PIRATE TEACH S TREASURE.
Burled In the Sands Near Morehead
and has Never Been Found.
Many, many yearn ago?early
in 1770, to be more exact?a lit
tle patch of Fnglisb people
dropped down on the sandbanks
near Cape Lookout, like a tiny
flower upon some wild waste. ;
These were followed by French
Hugueuots, tleeiugfrom religious
persecution.
Of their trials and sufferings, ,
history tell us little, but here and i
there the thread of their story |
appears, pathetic enough to
challenge poetic picturing of a i
Prescott, and their struggles i
with the Indians give hints no j
less romantic than the conquest
of the Montezumas or the an
nihilation of the Peruvian Incas. i
Tis a Held rich for the historian
aud for the poet and no doubt i
some day the story will bd told
in epic if not in chronicle.
In the vicinity of Morehead
City may today be found much
historical material bearing on i
the events of those early days, i
In the court house at Beaufort i
are land patents bearing date
1818 aud quaint records a little
later in great number. In the
church yard at Beaufort are ,
tombstones eugraved with dates | j
as early as 1720?more than <
half a century before the Revo
lution. The town of Beaufort i
was incorporated in 1723.
The predecessor of the now
dismantled Fort Macon was
built on Bogue Banks in 1756?
nearly 250 years ago?and the
site of it is still pointed out to
visitors. It was called "Fort
Dobbs," in honor of the man who
was governor of the State. The
garrison consisted of 40 men, i
who manned 14 guns?8 twelve- '
pounders and 6 six-pounders.
The cost of the fort was $7,000.
Gov. Dobbs recommended that a
fort be built at Cape Lookout,
but for some reason it was never ;
done.
Another placeof interest that is !
pointed out to visitors even to !
this day is a place called "Teach's
Hole." It won its name from
the fact that it was the rende
vous for vessels composing the
fleet of the pirate, Edward Teach, ,
sometimes called "Blackbeard." :
He had a squadron of six vessels !
and 100 men, his principal ship
?the "Queen Anne's Revenge"?
carrying 40 guns. Vane, Bon- '
nett and Worley his chief cap
tains, and his fleet sailed in and
out of Beaufort harbor many
times. Finally Teach was killed
in a sea-tight with a fleet stnt out
by the Governor of Virginia,
under Lieut. Maynard. The en
gagement was a fierce conflict in
which a number of lives were
lost. Teach boarded Maynard's
ship and the two had a hand to
hand fight. Teach was killed
and .his head, severed from his
body, was attached to the bow
sprit of Maynard's vessel.
There are those who believe?
and the belief has been strong and
general ever since the death of 1
Teach and the execution of his 1
followers?that somewhere in the
sound around "Theach's Hole," i
he buried immense quantities of
gold and jewels. Certain it is
that he captured vast treasure,
and so far as ever was known he
disposed of but little of it, ex
cept the merchandise taken. 1
Though many have sought this 1
treasure in the sands around
Beaufort harbor, it has not been '
found. 1
i'erhaps some day someone
will happen upon a "Gold Bug" <
and a chart, similar to that of
which I'oe tells us in his "Tales" I
and tne treasure will be un- 1
earthed.
_ f
Crockett and the Mules.
When Davy Crockett sat in the 1
national legislature as a repre- J
sentative o7 the state of Texas t
he had many clashes with men of
more education, but less wit I
than himself. It is told of him
that one day while standing in t
front of his hotel on I'ennsyl- c
vania avenue, a drove of mules
trotted by under the custody
of an overseer from one of the
stock farms in Virgiuia. \ con- ?
gressman from Boston, who was
standing near by, attracted
Crockett's attention to the un j
usual sight, saying:
"Hello there, Crockett; here's a a
lotofyourcoustituentson parade 1
Where are they going?" 1
The celebrated hunter looked ?
at the animals with a quizzical '
glance, and said quietly, but, with a
great emphasis. "They are t
going to Massachusetts to teach fi
school."?Harper's Weekly. fi
r
You will find two piece suits, a
all wool at W. G. Yelvington's; r
prices $4.00 to $N.00.
