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,i ... - "j v 7 PUBLISHED EiCERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. 1 VOL. VI. NO. 248. KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1904. PRICE TWO CENTR llfilY IT REE IKRI GENERAL HEWS ITEMS Matters of Interest Condeised Into Brief Paragraphs. 1 LITTLE ABOUT NUMEROUS THINGS The Pith of the World's News That Mia-ht Interest Our Readers. An a Item Here and There. All the boiler makers in the shops of Walsh and Weidemyer & Co., the Sherman Company, the Lookout Boil er Works and the works at Battalie, Ala., which is in the Chattanooga ter ritory, went out on a strike. Minister Allen, Seoul, has made s request that the legation guard be in. creased. The request has' been refer red to the Navy Department which is considering means of sending more marines from Cavite to Chemulpo. Washington, Jan. 18. The United States supreme court again today re affirmed the ruling made in the case of Carter vs the state of Texas, to the effect that the exclusion of negroes from grand juries in cases involving criminal charges against members rf thir race is a violation of the constitution, and therefore not per unusable. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 18. The grand jury In the federal court here today returned ten indictments against prominent citizens of this and neighboring counties for peonage. Among those indicted were F. M. Prestwood and his son, Noah, of Cof fee county, charged with holding in a state of peonage BoDKngnsn, an oiu white man. and his son, Wiley Eng lish. Prestwood is said to be wealthy and owns large tracts of land in Coffee county. Washington, Jan. 18. The post of tce inquiry resolution and the Pana ma canal question divided the atten tion of the senate today. The first half of the session was given up to the inquiry, nd Messrs. Hale nd Gorman were the speakers. v MrHalemade ji r plea for de reference of all the reso lutions looking to an investigation ' to tne committee on postoffices, and Mr. Gorman repeated his assurance that he would be satisfied with that disposal of the question. Florence, 8. C, January 18. The large brick ,stemmery, ' owned by the Enterprise Tobacco Company and ope rated by the Charles A. . Gregory To bacco Company, was partially destroy ed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The plant was valued at $21,000 and insured for $10,500. The tobacco steck was covered by insurance. The loss on the plant will be about $5,000 and on the stock about $30,000 placed with Barringer and Husbands and Sam- borne Chase, local agents. Washington, January 18. In the trial of Auarust W. Machen, the Groff brothers and Dr. and Mr. George E. Lorenz, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, the prosecu tion to-day Introduced witnesses to prove the relations of Machen with the Lorenzes and the Groff brothers, One of these, Ina Leibhardt, M&chen's former stenographer and chief clerk testified to visits of Dr. arid Mrs. La renz to Machen at his office, - but. de elared on cross-examination that du ring the several conversations she was 'present and heard nothing said ; about leiwr-ooxes - Bauttb Slgaatus ef Tta Kici Yoa Haw lUwara Beogtf o4 Great Fire Sale p 1 1 - r , . Now Going On ? it v ' . " . -i "'' $10 ,000 Stock gf Goods slightly damaged by water, consisting ; of ' Dry Goods, Notions, ' Shoes,' Hats and Clothing must be sold at any reasonable offer on account of putting in new stock 'for the coming season. " Y. T. ADLER CS, SON Dr. Miller's Old Stand. W aw r - WHY WiNE FIRST TO HOST. . . . . ... . la Aaaerlea a Mfr Ir'omalltr, bat la Italy a Heal Xeeeealty. The wine was opened dextrously by the waiter, who before serving the guests poured a few drops Into the host's glass. "Why, did tlii wuiter give you a lit tie wine liefore helping the rest of us?" usked a man of curious mind. "Oh," said the host, "that's always done." "I know It's always done. That does not answer my question, though. Here, waiter," the man persisted, "you tell lue why when you open a bottle of wine you pour a few drops into the host's glass before serving the guests." The waiter smiled and answered: "It's a matter of form, sir: an old custom, a politeness. Its origin lies in the fact that after the removal of the cork there might he left In the neck of the bottle a little dust or a few specks of cork. The first drops poured out would In that event contain the dust or the cork, and thus the guest were he served first might get this refuse; hence the host Is given the first drops. "As a matter of fact, if you know how to open wine yon have no difficulty in keeping tlie IhiUIc's nock clean. The custom, therefore. Is a formality in America. In Italy, though. It is a real necessity, for over there they pour a little oil in the necks of their lwttles of native wine before corking on the ground that this makes the wine air tight. No doubt It does, but It also in some costi' gives to the first glass from the bottle a decidedly oily flavor. There fore the first glass the host gallantly takes."