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7 "T'r v. Daily Free Press, PUBLISHED EVERY KFJERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. 'r VOLblVL NO. 244: KINSTON, N. 0., FRIDAY.

JANUARY 15, 1004 PRIQE i 1. 1 i a 1 NEW HOPE ITEMS. STILL RUMORS OF WAR. SWORD EVOLUTION. THE SLED BOAT.

NEWS GENERAL HEWS ITEMS NORTH STATE Matters of Interest Condeised Into Brief Paragraphs. I LITTLE ABOUT HUMEROOS THUGS fha Pith of the World's News That Miarht Interest Our Readers. An Item Here and There. Washington. Jan.

13. It can be stated by authority that the adminis tration does not contemplate paying one dollar out of the United States treasury to Colombia on account of the secession of Panama. Nor will it go before the Hague tribunal as party to any proceedings growing out of that secession. It is stated that to do either of these things would be to cemmit the administration to an ad mission that it had been guilty of wronging Colombia. Washington, January 13.

Attorney General Knox today transmitted to the house a reply to the resolution ask insr for information of the manner in which he expended the special appro Driation of $500,000 for anti-trust prosecutions. A detailed statement of exnenditures shows that a total of 125,985 has been disbursed from the appropriation. Of this amount 910, 00 went to D. T. Watson as special counsel in the case of the government against the Northen Securities Com pany.

New York, Jan. 13. A statement was telegraphed from New Orleans this afternoon to the effect that prices on the cotton exchange were affected near the close by a statement that the Asssoclated Press had issued a war bulletin. As members of the Associated Press are aware, no such bulletin was issued by the Associated Press during the day, and if the name of the association was used under such circumstances any such statement was false and any action of this character was reprehensible Washington, Jan. 13.

Io. the de bate today over appropriation to pay civil service commissioners quite debate sprung up, covering the whole subject. Mr. Pou, in a short speech made a suggestion which attracted considerable attention. He contended that it would be infinitely better if the government employes in Wash ington should hold their places for term of years instead of for life, or during good behavior, as they do un der the present system.

"There are, Chairman." said Mr. Pou, "about 27,000 employes in the city of Washington, appointed practically for life." Atlanta, Jan. 13. Banked in masses of flowers, the offerings of "loving friends, and covered with the Confederate flag, the body of General John B. Gordon lay in state from early this morning until a late hour January 14, 1904.

Miss Junie Stroud spent Sunday with relatives in Kinston. Mr. John Weyher, of Kinston, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Jake Par rott. Miss Myrtle Grady is spending the week with her Verner Hill, of Kinston.

Messrs. Levi Sanderson, and Floyd pence spent Saturday and Sunday in Pink Hill. Mr. Albert Taylor, of Jones county, spent Sstimlav nirht and Sunday with Mr. Willie Dudley.

Messrs. Ross Rouse and Haul Stroud, of Woodingtoni spent Sunday with Messrs. Carl and Travis Stroud. Mrs. George Abbott and children, of Sandy Bottom, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Grady. Messrs. Tom Herring, W.T.Dawson and Ross Sutton, of Kinston, attended Sunday school here Sunday afternoon. Mr.

W. B. Becton and Miss Katie Jackson, of Cadez, spent Sunday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jackson.

Master Ray Sutton, of Kinston, returned to bis home Sunday afternoon after spending several days with his sister, Mrs. L. B. Taylor. ORMONDSVILLE ITEMS.

January 14, 1904. Mr. Klias Turnage returned from Ay den today. MessreElia Turnage and W. OrmOnd went to Kinston today.

The farmers in this vicinity are planning to make mote cotton and less tobacco this year. Before now the tobacco crop has been the major, but we are glad to see a change. The prevailing opinion s. ms to be to make calculations to pay the expense account entirely with cotton, and whatever is derived from tobacco will be above all expenses-. Prof.

