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ilih"IHT--ii;-.!K . . , r v PUBLISHED EERY , Eif ENING ' EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol:UINo.T227r KINSTON, N, 0.,'FRIDAY. DEdBMBER 28, 1900. Price Two Gents. IrKJu. 5 . r 4 y- r 1 r- t ) GENERAL NEWS. M-attera of Interest Condensed Into I ,rn f Brief Paragraphs. v r-; ; , J Beeeivera have been appointed for the WId Town Bank ol Baltimore. Investigation 'shows that, there are 30,000 lepers In the Philippines. I Currier k pinker, stockbrokers ioJew FTork add Boston; failed Thursday. J A race riot occurred at MacClenny, Fla., "ChristMas day. One negro was killed. The Cuban tjefftention win nave the , constitution ready to present to congress about Feb. 1st.' j! : S..' The mayor of morck, N. D., is under iiirresi epithft chaise of being interested ' f in a gambling hease. - , ' - Mr Cleveland writes to the Atlanta Journal that he did not vote for McKin iJey at the last election. sThe Cramps' agent has signed a con tract with the Turkish, government for Jfthe building of a cruiser. '', ,-. .- v.Tbe Boers capjkured two wagons 'con-. ainmg unristmas luxuries destined for . fethe caropotlr&Wejiiuen. J ' yLord Armstrong, inventor of the pfemous Armstrong guo, died. .Thursday Hnorningatnis home near New Castle, -England. : 11 U5tThte.bundred.Bttfdent9 , nave been ar rrested la St. FetersburgV according to a Berlin dispatch, for propagating social jt doctrines. rA mn ia hairier maAa nn. iha JIair. Kgo mu ui uniuuiuin. x uin in uaunvu r three banks having gone. into., the inds of receivers. ' iThere was a big fire in East End, tibri on. Thnndav. FIva immnnM nhprla (filled withlrbodfiL inolndinir a thonsanH bales of bemp- ahd quantities of jute, were RfWSF MOTkV.i:.- Drunken negroes captured a saloon and 'rjgaft-race war; at, Clemen tsville, Ind., 5rjtiaasdfty.VThe whites were intim- 4g&tfecjaega.gaa,Bhot and wounded, j he saloon keeper. 'Mrs. David Birdsong. wife of a well (known farmer near Maoon, Ga., was ioundmurderediil her hoiiee. Uer na- tanditb.a pbes4 is ia search of the sspr , f TbCstrike axEnterpriseoolliery, Soam 1 okin, Pa., waa'enoled WedntBBday by all the miners agreeing to pay ' their labor- ers tne ten per cent, increase, and miners refusing to pay helpers will be dis charged. ' EiiB5sttlk)(eber-;hampion wrestler5 df America, ana. aul ons, the Jf'rencn champion, wiH wrestle for the Champion ship of the world, on the night of Wed- iieedQ Feba. fit jthe GardeH,ew'ork - Madison roquare tu Thomas Webb Jay v of ; Indianapolis. tferoke the world's bowling record far that .Jy bowling 299 out of the-.possible jaud-perieet score, tttrtke after strike was made in his game- until the last ball, which missed the eighth pin. ; elyn'&lBaidwin)' the Arctieexplorer, , jW.ho is arranging for the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition, has purchased the JEequi .maqx.the largest and staunchest of the whaling- fleet, .fitted her: with modern . appliances and named her the America. Chief of -Police . Brown, of Barrel V., was shot three times Thursday morning by two Italians for whom he had- warrants.- He will no live. His assailants - belong to a oest of anarchists and they laid wait for Brown as he was making bis rounds. The chief has folly identified them. "Jj. Gov. Sayers, of Texas, made applica , : tlon to Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, a few days ago, for the extradition of John ; . P. Rockefeller and other members of the ' Standard Oil company on the charge of i Tiolation of the anti-trust . law. Got. . Boosevelt has qeclined to grant the ap- There will be annredbefore the United '8fcates,'8np,reme court - on Jan. . 7th, a ;9oris af ecuts between the United States : and Porto Rico, which, when decided, will establish a precedent that will affect . the question whether or not the consti tution follows the flag. The suits in -nrolve the question of tariff between two ieouuEries or parts of the eame country. , Oewet Fighting Four Armiea !i London, Dec. 37. Gen. Dewet is again . in battle with British forces. Four Eng lish generals on as many sides are fight ing the Boer general, and he is trying to break through the lines as formerly.' Bohoilt'i ChUl POIi ars Hit best. Cost less thaa My otbr chill and fever remedy, and they ara goal ro cure, or your money oaca. racaascper