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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
Practical aud ornamental Goods for
the Holidays.

Many Of the departments upon first
floor dry goods--are showing signs of
our buyers visit to New York. One can
not now buy too soon, because until
Xmas the ASSIGNMENTS will be more and
more picked over.
w. Ell. &R. S. TUCKER 81 Co.
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Wanted.

A position by an experienced young
man to superintend farm. Good ref
erences given if desired. Address
.sSam, care NEWS AND OBSERVER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24

DR.. S. B. Nye, optician, will remain
in the CRY until Monday evening, and
will be at the Marlboro House.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
Astrach ans,

The popular material for the wide
fiaring collars-Astrachan This we
show in Chinchilla black and brown.
We are showing these Astrachans
from wooden section, near Wilmington
street door.
w. NR q TICK ERR Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
Royster,s Ca ndies.

Wonders Wanted. Apply to Raleigh
Agriculture Work. j. Fl. Gill, Prop.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24

CALESMEN to take orders. We send SAM
- pies; give exclusive territory; pay good
salary and expenses or liberal commission
to proper applicants. Address p. o. Box
jos, New York city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24

AoIid Service
UHOES,

For and manufactured
and lines from great
shelves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24

Take home package of our candy.
We commend Peanut Brittle, Butter
Cups, Boston Chips, Vanilla Cream
Taffy. Try them, zoe per pound.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24

xxTE WANT to employ Special Deputies.
NM The most attractive plan of insurance
in the world. The easiest worked, the best
pay Address The American Benevolen
Legion, San Fran cisco, al
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
: or the l. ladies.

shomaks' art nearing perfection happily displayed the makeup"
warrants and endorsements both mi and
Boot covering all the shapes styles and fashion approves
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
ChiIdren's Dress and School Shoes

The national reputation of Williams Rochester line synony
nous with ideal infancy puberty manhood
that period life the toughest toughest covered by these
who stop only at the tanners best nothing
Other lines of footwear meeting
the
~ Lynn Bockton Campeo and Greenfield all here represented
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
+ or4Gentlemen.

Burt " Packards Correct Shapes take place
George E. Keths So, So so, So
Codovan Calf Kip Satin Oil and Veal the lower grades winning prices
See the pointed toes
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-24
Odd Pieces and short Cuts of Carpets

W. Il. & r. s. Tuck ERR Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Some Curious Customs.

Hindoo women are forbidden to read OF
write. Indeed those who dare to indulge
In such luxuries are often accidentally
missing.
Hebrew women of the higher classes
were secluded from public lifo and passed
their time with the distuff and spindle.
At marriage the ceremony lasted seven
days.
In China a wife is ac,W seen by her flu
ture master. Some rIAtive bargains for
the girl, the stipulaI = price is paid, n
she is afterward a submissive slave.
The women of ancient Rome were treat
ed VITA the greatest respect Still they
we're not allowed to inherit property and
could be divorced by their husbands for
counterfeiting their keys and for drinking
wine.
In Turkey woman is held in the most
rigid seclusion. She must always appear
yelled. With pigs and dogs she is forbid
den to enter q mosque, and the Koran de-
clares a woman who Is unmarried to be in
a state of reprobation.
Siberian women are raised as abject
slaves, untidy in dress, and are bought
with money or cattle. The most caprioious
within of her husband Is law to the Sibe-
rian woman, and should he desire a divorce
he has only to tear the cap from her head,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Why the MammOths FrOze.

