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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11
ABOUT POLITICS
AND POLITICIANS

Mr.. Claudius Dockery has gone to
Washington, ID. c., and the Charlotte
News SAYS he has gone to arrange about
his fathers contest. As Col. Dockery
carried only one county in the district,
Brunswick. where he got only 70 ma
iority, it is plain that he is after the
81 600 allowed to contestants.
Our people are unit on the question
of applying the taxes of the whites and
their property to the free schools for
whites, and the taxes of the blacks and
their property to the free schools for
blacks. All should be taxed alike for
the protection of life, reputation and
property. But when it comes to the
matter Of schooling, why. let each race
provide for its own. Then the race
in life will be equal. Our white Deo-
pie are handicapped by having to edu-
cate their own children and also the
negroes. That is unfair and it ought to
end and if the wishes of the people are
needed it will end.-Windsor Ledger.
The WaynesyiIle Courier says the
West is entitled to one of the Railroad
Commissioners and dominates Mr.. Sam
uel r.. Rogers, Collector of Internal
Revenue under Cleveland, who was
chairman of the Congressional Execu-
tive Committee of the Ninth District
this year. The Courier says of him:
HE is man of exalted character and
of unsullied and incorruptible integrity.
In his hands the scale of justice will
always be evenly balanced"
A gentleman, talking with the Ashe-
vile Gazette about Parsons contest,
SAYS: 81 am surprised that a man of
Mr.. Parsons intelligence would try
to contest the election, when Republicans
used the methods they did to secure Mr..
Crawford's defeat.
.I'll tell you one thing. If Mr.. Pear
son really means to contest he'll find
Crawford ready for him. Crawford has
been gathering a little evidence himself.
Why. at Reems' Greek, where 80 ma
iorfty was given to Pearson, the votes
were given to two men to count who
were not Judges and had no right to
handle the ballots at all.
zone place in Cherokee county where
Pearson gained a majority, there were
no ballot boxes The votes dropped into
hats.
!. Another place where Crawford will
make a fight is in Mitchell county. 4
precinct in this county gave Pearson
1oo more votes than there were voters
in the precinct.
IF Pearson does make any contest
he will be placed on the defensive Al
the start and kent there during the
whole controversy"
But if Russell be impeached> it vii
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11
A GEORGIA LOVE SONG.

De 'possom whip de raccoon-
De coon tear up de dog;
De alligator see de fight
En- tumble off de log!
ooh, Miss Nancy,
/ yo' lover true;
/ gwine ter swim de river
En- AK ter marry you)
DE gray owl chase de sparrow hawk,
De hawk says: Dis won't do"'
De tarrypin he laugh so much
He break his shell in two!
ooh, Miss Nancy,
Wear dem ribbons blue:
/ gwine ter swim de river
An ak to marry you.
Il. l.. STANTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11

But if Russell be impeached> it will
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11
BIsMARCK's IRON NERVE

Was the result of his splendid health
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels are out of order.
If you want these qualities and the sue
cess they bring, use DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They develop every power
of brain and body. Only % cents at
any Drug Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11

Overcome evil with good. Overcome
your coughs and colds with One Minute
Cough Cure. 1t is so good children cry
for it. 1t cures Group, bronchitis, pneu-
monia, grippe and all throat and lung
diseases. j. Hal Bobbitt and Henry 7.
Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11

If the General Assembly does not
make such campaign as we have had
this year an impossibility, everybody will
know the reason why and act according
ly.-Fayetteyille Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11

Perhaps the periodical topper realizes
that there are periods in his life at
which he should come to a full stop.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11
ALI FRED WILLIAMS & CO.'S
BOOKSTORE,
Raleigh, N. c.
Raleigh, N. c.

We displaying for the holiday trade the best
selected and petties line of Books and Novelties
shown in Raleigh Every year books being made
attractive and keeping the pace with the makers.
Our stock is complete To examine our stock will show
you this. We invite you to call. We have about every
thing you want in History Poetry and Fiction. You
can always get from our counters all the NEW BOOKS as
soon as published. Among the many series of Gift Books
have the What is Worth While series, all in beau
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have attractive line of Novelties, Box Papers, Pocket
Books Gard Cases, Pictures, Silver Novelties etc. etc.
Make your selections early in person by order You
then get what you want and avoid the rush of the last few
days All orders given personal attention Subscrp
tons to magazines and newspapers solicited.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11

It's wise son who doesn't neglect the
education Of his parents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11
Headquarters for
T eed, Fuel, Etc.

