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$ Washington Yarns and Incidents t .:" Special Correspondence.) Washington, Jan. 2a Senator Per kins of California, who was recently re-elected to another term In the upper branch of congress, used to be fond of playing the role of Huroun-al-Raschid, and many are the stories told of uls experiences in the mining camps of the ' Pacific coast, where be "grub staked' more than one struggling fellow less . fortunate and successful than himself. He knew how It was himself to strug gle with adverse fate. When he laud ed on the Faclflc coast, forty or fifty years ago, a poor, sailor boy, he had lit tle except what nature bad eudowed him with strong, willing hands, a clear and active brain nud a determina tion to win success and fortune. With these he surmounted every obstacle and is now not only a rich man, but a useful and hon ored citizen, so he looks witfc - kindly sympa thy, which fre quently takes more substan tial form than mere sentiment, upon his fel lows who are buffeting the misfortunes ot the world In an honest effort to , win success. . On bis first trip to Wash Ington aftef be ing appointed by the govern or of California to fill a senate- rial vacancy Senator ' P e i- 1Doi,KifowPERiHS?". Mna went for ward Into the sleeping car, mingling with the red shirt ed miners and swap ping jams and tobacco with them. One big fellow became quite enthusiastic in praise of "that fellow Perkins" who bad just been appointed to the United States senate. He praised blm lnordl- nately. and tbe new senator's curiosity was aroused to know the reason pr the miner's enthusiasm. . Tbe latter ex plained that Perkins bad once kept a small store and used to grub stake him with bacon and coffee. "Do I know Perkins?" continued the mfnefexuberantly, "yell, 1 should aay! rwould know Perkins in hades!" "!And Senator- Perkins went into, the sleeping car without revealing his Iden tity. ; , ' The constitutional objection which some men have to the wearing of "evening clothes" was Illustrated here recent ly. A western- congress No "Swallow- tail Harness" man had a constituent1 visiting him at bis home. This constituent -v is a very worthy man and an influential citizen In bis com . munlty, but is quite dlsregardful of the conventionalities of society. .The con gressman wanted to take him to tbe president's recent reception to the dip " lomatio corps, which, as everybody knows. Is one of the 'smartest" func tions of the capital. The visitor asked , what he ought to wear, and tbe host replied that an evening suit was the ,; proper raiment for such an occasion. ' "What," said the visitor, "one of them swallowtalled harness?" Tbe host allowed that that waa about the size of It "Well, I Just won't do it," said tbe ' visitor from the west v Nobody will know me, and I dont care. I am like an oia sea captain mai l ituew uuwu ' east He said be always ate In bis shirt sleeves at borne because every , body knew him and he didn't care, and he did likewise when abroad because nobody knew hhn and be didn't care." a J a. m - Commissioner General Sargent of the immigration bureau is in the possession of tbe advertisement of an energetic Italian to New Tork which would seem to Jndicate that Italians In this country may have their friends An Immigration Speak Easy landed at Ellis Island despite the immi gration laws and they may also secure the finest brands of liquors at prices that defy competition.' 1 , The commissioner has the advertise ment" before him at tbe present time in both Italian and English. There is one paragraph in it over which he grits his teeth and vows vengeance. Still anoth er statement of the ability of its au thor to perform wonderful feata may be referred to the revenue officers, that pertaining to tbe fine wines and liquors. How the Italians of the country are taken into the' confidence of this' effi cient agent may be seen by the word ing of his circular.: The -continuous sending of money to Italy, which I do by postal and telegraph lo' orders, which I do with loving- and brotherly car for clients, and the irre proachable rvice which I place at the disposal of passengers have now assured me such a reputation that I desire to civs still mora attention to the affairs ot oth ers. To that end I have established a special service at the place of landing ta New Tore by