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PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY,
Vol. TII-No. 190.
KINSTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14 1900.
Price Two Cents.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Ma tarn of Interest Condensed Into
3rief Paragraphs.
The navy department aks for an in
creased appropriation of $31,183,531.
The Boera have met with a series of
reverses recently. They were twice sur
prised'and defeated.
T.jR. Brady, bookkeeper, has been ar
rested for defrauding the First National
Bank of Nashville, Tenn., out of $44,
000. Gov. James A. Mount, of Indiana, has
been suggested as secretary of agricul-
ture. The governor is not seeking the
place.
Fifty fresh cases of the bubonic plague
occurred on the island of Mauritius last
week and 34 deaths have resulted from
the disease.
A syndicate of Danish aid Swedish
bankers has begun negotiations with
American bankers foraf 15,C00,000 loan
for the Copenhagen municipality.
President McKinley has sent a life-saving
medal to the sailor, Olsson, at Copen
hagen, Denmark, who saved 20 members
of the crew of an American schooner..
The District of Columbia Democratic
association held a meeting Tuesday and
enthusiastically renewed their allegiance
to Wm. J. Bryan, pledging themselves
for Bryan in 1904.
The body of George. A. Hume, a rich
orange grower, who committed suicide
by drowning Friday, was found floating
in tne lake at uriando, la. it is be
lieved be was temporarily insane.
"Great Britain has made a courteous
protest to Russia," says the St. Peters-
, burg correspondent of the London Daily
Mail, "against a few regretable incidents
in unina, wnere uussians have brusquely
opposed tne Hoisting or tne liritish flag.
, The sultan of Morocco ; has refused to
meet the demands of the United States
for the payment-Of an indemnity on ac
count of the killing by a mob of Marcus
t-r Eseagin, a naturalized American Citizen,
A warship will be sent to enforce the
demands.
A heavy frost is reported from the
northern border of Texas deep into south
Xexas, wmcn nas cut snort the cotton
crop remaining in the fields. Very little
cotton remains unpicked; however, as
rale. Farmers have had fine weather
for gathering it and the crop is reported
to oe a Dig one.
" The rice trust has been incorporated
with $15,000,000 capital, $7,500,000 of
which is reported as paid in. The scheme
contemplated is to buy the bulk of the
domestic rice under contract with the
growers to sell their crops for ; a stipu
lated price, ior a period oi four years,
with the privilege oi extending the con
tract an additional four years.
A Terre Haute, Ind., dispatch Nov. 12,
Bays: "More tnan, 20U hoisting engi
neers and 7,000 miners in the state of
Indiana will be idle tomorrow "as the re
sult of the failure of the Indiana block and
bituminous coal operators to-sign the
. ecae presented to thetd today by the
- engineers." The scale submitted is the one
now paid in Illinois by the operators of
snat spate ana is nignertnan that paid
-. in inqiana. -
, 'After a meeting of the Kentucky Repub
lican uummiLiee, vnairman , uomos ' on
Tuesday gave out a statement in which.
after reiterating his charges of wholesale
xrauas on tne part ? or the Democrats,
laid: ?There will be no contest over the
; gubernatorial rote. There is no tribunal
' to which we can appeal with any hope
of an impartial hearing. It Is no within
the province of this committee to decide
tor the party or congressional candidates
-what is advisable with regard to : the
. contests for the electoral vote or congres
ional seats." ' s-V"' -i-u-.-v :
;ine united states supreme court on
:., Monday postponed theargumentin what
are known as the Porto Rico and Phil
ippine cases' tratit jPecembei 17th.? fThe
... postponement was made at the Instance
; of Attorney General Griggs, and the ob
ject oi it js to cave the October , cases.
. involving cognaxe questions now 'pena
tag in the United .States , circuit 'Courts,
1 argued in the supreme court together
, with these two cases.' In - their broader
. significance, these cases involve the ques-H
. ticn wnetner jorto Kico and the Phil
ippines are part of the United States and,
' as such, entitled to free commercial fnter
,' course with it '
. It is a " eurDrisinir fact."
says Prof.
Houten, "that in - hit travels in all parts
of the world forthe last ten years, I have
, met more people having - used - Green's
August Flower; than any other remedy
for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach
and for constipation. I find for tourists
,and salesmen, or for persons filling office
positions, where headaches and general
bad feelings from irregular habits exist,
that Green's 'August Flower is a grand
' remedy. It doe not injure the system
by frequent cpc. and 19 excellent for sour
'stomach and indigestion." Sample bot
tle free at Temple-Marsjon drug store.
