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ciiaiilott;: daily ousluvi:: 1: CAPITAL'S POTY GRAFTS rKKQVISlTK! OF BIO OFFICIALS. -'" i. .1 .'i i ':'..,' ,,, Practice!, llany of Which Are Time Honored, Hist .Smooth the Way, . TIhmikIi Tlwy Cos Money--Alakn .; Frrtllo Field Mr. Locb and Ills ' Carrlag---Kale of Col ton Ku titles ' Temptation Afforded by ' Naval iv Jnnkcue Tlie Treasary'a - Clipping . IJiuvuThe Franking PriTlIcge. . Bjr GDORGK IIOBKRT AfJXKW. " Washington. Aug. II. Congress- . - :)i-w end Senators arc not I he only .. . .ofnreholders In Washington who en - 1; CJT lot of perquisites at the ex , pense of the people. Federal office , holdtrs generally, of the hither ;'-: grades, are In a position to net much IJJk for nothfr.g. The way 1 open to pet i i ; ty grsftlng, and wme of tho officials find It earlv In ttu'lr career. Home ' t Of the "perquisites," which are really small grafts, more or less question (., able, have the respect that come of great aye. It would be a difficult ' tak to root them out. If an cxtraor- dlnary Congress should be so dlspos V.f '; With the usual Congress, which '' ."Is only too glad to have Its share f the aoft things of life. It Is out of the "':)'.. question to suppose that It will put a V ' atop to the aoft snaps enjoyed by Federal official. AVbat la nicer after a hard winter. ', than a trip to Europe, with all ex penaea paid? Many officeholder I y. seem to think nothing la to pleamni. -"The bugolnglst-ln-chlcf of the Agrl : cultural Department, for Instance, J. Jear of a new. at ran re worm In "v. Ervnt. and li. the nleasant si'rtng- ; time he arrange tn lake his wife and go on a hunt for t!i reptile. The hunt l tedious and torfunu. unci 'lead up the Nile, m r.i to Sicily and Greece, and back thrmixh the Itlve ' fla and France. The people pay the bill. Sometimes the worm 1m aptur ed. and sometimes the trip bear no further fruit thai, an elaborate re port, with photograph" of scene along the nlle. and a sprinkling of bi ological terms. ALASKA A FKKTILK FIIM.O. The agrii ulturul ami geoloKlcal mterla of Al.ixka have a great Charm to the acienliln corps In Wahlngtoti In summer. No on ever heard of a scientist leaving Washington In winter. Hut when the asphalt begins to viulrni. and the Potomac turns to muddy vapor, and horse don their coquettish bonnets, the scientist hies to the Mulr glacier, and frolics with polar bears until It I safe to return to Washington. Of course, C'nele Hani pays the bill. It would t.ot be right to subject scien tist to the scotching Washington eammer Only department clerks are capable of withstanding "the heat of July," to use Kenator Hale's phrase. , Cabinet officers. If they are in clined to graft lit .ill, (In. I ih- oppor- tunltles read -inucle Their under lings take delllght Ii. showing them j tlet little grafts In the government their "perquisites." A Cabinet officer j service. This was the "press agetn" need not hire a coachman, a footman j game. The Isthmian canal commls or a chauffeur. unles he (houses. If slim originated It, anil the Idea was he Is a little easy III such matter, he ' so fetching that it hade fair to spread will find such si rants at his elbow, smiling and ready, and draw ing their pay from the Treasury. Formerly It was common to cee me n carried on the rolls as "clerks" mid "messen gers" who were kept busy hoeing the garden, currying the horses, driving the wife and baby, walling on the tn- ble, doing the marketing, ami other- '. 'Wtsa smoothing the thorny path of , i!tbe Cabinet oftlcer. or course, no ly'l' SUch horrible examples can he cited rffy nowadays or if they can. the w riter ,' prefers to let somebody else cite them. The pleasant graft of free horses and carriages has been largclv'Yur- tailed by t'ongress. which. finding V4 that the srraft did not extend to Sen ' ' slors and ('ongresimen. Indlgmmllv ; j put Its foot down upon this luxury of T the office-holding class. I'ntll recent ly the assistant secretaries sported their own ouTlngc or eomtiuindeer , ed those of their superiors when thev t Were out of liiwu The do yet. , once In a while, but a rule the V horae-and-carrluge ., -rtuli I In c oii lined tc Cabinet .cltl. . r l.tiKit has ins i Aituiun: Of Course. the President's . c le- ' iary has a sp.mkiiiK little i ig nl his ,: beck and c,i!l unci n,,. It. ld. nt's ,". assistant seir.'tar. who entries no s- I. Sages to the c',,,,l ,1,.M ,,,,, h.lV f fHt i tip Pennsylvania iiviiiii' But the ko.mI old i .image Krafl Ii not w hat li ii-. it t.i be Illgli o'lbleU Ii. the departments' dc not sav ion. h about the Mow el and fruit gratl. Tin nr.- mod. st. retiring fellows, atlil 1 1- don I cure for cheap notorletv. Tiny would he envied, natiinilly. If they were known to enjoy free ,,f , the choli e st i roses. hr mi nl heintiiiis, orchids. . tc ! from the govertiim tit gardens, as well a ran plants. Imi!Ih ;md Impoii. ed shrubs and li.es 'lhe do in.t csre to din iiss the baskets of grapes. with (he bloom still upon th. if'i which mm lie delU.rnl at their' doors from the covet niio nt propiiKut- j illg garden. The i. ;i. h. , pcui-, guavas. u.pie. ciuliiies and virions other fruits mown at the people's ex- ,' pense are .ill i y fii e, hut tiny1 would rather c!o with. mt them, pre- . sumably. than to have the mutter go- j Biped Shollt They lb, ,n si ek the ! envy of Ih.lr I. s foCnnale fellow- I tltltMons who nte fori i d to pay f.,r -what th'-y .ut. Ko th re is n,,t nm. It SStil a'witil these things In U asliltiK- j 1 ton. Kvcti i Inn u i uiiiin t iittlc. r 4 ' bones up se.i;ii buinired dollnrs' ' Worth of k'ii i t ii ii 1 1 ut plants mid j Shrubs and s. n.l th. m to his West. ern home foi ir.insiiaiitiiig, the m.it- 7 ter sttrsc is It t r ai'i niton I' .sdhiv i the public I- busy oi. u--t iik 'he ea,. , . ....... . i ine oiiKiessiniin w tin w km ho mi- ' fortunate an to I t. . t, , s. ndlug Ills la.imlr.. t....... i..