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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13
Mortg agee's Sale
OF VALUABLE
FARMING AND COAL LANDS

IN CHATHAM COUNTY, N. o.
Under and oy virtue of the power OF sa6
contained in the morta age deed executed
70 me on Cne Attn day of NAV, I39i, by tbs
Lang don HensZeY Coal Mining Company,
corporation, and recorded ia book 81
mortgages 0n pages 436 to- AL inclusive. ir
Register OF Deeds ON for Chatham C0un.
~, North Carolina, viii at the hour OF
FRIDAY, JANUARY l5TH, 1897,
Elk pose to public sale, al public auction. %
tire highest bidder, for cash. on the prenn
ses, on the ilroad bridge whore the Cape
Fear & Yadgln Valley Railway crcssee
ID CD river, IL said county of Chat ham, tine
valuable tract OF land known as the
TAYLOR PLACE
containing lb75 acres, more = less,
adjoining the celebrated Egypt Coal Mine
lands and near the village of Cumno5k, 0r
Deep river, in Chatham county end bound.
ed as follows:
beginning > t the mouth of gut. formerly
Dowdy's corner, nov Sorrous, running
north 90 deFree5 west 26 poles, tGence north
50 degrees west II poles. the0ce II degrees
west IA poles. thence north rs degrees with
SOrreli's line 1876 poles 20 q STAKE and three
pine pointers, thence north with said line
and Houghton's. III poles to a stake and
pointers, McIveT's corner. thence east wish
his line 81 poles TO p ne knot and pointers,
thence north with his other line 245 poles to
q sta Ike and pointers at the raflroa q, thence
crossing said railroad north 36 degrees west
Il poles to STAKE and pointers, co nsr OF
Gulf land, thence north with Gulf land
passing near coal SMART AID crossing Cedar
creek 24l poles TO post oak and pointers,
corner of Egypt land. then @ east with said
land 800 poles to a stone corner and three
hickory pointers. thence north IL l poles
to stone pile ana pointers, thence EAST
with said Egypt line ZOE poles to stone and
pointers. TheRce south 10 poles TO Deem
river, about 40 poles below the mouth OF
Cedar creek, thence up Deep river it's va
nous courses $50 poles to she railroad
bridge and contin utHg with 0he river I'm all
800 poles TO the beginning, the said tract
being Immediately on Deep river and con
tanning by estimation fifteen hundred and
savsaty-fve (1575) acres, but to be the same,
be there more or less.
Thfe pro per6y contains much land vas&la
bic for the production OF bOtn cotton 21FC
grain, as well as grass, there being q gtSat
many acres of good bottom land on tCAn
good state of cultivation with houses scat
tered over it suitable for the use OF tenants
while the said land contains valuable De
posts of coa some OF which have been OPS
rated which greatly enhances its value anC
Importance. The q f & ' Railway runs
through the tract and affords facilities fol
the spOVgation of e-products OF gram
and coal to tue rest of mark cts. There
also much valuable timber on the land
Pei sons seeking for investments in desiT
able property would do we'll 20 examine
this land Terms of sale: Cash
D. II. CALDWELL,
Dec. @ 1895 hOrtgagee,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13
PICK LEAF"

Smoking Tobacco gives the consum-
ers the very best tobacco ounces
fer ten cents. 1t is made for that
purpose, and is winning its way to
public favor. 1t is indeed a winner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13
LEAF

Smoking Tobacco does not pretend
to make every mouth in the land as
sweet as a rose, but does give a most
pleasant, agreeable and delightful
smoke to every one. Ask your dealer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13

3;4O p. m, daily-Solid yestibulea
train with sleeper from Norfolk
Chattanooga, via Salisbury. Morgar
ton Ashevil'e, Hot SPRING. ar
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13

The Senator from North Carolina Should
Be Instructed to Keep Out of the Re
publican Caucus.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13

Extra Smoking Tobacco stands I'M
riyaled for purity and flavor. 1t win
please the most fastidious. Cigarette
book with, and coupon in each pack
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13
PICK LEAF F.

Smoking Tobacco is at the top for de-
licious aroma. 1t is just as good as
we can make it, after twenty-five
years experience in the tobacco trade.
1T is the result of almost a life time
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
In Pretoria.

