North Carolina Newspapers

HISTORICAL REMIN1SENCES. Col Joha D. Whttford't Tal d Artldt ob E.rly M Bert ud Tu-I-alty hKLLAlR. I U beta ttt'ed befot BelVr be ets: c the hom i f Wilion Blount and Ler fo'lnwt ihe et idt of I : ' Sondt y Sept. Hit 1789 ni 'n Wilton Bloom' Ud ipenl i ereoleg. tw there P. Ily Leech. Sbe U i" t ntrrlid lettTbari day to Co). PpVglu Set I 25 b. Sh li e lovely trl" Tke above i from the manutcripl die y Of William Allmore from which it wet copied, e U i a g i Lr..uib the kiod Beet rf hit g-and diugh e r HUt IUbecct Attmore, tod given lo the writer. He wee alto the grand-fat' er of Dr Ueorge Attoioie of S.i -newer, Pamlico county and the gretA grand father of Mr Wm B Olira't children Mr Oliver himself it tat great grand ton if 'he Madam Mnoie prevlooely rf rrtd to. J r, William Att more wu the dtugbter of JudgJ John Litgretvet. 0.1. rptijot toon tfter wards Oovtrnor of North Carolina on the day and data given above, married Mitt Polly Leach whose beauty and iprlghtllneti at the time were proverbltl Hir f tiher. Col. Jo.enb Leech whose Bunalon then covered the grouad where it now Mri Batll Minly'i residence tni Col. Spalght'i (he was a merchant) place at mldenct waa where 1 Mr Samuel W Bmallwood'i house. Undoubtedly Mr mallwood't venerable and noble cypreti on hit lot could have antedated scenes trantplrlng under Itt thadow yean and yean before the Leech Speight time, and yet It lifia Its top higher and higher at tht dayt pass on seemingly defying the wrttk of t'mc From whtt we have real of Wilson Blouol pr juriio t ut In hit fvrai uot with tthd ng one of I it uncomit e dable acttai will be -ecu p eeU ). ilurtfore, dltl ke to lug h'm In tf cer a century In eay dlngieeab e csa , )el the truth, i wa eiecofdinp hi tor sti-mld b! beid t tulc'iy an i pt'tlC'ilail as It m'ghi kep "l-f's pat if slinila I mi bin. Nellie wet t ii it high p mttl n i . nu clei) ha vr been we beliefs h ; rirtnt ilv tf uudei b a l arua'toa iu tmul llrs It w ibm ii - ri. d tu h cay of wtlin Bl .oui ta at (be present time wl h h f iequi nt htid open d apot In tba bo't-es oi millioiiitliea ind li Had e l ii' fa ltioo. 1 r li ouui mi not ovvr-puwr il w'tb c n f 1 c' y tf w td f avd iim donii m at corttctly. B linn If at,d witu wou.d differ acd th o ted Lot woid at ttch 1 1 ler be e kind ime rhould have bee fibntltute'l Fiual y, Mr B oum p opo i d h dlvi-'on nf. ihe r orrs la tb post nu' Mr Hi. .urn joy ii y -crptetih- propoMliou. f u tried) weie called lo etc): se ec I gm.e 'o nuke the allntmen . 1 1i noiaoh the west lid if llepvt gfthnh were plaster ed herd -while 11 .neb Mil ih-y were given to Mis Blount, ttose on the east ilde of the part'ge wrre n t plate-td, bnt deemed goo 1 en uh for Wll on Bl mi t aad accoirtlng'y presetted to that gentle mn. Mr hlonii- too, wai giveo the r ght of way nexi ihe la'l r.(C- on i.nrt doWn the Ha'r. Hi t the two friendt when through i h ihe division hail but one friend left In the li ue Mr Blount would nevtr agila ipeak to either oe for their kiodn- a In ptetentlng him with cold hare l Ick wall', tnd they do Indeed look chei rlt st. Tl a' wat not ail Tht situation kuowntothe Po ly Leecbtt tht W II lam At more, the C 1 nel Bf aig&U and otben In the fthionab n Circle added immeniily to the Insult in Mr Blount's opinion and put more gli la bit mo'tt'i. Mrs Blount after tbtt turn n bi r di uil.el if) at Bellair was a r o -l a intivldutl in the cold, tare enough But i t n.ny ways be waa es teemed at a go i iitz o and if inmewbat ecceatiic, highly honnrab'e, t'.e eforc, let ut bring bi n back to eay to Mr Blount, If man I dreadfully wicked snd hateful In the opinion of the gen ler MX, "Mot ha entailed dettiuctlon on our rice He like all men both tubjsct and their King i Wat wlte enough but led by aproo ttrlngt." Mr Orahtm Richardton hlmse f Is tuOclently old lo r call thecondition of the walls ae given above. But n w he It o it of that danger no bare walls for Be. ToCjIonel and Mri Bpalght were bora three children, two hoys, one R O Bptlght who became Governor of North Carolina and tbe older Charles Speight be died ear'.y In manhood, but wat a member of the legislature of N. C. Mri John R. DoDQtl wm the daughter. Her huibaad for a numb r of yean, a Judge of the Superior court of Noith Carolii a and othrlte a distinguished citizen Among her children wat tbe Honorable R 8 Donnell, a gentleman of exalted worth, and among her grand-children Mri Margaret D. Nelson, our highly es itemed citizen t e- Iding at the corner of Broad and But