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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-27
ROTTEN AS HE'LL"

Maj. Grant Rants and Misrepresents
State Institutions-lle Was in the
Last Legislature-Why Didn't
lie Reform Them "A Typ
zeal Republican Meeting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-27

Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
n. C.. as seeond-class matter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Tablets. All
druggists refund the money il it fails
TO cure. IS cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-27
FIRST OF ALL-THE NEWS"

Communications and items of news
Intended for publication in the News
and Observer should not be addressed
20 individual members of the statf, put
simply to the News and Observer.
All communications must be accom-
,an;aa nv the authors real name. No
exceptions viii be made to this RUE
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-27

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The Progress., 1896-02-08
Suggestions for the Cook.

Don't throw away lemon or orange
peel. Instead keep it for kindling thS
fire. Put the Feelings under the stove
in tin pans and let them stay there
until thoroughly dry, and then they are
ready to kindle the fire.
In cooking it is we'll to remember
that soda should never be dissolved
in hot water, because if it is some OF
the gases would then be liberated and
wasted, and a greater amount OF soda
would be needed to make good this
waste than if the soda were dissolved
in cold water. If bird or meat is to
be dredged with flour, salt should be
put on before it is cooked, but the rest
of the seasoning is not to be added
until it is taken from the fire. In
preparing soup stock remember that
the less fat there is in the stock pot
the more delicate will be the flavor Of
the SOUP. Cut off as much fat as pos.
sible before putting the meat into the
not. A delicate flavor of ham will i'm
prove the stock, but it must be very
slight. An ounce Of ham to gallon O.
water is a generous allowance.
The Progress., 1896-02-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Raislns can be easily seeded if put in
hot water and allowed to stand fifteen
minutes before beginning to seed.
Clear, black coffee, diluted with wafer
and containing a little ammonia, Will
clean and restore black clothes.
A few drops of benz1in placed on cot
Ion and put in or around tooth that IS
aching will almost invariably stop the
pain.
Scales are now made of such a nice
adjustment that they will weigh any
thing. to the smallest hair plucked from
the eyebrow. In fact, they will weigh a
pencil mark.
Sir John Lubbock describes an ant.
which can support weight three thou
sand times heavier than itself, or equal
in proportion to man holding 2l0 tons
by his teeth.
Thunder is sometimes one great
crash because the lightning cloud is
near the earth and as all the vibrations
of the aits(on which the sound depends)
reach the car at the same time.
A treatment that may be relied on
for removing spots of iron rus1 from
white fabrics is the following: Pour
boiling water into bowl, stretch the
cloth that is spotted over 1t, and drop
on the spot of rust a drop Of hydro
ehloric or muriatic acid Leave 1t We're
half minute, then dip the place in hot
water. Wash out thoroughly after
wards in water softened with ammonia.
Soap must not be used, as the acid will
decompose it and Gave . greaz~ spot
on the cloth.
The Progress., 1896-02-08
1 S15.OOO s;rlyal Walk.

The gorgeous tales Of oriental splen-
dor tell Of pathways strewn with gold
dust, to be trodden by the sacred feet
of royalty, and diamonds are the con-
yentional paving material for the prom
enade Of the princes in the fairy tales.
1t has been left TO St. Louis business
man, says a correspondent, to construct
a gravel walk, neither long nor strik-
ingiy beautiful, that is a modern, if
comparatively humble, rival OF these
glistening highways of fiction and
fable, for it represents $4,000 in hard
cash.
The manager of a st. Louis coffee
company is the proud po5sessOr Of this
unique walk. 1t is composed of sew
eral tons of Brazilian pebbles, that
came to him in an ordinary business
way during the last few years.
This firm arc heavy importers OF
Brazilian coffee. Before the berries
are ready to be roasted for the market
the sacks are opened and the content;
carefully examined for twigs. leaves
and other impurities, the latter gen
orally taking the shape of small peb,
Dies about the size Of coffee berry.
These came with such regularity and
in such quantities that long ago the
flea that they were accidentally in the
sacks was abandoned and the con,
ch. ;on reluctantly reached that they
were purposeiy placed in the bags tc
make weight. The daily discoveries Of
these Brazilian pebbles, which are pait
for as coffee, will fill an ordinary
bucket. They are still added to the
gravel path as they come in Elk
change.
The Progress., 1896-02-08
TWO FEET OF ICE ON DECK.
Wild Run Of an American Ship Before
n Gale OFT Cape Horn.

