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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-08

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-08

I'm nine years old to-day" are the
words the artist has put into the
mouth Of lovely young girl on the
frontispiece of the ninth anniversary
number Of the Southern Tobacco
Journal 1T is an excellent number
Of journal that is d fit representative
Of the tobacco industry in the State,
and besides is "a thing Of beauty"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-08

The Washington Post says that the
business of Speaker Walser to New
York was to ask Senator Butler to let
him be the fusion candidate for Gov
ernor The time was when candidates
appealed to the people, but old things
have passed away.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-08

senator Mills thinks that the Demo-
Gratis can win III the coming presiden-
tial election, if they select as the head
of their ticket a man who is for aiding
Cuba, and if they make free Cuba the
issue of the campaign.
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E.NT'ERT.IINlIENTS.
Hyperion.

MT. DeWolf Hopper will appear in the titular role of that wonderfully funny comic opera, "El Capitan," in this city for the first time tomorrow evening. The entire production which New York theater-goers Aocked to see for four months and which during this season will delight large and enthusi- astic audiences in all the large eastern and western cities, will be transported by special train to this city, which method of transportation is necessary the organization. Sale of seats now
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Pnli'a NnnderInnh Theater.

The biograph is making big hit with its local views at Polls Wonderland theater this week. Especially pleasing is the one which shows the Yale foot ball eleven at practice. So clearly out lined is this view that every feature, as well as movement of the men is dis tinctly seen. So, too, the coachers are easily distlnguishable, including Kid Wallace, Pa Corbin, and Josh Hart we'll The view which shows the Win chester Armory employees going to din- ner is equally distinct in outline, the faces of men in the group being readily distinguishable to acquaintances. A fine speciality program is presented by the three Macarte sisters, Ward and Curran, Evans and Vidocq, Hanley, To- gan and Hanley. Andy Amann, MT and Miss Asbey, and MT. Weston and Miss Beasley. The biograph is shown four times daily. at and afternoons S:3O and 1920 evenings.
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LOST,

CHRISTMAS Novelties In Old Stafford shire, Engraved Pewter, Cloisine, Candle sticks, Antique Furniture, old Firearms, etc MALLORY'S
 dS It Old Curiosity Shop.
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Grand Orern House.

Dan Mccarthy appeared again last night at the Grand opera house in his latest success, "The Dear Irish Home" and was greeted by a large and appre- ciative audience, which was not stint ing in its applause.
 Miss Lou Ripley as Peggie O'shea was all that could be desired, and Dan Mccarthy as Pete Gavan has part that he has written specially for him. self. The remainder of the company are good and acquitted themselves well in their several roles.
 There will be a matinee to-day. and the concluding performance of the en- gagement will be given in the evening.
 "GIRU WANTED"
 A clever satire on existing things and on the alleged comforts of life in a modern city is the purpose of Girl Wanted" the very successful farce comedy in which Frank Bush plays the leading role. It has a very anus ing plot, in which 1t falls to MT. Bush to appear in many different guises. He plays the part of q penniless individual who, to accomplish a certain purpose, disguises himself as various comic characters. He incidentally gives spe- cialtes vocal, instrumental and other kinds, ali different from specialties be- ing given by any other comedian on the stage. The part played by MT. Bush is not the only Imaginable character in the piece. He Is the center of numerous group of characters as funny as can be found in any comic piece ever put be- fore the public Girl Wanted" will he given at the Grand opera house Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of this week. with matinee Saturday.
 "SUPERBA."
 The coming of Hanlons' "Superba" to the Grand opera house on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week shows anew that MT. Bunnel is ever on the lookout to secure the best at fractions and present them at popular prices. This can only be done at a great expense and by guaranteeing the managers, giving them confidence to bring their attractions to this popular house, "Superba" is practically new throughout. The Hanlons have long been in affluent circumstances, the re- suit of close application to their bust ness and a desire to give the public the full value of their money. This ac- counts, no doubt, for their continued success, but 1t can be claimed for them that their originality in patterning plays of the order of "Superba," ," Fan tasma" and like ilk is at a premium, and not only unique, but entirely alone in it's application to pantomime. Mat inee Wednesday.
 The sale of seats for all the perform ances is now open at the box office.
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MISS NETHERSOLF.

