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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
AN UNFAV0RABLE REP0R I
MADE ON THE BILL CARRYING
THE PROPOSITION.
EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY OPPONENTS
AT the H, arirg Last Night. The Report Post
poned 10 Give Bidders lime to Sub
nit a New Proposition if
They 50 resire.

The Senate and House committees on
Corporations in joint session heard evil
dence as to the proposed sale of the At
lantic and North Carolina railroad The
opponents of the sale of the road alone
introduced testimony.
At eli ven o'clock the committee an
nounced after consultation that it would
report the bin unfavorably at the price
offered
Mr. rearsall, against the sale of the
road, said that though the time was
short the opponents of the sale We're
ready to present some very material
facts. The assertion had been made
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
RECALLED TO LII 6.
lfe Cure Gives MIR. Vansett Better
Health Than Ever.

Il secretly feared that losing my mind" The man
tho uttered these is respected citizen of PHILADELPHIA
who has passed through about much bodily pain and mental
torture rs man can endure and sl live In the midst of
extreme bodily weakness the dreadful shadow of in
sanity Mere death has horror compare with that
q VanSctt retired shoe manufacturers RESIDING, m
trouble and vany sought relief until he Warmers SAFE.
Cure Although he is older than most in better
health than he hoped TO attain
'Ten years ago" he says Il had complication of dis
puzzled the doctors. and made worse
ly worry my business When got of bed | was
shay that only by the of smuIauts could keep ON
my feet head ached continually; my appetite was gone
and nothing right. felt lame all over and the flesh
was my bones Unusual excitement or ANNOYANCE
exhausted and habby old PONCE could not
sleep least noise sounded like nonadng or bun
der During the day got drowsy and could not fix my
thoughts any subject Sheer force kept me going
secretly feared that was losing my mind
a trip abroad seemed to do good, but had not been
lack three weeks when my old trouble + etumed had an
intense itching Of the skin night \ noted physician told
had Brgh disease in stage far advanced that al
though might proong my life woud do wen to nut
my earthly affairs in order
Il did not dare to tell my wife l had accounts of
Br@ts disease being by Warmers Cure and
determined this remedy Il last Unknown to
my family began taking it, and realized its good
effect To make long story short it n AIDE we'll and in
six months looked and felt like another man. Thanks ia
Warmers Cure my old is healthier my youth
was
force or madness
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
NIPPED IN THE BUD.
at Weldon nowneI 10y Medical
Science.

Wildon, y. c., March 1.-(Special.)--
William Ridley, colored barber here.
who has had smallpox. is getting we'll
ltidley's wife and children had the dis
ease also. All are now rapidly recov-
ering. The house in which they live was
quarantincd and Il flag was placed upon
it, \ man who had smallpox was sent
up TO move them, and no one else has
been allowed to go in or out.
The disease has been nipped in the
hud here. owing to the prompt action of
the Superintendent of Health, ID. L. G.
Green, assisted by other physicians, and
aided by the mayor and town commits
sioners, and no fears Of its spreading
are entertained. Nearly every one in
Weldon has been vaccinated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
CADETsHIp FOR DAVID BAGLEY
The Appointment Will be Made in Il
Day or Two by the President.

Washington. March david Bag
ley, of Raleigh. \. c., brother of En-
sign Worth Bagley, who was killed III
the battle of Cardenas early in the
Cuban campaign, will be appointed in a
day or two cadet in the Naval Acadc,
my at Annapolis, the President TODAY
promising this to Senator Pritchard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
FILIBUsTERs ON THE WAY.
Deny They Mean to Fight in Central
America.

