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PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY,
Vol. HI No. 123;
KINSTON, N. O.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1000.
Price Two Cents.
GENERAL HEWS.
Hatters of Interest Condensed Into
' Brief Paragraphs.
Over 80,000 veterans are in attendance
upon the Grand Army encampment at
Chicago. -,..'.; .''''
The Tremont and Suffolk cotton mills
at Lowell, Mass., closed Saturday, and
' will not resume work until Sept. 4. . The
shut down affects 2,500 hands.
The . Taqui Indians. ' in, the ; state of
Sonora, Mexico, who have been at war
with the Mexican government for over a
year, are now suing lor peace ana en
deavoring to be re-instated on their form.
er reservation and retain their property
W, A. Brady, manager of Jeffries, said
Saturday in regard to Fitzsimmons
challenge to Jeffries: "I nave covered
Fitzsimmons' deposit of f 2.500 to make
a match with Jeffries for tbe champion
ship, and will meet Fitzsimmons today
to decide on the time and place 'of . meet
lag." , ,f y:--y.- I
At New York H. M. Stridiron. a weathy
- Chicago lumber . merchant, was shot
twice in the bead in his room at the Yen-
dome, Monday morning, by H. J. Ford
of Boston, his friend, who then blew out
his own brains. The double tragedy was I
the result of a murderous frenzy, inducedN
by neat and excessive drinking. .
A pavilion of merrymakers at Union
Hill, N. J., was struck by lightning Sun
day afternoon, killing two men and
' shocking many. Tbe lightning took off
the upper part or one man's ear ana
burned one side of another man's mus
. tache. A policeman on duty at the park
: nad a shoe torn from his left foot.-
The department of labor estimates the
output of gold from the .Klondike for the
season of loST-loUo at ?12,UUU,0UU.
The estimate fur 1898-1899 was 17,
000,000. This government collected
$700,000 in royalties. This data is con
tained, with other information oa the
subject, compiled by S. C. Dunham, in
bulletin just issued, entitled, "The Yukon
and Nome Gold Regions." ' 7;
Ashby Pugh and George' Symm'sv both
. colored, while at work thrashing on the
farm of Mack Cain, near Winchester, Va.,
Saturday, became involved in a quarrel.
; When Simms threatened to kill Pugb, at
the same time advancing toward, him,
. Pugh struck him with a pitchfork, frac
turing bis skull and tearing bis eye out.
Tbe injured man is still unconscious and
physicians say be will die. Pugh has not
.-been arrested. :-, ? V; V
There were several incipient riots in
New. York city 8unday, the direct" cause
being tne shooting on Saturday night of
John Brennan, a white messenger boy,
aged twenty, by John Davis, alias
"Lamplighter," a negro. Brennan was
one of a crowd of whites who taunted
Davis, and bullets from the black's revol
: ver lodged in his stomach and chest. He
is in a hospital and likely to die. The
rough white element began to search out
negroes. Several negroes are in bospitals
in consequence of attacks upon them.
J, C. Niblet, a prosperous lumber deal
er, of Branchville, Va., tried to commit
suicide Saturday night by jumping into
the harbor at Norfolk. Niblet is nearly
60 years old, and has a family at Branch
ville. lie came to Norfolk on business
several davs ago. Tbe onlv theory udos
which his attempts to drown . himself
can be explained is that he became crazed
by whiskey Mr. Odell, a commission
merchant, saw tbe would-be suicide leap
overboard and went to . his rescue.
When fished out Niblet cursed and. vio
lently abused his rescuer, and made an
other attempt to leap overboard. Odell
summoned the police, and - tbe lumber
man was carried off to police headquar
ters where he was locked up. , ,
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A few years ago one of the boys that
Colonel Cody had under his charge
was Johnny Burke No-Neck, who is
now being educated at college. He was
the only surviving Indian after the
battle of Wounded Knee Creek on Dec.
23, 1S90, and was found, a helpless ba
by, under a bush by No-Neck, who was
fighting with the United ' States sol
diers. The baby was carried to camp
and named after Major John. Burke,
who is one of Colonel Cody's aids, as
well as the Indian wbo-Teseued him.
TIig poor little papoose was paved none
too soon, as be would have been de
voured by wolves before the next day
1 a J dawned.