B. W. Sfepliens. principal of the Ormondsville High School, has just received a shipment of volumes for the school library. We.

are glad to know that considerable Interest is manifest by the school and commun ity in the growth of this library Among these new books are some of the better class of tbe late works. They will be read by many with great inter est. We are sure that no opportunity will be lost in making this library what it should be. World's Fair News Notes. Four hundred cadets of the Missis sippl A.

M. College will camp at the world's fair next summer. The American Percberon Horse Breeders Association has appropri ated $2,225 for prizes in tbe exhibit of Percherons at the world's fair. This sum added to tbe given by the exposition makes a total of $8,4:50 to be distributed in prizes in this class. The contract for, the construction pf the Tennessee building has been let for $18,000.

The structure will be a reproduction of "The Hermitage," tbe home of Andrew Jackson at Nash villa. A feature of the United States gov ernment exhibit at the world's fair will be a field hospital. It will be a tented city 250 by 300 feet and will contain 108 beds. Major Richard N. Johnson will be the surgeon in charge.

A Richmond, photographer, has completed an unusually large combination photograph, containing 250 por traits of the members of the Richmond Travelers' Protective Association. The pictures of these Indiana traveling salesmen will be hung on the wall of the T. P. building at the world's Idaho's state building at the world's fair is practically finished. The building is on a hill overlooking the palaces of agriculture and horticulture.

The building is ashionedfter a bungalow. It haa ten rooms and the furnishings are nov 1, attractive and comfortable. Idaho's beautiful scen- leryls shown by artistio transparencies placed in tbe windows. St. Louis, Jan.

13. A crowd of em ployees pressing against the elevator gate tonight on the sixth floor of the Brown Shoe Company building, at Seventh street and Washington avenue 1 eauaed the gate to give way and ten persona were plunged down the shaft Six were taken out dead and the other fr.ni. aifmia1ir tninrw1. hlirrifvl tn tha city hospital. oASTon 1, .1 Japan's Note to Russia Moderate in Terms But Resolute in Tone.

Tokio, Jan. 14. It is said that Japan's answer to Russia's latest note is not in the form of any ultimatum, and it Is described as moderate in terms but resolute in tone. It is said to be largely devoted to a discussion of affairs connected with Korea, Japan having been strongly advised not to fight over Manchuria. The situation here is apparently un changed.

It is rumored that a majority of the powers recognize Japan's demands as being most moderate. While it is admitted here that the war party is now domlnat at St. Peters burg, reasonable though faint hope is entertained that Russia at the last moment will make adequate conces ions. St. Petersburg, Jan.

14. Mr. Kurino the Japanese minister, informed tbe Associated Press correspondent that the Japanese reply had been banded to Baron DeRosen, the Russian min is ter at Tokio, and that he (Mr, Kurino) would present Count Lams doff, the Russian foreign minister, with a duplicate copy. The minister said he was not authorized to state the terms of the reply but that it ensured the continuance of negotia tions concerning the "Far Kast so far as Japan was concerned. Thn Cotton Mapkpt.

January, lj.ti; reDruary, March, 13.64; May, 13.89. Receipts on the bales at 13J cents. local market 2 THE GREAT CONDOR It la the Moat Difficult Bird In the World to Trap. Probably the great condor is tbe most difficult bird in the world to trap. One of tbe great vultures.

It Inhabits lofty peaks of the Andes, hardly accessible to man. It builds Its nest among the topmost crags, often on a ledge of some airaost fiernendicular drop of many hundred feet. An extremely wary bird. It shares with its congeners the proverbial "eagle eye" and Is thus able to see Im mense distances while yet unseen by man. Its wings have a spread of twelve feet.

and. though its flight Is heavy, it c-au sustain itself for long vc i i i i i riods in the air. To trap It men ascend to its haun's and shoot some animal of considerable size. This is skinned, and a man lies down by the body under the skin nnd waits, perhaps for hours. Soon condors come flocking round until one set tles on tbe skin, when the man below grips its leg, flings tbe skin over It and stabs it to 'death.

