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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

vOne hundred years ago Virginia
contained a fifth OF the whole popu.
jalion Of this country.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

Truth wears we'll. People have
learned that DeWi,t's Little Early
Riser are reliable little pills for
regulating the bowels, curing con-
tlpation and sick headache. They
pn't grippe. w. A Hayes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

Valuable to Women.
Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron b tiers. Backache vanishes, headache
disapp ears, strength takes the place of
weak ness, and the glow of health readily
CONES to the pallid cheek when this Won
der.ul remedy is AIKEN. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal. Nohome
should be without this famous remedy.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

Wheeler has been unan-
minated for Congress by
|ra's Of the Eighth Ala
let. We hope be will be
iont a single vote being
him.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

TIE WITNESS
Has a very Wide scope. comprising a
it does The following departments
Editorials,
spirit OF the Press,
Scientific aud Instructive.
The Odd and Uncommon,
Foreign News,
A Talk With the Doctor,
Around the Hearth.
Little Men and Women.
Weekly Article hy Geo. X. Scott.
Ialmagc'> Sermon.
Money and Business,
Worldwide Field,
Our Family Story.
Farm and Garden.
Market Reports.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

hing Star of Wilmington,
Fhlrty-one years old one
EEK. The Star is the old
ewspaper in the State,
Her 1t gets, the better it
may it shine tor all.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

The most notable convention an
meeting yet held in NORTH Carol,nl
was held in Nashville this week.
said Mr.. S. F. Spruill, OF Franklin
Il never saw anything ike it.
was open air nominating convention
and there were more than 1,(a
present. There we're moe ey.Pl
uiists present and participant y,
the convention than Democrats;
they have come back full of fghI
They say that their neighbors all
coming back, and that Nash will Il
News aud OF
server.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

Ex-State Senator Atwater, Popu-
lis:, OF Chatham. is at independent
candidate tor Congress in the 4th
Congressional District.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

! Mckinley instrncts the
10 missioners to demand
|tion be commenced by
|1s not later than Oct. Is,
pc completed by Dec. 81.
went the removal of the
Christopher Columbus
| the monument.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29
ratio Nominees.
OR CONGRESS:
trict-- w. w. kitchin, Of

Es SUPERIOR COURT:
t George II. Brown,
Gict-IIenry r. Bryan,
J. Shaw,
g
strict-Oliver II. Allen,
pistrict--Thomas A. Nc
bbeson.
Dlstrict-W. A. Hoke.
|oR SOLICITOR:
Ptrict J., Brooks, of
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-09-29

"A bride always starts by givi1e
her husband halt the clothes closR
but within three weeks all hills
clothes will be found hanging Pr
four nails.-Atchison Globe
"A stubborn cough or ticklide
IN the throat yields TO One Minute
Cough Cure. Harmless 10 effe9t
touches the right spot, reliable abe
just what is wanted. It acts
once. w. A. Hayes.
"A number Of hn1es $4,000
ton are being marketed on Salisbur
market. Thirteen bales we're sol
Thursday and eleven y~esterda!
The price is FIVE cents.-Salisbur
Sun.
When you call for Dewitt,
Witch Hazel Salve the great psl
cure. don't accept anything els
Don't be talked into accepting
substitute, tor piles, tor sores, tc
burns. w. A. Hayes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

A Misguided Burglar,

Scar Faced Skies, the burglar, was
operating on the ground floor of house
on Steenth street the other night, MAX
ing judicious selections from the arti-
cles of silver and alleged silver which
he found in the dining room, when he
inadvertently made noise, which dis
turbed somebody up stairs
He heard that somebody cautiously
open door, and then all was still, as
if the somebody We're listening. Then a
voice floated down the staircase:
civilian, is that you?"
Without seconds hesitation the
burglar replied, eyes, darling" and
began to move toward the door, hoping
that his reply had satisfied the inquirer,
who would then go back to bed and
wait for William to come up stairs.
But he was disappointed.
The voice Immediately let loose some
piercing screams, and as the burglar
rushed out into the street he said to
himself:
THAT comes of my inexperience with
the ways Of husbands. Instead of reply
ing yes, darling, l should have said ::
OF course it's me- Shut up and go to
bed That would have been more nat,
ural and soothing, and l could have
got away without giving myself nerv-
GUS fit. Harper Bazaar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
A FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER.
hrs. Ca .seron, Who Was Friend of
Herschel and TennYsOn.