bottj Dranists. .'A most shocking tragedy occurred Christmas day in Martin county, near 2'aJmyra. A white man named Hale was riding a bicycle along the public read when he was shot from ambush and killed. Person in a duelling near by saw the smoke from the gun and saw a man run into the woods from the scene of t' .. tr: -"Jy. The top of the mur d?rt 1 man's Lead was shot o2. ,Wi:t's Black Iiunaeit full size tZe IcV.'tfrrir-c lb cures rain. J. E. H.OQ9. Bama In Battl. f ,the jooit curious sights to be ta a'c-Talry charge is the vaiioui jrldarless torses iiallopinc tn the line in yerfect orderr At the choree of Bala klava the JTront rank of 'one regiment wa composed .to a fireot cJrterit of rid rtoss animals, their masters bavins; 4roppd kjne'by one. It would seem that in the excitement of the . moment the horses lose all conception of what ft happening around tliem and probn ly fail to notice the fall of their rid rs. ij The return of riderless horses to amp Is an almost certain sign of de feat When a cavalry charge is euc eessful, the 'hoiraeTwin,aTliafeald, all keep up together, even though they have lost ihelr riders, but when a force to routed the first pews of ilLomen to those in the rear vdit be' the feturn of the horses with empty saddles and stirrups dangling free. No mere sorry sight can be imagined. To. Illustrate the callous feeling these animals have ander fire a case which happened at XadysmRh Jduring the siege may.'be .... -. l . - ' A 1 a ilea. A inrner sergeant was cngg?a b shoeing an officer's horse in the open round behind tbe'TBtaWes of a hotel and had already put one or tro nails Into the shoe when a shell came scream ing through the J air. The next mo ment the missile burst five or six yards a-wy from where the sergeant and the horse were standing; and the splinter) ..lew; around both, but failed to tooth either. When the smoke had cleared, flbechopse was to be seen with its foot tuT in the man's apron, quite undis turbed t y.; the . incident PearaOn't magazine.. t -L . .. . - ;v; Estate Col be VIA, - "a At thla Junction of the thoroaghfim lad Island lake on a dead pine mora than 100 feet high sat a white headed eagle. s In the air a large fishhawk was, swung otct ine water loosing sor ni9 dinner 200 e 300 feet below, him. tare has endowed . this bird ' with) IThere, he gtrea his Ughtningllkthot ka:the water, seems almort sabraejrg$ jpniy to re$ppear ' jwtb;a fc ipnd jpike m hi .tatons. StOTrlyf lie Msea, Ifeing toward thefrdods;; whetaihe Pftpea to' enjoy his "well earned meal, but he has reckoned without his host. -The . king of birds has been watching Zils erery .movement and, If found suc cessful, ia in readiness to. exact that tribute which the"stronger always de tnanda and compels JCrto.the weak parsulng the hawk, and for a tittle vMv&'Mkild ttiistJdSut thej eagle is the master, and; the. hawjk ,in- oncaveiy reels ;it, .aa ar a aadden,: iolent'ewexTe, only Just to: evade xthei terrible claws f - the 'now enraged eagle, he drops the prize and slowly sea to the other end of the lake.""" There is no tneed,f5r 1 haste noVrlj as iMv. Bin?t, was. axier jriouiei, jqpx n hawk. Payment Jmring been made by; relinquishing raloable property, v the eagle once more displays his wonderful ctirlty by catching the pike before it strikes the water and then as lelittr to' coTeV ...to':- geriaajkUze. ypse'st 'a' Pawnbrokers . take . some, ''curious gCedges, but Jt. bj not, often, t tbey Bcei ve one rrom - anotner. j woriu. A london : pawnshop, however, . exhibits fta its window hs an unredeemed pledge a magnificent aerolite, a mass of fused metal that fell, as it were, from heaven to provide a poor man with his beer. A ticket bears -the statement that; It was brought-from the arctic regions by a Riilor. New York Trlbupe. r V,?4 1. Caefnt Some-Day PfcThaipaw1- Husband What! You bought an ar tificial armV . ;v " -5 'f t t WifYesdPanIt' was a greatbar- gIn.and-;::,;:.;;;:? Husband Great Scott! What are you thinking ofl You haven't ."any earthly use for such a thmg. -ih'tTi : i Wlfe-Dut dear, you know yon trav el on the railroads "s great deal, and yon can never tell what may happen, Philadelphia Press. -7. . - ; Jl Qeer Military lw. When a British soldier Is taken a prisoner of war. be is guilty of an' of fense against the queen and is liable to be put, upon trial should