North Carolina Newspapers

Da PRESSo ' 11 ME PUBLISHED EERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. VOL. Yr-NO. 259j KINSTON, N..C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY '2, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS. FRESH FACTS IN A FEW LINES ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EYERYBOD Many Short Paragraphs Condensed fo: Busy People To lessen the risk of disease orders haye been given that all Egyptian pll grlnis going to Mecca this year must accompany the holy carpet, which sent from Cairo to Mecca annually with a military escort Doctors will travel with the pilgrims. . The snuff users of the United States have Increased in number about 6 per cent a year for several years, taking the annual consumption of snuff as the basis of calculation. The aggregate weight of pinches of snuff taken last year was 18,000,000 pounds- Mayor Schmitx of San Francisco re fused to grant the petition of the ladles of the California club asking the ap pointment of a woman on the school board of the city. He says that such an appointment would be apt to create a spirit of unrest among the scboolteach erg, many of whom are opposed to such an innovation. An Immense shark was caught lately by the marines of his majesty's guard hip Urgent at Port Royal, Jamaica. It was so big that the most stalwart sea man aboard could have passed through Its mouth without touching the teeth, No fewer than forty-nine young ones, all alive and kicking, were found in the monster's stomach. A worthy successor to Musallno, the noted Sicilian brigand, now in prison, has arisen in the person of one Varsa lona. whose fame even threatens to eclipse that of the other robber. Al ready 600 persons are waiting trial for aiding him in various ways; but Var salona so far has succeeded in eluding .officers sent to capture him. ; The emperor of Germany is busy with a unique project that will be of Value to the, historical as well as the military world. Some time ago he dis patched Colonel Janke and -Captains von Bismarck, Von Plessen and Von Marees to Asia Minor to make topo graphical studies and to draw up com plete charts of the famous battlefields ' of Alexander the Great. " The old fashioned way of deciding a question by tossing up a coin is now su perseded in England by an elegant pas time which Is known as "tapnose." Two cabmen have the credit of making : the new game public. Instead of "toss- .tng for drinks" they set to work to spar, the man who first got In a tap on his opponent's, nose being, the winner and having his drink paid for by the loser. The last official report of Consul Thomus Nnst at Guyaqui before be was seized with fatal yellow fevet is lu answer to inquiries about opportuni ties for the practice of medicine in Ecuador. lie gave the Information that the profession is overcrowded and that a medical examination conducted In the Spanish language must be passed to obtain a license necessary to practic ing there. ' Professor Eugene Rltter of Geneva has written a book on two female an cestors of Rousseau, Mme. Bourgeois and Mme. Durant. Mme Bourgeois was so quarrelsome and eccentric that, when nearly sixty years old, she was brought before the courts, charged with ' being a witch, tortured and banished from Geneva. Mme. Durant maltreated her chambermaid, who thereupon com mltted suicide by Jumping into the Rhone. . , Aastralla WbsUMt. - Whaling is one of the vanished in dnstrles of Australia. In the thirties and forties it was a'veiTTeaiunerative business, but the whales were gradu ally frightened out of Australian wa-. ten and bave now to be sought in the neighborhood of the south pole. - - Wnt Ttk Interest. '. Mohammedan depositors in the post office savings banks are enriching the British government, as their religion forbids them to receive Interest They Insist on taking out no more than they have put in. yVv'v' u- !'st : . Japaa'a Santa Claaa. ... Hotel is the name of the saint who acta as Santa Claus in Japan. tlr. Cotton Mather. Dr. Cotton Mather, who died In Boa ' ton in 1728, was the author of SS2 works, some of them being of huge di mensions. , The most bulky of his works contained seven large folio vol umes. He died at the age of sixty-five. One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in one minute, because it kills the microbe which tickles the mucous mem brane, causing the -cough, and at the same time clears the phlegm, draws out the inflammation andneals and soothes the affected parts. One Minute Cough Cure stregthens the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a harmless and pever failing cure in all curable cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup. One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to