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Eaves and the Goyernorship.

Our Baleigh correspondent
mentioned the other day, ii
ruInor that Capt. j B. Eaves
hnirman Of the republican
executive committee-which
committee il to put a State
ticket in the field later on
will have himself nominated
for Governor. This is an i'll
founded suspicion. Eaves is
as we'll aware as anybody OF
the vindictive feeling enter
tained toward him 10y alarge
md influential element OF his
own patty. He knows that
he cannot poll his party's
strength and that he con get
NJ ticyotes. There
fore he will nutnominate him
self norpermit himself to be
nominated. He is an able
able politician and a repub-
lican way back. He was a
confederate soldier and has
been q republican ever. since
the war because he honestly
and everlastingly believes in
that party. He is going to
do this year, without any re-
gard to his own Individual
fortune, what he thinks will
best advance the interests OF
the republican party in the
State, and he knows as well
as anybody in it what that
is. Ii we were prophesying we
would say that he will nomi-
nate for all OF the State Off
ces the very cleanestahd least
objectionable men whom he
can induce to accept, and put
money behind them in the
campaign. Butwhatever his
policy may be, tile Obser,'-
Ter stands prepared to guar
antee that it will be, from his
standpoint, the very wisest
that could have been adopt
ed and one that will gi We
democrats ,ihdso-callea dem
urats occasion t3 stop yow-
yOwlng every now and then
and reflect upon the story Of
1.-THE animal which, while two
oI It's neigh5ors were fighting,
reached iii and took the bone.
charlotte Observer.
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Widow Of Gre Of the Slameso Twins
Dagd.

s.
Dad.
A dispatch from Mt. Airy,
states that on April 29th,
"Mrs. Saliia Bunker, widow
of Eng Bunker, one of the
Wurla-IenoWned Siamese
Twins, died near here. She
was a large lady, atonetime
weighing as high as 800
pounds. She leaves a large
estate" Mrs. Bunker was
d Yates and a rfative Of
Wilkes county. She and sis
ter married the ) la M 9 E g
Twins, Eng,& Chang, and for
several years made their
home in Wilkes county. at
the place where Mr.. AMBROSE
Wilkes now lives. They nov
I'd from there to Snrry, near
Mt. Airy, where the Twins
died IN August 1875. .Clroni-
scle.
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], II. lIORPHEW,
ATTORNEY AZ Law,
MARION, ---s---------N. N. {
i-(o)@-.-

Will practice in the courts OF
WatalIga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
III and all other counties in the
western district t1- Special atten
ton given to the collection Of
claims, sa
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Fer Heart Transp0sed.

A clear case of suicide was the finding
of the coroner's jury upon Annie Mum
SOD, the laundress who died in great
agony Monday morning from arsenical
poisoning. At the post-mortem exa min.
alton held by DR.. Hektoen most pecu-
liar and rare anatomical condition was
found in addition to traces of arsenic.
In speaking of the case after the inquest
had been held DR.. Hektoen said that in
holding nearly 1000 post mortems he
had never found as complete case of
transposition as he had in the Munson
examination. "Every part was clearly
transposed," continued the surgeon,
"and had been so from birth. The heart
was upon the right side, ahd the other
members of the viscera were completely
transposed. 1t is rare and most un-
usual case, and one that is we'll worth
receiving careful attention from surgeons.
The woman suffered no inconvenience
therefrom, however, and from talks Ihave
had with her acquaintances and friends
l have learned that she paid but little
attention to the transposit:on Of her vital
organs. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Sex in Flowers.

