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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17

Boston. Mass, Nov. 16.-Jos. A.
Iasigi. formerly the Turkish consul in
this city. who was arrested in New York
last summer charged with the embeZzle-
ment OF large sums from trust funds
held by him and who was recently found
guilty in the Suffolk county Superior
court, was to-day sentenced to serve
term OF not more than IS nor less than
II years in Stare's prison, with one day
solitary confinement and the rest OF the
term at hard labor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17

Seth Lows resignation as president of
Columbia College had string tied to it.
He will go on teaching. He is sue
cess as the growth and expansion OF
Columbia shows. He might have sue
ceeded in politics if Cleveland hadn't
fatigued the Indignation of the people
with his cant about reform and his
subseryience to the money power. One
of that kind in generation is all the
people can stand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17
A FIRE THIS MORNING.

At / o'clock this morning an alarm
of fire was turned in from box 26, corner
of Swain and Hargett streets. The
roof of the kitchen on the Jordan Wom-
lie property had caught from a defective
fue. The flames were soon extinguished.
The loss was Slight.
An hour later the northern sky in the
direction of Wake Forest was lighted
up by fire. Ii is not known here just
where the fire was.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17
STATE NEWS.

The board Of commissioners of Bun
combe have appropriated 500 to remove
the body of General Clingman to Ashe-
vile.
DR.. S. W. Battle has purchased the
Oakland Heights, and will convert it
into fine sanatarium, which will be
open February LIST, says the Citizen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17
NO CURE NO PAY.

That IS TIE WAY all druggists sell
GROVES TASTFLESS CHILL TON
IC For Chills and fever and All forms OF
Malaria. II Is simply Iron and Quinipe
N tasteless form. Children love II.
Adults prefer 1t to bitter, nauseatlng
Ponies Pr 80 S0~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17

Small pill, safe bill, best pill. De
Wits Little Early Risers cure bilious
ness, constipation, sick headache. Caro-
lima Drug Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17

Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
N. c., as second-class matter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-17
NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.

The News and Observers telephones:
Business Office NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1T
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

LET THE BABIES CRY.-That babies
ought to cry occasionally, is a fact
we'll known to doctors but one which
seems to be very much against the
creed of mothers and nurses. The
model babies who never cry are unnat-
ural specimens. Crying is the only
exercise young baby gets it expands
the lungs, causes a better circulation
of the blood, and helps on muscular
growth. Of course, fretting when
there is discomfort is to be promptly
attended to, and screaming (Which
might cause rupture) must not be al
lowed; but really healthy little cry,
when nothing particular Is the matter,
save the baby needs that mode Of ex-
preston for its pent-up feelings-this
is not a thing to make everybody run
and try to divert the little ones atten.
tion or to stop him, or get out Of the
way as if there was fire or runaway
locomotive coming.
The noise is not pleasant, but if we
were once assured that it was harm
less pastime for baby, most of us could
reconcile ourselves to it once in q
while. Not at night. If there is one
lesson more important than another, it
is that darkness and stiffness 60 to-
gether. But although the idea may
be a novel one, there is something to
be said in favor of little babies being
allowed a small crying spell-that is,
an exercise spell-during the day,
purely upon the grounds of health.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

SOWING TO THE WIND Recently
when placed on the witness stand in
New York, John D. Rockefeller was
interrogated as to who was the real
owner of lease obtained from St..
Marks church, and answered that he
was. He was then asked if the lease
had not been held in the name of the
church and the reason therefor. Mr..
Rockefeller very frankly answered {:
"The reason for that was to escape
taxation. If 1 held the lease, the
property would have been taxed if
the church held it, it was exempt from
taxation"
When men amply able to discharge
all their obligations to the government
that protects them, resort to subter-
fuges of this kind to evade an obliga-
ton, and the laboring man is forced to
give up his hearthstone often in order
to meet his obligations, is it source of
wonder that a strong current of dis.
trust and disgust prevails among the
toiling massesp
A proper equalization of the burdens
of taxpayers would do much toward
allaying the feeling of discomfort
among the masses, and put quietus
on any movement looking to arraying
the masses against the classes. Until
this is done, such incidents as that
given above is sowing to the wind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