take, harm less and good alike for voung and old. J. E. Hooi. . ' THE CITY OF MEKINEZ. Oa of tho Royal Residence of tho . Saltaa of Morocco. There is no more interesting city in Morocco than Meklnez. Founded and built by Mulal Ismain, the tyrannical sultan who reigned through the middle of the eighteenth century, it still dis plays the extraordinary buildings which ho caused to be erected, largely by the aid of Christian slaves. Today It is im possible even to guess the purposes for which many of these masses of mason ry were constructed. Walls of great thickness, some wide enough to drive a carriage and pair along, are met with In the most unexpected places, running here parallel, here at right angles to one another, and seeming as though built for no purpose except for the em ployment of the vast number of forced laborers that Mulal Ismain always kept at his court Here and there are gate ways of great beauty, such as the dell' cate tiled gate of "Mansur el-AlJ," with its large marble columns and Corin thlan capitals, supporting buttress ' of gray stone and arabesques, but on the whole It Is rather the vastness of the buildings than any artistic value that Is remarkable. The old palaces of Mulal Ismain are in ruins toour, and each sultan in his turn has erected new. residences till the imperial palace today consists of a collection of buildings of every shape and size, scattered among gardens in closed by high walls. A tower, which was uncompleted at the time of the late sultan's death, remains today Just as the workmen left it, with the scaffold lng still standing. Adjoining the pal ace is a large park, in which are kept a number of mares, ostriches and ga relies. The city Itself is tolerably clean, and possesses no particular features that are not common to all Moorish towns The entrance of the principal mosque is striking, with great biwnzj dxrs sulci to have been brought by the Moors from Spain. The shops are compara tively few, and the trade never large. London Times. GOWN GOSSIP. Very handsome Persian embroideries are imported that are designed to trim spring costumes of fine wool. Double breasted fronts are charac teristic of many of the walking Jacket models for the coming season. So great has been the demand for fur this winter that similar trimmings In short downy plumage or chenille will be among the spring garnitures. Fashionable color combinations ; for delicate brocades, shot silks, trim mings and French miHtnery next sea- eon will be white and green, pink and green and gold, mauve and green. For early spring costumes, where newer and more elaborate decoration than tucks or stitching is desired, some very handsome braid effects will be Bhown, the variety of designs of which will make it possible to please all tastes. ; d Three deep flounces extending from a few Inches below the hips to the skirt hem Is again among the favored modes of trimming. These flounces are .bordered variously with rows of gimp, velvet or satin ribbon or with plain machine stitching. New York Post To Mead Glove. In mending gloves use fine cotton, as silk is far more apt to cut the kid. If the rent is in a seam, turn the glove inside out and sew it over and over. If the tear is in the glove, set a piece ot kid under it and secure with a few stitches., . Army Sara-eon..:.. The first mention of surgeons in the British army was in 1223. Edward I. had a paid surgeon accompanying his army In Scotland in 1290. i Tho Golf Stream. The gulf stream is 200 fathoms deep off Cape Florida. Near Cape Hatteras the depth is only half as great the stream appearing to have run uphill, with an ascent of ten inches to the mile. A'? '? ?' " area Rheumatism and f atarrh Medicine Heat Free. These two diseases are the result of an awful poisoned condition of the blood. If you have aching joints and back, shoulder blades, bone pains, crippled hands, legs or feet swollen muscles, shifting, sharp biting pains, ana mat tirea, discouraged feeling of rheumatism, or the hawking, spitting, Diurrea eyesignt aeainess, sick stom ach, headache, , noises in the head, mucous throat discharges, decaying teeth, bad breath, belching gas of ca tarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm(B. IS. a.).