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the poet to ills wife's eves, s
Oval and largo and passlon-puro
Anil trray and wise and honor-sure ;
Holt as a flying violet breath '
Yet calmly unafraid of death ;
Thronged, like two doye-cotes of gray doves.
With wife's and mother's and poor-fo Ikes'
loves,
And home-loves and hlh fflory-lovcs,
And sclonce-loves and Btory-lovea.
And love for all that God and man
In art or nature make or plan,
And lady-loves for spider luce
' And broideries and supple grace.
And diamonds and the whole sweet round
Of little tliat large life compound,
And Iovoh for Ood and Goers bare truth,
And loves for Magdalen and Kuth,
Dear eyes, dear eyes aud rare completo
JSeliiK heavenly-sweet and earthly-sweet,
I marvel that Uod made you miue,
For when he frowns, 'tis then ye shine I
Sidney Lauier, "My Springs."
HILL AKP'S LETT Ell.
Blue Mountain, Miss. Some good
people called me over here and I came.
Mv wife said I had better bo, for the
winter waa at hand and the family
needed clothes and Bhe was obliged to
play old Santa Claus, .is usual, and
provide some Christmas gifts for the
children and grand-children. That is
a good part of her life and happiness
pleasing the children, bhe never
for anything for herself. She don't
have to. " The girls tell me what she
needs and I surprise her with it if
have the money, and if I haven't
strain my credit and get it anyhow.
Professor Lowrey called me here to talk
to his college girls, for he is a noted
fidncator and has 260 eirls out here in
the woods and is building up an insti
tution that is the pride of North Missis
Bippi. He got four other towns to join
him in the call, and so 1 lectured in
Tupelo last Mcnday night to a large
audience in a large house and found
wnrm welcome. It is wonderful how
these old towns are looming up and
taking on new life. Twelve . years ago
I was in Tupelo and I thought it was
pretty dead, I had only . about 100
people out to hear me then, and this
time there were near 400. Prosperity
has done it. Ten-cent cotton and
cotton and a cotton mill has done it
McKinlev had nothing lo do with it
Last night I was bill 3d for Ripley a
nice old courthouse town nor far away
The evening betokened a storm and by
nieht the lightning was Hashing incea
nantlv all around the horizon and the
thunder pealed heavilv. Country peo
i le bebame alarmed and hurried home,
tor everything seemed ominous of com
ine trouble. There seemed to be some
thing in the elements that was brooding
over us. and sure enough tnere was
The courtroom was about half full of
people who had dared to venture out
to hear me. Suddenly the storm came
with fearful fury. There was an awful
roaring sound from the southeast that
was like the sound of many waters
Vmahad the audience into a solemn
silence. I did not take the platform
but waited. In a few minutes some
wild, excited messengers came rushing
up the Btairs and called for the doctors
and other help, for the cyclone had come
and torn up everything in the suburbs
and killed men and women and children
The nieht was intensely dark, but the
men rushed to the rescue in haste and
the lecture programme was broken up
in a twinkling. Everybody hurried
to
their homes or to the scene of the dis
aster.
What an awful thing is a cyclone
What a merciless thing it is! How
quickly it comes and as quickly goes
leaving swift destruction in its track
Happily it gives no warning, for the
terror and apprehension would be worse
tnan aeatn. mis mormug wb rejuiueu
to learn that nobody was killed, though
marv were badly wounded. Some
houses were wrecked and blown away
and many were unroofed and some were
set on fire. One man was lifted up and
carried away and thrown to the ground
in the woods, with only a tew bruises
How strange that so few people are
killed bv a cvclone. It seems provi
dential, and this morning the question
d.scussed at the breakfast table was
whether God or the devil was the author
of these terrible visitations. One said
that the spirit of evil was still on the
arth and was ever contending against
the fcpirit ot good, aud . this spirit it
brought famine, pestilonce, fires, storms
md all disasters. . Another said that all
these things came from natural causes
and that neither God nor the devil had
any ag"ncy in them. Another quoted
! from Job where the Lord delivered him
, over to Satan, who was going to and fro
nnnn the earth and walking up and
down in it. He afflicted i tb awfully
but was not aliowed to take his life
Another quoted from the Savior's words
when He said: "Think you that those
upon whom the tower of bdoam fell
worn wicked above all people? I tell
you nay, but unless ye repent ye shall
perish." Professor John Fiske, a very
great and learned man, has written
little book called. ."The Mystery
"Evil." I have read it twice and found
but little comfort or philosophy in
His argument is that evil is of divine
creation and designed to illustrate and
exalt the good. That but for Bickness
we wouid not appreciate or enjoy good
health. But for an occasional famine
we would not enjoy the blessing of
abundant food, and but for sin we
would not enjoy heaven. His book
leaves you just where It found you, and
the mystery is still unexplained. We
know that God loves His creaturee, and
that is enough. Not a sparrow falls-to
the ground without Ilia notice, and He
did not wisn to destroy mneveh.
where there were 600,000 people and
much cattle, . "And much cattle."
