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initiated time ana space and wrought
changes i OF uncomfortable magnitude III
society, industry. commerce and national
life.
Equally far-reaching and revolutionary
have bcen the applications of electrical
science, as seen in tie Geographic systems,
Knitting all the world together, the teis-
uilone, electric Zig htirS s. andf in these iat-
est days, wireless .teiegraphS. To. THIS
century also must te credited vast eN-
tension of iabor-savins maoh!nerS. OF
which the sewing cnachine, the reaper ana
the typewriter are prominent examples
I'erhIps the most gratifying feature OF
1T all is that the advance in every sdepasl-
nent of science and kn5wlsdlga8 was INJURED
so largely to the benefit and comfort OF
the people at large Take. as one Simple
instance, the invention OF the common common.
match,s now lin such zunlvers:tl i.se, ana
" hat an immense stride It was from the
old steel. flint and finder hox. the failure
Of which often -iecessitated an carry
morning call on our neishbor to borrow
q; live coal, TO be taken home III aSheS
in the hand. to start afresh the family
q fire, which had during the night ourheu
entirely out. 1t YVES but little. thlIis.
bit what a world of comfort; and con-
yenience was wrapped Up in we cou thptl
not do without 1t now and Wondss now w
our fathers managed to live under sac1l
privation-
SO in thousand other things the
comfort OF the world has been greatly
advanced and to-day there is to be founa
In the homes OF the great mass OF the
people comforts and convenience. ana
even luxuries, The thought of which nev-
or. entered the minds OF our forefathers.
And wh5 VII not say that for al TINS TINS
the world has been vastly Improved ana
the condition Of its people infinitely bet
go News
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ma war In africa and THE loss Of HE
tfas has already ensacd as tho result
a. this connics between Great Brita 1tn
and she South African Republic has has once
I more called the attention Of the wor.dS
q tho question OF The cos, Of war. ~ nue.
ii is known thar such uaTrels OF na--
.,cns cos, a great amount OF money ss' as
VEL. MS The sacrifice of many lives few
persons have any adequate conception OF
! me rast sums =t.lat haze been spent ora
Of the enormous number of human lives
hat have been lost In this way during turing
the rrcsent century.
q IN order TO compute the cost OF war u
i. necessary 10 divide the question into
syvo parts-money and lives. It is. OF
course. difficult 10 make any sta1etne el,.
hi, regard TO The present war IN AsIaca,
hut AZ tho time Of the firing OF me ~. .
shot 1, was estimated that IL the trouble
x,nntr,,ed for -four months tie cost IN
money would be not less than 2o.V '',V
rounds. or about $50. 05o 600. or nearly one
,cntl, Of the annual national income AS
41,e ncrpula,ion OF the United Kingdom IS
about 4o,0Oo.0oO the increased sanoeptcdness
s,,.r head Tor every man, woman and child
ro,,1o he about SIS. As there Is every
.,ro.nect that the war will continue be-:
yond that time the cost Will be increased 2
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him. It is thought that he was drowned.
Al negro. John Brooks. who was with him
at, the time. managed to escape by swim
ming to the shore Neither the horse
nor the buggy has been found.
Postmaster ARRESTED.
Deputy Marshal Felts last night
brought to the city Elijah 2. Fore, the
Postmaster at Fores postofice in APP
pomattox county, about fifteen miles
from West APPROXIMATION His bail was
fixed at $500 and in default ne was placed
in iail Ee will have herring before
Commissioner Fl. NJ. Ford, Monday ut III
O'Clock.
The charge against him In the warrant
is that of violating section 1921 OF the
revised statutes OF the United States, in
that he did unlawfully and feloniously
use and cause to be used postage stamps
which had been previously used and can
celled. he then being postmaster at Fore's
Postotfice.
HOW DISCOVERED.
