North Carolina Newspapers

1- I4L. r I. , .r.w Tf ah ' .. '5 si" Weekly Siin . j t. f ,;-4?'Vi'v , ".virami: ;To:Vspape, ;xieypted.to tH.e test ' interests, of Rowaribuiitsr. ' - ' ' ' :?". vyu,:JNi.- - ; v7 -. AbI8BTONPWJiDN.DAY, AUGUST 17. 1898 - . v 'Vr V V 5r .'T .5', 'rfTlIT lipai:tlionf J'oilo Rico tfy Vtrtlaniiredv to . speaK ' -Art ' tS ni , ' , 'i (T White,- 77851, negroes, ar , CvVTtiCs a niflc-wife man in ,rj jaTf in-O'Neil Nebraska, ami he i ' -ibeerfiJ- cocrfat because there V.j'are'stnniiii-on tlfiors io the jail v -and the nine can t jump on bun .Gallant.Dick-.W-ainwr.fffht is a South Carolinian.' "Schlev a' 1 'AlabalTikn. Je South snows up all right in Che navy. " i President McKinley and Sec retary Alger have been invited to - vi6it Chattanooga anlChicaniauga The Secretary wiys .that it is ira- DossLhfcfof them to leave Vash- ; ingtojn'at this time. j -President Dole will continue ' n exercise the functions of Chief 7 Kxecutive of Hawaii until Con . gress receives the report of the commission and enacts1 a statue . -.for the government of the Island. Georgia raised more peaches this.year than the railroads could transport to market, but the un- ; shipped were Wt lost, as nearly every viil.iir0 in the peach district, accordingjo the Constitution, has a muuery. j The Navy Department has de cide) 1 to open bids for three new battle ships on September I. Con tracts will be awarded, Jf the builders will guarantee eighteen knots speed with the Navy De partment's design. A Michigan man who wrote to Admiral Cervera for his auto graph, and sent a dollar for the ,-Acbmral to buy a good cigar with, goi the autograph and his dollar luck.. The old gentleman doesn't smoke, v u ' --The President has decided to reward loth Sumpson and Sehlej' bv making them rear-admirals. Other officers of the-navy will also be promoted for meritorious ser vices in the war. An artesian well has been bored in Silesia to a depth of f, 630 feet. This is said to .be the deepest well in the world. . The it is quite warm at "!e!Ji0 degrees. - Richard Croker is reported to have said to a delegation of silver democrats' who called on him at Saratoga that the democratic nom inee for governor of New York should be a man who voted for liryan ind stands on the Chicago platform. ' The late Frances E. Willard has been added to the list of nota ble women whose portraits are to be carved in the grand stairway of the new capitol at ,f Albany. The others are Susan B. Anthony, 'Clara Barton, Molly Pitcher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. . - Major Albert Forse of the Seventh United Slates cavalry, who fell at Santiago, left the fol lowing brief will. '1 "give and bequeath all my estate to my le loved wife. Virginia Foi-se." The will was drawn up inv18f3. . t ' i The Progressive Farmer, the mouthpiece of the penitentiary management, lets out a few figures front John R. Smith's Ipng- - promised but notjurnished arinna renort. Tit is- stated that there 4 " were forty escapes in 1.837, 20 con ' victs to die and 3G to receive par dons. -. '"When you meet a man who ' does not respect and help support . r "his county paper,-watch that man, for he cares nothing for anything orftBDody but self, and is anxious to getthe benefit of all the booms . and prosperity intelligent and en terprising people bring about. Three Terre Haute sportsmen were having good" luck squirrel hunting on a farm in Vermillion county w hen .i farmer appeared and pleasantly ti.ld ;'uom they were trespassing. The hinders depart ed, after telling in forcible lan- guage whal they thought of the . "fanner. .. ''H sec you later" said he. -'hat afternoon they were snmmcnr-d 4o abpear next morning for trespassing. They . did so and found that the farmer , was ex'tiio vc ri i r Matthews. Their fun cost them 40, n V V t ry TCo. C'ity oLNw vlern wtui is. in rajen is vindci' the cpnttol 'vf.tie? 2TO i ; The T.tris y Jporft acfvll .-of tlgt e,v: "In In the . French China"; the ;gre world i being taf tion s' and :. euieacions" Soir -.has 'a senbj,iiL ...J .rude neauea, ! war J pDetween-' ngla'ncj : and ; Russia imminent. ' ,r lIhe Rhih'rnon.d Times has fi6- . r I" .V,- . .