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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
,IDo Curse
Of Mankind!

The most horrible disease TO which
the human family is subject is conta-
giors blood poison. 1t has always
bafTled the doctors, for notwithstanding
the progress made in some branches Of
medicine, they have failed absolutely to
discover q cure for it. neither in the
form of powder, pin or liquid, the doc
tors pres cription is always the same
potash or mercury.
Mr.. Otto II. Ebert, who resides at the
corner of 22d STR ct, and Avenue NJ,
Galveston, Texas, had a severe expert.
ence with this dreadful disease, and
under date of April 9Th, 1896, writes:
Several years ago was so unfortu-
nate as to contract contagious blood
poison, and was under treatment of the
best physicians continuously for four
years. As soon as ] discovered that had
the disease, hasteued to place myself
under the care of one OF the foremost
doctors in my State, snd took his
treatment faithfully for several mon hs.
IT was a very short time after he pro-
nounced me well, that the di ease broke
out afresh, and / was in far worse con-
dition that at d1st. L4rge Jumps formed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
ANSON AT THE BAT.

lE'rom the Chicago Inter Ocean.
I amt much hooks on football,
U reckon I'm ter blame);
An tennis, golf, an cricket
Seem purity nigh the same;
Al baseball game ez what | like,
A good, clos game of that
Three men on base, the score tie,
An Arson at the bat.
reckon some of you-uns
Mayhap have seen the same;
when every error counted,
An hit would win the game:
When the crowd grew sudden silent
An ez quiet ez cat
With two men out, three men on base,
An Arson at the bat.
/ hain't got much ambishun
Ter write at poemtree;
But jinksi I'd like ter tell you
How baseball works on me;
Why, talk about yer heroes,
Yer kings an all o. that
why, hope ter die, they're apple pie,
With Arson at the bat.
Gee whiz, but amt it turkey
When the game ez pipin' hot,
When you think Chicago's losin',
An yer prayin' tibet she's not;
Ter see the ball go afterwards,
An ter smash yer neighbours hat
An then, like mad, ter yell, "I'm glad
Twas Arson at the bat!'
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THIS SWEET LITTLE WOMAN or
MINE.

THIS SWEET LITTLE WOMAN OF
MINE.
She amt any bit of an angel
This sweet little woman o. mine;
She's jest a plain woman,
An purity much human
This sweet little woman o. mine.
For what would do with an angel
When / looked for the fireiight's shine
When six little sinners
Air wantin' their diRners2
MOI Give me this woman O. mine!
I've hearn lots o. women called angels, 7
An lots o. 'em thought it wuz fine;
But give 'en the feathers,
An me, in all weathers,
This sweet little woman O. mine!
jest amt got nuthin' ag'in 'em-
These angels-they good in their line;
But they're sorter above me!
Thank God that she'll love me-
This dear little woman o. mine.
IT, T.. STANTON.
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A THANKFUL SOUL


care not how the wild winds blows
On the land or the foamins sea;
know somewhere there's sweet, sweet
rose
That blooms in the light for me.
And the dark may creep,
And the storm may sweep:
But | thank the Lord as sow and reap.
/ care not how the world rolls on,
For the birds sing in the tree;
And / know somewhere thgere's a rosy
dawn
In round blue sky for mel
And the dark may creep,
And the storm may sweep;
But thank the Lord as | SOW ahd reap
For only little, day by day
The light of star or sun;
The smile Love gives me to clear my
way
The kiss when the day is done
And the dark may creep,
And the black may sweep;
But / thank the Lord as | sow and
reap!
f. T.. STANTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
CURRENT POETRY.
FEET OF CLAY.
Louise Belts Edwards, in Harper
Magazine for November.D