Front ftreetr, New Bare. It la w.ll known that Col. Joseph Leech waa an- Important officer with Governor Try on at the Settle tf A'a ma nee. Leech or Hog Itlaad e'x milts above New Bern, f onting Nense River waa owned by htm and t one time be farmed there, that the lands of Fonv!ll and Mcllwetn and his own wete divided by Bachelor Cieek, only on that line. That they were neighbor. In after yean and not to mtny, a dark mulatto ca'lin j hlmse f John Oarruthers Stanly, though better known towatds taw dote of hit life at "Barber Jack" got a farm in tbe mldit of the detondantt of thoae old firmer i eatt of BelWIr mention perhtpt mile or two, yet in plain view of It. This colored mm had la tome ret pecs a remarkable career. Hie mother a pare blood African girl wat either captured or purchased with a tiring rf Beads from some African King and carried to tke West India Iilaadt, there a Captain Stewart of one of John Wright Siinley'i vessels purchased her snd on his arrival at Mew Bern present ed Ike maid to hit wife, Mra Lldla Slew art Oa the walls of tke Presbyterian Cbarck can bow be s en i stcnament to Mrs Stewart's memory. In the court of time a boy was bra to the Africsn women at Ntw Bern ind when of torn cleat age put to the barber trade. A West In lie negio before brought here ia some veuel at the head of the shop, tak lag LU ntme l orn bit master, John Car rilhereand the t axe In part wet fixed on th appri mice hlmtelf, adding the Stanly when Mri S;ewtrt bad him train clpalel in the Legltlatote In 1803. (To be Continued). CONGRESSMAN THOMAS' SUCCESS, Us Begins Work Esrly And Gets Ite suls Saily by Securing a Very Large Approptiittoi. The Journal of Thursday announced In a epeclal that Congressman Thomte' bill providing for a Lew revenue cutter had passea the lower house of con gress. The cutter is to supersede the Bout well and will be the best of Us clas This is the lsrgest srproprlation In t sepsrtte bill obtained at this tetslon snd is a'so Ihe lsrgest appropriation for the Btste. Following Is the committee rep m on the bill and also the copy of the bill as patted; REPORT. The Committee on Interstate and For eign Commerce, to whom was refeird the bill (H R SS10) for the construction of a steam revenue cutter, adapted to service In the waters cf Alb:tsarle and Pamlico sounds. North Carolina, having considered the sm, report therein wi h a recrmnerdttlon that ii pai-s Toe lil'.l lias the approv d of the I'reas- iitv D put men1. a will hppear by ihe letter attached an . which I" made a psrt of this re put TrftSjry Depsrtneni, Ofllii" of k'i 8ec ltltt'y, Washington, Dec 11, lfif8. Sir: I have to aokno j KLe tire rire'pt of letter of tbe 7 h instant inch sin Uoute bill 2510, " o pivl.le for the construe -Ion of steam rt venue cutler adupttd to service in tbe wa'eri cf Albemarle and Pamlico smind'', N.th Carolina," lo. iuuh suggestions a my be deemed proper touching them' rlis of the till snd the pioprielv of tie pasBtgo. In r ply I lave to any that a new ve sel is needed to tate the p'nee cf the steamer Bout well, nw on duty In the waters of North Carolina. Tblo vessel Is over 80 jeara of age, is virtually worn ou', and III adapted for ills duty riq'ilr ed. The original tost of ihe Boutwell was $T0u()0, Since her purcbare repairs smountiog to nearly $60,000 have been made tu the vessel. She now requires very eileoilve repairs, lacludlug new deck', new boiler, and general overhaul 1 ig, and it is not (oaslderid for tbe Interests ol the service to pi. t other than minor repairs upoa th ; vessel. I recomtnead the passage of tbe bill, w itch Is herewith returned. Respectfully, L M 8UAW, BicreUry. To tbe Chal mm i t the Committee on lull rttate and Foreign dmrnerce House of Repretenttit'vea. A bill for the c instruction of a steam revenue cutler adapted to servl o lo tht waters of Airemarle snd Pamlico sound Noith Carolina, Be It enacted by tbe Senate acd House of Representatives of the United Sistes of Am' i i :a In Congrats aosoiublad, that t'ie ff ce'.nry of tin treat vry be, and be h hereby an'hoiized aod directed to construe a ste in tev"! n te cutter of the first clssi adapted to aervice in tht waters of Albemarle audPamlizo eoundt and Neuse "river, North Carolina, at s cost not to exceed i hu sum of one hun dred and BtvtLt. Qve thoieand dol 'ar. COLORED BR KEMaN HURT Another a cclt'eni On Tbe A & NC Hnllva At Kinsloo. Klnitou Ft e Press 16tb. John Ashley, a colore! brakiman on the A ue N O freight train, fell under the wheels of the cars this morning abont 11 o'cli ck ard was seiiously, probably fital y, li j ir1. Tbe right t,rm was cat oil at te shtulder and there was also a fracture of the skull at the right temple The accident occurred at the stock pen of the nation at McL wean ttree cro.