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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-11

Thousands Of persons have been cured
of piles by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. 1t heals promptly and cures ecze
ina and all skin diseases. 1t gives i'm
mediate relief. Heart & Heart.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-11
THE WEATHER TODAY.

For North Carolina-Raln followed by
fair and warmer in western portions;
cooler on the immediate coast; variable
winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin-
ity to 8 O'Clock tonight:
Fair in the morning. followed by show
ers in the afternoon.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, SO; minimum
temperature, "A; mean, 81; rainfall, IA
inches (for ~ hours)
The following tables gives data for
selected stations at p. m. yesterday:
Max. Min. Rain.
Washington ..... "a 10 .4S
New York ...6S .66 0.36
Chicago :. ........7 10 60 90
New Orleans .......S2 ~ Trace
st. Louis "a ga 90
Atlanta ;. .......... 80 40 .O.24
SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER.
The storm. or area of low barometer is
now central over the Lake region, one
portion having moved off the New Eng
land coast. Rains fell Wednesday af-
ternoOn all the way from Boston to
Tampa and west to New Orleans. The
amounts were generally less than an
inch.
Cloudy weather also prevails in the
central valley, but there was no rain
in the Ohio valley. Lake region or any
of the country west of the Mississippi.
The weather has continued quite cool
over most of the United States, the
maximum yesterday reaching or slightly
exceeding 90 only at Savannah, and
points in Florida and Texas.
Owing to the generally low pressure
prevailing the conditions are likely to
favor showers in the afternoon for few
days.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
Coffee in the Philippines.

Coffee was introduced In the Philip
pines, probably in the latter part OIL
the eighteenth century, from Brazil
The first large plantation was estao-
1ished in 1896, and the production be-
gan to extend actively fifteen or TWEEN
ty years ago. Latterly the export mas
decreased very greatly. 1t used to az
erage $500 tons a year, but has recent
" sunk to only 800. This Is probably
due to the revolution, for the conee
is of good quality, some of 1t excellent
Unlike Manila hemp and tobacco, the
coffee REQUIRES some capital on the
part of those who undertake IT. IL
takes the tree four or five years to BE-
gin to bear. Those who are able TO
make the necessary advances have
%prospered greatly, and. especially
about Manila, have become rich.
The exported coffees formerly went
exclusively to France, but are now
scattered we'll over Europe, usually
through Singapore. They are OF two
sorts, the Manila and the Zamboanga.
The first is grown about Manila, chief
w to the south and east OF Manila Bay.
It has a small berry and is more highly
priced than the other. The Zamboan-
ga coffee is produced in the south,
principally on Mindanao and the Sulu
Islands. The berry of this variety is
larger. but less care is used in Its pre-
paration. 1t goes directly to singa-
pore.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
His Secret of Perpetual Health.

One of our middle-aged citizens who
s%urrenders himself entirely to business
and looks older than his years. had
been curious for some time to learn
how one of his neighbors, twenty years
his senior, managed to retain his
y%outhfulness of spirits and activity.
The old gentleman has a iorid race
that seems to belle the crown OF snow
white hair. His eyes are sparkling,
his step is elastic, his form erect n
his laugh contagious. When asked Tor
the desired information he blushed like
a schoolboy and occasionally STAN
mered in his explanations:
"Of course" he laughed, I'm regu-
lar in my habits, get out of doors a
good deal, and try to take things just
as philosophically as / can. That Is,
l won't permit myself to worry. But
I wouldn't be telling you the whole
truth if l withheld what l regard as
the chief secret of my being so we'll
preserved. I have courted my wife
ever since 1 married her, and that was
more than forty years ago. l pay her
all the little attentions that l ever did
when l was trying to win her, and
which a woman never ceases to hold
dear. l invite her to ride, ask her to
go to the theater or whether she would
enjoy accompanying me to some social
entertainment, and take her out into
the country and rave over it's beauties.
lust as we have Always done.
"In that way, don't you see, we fail
to note the passage of time. She is
the same happy girl and the same
| attentive lover. If we have a little tiff
we act very much as we did when fool
ish Youngsters and make it all up in
the same way. Try it,. It's the secret
of perpetual youth."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

