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the fuv.TRs comcno.N Weekly Sun Weekly Sun WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE BEST IS ONLY l 1'EJi YEAR. INTEREST OF THE FARMERS OF ROWAN COUNTY, Subscribe at Once. Family Newspaper, ZDevcted.. to tlie "best interests of Eowan Comt3r. FARMER SHOULD BE WITH ! - OUT IT. VOL. 1.--NO. 51. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1898. Price, $1 Per Year. ; . : H ... -' . ' 7 THE aaa THE - ... . I - EDITORIAL SQUIBS. As a deficitproducerthe Ding ley tariff has proved a success. The deficit since July 1, 1S97 amounts to $52,000,000, with every indication of continuing to grow. ' In the House, Mr. Plowman, Democrat, from Alabama, was unseated by the Republican ma jority, and the seat given to Al- drich, the Republican contestant. The Agricultural Department states that the domestic merchan- , (lispt pvnnrtpd in "1SQ7 amnnntD in value to Wv;H)7,fH -2iua"eo no -i ' , wo;?, i--ut, i i. were agricultural products. ; ' A couple was recently di " yorced in Kansas and ea'ch was so glad (hat they ..kissed at part- ing on the court house steps, ' w hich was a quite sociable way of closing up the proceedings. rj President , McKinley has amused the greatest indignation among the white citizens of Savan nah by 'appointing a colored poli tician, John II. Deveraux, collect : r of customs at the port of Savannah. Consul' Barber, at Sagua La Grande, Cuba, writes that in his - district he has- certificates from the alcades of the principal cities and towns showing that there are more than 50?M)0 persons perish ing from starvation. Secretary of the Navy Long says, there is not a dock on the . Atlantic seaboard!, at which our battle ships can be overhauled and repaired, and that the country would be in an unfortunate plight if war should suddenly break out. The oldest house in the United States is said to be in St. Augus tine, Fla., built by Spanish monks in 1564, with a composition of sea shells and mortar. It is still habi table and is used as a winter resi dence by the owner. The Secretary of the Treas ury yesterday issued a warrant in favor of the treasurer of the Uni ted States for $7,515,255.15 to be used for payment of the first mort gages on the eastern and middle divisions of the Kansas Pacific .railroad. -Newfoundland has at times a peculiar visitor. The occasional grounding of an immense iceberg a i short distance from the shor produces an astonishing locabcli matic change during its sta pre. yenting the ripening ofyrops and garden fruits, but Mfcscnting at unset mamiti!nr,M.m,t;,. f. fee 5 A r'ood roaU advocate in Louisville, Ky., figures out that the farmers of Jefoerson county lose .annually by bad roads 250, 000, and that -if they had good turnpikes their lands would be enchanced m value 2,4(0.ooo. This applies with more or less force to every county in the Uni ted States that hasn't good roads. -The Buiscuit and Cracker Trust controls I3iplaiits, or 90 per cent of all large bakeries' be-- tween the Atlantic Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a capi talization of 25', 0M),ooo preferred and $30,000,000 common stock. Its intentions are angelic. It does not propose to increase prices. Its . only' aim is to promote economies in manufacturing processes. But . competitors had better stand out of the way !, sr It is understood that word has been passed around by the Repub- lican. bosses in Congress that there is to be no more financial debate .during the current session. Speak- ' er Reed, it is said, has reached the conclusion that the .thing to be done now is to get the congressmen out of Washington at the earliest moment possible. To that end, he will endeavor to have the session brought to a conclusion at an early date. The idea is to reach an ad ' lournment, between May 15 and June 1. Taking due notice of the action of t lie Senate in passing the Teller resolution. Speaker Reed an ' iiouiues that no "financial legisla tion" may be expected at this sfes- , sion of Congress. Which means that the plan of Secretary Gage aijd the so called "monetary torn mission" to fasten the' gold stan dard on this country and- put our paper currency in the handsof the banks, has, thanks to the Senate failed con oletely. This in itself is something of a "victory for bi luetallists and the opponents o . s .:. nt by corporation. One of the new hills intro duced in the Kentucky legislature yesterday was to change the name of Carlisle county to "William Jennings-Bryan" coilnty. - The number of nev cases of typhoid fever was less in Phila delphia last week than the week before, 348 to 385, but the num ber of "deaths was larger, 45 to 38, and' all from impure drinking water. Mr. Allen, the populist Sena tor from Nebraska, in the Senate yesterday attacked the Speaker, of tion, and lenouncel his acti logisla- action as a disgrace to Congressaud the American people. Mark Hanna sas he .may not be noted as being