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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-06

Red Springs, there never has been sa-
loon in the place nor never can be until
the town charter is changed. This is not
likely to be done. whenever there is a
large gathering of people here on any oc-
casion it is particularly noticeable that
the best Of order prevails.
LUMBER INHERENT AND SAW
MILLS.
I am told that Buie Bros. started the
first saw-mill here in 1888. In 1854
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Moore is pastor Of the Baptist churches.
The Prestgterians are without q pastor
Just now, but viii have one soon. All
OF tie churches have large organized
Sunday schools.
There is not licensed bar-room in
Robson county. About five years ago
The county commissioners took the posi-
ton. that as the law required any one
who applied FOR license to retail whiskey
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This branch OF the Seminary work is
well patronized, and deservedly so.
Mrs. T. w. Costen (nee SeawelD is
the teacher Of Latin, History, etc. she
is a very practical and highly accom-
plished teacher, having much experience
and high endorsements. She took q
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ence that tAe Fayetteville EIes6y-
terry located Il liz Red Springs, Mr..
]}ankiD also raised The necessary
funds TO build and equip and it
was only through his push and energy
taat tie school was opened last fall. lit
viii De a sting monument to his mon-
ory. l-r. Rankin is now proaea'ns in
Lexington, Kentucky.
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management of Miss Maggie Rose, Of
Fayetteville. Miss Rose viii study art
in New York this summer.
Miss ATcFadyen, of Raeford, who has
many warm friends here, will study in
New York this summer to further perfect
her usefulness in the primary department.
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the entire year .....,...... 5000
Private Vocal Lessons under the
Principal, entire year ........ 1000
Private Vocal Lessons under the
Assistant, entire year ........ 5000
Use of Piano one hour daily, en-
tire year. ..+s.....+.. o.OV
Each hour additional, entire year. 300
Lessons in Harmony and Theory in
classes of four .............. 1000
Private lessons in Harmony and
Theory $500. ............. 4V.U0
SCHOOL OF ART.
Painting in oil ................S 5000
Painting in water color ....,... 5000
Painting on China -. ........ 5000
Drawing ...... ........ $500
But" some enc may say, these
prices are impossible, it can not be done
Yes. but it has been done, and the par
ents of the H. girls who attended the
Seminary the past year will tell you that
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owner and wealthiost man in the place
&. ~. Townsend, merchant and
owns considerable property
here and is wide awake business man.
AK HOEORED FORMER CITIZEN.
Rev S. H. Rankin, pastor Of the Pres
byteTian church at this place for four
wears, was The founder Of The Seminary
and it was wholly through his inliu-
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has gone to the front rank. Students
who desired work of the very first grade
soon filled the classes. and the annual
concert showed that the crown of success
rested upon the work of the year.
The excellent display in the art room
at the recent commencement proved the
efficiency Of that department under the
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For Baby's Sake

CT course you don't mean to have bow.
lepg d chi ID nol do you wait your little
hun some boy to walk with his ties t'lrne'
in or his knees splayed out or worse still
--knnrked now do you?
Why not staIt right? Its all in the shoe
YOU buy the baby. If the Shoes are
right ull is we'll. You will feel better
YOU know that they are RIGHT. See to
that YOU get them just rirht.
Several firms carry right shoes for ba
bies. We have no other kird OF shoes t"
sell. None for men, none for women;
none for children, but jnst the right shoes
for babies
Let papa, grandmother. nnrse or the
lady next ,ioor hold Precious under the
arms Re the pink tnes and pointed
heels firmly on big-en ugh piece OF stiff
paper, draw pencil mark around them
Inst as they are. Don't leave that little
hit of roor, but outline the feet exactly as
yon II d them, mind you, each of them
for t.ay ,re not alike: send us the piece OF
paper tell us y hether baby IS boy or
Girl anl so vi'l make pair Of shoes that
Won kn are j',st right Send dollar
bill With tll- ORDER. If the shoes are JUS
rislt Ae, p theu and we will keep IL
d ltur. # thcy arc not just right Sc
then, ,,, with new drawing and
another pir, or if y+u ask it you
dollar.
W,ne TO ns if yon want to know any
thint nbout babies. Information costs
nothing. We are women.
TIE BABY -UPrLY co.,
Wilke, Barre. Pa.
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ends . shrill, piercing quality to tho

tone.
