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The news & observer., 1898-01-30
LETTER FROM MIR. JERNIGAN.
Commerce Aids The Spread of Chris.
tianity.''


This weeks Nashville Christian Advo-
cate contains extracts from a letter adj
dressed 10 Bishop Hendrix, of the South
ern Methodist church, from Hon. Thos.
r. Jernigan. eX-C0nsul General to
Shanghai. The Advocate says, ''It is
Of especial interest" The extract is as
follows:
AS Russia extends her channels of
intercourse she will become more toll
Grant of public opinion. Her railroads
70 the Pacific will form through her
borders semicircle of sympathy, en-
forcing the great truth that all the
world is kin. In lands like China, COM
meree is a valuable aid to the spread
Of Christianity, and the missionary
finds more marts for trade than the
merchant. England would oppose the
acquisition of Russia in Asia, but she
cannot afford to stand as n barrier t0
an agency that viii make Russia more
civilized. / have thought that the
Turk should be driven out of Europe
possibly it may be wiser to kill him by
1omtact with the more humane progress
)f the age.
There has been but little railroad
building in China. No contract has yet
been given to our countrymen; the Sc
.urity offered by China has not beer
ousiness-like. and our countrymen have
very properly refused TO loan Their
money upon insufficient security TO be
controlled by China. But the bidding
for the work to develop China is very
energetic, making the margins or profits
small, thus encouraging the placing of
contracts i'll irresponsible hands. But
vi learn best by experience, and China
will have to learn that way too.
Il have good reports from the mis-
'ion stations. Your friends are push
ng their picket lines with the courag,
# faith, and there is less friction with
The natives than / have ever known.
The best feelings appear to prevail. ane
! notice that DIR. Reid is also making
socd progress in Korea. / hear from.
lim occasionally, and recognize his por
raft on the front leaf of the Review.
lie is man of great courage and en-
rgy, and there will be no backward ebl
while he is in Korea"
The news & observer., 1898-01-30
NEW MINING COMPANY.

The Alpha Mining Company, with a
capital stock of $25,0 900, was yesterday
Incorporated by the Secretary OF State
The incorporatOrs of the company are
George Il. McLane. J. G. Burrrls, w.
NJ. Absher, Elbert Wallace and l.. Me
Lane Stover. The office OF the company
is to be at Rockford, Surry county, and
its business that of a general mining
and manufacturing business, with right
to buy, lease and deal in timber and
mineral lands and exercise such other
powers as are usually given to such cor
poratiOns.
The news & observer., 1898-01-30
J. A. LOWRY.
Raleigh, n. c., Jan. 26. 1898.
VACCINATING THE PUBLIC.
The Raleigh Physicians Being Kept
Busy Injecting the Virus.

Busy Injecting the Virus.
1t is strictly all the go now to be vac
cinated.
The city physicians are doing bi
business, and it is possible that tn
stock Of virus will give out in case th
Board OF Health should decide to en-
force the law and have the public vac
cinated.
There are some clever stories goini
the rounds about different people whc
have been vaccinated, and many meI
are carefully protecting their left wings
One Raleigh physician has yaccinatet
seventeen since yesterday, and no re
ports have been heard from the othe.
physicians.
The city schools are the chief cause
Of alarm in most cities, but there i,
considered to be no danger of the dis
ease reaching here from either Char
lotte or Wilmington, and the physicians
believe it wisest to wait and see If the
disease comes nearer to us.
The news & observer., 1898-01-30
FALSE FIRE ALARM CASES

"hen the case was called in the
mayors court Yesterday morning against
Eldridge Smith, the young white man
,harged with turning in false alarms of
ire last Wednesday night, Col. Argo.
Smiths attorney, asked that the trial
be postponed until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock. The request was grant
ed and Smith released on a bond of
800. This was given by Col. Argo.
There are two cases against the defend.
mt. and the fine in each, if convicted,
is $50.
The news & observer., 1898-01-30
.KE-AH
PEACE INSTITUTE.