Sold by dealers in all civiliied countries
A Jamaican Experience.
Por some years after my marriage I
lived at Old Harbor, a small place
about 20 miles from Kingston. One
day when a visit to my Kingston dress
maker was a necessity I ordered a
young negro boy to get upon the rum
ble nnd drive me to the town.
I paid my visit to the dressmaker,
and, receiving my frock, n light sum
mer thing, from her, I placed It In the
box beneath the Imggy scat and drove
on to my sister's, whero I went In to
escape the heated part of the day, giv
ing my boy sixpence and bidding him
nee the sights and return at 4 o'clock.
He turned up punctually, with the
grin still on his face, and In due time
we reached Old Harbor once more.
When I went to take out my crispy
muslin, I foundto my consternation, it
was a wet, sloppy mass. No rain had
fallen, and even then
I turned to the boy: "Solomon, what
In the world does this mean? How"
But the look of utter helpless amaze
ment on his face stopped me.
"Lor", missus. It am queer, but not so
queer as what done happen to me. Me
boucht a eraattte (1 d.) wort' of dat
pretty t'lng dey calls 'Ice to bring
home an show ma sister, an I put him
in dar wld your dress to keep him safe,
an now him gone for true, an how him
get out I dunno wld .you slttin on him
all de time!" Harper's Magazine.
5,000 For Twenty Words.
One day Andrew Carnegie at Pitts
burg called up one of his New York
lawyers by long distance telephone.
The steelmaker wanted to ask a
question, but could not make himself
understood clearly over the telephone,
so he asked'' the lawyer to come to
Pittsburg.
The lawyer said ho had an important
appointment In New York next day and
could not get away.
"Come over now, then." Mr. Carnegie
said. .
"Can't get train." answered the law
yer. "Hire a special," was the answer
Which came back from Pittsburg.
So the lawyer engaged a special
train, went to Pittsburg and saw Mr.
Carnegie.
The steelmaker asked the lawyer's
advice as to whether the question trou
bling him called for "yes" or "no."
The lawyer answered, "No." -
"Thank you,
said Mr. Carnegie.
The, lawyer had said less than 20
words, for which he received $5,000,
said "Good rilght, Mr. Carnegie," and
took a special train back to New York
in time to keep his appointment next
day. New York Herald. ,
A Bishop' Retort.
At a dinner party a young man was
once talking rather foolishly about
Darwin and his books, and be said to
the bishop of Winchester (Wilberf orce),
My lord, have you read' Darwin's last
book on the Descent 6f Manr 'SYes,
I have," saldv the, bishop, whereupon
the young man continued; "What non
sense it Is talking of our being de
scended from apes 1 4 Besides, I can't
see the use of such stuff. . I can't see
what difference it would make to me if
my grandf athert.was an ape." '
"No," the bishop replied; "I don't see
that It would. But It must hare made
an amazing difference to your grand
mother!" ' -,;.. ';, :- '-'r
The young man had no more to say.
I have been sitting on the porch
listening to the sighing of the wind,?
she said sentimentally by way of ex
planation of her long absence from the
house.?- .- v
"Yes; I heard him sigh," promptly
put in the small boy. '
"Him?,' Who?" demanded the bead
of the household. '
Why, that young fellow you always
said was nothing but wind," answered
the boy. And thus was the; secret be
trayed. Chicago Post; ; t-
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, Undertook Too Mnelu . v ' '
"George,? said Mrs. Ferguson, "for
heaven's ; sake straighten npf;. You're
Worse hump shouldered .than ever."
"Laura," retorted Mr.' Ferguson, "be
iatisfled with having . married me to
reform me. When you try to reshape
He, you are undertaking too much."
Chicago Tribune. -
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At the time of the Roman occupation
of .Uritaln'jQve distinct species 'pf djgs
were there, most of .-which ' can -With
certainty be Identified with those of the
present day. There were the -housedog,;
the greyhound, '" the bulldog, the
terrier and the slowbound. ' - ,
Bronx river, -New York, derives its
came from Jonts Bronx, who settled In
I GONIfERSMION 6RME.
