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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
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Let us Have Peace.

Peace is not yet declared in this store We are fight
ing for people. High prices must 60 War to the bit
ter end is our battle cry.
No must sell goods for less money than this store;
few sell them for as little.
War on Summer Goods has JUST been declared-no
peace until the last item gone. Prices to draw you
here. No could ask for better prices better values
One thing is sure all Summer Goods go; you know
what that mears, if you don't suppose you take look
through the store the coming week.
There is no stock in the honse that has not been af
fected by the big in prices No matter what you need
it is with you as to price. We want room and we
won't carry goods from one season to the next If that is
not plain English what is.
Monday is the beginning of the end. week of the
most gigantic price cutting ever had. No error here.
We have sound reasoning to bear out clear stock
we must have, and we are willing to pay for it.
Come monday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
HOT OR COLD
Wet OR DRY -.
OR Business Goes on
Just the Same.

The buying public have long since
found that we keep the best of every
thing and sell at reasonable prices.
Our "ROLLER CHAMPION"
FLOUR made from winter wheat is
whitest, sweetest and strongest.
Our BUTTER FROM THE "HOL-
LOWAY" DAIRY cannot be surpassed
for richness and delicacy of fIavOr.
We have State reputation for fine
Coffee. Our best roast is composed of
Private Growth, Fancy Padang, Java
and Finest Mocha.
The immense sale Of "HE-NO-TEA"
attests it's merit; as hot drink it is I'M
surpassed, as an iced drink it has no
rival.
The most celebrated cures of Hams,
including Smithfeld, Southampton, Fer
ris, Westphalia and other brands. We
have few cases large and small Hams
we are retailing for 10c a pound.
All kinds of foreign and domestic fruits
and vegetables in their season.
Special packing of Bahama grated
Pineapple and Burnett's Extracts for
flavoring ice cream.
Van Houten's, Bakers and Huyler's
Cocoa and Chocolate. These are the best
goods manufactured.
Our four-year-old pure Apple Vinegar
will keep pickles in any climate.
Best imported Olive Oil in half-gallon
tins, cost only half the price Of that in
glass.
Salad Dressing. Sauces, Catsups and
Pure Spices.
Whole Ok Tongues, Lunch Tongues,
Salmon Steaks. Lobster Scouse, Deviled
Crabs, Barataria Shrimp, French Sar-
dimes and all kinds of canned and ported
meats; will compare favorably with
butcher prices for raw meats
"Franco-American" Soups, Consomme.
Chicken Gumbo. Ok Tail, Mock Turtle,
Julienne, and half a dozen others So pre-
pared as to be most appetizing to an in
valid. and thoroughly harmless to a
dyspeptic.
we have only mentioned few things
we have for sale. We have hundreds Of
other articles. Fish. Flesh and Fowl.
All goods promptly delivered, and war
ranted to give satisfaction.
w. C. STRONACH & SONS,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
FOR GENTLEMEN.
QUICK GOODBYE TO RIBBONS.


QUICK GOODBYE TO RIBBONS.
All Ribbons displayed at front door are
only two-thrds of Saturdays prices.
Zoe. quality sold for DC. are now... SC.
zoe. quality sold for 10c., are now. DC.
Zoe. quality sold for zoe, are now 15c.
SOMETHING FOR THE BABY.
Choice Muslin Bonnets and In
fants Caps up to $3.50, will go
Monday for. .................. 50c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14

