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of maintaining order, may instruct Sir
Philip to direct the commander of the
Dryad not to enter the Dardanelles at
present.
Abdul Hamid appears to have COM
pletely lost his head and the public
service is entirely disorganized.
United States Minister Terrell, has
received details confirming the report
ed massacre of christians and the des-
truction of American mission property
at Marash, on November is. 1t is now
established beyond a doubt that the
schools of science attached to the Am
erican Mission and other buildings
were pillaged and set on fire, and that
two other buildings belonging to the
Americans were ransacked.
Mr.. Terrell's advices also confirm the
statement that no protection was af-
forded the Americans or their proper
ty, in spite of the promises of the
Porte, until eight hours after the riot
ing. The American missionaries, tel
egraphing under date of Tuesday last,
November 26. from Marash, say they
are all safe under the protection of the
Turkish authorities. An estimate is
being made of the damage done and
the Turkish officials says they are do
ing everything possible to recover the
property looted from the American
buildings. Every report whach reach
es Constantinopie, not only confirms
the stories OF reported outrage but adds
to the dist of horrors recorded and
swells the death roll by hundreds
daily, Blood fire and famine have been
staIking unchecked if not encouraged
throughout the Asiatic dominions of
Turkey and the hour, it is again said,
cannot long be delayed when Europe
must cry Halt and the cross be up
raised against the green banner of Ma
homet.
From Erzer@s9m some additional
news was forthcoming to-day but it
only served to paint the picture black
er and redder. More attempts to ex-
tricate the Christian popaation of
that city and vicinity have been made
ami the AImeniaBs who survive are
actually being indaiced by their priests
to embrace Fslarnism to save their
lives.
despatch from kharpIit, dated yes
terday, November 27. reports that it
has established aiIat the American mis-
sion buildings which werearecently de
s1royed by rioters, previous to the mas
sacre of about 500 christians were set
on fire lyr the kaIrds in the presence of
the Turkish police, who made alb
solutely no effort 10 prevent
them from 50 doing. 1t is
added shat sfhe Mnssuimans also
took part in The incendiarism. al
though tire American missionaries and
the uni,1irned houses were protected
by a detachment Of about one hnn--
dred soldiers. Only slight confidence
Is felt in the security Of the American
missionaries who remain at KharIsslt.
and the non-arriyal here of letters
from fHenl, giving details Of the recent
disturbances at kharput. leads TO the
belief THAI, in spise Of the preminenees
made by the Porte, to Mr. Terrell, they
have been intercepted by the Turkish
aens boritiess
Further adyices from the provinces
establish the fact that the local Turk
isb officials are ooutipuing their ef-
forts TO force the Arnenians. under
serious thrr.ts, TO sign addresses of
gratitude to the Sultan and to declare
that the outbreaks were he work OF
"a few misguided persons
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HIS MESSAGE FINISHED
TT Is A LrNG DOCUWHN AND
WILL To-day GO TO THE
PRENTERS.
CONTAINS ABOUT $1,000 WORDS

BUt if il is Decided 10 leave OuG the
Patts About Cuba and Vcnezuela
for Special Messages Eater is win
BE Cnt DuVn Considera bIy-Dix-
cgssed Yesterday III Full Cabinet
Meeting-Caucuses OF Senators and
Members Of the House.
WASHINGTON, Nov %. The Presi-
dent came into town TO-DAY and the
cabinet gathered for the last meeting
before the assembling of Congress.
Naturally the annual message of the
President was the leading topic for dis
cussicn, the reports of members of the
cabinet having all been prepared with
the exception of those of the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Attorney
General. The message itself is nearing
completion rapidly and probably viii
go to- the printer tomorrow or Sun
day.
At the printing Office all preparations
have been made for its handling and
a force of carefully selected men will
soon turn the typewriter copy into
print. 1t is understood that the docu
ment will be of about the same length
OF last years communication, making
perhaps fifteen thousand words, al
though in the event that it is deemed
necessary to reserve for treatment in
special and later message the dis
eJIssion of Cuban and Nenezeulan af
fairs. the principal message may b'
shortened cnErespondingly
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a Fa'al Shooting at Lenoir

LENOIR, n. C.. Nov. 20.- (SpeciaD -
Samuel Newland day before yester-
day went to the harness shop of Frank
Steelman and shot him. Steelman' S
condition was thought to be favorable
until yesterday, but he died this morn
ing. Newland made his escape.
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Geld still Going out.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The Treas.
ury to-day lost $1.750,000 in gold for
export, which leaves the true amount
of the gold reserve SIS, $780, ,s55.
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CtHb DATES FOR OFFICE,
N"r't fHf"lips if.,s Unique One in
egr ForgunP.


