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The Washington bee., 1897-02-13
ADVANTAGE
B A | L E US
IMPROVED TRUSS,

Il adjusts itself so perfectly TO the mn.
ture that il is impossible for il 10 b..
come displaced.
II permits the utmost freedom Of no
tion with perfect safety.
All uncomfortable aad injurious stee,
spring pressure rs avoided.
The pad is held in place by woven
bands, which retain an equal pYes-
sure in all positions Of the body.
II can be worn in bed, a great des,d-
eratum to the young as tending to
perfect cure.
II is the only suitable truss for chill
dren and females.
The proper amount of pressure can be
brought to bear and maintained ip
ans position without pinchinR o.
harm to the weaFeT.
Il will cure hernia if placed on the pa.
tient sufficiently early.
Excepting umbilical, Il Is the bSsl
truss ever offered for all kinds Of
hernia.
1t is SO perfect and comfortable in its
adjustment that the patient in q
short time forgets he is wearing il.
(See the certificate Of Mr. Daniel
Johnson.)
Sent postage paid to any address on
receipt of price; s. for single and s.
for double truss.
In ordering, give location Of hernia.
right or left side, and measurement.
Satisfaction given or money refunded
when the truss is returned in good
order. Address
l.. &. f>aiIey.
Room Is, 500 F ST., n. W.
or 1921 NJ St., n. W. Wash. DC
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.

On Monday, October 4th, 1897, at thu
Court House door in Raleigh, ~ c.,
will sell at public cutlery those tracts OF
and in Wake County, about two mile,
southwark Of Raleigh on The HollemaI
road and adjoining the Lands of W. q
Wilder, Mrs. Roe Ella HoIleman, IL
North Carolina Railroad Company Ano
theirs and described in the deed of trusl
ereinafter mentioned, az follows:
First. tract of 1871 three hundred
IL five acres. more or less. .ying on the
HOlleman Road about 21a miles South
Raleigh, adjoining the lands Of W. n
Ioiieman, NJ. A. Bllds0e and others anc
known as the Nixon tract, formerl!
wned by George T. Cooke: it being th
and conveyed to said George T. Cook.
by e. A. Nixon and others by deed re
corded in Book No. 81 at page 100 OF
the Register of Deeds office OF WAX.
County, reference to which deed as re-
corded is hereby made for a more POI
ticuar and detailed description of saic
land.
Second, tract Of lagd in said Counr
and State, containing cue hundred am
thirteen nacres 013). mo. or less. KNOW
the O'ROurke tract, formerly owue'
by said George 7. Cooke, il being tn,
land conveyed to said { )rge T Cook
~ Martha e. StrOnach and her husband
b deed recorded In Book No 80 =
age 2S1 of the Register of Deeds offic
of Wake County, reference to whicl
deed as recorded and { the deco from
satchelor and Battle. Commissioner. T.
aid Martha e. Stronach ftr sid land
recorded In Book No. 80 at page ~ a.
id Registers office is hereby made To-
more particular and detailed descrip
ion Of said land. Both of said tracts o.
land were conveyed to said Martha z
stronach by Mary " d. Cooke, Commits
Toner, by deed bearing even date here
with"
Excepting, nevertheless, that part o.
he aforesaid lands vhich was conveye,
to W. B. Wilder, ESQ.,, by said Marth,
Stronach by deed registered In Bool
No. 120 at pages AL and 442 Of sal,
Re- =:er's office of Wake County, th.
part conveyed to said W. r. Wilder y,
aid deed contains l45 acres. leaving %:
cres which will be sold at the time ant
place above stated.
Said lands will be sold In parcels.
Sale made by virtue OF powers cor
rred upon me by a deed OF crust regis
tered l. Book No. 107 at page 59S Of m.
Register of Deeds office of Wax.
County.
Terms of sale Cash. Hour of sale /:
N. Crops on the land not anld.
8. r. MORDECAI. Trusree
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
THE CHRlST-LIKE SPIRIT.

