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The news & observer., 1897-01-10
FOUND NOWHERE EXCEPT IN
NORTH CAROLINA.

Now and again, in exploring American
woods and swamps, botanists have come
across floral curiosities that almost
bridge over the great gulf that divides
the animal and vegetable kingdoms, says
the Designer. One of these, to be met
with nowhere in the world save in North
Carolina, is scientifically classified AZ
dionea musicipula, but is colloquially
known as Venus hytrap." In appear
ance the extraordinary plant is prettily
but unassumingly the leahess flower
stem, running from six 20 eight inches ia
height and surmounted by CHESTER OF
fve-pataled blossoms, rising erect like
rosette-hke bed OF leaves. 1t is in the
edge of these leaves that the death-deal
ing apparatus is set-for this modest
little plant, which is so delicate that 1t
dies of the slightest injury to root or
stem. sustains its life by feeding upon
the unweary insects that chance 10
alight upon its leaves, entering them -
their destruction, by exuding from the
edges of its fatal traps a viscu0us fluid,
somewhat resembling honey. The traps
consist of two soft velvety leaves, firing
ed with delicate bristles and hinged to-
gether on one side. The unsuspecting
n.y. ured by the honey, alights on these
DflstleS IN anticipation OF Il feast, but
at the first touch Of its feet the hinges
close, the two leaves come together, the
bristles interlock and the haplesS insect
is imprisoned in a cell from which eS-
cape is impossible. Under the stimulus
of the victims's struggles the tiny glands
with which the inner walls of the trap are
furnished pour forth a secretion, which
Darwin analyzed as vegetable gastric
juice, resembling that which insures di-
gestiOn in animal life. Under the infu.
ence of this curious fluid the fly is actually
digested alive, and its juice being ex-
tracted, the trapdoors are reopened ami
the skeleton is flung out The scientists
declare that the plant unquestionably
lives upon the juices Of its victims. but
one or two expert Tourists take exceptions
70 this statement, 1t is worthy of note
thath, although the habit Of the plant is
camivorOuS, experiments have proved thar
1t lives longer and thives better when SO
enclosed that no insects can reach it
a superabundance Of its favorite diet an
parently rendering it even more delicate
than it is by nature. The set OF muscles
its leaves are said to resem-
BILE those Of the human cyclidS.
The news & observer., 1897-01-10
WHY BEN FRANKLIN STILL.
LIVES.
PrUf. w Il. Trent in McClure's Maga.
zine for January

There are. | conceive, two chief rea-
sons why the name of Franklin is so
constantly on our lips and his memory
so impressed upon our hearts-why, in
either words, he really lives for us in
stead of being a mere fossil in the strata
OF history. One Is that as an embodi-
ment Of practical learning, shrewd moth
er wit, honesty, and patriotism he Is q
typical and In many respects unap-
proachable product or true American
ism. The other is that he is the most
complete representative of his century
that any nation can point 10. With re-
gard to the typical character of his Am
ericanism few evils will he raised, but
with regard to the claim that he best
represents the eighteenth century there
will probably be not a little dissemsion.
Washington, DR.. Johnson, Frederick the
Great, and Voltaire might each and all
be put in competition with the sage who
snatcaled the lightning from heaven and
the sceptre from ityrants, and would
have many supporters. But in none Of
these does the age of prose and reason
seem to find such an adequate and COM
plete expression as in Franklin. Wash
ington is beyond his own or any centu-
Iy; DIR. johnson does not sufficiently rep
resent the age on its rational side; Fred
erick is too extreme combination of
daring and sublime seriousness of pur-
pose and petty affection; while Yoltaire
is at once too intense and not radical
enough and is, after all, too, entirely
man of letters. Franklin, ON the
other hand, thoroughly represents his
age in its practically, in its devotion to
science, in its intellectual curiosity, in
its humanttarianism, in its lack of spirit
uality, in its calm self-content-in short,
in its exultation of prose and rea-
son over poetry and faith.
The news & observer., 1897-01-10
77E[E @OW[gLRE1O[R ON
[P[RAG771GAL 77OLPlG9=

