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JITTER FRO!! THE SEA-SIDE.
' i AYilminoton, Jan. .29.
At 8i o'clock p.. m., on Jan. 2nd,
1864,. I boardethelmin at Char
lotte for Wilmington,' via," of the"
Carolina Central ; IL R. . All night
long we trayelled and when the day
light came again it seemed as if I
ha(l tirrivedvupon a new planet,- so
different was the face of the coun-try-
flat as iw floor, and covered with
a dense growth of the long-leaf pine
bfvtaipitcli and turpentine" fame.
The rapid . transit from the hills
to low lands,9 from mountain-boomers;
-to' sand-lappers, called tor.; my
tuind the myBterions stories that I
had. read -long- ago'ih the "Arabian
"nights.'' Houses and men wero
about ther only familiar objects to be
seen the men in! the country gen
erally looked pale and swarthy as if
the blood had left the face to care
for itself while it fled to parts un
know'ni to one niinus medical knowl-
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; Tbe" bbuses down" east are "very
generally mferidr to the' country
farm "bouses in :
t he west -smaller
and less valuable.
But this mav be
iid to the predit of the down east
ers. that wrhrlej ihe outward appear
ance of their homes are inferior to
bujs. jn-the west yet they display.
more taste on 'the inward arrange-
"iniltt Give more attention to" cs-
thetics.
But now the train is neariug
Wilmington and I am anxiously
looking from the : window to catch
the first glimpse of the "city by the
sea." This glimpse the traveler
geja. tbelruju moves by the Na-
yassa uuano worKs . wmcn stanu on
fthef batiks:t)f the west - branch of the
Capeueaf bout 3. miles from the
city! ' By reference to : the map you
vrjll seQ that the 1 Cape FearT divides
into two large streams' just opposite
the Carolina Central depot. The
large body of land between the rivers
is under cultivation m rice now
and there the people eat a little rice
ahUBonnrry itowfc -nere. nut i must
keej"tia"gaze , on; the city the
juocningUs : I'dark and dreary" like
the one on -which Longfellow so
naturally penned the "Jjainy Day"
and " only dim putlines f the city
can be seen ( through the! fog, driz
zling rain, and furling smoke and
8teani from .work-shop, factory, fur-.
tX&.ti&'afi3 slleambojit1 engines.
iTna.ni08t entertaining and interest
ing sight that meets the : eye of the
"awimtain boomer" as 'he crosses
the Cape JFeai Rt E; bridge is the
vessels that carry the burdens of
conmKO ftcrosa-! maueep, t ".uarii
Keader I know you nave oiien
stood and watched the limbless
trunks of dead-treer iiv newly clear
ed land as they moved to and fro in
the winds of March,, and this is the
:best fdeaIan give you of the view;
rhWtlial morning among the mast
heads of 60 or 70 vessels that lay at
anchor xn . the rolling,' restless bo-
som oi tne uape rear in irvuh ui
Wilminftonr" The" ideas that tush
ito fim rouii -irhfn, firt oae takes
, in ailwf this kind moreTea-
sily be imagined that ralated. So
come and get a I view for yourself.
. Jqi ; m jou look? thought fliei
ott instanrwme i to many a distant
land from whence come these blac.k-
eia ?ftaVs?JP vrithin' whose bosoms
livei a.love for distant wife . and
child.nd'tneae r'fatl magta call to
vAvii-itot lines of'Miltoa v rr
, , ''The piae
Hewn on Norwegian hills to be thd
mast : !
Of some tall ammirAJ VT iLfaSO
Within. ;the seppe , of your vision
will' appear ixth manner of, water
vehicles, from the oar, and skiff
, boatntoy the, mammoth,, .vessel or
ocean v steamer. Little boats, big
boats, sharpies, steam yachts, steam
tug-boats, - (for drawingl or: towing
large vessels from the ocean. ,tother
portt Wilmington) ocean4 steamers;
sailing VfMolawoy andthree mast
ed schooners, Barques and " Brigs,
BomrtaXihg in, others putting out
their cargoes. ! At some other time
a view of JlfI'
fiofjnwnfiofttle sand Hills on
each of wnich is nervously situated
a negro shanty looking as it were
imx1?ffi3f fdr lh8returntdf fre-;
construction daysforty acres
and a mule." The train at the de
P7myt(j) ead-ciMWM
groes, which is it ? - Did this moun
tain bcnerfelsrthdlikeFo!
