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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

While riding his bicycle the other even-
Ing, Albert Kinney had cl use call from
what might have been a ia tad accident.
He was going at a swift rate, when the
front wheel caught In a err TEX and the
rider was thrown to the ground. alighting
on his head. His face was bat NY bruised,
and one Of the fingers Of his tight hand
broken.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

Look out for Ross, Higgins G. Co. IS
novelties soon to be displayed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

+. A. Spencer and wife are among the
many Portlanders who are passing sew
eral weeks ia this city, and at Selsid
away from the unpleasant heat Of the
metropolis They have rooms at the oc-
cident.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

John Peters and wife, of Portland, are
spending few days in Astoria
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

The Astorlan has on sale at its business
office 1000 copies OF the issue Of january
first containing the complete article by
the celebrated engineer, A, A. Schenck,
on the advantages of the harbor of Asto-
ria as a port of shipment Of the grain
of the inland emnirn
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

A heavy cloud of smoke hung over Il
city all day yesterday.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

While the steamer Dwyer. with the
Baptist church picnic was making a
landing on the return trip last evening
one of the deck hands a ccidentally slipp-
ed, falling into the wa,er. Bystanders
threw a rope to him and he was soon af-
ter landed on terra flrma.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

The Ladies' Sewing Society Of the Nor
weglen Lutheran church will hold socia-
BILE and auction Wednesday evening, Aug
ust 14th, at the Pacific Union cannery.
There will be good program and re-
freshments.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-14

Prosecuting Attorney William T. Hume
Of Portland, was in Astoria yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
THE wALDENsIANs ALL RIGHT.
They Have Found Friend who has
Done Wonders for Them.
Charlotte NeWs.

CLdl4OtbS wv
A News reporter had an interview
yesterday with philanthropic lady from
Asheville who has interested herself in
the Waldensian colony Of Burke county
and who, by the way, has been doing
something practical in the way Of their
relief. First Of ALL she has succeeded
in enlisting the interest Of John Wanna
maker in the colony, and through him
they are to have the services of
a farmer who is to teach them the
best agricultural methods of this
country. That has been one of their
needs, for the system here and at the r
old home is an entirely different one
They are to be given a practical start
in this direction and are also to ge given
a start in the growing of apples peaches,
small fruits and berries. The lady OF
whom the News speaks, has been with
the Waldensians for some months past
and says that in all respects they are a
model people She not only wants this
colony to thrive, but wants to bring
others here. They are moral, honest,
upright and industrious, and all they
have needed is for some hand to give
them the right start.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
Good MulIet Fishing.
Newborn journal.

Newborn Journal.
Mr.. A. PittmaU, Mayor Of Swans
bor0, who has been up to NeWDern a few
days, speaks Of the mulIet catches around
Swansboro. Many are caught, and they
are Of the finest quality. About a hun
bred barrels were taken one day at
Browns Inlet, near that place.
Mr.. Y Sudbury, one Of the well known
farmers at Stump Sound, came up on the
18th to spend short time in the city on
business. Mr.. Sudbury does a little fish
ing during the mullet season, and he also
has had splendid success, On Saturday,
the 9TH inst, he went out and caught
eighty barrels. The Saturday before that
his ''fisherman's luck" was even better.
He caught $50 barrels at one haul. They
sold for over $500 Mr.. Sudbury sold
1920 worth of them himself, and the
hand sold about hundred dollars worth
more. This was fine days work. The
seine which Mr.. Sudbury used was two
hundred yards in length.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
THE SILVER CONVENTION.
A Little Chat With Ex-Congressman
g. B. Alexander.

3. B. Alexander
Greensboro Record.
Ex-Congressman S. B. Alexander was
asked if he would attend the silver con-
vention at Raleigh.
He replied that he would be unable to
do so, but said could he be carried back
about thirty years, when he felt "quick
: and devilish," he would certainly like to
be present and have some fun.
"How they are going to proceed /
can't see," said Mr.. Alexander. "The
cssll is for a non partizan convention on
a strictly partizan subject. A good par
Humanitarian could have great sport with
the body, for when speaker gets up to
speak on the subject for which the meet
ing is called, that is, free silver, the
point could be raised that the conven-
ton being non -partizan and man speak
ing on a partizan matter would be clearly
out of order"
Mr.. Alexander, as is well known, is a
strong free silver man and expressed the
the hope that something tangible Of
great benefit might accrue from the
meeting, yet he seemed to be at sea as to
how such thing could be done under
the call.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20

Hay, Bran and Chops for horses and cows,
for sale low.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
CONSUL WILLIE p. MANGUM,
Enjoyed Similar Honor to the One
COnferren ON Minister Ransom.