one of the best men in the world, but dues enjoy the distinction, which no one will question, of being. the "best car tooned man this country ever pro duced." Chicago doctors are puzzled oyer-a Bohemian who can make himself , so sick in two minutes that he 'doesn't look as if he could live two minutes. lit- t an run histem perature up to burning heat or check his pulsations at will and he pla3rs that game to get snug lodg ing. and something nice to eat from sympathizing people. That's the way he beats the world out of a living, and puzzles the doctors, too. . By taking in Staten Island, Brooklyn and a large area of sparsely settled country in Queens county, New York has increased its aj-ea from 3I square miles to 320 square'miles, and its popula tion from 2,000,000 to 3,388,000. London, with its population of about 0,000,000, is, of course,easi ly the largest city in the world, but tlie aggregate of farm land and city now called New York may claim the second rank. Paris, which recently held the second place, with a population of 2,530, 000, is now relegated to the third" place. Ex-Secretary Carlisle, in the Forum, for February, urges an amendment of the constitution of the United States to permit the people to elect the President and V ice-President in a different man ner.' ' He would retain " the presi dential electors, but would have their number divided among the candidates in proportion to the number of votes cast for the seve ral candidates. In other words,he would give representation to mi- norities and destroy the prepon derating influence of the "pivotal States." Other advantages would flow from the system, all in the direction of a juster distribution of political power. CASTILIAN IN DISGRACE Senor de Lome's mouth, or pen, has gotten him in disgrace. The polished Castilian who represents Spain in Washington has made a silly puppet oi himself, liis dis gust of President McKinley and his administration has gotten tin better of his judgment and he i now a branded man. Ins head- ng language may precipitate the nije.nding trouble with Spain. In his letter to his personal riend Canalejas he refers to I he President as a "low politician who lesires to stand well with the jin goes of his party," and that he is "weak and catering to the rabble. "? While there may be some truth in de Lome's remarks he has cer tainly gone beyond his bounds as a representative of his country to the United States. Such an in sult to our chief magistrate cannot ie looked upon lightly by the cit izens of this great country, Senor de Lome's zeal for his country shows his patriotism, but this does not justify his attack upon President McKinley, He aate, will be the leader and stand saw that a great bulk of the peo-' ard-bearer. pie of this country favor Cuban independence and was trying to draw attention away from this fact by his insult. The citizens will now, more than ever, favor Cuba's freedom. The Spanish minister's recall has been demanded by President McKinley. Latest reports say that de Lome has resigned and that his resignation has been ac J This is the proper prjoJare. M UZZLIN( i CONGRESSM EN. It is interesting to note that President McKinley is just now trying his hand at muzzling the 'j Republican congressmen. Like Grover Cleveland, he wishes to be mutual upon the Cuban question. He has had, however, for several weeks, a very unruly crowd to' deal with and as a resort has sentout a threat to the members of Con gress to prevent them fom pass ing a resolution favorable to the k'ttle islaml. ' ' '"r" In view of this a report comes from "Washington that each Re publican has been notified that the administration does not intend to recognize the belligerence of the Cubans, nor to intervene, either peaceably or by force, so long as present conditions continue to ex ist in Cuba, and that every Re publican w ho seeks in any manner to agitate the question in Congress will be considered an anti-adniinis-tration man, and be so treated by the President. This is a bit of high-handed muz zling, and smacks ver' much of populism, especially as it existed in this State several years ago, when its party adherents were for bid to read other than Populist literature. The President is adopting strong and dangerous measures to attain his end. But he will find thatl Congress will not be throttled in that manner. A few are deter mined to declare Cuba free and will not let Mr. McKinley rest soon, if they do not accomplish their purpose. