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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-29
FERNANDEZ CHOSE DEATH
RATHER THAN SHOUT FOR CUBA
AS COMMANDED.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF BOMBAY CAFE ROW
Detachment of One Hundred Cubans Enters
Havana. Gen. Brooke Does not Rec
ognizs the Cuban Army.
Many Arrests Made.

Havana. Dee. 2S.-Thc patrols OF
American troops made 30 arrests fol
misdemeanors last night and turned the
culprits ever to the civil authorities.
Two of the men arrested for the Vegas
Bombay cafe affair are Spanish marines
They were surrendered to the Spanish
authorities.
Fifty United States soldiers have been
arrested for being in the city without
leave. They were sent to the camps for
punishment A detachment of 100 Gu
hans. under the command of Colonel
lose Estrance. has entered Havana.
The Spanish transport Munchon sailed
for Cadiz to-day with 2,400 Spanish
troops on board
Major General Brooke does not recog-
nize the Cuban army, and will do every
thing compatible with tact and judgment
TO cause its disbandment. An auxiliary
force of Cubans may be formed but the
recruits will be taken as individuals.
Consequently volunteer police work on
the mart of the Cuban commanders i'll
the Provinces of Havana Santa Clara
and Pinar del Rio will not be en-
couraged The offers of assistance
which are continuously made by the Gu
ban chiefs are politely received, but are
not accepted.
The Havana newspapers will not he
censored in the Spanish sense, but they
will be watched, cautioned against in
cendiary and untruthful utterances and
suppressed if habitual offenders. Press
cablegrams will not be censored.
The official report of General Ludlow
regarding the row in the Bombay Street
cafe last night is as follows:
1.-THE Adiutant General to the Governor
of Havana:
at $40 D. M, December 9th, Ser
geant Adams, Company X, Tenth United
States infantry, being informed that
there was a fight in progress in cafe
in Bombay street took a party with him
and proceeded to number . in that street.
On arriving he found the chars and
tables overturned and other evidences
of a severe struggle having taken place.
As soon as he came fully into the light,
after passing through the cafe, he was
met by volleys coming from all direc-
tions. some of the shots coming from
inside the cafe.
s.All that the sergeant could sec i'll
the way of men were some three or four
figures crawling over the caves of the
roofs. There were no casualties, so far
as he knows. and on inquiry made at the
cafe none could be heard of. This dis
turbance took place outside of the dis
trict occupied by the United States
forces.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-29
BIsMARK's IRON NERVE

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Kidneys and Bowels are out of order.
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Life Pills They develop every power
Of brain and body. Only % cents at any
drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
lers of the Commercial and Farmers
Bank of Raleigh, N. O.. will be held
at their banking house on Tuesday, Jan
uary 10th, 1899, at 3 p. m.
Il. S. JERMAN, Cashier.
Dee 10 to Jan 10
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-29

Mr. David Clark yesterday returned
to Charlotte to resume his duties at the
cotton mill there. Messrs. Graham Clark
and Silas Thorn, of Littleton, accompani-
ed him. They will also work in the cot
ton factory, with view to learning the
business.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
The Disnguring snake Up"

So long as we indulge in the barbar-
ism of footlights some strengthening of
the points of the face may be needful.
1t is. indeed an excellent thing when
deftly done and the material causes of
the effect entirely hidden, as they should
be- The clarity Of a winter tint to the
general tone of the skin, the illumina-
ton of eye and teeth by emphasizing
the brow and lashes and lips. the height
ening of the color-all these things can
be SO done as to disguise the means by
which they are done. What is the
method actually pursued? White is laid
all over face and shoulders in thick
washes, like Pierrot's mask, masses
of black pomade load the eyebrows and
eyelashes, great gobs of red are put upon
the ear lobes and on and around the
lips like snapdragon, deep pink in and
below the nostrils and on the eyelids
and masses of black or purple beneath
the eyes. projecting to the temples in
arrowheads.
All these things are perfectly visible
to a large part of the audience and are
disfguring even at a distance. With an
opera glass they are shocking. The OBJ
jects which are obtained are the Cog
Cling of the eyes, which can be thrown
about with the intensity of a darky's,
and the display of the worries. which
produce similar effect to his For pas
sion to show itself in such plastered
! faces, for waves Of emotion to spread
over them and for any refinement Of
feeling to communicate itself to the au-
dience are as impossible as it would be
! to expect these things from the painted
canvas. They cannot cry, of course. nor
touch, nor be touched, without disaster
Ellen Terry played disfguring scene
here one night, with the water stream
ing from an eye into which her loaded
eyelashes had discharged themselves. =
Time and the Hour.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
A Pertinent Question.

