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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
NO FAITH CURE
ABOUT STUART'S DYSPEP-
STA TABLETS.
They Cure Stomach Troubles
and Indigestion Anyway,
Whether You Have Faith in
Them or Not,

Mere faith will not digest your food
for you, will not give you an appetite,
will not increase your flesh and strength
en- your nerves and heart, but Stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets will do these things,
because they are composed of the ele-
ments of digestion, they contain the
juices, acids and peptones necessary to
the digestion and assimilation of all
wholesome food.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
food if placed in jar or bottle in water
heated to 90 degrees, and they will do it
much more effectively when taken into
the stomach after meals whether you
have faith that they will or not.
They invigorate the stomach, make
pure blood and strong nerves, in the
only way that nature can do 1t, and
that is. from plenty of wholesome food
well digested 1t is not what we eat,
but what we digest that does us good.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by
nearly all druggists at 30 cents for full
sized package, or by mail from the f.
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
THE BIGGEST HOG.
Littleton, \. @. Dec. %

Littleton, n. c., Dec. 20.
To the Editor: | notice in your issue
Of this date GOTH the publication OF
what purports to be the largest hog, tc
its age, that has ever been raised in the
State. Kindly put me on record as hav-
ing beaten the above three years ago
| purchased a pig from my brother and
killed him at eight months and half
or 255 days old, weighing 80 pounds
Last year | killed one at twelve months
old weighing All pounds.
Respectfully.
Il. RAY BROWNING, NJ. d.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
EIGHT MILLIONS INCREASE.
Comparative Tax Statement for Year,
1896 and 1898.

State Auditor Aver yesterday gave
out the following comparative statement
in regard to taxation for the past twc
years:
The aggregate value of all property
returned for taxation in the State for
the year 1896. was 1851. 1879. This
is the lowest aggregate value Of property
reported for taxation since 1892.
The report of 1893 will show the
aggregate value of property returned for
taxation to be $265, 1913, 1870. This
is the largest aggregate value of taxable
property ever reported in the State.
The increase in value for 1898 over
the year 1896 is $S,4S0,970. The
sources of this increase are as follows:
Real and personal property increase,
81, 1856, 19S; telegraph property increase,
$5SS, 236.20; steamboat and canal prop
erty increase, S6j657; railroad proper
ty increase, 6,440,S7S.S0. Total in
crease, SS,4S0,970.
The above constitutes comparative
statement of the taxable value of va
rious divisions of property for the
years 1896 and 1898.
The comparative statement OF the
value of the same divisions of property
FOR the consecutive years iooi anu 1o'o'
will show the following:
Aggregate value 1S9S). $26o.9lS,l9l;
aggregate value $500. $259,011, 50S.23.
Total increase for 1898 over 1897, &c.,
DOG, 6S97G.
The sources of this increase are as
follows:
Real and personal property increase,
81 392. $40; telegraph property increase,
S3S3.619.72; steamboat property increase,
S69620; railroad property increase ST.
0G0.53004 Total increase for 1898 over
1897, $4,000, GS9.76.
l I,4.I, f,,;+ ,l.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
A HOLIDAY EMPORIUM.
The Onward March of Popular
Establishment.

Establishment.
There are but few towns the size of
Raleigh that make as attractive and as
extensive holiday displays in every
branch of holiday shopping as does the
wide-awake capital city, and there are
few merchants, young or old, in any
town the size of Raleigh, who keeps
apace with Mr. Sherwood Higgs, the
energetic and popular young Fayette-
vile street merchant in attractive and
enchanting displays for holiday and oth-
er special occasions. Mr.. Higgs is one
of those who steadfastly believe in in
teresting, amusing and edifying as well
as trading with the passing throng. lie
seems to delight as much in giving
pleasure to his patrons as he does in
making profit out of them. This Christ
mas week his establishment is Il grand
illuminated emporium of gorgeous holt
day beauty and attractiveness.
Outside is a little forest of Christmas
trees, holly and cedar, whose green foil.
age east soft shadows from Il hundred
electric lights. Inside are wreaths
tipped here and there with brilliant
incandescent lights; Japanese, Chinese
and other trading booths full of every
imaginable article suitable for the old
or the young for Christmas shoppers.
In and about these booths are pretty
maids. arrayed in Oriental costumes,
waiting on the patrons of the store.
Every department is complete, and the
hundreds who go there daily attest the
popularity of the establishment. Few
countries have such charming progress
sive cities as Raleigh, and no cities have
more enterprising or wider awake mer~
chants than Sherwood Higgs q Com
pany. Such efforts to please and inter-
est the public deserve special mention,
and such enterprise deserves and will
win great success.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT.

