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Tl s. I a i I 1 I 1 ' 1 ' I ' I 1 I 1 ' I 1 1 BAEL' : PREE FRESSo'lEi I Eferj Good Id to a stepping stone to t wealth. I I'll! I ' I ' I 1 I I I 1 1 flp" ek : " ' ' ' ' J nil V.". -.. 1 .:.. .t.A. .;. I m.f ii , ,, , Vi mi i iii , ' , i ,i , ,, , , i, . i ' . . PUBLISHED EiZERY KFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDHY, VOL. V. NO. 141.. KINSTON, N. O, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1002. . . . PRICE TWO GENTS OLD HORTH STATE - HEWS AMD GOSSIP ODD AKD IITERESTIKG HiPPEHHGS. A Cow That Attend to Basinets. : . New Bern Journal: The Journal cor- respondent at Swansboro write of a re markable cow of tee Jersey species that , certainly deserves . more than pawing notice. Mr, J. M. Jones 1 the owner of the auima and it gives two gallons, ot v milk at a time. , The average amount for 1 a year is-two gallons daily. Daring the ' summer her milk will churn three pounds of butter, and la the winter double that quantity per week. Last spring Mr. 'Jones sold a two-montbs-old calf of this cow to Mr. Jula Mattocks of Silverdale for six dollars. Be would npt take 135 for the heifer today, for she promises ' as good or better milk and butter record than her mother. - ' " A Greedy Snake. Bainpaon Democrat: Mr. L. B. Powell beats Dr. Holllday ' capturing . chicken thieves. Mrs. Powell and children heard the chickens equalling last Sunday night and went out to where they were to learn the cause. .; They decided that something was In the chicken house after thrm and called for Mr. Powell to come out. who went In to search and found a j chicken snake with two chickens caught, and holding both at the same time, one In his mouth and another wound up in his tail. No doubt the snake Intended to .. rnr t,i nna- iii hu miwth. and : . . . ., t .i i holding in his tall. Mr. Powell took pitchfork and put an end to the snake, which was of larm size anr lour and a half feet long. . " - Nineveh, the ancient dty ; was 14 miles long and 8 miles wide, surround ed by a wall 100 feet high and 29 feet wlda 1 i , ? Am Intoxicating- Frn!t. . . The fruit of the umganu tree of South. Africa yields a strong intoxicat ing drink for the . natives. , Elephants re fond of it, becoming quite tipsy. . staggering , , about, playing : antics. creaming so as to be heard for miles and having tremendous fights, a When In this state, the natives leave them lone. A Inhabited Mln. ' There is a -quicksilver mine in Peru 170 fathoms in circumference and 480 ' feet deep. In this profound abyss are streets, squares and a chapel where re ligious worship is held. m - i ; ' ; : x. A Dltr Sn4wlch. Mix to a paste two-thirds of roque- -fort cheese and one-third butter. Sea son the mixture palatably with tabas co sauce and spread it between thin slices of white or rye bread or between two saltlne wafers. Serve with a sal ad made of lettuce and tomatoes mixed. ! ' Welsh Eisteddfod. The biggest open air concert In the; iworld is the Welsh Eisteddfod, which is attended yearly by 20,000 to 30,000 1 people. - - . . rt -i? i.;-F: s ' ' Memory. Scientists have discovered that the memory Is stronger in summer than In winter. Among the worst foes of the memory are too much food, too much physical exercise and, ' strangely enough, too much education. TfiM Babies Walls. Experiments upon 1,220 children .show that 95 per cent began to walk ' under the age of twenty-four months, a' little over half under eighteen months, one-third under twelve months and 10 per cent under ten months. Three babies out of the whole number began to Walk under eight months. 1 Tomatoes aad Moonlight. Tomatoes are said to ripen best by tae light of the moon. ' , Islands of Blaine. It takes a year to visit the islands of liSlne if one is visited every day. xnere are just eo cr tnem if a mis-1 take has cot been made la the count I I.i(ory Flfles. Lavatory r!;x-s cay te clear"-! eosp and t'. -9 ty : ' ' ? a j ,, 1 1 tzl of coru-oa e .-t la V t : 1 tie' tas!a cvrr t'!.t TLe r 't t rs'.:"y celt, and t-e f:"t ..'. nl't la tie raorclr? w!U t'rr t cf ! to, " f f. , "CURTAIN CALLS. ' Fay Templeton Is once more 4 mem' ber of the Weber St Fields forces. , :; , : Grace Cahili will bo Robert MantelTs leading woman the coming season. Evelyn Stanford has Joined ; "The Sogers Brothers In .Harvard ' coinpa- Thomas W. Broadhurst is to make an elaborate production of "The Black Hand." William EL Gillette's season In "Sber lock Holmes" will not begin until ear ly in November, Nance O'Neil is In London rehears ing for ber opening at the AdelphL She Will be seen first as Magda. ' John Savage, .who was for many seasons a member of Denman Thomp son's company, has deserted the stage I for business. I - Louis Evans Shipman, author ' of I "D'Arcy of the Guards," will be the personal representative of Winston Churchill next season. . " AUTOMOBILES. ;- Now that automobiles have got to killing their aristocratic riders Instead of the poor fellows walking on the highway gay Newport has commenced to legislate