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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
A. AND NJ. COLLEGE CHANGES.

When Governor Russell was appoint
ing his boards, he named few high ton
cd men to serve on them in order to give
tone and dignity and inspire confidence.
The names of such men as Hon. III. G..
Conner and DIR. b. f.. Dixon, well
known for their ability and patriotism,
add to the character of any institution.
When the Governors petty political
stool-pigeons resorted to caucus politics
to wreak vengeance, these two brave
and honest men, seeing that their coun-
sell had no weight with spoil-hunters,
had the manhood to wash their hands
of the whole business.
We happen to know that Judge Con-
nor sat down to write his resignation
when he first read in the newspaper of his
appointment. He was persuaded that he
could serve the people of the State by
accepting. At n personal sacrifice he
consented, having no object in view but
to advance the educational interests of
the State. He has acted in this matter
as in everything else, as a high-minded,
public-spirited patriot.
1t is stigma upon the State when
the advice of such men as Judge Con-
nor, DIR. Dixon Mr.. Bonitz, Mr.. Hardin
and others who stood with them, is ig-
nored and political puppets control great
educational institution of the Common
wealth. Some excellent men have been
retained. We shall seek to hold up their
hands. They were retained because the
pie-dividers were afraid to grab more
now. The puppets who turned out such
capable men as Battle, Irby Mccarthy,
Kilgo, and the others, would vote to
make Jim Young president of the college
if the Governor ordered them to do So
They deserve no commentator for not
making clean sweep. They are moth
ing but automatons, Russell presses the
button; they vote as ordered.
You cannot gather thorns from this
ties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
HOW TO STOP LYNCH LAW.

There is but one way to put an end
to lynch law. The first is to let it be
known that there will lbe no delay in
hanging men guilty Of crime for which
lynching occurs. 1t too often happens
that the scoundrel who should be hung
gets term in the penitentiary and af-
ter awhile some Governor pardons him.
That infuriates the people, and they re-
fuse to let the law take its course.
We have had little to say with refer
ence to pardons by a Chief Executive
now or formerly. 1t is not easy for one
not in possession of all the facts to make
a just criticism. We have always been
opposed to delegating this highest pre-
rogative of sovereignty to any board or
commission. Such commission would
be worse than any Governor, and be bet
ter able to escape responsibility.
These thoughts were suggested by the
following extract in a letter from a
prominent citizen of Oxford:
II read very carefully what Gov. Rus
sell had to say about Iynching and mob
law" in Sundays issue of your paper.
We would be glad if the Governor would
tell us the remedy, when secret assas-
sins such as the negro Harris, who was
lately pardoned by the Governor, at the
solicitation of Solicitor Bynum, who
knows a more guilty wretch never ex-
listed This negro was assured from the
beginning by officers of the law he
would never be punished. The Governor
stated shortly ago in refusing a par
don, that up to now, he had made no
mistake Does he thing he did right in
pardoning this VIGOROUSLY mean negro:
We would like to know. When such a
thing again occurs here he will see the
fruits of his action"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
ERRATA.

In printing the charming address of
DR.. NJ. NJ. Marshall before the grad
uating class of st. Mary's School, he re-
ferred to the difference between Christian
and secular education. BY mistake
scholar" was printed in place of ''secu-
lar" In another place exercises" APP
peared in place of experience" 1t was
an admirable address, and with these
corrections it will be enjoyed by very
many readers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12

Nature has supplied us with a remedy
for every disease. Many of the RENE
dies are found in roots herbs and banks,
and to effect cures the medicinal prop
critics must be extracted and put into
concentrated form, and then properly
compounded.
Nature has also placed some of the
very best medicines in water, common.
ly known as mineral water" One of
the best of these is the famous OTTER
BURN LTTHTA WvTER For Indigestion,
kidney, bladder and diseases of like ma.
ture there is nothi g better than Otter
burn Lithla. And the price is moderate
/ handle it in large quantities, and am
the sole dealer in Raleigh Bring your
own containers and 7 will furnish the
wa er at % cents for half gallon, IS
cents per gallon or 20 cents IN gallon
lots. Extra charge if I furnish con
tainers BY the G ass OF my SOFA foun-
tain, carbonated, nta.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
EXCURSIONISTS RETURN HOME.
The Tabernacle Excursionists Get Back
Soldiers Grave Marked.


