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The news & observer., 1897-05-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w E. Jones-Specal in Neckwear'
Royal & Borden Furniture oo'-0pe
cial Prices. ~ Ham
Julius Lewis Hardware oo'-ii"in-
mocks
The news & observer., 1897-05-28
WEATHER.

Washington, u. c.. May 2''-foreeas' ,S.>.
for Friday: For North Caroiiha-f" "i''
warmer: southeasterly winds.
The news & observer., 1897-05-28
Sweeping Reductions
i'm All Departments.

Reducing stock, irrespective of loss, cost or value,
naugurlli an unsparing price annhilaton and sweep
ing slaughter Of hundreds of dollars worth of goods
Throughout all departments in entire establishment
This stupendous reduction siege has raised havoc
with all prices from every shelf and every counter
comes buying and AID money saving time that is
bound to brig bargain-seekers in throngs and multi
tudes Let yourself be one of the first to come.
The news & observer., 1897-05-28
RoYsTER's Chips are delicious.


SUITS CLEANED. rs CENTS.
Cleaned and dyed, s1.5Q.
d. w. G. HARRIS,
Pawn Broker and Steam Dye Works.
buy and loan money on cast-of cloth
ing, watches. clocks. guns. pistols, and
Il kinds OF personal property.
East Hargett ST., Raleigh, II. @.
Salt for freezing ice cream 20 cents
peck at Dughis. No better could be
found anywhere.
WANTED
Two good statesmen to take charge of
North Carolina send references. Address
The Southern Soda Works, Nashville,
Tenn.
The news & observer., 1897-05-28
WANTED.

Position as book-keeper or clerk Ad
dress b care News and Observer.
The news & observer., 1897-05-28
- oLp aELIABLE
Term aclIev 3ust Issued

an be carried indefinitely on same pan or
raa, he exchanged to any other form at amy
.ime without denomination Note Uhe cA-
iF1nlEt
The news & observer., 1897-05-28

Mack Ma1gum, the hustler on the North
ern rOute, was leani < against the south side
counter softly singing:
M Olu Mis1e>s h a speCkled hen,
- IL. LaI LEI. IL
The Progress., 1897-12-02
E,ectrIcai sheep shearins.

Farming by electricity is now recog'
nized fact Electricity drives the plow.
churn, thrusher, and other implements,
and stimulates the sprouting and grow
ing of some kinds OF vegetation And
now, at Great Falls, in Montana, which
is becoming the great wool-groWlng
state, 20 machines for shearlng sheep
are arranged in n long, marrow shed'
open on one side. y single Line OF shaft
ing extends overhead, and from this 20
flexible cables fall. The shaft, by means
of universal JOINTS" cause each cable
to rotate, and the cable transmits Its
| power to the clipper by means OF sl1nl-
| lar connections. \ man needs only TO
| steer the clipper around. The blades
| work themselves. \ small electric mo-
| tor Of six horsepower drives the hne
| Of shafting. The motor is such as IS
used under a trolley car, and takes It's
| current from Obey line, The 20 ma
chimes operated for nearly three weeks
and sheared 1854 sheep, averaging
nearly 100 sheep day per machine
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Progress., 1897-12-02
Clearing Fence Corners.

Nothing more clearly shows thel
painstalzing and careful farmer than to-
have fence corners between fields or
along the roadside kept free from
weeds, grass or shrubs. AS rule all
the old-time' fence corners were Kept
scrupulously clean. A good deal or
valuable hay was made from what tire
scythe reached in and cut there. But
when the horse mower and the self
binding reaper came into use, 1t every
year became harder to find anybody
who could be hired to clear out the
fence corners. The result was that
the ak rather than the scythe was re-
quired, and the growth, instead of be
ing restricted to fence corners, en-
crcached each year more on the cult
waited fields
The Progress., 1897-12-02

\ well-known veterinarian gives the
Rural World the kerosene emulsion
formula. as the best all around remedy
for lice on hogs. 1t should be applied
through a sPrinhling can, ana IL the
sides and bottom Of the pen are gwen
q good spraying also, it Will heip ma
teriaIIy in Kidding the hogs or TINS
troublesome pest. The emulsion is mace
as follows: Hard soap, one-half pound;
boiling water, one gallon; kerosene
two gallons; dissolve the soap IN the
water. add the kerosene, and churn with
G pump for five or ten minutes. 10 TINS
add 90 parts water, to one OF the enui-
sion when it is ready to be applied on
the logs.
The Progress., 1897-12-02
YESTERDAY.

