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ITkia Ohronicle, . WILKESBOEO, N. C. . " J- Dili It : AltP'S LETTISH . - As Patrick Henry said, It is nseless vj cry peace wnen mere u ao peace. Henry Grady never loved t the nation into peace for more than about a week. Better take that inscription off ' his monument. What alarms me is the fact that the northern papers that are I most bitter against us are the most popular with thir rwormiA :; .This i rmri ' Rlcrn The New York Press boasts that its circulation is twice as great as that of all rf TTfiw York' and Uooklyn combined and it is increasing . every day. . It is ably and bitterly edit pd. Nrt a. Asuhr issue but has some flint? or slander against the south. I won kin' t care .i , lor v. wnat an euiiur said if his , , readers 'v. dident approve ' and indorse it and it iff reasonable to snnnose miiiion nortnern , reaoera of The Press hate us as cordially iu does the editor. -1 can t account for this antipathy, for - we are not. doing anything to tnem. in last eunaayja paper The Press say8 that-. wo 'should build a monument to Paul Sloan," the deputy sheriff of - Lake Charles, i La., because he lost his life in trying to pro tect a negro from a mob." That is not bo bad, but he continues his remarks and says we ' 'should set up his statue in place of one of those erected to Calhoun and Taney and Travis, whom their own followers admit were incurably wrong in every question of 1 their -time and - the northern mind reads Paul Sloan's title to a monument as clearly as John Brown's." - 1 i r - What is the - use of trying r to keep calm and serene under such provo cations. : Chief Justice Taney and John C. Calhoun were dead before ouri civil war and I did not know that '.any respectable citizen of the .United States would dare to . dishonor their great names.' These were - statesmen,- not politicians, and the tributes and eulo gies paid to them by northern men were full of praise ? and overflowing - with national lamentation. ; Even Daniel Wibster spoke with much' emotion, in his beautiful eulogy on Mr. Calhoun. Ttnf. nn tt thin ' 1n.tn HfLtr t.hft samn' nld fanatical cry is heard that caused New England to send John Brown on his malicious and devilish errand. I .The same v malignant : howl that inspired John G. Whittier to write of -Webster: "So fallen J So lost! The which once he wore light ' withdrawn The glory from his gray hairs gone forever- more. All ft 1 art lit con f mm thosA f?raat avrr the the soul has fled J eyes When faith is lost ana honor dies, the man is, - . aeaa." - And this because he honored Calhoun and in his old age dared to say- in ; his speech at Capon Springs that a state had the right to secede from the union when the compact was broken. , My $ father was from Massachusetts and honored , Mr. weDster aoove ail men ana was in cal puritanical . verses. ,: That triumve rate weDster, uiay ana uainoun was his : ideal of great men, patriots and statesmen, and it is mine to-day. My contempt for old Whittier is very great,: and none Of his slanderous effusions shall find a place in . my collection of -poems. I was surprised to find a lot of them in William Cullen Bryant's coj lection. - . Hal l am going to quit reading such newsnabers as destrbv ; mv - serenitv. have to hurry out into my garden arid dig too ; hard i and too often this ; hot weather to keep my choler - down. I've j- A w ar -. mf - : uwu uuuuuig a wuoueneu, ana a cmc&en , coop with' two. apartments, one of which is for the Christmas turkeys, when; t!e time comes. Old uncle: Sam idid : die sure enough, and I am now emphatically the boy but J reckon it is good forme. jny wue says it is. ,i-ve worn out my forked hoe dieeine ud the hard eround in the hose beds for the - worse 1 1 am insulted the harder I;. dig. I: dod't understand some things. General Gold - ing and General Wheeler and some 3f our orators f and preachers go up . nor ;h and mix up with those yankees and come back loaded down and say : ? Oh, J mo MI jgut, lucjf MC unilllUUiUUB; but I notice that the Grand Army wants to regulate our schoolbooks, and the editors dictate how we shall manage our negroes. Pm doing my best to harnjo ize. but when I read their editnrialal'T : nnu. w uue m uubuq mau one