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m' The Survival < By Charlton T. Lewis of the most interests I science is this: Docs average duration of li S. B familiar with the cons f ? length of life must be ? perity and progress of ing evidence has been T? nat'ons S',K'? the Middl historians give us that increased. Itisanassu came very much sooner than it does "was vastly greater: but no attempt t( until the accumulation of trustwortl ernments. The methods of taking th 60 that Its figures are much more v; there are several countries in which th to Support some definite conclusions established beyond doubt that during the civilized nations of the world ai life, and that this improvement is esj the century. It is also clear that the the earlier half of life?that is to say of infant mortality, a large decrease and youth, and, on the whole and in advanced life, most particularly amoi Weekly. jZ? The Gusher Gi Not L By II. R. R. ficrtzberjj AAC9N oil gusher ceases to $ 'I I settles down to do tliii t 'I I gusher is incurable. JfP 1 Tbe girl-gusher wil I afterward, unless tlie I ? I tain throughout the 1 I I such laws have been r< Some girls are bon i: conviction. The latter ing for twenty years in solitary coufin There is nothing in the world tha for gushing purposes. She will even g Jk sufficiently plain. But, after all, the "young man" if . sweet substunce poured into him unt grocery. . If he happens to stand possessed agree with his system for any length Unfortunately the trouble with tli with the gusher-girl is that there are i volutions in liis brain. That is whj* the gusher-girl contim Because, despite the fact that the ferentside always, no variety of woina that variety finds a corresponding cla With it and bid it flourish. Now not a few men like bear greas same principle, like gush in a girl's ni You can't account for taste, parth n _ auy. It is to be believed, however, thai go. Her departure will coiue shortly stilt-heel. I Then the two words, "perfectly lo stand fearfully is need. Then, also, calls him, "the perfectly sweet younj ?' will h?ve become as totally extine I and may l>e caricatured by cartoonii "Human Errors of the Past/' or somel , Ohly a consummation of that kind ?New York Journal. Ip>- j pNeed of Marks By Macdonald Van W S& ^3 where armies, eomjKi m little or no experienc months to maneuvre to shoot with ball. Rested that skill when tin |M jod Fredericksburg armed < BHB xd' no faith in the bullet! A and wounded in front of Mary reaching the line of the Confederates! At Banker Hill undisciplined Ainei ? perfect in the science of military evok | to surrender because of the fearful c I army of 12,000 of the flower of British ! | by 3000 skilled riflemen of /Tennessee * tactics as of book learning, killing and ^L only twenty-five minutes. It is not n ^ incidents. Our army, in the Civil Wn ^Bhne, learned to shoot, but at what a ] Hjr- Allow me to suggest that the best ??/! AoflmntA /IIcttinr?nc ltr 11 [Kill JUU?tT ttUU couuiaic vuouiuvvo wj i* practice should be given, if possible,' i a level raDge. The Boers were forrni splendid marksmen, as hunters they hi f How Metals B< By Prof. E. Heyn . T is known that 111:11 I 0 I rendering them until l IL V small quantities of li: I i HI be very seriously affi I jDk p same m;iterial, both Ibf ^ 'b air, the other expo Mian iinu in th?' other bar, heated The hydrogen has, in this instance, ad E very small quantities of such poison j violent effects. The disease in quest: | necessary to anneal the poisoned bar, i to air. The poisoned steel, by being al lb any further expert treatment, show s fcr~the poison gradually leaving it. A be oil, which process may be eompared 1 human beings. P" Similar symptoms of poisoning, < |. hydrogen (as gas for lighting purpose [. to red heat. Not every kind of coppei degree. p Metals can become diseased from ii and steel when exjtosed for a certain i fixed limits. The copper in consequei: k bending qualities. In steel the diseas L ao infected can, on falling 011 the groui I (calls such disease "overheating."