7 I . f 1 I I t I I I I Star J ree; FresSo S I i l l i , THERE'S ONLY ONE HIE f 'SLY EATHER: f . , TO ADVERTISE. . Cloudy and probably T ' f WAT'S ALL THE TME. f j i i I j i i i i i I 1 f I 1 ' t U ll-illc CASES OF INTEREST;: III COURT. XTcTk cf tt& Tern Beisg Pusltei H02J Rapidly. Considerable TJma Taken up by ' TbTobacooSteallDaOaao Goes To the Jury This' Afternooo It . Has Been a Well Fought Battle. '.r The following eases were , tried yester day afternooo: f - , : Stats va. Charlie Parker, assault. Bill ". w- - waived and plead guilty. , : . f : ; - 8tate. W. A. Emery. Plead guilty . Judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Stats ts. Henry Cowen,larceny. Guilty. The next case called was tbat of State s B. Hardlng4 Tbert hasbeealnore Interest In this case than any otner on the docket and it bad been very strongly ; contested from tne beginning. some difficulty a jury was in.eiy.ewfce.aBd plae the carriers under : After paed as follows: Mess. . , Taylor, tfk.Cohi, J.'JVSpene, Chas. Bagby, Levi Dawson, Henry Bailey, J. L. Daujrbety. Henry Broton, K. F, Horton, J. L: Kennedy and P. Dupree. ' It will be . recalled that the clrcum stances which led up to the case were as follows: 1 One morning several months ago, Mr. Ben May, one of the proprietors of the ww.. AirA I crap tobacco just outside of one of the tfde dooe to the warehouse; also wbenl m Thl RMnmd his sasnlcions that tobacco bad been stolen from the ware- ' boose and be started an investigation; He learned that redried tobacco' had been sold on other warehouse floors by Edmond Jones, .a negro . living a few miles from town. He secured Policemen ' Souse and Brinson to assist tbe ware. bonse proprietors in trying to find tho UI1VJ V vvwwwwVf 0 i I It was found that Edmond Jones, tbe party originally suspected, had left the vicinity. He was finally' located at Wil mington. An officer was sent there and brought Jones back to Jtinstbn. Bobert Kelson, colored, was also arrested about the same time. 'These two negroes then 'made an alleged confession that they had, n connection with L.B. Harding, a white man. stolen tobacco from tbe Central - Warehouse. i " In the meantime Harding had left for Washington. An officer was sent and arrested htm at his mother's, near Wash ington. Larding was brought to' Kins- ton and given a. preliminary trial before Justice W. F. Dibble, who found proba ble cause and bound him over t6 court, Harding giving bond after remaining In jail afew days. In the trial which came np yesterdav before tbe present court, t.h prosecution introduced p-a';ticall the same evidence as at the preliminary trial. ' ' . There was a nnnwrons array of counsel for both sides Cols. Iwac Sujrgs, of Greenville: and W, D. Pollock, of the lo cal bar, bad boen s cured to assist So licitor Bodolh Doffy lii tbe prosecution.; T Ihbs. Wootn & Wooten'and H. E.Shaw represented the defense. .."!,, ",it',fl, v; The first witoes't for the State was Mr. Eenj May. lis testified as to having bis suspicions aroused and why he got out a warrant against nardlng. . 1 KobertN-lson was next pat on the t.ind. ' Sid that h bad bseo employed i t the wan-house, that Hrdnj5f got him t get Ivl Jones and tbntthethive woul-J ; the tdbwo from the warwbouse t.1 soil It. on ober floir nis tetinany i to the manner of stealintr anl selllne a practically the same as Riven at p Te rnary hearing b'fore tlie magistrate. a,s pat nhiler a seven cros exami !oa but diil not contradict Lirnuelf In y e-;-"nti,'i,l p iut. V I iff (!! Jont-ii whs rexfc pnfc on if ' 1 and .testified to practii?i!!y the p t t .1 1 Vy N. I-jot). Tl: ir Wti- t c;.'y d f." n 1 (, tj a f . w t.inor at pit f t t ) f t ' - t o r fusing to pot on any rebuttal testimony. Mr. IS. s. Woo ten, attorney for defense. opened argument before the fury In a twenty-five minute speech. yCoL W. D. Pollock next spoke for- the prosecution in an boor and 10 minnW speech. - He was followed by Mr. H E. Bhaw ia speech of 55 mmstes. Solicitor Bpdolph Duffy followed Mr. Shaw in speech of SO minutes. At the time of closing for press, Mr. ; T. C Woo ten 1 was making the closing argument