- i.. -...i. ' ' ' os. i HII.I.IA Itl TAItt.i: IN MAII.H j Lsst winter ihe east -going Wash- ! c- , IngtonlBlis laiiKhed when It was ills ., v i covered that cerfuln army .iftl. . rs at ":''' Wsteru port line s.-nt a billiard -'j tsbla through the mails without pav-',- Ing postage, under ihe government frank. The laugh was caused, nut V ' ka. tfl..Aku...-l.u... . . . .. vj " susejenir in i lie uriiu, nut oe ;T7"'fause the olllcers had been so clum j.";', 91 as to be found e,ni There i '" V. BOtlllng absurd, of course, (n sending , ;V,-a billiard tslile thrnugh without de , tec tlon. " ; When the playful Inslnuntion was friade last winter that cow s w ere sent . " .-' thl Ough the mails under eongresston , sl franks, the CiTigressmen thought , It waa time to call a halt, and si tu r .-ally made an Investigation" of the ..charge. The cow could not be pro ' doced, and the committee triumph ; ; antl reporled thst the charge was baseless. Ho it Is officially estab ; llshed that cows, at any rate, are not ' smuggled through the malls. No In vestigation has been made regarding the i nailing of other things, and It is not unreasons ble to presume that ev erything except rows can be song j free ty a Congresaman or govern ' '' ment" ofticJol. ' "' ; One ' of y lha .- snost remunerative grafu of the sctentlfltf branches is the sale of Informatloo gathered at government ; penes. , ? President ' ;-i''i:''.Oiv, .rr I ,s ,'' ' -.. -,- 'J I Roosevelt tried to put a atoD to this but It "tilt flourlahea Ilka a green bay tree, . Soma scientific gentlemen who are paid good salaries, and who ex ploit to tha fullest the prestige of be ing - connected with tha government. itava bear, in tha habit of writing up tha result of their tnveetlgstlon and selling - tha product to magaslnes and newspaper. When tha scientific rent nit ii an assignment for tha summer to aoma pleasant, far-away place, with all expenses and aalary paid, and la then able to take HI em ployer' time In winter writing up tha results of hi aummer'a studies, which ha aella at good tlx urea on ac count of hie official eland In;. It con stitute a very neat graft. Indeed. II EH ELY SOLD COTTON STATIS TICS. It wa the discovery of a graft on thla order which raised tuch a rump ua In the Depurtment of Agriculture u year ago. An expert who had ac cess to the government crop re port a made a little deal with a Wall atreet friend and sold thla Information for a lump sum ai.d a flyer in the mar ket. No one know how much mon ey he made before he was stopped, lie whb dismissed from the govern ment service and might have fared badly. If Congress had not forgotten the formality of enacting a law to punish such rascality. A It was, hi fared very well, li.li.g allowed to de part with the money he had made. The rallrouda are very good to the higher government official. It la unneivssary to mention the sumptu ous free train alway furnished to the ('resident. That haa been abolished, slrce the t2.r,.000 appropriation waa made for the President's traveling ''jpensea. and It would be lea majeste to call It a ernft. anyhow. Other .fill In Is are pretty well treated. One Treasury officii! I. In particular, Is on the roiic! most of the time, some times In a private car. He Is reck oned a poor man, and ho far as known, he has not turi.ed In an ex pense account' for his rail road fare and special cars. So It Is presumed that the downtrodden cor porations have been Imposed upon again. fine clever little piece of work exe cuted by another high treasury of f)c In I was to go to Alaska or. official business and then, after reaching the Territory at government expense, grant himself leave of absence for a couple of months while he looked after his mining claims and other In vestments. When he was ready to come home he merely put an end to pointed, through the courtesy of a his leave of absence, when he be- I frin,, to examine an old North sv"hr came. f course, a government otfl- ollna newspaper. In which was prlnt tial again and was ex-ofTlclo entitled j eel much that Is Intereatlng now be to free transportation back to Wash- cause of the memories Inspired. The Ington. This government official paper Is The Catawba Journal, dated was greatly envied by his less clever c Tuesday morning, February 14th. associates when the trick was ex- j "'. published at Charlotte. This ..lull,-, i t ii,. ... ,.n iku ,,!, urn lent sheet, sere and yellow with PHF.SS AOKNT C.A.MR JJLOCKFI). fc.ngress and the newspapers last i "our gallant and worthy towns i,,i..r ,.., .I....K. ,i ,! vim-i man. Brig Oen. Robert B. Johnston. what promised to be one of the pret- j to every department of the govern- I ment. The c anal commission, smart- ! Ing under the criticism or the press. hlrccl a gentleman t $10,000 a year, gave him the title of "historian." ami set him to work as press agent. It was his duty to offset the press re- i ports bv roaeatu storks of work at ! I'linuniu; to meet newspaper men and give them the ilaht "steer" as to what was going on In Panama ami otherwise tu see that the public got from Panama only the bright, sweet side of things. (if course the press agent wus required to defend the commission when It was brutally at tacked bv the newspapers. This novel plan of using the peo ple's money to hoodwink the people was Introduced by former railroad I . i men. w in test l ei before he Con- gnss committee (hat press agents Mere ImllspenHllile lii all