there be any doubt that he gave op his liberty when there was really no necessity to io so. He must then prove that It was Impossible: for LI 3 - to take; any other course without - uselessly throwing away his life. "My Trife," he said proudly, known as the queen of hearts." "yo doubt." they answered. "It rti tttauss she took the knave." CLicssa Pest A Jotty Fnnl. ' An Italian doctor named Loufs C6r tnslo. who died in the eighteenth cen tury, left some curious 'instructions as te the manner of his bwlal.' This gen tleman, by his will, forbade his. rela tions to weep at his, funeral on pain of being disinherited and appointed htm or ber who should' laugh the longest and loudest the principal heir and leg atee. Not a stitch of black was to be displayed either In the' bouse in Vhlcb he sliould die or In the church Iti which he- should be buried, 'They' were both to be strewn with iflowers 'and' gteen boughs on the day of his" funeral. In stead of the tolling of bells lively mu sic was to accompany. his body to the church.- and 50 minstrels were to march with . the clergy sounding their JflUtes, trombones and trumpets. The bkr was tp be. carried by 12 marriageable girls clothed In green, to each of whom the testator bequeathed a sum of mon ey for her dowry. - Lastly, no one In the procession was to wear black. All j-tbese orders were- absolutely carried Into effect Household Words. Straw HeraealiWa. Straw is put to strange uses in .la pan. Most of the horses are shod with straw. Even the clumsiest of cart horses wear straw shoes. In their case the shoes are tied around the ankles-wlth strawropg- attd-are made of the ordinary rice straw, braided so that they form a sole for. the foot about half an Inch thick. These soles cost about a half penny per pair, and whe xney . are . worn, out . tney are , tnrowu away .Every cart has a stock or fresh new -shoesrthext-to-tlre horse-or"to-i:he front of the cart- and In Japan It was formerly the Custom to measure dis tance largely by the number of horse shoes it took to cover the distance. So many horseshoes made a day's Jour ney, and the average shoe lasted for UBfcojJtJgMwmJI ) ' J- riV WorA-Salrr,x The way languages are built un is ery mterestmgi1 arid the deVlvatlon'of the word salary" Is curious as well In ancient times Roman soldiers re ceived a: dally portion of salt as part tfeejfr-pay- Sal' '4athe.Xatln for salt and. when: the salt was in course of time f commuted for. monev the aa'ilt, wis called isalaflam,i otr silt -moneyi Whence tour Word i'iilary'i 'and hence, doubtless th.ggxpressIon not worth his salt" that Js, not worth his "salt money." or salary, v ; - SJaalcal Flh. J afafti'can produce musical sounds. Thetrlgia can produce long drawnnotes . ranging, oyer, nearly an octaver Others, notably two species of ophldum, (have, sound producing appa- Htttf's,'' 5 lifonsisting of small mot able bones. which -can be madejo produce nlng" made by the specie .called um- brlvas can be heard ; from a depth of "10 fathoms. A' ... ii.'-. 'H mil. 'ii ---i , Hap Pmfwto GcmmI. . "Do yon think he can support yon In fitted style after you are married, dear? 1 hear he: la worth nothing." : : 'Iknow- Harold--iaB-t-rich, mamma, butThejIs; life Insured for $20,000. ana 1 couia get aiong quite comroruv aly oq jthjatTljlcago jTribune. ' Gtvi Tn tlM Slip. . ; An Impecunious man in Kansas City Tactically lives oh bananas. ' When he ats - them,' he throws the peels yast hwitsldeidS'onlce-doorrThat's the way ho gi ves Ms creditors the attpwr-Kansaa Ctrjt irar. P$k&&ri& f, Jpaf rs? y:ounghusban6HIo ! yon notlca ssly dlfferenco In theniilk; dear? : -:.Jounghiaahd say so. This Is a much better,quallty than wo have been "getting lately. ' :r " r Mra. : Younthusband---lndeed ft Is. - 1 .gB.;tt 'off -.a Bewtaan, -;who said he would guarantee It to be perfectly yore, so I Deught enough to last tor a couple of weeks. .. . . "The nudertakerls very Jolly this morning." - , , , . "Yes. Three hundred new. doctors were graduated' last trlght' Harlem life. !