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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

Senator Butler is eminently correct in
saying that in transporting Liberty bell
to the Atlanta Exposition it ought to
pass by the battle grounds of Guilford
Court House and Kings Mountain, and
through the historic city CT Charlotte.
When the route was published in this
paper on Tuesday, it occurred to US to
protest against its being carried through
Virginia and Tennessee instead of by
the more direct route through North
Carolina. We wrote no protest because
the Legislature at the last session refused
to appropriate dollar to make an ex-
hibit at the Atlanta Exposition, and We
felt that the State could not therefore
reasonably make any requests OF the
Exposition authorities. When they
sent a delegation of leading men
to Raleigh last February to re-
quest assistance toward making the
Exposition success, North Carolina
turned the cold shoulder on them, and
we feared that request from US would
not meet wish great favor.
Senator Butler and the Charlotte OBJ
server are, however, right in saying that
if possible the route ought to be changed
and the bell brought through North Car
DINA. We are sure that the Southern
Railway, always generous and active in
public matters, would do anything to
secure change in the route by which
their road could have the honor Of trans
porting the old bell of independence
Hall. 1t it shall be too late to change
the route by which it is to be carried to
the Exposition, it ought not to be diff
cult to have it take the route suggested
through North Carolina on the return
trim
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11
rs KISSING A CRIMEt

In no other State than the one that
nroduced Senator PETER and Mrs. Lease
would prosecution follow kiss. In that
state of billiards, hypocrisy, women'f
rights and long boards the old Connect.
cut blue law against kissing has been re
yiyed with more than Puritan severity
There lives in Kansas gentleman by
the name of Mr.. Pulliam who was tempt
ed by the red lips of Mrs. Wertz and
did then and there kiss the aforesaid
Mrs. Wertz. The lady in question first
thought of bringing suit for damages,
but what jury would give heavy damages
against man for kissing a woman, IN
less she had an ugly face? And so Mrs.
Wertz's lawyer put forward the plea that
the defendant kissed the plaintiff IN q
cloud, bolsterous, felonious, malicious
and unseemly manner, against the peace
and dignity of the State of Kansas"
It may be inferred that the lady IN
question would have commenced no &C
ton if Mr.. Pulliam had been content
with a sweet, quiet, clinging, lingering
kiss, hut what woman, particularly what
Mrs, would not be shocked by cloud,
boisterous" kiss The probability of the
neighbors catching on to the proceedings
would be enough to shock any woman,
no matter how much she may have long
ed for an Amelie Rives or Sarah Bern
hardt kind of kiss. Any man who didn't
know any better than to kiss a woman
in cloud, boisterous' way ought to re-
ceive the heaviest punishment that the
law can impose, not to speak of the pun
ishment that ought to be visited upon a
man who would implant kiss in ''fe-
lonious, malicious and unseemly manner
against the peace and dignity of the
State of Kansas The proper place to
implant kiss is on a good looking wo-
mans lips.
The women of Kansas like to have their
kisses like the men take their liquor-on
the sly. They want no loud and bois-
ferrous" performance, but quiet slipping
of nectar with less noise than the bees
make slipping honey. Likewise the men
of Kansas want no open saloon wherein,
in the full view of the world, they i'm
bibe of the ardent. A quiet room in the
rear of drug store, or an unfrequented
up stairs room where no vulgar eyes can
see the wine when it is red, no vulgar
nose smell the fragrance of the mint and
the brandy, and no vAgsr ear hear the
clinking Of the glasses and the tinkling
of the ice in the glasses.
''Stolen kisses are the sweetest''--is a
motto in Kansas that applies with equal
effect to the dram that both cheers and
inebriates. But even stolen kisses, il
cloud and boisterous" lose their sweet
ness, and the mint julep loses its flavor
if it is nor imbibed behind closed doors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11
THE BULL FIGHT AT ATLANTA.

