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t. g. conn, (PUHLISHKR,) Wm. II. WHITE, Editors. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 Entered at the Post Office at Ma rion, N. C, for transmission through the mails, as second class matter. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1897. CKIMK ASH LAW. With a reference to all violators in the application of law to crime, and for the public good in the en forcement of violated law against all violators alike, we would make a few observations upon our theme. There has been and is no ques tion but that the general respect for and compliance with law is one of the best safe-guards to so ciety ; in maintaining the peace; permitting the quiet and profit able pursuit of the occupations of life; and one of the indirect, yet most helpful, aids to the cause of morality and religion. But if men have not the respect for, nor compliance with, law that they should have of themselves, then upon violations it should be taught them by a dose more or less strong of proper punishment. It is not in consideration now, though it is a very grave-question, jt the too slack enforcement of law that too often obtains is not itself a direct cause of less regard for law, and hence of its violation in many instances. After all criminals are appre hended alike, they should be dealt with alike, according to the law and evidence, whether rich or poor, belonging to prominent or unknown families. If this is not done, courts, processes of law, trial by jury, etc., will be brought into contempt before the public, producing lack of respect for courts of justice. When disrespect upon good grounds is produced in a man's mind for law, he will the much sooner violate it. Hence, crime would be encouraged in stead of prohibited. These ob servations may net apply here more than in some other locali ties; vet men should be taught to uphold and to observe constituted law and order. To allow the well-to-do, or the prominent one to escape justice regardless of law and evidence is itself a crime, the participators in which will be held in disrespect by all truly law-abiding people, who should frown down every such attempt to bear to the wrong side the scales of impartial justice to all. It one man may escape be cause prominent, or well-to-do, an other will the more quickly violate the law, thinking he may escape as easily. And the less prominent man having less regard for such guilty partiality, when occasion presents, is indifferent to and fren zied to the violation of law. And mainly it is the duty of ci tizens to cultivate a love for law abiding citizenship for its own sake, simply because it is right. If some laws are hard to obey, there is a peaceful way to amend, or alter, or repeal them. With no special reference, these thoughts applied to practice would tend to the general good more than stocks and bonds and lands. The sun of heaven shines upon the good and the evil upon all alike ; with God there is "no respecter of persons" in the appli cation of justice, or mercy, and man would well "go and do like wise." Some of our good citizens are seriously considering the indict ment of the road supervisors if the public roads are not worked bet ter, and such consideration is both proper and it appears needful. If all the road-working days of each year were faithfully untilized in hard work on the roads they would be much better than they are. As it is, they are almost im passable in places between here and Mitchell county and in other directions. If nothing else will start up the good work a dose of law might. A little work done just before court will not do, that has gotten to be old a thorough working on all the road days of the year is needful. It the super visors and overseers require this according to law, citizens gener ally would uphold and should, t!u effort for better public roads for our county. It may not be generally known that it is against the law and in dictable for a person to point an unloaded or a loaded gun or pistol at another in fun or otherwise. Judges have so charged in court. So be careful as to handling gurs. The community is interested in the public peace being kept before any horrible tragedy occurs to startle it from one side to other. No peaceful man needs a weapon anyway. The Baltimore Sun attained its sixtieth anniversary on the 17th of this month. This is one of the strongest evidences that it is one of the best, if not generally the best paper in the South to day. In some towns in the country the curfew (a bell) is rung at a certain hour, say nine or ten at night, and boys under a certain age and persons generally, unless they have a lawful excuse of mercy or necessity, if found on the pub lic streets are placed under arrest. Would not this kind of a provision be a wise and good one tor Marion? "Where is the wandering boy to night ? " What is at the bottom as the cause of most of the tragedies about us? Strong drink. It will be in every sense wise and right for us to be rid of its sale in the ounty as early as this can be legally done. It is a general blight to our