Dark, deep black, "dyed in the
wool.'' How; can they, tell when
daylight comes ? It reminds us of
the darkness that Moses describes in
Egypt.;. That could be felt so can
thisw : - :;-;;V. '.J ;;;,.
But i-every dark cloud has' . its
bright ; "silver
lining" and here
comes Burge Crsp all full of smiles,
as the bright ,! side 'of this'Afric
painting. How pleasant to meet a
.familiar face unexpectedly at a
strange place 'tis like finding a cool
spring of water in a desert land. : So
while the colorcll "buss-men" were
insisting on "d is, dat an de udder
hotel" my friend led me away to his
excellent boarding house were I met
his father, 'Bevj. J. C. Crisp, who
by the way is very popular . on the
Topsail circuit iiear here. Brother
Crisp is yet jolly and frisky-the
happiest man under all circumstan
ces that 'I ever met. ,
In the. city, Wilmington appears
to best advantage, has broad streets
and well laid out. Has a good city
government under the management
of mayors Hall who is a perpendicu
lar man every I way you take him;
oflicially, morally arid physically.
Has many beautiful and costly resi
dences, fine business houses, and
excellent church and school build
ings. The post office, court house
and hotel buildings are not in keep
ing with the present demands of the
city. But we understand that move
ments are on foot for improvement
in all i these buildings. One other
fact ; ; I'll venture that Wilmington
has more chicken stealers than any
city of same size in America. I'see
the cause of this as I walk the streets
in day-light, namely : So many
idle negroes, j Now I tell you
its hard on Methodist preachers to
live where all the chickens are stolen
hard on the Baptists to live where
the ducks are stolen hard on Epis
copalians i or. Presbyterians . to - live
where the turkeys are stolen, hard ,
on all to live where there are so
many sinners to steal. h
i But Wilmington is not just by the
sea-side 30 miles away if you go
via of Cape Fear river 7 miles if
you; go to the son nd via of shell road.
At 2 p. M. I goj on board the stoam
er Louise at her; wharf, foot of .Mar
ket street, and take passage for
Smithville. The river is rough,
and thej boai L rolls considerably.
The boomer is
now having his first
the water and he is
experience on
fearfully afraidtfof getting sea-sick.
If once the crew or local travelers
find out that afellow is green in the
business of travelling, on water they
will begin; to describe sea sickness ;
I talk 'about swallowing a piece of fat
bacon' with, a string tied to it to pull
it back,- etc. ; sall this to aggravate
the tendency to sicken, and to test a
fellow's capacity to keep this inside
dfnner bucket from-turning bottom
up, and divulging the contents. So
our boomer did his utmost at "put
ting on airs' walking back and forth
on deck as if he were calmly viewing
ithe familiar scenes of his early life.
As the boat neared the ocean ths
river became more and more rough
and the boomer had to put on more
nerve strength especially about the
throat in orderj to keep up the 'airs'
and keep down the dinner, but he
succeeded. Since that I've often
thought that I heeded only the influ
ence of example to lead me into ex
perimental knowledge of that marine
malady. . These are. some of the
symptoms : ' A lightness about ihe
heapV a conscious desire on" the fart
of the heels to take its places Then
two fears come!, 1st fear is that you
are going to die The'secdnd fear
is that you 1 won't die. :b This yiu1, f ol-
lowedbyta feeling t .as if, you .wero,
going tq.Tomjtt the buttons ,011 the
back part of your pants, or the heel
taps of your old;, boots. During all
this m yoidre Reeling about 4or
sometnng 4 Bteaayf wnere noxning
steady' is f6un4a8 white aVa sheet;
as limp' as a dish-rag, you reach ther
raUiDgLjast in i time to iibid a long5
farewell to your . 'bacon and beans'?
col4le8c'ence you ."feel llkO.onl ffho
L had taken a dose of "- nature's most
cleansing meaicine-ypxir liie ljsr'j-re
neweoi like the eagle's.' - :
' From . Wilmington to the ocean
the Cape Fear widens from about
$ to .5, miles in widthj $ Qn the right !
bank as,yqu go , dowBL r;large ..rica
frm,s tarp seen. , On - one of -.these I
i OOO bushels of rice has beeff grown?
this season, j . MachineB : are busy;!
printer r. months thresjungout the
grain : 2othing more of - especial
interest xiiects the gaze until on ther
as they disappear m the dark blue
ocean en aflcV ife'wmSf
left bank of the river- we coine in
full view of the rnins of
Fort Fish-
er, the story of which has already
been told in the sud
lost, but glorious cause.
history of
1 At 4i p. M., the steamer J glides
gracefully to her wharf pit the pic
turesque sea-side town of Smithville.'
