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c;iai:loxte daily ob3i:kylr, august si, icoa t - i if. : 1 if.. r I- - i - ' i ) TIl -SPORTING WORLD BASEBALL YESTERDAY National tongue. Chicago 2; New York L , Bt. Louis 0; Brooklyn 2. -Cincinnati 2; Boston 0. V. ' ' f . American lueague. Detroit 1; Cleveland . ' V ? Memnhls !l Nashville 3 (called four- teenth, darkness). - ! :. . Mobile Si Atlanta f. ' ' ' . New 'Orleans 1: Birmingham 0. r .. .: ijistcrn League. -.,V-7'- : Montreal 1; Baltimore f. - vxt Rocky Point: Providence 4; Roches ter 2. Second -. game Providence f; Rochester I- . ' -v 1 , ' .STAND IX O Oh CLCBS. : 'i ''-. NATIONAL. LEAGUE. - -v.-'V;".'. f '-;.-!, v ' Won. Lost New York .. .. . ...' Chicago ,' .' ;.: " Pittsburg- .... .. .. W Philadelphia ,. .. .. .... 0 Cincinnati .. .. ... .... M . Boston . .. ....'. M ;v Brooklyn v ,' . ' . , St. Louis,. ...... 3 46 47 47 ' 62. n.. 71;" 336 - ,W " .427 - J77 i.365 AMERICAN LEAQUB: k i -V.' ' " nrn Tas( Pet. Detroit .'. Bt. Louis .' .-i Chicago . ., ,. Cleveland . ' phllsdelphla ., . Boston .. ... Washington .. 1 C8 47. U : 61 ' 62 67 67 t GS 77 .691 560 M S 66 48 as 61 .432 . .425 .HP " SOUTHERN LEAGUE. .--y" 1 v .; - Won: Lost, New Orleans ..': 65 - .-- 43 -. Nashville. . .'. . J Memphis -..'. . t ''.. ?, 1 Montgomery .". . 60 , ' ; Mobile.'. .? ' s jr Uttls Roclf.. ... -T v Atlanta. .. .... .. t - . Birmingham ' ,. ' Pet .670 .S50 .636 : .622 .494 .471 .479 .291 VIRGINIA LEAGUE, v . Won. liost. Pet ,5I .627 Richmond n ., J? '; CT 40 M Mv . .... 46 , 6 43 - v. 2 Danville Roanoke ' Portsmouth .. 4? Norfolk .. .. . ' Lynchburg .. ..' . .477 .4T18 .m ' .292 JJATIONAL LEAGUE. Bt. Louis, A. J0.-3rookJyn took' the final gsme of thV series from the home team by seor ot 2 to 0. Mclntyre was specially effecUve.wUh men on bse. Score: - R. H. E. Brooklyn .. .. .. W2 000-S , J : t. Louis 000 000 00O-O 0 " Mclntyre snd Bergen; Lush and Moran. Thne-, 1:40. Umpire., Klenv; - Chicago, Aug. Ift-Chicago made it three straight by winning from NeW'York "' to-day 2 to I. The game was the hardest fought snd the best played of the series. Each team got five .hits and played er- rorless ball. The champions scored their Urst run In the opening Inning. Hof man was given a bsse on balls, took second on ' Sheckard's sacrifice , and scored -on Chance's single -over second base.' ' In the fifth Inning Tinker singled snd scored from second tn Hof man's single to centerfleld. - New York scored its one run in the sec end Inning. Donlln walked, took third . n Seymour's single snd scored on Pevr lln's slow bounder to Evers ' ' ' V -Another record-breaking crowd witness ed to-day's combat. When tje gstes were opened at 10: this morning .hun dreds of people . were in line and the grandstand was soon filled.' Many took their places at the entrances. to the park as esrly as 7:30 In the morning to gain admittance. When the game was called very available spot in the grandstand and 4n the field seemed occupied. The crowd overflowed into' the field, making ' ground rules necessary. A detail of po licemen kept the crowd from encroaching on the playing field.. ?.-?, -'rr ' ' By making a clean sweep of the series, Chicago goes to second place In the race ' for the" pennant, New York holding the lead by the small margin of half a game. Following is the standing of the three leaders in the race: v - . .. .,..... . on. - Lost--. Pet. ' W.i'VnrV .IT' ........ 69 ',45 .60S . . - - " . M t EM Chloago vu ; V, " .f,....,;vV:47;j.6n6 Pittsburg To-day's score: . ..'- " Chicago . ,. .. . 10OO1OO0X 3 o New York ' v p w ' Pfelster and KUng; CrsndalVfMcOl uity and Bresnahan.-Time, 1:40. Umpires, CPay snd Emslle. v . 'vT -lf i ' 'i' r Cincinnati. Aug. SO.Ferguson'S ' wild. - ness and errors by Boston were principal ly responsible for, the runs scored by Cln. cinnatl in to-day' game. Ewing held the visitors' safe throughout Paskert Cln clnnatl's left fielder turned ls ankle m the sixth and had to be carried off the fl8c"ors: 'R-lli Cincinnati1.. ., .. 0OI 100 10x-2 Jvl Boston .. .. .. - 000 000 000-J Ewing and Bchlel; Ferguson and Smltny rime. 1:4ft Umpire, Rlgler. AilEUICAN LEAGUE. Detroit, Aug. - 80,-Flve batsmen In a row hit Wlllett safely in the second in ning and this, with an error by O'Lsary gave Cleveland enough runs to win. Crawford was injured In a collision at first base and was lorced to retire from the game, f The police made no move to Interfere with the game, v ...i j - 8core: - ; . ' K.H.E. Detroit 001 eao 000-1 I CleveUnd - 151 000 002-41 12 1 '"'t WUlett - Killlan and Schmidt; Rhoades and N. Osrke. Time, 1:4s., Umpires, Bherldan and Egan. j " '". fVgouTUElCf LjjAGUE. " : i i New Orleans, Aug.; 20.;. ; "- , . gcore' .. R. H. BL Btrmlnghsm . 00 009 000- 4 1 New Orleans ..-. 000 000 Wx-l I Ford and Raub: Clars: ana aiinw. Tlme,'T:42. Umpire; Carpenter. Mobile, :Ais,, Aug. 20.' '' ' " . Ream ; ...;-......".'-' ' : . R. H. E. Atlanta W 'V. ...,' 023 V 000-4 12 ; I Mohile .s .i .-.,.' V. ,. 100 000 Oil-5 7 2 Maxwell and McMurray; Hlxon. Killlan and Garvin. Time, 1:61.' Umpires, Wheel er and Moran. I C'-L "''.-?' A.A . Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 201 ' ' . - ' Score: R. II. E. Nashville .. . .... 