VOL.'l. ELM CITY, J^. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1902 NO. 35. Ccctl Bliodes. liiblical Recorder. In the death of Cecil Rhodes last week the human race suffered the loes of one of those colossal figures that seem at a distance to be more than mere men. Perhaps Rhodes’ name is moie famil- liar to the reader as a very rich man. But to him his wealth was nothing, and in comparison with his other achieve ments the accumulation of millions of dollars was the least of his works. Be ginning as a pump hand in a mine in iSouth Africa he came to control the gold and diamond mines of the country; and, being an Englishman, he bad a desire to win South Africa for his native land. He was the master white man with the natives, the master white man with all Englishmen, especially in Cape Colony, and Paul Kruger alone dis puted his absolute sway in all lower Africa. He projected great railroads, organized colonies, formed gevernments stretched the telegraph from Caira in Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope, and he gained for England a larger control in the Dark Continent then she could have hoped to have without him, and likewise he brought more light into that land than any other man. He died disappointed. He was crushed in spirit by the delay in winning the Boer war. He had lived for the supremacy of England in Africa, he had freely spent money and life to this end, and the long war broke him down. His last days were spent in restlessness of spirit and unhappiness, and he died mutter ing—“So much to do, so little done.’, It is said that Mr. Rhodes was an ag nostic—a quiet one. In modern his tory and in history that shall in Africa be made his giant figure will be long dominant. It is stated that he left most of his wealth for British Educa tion, Kxtenf>ion of Free Delivery Service Beslnnlne 1. New rural free delivery routes for North Carolina to commence May next were announced by the Postoffice Department as follows: Charlotte (Mecklenburg county)— Four carriers. Length of routes, 9lj miles; area covered, 79 square miles population served, 2,192; number of houses on routes, 803. Carriers—^Wil liam G. Ford, Peter Helton, Loy Dix son McConnell and John M. Hatis. Postoffices at Bristow, Martindale, Hol ton, Nevin, Lovelady, Spurrier, Steel Creek, Nimrod, Dixie and Wriston to be discontinued. Postoffices at Shopton to be supplied by rural carrier, Huntersville (Mecklenburg county)— Two carriers. Length of routes, 43J miles; area covered,49 square miles: population served, 1,348; number of houses on routes, 337. Carriers—John McW. Alexander and James Thomas Mayberry. Postoffices at Hopewell, Cowan’s Ford, Minnie, Unity and East- tield to be discontinued. Pineville (Mecklenburg county)—One carrier. Length of route, 24J miles area covered, 18 square miles; popula tion served, 636; number of houses on route, 156. Carrier—Lester L. Downs. Postoffices at Observer, Ranaleburg and Wailes to be discontinued. Only A Few Days Left. News and Observer. There are not many days left for parties desiring to vote in the November election to pay their poll tax. Unless they pay by the first day of May, they cannot vote, but they will be compelled to pay their poll tax after that date. In some counties the Democratic leaders are exerting themselves to bring this important matter to the attention of every white voter. In every county Republican politicians are assessing office-holders to raise the money to pay the poll tax for negroes. In some counties the Democratic leaders are idle when they ought to be hard at work. In Anson county the Democratic com mittee anopted this resolution: “Resolv^, That it is the sense of this meeting that the chairman of each pre cinct committee call a meeting of his committee for Saturday, 5th day of April, for the purpose of putting such machinery in motion as they deem necessary to get Democratic voters to pay their poll tax before May 1st. These meetings to be held at the various voting precincts at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.” The Democratic committee in every county of the State ought to adopt that or some other method equally as effec tive for bringing this matter to the at tention of all the white votf rs. The time is short. They should act at once. Dr. Dred Peacock’s New Ba«ines« Greessboro, N. C., April 2.