North Carolina Newspapers

i MDLY ' d rTTTN ' PUBLISHED E1ZBRV HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. VOL. V. NO. 226.' KINSTON, N. 0,' WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24, 1902. PRICE TWO CEOT3. FRESSo HP 0J NORTH STATE NEWS AMD GOSSIP 01 D AID I.TERESTIM HIPPEIIEGS. The United State supreme court ha set the east of South Dakota vs. North Carolina, Involving the validity of rI road . bonda guaranteed by tbe latter tate, for hearing uo April 13 next. Inquiry to being made Into the ue o! tbe second f iuu,uuu 01 state appropnor : tlon tor keeping all public schools open 4 ' months In the year.". It may turn out that the nss of this by some vuu ties was ' Irregular. A special from Winston-Sale say .- H, it. Talley, a white brakeman on the . Southern Railway yards In this city, was Wiled Monday night. Talley wa in tbe act of mountainlng a moving car wbtn he was struck by the railway scales -and thrown on the rail. The car passed over bis felt' side from tbe ear to stomach, terrlbl t mangling Mm. f He lived thirty minutes and was conscious till death, - i. M.Hulm, a postal clerk, who was - injured In the wreck on the Seaboard Air Line at Rockingham, which delayed tbe Forepaugh and Sella Brother's circus on October 19th, this year.has sued tbe com pany for 15,000 damaged alleging that he was permanently Injured in the spine and hips and that his nervons system was so shocked and nnatruntf that he has partially lost his memory. Asheviue special to News-Observer: J. M. Gudger, congressman-elect from the - tenth district, sajs be will answer Moody's charges' lo a short time. Be ; save also that Moody's contest will be hurtful to the passage of the Appalachian Park Bill, and that congress will be slow . In appropriating millions of dollars to establish a great park, part of which ' covers a large section inhabited by peo ple who"are reported as too dishonest to , hold a fair election. . The report on newspapers in North Carolina, made by the 8 tate Labor Com missioner, shows there are 293. Of these 28 are dallies, with a total circulation of . 45,525 or an average of 1,600. There . are 180 weeklies, with a total circulation s ; of 268,461, or an average of 1,480 There are 20 semi-weekly, total circula tion 26,730; 44 monthly, 61,175. Of the papers 142 are democratic, 17 republi can, 8 populist, 22 independent. Nine are Baptist, 5 Presbyterian. 4 Methodist Twelve are educational, 2 literary, 4 . medical, 2 agricultural, 2 textile. . A special from Asheville, 22d, says News was received here today ; of the killing of State Senator Zeb Wilson (Re publican) at Burnsv He, Yancey county, by his brother, Hiram Wilson. The Wil son brothers had a quarrel in rearJ to a horse and Hiram pulled his gun and shot his brother, who died almost in stantly. The dead man was chosen at the recent election to represent his dis trict In the senate of the next Legisla ture. He was highly regarded by his friends and neighbors. His brother Hiram Is a distiller and is generally re garded as a desperate character. President Roosevelt Is determined to get himself straight before be fixes a post master for Wilson. It la reported that be has become thoroughly satisfied that Sam Vtck, the negro postmaster Is all right on his record as a republican, de- apite the assertions of Senator Prltchard : and the "lily white" statesmen who have poured their tales into his ears. It Is as serted positively that tbe president has sent a special ambassador to Wilson In ordf r to get at first bands the s-mtlment toward Vlck. Cs wishes to fi'id out tf people want Earn Tick to be t ie post master, and what the local seitiment Is concerning his cond itt of the office. A shooting aSalr of a very distressing nature occurred at Pikevlile, Wayne county, la which a deaf and dumb negro named Cc'ey was eeriouB'y wounded. The nrjro went to tLe home of Mr. Silas Pile about dajtn :,k on bus!aess and the fruity were not awaU, the cr 3?o had to rr,c e co:; ' t-'Dtiou. r;.. so a i f ' 'r. F r- i t 'i ! ' LeW i ) i' -: a to at A J '; :.a t-y 1 t' rsict at riks, a , L.r. IV - a r3t.'ket ' l t t I ! ,J vV V f c t ! 