against .their . murderous speed. Richmond Times. All talk concerning the passing of the horseless carriage fad is, of course. more or less speculative The automo bile has come to stay Just as the loco motive and , the steamboat came to stay years ago. It will be Improved until it can be used in all lines of bust I ness. Milwaukee SentlneL j The reckless drivers of automobiles are making history as rapidly as they run their vehicles. Scarcely a day I passes that the automobile does not figure in the news, generally as the cause of fatal or other accidents. Oc casional arrests are made of their own- era for fast driving, but the small fines imposed have no effect in restraining thenu Philadelphia Ledger. - r PINFEATHERS. V ,' So long as a good Variety of food can be supplied the fowls will usually need very little stimulants. - As a rule, early molting iar not so severe a drain upon the system of the fowls as late molting. ' ' 1 . xoung rowis especiauy neea crusnea bone in some form to develop good ppnei blood, flesh and feathers. It is a good plan to have two sets of roosting poles for , hens and change them every week, setting them outside when not In use. In their wanderings over the farm guineas destroy numerous Insect ene mies and .weed seeds and do . little damage to crops by scratching or eat The roosts in the poultry house should be about two feet high, or else arrangements made to keep the bens from having to Jump from A higher perch. Initial on Garment. During the eleventh century a fash ion of embrokfpring the Initials of the name and the family arms on the gar . inputs hopn n In I ta ly n nd from that country spread all over Europe. : Rivera and Rain. . The rivers of England carry away about nine gallons out of every sixteen gallons of rain that fall on the land. lumpy Ice Cream. Lumpy ice cream Is usually the re sult of turning the freezer rapidly at the start j The correct method is that of turning slowly at first and more and more rapidly as the freezing goes on. . . ,- ' " THE WEELITTLES VISIT THE PYRAMIDS. GOING TO BE A . BIG SDCCESS THE LIBRARY LANTERH CARKITAL Children Are Drilling Every Day, but . , Kore are Wanted. . Kinaton Bualnau Men are Heartily En couraging It and Foreign Advertiser are Patronizing It Liberally Some of the Promised .Novelties Described Un ique Ideaaia Advertising. "' . It Is very gratifying to see howl much Interest the citizens of KInston are tak ing in ths carnival of Janterns, which io being prepared for the benefit of ths ' li brary. Our people certainly have the co operative splrltland they take hold with right good will whenever they are asked to help a public enterprise. Even wtten they do not think an affair of this kind is going to be a personal benefit they will subscribe to help others or to en courage those who are doing the work. There is a dif position to help manifested on all sides, ' and I do hope everybody will fee) repaid for his or her efforts whew ths results are seen. The children are getting all the fun out of It that can be desired and if those who enjoy little peo ple could hear their lively discussions and lucid (?) explanations of their own parte it would be very amus ng. . ' s. Yesterday a letter was. received from fleini & Co., offering to pay twenty dol lars' if our Brownies mould 'advertise their pickles, and now that' this offer has been accepted iour Bronnlesjnnst do their best, and I hope their mothers will encourage themto be present at every rehearsal. They must try to le he very best on the stage and they, will have to work hard if they do any Mtter than the Fairies who are engaged to Ad vertise jthe professional men. I am sure there Is' not any professional man too dignified to be advertised by the Farles, because these little people are next to the angel and I hope the professions will appreciate the compliment.' It ths fslowns do , not break their necks before the ' Carnival I am sure the Natiojal Biscuit company will give a living adrertisment of their famous gin. ger snaps.' These boys are smart enough to do anything. Enotts' Indians stop the war who p Ions; enough to practice sometimes, but if the tomahawks were plentiful among them the slain would soon put and end to'the drills; some one stggested that a knife should be offered as a prize for this drill, but I beg that an article less appro priate to the savage be given Instead. These are good (?) Indians. " The girls who advertise Einstein will display the Red White and Blue and lam sure they will do their best for Einstein Bros., for they certainly deserve the best efforts of those who are to represent them. They give cheerfully and freely to all good causes. ; Oettlnger Bros, are to be advertised by girls from Japan, who have their hearts In the work, and they will see that this popular firm Is as well represented in this as they are in everything else in KInston;, " Mr. S. H. Loftln will have a drlU of young ladles to dress in Empire style and represent Queen Louise and advertise the Queen Quality shoes. Some of tbe