Miss Olga Nethersole, who paid 8 visit to the elder Dumas, found the celebrated delineator of French types of woman all that her fancy had pie tured him-a man of intense mental qualities, with an exquisitely gentle manner a brilliant conversationalist and with the intellect as bright and clear as that of a man much younger. He had heard of the public apprecia- tion on both sides of the Atlantic and in Australia of the actress work in his plays and was gracious enough to eX- press his thanks to her, although the little lady has no hesitation in admit ting that she owes to Dumas more than she can ever repay in this world.
 It will be in Denise" that Miss Nethersole will open her engagements at the Hyperion next Friday night Saturday night she will present "The Wife Of Scarli" new play. Sale Of seats now open.
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dMamts.
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SITUATION by competent second girl fin private family; best of references, and Is wiling VI to assist with sewing. Address,
 uo lt M. w., Post Office.
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EDW. E. HALL & SON,
 77o Chapel St.

referred to the committee on roads and bridges.
 A deed was signed on the part of the town, granting land to the Consoltdat- ed railroad to build retaining wall in the cut where the ruins of the old public market stand.
 The board voted to give the Fair Ha- ven and Westville Street Railway com pany hearing next Tuesday evening in the matter of new layout of road be- tween West river bridge and the town of Orange, on the Derby turnpike. This layout is asked for so as to run the cars to the Yale field.
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BOARD OF SELECTMEN.

Constables' Bonds Approved-Fair Ha-
 ven and Westville Street Railway to
 be Given a Hearing.
 At the meeting of the board of se- Iectmen last evening the bonds of To- renzo J. Hattie. Lewis Asher, P. J. Mo Nerney and Patrick Bree were approv- ed, constables, were approved. The bond in each case is $5.0OO.
 The petition of P. F. Heublein & Bro. and twenty others to open their saloons between the hours of a. m. and F o'clock midnight was granted.
 This is the usual action of the board.
 The application of Dr. William H. Crow for appointment to the place of town physician was received and plac- ed on file. A petition from l.. c. Porter ct al, for crosswalk at Forbes and Townsend avenues, in the annex, was
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,urnaI shows inc spirit of '761

journal shows the spirit of '76)
 "Wednesday, December 18th, 1774,- News came to-day by Doctor Ely that our governor had orders from ye king or his secretary to seize on all ye fire arms of this colony for ye use of ye king; accursed be the man that deliv- CTS his up without it be muzzle fore most we'll charged, or rather well dis charged"
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DOUGLASS In Montowese, Dec. Tth, Lloyd W. Douglass aged 75 years and 6 months.
 Funeral services at the residence of Mrs. Sarah A. Way, Montowese, Dec. 9th, at 2:30 ?. m.
 MILLER-In this city, Dee. 7th, Theodore Miller, aged 80 years Funeral services will be held at No. 29S Washington street, on Wednesday after noon at half-past two o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. SANFORD-At the New Haven House, Dec. 7th Nathan II. Sanford, aged 5S years Funeral from the house of Mrs. Abraham Sanford, 291 George street, Thursday at 2:30 o'clock Friends are invited. 2t
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FOR RENT.
OUR rooms and bath
 d9 1t+ s UNIVERSITY PLACE.
LOST

IN this city, Dec. 9th, small black Cocker spaniel. with owners name, street and number on the collar answers to the name of Teddie. A suitable reward will da 3t 22n TEMPLE ST.
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MtsIe1la11eu1rs.