?11 a >f the Weak questions In tlic whole range of social civilization, on the w hole, increase the fe? Every thinker on such subjects is idorations which show that the average iccepted as the best measure of the prosmankind. Accordingly, no more gratifyfound for the improvement of civilized o Ages than the conclusive proois wmcii the expectation of life has been largely red fact that a few centuries ago old age now, and that the mortality of all ages ? measure the improvement was possible ly statistics through the agency of govie census have been gradually improved. jlnable now than a generation ago. but e statistics already collected are sufficient which are of the highest interest. It is the nineteenth century there was in all r? important lengthening of the average >ecially characteristic of the last half of improvement is limited almost wholly to , there has been an immense diminution of the rate of mortality among children general, an increase in the mortality of ng males older than fifty-five.?Harper's ? irl, a Fnusual Variety rush in the due course of its career and igs without noise or display. But a girl1 gush all her life, on her death bed, and strictest kind of anti-gushing laws obicreafter. Let us hope?in chorus?that j ?gistered and are enforced in both places. 1 gushers, but other girls are gushers by j are entitled to one more conviction callement. it tin* confirmed gushcr-girl will not use usli over another girl, if that other girl is . .. 1 1. If I |,A ; nor principal gusn-.ruumi. ^n- na? (m- . il be resembles the molasses-barrel of a j of sense, the saccharine matter will not of time. le average "young man" who associates iuore curis ill his. hair than there are <*<11ics to exist". feminine tiisposition inclines to the difn flourishes for any length of time unless ss of men willing and anxious to put ui> ie on their heads. Not a "few men, on the anner and conversation. . ularly the taste of persons who haven't t ultimately the {rusher-girl will have to after that of the cuirass-corset and '.he rely I" will be given a rest of which they the "young man," or as the gusheV-girl r gentleman." who enjoys being guslied t as the megalotheriuin or the dinosaur, ?ts of the future as one of a series of thing to that effect. looks almost too good to justify belief.? 0 & \ men in War agoner, (Veteran of Civil War) autifully the soldiers lnaucuvro. m* how es. unless the men who aim the gnus can the bodies of the enemy they are, after le results of this during our Civil War, ?ed principally of civilians who had had e in the use of the rifle, were drilled for on a grand scale without being taught The Confederates were more skilful; and ; Union soldiers were rushed at them at only with the bayonet, because our Condivision annihilated at Antietam, 8000 e's Hill, and not a single Union bayonet deans slew a thousand British, who were itions. Burgoyne at Saratoga was forced xecution of American sharpshooters; an regulars, at New Orleans, were defeated and Kentucky, who were as ignorant of wounding 2100 in a battle that occupied ecessary for me to cite further historical ? ra>4/>tl/<a r?ll tllo fltlll l):ltfle fearful cost? marksmen in liekl service are those who le eye. In a broken country, and therefore n all around field shooting, as well as on dable antagonists because, besides' being id become skilled in estimating distances. & ecome Diseased iy metals show symptoms of poisoning, : for use. Thus steel can, by means of fdrogeu and under certain circumstances, ected. Let us take two steel bars of the heated to a red heat, one surrounded by ised to the influences of hydrogen or ig both bars in water after heating; we ated in hydrogen to be brittle, whereas in air. will turn out to be far surperior. toil like poison upon tin? heated steel, and ous matter will suffice to produce very ion can be radically cured, it only being repeating the process by heating exposed lowed to lie for a long time, will, without igns of-improvement to a certain degree. Iter treatment still is boiling in water or o using warm compresses in the case of aused by hydrogen or gases containing s?. are apparent in copper when exposed is susceptible to ;his poisoning in equal nproper treatment, as. for instance, copper eiigtli of time to temperatures exceeding ice loses a great part of its ductibility and e can become so virulent that a steel bar ml, break to pieces. The technical expert rper's Magaziu?, % lose"two vessels , Plflcky Japs Meet With Another Disaster On Sea SUNK BY MINE AND COLLISION The Battleship Hatsuse Struck a Russian Mine and the Cruiser Yoshino was Rammed During a Fog by the Kasuga. Tokio, By Cable.?Vice Admiral Togo has reported as follows: "A report from Rear Admiral Dewa says that the cruiser Kasuga and Yoshino collided during a fog ofT Port Arthur on May 15. The Yoshino sank, only 90 of her crew being saved. "On the same day the battleship Hatsuse struck a Russian