018 000 000 010 0-2 12 J MemphU .. .... VA 010 009 010 0-5 .7 D'aEEan, Perdue and SeabaiiBhxJtelb?!.' Gsrrlty snd Owens. Time, 2:60. Umpires, Browa and FlUwimmons. r : . Pltctier Bussy Bougtit by Richmond. Richmond Tlmes-Dlppaleb. r r : Icher Bussy, the star "' of the Wil mington club In the Eastern Carolina League, has been purchased outright by Owner Bradley, and will Join the team here at once. '-Bussy's record Is an ex ceptionally good one, and tie should ma terially strengthen the Lawmakers' al tsscy strong pitching ttafL - JOE JACKSON WITH THE GOODS The following about Joe Jackson's debut Jn major league rompany 1 from Wednesday's rhlladel, ',! Etcn ing Times; , . -, t ., '.''. ' V'lf ever a younr ball -player looked good upon his debut' "-into ; major league society that ' individual is Joe Jackson, fhs - South -Carolina ' fenco breaker, who made a most impressive. start with the-Athletics yesterday. This doesn't mean that Jackson is going to be a great ball player, tfhat will depend lipon s the way' be is handled and - the ' way he conducts himself; .-'As' to the - handllag, de pend " upon Connie Mack for that, The tAthletics manager wilt do his part. ' .'V.x'T I J "Jackson apparently", has all the quauncauons required for a star ball piayer. He has. . speed, nerye. strength. . a rooi eye for a pitched Dan. patience In picking out the kind of a ball he likes and in letting poor ones-pass; by the-plate, good Judg ment in aislnif tin flies.' a wonderfully 2irong arm and accuracy of aim and eennens in sisina- un a nlav. This ts an awful lot to say about a player who has been seen in action only once,, and yet every one r of these points. trang to say, was brought ui in tne game Jackson played here yesterday. :: . "Even allowing - for nervousness, Jackson's work at the. bat was most impressive. Every time Berger, of Cleveland delivered the horsehlde while Jackson was at the plate, he sent a "spit ball." but the youngster, for Joe is only twenty years of age, acted as If thlr -was the kind he fancied the best, t f i. ' ; 4. JACKSON HAS GOOD ETJ3. T - 'Jackson is left hand batsman,' wun a tendency to hli towards left Oeld. Just the kind of man that the majority of managers desire. ; With speed " this will , enable him to beat out hard drives towards short or third base. Threa of j Jackson's drives were In Bradley's section. The first was a low line drive which went between short and third like a rifle shot, and 'scored Hartse! from third base, Oo' his next two attempts Jackson 'sent the ball to Bidley. One was a grounder, ; which it Is doubtful If Bradley would have got only for the fact that he was playing close to third to guard a runner., The other was a line drive which went di rectly for Bradley's face. Bill could only throw up his hands and grasp the ball.. Had it gone a yard on either side of him the batsman would have Jrad at least a two-bagger, v On his fourth trip to the plate, Jackson sent a long high fly to Right Fielder Turner. In a . batting sense, Jackson certainly maTde good, even though, his record was only on single. ; v.'.: has ete ; on k game. V Th ere were two other ppintt about Jackson's fielding . which made .'the fans sit, up and taks notice.' . On was when a foul ball was landed by Turn er, Jackson, stood with his foot on fiTst base, watched Turner gather Jn the ball, hesitated until he saw that the throw was going towards third base and then dashed for second. It was an indication that the youth knows something about the r- game other than , the- purely mechanical tnds.! ,:-'';..:.",u,-.. x:: -,yA. '.,.";;. ,'In throwing, Jackson gave a grand display.. One throw was from deep left-centre field tt third base. He gathered "up the ball against the fence and got it to Jimmy Collins on about the second bound, and- within ten feet of the third base bag. It was esti mated that the distance of the throw was nearly 400 feet later In the game he got a Una drive by Bradley hear right-centre on the bound with one hafid while on the run anil Hnri the ball for the plate. The ball came In like an arrow, never rising over six feet off the ground, and Vic kern caught it close to the' pitcher's rubber, aboutfive feet high, and relayed it to Davis and put out Bradley before he could get back to i first base. . Such strong arm throwing was a reminder of Treadway. the old Baltimore star, who, unfortunately for him, lost this ability through grand stand playing In practice. - " v 4 . "Jackson surely looks as if ha would do. He has Justified the early predictions of his abilities. With ex perience and the coaching of Manager Mack ho should turn out to b what has been claimed for him. that he i the "find" of the season. Will Orter Manage Twins Next Sea- -'rCT', T-'.;'V,v: SOB? ' Special to 'The Obsj:. . . , Winston-Salem. Aug. SO. The nrevaiiin- topic hinging on the meeting of the Win-ston-8alem Athlatla Association to-morrow, night to whether . Bob Carter, alias Nick" and "Nteodemus." will mthan the .Twins sgaln In the Csrollna League. vsrier, wno ts sustaining his reputation as a star en the Memphis team, whither he went to play after the Carolina