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. As noted in the Sun several days ago the Democratic State Execu tive Committee meets in Raleigh on the 22nd inst. The object of the meeting is to decide upon the time and place for holding the State iconven tion and to transact other business pertaining to the parties' interest. It is important, and it is to be trusted that the com mittee at this meeting ma- for mulate wise plans for the coming campaign. Very much will hinge upon their action. -The men who now misgovern the State must, as much as lias within the province j of the November election, le erad icated from the offices. To do this the Democrats must have the Legislature, and, if we are allowed a suggestion, in order to accom plish that end there should be no equivocation as torinciples, there should be no overtures made to any party or parties, and there should be no compromises. A straight line on State issues should be marked, and. by unity victory will be easy. STRAWS. We copy an article in another column, in which several leading citizens of the State, who, up to two.years ago, were strong Dem ocrats, but on account of the free silver movement deflected and vot ed for McKinley, are represented as saying they 'won Id return to the old party. "Straws tell which way the wind is blowing." From present indi cations Democracy will sweep, not Anl,r Ko Xfnte hut tha nnti'nn in 11)00, and free silver will be domi nant. And what is equally com forting to those who held to the ; old Democratic ship, the last cam- paign, it appears that Hon. Wil- Ham Jennings Bryan, exrcandi- The outlook is indeed cheering and encouraging. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior has refused a widow a pension for the reason that she is the owner of considerable proper ty and has ample means for her support. If this rule were gener ally applied, it would save a good deal of money now paid out under the dependent pension law to peo ple who are well able to , provide for themselves. NEWS OF THE WEEK. THURSDAY. Earthquakes have made 4,000 people homeless in Asia Minor. Men and women fourght for ad-j mission to the trial of M. Zola in Paris. Six colored children were burn ed to death in Pittsylvania county, Va., yesterday. , - ' A snuff company has been incor porated in New Jersey with, a cap-j ital of -lOiDfiOWr-" Mrs. Margaret D. Heiser, of Baltimore, committed suicide yes terday by inhaling illuminating gas. A baby born to the wife of a Baltimore physician is being kept I in an incubator at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and is doing well. ;The suicide of City Hall Custo dian James E. Craik with gas in Syracuse, N. Y., freed his wife, who had sued for divorce. A resolution is to be introduced in the Ohio Legislature to enable a Chicago m:m to lift the State House and build one story under it. Looking after his hat, which fell six stories down an elevator shaft in New York city Patrick Rice fell, followed it and was killed. The suicide of llev. George T. Maccoun, of Baltimore, who shot himself through the heart Monday night, is said to have been caused by'temporary insanity. The question of restricting in discriminate kissing among young folks continues to be discussed by prominent society people and others in Atlanta. Ga. In Orange county, Va., yester-'i day, Mrs. Sallie Webb was burned to death by her clothes taking tire from an open fireplace. She had been married but a few months. Harry Griebel, a young printer of Little Rock, Arkr4 ?T5hot- and probably fatally wounded Bertie Lingo and then killed himself early yesterday morning. Jeal ousy was the cause. A cold storage and warehouse block was burned at Pittsburg, Pa., last night. The building and about 1,000,000 worth of mer chandise was destroyed. Six peo pie were killed and it was thought that at-least 25 or 30 men were still under the debris. At ('HicfiiTo bit nio-ht Uilrl L. Lctgert was convicted 'of the f . . ) uiuiuci v iii u ui:. iiiui w sen tenced to imprisonment in the nenitentiarv for the term of his mftural lite. Luetgert 'received : the verdict with a laugh. His counsel entered a motion for a new trial. James Drake, colored, who at tempted a felonious assault on Miss Stevenson, at Nashville, Tenn., was shot and fatalld wound ed yesterday by G." W. Stevenson, a brother of the young lady. Drake had just been captured by officers when Stevenson shot him twice with a pistol. John Schofield shot and instant ly killed Peter Pleffe.r at Louis ville, Ky., Tuesday night. Scho field was in love with Pleti'er's daughter and the girl's father op posed the suit and ordered him to leave the house. Schofield drew a revolver and placing it against Pleffer's left breast fired, killing him" instantly. The murderer es caped. FRIDAY. Thus far the effort to subdue the Cubans has cost Spain 240,- OWi V " 'U. The pneumatic service for the I transmission of mail was opened in New York today. Individual drinking cups for children are to be provided for use in all the public schools at Colum bus, Intl. The walls of a snow-house, in Brooklyn, N. Y., being built by boys, fell in and smothered Henry Smith, a lad. The Clifford ISaiety Company has been strangled at Portland,- Ore., and its etteets attached by Eastern editor; Judge Nevy instructed the Ver cailles (Ind.7 Grand Jury to indict the men vjffo lynched five persons there laslfSepteniber. h Thro5 men were killed in Gilmer county