That was always a very significant ex
pression to me.
Well, I had to come here from Kipley
by private conveyance. We had a good
team, but the road was tearful, for it
had rained nearly all night. Mr. Pit-
ner, an old Georgian, had the lines and
did not anticipate trouble, but when we
got to the river we found the lowlands
flooded on both sides for a quarter of a
mile, and after we crossed the bridge
the horBes plunged suddenly into a
washout and submerged us into deep
water. It flowed into the buggy and
over it and up to the cushions, and for
a time we. were both alarmed for fear of
a collapse. But we got out of it safely,
and here I am with a valise full of wet
clothes and no change for tonight.
Here I am at the college and will have
to stand up before two or three hundred
pretty girls tonight. Fortunately Mr.
Lowrey is about my Bize and says he
will lend me some garments while mine
are being renewed at the laundry. Hard,
hard, indeed, is the contest for freedom
and the struggle for Christmas money.
Cyclones and Hoods are pursuing me
and disturbing my tranquillity. But
"ne thing more may come which
cannot fight, and that is a Methodiet
revival, for like a cyclone, they are
terribly in earnest and always break me
up. Old Simon Peter Richardson says
in his book that the Methodists are all
fire and the Baptists all water, and
some others are all wind. I hope they
won t all come upon me at once.
But I am still hopeful and trying to
keep calm and serene. Tonight I shall
be inspired with the presence of theee
college girls and for au hour or bo wiJ
be the cynosure of their beautiful eyes
YeB, the cynosure, lhat word comes
from two Greek words which mean the
dog's tail, and so I will be the dog's
tail of the fair assemby. Professor
Lowrey's father was the brave old
soldier known as General Lowrey who
succeeded to General Claiborne as com
mander of that corps in the Army of
Tennessee. He is buried near here,
and I shall visit his grave. I go from
here to Pontotoc, the oldest town in tue
state, where the Indian agency was
located and the chief of the Chickasaws
lived. From there I go to New Albany,
and from there to mv own home, where
there is always a light in the window
for me and many happy ones to greet
me. jjill arp.
Western N. C. Conference.
Greensboro, N. C, Nov. 27. No
action was taken at the Methodist Con
ference, which adjourned yesterday,
with reference to the action of Barbee
& Smith, book agents. There was
movement to secure an expression from
the conference, condemning Barbee &
Smith, but Bishop Morrison urged that
no action be taken, and that the whole
matter be left to the next General Con
ference. His advice was taken. It
is
well known that Bishop Morrison has
not hesitated to "ring clear" against
isarbee & bmith 8 deception, lie says
that the General Conference may be
trusted to do the right thing.
The full statistical report, presented
by Rev. R. M. Taylor, is as follows:
Local preachers, 180; members, 72,
014; infants baptized, 1,607; adults
baptized, 1,477; Epworth Leagues, 91;
members. 3,529; Sunday schcols, 711;
teachers,' 4,912; scholars, 48,329;
amount for Conference claimants, $5,
000; amount collected, $3,986.82;
foreign missions, $12,989.20; domestic
missions, $0,225.96; Church extension,
$2,631.33; American Bible Society,
$396,063; support of presiding elders,
$11,635.79; support of preachers in
charge, $85,932.87; Bupport of bishops,
$1,498.63; number of societies, 823;
number of houses of worship, 725;
value of houses of worship, $891,245
indebtedness, $39,507.02; number of
pastoral charges, 184; number of par
sonages, 133; value of parsonages,
$156,763; indebtedness, $11,880.09;
number of districts, 11; number district
parsonages. 6; value of district parson
ages, $9,800, number of charges dam
aged during past year, 4; amount of
damage, $1,565; value of school prop
erty, $3,904.33; endowment; $3331,750.
The conference decided to buy fifty
five shares ot the Christian Advocate,
published at Greensboro.
The .next" session will be held in
Gastoni.
Earth
Opened Up and
Team.