otherwise fair county. It is at the bottom of three-fourths of crime with its losts and miseries. Dr. Chas. I). Mclver, president of the State Normal College, at Greensboro, is out in a communi cation favoring and urging on the people to vote in favor cf local taxation in August for longer pub lic schools. He is of the wisest and best authority on such subjects. Into true society, for all alike, moral merit should be the pass port, and all should be encouraged and required to bring this regard less of name or property consider ations. A line should be drawn between the good and the bad in conduct. STATK NKWS. Patrick Winston, Esq., who for a number of years has lived in the State of Washington, is in the State. Saturday the funeral of Edgar A. Merrimon, the eldest son of the late Chief Justice Merrimon, was held iu lialeigh. A. G. Carniicheal, a farmer of Stokes county, has become insane on the subject of religion and has been carried to the State Hospital at Morgan ton. The Governor oilers 50 reward for the unknown persons who, on the night of March 20th,. at Dud ley, assassinated J. F.. Baker, the reward to be paid on conviction. The women members of the Epis copal congregation were, in an ad dress by a clergyman at llaleigh, charged with being directly re sponsible for ritualism in that church. Durham Sun: After the close of the Fife sermon Saturday some 30 or more persons expressed a desire to be saved from their sins. About l.i or 50 church members also re dedicated themselves to God. The Enterprise cotton mill at High Point was entirely destroyed by lire Saturday moruiug. A cor respondent writes that the entire factory was destroyed. It had been closed down the past year, but contained a complete outfit. Lincoln Journal: Mrs. Dunn, of Mt. Holly, mother of Miss Ada Dunu, postmistress ? that place, a few days ago stooped to dip meal from a barrel, her feet slipped and she fell across the edge of the barrel, breaking one of her ribs. The Episcopal diocesan conven tion, in session at Raleigh last week, adopted resolutions pro viding for the purchase of St. Mary's female school there, for s.-((,000; $10,000 in cash and the balance iu L'O years. The property belongs to the estate of the late Paul C. Camcrou. The latest move of the Seaboard Air Line to assist those located along its line is to inaugurate a traveling industrial school to teach the people how to can, preserve and pickle, how to make fruit but ter, jellies. jams,marmalade,cheese, etc., aud to instruct in manufac turing such things as can be made on the farm without a deal of ex pense. Burusville Eagle: Mr. JobElller accidentally shot himself at the home of his grandmother, near Three Forks, on South Toe river, Sunday, May 2nd. He was care lessly handling a pistol when it was accidentally discharged, the ball taking effect uear the hip joint. While the wouud is quite painful, it is not considered dan gerous. The Wayuesville Courier says that John E. Crymes, a well known citizen of that town, was shot at from ambush some nights ago as he was on his way home after hav ing accompanied a young lady to her home from a church supper. All three of the shots grazed him. Suspicion rested upon Charles Da vis, and he was arrested and bound over to court. Crymes and Davis' father are rival aspirants for the W ay n e s v i 1 1 e pos t o 11 i ce. Watauga Democrat: On Monday, June 11th, the people of Meat Camp township will hold a local option election, which will decide whether or not the liquor traffic shall he continued in that town s'" P On last Satuida.v Law rence Coffey, of John's lliver, was giveu the contract to erect a tele phone line from Boone to Blowing Bock, and he proposes to have i"t in operation by June 1st. At the same time ho took the contract to put up a line from Blowing Bock to Globe, which will give direct eoiinnuneation with Lenoir and other points. llueklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sres,Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give peifect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Morphew & White. Those who arptmnl.l.i ; tism should try a few applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, rubbing the parts vigorously at each application If that d-n'8 not bring relief dampen a piece of flannel with Pain liilin and bind u over the seat of pain aud pre nipt relief will Riirplw f,,ii..,.- Alorpbew & White. MR. McKINLEY LOSES HIS NERVE. And Why? The l'reitl.lent's Attitude To ward Culm Senator Deboe Pays a I'art of Ilia le!t of Gratitude to Ur. Hunter One More Vote to the Silver Majority in the Senate A Itad Week for the Sugar TruHt The Second Tariff Com parative Statement. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, May 17tb, 1897. What made Mr. McKinley lose his nerve ! That question has been asked many times within the last two or three days. Last week Mr. McKinley sent for the mem bers of the Senate committee on foreign relations, and after laying before them oflicial communica tions from Consul General Fitz hugh Lee and other consuls, show ing a horrible state of affairs in Cuba, announced that he had made up his mind to send an im mediate message to Congress, recommending action lor the relief of starving American citizens in Cuba, and incidentally for the aid ot Cuba. Before the great re joicing that followed this an nouncement had a chance to get fairly started, Mr. McKinley tele graphed to the capitol that he had changed his mind and would defer the message uutil this week. What brought about that sudden change of mind is not positively kuowu, but inferences were drawn Iroui a visit to the White House of Mr. Atkins, a wealthy Cuban who makes his home in Boston, and who is credited with having shaped the Cleveland Olney Cuban policy. Later Mr. McKinley had a conference with the Spanish minister, and is said to have asked him it his government would ob ject to our sending aid to starving Americans in Cuba. Just think of that. And that is all he now recommends. Senator Morgan was one of the members of the commit tee who went to see Mr. McKinley. He will not, of course, discuss the conference for publication, but be makes it plain that he doesn't think Mr. McKinley intends taking a vigorous stand, unless he is com pelled by Congress to do so, and expressesh is opinion of this man Atkins aud his efforts in behalf of Spain in unmistakably plain lan guage. He adds that it is his in tention to endeavor to have Con gress bring the administration to a point where it will be compelled to do something, and that "Presi dent McKinley must either fish or cut bait in regard to Cuba." Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, seems to be really grateful to Dr. Hunter for having given way for him and then helped him to get elected to the Senate. Knowing that Dr. Huutei's contract for a seat in the House had nothing more substantial to stand upon than the partisanship of a ma jority ot the house. Mr. Deboe has secured the promise of a good appointment lor Dr. Hunter from Mr. McKinley, and still further to show his gratitude, he worked the Kentucky contingent of republi can office holders aud would-be- office-holders for contributions to the extent of 8910 and invested the mouey in two diamond studded watches which were duly presented to Dr. Hunter and his wife. Of course it is nobody's busiuess if some ot the contributors to the watch fund are a little behindhand with their board bills. They have helped Deboe pay a part of his debt of gratitude. Ex-Congressman S. II. Mallory, who lias been elected by the Florida legislation to rill the va cancy in the Senate from that State, which has existed since March the Itb, is well-known in Washington as a good fellow and a good democrat. He will be cor dially welcomed by his democratic colleagues and he will add one more vote to the silver majority already existing in the Senate. The talk of Senators on Senator Allen's resolution asking Mr. Mc Kinley not to pardon Chapman, the broker who was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for re fusing to tell the names of Sena tors who speculated in sugar stock, resulted in a change of programme. The sugar trust, as well as its friends in the Senate became thoroughly alarmed and decided that Chapman should serve his term in jail, hoping thereby to hush the talk about a new sugar investigation in the Senate. The members of the sugar trust who are under the same sort of indictment will trust to their money aud pull to escape jail by legal methods. The past week has been a bad one in other respects for the sugar trust. It has been demonstrated that the sugar schedule, which the trust had at tached to the Diugley tariff bill cannot possibly be gotten through the Seuate, not to mention the House. These things have re sulted in greater activity on the part of the big sugar trust lobby and money will be spent freer than ever to secure a schedule in the tariff bill, as it finally passes, that will be fairly satisfactory to the trust. Ante election premises have some of the most prominent repub licans bound hand and foot to the wheels of the sugar trust chariot. The second tariff comparative statement, prepared bv treasury officials for the republicans of the Senate ti nance committee, is a lit tle better than the first one, but it is full of inaccuracies, and the charge has been made that the sugar schedule has been pui post-Unused up. The democrats will be prepared to point out the badness of the bill, as weli as the errors of of the comparative statement b the 121th 111st., to which date the opening of the debate was volun tarily postpoued by the republi cans. St tn.U nt the Henri. Aug. J. Rogel. the leading druggist of iStneveport. La., savs: -Dr. Kings New Discovery is the ouly thiug that cures my cough, and it is the bestseller I have." J r . Campbell, merchant, of Hairord. Ariz., writes: --Dr.' King's New Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it never fails, and is a sure cure for consumption, coughs and colds. I can not say enough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds is not an experiment. It has been tried for a quarter of a cen tury, and to-day stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at