cts of the taxpayers. whether having
children or not, large sums Of money fo,
erecting school houses. and opeuing
schools sufficient for the instruction al
the whole number Of children in the
State, under the sufficient plea That the
public veal demands H. then allow those
houses to stand tCnantiess or half filled.
and those privileges wasted. as the in
difference. the blindness. or wickeduess
OF parents ot guardians shall dictate
The public schools are not well attended
If the fund raised 10y taxation Is iudicious
ly expended, let the State raise an addi
tional amount, supplemented by local
taxation, and pass "a law OF compulsory
attendance Oh the public schools.
GOOD ROADS
There viii probably come before you
numerous propositions for the improve
meut or our country roads No object
Of greater Importance win engage your
attention. or one that IS being more wide
ly discussed by the people Of the entire
State. ! fear in too many Instances, due
consideration may not be given to- tho
cost. and that class Of our citizeus-thr
farmers-up0n whom viii necessarily fall
the heavier part in the expense Of con
struction. / do not underestimate the
value Of a system of good roads to tho
public, and believe there is great need
for improvement; but in enacting laws to
further this end, the interest and de
sres Of those, who will at last have the
cost to bear, should be chiefly considered,
especially at time when the profits
from farming are not as great as former
ly, too frequently, absolutely nothing.
Plans devised by associations Of civil
engineers, cyclist clubs, may be good in
theory-in theory the best, but not always
based on the ability Of the taxpayer to
pay. Really, the foundation Of all true
prosperity and wealth rests more largely
upon agriculture than any other interest
in which our people are engaged; it should
he our duty to encourage and foster this
interest and carefully avoid placing any
additional burdens upon it, for in its
prosperity rests the common prosperity
Of all. In this day OF electricity we may
reasonably expect at 4 not far distant
day, electrict lines TO branch out through
the country and in a measure take the
place of the present country roads.
II action is to be taken along this line
| would refer you TO the laws of MaSsa
chusetts New Jersey and California
which have made more advancement than
other State in public road building The
two former grant liberal State aid TO this
purpose. There are certain counties liz
our State, like Ashe, Mitchell, etc, which
have always paid tax for North Carolina
Improvements and received no direct
benefit, and on account of situation much
OF their trade has gone into adjoining
States A hrst-class highway To one Or
our railroads would secure our State all
OF their trade, and make better North
Carohnians of them. Over ordinary
North Carolina country roads it costs
about as much to transport ton 30
miles as it does "a ton from Iowa or
Colorado. Transportation is now thse
factor in competition and Land must de-
preciate in value If the roads to it are
such that it cannot meet competition
The news & observer., 1897-01-10
SENATOR HoAR sTARTLEs THEM


senator Hoar is being quoted as saying
that the payment of some Of the debts
owed in this country to England in silver
might bring the English people to r.
speedy realization OF the Importance Of
an agreement on the subject and prove
valuable object lesson If he ever
said that he belongs not where he Is,
but under the Bryan banner Bryan
was saying that all through the campaigP
The news & observer., 1897-01-10
WHAT THEY MEAN.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)

DO you want to understand your Bible
better If 50, You must know that: A
days journey was about twenty-three
and one-fifth miles; Il Sabbath days
journey was about AN English mile:
Ezekiel's reed was nearly II feet; a cubit
was nearly - inches; hands breadth
was equal to 3 5-8 inches: fingers
breadth was equal to / inch shekel of
silver was about 30 cents; II shekel of
gold was SS; talent of silver was
$03S.30' a talent of gold was $13,S00; a
piece of silver, or a penny, was 13 cents
a farthing was 3 cents; a mite was less
than quarter Of a cent; garah was a
cent; m epah, or bath, contained seven
gallons and five pints; bin was Il gallon
and two pints, a drkin was seven pints
a nomer six pints, and a cab three pints.
The news & observer., 1897-01-10
MINISTER RANSOM.
New York Press.)

My old friend, Matt Ransom, Minister
to Meico. has made himself extremely un-
popular in the City Of Mexico by his mig
gafdliness. They say down there that he
is saving every dollar of his salary to
fekch back 10 North Carolina. He never
enaertains, and, far worse, never drives.
Nat to drive Is the worst crime in Mexi.
cd. Minister Ransom rides in a red cab
second class.
The news & observer., 1897-01-10

Good for the Health -Jenks (who has
taken to horseback riding. and bounces
about ten inches at every stepl--Ah
howdy-do, Blinks? | think horseback
riding is good for the health, don't you9
Blnks- Yes, indeed All who see yon
win be benefited Laugh and grow
fat, you know New York Weekly.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
EUROPEAN.

