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TlHIE:'-MIKM:-;'i?-RPE-.-.-PlRE PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. II No. 115. KINSTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 16, 1899. Price Two Cents v ' Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. BBS fill E 1 Of Items That Will Interest North Carolln fans. Soma Newt, Soma Politics All Of Some Interest to Troe "Tar Heels. At Charlotte Tuesday Union, S. C, beat Tarboro playing ball, 8 to 7, in an V eleven innings game. Conley Shadrack, a young white man of 20 years, was drowned la Mitchell's pond, Mecklenburg county, Sunday. - A bale of new cotton was sold at Wadesboro Monday at 7 cents. A bale of new cotton was sold the same day at Morvenat6& - - . Superintendent Summerville , of the Northampton convict farm sues, the News-Observer for f 5,000 libel for its y, article published charging cruelty to con victs. " ',' ;, . President Winston, of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, wants to be come well accquainted with the farmers and their sons, and so, as soon as the ! college work is well ; under way? he will attend the farmers' institutes held in dif- . ferent parts of the State.' . ' -; Charlotte News: .The, negro, Duran who had his skull smashed by a 'wooden leg, has been discharged from the hos pital and is nearly - welK again. This is 1 quite an unusual case, as- 'a piece of ' the v Bkull four by five inches had to be taken , out.. .The pulsations of. tho brain can plainly be seen through the hole in his head. The plate that is to take the place of the extracted bone will be put in next week. , . ' " , ; , The Bullngton News tells of a lively . scene and much interest at the depot one night lately.' A corpse of a negrd man sorrow. Soon after her arrival there, another colored woman with a baby fh her arms came in and sadly took a seat, holding a handkerchief to her eyes. . She XBRA there on the name sad miaafnn. lint .'.as the train 'stopped, another ! colored woman carrying a baby ' in her .arms Btepped off the train. All three, each ; withnnt, nntfoinir thtt rither. mwTi1 nn to the coffin, and there, 'mid the noise usual to a passenger depot their. hearts , gave vent to its feelings over the loss of a true husband. .When it was discovered that the body belonged to all three of the mourning widows the train left for Haw River. ' - Raleigh Cor. Messenger: The . water works company and the city have not yet settled the dispute over the bill for city water last winter wneu the water was so bad that it could not be used even for washing , purposes. The city will put the company's property on the tax books, at a valuation of 9100,000, then enter suit against the bond of the com pany for breach of, contract and for feiture of franchise. It was not known before that the company was not on the tax books. Some claim that the $100, 000 is far too small a tax valuation. Its bonded indebtedness is 200,000. Bonds for ?23 1,000 have been floated at 6 per cent. It costs the company $25,000 annually to operate its plant. Theypay $14,000 interest annually on its-bonded Indebtedness. ' . - ; The Fees Feess has taken the agency for one of the largest, irtberetaipp and Fal factories in the country, and is pre pared to show cuts of and quote low prices on rctb'cr staraps of ell kiTi 'i, cL k perforators, corporation and L.oa ry public eeals, steel etamps, stcnciLi, etc IS - , i A Vindictive Reptile. . , The fer-de-Iance Is found on the Is lands of Martinique and Santa) Lucia, wtiere the natives counteract Its jvlrus with a decoction of Jungle hemlock, aha the basis, of its grewsome reputa tion seems to be the fact that it does not warn the Intruders of its haunts, after, the manner of the cobra or , the rattlesnake, but flattens Its coils and, with slightly vibrating tall, awaits events. x ' " If the unsuspecting traveler should Bhow no sign of hostile intent, he may be allowed to pags unharmed - within two yards of the colled matad6re, but a closer approach is apt to be construed as a challenge, and the viyoron, sud denly rearing Its ugly head, may scare' the trespasser into some motion of self defensebe may lift his foot or brand ish his stick in a menacing manner. If he does, he is lost. The lower coils will expand, bringing the business end, neck and all, a few feet nearer; the head "points" like a leveled rifle, then darts forward with electric swiftness, guided by an unerring