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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

General Maximo Gomez has at last
come out flat-footed against the anneXa-
ton of Cuba by this country. lie has
dismissed all Americans from his forces
and refuses to disband his army. This
will present condition that is likely to
give the administration some trouble and
constitutes new element of danger in
the already vexed matter of pacifying
Cuba. The Congressional resolution
preceding the war disclaimed any inten-
ton to annex Cuba. Since that time
there has been no official expression of
the American attitude beyond vague
talk about "a stable government Is
the Administration prepared to coerce
Gomez?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Elsewhere today appears the survey of
the Wilmington occurrences by the pull
pit of that city. Any one who wishes
to get at the true inwardness of the
situation as it has existed and as it is
at present should read the article. The
ministers of Wilmington have spoken ex-
of both races. The utteranceS of white
and colored ministers are pacific and ali
will earnestly hope that their wise coun-
sci will prevail, as it doubtless will.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15
THE CELEBRATION TONIGHT.

There will be thousands of joyful DEM
ocrats in Raleigh tonight, if the weather
is favorable, come here to celebrate a
victory conceded by all men, whose
opinion is worth anything. to be the most
important won in this State in more than
twenty years. The keys Of the city will
be given over to the visitors and it is
hoped and intended that the occasion
shall be one of pure pleasure and emf
nent good humor The victory has been
such as to warrant this. Let every
man come who finds pleasure in the re-
demption Of his State and meet his fell
lows who feel the same way, have
good time and help to publicly express
the gratitude of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

THE future is not pleasant to contem-
plate" says the Progressive Farmer in
closing its review of the election returns.
The editor knows his salary as secretary
of the Board of Agriculture will cease
with 1.-The flowers that bloom in the
spring" And they have something "to
do with the case"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Certain doughty individuals who re-
Gently took their departure from Will
mington in a way more precipitate than
graceful at the instance of the munich
pal boot, want bloody vengeance. They
arc at Washington pouring their tale of
ministrative ear They are anxious to
know whether it is possible to give evil
dence by express, mail. long-distance
telephone, anyway but in person. If
so they have a lurid supply. and are just
itching to part with it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Gibson. of East Tennessee has been
reelected to Congress. 1t is at least
pleasant to know that he was not elected
Senator from North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

American citizenship these days is not
only glorious and free gift. but there
is II disposition to bestow it by Il sort Of
compulsory vaccination process
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Sundays Herald contains picture of
Capt. William Il. Kcnan, who was IN
command of the rapid-fire gun stationed
III Wilmington during the recent trouble.
In the Revolutionary War, in the Civil
War, and i'll this race war, "A keenan,
was among the bravest of the brave
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

President Mckinley is said to show
traces of hard work Secretary Alger
ought to show traces of hard talk.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

If the Chatham Record will forgive
us for crediting one of its excellent
Democratic editorials to the Fusionist
Citizen, we promise never to do so any
more.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

What Senator Quay would like TO
know is whether the Pennsylvania
criminal court is one of his constituents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15
WIN. II. BAILEY, ST..

When you ask for De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept counterfeit
ar imitation. There are more cases Of
Piles being cured by this than all others
combined. ]. Hal Bobbitt and Henry
T. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

The United States has secured more
space ut the Paris Exposition than any
other foreign nation. Space is being
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Tom Plat is considering the advisa-
bility of curing that impeachment in his
eloquence with the Hon. Chauncey
DnneM
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

An esteemed contemporary informs us
that Croker talks" Judge Van Wyck
is of the opinion that he has done too
much of that already.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Under the old tariff law we are not
getting very much revenue. We must
have new revenue measure. So far as
/ am concerned | favor putting a duty
on tea and coffee. The revenues for the
support of the Government must be rails
ed in some way, and the Indirect is the
best way, according to my idea. When
the people do not realize that they are
paying tax there is no complaint. -
Mark Hanna. There you have Marcus
A. Hanna from the sole of his No. II
foot to the tip of his Cyrano de Bergerac
nose. 1t don't make any difference to
Hanna, or to his party, how much tax
the people have to pay. The only thing
that vexes is the complaint they are
wont to make when their faces are
ground and the tendency they have
to kick out those that do the grinding.
Hence Mr.. Hanna's anxiety to find Il
painless method of extra ction."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Deweys little tussle at Manila was
mere by-play. Wait till the American
missionaries and the Catholic priests
fall to- et4~f4s =
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15
NO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

