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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

WEEKLY llILLsBoKo MARKET RE
~ POhT.
Corrected by \. w. Brown & Co.
Confederate Depot.
Wheat, per bnshel of 80 lbs, 90 &c
65 cts.
Corn, per bushel of Sc lbs, so cts.
Oa,s, per bushel OF 80 lbs, 35 TO
10 cts.
Meal. per bushel OF 46 lbs. = cts.
li~scon-hog round-l0,o l. II cts.
Flour, per tarrel, $500 to $500.
Tallow, pc, pound. 4 to , cts.
lceswax. per pound, 20 cts.
Butter. per pound, 10 to 90 cts,
Eggs. per dozen. 10 cents.
Dry Hides, 5 cts. per pound.
Green Stated Hides, | ID cents per
pound.
Sasss'ras Eark OF Root, > II cts.
per pound.
Fca,hers-Livc Geese-i0 cts. Ter
pound.
Wool-washed-20 cts. per pound
Cnwashed Wool, 10 cts. per pound.
BURY Wool, > cts. per pound
Coffee. - 10 % els. per pouod.
Sugar, ) 10 6 cts per pound.
DRIED FRUl1s.
Apples, 3 / cts. per pound
Berries, 1 cts. per pound.
Cherries, 5 cts per pound.
Damsons and PIuns, seeded, ) cts
per pound.
Peaches, ) TO . cts, per pound.
Peats, ) cts. per pound.
Onseeded Cherres. cts. per pound
Cnpeeied Peaches. = els per pound,
Furs Is less than 10 1898.
Hens ID 10 - cts.
Turkeys 10 !. cts. per pound, gross.
j y. w. Brown & 60.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
Wilmington STAR

y case entirely new has recently
before an Oregon court. \
Chinaman in that State was, before
he left China. betrothed to = girl.
whom he hadn't seen tor q number
OF years, as he was III this country
AID she in China. He got tired do,
ing his " cooking and sat down
one day, sewed two pieces of cards
together and sent them by mail 10
his girl. 10 due time he received in
return two pieces OF cards, similarly
sewed, from her. Ia due time she
followed and when it was proposed
to prevent her from landing under
The exclusion act, be claimed that
she was his wife, and that they were
duly married by the swapping o!
cards, which was a In mode, in such
cases made and provided according
to Chinese law and custom The
Oregon Judge couldn't 90 behind
the returns and John Chlnaman .o'
his wife in spite of Mr.. Geary. A
pretty brisk card stitching and swap
ping may now be looked tor between
the male Chinese in this country anC
the other sort in China. When i
comes TO playing cards All Sin i!
hard TO beat.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
The Political 1shlnael.
lite.
Knoxville Tribune, Dem

Knoxville Tribune, Dem.
Democrats, so.called, who knife
their party, never gam anything III
the long run by it. The stain al
ways remalus and there are always
those who never forge, their lreacb-
cry. the political Iehmaelte ,oay
admire himself. but he has nc rival
for his own affection.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
Wanted.

Five thousand secondhand school
books, no,o IN use, at the Glass From,
Bookstore. New, End hand school
books, or other goods given in ex-
change.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

NcSEOe0
MEMPHIS, Feb. 24.-The Knights
of Labor OF the United States are
about TO start upon . caupaign,,
having for its objec: the removal Of,
The negroes from the United Ssates'
aud their colonization ia the Congo
basin, Liberia, or some other part OF
Africa. TIE frs, substantial step
looking in that direction was taken
10 Memphis TO night, when The
trades council was called TO meet 10
make arrangements 10 entertain
Grand Master Workman Sovereign,
Of the Knights of Labor, who Will
make q tour of the South during
March and lecture in the principal
cities upon this subject. The under
taxing j. not a new one in the ranks
of the Knights Of Labor. The Or.
der in every State Of the Union has
been polled on the question ADD
every State was found favorable to
the movement.
Grand Master Workman Sover-
e.gn IS thoroughly imbued with the
spirit OF the undertaking, and for
some time 10 come will give 1t his
unlimited attention. HIS first step
in this direction will be the contem-
plated occurring tour to the South
when his sole theme VIII be the de-
portation and. colonization OF the
negro. This tour will begin early
in March and last through the
month. One Of the FIRST points he
vii. touch is Memphis. He Will
take in every important city IN The
South, including New Orleans, AT
lan,a, Nashville, Birmingham, Chat
,ano"ga, Montgomery and many
others.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
One Man is Satisfied.
lMorgantOn Herald

