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GENERAL HEWS.
lC&ttars of Interest Condensed late
Brief Paragraphs.
The population of Tennessee is 2,020,
616, as against 1,787.518 in 1890. This
fa an increase of 252,091, or J.4.2 per
cent.
The Vermont leginlature adjourned
Wednesday. Among the measures passed
was one prohibiting the sale of cigar
ettes in the State.
Emperor Nicholas, according to a dis-
?atch to the London Times from St.
etersburg, is now considered on the
way to speedy recovery.
A New York dispatch says that the
sales of Standard Oil shares in the opn
market Wednesday aggregated 157
shares at $750, a new high record for
the stock.
The Loudon Express publishes a rumor
that a gigantic gold mine trust has been
formed, including Mess. John D. Rocke
feller, Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit and Jo
seph Benjamiu Robinson.
Rear Admiral Frederick G. McNair died
at bis residence in Washington Wednes
day from a stroke of apoplexy. He was
the ranking admiral of the navy, and the
officer next in line to Admiral Dewey.
Grover Cleveland may be named by the
Democrats of New Jersey as their choice
for United States senator from that
state. There is some talk to that effect
among Democratic members of the leg
islature. A dispatch from Aniche, near Douai,
France, says a quantity of dynamite at
the bottom of one of the coal mines there
exploded from an unknown cause. Six
teen miners are dead and 30 or 40
wounded.
It is stated that the shortage of E. D.
Lukenbill, agent at Fernandina for the
Seaboard Air Line, will amount to nearly
$70,000. There has been a great deal of
secrecy in the case, and it is presumed
that there wm be a settlement soon
At Paris, Wednesday, the general conn
cil of the Seine unanimously adopted
resolution that the French government
should take toe initiative in the endeavor
to bring about an arbitration of the is
sues between Great Britain and the
Boers.
At Cattleburg, Va., Wednesday, Wm
Gibson killed bis two-year-old step
daughter by running a red hot poker
down her throat, A mob was at once
organized and went in pursuit of the
man. If found he will be hanged with
oat ceremony. y. t
Four masked men wrecked the Farm
ers bank of Emden, 111., Wednesday. It
is stated they secured all the funds of the
bank between $3,000 and $4,000. The
robbers escaped on a hand car. The
bank building was almost completely
wrecked with dynamite.
Admiral Remy cables a confirmation of
the loss of the Yosemite on Nov. 13. Her
chains parted in the typhoon and she
drifted to sea and sank 70 miles off.
"Justin " went to the rescue. A steam
launch crew of five was lost. A dispatch
from Manila says anxiety is felt for the
navy etoreship "Alva," which left there
for Guam Nov. 17th and it is feared en
countered the typhoon.
The library floor in the beautiful reel
denes in Baltimore of Miss Mary Garrett,
who shared in the Garrett millions, crave
way Wednesday ahd disclosed the fact
tnat the structure bad been invaded by
white ants, which had literally honey
combed the. wood work.' The Joists were
eaten through ana through, eo exten
sive have been the ravages of the insects
that It will be necessary, to practically
rebuild portions of the house and much
costly paneling is hopelessly ruined.
" ; The Cigarette 'Wins.
There have been several conflicting ac
counts pf the effect of the supreme court
decision on the . Tennessee law. which
made it a misdemeanor to sell cigarettes
or bring them into the stats for the pur
pose of selling them,, ine state supreme
court held that cigarettes were noxious
and hurtful, not a - legitimate-subject of
Inter state commerce, and therefore their
sale could be prohibited by the police
power ol the state. -
, The' majority of the United States en
Ere me court dissent from this view, hold
lg that tobacco in any form is a legiti
mate subject of commerce. It held, also
that the Tennessee law properly applies
to tne importation in question as tbe
r, cigarettes came Into the state In a form
,x different from the original package in
which. th6y are usually shipped.: But
four of the nine members of the court,
headed by ; Chief Justice Fuller dissent
from the majority opinion and bold that
tbe state has no power to prohibit the
f Importation of cigarettes even in single
-partflges. - . y-
r . The result of the decision would seem
to be only to require the manufacturers
r cf cigarettes" to reduce the siw of tbeir
present' original - packages They can
" easily do this. The -Tennessee law 'falls,
and tbe sale of cigarettes will continue in
spite of hostile state statutes. -
The cLzarjtte wins!
