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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

The Reflector notes the presence Of
two gentlemen from Massachusetts in
Greenyille looking for truck farms.
They represent a colony of thirty per-
sons who want to come South and
engage in trucking.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

Dear Butler: Is there anything else
you want? Do you want fence
around the earth?. If so, / am ready
to obey orders provided, as in 1894, the
Republicans get most Of the big Off
ees.-J. c. L. Harris.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

Hon. O. ri. Dockery: You cannot be
Governor, and your opposition to Nc
Kinley will prevent your return to Rio
de Janerio. 1t looks like you will have
to stay in Wolf Pitt.-D. L. Russell
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

Dear Butler: Watch John Mott and
julius Caesar Logan Harris. They are
for silver, so they say, but they hope
to'carry us all into the Radical party
Ocala PETER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03
WOULD PAY 800 PER BOTTLE IF RHEUMA-
eide COULD NOT BE SECURED FOR LESS.
Pacolet, S. O., Jan. Q, 1895.

" -
Bobbitt Drug Co Raleigh, N. c.:
Gentlemen:-YOurs to hand asking as
to results of your remedy for rheuma-
tism in my case l do not wish to give
you undue encouragement as to its mer-
its, and do not feel that | am putting it
too strong when / say that, knowing it
as / now do since it cured me of rheu-
matism, if the conditions were to pay
one hundred dollars per bottle or do
without it, l would have it,
Yours truly,
II. S. LIPsCOMB.
Mr. Lipscombisa prominentme
He used three bottles Of Rheumacide.
If your nearest druggist does not sell
it, write to the BOBBITT DRUG Co, Raj
eigh, N. @. Price, 81 per bottle, six
bottles for IS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03
RheunlaCide

The public has confidence in it and it
is not misplaced A thorough trial will
convince you that it viii cure rheuma-
tism From one to six bottles does the
work Read the following. 1t is only
one of the many testimonials we are
getting
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
RiliOusness, Indigestion, Headache.
pleasant IaxatiSA- All Dyugaie4-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

Mr.. Butler has Issued just such de-
cree as we looked for from him, al
though we had not supposed that he
would thrust it forward at this time.
The Republicans are now up in arms
and bristling with resentment, but
there viii be transformation before
the day of final reckoning will come,
and the way these now incorrigible
Republicans viii bend the neck to the
Populist ultimatum and the unanimity
with which they will join in the fusion
chorus will be thing of beauty and a
ioy r.-Press-Visitor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03
SUCCESS

No other proprietary medicine has ever
jumped into popular favor as quickly as
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

Some of the English are puzzled BY
the report of Darlington Booths in
aention to work among the middle
classes They had understood that
there were no classes in America ex-
eept the rich and the poor. The ques-
ton of social distinctions in a democ-
racy may well be puzzling eVea at
shorter range than across the Atlantic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

The Easter bonnets and flowers and
the Easter eggs are good in themselves,
but they are better still of they can
give our thought a useful impulse. Try
to be good eggs, dears, so that when
the good Lord cracks your shell he
may not be tempted to threw you
.away.-Life.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

japan is buying her steel rails at the
Pennsylvania mills, finding them
cheaper there than in England, and Of
a better quality. At the same time our
furnaces are shipping pig iron to the
British market, underselling the home
product, to the amazement and CON
sternation of the producer there, who
would have smiled at such prediction
a few years ago. The world really
moyes.-New York Tribune, March "a.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-03

Government receipts for March were
disappointingly small, and another
million or 50 has been added to the
fiscal years deficit, which will now
certainly run considerably above $780,
100000. Importations are declining
under the influence of the depression
and low-price tendencies in domestic
trade, and this is well for the gold prob
lem, bat not for the revenue problem. L.
Springfield Republican.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11