One car load Rust-Proof Oats.
One car load Winter Seed Oats.
One car load Mixed Feed Oats.
Two car loads Coarse Wheat Bean.
Two car loads Prime Mixed Corn.
Two car loads Prime Timothy Hay.
Two car loads Prime Mixed Hay.
Ten car loads West Virginia Soft Coal,
Forty car loads Pennsylvania Anthra-
cite, all sizes.
Ten car loads Pocohonas Steam Coal
from best mines in the Pocohontas field
which is the best in America, if not in
the world. These all ON hand and on the
road.
One car load Shaved Heart Shingles.
One car load Sawed Heart Shingles.
One car load Seasoned Laths.
Seasoned Pine and Oak Wood cut any
length wanted. Order of
Jones g. Powell,
Raleigh, N. c
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-11

~ - W 1i<ii<AlC.
The papers have been publishing that
n Democrat had been chosen from Gra-
ham, IT seems to have been u mistake.
Mr.. Williams will be mighty lone
some.'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
The Burglars Called Him Up.

One of the most novel uses to which
the telephone has yet been put 1t heard
of from Chicago. A firm of booksellers
in Chicago was called up late one even
ing by telephone, and in response to
the inquiry 1t was stated that the firm
had In stock a number of valuable
books. The caller thanked the firm
and remarked that he would be in in
the morning to purchase some. In
the morning the book store was found
to have been broken open and the very
books about which enquiry over the
wire had been made were stolen. This
shows the enterprise of the modern
burglar. He was ready to rob the
store, but he took the precaution of
finding out whether the job would be
worth while. BY using the telephone
he saved himself all the annoyance of
possible Identification which person
al call would have entailed.-Boston
Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
The French Peasant.

The French peasant has an inde-
pendent means of existence. He owns
the soil he tills. II he employs labor
ers they, at least, viii own house
and garden, and hope to own a plot.
The English villager is either small
tradesman or a laborer. A garden
which he cultivates but does not own
is as rule the extent of his possess
sions. There are two classes in an
English village and these may be sub
divided into various religious sects.
There is only one class in our
French commune-a fact which has
material bearing upon the social econ
omy of the community. Every inhabi-
tant of the commune is proprietor Of
something, and all are bent on saving,
yet, with all their individualism, they
combine for common and mutual in
terest. This is illustrated by the or
ganization of the syndicate for buying
at wholesale prices. They unite for the
cultivation of the soil, lending each
other horses and making up teams.
Every commune has a field, which is
common property. and where, on pay
ment of trifiing fee, animals Craze.
After the harvest all the fields become
common property, and the gros betail
and the other betail are allowed to
roam at rge.-Contemporary Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
The Belt of Spring Wheat.

The spring wheat of the Northwest
owes its superior nutritious qualities
to a law which governs the whole
procession of commercial flora, of
which 1t is the leading representative
that the cultivated plants reach their
highest perfection in food qualities
near the northernmost limits of their
growth-a law to which the bright
summer sun, the clear, dry atmos.
phere, and the pure waters of this in
land region lend additional force. The
cattle which become skeletons on the
plains of Texas are driven north to
grow fat on the grasses of the Mon-
tana and Dakota ranges, or the pas
lures of Minnesota, twice as rich in
albuminoids as even those of Illinois,
The fruits Of these northern ATTITUDES
are juicier, the potatoes more farina-
ceous, the melons more luscious. The
strawberries, the tomatoes, the butter.
the whole series of field, garden and
dairy products, tell the same story.
This hard wheat belt, following the
curves Of mean summer temperature.
extends far north of the international
boundary, through Manitoba and the
Canadian Northwest, traversed by the
Cadanian Pacific and several American
lines. Within the United States 1t en-
braces the broad prairies of Minnesota
and the two Dakotas-Harper's Maya
zine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27

