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1 gM14, ;:jeffr!E$:jn;tbaining, . Former Champion ;? Getting Back in f .', ' ; FornWViitor:jBeiliim;t-'!??.-" ;Wn Lomend,. Call AprUi 18.-Visit-ors to James J. Jeffries? training camp today saw the -i, former : champion stripped to the walstT through Tils stunts. -After laboring vigorously hour, with the perspiration rolling off him, Jeffries : suddenly concluded it was too warm to work that way and removed . his heavy . undershirt in which he has exercised heretofore. Jeffries then went at the punching bag , with a vim that threatened to wreck the apparatus. - In the bright sunlight he loomed up - big and almost as muscular as in lor mer days. His two weeks' training has already served" to remove" surper- ) K.min -frn tha nnnar nart ft Ms, body , while there is only a trace of ' a fast fading paunch. 'His huge ;arm and nairy cnest iook - ed as formidable as in the days of his f , former pugilistic triumphs. : The ; en - tire afternoon was occupied "with ex ercises with' chest weights and punch- that Jeffries'; steady -application to the weights was to loosen up his back " muscles and - to regain - the - elasticity so characteristic of. the fighter in his , previous battles. . ; KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Bolt Strikes Party of Salisbury Boys on Fishing Trip. . Salisbury, April -17 A fierce rain and electric storm with fatal results passed over Salisbury and vicinity last night about 9 o'clock. For a time the city was in darknes and the street cars, were out of commission. A party of five boys were fishing near the old Achenback place on Grant's creek about two miles from the city and were sitting around a fire which they had built when the storm broke upon them, A fierce bolt of lightning struck In the mids.t of the party and Charlie, the 16-yearold son of Mr. J. J. Cor rell, who lives on- West Franklin street, was instantly killed; Floyd Eost, also about 16 years old, and a son of Mr. E. 3. Bost, a neighbor of the Correll family, was injured so badly that it was at first thought that he too was dead, and he is still in a critical condition, while Kerr Ritchie, a young son of Mr. Luther Ritchie, also of this city, was painfully burned on one side. There were two' other boys in the party, oce a brother of the dead Cor rell boy and the other of the injured Bost boy. Correll remained with the dead and injured while the uninjured Bost boy and young Ritchie made their way to the nearest house and told of the affair. Parties at once went to tie scene and the remains of Correll and the badly' Injured Bost lad were brought to the city and tak en to their' respective homes. "When the bolt struck young Bost he was knocked over in the fire and it is for tunate that he was no burned to death. FROST AND SNOW. Interesting Clipping From the Greens boro Patriot April 21st, 1849. (Greensboro Record.) Miss Bettile Caldwell, librarian at the Carnegie Library -brought to this office today with a request to publish the following, which she clipped from the Greensboro Patriot, dated, April 21st, 1849: . - "Winter lingers in the lap of Spring." -Albeit will not suit the pres ent occasion falling short as it does of conveying a correct impression of the state of fact. The frosty has usurped the . flowery season, infring ed upon her appointed time, withered her budding groves, and bit her green things. That's .the way to tell -it and there is abundance of truth as well as poetry, factsas well as high-fa lutiner. in the story. Last Sftinday being the fifteen , day of the fourth month, April, there was a smart sprinkle of snow; and we are informed that in regions a day or two's journey east and south, snow contin ued to fall incessantly from about ten o'clock in the morning until three in tne arternc-on. a rare snow among green leaves and peach blossoms! On Sunday nignt tnere .was a swinging frost and few vegetables except those of the hardiest kind escaped death by this visitation. (Since then the weather history of the week has been high Winds and a continued cold. But lit tle rain has fallen for a long time; the earth is baked hard and dry and clouds, of dust are driven to and fro along the streets and roads. The fruit is doubtless all killed. Since writing the above we learn that in Fayetteville on the 15th snow fell thickly from nine, o'clock in the morning until five in the evening, ac cumulating to the depth of upwards of four inches on a level. In Wimungton it snowed all day and fell to the depth of six inches. Early corn, garden veg etables, fruit and flowers were all swept away. An acquaintance from the South in forms -us that it snowed to the depth of five inches at Cheraw, S. C. the falling snow presenting a most singa lar contrast to the nearly full grown foliage