But it is not 30 much the material az
the shape and size Of the bell which
determines its tone. The Chinese make
barrel shaped bells, but bellmakers Of
most other countries follow approx
mately the rule observed by the German
bell founders. According to this rule the
thickness Of the sound bow, where the
clapper strikes the bell. which is the
thickest part, shall be taken as unit.
Then the height would be IL times this,
the diameter of the mouth Is and the
diameter of the top just half as much.
Thus if the bell were to be a foot
thick, at the sound bow it would be IL
feet in height, 10 feet across the mouth
and 71a feet through the top. A SYM
metrical clapper would be one-fortieth
the weight Of the whole bell.
OF course these proportions are not
strictly adhered to, for each individual
bell founder has his own idea as to how
they should be modified. These he
guards with as much secrecy as does
the designer of racing yacht his mod
el. Having determined upon the dimen-
sions, full sized section is drawn on
paper, and from this half section board
molds are made whose edges represent
the contour of the outer and inner sur
faces.
All big bells are cast in pits dug in
the floor of the foundry. In the center
of the pit pile of brickwork is built
up, space being left in this for fire to
be built. Over the bricks is laid fire
clay until the inside mold, swung Oh a
pivot from the top, shows that it just
represents the inside of the bell. This
is the core After it's surface has been
smoothed and prepared fire is lighted
inside the brickwork and the clay hard
encd
The cope, the other half Of the mold,
is prepared by lining shell Of iron
sheeting with fire clay nodded SO that
its inside surface corresponds to the out
side of the bell. The cope is next low.
cred into the pit SO that the space be-
tween it and the core is just the size of
the bell to be cast. Now the earth is
packed tightly around the exterior OF
che cope and the pit completely filled,
an opening having been left, Of course,
through which the molten alloy can be
run.
The metal for big bells is never cast
in one big furnace but in several small
ones, and the copper and tin are melted
separately because nothing would be
left of the latter if it should be subjected
to the intense heat of the copper cruel
bles. "Soup" is the term the founders
apply to the bell metal, and it requires
nice Judgment to know when the soup
is ready for the casting. Little chan
nels Of clay are laid along the floor, and
through these the golden stream finds
its way into the mold Bell casting used
to be a perilous business, as the mold
sometimes burst and scattered liquid
death far and wide. Nowadays such ac-
cidents are avoided by the use Of the
sheet iron covering over the cope, but
even with this precaution an explosion
is possible
About the ringing Of big bells a great
deal of poor verse and some really beau
tiful poetry has been written, but so far
as know the Only poet who has sung
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acres Of tho best black soil in Illinois.
At first the rattle promised to be hugo
success, but the sale Of tickets was sud
denly stopped by the Coles county grand
jury, which indicted John Fl. Guilfoil
and M. G. Nixon, who were managing
the affair
Both of these men went into hiding,
but the scheme was not killed The
drawing took place secretly at Terre
Haute. At the final moment 25 tickets
still remained unsold, and these were
put in the wheel for the benefit of the
order One Of these tickets drew the
tapital prize. Many complications fol-
lowed, and at length Guilfoil was made
trustee of the land.
In 1889 the brotherhood officials de-
cided to take possession of the land and
establish the home but GuilfCil refused
to give it up. Then suit was begun
which was twice carried to the supreme
court. Finally Guilfoil was ousted and
the land ordered sold-at auction. 1t was
at this sale that Chief Arthur made the
purchase, and the buildings for the home
will soon be erected.
Read The SUNDAY Sun.
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ANOTHER Ell DORADO.
THE LATEST RUSH OF THE GOLD
SEEKERS is TO WYOMING.

The New Diggings at Purgatory Gulch
Are Said to Be Of the Bonanza Order.
Some Monster Nuggets The Region
Difficult Of Access.