—Dr. Dred Peacock, who has just resigned the presidency of Greensboro Female College, will turn his attention to the insurance field. He has*purch~ased a half interest in the State agency of Mr. J. Sterling Jones,who has been the State manager for the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society, of New York, for the past sixteen years. The people of Greensboro are glad to know that Dr. Peacock will continue his business life in this city. Edward H. Tanner, a well known insurance agent of Richmond, was hurled from the platform of a train one night last week between Richmond and Petersburg. He stepped upon the plat form as the train struck a curye and was thrown down a bank twenty-five feet high. He was reported as killed, but latter telegraphed from Petersburg thai he had walked back to that city and escaped without a scratch. The celebrated damage suit case of Gattis vs. Kilgo et. al. will be argued lu the Supreme Court this week. Rev. J. N. H. Summerell, of WasK- ington, this State, has accepted a cd|| to the Qher t Presbyterian Church w Norfolk, Va. The papers state that the Messrs. Duke, of North Carolina, will bi;ukl one of the largest cotton mills in the world in Chester county, S. 0. Rev. R. G. Pearson, who recently closed a two weeks meeting at Hickory, received a purse of f285 and his wife was given $85 by the ladies of Hickory. Mr. Geo. W. Pack, who has made many donations to the city of Ashe ville and the cou'lity of Buncombe, last week gave the city 11 aores ai land for a park. Mr. R. L. Stewart, of Monroe, who has been spending the winter in Hull, ., was found dead in bed Sunday morning. No particulars have been re ceived. He was a highly esteemed t;itizen Mr. F. C. Abbott, of Charlott^, has issued a tract on the Free Schools. He points out that the central need of the schools is better houses—which is true. He calls for $100,000 in voluntary offer ings to build school houses. The civil service commission has be gun an investigation of the case of Postmaster Nathaniel B. Lewis, of Madison, who is reported to have insti gated the arrest of D. K. Pope, at Ro- onoke, Va., following the latter’s se curing two notes of $40 each from the postmaster as a campaign assessment. The Kinston Free Press tells a won derful story of a woman whom the doctors relieved of a tumor that weighed 165 pounds. Before the operation she weighed 285 and after the operation 120 pounds. This beats all records. A total of 54 gallons of fluid was tapped from the tumor. It is thought she will i'ecover. A Demoermtle Senatorial Primary* Raleigh Corrfliipondence Baltimore San. The odds are that there will be Sena torial primaries again this year by the Democrats despite the clamor which some raised against them in 1900. De mocratic State Chairman F. M. Sim mons says, the people having once had a taste of the primary system of choos ing a Senatorial candidate, will not wil lingly forego it. This year it is desirable peculiarl> so, to get the Democrats to register, to pay their poll tax, to get their name on the ‘'permanent roll” under the amended Constitution. It is calculated that "30,000 to 40,000 white men cannot read nor write, and these must, of course, get on that permanent roll in order to be voters. The amooiit of work and the expense are great. The primaries for Senator will dispel any apathy. Of course the candidates for the Senatorial nomination will see that the voters get out, that poll tax,(a pre requisite to voting now) is paid and that there is general enthusiasm and zeal. The Re^blicans are paying the poll tax far their prospective voters. The Republicn voters are paying up poll taxes better than the Democrats. Such is the statement made by Chairman Simmons. The Republicans are so far looking closely after that vital matter, while the Democrats are neglecting it. But there will be a change. In each precinct the Democrats will have three workers, whom they will make respon sible for the j^yment of the poll tax. The only danger to the Democrats this year is in an indifferent movement and it is asserted that the Sentorial primary system, if adopted, will do more than anything alse to kill such an independ ent Meaa of Hewa. Justice John M. Harlan of the United State supreme court, when a practic- • Ing lawyer in LonlsvlUe, once tried his band at newspaper work, taking the place of a personal friend, then editor of the LonlsTllle CommerciaL The Jus tice got along all right writing editori als, bat bad ideas as to news that were, •t variance with those of the city e^ tor. One of the reporters bad written a clever account of a man who had fallen from the fourth story of a building and escaped without serious Injury. It made a story of about a -column in length. With a proof of the article In his band the temporary editor came to the city editor and said: “Mr. Smith, please have this story cat down. I can’t see anything in it that makes it wHrtb that space.” “But it’s the ‘star* story of the day, Mr. Harlan,” gasped the astonished news man. “I think it’s a remarkable story and well worth all the space giv en to it.” “I don’t,” said Justice Harlan. “If a man had jumped up four stories, it would certainly have been remarkable, but even a fool could fall down four stories, or half a dozen, for that mat ter.”