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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05
CONCERNING col. BRYAN.
Honorable Discharge Of Some Of His
Men-His Leave Of Absence.

Washington, October 1.-THE request
of Colonel Bryan of the Third Nebraska
infantry for the discharge Of number
Of the men Of that regiment who desire
to return to their homes, was granted
by the Secretary of War today in about
fifteen gases. The applications in these
cases expressed the approval of the bri-
gade and corps commanders.
1t is said at the War Department that
nothing has yet been heard from the
Governor of Nebraska regarding the Sc
lection Of the Nebraska regiment to be
mustered out in order to bring the NUM-
Der of troops furnished by that State
within the regulation quota. AS under
stood here, the Governor desires before
reaching decision in that matter to
hear from the officers and men Of the
two regiments concerned. viz, the First
regiment, now in the Philippines and the
Third regiment (Col. Bryan's) now at
Jacksonville, Fla.
1t is not anticipated that Colonel
Bryan will have any difficulty in secur-
ing an extension of leave, if he desires
il, especially in view of the fact that
he has not yet fully recovered his
health A surgeons certificate of dis
ability in his case is all that is neces-
sary TO secure him an extension of
leave.
1t is stated at the War Departments
that no orders have been issued to Colo
mel Bryan to return at once to his rcgi-
nent When Colonel Bryan left Jack
sonville he had leave of absence for
seven days. That leave has about eXpir-
cd He has ufadp no aDnica tion fO tho
War Department to have it extended. I
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05
THE RALLY OF THE RED SHIRTS
Richmond County Democrats Recall
the Days Of '76.

Laurinburg, N. c., Oct 4.-(Special- =
Last night was night long to be re-
membered in this portion of Richmond
county Through the untiring efforts of
our faithful and efficient county chair
man, Mr. Cameron Morrison, white
government unions have been organ
lied throughout the county The occa-
sion last night was grand rally of the
white government union of Laurinburg,
supplement by the unions of Gibson Sta
tion, Stewartsville No. 3 and Hasty.
The large Fields Hall, with seating
capacity Of 500. was packed from end
TO end A large number Of ladies graced
the occasion with their presence and the
men were attred in red shirts. Had q
Republican strayed into that hall he
would certainly have felt like back
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05

General Lawton at Santiago reports rs
follows: Fever cases Of all kinds, 743;
total sick, 1,164; deaths, a."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05
COL. cARRs RESIDENCE on FIRE
distinguished After Doing Damage to
the Amount Of $1,000.

Durham, y. c., oct 4.-(Special)-
An alarm Of fire was turned in ut ten
O'clock tonight and it was found that
the kitchen Of Col. J. S. Carr's hand
some residence, Somerset" was ablaze.
The fre company responded promptly
and by good work soon extinguished the
blaze. The damage to the kitchen and
servants room was about $4,000. The
main building did not take fire and was
uninjured.
The cause of the fire is not accurately
known, but as the blaze was first seen
over the servants room. where the elec-
trio wires enter the building, it is sup
posed that imperfect insulation Of the
wires was the cause
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05
BIG PURCHASE or LOTS.

em-A Number of Enterprises to be
Il tablished on Them.-A Youth
Drowned in the Yadkin.
Winston, n. G.. Oct. 4.-(special) -
New York and New Jersey capitalists
to-day purchased the property Of the
South Side Land and Improvement Com
pany, consisting of sixteen hundred inn
proved and unimproved lots south Of
Salem. The new company has a capital
stock Of one hundred thousand dollars
and will establish number of enter
prises on the property such as boot and
shoe factories. shirt factory, furniture
factory, etc. The officers will move here
in thirty days.
Charles Bolin, seventeen years old, was
drowned in the Yadkin river Sunday. He
and four boys and that number Of young
ladies went there for boat ride The
young men got in first and started off
when the boat began to sink. All cs-
capped but Bolin. His body was re-
covered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05
THE BANQUET AND BALr.