1 J. T t ) - ) i MERE. MEN. Brlgadter General II. & Hawkins has been detailed as governor of tbe Sol dlers home near Washington. - , Governor Elect Garvin of Rhode Is land Is a graduate of -Amherst college and of the Harvard Medical school. ' w. J.' Vaa Patton, who owns tbe farm Where Ethan Allen lived before the Revolution, has decided to present It to the city of Burlington, Vt to be nscd as a park. - - r . Sir Frederick Treves, the famous sur gcou." sura that he was very lazy as a student.- He never won prtaes; In fact, luAtM tn hla own h never had tae audacity to try for any, Colonel Daniel Stevens of Bristol, R. I., has a collection of 3.000 buttons from armies and navies of many na tions. He began his collection in 18S0 at Nashville, Tenm, and marfy of his buttons are valuable as souvenirs. " Professor Favaro, the Venetian, de clares that the results of his researches into the correspondence of Galilei with his intimate friend, the Venetian patri cian' Sanuto, establishes beyond ques tion, that It was Galilei who Invented the thermometer. George Brikhoff, Jr., who raised con slderajble money In Chicago for the Boer cause, has received from the bauds of a messenger, who brought It all tbe way. from Holland, a neatly framed photograph, taten within a few weeks, of Paul Kruger. Peter De Villa, the discoverer of gold In the Klondike region and ouce fabu lously rich, is now earning a livelihood by nailing, boxes -at the Ben Leinout winery, at Santa Cruz, Cal. He has suit pending for the recovery of one of the richest mines In the Nome region, but bas no means with which to prose cute It - - ; .', FRILLS OF FASHION, There are new evening gloves with silk lacings and Jeweled buttons. New French cheviots are silk dotted and barred in white, red, black or gold en brown. Finely wrought gold and silver cords, gimps and narrow flat galloons will be popular for the winter aeasou. Drop yoke" is the name given to some of the guimpea and yokes added to the tops of the waists of both day and evening gowns, .'. .- Bear fur. is one of tbe fancies of the season, the shaggy pelt accompanying appropriately the tailor costumes of ssibellne, camel's hair, boucle cloth and goods of similar rough surface. : The fur pelerine with long flat scarf ends will . supplement many of the walking costumes of the winter. Some of these wraps are very handsome, es- Declally those of seal and sable, with empire collars and trimmed scarf ends. Paris made tailor skirts of frost gray camel's hair will be worn under long French redlngotes of black velvet or of gray black, sable brown, Russian green or deep Roman red cloth finished with quaintly shaped collars and sleeves. New York Post. : PjN FEATHERS. The laying of unusually large eggs denotes that tbe bens are too fat Where fowls have a good range one rooster to every dozen bens is suffi cient Old geese are the best for batching, while young ones sell for . tha best prices. . Rusty nails In the drinking water la a good remedy lor row is losing tneir feathers. Never lnbreed your flocks. Change cocks every year, and always get pure bred birds. Keep some of tbe largest turkey bens for breeders. Select those with broad backs and good breasts. Ducks and geese may be fattened quickly on boiled turnips, potatoes and carrots, thickened with cornmeal, con fining tbe fowls in close quarters. RAILWAY TIES. Sweden bas decided to operate by electricity the 2,200 miles of railway which she owns. Tbe electricity will be generated by water power, which la abundant in that mountainous country. For the sole use of honeymoon cou ples one of the Russian railway com panies has built a special Pullman car. containing luxuriously n'tted dining, smoking, sitting and sleeping coninait- mcnts. The "P.ilKon pollur express. ag it is c;iiieu. on tue Morristowu luancli tif tbe Lackawanna liiihuad. is nie of the finest puIhii-Ikiii tr.'ii;;s iu the worl.i. l! rives its name from Use Lrge n.i;niM-: riiiiiioiKi iii'D lliat'i-iJe ou it. tikln; a r!j Liking a m it i a lie iT"n.f i n I :'. singles and Jests. ' 3h WM Nt Vftlt. . "They tell m that you r vain." ' ' satd; -"' "' ; .