A special from Vicksburg, Miss, to the
Baltimore Sun says:
"The State Board Of Health tried
to prevent Father Prendergast, a
Catholic priest Of Vickshurg. who has
never had the fever, from going to
Edwards. but he considered it his
duty and the board gave way"
As long MS ministers of the gospel show
such love for suffering mankind az to be
willing to lay down their lives for them
the Christian religion will retain its hold
upon the world One priest m;nistering
TO q yellow fever patient confounds all
the argument of skept:cs who always run
away from disease and who have nothing
of the love that constrains the Christian
minister.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
NEW ORLEANS SHAKY.
Continued from First page.)

inspect the plant and the cottages of
employees and to at once put sanitary
measures into effect.
Fifty eight people slept at Fontaine-
bleau, the Federal detention camp, last
night. To-day additional refugees ar.
rived there from Mobile. Tomorrow the
camp will he prepared to receive $50
additional guests and by Thursday the
surgeons in charge say they will have
room and accommodations for 800 p9o-
pie, besides those already quartered
there. The Louisville and Nashville
Railroad is providing free transportation
for all who wish to go to the camp. To
day j. ii. White, a newspaper CORE
spondent, was taken i'll at Fontainebleau,
and was removed to an isolated point
where the hospital is located, one mile
from FontairlsbleauA There were no
new cases at Ocean Springs up to even
ing and several of the old patients are
discharged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

Philadelphia, Pa. Sept 20.-Philadcl-
phia defeated Washington today in an in
teresting game. Taylor pitched superb
ball. McJames was effective when men
were on bases. but gave eight passes.
Fourteen of the local players were left
on bases. Attendance. 1.349 Score:
Philadelphia, 0200000x-2 8 0
Washington, O0OOOO0O1- 1 6 l
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Boyle; McJames
and Farrell. Umpire-Emslie. Time
1:45.
New York, Sept. 20.-The New Yorks
took the first game Of the closing series
from the champions today because they
were able to hit the ball when men were
on bases. Both pitchers were hit hard,
hut Rusie had little the better of it.
Rusie won the game by making a hit and
bringing in Gleason. The game was called
on account of darkness. Kelly disputed a
decision in the first inning and Hurst put
him out of the game. Attendance, 2,400
Score:
New York, 21 700 | 10 IS 4
Baltimore, 005 20002- 8 II
Batteries-Rusie and Warner; Corhett
and Robinson. Umpires-Hurst and Car
penter. Time-2:35.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
MOBILES SPIRITS RISING.

Rain. Autumn Weather, one new Case,
No Suspicious Cases, no Deaths.
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 2O.-Sunday after
noon the hot spell was broken by n
delightful rain which served also to
wash out the cutters and improve the
citys sanitary condition. The tempera-
ture continued to fall during the night
and this morning real autumn weather
was experienced The spirits of the
people rose rapidly. At noon the peo-
Pile were almost jubilant over the health
report. Large crowds gathered in front
of the newspaper offices to hear the re-
ports for the twetyfour hours past.
Saturday there were eleven new cases,
and Yesterday as many more, so that
the public expected at least Il score of
new cases to be announced to-day, but
the Board of Health report was publish
ed as follows:
lone new case; no suspicious cases;
no deaths. The new patient is J. e.
Bolton, living in the infected district,
on Texas street"
A prominent member of the Board
said to-day that he regarded the meas
ures taken by the authorities as highly
effective in surrounding and stamping
the disease would be subdued and traf-
fic and travel resumed before the middle
of next month.
The total number Of deaths has been
three, one man who had been on II
spree, another of brick-layer in such
bad health that he had not been regu-
lar in his work for a month, and the
third of newsboy, up at all hours, ex-
posed to every change of the weather
| The other patients are all reported to-
! day as in good condition and the presi-
dent Of the Board of Health congratu-
lates the people upon the improvement
| of the situation.
The Gulf steamer Wilstein, from
Bocas. is detained below, although she
is reported as not having been exposed
to infection, but there have been one
or two cases at Bocas and the vessel
has been refused permission to come to
the city until disinfected at Mobile Bay
quarantine. This means that the cargo
must be thrown overheard and be q
total loss.
The report that there was yellow fe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
DIR. HOLTS CASES.
Only One Critically 1.-two Private
Schools Refuse to Close.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 20.-Miss
May Chinn died at Biloxi this afternoon.
All mails are now being sent from the
infected districts with as much regularity
as possible with the reduced railroad ia
cilities.
DR.. Holt reported to the Board of
Healt htoday that all his cases were
traceable to Ocean Springs. One of them
contracted the fever through a letter
written by woman in room where her
child was sick at that time. The letter APP
parently had not been disinfected. Only
one of DR.. Hollis patients is dangerously
ill-Clinton S. Dixon. This evening the
Board Of Health ordered all the houses
occupied by DIR. Hollis patients to be fu-
migated. The public circulating library in
New Orleans was closed today at the
of the Board of Health. Two
private schools that have refused to close
in accordance with the suggestion of the
Board of Health will be proceeded
against legally.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

