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The news & observer., 1897-02-07
Public Printing.

Under section 3, of chapter 20, Of the
Public Laws Of North Carolina for 1875,
the Joint committee On Printing and
Binding, of the General Assembly OF
North Carolina, advertise for thirty days
from date, for proposals for the public
printing and binding for the State, for
two years, from and including the first
day Of July, 1897, to and including the
Both day of June, 1899.
Printed forms Of proposals for printing
and binding showing the class Of work to
be contracted for, ETC., will be furnished
free of charge, upon application to the
chairman Of the printing committee.
The Printing Committee reserve the
right to reject all bids, il they believe it
to be to the interest Of the State so to do.
For the committee.
JOHN A. RAMSAY,
Chairman, Etc.
James FL. Cathey, Secretary.
January 20. 1897.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
THE \ Ewst AM, oBsERv ER, f FEBRUARY Z. 1897

mental capacity is germane to the ques-
ton under consideration.
am fully aware that, among the. AFRO
Americans Of the South, may be found
some orators, eloquent in speech; some
who have attained to ripe scholarship.
and many others who have demonstrated
considerable capacity in the learned pro-
fessions and in business circles; but as
a rule such are Of mixed blood.
Remaining in contact with the su-
perior Caucasian race, with the
uplifting influences of its high
civilization it is confidently be-
lieved the Afro-American will yet
reach higher mental developments. But
as II class, their mental calibre is small;
the convolutions of their brain are few
and superficial; their cran:al measure
ment small, and other anatomical facts
demonstrates his inferiority."
Those who teach the negro ought to
press upon him the Importance of his
learning the great lesson that he must
look upon real things and real facts as
they are, and not try to be satisfied with
q boastful claim that things are 'other-
wise than the great and invincible laws
of mature declare them to be. Involved in
this are the seeds of his progress and his
safety.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
SOMETHING TO KNOW.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach, gent
ly stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, AMI
aids these organs in throwing off impur.
tiles in the blood. Electric Bitters i'm.
proves the appetite, aids digestion, and is
pronounced by those who have tried ii
as the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try it. Sold for so cents OF 81, at
John Y. MacRae's drugstore.
BUCK IS A PLUM HONEY.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
NORTH CAROLINA-THEN AND
NOW.
Durham Sum-

In The Land We Love-" published by
Gen. d. II. Hill, l find the following in
teresting statistics, taken from the Au-
susta (GaD Chronicle in March, 1869:
Cotton factories in the Northern
States 591, with 6,151 1862 spindles.
Cotton factories in the Southern
States S4, with 21S,09S spindles.
'North Carolina had Is cotton factories
with 21,112 spindles.
To-day, there are in North Carolina
alone, 1872 cotton factories, with 919O9S
spindles, and while write there are Al, 900
spindles whirling with lightning speed in
the magnificent little town of Durham.
over-double the number doing service for
the entire State in 1869.
IN. A. RAMSEY"
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
Baskerville Citizen.)

Buck Kitchen has issued another mani
festo in which he declares that Butler
is leading the Popuist party to hell"
This because Butler tried to get his crowd
to vote for silver man for United States
Senator. The last manifesto Buck issued
was one denouncing the middle-of- the
road Populists for not taking down Tom
Watson and voting for Bryan and Sewall
straight, in the interest of free silver.
Buck is a plum honey.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having this day qualified as admins
traitor of the estate of G. A. Avera, de-
ceased, late of Wake county, N. O., this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to present them
to the undersigned on or before the first
day of February, 1898, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery, and
all persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
d. s. AVERA.
January %, 1897.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
Stockholders Notice.

The directors of the North Carolina Rail.
road Company have declared dividend of
So per cent, Sh per cent payable February
10th to stockholders OF record, at II O'clock
M, Jan. 10Th, 1897, and 8 per cent August
10th to stock holders of record at IL o'clock
m, July 20ih, 1897. The stock book of the
company will be closed at IL o'clock M, Jam
uary 10th, until February 10th, and at IL
O'Clock M, July goth, until August 10, 1897.
p. B. RUFFIN,
Secretary and Treasurer
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
Europe.

