= State and theDAILY REFLECTOR.D. J. WHICHARD. Editer.Subscription 25 cents per Month.Entered as second-ciass mail matter.EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)"$"$"="$_"$"=_$_$"$"_$_$_="_"_"_$_"$"_$_""""Thursday an earthquake_shock was felt in many placesfrom Canada to the Gulf ofexico. It commenced at 6o'clock and lasted forty fiveseconds. It was seyere in On-tarto, and in Jackson Mississi-pi, It was perceptible in At-lanta, Washington, D. C., andand in Charleston and Raleigh.; """"Fitzsimmons and his man-ager are both under arrest andthere was no prize fight at HotSprings on October 3ist asbilled. The athletes say nowthat the figny will come off nextweek. Governor Clarke seemsto be master of the situationand says there wili be no fight asJong as he is governor und thesports will save time and moneyby beheying this and actingaccordingly.| "___ a e nalThe campaign in Marylandhas reached fever heat. It isconceaded now that the major-ity in Baltimore will determinethe election. If othe usualDemocratic majority is given inthis: city Mr. Gorman = willtriumph if not he will be beatenBoth sides agree that this is thesituasion and in consequeuceBaltimore is stirred from Can-ton tu Druid Hill Park with aturmoil utparalleled. Everyissue of the city papers are sen-sational with charges of whatis to be done on both sides onthe day of election. The city mustgive at least ten thousand*� 1 emoeratic majority tosave theDemocrats areconfident of this and some to~"8 pare.EwesWASHINGTON LEITER.(From our Regular Correspondent.)Wasurineron, D. C. Noy. ist.President Cleveland has, in ac-cordance with his usual custom,moved from the White Housevat to his suburban residencein order to be able to putin_moretime up.p his message toaCongress than he could possiblywhen liable to almost constantinterruption from callers whomhe would not care to decline see"ing: These he is entirely freefrom at his suburban residence,as no one goes there td call uponhim, uniess specially invited.While not stated asa certainty,there are good reasons for thebelief that his annual message toCongress will not deal with thediplomatic controversy with Eng-land over the application of theMonroe doctrine in Venezuela,farther that to say that the wholesubject will be fully treated inaspecial message which will fol-low the annual message and beaccompanied by the diplomaticcorrespondence. The Presidentaud eyery member of his cabinetare well pleased with the presentstatus of this Venezuela matter,and very confident that they willbe still better p'eased a littlelater. A diplomatic victcry ispreferable to one achieved by theuse of powder and ball, in somecases. And this is oneof thecases.If proof were needed that thereal purpose of the _ publicmeeting held last night, forthe avowed purpose of expressingthe sympathy cf the citizens ofWashington for the Cuban revo-lutionists, was to embarrass theadministration and make repubii-can partisan capital it was fur-"nished in great big chunks bythe names of those who controll-ed the meeting, made the speech-es and wrote the resolutionsadopted. Every man ofthem wasa republican. The presiding of-ficer was the notorious ~ocor-"poral� Tanner; the writer the res-olutions was Dr. Rankin, president of the Howard University,the negro college which w partiymaintaired at public expeuse, andthe only woman speaker wasMrs. John A. Logan.Ex-Congressman Bynum, ofIndiana, is one of the few menwho regards Mr. HarrisonTschances for the republican nom"ination as being ahead of eitherthose of Reed, McKinley or Al-|lison- Hesays Mr. Harrison isstronger with his party in Indianathan ever before and that theIndiana Republicans are going to~get him nominated. if such sthing is possibie. Speaking ofthe Democratic nomination Mr.Bynum said: oOn the Demo-cratic side theres much talk infavor of Col. Morrison, and hebas many friends in all parts ofthe country. My opinivn is thateventually Vemocratic sentimentwill center on Secretary Carlisle.He is well liked in the uurth andeast, and in the zouth his nomi-nation would create tremeudousenthusiasm.Representative Foreman, ofIllinois, wnv has been on thestump iv Kentucky,Maryland andNew Jersey, arrived in Washing-ton this week. He says he hasn'tthe slighteat doubt that all threestates will go Democratic.Secretary Olney bas received acopy of the proceedings of thefrench court martial which sentenced the negro Waller, who isEx-U. 8S. Consal, to twenty yearsimprisonment under the chargeof having betrayed french milita:yraovements in Madagascar, andthe wife of the imprisoned manhas given the Secretary ali theinformation in her possession,documentary and otherwise. Itcannot be stated what Mr. Olneythinks of the case, but others whohave had access to the informa-tion regard the outiook for Wallerasabad one, and say that thecase has been misrepresented forpolitical effect by certain Repub-lican newspapers.Sir Julian Pauncefote. the Brit-ish Ambassador, and SecretaryOlney are engaged in negotiating@ convention to determine theamount of damages sustained bythe owners of Canadian sealingvessels which were seized in Ber-ing Sea by this gcvernment be-fore the arbitration of the claimsof the two countries. It is ex-pected that it will be completedbefore Congress meets.Subscribe to the Datty RerieocTOR 25 cents a month.J L. Starkey & Co."AGENTS FCK THE"gTYELECTRIG LAUNDRY,WILMINGTON. N. C.This Laundry doesthe finest work inbe South, and prices are low. Wemake shipments eyery Tuesday. Briyour work to our store on Mondayt will be forwarded pronmiptiy. Pricesfurnished on application~oTHE MEMORY.May Be Broken.A habit of forgetfulness is one ofthe greatest hindrances in all busi-ness and social relations, but onrmodern style of life and educationis certainly injurious to the mem-ory. The old methods of learning byrote have fallen into disfavor, andthere was much to say against themas a hindrance to originality, butthere is a time in every child's lifewhen learning by rote is a useful "thing, and it is ata very early age,tor, the minds of the young childrennot being occupied with so manythings as those of their elders, theyare in a receptive condition, andtheir memory is more retentive thanlater on. Every mother has beenstruck by her child of 2or 3 yearsremembering, perhaps for somemonths, where a certain thing wasplaced or some little event, and it isa matter of common experience that~we remem ber the events of our early .youth more forcibly than those ofeven a few months back.It is posible to begin to cultivatethe memo:y as soon asa child cantalk, when it should be made to de-scribe evc1ything it has seen duringits morning walk, or to repeat somelittle story that has been told to it,or a short lesson that has beenlearned. Every teacher before be-ginning a new lesson should makesure that the lesson of the day be-fore has been retained and under-stood, for the more we overcrowdthe little brain in the attempt toforce knowledge upon it the less weimpress upon it for future use. Itis the experience of all those who ~have crammed for . examinationsthat as soon as the examination isover the undigested knowledgepasses away, and similarly throughlife. Unless an item of knowledgeis assimilated it becomes as uselessto the mental system asan undi-gested article of food to the bodilysystem, and in both cases they actas an irritant, interfering with theproper digestion of other matters.In a well ordered mind facts re-main and points are, as it were,pigeonholed in such a way that theycan be brought out immediatelywhen required. There are untidybrains, in which the objects orknowledge is confused and notready at hand, so that it may turnup at unexpected moments, butnot just when wanted, in the samemanner as there are untidy draw-ers, wardrobes and rooms, and tocultivate a habit of mental order aswell as one of physical order shouldbe the earnest desire of every moth-er and teacher."Home Notes.JAMES A. SMITH,j TONSORIAL ARTIST.ow Patronags SOR, hogy EDMUNDS,FASHIONABLE BARE ER.nder Opera Honae,Special attention given to cleaningGentlemens Clothing.