—New York Times. Tke OrlTer's Point of Tlefv. The hotd coach was filled with a crowd of happy, jubilant visitors, and the horses toiled splendidly up the hills. As each eminence was reached and at evety turn in the road the crowd would burst forth into cries of wonder and deligbt at the magnificent scenes which burst upon their view. The mountain jehu alone preserved a dig nity and silence which rather awed the others. At length, after a parti^'uiariy lovely, view had been passed, one of the guests at the driver’s left hand marked: “You don’t seem to take much inter est in the Scenery. No doubt it’s an old story to you.” The driver shook bis head. “No, that’s not it.” he answered. “I just don’t care.” Then he leaned a little closer and whispered: “But I knows just how you folks must feeL You ail come from a long distance just to things, and you’re iionnd to enjoy it anyhow so as to get your money’s worth and not feel as though you was cheatin’, yourselves. Ob.” said this driver in a superior tone, “1 don’t mind It when I understand how ’tis.”—Les lie’s Weekly. Tke Tnsboat Captain. A tug lay hard by, and the captain added his bit to my sociological noc turne, as 1 sat In the pilot bouse and peered out on the water, where red lights and green lights, with piany of yellow and white, dripped zigzag fash ion down from the wharfs and sliips. “Where do you sleep?” questioned L “Why. here,” he replied, “in this very pilot house on that nice fluffy bunk you’re a-settin’ on; an’ sometimes 1 sleep at that wheel, a-steerin’ this t>oat, sir. Can’t be helped, sir. The hours we work would stave in a trained nurse an’ send a sentinel to l>e tlbot. Why, man. I’ve seed the time when I’ve stuck by that wheel twenty grim hours at a stretch. Once it was forty-two hours. And when yoa read in the paper about towin’ a big propeller clean through a dock or jammln’ her into her next door neighbor fer keeps don’t you say us tug folks are Johnnie Raws. Just say we’re worked and worked ^111 we sleep at the wheeL For that’s God’s truth, sir.”— Atlantic. ^IM Words. Statesville Landmark. But whether guilty or innocent Wilcox is a bad feUow and his general reputa tion is doubtless largely responsible for his conviction. If his character had been above reproach; if he had been a highrtoned and p^ectly honorable gen tlemen, which it appears he was not, it IS not probable that he would have b^n convict^ on the • evidence presented. But the idea seems to have been that he was entirely capable of committing the crime and this, added to the circum stantial evidence against him, threw him. We do not mean to say, of course that Wilcox should be put to death simply because his reputation is bad, but we do mean to say tbat a good rep utation is a monstrous help in time of trouble. Previous good character has saved many a man from punishment which he richly deserved and a bad character has doubtless caused some in nocent men to be punished. We know that a bad reputation does cause men to receive severer punishment, when they are convicted of crime,' than they would otherwise receive. “A good name is rather to be chosen Chan great riches,” said the Wise Man, and that saying is just as true today as it was when it was first written. —Salisbury Sun, 29th: Mr. Will Ludwick, of Gold Hill, who was bitten yesterday morning by a mad dog, went to Baltimore last night for treatment in the Pasteur department of the City Hospital. Both of ' Mr. Ludwick’s hands were painfully lacorated. He took with him the head of the dog that bit him. There has been much talk recently that Senator Hanna nfight possibly be a candidate for the Republican presi dential nomination in 1904. In a let ter to a friend, which has just beep made public, Senator Hanna says he ie in no sense a candidate for the presi dency, and he requests his friends to discourage any such movement to that end. Capt. W. 