-Philadelphia Record. HE WON THE AUDIENCE. The Way Fred Doaa-laaa Got the Beat of Captalu Hyndera. The inexhaustible sense of humor in Frederick Douglass kept him clear of any sense of gloom, as was never bet ter seen than on the once famous oc casion when the notorious Isaiah Ryn ders of New York, at the head of a mob, bad Interrupted an antislavery meeting, captured the platform, placed himself in the chair and bidden the meeting proceed. Douglass was speak ing and, nothing loatlit made his Speech only keener and keener for the inter ference, weaving around the would be chairman's head a wreath of delicate sarcasm ; which: carried ""the 'audience with It, while the duller wits of the burly despot could hardly follow him. Knowing only in a general way that he was being dissected, Ilyudcrs at last exclaimed, "What you abolitionists want to do is to cut all our throats!" Oh. no," replied Douglass in his most dulcet tones; "we would only cut your hair." And, bending over the shaggy and frowzy head of the Bowery tyrant. he gave a suggestive motion as of scis sors to his thumb and forefinger with a professional politeness that Instantly brought down the house, friend and foe, while Rynders quitted the chair in wrath and the nieeting dissolved itself amid general laughter. It was a more cheerful conclusion perhaps than that stormier one not unknown In reforma tory conventions with which Shake speare so often ends his scenes, "Ex eunt fighting.": Thomas Wentworth Higginsou In Atlantic. Which Ir the LarKcr Incomer Here is an Interesting problem in mathematics: Two clerks are engaged, one at a salary which begins at the rate of $00 a year, with a yearly rise oi $20. . and the otber at a salary com mencing at the same rate, hut with a half Tenrlv rise of STi In pneh case payments are made half yearly. Which ! of them has the larger income? tlyvhotis not tempted to say the for mer Yet the latter is the correct answer, for In the first year the first elerk re ceives $100. bnt the second clerk re- ceives $50 and $55, which amounts to I $105 In the year.. . The first clerk in the second year gets, to be sure, $120, j put No. 2 gets $60 for the first half year and $65 for the second, or $125 in all. , .. Aatlclaated bj Shakeaneare. "Is Bannerly as egotistic as he looks?", ; : "I think so. He wrote to a friend Dot long ago and In the course of the communication remarked that William fehakespeare seemed to have anticipst-1 d In a somewhat rude and unfinished form one of his (Bannerly'si pet theo ries.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. ,. t- ' The Whale Tata. ; T suppose," said , the absconding cashier to the friend who bad run across him in parts unknown, nhat there was a good deal of talk about me after I disappeared?" "I should think there wasH answer ed the friend. "Why. man. the weathe 1 wasn't mentioned at all ; for. two rently.'S Therefore many, members of weeks.- y ". ; -'-y ' j:- 3" C ;? 4 t parliament . when they are not. well to v- -..,. L lr 'V' ..,. , have to make up for the insufflclen-Heiaiaa- oat the Sanair. " T of their pa by contributing to news MagMrate So you admit having papers or pleading In the courts. Cen- been engaged in making counterfeit money? Prisoner Yes. your hon.-ir. You see. the supply of the genuine article Is so Terr. Terr short! " - - Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and don't daub with sable and gloom your conversation. Eanerson. VEGETABLE PORCUPINE. i Wild Cattle Eat Its Sharp Snlaea a , v , . . trvnv.MW wiv The best uateU cactus in America Is the cholla. The Mexicans say that If you go near a cholla Jolut It will jump at you. Certainly if you touch one it will stick, and when you try to free yourself it will pierce your otber hand as well. Each pendent joint seems to reach out for the passerby, and the ground beneath the broad clioila trees is strewn with fallen fragments, many of which take root and grow. After one has felt the sharp spines through heavy boots and seen their needle points It Is a source of continual wouder to see the wild cattle of Ari zona quietly browsing on chollas. The phrase "cactus fed" as applied to Ari zona is not a figure of speech. . Durlug the years of drought thousands of cat tle carry themselves over until the next grass by eating chollas. With their leathery tongues and lips they strip the spiny joints from the trunk and leave the wide spreading cactus a bare and woody skeleton. It is only the range cattle, whose mouths have beep hard ened on the thorny mesquite and iron wood