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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
The Sun and Drought Have
Done Their Work.
THE GOVERNMENT REPORT
Lowest Crop Condition In Quar-
ter of a Century.
NORTH CARoLINA's AVERAGE, 10
There Has Been a General Decline in
Condition of the Crop in the
Cotton Belt During the
Past Month.

Washington, Sept. 10.-The cotton
report of the Department of Agricul-
ture for September shows decline
from the August condition of the crop,
which was SOL, to 64.2 per cent, de-
cline of 1873 points. This is the lowest
September condition reported in the
last twenty-seven years.
The State averages are as follows:
North Carolina, 20; South Carolina, 10;
Georgia, II; Florida, ~; Alabama, &c;
Mississippi, 81; Louisiana, 60; Texas,
60; Arkansas, co; Tennessee, 81; Mis-
souri,, 81; Indian Territory, 60; Okla
homa, 65.
There has been general decline in
the condition of the cotton crop
throughout the cotton belt in the past
month. A few counties and parishes
in Mississippi and Louisiana report
fairly good crops, but the complaint
is almost universal that the excessive
heat and dry weather hate caused the
plant to shed leaves, blooms, and bolls,
and that, where rains fell they have
come too late to be of material benefit.
The plant has consequently matured
prematurely and bolls have opened
so rapidly that the crop is being gath
cred earlier than for many years. Some
counties report that the crop will all
be harvested by October LIST, others
by the middle of October. A few coun-
ties in Mississippi report damage to
open cotton by heavy rains.
The staple is much lighter than us
ual in consequence of drought and
heat; and the shedding of leaves and
bolls will result in material damage
to the yield from the top crop.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
DANGEROUS ON THE sTUMP.o
That is What Republican Leader
Says of Bryan.

The staff correspondent of the Wash
ington Star, writing from Chicago
says:
''The people of Illinois, as elsewhere,
want to see and hear Mr.. Bryan, and
they also want to read what they have
heard. The Chicago paper which is OPP
posing him politically, but which has
been publishing his speeches an full,
has had the conclusive testimony of
largely increased sales on this point.
One of the Republican managers, after
listening to Bryan's speech at the la
Dor demonstration to-day, and watch
ing the effect, said that for the first
time he was convinced Bryan was max
ing votes by his speeches. "If this de-
monstration were a week before cleo
tion," he said, "it would mean 10000
more votes for Bryan here in Chicago.
As it is we will have time to coun-
teract his talk, and the impression
he makes win die out. But he is a
dangerous fellow on the stump"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
A POLITICAL WIZARD.

He's surely a wonderful fellow
And goes at a wonderful gait;
And powerful strong
As he journeys along,
For they say she will carry the
State"
He's surely a wonderful fellow
The secret, they cannot unlock it,
But his clothes must he large
If it's trne-as they charge
That he carries the State in his
pocket"
F. L. STANTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
GRAIN CROPS ALSO INJURED.
The Corn Crop, However, Promises to
be a Large One.


be a Large One.
Washington, Sept. 10.-The Septem-
Der statistician of the Department of
Agriculture shows a decline in the
condition of corn, from Augustus state
ment, of six points, or from SO per cent.
in August to 90 per cent. in September.
The averages in the the principal
corn growing States are: Kentucky, SO;
Ohio, 104 Michigan, 104; Indiana, 100;
Illinois, 100; Iowa, 113; Missouri, IS;
Kansas, 50; Nebraska, 1903.
Although there has been a falling
off in condition in some States, partic-
ularly in Arkansas and Nebraska, the
crop this year promises to be a large
one. Nearly all the great central
States report high condition, though
with many local reports of drought,
flooding rains, insects, or, along the
Northern border, early frosts. Ken
lucky and Missouri report considera-
bic injury by dry weather, and the inn
pairment is shown in all the States to
the South, increasing toward the Gulf.
Later crop has Jared worse in most
States. The Pacific slope sends favora-
BILE reports.
The general condition of wheat, con-
sidering both winter and spring vari-
cites, when harvested, was 74.6, against
1874 in 1895, and 83.7 in 1894
The reported conditions for the
principal wheat States are as follows:
Ohio, 50; Michigan, rs; Indiana, &c;
Illinois, N; Wisconsin, 70; Minnesota,
so; Iowa, "a; Missouri, rs; Kansas, 70;
Nebraska, n; South Dakota, 76; North
Dakota, 81; California, 100; Oregon,
so, and Washington, rs.
East of the Rocky Mountains com
plants of both quality and quantity
of the wheat crop are almost universal,
the causes alleged being killing,
due to deficient snow covering, stunted
growth, due to early drought. A few
scattered counties are excepted The
corn crop in the South is looking well.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11