tuab can't be broke of it and I'll give : him -12 a day to use language on that editor: He wouldent ' mind being cussed afar off and maybe ft it would relieve ihy feelings. flHe knows that every follower of Taney and . Calhoun still 'glory in their constitutional teachings. He iU.i .T - . . . . ..' i. jKjuuwB urn unr AnaievrB, wno is - tne honored head of the public schools) of " Chicago,-declared in a public address every principle the south maintained and fought for had been decided in pur favor by the supreme court of the United States before the War and has been since the war confirmed by the present court. He knows all that, and he knowsjf.ll about Pana and Akron and New York city's treatment of i the - negro,- and I in zace oi au tnis ne aares to finit nnt hia venom at us.. I don't understand i him ijx niw. uuuiuer ui man ne is nor now ' he can. sleep in peace or enjoy and digest Bat we will get even next month and then you will hear a howl. Good fcra- . ciousl What a constemation-what .'- AMI trm ! n Jl . t m ttwpiug auu wiuuug nnu gnasning ox teeth Bryan . and Stevenson! Both names end witn a big N and that com tination has never failed yet. ;--, , Well, I: am working on that book noT7, ana my friends are sending the n-nca cf their favorite poems from all ever the eoutn. It is already interesting A. J. . i. . m l CUXI0U3 vj note me - ones : mat are rr.c.:t popular. - I shall publish a list o tben bc-'cra long in the order in which And no :7 cbcut that scriptural enigma I Lr.vo 1 r:vcral lctt:r3 about it arid but one correct answer and so I will hive to give the solution as sent by the Mississippi girls: 1.-' " tou" have heard, no doubt, the oft-told tale Of Prophet Jonah and the whale .... -His living soul was kept within , .., ; TiU he repented of his sin, - v When the whale dies its oil gives light ; ; Dispelling darkness irom tne nignv. j --'V . -i- ' Bill Arp. . Tlie Balfour Quarry. ; Special to Charlotte Observer. - - ' t Concord: Oct.; 20.TEe road from Concord to Bocky Biver .runs through Bocky Bidger a section ' of country where for a mile or so along the road side are large boulders' of , rock and as far as the eye-can see through the woods, great masses of rock, piled Cup on the earth, v At one ; place, a huge, conical boulder stands' so close 'to the road that passing vehicles almost graze it, and from its top up among, the branches of a hickory tree, can be seen the railroad cars. .Strangers I visiting this vicinity are often told -a wonderful utory about this rock, i namely, that - it ' 'turns round every time Jt hears the vhistle." Nearly every one, who bears bis story for the first time, jumps to he conclusion that there is some kind if suDerstition connected with it, but hnnmrd folks resent that idea and af farm that the rock does tnrn round isvpsrv time it hears the whistle blow. - If r : ... .-..; .. . .; he stranger don't eaten on to tms as sertion quick enough, he is taken a lit tle further on -where an immense nat rock crops out through the ground and s shown" the deep print of Samson's foot rieht on the rock. The oldest inhabitant fails in remembering whe :is responsible for the : identification. - But tight here alongside these twa curiosi ties is the location where the Balfour jQuarry Company, is at work "and car rying on, with approvea metnoas ana machinery, a very thriving business. !Mr. E; T. Burgess is superintendent , of the quarry, Mr. A. L. Parker, manager and commissary, Mr. George I. Jlird man, treasurer, ' and -Mr. v John M. Young, ballast inspector for; the South ern Railway. They employ 75 hands and run two steam drills; Awhich i "aver age 40 feet per day. The product of one day's labor in building stone, fenc ing stone, - screenings, chippings and ballast is sufiicient.to load 10 or 12 cars. The company has a lease on the loca tion for ten years 1 with the privilege of extending it to fifteen. But neither fifteen nor twice fifteen will exhaust the stone in that part of Cabarrus county WliaOs to He- Done TFlth - the Itlan lio Farms Out Win Children and Spends Their Money f ' - Uhorlotte Observer. " . ' i' - . - i v Tom Yandle was arrested last night for being drunk and abusing his family and was locked up for trial this morn ing. If the usual : custom follows he will be fined by the mayor ; his children will pay the fine, and he will go home to loaf until he" feels 1 inclined . to' get drunk' again. ' - ' . i : y ' 'Yaridle is one of those vampire: pa rents who are so frequently mentioned in the police court reports - of the" Ob server. He h88 a very large family and When he : was up, before; the mayor a couple of weeks ago he said, with a certain pride, that his children; made $3.50 a night by Working in ; the. Ath erton cotton mill. Therefore, he : con siders tt not necessary that hV; should work. In his own sphere he lives as a Lord, and in the part of his programme that includes cursing and mistreating his little, children he ' feels no shame even when,, sober. v Within": the last three months it is shown by the police court record that he has been arrested, imprisoned and fined 1 four times for drunkenness, and his children's money bought his whiskey and paid his fine. As has been repeatedly stated in this paper, xanaie is oniy one oi a type too common .in this community.; And 'tis class that the Jaw does not seem to get at, somehow. ' - I "Differences In :r Wages. . r ; i ' " The other day a young woman who had been promoted to post of responsi bility previously filled by, a man; and who was doing satisfactorily the 8am e work as her predecessor at about naif the pay, called the attention of the man ager of the concern to this discrepancy. "Oh, but,'N he, said, J'& girl never does' get as much as a man; you know.'! 'But why not?'' the woman; persisted. 'It is the same . work that you paid Mr. s so much for, and you admit your self that it is as well done.'' "Yes, but one has to treat a woman differently. One can't" swear4 at , a woman, - you know." Too well-bred to transgress he rules of courtesy toward;a lady : in his employ, he indemnifies himself by docking her salary. s -' j,f . . - k": HisSchedule. - - -'l Atlanta Constitution. - - - : " Being required to give a schedule of his personal property, a colored citizen : ii "t--j :i a : u j . . owingr r " -' " I ; ' - : One wife en 2 bale er cotton. One mule, blin' in de off eye, en de boy whut plows him. , , ! '; ;- One 2-room house wid a shingle roof en a mortgage on it. - - - - '4 . One yaller dog. hard er hearin', wid his tail cut off . . : - ' - One eatin' table, en migV. ty little ter put on it. - ; iwo chairs wid seven, legs en a half. :One brass watch what runs on do. in stallment plan." c . . .r "Mr. Scxobee." said the bookkeeper. "this past week I did the junior clerk's work as well as my own. This being payday, I thought it only ngnt to re mind vou." . ' . : - " " '.'Very good," said old Bcrooge. -let me see your salary is $12 and the clerk's - Yes. eir," replied the bookkeeper, beaminsr exnectantlv. "Then, working half the week for yourself is C6, and the other half for the cierK is xour saiary beC3." ' ; . ' Revolt o in' ane Patients. Poughkeepsie, Y., Oct. 21. There was a revolt at the Matewan S,tate Hospital for the. Criminal Insane - at 6:30 o'rlock tonight,, when six or eight keepers were assaulted and overpowered by about twenty insane patients. " Some of the' prtients escaped and seven are still at large. One or two of the keepers are badly bruised" as ;a. r result of. the assault. After the patients had been given their usual Sunday night supper they were taken back to their apartments J in company with keepers. Among-the number were 15 or wno Slept in one of" the large, corridors,' - this being necessary on account of the cramped conditions at the institution. In this hall with the patients were: six or eight keepers, who sat on their- chairs, watch ing the inmates as they walked up and down the: iiall in a restless manner. There were 'no suspicious movements on the part of the patients - to indicate that they had been planning a revolt of any kind. They looked as they always did, . firit at one keeper and ? then; at another, but the keepers did not I think that there was any trouble in the minds of the 20 prisoners. Suddenly, and without warning; each i keeper was attacked simultaneously . , by two' or three rjersons and heavy blows fell on the heads of ; surprised attendants. There did riot seem to be any leader of the revolt, and while the