-" His vo!c was soft and lorr. ' ' I Khoold b saiTy. desr, to learn 1 Tht ihts was really so." hs She tossed bar head. " 'Tls aot my fault. .... ) She cried, "That Is quits clear. You know. I only see mysalf As others se me, dear." - -New Tork Tlmea , - Laoarsms DvAcleat. ..' Cholly Softbraue Ya-aa, I cawn make meself uudehstood In Fwench, dontcberknow. Beryl Bluestockholme Really! The English language Is awfully deficient Isn't ItT Town Topics. With Ood ReasoB. She Now that we are to be married we must begin to save. Promise me you will do nothing you cannot afford. He But In that case I would have to break off the engagement New York Life. ' 1 The Secret f It! To be up with the lark Is quite taslly done; More easy the more . fellow refrains from going out upon - one Tha evening before. : - -Philadelphia Press. Ttaer Had tba Fma. Dicer They tell me Fred bas playing the races. . . been ; Knlckleby He thought be was. but it turned out that the fellows at tbe races were working Fred. Boston , Tran script . f' , ,, 4 , " A Paradox. ' m ' ; I'll flee from tny besetting sin: I'll bar my houaa about; . Then, when my sin comes knocking , there. "My sin will find ins out)" ' v ' 'V , , Llpplncott's Magailna. Oettlaa; Hla. Clarence looks happy since his rich uncle died and didn't leave him a cent. "Yes. Tbe lawyer for the estate has promised him half If he'll contest the win." - Age's Retrospect. "When I u a boy," young- men begin In apeaklng of youthful joys. ,. But old men,' spinning ttMis yarns.' start in, ' . "When I was one of the boys." ..... Denver Nawa' An Expert Opinion. .: "Biraler says that if a man's heart Isn't in his business an'd bis liver ail right he can't succeed.". : "Binder ought to know. He used to be a butcher." Cleveland Putin leal f . ,i ' . ,, . Jnat Think f ttl If men were all. say,' sis feet tall And treea were only two. !- 1 don't see how tha men could climb The trees at all, do you? v BaUimore Newa Literally to. . Editor was Longwynues sermon exhaustive? ' , Keporter KxiiaustlveY You never saw an audience so nearly worn out in your life. Los Angeles Herald. An luoomprebonalbillty. White folks la so foolish . Dry worries me a heap; 'SiRta on eatln' turkey ( When poasum'a Jes' as cheap. , , Washington Star. : Alwnya the War Jaggles Are these relatives of yours near or distant? Waggles The ones who have any money nre very distant New York Times. , 1o Exeaaa. December soon will paaa away; , A few mora months, and then 'tla May. Bo wherefore sigh or shed a tear -Since love and roaea are so near? Washington Star. . Between Friend. Clara Charlie complimented my complexion last night Maude Sort of a powder puff, eh? San Francisco Chronicle. Hla HarTcat. He's old; no longer people bow; -He's haggard, wan and nedy; In youtt he "sowed hla wild oats;" now In age ht'a looking "spfdy." " Baltimore Herald. One Thing; Lneklna;. Maude Wliieu would you rather be. rich or bai'.dsome? Clara Well, I'd like to be rich also. New York Journal. Which He t i!d his tale of love to her; Another tale that burned With uve he nt the nlicor; Ont jnly was returned. Hu:":'aIo Newa. A t ni.-ieric-al tliunste. "I se fts. Jhii have iven rp jour o!J quart fnun 1 I.ei'er. a I r La! -I'L. ' f i v h ' i t . ,i . 