Herschel and TennysOn.
In The Century V. @. Scott O'Con-
nor has an article on Mrs. Cameron,
Her Friends and Her Photographs.
Mr.. O'Connor says:
A feature of her personality which lay
at the root of her great success as a
photographer was her love of all that
was beautiful. "She was always took by
a face, " as an old woman in Freshwater
who remembers her put it to me.
Charles Turner said the same thing in
poets language when he told her, in the
sonnet he addressed to her on leaving
the isle of Wight after visit, that she
Flowed all loneliness. In obedience to
this impulse she invariably stopped and
spoke to any one, however unknown,
whether in a great London thoroughfare
ora village lane, whose beauty attracted
her 81 am Mrs. Cameron" she would
say ''Perhaps you have heard of me.
You would oblige me very much if you
would let me photograph you. Will you
let me do sop And by such bold and
unconventional means she prevailed on
many, absolute strangers though they
were, to sit to her.
One of her models captured in this
way was young lady come as sum-
mer visitor to Freshwater Mrs. Gamer
on, engrossed at that time in some re-
markably fine studies illustrative of the
"Idylls of the King, was at loss for
a model for Queen Guinevere. But the
advent of the fair stranger settled all
her doubts Here was beauty suited to
her purpose, and within the hour she
had carried her off to lunch and subse-
quent photography
The lady proved a most kind and in
defatigable model The village postman
had already been secured for King Ar
thur, and Mrs. Cameron's picture of
him i'll this character is one of the best
things in the collection A friend, going
one day to Dimbola, found the young
lady looking rather fatigued.
"Oh. she said, with an expressive
gesture, 81 am so tired"
Surprising her fatigue was the result
of long walk OH midsummer day,
my friend made some suitable reference
to the matter but the young lady an
swered with smile:
'Oh, no have not been for walk
l have been lying on the floor for the
last two hours, clutching the postman' 8
ankle. ="
Mrs Cameron, ever kind and I'M
selfish, possessed the faculty of bringing
out such qualities in others. In 1879
she died, il few months after her last re-
turn to Ceylon.
LAS the day died, " her sons wrote to
Lord Tennyson, las the day died on
Sunday, January the goth. the sweet,
tender, gracious spirit of our beloved
mother passed away in peace. No
death could have been more calm, more
beautiful, than hers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
ROADS FOR MISSOURI.
DRAIN ON THE STATES RESOURCES
y. BE CHECKED.

OF 81 100000 Spent For Roads Last Year
seers-Common Roads neglected. and
Farmers and Merchants Suffer.
A state convention for good roads and
public improvements will be held at st.
Louis Oh Nov. % and 23. A call for
this state convention has been prepared
by the officers elected at the charities
and correction and good roads conven-
ton held at st. Louis last year. Circu-
lars have been issue, and THE States
Duty and other literature has been sent
into all sections of the state, urging the
necessity for the judges of county courts,
the mayors of cities and the commercial
bodies to name delegates to this impor-
tant meeting.
1t is proposed that each county judge
shall name two delegates from county
and that every city and incorporated
town and also every commercial body
shall send representatives. W H. Moore
president of the charities and correc-
ton and good roads convention of last
year; E. G. Rowse, tho secretary, and
President Jesse of the state university
at &c lumbia, who is one of the vice
presidents, and many other prominent
citizens of Missouri are taking an ac-
tive interest i'll the arrangements for the
coming good roads and public improve
ment convention.
The chief object in calling this con-
vention more than year before the for
tieth general assembly of Missouri will
convene is to arrange in advance for the
enactment of feasible road legislation,
said President Moore recently when
the people of Missouri understand how
road construction is progressing in a
systematic and practical way in other
states, it will be an incentive for them
to adopt similar plans for the building
of good roads and the promotion of pub
lie Improvements. Conventions crystal
lie public sentiment. This state has as
much road legislation on its statute
books as any state in the Union, per-
haps, but the fact that good roads are
not being built in Missouri is proof that
active and consistent legislation should
be enacted.
Missouri spends 81, 600, 600 year ON
her common roads, but last year $685.
600 of that sum went into the pockets of
road oversetrs. The common roads have
been neglected i'll this state. AS has been
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