1t is a gray day, with soft, soaking
drizzle Of rain, good for the long parch-
ed crops, hut somewhat depressing to-
the spirits and curiously in harmony
with the general prospect of affairs
Yesterdays dazzling sunshine and trop-
ical heat, though tempered by "A pleas
ant breeze in the afternoon, eliminated
about sunset in one Of the magniticens
storms which take place every now and
then throughout the rainy season. In "a
few minutes, as it seemed, from the
time when we had first noticed that.
clouds were gathering the sky was
black and a shrieking wind was whlri-
ing clouds of yellow dust from Govern
ment House down the whole length OF
Longmarket street, plotting out trees
and houses ON either side. Then, after
q pause, down came the rain mingled
with hailstones, some Of them as largo
as marbles, which ratified On the zinc
roofs till-between them and the thun-
der-one could hardly hear ones selx
speak indoors.
1t passed almost as quickly as 1t hasf
come leaving the sluices in every street
roaring like brooks in spate, gardens
sorely damaged and great holes washed
here and there in the roadway for the
corporation to fill up with broken shale-
London Speaker.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26

The kittens meantime are put on to
what in a workshop would be called a
"soft job They cut all the small
branches and twigs into lengths and do
their share of light transport service.
In the mud patting and repairing OF the
dam the beaver kittens take their share,
but there is little doubt that they do so
because their elders are so engaged. lt
is kindergarten of the best kind, be-
cause mud patting and stick cutting are
q great jog and solace to old beavers as
we'll as young ones, and so instruction,
pleasure and business are all combined.
Young offers, and probably also young
water rats, have to be taught to go into
the water. According to the observa-
tions of Mr.. Hart, the late head keeper
at the ZOO, the young offers born there
did not enter the water for weeks, AND
even then their mother had to mind
them and fetch them ont when she
thought they had had enough OF IT.
They swim naturally when once in the
water, and this seems true OF all AMI
mails. London Spectator.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
Ch,vaIrous MT. Fields.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in her book,
"Chapters From Life, pays the fol-
lowing tribute to James 7. Fields:
"Mr. Fields was man OF marked
ohivalry of nature, and, at time when
il was not fashionable to help the-move-
ments for the elevation of women, his
sympathy was distinct, fearless and
faithful. In few instances, we knew,
and he knew, that this fact deprived
him of the possession Of certain public
hopors which would otherwise have
been offered to him.
"He advocated the political advance
ment of our sex, coeducation and kim
dred movements without any OF that
apologetic murmur so common among
the half hearted or the timid. His fas-
tidious and cultivated literary taste was
sensitive to the position of women in
letters. He was incapable of that liter
ary snobbishness which undertakes
woman work because it is woman's.
A certain publishing enterprise which
threatened to treat OF eminent men
came to his notice. He quickly said
'The time has gone by for thatl Men
and womenl Men and womenp
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26

sters with whom the British govern
mept has had relations within the last
90 years. Still, had it been merely
question Of removing Prempeh, the sue
cessful expedition would not have de-
served all the eulogium we have just
bestowed upon it. When on Jan. 20
Prempeh did homage to Governor Max
we'll, kneeling on biscuit box, While
his excellency sat on another, IL was
not merely a black king who passed
away, but whole atrocious system OF
blood, torture and state sorcery that
had endured from immemorial time.
The name Kumassi means the death
place" How well it deserved its name
is made plain enough in the first part or
Major Baden Powell's book. So numer-
ous were Prempeh's executioners that
two whole streets of the town were set
apart for them to live in. One OF the
streets was occupied by the executioners
of men, women and children doomed to
be sacrificed. In spite of the Wolseiey
treaty, human sacrifices were never
stopped in Ashanti. At the harvest fes-
tival human beings were sacrlnced 10
the spirits. Whenever the king made
pilgrimage to his ancestral ghosts, ne
sacrificed 30 men, hacking their heads
off ON the edge Of his execution bowl,
vessel five feet across.
"The blood of the victims was allowed
to putrefy in the bowl, and leaves OF
certain herbs being added it was con.
sidered very valuable fetch medicine.
When great parsonage died. two OF
his household slaves were at once killed
ON the threshold of the door, in order to
attend their master Immediately III hls
new life, and his grave was afterward
| tined with the bodies OF more slaves
who were to form his retinue In the
spirit world" Sometimes the slaves, or
free people kidnapped for the purpose
were buried alive with the dead person
age. Slave girls were killed to accom-
pany their mistress into the other world.
Great numbers were sacrificed when
king died. When man was kidnapped
for sacrifice, he was gagged with knife
run through lis cheeks. These frlghtfui
customs of the Ashanti capital were oh
served by every kinglet in the Ashanti
"empire. Executions were decreed OF
any pretense. 1T is even SAID that Oh
one occasion he (Prempeh) preferred a
richer color in the red stucco ON the
walls of the palace and that for this
purpose the blood of 400 virgins was
used"
We need say nothing Of the march, In
which our author rendered most excel.
lent service with his pioneering and
covering corps. The following funny
story is worth quoting: A native runner
came in "with crumpled piece OF pa
per" bearing the inscription, "Mejol
Gordon killed 14th instant. Comma
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
Animal Kindergartens.