Cecil Rhodes has been allowed
counsel by the South African in
quiry commission.
DR.. Roux of Paris announces
that the bacillus of the Bombay
plague has little power of resis-
lance, and that al antiseptics are
fatal to it. 1t dies at tempera
ture of 140 degrees, but it retains
vitality in soil, which is an OK
planation of the fact that it is
never eradicated from Eastern
countries.
Miss Elizabeth Kemp, manager
of a hotel, was found numbered
and mutilated in London subur.
ban railway carriage on the South
western Railway. Her intended
husband was waiting for her at
a station and identified the corpse.
The woman must have been killed
and her body concealed within
five minutes.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

Members and friends of the XII
lohana Art League filled the
rooms of that body to OVERLOOKING
last night, to see the performance
of two comedies by the dramatic
circle of the League. President
and Mrs. S.B.Dole and other pro-
minent people were present.
The casts of the plays were Civ
en- in yesterdays paper. Every
part was well played in each
comedy, the plots being exceed
ingly provocative of mirth. There
was response from the auditors
to each funny situation, and the
many humorous quips and cranks,
which showed that the evenings
performances were keenly relish
ed.
There will be repetition of the
entertainment for the public to.
night, when an admission fee of
fifty cents will be charged-at
once on account of the limited
room and on behalf of the League
funds.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
OBITUARY.

M. Blondin, the celebrated
tight-rope walker, who was the
first person to cross Niagara
Falls on a tight.rope, died from
diabetes on Feb. % at Ealing, a
suburb of London. Blondin was
the name de theater of Jean
Francois Gravelet, who was born
at Hesdin, near Calais, on the 28th
of February, 1924. His father
whose nickname "Blondin,"
from the color of the hair, de-
scended to his son-was a soldier
of the first French empire, who
had seen service under Napoleon
at Austerlitz, Wagram and Mos
COW, but died when his son was in
his ninth year. Blondin's famous
performances at Niagara Falls
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
UNITED STATES.

President Cleveland on the 22nd
issued executive orders for thir.
teen forest reservations in the
West, comprising 81 900, 900 acres.
Governor Bushnell of Ohio has
decided to give Mark Hanna the
seat in the Senate. Hanna is will
ing and says he will help the adj
ministration, especially in franz
ing new tariff that will give con-
fidence to the country.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher had
a relapse and was not expected to
last "a hours.
1t is reported that Colonel John
Hay will be En- bassador to Eng
land, and the London press is
pleased.
President-elect Mckinley is in
poor health, and forbidden by his
doctors to see even his intimate
friends.
Russell Sage, the New York
millionaire, has lent his poor
brother Elizus $500, at 6 per cent.
interest, and taken a mortgage on
his homestead.
General postal reform, to be
determined by commission, is
what the Senate committee has
made of the Loud bill for changes
in second-class rates, One cent
postage is included.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
6b2 EveQi3s BuIIeti3,
DANIEL LOGAN. Editor.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1897.

1t is to be hoped that the Wash
ington authorities will take steps
to detect and punish the author or
authors of the outrageous story
with which the ex-Queen of Ha-
waii has been frightened out of
her comfortable hotel. Minister
Hatch should request that action
be taken, on account of the insult
involved to the Republic of
Hawaii. In all probability the
monstrous!y absurd yarn was con-
cocted deliberately to injure the
cause of annexation. Captain
Palmer is too much of a gentleman
to have any connivance in such a
scheme, although he does not
seem to have enough Judgment to
avoid being imposed upon in the
matter.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

On the eighth page of this pa
per will be found the draft of the
Annexation Treaty of 1898, which
is believed to be substantially
the same as that which the Ha-
waiian representatives will en-
deavor to have negotiated, at the
earliest possible date, with Presi-
dent McKinley's administration.
1t will be noticed that
it leaves permanent form
of government for Hawaii
to be legislated hereafter, and
even commercial relations to re-
main unchanged until the United
States Congress shall take action
thereon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
WV. DIMOND,S