New Orleans, La, March 1.-The sol.
diers of fortune from Kansas City
reached New Orleans to-day H.
strong. and are now quartered here
pending further developments in the
way of transportation to Nicaragua and
Bluefields. Thet leaders Of the eXpedi-
ton deny that they are bent on tilibuster-
ing or to aid General Reyes in his insur-
rection against Zelaya, but affirm that
they are all going to Central America to
work on railroads" The officers of
the Blueiields Steamship Company, the
only line running to Bluefelds, emphati-
cally declare that not one of them will
be allowed TO take passage on any Of
their vessels either from here or Mobile.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02

the timcefor holding the courts of Union
and Stanly counties.
s. b. -: 10 repeal chapter ~.
Laws of 1891, imposing a tax on inn
migrant agents.
To provide separate cars for the races.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
The Pure
Food Question

La not 3 new question with ma
We have been advocating pure
food for more than dozen years.
and we are rejoiced to see others
taking II up. We like to see men
of science taking hold OF it and
showing people the necessity OF
eating
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02

typical o
H
~
i ith that yo have
Nrn Cure "
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
BILLS PASSED.

subcommittee that visited educational
institutions.
III. b. 1,199 S. b. 1,116: To amend the
bill abolishing the criminal circuit COM
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02

It is quickly Absorbed.
Gives r lief at once.
Opensand cleanses the
Nassl Passages. AL
laws Inflammation,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-02
NEW BILLS.


S. b. 1,27S, Senator Fuller: To provide
an equitable division of Landscrip Fund.
S. r. 1880, Senator Robinson: TO
provide for working creeks and rivers
in Sampson county.
S. Il. 1881, Senator Black: To amend
the charter of the Peoples Mutual Be
nevolent Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
The Late Dfsasreement.

The Late Disagreement.
"The protocol shows that, after sessions
of several months, the commissioners were
unable to agree. - In a failure of concur
renee as to the language of the treaty of
1926 one of the two methods of adjustment
was proposed by the British commissioners.
The first was a conventional boundary, by
which Canada should receive, by cession or
perpetual grant, Pyramid harbor, on Lynn
canal, and strip of land connecting 1t with
Canadian territory to the northwest, and
the remaining boundary line to be drawn in
the main confornable to the contention of
the United States. The American commits
sioners, not being prepared to accept this
proposition, the alternative was submitted
by the British commissioners of an arbitra-
ton of the whole territory in dispute, in
conformity with the terms of the Venezu-
elan arbitration, and in response to an in
quiry from their American colleagues
whether the selection of an umpire from
the American continent would be consid-
cred, the British commissioners replied that
they would regard such a selection as most
Objectionable.
The American commissioners declined
the British plan of arbitration, and stated
present controversy and the Venezuelan
dispute. They challenged their British col
leagues to cite single instance in history
where subject attended with such cir
cumStances had been submitted to arbitra-
ton, and in declining the British PROPOSE
ton they proposed the plan of sediment
which had been framed by Secretary Olney
and Sir Julian Pauncefote in 1897. The
treaty which these two distinguished
statesmen framed so carefully marked the
most advanced stage yet attained for the
peaceful settlement of International guess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

lions not susceptible of adjustment by dip
lomatic negotiation.
I'm that convention, drafted with view
to 'consecrating by treaty the principle of
international arbitration they provided
that all such questions should be submitted
to arbitrators and umpire, except terri
torial claims. They recognized that terri
torial questions affected so vitality the SOW
ereignty and honor of nations that as to
them different method was necessary, and
they provided that these should be sub
mitted to a tribunal Of three judges of the
highest standing in each country, and that
binding decision could only be rendered
by vote of five of the six judges. The
American commissioners embodied this
plan in their proposition for the settlement
of the Alaskan boundary dispute, with the
modification that a binding decision might
be rendered by four of the six judges.
This proposition was rejected by the
British commissioners, and, no other plan
being brought forward the joint high COM
mission adjourned with the understanding
that the boundary question should be re-
ferred back to the two governments for
further diplomatic negotiations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
He Knew whereof He spoke.