of the forest. Tuesday's Fayetteville Observer says: "A telegraphic dispatch informs us that the snow extended to Camden and Columbians. C, and that in Geor gia - and Alabama a severe frost on Sunday night has killed all the young cotton ! ,:; It will be necessary to . re plant the whole crop. This is a great calamity. In this State we. presume but little cotton was up. At Raleigh the snow was slight and there was none at Petersburg, though very Cold and cloudy." - - " . .....; - ; It has been . discovered , that the ad ministration is deliberately . violating the Constitution "by permitting three army officers to serve in the Cuban army, v The Constitution . has the fol lowing Clause: ''No person hold ing any-office of profit or trust under them (the United States) shall with out the consent of the Congress accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign State." In stead of putting an end to this abuse of the law the War Department has . merely asked Congress to authorize the lending of our officers to Panama and Cuba, upon request. Columbia State. - Does John Temple Graves imagine that the man can accomplish what the master . failed in. The tender of the Hearst support of the Democrat ic party on condition that the Demo cratic party accept the Hearst poli cies is no new, proposition. It has been made before and rejected, though the Democrats of New York did once ac cept Mr. Hearst's candidacy for the Governorship of that State. In that case, however, the -Democratic party did all k the supporting, but that was iu'n Iodex-Appeal. Philadelphia: and y Reading Company Makes Better Citizen's of Employes. New; York. April. 16. The Philadel phia & Reading Coal and iron '.Cxmv pany has organized a: sonoo m teae nandoah, Pa. . It is for the employes of tne collieries: in the Shenandoah division, and is a result of the success of -a simUar ; institution at ; Pottsville. This new school is one more mani festation of the movement now car ried on by the anthracite mining com panies in giving educational advant ages to their"-employes. -.The mine workers, for the most part, are for eigners woo have had few opportuni ties, and many of them are ignorant even of .the English; language. The schools-conducted by' the companies in the ' hard coal ; region are not - only making better mine workers ot the employes, but are moulding them into better American citizens. I - r ; The company's mining , engineer for the district is the. head of the; Phila delphia & Reading's Shenandoah school. The State mine inspector for that -district makes frequent visits to the school, to give his encouragement, as do various mining superintendents of the company. - All of these visitors give their.personal aid whenever there ! is need -for it. - --. ' : :: The primary object of this -scnool is the preparation of miners for the examinations required by the State for mine foremen's certificates. The sessions are held on Monday and Fri day evenings of eachweekin apublic school building. Mathematics is taught by a problem course. The prob lems based upon' subjects with which the men' are-acquainted, become more difficult as the work proceeds, and finally involve the principles of mina ventilation, drainage, etc. ' No single subject, receives so much attention from the authorities of this school as" the - anthracite mine laws. A thorough' iknowledge of these laws, and the realization that they; must be. obeyed to the letter, is the; great est safeguard against accide'hts. It has been proven and. has been stated in all official reports, of mine accidents, that the great majority of the acci dents are caused by the ignorance or carelessness of the victims; the ex perts have agreed that nothing is so apt to cause a permanent improve ment in a safety record as the educa tion of the men. The Philadelphia & Reading school is supported entirely by the company, and the management keeps in close touch with Its progress. Other things being , equal, the men who do best aere are the men who are most apt to be promoted to responsible posi tions. EDITOR GHANNT GETS PERSONAL Comes to Wilmington and, Getting Home, Mixes Compliments. (Whiteville News-Reporter.) After knocking the dust of travel from our. duds, we first called on our Drethren of the press and met a kind welcome. There are not finer or more whole-souled fellows treading - this mundane sphere than Jim Cowan, of the Evening Dispatch, and Bob Gray; of the Morning Star, and they are aided by wide-awake local reporters. For many years Wilmington was look ed upon as a grave yard for newspa pers, and its press had a hard strug gle for existence. Once upon a time it was a standing joke among the members of the Fourth Estate that you could always tell a Wilmington editor by his lean, lank, hungry look. But these young