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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-07
FAVOR JUNE 9

the relief fund of Grand Army post, al
admission fee being charged.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-07
First Champagne Century Run.

G. H. Mumm & Co. reached the goal
Ing 109.3O3 cases Of their unsurpassed
Extra Dry, leading any other brand by
72, ,495 cases. The 1885 vintage now import
ed equals its best predecessors.
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
CHAMPION WREsTLER.

a Charlotte item says that Mark
Setback. OF Charlotte, now at Hot
Springs. Ark, writes that he is the
light weight champion wrestler of
America He holds the belt. SO far un-
oeieated. He goes to Memphis for q
weeks engagement.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
EDENTOM.
Especial to virginian-Pilot.>

Especial to Virginian-Pilot.l
Edenton, N. c.. April 2.-Nfiss Pattie
Elliott returned to Portsmouth Satur-
day after spending a few weeks with
relatives.
Miss Annie SpruiIl arrived on Satur-
day evenings train from Newport
News, where she has been with her sick
sister for some time.
Miss Mamie Upton having concluded
her visit to her sister, Mrs. II. e. Will
llams. left for her home at Camden
Friday.
Solicitor G. w. Ward, of Elizabeth
City, spent Sunday in Edenton.
Miss Beuah Laird, of Baltimore,
proficient in the art of hat trimming,
ETC.. is assisting Mrs l.. l.. Moore this
season.
There was no preaching at the M. e.
Church Sunday. owing to the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Willis, being called to Eliza
beth City by the death of his sister
Saturday afternoon. The sympathy of
the community goes out to the sorrow
stricken ones in this sad hour OF be-
reavement.
The ladies of the Baptist Church are
serving lunch this week in the vacant
rooms opposite the Bay View.
Mrs. Joseph Northcott spent Sunday
with relatives in Coleraine.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
NrooNsEIINING.

Moonshinlng is becoming more popu-
lar in Eastern Carolina. or, at least,
there is an increase in the number OF
cases at every court. District Attorney
Bernard says there are more cases OF
blockading to be tried at Elizabeth CITY
than ever hefOrc known
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
CHARLOTTE.
PRICES OF YARNS TO BE MAIN.
TANNED.

(By Telegraph to vlrginian-Pil
Charlotte. N. c., April 2.-The Board
of Governors of the Southern Cotton
Splnners' Association has decided that
Southern mills SHOULD be advised to
maintain present prices Of yarns, as
there is no prospect OF a decline in
yarn goods.
The Board found that every prepara-
ton had been made to make the an
nual meeting May 10th one of the most
notable assemblies OF the kind Rep
resentatIve men from North and South
will be brought together.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03

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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
ELIZABETH IL. A II CITY
A One Hundred Thousand Dollar
Plant Burned Down.
Destruction of tho Mills of tho Blades Lum-
Der Company Delegates Elected to the
State and Senatorial Convontions-A
Case of Mutiny.
Especial to The vlrglnian-p,lot.y

