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t 4-.' 'V I t I S V ' t i .tv t J j V 7o Cents a Year. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL IN NOTHING. JSstabllsJied JjSG T i VOL. IV. NO. 36. SILER CITY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 192. : I ! ' ' i j t WANT 100,000 MEN. Demand For a Vast Fore igri Army in 4 China. BIG FORCE NEEDED TO TAKE PEKIN. The Chinese Boast of zn Army tf 490 000 aen Seymore Probably a lios. tags For (J00J Terms. Che Fu, by Cable. Thv foreigners ! Ve'.flere are urgtrig the immedinte coucentrati.cn of an -uniy of l00,0.'a men. or at least 50.000 men, fcr the Ad vance on Felvia. Many persons fiii,i.! iar w.th the Chinese character think the foreign minis:?: s and Vice Admir al Seymour are he 1 i as hostages for good terms cf settlement. T.:ey also believe that the whole Chinese army, is joining in the movement under the leadership of Turg Fub ftiang, wio crushed the IiIohamTnedan' rebellion. Recently he ws nominally degradjpd for t'je. nurr05. of oreariizinir an nr.;-. foreign uprising quietly. It is estlrnit- j ea il. it f.0,000 soldiers,-well armed, bu; poorly disciplined, are south of PeUin ahu T:en-Tsir.. The Chinese otlictH's bo'.st that they ha.e 400.0'JO soldiprs. Admiral eym-iur a torce carried ' a j week's raiions And ih;? men had an aV- rcunu 01 a-nmimmoTi. The Russian cond-v.t at Taku. accord ing to the other office:, inflamed the j natives. 0 The Russ'aSs are reported to' have been ior,tin? the Chinese indisi- ! criminated- and driving away the peac$ 1 ful Chinese who would have procured transportation and provisions, aad ot looting the town. 'A great naval dem4 onstration at aU the treoty ports is also s'nld to be desirable in order to in- fiuence the wavering Chinese naer-i chants who arc. friendly t foreigaers.' i ine T ijs.sF?: are becoming excited at the reports of tb.cir cDuutrymea'i: suv-; cesses against the powers. Merchant-! men here report that the Boxes ara ' drilling in the streets cf New Chwang, '.' LOXeT5. The military school at Moukdcn is reported to hsve been destroyed. The Brl:ish consul -at Fco Chow Is asking for warships. The arrival of the Britr ish first clacs cruiser Terrible and two Japanese erui?crs relieved the &trn.ir.xd relations. An outbreak was reported last night, the sailors slept -en their arms ar.d the foreigners prepared to take refuge on the ships. Commander Taussig, of the York town, requested the commander A the fort to cease his diplomatic manoeuv res with cannon and notified h?m that If' Chinese troops were sent to the city ostensibly to repress the licxers, Amer icans would be landed. The;e are about 150 American and j British missionaries at Che F.i. They ire short of raonpy ahd clothes;, having left their s'atioriS hastily. ' United Suites Consul John Fowler's ; ship expected to bring ffty mission- j aies and Fre-ni h priests from, the ! mouth of the Yel'ow river, whither ! they are Hocking from the interior. The commander of the Chinese cruiser H Hai, a; Chen Chow, offeied Mr Fowler to go the relief of the mission-, aries- at Yang Che Kiang, if assured of protection. It is reported Russians are moving 30,000 Aards New Chwar.g. that men th-2 to- Gathering at Kansas City. Kansas City, Special. The first arri vals for tho Democratic naiicaal" con vention, came '11 Tuesday. They were John. J. Fitzgerr.il, . , a delegate from Kings county. N. Y ., and Jacob Rrp-pe-rt, Jr., cf New York city, an. alter-ai-to at large. Both are quoted as say-iT.