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The Republican., 1898-03-24
JURY TOO COLD TO DISAGREE.
steam in the Room Was Turned ON in
Zero Weather.

The town of Bucksport, Me-, made ia
nous by the play "Old Jed Prouty,"
figures in an episode in real life that is
about as interesting as some of the
scenes OF the drama above mentioned.
The incident has to do with the adven-
ture of a jury of ~ men, After the
case had been given to the jury late on
Saturday and they had been unable to
agree on a verdict after three hours, the
steam was turned off and even lights
were turned off and they were left to
the mercies of zero weather. Later they
were told that unless they came to an
agreement at once they would be locked
in the room until Monday morning.
The case was an action brought to
determine a pauper settlement. The
towns of Brooklyn and Blue Hill We're
chiefly interested, but the town OF
Bucksport took the plaintiffs position
through an agreement arising from
small interest which Bucksport had OBJ
tanned through aid rendered to some.
members of the family in question. TheI
case was an old one and had been i1f
the courts before. There was great
deal of interest in it all over the county
from the fact that at one time and am
other the members of this particular
family had lived in and received AID
from great many different towns w
closely were the lines drawn that it wasl
difficult 10 secure jury to try the case
and a special venire had to b2 issued.
The case went to the jury Saturday
afternoon about six o'clock. For some
reason, after three hours, the Steam was
turned off and the room was allowed to
become so cold that it was necessary
for the jurymen to put on their over
coats and walk about in order to keep
from being chilled. For part of the
time, toe, the lights were turned out,
thus adding to the general discomforts
of the situation.
Some time Sunday morning the off
Ger in charge of the jury. Sheriff
Hooper, of Ellsworth, according to the
statements of some of the jurymen, en-
tered the juryroom and informed the
members of the jury that unless they
should agree upon verdict at once
they would be kept where they were un-
til nine o'clock Monday morning. Cp
TO that time, it is said, the vote had
stood eleven to one in favor of the de-
fendant town, and there had been ap-
parently no indication of an agree
ment. At nine o'clock Sunday morn
ing, however, a sealed verdict was rem
dered, which. read in court Monday
morning, gave the decision to the de-
fendant.
When the jurymen were discharged
there were loud complaints and threats
of vengeance against the sheriff. This
official tries to excuse the matter on
the ground that the janitor went home
without first consulting the sheriff An
appeal has been taken on the ground
that the sheriff acted in excess of his
authority when he tried to intimidate
the jurors by freezing them out.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Republican., 1898-03-24
Log Cabin Philosophy.

Some folks will never buy almanacs
ez long ez dey kin tell dat springs
a-comin' by de chills en- fever.
Wen de Office gifts up in de mawnin'
en- goes seekin' fer de man it ginrully
falls over him TO it goes ten steps.
In time er peace some folks holler so
loud fer war dat wen de war comes dey
amt got no voice to answer ter roll call.
You can't ketch fish Of you talks too
much. Fish is like folks: Some er dem
abominates gossip.
Hard times has been ever sence de
worl' commence. l shouldn't wonder
eff Methusaleh didn't complain of 'em
wen de BARRIERS er diffrunt ginerations
charged him two dollars ter cut his
hair.-Frank l.. Stanton, in Chicago
Times Hernld
The Republican., 1898-03-24

AN ARKANSAS PASTEL.
A Word Picture with n Very Pa
thetic TOninG.

