fPUN PROPOSED
CONCERNING CORA
f Amendment to the Army Appropriation
Bill.
BEPORT OF COMMITTEE
United States l-? Kxorcise a I'rotro!
torate Over the Island and to lie
Permitted to Acquire Isle of I'lnes
aa a Naval Station.
Washington, Feb. 25.? In the senate,
I the committee on relations with Cuba
dfej reported an aim'udmeut to the nrtuy appropriation
biii regarding Cuba. The
text of the amendiueut is as f.<M own:
"That in fulfillment of the declaration
ooutaiued in the joint resolution,
approved April 20, 1803, entitled "For
the recognition of the Iudepctidenco of
the people of Cuba,' demanding that the
. government of Spain relinquish its authority
and government in the island of
Cuba and withdraw its land and naval
forceB from Caba ami Cuban waters,
and directing the president of the
United Statos to use the laud and naval
forces of the United States to carry
these resolutions into effect,' the president
is hereby authorized to leave the
government and control of the island of
Cuba to its people so soon as the government
shall have been established in
said island, under n constitution which,
either as a part thereof or in an ordinance
appended thereto, shall define the
future relations of the United States
with Cuba, substantially as follows:
"1. That the government of Cuba
shall never enter into any treaty or
other compact with any foreign power
y ' or powers which will impair or tend to
impair the independence of Cuba, nor
in any manuer authorize or permit any
foreign power or powers to obtain, by
colonization or by military or naval
purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or
control over any portion of said island.
Future Itelatlon-.
"2. That said government shall nol
assume or contract any public debt to
pay ths interest on which and to make
reasonable siuking fund provision for
the ultimate discharge of which the or
dinery revenues of tho islands, after defraying
the current expenses of government,
shall be inadequate.
"C. That the government of Cuba
oonseut that the United States may oxerdsfc
the right to intervene for tho preservation
of Cuban independence, the
maintenance of a government adequate
for the protection of life, property and
individual liberty, and for discharging
the obligations with rospect to Cuba
Imposed by the treaty of Puris on the
United States now to be assumed and
undertaken by the government of Cuba.
"4. That all acts of tho United States
in Cuba during its military occupancy
thereof are ratitied and validated, and
all lawful rights acquired thereunder
it shall be maintained and protected.
f Sanitary l'lans.
"6. That the government of Cuba
will execute, and as far as necessary extend,
the plaus already devised or other
plans to be mutually agreed upon for
the sanitation of the cities of the island,
to the end that a recurrence of epidomios
and infectious diseases may he prevented,
thereby assuring protection to
the people and commerce of Cuba, as
well as to ooinmerco of the southern
porta of tho United States and the poo
pie residing therein.
"6. That the Islo of Pines shall he
omitted from the proposed constitutional
boundaries of Cuba, the title thereof
being left to future adjustment by
treaty.
*7. That to enable the United Stales
to maintain the independence of Cuba
and to protect tho ]>ooplo thereof, as
well as for its own defense, the government
of Cnba will sell or lease to the
United States lands necessary for coallor
or naval stations at certain specified
points, to be agreed upon with the ores
ident of the United States.
"H. That, by way of farther nssur
tan o?, the government of Cub) will cm
body the foregoing provision* in a permanent
treaty with the United States."
The amendment was referred to the
mnimittnr on military affairs.
The report was unanimous, ami no
opposition is expected from the Demo
orats in the senate. It is the general
impression that the agreement today
makes an extra session of cougress unnecessary.
Senate Routine.
A senate bill creating the eastern division
of tho northern federal district
of Georgia was reported from the judlc(lary
committee by Mr. Bacon ami
passed.
A resolution offered by Mr. Gnllinger
of the oommittee on persions, authoriz
ing that committen to make au examination
of all the laws granting pensions
to soldiers, their survivors and dependents,
to make investigation of special
pension legislation, ami to make any
other inqniry on tho general subject of
pension legislation as the committee
may deem desirable, was adopted.