' J Ts Cr:C!J isOse Sty
1 Uucatot Bnw QorrwTt Tablct. Al
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Ororr r pTr m oo p.c bow vc
BET ON ALL THREE.
A Brilliant Scheme With Which
to
Beat the Shell Game.
When Herr Hopf and his little blue
pitcher appeared in the corner ex
change, there was quite a crowd.
Among theni was a man with three
walnut shells and a pea.
"I've been losing at all the fairs,"
said the shell mail, "but just to show
my generosity I am willing to lose
again. I bet any man a dollar that lie
can't pick out tho shell that tbe pea
Is under."
Herr Hopf fished a bright silver dol
lar from his pocket.
"1 bet vonce too."
The shell man arranged the Bhells,
nnd the Teuton lifted one. Of course
it was empty.
"You lose!"
"Vonce again, yah!"
There was a quick movement, and
Herr Hopf saw the pea slide under
the shell. He lifted that one, but it
was empty.
"Is der a limit?"
"No, sir."
"Veil, I bet on each shell."
He placed a dollar on each of the
three shells.
"Now, I can't lose."
"You are right!" And the dealer
again arranged the shells. The Teuton
picked up two empty shells and found
the pea under the third.
"I vln."
"You win!" And the shell man took
In the $3 and handed the winner $2,
"I blay vonce again."
There was a movement of shells, and
again tne dealer took in $3 and gave
Herr Hopf $2. Then some one whis
tled, and the shell man vanished
through the door.
"1 vln steady. He vas blay no more,"
and even missing the dollars could not
convince Herr Hopf that he had not
been winning. Chicago News.
Dangreroas Factories.
Not far from the heart of New York
city is a factory for tho manufacture of
deadly poisons in quantities large
enough to annihilate the entire popula
tion of New York. The factory is so
guarded that even its next door neigh
bors need have no fear of it, but the
possibilities stored there excite the im
agination. No one may enter it with
out a special permit. The employees
are all skilled men, well aware of the
danger of the slightest carelessness.
They manufacture, among other things,
pure anhydrous acid, which is so dan
gerous that in its pure state it is not
placed in the market. There is Instant
death In its fumes if they are permitted
to escape. Nitric acid is stored in an-,
other part of the factory in big glass
carboys. The men who work in this
factory realize that a broken carboy of
nitric acid would mean a disaster, and
they treat it with the respect which it
deserves. This factory and others like
it are guarded more carefully than
safety deposit vault. New York Sun
When Bathing: Was Rare.
In boiuo Old court memoirs 'of the
eighteenth century which have recent
ly been called again to attention it is
stated that when George IV ' was a
baby he was bathed only once a fort
night That was thought, to be plenty
often enough in those days for a child
to be washed. When one of George's
little sisters had measles, the royal
mother gave most careful Instructions
that the child's linen was not to be
changed too soon, as she. feared tha
some careless attendant would clothe
it in garments insufficiently aired and
so "drive In the rash." In those days
people were much afraid of clean linen
and Hitliiiic. It was believed the com-
pfete bodily ablutions were weakening,'
yet" prmcxv peer zr.d p.-awint alike caU-
edjin at -every allaieut the doctors of
they period, 'who bled them -Into a state
of weakness and sometimes death.
:; K;Ad Still She Wept. V ; v
yToto: was crying. T What's the mat
ter?" asked one of her father's friends
Tze lost my 2 cents!" she walled.
TWelL never rnlnd. . Here are 2 cents.'
slid the friend,, V it .f ,V-i
Soon.Toto' was crrifiz' harder than
ever. 7 "What's the matter now?V she
I'm crying because If I hadn't lost
my 2 cents HI tad 4 hawr wa her
reply. Detroit Free-Itrsfi.-V'-.' ,-. -
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rsl:l tbe eminent phrenolo-,
l!;e l:mnp of intelligence.
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tvrn;fth tU:J-'I r,je'ar vrTd aToIun nlik
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ODD INSURANCE SCHEMES.
Morel Risks Granted by lp
to Data
English Companies.
It was stated recently as a fact of
novel and material interest that it was
now possible to insure for the contin
gency of being the father of twins.