Swallowed
John Newton, a prominent farmer
residing at Petro, Tenn., had a narrow
escape of his life a few days ago. lie
was plowing in a large field near his
house when the earth suddenly opened
and his team was swallowed, up, he
barely escaping going down with the
team. The field has been in cultivation
for over sixty years, and never before
has such a thing occurred. Newton
was plowing with a double team and
both horses went in the pit. A num
ber of neighbors at once set to work
digging, and after some time secured
the team, but one of the horses had to
be killed. It is supposed that a large
underground waterway waa the cause
of the cavein, but none was discovered
in the chasm. One theory is that it
marks the outlet of the lake on the
mountain near by which seems to be
bottomless and that the outlet is in the
brd of the Tennessee river.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Europeon powers have assured
the United States that they not desire
to impose upon China conditions with
which she cannot comply.
Hon. William J. Bryan, while in
Chicago, said he would soon be heard
from on the proposition to reorganize
the Democratic party.
The police of Hoboken, N. J., have
received a letter alleging the existence
of a plot to assassinate President Mc
Kinley. The writer of the letter gave
in his communication the name of the
alleged chief conspirator, which the
police refuse to make public at this time.
President Kruger landed in Mar
seilles, France, on the 22nd, amid im
mense enthusiasm and boisterous de
monstrations by the French people.
He made a speech and thanked the
people for their interest in the Boer
cause, and their reception of himself
and declared that bis people will not
surrender or compromise.
United States Senator Cushman
Kellogg Davis, chairman oi tne com
mittee on foreign relations of the Sen
ate, died at his home in St. Paul, Minn.,
on the 27th, after an illness of two
months. He had suffered greatly dur
ing his sickness and gradually sank
away, being unconscious for several
hours before death and so far as known,
Buffering no pain.
The report 'recently circulated that
the Pennsylvania railroad interests
were about to absorb the Southern rail
way system has caused much talk and
comment among local railroad men. It
is the general opinion that the story is
only a wild rumor from Wall street and
has no foundation. The Southern rail
way system during the last year has
had a great-era of prosperity and ib now
in a strong condition financially
brought about possibly by the reorgani
zation or manipulation of J. Pierpont
Morgan, the great financier of both the
Pennsylvania and Southern systems.
The Southern Railway is distributing
among shippers the new freight tariff,
which has gone into effect. The book
is the most complete of its kind ever
issued by a railway company, and in
its arrangement the convenience of the
shipper is the thing aimed at. It is a
veritable shipper's guide, and all points
reached by the Southern aud connect
ing lines find place in two well ar
ranged lists the alphabetical and di
vision. Another great convenience to
the Bhipper is to be found in publica
tion of class and. commodity rates.
The book is complete in every detail.
Pleased With Negro Labor In Cotton
Mill.
Charleston, S. C, November 31.
After the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Vesta Cotton Mill, held
in this city yesterday, it was announced
that the owners of the property were
well pleased and satisfied with the
operation of the mill with negro labor.
About two years ago negroes were em
ployed entirely in the mill and the
experiment has been thoroughly tested,
with the result that the stockholders are
of the opinion that their judgment was
wise. While the mill made money laet
year no dividend was declared, as the
money was used in permanent improve
ments for the plant. A party of prom
inent capitalists from the east who have
money invested in the mill came here
to attend the meeting and they were
evidently impressed with the idea that
negro labor could be made a success.
They expressed the belief that the prop
erty would pay better hereafter, as the
negro operatives are now familiar with
the handling of the delicate mill ma
chinery. Before the reorganization of the
Vesta, mill negro labor was given a
short experiment, but it did not seem
to. work well. After the property was
sold, howeyer, and reorganized under
the name of the Vesta company, negro
labor was used altogether, and this has
proved successful, as shown by the for
mal announcement from the manage
ment. Stamp Taxes are Going-, so the Re
publican Say.
The sub committee of the Republi
can membership of the ways and means
committee has not yet completed the
draft of the bill to reduce stamp taxes
but is making progress.
It is understood that in addition to
reductions heretofore mentioned, the
increase of 60 cents per 1,000 on cigars
will be removed; also that the stamp
taxes on steamship tickets will be taken
off, because the revenue received does
not justify the difficulties of collection.
Members of the committee have been
asked to remove the stamp taxes on
foreign bills of exchange and bills of
lading, and it is possible that the mat
ter may be reopened. The tax on par
lor car . seats and sleeping car berths
will remain.
