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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Judge B. b. Winbourne, of Murfrees-
boro, who is here attending the Supreme
Court, says that Chowan Baptist Female
Seminary opened better this year than
in 1897, and that President John G..
Scarborough is greatly encouraged by the
large opening. 1t lis an excellent school
and was never better than now.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

1t is expected that the penitentfary
shirt factory will be started by Novem-
Der 1. Only few hands will be put to
work at first, but the number will be
rapidly increased. There are now fifty
machines at the factory, which were
used formerly. Fifty additional ma
chaines will be put in in short time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

"The melancholy days have come, the
saddest of the year."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28
Office of the Secretary and Treasurer of the
WILMINGTON AND WELDON II. r. co.

Wilmington, N. c., Sept %, 1899.
The Board Of Directors of the Will
mngton and Weldon Railroad Company
have declared three and one-half per
cent. interest on the certificates of IN
debtedness of that Company, due and
payable on and after October z, S99.
to all holders of record of this date.
The transfer books will stand cosed
from September 23d to October "a,
1899, inclusive.
JAMES II. POST, IT.,
Treasurer w. and W. II. X. 90.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Don't forget the meeting of citizens in
the Mayors office this afternoon ait five
O'Clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28
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The New Fall DreSSGOOdS and Silks.

choice specimens Partisan design sturdy woens
Of GERMANY and England
neither atagued
the word Completion
the limits fabric manufacture and desirable
policy Of exceness will be
help decide what to buy. we nave the right
uoht
veneans sungs reversible pdsaoger the best selection cood
and blackW fabrics pleasure to SHOW
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Among those who took part in a mtlsi-
cal concert i'm concord, the Standard
mentions Miss Minnie johnson, of Raj
eigh, who goes to Converse College.
where she teaches the violin. The Stand
ard says .'she is "a most excellent per-
former ON the violin and our people Were
fortunate in hearing her"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Rev. r. T.. Wharton has resigned as
pastor of the Durham Presbyterian
church and viii go as missionary to
Cardenas, Cuba. This place has pecii-
liar and mournful interest for North Car
olinians as it was here that Ensign
Worth Bagley was killed. Mr.. Arthur
White, of Mebane, lis postmaster at Car
denas, and is doing excellently there.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

The case against Rev. e. G. Steven
son, the sanctifed preacher, who is
charged with failure to provide support
for his family, viii not come up at this
terms of court 1t has been continued
until the next court on account of the
sickness of Mr.. lei. e. Norris, attorney
for Stevenson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

The Black Crepons price $500 makes
~, eaa14on f,xoni+ and adds shoe GU
eve -. ,uah,o ,na :; o every day. The II
win ~ ~ III, eah.;o ouon orol Soc higher
lew- wy ~ Box Calf Balls Stu
ed for handsome gowns. :, ~
English Blister Crepons-Silk and ~ :, -" - '
Wool-epecial -oin"'en"Oe Paw Wei Kid Heavy S
Mohair, Oak Leaf Paern-Crepe Tip ........
Ground ................... SloO
90 French Soufle CfeponS- clustered Millinery Depar
on Repp Surface ...$ l7o The Trimmers are
Silk overcast Biubber-lafge bees Orders are
75c cords. S2OO night work already
Big Silk Bister-very effective $3.50
For School Wear
'oc. ran ana winter onoer"eaf' Caps in the New
shorer days cooier nsnes anu l Leather. Cloth
5Sc ngs-these hlht at cnnse liom ne Golf Caps
thin underwear 10 lhe Wlmer sos 10 Crush Hats
start the season Win Nsor we oer Inc Hats Brush Aig
soc. Ioho"ahs spechis. Golf Hats eagle q
Brunswick Ribbed Vest and rrmmed Hats n
rim pants white and silver $1OO +bo latest
the Ladies Standard Non-Shrinkng
wife Excelsior Ribbed Pants and cobool Naodfuls
Vest Observation-Disclosures. Que
Childrens' Feeced lined ribbed School Bags
m underwear and Flat goods-in Book Straps
all ages-rise 215c each-size Scholars Companio
% Observation-Disclosures. Zoe Folding Lunch
Ais ..........
75c Keith's Custom Made Shoes. Composition Books
Williams Ink
400 This famous make of fine shoes im- Carriers ....
prove The popular Ink and Pencil Ia
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Mr.. Octavius Coke, SON of the late
Secretary of State Coke. has enlisted
here for service in the Philippines. He
has chosen the cavalry branch Of the ser
vice and is assigned to the 4th cavalry,
commanded by Maj. Il. M. Hayes. Mr..
Coke leaves here next Tuesday for San
francisco.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Mr.. Percy Albright has rented the resi-.
dence of Mr.. r. Il. Hay, ON Hillsboro
street. Mr.. Hay win have a room there.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