A skilled botanist and horticul turist,
whose annual displays of rare plants and
flowers are one of the features of his city
conservatory, said: "The mysteries of
plant life are even more interesting and
intricate than the secrets of insect life.
The sex in plants and flowers and trees
:s just as distinctive as in the human
species, and it is no uncommon thing to
observe at the close of the day or at
early morn dashing male plant or flower
bending its form over far enough to kiss
the nectar from the petal lips of its
nearest floral Juno.
"Then some of the handsomest and
most delicately formed and tinted plants
and flowers are as ruthless and as savage
in their instincts as the cannibals of the
Fiji Islands. The entire order of pitcher
plants, notably among them the beauti.
full wild duck or 'Indian moccasln'
plant, whose delicately pink shaded
purse-like sack is the admiration of all
wild flower seekers, owes its existence
to the flies and small insects which are
attracted within its folds by the deli
cately favored moisture of its cup and
smothered and starved to death by the
spasmcdic closing Of its outer door, hem
ming all intruders in as completely as a
cell of the old Bastile, and on these
strange feasts the beautiful plant lives
and thrives." ."-Philadelphia Press.
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deal has been said and written about
Kazan, Astrakhsn and other parts of the
famine country, but I am enabled to sup
ply some facts about the condition of an
important section hitherto ignored in the
printed accounts, but which is located in
the famine centre.
The Government of the Gar, in cast
ing around for ideas suggesting practical
schemes for relieving the distress, could
hardly fail to adopt the favor1te resource
of most Governments under similar ci--
cumstances and decide upon starting re-
lief works. These in some cases have
taken the form of railroad construction,
and apart from the benefit they will i'm
mediately confer upon the people, will
prove future source of good to the very
toiler now engaged in pushing them for
ward to completion. In fact, they will
prove a safeguard against one of the
most potent causes of the present distress
-.the want of adequate means of trans
portation. Were it not for the sad lack
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carts, numbers falling by the way worn
out and exhausted, while their overtaxed
animals dropped dead In their traces.
There were at one time as many as ten
thousand carts gathered at Zlatoust,
whose owners had braved all kinds OF
hardship and fatigue in their toilsome
journey in search of grain. Arrived at
their destination, they fercely fought
among themselves for places in the long
line Of applicants waiting to be served.
Many were detained at Zlatoust for a
period of sixteen days awaiting their
turn.
It was striking and pathetic scene
that this multitude presented, congre-
gated around the squares and in the
streets of the town, sheltering as best
they might from the severity of the win
ter weather, content if at last their wants
were supplied and they could commence
their return journey to undergo repe-
tition of the hardships encountered on
their way thither.
The region stretching from Zlatoust to
the Ural districts is on the direct route
to Siberia. The condition of its in
habitants has recently been such that the
efforts of philanthropists were turned
toward the task of alienation. What
Count Tolstoi has done in other districts
in establishing soup kitchens and relief
stands is duplicated here by Professor
Schmurlo. This humanitarian deserves
the highest praise for his noble work, in
the prosecution of which he has ex-
pended his time, money and thought,
gruding nothing in his desire to give re-
lief. The people he has labored for owe
him heavy debt of gratitude. To show
the state of the district where the Pro-
fessor has been working-more especially
on the Petrofskoi estate, near Tcherlia-
binsk-my informant describes some in
cidents that came under his own obser-
vatiou. One day, in company with one
of Professor Schmurlo's attaches, ne
visited the hut of distressed family.
While interrogating the woman who
greeted them the visitors were surprised
to see some bones IN corner OF the
room ling upon board, and which bore
the appearance Of having had fresh meat
recently cut from them. Knowing the
utterly wrctched state Of the family and
the impossibility of their having any
means of procuring meat, the visitors
were impelled to question the woman
and to their intense horror OF last
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existing in this respect many lives could
have been saved from the holocaust of
famine. Access to the depots of relief
has been so difficult IN a majority of cases
that people died before succor could
reach them or they could reach it. Had
a comprehensive system of railroads ex.
listed an incalculable amount of suffering
might have been averted aud numberless
cases of hardship brought within the
sphere of official aid. Hence the peas
antry work with a will upon these rail-
roads, rejoicing in the task.
Letters from Russia just received by
me contain accounts of the railroad now
being constructed from Zlatoust, east Of
samara, to Tcherliabinsk, in the very
heart of the Ural district. It will form
q branch of the samara- Ufa- -Zlatoust Rail-
road, and its route lies through most
picturesque region. It traverses the
banks of, and in some instances crosses
the Satka, Sim and Yourzany Rivers. It
is hoped that this project, now well un-
der way and which has a line of opera
tions extending through some of the very
worst Of the famine ridden districts, will
prove a great blessing to the people, who
are focking in numbers to seek engage
ments on the works.
Zlatoust is great entrepot and base
of supplies, where relief is dispensed to
the famine sufferers.
To show the difficulty of intercommu-
nication in many parts of Russia I may
mention that this town has been literally
overrun with famished peasants. They
have travelled in some instances as far
az four hundred versts in their little
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elected the truth that the bones we're
from the arm of an eight-yesr.old child,
which had wandered into the hut from
some other family, aimlessly casting
around in the hope of relief, and had
finally succumbed from lack of suste-
nance, whereupon the half-crazed people
yielded to the uncomfortable impulse OF
cannibalism.
So frequent has the commission of
crime become since the advent of the
famine that the prisons are crowded with
culprits who have either been tried or
are awaiting trial. Goaded to despera-
ton by the pressure of want, the Or
dinarily self-contained and patient
moujik has resorted to the commission
of offences most o. which are of petty
nature, but bring him within the opera
ton of the law all the same. If the dis
tress does not very soon begin to sensibly
abste, it looks as though the Government
would be forced to erect additional
prisons. The fact that crime is prevalent
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RUSSIA'S FAMINE.
PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF
DIRE DISTRESS.
People Seeking Banisbment to 81.
IBERIA That They May be Saved
From Perishing-A Case
OF Cannabalism.