M i've. progressive teacher can af-
fo, q 10 he without it or have the chill
de- study any other system.
Read what superintendent Frank H.
Curtis Of Shelby, says
,ru..,4, ~, Aug. 6. 1853.
r. Nde' ., S~ui w haV9 usee tne. first
past cor, ! must admit that introduced
the system Under protest and was preju-
diced against IL; therefore the warm en-
dOgsemSLt and the most hearty approval
now give it only so to prove that the work
is q success. 1t is truly a wonderful inno-
walton. and is destined to revOlutionize the
method of teaching reading. Nothing could
tnCuce us to give up the method until q
better method is fOund, which In my opfn.
ion will be hard to do. Children who had
never lOolel into q book last September
could read at sight fluently in the Third
Reader in eight m 7nths.
(Signed) FRANK Fl. CURTIS,
Superin teEdeat Graded Schools,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
LEARNING TO READ
MADE EASY
By the use of
Moses s
Phonic
Reader.

PRICE, 25 CENTS.
Two books in one for the price Of
one book.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL.
Raleigh. N. q

Departments we4oeQuipped. 81 teach
ers. 444 regular s, dents, beside.
practice school Of 81 pupils. gao ma.
triculates since its opening in 1892. %
of the SO counties represented. Com,
petitive examination at county seas
August LIST to fill free tuition vacsso.
cies i'm dormitories. Application
should pe made before July goth to en-
ter the examination. No free TUITION
except To applicants signing a pledge
to become teachers. Annual expeuass
of free tuition, students boarding ~
dormitories, 500; tuition-paying az
dents. $3.50. Address.
PRECEDENT CHARLES d. M'IVER,
Greensboro, N. e.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
ARE YOU TIRED

All the time? This condition is Il
sure indication that your blood is not
rich and nourishing as it ought to be
and as it may be if you will take few
bottles of the great blood purifier,
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands write
that Hoods SarsaparilIa has cured
them of that tired feeling by giving
them rich, red blood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11
FUSION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

Plymouth, N. c., Sept. 10.-(SpeciaD
The biggest Democratic convention
for years was held here to-day. Fusion
was perfected between the Democrats
and Populists in Washington county.
The Democrats are enthusiastic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-11

Hoods Pills act easily and prompt
" on the liver and bowels. Cure
sick headache.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15

An English gentleman of letters has
recently evolved from the musty pages
of history some new and exceedingly
interesting data regarding the origin Of
the gaudy barber pole. It's first begin
nings, this gentleman says, were in the
days Of the barber surgeons. In early
times, the tradition goes, both medicine
and surgery were in the hands Of bar
beers, as indeed they continued to be for
many centuries afterward. The old the
DRY was that the men Of the razor were
the worthiest to handle the lancet, and
even in the middle ages the lancet was
the one great instrument Of medicine,
as blood letting was one of the chief
practices Of the time
In the days of old, during the opera
ton Of bleeding the patient used to
grasp stick which the barber surgeon
kept ready for use that the pain might
be lessened, in just the same way as in
the days before chloroform was invent
ed people undergoing severe operation
frequently chewed lead bullets Around
this stick was twined supply Of ban
dages for tying up the arm Of the patient
When not in use, the pole was hung at
the door as a sign. In the course of time
painted staff was displayed instead of
the one actually used during the opera
tiOns.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
Billet-E8hrkarte.