patients - were assaulting the keepers they would glare at each other occasionally as if waiting for ; tne word? to. make the break, for liberty. The keys the keepers had were soon taken away from them ana a rush leading was then made tor tne aoor : from the nail into the dining .room When the gate was ; thrown open, they rushed out of the yard fairly tumbling over each other in their anxiety to be free again. In the meantime r. the keepers who had been overpowered had given the alarm, and after a chase, ; all but seven were recaptured. Floating Grave Yard. - - San Francisco, Oct. 20. The trans port Sherman, which has arrived here from the Philippines, is 'practically a funeral ship.- - On board the vessel are 51; dead, 12 insane, "467 sick and 58 convalescent soldiers and civilians. : The transport has been sent to quarantine.-: Most discouraging reports are brought from the Fax East by the physical wrecks who have come home in the Sherman. It is stated that the hospitals at Manila are overcrowded with the victims of bullets and disease. Fully 2,000 soldiers now lie on the cots in the hospitals and many of these will die before they: can be ' placed on board - transports to be brought home. v ? Added' to this is the' fact that the transport Meade, is now on its way. to San Francisco with 300 soldiers. All of these are shattered in mind . and r. body, many of them being violently - insane from the effects of hardship and the I climate." Most of them will never re I cover their reason. - The transport Logan left Manila last Tuesday. , It carries 273 soldiers, all of whom are sick and many of whom are bordering on. insanity. vc . , .- . -?: , It is thus with every ; transport, that eaves Manila.; ..'Hardly enough, ships can be secured9 to carr on the Victims of the campaign, against; the.; Filipinos. Worn b severe trials iris the- fields, sol diers become demented day after : day, andr reports say, are obliged to bo con fined and Watched for fear they will do harm to themselves ana their comrades A Chinaman on Lacing. Here is what one Chinaman' says in the "North China: Daily News". : about "Corsets Against Small Shoeftrii- 7 "What is the use of binding the feet? It is of the same use as tightening . the waist among you Europeans. .Do youl tighten the waist for comfort? No. . Is it to make one look taller or shorter? No. liThen what, is it for? It is for beauty. It is to catch the eyes of men So is foot binding. , :. They are both -for the benefit of men. vFoot binding does not dp a"3 much harm as waist-tighten mg. f ; . - . . "When- so many . of your, men, have written against the harm of waist tight eninz and not succeeded, now can . a ew of your women, think to put a stop to -our ancient custom? You , have many medical women. Why do ; they not loosen their waists before they ask our women to loosen their feet? Your enlightened Christian women should begin at home ty forming an anti-waist tighten ing society : then we Chinese may followyour example."' , Brother Dlclcey on Race Problem. "Yes, euh'.said Brother Dickey, ,'hit do look Iak'.my race is havin' ..er ha'd time in the Northl 'Pears lak' dev has mo' er what dey calls 'de . race problem . up dar dan what dey has down yer! But lemme tell you " one tfing en hit ain't' two de bes' . place ' for , de cullud man is down 'South, whar' he was raise an' bo'nl Min whatTltell ye ! I raise a fambly of sixteen;- sons and three wives ef I don' t - disremem ber en . bless - God none . er 'em hez been lvnchcd r or tar-en-feathered. : er beat up, er stove up, dat I knows on; an dem wnat got. . m ae cnaingang w'ich wuz des a sorter side issue, so ter speak ris now law-abidln'. citizens en makin' a dollar a day, and Lawd sen Sunday 1 L No, suh, gimme de South en civilization every day in de year, en Chns'mus gii' wnen de time comes. , We want to impress upon every voter in uaparrus county and this district the importance of working and voting for Hon. Theo. F.Kluttz for Congress. ilis election seems certain, but there should not be any relaxation of effort or any' resting on oars. It - would in deed be a calamity if Mr. Kluttz should be defeated, especially by. such a stick as either Holton or Shuford. Let every uemocrai ana every voter who wants tne