WASHINGTON. Nov. -(SpeciaID
y. y. Fortune, of North Carolina. one
of the candidates for postmaster Of the
House. * a State Senator. His father
was prominent Judge in North Caro-
lima the is a son Of the late Judge Lo-
gam, and is the man who gave the
famous definition of what constitutes
fence in the eyes of the judicial
power. In charging a jury on one oe-
caslcn ia ease relating to a fence. he
was called upon to make plain what
the law holds to be statutory division
fence. The definition was brief and
to the point. Such fence. he said.
must be horse high, bull strong. and
pig tight" 1t was a definition such as
the intelligent jury in the case could
easily grasp in all its bearings.
Mr.. Fortune IS an entertaining talker
of the true Southern stamp. He has
the distinction of having been thrice
bitten By snakes and surviving the dis
aster in fun possession of his vigorous
health.
''The first time" he said to a Post re
porter, "a copperhead nipped me in the
left ankle. This species of snake Is
one of the most venomous in existence.
ana us bite is usually fatal. I was
about nine years old. They gave me a
quart of genuine old North Carolina
whisl<ey to drink, and in twelve hours
! was as well as ever. The second
snake got its work in on my little toe.
but the same prescription cured me.
The third time water moccasin tried
to take bite ont of me and sunk his
fangs into my flesh up to the gums.
but | knew it to be HARMLESS and nevel
bothered myself about the bite. North
Carolina corn whiskey will cure snake
bites. Put that down.
s. <
The report of the commissioner Of
education shows that the total numbe
OF pupils enrolled in 1894, i'm pubIic
and private schools i'm the UnitedStatee
was 15,530,208 or 22SS per cent. of the
entire population-14,s4 sac, ,858 i'm public
and private elementary schools. 4S0. .9sq
IN secondary schools, and 203.O52 in in
stitutions of higher education OF the
grand total, 15,53O,2G8, the number iu
the public schools of all grades was
l4,0l2,498 and in private schools of all
grades 1,517,770
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A. Large Number OF Pre- chers Passed
the Examination OF Character es-
teFday---An Enthusiastic Sunday
School Mass Meeting DR. BaFbee's
Address ON TIE Publishing Honse I'm
terest--Dr. Kiigo's Report of Trinity
college Work.
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But The Failure Of Busint IS 20 Improve
is Also Partly Due TO the Continued
Warm Weather and the IDclinatiOn
OF HuyerA tO did rO heir Stocks Du-
r,pg Closing Months OF the Year--
Movement OF crop, Small with a
Holding Back for Higher Prices.
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The DuIies-Finchcd Cnn.

onet. AS he hurried on he gave the
gun a twisting motdon-it seemed then
to be barbarism, but it may be it was
simply his haste-and the bayonet was
detached from the gun, and remained
sticking in me and through me down
into the sand"
His visitor shuddered.
And you lived?"
Eyes, rather" replied the doctor,
laughing. Even that seems a small
thing now. "Of course my hands were
all right, and after the rebels had gone
I managed to work out that bayo-
net. But it pulled some sand up with
1t, and that was stripped Off in the
lungs and used to bother me a good
deal, but [ guess it is all gone low.
1--WE laid there ten days without the
slightest attention from any one. or
course there was no such perfect hos
pital arrangement then as there was
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later, and We simply had to look out

later, and we simply had to look out
Tor ourselves. Some Of the boys whose
legs were good managed to 20 to the
water and they brought dring to the
rest OF us. And they went through the
havcrsacks OF the dead and found
something for us to eat. Eut 1t was
a pretty hard ten days for a man who
couldn't move, after all. 1t used to
o little shallow place in the sand by
Our sides, and that would fill with wa
ter m keep us most Of the day. 1 was
afraid l would bleed to death; so two
Of the fellows tore the lining out Of a
blouse and I plugged up my wound
with that, and I got along"
The doctor was turning over the
leaves Of his old diary. He had for
gotten that wound on the battlefield.
"How did you get out OF itT'
Taken to Libby Prison.
"Oh, the Johnnies took US. 1t wasn't
a very difficult thing to do. And they
pretty tough for a time, and then they
put us In Libby-13O Of us. I was one
Of five to come out alive But l didn't
walk a step. They paroled me, and l
was taken with the rest, first to Pc
tersburg and finally around and up the
Delaware river to Chester, Pa. That
was my home state and I got along
better there. There they cut out the
bullet-after it had been in my back
four months. The bayonet wound was
entirely healed up by that time, and
without a particle Of attention aside
from what 1 could give 1t.
Il weighed $50 when I vas wounded,
and I weighed ninety pounds when l
reached Chester. But mother came TO
don't believe I have looked over these
old things before in five years.
And the doctor dismissed the mat
ter. But there is a cap and q fat
tened bullet, and a blood-stained let
ter, and q quaint old diary to connect
this robust and prosperous figure with
the wounded lad of thirty years ago.
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Penalties for Careless Coaehmen

