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The Lamar register., 1894-08-04
A R.o.,p, for conversation.

Tn. Benton, writing of Conversation In
France" In the August number of The Cen
furry, says of Nine. de Girardin's salon:
She has given In humorous way very good
receipts for conversation: First OF all the
quality Of the takers; secondly. the harmony
of their minds; thirdly, propitious arrange
ment of the furniture "An amusing CONVEX
sation,m she says, cannot start II the chairs
are arranged symmetrically. The disposition
of drawing room should be like an English
garden-apparent disorder, which is not the
effect of chance, but, on the contrary, OF con-
summAte art, the result of fortunate combi-
nations. In a symmetrically furnished draw
ing room, 1t Is only At the end of the evening,
when the furniture has against Its will yielded
to the necessities of society. that enjoyment
begins. You Just begin to amuse your
ssif when It becomes necessary to take
leave
"And remember" she adds, THAT good talk
ers hate idlencss. the most witty men hardly
know what to say when they uncercmoniously
hold their hats in their hands. they must have
come valuable thing to finger, and help them
keep countenance-dainty scissors or pen
knife, golden chain, u jeweled smelling
bottle. The more you scatter trifcs and bau-
bles In your salon. the less nonsense there
will be In conversation Blu; before anything
let yourself go: do not think of yourself, Tor
get the talent you NAV have"
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

800 feet of the beach. and not see a
sign OF fort. but take a boat and
sail along the beach and you will see
that 1t is almost continuous fortifi-
cation One tort follows another so
fast that there is hardly room for
grass TO grow between them. And
they are ali connected by sunken
passageways. as can be seen from
the top of the Lighthouse.
''lf the British had made Bermuda
they could not have designed an
island better suited to their purposes.
The very things that make it inval-
liable to them woula make 1t almost
useless to this country. We are in
no need OF a coaling station aud re-
pair shop within 700 miles of our
own coast. and that is precisely
what Bermuda is to the British In
time Of war Bermuda would be the
great coaliug station on this side of
the Atlantic
"lt Is az machine shop that
Bermuda Is of the greatest impor-
TANGO. They can handle there the
largest ships afioat and make any re-
pairs that can be made anywhere
/ do not wonder that they were
alarmed whom the fire broke out, tor
there Is enough powder stored on
ireland island to supply the navies
OF the world As TO projectiles, they
are piled there in mountains The
warehouses are full OF naval pro-
visions and q disabled man-of- war
can find there duplicates OF almos.
any part that may be damaged. from
a shaft or a propeller to a new bow
spirit And coal, Why, there is
enough coal stored in the Bermuda
dockyards to carry on n naval war.
''St Lucia is less known than Ber-
muda. but i, is loomin up into one
OF the greatest British strongholds
on this side of the Atlantic II is
only twelve miles from the French
island of Martinique. and 1t Is OF lit
tie account except as a military and
naval station II has one OF the best
harbors In the Wcs. Indies. sur
rounded by high mountains. which
are heavily fortified. About 400 men
are constantly at work msxing new
Notifications and improving the har-
Dor. Within the next five years il
will be almost as strong as Bermuda
Ii is already the military headquar-
ters for the West Indies.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04
Alien. Litti. Joke.

Congressman Allen of Mississippi, when
asked II the House would accept the sugar
schedule in the tariff bin, said: ''Why, of
course we Will We always give in when we
have a row with the Senate. We are going to
raise hi for a while and let on as If we never,
never would be enslaved by the trusts and
plutocrats, but when We get out of wind we
are lust going to lie right down and let them
step on our necks. That is the way we al
ways dc, and It is very niortify M to man
of my pride and high moral principles TO re-
alize that while the trusts are having 70 pay
big price for the Senate they are getting the
House tor nothing. tell you no one can
imagine how it grinds man TO read an
about this bribery and speculation IN the
newspapers, and the pools the senators are IN
and the colossal fortunes they are making
and not have a soul offer him dollar"
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04
ON liz SAFE sIae.