A feature of aluminium ware
is the ease with which it is
cleaned. No matter how dark
it may get over the fire, a pinch
of soda in the water in which
the utensil is washed will clean
it as bright as polished silver.
The impression has gone forth
that aluminium will not stand
hard knocks. This is q mis-
take, because when it sustains
such injuries as usually happen
tin pans, ETC., just push it back
in place and it is as good as
new.
Manufacturers have so add
ed to the list of articles that
there are few things used in
the kitchen that are not made
of it. We have a large stock
of this ware, and a large as
sortment, a partial list of which
is here given:
4
Saucepans, Fry Pans, Pre-
serving Kettles, Tea Kettles,
Coffee Pots, Tea Pots, Tea
Steepers; Gallon, Quart and
Pint Measures; Collapsible
Cups, Cocktail and Lemon
ade Shakers, tunnels, Dip
pers, Cake Pans, Perfection
Cake Pans, Lemonade Sal
vers, Muffin Tins, Corn Cake
Pans, Bread Tins, Rice Boil
ers, Drip Pans, Cake Plates,
Dish Pans, Perfcction Cake
Plates, Bread Mixers, Chatting
Dishes, Lemon Squeezers and
Tipped Saucepans,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
Lewis & Go.

If a mans dinner is right,
and he rises from the table
conscious that his wife has
used the same judgment as to
price that she did in the selec-
ton of the articles disposed of
there can be no indigestion to
follow. Our goods are of the
kind which bring health,
happiness and a fat purse.
Table delicacies are a fad
with us-they are bought be-
cause we known the average
Honoluluite is fond of good
things for the stomach. Our
prices are below the average
and special inducements are
offered to cash purchasers. Our
latest importations include the
best goods obtainable in the
English markets.
Copeland's English Peas;
Gods Roe, Mackerel in Mus
tard Sauce and Cambridge
Sausages in tins are so well
put up that it would be diff
cult to detect the difference
between them and the same
articles direct from the market.
"Teyssonneau is a long
name to put before Pate but
the combination makes the best
It'd bit ever placed before q
gourmet. These are goods
that anyone may eat without
fear of indigestion following.
They are put up in the best
factories III Europe and come
to US i'll elegant condition.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Continued from ISt Page.

clare war against Greece, but the
Sultan vetoed the resolution on
account of the financial condition
of Turkey.
A dispatch from Janini says
that the authorities are arming the
Mussulman population for des.
cent on the Greek frontier near
Arti.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

Piute Indiana threaten Nevada
settlers.
Thomas Behan, II baseball play
or of San Francisco, broke his
arm in three places throwing the
ball from third to first base.
A daughter was born 70 ex
President and Mrs. Harrison at
Indianapolis on February 81.
wasninx,on'. R,r,.day.
Frederick II. Coudert of New
York gave an eloquent speech IN
favor of arbitration at a Washing
tons birthday banquet in Chica-
60.
At the banquet of the Ame-
rican University Club i'll Paris III
honor of Westinghouse birthday
Sir Edmund Jon Monson, British
En- bsssador to France, presided.
He alluded to the benefit to be
derived from sojourn III the
United States. He dwelt at length
upon the statements of Washing
ton, and said that he shared the
opinion of many that separation
had been beneficial to both coun.
tries. U. s. ambassador Eustis
read kilograms FROM the United
States and eloquent speeches,
were made by Messieurs. Fabre
nrunotiara aud Cohp
turkish Consul Arrested.
Boston, February 13.-Joseph
Andrew lasigi of Boston, Consul
General for Turkey, was arrested
in New York city to-day, charged
with embezzlement, The police
of Boston and New York positive
ly refuse to give the details of
The affair. Iasigi was arrested
at the Aote! Albermarle. 1t Is
claimed that he had secured pas
sage on a Cunard steamer and was
preparing to sail for Europe. The
arrest was made OH Il . warrant
issued in Boston charging the
Cousui General with the EN-
bezzlement Of $4,000 Of trust funds.
Against civil Service Reform.
A Washington special to the
Chicago News says: 1t will be
good news to the Office seekers
that President Mckinley is likely
to suspend or revoke the sweep
Ing civil service order of Presi-
dent Cleveland, whereby nearly
all the Offices in the Executive
branch of the Government are
taken into the civil service act.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