Johnston County tnlon Meeting.
On Friday evening before the
3th Sunday in July, the pastors
and workers of the Johnston
County Baptist Association will
meet at Baptist Center church,
near ('lay ton, to hold a week's
evangelistic service.
It*will be a meeting of the rep
resentatives of all the churches
and therefore will extend its
gospel blessings to all parts of
the Association. The pastors
will do the preaching by turns,
and all the preachers and work
ers when not in active preaching
service will be expected to vt ork
For the saving of souls. Bring
your Bibles and Testaments, and
Gospel Hymns l-(?. The song
services will be under the direct
ion of Bro. Junius W. Smith, of
Baleigh, N. C.
Our prayers go up to God for
a real I'entecost. It will surely
be so if our brethren and sisters
come with their hearts full of the
work.
The people of and around
Baptist Center will extend to the
visitors and friends a most
cordial welcome. Make it your
care to come and stay to the
finish. Sincerely,
C. W. Bi.ancharu,
Pastor Baptist Center Church.
This is in accordance with an
agreement made at the last
session of our union held at
Smith field.
L.U4U1 uci mm > cum.. camera ana
Diarrhoea Remedy.
This remedy is certuin to be needed in
almost every home before the summer is
aver. It can always be depended upon
?ven In the most severe and dangerous
:ases. It is especially valuable for sum
mer disorders in children It is pleasant
to take and never fails to give prompt
relief. Why not buy it now? It may
<ave life. For sale by A. H. Boyett,
Smithfleld; Selma Drug Co.; J. W. Ben
ion
Rockefeller Gives Million.
New Haven, Conn., June 28.?
At the Yale alumni meeting this
afternoon President Hadley an
nounced John I). Rockefeller had
promised a gift of If1,000,000 to
Yale, and that certain graduates
of the university had pledged
another million.
President Hadley said that the
"only condition of any kind
underlying Mr. Rockefeller's gift
is that the money is to be inves
ted in income-producing securi
ties and preserved inviolate as
endowment for the institution,
the annual income only to be
used for current expenses." He
added that these two millions
already subscribed were to be
considered merely the beginnings
of an endowment fund which
must at least be doubled in the
next year if Y'ale is to maintain
her position in the educational
world. The announcement of
the gifts was received with loud
applause.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve penetrates
the pores of the skin, and by its antf
.eptic, rubifacient and healing influence
it subdues Inflammation and cures Boils.
Burns, Cuts, Eczema, Tetter, King
Worm and all skin diseases. A specific
'or blind, bleeding, itching and protrud
ng Piles. The original and genuine
Witch Hazel Salve is made by E. C De
Witt & Co. and sold by Benson Drug
Co., Hood Bros, and J. R. Ledhetter,
his Name Trimmed
A bald-headed man entered a
New York hotel the other day
and registered thus: "M3. Lon
Jon,/ Eng."
The clerk looked at the entry
and politely asked him to write
the rest of his name.
"That is all the name 1 have,"
said the guest.
The clerk looked at him du
aiously for a moment, then
thought he remembered his face.
"Haven't you been here be
bre?"
"Yes," the guest answered; "I
was here two years ago "
At his earliest leisure the clerk
ooked up the registry of two
pears ago and found the following
mtry in the same handwriting:
"Harry McComb, Jr., M. 1'.,
London, Eng."
When next the guest came to
;he counter the clerk showed the
)ld register to him.
"You wrote that, didn't you?"
"Y es," the guest admitted.
"And that was your name,
rasu't it?"
"Yes."
"Then why do you say 'Mc' is
rour full name now?"
