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Interesting Opinion Filed by the
State Supreme Court.
Especial to The Messenger.)


Raleigh, n. c., November 1S.-The
supreme court today filed an opinion
in a particularly interesting case.
Some months ago, fou negroes went
to a store in BERTHE county. they
quarelled n then were elected by the
proprietor. One of them named Bel
field shot and killed stevenson, a clerk
in the store. All fed. The man who
killed Stevenson was killed by a posse
near Weldon while resisting arrest.
The three others, Bishop, Belfield and
Stevenson were tried for murder in
the first degree, convicted and are
now under sentence of death.
The supreme court grants a new
trial, holding that the state absolutely
failed to show that there was preme-
Citation and Elaboration which in ad-
dition TO malice create murder in the
first degree.
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kitcheEer Iuspecfs the Nile Das 90.

On his WY 10 India TO take the chief
command there. General Kitchener. be-
ing much Interested in Egyptian at
fairs, stopped on TO visit the new dam
ar Assouaa. He crossed the river OF.
the dam. which is u feet broad at The
top and / 1-2 miles long. n was much
pleased with the great work When
full. the dam will be a lake 140 miles
long and 50 feet deep Its object Is To
furnish water for the irrigation Of q
large area never before cultivated and
to insure a larger and steadier supply
OF water for all lower Egypt. The cost
Of the new reservoir is nearly So. e0o, 900.
but il vii soon pay for itself by increas-
ing the area of salable and There are
two other dams on the Nile, that near
Cairo. long ago built By French engin-
GERS and recently restored and improved
by English engineers. and the dam just
built at Assiout. go miles south OF
Cairo. which Is one-half mile long and
and viii bring 40 square miles into cui-
tivation. The larger Assouan dam -
600 miles above Cairo. at the First Cat,
aract.-Baltimore Sun.
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ParsIey-McNein NuptinIS.
(Special to The Messenger.)

GoldSbOro, y. c., November 19.-Mr.
Henry Parsley, accompanied by two
friends. Messrs. J.. H. Hill, Jr.. and a.
w. Falkener, left here this afternoon
for Fayetteville, where in St Johns
Episcopal church tomorrow evening al
Z O'Clock. he will wed Miss Margaret
Gilbert Mcneil. the beautiful and &C.
complished daughter of State Senator,
Hon. J.. d. MCNEIL.
After the ceremony the happy couple
will leave On a bridal trip for the
north. A reception will be held at the
home of the brides parents tomorrow
night. The prospective groom holds a
position as bookkeeper in the office OF
the Southern Cotton Oil Company In
this city and belongs TO the Whining
ton family by that name, who are
known throughout the state.
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Columbia Defeats the Navy.

Annapolis, Md. November 19.-In 4
most interesting and evenly contested
foot ball game the nivy loot ball team
was defeated here his afternoon by
the Columbia University eleven in the
closing game of the season CT the
Academy grounds by the score OF 5 70
nothing.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH


New York, November 49, Money on
call easier at 2 TO 5 per cent. closing
bid offered at 2 per cent. PINE mer-
camille paper 5h To 8 per cent. Ster-
ling exchange steady with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills ut 81 S6.S-5 for de
mand and at 81. 81. 30 70 81 S3.e25 for sixty
days: posted rates Si.S4k to S4.S5 and
SASS: commercial bills si.S3 TO 81 S3.S1o
Bar silver 491k; Mexican dollars So gov
rnmen bonds steady: state bonds in
active: railroad bonds Irregular.
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/. 4 N. DEAL.
1t Was at
Richmond Yesterday