FOR SALE, NEW light coupe rockaway, sleighs, blank cts. Manufacturer of the Monogram Bu- siness Wagon. WILLIAM LEIGH, d5 7t* Dlm street.
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flock, but further than this the rules
were imperative, and the teacher.
after few appeals to the sense of pro
priety of his charges, secured order by
moral suasion aided and abetted by a
stout switch, which, when not in active
use, stood conspicuously Ia the corner.
AS a general thing, however, it must be
admitted, the switch was used only as
n last resort, for when applied vigor-
ously enough to produce the required
results 1t left perceptible marks and
marks that could afterward be ex-
hibited at home with dire complaints
and would possibly result in n subse-
quent visit Of an enraged parent to the
temple Of education. The city peda-
gogue has now learned trick in this
connection that emphasizes strongly
the advance Of pedagogic science
When 1t becomes desirable to rectify
tie idiosyncrasies Of his pupils, he
takes half yard of rubber hose,
wherewith he can extract ear-splitting
bowls and excruciating yells from the
young ideas without leaving on their
cuticle any outward or visible sign Of
their having undergone unusual pun
| ishment. g4
But II the country pedagogue was
then behind his city brother in the mat
ter Of birch, he was long way ahead
Of him when ii came to classification.
In the city schools all this is done by
rule and precept, so that the city teach
er has nothing to do but follow the
principles laid down for his guidance
by the board. In the classification of
his pupils the country teacher was in
the old time a law unto himself, fet-
tered only by the number Of pupils and
by the variety Of textbooks. BY the
exercise of little ingenuity he could
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eyes a. she reascts tfaenonAtter what
liberty she nay bare ep1qyed during
the vacation, the time AZ permanent re-
lease II not yetJo,p q. ksrona
But everything hAs IT. humorous
side, and the huinors Of the term open
Ing ara just as pr6nbunced a. those Of q
variety show says the Globe Demo
crat. The old-time district school has
been the subject of many jests. and not
a few writer's OF marked ability have
exercised their talents on the comic
phases Of schoolrlife In the country,
but no pen can do anything like jus
tice to the flrst day of the fall school
term In days gone. In the first place,
there was generally new teacher, for
the wages were so low that few teach
ers could afford to stay more than a
few months In the same place without
risk Of starvation. The new pedagogue
gathered his flock before him on the
first day, and motley flock 1t was. He
attended preaching" most likely in the
same building the day before, had a
preliminary survey of the lambs Of his
fold In their Sunday rainment, and
probably was well pleased with the
looks Of his future pupils. They were
on dress parade and made creditable
showing, the boys little uncomforta-
BILE In their Sunday clothes, but hardly
more so than their fathers in the stiff,
hot, black hroadcloth that had done
duty In the house Of prayer for half a
generation; the girls little shy, and
all critical Of the new teacher, but
friendly and hospitable as country peo-
pie are wont to be. On the Monday,
however, any illusions he may have
cherished were dispelled. The boys
were In their everyday clothes, with
their pantaloons tucked into the tops
of their boots, and each was equipped
with pile Of books that were used dur
ing the term Of the last pedagogue. Or
course the new teacher made speech
and In diplomatic language outlined his
policy, and equally, OF course, he read
long set Of rules and regulations for
the government Of the school, and
after reading them he put them care
fully away, to be seen and heard Of no
more. Occasionally there would be
vague reference to rule or 2, a refer
ence that was commonly lost on the
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other expansions Of the original BIZ
cycling idea and be called in and made
over into the regulation two-wheeler.
Three Hundred summer Schools

~.
Three hundred and odd summer
schools! The bureau Of education Is
the authority and really formidable
array Of circulars, programs and curic-
ula which have reached the writer
would furnish conviction to any who
needed visible support for the back
bone Of these statistics. This new
method Of occupying and edifying.one's
self in the vacation months Is very
new-a growth of the past ten years
land 1t has only reached these surpris-
Ing dimensions In 1896, though Har.
ward began systematic summer work
In 1869. Some Of the schools are pri-
vate ventures, others are run by cor
porations or universities, some are
conducted for gain, others purely i'm
the cause Of knowledge. Some give
instructions In particular branch of
science or art; some are only for
teachers; some are for the general
public. This combination Of the pic.
mic and the lecture room has its fore
runner In the school founded by Louis
Agassiz In Penikese Island In 1874.
scribner'a
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LII Hung Changes Curiosity.