"Well, I'll tell you," said the
juest. "Y'ou see, when I was
lere before I was a member of
'arliament, but I am not now.
k> 1 have no right to use the
M. P. My father died a year
igo, so, of course, I do not use
he'Jr.' any more. Then, last
all, 1 had a fever and all my hair
all out; so, being no longer 'Har
y," I have no useforthe 'Comb,'
md there you are. There's
lothing left but the Mc. you see."
-Hrooklyn Eagle.
Firing a Thirteen-lnchGun
To see a 13-incb gun loaded
and tired is a sight not to be for
gotten. The projectile is 18
inches in diameter, about 3 feet
in length and weighs 1,100
pounds. The powder charge for
target practice is 230 pounds.
The cost for each shot is about
$300. When all is ready on the
range, the signal siren sounds,
there is a blinding tiash, a roar
like thunder and a jarring shock;
then you hear the whining screech
of the shell, for all the world like
a fast express rounding a curve.
The projectile is visible almost
from the time it leaves the gun;
you see it rip through the target
and strike the water beyond,
throwiug up a column of liquid
mauy feet high. The shell skips,
much like theliatstone"skipper"
of our boyhood, aud again a
column of water shoots up two
miles or more farther out, to be
repeated time and again. The
shell in its flight can be watched |
without the aid of a glass for,
eight miles or more in clecr
weather ?G. Upton Harvey in
Leslie's Weekly.
Where are you sii k? Headache, foul
tongue. no appetite, lack energy pain
in your stomach, constipation. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will make |
you well and keep you well. 35 cents.
Selma Drug Co. and A. H. Boyett Drug
gists.
HE SPEAKS FOR PROHIBITION.
l)r. Johu XI. Faisou, of Faison,
[ N. C , a leading democrat and j
editor of the Duplin Journal, j
| after reading in The Herald
| what Mr. J. XT. Beaty said about
the strength of prohibition in
that section wrote for his paper
as follows:
Yes, Brother Beaty, there is
nothing so popular in Duplin
county as "Prohibition with the
County anti jug law attached."
and it is growing in more and
more favor with the people daily
who realize that whiskey simply
j retards all progress and growth
! of our people, our towns and
counties. Whiskty saps the
muscles of their strength, the in
tellect of its wisdom and judge
ment and benumbs all moral
sense and conscience. Weak
lings with neither brains nor
morals are not the class of citi
zens desired by the good people
of Duplin county who rejoice in
her present welfare and will stand
together against such a common
foe as would rob tDe county of
the strength of its young man
hood and the beauty of its young
womanhood. Alcohol has no
place to-day in the human
economy and we are glad to see
Johnston county is "on the wa
ter wagon" too. When every
county does likewise the old
North State will take on new life
indeed.
John Hay must be reckoned as
one of the greatest men the
country has produced. His rise
to influence and fame was along
lines very different from the
usual. Starting life as a poet
and newspaper man, his first
important duty was that of
secretary to President Lincoln.
Slight incursions into war and
displomacy preceded his more
important newspaper work, and
then a loDg term of literary ac
tivity preceded his last phase as
diplomat. For eight years he
had been one of theforemost men
in directing American policy, and
for six he had ranked second to
the President in this country,
while abroad he had been easily
the leader.?Philadelphia In
quirer.
Not a cent wanted, unless you are
cured. If you are sick and ailing. take
Hollister's Rocky .Mountain Tea. A
great blessing to the human family.
Makes you well?keeps you Well. 35
centi Tea or Tablets. Selma Drug Co.
A. II. Boyett Druggist.
Dubuque, la., June 28.?D. B.
Henderson, formerly Speaker of
the National House of Represen
tatives, is confined to hotel
apartments, suffering from a
slight primary stroke of paraly
sis. His right side is affected
Hopes are entertained that he
will be able to leave his apart
ments in a few days.
SUPPORT'
SCOTT'S EMULSION atrvei ai a
bridge to carry the weakened and
atarved lyitem along unli it can find
firm support In ordinary food.