Old Aunt Dinah was eolored wom-
an with remarkably strong voice who
would sing and cry glory" with such
yigor as to be beard above all the rest
of the congregation, but she was Of an
unpleasantly saving" disposition. 1t
was the custom at the missionary meet.
ings which she attended to take up the
collection during the singing> of the
hymn ely abroad, thou mighty Cos
pei, !" in the midst of which Aunt Di-
nah always threw back her head. CLOSED
her eyes and sang away at the top Of
her lungs until the plate had been pass
ed. The collector. who was an old man
of plain speech, observed this habit, and
one evening when he came to her seat
he surveyed her rapt oouutenance land
then said bluntly, Lock a-heah. Aunt
Dinah, what's de good OBJ yo' a-singin
an a-singin Fly abroad, thou mighty
gospel. eff yo' doan glib muffin to make
her fys'' Exchange.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
The YUKON MOSQUITO.
Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and stings Bears Blind.

Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and Stings Bears Blind.
Not only do the Yukon mosquitoes
attack men and oyerwhelm them, but
they drive the moose, deer and caribou
up the mountains to the snow line,
where these animals would prefer not
to be in berry time. They kill dogs,
and even the big brown bear, that is
often miscalled grizzly, has succumb-
ed to them. Bears come down to the
river from the hillside in the early fall
to get some of the salmon that are often
thrown upon the banks when the rum
3s heavy.
If bruin runs foul of swarm of mos
quitoes and has not his wits about him
his day has come. The insects will
alight all over him. His fur protects
his body, bat his eyes, ears and nose
will soon be swollen up and bleeding,
and unless he gets into a river or
strong wind he will be driven mad and
blind, to wander about hopelessly until
he starves to death.
Although the Alaska summer is short,
two broods of mosquitoes hatch out each
year, and are ready for business from
one to ten seconds after they leave the
water. 1t rains good deal along the
Yukon, and rain is welcomed, for it
drives the mosquitoes to cover They
hide under leaves and branches until
the shower is over; then they come out
boiling with rage at the time they have
been forced to spend in idleness, and the
Miner has harder time than ever after
his respite.
Mosquitoes and snowfakes are not
contemporaries in the States but in
Alaska it is different. Snow does not
bother them SO much as rain, and an
early snow may fall while they are still
on the wing. Fogtdoes not choke them
either. They appear to like it. They
foat about in it as in ambush and take
the unwary prospector by surprise
Denver Times
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
The RETIRED BURGLAR.
An impeachment placed In a Pursuer's
Way That Helped Instead of Hindering.