The superior man has shown me a
gentle courtesy which alone ought to
have made me suspicious, for his more
usual manner I triumphant and detesta
ble. I might al.so have noticed the quick
ness with which he changed the subject
of our conversation, but I was without
suspicion, being at the time too lazy for
it.
He sked me whether I thought coal
would ever go to 7 a on. I had hardly
answered him before ht dropped the sub
ject and said he wondered whether we
should ever have a practical flying ma
chine. I pointed out what were general
ly said to be the chief difficulties to b
got over. He looked slightly disappoint
ed, but did not pursue the point. Ho
began to talk about the rapid growth of
New York und said he believed that one
day thern would be an unbroken block of
houses and streets right up to Yonkers.
"Certainly," I said. "It's only a ques
tion of time."
"Thanks," he replied "That's all I
waut. I've won, though I didn't deserve
to. I was playing very carelessly."
"What on earth do you mean?" I ask
ed. ,,
"It's the conversation game, and tae
best one man game I know. You write
down a sentence in yeur notebook, and
then you try to make somebody say it. In
your ease the sentence I had written
dowu was, 'It's only a question of time.'
And you've just said it. I've won."
He produced his notebook and showed
me the sentence written at the top of a
page. He-put a W against it and the
date to record hia victory. "It's much
better play," he added, "not to use more
than one mibject. I might just as well
have stuck to the coaL You'd have said
it sooner or later, but I got impatient."
"It's the maddest game I ever came
across. Will you let me give you a sen
tence and then see if you can make any
body say it?" ,
"I'll see the sentence first. The best
player can't expect tc win every timo."
He handed me his notebook. .
I wrote down, "You aire the most intel
ligent man I evcf-'mefS1'"? I did" this Just;
as much because I thought my choice
would annoy him personally as because
it was likely to make the game difficult.
He leaned back in his chair and closed
his eyes in thought. "Yes," he said at
last, "I think I can make Cecil Purvis
say something very near it. If it's the
sense without the exact words, we call it
a drawn game. Purvis shall lunch here
tomorrow with me, and you shall meet
him."
Purvis was a young author, not quite
as clever as ht thought, nor quite as ap
preciated as he wished to be, but by ao
means a bad sort. We met at luncheon
the next day, and the superior man seem
ed to have forgotten all about his conver
sational game. He let Purvis and my
self do most of the talking, correcting us
occasionally when we went wrong, after
his usual manner, but never attempting
to lead the conversation in any particular
direction. At the end of luncheon Purvis
began to talk about his own work, and
then the superior man a eyes lit up.
Ha mid thnt he seldom enioved a mod
era novel, there was so much decadent
rot about. , But he had read Purvis' "An
na Withend" three times. If he knew
anything about it, that was a book that
was going to live4. , It was the finest thing
that had been done since "Vanity Fair."
I think, that Purvis would have liked to
have taken this praise seriously, but out
of common decency he had to pretend
that he thought it was said jokingly and
to make a reply on similar lines,
"WelL" he said, "you're the most in
telligent man I know. I wish there were
more like you."
: Later, when Purvis had gone off to see
his publisher, the superior man said, as
he pulled out bis notebook and put a D
against the sentence: : f T t'
That's hard iines only a draw. How
ever, played it fairly well, and I've had
two wins today,-; so; I mustn't complain.
I made old Bilton say 'That's very com
mon mistake.' The other sentence was
much easier. I got it out of Evesley."
"What jwas it r'f I asked. -1
"It was, The ' harder you work the
harder it goes. , ,
"But surely it is much more difficult to
lead a man to say that than the other." ;;
' "AhHyou're na( fo'. the game. l. The
sentences that lookVthe harder at first
sight are often t&e easiest really."- V s
Well, try to make some one say this,
shot 12 lions in an afternoon.' " - ;'4
lie wrote . it down in his .notebook
"That's a very simple one," he taid. I
can be absolutely sure of winning that,":
' !Like.fo back yourself fo wurlt In my
he ring r"- x ? . X : i
For a $5 bill? Certainly; with pleas
ure; I'll book that too." ' - - r T
lie told ma-.to. come to the club the
following afternoon, and he Would have
found the man tQ saritfi'ft t f - i f
. I went away regretting that I had not
made that $5 bill a tenner. -X. ' " s .