have been Endorsed by General MiIeg
and Secretary Alger. General Breckin-
ridge says: "Some armies adopted 4
system OF good-conduct pay and badges
and have derived marked benefit there
from; and its introduction into our
army would prove equally beneficial.
The total number of men in the army
worthy Of good-conduct badges last
year was 1914. and over 1880 men
were reported as not having been tried,
and 2O,5S0 had not been In confine-
ment, or 79.4 and go per cent. re-
spectively, of the total number of en-
listed men reported present land alb
sent. These figures bring the trouble
some element within 20 per cent, and
SPEAK well for the army; and they are
a fair indication of the behavior of our
troops. 1t is safe to say that the adop-
ton of good-conduct badges would i'm
prove the morals OF our army, and sup
plement the much-valued medals of
honor and certificates of merit, which
are hardly within reach in the quiet
time of peace" -
A singularly interesting announce
ment is that Mr., Jackson. the intrepid
and accomplished explorer of Franz
Josef Land, means to make an attempt
70 reach the North Pole by way of
Grinnell Land. He at first planned to
go up the east coast of Greenland and
strike poleward from the north of that
island, but abandoned that route when
he found that 1t was already pre-emp-
ted by Lieutenant Peary, who Will
reach 1t from the west coast of Green
land. He will. therefore, go up the
west coast Of Greenland, just as the
American explorer will, but on reach
ing high latitude will turn to the west.
instead of to the east While Lieuten-
ant Peary makes his dash toward the
pole on or near the thirtieth meridian
west from Greenwich, Mr.. Jackson will
make his probably somewhere between
the SEVENTEEN and eightieth. In those
high ATTITUDES, however, they will not
be far apart and every mile made to-
ward the pole will bring them nearer
to each other. 1t is an interesting fea-
ture of the case, too, that the Ameri-
can will travel by way of Sherard Os-
born Fiord and Mares Land and other
regions bearing the names of English
adventures, and the Englishman will
proceed by way of Grinnell Land and
Grant Land, and perhaps Cape Column
bia.
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survives ii. Funeral Forty Years.

Paul Pelkey of Fillmore, is still liv-
ing, and is one hundred and two years
old. He took sick and died forty years
ago, was dressed in grave clothes, and
was placed in coffin in an upstairs
room at his home. The funeral was
ready to start, and the stairs were very
narrow and old-fashioned, and but two
men could handle the coffin. They
started down the stairway with the
coffin, and one of the men slipped, and
down went the coffin, bumpty bump
The coffin broke open, and the corpse
sat up and rubbed his eyes and asked
for drink of water, and Paul Pclkey's
funeral was put off indefinitely and
has not since been announced, and 1t is
said is not likely to be for so:.e time
to come.-Maryville (Mo.) Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
vaccinated on His Toe.

while on recent visit to Walton,
Judge Nunnally of Lithonia was re-
counting the incidents of a smallpox
scare that came along when he was
a boy at school. The children in all
the rural districts were vaccinated, and
usually the human virus was used-a
much more dangerous method than Is
at present In vogue. One big boy at
school decided that he would vary the
regular practice of vaccination in the
arm and he was inoculated in one Of
his great toes, and thought 1t great
fun. In due time the big toe swelled
and then infiamed, and then 1t swelled
and infiamed some more until the toe
was as large as the enterprising youths
head. Finally the swelling was as
suaged and the boy could walk again,
but nobody else was vaccinated in the
toe."-Walton (Ga.) News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
Fishing for Frogs.