Morphew & White's Dru- Siore. LSPSiihscribe for The MEiJSEN geu. 5U.00 a year. TRIAL OF IAI.MN I'.EANK ENSH I V. What Promised to Ite a Tragedy Ended in a Farce Veteran I.iurs Cher ry 3Iou n tai.11 the Storm Centre of the Mica Ex citement. Correspondence cf The Messenger. As a sequel to the wedding in high life which was desciibed in my last, the happy couple are dom iciled in the sway backed wigwam of Col. Shadrick Price, and both are now houorary members of tie tanyaid aristocracy. Concerning the trial of Calvin Blankenship for the theft of Mrs. Alice Elliott's com and burning the house to conceal the crime, de fendant was fairly and honorably acquitted. So say we all, aud so we believe it is recorded in the chancery of Ligh heaven. A de tective was on the case wlio.-e methods were somewhat at vari ance with thoe of Sherlock Holmes; and his language would hardly secure him a chair in Vau derbiit University. In order to give his theories as to the guilt of the accused, also as an expert on burning buildings, he was intro duced. He said he was a mau ser vant in the house of the prosecutor. Also that h "seed" a barn burn iu "South Carliner," which had in it 150 bushels of corn, also 00 bushels of guupowder. The build ing was "exposed" to have been fired at three o'clock in the night. On the next day they raked out great stacks of corn with its jacket on (iu the shusk); while the gun powder was still slowly burning something like a coal pit, but they managed to "stomp" it out with out much trouble. The detective said he was keeping of a mill at the time for a man in South Caro lina, aud it now turns out tLat the man he named uever had a mill Two more veteran liars were going around in the crowd trying to manufacture sentiment against the accused by each telling a very probable story. One " seed " a barn burn "endurm' of the war full of dry sheaf oats and the oats never had the sign or smell of fire on them the next day. The other, also "endurin'of the war," " seed " a warehouse full of whiskev barrels burn in 4()ld Fuggiuny" all full of proof whiskey, and about ten bush els of corn was also in the building with shuck on. The whiskev and house burnt, but the corn re mained. The two old liars were taken to a convenient tree and lynched, and all the people said, Amen ! by is it that when a man is accused so many contempti ble sneaks want to jump on him ! It is a grand principle of law that eveiy man is innocent till the con tiary appears, but such mud- blooded reptiles adjudge every man accused guilty till he estab lishes his lunocence. The main State witness in this case was a negro. He rolled his eyes, and said what all happened when the moon was about to "riz," and showed that, among other accom plishments, he handled the truth very carelessly. The whole charge turned out to be a tempest in a teapot. Both lawyers managed the case with great ability, while the three magistrates looked as imposing as ancient ltoman Sena tors. When the verdict of "not guilty " was rendered, the genuine rebel yell rose from the "white sites settlement" contingent. They dauced the can-can, stood on their heads, kicked oue another's hats off, threw tomahawks, walked en their hands, stood up and rode their mules in a gallop, turned back summersaults, and showed other acrobatic feats that would have discounted Main's circus. So ended in a farce what promised to be a tragedy. As to other matters, this region has been the storm centre of the mica excitement. Some time since a man with the rare and euphoui ous name of Smith, and a grandson of his grandfather Smith, came here wanting mica, and wantiug it bad. He had a card of prices which showed mica was booming. Land here that is too poor to raise a disturbance on it, is always sup posed to be rich in mineral wealth, especially if its owner wauts to sell it. Crops were neglected, and chronic liars even forgot to slander their neighbors iu the excitement. He that had not a pick sold his garment and bought one, and every man watched his fellow. Men who have been shelved for many moons as failures, and have never made successes of anything but boarding with their wives, came forward with the most ex travagant claims as mica experts. One old cuss who, besides boarding with his wife, has also inflicted some mangy, disreputable sons on the public, was very knowing as to pockets, lodes, dips, spurs, angles, veins, etc. Oue hen peddler de veloped a mine, and threw out what he considered a carload of mica, worth 4 a pound. He took on more airs than the romantic milk-maid iu the blue back speller. But Smith squelched him, and now he is agaiu a meek and lowly hen peddler. Another very shining light in the church militant at Clover Hill found a mine. So Ions as he had to hold his hogs up in a 'simmon tree to feed them, sow wheat with a double-barreled shot gun, and eat cornbread with hog .jowl, he was an humble christian, lie taught a class in Sunday school, was a ciavs leader, auu a hie leader in the amen corner. Moreover, he chewed long green, and smoked a cob pipe as became a consisted dis ciple. But