1t is stated that the way in which the
matter was brought to the special notice
of the department was that one OF the
circulars sent out by Coin and Ferguson,
the young men from Appomattox in Jail
here for improper use Of TIE mails. was
mailed to the p15tofice by a customer
who claimed thai nc had net received
goods for whicil he had pail.
The department.. it is sad. from this
rad reason to suspect that stamps Wt re-
being used twice over and hence ordered
his arrest. So
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accordingly.
In regard to the cost in blood it has
e,een estimated 1haI nearly 4O.Goa0JO 'lu-
unan beings lose their lives in war every
.,cntury and that In Europe alone This loss
ha. amounted TO lS.DcD.0Oo or "O.O0o.ooo.
II these figures are correct IL would seem
that no Lass than 1,2G9000.0aD men had
laid down their lives for their country
since the battles of the Trojan war. bur
as our nineteenth century figures do not
hear out the estimate one may pa par
doned for regarding 1t as somewhat exaS-
ge1,ated.
EUROPEAN WARS.
II is true however. that during the ilu-
ropcan wars of the first half of TIE CEN
tury no less than 2.ao9.0a9 men lost their
aayes In battle. and Europe was impov-
rrlshed to the extent of more than &c.
10000 600 Since 1856. it is estimated
more than S,OpO0O0 men have died in bat
tie
IKE 7cr-imean war alone cost the nations
engage In At the enormous sum of ST.
500, 600, 600, not TO speak of the 100000 men
who were alain. France lost 10000 out of an
army OF 100000: Turkey SACRIFICED 42@W
men: England lost 22.e00 out OF $3.50.
and Russia returned with less than halt
OF her magnificent force of SSee3o men.
While the Franco-P russian war lasted
hut seven months 1t cost France no less
han $3.50 100000, which does not include
The value of the Alsace. Lorraine which
was given ms indemnity To Germany
! During this short war more than third
of the entire French army of 100.G3O men
were either killed in battle or died OF
sicf.aess while the loss 10 Germany was
about 10000 men, the cost i'll money,
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HOME FOR VETERANS.
Daughters of .he confsaerac, Want

Daughters of shc C0nfeGeracy Want
One in Kentucky.
A movement to build a home in Ken-
lucky for Confederate Veterans is a
project Of the Daughters of the Con-
tederacy living In Kentucky and Ohio.
In response 10 an Inv .tIsion to attend q
reception for the benefit Of such. Mrs.
Fisher. who visited this city during the
last meeting, of thes United Daughters OF
the confeGeracy at the Jefferson Hotel.
writes TO Mrs. T. ". Worcester. In Gin
ci.nati, the following interesting lat
ter:
'.,ro the Daughters OF the Confederacy:
Il accept your invitation TO the euchre
carnival on the 13th OF January. IL is
for a noble cause. We stan1 united, nom
oring the heroes, the living and the dead.
we deem il a privilege to contribute for
those who so. CALAMITY, fought for rnelr
cause L have seen the beautiful. artistic
and ma nificert monument at Rlchmopd,
erected by tte Dau Shters of the sCorfed-
eracy, which is a monument In Itself OF
the great work the daughters haze ana
can accomplish. I haze visited the. old
home of one OF your brave Generals
Jackson. It Is an IDEAL Southern nome
No novelist has ever portrayed a soutneIu
home as this one stands IN ar It's gran
#deur and teau.y. History tells us he was
.,cn,, ne1elf by his own men, who mfsfookt
him for tie enemy. His last words were:
Take me over the river that nlay1rest
under the green trees What a. oeaatiluls
phrase. When the flags unfuri and tne
strumpets sound may we all be able To-
PASS over that beautiful river IS the SUI
- ..afrs.: c. NJ. Fisher.
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&C. 1Tsmen and the French army OIL - ts.
The total loss Of the allied armies was
90 PAS. while the French lost ABOUT 3l,-
COO men. AtsLeipzig $1,000 men We're kiiie'i
~. wounded and at sBorodinoI the hiilea
and wounded numbered 62,oc0. On the
other hand the total loss at Koeniss-EE
craft was but 5000 and at Grayetotte
2s.O0O. considerably less than at many Oh
tho battles of our own Civil war.