mine and sank." Giving details of the disaster. Vies Admiral Togo soys: "At 14 minutes past 1 in the afternoon of May 15, in a deep fog off Port Arthur, the Kasuga rammed the Yoshino, sinking the latter in a few minutes. Ninety of her crew were saved. "The same morning the Hatsuse, while cruising off Port Arthur, covering the landing of the soldiers, struck a mine ten knots southeast of the harbor entrance. She signaled for help, and instantly struck another mine. She sank in half an hour. Three hundred of her crew were saved by torpedo boats." The Yoshino was a cruiser of 4,180 tons displacement and 15,000 indicated horse-power. She was built in England, was launched in 1892, was 350 feet long, had 4GH feet beam, and her draft was 17 feet The armament of the Yoshino consisted of four 6-inch guns, eight 4.7-inch guns and twenty-three Impounders. She had five torpedo tubes, her armored deck was 4% inches thick and her gun positions were protected by shields. The cruiser's speed was estimated to be 23 knots, her coal capacity was 1,000 tons, und her crew numbered 300 men. The Hatsuse was a hattleshin of 15. 000 tons displacement and of the latest model. She was only completed in 1900, was built in England, was 400 feet long, had 76^ feet beam, drew 27 feet of water, had 16,300 indicated horsepower, and was fitted with water tube boilers. She was completely armored with steel. Ker armament consisted of four 12-inch guns, fourteen 6-inch guns, twenty* 12-poundsrs, eight 3-pounders, and four 21,?-pounders. She had four torpedo tubes, her estimated speed was 19.11 knots. Her crew numbered 741 men. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The loss of at least two Japanese warships is officially confirmed. A message dated Port Arthur, received by carrier pigeon at Mukden, was transmitted to th*> Emperor early yesterday morning, say ing that two Japanese warships had been lost off that port. The message followed the Emperor to Koursk. and no one here know its oontents until late last night, when foreign telegrams brought full details of the Japanese loss. Early in the afternoon, reports of nlrilftnrr <->f V?s\ QKil'loKimo on/1 IIIC Siu rviu J, \J L I 11 C OUA<VIOH<U<M MUX* IKV Fuji, on the authority of Russian refugees from Dalny, began to circulate and aroused the most intense interest. When, later, confirmation came of the sinking of the Japanese warships, the greatest enthusiasm was manifested. Without reference to its effect on the campaign, the people attribute the enemy's disaster to divine interposition in the Russian cause. In naval circles the Japanese ratastiophe is a matter for rejoicing, though 1 egrets are expressed that brave men have lost their lives. But this feeling of sympathy is swallowed up in the greater thanksgiving for the blow inflicted on the sea power of the enemy. It is pointed out that the Hatsuse was one of Japan's finest battleships, and that the loss of two. and Dossiblv four warships at intervals of r few days, cannot fail to deeply afreet Japan and to influence the course of the campaign. The general staff tonight is without direct news of the sinking of the Japanese ships, but there is an impression that it may be true. The reports, at any rate, have infused fresh life and enthusiasm in official circles, where it is believed the tide has turned. No surprise is expressed by the admirality at the Japanese vessels striking Russian mines, the admiralty expecting that such a mishap to Vice Admiral Togo, particularly since the naval commanders at Port Arthur have faithfully duplicated his plan, which resulted in the sinking of the Petropavlovsk. Warships Unrestricted. Washington, Special?China has been informed that the Washington government claims the right to dispatch warships, not only to those Chinese ports declared by treaty to be open to the world, but also upon the inland waters of China, "Whereever Americans may be and where by treaty with China they are authorized to engage in business or reside for the purpose of spreading the Gospel." M - I NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COliNTM j Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. Haury L. Myers, of Norfolk, was severely wounded by a pistol shot. Mayor A. A. Moss, of Newport News, in a political quarrel struck Committeeman R. W. Perkins. While blasting at a lime quarry at Tom's Brook, Shenandoah county, Va.. a large cave was discovered. Grpat preparations are being made at Nashville, Tenn., for the Confederate