via lSun OF an american SHip heiSE0
Gale OF Cape Horn.
The American ship W. f. Babcock,
which arrived from Liverpool short
time ago, locked at Green street wharf
and began discharging her cargo of coal.
says the San Francisco Examiner. The
Babcock presented the appearance Of
yacht before her matches were opened,
so spick and span did her houses, spaIs
and deck look. The trimness Of the
craft gave little indication OF the eX-
perience she had while rounding the
Horn. From the east coast OF rata
gonia TO the western shore she was
twenty-one days, during which time she
was driven nearly 300 miles southwark.
The vessel would have been out several
weeks longer but for the bold run
made by Capt. Graham. The wind
veered TO the southwest and Graham
took advantage OF it. From noon one
, day to noon of the next the ship trav-
: ersed nearly 250 miles, with heavy seas
washing over her from both sides. Capt.
Graham remained on deck all night
dashed to the wheel. He gave himself
enough rope to carry him to both sides
of the vessel, and more than once ne
was knocked down by the pitching OF
the ship. 1T was a wild night said
the captain yesterday, "and We took big
chances making our way through the
pelting seas. The water came over
from both sides, the wind blowing from
one direction and the current running
| down like a mill-race from the other.
1t was intensely cold, the wind blowing
almost directly from the south pole.
! The crew felt the bitterness OF the
weather very keenly, some of them be-
ing frost-bitten, but l did not mind 1t
at all. It is possible chat my anxiety
for my ship kept my blood in circula'
ton. so that was oblivious to all other
thoughts but the safety of the vessel
1t seemed to me that as soon as the
spray struck the rigging it would be-
| come frozen. The main deck was fllleo
! with water, which the scuppers were
insufficient to unload. The result Was
that by morning we had two feet Of sol.
id ice on deck, and the ice was so thick
on the running rigging that the latter
could not be hauled through the blocks
As soon as day broke | had the crew
out smashing the ice from the rigging
with axes and hammers. When the
men had the rigging clear their atten-
ton was turned to the deck, and it was
frightful job to break the ice UP
there. We rnade considerable time by
the run, but lost most of it in the Pa
cific. | was more than three weehs
Oh a trip that should have occupied SIX
days" The w. F. Babcock is one OF
the handsomest American ships in port,
and British vessels could take points
from tie sweep of her deck and SYM
metry of her spars. She is about $50 feet
in length and forty-three feet in
breadth of beam, ana carries over 1900
tons oi cargo. Capt. Graham is &C.
companied by his wife and their little
child. Mrs Graham is Seattle girl
and was married in her native town
Since then she has always Travelled with
her husband and is very fond of the
sea.
The Progress., 1896-02-08
THE PROGRESS.
RUpgER-TRADE tOC III.
Many Modern Improvements AID li"ch
Economy.

On2 of the most intrrestingo current
events, from the View point OF TIE eie2-
tl;ciaa, is the newly developed pI0ct'c-
, ticn Of rubber in Lagos. says the PITTS
burg Dispatch. In 1893 no imports OF
this article were recorded as received
from the colony, and last year the
amount was only S29,970. BY single
steamer which LETT Lagos al the begin
ing of last month, however, the value
Of the rubber shipped to Liverpool was
$4,000
The new industry has taken to!d OF
| tln inhabitants Of Lagos indIScrlMlh-
! 8tely with the rush Of a gold craze,
| Numbers of clerks, small traders and
others-eyen, it is said, professional
men-have packed their traps and gone
into the interior to take their chance
in collecting and manufacturing the
gum.
The native owners of the forests have
a shrewd appreciation OF the bearing
| Of this unWOntad excitement, and are
insisting on the payment of royalties.
Some of them are even entering into
the business Of preparing the rubber
fer the market.
Prices in the interior have been con-
siderably advanced, and there IS no
longer as much profit as there was at
first in purchasing and transporting
the product to the coast.
The fear among electricians that an
artificial rubber would have to be re-
sorted to in consequence CT the lncTeaS-
ing scarcity o. the natural product has
for the present, at all events, been al
layed. In many rubber sources the
wholesale destruction Of trees by thc
natives has been stopped and odd kinds
Of rubber are cropping up from unex'
pected quarters. Several new sorts, to-
gether with the familiar little blact
balls with white center, come from the
west coast Of Africa. A new prOduc
comes from Madagascar. 1t has a horn!
appearance and contains much earth
Nothing certain is known of its 1otdn
icai origin. From New Iceland have
been received packages of a rubbe
which appears very elastic, but which
does not bear cutting up we'll 1t is thu
product of the baIyan, and the rapidit,
and facility with which this tree re
produces itself is an important factor
in view of the wasteful methods still
adopted by the natives, who PRACTICAL,
destroy the tree in order to obtain tn
rubber.
improvements and economy in tn
manufacture of rubber have also beer
effected by the use of more ettiCien
machinery, and especially by the adop
ton Of large rollers. SO far it has no
been possible to completely elminat
the sulphur contained in yulcanize
rubber, and all processes for the man
ufacture of old rubber are more or les
unsatisfactory.
The Progress., 1896-02-08
THE AUTHORS.