burned my heart as incense night and
day
Before shrine where scorners turned
away.
Upward I gazed, and only cared to see
The glorious face that showed q God TO
me.
kissed the garments hem
That swept about the feet and covered
them.
but hands unhallowed tore the robe aside.
behold thine Idolr' knocking voices
cried;
He whose winged fight thy blind en-
brace would stay
Hath feet-ah, hear!-of clay"
bass, bitter hearts; the smile Of scorn is
mine;
he worship his, whom still I deem
divine.
What if the touch of earth, its base de-
sires.
It's dross unpurifed in passions fires,
Cling to the feet ! kiss2
BIB, light were love, to forfeit faith for
thisi
What loss were his, what woeful gain
were anime,
Il from that sun-and- star-illumined shrine
bne hearts poor candle | should take
away
/. who am all Of clay?
Haply our homage had not seemed SO
dear;
HAPPY he had not sought temple here.
Nor in his service had | known such JOY,
But for the mingling of that earth-alloy!
O soul that woke for him,
What larger hope hath lit thy prison
dim!
Nav / not rise from these unquickened
clods
60 claim eternal kinship with the gods?
To godlike stature grow, though bearing
yea,
Like him1the print Of clay?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
NORTH CAROLINA FRUIT.


At the grocery and confectionery stores
in Raleigh, and in all the larger towns
Of the State, there may be seen daily fine
displays Of apples, peaches, pears and
grapes.
Ask the merchant where the fruit came
from and hear his reply
Apples and grapes from New Work.
peaches from Delaware, pears from Bal
timore9'
What do the apples cost you"
Anywhere from 81 to 81 per bushel.
according to size and quality"
What the peachesY'
Prom 81 to $3 per bushel"
"PearsY
50 to $3.50"
Grapes?
Fifteen to twenty cents basket
why do you buy all this fruit ut the
North? 2"
Can't get It in North Carolina"
why don't you buy North Carolina
mountain apples? They are as good rs
these"
well, because these afc put up in
nice shape for market, and the noun
tain apples are not. These come in bar
rels all Of kind sound, clean, assorted
and ready for sale When yen buy
mountain apples in a crate, they are
bruised dusty, often Of different varieties,
little and big together-in no shape for
market-can't handle them-how many
apples you want3 20 cents dozen;
peaches and pears, two for cents
That's the way they talk, and that's
the way the money oes-thousands Of
dollars every year going out of the State
for what can just as well be raised at
home. | have seen apples, far exceIling
these Northern apples, dumped into a
wagon, hauled twenty-five or thirty
miles over rough roads, not assorted, not
matchmaking: but we go ON all the
same, complaining Of low prices and
grumbiing ut the merchant,-Agr agricultural
Bulletin.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
HER CURIOSITY WAS SATISFIED.
Met the Man Who had Only Plain Mis-
ter on his Card.
From The Chicago Times Hedall.

A Vienna paper relates an amusing in
cident which occurred TO n great lady
who Ind just recovered from long and
severe illness. Seated in her boud0ir,
she was looking over the cards of condo
lence that had been LETT for her while
i'll. Among the names Of counts, barons,
and other aristocratic sympathi2ers emf
blazontd with corouets and coats-of-
arms. she came across simple card With
the plain inscription, Hermann Berger,
In vain TIE lady asked who Hermann
Berger was. Nore Of her servants could
give her any other information than that
the individual was remarkably hand
some young man. The lady's curiosity
became excited, and she gave orders TO
admit the stranger iE he should call a
gain.
The order was punctualy obcyed, and
on the following day she received real
ly charming young man, dressed III the
most exquisite style, who evidently APP
pcarpd greatly embarrassed ut the honor
of a tcte-a-tete with the still brilliant,
though somewhat faded, beauty.
II can hardly find words" said the
lady. with BLUSH, ito thank you for the
sympathy which YOU have manifested for
q stranger
II beg your pardon, gracious lady, "
stammered the dandy; but | am the
agent for Messrs. A. b., the undertake
ers."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
AFTER DEATH.

sometimes iinger Ger the list
OF friends / lost in other days,
And still the question with me stays
when I am gone shall I be missed?"
doubt il Others think the same,
Or even wish to share my thought
That men were foolish who have sought
To leave a neyer-dying name.
when thou hast run thy earthly race
Thou wilt not leave world in tears, !
Nor will men come in after years
10 view thine earthly resting place.
Thy poor remains will rest as well,
Thy spirit viii be no less free,
Although it is not thine to be
Milton or a Raphael.
Fret not myself, but heaven thank
Ii all the good that thou cans't do
May be so done that only few
Need ever know thy place is blank.
Be thankful if but one true heart
Shall feel for thee the moments pain
Ere it can say, I'VE meet again
Of knowing what it is to part.
Dine loving heart thou mayesr crave,
Lest all thou caredst for on earth
Should seem to have no lasting worth
And end forever in the grave.
Dne faithful heart beneath the sky,
In which to leave a seed of love,
To blossom in a world above
And bear a fruit which shall not die.
CHAMBERS JOURNAL.
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A SONNET.