And so it Is. You can also insure pro
spective triplets. But that Is a small
matter compared to the queer risks in
surance companies are taking every
day. Anything, from the vicissitudes
of playing a fast bowler on
a KiCitlng
wicket to the chance of an heir chang
lng his religious tenets, Is now a sub
ject for an insurance policy.
"We insure people against the possi
bility of any calamity, whatever It may
be," said Mr. Armstrong of the Ocean
Accident Insurance company to a Mall
representative.
"Freauentlv we are asked to insure
against a man changing his name. Say
somebody leaves a property to John
Smith on condition that he takes the
name and style of Howard Montmo
rency Vandeleur. He wants to borrow
money on his property. The lender de
clines to advance the money on the
ground that he has no guarantee that
Vandeleur won't return to being call
ed Smith. We Insure the lender
against that contingency, and Vande
leur (nee Smith) gets his money.
"Another type of case is an Insurance
against the discovery of a missing man.
A prodigal son leaves home for his
country's good, and nobody knows
where he is. , His father, years later,
leaves his property to be divided equal
ly among his children. The trustee of
the will finds himself in a difficulty.
The prodigal may return from his
husks, and then the other heirs will
have had more than their share. We
Insure the trustee against the prodi
gal's return.
"Not long ago we Insured a mort
gagee against the mortgageor's marry
ing outside the faith, because such a
marriage would have cost the mort
gageor his property."" London Mail.
It Killed the Bear.
A man who had experience in Alaska
was listening to a group of citizens dis
cussing the weather and broke in on
the talk thus:
"Pshaw, you fellows don't know what
changeable weather is. You think It's
always cold in Alaska, do you? Well,
Just let me tell you a little perspnal ex
perience of mine One -day I went
hunting with a party of minors. The
weather was quite warm when we
started, and I perspired freely. Sun
denly it turned bitterly cgld, and large
icicles formed "on my whiskers (I had
grown a full beard). Crossing a small
canyon, I feme face to face with a big,
ugly looking bear. 1 had nothing but
powder 1n hiy gim. and the man with
the cartridges was' away behind me, so
as a desperate resort I rammed the
Icicles from my beard Into the gun and
blazed away."
"And what happened?" said one cf
the crowd eagerly.
"Why, I struck him squarely in the
heaiUnd killed him." . ' , ,
"Killed him? Impossible!" chorused
the crowd.
"But it did, I tell you. The tempera
ture suddenly turned warm again, melt-
pwis o wvvav.u 1 buiucu naiui aatu, nidi 1
lng the icicles, and the bear died from !
water
U?ress.
on the brain." Detroit Free
The PI In Water.
Of pigs it is commonly reported that
so queerly fashioned, are they that if
they attempt to swim they cut "their
throats with their fore feet, but this is
ohly'an pld wife's f aolei Whether wild
Lot tame; they are all good swimmers.
though, owing to the shortness of their
legs, they just touch their throats with
their fore feet and beat the water very
Ligb. TM4ny of tbe islands of the south
ern 8e33f arenow .inhabited by wild
pigs." which ht the " descendants of
those which have swnm ashore, some
times great distances.' - from 'wrecked
Tessels-Peterson's' MagozTne.
-. White I' understand ,young , Green
lost.alL the"jnohey his father, left him"
on the races and -he'a.now.lo6king for
a Job.- -He won't have so soft a thing"
as he: has, had." 4 ;? -; ; .f j- J-iti
Brown Oh.1 don't know. He'll have
a soft thing as long as he doesn't lose
tls head-xCblcago News. y K
-"What makes yon avoid that girl so
even If yen do net Intend to propose to
terry- -v -v; s.-v -'?
To afraid she'll take a notion 1 to
make me propose." Chicago Record-'
Chinese children begin to learn their
'JL B Cs at 3 'years old and are ex
pected to learn 1,000 letters In three
rncnths.
THE SHORTS SURRENDER.
They Agree to Settle at 60 Cents.
Corn Drops to 41.
Chicago, Nov. 28. Finding themselves
unable to produce enough contract No.
2 corn to till stiles made to George 11.