\SPecldl TO Inc NtrEinian- PilOt.1
Elizabeth City, N. c., April 2.-The
most disastrous fire in the history Of
Elizabeth City occurred Saturday,
about the hour of noon, when the large
lumber plant of the Blacles Lumber
Company was destroyed. The destruc-
ton Of the plant. with its modern and
expensive machinery, was heavy loss
II is estimated that more than two and
and one-half million feet of lumber was
burned.
The fire is supposed to have original
ed from sparks falling from the smoke
stack upon the dry sawdust collected
on the roof Within few minutes af-
ter the fire was discovered the entire
mill was enveloped in flames. The Fire
Department was prompt, but because
of the bursting of some part Of the
engine, 1t was some time before q
stream was turned on the flames. For
tunately, the wind was blowing toward
the river. and but for this fact the loss
would have been greater than 1t is.
This was one of the largest mills in
North Carolina, with a capacity Of 3d.
600 feet of lumber. This mill, with a
payroll of $1,000 per week, gave en-
pigment to more than one hundred
and fifty men. 1t Is estimated that the
plant was worth 100000, on which there
was SEQ. 600 insurance.
The mill will be rebuilt at once.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Pursuant to call of the chairman,
L. 3. Wilson. the County Convention
met in the courthouse Saturday to APP
point delegates to the State and SEN
atcrial conventions. The State Con-
vcntion meets in Raleigh the 18th inst.
ana is expected to be the most enthu-
siastic political gathering in the his
tory of North Carolina. The Senatorial
Convention has not yet been called
Delegates to the State Convention were
appointed as follows: i. b. Flora. r..
f. Aydlett, f. NJ Grice. e. f. Lamb, j.
W. NJ. Price. They were instructed TO
cast the solid vote of Pasquotank
county for Hon. c. B. Aycock for Gov
crnor, and Hon. Charles Warren for
Attorney General. Mr.. Warren is cit
izen of the First Congressional District
ana VIII receive the entire vote of the
district. .
The course OF Hon. T. Nj. Simmons,
| as chairman of the State Executive
Committee, was heartily Endorsed, as
was his candidacy for Senator, to sue
coed Hon. Marion Butler.
Mr. Walter L. Cohoon was called up
on, and responded in n stirring speech
Mr. Cohoon is an old elizabeth City
boy, who has won reputation abroad MS
| n speaker. having canvassed the State
two years ago for the Democratic EN-
evutive Committee. AS n speaker he
ranks with the best of the young men
Of North Carolina. He will enter the
canvass again this year, and 1t Is
hoped that he will favor the citizens
of his native town with an address.
a CASD OF MUTINY.
District Attorney C. NJ. Bernard has
been notified of a case of mutiny which
Will come up for trial at the next term
of Federal Court in Elizabeth City. Pc
ter Stokes, Il seaman from the vessel
Charles II. Stromc, which sailed from
Bethel Del. is under arrest on the
charge of mutiny. His trial will take
place in May.
NrOONSHINING.
Moonshining is becoming more popu-
lar in Eastern Carolina, or, at least.
there is an increase in the number OF
cases at every court. District Attorney
Bernard says there arc more cases Of
blockading to be tried at Elizabeth City
than ever before known.
BREvITIES.
There will be q "Sock Sociaw to-
| r7Urrow evening ut the home OF n1rg.
w. j. Woodley, on Main street. for the
benefit of the Methodist carpet and
furniture fund. All are invited. There
will be music and refreshments free.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Ball is confined to her
home on Cypress street from illness.
MIR. D. r. Morgan has accepted a DO
sition with A. f. Topey & Co, in the
grocery business.
Miss Eva Il. Willis. the daughter of
Rev. r. A. Willis, departed this life
yesterday Mt her home on Main street.
aged "a years. Miss Willis was one of
Elizabeth City's most charming young
women and was universally esteemed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
ReX-Huggins.

The marriage of Mr. Hugo Rex
and Miss Ellen Higgins took place
at the home of the bride'sparents at
4 O'Clock yesteday afternoon and
was witnessed by limited number
of the most intimate friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Rex. This marriage was
followed by an elegant supper, after
which the newly married couple left
for their home six miles west of this
city. "a
The groom, as was stated in
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
STRIKE A FAILURE.
Miners Refuse To Obey Orders
TOQuit.
The Union Officers Still Trying
To Call The Men
Out.

Madsonville, KY, Nov. 28.-The
latest claim of the mine workers is
that the Mines of the Sebree Coal
Company, located at Sebree, will
not be able to run tomorrow unless
the company agrees to work union
men. The miners union officials
are jubllant, and are telling those
who call at headquarters that it
will only be a short time until ev-
cry mine in the district will be
closed down unless the operators
agree to recognize the union.
Few accessions, however, are
known 70 have been made to the
ranks OF the men now idle in Hop
kins county. The mine workers
officials claimed that a number Of
men employed at the mines of the
Monarch Company had quit and
joined the union The Courier
Journal representative saw four Of
the men who had brought their
tools and asked if they had come
out through sympathy with the
union. Their answer was: "We
just quit.
The operators are as confident as
ever and say the Mine Workers
Union will never succeed in organ
izing the miners of Hopkins county.
Oak Hill mines, located at Norton
vile, had a full force at work to-
day, so the manager reports. This
is the mine President Woods said
would not work to-day.
The Courier-Journa at@ Representa-
tive visited the mines of the st.
Bernard Coal Company at Earring
ton, but could find no union men
there. The men at this place seem
to be we'll satisfied, and the casual
observer would be apt to remark
that the chances for organizing the
men here are very slim. t
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
PRIzING FOR DELIVERY.
Weed Being Shaped Up For TIE
Market Here.