- -i: 4 . covered: "The, garter less stock ing is the-latest thing in the way of hosiery. It is made with eyJet holes on-leither.; side, which are crossed and laced like a shoe. The stockings keep up admirably and are pretty to look at." For men only, of course, the Raleigh- Post adds. . - -The Mexican papers catch on fo the news. One of th?m informs its readers that "at a meeting be tween President McKinley and Admiral Cervera the other day, Cervera drew a pistol and shot McKinley dead," And yet some people say the Spaniards can't shoot. -1 Warden Iandis of the Kansas penitentiary makes this pithy re mark in recommending the pardon of a man who rob lied a bank: "Seven years is too much for tak ing advantage of one banker, when two or three years are; made suffi cient for the banker who takes ad vantage of every lody in the com munity." The United States is victorious in the war with Spain. The vic tory is won by the valor of the American people, in spite of the incompetence of the War Depart at Washington. And the people will have their reckoning with the administration of w'liif ji that De partment. j$.a part, says tl4e. Jiu.s ton Post. The Elizabeth City Economi.-t says: "North Carolina has more colored magistrates, more colored post masters, more colored school committeemen, more colored coun ty commissioners, and more col . red niesioeys of the legislature, and more men white Republican &!sf l!JtelV:m.,l lIian any, other Jpiatft." ; , Pangi-Pango ia regarded by our expansionists as quite suffi cient for a coaling; station in Sa- 1 , ' ju- 111 :...: moa; oui in ine 1 nr.ippiues nothing will suit them for a coal ing station less han an area of 500,000 square miles, with a popu- ation of 8,000,000. The further East the Jingoes go, the larger grows the range of the imperialist vision. The inventive facilities of the inerican girl seem practically un limited. The! Atchmson (jrlobe says: "By tying sandpaper about her ankles an Atchison girl pro duces the same effect as by buying an expensive silk skirt. The pieces of sandpaper rub together and sound just like l 12 skirt." Pret ty rough ou the dressmakers, though. The army administration has decided to abandon all the present military encampments in the South and establish troops in "more healthful localities." One divis ion has been ordered from Chica mauga to Lexington, Ky. and one division at Tampa and lluntsvi'.le, Ala. The division now at Ma nassas, Va., will goto Middleto'wn, Pa. It is ; expected that the Seventh Army Corps, now at Ferfiandiua and Jacksonville, Fla. , will be moved north as soon as the grounds are secured, home ot these troops will probably be sent to Try on, N. C. provided a favor able report is made by Inspector Mills, who is now examining the tract of land in that .vicinity of fered to the government for camp purposes. Curing -Lepers. The Hawaiian government has been paying -4,000 per year for the past three years to a German onvsieian, ur. ioetze, lor nis efforts to cure leprosy cases at the Pretoria Hospital.. Because the cures have thus far failed to ma terialize the government has dis missed Dr. -Coetze, employing a new doctor, who must report cures in six months of, follow his predecessor. i;ji-:'.7S0R.. b is' judge kxilld - Jh'tfam .r.J,V cmupret custoriis farifl for Vtioa uas Deen- auopieti anu win !' 1 ' i -i j- i i-.. 1 y .11. ,0 mu iuiiueoiuie eiieci.. A.fanila'dTspatch states that Agmnaldos -.power -among' the lhilipine insurgents is' weaken ing, f . ' - ' " . , f ' ; A. thousand more7 Spanish"" sol diers left Santiago for Spain and another steamer ;, has -arrived to traasport additional troops. . , .1 in. V ii- 1 . ' M T '.