+ fOlh Inc DetrOlt rec Fress
''Tll bet thousand" shouted the excited
politician, that the editor had no proofs
of those damaging stories he published
against the boss!'
"Ill go you" retorted the little man with
a high forehead and two pairs of glasses.
He had the proofs and went through them.
word for word. and o. KID the revise"
Who in thunder are your
I'm the proofreader."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04


''I hardly think it So" unused the Ameri-
can painter. but it may be that the Amer
lean people have not any of that chic them
selves, and that the American artists paint
them as they find them, while the French
men make them look like dukes and
duchesses. They 'foreignize' our worthy
matrons, so to speak. They make them
chic, perhaps. Carolus Duran recently
painted a New York woman and her two
daughters as a queen and two princesses.
Boldini, who painted Comte Robert de Mon
tesquieu with his cane, has ennobled in this
way many New Yorker"
Mr.. Dewey's face betrayed weary look,
but he did not explain why the American
painters refrain from going in for chic in
their own portrait work. Perhaps they are
too conscientious. Coming back to the
American exhibit at the exposition Of 1900,
he again regretted the absence OF Sargent
the friend of his student days. Nor is Alb.
hey an American any more Abbey, Sar-
gent and Whistler are three Americans,
and they will exhibit with the English.
They have gone with Stanley, the explorer.
and Aston, the real estate owner he re-
marked, as he passed me the nuts and
raisins. He appeared regretful, but not ut.
terly downcast.
american art is all right, after aIl?"
asked, hopefully.
"Of course it is" said the artist. who IS
also teacher. And the day for its rec
ognition is not far off, either. When these
courageous American girls have done their
work'-he pointed 10 a group of girl stu
dents at another table-"when they have
done their work of educating, American
art will bloom into its perfect flower. IL
matters little IL they become great painters
or designers. They will go home and diff.
fuse light about them"
Then. good for the American girls" 7
murmured
And the boys, too" he answered
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

From the Chicago News.
This paper said Mrs Enpeck, tells of
man who actually forgot he was mar
ried.''
Memory" retorted Mr.. Enpeck. sis a
good thing. but there are times when for
getfulness IS better"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
Russia's Position,

Russia declared it could grant no further
concession. and was authorized to expect
sone concessions on the part of England
In the month following the Russian ambas-
xador in London was Informed that Sir
charles Bagot, the English plenipoteatiar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
American Originality,

Four Hundred were not rather wilfuI than
ignorant. Perhaps our society people have
heard Frenchmen say that the American
painters are Only copyists of Frenchmen?'
THAT is an old story" he said never
theless, our American painters who have
arrived are thoroughly original and distinc-
tive. Take landscape painting, for example.
There are square acres of most excellent
landscape in every annual Paris salon. In
color and in the representation of diffused
light they have worked in France with such
industry that even mediocre plodders are
not without real merit: but this is far from
a distinctive quality. That the distinctive
quality of American landscape painters is
color goes without saying, but ii is in the
sense of space that they are happiest. 1t
is not the result of any local atmosphere.
The 'plein air school of France has some
parallels, but We have not gone as far as
the French in this particular. What / refer
to is the putting of things in their just
stead Of the cloud being sewed on TO the
sky
Americana Choice of Subjects
is this originality of the Americans in
the selection Of subjects what Corot called
hooks or corners"
"Exactly-in their choice of subjects. In
their grasp of a subject they are UNIQUE
They see when in nature there is a picture
and they give you just what you enjoy
when you see beautiful thing without dis
turbing it. Winslow Homer lives on the
coast of Maine, and he sends out sea
pieces that are as great and original mas
terpieces as anything produced in Europe
His power of selling an impression and
leaving it entirely alone Is remarkable
Tattegrain, In France, who Is chiefly a fig
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16
Whence Gutta Percha Comes.

