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Vashington letter.
80ME REMARKS ABOUT FUEL.
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THE BEST LAID PLANS'
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in 1 - Ut OR QO
A?HIK Uiurn,
distinction without a differ
ie that made by Republicans
sav 'that Mr. McKfnley will
1 1' Li a k Pi
eome speeches in Ohio,
not P"
till probably make speeches
but'.
the rear platrorm or tne tram
which he will pass through
on his coming -trip to and
the West. It really looks as
frdry
0o
h that trip had been arranged
for, the; purpose of giving
JicKinley an .opportunity to
I -n. nophAd in Dhin which
tea
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; map
U been assured by his party
gers i-are very much needed.
nd his party managers may
;jneru ; iooi'pi"'
Mi 1 :,.,t mill 1 knnnr t ha m t rr
tbf I
stump epeecnes wiey win ue,
fhev will not be inclined to
affv more ol tne president of
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i 1 : ! i h hllAIAAOa A A V v
'' 1 1 II L n w rf-k am a a
iidre1 Reed's retirement there
j$ Open LUUUii lain auuuk im uiclu
of the house oeing allowed.
pore lioei iy i- dvdsiuu
0f congress. Those, who did this
tilkir g believed in it, but an an
aoiin ement of Speaker-to-be Hen
iereba7B program for the Republi
c4i financial bill does not indicate
galincreaee of liberty for members ;
cDjv a transfer of silent obedience
from Czar Reed to King Caucus.
It je said:. to 'be Mr. Henderson's
isten ion to bring the financial
bill Wore a Republican caucus as
goon! as congress meets and to get
it fen lorsed and ordered passed.
Then the .bill will be railroaded
thfou
Hi the house before the com-
ttts are announceu. xne ex-
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viven for this action, which
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1 hie decidedly unusual, in deal-
ingwitu one oi me most important
e'j6jt:.ts that congress is ever call
tj up;n to handle the country's
is iiiat II me oiii was ai-
td to take the usual course it
;hl never get out of the commit
! tin banking and currency, to
k'l it '.-should properlv be re-
(erreJ after being introduced in
thel hpune. or mignt oe cnangea dv
tbit -ominittee. If this program
i r-e ill v to be' carried out, the
hoqe caucus should first vote to
abrilif h the banking and currency
coctr ittee. : ' -:-
ite preventative Berry, of Ken
tuck) , has been somewhat annoyed
by jboing misrepresented as to his
attftide towards' Col. Bryan. While
in V iehington a day or two ago
Coll Berry took occasion to say,
with an emphasis which left no
doijbi of his meaning every word:
MM opinion is that Bryan will be
the mini nee of the Democracy,' and
1 rja1 e a further opinion that he
wil) get votes enough to elect him
presi lent of the United States."
s kicking of Senator Welling
' tor 'out of the chairmanship of the
Maryland Republican state corn
mi tee has,. in the opinion of those
tj now the situation thdrough
ly,jmade the carrying of the state
fcyjthje. Democrats a certainty. A
Mrylaitd Republican is quoted as
tatirgeaid: "I would not be sur
prWejl if Smith should be elected
gofbnor by 40,000 plurality. The
fjlington incident, the indepen-
iH revolt, and the Schley affair
hare
jftge that cannot now be over
lie'' Democrats have expressed
afijlence in redeemfng the state
"Qm the beginning of the cam
f!ii .. - The turnine down of Well-
l:gUn makes it .certain that he
1J oin Senators Hoar and Mason
,5 JV aeking the Philippine" policy
r. icKinley in the senate, and
me assistance of Democratic
'aitjor they can and will give
luej adniinistration considerable
SWe.. Take it all in all, Mr
Jftfoley has no reason to look
to the coming session of
sfeM with pleasant anticipa
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-advices do not bear out the
Moment so often made in official
JiD.ents that Philippine private
?,dl?rs only participate in the
r because they are afraid of
joflicerg. Gen. Otis belieyed
t Tat theory once but since he
HO cash and personal im
ly to every Philippine soldier
Zd bis mind. Only one Fili-
-wcu lu laKe aavantage or
on"r, and before the monev
PaiJ to him it was found out
0ae (,f our own soldiers, who
Jtured the gun surrendered
lrV02 to secure some
mojiey through the creduli
rJCD--VUis. SDeakinff of the
h'S there is much talk in
us'3 COncfirnintr th rpint
Kt. . . ' o -:
;V. da, daring of the Filipi
a -ytem io be ioie t0 oper.
