The Daily Free Press.
KINSTO.N, N. C.
XlNSTON
Publish i N( j Co.
OW.VEK,
Baayad si tha FoMoffk M Moond cUm mattar
Hint RooMTfll baa gotten rid of tbr
Vsnesuslan qoeation 1m ca proceed to
tody tbs Wilson postmasUrsbip.
What wm supposed to baths largest
dog la tba world dlsd In Butland, Tsr
ont, fcw days ao. !! wastsnysars
old, thrss fast high tnd wlgbd 914
poinds.
It It Mid that 9,000 Bosrs ars prepar
ing to' migrate to America and will
aettla la Colorado, NswMsxlcoandTsxas.
This will help to boost the population ol
Raw Mexico, and probably tba territory
will get tba recognition for statehood it
has so long sought.
Bo rile people are atll! discussing whether
CJsveland in 1894 or Bryan In 189 lost
the most votes to Democracy. Let ns
sat onr faces to the future and quit look
ing mournfully Into the past The Dem
ocracy In 1004 will not seriously think
of selecting either as the leader. -r-News-Obssrv'sr.
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THE IDEALOGUES AND THE
, NAPOLEONIC TEMPER
By Hon. JOHN M0RLEY. British Statesman
and Historian
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Tba inventive genfus In w hlch ths A mer
kaa leads all other people still holds lta
own. The present year has been a re
cord breaker, the number of patents
granted exceeding that of any previous
year. Of ths patents issueu vvw were to
residents of England and 843 to residents
of Germany.
APOLEON, WHOSE NAME I NEVER MEN
TION WITH ADMIRATION, HAD ; i
GREAT CONTEMFT TOR PEOPLE WHOM
HE CALLED "IDEALOGUES." ?i
AN IOEALOGUE, A DOCTRINAIRE, It A MAN,
WHO BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A RELATION
BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT AND THAT
THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG,
Whenever a Napoleonic temper arises in a country, in a parlia
ment, in a cabinet, the idealogue goes down. He is despised as th
dupe of his own abstractions and of hollow sentiments. Yes, but
I cannot but remember that the scene shifts and .that THE
TIME CAME WHEN NAPOLEON'S IDEALOGUES WERE
AVENGED, WHEN ST. HELENA' DISCLOSED THAT
AFTER ALL IT WAS NOT THEY WHO HAD BEEN
TILE DUPES, BUT TILE GIANT WITH THE SWORD
that it was not they, but the conqueror with his scourge, who had:
been the victim of his own chimeras and hallucinations. .
WHEN WE THINK OF THOSE THINGS, WE WHO
FOLLOW PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS WITH A CLOSE
LY ACCURATE ATTENTION TO THE FACTS MAY BE
OF GOOD CHEER. i .
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BOXING DAY
STATE PRB88.
Dnrbam Herald: After it has pro
vlded the amounts neoeeeary for our
State Institutions we suppose that no
one will object if the legislature can make
n appropriation for the St. Louis ex
" position. But these things corns first
North Carolina Baptist: The ' late
trains Just now are sight, or more
accurately speaking, ths folks wait
Northern are a sight Tbey are bettor
than no trains, bat many things that
are bstter than nothing can be Improved
on easily, ; Ths increased recelptscomlng
with inert ased travel and traffic calls
for increased facilities on the part of the
roads in handling thsir businsss ss
peclally , the express. To be surs ths
present force, with the pressnt facilities,
are over worked, but Increased force and
batter handling facilities ars necessary
for tba public's saks. Don't you think
so, gentlemen of the railroad cammls
ton? , .
Kalelgh Post: There is beginning to
be mora and mora peculation now over
the senatorshlp. Tba candidates sow
la ths field ars Locke Craig, of Bun-
combs; Lea 8. Overman, of Rowan; C
B. Watson, of Forsyth; J. 8. Carr, of
Durham; 8. B. Alexander, Mecklenburg,
and Judge W. A. Hoke, t of i Lincoln,
There are all kinds of reports afloat
-about dark horses coming in and in
these rumors one frequently hear Mr.
James H. Pon mentioned by soma of his
many admirers.) The most astute poll-
: ticiansars of the opinion, It seems, that
the senatorshlp Is not anyj candidate's
cinch' by a long shot. Tbs speakership
In the house is not discussed so much as
the senatorshlp. The candidates , are
W. C. Newland, S. M. Oattls, E. S. Able
and Geo. I.. Morton, while other names
are often mentioned.
COLOSSAL FORTUNES THE CURSE "
AND THREAT OF OUR TIME,
By Right Rev. ALEXANDER MACKEY-SMITH. Bishop Coadjutor Of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
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' ' Ooud Eaoaarh For m lieaif. y
A droll little story Is told of Mr. V.