Veterans' reunion, June 14 to 1G. Kansas City was chosen as the next meeting place of the Southern Baptist I convention, and many devotional meetings were held at Nashville, Tenn. Democratic primaries in Florida resulted in a victory for Senator Taliaferro for renomination and a likelihood that the State will be for Hearst. Fire at Waverly, Sussex county, Virginia, destroyed the whole business part of! the town, including the bankbuilding. postofflce, and the Norfolk & Western railroad station. Loss, $60,000; insurance unknown. The Southern Baptist Convention, which began its forty-ninth annual session in Nashville, Tenn., re-elected exGovernor Et gle, of Arkansas, president and Rev. Dr. 0. F. Gregory one of the permanent secretaries. Wshington Happenings. A number of additional witnesses testified in the trial of James N. Tyner and H. J. Barrett, accused of conspiracy in the Postofflce Department. Secretary Taft appointed a commisRinn tn formulate rpenlations for the conduct of the business of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Since January 1 the available cash balance in the United States Treasury declined from *229,374,895 to *175,714,879. A lively controversy is being waged between Weather Bureau Chief Mocre and W. T. Foster, who is classed as a "long-range" weather forecaster. Government figures show that Cuban-American commerce hes increased greatly since the reciprocity treaty went into effect, in December. Secretary Shaw transferred to Morgan & Co., in New York, *40,000,000 in payment for the canal property and received *25,000,000 In bonds as security in return. President Roosevelt promulgated the regulations to govern the Isthmian Canal Commission, which will be t.nder the direction of the Secretary of War. John Mitchell, of the Mine Workers' Union, called President Roosevelt's attention to the situation arising from the mine troubles in Colorado. In the North. Dr. V. H. Podstata of Chicago staled that music was a great aid in the cure of insanity. Dr. Robert Bartholow, an eminent physician and professor in Jefferson Medical College, and a native of Maryland. died in Philadelphia. It is announced that. President Roosevflt will receive no delegations during his summer visit to Oyster Bay, The President lias sieuei the procla iratlon opening the Rosebud (S. D.) Indian Reservation to settlement on August 8. A man believed to have been a New York stockbroker named Shell commit- | ted suicide by jumping overboard ftom j n steamer in Lake Erie. The Illinois Republican convention at Springfield was marked by scenes of great disorder. An explosion of powder in a mine at Murphysboro, 111., killed six and probably more men and injured upward of 80. The question of heresy trials interested the Northern Methodist General Conference at Los Angles. The Brotherhooi of Locomotive Eniriripprs mpt in nonvention at Los An geles, Cal. The Knowllog Expedition, after extreme hardships, arrived at Glenwood. Newfoundland. The Republican convention in Connecticut .elected delegates to the national convention and indorsed Roosevelt for the Presidential nomination. Dr. Ira Remsen, president of the Johns Hopkins University, was one of nr,Ani,A?o o* InoncmraMrvn of IUC opconci o at ujv iu?*udu. -Prof. C. S. Howe as president of Case School of Applied Science, in Cleveland. Ohio. , Foreign Affairs. Seventeen Americans were killed and five wounded in a Moro ambush at Simpateiu, Mindanao. Tibetans are getting arms and threaten more serious resistance to Colonel Younghusband's British expedition. The Lames of Tibet are preaching a holy war against the English. Spanish Minister Ajeda says he thinks Spain benefited by the loss of her colonies. The body of Henry M. Stanley, it has been decided, is not to rest in Westminster Abbey. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria ' and ILing Peter of Servia will meet today at^'ish, Servia. A special dispatch received in Paris shows thai: Turkish forces have practically exterminated the Armenian mountaineers in the Sassoun district. A Japanese torpedo boat was blown up while trying to remove a Russian mine from Kerr bay, near Dalnv. 7 men being killed and 7 wounded. Emperor William, in an address at Saarbrucken, Russia, said he prayed for heavenly aid in his endeavors to preserve peac?. Brazil will send warships near the scene of the dispute with Peru about Acre. -' A SERIOUS WRECK Heaviest Damage Experienced in the History of Lake Navigation LARGE STEAMER GOES TO PIECES British Steamer Turret Bay, of 2,211 T /!?? di?