It would be an advantage to have all
over the world the same word for tick
ct, for railway, for postoffice and so
forth. And something Of this sort, how
ever rudimentary, did actually exist on
the continent before the German empire
arose and, in its newly awakened self
consciousness, did it's best to blot it out.
In those days, for example, the word
always used in Germany for ticket was
billet" and every educated man in
Europe understood it. Now the word
is ''Fahrkarte, a word understood only
by Germans and German scholars. It is
a sorry perversion of patriotism thus to
complicate the intercourse between ma
TONS Nor has the effort even the merit
Of success. ''Billet'' is rejected as being
French, but what of the second syllable
Of the word that has been substituted
for it? No doubt ''charta' is Latin, but
it is equally certain that it has reached
Germany through the French ''carte. :"
This is but one instance out of many.
Germany, however anxious to be free
from obligations to other countries,
must still borrow many words from her
hereditary foe. Contemporary Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
What He Would Do.

She (bidd;ng him good night as the
clock strikes 12)-I hate to have you
go, Fred.
He-It won't be for long, darling.
She-Yes, know, but it is so dark.
Helm not afraid of the dark, dar-
ling.
She-I know you are not. In fact,
you seem to prefer it when you call on
me.
He-Well, don't you also?
She-Of course do; but, Fred, there
are SO many footpads on the street at
night that I'm afraid something might
happen to you.
He-Oh, I'm not afraid.
=. She-Have you pistol?
He-No, not even a cane.
She-Suppose a bad man should stop
you while on your way home, what
would you do? .,-....
He (bravely)-What would I do?
Well, I'll tell you what would do,
darling; would run.-San Francisco
Wave .--.r
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
Rattlesua1ko Prices.

Rattlesnakes, live ones, are surpris-
ingly cheap. For 81 you can purchase a
fellow that will begin buzzing like a
peanut vender' steam whistle as soon as
he sees you and keep it up as long as
you remain in sight, while his slender
black tongue darts in and out like a
sewing machine needle. For SIT you
can buy a six footer whose bite would
seem reasonable excuse for drinking a
whole key of whisky at sitting The
astonishing feature of the rattlesnake
trade, however, is that the snakes are
cheaper dead than alive. A prepared
skin the size of the ST. live RATHER
may be purchased for $5, although there
lis enough Of it. to make two or three
pocketbooks of the kind that sell for e25
apiece. New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
Rifle Practice at Night.

A luminous foresight for use in bad
light with guns of various kinds has
been patented, in England by Mr.. Wi
mans. A tiny incandescent lamp, sup
piled with current from a simple form
of battery concealed in the stock, is
mounted within shield at the muzzle
of the gun, and faint ray Of light, cal
culated to indicate the position of its
source, is exposed in the direction of
the shooters eye, and this is sufficient
to enable him to obtain the required
alignment with the back sight and with
the target, be it animate or otherwise.
The special application Of the sight is
for game shooting at night and for serv-
ice purposes-such for instance, as the
illumination Of a machine gun used
against torpedo attacks during the
night. Army and Navy Journal.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
sMokELEss POWDER.


Its Adv1nfnges and Dfsadvantneos For IT,
Sportsnnan Described.
According to Sportsmen's Review
writer, smokeless powder is confusingly
varying. H the rife is used on warm
day, it shoots with smokeless powder.
with flat trajectory and great penetra-
ton, but on cold day it seems to be
frozen stiff and shoots differently, tax
ing a high trajectory and giving less
penetration, and so the smoke1ess pow
der user would do veil to take Their.
mometer along marked with the variar
ton Of inches in the trajectory The
smokeless powder would be worth the
trouble, evidently, because 'the bullet
fired by 80 grains of the smokeless tore
a third larger hole than the bullet fired
by rs grains Of black powder = That
means that deer shot in the paunch
| with 10 caliber bullet driven by
smokeless would die in half the time
that one shot with black 1owder driv-
: Ell bullet would, because the shock is SO
much greater with the swifter smoke
less ball, which literally flies to pieces.
Another thing about the smokeless
powder is not inconsiderable.
| cit was as good hold as ever I
made" the experimenter writes, land
the antelope wilted in his tracks The
| band punched up and ran in a semicir-
Gle at about the same distance (125
yards) from me, and got in two more
smokeless shots, and then by mistake
one of black powder. knew the latter
Immediately, for on firing it the 900
animals disappeared in a cloud of smoke
that only dissipated as the tail end of
the lot bobbed over the hill crest. I had
killed every one that shot at. - With
all smokeless powder shells, he would
have got two more shots anyhow. -.
In the woods more SO than on the
plains the smoke of a gun is distressing,
especially when the game is on the hus-
thing jump More than one man has
jumped sideways after each shot to get
another because of the smoke. A boy
using 1870 rifle at a deer on an Adj
rondack runway jumped down 10 foot
bank, striking in waist deep water, that
he might get another shot at the deer:
The last shot killed the deer as it land
ed on a rock ready for leap into thick
brush. 1t was still day, with no wind,
and the five shots fired left cloud Of
smoke in the air for 15 minutes after,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
THE ELECTRIC SUCKER.