fellows have infused new life and enterprise into the busi ness men, and both papers are not only prospering, but we are glad to know they are making money. Bob Gray . came to Wilmington a few months ago in fairly good ketter, and has not only held his own, but is taking on flesh. Jim Cowan was to the manner born and passed through chat starvation era in Wilmington journalism, and has the appearnce of hook-worm patient. But we notice that the skin seems to be loosening on his bones, and with the success the dis patch is now enjoying we expect to see Cowan develop into a miniature edition of President Taft The press of Wilmington is doing a great work for that city and its upbuilding, and these papers should be encouraged and sustained. When the . newspapers of a town or city languish .for . the want of patronage, you -can set down that the place is perishing with the dry rot, for its press Is accepted as an index to its prosperity. Its pa pers undeniably built the great city of Atlanta on a barren blackjack ridge; and what would Wilmington have been today, with unparalleled lo cation and vast natural advantages had its citizens and business men giv en its press as generous support as Atlanta accorded its papers? But we are glad to know that Wilmington is beginning to awake from its long slum-. bertand you are going to see it go forward by leaps and bounds. It is an open secret that the great new rail way system Harriman organized from the West will enter Wilmington over the Seaboard Air Line, and in 18 months J. Pierpontr Morgan will ex tend the Southern road to that city. We confidently predict that by the time the Panama canal is opened a dozen or more great trunk lines from the Middle West will terminate in Wilmington, and its harbor will "be forests of masts-from every country on the globe. INDIAN" CENSUS. interesting Data to be Gathered. Con cerning Cherokees. . (Asheville Gazette-News.) One of the most interesting features of the taking of the 13th census in the Tenth North Carolina congression al district will be the gathering of in formation concerning the Cherokee In dians, who live in the district, probab ly the largest settlement of Indians this side of the Mississippi -river. " In the 12th census which was taken in 1900 there were found to be 1,423 Indians dwelling within the limits of the Tenth district, the majority of whom were on- the reservation In Swain county - The Indian population of the district was divided as follows; Swain county, 917; ' Jackson county, 349: Graham,-128; and Cherokee, 35. They are an industrious people and are engaged in various pursuits. The census "of the Indians in the 13th census will be taken by the reg ular enumerators who will engage the services of an interpreter -when neces sary. The Indian census taking will be under the direction of Dr. Thomas J. Jones, of Washington, the expert spe cial agent for Indian census. Dr. Jone s accompanied ;Stupervisorr Nor wood to the conventions of theenum erators that were held 1 In Cherokee, Jackson, Graham and Swain counties and gave special instructions as to the taking of the . census among the ; Indians. When the censustaker em- "I-to- o fntPrnrfM-pr ffrf, myvernment-f !v. In'" 2 53 per" day f r h" .ices , ; A 1- e. vrhe curtain ;drops. " The farce tragedy ends. Two .' murderers red-handed,' are : given that .liberr ty which : they; r stole from ; theis enemy. v" The hand of thlechcof progress is turned backwards Justice! is sacrificed on the. altar of nohticaL i chicanery, r And one mani itd of ingenious conniv ing, scheming poUtics,; seta "at naugh the mandate of trial- jury, judge, and even the; supremetrk hunal- itself nWhy f Not that: he believedthe Coopers . innocent of the crime charged against r theni. although, in a signed statement, he attempt to -sugarcoat his man date in a plea of this ; sort but simply because the muderers were his political discoverers ?? friends, his political and supporters Pol itics, stupid, sickening, debased and consienceless inspired the pardon which Patterson signedri : Carmack was the political foe of Coopers, and their protege, Pat terson. Carmack stood for mor alty.. They apposed its progress Carmack had the courage to show up the tactics of .the men who would trust upon Tennessee a reign of unbridled immorality and lawlessness. And becaus he had the courage of his con victions. He was murdered by a "Colonel." The murder was prem editated, . studied, cold-blooded Waylaid on his way homo, these two Scions of "the first families' vaunted heroes of noble warring stock -armed to the teeth, assaul ted in cowardly fashion a man who was the superior of , all of them. Two to one, they pursued theis deadly attack, and began fire upon a gentleman who was engaged in conversation with a lady. The tesitmony of the