Speaking of Justice Robert Nj. Doug
las, who is not able to be present at the
opening of tile Supreme court, the
Greensboro Record says: Justice Doug
las. of the Supreme Court, leaves To-
night for Philadelphia. accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Madeline. While his
general health is improved, ne is not
well man by any means and he goes for
treatment under the great specialist, Er.
DeCosta."
HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

The revival services at Edenton street
Methodist church continue with increas-
ing interest. The pastor preached lasE
night from the text Choose Life" aud
preached sermon of power. There were
several conversions. Services are held
daily at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. IN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28

resenting the literary societies of Wake
Forest and Trinity Colleges will meet in
Raleigh today at 10 o'clock to decide on
the question for the annual inter-colIt
gate debate here, and to make other
arrangements for that occasion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

loft to cure. In May the dry leaves are
stripped off, and when the ribs are
taken out the mass is wetted with
sweetened water containing an in
fusion of licOrice root. AS soon as the
flow of maple sap diminishes, the spig-
gOts are taken from the trees and the
augcr holes that held the spigots are
crowded full of the prepared tobacco
leaves. A tapering pine plug is then
driven into the hole on top of the to-
baccO, and sawed off flush with the
tree.
In midsummer, when the maple fla
voring has had time to permeate the
mass and the wad of leaves has turned
dark and shrunBen to half it's original
bulk, the plug is bored out and solid
cylinder of excellent chewing tobac-
co is found. Nearly all the farmers in
northern and western Penobscot coun-
ty are making their own chewing tobac-
co this year.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

iiate value to the community. He may
then become property holder and as
such a thoughtful and conservative
voter. With the increase of his prop
erty interests he gains in importance
sas a tax payer and necessary consulta-
tons with his white neighbOr about
voting measures will follow. The black
man has implicit confidence in the
white mans advice in business, legal
and religious matters, and when he
shall with equal freedom be able to
consult him regarding politics the sit
uation Will at once change for the bet
ter. A large number of colored people
in every county, owning their own neat
and comfortable homes and a bank
account, and cooperating with their
white neighbors in every manly way
for the development Of their own COM
munities, will aid greatly in changing
the present status of the negro as a
citizen. In Mr.. Washington's opinion
when both races shall cooperate in
politics, business matters, religion and
education, the problem will in q great
measure be solved and political out
RACES cease.
Although so well known and widely
respected. Booker 7. Washington is ig-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
MIGHT DESTROY ALL LIFE.
Tesla, the Great Electrician, Afraid
That He Might Ignite the
Atmosphere.

In a signed article in the current
number of the Electrical Review, Mic
ola Tesla describes some of his ex-
periments in the line of electrical cur
rents of high voltage, and gives details
of the coil which he uses. The dis
charges of such a COIL" he adds, when
of an electro-motive force of few mil
lions of volts, excite powerful affinities
in the atmospheric nitrogen causing
it to combine readily with the oxygen
and other elements, particularly in the
presence of aqueous vapOr. So ener-
getic are these actions and so strange
fy do such powerful charges behave
that have often experienced a fear that
the atmosphere might be ignited, ter
rible possibility, which Sir William
Croolles, with his piercing intellect, has
already considered. Who knows but
such calamity is possible? And who
can tell with gertrude t1at periodical
cessations of organic life, on the globe
might not be caused by ignition of the
air and destruction of its life-sustain-
ing qualities, accidentally or as con-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
An UNCUT DIAMOND.
As Large as = Hickory Nut and Worth
Nearly One Hundred Thou
sand Dollars.