Miss Clara Simmons, of OnslOw coun-
~. n. c.: Miss Carrie Smith. Of Apex;
Miss Matte Castleberry, of Cary; Miss
Sally Berry Robinson, of Wake; Miss
Johnson, of Wilmington; Miss Annie
Taylor, of Wake county, and Miss
Fannie Mckay, of Summerville, n. g..
have entered Peace Institute for the
spring term.
The news & observer., 1898-01-30

When you can not sleep for coughing
take Chamberlin's Cough Remedy. 1t
always gives prompt relief. 1t is most
excellent for colds, too, aS it aids ex'
pectoration, relieves the lungs and pre-
vents any tendency toward pneumonia.
For sale by ]. II. Bobbitt, II. II. Hicks
and North Side Drug Store.
The news & observer., 1898-01-30
LOWRY REPEATS CHARGES
MORE or BAD MANAGEMENT AT
PENITENTTARY.
THE CORPORAL CAN PROVE IT ALL
No Democratic Official Ever Had to Get hffi-
davits From Convicts or Shelter Him
self Behind Prisoner Under
His Charge.

TO the Editor: In the press-Visitor
OF the 22nd, see an article purporting
to be from r. b. Russell, the warden of
the penitentiary, relative to certain
charges made against him in the News
and Observer of the same date. Now
have to say that every statement made
by myself was perfectly true, and in
support of the same | only have to call
attention to the statements in the issue
above cited to Sustantiate them.
Mr.. Russell admits the buying of the
clothes and watch and get the convict
to write card saying he has been fully
compensated, etc.
Now, Mr. Russell knows that it is posi-
lively against the rules for an official
TO buy anything or to do any trading or
traffcing with prisoner.
Mr.. Russell himself gave me positive
Instructions to report any guard or over
seer that / caught doing SO. Acting
upon his instructions. Mr.. Russell was
the first man j caught, and / reported
him. Mr.. Russell stated at the time
of giving the above instructions that
any persons caught trading with Il pris-
oner would be discharged.
Now as to what is said by the convict
in regard to burning a prisoners cloth
ing, / have only to say that there il
now at the penitentiary a room full of
clothing that was worn there by pris-
oners, and which has not been so burnt
The rule is to Durn only such clothing
rs is too badly worn 10 he of service.
or when full of disease or yermin. SO,
instead of helping Mr. Russell. the pris-
0ner has, by his own statement, plainly
convicted him of violations Of the rule'
forbidding trading, etc, with prisoners.
Now as to his carrying away whiskey.
This is also true, and / stand ready tC
prove same by as good men as are in
the State. and if Mr.. Russell thinks
] cannot do so. let him bring a criminal
action against me for libel.
In conclusion / will just say that
during more than twenty years of Demo
cratic management, no official of the
penitentiary ever had to shelter behind
convict or get a prisoner to vindicate
his actions.
j. A. LOWRY.
Raleigh, n. c., Jan. 26. 1898.
[Then there is another and later chap
ter to this Lowry-Russell episode that
may be written At some future date
Mr. Russell may be asked whether oi
not he has offered Mr. Lowry sucl
inducement as would shut his mouth
Behold how great a fire a little spark
may kindlq I
The news & observer., 1898-01-30
VERY POPULAR.

Miss Potter, the new teacher OF voice
at Peace Institute, is very popular ana
capable, and is well spoken OF pS ever!
body whether teachers or pupllS'
The news & observer., 1898-01-30

On Monday Night at Metropolitan Hall
With Full Company.

The beautiful and joyous comic opera.
Wang, will be presented at Metropolitan
Opera House tomorrow night by a
strong company, headed by Mr.. Dan
Packard. This will be the farewell ap-
pearance of Wang in our city, and the
company will be greeted by full house
Don't fail to see Wang if you love
good music.
The news & observer., 1898-01-30

Don't dote too much on a girl or an
antidote may f0..ow.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21
,rt intervals.