It will be noticed that all creatures
which have large families, whether
beasts or birds, have less trouble in rear
ing them than those which have only
one or twoyoung. Little pigs are weeks
ahead of calves in intelligence, and the
young partridge, with its dozen brothers
and sisters, is far more teachable than
the young eagle. There seems no doubt
that the latter is taught to fly by its
parents. A correspondent informs the
writer that he has watched the old
birds so engaged and the young eagles
reluctantly following them to height.
Specialized education i'll animals be-
gins late. The beaver kittens training
does not begin until the autumn OF the
year in which it was born. The old
beavers, which have moved up tributary
streams into the woods, or roamed to
the larger lakes during summer, then
return to inspect their dam and repair
it for the winter They then cut down
a few trees, and, dividing them into
LOGS. roll them or tow them to the dam.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
Proved His Love.

Tbev were two working girls, and
they happened to meet the other DAY nv
the restaurant where they eat luncheon.
The brunette ordered baked beans ana
lemonade, and the blond selected fruit
cake and coffee. Tomorrow is pay day.
Won know, she said in reply to the
inuuiring look of the other.
"Ohl Well, have you heard the news
about Mary? She's resigned.
~ know" said the blond. i was III
homes I'd be the first to tell you. ohe .
going to be married" 49,.
eyes; in q lovely blue silk. 1 iorget
the name Of the man she's going TO
marry. He isn't very good LOOKING tney
say, but Mary says he's intellectual
She says"- ..u .,ou,
"Oh, pshawi You can't 'eii HUN
Mary" -,
"No. but Sadie's seen his photo
graph. and she says he wears glasses.
"Does hef Well. Mary's lucky. IL sne
q redbeaded. Why, he would just &c
anything in the world for that girl;
"Humphl' said the brunette. 'Ihat
the wav she talks now, but you can
tell thing about it until after they II
married. :. A.;
"You can tell it easy enough IN tni'
case He's proved it already, SAID I'M
blond warmly
"Said he'd die for her, l suppose,
returned the brunette scornfully' Lot
of ,em talk that way before they nav
to pay the butcher. u,.oro,
"This isn't talk anyhow. HesPro'''
his love, ] tell you. ,. 90,
Chow? Did he save her life, or 'ei
her that her hair is golden!
"Neither. He sold his bicycle 10 pu.
her an engagement ring. "-ohicas
Tribuue.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
The Cathode Ray.

1t may be briefly explained, without
going into the details of very technl--
cal subject, that ordinary light is re-
garded as due to vibrations which arc
at right angles to the direction in which,
the ray travels, but that, in the mathe-
NAUTICAL theories of light, other vibra-
tions, in the direction of the ray, are
indicated, though wholly unknown ill.,
experience hitherto. If the new rays
prove, in fact, to be of this character,
so as TO realize indeed the long sought
longitudinal vibration, the discovery is
of the first Importance in science and
will hardly find its equal in interest
since the discovery of the law of crawl
tation, for it reveals a new mode OF ac--
ton of force, governing a wide range OF
phenomena and effects which untlt
now have lain entirely outside the
bounds Of our cognizance. Professor A
W. Wright in Forum.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
kruger's WAYS