big corpora- , t H in enterprises, and they did not s. m liny difference In the cuse of the gov ) eminent They thought tlO.OOil a year was well expended If the press j agent siici ceded 111 convincing the j public that the commission was nl- j ns tight and doing tin- right! '. thing. I Tln-re were signs that other d--, part tin nt s ,f the government w ere ; ' all. on to adopt the brilliant "press 1 agent" Idea w hen Congress sUeh In d , the thing. The Ptesldent took n hand, loo ii nd nominated Mr. Ulshop. the resM ngi'tit In ipiestlon, to be ,i no mher of (tie i ottimisslon and lis seiii-taiv at a higher salary than h.' had In-, n receiving lis press llgenl C. .unless, however, failed tn coiitliin tills nolo I mi I ion, and Mr. Ulshop has subsequent I been left off the com mission, lie remains Us secretary,; but his usefulness as press agent Is obscured, if not ec llpscd. Tl ally discouragement of the 'press iisTciil" graft by Congress was j a great disappointment to several IiIkIi utile iul". who saw In It an nd mltabl" in. thud of counteracting painfully finnk irltlclsm. If each ex- 1 ei'tiilvc de-pa it ment Iliiel n eeMid lively, pre ss agent, there would be n lpw h mure I lleerful eW of the situation' In Washington. Tills, of course, ' would reassure Ihe people throughout j the country, and the national health would he coriesponcllngly benefited. The K' ''"tct fin tor of American tu t -voiisii. and dyspepsia Is worry. Tlie press agent plan would have pre vented worry and substituted a hnl-i-yon unci roseate assurance fifth-lnl cliilcs are not at hII pleaseol with the oltleluiisi.es. of Congress In this mat ter. TKKASCRV'S CMPPINU IH'KKAl' Perhaps the nearest approach 1" a pns agent In the government ser vice is (he Treasury clera who goe iiri.ugh the newspapers nnd digests I .... ... . . tiiem ror H.-creiary mmw. wno has no time to read the papers. This ch-rk was discussed by Ihe Inquisitive people, who "wanted to know, you know." The Assistant Hecretury en. vine ed the Congressmen that the Treasury puss clerk was a useful In stitution, and that the Treasury would be handicapped . If not disabled, without him. Ho an appropriation was made for Mm last winter and h Is now a permanent attache. lie Koes through the papers which are paid for by ihe government, of course -and picks out whatever he thlks the Secretary and his assistants would like to rend. If a newspaper should say something nice about the Treas ury, for Instance, this clerk would i lip Ihe article and send It to Ihe Kec retury by one of Ihe force of messen gers placed at Ills disposal. Or If an other paper should declare! that Her retary Hliaw's boom for the Presi dency was waxing big or that hi Speeches were might y fine, the artlflu would be clipped and sent to the Heo-retary- "government free, of course -wherever he might ,b speaking. Thus the Secretary Is kept in con slant touch with the public sentiment of the country, and Is better able to make speeches that strike tha popu lar chord. Everybody knows, of course, how r.avst vessels are used as "perquis ites" of the officials who are form- Jr. :.- v- ','? . .. 7"i i. ft.:-!-- . "J ' ' . . "f. 44, ,; - ', r 'iv'-i'v ."' V,;. -.'.-r Vf - pate-, enough to commandeer them. Tha '. President, a commander-in-chief of tha army and navy, haa no irouoia i in aecurtng : an appropriate veasei ior ramtiy outing, and occaa iui.a , vi ceremony, ana mer la no puoiio protest against thia use of gov ernment property, ;r !' NAVAL JUNKETS ARB TEMPTING. Sometime, however, there la a' lit tie growl from .the pre when one of the Assistant gecretarlea of tha Navy find that an Inspection tour 'of mv navy yaraa i necessary to lone up Ms health, and takes a tig fcaval vessel for his conveyance. These In spection trips are nothing mora than costly Junkets at tha expense of the Treasury. The navy yarda are. so temptingly located, however, . tear fashionable, summer resorts that tha average Assistant Secretary - haa not the moral courage to resist tha temp tation. ' '. v One of the Junkets that has met with universal approbation, costly aa It Is, Is the trip of tha Secretary of 8tate around South America. ; The expense of this trip will, be quite large, but the object aimed at Is ao Important, ard tSocretary Root I ao obviously the only man who can ac complish It. that the use of govern ment fund In this connection la uni versally approved. Tha cruiser Charleston, upon which the Secretary and hie family are traveling. I on of the finest verael In the navy. It wan specially arranged for the trip, extensive alterations having been made In the admiral's quarters, which are occupied by the Root family. No or.e begrudges this Junket aa one of the perquisites of Secretary Root. Af ter all. It Is no small tax upon hi strength to pass from arctic to trop ic weather und back, braving the pamperos of the Klver Plata, running the gauntlet of Magellan, and risking! the' Infection of dlaease at such un healthy porta as Klo and Guayaquil. It Is certBln that Secretary Root did not arrange this Junket for the pleas tire It would afford. In this respect his outing differs greatly from some of those enjoyed by other officlaus at the people's expense. AN IXTKRKiSTINO KEIJC. Old Copy of The Catawlta Journal, luhlMiel at Charlotte In 1865, Stir .Memories Has Tribute to lien. JoIiiimIoii and Account of Capt. W. K. Arilrvy' Marriage A Dearth of Advertising. Th, f 1 ., r . r ti tt. raeenflv been age. has thla paragraph among Its editorials: I ' 1 ""J""1 " ' ,,,',,,',; ll , '.Ml u .ll.'ll luii.'unia. .... ' uviiv - well aware of the noble services ren ili-red by thla efficient officer upon many of our bloodiest