at short intervals. All avail
able stable or barn yard manure
Should be used for this purpose, tax.
ing the place of other material. II
coarse it can be applied quite thick di-
reetly over the plants. If very fine it
Will be best to use it mostly around
and between the plants and to put a
coarser, more open material just over
the plants. The effect of too close a
material over plants is to bleach and
make them tender. Whatever cover-
ing is used 1t must be nearly all re.
moved from Immediately over the
plants about the time that growth be-
gins in the spring. The material can
be left around the plants and between
the rows, where it will serve the dou-
BILE purpose of keeping the berries
clear and of conserving moisture then
SO essential to a good crop. Whether
winter protection pays of is ever advis-
able south of the Mason and Dixon LIND
Is uncertain. l have experimental for
many winters. Some winters it did
good; ONE winters it seemed to be
rather harmful. 1t certainly would not
be advisable farther south where crick-
cts and harmful insects harbor under
it and feed on the plants. Besides, the
warmer the climate the more danger
of ~smotherihg and bleaching the
plants. But stable or barn yard ma
nure is excellent in any climate If
properly used. l have never known
any insect pests to harbor- under it.
At the south it should be applied
around and between the plants. Used
in this way with a liberal dressing of
hard wood ashes fifty bushels to the
acre can be used), or 300 pounds of
kainit in place of the ashes and 800
pounds of acid phosphate, a heavy
crop of fine berries will almost surely
be made. The fertilizer should be
applied before the manure. 1t is also
good to use without the manure.
O.. w. Blaeknall.
Vance County, N. G.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21
PAID OVER $11,OOO,O 900.



Deadwood, S. D. - The mines in
cluded In the Homestake companies
have paid November dividends, all
three contributing. The Highland
paid its second dividend Of the year.
amounting to 100000, the Deadwood
Terra, $4,000 and the Homestake.
S31,25O. The total dividends by the
three companies TO date have been
S11,2O7. 800, of which the Homestake
mas paid $6,462, 500, and the Highland,
$3,425,0O0. This makes the group the
greatest dividend payer of the worlds
gold mines. The annual report of the
Homestake has been issued. 1t shows
that the mine stamped 800, 900 tons of
rock OF an average value of $4.7S. and
that excluding payment for new prop
erty IN dividends, the expenses per
ton were 1914. An engine and 100
stamps were added during the year
ana there is a surplus of Sill, 900 on
hand. Or the metal stamped during
the year about three-fOurths of 1 per
cent was silver and the rest gold.
On the redemption group in Rich
mond Hill, NJ. Eilenberg has drifted
INTO a vein of ore running $3.50 in gold
ana 20 per cent lead, making it valu-
able both for its intrinsic value and for
the smelter.
High grade ore has been struck in
the Mogul, a property of the Kildonan
company. 1t Is supposed to be fully
2Oo feet wide and is rich in gold. A
track Is being built there and ore will
be taken out at once.
James Rogers and William Morgan,
putchers in this city, have struck cop
per on the hill south of Inglesidc.
prospecting has been going on in this
vicinity for some time, and they have
lound a vein of copper three feet in
XXI assaying II per cen and a
little silver. At present nearly all the
copper used for smelling purposes is
rough in at great expense, so that
the discovery of copper ore in the
black Hills is considered equal to the
nndlng of a gold mine. The exact eX-
tent or the find is not known, but ac-
tive development has been COM
menced.
About eighty miners are at work in
the mines of the Union Hill
Galena. A new shaft has been
started on the Pyrite claim adjoining |
the Union Hill on the west. Another /
shaft is being sunk on the Rose
Dud claim, which is a rich free-milline
prospect and gives promise of being q
good producer. A drift has been
started from the Alert claim to cross
the rich body of ore in the Gilt
Edge, about go feet distant. The
mon Hill company expects to encoun-
,er the Gilt Edge vein at a depth of
feet. There is a ninety-foot ledge
N this vein from which the last shin
gave an average of $132 gold per
.on. The HOodoo shaft is being sunk
o 400 feet. and the company's big
shelter will be opened in January.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21
AVOID BAKING POWDER.
fhnt Leave Rochelle Salts In II
tIHeo.f,