BROKEN ASSORTMENT OF SUN
MER CORSETS.
C. B., x X. AND G. MAKES.
Our entire stock of Summer Cor
sets made by the G. Il. and II. q
q. Manufacturers regular S10O
quality, choice to close. ..... soc.
Celebrated line of soc. Corsets-
everywhere else soc. now. Such
as the Eigilant, the Raleigh, and
Style No. 2l9, to go this week
at ........... Zoc.
Maybe Il size here and there is MISSING
or scarce, but 2Jc. and o0c. It's wort
trying to get size.
MORE ODD LOTS.
MORE BARGAINS
Items skipped in the reading her
means chances skipped for money say
ing, and we all like to buy as cheap a
Try these:
Ladies' Irish Linen Handkerchiefs.
All linen, hemstitched, usual
Ice, now. ....... .......... i12c
Ladies' Fine Sheer Linen, Hem
stitched Handkerchiefs, usual
12lac., now. Toe.
or 100 Il dozen.
Ladies' Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, very sheer, were 19c.,
now. ........ ............. loo.
or $50 Il dozen.
Ladies' all Linen Fine Embroid
cred Handkerchiefs, usual DC,
now. ........ ........ lac.
or $500 Il dozen.
JUST FOR FUN.
Ladies Fast Black Hose. Double
sole, high spliccd heel Limited
quantity, usual 1Jc., now. Zoe
ladies IIermsdorf 40 Gauge I'M
3 proved Toe-Spliced hcel-also
same in Tans, usual 25c.. now. .19c.
Mems IIermsdorf Fast Black 10
Gauge, Double Sole, high spliccd
heel and toc--under the new tariff
these are cheap ut 19c. now. :. 15c.
SILK STRING TIES, 4 for 25c
That's one Of the special offerings il
Womens' neckwear.
GLOVES.
Women's Black Tipped Fingers,
All Silk GloveS-worth zoe,
at. ....... .......... ........ 2oc.
Women's All Black Gloves, with
stitched backs and three large
pearl buttons, at. ............ .2Jc.
"Kcyser" Finger Tipped Silk
Gloves i'll Black. a guarantee
ticket with every pair. soc.
Mail orders will not be filed, nor vii
samples be cut on goods advertised il
this issue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
AT THE CHURCHES TO-DAY.

Edenton Street Observation-Disclosures will
be no services at Edenton Street Metho
dist church today. The pastor. Rev. DR.
Norman, is taking short vacation.
Baptist Tabernacle-Rev. John b..
White, State Secretary of the Baptist
State convention. will preach at the Bap
fist Tabernacle this morning and tonight
He is popular in Raleigh and will have
large congregations. The pastor, Dl.
Simms. is taking his vacation in the
mountains.
Central Methodist-Rev. E. c. Glenn
will fill his pulpit at II o'clock a. IN.
and S:15 p. m. Sunday school at $50. a.
M, l.. III. Woodall, superintendent. Reg
ular devotional services of the Epworth
league each Sunday afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock. conducted by c. +. Somers, first
vice president.
Love may not he classed as a disease
but it is frequently of a rash nature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
A. +. StrOt1aCh.
Beauty in Women is Power. "-Rotron

In view of this fact desire to say to every woman
who wishes to increase her beauty that we will assist her
by ncasng her feet in such fascinating foot covering to
render her feet beautiful and irresistible and at increase
of price the ordinary, soVeny and ifttng shoes
sold elsewhere.
Ladies' Black and Brown Glaze Kid Oxford Ties in
every variety of form color material STYLE fashion fancy
and preference, s. 90 to $3.50 per pair.
4igf-class Umbrellas at the lowest prices record.
We have just received direct from the factory of the
largest manufacturers in the country large lot of Mems
and Womens Umbrellas. They all strictly new goods,
and the prices are lowest yet reached.
Ladies' 26-in Union Twill Ladies' 2o-n. Silk UNI
Steel Rod Umbrellas 50, 75c. Ieldo-'tee' loU p@o ~
Ladies 2o-ln Union IW'l Mems 28-in. Union Twill
Silk Umbrelas-Steel rod - Silk UmbrellaS-Steel rod
0oc, $1.oo SIPS to SI,5o.
Trunks at Manufacturers Prices.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
CITY ITEMS.

All members of Central Epwortlr Lea
que. active and honorary. are invited to
a watermelon cutting ut Central par
sonage next Monday evening, August
10th.
We are informed that the friends of
Mr.. w. A. Ellington, of the Western
section of the county, will present his
name to the county convention for the
office Of County Commissioners.
Rev. y. NJ Jurney, agent for the
Braxton- Craven fund of Trinity College.
says that work will begin on the hand
some memorial hall September 1st.
Among the contributors. Col. A. B. An
drews recently gave a handsome check,
saws Mr.. Jurney.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENT rs.

w. r. JONES-Let us Have Peace.
A. b. STRONACH-Beau in Women
is Power.
DOBBIN & FERRALL-Money Saving
Reasons.
MISS e. KARRAR-Annual Sale Of
Stamped Linens.
S. & d. BERWANGER-1, 900 Pairs OF
Pants Surrender.
SHERWOOD HIGGS & CO.-The Last
Call on Summer Goods.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
Broken Lots of Wash
Goods to be Given AWAY.

