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White, of West Vlrgiola, called on 'President Eooeerelt TuesdsT, and that night with twenty-five of ' the thirty members of his staff left Washington for the Charleston exposi- tloo to be present on West Virginia day. -. ' :- In New York Tuesday J. P. Morgan 8t Co. distributed a dlridend of $10,000- 00 to the members ok the eyndicate formed to onderwrite the United States eteel corporation. The dividend repre rnnts fire per cent of the 1200,000,000 for which the syndicate was liable. - At. & aMut friittrinr nl tiki trnBtmui of the United States Trust company, John that the Gerotfaa did not see the Joke A. 8tewart tendered his resignation as till a long1 Wine after Venus hadf df sap president, and recommended, that Ly- peared fromhelr ken-ldfe of Major ,man 4 ttago, rormer, secreiary i ws vreasviry,' oe coowd dm aunnnur. i! was nnaeraiiooa inac sar. uagv wubiubb- cept. The notice department of the , city of Washington has taken extraordinary measures to insure tbe bodily safety of mnce iieury ana me stan on unv , occa oion of his visit to -the capital and also . to. prevent any unpleasant incidents, so far as advance precaution and police pro- . taction can. ' ' : M. Cavaitrnac.' radical Republican, the former, war minister, and M- Renoult, formerly secretary of Senator Flanquet, the former president ol tne council 01 min isters. foDsrht a dnel in, Paris 'Toesday morning ' in consequenen of an Insult- tog letter written by M. Renoult -.Two shots were exchanged without any re- ' Lfentanant Clarence Mr, Furay. ' who committed suicide by shooting himself thronsh the bear at "the United 8tates : ,-. barracks, at Columbus, Ottk, - was en gaged to a young woman at Umaha. who was sndd-nly stricken blind and wired him that, such being the ease, she was not fit to be aa officer's 'wife. , His suicide followed. . It km aarreed by the senate Tuesday that a final ' vote upon the Philippine tariff bill and the pending amendments should be taken next Monday afternoon at 4 olofk. The agreement was reached ' few minutes after the senate convened. Tbe only stipulation made by tbe minor ity was that the last day's debate abould be devoted to speeches not ex oeeding fifteen minutes in duration. - The colored citizens of Boston, in mass meeting Tuesday to consider the ques tion of neirro disfranchisement, adopted m resolution condemning the "open vio lation of the Fourteenth amendment by Alabama. Arkansas. Louisiana, Misaie- - eippi and North Carolina," and declaring tnat "we are in Tavor 01 an eancauonai or Drooerty qualification, if It be enforced - on all alike." A delegation was instruct ed to see the Massachusetts delegation and reauest that all . vote for the bills to be offered by Congressmen Moody of Massachusetts ana lTompacker 01 in- - diana. , . ; . . . ' ' T Bni "sells correspondent to , tbe London Chronicle telegraphs that the Belgian League of Right , of Man ha sent a message to Presl1ent Roosevelt referring to tbe execution in South Africa by tbe British of Commandants let ter and Sipepers. TbeLxaitue expreeseH Its fears that Commandant Kritsinger snaotner Doer leaaers win oe similarly eiecuted, and prays that Mr. Roosevelt, "in the memory of Washington, inter vene In a friendly manner to prevent their execution. Tbe message conclude "For the love of Hod take this message In consideration , T Left Over Daky. '. A woman went into a big department store and checked ber baby while she shopped. ; Wben she went to get ber baby, she found she bad lost ber check. The manager said she would have to wait and when all tbe other babies were taken out she could have tbe one that was left, but the baby left over was a colored baby. -This was all right, however, as tbe woman was col- ored.-S Atchison Globe. . . Dety Sea Life. In the abysses of the oceans, below COO fathoms many animals have either imperfect eyes or none. . Their condi tion in this regard affords a suggestive parallel to that of cave life, and the tanses are probably tbe same. Science Is of the opinion that all deep sea life originally emigrated from tbe shal lows. , s , Macedonia r.ni a population of about 4.000.000. Ttrfe-fottrtLs are Christian and one-fourth Turks. Nearly talf art- f Eu'-sriaa asecrtry.