Everybody knows this is a good place to be- but
everybody does not take measures to be there.
An efficient preventive places on the safe side
ofineipient disease and there Is no one more re
liable than Hostetter's stomach Bitter- in cases
where the kidneys inactive, which Is but the
preliminary TO various destructive maladies,
which disregarded have fatal termination
Brght's disease, diabetes, dropsy, @dema' are
but the outgrowths OF neglected inaction of the
kidneys and bladder They should be checked at
the outset with the Bitters, which will prevent
their progress by arousing the renal organs to
actiyitv and thus place those who resort TO this
sayInr medicine on the safe side. This prcserva-
tive OF safety also eonquers constipation, liver
complaint malarial fever, nervousness and dys'
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04
reaching Na,irntion.

A man once sent his son to an
Irish schoolmaster who advertised
that he taught navigation. During
the Christmas holidays he discovered
that the boy was not receiving in
struction in that branch OF study,
and went to see the schoolmaster
about It
why don't yod teach my son
navigation he asked.
.'How am Oi goin' to tache navi-
CATION. sorr. when the navigation is
all closed up2" was the answer
New York Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

The "Gold Miner'' is the name Of new TO-
page monthly paper recently started in Dem
yer. 1t aims To give condensed report and
summary of all the principal mining events
of the month, devoting especial attention TO
the new gold strikes. The subscription price
is but so cents year. Sample copy furnished
for fivc cents in stamps. Address Gold Miner,
Denver.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

1t isn't always the girl with the most ''tak-
ing ways" who succeeds In carrying on tho
beat hushand
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

|>.Hero Is tho most sugg estive let
/ ever received. said a New
&rker whose business takes hin
into the British posses
Dns in America. to a sun reporter
rhere arc half dozen lines in 4
ID any American might ponder
1er for a week
e.This is what the letter said:
n. The Ireland island business Il
only exciting thing We have had
Dcntly. and you may be sure that
Fred us up while IL lasted We
Dccted every minute that the pow
magazine would go and wipe
rything out But the old mar
Sdled tho business beautifully
for n few hours we kept the
es red hot A novel method o
nagiug a big fire. wasn't itH
eTnat sounds commonplace c
ngh.r the New Yorker continued
ktii you know the circumstan
Or which the letter was written.
and island IL in Bermuda and
.lrcland island business means
rcceu. burning OF several OF the
sh nayy-yard buildings there
letter was written IN Halifax
naval officer. aud the old man
- to the commander OF the North
rican and West Indian squad
presumably the admiral The
r. means that the minute the
broke out In the Bermuda dock
the admiral In Halifax 9OC
away. sat down a. the end OF q
and directed every important
mcnt that was made for tho
ovation of the property.
know just hos the business was
for | have had experience with
Wes; Indian cable lines. some
TO my sorrow. The govern
subsidies them all. and re-
the right to taso possession
M whenever occasion requires
q government dispatch comcs
private business must stand
They will stop private mos
n the middle OF word. II neces-
80 send tho Official one. The
= that firc broke out on Ireland
the Halifax and Bermuda
was in the hands OF the ad-
and you could no, have got a
e message over IL to save your
(il he said he wa done with It
gives some idea OF the little
ON the British have set up
oil our coast fs.rf
% not think our people in gen
nnderstand that the British
established a complete little
pm extending all along the
Nc coast. controlling not only
ean. but the great lakes and
llf OF Mexico as we'll do not
Of more formidable line OF
cs in the world. It Is made up
four points-Halifax. Ber-
Jamaica aud st. Lucia Every
: concentrated upon them
tmuda Is much like Halifax In
Ct that few fortifications are
to the visitor. Two forts can
at St Georges. at the east
bt they arc old-fashioned stone
hctions that do not look for
b You can drive all over the
and not sec more than these
And you can stay there for
nths. small as the place is. and
more signs OF military occu
than you see in New York
Notifications are there. as
readily learned by sailing
the islands in a smal. boat or
p into the Gibbs Hill light
horth side is so we'll protected
al reefs that no forts are
there beyond the two or
lat might be necessary to de-
vessel that attempted the
1t is on the south side oi
"a that forts arc naeded he.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

Send two 2-cent stamps 70 The Road Pub
lishing Co., Denver, Colo, and get sample
copy Of The Road and one Of their great Eng
liah Octopus maps free.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

1t seems strange that though the wheels Of
q steamboat can be kept going continuously,
II only works in Its turn.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

The sacred COW of India Is the only repre-
sentative of the bovine tribe which can be
classed as a beast of pray.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

A petrified man has been found in Wiscon-
sin. 1t Is probably the body of a man who
fell '.stone dead ~
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

The difference between n man and a yacht
is: the latter can go on tack without swear
ing and the former cannot.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

Visitors At the White Mountain hotels this
year are requested to swear at the walters In
Greek and Latin
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

.Hanson's Marc Corn satve."
Warranted to cure, money refunded A.
ycur druggist for it. Price Is cents-
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04
JR BRITISH GIRDLE.
kCLAND'S THREATENING LINE
ALONG OUR COAST.

