sufticient, and the others were dom? away with. This left it a comparatively easy matter for the secret opera tion of the cylinder press and the making of duplicate plates from which the spurious notes could be printed. There is hardly a doubt but that some dishonest otlicial who had ac cess to the cylinder press provid ed himself with a set of plates or was bribed to do it for alargo sum of money, and it is absolutely cer tain that those who have tho plates and print and pass or sell the bills have, made fortunes at Uncle Sam's expense without any fear of de tection or punishment. As these duplicate bills are never detectod until they reach tho Redemption Oflice, and then only if duplicate numbers aro detected, and as the bills so detected come fi om banks all ovor the United States and Canada, which shows that they geep them well distributed. No doubt they aro careful about their customers, ?nd who they take in to their confidence, and any per son who is fortunate enough to gain tho confidence of these rascals j and gets tho chanco to buy these duplicato bills, which aro no doubt disposed of at a fair discount, can certainly make all the money they want at Uncle Sam's expense. A great many people think ho is rich and can stand thc loss, and besides ho has a little margin on the people, as there are lost by liro, shipwreck, and otherwise, thous ands of dollars every year, wnich will never have, to bc redeemed by the treasury, the people who lose them stand the loss. It seems hard that a rich gov ernment should have such an ad vantage over poor people, but that is the law. Perhaps that is the reason why so many people, and some ol* them of high standing, are ready and willing to handle such bills, if they have an oppor tunity to get them. DOGS SHOULD BE MUZZLED li is the Only Way te Protect People from Terror ef Hydrophobia. Washington May 27- Special: "Kabios or hydrophobia, is known to be one of the most terrible dis eases that afflicts humanity. Where ever it is prevalent it causes con- j stantly increasing anxiety, suffer ing and death to man and beast no ! to mention tho financial loss, and these penalties aro exacted not withstanding the alleviation offer ed by Pasteur treatment" , This is the statement made by George II Hart, V M I) assistant in pathology and bacteriology in the department of agriculture. The question has recently been brought directly to his attention through the case of Dr Marsh, of Brooklyn j tour treatment," continues Mr Hart, as a preventive agent is un questioned, and while ito effect iveness is oxtremly high when taken in time, the actual ligures from a number of Pasteur institu tes in different parts of the world show that the failures have ranged from 0,18 to 1.58 per cent, lt must be remembered also that for a number ol' reasons a large pro portion of the persons and almost all the animals have received the virus throiigh the bites do not un dergo the treatment. All that is re quired to rid us of this scourge is tho muzzling of all dogs for a few years. This has been amply proved by the experience of several ii huropean countries, where the disease, has been stamped out iii this manner." Until recently it was considered that the dog's saliva became viru lent only three days before the appearance of the symptons of rabies. According to some, recent experiments it has been found that the saliva may become virulent six or seven or eight days before the symptons devolop. Therefore in case the animal remains healthy for ten days after it has bitten the person or ar.?mal, no danger nerti be apprehended from that bite, even though the dog develop rabies within the next few weeks. The curative value of the mad stone is still devoutly believed in by a great many people. Within tho last few years a loadstone was forwarded to the, department of agriculture, the owner stating that it had prevented several cases of rabies and he was anxious for it to be tried by tho department, Some of these madstones, proper ly called hair balls are obtained from the stomachs of various wild anti domestic animals. They are in some cases composed of matted hair which the animal has licked from its body and swallowed but in thc mjority of cases they con sist of masses of vegetable fibre such as the awns of clover a beard of grain which have gre ually collected over a considera! period of timo und are formed in aspherical shape by the contraction of the; gastric walls. Gall stones, intestinal calculi, and in fact any porous stones may bo used as rtiad s tones. After a person bas been bitten the madstono is applied to the wound, and it is believed that the longer it adheres the more certain it is of preventing the disease. Whether it will stick or not de-J pends entitely on the amount of, hemorrhage or discharge from tho wound. Where this is profuse the blood in ti trates tho meshes of the madstone, soon