means ot which, notwith standing the vigorous lawa in force, I as- pui ins janumis v& uij iiowhbw a tit w fore all those that wish their relatives or friends to coma to America should ad dress or come to me, and they will be as sisted with affection and teal. There is a postscript 'to the advertise ment which adds zest to the business of landing Italians. It reads: N. B. In the saloon annexed to my of fice there is a larire assortment of Italian n3 homemade ir.es !.' !i I have for tale at a lower irice than any other com I '."rc!j c've. Commissioner Sargent refuses to re veal the name of the enterprising Ital ian until be has hud an opportunity to get a report from his special agents who are now on bis trail. Senator Nelson and Representative Eddy of Minnesota were tbe recipient of a fine haunch ef T venison the other day Kelson ana1 from friends at borne. Although it Is against the law to take venison out of the state at this season of the year, the the Contraband Venison Minnesota statesmen bad It cooked In tbe senate restaurant and Invited their friends to a good old western venison dinner. Then all went down Into Sena tor Nelson's committee room and sat before an open wood fire smoking pipes and 'telling stories of early Minnesota days. The next day the unj-rotef ul i col leagues of the two statesmen started the story that they had violated the game laws. They threatened to send it broadcast through the state to make all kinds of trouble for their hosts. "I plead sanctuary," said Senator Nelson. "The venison was cooked on government reservation. Moreover, if you tell on us I will call you ungrate ful and quote the paragraph from the Bible about the seneut'8 tooth, and that will fix you. all right." General Shattuc and "Doc' Norton, representatives respectively from the First and Thirteenth districts of Ohio, are both short, stout and -s Alphonae and GsLston very fastidious in dress, though with this differ- $ ence Shattuc is partial to gorgeous waistcoats, while Norton affects the statesmanlike frock coat. The other day tbey met In the main aisle of the bouse in front of tbe speak er's desk and saluted each other with a deep bow. "Ah, my dear Alphonse," said Dr. Norton, "I observe that you have no posy today. Permit me," wherewith he took from his own lappel a blushing carnation and with another sweeping bow presented it "Ah, my dear Gaston," said the gen eral, "I thank you," bowing as low as bis rotund figure would permit and pin nlng the flower to the lapel of his own coat Then, arm In arm, tbey stalked out of the door : nearest the bouse restaurant amid the general clapping of hands of their colleagues who bad witnessed tbe Incident v-' Representative Pordney of Michigan, who, by the way, is one of the best sto ry tellers of tbe house, was once called as a lunger expert In '-a lawsuit fat SaglnaV. Tbe trial turned on flie question whether mer As to Meirckanta- I1 Lawyers chantable lumber bad been furnished as provided in a contract The lawyer on the opposing aide was a very vocif erous man, who shouted when be talked and who was also much given to pounding the table with bis fists. "What do yon regard as merchant able lumber?" this attorney asked the present representative on the cross ex amination. : "Why, lumber that can be sold at a profit" replied th wise Fordney. , j The lawyer pounded on the table, en gaged in more loud talk and finally went at Mr. Fordney again. "What would you regard as mer chantable cotton?" . . ' "I don't know anything about cot ton." "Ah, you don't, do you? Well, what about merchantable pumpkins?" "Never raised pumpkins. I am a lum berman." - Well, witness, what would you say about slabs and culls? 'Are tbey mer chantable lumber?" 