Phillips, for November delivery, the
shorts, including several leading elevator
firms, it was auuounced today on the
board of trade, hud agreed to settle their
shortage at 50c. The announcement
came as a great. urpriee to those traders
who linn f ulled rrut PlulhiiM nrierAtion
A t.h rnnmunt Mnromlu.r inrn xxrna anil
mg around 50 cents, one cent from the
highest price on the deal. A rush to sell
followed and the market made no halt
until just before tho closing bell, when it
rested at 41 cents.
Various estimates were hazarded as to
the profits of the "'squeeze." As Phillips
in said to have accumulated a line of
more than two million bushels around
J15 cents, it was admitted that his profits
nniKt have ren'-bed into the hundreds of
thousands. On this point, Phillips was
however, entirely non committal.
Football Thursday.
Washington, D. C. Nov. 29. The Uni
versity of North Carolina and George
town University football teams played a
tie game this afternoon, neither side be
ing aide to score.
At Kichmond, Va., University of Vir
ginia defeated Sewanee University, Ten
nessee, by a score of 18 to 0.
At Raleigh tbe University of South
Carolina defeated the A. & M. College, 17
to 5.
At Newbern Goldsboro was defeated by
Newborn, 12 to 0.
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A Kail and Kipling Medley.
Mr. F.arrie was one day at Waterloo
station In a hurry to catch a train. He
was hastening from the bookstall
laden with papers, "a good many six
penny ones among them," he dolefully
relates, when, in rushing around a
corner, he fell into the arms of Rud
yard Kipling, equally in a tearing.hur
ry. They turned on each other with
scowling faces, then smiled in recogni
tion and asked each other whither he
went. Then Kipling, exclaiming.
"Lucky beggar, you've got papers!"
seized the bundle from Barrle, flung
him some money and made off. "But
you did not stoop to pick up his dirty
halfpence, did you?" queried one of
Mr. Barrie's hearers amusedly. "Didn't
I, though?" returned Barrle, and added
ruefully, "But he hadn't flung me half
enough." St. James Gazette. ,
Odd Features of French Elections.
There are some curious features con
nected with French parliamentary elec
tions. For instance, no wall literature
Issued by a candidate or his friends
may be printed on white paper, white
beipg the color reserved for official an
nouncements. In the days of the em
pire, when official candidates were
known in the land, the addresses of
the government's nominees were print
ed on white paper, and this no doubt
had due weight with the more ignotant
voters. Again, any elector whoso name
la mentioned in a newspaper can, if he
feel himself aggrieved, call upon the
editor to publish a reply. This, how
ever, Is not confined to elections, but
Is a rizht enJoved bv French citizens
w - - - -
lmder tte law of the country.-London
aiaii.
Fine Linen.
When purchasing linen handkerchiefs,
it is well to remember that pure linen
may be very readily recognized by mois
tening the tip of the finger and drawing
the fabric over it Linen will immedi
ately show the moisture through its
meshes, while cotton will absorb it.
The Waste of Coal;
About one-tenth f the coal yielded by
onr mines is cousunwl for domestic par
poses, and it is computed that not Dune
than about 1 Pf r wit ' what is so con
sumed i used iM-wfici.-ill.r - Tbe rest is
lost io wni hen-KZimke and ashet.
Kinetrenth Crnrnij-Iti-vtew - -
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Two
Nothings?
' :;;Tacfe. b nothing $0 Lai if of
a cough is coughing ; tad there!
nothing so good for t cough as
Ajrer 5; Caerrjr ; Pectoral; Just
;think"if yoa tad only tnowo
this 1 long' tiice '.tgo hqtf' ycb .
could hive Saved that Ice? ill?
: Boy a. bottle . 1oca) p
; that tof cocci :ysnil . he bctttf
loaorrov.
Tbrr tlrw: 5S, enostcli fr an Pffwr.
eoid; fcoc-. jut rifch! tor Mtbnsa, broccntu.
ImirHiMiu, whoopim-ouph. Ml rotjtt ;
aoost ecouojiiickl foe cLrooi casss.
STATE NEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form
Tho Moore County
Tribune will be
after the first of
printed twice a week
January.
Clarkton Express: We regret t hear
of the alignment of Mr. li J. Sanderlin.
In helping others he involved himself.