You are cordially invited 70 join Sc
lect, limited party Of ladies and gentle
men for travel through Europe in the
coming summer. The tour embraces
Scotland, England, France, Switzer.
land, Italy, Germany, tthe Rhine), ana
Holland. Apply at once fer nlemDersnW
and full particulars to Rev. y. Il. Heh-
mann, Charlotte, N. O.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
BRUTALITY BEYOND CONCEP
TION.
(The Watch Tower.)

News has reached this office that one
of our North Carolina preachers was
halted upon the public road by ruffian
and made to get down from his buggy,
dance, curse, and swear. The preacher
was compelled to obey the orders of the
ruffian at the muzzle of double-barrel
gun. We cannot vouch for the correct
ness of the above. If true, we trust said
preacher will communicate same to us.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
"PICK LEAF"

Smoking Tobacco is just what you
want for pipe" and handmade Gig
arctic smoking-and as you smoke
it and watch the delicate blue rings
float in the air, and realize the fra
grant, aromatic flavor, you will, no
doubt, be ready to exclaim long live
"Pick Leaf! Don't stop until you
get a package. a
The news & observer., 1897-02-07

Smoking Tobacco does not pretend
to make every mouth in the land as
sweet as a rose, but does give a most
pleasant. agreeable and delightful
smoke to every one. Ask your dealer
for II
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
PICK LEAF"

Smoking Tobacco is pronounced by
good judges to be the very best to-
bacco, and why should you not enjoy
the best smoke respectfully when you
get 2 ounces and a cigarette book for
IN "a
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
Notice.

Having qualified as administrator Of
the estate of Seth Penny, late of Wake
county, this is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to present them
10 me on or before February 1st, 1898,
or this notice will plead in bar of their re-
eovery, and all persons indebted to said
estate will please make payment
IA. 6. PENNY, Admir-.
6aYne2, H. g.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
"PlCK LEAF

Smoking Tobacco is at the top Tor de-
licious aroma. 1t is just as good as
we can make it, after TWENTY-FIVE
wears experience in the tobacco trade.
It is the result Of almost a iire time
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
.iPICK LEAF

Smoking Tobacco gives the consum-
ers the very best tobacco ounces
for ten cents. 1t is made for that
purpose, and is winning its way 70
public favor. 1t is indeed winner.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07

Don't Daily with rheumatism. Parif.
your blood and cure it at once by taking
a course Of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
ssPICK LEAF

Smoking Tobacco should be kept by
all first-class dealers, who wish TO
give their customers the best smoke
possible, 2 ounces for 10 cents. Keep
calling for it until you get 1t, and
take nothing else in place Of it.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
'sPICK Leaf

Extra Smoking Tobacco is the best
of the best" because it is made from
the ripest, sweetest and purest lear
tobacco grown in the Golden Belt
region of North Carolina and manu-
featured with the greatest care.
Nothing but the very best goes in IT.
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
LYON &CO'S
"PICK LEAF

Extra Smoking Tobacco stands un-
riyaled for purity and flavor. 1t will
please the most fastidious. Cigarette
hook with, and coupon in each pack
The news & observer., 1897-02-07
"PlCK Leaf

experience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
The Defeat of Prohibition.