There is one person at least who
is satisfied with the present admins
,ra,ion, and that is Beard Avery,
colored. During all previous ad-
illustrations, Beard says, the white
man had money and the negro had
none, but now, he says it's a fair
thing and nobody has any.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

The Best Salve iE the world for
Cuts. Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Sal,
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
crres Piles, or no pay required. |,
is guaranteed TO give perfcc, salts.
faction, or money refunded. Price
% cents per box, For sale by W.
A.. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
An Umbrella Drip Com
DHnN.
Durham sun.

Another evidence ,ha, Durham is
pushing forward, aud ner people
have the greatest faith in her future,
is the fact that company was in
corpora:ed today with a capital
stock Of $4,000 with the privilege
OF increasing to $4,000. 1t is the
Umbrella Drip Co on an invention
by our ,ownsman, L. w. Whitaker
"a simple little thing for catching
water that drains from umbrellas. 1t
is practical and useful and does not
leave a stream when you come in
on, Of the wet, and close your um.
brella. Durham people are slnter.
es,ed in this as will be seen by the
incorporation notice IN another col
ninIl.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
HAVE You Cor ASTHMA

If SO S,ockton's Ant;sep,ic will
surely cure it. There is no use try
ing local treatment. You have got
to get the Microbes out of the sys-
ten, and to do that you must take
.Stockton's An,isep,ic. For sale by
K. a. Rosemond. Agent.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
EASY TO CARRY.

Is the point We wantto emphasize
abou, Humphreys Specifics. They
can be carried conveniently by the
business maj in bis vest pocket by
the lady in her portemonnaie and
by the school child in pocket or
pencil box. For sale everywhere.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

If you feel al! broke up and out OF
sorts ayitate your liver with Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03
NJ usS.Ulur fshcunnutiSn
and IndirSStiOu.

Nashville, Tenn, March s. lS93.-
The Stockton Medicine Co., NASH
VILE, Tenn Gentlemen 4 have had
muscular rheumatism and Indj.
ges'ion iorIa number q y.a-s, and
had lost hopes OF ever finding any
retlet, As the most skilled phN stefan
had failed in my case. bu, an,
happy 10 state that your Anii>eptlc
has made a complete cure, and | DO
mos, h.artil, recommend it TO all
TOR Rheumatism and Indigestion.
will gladly answer all INQUIRIES N
regard 10 -An,isep,ic.
Yours respectfully.
w. +. BATEMkN.
$40 Broad Street.
For sale by +, \. ltoseuond
Agent.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

Eugene Prendergrast, the muir
derer OF Mayor Harrison, Of Chi
cago, has been sentenced to be
hanged on Friday, March 23d.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

Take Simmons Liver Regulator
for dyspepsia, biIiousness or head
ache.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-03

None <senninr wnhout
a Tag
Chew Bottom Dollar" he bes,
; cen, piece tobacco on The market.
For .ale by
NEWMAN & SMITH,
JAS \ CuEEh,
6 r. \. RoSEAoSD,
GEo ONERAkEE.
D. TURNER.
N. w. bRowH & Co.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
c. A p E COLON ?.