JJring i)e rainv aAnann pvati
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V'lhli within thirty.five miles
ctC,f a Wfts certainly not i the
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The Statesville Landmark Lays
'Down the Law to its "Wood" j
' Subscribers.
The following article from the
Statesville Landmark is true and
to the point, and our first impulse
was to steal its bodily and apply it
to a certain class of the Patriot's
subscribers. We would- be a lit
tle more lenient than our brother
of The Landmark in regard to the
limit of time in which we will re
ceive wood on subscription, though
we want it before the bad weather
sets in: - ;
'Every .country newspaper has
among its assets what is known as
the wood subscriber that is, a
citizen who agrees to furnish the
editor so much fire-wood each year
for the paper, in lieu of a cash
payment. This ' matter of ex
change works very well so long as
the wood subscriber performs bis
part of the contract so long as he
delivers, promptly, an amount of
wood, of good quality, that would
bring as much ready cash on the
market as the subscription price
of the paper. But, unfortunately,
there are good and bad wood sub
scribers, and some are indifferent.
"But we are not here to discuss
the characteristics of this individ
ual. If those of our audience who
are not interested in this matter,
and most of them are not, will ex
cuse us for a moment and look
elsewhere, and the wood subscrib
er will give us his undivided at
tention, we will state a few facts
for him to digest. Last winter
many of them failed to respond
and the consequence was that in
the dead of wfnter, when the ther-.
mometer was toying with zero and
the roads were almost impassable,
the presiding genius of this estab
lishment had to, ever and anon, lay
aside the work of conducting this
great and good newspaper and go
out and bustle like smoke for wood.
He had to take any sort of wood
he could get and pay any .price
asked, which Was always high
enough or freeze, and sometimes
he came near freezing. In ad
dition he had his fine feelings lac
erated by the jeers of the scornful,
who constantly aeked him why he
didn't have sense enough and fore
sight enough to lay in a supply of
wood in due season and not be
caught between the devil and the
sea.
"The strains on our moral char
acter and financial resources were
such that we shall not (if we can
help it, and we think we can) pass
through another ordeal of like
kind. This is to say, therefore, to
all persons concerned to whom
these presents may come, that we
have adopted a new regulation and
it will be enforced. All persons
who intend to deliver wood to The
Landmark must deliver it by Nov.
1st. We will not promise' to re
ceive any after that date. The
reason for this "is obvious. We
must know where our fuel is to
come from and we don't propose to
pay two or three prices or it in
the dead of winter, as was done
last winter.
"These remarks do not apply to
those who have done their full
duty in the premises. They are
intended for those who have not.
But remember,1 all wood due and
promised must be delivered by
November 1st, and the sooner the
better?' !
Sued to Get Back into ohurch..
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" "Henry Aten vs. the Presbyte
rian Church" is the title of one of
the most unique lawsuits ever filed
in the courts of Ohio. Aten is one
of the wealthiest business men in
Sandusky. In his petition he
charges that the church council,
on April 17th, 1898, dismissed him
self and family from the church
and that they cannot enjoy wor
ship or communion or instructions
therefrom. He claims to have as
sisted greatly in building up the
church and thinks now that he
ought to be allowed to worship in
side. Judge Smalley granted an
injunction, so that on Sunday he
can enter the Presbyterian church
at Sandusky and pray to hU
heart's coptent. i
First Jury Trial in Porto Rica.