lady witness darned them with t? stigma of cowardice. For the sake of common justice the wish was expressed the county over that these highwaymen who effee the death of Tennessee's fir statesman wro pay for theis crimes. After weeks consumed in trial, they were convicted by a jury of their peers. The trial judge who had reviewed the case in all of its complexities pro nounced sentence of 20 years ir both cases. There were ma1 who predicted that the Coopc would never serve a day of tl sentence, not they fancied thei guiltless, but because the Coo; ers were ' prominent" because they had "a friend at court" in the person of the governor. If they were pardoned it was pred icted that their freedom would be purchased with a political pull rather than on the score of in nocence of crime. Such predic tions were well founded. Scarce ly had the highest tribunal of Tennessee justice rendered its de cision, upholding the findings of the lower court in the' case . of Colonel Cooper, than the gover nor, unpetitioned. wrote the ptrdMi, v. : Thus does he set at naught the honest findings of the courts thus does he render inadequate and unnecessory the system of trial by jury. . The entire affair is sicke to the last degree. What a pit iable state of corruption have, we reaevhed of men who happen ed have a ' ' pull! ' ' who ar e ' ' promi nent' and well bred, may do mur der and base in the smiles of the stat.e's chief executive, who, above all others, should be inspired to duty by an incorruptible sense travesties as this which tend to creat the impression in te public mind that thtre are two standards of justice one for the obscuse and one for the man with a ' 'pull Politics, ,- with a big . "P" bough the freedom of Colonel Cooper, and the blood of a mmv dered mana statesman without a peer in his state, a gentleman of the old school!, a : partriotun unwraped by incorruptible, fear less in the discharge of rlnfv cries aloud for vengeance to a mi mic throne of quasi justice.r-Char lotte News. " ' W Savannah, Ga., April 15. Hon. Beek- man Winthrop, assistant secretary of the -navy, who reached the city yes terday afternoon . is Taeing well f enter tained in Savannah 4 today. "Accom- panied by a laree delegation -of saav. annah business men he took a trio down the harbor in the revenue cut-1 ter' Tamacraw this morning. He- was ater given an automobile--ride -over e faTfons antonK,.'la: Tft nnnrsr . : Tor Washington, : DiDHnrGETim BIGHTVIS r:-. man-:. N atureV: but WasnSS " "On thu trip insaid the car con ductor about , 11 :S0 'o'clock ,at ; flight, wwe'lPeginv to " pick up -the j beans; Theyj- commence featliigv their. . lauy-? loves about 11 o'clock.; I've seen so many ot then get O&.the' car that I've got; so I can tell who has saldi a . lov ing goodby and. who : has' had. a scrap with ; hetl It'sMh " the way they pay their fare.'V . 'The car stopped, and a young man tepped;aboikr6U?;; "There's '-one," 'continued the' .'con ductor. ! "Iir get - his ' fareand s then come backhand tell ryOT-rhoW i: think he got along with his ladylove.", " -. t The far was collected, and the' con ductor returned to the man. with whom he had been talkmg.' " ' - - ' -.: ' -. "Tbey had a'flghthe said., ?I'd most bet she told him to 'go and never return. Oh; Txa , a student of: human nature, yot ' bet you I" J1 3 Just then another fellow boarded the car. " He-Bat down by the; Teau.M "Why, hello; John r' the new passen ger said. "How are tha : wife 'and ba-r blesT!, ii??-'" .'f-k?:; " ' "All well but the youngest girl," was the , reply. -."I'm going', down" to- the drug store now to get her some cough : medicine" Af ' JChe conductor went to. the other end of the car and stayed there as much as he could.Denver Post , r -- ' THE BEST THEY HAD. Put It' AH-on ' Exhibition to Make .'' -v-.'Qood Impression. J '! The ; Norwegians : are ."always trying. to put the best foot forward, and they do It In reference to marriage as well as in reference to other matters. , It Is said ; that', a young -map once went out to seek a wife and came' to a farmhouse ; where there ; was more wit than money. . The only thing of which the farmer could boast was one new sleeve to his coat. This most be made the most of. "Pray take a seat," he said hospitably. "But this room is shockingly dusty," and, so saying, he went about wiping tables and benches with his new sleeve, while he kept the old one behind him. " - His ; wife possessed one new shoe and one only, but she made the most of It by pushing the furniture in place with it and keeping the other" hidden beneath her skirts. "It Is very untidy here," she said. "Everything is out of place." ' Then they called to the daughter to come and put things to rights. But the only new thing she possessed was a cap. So she kept putting her; head In at the