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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26
Business Notices.
WINTER SEED OATS.
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED.

800 bushels Turf Oats for fall sowing.
The best and most reliable Oats ever in
troduced. s bushels in a sack. Price, so
cents per bushel
so bushels choice, clean Crimson Glover
Seed. ~ cents per pound, or $375 per
bushel Of 90 pounds. Apply to
b. Z. WILLIAMSON,
No. IL West Hargett ST., Raleigh, N c..
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BUY THE HARTON FREEZER.
Freeze cream in four minutes. Freeze
one gallon Of cream with six pounds Of
ice.
On exhibition and for sale by
=. THEODORE,
Marlborough House Building.
aug-11-2-w.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26
WANTED.

Two reliable printers for daily newspa-
per. Only men who will work for reason
able wages are wanted. Address,
The Chronicle, Newbern, n. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26
TnE RApIsT ASKS FOR MERCY.
Writes TO the Governor for Time to Pre-
pare for Death.

Gov. Russell yesterday received toe
following letter from the rapist, Georg,
Rrodie, who is now in jail at Henderson
condemned to die Sept list. The letter is
addressed to Gov. Vance. 1t is as fol
oms:
Henderson n. c August % 81.
governor Vance
Dear Sir | have been Charged Witt
the crime OF rape aud have Been sent
cnced to be Hanged on the first Wednes
NY in September you are the only man
than can do any thing for me Pleas,
have mercy on me and Pardon If you Car
lot save me all together give me as Iona
a time as Possible to Prepare to meet
my god, for | am not guilty of tins
crime / am the oldest child IL years old
and mother and sister are dependent on
me for living
yous very resptfully
George Brodie
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26
TO AID THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Funds Belonging to the State Board
May be Appropriated.

There will be meeting of the State
Board of Education to-day to consider
the question of appropriating $4,000 of
the funds belonging to the Board TO the
public schools of the State. This will
probably be done.
The funds belonging TO the State
Board of Education are as follows:
North Carolina 4 per cent bonds, face
value, S143,250; North Carolina 6 per
cent bonds. face value. $4,000: deposit in
Commercial aud Farmers Bank, SAL
1906; deposit in the Citizens National
Bank, Sill, AGO; total amount available,
SOS. 444.65.
There are also some other school mat
tiers of minor Importance to come be-
fore the Board at its meeting to-day.
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Geranium Valley Pumpkin
Growers ~-

when our Senior left b home in Geran'um
Valley about three weeks ago. Ned Shel herd,
the manager Of willow brook reported q
milk supply of six gallons per dav. When
he returned he was greatly surprised to hear
th4t about pint a day was sent no from the
stable, he Immediately called Ned no and
asked him what was the trouble with the
cows Da afnt nuthun de matter W de cows
bits dem mammon punkins. You tole me
not TO sp4 re nuthin to make EN- grow was at
The sto one SADLY mite an hear dat PrOfeser
de college tell VI ster Modica dat d , way ter
mate er punkin grow wus ter feed it wild
milk He toie de {, ufe one time. sho; dares
six nv dem punBin nifty nj as big a. err Gov j.,
wun nv EN- hit tn. d dc brancl an ruinL
about er aR er Nv conn. The Senior asked how
II was that Mr.. Mordecai had not tried the
same experiment: Yer see twas dis wa Boss,
he plauted hi conn in de middle NV de feel,
an his punkins roun de aige, he had dis
cntck in wier fence. and TO he node II de vine
had run thru de f nee an all his punkins was
on de outside and he node twant no use err
wasten milk on dem, fur ddTes bout five hun
dred cows dat ruin4 tes In dis vally.
The Senior told him t. give the pumpkins
a rest until his neglected duties at tue Gro
Gerry shop were in such sha as would give
h IN the op pOItunity to investigate. Buddy
Erin again grinds the Freezer, and there is
peaC It the house.
Our Senior is believer in Spring Water
he has made three trips this year. and has
visited five watering places. He paid what
ever was charged him and did not made a
single kick, although he often thought il
would be fine thing to have glass of iced
He No" Tee. some bread made from Roller
Champion" Flour ard just little cut of
"t lover HUI Butter The best water and the
best equipped hotel in the State are at Lin
coin Llihia Springs. the management have
pleased their g.ttsts this season, thy prom
Use TO d o even better next
What we start ed out to say we haven't yet
said. We have full house, bought before
the high prices, which now prevail. We in
tend to give our customers the benefit of our
forethought. Our stock is fresh and of best
quality. We do not ADVERT cheap stuff
which in the end is not cheap.
All goods we recommend, fully warranted
and promptly delivered.
w. C.. STRONACH e. SONS,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
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WANTED.