'B. Ryder, of. Charlotte, superintendent of this division of the Southern Railway, has resigned, to take effect at once. Capt. Ryder will retire from the railroad business. He is suc ceeded by Mr. C. S. McManus, of Chicago. A mother and her son have been plaoedin the penitentiary, the first for thirtj^nd the second for twenty years. Thef «re Van and Vienna Faller, barn burnen from Orange county. Held hr Ettanette. wiien Dom Pedro, then emperor of Brazil, was entertained at the White House, he had been told by a confused senator that It would be expected that he, the emperor, should be the last of the gaests to depart. The president’s wife, however, inforfli- ed her other guests tbat they would t>e .expected to follow, not precede^ the royal party in' leaving the house. The result was that no one dared to go for fear of a breach of eti«iuette. But at 3 o’clock In the morning a tired woman pretended illness, and tb‘ dead lock was broken. Great is etiquette, but common sense Is sometimes allowatrie. 4 Gnvlons Barometer. A carious barometer Is said to be used by the remnant of the Araucanlan race which Inhabits the southernmost province of Chile. It consists of the castoff shell of a crab. The dead shell is white in fair, dry weather, but the approach of a moist atmosphere is Indi cated by the appearance of small red spots. As the moisture in the air In creases the shell becomes entirely red and remains so throughout the rainy season. A Wlae Propkct. “On the whole,” said the aged weath er prophet, “I have found that the saf est course Is to predict bad weather. “Why?” asked the neophyte. “Because people are much more ready to forgive yon if the prediction does Dot come true.” Young Man—I want an engagemrat ring^ Jeweler—Yes, sir; about what size? “1 don’t Tcnow exactly, but she can twist me round her finger, if that is any guide.” Partlr Aeeoanted For. BIzzer—Where does tbat man Flim- mer get all his money? Buzzer—Well, I loaned him five dol lars two years ago.—Ohio State Jour- nal. It Is claimed tbat dentistry prolongs life. As has been said of matrimony. It certainly makes It seem longer.—Ixrala* Tine Courler-JoumaL No man can bnlld character by trylnK to taxe tbat of others.-Nasbvllie Baa* WAITBB VfM «KOOH «0 TBABfl In this little town of Path, in the Ottawa Valley, Canada, the death is announced of Mils Oathaiine Millar, known in the ndi^borhood around as Kitty”MiIlar. Sixty yean ago she was a beaatifol and accomplished giri in Scotland. She was engaged to married to a young man who had a large interest in a Scottish thread factory. The day was fixed for the weddiAg and every prepar ation was made for the ceremony. The wedding day came and «Kitty^” dress ed in her bridal attiie, awaited the bridegroom. Instead, there carae a message that lie had married another. The shock affected her mind, and for several yean she was ocmfined in an asylum. The doctofs finally decided that she could be given into thefustody of hex relatives, at- they thought a change of scene and surroundings would prove the best cure. The Millar family removed from Scotland to Canada. Nearly 50 years have passed since their settlement in Lanark county, Ont., yet never a month has elapsed in which “Kitty” did not don her wedding gar ments to await the coming of her lover. The dress was antique, of amber-colored silk, with a long from oeaked waist, plaited and corded, with bell sleeves and skirt han^ng oddly on account of the straight width. The bonnet was also peculiar. It was made of white silk, tnmmed with satin ribbon and a stiff lace matching the dress in color. Miss Millar was 80 years cdd when she died, and for neuly ‘ years had preserved this wedding dress, expecting the arrival of her promisfd husband. All her immediate relatives had died before her and she was living with friends at the time of her death. She was buried in the bridal robes made in Scotland long ago. Brother Dlekey on Reformcra. Atlanta Constitution. I notice.' said Brother Dickey, “dat dcy all time holdin’ meetin’s in dis country ter reform de creeds what' dey been livin’ en dyin’ by sence Adam wuz a boy climbin’ apple trees in Eden. I kin on’er stan’ hoklin’ a meeting ter reform sinners, but one ter reform de gospill what is suppose ter save ’em beats my time! De Good Book say de way is so plain dat even de wayfarin’ man, fool e* he is, needn't go roun’ axin’ fer de sign-post; cn yit, dey goes stumblin, all roun’, tryin’ ter fin’ some- pin’ wid a candle w’en de worl’ is on fire wid de sub, blazin’ so bright dat dey all gittin’ ’climated ter de hereafter! De trouble is, de way is too plain fer em. Lak de readin’ er a riddle, ’tain’t wuth de truble ef you kin on’erstan’ it wnile de bell ringin’ f^ breakfas*. Things in dis worl en t)ut^ itJs go ter be confusin’ ter give folks a chance ter rise in meetin’ en explain what dey don’t know. Hit’s my opinion, up en down de country, dat de thing fer de wise mens ter do is ter light in en re form de reformers. Dey sho’ needs it!” now Car Antrealom Qnarre!