aistrict represented by an able, in uueuuai auu incorruptible man, vote for nr. luuttz. - - Ulallsnant Journalism. Baltimore Sun, , - The malignant and wanton editorial assault made upon Gen. B. xa. Xiee oy the New York Sun in its issue of Octo ber 18 should make that paper abhorred and detested in every Southern house hold. No ex-Confederate soldier who retains one spark of " manhood in nis breast, or of respect for- tne cause, oi which this ereat and pure soldier was one of the representatives, can read that outrageous libel without the deepest in dignation. ; JN or can ne iau w jeuiem hr that the oaner which makes this attack is of the straitest sect of McKin leyism, admittedly one of the most de voted and uncompromising: rorgans of imperialism and the trusts in the coun try. The South stand like a stone wall against Bepublican policies and plans,' and by its aid : imperialism and: syndi cated government are threatened with overthrow at the approaching - election. That section has already been menaced by the Republican party with - political punishment, in the form of decreased representation, if the Bepublicans win , but it nas reiusea to do ingnteneu into the support of McKinley : : as it has ? re fused to be tempted by the bribe of com mercialism or - deceived by his sweet words of flattery and cajolery. Its firm attitude throws into a fury of rage arid resentment the Administration and all its camp followers who see the spoils of imperialism and - trust tyranny en dangered by its fidelity to Democratic principles. -This feeling - was ; Bhown some time ago in another article in the New. York Sun,-in iwhich a bitter : at- Uack was made upon the South m gen eral. Now, enraged by the 'increasing signs of popular revolt against McKin- leyum, it spits out its venom and hatred in an ; article in whicn it deliberately maligns a man whose name it is not fit to utter. , The . New York Sun goes further than most of its kind, because, like the professional wanton, it is utterly beyond hope r of rehabilitation among respectable people. But it is noteworthy that nearly every so-called independent newspaper which is supporting McKin leyism in this campaign betrays .more or less clearly something of the- same animus. They make j theriiselves con spicuous defenders of . Boosevelt, the champioii of mixed schools, and one of tnem, puDusnea in tms & oouinern city, even attempts : to minimize . tne JNew York Sun's shameless attack on. Gen eral " Lee by describing . that paper as merely ."objecting to the choice of Lee for the Hall of Fame." Southern men are not likely to be influenced by papers which are the special champions of the champion of mixed schools; and which consider as of : small consequence and worthy of no attention the defamation of one who was too lofty to be tempted from what he thought his duty by gold or rank, and too true to his section to turn his back upon it in its hour of need. ' ' - .VIctorv Claimed for Bryan. -k. Washington, Oct. 21. The- Demo cratic congressional committee to-nigLt issued a rosy forecast of Democratic prospects. -. It makes :; 1,500 - words. Among other things the committee says:. A tidal wave of Democracy is sweep ing! over the country and v indications now point to the greatest popular ma- j ority for Bryan next mv. nth ever given to any Democratic; presidential candi date. ; The great popular uprising in favor of Bryan is not confined to, any particular section of the country ; it is uuiversal. . The sign is in the sky, and it spells v 'victory.' It is ; universally conceded, ' even by .' the : Bepublican leaders, that Mr. Bryan has lost nothing of the strength he had in in 1896, when less than 25.000 votes, : properly dis tributed, would have elected him. ; It therefore follows that this year he will receive au least as manyjvotes as - in 1896 plus the natural increase in"' the number of ,young. Democratic voters who have come of age since the - last national campaign. But this year Mr. Bryan has many elements of strength which he lacked : in 1896, and which are sufficient to' insure him a tremen dous majority, both in the popular vote and the electoral college." . " ; Vote on Creed. Revision." i Phiiadelphia. Oct. 19. The vote of the presbvteries on the question of the revision of the Confession of . Faith, as thus far reported, is as follows: ; . - For , revision only, . SU; declaratory statemerit,: 2; : supplemental v creed, 30; substitute creed 5; revision and supple- mental creea, iu; aismissai oi tne wnoie subject, 33; total number of presbyteries voting, J10, " . - "'- : : There are 232 presbyteries, inclading 21 in foreien lands, most of which will not vote in time f or the - report of the committeeto - the ? General Assembly. which meets in this city next May.: The votes of two-thirds of the - presbyteries . rn.m-.rn" . m i 1 .. 