In
tbe Crimea the Hrltlsh left CO.000
corses, which are Interred la 130
cen eterlrs cd prounil occupied by the
tnx !iirla t!;nt Ion? an I dipastroci
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YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT.
Itorr th BtteHlr How to Malt
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Once I was a fat caterpillar. ; You
would not think so now as you look at
my beautiful wings, would you?
used to watch the , butterflies sailing
about and wish I could fly as they did.
X could only crawl and could not go
very fast,:;; Af.'.k'W.A ;
. I used to feed on milkweed leaves.
liked them as well as you like bread
and butter, little boy; '
:. One day a ' little girl broke off the
leaf on which 1 was feeding and took
it, with me on it, Into a room whew
there were many children. - Some si
them said, "What a pretty caterpillar!"
I had stripes of yellow, black and white
across my back.
tr A lady took; me' and put me into
glass Jar. I could not get out. Every
day the children brought fresh leaves
for me to eat There was nothing else
tor me to do, so I ate and ate and grew
very (at. '...,
. By and by J began to feel sleepy.
spun a covering to keep me warm, roll
ed myself up In it and had a long, long
sleep. ' '
One day I awoke and tried to throw
off my clothes, but they seemed very
heavy, and I could not move them at
first. . , v
But after trying many times I was at
last able to crawl out of my warm bed.
V I was stiff at first and could hardly
move- Something i seemed to , have
grown on uiy back, and I could not get
rid of It ,'. '; -
I crawled over some dry-leaves and
got out of the Jar and walked on the
window sill. -
Soon a little girl sal(WOh, see the
lovely butterfly!" I looked around, but
could not see one: .Then some children
came up to me and said again, "See
the lovely butterfly!"
Then I knw.they meant me, and
knew what was on my back, I had
wings--Ju8t what H bad always want
ed. -I spread them out that I might see
them. Now I could fly!' i . v
I tried it and fell. But after trying a
few times I could do it very well. . How
happy; I was!,:' :A'v'''-'
: This mornlnar the lady opened the
window, and I flew out Into the sun
shine. , I have had a lovely time flyin
about and stODped here to rest a mo
ment. . . -V "; ,.V
Now I must be off again.; I wish the
kind . children who .fed me had . wings
too. ,. Flying Is so much more fun than
walklns. - I know yon would like it.
little boy. Now off I go. Goodby!
v How to 9Iak Olaek Iak.
With black ink selling at 5 cents or
so a bottle It seems hardly worth while
for one to use homemade Ink, but the
trouble Is that all black ink Is not
black by any . means. The following
recipe, however, which, by the way, is
some 200 years old; tells you how to
make a black ink that will not fade
and which Is dead black in hue..' Here
la the recipe: .v,.' ';; 'v: : :; " y
Onev quart of1 rainwater filtered
throuch a close woven cloth, three
ounces of bruised gallstone and one-
naif ounces or suipuate or iron (green
copperas) and two and one-half ounces
of gum arable. Coarsely powder the
calls and nut into a bottle with the
other chemicals; stir them up and add
the water. Securely close the bottle
and place in the sunlight, letting the
bottle stand nntll the gutu arable and
copperas have dissolved, occasionally
stirring . the contents to bring this
about Shnke the bottle each day for
a month or six weeks, then add some
20 drops of carbolic aeld to prevent
mold, and your Ink Is ready for use.
A Cnrltsi Tatilr,
The following Is a very curious puz
ile. Try it, all of you:-
Open a book at random and select a
word within the . first ten lines and
within the tenth word from the end f
the line. Mark the word. Now double
the number of the page and multiply
the sum by five ! Then odd 20. '
Then add the .nmler of tbe line you
hare selected. Then ndl five. Then
multiply the sum by ten.
Add the number cf the word la tha
fine. Prom this sum subtract 2."0. and
the remainder will Indicate la tie units
column the number cf the word. In tin
tens column the number f the line and
the remaining f.-urf-s the number of
laws cf health reqt
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JAPAN ADVISES LI.
Oonditions Laid Down Preliminary
To Negotiations. Desire to Keep
The Empire Intact. Latest News
; From Pekln BtatesTnat the Allies
Still Await Instructions From
Their Governments. No Deolara
tlon of War,
Loddon, Aug. 27. A Sbangbai dis
patch to The Times, dated Sunday, says:
, "Li Hung Chang has received a tele
gram from Pekin stating that the Jap
anese troops alone occupy ;. the palace.
