GENERAL NEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
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Brief Paragraphs.
' The Paris exposition lost a lot of
money, thewBxpenses being, greater than
expected.
' Prospect Hall, in Brooklyn, was burned
-Tuesday morning, 'censing a loss of
1300,000.
The Republican caucus of the house
has decided to stand by the war tax re-
rinctinn bill an renorted to that hodv.
Charles A. Towue has taken his seat as
United States senator . from Minnesota.
148 only for a few weeks until the legis
lature 01 Minnesota meets. -
-' Holland on Tuesday finally and defi
nitely refused .to take tbe imitative in be
half of arbitration between the Trans
vaal and Great Britain.
The house on Monday passed the leg
islative, executive and judicial appropri
ation bill, carrying $ 24,490,308, with
less than ten minutes debate.
.v The Mail and Express says that here
after the seaboard and the Southern
railway systems will be operated in per
feet harmony, but there is to be no eon
eolidation. -
The Neelv extradition case was areued
' In the supreme court Monday, the defense
contending that under the treaty olJfaris
and our federal constitution MeKinley's
military government in Cuba was an
megai one.
1 There was a terrible explosion Monday
Jn a tunnel being built on the Union Pa
cific, between Aspen and JtUJIyard, Wy
oming. Twenty-five men were at work
?at the time of the explosion. .Four men
were killed and several injured. .
-W Wi'lliama ttftjjr Vin1no ahnfe. t.hrnno-h
'ho hAriv hv n. man nam ATI Kan ' Knriinira.
took the pistol from him and shot him
dead. The doctor was taking the man,
' who had been drinkinsr. home.
Edward Swaneon, of Hammond, lnd.,
, aaveraseu as a watte cumuwr buu bowi,
awhile exhibiting at Fort Valley, Ga.,
Saturday, was bitten by a huge rattler
nrir.n i nit. on anil jiiiml n rumv. .... s iiu
r snake had been recently - Received - from
Florida, and ft was guaranteed .fsbat its
'fangs were put, bat this was a mistake.
In an opinion handed down by Chief
(.Justice Fuller thtf United States supreme
court on Monday affirmed the opinion of
the supreme court of Georgia, in the case
of B. A. Williams, against Sheriff Fear, of
Morgan county. The case involved the
constitutionality of the state revenue
' law and especially that , portion . of .it
applying tp, immigrant agents. Both de
cisions upheld the law!
In a riot at St. John's Island, S.
late- auraay nignt, Aiwar mvere,
colored; was shot and killed by Consta
ble Frank Gadsden, and the negroes or
ganized for vengeance. ' Gadsden arrested
r t uruvur ui auvcio nuu wwa luut uw
Beab rook's store. . The negroes awarmed
around the place and the doors- were
locked. When a demand was made on
Seabrook to turn the constable out to be
shot he refused,'and the mob threatened
. to burn the buildinsr. .While the mob
, was planning lorits destruction a oroiner
of Rivers shoved his gun under a side
door and fired twice, wounding qeabrooic
and his son. The wounded men. could
not get relief, and all the while the prepa
rations for the burning of the place were
going on. Assistance arrived toward
morning, however, and the -mob, which
had beirun to hesitate about starting the
fire, was' dispersed. A' posse was sent
from Charleston and restored order. L
Dewet AgainEeoapes. MayBeSe-
v--.,. , rlou for British,
London, Dec. 11. The Evening Stand
thhA thn hattls between Gen.
Knox and Gen. v Dewet continues, the
forces changing ground wcessanuy. a
lack of definite information on the subject
la onirl n ta rlnfl tA t.ha absence of tele
graphic communication with the scene
or action. . , y s 1 1 ., fv.
' London, . DecVll. The Times has ad
vices that Gen. Dewet "baa escaped from
Gen. Knox and that Gen. Botha is near.