They Held Their annual Meeting
Yesterday ut RichmOnd-Mr. r. G.
Erwin. of yanna Elected Presi-
dent of the Consolidated System.
Other omci,Is Cbosen-The CnptitaI
stock SI5,OOO,OOO and a
Bond issue of 10000 o Author
lie
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st. Louis, November ia notice has
been posted at the various shops of the
Wabash system to the effect that a re-
vision of the scale of wages for skill
ed labor had been directed by the pres
ident, looking to a general advance.
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JEAL0USWIFE
Slabs to Death a Young
Woman Friend of Her d
Husband
REGRET

at the Door of Her Fathers Home
and Was Struck With a knife.
She Ran Into the House, But Her
AssaiIant Pursued Her and stab
bed Her Five Times, Causing In
slant Death-Mrs. Lulu Young is
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X
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-pull sac;
quiet OAc.
ROSTN-Firm S1.25 to s1.3c.
TAR-Firm at $1.40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm. hard
s1.75; virgin $500.
Prices same day last year Spirits
t~urpentine nothing doing; rosin 95c and
800: tar $1-35; crude tdrpentine s1.00
and 500.
Receipts today-26 casks spirits ture
pentine, 90 barrels ros;n. SI2 3arrels tor.
81 barrels crude .turpeutine.
Receipts same day last year-75 casks
spirits turpentine. 165 barrels rosin, 1S0
barrels tar, "a barrels cruCe t~urpentine.
l PRODUCE.
SALT-Prices car LOAD lots-S00's Liv-
erpool TIC: + + Table IS to a.15; 1903
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Liverpool zoe; 100 F F C fn- SIC; zoos
American 75c: 100 9 extra 4oc. $50
American CSC; 200 Rock Cattle sl.4e-
BUTTER-35c.
DRY SALTED STDES-fiac
COFFEE| to lie.
FLOUR-SGaIghts SL25 10 $3.50 n
oatents $3.50 to si.75: full s4.75 to $500.
MOLASSES-S. House 15c: New Or
leans Brights, 3 to &c: Porto Rico 20
10 Sc: Cubs 3 to 40c.
SUGAR-Granulatei si.T5: W. c. y
No. 5 A-25: No. Z si.le; No. Q 1885: NO.
IL Sass.
LARD-CTierce Ba-isl Pu-e HE;
Compound shc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina 50 TO sc;
Virginia so to 95.c Old. CSC new: Span
ish 20 TO 15c.
BEESwAx-e5 cents.
CORN-So 10 So.
CORN MEALS.
EGGS-ee to 81.
TURKEYS-1o to lie per pound.
CHICKENS-Hens . TO 35c: ROSTERS
% to SOC: spring 10 TO %.
PORK to SC per pound
y. c. BACON-Hams 15c; shoulders
&c: sides 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per LOCO; o-inch saps
$500: 5-inch hearts. $3.50: 6-inch saps
800; 6-inch hearts SAGE
TyNspED.
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Announces Increase i'm Wages.

New York, ovember 19.-The Central
Railway of New Jersey today an
nounced increases in wages to equalize
pay of its employees.
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X
SPIRITS TURPENTINE--Firm isc.
ROSIN-Ffrm at SIS and $3.50.
TAR-Firm at s1.40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Ffrm: hard
S1.75; virgin $500.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
t~urpentine nothing DOUG; rosIn CSC and
s1.00; tar, S1.35: crude tu-pentine s1.0o
and $500.
Receipts today-10 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 7O4 barrels ros:n. n barrels tar,
IS barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts same day last years. casks
spirits tu~rpentine, 1877 barrels rosin. 173
barrels tar, 80 barrels crude turpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-Prices car load %lots-2o0s Liv-
erpool nc: T F Table 30 TO sl.15; 1905
Liverpool roc; Zoe F F : fine SIC; zoos
American 75c: 100 c extra 4Oc: $50
American CSC: 200 Rock Cattle s1.40.
DRY SALTED SIDES-11hc.
BUTTER-35c.
COFFEE-S to lie.
FLOUR-Straights SAC to 34.25; End
patents $3.50 to s4.75. full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House 15c. New Or
leans Brights. % to 25c: Porto Rico 80
to 35c: Cuba 2S to doc.
SUGAR-Granulated s4.75; ". Y. c
No. 5 s4.35; No. : s4.25; No. 3 $4.10; No
IL s4.GO.
LARD-(Tierce Basis, Pure 11kc;
compound 9kc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina rs to S214
Virginia IS to a2h; Spanish Il to so.
| CORN-S6 to 50.
| CORN MEAL-15c.
n. c. BACON-Hams 15c: shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
EGGS-2O@21c.
TURKEYS-10011c per pound.
CHICKENS-Hens % to 35c; rooster:
% to soc; spring 10 to l5c.
PORK-7@Sc per pound.
SHINGLES-Per LOO; 5-inch sap.
$500; 5-inch hearts. $3.50: G-inch sap!
$500; 6-inch hearts $500.
TIMBER
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arOlina Oh Of,
BONDS.
COTTON.