When young couple runs away to get
married half the world says: How
Romantic!" the other half says: "How
silly!" But you can't tell either way
until the honeymoon " is over. When
this young couple get settled down to the
regular hunl-drum of life, they'll manage
all right and find solid happiness in any
case, if they have good hearts and sound
health. All depends on that.
It's wonderful how much health has to
do with married happiness. Sickness af-
fects the temper. You can't be happy
nor make others happy if you're ailing.
When you find yourself irritable, easily
worried, beginning to rundown" it's
because your blood is getting poor. You
need richer blood and more of it. Your
blood-nlaking organs need to be vitalized
by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. 1t imparts new power to produce
an abundance of the healthy, red corpus
cles, and gives you a fresh supply of
pure, rich blood. It's blood-creator !;
it is for everyone whose blood is impure
or in poor, " rundown" condition. II
prevents the germs of disease from get
ting hold on your system. Even after
disease is settled on you, it is driven out
by the blood-creating properties of the
Discovery" 1t is a perfect cure for
general and nervous debility, catarrh,
malaria, eczema, erysipelas, scrofula and
every form of blood disease. 1t isn't
called consunption-cure but even con-
sumption, - which has its roots in the
blood-is driven out by the "Golden
Medical Discovery" if taken in time.
The Discovery" is the prescription
of one of the most eminent physicians
and medical writers in this country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
REFUGEES FROM MOBILE.

1000 Flee to st. Louis Including EN-
ployes of Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 20.--1w spe-
cal trains, which left Mobile A,a., to-
day, are expected to reach here tn sday
morning. On the trains are the clerks
and other employees to the general of
fees of the Mobile and Ohio railroad
Mt Mobile, with their wives and families.
The employees number about 200 and
they, with their families, make total
of 1000 persons who will remain helc
until the frost kills the yellow cevej
germs in the South. Temporary head.
quarters of the road have been opened
up here by acting president Russell, and
General Auditor Taylor, who have been
in the city severaly days.
COLLECTORS MOVE FURTHER.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 20.-The
War Department has authorized the col
lector of custome at Mobile to use the
government reservation at the mouth or
the harbor there during the prevalence
of yellow fever.
General Wilson, chief of engineers.
has authorized Major Willard. the
United States engineer officer at V:cks-
burg. to transfer his office temporarily to
st. Louis.
LETTING UP AT CAIRO.
Cairo, ILL.,, Sept. 20-There have
been no further cases of yellow fever in
this district The two cases in the Marine
Hospital pronounced yellow fever in a
mild form by DR.. Guiteras and the hos
pital surgeon are improving, and one of
them is convalescent. A strict quarantine
is in force around the hospital. Expert
enced physicians of the epidemic of 1873
deny that these cases are yellow fever
and pronounce them malarial fever, such
as prevail every season among men work
ing in swamps and along the river. The
State Board Of Health, with inspectors
stationed at Cairo, has decided to quar-
antine against East Cairo and all South
ern points.
"a CASES AT EDWARDS.
Edwards, Miss, Sept 20.-New cases
since last report: DR.. Wallace Champion.
John Guy, Frank Angelo, Mrs. DIR. RAFT
Eff, Ernest Birdson, Mrs. Emery, Mrs.
Frank White, Jesse Sharp, colored, Mary
Leonard, colored, Cynda Garrett c0lored.
Louis Thompson, cOlOred Total number
yellow fever cases registered "a. Every
thing IS moving along smoothly and every
one working harmOniouSly together. The
quarantine is as strict and effective as is
possible to make it. DR.. Purnell IS in
charge. DR.. Waldauer Of Vicksfurg; DR..
McCallum, Dr. Rattliff and DIR Pool,
local physicians, deserve especial praise
for their unt:ring zeal. Or. Waldauer is
fumigating infected residences and dis
'rihrting diSinfectants where most
needed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

yer at the bay quarantine is not true.
The British bark Belvidere put in Sat
ruday from Santos with suspicious
case of fever on board. The vessel was
at once ordered to the government quar-
antina station at Ship Island.
Tonight there is one new case, in adj
d.tiCn to that announced at noon-Mrs.
VIM. c. Carroll.
Report was received here to-day that
there were accommodation at the Mount
Vernon detention camp for eight hun
dred people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