It states that if the two unite forces the
consequences may be . eerloas , for, the
British. - - - ' v
Smash Your Mirror
Yog fiie - ft5 loaetKnev
dWt yj ? It says "My. But
.yea trs jtotIaj old ftrt." Yoti
Lnoy Vhj; h3 thosai gray tairs.
Dcat yci Io- tW Aycr's
Hair Vigor well tcstorj color
to tkia, til lis lah rh color
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Tit Coat of Cattlnc am Old Atlae.
In the state department at Washing
ton is - the most" comprehensive and
complete set of atlases and maps to be
found, anywhere In this country. As
can' be readily appreciated, they are
vitally necessary to the carrying on of
the department, and therefore neither
trouble nor expense is spared til keep
ing tnem constantly up to date. It
would be supposed that their extreme
value and Importance would be patent
I to every one.
Some years ago, however, ono of. the
most valuable atlases was found with
two of the maps cut qut. The maps
had not been abstracted. They had
simply been detached from the bind
lng. Investigation proved the mutila
tlon to be the work of a certain clerk,
who on being hauled up by his superior
explained why he had done It as fol
lows: "
"Those books are terribly heavy and
hard to handle, and so I cut the maps
out In order to get at them easier. The
atlases were very old,1 and I didn't sup
pose they were of any value or that
kany one would care."
To the state department an atlas is
like a bottle of wine to a judge of fine
drinks its value Increases in direct
ratio with its age. It was felt In the
department that that particular clerk
had mistaken his calling in life,, and to
him was accordingly given an opportu
nity to pursue another one. New York
Tribune.
Cure For- tnnomnla.
I suppose all of us are suffering from
the Invasion of electricity. My old
friend Bounce, who was a victim of in
fiomnla for 40 years,, thinks be sleeps
now better than any other man. on
earth. He Jost his way in the Adlron-
dacks and staid overnight in the cabin
of a forester. His sleep was. the deep
sleep of a Just man made perfect,- and
In the. morning he. found that, he had
not moved half an inch all night.
It'g the Insulation," the forester In
sisted. "You city folks are klllln your
selves with' contact - If you'll .break
the contact you'll be able to sleep and
get your nerves back."
- This matter of "contact was finally
explained to meatr that our-bedposts
are in-contact with-; the floors, . the
floors with the walls and the walls
with mother earth, so that whatever
personal magnetism a man has in him
goes away In the nighttime leaving
him like a log on his mattress. The
forester had obtained four glass Insu
lators from telegraph poles somewhere
and screwed them on the posts of his
guest, bed, so that the electricity could
not run away. Bounce the very day' he
got home insulated his bed, and from
that moment to the present his insom
nkv has been - banished. New York
Press.
The Chinese Coolc.
Mrs. White determined In the first
flush of - her newly wed dignity that
she was not gglng to be "squeezed" by
the Chinese cook and the storekeeper,
as It -was quite plain every, one else
was,- Accordingly she purchased,, scales
and weights and announced her inten
tion of personally weighing everything.
For some days this method proved very
satisfactory, but she was sometimes a
little frazzled on finding that the provi
sions occasionally, weignea more tnan
was charged for. . ( .
One. day -the 'mystery was , solved.
She -frew carefully weighing a. chicken.
In China not 'only la everything,", living
ami dead, sold by -weight, but fowls are
always supplied alive. ' The chicken
during the weighing operation sndden
ly'entered a Vigorous objection and be
gan to flap and struggle jwlth .allita
might, and during these flappings and
stragglings something j weighty I fell
with a thud to the floor,' evidently from
somewhere, about the chicken.- This
turned out ; to be a large piece, of lead
which had been cpnningly fastened un
der pne of the wings, i Further Investi
gation led to the discovery of a similar
piece underneath the ether wing, v The
overweight of the past fewsdays was
now accounted for. ChaiBbers' Jour
nal.. . - 'j. , ' ' ! ;
' "Why, Indeed T' :
"Say, Burroughs, now about that
fiver you've owed- me for the last two
rears?"-,. ; -'
'Ob. come, old man. .why caq,'t yon
lei bygone be bygonesF Fhlladel
fibla fress. ' : ,.; 'i-
' - v y 't ! Dart ,f
. D!1 ttiat horse deaJtr do the fair
tLia.s by you?'' 1 '-" ;
"WelC he told me all the torse's
txan tricks Ttf r be had sold h& beast
t me." Cf.fcajo'necori.