The strength of these birds is enormous, and the condor hunters often have their arms broken by strokes from their powerful wings. The Oflendlna; Handkerchief. It is in fact a grave sanitary ques tion whether tbe handkerchief does not do more bnrm than gdod as It Is ordi narily used. When we assume that the nose does not need, to be wiped, we face a reasonably broad proposition as to the danger of tbe handkerchief as a disease propagator. Most nasal ca tarrhs are of an infectious character.

notably tbore of grip origin. Contrary to a general law of asepsis. the handkerchief saturated with dls ease this, ins tend of being promptly washed, is stowed for hours in the pocket, with a result that can be easily imagined. Is it any wonder then that catarrh is constantly fostrred by a sys tem of auto infection? Medical Record. Wonla Win Either War.

"Would you still wnnt uie to be your wife if my father wn a poor manT asked the beautiful heiress. "Yes." the duke replied after a little pause. "In tUut case 1 would be enoneh. of a curiositv to set rich ex hiblting myself." Chicago I Id. How WlM We Are! A wise uewspaper says we should be thankful that we are moderns and heirs of all the.

wisdom of tbe ages. Perhaps we should be if we did not know that the average American imag- Inea Plato to be a new kind of silver polish aud 8appho an attachment to a plana Washington Times. Ia the Parlor Tool New Boarder What is tbe landlady's daughter playing? Old Boarder A mixture of airs from lot of old operas a sort of musical bash, you know. New" York Weekly. V.

aaannnnaannnmManBsartaa-aaanaaM 'V CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tt3 Kini Yea Hava Always Bears the I 1 Tbe Transition From the Ancient the Modern Blade. A great many modern sword forma are really nothing more than descendants, or, rather. Improvements, on the peculiar boomerang shaped sword of the ancient Egyptians, the) parent of the sci miter, yataghan, falchion and saber. Africa, south of the Sahara, was perhaps the greatest museum for oldswords in tbe world.

In tbe Sudan and central Africa the old sickle and boomerang shaped swords, which tbe ancestors of tbe modern negroes received centuries ago from the Egyptians, were still made and in use. More-ver, the knights of Malta were at one time famous swordmakers, and their peculiar long, double edged blades, such ss the crusaders carried, were exported to the Barbary states, where they were In large demand. From there tbey were taken across the Sahara to the Sudan and exchanged foo ivory, and it was on this account that they were still found in central Africa. In tbe sixteenth century a peasant living on the outskirts of Toledo. Spain, invented the famous Toledo rapier, which soon became tbe popular weapon all over Europe.

Prior to that time the swords used in Europe were heavy affairs for hewing, slashing and cutting. but with the advent of tbe Toledo rapier men had to learn to thrust as well as to back and slash. With the' rapier came the art of fencing, the six teenth and seventeenth centuries being the age of the sword par excel lence. MORAL SUASION. The Exnerlence of a School Official wk mtmii ii.

This story is told at the expense of a recently appointed supervisor or a public school in this city: One day she happened to be visiting a school wbere a young mcorngiDie was undergoing punishment for a series of misdemeanors. The teacher cited him as "the worst boy in tbe school one I can't do anything with. I've tried everything In the way or punishment." Have you tried kindness?" was the gentle inquiry of the other lady. "I did at-first but I've got beyond that At tbe close of tbe session the lady asked the boy If he would call and see her on the following Saturday. A boy arrived promptly at the hour appointed.

The lndy showed him her best pic tures, played her liveliest music and set before him a luncheon on ber dain- tlest china, when she thought It about tlrtiA in f-k4ain hat lift I a aafmon time to begin, ber little sermon. My dear," sue began, "were you not very unhappy to have tq stand in the corner before all the class for punish ment?" "Please, ma'am," broke in the boy, with his mouth full of cake, "that wasn't me you saw. It was Pete, and he gave me 10 cents to come here aud take your jawing." Philadelphia Ledger. A Lfvlnar Boole Marker. The mystery of life has rarely furnished the thinker with so strange a problem as that which 'arises out of a fact instanced by Mr.