While there js, considerable ac-
tivity being displayed among the
tobacco men very little Of the weed
has yet been priced for delivery,
but the prospects are good for re-
ceipts to greatly increase from now
on, as the weather forsthe past teg
days has been fine for prizing to-
bacco in order tor handling.
Loose dealers have already made
many purchases and considerable
of the unprized ARTICLE has been
brought into the city. Prices be-
ing paid are proving very satis-
factory and some real good tobacco
is commanding extra figures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
LOST THREE FINGERS.
Little Alvin Clark Sustains Z
Painful Accident.

Alvin Clark, a carrier boy of the
New Era, had three fingers of his
right hand ;crushed eff by a job
press yesterday afternoon, at the
New Era office. Rupert Wilson
was running the press and the lit
tie boy was waiting for the paper
to come out.
Din some way he placed. his hand
on the machinery and the accident
occurred. He is a son of. Mrs.
Lizzie Means Clark and is IL years
old. DR.. Sites dressed the fingers,
which were cut off at the second
Joints.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
DROPPED DEAD.
Well Known Lady Dies Very
Suddenly
Expired Without Warning After
Retiring to Her
Room.

Mrs. Bobbie X. Bronaugh, a
widow living on Sixth Street, died
very suddenly of heart disease at
her home Wednesday night about
nine o'clock.
She was apparently in her US
ual health and was on the streets
during the day. Some members of
the nily had been out to church
and upon their return Mrs. Bro
naugh went up stairs to another
room to renew the fire, which was
about out. She took lamp in her
hand, which was placed upon ia
bic and those below heard. a heavy
fall. Running up stairs Mrs Bro.
naugh was found lying 10 front of
the CRATE unconscious and in dy-
ing condition. She expired in a
very few minutes. She evidently
dropped dead from heart disease.
No one was in the room with her at
the time.
She was about 65 years old. The
funeral services will take place to-
day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30

Miss Nellie Bryan returned home
to Evansville yesterday, after a
lengthy visit to her aunt, Mrs.
Gano Henry.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
HAND BADLY CUT.
l.. s. N. Engineer fleets With
Painful Accident In Nashville.

Mr.. S. h. Hackney, of this city,
engineer on the Hopkinsville and
Nashville accommodation, got one
of bis hands badly cut Wednesday,
He was adjusting some part of
the engine machinery when his
hand was caught and the palm
split open. He. was unable to make
his run back to this city and an
other engineer had to bring the
train in. Mr.. Hackhey| feturned
here Wednesday night and viii not
resume his place for several days.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
GREAT LUCK.
Christian County Hunting Club
Meeting With Much Success.

The Christian County Hunting
Club are having fine sport in Ar
kansas this season. So say letters
received from some of the members.
Game of all kinds is plentiful and
geese, ducks, squirrels, partridges,
etc, are bagged almost without
number. Several deer had also
been slain up to Tuesday and the
hunt is not yet over.
Capt. s. h. White, of fJulieu, killed
an immense buck and his happiness
knows no bounds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
CASES COMPROMISED.
Defendant Paid 20 per cent. of
Judgment and rIatter Settled

The case of J, II, Spurlin, charg-
ed with bastardy, was comprom-
ised in County Court Wednesday.
AT the last term of Circuit Court a
verdict for 81 600 damages was re-
turned against Spurlin on a charge
of seduction under promise Of mar
riage, and this two was included
in the compromise, defendant pay
ing 5000 and the costs, and the mat
ter was dismissed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
moved

Tuesdays KENTUCKIAN, moved
here from Minnesota and is a very
successful farmer and popular gem
tleman.
His bride is the pretty and pop
ular daughter of Mr.. h. H. Higgins
and has host of friends
who wish her much shappiAs
ness in the welded life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
NEW TEACHER.
Miss Irving Succeeds Mrs. Mary
Pattin Ware.

Mrs. Mary Pattin Ware has re-
signed her position in the Public
schools and Miss Irving, of Eliza
bethtown, KY, has been elected to
succeed her. The change takes
effect at once.
Mrs. Ware and her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Richard Pattin and her
brother, Frank Pattin, will leave
in few days for Cuba, where they
will make their future home.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-30
STOLE THE CASH.
Negro Gets Away With S45 and Is
Captured.