browse, that will undertake to eat cactus, and cattlemen therefore often bum the thorns from chollas and nopals in order to tempt their more fastidious auimals to eat. Country Life In America. MYSTERIES OF SAP. How the Circulation From Hvtt to Leivei la Maiatalaecl. To illustrate the modern view of sap circulation, which is not thoroughly un derstood, it Is necessnry to explain that the chief food of the plants, con sisting of inorganic salts dissolved in water, is absorbed from the soil by the roots. The root consists of a hollow tube or cylinder lined with several cells, the outer layer of which contains certain bairllke processes. Tlie water luMhe soil, containing the salts in solution, is absorbed by these root hairs and passes by filtration into the cells and capillary vessels. The activity of these root hairs and the concentration of fluid In the adjacent cells create what is called . "root pres sure," and this forces the anp Into tie general vasc ular system of. the jphtnt and up to its furthest extrouifjfes. of This To6t pressure' Is further sup plemented by "transpiration." or loss of vapor from the leaves under the influ ence of heat and light Plants may be said to breathe or respire by their leaves, and this abstraction of water by transpiration creates a fresh de mand for the vital fluid supplied by tlie roots. In this way the circulation, or "rising of the sap" from root to leaves. Is maintained. Pearson's. YULETIDE IN SERVIA. The Poor Save For Noatha to Boy Their Chrlatmaa Pla-. In Servla they keep Christmas eve in a somewhat peculiar way. The fa ther of the family goes into the wood and cuts down a straight youug oak. choosing the most perfect that be can find. He brings It In, saying. "Good eveuing and a happy Christmas." to which those present reply. "May Goi grant both to thee and niayest thou have riches and honor." Then thej throw over him grains of corn. Prea ivtjy the young tree is plauted upoi. the coals, where it remains until Christ mas morning, which they salute by re peated firings of a pistol. The national dish in Servla is pork. The poorest family In Servla will pinch themselves all through the year so as to have money enongh to buy a pig at Christmas. Skewered to a long piece of wood, the pig Is turned over a blazing fire until cooked, the guests watching the process with increasing interest After ditiuer stories are told and songs sung.. Santa Clans, who. in the person of an honored guest is present to ra celve instead of to give presents, de parts after the feast, decorated with a long ring of cakes around bis neck and laden with such gifts as his friends can bestow. A French Depatr'a Par. A French deputy receives a salary of 9.000 francs ($1,800). He also receives free railway, transportation . and free Inncheons at the .bar .of the Palais Bourbon.,, where many a lawmaker spends more time than he does in the Salle des Seances, Some are act-used of taking all their meals at the free lunch counter. A deputy even 'gets, t reduced rates, a special brand of cigars which Is called "cigare de deputes." With these cigars he treats his influen tial constituents. In spite of all these privileges, there bave been many couv plaints that nuiess he has a. large per tonal income, a deputy cannot live de tury. .y Bellas Felt Theam. y Any small boy will tell you that even ; 1 I aiilcr auppera ma; ire im.-i phla Record.., Accuracy I the twin brother of hon esty. Simmons. : HE ISLE OF NOBLES. A ramoaa lllntorle Site, the Cradle f Hasoa Liberty. The Isle of Atheluey, or the "Isle of nobles," us the name signifies. Is one of tlie most famous of historic sites. A thousand years ago it was a low islet covered with willows and alders and surrounded by fens nud overflowing marshes, altogether Inaccessible except by boats. There King Alfred sought refuge with a swineltcrd, and there he lay concealed from the invading Danes for the space of a whole year. The re sort of his chieftains to this place caused It to be known as the "isle of nobles," which may he regarded as the cradle and stronghold of Saxon liberty. After Alfred regained the possession of his throne he erected a Benedictine abbey on this spot and "endowed it with all the lands In the isle of Athel uey." The monastery has entirely dis appeared, but its site Is marked by a stone pillar erected In 1811 by the own er of Atheluey. The pillar bears this inscription: "King Alfred the Great In the year of our Lord 870. having been defeated by the Danes, tied for refuge to the forest of Atheluey, where ho lay concealed from his enemies for the spell of a whole year. lie soon after regain ed possession of his "Throne, and in grateful remembrance of the protection he had received under the favor of heaven he erected a monastery on this spot and endowed it with all the