At 4 o'clock grand banquet was
spread to the distinguished guests in the
beautifully decorated bah room Of The
Chamberlain Hotel. Covers were laid for
600 persons and the assemblage was a
brilliant and distinguished one, including
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-05

Acting Postmaster General Heath
has ordered the establishment on Octo-
ber 10Th Of n temporary station of the
Fortress Monroe, Va. postoffice at the
general military hospital near the old
fortress. 1t will be known as Hospital
Station" and have general postoffice
facilities.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-04-07

En- ell barrio Tibes g tres cuartos DE
hora de la ciudad de Ponce, una estan-
oia de 400 cnerdas dc cafe, platanoa
guineos infnidad de arboles frutales
incluso nisperos y eocos.-
La cruza Ell oamino que desde los ba.
nos de Qaintana condace Adjuntas,
hInita en- toda su parte este con a
EIo Portuguese, tiene c6moda y espaciosa
casa de viyienda, con correderas debajo
para secar cafe, tahona para pillar ese
grano y mollno para yentearlo, cass
para tienda y vivienda sobre Ell canine
real, otra casa al cortado de esa con
horno para hacer pan, y vaEias casaa
nas, para mayordomos y agregados.
Ademas de los cafetales que tiene b.
10 sombra, Ell resto de la estanoia esta
de maleza y monte bien dispnesto pasa
nueVas siean bras de cafe.
Para precio de esta estancia info1ma-
"a don Francisco Cartagena plaza del
Mercado en- Ponce.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-04-07
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-04-07

Una estancia conpuesta de 40 cuer-
das en- el barrio de la Cieniga, lugar de
Adjunstss, ha sido sembrado en gran
parte cafe y platanos pero hoy esta
enmalezado y Sc realiza en- preoio como
do.
Para precio de esta estancia lnform&-
ra don Francisco Cartsgena plazs ael
Mercado en Ponce.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-04-07

Sc VENDE

Uns caldera multibuhalar de aeero
que mide IA pies de largo por de dia-
metro, con su caldortt4 de vapor se1o,
esta en- la playa de Ponce donde don
Felipe Valiant, puede informar do su
precio,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-04-07
lnteresantisim0

VII tinto de mesa, de la "Vinfcola esps-
noian, eu csias de IL botellas y de "a me-
dias botollas alambradas, y en- barr'cas, c.
Iidad tan buena mejor cue 81 vino frances
detansD Boysen Il Ga. Playa de Pence.
julio I6 de lS97 I'm
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-04-07
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22

Lord Kelvin, the celebrated English
scientist, has just celebrated his sew
enty-fourth birthday. He was born in
Belfast, Ireland. For over fifty years
he has held the chair of natural philo-
sophy at Glasgow university and this
was rightly considered so remarkable
that in 1896 the jubilee was enthusi-
a~stically celebrated. A good story is
related by the Detroit Free Press of his
%lecturing methods at the university.
As a professor of science he can use
long words in such formidable array
rs would make a dictionary break it,
binding with horror. During a course
of lectures once Oh magnetism, fol
instance, he defined an ideal magnet as
IAN infinitely long, infinitely thin, uni
form, and uniformly and longitudinally
magnetized bar" and the misguided
students vociferously cheered, which
caused the professor TO say, silence
This definition was made and cheered
with the usual reprimand. frequently
during the lectures. Once, near th'
conclusion, however, the students die
not cheer, but Lord Kelvin, from force
Of habit, raped out ''Silence!' the
| same as before.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
RECENT

A newly designed incandescent gas
burner has a double sheet Of incan-
descent material suspended from a
vertical wire yer the top of the burn
er. the flame being fiat and striking
against both sides of the mantle as it
leaves the burner.
An auxiliary step for railroad cars is
mounted on two swinging bolts at
tached to the under side OF the fixed
steps, to swing downward and project
the step beyond the bottom fixed step
where it is held by hooks engaging
eyelets at either end.
Electric lamps can be adjusted al
any angle by a new socket, which Is
crescent-shaped and provided with an
internal weight, which Is movable, tc
tilt the socket at any angle, the cord
being suspended from the center Of the
opposite side of the crescent.
An Englishman has designed an au-
tomatie pump for initiating pneumatic
tires, the piston running through g
central hole in the valve and connect
ing with a hinged shoe inside the tire
to force the piston to reeiprocate in q
pump attached to the inner surface 0.
the rim.
Windows can be easily cleaned or
the outside by a new apparatus in
which a frame is attached to the sill
to support a vertical post on which is
a sliding member carrying revolving
brushes, which are turned by a system
of belts running to a wheel at the bot.
tom of the frame.
Odors from furnace smoke ant
chemicals are prevented from t~aintins
| the air by the use of a new device con
sistlng Of a chamber partly filled will
water, with an entrance above tn,
level of the water for the smoke
which is passed through the water b!
a pocketed wheel revolving inside tn
chamber.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
cHEsTNUrs GROWN IN AMERIcA