-Indians' report -.that the river steamer tete was lost, with - eigh teen passengers aboard, in Kusko- win river, Alaska. At the Missouri democratic State convention, held at Spring field, Congressman Bland made a speech opposing territorial expan sion. It is stated by railroad officials at Kansas City, Mo., that robbers secured $1 8,280 from the safe which they took from the Adam's Express Company last night. A northbound train from Nor ton, Va., struck a. landslide near Pennington, Va., yesterday and two coaches rolled down an em bankment GO feet. About 20 pas sengers aboard, all of whom were more or less injured. Policeman Henry C. Ilawley, of New York city, while in a tit of drunken rage yesterday, shot his wife, his' mother, Mary Ilawley; his 'son 4 years old, and his daugh ter, t! years old. He then shot himself in'the head and "died soon afterward. The others were taken ti the New Youk Hospital, where, later, they died. 0 .Three men dead and a woman dying, was the net result of a shooting affray at Central City, S. 1)., yesterday. Ju.Igo J. P. (Jiddinp- Fjd Shannon and "Jack Wear are the men, and Mrs. Ed SliaTmonrs'"t!)ti wolTfan. . .-Alt' the parties were pioneers and well-to-do. Intimacy U;f ween Gidifings and Mrs. Shannon is given as the cause of the tragedy. Advices from China say-: There are widespread riots in the Sze Chaun, with a strong an! r foreign tendency. All tin: Englili. French and-American missions were at tacked and many Christians were killed. A priest, Father Freury, was carried into captivity by the brigand, Su Mansu. The French mission offers 0,000 taels ransom. Protesant and Roman Catholic mission 'were destroyed by rebels in the towns of Pellen and LerecL nan. There are serious riots in Shanghai. "The French authori ties took vigorous action and kill ed' twenty natives, which quieted the rest. The death rate .from pestilence jn Seoul is awful. On one day, July 16, there were 1, 410 cases and deaths. There were riots in Bombay because' .of the plague. FRIDAY. A plot against the life of Pre mier Sagasta has developed. The dispatch, of reinforcements to Porto Rico has been 'stopped. The Spaniards are reported to have captured Faiardo, Porto Rico. Passengers from- Alaska arriv ing at Port Townsend, Wash., say there are 2f,000 idle men at Daw son City. Dr. George F. Baker, of the geo logical survey, will goto tho Phil ippines to make an examination of the mineral deposits of the islands. The Spanish hospital ship Alij- ennte, sailed from Santiago for Spain yesterday with 1,000 Span ish sick soldiers on . board. The Spanish steamer Isla de Luzon ar rived yesterday morning and will take 2,136 Spanish soldiers. Near Pennington, Va,, last ivightv a west bound passenger t rain on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad went down a .0,foot till. There were about 30 persons on the train. All were more or less hurt, except the .fireman and en gineer, but no one was killed. Five privates, all volunteers, died. yesterday of typhoid fever, in the general hospital at Fort McPherson. There are now 6 IS patients in the big hospital at At lanta, Ga. Of -these 400 are suf fering from t3phoi( fever. Tani- -fvpnoitj ijfllents. afriauffav and - W ; . Zt ieat thv ot Jot In thql-. , y- , Orr, a-weath- u'at CJ4r.c--Tfio vife don, a feu. trst -f i-fi t: virrtf cftf.nV ininisteredt"wftiIe.fivjfinegr)es,itnQ associates in- ems,-- were tEUD'ri -.ident "i is-'jnorm'rtgover the up.hy a inoh offcitizens, XikyJ card bearingdli.ie wfirds wasvar- tacnetl to the bodies; ."Iuis isAl .1- -,. ' , ' J-' me wiuow oi me muruerea man ri;3i:n. , ,1; if' a JLIX--:t! i- i , . ... A, t2PnUP to the Maih-y&SiiSa Spain lies dead in Tier cell in the countvij?: , ' ? ., 7.--'xy J . .. ... , ,, . j , vv - lost .since .tn uegmnmg ot tne Tail. with on v the ft cu-nfitf - i - j- . . . j 7 -----. ..v ' ' L. ' W t voice of her 3-year-old child to break the midnight silence in the gloomy cell, as the inuoceut little tot vainly cried for its nn ther. Last Saturday niirht. John T. Orr was assassinated, while making a glass of lemonade. . He had just returned : from choir practice, where his wife was organist. The crime was shrouded in mystery. After a coroner's inquest, extend ing over two days, a verdict was rendered charging Mrs. tOrr, the murdered man's wife, with being the instigator of the crime. After the arrest of Mrs. Orr and the five negroes, Mrs. Orr made a con-1 fession. It appears from letters received by Mrs. Orr that as soon : as she collected her husband's in- ! su ranee money she would go to xew loiK, meet two men an form a theatrical company. SATURDAY. 