Fine Organdies, Coored Lawns White Goods,
Dmities, Plain Nansooks worth all the way up 25c,
to 60 at the grand give-away price, sc
BROKEN LINES OF SUMMER oxFORDs AND 5sTRAF
SANDALS TO CLOSE
We must have this space now occupied by Sum
mer OXfordS All stocks must be closed out in the
season which they were bought. None to be carried
over. Thirty-one pairs Chdrens Slippers and Ok
lords Ties, sizes IL to 10 IL, which retaed at
75c and ST.. 90, now go at 25
"a pairs Oxfords and Slippers 8 to TO- were worth
I25 and $780, for clean sweep, choice of any, so
40 pairs Ladies OMords and Strap Sandles, broken
sizes to price and 1875 for quick work. so
p pairs Ladies Oxfords-heel and spring heel
broken sizes IL to = we've I.25 75t
2o2 pairs the balance of entire stock of Ladies'
Oxfords and strap Sandals, all kinds all sizes. Blacks
TINS and browns, heel and spring heel; the greatest
bargain of the year. not pair worth less than $50,
many and quite quantity at 50; choice of any
and ALL 49,
FOR GENTLEMEN.
Geo. E. Keiths celebrated line of footwear for Gentle
men for Fall and Winter IS now ready.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
REMNANT PRICES OF ORES;
GOODS.

GOoDS.
Black and Colored. Some good for
School Dresses for the girls; some good
for separate skirts, and all cheap, SO
cheap that-but suppose we let the
prices talk.
Fancy Brocades in Blacks, was
Black Grenadines in neat checks,
was SOC, now. ...............1 Zoe.
Black Grenadines were soc, now Doc.
Fancy Colored Dress Goods, were
5Uc.-tO close. -oc.
Mohair Brillantine in Brown and
Garnet, We're 50c., to close. .25c.
4 complete line of Black Mohair Bril-
liantine for light weight skirts at lowest
prices
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
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SPECIAL STORE 25c
The Last Call on Summer Goods!

of the entire stock of Summer Goods be closed
We will Bargain Festival
won't will the
These goods for good the first
clearing fall chance such punching
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

For North Carolna Generally fair,
except showers on the coast; variable
winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin-
ity to o'clock tonight: Fair weather.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, 81; minimum
Temperature, -; mean, rs, rainfall, .03.
The following table gives data for Sc
lected stations at s p. M. yesterday:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14

Weather Conditions.-The barometer
is high over the entire eastern half of the
United States: nevertheless, showery
conditions continue to prevail. Rain oc-
CURED from Boston to North Platte and
south of Florida. A remarkably large
downpour of 4.96 inches occurred dur
ing the past twenty -four hours at Wash
ington. Fair weather prevails on the
Rocky Mountain slope, with southerly
winds and slightly higher temperature.
The conditions remain threatening in
the East, with comparatively low sum-
mer temDeratureS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
County Treasurer's Sale
of Land.


Whereas, the County Commissioners Of the
County of Somerset in the month of Septem-
Der of each of the years of 1893. 1894, 1895
and 1885, as provided by law and especially
by Section 80 of HAPPIER of the Revised
Statutes Of said State, by their board made
an actual inspection of all the County Roads
in the township and tract of land in said
County of Somerset, No. 1, Range s, called
West Forks, and found and adjudged at each
and all of these separate examinations certain
roads therein defective and not then in good
repair so as to be safe and convenient for
public travel. and therefore at each of the
several examinations made an estimate of the
amount needed to Tut the said defective roads
in said West Forks in repair, said estimate as
required by law being made at each of the
several examinations of said roads by said
Commissioners with regard to and especially
for the year beginning on the first day of
January after each separate examination as
aforesaid, to wit for each of the years of
1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897, said estimates
being the sums severally set down opposite to
the years named as follows;
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
Growing and Marketing Vege
tables.