-; they do n&t favor thej freo silver piank' in the Democratic platform. Tiie-re are so many issues more impor tant." said Mr. Ruppc-rt, "that I think free si'', er need not be mentioned at J1. The party in the East will not staid for free silver." Sterling Price, of Paris, Ter.as, arrived' here Tuesday and bejgan arrangements for opening arodqua.rtf rs for Congressman ''.Vnx Suizer, of New York, who is expected dii Friday or Saturday. Incidentally, Mr. Price started a. boom for the New Yorker for Vice President. Lee Not Afrrld of Fever. Havana, by Cao'ie The yellow fever Situation at Quemadcs shows much improvement. There have only been tour deaths, -two cf which were Ameri cans, in-eluding Mijor 1'rank H. Ed munds, inspector on 'the stait of Gen eral Fitzhugh Lee, who diid June 18. general Lee refuse-? to leave his head ouarters. chough he has given permis sion u his taff, if they desire, to do so. Collision on the Seaboard. Elberton, Ga ..Special. A head-end -collision on the Seaboard Air Line oc curred at OglestT, six miles from here Tuesday afternoon. A work train ran into a north-bound freight, on the main lire, at the station waiting for the work train to take the siding. En gineer Neal was badly injured by steam. He remained wedged in be tween the two engines twenty miDutes before he could be cut out. One exgine was almost totally wrecked. All trains were delayed two hours. ?.nd that when the officials ir.'rfvfpFi ; -1 o- m., 1 cr,iri 0n,.,tv,Ki,,-.i . .V' S, 1 we v:ew c uppreis-: after marriai?e, excent !v the" has- Ing the Bcxer.s. th.r' found the soldiers , i had sold thei.- rifles ifcd eouinmenta to 3 ccnsnt anJ Acept to provide ine. THE BAR ASSOCIATION. Pleasurable Aleetlng of the Lawyers In Asheville. The North Carolina Bar Association tne.. in Asheville Thursday morning and President Charles F. Warren de livered the annual address on "The Standard of Admission and Legal Ethics." He urged a high standard of education before applicants are ad "mitted to the bar. The pracii-e of written examinations whichTbave been made more rigjd, he advocated. He also suggested a lor.ger time for train- in lawyers, as is the tendency fcr all prcicssijns. legal ethiciv ics have not 1 tteniion. and". neen riven sunicient a he feiveri world b9 in it. Professional honor enconragM by this. Iaiwvitp Avho h-.'ve ha'l actual cxppri encft at ih bar are best qualified to teach your.i? men. he said. He thought lawyers shwuld be repc-ctful toward ifhe bench, but never obsequious, which he said never pained anything. He closed by urgine- the association tc do all in its power to elevate the tone : of the fcir and better its members. j The( treasurer. J. Crawford Riggs, j read 'his annual report, Knowing a ! membership of over 300. Th vei eipts, j for the fMiirent year, have betn . . .1 . . . i ?4"it.ti, a n! there is a total now on i har, f)f $10S.OS. j the afternoon three car loads 1 rGfIe cver the various car lines of the city as the g'usts of (the local bar and ! they were given a reception at the ' Swannanoa County club, which was a very pleasant affair. j Judge Burwell, of Charlotte, ad-' dressed the association on the subje-t of the law as to married women in North Carolina. He said the law reads that the real and personal prop- erty owned by a w oman oefore mar for her personal expenses and that of i her family, and in his judgment it j should not be changed. He said the decisions of the supreme court, ars final and ought to be respected and obeved. H? further remarked thm.i the divine la.v ma-ie the hoaband the ruler of fhe household, and this law J of the st-Ve v,a3 simply ;n unison with that, and was for th; better protection.' of 'women against dishonest men whe I might attempt to harrass them, with unjust claims. After th conclusion of his paper, permission was givn to discuss it. but no remarks were of- ' fered. t The following committee was ap- ; pointed on umfor'raity of legLslation: : John W. Bridgtsl chairman; John W Hinsdale. R. O. Burton, E J. Justice, Judge A. Burwell. ; Tar Heel Notes. h P ,si1 M s ryUtz of fhe North ' i Carolina College. Mount Plea.;ant; I says he ha. completed his faculty for fthe next session. The last member ' i ichosf n was Prof. Erm.st E. Johnscn, j ' Pb. D.. of B u iiiicll University. I"wis 1 ;burg. Pa., professor of organic science . ! 