The Japanese government has renewed
its assurance to protect the ' persons of
the emperor and empress. ,
1 "Li Hung Chang has also received from
the minister of foreign affairs at Tokyo
advices that negotiations are impossible
until unina has appointed . plenipotentl
arles acceptable to the powers, it sug-
Sests as suitable to appointment tbe
anking and Wuchang-viceroys to act
with la Hung Ubang, and' also advises
that it is necessary : that China should
express regrets, acknowledge formally
ber errors, and spontaneously offer to
make complete indemnity. If this advice
is followed Japan will be ready to assist
to pne utmost. .
TP KEEP THE EMPIRE INTACT. '
The Japanese government has shown
by this advice and by tbe protection of
the palace in Pekin that it consistently
aims at avoiding every tnipg lively to en
danger tbe dynastv. the preservation
whereof Is considered essential to tne In
tegrity of the empire. Two immediate
objects are to prevent a sriread of tbe
disturbances south and to endeavor to
arrange early negotiations." Nevertheless
certain Chinese people will misinterpret
ana construe as a sign oi weakness any
lauure to exact punisnment for the em
press and those immediately responsible.
Any compromise would only sow - the
seeds of future trouble." v t - ';
The latest news from ' Pekin indicates
that tbe situation , there is unchanged.
The Imperial City is still invested, but
has not yet been occupied. The allies
when tbe last message left, were still re
fraining from aggressive action, pending
Instructions from their governments.
The Pekin correspondent of The Daily
Telegraph, wiring .August 19, reasserts
that tbe empress dowager fled westward,
and adds:. "She has a bodyguard of
1,500, and as tbe -mountainous .charac
ter of the country wonld prevent artillery
following, it is believed that she will not
be pursued. :. v !
This correspondent reports everything
qniet on the date of bis dispatch, but a
telegram to the same paper from Tien
Tsin, dated August 24, asserts that 1,000
Kusstans, Germans and Japanese bad
pushed forward from. Pekin with the in
tention, it was assumed, of pursuing the
neeing empress dowager, ,
At a conference of ministers and een
erals held at Taku Friday it was decided,
accoroing so i oe iuiy ieiegrapn. to re
fer tbe fate of the Forbidden City to Eu
rope.. '
Tien Tsin dispatches to Berlin, dated
August 23, say: "The'" Japanese troops
are in possession of the wall around the
innermost part of the Forbidden City,
but have not yet made their way to the
imperial palace, owing to lack of govern
ment ins tructiona.'
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Chinese Preparing to Attack Allies
v In Pekln. , '
Washington, Aug. 27. Late yesterday
a dispatch was received at the Japanese
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leguuoa iroin tue toreign omc oi japan
conveying the latest and most authentic
nformation of tbe situation in and
around Pekin. In a measure, the ad
vices were of a disquieting nature, as
they indicated that the Chinese had ral
lied their forces and were preparing for
an attack upon the allies in Pekin. If it
should prove that the allied forces were
besieged in Pekin, it would account for
the lack of advices from Gen. Chaffee. ;
DECLARATION OF WABRL'koB DISCREDITED.
The rumor from Che Foo of a declara
tion of war by Bussia, Germany and
Japan is discredited.
The rumor of a declaration of war by
Roesia. it is explained, may have in-own
out of the operations of tbe troops of
the czar in the protection of the south
eastern frontier of his empire, or it may
have arisen from the reported statement
of the commander of the Russian forces
at Pekin that his government was at
war with China and therefor he moit
prohibit communication with the Chi
new. Nt-ither the operations of Hnssiaon
her frontier nor the prohibition by alius-
lan general of communication with thi
ChiDwe would constitute, it is said, adec-
aration of war by r.nssia. No general, by
a mere dietoin, could deciare war. Lren
Lis staV-mpnl ttat Lis goTernneat had
declared war, would.not make it so.
The Ar.:-E??!r9d. Chier3 Held
Them la a Trap.
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TR AVEUNO MEN FOR BRYAN.
Self-appointed Stump Speaker on
An antl-MoKlnley Tour.