door and nodding and. nod ding. '- " "For my part," she said, "I can't be everywhere at once." - Thus they all tried to make the young man believe that the household was well to do. Detroit Free .Press. H Sets Ooublo. His name Isn't really Guzzler, but it will answer the purpose, and it is descriptive. Guzzler has a habit, of looking upon the wine when It Is red, frequently to the extent that he can see two bottles where only one exists. Now, Guzzler is married, and recently the stork paid a 'visit to his.. abode. Several days after the event two of his friends met, and .the following conversation ensued: - . r7 . , "Hello,, old man! Hear about the doings over at Guzzler's?" "No. Another birthday party?" "Yes, in a way. Guzzler's wife has presented him with twins." "How do you know?" "How do I know? Well, I ought to know. Guzzler told me himself." "Well, I wouldn't place too much dependence, on it You know Guzzler generally sees doublel" New York Times. ' -- Paying the Doctor. . Some American doctors are. in favor of the ' contract systeni for medical service; but they are still a long way from the Chinese scheme of stopping the doctor's salary -when -the; patient falls 11L ' . The writer knows ; a-- New Yorker who says that if ever lie Is threatened with an operation he will ask the surgeon what It iff going to cost. Then he will hand him the amount at once, with the assurance that the fee goes whether the operation comes off or doesn't. He reasons that the doctor will then have no possible temptation if it comes f to a toss up whether to operate or take a chance. New York Press. : , A Rabolais Hoax. Rabelais, being out of money, once tricked the police Into taking him from Marseilles to Paris on a charge of treason. He made up some pack ages of brick dust and labeled them "Poison for the royal' family." The officers took Rabelais 700 miles only to be told at the end of their journey that it was April 1 and the affair was a hoax. Of course, as Rabelais was the privileged wit of the royal; family, he was forgiven. v . Altogether Different. Suitor I have jcome to ask you for your daughter's hand. Father-Well, the fact Is we are pretty crowded here as It Is, and I Suitor Oh, I intend to take her away from home if I mar ry her! Father Oh well, in that case But you did give me an awful start, my boy Boston Transcript i A Lovers' Quarrel. - "Hello, Fitzyt ..Where did you get that black eye?" v. "Oh, It, was only a lovers quarreL" .'Lovers' quarrel! Why. your girl did not give you that did shel" "No; it was her other lover. PECULIAR ACCIDENT.. Human Shuttlecock ; Between -Two-L. -j A N. Trains: ' . ,.: " Louisville, Ky April 14-A pecu liar accident yesterday In which Frank I Collins was converted literally into a human shuttlecock will probably cost him his life. , Collins was walking along the L. & N. tracks , in this city when he: was struck by a southbound train and toss ed against the pilot of the-northbound engine which hurled him 20 feet from te roawsv. He was picked up 1m- : wtiere it wasr Eaidp co!J. 20L ,11.t. SHQV.'lIiG THE ALBUM LThe Old Plush Volume Pictured ; Family History: '"t" 8he Learned AH About tho Twine and Aunt JanVs LltUe l-ovecAairj and 1 Sister Gart!ra Narrow Escape' and Whole Lot More;; BesSdesMp g : Yes'm,. that's my marriage certifi cate, and' them pictures pasted on: it Is me and pa the day we was married. No, ; he i wasn't C sick, but he was so scared It made him look peaked, .Do you like to look at photographs? fost everybody does, I guess. Walt till .J get the album. Yes. it Is kind of a pretty cover real plush. I got It off a book peddler lady dellar down and 50 cents amonth.;.-1-;-.: i-;:-t -f . Them's twms, . TJiere was two .of them. They looked just like you see them there. One of them Is my bus-j band. . but nobody ; can - tell which he is now.. Sort of creepy, ain't It not to know whether your own husband ie one twin or .the ptheisj . One of them died when he was sixteen, and that broke the set -1 think it is thr sweet est picture In the . album, they Jook so 'simple and harmless, just like two lit-: tie calves. ," Gran'ma Jones used to make their clothes herself. - You'd nev er guess it, would you? She used to lay the cloth In tw& thicknesses and cut out two suits at once. If one -of them had been a girl she couldn't have done it . Turn over the page. 7 That" s-' the gentleman - Aunt: Jane nearly .married. He looks like a col lege professor, don't' he? ' He was so refined and meek: and so' eloquent at prayer meeting. But he .wasn't a pro-: feasor; he peddled Grlgg's Infallible cure for . hog cholera and lectured on temperance. He was awful poor in his health, and . the minute Aunt Jane set eyes on him she: made up her mind to marry him.' She was forty, and she usually got what she wanted, and. ev-" erybody