&elI@Ey yeSsk kJcount of the famine
:&sszzz in Russia and the
9R measures which are
being taken for the
relief of the distressed inhabitants. He
says:
The gross laxity of all Government
departments in Russia and the utter ab.
sence of proper administrative methods,
Joined to the fragrant and oft condoned
corruption and dishonesty of all grades
of officials, naturally makes the Govern
,ment helpless for all practical purposes
in the face of sudden and great disas.
ter like the famine. The peccant and
peculating bureaucrat is one of the great.
est curses in Russia. He is the old MAJ
of the sea upon the back of long Gu
during, feeced and oppressed nation.
The condition to which public admin
istration has become reduced is strikingly
illustrated in the folio oatng account OF
two very recent occurrences in st. Pet
ersburg: Within the past three weeks
baker was brought before the courts
charged with adulterating his bread by
the admixture of sand. With appalling
effontery he admitted that he did use
sand in making bread, adding that this
was downright beneficial to the con-
sumerl Justice of the Peace Borodin,
who tried the case, handed down de-
cision practically to the effect that no
doubt the accused was an unappreciated
discoverer of scientific truths; that
doubtless he had "scooped" his contem-
poraries in the baking trade in this in
stance, and that henceforth sand would be
recognized as valuable addition to the
composition of breadstuffs. The accused,
in short, was benefactor of the race!
In the second example Justice OF the
Peace Busoff looms up as an equally per-
feet survival of the classic Dogberry.
Before his august tribunal was arraigned
a grain dealer accused Of giving false
weight. With pompous and ponderous
deiberatlon Justice Busof delivered his
mastery exposition of the law.
"The defendant" he declared, Sin
giving light weight was merely engaged
in purely commercial TRANSACTION, ana
hence did not come within the scope OF
the criminal CODE"
But it is time that should touch upon
the actual features and phases OF the
afflicted districts and their unhappy pop
ulation under the darkening shadow OF
want. For months a warfare has been
waged against the encroachments of
famine, and the interest of the globe has
awakened at the tales of distress whose
narrowing details have almost monopo-
olized the channels of international COM
munication.
1t is in the many sided region of the
Volga-the land on which time and its
changes have set their unerring seal;
where history has been made and en-
pires reared and extinguished; where the
fierce struggle for race domination waged
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for centuries, involving in its varying
fortunes both Arysn, Semitic and Turan-
ian; it is here, in these later days of the
nineteenth century of our Christian era,
that human beings have had to die like
sheep for lack of common sustenance,
for want of necessaries of the most Or
dinary kind whose procurement to us
would be task of the simplest nature,
and which we would scorn, save as the
unadorned accessories of our ordinary
diet. ':Mighty mother Volga"-the
kindly stream that pilots Russian COM
merce to the markets of other climes and
welcomes to the heart of Muscovy the
argosies of foreign continents, where
the vast granaries are located which store
the generous gifts of harvest time and
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CHAPTER XIII.