SUNDAY SCHooLs.-As the name in
dicates the first Sunday schools were
places where instruction was given in
reading, writing and other similar sub
jects. The first Sunday school was c.
tablished by Robert Raikes, of Glou-
cester, Eng, in 1881. He was poor
shoemaker; but with some learning,
and he conceived the idea of gathering
together on Sunday poor and ignorant
children, who were compelled to work
during the week, and giving them
rudimentary education. So rapidly
did the movement spread that in few
years nearly every town in England
had Sunday school, taught by hired
teachers, and the instruction was, as
nearly as possible, such as given in
week day schools. It was not until
many years later that the churches
took charge of these schools and chang
ed the instruction from secular to reli-
gious. The first Sunday school in
America was established in Hanover
county, Virginia, in 17S6.-Saturday
Night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
"a Lovers quarrels arise from dit

"a Lovers quarrels arise from diff
ferent causes; sometimes from mere
intensity of affection, making undue
exactions; sometimes from the lying
Vaccinations of supposed friends;
but generally from jealously. As q
general thing, it may be laid down
that persons do not change essentially
after marriage. A belief that they
would has been the cause of countless
unhappy marriages. They will be just
the same after as before, and, If any
thing, little more likely to give way
to natural proclivities or peculiarities
of temper. Jealousy, unreasonable
fits of anger, fault-finding,, sulkiness-
all these are much harder to endure
after marriage. Many a young man
or girl has committed the mistake of
marrying under this idea that after
marriage, an influence could be ex-
erted for good, and thus reform evil
ways. The girl who will not trust her
lover, the girl who is passionate and
unreasonable, will be thrice so after
marriage, and the young man who
will not cease his dissipation, or who
is tickle in his attachment, will be q
dissipated and unfaithful husband.
The time to effect reforms is before,
not after the matrimonial knot is tied.
Saturday Night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

THIS WAS A LUCKY DAY For Mr.
WooDARD.-While hunting near Sal.
mon river recently, Sidney Woodard
fred at and killed a partridge, and or
crossing the river where the bird fell
he stopped to pick it up, when some.
thing warm and of a mucilaginous
consistency fell upon his head. This
he soon found was honey, and upon
examination discovered that the bullet
from his gun had penetrated a bee
tree, after passing through the part.
ridge. He returned to the house and
secured three large tubs and two milk
cans and some pals, all of which he
filled with honey.
While securing the honey he noticed
a peculiar movement of the tree
which seemed to expand and subside
at intervals. Passing to the other side
wide seam was apparent, and he
learned that the tree was hollow
From this he succeeded in extracting
thirty two coons which had taken up
winter quarters therein, the peculiar
movement of the tree having been
caused by the united breathing of the
coons.
Nor was this all of his remarkable
adventure, for on attempting to cross
the river the ice gave way, and be
was obliged to swim for q short dis
tance. When he arrived at his home
he had about forty-five speckled trout
in his coat pockets and a few had
found lodgment in his boots.-Water-
town Standard.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
SOME BIBLE ODDITIES.

Missprints and odd sentences make
Bibles very valuable. The "Breeches
Bible" is so called on account O.
a wrong translation of the WORD
"aprons" as it appears in Genesis iii
Z, the translators in this instance
having made it to read "And they
sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves breeches !" The English
reformers exiled at Geneva are respon.
sible for this very apparent adsurdity
During Queen Elizabeth's reign it was
the regular English family Bible. The
"Vinegar Bible" an edition of Holy
Writ which appeared from the Claren'
don press in 1717, is known by that
odd title because the words "The par
able of the vineyard" in the title OF
Luke Xxx, is made to read. "The par
able of the Vinegar" Matthew's Bi-
BILE, printed in London in 1861, was
nicknamed the "Bug Bible" because
Psalms, xci, S was translated so as to
read: $50 that thou shalt not nede
to bee afraide of any bugges by nighte."
The original idea of the word "terror''
is still to be seen in our words "bug-
BEAR" "bugaboo," etc.
The "wicked Bible' was printed in
London in 1851 and was so called
from the fact that the negation was
omitted in certain of the command.
ments, making them read "thou shalt
instead of "thou shalt not" Arch
bishop Land ordered this edition sup
pressed and forced the printer to pay
q fine of 9300. The "Placemaker's
Bible" is another sacred oddity for
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