League season, ended, has had offers from three towns In the Carolina circuit but his in tentions, if he has . yet made a decialoa for next yearr are not generally, known. The association at its meeting will con sider the matter of athletic exhibitions here . during the winter months, in the nature - of sparring bouts and wrestling matches. '. ,-v. ;V ? " r Hickory Baseball Teant Disbands. Special to The Obs-iver. ' ' ' Hickory, Aug. SO. The Hickory baseball team after closing , a most remarkably successful season has disbanded. Hickory for ona time can boast of having one of the- finest records . ever ' made by an amateur team, playing twenty games and loosing only ' two. Their challenge was broadcast and ho game was refused with any one. Several return games were not played, but the continued rain, for the last ten days was the cause. Every' man on the team deserves special mention for his service rendered, and especially are they to.be commended for their excellent stick work, which is given up to be the prinApal. feature of a team. "BUI" John son, their field captain, was very suc cessful as a coach, showing at all times that he was piaster of his opponents, . Davidson and Coolecmee Play , Two '".' .'- Games. '.:;: :'- Special to The o'i' , i"' . . - " Cooleemee. Aug. 20. Cooleemee . snd Davidson spilt even on a double-header yesterday afternoon, Cooleemee winning the first by the score of 10 to 6 and Davtd- sen the cond 3 to t-Ths -of- Ut first game was the pitching of Willtt and of the second the pitching of Melhotm and Kimmons. . ' . Score: . ' Tt, H. G. Cooleemee .. .. .. .. 10 11 4 Davidson .. .. ,. .. ........ t 4 t Batteries: Wlllett and Wlllett; Cashlon and Benson. :, , ; Srcond game: . R. H. E. Cooreemee .. ., .. .. ...... 262 tvid.on .. .. . '.. .. ...... 374 Batteiies: Melholm and Wlllett; Elm- mons and Benson.. i BY tX)L. FRED A. OLDS. One o the very funniest sights I ever saw was on a little stream which makes into Walnut creek, a couple of mlifj east. of Raleigh. It was late In February, a time when other birds had not even thought of mating, but as I stopped to drink from a spring on the. edge of the branch I saw a faint movement, some- fifteen yards away, or ; less, and in -an In stant J saw a pair of, very bright and beady eyes of ; a woodchuck. I didn't stoop, but i-, stopped as if I had been frosen and then I saw Mrs. Woodcock, for that was who it was, gather between her legs "one ot her little babies and thus carrying it she went down the stream, prob ably twenty yards, , and dropped it. Everything being t her fancy and I having done nothing to frighten ner, she flew Yack, and there, as she drop ped, I saw what looked like a little tiny ball, of fur, moro . yellow than brown. That was her other baby, and very easily she took this one up and carried It nut it beside the other send then she rested there herself. If I took my eyes away from her I had to get them back again upon the ob ject by means of a tree and a bush, for she looked precisely like a bunch of dead leaves or a piece of dead limb. This is one of the arts that birds have, like animals, keeping per fectly quiet A big tiger will, keep so, among tha reeds where he loves to-be, and here's where his stripes come in: they match with the reeds and you don't see him until you are upon him and then the chances are he Is upon you. This is one way an imals save themselves or get their prey.- ' rS . . . Now, if you please we will get away from the streams a little and go up on the high ground and will find our selves near some trees, not high, with wide, branches, and very small leaves and with nods hanging, down very plentifully and very straight and keen' tnorns. some four or five Inches long, terrible fellows, sticking out in every direction from the tree trunk. . The 5Lorn" ."m ' ' to yoa. ; won i toyen us. wro prouwiing tno nice fruit' overhead. Don't you un derstand?" You ; do -. understand. Their points are as keen as that of a needle and some have many points growing from a central fhorn. - The trees are ringed with them. If we look closely we will, see on some of these thorns grasshoppers, katydids, various other insects, large or small, and maybe a tiny field mouse stuck there, and then we wUl know (hat we are paying a little visit to the pantry of that very cruel fellow, the butcher bird or shirk. This is tha way he keeps his provisions: stuck on - the thorns until he gets ready to eat Our furry friends, the squirrels, take what they do not want to eat at the mo ment dig a hole with those swift lit tle front pawM of theirs and bury It, but the butcher-bird, which to bo sure has plenty of appetite and is a very savage fellow to boo hangs his meat out where It will dry and will be ready for him In a moment He was sitting around somewhere, on a snag or any open place where ha ' could have a wide view and ha was very ready to eat at any. time, either at meal times or between whiles. gome people havo le'arned ideas about meat from the butcher-birds, for I remem ber a good many years ago walking with the late - Mr. Stanhope Pullen, who gave the beautiful Pullen Park and the Agricultural and Mechanical College grounds to this city and the State, and seeing on ths placa where the college now stands a very odd looking house, of brick, covered With white stucco, the owner being a man who usod to collect beef onguea and stlfck these upon spikes which he had driven Into a number of mul'serry trees, which stood around what' was for awhile the college mill. 