Liverpool, November 15.-4 z. Moot
ton: Spot moderate business Gone,
prices = to 4 points higher. American
middling fair 4.92; good middline 4.56;
middling 4.46; low middl;ns 4.36: good
ordinary 4.24; ordinary AZ. The sales
of the day were 5000 bales. Of h:Ch 500
were for speculation and export and
included 200 American. Receipts 81 900
bales. including 2-,7 0 bales American.
Futures opened steady and closed
barely steady; American m;dcling G. O.
C: November 4.36G4.37; November and
December 4.3294.33; December and jan
uary 4.31; January and February 4.30:
February and March 4.29G4.G0; March
and April 4.29@4.30; April and May 40:
May and June 4.30; u n July i.30.
July and August 4.29Gi.39.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston firm at : 15-1Gc; net receipts
1855 bales.
Norfolk steady at 7%c; net receipts
1886 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 7Nc.
Boston quiet at s.35; net receipts 2.O33
bales.
Wilmington firm at &c: net receipts
2,O43 bales.
Philadelphia firm az $50, ret receipts
100 bales.
Savannah steady at 80. net receipts
1885 bales.
New Orleans firm at 'I-lec: net re-
ceipts l,15y bales.
Mobile steady at -: ret receipts
1926 bales.
Memphis steady at 7Ac. net receipts
3,437 bales.
Augusta firm at 77sc. net receipts
| 1,S62 bales
Charleston firm at 74sc; net receipts
| 709 bales.
Cincinnati quiet al Sc. net receipts
1853 bales.
Louisville firm at nc.
st. Louis firm at TIC.
Houston steady at { I5-1cc, net re-
| ceipts $500 bales.
New York, November 1s-Cotto-
quiet at $40: net receipts z29 bales
gross receipts 1877 bales; sales % bales
stock 1898 bales.
Total today-Net receipts Sc, 405 bales
exports TO Great Britain il, 260 bales; II
the continent 1888 bales; stock ss5. 124
bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 233. 10
bales; exports to Great Britain 52.Szs
bales: France 25,054 bales: to the CONT,
nent 1882 bales.
Total since September met receipt!
3.165.05 bales; exports 10 Great Britain
S11. ass bales: to Franco ei3,635 bales
10 the continent s69.5II bales.
futures closed steady. November S.11
December SIT: January o-I; Februar,
500; March SOS: April $50: May sos
June 500: July SOC: August 7.g.
Spot cotton closed quiet 5 POINTS high
er. Middling uplands SAG: middlint
= gulf SEA. sales p bales
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Tuesday November is.
Receipts of cotton toGay-2,Ii9 bales.
Receipts same day last year-3,229
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-19S, 52S
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
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-A-~. &c 'N
Cash quotations were a. follows:
Flour firm: No. > spring wheat Is: No
3 70 to -. No. ? red 1"o 70 &c: No z
corn IS: No. > yellow =: No. . oats ISL:
No. : white 2sis To ssh. mess pork per
barrels sls.S7is to So %. lard per 400
1915 TO ss.s7E. dry sa.ted shoulders
(boxed) ss.Slh To 50. 80: short clear sides
(boXedl S9.STle to Si0.ieE. whtskey.
basis of high wines SIS.
New York. November i9.-FLoUR-
Firm and more active at the advance
asked. Rye -four steady
WHEAT-Spot, firm: Nc. : red IDS
Options had an unsettled alId feverish
day. with general trade upward in line
with extensive buying OF 4 prominent
Chicago interest. December was the
strongest option. but the whole list ad-
vanced freely. helped ty export talk
and smaller northwes; receipts and
closed strong 1T Iato l. net advance.
March closed S.. MAY closed 81: Lecem-
Der S1k.
CORN-Spot firm; No. ? 65i4. Option
market was irregular Dui like wheat,
generally firm and higher on foreign
buy, En Of nseemOeFpo5 5t, s9ve 9sns,i ana
| occurred but the close WAS very strong
at 81 to &c net advance.
closed 55h: May iS&: July f7&: De-
cember 62A.
OATS-Spot steady; No. :. IS. OPP
tons firmly held but very dull here.