thetic TOning.
He sat on a backless wooden chair
in front of his little cabin, idly cutting
a ''yaller" pine stick with his big jack
knife. The rly-cultivated corn was
dry and yellow, but he had evidently
not touched it. He was a characteristic
specimen of the men of the section,
tall, gaunt, ragged and yellow.
Eight or ten hounds lay around on
the dusty soil near him.
drew up my horse.
"Hello!" L said; I'VE need rain"
'Mebby,' he said.
You have a pretty good stand of
corn there" 1 said.
Yep" he said, languidly.
about time you were getting it in.
don't you think?" | asked.
"Mebby."
when do you think you will harvest
it? You couldn't have better weather."
Dunno"
''Now, look here" l said. "You have
fair crop of corn there. Why don't
you get to work and take it in. | sup
pose, like all the, rest of you, you will
let your wife do 'it?'
Nope"
well, it is a wonder. And you don't
know when you will go to work at it?"
Nope"
And you are not going to make your
wife do it?"
Nope"
well, I'm glad to hear that anyway
| never saw people who were as will
ing to let their wives do all the hard
work as you men out here. You make
their lives one long worry and sor-
row"
He got up and came over to the fence
and leaned his arms on it. The eight
or ten dogs followed him.
Miss" he said, slowly, Eyer mean
all right l calkerlate | know what
yer drivin' at, an | reckon | desarve
it, but jest don't go on ter day.
feel kinder played out ter-day."
He pointed to the cabin with his open
knife. Yer see," he said, my old
woman is in there, dead"
When | looked back at the turn of
the road he was sitting on the broken
chair and one of the ! nds had its
head in his lap, and he mad his face
buried in the soft hide of the hounds
nCck.-Ellis Parker Butler, in the Vel,
low Book.
The Republican., 1898-03-24

was received of a dreadful marine dis
aster in which a near relative of the
lady had met his death. There can be
no doubt that there was thought trans
mission in that case"
That reminds me-" said a newspaper
correspondent, 'of book which l read
30 years ago. 1t was treatise on all
diseases, prepared by a physician
named Gum, and was designed to be a
household necessity. 1t was entertain
ing and instructive. l remember in his
essay on mesmerism (that was before
the word telepathy came into common
use) the author said that when he was
q young man he was very much in love
with bright and beautiful girl who re-
turned his affection. One day he went
into park and sat there thinking of his
love. In a short time she appeared be,
fore him and said that she had been
thinking of him so constantly that she
had come to the park hoping that she
might find him there. He attributed
the occurrence to mesmerism, and at
different hours, without warning her,
he went to the park and, by fixing his
mind upon the object of his affections,
he could invariably draw her to the
spot. 1t usually took her half an hour
to dress and reach the place, so the
young physician calculated that his
mental command that she come to him
was received and obeyed instantly"
by the way" said DR.. Miller, about
year ago | read magazine article
written by Mark Twain on the subject
of te'epathy which made great inn
preston upon my mind. There were a
number of instances given out of the
personal experiences of Mark Twain,
and one of them remains until this day
very wildly impressed upon my mem
ory. 1t seems that one evening, in New
York, Mark Twain was thinking of a
literary friend of his, away out on the
other side of the continent in California,
and conceived the idea of a peculiar
style of book, for the writing of which
his friend was particularly well fitted.
He gave the matter considera ble atten-
tion during the few remaining days of
the week, and on the following Sunday
he wrote letter to his friend in Cali
fornia, giving a skeleton outline of the
book which he believed that he could
write, and make considerable money
by publishing. Before mailing the let
ter which he had written he received a
letter from his friend in California,
who had evidently been thinking of the
same subject at the same time that
Mark Twain first gave it consideration.
The letter from California contained
a detailed outline of the skeleton of the
same kind of book; only instead of
suggesting to Mark Twain that he
write the book, the writer asked his
opinion and judgment as to the ad-
visibility of spending some time in the
preparation of such book, and as to
whether he could secure it's publication
at advantageous terms to the writer.
OF all of the instances given in the SUI
perior article written by Mark Twain
upon the subject that appeared to be
the most remarkable case of thought
transmission upon record in this coun-
try or anywhere else. There could be
no doubt that the thoughts of the two
men were communicated clear across
the North American continent"
SMITH D. FRY.
The Republican., 1898-03-24