J, Send for tree tenuis.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chainlet.,
499-41] Pearl Street, New York,
50c. and 001 all dn%gtets.
AN EDUCATIONAL MOVE.
Preceptorial lytlrn to Make Cal
Icaca Interesting.
The object of the preceptorial sys
tem adopted at Princeton university la
to prevent the disintegration of the
university, its disintegration in that
essential feature of all vital touching,
the Intimate acquaintance and contact
of pupil and teacher, says Woodrow
Wilson, president of Princeton uulver
slty, In Harper's Weekly. Mere In
crease of numbers separates them. As
a university grows In numbers profess
ors and students draw apart, have
hardly a speaking acquaintance with
one another.
The large university, teeming with
hundreds of growing youngsters, jjught
uot to forego tills fruitful pro<Ss of
comradeship If it can possibly get the
advantage of it by any feasible ar
rangement.
It is Princeton's plan, with this ob
ject in view, to add at once to her
teaching force, to add fifty "precept
ors," us she will call them for want of
a better uaaie. whose special duty It
shall be to deal with their pupils out
side of the classroom. The preceptors
are to 1k? members of the faculty, not
distinguishable from the rest In rank
and privilege, and the present mem
bers of the faculty are to undertake
preceptorial work in order that the
new and closer contact may be
brought about all along the line, but
for the new men the preceptorial work
will be the chief function. It will be
their duty to take the students In the
several departments, either singly or
in groups, and by every serviceable
method give them counsel, guidance
and stimulation In tlielr work.
Dull mon and very bright and am
bitious men tliey will probably have to
take singly. Groups will have to be
made up by careful classification, com
bining men of like training, acquire
ments and aptitudes. But the object
will be always the same?not to hear
"recitations" on fixed text books, but
to discuss, to sift, to test, the reading
done by the men in their several
courses, so that the men may feel that
the preceptors nre in some sense their
fellow students and friendly guides in
their outside reading, the reading by
which lectures nre to be supplemented
and the more formal discussion of the
classroom broadened and made part of
an Independent scheme of study.
PRESIDENT AND LAUNDRESS.
VlHlt of Colored Washerwoman of
College Days to Mr. Roosevelt.
Thousands of persons who were gath
ered about Bishop Lawrence's resi
dence In Cambridge, Mass., the other
day cheered while President Roosevelt
and Mrs. Mary Taylor, his colored
washerwoman In student days, clasped
hands and talked, says a Boston spe
cial dispatch to the New York Times.
Mrs. Taylor had not seen the presi
dent since his graduation twenty-five
years ago.
"I heard he was in Cambridge," she
said, "and I says to myself, 'Well, I
guess 1*11 take a run up to the Law
rence House and try and see him a
minute, for he once said that I took
care of his laundry better than any
one else, and, as I understand that his
son Theodore junior is soon coming to
college, I thought I would get In an
early word, and perhaps I might get
his work to do.'
"When I started to go Into the
grounds the policeman wanted to knew
what I wanted. 1 suppose they thought
I was one of those anarchists, but when
I told them who I was one of them
went to the bouse, and In n minute the
president himself came right out and
shook hands with me. He said he was
real glad to see me.
"He's grown fat, but he still's got
that old laugh and grin. He talked
with me quite a few minutes and asked
me a lot of questions about the old col
lege days, but 1 can't think to save me
all the things he said. All I remember
Is that I forgot to ask him the question
that I went purposely to ask.
"Why, I talked with him every sin
gle week while he was in college, and
I guess I've got as much right to speak
to him as anybody else."
Rany Fishing.
Catching flab by hand la becoming a
great sport on the Auxvasse, aays the
Mokane (Mo.) Herald-Post. The
method la to feel under the roots of
trees overhanging the water, under old
logs, rock heaps, etc., until Mr. Fish
Is located, when It Is a comparatively
easy matter to run one's hand Into his
gills and pull him from the water.