-' '"I hT( n-ii Oifti. i Tiin'e Omul lui 't f r a r-: '( f ft i 1 ro r,f? In m:i- jr t..t !t i t!.9 l't ' 1 rr ;:p I I l;iTe not -f ! ) t A: TRANSIT OF VENUS. II VM Okitrrtl y v Tmrtr Ctonuw Sieatita. ' On their way between . Teria and Teheran the member of an expedition sent to Persia by theperman govern ment to observe the tranaitef Venuime't a solitary European' lady riding in the opposite ; direction, i a .member , of ..the Bfg"h colony, who was as clever as she was beautiful,. Having been long a resident in Persia, she was fearless ly riding alone a long was ahead of her caravan., Tbe Germans, marveled at such an apparition In such a dreary waste wondered she wfasn't afraid. Wouldn't shei let some of them stand by until her . servants and baggage came up? No, she was quite at ease. and usually In ber travels was far ahead of her attendants,- whose mules. more heavily laden,, could not keep ber pace4 "And now, gentlemen, , she said, "who are yon, and where" are you boand forr ; They Introduced each other. One was the astronomer, another 'the photogrft-t pher, another tbe archaeologist, the nat uralist, and so on, and they were going to Ispahan to observe the transit of Venus. The lady , smiled, started her pony; and waved ber adieu; saying: "To' observe 'the: transit rof Venus? Ah, well, you can go home, now, geu tlemen! Your duty is done. Goodby,' The fair Tision disappeared at a canv tcr toward theihoriiton. and It was said General Sir Eobert Murdoch Smith, K. jj Qt THE NEW MANAGER. Why Be ptd Not Discharge a Certain Railroad Conductor. Among the first railroads buflt In tbe United States was a little line. about twenty miles in length. In; the -course of time a big tunnel line was construct ed- through te same country. Tbe orig inal line became merely a branch. For xuany years It wasTun In a cheap way,' with one locomotive, one engineer and two or three freight cars. , '. , , Finally a new general manager was appointed. He had been in the office but a week when be sent for: the one lone conductor who bad held tbe posi tion ever since the read was built, r "I would like to nave your resigna tion," said tbe-general manager when tbe 'conductor appeared. "My resignation?", inquired the con auctor in aBtonisoment. . "Yes, sir, yours,.' ' "What for, prayV , "Well, I want to make some chanjees and get new Wood In the line," was the general manager's reply. "I won t resign, answered tbe con ductor, i . Then I will be compelled - to dis charge you, a step which for your sake I bad hoped I would be saved from taking.. "Young man. you will not dlscbaige me. I own a controlling Interest In tne stock of. this railroad and elect the president .and board of directors. " I shall have you fired. The old conductor did really own tbe majority of the stock and. as be said. put in 'his own board of directors and president. ' ' - tiloa atjd Eagle. . An JEngllsb paper notes It as a- curi ous fact that although the eagle is tbe national bird of the United States and therefore deserving of peculiar honor, yet, in point of fact, the bird ia nearly always ruthlessly killed when tbe op? portunity offers,;;. -c ':).?:,!: This statement seems to be impress ive until It is remembered that when ever they bare a chance Englishmen ruthlessly kill ' the lion, which sym bolizes the greatness and power of the British empire. New. York Tribune. - xTe Perled of Daager. -t During the recent trial of a salt to collect a medical fee a witness was put on the stand to prove tbe correctness of tbe physician's bill, i H: : ''; i:: Tbe man was asked by counsel for the defense whether the doctor did not make several visits after tbe patient waa out of danger."; vv''- No," was tbe reply. "I considered tbe patient In danger so long aa the doctor continued bis visits." . - . All whitings are made from Chalk. The more common preparations some times contain considerable gritty mat ter, which scratches highly polished surfaces. These coarse particles may be removed in this manner; Mix tbe whiting with water to a paste and then add water until It Is very thin. Strain through cbeesecfoth and let the straln d mixture settle. Tour off tbe water and dry tbe whiting. Doabl His Salary. Towne I see there's a new teller at tbe bank. I suppose Emngley was fired. Ere -rue Not exactly. Ticy're cITer- Izz double bis old salary to get b!a tack. To wee Ah! T..'i'z- - !. 