'fflJlHES
W. S. HERBERT, Ed or and jfrop'r.
KDiemi at P. O. aa, ueoona ca mail matter-
Even Mark Hannft, thn hog, Is satisfied
with the majority for McKinley.
Now that Mark Ilaiiua has got in his
work he will in due time proceed to push
hw 180,000,0()0 Hhip mibnidy steal.
A FST BALL PLAYER
HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE PLAYED
WITH THE ROARERS.
Tine Fiiek 1'kkhh believes the main
caus.- of Hrjau's defeat was the great
(but temporary) prosperity, under Mc
Kinley 's rule, mused by the war with
$pain. Hard times are bound to come
during the next four .wars. The Fhke
PhKhh would xliully support Ury an again
in 1004.
8ve ' Nprrd. Who Could Beat 1IU
Una Tbrow to Plr( and Who Could
Get liehlnd the I'late rtt Time to
Catch Ilia Own Pitching.
"The fastest base rumiw I ever saw,"
Bald the fat ex-mascot of the Llghtfoot
Lilies in comparing baseball of the
present with that of the old days, "was
little Snrumle Salmon of the Lilies. But I found
(ien. Carr by his nice telegram to Mr.
Simmons displayed true Democracy and
the true gentleman. The reply of Mr.
Simmons was exactly right and proper.
Both are good men and Democrats.
Both want peace and harmony in the
ranks of North Carolina Democracy.
Neither is responsible for the unkind and
untrue things said of the other by their
over -zealous friends. ( I-t all Democrats
forget that there Iium been a hard and
bitter fight inside the party a family
fight. We all be brethren.
It is alleged that with its superior fa
cilities the Carnegie Co. can turn out steel
rails at $li$ ier ton and make a fair
profit. If this be true the contracts so
far made by the railway companies at
$ 2(i per ton involve an extravagant con
cession to the producers. This is a mat
ter of general public importance for the
reason that whatever greatly adds to
the cost of railroad construction and
maintenance must increase the cost of
transportation, and transportation must
be esteemed a part of the cost of nearly
everything which humanity needs, says
the Philadelphia Record.
The Raleigh Times well says: "No man
in the State has more friends or stronger
ones than Gen. Julian S. Carr, and if he
had been a candidate at any other timt
he would doubtless have been elected
without a contest. But the vast major
ity felt that Mr. Simmons deserved the
best in the shop for the victories won un
der his leadership in 1898 and August
1900, nnd were glad to give him the only
reward in their power, which happened
in this can? to be the senatorship. Many
of Gen. Carr's warm personal friends
voted for Mr. Simmons because they
thought it their duty to support the man
who rescued the State from fusion rule.
This feeling was almost universal, and
resulted in an overwhelming vote. Gen.
Carr retains the warm friendship and ad
miration of thousands of friends through
out the State, who feel that the party
and the people are deeply indebted to
him for his generosity and his services."
Lincoln' Offhand Way.
In 1SG1. when Mr. Lincoln was on his
way to Washington to be Inaugurated
as president, his train stopped at Roch
ester. Pa., n station on the Pittsburg,
Port Wayne nnd Chicago railroad. Mr.
Lincoln alighted from the car to stretch
his long limbs by walking on the sta
tion platform. Ills Identity became
known to the townspeople assembled
there, and a friendly conversation with
him ensued.
In reply to a reference to the threat
ening political outlook he said, "Oh, no
one has been hurt yet."
Seeing a tall man in the crowd, Mr.
Lincoln remarked that be and the man
were of about the same height and pro
posed that they measure. They took off
their hats and stood together, back to
back, while some one placed a hand
above their beads and found Mr. Lin
coln to be slightly the taller.
An Apt Amendment.
Years ago a bill entitled "An act for
the preservation of the heath hen and
other game" was introduced into the
New York house of assembly.
The speaker of the bouse, who was
not especially interested in matters of
this kind, gravely read It, "An act for
the preservation of the heathen and
other game."
lie was blissfully unconscious of bis
blunder until an honest member from
the northern imrt of th state who had
suffered from tlx' depredations of the
frontier Indians rose to his feet.
"I should like to move an amendment
to the bill" he said mildly, "by adding
the words, jscept' Indians.' "Youth's
Companion. .'-' : - '
- The Aeeonnt
"I nave called." said the reporter, "to
ee If you wish to add anything to our
account of yoor wife' reception this
efenlngl' We have most of toe' details
and a ' long list of names. Including
those who will assist ber lo recelttnc"
.' "No,' replied the badness 'qul
There's only pne account that I'm ex
pected to take -any Interest In. and
there'll be bo -on to assist, me ,wttfc
thaf-Excbadge.'
the fastest base runner I ever beard of
was, or wasn't, as the case may have
been, Steve Speed, who played, or who
didn't play, I1 don't know which, with
the Ringtail Roarers. At any rate,
whether be ever played with the Roar
ers or not, he was certainly the fastest
that ever came over the cross ways.
