LEGENDS OF THE 8EA frtiAO spectral ships ooomco to ENOLCES VOYAGES. •he nriM Dtltkao ml M«u —— AMmuillEurKlaEaM l» L>r« aleak liluE’i Pier? of ■ho W rook ora of Cofoofol Derm. A moos the tnottltad* of onpcrott ■ ikm to which the in feu gtrea birth hot thr laut luiereetlng tn thou ooa ceraaig weird ipectral %hlpo domed fe> aoma Irrevocable decree of fata to Sail tho wide aaaa over tUl •tarclty. without hop* of orar oooo aaUrta* a • harbor of aafaty. Ooarplcuocj am - thou la tho Ftylaa Dutch me a. or. rath er. Stying Dutrlunen. for there era la aiuaerablo TUfatoaa of thla lacead. which hard bant colored and daalgaad to coucur with the rartoua-fasciae tad Ideua of dlSrrrot nation I Itlaa It ta aot Improbable that the original Stylus Dutchman ru that daaerlbad la the old Norw Srmdltloa af a rlklas wba had umilagtfiaaly Mian a Hag from Am soda, and wheat ah mates ru «Mr afterward aoan Mated oa the mnlamaat of a black apbctral ahlp as \ ralopml la Bra. to bobald which fore boded wrack and dlaarter. A later Daa lah rartatloa of thla star? no doubt la ■pirod LougfelSow’e llou demrlblas— A abtp of the daad that eelle the au ' AM la eaHo4 th> CanoUkaiL •« • • • • la tianfi aha inmrr Wtthoot a balueaaaa nan •oos dead foblto invariably aat oo tba bowsprit amoblag a bonrM pips lined with a more pmJdoeo wasd than to bacco, aad HI betide tba lartrlaad rrsaal tbat aacoasund bar, far— Or«r bar Ms tba saaa arm lav * • Qh« mu^aebraa^ta tba «M| Tba mat (earratty accepted raraioa at tba Flying Dutrbtnaa. however, la tbat of tba plgtuadid I>dtch captain who aware ba weald round tba Oape of ■tonaa la tba tedth of a tnrylttc bar rtemaa His fataoaa detaradnatfea art rod tba araw oat of tbair wtta aad eatmtaatad Ja throats of mutiny. BvsotaaUy tba* became ... tad tba bald akippar. a* da anted, «m«hsd mattara by tbiwwiag a taw at them overboard aad. tefrtfytag tba re ■0 latter, raltaratad bia oath wttb treble vMaoce. Tbaa aa appattttoa dadeavocad to tara bfm from bia par peas, to recall* a meat Impolite, net t* aay tnararaat, rv cap Man It doepodty paralatad aad aa ao raped tba onptala tbat ba dead at It wttb Us revolver. Bat taataod <*. hurting the (beat tba ball lodged Ja bia owa arm, at abtab 'SSTa^T *" 1 Ba waa’dirtbwHb coadaonad'teaath Btt tea roe* it forever aad aver, wttb bar bb baaSr, toraver rOeeptaaa aad wltheot hope at aofaag at pm. *J tba aid of tea Mead bats a ha waa ahte •aid ta aall araoad tba« hearo. wttb tarrltea i lag la bar wmho. - "f —mi Mp WUH7 nnu aa i» •tat laaa at Ufa. and Urn* loetad and bemad it Btata phantom ably. aa tha Uarj taa. flppaaia oeeaHonaUy off (taps *■*•<*' ta tba bay of Uaapa, ta tba nil of Bt La or i—ca. m Ip mirital tab aaMlata. cooaplcooia ame— wjta ta aa ataer pdtattag shoreward «Ub mm hand and anppottto* a wom an with tba otbor. ■—«*—»r tba |*bto *• oot tbara to a abrlB err, and tba tap sinks. Tbta ta aidmiwad ta ba tba warp la ftanarti fusdaa Ubta^**^ TESLA’S PLAN TO WIRE MARS ~ W lrtMlSlapta mZ* daV1" “Hello, Mater "Hallo, Vcnoa! to that fanr *bU ta wbat Mikola Taata ap ta la tba naar tatnra. ■ In tha WHetiHal Wortd that ha ta Orntgatm am •tor with a i at ha dr I aa bcIMi— «n Hr. taata, "to bet a ptaytfckw, tat mioath tn throw this planet Into tatbla tramoto hy .tan Md wert-to Wagimph and to tok*boita.~ ■a dedans ba to Ooaldrd— an os dBtator which win drfra thro—h tha daxtb a entrap ai lOOJOOO&X) rplta and dottror aaarsy at tba rata at bPWWOO. mac*™ cBfibtaafl to aaa atmbg (ha ■Uraraa with Mow*. bknra that art* THE STOWE BREAKER. *a ■»—»«« •* OMlnt b tooMot hat htoMMMW Ton. U m witty * Alpaca. aatha aoM «7»W* Whaaa lntarmlaabto ribboa * tha Tutu, tfct*o to a ataoa J£ZZ who* 1 ha*a aoaa at kU wart lot thr trjwt*. Tha flat Now 1 caiaa apoa wtth aw^Ukif boon far tha «roat*«itj. Tha *!