The gold fever seems to have become
epidemic. 1t has almost come to such
pass that it is considered an off day
when some new goldfeld is not discov-
cred which "rivals the Klondike. "
Even staid old New England has gone
into the Ell Dorado business for, lacking
facilities for placer mining, some enter.
prising citizens of Connecticut have dug
up the old theory of the possibility of
extracting gold from sea water, and
they actually claim to have their appa.
ratus for accomplishing this long sought
end in practical operation. The public
seems to have lost much of its old time
distrust Of gold strike yarns, but as yet
there has been no rush to stake out
claims along the Atlantic seacoast
In southern Wyoming, however, a
discovery has been made which is re-
ceiving much serious attention. Incl
dentally it is causing no little excite
ment A white quartz bowlder, not
much larger than an ordinary wagon
wheel. is the center of interest. It is
what miners term surface float" for
when first found it showed traces OF
gold. Upon closer examination this
mass of flinty rock was found to be hon
eycombed with the precious yellow met
al, and it is stated that the rock holds
no less than $24, 5S4 worth of pure
gold Just how the able boomers Of the
Wyoming Golconda have ascertained the
exact value Of this monster nugget do
not know, but exact mathematical in
formation never seems to be wanting
concerning new goldfelds no matter how
recent their discovery.
This golden bowlder was found in
Purgatory gulch, name, by the way,
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pickers, ETC., of italian nativity, is a
woman. She is Mrs. Annie Carlo. Along
Pacific avenue she isknown as "queen
of the Italians" She is young wom-
an, not over 20, and strikingly hand
some. She came from Naples with many
Of her relatives about l2 years ago, and
since then she has been industriously
gathering property and looking after
the needs Of her countrymen. She is a
natural leader and born business wo-
man. Just how she happens to have SO
much influence over her people she ex-
planned in an interview:
"a -ah, yes they call me queen Of
Italians" she said. II know them all
here on Pacific avenue-North Side
West Side-everywhere. They come to
me, morning, night, all times. Today I
go with man who buy fruit stand. I see
he is not cheated. l sign leases; I tell
him what to do. Tomorrow go to
court. Some Italian man fights. I sign
bond and be his lawyer. The judge, the
bailiff ff-the-the-th clerk-they all
know me. l rent houses-five-six-
seven here on Pacific avenue. l am
what you call-agent for Mrs. Bagley's
tenements. keep grocery; keep sa-
loon. l never in saloon-no, that not
place for me. Ibusy-busy all tho time.
l get up some time o'clock. go to
bed at la. Always SO much to do. The
people come. I get them work. I go
with girls to candy factories. I find
them places. I get men work; I know
the bosses. Hundreds men I get work
for. When man loses job, he comes to
me- find place for him."
"And do they pay you for that?" was
asked.
"No, no. Only sometimes. not
want pay. I glad always to help my
people,"
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known, is a passport to swell society
anywhere in southern China. She is OF
equal official rank with her husband
and may at any time enter or leave
room with him instead of following
meelSly behind.
AS the right to wear special decora.
tions and forms Of apparel goes with all
degrees of Chinese rank and as Mrs.
WI is an oriental blue blood of ancient
lineage there is nothing quiet about her
costume when she is dressed For state
occasions. Perhaps the most striking
thing about her court gown is the eagle
emblazoned with golden threads on her
breast. The tunic of purple and black
affords magnificent background for
embroideries of extreme richness and
brilliancy. The petticoat, which is one
of the prettiest parts Of Chinese lady's
dress, hangs about foot below the up
per robe and is of bright reds and blues
with golden panels.
The peculiar headgear which Mrs.
WI wears is unlike any conception of
the milliner's art with which we are
familiar. It is turban consisting Of
simple band of black silk, with single
but splendid jewel in front and clus-
ter Of small flowers at each ear. The
manner in which Mrs. WI wears her
hair does not indicate that it is merely
the Chinese fashion Of the day. 1t de-
notes tho province from which she
came, for in each province there is a
special coiffure which has been adopted
for all time and which is never varied.
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er, but in tho United States there are
bellmakers who can make just as big
and just as good bells as anybody. In fact
tho largest bell on this continent was
cast only year ago in Cincinnati, and
in Baltimore is the McShane bell foun-
dry, where bells Of great size are made
for churches all over the world.
Possibly it was due to the unique
character Of the industry, but my first
visit to big bell foundry left lasting
and vivid impression on my mind. The
exterior was prosaic enough, with its
bare brick walls and infrequent, smoky,
dingy windows The first glimpse Of
the interior was uninteresting too. But
when after passing through the big
and comfortable Offices and the barren
pattern room l stepped into the great
room where the monarchs Of sound real
ly come into being l realized that it
was no ordinary workshop. Over in one
corner the dim daylight was streaked
with flashes Of gorgeous color and grimy
men worked about blazing pots. 1t
reminded me Of ono of the scenes from
Irving's "Faust st'-that one in which
Mephistopheles takes the wicked doctor
on little underground scouting trip.