(Nyin Hill, in the Cosmopolitan for No
vember.)
Grim Ferryman of Death, when thou
shalt bear
Me hence all trembling DER the Stygian
tide,
Thy sombre craft steer for SEINE region
where
My love and together still may bide.
BE it in others eyes or blest or crust,
Heed not; straight onward press,
though round its shore
Fair sunbeams play or flames volcanic
burst,
Soft breezes sigh or bowling tempests
roari
-cSs7a
No land howe'er so blest, were heaven to
me
Did not my love within its confines
dwell;
With her, cen hell paradise would be,
Without her, heaven were naught but
lasting hell
~
Grant this. then though the night be
dread and dark,
Eager I'll hail thee, and with JOY embark.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION.

Editor Morrison, Of Washington. Ind,
"Sun." writes: "You have a valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, and |
can cheerfully recommend it for Con-
stipation and Sick Headache, and as a
general system tonic it has no equal"
Mrs. Annie Stehle, 1926 Cottage Grove
Ave-, Chicago, was all run down, and
could not eat nor digest food, had n
backache which never left her and felt
tired and weary. but six bottles OF Elec-
trio Bitters restored her health and re-
newed her strength. Prices 30 cents and
Si.00. Get Bottle at John Y. MacRae's
drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
THE NEW PHILOSOPHY.

/ never borrow trouble,
Nor harbor discomfort,
Although it often happens
That / haven't got cent.
/ am no politician;
shun the busy mart;
/ do not care for science,
Or letters, or for art.
Let others chafe and worry
Der ills that are to be;
They're all imaginary,
As far as / can see.
| think not for tomorrow,
For that's too far away;
The end / seek is merely
TO enjoy myself to-day.
My father works and worries,
And his pile is something fine;
So / am floating easy
Some day twill all be mine.
Cleveland Leader
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
LITERARY NOTES.

Edna Lyali's Autobiography Of
Slander" In TO hare a companion book
by the same author Autobiography Of
Truth" The book will deal with the
Armenian difficulties.
Kate Douglas Wiggin Riggs has just
returned from England and brings with
her a manuscript novel OF English coun-
try life which will soon appear in book
form.
1t his been said by friend of Thomas
Hardy that Jude, the hero Of his ia
NOUS book, Jude the Obscure" is in
some respects a portrait of the author
himself. OF course, it is not the story
Of his career, but in many characteristics
such as likes and dislikes, it il similar 10
Hardy
PETIT Ridge is one Of the most prolific
writer's in England. In five years he has
produced 300 short stories besides Il
countless number of sketches and dialo-
CUES. He il - years old and an Gun
ploye on small salary Of the municipality
of London. Until he discovered he could
write this salary was his sole support,
The venerable Aubrey de We're is one
Of the few men now living who talked
with Wordsworth and it was from DE
}ele that Wordsworth first heard Ten
nysons lines. "Of Old Sat Freedom on
the Heights While he did not give
an lngrud ing admiration to Tennyson' s
talent Wordsworth admitted the lines
were stately"
4 Christiania paper says that Ibsen is
al work on a new drama and he expects
by December to have it ready in Nor
wegian, English, German and French
Ibsen is just 6S and enjoys the peculiar
good health that is the lot Of the literary
men who do not overwork or dissipate
Alphonse Daudet is q southerner and the
cold winds of Paris annoy him greatly
Daudet il unable to work unless the
temperature of the roof is just to his
liking, and in his study in the house in
the Faubourg st. German a large crate
fire always burns, no matter what is the
weather outside
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
Purely Vegetable

and never fails to cure contagious blood
poison, scrofu1a, eczema, rheumatism,
cancer, catarrh, or any other disease of
the blood. If you have blood disease,
take a remedy which will not injure
You. Beware OF mercury; don't do vio-
lence to your system.
Our books on blood and skin diseases
will be mailed free to any address. Swift
Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
SOME GOOD PLUMBs
That win Ripen on the Mckinley Tree
During His Term.