1 .."a, will be necessary :ior tne ;AssemDiy t to send down any. overtures on the subject. i .jsfi Only Tavo MlllaJBnnnlnff.' -' Aleigh, N. . C, October 19. -News to-day from the cotton'; mills in Ala mance is that of the twenty-six only two are running- full handed. Those did not notify :union men to leave. Their owners say:-they do not- know:: whether their operatives belong to the union or not. News is that the mills will almost certainly win in this fight, as there are enough non-unionists to keep them in operation The unionists chose a? bad time to strike, as the mills are long on manufactured goods and short on cot tori and are by no means unwilling : to shut down for a month ..or two. The union operatives who are out of employ ment say it is not a strike', but a lockout. A physician say s " that people how sleep with their, mouths shut - live longest."- -; -r. . y ".Well, people .who go around with their mouths shut when they're - awake seldom get killed.'- ' STATE NEWS. ' There has been more- or less scarlet fever in Statesville for the past two or three months and the disease as also rTwrfid m manv nortiSns of . the VX . . . , . - ....... county. t - , Bev. John E. White, D.D. , of Raleigh corresponding secretary of the Baptist state - convention, nas been formally called to the , pastorate of the ' Second Baptist church of Atlanta. Johri B. Webster and Spencer Adams fought in a train going towards Greens boro: Saturday . night.'- Adams : told Webster he printed a lie about him in his paper, f Webster ; struck : him, ' but Adams would not -return the blow. . ; I ..l A' singularly sad . tragedy j is cabled from Havana. ' "Major R. Peterson, who is -a native of Clinton,1 N." " died of yellow fever on : the 17th. -; His .wife who had hastened - from Cincinnati to nurse him shot herself in the head with a revolver an hour after his death, killing herself instantly. " V :; . : " It is a pleasure to noto from the : Charlotte Observer that .Mrs.- Stonwall Jackson - has ; had the operation of removing the diseased nerve success-; fully executed and that she stood the ordeal well. She is- now without pain from it and has promise of early and complete recovery. - V ' " ' One of the, most , shocking tragedies in the history " of Sampson county occurred at Clinton Saturday night. - It was the killing of Lee Murrill' by his brother-in-law, Lee Kirby. Kirby was drinking and Murrill was trying to get him off home . when m ; a drunken frenzy, he cut Murrill Jon - both . arm si severing an artery in one. The wound ed man died in a short while, i , He was beyond hope when the surgeons got to him. , - - - ' ' ' - .y - ' GENERAL NEWS. Thousands of persons attended the fu neral of Hon. William L. ' Wilson , at Charlestown, W, Va., ex-President Cleve- land being among the number." : . -. Hon . Judson Harmon, who supported Palmer and Buckner "four years ago, declared himself today for , Bryan. Judge Harmon was on the bench here for many years arid cucceeded Secretary Olney as attorney general in the cabinet of Grover Cleveland. - '. Charles Dudley Warner, ; of " literary fame, one of the owners of the Hartford Cour ant, died suddenly on the 20th. Mr. Warner v had a very severe attack of pneumonia two years ago," while in New Orleans, and has never fully .recovered from it. - - . - - -"I . . " ; - ' -The Chinese Situation. - . " Baltimore Sun.. ' ' ' 1 1 ' r " .The Chinese situation is somewhat mixed. The decree by which' Prince Tuan was stripped of his offices and ex iled was a bogus decree, it is - said, and the list of decapitated Chinese notabil ities was likewise bogus. The Chinese Government,, heing controlled