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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-16

An alkaloid prepared from atropins
ian sctive principle Of belladonua),
which is used by opthalmic surgeons TO
expand the pupil Of the eye, is said to
sell for 81, 100 pound. The cost is Of
itsolf epongn " make one pen his
eyes
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-16

NoRTu CAROLINA is building n rail
road with tweutysfour:inch kahHe. In
watering the stotk they are obliged To
use teapot with n small spout.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-16

THREE brothers named Curr wsra
married by fourth brother, VINO is a
clergyman In Newark, N. J. The car.
coupler act is working with marked
kurcess
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-16

GEoLooIsTs consider kerosene to be
mn animal oil. Hence. what we burn
In lamps is the remains of long cxtinc'
monsters of the earth.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-16
To Impoach Nebraska state Omcers.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 14.-Repre-
sentative Irwin, of Platte county, a
populist member OF the legislature, is
credited with having prepared reso-
luton for introduction in the house at
the earliest opportunity providing for
the appointment Of COMMITTEES 70
draft articles Of impeachment se4{3
the different state officers o.
the board Of public lands
ings. The resolution Y
of scandals affecting
of the penitentiary
tutions which Qor1
sion Of the Aos
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-16

My dear" said lady TO n friend
who was complaining of servant,
''you can't expect ali the virtues for six
shillinEs week." but | pay ueven.
and-six" was the practica! RESPONSE
Tit-Bit
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18
Geniuses From Georgia.

We had the electric girl from Geor-
gia, who astouBded the universe Then
came the muscular girl from Georgia,
whose performances amazed the land.
The whistling girl from Georgia, the
musical girl from Georgia, the hypnotic
girl Efspl Georgia, were further varia-
lions of the delightful theme. The list
has just been increased 10y the shooting
gil, who caused the death of Russian
pe,adler few daysago. We do not know
sshysGeorgia saou1d develop such mon
strosities. 1t is healthy state.-Jewish
Messenger.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18

bIr. Ruskin, says his biographer, Mr..
W. G. Collingwood. is no longer rich
man. The e200.OO0 he inherited from
his parents have gone, chiefly in gifts and
IN attempts to do good. The sale Of his
books is his only income, and great
part of that goes to an army OF pension
ers to whom in the days of his wealth he
pledged himself. Nevertheless The has
sufficient for his wants and need not
now feel poverty in his old age"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18
ANOTHER MURDER.
COLD FLOODED AND
WILFUL.
MAMIE WHITLEY, A NEGRO
GIRL IS KILLED.
EVIDENCE THAT ALL PEOPLE
SHOULD HELP LOCATE.
AN EXAMINATION REVEALS THE FACT
THAT THE VICTIM NECK WAS
BROKEN AND HER BODY
THROWN IN THE DOCK.