W. H. Hudson, the naturalist Mr. Hudson had a piece of snake skin, which for years he used tis a book marker. It changed color periodically and shed its scales.

It continued to sbed thlasu- lon for ten years, each succeeding set of scales-being smaller than the last, Some fairly recent books would make oven a hippopotamus hide book marker change color were it to find itself be tween their leaves. The sensitiveJiook marker capable of blushing rose red or paling with emotion may no doubt be feature In the literary life of the amazing 'future and perhaps ln the literary worio? 'Some Emotions or a Moral Book Marker" is a thinkable title when we consider tbe strides of modern thought" London Outlook. -The Conpaaa Plant. On the western prairie is found what is called the compass plant which is of great value to travelers. The Jong leaves at the base of Its stem are placed.

not flat, as In plants generally, but In vertical position, add uresent their edges north and south. The peculiar propensity of the plant ia attributed to tbe fact that both surfaces of its leaves display an equal receptivity for light whereas the upper surfaces of the leaves of most plants are sensi tive to light than tbe lower. leaves thus assume a vertical TK3itIon and point north and south. Travelers on dark nights are saidto feel the edges the leaves to ascertain the point of tbe compass i Pro be Mr There Now. Bobby Pa, did you ever see an arm tbe sea? Father Tea.

"Where was ltr "It was hugging the shore the last saw of it" Smart Set 'Aa Appeal. ioe uwner ee nere: xnat trunK never did you any harm, did ItT The' Porter Any harm? Of course not The Owner-Well. then, don't treat It if it did. Brooklyn Life. laarenloaa Combination perlae the Fire Uland Life Savera, The life stivers attached to Uncle Sam's stations on Fire Island encoun tered great difficulties and dangers In crossing tbe Great South bay tc the Look Island shore.

neither by water craft or Ice craft. Still, naturally enough, they had a longing to visit family and friends when the great is land sea was choked with drift ice or partly frozen over. These Ingenious Teople long ago realised the needs of a vehicle capable ef traveling on either ice or water safely, and years ago they launched the first "scooter," a boat con structed to travel on both ice and in water. It whs a small boat, made fast to a sled, which was pushed on tbe ice and rowed on the water. This crude mode of travel, with tbe wind against or cross tbe boat, made tbe trip one of tremendous exertion.

In tbe course of time a sail whs tried, at first square rigged and very small, but it was used only when tbe wind was fair. Then a special boat was built which was par tially decked, and tbe sled was made lighter until at last tlio scooter of the present day came about, with uotliini; left of tbe sled but tbe bottom of tbe runners, shod with iron. or. better still as experience bus sliowu. with brass.

And so has developed tbe wonderful scooter of tbe Long Island lakes und bays, a swift iceboat that will sail in tbe water and from One element to tbe other quickly without a Jar. Exchange, GOLD NUGGETS. The Proceaa In Natare by Whlrb Titer Are Formed. That gold is formed from solution is generally recognized. The miner receives the theory because it explains the making of gold to him.

but be often wonders how it is done, so here Is what has seen: Daiutree once prepared a solution of gold and left iu it a small piece of metallic gold. Accidentally a small piece of wood fell into the solution. Tbe solution decomposed, the gold assumed metallic state and collected Mv held to the small piece of undissolved gold, which in size. Another iuvestigi'oi' beard of this ii lid made dilute gold in which be Immersed a piece' of Iron pyrites and 4eft It there moffth. fie added also organic matter, and at the month's end tbe pyrites were covered with a tilrn of metallic gold.

Pyrites and galena were next tried, and each was covered with gold. Gold, copper pyrites, arsenical pyrites, guleuil und wolfram were also tried, with, similar results. Metallic precipitates were tried, and while they threw down tbe gold as a metallic powder tbey did not cause it to cohere nor to plate any of tbe substauces tried. Organic mat ter thus seemed the necessary chemicul agent Through the wood used In these experiments gold was disseminated in fine particles. Imagine these experi ments conducted by nature through ages.

and the result could be a nugget. Mines and Minerals. The Cook Apprerea. Out in Columbia road lives a gentle woman of ample means, who recently advertised for a cook. The establish menf Is entirely in accord with an ex cellent social position, but is by no means pretentious, so when a well rec ommended cook called and mentioned her price as $40 a month the lady of the bousepwerted thaf'a wage of tttat.