An energetic young man to take charge
OF dairy farm. Apply to DR.. Frank Rob
inson, Lowell. n. 6.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26
What Men -:
Who Have Tried II
SAY Of
The Kelley Treatment
AT GREENSBORO. N. @.
Mr.. Scott Brown in Charlotte obser.

Mr.. Scott Brown in Charlotte Obser-
yer says:
Thomasyille, N. c., May %, 1897.
Editor Charlotte Observer: have no.
iced letters in your paper from grad
lates who took Kelley Treatment at
Greensboro four years ago. I am glad
see them coming out and showing
Iteir colors, and am proud to say that
snailed myself OF the Treatment at
Greensboro, nearly six years ago, and
since that time I have had no desire to
drink, and my health has been perfect.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26

POSITION AS TEACHER WANTED.
A young lady of experience desires a
osition as teacher in school or family.
Qualifications, Engli-h, French, music,
beginners in German. Best references
iven. MISS BROOKE BYRD,
Zanoni p. o., Gloucester CO., Va.
7-27-1m.
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A WELL ARMED MAN.

A WELL ARMED MAN.
For life's battles is who hath about
him.
Kodak-Headache Powders e doses 10
cents to keep his head cool and free of
pain, and Vick's Little Liver Pills-(no
gripe) % cents, to keep his bowels and
liver in healthy state. Druggists sell
them.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

James Dinwiddie, NJ. A-Peace insa-
tute.
Union Central Life insurance Ceh'Fa-
ny.-Statement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26

Mems Congress shoes, genuine calf well
M de solid leather soles and counters, would
beextra value AT 81 20 sizes 10 TO-
These are few Of he many big value in
o sho department..
The results ofour earnest efforts to sell you
good goods at the Low est possible prices.
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How !.o !. WE'RE GOING TO % IT \

August q nc endar
Anrlaet lal helm
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-26

CAN'T MEET NOW.-The Railroad
Commission is called to meet again Sep
TENDER list. But on account of the action
of Gov. Russell is summoning two of
the commissioners before him on that
day the meeting viii have to be post
poned until the question of dismissal is
settled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
WILD WEST WAITS.