Many tales are told of the delightful
simplicity Of President Kruger of tho
Transvaal republic. After an interview
with him, an English missionary asked
DIR. Leyds, the secretary of state, If the
president really knew no English. IF
You are praising him or speaking we'll
of the Transvaal, he knows no English, "
said the doctor, "but if. you are speak
ing i'll of him or saying anything
against the Transvaal, he knows every
word you say" He once consented to
open Hebrew synagogue in Johannes
burg and closed an address with these
words: "And so consecrate this build
ing to the worship Of the triune God. !"
This almost created split in the con-
gregation, many thinking the temples
had been desecrated.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26

ton and grlef, or course. linen some
one discovered faint pencil note of re-
ceipt initiated by Major Gordon himself.
and it then was remembered that piece
of fresh meat had been sent off to him
a day or two previously with this self
same label attached TO it," There is q
very good description of the last scenes
at Kumassi, including the destruction
of the fetch village and the blowing
up with gun cotton of the great fetch
tree in whose shade hundreds of VIC
Tins have been sacrificed. The old
Ashanti dam" which prevented COM
mercial intercourse between the coast
and the interior being now removed, Sir
George Baden Powell, in the chapter he
contributes, advocates the construction
of light railway from Cape Coast Cas-.
tie to the Prah river. London News
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26

ror of the fair guests proved genuine
The beasts yelped and growled ana
showed other peculiarly canine symp-
toms of "spoiling for a fight. " There
upon the ladies sought refuge on the pi-
ano and card tables and chairs, con-
Quoting their retreat as from mouse
Notwithstanding excited feminine
protestations, the friend who had been
consulted as to novelty in entertain
ment unleashed the dogs. II was an eE'
citing climax to an original" evening
The dogs Toasted for five minutes Oh
choice bits of each others anatomy
The ladies screamed and the friend VINO
was consulted exuted in the success Oh
his novelty. When he was quite con-
vinced-and it took considerable time
En- convince him-that the ladies' desire
for gore had been fully gratiiied' ne
doused the dogs into convenient tun
of water and separated them.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
Art and the Dollar oue.liya.

I have a friend whom / shall venture
to call "poor artist, for / know that
he is poor and gets his living, such rs it
is, by painting. / cannot pretend to-
Judge his work, bat / have had ample
proof hat he is devoted, laborioEs and
will rot sacrifice his convictions for gain
or popularity. Perhaps he is not 80 sin
gular in this, but what, as my experience
goes, is a popularity of his is that he
is not in the habit of cursing the Phil
istines. His view seems to be that, a.
he paints to suit himself, it does not
comport with his self respect to blames
people whom his painting does not suit
for refusing to buy it or for being I'M
able to understand it, My friend, as
have said, is poor and is likely to re-
main so, but he appears really content
with his work and his relative poverty
confess that his attitude is a comfort
to me, and that in his patience and
modesty and generous fidelity TO his
ideal he is a model whom some other
artists - perhaps artists generally -
might study with advantage. He puts
into his work the best he has TO give, and
that, in substance, is what the great.
critics have insisted is the source Of the
greatest value in art. OF course man y
best, so far as concerns his talent, may
be much or little, but whatever it is he
will hardly get it into his work if he IS
thinking chiefly Of the money return or
if he is habitually resentful because he
does not get the money return. Serb
morris
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
A FIGHT WITH A LYNX.
Jim Berry Had a Desperate struggle with
~ Savage Bobcat.