A New York State doctor, aged 100, volun.
teered his services to the President recently,
and expressed q desire to enter the army as Il
surgeon. Even at his advanced years ho can
read without glasses, and walk u TO II Miles \
day. The Oldest Standard medicine is Hos OF
ter's Stomach Bittars, which has no eIltl tor
indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, iever3
and bad blood. 1t strengthens, puriies and
v%1talizes. One bottle does much good.
The day is coming, o brothers. Read
this from TIE Birmingham Daily Ga
zette and paste 1t IN your equal rights
scrap-book: West End tailors are talk
ing into s .lous accoun a new gar
ment, y Itch has been patented by its
haTy protector under the title Of the
windsor trouser-breeches. 1t is a dual
garment in quite a new sense, mas
much as 1t may be used either by ladies
or gentlemen.
ut is a nation without a history
holly eXclaims a Spanish ~t1re-eater Of
the United States. At the rate We are
making it we shall o have enough
to satisfy the most eXacting don.
That Irishman who fired the first
shot Of the war sent the ball before the
ships head. AS a rule in a fight wher-
yer an Irishman sees a head he hits 1t.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
A PrecOci0us Child.

What a pity that every preacher can
not have just such a little daughter as
one we know of. The ~four-year-old
daughter of a clergyman, after listen
ing to her father preach one Sunday
morning for quite a while, finally be-
came restless, and, climbing up, on the
seat, she exclaimed: Come on, papa,
you've said enough; let's go home!"-
St. Louis Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
A Family of Sixty.two Children.

The Italians are discussing the adj
visibility Of pensioning Mrs. NADIA
lena Granatta, a lady Of 81, who lives
near Nocera, - miles from Naples.
Her husband has been dead ten years,
but during the 10 years they lived to-
gether as man and wife they had go
children born to them, 50 of the lot
being males. Eleven different times
in nine years triplets were born, and
on three different occasions four boys
were announced, and once there were
four boys and a girl.-London Times,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
Development or the Iransvaal.

u Gll0 1TuHSvdaAs
In 1892 the main trunk line from
Cape Town was pushed forward from
fits then northern terminus to Johannes
burg. The distance from Cape Town
to johannesburg by rail is lob miles.
In 1894 the road was completed from
Delagoa Bay, a port in Portuguese ter
ritoryson the southeast coast Of Africa,
TO- Johannesburg-a distance OF 377
miles. The third road reached Johan.
nesburg a year later, from Durham, a
port in the British colony of Natal, dis.
tant 4S3 miles.
From $4,000 ounces Of gold in 1887,
the annual output has risen to 1900, 900
ounces in 1897, giving the T~ransvaal
the second place in the worlds gold
production. There Is no doubt that the
present output Of the country will rap
idly increase; and probably within a
few years, Notwithstanding the increas-
ed output Of other countries, the
Transvaal will rank first as a gold pro-
ducer.
! The town Of johannesburg may be
taken as a good index Of the wonder
full expansion of the gold-mining indus
try of the district. From a few huts in
1886, 1t has developed into a town un-
excelled, If indeed equaled, in the i'm
cprfoslng character of its buildings by
any of the enterprising mining towns in
Western America. Indeed, Johannes
burg has but little of the aspect Of an
American mining camp. In its general
appearance 1t reminds an American
more Of Spokane or Salt Lake City,
John Hays Hammond, In the Engineer.
ing Magazine.
About fifty vessels altogether have
been added to our naval strength. The
most important are the four swift and
large transatlantic steamers of the
American line-the st. Louis, st. Paul,
Paris and New York, and four steam
ers of the Morgan line. These last
bore the Spanish names Ell Sud, Ell
Norte, Ell Rio and Ell Sol, which have
been changed to the Dixie, the Yankee,
the Prairie and the Yosemite, in recog-
milton of the Southern, Northern, Cen
trail and far Western sections Of the
country. The Paris has been named
the Yale and. the New York the Har-
ward.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Since this govern lent has declared
that a blockade to be binding must be
effective the law defining what an eff
fective blockade is becomes Of interest.
In the first place all nations must have
notice what ports Of an enemy are to
be blockaded that the vessels belong
ing to their citizens may keep clear Of
such ports or take the consequences.
If neutral ships are at sea when the
blockade is declared, SO that the officers
have not had notice that the port is
closed, they must upon arrival be mott
fed and be permitted to depart for
some port not closed. But If such yes
sci, after being notified, attempts to run
the blockade, it is liable to capture. In
that event If the ship makes the effort
to elude the blockade and Is captured
the vessel and Its cargo are c~onlscated,
but the officers and crew, If the ship
carries a neutral flag, are not subject
to any penalty, for they have commit
ted no crime. Again, q neutral nation
| is not bound to respect a blockade uu-
less 1t is effective, and any such nation
would be fully justified In resisting
and resenting the blockade of u port
that is sealed only with a proclamation
Of closure. What constitutes an efec-
tual closing Of a port is frequently a
question for the law, or prize, courts to
decide. The slipping through Of a YES
sci occasionally would not prove the in
efficiency Of the blockade of the port,
but the commerce Of the place must be
stopped. In our last war an Irregular
vessel would, once in a while, dodge in
under the cover Of the night, but the
completeness of the blockade was
never denied. An enemy's vessels are
proper subjects of capture anywhere
they may be found, regardless Of what
port they are from or are bound to, but
neutral ships cannot be taken unless
they are attempting to run the block
ade. In case an enemy's ship is cap
tured with passengers On board they
are released but the officers and crew
are prisoners Of war, as are any troops
on board, and they may be treated ex-
nctly like soldiers taken on the field Of
battle. Lawful prizes are sold, with
their cargoes and one-half Of the pur-
chase price goes to the government,
while the other moiety Is distributed
among the officers and crews making
the capture according to the rules o.
distribution established by the navy d.
partment.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