Regard for the protest Of the moral
elements of the country mixed with good
sense has caused the Atlanta Exposition
authorities to give up the proposed sham
bull fight. The Springfield Republ can
says it is understood that President
Cleveland did not regard the fight ad
junct a seemly one in view Of the fact
that oar State Department had invited
foreign nations to participate in the Ex-
position, and that the authorities re
spected his wishes.
Good for the President. In matters
involving taste and good sense he al
ways hits the bulls eye. In this instance
be kills the bull in its entirety.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

THElMorganton Herald has a great
deal to say this week about the action of
the commissioners in prohibiting shaving
on Sunday. The Herald says the action
was taken only after the BARRIERS request
ed it, and intimafes that there is some
criticism about it. Raleigh has not had
open barber shops Sunday in many years,
if ever in its history. Morganton seems
to be the last town in the State to be
1tRooseVelted
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11
NopLAcE roc CRY wEEKLIEs.

Every year it becomes more difficult
for the weekly edition OF a great city pa
per to obtain large subscription lists.
The reason is to be found in the great
improvement in the country weeklies.
The weekly edition of the New York Her
aid was lately suspended, and the paper
gives the following reasons therefor;
Subscribers to the Weekly Herald
will receive the Sunday Herald until the
date of the expiration of their subscrip-
tion. 1t has long been patent to every
body that the legitimate field of weekly
news review is filed to the satisfaction
of local readers by county and town pa
peis that stud the various States like
stars in the sky"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

Mrs. H. ". Beecher, though So years
old, contemplates writing a biography of
her husband. The following remarkable
statement is accredited to her: ''In the
nearly fifty years that we have lived to-
gether he never gave me cross word,
and | believe his conduct was as near
like the life of Christ as any mans has
ever BEEN"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

The publisher of the Mid Continent
Magazine announces to subscribers and
all parties interested that he has disposed
of the good Will and subscription-list Of
said magazine to Messrs. Charles Serb
ner's Sons, of New York, who will fill all
unexpired subscriptions by sending
Scribner's Magazine to the old subscrib-
ers until the expiration of their various
terms of subscription, and that the Mid
Continent Magazine will no longer be
issued as a separate publication.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

A certain interest, humorous and pa
thetic, attaches to the discovery that
DRYDEN used to diet himself for task in
poetry, eating raw meat to inspire vivid
dreams; that Coleridge and DeQnincey
and Shadwell prodded the muse with
opium; that Sheridan worked with the
aid of brandy and Byron of gin; that
Dickens and Tennyson and Sturgeon
smoked, the last named "to the glory OF
God;" that Kate Field is stimulated by
hot water, while Lord Rosebery depends
on that beverage to allay insomnia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

1.-The proposition of DR.. Mary Walker
that she will attend the Atlanta Exposi-
ton and pose as the best dressed woman
in mems clothing" says the Montgomery
News, s'doesnf seem to arouse any great
degree OF enthusiasm among the man
ayers of that prospective show. There
seems to bSa lurking suspicion among
them that& there can be surplus of any
thing
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

and even then they 90 not OFTEN earn
more than two pounds per month. They
therefore deliberately invent large part
of lheir news"
1t is rot generally known that Rider
Haggard, who had so unpleasant an
electioneering experience at Ludham, in
East Norfolk, bears a striking facial and
physical resemblance to Cecil Rhodes,
the Premier of Cape Colony, where the
scenes of some of Mr.. Haggard's novels
are laid. The likeness between the Cape
Premier and Mr.. Haggard is so striking,
and their gait in walking so similar,
that some years ago when Mr.. Rhodes
was paying flying visit to London, Mr..
Haggard was addressed famiIiarly one
morning outside the Hotel Metiopole by
a personal friend of Mr.. Rhodes. On
Mr.. Haggard's saying that he was not
Mr.. Rhodes, the gentleman who accosted
him refused at first to accept that assn
rance, and said, bursting into laughter,
"Oome, now, Rhodes, none of this non
sense He was convinced of his mis-
take with difficulty, and not until Mr..
Haggard had told him his name.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11
Forecast for North Carolina.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

When hear people continually talk
ing about their rights, | am inclined to
think they are overlooking their duties
DR.. Carter, in Biblical Recorder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

If North Carolina had few more
Beauforts, its per capita circulation
would be largely increased at the expense
of the insurance companies. Charlotte
Democrat.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11
THE WEATHER.