pret tiest and very best girls in KInston will undertake this advertisment, and one of - I -( JOHN O. OSGOOD. ; Mr, Osgood ! the raone financier who reeentlv looked horns with John W. Oatoa In a Eet contest for the control of the 'Colorado Fuel aad Iron company. Thus far Osgood uociwlbd in prevsnting Qatss from seouring control of the company, M the sweetest ladies in. Kinston will teach the drill. I believe It will help thellbrary a gn-at deal to have so many engaged in working for It, people always take an interest in what tbey work for. A num. ber of prls s have been offered tbe 'differ ent drills by those who Are doing the ad vertising. - . , Tbe N. B. C. sends a large fruit cake, Armstrong & Cator send handsome arti fice! roses. A doll, a nice doll, is cttaed for the prettiest fairy, by a KInston gentleman. A pair of Queen Quality shoes, the very icest, have been, offered by Mr.Xoftln and six of Parkers best photographs are also 'offered both of the last prizes to be given where we see fit, This suggests that there are many 'Chances for those who want to offer prises. - There are the- R9d- White and Blue, and all the Mother Goose people who are representing all the, town, who have one lantern each,' 'and there are the Indians and Brownies, and 3 apanese, and I am reminded to say that we need mere boys and girls to carry the blg lanterns. It is not too late to enter. 'Who winVolunteer? ' Ta lUtrgest Bore Cannon. 4 The largest bore cannon ever made is the Maleck-e-Meldan, or Lord of the Plain, still existing in India. It is four teen feet long, and its bore is twenty eight inches. . ' , Javelle Watee, To make Javelle water dissolve one half pound sal soda In one pint of boiling water and dissolve one-fourth pound of chloride of lime in one quart of cold water. Pour off tbe clear liquid from both and mix. Bottle the fluid and keep it In a dark place. The Frying Banket. In frying with a-frying basket al ways heat the basket before putting it In the fat, as when put in cold it takes too much heut from the fat U Tennis. ' . ' Lawn tennis is said to be one of the most beneficial of all games because of the way it trains the eye and strengthens the chest back and arms and because the game is so delightful mat it. requires no urging fO secure enough exercise. 1 - Poaching Eggsv ' - ' Add a few drops of vinegar to the Water in which eggs are poached. They will set more quickly and perfectly. Farm Laborers la Swede. There is a special class of farm la oorers in eweaen wno are given so many acres of land for their own use In consideration of so many days' la bor during the year for the owner of the farm. They are a sort of fixture to an est-te, and their like exists In no other country. ... , ' " : Sooth African Diet. iTUIct and maize constitute the staple diet cf the South African native. When l a has plowed his land, sown his seed aaJ scoCIed, he rests until the bar- vert. ' - ).-:-: - ; Ineentlva to Arrest. rr!r!oncrs la Morocco are required to pay t e i "ccroen who arrest them. Tie i tnai -V. ; f vo :t 25 cents. TLJs system c crs quite vigilant, and 1 t a man on a slight )Ol C'-m bnstloa. cov.:l . ;:.,un was the t ; . n t' t se cf a man ia f 3 at 2 o'clock lit'-; ) (t Cone 1 t .' n '. ivy CrL.aOr, i t ; if 1 -;' tv i- ' t . it'. THE WRITERS. " Miss Braddon, the novelist, divides her affections equally among books. old china and dogs. Joaquin Miller says that Bret Harte was always disgusted with his "Hea then Chinee" and always begged his friends never to mention it Dorothy Dlx, who is known in real life as Mrs. Elizabeth Meriwether Gil mer, is a southern woman who has won a remarkable Journalistic success Rudyard Kipling, who has been much annoyed by the visits of Brighton ex cursionlsts to his house at Rottlug dean, has purchased a new country place near Tunbrldge Wells, George Moore's literary work is per formed with a regularity that is sur prising. lie writes every . morning from 10 until 12 and again every even ing for two or three hours. lie said the other day that ho one should write unless he felt like writing, but that the mood could be easily mastered and ordered at wilL PERT PERSONALS. Secretary Sbaw is eccentric In some things. One of his new rules Is that letters to bis department shall be an swered promptly. Detroit Tribune. One by one our dearest delusions are snatched from us by the Iron hand of fate. Generals De ; Wet and Botha wear silk hats and frock coats. Baltl' more American. J. P. Morgan, who gives no "tips,1 says be cannot afford to. This ex plains why he rides in his private car instead of in a Pullman. ' It's cheaper. Boston Herald. Mr. Schwab, president of the steel trust is to take a rest It should have been plain that the drawing of so large a salary would make any man tired. Cincinnati Enquirer. TRUST THRUSTS. Some day the water will leak out of a few trusts, and then the country will be wondering why the government cannot prevent financial panics. De troit Free Press. , The virtuous indignation of one of the trusts over an attempt