when he struck mica a change came over the spirit of his dreams. When he sold lo0 worth he discarded long green for plug tobacco. When he had raked in 450 be quit going to prayer meet ing. When lie sold out for 1,.00 he bought tire cigars, and uow re gards the man who smokes a dirt pipe with a stony stare. He threw up his job at Suuday school, quit jioing to church, and when his wif. bi ought the Bible for him to have family prayer said, "D n family prayer when a man has got a mica mine." Verily, it is easier for a needle to go through the eye of a camel than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Mv friends, Jesse James, Jav Gould, Grover Cleveland and ltube Burrow, and I used to discuvs our chances. We knew tl ere was, aud is yet, a deep-seated prejudice against our methods of acquirin wealth, and each justified himse on expediency. We uever justi tied a poor chicken thief on th ground of starvation, however. Corn Cracker. Cherry Mountain, '. C., May 10. 1 o; t . l:l'SI.t HAS I OKCKIl I'lCACK. The Saltan Order the War Stopped I'euve Negotiation Will Now lte liirier taken ill EarneNt Appalling Outrages ICeportecI. Constantinople, May 18 There was a sudden and unexpect ed change in the political situatiou shoitly before noon today. Russia quietly showed her hand and theie by forced Germany and Turkey out of the gone, to all intents and purpor-cs List niiiht and early this in"inii:g. Turkey, sup ported by Gerteany, was practi cally delymg liussia, I ranee, Aus tria, Great Britain aud Italy, in sisting upon the annexation of Thessaly in addition to a huge war indemnity, and seemingly was de termined to maich upon Athens Today the ministers received oflicial advices from Sofia, announc iug that orders had been issued for the partial mobilization of the Bulgarian army, possibly at the instigation of Uussia. There was a huriied consultation of the min isters. The Turkish war party was at first for further defiance, but in the end, a pacific counsel seemed to have prevailed, for, at 11:35 a. m , orders were telt- graphed to Ed hem Pasha, the Tur kish commander in chief iu Thes saly, to cease hostilities. Peace negotiations will now be undertaken in real earnest and the Greeks will most likely be spared any further humiliation. Berlin, May 18. It was an nounced this alteruoou that the German ambassador at Constan tinople, Von Jeltsch, has finally been instructed to co-operate with the other ambassadors in efforts to secure an armistice between Turkey aud Greece. Domokos, May 18. (Delayed in transmission) The battle be tween the Turks aud Greeks, which began near here at noou to day (Monday) was by far the fiercest ot the war. The reverbera tions of the seige guns' reports iu the hills was terriftic. Nothing more panoramic can be imagiued than a hght, extending fully six miles along an open plain, lit bv the rays of the sun, with Mount Pindus aud the frontier hills sharply outlined against the sky. The ladies of the lied Cross so ciety drove to the scene of the fighting from Domokos, and re mained in the held throughout the whole battle. Manchester, Eng., May 18. The Guardian to-day publishes a dispatch lrom its special corres pondent, with the Greeks, which says: "The destitution of the Greeks at Epirus is appalling. Everything they had in the world has been burned and pillaged. The scenes in the flight were dreadful, oung girls flung them selves from rocks to escape out rage, and a youth shot his two sisters to save them from outrage A boy who was captured by the Tuiks had his lips, nose and ears cut oil' and his eves torn out be fore he was killed." A Northern Colony in North Carolina, Mimical Recorder. Although many of our readers have read about the great colony of people from the North which has recently settled iu Georgia, it is quite probable they know nothing of an interesting colony of North ern people which has settled ia our Stare at Chadbourn, Columbus county. On a recent trip we be came acquainted with two repre sentatives of this colony, youug men with abundant thrift and ag gressiveness iu them and a Cue measure of tact. Instead of going to more widely advertised fields, they went where lantl was cheap; and instead of making the usual North Carolina crops, they have diversified them aud added the more attractive aud at present more promising occupation of fruit growing and trucking. Two weeks ago they were in the midst of the strawberry season, and being ahead of other sections, they had a ready market. The colony is unquestionably making money this year. We were told that their fields were models of culture, and they themselves are models of in dustry, economy and enterprise. Suspected a Bint. Harold What's up, old chap? They say you've quit going to the Huntleys'. Clarence Yes, I decided that I'd bet ter stop. Miss Clara's father came in the other nicht and asked me if I thought I could strike Are in case any one were 10 give me a matcn. it seemed to me that his words contained some hidden meaning. Cleveland Leader. Ills Preference. Art Dealer If you don't like any of these landscapes, let me show you one