Penalties for CareleAs COachmen.:,
When an omnibus or cab driver runs
over Il foot passenger in London streets
the possible loss of license exercises
a wholesome, restraint. The private
coachman and the driver Of a trades
mans cart have far less conjunction
in teaching an old gentleman to get
out of their way by running him down.
At the worst they are fined; not infre-
quently their fines are paid by a SYM
pathizing employer. But no one pays
a poor claimants fines, and the loss of
a license in addition means the loss
Of his means Of a livelihood. In Paris
we believe, the driver Of a facre is
generally allowed by the law to run
over lone bourgeois in the course Of a
year; In London magistrates are less
lenient. Moreover the law makes an
unfair and arbitrary distinction be-
tween the claimants case and that of
the unlicensed driver. The former is
liable to be removed from the box for
good and all; the driver of the cart
may continue to urge ON his wild ca.
Feer, though he destroys several citi.
zens in the course OF a year.---The Spec
tater.
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Correcting Geographical Names

Correcting Geographical Names.
There is a bureau at Washington
which has undertaken to correct geo.
graphical names. There are some In
this state, as well as elsewhere, that
need amendment. The gallant knight
Of the days Of Queen Elizabeth, who
died on the scaffold under her sue
cessor, the mar who was declared to
be 'the breath of the nostrils Of the
English bishops" wrote his name Wal.
ter Raleigh. Why should the capital
Of North Carolina. insert the letter iY'
Sir Thomas Arundel of Wardour had
a daughter, Anne Arundel, who mar
ried a Lord Baltimore. A county in
Maryland is called after her. Why
should it be spelled with one a." when
the family in England to this day
write Arundel? There is an earldoln
Of Arundel held by another family,
but that earl and his family had moth
ing to do with Maryland. When
James, duke Of York, under the grant
from his brother, sent New Netherlands
into the history Of the past, he Gre
ated several new counties. He made
a city and county of New York from
his English title, Albany from his
Scotch title, Ulster county after his
| Irish title; he made also a Dukes coun-
| ty, which was afterward ceded to
Massachusetts, and still bears the
name. He made a Duchess county In
honor Of his wife, Mary Of Medenna,
duchess Of York. People persist, how
ever in spelling Duchess with a IT."
as though it had some relation to the
Dutch Yet, in fact, there was n, carly
Dutch settlement there, and It was
mainly peopled by German Palal lines.
New York Times.
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Ialten 1nIO a REMINISCENT uOOu 1--WE
patients.
Il got that in thespring of 49," said
the doctor, as he looked at the cap and
blew the dust from the visor-dust Of
West Madison street, which lay where
the red dust Of the peninsula had laid
more than thirty years ago. 1T was
near Warwick Court House, w. Va,
and we had just broken camp, and
were on the way up the peninsula on
the general movement toward Rich
mond."
What battle?"
"Oh, it wasn't any battle at all. 1t
was just a little picket fight. That
was going on all the time. The woods
were full of rebel sharpshooters, and
we didn't dare venture out Of camp or
they would pick us off. They had a
strong picket line ahead Of Us all the
time, and there was a good deal OF
firing. Here is a note in the diary /
kept at the time" And he pointed to
the lines in faded pencil:
Rebels about eighty or a hundred
yards; kept up a constant firing. Bull
let went through my cap.
did you hear it,"
well, there were SO many I couldn't
pick out any one; but this was the
bullet I did not hear. You may be cer-
tain Of that. When you can hear a
bullet, Of course it has passed you, and
it is harmless as fur as you are con-
cerned. You won't hear the bullet that
hits you"
But this didn't hit you"
Knocked Him ~Senseless.
mo, it only went through my cap.
But it knocked me senseless--the COL
cussion, I suppose. 1t left a queer feel
ing all day: I made a note of it here
in the diary, because it seemed to me
at the time quite an important thing.
But I came to look at it differently at
the end"
Were you eve really wounded?"
"Once or twice"
allow was it, doctor? How did it
feel?"
"Oh, it hurt a little. It hit me here,
just above. the right hip, and travelled
clear across my back lodging in the
right side. It was cut out afterward
and I have it here. See where it is
lattened by striking against the bones
as it broke them on its way through"
when was thatY"
"Oh three months afterWard, during
the seven days fight. It was in June.
You know all about the peninsular
campaign, when Mcclellan moved his
whole army up country In the first
great advance on Richmond. Well,
things didn't 60 very well with us,
you may remember. And they didn't
go well at all with me. When I was
hit Of course it ended my fighting. The
enemy came rushing across the field
where I lay with the rest Of the
wounded, and with the dead, for the
matter Of that. And they were fight
ing for all there was in them, and
when they saw a Yankee that seemed
to be too much alive they ran him
through with the bayonet- It may have
been cowardly and all that, but they
were young to real battle then, and
besides they were terribly, f%earfully in
earnest.
".And so one Of them rammed me
right through the breast with his bay
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StraininE u Friendship.