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DR. Kings New
Liver Remedy, gives splendid appe-
tite. sound digestion and regular
bodily habit that insures perfect health
and great energy. Only 25c. at all drug
stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, all parties, when writing for designs
to give sex OF deceased, and some idea of how
much the work must cost. We have thousands
OF designs, with prices running from $500 up in
the thousands, and can't tell unless you do this
Direct all letters to Capital Marble Works, y. y.
Marks, Proprietor, corner Of Fayetteville and
Dayie streets, Raleigh, N. @.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS,

Raleigh, n. c., Dec IA, 1893.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the National Bank of Raleigh will
be held I'm their Banking House in
Raleigh, N. c., January 10, 1899, at
II N.
Il. III. BRIGGS, Cashier.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, the people to know that the Capita
Marble Works is the only works in the State
that is doing all kinds of carving in bold relief
with guarantee that it shall be as good as any
sent from New York or Italy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, all parties to know that they can ex-
anime all work shipped to them by us, and if it
is not first-class in every way, they can send it
back to us at our expense
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, all parties who are thinking of pur-
chasing monuments of any kind to write to the
Capital Marble Works, Raleigh, N. O., before
buying elsewhere.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, all parties to know that the Capita
Marble Works is selling better and cheaper
work than other dealer in the South.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, the people to know that by dealing
direct with the Capital Marble Works they can
save money and get class of work second to
none.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
THE COLORED METHoDIsTs.
Appointments Made at the Conference il
Winston.

The colored ministers who went from
here to the A. NJ +. Conference at Win
ston returned yesterday. Rev. Il. II.
w. Leak brought with him the follow
ing list of appointments made for the
coming year:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Wanted, all parties TO know that the CAPITAL
Marble Works delivers all work at your nearest
depbt free of freight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

air n IA a Your friend will appreciate
"6RmUV box of choice Cigars
uHUHF M hzN packed Is in a box Come
OEVNEE&g and see our stock. THEO.
BROWNS Exclusive Cigar Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

HE NTNF HEATERS. Keep your house
AHhA- ~ comfortable during holiday
HH1FE 4 times. Every Hagey Heater
HHVM is a bargain for a house
keeper. JULIUS LEWIS HARDWARE co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

AgEEnA All kinds of guns to suit all the
nHHMaA boys and sportsmen. Bicycles,
U4uEH&aN Sewing Machines and other
VVIvV beautiful goods, all at bargain
prices. IRBY g. YOUNG.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
GREENSROR0 DISTRICT.
MORGANTON DISTRICT.

Presiding Elder-J. S. Derry.
Morganton Station-H. S. Roberts.
Asheville-L. S. Flogg.
Lenoir Circuit-L. ID. Hampton.
Glen Alpine-F. w. Sowell.
Charlotte Station-G. w. Pearson.
Hickory. NJ. Henderson.
Morganton Circuit-W. e. A. Wilson
Shiloh Circuit-L T. Rudisell.
Johns River Circuit-M. S. Patter
son.
Marion Circuit-Donan Smith.
Yadkin Valley Circuit-A. J. Mitchell
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

RnN HREg Present your good wife with
UEH nRhW policy in the Mutual Ben
'HG HE eft Life Insurance Com
VEEV pany. Nothing more valua-
BILE for Christmas gift. JOHN G. DREWRY,
Gen. Agt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

luAA HEA Buy yourself home for a
AHbEHAN Christmas present. / can
HHDkWNE "a show you how to do it.
HOtvkMV G.. G. MCDONALD.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Call up Bretsch, Phone No. 102, for
all kinds of cakes and candy.
12-21-tf.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

Remember that Bretsche's fruit cake
is the best.
12-21-tf.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

BONBONS &; : 8: -;
A. ID. ROYSTER & BRO.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
Al ~ IL Ma The sweetest, purest
III "a NM and very best of all
IN In I'll IL EW1EA cured meats. Buy
UHVHHHHHaEES some for Christmas.
j. r. FERRAIL e. co.