arately. they first Of all tackle one another
the conqueror fighting you.
Collecting birds for plucking is always a
great day on the farm. Orders are given
overnight to the Kaffirs and Hottentots to
catch every available riding horse and have
them saddled up and ready next morning at
sunrise. This is done. and every hoy" on
the farm who can find a horse Is mounted
and regular cavalcade enters the camp.
under the superintendent of DE Boss van
de Plaats"-the master of the farm They
split up into parties of two each. and start
on in different directions to drive I'D the
birds from the remote spots to which they
have wandered. Warfare of course. Is
freely INDUCED in. 1t is immaterial to an
ostrich II there be one or fifty against him,
he fights just as merrily.
Some Errors Corrected
There exists a travellers tale at home
that. as soon as an ostrich catches sight of
human being. he turns tail and bolts in
an opposite direction to hide his head In the
sand Another fallacy, equally devoid of
foundation, is the belief that the female
leaves her eggs in the sand to be Matched
out in the sun. This is not so. The male
and female sit alternately for fourty four
days, the male at night, the female during
the daytime As an article of food. an
ostrich egg Is, to my taste, the most nau-
seous of dishes. and far more suitable as
an effective weapon in Chinese and political
warfare than to grace a breakfast table.
From all one had heard previous to be-
coming oneself an owner of ostrNhes, the
actual plucking of the birds is very I'M
interesting and disappointing. The birds
are all huddled together in a kraaLwhen
every bird becomes as meek as a lamb-and
are caught one by one; bag or stocking is
placed over the head and neck while two
experienced niggers clip the feathers. Dur
ing winter the birds must be attended to
and carefully watched, as sometimes the
weather is very inclement for weeks to-
gether-the thermometer often registering
ten degrees of frost-and birds are apt to
fall off in condition. II bird once begins
to sink In condition, the greatest difficulty
is experienced in getting him right again.
and often no amount of extra feeding will
pull him through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
FRENCH BATHING HOUSES,
They Are Fitted Up I'm an Artistic and
COxy style.

From the New York Tines
To those accustomed to the rough hoard
closets, entirely undecorated and barely de-
cent, which do duty as dressing rooms at
most American beaches, the be autiful little
hooks that are found on the French coast
at fashionable resorts are little short of
palatial. Most of the dainty women who.
in their costly and beautiful, IL sometimes
surprising, costumes, sport with the waves
at Trouville have their own private bath
ing houses. or machines" as they are
called. which, on wheels. are capable of be-
ing moved about to suit the convenience of
the owner. They are tall. square boxes,
with roof sloping on four Sides and look. as
they dot the beach, like rows of turrets set
down from their high estate. The floor is
elevated perhaps two feet from the ground
and an easy ladder. with board steps, lets
down TO gaiB access to the interior. With
in Is the most convenient Of dressing rooms
well lighted, prettily decorated and cozy
and attractive enough to tempt consider
able occupancy. One described is fitted in
ecru fish netting drapery. lined with Tur-
Key. The door Is draped on the inside with
this, finished with a ball fringe and the
wall hangings and ceiling drapery are of
the same The plain cloth is carried as
drapery around the windows, looking glass
and valance to the shelf, which forms the
dressing table. The floor is covered with
linoieum, with pretty rug over IL: there
is low chair with a hanging pocket for
SHOES ana stockings, foot bath and pretty
toilet set. Bunches of flowers and era sses
decorate the walls. the windows have silken
curtains, with an embroidered monogram;
there are ornamental clothes hooks pock-
cts holding brushes and sponges-eyery fit
ment that is needful, and all got together in
an artistic way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01

by heating stohes ahd dropping them into
the basket in which the food is placed
with water sufficient to cook it. The men
are reported to be fleet of foot and possessed
of such endurance that they can outrun a
horse. They often visit Hermosillo to trade
baskets, shells and small nuggets of gold,
which they gather from the sands of the
island. in exchange for which they get ar
tices for ornament:ng their persons and
cheap calico of bright colors.
Driven From Home.
About one hundred years ago this tribe of
Indians lived just across the river from Her
mosillo where now Is built the adobe village
of Serbs. How much earlier We are unable
to learn, but about one hundred years ago
the then governor of this state gave these
Indians the island on which they now live.
driving them from their former home. Their
language Is mOnosyllabic and differs from
that of all other tribes. Many of them
81 eak the Spanish language quite well. The
island on which they live is attached to the
mainland by natural bridge made of coral
shells washed up by the incoming tides. At
low tide horse can be ridden across to
the island. On the Sonora shore the sands
are quite rich in gold, but no effort has ever
been made to mine it. Evidently this is the
gold nuggets they bring in for trade, al
though 1t is reported that the Island has
vast riches in gold in it's hills and valleys,
which the Indians guard with jealous care.
No native Mexican can be induced to go
there singly or in small numbers. The In
dams have an hereditary hatred toward the
Mexican. owing, perhaps, to the fact of
their tribe having been driven from Her.
mosfllo about one hundred years ago. Be
this as 1t may, 1t is certain that the Serbs
Indian Keeps the Mexican in deadly fear of
crossing the line into their territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
REVENGE IS SWEET,
An Instance In Which Democracy Got
Even With Aristocrncy.

