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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-19
UNITED STATES
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and Corporations. Legal Depository for
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First Mortgage Trust Gold Bonds.
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OFFICERS.
George w. Young ....... President
Luther Kountze -. 49,. Vice-President
James Timpson -. End Vice-President
Arthur Turnbull ........... Treasurer
William p. Elliott ........ Secretary
Clark Williams. 49,. Asst. Treasurer
Richard M. Hurd. 80. Asst. Secretary
DIRECTORS.
Samuel d. Babcock,
Dumont Clark, Gustav q. Kissel,
Chas. D.Dickey,Jr Luther Kountze,
William p. Dixon, Charlton L. Lewis,
David Bows, Jr., Richard A. McCurdy
Robert A. Granniss, Theodore Morford,
G. G. Haven, Jr., Robert Olyphant,
Chas. II. Henderson, Chas. MI. Pratt,
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CHICAGO, Jan. Is.


s4sn Quf tAt1 1nh were &c follows;
Flour s. eadier. WI eat, No. spring SIa87Ia
NJ. q sprluy eta9l; No. red. 90 = a93. Corn
No. 9. 2BKs27 Osie. No. 2 %; No. white
~, b As: No. 3 white o b 24aAx. Rye,
M D 44k farley No. 2, f 0 . 27ka39 No. 8, -;
NJ. 1. - Flax seed No. J. 81 Goal "a. prlms
r. Il othy seed 1918 Mess pork per b0l. 8y35a
van Laro Der 100 lbs t4.65ai.67k. ehort rih
siaes 10os,) s462Ae4 82k Dry-salted shout
dere fSoxen 4x05 Short clear sizes (boxed)
N.75 Sd Whisky, distillers' finished Rooc 6
Der Raiion SL.ts-
NEW YORK.
erw YORK. January 49, Flour fl mer and
eafrIy actiys on trade br nds city mill pat
emf S5.b6a5.S0: do clear $6.55a6.45; Minnesota
natenfs 0.Maa Minnesota takers 4.26; VIM
ter patentt s4.s(a l5 90. straight s ki.5OQ4,sl
winter extras Sd.40a40O; winter low grace
'"i Rye aour quiet; superhne $40; fame ,
Buekwheat -four steady at sl.8Oal.85.
Buckwheat quiet ~ ~.
Corn meal dull. yellow WeStern 10; city
| 8z' Brs ndywine W 70
Rye st lady; NO. western DIN; car lots 8, a
| 52n. 1870, o
Barley quies; western feeding az malt
| nR-; barley malt sts ady: western By Saa5.
Wheat spot, FIRM; NO. RED l02 atiOat
options. No. red January G osed lUl%; May
CON. 81 spot, steady. No. 2, a4& 0 aaoat
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omen TO the inspection Of the directors,
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aycent upon authority Of resolution Of
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the Company who shall participate In
making examinations or audits SHAH, on
entering 4 9 employ Of the Company,
make oath that he will not diVulge any
infnrnation obtained by him in the
course of his employment relating to
audits or examinations.
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such confidential examinations in the
Southern States are requested to write
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RALEIGH COTTON.

.RALEIGH, N. O.. January Is
Good cotton .,.........,..... ........., 5K0ix
Low grades .:---.............t..... k405
Bee sipts % | ales.
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Che fac-simile signature Of C1-
is Oh every wrapper Of CAsT0RIA
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COTTON.
NEW YORK. Jan. IS-Futur4s lpea. d
stesdg at the decl F: sales l2, 100 baies.
NEW ORLEANS.