battlefields. Leaving home at the commencement of our struggle as a captain, he has, i by hard fighting and skill us a soldier, won the position he now tills so hon- oruhly to his native Mate. .Another Interesting Item, under the heading "From Hclow," w hich Is cred ited to "Chronicle and Sentinel, Mb," what "Chronicle and Sentinel" Is not stated Is as follows: "It Is stated that a portion of Sher man's iirmv cut the Carolina Rail road Just below Wllltston yesterday, and proceeding down the road tearing It up lis they proceeded. It Is stated that both HlMckwell and Barnwell Court House have been burned. Hliic kwell Is forty-seven miles from Augusta by the railroad. Barnwell Court House Is eight miles this side. It Is thought there will be no advance toward Augusta. It Is supposed by many that hliermnn win aovance ai . ..i i.i.. i once oo . omnium, in iuh, i Another Item. In the form of a communication to the editor of the paper, whose name by the way Is nowhere mentioned In the sheet, re lates Uw unusual di'iith of a deserter from the army In a cave twenty miles west of Charlotte. According to the , writer of the communication, a son 1 of the deserter took him food and coal ! for fii'-l and returning later found : that the fumes from the coal fire ! he had lighted had suffocated the de serter. i The burning of the court house at Asheylll.. on the morning of the 28th of January Is related as live Item, as Is the fnct thnt Oen. John C. Rrerk ! enrlelge had entered upon his duties us Secretary of War on the 7th In stant In anoTher column the odium ..r Yankee rule 111 the city of Savannah Is i oiniiii nt.-el upon, anil the action of tin. commander there, (len. deary. In compidllng a Savannah belle, who declined to walk under the stars and stripe's, to "promenade up and down under the hateful symbol for an hour, us ii warning to similar offenders." Another live news Item Is this: "FATAL ACCIDENT Mr. A. C. Miller, u very worthy citizen of this county, who resided five miles from charlotte on the Htatosvllle roatl, was Instantly killed on Friday afternoon, loth Inst., m-nr where his negroes were cutting down a tree on new greetind. He saw a dog lying by the Hie. nnd thinking the animal In danger, started to drive him out of tench of the branches of the tree. While doing so the tree-fell on him, killing him Instantly." I 'nder the heading "Married," Is this announcement: "(in the JUst of January, IMS, in Mecklenburg county, N. '., by the Rev. It. Johnston. Capt. William K Ardrey, company K, JOth N. C. troops, to Miss Mag M. Robinson, daughter of Wm. P. Robinson." This Interesting relic, of U pages, prints Just a little over a column of advertisements, and carries among tin-in a few runaway slave announce ment, the curd of I.lncolnton Fe ,.. r eieill oi inna male Seminary, "for the spring ses- h small announcement from a physician, and a lengthy ad vert Isement suiting forth the merit of "H.ntthrrn Hepactlc Pills." She Merely Wanted Hill. Dundee Advertiser. A dear old lady who had never left InT native village before decided lust summer to pay a flying visit to Portsmouth to see her son, a sailor. The excursion train landed her at the harbor station. Wandering down to ihe pontoon In a daied fashion, she was hustled Into a boat by an enter taining boatman, and before she had recovered from her astonish fienl found herself by tha side of the Vic tory. I .ook Ing up tn awe at the Imposing , old hulk, she sided a sailor's face beaming at her from a porthole. Im mediately light dawned on her pusslsd brain, and she yelled out: "Is thla the navyT" "Yes, mum,'- was tha apologetic re ply. 'Then tell our Hill I wante 'lm," she commanded. "Your llllir wonderlngly queried the tar... .,-,..., , "Yea. my Billhe's In tha navy,? waa tha- lucid reply. .v ',.. f ;.; CboiiyThe Kentlst had a terrible Urns Oiling my tonth, , y arcssmus-Probsbly the esvity I tended right tnte your head, , - - , w f L""'",s v.. -' 'Vv'M v.? - :, LONDON JiEWS AM! GOSSIP HUSII PAIITV HAS 'OX VICTOUT Outcome of th Preaent Situation In Kugland .Will be a Ltemand for, a Parliament for ticxMlsiul Notes! MrtlKMllet Preaclier Cumin to tl ( Wat.-i Ik, Klng'a Vlail to , J-r- ,. many Ttv Outlook In ltunaia Not ; ,1-roi'iislng aniUIaIs , lit , Natal, y i BT STTDDERT CAMPBELI. i i t. ; , , -, ...... . London. Aur. f l.-The ouiescenca Of the Irish nirlv In tha Housa at vvmmoni ainoa the overwhelming a feat of tha Unionist nartv and the as sumption of power by the- Liberate haa bean 'a remarkable and signifi cant feature ' of tha political altuac won. Kemarkable beeause It U dim- cult to keep your Irish member atlll when there la any game afoot, and gmncant because there - haa I bean plenty. of goad, hunting. .. . Ona thin la aa certain aa anvthlna can be In politics: the Irish party haa won a victory for Ireland. But the battle waa fought and won at the psychological moment. Thla , waa wnen sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man waa campaigning In If 05. It la quite an open secret now that John iteamona at that time received an absolute .. promise from tho present premier. Just what that promise waa Redmond haa never revealed,' even -to hl Intimates, but he haa told enough to keep hla followers quiet and make it possible for, roe to announce that within the next twelve months a modified form of home rule" will b n effect In Ireland. Thla phraaa. a "modified form of home rule," has become somewhat hackneyed, and la uaed oulte fre quently by political . prognostication who don t know what they are talk ing about. The fact la that control of Ireland's domestic affairs will he pleaced In the hands Of Irishmen elected by Irlah votes. In a