That Leave Rochelle Salts In The
Bread.
The diShonorable and undetermined
methods Of the Price Baking Powder,
Co, in their attacks on Calumet Bok-
ing Powder can only be explained bv
the fact that they are uneasy at tho
growing popularity of Calumet Baking
Powder. An article has recently been
going the rounds of the papers in
which Calumet Baking Powder is at.
tackled, with n number of others. The
careful reader will see that it is the
calumet that they are after. We are
reliably Informed that it is a paid adj
vertisement published by the Price
Baking Powder Co. This method of
advertising Is resorted to by this COM
pany to injure the Calumet and to
intimidate the people into paying ex-
orbitant prices for their goods, and to
divert attention from the fact that
o o prepared from their baking pow
der contains large quantities of Ro-
chelle Salts.
In an interview with the manufact-
erers of Calumet Baking Powder they
stated that food prepared from their
product was entirely free from Ro-
chelle Salts, Alum. Ammonia, Lime or
any injurious substance.
DR.. Prices baking powder, according
to analysis, contains about % per cent
of b~i-carbonate of soda, which will re-
quire 62.6 per cent of cream of tartar
for naturalization, and the two will
make over SO per cent of Rochelle
Salts, such as is found in the drug
stores. One heaping t%easpoonful of
baking powder weighs about 200
grains, and will make IA ounces of
bread or II good-sized biscuits. II,
these II biscuits, then. we have the
enormous quantity of 1SG grains of
Rochelle Salts. With an average meal.
at which three biscuits are eaten, one
would take into the system 46 IL
grains of Rochelle Salts.
Rochelle Salts Is the active incredi.
ent of Seidlitz powders. and is a most
excellent medicine in it's place; but il
is n medicine, and not an article of
food, and the daily consumption of
from 80 to $50 grains will seriously de-
range the stomach, bowels and kid
neyS. When we consider the residue
left in the food, DR.. Prices baking
powder is simply a Seidlitz powder di-
luted with starch. Below is given the
opinion of IN Eastern medical author
ity on this constant dosing with Ro-
chellc Salts.
DR.. A. Warner Shepard. formerly
health officer in Brooklyn, said: II
AVE not the slightest doubt that the
mental and physical health of thou
sands is permanently injured by the
excessive use of Rochelle Salts. in i'm
pure beer, bread and other forms of
foo and drink. 1t is certainly Il fact
or in the alarming increase of Bright's
disease of the kidneys and similar COM
plants. 1t irritates the stomach, bow
els and kidneys, and may. therefore,
produce the most unfortunate results"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21
Night Shining Plants.

There are a number of plants and
flowers which give out a phosphores-
cen light in the dark. Linnaeus first
noticed this phenomenon in the COM
mon nasturtium, whose flowers seem
ed to him to have a faint iridescence
at night. Later observations by others
showed that the light was stronger
after very sunny days. Among other
plants which possess this singular
property are the marsh lily and the
fraxinella. The last named secretes a
volatile oil which, says a recent writer
in La Nature, oozes out during hot
weather, spreads in a thin layer over
the flowers, and forms a vapor which
becomes luminous in the darkness. In
the coal-mines near Dresden grows a
species of fungus which Exhibits the
appearance of luminous festoons Of
shifting colors."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21
IRONICAL IFS,

If you want a thing well done tell
the waiter to bring it rare.
If kissing went out of fashion no
girl would care to be considered styl-
ish.
If a man would live to a ripe old e
all he has to do is to keep right on
living.
If some ome were to cast their
bread upon the waters it would OBJ
struct navigation.
If a woman would always write the
postscript first it would save her the
trouble of writing the letter. =
If men were built like pianos there
would be more square and upright
people in this wicked world.
If you can't solve the problem of life
go to your druggist. He can always
tell you some kind of a solution.
If a man has the right stuff in him
1t is bound to come out. That's what
makes some mems noses so red.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21

An English exchange says: "Con-
siderable discussion has naturally en-
sued on the rise of bread, and it is sug-
gested that bakers are making more
imam a legitimate profit. Taking the
statistics of the Labour Gazette, we
hnd that during the second week in
august the price of wheat was 29s Sd.
and in the second week in September
IL had risen to 33s Id per quarter, For
the same weeks the price of the four.
pound loaf was respectively 4.97d and
5.6Sd, which gives a rise of IS Sd pe1
Clarter in wheat and II d in the four
pound loaf. 1t is estimated that 1920
loaves of four-pounds each can be
made from a quarter of wheat, SO at
the prices given above the August loaf
would, counting only the price OF
wheat, cost 2.95d, and the September
loaf 3.30d. There is therefore an in.
crease of lid in the price of the Sep
tember as sold by the bakers as
against .35d per loaf, charging only the
cost of the wheat"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21
LUCKY TO GET OUT ALIVE.
Patients in a Chinese Hosplta, na,