Soldiers Grave Marked.
The last of the two sections of the
Tabernacle Sunday School excursion re-
turned to the Tarheel State Thursday
afternoon. The visitors spent two days
and half in Richmond and made the
most Of their sojourn in the capital of
the Confederacy. They took in all the
points of interest in and around the city,
did shopping, called upon friends, and
otherwise enjoyed themselves. Some of
the Carolina party ran over to Washing
ton and Baltimore, and returned in time
to catch their train for home. All the ex-
cursIonists were delighted with Richmond
and its people, and came back to their
homes singing their praises.
Mr.. X. ii. Bradley, one of the excur-
sionsts. was member of Company h,
FTwelfth Virginia Infantry, Mahone's
Brigade, in the late war. He visited
Hollywood cemetery Wednesday, and
there found the grave of Henry Lawson
Wyatt, the first soldier killed in line of
battle on June 10, 1861. Mr.. Wyatt was
a member of the same company that Mr.
Bradley belonged to.
Mr.. Bradley, as soon as he returned to
the city, gave an order for a Gaping to
be placed on the granite headstone, with
the following inscription:
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RATES TO TEACHERS ASSEMBLY

Railroad fare from Raleigh to More
head and return to Teachers Assembly
$500; less than one frst-class fare, and
the lowest rate ever secured. Tickets on
sale June 1870, inclusive, good for re-
turn till July 10Th.
Special trains on June 10Th and 10TH
No delay in Goldsboro. First train
reaches Morehead at $40 and the sec
ond at 900 p. m. Supper will be served
at hotel for the 8 o'clock train.
"Bailey Brothers OLD BOB" To-
bacco is the best chew ON the market.
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To the Editor: The article in yeSter-
days issue of your paper making the
sweeping charge that the trustees of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College had
looted" that institution is, we think, I'M
just to that body, unfair to us, and so far
from the facts that, if uncontroverted, it
must do the college great harm. While
the board had t. power to change ev-
cry officer of the institution, it so far
from ''parceling the college out among
the wreckers," changed in the faculty
proper the head of only one department,
and this we are assured was done solely
to effect a consolidation of the agricultur-
al work of the college and of the Expert
ment Station, and thereby to save in this
department about seventeen hundred dol
lars by assigning to one of the professors
the work hitherto divided between two.
The only other change in the faculty was
in the adjunct-professorship of mathe
MATES, and the addition of one teacher
to the official force.
While we, of course, cannot but deeply
regret parting from men who have been
pleasantly and closely associated with
us, and whom we respect and esteem
most highly, we, the undersigned mem
bers of the old faculty feel, in justice to
ourselves, to the board of trustees, to the
institution that we have served so long,
impelled to deny that it has been
looted" nor can we be expected to ad-
nit with entire good grace that ''the in
stitution has been turned over to incom-
petents and nincompoops."
We assure the people Of our State, and
especially the friends of technical edu-
cation, that there is no cause to lose
confidence in the institution, nor in it's
competency to do the great work for
which it was founded. Respectfully,
ALEXANDER @. HOLIDAY,
President.
w. +. MASSEY,
Professor Horticulture and Botany.
w. A. WITHERS,
Professor of Chemistry.
ID. III. HILL,
Professor of English.
W. G. RIDDICK,
Professor Mathematics and Civil Engi-
neering.
NATHANIEL r. CRAIGHILL,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
J. G. GRESHAM,
Captain Seventh Cavalry, Professor Mil
itary Science and Tactics
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
TIN CLOSING DAYS PROCEED
INGS OF THE EDITORIAL CON
MENTION AT MOREHHAD.

Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City, June
11.-(Editorial Correspondence)-Last
night shortly before eleven o'clock, tue
twentv-6fth annual session of the State
Press Association adjourned after one
of the most pleasant and profitable SEES
sions in the quarter of a century of It's
existence. The attendance was larger
than usual, the interest deeper, the dis
cussion of practical topics much more
fully discussed by more members, and
a progressive business step taken thar
promises the best results to the newspa-
per fraternity.
There was entertainment of the most
delightful character, and the recreation
was in proper proportion to the business,
the mornings and evenings being devoted
to business and the afternoons to surf
bathing, sailing, fishing and enjoying
succulent clam and oyster cake at Beau
fort. and visit to that interesting Old
town, which, though old in years, has
grown young in its business activity.
In brief space, the proceedings from
day to day have been wired to the News
and Observer The most important piece
of business transacted was the adoption
of resolution to employ a special add
vertising agent with headquarters in
New York city to secure advertising con-
tracts for the papers represented by the
Association. A committee is to be APP
pointed by President Whitaker who will
employ the agent and direct the workings
of the bureau
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]. H. BOBBITT.

AAEANTED AGENTS to sell reprinted
wv edition of the New York Hera d con :
of President Linco n, Jefferson Davis last
address TO the on ederate soldiers the evac-
uation of Richmond, the surrender of Lees
southern pr, SIS cnppings, European news and
other war news items of interest Agents
wanted everywhere FELL ike hot cakes !"
Send T. for copy OF paper and full particu
Miss.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12

The article on the sixth page referring
to the degrees conferred by Trinity Col
lege should have been credited to the
Wilmington Messenger. DIR. Peacock
was made doctor of literature and not
of laws. If all degrees were as wisely
conferred, the clamor against comforting
degrees would die out.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
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CURED.

Six or seven years ago had lump so
known to come in my breast which made
it swell so much that it became so hard I
could not make a dent in the breast. 1t
was very painful and caused me to suffer
so that some nights 1 could hardly turn in
bed or rest. Nothing did me any good,
ana was very uneasy, not knowing how
1t would terminate. l used one-half dozen
bottles of Mrs.Joe Persons Remedy, with
out stopping ON it, and it made a perfect
cure of me. The lump disappeared grad
ually and l have never had any trouble
from it since
LUCIE e. GASKINS.
Windsor, N. c., May II, 1897.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12

Health and yigor are essential for
success, therefore make yourself strong
and healthy by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12

London, June lin consequence of
over winding, terrible accident has oc-
Cured in the Gath colliery at Maesteg,
Glamorganshire, Wales. The cage was
precipitated to the bottom of shaft $50
feet deep. Ten men are killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
: Henry Lawson Wyatt, Bethel,
June 10. 1861.

:
ThirtysiX years ago last Thursday
young Wyatt gave his life for the South
ern cause, and this marking of his grave
by one of his comrades is very suitable
recognition of the anniversary of his
death
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12

ACUn'S Fs~Eo cure sassos sIrSs BIZ
sosa&ness, indigestion NeaJache
E2&y r. ~' sass ia auesaSe csc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12

Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
\. c.. as second class matter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
FIRST OF ALL-THE NEWS. .


Communications and items OF news
intended for publicantion IN the news
and Observer should not be addressed 10
individual members of the stan, out Sill
n,v to the News and Observer.
All communications must be accollpa-
MED by the authors real name. NO eS-
eeptions will be made to this rule.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-12
ANHEUSER- BUSCI BREWING AS
ISOLATION

Recommends the use of the greatest of
all tonics, "Malt-Nut1ine," and guaran-
tees the merits claimed for it. For sale
by all druggists.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11
the first attempt the man was leaving

the first attempt the man was leaving
the house and not entering it.
Shelley afterward gave totally
different account Of the second attack.
He said that he saw face pressed
against the window, fired and fol-
lowed the assassin out on to the lawn,
where he saw him, "a ghost or devil"
leaning against a tree; on Shelley's
approach he slipped into the wood.
Shelley Immediately set fire to the
wood Che saiD in several places, to
burn the devil, and the confagration
was with difficulty extinguished. This
last incident Mrs. Shelley does not
mention in her letter, yet it could
hardly have escaped her.
The official investigation of the af-
fair showed two things First, that
there was trampled place on the
lawn, but no Footsteps leading to it
except from the house, so that the
prints were presumably made by Shell
ley himself; secondly, that the shot,
which pierced Shelley's dressing gown
and Wainscot, was not fired from the
window, but from near the door, leading
to the irresistible conclusion that it
was fired by Shelley himself, probably
while nervously lingering his pistol.
This also accounts for Shelley's state.
ment that his pistol would not after
ward go off.
I The next day the whole party, in a
condition of extreme nervous agita-
ton, escaped to the house of Mr..
Nancy, friend and neighbor, who
was also solicitor general for the
county.
Shelley declared that the assassin
was a man called Lesson, into whose
hands one of his Irish pamphlets had
fallen and who had sent it to the gov
ernment He added that mysterious
stranger had on the following day
gone round Tremadoc and told the
story to the tradespeople, saying that
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11
NEW VIEW OF HALL BEDROOM.