In Howorth's book, entitled 1.-THE
Mammoth and the Flood, the author
advances a unique theory with regard
to the remains of the mammoth, or hairy
elephant, which is found in such i'm
mense numbers in Siberia. These crea-
lures were so plentiful at one time in
that country that ivory hunters found it
more profitable to go there in search Of
that valuable article than to South AT
RIGA, where elephants are supposed to be
as numerous as boodlers in New York
city. Howorth says that they are inva-
riably found under conditions which
make it certain that they could not have
lived unless the surroundings and eli
mate had been entirely different from
those existing at present. The remains
of plants upon which they fed and the
southern contemporary shells which are
also frequently found with the remains
point to a sudden inc wonderful change
of climatic conditions.
If Professor Howorth's argument is
to be given any weight, the Siberian
plateau is one of the most recent fea-
lures ip the known physical geography
of the world. He figures that the pla-
teau was suddenly raised to its present
height, and that, prior to its sudden ele-
walton, it was "a warm stretch Of low
land furnishing pasturage to thousands
Of mammoth brutes. The rapid eleva-
ton, according to his deductions, sud-
denly CONCEALED the waters and froze
the gigantic animal bodies through and
through, thus preserving them intact
until the present day. He says that n
less these animals had been frozen i'm
mediately after death they would GER
tainly have decayed and disappeared.
In some places, far to the east in ST.
IBERIA, as well as in the mountainous
regions of Alaska on our continent, the
remains of the mammoth and other great
extinct animals have been found at q
height of II, 900 feet above sea level.
Howorth and Falcony both declare this
to be incompatible with their mode Of
life.-St. Louis Republic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
The Training Of Children,

The distinction between being and do
ing should be especially remembered in
tho training of children. We are SO ready
to IL satisfied with mere good conduct,
possibly because bad conduct gives us an
noyance personally, that we overlook the
true point. We punish and reward chill
drcn for what they do. The child's def
milton of badness is doing what mamma
doesn't allow, " and having a more logical
mind han his mother the little one soon
sees that if the sin is entirely in the do
ing all will be well If he is not found out,
and he is encouraged to practice deceit.
We need to 60 more deeply into the ques-
ton of morals; we need to understand the
principle that teaches that the man who
hateth his brother is IA murderer; we need
to learn that it is as wrong to think u lie
as to tell 1t, and that the hands are moth
ing-it is the heart that is all.
When your little one refrains from help
ing himself to the pantry jam pot because
IN will whip him if he touches, he
has, in addition to being a thief, become a
coward, and you have succeeded in implant-
ing within him the most contemplate of
all traits. But if you teach him the differ
ence between mine and thine, and implant
within his tender conscience an abhor-
renee of touching what does not belong to
him, you have laid the foundations of a
character of true nobility.-Womankind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Quite a Name Changer.

There is a woman living in Sinna-
mahoning valley, Pennsylvania, who
was born an Or, and by marriage she
has in urn changed her name to
Barnes, Callahan, Rix, Enos, Robinson,
Elder, and 10Y Bailey. Each of her
six dead husbands had been a soldier
in the late war, and she married the
first n in 1868, when she was seven
teen. 1t is hardly fair to say, either,
that these husbands were exactly six,
for not one of them had all of himself
left when he succeeded to the title of
husband To this admirer of the military.
Three of the husbands had only one
leg apiece, n had only seven fingers,
besides being short a leg, another
wooed and won the widow with one leg
and one arm, and the sixth was minus
ar eye. Her present husband is not a
veteran of the war and has all his legs,
arms, fingers ard eyes. Mrs. Bailey is
not yet forty-nine and is the mother of
twelve children, two each by her SOL
der husbands.-NeW York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
The Wealth Of the World.