AAab
Little Chance to Recover.
From the London Mail: If ever the
surroundings were conducive to Ill
health or a prolongation of disease,
those OF a Chinese hospital are GER
tanly meant to be productive of con
.inued revenue to the owner. For, be
II known, the Chinese hospital is a
private institution run by the under
.aher' lie is always on the safe side.
II uhe patient keeps alive he gets
money for caring for him. If his
friends tire of paying for his keep he
is placed in the chamber of tranquil
iity. After he dies the undertaken,
lhat pooh bah who has three offices
only, pur1es him and makes money out
u mn TO the last. Imagine a room
uoout ten feet wide and twelve feet
long, 1llled with the odds and ends of
aJuhk shop. Let this room be so dark
.nat IL takes two candles to make a
llsht' and so filled with the malodor-
Gus smells that are usually met with
III CHINATOWN dens that a strong man
Hesitates before he enters and gasps
LOT breath after he gets inside. Place
q half dozen hunks round the walls
ana a cauldron in which some witches
oroth Is boiling in the corner. Let the
walls De SO full of ratholes that the
lhree cats which make themselves
DIT nome on the hunks with the sick
are insufficient to watch
them all. Imagine all this. and YOU
may V some slight conception of
what the interior of a Chinese hos
pltal looks like. If your imagination
is very vivid, and you have seen
Chlnese opium dens, you may get pref
" close to the real thing. Otherwise
1t is beyond imagination. But the
front room above described is elysium
IN comparison with the one at the
PACK. There are grades of darkness,
the scientists tell us, and these grades
may be found in a Chinese hospital.
Some darkness can be seen, some can
De felt. That in the back room can
be felt %palpably. In fact, it is present
10 all human senses at once. 1t can
be tasted. 1t can be heard. 1t can be
seen. 1t a be felt. That it can be
smelled goes without saying. You
just within the opening, which
by courtesy is called a door, and you
hear breathing, as if someone were ex-
after a long run. You are
not mistaken. 1t is a man breathing
heavily in his race with death. He is
still alive, and you wonder why.
Cropping your way, you reach some
stationary object and light a match.
1T just gives enough light to enable
you to see a candle on a bench and you
light that. Then you feel that an cleo
trio arc light would scarcely be suffi-
cient to enable you to pierce that
Stygian darkness. 1t is well, perhaps.
that o have an obscured vision. 1t
Is possible that if you could see all
is in the room at once you. too.
would be a sick man. 1t is a noisome
len, where vermin abound; where
make their home; where the liy-
.ng and the dead humanity lie side by
'ide-the one waiting for its coffin and
he other for the cessation Of the
struggle for breath.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21

A bride of a year was recently heard
~ say That ten Of her acquaintance
were to be married before Christmas
n that as the parents of all of them
Lac sent her expensive wedding gifts,
she and her husband were in much
perturbation about the customary re-
turn. There is food for reflection in
her comment that as they lived in a
small rented house n kept but one
servant, their valuable silver was still
stored in the vault where it had been
placed at their marriage; that al
though the gifts represented over
three thousand dollars, the young hus-
pand had to struggle for their liveli-
mood; and that the most modest pres
ents they could select for their ten
friends would take his whole month
salary.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-04-21

winter protection should. at the
north, be applied about the last of No
Vember; in this latitude about Decem.
Der 10Th or 18th. A good rule is IN
apply it as soon as the ground freezeO
nard enough for a wagon to drive over
.he helds without breaking through
the frozen crust. The chief object in
winter protection is to lessen the heav-
ing OF the soil and the conseouent
uieakihg or the roots and rootlets of
'he pants. The sitter the soil the
worse the heaving, and the greater the
necessity OF protection. The coverinp
should no be thick enough IN entiro7
~ prevent the soil from freezing, but
10 greatly lessen the freezing in the
seVerest weather. Pine straw, a little
iess than an inch deep after it settles
Is lne proper depth in this latitude. IT
would nave to be deeper in ~proportion
as you went north. In winter protec-
eioh at the north the whole ground
should Dc, covered, beds. middles and
all. The varieties of material thai can
De used are almost endless wbora
p.ne straw, or pine needles. as it is
oi'en called, can be obtained it is al.
nost the ideal covering. OF all similar
material 1t is the least likely to he
OH. Wheat straw. oat straw
lhafsh grass and other similar tbinos
are used. Cornstalks can also he 1890
out as they do not lie close a m,cb
thicker layer will, of course, be neces-
Inc great objection to oak and
'imllar leaves is that they blow off
10 Dad, which is also the case with
'at and wheat straw unless they are
ut up very fine. Yet such leaves and
.raw are often used and anchored in
lace by placing on them
mall stones or a little earth