Maximum temperature, %; minimum
temperature, 70. Rain fall, 600.
Forecast for Raleigh.
Sunday Fair and warm; conditions
favorable for a thunderstorm towards
evening.
Forecast for North Carolina.
Sunday: Fair, followed by showers in
the afternoon or evening; southerly
winds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

The advocates of free coinage are not
calamity howlers, and they would not
give up their faith in bi-metalllism if a
wave of great prosperity should pass
over the country. They believe that
there is need for both metals in any
scientific and just financial system, and
that until both metals are Incorporated
frequent panics are inevitable.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

FROM a careful reading Of the New
York dailies we have come to the con-
clusion that the desire for a cool drink
of whiskey on Sunday and sin the bond
syndicate we trust" constitute the whole
creed of the Gothamites
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11
RENOvATING our STORE
ROOMS THIS WEEK.

The contractors will begin the
work of renovating our store
rooms this week.
There are yet a great many
goods we had rather sell than pack
away or have injured by lime dust
Until the work begins and as it
progresses, we will from day to
day, through the locals in this
paper, tell our people of the great
values that will be at their dis
posal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

Mark Twain had at one time the rec
ord of having made the most money by
his writings of any American author.
Bronson Howard is reported to have
accumulated some $500, 900 as royalties
upon his plays. Miss Alcott made about
500. 900, much of it from her two books,
Little Women" and Little Men. "
Mrs. Burnett gained some $50, 600 in
royalties upon her play, Little Lord
Fauntleroy," and that was twice as much
as she had received for all her other
writings. Mr. Blaine received about
$500, 900 for his Twenty Years in Con
gress."
But Mark Twain's earnings went far
beyond those gained by any other Amer
lean writer His royalties npon The
Innocents Abroad" reached 800, 600 in
less than three years, "a has been re
ported. His royalties upon The Gilded
Age were about $50, 900, and Mr. Ray
n0nd once told me that he had paid
Mark TWAIN 500, 900 in royalties for the
play dramatizad from that story. His
profits from tom Sawyer" reached far
no into the thousands, and we're very
LARGE for "ROughing IT. and Life Upon
the Mississippi He did very well, too,
with his prince and Pauper," and at
one time be was estimated to have
gained in all about $500, 900 from his
writings and from his investments so
much more as to make him very nearly
millionaire.
The Gillian Times, of Valparaiso, says:
GA Japanese newspaper is a very differ
ent thing from what we are accustomed
to find on our breakfast tables. Our last
page is it's first; its columns only run half
the length of the page; it has no such
things as headlines, and its titles run
from top to bottom instead of across; 1t
has but an occasional rough illustration;
it prints few advertisements, but those
are paid for at high rate; its price
ranges from half penny to penny a
COPY, and it knows nothing yet of sensa
| tional advertisements or flaming posters
of deeds of journalistic daring do The
| total number of persons employed on a
typical Japanese newspaper, as the Nichi
Nichi Shimbun, is as follows: One po-
litical director, one chief editor, five as
sistant editors, four proof readers, one
shorthand writer, twelve reporters or
news gatherers, three or four compost
tors, each with several assistants, twelve
men in the press room, and minor EN-
ployees, INCLUDING distributors, making
a total of one hundred and fifty persons.
The reporters are the weak point, for the
log frankSV tells you that if they can
new they are compelled to bring
ion S they are paid by results,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

ADLAI doubtless had a selfish motive
in declaring Grover out of the race.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

Hooa's pills are the best after-dinner
Pills. assist digestion, prevent constipation.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21
INTERESTING ORDERS.
raj Beardsley is Warned to Keep His
Fingers Out.

Washington, January l9.-The following
orders have been issued:
Rear Admiral Beardsley, flagship 2hiIa-
delphia. San Francisco:
Proceed with the United States ship Phil
adelphia with despatch TO Honolulu. Your
purpose as United States senior naval officer
there will be the protection of the lives and
property CT American citizens. In case of
civil war in the islands extend no aid to
any parties engaged therein. Keep steadily
to your duty of protecting the lives and
property of Amer lean citizens who shall not
by participation in the civil commotion for
feits their rights in that regard to the
protection OF the American flag. Show
these instructions to and consult freely
with'the United States minister at Honolulu
on all points that may arise, seeking
his opinion and advice whenever praoti-
cable upon the actual employment of the
forces under your command and bearing in
mind the diplomatic and political interest
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21
A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
Apparently No Cause for Killing Richard
w. Meagher