! DURHAM, N. u, sep. ~.
| To the Editor of the News and Observer:
In your paper of to-day you say;
President. Diaz has appointed Minister
Ransom Arbitrator in the MeXican-Gua-
| temalan contention We do
not recall another instance in which an
honor of this character has been con
fcrred upon another North Carollnlan.
Willie p. Mangum, Jr., was gradu-
ate of the University of North Carolina.
Glass of 1913.
On the q day Of March 81 he was ap-
pointed Consul to Ningpo China. In the
spring of GA he was transferred to the
consulate at Chin-Kiang. On the 18TH OF
March 80 he was appointed consul at
Nagasaki, Japan and ON the 1st of Feb
uary 81 he was appointed yice-conSul at
Shanghai.
On the 285h of February, IA, he was
chosen sole arbitrator in the case of the
''Takashima Goal Mine" a case invOlv
ing the many intricate opposing views of
those nationalities, Japan, England and
Holland. 1t was agreed by them to
leave it to three arbitrator. On open
ing the letters by the respective minis
tiers at the British Consulate at Kama
gawa, it was found that each had chosen
him. He settled the matter satisfacto
rily to all parties.
1t will be hard to find another instance
of this kind. l am proud Of this distin-
guished honor conferred upon my es-
teemed friend and class mate, Willie P.
Mangum, Jr.
On the goth of March, 80, he was
transferred to the Port Of Tien Tsin in
the north of China, where he died the
18th of February, 1881. He now sleeps
in the Congressional cemetery at Wash
ington City.
Peace be to his ashes, and God bless
bis memory. N. a. RAMSEY
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
RANSOM OF PAPAL ESTATES.
Negotiations Said to Be Foot Between
Vatican and QairinaI.

LONDON, Sept. 18.-Discussing the re-
vival of the rumor that Italy may be in
duced to sell small territory to the
Pope. a Paris correspondent telegraphs
that the project for the Pope's ransom
by the Catholic world, which is de-
scribed as "a noble American conceit, "
is no secret in the cabinets of Europe,
which have been in possession of the de-
tails Of the plan.
1t embodies, in addition to the estab
lishment of the papacy in a principally,
with its own seaport, certain naval privi-
leges and the restoration of confiscated
church property. Negotiations are said
to be progressing between the Vatican
and the Qurinal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
Money for the Baptist University.

Clinton Democrat,
Mr. O. l. StringGeld was here this
week in the interest of the Baptist Fe-
male University at Raleigh. lie preached
a strong sermon at the Baptist Church
on Sunday morning, and Iectured at
night on female education. He had large
audiences at both times His address
sparklcd with humor that frequently
conyulsed the house with laughter. A
considerable amount was subscribed here
to aid in building a University for the
Baptist girls of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
MR.. LOCKHART OPPOSES II.
Thinks the Silver Convention Will Dir
member Democratic Organization.