spo' cotton cIosed quiet: aiding uplands
81. midd ms GUT y; sales I.0AI bales.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

by flexible wire and communication is
possible az all times, even while the
wire is being laid. Messages may bo
sent and received with as much facil-
ity Ms If the instruments were Mt
tached to a solid wall in comfortable
Office.
Eminences, hills, bluffs, or other
elevated portions of land, when so To-
Gated as to be in view of headquarters
in the field, serve rs admirable sites for
heliograph stations. OF course, unless
an uninterrupted view of the country
is to be had, no photographic signal
ing can be accomplished. The system
in vogue now in the Signal Corps is
the latest and most improved, in the
matter Of instruments procurable, but
the method which provides for the
transmission of messages by light
flashes, is old. 1t is astounding, how
ever, TO note the fact that telcgraphic
messages have been flashed with this
little instrument distance Of almost
200 miles. The system of dots and
dashes of the telegraph code is repro.
duced by means of long and short
flashes of reflected sunlight. While
it is true that any operator may read
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
BALLOON HOUSE AT FORT LOGAN, COL.

The second wagon is known as the
wire wagon. 1t carries supply OF
ordinary galvanized telegraph wire
sufficient to erect line ten or doz-
en- miles in length. This wire is car
ried upon reels which pay it out auto
matically, once the line has been
started. The third wagon carries the
slender poles or lances, together with
the necessary insulators to support
the wire, and tools for setting the
lances in the ground. In boxes along
the sides Of this wagon are carried the
additional small supplies which may
be needed in cases Of emergency.
The wagon train jogs along at q fair
rate Of speed after leaving the post,
and no one knows, except the officer in
command just where or when the line
u 10 b put up. The order for "dou-
ble time" was given, and after the
men had trotted : short distance. the
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|GbildreDIS ColumD|

sport. While the nights are enlivened
with balls, hops and concerts, the days
are devoted to snow .shoeing excur.
sions and tobogganing parties, in
which all, both sexes and ages, join.
and which brightens the hill slopes
and river banks throughout the do
minion.
The Canadian toboggan proper is .
light curved slip of birch bark, dainty
pointed or embroidered in quaint
Indian style, which glides down the
icy slope with delirious swiftness,
and, skillfully guided, carries It's
occupant far along the level ground at
the base. In some places in Canada
there are courses of wood erected, and
during the long winters the sport eau
be frequently enjoyed.
There is just danger enough in to-
bogganing to make it exciting. An
incautious guide may upset his pas
sengers or run into another toboggnn.
The pace being from thirty to sixty
miles an hour, collision may result
IN some serious bruises. In most
places the course chosen is some
natural declivity where the undula-
tions may be smoothed down so that
the incline is even. Water is some
times poured down the slope and al
lowed to freeze, so as to increase the
slipperiness of the surface. Detroit
Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

yards from the battery wagon and
thrust the sharpened end of the steel
bar into the ground. The other passed
him and went twice as far, when he,
too, thrust the sharp instrument into
the yielding soil. The first man had
now run around him, and his place,
where he had dug the first hole, was
taken by a group Of men armed with
ono of the lances, an insulator, and
the end of the wire, which was now
spinning out of the rear end Of the
wire wagon. In less time than it takes
to tell it, the lance or pole was set, the
insulator was in position and the wire
was attached. The men were already
at the second station, where a pole
was going up, before had time to
make a photograph. The men with
the crowbars were now far away and
going further all the time. That row
of bristling poles seemed to grow like
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

magic and one could almost see them
run. In an incredibly short space of
time-but little longer than it would
have taken me to walk to the edge of
the timber-the line had disappeared
among the trees. While L was Won
dering what would be done next, the
instrument in the battery wagon began
to tick and message came in over the
newly constructed line asking for
further instructions. Orders were
flashed back and the line was con-
tinued all the way to the foothills.
At times, in actual warfare, it is not
only desirable but necessary for COM
manding General to get instant news
from the very front. OF course field
telegraph line like the one just de-
scribed could not be maintained there
long. To overcome this, however, the
field telephone can be used, and, in
case its instruments are out Of order
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

from any cause, telegraphic messages
may be sent back from the front over
it to the rear, whence they may be IN
stantly transmitted over the military
telegraph line as described.
The telephone wire may be adj
vanced just as far to the front, even
in actual battle, as brave men are able
to carry it. It's wire drags on the
ground and is, of course, thoroughly
insulated. 1t is of sufficient strength
not to be injured by the passage of
troops over it. The wire is carried on
little steel cart, drawn by hand. 1t
is wound upon q reel that works al
most without friction, and wire can
be laid as rapidly as . man can run.
The operator in charge Of the field
telephone carries . set Of diminutive
yet perfect field INSTRUMENTS in .
leather case at his aide. These deld
instruments sre>attadhsd 70 the wire
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