TOO DEEP FOR THE DIVERS
No More Itodlri to lie KoikkI In the
Klo <1? Janeiro Wreck.
8am Francisco. Feb. 25.?No more
bodies of victims of tbo Rio de Jauoiro
wreck havo been discovered, and it i?
not expected that any will rise to the
surface before next Thursday or Friday.
At the spot where the vessel is supposed
to lie the water is 8rt fathoms deep,
which is said to be twice the depth at
(which divers can work. It is thought
by expert wroxkers that the bodies of
those who went down within the shi;
will never bo recovered.
I An Atlaiitian ISe-cm-d.
Atlanta, Feb. 20 ? E E. Howell, one
of the passengers rescued from the
unken Rio de Jniieiro iu the San FranCisco
harbor Friday, is an Atlantian.
Be is the son of Colonel Albert IT >wcll.
For the past two mouths Mr. Howell
bas been in the Philippines and whs returning
home when the latnl hidden
/ rook sent the ship to the bottom of the
ce^ His arrival in Atlanta is expected
within the next few days. |
Friendship's Trials.
"Ani I going to the wedding? Certainly
not," snapped the pretty girl in
blue. "I'd like to see myself there!
You thought we were friends? Oh,
yes, we're friends. I'd like to scratch
her eyes out, the deceitfQl thing! How
did It start? How did What start?
If her young mun wished to call on
me, there was no law against it, was
there? If he got in the habit of calling
here every day in the week and
twice on Sundays, It wasn't uiy business
to turn him over to the police,
was It? I wish I had. though, as he
was nu awful bore and so persistent
that 1 never got a chance to go anywhere
or see any one.
"And all the while that deceitful
thing pretended to be crying her eyes
out at the desertion of her young man
into tuy camp. If I had not thought
that that young man's presence here
was making her awfully mad, he
would have got his walking papers
long ago. Itut I endured him because
I thought that she cared everything
for him and could not live without
him.
"And to think that?hc simply turned
him over to me to get rid of him as
well as me while she landed the eligible
young man with the bank account
who recently arrived in the city! And
I never knew that he was here until it
wns too late! And we were such dear
I Mi'iuls too!"?Detroit Free Dress.
Spnrlnu of Her Itemed jr.
There Is at least one woman In Kenwood
who believes thoroughly In the
efficiency of prayer. About a year ago
her husband engaged In a business
venture thnt looked rather uncertain.
But his wife had strong fnith that It
would turn out well.
"Go ahead. John." she said, "and let
us put our trust in the I.ord. 1 pray
every night that we may have no reason
to regret the risk we are taking."
The affair seemed to turn out pretty
well right from the start. Handsome
dividends were paid all through the
summer and during the winter, and
great Joy was in the home of this man
and the shurcr of his fortunes.
But there came a turn about a month
ago. The business ceased to pay, and
since then the losses have been Increasing
every day. Nothing was said about
It at the fireside around whieli so much
happiness had centered during the last
year until the other day, when It was
suggested by the worried husband that
It would be well to cut down expenses.
Questions followed, -s a matter of
course, and then it had to be confessed
that the business was not going well.
"Dear me!" exclaimed the distressed
woman when all the truth had been re
veaieu to tier. "l must begin praying
again tonight!" ? Chicago Tlmes-Heruld.
A Knninna l.onilon Tavern.
The Mertnald was the name of a famous
London tavern frequented by
noted literary men and netors during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth. All the
wit and talent of the time assembled
there for convivial enjoyment. Authors
have made It the scene of great
mi ml combnts between such men as
Shakespeare. Hen Jonsoti, Beaumont,
Fletcher, Selden, Caretv, Donne and
others of reverential memory. It was
the gathering place of the celebrated
Mermaid club, the origin of which Is
ascribed to Sir Walter Ilalcigh. The
Mermaid tavern was located In Bread
street apd was handily reached from
three thoroughfares, so that It has been
often referred to in various ways. The
Mermaid In Bread street, the Mermaid
iu Friday street and the Mermaid In
Cheap street were, however, nil one
and the same. It was the nearest to
Bread street. The Mermaid was destroyed
In the great London tire. There
were other Mermaid taverns, ono in
Clienpside and another In Coruhlll, but
they had no such associations as clung
to that of Bread street.