-s'n j, this city, aod was probably oscaslon.d by Ashley, who w. s hanging on a ladder f the car, being dragged fruin his perch by the fence of the stock pen. and thrown under the vsheels This Is presumed to be the way he fell ond ir the wheels, f.orn tbe statement made by other members cf thetrstn craw wbo did not see it but got to blm in a few seconds. The injured msn wat taken Imme dl&uly to a physician's office snd an operation performed, but tbe extent of the Injury ii so gieat little hope Is en tertained ot hit recovery. Ashley was a new man, commencing work for the company only yesterday, and very little could be learned from bis fellow workmen concerning him. He was apparently about 25 years old, TberaiSrrai company, through their agent here and attorney, is having every needful a tention rendered tht In jured man and every effort It being mads to save his life. PEOPLE OF THE DAY Johaaou mt HtaaMeta. One of the ruoet remarkable result of the recent election waa the victory ot John A. Johnson, who waa elected governor of Minnesota on the Demo cratlc ticket, while tbe Republican can didate for tbe presidency received a plurality of about 123,000. Mr. John eon beat bis opponent by 10,000 votes. JOHN' A. JOHNSON. His victory seouis to hnvc been in n great measure due to the partiality of the American voters for a self made man. DurinK the campaign it was charged that Mr. Johnson was an ungrateful son and that his mother had beeu a washerwoman. In the Investigation instituted by the press it was shown that Mr. Johnson's father, through In temperance, had left his family and that yoiiiin Johnson at the age of four teen was the chief support of his moth er and several brothers and sisters. His mother did take in washing for a time, but not. nfter her son was able to support her. Sir. Johnson Is u newspaper editor, was burn In St. Peter, Minn., in 1862 and is of Swedish parentage. He first worked ns n grocer's hoy, then became a druggist, anil eventually, at the age of twenty-four, acquired an interest In the Sr. Peter Herald, which he has since edited. He gradually rose in the esteem of the community and was sent to tile state senate, where his record was so honorable that he was selected by his party to make the fight for the governorship. A Conn Story. Speaking of the confused idea which some easterners have of the climatic condition of Seattle, General Edgar I. Champlln, former mayor of Cambridge, Mass., recently related the following incident at the Hotel Washington: "Take John I). Long for an instance. When, ns secretary of the navy, the idea of building a government canal from Tnget sound to Lake Union wns first suggested to Mr. Long, he grasped the niiHis of his chair and leaped half out of It as he fairly thundered: " 'What ! Tie up government vessels In the lee for eight months! Xo, sir! No, sir!' " Seattle Tost-Intelllgencer. Noted Panama Fighter. General Estaban Unertas, whose res ignation of the post of commander in chief of the army of Panama has Just been accepted by President Amador, will retain the rank of general, unat tached, but with a salary, which is equivalent to a pension. General Huertns is a small man physically, being only about five feet high. He has, however, won nn envia ble reputation for valor and military skill. While an officer of the Colom bian army he was victorious in tblrty- OENEIiAr, ESTABAN HUKRTAS. six battles, in one of wbich he lost his right hand. When Panama declared lt i independence General Huertas was in command of fhe troops on the lath mus and gave his allegiance to the new state. Subsequently he was made commander in chief of the army of the republic of Panama. He has been suc ceeded by General Guardin, who is also secretary of war. The standing army of the isthmus has been reduced to twenty-five men. He Knew It "All." Here is tbe exact answer of a New York schoolboy to the questions, "What is the meaning of the word 'hall,' how many other words are there that sound like 'hall,' and what are their meanings?" "Hall, were you open the dore and go in; bawl, bawling along a boy that won't go to skool; mil, what the sho makker cbargls you 25 sents for to aul your shoe; all, all, everybody In the wurld." Success. A Hew Game. Take a bead of lettuce. Slightly loos