The large number of .j"livje oaks" the
foliage of which remains green dur
ing the entirewinter giv 3s the town
at all times an inviting apd cheerful
Here I haul "f expected f
iapnearance
to meet all strangers but another
familiar face brings joy aiid gladness
to thej hem t. Junius Sjcroggs has
heard of my coming and meets me
at the boat. He .is Prof. Scroggs
now.- I What a noble face he has,
the index of a noble heart I He has
a fine reputation as a tejichct and
man of character and th fact tht
nailed from tne same county gave
me prima facia character to begin
with. ;) But while I pen! these few
lines Prof. Scroggs is moving to Mt.
Olive N. C.i; to begin a school on
pibre enlarged plans and with ixdre
promise of usefulness. I j j i
In my next we will go along the
beach
and- talk about
'Herndojt
the great
Waters.
Tuttle.
WHAT CQXGRESSIS mm.
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The United States Senate, Feb, 2,
took bp-the'. Pacific Railroad bill,
but af
until
er a brief debate: it went ofer
jommerce bill was further discussed
and several amendments voted down. '
In the House a large1 number of bills
and ; resolutions were iutroducedj
A bilijwas passed increasing to $1,
500,000 the limit of appropriation
for a public building at J Pittsburg.
Mr. llolhian introduced a bill to
protect the- purity of thej ballot-box.
An effort was. then made; to take up
the bankruptcy bill, which led to
filibustering tactics by the opponents
of the bill, which were; continued
until an early hour this morning.
.The United States Senate was not
in session, Jan. ai. ine mouse
passed, a bill having for its object
the- removal of certain burdens from
the American merchant mar.ne, and
devoted the remainder ol the session
to debate on the riverj and harbor
appropriation bill. The eae against
Druggist Drew for present ingfrand-f
ulent claims against thti Navy De
partment was given to the jury on
Saturday night, and tlije jury wai$
locked up nntil Monday '- j ,: ' . !
In the United Stafea Senate, 'Feb.
j3, a bill was introduced! to promote
telegraphic communication between
America and 'Asia. The interstate
commerce bill was further discussed
and amended, " and finally the Sen
ate bill was .substituted for the
House bill. A vote 011 the bill will
be taken today. ' In the House Mon
day's session was continued until;
2.15 yesterday morning. ', Senate
amendment to concurrent resolution ,
making arrangement ; for v counting
: the electoral l vote was concurred in,
and a bill- was passed regulating; the
'forms of bills of , lading.. General
debate on the . river and harbor bill
was concluded ; , and. the ' bill will be
considered by sections today. . The ,
: findings of the general court-martial
;in tbe Swaim case have been filed
i with the adjutant-general, , to ; be
transmitted to the President, and
new charges have been preferred:
against Gen. Swaim." Mrs.' Grant'
has signified her desire vto turn over
to the . government jajt once (hie
; swords medals and otier relics of
jGen. Grant, Which by the' terms of
;the agreement with Mr. Vanderbilt
!sbe' is to present toNtlie "United
States.
SUPRECEC03?.
V. ! Hit'
. Court,, Jnet this,, morning at ten
o'cIock.iT The r entire, morning . was,
consumed, .in Ithe examination, of 1
; applicants tor, license, to jpracitico law?
;The following are thie 1 nnam?s o
.those who were.,examined :
; Joln . Lishunty $
Emery Ei Baper, Davidson county ;
T WbitUker, . Halifax ' miity (
Ad Atrjhns FT Poser.' Henderson Coi i
v Sid'neyJTv ''BeSto;'de mnntj
jonn x. otraynorn, grange county ;
Ed war F. LotiII a&uga ,couijty ;
William L.' Williams, ertie'eounty;
Geof ee G. Wilson, Guilf orcl' county :
Tasker Pplk, Wanben COtntyj. SainX
W. Diet,1' OnQf 'M county, : ' Henry
Oi Hilliard Statedf .Virginia ;
county i Heury Stewart Hacon Co. ;
James f, oummers, inecicienDurg
county j , Bartlett ' Bhif.1 jMepklen
bnrg county ' John D. Snaw, Jr.,
Richmond county, -f '7-"' :
C9KCRm& CEKSUHE OF JURIES.