'and English. The other members are , as follows : Dr. V. 1 Li:dw.g. pro- 'lessor of mathe'Tna-ics. physics and as jror.oiiiy, Prof. Edgar Bo wets, ancient languages and English; Prof. A. W. togle. ancient language and science, j ' The Greenville Reflector says tha: : Tuesday at Williamstor. . Martin com - 1 ity, Mr. John Harrell and a friend , ftarted hurtling togther. Just beyond ' the limits of the inwn they stopped j for a conversation with another party, ar.d while standing there Mr. Harrell's gun slipped off his sho alder and iell in such a way as to cause it to dis charge. The entire load struck Mr. Harrell in the abdomen The accident occurred about 11 : :J0 o lock, and four, hour? later Mr. Harrell died. , The agricultural department has 'sent vO Paris a supplemental exhibit ; 4f rubies and rhodalites. They were pior-ure'' from Alfred M. Pmith anl Co , of New York, who sent them to j the SU'e. there being sixty very fine j soecimeus. loth cut and uncut. Smith and Co.. have bought 50,-00 acres of land in Macon couny. on which they 1 are mining for rubic-t. rhodolite and ' sappaire-s. The corporation commission is de- 1 voting this wtvk to the study of rail- : road statistics' and reports, pre para- ; nvjUnir h. tav assessment. I J- LVJ miiivii-o - - I Librarian Bradley, of the Supreme I Court, is making an entirely new ; catalogue. There- are now mo-e than ! IS 000 volumes. It is one of the best libraries of its kind in the country. j rE. L. Gauther, Esq., has' been forced bv rhe r-tate of his health to decline j the Democratic nominatiou for 'he ; itouse in Davio and thet executive committee has named Alex. V. Eaton 1 la his stead. :t-!- otlon 1ipr ;-varv elav since June came In, except on the 19th, j when a slight sprinkle could be seen j on thp tpopntalns. Franklin Press. . L 1L1 K ' i Ll.i ? 11 'J . V' L V A V . 1 in i Hi IJi X f TWO WEEKS SILENCE rN'othinjr Has Been Heard Frorr? the Missionaries. NO flOPEFUL NEWS FROM u-.iU. The President Leaves For Canton Un der the Impression That The Situa tion Is Improving'. Washington, D. C, Special. The President is. quitting Washington for h;s Canton home,- full of confidence that the situation in China has im proved, though it is fair to say thai all the members of his ofru ial family do not agree with him in thnt conclusion. Indeed, the day s news, limited though it was. to a single cablegram fromAd rairal 'ifrnyff, and the preparation of instructions to General Chaffee, sent out nothing calculated to strengthen the hopes of the friends of the foreign ministers and ;he missionaries who l.c've now b en F'leat for fully two weeks. Kempff's cablegram was a disappointment, ia bis confession that he knew nothing of the whereabouts ot the missing people, and there are m;'ny expressions . of wonder tllat ne.ther that .officer nor any ytf the for eign naval commanders at Taku have been ingenious enough to establish some fcysirem of spying ,so as to learn within two weeks what has taken 1 la.-e at Pckiu. Still it is said at tne Navy Department. that Admiral Kempti appa ently has done as well as any ot the other commanders in get ting the news, and that it' wei:!d be manifestly unfair to pronounce criti ci. iu upon him until all the facts de velop. It thre has been any fault. Admiral Remey. w ho should arrive at Tak:' w ithin a week, according to the short messagt le- sent from Houg Kong; will make the fact manifest. Relative to the interesting story hat an international accord has been arrived at as to the settlement of the Chinese trouble. State Department of d, . - r. , v the Tjnitefl Slates is not a party to such an agreement, if the European powers' and Japan have come to an understanding on the br.sis set ou'. th result should be welcomed by all who have no .