1. Yellow fever of the wor.-d-prevails at Morula, Mexico. Mount Vesuvius is now state of eruption from a cYalcr. tyjie in a new Ilaly monllis 1 as" given- Colombia eiirht to settle Hie Cerrnli claims. rid says the peace .terms are harsh, but rnu.it le agreed to. In Brussels, in attempting to arrest several anarchists, the police-were attacked and fatally wounded one of the men. ' Japan is said to bo planning the government manufacture of cigar ettes, which, it is estimated, will increase the annual revenue about $25,000,000. In a collision Thursday evening between a passenger Irain and a freight train, near Ponte Dcciino, Italy, nine persons were killed and forty were seriously wounded. Admiral Cervera and several of tieers'of his staff left Annapolis 3-esterday, under special permis sion from Washington, to visit the Spanish prisoners at Portsmouth, N. H. The administration is consider in the future government of Cu ba and Porto Rico. President Mc Kinley is said to favor a colonial form of government for Porto Rico. ' Reports showing an increased s,uccess in temperance work were made at the second day's session of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union's national convention in Bos-f. ton yesterday. , Serious trouble is expected in Alaska, owing to failure of trans""" nortation companies in getting 1 & supplies to Fort Yukon; a battery of artillery will be dispatched at once to St. Michaels. -The Novoe Vremya, of St. Petersburg, praises the Marquis of Salisbury for holding in check the .".Russophobes"' and says Rus sia is ready for action along the India frontier if Great Britain forces Tier to it. The Southern Pacific Railroad has" been notitid by the State health officer at Houston, Texas, to run no more trains from the East until further orders, on ac count of theyellow fever at Frank lin, La. One death occurred yesterday at Franklin, Louisiana, from yellow fever.t The State of Mississippi has been quarantined against Franklin and St. Mary's parish. No passengers, freight, baggage or express will be allowed brought within the State from that prrish. There is more money to be made by humoring people than by in-structing-them, , PVWEpNggPAY, AUGUST WAR;;VrtEWS. 'mjfter's sick. 1 ju.siouw.ui, -Aug. 1 i ouaiier-s I T-'!1 fl-rycltS for the 9th shows, sick, . twenty-eight hundred ' M i Total new cases of fe ; hundred and thirty, ' fvleathj jfonrteen. , ct fonTo rioo. j'' Ag. Il'.js-Svjcre- tl- wul' Attorney Ooneral in ,s 1 ..k; a eonferencV tuH the vftuis c: ft- overtinHt'of Porto ;7?t-:V. i .a,.-in' a 'Jisriatctii-beinor . i rv ' 'Il'V n.'"r:Ies,o .jning :'.?vashington, - AugA'JL' Ac war twelve "cruiseiV, -t'wo torpedo bjoat dejifroyer6adt twenty one gnn boats. V A "total bf thirtv-five warshis."s'.$otal "tonnage forty- eight thousand tno" hundred and sixty-five. HOT EXOAIIKMEXT. Key West, Aug. 11. The Ban croft has arrived from the Isle of Pines, where it had been the Hag ship of the blockading fleet. It brought news of several hot engagements in "which several ; opauisn were Kiuect antt one C ' I I . I I T I Am.criciin lost. Many schooners and sloops were c tpt ure 1 by the fleet. The ma jority were burned from fear of infection ami also because of the trouble of taking them, away. The twelve inch guns of the Santo IVmiiugo were saved. SPANISH ( AlilNKT SATISFIED. London, Aug. f I. A -despatch from Madrid announces -that the Spanish cabinet regards the pro tocol promulgated by. the United States as satisfactory.. Also that the authority will be at once tele graphed Cam bon to aTlix his signa ture. Jt is expected .that liosiiliiics will cease immt di.iU i . m 1 .i 1 tB m k A lu.m 'i ti 1 , 1. following uris, Ann:. 