There are many instances IN the his
tory Of the world where war acted as a
stimulus to trade; where it has correct
ed a stagnant condition Of business and
has operated as the needed spur to set
things in motion. There is every cause
to believe that this will be the influence
Of the present conflict; that it will en-
courage the revival Of forces which
have been dormant, and that it will
communicate to the whole commercial
and industrial fabric the power for
which the people have been waiting.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Of all the common acute specific dis
eases, typhoid fever IS the one with
the greatest tendency to relapse. Two
cases Of five successive ~relapses are on
record.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

The largest history ever published Is
eThe War of the Rebellion" ssued
by Uncle Sam in 120 huge octave vol
umes, of 1000 pages each, with q gI-
eantic atlas In thirty pages.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
ScrofuIa.

With the following symptoms: Inflammation
Of tho no-tr1lS and eyel1ds, rotten gums, poor
teeth, swelling of the glands Of the neck. cAus-
Ing scrofulous ulcers. sometimes called Lupus.
All cured by B. B. B.. A powerful vegetable
blood remedy. Large bottle 8l.0o. At drug
Atlanta Ga
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

DIR. MOFFETT's TEETHINA ~(TEETHISG
PONDERS) is the preparation that has
gained so much reputation in all our large
cities in saving the lives of leething Children
and so diminished their morta ity. and no
Mother hould fail to use them if she desires
to preA We the life of her little one. 1EETH-
INA Aids Digrs tion, Regulates the Bowels
and makes teething easy.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

A scientific exchange says: "A whist.
ling eel has been discovered" Doubt
less the creature acquired its accom-
plishment from a whistling buoy
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
Beauty Is Blood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
%purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. lOc, 25c, soc.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Rev. II. P. Carson, Scotland. Oak, says:
Two BOTTLES OF Halls Catarrh Cure complete
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first da,a- use of DR.. Kline's. Great
NerveR estorer. $2trl. bottle and treats free
DIR. r. H. KLINE. Ltd. G3l Arch St. Phila, Pa
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
Druggists fefund money If it fails to cure. Csc.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Lyon & Co.'S "Pick Lee I. 'emoAins Tobacco
gives the onsume .ery best Tobacco
they can get. ? .cpce-C 10 cents. 1t is fast
winningtt its v " k'reSc favor. Try it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
No-TO-Bac for Fifty Cents

Every time imam looks in a mirror he i'm
AGNES he can see a hero.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton ,allays pain, cures wine collie. 25c. a bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

SHORTER COI,IEGE FOE YOUNG Hsd aAnihs'
Host healthfuI and delightful climate; beautiful iG-
alton; splendid buildings and eqninment; S - y
tollege has the use of the LARGES ENDOW EN-
encs is enabled to employ an UNEQUALED FAG.
gLTY. The leading departments are unde ara .ns
nmpetition. Adelightful Christian home. Session
pens Sept. 18th. Write for pamphlets.
L. j. SIMMONS, A. M, President
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
The Oldest Volunteer.