-elfish designs to satlisfy. It is of course not yet possible- to prtMi'-t accurately what at titude the United States would assume officially toward such a combination, no:- whether the government could be induced to enter into the common agreement, except with some special reservations made . necessary b3- a de-sir- to preserve the unbroken tradi tions .f the United States in their re kitions with forigu rations. Secretary Root devoted the afternoon to preparation of instructions to Brig-adic- Gene: a". Chafie-e. who has been assigned to the command of troops or dered to China and a'ter a conference, t tie Presile-nt approved them, with only a few verbal changes which did not change their general character. Although Se.i-'.tary Root would not make pubi-.e the text of General Chaffee's instruction-, he said that genera' iy 'speaking. General Chaffee haJ (.pt-n ordered to looi: out for the Fitted Stages in China, to hvoid en tangbng ailianees. to act concurrently with the other powers where it vas to the general interest to do so and in a word, to continr" the poMey that has marked, the tu tions of the. United States government since tb? beginning of -he Doxer troubles in China. These instructions will be telegraphed to Gene ral Chaffee at Sau , Francisco in order to reach him before his de parture on the transport Grant, Sun day evening. Secretary Root said that m cas.i :"ne progrt-ss of events made it necessary it would be an easy maer .0 mclify General Cliarle'e's in structions by cable to Nagasaki, whieh will b? the fir-t port vihited by the Ciran'. after her departure from San Francisco. Insprgf nts (live LTp a Prisoner. Washington. D. C, Special. The following cablegram was received at the V'xr Department 1'ridry morn:ng, --trom General Otis at Maui'?: 4 Lyi I W. Atkins. Company I. Thirty-fifth Volunteer' Infantry,, woun-ied in arm. moderate and captured Slay 30, was .-cnt in by insurgents June 27th. He reports the health of Cha.it. D. Rob erts, captain Thirty-fifth Volunteers, and Private Mcintyre pood. Race Troubles in .Mobile. Mobile, Ala . Special. Gov. John ston ordered out the Ccmeehu-Guards tc prevent trouble among the white people aDd negroes in this vicinity. WeiDesday afternoon the son of a man said to be named Morer, living four miles from Evergreen, Ala., was beaten by a negro, w'hereupon -vToTer followed the negro and cut him- with an axe. The negro went' to MoTer's house and fired into i'- The whites rallied and U is supposed shot two ne groes, one Oi.- whom died Friday mor ning. More trouble mar reuR. TKE STATUE ACCEPTED. Bronze Figure of Vance is a Perfect Success. Raleigh, special. Mr. il. Yl. Bat tle and Dr. R. H. Speight, of the Vance memorial -committee, returned from Providence, R. I., Saturday, where they wt nt to inspect the bronze figure of the lamented North Carolinian, which is to be unveiled in the capitol square here August 22, 1900. Both gentlemen were delighted with the statue, which was cast by the Gor ham Manufacturing Company of Provi dence from' the Ellicott model. The memorial hasjeen accepted and iias bc-n shipped by the manufactur ers. It will arrive here next week and will be placed in position at once, re maining veiled until the day set for it to be uncovered before the people of North Carolina. Speaking of the statue, Mr. Battle said: "The Gorham Company ha.- per formed its work faithfully. The like ness of Vance is a good one. ' It ts ot heroic' size, about eight feet in height and will appear -to best advantage when placed upon its pedestal. I was very much pleased with the statue."' Dr. Speight said: "The statue Is a perfect one and the likeness of Vance is gcod. I was very much pleased with it." Railroad Tax Assessment. The corporation -commission has completed the assessment c,f the prop, erty of the-railroads and otehr trans portation companies for the year end ing July 1st. The granel total is $41. SnO.000. which is about a half cf a mil lion greater than the 1S99 assessment, wliich aggregated $43,770,000. The At lantic Coast Line is assessed at $13, S09.C43, tho Southern at $13,270,833, the Seaboard Air Line at SS.S41.G19. These figures are the same as last year's. These are the figures against which those great systems have now suits in liie Federal Coui ts. There are no change in the assessment of the mis cellaneous roads, except a slight in-cie-ase i:i the valuation of rolling stock and station property. This difference will hardly be $100,u00. Some addi tion?' '-'vie'v. built during the' twelve months are ... . , ..wc 11.5 Carolina Northern, '.1 mile?; Lawn dale, 9 miles, and East .Carolina, S miles. $1,500 a mile; the Mt. Air- & Eastern, 5 miles, and Ltnville River. 