by Prince Tuan, chief of the Boxers, ; has fled far into the interior,' and has really so far made, it seems, no concession : to the powers. - It is doubtful,: indeed, wheth er Li Hung Chang arid Prince Ching are authorized to accept the 'minimum of the demands of the powers, as re gards the punishment of officials guilty of the recent putrages. They are per haps authorized to : negotiate ' an " agree ment to r pay indemnities in cash or promises, but it is unlikely : that they will 'be allowed to concede what the powers insist upon; "Negotiations axe now about to. 6egin j . it seems, but - the prospects of results is not good. The Dowager and Emperor; are; top far off to be under ; preseure. ' It is -suspected that Li Hung Chang will, wear out ? jtb e winter months with futile proposals and long- delays, f ' During negotiations it will take time for him to communicate with the distant Son of Heaven, and the ambassadors of the powers are like ly to disagree." ;;: There are signs that the: powers already disagree radically. Russia - openly : separates 8 herself from "the concert" of. the "powers now that circumstances have given her "what she wants possession of all Manchuria. Certain powers are sending more ; troops to China. - The growing disorders in Southern China'i due to the paralysis of the imperial authority, supply the abun dant occasions for the bringing in i of troops to preserve order in the various spheres of influence. : Rebellions are developing, and when - these are 'put down, ChinaV it is feared, will be in the possession of Russian, German, En glish, French and Japanese generals. Peace might be speedily obtained if the Chinese Court were .subject to the right influences, f but with Tuan, . the arch- Boxer, in control, there n little pros pect that the:. dismemberment, of the Empire will be averted. - " murders Her Three Children, Kill Herself. Then Charlotte, N. C.j Oct. 24. A negro woman r named Carrv Caldwell, who livedin the northern part of Mecklen burg county, JN . U, this morning killed her 3 children and committed -suicide. The woman cut each of the children's throats with a razor, and then drew tha some instrument across her own throat, from tne enect of wnicn she. died some hours. later. h : " At the time of the crime her husband was" away :from home, u The woman's Brother was at the house, and she sent him., on " an errand . to the ; barn, ' and when he returned he found the three children dead and the woman gasping from a gash which she had inflicted- in her own throat. A physician was sum moned at once, but too" late to save her life. . - . ,-. ; The children were aged 6, 2 and 4 years and their mother about 35. The cause of the woman's act is supposed to have been insanity. .- The coroner's jury held "an inquest over the four bodies thi3 afternoon. - ' ; Brother Dickey on Trusts, Etc. P. L. S. In Atlanta Constitution. Mister Kunnel Hanna says dey ain't no such t'ing ez a trust: but -w'en if hcomes ter dat, I wouldn't trust BrV Hanna no f urder dan -I kinx see 'im Dey '8 mo' trusts ter day in dis' genera tion dan dey's fleas on a yaller dog in flytime. -Ever'wwhars de word "trust" stare de po man in de face, 'cep' at de grocery sto', whar ever't'ing is cash w'en dey's no cash ter buy wid. Ef I wants a bushel er coal, blesp God, d6 trust done run coal up so high dat you can't reach it wid a step-ladder; en ef I wapts a gallon r ile ter strike a light ter see how much I los' on de cotton what de sheriff level on, heah come de trust man en say I'le hatter figger it out by daylight ! I don't wonder dey wuz five virgins in de Bible wid no 'ile in dey lamps -dey run ergm a trust en de trust tol'em dat de fire wuz out! No use talkin', de trusts is got dis coun try lak' a raccoon in ' a steel trap. Ef de coori pull loose he 'bleege ter lef one er his two foots in de trap; en w'en he run to de doctor, bless God, he run right 'gin de drug trust en bus his head wide open I i Dey ain't no way gittin outer it; dar it is, and dar you is: it git you comin' en it git you gwine; it go ter bed wid you, en take all de kiver; it ride you lakr; de nightmare, en drive yoa lak' de white man drive de nigger. Don't tell me dey ain't nosich t'ing ez a trust; ; dey's ez frequent ez de red eetch in July, en dey lef de po' man bo weak dat he ain't got strength to scratch. W'y, we wanted a bell fer de new meet- in' house ter day,, en heah come de brass trust en say ef we want one er dey beis we must git in ae ring i n wuz ae brazenest t'ing you ever see. Take all 'roun', up en down, comin' em en en ev- gwine, ae people is oout nan iooi, de balance ijit; but dey'won't stan' er't ing all de time.