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JACKSON & BELL COMPANT. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TEZ3 DAILY HESSINGER by mall Hi jrexr, 17.00; six months, JJ.50; three taonthJ, JL75; one month, SO cents. THa BEMI-WEEKIiT MESSENGER CS3 B papers) by mail, one year, CJDj tfcC taontlu, tO cents, In advance WILMINGTON, !(. C. ECHESDAT. JULX SO 190L THE DAY OF REST. 5?Af. fcTCMt and srraclous rest the HoIX Sabbath Tay. a; forerunner, and la some Bense asymbol, a typo of the Heavenly Rest that "rest which re maJneth unto the people of God," the everlasting rest. How fortunate it I for the human family that the wise and merciful Maker of men set a par a day of rest. On the seventh day the tolls of a struggling, lestless, busy life am In. r-c-ct c n rl man shall rest. It Is a most wise and humane arrangement ' In a money seeking, all grasping land like ours it is well for society at large that God did appoint one day in every seven for rest. The love of money is a root of evil is the correct rendering of the Bible declaration. The love of gain is consuming, and in no country and In no age was the craze for raonev getting ever so strained, so insatiable, fo dominating as in this present age. I. there were no law to restrain men there are millions who would never rest until the body gave way unto the prolonged agony and death came. Night and day, and every day in the year, the hardly pressed hewers of wood and drawers of water like gal- ley slaves would tread the eternal rounds in the mlys of the greedy. The gains got in this way will scorch and consume in the end. Avarice is the actual curse of so-called civilization. It is not money that blisters conscience rrnd curses man, but the "love" of it The man who yields himself up fully to the desire of money getting, and makes it his one great aim in life, is controlled by a master passion that Is more tyrannous than any human despot, however cruel and remorseless He Is Indeed in a bondage such as the oppressecE Israelites in Egypt never knew. Hfi is in a condition of slavers more pitiable and exacting and con suming SUCh as the world never saw, in ought else. Edmund Spenser with his find touch has given us a descrip tipn in! lEes Jmmortal "Fairy Queen" of greedy; 'Avarice, who "Fot his wicked pelf his God he .made And unto Hell himself for money sold." A' day of rest is indeed a great bless ing to the human race. It comes in reg ularly recurring short periods to give to men rest from carking cares -and consuming work and give them an opportunity to do some good, to think of the immortal part and the hereafter, and to offer worship to the "King, immortal, eternal and invisible, and to recupperate the over-taxed and wasted energies of the body and mind The Sabbath of the Lord! What precious boon to the tempest lossed anxious feverish children of men? If there is bread in the house all may thank God for such a hallowed, gra cious day, when the busy wheels of in dustry cease their untiring rounds the places of business are closed, home life, if Indeed home life, is enjoyed by the men struggling with adversity and seeking fortune that flits away like a dream or a vanishing cloud, and sweet rest comes to the wearied limbs and the untaxed brain. May all who read this be able to say with the in spired Psalmist "The lines are fallen unto us in pleasant places." OLD-TIME BELIEF AND TALK IN THE NORTH. The admirable book of Dr. Curry's on the "Civil History of the Confeder acy" is read up north, but the main thing in the book is rejected that the south had a right to recede that it had legal justification that under the con stitution it was its right. The north from the first term of Washington to about 1S20, was constantly talking of withdrawing from the compact. The north ought to read Bledsoe and learn. . New York state sat fcr six weeks in convention considering the question of the adoption of the new constitution just framed. It finally adopted it but with a very interesting and important proviso. Here it is, and it is worth preserving: "Whenever the people of the state of New York deem it for their interests and happiness to resume their sovereignty secession) they shall be at liberty to do so." Mr. E. L. Kali writes in the New York Saturday Re view that "upon this reserved condi tion the state of New York entered into the Union. The other states entered with like condition for every state stood upon equal footing." He says Horace Greeley admitted to him that the south had the right to secede. Mr. HallsaySI "At the breaking out of the civil war the writer interviewed Horace Greeley and urged upon him the policy af ad mitting the original right of secession, but