instinct for the selection of the least protected parts of the body. . .And the vindictive brute Is ready to repeat its bite. For a moment It rears back,- trembling with excitement, and. If felled by a blow of its victim's stick, will snap away savagely at stumps and stones or even, like a wounded pan ther, at Its own body. Popular Science Monthly. A Silent Rebnke. v A curly haired small boy sat in a Fourteenth street car just at the time of the day when the fears are most crowded on Thursday afternoon.' A worn' looking s woman, evidently i his mother, sat beside him. At Fifteenth street a particularly buxom woman of middle age crowded Into the car. There was no seat for her. and she stood glar insr at: the boy. Later her displeasure vented Itself In words, and she express ed herself freely to the woman wno stood next .her about women who let their children occupy seats while ladies are standing. The worn looking wonv an' flushed, but made no4nove to have the boy surrender his seat. The buxom woman still glared and still expressed herself with extreme frankness, f The boy sat stilL "At N street the'mothef rang the bell As the car stopped she put her arms around the boy and lifted him to his feet,: half carrying him to the door. , " , "Won't you take this seat? 6he said to. the buxom woman. "I am Just tak ing him home from the hospital" , woman looked warmer than the weath er warranted. Washington Post. ,. - Dirt Po tke Dlrtr OH. "In several of the provincial towns," writes Mr. Kansome,' "one finds hotels said to be conducted on the foreign principle and certain Japanese hotels have a foreign side. . The European ac commodation in such places la, as a rule, terrible. The rooms are dirty. the beds are' rickety, the bedclothes are apparently3' seldom washed and the ta bles and chairs are seldom capable of standing' on more than two legs at a time. : -U; -fv i When, I. first went to Japan I could not understand how, on the foreign side of the Japanese hotels, the accom modations could be so inferior, when the Japanese portion was kept scrupu lously elean. One would , naturally think that a people whose houses were so spotless would revolt at having a portion . of their premises In a filthy condition. " , :' ' ..- ' ; ."But, as explained to me by the land lord of one of these hybrid establish ments: 'Foreigners are dirty by-nature. They go about their houses In their boots, and consequently they cannot wish to have their rooms kept In prop er condition.' "Literature. Canada has a forest area estimated at 14X0,000 square miles, or 800,000,000 acres, the largest forest area, so far as the woods of commerce are concerned. of any country of the world. Its forest production la 55,000,000 annually. When a wiscuirophet predicts tie end of the world, he iavarlatly r It fo far la tie future tLit no ore te trows Kill lhjt rra':!ct him. Cb3- 'cr.ro Tribune. . NEGRO COLONIZATION. A Proposition to Settle Then In this State. V. Charlotte, N. C., August 14. E. J. Young, colored, general secretary for the People's Benevolent and Belief associa tion of North Carolina, with head quarters at Charlotte, as a practical plan for solving the race problem. He proposes to organize a colonization so ciety in North Carolina. : The society proposes to buy up waste land where it can be secured in large tracts, far away from any railroad, an4 to divide this land into ten acre and twenty acre farms, and settle families there .where they may thrive by honest toil. He desires that the race ' follow more generally agricul tural pursuits; that the idla of the race may be put to work, believing that put ting men to work will leave no time for crime. STILL FURTHER INCREASE. More Regiments to Be Formed and Volnn- 1 teers to Be Rushed to Manila. Washington, ' Aog. -15.-While It baa been definitely; determined to raise five additional volunteer regiments, it is well known, thai Secretary, Boot has under consideration a still farther in crease and may decide to enlist seven, or even ten, regiments in addition to the thirteen aow authorized ' Flans con template sending all volunteers ' to the Philippines without delay, the five ad ditional regiments to follow closely the ten now nearly organized. More transports will be procured, and the names of four have been submitted and they may be secured withln.a few weeks. ; ' TWO BATTLES wiTlftlNDlANS Mexican Troops Encage Yaqnls and De feat Them After Sharp Fighting. Ouaymas, Mexico, Aug. 