AluHsG "a On toast, Oysters, Steaks,
HEaMnH "a Chops, &c. A Christmas
UUHsa u feast 81 every Ss Fg, day At s...,..,,4
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
Holiday Bargain Column
A Snap Shot Guide for Christ
mas Buyers.

luR n EYA OF all kinds, the best -four,
MAA a sugar, coffee, and every
vMF LII ~ thing you want to eat; also
vUkH " fruits, nuts and candies.
G. o. BALL.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
HEADACHE II! =;
time. JAS. l. JOHNSON, Mfr.

RE m ESTATE. This is our business
Ill III during holiday season and all
NE al other seasons. Bargains in both
uUAn In always.
WYNNE, ELLINGTON & co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

nHnzHM HSWNT oak. All at holiday bar
ROYAL & BORDEN FURNITURE co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

AuEEAH Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Bric-a-
HAEEMh IA brac, Toilet Sets and general
HUEHHhV A line of open stock patterns.
VEEEHVHe w. III. HUGHES.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
RALEIGH DISTRICT.

Presiding Elder-R. II. w. Leak
Raleigh, St Paul w. ]. Jordan.
Durham St Joseph-W. Il. Walker
Chapel Hill-A. j. Wilson.
Pittsboro-M r. Sheppard.
Sanford-L Il. Edwards.
Louisburg- c. Il. w. johnson.
Hillsboro-E. Robinson.
Mebane-D. +. Newly.
East Raleigh II. I. McKoy.
Raleigh Mission-J. Il. Gibbons.
North Hillsboro-L. ID. Douglass.
Henderson Mssion-R. l.. Tilery.
Aberdeen Mission-Wm. Thomas.
Louisburg Miesion-Sandy Akin.
Cary-H. G. Num-
GREENSBORO DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder-C. II. King.
Greensboro Station-P. J. Jordan.
Winston Station--C. G. Alexander.
Observation-Disclosures Tate.
Graham-John Il. Tate.
Liberty-Quinine McClain.
Wilton Simpson Jones.
Reidsville-To be supplied.
Youngsville- NJ Christmond.
Mt. Airy. w. Walker.
South Greensboro-A. ]. Corde.
East Greensboro. Z. $. Chalmers.
Roxboro-W Wilson Murray.
High Point-W S. Reid.
New Garden--J T.. Jackson.
Winston, Union Bcthq-R. l.. A
kiuSOu
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

COOKING r.. s; z s.; 6: Fl:
THOS. PESCUD.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

AUa MEATS. The best Beet, Lamb,
VA Pork and other meats that
MT green pastures can produce.
,VHn w. +. PRICE, City Market.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
KNOW THY STATE
The Motto of the Geological
B ard
REPORT OF PROF. HOLMES
INVESTIGATION OF STATES
INVESTIGATION OF STATES
WATER POWER.
TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY AFfF
he State Geological Survey Working With The
United States Geological Survey in
Making a Typographical
Map of The State.

The State Geological Board met yes
terday at noon in the Governors office
All the members of the board wevc pres.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21

No extra charge for
long faces. Retiring of
ficials shaved at regular
rates.
MAURICE WATTS.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-16