Promises that are the hardest to obtain are
the Surest of fulhllment,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Lots of young men look like animated
clothing dummies.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Som architects can draw better house
than some actors.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Intel .tual women M Ike better wives than
they iDsWeetheartS. Z
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

A girl always detests flattery until some one
egins to tlatter her.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How She
Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for
Advice, and Is Now Well

DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM:-Before using
your Vegetable Compound 1 was a
great sufferer. I have been sick for
months, was troubled with severe pain
in both sides of abdomen, o feeling
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
hen strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

The girl whose ideal heroine Is oun in
cheap novels should never marry.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

The proof of the pudding is 4Jmetime the
pOSt-mOrtem. -
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour Lie Away.
To qait tobacco easily and forever, be mag
letic. full OF life. nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
Bac, the w~onder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, Soc or 81. Cure guaran-
iced. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New YORK.
Some men are so lazy that thev Gro unahla
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for - LIZZIE FERREL,
Camp St, Harrisburg, Pa, May 1, 1894.
Nnman cnnntinoc toll in nrdar to attract
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

5.. MOONEY SCHOOL, Fan Tssa.,I sq 2sas.
". u. Nooney. A. NJ. Principal. Its papils en-
~ Vanderbilt ON certificate. Send for CAtai0guc
MANTED-Case OF bad health that kiPAN'S
Mn not benefit. Send sets. to Ripans Chemical
III, Nsw York, for lBsAmples and l0etsatimonaaas.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

= "How did Fakem, the hypnotist, get
along on his last trip| "First rate,
until he tried the impossible. He hyp-
Noticed a tramp one day and tried to
make him saw wood."-Rrooklyn Life.
Painting warships black or lead color
Is with a view to preventing an enemy
recognizing them as %belligerents.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03


lions, and cannot praise your medicine
enough for what it has done for me.
Many thanks to you for your advice.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has cured me, and I will recon-
mend it to my friends.-Mrs. FLORENCE
B. HOFFMAN, SIP Roland ST., Canton, O.
The condition described by Mrs. Hof-
man will appeal to many women, yet
lots Of sick women struggle on with
their daily tasks disregarding the
urgent warnings until overtaken by
actual collapse.
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by side
with Mrs. Lydia e. Pinkham, and for
sometimes past has had sole charge
OF the correspondence department OF
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during q single year.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

The thickening of the plot frequently thins
the audience.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

To Cure Constipation Forev
Take Cascarets Candy Catharti6|-or 25c.
IfC. c. G. fail to cure, druggists ref IL. money
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
Toward College
East lakn. Ala.

Toward College men, 4 se M ! 19a aaa sGssad
~ lsass BIS is41 ment. T%horoughly elias
idc. Engineering and Business Courses. Pro-
essionaf course in Pedagogy for teachers.
Preparatory course. Experienced faculty..
Terms reasonable. Surroundings attractive,
ser 81. iS98. For catalogue giving particulars
+. II. ROOF, President.
East Lake, Ala
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03

Some men are so lazy that they are unable
to dodge a slow fever.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-03
Weak Stomach

Moods Pills cure all liver ills. % cents.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-13

Abiding to Secretary OF State John
Hays graceful tribute to Mr.. Bayard,
the Central Christian Advocate, pub
lished at St.. Louis, Mo-, says .tfCol-
onel John Hay, the new Secretary of
State, has done generous deed in
writing tribute TO the worth and
work of his predecessor, the late
Thomas f. Bayard. Colonel Hay has
just returned from England where he
had ample opportunity to review the
administration Of Mr.. Bayard as Am
bassador to Great Britain, and also
to become acquainted with the i'm
preston made upon English states
men and English Society by the de
ceased statesman. Hence his words
have all the greater weight, particularly
as he represented the opposite party ID
politics from that in which Mr.. Bayar1
was a devoted and honored lender. The
tribute as bit OF felicitous writing is
most admirable, while it has, at the
same time, the ring of genuineness.
and indicates throughout that it CANT
from the heart. 1t speaks well for the
nation when political strife, urgent
strenuous, and unyieldlng, can be car
ried on without binding Its deyoteeI
to the noble qualities and high char
acter of their opponents. +"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-13