The RULES OF ELIZABETH Fry
The following rules for the guidance
of life are by the celebrated Mrs. Fry
Never lose any time. I do not con-
slider that lost which is spent in amuse-
ment or recreation every day; but
always be in the habit of being en-
ployed.
Never err the least in truth.
Never say an i'll thing of person
when thou canst say a good thing of
him. Not only speak charitably, but
feel 80.
Never be irritable or unkind to any
body.
Never indulge thyself in luxuries
that are not necessary.
Do all things with consideration, and
when thy path to act right is most
difficult, put confidence in that Power
alone which is able to assist thee, and
exert thine own powers as far as they
20.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
TO BE CONTINUED.

INDIAN SUMNER Constitu
tion-I have forgotten whence origina'
ted the expression "Indian summer
Please be kind enough to refresh my
memory in this respect. Respect
fully, SIS.
Indian summer in the United States
is a period in autumn characterized by
calm and absence of rain. This con-
dition is especially we'll manifested in
the upper Mississippi valley, where it
is in conspicuous contrast with the
climatic phenomena which precede and
follow it. West of the belt of states
lying adjacent to the Mississippi, the
rainfall is 30 small that the chief char
acteristic of the Indian summer is not
exceptional enough to excite attention,
and from the Mississippi valley east
ward the autumnal periods of calm
and dryness become more and more
irregular in their occurrences, and are,
on the whole, of shorter duration.
Hence in the eastern states, any period
of unusually quiet, dry, and hazy
weather, even if it lasts only a few
days, may be designated the Indian
summer, provided it occurs at any
time between the middle of September
and the early part of December. The
haze which fills the air at such times is
simply the dust and smoke which are
not blown away by the wind, but float
near the earth's surface. The name
is due to the fact that the phenomena
of the Indian summer are much more
distinctly marked in the region chiefly
occupied by the Indian at the time this
term became current than they are in
the more eastern regions, to which the
white population was chiefly limited
prior to the beginning Of the present
century.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

A NATIONAL FAILING.-"I think, +"
said West End physician, "Ameri-
cans should be described as q nation
of medicine takers. The returns from
the sales of patent medicines are as
tonishing; but no general practitioner
is at all surprised at this, because he
has long since learned that hypoch-
ondria exists almost universally, and
that medicine-taking is the great de-
light of an enormous percentage OF
mankind. One great object doctor
should have in view is to cure with as
few doses as possible, and I believe
ninety nine out of one hundred medi-
cal students begin practice with this
idea before them. If their experience
is like mine, they have somewhat let
down in their efforts in this direction ;
and if they have not done 80, they
have certainly offended quite a large
number of patients. There seems lit
tie to choose between the sexes in the
matter of desire to take medicine
regularly, and it is often impossible to
persuade an apparently rational-mind.
ed patient that cure has been effect
ed, that no more medicine is needed,
and that nothing but good diet and
careful habits are required to build up
the constitution. A number of doc
tors save themselves from falling from
grace by prescribing harmless tonic
after efecting cure, but those who
pride themselves in disposing of cases
by aid of dozen doses or less seldom
attain to any great popularity.
"The often quoted and much vaunt-
ed practice in China of paying a ply.
sician while his patient is we'll, and
stopping his pay during sickness,
could never be introduced success
fully into this country, because so
many people who are perfectly we'll
are prepared to file afidavits that they
are dangerously sick that no doctor
under the China regime would be able
to earn his board"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
#liseellaneuus Rsading.
BURNED MONEY EXPERT.
Mrs. Brown Is Wonder at Piecing
Fragments.