Tolatot'a Sonne of Honor.
At one music party at Count Tolstoi's
a may a singing displeased the count's
boys, and they adjourned to another
room and made a noise. Their father
lost patience and went after them, and
a characteristic admonition ensued.
"Are you making a noise on purpose?"
he asked.
After some hesitation came an answer
In the aQirmntive, "Y-y-yes."
"Does not her singing please you?"
"Well, no. Why does she howl?" declared
one of the boys, with vexation.
"So you wish to protest ngalnst her
singing?" nsked Lyeff Nlkolacvitch In a
serious tone.
"Yes."
"Then go out and say so or stand In
the middle of the room nnd tell every
one present. That would be rude, but
upright and honest. But you have got
together and are squealing like grasshoppers
In a corner. I will not endure
such protests."?Newcastle (England)
Chronicle.
Would Draw a Crowd.
A 6lngor named Gordon once complained
to Handel of the stylo of his
accompaniments, which attracted the
attention from the singer, saying that
If he did not accompany him better he
would Jump upon the harpsichord and
destroy It.
"Very well." said Handel. "Tell me
von you will do dat, and 1 vlll advertise
It. More people vlll come to see you
Jump dan to hear you sing."
Sarcastic.
Myer?Have you noticed what a lot
of now houses are being put up all over
the city V
Gyer?Yes, nnd I've been wondering
why they don't put up a few old ones
Just for a change.?-Chicago News.
In Turkey amber Is supposed to bo a
ppeelflc against the evil effects of nicotine,
nnd as the people are great lovers
of tohtcco they freely Indulge In the
use of It, but take care to safeguard
themselves by baring amber mouthpieces
to their pipes.
aSMfi **- - -v- .
Jmtlrr In Haiti.
Judicial procedure in Haiti Is In certain
Instances uot untouched by bu- 1
mor. A Haitian owed a trader ?28. A
judgment requlrlug the Haitian to pay 1
?4 a week Into court was given, and
the trader was to send a messohger
every week to the magistrate for' the
money. In due time he sent for the
first Installment and was Informed 1
that the Haitian had not paid up, but
that he should be thrown Into prison
for his failure.
Three weeks passed with the same 1
result. One morning the Haitian came '
to the trader's store. He was, he said,
a poor man, much married, a man to
whom, therefore, expense came. What
good, he asked, would accrue to the
trader if he, the poor man, was thrown
Into prison? Let the trader forglvo 1
him his debt and earn thereby untold
renarua 111 a lumre siaie.
After sonic talk the trader gave him
a letter of remission, which he went off 1
to present to the magistrate. The af- 1
fair was settled, hut the Haitian was
struck by the bad grace with which j
the magistrate dismissed him, and he
forthwith returned to the trader and
asked him If he had received the $8 he
had already paid Into court. The trader
looked surprised and said he had
received nothing.
"Then, since you have remitted the
debt, that $8 Is mine," said the Hal- j
tian.
Accordingly, he went off to the court j
to present his claim. The magistrate
at once committed him to prison. A
consul who had heard the story nskod
the magistrate what the Haitian was
sent to prison for.
"For contempt of court," was the
reply.
The First Cookbook.
To the Romans belong the honor of t
having produced the tlrst European i
cookery book, and, though the authorship
is uncertain. It Is generally attrib- '
uted to Csellus Aplcus, who lived \m- 1
der Trajan, 114 A. L>. Here nre two
recipes from this ancient collection:
"First, for u sauce to be enten with
boiled fowl, put the following ingredl- i
ents Into a mortar: Aniseed, dried mint
and Inzer root: cover them with vine- i
gar, add dates and pour In Uquamen (a
distilled liquor mnde from large fish
which were salted and allowed to turn
putrid In the sun), oil and a small
quantity of mustard 6oeds. Reduce all
to a proper thickness with sweet wine
warmed, and then pour this same over
your chicken, which should previously
be boiled in aniseed wnter."