Editok Topic. With your , per
mission I will give you and your
readers a few thoughts on the Bay
case, as there have have been some
persons who have been pleased to
cast some reflection, either directly
or indirectly, on the jury in regard
to their verdict in said case. v
Now allow me to say that they
the jury were sworn men, acting
pon tbeir solemn oaths, to give a yei-
met accoruiux iu law auu me cvi-
dence in this particular case ; not
from what the papers say or . have
said ; not from rumor or hearsay ;
not even what their own opinions
were as individuals, but from the
evidence sworn to in this particular
case. :-.. r'-
If Ray had killed five men or ten
men ajid the jury had every reason
to believe it, yet it would have had
tno weight whatever, as you doubt
less remember that the judge . was
-explicit in his charge to the jury,
that anything not on evidence was
to be considered as not existing at
all r.:.7:;.;:-
Again editors and outsiders have
a wide range for forming and ex
pressing their opinions and are
privileged, to do so, but quite differ
ent with men acting on their solemn
oaths, where they are pledged to go
according to law and the evidence,
and that in one particular case that
of killing Miller. : j
Now I wish to call attention to a
few points, that are perhaps not
considered by a great many - persons
when expressing j 1 their Opinions.
First,' the difficulty of : Saturday,"
before the horaicide, was comprom
ised and Milkr and Ray were friend
ly. Secondly, that Ray did npt go
down in that shaft 'voluntarily but
was knocked in by William Buries
on, one of Miller's partners.
Again, if you remember the
judge's charge to the jury, that if
at any time the prisoner expressed a
willingness; to quit the" fight, it
would be excusable homicide, if j the
the jury did not believe that' he
(Ray) brought on the' fight, and you
doubtless further remember that the
evidence was that Ray proposed f, to
stop the fight and go out and behave
himself, but they, Miller, Burleson
and .Buchanon, said no, "drag him
back,' take his arms from him and
keep . him , until morning." About
the same, time a pistol was heard at
the mouth of the shaft and Ray
said, ."some one is killed." Miller
said, : "yes, atdome one will be
killed here, too." ; ;
Now the question is whether Mil
ler meant Ray would kill him or
that he would kill Ray; besides that,
Miller had hold of ' Ray at. the, same
time; whether in an imploring atti
tude or in a fighting position, is an
other question to be settled by, cir- J
cumstances, there being no evidence
oi to' Miller '8 intention. - 7
v Again, Judge Gilmer in his" charge 1
to the jury, said they would be al
lowed to place themselves in Ray's
'.condition, and I think the reasona
ble conclusion of any sane man, with
'a gun and pistol cocked' and' pre
sented at him, would be that he was
in imminent danger and would defend
: himself and risk the consequences.
Ray'was being tried , for killing
only one man, and his character: as
a dangerous man was not in question
before the jury, and to sum up the ;
; character of Ray and all of his past;
litt, including five, or , six murders,,
as some of the papers have it, is
very ungenerous,, to say., the least, ;
and is a, reflection on the twelve men
i who felt and realized, the responsi
bility that rested upon, them, and still
greater responsibility ' of . condemn-'
; ing an innocent fellow man whose
I life was at stake, and a slight 'error!'
j in, them might suffer; the ; most
; shamef urdeath known to civiliza-!
j tion and I must say that I prefer,
that ten oreven twenty guilty per
sons go unpunished than punish one'
who is innocent. .
V. Now, Mrr Editor; I have tried - to
give these points and facts in the
. casfr's: briefly' as ll possibly cduld
not caring' to please the fancy of any
bne' whe jumps at :onclusions with
out hearing the evidence 1" - i ' ? 1
" "And tKose'v wKo '7. hare been so
free" arid , hasty in expressing and
publishing theirdpinionsi are guilty'
of 'doing that jury 'a yreat wrong
one1 calculated, If believed, to make
the world think them a set of per-i
jured "wretches not worthy the con
fid eiice of honje'st V men, J and those
whb' have published, these reflections
are'Tequested to give this an 'inser
tion in their pxpers. ' T- " 7 -Okb
op the Jury.
t LECISUTIYE TOPiCS. r -
: . ;. . siufAiE Feb. 2. -. '. ;, .