I San Juan de Porto Rico, Sept.
Thi hnnrd nf nhnritv'n tahn -
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lated statistics show that out of a
population of 916,894, there are
591,089 indigent and 11,858 sick.
The number ofdeaths as a result
of the recent hurricane was 2,619
One week's rations were issued to
293,i47 "persons, -and the number
of those working for rations was
11,713.
The first jury trial in the San
Juan provisional court took place
today, when a prisioner named
Francisco Trapaga was "convicted
of larceny and sentenced to six
months imprisonment at hard labor
and to pay $500 and costs.
IV O CURE-NO I'JY.
That is the way all druggists seU GROVE'S
TASTELESS CHILL. TONIC for Chill, Fever
and Malaria. It ia simply Iron and Quinine in a
tatelea form. Children love it. Adults prefer
it to bitter nauseating tonics. Price, 50c.
American Torpedo Boat ' Kept Xa
England Dnrlnir the War. j , -j
Lieutenant Henry La Motte, under
the racy title "How We Helped Uncle
Sam Prepare For War." tells in St
Nicholas bow he and the American
naval attache. Lieutenant Niblack, la
bored last March and April to get to
America in time to rise the German tor
pedo boat which bad been christened
the Somers: After all preparations bad
been made I hastened to Hamburg,
hoping to catch the Somers somewhere
in the North sea canal, but on my ar
rival at Hamburg I found that she had
passed through the canal early that
morning and was now on tb North sea.
on her way to England. It was not un
til more than a week later, when I
sailed into the port of Weymouth, Eng
land, on board the United States steam
er Topeka, that I succeeded in getting
her signal .flags aboard her. Captain
Knapp told me that from the month of
the Elbe to Weymouth he had had a
very rough trip, but he had made it in
three days, averaging 13 knots an hour,
which was as much as any torpedo boat
of her size could have made under sim
ilar circumstances. i I
S When he arrived in Weymouth, he
caused an inspection to be made, which
showed that the Somers had not leaked
a drop, in spite of her rough handling,
and, considering the weather she was
out in, he belieyed her to be a very
comfortable boat. jj
At Weymouth an English crew avis
put aboard the Somers, and Captain
Poust and the Germans were paid off
and sent borne. Ml
i The Englishmen were evidently afraid
of her, for every time they put to sea
in her they declared that she was leak
ing. Twice she was put back into: port
on account of these reports, and each
time little or nothing was found to be
the matter. , The third attempt to get
her to sea in company with the Topeka
succeeded in getting her as far as 'Fal
mouth, where we put in because; the
Somers had made signal that she' was
sinking. This report was found to be as
groundless as the two previous ones.
There was, however, a very slight: leak
about the submerged torpedo tubej and
her crew, now thoroughly demoralized,
absolutely refused to go to sea unless
she was drydocked and inspected by
an agent of Lloyd's. ! i
1 It being utterly impossible to engage
a new crew for her at Falmouth, Cap
tain Knapp was obliged to yield toheir
demands and arranged to have her dry -docked.
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As she was being put into the docks
whether by accident or design cabnot
be proved her sailing master ran iher,
head on, into a stone pier, which caused
such serious damage as without doubt
to require her to remain indrydock
for repairs at least ten days. l i i
Thia was on April 19, and as we were
sure that war would be declared in a
few days at the farthest we were
obliged to -sail away in the Topeka
without her. The day after war was
declared the English captain of the port
called upon the officer in eommand of
the Somers and told him that Great
Britain, under her proclamation' of
neutrality, must request him to go to
sea in 24 hours, and if he were unable
to do so the English government would
be obliged to detain the Somers in port
during the continuance of the war.j j
And so, after all our trouble and ex
pense, one of our torpedo boats was left
in Falmouth harbor, of no more use to
us in our war with Spain than if ! she
had remained No. 420 at the Schichau
works in Elbing.
Bad Spelling In Harvard.