; When yV met the next Bayt'askcd
him if he had found his man. v He said
that he.htA-'WiJ'ievSned wounded
when I asked if he' had fixed it up with
the man beforehand. ; -
"No, I have not, and I shall be able to
prove that I have-net By the war I've
not got my notebook with me and. 1, don t
want there to be any mistake about "it.
The bet is that I will make a man say, 'I
killed 12 lions in one afternoon.' "
"It's as well that yon mentioned it, be
cause you've got it wrong in two places.
The sentence is. 'I shot 12 lions in an
afternoon.' "
"Thanks, very much," he said. "I'll
trouble you ' for that fiver, and I think
ydYl! allow that I didn't fix it up with
you beforehand.- You .heard yourself say
It, didn't you I wonder that it didn't oc
cur to you that you might be the man I
should selwt for the purpose."
I pnid him his mouey and told him that
I should like to see him drowning la a
millpond. in order thnt I might have the
pleasure of throwing Inleks r.t his face as
he came up to the surface. And he sniileJ
tnd went off to play his abominnbla gain
elsewhere. Exchange.
The Unique Horn of the TJnleorn.
The born of a unicorn was shown at
Windsor castle and In 1598 was valued
at over 10,000. Lewis Vertomannus,
a gentleman of Rome, saw with his
own eyes two unicorns presented to the
sultan of Mecca by a king of Ethiopia;
They were In a park of the temple of
Mecca and were not much unlike a colt
of 30 months of age. This was In 1303.
The animal became extinct about the
end of the seventeenth century.
, The unicorn is represented In the
ruins at Persopolis, and it was adopted
by the Persians as the emblem of speed
and strength. In the middle ages It
was the symbol of purity. The unlcoru
hated the elephant, nnd it used to whet
its horn on a stone before It struck the
foe In the abdomen. No family, by" the
way, should be without one of these
horns, the average length of which Is
four feet. They defend from wltchf
craft. Thus Torquemada had one al
ways on his writing table. Further
more, n drinking cup made from one
will be a safeguard against poison, as
will the ground powder put In drink,
and indeed the wells of the palace of
St. Mark couldnot be poisoned In the
good old days of adventure because
these beneficent , horns had been
thrown into them. Unicorn's horn was
formerly sold by apothecaries at f 120
an ounce. Boston Journal.
Fat Policemen.
"Have you ever noticed that nearly
all policemen get fat?" asked a man
who keeps his eyes open. "This would
seem to disprove the theory that walk
ing In the open air is a means of reduc
ing superfluous weight I have known
new policemen to start on their beats
weighing no more than 125 pounds. In
six months they would tip the scales at
150 and In ft yar reach the 200 mark.
It must be the slow sauntering In the
open air that does It, for I have noticed
that while policemen grow fat 'the
house sergeants, wTio are Confined to
the stations, are Invariably thin. Those
"who patrol the streets gain the max!
mum weight In about three years. The
muscles then harden, and despite their
apparent burden of flesh the men usu
ally develop great activity: One of the
best runners and jumpers I know Is a
policeman who Weighs nearly 300
pounds." Philadelphia Record.
Reasoning; From Analoarr.
Freddy is the son of a Fourth avenue
stockbroker, yon will understand, and
is therefore familiar with some of the
terms of the profession. f. .... .
5s?PtpaJ said Freddy- ,
!?WeU, my Bott i . ' V i
;.:.?Is; there such': a worm as a book
worm?" " r :;
"There Is such a creature, Freddy,
but It very rare. The term book
worm, however, is applied to a person
who Is continually poring over books."
"AndpapaP.
J"WeUr
"Is a man who is always poring over
the ticker a tape worm 7' Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
; nil Isnoranee.
Tess Oh," I like hilar well enough, but
ifs so. bard to make him ' understand
Anything. " Last night; be asked me
tteveral times tor a kiss,; and I said,
"No, nor each timet ., : . . . s '
Jess My goodness f -; 1 should think
that War emphatic enough ; for' any
man. 3 . '. -;-
.Tess It certainly should be for any
one jwho knows :: that two .negatives
make a positive. Philadelphia Press. .
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couplet of a hymn Which runs thus: '
,v,..-. i and ntia tremble when h t i '
;'.The meekert nint upon hit kneei.'-"' :
lils:plty was all forsa'tanu .Why
does satan ' let the saint-Bit : upon hia
knees if i it ; makes hlnj tremhl!"
