be - eh, epg ae ® aire ie iesDAILY REFLECTOR. PREMONITION IN ANIMALS.We all know that there are~many things witbbeld from theSubscription 25 cents per Month. wise 4nd pfndent which are reT| vealed unto babes; and may it~not be true, likewise, that things)linvisible by bumapv eyes areDP. J. WHICHARD. Editor.Entered as second-class mail matter.(Yat Av rERe 1 GEERT SUEDAY) sometimes seen by brutes, and: " s _ |that knowledgeFj of impendiaog!WEATHEK CROP BULLETIN.events, withhei¢ from bumanbeings, is given to tbe lIcwerThe reports of correspondents) ier of creation? ~I'be fact that)of the Weekly Weather Crop Bal BaalanTs ass saw the angel of the!}letin, issued by the North Caro-| Lord though its rider could not,lina State Weather Service for | establishes the first of these theo |the week ending Saturday, Au ~ries in at least one case, and here. ~is information which would seemgust 3, 1895, a nerally favora | |8, 1895, are ge y r ~to establish the second: It is)ble, except from the easteru por ~related that odoring the earthtion of the State. The tempera- guake at Laibach some persous|tare has been below normal theé!/kept their wits about them suffi |entire week, the deficiency aver-"eiently to observe the extraordi-_|aging from two to four degrees*/nary behavior Of animals. Sev |the days have been warm, but eral minutes before the first shocknights quite cool, at least retard-|an owl began to cry out as if foring growth if not otherwise in j/help, in an aneartbly yoice ; sparjaring crops. The precipitation rows and other birds flutterea000. My tland too, increasedenormously in value as soon asChili guaranteed the title to it.~o~And the Nitrate railway? Ijoined some frieuds in purchasingthe controlling interest in it. Ihave managed it fairly successfully,I think. A dividend of 25 per cent.is a pretty good result.�Col. North makes two distinct im-pressions on the observer. First,that of enormous prosperity, and,secondly. one of great reserve pow-er; a curious character to study,~and the tvpe of man who carries|Eoglish aims and methods into everyknown (or unknown) country of theglobe. .THE NITRATE KING.An EngtTshbman Makes a Fortunein South America.Gow Col. Nerth Became a Multi-Million-atre"Wealth Taken Out of ChiliaaGuaao Deposits"A Forta-nate Land Deal.In the course of an interview witha representative of the St. JamesTBudget, Col. North gave a shortsuinmary of the circumstances thatled to his settling in Chili. ~I waschief of the mechanical constructiondepartment in the firm of FowlerBrothers, of Leeds,� said the colonel,~and went to Peru to put up somemachinery for them. But when I)had done this, after looking over the!The Charlottesountry a bit and being struck with |the enormous value of its resources, || { determined to remain there at my_| own expense. |~The great difficulty there was the | - §|e|inadequacy of the water supply. 1)was in the province of Tarapaca,)where there is little or no rain. The,spaings flow underground, and the|water is brackish and not fit to!drink. I had an interview with a.member of the government, a very)North CarolinaTsFOREMOST NEWSPAPERDAILYANDWEEKLY.has been very deficient, especial-|simlessly about aud horses longly in the Western and Central! before the shock occurred begau|Districts, where droughty condi-|to trembie violently, some falling)tidms are beginning to prevail/on their knees. Dogs howled the|fover large sections. The average whole night through, and when a |raia fall for the week in the West'|shock wa» near their yelping was,ero District wes oniy 0.10 inch ;|oiercing and unnataoral.� That isin the Central about 0.25, in thejan interesting statement. WasEastern néarly 1.00. The east is the knowledge of the coming ofnot suffering for rain. The lack/the earthquake revealed directlyof rain is at present affecting to the intellects of the animals orchiefly vegetebles and smaller were there physical or atmos-crops, but if continued much long- pheric condit.cos, imperceptible| water.intelligent man, and he obtained for |me certaif privileges in exchange|for my services in supplying that)region of country with drinkable Independent and fearless ; bigger andTh ivil h | more attractive than ever. it wil] be an_ sbese privileges were the! invaluable visitor to the home. thefoundation of my fortune. offce, the elub or the work room.oThe water was obtained by the 7simplest means in the world, often | THE DAILY OBSERVER.employed in Europe with succes. All 7 ene news of the world. Com-. SsSimply the evaporaton and condens-| End National Capitols. �,�8 2 year.ing of the water. That was all; onlyno one bad thought of applying it; THE WFEKLY OBSERVER.there. With the money thus ob- A perfect family journal. AH thetained I built a number of tank el Pe Leet week. SS relorte: : » Legislature a special. Fea-ships and carried water from Arica, thre. Remember the Week!y Ob.where there is a plentiful supply of server.er will lessea yiela of corn. ~to men but which the brc~tes felt,EASTERN DISTRICT.There bas been more rain in! ture?The days have been quite Warm. conclusion being reached. but it|with abundant sunshine, but sev | is sometimes interesting to specu -eral cool nigbts occurred, which/jste for speculationTs own sake."were not favorabie. Plentifal rains| Opariotte Vbserver.gecurred July 30th and Sunday)August 4th ; still it is alittle dry)in some places. Cotton has a finehealthy weed, but has pot yetdone much fruiting. Where ma- Statistics show tbat the avernured itis bolling well. Curing/age annual loss of life by l:ght-tobacco progressing with good | niug in the United States is 224SS pe JFew Killed by Lightning.-resalts. Corn is good.and eariag persons, and this out of a popufimely as a general rate. Some lation of nearly 70,000,000. Thiscomplaints of firing on uplanpd- means that about one person outInearly corn, on bigh aplands,| of $12,000 is killed every year inomany barren stalks are seen. Tur-\the United States by lightning-mips being planted. Peaches are| And yet some peuple act during &~Simall. Concord grapes ready to/little thunder storm as if one per-}_.. . excellent water, to Iquique, whence| which warned them of au unasaul| ;, was distributed through the coun-~and teriifying mauifestationin na | ;;y.; : =a This is getting pretty farthis than in other districts ; hence into the field of speculatiun, with |ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.Send for sample copies. AddressTHE OBSERVER,Charlotte, N.C~Then came the war between Chiliand Peru. All kinds of property inPeru fell in value, but especially theland certificates the government| had issued to meet the expenses ofthe war. I knew the value of thosecertificates better than anyone, forI had made extensive surveysand had seen the now famous ni-|trate beds. 1 felt quite sure, yousee, that if in the war Chili cameout victorious, which seemed almostcertain, she would respect the titleof bona fide purchasers from thePeruvian government of land thathad pores under her flag. Ss=~o*~When the Chilians needed trans-ports they, in spite of my pro- AMES A. SMITH,-tésts, seized vessels of mine lying TONSORIAL ARTIST.At the docks of lquique and Pisa- GREENVILLE, N. C.gua. To indemnify me they prom- |S Patronage solicited.ised me £40,000 as compensation incase of their success. pledging to ERBERT EDMUNDS,me for that amount the guano depos- FASHIONABLE BARE ER.its in the islands: Obilf was ~the|o Under Onera Honse,Special attention given to cleaniHE KING HOUSE,Mre. W.M KING, PropIm Business Part of CityCUISINE SUPERB.GREENVILLE, N.C.emcee eens " anna ena annetteBarbers.been somewhat'son out of every baker's dozen| were killed every year.victor, and the guano deposits re- ngalieed for ata-niet £80,000, but £160.) oer eemens Clothing.