''And all our yesterdays, have !iA
fools gu
The way to dusty eath."-Shakespear,
Yesterday-with all its opportuni-
ties-is gone. Many man-who
but yesterday could have secured life
assurances to-day shut off for ever
from its benefits. Death may have
:sshut the door of opportunity. 1t
doesn't need death to shut the door
of opportunity to assure your life. A
little cough-a trif1ing siekness-may
do it. The door was open to YOU
yesterday-is ofen to. day. 1t may
be closed tomorrow.
Don't let another ''to-day' be-
come a yesterday without giving
to your loved ones the protection tina
Life Assurance alone can give.
The Progress., 1897-12-02
Young stock for Children.

Every boy on the farm Should De
piven a Young animal to raise for him
self. he to attend to- 1t and be induced
to take an interest in its progress. He
will thus early become fond of animals
and of farming, and will be more recon
ciled to farm life when he is grown. The
bow who leaves the farm for the city is
the one who has never had any oppor-
tunities and looks upon farming as
drudg gerry. Labor becomes pleasure
when there is something to strive for,
and the early education of the boy on
the farm should be by giving him an
interest in something. All children love
young stock and pet them.-Farmers'
| Voice.
The Progress., 1897-12-02

Prof. Bailey says that the first step
in the enrichment Of unproductive land
is to improve its physical condition by
raeans of careful and thorough tillage,
by the addition Of humts, and perhaps
by undertakings. It must first be put
in such condition that plants. can grow
In it. After that the addition OF chem
zeal fertilizers may pay by giving addi'
tional or redundant growth.--Farnl
News.
The Progress., 1897-12-02
If you would have pure, whole

If YOU would have pure, whole |
some politics, vote to overthrow |
the reign OF the Fosters, which |
means political serfdom and OPP
preston. Vote for Levy and Phil
lips and the delegates put forward
by the Caddo Democratic Club.
Their election means home-rule,
the voice of the people as supreme
law.
No matter whether one ever eN-
poets to enter the field Of politics
as q candidate or not. II he be-
lieves in fair-play; il he Is q be-
lever in American Independence;
if he i S an advocate Of homc-ruie,
the rule Of the majority; il he be-
lieves that the people should be
sovereign in public matters he cam
not afford to support any man
or men whom the Fosters COM
bination support, and he must
throw his influence to NesSrS. Levy
ana Fnl1llDS duu ttiS 1tIiSS5 tN'LJL
which the CaddO Democratic Clut
is endorsing.
My. my! how the Fosters com
bination did tremble and gnasi
their teeth in malignant rag
when the Caddo Democrat,
r brought onward the ma mes 0
Messrs. Levy and Phillips for dele
\ gates to the Constitutional Con
v yention from Caddo.
We need common sense, publi
). enterprise and the States welfa1
g as elements in our Constitutions
:, Convention, much more than W
> do learning and polish. Levy an
&c Phillips Will go there to work 4
lie the peoples interest, not to nal
a personal display of orat 'ry al
Of eloquence to those in "ti
lv galleries.
The Progress., 1897-12-02
TODAY.

sHappy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call TO- day his own ."-Dryden.
To-day is here-and ''no day IS
yours but to-day" Assure to-day
and tomorrow will have no fears for
YOU. Less than one dollar week
will pay for an Endowment policy
that will give one thousand dollars to
your family to-morrow-if you die.
Will give you one thousand dollars
(and profts) at the end of twenty
years-if you live. An adequate
Endowment policy in the Equitable
will accomplish the two great aims OF
a mans Interpretation for his family
-provision for himself-guaranteed
by the strongest life company in the
world and backed by Surplus of
| Over $43,O00.000.
The Progress., 1897-12-02
TOMORROW.

eDefer not till tomorrow to be wise,
To morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
-Congreve.
To-morrow-for many men-wlll
never come. 1t is POSSIBLE that to-
morrow may never come to YOU. 1t
is PROBABLE that you will see to-mor-
row-and next week-and next year
and the years after that-and may
be. old age-and yet-long as you
may live-you may never acquire a
competency for your declining years
very few people do
An Endowment policy taken during
the years of your earning power will
help provide for your own old age
will protect your family in case OF
vour death-even if it should occur
tomorrow.
wv Il. SEAY
| Agent,
EQUITABLE LIFE,
I SHREvEPoRT. La
The Progress., 1897-12-02
AT VIVIAN!
THE LkVY AND PHILLIPS FORCES
CAPTURE THE MEETING.