en ns many leaves as possible, pasting on each a printed slip bearing the name of a vegetable with the letters badly mixed. Each player pulls out a leaf and endeavor to arrange the let ters to spell the name which la written on the slip. The game enda when no more leaves remain to be polled. The player who secures the 'moat msf be crowned with a wreath of autumn leaves. WOMAN AND FASHION Dealtva rw Ik let. Tali U a excellent efeelgn- for a tkirt tor plaid a well at ptaia fabrics. It ie circular in shape and may be of one er two piece construction. If made ef plaid goods U iuuid be cut with the ONE OB TWO FIXCX SHUT. matched bias edges at center of front Darts arranged in upper part give a smooth fit over hips. Provision la made for Inverted box plait or habit back ind for round or medium sweep. Black and white plaid waa selected for the making, but several materials are suit able, such at serge, mohair, cheviot and broadcloth. The medium size requires five and three-quarter yards of forty four inch material. Cloth Uitimei la Favor. A great many navy blue cloth cou tumes are to be seen. Generally the revers and collar are in contrasting col orsred, blue and green velvet being tbe most worn. Beige and gray are much In favor, and there is n distinct return to covert coating in public fa vor. Some smart women are wearing sack back coats in this material with immense pesri buttons; others wear the same material made with the popular "skirt" basques. A remarkably pretty figure is required to stand this inno vation. Skirts are almost without ex ception made with two flounces very slightly gored and bordered with rows of Btltchlnfc or Idas folds of the ma terial stitched. White cloth Is still much worn. Women seem to cling to the memory of the successful "white" summer gown and have tninsferred their fidelity only to a warmer edition of the same charming fashion. Imltatftka Far. Among these new and most wonder ful false skins, which are also employ ed for dress trimmings, coats ajid hats, the crushed velours, with the markings of baby lamb, are perhaps the most seen. Many a smart evening cost is constructed of tills jweado skin. Ermln ed rabbit skin turns out inexpensive scarfs and flat muffs, wtiieu velvet rosettes and applications further en hance, and there are others of a silky plush so dellclously like chinchilla that the simulation is scarcely regretted. For lie, ii.,- Wear. For real utility and good appearance the princess wrapper Is recommended, and by the tasteful selection of ma terials it is rendered quite correct for afternoon or morulng wear. The pat tern is tight fitting, with closing at the side. The front is fitted by darts which extend to the shoulder. This not only ritlNCESH WBAPPEK. gives excellent Hues to the garment, but Is ever so much easier to fit than the old fashioned dart. The model pro vides a pointed collar, and it may be made in high or pointed neck. Made of blue cashmere, with trimmings of cream wool lace insertion and lace, it it quite elaborate enough for any wear, but its charm is not by any means lost when it is developed of polka dot out ing flannel. The I hlBon Raehe. Puffed chiffon ru filings are a new Idea and a good one. A puff of chiffon, a band of lace and a ruffle of chiffon and there's a pretty cuff or top of bod Ice without labor whatsoever. And'. when used for cuffs they crja be turned. with the edge forward or back, as the- taste prefers. They're very pretty, and;' they are sure to sit well and to stay. The price Is only $1 a yard. Cracked Wheat. Crash-in a fine coffee mill two quarts of clean wheat. Place the crushed wheat In a large pan and moisten It with cold water. Then fill the pan with boiling water, stirring the wheat constantly. Set it In the oven and cook slowly for three hours, stirring and adding water as needed. Salt to taste before it is quite done. There will be five quarts when It Is cooked. It It delicious in milk or with cream and a little sugar. It can be served hot or co lit aa , Kotlol Dyspepsia Cure OJmvJ what you Mt THE HALL OF FAME. Mtnuel Farcla, at one time a noted linger. Is living in London. He Is 10O years old. Ex-Senator Don Cameron of Peun tylvania and his family will make their borne in Washington In futuie. Former President Cleveland has a beagle bound called Brownie which ac companies his distinguished master ev erywhere. Judge Andrew I, Harlan of Savan nah, Mo., la tbe only surviving mem ber of the Thirty-list congress. He was 'torn in Ohio in 1815. Henry Weber was a reporter