One of the most surprising dis
coveries of the century has just been
made by Professor W. NJ. Flinders
Petrie, the great Egyptian excavator.
He has found that the Pharaohs who
built the pyramids and their predeces.
sors were cannibals-that this won.
derful people, who erected the most
splendid temples and the most colossal
monuments, and who possessed a
civilization that has astonished the
intervening ages, ate the bodies OF
their dead. He has opened $50 tombs,
and from them taken many mutila'
ted remains of the victims of canni.
balism. Professor Heinrich Brugsch,
continuing the study and investiga.
ton, adds his opinion that the ancient
Egyptians were maneaters of the
worst kind, and brings forward con-
elusive evidence showing that they
not only offered up human beings to
the gods, but regularly used the flesh
of human beings as food.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

nv. Comparatively little is known
about the Signal Corps of the army
and its important work, and it is the
purpose of this article to describe in
general way some of the interesting
things this little body of men accom-
plish in these days Of military progress.
Aerial military manoeuvres, photo
graphing from great heights and dis
tances, laying, equipping, and opera
ting telegraph and telephone lines in
time OF battle at rate as fast rs n
horse can travel, are interesting mat
ters, aud all Of them are achieved by
this branch of the service.
The Signal Corps on peace footing
consists of ten officers and score or
more sergeants, together with small
detachments of enlisted men detailed
for this special service on the frontier
where instruction in the work of the
corps is being given. Brigadier Cen
eral A. w. Greedy of arctic fame, is in
command of the corps and has his
headquarters at Washington, ID. G.
The largest school Of instruction at
present is at Fort Logan, Colorado.
Captain w. A. Glassford, Chief Signal
Officer, OF the Department of the Colo
RADIO, is in charge and has in his de-
tachment three Sergeants and eighteen
detailed enlisted men.
In the present day, owing to the
rapid advance made in modern fire.
arms, the necessity has arisen for n
means of instant communication from
one part of battlefield to'another. For
the transmission of orders, instruction,
reports, &c, nothing is SO swift as
electricity. The manner of its adap-
t;on for this work is interesting in the
extreme, and the means by which
telephone and telegraph lines are put
up and operated are unique and origi-
nal. The aerial exploits of some
of these men outrival the widest
dreams Of Fold-time aeronauts-for q
balloon train is now a part of the field
equipment of the modern United
States Army.
The country surro un ling Fort Lo-
gan is particularly adapted to the uses
of ..the Signal Corps for field work.
It's diversified character renders the
correct and practical use OF the various
instruments employed easily taught.
The high peaks Immediately in the
back ground afford lofty stations in
temperate weather for long distance
signaling and heliographing.
Supposing that state of actual
warfare exists, we will go with the
signal men into the field aud see how
the field telegraph and telephone lines
are put up and operated. The tele-
graph train consists of three wagons
of the usual army type, built more for
rough, hard service than for beauty.
The electrical batteries are securely
packed in wooden bins or cells in one
of these wagons, to prevent their top.
pling over in transit. Another COM
partment in this same wagon provides
safe storage for the telegraph instru-
ments and necessary supplies. The
wagon is drawn by two or four mules
as the nature of the country demands.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