Several catfish weighing In the neigh
borhood of seventy-five pounds have
been captured In this way during the
past few wceka.
Democracy of Rnnalan Oflccra.
Russian officers In enmp receive
money to pay for their meals, but In
many cases they keep this for other
purposes and eat with the common
Soldiers.
SirtmnilnK Time.
The fiver calls; The river calls!
The urchin, freed from school.
Forsakes the place of learning's halls
And seeks the dusky pool.
Where far beneath the sunflsh lies
In waters calm and clear.
O'er wfclch proclaim the dragon flies
Thaf swimming time Is here.
The river calls; The river calls!
The lawyer in the town
Forgets the client for whom he bawls.
The woolsack and the gown;
The merchant lavs his ledgers by
And lends a willing ear
To all the unseen sprites that cry
That swimming time Is here.
The river calls; The river calls!
The careworn millionaire
Observes Ms mansion's lofty walls
Plssolve beneath his stare,
"Whilst visions come of boyhood days?
The mill race and the weir?
With summer calling through the haze
That swimming time Is here.
?Pittsburg Post.
HYDE'S CRITICISM OF
HENDRICKS' REPORT
The Kquitable Society's Founder
Championed by His Son.
DEFENDS EiS FaiuEIi'3 LEAoEo.
Oe.-ljtrrM Elder II- tic Took flrrut I'rr.
*o?m1 Snip) lift*1.* Eor il-r r-iul
lll Wlr'a flood. \ot for 111m O.wi?Saj m
Uu.o \\ t-rr Never lief .re <iueallon*
e?l?Wonts Jnili;. .out SUhprlMlrd,
James II Hyde at a recent meeting
ill New Y'ork of the directors of tie
Equitable I.ife A -surance society read
a reply to tbe cbarges uiade by Fran
els Hendricks, New York state supt i
Intendent of Insurance, In bis report
against Mr. Hyde and his father. Hex.
ry it. Hyde. At the outset Mr. Ilydc
said that he wlshej to piaee on reeoru
his "Indignant protest" against that
part of the Hendricks report that re
tlectisl upon the elder Hyde. Itefer
ring to his father, he said:
"The fact that this society exists Is
due to him. Its success is in the main
due to his etl'orts. Superintendent Hen
drieks would not have said what lie
did. aud, more, he would not have iui
plied what he did, If he had informed
himself of all the facts before reach
ing bis announced conelu- Pais
\ I - IIti.li> 1,-wl ??. . .Ion/toll
.ui. li^ur ucn uuvu uiv aaic ui[jwii
company leases, which be said were
entered into by bis father "at a great
pecuniary risk to him in the effort to
avert a serious loss to the society."
He detailed the foundation and oper
atlon of ttie safe deposit companies
and declared that "as u result of these
transactions the Equitable I.ife Assur
ance society now holds stock of the
Mercantile Trust company valued in
the market at about $11,010,000, in
stead of having lost the sum of about
$1,101,000, which represented approxi
mateiy Its investment in this stock in
1875; so that the Equitable Life Assur
ance society now has a profit of $9,
009,000 resulting directly from the or
ganization and purchase of these three
safe de|iosit companies by my father
and from the personal pecuniary risk
which he took in order to save the
Mercantile Trust company." He con
tinued:
"In short, at a great pecuniary per
sonal risk to himself my father took
up these safe deposit company busi
nesses, then an asset considered of lit
tle or no value and in which neither
the society nor the Mercantile Trust
company nor any of their directors
or stockholders were willing to In
vest, thereby producing a profit of
about $9,909,000 to the Equitable Life
Assurance society und Incidentally
erecting the safe deposit business
from an experiment into an establish
ed success.
"In view of these facts. 1 maintain,
and I think it cannot be gainsaid, that
no Just criticism can lie made of my
fattier for these transactions, obvious
ly entered Into not for the purpose of
personal gain to himself, lint for the
purpose of benefiting the society at
his own personal risk. 1 further call
attention to the fact that those leases
complained of were made either before
1 was born or during my childhood.