The current issue Of Puck contains
as its first page cartoon representa-
tion of Columbia and Britannia placing
wreaths upon bust of Bayard, with
the remark: 'Let us not forget the
man who did more than any other to
bring us together. Time has justified
him in the eyes of his countrymen. "
On the pedestal Of the bust is in
scribed: "Bayard, who earnestly
sought to promote good feeling be-
tween England and the United States,
and for which he was censured by
Congress. Editorially, Puck says |:
"Mr. Thomas f. Bayard is said, at
this writing, to be in his last hours,
and Puck hastens to pay his tribute of
respect to a good man, a good Demo-
crat and good American. Among the
other honors he lived to enjoy, was
that of being censpred by Congress for
beginning work which an undoubted
majority Of the people approved of at
the time and which the whole country
now applauds. He was favored in liv-
ing to see his successor praised by all
classes for continuing what he had be-
gun so courageously under storms oil
abuse from little-headed politicians
and posing newspapers. II he had felt
that any vindication Of his course was
needed, the turn Of public comment
that set in five months ago must have
gratified him abundantly."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-13

Mr.. Horace White OF New York, in
his address before the recent currency
convention at Omaha, discussed, the
extremely costly character of the
greenback. One often hears the ignorant
and thoughtless remark, "Greenbacks
cost nothing, and on that account are
preferable to any other currency Mr..
White shows that the government has
sustained net loss of S205, 278, 4S0 on
the S346, 900, 900 of outstanding green
packs. The principal of the bonded
debt incurred on account Of them is
1862, 600, 600, or $4,000, BOO more than
their entire sum. The government in
1878 issued 800, 600, 900 Of III per cents
to get the 800, 000, 900 of gold required
as a reserve for the redemption of the
greenbacks. Interest on this 800, 900, :
600 for thirty years Is $4,000. 600.
Later Mr.. Cleveland had to Issue 800,
600, 900 of per cents and 1862, 3l5, 600
per cents, on which Interest to
maturity will aggregate 1922, 278, 480.
-Four per cent on the last 800, 900, DOC
Of bonds for thirty years is another
Sl20, 900, 600. ~.
The total of interest on account Of
the greenbacks is thus 1856, 278, $40. II
tiip 1Iuh i'ouNNAa Srp1VtOoos
600 Of 5 per cent ten-year bonds to re.
deem the greenbaclSs, the interest or
the bonds would have aggregated $173,
900, 200. Deducting this from the
amount paid because the greenbacki
were not redeemed and we arrive at {
net loss of s1S9, 27s, 480, to,which is Il
be added the $4,000, 600 of excess o
bonds issued over the total amount o
l 10 I~A lxan
already stated, to S205, 27S, 4s0. If thu
cost of printing, engraving, sorting
redeeming, countingd anstoring green
backs be added aggregating about 81,
900, 900 year--it will appear that tn
government has had since 1879 ne
loss of s225, 900, 600 on the greenback
and they are still to be redeemed. II
be added to their money cost is tn
price paid for them in the demoraliza
tion they cause in some peoples idea
of money. 4N&isss W w
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-13
Neutrality-suspicious. Wedding.

The wedding of Raymond McMullen
and Miss Ida Taylor took place at
their future home at Kimbleyille yes
terday week. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Mr.. Townsend
of Delmar, an uncle of the bride, as
sisted by the Rev. Mr.. Barnes of
Landenberg The bridesmaid was Miss
Carrie McMullen, sister of the groom,
and Robert McMullen, a brother Of the
groom, was best man. Miss Lena Lam
born Of this city was maid of honor.
The ushers were Charles Richards and
Leon Garrett. The wedding march was
played by Mrs. Mckay OF Philadel.
phia, and the ceremony was performed
under an arch of laurel. Many presents
were received. Guests were present from
Philadelphia, Chester, West Grove,
Pa, and this city. After a reception
and dinner Mr.. and Mrs. McMullen
left for trip to Washington and Bal
timore.