for the defense. . . The judge's charge will be delivered . to the jury this afternoon and they $ will probably be given the case between 3 and 4 o'clock. ' , ,-' There are many con jectures as to i what the verdict of the jury wttl be, some tbfukfng it will be conviction, but the majority thiukiug it win be an acquittal or mistrial. c , , , ; The main point on which the defense hope to acquit the defendant is by hav ing the jury not' to convict a white man upon the evidence of two self confessed negro thieves. ' , , , 1 '' 1 1 Banjns""i". y RTJBAL. FREE BBUVEBT. " Salary and Civil ffervJce . Cootlarand. System to Be The bill to classify the rural free dellv ; the contract system, which has been de ; bated in the hone for over' a week," was ! passed Monday, but ia a form that cotn- pletely changed the purpose for which it ! was framed. Before it was passed, the bill. was altered radically by its oppo nents. , AH the provisions relating to the placing of carriers under the contract 'system was not only continued, but the maximum 'salary of carriers was in- creased from $500 to 600 per annum. An amendment, offered by Mr. Flem ing, (Georgia) was adopted to allow carriers to do an express business where l a i. Ailx II uun HUB Ulienvra wittu vuvu uuwro t A motion offered by. Mr' (Williams, (Democrat, of Illinois); to recommit the bill with instructions to report back an amendment providing for the difmiseal from the servlci of carriers . who shou'd use their influence ia favor of any par ti ua,r party or for any Particular can- ': "Plays In Installments. In nearly all the targe cities ef Spain the theaters sell tickets for , separate ' acts of a play. The plays are, as a rule. of the popular variety, plentifully In terspersed with songs and dances. They are, la short, a sort of variety enter-, talnment, with a slender thread of plot running through them.- They begin early and end late, and large numbers of performers are employed. Seats are very cheap, and few people would care to sit out the whole performance. The result is that It Is possible for a small sum to buy a ticket entitling the purchaser to see one or two acts out of five or six. The consequence Is that when the curtain comes down after an act a large: portion of the audience leaves the house and seats are tmniedi' ately taken : by newcomers who have been ''waiting for the end of the act and have taken tickets for the next Even in grand opera" and classic drama this practice obtains in some of the Spanish theaters. : , One Cold Saved. - Logic Is logic, whether it touches the affairs of nations or a cold in the bead The conviction, says Tit-Bits, was forc ed upon' a Liverpool woman whose coachman, although he bad been ill for several days, appeared one morning with his hair closely cropped. " Why,' Dennis," said the mistress. "whatever possessed you to have your hair cut while , you had such a bad COld?" v 'v. : ,., ? "Well, mum," replied the unabashed Dennis. "I do be takin' notice this long while that whiniver I have me hair cut I take a bad cowld, so I thought to me self that now, while I had the cowld on to me, it would be tbe time of nil others to go and get nie hair emtio' done, for by that course I would save mesclf just one cowl J. Do you see tbe power of me reasonln', mum?" Lifted l"p Forever. " ' Mazzlni, whose- name la as - elated with the liberation of Italy, viis once nskeil what ho would have tar :' t in I. e t' at cny rate, "an 1 ti nt U y. A Las it! r r t- ( r ti r t: A STORY OF LINCOLN. I Xette TWt Wab Stole mm ao a Bnnl Vk Stolo It. ;. , Benajat G. Jayne daring most of the civil war was the personal assistant oj Edwin M. Stanton, the famous war secretary. ; One day Xlncofcj sent for Jayne. to come to the White House-J My boy,'! said he, "there ia a letter would Uke te have you look at.