Whether white man, :blackiIman OF
red mantle FISHERMAN & FARMER
wants to see justice done. And justice
until the guilty scoundrel who has
done SO much killing lis apprehended
stands before the =. community Aout
ragged.
Mamie Whitley, a young girl OF
about % or "a years of age, was killed
Saturday night in the vicinity known
as "BIack Cat" place that is infested
with vile and fallen woman, and which
as infested with much that is repulsive
to all.
Sunday morning she was found float
ing in the dock and The town naturally
was shocked when the news was gen
orally spread, and hundreds of people
viewed the body who expressed much
indignation.
the corpse was pulled out of the
water and the Coroner was summoned,
who at once secured q jury and began
to Investigate. After some consultation
it was decided to examine the girl g
lungs to ascertain if she was dro~ ned,
when it was soon discovered that her
neck was broke and that murder had
beer committed.
The corpse afterwards was thoroughly
dissected by Drs. Hoskins and Billiard
As soon as 1t WAS discovered that the
girl had been murdered people began
to talk, and it was but a short time
before the supposed murderer was un
der arrest and placed behind the bars
Butler Jones, a young negro of about
25 years of age, who was tried, but &C
quilted, in this county for the killing
of the colored girl Melinda Harrell.
found choked to death OH the night of
February 22nd, 1890, in the same vicin-
ity in which Mamie Whitley is muir
dered, was arrested Sunday upon
State warrant as the murderer of this
girl, he being the last one seen with
her going in the direction of the wharf,
and afterwards coming back without
her.
The Coroner's jury has been in SEES
sion four days and at this writing is
still engaged in examining witnesses
and trying to ascertain the guilty party
who committed the hellish deed-no
less hellish because the victim was
black and sinful woman.
There will be much evidence adduced |
and we cannot tell how long the jury
will be in session.
While we have been unable to secure |
the evidence sworn to before the Coro-
ner and his Jury, yet we have gathered !
the following facts, which we give to
our readers just as we got them:
EVIDENCE:
Benny " Milford says: He was at Lees
cool room between II and 10 o'clock
when Butler Jones came up to him and
remarked where in the hell are you
nching off to-" Then he joined him
md walked off in the direction of the
wharf. They got to May Blair's corner
when ne Benny saw the girl Coming
'ehind They turned the corner and
walked a short distance and stopped
nd the girl came up. Butler joined
fannie and locked arms and went down
. the wharf. He Benny came back.
hey were gone SO long be got Sterling
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18

It Is not often that shares IN the Lon
don Graphic and Daily Graphic news
papers come into the market. Some.
however, were sold by auction the other
day, and these realized as much as
$27750, these being $50 shares on which
$35 only had been paid.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18

Gillian and went in search Of them.
Could not find them and saw neither
of them afterwards.
Sterling Gillian says he did not see
Butler Saturday night, but went with
Benny to hunt them. He never saw
the girl after 10 o clock.
Dick Perkins states that he saw Ma
mis between 10 and II O'Clock Saturday
night, that she said she was going TO
market after beef. He saw her come
out the market afterwards with beef
and 20 towards home. he did not see
Butler Jones til | about 12 or / O'Clock
when he saw him come up from the
wharf, cross the street and talk to
Rachel Skinner.
w Fl. Brice says he saw man with
sp on call this girl and talk with
her, Saw same man with cap join girl
and walk down towards the harf.
Saw them ne more.
john White was sitting at MAY Blairs
corner and saw two men go down to-
wards the wharf and girl following.
One came back but the woman did not
come back, SO far as he saw. This was
about IL o'clock.
Louis Mercer states that he saw Ma
mic Saturday night with a five dollar
bill and another bill whieh she said
was SO Did not see Butler with her
Not Ir6o Job r = no l.
saw Butler and Mamie together was
about a week ago at Bonds bar. that
he saw Butler buy some whiskey aud
give 20 Mamie.
A number of others say she had mon
ey.
Cherry Calling says she saw Butler
Jones standing on Mr.. Tom Jones' cor
ner Sunday morning about O'Clock.
when she was going to the restaurant
where she cooks.
Lethia Martin, living on Water St.,
states that Butler Jones and Mamie
" hitIey passed he house between 10
Ind II O 'cI ock going toward the wharf.
u annie had some beef and left it with
ler, saying "I'l be back in few min
ltes." They went on, turning around
Blair s corner. Saw neither of them
1fter wards.
Rachel Skinner says she met Butier |
Zones after 10 o. clock and talked with |
i'm He wanted her to take walk |
With him, but did not go. II was al
Ways scared Of Butler. That I heard |
cherry Gatiing say that Butler gave
er SOC one night and afterwards tried |
o get it back and wanted to choke |
err"
Sue Merrlman says Butler certainly
ught to know Mamie, that Mamie
sed to come to Edenton and stop at
ula Latham's house weeks at time
nd Butler stayed in the same house at
ne same time both night and day
'henever be got ready.
On Wednesday evening we visited
lie Jail. and in the presence of the jail
r and Mr.. ". T. Barrett, Butler Jones
I'D us that he did not know Mamie
Whitley, never saw her nor never went
18th her. That he was a. no time Sat-
rday night below Lees pool room.
nd tina, he went straight home when
he town clock struck twelve. That he
id not know the woman was dead till
unday morning when Constable Spru-
went to his house and arrested him.
THE JURY's VERDICT:
Since the above was written the Cor.
ler's jury has finished It's work and
turned the following verdict: 8
After inquiriDg into the facts and
noes of the death of the de-
ased. Mamie Whitley, from the view ,
the corpse and of all testimony to be
occurred the jury find that Mamie
'hitlev came to her death at the hands 3
OIe Butter Jones.
(Signed) A. j. BATEMAN, :
w. II. HoLLOwELL.
D. G. BOND. :;
NJ. F. BOND. :
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18