11. he despatch has been ivi cu' Casse from Cambon: d bv 1X1 "Presidts.nt M-cKiwIcy lias con- sented thaflhe peu,-e. negotiations : shall take place in Paris, giving as; the reason his desire to pay Frame; a compliment. The French ministers highly ap preciate . President McKinley's having aivcd the original request that Washington be the theatre of the peace negotiations." Preparations to receive the peace j commissioners bepm to-day. CObOKF.D ThOOl'S TO SANTIAGO. New York, Aug. 11. The Eighth Illinois regiment of negro" volunteers arrived here this morn ing to take passage on the Yaje for Santiago.' MUCH CONFUSION AT MONTAUK, Montauk, Aug. 11. Members of the Rough Riders not included in the Santiago detachment ar rived this morning. Much confusion still prevails, the government being unable to- fur nish accomodation or supplies. .There is still some trouble among the "laborers "Who. struck yesterday " for higher wages and shorter, working hours. JUNTA SIAES CORRECTIONS. tig Ivo'ng, AugTiT"!- Mem- . PWfipjpme s-j tinta 'hi 'rmhlitTv on Consul" Wild? an to protest agamsi the reports t Aguinaldo hadTdeclined to aid the: Americans in lie battle of the 31 st." Also "that ho, had de serud the .lreuches i-failinor to warn the Americans of the ap proach'ii ihe Spanish. They claim that Aguinaldo re tired his forces from the trenches below Malate at the request of Merrilt, as they retired from Ca vite at the request of Anderson. The junta claims that Aguinaldo has kept every promise made since he left Hong Kong, also that his life the lives of tho men of his command are at the disposal of Meirit and Dewey; that they only desire annexation to the United States. If" the junta be believed the Japanese government is anxious to take a band in the Philippine game. j TROors coming" home. Washington, Aug? 12. The fol lowing yfras posted at tho War De parUiient this morning: The St. St. Louis left Morro during the tiight of 11th with the Ninth and 17. 1898. Tenth Infantry and two.cotnpa nies of the -Seventyfirst ' New York. -The St.- Paul bhould have left last night with t Second In fantry and four eonipanies,.of the Seven ty-fi rst and General Ken and his staff. Morteno -leaves in a few minutes with the Twenty first Infantry. -Tho Rio Grand with"; Col Sargent's regiment on hoard has just arrived. 1 - ' r ' - j ""JSlIArTER, 4- s AT MONTt'AK J'OINT. Mon t uak , Aug. 1 2. Th 0" Amer ican x Hag " was hoisted over the camp. here for the first: time" tbts morning ly the Second cavalry; ibeKamp- is slowly getting, into shripe. Over two thousand troops have . . -" " arrivett and hve-hundrcd. tents have been pitched. FIKST I'AITURED Kr(i. - West Superior, Wis., Aug. 12. The first Spanish flag captured in Porto Rico has been received here from Lieut. Smith, of Com pany I, Third Wisconsin! The flag was cantu red bv Oomn.mv I , - , j which was the first to enter the Spanish barracks at Ponce oyer which the flag floated. It will be preserved for the captors. CUBANS SATISFIED. Santiago, Aug. 12. The Cubans express great satisfaction over the dismissal ot the civil government here, the retention 'of which since the occupation of the town by the United States forces had bceii a source of much contention. lios, the former governor, . was Major under Capri les, being made governor when the latter left with Cervera. 1 Since the surrender his occupa tion of ofliee has been one of the principal canes of Cuban griev ance. Municipal authoritiesthrough out the province are to He retain ed. Also there will be no interfer ence with religion or education.' Arrangements for the surrender of outlying towns still occupied by th'- Spanish will be proceeded Lieutenant - iviney, or shatter s stall goes to-morrow to receive the ;!iT' !-.iU;r of Baracoa. The steamer Breakwater has ar- rive.! with eight doctors and a quantity of hospital, supplies, oarcia RKI'KXTS.- o An 19 Garcia, who in anger because the city, af ter the surrender, was not turned over to the Cubans, severed all re lations with the United States army, indicates a desire to re consider1 his action in a letter re ceived by Shafter dated the 5th, from Jibara. sr.VNISII OOVEHXMpNT AC'CKITS. Madrid, Aug. 12. The Spanish j government this morning notified French Embassador Del Casse of its acceptance of the protocol, ask ing the French government to transmit to Cambon at Washing ton such power as is in conformi ty with McKinley. ROUGH' RIDERS ARRIVE. Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 12. Troops A, J, D, and K, 6f the Rough- Riders are quartered here pending the completion of ar rangements for receiving, troops at Montauk Point. All the troops arriving to-day will be held by the order of General Young. f JOV ERNM KNT 1'ETITION ED. Sidney, Aug. 12. The Ameri can colony here, through the Uni ted States consul, have cablet to Washington praying the gov eminent to retain jposession o the Philippines, The Queen on Peace. SPECIAL. DISI TC'II TO TIIKSCN. London, Aug. 12. The Queen says Her Majesty has witnessed with the deepest sorrow the hos tilities betweeiv Spain and the United States, but that the pres ent negotiations give her hope of houorable and enduring peace. Goldsboro Armis: The recent co'pious rainsj have made the farm ers' jubililant. If good- seasons prevail from this time on there will be a harvest this year, the equal of which has not been seen for many years. llntherfordton Vindicator: M. G. Hawkins, of Sulphur Springs, sowed four bushels and three pecks of wheat on poor hut well prepared Uuid, and harvested 108i bushels, making about 32 bushels for one sowed. Price, . $1 Per Year A Fortune Teller's Silver. ; Kooky. Mount, N. Cs Aug.j-ia An old fortune teller' .'named I Hester Brantley, who lived near! here ln.-Najsh county, died stldn'- !y on Monday afternoon. She had lieen telling fortunes for over fifty years:at a quarter per tell and as only eight dollar- was 'fonnd in her house and it was known "that she never spent a centi'dl ways get-1 ting what little she needed that 1 was not raised at home by:baftor- lg eggs nd jr-chkskens1 and the garden truck, the neigh borsljiues- tioned a.girl whos lived "with her and learned that' the ld . wo'man.1 always went' io -her 'smoke hous& eteD",o.rtWai,nii.!rht vr.en she thought that sheVthe girl, wasrworld.'''" ' """r "frr rt- . asleep. A "few digs with spades Four times as . large as Rhode-C : unearthed several old ..coffee pots tilled with silver. The whole find amounted nearly to $500 which has been put in the bank here. Every piece found was of the denomination of a quarter. The spaues are still nymg m the air as more money is buried nearby. On Trial for a Foul Crime. Statesville, N. C. Aug. 10. Dr. R. L. Lawrence, the hand some young dentist of Moores- ville, now on trial for life, stands eharo-fid with enniniittinnr pono rn 1 charged with committing . rape on Miss Minnie Jones. It is charged f hn f Oirhlta urnWIr in rr sn I iL M..,-m,umtt.U ,,11 uCl icciu he drugged and took advantage of her. The trial was set for 2 o'clock to-day A jury has been empannelled and to-morrow ex- animation of witnesses begin R . ... ""i" onira aic 1 cm csciiLeo v I. . " j able counsel. Both parties stand high and their characters have been considered above reproach', Intense interest and suppressed excitement are manifest in the. large crowd present. The trial; will probably continue the whole" week. Horrible Jeath. Last Sunday morning, Mis? Ef- C, went to the kitchen to build a fire in the stove to prepare dinner and, unfortunately, used the oil can. In pouring the oil in the stove it' became ignited and the ean of oil exploded, and her clothes were literally burned from her body before assistance could reach her. The unfortunate young lady was so horribly burned that she died Sunday night. 5Iiss Moore was very popular and her death cast a gloom Over the entire town. Our Friend in Mexico. There is published in the- City of Mexico a comic paper El Hijo Del Ahnizote which is very much in sympathy with the cause of the United States in the war against Spain. A recent issue contained a cartoon in three parts, the first of which represented Castelar in hniform, shaking his fist at Uncle Sam and saying: "We shall meet you on the sea!" In the next illustration Uncle Sam is walking away with the Spanish fleet under his arm as Castelar yells: "We shall meet you o'n the land: lhe last of the series depicts Uncle Sam accepting Linares' sword at the surrender of Santiago, and Castelar, who has assumed a monk's tunic mur murmurs: "Well, we may meet you in Heaven!" If it Should Spread. It is told that a man in the east ern part of this county bung him self because people found fault with him. If the practice should become general in this country the