You don't understand? Well, I'll tell
you all about him.
"One afternoon about n month before
the last game we ever played with the
Ringtail Roarers the boys were all sit
ting round In the pos.tofllce discussing
our chances for the" big contest. Cap
tain Slugger Burrows, who was tend
ing postottlce that day, was over in the
corner reading the ball news in a. Jones
County Courier that had accidentally
slipped its wrapper before delivery.
Suddenly he clutched the paper tight
ly and sprang to his feet. Tor heaven's
sake, boys, listen to this: 'We have it
from a high source,' he began to read
breathlessly, 'that the Roarers have
unearthed a phenomenal base runner,
with whose services they feel confident
of wresting the Jones county laurels
from the erstwhile invincible Llghtfoot
Lilies. The newcomer's name is Steve
Speed. His extraordinary ability was
first discovered while he was In the
box one day last week. He stopped an
easy grounder and tossed it over to
first to catcli the runner. The ball bad
no sooner left his hand than, to his hor
ror, he discovered that first was uncov
ered. Without a moment's hesitation
he made a dive for the bag and suc
ceeded in reaching it just in time to
catch the ball that he had thrown but
an instant before, thereby scoring a
put out nnd an assist unassisted.'
" 'Boys,' said the Slugger, crumpling
the paper savagely in his fists, 'to Lily
park with you. Practice begius at
once. Hustle:'
"Well, sir, that week we practiced.
In the morning the boys would all go
down to the station nnd race the trains
as they steamed out of town. After
noons they'd ease up a bit and just in
dulge In short sprints paced by the
town trolley car. At night the daily
practice would conclude with a brisk
cross country run around the town
ship. The work began to show. At
the end of the week we began to have
some hopes of beating the Roarers aft
er all. And then came a second copy
of The Courier knocking our hopes
higher than taxes.
"'The wonderful baseball feat per
formed by Steve Speed,' the article
said, 'which was published exclusively
by The Jones County Courier, has been
eclipsed by an even more astonishing
performance by the same player. We
have It from the same high source from
which we obtained our former news
that Speed has now become so profi
cient in running that he is able to
pitch the ball from the box nnd by an
Incredibly quick start reach the plate
in time to catch the ball behind the
bat. The Roarers have released their
catcner. w ouidn t tnat Hasten your
pulse? It did ours.
"And the next week's accounts were
even worse. The Courier got straight
from their own private high source
that this guy Speed was even better
than the week before. He was now so
super at the game that he not only ran
down behind the plate and caught the
balls that he pitched, but In case the
batter knocked a fly he darted out In
the Held and caught it himself. The
Roarers had. according to The Courier,
released their whole outfield. When
we read that. Bull Thompson wanted to
cancel the game, but the Slugger
wouldn't hear of It. 'The Llghtfoot
Lilies.' he said, 'may be made to look
like tarheel thistles, but we won't
wither before we're picked.'
"When the big game finally did come
off, the Roarers certainly had ns on the
run. For three innings they piled up
runs almost at will. But then we be
gan to get wise. Where was this fast
running pheneiu? Cy Priest was still
In the pitcher's box, and the whole ont
field seemed to be In their usual places.
Perhaps he was sick. The thought
gave ns courage, and we Iwgan to pick
op a bit. You all know how we finally
pulled the game out of the fire in the
last half of tho tenth. That " a mat
ter of history now. Well after It was
over the Slngger went op to Cjr Priest
-'Say.Mie asked. whereV that hot
fcaseTtmnertoursiJT' - l
Toa mean SteTe FpeZreplled
Cy, trttfc i a funny look In h!a eye. ?Ob.
we couldn't pay the salary he demand
cd and had to let him goA The last 1
heard of him h was touring the north
west, playing exhibition gamea to enor
tnons crowds r- y. V-: ;,, j"
'. Tes. sir; he was the best that ever
was If he waiCv As I said, I dont real
ly know. - Of coarse The Courier said
that they bad It from a high source,
but then- ' Well, you know Cy rtlest
was oTer six feet" Xew York Sun.' .
Ho llr Knew It.
We bad outspn nucd the wagon on
the veldt between Prleska and Ken
bard. The donkeys had been driven to
the veldt., nnd we. my friend and my
self, were talking In the "tHl"; to
Dutchman named Cert Manns about
the wonders of the universe. . , "
We mentioned that the world wr
round. Maans said that he knew It
This answer was unusual for a Boer.
so we asked blm how he knew. He re
plied: "I started to ride to Poortje one dark
night through the veldt, nnd 1 rode
bard all the night, nnd next morning I
myself at the place I started
B. W. CAN AD Y-
to
from, bo 1 know the world Is round be
cause I rode round It." London Standard.
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