Natick. Mass, January 20.-A bout IL
O'Clock last night, Richard W. Meagher
was shot and killed by Hiram p Ring,
on the piazza of Rings boarding house.
Meagher lived about an hour after gthe
shooting, but never regained conscious
ness. The causes leading up to the
shooting are not very clear. Meagher
has been looking for work, and about 10
o'clock last night he went to Rings
boarding house to see man named
Davis, the boss master in J.W. Wollcott
& Co.'s factory. What occurred from
this time till the shooting is but vague
ly known. Edward F. Blake, coachman
for Harrison Harwood, who boards at
Rings, says: The first thing I knew
/ saw Meagher chasing Davis up stairs.
I g1asped Meagher and was putting him
off the piazza when the shot was fired"
Blake saw Ring in the doorway with
asrevolyer in his hand. Ring was arrest
ed. Meagher was about ~, of gentle
disposition, and well liked throughout
the neigh borhood. His friends say he
would harm none unless in self defence.
He was not quarrelsome. Ring is about
80 years old, married, and has two sons
and a daughter. He came here from
Ashland about four years ago, and has
since conducted boarding house.
About six months ago Ring secured
some prominence by harboring Armeni-
ans and other workmen who filled the
places of the striking lasters in the Wall
cott factory During that strike some
one placed bomb charged with gun
powder in the cellar Of Rings house,
and the explosion shattered everything
in the cellar and blew out all of the win
dows. Ring has been very nervous since
that episode, and has been very much
frightened. Perhaps this fact may ac-
count for his crazy deed last night.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21
Another Brigade Called Out.

Albany. n. y, January 20.-Goy. Morton
tEis afternoon received a telegram from
Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn asking for
additional troops to aid in the preservation
Of order in Brooklyn during the trolley
strike. After a conference with the Gov
ernor, Adjutant General McAlpine wired
Gen. Fitzgerald, commander Of the First
Brigade of New York city. ordering him to
assemble the brigade Of 4s0O men and report
for immediate duty in Brooklyn. There
are now 5000 troops of the Second Brigade
on duty in Brooklyn. The soldiers on guard
In Brooklyn the past two days have expert
enced inclement weather, and reinforce
ments are called TO provide for reliefs as
we'll as for additionallsafet
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21
STARVING FARMERS.
Terrible Destitution in Nebraska-Money
Cannot Be Raised Even on Securities.

Greeley, Neb., January 20.-The dis
tress in this part of the state is appall-
ing, and hundreds of families have moth
ing to eat, and no fuel, and the children
are SO nearly naked that they are kept
from school. At least fifth of the peo-
pie of this county have become Ecounty
charges, which has depleted tho county
treasury, and deprecated the county
paper until it is not worth more than
half it's face value, and is still going
down. 1t is impossible for the people
to care for the destitute, and unless
large amount of outside assistance is re-
ceived at once, some worthy farmers
and their families will perish. The Epeo-
pie are mostly in need of clothing. Some
of the best farmers, whose lands are un-
encum bered, are as destitute as their
tenants, because they cannot realize on
any kind of securities. A great many
left last fall. All the hogs and saleable
cattle were sold and shipped away, aud
the people have to depend on charity.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21

Washington, January 20.-The Presi-
dent made the following statement this
evening with respect to the Hawaiian
question, which he seemed entirely will
ing to discuss. mo information is re-
ceived which indicates that anything
will happen in Hawaii making the pres
ence of one of our naval vessels necessary
unless we are prepared to enter upon
policy and course of conduct violative
of every rule OF international law and
utterly unjustifiable. All who take any
interest in the question sho uld keep in
view the fact that Hawaii is entirely
independents of the United States, and
in it's relations to us is foreign country.
ship is sent to Honolulu not because
of change in the policy of the admin
istration and not because there seems
any neceasslty for it's presence there.
The vessel is sent in accordance with the
policy of the administration in every
case of the kind and from motives of
extrac aution because there is a possibil-
ity that disturbances may be renewed
which might result in danger to the per-
sons or property of American citizens.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21