MY LADY's HUSBAND.
Many people thought Calliston's visits
were to his ward, but in reality she was
merely used as stalking-horse to con-
ceal the designs of the young man on
Lady Balscombe. When the blow came
and the lady eloped, no one was surprised
except the unsuspecting husband, who,
having raised his wife from an obscure
position to brilliant one, and given her
all she could wish for, never dreamt for
a moment she would reward him in so
base a manner.
Sir Rupert, however, had no idea Of
playing the complacent husband in this
case, and at once proceeded to take steps
for divorce. The difficulty was to serve
the guilty pair with citations. for as the
yacht had gone to the Azores there was
no chance Of doing 10 until she returned
10 England, or until she touched at some
civilized port easy to be reached by the
long arm Of the law.
The bsronet sat in his library reading
letter from his lawyers, which informed
him that Calliston's yacht, the Seamew,
had put into port for repairs, as she had
been disabled in a storm, and that they
had sent over clerk to serve the citation
at once.
Just then Miss Penrold entered, fol-
lowed by Norwood. at the sight Of whom
Sir Rupert seemed surprised, but said
nothing.
This gentleman wishes to speak with
you, Sir Rupurt," said May, advancing
toward the baronet. He is"
A lawyer, know, replied Sir Rupert,
coldly pushing chair toward his ward,
i've seen him in court-and what is the
object of your visit, sir?" he said, tuI2ing
to Norwood.
@I'1e called to see you about this arrest
of Myles Desmond for the murder of Lena
Sarschine," says Norwood, placing his
hat on the table.
Il know nothing about him, " replied
the baronet, looking angrily at May.
Why do you come to me for informa'
lion?"
Because we want to save MIR. Des-
monds life. said May: boldly.
His Ilte--a murderer
He is no murderer" said the young
girl. quickly. appearances are against
him, but he is innocent.
Il believe you love this fellow still, !"
said Balscombe, co contemptuously.
so much that I'm going to marry him, !"
che replied.
And what's all this got to do with
me, asked Bslscombe, haughtily.
Simply this. that I have reason to be-
lieve Lady Balscombe had something to
do with the case"
Lady Balscombel" echoed Sir Rupert,
turning pale with fury. Take care. sir.
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proves the terrible state the people are
in. Men prefer being sentenced to ST.
IBERIA rather than languish under brief
sentences in .he local jails. where the
food is worse than poisonous. and in
order to force their judges to in6ict
terms of Siberian exile upon them they
resort to various tricks, becoming violent
in court, cursing the judge. and using
insulting language toward the law and
its administration. A man named
Nerilskoi was arrested for theft at Sara
tot recently, tried and sentenced to six
months in the local prison. Before he
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No Safe is Safe.

Bob Pinkerton, the great detective Of
New York, while in Indianapolis, Ind,
the other day took look at the safe
breaking tools that were captured
couple OF weeks ago from Waters and
Watson, the noted crooks and burglars.
Pinkerton said that the ordinary safe of.
fercd scarcely any resistance at all to the
operations of the professional cracksman.
aThe doors of some of them almost fly
open when you look at them," said he,
land I'm not surprised that burglar has
no difficulty in opening an ordinary iron
safe with such tools as these"
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The Great Poultry Nation.

France produces more poultry than,
possibly, any foreign nation. The Hou-
dan, La Felche and Toulouse geese are
largely bred and kept for market, and
have the reputation Of being among the
best market poultry. In the suburbs of
Paris, Bordeaux, Versailles, Toulouse
and Havre may be seen hundreds of
poor farmers raising market poultry,
from which they derive meager living
yet happy life.-New York Indepcnd-
ent
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Historic Relic Coming to America.