| \ yV00Q0420
Found IN tho NILE.
In an article in Ueber Land und
Nicer on :. Electrical Phenomena IN the
Animal World = Dr. Frolich tells about
q sucker first found in the Nile and it's
tributaries by modern scientific men in
1881, but well known to the ancient
Egyptians as the sucker thunderer
god, being worshiped as such in a
sucker god temple in the city Of the
thunder sucker, or DRY rrhynchos The
reason they called it the thunder suck
er, instead Of the thunder fish, . was
because they knew of another fish,
known to the English speaking people
as the electric cat (fish), to the Germans
as the zitterwels, or the shad that
makes one tremble. Itgrows to a length
Of about a foot, Of which the head and
nose take up a quarter, and at the deep
est part measures more than quarter
Of its length.
| just why the modern scientific men
did not know Of this fish before is a
question layman finds it hard to an
sYer except that the sucker is bottomy
fish. The old Egyptians probably learned
Of the animal after Nile flood, when
some philosopher was meditating over
mud puddle left by the receding wa
ter. He saw funny fish struggling in
the water, and, out of desire for
knowledge, reached for the fish and
touched it. If there were any disciples
of the philosopher hard by, they proba-
bly, saw the philosopher act surprising
ly-as the stole Indian did when he got
hold of a galvanic battery. Thereafter
the fish was worshiped, having name
which associated it with the thunder
god Of the skies, although the ancients
knew nothing of electricity according to
the learned of today. "
A peculiar thing about the various
electrical fish is that should one swim,
even at considerable distance from a
human bather, the bather would know
of it's proximity by an electrical SEN
sation, !" while many of them have bat
teries actually fit to kill horse on con-
tact. These fish are far ahead of the hu-
man beings in the matter of weapons,
''for they stun their prey at a great dis
lance in the water.'' r.;
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.

Not Often Really Frightened, but Now and
Then Perhaps Little Startled.
IT don't suppose man in my bust
ness is apt to get frightened very MUCH"
said the retired burglar: Hes all the
time expecting things to happen, and
he's always on the lookout for them.
Still, I suppose that any man, unless he
has an absolutely cast iron nerve, and
such men are very few, is likely at
For instance:
Il went into a house one night, and
after cropping around down stairs for a
while in the BLACKLIST kind of darkness
I went up stairs. There found an open
door. I had located from the outside of
the house the windows Of the room that
this door opened into, and when struck
the door I knew where the bed ought to
be. It was there, and I went along the
side CT it until came to the head I
found chair there with mans clothes
piled up on it. I picked up the trousers,
and as I began to feel in the pocket
INDEPENDENTLY! went an alarm
clock Oh the bureau, not foot from my
head, and out Of bed jumped man,
humping square against me, Of course
not knowing was there, but knocking
me endways and tumbling over on the
floor himself.
II certainly was startled by that
alarm clock, make no mistake about
that, and have no doubt in my own
mind that the man that jumped out of
bed was startled when he fell over me,
but didn't stay to ask him about
that New York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
Lantern Mad.

A lawyer Of Biddeford, Me-, is atf1ict-
ed with peculiar mania for collecting
lamps of all sorts. His house is filled
with every kind of lantern he has
been able to buy, including full line
of bicycle lamps. He visits Boston fire.
quently and always brings back with
him new lot Of lamps. His craze costs
him a good deal of money, and he de-
clares that he is aware of the folly of it.
but is entirely unable to resist it
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
EQUAL to the Occasion.