An impeachment placed In q Pursuer's
Way That Helped Instead of Hindering.
"When I saw the gate at the toR of
the stairs said the retired burglar,
''of course knew there was young chill.
dren in the house. 1t was put there to
keep 'em from falling down stairs. 1t
was low, guess about two feet and a
half high, and it swung when closed
from the post at the top of the stairs
across to strip nailed to the wall op-
posite.
81 noticed this gate when I went up,
particular, because man in my bust
ness notices everything, and because /
thought that this wo6ld be handy
thing to shut in case anybody should
get after me in the house; that shutting
that gate in front of 'em might stop 'em
long enough to let me get away comfort
able. 1t wasn't more'n year before
had chance to try it.
''There was long hall ON the second
floor of this house, with this stairway
pretty near at the front end of it. /
went into a room way back at the 9TH
er end, and while was looking around
there l upset something on the bureau
and woke up man in the bed.
Well, be says, what's the matter
now? And didn't wait to hear any
more. l didn't even turn the light on
him. didn't need to. You could tell
all you wanted to know about him by
his voice. He was a resolute, ablebodied
citizen that could hear getting out of
bed.
81 made a break for the door and
sprinted along the hall, throwing my
light and catching sight of that gate
again and smiling to myself as saw
1T. ! swung it around shot after me as I
passed and went on down the stairs,
leaving the man up stairs coming along
the hall overhead with a rush.
But it's all right, I says to my
self; the gate'll stop him long enough
for me to get out easy But, by snakes
1t didn't stop him at all. On the con-
trary, it helped him. Just as I was
stepping down from the last step on to
the floor of the hall below the man fell
on my back. He'd been coming along
the hall above so fast that he couldn't
stop himself, and he fell over the gate,
turned summerset in the air on the
staircase and came down heap faster n
I did and landed on me. Instead of
breaking his own back he pretty near
broke mine.
eve rolled over and over on the floor
In the hall, the man laughing fit to kill.
That's the sort of aman he was. It was
the funniest thing he'd run up against
in long time.
''He never once thought of stopping
me, not once, but he says, when he was
letting me out, IF you should come
again, don't shut the gate. New
York Sun,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
AN ANIMATED PICTURE.

At Least the Other Women Said She
Wanted to Be Stared At.
This girl had the nickel between her
pretty lips before she stepped aboard the
car at the corner of Eleventh and F
streets. The nickel was probably part
of her shopping change. Her hands and
arms were filed with bundles and pack
ages, and she had no doubt converted
her inviting mouth into car fare re-
oeptable before leaving the last en-
porium she visited. Even after she
found seat she made no move to re-
move the nickel from it's enviable lodg-
ment. She was too busy counting her
packages and bundles, to see if she had
lost any, probably.
The conductor as the girl got aboard
had scowled when he observed the nickel
resting between her pearly teeth, for
conductors are prosaic. With the coin
still showing it's shiny rim between her
lips-a delightful effect of silver and
coral in combination-the girl looked
up winsomeIy in the eyes of the con-
ductor when he approached her for her
fare. The conductor held out his hand
with a pretty short. Fare, miss!'
The girl very carefully set each and
every one of her bundles and packages
in the space beside her, smiling vaguely
the while. When both of her hands
were free, she drew tiny, spotless lace
handkerchief from the lizard skin bag
hanging from her girdle. Then she
took the cent piece from between her
lips, wiped and polished it carefully
with the handkerchief and, with the
prettiest grimaoe in the world, dropped
it into the now apologetic paw of the
conductor. The conductor smiled, and
SO did all of the man passengers on the
car.
The woman passengers murmured to
each other that the pretty girl had only
done the thing for effect. - Washing.
ton Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
Sealed Bids or Proposals.