From the st. Louis Republic.
An amusing incident that occurred on
Deimar boulevard few days ago serves to
illustrate how in the young, at least, the
desire to get even manifests ITSELF
Seated in the gutter in front of one of
the handsome dwellings on that thorough
fare was typical street gamin. He was
hatless and shoeless, and such garments
as he did wear were ragged and dirty.
Constant contact with the soil of the streets
had made his complexion of a sameness
with the pavement far as color and
other outward appearances went Presently
from out the mansion in front of which he
was playing there came boy of about his
own age. But in all respects he was differ
ent. With carefully combed curly locks a
FauntlerOy suit, black silk stockings and
patent feathers, it was seen at once that he
was the pet of wealthy and indulgent par
ents. He was proud and naughty. having
been, no doubt uncOnsciously, taught to be
so by loving father and a doting mother
After an inspection of the youngster play
ing in the dirt, the little lord remarked:
Hello. dirty face
Receiving no answer he repeated the re-
mark in a louder tone, and the ragged ur-
chin, noticing the other apparently for the
hrst time, slowly rose to his feet and sur
veyed him. Then, without SAYING q word
he approached, and suddenly swinging
around gave little Lord Fauntleroy a slap
that brought tears to his eyes and knocked
rim down on the sidewalk The samin
quickly rubbed his dirty hands over the
other ones face. mussed his hair tore his
iace collar. and left him with a tear-stained
countenance that was anything but immac-
ulate. Silent up to this time, the gutter
snipe now remarked:
Now you're dirty faced youself durn
you"
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AN OS RICH F.

sandy plain On every homestead the same
familiar sights meet the eye. On the one
side of the house stand the kraals; en- the
Other, the shed and wagon house. In front
stands the dam. adjoining the vegetable
garden and lands. with farther away the
camp. Behind the house are the chaff
house, tramp floor and butchers shop
run the large stock, cattle. ostriches and
horses: and On the flats and mountains the
sheep and goats. In this article 1 shall con-
fine my remarks to ostriches.
A well-fenced and secure Enclosure Is
quite a luxury in the colony and Is only
to be met with on the wealthier farms
the owners of which can afford to keep
them in repair and to place in them stock
of the more expensive kinds. Every ostrich
farmer has his camp, which varies in size
considerably. from 5000 to 5000 acres and
In 1t he keeps his 800 or 500 birds, as well
as few cattle and horses. A camp is al
ways selected as being the best piece of
grazing ground en- the farm, and capable
any other part Of the farm. Here the birds
remain year in and year out. and are only
collected and brought together, on the
average. once every four months.
Timid Animal.
These occasiC ms are let us say in June,
to pluck :he prime feathers. BY these We
mean the long whites, numbering from
eighteen to twenty in each wing, eight or
nine fancy feathers and a few long blacks,
all taken at the same time. Four months
later the stumps of these feathers are
drawn out,and two months later again-that
Is. six months after the primes-the short
blacks and tail feathers are taken OF these
II Is impossible to give any accurate num-
Der. AS a rIle. you pluck as many as pos
sfole without infiicting pain on the bird, and
at the same time leaving enough to keep
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our nation. and then thrust il into the palm
OF the most vicious and stupid the only
difference being one of sex
A New Party Platform.
What Is wanted in the United States to-
day is another party-a rarty which shall
represent the truest and best element in
every community: a party in which indus
trial and moral worth, not wealth, shall
be the standard of individual and national
greatness. The party of the near future,
round which the people will rally to victory
Tor the party and for peace and prosperity
for the nation and the nations people will
be that party which shall have the courage
TO adopt platform shutting out the COM
petition of foreign labor by closing the
ports of entry to immigration for twenty
five years.
A NJ DEWEY
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"PALACE OF POVERTY"
Philadelphia Headquarters Of the
knights of Labor Lensed-May Move
to Washington.