that time had developed the neces sity of exercising and maintaining a higher and God-given right, viz., the right of self-preservation. To allow the right of secession would break us lntd fragments, thus making us th asy prey of foreign powers. . VMr. Greeley at the time admitted the right of secession, but held that to do so publicly would be extremely un wise as It would tend to stop enlist ments." The. truth is the right is overwhel mingly stated by many able writers President Jefferson Davis, Vice Presi dent Alexander H.Stephens. Dr. A. T. Bledsoe. Dr. Curry, Hon. B. F. Grady, and others. The great lawyer great est in the north, the late Charles O'Connor, when asked relative to the prosecution of Jefferson Davis, and we believe General Robert E. Lee also, for treason, replied to officials, that the United States would have no case In court. "We can fill a column any day with evidence showing that the north for some thirty years after the Union was formed talked secession strongly. In Sullivan's "Men of the Revolu tion," a Massachusetts work published about lS42-5, the reader will find much correspondence between prominent New England men as to the right and ne cessity of that section "seceding" from the American Union. The letters, as we recall, were written about 1803-S. They are very "treasonable" Indeed of the southern leaders later were "trait ors." The Yankees back there were violent and determined to get out and set up for themselves. We have not read Sullivan's book since about 1816, but we do not forget what was said I and argued. mam - BLOWING HOLES IN THE ARMOR OF SCII LEY '3 ENEMIES. The most roasting, flaying article on Maclay appears in the New York Inde pendent from the pen of the once prom inent author Park Benjamin. He is a writer for the Independent, is a gradu ate of the Naval Academy and its best historian. He Is vice president of the Naval Academy Alumrii Association. He is a specialist in naval ordnance I He reviews the attacks on Admiral I bchley. He shows that in so far as anything to the contrary appears on the records of the navy, Admiral Schley during forty-five years of honorable ser vice has steadyily advanced to the highest official honors open to the naval officer in the regular course of his pro fession." After quoting the offensive attack upon Schley, in Maclay's rascal ly work, he writes: "The statement in the preface is that "nearly every commanding officers con cerned has read and corrected proof sheets dealing with actions in which each figured. These men were partici pants In the several events with Schley, and also his subordinates. It is incon ceivable that they would be willing to examine and approve proof sheets whereon were printed the terrible charges above quoted, unless they had fully weighed the consequences of so doing; and certainly not unless they had determined to present these charg es in official form for the action of the navy department. Nor indeed is it im aginable that the author himself would have placed these officers in the posi tion he has, unless he had from them ample assurance that they would sus tain him in the most effective manner. "As matters now stand the command ing officers who have read and approv ed on proof sheets the charges made in this book, should be called upon to pre sent them for action, if they do not speedily do so of their own motion." Mr. Hearst, of New York, publishes three important newspapers one. each in New York, Chicago and San Francis co. In each appeared recently the same editorial friendly to Schley.and address ed to him. It is a tribute at once strik ing and glowing. It is too long for our handling here. We srfve the opening and closing. . "You say the time has come to act. "You have acted. "You acted when you destroyed the Spanish fleet at Santiago. You acted when you pushed your ship, the Brook lyn, into the heat of the fight and were struck oftener than all the rest of the American fleet combined- "Let your detractors act now as cow ardly blackgrounds will be contempti ble and underhanded means. Who are those detractors that you should notice them? "One is an envious incompetent, who was absent from the battle that you fought and won when he should-have been on duty, an alleged strategist whose strategy consisted in absenting the commander-in-chief and one of the most powerful fighting ships of the fleet without other reason than to carry him in state, at a time when the Spanish squadron was momentarily expected to issue from Santiago harbor. His chief fame before that was won by imposing upon American battle ships armor hon eycombed with blowholes. Your traducers are not worth your at tention. To notice them would be to