1 1 S ' ' 1 i : I "I ! -1 ! r CHOICE MISCluLLANY The Lost Sixteenth of Second. If one grain of sand oh the rhore of the, ocean were lost and scientists were to npeiid Seats tn trying to find It, tbey would be atttnpt:i:g a task resembling that to whlc leading astrunomcrs f England and France are now dsrotlug themselves. One-sixtetuth of n secoud is missing, and no one can tell where It has gone. Between the sun's time as recorded at Greenwich and as un derstood at Paris there Is that brief and seemingly unimportant discrep ancy, No expense Is being spared- to trace the missing fraction. A special building baa been erected at : Paris, costly Instruments Installed, a corps of mathematicians engaged and a process that may take years to complete has been commenced. The Inaccuracy Is more Important than will appear to the lay mind, ..Longitude Is calculated oni the basis of Greenwich time It de termines the boundaries of many coun tries. A slight variation of time may change the nationality of thousands of people. The pursuit of the ; missing fraction of a second la therefore of worldwide Importance. We shall all be much relieved when It bas been found, for then not a grain of the sands of time will be missing. Toronto , Mail and Empire. . . . . ." . j. ' ' Tribn of Eaktaaaa Ponna. .The remnant of a remarkable and hitherto lost tribe of Eskimos has re cently been discovered on Southampton Island, at the extreme north end of Hudson bay, It Is said that until rev cmtly these people have never had an opportunity ' of ; seeing a white man. Their but are built of the great Jaws of whales, covered with skins. In the middle is an elevation, on which la a stone lamp used for lighting, heating, cooking, : melting snow and drying clothes.' The lamp Is only a dish of whale oil, to which is a wick of dry moss. Indeed tbe whale Is the chief means by which these people live, the bones being utilized for making plates. cups and sledges, bat they also use sledges of walrus tusks, with deer an tiers for crosspieces. Tbe tribe la al most extinct, as only some sixteen are left. They speak a, dialect peculiar to inemseivea ana are very oaring nunc ' ' A Tender Hearted Ctrl. Softer than swansdown was her heart more tender than spring tint la the sky. She could not bear to give pain to any living thing. As they, walked through the woods such was his love that he, went first and brushed away the spider vrebs with his face. All about them lay the beauties . nature and the habitations of civiliza tion. - See!" be cried, pointing to a forest giant "Seer And on It she saw a graven heart with their names cut Inside it. "Oh, cruel, cruel: she wept. "Our engagement Is broken. I would not marry a monster who thus Inflicts pain on"- "What!" he cried. "What nave 1 done that is so. cruel?" , . , "You have cut a live oak tree!" Ralnmaklngr Caaaeu. Storm cannons are very common hi Italy now along the southern slopes of the Alps, where damage from ' ball storms during harvest time is always Imminent, says the -Argonaut They are tbe Invention of a .Padua firm. They look like a huge megaphone, and they are set, with their wide mouth gaping skyward, beside little bouses that look like sentry boxes. When tbey are fired, tbey boom like "sure enough" cannons, but instead of a bull or shell or other similar projectile they emit a ring of smoke which grows larger and larger as It ascends until at last be fore It breaks It Is big enough to sur round a ten acre field. Instead of hall only rain falls when the guns are used. and damage to crops is prevented. - Blankety-Bla.uk Verse, Now a man saw a Marvelous Cnve That was nearly aa big as a Mountuln, But when he Got Closer he saw that It was A large Hippopotamus Smll!n.?. And he said, "I must Knn alont Fome!" naimore News. Aa He Understood It. Physician You should try cereal food for breakfast. ratient I've tried it Car years, doc tor. I take a little oll rye every morn ing. Ohio State Journal. All Right Anyway. Mary's pi pa has n goat; He found It ;n the gutter. Though pop Is ofn out of bread. He alwuya has the butter. Indianapo'.H Sun. Rnled he a U'onin. Jajrples Fo he's ruled ly a wotnnn. I never thought his wife "was that kind. Wnjr-'es S'.ie Isn't