Philadelphia Headquarters Of the
knights of Labor LeHsed-May Move
to Washington.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
For some time past negotiations have been
pending between Secretary-Treasurer Hayes
Of the knights Of Labor and Richard c.
Schirmer. director Of the Philadelphia Con-
servatory of Music. with regard to the leas-
ing of the large brownstone residence at No
S14 North Broad street, which for the last
seven years has been the headquarters of
the knights. The transaction was COM
pleted last week. and Mr.. Hayes has agreed
to lease for three years the greater portion
Of the building to the conservatory merely
retaining office room for the clerical force
of the org inization. Practically. however
the conservatory will occupy the house. and
next Saturday the school will move In. 1t
will take possession of the spacious receo-
ticn room TO the north of the entrance, all
the second floor except Editor SChon ia rber 8
sarctum, the third floor with the exception
of two rooms and the entire fourth floor
This announcement will, without doubt
create much surprise among the knights all
ever the country, and especially in this city,
for the negotiations have been kept very
quiet. By one element among the knights
the news win be greeted with satisfaction
for they have long maintained that the pos
session OF such large headquarters was
simply useless expenditure of money
There is also Significance in this move on
the part of the Organization, and it looks
like a final effort of the knights to keep
their heads above water in this city. For a
long time past the membership of the or
ganization here has been growing smaller
until now it Is appropriated at a very low
figure, and the leaders realized that the
Palace Of Poverty" as the house was
called. was an elephant on their hands.
building originally Of
which amount $2TOOO is held in a mortgage
This includes a stable in the rear. which Is
used as a printing and publication office of
the Journal Of the Knights of Labor. 1t
was stated yesterday on good authority that
the knights were very much dissatisfied
with the way things have been going in this
city. They are anxious to sell their Broad
street headquarters and move to Washing
ton, d. c. 1t is only question Of a short
time, 1t Is rumored, before they will make
their HEADQUARTERS at the canital
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allow for Matching. When a nest is Matched
out the family are taken out of the camp.
and brought to the homestead to be tanned.
where they come in continual contact with
the farm hands, and are housed at night
out of the reach of wild animals During
the summer months they will do well, but
in winter. when food becomes scarcer, must
be fed morning and evening on barley or
rape.
1t is during the breeding season that the
male becomes so savage, and his note of
deiiance-"brooming." as the Dutch call 1t
is heard night and day. The bird initiates
his neck in a cobra-like fashion, and gives
utterance to three deep roars. The first
two are short. but the third very prolonged.
Lion hunters all agree in asserting that the
roar of the king of beasts and the most
foolish of birds resemble one another almost
exactly. When the birds are properly saw
age they become a great source of amuse-
mentor, as some think, of danger.
Driving the Birds.
1 have seen bird so savage as to charge
seven times in fifteen minutes twice re-
ceiving the prongs of the fork through his
neck. On horseback one is even more OBJ
noxious TO an ostrich than on foot, but, so
long as the horse is not afraid and will
stand up to the bird, there is no fear Of an
accident. AS he charges take care to have
your horse we'll in hand, and as the bird
makes his first strike. catch him by the
neck and hold on for all you're worth, till
the bird becomes exhausted from want of
breath and falls.
The female bird is seldom vicious When
she has nest or brood of young chicks one
must be prepared, but her manner of charg-
ing and whole demeanor is a very mild
affair compared to the males. Perhaps it
may suggest itself to some of my readers
what would result supposing three or four
birds tackled you at once? 1t is a very rare
occurrence for more than one bird to charge
at a time. Should three or four male birds
all imagine at one particular moment that
you are the meat of each one of them sep