'a? rrowre Not exart!y ttat, c!i".;-r. re c ) r"- 3 f r V..x i IT .HARDING'S TRIAL Preliminary Hearln B' f.rejuatlc Dlbbla of Case in W nioh Bardlntr ia 7barffed, "Vith T wo Kiwroeg, Robert Nelson k and1 Bdxnond Joqes, of Stealing Tobacco From Central Warehouse. i ,- , . ! " The court house was crowded yesteii day afternoon to hear tbe preliminary trtid of Mr. P. Hardlnir. chanrad .with ntealingtobacco, incnnjnnotlon with two negroes, R4.bt.Nel-on and Edmond Jones, from the Central Warehouse. The trial bad been postponed by Jn. ttoeL. J. Moore from last Saturday to" yesterday at request of defense' to sunvi mon Wttneaaes. ; After reading of the warrant yerte day. attorneys for defense asked that the case be removed to another magistrate because Jnittce Moore' bad ' already passed on part of the evidence, btadbf the two negroes, Nelson' and Jonea, over" to vrmrtL Rv mntnal a clement the hearing was transferred to Justice W. F, Dibble. ' ' ' " Col. W. D. "Pollock was attorney' for the nrosHJUtirtn and Mess! Wooten" ft',. Wooten for defense Mr. Beni. Mav was the first witness called for tbe prosecution. He testified in substance that be was a member of the firm running tbe Central -.Warehouse; that one afternoon in January he noticed aldose e pile of tobacco, about a ,ponnd,fpa r. Harding biid threatened shoot at one of the side, doors to .tbetag m -If Tto'd. I'M npt afrai of him ionee, that on kicking it. with hiAbu I dldj't know what he might do. I lying at warehouse, foot he saw it was not thoroughly wet) although it bad been raising previously, that tba aroused his suoplciops. . At this point t. became vry liard... tot brine; out Mr. Mav's testimony jfaeeause ol tbe de fense objeetlng'TO tbe form, of queatipns nnt bv Drosecutinflr attorney. . After sev eral tilts between the. attorneys and one between witness and Mr. T. t Wooten, the testimony was gotten out Jtbat wit ness, after having bis, suspicions aroused, made inanities at tbe other warehouses. and from information received as to rs- dried tobacco beine: sold hv one Jbdmon Jones, be got ont a warrant lor- J one arrest, that Ob later information receive from Jones, begot out a warrant fdrtb arrest of i P. Harding and JttoDt. qstej son. j . '"',; , $Vm. j ;': ; v The next witness called was Robt, Nel son, "jue tesunea in suDBtanr. 10 wn has been previously, published, that tbe defendant, Kdmond Jones and himself had stolen ' tobacco from tbe Central Warehouse, that be waa ' first hired by Harding to help load some tobacco that Harding claimed was pinhooked. that later he knew be wa helping to steal tobacco, that the manner of stealing it was for Harding to ; select to tne day time what he wanted and that at night Jones would drive his ' eart np and all three load the tobacco, that Harding would ebanire tobacco from undressed sticks to dressed sticks to make it appear that the tobacco belonged to a .farmer. He further testified as to Harding giving Jones and nftneeu whiskey ; and money and that Harding gave Jones money to leave for Wilmington,, where be was later arrested bv Policeman Brinson. Tbe witness was put under a raillery of questions by Attorney Wooten, but stuck to D1S ta'S. - Mr. G. P.Fleming was tbe next wit ness called. He testified that he repeat edly saw tobacco sold on warehouse noore tnat was reonea ana anew tnat is mnstnot have belonged to . a farmer. The tobacco had Edmond Jones' same attached to it. When be first saw it be thonght it was stolen tobacco, possibly from himself or another buyer; Edmund Jones was next called, ont as his evidence was anticipated to be long, tbe court adjourned until 9 o'clock: next morning. ... . '. " ' . v THVSSDAT MORNINO. ; Conrt convened at 10-.15 o'clock. 