dignify their accusations, would be to render the men themselves less con temptible in the eyes of the public. "Refer your case to the great court that eventually decides all these ques tionthe people, the honest, loyal, justice-loving American people. "They understand the envy and petty malice that inspire your accusers, and the more these accusers debase them selves, the stronger will be the Ameri can people's verdict in your favor." Ll Tilt: CONGRESS INVESTIGATE. The newspapers have much as to the Schley-Sampson affair. It is almost certain that a fair, just, honest court cannot be obtained among naval offi cers of high rank, and because they are said to be almost to a man enemies of the brave admiral. Very curious, you may say. if he is really innocent and meritorious. This, too, in ihe face of truth and the almost united public opinion favorable to him. He fought the most splendid battle and won the greatest victory in the annals of the American navy. But he is censured, envied, slandered and hated by ncarly every naval captain of rank and distinc tion. Let the congress investigate the matter, for it is impossible for Scbiey to obtain even-handed justice from the naval committee. ,A man to be tried by his enemies Is an outrage and most rascally. The Atlanta Journa. -has in its last issue some sensible remarks concerning the investigation. For in .stance, it says: . "There . are enough living witnesses to settle every contested point in the case, and a full and fair inquiry should make It as plain as day whether there Is any truth In the charges as&lnst Schley or not; whether he is the real hero of the Santiago naval battle, or played the discreditable part in It which his critics have attributed to him. "If Admiral Schley has been slander er he should be vindicated and his ac cusers thrown into disgrace. If he failed to do his duty and actu- ally tried to get out of the fight, the fact should be established." Only a thorough, honest, fair Inres. tigatlon can arrive at the facts and renaer proper, satisfying judgment. A packed court of inquiry will be despis-1 ed, rejected, spit upon by all fair minded, honorable people everywhere. Let the congress cause a earful scru tiny by a committee of men of known character and intelligence. General Felix Agnus, a republican. owns now the Baltimore American. He is a Journalist of reputation and is an able man. To him the public is In- debted for much that is known of the dreadful Maclay conspiracy against the great sea captain who won imperish able laurels at Santiago. He did an important service to the country. We know nothing of the work done and how accomplished, but the Atlanta Constitution considers it "a victory for Journalism," and says: "General Agnus was the first to dis ?over the character of the work which I i suugiu iu impose upon xne stu- I dents at Annapolis as history. Having! Denma mm tne innuence oi strong per sonal character and of an influential newspaper, he pursued the author of the slanderous volume Into his den. uncovered tne tact tnat ne was an In consequential employe of the depart ment, and then found admission into the private office of the secretary of tne navy and forced him into a full confession of the facts which are now before the public." Kerosene oil is thought to be a very efficient remedy for the mosquito. A piece of flannel or blanket well satur- ated with it and placed near the sleep- er is said to be an excellent nrotori inn at night. At Winchester. Va., it has been ascertained by experiment that the free use of kerosene to breeding pools is a wholesale remedy. It drives the biters from the town or marshes, or seashore. Such is the report of Mayor xsarion, oi mat town, a newspaper tells that, the mayor found that "the female mosquito lays eggs to thenum- ber of from two hundred to four hun dred in a mass (between the bites, so to I speak, for she is the biter and buzzer I of our otherwise quiet hours), deposit ing the eggs on still pools o' water, where they hatch in a little time." He says the free use of kerosene will do the work effectually. OLLA-PODRIDA. Some year or two since The Messen ger copied some lines that appear every day in the New York Tribune in the "Woman's" department, but without authership stated. A little volume en titled "Sunshine and College Girls" by Elizabeth Upham, just published, ha3 a dedication which is a reproduction of theaforesaid lines, and by the au thor of ihe volume. We reproduce them: Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on. 'Twas not given for you alone Pass it on. Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in heaven the deed appears, Pass it on." A writer in the New York Saturday Review suggests that there should be a Hood revival soon". A timely sug gestion. Thomas Hood is one of the nineteenth century writers, prose and poetry, who should be imperishable. The writer in the Saturday Review well says of him that "he was never stingy with his fun; his jokes went off like a pack of firecrackers, yet his ex quisite lyrics will last as long as our alphabet holds together." His lyrics are indeed of a high grade of excellence His longer poems have decided merit, but his chief lyical productions are better, and of perenial beauty and freshness. While there is a mania for novel production now involving tens of thou sands of writers of various grades, it is conceded by publisher and critic that there is a considerable number of nov els issued yearly from the press that are of a higher average than formerly. A Boston publisher now in London talking of the "big sales" of certain novels, says this, and while not news is of some significance: "The foundations of this new boom have been advertising, and the use of department stores, as distributing agents. It has not been by undersell ing. The books are usually put at $1.50 each, (6s ..) published price, and the average price asked by the big gest dry goods stores is 9$ cents, (4s., Id). The prices paid by the wholesale buyers vary, but may be put at about (3s. 2d). Ten years ago the manuscripts submitted to American publishers were mostly "mushy," and of little value. Now, though every one seems to have taken to writing recently, the average of merit is very much higher in every way." There are hundreds published that are without any literary excellence. The newspapers are responsible to a great degree for big sales, and for the success of many novels of the trash iest value and as perishable as snow in sunshine. A newspaper reviewer writes to Saturday Review tnat "no novel could reach a sale of 230,000 copies in this country if it was not for the publicity given it in one way or an other in the newspapers. It may be an able review or a mere 'notice. The effect is pretty much the same. Pub licity is the main thing." But so prom inent and successful an author as Mrs. Humphry Ward does not escape the lash of the indignant and disappointed reviewer. A London critic signing himself "Candid Friend," has very severe centure for this writer who has much merit, but Is too dull sometimes for dtllylng. We make an extract to show how a.writer of perhaps literary gifts has the boldness to slash the one ! woman -writer who ranks first in the estimation of the British public among females. Her last novel "Eleanor bad a sale of 100,000 copies before the first volume was published ordered in advance by book sellers. This partic ular "Candid Friend" says: "No writer has ever maintained such an un broken level of dullness, and on that thistle her admirers can forever browse." Speaking of the characters in Mrs. Ward's novels the writer re marks: "After 2,500 pages of their wooden antics, their resinous emotions, and their platitudinous creaking, I could go and roll on the Sahara." And then, after enumerating the intolerable virtues of one of Mrs. Ward's heroines. The Candid Friend cries. "Oh! take- her away and wring her willowy neck." Mrs. Ward, if she shall read this de TTl minded of the eel ebratea Lngusn statesman and wit. George Canning. In "New Morality," In the once very , famous production known as "Poetry of the Antijacobin," Canning got this off:. 'Give me th' avow'd. th' erect, the manly foe. Bold I can meet perhaps may turn his blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wratn can send, Save, save, oh. save me from the Can did Friend." Mrs. Ward has written some things that are mischievous, and others that are far from entertaining, but she haz superior intellectual power, and has written scenes of dramatic force, pi quancy and much interest. She never wrote a book ;o great as Hamilton Mable once so gushingly assured the public. , We have known better critic3 than Mabie. fine essayist as he is. His critical judgments may be taken with Srains of allowance. One of the most interesting and gift ed women of the last century was the wife of that great genius Thomas Car lyle, whose most unique, original and striking book "Sartor Resartus" is now under censure. He once called it "foolish," but the best minds of his time thought it quite masterly and ful of poetry although not In metri cal arrangement. Mrs. Carlyle was undoubtedly a woman of masculine en- dowment, and of extraordinary wit and accomplishments as a conversationai- list. All in the books concerning her is of marked interest and individuality. We were pleased to read a description recently of her written