be informed as soon as the gun was
fired. Four days passed, and then Grant
said: That gun will never be fired. It
is Quaker gum And he was right.
Logs painted black were called
Quaker guns. With lot of those de-
coys the confederates fooled Mcclellan
for weeks at Yorktown; and in the same
manner they fooled Halleck before
Corinth. But Grant had more gump-
tion, or whatever you call it, than to al
low himself to be fooled in that way.
AS a matter of fact he had telepathic
information on various occasions. 1t is
a matter of record that on the afternoon
of the first day of the battle of Pitts
burg Landing Sherman told Grant that
they must make preparations to retreat
over the river during the night. Grant
replied that Buell. would be up with re-
endorsements, and a victory would be
won on the morrow. Sherman said that
inquiry developed the fact that Buell.
could not possibly reach the ground in
time for the battle of the following day.
Grant replied: I am firmly impressed
that Buell. will be here, and shall stay
where l am His impression was
correct, and he won victory the next
day"
1T is my impression" said Mr.. Good
rich, that the very first case of we'll
defined modern telepathy occurred
upwards of so years ago. A lady in New
York was entertaining some friends in
her parlor, when she suddenly, as one
in trance, began to describe a ship
wreck which she said she could mental
ly see. She described it with such vivid
ness of detail that profound impress
sion was made upon the minds of all
present. There happened to be one
cool-headed person there who wrote
down the day, the hour and the minute
when this description of the shipwreck
was made. and few weeks later news
The Republican., 1898-03-24
WOnan'a wit.

Wife-For mercy's sake it you mus,
smoke, smoke cigars, and not that hor
rid pipe.
Husband smoke pipe for the sake
OF economy.
"Do you smoke pipe in your office p
''No-o, | smoke cigars there"
"Well, you smoke your pipe there, and
tell the firm it's for the sake of econ
omy. They'll soon raise your salary.
N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican., 1898-03-24
eggs with Mushrooms.

Slice the mushrooms from cans into
halves. Stew ten minutes in little but
ter, seasoned with pepper and salt, and
very little water. Drain; put the
mushrooms into pie dish; break
enough eggs to cover them over the top;
salt, and scatter bits of butter over
them; stew with bread crumbs and
bake until the eggs are "set." Serve in
the dish.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican., 1898-03-24
Cotton Manufacture in Mexico.

Mexico has been manufacturing cot
ton goods for centuries, the first cotton
mill on a considerable scale having been
established in Pueblo by an enterpris-
ing Spaniard in the sixteenth century,
not long after the founding of that city.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican., 1898-03-24
A High and Dry suburb,

She-Oh, do you know, | am COM
pletely infatuated with astronomy.
Now. let's see, where's Mars? In the
west?
Hem the west? Well, guess hard
ly. I'd like to see Mars get past Chi.
cago now that they think it is inhab-
tied. The Greater New York business
has set them wild out there.-Up-tO-
Date,
The Republican., 1898-03-24

Museum Manageable sword-swal-
lower seems out of health.
Keeper-Ies; he quarreled with the
fat lady, and she made him eat his own
words."-Detroit Free Presa-
The Republican., 1898-03-24

He-Don't you think Miss Plainly is
the very image of her mother?
She-Yes, indeed; the resemblance is
something awful.-Chicago Daily News-
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10

is only one "Mephisto'' and that
is lewis Morrison! He will be here
soon to say s.adieu" in this great
character, for other arrangements
make it obligatory for him to ap-
pear next season in an entirely
new and wonderful creation, the
title of which, for obvious reasons
is in the meantime withheld.
The members of the "Webb>
to 1n" Baptist Sunday school
gave an entertainment Sunday
night in Second Baptist church,
the object of which was to help
raise money to advance the Sun
day school work and to organize
new schools in destitute sections
of the country where the PEG
pie have not the privilege of en-
joying the blessings of religion
as we do here. A very interest
ing and appropriate programme
had been prepared. and the rec
itations, readings and music were
all rendered in an earnest and
impressive manner which reflect
ed credit upon the teachers and
pupils of that Sunday school.
At the close of the exercises, a
collection was taken by several
little girls and a liberal contri>
button. was made by the large
audience which was. present.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10
IMMONS-O'BERRY

The ARGUS dofs its hat to Hon.
f. M. Simmons, the intrepid,
magnetic, invincible Chairman of
State Democratic Executive COM
mittee, and to Mr.. Nathan
|O'Berry, the fearless, untiring,
aggressive and always victorious
chairman of the Democratic Elk
ecutive committee of Wayne
county,!
The glorious election returns
from the State and from the
grand old county of Wayne are
sufficient comment upon the su-
perb leadership of these two
great captains of the Democratic
hosts.
No words can express the graf
itude of the redeemed people of
our State and county to these
two distinguished leaders. It is
useless to attempt it. Their
names shall linger with abiding
gratitude and transcendent honor
n the hearts Of the people and
their memory will be transmit
ted along the passing generations
with peerless renown.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10
FLORIDA.