The sea fights of the century aiso
offer AN excellent field for pa
A 4bnukir tie conouerors lost $40 men'
Mt Trafalgar 2.ac0 men were los.. -,
sT.;ssa l76. at Manila none and at CaVi.e
only four. The loss on the sac " . ne
yanuuished were considerably greatsr ~.
each battle, and in each instance i.'al ~
ehips were- DESTROYED At Trafalgar ~
were rendered useless, at Navar1no 3d.
at LISA .. and at Manila and CaVite
practically all. 49,,
If one is to accept the estimate ssia maj
roore than 100000 lives have been lost
in battle during the past nifty years u
does n3t require an expert snlathettlite,ei
IN discover that each of these ives ii1se
beer taken at q cost OF no less tnau
az GO As the result the advocates OF
zpeace=E lind the argument PROVIDED cy
these figures an excellent one orfsiteif
use and from the present outlook the war
IN Africa will not tend 10 snow tiisle
armed conflicts are becoming any 1855
zeSpensive Already vast sum or i1ic men,
has been spent and this amount w" ~.
he greatly increased even II the war VIII
the Eoers does not lend to other I'M
pleasant complications.
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ARRAED G@MElIGT@ 0STtITfG99E AlIa0M

about $4,000, GOO being Offset By ti1as
Indemnity that Was paid.
Considering the length of time spent IN
conflict the Civil war was not a particu77ss
iarly expensive one. In money the war
cost the North $4,soo. 600 900. while the
South spent about s., 800. 600 900. At the
first battle Of Bull Run 9. 900 Union and
,,eeo o1i1erderases soldiers fell Shiloh
cost the North 1900 soldiers and the.
South II 900. During the retreat the loss
tosthe two armies was not Jess than 8. GOO.
At Gettysburg the Union force was dimin-5
ished by @ 900, the Confederates by
ssee.ooo Sherman left 1900 soldiers in his
march to the sea: the seige Of Vicksplrg
cost the South p. 900 men. and IS. 600 Fed
erals fell during the bat tie OF the w Lder-l
ness. So the story might be continued.
I.attle after battle was fought and each
was horror beside which the battles
in Africa seem little more than skir-i
nfishes. 50.
SPANISH WAR.
The daily cost of the Spanish war was
{ cn!y about fifty per cent OF that OF the
Civil war. It should've remembered, how
ever. that while there were millions OF
men in the field during the earlier con-
fict only about quarter of million
were engaged during our latest struggle.
so that If actual figures could be given 1t
would probably be seen that the cost OF
fighting had not been reduced by the
introduction of many modern Improve
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ccntury's a achievements.


An enumeration of the great inventions
of the century and the di seoverIes n a:1ll
in the sciences of m eelci e.
chemistry astronomy. biology and arch;
saeoiogN would be8sufic Gent to shoW#tha 1 :.
In these hundre years he ]. llorizon OF:
human thought and knowledge has widen
ed Hout SO that the circle which boundeds
them before seems almost insignificant
In y the comparison. Take, for examp'e e.
the marvellous changes made In methods
5of travel on land and water by the use
of steam and electric motors. says Leslie g
Weekly. rs
UpFtos the present; cent ryzat the wit and
slngeauit men exercised through all
the ages past had evolved nothing letter
for fhe pHrnosPsGc Of atrsval han .heas all
ing vessel by sea md the vehic.c rorrere1s
by horse power on land ~ great inns
had been mad In tt eses things
In thousands ofsyeaTs.e But this century
has witnessed s. the invention the swift
development and the general Introduction:
Of motive agent which have almost an
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1rants In tho line OF war machinery. 1t
has been estimated that the actual cost
of the Spanisll-A1nerican war in dol
lars and cents will be somewhat less than
s41o.G00 600, while Tire number OF lives
sacrificed will not exceed 800
Tie war expenditures Of a country
however. DO not end when peace Is de-
clared The great powers of IuroIe. Tor
instance, spend no less than Ssuo,0o.@e
a yea,. in the maintaining of their war
forces. and 1t has been estimated that
their war budgets have increased
fully twenty-five per cent within
the past six years. In 1869 the European
force at command in time OF '}eaeG DID
not exceed 2.2oo,G05 men. but to-day they
number more than 100000. AT that 1lme.