sense, thla win be a parliament: in fact. It Will be a board, Vr commission. The queer tlon of the Church will be eliminated and It Is hoped that educational -questions will be arranged between Pro testants and Roman Cftthollce so. aa to effectually prevent that religious clash that haa so far prevented any thing that bore even the semblance of peace and good will among men tn Ireland. I am, In fact. Informed that the agreement has already ben reached, and that the Roman Catholics have promised to keep handsvoff. receiving In return certain concessions. At any rate, the new day lias dawned for Ireland, and a country that has been cursed by discontent and confused by the hase of misrepresentation will become the best part of the United Kingdom. Estates that have run down through neglect and poverty will be restored, and the Irish people who have left their own land to seek their fortune In the West will turn their faces once more to the little green Island where the sun of pros perity Is shining. .. A SCOTCH PARLIAMENT. The outcome of all this will cer tainly be a demand for a parliament for Scotland. The bill has been pre pared, and Mr. Perle. Liberal mem ber for the northern division of Aber deen, takes It very seriously. Mr. Perle, like many members of the Liberal government, demands lo cal self-government for Kngland, Ire land. Scotland and Wales. The bill provides for a single chamber, to deal with purely Scotch legislation. It will be defeated, but I am told' the Scotch question Is likely to become very acute before the present Par- Jlament Is prorogued. TUB OCTDOOK IN RUSSIA. Tho rumor thnt M. Stofypln pro poses to hold the elections for the next Douina in November appear to have Interested the London Stock Exchange, as no doubt It was meant to do. Russia fx nearer to bankrup tcy than at any moment In the last few years and her recent escapes have been both narrow and numer ous and doubtless the bureaucracy will attempt once more to Juggle with the promise of a Douma. It does not follow, even If the elec tions bajgan In November and could be forced through, that the new Dou ma would meet before the appointed date In March. In the second place, though the government TYiay bring the horse to the water, It cannot make him drink. Hy prosecuting all the ex-members who signed the Vy borg manifesto. M. Ktolypln has ren dered them Ineligible for election. Will their parties consent to put forth other candidates? The peasants are determined to boycott any fresh elec tion.', (since In their view the old Douma legally exists. Fnally, the chances are. that In October the agra rian war ami the postponed general strike will hrenk out over all Russln. dYPSY SMITH AND THE STATES. Oypsy Smith, the noted Methodist preacher, w ho Is to spend five months In the rnllecl States under tho au spices f the national congregational evangelistic committee, nails from Europe on the 2IUh of September. He w ill spend nil of October conduct ing a series of meetings In New York city, and throughout November will conduct evangelistic meetings at Tre mont Temple. Boston. December will be siient In other New Kngland cities. The first two weeks of Jan uary will be spent In Chicago nnd m February and March he will Kilt Illi nois nnd Iowa. In n letter to Don. O. Sholton. secretary of the national cvunajoMtlc committee. Mr. Smith says; I am looking lorwaril with great expecta tion and hope to accomplish vhat should be the grestast work cf my life." Invitations .for Mr. Smith's services which could not be accepted hnv been received from a largo number of lending cities In the Unit ed States and Canada. KINd'S VISIT TO OKRMANY. When Kngland' relations with dermatiy are again quite normal and satisfactory, as they shortly will be, it will cease to be a matter of comment that King Kdward shosld visit the German Emperor. Indeed, It might rather be considered stange it inn King passed tnrougn cuerntan territory without psylng a visit to his nephew. There is, therefor, no tftlrs nt H tl to look for special reasons to ex plain so natural a 1 proceeding, nnd least of nil need we Imagine a con ference of sovereigns to tendn. ! vice lo the Csnr. Aa a matter of fact, the arrangements for thla visit were made at least two mont'.is ttgo, vlthnut reference trt the affilta of any other state, and without any other Intention except that of n friendly meeting between uncle and nephew. A little later. Mr. Haldsns will go to Germany, and also .probably be tha guest of (ho Kslsor. who Kill no doubt enable Mm to boo something of the organisation of the Citrtnan army. That also Is as It slmuM Ih. ana the mora there la of this friendly coming and going Of distinguished people between tha two'wuntrio rba better It will bo for both. , CANNiRAUt IN NATAts A It seehTs almost ; Incredible,' ' but there exists at present In the rnlony of Ntttal a Sect of native4 who are addicted to cannibalism. Thanka to tho strictness - of msglaterlal super-1 vision, they rarely have an oppoifl- nity of gratifying tneir, viie longing for human' flesh, ... .-,;i)""" -, The oannibala live In th VnUejr of tha Umkomaaa river, some distance from Richmond, the eoena of the murder of 'Sub-Inspector Hunt In thai early part of this year, and are known AM "M.H'.lunKi.,-, ' ' A recent tra of three "witch doc tors' in Natal for tha murder of soma young native girls disclosed tlii xlatonce of thla terrible oneniM; fut the evidence wa unfortunately in sufficient to convict them. Kating certain, portions of tha human body Ii recommended aa euro for several TOUNQ 4 .WHITNEY'S GROUSE - , " MOOKS.V.VV Mr. Harrr Payne . Whitney, tho well-known . New York -. millionaire, who aoma years ago aequlrod tha grouse moors at Holwlcav has ' or. rived : thero for a fortnight j . shoot Ing. He was accompanied hy . rty of American sportsmen, tnclud nr Mr: John i Harrlainon. cousin of Mr.', K.