1t has been suggested in some quar-
ters that the coming Legislature ought
to call constitutional convention next
year to consider questions relating to
suffrage, the election of Railroad Com
missioners by the people, and other mat
tiers that ought to be made part of the
constitution OF the State.
The suggestion of constitutional
convention has been made. we take it,
without reflectng that the Democrats
have II sufficient majority in both
branches of the General Assembly to
submit any desired amendment direct to
the people without the necessity of an
election for members of constitutional
convention.
The composition of the Legislature is
such that it is eminently fitted to deal
with all the important questions that
would come before a constitutional con-
vcntion. 1t contains more able men
than any other Legislature chosen GER
tainly since 1876. and it can deal with
the great questions Of government as
wisely as any body chosen specially to
amend the constitution
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Spain is permitted to decide whether
she will hand over the Philippines quiet
~ or have them yanked over.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

If Spain wants a visit from a real war
lord, Il continued bumptiousness can Sc
cure the presence of Admiral Schley.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Jerry Simpson announces that he will
hereafter take no part in politics except
when his services are in demand.
Jerry has evidently laid firm hold of the
gentle hint.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

After a few more checks in her career
the Maria Teresa is sure to be regarded
as Il hoodoo by the jack-tars.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Mr. Deignan followed Hobson into
at the other famous exploit.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

France swallowed the Fashoda pill,
but did not make any effort to conceal
her wry face after the operation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

John Wannamaker declares that he is
still for war on Quay. John is hard to
satisfy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

A pleasing incident connected with the
Carolina disturbances is the fact that
the obnoxious whites. who were respon-
ssibe for it all, are made to move on. -
Nashville American
1t is and they are.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15
Awful SKIN HUMOR
CURED BY
CSJTlCURA
a MOTHERS SWORN STATEMENT

My little daughter Mays head ana face
broke out Ill one solid mass of bleeding sores,
and one of her ears was so affected, that tho
doctor thought that it would slough off. Her
suffering was intense, getting no rest at all,
unless under the influence of opiatcs. The
physician tried every known remedy, but in
stead of getting better, they seemed to get
worse all the time. Distracted with her con
dition, / was advised TO try CuTicuRA RENE
DIES | administered CUTICURA REsoLNENT
inwardly, bathed her with CUTIcuRA SOAP,
and used CUTICURA (ointment freely. Bcttre
The GgSt rect noticed that the title sGGc1cr
aeas BEGINNING 10 get Tclict. In Tess hda ttro
months my little darling was entirely Cared
and rel, she got as fat as a little pig, and no
marks whateverare to be seen from the effects
Mrs. JAS. MELTON, Hayden St.,Atlanla,t'a.
Oct. 20, 1897. Witness, y. u a!iEhS.
GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY.
Ia nerson oppeared before me, Edgar H. Orr Justice
of tic Peace in and for the 0G District o. NJ state and
county aforesaid j. e. AHERN, who beng duly sworn,
enosth and saith that the above testimonial Is, 20 his
wv j. G.. AEERN.
EDGAR ii. ORR.
Sold throughout the world. POTTER DRud AND CHEM
Corr, Sole Props, Boston. ..c
Ts- !" How to Cure skin Tortured Babies free.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

The Cubans and Porto Ricans still
protest that to the spectators belong the
spoils.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Tom Reed is not saying anything, but
the sound Of his saw fills all the political
woodward.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Tanner, of Illinois, appears TO be
making regular Russell of a Governor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Let John ]. Ingalls, weep no more.
There is another prize fight to report.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

Our old friend Hoola-Boom comes
up smiling, and sets an example
worthy of emulation for the van
quished of all parties and all cilmes:
THE election is now over" he
writes in his album of song land we
don't propose to pull hair off the top of
our bald pate on account of the result.
but we are going to get right down to
business" And then he proceeds to
whoop it mp for good water supply in
Murphy.
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Business Office .127
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Yale landed squarely in the class that
''also ram
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Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
N. c., as second-class matter.
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The times., 1898-07-10
SNAKE BELTS.