The midyear examination in
Fine
Arts Three, which was held at Harvard
on Feb. 4, uncovered these curiosities
of spelling among other things almost
as curious : ! j
I Appolo, alebaster, terricotta. citidal,
inate, pilar, jems (gems), statute
(statue), preeceeding, collum. entirelly,
phisique, renound, backwood. (back
ward), sculpters. athelete.
! Such errors were found distributed
throughout the class and were not icon
fined to a , few notebooks. Several j of
those who misspelled athlete were espe
cially prominent in athletic circles.' L
, This class in fine arts is among ! the
largest in the university, having fully
800 members. It contains no -freshmen,
but is made up mostly of juniors and
seniors. It is probably the most popular
of the general culture courses and was
under Professor Charles Eliot Norton
until the present year. The course has
been regarded as almost a liberal edu
cation in itself. New York Sun.
Major Wilkinson's Sword.
Miss Evangeline Carv Wilkinson.
daughter of the late Major MC. Wil
kinson. Third United States infantry,
is desirous of obtaining Major Wilkin
son's mess chest, sword and belt The
mess chest was sent "to Cuba with the
baggage of the Third United States in
fantry from Mobile. After the battle at
Leech Lake, when the bodies of Major
Wilkinson and others were taken back
to Walker. Minn.. General Bacon laid
the sword between Major Wilkinson
and Sergeant Butler and covered them
with his coat It was in that position
when last seen, though it is hard to un
derstand why any one would take I it
from there. It is of little value in itself
as compared with the value it has to
the family of Major Wilkinson. Any
information concerning it will be
thankfully received by Miss Evangeline
Cary Wilkinson, 1051 West Thirtieth
street. Los Angeles. Army and Navy
Journal
31 r. Choate'a Gont.
1 Mr. Choate, our new embassador from
the United States, says that he never
had gout and never intends to." That
may be so now, for Mr. Choate is ybujt?
in diplomacy. Let him wait affew
years until troublesome questions arise,
and he will find intervals of diplomatic
gout most useful. In'- statesmanship
gout and greatness almost always go
wgetner. London Globe.
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&eat Basgaia Sale TMs Week.
3 1-2 c. per yard for 500 yards good Domestic, worth 5 c.
3 c. per yard for 500 yards good 5 c. Calico.
5 c. per yard for yard-wide Percale, 8 c. value.
12 1-2 c. per yard for fine all-wool Dress Goods.
5c per yard for good heavy Ticking.
5 c. for fine Organdie and Lawn that sold at 12 1-2 to 18 c. per yd.
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Cheapest Store in Greensboro, :
A NOVEL CIGAR HOLDER.
Captain Maltland Possehae One Made
From a Lobster's Claw.
There is a novelty in the shape of a
cigaf holder which is being introduced
into Kansas City. It is distinctly Eng
lish and decidedly uncanny. The holder
is made of the inside claw of the left
fin of the deep sea lobster. '
Captain Maitland of the zoo has one
of the cigar holders, and he has present
ed several others to his friends. As one
would naturally expect from the -captain,
who has many interesting curios
about his person, his possessions are
very much out of the ordinary. He se
cured his lobster fin cigar holder some
time ago while on the Atlantic coast
He was in a market place one day and
noticed a very fine specimen of lobster.
The captain- is an Englishman, and,
having seen and used many of the
unique holders, decided that the claw
of this lobster would make a very fine
holder for his Havana. He purchased
the lobster and cut off the claw and put
it in his trunk. A few weeks ago, struck
with the novelty of the thing in a city
where even the lobster is not common,
to say nothing of the trinkets made
from the shell, he got out the shell and
polished it up. It makes an ideal cigar
holder. It is about two inches in length,
and one side of it is serrated. When it
is first used, it is a bright red, the color
of a boiled lobster. As the smoke and
nicotine penetrate the soft shell it grad
ually turns black as ebony. At first the
color begins in spots and then spreads
entirely over the entire holder, with the
exception of the teeth, which still retain
their vermilion hue.