- H; Harrlman, - the railway "king." ', Mr. Whitney rontly spent 100.000 sounds on bis estate ana retd aenoo at Hoi wick Castle. v . DEFENSES OK liLOODHOCNDS. Some Stonta XKin by tlie Animal In our waitrr v Hcott'e jvovcia siaoe Basis of Plea for tha Houndt Against onalangtito of Uli Critlcn. . . . T6 tho Editor of Tha Observer? ' Ona of yor correspondent onca said that our 8tat waa known abrosd as a place ao far; bohtnd In tha march of civilisation that Its Inhabitants still observed tho Sabbath and read Scott's noveia. xour paper tmucn io ma joy of Its readers) has removed from Its own door tho first part of thla charge and now sends out seven Issues every week. But what good Is to be sub served by your not reading Scott's novels r i take it for granted that you are not familiar with the writings of that author; for, If you had ever read the "Talisman." you would not continue t pain your readers by con tinued slurs upon bloodhounds. The "gentle readers" who have perused thst work will recaTl how, during one of tha Crusades, tha royal banner of England waa stolen from St. George's mount, and the hero of the story (whose duty It waa to guard It. but. wno nad left it to pay a uttie social call) was about Xo lose his lady-love. has his head chopped off and suffers other Inconveniences-as a consequence of his neglect. But this hero 'had confidence In hounda and left one to watch the banner. With the assist ance of this animal was afterwards detected the Marquis of Montserrat who had stolen the banner, and con sequently the hero got back In good standing with King Richard, married Edith Plantagenet, and later on turn ed out to be the disguised heir to the kingdom of Scotland. Now how could things be more delightful, and 11 with the help of a hound. But I wish especially to call your ttentlon to the few remarks msde on he subpect of King Richard when the Marquis wss t pulled from his orse Dy tno aog ana K.ing rniup or France had declared that "the word of a Knight and a Prince should bear Mm out against the barking of a cur." To thia It was that Richard replied: "Royal brother, recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be the companion of our pleasures snd our tolls, hath Invested him with a na ture noble and Incapable of deceit. He forjrets neither friend nor foe re members, and with accuracy, both benefit and Injury. He hath a share of man's Intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood. You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false ac cusation; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor he la the friend of man. save when man justly Incurs his enmity. Dress yon Marquis In what peacock-robes you will dis guise his appearance alter his com plexion with drugs and washes chide him among an, hundred men I will yel pawn my sceptre that the hound detects him, and expresses his resent ment aa you have this day beheld. This Is no new Incident, although a strsngo one. Murderers and robbers have been, ere now, convicted, and suffered death under such evidence, and men have said that the finger of dod was In it. In thine own land, royal brother, and upon such an oc casion, the matter was tried by a solemn duel betwixt the man and the dog, as appellant and defendant In a challenge of murder. The dog was vic torious, the man was punished, and the crime was confessed. Credit me, royal brother, that hidden crimes tiave often been brought to light by the testimony even of Inanimate sub stances, not to mention animals far Inferior In Instinctive sagacity to the dog who Is the friend and companion of our race." Of course, Mr. Edltor,bloodhounde sometimes fail, and no one knew this better than the above quoted Sir Walter Scott. In the "Lsady of tho Lake," when "The deep-mouthed bloodhound's heavy bay Resounded up the rocy wa.y," the game was never captured. Again, too, In the "Lay of the Last Min strel," William pf Doloralne was one who "By wily turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffled Percy's best blood hounds." In a note to the last mentioned poem It Is said: 'The Kings and hemes of Scotland, as well as Che border-riders, were sometimes oblig ed to study how to evsde the pursuit of bloodhounds. Harbour -Informs us that Robert Bruce wss repeatedly tracked by sleuth-dogs. On one oc casion he escaped by wading bow shot down a brook, and ascending Into a tree by a branch which over hung tho water; thus, leaving 'no trace -on land of hla foot-step,, he baffled tha scent." Arter this Scott gives us a quota tion along the same line from an ancient poem called, "The Bruee," which runs as follows: "Rycht to tho burn thai passyt ware. Lt" r - ) MAP HUOW1MJ HAMPTON KOAllS ASU VICINITY, ANT TUB SITE Or' Tlie wirare4 voyasm eroded tlie j Jamestown, May lith, MOT. ' " : " h 1 wide mouth of the Chesapeake, ami landed nt a point which was an picas Ing In tta wealwth of fragrant flower, Its sort brresee . ami soothing quiet, tliat they nanM4 It Point Comfort. ' Then, after resting a day or two, tlwjr sailed np a broad placid river, wlilclt. In honor of their King, called the James. At a point ahoat 40 mile from the mouth they chose a place on an Island, or peninsula, and.' going svshorc, began - the- settlement , of COUN CMCKBtrS COMMENT MOKE ABOUT S CMMErt KCIIOoi Tl ToaHiera Hear an Address on the : Betterment of N liool lloust'w .Mucli Progrtfis Along That Une In Clove lanU Ili KUucatloiial J tallies llav- lug Vlelble ;fTect Itebullding Ituthcrfordtoa's Burned Dlstrlit A A Urotrsque ' Backgrouna Which Was Omitted lYoru a J'hotogrspli. BIT COttW C BACKER. Aa another feature of the aummer school at this place. Miss Moore, of Oreensboro Normal School, addressed tha teachers recently on the associa tion for betterment of ac-hools. -,-,' The report from many sections 'of the State waa indeed gratifying, and things are taking shape In thia sec tlon for decided Improvement In tha future, i"':-c -V.i.: i' .