Washington, Nov. .-President-eIect
Mckinley, during his coming term of
Office viii have the appointment of two
Judges Of the Supreme Court, three mem
bers of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, three members Of the Court
OF Claims and quite n number of Circuit
and District Judges Of the United States,
If the present ineumbents retire when
they become eligible to retirement on full
pay All these judgeships are for life,
with the privilege of retirement at the
age Of seventy If they have already served
ten years. Justice Field. Of California,
has been eligible for retirement from the
Supreme bench since 1885. He is so
years of age and might retire and have
hus successor appointed at any time by
President Cleveland. Chief Justice
Bingham, of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia, and Judge Hagner
also will be eligible for retirement during
Mr.. McKinley's term.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
SIZE THE COUNTRY GROW.
Drop y Ballot in the Slot and Eighteen
Enterprises Pop Out of the Machine.


Washington, Nov. 5.-Despatches TO
the Associated Press from many points
tonight indicate notable resumption of
manufacturing and business enterprises
Following the election. In some instances
the statement is made that orders held
contingent upon n Republican victory is
the immediate cause of suspended indus
tries resuming work, while in others it
is stated it was intended to resume after
the election, no matter which side won.
Among the more important interests an
nounced rs resuming operations to-day
are the following:
Shops OF Big -Four, Chesapeake and
Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railroads.
at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ensign Car Works, Huntington, w. Va.
Mount Vernon, ILL.,. Car Works
Niles Tool Works, Hamilton, Ohio, in
crease Of force.
Griffith Wood Works. Cincinnati
Ipwich Wooden and Cotton Mills, ~
wich, Mass, 1000 hands.
Spalding and Pepper Manufacturing
Co, Springfield, Mass.
Knowles Loom Works, Worcester,
Mass. increase of working time.
Addition Of 800 employees to Milwaukee
Harvester Works.
King, Gilbert and Warner Steel Works,
Columbus, Ohio, partly resumed.
Parlin Implement Works, Canton, III.
Steel Plates at Youngstown, Ohio.
Van Dorm Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio,
increased working hours,
Mulhauser Wooden Mills Cleveland,
Ohio.
Fish Press Brick Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Copper Shops, Raridon, Ohio.
Burgess Iron Works, Portsmouth, Ohio.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
THE POPULAR SONG OF TINE
TIMES.

Goldi gold! gold! gold
Bright and yellow, hard and cold;
Molten, craven, hammered and rolled;
Heavy to get and light to hold;
Hoarded, battered bought and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled;
rednupSR
Spurned by the young and Rugged by
the old,
To the very verge of the church yard
mold;
Price Of many a crime untold.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
IMPORTANT
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

The undersigned commissioner Esys
pointed by decrca ~ Jhs esupsysssse
Court Of Dare county. North Casasessras.r
In an action wherein James r. GHses4as
rusree. IL plaintiff. and NJ. r werr>nass.
trustee, and John Fox are defanana ~,
will, under and by virtue OF chs terms
OF said decree expose 20 public sale o.
the Courthouse OF Dare county hs
Manteo, North Carolina. Oh
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08

Cheyenne. Wye, Nov, G. Wyoming re-
turns received up to noon give Bryan
9,31e, Mckinley, 0,205; Osborne. Demo-
craf fer Congress, 0.346; MondeH, Re
publican, 9.10d. Tifty-seyen precincts to
Aenr frnIn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08

"Oh, that young man is all right" said
Gobang Tile is Just sowing his wild
oats" 1.-THE trouble with him." said
Grymes, is that he is trying to raise two
crops on the same land Truth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08

London, Nov. ga meeting of mem
bers of the bimetaIlic league was in SEES
sion all the afternoon engaged in the
work OF drawing up manifesto.
It claims that MeKinley's election is a
victory for international bimetallism and
quoted the money plank of the st. Louis
platform.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, Indigestion headache.
Easy TO take. easy to operate. 25c.
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SAME AS USUAL.