'They are the products of the mills." "AW" ; yelled . the lawyer . again. "Please tell us, witness, whether you have any ideas about any kind of mer chantable articles." - "Yes," responded ' the redoubtable iWdney. Take a lawyer, for Instance, who tries hla case with bis brains.. I ; would call him a merchantable lawyer, but one who tries his case with bis mouth and bia hands I would call a nll." That ended tbe cross examination. Senator Bate of Tennessee, who is a type of the old time southerner, baa lived for a sener- l (hat has been tbe I resort for half a ceqtury of states men from Dixie Land. Genera! Bate la decided ly set in his ways and some what exacting. Healways Insist' on having th same place atthi dining tables am nses a certal. chair in the lob-' by. which the regular guests of the hotel regard as his particular lounging place. Hz walked oveb To He resents the the iouno mas. occupation of this chair by any one else, and on entering the hotel tne other day was disgusted to find his favorite seat filled by a young man. Tbe senator shot an Indig nant glance at the occupant; but that laving no effect, b? walked over to the t young man and su.d: . "t say, get ud out of that chair. Don't you know It belongs to General BateT' The yonr.g man made a harty retreat, and since then the chnir has been held sacred for the Tennessee statesman. SAMUEL HUBBARD. ! In the South . American Dutch Colony t Special Correspondence.! Paramaribo, Surinam. Jan. 5. In 1595 Walter Raleigh, knight poet, explorer and enthusiast, landed on the north east coast of South America and jour neyed many weeks through the land of Guiana, called after the name of a great Indian tribe In that region. There were many hundred thousands of these fine natives then. Now in the land of Guiana, British. Dutch and French, there are no more than 25,000 all told. Brave and gallant Sir Walter sailed up the rivers of this great Guiana to find the laud where perfect happiness and all plenty are to be bad without work ing for them. Mankind Is wiser now and knows that no such El Dorado ex ists this side of Jerusalem the Golden. and even that has to be enrned. Sir Walter rfaleigb and his fearless crew found swamps, mountain tor rents, sakes, venomous insects by the million, malaria and a jungle that only a snake or mosquito could penetrate, but not El Dorado, never El Dorado. Broken in health by the hardships of their quest, they gave It up and re turned to England. Fifty-seven years later the English made a settlement in this Guiana territory. They called their coloney Surreyham, shortened soon to Surinam, and that is the official name today of the colony planted by the English, traded by them to tbe Nether lands for the colony in North America which is now the state of New York, taken back again, swapped to the Ba tavlan republic In 1802, captured once more by the English and by them held till 1816, when they gave it over pernio nently to the Dutch. - Meantime tbe Dutch bad introduced African slavery. The African race is the all conquering one of tropical Amer lea. No Indian or Spaniard couhl stand up against the negro. Tbe Indian natives dwindled away before him and the white, man together till now in aH Dutch Guiana, ' whose' irtght name Is Surinam, there are no more than a few thousands. The , negro, on the other band, multiplied, and increased. . He could endure the climate of the lowr lands better than his Dutch master. Slaves ran away from their owners by the. hundred and dwelt in the jungle. Food was to be bad for the-gathering of It from , banana stalks and , native fruit trees and shruba . The Jungle agreed; with the .black inan, and, be Biayea mere, , ; , The African multiplied and Increased in we jungle. ui cnnaren ana pos terity developed a magnificent, physical I: ,v vir - A HOUSE TK THE JCJIOLE. -"... i , . , size and strength., A fine race sprang np called "bush . negroes." There they are still, physically the finest of any of the peoples of Surinam. Time and again, generation after generation, the Dutch tried, to whip and bring under1 subjection as slaves these liberty lov ing bush negroes. They tried in vahi Finally the Dutch were compelled to make peace by granting to them a large tract of land for themselves, agreeing' to let them alone thereafter. ' ; The bush negroes now work in' the re cently discovered goldfielda of Surinam. Hundreds of Malay and Chinese coolie have also been imported from the Dutch ;'Eaat Indiea to work in these mines, which are very rich. The sugar plantations, Surinam's source of wealth. In former years, have beerr neglected of late years for the gold diggings, but Industrial development In every field is crippled because in all Surinam there is not a railway, a trolley line or eveu a horse car or a decent road. "The riv ers of Surinam are its only roads," says Mrs. Weiss, the devoted missionary of the Moravian church, who with her husband, Rev. EL Weiss, is giving her self to the work of caring for a leper colony of Surinam. The