W. Ya.; yesterday by drinking lieavily 0f a compound composed k)f hot ingredients. Edward Hodgman, absconding treasurer of the Chicago (III., Building Trades Council, is undei arrest in Northwest Territory. - Col. Thomas E. Moore, of Bour bon county, Ky., has challenged Desha Breckinridge,, son of Col W. C. P. Breckinridge, ,to a duel. J Senator James E. Haynes, oi Charleston, Mass., died from tht effect of having wrenched himself violently to prevent slipping on an icy ; sidewalk. . &&'4u witness intb trialf Sherifl Martin and his deputies at Wilkes barre, Pa., testified that one of the deputies tore the American flsg which the Lattimer strikers car ried. Mrs. George A. Kaufman, of Baltimore, Md., eloped yesterday, leaving desolate her home, hus band and three children. The couple had been married about seventeen years. A licuteiTant colonel on General Pando's staff asserts that in two re cent battles with Cuban insurgents, the Spanish forces lost fifty-seven killed in the first fight and four teen killed in the second and had 22 wounded in both. Baron Hardon Hickey, better known as the Prince of Trinidad, committed suicide at the Pierson Hotel, El Paso, Texas, yesterday morning. Deceased was married to a daughter of John II. Flagler, of New York, the Standard Oil magnate, in I8il. "Big Jack" McLain, of Schrage bond robbery notoriety, has been arrested at Bassic, Ya. He was one of the four companions of "Sleepy" Burke in the raid on the Chicago home of Christopher Schrage, a miser, who was robbed of 50,000 in bonds on the night of March 24, 181(3 Three more bodies were recov ered from the ruins of the Pitts burg tire yesterday, making seven teen bodies thus far recovered. It is now thought the number of the dead wii jeach ttrenty-fit-Tho injured number. igbtoen or twen ty, including many firemen. The loss will aggregate two million of dollars. About seven thousand clothing workers are on a strike in New York city against low wages. Of these nearly four thousand are members of the Trousers-Makers'' Union, who were ordered out yes terday, nearly three thousand are cloakmakers, and some are mem-! ! bersof the Brotherhood of Taylors, j !Th6re i,re P01 of twentV inousana ciotinng-worKers oeing out before the strike is settled. The grievance is that for work of near ixteen hour8 ada-v; the w? ges paid amount to only from, 5 to : a week. SATURDAY. Gen. Jones, U-. S. consul at Chin-1 . Kiang, China, is dead Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress, is about to undergo a se rious surgical operation. Extra precautions have been ta ken in Madrid to guard the resi - deuce of U. S. Minister Woodford. The Japanese Minister of Fi nance is negotiating for a loan in the United States of t(H),(KX),000 yen. Iutgert denounced the jury in h is case as a pack of cowards; his counsel will-appeal to the Supreme Court. Mrs. McKay, of Washburn, Wis., whence she eloped, known" in New York as Etta Negro, killed herself with poison. Judge Gary, at Chicago, allowed counsel for Adolph L. .Luetgert until February 1V to prepare a . nU)tiou for a new trial. The thigh of the dismembered body was found yesterday in east river. The remains have not yet been positively identified. The, police force of Victor, Col., has been removed for negligence ! in permitting the burning of the j1 and Ios' of four lives- At Baltimore, Mil., yesterday ' James McCarthy was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for 'highway robbery on Capt. Thorn as Fleehart. ' " ? During a funeral service in the synagogue at Idzienciol , in G rod no, yesterday, the women's gallery collapsed. In the panic that en sued twelve-women, five men and three children were crushe-to death, and many others were .se riously injured. Twenty-six boarders and ser vants at a large boarding houst n Washington, D. C, were made seriously sick, the result of siip oosed poisoning, but no fatalities followed. Further details of the assassina tion of President Barrios show hat he was shot while walking iD '.he street in Guatemala City and that the assassin was killed. The black plague has broken outm China. At Chan Cheo six hundred deaths occurred " in two months. Coffins cannot be sup plied fast enough. The people are throwing dead bodies to the dogs. William Mason, a young man, member of a prominent family at Glide Springs, Va., was yesterday sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for the murder last September of John Clark, a farm er. Hon. H. St? George Tucker, of Lexington, Va., yesterday received 500 from Mrs., Lucretia'lt. Gar field, wife of the late ex-President Garfield, as a contribution to the f iind for the , Tucker Memorial Hall, at Washington and Iee Uni versity. The strike of the 7,000 trousers makers and cloakmakerscontinued yesterday in New York. Eight hundred shops are tied up. The strike leaders say that everything is going well with their cause. A new scale of prices was formulated and sent to the contractors today. The House committee on judi ciary yesterday killed the Senate bill to permit the State of South Carolina to control liquors brought into the State in original packages. The motion to report it favorably was lost on a tie vote. Thus ends a long content that has attracted national attention. Pistol Xuel in Newberne. A special from Raleigh of yes terday says: Newberne had an wnpleasantBQcial Jsensaiioiu , late lust, night.