said r It was a ; thousand chances to one that she would get him. But just when Aunt Jane! was-sure she had him be got wind of it- He went back to Massachusetts the next day. and died peaceful. Turn over the page. . '." ; That's my sister Gertie and a bass singer we used to have in the choir. His name was - Spung Lanncelot Spung and he was a barber by pro fession. Him and Gertie was engaged for six weeks, but she found out he had a wife and six children" at Boston, so she didn't marry him. He was the. sweetest singer! You'd never imagine he had a wife and six children if you could have heard him. sing.' Ain't it awful 'how sinful people can be and yet look so innocent? Gertie took on awful when she heard the facts about him and she wouldn't- get engaged to anybody else for a long time, and you know, 'what . that means for a choir singer. Turn over the page. Sue Hartwlck that Is, one' of my old girl chums. She ran off with a cattle buyer and got married. . but that wasn't until five years after this pic ture was took. She had a lovely char acter so light and playful and that fond of handsome clothes. I remem ber the day she had that picture took. She'd been to a picnic with a travel ing gentleman from Cincinnati and got engaged - to him. I helped her trim the - very hat she has on. It was a green straw with roses, one red and one blue and one yellow, it matched her complexion lovely. She was a dark blond with red hair. Oh. yes, she always smiled that way on account of one front tooth being out: Turn over the page. ; : That s my Aunt Phoebe by marriage the day she was married. Ain't she sweet ? : The ' basket wasn't hers. It belonged to ; the man that took the picture. Neither was the curls all hers, though they didn't belong to the photograph man. . I've got them now laid away till they come In handy. 1 tell pa it's a pity It ain't man's hair 'stead of lady's, and: then he could wear it Baldness seems to. run in bis family. His father was so bald that he never used a brush and comb for forty-two years; used to comb his hair with - a flannel rag. That dress of Aunt Phoebe's Is the lowest necked anybody on either side1 of our family ever had, but then she was a great one for society. Turn over the page. EUbT Parker Butler In Reader. Queer Legal Oaths. . In Siberia, in the wild Ostayaks law courts, the natives swear by the newly severed head of a bear, which is im plored 7 to subsequently rend anS de vour them . should they perjure them selves, while In Assam the opposing witnesses lay hold of a chicken by Its feet and: retain each one-half as - the clerk of the court chops it In two. By Undergoing this ceremony they are considered to be pledged to a like fate in the event of their swearing falsely. Chicago Journal. " ' Saved His Life. "Don't chide me for carrying a', re volver. This little gun saved my life once." " v . -"How exciting! Tell me about it" "I was starving, and I pawned it" Cleveland Leader. The Scornful. "What are the seats of the scorn- ful?! ' "Didn't you ever have a friend pass you perched up In a flneN automobile?" Louisville Courier-Journal. Fbre "and . sword . are but slow en gines of . destruction in " comparison with the bnbbler. Steele. LIVING IN SECLUSION GeorgianWho Disappeared Found in : r '' North Carolina County. - LaFayette, f Ga April 15. H. Spencer, of this place, whaL some time ago was believed to have been murder ed near Atlanta, is alive and living on a twenty acre farm in Rutherford county; North Carolina, having gone there and r purchased the farm some time after his disappearance from here February 2nd. H. J.- Spencer, .a son, returned today from North,' Carolina, where he found his father. The elder Spe? '..' r""""i l..'r next week. : . PHANTOM ' COACH. It Is ji Messenger of Death to an Eng. Cthej drive-bf afcertato'-Jnianor hou sitnated in one of the southwest counties of England a phantom coach with spectral horses and driver Is al ways heard br seen prior to the death of the -head of the family or of some Important member of it---"; '' ' J On one occasion of quite recent years a number, of gentlemen and tj'Wj Jadies who': formed . a portion" of . 