^*c_PIu? of the I Ulli)) UUC.O iV * ivvvtf . ,.v .. Crew Die While Being Taken to Land. North Sidney, Nova Scotia, Special.? The worst marine disaster in the history of the St. Lawrence river coal trade occurred Friday off Cape North, the northernmost point of Cape Breton, when the British steamer Turret Bay, landed with coal and bound from Sydney to Montreal, struck on the rocks of St. Paul's Island, and sank in deep water twenty minutes later, causing a loss of thirteen lives. Only nine men from a crew of twenty-two were saved. The dead: J. H. Hayden, captain; M. A. Cara. first officer; G. F. Gray, second officer; W. H. Adams, chief engineer; H. S. Matthews, second engineer; George Johnson, boatswain, together with the steward, name unknown; cook, mess-room hoy, two firemen, a seaman and a helper. According to the government agent at St. Paul's Island, the steamer struck near Southwest Light, about 8:30 o'clock Friday morning. A dense fog prevailed at the time, and the sea was running mountains high. Almost immediately the Turret Bay backed off into deep water, but sank within twenty minutes. The crew attempted to cut the boats clear, but while thus engaged the vessel plunged down bow first, carrying every man aboard with her. Some of the men struggled to the surface and clung to floating pieces of wreckage. Fourteen persons were taken off the wreckage by the life-saving crew that put out from the island, but five of them died before reaching the island. The survivors say that they did not know that they were in danger until the vessel struck. The fog was so thick that the shore could not be seen, and, hearing the foghorn at the lighthouse, they mistook it for the whistle of another steamer. The disaster occurred nineteen miles north of Cape North. There is a lighthouse en the northeast point of St. Paul's Island, and also one on the southwest point, and a steam fog whistle is situated near the southwest light. It was this whistle that the crew of the Turret Bay heard. ? Admiral at Vladivostock. Vladivostok, uy v,ad?e.?auuuw Skrydloff arrived here Saturday afternoon. He was met at the station, outside of Viadivostock by Major Gen. Voronetz and deputations of the military, naval and municipal authorities, as well as by an enthusiastic crowd, and was presented with bread and salt. Entering the town, the admiral drove to the pier in an open carriage and escorted by Cossacks, and boarded the cruiser Rossia, on which a short service was held. The chaplain sprinkled and blessed the admiral's flag before it was run up "to the masthead, where it was greeted with a salute from all the cruisers in the harbor. The admiral addressed the officers and crew of the Rossia, saying: "The Emperor ordet*^ me to convey his greeting and loyal thanks for your gallant services in consideration of which he reduces your tour of sea tn three vears." Admiral Skrydloffs reception was of the heartiest everywhere, he being a great favorite when last at Vladivostock. Capital Stock Increased. Trenton, Special.?The . Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. filed a certificate with the Secretary of State, increasing its authorized capital stock from $50,000,000 to $58,000,000, of which $38,000,000 is common stock and $20,000,000 preferred, the latter paying 8 per cent, dividends. The certificate is signed by S. T. Morgan, president of the company. The Flood Damage. Fort Coljins. Colo., Special.?Estimates of the damage caused by the flood in the Cache La Poudre Valley run from $1,000,000 upwards. The head gates of all the irrigating ditches have been washed away, and miles of embankments destroyed. Unless repairs can be made in time to save water for irrigating this year, the loss will be nearer $2,000,000 than $1,000,000. One JJ ' ?* .? Vimicoc in thp RllS nunureu ?uu nu; uuu^u ?? sian settlement, at the sugar factory, north of this town, were destroyed. So far as ascertained, only one life lost here. The body of a Russian was found today. Senator Quay III. Beaver. Pa., Special.?Senator Quay left his brother's home, at Morgansea, Sunday, and is located at his own home at this place. At his home it was said the Senator stood the journey well. He was driven from the station to his home in a closed carriage, from wfiich he was carried into the house. The Senator spent a restless night last night, and was not so well this morning. His condition is said to be not as good today as it has been for the past few days. I 1 