'Ed Jones the first witness called, is. an im portant witness for tbe prosecution and his testimony took np the whole of the morning session. His testimony in sub stance was as follows: "I have been llviog on the Desmond place this year. Raised a small crop of tobacco and cot ton and sold my tobacco on this market, I also sold tobacco on this market for Mr. Bryant Harding. He spoke to me first about ft on the street. Robert Nel son als spoke to me about it. He told tne to bring my cart to tbe Central Ware house. I asked him where he was going to get tbe tobacco from and be told me I wouldn't set f n any trouble about It I took my cart to the Central Warehouse and unhitched, leaving my eart ia tbe lot, and come op town. I sold the to bacco I found on tbe cart wben I returned. It was pot in on dressed sticks such as any farmer would nee bringing it to market. Tbe first I sold was a little be fore Christmas, in November or December. I sold it at other warehouses, Tbe first load brought $30. I gave the money to Robert Nelson. A week or so afterward I sold another load. I left my eart at tbe warehouse and went back about 3 or 3 o'clock in tbe morning and took It away to tbe other warehouse. Mr. Hard ing waa there and asked me where I was going to take tbe tobacco and said I could give tbe money for it to either be or .Robert. One or two weeks I sold two l.-1 tn saro veek. Robert always Mj-rd birrh. I sold some at the Carolina. Eaale and Atlantic Warehouses. I alwavs ge tbe money to Robert or Mr. Carding. I was paid from 5 to f 3 for souinfr the tobacco. Tbe last load I, hanled I tbiDk was on Jannary 17th. It waa scrap with some leaf tobacco. To bacco appeared to have leen burg up. Cart was Inaded tbe last time at tbe stie d or, tE'Jd wv tLe warehonse.ootslde tL drirewsT. Ibere were 370 pounds In t: l ta"1lrrorrv.ttia. I gr tSe m"r-y to I'f. listKsv, II gave me t2 or f .'. Tl t woa irilay anion F-at-r rr' t V, ' ' "t t ' i r I.-. FartaTi t ' !ifr. I ! t 1 -' -va's then went to bed. Sunday I went np the rreetaboutllor rl o'clock ana saw Robert and Mr. Bright Fields leaving his nonee. They wens down toe rauroaa and I followed. They went Just below the ioehoop- and Mr. Harding joined them. Mr. Harding called roe and told me I was charged with stealing tobacco and had better leave. I finally agreed to do so and left and went to w umington. Mr, Harding; gave me $5 to go on., He paid be didn t wnt to see me hurt and gave me that. I went under ' tbe name ot Th: King. Robert and Mr. Harding advised ne to change my name, l came la k becan e Mr. Brinsoa went after me. told Mr. Bciusun all about it on my way - baek.'' ,, . . M Cross examinat'on: "I am well ac- qualoted with R.ibert Nelson, have tnown himfor two years. Have known Mr. Harding a year or a little better. I nevernaaa secret nioerstanainar win - b'm before this. when. 1 carnea tnerart W the Central warehouse 1 earned two um iu tw wwiwii m 'iwr uue ""rP- iwniiwooiioem nnnw oy my brother alter the last trip. 1 didn t know how tbey got the tohacco. i na !"""' ",u? 11" ,0. w iw".U(W 'gfMing had t .ldme he quld shoot me When I left I didn't know where 4 was going. Mr. Harding gave me S 10 in , greenbacks. He had tl 50. I (bad 5 and gave him a note and mr room ana go is. Mr. W wrote tl note, t never, saw any one load my cart. Robert Nelson .was tbe first oue who spoke to roe about sel' ing the tobacco. I , told Mr. Bright Fieldein he presence of Mr. Harding mm mr. nroiuK uau iiowwg looo with the stolen tobacco. I did this be- was at 611 Bladen street in Wilmington I was under ; arrest i when I confessed to Mr. Brinsoa voluntarily, also, to Mr. T. B. Bri'wn. ,1 sold in all 5 or 6 loads of tobacco. Court adiourned to meet at 3 o'clock ttus aiternoon. .., The f'Irst iron Snip. The first iron ship has mare reputed birthplaces than Homer. .. Both tbe Clyde and tbe Mersey claim pre-eminence iu this respect Sir E. J. Robl son of Edlnbrfrgh designed an Iron ves sel in 1810, 'which was not launched till three years later, and It Is said that an iron boat was worked on the Severn ev&t as fAr' back as'lT87. Steel waa not used lh vtbe construction of -tnercnanf sHhnllSuntil 3859. Old salts were