by America's greates actress, the late Charlotte Cushman. .It is found in a letter pub lished in 1850. to one of her American friends. She sr.ys: "On Sundy, who should come, self- invited to meet me but Mrs. Carlyle. She came at 10 o'clock and staid until 8. And such a day I have not known. Clever, witty, calm, cool, ever-smiling, unsparing, a reconteur unparalleled, a manner inimitable, a behavior scrupu lous, and a power invincible. A com bination rare and strange exists in that plain, keen, unattractive, yet un escapable woman. Oh, I must write. It. After the left of course we talked of her until the small hours of the morning." She saw her often and thought her a most "remarKaDiy Driniant tamer and the stores of quaint wit and wis dom which she poured forth and the marvelous memory which she displayed were in the minds of many quite as re markable and even more entertaining than the majestic utterances of hei gifted husband. It was said that those who came lo sit at his feet remained at hers." She said that Carlyle, so well known for his powers as a brilliant talker, was "even greater in conversa tion than in hi3 books, for then man ner was diaaea to matter, ana wnat he said was even more characteristic and Individual." While there are no great conversationalists now like Cole ridge, Macaulay and Carlyle, there are perhaps no living critics who would do justice to their extraordinary qualities if they were living. Manners change and so does taste. We are very glad we love the great old writers Carlyle. Macaulay, Ruskin. ' There are innumerable cranks among preachers and teachers fellows who are startling you with new opinions and displaying vast irrepressible power in dishing out nonsense and wild va garies. One of these latter-day theor ists and manipulators of words is Pro fessor Triggs, of .the great University in Chicago. He is as destitute of true insight and taste as a Comanche. We learn from the Atlanta Journal that he "is not satisfied with the notoriety as Best For The South. 8 food's Wood's teed are grown and selected with special refer ence to their adaptability to our Soutnern soil and climate and give the et results y.nd satisfaction everywhere. If vour mer Turnip Seeds. chant does not sell Wood's Seeds write for Special Price-list. Circular civine prices and irton-.r tion about Turnip Seeds. Crimson Clover, Late Seed Potatoes, German nillet. Buckwheat and all .Reasonable Seeds, mailed on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. WOOD'S FALL CATALOG!" E issued in August, tells all about Crimson Clover, Winter Vetches, Rape, Rust Proof and Winter Oats. Seed Wheats. Grasses, and Clover Seeds. Vegetable Seeds for Fall Planting. Hyacinths, Tulips, etc Catalogue mailed free. Write for it. Je 5, dy 8t. we and sa -w 6t, tri SCRATCHING Went Cute ECZEMA. TETTERINE Oost Curedl ltclunu SIC1N DISEASES. an illustrious toady which he achieved recently by comparing Mr. John D. Rockefeller to Shakespeare. He has attained additional assinine distinction by declaring that orthodox Christian ity and indulgence In literature are in compatible." "What fools we mortals be," for verily many "rush In whew angels dare not tread." A LONG DELATED LETTER. AFRICAN The correspondent In the Transvaal (South Africa) of the New York Sun, on 20th April, wrote an interesting let ter that has been long delayed and Just published. He then said that the Boers would continue the fight. He said Mrs. Botha had no authority to ask President Kruger for peace propo sals. He mentioned three months ago now, that General De Wet said there were more than 20,000 men In the field, and would continue to fight so long as that number continued, and there were not more than 300,000 British soldiers "fighting only women, children, cattle and sheep as a rule, and occasionally showing fight against men, but only when they were in overwhelming num bers, there was no reason to despair of our ultimate success. The English could burn houses; we would rebuild them; they could confiscate property, we would retake it; they could take women and children; they would have to feed them, and husband and father would be free of care; they could take our gold reefs and diamonds away, and when the countries were independent again there would be money enough fqr all, for a capitalist was after gold and diamonds like a pig after a pumpkin!" He says that the brave general said farther as to the conduct of the British that "there must be good Englishmen, but these die all young." And he wound up with these words: "The Afrikander should teach his children (as he taught his owni the Eleventh Commandment: "Love thy neighbors, but hate an Englishman.' " The correspondent says of the British losses that the British reported 10.02U more Boers disposed of than were ac tually in the count. Including all for eigners, the Boers had at the start S4.