It's the cook. Town Tcj U s. ' Cue DUn-joency. The v'.n-i w:!l awerp b!tr MM. 1 v i iir.pn n -roiH hi1!. Misdirected HntL The poetofflce department has pre pared a set of : statistics, says the Springfield Republican," which amount to an Indictment against every fourth person in the country for misdirecting mail. The department bandied 19,934, , 437 pieces of mail bast year which were wrongly or imperfectly directed. ' Near ly 10,000,000 of these were either for warded with correct addresses or re turned to 1 the sender. The money taken from the letters that found theii way to the dead letter office and fot which no owners could be found, to gether with the amount realized from tbe auction sale of unclaimed article accumulated In the office, aggregated' $18.45a83. - " "T.p...- the Telephone. . In Stockholm almost every house holder' la "on the telephone," and prac tically every kind of business hi dis cussed by means of the Instrument This fact has been turned to account by the police authorities tn a curloui way. The creditors of a business man who had serious doubts of bis Integri ty employed a detective to obtain In formation about him. The detect! v tapped" the telephone wire from bouse at which the suspect was stay ing and overheard many private con venations. The action of tbe detective, however, aroused considerable lndigna tlon among the community. The Ceeteraanarer. , The coster monger has found an apol oglst In the London Lancet It is hli business to watch tbe markets and to buy extensively when there is a glut and to distribute the purchases as quickly as possible. , He thus prevents the wholesale destruction of perishable goods, and be also discoui ugen tbe In clination of small shopkeepers to make extortionate charges. , Family Frnattnea. Sister Susan Do we dine with you Christmas, Rebecca? Sister Rebecca Oh, no, Susan. Don't you remember? It's your turn to have us. Detroit Free Press. Tha Nnw Girl, 'Be mine," he cried In loving tona. ' ' The new girl said: "Nayj nay, ; But I'll take you to be my own. ' , . , i : - You dear boy, nan-.rf the day." j -New Tork Times. . To Start tha Incineration. Mrs. ' Weddem You had better not treat Mr. Seeker so cavalierly.' He bas money to burn. , Miss Flypp Then I'm hla match. New York Life. Canally tha Way. "Did they make much money nt tue fancy fair?" v. "Yes, indeed, and all because the prices were so unfair." Philadelphia Bulletin. Fickle Fnnte. ' Oh, fame's a fair and fickle thing, Though Btlll ita atnlle'a entrancing, Yet ha that makes a fiddle alng May set a world to dancing! Atlanta Conatltutlon. Partlcwlarn Desired. . Biggs Say, can 1 sell you a good horse? DIggs Don't know, what ' is the matter with : the animal? Chicago News. Why Christmas Is spelt X-mas .Is plain as plain can be lt takes a moss of X's ; To fill tha X-tnaa tree. Llpplncott's Magasln. Tha Keot ef the Matter. Pat An' so yez sbtruck for siiortet hours? Mike Yls. We want each nun t consist av for-rty minutes, b..viTy:.-. Puck. In tha Coarse of Time. I'm going to be a millionaire; , ' My money .shall hoard it. I'll be a great reformer then. ; v '' Because I can aftord It. Washington Star. Way Down.' "She married beneath her. didn she?- "Yesj I believe some two or" thref millions beneath her." New Yorker. Hla Epitaph. Here Hea a maker of mirrors; His loss, bow we deplore It! He spent hla daya behind the glass, While you spend youra before it. Chicago Tribune. P;n In Teheran. y'liineioux ofti-ial pej-sonages In Te heraa have riH-vntly fallen victim to )iiis;-ti It Ik Iwlleved some secret soci ety Im at work. Tbe drinking water has been ioisoned.' lint In most Instances tlie poison lias been -onre,red In the sweets that every one eats so freely In Persia. .; . Boand In Gold. In the Jewel bouse of the Tower of IxmJort there Is n book hound through out in polil. even to the win's of the hinges. Its t-lasp is two rnliies set at 0'iKsite ends of four t'oltlen l!nks. First Woman Trlrsrtpbrr, Tbe first woman tele-jraphie opemtor warn Sarah C. r.a!