not alone in their belief that wood w" "mean. by Providence to float, but iron to go ta the bottom. A naval constructor of some repute once said: "Don't talk to me of Iron ships. They are contrary to nature." Saw none but small crnft are built of wood In tuis country. Chambers' Journal. t Soothlns. Li Hung Chang had beyond a !I doubt an Iron will and a very unsentimental heart. Once when he was viceroy pf Chill a man who bad tampered with a telegraph wire was brought before bim. Tbe man wrung bis bands and begged for mercy, saying that he would never touch the wire again. , "Don't be vexed, my good fellow," said LL "or trouble yourself any fur ther about tbe matter. 1 shall take care that It does not happen again." - Then he turned to tbe 'jailers and gave tbe order, "Cut off bis bead!" ; .. glee For Lovers. "If I am not too presumptuous," said the young clerk, "I will ask yon to look at our new typewriter especially adapt ed for writing love letters." Oh," exclaimed tbe blurhlng maid "la there any difference?" - "Yes, Indeed! Among tbe punctuation points there ia a little star, for marking Usae&"-PblladeIpbia Record. , . , literary Subject,, "Whom did yoo discus at your liter ary club this afternoon, dear?" asked the husband in the evening "Let me see," murmured hla wife. "On, yea, I remember now! wny. we discussed that woman who recently moved into the bouse across tbe street from us and Jongfellow." Ohio State Journal.--':. : -: v ! ' A Financial View. Eustacla I knew that man was physician by tb - way In which be shook bands his tender, delicate, con siderate touch. ' Edgar Tea, of course; that a bis five dollar touch. Detroit Free Press, . - , . American Eaajllsh, ' . We do. not speak tbe English lan guage in tbe way In which it is spoken by tbe people of England. We hare greatly changed, enlarged and perhaps Improved It in our usual progressive way. The wonder lies in tbe notion of Englishmen that their way of speaking the language ia the only way and thst ur way ia wrong. New York World. A Cm4 Unit. . "I don't see what yoh all has to git so proud about,'? said Miss Sadie Cot tonbalL ' ..... Cohse yon doetnV answered Miss Miami Bmwb.' Tie been atudyin' de whits folks What yoh wants to do Is es put on de airs yobse'f an let de yctl.uh fo:ks do de guessln' bout want C reason la." -Washington Star. - Ton Know "KTkmt ytm are Taking Wha tA t r-m't Tt-'rm Oil Tonic -atr.' - i a r v n--r rd o bot t t- 9 At t w , - v i- r i : ft ia a WANTED TO GET IN. Be Was Winia to Join if It Dldat Coat Too Hoch. A lank, long countryman stood out side of the reading room door of tbe li brary of congress and looked with long ing eyes at Its gorgeous interior. Admit tance had been refused on bis declar ing that be had no intention of reading, but he lingered near the door hoping something would turn up to let him in. Finally be again approached the door keeper. , "You say I can't get In, boss?" he arked. "Not unless you want to read," was vhe discouragiiig reply. "A dollar wouldn't be any object to you, would U, boss?" The doorkeeper shook his bead and waved the insistent visitor away. In a few moments three members of con gress approached' and, nodding, to the doorkeeper, said,. "We are members, you know," and passed in through tbe door. Tbe countryman darted forward again. "I say, boas," he asked confidentially, "how much does it cost to be a mem ber? I belong to one lodge already, but ef It ain't too all fired much I'll go you, for I certainly do want to git in thar, and set down a spell; I certainly do." New York Tribune. Aalatic Humor. "At one of the public dinners given by Ameer Abdur Uahruan Khan," says Air. Stephen Wheeler In his story of the ameer's life, "an excited native rushed into the nildnt of the assembly and prostrated himself in front of the ameer. , " 'Sahib T be gasped. 