his skill at everything. twas not until
last year that he was brought before
the public, the occasion being the In
door games of the preparatory classes
of the Berkeley school, held in the
latter's big gymnasium before large
crowd. Master Gilbert was entered in
nearly every event and was one of the
youngest competitors. He secured first
place in the one-quarter-mile walk, de-
feating boys three years his senior.
The latter performance encouraged
him, and he trained diligently for the
indoor games which were decided re-
Gently. At the latter games Gilbert Sc
cured two firsts and two seconds. In
the one-quarter-mile walk he again met
lads much older than himself, and had
TO be content with second prize. He
won the potato race, an event which
necessitateS great amount of strategy.
The sack race resulted in another win.
and in the roller skating race he cap
tured second place.
Gilbert's favorite distance is 100
yards, and next year he hopes to take a
conspicuous part in the junior inter
scholastic championship race at that
distance. He is a steady runner and has
excellent motion; he will be very fast
when he is fully matured. Gilbert has
recently shown great speed as a BIZ
cycle rider, and is also an excellent mu
stefan. Last, but not least, he is editor
in chief of a children's paper published
in the interest of the Messiah home.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
THE ARTFUl DOOGER.
Appropriate Name Given to Lazy Horse
That Played Lame.

Some horses are as lazy as some men,
and perhaps it would be equally true to
say that some horses are as cunning as
some men; but not many ever combine
the two qualities of laziness and cum
ming better than one whose perform
ances are chronicled by Lady Barker.
He was one of her horse friends in New
Zealand, christened Artful Dodger.
This name was given to him on ac-
count of the trick of counterfeiting
lameness the moment he was put into
the shafts of a dray. That is to say.
il the dray was loaded; so long as it was
empty, or nearly so, the Dodger stepped
out gayly, but if he found it at all heavy
he affected to fall dead lame.
More than once, with a new driver,
this trick had succeeded to perfection,
and the Dodger found himself back
again in his stall, with q rack of hay
before him, while his deluded owner or
driver was trying to find substitute in
the shafts.
In order to induce the Dodger to act
his part thoroughly a drayman was
one day appointed whom the horse had
never seen. The moment the signal
was given to start, the Dodger, after u
glance around, which plainly said: 81
wonder if might try it on you?" took
a step forward and almost fell down,
so desperate was his lameness.
The driver, who was well instructed
IN his part, ran round and lifted up one
sturdy leg after the other, with every
appearance of the deepest concern.
Thus encouraged, the Dodger uttered q
groan, but still seemed determined to
do his best, and limped and stumbled
a yard or two farther on.
1t seemed impossible to believe the
horse to be quite sound; but the mo.
ment had come to unmasl1 him. His
master stepped forward, and, pulling
first one cunning ear, on the alert for
every word, and then the other, cried:
sit won't do, sir! Step out directly,
and don't let us have any nonsense"
The Dodger groaned again-this time
from his heart, probably-shook him
self, and, leaning we'll forward in his
big collar, stepped out without muir
mur
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
A Larder Full o, Dalnties.j

Foxes are devoted parents, like oil Of
the lower order of animals, and the way
they provide for their young is some
thing amazing. 1t is related that one
fox in Scotland had developed such
a marked fondness for lambs that
efforts had to be made to find her lair.
After long hunt the men succeeded,
and in the den five young foxes were
found. They found also store of food
calculated to last long while. There
were lambs, rats, curlew, plover, ducks,
cartridges, and, most astonishing of all,
76 short-eared owls. All the game was
dead, and the hunters soon dispatched
the young foxes, and also Mrs. Reynard,
when she approached her lair,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11

west coast or norway, sl1 q the only
place where the eclipse is visible exceps
in Siberia and japan.
Telescopes will be set and the
phenomenon, which occurs but seldom,
will be awaited with mingled anxiety
and interest by astronomers from all
parts of the world. If they are so for
tunate as to have fine weather grand
sight will be witnessed, and it is ex-
pected some valuable information will
be CLEANED.
The return trip will be made via the
Hebrides and around the Isle of Man TO
Liverpool, where the expedition is due
to arrive on August 20.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
OMAHA WANTS NEW DEPOT.
Railroad Men Confer Regarding the Ne
cessIty for 1t.