whole face of the earth here teems with .life It looks as though the universal life bad been let loose and sprung op In pestifer ous little live things. . , : c One afternoon Mrs.' Weiss was trying to write. Mostjultoea annoyed ber. and she began to kill them by slapping at them like Mark Twain's young woman who amused herself by "busting skee ters.". For curiosity Mraf Weiss count-, ed those she killed as fast as she could strike at them. In less than no time the corpses numbered sixty, and before one could count ten the teemlpg ants were after the corpses, devouring them. The, soil of the lowlands of Surinam Is of extraordinary fertility,' mostly un utilized to this day, The lnterior.has never been fully explored. 7 WILIIELMINA SCHIFF. ; Her Crael Mother. Ella Mother doesn't want me to marry. ' . Stella Does she say so? . Ella No. but she tells everybody that : at my age she looked Just as I do j cow. Pittsburg Dispatch. bt ' a NEW EVENING GOWNS. Some StodUk Novelties Which Have , , Jast Appeared. Special Correspondence. New Tork, Jon. 20,-Wbo shall dare say that women are not growing more economical In these days, for Co they not have two bodices to every dress so that It may serve for at least two dif ferent occasions? One bodice is made to reach quite to the ears, and It bus long sleeves, so that it may be suitable for afternoon visits and all sorts of semi dress occasions. The other bus short sleeves and is cut low on the neck for dinners where stately dames and lovely young girls gather to show their prettiest costumes, and they are also worn - for dancing, though naturally this use must depend to a Certain ex tent upon the material in tbe gown and Its fashioning, for not all things suita ble for a dinner or reception frock arc Just exactly right for a ball dress. But the pretty flittered nets are made over silk slips, and so that material Is right to wear. The illustration shows a black net wrought in arabesque design with black spangles, and this is made up over white taffeta. The collar of the high necked waist Is thickly covered with black spangles, and the belt Is ' - BLACK KET Altt FLITTEB OOWX. made in the same way. They are lapped one over tbe other. The narrow ruffles at the bottom are bordered so, while the rest of the dress Is worked all over design. The half long sleeves bave puffed ends made of black tulle. , Another evening dress in this same general style bad the spangles .''alter nately of silver and black. The effect waa, .very beautiful. The low bodice for evening is In a blouse style and has a narrow puffing of white tulle above a black velvet ribbon draped along the top, ending in a small bow of the two materials combined.. The short sleeve baa a band of the black velvet ribbon, and the belt is of the same. There ta no appearance of mourning about this admixture of black and white, and that la to be one of the most fashionable of all combinations of color. The new summer silks show an unusual amount of such designing. . Many ball and grand dinner and op era gowns are all white, and it seems that every -material made for women Is produced in white not ouly for the rest of winter, but to hist clear Into the summer. . We know this because the s,inier goods arenow here and being enj;erly simpped up by the women who nave anveu tueir t-iiriBiiuus money,. Among the most elegant of tbe new stuffs are the soft and transparent wools, tike etamlnes, veilings, mystral and fine grenadines. These are found In all shades and colors.. .They will be made up over slips of contrasting color. One beautiful gown was made of, black transparent wool over bright '. cerise silk, and the flounces,' of which there was a baker's dozen at the bottom, were all bound on the underside with ribbon of the same shade. . This ribbon did not show outside. A sash of china crape with a soft fringe was tied around the waist and hung quite to the bottom of the skirt w r i i' It gives me genuine pleasure to say that the princess shapes are to be de cidedly In again and will be worn for handsome tea and bouse gowns. When the lining is of, taffeta glace and tbe outside of silk mnll or wool, banging loosely from a watteau fold In the back and straight down the front the grace fulness of the shape leaves nothing to be. desired. Much pretty lace Is put on these tea gowns, sometimes in the form of a yoke laid