'The Russians are coming!' " 'From what direction are they visi ble? asked the ameer without chang ing his expression. " 'From yonder hill.' replied the na tive. "'Climb that tree and watch until they comer was the royal command' - ""The native ascended to the toprnost nrancnes ana was icrceu to remain un til be dropped to the ground' , "Political upholsterers." whom Addi son described aa "grave persons," may see in this anecdote evidence of the. ameer's full, confidence in- Russia's in tentions toward Afghanistan. , It is more probable hat it was a manifes tation of that grim humor which was of . the quaint oriental stripe with which- the "Arabian Nights" have made us familiar. A Chinaman's Protest. The Peking Gazette, sneaking of Chi nese in foreign lands, says: . "We dress and speak differently from foreigners. Just as foreigners do who come to -China. But nobody In the streets calls us 'Chinese devils.' The children In the streets wish to see how long our cues are, but the police, seeing them annoy us, scatter them. When we go Into a shop to buy any thing, we are treated with even more consideration than their own people. We enter their homes, it Is tbe same. Tbey seek to please us In every way show us curios or play the organ or piano for us. . The writer has been, to France, England. America, Japan, Spain and South America and stayed years, and everywhere be waa treated with the same cpurtesy." It Is to ,be feared that some Chinese laundrymen In this country would not wholly Indorse this view. Llsrht Witnont Sla-ht. . We can "perceive" light without the smallest aid from the retina. If the optic nerve ia sufficiently excited to reach the sensorlum and create a dls-' turbance at that center of tbe brain where the optic nerve terminates, we ball then see light and sparks If. moreover, tbe optic nerve is cut or mu tilated in any way, we should see a brilliant flash of light, though without any sensation of pain. "And so it la with the other nerves. . The auditory nerve baa only to be excited, not nec essarily by sound, so as to reach its renrer. tn nrnin and w ahaii h... a sound How many ghosts might not be destroyed in this wsvW!hmhra' Journal.': " 7 i The chimney sweeper-Is the Danish I mascot Ton see him In gold or silver, anananiAil am a 1aAwm w.Av t.H . - v wvw cuiuu, iv stead of the "lucky pig or horseshoe, aaaaVLS. a a. am - a a . I .wmca is isxiKUBa BjiDDOr or ffooai jucic ue also appears on note paper 1 7 a - a. - I 9k mnA Tarrew. 1mnl1n 4VV.4V u. ill -auv vvdimmusi auiyijuia Uial J VlU CVPI a respoilent wfahes yon a rise in life, It Is the old faahionefl sweeo that ln v.x vv. nuv w u wuuxiiitrj, mm uapiexnsoui ve-i lng a lour foot ladder, a short broom andarops. , , . . . . ' . 1 . I uik uwuwie-n nr. JOMM. In nil z in Dom" now? your mother's been looking for you all afternoon. - I Johnny lesm, I know. I Mrs. Goodsole-Iust think bow woe. I If rled she mnst he! . Johnny-Oh. she's near the an v., worrjln. I'm Jest beglnnln' mine. When you want a physic that la mM and gentle, wj to take and pleasant In eCect ne Chamberlain's Ktomach and Liver Tatlt'ts. l"rii?e, 23 cents. 8arrjp!e res. rro-y f ox gtiarantoel. For sa'e tj J. II Lool's Crvg store. STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items " In Condensed Form. The Durham Herald ears: Including tbe ' last two gifts, tbe Duke family has given nearly seven hundred thousand dollars, to Trinity College. The senate Tuesday confirmed nomina tions for postmaster in- North Carolina as follows: Tyre Glenu Greensboro; J, H. Ramsay, Salisbury; J. F. Wray, iMd. ille; J. W. C. Long., Stateevllle; F. L, Ware, King's Mountain . " Wilkesboro ChmafcleWiTlfam Saun ders, near Straw, has abenwhb-hheeays lays two eggs a day.. He has taken pains , to watch the ben and knows.it to be a fact. The ben Is of an improved stock. which he got from Mr. Grant Bendren.of ; Concord Times: Wben the Seaboard train pulled Into Raleigh last Thursday ; evening the grandest old man In North Carolina alighted." n was wranoed closely and walked With a cane. Every- ' body knew bint and made a way through ' the crowd for Ransopvthe noble old Ro man, the patriot and firreatest livinsr Car olinian. ; ' s, Newbern Jo'nmal: Between four and five o'clock Tuesday morning, about one ' mile off N-u river JigbP.- trie K. C. D. ' steamer Qcraooke, .bound up,. ran into the trading schooner Maria, bound down, sinking the schooner with ' loss of boat and cargo, tbe crew being rescued by the' ooats of tne steamer. .