The old half-timbered house at Fenny
Drayton, the birthplace of George Fox,
the founder of the Society of Friends,
has recently been sold to some Ameri-
can gentlemen. Disappointed at not
being able to purchase anything at strat-
ford. d.on-Avon, they were determined to
have something from shakespeare's
country. The house, which stands on
the estate of Captain Eyre, of Lindley, Is
now being taken down bit by bit, and
each part carefully marked and packed
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MTuE old neerane saps Lady SON

"THE old peerage, says Lady Som
erset, bewailing the decadence Of
England, "is giving place to the new
beerage." 1t doesn't appear, how
ever, that the services of the old
peerage to the people who supported
its members in idleness were such as
to cause any grieving over its disap-
pearance. -
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could be removed from the court room
he pointed his finger at the jury box and
exclaimed: "Gentlemen, you are q
mere set of pigs-pigs-pigs, and fit
only to try pigs" Thereupon he was
promptly sentenced to five years. banish-
ment to Siberia, and departed rejoicing.
He had attained his desire, and was as
pleased as though he had secured a
prizs. !
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AT THE PLAY.
By wN. ". LONG.

The music from the cornet,
Across the grand hall swept,
And silence fell upon the throng
As each sweet note its measure kept
Across the room from where you sat,
Icaught look from your grand eyes
That made nv blood run swift and hot.
And all my soul to rapture rise.
The mimic play upon the stage,
The beauties in their silks and lace
Unheeded passed before my sight
only saw your perfect face.
The curtain fell, the play Was dons
OF merriment and glee,
But my life's play has just begun,
To end, perchance, in tragedy.
FRONT ROYAL, Va.
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throng the river with laden ships-it is
upon YOUR banks that the voice of dis
tress has been heard for weary months
until the nations heard it and wept in
sympathy at the sound.
All the Volga country from Kazan to
Astrakhan has been visited by the fam
inc, and Russians, Tartars and Mongols
have been numbered among It's victims,
ss well as the thrifty German colonizers,
who have always been more prosperous
than the rest of the population. A good
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ThePiccadilIyP
THE STORY OF 4 TERRIBLE EPlSODl
In THE LIFE OF An ENGLISH
NOBLEMAN.
BY F. w. HUME


YLES DE S.
mond was moi
q particularly
good you n G
man, but good
Q n o u 6 b a e
young men OF
the pres Q nj
generation 60.
III Q " a 8 o
healthy, CHEEKY,
enough 1.-The
day-is-the-evil.
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To Run by Electricity.

The vehicle represented in the illus.
tration was recently subjected to trial in
Boston. The motive power is electricity,
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Tm "ethics," so called, Of the
medical profession had a curious Illus
tration in the Field case in New
York. One expert Of high standing
in the profession gave a written
opinion-for which he took $3.50
that Field, was insane. subsequently,
he went into court and testified that
be regarded Field as sane; and though
1t does not appear that he got any
special fee for his testimony he prob
ably did, because the profession has
practically combined to refuse to tes-
tify as experts without being paid as'
such, and not as ordinary witnesses.
This is not as bad, of course, as ad-
vertisipg would be; but it certainly
is singular.
TIE English people do not like to
CODY American ideas, but they are
compelled to in many things because
of the superiority Of the American
methods. The railways have been
slow to see the superiority Of the
American train, but they are coming
to 1t very gracefully. They have
adopted our baggage car and check
system, our plan Of lighting coaches,
and now the Southeastern Railway
advertIses an American train with
American built coaches running be-
tween London and Hastings. The
days Of the old compartment cars are
numbered, and before many years the
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for shipping to America. where it will be
re.erected. 1t is stated that the price
paid for it was considered to be three or
four times its value for ordinary pur-
poses.
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thereon sort OF d ieI!o", aHu
considered himself decided
ly hardly treated at being
arrested on such a serious
charge as that of the muir.
der of Lena Sarschine.
According to the cynical