1t was three-quarters of a century
after Du Points importation of Euro.
pean chestnuts that japanese chestnuts
began to attract attention in this
country. Probably the largest grove Of
Japanese chestnuts in America is sit
uated near Cleminton, N. J. Here a
tract of land 500 acres in area is given
owe to the culture of these trees. This
tract was originally a forest of native
American chestnut trees. They were
all cut down, and after the shoots had
grown two years they were grated
with the Japanese chestnut. In from
two to three years the grated trees be.
gan to bear, and at the end OF ten years
they were yielding a bushel of chest.
nuts to a tree. The orchard, IL such II
may be called, Us crudely cultivated
with a rough harrow, and the fallen
leaves are permitted to rot and en-.
rich the ground.
The European and the japanese
chestnuts are larger than the Ameri-
can, but by no means SO sweet in tbs
raw state. When cooked, however
they are palatable. They are used mo-
only for the enlivenment of Halloween
parties, but also for the Thanksgiving
turkey, and boiled as an ordinary veg,
etable. The Italians in this country
convert them into meal, from whict
they make a rich and nourishing cake
The Japanese chestuuts ripen about the
middle Of September; the European
chestnuts two OF taree weeks later.
In view of the new interest in thu
chestnut as an article of food, and
therefore, of industrial Importance, sci
enti1c agriculturists are making {
careful study Of the tree and its fruit
The great enemy Of the nut is the un
pleasantly familiar worm known a
the chestnut weevil. II, too, is unde
scientific investigation, and the bes
method Of destroying it is being mad
a subject of special study. A bligh
that is destroying the chestnut leave
is also attracting the attention OF sci
entific agriculturists. In the course Q
these Investigations American men c
science have been in correspondence
with %botanists not only In England
Spain and Italy, but eve in Japan.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
LONGEVITY OF HEBREWS.
Some Remarkable Facts Concerning
jews Long Lives.

Some Remarkable Facts Concerning
Jews Long Lives.
Probably few persons outside sta
tistical circles are aware of the fact
that the Jews are considerably longer
LIVED than any other civilized race.
or 100, 900 Hebrews born on the same
day there will be 50,6S4 males and 49,
31s females. At the end of the first
year the 100, 900 Jewish infants will
have established in a most remarkable
way their superiority in point of vi
tality, for only 1901 will have died, as
compared with 1882 in the English
experience and 1906 Americans.
Striking as this difference is 1t will be
found to- be practically maintained
throughout the later stages of life. At
the end of FIVE years only 1884 Jew
ish children out of the 100, 900 will
have died, while out of a similar num-
Der of English children 24,679 will
have Joined the great majority, and
America will still keep her bad pre-
eminence with 26,912 angels. Making
a leap to middle age the deaths at so
years of & will have been 26,513
Jews, as compared with 49,07S Eng
lish, and at the age of 65 the mortality
returns will stand at 37,442 and 66,11O
respectively. But the full force of the
comparison is hardly seen until the
point Of extreme old age is reached.
At IS years no fewer than 1915 of our
100, 900 Jews will be still living, while
the survivors Of the English band will
be a meager 1856. Besides the curious
reversal of the usual proportion OF
males and females. there is another
unique feature In the Jewish statistics.
The general experience is that the av
erage duration of life is higher with
the female than with the male. The
opposite is the ease with the Jews
Of the 25,135 Jewish survivors at the
age of IS there will be 1925 men and
only 1910 women-a percentage OF
$3.50 males and 35.4O females. Tine
English experience shows that at thai
age $3.50 per cent of the survivals will
be females and 40.10 males.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
UnivSrsnl TeAEuS,

A statement made in good faith, bat
difficult to accept, was recently offered
to his congregation by q country pas
tor. He had been holding forth on the
advantages of plain speaking. why,
brethren" he said. bringing his hand
down upon the pulpit with great visor,
there's no need of all these long words
and high-sounding terms; not a bit.
Look at st. Paul! Look at st. Paul, I
say! His words were full Of tho meat
Of knowledge and help, and he didn't
make use Of any fve-syllabls talk. No,
he always spoke in plain, simple Eng
lish, my brethren!"-Tit-Bits
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
Eiiinn Fire Coram anx.