A New York jeweler the other day
brought out a small package no larger
than hens egg which was wrapped up
in a common piece Of white paper.
Undoing il he showed what appeared to
be yellowish white pebbles about the
size of large hickory nut, says the Sun
of that city.
"A mere trif1e," he said, but worth
nearly 100000"
The onlooker was amazed and took it
in his hand. You mean $780," he sug-
gested.
NO, 100000. 1t is a South African
diamond that is still uncut, and there
are about $50 carats in it. At the rate
of $50 a carat this would maize more
than 500, 900, but, of course, the larger
stones are more valuabl l suppose
this is the largest diamond ever brought
to this country. The name of the i'm
porter? That's a secret which we are
not allowed to divulge."
Now that uncut diamonds are free of
duty the importations are on a much
larger scale than heretofore. The one
in question has been considerably
ground down, but had no polish or
sparkle to suggest that it was dia-
mond at all.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
THE NEGRO PROBLEM
Booker 7, Washington Thinks It Is
Settling Itself.
How He Would Have the COIOred
Race Act Toward the Whites
Work Accomplished at
Tuskegee Institute.
Especial Tuskegee (Ala.1 letter.

The race question, in America, in
spite of occasional outrages on both
sides, is gradually settling itself, and a
larger part of the work of solving
the problem is being accomplished
by that portion of the population
whose skin contains the greater
amount of coloring pigment. Booker
L. Washington, who may, at the pres
ent time, be regarded as their repre-
sentative man, although there are many
others as able but not so we'll known,
believes that while holding firmly and
securely to everything guaranteed by
the constitution of the United States,
or that is fundamental to citizenship,
the colored people should make every
effort possible to secure the friendship,
confidence and cooperation of their
white neighbors in the SOUTH" They
should not be TRUCKERS" but act firm
ly from principle, and gain and retain
respect. They should endeavor to OBJ
tain the friendly interest of the south
ern white man, thus inducing him to
help make laws that will, in the truest
sense, elevate the negro. He advises
the latter to do more and more Of his
own thinking and in a modest, temper
ate manner exercise his political rights
instead of being led by political bosses
or demagogues. Mr.. Washington fur
Their believes that a permanent cure for
many of our present evils will come
through property and educational test
for voting applied honestly and fairly
to both races. This will cut off a large
number of ignorant voters now proving
such demoralizing factor in politics.
But through the industrial develop
ment of the negro the greatest results
will come.
Education along this line will make
him an intelligent producer, of imme-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
A QUICKSILVER FOUNTAIN.
An Odd Exhibit from Queensland
Which Is Soon to Be Made
in London.

The government of Queensland are
going to show the world, or such por-
ton of it as may visit the Forthcoming
exhibition at Earl's court, that the col
ony can produce quicksilver equally
with America, Spain and Austria, says
the London Mail.
A mere pool of quicksilver in glass
case would be no indication at all, SO
those responsible for the arrangement
of the Queensland section propose to
show this precious liquid mineral lend
ing a new and effective beauty to a
fountain.
Mr.. C. Bright, FR.S.D., A. NJ. Inst. C..
F., is the engineer responsible for this
novel departure in the way of foun-
tains, and he gave some interesting de-
tails of its construction to Daily Mail
representative the other day.
This he said, ''can hardly be called
fountain in the ordinary acceptation
of the word, for the difficulties of deal
ing with such heavy body as mercury
are too great to allow of q jet such as
one sees playing in Trafalgar square.
What we are going to have is an ar
rangement of two basins, one above
the other. These will be of iron, enam-
eled black, to give greater effect to
the falling quicksilver"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
Chinese PnIitenesa.