They have been a part of the records
of the society and open to the Inspec
tion of every superintendent of Insur
ance for from twenty to thirty years
past, during the greater part of which
time my father and the directors who
voted for these leases were alive and
could have explained the facts; but, so
far as I know, these transactions dur
ing all this time have remained un
challenged."
Referring to the Commercial Trust
company of Philadelphia, Mr. Hyde
says;
"The superintendent of insurance
reaches the conclusion that the Equi
table Life Assurance society has lost
a substantial sum of money by reason
of Its transactions with the trust com
pany, which conclusion, us I under
stand It, Is based mainly upon the
proposition that the trust company re
ceived 5 per cent on the amounts ad
vanced by it on agents' balances, while
it paid to the society only 3 per cent on
the society's deposits with It. In reach
Ing this conclusion the superintendent
seems to have overlooked the fact that
the society Itself collects 5 per cent
on these very agents' balances and re
ceives nlso 3 per cent on Its deposits
with the trust eompany, so that it sus
tains no loss by reason of this transac
tlon, while on the other hand, as the su
perintendent points out. It receives Its
share of the profits of the Commercial
Trust company In the form of divi
dends on the stock of the trust com
pany which it owns."
In his report Superintendent Hen
drlcks called attention to the fact that
when the capital stock of the Equita
ble Trust company was increased in
1902 from $500,901) to $1,000,000 the
Equitable 1,1 fe Assurance society was
entitled to take 2.335 shares of new
stock of this increase and that it only
took 005 shares out of the 2,335, and
that 1.070 shares, which it had a right
to take and did not take, were distrib
uted in tlie Hyde family.
Mr. Hyde's reply to this was:
"At tlie time when this Increase of
stock was made tlie Equitable Trust
company was by no menus an assured
success. The Equitable Life Alam
ance society already owned 2,335
shares out of Its 5,000 shares of capital
stock. There was no r.ia kit value fir
this stock, and none of it ha 1 boon sold
on the market The Equitable Life
Assurance society was also the owner
of ft majority of the capital stock of
the Mercantile Tru I company The
matter of subscribing for this addi
tional capital stock of tbe Equitable
_ ... i
?
Life Assurance society at that t:me
was to very largely Increase its hold
ings of stock In the Equitable Trust
company. I ;?*rsoually believed that
the Equitable Trust company could t*j
made a success, un.l I offered to take
all of the lucre ted stock which others
were unwilling to take and did a>>
"As it turns out, It would also hero
been a good investment for the s.? ."tjr
to have taken Its proportion of the In
creased capital st rlt 111 1002 at #loO
per share, hut unfortunately the sucl
ety had not then as accurate a rot - ep
tion of the mathematical f t of the
future as the superintendent of In
surance now has of the mathematical
facts of tl,e i ist Ulal could not In cer
tain that such a purchase at that time
would have been protiiutile."
The su{H-rtntendent of Insurance crit
icises the merger of the Western N i
tloual bank of the city of New York
and tile National Hunk of the United
States n New York ? ;> >n the g:si,u:-.l
that the so ety eoul-i liav - o! ' i. oil
$700 p> r share for ;ts >iitroll:,ig In
terest In the st Kk of the Western N'u
tional lank, hut that instead It ac
cepted $1110 per share for this stock.
Concerning this transaction vlr
Hyde sale
"I am not aware that any offer of $7- x;
per share was ever made for this stock
or auythlng like that sum, but 1 call
attention to the fact that the supcrln
tendent of Insurance Is mistaken Its
stating that what the society really
received for Its dock In tl Western
National hank of New Y'ork was $2tO
per share. What it received for eacU
?bare of this stock was $70 In rasln
and $1-10 at par of the Consolidated
bank. As a matter of fnct the stock
of the Consolidated bank was selling
at that time for $IKI0 per share, whlcf*
meant $%hi market value In stock of
the Consolidated bank, plus $70 In
cash, or altogether $010 per share mar
ket value, received by the society for
each share of the stock of the Western
National bank of the city of New
York, which It put Into the consolldu
tlon."