n Savage Bobcat.
The ugliest appearing animal that
ever walked log. killed rabbit or
fought trap is the lynx, which is Just
as ugly rs it looks ten months in the
year and somewhat uglier during the
other two. Not only will the lynx fight
anything that walks the woods, but il
will also tackle visitor from the clear
iDgs, be he man or dog or half grown
calf, il the occasion offers.
Jim Berry was hunting up in Maine,
about 40 miles north of Greenville,
when he and his friend suddenly came
upon the carcass of caribou which O
bear was eating. The bear made itself
scarce, much to Jim's regret, as he
wanted to kill the bear Without say
ing anything to his friend he left camp
the next day and started for the carcass,
intending to watch it, in the hope that
the bear would return. He waited and
watched until about o'clock in the
afternoon, when he began 10 think of
returning to camp. a soft football back
in the woods-the crafty step of some
wild animal--just then sounded in his
ears. Pretty soon the bear was chewing
the caribou meat, and Jim could see it
plainly. He leveled his buckshot gu,
and pulled the trigger, when the wab,
bling muzzlo was pointed in what he
thought was the right direction. The
beast went down, and jim started for it.
Then lie stopped, with his mouth open.
The beast had leaped to his feet and
jumped sideways, with its back up
Jim knew the yell, and he also recGg
nized the bumped back. twas wound
ed lynx spelling for Il fight, Not having
time to level his gun to shoot, the MAJ
dubbed it, and the blow stunned TIN
eat I!ttla; but the beast got in rakr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
Growth of English.

The growth of the English language
during the present century has been
without parallel in the history OF any
tongue. The commercial associations OF
the English and American people with
all the nations of the earth have brought
contributions from every CLINE to enrich
our mother tongue, and the result IS
that there are words in common use Ia
the English language from every known
language on the face of the earth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
A strange Nursery.

On the slopes of the Himalayas ,ne
native women have most curious pi"n
of dispcsing of their babies and keep'ns
Thorn 0niet while they are engaged a.
work in the fields during the greater
mart ~ the day. Before the mothers set
ont "a work in the morning they wrap
their babies in swaddling bands, leav'
in9 nothing but their little faces eA, ,
no1ed Then the babies are taken al y.
= "a under a ledge of rock from which
Gater is falling, and by means Oh "
s"'poo sbe water is made to drip gen.
tly on each baby's forehead. Inc , eaoS'
Of the dripping water is most s %, n,as !.
and soon the little ones are oil as'eS'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
The Beauties of Iceland.

Nothing can be moro delightful than
q horseback trip through Iceland Tho
traveller sees thousands of mountain COW
cred with eternal snow, outrivaling the
Alps in grandeur; great geysers and in
Vulnerable hot wells; waterfalls, one OF
which-the Gullfoss-is second only to-
Niagara i'm size and beauty; crystal
streams and dashing rivers; lava beds
Of fantastic figures. covered with moss
that glistens in the sun like hoar FROST
and, as a browning glory, the atmos-
phere is so brilliant that objects so miles
distant appear close at hand.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.
II Was Provided by st. Louis Man For
His Wife's Feminine Friends.

IT'S
A wealthy st. Louisan living in the
vicinity OF Lafayette park provided "a
novel form of entertainment for his
wife's guests one evening. says the ST.
Louis Republic.
The hostess was extremely anxious to
provide something original for the edi.
fication of a score of guests whom sho
intended to call together for an informal
evening. Her husband promised to pro-
vide such novelty and took boon com
panion into his confidence to that end.
They had not exchanged ideas 80 con-
secutive seconds before they hit upon
the device of converting the elegant
parlors into gambling house pro tenn.
A faro bank, roulette wheel and pO-
ker and keno lay outs were easily pro-
durable, as the conferees well knew,
and that part Of the programme was
soon settled The friend suggested as a
pretty epilogue the introduction of a
pair of bulldogs. guaranteed to reduce
each other to mince meat i'll three
rounds. This rather staggered the ambi-
tious host, but his friend is ward poll
tician, and with the eloquence he always
keeps on draft snon convinced the other
that the evening would be u failure
without those bulldogs.
The evening arrived, and with tcame
the guests The laGies were prettily
shocked at sight Of the gambling para
phernaia, but became accustomed to il
in an astonishingly short time and shar'
ed i'll the games with becoming vim. II
was when the yellow bulldogs made
thoir uuexnected entrance that the hor'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
The Crafty Councilman.

The councilman was busy with his
pen. Slowly and painfully he construct
ed a single word When it was Finished
he held it aloft and spelled it over with
profound satisfaction. The word was
''suspicion. I" The councilman arose from
his chair, carefully placed the paper ON
the seat and sat upon it. Then he smiled.
an unctuous and crafty smile.
"Now," he softly chuckled, "who'
will dare deny that I am above suspi-
cion?"
After which he placidly resumed the
pleasing task of laying ropes for re-
election. Cleveland Plain Dealer.