The second recipe shows the same
queer mixture of Ingredients: "Take
a wheelbarrow of rose leaves and
pound In a mortar; add to It brains of
two pigs and two thrushes boiled and
mixed with the chopped up yolk of egg,
oil, vinegar, pepper and wine. Mix
and pour these together and stew them
ctnQ/lllr n li/1 ?? #111 ?- - * ?
U1IU oiun ij mi nil* |lt'l lUUll' 1?
developed."?Chambers' Journal.
One Franc a Shot.
When the siege of Paris began and
festive little parties of overconfident
Inhabitants of the city swarmed Into
the suburbs to see the French outposts,
there was among the latter a good deal
of rivalry In the trade of laylug down
rugs and tarpaulins for those civilian
sharpshooters who bought shots at a
franc a shot at the enemy's outposts.
Surgeon General Gordon, who repre- ,
sentod the medical department of the
British army during the war, speaks.
In a book he wrote, of the French outposts
making as much as 40 or f>0
francs a day each by crying out,
"Shots at the enemy?1 franc!" hundreds
of their customers being women.
One village, soon to he rnvaged by tire
and the sword, was like a fair, and the
sentries could not sell shots fast
enough, for a rich Paris tradesman
was standing by offering heavy money
prizes for the clvlliau marksmen who
brought down German sentries.?New
York Times.
A "Woman's KlgbO Perion,"
An old Virginia gentleman arose In a
car the other day and with a great j
flourish Of his slouch tin* nffornH l?to I
seat to a beautiful and handsomely
dressed woninn.
"Take my seat, madam," he politely
requested. The lady demurred. "Take
my seat, I beg of you, madam," he In- !
sisted. "I could not allow a lady to
stand, unless," he added under his
breath, "she was one of those women's
rights people."
The ludy bristled visibly. "I," she j
said In a freezing tone~"I am a 'woman's
rights person.' "
"Take my sent Just the same, madam,"
said the gallunt old gentleman
smilingly. "You nro too good looking
to be suspected of It If you hadn't confessed."?Leslie's
Weekly.
One Too Many For film.
"Ila, ha! They served that ?ellow
right," exclaimed Mrs. Henpeck as she
finished reading the report of a bigamy
case.
"What Is It, my dear?" asked her
husband.
"He was arrested and very prompt
ly jaiieu uecause lie took one wife too
many."
"Heavens! 1 wonder If they'll be
after me next?"?Philadelphia Press.
Easily ForKOilen.
"Can't you remember the principal
acta of yonr various mayors?" asked
the man who was trying to compile a
history of the city.
"Not very well." apologetically replied
the old citizen. "Our mayors are
so short lived, you know, they don't
make much Impression on the memory.
JThey go In one year and out the other."?Chicago
Tribune.
Tt?? Very Rraion.
"Dolly, what made you have lilies on
your hat? They'll be out of style In a
few weeks."
"How funny you are, Polly! You
asked me a question and then answerI
ed It yourself."?Chicago Record. '
Sou Storm*.
The connection between the aurorn.
Bun spots and magnetic disturbances ]
has never been explained, liut many
observations have shown that it definitely
exists. The outbreak of a cyclonic
storm on the sun with the formation
of spots is immediately registered
in every magnetic observatory
on the earth. Sometimes the disturbance
of terrestrial conditions is very
marked.
For example, on Feb. 13, 1S92, a
great spot, accompanied by enormous
cyclonic disturbances, burst forth on
the sun's surface. That night a magnificent
aurora was risible all over the
northern half of the United States and
In many parts of Europe. Telegraphing
was carried on between New York
ami Albany without batteries.so strong
were the enrtli currents. The telegraph
system of Sweden was completely
paralyzed, and in Russia much
difficulty was experienced with the telegraph
lines. At the Ivew observatory
in England the magnetic needle swung
two degrees out of its normal position. 1
All tills lins furnished physicists and
astronomers a fruitful field for study,
and a vast muss of observations has
born accumulated, but so far no satisfactory
explanation of the mysterious 1
bond of sympnthy between solar and
terrestrial Influences has been forthcoming;.
nor does any one yet know the 1
true nature of the aurora. 1
O'Cnitnell ft nil the Tlppernry IIojb.