member Democratic Organization.
In reply to the question as to what he
thought of the convention, Hon James
A Lockhart, member of Congress from
the Sixth District, said to reporter of
the Rocket
II am for the free coinage of silver, as
the North Carolina Democracy has re-
peatedly declared ltself-as the Demo
cratic Convention at Chicago declared
itself, according to any fair interpreta-
ton of the declaration there made; but
I'm not in favor of the convention called
to meet at Raleigh. can see no good
results to come from it. I'm a Demo
crat upon other questions as well as sill
yer coinage, and the two other parties
invited to be there are not Democrats
and are not for free coinage of sill
yer. One is Mr.. Sherman's party,
and the other is the fiat paper
money party. Neither cares for nor
wants free coinage, and all of their
efforts are to destroy the only party
that can ever give the country a good
money system based on the free and I'M
limited coinage of gold and silver, Why,
I see in leading Populist papers this say
ing: There is no argument that can be
used for gold that can't be used for sill
yer, and there is no argument that can
be used against gold that can't be used
against silver. Every observer of the
question knows that Populism and its
financial theories discard and reject me-
tallic money. The tendency of the infu-
ence of the Raleigh Convention is to
further scatter and dismember Demo.
cratic organization-that is, the reason
the leaders in the two other parties ia
vor it. The Democratic party has too
many sacred principles Of free govern
ment, and they are too firmly rooted, for
one defeat of those who follow its flag to
rout and stampede them and cause them
to abandon their time-honored princi-
pies. Wen stand square. The people
will yet be with US, as we know now, we
are with them and for them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
HUBBY CAN'T LOSE HER
A. GRITTY TAR HEEL WIFE
FIGHTS A DIVORCE SUIT
IN DAKOTA.
BUT SHE CONSENTS FOR $40, 900

Mr.. Bidwel Offered Her $500 TO
Agree to the Separation but She Re-
fused TO Take Less Than a Round
$40, OOO.-Mrs. BidweIl Followed Her
Husband From franklin, N. Co. TO
Dakota, Later to Massachusetts,
Thence Back Again to Dakota.
Special to the News and Observer.
FARGO, N. D., Sept. 10.
North Carolina and large num-
Der of the people of the South
will be interested to learn that Mrs.
Bidwell, a gritty woman, has caused
"a sensation in the divorce colony of the
Dakotas by acknowledging her willing
ness to allow her husband to secure a
divorce decree on the payment of $40, 600.
He at first offered her $500, but she
held ut for the extra So, 500 to the end
that success perched on her banner,
though the sum is paltry when the pater
has a fat pocket book. She will now
exert no more effort to defend the action
and the divorce will in all probability be
granted on the grounds Of desertiOn.
The home of this couple was Franklin,
n. @. Bidwel came here ten months
ago and made preparations to get d.
vorce under the resident line OF proceed
ure. His wife was a trife too brilliant
for him, however, for, when he least eX-
pected it, she bobbed up serenely, hay-
ing traced him, with the skill of de-
tective, all the way North. She con
fronted him in court with her attorney
and asked for $3.50 lawyers fees and $15
a week alimony.
Here observation-disclosures that he is
sprung Of little game of his own. He
had the hearing on the order adjourned
and slyly packed his goods together and
walked over the bridge to MoOrhead,
where, under the Minnesota laws, he
was safe from his wife's demands. He
did not remain long there, though, skip
ping out in a day or two. Mrs. Bidwells
wits worked with singular regularity
and she followed him across the
country, alone and unaided, to Spring
field, Mass. Here he avoided her re-
turning to Fargo by coup de etat.
Mrs Bidwell was also equal to the occa-
sion. She happened to return to the city
about the same time. Seeing that he could
not down the brave little woman, he
went away again, Offering his wife g.,
500 before hand if she would allow him
to proceed without contesting the case.
Negotiations have ever since been
conducted from afar with the result told
in the foregoing.
Some few weeks ago Mrs. Bidwell
found herself here without a penny
With womanly spirit she advertised for
a situation, and has since been working
as house-maid for one of the select
families, and now every one who rings
the bell invariably asks after their de-
parture, "Who is that digniied woman
that waits on the door p They do not
know it is the wife of millionaire
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
Notice of Sale.
c. NJ COOKE,
secretary of State

By virtue of a certain mortgage deed exc.
cuted by Geo. II. Snow and wife to the un-
dersigned trustees, and recorded in the Reg
l62, the undersigned viii expose to public
sale at the court house door in the CITY Of
Raleigh on the 9TH day of October, 1895. nj ID
in Swift Greek Township, Wade countv
about two miles south of the city of RALEIGH
adjoining lands of NJ. A. Bledsoe on the east
Dr.. W. j. Green and formerly Geo. II. Cooke
on the north and west, and the lands OF
Spier Whitaker and formerly n. j. Whita.
ker on the south, containing 52555 acres more
or less. Terms. o fsale cash.
Septen>s~ 5ff, 1854.
Z, ~. GRAY,
ERNEST HAYWOOD,
Truste e.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
Prevention and Cmre.