Be West Indian Cable Lines would Mean
. Great Deal In the Event of War
With Our Engiis Cousins. ss We should
Discover.
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

The man who brings suit is always some
what sad. There is something plaintiff about
him
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

Karl,s Clover Root Tea.
The great Blood purifier gives freshness ann
TO the Complexion and Constipation Sc-''c''s
The Lamar register., 1894-08-04

Hsil's Catarrh Cure
IS taken internally. Price, 75c.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
TRAINS THAT PASS,

In the Night. sunday. an Even Twen-
tyof Them Went DER the Road.
Between sunset Sunday and I o'clock
Monday there passed over the portion of
the Southern road under Chief Dispatcher
Newell's jurisdiction eight regular and
12 extra freight trains. Two more could
have been sent over the A. 4; S. had
there been engines enough to ill the de-
mand. Mr.. Newell says there is nothing
in he story about the "treeze-out" OF the
A. s. 5.
Passenger trains are coming in on time
since the charge of schedule Sunday.
Tne Bryson City Times tells this story:
The section hands along the whole line
OF road from Asheville to Murphy went
out on a strike last week, owing to a re-
duction OF wages imposed by the rail
road company Heretofore the wages
has been seventy cents a day, with a
certain allowance OF bacon and meal
The rigid economy practiccd by the
southern cut Oft the rations, aud tht
walkout was the result. However, ths
men on second thought, concluded that
halt a loaf was better than no loaf, SC
sunrise Monday found them at work at
reduced pay"
Apparently not great deal of inter
est is taken on this end OF the road in tn,
work bcng done for a restoration of til,
10 per cent winch was taken off til,
mems salaries. But the "boys" are hop
ing to get what is being asked for.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
BUNGLING FORGERY.
The Torger Didn't spell the signature
(Orrpt.tl,.

The Torgcr Didn't spell the signature
Correctly.
\ bold and bungling attempt at forg-
ery was made by some unknown person
yesterday afternoon, when he attempt,d d
to secure money on check to which
County Treasurer !. II. Courtney S sig-
nature had been forged. The Treasurcr's S
check book had been taken from his desk,
probably while he was out for few
minutes. A check was made out by the
forger, pavable to one 10 cs, and called
for SIS 25 The check was next pre-
sented by negro to Rov Denison, who
was at the cashiers window at the Bat
terv Park bank. Mr.. Dcnison noticed
that the cEetk did not seem exactly
straight, and was more firmly of this
opinion when he saw that the signature
was spelled "Cortnv"
The negro said hat tie money was in
pay m mt for services as school teacher
near Black Mountain. He said he would
go out and have the corrections made
He left and of course did not return. The
negro who did the work is not known
but Mr.. Denison thinks he would rtcog
nize the mau should he see him again.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
PRIMITIVE MODES OF CARRIAGE.
Photographs to he Used in Marshall NJ.
Kirkmun's Book.

PRIMITIVE MODES OF CARRIAGE.
Photographs to he Used in Marshall NJ.
Klrllmun's Book.
4 short time ago Marshall NJ krh'
man, second vic, president oi the { hicagC
and Northwestern railway, was ii
Ash>viil in his private car. When lie re
turned to Chicago lie wrote a letter tC
Chief Dispatcher D, ". Newell of tlt
southern. whom he had met here, from
which the i,l, wing is taken:
when in Asnevillc observed som,
very primitive methods of carriage still
in vogue among the people of AshcviIle
such as the carriage Of burdens on tn,
back of oxen, riding oxen as horSts
using them with various kinds of We
hicles. etc. Among other things noticed
a woman riding an OK aud the OK pull
ing a cart. should like to get three o.
four choice specimens of the most print
tive forms Of carriage in vogue ahou
your city. am making a collection o
methods Of primitive carriage in various
countries, and have not seen anything
more primitive than those about Ashe
vile; so if vou will favor mg shall cs
teen it kindness
Bv Yesterdays mail Mr. Newell sen
Mr.. Nirkmaa five photographs of th
character te desired. MIR. krkman i
the author of The Science of Railways,
a book With 1900 ilIustr ,ions OF tt
inception, growth and evolution of prlu
tive trausp u,a'ion, and the photo
graphs s?n. him will doubtless he us,
| in his book.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
PASTOR PARIS ARRIVES.