How 1t Appears in the Eyes of an Old
.e.a.. Soldier.
'tThe hall bedroom has always
seemed to me rather a spacious and
comfortable apartment than other
WISE" said an old soldier. sThis feeling
is due, suppose, in some degree, to
more or less experience of still smaller
quarters. Whoever has slept under a
shelter tent, for instance, where he has
had to lie on edge to get any shelter at
all, will easily realize that the hall
bedroom may seem a fine room, indeed.
And as compared with even the A
tent, seven feet square at the base and
rising, wedge-shaped, seven feet to the
ridge pole, in which four men COM
monty slept, and sometimes five, the
hall bedroom has greatly the advan-.
tage. At the same time it is undoubt-
eddy better to sleep in an A tent than
outdoors, though one does get there a
very much bigger room. But it is a
room that has it's drawbacks. It is
sure, for one thing, to be damp and
uncomfortable in case of rain, and in
reality you would prefer a smaller
room that was less leaky. No. The
hall bedroom does not seem to me to
be the worst thing in the world; and
when you come to add that by the very
nature of things the dweller in it has
no guard duty to do, and no picket
duty, and no fighting: that in it he
lives as it were in state of perpetual
arbitration, why, you can readily see
how it would be quite possible for it
to appear acceptable in some eyes,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11
IF YOU WISH TO BE HAPPY.

Beware of the man Of two faces.
Persevere against Encouragement.
Take cheerful view of everything.
In all promised pleasures put sell
last.
Trust in God and mind your own
business.
Cultivate short memory as to all
unkindnesses.
Do not talk of your private, personal,
or family matters.
Cultivate forbearance till your heart
yields a fine crop OF it.
Give your tongue more holiday than
your hands or your eyes.
Examine into your own shortcom-
ings rather than those of others.
Act as if you expected to i've hum
dred years, but might die tomorrow.
Compare your manifold blessings
with the trifling annoyances of each
day.
Do the duty that lies nearest: the
second duty will already have become
clearer.
Be content to do the things you can,
and fret not because you cannot dc
everything.
Never reply in kind to a sharp or an.
cry word; it is the second word thai
makes the quarrel.
Make the best of what you have, ant
do not make yourself miserable b.
wishing for what you have not.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11

upon as aarather cruel one at the time.
but it seems that the authorities. after,
looking into the matter, have concluded
that 1t is proper to permit the pro-
ceedlng. Gypsy, as is we'll known, has
curing the past ten years killed sew!
eFal OF her keepers. The last killingi
was enacted in the winter quarters Of
the Harris circus in Chicago a year
ago. The victim was crushed to death
unaer the beasts feet. Since then it.
mas been impossible to obtain a keeper
ana as a result Gypsy has not been. on
puDllc exhibition. For a year she has
Deen a dead loss, and as no one would
Duy her, her owner decided that death
was the best method of getting rid Of
l, ner. he accordingly hit upon the idea
OF public execution with a fiye-dol-
lar admission fee. All the tickets had
Deen sold when the Humane society
served an Injunction This injunction
mas been removed by order of the HUI
name society. It was shown that cleo
trocutlon would prove far less cruel
than shooting, as it would require five
hundred rifle balls and three hours
time to do the work that ten thousand
volts of electricity would do in less
than a second. Part of the proceeds
will go to charity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11
WROUGHT IRON FAD. /
Il Had an Ancient and Most Re.peotabl