Charles Williams, colored, at
tracted Postmaster Ryan's atten-
tion to the rear OF the Office at The
Square Tuesday night and snatched
bag containing $45 and fed.
Officers captured Williams next
morning, but failed to secure the
money.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
Mice ~ Food In China

The first thing which strikes the
traveller in China upon his entrance In
to any of the many cities of the Celes-
tial empire is the strings of dried mice
which hang from the roofs OF the
houses suspended by their tails. just as
sausages are hung in front of butcher
shops in France.
The Chinese hunt these mice with a
long, sharp pointed knife, which they
plunge into the animals threats. Then
the mice are suspended by the tails I'M
I'll the blood has dripped out, when
they are skinned, drawn and smoked
Another favorfte dish with the Chi
nese is dogs feet The feet OF black
dogs are considered more of a delicacy
than those of any other color, and
white dogs are rejected as being taste
less. Dogs fat, prepared in a special
manner, is looked upon as a repast fit
for a king
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
Salt md Horse Rndish.

Some people care for nothing but
lemon on raw oysters, but there are
others who desire horse radish. Usual
ly such folk regard the strongest horse
radish as the best, but an experienced
vender Of the condiment poohpoOhs
this point Of view.
"Why should the strong horse radish
be considered goodT says he. 1T
brings tears to your eyes and lifts the
top Of your head off and makes you
want to sneeze. 1t has no taste what
ever. The mild horse radish. that which
has stood awhile. is the best and pleas
ATTEST always.
"There is nothing so foolish as to
think that the strong, biting kind Is
the fresh-that is the reason why ii Is
preferred to the mild sort-for the very
stalest, weakest horse radish can be
made in 20 minutes strong enough to
blow your head off. All you need to
do is to add salt TO II. Try this some
time. Just take any old horse radish,
dump in a spoonful of salt and then
notice the difference. | don't know
why salt should have such a powerful
effect on the stuff, but no doubt a
chemist could tell you that."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
How Hard Bees Work.

Darwin after close observation found
that a bee would often visit as many
as 81 flowers in the course of n minute,
though with other plants In which the
honey was difficult to extract the aver
age would be as low as seven. Strik-
ing a mean between these two figures,
one may say that an ordinary working
bee visits - flowers a minute, or 900
an hour. Considering the late hours to
which a bee works, 1t Is probably no
exaggeration to say that ii is busy for
eight hours a day, allowing for inter
walls of rest This would make ii visit
7,200 flowers n day, or 64S.000 in a pc
riod of six months.
Mr. A. S. Wilson in q recent paper
showed the enormous amount Of labor
gone through by bees in making even
small quantity of honey. He found
that approximately 125 heads of red
clover yield 10 grains of sugar, or 1885,
600 heads about two pounds. AS each
head contains some 60 florets, II fol-
lows that 100000 distinct flower
tubes must be sucked In order to OBJ
tain two pounds of sugar. Now. honey
contains. roughly speaking 70 per cent.
of sugar: therefore the bees must make,
in round numbers, 100000 visits for
one pound of honey.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18

Sir Edward Russell knew Il. A. Soth-
Urn, the actor. intimately and In his
book, THAT Reminds Me-" tells many
stories of him.
He was dining at Portsmouth or
somewhere at a regimental mess to
which the officers had asked him with
every show of the highest admiration
and with no appearance OF social SUI
periority. After dinner, as the party
sat at wine. one of the officers asked
Sothern to give them recitation Now,
Sothern abominated that kind of thing.
He wouldn't tolerate being treated
as an entertainer when he was by way
OF being treated as a gentleman. He
coldly declined. They pressed him.
He holly declined. Still they pressed
him. He expressed his feelings. Per-
haps the officers were n little affected
by wine. At all events they persist
ed. They would take no denial
At last he said I'm manner which
showed that he was nettled. but yet
yielding: "Well. If you won't let me
off | must. I'll give you the dinner
scene from David Garrick.'"
He did. He had never acted 1t bet
ter. They were delighted until, spring
ing TO his feet. he made his wild, tipsy
exit. just as he did on the stage, and
dragged the cloth off the table and
with it all the regiments priced des-
sert china and decanters and glasses,
etc. Great was the smash. The actor
did not wait TO be applauded or to i'm
prove the occasion. The lesson was, in
deed, a rough one. and probably only a
man with some roughness in his dar-
ing humor would have given 1t, but 1t
was quite deserved.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
A Natural bridge In Arizona.