Anot' er rciU
I "-i--T!:.a cclcsf is a eorlcr.""'' '
, ,.t Tc"4 Bf'.3 tl t. XT Jiff, Ct?
THE DOLLAR'S POWER.
1 nay go to mak Mallndy when d biukln -work
am dona
Wif a wuir of boner lub to cbcf her hrart.
I nay tell bet t de pumpkins fculn yaller ia da
nun .. c .!
Mm da golden atn of Corn upon de cyirt.
But the nebet amlla ao iweetly,
An ibe neber denca ao neatly,
An her eyee dey nlbber twinkle In dere glee,
lak'dey do when I'ae got money,
An I tell her ahe'a mah honey;
Ien da ahadders ffum de cabin up-an flee!
Twill be frosty in da mawoin, an de rabbit soak'
Ma tracks
'Twill ba poasum time, an, swingin down de
1 may bring de 'fattest feller hangin bearjr on
mah back '
-An call her fer )o 'xamine of mah kill,
... But she'll tu'A her. bade away,
An she won't have much to say, f
An she fussy, an the grumpy, an uLe queer.
But when I rattle money
Den abe shorcly am mah honey,
Aa her smile Jest 111 d, cabin wif its cheer!
Went an won a tutjtey gobble at da raffle down de
road, -fy
An 1 tuk him borne in triumf jest to see
Bow Jem eyes of man Mallady wid dere rapturr
would 'xpleda, .
But she only giXJt a Cuy'oua glance at me;
Neber chackledtat de houah
Pat my luck had brought upon huh;
Ain't nothin fer Uaindy I can do
- 'At will sat' her eyes to flashin
' An her lips in famgbin faslijon
Lak da dollah wif de sunlight driftin through 1
It's de sunlight of de dollah dat can turn d
cabin walla ' ' .
Into Jasper Ilka da castle of a king
An can wake Mallndy'a laughter; it'a de sperrit,
sah, dat calls
Her hyart upon her honey lips to sing!
It can scare de gloom completely,
4t can set her dancirf neatly.
It can mak her black ayes twinkle wif dere glee.
An it'a when I bring her money
An I tell her she's mah honey
Dat da shaddera dey jest rise right up an See)
. . -r-Baltimore News.
The Famoas Asphalt Lake.
Asphalt Is being dug out of the fa
mous tar lake of Trinidad, the most
notable existing .source of the material
hi the world, at the rate of 80,000 tons
per annum: . There are still 4,500,000
tons In sight, but as .this rate the. sup
ply could not last long were It not that
the lake bitumen' referred to is receiv
ing a constant accretion from the bow
els of , the earth... This accretion Is
reckoned as amounting, to about 20,000
tons yearly and would suffice to restore
the lake to 4ts original condition If It
were allowed to remain undisturbed
for a few years.
This' wonderful lake of. pitch has an
area of 114 acres, and recent sound
ings made In the middle of It have
shown the' depth to be 135 feet in that
part. .Near the center It; Is semiliqnid
and bubbling, but elsewhere 'it has so
hard a surface that a man on horse
back, can ride over It without danger of
breaking throqgh the crust Scattered
over its surface are a number of small
Islands- which have no proper roots In
the earth, so to speak, but are compos
ed merely of accumulations of soil.
though trees of considerable size grow
on somOvOf them. . These Islands are
not stationary, but are carried slowly
from place to place by the movements
of the lake. Now and then one of them
Is entirely engulfed-Iew York Post.
t Economical TralniaS of Gunner.