ii rrnr n 1 AAI AHFIt WEKE ALL IULUKCV Bishop Turner Declares God Never Made a White Man HE CREATED QUITE A SENSATION Bishop Turner Accepts Uncie Remus' Theory in Part as to the Origin of the Races?Doesn't Like the Words of a Hymn. Chicago, Special.?"God never mads a white man. In the beginning all mc* were black but in his wanderings on earth many of them became bleached. In their unnatural paller these bleached men now look with contempt and indifference, often with prejudice and hate, upon their brothers, the negroea who have retained the color God gave them." So said Rev. H. M. Turner, Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in an address at the annual conference. Many negroes were present and applauded wildly. The bishop continued: "What we negroes need is more education. We should write books of our own, poems and scientific treatises of our own, in harmony with our color and race. Don't learn songs like 'Wash, me and I shall be whiter than snow.' J A song I would not tolerate if sung in \ my presence. I don't want to be misunderstood, and will say to the white man, whose race is a? the same time the meanest and best I ever saw. that wherever our race tries to rise and rule he will help us." North Carolina Republicans. Greensboro, Special.?'The State Republican convention met at noon on Wednesday, being the largest attended in the history of the party. Two hours were consumed in a speech of welcome by C. P. Fraz'cr, a responso by J. J. Britt, an able address by Chairman Rollins in calling the convention to order, and selecting committees for permanent organization, credentials. resolutions and adjournment was had until 3. The appointment of the committees on credentials by the chairman, who will settle the contests of the eighth district, involving the regularity of Blackburn's nomination to Congress, and Yates' victory for him. made the complete triumph of what is known as the Federal office-holding element, headed by Collector Duncan. The following State ticket was nominated on Wednesday night: Governor, Chas. J. Harris, of Jackson county. Lieutenant uovernor, isaac -m. .h?tkins, of Pasquotank. Attorney General, W. H. Yarborough, of Franklin. Secretary of State, J. J. Jenkins, of Chatham. Treasurer. C. G. Bailey, of Davie. Auditor. Frank Linney, of Watauga. Superintendent of Public Instruction, C. P. Frazier, of Guilford. Corporation Commissioner. D. H. Abbott, of Pamlico. Commissioner of Agriculture. W. R. t Dixon, of Craven. -? Labor Comimssioner, J. Y. Hamrick. cf Cleveland. Supreme Count Justice, R. M. Douglass, of Guilford, and W. A. Montgomery. of Warren. Electors of State at large. J. J. Britt. of Buncombe; R. Z. Linney, of Alexander. Delegates to the national convention. Thomas S. Rollins, E. S. Blackburn. B. C. Duncan, B. F. Mebane; alternates. R. H. McNeill, Claudius Docker}'. Mark Brown, H. L. Grant. The nominee for Governor js a wealthy leather manufacturer and miner of the mountain district, aged .SO. who came to this State from Minnesota 1? years ago and is a member of the firm of Reese-Harris Tanning Cc. Eighty-Five Doctors. Raleigh. N. C., Special.?Eighty-five young physicians have registered for an examination for license practice that begins before the State Hoard of Medican Examiners. It is expected that fully 123 will register before the register closes. The State board consists of Dr. Fletcher, Asheville; J)r. Pressley, Charlotte; secretary. Dr. F. H. Russell, of Wilmington; Dr. Parrott, of Kinston; Dr. Battle, of Greensboro; Dr. Kert. of Lenoir; Dr Laughinghouse, of Greenville. The examination will be completed and the successful splicants announced before the State 'Medical Society which meets here next Wednesday. Roosevelt and Hill. Grand Rapids, Special.?With no prospects of fight except on <inestion of resolution declaring for primary reform, the State Republican Convention was called to order here today to select four delegates and alternates at large to the National Convention. President Roosevelt was endorsed. Indications early in the day are that Hitt will be endorsed for the Vice Presidential nomination. A Small Flood. Winston-Salem. Special.?The heaviest rain in years visited this section Tuesday night. Reports are coming in that all small streams in the country are high and that nearly every bridge has been washed away. Meeting of Business League. The next meeting of the National Negro Business League will occur in Indianopolis, Indiana. August 31st and September 1st and 2nd.1