tree would be compelled to work at niarht to support school teachers, preachers and editors. Durham Herald. Gets There inTime A great deal has been said as o to the slowness of the turtle's movements', but all we can say is he generally arrives in time for soup. Harlem Life. Too Late. "What weapon did Sampson use in slaying . the Philistines?" asked the Sunday school, superin tendent during the general exer cises. "He he didn't use none," sput tered a little red headed' urchin on the back row of seats. "He didn't git inter de scrap till dey was all Lincoln with a big batch of otb sunk." lers. " ""' ' 18 OKLT f 1 FEB TEAK. , f J IStffctly In Advance NO FATIMER SHOULD BE' W1TII . ' V . ' olJT IT. , - - ' Porto Eico. Few birds. ' No snakes. """" ',-' -. .No monkeys. ' Length 90 miles.' - Area, 3,670 miles. . - - No birds of prey, - ' i'opuktion 20,000.""' ' Houses have flat roofs. " i It :eon tains 300,000 negroes. -; One-fourth as large as Cuba." i In 1S55 cholera killed 30,000. lt has 470 miles of tejegraph. Cockrfighting is the chief sports -; - Discovered bv ; Cul nnihiii .'in - ... lios "- , 'Exnorts of l 5.000 hno rth f i year. : . " V ' '. - - -vTv&mxi tho'finev'-"'-" iV-'. " - V' Island : More densely - iWktfid th,.n I - Connecticut. . - . ' Annual tobacco ontnnt .7 000 00.1 ' nounds. . One hundred and thirty -seven miles of railway. Finest Havana cigars are made of its tobacco. In 1897 it bought $2,000,000 of our commodities. Three times it has repelled the, attacks of the British. Amonr the white tho numlww of females excee(,s that ' t,je v maes The annual product of bananas - - tAO OOO OAO . cocoanuts 2,000,000. A cotton, .remarkable for its ,ength of "fi tcnacii ml whUe. DeSs is produced, and its Culture e- produ-el, and its 'culture with vnif -iiro -'in K l.u-.Vi.l ' .... . .......j ..111 ifu. luiiri'iy leuoeo. . 1 In Manila. , , I. Many excellent bands. Six thousand Europeans.-. Man-eaters will attack natives who ride down into the sea on horseback to bathe their animals, and nip off a leg if they have half a chance. As a rule, though, the- natives meet the man-eaters half aD(1 'will dive in and rip the (Hi onrn .with dfe,uifn. Nobody hurries or worries. Men wear-white duck suits. .The Cathedral cost $1,000,000. Four hundred thousand Chinese. Natives have 12t .holiday's a year. The witch doctor is a demi-god among the Malays. Time is reck oned, by the sun and moons, as in China. A man is allowed but one wife in some tribes, but in other tribes a man may have any number of wives ' he desires, and the women are' looked upon as mere chattels. . Children in school an h'or a day. : , Clerks earn $2,000 to $5,000. a year. -.. By the. law of the islands;ever- body is Catholic. Morality is at a low ebb among the Kanakas. Away from the towns the Kanaka women wear nothing but the rings in their noses and the cowry shells hang ing from their ears. It is good sport watching the natives from the tobacco factories bathing after, the day's work is over, tour or nve mousanu 01 them in together men, women and children in the . merriest confusion, playing all sorts of pranks on one another and no end of games, all in their birthday suits. Lumberton- Robesonian: The Populists of Robeson county ha,ve not only returned to the ranks of the Democratic party, but are act ually making strpng Democratic speeches. Two prominent Popu lists, named respectively J. M. Wilson and Duncan Musselvvhite, attended a picnic at Harrellsville, in the county, the other day and made good speeches. Wilson has not voted a Democratic ticket in ten years, and Musselwhite has lieen one of the most extreme Pop ulists in the county. The Popu-' lists of Robeson say they cannot stand fusion with negroes any longer. ' "Shafter's luck" is often spo ken of in army circles. He was a farmer boy when he enlisted in tho " Civil war aud rose to first lieuten ant at the closeoLNh()stiiities. Then he applied for transfer to the regulars. . His request was grant-, ed, but the clerk in the adjutant ceneral's office wrote "lieutenant colonel," instead of "lieutenant," and the commission was signed ly r : 'i v 1 it "ST" - I '. I-r'i':- V- -