The reported valuation Of all proper
ty in the United States by the census of
1890 was $50, O37, O91, 1877, or 81, 086 per
capita for the entire population. This
enumeration, however, dealt with prop
erty located in the United States and
did not go into the question where it is
owned. If the estimate Of Mr.. Robert
Giffen is correct, that So, 900, 900, 900
in foreign capital was invested in this
country in 1880, probably al even lar
ger amount is so invested at the present
time. Deduction should also be made
for the high value put upon waste pub
lie lands in the census, with the net re-
suit that the per capita valuation Of the
United States would be reduced to
about $3.50 or 81, $50 for q family of
five. Estimates made by careful econ
omists, who come pretty near agree
ment among themselves, put the valu-
alton of Great Britain about nine years
ago at $50, 600, 900, 900 and that of
France at $40, O00, O0O, 900. This would
afford a per capita valuation of ST. 1888
for Great Britain and 81, 0S1 for France,
making the valuation for a family of
five So, 900 in Great Britain So, 405 in
France. The figures of France are
placed higher by some authors, and the
total in both countries includes careful
estimates of the large holdings of for
eign securities, some of them covering
property located in the United States.
The great holdings of foreign securi-
ties, estimated to amount in Great Brit
ain to about IS, 600, 600, 900, explain to
a large extent the adverse balance of
foreign trade constantly shown by the
long ago nave been denuded of her gold
and become bankrupt if the excess of i'm
ports over exports shown by her trade
statistics were a true measure of her
financial condition. The fact that about
$500, 900, 600 is due her annually in
interest charges upon British capital
placed abroad explains how she can af-
ford to import several hundred million
pounds sterling of foreign merchandise
In excess of the domestic merchandise
which she exports. France is estimated
to hold 81, 900, 900, 900 of foreign securi-
ties, largely Italian and Spanish, and
she also has been able to show a large
balance of imports Of merchandise over
exports during the last two decades,
while piling up in the vaults of the Bank
of France and distributing through her
monetary circulation a larger mass of
coin than any other commercial coun-
try.-United States Investor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Some Practical Home Hints.

DO not leave the clothes taken off at
night In the sleeping room, and, If prac-
ticablc, do not hang the nightolothes by
day in the closet where dresses, outer gar
ments and boots and %bonnets, etc., are
kept, as is the case in most chamber clos
cts. Undress in the dressing room and
leave the day underwear there to air; also
dress skirts and bodices should be all
turned inside out to air. If there is nc
dressing room, use some other room for
the purpose. a wardrobe in the bathroom
Is useful If the bathroom be exposed to air
and sur. If the nightolothes must be
hung in the chamber closet, at least see
that this black hole, which is usually n
clutter box, is kept as clean as the room
itself, and do not hang nightgowns and
night undershirts away until they have
been thoroughly aired. Boston Traveller.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Make Reading a Duty.

Make reading and regard it as one OF
the necessary duties. Make time for it,;
find time for it. There are too many good,
helpful things being printed and passed
about for you to miss any of them. Sub
scribe for all the magazines you can afford
and do not get an idea into your head that
money spent for these is extravaganza, or
that you are treating yourself to luxuries.
They are necessaries to the mental growth.
They are stimulants to thought and a
wider knowledge generally, n as aids to
education on topics of general interest
they are invaluable.
The woman who reads will never be
~relegated into the background by these
better informed children of hers, whom
she has helped to educate oftentimes be-
yond herself, but by keeping up with the
times and their questions, their books and
their events she, by reason Of her wider
experience and the accumulated wisdom
Of her years, is still the guide, the counsel
or and friend that she was in the ignorant
babyhood that she watched so %anxiously.
To the woman who let's her children
grow away from her only her memories Of
the faroff time comfort her, q time of baby
dimples, pink fingers, pattering feet and
the cooling of a merry little tongue that
knew nothing of French phrases, meta
physics or higher mathematical time
when mother was all in all and baby eyes
sought her everywhere and never turned
coldly away with that a~ggravating little
tremor of embarrassment.-Jenness Mil
ler's Monthly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Popular Melodies.

Crooked IN THE CRADLE OF THE
DEEP" was an inspiration which came
to Mrs. Emma Willard, a New York
teacher, during her return voyage from
Europe. The music was composed by
Joseph Philip Knight, the teacher OF
music in her academy.
"THE LAST ROSE OF SUMNER" one
of PATHS favorite songs, was the work
of Thomas Moore. The melody is a
very ancient Irish tune, formerly known
as the Groves of Barney" The tune
has been found in collections of Irish
music at least 200 years old.
WHAT ARE THE WILD WAVES
SAYING?' a duet that was once i'm
mensely popular, was suggesttd to DR..
Joseph Edwards Carpenter by the ON
versation in "Dombey and Son." The
music was by Glover, the deservedly
famous writer of sentimental and de-
v~otional concerted pieces.
"BEN BOLT" was written by DR..
Thomas Dunn English at a single sit
ting, the idea being suggested to him
by a friend. 1t first appeared before
the public in a play at Plttsburg, in
1S49, "The Battle of Buena Vista"
The melody is of German origin, and of
%undoubted antiquity, but the song, 80
far from being English, is unquestion-
ably American.
"AULD LANG SYNE" is of uncertain
origin, there being several versions of
this deservedly popular song. One of
the best is by Burne, but only the sec.
ond and third stanzas are by this poet,
the remainder being from The pen of
Ramsay. The song is of nee rtain an
tiquity one version is dated 17l6,
another is said to date from the six
teenth century.
SOLD FOLKS AT HOME" equally
well known as "The Suwanee River"
was the most popular song ever known
in America. Over 400 900 copies were
sold during the first five years after its
appearance. Il. p. Christy, of the
original Christy's Ministries, paid $400
for the privilege of having his name
printed on the title page of one edition
as the author and composer.
CPL HANG My HARP ON A Will.
Low TREE" has attached to it a bit of
royal romance. 1t was written by a
young nobleman, who became greatly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
A Merry Duchess.