12 miles. $1,000. and the Richmond, Pe tersburg & Carolina, 7 1-2 miles tki North Carolina, $1,300 a mile. The total miieage is 3.C3S, an increase ot" J4 over the previous twelvemonth. The commission assessed for the first time the dozen or more refrigerator car compans which operate in this Stale. The total assessment of these approxi mates $300,000, "July ISt-h the railroads will be given a hearing upen the as sessment. The Western Union Tele graph Company is assessed at a mil lion la?t year, ar.d about it, it too, is making a fight. The Postal i-: assessed at. $30,000. and all miscellaneous com panies also at la-t year ' figures. Such is the case with the Pullman Company also, the assessment of which is $100,- 000. Tar Heel Notes. Tho C.iralcigh Phosphate Fertilizer works are increasing their on parity by doubling iheir chamber equipment. Thi-- addition to their factory means an outlay of $15,000, and will give t'he Caraleigh works an output cf 20.000 tons annually. Some little idea may be had by :the citizens- of Raleigh cf the value cf this factory to the city when they realize thnt the yearly freight account arc .tints to about! $50,000, whieh will be largely increased. Ra leigh Post. The State charters the Central Caro lina Fair Asso intion of Greensboro, Neill Ellington and e hers stockhold ers, with $2.",.0-j0 capital and power to increase this to $50,000. The Truth-Index estimates the pop ulation of Salisbury, as it will be shown by the present census, at 7.000, and the forecast is doubtless approxi mately ccrreet. The explanation , of this purp; isingly' small figure is found in the fact' that rite corporate limits o' Salisbury are the narrowest of any considerable town in the State and have been overstepped by the popula tion in ever' direction. Mcllie Harper, colored, was -found dead in a well near Euf.eid. Halifax county. Foul play is suspected, as 1 the woman was found in an upright position, with her head up. In Craven county two small boys of the are of about seven years, sons-of Mrs. William Gaakins and M-s. Thtxs. White, went into a room alone and found a pistol. After the .-moke had cieared away the Gas.kins boy was found dead w ith a bullet in his head. The corporation commission is stu dying road statistics and reports, pre paratory to making the tax assessment There are hints by the adjutant gen eral that there may not be encamp ments of the State guard this year. A well arranged practice inarch is worth rr.orft "ban. any eneampnieutv FIRE AT HOBOKEN. Four Ocean Liners Burned to the Wa ter's Edge, ' THREE GREAT PIERS DESTROYED. A Fire That Starts In Bales Qf Cotton Results In Fearful Loss of Life and Property. New York, Special, The femr great piers of the North German Lloyd Line in Hoboken-were totally destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. The passen ger steamship Saale, the freight and passenger steamship Maine and the frieight and passenger steamship Bre men of the North eGrman Lloyd Line, were burned to the water's edge. The Hamburg Lin steamship Phoenicia, a passenger steamship, was also burned to the water's edge. I Campbell's storage- warehouses on the opposite side of the street, five big buiildings in all -and each five stories high were also burned. The loss at the present time" is ! roughly estimated, at $10,000,000. From w-hat can be learned the flames started among a large pile Qf cotton bales on Pier No. 2, of the North Ger man Lloyd Steamship Company- and spread with such remarkable rapidity that in fifteen minutes the entire prop erty of .the company', taking in over a third of a mile of water front and consisting of three great Spiers,' was completely .'enveloped ina huge blaze that sent great clouds "'of smoke high up into the air. The flames started so suddenly and gained such he,adway that the people on the piers and on. the numerous vessels clocked were un able to reach the street. There were great gangs of workmen on the piers, and thesp together with a number of people who were at the docks on busi ness and - visiting the ships scattered in all directions. As all means of exit were cut off by the flames ithey were forced to jump overboard and no doubt a great number cf people were drown- ed. At the docks for the North C-j4 screw passenger steamship of 4,965 gross tons; the Bremen a twin screw passenger and freight steamer of 10, 52G tons and the Main, a twin "screw freight and passenger steamer of 12. 