--x t The McKinley monumeutcoromttteefor -the State Tuesday Issued, a notice, to the ; -people of North CarolinasayiDg that the v " State was expected to contribute f 1.000 for the monument "and '"suggesting that aub-committeee be formed at every county seat to raise the proportion each county ; SbeclaY dlHatcb' to Hnltimore 5nnfpom NewYork:- Mr'aud Mrsi Pembroke JoDe have, arranged to leave New Yotk ' ' ' ' Tuesday fpr their estate la North Care-' Una, where tbey Intend -to remain for several " weeks. They will have , large - house parties throughout their star on ' their plantation. - Mr. and Mre. Jones ! ' will sail for Europe probably- early ia-t May and wijl return for the Newporcse- , son. Salisbury 8un : An interesting ease was .' brought before Esquire P. M. Miller, Sat-' urday, In which it was recited that the teacher at Mulberry school bouse,' about three miles from Salisbury, was attacked , by one of his popile, Waldo' Eflrdj and worsted. A gentleman who liv-s in tb ' Mulberry vicinity tells us that Rev. Cald well, who lathe teacher at the . school,,,, threatened to whip Mr, 'Waldo' Ell rdr a ; ' well grown pupil, ' Eflrd deMded not to '.v ' submit t a whipping and a difficulty en-' sued which was transferred from the school house to the yard. . Our Informant..-, saya that the teacher had an -axe handle , to use on his pupil and that Eflrd took it ' away from him and administered several ' vigorous punches, which all but demoi- - iebed the teacher. Mr. Kflrd at ones came to Salisbury and submitted and a ' warrant waa Issued for Rev, Caldwell News-Observer: " A "new 5 Rennbllcan ' party i to be organized in North Caro lina. The date fixed i- April 15tb, at a ' mass meeting to be held in Raleigh. This . conrse was determired noon Tnenav night by a conference of prominent col ored leaders, held at the borne of tbe widow of the late James H. Harris, long ? the Republican leader of the Fonrth eon. gressional district. Prof. JL E. Hogans, ' , of Gold-boro, is president, and Rev. R. H. W. Leak is secretary of tbe new or ganization. The address to the colored voters of the State, i setting fortb the reasons why the negroes should make ' this new departure, la beincr nrenanwl h ex-Senator Neweom. of Northamnton nonnty, editor of the Neuse River Herald. Tbe call will soon, be published. It is said that Ed Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Dr. James E. Shepherd, who . holds a position in the Internal revenna department, and other negro federal officeholders, are behind the new move ment, but are afraid tbey will lose their ' scalp if they say anything in public, Gastonla Gazette: A loom attachment which Is likely to Orova fit ffwat. waJna has been Invented and patented by Mr. B. F. 8. Austin. Who Is now anrrinnA- ent of tbe weaving room at the Loray. . Ha device was completed and tested while be waa at the Avon, and worked perfectly. The invention nrn-rMaa a naar y-iem oi connecting devices, between SK11 tew nhanism and tbe pick stick, doing away with aanvass, leather and wooo - dioc connections. . Tbe new de- ... . i-r buc vo nave apos- adfos r Infl "fJ; IV.l'Jf?!! attention from the flier Tf.i lZT lM..l..l.k..Ll . 1 ... . w uot invasr bu mat toere will be no splitting. Mr. Geo. Grav beliav-a thn iHVAri T1 A aa S.l m one. 1 Mr. Anstia r- r! WUBjr ;u xui lOTtntion aa SI finnTI eWV K a ai A . 1 a a . ' OUUDfJW WftT, UXlu llOTWnl liVin A 111- a i.rT ait inraa ie a na iXAm i i a a sm ' IZCu1 ' l' """"- t-yoo womi um nave t old block and awiLDor eonnecuons, "Costly thy prfc ""s tby purse ean j ii fancy; rich, but I' ? doth ft Day Dut not expre nm . m Km. ''."'pare. The ' wondrous " J as other -i r- have ' il Ebake 9 that of rrintlngat ' rriutingis' t h9 PaKSS : U real folly ! 1, stnn-rry Join" abep a few cents : 1'Rrss does thaa raary famous poet d!.-! i wisdom in the abora f , things. The per; . ff advantages ov. r spears s time, a very moderate t' so low In pries do office, Etnstos, N. ( to take the risk c ! printing from som that oners to c p-r 1,000 lees. 1 hx1 printing at 1 'sops chargs for j ; jr; I- .