2he house party? atf Christmas fwere startled on fheir return at dusk to bear the sounds of several horses' hoofs coming np the drive. XJpon ; turning , all:. tbeV party sa w an - bid - fashioned : coach : -with" a team of four, white -horses, .advancing toward thenv: 'They drew- aside, and as the coach : passed f them the" two ladies screamed and fell almost faint ing in : the L arms . of their ; companions. One was the daughter of the house. - All retired to . rest about 11 o'clock, some, no doubt," to think over the mys terious appearance of - the coach ' and others : to sleep. Early- in the . morn ing, a telegram, ; whlch had been" dis patched too late the previous ;nlght for delivery,' came to hand,' ' conveying- the Intelligence that the ,nly son of . the house had ' been drowned . whUe wild f owling -Jn;. the- .feus.;- jjvS -It was nearly forty years: before that the coach bad last been seen, although seventeen yeanr preylously it nad been heard . to drive up' "to" the , front door and - away agatu down the avenue in the middle -of ; the-night i On this oc casfon the bead of the family had died m hlsJsleep the next night ' - . - THE FATA ; MORGANA. Conditions That Must Obtain to Al- : : J ; low of I ts Produ etion. - The fata.morgana Is a singular aerial phenbnienbn.akln to the" mirage It Is seen in' many! parts of the world, -but most frequently and In greatest per fection at the strait of Messina, . be tween Sicily and Italy.? So many con ditions : must coincide, ; however, ; that even there It is of comparatively rare occurrence. To allow of Its production the sun must be at an angle bf forty five degrees with the water, both sky and i sea must be calm, and the tidal current sufficiently, strong . to ! cause the. water in the center to rise 'higher thanon the edges of the strait : When these conditions - are fully met the ob server on the heights of Calabria, look ing toward Messina, will ; behold: a series" of rapidly , changing pictures, sometimes of most exquisite beauty. Castles,- colonnades, successions of beautiful arches, palaces, cities, with houses and streets and church domes, mountains, forests, :grottoes, will,ap pear and vanish, to be succeeded per haps by fleets of 4 ships, - sometimes placidly .sailing over the deep,", some times inverted, . while a halo like a 'rainbow surrounds every " image. . It is supposed that: the images are due to the irregular refractive powers 'of the different layers of air above the sea, which magnify, repeat and distort the objects on the , Sicilian shore beyond, but to . the Italians these t singular ap pearances are the castles of the Prin cess Morgana, and the view of them is supposed to bring good fortune to the beholder. - The- Florin." - : , The florin, one of the most famous of modern ; coins,, originated in Florence. Some say that it gave the name to the city, while others . assert that It was" first -so called because It had on it a flower de luce, from the. Italian flo roue, - or- flower, for the same reason that an English sliver piece Is called a crown or certain gold pieces in France indifferently a napoleon or, a loula or the ten dollar gold piece in America an eagle. .."Two." countries, Austria and Holland, ; have ; retained the florin as a unit of monetary value, taking It at a time when, it : was very: universal In Europe, its usage haying been rendered general by the financial supremacy of the little states of north ern Italy and the imperfect coinage system of the other countries of the continent . Reputations.; .' - The autocrat," remarked the recon dite person, "made a remark the Im port of which escaped me until the other day. - He said, 'Many a xnanrbas a reputation because of the reputation he expects to have some day. " . "That's not. a half bad remark," sug gested . the practical person, "but my son just out of college, ( you know and In the habit of thinking; hump backed thoughts, -. as : 1 , were said something only this . morning., that ap pealed to me. 'Some men, ;he said, 'get a ' reputation and : keep , itpother men get a reputation and make it keep them.' "Philadelphia Ledger. . . :,.-' : . " . . Rare Self Control. . I .5He's a remarkable man. ' When he sees an unfamiliar word he looks it up in the dictionary and finds out what it means." , .; - -' :'; ;-'; . : : "Nothing so remarkable about that" "Yes,' but he doesn't try to lug it Into conversation, right away." Louis ville Courier-Journal ' r ' . Her Composition. . , "How could he. have married that termagant r wife of his? I don't see what she was made of." "That Is the answer.- Sh was maid of money." Baltlnfore" American. : Easily Remembered. Walter Beg pardon, sir, but the gen tleman at this table usually remembers me. - Mr. .McTavlsh I've hae doot o that, ma mannie. Why, you're quite a comic. London Telegraph. Who has deceived thee as often as thyself ? Franklin. . ; . ; i C : ";: ' ... llo.,- :, denies hotly, .that he was ever at torney for the sugar trust ,4 ; Let us admit, for the sake of argument that there Js -; somebody : in ' the Taft adninistratiori who: wasn't pointed because'; of his alliancei with " special interests . " . - -,.L- belieTe in; Uod because it is ,- harder: to . disbelieve. rL beEeyeTin immortalijbMeeause I. now" live t'iM;M (Ijbelieve m cleanliness of body and of mind and of souL'-t-r. :: :' I believe in kindness . that goes out to man, - wonlan, 17 child and animal: &X believe : in": truth'because