1869. the annual expenditure of Europe
for this purpose was more than Sl11 ,o'o,o",
while to-day her armies and naViest cost
her more than $3.50, 00O.G00, AMI this amount
is beng constantly increased.
To what extent the people OF every CIVIL
lied country are required to bear the eN-
pense of maintaining armies and naries,
without which war could not be carried
on, may be seen from the following table.
which shows the amount paid per capita
In the various countries to meet this
Item OF national expense:
~ EJ-R OloEtAiN COUNTRIES.
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plies used by the Union army during the

plies used by the Union army during lAe
civil War.
Representative Thomas, OF North Caro-
lima, also introduced a bill directing the
Secretary oil the Treasury 10 pay William
rrye OF Jones county, n. c., $4,000 for
property taken and used by the Fe1erai
army during the aate war.
a majority OF tl.t; Virginia delegation IN
Congress, III company with large NUM-
Der OF the members CT the Virginia Demo
cratic Association, Went to Baltimore this
afternoon to hear the address OF Hon.
William J. BRYAN TO the Baltimore Demo-
cratic Club.
Senator Hale, chairman of the Commlt-
lee of Naval Affairs, has made Il report on
private ownership OF Trans-Paciiic cable.
The report says a number of, bills have
pccn introduced nj this session OF ton
gross looking TO the building of the Trans
Pacific cable. These bills provide for me
construction of the cable without the risk
or expense to the government. They pro-
vide for the making of a contract with a
,,1-iv.a,.e corporation to establish a Trans
]. acific cable touching at Honolulu. Guam
and Manila. with q branch from Guam I"
Japan The, bill also provides that the
company making the lowest bid for inc
cable Is. during the period OF twenty
years, to carry government messases1Ie
over, ti,e system. After that time the gov
,rnfnenta shall pay Tor messages at e1ie
half the rate charged the public.
n. VISITORS AT THE CAPITOL. ss5s..9
The following visitors from North caro-.
liza and Virginia are in the city today. Z
Gordon Granger, Charlottesvllie;s!.N. NJ =.
Early, Creme county: a. B. Barrow, Dam
vile: Thomas Smith. Warrenion::tJ j. >.
l.r.an. Richmond: NJ. S. Browning, Racaa-
,nord: Frank L. Croker. w. L Nolan
George Is hewitt, Portserou th:t J allles -
l<,ncsbury. Fortress Monroe; Z: L.
scnmes, Warrenton; John Cruikshank'
YORKTOWN; William A. McKufry. Wlnches--
TER c.. II McClung. Meadow-NiseHw' .. Z =,
Jones, Plymouth. n. c.: Rer.z,A. :. =. -.
George, New Berne NJ c., and a, NOT
5,.ienn ard wife, Norfolk.
Mrs. Charles Noble Of ElizabethtoWn.
X. T., who recently returned from Rich
1nond with her daughter. whose muslcal
aceonniishments will be we'll reTa n.at
iered, is spending The season viii z! sler
s,is.er, Mrs. j. X. Unton. In this city
At a meeting this morning Of the
Z House Election Committee No. The
date Of the contested-election case OF
Walker VS.. Rhea, from the Ninth 4 Viz ll
sal,ia District was set for February
18th. AVERY unusual course was adopts
ed by. committee In granting each side
-four hours for debate, when the time
usually. allotted In contest is from two
TO shree hours a side. usually the former.