The most important 'changes in the
present law will be in schedule B, which
practically will be wiped out and which
includes medicines and proprietary ar
ticles. Ihe tax also will probably be
removed from conveyances, mortgages,
etc. Thesa, with the abolishment of
taxes on expreBS receipts, telegrams,
bank checks and some other stamp
taxes will, it is said, secure the reduc
tion of $30,000,000,whieh is the amount
agreed upon by the treasury officials
anc' the committee.
STATE NEWS. 1
Charlotte is to have a new $200,000
cotton mill. i
The Henderson Herald suggests Hon.
F. M. SimmonB for chairman of the
National Democratic Executive Com
mittee. Guy F. Wooten, a Winston boy,
member of Company G, Twenty-eighth
Infantry, was drowned in the Philip
pines on the bth mst.
A negro hospital is to be established
in Winaton-Salem in connection with
the Slater Industrial School. Mr. R.
J. Reynolds has contributed $t,000
toward it.
The Legislature which meets in Jan
uary will be composed as follows: Sen
ate: 39 Democrats, 8 Republicans and
3 Populists; House: 101 Democrats, 17
Republicans and 2 Populists. It will
mark the passing of Populism in North
Carolina.
While hunting near Reidsville, Satur
day, Will Rankin, 18 years old, in
shooting at a covey of patridges, lodged
a full charge of shot in the brain of
Wright Smathers, Jr. son of a promi
nent Bockingham county farmer, kill
ing him almost instantly.
The Democratic State Committee, at
a meeting September 5, f dopted a reso
lution creating a committee to draft a
bill to be submitted to the Legislature
for a legalized primary for white voters.
Chairman Simmons this week appointed
as the committee Heriot Clarkson,
Thomas J. Jarvis, Thomas W. Mason,
Cyrus B.Watson and James S. Manning.
It turns out that the man who has
Bet the cotton mill employes in Ala
mance county at enmity with the mill
owners, their lifelong friends, is a Mas
sachueetts man, J. F. Thomas, who
was building a bridge at Haw river for
the Southern rayway. Thomas and
three of his men beat a non-union cotton
mill employe. He and one man were
arrested. The other two fled. Now
Thomas and the man arrested wit'i him
have fled the State, leaving their bonds
men in the lurch.
Ilryan Writes Now Tor Pay Only.
William Jennings Bryan says that he
has ceased giving interviews to news
papers promiscuously or individually.
He is now writing for pay. This policy,
he says, he adopted at the close of the
campaign and he intends to continue
it till some matter of great and imme
diate portent to the nation or to the
policy of its present managers renders
his opinion necessary or advisable.
When sedn Sunday Mr. Bryan was
jolly and talkative till approached on
some question of public interest, when
he immediately became silent.
"It is like -the case of any newspaper
editor," said1 Mr. Bryan. "He writes
what he thinks but he will not write it
without the money. I am not writing
for the money, but I will not write with
out it. If I were to discuss subjects of
importance I should wish to do so only
after consideration and study and I
should'wish to prepare careful statement
at my leisure. If I should be willing
to give interviews on all these questions
the newspapers would keep me busy
practically all the time and I should
find when 1 came to write for myself
that I had printed much of it before."
Mr. Bryan said that his second reason
for declining to discuss in the newspapers
such subjects as he reduction of federal
representation in certain of the southern
states proposed by the Republicans was
that he never believed in discussing a
thing until it was existent or imminent
and that no action had been taken in
that matter as yet. "It is a nuisance."
He said, "to be continually discussing
matters which never come to pass." ,
Ilural Free Delivery.
Baltimore Sun.
In hia estimate for the forthcoming
fiscal year the Postmapter-Gensral sets
aside the Bum of $3,500,000 for the
extension and maintenance of the rural
free delivery service, a branch of the
general postal scheme which has devel
oped into magnitude and importance
during the last few years. While it is
essentially a losing venture it is never
theless a convenience of broad scope
and justified in most cases by the
circumstances of its creation. The
tendency toward suburban residence
among taxpayers of moderate means
which has been manifesting itbelf more
strongly year by year has also developed
an extension which carries some of the
suburbanites pretty well into the
country.
Electric and steam railway service
has kept pace with this natural se
quence of urban growth and has fur
nished conveniences equal aImos to
those enjoyed in cities. It seems proper,
therefore, that free delivery in the rural
sections Bhould be installed where con
ditions warrant it. The year about to
cloBe has brought nearly 4,300 rural
routes, and plans now formulated con
template the establishment of about
4,500 more during the next year. It is
apt to prove costly, but the resident out
side of the city limits who enjoys so
many other conveniences is beginning
now to expect free delivery of his mail.