Mrs. Brown Is Wonder at Piecine
Fragments.
The most interesting person in the
employ of the treasury is Mrs. Brown
who knows more about burned money
than any other individual living. II
is marvellous to see her take handful
of charred fragments of bank notes
and, pasting them piece by piece upon
sheet of paper, transform them into
recognizable shape, so that the loser
may be reimbursed by Uncle Sam
Only the other day an old woman
named Mrs. Groth died in Rockford
ILL.,, leaving all her property to hel
niece, Lizzie. For some reason, per-
haps because the death was from q
contagious disease, the clothing of the
deceased was burned. After the pious
task had been accomplished it occurred
to Lizzie that perhaps there might
have been some money in the pockets
So she searched among the ashes and
sure enough she found few bits Of
what had been greenbacks. She sent
them to the redemption division and
they were identified as amounting to
$25.
A few weeks ago the Farmers and
Mechanics bank at Mansfield, ILL.,, was
entered by burglars. They destroyed
the safe with dynamite, incidentally
blowinging several packages of notes
into small bits, which were forwarded
to the treasury at Washington for re.
demption. Mrs. Brown had quaint.
ty of stuff, when seen, in big envol.
ope, and it looked as though the jot
of putting the pieces together would
be no small one. This particular kind
of work, however, has become famil.
lar, owing to the growing popularity
of dynamite among robbers.
Mrs. Brown is equally we'll acquain.
ted with the work of the puppy dog
which gets a chew at the family wad
also with results accomplished by the
omniverous goat and the almost equal
ly indiscriminate baby. A half-diges.
ted roll of bills may be recovered from
the stomach of a goat, as has beer
done in more than one instance, by the
simple process of killing the beast, but
the infant affords a more serious prob
lem.-Chicago Time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

and help it, to induce men with capi-
tai to come and engage in it, and by
furnishing quick, abundant and cheap
transportation to the trade centers of
the north and west, which were for
merly supplied largely from the gar
dens and orchards of California, but
where southern truck and fruit now
find large and ready sale. This
must continue to be growing indus
try, and will continue to be a profita-
bic one, for it will not be long before
canneries will be established to save
such of the crop as cannot be market
ed pro6tably after the rush is over,
and thus we may eventually expect to
see the canning industry transferred
in great measure from the north to
south, as has been the Cas- elm the
growing of certain fruits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
SLANG WORDS AND PHRASES.

"Dun" is a word whose meaning is
now known to every one who under.
stands the English language. About
the beginning of the century consta.
BILE in England named John Dun be.
came celebrated as a 6rstclass collector
of bad accounts. When others would
fail to collect a bad debt, Dun would
be sure to get it out of he.debtor. II
soon passed into current phrase that
when a person owed money and did
not pay when asked, he would have
to be "Dunned." Hence it soon be.
came 80 common in such cases to say
"You will have to dun So-and-so il
you wish to collect your money"
Until the nomination of Franklin
Pierce for the presidency, the word
"outsider" was unknown. The com.
mittee on credentials came to make its
report, and could not get into the hall
because of the crowd of people who
were not members of the convention
The chairman of the convention asked
if the committee was ready to report
and the chairman of the committee
answered, ayes, Mr.. Chairman, but
the committee is unable to get inside
on account of the crowd and pressure
of the outsiders" The newspaper
reporters took up the word and used it.
"You are a daisy" is used by Dick.
ems in "David Copperfeld" in the sense
of calling person daisy in the way
to express admiration and at the same
time to laugh at ones credulity. Steer.
forth says to young Copperfeld
"David, my daisy, you are so innocent
of the world. Let me call you my
daisy, as it is so refreshing to find one
in these current days 80 innocent and
unsophisticated. My dear Copper6eld,
the daisies of the field are not fresher
than you."
"Too thin" was given currency by
Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, in
the United States congress in 1870.
Some members had made reply to
Mr.. Stephens, and the latter had his
chair wheeled out in the aisle and said
in that shrill, piping voice that always
commanded silence: "Mr. Speaker,
the gentleman's arguments are. gratui-
tous assertions made up of whole
cloth-and cloth, sir, so gauzy and
thin that it will not hold water. 1t is
entirely too thin. SIR"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
p@ A correspondent of the Baltimore

s~ A correspondent of the Baltimore
Manufacturers Record, who is con-
nected with one of the leading south
ern railroads and is familiar with the
subject of freight transportation, esti-
mates that the truck and fruit mar
keted now bring into the south $780,
100000 year, and will, within a few
years, bring in double that amount.
Some idea Of the immense traffic in
these things may be formed from the
statement that the number of cars now
required to carry the watermelon crop
to market would carry 100000 bales
of cotton. The railroads appreciating
the value of this industry to them are
wisely doing all they can to encourage
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