When in Shanghai Prince and Prin-
cess Henry of Prussia were given an
amusing example of Chinese politeness.
While visiting notable mandarin their
host asked through the interpreter the
age of Prince Henry. On being told
that the emperor's brother is little
over Sc the mandarin turned to the
prince and said: 'You appear So" He
then inquired the age of the princess,
who is 50. The interpreter. Herr Voigt.,
an honest citizen of Stethn, hesitatedi
to inform the princess what the man.
DARN replied on learning her age.
Prince Henry, however, has a smatter-
ing of Chinese, and laughingly COM
manded: "Out with it, Voigt!" The
Chinese flatterer had told the princess:
"You look CO.,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

norant OF the date of his own birth.
His life began as a slave on planta-
ton in Virginia. He must have been
a very small boy when the war broke
out, for he once said: Might after
night, before the dawn of day, on an
old plantation in vi: ginia, 1 recall the
form of my sainted mother bending
over the bundle of rags that envelOped
my body, on a dirt floor, breathing a
fervent prayer to heaven that 'Massa
Lincoln might succeed and that some
day she and l might be free" After
the close of the war, Booker Washing
ton went with his brothers to West Vir-
ginia, where they worked in the coal
mines for pay in money. One day, on
seeing a negro laboriously spelling out
newspaper paragraph to a group of
colored people, who gazed at him with
onen-moutned wonder and veneration,
a desire for study was awakened in the
boy. He obtained n situation to do
chores for lady vino taught him 20
read.
Soon after, on hearing that at-Hamp-
ton was a school where black boys
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

Then, il you ike, you can increase the
waters temperature. The fish will not
pay any attention to the change if it
be made gradually, and will eat good
deal more than in quite cold water. In
crease the heat still more and he will
develop strong appetite and his skin
will look clean and glossy.
You may go on with this treatment
for any length of time, always slightly
adding to the heat of the water, and
giving the fish more and more to eat,
until the water is as hot as your hand
can bear. If you then put the fish in a,
radiated aquarium-that is. an aquari-
UNI with heat playing on part of it. so
that one-half of the water is colder than
the other-the fish will keep to the hot
part and bask in it. 1t is said that a.
fish will even live little while without
outward discomfort in water not a.
great deal below the boiling point. A.
fish certainly seems to derive benefit
from living in hot water, and is better
enting after such life when it is dead.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
MAINE CHEWING TOBACCO.
Farmers FInvOrinE 1t with Maple
Sirup Just Their Grand
fathers Did.

Since the price of plug tobacco went
up, a good many farmers in Maine
have been making their own chewing
tobacco, just as their grandfathers did.
Tobacco seed is bought in Virginia or
Kentucky, and planted in hot beds or
boxes early in the spring. After dan
ger from frost has passed, the seed
lings are transplanted in rich ground
and allowed to grow until September
1. The stalks are cut off near the
ground on dry day and the whole
plant, with leaves attached is hung in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

could learn and work their own way.
he walked and worked his passage to
that point, where he found himself sur
rounded by an atmosphere of business.
Christian influences and spirit of self
help that awakened every latent fac
ulty and brought realization of what
it meant to be man instead of piece
of transferable property. On finishing
his school course, in 1881, he began, at
Tuskegee, Ala, what he intends to be
his life work. Without dollar, in a
church and small shanty, with one
teacher and so pupils, he established
school, which, with its spirit of work
and industrial thrift, aided by the state
and by some people of the north, has
developed into an institution of 1000
students, 81 teachers and 80 buildings
From the ranks of these students are
to be sent out well-educated, self-re.
among the ten millions of cOlored PEG
pie of the south, and help to elevate
them to their own condition.
At Tuskegee institute, industrial
training goes hand in hand with men,
tai and moral teaching. Mr.. Wash,
ington so earnestly desires that the
colored people should be expert work.
men at all the trades that students
without funds are enabled to work OuI
all their expenses at the school. Thia,
at the same time, has greatly aided il
| the development of the institution liz
self. All but three of the IS buildings
! have been erected by the students
Many of the largest are brick, which
certain of the pupils here learning
the trades they are to follow in after
life have manufactured in the bricr-
yard of the school. This yard produces s
not only all the bricks they require. bat
many thousands more which are sold
in the surrounding country each year
At first Mr.. Washington, having ia
money, was unable TO impart such prao-
teal knowledge as he desired, and had
to teach from books alone. But Ie
was fortunate in the possession of q
friend who was willing to loan $500 -
pay towards the purchase of a farm
near Tuskegee.
The school was soon moved to this
land. The boys were taught indoors
during a part Of the day, and passed
the remainder of the time in putting
the land in order and making brickA
A skilled man was hired to instruct IN
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