- v: -- .1: - The man that talks about the news- riper mlsquetiag him Is the man that hasn't any good, excuse . for getting taeted originally. Chicago Journal. Tfhea appettts prevails over reasea. tho first step to make the glutton and Creakard Is tsL&SLr'K' Tit BeitPrt::rI;iisa far Chills end re-t 6 a tier's of Csoth Tirntuss Cxm Iokic It is si ib a y iron mnd qauuoe ia a tastrtsa No eaie no p&r. Fnc. f . ' Vh Fa)tre f Onir li-s:a. Professor Yung of the University of Cuef, Switzerland, entertains "' great fears concerning the future' of otir lower limbs. This sage is of the opin ion that within the next thousand years human beings will have forgot ten how to use their legs; and "that these limbs, if evolution will not do away with them, wHrserve as" mere ornaments to the rest of the "body.1 R ''Professor Yung states that at the present age human beings ehotv a d'e cldcd aversion to persooal or' physical locomotion, and this is more manifest every time a hew automatte tmVeling instrument Is -Invented ' and "rendered practical. Steain electricity,' cable, power and the 'diffeteaf velocipede1 riia ehlhes all bear an Influence over :ds and create a dislike for walking and the future generations will ukefy have the c convenience bf !steerable? alrsli at their windows aml: eleetvieafivo moblles at thetrttooTSTTrffd these con veyances will f).c;s6 eaiptpxt almbst .very one:.canr own :hemi'.' and ' this nieahs the -doom of out fcgs; ' , ! 1 ' ; The latter wJH?be regarded iaiftitrev flaou's atpehdagfs; no" use will b(plmade ef them,' and: who knows but; that thipr may appear; aitpgether? 'ftn.W much ;more win our" arms develop 7(n fengthaad' strength. ' These are; the cruel laws "of evolution, and it' will be due: to their' pranks that future g?i- eranoua wu agum reseuiuiw me o,ua. There will come another epoch of short legs and long arms. r - . ' ' '" Compiled Witb the. Law. j "A' certain well known Mobile law yer,' who was lame and had something of a reputation as a ngnterr 'aaiua southern ;gentleinan,vwfts at one time attorney m a suit that caused much ill feeling.1 : Hewbn tho'sult for his cUeiit, 1 and the ' loser' vowed- Vengeance. " jh pursuance' of tnat same,' in the 'lap- enage of Truthful James,' he: one" day went into 't'he lawyer's' oiQce and sub jected him ' to a tirade of abuse that would have, caused a salt water cap tain to die from pure envy, such was nu talent in yijuperation. 7 , "The lawyer answered ulm' nUflhg,' to the surprise of two or three men who were present, but, getting out of his chair, began tQ bobble backward. His enemy, thinking he was retreating, followed him up, with" more abuse and threatening' 'gestures.'""' ?:,:;; i:t -mil "The lawyer's foots flaaily fruck against the wall, when be suddenly straightened up and saying. 'Gentle men, 1 call on you to witness that, on account of this wall, I have retreated as far as possible (the general 'law of homicide), drew out ' a derringer anil shot his opponent. At the trial he was acquitted,1 hts witnesses being the men present at the time of the klllins. who testified to the lawyer's having retreated asfaj spossfble.'' New York Tribune,- -'i A Cold Hlaht la Canad. ' '''fXhe- sky at night Is a deep dark blue. and the stars are like dropping balls of fire; so close the seetn to be almost within reach. The northern lights tool: as if a titanic paint brush had been dipped in phosphorescent - flame and drawn In. great, bold strokes across the heavens. , - ' ! ; -As yon pass the electric lamps you see very fine particles of snow caught up by the wind and glittering high to the air like diamonds. But it Is a cold night, and you are not sorry to get into your room.;- First of all, you take a blanket or so from" the bed, for there are people In Canada who sleep all the year - round with- only a sheet over them. ; to such a pitch of perfection have they brought the heating of their rooms, ttj'' s - 'U "'vv- : After you have tucked yoqrself In the stillness of-the-night Ja, broken oc casionally by a report like a cannon. Have you ever been Inside a bathing machine wheu a f- mischievous t boy threw a stone at It? And. If sa do yon remember bow you Jumped? When the walls of a wooden house crack In the bitter cold, the effect is similar, only magnified. But . , you kuow what It means here, - so you only draw the clothes closer round you, thankful that yon are snug and warm. . And so good night Blackwood's.' ' . ry..