BgurewaB quite out of the question. The cook" dwelt a little on her su perlor ability in the matter of getting up smart luncheons and dinners, but the mistress of the house answered that she wouldn't think for a moment of paying $40 for a cook. chef- lay rose to depart She waa perfectly affable, and the gentlewoman's determination evidently Impressed her as most commendable. I see how It is," she said approv ingly. "You are trying to live within your income." 1 And she departed, doubtless to find somebody who isn't making that effort Washington Post Keaa ana Maereadr.

When Edmund Kan. and Maeready. Intense rivals. played In thV same pieces at Drury I-ane lt was nsunl to consult them in the course of the evening as to. what they would appear In next One night when the prompter was sent to ask Mr.

Mat-ready what he would play with Mr. Kean the gjvat tragedian frowned npen lilm till he Sfr. he roared, "how should I know what the min" would like to play The prompter to seek "Sir," said Mr. Kean sharplv, "how tborid I know what the fellow can 4 nav, VIJ The Great secret. Towne-ton say if Impossible for woman to keep a secret? Browne -Town How about her ageT Browne She doesn't keep that a secret.

She merely tries to. Philadelphia It A Kick on Catena. Clerk I want more salary, sir. ia- cause I am going to be married. (Sk Employer But I don't believe In "uu-.

ions" raising the price of labor. ruck, a of of I i as Clipped tod Colled From Our lortb Carolina Eictangis. ODD AID IHTERESTIIG HAPPEHJG3 Gossip Gathered from Murphy Tn Manteo of Importance to Our Tar Heel Readers. Kx-Governor Daniel Russell is critically ill in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and his wife is with him. Brigadier General Carle A.

Woodruff, 1'. S. who has been assigned to four years' duty in charge of tho North Carolina guard has arrived in Raleigh atd taken charge of his work. In an interview at Asheville Judge Merrlmon, who spoke before the United States supreme court in the South Dakota bond suit, said that he bad every reason to believe that the court would decide in favor of North Caro lina. Tuesday night George Corn, a well known farmer of Buncombe county, shot his wife dead In their home and then walking out Into the road ended his own iife with a bullet.

Domestlo trouble is said to have caused tho double tragedy. Steven A. Douglas, a prominent lawyer of Chicago, came to this State to urge Governor Aycock to pardon the gold bri'-'-' -wfndWj, Howard and Hawley. The g.ivernor positively re fuses to extend clemency. This is the tenth effort made to get bail or pardon for these men siuce their arrest three years ago.

Both now are In the penitentiary. Fire at Sandford Wednesday de stroyed the Hvery stable of A. B. Gun-ter Brother. Most of the equipment and five horses were burned.

Th firm's loss is about $1,000. There was no insurance. A white man and two negroes, who were asleep in the stables, had a very narrow escape. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been accidental. The State has chartered the Dur ham Southern Railway Companv.

capital stock paid up $100,000, to bull! a line from Durham to Apex, twenty miles, to connect with the present Cape Fear Northern Railway, which now extends from Apex to Dunn. B. N. Duke, of New York, is the chle' stockholder, and be also owns tl Cape Fear Northern Railway. Jim Hall, sawyer at J.E.

Singleton's mill, near Allenton, Brunswick county, shot and seriously wounded two women, Minnie McLean and Kittie Fields, at the home of D. Fields, who lives near the mill. A negro laborer used insulting language to the boys in charge of the 'Singleton commissary. This aroused the wrath of Hall who immediately went in search of him, accompanied by Dougald Bledsoe, Charles Adcock and Lee Adcock. They went to the house of Fields, by whom the negro was being protected and were met by him in a hostile man ner! whereupon they opened fire, and missing F-ields, seriously wounded the two women.

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