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' and went to sleep far more peacef

by and went to sleep far more peaceful
~ than he had done when he was wen.
DANGER WITH DON'T CARE STATE.
IA man is not dangerously ill So
long as he is afraid he is going to DE
-It-is when he comes to the don't care
stage tina the end is near. The sicker ne
is the less he cares. When his desire TO
live weakens there is not much for the
physician to do unless he can stimulate
him to mental effort. The dying man is
tired and would rest;it is more difficult
to stimulate him mentally than it is TO
keep a sleepy child awake Sometimes
the shock of surprise will do it.
s.I remember the case of i widow who
had left to her the charge of a farm out,
in Michigan. She Was u good business
woman: and did wonders with the land
until 1t was one of the best pieces of
property in the country. Then, having
worked long and hard, she fell. and her
physician giving up hope for her recov-=
cry, advised her 10 make, her will. She
was low and could only whisper when
s the lawyer came. He4had great difficulty
In catching; her words, apnd had TO keep.
his ear close to her lips to- understand
what she was talking. about. She went
over. a slistsof trpkets and household be-
]ongings she wished relatives and friends
to have for keepsakes.S and then, after
q long pause. which made the lawyer and
the doctor think the end had come, II the
yarticulated whisper began again. The
widow was telling what she wished to
have done with the farm. But You have
only life interest in the farm said
the lawyer. 1T does not belong to you
to bequeath. III
ss:::s What. Std the woman on t1e. edge
of the grave. raising her head from the
pillow. Do you mean.-to s:,Nsthis farm
I've worked on for the last ten years and
made the best one n all the county ain.
my own to do just what like with 2 81, ].
{ - -. Only yours to live on said tie law
yer.
go S e Then amt going.to die 1862
And shesdidn't She lived nearly TWEEN
tN years longer and made enough money
TO buy two more farms. which she took
imush sal isfaction in declaring were her
own to will as she would.
II OERoR AT A HOsEITALs DE.A THE
hen Il say h 1t death. Is pa less
have some ases II mind which n lay
man might thing proved just the con-
sr;lry.. For instance, at the hospital one
idaystI IsaWt q man suffering from acute
.Rrigaitss disease and hold the nurse ! 20 I
give him as hot th--tllat sis.$ wrap him
in a blanket he had first put into boiling
water end Il hen 5runE out. i ripped the
man and laid him gu t..readvthf for the 5lan-
Sket. es nurse wa In a hurry nd flH5
not. walt Tor the wa erto get no beto
she snaked the hlsr,set, and whom Sc q
stropgakg X, zass ! found out a few m nent,
tlna er, It SSwas gcold.
81 Tho instant II ouched he os NJ
NE stlnened and his body grhenred ).
Shout say. three inches, while his eyes
LITERALLY burst from 81 I'll air ST sock A.
stroke from a stick would have knockeds
them OF. SoYer q face showed a&onys s
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81 - : I,
ii did. II was .lorrible. and, hardened as
3plysicians become. 1 was faint. It al
haprened so suddenly and 3uneXpectel!E-
in Z; short time the man was desld cue ne
had not suffered at least not consclousis
and without consciousness one. does NOT
lslow pain The moment of the chill OF tiiat
cold blanket was the last moment Oh tne
pattonts conscious life. II death is ever
painful. it is rareiy-I am convinced OF
t,at.
:sAIr Myers. the London essayist. tells
OF "a clergyman whom he knew who d.sd
and came back TO life again / ms ae "a - y
gy:a.; IS real to the clergyman rs anything
in his life had teen. He was climbing. me
Alps with party Of friends ana 9 uioes,
and feeling tired he laid down .lor "a, 4
little rest He fell asleep and soon was
freezing. AS he froZe re felt himself
leaving his body, pulling out from the
=r.et first, and gradually drawing up into
the head Then he stepped out entirely,
all but a thin thread. He could look down
on his body and see distinctly the thrsao-
like connection. He could also see Will what
would have been Impossible haa. ne STAYED
in Ihe bot,y-that4 is, his friends and the
Guides going on up the mountain They
we're hidden from view from the place
where his body lay. He liked being out
and he watched his friends with Alntere ST.