'These tongues were drying there , and when he wanted any meat he would simply cut off from one. I remember also that a number of years ago up in the North Carolina mountains a man who was very famous for th fine beefsteaks he served to his boarders, used , to put the meat in a large dish within a box completely covered with 'wire, so that it was all open to the air, but no flies or other Insects could get to It, and certainly no. man ever provided better steak. Once In a while some ot us have the bad fortune to have a mlxup with a wasp. Now a wasp Ja a fel low who generally attends to his own business. He don't bother you If you don't trouble him. There are three or four kinds of him. for example there is the brown kind and tha black kind and the big hornets, and those HttU devils, (if vou wilt pardon the word), the yellow-Jackets. , Now Tve met all these gentlemen and several of thsm have taken a great fancy to me. I once went with a party of boys to engage In the amusement or whlDDlnr out a "den," as they called It of yellow-Jackets. The latter were In the a-round. near the foot of a cluster of persimmon trees, and they had one or two noies into wnicn ana out of which they were coming and going, very Intent upon their own business. We cut some limbs from little pine trees near by . and sailed in. ; We thrashed right and left and it seemed to me that at every lick w vt Instead of killing the yel low-Jackets we made more of them. I do not know what a aoss -tne otner boys received, but I am sure at least fifteen stung me. we wiuppea mem out but I could smell i their poison and fI it for two or inroa aays, .and one eye was put out of business. They are not airaia oi smyining ini walks or flies and tney loujnr to me last I have never fooled with them since for I remember once J was with the late Governor Fowle at a speaking a few miles north ot Raieign, a few days after the great earthquake of 1886, the place being near a country school house, when a party of lads DeiOCRflTIC CAMPAIGN FUND The 'Observer will print each day the blank ofrm below for the con venience of those who may desire to subscribe to the . Democratic . cam paign fund. Cift the blank out and forward It to this offlc , with the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, "N.'O. Gentlemen : Enclosed a contribution to the Brran-Kern " campaign fund. Please credit," me with this mittance to" the national C. N. Haskejl. , ' : Yours truly. (Signed) invited me topsail in and help them take a yellow-jackets' nest They showed me the place and I took a look at the young gentlemen in yellow, coming and going out of the holes, but excused myself from'the fight and took a position about seventy-five or a hundred yards oft. The boys got off their coats and went In and it wasn't many . seconds before they were running In all directions and I had to run, too, because several came my way with the yellow-Jackets rlht after them. -The boys declared to roe there were ten thousand in- the hole and that they killed hardly any. tnough the slapping of the pine tops was mcessant -.j. it.-. Another rery interesting wasp is the plasterer, which people in thH part of the country call the dirt-dauber. What he doesn't know anout house-building with brick isn t wortn knowing and In any old house, and sometimes in new ones, un IB aarrets, under eaves, you will find where he a been .busy,- Bringing tnua ana making himself a cosy place indeed, as a recepticle for aggs and for stor age y of food, etc. V He is a dainty sort of fellow and makes you think of those pictures of French officers you nave seen, witn neucaie waists, a most aristocratic-looking fellow. In fact He Is not a stinger and not much on a fight, but the Drown wasp vk)io makes ps per nests Is -always their material for. paper from old fences, houses, trees, etc, and if you look at what they have made you will find that they have turned out a very good article of house, Indeed, and after they put a glase or finishon ready for a scrap, like a hornet. The It. as they do. It will stand a lot of rain. : . X 'v;-'-'---.' ;. -Now the wasp's nest Is generally flat and hung very streftgly to a limb, shelter dften being obtained in this way also,, and if you look at It "underneath, you- will find it full of little cells, made like the honey cells which the bee turns out and also in Interior .shape like those the plasterer wssp builds. ' The brown wasp Is al ways ready for business. His sting carries a poison of formic acid, uch as the little ant has too. and It para lyses the flesh immediately around the wound and this is wnai causes we pain,, because the blood comes Jump ing up -to this paralysed place and can t in a way-get any turcner, F fit jsrtnaltl . n that WD MTV thS horne, -n immense nest nomctme two and a half feet nigh and a foot and a half In diameter, and