for the reason he had men to opera te all his
lines If afforded sufficient protection. He
said he had the usual complement of cars
running ON Fifth avenue, Ninth avenue
and Bergen street lines. and as far as be
was concerned, ii was merely matter of
having the'authorities put stop to inter
ference with the cars and men. President
Lewis and President Wicker had nothing to
say. The militia were stationed at all the
depots and stables yesterday and remained
on duty today. Company E, of the 47th
Regiment, was detailed this morning to the
corner OF Nostrand and Park avenue,
hitherto not guarded by soldiers. The other
companies OF the 47th were divided between
East New York and aalsey street depots.
The seventeenth separate companies of
Flushing this morning was sent 10 Ridge
wood depot. another new position. 1t is not
yet decided to what point the troops called
for tomorrow will be assigned. The follow
ing was issued this morning: 'Ex-
members of the 23rd regiment, attention.
Please hold yourselves in readiness for
sudden call which the present emergency
may require. Notice will be given through
the press if possible. but frequent inquiry
at the armory is recommended. Alfred G.
Barnes, president of the council OF
veterans
A Court street car, run by green motor
man got stuck at the corner of Hamilton
avenue and Court street at i.30 today. "A
large crowd of strikers Immediately col
lected and soon began throwing stones.
Policeman Ryan, who was on the front plat
form, WAS struck. The crowd grew larger
and more msnaoing, and hurry call was
sent into headquarters for more men. The
reserves from the Third, Eleventh and
Fifteenth precincts were sent to the scene
THEY CLEARED OUT
the whole of Hamilton avenue from Smith
to Court street, and ran the disabled car in
to the sta bles at Bush street. The police are
looking for four strikers alleged to have
held up Ernest Kludt and beaten him into a
state of insensibility. kludt took the place
of a striking conductor on the Fifth avenue
line yesterday, and was going to work this
morning and was set upon by a gang.
Harmon Brunswick, non-union motor
man. going homo this morning was set upon
at the corner of Fulton street and Myrtle
avenue by crowd of men and knocked
down. Policemen scattered the crowd and
arrested John Duffy on suspicion of being
Brunswick's assailant. The first car that
left the depot Of Fulton street line in East
New York since the strike began rolled out
this afternoon about two o'clock, guarded
on all sides by soldiers with fixed bayonets.
Over 5000 men and women gathered in the
vicinity but made no demonstration, The
car moved along slowly until it reached tbe
Manhattan crossing. The troops then re-
turned to the dept and the car proceeded
without trouble.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-21
OVER THE HILL TO THE PooRHousE
Pathetic Pilgrimage of an Old Man to His
Only Refuge.

Yesterday afternoon, an old man foot
station. He had with him much
worn leather grip, and paper box. His
appearance indicated that he had been
at work lum bering, and there was some
thing about him that recalled Senator
Bob Hartn and his song," You and,
Poor Joe."
"For the Country Parson tells us, and
Pm sure he ought to know,
"That heaven was designed for those who
fail below"
From which the "Senator, peace to his
ashes, drew the comforting hope of "A
good time coming for you and I, poor
Joe." The old man who sat there in
the station and partially told his story.
had certainly made failure of life, and
was willing to own it,
"My name" he said. lis Charles A W.
Mitche,I, long enough name for poor
man." He didn't ask for much, .and
what he did ask for was granted. He
was tired and wanted to rest through
the night, and then to be sent to Fair
uG1u, QNcs AdNO LIZ uOLLoS hC odlu DIS
he brushed the tears from his eyes, "but
my mother had residence there, and
they'll take me in and keep me through
the winter"
"Who WILL" asked Deputy Sterling.
"Tne people at the poor house." re-
piled the old man, and he added sadly,
81 haven't been there for five years, but
it's all the home have"
Mr.. Mitchell told his story in sadly
patient way. He is almost 60, and for
long time worked for parties at Stock
bridge, Vt. At last there was no more
work for him, and he was sent out into
the world with exactly IS cents in his
pocket, and as he very justly said, when
you get Oh the road IS cents don't last
a man long, b'gosh." He started on his
long walk back to Maine, and to his
only refuge, the poor house nof the town
of Fairfield, where his mother "gained a
residence" years ago. His face looked
honest, his manner was that of man
who had tried his best. but who was
desperately down on his luck, and he
was kindly treated at the station.