to waylay I it in court wouia do more anecung u the trusts were not in the highway business themselves. - Pittsburg Die- . r. I well try to stop the operations of the law of gravitation as to stop the eco- nomical and industrial evolution, but some direction or control is dally be-1 coming more imperative. Indlanapo Us News. viii- j STATE LINES. Between blizzards and . MslzxardsM Kansas must bold pretty nearly tbe tbermometric record for this country. Philadelphia Ledger. ; More oil in Texas. That, gigantic state Is in danger ot floating off some morning on a wave of petroleum and prosperity. Brooklyn Eagle. : .v - This year, in Kansas at least It is not simply columns of corn, but for ests of corn, snd Missouri is not far behind ber sister in tbe forest, bust cess. t Louis Star. . j -The Bints Tola. ' f - 1 The scale of the human voice, from lawest tass to highest soprano, is four octaves. The average voice hss ci!y tTclve notes. - - A TVond erf al Statna. .. . 'A won'rful statue sdorcs a rv--"c tj:tt9 la Yokohama. It is a seated i. --3 cf the god D!3t"t end it3 I t U C:i feet Tie teal wt- It iz t: j f-r:t ttiiuj i3 Zi t ., . , 1 . J s ! t ' ' '. r ' 2 r ' '. THIELY TOPICS . TERSELY TREATED Snort local Stories, Editorial Holes. . There is no power on sartL to compare with woman's power for either good or svlL . - No matter how ugly a baby fs yon can't offend the mother by saylngltlooks -like her, ' - A man is either old, or married, if be doesh't know the name of every pretty girl in his town. - - , A man can drive a horse better than a woman, but a woman can drive a man better than a horse, The difference between a lowr and a husband is that a lover pays compliments and a husband pays bills. Somebody ought to take up the matter of public parks. Tbis is a crucial period ' for Kinston. There is every indication that the wonderful growth of the past two years will be more than duplicated' in the coming two years. ; There is no doubt, Judging from present ap pearances, that KInston will be a city of no small dimensions ten years hence Shallltbeaparkleescity? ; ' It is well laid out, with broad streets and embryo boulevards. It abounds in handsome residences surrounded by grounds which may be made highly at tractive. It has the nnclus of a beautiful Lltr Bnt tobe perfect Umust have parks. vtreuuieuuiuea ur iaim una reeervea an Ideal site in the heart of tbe present city. Shall it be preserved : for the future greater KInston? - The Webb lot and the .Tiffany West lot form this Idea) site. There is no other section of the city if denuded of buildings thatwould be so applicable for use as a public park as these .s two com. bined. The Webb lot is already wall shaded and would make a beautiful bo tanical gardenwhile the West lot would make an admirable playground for the children, provided with ball ground, ten nis courts, croquet lawns and athletic frames. How It would be appreciated, ' even now, and how much more when the city has grown so that is is out of ordi nary walking distance to get out of the crowded sections J ...... The old school site should also be pre served and added to for another public park. . ' , . ' " Now Is ths tme to begin. As the boy grows we buy him larger garments and provide him with things in keeping with Increased else and ma turer years. Why not the same principle for be " growing city 7 1 The park sites should be reserved even if they are not improved just now. It is easy, len thousand dollars will pay for all the land mentioned and leave a little over for improvements. . : . . ; Suppose tbey were made twenty year bonds, the first falling due five or ten - years hem. The present generation would have only the Interest to pay while enjoying ths luxury and benefits of tbe parks and the rising generation could enjoy them while rising and help pay for tnem when grown up. What man conld gnuignpaymgW,,hare wlth ten years Df daily use and pleasure to look back upon. "T? onbt to P tha matter of public, parks.;. .Timely Topics "ggests that the proper persons to. take it up are the members of the Chamber ot Commerce eommltte on internal improve- nnts. Do we bear a second ? JASON. ' - September, 8. A welcome rain laat night . Ur. Add Phelps spent Mondav nfirh and Tuesday in Uoldsbora. lie says tobacco ts not selling well there now owing to tie rush of much ungraded in this part. -';.;'.,-..:,,: Miss Bella Rosa who has boon ham visiting Lena Phelps tor the past two week, left Monday for Goldabqro. Meson. John and Herman Parker -.n Paturday n'"ht with her uncle, Mr. l II. Ilardy and k-ft Sunday evenlDg for their home near Olivers, accompanied bv their cousins, Miaees Eelene Uariy and &?z' cntton. , Ifr. ITonry Putton e!rd tVe D..K. fionaay. m are r ' i tht sor-s of our your j men have Cec! ! to ro t re to school, rather than go tj,r a ? j. About Crtaa vour 1 reor'a r-,F ? ' 1 neVra r'ar'v a srr: ti . , - v t ' by ruh!..;-T unnauooncei iat"-' cor wt '.wr i f t i t' -a fM '. -, 1 ' r t I I f - T
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