he Is a first-class paper-maker. Ev erything he does la on a big scale; not only house building, but fighting and stinging and the remembrance of one sting of hornet will .remain with you always. : At a country meet ing house not far from Raleigh one Sunday, In the days when there used to be two sermons, with a dinner be tween thnra, the preacher was sitting on a high rail fence, talking 'with several people, when lo and behold, a hornet humming through the woods and going as straight as a bullet' took him in tho forehead, almost between the eyes. . He went over backwards from that fence as If he had been shot, to tho astonishment and horror of the deacons and the congregation generally. The hornet did not sting him. it merely hit him. t That was enough. There Is a yet bigger hornet which goes in ifit what Is to him very large game, and ometlmea he relishes very much Is the locust which comes alone in the summer and which country people generally call dry-fly.' This is a big locust with a rough and crus ty back and he has a way of climbing up a tree, holding on with his claws and then coming right out of hi shell: autte a new creature, so to speak, for his clothes, like those of a lady, : seem to - be fastened at the back. If you look at the trees some seasons you will find ' a great, many of these shells of the lo cust upon them. You will And holes m them where he came out and you will see that the shells are (brownish and show, the effects of dirt When the locust' comes opt he Is green. He is Juicy and tha big hornet finds wtlm good game Indeed, . These hornets have their holes In. the ground, too. One of them will seize a locust and kill him after a severe struggle by stinging him, and then, of course, he takes him Into his hole and sucks the Juice from his game, or stows him UP for use later. So, you will see, as you walk about almost anywhere here in North Caro lina you will find queer things, and I have only. Just peeped ovw the edge, so to speak, for if you will keep your eyes open when you walk about you will find hundreds of strange things of which I have not spoken at all. In every part of the State there is something new to the people in the other parts of It. Away down near the coast in Just one spot in one county, is a plant which lives on In sects, this belngXttie Vnus fly-trap, a little, low, bright green plant, grow ing where there Is but little water but always some moisture, and with a leaf of whatever it may be called bent over and looking like a waffle iron. At the outer rim of this there are little projecting points Jiks teeth and it is these which seise and hold a fly or whatever Insect the plant may get bold of. The waffle-iron Is open and there must be some kind ot a Juice there which an Insect likes and Just as soon os one enters It the cruel plant closes its Jaws and there you are. hard and fast When the Jaws open again all the Juice of the insect has been gotten out of It Now If you were to show one of these plants to a man. In Germany, for ex ample, who knew things, he would tell you that It came from New Han over county, near Wilmington, N. CL, And he would be right If you want to see some really beau tiful work, the next time you come to Raleigh go In the State Museum and look at the remarkable collection of birds' nests which Mr. Tom Adlckes has put there. Some of these birds are tailors, some paper-makers, some carpenters, for they use paper, cloth, thread, feathers,, down, fur. hair, clicks and all sorts of things to make their nests. If people hap name of the contributor and the amount subscribed. The subscription will be acknowledged in the columns of this paper and , the amount forwarded promptly ; to National Treasurer Haskell. . ' : The fund stands now at f 101. v, - you will find $; .. . . . ., as ! amount: in-'.'youj re Democratic treasurer, Gov. ' . -.. ; ; r WILLIAM FIRTH, PRES. 'MfflCM'-MOBTfH - J. S; C0THRA1T, pen to leave anything handy - lying around they are very glad to use it Some of the nest are shaped like gourds, with little necks, ths . open ing being above the larger part of tne gourd, and they are lined - wltn tne most wonderfully soft things you can imagine. The mother ana rawer birds put them there to make things cosy for. their babies. . If you o out to any country place you will find nests cor the martin and you will see these birds, very pretty and a rich dark blue-black in coior. sitting along in rows on their perches. or else coming In or going out ot tne nests. These nests, by the way, are gourds with holes cut In them and the martins like them because in the West Indies and South and Central America, where they come from, they live in such gourds. f As you drive along the roads these summer days you will see,' entirely unafraid ot you, a bird not large, but gary and white, maybe on a telegraph wire or on a bush,' uttering a, sort ot twittering cry, sometimes spreading out his , wings and sailing- over the ground, slffzaggina? here and there. and then coming back to his perch. This is the king-bird, the bee-martin, and no braver fellow flies, be h big or little, for he will go after an eagle or the biggest hawk Just as he would dash