Page A Co. 'h planing mill at Qastonia
was destroyed b.v fire Wednesday. The
estimated loss is $ 10,000. No insurance.
The team of the State Deaf and Dumb
school in Morgan ton defeated the Ashe
ville school iu a game of football by a
score of 16 to 11.
W'iuston-Saletn is to have a negro hos
pital. The building is to cost $10,000.
K. J. Reynolds contributed $5,000, while
the uegroes of he community raised the
remainder. The lioHpitnl will be operated
in connection with the Sinter industrial
School.
A white man by tlie name of Reams
broke out of juil at Louifbur;; Tuday
niuht. It it the f )urth time that U has
made his escape siuee his im prison men!.
Some one had evidently nmuggled n I ack
saw to him, as lie sawed through two 1
inch burs of iron.
The insane in the State are so num
erous that muny ure in county j.tils. In
the jail ut Asheville, for example, there
are six of them The North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal conference memori
alizes the legislature to enlarge, tbe in
sane asylum at Morganton.
Statexville Landmark: Tom Hodgson,
charged with the murder of Ed Duncan in
Ashe county, whs brought to Statesville
Saturday and placed in jail here for safe
keeping until the next term of Ashe
court. Hodgson was confined in Ashe
jail and was brought here on account of
a report that bis friends intended to
release him from jail.
Washingtcn Gazette-Messenger: Dr.
Abbott, of Vandemere, states that Pam
lico county will have a railway connec
tion with the outside world. The canital
is already secured and the road will run
from Vandemere to Newbern, Washing
ton or Vanceboro. As soon as a definite
route is determined upon the work of
constructing it will begin.
A negro woman was in the Favetteville
jail for stealing. She was turned loose
by the judge. The Observer Rives the
sequel: Immediately after her discharge
from jail two blankets were missed, and
an investigation developed the fact that
they bad been carried off by the Atkins
woman, wearing one as a petticoat and
concealing the other in a basket."
The Methodist orphanage at Baleiarh
was formally opened for the receotion of
cnildren Thursday. Bishop H. C. Mor
rison and a number of ministers and lay
men were in attendance Tbe exercises
were simple in character, as the formal
dedication will probably be postponed
until the completion of the main building,
the erection of which will be begun at an
early date.
Asheville Citizen: Yesterday mornin&r
about 4 o'clock tbe badly mangled bodv
of a white man was found on the track
of the Southern below tbe roundhouse.
Later tbe body was identified as that
of B. M. Plemmonds. The railroad peo
ple claimed that tbe man was first killed
and then placed on the track to hide
the crime. After a careful investigation,
however, it was found that Plemmonds
bad been seen drinking near the shops
the night before and it was supposed
that be was walking on the track and
did not hear the approach of the switch
engine, which ran over him.
Wood Factories In North Carolina.
Charleston Newt sod Courier.
North Carolina appears to be leading
all other southern states in the import
ant Industry of manufacturing its for
est resources into more valuable products
than planks and scantlings.
Besides its 500 saw mills and 85 shin
gle mills, says The Dixie Magazine, which
gets its information from The American
Lumberman, there are in the State 182
planing mills and sash, door and blind
factories, 63 factories making furniture,
chairs, show cases, etc.; 36 making wag
ons, carriages, agricultural implements,
etc., ' and 25 making boxes, ' crates, .
veneers, etc., a total of ' 306 establish--tnents
engaged in wood working which
employ more or less "skilled" I Abor. L
Of particular interest, nays The.: Maga
zine, is the number of concerns manufac
turing "hardwoods" into furniture, wag
ons, agricultural implements and so on.
This branch of industry was . until re- '
cently practically monopolized by the .
norths Wow there are "small , tqwn's In
North; Carolina, each with 'five six
such establishments,"' and from the' fact
that they ha ve-so yreatly increased in
bomber in the last few: years. "It-would
seenrtnattney bare proved profitable. ' .
There are comparatively very lew such .
concerns in. South Carolina, and there
are many counties fa tbe state, we be-
lieve..wbcb are well supplied with TeJ-
uaoie "nard woods ' rn large quantity
and variety, but which do not .turn a
wheel for tbeir manufacture into any
form. It is a promising field for enter
prising woodworkers from other state,
as the experience cf North Carolina raS
ciently shows.
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