- Dey 11 git tired standin en set down: en w en dey doeB set down dev'U set on de trusts so hard dat you won't hear em hollow. Den, en not 'twell den, Br'er Haana kin rise up en say fer true: 'Day's no mo' trusts!" - Dat is, ef de people ain't Bettin' on him, too 1 - - , ' to 1 Now In Force.1 Salisbury, Md., Oct. 24. In his speech at ? Preston, Md., Mr. Bryan made reference to the financial ques tion in response to an inquiry. The question was, "How about 16 to 1 V ; .'"If you want to know about lb to 1, I will tell you. Sixteen to one was the paramount issue in 1896, but the Re publicans have done so many mean things since then that we are kept busy on the new things. But, if a Republi can disputes the 16 to 1 doctrine, ycu tell him that we have a Bepublican President, a Bepublican Senate and a Bepublican House and they have neyer attempted to change the 16 to 1 ratio, and Mr. McKinley is now coming sil ver dollars at the ratio of 16 to 1, with out waiting for the aid. or ? consent of any other nation, on earth.- Until the Bepublican : party: proposes to change the ratio, J object-to their discussing the ratio. When they propose to change it we will discuss it with them." j:U :; Dr. Register In Japan. Charlotte News, 23rd. . ;, ; : Mrs.AE. C. Begister received a Jetter this morning from Dr. Register, written- on" October 4th, at Nikko, Japan. The doctor is well and enjoying his trip.: He writes that he was the only English speaking man in the hotel, his companions being' Germans, Swedes, French arid his waiter Japanese. He goes from . Nokki to Kobe.. . The doctor sent Mrs. Begister a letter that she had written him and which had been for warded." The Japanese directions, in forwarding,. are pasted on the envelope and are correct it is supposed. - v. Japanese Did for a Husband. .This is the form in which a voung woman advertises in a Japanese paper for a husband : I the undersigned, am a pretty girl,: with "abundant hair, flower-like face, nerfect evebrows and a good figure. VI have money enough to take life easy and to enable me to spend my years with some beloved man who will ever: bef". mv. com nan inn and who can admire the flowers with me by day and the moon by night. If any clever, accompiishea, handsome and fastidious gentleman is disposed to accent this offer I can assure him that I will be true to him for life, and thai" aftpr life is over I will be ready to be buried with him in onegrave." Stanly Count on Giving Mr. Bryan -Eight Hundred Majorltj". in this county is cettirifir hot and it will continue to grow until the election. We are calculating on erivine Brvan about 800 majority. Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz has Just completed a canvass of tne county. . Mr. Xluttz is an able ana enthusiassic speaker and is discussing imperialism and the trust to the satis faction of the rieonlfi. TTa will crpt a - A X " C? good vote and a large rnajonty over his opponent, j. tj. noiton. flolton posi tively refused to meet Mr: Kliittz in joint debate. Borne one has well said tnai it wouia De a cat ana mouse game with them if Holton should meet him. Ei-Secrctary Sherman Dead. Washington, Oct. 22. Hon. John Sherman, former Representative in the House, for a lon term a member of the Benate and twice holding cabinet positions, died at his residence in this city at a quarter of 7 o'clock this morn ing in the 7Uh yoar of his age. His death has been expected for some days and loving friends gave him their un remitting care and attention to the end. The immediate cause of death was described as brain exhaustion incident to extreme weaknec3 dua to old age and to caveral attacks of eickneEafrom which he had suffered for the post year and a half, - - :;,.. :
The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.)
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