lands contained in the isle of Athelney. To perpetuate riie memory of so remarks ble an Incident in the life of that illus trious prince this edifice was founded by John Slade. Ksi.. of Maunsell, the proprietor of Atheluey, A. D. 1801." London News. THE MAN WITH THE ADZ. Wonderful Accuracy of Ilia Aim at the Uutcher'M Block. Outside a butcher shop twenty or thirty persons stood watching a man nt work wi.h an ad'. Ilo stood on a Innre oaken block, such as meat Is chopped on. which he had taken from Its legs and placed on the curb, sloping toward the sirect. The surface of the block hart become scarred and rough ened from use. With clean, accurate strokes of the ndx tlie mail soon made it fh smooth as n tuiihojoiny table. It was tin wonderful ncvnrfy t l8LalaL. 1 niai aiiiui' umrr:'!) snip m loua at him. He I'riil rio attention to them. A single false blow would have ruined Hie block. Vhcn the ,m; was done, ill? man heiped the butcher mount the block, collected $." and went off to keep another appointment. "It has taken me twenty-three years to learn to chop like that," he said to a reporter. "My charge is from $5 to $10, according to the size of the block. A block requires evening off in that way every three or four years. I have customers now that I had when I first began business, twenty-five .fears ago. In all that time I have spoiled only two blocks, and they were during the two years of my apprenticeship. The butch ers can get their chopping blocks put in condition by sending them to the sawmill. But it is more expensive, and they can't spare them so long from the shops. There is enough work of this kind In New York to keep myself and half a dozen others busy." New York Press. Korean Mea'a Hata. The quaintest feature of the pictur esque costumes of the Korean me"n is their hats. They are mousetrap-like arrangements made from the hair of the wearer's ancestors. This priceless possession is handed down from father to eldest son, who reaches the goal of his ambition at the moment when the family hat is placed upon his head. Another grotesque form of Korean headdress is the mourning hat that is worn In rural districts by the eldest son for three years after the death of I either of his parents. This conica shaped affair of rushes or rice straw Is as large as i bushel basket and extends to the shoulders. The Value of Hxerplae. The brain that icver calls upon itself for work must become dull aad stupid, and It Is the wine way with the mus cles of the body. They are filled with blood vesscis that should he up and immu T'la lil.wul linu aCii,il lt:1 tTmejl i WW.U. 1 . '.-- ...... " - - .... . an.! ..no la t i-prr itwiiv the waste ! " " fluids of the bortv. The lunzs are a sort of refinery, mid the blood Is a dis- tilling agent: If the blood becomes thick and nnhealthy mid saiixu the body does not keep H youthful state. Eyes grow dull, lips lose their redness. and the complexion I sallow and in- lovely.' It is an easy and simple mat ter to make exercise a habit ywy . -i : -T- y- -r Wart fa rea. Vinegar and cooking soda in solution are said to make a capital cure for warts. If the wart is kept moist with It , tor ten minutes several umes a oay u Will disappear in the course of a week ar an In nrdlnarv cases. ' . . i Another cure is to touch frequently with acetic acid or nitric acid, but one ! must be careful not to irritate the sur- ,,, ... . . . ,,A Busti : yf A M f8 &' V Bay Gpatua NORFOLK TRUCK FROZEN. Terrible Effect of Continued Cold Weather, No Shipments North. Norfolk Landmark. 1Mb. The continued cold weather is having a terrible effect on the truck grown in this section and thousands of dollars have already been lost by the freezing of kale, spinach and cabbages. This time of the year is usually the busiest with this kind of truck. Last year shipments running from 4,000 to 10,000 barrels a day w re being made to the north at good prices. Practi cally none is being shipped at the pre sent and the outlook is extremely gloomy. A prominent New York commission mechant who handles Norfolk produce becoming alarmed at the small ship ments made from here during the past week, came here recently to look over the field to ascertain the prospects of the future. He made a report yesterday to the effect that in his opinion that not 100 barrels of kale, spinach or cabbage would be shipped from Nor folk in the next thirty days. The farmers are complaining from all sections. The young cabbage have been killed and no effort will be made to set out a new crop until the weather becomes warmer. Didn't Depend on the Farm. New York Times. Judge Parker was showing a friend around bis farm at Esopus on the Hudson last Fall and after pointing out the trees on the hi? place that he loved so well, and the magnificent view of the river, he pointed across