Uagerstown, Md., Aug. 20 W. J.Mai
lard, of Atlanta, Ga a traveling sales
man for a southern machinery firm
made aff anti-Republican speech from
store box in tbe public square, in Hagers-
town. last niarht. He makes stumn
speaking a side 1 issue as he travels
through the country. : s;
He says he has no money to hire halls,
and as he is doing the speaking on : his
own account, he holds open air-meev
- He denounced negro domination, tbe
trusts, tbe protective tariff, and impe
rialism. He said tbe traveling men were
almost unanimous for Bryan.
TILLMAN STIRS UP EDITOR9.
Deolares Four Leading Dalies Paid
Agents of the Whiskey Trust.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 26. In his last
speech of the state campaign, made at
Marion last night, Senator Tillman,
naming the editors of the Columbia State,
Charleston Mews and Courier, Greenville
News and Spartanburg Herald, tbe four
Cbiel dames oi tne state, declared tney
bad thrown every obstacle in the way of
the success of tbe dispensary law since
its enactment, and said he believed they
were the paid agents of the whiskey trust.
There will be scorching rejoinders.' A
Baptist preacher met the senator on the
stand in joint debate. Tillman's friends
tried to howl him down, but he came
off best in tbe debate.
CAMPAIGN CLUBS
To Be . Formed Throughout the
State for Bryan and Stevenson.
i Raleigh. N. C Aug. 27. Today a call
was issued for a State convention of
Democratic " clubs here in September,
signed by State Chairman Simmons, Na
tional Committeeman Josephus Daniels
and Julian S. Carr. It is the purpose to
form all thee into Bryan and Stevenson
clubs and also to urge all the "White
Supremacy" dubs, formed for the State
campaign, to become Bryan and Steven
son clubs. It is proposed to make this
club movement a great one. x
Dead as a Mummy, Politically.
Wilmington Meucnf er.
The Washington Post's paragrapher
says: -
"Perhaps tbe Hon. Marion Butler fears
that tbe JNorth Carolina Democrats will
not allow him to make Bryan speeches
in that State." ' ;
He can sneak to his heart's content if
if he can get audiences. But the1 North
Carolina Democrats neither count on bis
help nor fear bis opposition. He is as
dead politically in' this State as the mum
my of Barneses II in the Alexandrian
museum is dead to ' political success in
Egypt nnder English occupation.
George White Will Leave. .
Washington, D. C," August 25. Geo.
H. White, representative from tbe second
North Carolina district, the only colored
representative in tbe present- congress
(be was a member of tbe last congress,
also,) will not be a candidate for re-elec
tion. He has also decided to leave North
Carolina and go to-some northern city,
probably New York, and resume the
practice of law.
Big Battle on In South Africa.
JLondon: Aug. 27. Lord Koberts re
ports an all day battle with the Boers
over a line of 80 miles last Saturday.
The Boers made a determined . stand.
Tbe Boer general had three long toms
and many rapid lire guns. Tbe battle
seems to be still on. .
. ' " H Kaew tke ,
"l understand you have consented to
your daughter's marriage to that young
8wiftpace," said the old friend.
"I have," replied tbe father. , .
"I guess you don't know the young
man." suggested the old friend joint-
edly. ,-.....-.' ;. .
"On tne contrary, I know all about
him, answered the father, "and I also
know all about my daughter and a few
things about the sex In. general. If I
bad refused my consent, ten to one she
would have married him anyway, but,
having given It. the odds are easily ten
to five that she will tire of him and
throw blm over before they've even set
the day for the wedding." Chicago
Post, . -
, X?mrttT Satlafled. ' -
Burly Tramp Wofs th good of a
Cttle do; like that? . . ;
Mrs. Iioral To keep off tramps.
Tie. be! Wot kin that little critter
dor ,
Tie can bark. That will wake oj
the big dogs under the porch.
"T-e-. emu Good day. mum."
New York Weekly.
For some reason the man vrho has
no money to buy food Is cover seize 3
with a cVs're ta ac;u!re frure ty trcak
izs all records for fxsUn;. AtcLIoa
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STATE HEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form,
Greenville Reflector, Aug. 2T: - Rosa -Lee
Hardy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hardy, died 8unday In Ayden. ,
The burial took place this afternoon at
the Ayden cemetery. Services were con
ducted by Rev. W. L. Bilbro. '
Newton Enterprise: Mr. A: C. Boggs
baa started a Belgian rabbit ranch.