But there was really nothing super
natural about either the pots or the men.
The latter wcre the bellmakers and the
blazing pots were tho cruc;bles in which
the bell metal was being prepared.
There is certain fascination about an
iron furnace, and there is no denying
that stream of molten metal has sort
of savage, terrifying beauty all it's own,
but boiling copper has far greater
charms When crucible lid was lifted,
a flood of rainbow tinted light strcamed
up into the semidarkness. Orange, vic.
let, rose pink and bright green of the
most delicate and vivid hues danced
above the hubbling metal. 1t was dis
tinctly weird and impressively beauti-
full.
In spite of frequent denials the popu-
lar notion still survives that more CT
less silver is used in making bell metal.
AS a matter of fact copper and tin are
put into the metal pots when bell is
to be made the alloy being arranged ac-
cording to the ideas of the particular
smelling master who has charge OF the
work. -Four parts Of copper to one OF tin
is an average ratio, and, although this
is modified in hundred ways, the pro-
portions are never radically changed.
Small quantities of silver are, it is true,
sometimes used, but only as a matter OF
sentiment when contributed by individ-
uals or societies interested in the bell.
The bell founders themselves never buy
any silver for such purpose and they
are amazed at the dense ignorance dis
played by people whose first question
The sun., 1897-11-28
MISS LEILA M'KEE.

tional heights to which typical Ken
tucly girl may rise is the career of Miss
Leila Mckee, tho famous president Of
the Western College For Women at Ok
ford, O. Born and reared i'll the blue
grass region, Miss Mckee isa thorough
southorner, but at the same time she
has gained for herself place among
the foremost educators OF the day.
Her father, the Rev. John L. Mckee
of Danville, was for 25 years vice presi-
dent of Center college, Danville, from
which institution he resigned last June,
being made vice president emeritus.
Miss Mckee went from private schools
to Caldwell college and in 1877 was
graduated from what was then the
Western Female seminary at Oxford, o.
BY special consent of the faculty she
then entered Center college, being the
first woman student to do SO. She took
the complete course and was graduated
with honors, receiving a classical de-
gree Next she entered Wellesley, from
which she received a bachelors degree
in 1856. In the same year Center col
lege conferred upon her the degree Of
A. M. and that of Ph. D. in 1892.
For time Miss Mckee occupied the
chair of Greek literature and philosophy
in Caldwell college, and in 1888 she
was called to the presidency Of the
Western Female seminary. That posi-
tion she has held ever since. During her
administration the seminary has become
q college. 1t has been no mere nominal
change, but under her skillful and en-
terprising direction the curriculum has
been broadened to the full dignity OF
college course and classical degrees are
now conferred.
The sun., 1897-11-28
ENGINEERS HOME.
Probable Contamination Of the Long De-
layed Project at Mattoon, Ills.

Probable Contamination Of the Long De-
layed Project at Mattoon, Ills.
After much patient effort and the
overcoming of many obstacles scheme
which was projected more than IA years
ago to provide home for the dependent
widows and orphans of deceased menu
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers is to be carried into execution.
Acting in his official capacity, President
F. NJ. Arthur of the brotherhood bought
the other day for this purpose tract of
land at Mattoon, HIS, known rs Meadow
Lawn farm. The purchase was made at
public sale. and the price paid was Sl7,-
$50.
This puts an end to a sQuabhle which
has been going on in the courts for
year,. In 1888 scheme which was des-
ignated as "a grand gift concern was
planned for the purpose Of raising money
for the projected home 1t was really
gigantic rattle in which tracts of land
were the prizes. The capital prize was
Meadow Lawn farm, consisting OF 256
The sun., 1897-11-28

DIAGRAM OF wyOMING's NEW GOLDFtELDs
to delight the soul Of Bret Harte. Pur-
gatory gulch, it might be we'll to men
tion, is in the very heart Of the Sierra
Madre mountains, and through it runs
Grand Encampment river, tributary
of the Platte. Like most goldfields, this
brand new Wyoming camp is almost in
accessible. The gulch is go miles from
the nearest railroad and is shut in fran
civilization by mountain barriers for
100 miles to the south, east and west,
leaving tho only entrance from the
north, whence it may be approached
from any one Of half dozen stations
along the Union Pacific.