- 000 men. He asks some pertinent aues tions that seem to be pointed and sug gestive of heavy losses not reported by the British up to 20th April last: "Why do the English not state the number of dead they leave on battle fields, often unburied? Why do they dig trenches 60 feet long and 13 wide to bury eighteen dead, and still leave nine unburied? The number of dead given officially in the case referred to is only eighteen. The-official number of wounded at x the Middelfontein Coperfontein and Bashfontein three days' fight, was but twenty-six, but forty-two wagons were filled with dead. dying and wounded, so women who j were on the farms state. At another ; place two of our doctors attended to fifty-seven wounded, and the official re port gives the wounded as seventeen onlv." TIIE FOSBURG TRIAL The .Tudire Instructs the Jury to Re turn a Verdict of Not Guilty. Pittsfield, Mass., July 26. The trial of Robert Stewart Fosburg for the killing of his sister May was brought to a close today when the Jury, under instructions from the court returned a verdict of not guilty. When the court convened today the chamber was crowded and a large number of mem bers of the Berkshire bar occupied seats which had been reserved for them. Many women attended the trial at every session, carrying their luncheons with them; they were there again this morning with their lunch baskets. The Fosburgh family came into the court room in a body and passed to their ac customed seats. It was just 9:15 o'clock when Judge Stevens entered and im mediately upon the opening of court, his honor arose, faced the jury and di rected them that a verdict of acquittal be given for the defendant. Judge Stevens said: "Mr. Foreman and gentlemen: Dur ing six days we have listened to a pain ful recital of one of the saddest trage dies ever presented to a Jury. A beau tiful girl Just budding into womanhood was shot down and her brother has been accused of the crime. The gov ernment has endeavored to prove that the girl was not shot by burglars; it has endeavored to exclude all other members of the family from the affair, and, third, to prove that the shot was fired by her brother, Robert S. Fos burgh. The trial has proceeded some what in the form of an inquest and has been tried with great pains on the part of the government and the defense. There has been a desire to obtain proof and so a great deal of evidence has been introduced and admitted without objection which might have been ex cluded under the strict rule of the law. I think I ought also to say that it is due to the chief of police who has stood behind this prosecution, that, in the view of the court, he has tried to do his duty with an eye single to ascer taining the truth. "Now. Mr- Foreman, and gentlemen, a motion has been made that this case be taken from the Jury and It becomes my duty to say to you that in the opinion of the court the government has not furnished proof sufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty against the defendant, and, therefore, under the direction of the court. In the indict ment of Robert S. Fosburgh for Wiling his sistet you will return a verdict of not guilty." As the judge concluded his remarks the- people in the court room began clapping their hands, but the judge or dered that the applause be suppressed and this was done by the court offi cers. The defendant stood while the fore man of the jury replied to the question: "What is your verdict?" The reply was: "Not Guilty." The defendant was then formally dis charged by order of the court. Judge 'Stephens then dismissed the ! jury, but before doing so he thanked J them warmly fo their services and y congratulated them because they had not shirked the responsibility that fell upon them. Immediately after this, the Fosburgh family was given an opportunity to leave the court chamber In advance of. the rest of the people and they did so. passing down a private stairway. They, proceeded at once to the Wendell house, where a reception was held and where hundreds of people took advantage of the opportunity to shake hands with young Robert Fosburgh. As soon as the Jury was dismissed the foreman called them together In his private room and for the first time there was a conference as to what the Jurors believed. Without exception they declared that they would have re turned a verdict of not guilty within fifteen minutes even had they not been instructed by the court. BOERS snOOTING TIIE WOUNDED Extracts From Erldenc of This Furn ished by Lord Kllcheuer. London. July 