cessity Tor 1t.
The certainty that the exposition en-
terprise at Omaha, Neb., will succeed
has caused the railroads centering there
to take up the subject of the proposed
passenger depot. With a view of
thoroughly investigating the subject.
representatives of the Rock Island, Mil
waukee and Burlington are now in the
city. d. j. Whittemore, chief engineer
of the Milwaukee; H. A. Parker, assist
ant to the president of the Rock Island,
and 7. E. Calvert, general superintend-
ent of the Burlington &c Missouri, are
the men sent here to make-the investi-
cation, and will at its conclusion report
to the presidents of their roads at as
early a date as possible. That the pres
ent depot facilities are inadequate and
highly unsatisfactory is admitted by
them, but in the solution of the diff
Guilty there are problems both legal
and operative, and these men state they
will make an honest effort to solve them.
All papers and plans are in their posses
sion, and after making thorough ex-
animation of the physical conditions in
connection with the plans proposed for
a depot, they will make their report.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
STARVED TO SAVE HIS FRIEND.
Exhausted Nature Gives In When the
| Chum Becomes Obdurate.

For several weeks a protracted meet
ing has been in progress at Fillmore,
Clinton county, Ind, under the direc-
tons of Mrs. Mershon, and among the
converts was Newton Sheets, who final
ly professed sanctifcation. Sunday,
one week ago, Sheets declared that he
would neither eat nor sleep till Nathan
Rodenberger, friend, was converted,
and during the first few days he spent
the time almost necessarily in prayer
for him. Rodenberger was obdurate,
and refused to be converted, and finally
sent Sheets word that he might as well
have his grave dug. Sheets grew thin
ner and thinner, and Rodenberger more
and more stubborn, and on Sunday
night Sheets abandoned his self-allot-
ted sacrifice of food and sleep and gave
it up as bad job. Sunday night he
went to sleep from sheer exhaustion,
and on Monday supplied the wants of
the inner man.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
THEY ALL LOVE AMERICANS.

London, July 1.-THE Chronicle, in
an editorial to be published tomorrow,
says: The Ancients have established
a record in international amity. So
long as we are called upon to receive
such guests as the Ancients and the
Yale crew we can not have too many
of them. Probably Messrs. Altgeid
and Tillman and Bryan do not love us
much. But if our next visitors shall
be crew from the Michigan univer-
sity, or a military organization from
South Carolina, and they resemble
the Ancients and the Yale men, we
shall be glad to do our utmost to show
our brotherhood.
The Daily News says: The simple
act of the Princess of Wales in touch
ing the colors of the Ancients and
Honorable Artillery company yester-
day has rendered her greater favor
lite with them than ever before. This
probably will be one of the cherished
memories of a memorable week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
NEW KIND OF SATTLESHIP.
Report of Board of Batteries Recon-.
mends Several Important Changes.

The report of the board on batteries
Of battleships, of which Admiral Walk
er is president, has been handed to the
Tayy department.
The report shows that the board con-
sidered with much care and in great de-
tail the whole subject of battle ships.
As a result of its investigation it
recommends a slightly different ship
with a somewhat different arrange
ment of battery from any heretofore
built. While speaking very favorably
of the superimposed turret, as designed
for the kearsarge and the Kentucky, the
board does not recommend installing
more turrets of this description until
experiments with the two ships named!
have demonstrated their utility. The
hull recommended for the ship is like
that of the Kearsarge and Kentucky, but
so modified as to be similar in many
respects to the Iowa. The main bat
terry recommended is composed of eight
1S-inch and IA 6-inch guns, so arranged
as to fire two 13-inch and four 6-inch
guns directly ahead, two 13-inch and
two 6-inch directly astern and four l3-
inch and seven 6-inch in broadside.
1t is believed by the department that
the ship armed as above will be an i'm
provement upon any yet built in this
country. The secretary of the navy has
approved the general features of the re-
port of the board and directed that the
plans be taken up without delay. The
secretary has already decided upon all
the preliminary steps.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
WILL BRYAN DRIVE M'KINLEY
OFT