DeFoe is said to have written Robin
son Crusoe" in six months.
Cowper required three days for the
production Of John Gilpin."
Motley took six yenrs to write "The
Rise Of the Dutch Republic"
George Eliot is said to have written
"Middlemarch" in four months.
Eugene Sue required eighteen months
b produce the wandering Jew"
Hawthorne spent from six months tn
4 year In the composite CT each OF his
romances.
The Progress., 1896-02-08

HE LESSON, FOR
toGsy comes the Sec
oud month Of the
great GaliI"aN min
istry-NhTlst and his
Apostles. MIdsum-
mcr. !, -. y.
Places. CaperAaum
and Main. Tiberiu9
Caesar emperor.
poutiuS Pil4te GOV
ernor. Jesus now
thirty-tw'o years ol'L
John the Baptist
still geld a prisoner
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-15

The farmer and the mechanic 1au-.
b. free t. Use the very bet u o Al.
implements, and TIE merchant and
banker Bust BE- free 70 uze tie very b...t
money and Instruments q crgdit. An
honest ard -fa5le measure of value j.,
!l-t Is na1e---ry u 5otA a. are honest
and stable measures If weights ard
quantities, and i require 10 argument
= show that without thee II would Is
impossible ~ transact the ordinary bu.i.
moss Il tae country. lion. John O
Carlisle
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-15

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a '.t.ezzs ~. ts...s ,.a.t1r-.l u :
ftEIo, - l'.. -az t..- plank = e.4r.ng IL
faFlt Il Ias'at-ag Tie material traez5as
pom. Il zro. Mankind i.a- -1.t I'd aa4
sa!yerea ttslneuIou-. : a4-= q tn. IL.
human s'ai-..4Ed q t4-.-I Failure adopted
undoubtedly al tAe mitigation Ct CO...
ba.rons and qaack doctpr- Without
waiting f.. the AID or coHseut # any
other nation - L. prod t. lower tn
fraezing pint and to reform cur cliu.ats
IL the interests = the uI4-.e.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-15

NJ Bryan -'l.l e-..- l.a4.lf "ti-
rae'a..4zf though BE- t4- Ha7ar even
attemp'e4 ~ al-wer the qae.t4ou: IN
tn h--t1ry II tL.- co.Ltry has there
eTor heen t-U-e wteu gid AID silver
care1.4t.4i lyon QUA t@rtl- a. fall legal
ffAder money, win the msn,s open u
tAe fro and unlimited coinage q BTU
There never vac such time Free
and unlimited coinage at 10 to has
heyer, III any country At any time.
given 4 himetaIlIc currency. 3fr. Bryan
y silver moD.metaL.-- IN fs.ct, what
ever he may tAllk hla.s 4 to b. in the
Gry.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18
Fruit Before or After Breakfast.

When should we eat fruit, before or
after breakfast? This is not quite so
important a question as "Who will be
the next President?" Still it is worth
consideration. The hotel proprietors
of Saratoga, after recommending their
guests to drink quantities of the native
waters before breakfast, then to eat
fruit and a cup OF coffee for breakfast,
saved money thereby, as it was al
most impossible to eatanything more.
In hot countries an egg and little
fruit is all that is eaten at the first meal
OF the day. In this country we rush
round so that we need something
more substantial. What should it be,
mOatP Yes, if we are hard workers
no, if we lead Office lives, but fruits
in either or both cases. While wait
ing for breakfast to be served it il
we'll enough to WAet the appetite with
toothsome berry, JUICY grape fruit,
q seeded grape or cherry, instead Of
reading morning paper; but if the
meal is ready why not eat it and ca
the fruit at the end of the neal
There are those who cannot eat an aciC
fruit the first thing in the morning
yet find the same fruit refreshing ant
palatable at the end OF a repast
Should you find your desire for fruit
falling of, it is because you eat then
before, and not after, q meal. =
Twentieth Century Cooking.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18
AUNT IPHIGENIA.
BY HATTIE WHITNEY.