To fish for frogs a man needs a
broad, fiat-bottomed. steady punt, a
cane pole, with twenty-five feet of good
line, three hooks tied in bunch, a
companion and jug. The jug pre-
vents malaria. In the lowlands Of
Louisiana people live generally to be
ninety years old, but it Is popular to
believe that the malaria Is there, and
a man likes to doctor himself for It,
To the three hooks. Is tied small
piece of red flannel. The cast Is made,
and the lure is drawn slowly along the
water. The frog rises within yard
Of 1t. looks at 1t. and says AHA" He
approaches within six inches and says
"Oho!' Then he says "A-a-ha!" and
grabs it. The next instant he swings
in air, hooked through the throat. He
is lifted into the boat, grasped between
the left thumb and forefinger, and the
point of the small blade of a knife is
pressed down just between his eyes.
Sometimes he sheds tears. His strug-
giles are stilled in an instant. His hind
legs are quickly severed from his body
and tossed into a bucket filled with
ice water. The remainder of him Is
thrown overheard, where 1t floats
CHASTITY white, bobbing gently up and
down, revolving slowly in small circles
and accusing the fisherman of murder.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
siIkworm Fishing Lines.

In consequence of a recent discovery
by which silk can be manufactured out
Of mulberry pulp, silkworms have been
driven in their own interests to look
for fresh fields of employment in order
to justify their existence. They have
at last succeeded. In future II their
services are not required in the pro-
duction of dresses. there will always
be demand for them in the capacity
OF fishing lines, for which, 1t seems,
they are admirably adapted on account
of the great tenacity of the material
and it's invisibility in the water. The
manufacture of these new fishing lines
Is quite an art. After the grub has
eaten enough mulberry leaves, and be-
fore 1t begins to spin, 1t Is thrown into
vinegar for several hours. The insect
Is thus killed, and the substance which
would have been spun into a cocoon
is forcibly drawn out from the body
into much thicker and shorter silken
thread. This is placed for about four
hours In cold, clear water, after which
II Is dipped for ten or fifteen minutes
In q solution of some caustic. thus loua-
ening fine outer skin, which Is rc-
moved by the hands while the work
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
Rate OF Thinking.

How long does 1t take a man think?
Professor Richet, at the recent meet
ing of the British association, gave
the results of his Investigation into this
subject. He found that by mentally
running up the notes of the musical
scale for one or more octaves and then
dividing the total time by the number
of notes thought of, the time for each
note was one-eleventh of a second.
There are various ways of arriving at
conclusions as to the amount of time
necessary for realizing any physical
sensation or mental impression. If the
skin be touched repeatedly with light
blows from a small hammer, one may,
according to Professor Richet, distin-
guish the fact that the blows are sep
arate and not continuous pressure,
even when they follow one another as
rapidly as one thousand second.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
Anasthetic for Plants.

A German chemist has prepared a
fluid that has the power, when injected
into the tissues of plant near its
roots, of anaesthizing the plant. The
plant does not die, but stops growing,
maintaining its fresh, green appear
ance, though its vitality is apparently
suspended. It is also independent of
the changes in temperature, the most
delicate dollhouse plants continuing to
bloom In the open. The composition
of the fluid is shrouded in mystery, but
1t is said to have pungent odor and
to be colorless.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
In Her Mountain Home Alone.

On a barren ridge of the Alleghanies,
In the northern part Of Clinton County,
Penn, a party of hunters a few days
ago discovered cabin nesting among
the rocks on a hillside. The spot was
ten miles from a human habitation,
and the curiosity of the hunters was
aroused as to who the occupant could
be. Going up to the hut, one OF the
party hammered on the door. 1t was
speedily opened by a woman OF about
fifty years, who demanded their bust
ness. The boldest member of the par
ty asked for drink of water. In re-
ply the woman pointed to spring
which dubbed up among the rocks and
then closed and barred the door.
The hunters carried their story to
a farmhouse in the valley, where they
learned that the woman leads the life
of a hermit, having no companionship
but that of a great st. Bernard dog,
which she has trained to carry mes
sages and bring provisions from the
valley. Nothing is known Of her his
tory before her arrival on the noun
tain. The country folks say that she
made her first APPEARANCE ten years
ago. During this summer she construct
ed the hut unaided, and none but few
children have been allowed to enter 1t.
The youthful scouts report that the
hut is carpeted with the skins of bear
and deer, which she evidently shot with
her own hand. A repeating rifle and
smaller arms hang on the walls.
No one has any solution to offer to
the question as to what drove this
woman to live in the wilds alone. She
shrinks from contact with grown peo-
pie, though the children, who call her
aunt Maggie, are always welcome sum-
mer visitors to her cabin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27