truthfully said, the price of farm prod.
ucts is fixed at the great cities or centers
of consumption and distribution and is
wholly beyond the farmers control, and
the cost of transportation is principal
factor i'll determining his profits or the
possibility of any profit. On the rail
roads the cost of transportation varies,
according to bulk, and runs from mills
to cent per ton per mile. But the av,
erage common roads are so bad that in
comparatively good weather a two horse
team and wagon, the value of whose
service is So per day, cannot haul ton
of produce more than ten miles and re-
turn in day. The cost of road trans
portation eli that basis, therefore, is 80
cents per ton per mile, or about 40
times as great as the rate on the rail-
road. Say that the average distance
from the farm to the nearest railway
station is ten miles, and that means
that it costs as much to get the goods to
or from the railroad station as to carry
them 400 miles on the cars
But there is long season every year
when the roads in some sections of Mis-
souri, are 81 ,nply impossible. One big
wholesale house in St. Louis lost $780,
600 i'll trade last March on account of
the bad roads in Missouri. In many
places it was an impossibility to go a
mile away from the railroad. General
Roy Stone, who has charge of the road
department established by congress in
1898, and who works under the direc-
ton OF the secretary of agriculture, says
that Missouri S annual loss by reason of
defective roads is not less than & 5, 0O0,-
600.
such an appalling financial drain on
the resources of this state should be
speedily checked. Every farmer can
readily see how he will reap immediate
and direct benefit from good roads. 1t
has been estimated that a macadam
road Is feet wide alongside farm adds
S. i'll value to each acre of land. Some
sections of this state can furnish their
own supply of rock for constructing
roads at a very moderate cost.
Good roads over all the state could be
built on plan whereby the cost of con-
struction could be paid in installments
WIFI lHc StLtIdl tdAcS dTe paul, anu
the burden would be felt lightly. To
the contrary. it would be no burden, for
the farmer would be benefited many
times over the amount of his road taxes,
owing to the enhancement of the yalu
of his land and the increased facilities
of reaching, the market with lis prod
ucts. Th.. too, with good reads, the
market We rot lie glutted so often as
it is now the farmers products
could be :, To the railroads tho
whole yea -
"WGli, DIS would lie forced
to redCcc /. e., rites, they, too, would
save MOI, iii the long run. as they
would be i,;u largely from the rush at
certain seasons they would handle more
freight steu Oily the whole year through,
and their rolling stock could be dimin-
ished.''
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
AN EMERGENCY.
Being an Episode of Holiday Shopping In
Great City.

Great City.
The old man had "billygoat" whiskers
and he wore Il brown hickory shirt with
white agate buttons, but his heart was in
the right place
1t was in a city store-not one of the
swell stores, but a place where they kept
all sorts of toys and sold them cheap.
An old Irish woman in a shawl and
hood had just come in and she stood fun
bling with bare, trembling hands at the
wrappings of the parcel which she carried
At last she undid the knots in the string
and she took from the paper a little red
wagon with one wheel off.
Stepping up to the dappcr noorwalkcr
she said timidly: " Ills gift fur Jamie,
Sir, all vi can git i'm, an it bees broke
the wheel bees clane aft it, Oi dom want
to be putin the blame on to no wan, but
1T must a ben done afore Oh TUX it, fur
Oi held it SO tindcrloike tibet it Gu 'dn't "a
broke"
Can be helped. We are not response
BILE for brcakage after customers have re-
ceived goods. Couldn't have been done
here. Salcslady would have noticed it. -
There was il disappointed look on the
woman S face, and her lip quiyered as she
began to tie up the parcel.
The old man I'm the hickory shirt stepped
forward "Hyur, femme see it. Um-m,
nut S off II tn wheel. Young man, you kin
fetch me nut to fit that thar AK"
But we-this is not repair shop"
II say, you fetch me nut You kin
lake one off'n one O. them other CARTS an
you be quick about it.
But we DON'T Here one of the shop
girls came up and whispered: Better get
1t. That old man just bought $50 worth
of goods, " Then the dapper fellow went
away and soon returned with the required
bit of iron
The old man coolly took his huge COM
picated jackknfe and opened out a small
monkey wrench, with which he fixed the
wheel Then he wrapped up the parcel
bunglingly and handed it to the old
woman.
She took it with trembling hands.
"Oi'm obloiged to ye, sir, " said she, and
hugging the bulky bundle to her breast
she went out into the street and disap-
pcarcd among the eager rushing, jostliny
crowd of shoppers - Marie Moore Marsh,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

OF 81 900. 600 Spent For Roads Last Year
$632,OOO Went Into the Pockets of Over
seers-COmmon Roads Neglected and
Farmers and Merchants Suffer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Make Roads Water Tight,

The whole secret of good roads, says
Mr.. Harrison, special agent of the de-
partment of agriculture bureau of road
inquiry, lis to make them water tight
and keep the foundation dry. That is the
reason we use the heavy roller so much.
In the absence of water frost does not
amount to anything"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

Few nations have raised shaving to
the dignity of religious ceremony. In
the Koran there is no mention Of shaw
ing at all, yet the Mohammedans shave
their heads in the same manner as the
HiDdoOs
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident of which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is
narrated by him as follows 81 was in most
dreadful condition. My skin was almost
yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain
continually in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up. Forum
ately, friend advised trying Electric
Bitters, and to my great joy and surprise,
the first bottle made decided improvement.
| continued their use for three weeks and
am now a well man. know they saved my
life and robbed the grave of another victim. "
No one should fail to try them. Only 50
cents per bottle at A. Wasley's drug store
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
beptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SKRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YoRk, nv
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
New 1fo,a,,- soldrer4 Encamped.