He Weighs go Pounds and Has TAX
en- Charge of Bethel Work.
Rev. z. Pa:is, the new pastor of Bethel
III. Z. church, South, arrived on the
Spartanburg train Yesterday afternoon.
accompanied by Mrs. Paris and their
two children. Several OF the good ladies
Of the church went early in the afternoon
and put the pastors house in order, so
that when the newcomers arrived they
found a supper awaiting them. After
supper an hour or two was very pleas
antly spent by those who had gathered.
MIR. Paris, it may be proper to state,
might be described as small, delicate
man-but that description would not be
correct. His preaching weight is $40
mounds, in which he goes Presiding
Elder Byrd several pounds better. Those
who met the pastor and his good wife
a~e already in love with them. Mr.
Paris will preach lis first sermon Sun
day.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
Suit Against 4. w. Patton, II. :. lIar'
ktns and Il. II. Neatman.

suit +hEuiHst L. W. Idttons II. =. udTe
kins and I. II. Ycatman.
Summons was served this morning in
a suit instituted in the Superior court,
to come up at the March, 1895, term.
The title of the proceeding is Lucille
Garrett, BY her guardian, Mamie Gar
rett, VS.. 7. W. Patton, II. S. Harkins
and T. X. Yeatman," and the plaintiff
sues for $4,000 damages for false I'M
prisonmeut.
1t seems that Mamie Garrett, who is
the mother Of Lucille. was arrested by
the police Saturday night, December 8,
the charges against her being the keeping
o! a disorderly house and selling beer
without license. Sunday afternoon, the
9th, about o'clock, the child was
brought TO Ashevile from Knoxville bv
a nurse When it arrived it was taken
charge of by police officer and taken to
the Reformatory in City Hall. Later in
the day it was placed in the cell
with ITS mother, where it remained
until next morning. Then it was kept
in the custody of the officers until about
noon, whe,, the mother having paid the
fines imposed, che was allowed to leave,
with the end. No warrant was issued
for the Guilds arrest. nor were there anv
regular proceedings for the taking of the
child into custody.
The plaintiff has retained Mcssrs.
Lut her 4 Stevens and Carter & CT ig as
counsel.
Mayor Patton told THE CITIZEN that
he did not wish to have the case pre-
JUDGED from either side. and therefore
would say little, He stated that the
mother of the child, on the day it was to
arrive, was anxious as to where it could
be taken, and he had told her it could
stay with her. From expressions OF the
mot ther at this he was led to believe that
the arrangement was pleasing to her,
and he sent an officer to the depot after
the child. There WAS no warrant-the
Mayor says the child was taken In
charge under the supposition that such ac-
ton would b. satisfactory to the mother.
Chief of Police Har ins says that he
knew nothing of the child being at the
CITY Hall until la'e in the afternoon.
The juvenile plaintiff is 2l2 ears old
and is a pretty child.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
THE FIRST AUTOMATIC HANGING
JACK KETCH's OCCUPATION MADE
UNNECESSARY.

The New Apparatus Worked Success
fully in That There Was No Bungling
And Death Was Speedy-Improve-
ments On the Original.
HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 1s.-John Cro-
niu was hung here yesterday. The exc.
cution was especially interesting, being
the first hanging in this State under the
law passed by the last general assembly
and the FIRST trial Of an automatic gal
lows in the East. This last is the idea Of
Warden Woodbridge.
Aided by James H. Rabbit forger,
now serving two and half years sen.
tence. the warden evolved what he, con.
siders an Improvement on the hanging
machine in use in Colorado. Small shot
has been substituted for water in
the operation of the lever which
releases the weight and an arrange
ment made whereby the execution may
be STAYED at anv moment. The COM
partment in which the shot are confined
resembles an hourglass and the mechan.
ism employed is thoroughly under the
warden's control. The shot was started
in motion by the movement Of lever
and another lever would have enabled
the warden to have stopped 1t at any
time. The progress of the shot and the
approaching moment when the weight
would be released is indicated on dial
resembling clock. There was also an
arrangement by which the execution
could be effected at once.
When Cronin had been seated In the
chair and made fast. signal from the
executioner indicated to the man who
had charge Of the lever that he was
ready. The machinery was set in motion,
there being no visible evidence of any.
thing unusual. The adjustment Of the
machine was made so perfect that the
weight OF BOG pounds made no percepti.
bic noise as it was released and fell to
the ground beneath. Instantaneously
the victim was jerked into the air, falling
backward to within two feet Of the floor
He was dead IN a few moments.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
THE HOUSE HAS THU BANKING BILL
A VOTE IMPROBABLE TILL AFTER
TIE HOLIDAYS.