directly over the silk, with which It la . lined. ...The ..rest, is then gathered ' . to ; the 'yoke V and falls free from there, ' Most of .the tea gowns have high collars, but Borne open in V shape and some have a small pom padour. Nearly alt. thel dresses' for borne wear of whatever kind, and some few street dresses, will be made more beautiful . by the addition . of rich sashes. Ribbons In lovely soft pom padour designs . are seen and many Persian patterns are shown In sash widths, but the richest and handsomest are the crape sashes with; the fringe. Roman colors and bayadere stripes are also seen, and plain ribbons wilt be worn. All of them are expected to decorate .the dainty swiss muslins and other sheer materials. I saw one pale pink sash made of silk mnslin hem stitched all around except at the ends, where It was . wrought, with silver tlireads In Turkish ctyle. OLIVE IIARrEE. OMEUIMTISul Rubbing with liniments, blistering. the ap plication of plasters ; in fact anything that will produce counter-irritation, is good for external treatment of . Rheumatism, but the simple remedies do not reach the sent of the tlUe.iRe nor touch the real cause, and relief is therefore only temporary. Rheumatism is due to Uric Acid and other irritant poisons in the blood, and as it circulates through the system, these acid poisons are deposited in the muscles. juiuis auu ncrvca, sun exposure to ught air, cold east win?, or any sudden change in the weather, will bring on an attack which may lnet for a few days or linger on for months. Evcrv battle with Rheumatism leaves the blood m poorer condition, white tbe onrrodinsr acids are " o . crrailiirillv rnncnnitllii .. , n P. . . .1... tne otia ana nuius unit juunraw iuc muscles and joints, nml they become stiff and sometimes immovable. Rheumatism, with its sharp, cutting pains, can never be conquered until the acid blood has been cleansed and puri fied, and all irritating substances neutral ized and filtered out of the system, and nothing does this so promptly and effec tually as S. S. S. Under the purifying and tonic effects of this vegetable rem edy the blood is made pure, the general health is rapidly built up and thesufferei obtains happy relief from the torturing, nagging pains of Rheumatism. vjci nu ui K.ucu mntistn before it makes you a ner vous, peevish cripple, or pain racked invalid. Write for our special book on Rueuina tiani, which wiV Ve sent free. Tbe Swift Spcinu Co., Atlanta, 6a. OO0O00 JO0OOO CAPUDINE 1 CURES Sick Headache, Nervousness,' a rid J Feverlshness. ? No Bffaat On tb "HW $ Bold by all Druggists. 1 O - .) ...... . ". i : 004000000000004 Your Taxes. Your Taxes are due and it will be better to settle up quick; DALF. W00TEN, Sheriff. JOD WORK A Pay r in i J: ' I THE 1 .: ' 1 i" ' .FREE :1 : ' ' . " ? a, -1-. , 'Z J . .....,'. -. Sy I PR ESS 1 t .. - x : , ' " - -. , ' '- .. 1 ' v ; i ' f , i ? 1 '... M - "I".-"" .-..-'- :i. . ? I, - '' . v - . Z 1 . PAYS i 1 " P lYiiiiiiimrtiiisYstiii? ; , NOTICE. Not kV U' hereby given U all p-rn concerned that an application will b . mde by the Hoard of Commissioners of I.ei oir rountv, N. at th expiration of thirty dnya from the tniblieat-on of this notice in The Klnston Free Press, to tiie General Assembly of North CuMnia, at its present iessi n. to enact a sp c-ial avt permitting and empowering . the said lloar I of ommiasionera t levy a special tax on all property and polls taxable under the lnw within the county of Lenoir, N.r , for the purpose of n-pai'imr the court bouse and jail, to repair public bridges f tbe county, to build a public b- irige across Neuse river below Kiuaf n ' und to purchase lands for tlx purpose of locating a poor houso and buildi g a poor house. , January 6th, 1003. I DR. BENRYTUIX, W. D SUGGS, liairman. t lerk to Board. WE SELL COOKING and HEATING STOVES X Cheaper than any one" else in town. Roofing, Guttering and x Plumhing work done on ; t short notice. It will pay -' t. you to give us a trial. : MCI0KE & PAHHOTT. t Everything that the'appetite calls for in the way ' of seasonable Delicacies at our place. A stock . of O roceries that is complete in every detail. . Call or . 'phono for anything you want to ff eat and it will be quickly delivered, for "PROMPT NESS" is our motto. , FRENCH & SUGG. SPECIALTY. mwi in i tm i iit:
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