II, estimate for this years corn crop
j.. y 400 600 tnlu bushels. The States pro-
Iuc,,r RE largest c"ru crops. with I'll"
are ns follows:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

IN. News and Observers telephones:
Editorial Rooms. -. .....'''' oo
BHainass Office -. .......'' 'A-'
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Whether ar not this years corn crop
rcnchrs the figures given out III the
r,r,,,,iur estimate. il * certain that
during the past few years the size Of the
American crop has steadily Increased.
In 1870 the crop prndnc"d in the United
States aggregated only Iil.Wll.ot0 bush
els. In 1850 however. IL r"ncllcd the
enormous yield of l.I5l.oOD.m bushels.
and # this rate of increase continues the
estimated crop for the present year may
yet he realized. In extent the corn crop
this year embraces S3tH0.0tM acres.
In North Carolina the seasons hnv, not
h+r'n favorable and in many sections Of
the State the corn crop is short.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

Entered at the postuthce at Raleigh
r.. G.. As secUud-clsss waiter.
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EOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
Per year -. 81
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Alwuys payable strictly in advance
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TUESDAY, September q, 1897.
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The News @ Observer

Ou1ce: News anu Observer pui"'nH
DAyetteyIlie street.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-27
WILL LIVE ON THE RAIL.
Lillian Russell About to Purchnse
Mrs. LnnEtry,a Car.


The New York Journal says: Lilliar
Russell has nearly concluded arrange.
nlents with y. II. Hummell, represent.
ing Mrs. Lilly Langtry, for the purchase
of the palace car La Lee, built by the
Pullman company in 1889, and presented
to Mrs. Langtry by the late George
Abingdon Baird. The car was said tc
have cost Baird more than 100000. y
short time after he had presented Ii
Lee to the Jersey Lily they had g
falling out, and in 1893 Baird, while al
the ringside during the fight between
Mitchell and Corbett, caught cold thai
resulted in his death three weeks later
MRS. Langtry made one tour of the coun.
try after this, but it proved disastrous
and when she returned to England she
left the car and five thoroughbred
horses in Mr.. HummelIs charge to dis
pose of.
The price fixed upon was $50, 900. Miss
Russell has already offered s25, 900. She
recently disposed of her house at No
31S West Seventy-second street for $685..
500, and it is her intention to live next
year on the car, which will be rechris
tened the Lillian. Last year Mr.. Hum.
nell leased the car to Hermann, the
magician.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-27
SCOTCH RIDGE.

We are sorry to lose our sleighing,
which was preferable to the mud which
we are now having.
Uncle John Muir, who has been con-
fined to his bed for a number of months
with Brights disease, is very low.
The funeral sermon of Mrs. Deborah
Austin, who died Jan. 10, was delivered
by Rev. Smith at Luckey Sunday.
Mr., Chas. Peak, of Ccylon, o., was
visiting j. D. Muir's folks last Satur-
day and Sunday.
Jim Banks, who left his wife and six
children, the youngest eight months
old, twenty-one years ago, came back
to visit them u few days ago. Mrs.
Banks never heard OF him only once
during his absence. Well does the
older inhabitants remember when he
went away with his one horse aud buggy.
He was traced as far as Perrysburg aud
there all was lost. Mrs. Banks with IN
defagibIo perseverance raised mort
gage from the farm, reared her six
children all of whom are married except
one, and gained for herself Il lovely
home. Jim never assigned any rea-
son for leaving his wife and family in
almost destitute circumstances. While
we are glad to know that Jim is alive
and we'll, yet we have greater respect
Ior Mrs Banks VINO toiled early and
late for herself and little ones these
twenty-one long years.
JaL4ee MUIR, vi Pemberville. was up
to sec his father one DAY last week.
Doc" Sneucer, of Lemoyue, was
around g Ii ig farm implements among
the farmers Saturday.
Fred Bushdyser, of Toledo, was here
to visit his parents few days ago.
Mr.. Mason who has been quite i'll, is
+ BILE to be up again. H..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-27
CONFESS UNDER TORTURE.
Two Men After Being Buried Up to
Their Heads Admit Gusft.