some Members Think They Can Vote
More IntellIEently After They Have
Seen Their Constituents-The Whole
Matter In the Control of the House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-There is strong
opposition in the House against any
attempt to force a vote On the new bank
ing bill before the holiday recess. Messrs
Walker. Mass, and Johnson. Ind. who
have written a minority report
against the measure will urg'
the committee on rults to Siv'
them hearing in opposition tt
any undue haste before the committee or
rules definitely reports. One member o
the committee said that there ought tt
be three DAYS debate after the holida,
recess before the House votes on the bill
and various amendments will be sub
united. He explained, and many Repub
licans entertained the sam. view, tha
the House could not more intelligent
" upon the measure after the mem
bers had gone home and consulted will
their constituents, and everybody ha:
had opportunity fully to digest the prop
ositions involved in the Carlisle bill
|, is not unlikely that these objection!
will prevail, and the expectation at th'
pre- sent time is that the vote will be post
poned until the fAst week in January.
Later-Thtrc will be no attempt OF
the part of the House committee on rule!
to interfere with debate on the Carlisle
banking bill for the present at least
The conclusion rt achcd by the committee
this morning was to leave the matter it
control of the House. 1t is not believe,
probable. however, that any attcmp
will be made to reach a votc on tn
measure until after the holiday recess.
la the Horse this morirg, in record
ancc with his notice given Yesterday
Springer (Dem.. I'ls.) moved that TIN
House resolve itself into committee of tn
whole to consider the Carlisle cur
rencv bill. Agreed to and Richardson
! (Dem.. Tenn took the chair. Wake
(Rcp Mass.) gave notice that at tn
proper time, he would offer a substi' ut
Tor the committees Till, and it was OF
dtred to be printed in the form of a bill
Springer then entered upon discus
sion of the bill.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
4 DANGEROUS INJURY.

Master Prescott Thompson Kicked In
the Head by n Horse.
Prescott Thompson, the nine years old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson,
was the victim of u very serious accident
yesterday afternoon. He was in buggy
with hi, mother and colored driver,
on the way to Bucna Vista from
Asheville, and was sitting in the
fore part of the vehicle upon box
containing a .croquet set he had
bought for his sister. When n.ar X
p Walkers residence, beyond Biltmore
the horse became fractious and Rgar
kicking. Prescott was struck in tn,
back OF the head by the horses shoe ant
the injury sustained is regarded as 9
dangerous one. Drs. A. s. Whitaker
and John Hey Williams are atteadink
the little sufferer,
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
IT KILLS DIllITIIERIA.

\ Practical Test of AntitoXinc Made
on Hopeless Case.
ST. LOUIS Dec. 1911 first practical
test of the benefits Of the recent; discov.
cred aptitoxinc as cure for diphthrria
was made here yesterday and was
proved success.
Tie sui ject upon which lie experiment
was made is three years old child o
Floyd Schock. The child's condition
was such that tracheotomy had beer
decided upon as a last resort to save its
life. The parents, however, consented tc
experiment with antitoxine, and its
effect was instantly apparent. The child
breathed easier, ard In IL hours all diph
theritic symptoms had passed away.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-12-18
CONDENSED TELECRA!NS,

John Lee Carroll, IT,, youngest son Of
Ex-Governor John Lee Carroll, has been
adjudged insane. Carroll inherited q
large fortune from his grandfather's C.
tate.
General Z. s. Dennis Il dead at hls home
in Carlyle, Ills aged 50 years. He lived
at Taltulah, Miss, many years where b,
was Judge Of the court Of session.
l.. Henri Brison (radical) has beer
elected President Of the French Chamber,
Of deputies by vote Of 249.
The diamond cutters Of Amsterdam
have gone on q strife.