at any other bird which he thought troubled him or he did not like, and he can worry the very heart i-out of any hawk. A negro friend or mine or many year's experience, who always has an eye for the birds and their aoings, said to tne one day: "I ehaJy does love dem bee-martins. Dey s fear less. When dey goes atter er hawk dey gits him every time. De hawk la Jus' nacherlv feard un um. He tries to Kit away but he can't do It. De bee-martin is Jus' noun ter whip, him. . Dey is de off-handest bird t ever seed. Dey 'syecks er mockin'-blrd. fer he's a fighter, too, but dey goes atter him. I aint ever seed dem back water fer nothln.' Some folks calls um de king-birds and dey sholy Is the kings of de air. Dey rides de bussards too, an dey goes right atter de crows. Dey al ters keeps on top an' data why none o' dem udder birds kin grit deir claws or deir bills on um. I aint never seed one git whip yet an' I don't speck tor." The old darky was right The king-bird Is the winner. Like them ratln, he ts mighty well liked by the farmers. He does eat bees, bat surely he cannot eat a great many, for most of his time Is taken up with, wayside Insects, some, good and some bad. and he may be jut down as the friend of the farmer. Old English Sundays, London Chronicle. , ' However easy Sunday may have been in the reign of Charles I, writes a correspondent, the seventeenth cen tury saw some very stringent regula tions as to the Sabbath. , It was, for instance, illegal to take a walk Sun day except to church, and a man was not jjermitted even to kiss his wife. on tnat asy, i wniie tne cnurcn au thorities had power to search private houses for those who abstained from church. As to Sunday trading, an act of James I which prohibited the sals .of milk also forbade the cooking of food. The sale of fish, as beli g perishable, was permitted by James I, forbidden by Charles II and then again permitted by William III. The municipal chamber of Para, Brasll, has recently authorised a re duction in the tax levied on travel ing salesmen. The reduction wilt be effective until January 1, 10. The new tax amounts to about f 100, with additional - fees of about 218. The penalty for evasion Is confiscation of samples and a heavy fine. During the first six months of this year 109 vessels left Naples for American ports and carried COS 2 cabin passengers and 25,411 steeragefl passengers. Three-Year-Old Child Drowned in a Gaily. Wsxhaw .Enterprise. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. William Rape, who lives on Mr. John A. Secrest's - place In East ' Sandy Ridge township, was drowned about 1 o'clock Tuesdsy forenoon. Ths little girl was trying to follow some of the older children down to the creek, which runs not very far from where Mr. Rape lives, and fell Into a large gully which was full of water and which had to be crossed on a small bridge, in going from the house to the creek. The child was not missed at once, and the body was found In the water near the , bridge about IS or 20 minutes after it had fallen . In. Mr., Rape himself, who had gorm down to the crsek, did not know that the child was attempting to follow the other children. . When the body . was - discovered only one hand was sticking, up above the wa ter. , r,.: - ;, ;. -,; ;.v ' THE DISSEMBLERS. Chicago Record-Herald, -',v, v Tes, I havt loved before and thought each time I ne'er Might love again deemed esch the falr- . est of ths fsir; . . By yonder stars I swore .and for a little while ' Recalled with foolish glee sach tender . word and smile; r A score of times or more I have confess- ed. 1 own. .. .. . ' As I confess to you, yet you, dear heart. alone . ' Have taught me to adore; at last I un derstaud - ' ' ' ; Tou only you may - lead me to the Promised. Land. . iW:. SHE, ' I have not loved till now, ere this I ne'er have caught Such rapture as tne sweet woras on . vour Hps have brought; , " . No other's tsnder vow has ever gladden- Though I hsva often heard the earnest. eager Plea: - ' " Not even on my brew have other lips been eressed. . . . v ' To you, my love,.! come unklssed and uncarsssen; Had you not taught me bow I never should have known - Ths glory I have foun&-th Joy that Is . my own. .. . ; .' ' ' L ENVOI. - ' . Hs fancied she believed alt that was sail was true; It msy be thst she did. for women ef- ' ten do: ; 8he thought that hs received her words without a douM; - v , It may be thst hs did, for men are all about - ' t- Who bava been sweetly fooled and will be fooled again. And it Is well that they In Ignorance .. remain, . For if tbs truth snd nsught save thst were ever told But few rings would be bought and few : i. 79 Uilk Street, Boston, lias s. thern RcpresentaUTe, 405 Trust Bid, f About leaky roofs and us ' ' For sale CHARLOTTE YFecarry everything . - AMUSEMENTS . . Manager Tale's - claim that the "Devil's lAuctloa" ' Is the eldest In name yet the newest In point pf nov elty, can well be substantiated In this the twenty-sixth edition of Xhls fam ous spectacle, as everything) Is new from the time the curtain rises on the first act until it is rung down on the beautiful "Transformation Scene" Amor" (Love) at the close of the