He chuckled to see his own guide stealing
scr-a of the lunch IS
AFTER awhile he saw the party turn
ro;:nd looking for him. Then some Of
ITEM came baclS:and found his body stir.
TEey we're alarmed, ard besal#rubb
4 him and giving him stimulants: He did
Enots1fke il, for he Gid not wishsto go back.
INTO his body But there was no help for
lis friends: were so persistent int
effort s that he had to return. SVfnen ne
found himself :back:h 5nWoke& and. ..olu5
sw,7,tsheF Ia d seen. Theyswere assonfshed.r
for he Had seen everything ju It asst hap
apcned. He believes he had been deao for
ever an hour. and say what he saw, PROV
90 this 70 himself" IN. Y. Press.
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ON PARTY LINES !: ]. n! |!
Election Committee Votes to- Seat
:, .fr;..,, st,en,,l ,tit.a,t Contestant.

Election Committee Votes to Seae
.1i4sricI,, Republicans, Contestant.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2l--The House
c.onn,ittee ON Elections, No J.. divided
on rarty lines to-day. ana by vote Ct
six to two decided to recommend sae
seating OF William r. Ailrichs Repuhii-
can, who contests the sat nov held by !
CASTOR Is. Robbins. Democrat. 10. tfe-
Fourth Congressional Dissr:ct OF Ala
sbama.
election case at the present session CT
Congress The contest was based en-
ALLEGED insinlida ton AMI racial preiuaices
growing out OF the appeals Tor " hite SUI
spremaey =
Al minority report will be made tl be-
half OF Robbins. 49,
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DEATH is NOT
SUCH A BAD THING : G.
Doctors Agree That Dying is Pain
less.
I. HERE is NO TERROR.
When sick Man Fears to Die, lie is
Not Yet in Serious Peril-As
Death Comes Tcrrors
Flee Away.
T HERE is NO TERI Q R

1t is easy 10 die, the physicians say,
dead easy. and it does not hurt. Nor IS
it a fearful thing for the man or woman.
doing IT. On the contrary, it is the most
natural Of all things except blrth.@Ot
the: two episodes, birth and death, birth firth
has all the pain. as those who are born
declare by weeping. Those who die never
weep. So the Persian proverb hath Z
You wept while you came into the world
while those about You laughed, SO live
that when you die you smile while those
about You weep" The Persians were q
great people in the days of this prover b.
and speaking generally the world has
lived up to the ancient injurctio It
could not live any other wa s4s {
g Physicians, nurses in hospitals and cler1s
gymen are by more often THAI othsr
folk whel, persons die, and they testify
to the painlessness of death and even.. 10
tits 5rest1ulness. One physician OF ex-4
sperienee says that. executing IN #ssWh ma
snewspa pers call .ca sualt.e death comes
easy and without terro
isss+.I knew q man in a western town,
ne said. .twllo was haunted sbS, the fear,
OF death. He could not throw off the.
feeling OF dread, do what he would. He
became almost a mono1na niac on sthes
subject and wit hout apparent reason
FOR he was healthy and s strong. hsld a
good wife. "a good appetite and q pros
porous business. I knewslaim forsyears.,
and until eighteen months ago ~. was "
all right except for his terror OF DEATH
Irina lly aud mos. INK pec.edly he wa tsa.
ken iii and d.ed. When ke5w-as first down
ho was IN a. fearful state OF mind but rs
ne Rrewsworseg the terror left. and when
5ha knew there was practically no, hope Tor
him ma was quite enough, didn't t. wurry,s
but put his affairs In order. said GOOD