The crustacea are almost all aquatic
animals. They have no internal skele-
ton, but their body is covered with a
strong crust, which serves for protec-
ton as well as for strength. Their
whole framework consists of series
Of rings fitted to, and working i'll each
other, some forming limbs, and others
developing into the framework sup
porting the different organs. From
this reason, they and the remaining
animals, as far rs the star-fshes, who
have no limbs at all, are called "arti-
culated" animals.
Their method of growth is very
curious. Other animals, as they in
crease in size, experience no particular
Inconvenience. Not so the crustacea.
Their bodies are closely enveloped in
a strong, unyielding mail, which can
not grow with them. Their armor is
therefore cast off every year, and a
fresh coat formed to suit their in
creased dimensions. Not only is the
armor cast off, but even the covering
of the eyes, the tendons of the claws,
and the lining membrane OF the
stomach, with its teeth.
They all also possess the curious
power of reproducing a lost or injured
limb. In the former case, fresh
limb supplies the place of that lost
and in the latter case, the animal it.
self shakes off the injured joint, and a
new one soon takes it's place. Lob
sters, when alarmed, frequently throw
off their claws.
The decapods, as their name i'm
ports, are the fortunate possessors OF
ten legs, five at each side. They also
possess three pairs of jaws, besides
the teeth in the stomach. They breathe
by means of branchiae or gills fixed
at each side of the throat or chest, often
enormously called the head.
The common crab belongs to the
short-tailed decapods. Detroit Free
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

This sport, under different names,
is popular both in Canada and Russia.
Before nihilism had terrified great
part of the life and gayety out of the
Russian court, it was popular pas
time even among members of the
imperial family.
AS soon as tho Neva was frozen
over sufficiently to bear the weight,
two immense piers of solid ice were
built at distances of about a quarter
of a mile apart. On one side there
was flight of steps to the top, and
on the other precipitous descent at
about an angle of forty-fve degrees.
The sport consisted in descending this
incline in small sleigh, or toboggan.
The pilot and his one or more pas
sengers having descended the first in
cline, ascended the steps of the other
pier ON foot, and made the return
journey. The trip was repeated back
and forth until the parties were weary
of the sport
A toboggan may accommodate three
or four persons, but the smaller
sleighs made to hold only two are
more common in Russia. A very
slight movement sulfices to guide the
toboggan or to throw it out of its
course. The steering is done by the
occupant OF the back seat. An mex
perienced pilot, finding his toboggan
careening toward the right, is apt to
put too much force into his efforts to
change its course, and so upset both
himself and his passengers. The to-
boggan responds to the slightest
touch. A stick of wood is sometimes
used in the guiding, but it can be
readily done by the hand.
To enjoy toboggan ride it is nee
essary to be we'll skilled in the art of
guiding the sleigh, or to have great
confidence in the person who is to do
the steering. By the time the to-
boggan has reached the level, it has
required velocity sufficient to carry it
. very long distance.
In Canada, where some people who
are not fond Of the cold weather assert
that the winters are sthirteen months
loaG." tobogganing Is gaost popular
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

order to halt was sounded. The Off
Ger in command had selected his i'm
aginary line and directed the battery
wagon 10 be placed in certain posi-
ton when halted. The men ran to
the wire wagon and swarmed over it;
others Of them attacked the pole, or
lance truck, and in an instant stream
of poles was issuing from TINT wagon
that could only be approached by an
army of circus employees dismantling
big tent.
The general direction Of the line was
indicated by the officer and the men
set to work. Two of them, armed
with huge crowbars, trotted Off in the
direction the line was to take. One
of them halted at about fifty or sixty
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
The House Behind the Screen.