of our pictures of still life, Mr. traswell (becoming interested) No, I don't think I care to see any of 'em, but if you've got a right lively brewery scene you may show it to me. Chicago Tribune. The Greater Wisdom. Watts Don't you think that the man who knows when to stop talking is aoont as wise as they get? Petts About, but not quite. The greatest brain w in the possession of the man who knows when not to begin. Indianapolis Journal. Electric Hitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more gen erally needed wLen the languid, ex hausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, indigestion. constipation, dizzinss yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. and S1.00 per bottle at Morphew & White's. Chamber! ai n's Col ir. Cholera and Iiarrho-s K.iiitdy. This is the best medicine in the world for bowel complaints. It acts quickly and can always be depended upon. When reduced with water it is pleasant to late. Try it. and like many others you will recommend it to your friends. For sale at 23 and 50 cents per bottle by Morphew & White. LANGUAGE OF CRIME. THE ARGOT OF PAF.I5 AND THE "PAT TER" OF LONDON. Thieve Have Special V.'c-r ' to Expres Stealing of Evciy ivi.xi Material Chances Take l'lace Kery Two or Three Years. Tho language of ciii::ii;ls I he arj?ct cf Paris, tho "ratfei" cf Lri:dcn has been carefully investigated by numer ous writers, with very variant resnlts. Its origin is difficult to explain. Criminals, say mary authors, have found it necessary to adopt a technical language for their own protection, that they mcy bo able to converse in public without being understood. "They havo been forced to do Ibis and have made a language as rioter nnd as vile as them selves." This theory cannot be admit ted. Certainly the arxct is sinister and vile and thoroughly representative of the class that uses it, but further than this we cannot go. The theory that the use of this dialect is of any assistance to the criminal is Inadmissible. Most policemen and all prison officers know this slang, some times better than the thieves. To speak It in the hearing of a detective is to in vite arrest; to speak it in the presence of the general public would arouse sus picion and attract attention two things which are especially to be avoided. Why, then, does it exist? Dr. Laurent of the Sante prison in Paris has given an explanation whioh has at least noth ing to contradict it: The persons en gaged in every trade form a species of dialect or technical phraseology -which is spoken and understood only by them selvea Criminals, who practice a trade as old as any, have gradually acquired a language more adapted to their wants, more in keeping with their ideas and thoughts. Miserable, heartless, engaged In a perpetual struggle against moral ity, law and decency, they have ac quired a language of debased words and cynical metaphors, a language of abbre viated expressions and obscene syno nyms. This dialect has mutilated the mother tongue. It has also borrowed liberally from other languages, but without meth od or etymology. Criminals are not grammarians. Neither are they lin guists, and at first sight it would Beem strange that they should import words from other countries. We will find, however, that in any prison the percent age of inmates of foreign birth will be large. In America it is about 15 per cent A foreign expression which seems apt or an improvement on the one in present use is rapidly diffused through the prison. In cases where it is especial ly descriptive it may become permanent, but its life is usually short The argot of the crime class changes materially every two or three years. It is ephem eral, as shifting as its users. Victor Hugo exaggerates only slightly when he says, "The argot changes more in ton years than the language does in ten cen turies." Thus in the lost three years there have been three different terms for watch "super," "thimble" and "yellow and white" each of which was in Its turn the only one used. Every writer on the subject has no ticed that the argot is rich in expses- sions to denote certain common actions. This is a pecliarity shared by all primi tive languages, the only difference being in the selection of the common acts. Thus in Sanskrit there are nearly 100 roots which express the idea of killing or wounding, without counting second ary derivations. Some of these roots are embodied in our language today. In the dialect of the thieves there are nearly 100 expressions to signify theft It was ueeessary for the pickpocket to describe the various pockets in a man's clothing and in a woman's oress. The average man does not often need to specify a particular pecket. When ho does, he lays his hand on it to assist the poverty 01 his language. The thief has a Bepa r.ite nanio for each separate pocket But iu spite of this richness in syn onyms, which is in itself a marked sign of degeneracy, for the tendency of a language is to eliminate its synonyms, giving to each a different shade of meaning, the argot is a poor language. It has not a single expression for ab stract emotion. To