- 1 Jayne picked up the letter and found It wits from General DIx. It conveyell the Information that several Federal prisoners had escaped from Ubby prt- en wttb the aid, of Abble Green, a we-- man famous during the war. Tne let - ter iso saia tnat, ss tne ract or ad- Die's assistance" was weu Known, sne had been bilged, to floe from men- mond and even then vas on her way to Washington on tho nag of truce boat, . . , ' ' i "Adw, my boy," said the president, "I don't know what I should say to any rascal who would steal that lettejr and nave a'biu passed , through con - gress to grant ftu.uw to tne reuer on ADDie ureen. ur; jayne -stoie tne letter," and the next day both branches or congress passed xne dui to gram f 10,000 to Abble Green. - The following morning "Honest Abe" sent for Jayne again. - ' v .v J "I told yon I didn't know " what should say." he said, with a twinkle In bis eye, "to the rascal who would steal that letter and have congress act on It. Now, I've made up my mind what to say. : - You go down to No. street, get Abble Green, take her down to Chase at the treasury, and don't you let her go until she gets that money."- New Orleans Times-Democrat Swsllowlnv Salt Water.' One of the most beneficial features of a sea bath Is the salt water Inadver tently swallowed by bathers. It Is wonderful tonic for the liver, stomach and kidneys.. In ' tiutaf? cases lit; wiD cure biliousness when ail drug prepara tions have failed. It is peculiarly ef fective In ordinary esses of Indigestion, disordered stomach and Insomnia and has been known : to produce excellent results in many cases of dyspepsia. Clean sea water is. full of tonic and sedative properties, . It won't hurt any body. Indeed two or three big swal lows of it would be of positive benefit to nine bathers out of ten. It Is not of course, a palatable or tempting dose to take, but neither is quinine or calo mel. Ton seldom If ever see an old sailor who Is bilious or dyspeptic or a victim to Insomnia, and why? For the reason that an ocean of good medicine spreads all about his sky. and be doses himself copiously with It whenever his physical mechanism becomes tbe least bit deranged. Washington Star. Craeltr to Lobsters. It Is singular how .the cruel practice of boiling lobsters alive continues. Our forefathers -r and; indeed our parents let calves bleed slowly to death, on the theory that in no other way could white meat be secured, and later ci calves were bled one day and killed the next Now,;' every one knows that calf can be killed In a humane manner and the veal made Just as good, and. generally speaking, animals killed for food have been put out of the way ia a much more humane'manner than for merly. But lobsters are still tortured out of existence, the only difference be ing that wtdle formerly they were .ex clusively boiled to deth. now soma are boiled and some are broiled. Which process causes the most agony no one can say. Exchange. . KonotODoni Tone.- If voices were cultivated toward ex pression in speaking as well as in sing ing, the variety of tone would be very agreeable to the listener. Many people find the monotonous tone used in ev eryday" conversation very. Irritating and would bail with delight any meth od which would tend toward breaking this tiresome sameness. Even beauty of .tone does not save this monotony from condemnation. It Is like striking one key of a musical Instrument over and over again. The teaching of elo cution should be of aid In this direc tion or the practice of reading aloud. striving to give proper expression to each sentence. Detroit News-Tribune. Deportment Store Repartee. What are these things?" asked the customer. ' . ' ; "Blackboard erasers," said the shop "I lont want anything that will erase a blackboard. I want a chalk nrk eraser." "T: -fs what 1 rant T!."3 are . :c ir.nik erasers. Anytf.!r.;; c ';??" "V i. I wn;,t some load pent "i." "V."e J-!v-j't rv.r lf,nJ rf''"i. '" 3 t- '3 v.-o Con nZ: ' 3 T :: it.; i.i- '.'a cf f ,. Jl ) i 3 :?"