He-What changes time makes! Just
think, only a year ago I was i'll love
with you.
She-Does it seem so short;
He-What, since you refused me? In
one sense, yes. 1t shows how quickly
ones feelings can he revoluti ,ni.ed. I
never dreamed then that I could be just
your friend.
She-And now?
He-Now it is difficult to understand
how I could be anything else. This,
this is so much better.
She-Do you think so?
Hell know it. I was blind; blind to
your faults, blind to the best that is
in you Now I can see clearly, and to
be simply your friend is all I could
wish for. What splendid sense you
showed when you refused me!
She-Indeed.
He-Why, it was one Of the best
things that ever happened to me. 1t
fairly brought me to my senses. And
now, how different it is! I don't sup
pose it would be possible for me to get
uD 4 grain Of sentiment so Tar as you
are concerned.
She (coldly)-Quite a change o the
fool you made of yourself.
He (heartily)-Ycs, isn't it?
She (sneeringly)-I suppose you low
have an unbounded admiration for
yourself at such a marvellous recovery.
He (dumfouDded)-Why, surely, sure
ly, you arc not angry With me, my
friend. What have J said?
She bursting into tears)-Notbing,
orlv Won MIGHT havA rakQn a longer
time to get over It!
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GOES TO JAPAN.

John A. COckerill, Special Cores
pOncent of the New York Herald.
John A.. Cockerill, the brilliant jour
nalist whose name and fame have per
vaded this continent, leaves for Japan
In a short time, to be the war CORES
pondent of the New York Herald and
establish a foreign edition Of the Her
aid. Colonel Cockerill has been term
ed the Napoleon of Journalism" and
he deserves the title. To him more
than to any other man belongs the
credit Of building up in rapid success
sion the Cincinnati Enquirer, st. Louis
Post-Dispatch and New York World,
Colonel Cockeerill is brainy, brilliant
and original in his methods. %iInpulsivc
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A Quaint Old Watch,

What sort Of a watch is this?'
asked DuzenLer:y, picking up a curious
old t%ine-piece from an Austin watch
makers show case
"That," replied the matchmaker, lis
4 real curiosity. It is a watch that be-
longed to Alexander the Great, when
he died on the barren island Of st.
Helena.
1.-The mischief you say. Why, man
alive, in the days Of Alexander The
Great they didn't have any watches.
"That's just what makes it such a
curiosity"
"And Alexander the Great did not die
at st. Helena"
HE didn't, ell? Well that makes it
a still greater curiosity" and taking
the rare relic from the hands of Duzan-
berry, he locked it up in his burglar
proof safe.
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Won Blumer-Well, we'll! you are
nicely fixed.
Dimpleton-Yes, indeed! my mother
gave me these spyglasses.
Won Blumer-Splendid! Splendid!
Dimpleton-And my sister gave me
this travelling bag.
Won Blumer-Elegant, isn't it. When
do you start?
Dimpleton-I can't say exactly, old
man.
Won Blumer-What! Not know when
you are going to start? What's keep
ing you?
Dimpleton-Well, the fact is, I hay
emit heard from my wife's father yet
Puck.
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OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SCINTILLATIONS OF WIT AND HU-
NOR.
\ Quarter of an Hour With the HUI
m0rist-Funny Things From Bright
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sayings.
A Discriminating Bnrbcr.