Many gallant men are now keen about
rendering a service to fair girls other than
that of protecting them from the Span
iards. They hunt long. yenomous snakes
of a species whose skin is remarkable for
beauty and from which the girls have
made the most fascinating belts imag gin
able to wear with their sporting cos
tunes.
The regulation leather belts that are in
evidence at all the shops have supplanted
all others for this purpose, but the girl
that can encircle her waist with one
made of snakes skin must also be pre-
pared to ward off the green-eyed
glances of jealousy that will be cast upon
her: Tor this, in belts, is the reigning fad
Of the season.
1t seems to be rather an aggravating
law of nature that all particularly de-
sirable things are deadly. 1t is so in the
case of snake shooting; for those that
make the prettiest belts and are in conse-
quenee those that the girls pay the sweet
est smiles for, all belong to poisonous
snakes.
The milk snake that Is found in the
West is particularly adapted TO be used
for this purpose. Its skin in texture
somewhat resembles the alligator and it
is striped like the zebra. alternating in
light brown and white. This snake is
also very long and therefore capable of
encircling the most generous-sized waist.
After the snake is shot it is split down
the belly and skinned. Then il is stretch
ed on a board and cured in the sun.
When il is sufficiently dried. very light
dressing of varnish is passed over ii to
prevent ii from scaling. This also brings
out the brilliancy of the coloring. The
skin is then taken to a harnessmaker or
some one skilled in the art of making
belts. 1t should be lined with a soft,
tan leather that laps over little on the
face of the skin TO hold it securely and
stitched down twice on each side The
belt should be about one and one-half
inches wide and of course the head and
extreme point of the tail must be remov-
ed Leather cross straps are stitched
down on the front and large brass har-
ness buckle is used as fastening
The times., 1898-07-10
SHE WROTE THE "GADFLY.n
Madame YUynich COmposes slowly
md With Fastidinrs Cnre

When that vigorous and moving story,
THE Gadtly," was first published in this
country, its readers-and they were
many-professed open belief that the au-
thor Voynich, could be none other than
a man. Women do not write like that"
was the assertion of the majority, but
this time the majority We're at once right
and wrong. Women do not. as rule,
write with so reserved yet passionate
and convincing a pen as gave US 1.-The
Gadfiy," yet for all that Ethel Lillian
Voynich is a woman ana not a Russian,
as many insist. Some thIrty-three years
ago she was born in ireland of English
parents, and all her education was gain
ed in London schools.
According to Mrs. Voynich's own
straightforward confession, her life has
been singularly free from startling Incl
dents. and there is nothing that distresses
and annoys her more than the two as
sertions, freely and frequently made
that large portions of her famous novel
and many of its characters were drawn
from life, and that her husbands history
is brimful of tragic incidents
Mr.. Voynich is really a native of
Lithuania in Russian Poland. a quiet
cultivated gentleman, who, not approv-
ing of the methods of the Russian gov
ernment, located himself in England
He was never a Siberian exile and in
England he met and married Miss
Ethel Lillian Boole, daughter of the
eminent logician Of that name. Before
her marriage Mrs. Voynich, like many
another English girl, spent several
years on the Continent, but since her
marriage she has made her home in Lon
don. This is the record of a quiet, happy
life; but as to THE Gadf1y."
at is my first attempt" says Mrs
Voynich; for fearing to produce i'm
mature work, 1 confined myself for
some years to translating, chiefly from
Russian literature. When | at last
started my novel, it took me long
time to write, especially as the subject
demanded some study of an obscure
and indeed almost unexplored page of
Italian history-the work of the in
transigeant 'sects' in the Four Lega-
tions Arthur. the hero of The Gadfiy.
is an entirely ina aginary person. Both
the plot and characters of the book are
purely fictitious.
"The only piece of actual history in my
novel, is the account of the conveying of
| firearms for the Lombardo-Venetian ris-
| ing, from Southampton TO Leghorn and
across Tuscany TO Brfsighella and Faen-
I'd anu lue OHlS HiStotiSdi pei sOhS die tAc
| smugglers, Marcone' and Domenicchino,
whom l knew personally in their old age.
One of them, a Romagnol peasant, has
| lately died at the agezef eighty-seven in
great poverty and utterly neglected and
forgotten. after having done; more for
| Italy than many persons to whose mem
| ery she has put up monuments. ss-eS77
1T is only fair to say that his poverty
was.- to some extent. voluntary; he had
| been offered a pensionAas a reward for
| having saved Garibaldi's life at the risk
| of his own. This pension he refused,
| saying he worked for Italy, not for
The times., 1898-07-10
ArcbangeI Cake.

Angels food is dainty to look upon and
has certainly high-sounding name, but
Notwithstanding the many times of sift-
ing the -four, the extreme care in baking
and what not in the way of "fussy' cook
ing. there is an undeniable dryness about
this cake. This drawback may be ebvi-
ated by prefixing an arch" to the angel,
and with it the needed moisture and ten
derness.
Archangel cake is as appropriate for a
July high tea as plum pudding for a
Christmas dinner, and is made thus:
Cream we'll together a cup each of IA
sugar and nice sweet butter. The "A"
sugar should be always at hand for those
who desire perfect cake. 1t is only a tri-
fie more expensive than the ordinary sort
and If kept separate for cake making a
little will go a long way. When the but
ter and sugar are right. beat in two cups
of -four sifted with a teaSpoonful of bak-
ing powder (sift before measuring. then
again with the POWDER lastly stir in the
we'll stiffened whites of eight eggs. The
yolks will make a custard, or gold cake.
This will make q good-sized loaf and
should be baked in an angel cage tin.
Turks head.
1t may also be baked in sheets with
filing between. Among the most deli
cious of things is the following: Throw
half a pound of shelled sweet almonds
into boiling water and after standing a
minute or less the skin will rub off easily.
They are then to be pounded to a. paste
with a few drops of rosewater or other
havoring to prevent oiliness; work into
this half a pound of sifted powdered su-
gar and blend the whole together with
the white of an egg. After standing a
few minutes it is ready to spread on the
cake or TO be cut into squares to be put
aside to harden and used as sweet"
The times., 1898-07-10