Natural bridge. on Pine creek, in the
northern part Of ella county, Is one OF
the greatest natural curiosities In the
United States, equalng II not sur
passing the Natural bridge OF Virginia.
Ii spans the creek at height of about
200 feet, and the walls of the canyon
rise above ii on either side 700 or 500
feet and on one side form "A perpendic-
ular precipice The bridge is of lime
formation, and the inside of the great
arch. which is some 80 feet across,
is worn by the water as smooth as
though chiseled by the skillful hand
of stonemason. The arch on top is
nearly, if not quite. 400 feet in width,
1000 feet in length across the canyon
and at the thinnest part only six feet
through. About the center of the arch
Is a hole large enough to admit the
body OF man and through which one
can look down into the crystal pool of
water 200 feet below.-Globe "a. To
Silver Belt
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
Turned II to Account.

A Derbyshire man. accompanied by
his wife, happened to be travelling in a
train when, near Stafford, a collision
occurred. He was well known for his
shrewdness in business. and he proved
that in the collision his wife received
confusion between the eyes, for
which a jury awarded ESQ damages.
Some time after the affair had blown
over the following confession. or some
thing to the like effect, was ELECTED
from the plaintiff in a moment of I'M
guarded conviviality:
"Well. You see. when the collision
happened t ovid woman and | wur all
rect but when | looked out o t car
ridge | seed a lot of fellies in ter
rible state. One sings out: Ely, lad!
Ise getten me head cut open. I'll ha'
twenty peounds for this Twenty
peounds, We silly fuleT cries another.
Use gotten me shoulder out. and I'll
ha' forty peounds for t. When heard
this" continued the clever business
man. 81 jumpt at [ ovid woman
straight out and druv my 'ead be-
TWEEN her eyes, and we'se gotten fifty
peounds for it."-London Answers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
Question Is Inansyyere

certain grocer on the hill has for
some days been looking for the owner
Of n voice that claimed his attention at
the telephone one busy morning. When
he finds the man. the meeting will fur
nish material for an interesting ftem,.
and the following dialogue explains IT.
self:
The Voice-IIello there! Is that you.
Charles?
Groceries.
The Voice-Have you any salt fish?
Groceries.
The Voice-Is IL fresh?
Groceries; came in this morning.
The Voice-Cod or pollock?
Grocer-Got both Which do you
want?
The Voice-Well, don't know. IL
the pollock good and dry?
Groceries.
The Voice-Well, why don't you give
it drink, then?
At this point the grocer brought the
colloquy to a sudden termination with
remark that would be out of place in
polite society and therefore unfit fol-
ublcation.-Portland (Or.) Argus
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18
Fright. Not Fascination.

Naturalists are not at all agreed upon
the point as to whether snakes are able
to fascinate their prey Certainly they
do not possess the power to the extent
that popular belief would have 1t.
Stories Of the weird and mystic influ-
ence Of serpent's eye fall fiat in the
face of scientific accuracy. What can
be said Of snakes. however. is that
their very appearance paralyzes the
victim. 1t cannot move for fright. for
its faculties are temporarily suspend
ed. There is no fascination about this
however. II is fright. and fright alone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-18

II is more difficult To be polite In the
city of Hamburg than In any other
place In Europe. There the most chiv-
alrous man has to think twice before
giving up his seat In car TO lady as
he may be turned off the car for po-
likeness Ii seems that the Hamburg
trolley cars will seat, according to size,
20 or % persons, 10 TO Ia on each side.
In addition four persons are allowed
on the front and five persons on the
back platform. When the car is full,
the conductor hangs out sign, ''Be
setzt," which means occupied" and is
absolutely forbidden to take on another
passenger until some one gets off the
car.
Sometimes while the conductor Is In
front collecting fares, a lady will step
on the car which is already occupied"
As there is no conductor on hand TO
prevent her, the lady steps inside and
the gentleman who may offer her a
seat comes out and takes his stand on
the platform. When the conductor aft
er going his rounds returns to his post
he promptly requests the gentleman to
step off the car, as he has forfeited his
seat and the car Is fully occupied"
Should he refuse to leave the car he Is
put Off The policemen on the streets
are instructed to watch the ears sharp
ly, and If they find a ear carries even
one more passenger than its proper
complement the conductor Is fined y
cents, which is paid to a charity fund
Of the street railway company.-Phila-
delphia Press.