"rhoro's only one thing for IT,"
said Diana Debenham, dotorminodly,
while q resoluto sparkle shot up in her
black eyes; zone Of us has got to face
the aristoeratic lionoss. and, make
raise. That's sol"
"oh, dear, Di, don't be 500
bouncing spoke Clomantha, from the
lounge-a pale, Clytie-faoed young
lady, in woiully washed-out pink
lawn wrapper. 'Tm certain
wouldn't go near Aunt Iphigenia for a
fortune"
'Nor ], chirruped Lillian, shaking
her golden head vigorously over her
palette and paints. "She'd scare me
into fits, or freeze me into a mummy,
I know Besides it wouldn't do any
RcPd. She wouldn't give us a nickel
Link of something else, Di"
'But there isn't anything else, "
said Di. "The rents due and has to
be paid, and there's nothing to pay it
with; that's the unvarnished and stub
born truth. ! don't know how it is,
but our income seems to grow smaller
and our bills bigger every week. I've
worked and schemed to make things
come out straight, but they just won't
Here's affairs at a crisis now, and poor
papa's SO wrapped up in his rocks and
fossils, it isn't of the slightest use to
say word to him, I'm going to be-
siege Aunt Iphigenia, anyway. 1t
won't be a States Prison offense, so
she can't have me arrested; and, be-
sides, l won't ask her to give it I'll
ask her to lend it until"
Until I finish my novel;" said
Clemantha.
cor I get my great picture painted, "
added Lillian.
cor some benevolent millionaire
comes along and marries one of us, :"
returned Diana, with laugh, as she
tied her little brown straw hat under
her short, pink chin, and set out, like
the young ladies in fairy tales, to seek
her fortune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18


Gertrude Christian Fosdlck, Ia tho
Ladies' Home Journal, advocates tho
adoption Of the columbiuo o. our
National flower. and considers lis
many commencing points "Firai, rs
very name suggests Columbia" sho
wriieA Nor 10 this, o. may appear,
q mere trivial play upon words We
know that the word Columbus means
dove, fact full OF poetic significance
When We remember how Columbus,
like Noah's messenger Of old, vas sent
forth 20 discover a new land. We
also know that the eolumbine took
ita name from the resemblance which
one view Of the flower bears 10
o group Of doves. This form grows
wild in the region where Columbus
was born, as we'll as in our Rocky
Mountain states Then, too, tho boz
tanical and horticultural namo Of the
flower is Aquilegia, which is connected
With the Latin aquila. an eagle, and
was so named because the flower re-
yersed suggests an eaglo's talona
Thus We have the thought Of our
American eagle, emblematic Of fearless
power. Again a front view Of the
flower shows the outline to be a beau
tiful averaged star, emblematio Of the
stars Of our flag, while the leaf ter
inmates 10 thirteen lobes, the number
OF stripes, as we'll as we'll as Of
the number of original states
in the Union. Another point
is that while the columbine
grows in many colors, three colors-
the brilliant red, pure white aud the
exquisite cerulean blue-are the Amer
lean variety Of the flower. Once more,
single petal of one of the long
spurred variety is the shape OF a horn
OF plenty, significant of this fruitful
land, while the shortspurred petal
forms a perfect little liberty cap.
Lastly, it grows in every state Of the
Union, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc, and from Canada to the Gulf. In
point OF hardihood it compares favor
ably with the rose. Our wild column
bines are in full bloom by Memo
rial Day, and have not all disappeared
by the Fourth of July"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18
Strange Marriage Custom.

A curious custom exists among the
Mennonites who are settled in Mani
toba, When q young man and
woman desire to become engaged the
lover remains in the home of the
father of the intended bride for q
few weeks before the marriage takes
place. The object is that each Of
the contracting parties may become
more fully acquainted with the char
acter and disposition OF the other
while there is yet time to escape from
what might prove an unoongenial
alliance. Among Canadian lovers the
lady is only seen when she is dressed
for display and is practising her best
behavior. The lover also, during the
brief visits that are made, has an
opportunity to conceal much of his
real character, and both are some
times disappointed and deceived.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18
why She Went.

A little family of three started to
the station the other day to make a
visit in the country, AS the time was
short they accelerated their speed as
they approached the station, and
finally broke into a run. TWAS of no
avail, however; when they reached
the station the train had started.
Whereupon little Frances wept bitter
~.
"Frances, dear, said her mamma,
"why are you crying SO? We can GO
tomorrow.
81 am crying" replied Frances,
''to think OF all that good running
wasted Judge.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18
A Surprise.