I BiU to lvy aj special tax to build
a jail in1 the county of Montgomery
passed its thircf reading. 7
. Bill to amen section 549 and 550
of the Code to Regulate appeals from
the Superior Cburts. A -substitute
from judiciaryjcommittee was adopt-'
ed arid passed its several readings. .K
f Bill. to makefit .unlawful for per
sons to practice ; medicine, in theJ
State without license was laid on the
table. 7 7- 7f '7777' 7 '
r On motion f of Mr. Cooper the
rules were suspended and the bill to
amend sectipn?834 of the Code re
lating to the j unlawful killing of
wild turkeys j was taken up and on
his motion was! amended so as to in
clude the counties of Macon, Chercn
kee, Jackson akd Swain, within its
provisions. Mr. Buxton moved to
amend so as ,jfo include also the
county of Stokes and after some dis
cussion. ! the bill was laid on the
table.
If
Bill to amend section 2764 of the
Code in regard
to the entry of pub-
lie lands. "..., k- - :
Mr. Buxton fotlered to amend as
follows : Provided that the provis
ions of this acttshall not be constru
ed to relate to pitries made by par
ties who have mot taken out grants
at the time of the passage of this
act. Adopted knd . the bill passed
its second reading. . ' 7
, Mr. King mojredto reconsider the
vote by which the bill in regard to
killing turkeysj in certain counties
was this morning tabled and moved'
to lay that motion 6n the table.
The motion to breconsider prevailed.
Mr. Means offered the second mo
tion to table, pending further con
sideration the Senate adjourned un
til tomorrow ajllVclock. :
7 HOUEFeb. 2.
' Bill to prevejnt stock running at
large in Alamapice county passed its
third reading If ,-7 7-; 77 7 .';77' 7" ''
: Bill authorizing the commissioners
of i- Wake county to levy a special
tax, passed its third reading.
Bill to amend the charter of the
town of Statdsville, passed iCs third
reading.' ...'H- - -.,7. -. , - ; '
Bill ' Changing ; the line between
Wilkes land J 'Ashe- counties. Mr.
Henderson 8pn forward a. petition
t gainst the bil , stating that certain
parties wished he change made in
order that Was! lington Woody might
be in Ashe copnty, and there be a
magistrate. Mr. Galloway said that
as the two
and Ashe
Senators from Wilkes
ana tne members from
jAshe were all favorable to the bill
three Democrats against one Repub
lican he thoiifght it, ought to pass.
He said the Republican party had
been the political humiliation and
financial ruin bf the State, and now
that, it had, been restored to presper-.
ity he though c now was a good time
to sit down bnfthe Republican mem
ber from Wilkls. He thought that
the membefr frOm Wilkes was a' rara
avis, and that he was like a lone rose
in the wilderness to show where the
garden once existed. Mr. - Hender
son said he catke here as'a represen
tative of whit people, and at least
300 white voters: of his county were
opposed to th bill.7 Messrs. Plnm
mer and Lovill spoke in favor of the
bill, stating that it would be a great
convenience In many respects to
have the county line changed, and
especially in regard to school facili
ties. Mr., Overman stated that he r
had received a letter from the chair
matt of . the1 Democratic County Ex
ecutive .Committee in opposition to
the move, and moved to postpone
until Thursday, Feb; 12th, which'
motion prevailed. : 7 ... - s : '
r Bill to amend section 3448 of the
Code.'3 Mf. 0f ertrian explained that
the bill for hiring prisoners for pub
lio work outside of the f county in
whicb they were confined, , and that
as this would! place the regular; pris-
oner by the side of the striped suit
ed cenyict.' The judiciary; commit
tee reported ladversely. 7 M. Green
said be thought ..TtoeriB was merit in
the, bill, and; .that it should : not bo
hurried over i and lar he wished time
to more fully investigate it, he mov-.
ed to postpone i ; action until Thrirs
daynext at o'clocfciri.'f Carried
Bill -in regard to the r charter of
the town of Lenoir, passed its sec
ond :readmgf '.-J "7't"'
k BiII to ''amend: seo73148 of the
Code, passedj its several readings.' i
KiBilU tbf Jafnerid sec. - 2017 of the
Code. - Mr. pQvnr said the bill auf
thorized the overcceri cf publio
roads to extend the time at pleasure,
and as he desired to have them re
stricted, he opposed, the bill. Mr.