December closed S6I.
LARDNFirm: western steamed Sii. 50
to SLIGO: refined firm: continent $780,:
South America $1,000.
PORk-Firm.
RICE-Firm.
SUGAR-Raw firm: fair refining "a
centrifugal 90 test 3A; refined steady.
RUTTER-Ffrm: extra creamery IS.
State dairy 20 to 20.
CHEESE-Firm; new state full cream
fancy small colored old le& 10 u: new
I212: small white old 124 TO IL: newi3h.
EGGS-Steady; average best Is to 2Sk
POTATOES-Steady: Jerseys si.75 to
| sos; state and western per $50 pounds
$1.75 to $500; Long Island S2.c0 to s.. 30:
| South Jersey sweets 81 so TO $2.75.
PEANUTS-Dull: fancy handpicked .
| Il "a other domestic 2I2 TO BY.
CABBAGES-Easy: domestic white
per 100. $f.O0 to $1.75.
COTTON SEED OIL-Was in sellers
favor again and fairly active OF the
strength Of lard. Prime crude here
nominal. Prime crude ( o % mills 2S to
-: prime summer yellow 81 to Sc: of
summer yellow 50 to So. or summer yell
3lw 30: prime white 20 Ir.me winter
yellow 40 TO 40h; prime meal s27 to SIS.
NAVAL STORES.
New York. November i9.-Turpentine
steady. Rosin firm.
Savannah, November ,9.-Turpentfns
firm 1T 51A: receipts 1.2s3 casks. sales
1.122 casks; exports PISS casks. Rosin
firm: receipts 4,413 barrels: sales ESQ
barrels: exports 1,514 barrels. Quote: A
$1.57h; s1.s0; l SOS: X *2L55: NJ $500:
y $3.50: w CT 1915; w w $4.15.
Charleston. November 19.-Spirits
turpentine ard rosin unchanged.
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u ~
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Steady $1.25 &c 81 so.
TAR-Firm at s1.40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm; hard
S1.75; virgin $500.
Prices same day last year = Spirits
turpentine nothing DOUG; 1osin csc
and S1.00, tar s1.35, crude turpentine
s1.00 and $500.
Receipts today-47 casks spirits tur-
pentine, PSI barrels rosil, Ia barrels
tar. 81 barrels crude tdrpentine.
Receipts same day last year-32 casks
spirits ~turpentine. 106 barreIs rosin. 103
barrels tar. &c barrels crude turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
SALT-Prices car load .ots- zoos Liv-
erpool TIC: F F Table 81 to s1.15; 1905
Liverpool zoe; 100 F E G fine &c: COOS
American 75c: 100 C extra Ace: $50
American CSC; 200 Rock Cattle s1.4o.
DRY SALTED SIDES--11kc.
BUTTER-35c.
COFFEE-S to lie.
FLOUR Straights s4.25 70 $3.50:
2nd patents $3.50 to 81 75: fuIl S.1o tn
$500
MOI ASSESS. House 16c. New Or
teams Brights, % to CSC. Porto Rico 30
20 CSC: Cuba. % to Acc
SUGAR-Granulateo sA.75; w. c. x.
No. >, s4.25; No. 7. s4.10. No. 2, 1895; No
II, s3.s5.
LARD-(Tie-~- Basis) Pure 111Ac.
Compound 81.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina 80 to 95c;
Virginia 80 to 9215c old; Csc new: Span
ish 20 to 75c.
CORN-SO@S2.
CORN MEAL-75c.
EGGS-20@21c.
TURKEYS-1O@11c per pound.
CHICkENS-Hens 25@35c: roosters
25@30c; spring 15@25c.
PORK-1@Sc per pound.
N. c. BACON-Hams 15c; shoulders
DC: sides 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per l.0ot. 5-Inch says
s2.V0; 5-inch hearts. $3.50; s-inch saos
$500: 6-inch hearts $500
Mil prime ............. ......so.OOW6.o
MI. fair ......S4.50Gc.5 81
Common sf.OoM 40,
inferior tn ordinary 80. .... $3.a0Qi-Ul
Wednesday,, November 19.
Receipts of cotton coday-2,u43 bales.
Receipts same day last year, %;
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-2OO, 81
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Dull.
Ordinary --..---..-.-.--- 49,. o1s
Good Ordinary ....-....-...... 6&
Low Niddling ...........-... -. rs
Middling -. "a
Good Niddling ) 9-l6
Sama day last year-7H.
L NAVAU STnR- 80
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. November 1.-THE leading
futures ranged as follows:
Open. Hish. lew. Close.
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WILMINGT0h MARKETS.
Monday. November l..