2$. The Daily Mail publishes Lord Kitchener's official re port regarding the Vlakfontein affair which Is as follows: Lieutenant W. S. B. Duff has given me the following in formation: On the day after the fight at Valk fontein. May 29th Lieutenant Hearn told him that, while lying on the ground wounded, he saw about twenty yards from him Lieutenant Spring and Ser geant Findlay. both slightly wounded. They were binding up each other's wounds, when a young Boer, with a pink puggaree around his hat. came up and shot both dead. Lieutenant Hearn lay quite still. The Boersi thinking him dead, content ed themselves with taking his spurs and leggins. Lieutenant Hearn also said that others of our wounded were shot by Boers. Lieutenant Duff collected the testi mony of eight privates and non-commissioned officers who affirmed that they saw Boers shoot our wounded. Several of the men saw a Boer, evi dently some one In authority, trying to stop his men from shooting our wounded. The foregoing is taken from Lord Kitchener's first mail report on the subject. He has wired that he would supplement it by sworn testimony. CLERK MARTIN'S SURETIES Have Not Declined to Pay the Defalca tionAtlantic Coast Line Pay Its Taxes Mecklenburg Wants Horse Qnarnutlne-A liursrlar Captured Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, N. C July 26. Ex-Treasurer Worth said today that the Surety Company of Baltimore in which W. H. Martin was bonded to him had not declined to pay the amount of Martin's shortage; that It did not an swer letters, but remains silent. He said "It called for certain papers. We sent them. Then it asked for others. These were sent. We have given It all it asked for. Since then nothing ha3 been heard from it." The Atlantic Coast Line today paid into the state treasury J34.830.07, being the tax due the state on the J13.932.026 at which the read was assessed by the corporation commission. The commissioner of agriculture to day received a letter from the chairman of the board of commissioners of Meck lenburg county, saying glanders is rag ing among horses In York county. South Carolina, which adjoins Mecklenburg, and stating that Mecklenburg desires to have quarantine until the disease abates or is stamped out. In reply the commissioner gives authority to quar antine any horses or mules which may be shipped into Mecklenburg from the section in South Carolina in which said animals are infected with glanders or have been exposed to Infection from that disease. Last night a house breaker was cap tured here, after he had made threat against the life of a young man on a. railway track near the penitentiary. All kinds of property he had stolen was found on him. Today he was sent tc the roads for thirty days. At the end of that time (if he does not escape) he will be held In J50 for carrying a con cealed weapon and in J300 for house breaking. Hot as Li the weather In the central part of the state. It has not as yet caused any rush to the mountains. People from that section say the num ber of people at the hotels is not Large, even at Blowing Rock. There are now in this state eight white orphanages, these being the Ma sonic, at Oxford: Baptist at Thomas ville; Presbyterian at Barium Springs; Thompson i Episcopalian) at Charlotte; Friends at High Point: Odd Fellows at Goldsboro; Roman Catholic and Meth odist at italelPh. Even these do not have room for all applicants. Ilaunau iit-dlator Cleveland. July 25. Referring to the statement that he would be asked to act as mediator between the Amalga mated Association and the United States Steel Corporation with a view to reaching a settlement of the strike. Senator Hanna said today: "I know nothing about the matter aside from what has been published in the newspapers. Whether I would be willing to act as a mediator, I do not care now to say. The strike has been most unfortunate, not only for those directly affected, but for the country at large. I sincerely trust that the trouble will oon be amicably ad justed." - Klnar Edward's, mil Title London. July 26. In the house ot lords today Lord Salisbury, the pre mier introduced a bill authorizing King Edward to assume by proclama tion within six months of the adoption of the bill, such title as he may thinlc fitly recognizes his dominion beyond, the seas. The premier added this title would probably be as follows: Edward VII. by the grace of God. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of British dominions beyond the sea; king, defender of the faith and empeior of India. A terrific electric storm passed over the Miami, FLa., region Friday morning. It is feared considerable damage has beeen done. The wires are down in, every direction.