Feltori thought that six days was
enough each "year. 7 The bill was
tabled. ; ..- ;
- - senatb Feb. 3.' - y- ;
M UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 7' ' -
: ' On yesterday bill in regard to the .
unlawful killing of wild turkeys in
certain counties in . the State was
laid iupon thetable. 7- -' 77
Mr. King moved to reconsider the :'
yotp by' which the bill was tabled
anal moved to lay - that motion on " ,
thestable. ' ". ...' ; '. ' ".''
Mr. Means said he hoped the Sen
ate would reconsider the vote by, 7
which the bill was tabled: but h
was opposed to the latter notion, as V
it would have the effect to prevent
any further action in regard to the "
measure, this session; and he hoped",
the Senator frorii Guilford,' as t was'
merely a local matter, would with
draw ' the latter motion and allow j
the bill to be referred to the j com- ;
mittee on propositions and griev
ances.:; iV ' "' .''''. ; ' !'"' "" 7 ' .
Mr. Cooper also advocated ' this
reference, and appealed to the Sen-'
ator from Guilford to withdraw hit 7 .
motion, which was done. ' The vote' '
was reconsidered and the reference
was made. "" "7 '"'" '" 7:-
, SPECIAL ORDER. 7 7
A Bill to be Entitled an Act to"?
Provide a Suitable Room for the
Supreme Court and State Library.
Messrs. Pool, Graham and Robins
addressed the Senate in advocacy of .
the measure, and it passed by a rote
of ayes 34, nays none. ,
house- Feb. 3.
- CALENDAR..
Bill in regard; to the : charter of
the town of Lenoir -, passed its third .
reading. , .. ; . ... -. .' 7;;.7..,
; BilLfor the relief of disabled sol- '
diers came up as special order at 12,
O'clock. -.;J 77 ,..',';-3 V.-..7
' Mr.' Robinson, amended so as to
make the, year for this bill to begin v'
July 1st, 1885. J 7 7 ..,(.J7-7- .,: .'... 7
Mr. Williamson offered an amend , '
ment to include all soldiers who lost
one eye during the war, , which was
adopted. , ... . :
Mr. Overman offered to am end,
so that all persons who speculated,
in these would be liable to , indict-7
ment. Adopted. - ' 7
Mr. Lockey said it would be a sad
day for the State j when this . bill
passed. . It will keep away northern
capitalists who would otherwise
come , here. He said the bill was -unjust'
because it taxed one class,
for the benefit of another. 7
Mr. Pearson asked , if he thought
it was right-to tax the white people
to educate the colored children. He
thought it was right to impose this
tax to educate the negroes, because
it was of more interest to the prop
erty-owners . for the ; negro to be
educated than it-..was to the negro '
himself. He said . the ; best plan
would be to get up a subscription.
Mr. Barringer offered an amend
ment striking out that piovision ;
which provides for, the colored peo
ple, and .supported his amendment ,
with a very strong speech.
Messrs. Busbee, Cale, Dixon and
several other gentlemen spoke,
against the amendment, which was
lost. - ' ' . ; ; 7
Mr. Tate called the previous ques
tion, which was sustained, and the,,
bill passed its third reading by "a
strict party vote,"- except that Mr. " .
Cale, colored, Republican member v
from Pasquotank county, who, after
making a very sensible and enthusi
astic speech, voted for the bilL 1 ' : . r : .
k Uw Against Chsceot Fuklicatlsu.
" The Senate of North Carolina has
passed a bill directed against the '
importation or sale of obscene books
papers or prints within the limits of
the -State, which, ' if it becomes a
law and is r rigidly enforced, . will
remove this source of moral conta-
gion from before ' the eyes : of the
people 1
: ' The telephonO business is a blj
thing. On 'the' 'first "of "January
there wero 906 eichanges in ' his
country,' 85,896 miles of wire and
47,062 employees. -- ' VV ;n 1" 7 -V::,
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, The hard weather out. West 'Has
killed up ithe cattle. 1 Thousands ara
dying in Western Kansas and a thirl
of a millioii have died from expc:- r
and hunger on the' Cherolics
of the Indian Territory.
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