Mr. Hyde's defense of the syndicate
operations of "James II. Hyde and as
sociates" was similar to other state
ments that he has made ubont these
transactions. He denied Hendricks*
allegation that he (Hyde) Introduced
these syndicate transactions and relt
erated that he is willing that the
courts decide whether he Is legally en
titled to the profits derived therefrom.
Mr. Hyde concluded his statement as
follows:
"1 will not go further into details
concerning matters In the superin
tendent's reiHirt, most of which arc al
ready the subject of litigation, except
to call attention to the sujierlnteml
cut's statement that I 'did not hesitate
to extract from the society's treasury
$35'J,000 for his (myI stock in the Mis
souri Safe Iieposlt company.' The
facts about this was as I explained to
the superintendent, that tills sab of
my stock was made while I was in
Europe and was conducted on behalf
of the society by James W Alexander
"1 have been wronged by the inat
tentlon of tlie superintendent, us well
as of the hYtck committee, t > the evt
dence which 1 have given, the exhibits
1 have furnished and the statements I
have made as to thee syndicate trans
actions and other transactions com
plained of Tlie complaints against titc
seem to have received their anxious
and minute consideration, but iny an
swers to these complaints have been
completely ovei looked.
"Therefore 1 feel Justified in at least
Indicating to you some of the In
stances in which mistakes hare crept
Into these reports and in asking your
board of directors to suspend judg
ment on these charges until all tlur
facts are made clear.
Tobacco TnirM to Bullil u Clmrcli
J. P. Wltlirow, u merchant of Holli*
and Ellenboro, N. C? proposes to ue
dertake to build a church at Holli*
with tobacco tags, says a Norfolk, Ytt^
correspondent of the Washington Ptar.
He calls u[?si every tolmeeo chewer ivx
America to aid him In this work ami
tells them that they can contribute
their part to this Interdenominational
church by saving their tolmcco t igs.
Instead of throwing them away, ami
sending them to him at ltollls post
office, N. ('. Wlthr i v bought and sold
Jlt.MK) worth of tobacco last y a
which fact he points out will give a
very clear idea of ho" easy It will l?
to collect enough lags to btllld n
church, providing he received the c>
operation of cbewers of tobacco.
-a
Mai ne'l I>arKONf Town.
It surprises nmt Maine people to ?
lenrn tliut Maine's largest etty Is lo
cated In Massachusetts, and yet tJti s
condition of things is figured out by
the promoters of the new State of
Maine club, which Is making such a
prosperous begluulng In Boston, says
the Kennebec Journal. They say that
in what Is known as creator Boston
there are now living over ">0,<X>0 nu
tives of Maine, while, according to On
last census, Portland, which most ot
us have regarded as the largest Malm
city, has only 33,(?K) natives of Maine
Of course figure . aiiDot lie, und still
It will not come easy to us to sis-ak of
Boston ns the largest Maine city
Coqnrltn to Plio Part of n Doc
Edmund llostand announces for ?
winter a four act play, says ? 'arm
cable dispatch to the New York World
"Cbanteclore," In which all the .-bar
?cters art? either birds or animals B"
nolt Constant Co?pMlln will play a
great dog He got the Idea not trot:
Arlstophane's "Birds," bat from ? no*
el which Ooethe wrote on the Sesls <tr
tho old French "Till" of the Foot-" Tb?
dramatist Is busy In Purla huylug oh
books, literally by tho yard, "like *
nouvenu flche," ho Si vs. "for thrrv ??
no choicer decoration-' ? ? ? ills or ct r
ners than the fllgn' br?a tjf |
weather beaten totnc