The Senate is to be commended for de-
feating the prohibition bill. We do not OBJ
ject to prohibition that prohibits. What
we object to is prohibition that doesn't
prohibit, and we are satisfied that the sale
Of intoxicants cannot be prevented by law
in communities in which the majority SEN
timent doesn't sustain the prohibition law.
And the condition of affairs is much worse
where there Is prohibition which doesn't
prohibit than where the sale of intoxi-
cants is permitted. Maine is going to abol-
ish her prohibition law, though as a mat
ter of fact. liquors are openly sold now in
her principal towns. New Hampshire has
just confessed. that the prohibition law In
that state is failure, and 1t is well known
that the dispensary law in South Carolina
has been, and still is, the source of many
evils without having been productive of
any good results.
The trouble with the prohibitionists is
that they are not practical. They want
to do what experience teaches it is impos-
sible to do. The only way the sale of in
toxieants for beverages can be stopped is
to create a public sentiment against the
sale of them. When the people want the
barroom abolished there will be no diff
Guilty in abolishing it, but as long as the
majority OF any community favor the bar
room, the barrOom is going to be an insti-
tuition in that community. A prohibition
law might drive it into hiding, but it
would then be more potent for evil than 1t
is when recognized and put under proper
restrictions. The senator's who killed the
barroom bill were guided by common sense
and experience, and they rendered the
state good service. Now let the cities en-
force strictly the ordinances which require
barrooms to be closed on Sundays.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
BRIGHT BITS.

The Usual Way-Kate-Do you call
Helen a beauty?
Mattie-Yes. indeed-to her face.-Chi-
cago News.
"A Thrust-NIiss Sears Gan old rivaD-
You must feel very sad when you think
about your late husband.
Mrs. Tears with sarcasm)-Yes. but anv
husband is better late than never.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
-(He has come for her in buggy and
she objects to the turnouD-"You are very
particular; you put on more airs than a
music boxr
well, don't go with a crank, any
way!'-Harlem Life.
An ,Expedient Amendment-AIrs. En-
peck-Another mysterious suicide-un-
known man throws himself from cliff.
Mr.. Enpeck (thoughtlessly)-Bet his wife
was at the bottom of. IT,
Mrs. Enpeck-Sir-r-r!'
Mr.. Enpeck (hurriedly)-Of the cliff, my
love; not the suiclde.-Judge.
Highest Authority, ''-"Where did you
get your informatlon?' asked the editor
of the yellow journal.
From the butler" answered the repor-
ter.
ut would never do to quote the butler.
would itP' unused the editor. "You's bet
ter merely say that we have it on the
highest authority. "-Chicago Evening
Post. t4rl f.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
Why She Liked Rome.

A writer in the Washington Star reports
a diplomat as saving that he has amused
himself with asking members of the great
army of travellers what object they have
in view In their endless peregrination?
Naturally the replies to this question are
various.
OF all reasons a Boston lady gave me the
strangest. When I met her she had fin
ished her sixth year of travel She had
made three tours round the world, and
seen about everything that could be seen.
1 ventured to ask her which of all the cit
les she had visited she found most inter-
eSting
After considering the question while
she answered Rome. I asked her why she
preferred that to any othr city, supposing
it might be for a religious reason, but soon
found that religion was not her stronghold.
Il like Rome best" she said, because
they cook and serve calfs brains so nice
ly. In no other place in the world can
one get calf's brains IN the various ways
they cook them in Rome
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
The soul of W.T..

Among the very many good and excel
lent people who reside in the quaint and
delightful old town of Alexandria, Va,
says the Washington Star, is a deacon,
who, Notwithstanding his great piety, is
a man of practical common sense and be-
lieves in the expediency of things, Just
as some of his illustrious predecessors in
Testament times did Among those things
which he considers of especial commenda-
ton is brevity in sermons, and the minis
ter of the church at which the deacon
attended was always known as a short
sermon man, and his congregation was al
ways correspondingly, long.
On one occasion 1t Is narrated that the
deacon, when the church last needed a
pastor, went to theological seminary of
the proper denomination to hear some of
the young men preach. It being some ex-
ira service of the church, there was
preaching on Saturday and Sunday, and
the deacon had an opportunity to hear sew
eral sermons. Sunday evening at tea the
president of the seminary asked the dea-
con what he thought of the sermons he
had heard
"Um-er-um,'' hesitated the deacon, "I
can't say that 1 am altogether satisfied,
DOCTOR"
why, bless my soul, deacon, what's
wrong?" exclaimed the president in as
tOniShment.
well, they don't seem to quite exactly
strike me right" said the good deacon,
hedging for charitys sake.
That is beyond me-" continued the
president, half musingly, as If he were
trying to work the problem out in his
mind. 'All of them are picked men, dea-
con; our rising young preachers"
rs that sop responded the deacon with
a smile Of hope showing in his honest
face.
Indeed 1t is" said the president.
Then, DOCTOR smiled the deacon, Sup
pose you let me hear tonight one of
your sitting-down young preachers. I
think that's what I'm looking for
The president understood and the young
man who preached that night became pas
tor of the deacon's church, though he left
its pulpit ten years after for a wider field.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
The Prince Jokes.

