The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-28

SO much regret its extinction that they
are advertising for an heir. In 1852
Count Rudolph of KilDourg marched to
the assault of the town of Soleure.
against which his ancestors had long en-
tertained reasonable designs. But one
Hans Roth, peasant living in a neigh
boring village, was on the alert and car
rled to the townspeople intelligence of
what was brewing, and Soleure was
saved. For this very substantial service
Hans was rewarded with an annuity to
himself and his heirs forever. The last
lnhertor, the iuge dc paix Roth, has
lately died, and all the Roths in Switz-
elland are now looking up their pedi-
grees.
Yam Phou Lee, of Canton, China, now
student of Yale college, gave an inter
esting lecture on "Chincse Women,n at
the Dudley Street Baptist church at
Roxbury, Mass. recently. He spoke of
the prejudice existing among Cinnamon
against female children, and touched
upon the prevalence Of the crime of in
fanticide, which he averrcd was largely
due to the preference for boys and to the
extreme poverty of those who were guilty
OF it. He did not seek to defend the
practice or overlook its enormity, but
sought to excuse those who were often
forced to it through EXTREMIST destitu-
ton. Some parents sell their children.
Boys bring good price, while girls can
be ha1 for the asking. Boys are pre-
fcrrcd to girls because when the girls
grow up it is an expensive thing to mar
ry tnem off and more expensive when it
cannot be done, while boy is expected
to support his parents and glorify his
family. The lecturer spoke of the early
engagement and marriage of Chinese
girls and described the wedding ccrc-
mony. 1t was the intense desire of the
Chinese to rear large families. that the
family name might be carried down.
Should IA man tire of his wife he has only
to take the trouble of sending her home
with note to her parents, explaining
the reason Of her return. The Chinese
idea of a beautiful women is one with a
moon face, small eyes and mouth, slender
waist and small feet.
The subject of discussion among the
representatives of all the civilized powers
in the world, who are requested to meet
at the city of San Domingo, September
1S, 1885, will be the bones of Christie
pher Columbus. The question connect
cd with these remains of the great navi-
gator has lately reached an acute stage,
and it has become necessary for the honor
of those concerned that it should be set
tied promptly: and as Spain and San Do
mingo are not prepared to declare war
about it, the dispute is to be referred to
congress. The difficulty has arisen in
this wise: Columbus died May 81, 1905,
at Valladolid and his body was deposited
il the Franciscan priory there. In 1913
it was transferred to the cathedral at Sc
vile. The discoverer having express cd
an earnest wish to be buried at Haiti, in
San Domingo, his mortal remains were
conveyed there in 1850 Gorty-four years
after his dcathJ, and inferred in the ca
! thedral When the island was taken in
| 1895 by the French the bones were re-
moved by the Spaniards to Lorenzo, in
Havana, and were placed i'll the cattle
dral there on January 10, 1896. The
Spanish academy of history defends the
thesis that they are there still, while the
! government of San Domingo maintains
that it succeeded in burying the bone:
with due honor in the cathedral of III
capital on September 10, 1877. The lat
ter position is supported by learned
and lengthy historical disquisition which
/ has been officially communicated to al
the powers, who are now requested t(
send representatives to a congress to ex
anime the facts and decide the question
! once for ALL