Two New Zealand medical men, Drs.
Hocken and Colquhoun, recently Wis
tied Fiji, where they had an oppcr-
tunity of witnessing the now rare fire
ceremony Of the natives. 1t is SO rare
that the power Is now confined to a
single family living on an islet twenty
miles from the Fijian metropolis. gu
va. These people are able to walk.
nude and with bare feet, across tn.
white-hot stony pavement OF a hugs
wen. An attempt was made on this
occasion to register the heat, but when
the Thermometer had been placed fol-
a few seconds about five feet from the
oven, it had to be withdrawn, 10 ths
solder OF the covering began to mott
The Thermometer then registered 2Sl
degrees, and DR.. Hoeken estimates that
flrs-walkers then approached. seven liz
number, and in single file walked leis'
urely across and around the oven
Heaps of hibiscus leaves were throwu
into the oven, causing clouds OF steam
and upon the leaves and within tn,
steam the natives sat or stood. TIL,
men we're carefully examined by tn,
doctors, both before and after tho eere
ony. The soles Of their feet were no
thick or leathery, and were not in tn,
least blistered. The men showed NJ
symptoms of distress and their pulls,
was unaffected. Preliminary tests fail
ed to show that there haa been an.
special preparation. Both doctors
while denying that there was anythin,
miraculous about the experiment, OK
pressed themselves as unable to Civ
any scientific explanation.-Londol
Chronicle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
Happily Named.

How the late Professor COIN Of
Breslau would have opened his famous
lectures on. botany, had his name
CHANGED to be Jones or Jenkins, is left
to the imagination Of the readers of
this story from the New York Tri-
bune. "The four chief constituents of
plants the distinguished botanist
was wont to say at the beginning of
his course. "are- carbon. C: oxygen, O;
hydrogen, H; nitrogen, NJ" Then,
writing down these four letters. with
apparent carelessness, on a blackboard
COIN, he would smile. as he observed:
ut is clear that I ought to know
something about botany"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
CARE FOR YOUR PIANO.
How to Keep the Instrument in Coo
Order.

How to Keep the Instrument in Good
Order.
1t is well TO sometimes rub the wires
gently with chamois or a flannel cloth,
and to pass a soft muslin over the
sounding board by means of a slender
point which will slip between the
wires and engage the cloth, which may
then be carefully moved ver the sur.
face, taking off the dust. A steel cro-
Chef hook or a stout knitting needle
will answer the purpose. 1t is advis-
able to keep "a little camphor inside
the case, for II the moth has been at
tracted by the felt used in various.
parts 1t will serve as a means of pro-
lection against this pest. The temper.
ature of the oom should be moderate
and as even al may be. Extreme
heat that is drying should always bs
avoided, so q piano should not stand,
as is often the case, too near q fire.
An instrument should be opened for q
short time each day; If 1t is not much
used this is especially desirable. Often
there appears a sort Of bloom upon the
case, or the wood looks dingy ami
seems to be in need Of cleaning. 1t Is,
however, very uncertain work to at
tempt to improve the fine finish of q
| piano with polish. Instead, the meth.
cd recommended and used by a pro-
fessional tuner is. one that may be
safely tested, with the certainty that
1t will not be the means of gathering
additional dust, as oils and polishes
are apt to do. Take the finest toilet
soap and Iukewarm water and wash
a little of the piano at a time, as you
would wash a baby's face. using a soft
cloth, and working upon a space not
larger than your hand. Wipe it of
with clear water and. rub well with
a clean polishing cloth until it is per
fectly dry and we'll polished. The fine
soapsuds do not affect the original fin
ish in the least, but simply remove:
that which obscures it. and If rubbed
absolutely dry, with a brisk motion
the result is that the piano is cleaned
and frightened.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
LOW INTEREST RATES
DAYS OF Six AND SEVEN
PERCENT GONE.
The kaistor, Who TeRmsriy Lived o.
Hh interest,", Compelled to work sn
Account Of the Changed Conaitioas-
IAck Of Industries. v