Monday. November l..
Receipts of cotton ~toiay-2.l19 bales
Receipts same day last year, ESQ
bales.
This seasons receipts 70 date-1s6,3 $40
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
C0|TvT0N s.a.5-
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euleSudS -NOstJilOeI L.
Receipts of cotton CodiJ-2,U 43 bales.
Receipts same day last year-2,2 93
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-2OO,5 81
The Quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Dull.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09

wealthy manufactures OF -four. Sessinghaus
was native German and spoke imperfect
English The campaign managers allowed
nim 10 make but one speech in the cam
paign. That was sufficiency. After an
nouncing to couple OF thousand people in
'front.' or big beer saloon where the mob
mad been gulping at his expense. that he
was certain to be a big man In Congress
ana that he had no doubt of his election,
ne was besieged by the crowd TO express
MS views on the subject of protection.
Inat staggered the man for a few mo-
ments, but finally he pointed TO a flag flut-
tering IN the breeze and exclaimed:
DO you see dot flag? Dot vas your bro
tection! Uf you brotect yourself you bro
tect yourself; und uf I brotect mysef.
tion."
On the face of the reutrns Sessinghaus
was defeated, and his opponent was given
the certihcate OF election. Sessinghaus
contested and the fight at Washington
was long one. He got a favorable report
and the night before Congress expired by
hmltatlon he was sworn in, drew the sal
ary Tor practically the full term, mileage
ana all the perquisites, and in addition was
allowed nearly $4,000 for expenses in his
contest. Just after that Congress put it's
Ioot down on such expensive contests, and
now the limit Of expenses allowed is 81 coo
10 either contestant or contestee
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in throngs about o'clock and tarried-
were numbers of colored people. They
too. were smiling and we'll dressed. and
they, too. knew that they should vote, II
nothing prevented, on election day. One
tall negro man shook hands down the line
He had an abashed air, as If he might
have strayed in of the street out of idle
curiosity. But he shook hands with all
the candidates and did not miss one.
II want to see what a woman candidate
for the Legislature is like said an East
ern woman wins had arrived in Denver
too late 10 vote. There she is" said a
Denver friend. that short woman with
gray hair" Al that moment Mrs. Thomp-
son turned her placid face toward the
stranger.
We'll" was the remark. "she is not at
all the sort OF woman / should suppose a
candidate woman candidate. for the Leg
islature would be. 1 always imag gined she
would be stern and severe, but Mrs.
Thompson, / should think. never had an
unamiable thought in her life
And, certainly, kindliness and friendli-
ness were plainly stamped upon the face
OF the little woman standing there in her
nice, tasteful dark silk gown, who will
take the place in the Colorado Legislature
this winter If the majority 50 ordain. Mrs.
Brandt was MISUNDERSTANDING in her
becoming toilet, and the enfranchised
woman and the enfranchised negro man.
as they souched hands, were the embodi-
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ment of a political millennium that the
most sanguine prophet would never have
dreamed of a short quarter OF a century
ago.
In the rooms where the refreshments
were served were more evidences of "other
times, other manners" Had it been the
old pioneer days, the refreshments would
have been of liquid nature. strong and
fiery. There are localities where these
are still preferred. But at this woman
political meetings ladies in their fine re-
ception gowns-Mrs. Pitkin in a striking
toilet of black and white-presided al
the four huge silver punch bowls heaped
high with refreshing sherbet. Walters in
black costs and white ties passed cakes
and bonbons. and they were dealt out
with a liberal hand The long damask-
covered table was decorated with trailing
asparagus fern and with more chrysanthe-
NUNS, and here, too. the lamps cast SOFT
reflections through their rosy shades. The
music did not cease. although few listened
to it. There were notes to be compared
and other meetings planned. all to be done
within the next few days.
One OF the pleasantest features OF all
the woman's day was the good feeling that
prevailed between the rivaf partisans. The
Republican women went over to look at
the Bryan meeting and then camo back to
help their reception along. Late In the
afternoon the democratic women dropped
into the Republican reception TO see how
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
"OPEN-AIR" TREATMENT.
Good Within Limitations, but May BE
OverdOne.
Philadelphia Record.