The Fosters Combination held
a barbecue at Vivian, Monday.
And it was an excellent barbecue
aud dinner, too. The Ward Two
people know how to do things we'll
and they generally do their best.
And the steady citizens Of that
burg can listen as well as tell.
They have the appreciation to
know when a man is talking rea-
sonably and when he is using So
phistry. On this occasion they
had booked Hon. w. H. Wise,
Senator Barrel and Sheriff Young
to. do the speaking for their lost
cause and they were literally sup
piled with rooters-for considera-
ton, no doubt. Well, when there
is any fun in sight the Levy-Phil-
lips men are always ready to take
a slice, and they took along Hon.
E. H. Randolph and Messrs. J.
Henry Shepherd and .. D. Hicks
to present their side OF the case.
When the train stopped at Wv
ian and our forces landed it was
among a large concourse OF the
intelligent farmers of that ward,
and as soon as we divided our
selves among them began to shake
their hands, look into their eyes
and talk with them it was not hard
to tell that they were as ready then
as ever to throw of the yoke OF
political serfdom and vote for men
who were from among the masses
like themselves. It was Levy and
Phillips much in evidence in the
first watches in the afternoon, ano
when the hour of departure came
he was indeed a poor observer, al
unsophisticated hugger of a stu
pendous delusion, who could no
see that there was not corporal
guard to follow the banner of Alex
ander and Wise and bossism.
The subtitle story woven by Sen
ator Wise; the ingenious sophistr,
of al Young could not stand be
fore the sturdy, manly, truthful
blows of Messrs. Randolph, Hick
and Shepherd, but like wheat De
fore the scythe-blade their point
were hewn down until failure
signal failure-was seen write
in indeliable characters on TT
faces of the few-the wet and vii
L.
ed few-who still, like soake
chickens in a shower, huddle
under the protecting (o wing
the Fosters standard.
Ward Two is solid for Levy al
Phillips and the delegation P
forward by the :saddo Democrat
Tub, and don't you forget it,!
$1o Enofnr'S COl
The Progress., 1897-12-02

Usually closing the entrance so that
only one bee can pasAat time is good
protection for q weak hive against rob-
bers.
The Progress., 1897-12-02

A vote for Levy and fh1iiiPs'
Thursday, means a vote against
ring rule, bossism and imperial
dictatorship.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28

mastered him, he will do the most out
rageous things; and, if ne could not get
drink in any other way, he would sell
his family into eternal bondage. How
many homes have been broken up in
that way no one but God knows. Oh,
is there anything that will so destroy
a man for this life, and damn him for
the life that is to comei Do not tell
me that man can be happy when he
knows that he is breaking his wife's
heart and clothing his children with
rags. Why, there are on the roads and
streets of this land to-day little chill
dren barefooted. unwashed. and I'M
kempt-want on every patch of their
faded dress and on every wrinkle of
their prematurely old countenances.
who would have been in churches to-
day. and as well clad as you are, but
for the fact that rum destroyed their
parents and drove them into the grave.
o, rum, thou foe of God, thou despoiler
of homes, thou recruiting officer of the
pit, l hate thee,
But my subject takes deeper tone,
and that is, that the unfortunate OF
whom l speak suffers from the loss
Of the soul The Bible intimates that
in the future world, if we are unfor-
given here. cur bad passions and ap
petites unrestrained, viii go along with
us and make our torment there. So
that, / suppose, when an inebTiate
wakes up in that world. he will feel
an infinite thirst consuming him. Now,
down in this world. although he may
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28

Marie by the shoulder and led him out
into the inn garden where there was a
convenient bench beside the river. Here
he sat him down and made the boy
place himself on his left.
Jean Marie" he said, very gravely,
"this world is exceedingly vast; and
even France, which is only small
corner of it, is great place for a
little lad like you. Unfortunately it is
full of eager, shouldering people NOV
ing on; and there are very few bakers
shops for so many eaters. Your master
is dead; you are not fit to gain living
by yourself; you do not wish to steal?
No. Your situation then is undesir-
able; it is, for the moment, critical
On the other hand, you behold in me
man not old, though elderly, still en-
joying the youth of the heart and the
intelligence; man of instruction;
easily situated in this worlds affairs;
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28