-c: - - T;". tat 1 V. 1 ( ; 7 ' , "- The story of Mme. Albanl's first Loo dn engagement it as follows: Colonel ; Mapteson heard ef her singing at ai theater at Malta, and, , thinking that j she would be successful, he made her offer, through an agent, of a contract to, sing in Uer Majesty's theater. She agreed to It and went to London; but, on arriving there, she told the. cabman t to drive her to the Italian opera house. , He, instead of going to Her Majesty's. took her to Covent Garden; which was . mlso devoted to Italian ooera. J She .was shown up to the managerii office and'stated that she had come t6 , sign the contract which Mr. Mapleson tad offered her. Mr. Gye, thinking to play a Joke o'a his rival, Mapleson, made out a contract, and Albanl signed jt. Mr. Gye then told her that he was nc.t Colonel Mapleson," but that be codld do much better by her. He offer- i C)j to tear up the contract If she liked. but told bcr that Nllsiwn was singing at jjer Majesty's And i would brook no " tl vaL ' ; Albanl decided to let the contract ana tnuB became one of the stars '0j coveni Garden, eventually marrying the mn of Mr. Civ A S3nrt National Anthem. Japan has perhaps the shortest of aD national anthems. It is called "Kim! Ga Yo." from Its first three words, and consists of thirty-two syllables; .which count In poetry, however, as thirty-one. The exceeding brevity la due to the national fondness for conciseness of phrase and for economy of expression in all forms of art . , The. patriotic song Is what tbe Japa nese call a "tanka," or verse of five lines, the: first and third being of five and the others of seven syllables. Be low is given the anthem in Japanese, with an English translation: . Klml Ga To. -; Klraa ga yo va ' ' ' Chiyo nl yachlyo nl . f, ' Bazcre lsht bo Iwawo to narlts ( ; , . Soke no muau made. , . , ' " : . , . TRANSLATION. ..', May our lord's dominion last : ,.. Till a thousand years have passed . i Twice four thouannJ times o'ertoldt Firm AM ehu ncrolAiui riwk. Mrth mnttA.: .iloasof ages jkiDoomputed, , ' - -Japan and America. An Empire Sold at Anetloa. The. Roman empire was once sold to the highest bidder. On the death of Fertlnax in 193 the Praetorian guards put op the empire for sale by auction. and. after an animated competition be tween ; Sulplcian and Julian. It was knocked down to the latter for 6.250 drachmas. . The Romans held auctions of various kinds, the proceedings be ing much the same In all cases. The audio sub hasta. which was a sale of plunder, was held under a spear stuck in the ground. ' The maglster auctlonis. or auctioneer, was chosen from among the argentarll, or money changers, and bis assistants were the cashiers. , j . Perhaps! How many people when they marry carefully put aside their Joint love let ters as one of the most cherished pos sessions of their future life, and lu how many cases afterward do they ever take them Out and look at them? Now.,: why Is this? ' Partly perhaps because the time of romance Is over and practical,' everyday life has ' be gun; partly; also, we will hope,' because now they can say so many nice things to each other, and there Is no need to read over the past nice things they have written. Golden Penny. . .: ,! la n Foar. ". A befogged Individual was groping his way down one of London's side streets leading off tbe Strand when be suddenly bumped pp against a man coming from the opposite direction. . Could you tell me where this street leads to?', be Inquired after the neces r ' sary apologies had been made. . "Certainly." replied the other. "It leads Into the river. MI bave Just come out of If Free Lance. " Croaaed Tesetablea. ' A cross tetwpen a headless cabbage and the turnip produced the rape plant, j Cabbage and turnips themselves are relatives; the lettuce plant also claims near kin to them, and far back In plant life grew a parent plant with some of the characteristics that each now claims as Its own, from which all three, and many another plant also. descended. . Craibed. 