the lawn to the fields where corn and wheat were being harvested. "That is my weakness," he said. "I love the farm and farm life ove and more the older I grow. I take a pride in the fact that my corn commands as pood and in many cases a better price than any along this valley. My wheat, too is in splendid condition this fall, and we will get a better ield per acre than we did last year." "Would you rattier be a farmer than The judge paused a moment and a mischievous smile broke overhisrud dy face and crinkled behind his red mustaches as he replied: "I guess there have been times when I have hei n mighty glad that my in' come as a farmer has been eked out by my Kulary. as a judge." Everybody's Magazine. Everybody's Magazine for February bears our, the expressed intention of the publishers to make it better each passing month. The cover is in its usual style, carrying out some idea typical of the month of publication. Inside the maazine the illustrations are of a very high grade, making a suitable accompaniment to the excel lent reading matter to be founel there' in. The "scoop" of the month was Con gressman Willliamf article on "What Democracy Stands For." Then there are a number of other very readable articles, such as Two Hundred Mil lions for a Canal, Heroes of Kvery Day Life, Western Society and Its Leadtrs, The Unemployed Rich, Little Stories of Real Life, The AH -Star Baseball Team, etc. It is well worth ten cents, the pric asked. He Fainted. New York Tiroes. One of the habitual loafers who in test lower Broadway received a shock the other day that was a notable event to birr. He held up a well dressed, handsom man, who was entering the empire building. "Mister, can't yer help me. I've been out of a job for near three months. I need" The other Interrupted. "I've been out of a job myself for about the same . "6. I ' can sympathize with you. TT ! I. .1. - J.1T , I 1 nere s nan a uoiiar, no saia j As the stranger passed along, the ' policeman at the door came after the 'tranp. "Say, what d'ye mean by ' holdin' people up around here. These I f,ueri ,Und fer t. n, WM fh , w RpV.K " The hobo nearly fainted. The Cotton Market. January, 14.15; February, 14.20; March, 14.37; May, 14.50. Receipts on the local market 50 bale, at 14 to Mk t CASTOR I A For Infants nai Children. Tt8 Kind Yon Haie Always Bonsh' Bears tbe Signaturo of NORTH STATE HEWS rj. Clipped and Called From Oar lortl Carolina Eictaaits. ODD AID IHTERESTIIG HAPPEKSr, ; Qossip Gathered from Murphy T Manteo of Importance to Our T0 Heel Readers. Lucetta Bowden, a colored woman, (43 years old, fell asleep in front of a fire at her home in Wilmington Monday and awoke to lind herself completely enveloped in flames. She was taken to the hospital, where she died Tues day. Wilson Times: The three months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Boy kin, of Old Fields township, was found dead in bed Saturday morning at . o'clock. It was well the night before and its sudden death shocked the de voted parents. Mrs. L. V. Watts, an aged lady, was perhaps fatally injured by falling into an open Are place at her home in Charlotte Tuesday morning. Mrs. Watts is subject to spasms, and it is supposed she ws thus attacked when the accident occurred. ) The John Flannagan Buggy Com pany, of Greenville, was incorporated Monday with capital stock of $15,000 which may he increased to $o0,000. The incorp' 1 r- nrr: e. G. Flana gan, J. A. 1....... I'.. i:. foye, Sr., E. A. Moye, Jr., W. It. Smith and D. D. Gardner, all of Greenville. Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer: Mr. Fanning, of the Brooklyn Eagle spent today here interviewing prom - nent politicians. He wants to see wha t is the status of Parker for the presi dential nomination. He says Go ernor Aycock is being much talked of as a vice presidential candidate. The Dispatch says that a oartv of Lexington clthens killed 400 rpbbin. in- the eane- f brakes along Abbot creek, In Davidson county, one night last week. More than forty persons, says the Dispatch, were hunting rob bins the same night and it is believed that fi 000 tf tha Mnsla clkfA in that locality that night. The Sails bury papers report a similar slaughter of robbins near that town. Burlington was again visited by a severe fire Tuesday morning. The Burlington, coffin factory was discov ered to be on fire, and in less than half an hour the main building, occu pied by the machinery and wood work ing apparatus was destroyed, and the lire raging among the thousands of feet of dried lumber on the yard. The entire building was destroyed together with the machinery, engine, boiler, tools, etc. The loss is at least i:50,tA0 with $11,000 insurance. Democratic Committee. Washington, Jan. 18. Hon. James K. 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