8. Gilbert, lie put up his' horse one
day at a small country Inn. on the
signboard of which was paluted cou
plcnously the notice, "Entertainment
For Man and Beast J When hie lunch
was brought, he looked dissatlslled
and surprised the waiter by saying,
"This Is all very well so far, but where
is the entertainment tor the man?'
Loudon Tit-Bits.
HREE conditions make dangerous an untaught man
in our time if he is simply the product of a material
civilization and nothing ijnore.
THESE THREE ARE nCREA8ED INFORMATION
THROUGH , A CHEAP PRE8S WHICH FLOODS HIM
EVERY DAY WITH' HALF "TRUTHS AND FALSE HIS
TORY; increased power through the tendency of all
INSTITUTIONS TOWARD DEMOCRACY; INCREASED COMFORT,
THROUGH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND CHEAP MANUFACTURES,
WHICH GIVES HIM THE TASTE FOR AND KEEPS HIM ALWAYS
LONGING' AFTER SOME LUXURY JUST BEYOND HIS REACH.
Y last oi all, wnat xs material civilization aoing zor tne weaxinv
and educated t SHE IS ALWAYS TENDING TO INCREASE
.WEALTH, BUT HAS YET NO REMEDY TOR THOSE
COLOSSAL FORTUNES WHICH ARE THE CURSE AND
THREAT OF OUR TIME. She separates classes making one
fastidious and another envious. , , -
' ' She is the Cleopatra calling on Antony to leave, his' Roman
.virtues and their Sabine tasks' and worship at the throne of mere
beauty and comfort. This is the terrible indictment of material
civilization as the word is generally used. x
' aeaiethlaa! Harder. -
Auntie (flndiK Jackie sobbing In a
corner) Why, Jackie, whet has hap
pened tof make you feel so bad this
morning?
Jackie M-ma m-issed soma Jelly.
Auntie Ho, ho! I see. And her sus
picions fell on you, eh 7
, Jackie No, auntie; It was her slip
per. Boston Courier. -
Reginald." she said to a wealthy
young dandy who had been paying bis
attentions to her, "I would like to ask
you one very serious question."
"Wbat Is It, my dear? be replied.
"Would you object to marrying mam
ma if I refused you? You see, we real
ly don't want to lose you."
'Mother (who had been out for the
day) Tommy, did you take that medi
cine that I told you to when I was
away? .7
Tommy NJ, ma. Willie Jones came
In, and be liked it so 1 exchanged It
with him for a sour apple. Punch.
Instead of being put to ordinary Jail
tisks long sentence prisoner at IIo
Isrt, Tasmania, are employed In the lo
cal botanical gsirdena.
Ai Odd Cnmiomk.
s !;i Jaj-iin are counted two
' 1 t' fiit Nov? Year's day aft-
THE STATE SHOULD EIGHT
' THE GREAT WHITE TERROR
By Dr. HERMAN M. BICCS. Bacterlolotlst of the New York
Health Department .
(HERE are at present in New York city 30,000 cases
of tuberculosis in a stage of the disease in which it
could be easily vanquished by a competent physician.
THE STATE IS ANNUALLY SPENDING MANY
MILLIONS FOR THE CARE OF THE INSANE, AND
WHILE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR
HUMANITARIAN .REASONS I HAVE NO HESITATION IN SAYING
THAT FAR GREATER RETURNS WOULD BE OBTAINED FROM
THE EXPENDITURE OF ONE-FOURTH THE AMOUNT." ON THE
PREVENTION AND CURE OF TUBERCULOSIS.
' I have no doubt that measures first begun in a small way in
this city fifteen years ago have resulted in saving the lives of 20,000
or 30,000 inhabitants.
If all discharges . and expectorations of tubercular persona were
destroyed at the time of exit from the body, practically the only
danger of communication of the disease from man to man would
be removed. ; - ' 1
- The frequent occurrence of several cases of pulmonary tubercu
losis in a family is to be explained not on the supposition that the
disease itself has been inherited, as this is of exceedingly trare occur
rence, but that it has been produced after birth by direct transmis
sion from some affected individual. The house which has been
occupied by consumptives may have been infected, and if parents
are affected their relations with their children are favorable for the
transmission by direct contact. . V - '
Professional Women Should Not Wed
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By ZEUr DC LUSSAN, the Famous Diva
idea of woman's sphere is that she should shine in the
home and should be a conservatory of beautiful flowers,
giving forth fragrance of thought and act to her husband
and children. WHEN WOMAN GOES INTO BUSINESS
COMPETITION WITH MAN, SHE LOSES HER DOMES
TIC FINISH, AS IT WERE, AND SHE IS APT TO BE
COME SHREWD, CALCULATING AND DEVOID OF SEN
TIMENT. THE PROFESSIONAL WOMAN THAT IS, THE SINGER Crt AC
TRESS SHOULD NOT BE MARRIED.