coagulates or dries and tends to hold it in placo and it adheres for a considerable time under such circumstances. On the other band where tho wound is small and tho discharge slight, th?r? is nothing to bold the stone in placo and it immediately falls olT. Certain of these madstones have been held in families for three or four generations and ar? guarded as carefully as a precious heirloom Its specific Taluc against rabies is no greator than that of a pieco of blotting paper applied in tho same manner. Tht difference between human beings and dogs suffering from hydrophobia is that the former cannot bear tho sight of water, while dogs will often attempt to drink until th? throat has become entirely paralyzed. Mr Hart and oilier experts on hydrophobia state that many per sons aro oft?n mistaken in regard to the color of a dogs mouth, some believing that because the animal's mouth is black it is sure to be in fected. This is erroneous, for the r?ason that in some sections of the country Ibero is a dog disease known as "black tongue." There ar? half a dozen symptoms by any one of which the ordinary person may generally be able to tell when a dog is suffering from r ? i, ; - -i *i-" ",_ M\ vu/oMumMiin^ i?./,ivi tim, ouotaitccs such as small sticks, stones etc To protect persons from the terrors of hydrophobia Mr Hart says there is only ono certain way, and that is to muzzle the dogs be fore the damage is done and keep them muzzled. P ll Met J. Buckler's Arnica Salve Wins Toni Moore, <>i Rural Route I, Cecil ran, (?a., writes: "I hail a hail sorecome on tlu' instep of HIV foot ami could find nothing that would heal it until 1 appli ed Bueklen'.s Arnica Salve, hess than half of ii 2.^ cent box won 'he day for me bj affecting a perfect mire." Sold un der guarantee at Douglas & Breeden drug store. HEARD HERE AND THERE j Minor Matters of More or Less Interest. At the recital in the auditorium Friday evening one gentleman was busy with pencil ami paper taking notes of the program. When asked why he was doing it ho re plied that his wifo would ask bim all about the recital and he was taking notes to assist his memory. Tho police arrested a horse re cently which was running ut large and a tine of $2.;">0 was assessed. lt is saul that all loose horses will be treated likewise. Tho train for Fayetteville now leaves here at A M jnsteud of 9:30 A M as formerly. Among tho visitors in town yes terday to witness the ball games between Hennettsville and Ked Springs we note the following: Mr and Mrs ,1 K Covington, Mrs C K ICxttm, Misses Gracia Meekins, Christino Mitchell,Grace Weather ly, Louise Moore, Willie Coving* ton, Hannah Gibson, Catherine Hamer. Annie Covington, Ruth Jennings, Nora Helle Drake, .Janie Gibson, Jean Covington, Janie McIntosh, Susie Covington, and Jennie Heile McHae, of Bennett sville, and Mrs W T tireen, of lie ge he >n. June Jurors The following petit jurors have been drawn for tho civil court which begins on Juno '2'2: Frank Dew, M L Bennett. Ira Bounds, L 1) Smith, Throop Cros land, J B Adams, 1) J Kasterling, VV S Mowry, Light Townsend, W 1) Moore, VV (i (irooms, J F Bol ton, .1 I> Morrison, 11 C Campbell, K A Coxe, N ,1 Monition, J F Everett, li K Breedon, K W Kvans, .1 B Bailey, 10 W Breeden, M P Hamer, S K Liles, W L.John, A M Copeland, ,1 C Irby, A C McKae, .1 T Whittaker, ?I M Stanton, F ll I voy, Murray Drig gors, (i W Douglas, N C McLau rin, W P Covington, Walter (? ray, W C Smith. Death oj] B. A. Capel. Benjamin A Capel died at the home ol' his son, Thos .1 Capel, in Wilmington, on Thurs day evening of last week. The remains arrived here on the noon train Friday, ami the funeral services were conduct ed by Kev C A .Iones al Ever green cemetery that afternoon. Mr. Capel had not been well for several months, lie went to wilmington about a week before his death, hoping that the change would benefit him. At first he seemed to be improving, but sud denly he become .worse and lived but a short time. Mr. Capel is survived bv his wife, ont' son anti om: daughter. Bennettsville and Red Springs played two games ol' baseball on the Academy groumds yesterday Bennettsville winning both. Our boys played well, but when the Academy closed some of its best ball players left and since then no re-organization has been effected. Now that Messrs. Dougald Bute and Arthur MeRae are at home we Gibson .lune 1- Boy ki n anti Pine Grove base ball teams crossed bats Saturday evening. It was the line pitch ing by Carl Smith that won the game for Boy kin on thc I-Uh inning by a score ol 12 to If you Have Lost your Grip. (Orison Swett Manden, in '"Success Magazine."j Most of the people whom 1 have met who are down in thc world, or talented people who are doing mediocre work have lost their gi ip And what does that mean i It means that they have lost con- j faience in themselves. No man los es his grip until he loses faith in