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