Jacksonville, Fla. Nov, O.
The whole Democratic ticket of
this State is elected. The consti-
tutional amendments requiring
that bonds of State officers be in
sound surety and guarantee CONS
panies were carried overwhelm>
irgly. The Republicans and
Populists will not elect altogether
over five members OF the Legis.
lature, if that many. The Legis-
.lature elected yesterday will
choose a successor to Samuel
|Pasco.
Congressman elected are SITES
|phen M, Sparkman and Robert
W. Davis, Democrats.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10
JUST AND

AS the Raleigh News and o.
server says, the victory in
North Carolina Tuesday
shows that the spirit of
the people of this State is the
same that has animated the white
people of every country in the
world when Anglo-Saxon ciyiliza-
ton is in peril.
The sediment that did more to
carry North Carolina than any
other sentiment is that expressed
by Henry Grady IN his last
speech at Boston, when he said:
"The negro vote can meyer
control in the South! 1 have seen
the white people of a State set
about by black hosts until their
fate seemed sealed. But some
brave man, banding them to>
gether, would rise, as Elisha
rose in beleaguered Samaria, and
touching their eyes with faith,
bid them look abroad to see the
very air "flled with chariots of
Israel and the horsemen thereof.
elf there is any human force
that cannot be withheld, it is the
power of banded intelligence and
responsibility of a free communi-
ty. Against it, numbers and corr
ruption cannot prevail. 1t is the
inalienable right of every COM
munity-the just and righteous
safeguard against an ignorant OF
corrupt suffrage"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10

none of these appear to have
suffered such complete demolition
as befell the early opinions. No
documents affecting the present
docket of the court were injured.
The fire at one time threatened
to invade the Senate document
room, reaching to within four or
five feet of it.
A report was current during
the morning that the west CEN
trail wall of the Capitol was
cracked as a result of the explo-
sion. Architect Wood made a
careful examination and located
the crack which had aroused
suspicious. It proved, however,
TO be ia the outer, Or veneer wall,
and not in the six foot foundation
wall On the west side. This main
wall has stood over 100 years,
and is stl.l in fairly good condi.
ton. When additions were made,
a veneer wall, about ten inches
thick, was added outside. The
explosion last night blew out a
heavy stone door frame in the
outer wall, and this in turn
loOsened several stones in the
veneer wall. Mr.. Wood satisfied
himself that the main wall had
not been disturbed.
The Supreme court sat to-day
IN the room of the Senate Com
mittee for the District of CoIums
bia.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10
Old Wayne Gives 1000 Majority!

his fusion opponent Moses B.
Farmer. The legislative ticket,
and the vote for several of the
other county officers exceed this
majority--great as the sherif's
majority is.
Messrs. F. A. Daniels and I.
F. Hill, our Democratic Sena-
torial ticket. have swept the en-
tire district and are elected by
1900 majority.
Hon. E. W. Pou's majority
over Ollie Dockery for Solicitor,
is about 5000.
The vote for Mr.. W. E. Foun-
tain, independent Democrat, for
Congress over White, colored
Republican, and Lloyd, Populist,
gives him a majority abreast of
that for sheriff, and the indica>
tions from the other counties of
the district point strongly to his
election by an overwhelming
majority.
Meyer has such a campaign
been waged in North Carolina.
Truly it is a landslide for Dem
ocracy-for white supremacy.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10
MT. OLIVE LETTER.
A Weeks Happenings of the MI.
Olive Section.