*d. A study of medin'val rural life is ap» fo give the Impression tbat fhe princi pal part of the'life of the people was speut in quarreling or In the coimnls Sion or prosccutlon of offenses. Our ancestors certainly were a very liti gious and a very disorderly people Thefecords teem with Instances of men and women drawing knives against one another, of breaking Into bouses, of prosecuting one another for slander. Then we have such entries as these: It is ordained by common consent tbat all the women of the village mast refrain their tongues from all slander ing.” “Thomas, son of Robert Smith, is fined 12 pence t>ecause his wife Ag nes beat Emma, the wife of Robert, the tailor, and Roliert. the tailor, six pence because his wife Emma swore at Agnes, the wife of Thomas.” “It Is en joined upon all the tenants of the vil lage tbat none of t^em attack any oth ers In word or deed, with clubs or ai^ rows or knives nnder penalty of paying 40 sbiUings.” Such entries, frequently occurring, in addition to the innumerable Instances of individual attack, slander, petty theft and other Immorality seem to show a community of far from perfect Tlrtoe—Llpplncotfs. COTVLT A»nOB. When in a certain coantry district a mondi ago, says a bosineM iomi, hav ing an idle hoot, I strolled into the coantry ooort-room, where I witnessed an amusing scene. The jostioe, a Ing,. pottapons otBdal, with a voice like a trombone, took it n^n himself to ex amine a witness, a Uttle, withered old man, whose face was as red and wrin kled as a herring. What is your/ name?” asked the justioe. Why, squire,” said the astonished 'you krow my name as well as I know yoom.” Never yoa mind what I know or what I don’t know,” was the caution givoi, with magistoial severity.* the question in my oflBdal capacity, and you’re bound to answer it.” With a oontemptaoBS snort the wit ness gave his name and the question ing proceeded. “Where do you live?” “Wal, what next?” ejaculated the old man. “Why,” he continued, ap pealing to the laug^ng listeners, “I’ve lived in this town all my life, and so’s he,” pointing to the justice, “an’ to hear him go on you’d think”— “Silence!” thundered the irate mag istrate. “Answer my question or I’ll fine you tor contempt of court.” Alarmed by the threat, the witness named his place of residence and the examination went on. “What is your occupation ?” “Eh ?” “What do you do for a living ?” “Oh, git ou^, squire ! Just as.if you don’t know that I tend gardens in the. summer season and saw wood in the winter?” ' “As a private citizen I know it, but as the court I am not supposed to know anything about yojj^” explained the perspiring justice. “Wal, squire,” remarked the puzzled mtness, “if you know somethin’ out side the courtroom and don’t know nothin’ in it, you’d better get out an let somebody try this case thui’s got some sense.” The advice may have been good, but it cost the witness 40 shillings. -War mf tWe Tokacco Travta. Baltimore Sun. The vigorous attacks of America to bacco kings on the British market have startled John Bull almost out of his wits. Never before has the English business man had to face such tactics. The men who control the tobacco trade of the United States are as amUtious Alexander of old. 'They sigh for other worlds to conquer, and, as John Bull appears to offer an inviting field of con quest, they have invaded his dominions and challenged him to a fight to a finish. John’s islands do not produce the seductive weed. He is dependent upon other countries for his raw ma terial. Our tobacco kings have decreed that he must be content in the future to smoke American cigarettes and fill his pipe with longcut or granulated to bacco manufactured in the United States. He must also smoke fragrant “Havana” cigars made in New York out of tobacco grown in Connecticut. Some twenty rears ago, the amallntwr broke oat in Lancaster, Ky., and a number ot patients were omfined in a bouse on the old Jackman place. The house was surroanded by a ia^ pastare. In this pasture was a very fine bull calf, which escaped and was lostlqr reason of the having been left q;>en. The premises and the calf aa wdl bdonged two infant orphan children. A suit was iHooght by a member of the Lancaster bar against the town ees for damages done th« baikUng and also for the valne of tiie ball oalf. By agreement the