"Junson has developed into a con
firmed kicker, but his wife can handle
him every time. He kicked last night
because his dinner was cold."
"What was his wife's play ?"
"She made it hot for him."
The Voice of Humanity
Charlotte Observer.
It is gratifying to note that the West
ern North Carolina Conference, m ses
sion at Greensboro, adopted, Saturday,
a memoral to the General Assembly in
behalf of enlarged accommodations at
the State Hospital at Morganton. The
The number of insane persona 'in . the
district of this Hospital, who need, its
care and treatment but for whom ac
commodations cannot be found, is
closely estimated at five hundred. Some
of thes.i wretched people are in county
jails; others are in homes for the aged
and infirm ; others still are confined at
their own homes, an unutterable burden
upon their families, a constant source
of anxiety, a constant menace to others
of the same household. The very best
possible is being done at Morganton
with the means at hand, but after all is
said and done there :i not room for
these hundreds, these unfortunate chil
dren of the State, who should be there.
Many of them could be restored to
lives of usefulness; others who might
not be restored to lives of usefulness;
others who might not be restored are-tax-payera
or their people are, and it is
hard that they should be denied the
care which they help pay to provide for
others. The voice of humanity spoke
through this memorial adopted at
Greensboro Saturday. It is more than
an appeal for humanity; it is at the
same time a cry for justice. It is with
the representatives of the people, Boon
to assemble at Raleigh, to heed or to
disregard it. .
Osteopathy.
The Augusta Chronicle gives a piece
of encouraging information in connec
tion with a very interesting explanation
as follows:
"Rev. Sara Jones says he was cured
of his recent serious illness by osteO'
pathy, without drugs or any other me
dicament. Wherefore, he hopes that
when another bill is introduced before
our legislature and passed, as happened
at the previous session, Governtr Cand
ler will not veto it and deprive practi
tioners of this new healing art of a
proper license. Osteopathy is, esaen
tially, the manipulation of the human
skeleton and its incidental environ
ment. The contention is that many
diseases originate from dislocation of
the bony structure, and, this derange
ment being skilfully removed, the
malady caused by it disappears. The
discovery of osteopathy was by a regu
lar allopathic physician who was pro
nounced to be suffering from chronic
heart disease and incurable. One day
while in his parlor he felt a twinge
around his heart and thought If he
could only roll some solid substance un
der his left shoulder blade it would re
lieve him. Glancing at the floor he
saw a croquet ball and, prostrating him
self on his back, he rolled it as he de
sired. Something seemed to snap in
his anatomy and, upon rising, found
his disease cured. This led him to in
vestigate and finall to the osteopathic
practice."
Disquieting News liroiu China.
It is becoming apparent that the
Ministera of the Powers are finding it
difficult to arrive at a plan of rehabili
tation of relations with China. The
question of degree of punishment for
the leaders of the rebellion, and the
question of indemnity presents the cer
tainty that China will have to borrow
money. And of course that will give
influence to the nation that lends it to
her. Again, Russia has already gained
territory in the North and this arouses
the jealousy of Germany and England.
Nothing is so much to be dreaded as a
Buspension of hopes of peace and a
general "grab" for parts of the troubl
ous Empire. The United States is hop
ing to win favor and power by kindneBS
and consideration a worthy part to
play. We hear of rebellions and plots
and sedition. No one really knows
what are the relations of the Empress
and the Emperor; nor do we know what
a day may bring forth.
RaptiMt State Convention.
The Baptist State Convention, which
meets in Raleigh December 5, will be
the seventieth annual one. It met here
last in 1892. Rev. Dr. R. II. Marsh,
of Oxford, will preside. The number
of church members with this conven
tion is 167,000, an increase of 7,000
over last year. There are 140,000 negro
Baptists in the State. The contributions
for foreign, State and home missions
during the year aggregate $4;,000, an
increase of $5,000 over last year. This
does not include educational collections.
All the Baptist educational institutions
are flourishing and 1,200 students are
flourishing and 1.500 students are at
tending them. They include Wake
Forest College for Young Men, the
Baptist female University at Raleigh,
Oxford Female Seminary, Chowan
Baptist Female Institute and 49 acade
mies, some of the latter having as many
as 300 students.
First Lady (off for a journey) I hope
we ve got tne right train.
Second Ladv I asked 17 trainmen
and 93 passengers if this train went to
isiannvme, ana they au said yes; so
I guess we're all right.