Thaeoanty council .sf the North Rid
ing!Gf Yorkshire, England. have decided
that they will not levy any taxes during
clc::sext II months They are III avon
derfally happy position. The balance
at their bankers is SO large that they
want no more money for year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18

By using Halls Hair Remover gray
faded or discoIore1 hair assumes the
n .tural CO or OF youth, and growth
l'xuriant a:'d strong, pleasing every
bod,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18

Superior Court-Chowan County
Charlotte Jernigan,)
Tom Tcrnigan,
1t appearing BY affidavit to the
Court that the de endant Tom Jern;
gan is a non resident of this State and
cannot after d e diligence be found
therein that csuSe Of action exists
III plaintiffs favor procure divorce
from the bonds of matrimony with
defendant and that this Court has
Jurisd ction thereof it is orde- ed that
notice be published for tx success;v.
weeks il The FISHERMAN & FARMER
newspr PEI notifying sid defendant
10 al pear before the Judge of said
Court at FdeDron y. Con the lst
Monday after 4th Monday in Septem
Der 1893 to answer or denu, TO
comp amt in this action.
II. G.. PRIvoTT,
Clerk Supe or Court.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-08-18
Price ST.. so Per Year.

Delivered at doors of city subscribers as
soon as from press, by carriers, without extra
charge.
The hdle6r disclainsa IL responsibility for tie
views or statements of CORES pond en- island re-
serves the right at all times to revise or reject
any article he may think proper
Best Advertising Medium in the District
Rates very moderate--Speeial Rates on Long
Contracts
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
SIeepius and NappiuS.

Another thing about which 7 am
what might be called a "crank" is
sleep. I believe in sleep and resort
to it a great deal. I go TO bed as
early as can each day, and get up
when I am rested, but not before.
Generally this is at 6 o'clock each
morning. But I do not believe in the
old theory of ''early to bed and early
to rise" being applicable to our time
at all. In the first place. because
man cannot get early to bed, and if
he retires at IL or Il o'clock at night,
as the demands of social life may
sometimes compel him, it is very
foolish for him to get up at o'clock.
A man should sleep until he Is rested.
One habit I have formed is that of
dropping off into short maps. Even
If L can only secure nap of five
minutes duration l find it refreshes
me. When on the cars sleep every
chance I get. 1 believe if our bust
ness men could in some way work in
a fifteen minutes nap in the middle
of the day it would mean years of
life to thousands of them. For an
active man, man active with the
brain. there Is no tonic SO good, so
beneficial Or exhilaratiDg as sleep.
Thank God for sleep, 1 say It is one
of the sweetest boons ever vouchsafed
to man. It has done much for me,
and I wish it might do as much for
thousands of busy men whom I con-
stantly meet DR.. Talmage.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07

papers, by men the fashion of
whose minds, like the cut
of whose garments, belonged
to another world than ours. In
this age of lightning progress, laws
are outgrown before they can be
changed, and Legislators seem lag
CARDS. Science throws new light
on old truths, and the new gener-
alton, instead of treading rever-
emily in the footsteps Of the fathers,
feels that it has been sucked in a
creed outworn." The Pennsyl-
vania Judge however did his duty
when he applied the law as he
found it, and it is for the legisla-
ture to wipe the anachronism from
the books.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
NEW YORK ON I'M