mis-joinder of caases of action was waived. Theattomegrfor tbe {daintifb had taken cc^oas notes ai his anticipa^ aignment and among other prominent headings wm Here qpeak ctf ball calf.” Another attomer nolaeing the notas wrote above the mm referred to thesi words: “Here take a flight,” and im mediately bdow the w«^s: “Here give the trustees thunder.,” When the attorn^ for the plaintifiB observed the mangM condition of his notes he grew v^ furious and iMKioeed- ed to denounce the world in general oi that account, saying that an attempt had been made , to make him take a flight from the back of a boll calf. Fiually, ^wing very pathetic, he concluded his spe^ as fc^ws: “Gentiemen the jury, my good old mother was a strong minded wo man—^peace to her ashes. She read but two books, Shakspeare and the Bible. And when I tUnk of these poor little children—not only infants but orphans—^I am f(»ciUy reminded of the b- autiful extract that she read to me when I sat an infant upon h» knee, from the play of ‘Richard XXL,’ whm the Duke'of Gloster says, ‘‘Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” At this point the ai^ilaase in the court room was deafening, and the at torney, littie knowing what he had done, took his seat. He supposed that he had won the case. Rahber Plaata. Many plant growers tiecome annoyed because tbe older leaves at the base of their rubber plants tom yellow and fall off. Tblii Is a natural process. It does not Indicate any defect In the plant It Is simply the ripening of the old foliage, which cannot be retained iudefhiltely. Sometimes, however, the loss of foliage results from the went of root room, but hi such cases the plants refuse to grow. Railroad Telescmaia. When a traveler In the grand dachy of Baden. Germany, wants to send a telegram while be is In the train, be writes the message on a postcard, with the request that It be wired, puts on a stamp and drops it Into the train letter box. At the next station the box la cleared and the message sent oat. Itallana Lavo ToaMtoea. Italians more than any other people value tomatoea, and each one tliat comes to perfection Is as carefully tend ed as though It were an apple of gold. Not only'do the housewives delight In the fiesh vegetablea tbemsdves, but, generally speaking, those home tended are better than any purchased at the market, and so each one Is jealously saved to make tomatoe sauce for the spaghetti, without which no Italian Sunday would be Sunday. One soapbox gardener one season sold enough toma toes to give her quite a little pin money. Mo one who knows the Italian well will be surprised to leam that many of the boxes are devoted to peppers, for they in truth fumlab mach of their spice of life, and even the little Italian girld know bow to staff and cook them hi a dozen different ways that tempt the palate.—Boston Transcript Veardal Kxplo«loa In Rllme. Chattanooga, 'Tenn., March 31—An exptlosion of gas generated by coal dust o .'curred in the Nelson Mine cf the Day ton Goal and Iron Company at Dayton, Tenn., today. Fourteen dead bodies have been recovered, two miners are fatally injured, ten missing. Seventy- five men were in the mine. Chattabooga, April 1. — Eleven bodies so far have been taken, from the Nelson mine of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company, at Dayton, Tenn., the scene of yesterday’s explosion. The officials of the company claim that only eight more bodies are in the mine, but the miners say there are from 12 to 15 Colarlnv Flowcra. A florist says that the law governing the coloring of flowers makes a blue rose impossible. According to this law the three colors red, bine and yellow never all appear In the same species of flowers. Any two may exist but never the third- Thus we have the red and yellow roses, but no blue; red and blue verbenas, bat no yeltow; yellow and blue in the various members of the viola family (as pansies, for in stance), but no red; red and yellow gladioli, but no blue, and so on. The Atlantic Coast Line has absorbed the Pluit system, thus gaining control of 3,000 miles of road. The fouthem, under the metier, gets fee simple rights into JacksonvUle. Salisbury Sun: 'The farmers Rowan county are seriously embar rassed this year on account of the scarcity of. labor. Nearly all the ne groes are leaving the farms and settling in Salisbury or in the less populous towns of the county. They then drift either to the railro^ or mines. It estimated that within the past two years 500 negroes have left the farms in this county. ' Statesville Landmark : A gentle man who looked over the tax bmks in the shertff’s office last week found that there were about 1,200 white men the county, most of them Democrats who have not paid their poll tax. these don’t pay by May 1st they can vote next fall. ■The 'winter tourist season at Flor ida resorts is now fast drawing to close, and in eonsequenoe the limited fast frains between St. Augustine wd New York and Chicago wiB he taken off in a short time. The Southern' “Palm Limited” by the Southern be tween New Y(nrk and St. Augustine, will make its last trip southwari April 12, and the lait trip northbound A]^ 14. IAI.1.POX Afmnn bvi.i. oai.v. Elizabeth City, A(nil S.