Bocbester Post-Express.: 'io't (s .,
: 1 ' " Coellvf Arartiment.'
Wretch! .There'aa letter5 layoue
oat : pockef 1 gave -'yoa J to . post three
"It can't be possible, my dear."
Wby do.yoa say that?" : - ;
" "Because I'm pretty sure I haven't
had that coat more'n ten weeks." Tit-Bits.
STATE HEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Item
In Condensed Form.
Ashley Woodard, colored, was killed
by a shifting train at Spring Hope Satur
day afternoon.
At Charlotte Tuesday the A. & M. Col
lege football team was defeated by
Davidson, 17 to 0.
The supreme court has on this week's
docket a case of not a little interest. It
involves the question whether cases can
be transferred from a mayor to a magis
trate. It is a new question in North
Carolina.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer: Some
of the white Republicans are giving out
the news that there are to be no more
appointments of negro federal office
holders in this State, or for that matter
anywhere in the South.
Att'y Gen. Walser has been appointed
reporter to the supreme court for four
years. He succeeds the late Judge Bux
ton. It is probable that Loge Harris
will be appointed to fill the unexpired
term about two months of Walser.
The Tarboro Southerner says that '
Chairman Battle is endeavoring to have
a ratification meeting the latter part of
the month with Gov. Aycock and Sena
tor Simmons as the speakers. ; In the
general slump the North Carolina victory
is notable.
Smithfleld Herald: Last Friday
Mr. R. A. Laughter was here, but later
in the day went to Four Oaks on some
business. He started home but op the
way fell from bis buggy and broke his
neca. it Happened near wnere Mr. a. A.
Wellone lives.
All the elm trees at Wilson, in streets
and yards, are being cut down, it being
found their roots choked the sewer pipe.
This slaughter of trees is causing a sensa
tion and there Is talk of suits by citizens.
Wilson has been one of the best shaded
towns in the State. ' .,
. A special from Raleigh,. 13th inst, says I
the sheriff of Alamance county reports
that the non-union mill operatives were
badly beaten at Haw River today. Ev
ery one there is now armed. Many cases
are being tried for not vacating houses
belonging to the mill company.
News-Observer: It is estimated that
the farmers get 150,000,000 for the
crop of tobacco itf its raw state. In
North Carolina nobody knows how
large the crop is. To remedy this Capt.
E. M. Pace, a well known tobacco dealer,
wishes the legislature to, enact a law
that "warehouses be required to' report
under oath to the clerk of the court of
each county where tobacco is sold the
quantity sold from first hands the pro
ducer." Columbus News: Tuesday night at a
shucking at Alex Byrd's, three miles west
of town, Will Allen and J. B. Whitehead
became involved in a difficulty. Allen
shot at Whitehead several times; two
shots taking effect, One in Whitehead's
right temple and another in bis- leg.; It
is not known what was the cause of the
trouble but it is supposed that liquor
was at the bottom of the' whole affair.
Whitehead's wound in the temple is con
sidered to be of a very dangerous nature,
though it is thought . be will recover.
No arrests have yet been made. " '
The election law requires that the elec
tion returns shall be sent to the secre
tary of state not later than twelve days
after the election and that they must be
opened and canvassed within three days'
after the expiration of the twelfth day.
Thus they can be canvassed on the 19th,
20th or 21st Inst. The congressional
vote is required to be canvassed Novem
ber 29th. As that is Thanksgiving Day,
the board of canvassers will merely
meet and "adjourn until the foKowing
day.' The board is composed of Go v.
Russell, Secretary of State Thompson
and Mess. Neal, McNeill, Lamb and Wil
son. ; ' " - " '- " ; '
Great Icqpudenoe. .
Nw-Oberrer. . .
. It is "the impudence of Impotence ant
the impotence of imoudence" for the met
who did not vote the Democratio' ticket
to say to the 7,000.000 who did that tbi
tail must wag ae dog. , . ;
everybody! liir , gr ow, f tttef;
rTfalkcs some pcnonaUrilr grow
ins of the tair, too : and restorea
'.color to hrour jgri. liiff' eray
tune, ill the dirk, rich colof of
etrly "life,"fYpa thoold tend fox
out Book oa ; the Latr: it tells
; just whit yon wtnt to know: J
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from m ft th Vlmr, wm ih Dortof
boat iC fi will toll yoa n ih ri. '-t
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