performance. Every act, novelty and feature is new, as well as the scen ery, properties, etc In fact, not one old feature is retained, and the theatre going public of this city have a treat in store for .them on Wednes day night at the Academy of Music. Seats will be placed on sale at Haw ley's this morning. ' . r tent with their earnings. Why Stranger . ;. Manufacturers' Record. Why Is it stratfge that Southern Congressmen stand in fear and tremb ling of "subsidy" when they stand In fear of nine-tenths of the things which would make for Southern pros perity 7 - The Isthmian canal might have been In operation to the great profit of the South years ago but fo Southern Congressmen and Southern papers are the most ardent advocates of "free raw materials" which would spell ruin to the South for ths enrich tnent of the other sections. So why should The Chronicle be surprised at anything toeing done that Is against the best Interests of tne south. . - The Truth About It. 1 Durham Herald. ' . " The fact of the matter la that the Democrats have left nothing for the Prohibition party in this 3tate to do. Democratic Appointments. The following gentlemen will ad dress the people on the Issues of the campaign at the times and places ststed: HON. W. W. KITCHIN. Dobsbn, Tuesday, September 1st - Sparta. Wednesday, September 2d. Jefferson, Thursday, September Id. Boone. Friday," September 4th. Bakersvllle, Saturday, September Sth. Burnsvllle, Monday, September 7th. . Marshall, -Tuesday, September ( Sth. HON. LEB & OVERMAN. Lenoir, Tuesday, September 1st Dobson, Saturday, September 12th. Norwood, Saturday, September Sth. HON. C. B. ATCOCK. , . Greensboro, Saturday, . September 12th.' ; .. ; HON. A. U BROOKS. Dobson, Tuesday, September 1st HON. E. Y. WEBB. Rutherfordton, Tuesday, September t&th. . , . -. HON. W. T, CRAWFORD AND HON. T. W. BICKETT. Hendersonvllle. Monday Aua-uat list . -,. Brevard.l Tuesday, September 1st. Ashevllle. Wednesday. SnDtembar Id. . . Weavervllle. Thursday. Sentember Id. Waynesvllle, Friday, September 4th. ,. ... Webster, Saturday, September Sth. Robblnsvllle. Monday. Sctrtember 7th. ..'..-'- .-v.- Andrews .tnlchti Monday. Sentem. ber 7th. Hayesvllle, Tuesday, September Ith. Murphy, Wednesday. BeDtember Sth. ' . - Bryson City. Thursday. Seetembar 10th. -. " Franklin. Saturday. . Sentember 12th. ' . Old Fort Monday, September, 14th, Marlon, Tuesday. September 15th. Forest - City (nishtl Tuesday, ton. tember ISth. . . ' , All cltlsens are Invited to h nrn.ni st the above appointments and hear the Issues discussed. A TT. V.t.i.V.rf Chairman State Democratlp Execu tive tommmee. i ALEX. J. FEILD, ' ' , '. . Secretary.-'. N. Pollowlntf U,hMtut frM fitih lishsd only as information, snd are net guaranteed. April li'th. Hue: 1:20 a. m., No. 20. dally, tor Washing, ten and points North. Pullman drawing room sleepers to New Tork- Pay coaches to Washington. 220 a. m.. No. . dsly. for Columbia Karannsh and JacksonvUls. Pullman drawlnc room ia a m,-, - . n.i Jackson villa, Day coaches to Jackson ville. - . ': . , , , ,. 2:20 a. ta.. No. A dallv. tar RlrKmnitil and local points. . - .U a. m.. No. 44, dally, for wsshlngtoa and poinu North. Day coaches Charlotte 0:20 a m.. No.. IS. dtt. f rntitni snd local Spolnta. , , 7:10 a. m., No. If, dally exeept Sunday, for Sutesvllle, Taylorsviae and local points. Connects at Moeravll for Wla-tfn-Salsm. aad at BtateevlUe for Ashe vlila , . . ,,. fj ...... 7:tt a. m, No. , dally, for Atlanta Day eoaehas Charlotte to Atlanta. Blops st principal potnu en routs. 19:06 a. m.. No. St daily, for Waahlng ton and points North. Pullman drawing room sleepers to New York and Rich mond. Day coaches te Washington. Din ning csr service. a. m.. No. 2S. daUy. for Wlnsten Baletn, Roanoke and local potnta II m a. m.. No. n, daily. New Tork and New Orleans Limited. - Drawing room steeping cars. Observation and dutf-ears. Nsw York to New Orleans. Drawing room sleeper. Nsw Tork te Atlanta. goUJ Pullman train. Dining ear service. 12.0 p. ., No. u, daily, for AUanU snd local points. , 4.00 p. m., No, 4s. dally, lor Greensboro and local polnta .4:26 p. m.. No. 4t,'dally exeept Sunday, for Keneea snd local points. 4:46 p. m.. No. 27, dally, for Columbia snd local points. . tS p. m.. No. 24. dally sreept Bunflay, for Btatasvllle.- Taylnravllle and Io-i potnta. Conneets at 8i.vi!l mr Ah vlll. KnoxvIPe snd Cl,ttanoo-it. . MS p. m., No. 12, daay, for Kictatond Tim Southern Railway " CJIAIlLOTTi:, It. C. o Rex nintkotc 'Roofing! only by SUPPLY CO. in .Mill Furnishings. and local points. j Handles Pullman sleep er. Charlotte to Washington, and Char lotte to Richmond. :: p. m.. No. M. dally,' New Tork ant Now Orleans IJmited for Washlnntorj and points North. ' Drawing room sle; ers. observation and elub cars to New Tork. Dining ear service. Solid Pullman train. , :2S p. m.i No;-SS. dally, lor Atlanta end points South. Pullman drawing room sleepers New York to New Orleans, Rich mond to Birmingham. Charlotte to At lanta. Day coaches Warhingtqa to Ne'V Orleans. . Dining car service. Tickets, sleeping car reservations sn 1 detail Information can be obtained at ticket office. No. 11 ftouta Tryon street C H. ACKERT Vice Pres. snd Gen. Mgr.. Washington, f). C S. H. HART) WICK. P. T. M.. , W. IL TAYLOR, O. Pi A.. , " Washington, DJ C R. L. VERNON. T. P. A- , . . Charlotte. N. C Charlotte, N. C, August 27th,.19W. SCHEDULE CHANGES ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY. EFFECTIVE SEPT. ITH. It has been officially announced that the following schedule changes will be made on Southern Railway, effective en above datei , ' ;;: Train No. 27. Washington and South western IJmited, will leave Charlotte for Atlanta at 10.