-y cf Lo.ve!l. Xia. THE HOLY CHILU. ' Hiillips Brooks. ' . , A f ; O, little town of BethMi-m, How still ws see thee llef ; Above thy deep and dreanileesaWp k - The silent stars go by ; Yet In the dark street Burnetii , The everlasting light; . Th hopes and fears of all thy year " Are m-!t tn the tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, " And gathered all above, ' While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch o! wandering love; O morning stars, together - Proclaim tU boly blrthl And praise sing to God, the King, - And peace to men on earth. How silently, how silently, ' The wondrous gift ts given! . Sr God Imparts to hnmao hearts The blessing of hla heaven; No ear may hear His coming, . But la tbla world of sin, , Where meek souls will receive Him still, The dear Christ enters In. O holy child of Bethlehem! Descend to us, we pray; Cast but our sin, and enter In, Be born In ns today. We bear the Christmas angels The great, glal tidings tell; O, come to us, abide with ns, Oar Lord Emmanuel. " Roral Deliveries for Crave and Jo a CMtntlaa, u, Congressman Charles R. Thomas says that tbe Craven and Jones counties rural f'ee delivery routes have been ordered to go Into effect Feb.. 1st, 1903. t'i- t. The location ottheCravencounty rural free delivery routes are; ' From Newbern via Bellalr, Lima, Jas per and back to Newbern. From Cove to Core Creek road, and dp wn the Nsuse road, through by Per fection, and back to Cove, v Two routes from Vance bo ro. In Jones county, one route out from Mavsvllle, and one route out from Tren ton. ' 4 '''' ' .r . . Flreat liickory. , t Hickory, N, C: Dec. 23.-Hickory was visited this morning by the most dlsae , trous fire la its history. In a very short time 135,000 worth of propay went op in flames and smoke. V ..; ' The firs wasldlacovsred about 3 o'clockr In the Elliott opera bouse, a large three- story building. Tbe flames spread ao rapidly rMt by tha time the crowd gathered for work It was In, complete Usootrol of tbe building and defied control. It rapidly spread to the brick structure of J. S. Seltser A Sons and on the otoar side seized two wooden stores. Heat, glare and smoke made work difficult. The damage la estimated at ? 50,000, with 20,000 Insurance. The origin of tbe fire is attributed by some to an Ia- eendtary, while others claim that It due to fire crackers. JINGLES AND JESTS. ''..'-.-"v i i;-''-" 4 '. : ;.- la It If - I Where is the man who has not said At evening, when be went to bed. , , " "I'll waken with the crowing cock ' ' And get to work by six o'clock?" Where la the man who. rather late. Crawls out of be! at lis f paBt e sht. That haa not thcuirlit, with fond regard. "It's better not to work too hard !" . . LlppUicptt's Magaslne : Exception to th Rnle. "Them two dudes," the girl at the music, counter remarked, "is trying to get i;ie to look at 'era." ; ; ':ieres your grammar? auid lUe girl tit the book counter. ."'Two dudes Is plural." ' , - . '1 guess not!" contemptuously re joined the other. "It takes more thaa two of them fellows to make a plural." Chicago Tribune, ' Originality. What is there original .about Hint uoveliKt's work"" Well." answered the publisher, "the plot Isn t novel, and the treatment l:,::'t unumiaL Lut the advert sements are all our own." Washington Star. ) Then sail Now. . Once, long ato. 'twas her delight To dresi up In a handsome gown. But now. when he's out late at night. Bhe likes to dre.is her hubby down. Chicago News. Laslla; Literature. Author My book, sir. will be In ex istence long after you are forgotteu. Critic Yes, I should say that It is likely to escape the wear and tear of excessive reading. Boston Transcript. If you ffel 111 a!.! nee 1 a " h nt p'ir ' t e t IV.Vitt's 11 r!v I ' Arv I ' e i -, 'I a t..;,-e t v i! i ' r -I L a 1 i T ' ' '! 1 I It O' t v " 1. , I V :