- It kills the poison in the blood which causes these awful symp toms, giving a pure, healthy blood supply to the joints and mucous mem branes, and makes a perfect cure of the worst rheumatism , or foulest ca tarrh. Cures where all else fails. Blood Balm (B. B. B.) is conmosed of pure botanic ingredients;" good for wean Kidneys, improves the digestion. cures dyspepsia. A perfect tonic for old folks by giving them new, rich pure Diooa. morougwy tested ror thirty years. Druegists, f 1 per large bottle, with complete directions for home cure. Sample free and -prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. De scribe trouble and special free medical will be advice sett in sealed letter. MINISTER BOWEN'S OFFER IS REJECTED ANSWERS OF THE ALLIED POWERS. Tbe Other Claimant Rations Cannot Be Given Same Consideration. Washington, Jan. 31. It developed today that the answers of the allied powers to Minister Bowen's latest proposition arrived here yesterday, but were not immediately presented to the minister. The answers were to the effect that the allies could not consent that the United States and the other claimant nations receive the same treatment as the blockading powers and that they therefore rejected in toto Mr. Bowen's final proposition. Know ing the consequences that were to fol low the presentation of this answer, the representatives of tbe allies took upon themselves the responsibility of withholding the notes of their govern ments and of again cabling, urging a retraction of their preferential de mand. Exchanges are-, still in prog ress between the Italian, British and German embassies, but there is no evidence that the allies intend yield ing. If they hold out, their represen tatives must present the joint refusal and the Washington negotiations will come to a standstill. Baron sternburg, Germany's new envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States conferred today with Count Quadt, who, as charge de affaires, has thus far conducted the Venezuelan negotia tions for Germany. Afterward the minister called by appointment at the state department and presented his letters of credence to Secretary Hay and afterwards to the president. From the white house Baron Sternberg went to the British embassy. Baron stern berg, in his calls at the state depart ment and the British embassy, found the outlook for a relief of the present deadlock exceedingly gloomy, and he has cabled as much to his government. During a call today of Mr. DeMar- gerie upon Secretary Hay, the fact de veloped that the French charge de af faires has received specific instructions from his government to insist that France shall ' not be discriminated against in the settlement of the Vene zuelan claims, x Having the personal assurance or Mr. iiowen that the French claims shall not be discriminated against, Mr. DeMargerie refrains at present from action, but as soon as he shall be assured by Mr. Bowen that the allies: refuse to perroit.-fiuch-irnav mens to the t rench claims as he ex pects, he will take steps to lodge formal protest against the proposed discrimination and in so doing he ex pects to be joined by the representa tives of the other claimant nations here. ' Caracas, Jan. 31. All the newspa pers of Caracas have published articles to the effect that the action of the allies in imposing upon Venezuela special preferential treatment In the settlement of their own claims is on a par with all their previous acts since the beginning of the present difficulty, namely, unjust and unreasonable. 1 he correspondent of the Associated Press approached the members of the diplomatic corps here asking for their opinion on this phase of the matter. Two declined to speak, but a third was willing to discuss the matter for publi cation provided his name was not used. He said: "The action of Great Britain, jrei many and itaiy in demanding an immediate cash na vment for their claims arises f roni the fact that they know their claims are not well-founded. My colleague, Mr. Hibbert, before his departure, presented claims to the Venezuelan government on behalf of Great Britain to the amount only of 9,uw xne remainder oi Great Brit ain's claims against venazuela Is not known. ; What they may be is problem atical. , It must be remembered that schooners from the British island of Trinidad have been assisting the Mato revolutionists as well as smuggling. and that these vessels have been riirbs- fully seized, by Venezuela. Great Britain was sure before-hand that no tribunal would recognize certain . of her claims and therefore she wanted to force immediate payment, "Germany, for the same reason. does not desire that the Disconto-Ges- selshaft loan scandal become known to the financial world. The Italians have no industrial enterprises in Vene zuela. Italians here are mostlv agri cultural laborers, these undoubtedly have suffered, but they claim $10 for the loss of a chicken and S100 for' the theft of a donkey. It can be seen why itaiy does not wish to have her claims discussed " by a tribunal and prefers force to reason." l ; There was much excitement amoncr the foreigners here when it was re ported that the allies proposed special treatment to secure the payment of their