The topmost glacier heavenward
climbs.
The fountains dashing Ieac on high,
The dark briar forests leafy shade,
The lofty pines In lowly glade.
Rear upward to the sky.
All Nature higher longs to rise,
And so must !.
The winds are sweeping loud and free,
Afar, the changing icebergs freeze,
The mighty oceans throbbing breast
Beats loud, above her dead at rest,
And stormy rivers swell the seas.
But should not man be striving more
Than such as these?
The mightiest rock by lightning struck
Will shake. and quiv'ring fragments
fly.
The grandest trees will fall some day,
And human hopes, and loves, decay.
All In fallen world must die,
And lay their proud heads in the dust.
And 80 must l.
Ida Rowe in Madame.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
INDIANS KEEN VISION.
They Can Distinguish Objects Which the
White Man Cannot See.


During the progress of an explora-
ton in Central Brazil, DR.. Hans Meyer
paid particular attention to the senses
of the Indians, especially their sight
He noticed, as others had done before
him, that an Indian hunter can see
many things that a white man cannot;
he can follow the course of a fish
in turbulent waters and hit it with an
arrow; he can spy an animal in the
thicket that to our eyes seems impene-
trable; he can see in the ground and
grass and follow tracks of man and
animals that to us are invisibler
The popular explanation Of these
phenomena has hitherto been simply
that savages have a sharper sense than
we have. But DR.. Carl Ra1ke, who
joined DR.. Meyer in the expedition,
went deeper into the question. He ex-
amined the eyes Of some Of the men
and found, to his surprise, that there
was hardly any difference between
their direct powers of sight and ours
What so greatly increased their keen
sightedness was. their superior prac-
tice and familiarity in accommodating
their vision to different distances. Be-
sides this focusing facility, which is
of immense Importance, the Indian
has another hardly less valuable ad-
vantage, in that he accustoms himself
not to look at a landscape as a whole,
but to give his individual attention
to particular detail.
Ranke also declares that the short
sightedness SO prevalent In civilized
countries is not disease or failing.
but salutary adaptation of the eyes
to conditions of life that require con-
slant work at close range.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27

man holds tho thread between HE
teeth. The silk IL then hung up 70
dry. care being taken to choose shady
place, as the sun has the effect of max
Ing 1t too brittle afterward. Some
times these silk threads are bleached
with sulphur vapor, which makes them
look beautifully glossy and snow-white.
like spun glass. while those naturally
dried retain always yellowish tint.
This discovery shows that old Izaak
Walton, connoisseur though he was,
did not know everything about fish,
ing.-London Telegraph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
The Biggest bibles.

Probably the largest Bible in the
world, as regards its dimensions, is tho
property Of German lady living In
Manchester. The book is 2 feet
inches in length and nearly the same
in width. A foot line on each page, In
quaint vermillion characters, reads
This is a history" This unique BIZ
BILE, which is more than 200 years old,
contains number Of curious old illus
trations depicting the various sacred
events recorded therein.
Another bulky Bible Is the property
of Mr.. j. Bell of Manchester. The
book has been embellished from time to
time with appropriate pictures and
photographs until 1t now contains
more than 10000 illustrations, and ex-
tends to n;nety-one volumcs.--Tit-B Bits
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27

The first typewriter was a machine
with raised letters, invented by Henry
Mill of England, in TIA, for the use of
the blind; but beyond marking the era
of mechanical writing machines II was
of no value, and for nearly 140 years
not step forward was made. Nearly all
the improvements, and certainly the
credit for the general introduction of
the typewriter, belong to America. To-
day there Is one firm In this country
which manufactures more than fifty
styles OF machines. In all languages
and even In business ciphers. In these
last the keyboard Is lettered as usual.
but the characters printed are in ciph-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27
Russia's National Soup.

Russia serves its national soup Of
beef, boiled cabbage, sour cream and
fermented beef juice and 1t is ready
to be eaten any time during the day.
A huge roast pig served with boiled
buckwheat, cooked with liver and the
heart of the pig, is the principal dish
at dinner. With this is eaten cheese
creamed with butter, sugar and raj
sins and colored eggs also grace the
board