D~ A process of extracting gold by
which every particle of the metal in
the ore is recovered, is stated to be in
successful operation in West Australia.
1t is called The ore-atomic process.
Gold quartz is crushed into small Jumps
and is then put into a closed chamber,
subjected to the heat of furnace, and
to the action of water and of hydro
gen gas. This eliminates sulphur and
reduces all oxides to the metallic state.
After being heated, the material is
suddenly cooled by jets of water; an
operation repeated several times till
the quartz crumbles to powder at the
touch of the finger. 1t is then thrown
into tank, and the gold is separated
by washing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03

t6- A somewhat heroic French
scientist is credited with having bold
ly declared that a large number of
nervous maladies from which girls at
the present day suffer are to be at
tributed to playing the piano. Sta
tistics show, according to this author
ity, that, of 1000 girls who study this
instrument before the age of twelve,
no less than 600 suffer from this class
of disorders; while of those who do
not begin till later, there are only
some 200 per 1000, and only 100 per
/ 900 among those who have never
worked it. The violin is also proved
to be equally injurious. The remedy
suggested is that children should not
be permitted to study either instru-
ment before the age of sixteen, at
least, or, in case of delicate corstitu-
tions, not till still later age.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
. M. GRIsT & SONS, Publishers.
ROB McGREGOR.
BY MARTHA McCULL0CH WILLIAMS.
Copyright, 1896, by the Author.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of THE EN-
oUIRER may begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understand it
just the same as though they had read it
all from the beginning, we here give
SYNOPSIS of that portion of it which has
already been published:
CHAPTER Life in Walnut Creek, in
Tennessee, centers around Topmark's g
store. Magnolia Tubbs, mysterious
newcomer in the neighborhood, not with
out attractions Of coarse type, is noe
turnal caller on Topmark.
CHAPTER II.-Mrs. Topmark dies from
the poison of herbs brought to the store
by a charm working Negress, ostensibly
to kill mice. Gossips and q managing
between Topmark's niece, Alice Winfold,
and aristocratic Colonel Talbot's son Jack.
But spirited Rob McGregor, heiress of
Roscoe, has been before Jacks eyes from
childhood.
CHAPTER III.-Topmark covets the
Roscoe acres, which are heavily mort
gagged and adjoin his own. Rob is the
mainstay and comfort of her widowed
and blind father.
calleI at Roscoe. So is the newly made
Rob and meets with good humored re-
pulse.
CHAPTER V.-Magnolia Tubbs holds a
mysterious land claim of value, and Top
mark seeks to control it.
CHAPTER VI.-Alice Winfold places a
stumbling block in the path of true love
by telling Rob that Jack he's proposed to
her.
CHAPTER VII.-Mrs. Talbot prevails
upon Jack to act as the escort of Alice
Winfield. He does so reluctantly, but
ends in trifling with her while his heart is
set upon Rob McGregor.
CHAPTER VILLA series of mysteri-
ous prosecutions Of the people of Roscoe
inaugurated by the theft of Rob's favor
ite saddle horse, Lightlady.
CHAPTER IX.-Jack drives Alice Win
fold to the great annual church meeting.
Rob is there in the company Of Topmark,
having arranged it to spite Jack Talbot
for his supposed double dealing. She be-
lieves Alice Winfold's story.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
Commercial Smg@s the

which collectors pay high price. 1t
obtained its name from an error in
Matthew, v, 9, where the words "Bles-
sed are the peacemakers" read as
"Blessed are the placemakers." The
"Treacle Bible" has the passage in
Jeremiah, "Is there no balm in Gile-
ad ?" rendered as, "Is there no treacle
in Gilead2" The Dauay version (Ro-
man Catholic) renders the same pas
sage, ais there no resin in Gilead ?"
In the "Printers' Bible," David,
where he should say "The princes
have prosecuted me without cause" is
made to say "The printers have perse-
cuted me-" etc.