Princess May, duchess of York, still
shows some of the merry traits of a girl
brought up entirely with brothers. She
learned in her youth the art of whistling
and often goes about the house thus tune
fully expressing the musical thoughts
haunting her mind. The young princess,
we are told, is fond of Oxford gray walk
ing costumes, relieved by touches of mauve
velvet. The fair Duchess of York is a very
kind young woman: Most Of her spare
time is taken up with work for the poor.
While entertaining morning callers her
white hands are generally busy with fancy
work, which when sold to admiring Brit
ons at bazaars bring in comfortable sums
for the sick and friendless .-London Cor
respondent of the New York Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Keep Turpentine in the House.

1t is the simple thing just at hand that
we most often forget to use. Every house
should have a bottle of turpentine on the
shelf. A few drops of it on a lump of
sugar is good for worms in children and
good for kidney troubles in grown persons.
Mixed with lard or c%amphorated oil, 1t is
a good liniment for all kinds of rheumatic
pains and figures largely In all patent
pain medicines. 1t will take paint out of
carpets, ink stains out of white muslin
when added to soap. A few drops added
to the boiler of clothes will help to whiten
them, moths will flee from it, cockroaohes
disappear after a few vigorous doses of 1t,
and ants are easily exterminated by its
uca.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
MISCELLANY.
Benlah Land.

We're getting on in years, Jane, we two who started
30 brsvely on life's journey, when she world was
blithe and gay;
l can hardly tell, my darling, how the thing has
come about,
But I find myself beginning to live in yesterday.
There's a bald spot on my head, Jane, and the frost
is sitting down
white as drifting snow Of winter on the fringe
above my brow,
And your bonny locks are silver, that we're once a
golden brown,
Yet you never were so queenly, Jane, SO beautiful
as now.
But, " Hurry up, old lady I" the car conductors say
"step lively. please, old gentleman land young
folks offer seats.
And we discover in ourselves, when treated In this
way.
A cold and naughty anger, or quick resentful heats.
Then we've learned to love a corner by the chin
ney's blaze at night;
We are not always ready for the sleighing or the
That used to call us often forth, our faces smiling
bright.
when mirth and frolic made for youth the flavor
and the spice.
And we've caught the trick of looking with a half
respectful awe
At the judges and the doctors whom we used to
know in kits;
And we blush at the admission, but our youngests
word is law
She has but to nod her meaning, and our own opin-
ion willis.
Then the email grandchildren rule us; pray do not
deny 1t, Jane;
We would spoil them with indulgence II they lived
beneath our roof.
When the question is of saying no, the little ones to
train,
We, once 80 sternly resolute. just weakly stand
aloof.
Yes, we're getting on in years, Jane, but I like 1t
very well,
This broad and pleasant upland to which our steps
have climbed;
IT'S a restful Beulah country where delightful peo-
Pile dwell,
And the hour Of our arrival has been very sweetly
timed.
Here we taste the fruits we planted in the mornings
bustling haste;
Here we sit awhile at leisure, and make friends
with young and old;
Here we read and talk and ponder, by no fend of
worry chased.
And behind us lies the dusty road. before us even.
ing's gold. -Harpers Bdtar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