15. Mexican troops have met the Yaqui warriors and two battles have been fought. On Aaf gust 10th Gen. Torres came upon the Iu dians at Vicam and some sharp fighting followed. Thirty-seven Indians were kill ed and the Mexicans lost 10 men. At 5 o'clock Friday a second engagement was fought, when Torres, with the- twelfth battalion, came upon the enemy near an abandoned camp. ' There was hot firing for a time, but the Indians fled, leaving 70 dead. Torres Was slightly injured. Three Mexicans were killed, 13 wounded. BATTLE WITH ROBBERS. Chinese Troops Defeated and Many of Them Killed In the Fight, Hong Kong, Aug. 15. Official advices fom Canton say that a desperate fight has occurred between a force of 500 Chi nese soldiers and a band of robbers 1,000 strong; at Cotkon, on West river. The roUbers were victorious, killing 250 sol diers. A force of 2,000 troops has .left Canton for.the seen. ' Dominican Revolutionists Gain a Vic tory.- Havana, August 14. General Juan Isidro Jiminez, the aspirant to the pres idency of the republic of San to Domingo, has received, it is reported, news of a deciaivo victory, of the., revolutionists near Monte Chriatf, which place in now besieged. The garrison , there may offer some resistance, as the governor last year shot six adherents of Jiminez after the revolution that failed. r ; s t Ur of It. The conroiLoa-had flagged a little, and he folt U hla duty to say some thing, v .. K s S . : "In an address made In Boston," he remarked, . "a reverend gentleman greatly deplores the use of arms." "Dostonlacs are so cold, anyway," Elie returned spiritedly, "that love EakiE on that plan may satisfy them, t-t Le fools himself if he tliiLs It eTer wiU t-e popular elsewhere".' Chicago Tczt A livckr Bit of Tin. Telling of . a narrow escape from death which ' he had recently; ex perienced, a railroad switchman said: . "I was leaning up against the end of that blue box car over there, thinking of what I was going to have for dinner, when I thought I saw a sliver dollar lying in the street about ten feet away from me. '., MI knew there was a shifter on the same track, but I thought it was down on' the wharf at that time. I hadn't more than stepped away from the end of that car when the shifter bunted lnto it and drove It ahead about 20 feet Say, suppose I hadn't seen that silver dollar and started for it. Where would I have been now? Yes, a man that is working around the cars has got to pay strict attention to business. ."Oh, I forgot to tell you that that sliver dollar was only a round piece ot tin, but it served its purpose Just as well as the real thing could have done. I'm going to wear it on iny watch chain for a charm. It ought to be bet ter than a rabbit's foot" Portland Express. A Fw Requlaltet. .The hired girl out of a job cast hi eagle eye over the want notices of the newspaper. " Wanted, Wanted, Want ed," she read in one or two line ads straight down 'the column, shaking her head at intervals as if disappointed in her search. ' Finally her face lightened as she saw a leaded notice in another column of more pretensions than its fel lows. She turned to it and read eagerly. Then she threw tho paper from her. '." What's the matter?' ' asked the girl With her. 1 - "Bead - that." And she gathered up the sheet and handed it over to the oth er one; who read this notice; "fi ' i , ' Wanted .A young and strong worn an'of good disposition and habits, obe dient and knowing her, place, willing and ready, active and efficient, to cook, wash ' and iron, do general housework and take care of children. Evenings and afternoons off when possible. Ap ply, with references, eta ' - "Well?" said the reader. "It's not well at all, " responded the one looking for work. "That man, who ever he is, is advertising for a wife, 1 should say from the advertisement, and I'm not looking for that kind of a job. Just a plain hired girl'i place is good enough for me," Washington Star. He'd Better Trade Her Ott . There is a certain Yorkshire man who has won considerable fame and some wealth as an expert handler of horses. He is also the possessor of a pleasant home, a charming wife and a bright 8. year-old boy, ,-.,. The latter is the delight of his fa ther's heart, and the little fellow no only knows lots of horse talk, but takes a keen delight in a mild attempt at holding the reins over a fast gee, . The wee horseman has' picked up the habit of calling his parents by theit first names, and the way in which he utters them is decidedly cunning. . One day not long ago his father came home in a hurry and found the luncheon wasn't ready,", ,, ! . ; "What do yon think of that, my small man?" he cried laughingly as he tossed the 8-year-old in the air. "Here's papa come home in a terrible hurry and no luncheon ready. What ought we to do with such a terrible mamma?" The little fellow's eyes sparkled. , . "Trade her off, Harry ; trade her off 1" he shouted.