1 "' Tou f.Ts en Iceberg!" exclaimed her uerly t t well preserved adorer, pale itb at r and mortification. "A dozen Cupids, r: th a hundred arrows each, r Cud a vulnerable place in beartr m tl.yy Used an old beau to ," eoU:y replied the beautl- cocld t vc your ir. ' j "Not ir f' t w: :. f.I g!rL rtlrfntu Sleet. "r.n: -La:a was telling" Tcter f venire v. Lat I e saw t tails." one and re I ad been tinning We had a tl soup made 1 never cr.Ivea' remark r.ie t: e .a or t! e t t: i T t DIFFERENCES IN FOGS. ; . tea Wet a Io Gioos Have ; HoMj i Com. r The fog of London and the fog of the sea alike discompose traffic, and omnibuses and steamships alike have bad to lay to for surety. But while the London' fog gets Into your Inmost room and baffles even the electric light though the candle conies out trium phant curiously the densest fog at I sea does not disturb the saloon or the stateroom. -Why is that? .The word "fog" has not been traced further back than the sixteenth cen tury, but the thing was known In the early years of the fourteenth.; The commons, with the prelates and nobles visiting London for. the parliaments and on other occasions, .united to petl tion Edward L to compel the burning only of dry wood and charcoal, cs the growing use of sea coal corrupted the air with , Its stink a nd smoke, to the great ; prejudice and detriment v of health. : In' 1306 the king prohibited the use of coal. Heavy' ransom and fines were inflicted for disobedience. In the case of recalcitrant brewers, fly ers and other artificers the furnaces and kilns were destroyed. But the re striction was evidently removed, for in 1308 $250-probabIy equal to about $4, 000 now was paid from the exchequer for wood and coal for the coronation of Edward II. New York Commercial Advertiser. Tho Gamo Destroying? Locomotive. Said a railroad engineer: "The aver age man has no Idea how many ani mals and birds are killed every year by tho cars. If you will walk along a railroad, you will see toads, frogs and snakes almost every mile that have been cut In two by the engine. "But these are not tbe only forms 6f animal life that suffer. I hare run down woodchucks, raccoons, squirrels, hedgehogs and pretty nearly every oth er sort of small animal. Once I saw a ruffed grouse sitting on tho track. It waited and did not seem at all afraid. When at las it did get up, tbe engine was' so close that it struck the bird and tossed it to one side, dead. ' "But the strangest experiences I ever bad were In the. south. I was running an engine on the Queen, and Crescent road, which goes through Lake Pont thartraln on a long trestle. Ducks and other water fowl were numerous on tbe lake, and the" sight of a headlight seemed to attract them, Just as the light In a lighthouse attracts many birds. One night we struck a flock of ducks that : smashed Into the engine and cab as though it were raining them from the clouds. They broke tbe forward windows of the cab, and we gathered up enough ducks for two good, big game, dinners." Kindred Vices. The Rev. Justus Forward, settled in Belcbertown, Mass.,. a hundred yearB ago, once reproved a , workman for swearing while be was plowing a new field. "Swear! said tbe man. "I guess you'd swear. Mr. Forward took the plow and bur- rled after it, indignantly denying the qnarge. :, -xneu, j as tne neia oecame mow ImnfinanhlB h himn nnntlnn- I ' o-- - 1 never did see the like! I never did see the like f" When he had gone once rounu tne neid, be stopped breath- less and said: "TherCj, you see I didn't find It neces sary to swear." "No," drawled the other man, "but you've told more'n fifty lies. You said I you never did see the like, and you , saw it all the time I was plowln'." xoutn's Companion. . ' ' Xaofalneaa. It is a great satisfaction at the close of life to be able to look back on the years that are past and to feel that you that you have been useful to others. Ton mnv ho nactirorl plan that same feeling is a source of comfort and happiness at any period of life. Nothing in this world Is so good as nsoftllnpRB. It hlmla vnnr folln-nr opon. tures to rou and vou to them: it tends to the Imnrovement of vmir own .hN ncter, and It g'ves you a real impor- tance m society, much beyond what l any artificial station can bestow. Balefal Isaorance. Little Willie Paw, where ia th isth mus uv Panama? . . , , Father Th Isthmus of Panama? Willie, do you mean to tell me that you have been , studying grammar two years and you don't know where tbe Isthmus of Tanama Is? If you ain't a ma for me by tomorrow night, I'll mate you go to bed at 0 o'clock! Ohio Elate Journal. ' A Qnery. : Professor Cer curing) Oxygen, gen tlemen'; U es8(;utial to all animal exist ence. There could be no life without it Etranse to say, It was not discov ers! cr.Ul a century n?o, when C'.u .lent What uld they do before It was discovered, sir? He Va't Sarprlaed. ' o here! I found two pebbles in ::u i 'v.