scarcely come half way to the knee.
All the remainder is an elaborate
fiounce, finished with lace frills. puck
cred in puffs. fretted with insertion and
shaped up on the outside. The wearer
is supposed to fasten fuIi ribbon favor
AT the point where the ruffie slopes and
the ends of the ribbon often fall as far
as the calf of the leg. Many are the
night-dresses sold without any buttons
and holes down the front At the
jewelry shops and counters the most
charming small safety pins dis
played, in sets of three and five, for
catching together the fronts Of the night
robe. The pins bear one little jewel, set
on their gold bars. else tiny initial
in fretted gold, is fastened on the upper
thread
Among the novelties sold at the lin
gerie counters are caps. made for the
woman who is obliged TO do up her hair
on pins or in papers, and is deSirous OF
concealing the ugly curling instruments.
They are rather natty mob shaped af-
fairs that frame the face prettiiy. An
other triile is the night reticule. Ii Is
made of embroidered white silk and lace
and is meant to hang from a hook at the
head of the bed. just where, by very
slight reaching. the sleeper can get at its
contents. The contents are usually a
fresh handkerchief. smelling salts and
perhaps cough drops or menthol pencil,
as the needs of the night may demand.
Geneva bands or lawyers stocks are
! the newest neckties on the market They
| even threaten to do TO death the well
stuffed ample chest protectors called by
courtesy Lady Babies. that have taken
up bold position in the feminine ward
robe. The Geneva band is a bit of chaste
white muslin Ioveliness. 1t passes twice
round the neck and then, by a twist of
the wrist. its crisp, clear. starched
wedged shaped ends are drawn through
the folds and down In fiat meekness on
the chest. The lawyers stocks are only
different in detail No fripperies of lace
or embroidery must mar the severe beau
ty of the Geneva bands, the like of which
/ Presbyterian clergymen wear in the pull
/ pit, and English, French and German
lawyers wear daily in the courts.
A dear little mode. that ten years ago
! every woman wisely adopted. is now.
! after a period of neglect. coming back
to US. That is the pretty practice Of ty-
ing a bit of black velvet about the neck.
/ Thr0ats never look so round and white
! as when clasped by the dense black band
that must never be more than an inch
wide and that simply laps over and pins
! at the back. No pearls or white light
/ Of diamonds gives half the ornamental
| effect of this quaint device and num-
! Der Of young girls wear as did their
! mothers. wee heart-shaped lockets strung
! on the velvet band.
The times., 1898-07-10
She Is n Motorvoman.

For many years South American
horse car lines have employed women as
conductors, and occasionally society
women in this country have for charity
conducted and operated cars, but the first
woman to earn a livelihood as motor
woman is Mrs. Mabel Briefly, of Mata-
moras, Pa. Considerable notoriety has
been given this latest invasion of a new
field of employment for women, but in a
letter to the Street Railway Review a
journal devoted to the interests of street
railway work, Mrs. Brieriy disclaims this,
and states that she sought this method of
gaining livelihood because she had
been promised position if she would
become proficient. and she has two chill
dren to support The manager of the
road on which she operates. at Middle
town, N Y. states that she handles
her car with ease and care, and man
ages the brake and Controller very well.
She herself states that the men on the
road treat her kindly and with all due
respect.-Boston Traveller.
The times., 1898-07-10
money. The old mans name was Luigi

money. The old mans name was Luigi
Bassani.'
Speaking of her future work Mrs. Voy-
nish confesses to collecting material for
a new story. She Is going to Cracow with
a view to studying certain features of
Polish life. but she warns her publishers
that she is so slow a writer that no
promises can be made and they must wait
on her own good time, AS a matter of
fact, Mrs. FOynich is a scrupulously- con-
-seientious and enthusiastic artist, keenIy
sel-critical and never letting page pass
from her keeping until it represents the
most perfect achievement of her talent.
All this earnest devotion and artistic
pride. coupled with charming simplicity
of manner and modesty of mind, are
shown in her candid dark eyes, her reso-
lutte mouth, her ample, square forehead.
and even in her exquisitely clear, compact
handwriting.