One of the greatest mistakes growers
of vegetables make is in planting them too
close. We have three and one half acres
of ground on which we raise our garden
truck; have two orchards in one of WHICH
the ground can be cultivated, This year
we raised about TO bushels of carrots, Of
which we cannot sell near all, but feed
them to our Cow. In winter they make
the butter yellow as in summer when the
cows are on the best pasture. We have
one Jersey cow and make from twelve to
fifteen pounds of butter per week. If you
want to grow large carrots have the
ground we'll fortified and plant them six
or eight inches apart each way. Oxheart
carrots are the best with US. Parsnips
we plant about a foot apart each way
When we SOW parsnips in spring we also
sow radish seed in same row; when pars
nibs have three or four leaves the radishes
are large enough to pull, then we plant
endve or winter salad between the rows.
The parsnips will grow over the endive,
shade it and cause it to grow yellow and
tenc er for use. Onions we plant six
inches apart each way, Had good
many planted last year, but pulled them
all green and sold them by the bunch,
then planted red beets and lettuce on the
ground, and after pulling the lettuce SOW
ed radish seed. A few weeks ago we
pulled the last radises and sent them to
market Had a load of vegetables at our
fair last fall, got twelve first and three
second premiums. -Pracfftdi Farmer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
Oxen and sheep.

The matter of the marked decrease in
the number of oxen in the State, was be-
ing discussed recently, and James Plum
mer, clerk of the Board of State Assess
ors, showed the Kennebec Journal how
fast they were decreasing.
According to the first report OF the
Board in 1902. there were over 10000
oxen in the State In 1896 there were
1913. and in 1897 there were but Io,-
323, which shows an alarming decrease in
the one year. This is accounted tor by
the fact, that in the fall and winter OF
1896, there was scarcity OF hay, that the
farmers did anything to decrease their
stock. in order to get hay enough to last
what of their stock it was absolutely nee
essary to keep. Ii also goes to prove that
the greater part of the oxen sold went In
to the hands of the butcher, rather than to
some more wealthy farmer.
OF course those who are posted in agrl-
culture and matters pertaining to cattle,
know whether or not this decrease IN tor
the good of the State, SO it need not be
more fully discussed here.
There has also been large decrease in
the number of sheep in the State, and
those who sold their sheep in the hard
times when they were so cheap. are now
bemoaning their fate, since these animals
have nearly doubled the value in the past
year.
In 1902 there were 37o,6o2 sheep in
Maine. In 1896 the number had de-
creased to 276, 1856, and in 1897 that
number has decreased to 257. 1928.
1t is said upon good authority there are
not enough sheep to eat up the refuse and
poor hay, that was cut last year.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
Use of Food to Promote Sleep.

Food may be used TO promote sleep
This is most beneficial to nervous persons
whose digestion is fairly good and who
have not eaten very hearty or indigesti.
Bile late meal. What kind of food it shall
be does not matter very much, provided it
is nutritious and easily digested. Some
prefer one kind, some another. One man
prefers plate of raw oysters with some
crackers and butter, another a glass of
milk or dry biscuit. One eminent minis
ter thought he had made great discovery
when he found that by eating a pint of
roasted peanuts before going to bed he
could sleep soundly. Others have found
that glass of hot milk or any of the
many excellent substitutes for milk
answers Just as we'll. The food seems to
take away from the brain the blood VIII oh
keeps it in a state of activity to perform
the act of digestion. Those who eat
hearty, indigestible late dinners will not
be benefited by food just before bedtime,
nor those whose digestive organs are in
a very abnormal state and the stomach
foul The old notion that one should go
to bed with an empty stomach seems to
have been proved for some persons at least
bad, good as it may be for others. But
little carefuness and experimenting one
may find what food taken at bedtime
agrees and what does not, and if the
practice is good or bad for himself or not.
To some extent it is true that what is
good for one may not agree with another.
= journal of Higiene
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
Agricultural Notes.

Experiments with grass seeds collect
ed from all over the world are being
conducted at Knoxville under the aus
pices of the agricultural department
The Pittsburg Dispatch states that 100
varieties of grass and forage plants have
been grown during the season.
A rather startling suggestion is that
Of producing butter directly from such
vegetables as COWS feed upon by the use
of electricity.
Bisulphide Of carbon as an inseoticide
on trees elicits contradictory reports.
Some favor it; Others claim that il
damages or kills the tree.
"Do not staple wire to trees for posts.
It is liable to kill the trees, and if you
wish to remove the fence you will find
the wood has grown over the staples.
Nail a board up and down on the tree
and fasten wire to it., remarks Farm
Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
Paint Around the Farm.