fies the courteous hospitality for which
the south, and particularly the state OF
Virginia, is justly famed.
The service is as free from ritualism
as the people are from cold formality,
and Notwithstanding that the church is
usually crowded and the seats are UNI
compensatory uncomfortable, it Is an
experience as pleasant as it is unique
to spend a Sunday morning there. II
there is breeze it whispers through
the branches of the sycamore and lin
den trees that overtop even the square
based, wooden church spire and cast
cool shadows over the graves of gem
Grafton that lived and died more than
hundred years ago.
The Gods acre of long ago, in the
midst of which st. Johns church
stands, extends from one street TO an
other, and is practically inclosed by an
old-fashioned brick wall overgrown at
intervals with English ivy. Among the
many old and quaintly-inscribed tombs
in this church yard are "A very few bear
ing modern date. 1t is the boast of
many of the COMMITMENTS of this
church that not only their fathers and
grandfathers, but their great-grandfa-
theirs have been identified with it, and
lie buried in its shadow Occasionally,
when one of these descendants dying
requests to be laid with his ancestors
in the old church yard, a new grave is
made, but this does not happen often.
1t is the pride of the parishioners of
st. Johns that the church be kept as
nearly as possible as it was in Patrick
Henry's time, and while it is very care
fully preserved the restorer has never
been allowed to lay profanng hands
upon it. A wooden structure, it is
painted, not a glazing but a dull gray
white, and, standing among its time
worn tombs and century-old trees, in
its severe simplicity il is, as it were,
bit of the visible presence of those
early days when men were stirred with
the noble sentiments of patriotism and
consideration for coming generations,
as by a common impulse, and so laid
firm the foundations of a great nation.
ANTOlNETTE V. p. WAKEMAN.
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-16

| Dowell, was ordered forward before it
was prepared to move; long before it
was in condition to cope with the bril-
liant generals of the confederacy. The
result was inevitable The army did not
go Son to Richmond" very far until it
ran up against a "Stonewall," a very
steep "Hilr and an invincible Long
street," and the army came streaming
back into Washington defeated, de-
moralized panic-stricken. After that
experience the administration became
deaf TO public clamor, and took time
for the accomplishment of its pur-
poses.
Many men and newspapers of the
present day howled and bayed and
yelped ceaselessly: ION to Cuba, but
the Mckinley administration has calm
ly taken its time to prepare for an on
ward movement which should surely
not be a failure, much less a disaster.
Consequently weeks have passed away
while the volunteer army has been sue
cessfully mustered and modified.
1t is a common error for sanguine
men to underestimate the strength of
the enemy. Many of us now living re-
member that Gen. Sherman was called
crazy man because he said that not
less than 100000 soldiers would be re-
ouired for federal operations in the
Mississippi valley. The people who
called Sherman crazy within two years
saw that it required more than 100000
men to make any Roadway at all against
the well-drilled, well-offieered, brave
and efficient soldiers of the south.
Mai Gen. Miles, commanding the
army, has been severely criticised in
Washington and throughout the coun-
try for not having marched ''On TO Gu
ba" as soon as war was declared. No
hodv went so far as to call him crazy,
but by many he was deemed inefficient.
None of these things moved him. He
foresaw the strong Notifications and
earthworks, defended by a desperate
soldiery of Spain, under command of n
shrewd leader, and he would not risk
an invasion of Cuba by force which
might be defeated.
The newspaper writers and the men
In our cities, towns, villages and ham
let's who have joined in unreasoning de-
mands for an invasion of Cuba evidently
have not thought of what the result of
disaster to our army would mean. In
the first place, small army landed in
cuba would have been attacked by the
combined strength of Gen. Blanco, and
they would have been sent marching
over roads containing concealed mines
of deadly explosives. There would have
been great danger every hour and every
minute, and the likelihood of complete
destruction and humiliation.
Success for the Spanish forces would
have meant the capture Of our arms, am
munition and food supplies; enough to
have lasted the Spaniards q long time.
But. worse than that. a Spanish victory
would have warranted Spain in request
Ing European aid to prevent the con
uuest of her Atlantic possessions. More
aver. It has been well known that Aus
inn and France would have been glad
If an excuse for interference. Conse-
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-16