Matrimony ties her down, it causes pettv, tirr--r. 2 and dan
gerous jealousies,
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ae woman usuallr a-Iva
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Special Correspondence.
London. Dec. 17. An Americau In
England at Chrintmastlde learns much
that he did not know before.'1 For in
stance, aa Dec. 25 approaches he bears
frequent reference to "boxing day,
It Is as much of a British institution
as Guy Fawkes day. The English
have no Fourth of July or Washing'
ton's birthday or Thanksgiving, which
somehow makes so American pity
them for being ao poor in uationul his
toric holidays. ; , ' ,
But when boxing day comes and
goes the America ti begtus to think be
is the poor , one. At flrst he wonders
wheu boxing day Is. He : Is told It
is the day after Christmas. : "Do the
British then always bare atbh'tic
games Dec. Hi, rain or shine?" be bbUh
"Oh. no." be is told. "The name lus
reference to an old English custom,"
If you are an American In an Euk
lisb town on ChriHtmas day and If yon
have been lodging In one bouse tlmv
or four weeks, you naturally give pres
ents money gifts are generally mot
welcome in quarters where you fivl
it Is expected of you. You are In no
doubt as to this either, for you feel it
In the atmoHphete. Maybe your land
lady has taken a kindly liking to you
Eugliah landladies are often maligned,
The night before Christmas the kindly
landlady perhaps tells you she is go
ing to "put the 'all aud drawin' room
lights out early."
"Some of the church choir people is
goln around singln' Christmas carols,
and If they see a light they'll stand
there and sing and expect you to give
them money for the poor of the church,
They go fom 'ou8e to 'ouse slngin' that
way."' - . -. '
"So the singing of .Christmas carols is
a begging enterprise for charity, too, is
it?" you say to yourself, and you also
extinguish ; .seasonably . your candles,
gas or lamp, as the case may be. The
carolers j cotue toward midnight and
warble sweetly to a darkened, silent
houses .v.Nobody is at home, apparently
Next - day, Christmas, : you bestow
your presents on the just and the an
just, so far as you , think you should.
and consider your duty done. You are
in happy ignorance of what awaits you
on boxing day. v Early Dec. 20 taps be
gin on your door. : jA- -- -r"i
"It's boxln' : day' says the maid.
"The milk boy wants to be reniem
bered." Another tap! the maid again.
"It's boxln' day, the "bread boy wants
sixpence."
You stare, puzzled. Never have you
set eyes, mortal or astral, on either mill
boy or bread boy. They deliver their
goods to the maid In the basement hail:
their employer pays them, or Is sup
posed to pay them,' for doing it. They
are no more to you than the pebbles by
the sounding sea, yet here tbey are.
and the butter and egg boy, the paper
boy and the laundress join the Impor
tunate procession, too, all demanding
boxing day backsheesh. You find out
thoroughly then what boxing day Is.
and you never forget. It seems to an
American in England on Dec. 26' that
the wage earning portion of Great Brit
ain la that day transformed into a na
tion of beggars.
But wby call It boxing day? Well.
you will be surprised. In the lost ages
of antiquity, when coined money was
not plentiful, it was the custom for the
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aa tav4dt aw ward awrapradaas lba (aid. , " '
J. E. LATHAM S CO.,
New Bern, Kinstdn, Goldsboro.
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THE BOXINO DAT rROCHSSIOIT.
rich to fling next day the leavings of
their Christmas feastings to their Infe
riors. Their Inferiors went about from
door to door collecting these donations
In actual boxes.
If you do not give money to the im-
portunates wbo are after you on box
ing day, tbeir service for awhile
thereafter is apt to be as poor and
grudging as they can make it Tbey
feel that you are a stingy curmudKet ::.
and they do their best, or worst. Ui
make you feel it too. The only ex
cuse for this unpleasant system of
Christmas tes-Try is tlie pitiably low
pay most of these poor people get.
One man more! Perhaps the landla
dy h-rrself taps next at your dxr and
pi's you the lodirrs are giving sotuc-
thins to the pnMtitan. 1011 pay t!u. :.
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large stock of Stationery of every
description. In fact so large that it
must be partly disposed of. and to do
this, we will " do all classes of
printing for the next 30 days at
prices before unheard of. The
price will be made so low. that it will
pay,' you to buy nov, even if the
Stationery is net needed riht
away. The Frc? Press lies the L:st
equipped pbnt I a the Eastern pr.it
of the State r :.J artistic printers.
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