on a Denver paper a few months ago. He promoted mining companies in Colora do and Nevada, and now lie is a mil lionaire. Alfred Beit, the South African Croe sus, promises au amount of money for educational purposes that threatens to rival the sums given away by Andrew Carnegie. John Holllngsliead, a famous London theater manager, who died recently, is credited with the discovery of the col laborative genius of W. S. Gilbert and the late Sir Arthur Sullivan. Ex-Judge Alton B. Tarker, the Dem ocratic candidate for the presidency, has opened a law office In New York. He has not entered into any partner ship and will make New Yprk city his future home. During the season just closed A. L. Cook of Norway, Me., shot 200 par tridges and woodcock over his pointer Sport. This is the dog's lifth season in the cover, ami (lie record shows that he has aided in the slaughter of WJ birds during that time. HORSES AND HORSEMEN. Thirty-two new trotters entered the 2:10 list the past season. Grancino, l:Vi, by Directum, 2:05',i, sold for $ii,000 at auction recently. Ben Rennick is now at Selma, Ala., where he will winter a dozen head. Driver James Elliott, who was hurt at Allentown, Pa., Is dead from his in juries. Reports from Chicago indicate that the Washington park track is closed to racing for good. William Garland says that he was not offered $30,000 for Sweet Marie, but would have refused it if be had been. Every trotting horse man asks, "Why does E. E. Smathcrs question the ac curacy of the time of Lou Dillon's per formance. "0 William Can's remarkable pony, Berkeley Bantam, won n blue ribbon at the New York horse show and made good for all the praise that has been given him. EDITORIAL FLINGS. Secretary Morton says the American navy has the finest enlisted men of any in the world. Some of the officers are pretty good too. Washington Star. It appears to be true this time that the battleship Maine is to be raised, taken to New York and placed on exhi bition. You remember the Maine? Philadelphia Inquirer. Certain Brooklyn physicians threaten to blacklist all patients who do not pay their bills. Suppose the patients black listed physicians who did not cure their ills? New York Herald. The New York real estate man who completed a business transaction in volving several millious as he lay iu bed isn't such a prodigy after all. That's where most of us deal in mil lions. Philadelphia Record. Mr. Harry Payne Whitney's eighteen-year-old jockey gets $30,000 a year. No wonder college professors occasion ally become depressed and say strange things to their classes. Columbus Jour nal. nc -tic cana ttw rt. A New Y'ork tenement house chili who had spent 11 happy day in the home of a settlement worker describes the visit in the following letter, accord ing to Charities: "Miss lies in a big beautiful house. There are three floors and lots of rooms. I should think It would be hard for tliem to find each other, there aee so muny rooms. It is not so hard to find each other when you live In part of one floor. The floors were hard and shiny, with little pieces of carpet on them. No piece was big enough to cover a whole room." An Insurance Sturj . They tell this story down on Wall street: The executive officer of a great Insurance company, happening one day to meet a friend in the street, found himself violently upbraided be cause his company refused to invest In the bonds of an enterprise with which his friend was connected. The insurance man stood It a few minutes, then said carelessly, as If be were ordering a box of a new brand of cigars, "Oh. well, send me up a mil Hon and a half of them." World's Work. Cuff. .' alM. Patient (regarding his lacerated face In the mirror) You surely are not go- log to charge me full price for that have? Barber--Aln't 1? Why not? Patient I think you ought to give me cut rates! Unsuitable BulUH, Doctor What are you by profession? Patient Oh, I'm er er a gentleman. Doctor I should try something else then. It doesn't agree with you. New Yorker. , The One Till 11 k Neeafnl. Teacher Johnnie, If you were a man and had $6,000 and wanted to buy a 910,000 house, what would you need? Johnnie A rich wife. St. Louis Re grablic. Condenee Heemsary. He For the perfect enjoyment of love there must be complete confidence. She I have heard pa say Identically tba same thing about aansages. ftodol Dyspepsia Ours; McSORLEY'S Letter From Santa Claus To All the Little and Big Children. DEAR MR. McSORLEY: I write to let you know I will be at your store on Xmas Eve, sure. I