New York May 8.-Camp Black, at
Hampstead Plains, and Camp Town
send, at Peekskill, We're formally open
ed yesterday, about 1900 men going
into camp. Patriotic citizens gathered
at points of departure throughout the
state and immense crowds lined the
streets Of this city through which the
soldiers marched. Grand Central sta
tion, where the troops from the interior
of the state arrived, was surrounded
by men and women vieing with each
other in outbursts Of patriotism
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03

Key West, Fla, May 3.-One of the
most important captures made since
the outbreak of hostilities was that OF
the Spanish steamer Arganaut by the
gunboat Nashville last Friday, news
of which reached here last night when
the warshiD arrived The Arganaut
had on board Colonel Corijo of the
Third Spanish cavalry, his first lieu
tenant, surgeon major, seven other
lieutenants and ten privates and nom
commissioned officers. The steamer
also carried a large cargo of arms and
Mauser ammunition. She was bound
from Batnabano, Spain. for Cienfuegos,
stopping at Port Louis, Trinidad and
Manzanillo.
The Nashville, the Marblehead and
the Eagle let the station on the north
coast last Monday to blockade Cienfue-
gos, arriving at the latter place on
Thursday, They spent the day recon-
noitering, and the next morning (Fri-
day., in order to get better information,
steamed close to the mouth of the
harbor Of Cienfuegos. All were cleared
for action.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning
smoke was seen rising on the western
horizon, and the Nashville, because Of
her position, put on all speed and
steamed in that direction. Twenty
five minutes later she put two shots
across the bow of the coming steamer,
which promptly hove to. Ensign
Kuenzli was sent with a prize crew Of
four, who took possession Of the Span
lard. Learning that Spanish soldiers
We're on board word was given to send
them to Nashville Immediately as
prisoners of war, and this was done.
Arrangements were then made to
transfer the passengers and non-com-
batants to the shore. The women and
children were placed in the first boat,
and under cover of a flag of truce
were soon bound toward the entrance
to Cienfuegos. The second crew took
the other passengers and landed them.
The Eagle hoisted a signal conveying
the intelligence that she had been
fired upon by Spanish boats coming
out of the river. The Eagle Immediate
ly returned the fire and held her
ground until the Marblehead came up.
Both vessels then fired broadside after
broadside up the entrance to the river.
The boats coming down were two tor
pedo boats and one torpedo boat de-
stroyer. After 20 minutes firing by the
Eagle, the last two of which was par
ticipated in by the Marblehead, the
Spanish boats ceased firing, and it is
considered certain they were damaged.
The report that Yglesias, the sus-
pected sailor on the Puritan, has been
court martialed and sentenced to be
shot is an invention from the whole
cloth. There is nothing in the state
ment against him, but to save him from
the ire of the crew, who believe the
treason story, he was quietly put on
shore today and advised to sail for the
north.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
A Great Surprise

Is in store for all who use Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, Would you be-
ieve that it is sold on its merits and any
druggist is authorized by the proprietor of
this wonderful remedy to give you sample
bottle free 1t never fails to cure acute or
chronic coughs, All druggists sell Kemp
Balsam, Price IS and soc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
Petroleum Bomb story Doubted.

Washington, May 3.-Naval officials
are inclined to discredit the statement
in dispatches from Madrid that Ad-
miral Dewey employed petroleum
bombs in the reduction of the city of
Manila. In fact, no definite informa-
tion could be obtained that the Ameri-
can squadron was supplied with such
instruments Of destruction. 1t is re-
garded as quite likely that, in the
event of a bombardment of the city,
the bursting of shells would start seri-
Gus fires, and perhaps result in a con-
fagration, but that Admiral Dewey
used bombs with the express idea of
firing the city is deemed improbable.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
Forced to Give Up His Command.

Springfield, Ills, May 3.-Major Law
renee Ennis, of the Seventh Illinois
National Guard, and formely law part
ner of United States Senator Mason,
was yesterday forced to give UP his
command. To follow the fortunes of
the regiment he promptly surrendered
a law practice in Chicago which his
father founded in 1S45, cancelling the
office lease and sending all clients to
other lawyers. BY the decision Of the
war department, under which the regi-
ment will be mustered in the service in
two battalion formation the junior
major and number of others are left
out in the cold.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
rnanks to Commodore Dewey

Washington, May 2.-Representa-
tive Grout, of Vermont, of whose
district Commodore Dewey is a
native, yesterday introduced this reso-
luton Resolved, That the thanks
of congress are due and are hereby
rendered to Commodore George Dewey
and the officers and seamen of the
Asiatic squadron by him commanded
for the heroism and skill displayed by
them in the total destruction of the
Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila,
and the capture Of the city and the
planting of the American nag in the
capital of the Philippines"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-03
10 Keep out lunntics.

Washington, May S.-Senator Fair
banks yesterday introduced bill pro-
hibiting the landing of insane persons
in the United States, and for the return
of those who become insane two years
after arriving to their own countries.