The famous mott s oblesse oblige''
had a striking exempli fcation when the
Grand Duchess Sergius was presented
at the court of st. Petersburg. As that
Russian great lady was receiving the
imperial kiss from the czarina the string
which confined her priceless pearl neck
lace broke and the pearls rolled down
her dress, rattling on the floor like hail
Without looking to the right or left and
without noticing the loss Of her match
less pearls, the grand duchess retired
c0urtesying from the room. An ortlina-
y woman would have been ratified -
Exchange "a
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
No Interruption.

a great talker had ensconced himself
in the study Of Laplace, the great
mathematician, who went on with his
work. After while the visitor remark
ed:
You are busy, NJ lie Marquis Per
haps disturb you?''
8 Not in the least. Pray 60 on; I am
not listening. - amilienblatt
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15

Some idea Of the magnitude Of the
coal resources Of Huerfano county, Colo,
may be formed when it's known that
there are about 40. 900 acres, and each.
acre contains 100, 900 tons, OF . total Of
1000, OOO, GOO tons, an amount almost
beyond comprehension.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15

Hoods Pills cure Constipation by restor,
ing the peristaltic action of tho alimentary canal
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15

In the year 1868, Mr.. J. R. Watkins first began
the manufacture of DR.. Wards Liniment. For
years he struggled along with limited means,
Striving with ali his powers and at times despair
ing of success, but at last established living,
paving business, and made the name CDR. Wards"
a household word in thousands of homes. Dur
MI. Watkins little thought that men could be
justice to undertake to despoil him OF his bus
fruits of his lifelong, labors However, in this
matter, he learned that he was mistaken. IN
various parts of the country spEang up Bogus US
"just as good as DR.. Wards, !" frequently leading
customers into. thinking they had the genuine
article. Therefore, in order to protect his BUSH
Mr.. Watkins Sought from Richard Ward, the
Worldwide right to use his name as a trade
mark for full line of medicines, and caused the
same to be registered In the U. 5. Patent Office
No. 1885. ~
All customers are hereby cautioned to see that
a DIR: # WA4D 5 Watkins" and "Winona"
are blown in every bottle and printed on every
. wrapper, and take no base and dangerous sub
stitutes.
Sole and only Successors to J. R. Watkins and
8.4E. winona. Mimi.
q. F. Thayer is agent for Brown Co.,
MINI. Wait tor him.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
An odd Antediluvian.

Teache-N Noah sailed 40 days and 40
nights.
= Dick Hicks-And did it all without q
yachting cap Minneapolis Tribune.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-02-19
Probate Notice.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Stevens-sS. In Probate Court, Spez
cia1 Term, Jan. 9Th, 1896.
In the matter of the estate of George G.
Hes1er, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of
Frank Hester, administrator of the estate
of George G. Hester, deceased, represent
ing among other things, that he, has fully
administered said estate, and praying
that a time and place be fixed for exam
lining, settling and allowing the final ac-
count of his administration, and for the
assignment of the residue OF said estate
to the parties entitled thereto by law.
It is ordered, That said account be ex-
amined, and petition heard by this Court,
on Monday, the 3rd day of February, A. D..
1896, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the Probate of
flee in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice
thereof be given to all persons interested,
by publishing a copy of this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing, in the Norris Trib-
une, weekly newspaper, printed and
published at the Village of Morris, in said
county.
Dated at Morris the 9th day of January,
A. D. 1896. By the Court,
SEAL. GEO. E. DARLING,
Judge of Probate.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-02-19
A Cats Love of Home.

The difficulty of taking cats about
makes this exclusive attachment
often O. source of mutual pain. A
pet dog, being generally taken on
the journeys of the family, is de-
lighted at the sight of trunks and
signs of departure, but the cat, who
learns to know that she is to be left
behind, grows melancholy and rest
less when she sees them. Mine give
me so much trouble by theN impor-
tunity when I am about to leave
home that I have the packing done
in an unoccupied room and keep the
door shut. In this way once kept
Princess from knowing my plans
until the carriage was at the door
and the luggage was being put on.
She was up tree before the house
when this happened, and, taking in
what was going on as she saw me
come out in my bonnet, she rushed
down to the ground with a howl of
anguish like cry of physical dis
tress. In my absence she bestowed
her society on her master much
more than at other times, but when
we were both away she remained
alone, as she never associated with
the servants. She had her prefer
ences among them and would at
long intervals pay short visit to
one whom she liked in the servants
hall and the sewing room, but new
er staid more than few minutes,
and this has been moro or less the
case with them all.-Temple Bar.