The length of the average public
school term in the South ia about one-
halt oi what it is in the north and we6t
Many a man is compelled to take
married life according to directions.
A CHINESE STATESMAN'S WAKN-
Ho Yow, In Leslie's Weekly.
Of course any man will fight against
the inyasion of his own country, but
you must remember that in the interior
of China are millions or peaceful people
who do not even know that there is a
war in progress.
We have aa yet only 4U,uuo regular
troops, and all the rest are irregular
fighters. But even these 40000 are
poorly paid, and we have no pension
system. They are poorly equipped and
poorly drilled. Just wait until the
allies have established garrisons m
Tientsin, for instance. Then you will
Bee our people taking careful note of all
that goes on. They will drill; they will
copy modern methods and arm them,
selves in modern style, and in the end
they will overthrow and massacre any
garrison, however strong. The European
nations cannot place strong enough
garrisons to hold down these millions
of people. They may hold them now
just for a little while, but as soon as
the Chinese shall be sufficiently civilized
foreign occupation will not only be
impossible, but the Orientals will be a
menace to Europe itself.
I believe that the allies themselves
will see this and that they will acknowl
edge the futility of attempting to hold
this immense country. As soon as one
province shall be subdued another will
rise, and bo on throughout the eighteen,
when it will be time to begin over again.
It does not require a statesman to see
the futility of that. It can never be
accomplished not with millions of.
money, nor, I was going to say, in
millions of years.
To sum up, China is a tremendous
force, dormant now, but she is exceed-,
ingly quick to learn and amazingly
intelligent and imitative. Her people
love their country more, perhaps, than
any other nation in the world. They,
have not yet been stirred and they do
not understand true fighting methods;
but when they do, look out, for there
will be a new force in the world, and
if the powers remain in China, whose
territory they seem to covet, they will
rouse a force which not all the power
in the world can put to sleep again.
The allies make a great mistake if they
think that China will tamely or ulti
mately submit to being sliced up. She
is dazed now, but she will awaken, and
nothing in the world can stop her then.
North Carolina Furniture. '
Ualeigh Times.
Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, in
an interview with a Times man Btated
that there are 23 furniture factories at -High
Point, and all are doing --.well
This has been a development of -the;
past 10 years, for m 1890 one could ;
almost count on his fingers the furni
ture factories in the State. It is in the '
development of such industries that the
State is enriched and made prosperous.
If we devote all our capital and energies
to the manufacture of cotton, when a
depression comes in that industry it
means serious loss. But if our indus
tries are diversified it would take the
most Bevereahd far-reaching depression
to cause disaster. Mr. Cox himself has
J 1 I 1L. II i 1 i -
tbe manufacture of shuttle blocks;.'
and he probably makes more of them ;
than any other man in the South. .
A Woman, Though Only "20, Die ,'b
Old Are.
Miss Fannie O'Kennon, daughter of
Peter O'Kennon, died at her father's
home, in Matoaca, near Petersburg,
this morning.
Miss O'Kennon, the doctors say,
died of old age although it was in April
that she celebrated her. 20th birthday.
Her case was remarkable.
She had not grown in stature since
she was 2 years old, and her faculties at
the time of her death were those of a
child. She was two feet, two inches
tall, and could speak only such words
as she was able to articulate at tbe age
of 2 years, bhe played picture books
and toys, and in all her actions was a
perfect child. Her face was wrinkled
like that of a woman who had lived
many years. Her case has attracted
the atttention of physicians for some
time.
Ground to Death by Engine Wheels.
Charlotte, N. C, Nov.' 26. Mr. Er
nest L. Adams, a brakeman on the
South Carolina and Georgia extension
railroad; was ground to a pulp under
an engine at Catawba Junction, S. C,
about 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Adams was riding on the cow-catcher
of the freight engine, preparing to make
a coupling, when he slipped, in some
way, and was instantly killed. The
pony-trucks and driving wheels passed
over his body and his mangled form,
lifeless, waa drawn from under the
engine.
This death is a particularly sad one.
It has been less than three' weeks since
Mr. Adams was happily married to Miss
Lillian Starr, of Blackaburg, S. C.
Grover Cleveland may be named by
the Democrats of New Jersey aa their
choice for United States Senator from
that State. There id some talk to that
effect among Democratic members of
the legislature.
Mr. L. IS. Wheeler and Captain
Ilopkiru, of Lrxinton, have iur
chas.'d the Paraxon Iit.i Ston, in
AslievilK', frorj Mr. lUxUr Shorn well.