One of the most useful things about the
farm is pot of paint. At this time OF
the year good deal of repair work on
buildings can be done by yourself or
hands, and in connection Herewith,
painting also. The easiest way is to buy
a can OF paint at a store, and the best
place to use it is needed. The tin roof
and the cutters and valleys and water
tables or the house and barn roof, porch
or out-building roof, all likely need paint.
Tin should be painted once every two
years at least, and for bare tin or rusty tin
red lead is the best. Buy it dry and mix
enough for the job, as it quickly settles to
the bottom of the pot and gets herd. On
top of this put coat of iron paint or
Venetian paint, mixed in oil. First clean
off the tin. Putty holes in roof or open
places around windows and over doors to
keep out cold and wet.
The field machinery, such as plows,
harrows, cultivators. ect., might be better
for coat OF paint. There's hardly any
wear out to things kept repaired and paint
Tubs and buckets, at the house or barn,
should be kept painted on the outside.
Green looks we'll; while any color will
answer for farm tools provided it is red.
Red wears better than green under expos
ure of weather. A song tells us about
the wearing of the Green" but green is
a VIGOROUSLY bad color for wear. Pretty,
though.
The good wife will probably want her
garden trellis, ETC., painted. Green looks
best on these. Do 1t now and not wait
until spring, when you won't have time
for it.
Don't waste time whitewashng where
paint is much cheeper-I mean for fences
and these small Buildings. Don't whit
wash ceilings or walls in the house except
in the cellar, because paint is cheeper and
better. Paper is also cheap, but not so
sanitary as paint, nor SO easily applied.
Paint the porch floor, TO keep it from
varying, splintering and rotting, Lead
color, drab, dull buff or ochre color is
good. All outside paint should be mixed
only with raw linseed oil and little
Japan to dry it. Never add turpentine or
varnish to out side paint, nor kerosene
oil, benzene, ect. Poor economy to use
poor paint,-A. Asmun Kelly in Country
Gentleman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
Cabbage Growing.

The cabbage is vegetable which is al
most as important to the average farme-
in some of the more closely settled por-
tons Of the country as it is to the market
gardener 1t is grown by both, but with
the difference that now that cabbages are
grLwn and sold so cheaply it is farmers
who mainly supply the lste market. while
early cabbages are started under glass,
and are sometimes grown altogether in
lighthouses where they are planted in early
winter, and made ready by forcing for the
spring market. A newly grown cabbage
fresh from the dollhouse is much sweeter
tenderer than late cabbage of last years
growth that has been wintered over. For
this reason it is not worth while to try to
keep cabbages though the winter for the
spring market.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24
- ~ - -
Cheapest Form OF Potash.

Rural New Yorker recommends the
muriate as the cheapest form in which
to buy potash: "Kainit contains about
1917 per cent of this substance, while
muriate contains so per cent. Kainit
will furnish potash enough if you use
enough of it, but on peaches we would
prefer to use muriate, as we would save
the increase of freight and handling of
q large amount of useless material. Sui
phate of potash costs more than muriate
and contains about the same amount of
actual potash. For crops like potatoes,
beets and others where extra quality is
desired, the sulphate is better. For Or
binary crops the muriate is better. "
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-24

now therefore pursuant to Chapter g, Section
81 of the Revised Statutes of said State of
Maine, and acts additional thereto and
amendatory thereof, notice is hereby given to
the owners, proprietors and all interested in
the above described lands, that the said lands
will be sold at public auction and conveyed by
deed to the highest bidder, if such bidder at
said sale shall bid an amount not less than
the amount due on said lands for the taxes,
costs and interests at 20 per cent. per year
from the several times prescribed for the pay
ment of each of the several taxes at the Office
of the County Commissioners in the Court
House. in said Skowhegan, in said County
of Somerset. by Roland +. Patten, Treasurer
for said County, on the 10th day of May, A.
D., 1898, at two O'Clock in the afternoon, so
much Of said lands SO assessed as aforesaid. if
said taxes, interest and lawful charges shall