VIII be received at the Board of Freeholders
rooms, MOrristown. N. D., on Monday, the
10th day OF june, 1873 at ten O'Clock a. M. by
holders of the County of Morris for macadam-
izing a section of public road in the township
of Chatham, in said county, described as fol-
lows:
Beginning at a point in the center of Ridge
dale avenue where the corporate limits of the
borough of Madison infersects the middle line
of the public road leading from Madison to
Alton and running tence in q nOrtheasterly
direction in the middle line of said Ridgedale
avenue to the intersection of the cross roads at
the flag staff in Alton. and then ending.
The maps, prof1les and specifications may be
found at the Ereeholders' room at Morristown
N. j where information may be secured and
blank bids and bonds obtained.
Each bid must be accompanied by bond in
$1,000 with satisfactory surety, conditioned
that if the contract shall be awarded the bid
execute an agreement in writing to perform
the work according to the specifications, and q
bond, in at least the contract price, to faith
fully perform the work.
Bidders must submit an estimate on a six
inch macadam road.
Samples of stone to be used by the contrac-
tor must accompany each bid and statement
of the place where the same is obtained, so
that the Freeholders may enter and obtain
specimens if deemed necessary.
All stone used must be quarried trap rock
properly sized and screened, and contractors
will not be permitted to use ''tailings' on the
work.
The material to be used must be equal in
quality to the sample of stone shown in the
Engineer Office at Morristown4
Bids must be for completed work, including
all materials.
No bids shall be withdrawn.
The price must be written in the bids and
stated in figures
Bids must be accompanied BY the name and
residence of the bidder.
Each bid must be accompanied with an
affidavit that no person other than those men.
toned is interested financially therein.
Informal and unbalanced bids will be re-
do not cover and include all the work com
ple.ed. including the necessary and proper
preparation for the foundation of the roadbed
and such grading as may be called for in the
contract and specifications and on the maps
and profiles.
Bidders must submit estimates by the square
yard.
The attention of bidders is particularly
called to the following resolution passed by
the Road Committee and the rights reserved
therein:
Resolved, That In our proposals for bids the
right also be reserved to narrow or widen the
roadway to he paved whenever such a change
may be considered advisable.
Bidders must satisfy themselves by personal
examination or otherwise Of the nature and
depth Of cuts and fills, the size and quantity of
drain pipe and the width, depth and extent Of
the cutters, and shall not at any time after
submission of bid dispute or complain of
errors in estimates nor assert that there was a
misunderstanding in regard to the excavations
furnished.
The right to reject all bids is specially re-
MERRITT B. LUM.
Director Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Morris County, N. y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
The ROAD.
Pray. whither Heads the road, fair hearti

Pray, whittier leads the road, fair hearth
Say, whittier leads the road?
Across a rill, around hill,
Beside a dell where rivers start
Where bending nut trees shed their load.
Oh, thither leads the road, dear heart.
Oh, thither leads the road
What matter where the road may lead,
So thou and together go.
Companionship is all our need,
Division all our VICE.
The pine tree tall on yonder hill
For years has watched the passerby.
When he is dust, we shall be still
Together, thou and /.
How hushed the afternooni dare
Not whisper love. but send the thought
In speeches. message. All the air
In silence thrall is caught.
Oh, these are God reared trees How soft
The wind dreams round their tall heads
creepl
The drowsy leaves that doze aloft
Stir like child in sleep.
Young autumns fire begins TO burn
The brands to hurl at winters brow.
The sun wooed leaves sigh low and turn
To crimson on the bough
Pray, whittier leads the road, fair hearth
Say, whittier leads the road2
Across rill, around hill,
Beside dell where rivers start,
Where bending nut trees shed their load.
Oh. thither leads the road, my heart.
Oh, thither leads the roadl
John Albert Macy in Chap Book.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
Soup. savory Soup.

No up to date cook prepares the stock
from which her dinner soup is made
the day the soup is needed. Stock for at
least weeks supply should be made
at once; then the preparation of the
daily dinner soup will not ocedpy more
than 10 or % minutes. When consomme
is served several times in the week, the
entire amount used is made at once, and
the different garnishes are added the
day it is served. 1t is the same with
sauces, and by, little calculation a.
good manager can easily discover about
what proportion Of each sauce is neees<
sary for a months supply. This once
prepared, the table is revolutionized SO
that the sameness that characterizes the
plaimroast and broiled meats is no lon
ger known. A new sauce each day gives
an entirely different fiavor-to the meats
and vegetables. New York Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
A MILD HAMMERED PIRATE.