—^Thomas Early, the negro who attempted a crim inal assault upon Miss Peny, Ryland, on Tues^y, was shot wb^ on the train in custody of officers, Eklenton to-day, and badly injured. The military company had been on guard during the day, while the negro was tried and sentenced to 15 imprisonment, and was conduct^ to the train by the soldiers. When the train had pulled out a short distance some one in the coach fired four shots at the n^n^, but it is thought he will recovw. He was taken to Norfolk. Early was nq>tared at Cyi»ess Chapd just over the Virginia line, Tuesday and turned over to the North Cardina authorities yesterday. He was taken through here last night en route for f^enton. On arriving at Edentcm the news flew like such tidings generally do, and crowds gathered More 10 o’dock, with the avowed intention of lynching him. Sheriff Norman was forewarned of his coming and had secured permission to summons the military company to his assii should this be necessary to protect the prisoner daring the night 'The Superior Court was in session, and this morning tiie grand jury in dicted him fcHT an assault with criminal intent and before noon to-day he was placed on trial, convicted and sentenced to 15 years at hard labor in the peni- tentiar}\ Perplcxltlea 1%at Vme Wi«k Trt pleta. Ptalladelpbla Time*. I was called,” said a physician, “to attend triplets. The thrm youngsters, a few weeks old, lay side by side in a crib, and it was a physical impossibility to tell one from the other. Each had a different ailment The mother knew that one had a cough, but did not know which it was. Mother and doctor wait ed for a cough before deciding to which of the trio it belonged. 'A different medicine was prescribed for each, and the anxious mother was perplexed to know how-she should avoid giving the wrong medicine, to the wrong child. The doctor came to the rescue by placing a piece of red flannel around the neck of one bottie and strip of similar material around the arm of the child to whom it was to be given. White linen and a piece of green cloth were used respectively for the other two.” »rl^ ot JeCeraoa New York San. The entire country must admire the dignity with which Mrs. Jefferson Davis disapprove the erection of a memorial arch to her husband in Richmond. The cause with which Mr. Davis was identified'was lost. An arch, the sym bol of triumph*, would, in Mrs. Davis’s opinion, be ini^ipropriate tor his mon ument. A far more s{dendid onbodiment of Jefferson Davis’s memory than any pile or form of stones is the South, {oos- perous, progressive and growing, with sentiment undiminished, hut with ergy multi||tied a thoasandfold. d^cated his life to it and there, in the minds and hearts of his fdkm citi zens and their descendants, his memory w^l live. « Miich discassion has beenopeasioiied among i^yiiciaas, writes a Ocfydand ootre^cnident of the Bostoa Joanal, by the statements made throogh the newqM^iers to the effect that tlie oaae of Heniy C. Eraaae, who strai^^ hia mo^w, was unique in the hiatoqr of juriqimdenoe. The contniy ise, however, for the madioal books dealing with crimes and hallaci- natons and dreams ace quite full of a similar character. A large nntnlwir that are cloaely pandlel to the case are weU known to the stodenls of medical juriqiradenoe. Dr. J. C. Aldrich, of CSevdand, said that the Eraase case waa faiify typical of a number of others dted in both medical and le^al works. “One ot the ddest cases of this kind on reoord,** says Dr. Aldrich, “is that of an Ei^ li^ gamekeeper and his son. Th^ were gnaiding the i»eservesoi} i^ieh they were employed from poachers and the son had dn^^ied asleq>. The father called the son, awakening hian suddenly. The son, half awake, seised a fowling piece and killed the father. The son was convicted, hot pardoned on the ground that he did not know what he was dwg when he killed hia father, and that there was no «riminal intent in the action. A