"A large number of CASES of leprosy
are alleged to have been discovered in
Los Angeles. -T VI. =.
Jennie Jurgenson of Oakaha, Col,
has lost her reason through flight, in
spired by practical joke of friends.
The Printers home Of Siderable
SpriSss gsts eeaoest !nf of $a9o fss' N
Chicago recently.
The women of Laramie held rlAss
r"eting Wednesday to adopt a peti isa
praying the Legislature to enact 4 lsH
atoIishins the use of carriages OIL election
day in Wyoming.
1t is now reported from Fresno. Cal.
that the finders, of the bandit Joaquin
Murietta's hidden gold are ]. n. Smith
aud L. L. Hendrickson. two employees
If the electric company in Fresno.
CLAUS Spreckels admits that the VAL
lev railroad expects tc make an Eastern
connection With the Atchison, Topeka Il
Santa Fe.
-Ex-State Senator w. u. Grady
chewe,l the ear off waiter in a San
Francisco cafe, after knocking down two
others.
Gold Greek, the promising camp north
If Elko. New. wants physician. 1t Is
now necessary to travel seventy miles
for medical attention.
-!Aceording to the Livingston tMont)
Post. an indiscriminate slaughter of deer.
elk and antelope is going on daily along
The park boundary, in many eases the
animals being killed solely for their horns
and tusks.
"A bill has been introduced in the
Idaho Legislature to prevent mine owners
from running stores in connection with
the mines.
Idaho editors are faring pretty we'll
in politics, with the member Of Congress,
,hc governor and the speaker of the
House Of Representatives counted among
them.
Mrs. Frank \. Haine of Custom,
tol. was caught iii a snowSlide re-
Gently rear the Congress mine above
Red mountain. She was thought dead
when taken out. but rpstora tivcs were
administered and she has partially re-
covered.
The ShoShone Valley News says:
AS Harry Jordan and y. +. Legg came
10 4 park on top Of the mountain. while
ont riding the other day. Mr.. Legg saw a
hHttalo in the clearing. He ut once gave
chase and succeeded in roplng the ami
mai Us usual, has horse stopped. but
when the buffalo came to the end of the
lcpe the horse. being Il small one, WAS
thrown. turning over several times. Tho
hutfaio escaped with the rope around his
neck. 1t is the supposition that the buffa-
10 is one of the band confined in the Ma
ional park. anil had made it's escape.
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mo, and directed the boy in getting ma
terials together These materials were:
Two pounds of No. IS cotton-covered
copper wire.
Two plates OF iron, inches square
and Il inch thick.
A strip of sheet "copper" inches long
by inches wide.
a cylindrical piece of iron. i inches
long by ?. inches in diameter with hole
through the center, and two deep grooves
running from end to end.
An iron rod, 615 inches long and Ii
of an inch In diameter.
A few pieces of wood, strip of tin
and some screws.
These materials having been gathered
together, the armature, consisting Of
core, shaft and some small parts, first
received attention. For the core the large
grcoved cylindrical piece of iron was
used; for the shaft the iron rod, which
fitted snugly into the hole through the
core and being passed completely through
was allowed to project an inch ut one
end and an inch and Il half ut the other.
The core and shaft are shown at figure
l. Next a thickness of paper was tit
ted into the grooves. so us to form COM
plete insulation. and then the armature
was wound with some of the No. Is cot
ton-coyered wire. in the manner shown
by figure ?, care being taken to wind
evenly, and enough layers being wound
on to bring the wire flush with the SUI
face of the core. When the winding
was finished. both ends of the wire were
together at the long end of the shaft.
Johns next operation was to bind one
end of the wire to the shaft by two lay
ers of cotton batting, quarter of an
inch wide. Around the cotton he then
fastened Il strip of sheet copper, also Il
quarter of an inch wide. \ quarter of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
BROUGHT IN BALLAST.
All Sorts of Things Used by shipnaster
i'll the Ocean.

All Sorts of Things Used by shipmasters
i'll the Ocean.
\ sailing vessel arrived at the port Of
New York 4 few days ago from South
Africa, and a layman who asked the cap
tain what he brought was surprised to
hear that the cargo consisted chiefly Of
sand. I'VE brought it, said the captain,
ballast. Our cargo for this port was
light and to give the ship proper INNER
sion we had to load her with African
earth.'
There are many articles in the line Of
raw material which may be brought into
American ports free of duty, and these
articles are frequently taken at ridicu-
lousy low freight rates, sometimes at
only a trit1e more than the cost of hand
ling at both ends of the voyage, and they
are practically ballast, but when there is
quently take earth. as in the case Of the
African vessel. The popular ballast,
though. is stone. This is sometimes sold
to contractors after the ship has come
to port, and enough is realized in some
instances to pay for the handling.
Often" said a sailing master to New
York Tribune reporter, I'VE begin to dis
charge our ballast when we get near port
if the weather is favorable. and if we
have no fear that we shall be too high
out Of the water, and ny the time we tic
UP we have nothing aboard in that line.
There are stones and all OTIS of rubbish
just outside of New York harbor from all
ends of the earth that came in just that
way and were thrown overheard. Water
ballast is carried in compartments below
the floors, but it is shipped merely to
stiffen the ship. while other burdens must
lie added to give the ship the proper i'm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
The Indian Way OF Driving.

Commenting on the attempt made ~
the government in 1867 to civilizc the
prairie Indians 10y supplying them with
the garD and food Of the whit" man. Col
Bob Dodge of Dodge City says: The
authorities sent the Indians thousands
ance, and a big lot of stiff-riinm.al hats
bound around the edge with tin or Ger
man silver TO hold the rim in shape. They
also sent them few light running am
balances. The Savages. to show their
appreciation of these magnanimon> gifts
from the Great Father threw the flour
on the prairie in order to get the sack for
breech clouts. They cut out the seats of
the pantaloons, and they cut the CROWNS
off the hats and used them as rlaythings,
shying them in the air like q white boy
does fat stone. to see them sail away.
The ambulances they were proud oC.
The government neglected to send any
harness with them, SO the Indians ranu-
featured their own. They did not under
stand anything about lines, and, instead
they drove them with Il Quirt. or short
whip: when the near horsc would go too
much gee they whipped up the off horse.
and when he would go too much 'haw.
they pounded away at the near horse
again. and so vice versa all the time.
This unique manner of driving kept the
poor animals in Il dead run most of the
time. l remember taking Il ride with
Little Raven chief of the -Arar,hocs- At
first we started off gently. but his ponies
did not go straight, so he kept tapping
them. now the off horse. then the near.
until finally he got them on 4 rapid gal
lop, and | thought at one time my head
would surely pop up through the roof of
the ambulance. The country was very
level. unfortunately. or l don't know
what would have been the outcome
Kansas City Journal
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BRIEP NOTES OF NOTABLES.