have just finished making the toys and pretty things for this year and will send them all to you at once by a special Reindeer Express. Please tell the boys and girls that I will be with you so that they can tell their papas and ma mas where to find mc. 1 wish you would also tell the children they must every one be in bed and sound asleep by 8 o'clock Xmas Eve, for it makes me feej very small to have a bad boy or girl see me come down a chimney, or, even worse, a crooked stove pipe. I send my love to all the good hoys and girls and bad ones too, for I love them all alike. Your old friend, SANTA CLAUS. Without equivocation, it is generally admitted that the finest and moat varied assortment of Candies, Fruits, Pipes, Cigars, Tobac co are to be found at McSorley's Everything is priced as low as possible, not as high as could be. McSorley's Toy and Candy Store CHOICE MISCELLANY Involution tif lti, Hurar. Thanks to the discoveries of the American naturalists, we possess now an almost complete series of links con necting the small five toed mammal of the lower eocene rocks with the win ners of the Derby. Two or three mil lion years come between the earliest aud the latest forms, and the primitive is so unlike the perfected animal that no one would ever have supposed the one to be derived from the other but for the finding of the continuous series. Fresh interest has beeu given to this subject by the recent researches of Professor Osborn, Professor Ewant and Professor ltidgeway. One of the results of inquiry goes to show that there has been not one Hue of descent, but at least five, lending to as many varieties. In this tale of development the strangest feature is the gradual dim inution in the number of toes until we arrive at the present oue toed anl mal. The so called foot of the horse is the single remainiug toe, so that, In fact, the animal walks, as the Cam bridge Zoology says, 011 the very points of its linger and toe uails, aud it pos sesses only one finger on each hand (or forefoot) and one toe on eaeli foot, and yet "next to the wings of a bird tho feet of a horse are the most finished organs of locomotion in the animal kingdom." London Telegraph. Volunteer Chorus Glrla. What chance have I," said a girl to me recently, "against that?" Sho half unconsciously glanced down at a shab by shoe and a well worn skirt Sho had been "out" for a couple of months. Her savings were all gone, and, though she did not admit It, a little observa tion could tell that she and hunger were not on unfamiliar terms. Certainly the most sanguine of mor tals would not back her in a contest for employment ogalnst the girl sho had pointed to. "That," as she so bit terly called her, had dress, pocket mon ey and a comfortable" home from nn in dulgent father. The ouly wages she asked from a theatrical manager was to be allowed a chance of gratifying her vanity by posing on a stage. Her dress and appearance were an adver tisement of prosperity for any touring company. Can it be wondered that she and oth ers like nor are every aay uriviug trained and hardworking actresses deeper and deeper into the slough of poverty and despair?'!'. P.'s Weekly. Stepx Tnivurd the Ideal. The dream of the ages has been of the ideal time when nations shall learn war 110 longer. Kor the first time in human history there is an organized effort in thut direction, dating from The Hague conference and the estab lishment of the court of arbitration. The fierce struggle iu South Africa, with its ghastly death roll and its enormous financial burden, was an ob ject lesson to the English people espe cially and to all civilized nations In general. The present war in the far cast has Intensified the popular horror of war and is building up a still stronger feeling In favor of peaceful means for settling International dis putes. Probably the time is far dis tant when war will be but a relio of the past, but the nations are traveling the road which leads to Its extinction. Cotton Picked br Machine A cotton picking machine has been Invented by a planter in Georgia In which a current of air Is set up In a tube by means of a suitably arranged fan or blower, the same discharging into a receptacle, the suction thus pro duced serving to remove from the plants the open bolls of cotton which are ready for picking and to convey them through a tubular conduit and then through the blower mechanism In to the receptacle. This apparatus Is mounted on wheels and Is designed to be driven down the rows of cotton plants in