-, James Duffy, son of Dr. Samuel Duffy, shot Thomas Hill,-Jr., son of Dr. Thomas Hill, of Goldsboro. The shooting oc curred in the rear of Dr. Duffy's premises. There was a woman in the case. There was an inter change of shots between Duffy and Hill, eat-h tiring three. Hill was hit in the ankle.each time. Wound ed as he was, he took off his coat and covered the woman's head and conceaied her identity, and then tnni. ur tn n nnaruv unnA a special train was sent to Golds boro after his father and took him to Newberne. Hill was taken to Goldsboro this evening. The Romance Ended. Our readers remember the rp mantic marriage, last fall, of Mr James Gilliam, of this township, to a widow from New York, who had advertised in a newspaper for a hu.slw.nd. Well, just as might have been expected, this romantic marriage has ended in a separation j fof n last Tuesday, Mrs. Gilliam returned to her Northern home. And there was juite a contrast between her coming and "going between her arrival and departure. When she arrived here Mr. Gil liam, with all the iovousness of an expectant groom, met her at Mon- cm.e ami escorted her from there to this place and hired a carriage to take her to his home, about three miles from here. But when she departed she walked alone from his house to this place. : Chatham Record. Southern Stock Rising. New York, Feb. 11. The warnings sent out against selling the stock of the Southern Railroad Company at the prices lately paid are being heeded. The price has advanced a dollar a share Financiers who gave the inside in formation say the owners should stand together and refuse to sell unless they get much better prices. Bound to be Miserable. In Cincinnati a young man and a young woman tried' to commit suicide and failed. Then they got married. They were bound to be miserable somehow. Philadelphia Press. Keep your eye on those fellows who ai" always pretending to be more righteous than their neigh bors. There'll come a time when you will profit by so doing. THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS- Straws Which Show the Turning of Minds of the People- A well known North Carolinian, residing in a northern city, a life long Democrat who voted for Mc Kinley in 1896, sent the editor of this paper a message a few days ago to the effect that he was anx ious for 1900 to hurry along so be could vote for Bryan, says the Raleigh News and Observer. One of the' ablest' lawyers in Eastern North Carolina who voted the Palmer and Buckner ticket in 1806, upon the occasion of a recent visit to a friend in New York, re counted the character of McKin ley's appointees in the south; showed that instead of prosperity, increased hardships had been im posed upon agricultural sections; that decent southern men were ta booed in a Republican adminis tration; and wound up by saying: "I had no better sense than to vote against Bryan last year and help inflict these things upon my people. So help me God, not for gold or anythingtelse, will 1 ever ! it again." A well known cotton mill manu facturer in central North Carolina recently said to a friend: "If the Lord will forgive me for voting for McKinley, I will not vote for anything else but the Democratic ticket as long as I live." A rich citizen of an eastern county, whose' name would be recognized all over North Carolina, made the mistake last year of joining hands with those who pre ferred "to open the mills than the mints," &aid to a silver neighbor a few days ago, that it was the only part of his life he would give part of his fortune to erase. These are straws. The Demo crats are "getting together'' on the only basis that is possible, to- wit: an acceptance of the Chicago platform as the creed of Demo cracy. One encouraging thing about the men who acknowledge, their mistakes as .: that they - out Bryan all the Bryan men in ad miration for the peerless leader of the Democracy, and are desirous of a chance to rectify their mis take by voting to put him in the White House. The Age of Consent. The, bill before the Legislature of Maryland to raise the age of protection for girls from fourteen years to eighteen years bas had the indorsement of" Rev. M. D. Babcock, Cardinal Gibbons and many others, by representatives of all the churches and by the So ciety of Friends, and by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. There are very few States that now put the age of con sent as low as fourteen years on ly ten in all. The bill presented at Annapolis has been made mild and reasona