1T is true that BARRIERS talk a great
DEAL" said the tonsorlal artist as he
lathered Cawker's chin, "but is seems
to be a necessity. The patient in the
chair with nothing but his own thorg.ts
t. occupy his mind would be. rather
lonesome, don't you supposeY
Cawker supposed he would.
BARRIERS need to be good judges Of
human nature, too, that they may adapt
mental capacity Of the men they are
operating upon. I think I car truth
fully say that l never made a mistake
in estimating the mental calibre Of the
men I talk to while at work."
'That sop
eyes, it is. Think how awkward it
would be If when 1 was shaving a
clergyman 1 inadvertently began to dis
cuss the latest prize-ight; or, on the
other hand, If I attempted to entertain
a base ball crank on the latest develop
ments in theological thought"
$50 it would"
"Of course it is easy to distinguish
~clergymen, but it requires considerable
ability to size up an ordinary man and
select a subject which will interest him;
but, as I said, Ihave never made a mis-
take in all my professional career"
'"Thats very remarkable" commented
CaWker.
There was silence for -four or five sec
onds, broken by the BARRIERS query:
Did you happen to be at the rat-kill-
ing match at Sliney's night before
last?"
He got no reply. Cawker. was too
angry to speak, and he never went
back to that barber.-Judge.
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TT PIERCED HIS HAT.
AN OLD SOLDIERS NARROW rs
CAPD FROM DEATH.
Dr.. Q h Gray's Remarkable War
Experiencc-Bullet Went Through
His Hat and His Body Rammed by
a Bayonet Thirty Years Ago.

THAT was the bullet I didn't hear"
said Dr.. John Gray, whose office is
over a clothing store on West Madison
street, says the Chicago Herald.
His visitor was looking at a queer
old cap, such as enlisted men used to
at the beginning Of the war. 1t
had an "FN' and a "13" In furnished
brass-the company and regiment to
which the doctor-then a mere hey, be-
longed. At the upper edge Of the
crown Of the cap, right in the side OF
the tilted top piece, there was a great
hole blackened at the edges, ana in
volying something like an inch of blue
article Of dress.
The doctor had q quiet day, and had
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declare l do hope she will hear of it"
replied a young woman with q fair
round face, but whose black eyes
hashed unpleasantly as she spoke.
"Sh!' said her husband, II don't
like to hear you speak that way, Elsie.
don't sec why you all have taken
such a dislike to Miss Everdale. She
) Is as fine a as I have met this
season, and if she has the good luck
to claim all Of Roy Gilbert's atten-
eon that is no reason why you all
should hate her"
"Oh, yes" answered his wife, I'VE
all know that you men, married and
tIsingle, have adored the ground she
walks on, and the rest of us have
been nowhere eve since she came.
Not that l care, but I do hate to see
= woman SO forward and bold"
p We'll, now, you just wait and hear
] what l have to tell" said Miss Wes-
! ton, the first speaker, and the group
7 turned attentive faces to her.
"I have this straight from Will"
she began. "You see Will was down
IN the office quite late last night with
few of the other men, and among
them was Roy Gilbert. he became
very much interested in relating some
Of his adventures, and before he
/ thought-a5 his name showed after
I ward-he mentioned his wife
His wife!" they all exclaimed in
one breath, and horror was visible on
IL some countenances, while others wore
= malicious triumphant expression.
Eyes, his wife," went on Miss Wes-
Y ton, evidently delighted that she had
/, awakened SO muck interest. And
} Will said some of the men looked kind
Of queer, and as though they pitied
Z him, for he flushed as red as a school,
boy, and then Will said t him: Why
Z Gilbert, old boy, we didn't know you
,tShad a wife. Will she be with you
{ fthis season.
~ You know Will was awfully in
Af1ove with Miss Everdale before Gil
bert came, and l suppose he felt as
although he could forgive him anything
latter he learned that there was nc
chance of Gilbert's having her."
81 "Well, what did Roy say?" asked
tthe black-eyed Elsie.
& Say, why he was as cool as you
Stiease after the first Sc cond and said:
IN All, yes; I have a wife. She is
~tAHs4Eiting her old home this summer.
She may get around here before the
season is over and went on as un-
concerned as could be with what he
was telling.
Nov, what do you think of that?'
The men looked at each other and
1winked and one sour-visaged chap re-
marked:
4 There always was something queer
about Gilbert-seemed as though he
yas trying to hide something!"
nf??"Oh. come, now, Carter, that's toe
bad. If ever there was an honest,