A Weeks Happenings of the Mt.
Olive Section.
ARGUS BUREAU,
JNO. r. SMITH, Mgr.
Nov. 9, 1898.
Mrs. J. R. Smith is quite Ill.
Miss Lila Wilkinson is improv-
ing.
Mr.. N. B. Futrel is much i'm
proved.
The Misses Filyar of Whining,
ton are spending a few days with
Miss Bessie Williams.
Rev. Peter Mcintyre filled his
regular appointment Sunday in
the Presbyterian church.
There is soon to be an enters
tainment given by the ladies for
the benefit of the Methodist church
fund.
Mrs. Marian Korns and son of
Wilmington, N. c., and Mrs.
Storm, of Norwich, N. Y, spent
Tuesday in town, the guest of
Capt. Hallet.
We had the most orderly cleo
ton we ever witnessed, every man
did his part and did it in an orr
derby business like determined
way, our gains were more than we
expected.
The talk of moying the wares
house to the northern end of the
town has caused a great deal of
discussion, The truckers think it
would be an imposition on them
to make them drive so much far
Their to unload their truck, and
they use as an argument, which
seems plausible, that there will
be no streets opened up at that
end of town, and it will cause
them to have to drive along the
side of the railroad and no way
for them to get out of the way of
passing trains. There is a strong
petition in circulation asking the
railroad authorities to investi-
gate the matter and they have
been offered land free sufficient
for their buildings in the south.
ern part of town, near the old
depot. The people should be
heard in this matter, and if you
are interested you should say so
at once.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10

| XNTtV
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From all parts of the State
come the same glorious returns
from Tuesdays. election, that
North Carolina is redeemed; that
the grand old State rises in her
Anglo Saxon supremacy and
challenges the nation and the
world to look upon her and won-
der and admire and applaud.
It is needless to recapitulate
the odious conditions, the harrow
ing experiences, the shameful
profigacy, the stalking menace
of nameless dread, the lowering
cloud of yet deeper degradation
that u people have known and
Travelled under during the re-
gime of Fusion. 1t is familiar,
burning, soul-nauseating knowl-
edge to US all. But the crucible
has been trodden. the ordeal is
behind us, the sunlight of Victo-
ry, the song of peace, the ass
surance Of safety, the proud sat-
isfaction of our States honor
redeemed, the promise of res
newed investment of capital and
wideped avenues of industry, res
established faith in the integrity of
our commonwealth, a future "a
dlant with promise and bouyant
with hope-all these and more are
the glad, gracious, priceless privi-
leges and peerless advantages the
people of North Carolina to-day
enjoy as the fruits of yesterdays
greet battle with the cohorts of cor
ruption and darkness and the vic
tory we have achieved.
There is only one way to ac-
count for yesterdays voting-It
was a landslide for Democracy:
It was an avalanche of retribu~
ton against RusseIlism, Fusion
and the cohorts of infamy that
have reveled in power and bat.
tened upon The increased taxes
of an oppressed people, and glo-
ried in the shame Of negro rule
and vicious insolence they had
fostered in our State.
Leaving the State returns with
this general comment, and COM
ing down to Wayne county-als
ways Democratic and invincible,
we have, under the splendid
leadership of Chairman O'Berry,
broken all records, and given to
the entire ticket ever ONE
THOUSAND majority.
The official returns from all
the voting precincts of the couns
ty have been received and are
now being tabulated, and while
the ARGUS had forecast the res
suits and given out its estimate
at 700 majority, the returns, Off
cially footed up to-day, see our
700 and raise the majority to over
one thousand.
Basing the general average
majority on the vote for sher-
if-and some of the other candi-
dates lead the sheriff's vote-we
have the following Democratic
majorities throughout the voting
precincts of the county:
Goldsboro; precinct A, 134; pre-
cinct B. 228; precinct G, rs; pre-
cinct D, 50, Saulston, 40; Sauls' X
Roads, 10; Great Swamp. IA;
Fremont. go; Pikeville No. l.,
81, Pikeville Nc. 2, %; Fork, 60;
Grantham No. /, 80, Grantham,
No. 2, tie; Mt. Olive, 80; Provi.
dence, 5; Indian Spring, 81; White
Hall, 90; New Hope No. 2, A;
Total, 1862.
The following precincts gave
the following Republicans opu.
list fusion m%ajorities:
Go1dsboro township, outside
city precincts, 5; Thunder
Swamp, IS; Dudley, SO; Stoney
Creek, %; New Hope No. 1, 81;
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-10

New Chwang has been a mar
ket for American cotton. She
now proposes to monopolize it:
Havana cigarmaking will soon
be a domestic industry, but the
price may not be fully domesti-
Gated.