In England, where the lobster shell
is much used in the manufacture of
trinkets', the cigar holder made of the
claw is very common. It is, however,
only about one lobster in 60 that is
available for this use. The jeweler takes
the holder in the rough and polishes it
He puts an amber tip on it and a silver
or gold band on the large end, and it
sells easily. It much resembles a meer
schaum, and 'people who have used
these holders for long periods of time
say that they get to like the taste of
the lobster holder as much as the cigar
itself.
The captain was presented a few
days ago with the left paw of a mon
key, which was formerly the property
of little Edna, who belonged to Bert
Scott of the Capital saloon. Mr. Scott
was the advance agent of. Cole's, Mid
dleton's and Lemen Bros.' circuses.
The paw has become mummified, and
gold bands have been placed around it
It is intended for a watch charm and
will hereafter be displayed upon the
vest of the captain. Kansas City
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The Cretan Flag.
To the, number of countries having
national flags their number is now
more than 100 is to be added. Crete,
the patriotic Cretans believing that the
selection of a flag should precede rather
than follow autonomy. The formal ac
ceptance of the Cretan flag was made at
the monastery cf Arkadi, on the scene
cf the stand made by the patriotic Cre
tans against the Turkish soldiery in the
revolt of 18GG. . f
The Cretan flag is to show a black
cross upon a white ground, symbolic
'of the mourning of Crete for the.'con
tinned postponement of her national as
pirations. " White and black on a flag
is not an approved combination, except
among pirates, and for that reason1 the
Cretan flag, at some sacrifice of sym
metry, has been further embellished by
a second and smaller cross in the left
hand upper corner, a white cross on a
blue ground, the Greek colors. The por
tion of the flag occupied by the Greek
colors is symbolic of the hope of ulti
mate consolidation of Crete with Greece,
New York Sun.
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98 cents a pair for a $2.00 pair
cneap ai f 1.20.
89 cents a pair for Men'i heary Workinjj Shoes worth $1.25. All
solid leather. j J
98 cents a pair for 200 pairs Ladies' Button and Lace Shoes, all solid
and good style, worth $1.25.
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We can give you Shoes from 50
wameu.
Visit our store and
elsewhere.
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TIE POSIT YOUR MOHEYIIH
The People's 5 Cents Savings Bank,
OF O-IELH i H : rrSBOHO, 1ST- o.
Establifthed In 1SH7.
Does strictly a Savings Bank business. Has
-- never
J.W.OTT, President,
We take great pleasure in submitting you
our Fall and inter Goods. Our Millinery
Department is complete and up-to-date.
Our Opening will be on MondayTuesday
and Wednesday, Oct. 2,3 and 4. We request
you to attend, j - -
We also ca 1 your attention to our Dry
Goods and Shoes. We have a complete line.
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rtixo ue a trial Wp will Hn nnr hp5 to n ftflfift
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you. Thanking you
we remain,
Very
214 South Elm Street,
HINKLE
L I jm Ms and Wg Macis depy,
Successor to Jones & Cox,
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Will occupy this space hereafter with announcements
! concerning the
BALL PIANOS AND ORGANS,
R IK, STANDARD AND WHITE
Solid car of Pianos and Organs just received.
Needles, Oils, Etc., for machines of every make.
i 2 1 23 South Elm Street, Greensboro, N. C. Next door to
Fariss'
HOW'S THIS
THE PATRIOT MD THE WASHINGTON POST !
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Men'i good Dreit Shoes. Would ba
cents a pair up4 to $4.00, any styU
get prices before buying
328 S. Elm St.
Pay a Interest on Deposits.
been in successful operation for ten years and
ioai a uouar.
52-3m J. A. IIODCJ IN, Treasurer.
nil !
kindly for pat favor,
truly,
GREENSBORO, N. 0.
Drug Store.
FOB A CLUB RATE:
OxxJLy- $1-40.
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