The House Behind the Screen.
My little house behind the screen,
keep my playthings there;
My shovel and my pail for sand,
My blocks and books and marbles and
My little rocking chair.
My playmate on the hassock sits,
As quiet ms mouse;
He never talks the whole day through,
Or stirs, unless tell him to.
Within my little house.
Alone with mo he knows he's safe
From giants passing by,
And when we play 1t makes him glad,
How many happy times we've had,
The rubber boy and /!
He always needs Just what say
And knows just what mean,
We don't believe that any man
Gould build finer palace than
Our house behind the screen.
New York Herald
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

Il. j. Berry, an expert horse grower,
in an address at recent convention
of American stock breeders and feed.
ers in the city of st. Paul, referred to
q condition in the markets which is oi
great interest to the horse trade oi
this country. He declared that he
and other men conspicuously engaged
in stock raising believed that the
United States would at no distant day
witness horse famine, and that il
would be due partly to the hard times
and low prices which have driven
many growers out of business and
partly to the increasing demand foi
American horses in Europe. He said
that horse raising, Improperly attended
toby farmers, would speedily become
one Of the very foremost of our agri-
culturul interests, and his rscommen,
dation was that special attention be
given to growing horses of the grades
in demand in foreign markets, which
he described as follows First a well
bred coach horse; second, a cab horse;
third, the omnibus horse; fourth, the
draft horse, and fifth, the American
trotter. To these Mr.. Berry might
have added the cavalry horse, which
is growing in favor wherever Ameri.
can stock has been used in that service.
There is but little, and there will be
still less demand for poor horses, here
or abroad, but there is undeniably q
growing market at home and in Eu-
rope for thoroughly sound, properly
bred animals such as American
stockmen are amply able to raise.
There Is no reason why this
important branch Of agricultural in
dustry should not experience q wide,
spread sad profitable revival
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

Several secret societies composed OF
workingmcn in Denver, Col, have
determined to boycott the department
stores. As all of these organizations
have branches with women members,
who are the principal patrons of the
stores, lively contest between the
affiliated bodies is expected. The
women want to shop where they can
get the best bargains, boycott or nc
boycott
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

How many people know that the
United States produced last year one.
fourth of the worlds gold, or about
$50, 900, 900 worth? And Colorado is
credited with about one-third of this
as her share. These figures, furnished
by Robert l.. Preston, director of the
mint, tally very closely with those
furnished by The Engineering and
Mining journal, which gives S241,
391 $3.50 as the worlds total produc'
ton of gold for 1897, an increase OF
more than $4,000, 900 over 1896.
The gold found in the Klondike re.
gion swells the Canadian output from
$3.50, 900 in 1896 to perhaps 81, 0OO,'
900, during last year.
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A Note for stamp Collectors.

Stamp collectors will have to make
room in their albums for n new set of
Netherland stamps. Holland has al-
ways been very slow to issue stamps,
and the total number is smaller than
that of any other country in the
world. But this year the girl queen
Wilhelmina is to be crowned, and
stamps bearing her portrait will be
issued in honor of the great event.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

Jeffersonville, Ind, is proud of a
veteran of the war, who lives near
there, and is the father of nineteen
living children, all of whom were
born since the war. The eldest child
is thirty years old and the youngest
seven. Among the children are -four
sets of twins. Newton Norris, the
father, draws a pension, but if he
lived in Canada he would be receiving
an additional sum for adding so gen.
erously to the population.
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Asyiums For tho Ho,neless.

Paris has, apart from two places
where paupers can spend the night,
fourteen asylums for the homeless,
which last year lodged 144,037 per.
sons, of whom 15, 557 were women and
2608 children. Among the dodgers
were 246 professors and teachers,
eighteen students, hve authors, Ave
journalists, 100 actors and singers.
thirty musicians and sixteen music
teachers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

During prosperous times the sugar
crop of Cuba averaged 1000, 600 tons
annually. The total product of 1896
96 was 225, ,221 tons; of 1862 the
product was 212, ,221, deficiency this
year as compared with last year of 10.
40 tons. The shortage is only one OF
the penalties Of war.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23

The Jews are much more exempt
from tubercle than any other race,
and there is little doubt, says medi-
cal writer, that much of this exemp-
ton is due to the great care exercised
in the choice and dressing of their
naot
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-02-23
shs Couldn't.

Penelope : Cholly fell thros yh the
ice yesterday.
Marie--I Indeed! Then the Ice can't
bear him. sithss. 81