The tree from which gutta percha is obtained grows In Borneo, and in oth- CT islands of the Indian Archipelago, says the Philadelphia Times. It Is very large, but the wood Is spongy, and of | little use as timber. The leaves grow on long stalks. and are green above Snd of a bright yellow beneath. The flowers are small and grow in pretty tufts in the aXils of the leaves, each on separate stalk or stem.
 To obtain the gutta percha of con- merce, the finest trees are cut down, and incisions are made in the bark 1; milky juice exudes from the incis- ions, and Is reserved by little troughs made for that purpose. When the 1t is kneaded into cakes and exported. The cakes are of reddish brown col or and are full of irregular pores.
 Before, however. the cakes are ready for use they have to undergo some preparation. They are first sliced into very thin shavings and then placed in tearing" machine, which re- wolves in a trough of hot water. The machines tears the shavings into small pieces. and the hot water washes them thoroughly. These pieces are then made into cakes and the cakes are rolled several times between heat ed cylinders to free them from any air or water that they may contain, and to make them uniform in texture. Again they are rolled between heated rollers and thus made into sheets of various thicknesses for use, or formed into rods, water pipes or any other shapes which may be desired.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16
Whale in Shrimp Net.

long and feet in circumference has been captured off the Essex coast, and is now to be seen on the beach at Southend. It was surprised near the shore by some local fishermen. who managed to take it by tangling 1t up in an old shrimp net.
 It's vitality was so great that it lived for fifty hours after capture. The idea of tackling a ton of lively whale with shrimp net does not in the least im- press its captors, who, says our core spondent, would go for a sea serpent with a half inch rope"
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

The United States weather bureau has published the results of investiga- hons it has made as to the value of property destroyed and the number of lives lost in this country, by lightning. for series of nine years. The records are reasonably complete and the show ing Is as curious as it is interesting In the last nine years 312 persons have been killed annually by light ming, but of all the years considered that of 1895 was the most disastrous. 426 persons having lost their lives in that manner Last year the mortality was 367, and in the entire nine years each million of populati ton. Fatalities are less frequent in cities and thickly settled localities and most common in agricultural sections of the country. Of the states having most deaths from this cause Ohio takes the lead. the average being 24 for each 100000 persons engaged in farming. The greatest proportion of fatal strokes is found In the Missouri valley, the great plains and in the region of the Rocky Mountains. Last year 1866 buildings were destroyed or damaged by light ming, which involved loss estima ted at $1,44G. SSO. Of other property lost the report mentions 9G4 cattle, 3O6 horses, 30 mules, 116 pigs. 426 sheep, the estimated total value of which was S4S257. This makes the total loss of property $1.495. .137, caused by only ITO lightning strokes. It is stated that SO far as the loss of life is concerned, practically all the fatalities take place in the five months from April to Sep tember, most of them being in June and July. The report says that much of the damage caused by lightning in the agricultural districts might be avoided by grounding wires" at proper distances along lines of wire fences, which are death traps to stock, the fatal shock being inflicted often through the medium of the wires at a considerable distance from the point hit.'
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16
A STARTLING OBJECT LESSON,
How Mexican 1ca de Learncd Some of the Difficulties of Railroadinx.


 of the Diflicnltie. of Raiirondinx.
 The old Southwestern engineer WAS telling tales of by-gone days down In Mexico and dwelling upon the Mexi- cans ignorance of railroading.
 "Once, near Victoria" said he, i've were loaded heavily with iron, and we hit the usual drunken Mexican asleep on the track. Them folks used to think roadbed better'n wool mattress. It was down grade and around curve, and we were going at a fair clip, and, though we had air brakes, we couldn't hold up in time. We ground him up, and at Victoria, ten miles further on, we didn't have any better sense than to report 1t. Of course, the train was side tracked and we were put in jail Next day we were hauled up before the alcal- de. He was little, dried up man. with mahogany skin and snow-wlite mus tache. It bristled fiercely, but noticed that his eye twinkled a good deal and l sorter cottoned to him right away. We told him that we couldn't stop the train in the time allowed us, and it was the truth. He said, through an inter- preter. of course:
 I've heard all this before. Five of my people have been killed by trains in six months and l have let the train crews go. They said they couldn't stop. I'm going to see about this. Your train is on the sidetrack, coupled and loaded. We'll fire up and go back to the place where you killed Vicente. We'll run down at the same speed. When you come near to the curve you must try hard to stop. l will go in the cab with you
 Well, we fired up and went back three miles beyond the death spot. Then we started forward again. Of course 1t was not my business to run too slowly. l wanted to show the alcalde that stopping in the space de- scribed was an impossibllty. Old 93 was quick engine, and inside of two miles, it being down grade, we were doing two-minute clip. We struck the curve at forty miles an hour. The alcalde had never in his life been on a W window, waving his big straw hat and shouting Viva! Viva! As we sighted the spot where Vicente had been pull verized the airbrakes went on like the clamp of death. l was thrown to the floor of the cab myself. As for the alcalde, he shot through the window like rocket, turned six somersaul,s and lit on his back in the sand thirty feet away. The train ground to q standstiil yards beyond the blood stained ties. He came limping up, brushing the sand out of his white hair l remember that his mustache was all bent down on one side. He looked up at me and said simply. 'Valga me Dios! which is about equivalent to 'Dern my buttons! We went back to town; he discharged us all and invited us to din- ner with him. We stayed and pulled out that evening. Everybody ran pret- ty much on his own schedule in them times"
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