-03 a. m. Instead ot 11:05 a, m., arriving In Atlanta at p. m.. Eastern time. Instead of 7dfi p. m. : , ; Train No. SS. Washington Southwest ern Limited, will leave Charlotte at 7: S3 p. m., Instead of t;25 p. m., arriving at Washington st :20 a. m.; New Tork at 12:20 noon, following day. ' Train No. 40. from Atlanta, which ar rives at 11:66 p. m., will arrive at 12:43 a, m. . . , ; ,;. Train No. 41. which leaves Charlotte st 4:35 p. m., will leave at p. m., arriving at Seneca at 11 p. m- TrVla No. 11, from Richmond, will ar rive at 11.3 a. nv, Instead of U SS a, m.. and will leave for Atlanta at 11:25 a. m. Train No. 12. for Richmond, will leave Charlotte at f p. m., Instead of T:1S p. m. Train N. 40, local train for Greens boro, will leave Charlotte at t p. m.. In stead of 4 p. nr. arriving at Greensboro at 1:30 p. m. , Train No. 12 will leave Ashevllle st 2:S0 p. m., Esstern time, Inatead of 2:40 p. nr. arriving at Salisbury at 7:45 p. m. Train No. Is, for Taylorsville. will leave Charlotte at 2 a. m.. Inatead ot 7:10 a; m. Train No. 24. for Taylorsville, will leave Charlotte at : p. m.. Instead pt f ;60 p. m. - : : Train No. 28. tor W)nston-Salem and Roanoke. wIU leave Charlotte at 11:10 a. m. instead of 10:60 a' m. Train No. 18, from Taylorsvlila will ar rive at Charlotte at t p. m., Instead of 10:30 p. m. i V --'.:; Train No. lis will leave Rock Hill at 5 p. m.. Instead of 4:25 p. m., and arrive at Marion at 10:06 p. m. Train No. 2S wUl leave Columbia at 2 p. m.. instead of p. m., arriving at Charlotte at 1:55 p. m. Train No. 11 will leave Salisbury at 1.35 a. m.. Instead of 10:10 a. m., arrive at Ashevllle st t p. m., Eastern time. SEABOARD These arrivals and departures as well sa the time and connection with other com panies, are given only as information and are not guaranteed. - Direct line to the principal cities North, East, South and Southwest Schedule taking effeot April 12th, wt, subject te ehsnge without notice. Tickets for passags on all trains are old by this company.and accepted by the passenger with the understanding that this com pa ay wlll not be responsible for failure to run 1U trains on schedule time or lor any such delay as may be incident to their operation. Care la exercised to aivsglve correct, time oC connecting line, but this company Is pot rsaponaiDle lor errors or omissions. Trains leave Charlotte as follows: No, 40, dally, st 4:29 a. nv. for Monroe, Hamlet and Wilmington, connecting at Monroe with 22 lor Atlanta. Birmingham and the Southwest; with M for Raleiati. Weldon and Portsmouth, with at Ham let for Raleigh, Hichmond, Washington. New York. . No. 44. dally, at (:0t p. m.. for Monroe. Hamlet Wilmington and all local points connecting at Hamlet With 43 for Colum bia, (tavannah and all Florida points. an No. (4 for Raleigh, Rlchmone, Waanina ton and New York . . t out change. No. 132. dally. 7:09 p. m.for Monrc connecting with 41 for Atlanta. BirmlrK- .... . . wtiq tram s- at Hamlet for Richmond. Washington an I elenr on this train front Charlotte. . New York. With 21 at Monroe kr Ral eigh, Portsmouth and Norfolk. Throun opinion. Shelby and RuUiertordton wiiu C, to Portsmouth, a, dally. ' , Trains arrive In Chariot ts as follows North d'uth. W- '"nt t tJMiASr No. 132, dally, I.-CO p. - as.... from Ruthe. fordten, Shelby. Llncolnton aad r . v W. Railway polnta N' No. as. 11 J0 p. m.. dally, from WlImiBf . ton. Hamlet and Monroe; also from doIrV. East. North and Southwest at Hasnlet and Monroe. Connections are made at Hamlet wt-h No. 132. dally, at a. m! for TJ, through trains for points North. S-u i and Southwest, which are eompoe-d of vestibule day coaches between Port.' mouth and Atlanta, and Washington an I Jacksonville, and sleeping cars bet ,, Jersey City, Birmingham and Memr--and Jersey City aad Jacksonville. ta;; care oj all through trains. For information, tlme-taUas, resent, tlons er feaboerd descnptlve llteratu. apply to ticket a rent a or addrcaa: . , JAM,K9 KV JR-. C P. A, O Selwyn HoteL Charlotte. N- C. NORFOLK WESTERN IHU.-.V IV. Schedule In eecfTt May 17th. r 10 50 am Lv Chartotta S. Ky. Ar 2:60 pmLv Winston, N. W. At ! 4:67 pm Lv ' Martinsville. Ly 1' l-.2ipmAr Roanoke, Lv . Connect at Roanoke via Ptiensr Valley Route for Hag erstown. a- 1 points In Pennsylvania and New Pullman sleeper. Roanoke snd 1 phis. Through coach. Charlotte tt r -- - Additional train leaves V. .n'.. , m. daily except Funds v. If you ar thlnkinr of MV-- a t want e,'",lons'- c fat r. . and correct informal u n, n i, train tx-bsdnles, t!e nii t c quii-keit wy- Wne ar.J I i ts yours fr the "C. s t eerrniets r'-'f f"i- M P. 1 r 1 ' - . W. 1. tfVIl.I . " ' i