AAlIduelpnla Record.
There Is no doubt that consumption is a
mouse disease-that is to say. IL develops
more certainly and proceeds more rapidly
~ in the case of persons who spend nearly all
Ihelr time indoors. Still, it is an error TO as
sumo that II does not attack those who live
much IN the open air. 1t is not infreQuent
among farmers. who are in the fields most
u 'he time during large part or the year.
also, there are many people who are con-
Hheq all the day in offices and who go di-
Itctly 10 their homes TO remain for the
night. Yet who live to an old age in appar-
eht good health. Ii proved a shock TO Sani-
sdrlans 10 learn that certain public offices
IN London We're without ventilation. yet
among the men who spent ten hours or
more day IN them were many who were
nearly or quite seventy years old, and who
had been employed under this condition
LOT half a century.
No doubt the chances of escaping tuber-
Culosls are better for persons who live
mucn IN the open air. and this Is under
STOOD by the physicians who advocate tu-
1eIculosls sanatOria. However, the hfteen
INDIANA cOnsumptives who have agreed TO
I'VE out doors day and night the coming
winter are badly advised. IL may prove
the course should not bind any of the
number should the treatment appear 10 be
injurious. At Frankfort-on-the-M Main there
i a hospital where consumptives sleep on
sheItered verandas, with covering enough
10 Keep them abundantly warm The ply
slcians there have found some patients to
Mhom the treatment would be dangerous.
lhe same conditions are not always suited
10 Inherent patients Regardless OF the re-
suits OF the Indiana experiment. il may be
sdid that every person who Is menaced Dy
the germs o. tuberculosis should spend as
Huch time out doors as practica bic, though
without running the risk of breathing
numid atmosphere. Night air is quite as
wholesome day air. save that there are
hours when the cold becomes severe, and
cold and dampness are not favorable 20 the
cure or consumption.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09

Philadelphia Record.

"a lemon" says a tobacconist, sis a far
better tobacco m0istener than a sponge.
Take a lemon, slice a piece off each end and
put IL In your tobacco box, IL you want 10
nice shape. A good. juicy lemon will some
times last couple OF months as a mois-
tener. and IL imparts to the tobacco an
added fragrance. The beauty about the
lemon as a moistener Is that il doesn't
mildew in the way a sponge does. The lat
ter. you know. when left water-soaked rots
and gives out an unpleasant odor. Some
people I've told about the use OF lemons as
moisteners have tried oranges as well and
assure me that either fruit will answer. One
OF my customers keeps a lemon. orange and
a piece Of apple In his tobacco jar. and he
says that the fruit keeps the tobacco moist
and soft and gives IL q delightful flavor
The lemon and orange are. Of course, sliced
at each end.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
Library Experiences.
New York Evening Post.

Speaking of the use of the University Set
tlement Library by East Side residents, the
instances of the difficulty sometimes ex-
perienced in identifying books called for.
The recent craze for books on gardens
might account for the request for "Enoch' s
Garden" though it was "Enoch Arden
that was wanted Caesar Almighty"
proved a stumbling block until Parker was
mentioned as the author, then Seats of the
Mighty" was produced. So it was with the
STORY of Shakespeare and the Lamb" a re-
quest which intimated no new version of the
nursery rhyme. but indicated desire TO
read Lambs Tales from Shakespeare" Re-
Quests for "sad books" are received quite
frequently Miss Phillips reports, and the
girls who receive them "seem to anticipate
with much satisfaction the misery which
they are about to enjoy"