attempt to render a philosophic thought, a moral emotion, a synthetic or asfctbetio idea into the dia lect of the thief would bo like attempt ing to translate "electricity" or "steam engine" into Latin. It is impossible be cause the words do not exist They are not needed. The criminal has no more conception ot abstract emotion than a blind man has of color. A fact which docs not seem to ally the argot to a primitive language is its ability to form additional words from its own resources, a power of self de velopment which we find in the old Anglo-Saxon, and especially in the Ger man of today. This trait is the more striking as it seems in direct contradic tion to the impotence of the English language in this respect The English has little formative power. It relies on tho Greek and Latin languages for the extension of Its vocabulary. A. T. B. Crofton in Popular Science Monthly. Kfvala For Fame. "I'm going to introduce a bilL de clared the first legislator, "prohibiting any and all persons from going up in a balloon." "There's where you show your lack of statesmanship, " sneered the second legislator. "My bill will make it an offense punishable by fine and impris onment to fall out of a balloon. "--Detroit Free Press Ki. May Go to Slianglil. Special to the Charlotte Observer. Washington, May 17. Ki.Gud- ger is slated for the consul gener alship at Shanghai, now held by .Mr. jernigan. 1 have good reason to believe he will receive the ap pointment soon after the tariff bill passes. The salary is put down at $5,oco, but including notarial lees and other perquisites, it is nearly $7,000. lie has three good appointments under him. The first and best is that now held by Mr. I. E. Avery, vice consul general of the consular court. I have heard that this pays nearly 3,000. benator Pritchard will name a young man from the State for this place, who will probably sail with Mr. Gudger. The other places are worth 1,500 and $i,coo. Mr. Gudger will have the power. at Senator Pritchard's instance, to nominate all of them. The two last mentioned will not, however, Deiong to IViOrth Carolina. An Affidavit. This is to certify that on Maw 11tVi T walked to Mel ir It's ilrnir stnro rm a ne;. of crutches and bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm for inflamma tory rheumatism which had crippled me up. After using three bottles I am completely cured. I can cheerfully recommend it. Charles II. Wetzel Sunbury, Pa. sworn and subscribed to before me on August 10. 1894 Walter Shipman, J. P. For sale at 50 ctnts rer bottle by Morphew & White. 1K. J. M. HAVES IEA1). His Death Itelieved to Ite Iue to an Overdose of Morphine He Was a Mem ber of the Board of Medical Examiners. Sx.-cinl to the Charlotte Observer. (Ieeexsboko, May 13. Dr. James Mack Hayes, of this city, was found dead in his room by a servant this morning at G o'clock. He appeared to be in bis usual health yesterday, aud death is sup posed to have lesulted l'roru an oveidosH of morphine, to which be had been addicted for several years. He had taken treatment lor this habit two or three times, the last time at Morganton during the past winter. )r. Hayes was a uative of Gran ville county, but had lived here lour or five years, building up a very tine practice. Thrtf years ago he was appointed a mem Iter of the State Hoard of Medical Kx ami tiers, retaining the position until the time of his death. II18 wife died two years ago, leaving two children. He carried consul erable life inurauce, but the amount cannot be learned to-night. His age was about 40 years. BURNS AND HIS MARY. He "ang of friendship and duty And manhood all creeds above. Of the dear, green earth In her beauty And the dewy glory of love. But th; swvett'St, tendercst chord he gave Was the roqulem poured o'tr his lost love's grave. Thon Ufe was but futile longlngr And earth but a beauteous tomb. But songs through the silence were throngrlnjr. And glory dwelt In the gloom. And sorrow, the harper skilled and strong. Prom the breaking heart drew ttl sweet est song. When thy grief had h-avenw.rd striven In melody trembling to prayer. Did thy Mary remember In hoaven Her love by the braes of Ayr? We know not. but earth that heard thee sing Must cherish thy song to her latest spring. Deep heart, so lavish In loving! Oh, wayward and broken heart! As safe from our shallow reproving As deaf to our praise thou art. Tet thy song shall thrill us while love shall last And thy sorrow move us till death be past. Maggie Clare In New York Bun. HER REFORMED DIET. Mrs. Newlight Makes a Series of Astound ing Discoveries. "It's Ju.t awful how criminally ig norant I've been regarding our food," said Mrs. Newlight to her husband the other day. "I can never be thankful enough that I joined Professor Soar em's class in domestic science. My 1 It's a wonder we're not all dead, ignorant as I've been. There's one thing sure, George Newlight there'll be no more tomatoes on my table. " "Why?" "Becauso Professor Scarem explained to us today how tomatoes cause a mark ed arrest of vital activity in those who eat them, and ho proved that the acid of tomatoes