81 am using Hoods Pills in my family
and find them a convenient and ready
remedy and prevention and cure for
sick headac e. [ have used them for
this trouble aud have found them beue-
fetal. have also found them good for
curing hard cold. Mrs Ed. FJrsythe,
COG South Person street, Raleigh, n. G.
Hoods Pills cure biltouaness and indi-
gestion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
To Join the Colony at Chadbourn
Wilmington Messenger,

Wilmington Messenger,
Mr. James Whitaker, of Earlville, Ill.,,
arrived in the city yesterday, accompan-
led by his wife, on his way to Chad
bourn, Columbus county, to join the
colony of Northern and Western people,
who have bought lands in that vicinity,
thr ugh Mr.. j. A. Brown.
Quite a number of Western farmers
who bought lands in the colony returned
to their Western homes to finish their
crops so they could come to their North
Carolina homes this winter, Others will
be coming during the winter and spring.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
An Emphatic ''NO.''
MoRGANToN, N. c., Sept. 10.

MoRGANTON, N. c., Sept. 10.
TO the Editor of the News and Observer;
am in the midst of a revival meeting
Just now, and have no time to write as
you request.
To the question, els the church the
enemy of liberty ~ My answer every
time would be an emphatic mo"
Truly, r. L. PATTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20

~ and l24 w. franklin ST., Baltimore. Mo
q lGEH0aTH BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
Sept 18th. 32d year. Mrs. II. p. LEFEBNBE,
Principal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
Diocese OF North Carolina Bishops
VisitatiOns, 1895.

December Ist-SUnday, High POnt.
The Holy Communion Will be admins
tered at all morning services, ana at all ser
vices the offerings of the people viii be re-
ceived for Diocesan Missions.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills.
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
a pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-20
Bowling GREEN ACADEMY.

nrepa4ory school Of the highest reputation ana sue
.s 'eti record perfect. Charges Iuv. SO ba2 mo-
Address John Hart NJ. A. q. OF Va Bow ius Green Ia
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14
Harder Than Steel.

Des Moines, Ia, has modern Tubal
Cain in the person of S. r. Dawson, who
claims to have discovered the lost art of
making Damascus STEEL" He has ex-
hibited in Chicago some samples of cut
lery made from the metal, which had
an edge keener and smoother than a
steel razor. This was demonstrated by
microscope and photography. The new
metal is a combination of copper and tin
and two other elements which Mr.. Daw-
son keeps secret. A dagger made from
it looked like polished gold. Mr.. Daw..
son claims to be linea a descendant dS sa to Of
cannon made in England, and his an
cestors on both his fathers and mothers
sides have been workers in iron and steel.
He says his discovery is partly accident,
but primarily the reward of years Of
labor, research and experiment. He
claims that the new steel or hardened
copper is suitable for any kind of cut
lery from a common pocket knife to the
most delicate surgical instrument, and
that no deleterious oxide (rusD forms on
it under the most severe tests. Any steel
drill forced against it when it is hard
ened will Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14
BIRTHPLACE OF T HE POTATO.
A Well-known Botanist Says it is Little
Santa Fe.

Well-known Botanist Says it is Little
Santa Fe.
Jackson county Mo-, promises to be ia
nous in history as the birthplace of the
Irish potato. Some of the local botanists Of
Independence have discovered this fact
and have traced the lineage of the vege,
table, which is now known to every table
in the world as the Irish potato back to
its birthplace, Little Santa Fe. in the
southern part of Jackson county. The
botanists give the name of the plant from
which the potato grew as 'dloscorea
batata,' and feel confident in their asser-
ton that the history of the potato can be
traced back to the town of Little Santa
Fe. DR.. Ballard, a wellknown botanists
and geOlOgiSt, has in his possession plant
which he claims to be a specimen of the
"dioscorea batata,' found at Little Santa
Fe. BY tracing the plant back some 500
years, the doctor says that undoubtedly
the diOScOrea batata was the prOgenltOr
of the so-called Irish potato. 1t appears
that the aborigines of that section knew
the art of propagation of plants by cultiva-
ton, from their wild state, and by such
knowledge produced the tuber now so gen.
orally in use and found on every table.
Its a matter of history said the
doctor, that the potato was first used as
an edible by the Indians, near what is
now known as Little Santa Fe, Jackson
county, Mo. From there it became an
article of barter The edible was so pal
atable that it's use spread rapidly and be-
came common among the Indians in Vir-
ginia. The potato fell into the hands of
Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia, who rec
ognized a good thing when he saw it. Sir
Walter took it on one of his trips to Eu-
rope, and by reason of the soil and eli
mate Of Ireland it at once became sta
pie article of food, hence the name Irish
potato. The little town of Santa Fe has
never set up it's claim for being the birth
place of Ireland's staple food, for outside
of the botanists the matter is not posi-
bly, known to the citizens of that locality.
That the potato hourishes in this locality,
more SO than in any other section of the
county. is a well-known fact, and the
"dioscorea batata" grows in great abund-
ance there. BY experimental tests the
plant finally produces a small potato,
from which larger ones will grow.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14
SHAKING DOWN HICKORY NUTS.
A Timely Autumn Device for Suburban
ties and Picknickers.