Canton, o., July 1.-THE impress
sion prevails here that it was Bryan's
Grafton which won him the nominal
ton. and that but for the fiery elo7
quence with which he stampeded the
convention he would have stood no
show.
1t is thought that the ora
tory which won in this case would
be regarded. as potent by the cam.
paign managers and that Bryan will
be put on the stump for a personal
canvass. This, naturally, causes dis
cussion here as whether the Republic
can managers will not follow the
course and have Mckinley make
tour. though his capability in that
line is already known, and while no
body in authority pretend to know
positively that such is the case, 1t is
expected that he will at least make
campaigning tour westward.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11

ser awake nigh.s by reading intensely
interesting fiction, and when working
nights he devoted the greater part Of
the day to moving about in the open
air. He never, he says, experienced an
inordinate desire for sleep. He had a
good appetite, but abstained from
drinking tea and coffee. Having salts
fed himself that he can exist comfort
ably 30 days and nights without sleep.
he challenges any man in the world
to perform the same feat, each to walk
a mile every hour during the 30 days.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
HE EXPLAINS.

City Jailer Hardy says the morning
paper does him an injustice in saying
nothing was reported until morning
from the Jail cells about the Mexican
prisoner being cut to pieces by Mic
Monies. Mr.. Hardy says Tom
Smith, a prisoner, made an cutlery
about it, and old man Mahavier, in
the same cell, begged the night police
man for Gods sake" to let him out
before he, too, was killed. He also
says that Officer Moses told him that
officer Badeu said he did not search
Monies.
This is published at Mfr. Hardy's re-
quest
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
TRYING TO TAX BICYCLES.
Philadelphia Council Wants One Dollar q
Year from Every wheelman.

Philadelphia wheelmen are up in
arms against the bicycle taxing ordi-
nance which has been introduced in the
common council. The proposed ordi-
nance would exact fee of one dollar
perwheel for the use of the highways"
Chief Consul Boyle, of the state division
of the l.. A. w., believes that the courts
would declare such an ordinance un-
constitutional. He says that if bicycles
are taxed all vehicles in the state must
lie taxed, basing his argument on the
law passed on April %, 1889, which de-
clares shat bicycles, tricycles and all
vehicles propelled by hand or foot and
all persons by whom bicycles, tricycles
and such other vehicles are used, ridden,
or propelled upon the highways of this
state shall be entitled to the same rights
and subject to the same restrictions in
the use thereof as are prescribed by law
in the cases of persons using carriages
drawn by horses" Chief Consul Boyle
says that the league officers will sec
that the rights of members are fully
protected. The Philadelphia wheel
men are fortunate in having law back
of them upon which to base their de-
mands that there be no class taxation OF
wbaelme1, in the state
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
BRYAN COMES HOME.
He VIII Be Accorded a Magnificent
Reception.

He VIII Be Accorded Magnificent
Reception.
Lincoln. Neb., July IA magnifi-
cent reception will be rendered Hon.
William ]. Bryan on his return. He
is expected to arrive here Monday
afternoon. 1t will be no partisan af-
fair. A feature regarded here as sig
niticant is the vast quantity of tele-
grams being received from POpulists
over the state asking permission to
participate in Bryan ratification.
They appear to regard his endorse
ment by the Nebraska Populist con-
vention and the st. Louis convention
as foregone conclusion. When the
news of Bryan's nomination was re-
ceived the whole city burst into
wild wave of spontaneous enthusi-
asm. For an hour the excitement
was great and every bulletin received
mt the headquarters of Democracy ia
vorable to Mr.. Bryan was greeted
with short yell, followed by mo-
ments of suspense. That this was the
truth was aftested to by the pale
faces and gliStening eyes of the great
throng around the bulletin boards.
The announcement that Illinois had
thrown its vote to Bryan was imrhe-
diately followed by the long expected
bulletin that a nomination had been
made.
All the flags and bunting in the va
rious stores was purchased and never
before has the city of Lincoln been
SO "aily decorated.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
TO SEE A TOTAL ECLIPSE.
Miss Mary Proctor En- Route to
Coast Of Norway.
Daughter of the wideIy-Known Astron-
omer VIII BE Member of the Scien-
tifc Expedition Which Soon
Sails from New York.