«ht «•( tbla atau dhl aaa an a. (at ha tu .'•uatatoac a auua M ha brtha goodby. "V Mg. i gaed taakr Mom iku i have Mala hh twirk. •iwi"iu.-f»iru*ri «rawa further down to ebMd hie la— M the rarest |e alwa/u imIIm haah •** “*• •* Ma valiant ha—mt. Hew “O Mtfdea t—pea ta have htefcea aver Mi beat beeh. haw wo* advene fata baa feu— on Ma toed, aa Ma be—* — tile ooeutry ] Ba aeattaoee ta Weak Ma atfeaae. aad ««—, aad getag 1 tad Mo by the leaMMM an» Mg la Mh M Ma ture aad Ma aria firsssrsstss Nave ana wbtek have aa aueb aCaat •*“ •£• •*«»*» *• U» btaablag ad atiaaa. gnM .“The ih—Ia Lit*1* V Obartae Wagaae. Mr. Carnagk baa foundad a library for otgroea in Philadel phia. The Wadhiagtoti Pott eeggtita that dream booke aad Mata oa poultry raiaiog aboold |mvw a^proml —at placa oa tba , # — -i. -^wmrmmmm AUGUST P0« PAST 11 TBABS. Wotkir Oknmr C. P. m Herman Compiles Average Weather far the Heath tiAip •et for the Peel It Yeere-Ifet e Pereceel for the Present Henth. K*Ulck Tltnm. Weather Observer von Herr nan has compiled tbe following data as to tbe weather for Aug ust for the last 18 years. These figures are averages foi that per iod and are not to be considered as a forecast for the present month: The mean or normal tempera ture for that period was 77 de frees; tbe wannest month was that of 1890, with an average of 82 degrees, while the coldest month was that of 1889, with an average of 73 degrees. The highest temperature was 99 de grees, which occnred on the 10th in 1896. the 15th in 1900 and on tha 25th in 1908; the lowest tem perature was 52 oo tbe 30th. 1887. and the 2*b in 1890. Tbe precipitation of rein or melted snow was as follows: The average for the month is 5.80 inches. There were 13 days with a rainfall of .01 or more. The greatest monthly precipita J»on. w» U.21 inches in 1901; tbe least monthly precipitation was 1.94 inches in 1897. The BT^foet. amount of rainfall re corded in any 24 consecutive nonra was 4.16 inches, on the 27th. 1887. . Th* average number of clear niurt 10; path cloudy days, 12;-cloudy days, 9. The prevailing winds have been from tbe southeast; the average hourly velocity -of the wind is five milts. The highest velocity of the wind was 38 miles, from the northwest, on tbe 20tb. 1900. The Lufufi •( the World. WuSinctoa ft* Nothing more indicative of the changing character of the times has uccured tbsii the re mark of the Japanese peace en voy concerning tbe language to be used daring tbe progress of the Negotiations. He expresses the hope thatBnglish will be tbe medium of communication and adds that be does not speak French. A diplomat who does not speak French 1 Tbe idea seems absurd. For centuries the French language has been tbe bean ideal of diplomatic inter course. It is the tongue of the courtier who in tbe salon desires to bestow n graceful compli ment. or who, around the coun cil table, endeavors to cloak, his real meaning and mislead bis op ponent. In Europe and, it might be added, in tbe United States a knowledge of French is consid ered absolutely necessary to a complete education, and in the National Capital a member of tbe diplomatic -corps who did not speak French would be re garded as a totally unfit for his ptwiUon. Things are evidently different in Japan. No French for the Japanese diplomat, if y°“ ]»*«“*• He .wants tbe good old Anglo-Saxon, a language in "Web,tbonght* sre expressed ■Jth directness and force. He discards the traditions of can tones and plunges into the Ian ***of the New World. !