The Prince of Wales occasionally enjoys
a joke over the queens propensity for
giving away Indian shawls, says an ex-
change. At the Henley regatta he was on
steam launch with a merry party, engaged
in scrutinizing the other craft on the riv
er. Their attention was specially drawn
to a boat containing pleasure party one
member of which was an elderly lady bear
ing a remarkable likeness TO the queen,
and she seemed bent upon doing all in her
power TO highten the resemblance. One
of the company on board the launch APP
preached the prince and ventured to draw
his attention to the lady in question, jo
cularly suggesting that it was the queen
viewing the regatta incog. Just as his
royal hghness was leveling his field glass
upon her she rose, and taking the shawl
on which she had been sitting threw it
round the shoulders of a young girl who
was with her.
1T is undoubtedly the queen replied
the prince. quietly. "She has discovered
herself. l see that she has just presented
one of her Indian shawls''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
When We Kept store.
From the Cbicago RECORD

From the Chicago Record.
Do you remember, Brother joe the dear
old days when we
Embarked in brisk commercial life, as
hopeful as could be?
Investing all the boarded wealth of cop
per cents and dimes,
And going into bankruptcy at least doz-
en- times?
A dozen times, at least, I say, but fancy
1t was more,
We failed, and ate our stock of goods,
When we kept store.
We opened in the coalhouse once. with
eighteen gaudy sticks
OF candy In an old fruit jar. "a nickel
purchased six,
And having IS cents we stocked as far as
it would go,
Buying direct from Mr.. Mears, the gro
ceryman, you know
But not a customer appeared, very much
deplore
To say. In fact none ever came
When we kept store.
One time you sold your rags and bones
and gave you a whip
Which you had coveted for half a work
ing partnership,
And, Invoicing some peppermint, some
pins and indigo,
We opened IN the nayrnoW with our spirits
all aglow.
We thought the pins and blue would lure
housekeepers by the score,
But ne'er a person came to buy,
When we kept store.
We vigorously advertised in sheets most
neatly penned,
But if the people read our bills they did
not comprehend,
Or, comprehending trusted not merchants
of tender years.
But most discouragingly stuck lin trade)
to Mr.. Mears,
Driving us by the scantiness of patronage
once more
To eat our edible assets,
When we kept store.
Trading in wheat, I'VE managed to lay up
a fair amount,
And you understand, possess a pretty
bank account.
Kind Providence has treated us extreme
ly well as men,
But sometimes look back and wish that
once, just once again,
We two might, for an hour or so, be boys
just as before,
Eating the stock which failed TO sell.
When we kept store.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
Must We Have Another Lesson