- - aim Only Fear. .. ,'"..' The nndauntcd Corjwral valtliness. conspicuously daring !n a "pinch" at the battle of Waterloo, van uktHl f he didVnot fear they should los the J. t ' . . . ''I - , '"No, no." said he. "I knew wv could net do that. JJy only fear was that we sheuld all be killed before we had time to win It" vv , r.j tv Tbora U woe and whs, and if woe ' 1 eniy obey tmr whoa it would be wuTtf while driving. Uilwaukee Taarcal 1 . .' v - STATE NEWS. ' ' .(V ' Iatereatln North Carolina Itejmn In Condensed Form. , ,',14 The. Btate treasurer urges the theriffs tooendin funds as the State's jjnaneys are very low. . ' Vose Cole, a 12-year-old boy, was acci dentally Hhct and, killed near Purbam ChriHtuias by hi- couwn, while they were hunting. ' "' ' V-,!,M Rob't 6. Burton, one of the ablest faw yertt in tb State, died at Raleiiurh Thurs day, of malarial ft ver, agd 49 yeans. He was a son of Bxv, K. O. Burton, a dif tinguinhed DiltiiodiHt preaiber. r James Wilnon, br)ther of H. D. Wilson, president of the Shelby Cotton' Mills, met w 1th a vtry pninfnl m-videut Friday. lie whu fllintr h window f ach : when the file clipped and. struck him in the eye, put ting it out: ' ' " .laniwfirepn,oo(ored, living near Cieed raoor, ou returning home Tueday tfghL found nitother innn in the houe with his wife, '..He whipped his wife; she rao and w hen he found nl.ie whh going to ecaBe he hhbt her through the heart. (ii)ltlHboro Argun: Alt' attempt was made Saturday night to"bo!d up" Sheriff Scott by thrnt unknown nien neaf the railroad bridge over Smny Creek, bu,tbjr lmving a frtut Iiore the sheriff mttdegood bin ewape. It. w not known or even sur mised for whtit purpoy the'-,bold Up" was attemptedi . si " i ..j , Washington Duke, of Durham; the head of the noted' Dukel family, the- wealthiest in this .State, . Monday at Burhami, bjs home, (Celebrated bin eightietn birthday. He is the most liberal giver in the'Sfatb. After the -civil : war, -in which be was ia Confederate sqldjer, he: peddled ia wagoos in easWnpCarojina, ((h While a few exubwut young spirits pf Greehnboio were out taking in the town Christmas eve; ' in 1 a Vacant lot,1 in the rear of.ithe Out Oty Steam Laundry, they came across an ,pld tpbftfiep )rs, mads of cat iron and weighing, about a ton, into a large cavity of wh'icn they either poured a quantity of powder or placid a stick of dynamite. A few mo ments later that entire, eectiqp, of. .the town was shaken by a territte explosion. .'. Several buildings ia tne jmmediate viclh ity Were ' damaged and a piece of the bid press was hurled a distance of a qUartsr . of a mile, striking Simpn Xane,aoegro fireman on the Southern railway, as ne Was sitting in' his cab waiting 10 go oUt bo atrip,' Htfe was' et'rufek, on 'the- head and seriously wounded, -and wHi. prob ably die... JKo! arrests have beep, pxade, though the police officers . hlnk,they know the perpetrators of the deed. ' Asheville Citizen: J Few ChrlsVlna's prjA ents In Ahevilfe"ar4 0 ValUabW' Hd pleasing to the irecipieUSs as- those' hand ed down by the aupi erne court atBaleigh to a considerably cnumbereKditors of the Westefa Carolina, feaaktitbe .amounts court upboMs. Judge-, Allens, . decUjjLoa tnat. the creditors, .who.. obi ments ih the m&gietrates' "covuxr tne Of the bank have' el prior clainV oer-'tBe remainder of i-thti '' depositors". A' ilaT'ge number of the creditoruitaok ithiwaetlop, the judgement In each cae being 'iitttitsd to $200: the largest amountiORen.wkich lore 1 Were ' willb thev are tri rei W drilCaK frtf1 1htiH their claims.' ! The claims are'rneldt$llBe liens on the real estate bl the bankv' cl ' r ''" ". J -i'"'.'' ' -J'a''Mi(f ,!',?, I have; used Aycr;a Hair Vigor for thirty ears and I dd n6t,thmk: there is irijthjngeal to it for. a hair dressing."..- 'AIGruenenfelder, Grahf'p fork, 111., June 8,1 899 5? r " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor.for over thirty years and can testify to its wonderiul meriti; : ;I t has kept my scalp free from dihdruff adxny.'riair soft and glossy. - And - it: lias prevented my ; hair .' from turn ing : gray , "frff I Mlii'i-I. 'i -Am Soule, Billings, Mont., Aug. 30, 1899 0 - ; - 3 OI ; Oa dollar a tottla. - If yonr dm?f it cannot anpplv too, aed us $1.00 and we will expreaa a bottle to yon. all chargea prepaid. Be aura and give ua yoar nearest express office. ,-. . . . t . J.C Avxa Co-, loweli, irassj Send for oar handsome book on The IIx tr L. '. . mostly' iim8jr4epitorsfc;.ajMV3t : e best kind of neWFto' ttem"that
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