The method used In the United States
navy for.. the economical training of the
gunners Is very Interesting It is a
well known fact that the cost of firing
one of the large guns. used in the nary
Is very, great, amounting sometimes to
$1,000 or more:;; To save this expense
a very simple method is employed. In
the case of the large guns an ordinary
Remington rifle is secured m the breech
of the gun and directly in the center
of the tore,' so that when it is fired Its
bullet takes the same direction aathat
dt the regular projectile. : The large
gun is sighted Jti the usual, manner.
On account of the lesser Velocity of the
small bullet the target is placed close
to the- ship tuid Is made corresponding
ly small. '
The method used forhe i pounder
o? otber small guns is slightly, differ
ent,' as' instead of the 'small rifle a
wooden Or dummy cartridge" the same
size 'as -the . regular' cartridge Is em
ployed. -Through- the center: of; this
wooden cartridge rens - a rifle barsel
which is loaded with ff .41 caliber car
tridge. This latter method has the ad
ditional advantage of giving the gun
Crew practice in loading as well as fir-
ng.Washlflgton Star. - - 7 - .
rtHT to Her.'
"i am quite certain that poor man
has eecn'betler thnes," paid Mrs. Gas-
tarn after giving breakfast to a tramp.
"No doubt," added Air. Gazzara dry-
1?. "Tiey all have", , v ;
'But UJs ioor fellow didn't ask sae
for br&kca vietaals. lie said It grieved
fcfra to le olllged to hrply for a colla-
t!x" Detroit lYmFwss. - .!',.
Tc Ccr t Cc! j ii C.-S Cey
Lxirtvw EaoM ?, Taaurra. A!
' f.tvi tSa atoaev u f; to cure. . E. W
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Knights of Pythlaa.
At the court bouse tonight the Pythians
of toe second district will hold their an
nual convention. The lodges at Tarbdro.
Washington, Greenville, Newborn, fiolds-
boro, Wilson, itocky Mount and Kinston
compose the second district. About 200
members of the order are expected to be
in attendance, among whom will be
Grand Chancellor Montcastle, of Lexing
ton; G. V. C. McLoud, of AshevUle; G. K.
of R. & 8, Hollowell.ofGoldsboro; Grand
Prelate llrown, of Kinston, and Grand
Inner Guard Arrlngton, of Rocky Mount.
A special train will arrive about 6:30
this evening with Pythians from Golds
boro and points beyond. This train re
turns to Goldsboro after the banquet.
The K. of P. band of Goldsboro will come
on this train.
The convention will be held at the
court bouse at 8 o'clock tonight. The
convention, of course will be a secret af
fair, and what the Pythiansdo with their
goat will not be known save only to the
"Noble Billy" and themselves.
After the convention adjourns a ban
quet Will be given at the opera house by
Kinston Lodge, No. 60, complimentary
to the ladies of No. CO and to the visiting
Pythians. Dr. H. D. Harper, Sr., will be
toast master.
The Frek Press welcomes the knights
to Kinston. The order they represent is
one of. the best fraternal orders of the
times, and we bid them welcome to the
best town in Eastern Carolina. We hope
they will form a good opinion of Kinston
and Kinstonians during their short stay
among us.
Barry Lindley Company.
The Newbern Journal of Dec. 11 says:
Those who went to the play at the
opera bouse last night and saw Harry
Lindley and his company In the "Dia
mond Queen,'' enjoyed seeing some good
acting.
The "Diamond Queen" is a melodrama
and it abounds in pathos in which there
is enough humor to relieve it from being
too sad, ana last nignt the audience ap
preciated the characters portrayed, being
uoerai in its applause.
Mr. lindley, who was here about ten
years ago; was welcomed by many who
remembered him,
, The specialties between acts were -verv
good, and greatly pleased the audience.
Little Mystic in songs,' Geo, Secord In
character songs, and W"illiattt Lawrence
in farmer monologue were liberally re
warded witn applause.
Superior Court '
In the matter of N. B. Moore vs. T. B.