In an address recently delivered be-
fore the New York State Bankers Az
ISOLATION the Hon. A. B. Hepburn d.
rected attention to the fact that the
days of six per cent interest are fast
vanishing, only TO return at troubled
intervals, when normal conditions are
disturbed. He showed that property
Ia steadily receiving less and labor
more in the general division Of rev.
enue. People who have lived COM
fortably on their incomes from six,
seven and eight per cent investments
lnd themselves compelled to rsinvsst
at 81 and 4 per cent, and are obliged
to resort to economies or to supple
ment their incomes with labor. As
proof OF his assertion he showed that
in one Of the large banks OF the
metropolis the average salary paid
from president down to messenger boy
was $1,508, the earning power OF this
average employe thus eQualing that OF
$54,473 invested in government bonds
at present prices"
In Canada the tendency ID in the
same direction, the fall of the rats
being especially noticeable in the low
interest paid upon loans for which the
highest security Is given. During the
last half dozen years the rate upon
deposits with the government or In the
chartered banks has steadily dropped,
until o 1t is practically down to az
per cent, for that is the rate which
the government has given notice will
hereafter be paid upon deposits in the
government and postofice savings
banks. A silimar reduction Of the par,
OF the banks will Immediately follow
with the result that the incomes de.
rived by these investors upon what, in
the majority Of cases, are the fruit,
OF small savings, will be further Gu
down.
The rate OF interest, like the rat,
OF wages or the price of goods, il
principally regulated BY the law Of sup
ply and demand; and the failing o
the rate generally during the past te.
years is due to changed conditions
However, when the Canadian govern
MSAS 1851 oki ihS ~~hhVuaCou tuC luF
Their reduction on thu rate On the PEG
pies savings, a special reason was as
signed. 1t was stated that the pur
pose was to enable the banks and flnan
cial institutions to lower the rate al
around, and SO give cheaper capital &
the commerce and manufacturing 0
the country. No doubt this desirabi
end will to some extent be furthere,
thereby. but this reason seems to b
based upon the assumption that to On
able the banks to charge borrower
less they must compel lenders to tax
less also; that is the beneft extende,
to the commercial borrower, must b
at the expense of the depositor. WheI
looks over the rate Of dividend
| paid by most of tho banks, and find
that they range from eight up t
| twelve per cent, it would appear tina
the banks could we'll have afforded t
loan at a lower rate. and still earned
fair profit for the shareholders.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
HOW CLOTHS WE'RE NAMED

Linsey-woolsey was first made at
Linsey, and was for a long time a very
popular fabric.
Kerseymere takes its name from the
village of Kersey and the mere close by
it. in the county of Suffolk.
Muslin owes it's name TO Mussoul, a
fortified town in Turkey in Asia. Tulle
obtains its name from that of a city in
the south Of France.
Travellers by rail in Brittany often
glide past Guingamp without remem-
bering hat 1t al here that was pro-
duced the useful fabric gingham.
About the year 1929 the wooden trade
of England became located at Worsted,
about fifteen miles from Norwich, and
1T was at this place that the manufac-
ture Of the twisted double thread OF
wooden, afterward called worsted, was
first made, if not invented.
Damask derives its name from the
city of Damascus; calico from Calicut,
a town in India, formerly celebrated
for it's cotton cloth, and there also cali
co was printed; cambria from Cam
bray, a town in Flanders, where it was
first made, and tweed from II fabric
worn by fishermen upon the river
Tweed.
We have to thank GAIA, in Palestine,
the gates of which Sampson carried
away, for gaze or gauze. GAIA means
treasure" and precious to the fair is
the tissue which covers without con
cealing their charms. Voltsire, wish
ing to describe some intellectual but
perhaps dressy woman. said: She is
an eagle in a cage of gauze."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-22
Tram Line with Ga. Meter Cars.

The town council OF Meath, England,
is shortly to grant a lease Of the Meath
corporation tramways to the British
Gas Traction Company, Limited, Of
London. The lease will be for 4 term
Of seven years from July 1 next, at the
option Of the lessees for a further Pc
riod of sever or fourteen years. This
company will pay a rent Of $500 per
annum, and will equip the tram lines
with gas motor cars Of improved de-
sign and construction, providing q
continual through service OF ears,
starting from each terminus at inter-
5als of fifteen minutes.