Two Men After Being Buried Up to
Their Heads Admit GuStt.
A curious story comes fronfsVcbb, in
Tallahatchie county, Miss, of the burial
alive of two suspected men 10 make
them confess to arson and robbery.
Several days ago the house of Earl
Countess was burned By incendiaries.
The inmates had evidently been sub
jected to chloroform, for they had
marrow escape with their lives. An old
trunk which contained the treasures
of the family was the first thing carried
out. 1t was discovered that it had been
Hpened and $500 which was contained
uaerc:n hal been stolen, together with
4wo gold watches and a quantity of fam
ly jewelry. Two men who We're sus-
1ectcd of the crime were run down.
N order 10 force them to confess big
grave was dug. the men placed in it
Gnd the dirt thrown over their bodies,
leaving their heads exposed. Under this
ordeal one 0f them confessed and told
the whole story. The men were 5hen
taken up and carried to the county
Jail, where they are now held on the
charge of incendiarism, which is capi-
tai otfense in that state,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-27
G. III. a ID. Thousand Miie Tickets
Only $50.

Are good on the following railroads:
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago;
Michigan Central het Toledo and De-
troit; Terre Haute 81 Indianapolis;
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville; Indiana,
Decatur & Western; N. Y, P 6 o.
Div. Erie; Dayton & Union; Findlay,
Ft. Wayne g. Western; n. y. G. 81. l.:
T. ST. l.. & Il. c.; Is. & o. west of
Pittsburg aud Benwood and between
Indianapolis and Washington. ID. G. via
Cincinnati and Parkersburg, for con-
tinuous passage; B. & o. Southwestern;
Cleveland Terminal " Valley; Pitts
burg & Westerns G. Ii. Y, 81 Z; Cleye-
land Lorraine & Wheeling; Chicago g.
Southeastern; w. & l.. E; Columbus,
Sandusky g. Hocking; Pittsburg, Shen-
ango s. Lake Erie; G. j. & M; o, @.
lines; Cleveland, Canton az Southern;
Ohio Southern; Lima Northern; Evans
vile & Terre Haute; and will be ac-
cepted in payment for excess baggage,
also for seats in the @. III. & d. paror
cars, and for bridge tolls into st. Louis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-27
NEW YORK oAApples MENAoEr.

Hnbcrdnshcrs Follow Example of
TniIorS and stop Credit.
There is Consideration in the ranks
Of the young men about town who have
been dressing we'll on little money.
Some time ago the fashionable tailors OF
New York banded together and deter
mined to put q check to an evil that
threatened to bankrupt them oil. Thus
was inaugurated the sale OF bad tail
oring bills and the blacltlisting of the
young bloods who made practice of
not paying for their clothing.
The other afternoon there spread an
awful rumor in upper broadway. Ii
was that the principal haberdashers had
followed in the steps OF the tailors and
organized for mutual protection. The
Haberdashers' Mutual Protective union
is n fixture. Hence the despair among
the chappies. If they expect to sport
fine things In the haberdashery line they
must produce the wherewithal here.
after, or at least show an inclination
to pay at times, for the dealers are
thoroughly in earnest in the movement,
At recent conference of the haber>
dashers II comparison of bad debts was
made, and it developed that there was
100000 of these obligations outstand.
ing. Moreover, the same names ap
peared on the books of nearly all the
dealers. So il was determined to put
a stop to the bad debtor list.
The haberdashers' organization in.
cludes at the present time fully so OF
The most fashionable dealers in mems
apparel in Broadway and downtown
The movement is yet in It's infancy
but matters will be pushed, and it Is
proposed to sell the haberdashery bilh
as the tailor bills are sold-by public
auction.
IF the hatters and shoemakers in.
augurate reform in the matter of col.
lecting bills the life of the average
chappy is full of startling possibili.
ties.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-27
NEW INDUSTRY FOR JOLIET.
McIGennn Steel Working Company
TO Employ = Large Force.

McKennn Steel Working Compnn5
TO Employ = Large Force.
The AlcKenna Steel Working com
Pany, new industry, promised few
days ago for Joliet, was made an as
surcd thing at a meeting just held il
Joliet between W. McKenna and other
representatives of the company. 1t was
authoritatively announced that the con,
tract for an $4,000 building had beer
let to Philadelphia concern. The
structure is to be completed in May
The company already has orders or
hand insuring steady work for at least
six months, and will start with force
of over zoo men.
Tho purpose of this industry is the re
newing of old steel rails under process.
invented and patented by William Nc
Kenna. 1t is secret process, but iti
success has been fully demonstrated
in some of the Chicago and Milwaukee,
rolling mills. Old rails, which hereto
fore have been discarded as useless
can be rerolled and made as good as new
by this new process.
The highway commissioners at s
special meeting held the other Afternoon
granted the new company special tract
privileges.