■ coming wbea 8a*li>b wll be tbe universal tongue., This is almost the esse at the present time. When our laiovra were voung no one could nMk* • satisfactory tour of the continent unleu he «u able to imeak and usdem.ud French. To-day, except fat tome remote eonm where civilisation has not penetrated, a knowledge of ^wtiHan* essential. Along !»* highways of travel Bog Wsb is spoken by e Urge pro portion of those who deel with the- tourist dau. The vast number of Americans who visit Borope and whose knowledge of the Uncage is wry Hmitecffcaa made it necessary for foreigners to learn English’: In CerEanJ the (backlog of the Kngliah !an i* considered essential and in mercantile bouses it has Oerman Uaunfatoren hope to oomptU with their British and A«cricsn rivals. The activity at the English in Africa has done ssnch towards (he spread of Um Ungnage in that conti nent and the same result has been attained in other quarters Of the globe through the estab lishment sf English colonies. In tbs Orient, have evidently been impressed with this mod taocencv towards the mi we the English Um . They ate kdepiag pace i • ■ < ■ . a. SHARK STORY UNTRUE. L» i(kun and Mr. Dutia Say Na Bay Wat Beveursd. iUUicb Port. Had. The horrible story published ia the Sunday morning papers of a shark devouring Sutton £•*{•; ■ 10-year-old boy, at Pavis’ Shore, near Beanfort. is doubted in same quarters. Rev. Livingston Johnson, sec retary of ths Baptist state con vention, preached there Sunday and returned to Raleigh yester day afternoon. "Nothing of tbe ki“d happened at Davis Shore," said Mr. Johnson, "for I was there and would certainly have heard of it. Possibly ittoccnred somewhere else, hot it did not happen at Davis Shore." Mr. John A. Duncan retnrned yesterday morning from Beau fort, where his family is spend ing the summer. "1 heard the report in Beaafort,” said Mr. P“Df»n. "to tbe effect that a boy bad been eaten bv n shark, but it was not believed there sod cannot be true. Such n thing ia ankoown. A shark will not at tack a person. The best author ities on fish agreed, that there ia no such instance on record on tbe Atlantic coast. The only fish that inflicts any lajurv ia what we call tbe jelly fish, which irritates tbe skin with its appen dages. Tbe story was certainly a fake." % nra. imfumi nart fey rail Ffta Bars*. ' (UimunrlU*. Gs.. Utmauk. Slat. Mrs. Ida Lougstrect. widow of tha Coo federate genera). was thrown from her horse while riding this afternoon. > Her foot caught iu the stirrup and she was dragged fifty yarda before the animal came to a stand. Mr*. Long street's right arm was broken and her body badly bruised. She was mounted .pa a.spirited horse and lost her seat when be shied at a pasting au tomobile. J. Hearn Campbell, who was riding with Mrs. Long, street, sparred his horse into a ran, overtook her frightened mount and brought it to a stand still. A Common Crank. SuimtUU Laataait. , In Winston there is a religions crank, one Tom Hege, who is of the Seventh Day Adventist faith. Hege keeps a small store which he closes on Saturday (his Sabbath) and opens on Sunday. Ha has been arrested “*oy time# for violating the Sunday law, baa been fined and ■cut to jail often, but ao far as appears be hat never paid any fine or stayed in jail longer than a few days at a time. The mayor seems to have regarded Hege as a white elephant and to have handled him gingerly (just why he didn’t go ahead and en forced the law and let conse qnensea take care of themselves it ia bard to understand), tha newspapers have given ‘him more notoriety than be deserved and strange to say a good many people havt apparently lent