Brown the jury returned a verdict for
defendant yesterday, .There was a mis
trial In tbia case last Ausrust. the iurv
BLuuuiug xx w jl ia ittvur ui pituauu.
rne case of J. v. Ferry vs.. Uonelana
& Co. for damages in the trading of horses
was tried yesterday afternoon and the
jury returned a verdict of 40 lor Dlain
tiff. This was an appeal from a J. P.'s
court, where the same - damages were
awarded..
The case of Alice Moore vs. Ben Button
and M. II. Quinerly was called thlBmorn
ing, but the death of Sheriff Sutton was
suggested and the case was continued to
make new parties J
There were several cases being heard
against the Kinston Lumber company
tnis morning. "
' Hill's Candidacy Announced.
Chicago, Dec. 10.The Chronicle will
say tomorrow: "David Bennett Hill,
ex-governor of 'New York, and former
United states senator, is to be a promi
nent candidate for the presidency on the
Democratic ticket in lyu.' A declara
tion that is equivalent to a personal an
nouncement by the New York man was
made here last night, by . James , K.' Me
linire. Mr. -JLliirs. political lieutenant.
mayor of Syracuse and chairman of 1 the
executive committee ox the state organi
zation." . .
It Just Can't Be Stopped.' .
Mewa-Obserrer. , . , , , ' " .
One minister at the Methodist confer
ence in Newbern, discussing - the report
on Sunday observance said: rvourting
ouarht to be stonned on the Lord's dav.
Maybe jt ought,, but it will not be as long
as the girls look as sweet on that day as
on any other. And now . can , you stop
tna " 4 ' ,
The Best Prescription for Chills ,
and Fever is a borUa of Gbotb's YafTaxstsa Chox
Tome. It ia aUsply iron and qniniaa ia a Castries
w a erne oopay. mcm,s.
Ula Saaplrlona ' "Woold 11 -' Ofea
- . t AronaadU ' , f
"It's funny about Some peeple. LIm
By-"-. , -
'Giess set rlg&t. Weary." '
'Now. yoo tJa Just bet that If any
feller had; robbed me, of $100,000 J
wouldn't have to wait areuad till some
other "feller -found It out. Cleveland
nam Dealer.- ; , . ,
; Waated tke ioar Over. .
Victlni Say, burry up and get through
shaving me as uick as yoa can. -
EarLer Wkv. vou'-aald voa had-olen-
ty of tlmy when yofl got Info the chain
Victim I know, bet that was before
you tried that razor on me Philadel
phia Press. "
TVi'leV tlick Llr:!errVfullsifo 23c
bottle for 15e. It cures pafn.
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STATE NEWS. . :
Intoreatlno; North Carolina Item'
In Condensed .Form.
The Weldon Oil Mills were destroyed
by fire Monday night. ,
Fayetteville Observer: Deer are plen
tiful In this vicinity and onr market is
constantly supplied with venison.
The new census trives Charlotte 18.091 --
population, an increase of 6,434 from -
1890; Kaleigh an increase otJ65;
Greensboro 10,035, an increase of 6,718.
Near States ville Saturday night George j
Ilamseur and Jim Grant, both colored,
got into a fuss and Grant shot Bamseur
with a shot-gun, killing him Instantly. .
Grant escaped.
J,.VU. ...1.1V ..V V,VV W.WM.' U u J W
and killed his father, Jubal Gooch, be
cause the latter was beating the mother
of the boy. The father was drunk and
beat the woman unmercifully.
Five hundred bales of cotton belonging
to the Florence Mill company were de -stroyed
by flre at Forest City Sunday
afternoon. The loss is estimated at '
about $30,000. The cause of the flre is
not known.
Smithfield Herald: Mr. William Henry
Lasaiter, of Elevation township, planted
six acres in tobacco this year. He sold
his entire crop on the floor of the Banner
warehouse for $1,106.18, an average of
$184.36 per acre.