the field. As the end of the suction tube passes over the open bolls the cotton is separated from the plant. American Exporter. Au TJnaecnuiry Distinction. The two expressions "by and by" and "by the bye" are really derived from the same original word, and the words "by" and "bye" have the same general eense. But the spelling "bye" has long been used in the second of these phrases without any reel reason for the change. We should not speak ot a bye law or a bye path, and yet many are careful to write "by the bye" and "by the by." In "goodbye" there might be some reason for keeping the final "e," since it stands for the word "ye" In tho shortened form of "God be with ye;" but where set much has been dropped the "e" is hardly worth keep ing, especially as the old meaning is seldom recalled. St. Nicholas. ftodol Dyspepsia il OtMttc what oa 4 CANADA. Canada lias forty-seven pulp mills. Canada's revenue from excise duties in 190.1 was !? U.i IUO.OOO. Canada's volume of trade per head in 1903 was $S7; 18tiS, $40. Canada exported in 1903 nearly $12, 000,000 worth of fishery products. Canada's total revenue iu 1903 was .StW.000,000; estimated 1904, $71,000,000. In 1903 the Cnlted States bought from Canada goods to the value of $1 ;)cr head of its population. The increase of Canada's export trade in P.mii.' with tireat Britain over the United States Wjis $4 11,000.000; ill 11X13, $.",7.0011.000. Canada's net public debt is $'201,000,- 000. $."11 per head. Canada's public debt ut confederation was $75,000,000. $2- per head. Resources. THE COOKBOOK. Carrots, beans, onions, turnips, cab bage and cauliflower are improved in flavor by parboiling, draining the wa ter off and putting to cook in fresh water. By chopping hard boiled eggs very fine and adding three olives, chopped, to every egg, moistening with melted butter and seasoned to taste, a desira ble filling for sandwiches is quickly prepared. rutting ground coffee to steep in cold water the night before will be found to result in economy and richness of flavor for the breakfast beverage. Enough coffee should be used to allow one tttblespooiiful for every cup and an extra one for the pot. Laundering: LaoeN. All uncolored laces may have soap rubbed directly on them. The drying and ironing are really the more delicate process. Narrow laces can be wound on ii cloth covered bottle and will not then need pressing, but broader ones must be ironed while damp. To be ready for this and other kinds of Iron ing, it is best to have several thick nesses of blanket tacked over the board at all times. The ironing sheet goes on over this. When lace is to be smooth ed lay it face down on this soft pad and thoroughly dry with a warm, but not hot. flatiron. Ironing on the wrong side over flautiel will bring out the pattern, lor the threads on the right side will be raised Instead of flat tened by the pressure. All the while care must be taken not to stretch or tear the lace. No starch is ever used. Home urging. When a sick person becomes tired ly ing great relief is experienced by using as a bed prop the padded back; and legs of an old rocking chair whose seat and legs have been sawed off. When a small quantity of hot water Is need ed at night hang a pall holding water on a chain it little above the gas Jet, or ii tincupful may be heated over a lamp by placing it on two nails across the top of n chimney. When stimu lants are needed give scalded, not boil ed, milk, with a pinch of salt added, If digestion is Imperfect. This is a good heart tonic. Protecting- children' Beds. The illustration shows a device for keeping the air from au open window from blowing upon the heads of sleep ing children and also for keeping rest less little sleepers from falling out of bed. A triangular piece of cloth Is BED l'UOlECTOB. tacked with round headed brass tacks to the side of the bed. The upper cor ner has a ring to go over a brass hook in the headboard. During the day this piece of cloth can be folded In under the mattress. If made of some pretty, material and neatly bound this addi tion to the bed's furnishings will not look at all unattractive if left in place during the day. Had iutpiclon. stem Sonsa aud Bandmn met at i long nj. i. "I mule sltlou is . Fanciulli e viosltlon In St Louis not . I'andulli: ' nd that your new compo ; .11- a. hit" it looks that way," replied "Well Bousa, "but in spite of that fact I am conceited enough to imagine it really possesses some elements ot merit." KtW Tork Times. A odol Dyspepsia Cura DiOMt what vou nt