beside Gretz / should lie under Z
water-lily and listen to the bells, which
must sound most delicately down be.
low. That would be life-do you not
think so, too?"
YES" said jean Marie.
THANK God, you have imaginationp
cried the Doctor. embracing the boy
with his usual effusive warmth, though
it was proceeding that seemed to dis
concert the sufferer almost as much as
If he had been an English schoolboy OF
the same age. and now" he added.
Il will take you to my WIFE"
The Doctor went through a solemn
form Of introduction, adding, for the
benefit of both parties. you must try
to like each other for my sake"
He is very pretty" said Anastasie.
"Will you kiss me, my pretty little
fellow"
The Doctor was furious, and dragged
her into the passage. Are you fool,
Anastasie?" he said. What is all this
hear about the tact of women
Heaven knows, have not met with it
in my experience You address my
little philosopher as if he were an in
FAINT. He must be spoken to with more
respect, tell you; he must not be
kissed and Georgy-porgy'd like an or
binary child"
Il only did it to please you, / am
sure" replied Anastasie;; "but will try
to do better
The Doctor apologized for his
warmth. But do wish him." he con-
tinued, "to feel at home among us.
And really your conduct was so idiotic,
my cherished one, and so utterly and
distantly out Of place, that a saint
might have been pardoned little We
hemence in disapproval. Do, do try-if
it is possible for woman to under
stand young people-but of course it is
not, and 1 waste my breath, Hold
your tongue as much as possible at
least, and observe my conduct mar
rowly; it will serve you for model" !"
Anastasie did as she was hidden, and
considered the Doctors behavior. She
observed that he embraced the boy
three times in the course of the even
ing, and managed generally to con-
found and abash the little fellow out of
speech and appetite. But she had the
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28

keeping a good table-a man, neither
as friend nor host, to be despised l
offer you your food and clothes, and to
teach you lessons in the evening, which
will be infinitely more to the purpose
for lad of your stamp than those of
all the priests in Europe. | propose no
wages, but if ever you take a thought
to leave me, the door shall be open, and
| will give you hundred francs to
start the world upon In return, have
an old horse and chaise. which you
would very speedily learn to clean and
keep in order. Do not hurry yourself
to answer, and take it or leave it as
you judge Alright. Only remember this,
that | am no sentimentalist or char
liable person, but a man who lives
vigorously to himself, and that if |
make the proposal, it is for my own
ends-it is because l perceive clearly
an advantage to myself And now, re-
fleet
I shall be very glad. 1 do not see
what else / can do. 1 thank you. sir.
most kindly, and l viii try to be use
full said the boy.
Thank you, said the Doctor warm
ly, rising at the same time and wipins
his brow, for he had suffered agonies
while the thing hung in the wind. A
refusal, after the scene at noon, would
have placed him in a ridiculous light
before Anastasie. "How hot and heavy
is the evening, to be sure, / have al
ways had fancy to be a fish in sum-
mer, Jean-Marie. here in the Loins
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28

true womanly heroism in little affairs
Not only did she refrain from the
cheap revenge OF exposing the Doctors
errors to himself, but she did her best
TO remove their ill-effect on Jean-Ma-
rie. When Desprez went out for his
last breath of air before retiring for
the night, she came over to the boy
side and took his hand.
He held up his face, and she took
him in her arms and then began to
cry The woman had spoken in COM
Dlaisance; but she had warmed to her
own words, and tenderness followed
The Doctor, entering, found them en-
laced; he concluded that his wife was
in fault; and he was just beginning, in
an awful voice, "Anastasie-," when
she looked up at him, smiling, with an
upraised finger; and he held his peace,
wondering, while she led the boy to
his attic.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28
Telephony in the United states.