200 gross tons. They all caught fi re and were burned to the water's edge.; The K&iserWj lhe!m der Grosse, which had just come in, was the only one of the four big vessels at the .dock that escaped. The fire was discovered by a watchman on the pier at four o'clock. He. saw a small streak of Came shoot from a bale of cotton on Pier No. 2, at which was docked the ffteamer Saale. He immediately sent in an alarm. In a few minutes the flames had ex tended to the steamship 'and were com municated to the adjoining pier on the north. Here were docked the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the Main Tugs were immediately made fast to the big Kaiser Wilhelm der Gross and she was gotten out into mid stream with safety, although badly scorched at tht bows. The steamship yjn however; was doomed, as the fiames had alreatly become so fierce on the northside of the pier that no tug could approach the vessel. Then, by a .shift in the wind, the flames were sent in the direction of Pier No. 1. which was to the south end of Pier No. (2. To the nor th of Pier No. 1 was the dock "of the Hamburg-American Line, at wbih the steamship Phoenicia, a twin screw passenger steamer of 7,761 gross tons was docked. The flames got a good hold on the .Phoenicia, and she Was towed out into midstream ablaze. The officials of the Hamburg-American Line tnen decided that the only way to prevent a total destruction of their great pier was to blow up the , side of the dock at which the Phoenicia lay. and this was done. A number -of barges docked at the p"er also took fire, but in nhe effort to save the ctaer property, no attention was paid to them and they were allowed to burn. It is feared thit th loss ' of life in the holds of the ve-ssels was frightful, and it is sal l that many of the crews who were asleep at the time were imprison ed there. The worst tale will come from the steamship Main, 'which was unalde to be towed from the pier. The vessel had only arrived in the morning and some passengers were still on board, and when the cry cf fire was raised a number of them wire seen to run to the burning decks.-Most of hem jumped overboard, and, save for the few who were picked up Ly the tugs not cne has been hard from, al though evary hotel and hospital in the city of Hoboken is crowded with in jured. , Some of the passengers cf the Main tried to escape to the pier, and it was almost ce-tain that they perished in the flames. There wis panic on each of the ships. Many persons - jumped overbouru and the water for some, dis tance along the docks was lineti -with people. They were clinging to tW piers and evix to the rudders of thea turning vessels. Some were picked "up; many were drowned. Peter Quinn, a justice of the. peace in Hoboken ftells a stcry of haying een at least SO people p- ish. He said.: MI was standing on the end of one of. the Hamburg-American Line piers and saw about thirty people crowd undsr Pier No. 1 of the North German LloytL They were calling; to some of the pas sing tug-boats, but' their appeals were in. vain, and when the flames got near to them they dived 1 into the water. There was no assistance near them at the time, and I believe ejveryane wag either drowned, or perished iu ' the' flames." - ; About 200 people were rescued "at the? Hamburg -American Lirie. pier. They were much overcome from exhaustion, but soon revived-; with stimulants. By 7 oclock the three piers of thft Nofth German LRryd Steamship oCm-. pany had been burned to the grouncV The Soaiern end of the Campbell stor age company building, consisting, of five structures ! caught fire and the flames shot from every window-from the two floors !4n but a few minutes. The buiMings, being filled mainly with, jute and whiskey, hurned rapidly. The flremeii were unable1 td go within; ftghtfng' distance and the fire had -pretty much! Its own. way tere. - In these buildings great loss will ba eustained. ' ' . 