Even at the grave OF General Grant
the curiosity Of the Chinese diplomat
was not subdued. After placing a
wreath on the tomb of the great Amer
lean, he turned to General Porter and
inquired how much the palatial struc-
ture cost and when 1t was to be dedi-
Gated. As soon as these questions were
answered he inquired:
How many people made contribu-
! tionsY'
Eighty thousand" said General Por-
ter.
''IndeedT For a moment 1t looked as
Ii Ii Hung Chang were really sur
prised.
eve do not forget that your subscrip-
ton of $500 was one Of the first re-
ceived," said General. Porter
The viceroy looked immensely
pleased at this. -S"And that structure
yonder," he said. II suppose that is to
be temple in which you will worship
the remains Of your great general?"
NO." said General Porter, hurriedly.
1T is not a temple. 1t is only tomb
1T is very beautiful" said the vice.
roy. How many others will be buried
in it?''
He asked many other questions-if'
this was the usual way of burial in,
America? When told that 1t was not,
he asked for description of the usual
way. How were the grounds to be
laid out when the mausoleum was COM
pleted, what trees were to be planted,
and the like. The tree-planting ques-,
ton may have contained covert re-
minder that he did not forget the OBJ
lection of the Sabbatarian park board
to his planting a tree on Sunday.
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the difficulties that lay before him.
The opening Of the term was, for him,
n time Of mental exertion, and he vast
| ed more phosphorus in the effort to
classify his young people than would
be needed to organize campaign.
Great as Is the burden Of misery
brought by the school opening to all
grades Of youngsters, to none Is 1t pro-
ductive OF more genuine sorrow than
the young girl just budding into wom-
anhood. She Is just beginning to real
lie what Is meant by growing up-ls
just leaving dolls and taking to beaux.
School in the fall has due horrors for
her sensitive mind. She does not see
why she should be compelled to attend
when other girls, scarcely older than
herself, have long dresses and beaux
and good time. Nor is she to be COM
forted by the suggestion that only two
or three years will elapse ere she Is at
liberty, for two or three years under
such circumstances look as long as two
or three eternities.
The young man in the case does not
take matters quite so hard. To be sure,
he hates to go to school, but he recog-
nizes the fact that the governor" says
he must, and Is ready to concede that
what the governor says goes" But
to the boy at school, or college, there
are open many avenues Of amusement
and sources of instruction that are
closed to the girl. He may have an i'm
mense amount Of fun out of the new
students by hazing them; he may stand
them upon the floor, and compel them
to dance for his edification, or may in
sist that one shall sing a comic song,
while another weeps at the suggested
ideas, and In many other ways may
oblige them to contribute to his enter
tainment. He may fight with other
boys. and so improve his mind, to say
nothing of the mental advantages TO
be gained from baseball, football,
rowing and running away from the col
lege Waterman. So it is easy to see
that so far as solid advantages are con-
cerned, the boy is far ahead Of the girl,
and has by no means so much reason
to dread the advent of September.
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15,000,000. Fancy the misery endured
by 100000 young Of the human spe-
cies ut being forced to go to school; the
barrels Of tears that are shed, the mil
lions Of complaints, the trillions of signs
and objections, the Quadrillions Of wish
es that they did not have to go. The
fact that the misery endured by the
little folks Is small misery, and about
matters that their elders do not regard
as worthy of serious notice, makes no
difference, to the children 1t is real and
exceedingly hard to bear.
Theoretically, youthful woes should
be in complete harmony with the old
copybook maxim, knowledge Is pow
err" Practically, the average young
ster far more heartily comedies with
the opinion expressed by the author
Of the book of Ecclesiastes, ''He that
increaseth knowledge increaseth sor-
row." There Is something In the nature
Of childhood antagOnistic to trouble,
and very little IL any effort Is needed to
shake 1t off. When school term Is
ended-whether In the lower-grade
schools, wrestling with the mysteries
vi SIdiuihdI dhu SpcillkS, VI III TIE
academies and universities. where alge-
bra and geometry are dished up in daily
doses and Greek and Latin from the
piece de resistance-and the youngsters
pack their books and start for home,
the world Is full OF brightness and the
vacation seems to have no end. So
many plans are laid, so much pleasure
is anticipated, that the youthful mind
entirely loses sight Of the fact that
time has habit Of flying, and that
fhe autumn term with its pedagogues
and books will come as surely and as
soon as the season can roll around
About this season the fact becomes EN-
phatIcalIy impressed on the Juvenile In
tellect by the preparations In his behalf
made by the parents and others inter
,ested In his welfare. and the liberal
advertisements by wide-awake and en-
iterprising firms of their fresh and sty
'lish supplies of school clothing and
shoes for youths and misses. Then Il
On that the boy begins to realize thai
the dreaded hour Is near at hand, and
the miss just emerging from shor
dresses finds the tears yelling up to hel
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To the teacher the school opening
means work, duty and anxiety. There
Is dignity to maintain, and many
crosses to bear patiently. 1t is only
when the first few weeks have reduced
affairs to system that her nervous
fears become somewhat dulled. Then
the plump, rosy-cheeked 'schoolmarm''
treats 1t all as business. She sees her
little world constantly renewing Itself,
like an ever-fowing stream; every year
witnesses the exit Of thousands from
the school room who will never enter II
again, in the pursuit Of knowledge. She
is the ruler of many destinies, and in
the long average pride, success and lit.
tie joys compensate for the thousand
and-one annoyances that beset her path
In the temple Of learning.
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ouEEREsr or AAILsroNEa
Phenomenal showers I'm vsriou
Parts Of the Country.