claims. Americans, Frenchmen and Spaniards met and Protested gainst the carrying out of such an idea and cable messages were ad dressed to the governments of the United States, France and Spain, ask ing for protection for tbeir several rights and that the claims of petition ers be accorded treatment similar to that given to British, German and Italian claims. . , A dose of Annr'i C rfinn Srmn mieht save babv's life, if oi ginning of attack. Croup is danger ous and Anway's is safe, safer to have a bottle in the house. Thousand nw it and recommend it. TVv it fnr hhc. cough or cold. 2jcts., at J. E. Hood's drug store. . ...... PROCEEDINGS OF TBE LEGISLATURE ONLY A FEW MATTERS DISCUSSED Because of toe Small Attendance At Saturday's Session. i Saturday, J anuarjr 3 1 . - HOCSE. In the house today, there was a dis- cusson of a bill to require clothing for county convicts, convicted of a mis demeanor, to be different from that worn by felons and it was finally re- referred. The bill prohibiting the sale of can non crackers and toy pistols was made a special order for Wednesday, not enough members being present to do the biinustice. Some m-otested asrainst the custom of going home and doing no work Sat urdays. .... . l . A bill passed chartering an electric railway between Durham and Chapel Hill. SENATE. A bill was introduced in the senate authorizing the removal of cases from mayors to magistrates. A bill to remilate the nrocurinar and distribution of dead bodies for dissec tion was made a special order for Thursday. Bill to make drunkenness a misde meanor with $10 fine for the first of fense and $25 for each subsequent of fense, was lost, 6 to 28, 1 A bill was introduced to create a State fostbricaJJEgjmni880"- SPORTING NOTES. Ed Hanlon of tbe Brooklyn "baseball team is having hard work to fill tbe place of Keeler. Sheckard. the "cliampion human flea." has ugaln escaped the blacklist and will be ft-itu Brooklyn. -!rge C'ixon. the former feather weight champion, is doing so well with bis saloon In England that he has no thought of returning home. Manager Watkins of tbe Iudianapolis .flub has signed a new catcher. Robert Druiy. who played with the Schenecta dy team of the New York State league last year. ; James J. Corbett. who has played many parts si$ce he left his desk In a California bank, will next season blos jom out in anjmtirely new rolet that of a mlustrel performer. " Henry Founder, , the world's cham pion auto racer, says he Is building a machine' In Paris that will carry him a mile in 40 seconds. It is a long, narrow auto of 120 horsepower. It Is announced that tbe famous Ketcham farm, near ' Toledo, O.. the home of Cresceus, Robert McGregor and other noted horses, has been pur chased by Joe Caspar, a Toledo sport ing man. Asia. Considerably more than half tbe pop ulation of the earth Is in Asia, and yet there are but forty-eight people to the square mile as compared with ninety four in Europe. Milk In Jamaica. Jamaica has no milkmen. Tbe milk Is distributed by native women, who carry tbe cans nicely balanced on tbeir beads. Bacteria In Bpaco. The theory that there are small liv ing bodies, as spores of bacteria and the like, floating about In interstellar space finds support in the observation! and speculations of an increasing num ber of scientific men. " ' - Philippine Snakes. Above the length of nineteen or twen ty feet snakes in the Philippine Islands Increase greatly In bulk for every foot In length, so that a suake nineteen feet long looks small beside one twenty-two feet long. , - - Sea Birds Act aa Fo Sljrnals. ' The - Ties of sea birds, especially set gulls, ure very valuable as fog signals The birds cluster together on the cliffs and coast, and their cries warn boat men that" they are near land. 8one years ago in the Isle of Man there was fine for shooting such birds. A Golden Lily. " The broken and distorted foot of s Chinese lady is called a "golden Illy' by Chinese admirers of such distor tions. , . Sheridan's Answer. Sheridan, scholar, wit and spend thrift, being dunned by a tailor to pa; at least the Interest on bis bill, answer ed that it, was not bis Interest to pa; the principal nor his principle to pa; the interest. ' Fined For Not Golan: to Charch. To such an extent does religion pre vail at Gouoatoa, in the south seas that every man, woman and child oi that island wbo does not go to cburcl at least three times a week is liable t be arrested aud fined, the fine going V the king. Fewer gallons; wears longer- Devoe. INTENTIONS THAT COUNT, Oaly Thou Pat lato Practice Amoaat to aarthiac The paving of the road to a very un comfortable pla is said to be com posed Of good intentions. Nowhere els has this .uatcrlal been tried for paving, though it Is