-' -I'V'.,. .The members of the' associations Of Polk and Rutherford t. counties, which ' praetlcally comprise all the teacher In attendanoe. have .agreed to bear the expenses of a. delegate from each county to the next meeting of the Teachers' Assembly, to get new memoas ana new - inspiration '. from the members from - alt parte of the State. .--..'. .-1 ,. .v .-..- While, discussing what v has . heen done by Polk and Rutherford coun ties. It la a courc of gratification to me that Cleveland la alao roinr for. Ward in thla respect by leave and bound. ' Prof. B. T. Falls haa proven himself a man of executive ability and several new houses have, been built, and about seven . districts have voted the local tax. . ,. y The movement-, for betterment of school houses wag Inaugurated two year since bjr the efforts or at least under auaplcea of Mlaaea Leah Jones and Royster. while Prof. J. A. An thony waa county superintendent In the last year of his administration of thia office two districts' voted a spe cial tax for educational oumoses. and Up-to-date houses were built. During the two yeara of tha admin istration of Supt. Falls the work has been prosecuted with seal . and en thusiasm. ' - Much of the recent progress along these llr.es la due the work of the ladlea above named by Prof. Alexan der Graham and State' Auditor B. F. Dixon. , . On Saturday last Profs. Judd and Wray, with Miss Royster. went on a pilgrimage to .Greers Creek, in Polk county. They had "heap big talk" and cre ated great enthusiasm for the cause or popular education. The tiutlook, at present. Is en couraglng. for the masses are be coming Interested. The matter of lm proving rondlttona tn thla as In every other laudable enterprise, depends or. awaking the public conaclence. Legislation Is a move tn tho right direction in any field of endeavor, but until public sentiment Is groused,- all lawa on the statute books are ss dead letter. Efficient teachera know that the fields are white unto the harvest, but when an obscure public txchool teachef agitates a measure for Improvement he Is often accused of mercensry motives and is, truly. a prophet without honor In his own country. Aa an encouraging. sign of tho times.- the educational rallies emsr.atlng from this Institute, and from the one held last year in Cleve land, were well attended and had vis ible results. Fsrmers who hsve heard the subject of agriculture as present ed In the masterly manner by Prof. Z. V. Judd have been heard to de clare they caught practical and use ful ideas. The same applies to the skillful and captivating manner tn which Miss Royster presents language lea sons, composition work, properly, ge ography and the betterment of school houses; aa well as the primary work of Mrs. Rncker. and the teaching of history and arithmetic by Prof. Joe 8. Wre.y. Many of the unwashed and woolly necked cama to scoff and remain to pray. Mcr.flon has been made of the ex cellent lectures by Capt. W. T. R. Bell, Dr W. L. Potest and Rev. C, B. Justice, and Dr. Gilbert Pearson, of Greensboro. Is expected this week. It will ba remembered that this town, a few weeks since, sustained a disastrous fire. The burnt district Is being rebuilt finer thsn ever, and the houses of D. F. Morrow, Esq., Miller end Rollins, Clerk of Court M. O. Dlckerson are nearlng completion. An enterprising photographer ex posed two plates getting a group of teachera and faculty. This will, doubtless, be a thing of beauty and a Joy forever, but I should prefer, for real scenic display, a group or the onlookers in Vienna. Taking a group of any crowd draws like a dog fight, ar.d the background was a grotesque assembly. The un washed, the bearded of every hue and variety, as well ss every stlye of at tire were in evidence. Then It was a moving alght to see the dogs and ancient crow-bait horses In every stage of decay. Mark Twain was asked If he had ever heard Col. Bob Ingersold lec ture on "The Mistakes of Moses." Msrk said he had never Invested a dollar to hear the gifted colonel, but would cheerfully give ten dollars to hear Moses on the mistakes of ln- But the sleuth-hund made stinting thsr, And waneryt lang tyme ta and fra. That he na certain gate couth ga. Till at the last thst John of Lorn Persuvlt tho hund the sleuth had lorne." As the reader wancryts ta and fra among the above beautiful lines, he may come across some passages the sense of which may seem a little ob scure. In which event he can gain en lightenment from a member of The Observer's staff who is a clansman of "McNeill, wild Baara'a ancient Thane," M. DELANCRT HAYWOOD. Raleigh, Aug. 0, 1106. "Ttio If Utorr of Our "CVmnlr. v i KDWARD 8. ULL1H, A. M. -f- The 'former site ef Jamestown 4s now a tittle Island In the James river, approximately half way , between Rlehmnnd and "Norfolk, . . - t, The land was formerly little pen insula but the teck connecting It with the mainland has been ao washed out that water now constantly flows, making an Island. ' , . . - '. j ... gersoll. Your humble, survaut was snxlous to get a picture of that at tractive arrsy of beauty and talent, nd borrowed thirty-five cents to-, bo a stockholder' in the enterprise.. . But he would cheerfully five J SO -If. he could borrow It for the group In the background end perspective, One man looked Ilka, the portrait of Huck Finn's "pop," and the flerte dragoman ' with his sash of many . (olds, his ancient horse pistol and a gun,' waa certainly a spectator."' -. X am further willing to make affi davit that Twain's horse, "Bsalbeo," was alao, In the galaxy of, freaks ana curious. ' ' '. 