it is . :.:.. I believe; that charity begins at' home but" does not end therS. :: ; I beKeve in mercy, as. I myself hope for naerey :mMI" : xjiueueve in moral courage oe- cause x am more man a Drute. : I believe in. patience because it is the swiftest means to secure re sults',' ":';;1-'; -K-y ., 'I believe, in that kind of indusl try that takes . an occasional vaca I believe in that sort of economy purpose. '." - . il'-'V;.: ;v ;'1I believe in , honesty not for policy's sake, but for principle's sake. 5 :3I believe in hospitality, because it. puts a roof over iievery 0 man headg..g:f - : I believe in necessary " sntering because it chastens and purines . r I believe in self control because I want to influence others. " I believe in : obedience because it is the only way to learn how to eommand. ; ;':. .' ; , ; -: I believe in righteousness be cause it is the shortest and best line btween two eternities. - i " I believe in real sOurtesy becaus "cause it i sa big part of-religion. I-believe in hope because it sees the star behind the cloud . v" " I believe in love : because' it is I believe . in. real courtesy be problems. . -.- I believe in brotherly kindness because I want to be a ''big brother; " - I believe in courage because it is the real badge of success. I believe in temperance because l want to live loner in this cood worldl .' - a";; L"-;; : - ': '.;---: '' - ' . MONTANA CLUB-VINNER. Championship of United States for In door1 Rifle Shooting.--Washington, . April 18. The indoor rifle shooting team championship of the United - States has . been . won ; by Butte, Montana, t .This club and the Winchester Rod andGun Club, of New in the 12 weeks' shoot, and in - the deciding contest last week, the Rocky Mountain Club won by a score of 985. to 980 points. Each of." the leading clubs had lost one - and won ten matches. . - . - The Myles Standish Rifle Club o.f Portland, Me., was third ; the Warren, Pa., Rifle and Revolver Club was fourth; the St Paul Rifle and Pistol Association was nun; seatue jtine and ? Revolver Association sixth," and the Fort Pitt Rifle Clubr of Pittsburg, seventh. - "--.. 'U-w ' -'-'r Other clubs in the league Were Bir mingham, Ala.,' Athletic- Club Rifle As sociation; ':- Italian Rifle' Association, of New York; Los Angeles Rifle and DatrnlvA. 1.f. 9 T na ifiivatAfli-. IPaaa ma Rifle and Revolver Club, of Taco- ma, Wash. ; and the Triangle Cadets ' DANGEROUS PLUNDER." ; Buncombe Thieves Make Way With ;.j-r' - Case of Dynatpite. . v . ' C;::;( Asheville ; Citizen.) : 7'r- t f'rnvr nha.nfna.Ti " ftnA TTTirv fThmv man. two brothers J hoth";well diesrers. claiming their home ' to be in Ken tucky, were arrested Wednesday after noon on a charge, of larceny of a case ofdynamite- from the Great Southern Mica Company. ..',.. Jt seems . that a .warehouse of the company" was broken: into and a whole case of the -dynamite was stolen. Mr. Brown, of the .company : which suffer ed the: loss, made the ' complaint to IDeputy (Sheriff Mitchell Tuesday, and told him . that he suspected some of . mm " tne weu diggers empioyea, on a joo verv nfear-' their mines. Mr. :;MltchelL advUPfl him tn havft me nf 'hla'TTinst trusted men to make out that he had riAAvt a Ah n i era n 9Tn r crr ntrA trv 4-hA' other r place , and get a job jwith the 4Um..mm . 4-Vi a AAOa " Tito 1on troa t,U, T XX WU, XfcJ -, - y - mmm followed and a part of . the. dynamite was 3oon discovered in the possession of the two Chapman- brothers. - The dynamite was identified by its partic- lar -brand : which.waa marked on: the case, t The two men were arrested Wednesday by. Deputy Sheriffs Jordan and Williams, anl were : committed o jail to await a hiring today. i JUDGE CONNOR TO tSO WEST. Makes "Visit t Relieve. Judge Boyd, '. Who. is on Vacation ' . (Asheville Citizen.) ; Judge J. C. Pritchard of the United States Circuit Court yesterday desig nated Judge H. G. Conndf, of the im DT0rn i ii i ri rr sir ,rvin.n i .rtt iiib. lis preside at the next term of the .Dis-; trict Court of Western North Carolina, : 1. .V. vrn-n no In : A allavfllA.Ufflir 9nn " appointments to the district bench, made by President Taft, and is a Dem ocrat . '.. ; . .: '" - 'l ns Z HKlK II IIltTll L 111 UUtC WUUVa, .V - hoiu the next term in Asheville was made necessary by- reason or juaga ohamMl ' . n II I life ivi . v- r s Tnira " trttha.rd'B ' orders was . " ' . ; 10 . . agreeauie to ihlu uw ion.iwv j ril The cases docketed ehow. a , majority nt Hvll suits, altnouen mere are oumo j. ii Mitninni mi bas - Tt. fa not ' U'WtcauuB - . I .'-. known i how long tne ; court wiu fi t ; in cession. - ': : "Sn f "..'ilf ?
China Grove Record (Salisbury, N.C.)
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April 22, 1910, edition 1
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