their efforts towards making a hero and a martyr ont of the commonest sort of crank. A few daya ago Hege waa ar-. rested and sentenced 60 days in jail. He appealed and- thy Su perior Coart affirmed the may or's decision. Tha ease goes to tha Supreme and Hage says ha will take it to the United States of religions liberty end The Landmark stands for the widest freedom in religions belief. Bat we heve aopsuence with people who cooM Mong nod try to over turn existing conditions Ilka Sabbath observance, which has been recognised lor centnries. The Jews hold that the seventh day is the Sabbath hnt Jews hsve too mak ansa to defy the laws providing for the obser vance of the lm dsy of tbs week. K one is alio wad to practice anything which be mav Jiold is Moctlonad bf the' Bible the Mormons should not be disturb sd la the practice of polygamy; they have as much tint to di*. regwd tbs low sgsTnst plural marriages as the Seventh Day Adventist bas to disregard the low which Provides tor ike ob servancc of the first day of the week as the Sabbath. Baron Comoro, Japan’s' tnvov, estimates that SI \ Mro Wtp killed dorii w, Russia’s losaes bring 000. The data of President Room vah's visit to Ralcfgk is fixed for ;b. Ho will arrived mill go at once to •rounds sad da t »• • , • * v_ ’ _ ' . '4 .. - i i.i .. ASIESTU rot BIUTAUTY. Caberrae Cbsla Omi Imth taMdwl Severely Bette Bay*. Whearenew Lying ia Hflahle Concord, N. C., July ».— SjX^aJ. Snot. Herbert Smith of the county convict force was placad under s $100 bond for hit appearance at tba non! term of Cabarrus court upon the actio— chstH of inhumanly and unmer SBWSS3 AnTR dcr tad Frank Dufy, whose terms have {sat expired; they having been sentenced for vag rancyby tba mayor. Border was to a merit condi tion when he arrived bate, show ing aigas of having bean crarily beaten. The boys warm taken to the county home this morn came to town ■ ' | oat n warrant against . teadent Herbert Smith end_■ ployed counsel to pro—cute the Public sentiment bus ran high irejs&ssFs- ] vrre nod uncalled for AU who saw him , indignant at tnch _ The chairman of the _f county com mis losers, alter an investigation of the cam. de clared that be would have the law tested, which pats hoboes oa the coeety road. and. if poc sible. be would not hereafter re ceive any of them. A general protest is made at such inhuman treatment. Her bert Smith, the manager ef the cham nog. says that this bey refused to work, claiming that be was sick. _ »• Del • Ssltoter M sITmt w«n—i n«ute. When a splinter hss been driven into tbe hand it can be extracted by steam. Pi]I a wide monthed bottle nearly- fall of hot water place the injured part over the month and prem « slightly. Tbe action thus produced will draw tbe test) down, and in a minute or two tbe steam will extract the spiia ter. also tbe inftammation. Tty it aod be convinced. * CettcnFM Dp ITIfhanf latfdan sad Tina. liter!Hi Latent Mr. W. P. Dickerson. who lLve* ¥•*«■ county, sold teree bales of cotton at tbe Statesville cotton mills last week that attracted considerable at tention. Tbe balsa bad been pat op, apparently, on a hand press and the cotton was held top ether by wooden slate tied with ropes. Mr. Dicketson lives in a part of the country where little cotton is raised and ft is supposed that bsninf aad ties were not convenient when tbe cotton was packed, or rise this method was chosen as a matter of economy._ EUf fit tt Vlaltlag. Do m< any too lorn*. It ia • K091] dnl to break iato' the life ol a family for avaa a few days. Pay no attcation to argiag to rtay longer, however sfoceie they seem. Set e time to go wfccayoa arrive «d