At Tlpperary. brave Tipperary, they
wanted to take the horses from O'Connell's
carriage and draw him themselves
upon his wt.y. "This will never
do," he said to uis daughter-in-law.
"Their intentions are excellent, but
they'll get so excited that we'll find
ourselves in the ditch presently."
Bursting open the carriage door, in a
moment he was out among these gigantic
Tipperary men, .1 nut as big as
any one of them. "Now, boys, be reasonable,"
he said. "Leave the horses
under the carriage."
"But, sliure, we'd rather pull you
nlong ourselves, sir." was the reply as
the preparations for so doing went gallantly
forward.
"All right; on your own heads be it!"
cried O'Connell good humoredly, and,
throwing off his coat, lie set to with
pugilistic Intent, boxing them right
and left until he got them to desist.
Their amusement and delight knew no
bounds, and when, on regaining the
carriage, he doubled up his hand and
ulwira- It .it II...... w.ltl. .. ?...
.V ??. mviti, u am u uvauiill^ nuilic
an?l a twinkling eye, the air was rent
with enthusiastic shorting, ami he
drove oft even a greater hero than
When he had come. Donahue's Magazine.
She I.lkeU Variety.
She is a very nice little girl, and yet
she lias an imagination so vivid that
people can't help wondering once in
awhile what is going to become of it.
The little girl can and does tell the
most marvelous tales, and when she Is
reproved she Is entirely complacent
and cannot see that her effective inventions
are anything more than Jokes.
One of these she told to an interested
neighbor, at whose house she called
frequently.
"How is your mamma, dear?" asked
the neighbor one morning when the little
girl made her appearance.
"She is very sick," answered the little
girl earnestly. "Nelly (her sister)
and I were up with her all night. We
called the doctor." llut when the kind
neighbor went in haste to see her sick
friend she found her in every respect
as well as ever.
"Why did you tell kind Mrs. Blank
such a story about me?" asked mamma
seriously of her little girl at the
first opportunity.
"Well, mamma," said the little girl,
with a toss of her curls, "Mrs. Blank
asks me every single morning how you
are, and I get tired of telling her that
you are very well."?New York Times.
Too llonpdt.
A lawyer look In a now lioy the other
day, and. as he had suffered to some
extent from the depredations of the
former one, he determined to try the
new boy's honesty at once, lie therefore
placed a $o note under a weight
on ids desk and walked out without a
word. Upon his return, half an hour
later, the note was gone, and half a
dollar in silver had taken Its place.
"Boy, when I went out 1 left $5 under
this weight."
"Yes, sir. hut you hadn't been gone
five minutes when a man came in with
a bill against you for $-1.50. I guess
the change is correct?"
"You paid the hill?"
"Yes, sir. There It Is. all receipted.
The man said It had slipped your mind
for the past four years, and so"?
He did not get any further before he
made a rush for the door. That boy is
not In the lnw business any more.?
Chicago News.
Snlan Got Ilclilnd.
Mother? So you have been at the
Jam again, Adolplius?
Son?The cupboard door came open
of Itself, mother, and 1 thought?
Mother?Why didn't you say, "Get
thee behind nie, sntan?"
Son?So I did, mother, and he went
up and pushed me right In!?Brooklyn
Life.
A Dlatlnctlon.
"Knogood tells me you won some
money from him last night," snid the
man with the shrieking shirt.
"Nlpe," said the man with the whispering
tie; "1 merely won a few bets
from him."
"Oh!"?Indianapolis Press.
The private secretary of an Important
official Is a good thing until he begins
to think he Is the Important official.?New
Orleans Picayune.
The stars on the United States coinage
are six pointed, while the United
States ting carries Ave pointed Mac*.