himself. The grip and confidence of most people follow their moods.If their courage is up, if they feel well, their grip is firmer; but the mo ment they get a little discouraged or have a lit of the "blues" they lose their grip, and are soon way down. Now, the well-trained man pays very little attention to his moods, except to show them that he in tends to bu master, that he does not propose to throw away a good clay's work just because, ho does not happen to in the right mood. When he goes to his ollicoor store in the morning, he goes there de termined to do a sol iii day's work to give his best; and the result is that after a while, moods have very little to do with him. After he has conquered them a few times, and shown himself master of his mental conditions, his mind falls in to line with his resolution. People who are victims of their moods never amout to much, be cause they are, never masters of themselves. They never know when they start out thc morning wheth they are going to do a day's work or not. If they "feel like,*' they will; but if they do not, both the quantity and quality of tho work will bo lowered. ll. AN APPEAL TO CIVIC PRIDE The Civic League Asks For Help to Beautify the town. The following article has been handed in by a member of the Civic League: Some years ago a little band of workers began a labor of love in our town. The love of the beauti ful should bo cultivated by every citizen in this great land of ours. Our children should be so trained - in their pliant early years that any thing that is unsightly to the eye at home or abroad should instantly be detected and the cause removed. lt has been the endeavor of the Civic League in our town to pro mote this spirit of cleanliness and beauty in every possible way. The graded school grounds have been thc especial care of tho league. Knelt year bas found some new feature added to beautify and im prove these grounds while tbo?e shrubs and flowers already planted were kept in nice order, our band of workers has always been small, not nearly so large ns we should have desired it to be. There has been so much to be done in the' way of keeping tho streets clean and other needed work that we feel the time has come to make an appeal to the business men of our town. We hope that each public spitted citizen will join with usas a sustaining member of the league, paying a dollar a year towards the work which we are endeavor ing to carry forward. . We wish to procure garbage cans to place on tho streets instead of the barrels which are now fall ing to pieces. These cans will be maile of galvanized iron or tin, and will last, with proper caro for years. There arc many other need ed improvements which the league would like to make, but can only rio m -Alt', Hu .. . . ri .. ' UV looks upon the untidy pavements covered with dirty drifting debris, fruit parings and other unsightly objects, the observer, naturally, feels that civic pride is asleep and needs a rude awakening to put it to work in the right direction. We feel sure that this pride is only asleep and that it really exists in our beloved little city in as great a degree as in our sister cities, where a great many signs point to tho fact that their civic pride has long ago been awakened, and every citizen has gone to work in sober earnest. Every individual living under tho protection and fostering care of our government owes to it an unwavering allegienco and love. Ile owea also to the city or town in which bc bas his homo love, care and civic pride. A dauntless public spirit willing to overe?me any obstacles in the way of improvement and advancement for the home town. In a few days after the appear ance of this article. Tho League will send an agent to each business man of our city to collect tho dol lar which will entitle them to be come a sustaining member of tho Civic League for the space of one year. We desire also the good will and co-operation of every ono who calls himself a citizen of Bennetts ville and bas the true interests of bis nativo city at heart. Our town bas many natural advantages and beauties. We only require the beartv co-operation of all our peo ple men and women to make it bloom like the rose in Springtime. There ia n rink Pain Tablet made by Dr. Shoop, thal will positively stop any pain, anywhere in JO minuted. Drug gists everywhere sell themas DrjShoop'fl Headache Tablets, but they stop other pains as easily as headache. Dr. Shoop'S Tink Pain Tablets simply coax blood pressure away from pain centers - that is all, Tain comes from blood pres sure congestion, Stop that pressure with Dr. Shoop s Headache Tablets and pain is instantly gone. JO Tablet 25c. Sold by Jno. T. Douglas. If you haven't thc time to exercise reg ularly, Donn'9 Regul?is will prevent con stipation. They induce a mild, easy, healthful action of the bowels without griping. Ask your druggist for them. 25c.