-Comptroller James H. Eckels will
heroine president of the General Trust
com any of New York, at salary of
$4,000 a year.
Bismarck is passionate smoker,
but Of late tobacco seems to 'lislgre
with him. and he has daily struggle
with himself us to the number Of pipes
he may indulge in.
Tile Italian government has be-
slowed on Or. Behring the honor of
Grand Gordon of the Crown Of Italy, in
recognition of his discovery of the anti
diphtherit serum.
robert Barrett Browning is estab-
fishing a school at Asolo, Italy, for the
benefit of girls employed in the silk mills
there. thus linking stiH closer 10 that
spot the memory of the poet.
DR.. Lyman Jewctt. who died last
week at Iitchburg, Mass, was noted
Eapt;St missionary for nearly forty
years among the Telegus of India. He
translated the Bible into the Telegu Ian
-uage.
-l>r. .Antonin Dvorak, the famous 30
hcmian composer, who vas in New York
as the head of the National Conserva-
,rry of Music from 1901 to 1895. will re-
turn next autumn and resume his posi-
ton.
--Ex-Speaker Reed, referring to his
$1,000 fee as referee for some Massach
Sttts insurance companies. recently made
this coigrammatic remark: 1T is only
when a man is drawing a salary for
doing nothing that he feels he is at last
receiving what he really deserves
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12

stream Of water set to flowing through
channel that returns upon itself, the DOW
or depending altogether upon the swift
ness of flow ard the volume of current
Electricity is all exceedingly useful agent
and it's use by man has fastened the
progress of the world enormously as has
also the use of steam. But electricity
has been ,protitablY developed, thus far,
only 10y the anDll:atlon of some outside
force like steam, waterfall. or wind
mill to dynamo or electrical machine
1t is common enough for men to speak
OF electricity as if it were produced by q
dynamo. but John learned from his friend
that electricity is not produced" 1t
is ercrywh ere and always present; asleep,
SO to sreas in every one of natures SUBJ
stances What the dynamo does is to
awaken it and set it to crculating as a
wheel made like Il steamer paddle wheel
would start the water in circular
trough to running. Like the water in
fH once F0's sssrte the a fes5rc e evE
hack TO it's source, going from
the dynamo through one wire Of
the circuit and returning through the
other. Now, i'll the case of the circular
stream of wa ter, it a second wheel were
placed in the trough it would necessarily
be turned by the flowing water whenever
the first one was in motion. The dyna-
mo. then, is like the first, or paddle
wheel, i'll the circular trough. while the
motor is like the second or waterwheel.
AS much, power can be got from the
sec3nd wheel as is used to reyolye the
first, less the waste by friction. and the
power given off by an electric motor
bears the same relation to that expended
on the dynamo.
After John had mastered this he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
CLOSE CALL FOR JACK TAR.
lust as the Shark was About to Grab
Him a Swortlfish Got the Shark,