acts almost like a poison on the membrane of the stomach. Then I'm done with any berries that have seeds in on my table. " "I'd like to know why?" "You wouldn't ask if youd"heard the professor's talk on appendicitis and its cause. A single dish of raspberries or strawberries may bring on that awful trouble. It's fearful to think of the risks people will run just to gratify the palate. And here we've always allowed our children to have sugar and cream on their oatmeal!" "What of it?" "Well, you'd say 'What of it?' If you could hear the professor explain how the combination of oatmeal and oream and sugar causes dreadful gases to arise in the stomach and utterly retards diges tion. I've not the slightest doubt ttiat the awful spasm our little Mamie had last year was duo entirely to this cause. Then there's bananas. Why, George Newlight, they're simply rank poison I And you'll get no more white bread at my table." "Why not?" "Because there's no more nutrition In it than there would be ia bread made out of pure starch. Every bit of the nu tritive element has been refined out of it It makes those who eat it thin blood ed." "Do I look thin blooded or as if I lacked nutrition?" asked Newlight, who weighs i9. "That doesn't signify. You don't know what day you'll begin to break down under such bread. We'll have nothing but graham or whole wheat flour hereafter. And I've done with coffee too. If you could see and bear Professor Bcarem demonstrate Just how poisonous it is to the whole human sys tem you-a sunn it as you shun onium. He says that cocoa sheila is the only reai sare warm drink. "I'd as soon drink dishwater," said xewlight. " You'd better drink dishwater than your poisonous coffee. If you'd ouly wuie a little time to study domestic sci enoe and look into this food business a little, it would be a good thing for your neaitn ana tne health of vour family. There's a lot more things we've been jeopardizing our lives by eating in our criminal ignorance, and I'm going to cus an 01 tnem on: our list. " And she did, which is the reason that Newlight is taking most of his meals down town at present Detroit Free iTess. Washington Puzzles Him. "I have found mv wav across nathlui prairies where I had and even through the tangled mazes of a chaparral thicket, without getting lost, but I never come to a Ktrnnow nitv Without getting absolutely bewildered," sam jur. 11. m. iiarker of New Mexico. "I have been to Washimrton t fcaat dozen times in the past three years, and ye it is just as strange to me now, aft er a sojourn of two weeks, as it was the first timo I ever set footJn the district If I get one block away from my hotel I lose my reckoning, and I find mvnlf wondering continually whether I am Koimr toward the canitol or In tho di rection of the treasury. I get sore with myself for being so slow to find my bearings, but I hear other men owning up to the same difficulty. It certainly Is queer that there should be such a difference, between rjeonhv for T knnn plenty of men that can go anywhere mey cnoose in a city a few hours after landing In It but take the country, and they would get lost like the .babes la the woods." Wash ington Post A Bemarkable Portrait. The Done has nw4vri thwvnnk ik Countess Maria Pestetics, maid of hon or to the empress of Austria, a some what remarkable portrait of the Em peror Francis Joseph. It Is wrought in uiu wiKJu, ana its production In volved an enormous amrmnt rt InKrv- and expense, , the effect of light and shade beine nrndnnnrl hv nnW . The factory from which it comes is the famous oni of Wernstadt, in Bohemia, The portraf , which Loo XIII is having placed in' his library, received a gold ujtuui p.t me tjnicago World's fair. It has been discovered that to Imn man tn to his neck in vect wind la practicallT certain mm tnr aimr.t dUl froman eJeo shock. Cotton. With careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations cotton lands will improve Th ' application of a proper kJ lizer containing sufficient pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain tng not less than 3 to 4 Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific against "Rust." AU about Potsh-he result, of it, nse k penment on the ben farm, ia the Van. A i1 ' .old m . Hole book which w. pubh. mail Ire to any firmer in America whoiui In,.1 GERMAN KALI Work! 93 ' St . New' . Livery anDfi Stable. GOOD T II X ( I TS CAREFUL - IIIIIVKlis; A. B. GILKEY & SON, Marion. 3ST. C. Disosway, The Druggist, Old Fort, N.C., Offers to liis customers an ali.so lutely correct stock of Dings and Patent Medicines. Just Arrived: Whooping Con;n ius TEUS, a Hpecitic lor this djj. j tressing complaint COAL TAB FOR CORN PUKTIK6. j The Flemming-EagleT Two Hotels in one, under one man ' ngemeut, lv THE GRUHER FAMILY. T- NO - RAISE - IN - PRICES. Summer, Regular and Tran shut Boarding. Reasonable rates. Marion, N. C, July 22, ISM. BOARDING. Piedmont House. 50 Gents a Day; $2 a . Week; $8 a Month. A - GOOD - FEED - STABLE f Run in connection with the House. J. M. ELLIS, Proprietor. ' Marion, N. 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