1T amt changed any;
For the sky's still blue;
It's the same old country,
And the house rents due.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-08
WANTED, ONE MILLION DOLLARS;

In Confederate money. Bills Of
large denominations speciality. We
also want large bodies OF lands go>
colonies, farming, mineral and timber
sd lands. We have for sale large
qaantitieA Of desirable properties In
'sI1ous sections OF North Carolina asa
the soutn. Place your lands in 1s<
7e@1aLry OF
=. /. FORT n Co.
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Mules ! Horses I Sale

I Just received lot of extra good
mules and horses; will make prices to
suit the times. Also buggies and wagons
for sale.
j. vi. PACE
III Il. Martin St.. Raleigh. N. g.
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y. 1. FORT A. CO.,
Real Estata Agents,
naleiRh n =
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Edna Lyalrs Autobiography Of q
Slander" In TO have a companion book
by the same author-"Autobiography Of
a Truth" The book will deal with the
Armenian difficulties.
The Republican journal., 1896-01-23
The Girls Home.

Mrs. Florence G. Porter, Field Secretary.
and Mrs. Georgia Pulsifer Porter, General
Secretary of the Childrens Aid Society of
Maine, were III Belfast the first of the week,
as guests of Mrs. E. A. D. burlington. Mrs.
Georgia P. Porter's work is advertising tn g
Girls Home, which she does by writing in
teresting articles on the society and its work
for the press, and in arranging for public
meetings to be addressed by Mrs. Florence
G. Porter. OF meeting in Bucksport last
Sunday the local correspondent of the Ban
gor Daily News said:
Mrs. Florence G. Porter of Caribou, field
secretary of the Childrens Aid Society of
Maine, addressed a large audience at the
Elm street church Sunday evening in the
interests OF the recently established home
for destitute and deserving girls at Belfast.
Mrs. Porter is fine speaker and drew the
attention and sympathy of her hearers from
tt first. The worthy charity which she
rrpresents will no doubt be materially ben
etiJted by her visit
Mrs. Porter spoke in Castine Yesterday,
and has other engagements as follows
Newport, Jan. 26; Scarboro Beach, Jan 81 ;
Brunswick, Jan. 80; Orono, Feb. 2. Arrange
ments are in progress for meetings in
Skowhegan, Bath Pennington. Milford,
Old Town and Bangor
Mrs. Georgia P Porter has prepared and
published a neat pamphlet entitled ''The
Girls Home, Northport Avenue, Belfast
Maine" 1t has an introduction by Mrs.
Burlington and contains a number of ex-
tracts from Maine newspapers in regard to
the work.
Recent contributions to the Home have been
as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Edw Buck, Bucks
port, $40; Non-Partisan Union, Presque
Isle, bedding; Mrs. Laura Curtis Bullard,
New York City 1875 a friend, New York City,
So; Mrs. Annabel Knight, Dorchester, Mass,
towels and handkerchiefs; Ladies of the
Congregational Society, Jackson, by hand
of Rev. F. S. Dolliff, mittens, puffs, aprons,
etc
The Republican journal., 1896-01-23
Transfers in Real Estate,

The following transfers in real estate were
recorded in Waldo County Registry of Deeds
for the week ending Jan. %, 1896: Samuel
I'll Dickey estate, Lincolnvile, to Thrza Fl.
Wel]man, do. +; land in Linconville Henry
M. Stevens, Thorndike, to Osmond j. Par
sons, do. land and buildings in Thorndike.
Clifton Curtis, Jr., by guardian, Searsport,
to Chas. M. Nichols, do. ; land and buildings
in Searsport. Edwin S. Dixon ct al, Phia-
delphia, to P Barbeau Vale, St. Louis !:
land in isles boro. Jason NJ. Robbins, Union,
to Albert w. Thompson, Searsmont; land
in Searsmont. Ephraim NJ. Miller, Lincoln
vile, to Lucy A. Miller, do. land aud build
ings in Lincolnville. Meier Higgins, LIN
conville, to j. A. Knight, do; nd in Lin
conville. Edwin Jenkins, Monroe, to Chas
I'll. Mitchell, do; land in Monroe Velorous
A. Spearin, Monroe to Chas. H. Mitchell; :;
land in Monroe. Lewis A. Knowton, Bel
fast, to Stephen Pierce, do; land and build
ings in Belfast. Stephen Pierce to Jesse E.
Staples, Belfast; land and buildings in Bel
fast. Oliver Bowen, Montville, to Volney
Thompson, do. land Knox.