the silent witness of events which are
among the most important, not alone
In the history of this country, but as
they relate to the establishing of a great
republic of the world.
1t was at the second revolutionary
convention of Virginia, which was held
in this old church the goth of March,
1775, that Patrick Henry made the ia
nous speech, which has been a prSme
favorite with declaiming schoolboys
for more than century, closing with
the marvelously eloquent and soul-stir-
ring climax: us life so dear or peace SC
sweet as to be purchased at the price
of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Al
mighty God. I know not what course
others may take, but as for me, give me
liberty, or give me DEATH" The old
church is in the form of I. A double
row of pews occupies the center of the
main body of the church, with a single
row along the sides, thanking the two
aisles which lead from the entrance to
the chancel. 1t was in the third pew
from the altar-in one of the side rows,
which has on the upper part of the small
door that must be opened in order to
enter it, brass numerals indicating that
itispew number 72-that Patrick Henry
stood when he delivered the fam
ing words which fired the hearts of his
hearers with the courage that risks all
and conquers.
While the text of this wonderful
speech is calculated to stir the heart and
incite the liveliest sentiments of patri-
otism. the manner in which the greatest
of American orators delivered it is said
to have been a marvel of power. Accord
ing to John Roane, who was present at
this convention, Patrick Henry, as he
came to the closing sentences of his
speech, stood in the narrow box of a
pew, with bowed form, his wrists
crossed as if manacled, an embodiment
of helplessness. Raising his clenched
hands, as if in prayer, he exclaimed, in
thrilling tones: FORBID it, Almighty
God!" Then standing proudly erect, as
If determined to break his letters, his
face distorted by an agony of rage, he
seemed to make an effort like that OF
LAGOON in his death struggle with the
serpents, and the little church rang
with the cry which electrified his hear
ers: Give me liberty" When the
echoing of the word liberty had ceased
he clenched his right hand as if hold
ing a dagger with the point aimed Al
The Van Buren press., 1898-07-16
UNITED STATES CAVALRY CAMP. TAMPA. FLA

| ton of $5o,oOO,o 900 "for the national de-
fense." On March the bill was passed
by the house of representatives., and on
March Q it was passed by the senate
without debate. The people were impa-
tient because it was not until April 5
that Consul-General Lee was recalled,
and it was not until April 10 that he left
Havana. On the following day, April
II, President Mckinley asked the con-
gress for authority to intervene in Gu
ba. 1t was not until April 10 that the
congress passed the Intervention reso-
lutions.
Still the people were impatient, al
though war was coming on fast enough.
On April 20'an ultimatum was sent to
Spain. On April 81 Spain gave Minister
Woodford his passports. On April 20
the blockade of Cuban ports was pro-
claimed. On April 23 the president
called for $4,000 volunteers. On April
25 a state of war was declared by con-
gress to have existed from April 81, and
on April 81 Matanzas was bombarded
Still the people were impatient until
news came that on May 1 Commodore
Dewey had attacked and completely de-
stroyed the Spanish feet in the harbor
of Manila, on the Philippine islands.
Then the people began to feel that a
state of war actually existed and that
the administration at Washington in
tended to prosecute the war with vigor
But still the cry of "0n to Cuba" was
continued in many sources. No atten-
ton was paid to the cry by the admin
istration, because the president and
others clothed with responsibility as
well as authority determined that there
should be no mistakes made which
could be avoided. Gen. Miles authorized
an interview in which he said: 81 have
never sacrificed the men under my COM
mand, and ! do not propose TO subject
them to any unnecessary risks in the
present campaign. No officer is fit for
a command who would needlessly risk
the life of a single soldier, either from
disease or from the bullets of the enc
my" He did not intend to send soldiers
10 Cuba prematurely, to die of yellow
fever and other climatic diseases, with
out firing a shot at the enemy. He was
right.
No other nation in the world could
have enlisted, mustered, armed
equipped and sent TO the field an army
of more than quarter of a million Of
men in one month. Moreover, no other
nation could have been able to arouse it,
self from the peaceful slumbers of a
whole generation and equipped itself
| for war on sea as well as on land in such
a short space of time. BY reviewing the
events of the recent past we cannot but
be impressed with the greatness and
grandeur of the institutions which were
so sincerely and impressively lauded by
Abraham Lincoln on the Gettysburg
battlefield; the institutions Of a govern
meni Of the people, by the people and
for the people; a government which
shall not fade from The earth but which
shall grow and expand. carrying with
IL the gospel of self-governmeut unto
all CT the nations Of the world.
SMITH D. FRY