Tbess rabbits are much larger than
other breeds and are said to weigh when , -dressed
from 5 to 1,0 pounds. They
multiply very rapidly and live on the
surplus vegetables of a farm. The meat f
is fins for food. . ,, ;
There was a severe storm at Waxhaw V
Thursday ; evening. A new store, not.
quite completed, belonging to Mess. '
liockmand. Heath, was completely de-r
molisbed. Some carpenters working in
the building were caught in the wreck
and kept fast until rescued by outsiders.
Two or three were hurt, though not
seriously. y-:. ; . ; ;
Clinton Democrat: Mrs. M. II. Oates,
of Taylor's Bridge, recently had a hen '
to steal her nest some distance from the
house. A partridge laid in the samo nest ,
with the hen. Tbe hen sat on both the
partridge and tbe hen eggs, and the re-!
suit was that the hen surprised Mrs.
Oates by bringing up a brood of six
partridges and six chickens.
Webster's (Reidsville) Weekly: . Crops
have suffered severely from the drought "
and hot weather. Corn has withered '
and dried and tobacco has sun burned
and blistered. A farmer of the Berry
section said last Saturday thai with a
good season from now on not more than '
half a crop of corn 'would be made. '
Tobacco in this section will fall badly
behind on quality. . r
Greensboro Record: Twenty-one per
sons were added to tbe family of Mr.
Albert Farrington, of Deep River town-"""
ship, one day this week. There is . noth
ing at which to be alarmed, s however,
for it was "regular" in every sense.
though a little out of the ordinary. It I
came about In this way. Mr. Farring
ton was a widower with 11 children and
on Wednesday last married Mrs. Hay-
wortb, a widow with 10 children". After
the marriage tbe children were moved to ,
Mr. Farrington's house in sauads of four
each and he at once found it necessary
to increase his stock of beds. I ; . ;
Th an mm or iHuinn nf tha TTnlsnnlf m
urt closing, has been well attended ana!
excellent vork has been done. This see
sion includes the' teachers' school, the '
summertermand the summer law school.
The total number in attendance has been
145. The prospects for tbe coming sea- ,
sion are most encouraging. . There nave
been an unusual number of applications'
for rooms, and everything points to a -large
attendance. The Carr dormitory ,
stands ready for occupation and the ex- s
terior work upon tbe Alumni building is
etc., for the water works have come and .
work upon this will be pushed as rsDidlv
as possible. Examinations for entrance
will begin on September 12, and continue
three days. The fall registration will h '
held on September 18, 14 and 15. -
South Carolina Cotton Crop Cut -
i : Short 100,000 Bale; '
Atlanta. Aug. 23. A special to The
Constitution from Columbia, S. C, says:
"South Carolina crops have suffered dis- 1
astrously from the hot spell combined
with tbe drought; Recently a few local
showers have fallen over very limited .
areas, but otherwise there has been no
rain in August Some farmers estimate the
cotton yield has been reduced 40 per
cent., but only allowing a loss of 12 per -cent,
on the acreage planted, the loss will
be 100,000 bales, or f 4,000,000. The .
loss on other crops, sugar cane, late corn
and hay will make the total over $7,000,
000. Unless there are general rains
within a very few days tbe drought will
become a disaster. Cotton fields are as
white as they generally are late in Sep- '
tember, but over half the bolls that are
showing the white are unmatured, being
Durst open oy tne neat; and the ant is
without value. Many of the nlants are
dying, the leaves drying up and falling
off, and no more blossoms are coming.
Nothing can save tbe farmers from the
oss already sustained, but rains would.
start the plants to blossoming again and
late frosts would permit the new bolls
ormed to mature.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the largest
sale of any medicine in theci vilized world.
xour mothers and grandmothers never
thought of uoing anything else for Indi
gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom beard of Appen
dkitis. Nervous Prostration, of Heart
failure, etc They ued ngTist Flower
to clean out the system and stop fer
mentat.bn of tnd'ted food, regulate
the action of tbe liver, stimulate the
nervous and onrarie action of the rr-
:n, snd that u fcH t? t took when fetl-
lr.?dU and t ad witi headaches and
ci. r ache, l'oa rc!y need a few rios
cf Ur-a's At-:-t Flower, ia bllf m,
Xr3 cake yoa -.'.f ' 1 tit re ii zz'.llr
rr.'is V.. r-"tt r wiih you. For tx.
ty Tcr;'!.' i I'rt; Co.