-i Tpsi. rai.vr' ir !f 1. i'aam. Tho wa- FRESH GOSSIP ur nit ulu NORTH STATE. Odd and Interesting Eappeoiog's From : Eiery SecMcd. Y . , True Bill Against James Wiloox for; Murder of Ella Oropsy at Elisabeth City Great Crowd at TrialGiant Oysters ; of i Long-Ago--Emallpox Soar. . , , ' The grand jury of Pasquotank Tuesday found a true bill "of indictment against James Wilcox for the murder of Ella Cropsey on the night of November 20, 1001, with malice aforethought. ' ; f Mr. Caleb Tarker will be tbe "star' witness for tbe State. .Th court house was crowded to its utmost capacity to hear tbe preliminaries and the public sen timent is very strong ) against Wilcox. The plea of the prisoner is not guilty. The bill of indictment reads: "The State of North Carolina, Patqrio. tank county, superior court, March term, 1002. The juror for : the State upon their oaths present that James Wilcox, 1-tte of said county and State, on the 20th of November, 1001, with force and arms in tbe county of Pasquotank, fel oniously, wilfully and with malice afore thought, did kill and murder EllaM. CropnVy, against the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State. (Signed) George W, Ward, Solic itor." . , Miss Cropsey disappeared from her home about 11 o'clock on the night of November 20. Her dead body was found twenty-seven days later In Pasquotank river, le than three hundred yards from tho front steps of her father's home; where she was last seen in company with Wilcox. .' Wilcox was in court, lis doss net seem to be much wofried. He seems to think that he will come clear. The evi aenre against mm is altogether circum stantial. Wilmington 8tar; Speak log of oystenj. tbe bivalve editor of the Star was shown a few days ago by Mr. Thos. E. Davis, of this city, a couple of ossified shells taken from a marl bed in the Trent river. 20 miles above Newborn, tbat Indicate that the pre-hlstoric oyster must have been a power fa bis day. The larger of the j shells measured 13 inches in length and five inebes in width. The two weighed six pounds and seven ounces. They ' were presented to Mr. Davis last spring 7 cousin, Mr. Herbert Willis, of New I bern, and certainly indicate that the oys- ter race is awindJing In "Dhrsioue.'r I n i.ll..- . i . .. . " "ru " inventory about the ureo oi ine year, tne liackney Boggy Co., oi wuson, round something wrong. " An investigation, was made and It was found tbat F. F Dawson, a prominent church worker, who was their book keeper two years, had systematically stolen from them to the amount of 15,000. ; He stole checls, mads wronir entries, forged the endorsement of the Co. to tbe checks and converted them to bis own use. He has just recently been caught up with. He has been In business for himself this rear and has asshrned every thipg, about f 3,000 worth of nron- erty, to help pay his stealings. . Residents of Wallace, in Duplin countv are in dread of a smallpox outbreak and country people are afraid to go into the town.. The immediate cause for this -ttlu o, ur. T, scare is the recent death of una vw. i m ... wmmh. n n Hawes, at the home of his father. Mr. wcs, near Kose u;;i, from small- Px ftDd pneumonia combined; He was oeing uursea ror pneumonia and the whole community had visited the house fhile the doctor had hi, ;h fever. Tho smallpox showed itself two or three days , before his death and tbe friends and relatives who went to see the doctbr are now constantly expecting the appearance ofjtbe dreadful disease. - Ibrvenue officers aelze 1 1 -n " fiions un- stamped belonging to Jo! a , :i v j ti- i a l.two a. oiuki iwj uuu t oogutown, r r A government dietary, another man at the Ear seised. Lord raunceforte, t' sador, is the guest of ( at Biltmore, near AsLt : Mr. Durham Deab Sir: I am a e severe nervous headac ! ' CDIN'K eredv relief. A rervo'-ia and all brolrei mer : r ' t. I tike r D i f Rg n thomr