year in presence Of the Prince of
/ Wales.
DIR. Steinitz, the chess cham
pion, is dead in Moscow. He was
Bohemian by birth, but an Am.
erican by adoption. He was born
at Prague, May Z, 1886.
The Most Rev. Thomas l..
Grace, formerly Bishop of st.
Paul, and latterly Titular Arch.
bishop of Siunia, died February
% of bronchitis, in the S3rd year
of his age.
The Very Rev. Charles Bernard
Rex, ID. d., ID. r., aged 40 years,
formerly president of st. Charles
College, Ellicott City, Md, and
superior of the st. Sulpice order
in America, died at Colorado
Springs on February % from con-
sumption.
Captain William Merrill, u. s.
A., retired, died in New York of
cirrhosis of the liver, after an i'll
ness of a month. He was nearly
GA years of age, and his war record
included captivity in Libby
prison.
General Joseph o. Shelby, the
noted Confederate, died at his
country home, eight miles from
| Adrian, Mo, at 4 o'clock a. IN.
February Is. He was born in
Lexington, KY, in 1881.
Charles Christy, the oldtime
burnt cork minstrel, died in the
city hospital of Kansas City, Mis-.
souri,, Feb. Is, in his 6Sth year.
John Randolph Tucker, one of
Virginia's prominent sons, died
at Lexington, Va, on the 18th,
aged 70 years.
Peter Wallace, ID. d.. died at
his home III Chicago Oh February
81, of senile gongrene, aged 81
years. For over forty years DIR.
Wallace was one of the foremost
preachers in the Methodist Church
and was well known i'll Illinois,
and was n war veteran OF the
fighting class. He raised a COM
pany in 1861 in Sangamon coun.
ty, the Seventy-Third Regiment,
known as the preacher Regi-
ment," all of the officers from
Colonel down being preachers.
GENERAL ITEMS.
The deaths in Bombay for the
week ending February 10 were
1922. Deaths attributed to the
plague were S44, as compared with
547 for the previous week.
DIR. Koch announces from
South Africa that he has found an
antidote or prophylactic for rind.
erpest in cattle. 1t consists Of an
injection of serum into the veins,
which gives immunity within
fortnight. This, if confirmed,
will prove one of the greatest
boons to Africa.
The Spaniards captured the in
surgent town of SLANG, Philippine
Islands, by assault after lombard
ing it. Five hundred insurgents
were killed.
Fall of Bloody CITY.
A dispatch from Brass, on the
west coast of Africa, gives details
relative to the capture on Februa-
ry Is of Benin City by the British
expedition. There was an eight
hours running fight, and stub.
born resistance on the part of the
outlaws. Four whites, including
DIR. Fyfe, were killed and sixteen
wounded. The expedition found
Benin City reeking with human
blood. Many human beings had
been sacrificed and crucified by
the Fulahs. The troops destroy
ed the cruci6xion trees aud the
"iuiu houses"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

In connection with the news of
DR.. Steinitz's death, it will be re-
membered that chess club, which
had a short existence 10 Honolulu
about eight years ago, was called
after that famous exponent of the
game.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

GeneralHartwell plainly denied,
on his arrival at San Francisco,
that he was on either government
or cable business in his visit to
the United States. That ought to
settle it.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
Watches for So
For men and boys, and
Watches for $500

For those with a longer
purse and an inclination for
something out Of the ordinary.
We want to add you to our
list of pleased watch customers,
no matter how little or how
much you have to spend for the
purpose. We have the goods,
and our many years of expert
ence will be gladly given to aid
you in selecting one which will
be best for you.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02

Congress worked hard on Wash
ington's birthday-a very good
way of honoring the memory of a
great worker.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
To Let.

A Cottage suitable for a small IA.
mily At No. 80 Kinau street, near
Alapai. Apply on premises.
544-3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
Goods For
Every Day
In the YEAR

Are the kind of goods we
handle. Whilst the holidays
have made great gaps in some
lines, most of our lines will
still be found very COM
plete, notably that of Watches.
It takes a good many sales to
make an impression in our
stock, we carry so many. So.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-02
Mw!SA<>scl.,,..
Won Holt Block.
Firewood.

For sale by the load or large quaint,
ties. Apply to
FRED HARRISON,
New Campbell Building,
543.tf Fort Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14

sonic Temple on next Friday night that
will be az unique as Il will be pleasing
and instructive. Rev. J. T. Belts VIII de-
liver his famous illustrated lecture ana
Captain Frank Cunningham VIII present
splendid programme OF vocal ana IN
strumontai selections TO be rendered by
well-known local talent.
The entertainment is for a good cause
and will be well attended.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14
.MINhM4EM,;,,azzzly


They are showing the spring style In
Ladies Tailor Made Suits and Skirts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14

Rochester Central Labor Union mp
proved the proposed law Tor the restiic-
tlon OF immigration.