'AN EGG D!I ft, v fcYote ITer Kerne 00 the Shelf, and the Otbc4 End of toe Story Is ia Cuba. . Fort Dodge,. Iowa, has become oue ', of the centers' of the eg? and poultry . business- for the West. During t the , shipping season in the- summer ruontus large forces of girls are employed- in handling; eggs taken from pickling vats in5 the eg? house, preparatory to shrp ment One- of the girls selected a large, smooth egg,- and, in a moinent of ' day dretiniing wrote her ;name and address upon it with an indelible pencil. It was placed in a case with 277 others and shipped.- to New Yorkf- where it found 'its 'way to the .warehouse of ah exporter ami was ono of tie first ship ments of American eggs made to Cuba. Weeks slipped into niontlis, and the young lady forgot her romantic dreams of summer days and tgg shells, but the maiden's message "was working out her destiny. ' Early, in DtroJmber she ,re cc: ved a letter which bore the postmark ... of Guinos, Cuba. v On the upper right hand corner ufL the envelope, were the words "official busiuess."" These were -carefully caiiceilea aua'tux me. regu- -. tion place was a maroon colored . stamp." On opening it she found the fpird""1 letter inclosed': ' " United" States JSignal Corps, ;3 Telegraph O trice. Guihes, .Cuba. Miss Lizzie Gilday,, Fort Dodge, la,: l am sure you had'no, idea into whose hands and to what distant lands the-egg upon "which you. wrote- your name would go. It came -"with a large shipment from the .United ' States, and was .-purchased, bya Cuban ' J raere-hant here, who, being unable to . read English, brought it to. me for translation. I would be very glad jto have you answer this -letter, as I am" .j curious to know the one who adopted so -novel a-method; of ; correspondence. I haye-a camera and have had a couple cf snapshots taken of myself j with -the egg in ruy hand. If you care for one of the pictures let me hear from you. Very truly. : . ' .' CIIAS. rERCY II. SMITH. This Inter was promptly answered , with a' retpaqst for the. picture, which arrived in due time, with another let- ; ter, in which Mr. Fmith jra".enr more detail'Hl .personal acedunt of hSriself. Needless tej say. this "letter-Was art- swered 'as the first. TJnclei Sm's ex- cenlent mail facilities'assisted tlie young; people in overcoming the obstacles of" time and space. Letters followed Sast j if not furious, but the cominnnieattons wore of: such a nature that the puidic,. is not entitled to their contents. Suffi cient to rela te that the . results ?iave U-eu so satisfacory that a reeent let- tor from the '"Cirhan Isle intimates- that Mr. Smith will soon secure a leave of absence from liis governmental duties, aud his vacation nvill be spent Ivl Iowa. A Chivalrii Bird. ' Even the birds recognize .-woman's rights at least so an Audubanlte lecr turer declared the other day li describ -:ng the habits of the golden-erowne4 thrush, more familiarly known as tlt. oven-bird; T lie "word "oven" merely r'e fers to tbe-isbape of "fhe philosopher'3. . nest, which usually is built 'cnl the ground with a dome-like- roof ; E'en, the family name suggest? fire, bemg; Furnariielaet ...'''"' j But th way in vf hich. th nest 13 built eiplains the bird's ataswer to "eternal fiminine" demands. A partition d-vklea the "oren" Into two eompsartmenrP The insiele one is" for tLe lady bird and has a luxurious feather, bed. The outer rooi is the gentleman bird's tadoir, aud its-only furniture Is a rot.Sti clay couch. ' ' This head of the family has a golden crown which' he deserves, far-he's ar gentleman and a scholar a. regular bird of a bird, to fail into tV slarig of the dayTrho might teaph something to humanity masculine hticaiiltj that 14 Baltimore News. - . , 1 1 t .i
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