The plain truth appears to be that a very large proportion of the population of the United States Is indifferent to books, and we have still rather small of very heavy and mixed immigration, of the backwardness of the large rural population In the South, and of the rap Id growth of the country. with enforc- ed strict attention to practical affairs of a business kind.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

The admission fees to q recent prize fight in New York exceeded $S5 5.OOO, the largest amount ever received for any single performance. This has been cited as q startling commentary upon the times. Bloody noses and cracked crowns, however, are not the delight of the vast majority of our people. nor are bounce and buster yet widely ac- cepted as the principal virtues of the world
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

Captain William A. Andrews, who undertook to cross the ocean in a dory, did not complete his voyage. He was picked up by a steamer 700 miles from land in such an exhausted condition and so glad to get aboard that he did possible to feel any sympathy for the captain. It was foolhardy piece of business which if 1t had succeeded would have accomplished nothing of value. If he should safely cross the ocean dozen times it would not con-
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

A fruit novelty is reported from Cali fornia It is half lemon and half or ange. with the shape of the lemon and the color of the orange, the juice hay ing the flavor of both. It Is, of course, artificially produced. Heretofore the phantom lemon. which figures in picnic assets, has had the chief distinction as a lemon curiosity. The fruit world 1t will be seen, shows a tendency to con- bination as well as the business world.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

An investigation shows that the As tors instead of being descended from a noble line of Spanish courtiers came in a straight line from German butcher. If the Astors were good sensible people they would be glad this discovery has been made. Better an honest German butcher any day than a hanger-on at a Spanish court.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

A magistrate has declared it illegal for a man to make love to a woman without her consent. The legal form will read: May ask you If may ask you?" and 1t is feared this complicated question will completely befuddle great many suitors.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

Simple directions for treatment of lockjaw are making their appearance here and there. It should be borne n mind, however. that prevention is bet ter than cure. and that the toy pistol. a frequent cause, can at least be prohib- ited
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

A man 106 years of age recently chas- tised his youthful son aged 70 for mis- behavior. There is nothing like putting a son on the right path while he is still under S0. The boy may yet turn out III right
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

Edison thinks the name "electro-mo- bile" should be selected for electrical carriages. That has euphonious sound. and how would gasomobile an swer for those run by gasoline power?
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

That is dangerous admission made by the Boston Herald that the Boston street boy has abbreviated motor car" to tomato" Sometimes name like that sticks rid;culously.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

We reserve our hero worship for the man who can invent a mucilage pot that won't get gummed up.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

It probably would not require a very near sighted man to recognize in slim Sarah Bernhardt's Hamlet the time honored hypothesis of Hamlet with Hamlet left out"
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16

bug is myth. the creation of an imaS- inatiye reporter. Is little hard on the people who have been bitten by the insect.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-09-16
2 TOPICS OF
 THE TIMES.

The meat trust makes no bones of charging high prices.