ble to obviate all objections. The offense is made a misdemeanor, and, under extenuating circum stances, thefIudge has large1 dis cretionary powers. The bill is a most meritorious one and ought to pass. No girl is permitted to hold or dispose of her property before eighteen. She should not be led into temptation to barter away that more precious possession her virtue. Baltimore Sun. A Poem. Onward, roll onward, O Time, in your flight, make me a woman that's clear out of sight; give me bloomers and breeches and shirts, let me go out of these horrible skirts. A whisker producer in vent if you can, give me a head that stows bald like a man's: srrow a tobacco that won't make me sick 1 amj teach me to chew a la man very quick. Let me, O let me drink whiskey and, swear, bet on the chickens and back the fleet mare; stay out o' nights, hold of fice and vote, take in the town and a six shooter tote; sit in the buz zard roost if I choose, play baseball and football and wear those spike shoes. Onward, roll onward, O Time, quickly fly, make me a man or else help me to die; this world as it is fairly fills, me with woe, but were I a man 'twould be heav en below. From the Orange Ob server. Rev. Sam Jones makes 30,000 a year by his preaching and says that the secret of his success is the fact that he has something to say and says it. . BRIBERY. According to the evening press the committee appointed to inves tigate the charges of bribery against Senator Marcus Aurelius Hanna, of Ohio, report that he is guilty of the eharges. Mayor McKisson, of Cleveland, Ohio, announces his; intention of con testing the seat of Hanna. The contest will, with little doHbt, be carried to the Senate. Of course, the Senate ibeiog Republican, the matter will be tabled and nothing of account come ef it, but this will not clear Mr. Hanna of the crime. This, if true, should bring about his impeachment. He is unwor thy the name pf Senator. That he is unscrupulous has been well known. This only" adds' tp the fact that he Ues not regard points of right or wrong when it comes to gratifying his desires. The Latest Newbern Scandal. . The latest Newbern scandal, which draws attention momentari ly from that in which Robert Han cock is the principal figure, has at least one conspicuous feature which lifts it out of the Hancock class. It will not do to make a hero outof Hill, whose head instead of his foot should perhaps have been shot off, but there was some thing knightly in his taking off his coat, after he had been shot, and throwing it over the head of the girl so that she might not be identitied. It is to his "credit that under the circumstances he forgot ' himself and -remembered her. Charlotte Observer. It is reported that Hill's leg was . amputated at Goldsboro yester day, owing to the wounds he re ceived at Newberne Tuesday night. The South Carolina House has passed a separate coach bill f pro- viding for separate cars or sec- tions in the cars for the races. It has rejected a bill to require com-. mon carriers to transport State officials free, a bill abolishing the the death penalty in cases where the jury recommends to mercy, and a bill providing an idex purga torius for school histories . giving "erroneous accounts" of the war -of the rebellion. -The Senate after favorably considering a wide-tire bill, has rejected it. It has en dorsed the House bill to place ex press, telegraph and telephone companies under thd control of the railroad commission, with an amendment (excepting telephone companies, for the reason that there are several small telephone companies in the State. . ' . The St. Louis papers are brag ging about a lump of concentrated feminine sweetness in that town, aged 8 years, who weighs 280 pounds and measures 5 feet 2 inches in height, 5 feet 1 inch J around, the waist and 17 inches around the arm. She is pretty. I active and attractive and skips about as nimbly as any of the girls with whom she plays. She wass a 5-pounder at birth a 25-pounder at twenty months old and now weighs 40 pounds more than her , father and mother together. 1 A curious fact has been de veloped by the French police. Their statistics show that in twenty-one murders the money taken by the assassins averaged only $16, and in each case the criminal was guillotined. J Evidently murder in France does not pay from a finan cial point of view. . There is a new turn in the Han cock scandal at Newbern. Mrs. Abbott sues Hancock for '10,000 damages for ruining her daughter, Annie.. ! The violence of the wind on the Grampian hills is so great that on .several occasions it has brought to a standstill trains traveling from Perth to the north. "Oh, mama, do Christians eat preachers just like the cannibals do?" . " ! - , "Why, no, my clild. What put that notion into your head?" 'l heard Mrs. Deckon say that she was going to" have her minis ter for lunch. -Life. 4 I. ... 4' T - '(.-"-I'VE
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