A Timely Autumn Device for Suburban.
ties and Picknickers.
The yield Of hickory nuts is very boun-
tiful this year. Thousands of our read
ers have wooded pastures with number
Of hickory nut trees in them that are
loaded with nuts. If there is market
for the nuts, or if it is desired to save
them to crack and sandwich with jokes
around the fireside next winter, some de-
vice for shaking them from the trees
is very desirable. A device that will
shake the nuts from tree in two min
utes can be made in half an hour.
Cut a straight white oak tree eight
inches in diameter at the butt end and
"a to % feet long. Cut two timbers 8
feet long, with strong forks at one end.
Hoist the largo end Of the log so it will
strike the tree to be shaken I or 8 feet
from the ground. Put the forked tim
bers, one on each side of the log, say 6
feet from the big end, with the legs
is now in position for work It is rest
ing in the forks with the butt end about
one foot from the tree to be shaken and
the other, or smaller end, resting on the
ground. The limbs near the small end
should be left inches long, to serve as
handles. With one man on each side of
the long pole or log the smaller end is
lifted up, and the log is drawn forward
and backward, working on the forked
poles, and thrust forcibly against the
tree A few vigorous jolts against the
tree with the battering ram will make
a noise like falling hail and every nut be
shaken from the tree.--Journal of Agri-
cu1fuIo
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14
A CURE FOR HEADACHE.
1t is Very Simple, Costs Nothing and Give
the Sufferer nOTrOuble.


''An excellent and never-failing cure
for nervous headache" said an apostle
of physicical culture, ''is the simple act
of walking backward. Just try it some
time if you have any doubt about it.
have yet to meet the person who didn't
acknowledge it's efficacy after a trial.
Nobody has yet discovered or formulated
a reason why such process should bring
such certain relief Physicians say that
it is probably because the reflex action
of the body brings about a reflex action
of the brain, and thus drives away the
pain that when produced by nervousness
is the result of too much going forward.
AS soon as you begin to walk backward,
however, there comes feeling of every
thing being reversed, and this is followed
by relief The relief is always GER
tain and generally speedy. Ten minutes
is the longest l have every found neces,
sary. An entry or a long, narrow room
makes the best place for such prom.
enade. You should walk very slowly,
letting the ball Of your foot touch the
floor first and then your heel, just the
way, in fact, that one should in theory,
walk forward, but which, in practice is
SO rarely done. Besides curing nervous
headache, there is no better way to learn
to walk we'll and gracefully forward than
the practice of walking backward. A
half hour of it once day will do wOn>
ders toward improving the gait of any
woman."-New York Evening Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-14
BICYCLES in the Mail.

Parcels weighing twenty pounds and
of the value of 500 may be sent by mail
between England and France, in accord
ance with new agreement made by the
two governments. knowledge of this re-
Gently enabled an American wheel tour
list to send his machine from London to
Paris by mail at less expense and trouble
than he could have transported it in any
other fashion, while at the same time the
machine was more carefully handled than
mercies of the Continental baggage
smasher. The wheels and handle bar
were removed from the frame and care
fully wrapped in heavy paper, SO as to
make compact bundle, before the post
age was paid. and when the wrappings
were removed at the tourists hotel in
Paris the machine was in perfect condi-