An Ex-C1erk Who Joined the Fierce Sea
Rovers of the Spanish Main.
1.-THE Buccaneers of Our Coast is the
title of series of narrative sketches
that Frank R. Stockton is writing for
st. Nicholas. In speaking Of John Es-
quemeling, who joined the buccaneers
and became their historian, Mr.. Stock
ton says:
1t must have been strange thing for
a man accustomed to pens and ink, to
yardstieRs and scales, to offer to enroll
himself in company of bloody. big
bearded pirates, but man must eat,
and buccaneering was the only profess
sion open to our ex-clerk. For some rea-
son or other, certainly not on account Of
his bravery and daring, Esquemeling
was very well received by the pirates Of
Tortuga. Perhaps they liked him be-
cause he was mild hammered man and
so different from themselves.
As for Esquemeling himself, he soon
came to entertain the highest opinions
of his pirate companions. He looked
upon the buccaneers who had distin-
guished themselves as great heroes, and
it must have been extremely gratifying
to those savage fellows to tell Esque-
melting all the wonderful things they
had done. Esquemeling might have
earned salary as listener.
1t was not long before his intense ad.
miration of the buccaneers and their per-
formances began to produce in him the
feeling that these great exploits should
not be lost to the world, and SO he set
about writing their lives and adventures.
He remained with the pirates for sew
eral years and during that time worked
very industriously getting together ma
terial for his history. When he returned
to his own country in 1879, he there
completed a book which he called sThe
Buccaneers of America; or, The True
Account Of the Most Remarkable AS
saults Committed of Late Years Upon
the Coasts of the West Indies by the
Buccaneers, etc. By John Esquemeling,
One of the Buccaneers, Who Was Pres
ent at Those Tragedies.
From this title it is probable that in
thO Capacity VI OpO4 tCA Jul 4AtCl dAy Pr
rate accompanied his comrades on their
various voyages and assaults, and al
though he states he was present at many
Of 'sthose tragedies" he makes no refer
enoe to any deeds of valor or cruelty
performed by himself, which shows him
TO have been wonderfully conscien-
tious historian. There are persons, how
ever, who doubt his impartiality, be-
cause, as he liked the French, he al
ways gave the pirates of that nationality
The credit for most of the bravery dis
played on their expeditions, and all of
the magnanimity and courtesy, if there
happened to be any, while the surliness,
brutality and extraordinary wickedness
were all ascribed to the English.
A child who had been told that Ito
excavate" meant to hollow out. was
asked to form a sentence as an example
of its use. HThe baby excavates when
it is hurt, said he. Exchange.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27

A child who had been told that Ito
excavate" meant "to hollow out. was
asked to form a sentence as an example
of its use. "The baby excavates when
it is hurt, /" said he Exchange.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
a CATCH.
[From the tragi-comedy of "The False A.
trologer."l


[From the tragicomedy Of 'sThe False A.
trologer.
We know what is, but what will be
We know not. No one ever knew.
The gods themselves cannot foresee
III gods there be- what men may do.
Prophecies are arrows shot in the dark
At an unseen mark.
# they miss it, we let them go;
If they hit it, as sometimes they will
When the night winds thither blow,
We magnify the skill
OF the hand that held the bow.
The only thing we know
Is that We live and die,
Not the inscrutable whyi
Poor puppets Of crumbling clay,
The world goes round and round,
And we go with it-here today,
Tomorrow underground
Richard Henry Stoddard in New York hide
pendent
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27
New York has a shon in which Bible.

New York has shop in (which Bibles
and rum are sold side By side The
place rs at the foot Of Washington street.
not far from the Syrian colony, and its
patrons include Syrians, Armenians,
Turks. Russians and irish longskoremen
The Bibles, together with other books
of religious character. are kept in q
case at the end Of the bar.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27

Nails Will not bend when hammered
iafo hard wood II Trey are frst dtppedl
into oil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-01
wspss cs q stats. ~ss.

William J. Bryan, Who Was the
principal speaker at the banquet Of
the democratic club In Topeka. Mas.
was interviewed by . State Journal
reporter concerning the Maine dis
aster.
I'm my opinion, We should be slow
20 act In the Maine affair. especially
under the trying circumstances
which confront u.s." he said. IAN.
other fact which, In my opinion. i'm
pals us 10 exercise discretion IL that
the official Investigation OF the eS.
plosion is now being made. The
United States cannot afford 10 be too
hassv Ia this matter. International
questions are involved. and 10 would
be o sad compliment 70 our govern.
ment were Ne to openly and mali.
ciously bring about strained relations
BY our anxiety to locate the respon-
sibility for the Maine disaster.
Nothing should be done until the
investigation is completed These
words soand like those OF o states.
man instead 81 an anarchiss. % the
McHsnnss have dubbed Bryan.