J. L. York, the young man of Fayette- -
ville convicted in the federal court of us
ing the U. S. mails for fraudulent pur
poses, was sentenced Monday to six
months imprisonment and to pay a fine
of $200 and coats. .
. It is said by cotton mill people from
Alamance that the total number of strik
ing operatives there was 4,000; that over
half of them are now at work and . that ;
only 130 men, women and children, ope
ratives have gone to the south. ,
The penitentiary authorities bavees-,
tablished a convict camp on the line of
the East Carolina railway, near Tar boro,
and put 100 convicts ther& these being,
taken .from the Roanoke farm where they ''
had finished the work of harvesting the ,
crops, v . r. 5
Capt. Arthur Lasslter, conductor of the v
northbound f reiarht' train on the Seaboard .
Air juine, wniie nagging ms wain ao men- -demon
Monday, Was run over and crushed
by the switch engine. He lived about an
hour and a half. He was a' young man
of 23 years. '
Tarboro Southerner The cotton fac-
4-xvavav -nvtilstrt urA art ma tnAntka otvniiidnAfor1 ::
was being talke in Conetoe is, taking
being taken. Nbr difficulty 'is expected
about obtaining $50,000 with which to , .
build, etc. 'It is; proposed to start with
this amount, bujiwithaviewtoenlarging ' ,
later on. .
Amos Green, a worthy negro carpenter
living two miles from Goldsboro on the
lands of Weil Bros., lost a barn, 75 bush
els of corn, a ' mule, a cow, a - wagon, a
buggy and farming implements by fire
Sunday night. Loss about $450, The
fire was of incendiary origin; the party
who did the firing being tracked to and
from the property- destroyed, a distance
of about a half mile. The loss falls heav
ily upon the old colored man.
ttaiisDury bod: anotner ayata is re
ported ia the count; as a result of the
acfralatacia hanHtxi A ft t-iiaffit Tn - '
lUlilVQO a a at S va . M ., flUVWM v.. . I W ' V"
gro men were . drinking together and
having a good time Saturday evening at ; '
Dr, Cowan's place, west of Salisbury. ' v
v a . t a i t . i. . v 0 m
une or mem puc oarinages in a pieroi - v
ana iiuuueu vutr weupuu w tutiutuer. in
a few minutes the weapon was accident-'
ally discharged, and the man who loaded
it fell with a bullet bole in his head. . The -wounded
man died In about an hour.
Greensboro Record: ' A very neat v job
u oTwntMi RAttirrln-r tiftrht.ftt. tha stnn
of Stack Bros., on . South Ashe , street. '
on Saturday nights it is late when -they. ,
dose up. ; Of course under such circum- -
stances, witn a large trade, they are gen-.' .
iaallt b-ar,a Vkilav' . ittvirav wKan -fchw
left they thought they 1 had'' everything
all Tight; however, toat may be, when
some one went to the store yesterday
morning the safe door was found open ""
and $700 in clean, cold cash had taken
its flight. -
10,109,000 BALES.,, -
Eetixnate of the Qovernmenton the
. .Present Cotton Crop. '
Washington, Dec. 10. The statistician -
of the Agricultural department reports"
10.109.000 bales as the probable cotton
? reduction of the United States for IS 60
OOlw In the making of this estimate
the same metnatfis and agencies have
been need that were employed last year.
Many thousands of ginneas, have, how
ever, made; reports for the, first time.
The estimated yield in pounds ,of lint cot
ton per acre is as follows: . Virginia, lflO;
North Carolina, 19; Sotith CaTolNa,
167; Georgia. 172; Florida, ZZ Ala- ,
bama, 151; Mipsfrsippl, 159; i Louisfasa, '
234; Texas, 220; Arkaneafk 223; T.r -u
see, 177; Missouri, 275; Okl&Iictia, SIS.
Indian territory, 2b"9. Theacref ,afiar
eliminating all kind from v hV!i r. crop
whatever wia be . gathecxj, ra esV,-r.st?d
at25,034,734. 4