A man who answered matrimonial
advertisement in a New York daily
paper was astounded when he con-
fronted remarkably aged and tough
looking female.
care you the young widow who adj
vertised in the World that she desired
to make the acquaintance of gentle
man of culture and refnement?"
81 am, was the reply.
"Well, how long is it since yon
have been a young widow"
ever since you were gentleman
of culture and refinement"
Then he babe her adieu.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18

clare. sorenoly slroking hia brisllins
auburn moustaohe, you've got a wife
picked ont for me, Aunt Iphy May
I ask which Of my fair cousins Il ia2'
''Di. Of course said Aunt Iphl.
gonia "Your little playmate aud
childhood's love."
Mr. Sinelaro arehod bis sandy eye.
browa
''Not any for me, aunty-thank
you, kindlyl" he lazily replied II
remember the blaok.eyed little mon.
key very we'll
"Hey?" gasped Aunt Iphigonia, too
much astoniahed even to hop. "You
don't dare TO refuse You can't you
better not-you shan't-you--you--"
The little woman paused, from rage
and want Of breath.
'Y-as," drawlod her nephew, plac-
idly, 'tho calico Is respectfully de.
elined-not found available. Besides,
I'm engaged to Clemantha -poeiical,
beautiful, calm Clemanthn."
"Clearl" shrieked Aunt Iphigenia,
with a sudden hop that made Mr.. Sim
clare wink bis lazy blue eyea Go
to your calm Clemanthal Take your
self OIL Clear, sayl"
Miss Iphigenia was sitting glover
ing wrathfully at space, when, an hour
afterward, Mr.. Rsayis looked in.
Flows the-ah match" he
asked, with a twinkle in his eye.
Knocked over, Aatw groaned
Aunt Iphigenia. "His fault His
calm Clemantha, indeed The lazy
piece Of waxwork she is What dunn
miesl Oh"
''But, Miss Iphigenia," interrupted
Mr.. Reavis, "why wouldn't it be just
as well for me to have Diana, if she II
have me?"
you? Why, I never knew you
wanted her"
but do, said Mr.. Reayis.
"Then have her. After all, she'll
prove herself the sensible girl took
her for, if she prefers you to Edward.
Yes, so and get her, Ronald; and then
come back and make a will for me,
and leave her all my property. I'll
fix Edward aud his calm Clemantha. >
And Mr.. Reayis thereupon went out
to the arbor, where Di was sitting, and
sat down beside her, and there wa.
one more case Of loves young dream
added to the list.
And this dream was such a happy
one, Mr.. Reavis forgot oil about tn,
will he was to draw up, until Aun
Iphigenia came hopping down the
walk to remind him of it.-Saturdal
Night.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18

'Humphl" quoth Aunt Iphigenia,
with sudden, sharp, chuckling snort
that made Diana jump and nearly
drop her hat on the floor. az said
.so-didn't /, Mr.. Ronald Reavis2"
Aunt Iphigenia was small, dry,
.sharp-foatured old lady, oddly re-
,sembling little brown grasshopper,
and her abrupt, why witches towards
those addressed gave her the appear
ance of hopping at them with very
aggressive intent.
Mr.. Ronald Reavis being thus def
antly hoped at cast a glance at the
rosy face of the confused young lady,
and murmured something about not
remembering.
II said, !" went on Aunt Iphigenia,
with pitiless precision, sit would
come to this when brother Ben Deb
enham threw away all his business
chances for some outlandish notion of
devoting himself to some kind OF
science, and refused to let his girls
learn useful trades, as I suggested.
And what, "veering about with brisk
hop at Diana, ''are they all doing to
fetch money in, hey ?"
DIS checks famed yet more vivid
" scarlet. 1t had been hard enough,
when it came to the point, to ask helr
Of Aunt Iphigenia but to be shrilly
questioned in the presence of hei
aunt's lawyer-the tall, grave mar
who had entered the room unaware O
DIS presence, and having beer
motioned by Aunt Iphigenia to re
main, now stood stifiy in the window
waiting for an interview was enough
to make her run away. Only, having
begun, she was bound to face it out
"Papa writes treatises on geology,
she answered, looking her aunt brave
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-18
Blood. brotherhood in Arricn.

In communication published in
Nature Mr.. I. L. Patterson suggests
that incubation with the blood of
healthy natives may be able too give
residents and travellers in the tropici,
immunity from climatic diseases.
Stanley, the writer says, underwent
the operation of blood-brotherhood
fifty times, and he asserts that the ex-
plorer's escape from the fevers and
diseases Of the jungle was due to this
TRANSMISSION of blood.