'i V" '"."'. .- , REJECTS A ; MILLIONAIRE. . ',-'' -'-'' '-. ' '- ' T ,f lie Has Automobiles and Yacfita, But :, She Tliiuks Illm Too Old William Ileal Do Ks-aft, Importer of Ksscii ' '. tlal Oils, Woecd Hla Typewriter Girl tr "In Vain. : - .. ... . :., ,- '. -; .-.:, , New York Special, I Oth tOWashlng ton. ' ' .-, Post. :'-vS.'i('i,-;'ri.V-.'i'w.;.yV0,v.B;.:'. , : Miss Lola Allee; the first typewriter! girl to: refuse marriage to a million I" aire.' rested , to-day in Her home at ' S0 Weat ; Elffhty-elghth ; street, little ' ' the 'worse in nerves for her exciting v ordeaL'. Her mother aerveyed the fu- :-. jure and calmly discussed the kdvlsa-' ' ; billty of herself applying for the, po sltion scorned -by her daughter. , , . William Real De Kraft eat in his Odlce on the fifteenth floor of 17 Bat -tery place and looked out i over the ' ' smiling waters, but did not smile htm . V self when reporters called with re- h spectful sympathy and some Uttlo cu. ., rlostty for additional details aa to how ' -Miss Lota, who Is seventeen, threw htra over became he was more than 1 three times her age. Mlsa ' Lois is about four feet s(x ' 4 Inches tall and perhaps fifteen inches. ; s wide. She , has big black eyes and , black hair.'1 Maybe she weighs more , ' tban 76 pounds. . . t ' Mrs.- Alee Is also petite, black-hair- ' ed and black-eyed. She la the more Ingenuous by far. 4, Mother, and daughter agreed that Mr. Do Kraft owns -four automobiles . and three, or four yachta. and that nla Income Is between $1,000,000 snd $2,000,000 a year. Lois aosoroed tnu x Information while attending' to hi -correspondence. "But Lois wouldn't marry any man Just for his money, and neither would I." declared. Mrs. Alee. "As soon as Lois came home and told me that . Mr. De Kraft, wanted to marry her I put on rhy things and went down to see him. I waa mad. I Just tell you," but he talked 'so honorable 1 got to ' , look at things as he did." "Mr. De Kraft asked me to marry. -him most all Tuesday," aatd Miss Lois, "but It was late In the afternoon when he pressed me and got angry I and said I waa wilful when I refused him. "I'll bet that boy who waa cleaning the halls told the newspapers. He seemed to scrub and scrub Just out side the door all the while Mr. De Kraft was urging me; My! I'll bet that place is clean." "We come of a good Southern fam ily," put In Mrs. Alee. "My daughter was born at Princess Anne, Va. My husband is dead, and I substitute at typewriting. "I'm going to see Mr. De Kraft, as my business Is 'substituting as a typewriter, snd. of course. Lots has had to leave there. I would be tha last girl In the world to marry a " man for his money, but I'm compe tent to tske full charge of an office, and while I wouldn't make no ad- -vances. things could take "' their course." Mr. Do Krsft is clean shaven, ,tall, courtly and well dressed. He la an ' Importer of essential oils. He was st his office this morning, urbane and hospitable, until reminded that his fame rested upon his being the first . millionaire to have hla marriage pro posal rejected by a typewriter. Then It waa Mr. De Kraft turned an un smiling face. Go way. Please go way," he he- seech ed. "No! No! Nothing to say!" "Mrs. Alee's coming down for that vacancy." he waa told. "Cheer up. . , , "Go 'way! Lemme alone! No! No! Nothing to ssy!" An Impulsive Boy King. McClure'a Magaslne. Sensational journalists have an- nounced that the King of Spain was extremely eccentric, if not deficient In Intellect: but exactly the opposite Is true. He ,1s exceedingly clever. though too Impatient of restrain to be much of a student. He bids fslr. as his character develops with expe rience, to show his mothers diplo matic tact, mingled with an engaging Impulsiveness all hla own, which wins hearts aa she never could. He Is quick to make decision, I really interested In the welfsre of his people, snd his selfishness Is merely ' the selfishness of high-spirited youth, esger to do anything that Is really worth doing. He Is easily moved through- his affee. Hons, though it Is all but Impossible to Influence In him any. other way except through his sense of Justice, The King has a boyish fnashton of Imposing his own will on every one around him. He does this so gaily, so smilingly (If nut In one of his som. her moods or pride) that even peonPN Who hsve decided to oopose him find themselves pleased that he should do as he likes. Not a Bargain. , Philadelphia Press. "But surely. Miss Roxley knew when she accented, the count that he was worthless." "Yes: but he nroved to be twice as worthless ss she thought him." "How was thst?" "She thought she was ;olne to "et htm for a million, but he cost her two million." TUlS 4AMKSTOVV!tf KXIHJ8ITIOX. The exposition will hot be on thlsN Island but will be on the shore of , Itampron; ttoans, w magninceni nar- . bnr. The location Pf the exposition is v ' shown at A, .',' '.-; ' (j v;f,.;v-.l. v i. Tha grounda will be connected by , trolley with Norfolk and Portsmouth.,; By host there wilt be connection with i Norfolk, Portsmouth;. Berkeley, v Old ' . point Comfort, 1 Hsmpton, Newport News, Cspe Crfarles and other points, i v Excursion hosts will also run .to ' Jameatown 1nM. ''jf"
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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