FncuOmeuol showers I'm vorioue
Parts Of the Country.
Humboldt, the great scientist and an
undisputed authority on atmospheric
as well as other natural phenomena,
tells OF hailstorm which passed over
Tuscany on March IA, 1913, every Ice
globule of the entire fall being Of a
beautiful orange color. Five years
prior to that extraordinary event, Car
riola. Germany, was treated to a fall
Of five feet of blood-red snow. This
was followed by q fall Of blue hail,
which Is said to have given "the whole
face Of nature an exceedingly curious
aspect"
Red hailstones fell in Amsterdam In
1926, at London In 1868 during the
time Of the great plague), and at divers
places in Ireland and France during the
early part of the present century.
In 1923 monstrous hailstone fell at
Munson, Mass. 1t Is described In ths
Waltham Register Of July Is Of that
year as follows: Extremes, four feet
long, three feet wide and two feet
thick. After the rough part of the
body had been removed there remained
a clear, solid block Of Ice two feet three
inchesl long, one foot and six inches wide
and one foot and three inches thick"
The most extraordinary hailstorm OF
history, as far as the queer shapes OF
the hailstones were concerned, was th&
which occurred on the Wadi Oasis IN
the Desert Of Sahara In 1851. The In.
ldividual Ice chunks were of all i'm
aginable forms. There were wheels
with four, six and eight spokes, dumb
bells large and small, triangles, cylin-
ders, both solid and hollow, some Of
the solid ones being as much as six
inches in length and not larger In d.
ameter than lead pencil. The COM
man round hailstones CONCEALED to-
gether In their descent, forming into
fantastic pyramids, like the old pic.
lures Of the piled-up cannon balls; some
took upon themselves the forms Of gi-
gantic punches of grapes, and other
masses fell In the shape Of necklaces,
crowns, crosses, etc.
In hailstorm In Wisconsin in 1886
the individual stones" were of many
odd shapes and forms. Some were
shaped like ginger snaps, others like
watches, loaves Of bread, etc.-St.
Louis Republic.
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the miseries Of childhood are just as
real, and, In proportion to the ability
- bear, just as heavy, as the woes en-
oured by their fathers and mothers.
The little girl who has lost her doll suf-
fers just as much as forty years later
she will when she loses her husband,
perhaps more; the boy who breaks his
wagon Is just as much concerned as his
father when the latter loses money;
these things are all comparative. This
matter of going to school, for instance,
As to boys and girls a source of real
suffering, and, though their elders laugh
at 1t, the approach Of the fall term rep
resents to the childhood and youth of
The land as much genuine misery as the