Article* of Impeachment.
The articles are of puch length that
we have not space to pr' >t them all.
There are five and the following synopsis
of them is from the Raleigh Times
Visitor:
The first recites the history of the
White claim, the article of the constitution
violated by the issuing of the writ
of mandamus.
Article two charges that the judges,
in violation of the constitution, and in
Hat disregard of act of the Legislature
and their oaths of office, caused the
peremptory writ of mandamus to issue
against tho State Treasurer, thereby
usurping the rights and powers of the
General Assembly.
Article three charges that the case of
White against Aver was decided at
February term, 1900, and the Supreme
Court hail adjourned before June, 1900.
That tht Legislature in June ascertain
pd that the money had not been paid
out and in epite of the plain law forbidding
the payment of thin money to
White, the court issued its writ and
compelled its payment.
Article four recites that the writs
were not issued in conformity to the
rules ami regulations of the law iu relation
to submission of controversies without
action; that the law did not provide
for the submission of such a suit in the
county of Perquimans in the Superior
Court or in any court outside of Wake
county. That the issuing was contrary
to the proceedings in the course of
practice in the Supreme Court; that well
knowing two judges did not concur,
one of the judges was denied the right
of entering his protest on the minutes
of the court and denied the right of a
dissenting opinion being tiled.
Articles five recites the history of the
oHiceholding cases, and Bays that by a
specious c urse of reasoning the impeached
judges, in reality and effect
abrogated the acts of the Legislature of
lS'JO and under color of their otlice
wilfully and unlawfully caused to be
withdrawn from the Treasury of North
Carolina the sum of $*.>06, contrary to
the constitution and in contempt and
utter disregard of the laws of the State.
II lull \\ a> in on ItifoNt City of Ureeiiff
boro.
CuKKNsn uto. N. C., Feb. 26 ?There
I?earance of h gang of highwayman in
tins city. Monday night as Meyer
Sternberger, a young cotton manufacturer,
waH pacing along Summit
avenue, one of the moat public thoroughfares
in the city, be was seized by three
masked men, who knocked him senseless
and dragged him into a vacaut lot,
where be whs robbed of bis gold watch
and all the money be bad on bisjierson.
Last night two more robberies were
committed near the same spot and
under similar circumstances.
Edward Duffey, a young white man,
was robbed of a small amount of money
and a part of bis clothing. Will Hall,
a colored driver for the Southern Express
company, was also robbed.
The officers have no clue as to the
identity of the highwaymen. It is
believed that they are white men disguised
as negroes.
An Anlul Shipwreck.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro
s tiled from Hongkong on January 22
tnd was wrecked on Febuary 22 at 5 HO
V. M. less than a mile outside of San
Francisco
She carried a crew of 170 and 04
oassengeia. Of these 70 are known to
have been saved and at least 122 are
believed to have drowned.
Among those missing is Rounseville
Wildraan, United StatesConsul-Oenera!
tt Hongkong, who sent the first official
news of the battle of Manila bay.
The steamer was owned by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and had
been in the Pacific trade for many
years.
An I iirescnoralo I'mm.
"The B-v. Cyrua Townaeml Brady
tells a story of a little boy he knew on
the frontier," says the New York Trihune,
"who belonged to a family who
had trained him to believe in the deepwater
form of baptism, and was experimenting
with the household eat and
a bucket of water. The animal evidently
did not believe in immersion,
tor she resisted, hit and scratched, until
finally, the httle hoy, with his hands
covered with scratches and with tears
in his eye?, gave up the effort to (ffect
the regeneration of the cat. "Dog
.'one you !" he cried, "go and be an
Episcopal cat if you want to 1"
?Chariot to Observer: A man stood
in a public place in this city a day or
t wo ago, and, through a telephone,
indulged in sarcastic, rather brutal,
speech at the expense of the operator
?a girl. He did himself no credit.
These operators?young women?
are, in a groat measure, public employees,
yet the arduous nature of
their duties bespeaks consideration
and courtesy.