An article repq ohsnsa [ o
morning from the n sc" hofA oo-
server affords fresh S, Ne, 'ha'
American interest in a.1nese iSiano'
is great and staa lily growing,
while tbero = IN increasin gly
strong feeling that the policy of
the United s-otates requires the
maintenance c,ff American FREEDOM
nance here, The writer of the ar
ticle in az. uestion is evidently a
frank bes. lever in annexation, and
his refg srenee to the possibility of
event.e.s here forcing the issue at
one aSe shows that he has not been
W. Fitting in the dark. The New
Y ork Observer is not a sensatio nal
s.journal and its views viii not only
: command attention and influence
many directly, but they are fur
Their important because they are
typical of very large class.
It is interesting to note that the
article above mentioned was pub
hshed January 18th. The revo-
luton began just two days later.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
1884 VS.. 1893.

The Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
vania has sustained conviction
for the ofense of selling a news
paper on Sunday. An extract
from the decision viii be found in
another column. It was given
under a statute which dates from
the last decade o. the eighteenth
century. The men who drafted
this statute would open their eyes
if they could step for a moment
into the press rooms of the New
York World, and see the row of
huge presses which turn out the
modern newspaper at the rate of
one or two hundred thousand
per hour. Steam and eleetri-
city have revolutionized the
world since 1894, and this mighty
bound forward in the physical
appliances of civilization has not
left unchanged the ideas and moral
judgments of men. The question
of the desirability of Sunday news
papers, abstractly considered, may
well be regarded as an open one.
In practice, however, it was settled
long ago. The Sunday newspaper
is here, and has evidently come to
stay, and its existence cannot pos
sibly be endangered by the terms
of any law which is a hundred
years old. The newspaper viii re-
main, and the law viii go.
1t seems strange to think Of
settling so modern q matter as
that of selling newspapers on Sum
day by reference to the terms of a
law passed a hundred years ago,
in an age which knew not Sunday
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07

Mr.. ASHFORD is going to contri-
butte "BrieAets," as he denominates
his crisp little paragraphs, to the
columns of the Holomua. The
Holomua is a rank royahst. 1t
dotes on monarchy and worships
kings and queens of every shade.
In every we'll regulated pack the
knave, of course, bows to the king
and Queen. Mr.. Ashford, on the
other hand, is red Republican.
What is the meaning of his new
editorial allegiance? Does he in
tend to be the third knave In the
pack7
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
We DO not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, Or opinions expressed ey Cur


Mr.. EDITOR, Sir The words
"A Paradise Found which you
placed above my recent letter are
yours and not mine. To be accu-
rate, should not the word be pre-
coded by some such qualifying ad-
jective as ''watery9"
Allow me to take this opportuni-
ty Of thanking Mr.. c. J. Lyons for
the Meteorological Reports he has
sent me. Herein l find that be-
tween the years 1877 and 1899
that the average rainfall for the
month of February was under
three and a half inches.
Since the first of the month we
are said to have had nearly twelve
inches, which is between three or
four times the average for the
whole month.
LII H0UA udA 1000 tACAC sOVA>
to have been a phenomenal rain
fall of nearly fourteen inches. II
looks, however, as if there were a
good chance of this, best on record
being beaten for if we have man
aged to score twelve inches in the
first few days of the month surely
We should be able to put up an
other two inches in the remaining
twenty odd days. If we do this
not only shall we have established
the best on record for the month
of February but for any month in
the last sixteen years; in fact, fol
as far back as the reports go. Feb
ruary of 1888 with it's 1874 rain.
fall was the largest recorded il
Honolulu. In fact only three
times in thirteen years are double
| figures met with, viz:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07

The appointment of S. NJ. Da-
mon as Vice President of the Ex-
ecutive Council has met with gen.
eral approval, as Mr.. Damon's
well-known conservatism and mo-
deration, coupled with his integri-
ty and business ability, co mmand
confidence. The Office Of Vice
President is, like that of the mem
bers of the Advisory Council, un-
salaried, and win remain honorary
except in case of the sickness or
other disability of the President.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
Sunday Newspapers Are Held
Illegal.