The extraordinary growth of the tel
ephone service in America is shown in
some figures brought out in the course
of recent inquiry as to the desirable
ity of regulating the rates and super
vising the service of telephone compan-
les in Massachusetts, In the United
States there are twelve conversations
per year on the average to every one OF
the population, while in Europe there
are only two. The United States with
a population. according to the census
of 1890, of 81. 622, ,250, maintains 325,91O
telephone stations. or one to every 1872
of the population. The combined pop
ulation Of Europe, according to the cen
sus of 1880. is 354 ,957 ,776. and they
maintain ,037 telephone stations. or
one TO every 907 of the population.
The conversations over the telephone
in the United States amount to 757.-
000.0 per year: in Europe they
amount to 767 109 ,S24 In other words.
in the United States the number OF
telephones used is more than five times
as great, according to the population.
as those used in the countries of Eu-
rope, and the number OF conversations
per capita of the population of the.
United States is six times as great as
in Europe. France, with population
of 38,343 1872, is using g. 800 telephones.
or one to every 1900 of the population:
that is, France, with population eight
times as great as that OF the six New
England States, is using fewer tele-
phones than the people of New Eng
land. Massachusetts, according to the
census of 1895. had population OF p
500.1S3, and there are 26,315 telephones.
in use, or one to every 50 of the popu-
lation. Sweden, where the telephone
is more generally used than in anv
other country in Europe, has but one
telephone to every 136 of the popu,a-
tion. London has a population of s.
100000 with 5000 exchange telephone
instruments, or one to every 200 of the
population. while Boston, with a popu-
lation OF 496,s20, according to the CEN
sus of 1895. has 9.e37 telephones. or one
to every fifty-fve of the population.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28

brought to this vile hamlet; then your
admirable sense and temper will pre-
vail, and l see you already as content
as ever, and making your husband the
happiest of men,"
You know can refuse you nothing" +"
she said, with last flicker of resist
ance.
81 think not" replied the Doctor
esBut do not suppose me so unwary as
to adopt him out of hand. / am, 1
flatter myself, a finished man of the
world: have had all possibilities i'll
view; my plan is contrived to meet
them all. take the lad as stable boy.
If he pilfer, grumble, if he desire to
change, shall see I was mistaken; l
shall recognize him for no son OF mine,
and send him tramping."
you will never do 50 when the time
Comes" said his wife. Il know your
good heart"
She reached out her hand to him,
with a sigh; the Doctor smiled as he
took it and carried it to his lips; he
mad gained his point with greater ease
than he had dared to hope; for per-
hans the twentieth time he had proved
the efficacy of his trusty argument, his
Excalibur, the hint of return to
Paris. Six months in the capital, for
man of the doctors antecedents and
relations, implied no less a calamity
than total ruin. Anastasie had saved
the remainder of his fortune by keeping
him strictly in the country. The very
name of Paris put her in blue fear;
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28
ITO BE coNrINU ED.I

Coleridge, the poet, was an awkwara
horseman. Once riding along the turn
pike road in the county Of Durham he
was accosted by a man who had been
watching the rider. 4 say, young
man, did you meet tailor on the
road?" Yes" replied the poet, whost
middle name was Taylor; Il did; and
he told me if / went little farther ]
should meet a goose
The Austrians were originally the
Oester-Reichers or inhabitants of the
Eastern Empire.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28
CHAPTER IIL.-fCoSrrNurp.) }


Truly" replied the Doctor with a
shrug, you have your finger on the
hitch. He will be strikingly antipa-
thetic to my beautiful Anastasie. She
will never understand him; he will
never understand her. You married the
animal side of my nature. dear; and it
is on the spiritual side that I find my
affinity in Jean-Marie. So much SO,
that, to be perfectly frank, / stand in
some awe of him myself. You will
easily perceive that ] am announcing
q calamity for you. Do not" he broke
out in tones Of real solicitude-"do not
give way to tears after a meal, Anas-
TASTE. You will certainly give yourself
a false digestion"
Anastasie controlled herself. "You
know how willing / am to humor you"
she said, "in all reasonable matters.
But on this point"
My dear love-" interrupted the Doc
tor, eager to prevent refusal, who
wished to leave Paris? who made me
give up cards, and the opera, and the
boulevard, and my social relations, and
all that was my life before knew you?
Have / been faithful? Have l been
obedient? Have not borne my doom
with cheerfulness? In all honesty,
Anastasie, have not a right to stipu-
iation on my side? I have, and you
know 1t. stipulate my son.
Anastasie was aware of defeat she
struck her colors instantly. you will
break my heart" she sighed.
mot in the least" said he. "You
will feel trifiing inconvenience for a
month just as / did when / was first
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-28
BAluminum in Yacht-Ri-ripr

During the past year or so aluri-
mum has been used in some cases for
making the pulley-blocks for the rig
ging of yachts. One of the chief ad-
vantages is the gain in lightness,
which is a very desirable thing in
blocks that are used aIoft. The results
are reported as satisfactory, and the
aluminium blocks have proved 10 be
very strong, one for instance, the
weight of which was only three
ounces. having stood strain of seven
hundred pounds.