Since the big find miners have been
swarming into the vicinity from all
parts of the west and excitement is at
fever heat. The customary mining ex-
perts have bobbed up and have enthusi-
astically declared that the surface indi.
cations are richer than those Of Lead
vile or Cripple Greek. Quartz showing
gold can be picked up all along the cam
yon and from these pieces Of float some
wonderfully alluring assays have been
made.
What the prospcctors pin their hopes
to is the chance Of finding the "mother
lode," or original vein, from which
these pieces have been washed as out
groupings. Four miles southwest Of the
new town of Grand Encampment which
has sprung up in the gulch is a noun
tain generously sprinliled with this
golden float. The prospectors have al
ready named it the Mountain Of Gold,
and each and every one of them firmly
believes that somewhere in the solid
breast of that mount runs streak of
ore in which are tons of pure gold.
All sorts of fascinating stories are
being told about the Mountain of Gold.
Here is a sample: "Pieces Of float no
larger than hens eggs have been found
to contain from so cents to 81 worth Of
free gold and chosen chunks have assayed
as high as $1,000 ton." When it is
considered that ore which yields $50 to
the ton, about the value of rock taken
from the famous Portland mine at Grip
pie Creek, is considered rich, it will be
seen that this is good story to tell.
The mopntaiN is traversed by nine
great parallel dikes of heavily mineral
lied quartz. These dikes are all tech
nically described as "cropping' and
stand out as plainly as the rows i'll a
corntield. They are separated from
each other by qualtzite and mica schist,
and the miners believe that in the bowels
Of the mountain they converge and form
one great body of ore. 1t is said that
great dikes of white quartz rise often
four and five feet above the ground,
and their surface shows particles Of free
gold even to the naked eye.
These conditions are unusual in
quartz mining, and even the alleged ex-
perts who are on the spot admit that
they are unable to make an intelligent
estimate as to the character or value Of
the hidden rock. Thus far the deepsat
shaft sunk in the canyon is down only
20 feet, and the vein has widened from
inches toss feet. The reported assay
is 81, 32l. l8 a ton, and if this is SO the
richest mine in the world is not in the
Yukon region, but in southern Wyo-
ming. G. T.. BANTER
S,,l,e,r;b, Gov rC,,y Suv
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The sun., 1897-11-28
BOUND FOR THE BELFRY.

the song of the bell founder was Schiller.
Every German schoolboy is supposed tc
be able to repeat the whole of "Die
Glocke.' 1t is rather a long poem in
which he goes into the details Of the
work.
Whether or not they all really do
learn it don't know. If they do, they
should be a nation Of bellmakers, for
nothing seems to be omitted. Schiller
evidently recognized the danger of the
critical point in the operation, for he
writes:
Let the casting be begunl
Traced already is the breach.
Yet before we let it run
Heavens protecting aid bescech.
Let the plug now fly!
May Gods help be nigh!
In the mold all smoking rush.
Fire blown pillows with fierce gush.
Bells of large size must be left to cool
for several days in the mold, the larger
the bell, the longer the time. But at
last the earth is shoveled out of the
pit the iron shell of the cope removed
and the clay skin Of the mold broken.
By means of Il ponderous crane the great
bell is lifted out of the pit. 1t is then
smoothed and polished and hung i'll the
tuning room. II it is Part of chime,
its tono must not only be pure, but OF
such pitch as to harmonize with the
rest. So accurately do bell founders
know Just what dimensions will produce
a certain tone that sometimes set OF a
dozen bells come from the molds each
with tho exact tone needed. These are
called "maiden chimes" and are consid-
cred of much more value than those
whose tone must be altered by chipping
and planning.
AS to the technical terms used in de-
scrib1ng tho various parts Of bell, the
sharp edge Of the open mouth is known
US the rim; the spreading part above,
where the clapper strikes, the "sound
bow" the narrowest part, still higher
up, the "waist;" the sudden bend at
the top, the shoulder, and the han
dies, tho "canons.
About the various ways Of ringing
bells, about change ringing and the
playing Of "bob majors" and triple
bob Gators" and the like, there is much
that is interesting; but, as Kipling says,
"shat's another story"
SEwELL FORD.