plentiful enough for almost any purpose. We all know people whotte houses burn when they are "Just going to" insure, who lose a cow or a horse when they are "Just going to" mend tbe fence or close the gate, who are "just going to" buy stock when It goes up like a rocket, wbo are "Just golug to" pay a note when it goes to protest, wbo are "just golug to" help a neighbor when he dies, who are "just going to" send some flowers to a sick friend when it proves too late, jn fact, they are "just goiiig to" do things all their lives, but never get them started. "To be always Intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about It," says Tillotson, "Is as If n man should put off eatiug aud drinking until be Is starved to death." Under every clock in a fuctory at Clevelnud, O., is the motto, "Do It now!" Such a motto, lived up to by every one, would spare the world much trouble. It would add thousands of good deeds to daily happenings, save mauy firms from bankruptcy through bad debts, paint hundreds of pictures only dreamed of, write books without uuuiImt and straighten out half the tangles of our complicated social life. The ha bit of putting off disagreeable duties is responsible for much needless uubuppinetis. for these bugbears weigh on tbe mind and prevent the satisfied content that comes from duty well per formed. Most tasks promptly under taken prove less difficult than we antic ipated, and the joy of accomplishment oftin compensates oranjr hardship ex-pcrienced. Don't get to be known for unfulfilled good Intentions. Good Intentions car ried out become 'be good deeds that make men useful, loved and famous. Doing things ruthei than just planning them makes all the difference between success and failure. Success. SCIENCE NOTES. A body weighing one pound on earth would weigh twenty-seven and a half pounds upon the sun. The highest mountain In the moon la at least 33,000 feet in height; that Is 0,000 feet higher than Mount Everest Vanadium is a rare metal which oxi dizes In air with great dfBculty, melt at 2,000 degrees and becomes red hot in hydrogen. Perfectly transparent bodies are only visible by virtue of nonuniform illu mination, and in uniform illumination they become absolutely Invisible. A transit of Venus occurs only four times in 2S3 years. It is most impor tant to astronomers because it gives them an opportunity of measuring the distance of the earth from the sun. The sun and tbe earth are both prac tically spherical in shape, and the earth Is evidently only a small, cooled off or frozen 'sun. The sun has a shell' of glowing metallic clouds; the earth has a shell of solid opaque rocks and metals. A Hard Hearted People. Filial piety finds no place in Tibet an character. It is no uncommon thing for a son to .turn bis father, wben too old for. work, out of doors and to leave him to perish in the cold. The superstition that tbe souls of the dead can, if they will, haunt tbe living drives their hardened natures to gain by the exercise of cruelty the promise of the dying that they will not return to earth. s , As death approaches the dying per son Is asked, "VTIII you come back or will you not?" If be replies that he will, they pu!i a leathet bag over his bead nud smother him; if he says be will not, he Is allowed to die in peace. Edinburgh Review. i(: ; , , ; Cromwell's Whim. In Cromwell's time jio church serv ice was permitted on Christmas day. ' Monster Seaweeds. " Macrlcystls. a seaweed of the south Pacific, It Is said, often 'grows to be 20 to 30 inches in diameter and 1,50c to 2.C00 feet in length. In no case do any of these have roots In tbe proper sense, their nourishment being absorb ed from tl: water by. till parts alike. Jew of. Palest I ne. The Jew of Palestine are entirely defended from Jews who returned to that land from E'.sirpe. Most of then: speask t corrupt ' form of the Ueruiui lilllgl!: tf , A Weak Stomach t causes a weak body and invites dis ease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and strengthens' the stomach, and wards off and overcomes disease. J. B. Taylor, a prominent merchant of Chriesman, Tex., says: "I could not eat because ot a weak stomach. I lost all strength and run down in weight. : All that money could do was done, but all hope of recovery vanished. . Hearing of some wonderful cures effected by use of Kodol I concluded to try it. The first bottle benefitted me. and after taking four bottles I am fully restored to my usual strength, weight and health. J. E. Hood. OLD NORTH STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP ODD AND IITERESTIHG HAPPENINGS. Clipped and Rehashed From Onr Horti Carolina Exchanges. Burglars entered the store of Mr. W. G. Shoemaker, at Charlotte, Fri day night while he was at church, and blew open his safe and secured 1250 in cash and a gold watch worth $25. Three freight cars and shantv were derailed eastof Newport on the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Satur day afternoon. All traffic was delayed. Passengers, mail and baggage of mail train No. 3 were transferred and pro ceeded to Morehead City. The cause of the wreck is as yet unknown. Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: Nine houses were destroyed by fire In Ham let Tuesday night. The fire started in the old Freeman Hotel building, near Mr. J. B. Qoodwin'a store, and swept that row of houses, burning nine. We are unable to learn the value of the property; however, none were business houses. Elizabeth City Tar Heel: ' Tom Crank's fish market is a curiosity shop where prodigies and monstrosities of the subterranean world are always found. One day he showed us a speckled iierch weighing fourteen pounds. Last summer he exhibited s sun fish measuring three feet in length. His latest is a dozen full grown oys ters embedded in a brick bat. They were alive and well the last time they were seen. Whiteville News: Mr. W. T. Weaver, who until recently lived in this county, has just returned from attending his father's funeral in Har nett county. His father was born on January 22nd, 179!, and died January iztn, iwi ne lacxed only ten days of being 104 years old, and had lived inhree century's. During his young1 days he had a sweetheart a few days younger than he, who is still living and who attended his funeral, v Asheville: Copper has been dis covered on the upper waters of Big Ivy creek and big mining enterprises to develop it are projected. Repre sentatives of mining capitalists have been investigating the whole country through the mountains. Their pros pecting has been carried on with great secrecy. They are satisfied with the character and quantity of ore to be found. It is certain at any rate that they have taken options on large Ivy people. Goldsboro Arsrus: An accident of a very distressing nature occurred Tuesday night about 9 o'clock at, the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Mill in this city. Mr. H. E. King, the superintendent of the mill, had gone home and left the mill in the charge of his assistant, Mr. E. C. Denmark who found it necessary to examine the gin on account of a slight irreg ularity. .While at work on the ma chine he got his right arm caught by the gin saws and had the flesh torn from his hand and arm. Medical aid was summoned and the young man is resting quietly today, but H is feared that the arm will have to be ampu tated. He is the son of Tax Collector Willis A. Denmark. Charlotte special to, Raleigh Post: After waging an unequal struggle against death for two weeks, O. R. AlcLeod. of Lumberton. the . North Carolina medical student, who, with his room-mate, J. Al. JJoyce, was infected with septaecama from dis secting a cadaver, succumbed this morning at 8 o'clock. McLeod had an abrasion on his hand, and through this the poison from the corpse was conveyed to his blood; blood poison.' known to medical science, including; the now famous formalin treatment was tried but in vain. The remains of the deceased student reached Char lotte this afternoon. They will be taken through to his home tomorrow for interment. . Troy Examiner: During the trial of Asa Morgan at Troy last week . for the murder of Reger an account came out from admissions of the mother of the prisoner while she was on the stand that her husband was a Davis whom she married many years ago. After having been married to Davis for a short while there was a trade or swap made by her husband with a man by the name of Morgan. The two men swapped wives without any other formalities further than an exchange. Mrs. Morgan, as - she is called, is now an old woman and the mother of 12 children, four of whom were born since the exchange of wives by the twp men. Since the killing of Reger a son of Mrs. Morgan wa . -.1 T- i ..... a ... t. . ... Kiuea oy jonn xucnaruson, it m alleged, in self-defense; and since: the ' last term of Troy court John Richard son has married a daughter of Mrs. Morgan, a full sister of the young man, killed by him. The Easy Pill, DeWItt's Little Early Risers do not gripe nor weaken the system. They cure biliousness, jaundice, contipation and inactive livers, by arousing the secretions, moving the bowels gently, . yet effectually, and giving such tone and strength to the glands of the stomach, liver and bowels that the cause of tLe trouble is removed entirely. These famous little pills exert a decided tonio effect upon the organs involved, and if their use is continued for a few days there will be no return of the trouble. J. E. Hood. :