In yesterdays Morning News there was
published a brief talk with Capt. James
H. Johnston, relative TO the fever prevail
ing at Bay st. Louis, Miss. Capt. John
sion had just returned from that town,
having been called there by the illness Of
his son. In the course of his talk, Capt.
Johnston said: Another thing I noticed
was the bad sanitary conditions prevailing
in many places. The system is one which
must be deleterious to the health Of many
of those communities, and the epidemic in
this respect will undoubtedly be a lesson
to those who have suffered by it,"
What Capt. Johnston had in view when
he made the foregoing remarks. was the
undrained condition of the lands in the
vicinity of the fever afflicted towns Must
we also have another lesson before we give
all the attention in our power to the
drainage Of the lands and swamps in the
immediate vicinity Of our city? We had
one lesson-a fearful lesson-in 1876, and
with anxious haste We began the drain
age work around the city. Much has been
accomplished. but the work is far from
being done It is likely to remain in its un-
uulSneu state LOT a GOOu many HlOANilSl
because the convict force is being employ
ed on drainage work half dozen or more
miles from the city.
What we have said about drainage has
been said with the profound conviction
that there is no one thing of such supreme
Importance to this city as the thorough
drainage of Musgrove and other swamps,
which have a bad effect upon the city's
health, and also the drainage Of the low
lands near the city
We have been surprised that the people
are so apathetic in regard to this matter.
Is another fearful lesson needed before
they will compel their public servants to
do the work that is necessary to protect
the health of the city? 1t certainly looks
so. But if the scourge comes the people
must bear it patiently, remembering that
they were warned many times Of the dan
ger which threatened them, and that they
did not require their public officials to do
the work that would have saved them from
disease and death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07

famous old recipe for cooking rabbit
begins, First catch your rabbit" The
recipe is applicable in the matter of the
Weyler roast which the Spaniards propose
to have. They must first catch their
Weyler. The willy general seems to have
known there was something hot for him
in store upon his arrival in Spain, hence
he is not trying to arrive there with all
possible speed. His ship conveniently be-
came disabled, and put in to Gibara. 1t
may be significant that Gibara is in the
Santiago province, and not far from the
city of Victoria las Tunas, which the in
surgents captured some time ago. It is
also within short distance of the insur-
gent capital The province itself is the
insursent stronghold, and has been since
the commencement of the war. 1t was
not far from Weyler's stopping place that
the first demonstrations of the war oc-
CURED. 1t has beeh rumored that sensa-
tional developments may follow Weyler's
recent speech in Havana. It would be a
very sensational matter if the general
should join Gomez
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
An Aldermnn,n pIea.

One of the aldermen who voted for the
street railroad grab justifies the councils
action in cutting down the street railroad
service in the southern part of the city. on
the ground that the street railroads in that
section were built by land companies for
speculative purposes. Admitting that the
big belt, south of Anderson street, was
intended, in some measure, to aid land
companies, what justification is that for
taking away from the people of that sec
ton the street car service which induced
them to buy lots and build homes there?
The land spectators are not complaining.
The people who live in the locality which
Is to lose its street car service are COM
planning.
We do not see why the alderman in
question should seek to bring the specu-
lative land companies into disrepute. By
their efforts hundreds of homes have been
built and tens of thousands of dollars
worth of taxable property has been ad-
ded to the city If it had not been for the
assistance of the street railroad there
would not now be many improvements
south of Anderson street. The very thing
that has built up that section is to be
destroyed by councils action Improve
ments already begun there may be COM
pleted, but those projected will, 1t is safe
to say, be abandoned. Yesterday the
Morning News contained the statement
of one gentleman who said that he had
arranged to put $4,000 worth of improve
ments in the southern section this winter,
but that, since the city council had per-
mitted the removal of the street car line
from that locality, he had changed his
plans.
This stopping of improvements hurts in
many ways. 1t not only prevents the
holders of lots in the southern section
from getting return on their investment,
but 1t deprives many mechanics of much
needed work.
The fact that the city sold these lots
in the southern section TO the so-called
land spectators, and that it takes care to
tax them at their full value, should not
be overlooked. The sale was made by au-
thority of a resolution offered by coun-
Gilman, who Is also a member of the
present council, and who voted in favor
of the street railroad deal. The least he
could have done would have been to pro-
tect the interest of the purchases under
his resolution.
In the wild haste to give away what
was not theirs to give. these councilmen,
who ought to be only servants of the peo-
pie, lost sight of the past and present,
and trusted to luck for the future.
The people were given no chance to save
themselves from the clutches of the street
railroad company The council was in
haste to clinch its agreement with the
railroad. 1t agreed, apparently. with the
immortal bard, that IF it were done when
t is done, then t were well it were done
quickly" 1t was so wen done that the
people were bound hand and foot before
they were aware of it.