Miss Mary Proctor, daughter of
Richard A. Proctor, the noted English
astronomer, herself widely known for
her achievements in that science ar
rived in Chicago the other day accom-
panied by her sister, Miss Agnes Proc
tor. They will sail from New York on
a scientifc expedition to the Land of the
Midnight Sun, where total eclipse will
be observed at Bodo, Norway, on Au-
gust 8.
The steam yacht Ohio has been char
tered for the trip and will carry 200
passengers aboard, mostly astronomers
and students of science. Among them
will be professors Of astronomy from
Harvard. Yale and Princeton colleges
Miss Mary Proctor will give daily talks
on astronomy on board ship.
The first stop viii be made at South
Hampton, where passengers from the
continent Will come aboard The trip
will be made through tbs NorEb and
Baltic seas, an unusually beautifutnne,
being most Of the way IN sight 1t the
Danish and Norwegian coasts. Kron-
stadt will be the first landing In Russia,
from which place the party will go By
carriage to st. Petersburg.
Astop of one week will be enjoyed at
the Russian capital, where the expedi-
ton will be entertained by the Ameri-
can consul.
From ST. Petersburg the trip to Mos
cow will be made by rail. Here another
week will be spent in viewing the old
city, the scene of the recent coronation
festivities
Short visits will be made to Stock
holm and Copenhagen, and thence the
party will go by boat direct to the little
village of Hammerfest, Norway, the
most northern spot inhabited on the
globe, where the world-famous sight of
the midnight sun will be witnessed.
A cruise of ten days will be made
around the Loforden isles and the noted
Fjords of Norway, among them the
Alien Fjord, the scene of 'Thelma-"
The expedition will arrive at Bodo, the
central point of interest, in time tc
have everything in readiness for obser-
walton Of the eclipse. Bodo is a little
town of 600 Inhabitants on the extreme
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11

Has . Record for Walking and Running
That Is Unbroken.
All the famous athletes of the present
day were heard of when they were but
children preparing for the academic
course, but none of them has been so
prominently heralded as Gilbert White,
the eight-year-old son of DR.. White,
who conducts the Berkeley school,
where young men arc prepared for col
lege, and where Gilbert is in attend
ance.
This athletic youngster, says the New
York Recorder, is an excellent example
of the muscular young American, and
gives promise of being famous man
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
A Tame Endorsement.

PETERSBURG, Pa, July lin
dex-Appeal, (democratic,) says :
The nominee is more distinguish
ed as the "boy orator OF the
Platte" than for any achievement
in craftsmanship or legislation.
And yet the country is to be con-
graduated on his nomination over
the list of fanatics and extremists
who contested with him for the
prize.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
THIRTY DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP.
Jehn Sullivan, of Philadelphia, Wagers
No One Else Can DO IL.

Jshn Sullivan, of Philadelphia, Wagers
No One Else Can do 1t.
An open challenge to the whole world
has been issued by John Sullivan, an
employee Of the Swedes iron furnace
at Philadelphia. He has lived for 30
days without sleeping a minute, and
he wants to wager that no one else
IN the wide world can accomplish .
similar feat. Sometime ago Sullivan
conceived the idea Of subjecting him
self to a test to ascertain how long
he could live without sleep and suffer
no distress as a result of continually
keeping his eyes open. His period OF
sleeplessness began March /, and he
did not close his eyelids once during
the remainder of that month except
to wink. Ten weeks have elapsed since
his month without sleep, and he AYERS
that at no time during March, nor
since, has he felt any evil effects. Sui
Ivan is As years cid and has wife
and six children. He says that during
the long period of sleeplessness he
worked alternately each week in the
furnace on night and day turns. When
he was ehnlnvsd bv dax. he kent hiIu-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
AUCTION!! AUCTION!!

Rain or shine, Monday, July 18th, 10
a. M, the entire contents of two-story
residence, No. 216 Ave. G, consisting
of oak and walnut bed room suits,
wardrobes, carpets, dining room and
kitchen furniture, and a fine steel
range. GLANlER d NEIL,
11-7-2t Auctioneers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
SEA SERPENT APPEARS.

One That Milton, Wis. Claims Is Over
One Hundred Feet Long.
A sea serpent was seen on the bank
Of Storr's lake, Wisconsin, the other
day. 1t was 100 or more feet in length
and covered with silvery shining scales.
After rolling around ON the shore for .
few moments it slipped off into the
water and disappeared from sight.