friend of mine here in CSevdand told me of an instance in his own.life that closely resembled theEnuue caae.' We were talking about itwhenhetdd me. He is an 'aged man now, bat years ago when a young man he waa engaged in the Pennsylvania coal fielda. There were many desperate men about the mines in those days, and there.was always danger of attack. F(v this rea son the gentleman always sl^ witfcr a revolver under his i^ow. Cm night he dreamed that he was being attacked byabwidof desperadoes. He soaed one of them and was about to kill him with his revolver when he awoke to find that he was choking his wife and pressing the muzzle of ^ rerohrer to her temple. “Marc, the noted English alieniat, cites a number of cases of this chaiao- ter. One of them is the famous caae of a peddle, who was in tiie habit of sleeinng bedde the highway as he went about &e country. To protect himsdf from robbers he carried a sword cane. A man passing him as he by the highway one night shook h^ by the shoukler to arouse him. The peddler, sjHinging up, stabbed the man to death with his sw(»d cane. He waa tried for manslaughter and defended himsdf with the plea that he waa hat half awake and did not know what he was dmng when he killed the man. He was convicted. “Bernard Schedmaiz^swas another case reported by Maia He sawa phan tom that seemed to attack bun in a dream and killed it with a hatdiet, aa he supposed. Instead he killed his wife. He was tried for murder and acquitted on the ground that he had not known what he was dcwog. “Mr. J. H. Mcnley, one of the beat known residents of Cleveland, told me of a case with which he was personally fiuniliar. A man, hunting camp ing out with a party of frienda, waa suddenly awakened and shot another member of the party in the back with a revolver, inflicting a wotmd thatcansed paralysis. He did notknow,of comae, what he was doing. “In 1878 Simon Frasa waa tried in Scotland for the murder of hia child. He dreamed that he was attacked by a wild beast, which he killed in his vis- Instead he had killed his ehild by dashing the little one’s head againat the wall after taking him from bed. Judge J. L. Clart:, before whom the case was tried, directed the jury to that the prisoner had killed his ohild- when unconscious of his act by mason of his condition as a somnambaliat, and that he was not responsiUe for his act. The courts have held that a blow inflicted by a drunkenman while alnig- gling in his sleep was not pnnishahie. ‘There seems to be veiy oommonly peculiar unbalanced condititm of die mind when a person is first awak ened, and this is partioalaily tzae in childhood and in the eases of ^hose whose mental balanc6 is not perfSBCt. Somnambulists are much exdtad when firstawakened suddenly,and theresoema to be some ctose rdation between tte dreams and the delusions of the in- It seems to be a qnestion whether murderous impulses in soma cases ve not the results of the inte* ence of dreams. There are many questions involved in these caaea of mental unbalance, but I bdieve that ia all cases the courts have hdd that aien are not responsible tar deeds committed while they were asleep and were nnder the influence of dreams.” At a meeting hdd in Atlanta laat week trustees of the Confederate Memo rial Association definitdy determined upon Richmond, Va., aa the location upon which to baild the Confedoate Uuseum. One hundred thousand d(^ luswas donated by the late Chariea Broadway Eouss toward the founding of a battle abbey in theSoath, provided like sum could be raised be pt^N^r subscription. In the report submitted Iqr tiie treasurer of the aaaodation it was shown that all of the additk amount had been obtained and pled^ied. New YORK, April 2.—I bdieve prieea to be upon the eve of a very sharp ad vance which will shmtly cany cottoa considerably above nine cents ip New Yoric. ' Recdpts are falling off with an abruptness that indicates complete ex haustion. Exports of cotton to-daj were fMrty-two thousand bales or aboat four times the receipts. It is becoming mne,and more evi dent that the supply of cotton is afaao- Intdy in sufficient for the world’a requuements at inreaent ^ces. Soathem mills are macing eager inqniiy in New Yoric for cotton to be shiHi^ from here. The bean to-night seem to be rei^ more concerned about the situatioa than at any time previously thia seaaon. Tukodobx H. Prick. have cotton in bales whidi they have k^ stored since 1888 and 1890. Their farma are made aeU snataining, heaoe they hold their cotton for prioe aaiting

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