enamorod Of Queen Victoria a year or
30 before she asc nded the English
throne, which event destroyed his
hopes Of winning her hand. The
words first appeared in an Eng ish
magazine, and we're set to n usic by
Wellington Guernsey.
1.-THE GIRL 1 LEFT BEHIND Me
is an Irish tune, known to have been in
existence in ITO. The author OF the
words is unknown, though claims have
been made for several Irish and Eng
lish poets. For ove 100 years it has
been the parting tune of the British
army and navy, and Is played whenever
a regiment is leaving a town where il
has been stationed, or a man -of-war is
weighing anchor to sail from a port
Boston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Old Glory,

General Miles at a dinner party in
this city surprised the guests by re-
minding them-a fact little popularity
known, by the way-that the flag of
the Union is older than that of any
other now used by any other nation.
The French tricolor is antedated by the
stars and stripes a few years, and the
British union jack as now flown came a
little later. All other national flags
have been modified to their present un.
furling even after that period. Then
what bird is older of creation and fuller
of Ion g witty than the eagle? If there
be any, let him scream.-New York
Mercury.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

IT MAY DO AS MUCH FOR YoU.-Mr.
Fred Miller, Of Irving, H., whites that
he had asevere kidney troubled or many
years, with eve pains in his back
and also that his bladder was affected.
He tried many so-called kidney cures
but without any good result. About a
year ago he began use of Electric Bit
ters and found relief at once. Electric
Bitters is especially adapted to cure of
all kidney and liver troubles and often
gives almost instant relief. One trial
will prove our statement. Price only
fifty cents for large bottle. At c..
Blakely's drugstore.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Keep the Walls Clean

Walls n ceilings should be busted reg.
ularly, using a long handled wall brush
that takes up the dust instead of merely
dislodging 1t. A cloth over a common floor
broom can be made to answer. At least
twice a year the walls should be wiped
carefully with slices of fresh bread. Hard
finished walls can be washed, but they are
cold and glazing to look at usually, and
the papered walls can be kept clean with
care and make more pleasing backgrounds.
New paper should always be put on over
clean walls, not over other old paper. A
room that has been occupied by one Ill
with q contagious disease should be disin-
fected and should have the walls and cell
ing renewed before it is again occupied.
Sanitary journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
How They Employ Themselves.

A man who was consumed with anxiety
to learn how women managed to employ
themselves received the following statis-
tical reply from a certain methodical WON
an:
meals ordered during the year, 963;
desserts artistically arranged on table,
172; lamps filled, 1928; rooms busted,
2,259; children dressed, 7Ss times; visits
received, 1877; visits paid, 1877; books
read, 49,; stories read, aloud, 234; games
played, 1929; church services attended,
1876; articles mended, 1896; articles Of
clothing made, 1870; letters written, 426;
hours in music, 20X; hours In Sunday
school. So"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Yarnish for Baskets.

Take red, black or white sealing wax,
whichever color you wish to make. To
every 2 ounces of scaling wax add an ounce
of spirits of wine. Pound the wax fine;
then sift 1t through a lawn sieve until 1t
Is still finer. Put the wax and wine into
. vessel; let 1t stand near the fire for 4S
hours; shake 1T often until dissolved. APP.
ply 1t with a brush. When dry, give an
other coat.-New York Dispatch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
The HOUSEHOLD.
COntentment.

When discomfort knocks at the heart,
Oh, do not let him in;
But stop and count your blessings DER,
Sweet happiness to win.
Perchance your lot a hard one Is,
But think a moment, dol
And very likely you'll recall
Those much worse of than you.
Perhaps the cup Of sorrow you
Have tasted and are sad;
Go taste some others cup Of Joy,
Twill cheer you and make glad.
Perchance your life is filled with toll,
Then you've no time to nope;
INT gather " cobwebs " In the brain
To shut out light and hope.
Or If you have the "cobwebs " there.
Go take another's broom
And "lend a hand" and cheer a heart,
And so sweep off the gloom.
Forget yourself in others Joys,
And In another's woe,
Give smile for smile, and tear for tear;
And find contentment so.
Albany Journal