- Pearson's Weekly. ' ; Too Joyful. The New Orleans Times-Democrat says that a -woman with her colored maid was recently, traveling on a train. When the train started, the girl appear ed to be in a fever of excitement. The conductor, the plush seats of the car, the sights from the window everything was of absorbing interest To the sur prise of her mistress, Sallie, when food Was offered her, refused to eat. An hour or two went by, and a sandwich was sain offered to her, but she still re fesod. "What is the matter, Sallie?" asked her mistress. "Are you sick?" The girl relied up her eyes ecstatically. "Oh, no, missus," she answered, "I ain't Eick; but I can't eat when Va tratbeling I It's too jojf al like I" 1 Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. II Tho Pith of the World's News That Might Interest Our , Readers. Some Is Fresh, Some May Be "Salty," Bat Not Spoilt. The cigar manufacturers lockout at Tampa has been declared off and all the factories are at work. . " The suspicious disease, believed to be bubonic plague, whjch broke out in Por tugal recently, has become epidemic. Through 1897 silver averaged in price 60 cents per ounce. Last year it was but 58 cents. It is now worth 60.07 cents. There are prettj good indications that the war managers in Washington are, planning to get rid of Otis as commander in the Philippines. The damage done by the Texas flood Is now plaeedihyJXj J. Holmes, statistical expert of the agricultural department at Washington, at 17,414,000. At Pineville, Ky., four Mormons were forced to leave by angry citizens.In Wise county, Va.. Mormons were warned to leave but would not. They received severe whippings with switches. . , (" : ' Afire Monday. destroyed a large part of the business section of Borea, a village 14 miles southwest of Cleveland,. Ohio. Twenty-one business places were burned. The loss will be about 1 00,000, with no Insurance. ' .... Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta, . has made a solemn promise' to the couucil- men not to take another drink during his term ot office, and to resign if be fails to keep his promise, and proceedings against him have been dropped. By the burning of the Tocscon Springs hotel, near Bed Bluffs, Cal., one lifs was lost and 140,000 worth of property de stroyed. Miss Belie McEenzie, an em ploye, aroused many guests, but tarried too long in the building and lost her life. John A. Campbell died in New York last Friday. He was a "Christian Scien tist," with two of the so-called healers with him. A legal investigation is to be made. Mrs.' Annetta Flanders died at Chicago. She was a victim of "divine healing." Two disciples are accused and gave bail, k At least five volunteer. regiments are to be raised for service in the Philippines In addition to those now organizing. Complete plans are being made for the transportation and equipment ot these additional regiments, and recruiting will begin as soon as those now organizing are fully equipped. It has been thought , best to have some regiments in reserve in case more than 50,000 men are needed in the Philippines. Labori, counsel, for Dreyfus, who was shot at Bennes, France, Monday, is now believed to be out of danger, and may re cover quickly. -An adjournment of the trial will be asked and granted to allow him to appear and confound the enemies of Dreyfus. The assassin is still at large. The pockets of the wounded man were rifled by a supposed accomplice, but the papers in the Dreyfus case were not se cured, for Labori grasped them tightl7- Vest-Pocket Receipt Books. A nice little receipt book, just the size, to go In your vest pocket. Very convenient for business menor for any one who ever has to give a receipt away from kisofUce. Put up in books of 50, at only 5c a book; a dozen books for 50 cents. At The Feee Press oSce, Kinston, N. C. Sent post paid to any address for 6 cents each, or 64 cents a dozen. A LITTLE ABOUT MANYTH 111
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