Tho Snnreme Co. : uf Pennsyl-
900 ron5srel. uecision in the case
of The Commonwealth VS.. Matthews,
a conviction for the offence
of selling newspaper on Sunday.
The conviction was had under law
passed in 1894. The Court, through
Chief Justice Paxson, said: THE
Act Of 1894, while prohibiting the
performance of any worldly employ
ment on the Lords day, commonly
called Sunday, excerpts works of ne
cessity and charity It is now al
most a hundred years since the pas
sage of the Act. It is hardly likely
it's trainers contemplated the posi-
bility of Sunday newspapers. There
were but few newspapers in existence
at that time, and, with perhaps one
or two exceptions, those were weekly
papers Of limited circulation. Since
then there has been vast develop
ment in the business OF newspaper
publishing as well as IN other de-
partments Of trade and business.
The development OF the resources Of
the commonwealth has been phe-
nomenal as well as it's growth in
population. This growth has devel-
oped new wants and to some extent
changed the habits of the people.
Among the changes which it has
caused is the Sunday newspaper.
Its circulation has become very ex-
tensive and it is read by a large por-
tion Of our citizens. It has become
a part Of the ordinary life Of the peo-
pie, and it viii require far more
stringent legislation than the Act of
1874 to uproot it. It is not our pro-
vince to condemn or approve Sunday
newspapers, but it is worse than USE
less to ignore their existence or the
favor with which they have been re-
garded by a large portion of the
community. The trainers Of the Act
of 1874, could they have seen the
development OF the next hundred
years and the change in the habits
and wants Of the people, might or
might not have included the traffic in
Sunday newspapers among the ex
ceptions in the Act. It is sufficient
for us that they have not done so
It Is our plain duty to enforce
the Act Of 1884 as we find it upon
the statute book. While the Sunday
newspaper may be great convent
ence to large portion, perhaps a
large majority, of the people, it does
not in our opinion come within the
exceptions of the Act of 1854 Ex.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
THE DAILY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Z, 1898.

CAPT. NoIFAeE in a letter pub
hshed this morning supplies ex-
tracts from figures furnished him
by Mr.. c. ]. Lyons, which show
the storm of the last FIVE days
to have been unprecedentedly
heavy. At this writing the pros
pect of rain does not seem entirely
over, so that the record Of all pre-
vious Februaries since rain rec
ords were, bids fair to be broken.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
Mem advertisements.
Waikiki Property for Lease.

e. THE PREMISES OF HON.
Lii f. s. Pratt having been divided
into Lots, the same are now offered
Tor lease, for a term OF twenty years.
Each Of these Lots has ample frontage
on the beach and depth of about 375
feet. The Lots are all sodded with ma
nienie grass, and there are numerous
cOcoanut trees bearing thereon. The
bathing at this point of the beach is
admirable and specially adapted for those
who have children.
There is a large Lot, upon which the
Dwelling House is situated, which is also
for lease for shorter period. These Lots
present All unusual opportunity to obtain
Beach Property. Apply to
j. A. MACON, Merchant ST.,
3S74-tf Next POST Offipa
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-07
TO Let or Lease.

- THOSE DESIRABLE PRE-
Ill misses, now occupied by Mr.. j.
Winter, corner King and Keeau-
moku streets, are for lease. Possession
given first day Of March, 1893. For
particulars apply to
II. A. JUEN,
Manager Cosmopolitan Saloon.
3293-ft