? Salisbury Sun: Mill hands without
employment continue to pour
into Salisbury. It is estimated that
no less than 200 mill hands seeking
employment are' in Salisbury now.
Their condition is pitiful in tin* extreme
many of them spent nearly all
they had to get here. There is no
immediate prospect of a brightening
up of the situation.
Papa (from the next room)?Etht 1,
aren't you going to light the gas in
there?
Ethel?Yes, papa ; we were just speaking
of?or?striking a match.
An investigation made by the Chicago
Tribune shows that 11 States prohibit
the sale of cigarettes to minors, 18 are
considering the passage of similar laws,
and in ? States an effort is being made
o arouse public sentiment on the
question.
/ '
UKNKBAL N KWK,
At Uniontown, Wash., on the'Jttb,
Mrs. Rosa Wurzer, insane, threw her
six children into a weli thirty feet deep
and jumped in on top of them. She
drowned all of the children by holding
their beads under the water. Sue was
rescued by neighbors aud is under
arrest.
In six months there will not he a
saloon or dive in the state of Kant as if
Mrs. Nation ih successful in carrying
out the task she has set herself. This
is the promise she has made to herself,
her husband, and who ever else is interested.
Her adm?ring spouse indignantly
refutes the statement that he is
seeking a divorce ami asserts that his
relations with his Amazon life partner
are most amicable.
The fast mail seivice from New York
to New Orleans is safe for the next
year or so, a bl'.l continuing the appropriation
for it passing the Senate last
week. A press special from Washington
to the morning papers tells this
good news to the people of the South?
especially this section. An effoit was
made to kill the bill, those opposing it,
calling it a subsidy, but it was defeat d.
As suggested by an exchange, if the
appropriation was little less than a gilt
it is about the only thing the government
gives the South, which was truly
said. The service, however, is a great
covenieuee to the South, furnishing
excellent mail facilities, bringing the
Southern States in close touch with the
North aud doing a vast amount ot good.
Hew llnok lor Knutrrlldr.
The Songs of Solomon have been arrat-ged
as a sacred drama by Mi s
Stockard. Tbe romance of a king's
wooing a shepherdess in the golden
springtime of the East is a beautiful
Htory for Eastertide. Dr. Eugene Daniels,
of Raleigh has written the introduction.
Miss S ockard is an M. A.
graduate of the University of North
Carolina. Her work in literature has
been much praised. She is herself
taking subscriptions for this book of
Eastertide. It is entitled "Ihe Lily of
the Valleys." Spe ial attention is
given to the material clothing of tins
excellent thought of love and spring.
Bound in cloth, old Stratford paper,
gilt edge. Price 7"> cents. Address,
Greensboro, N. C.
I.oI'M XVlie.
"I uotice," said Uncle Allen Sparks,
"a couple of our learned professors
have found the secret of prolonging
life. It is simply to have plenty of
salt in the system. If that's true?ami
I'm not saying it isn't?Lot's wife
ought to he alive to-day. Which,"
continued Uncle Allen, rcllectively,
,'I believe she is not."
Ituller W uiil* Siilartc* liii'rranril.
Washington, Feb. -8.?Senator IJutler
to-day gave notice of an amendment
he will offer to the sundry civil bill, increasing
the salaries of Senators and
members i f Congress to $7,500 per year.
Evangelist Fife is holding a meeting
in the Presbyterian church in Navasota,
Texas. He is having large audiences.
He Haid in his opening service tost he
came not as a pretcher, but as a business
man; that for years lie bad traveled
as a salesman of a mercantile bouse.
He was still drumming, however, but
had changed houses and was now drumming
for a bigger house?be was on
the road for Jesus Christ.
II uaiiii ml ami Wife.
Husband?What did the doct< r say,
Marv ?
Wife?Not much. He asked nie to
put out my. tongue.
Husband?Yes ?
Wife?And he said, "Overworked."
Husband (with n long breath of relief)?Then
jou'll have to give it a rest.
That doctor knows bis business.
That man is generous to a fault who
never corrects one.
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