It Had an Ancient and Most Respectable
Beginning In Germany.
There is no doubt that wrought iron
is more and more used every year in
domestic economy and decoration. De-
servedly so. There !. is nothing that
lends itself SO easily to the require
ments of both utility and art. Besides,
It has an ancient and respectable his
tory. Germany in the fifteenth CEN
tury produced much wrought iron work
OF rather special character, such as
the grave crosses and sepulchral mon
uments to be seen in the cemeteries of
Nuremberg. Iron was also employed
for well canopies, such as that at Ant
werp attributed to Quentin Matsys. Or
iginally a blacksmith from Louvain,
he came to Antwerp to seek his for
tune. There, as the story goes, he fell
In love with the daughter Of paint
er, and, to propitiate the daughter as
well as her father, exchanged the an
vii for the painters palette, and be-
fore his death, in 1881, he was success
ful IN helping to raise the school Of
Antwerp to celebrity equal to that
Of the schools Of Bruges and Client.
IronWork was extensively produced at
Augsburg under the fostering care Of
the Fugger family-taking the shape of
brackets projecting from the walls. and
grills over fanlights or in a balcony.
Grotesque knockers are also common
in Nuremberg. Keys were sometimes
deliberately decorated, and the part
which is now common ring was once
occupied by little figures in full relief,
with coats OF arms and the like. The
French revolution was the cause OF
much splendid ironwork being de-
stroyed, when, in 1898, certain prov
inces had to gather together every
available piece of iron to transform in.
to pixies and other weapons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11
it was a ruse of Mr.. shelley's to es-

it was ruse of Mr.. Shelley's to es-
cape from the place without paying
his debts; an explanation unhappily
not inconsistent with the facts; though
Mr.. Dowden says that this cruel as.
sertion is amply disproved by the state
of nervous excitement in which Shell
ley was found next morning by the
agent Williams Afterward Shelley
used to say that the internal pain he
suffered from originated from the
place where the assailant's knee had
pressed against his side; and there
seem to have been days long after
when he said that he was logged by
Leeson and refused to leave the house.
From Mr.. .lanney's on Feb. ~ Shell
ley wrote to his friend Hookham:
"My Dear Sir: have just escaped an
atrocious assassination Oh, send me
the EGO if you have it. You will per-
haps hear of me no more. -- ----
friend, Percy Shelley He was too
agitated to finish the letter properly
and his wife added a postscript. a
few days afterward the party crossed
to Ireland and settled at Killarney.
Shelley saw Tremadoc no more.
We are driven to the conclusion
that the whole event was a nervous
Authorization and had no material ex-
istence except in Shel1ey's own mind.
For months he had been leading life
that predisposed him to nervous ter
rors, and the only wonder is that he
did not inflict on himself more griey-
GUS HARM.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11
Tan-yr-allt and which has never been

Tan-yr-allt and which has never been
satisfactorily explained. On Friday,
Feb. 26, 1913, night of storm and
rain, he appears to have told his wife
that he expected an attack from an as
sassin, loaded a brace; of pistols and
gone to bed about II. Shortly after he
declared that he heard noise, went
downstairs and found a man leaving
the house by glass door opening on a
shrubbery.
The man fired a pistol at him.
Shelley discharged one of his own in
answer, but the powder only flashed
in the pan. The man then leaped
upon him, knocked him down and
closed with him. Shelley thereupon
fred the second pistol, wounding his
assailant, he thought, in the shoulder,
whereupon the man broke out into
excavations: "By --, l will be re-
venged! I will murder your wife, I
will ravish your sister! By --, I
will be revenged!" He then made his
escape The others now rushed
downstairs but did not see the assail-
ant, and after awhile all retired again
/ to bed, except Shelley and Daniel Hill,
the servant, who had lately been re-
lleased from prison. At 4 o'clock
IShelley sent Daniel Hill to- see what
time it was and instantly, as if he had
been waiting for Shelley to be left
alone, man thrust his arm through
the glass of the window and fired at
him.. The ball passed through Shell
1ley's dressing gown and a curtain and
buried itself in the wainscot. Shell
Iley's pistol would not go off and he
attacked the ruffian with an old sword
THAT he found in the house. The ser
j want rushed in but the man had again
4 ESCAPED.
4 Such is Mrs. shelley's account Of the
& transaction; but be it observed that or
NEITHER occasion was the man seer
| by any one but Shelley and that Of