Just as the Shark was About to Grab
Him a Sworllfish Got the Shark,
"'Speaking of wonderful adventures"
SAID the retired sea captain, Il doubt
It anything was ever more wonderful
than the one I'm going to tell you. It
happened Il good many years ago, but
that doesn't alter its excellence nor inter
fere with it's truth. l was first mate
on the Lovely Lou of Bangor, and we
had been on our way to South Amer
lea tor about four weeks. The wind had
left the ship during the last day of this
period, and we were dipping our peak
to lolling swell that seemed to come
from nowhere and return to the same
place without ma king a ripple on the
blue surface of the ocean, The sails
were all set and their shadows fell clear
sun fell the water was as clear rs
crystal. We were we'll within the tropics
then, and several big sharks had been
seen playing about the vessel. Suddenly
there came il splash, and the cook ran
to where l was standing on the poop
deck, crying that one of the sailors had
tumbled overheard. The Lou had no
way, and ! laughed at the idea of him
drowning, telling the cook to throw him
4 rope. walking to the rail as I did so.
The sailor was swimming about the quar-
ter enjoying his bath W hen I suddenly
saw an ominous black fin make it's az
pearance a hundred yards or SO from the
ship. yelled for the rope. and as
yelled l saw the fin move toward the
sailor, cutting the water like a knife. |
knew that unless the man was taken
out quickly he would be devoured. and
rushed to the cabin grating to get a
line. Selling Il piece of rope I fastened
to the rail just in time to see the form
Of an immense shark turn on it's side to
seize the sailor. AS he did so there was
an instants glimpse of a long brown
body. and then the water was slashed
into a sea of yeasty foam. the shark
seemingly being in trouble. [ threw the
line and i'll a moment the sailor was
aboard, scared out of his wits. but safe
aud sound. The threshing in the water
still continuing. we proceeded to i,vesti-
gate, and directly we were able to see
that the shark had been pinned by a.
large swordtish. the sword running
through the jaws of the shark in such a
manner rs to prevent the fish from open
ing them. Whether the sharks an
tagonist bad deliberately attacked the
shark we know not, but it's timely and
unexpected appearance saved the sailors
life beyond q doubt. as another instant
would have sent the teeth of the shark
into the body of the man. We man
aged to release the sword from the
shark and killed the latter, letting the
other go free. 1t was Il narrow squeak,
l tell you. New Orleans Times Demo
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learned that there are other ways of
developing the electric current than by
the application of power to 4 dynamo.
One of them is by decomposing certain
metals by means of acids. 1t is too
expensive for the profitable develop
such as are used to ring bells, operate
telegraphs and telephones and the like,
but when John found what it really
amounted to, he thought it the most
wonderful thing he had ever heard Of
All metals, and other forms of organ
lied matter, John learned, have reached
their present condition through the work
ings of immense natural forces. But no
force is lost at any time and natures
forces expended in producing mineral,
or Il tree, for instance, are stored in the
mineral or tree and so remain until the
elements are decomposed. 1t is from the
decomposition of elements thus stored
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
Only Summers Tree Lived,

y member of the park commission of
Washington tells a reporter the interest
ing circumstance that while the trees on
the capitol grounds planted by John G.
Calhoun. Dixon Fl. Lewis and "Honest''
John Davis have all died, the one which
was planted under Charles Summers di.
rection at about the same time is alive
and fiourishing, and is daily pointed out
hy the guides as ''the Sumner tree It
was a Scotch beech. and was not actu-
ally planted by Summers hands, but by
these of Commodore Bainbridgc. Cal.
houn's tree was a live oak, and it Ian
gyished. like Calhounism. Lewis tree
was an ailanthus, and the wonder is that
anybody or anything succeeded in killing
i. Honest John Davis was a sugar
maple, which ought to have grown with
proper care. Sumner must have been
the only one of the illustrious tree-plant-
crs who knew enough about the art to
see to the care of the tree after it was
planted. To plant tree and say. "Now
grcw,' and go away and leave it forever
is much as it would be to put 2-year-old
child on the street and say. "Now you've
Il pretty good start in the world-now
grow up and be a man." and never doing
anything more whatever for it-Boston
Evening Transcript
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-12
FOR THE FARMER.
4 Song ofJanuary.

Song Of january.
Gilt dc chi llnn's savIns bank an shake de
pennies out; -
De hGrf win am a:comin' an he'll hab 'em,
an y0h cares, -
He's calm trough de chinl'ley fob de las
ob all dem chairs.
A-yOWlin'
An a prowlim',
iOh kin hyuh i'm scOld an brag;
An dar ain't no use O coaxin' When be flies
dc blizzard flag.
Ain no use ter tell lin bout de rent dat
ain got paid;
De j'unney. ter de coal yahd am a trip dat
mus be made.
Ef Eoh snuggles 'neaf de kiyvers, he ies
laughs an yeIls chune,
Case he know de honger gwinter make yer
git up purity soon.
He come hOwlin,-
And a-scOwlin'
Fun de sky DER cliff an crag
An dar amt no use In hidin' when he flies
de blizzard flag.
Washington Star