regard to burning them the first year,
and after that the students did all the
work themselves. Other young men
learn brickIaying, and others still to bG
carpenters. \ large tract of valuable
timber land is now owned by the in.
stitute upon which good sawmill has
been erected, all lumber needed being
cut here. Joiner work and carriage
making are taught. All the carts, wag.
ons and carriages used on the place
are made on the premises, and the
hickory lumber wagons are in such de-
mand that all not needed are readily
sold TO surrounding farmers. 1t il
always intended to have a building IL
process of construction, for the bene.
fit of the building classes. This year
it is a trades school building. Last
year it was a handsome brick church,
with a seating capacity of 1000. The
plans were made by the instructor in
mechanical and architectural drawing,
a colored man named Taylor. The
peWs and cOrnices were designed by
students. Men learning tinsmithin9,
stating and putting in of electrical and
steam-heating apparatus, finished the
work. Each year men and women eX-
pert in different trades are graduated
and largely sought as teachers in other
institutions. They know their lines OF
business well, and seem to have 10 diff
flculty in obtaining employment.
a large part of the furniture used at
the school is built here. Harness-mak-
ing, saddlery, printing, tailoring, black
smithing, painting, plain and fancy
cooking, candy making, millinery,
dressmaking, laundry work and even
nursing, under a capable trained nurse,
are taught. There is a foundry and
machine shop.
AS a large percentage of the south
ern negroes must live in the country,
especial attention is given to agricul-
ture. Mr.. George w. Carver, head of
this department, is a graduate of Iowa
state college. A recently issued PAM
phlet of his tells how he raised between
two and three hundred bushels of sweet
potatoes on an acre of ground where
the average yield is less than so bushels
per acre. A large herd of COWS and a
good dairy and creamery furnish oppor-
tunity for instruction in dairy work,
to which especial attention is given.
For the last ten years conference of
negro farmers, from dozen states, has
met annually under the guidance of Mr..
Washington at Tuskegee, to talk over"
their affairs. They are composed of
those born too soon to enjoy educa-
tional advantages. These people eX-
hihit such intense interest in the pro-
ceedings that their zone day in the
year" is much too short for them.
And thus is the race problem work
ing itself out in the heart of the section
where those deeds are sometimes COM
mitted that cause so much discussion
pro and con by those at distance
who are ignorant of the real condition
of affairs in the black belt of the south,
EDWARD JULIAN.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

sequence Of some accumulative change?
A lump of coal will lie for centuries
unaffected in contact with oxygen, but
the combustion once started, the proc
ess continues as long as there are ele-
ments to combine"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
FISH IN HOT WATER.
I'VE May Believe This Account They
Enjoy 1t and Seem to Grow
Fat in 1t.

A fish is naturally cold-blooded ami
NAL, but if you take fish and keep MIN
in slightly tepid water for month or
so he will soon get used to it, and be
perfectly healthy, says Public Opinion.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13
More PrecIou. Than Diamonds.

Among the rarest of precious stones
the green garnet is probably the most
valuable. This gem is of superb, rich
shade. far more brilliant than that OF
the emerald. green garnet easily
commands double the price of pure
diamond of equal size. because il is so
exceedingly rare, while red garnets are
80 common that their cost is trif1ing.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

First Citizen-Is their baby brighs7
Second Citizen-Bright? He's 4
veritable creeping dictionary!-Puck.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

Cut strip of thick paper so that the ends will
exactly meet when drawn tightly around second
Joint OF the finger. Lay one end on this diagram
at the 0, and order the number the other end
indicates.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

Given for IFS lion -
heads and a z-cent ian
stamp. Neat appear MI
ing and an excellent ~
time keeper. Solid -
nickel-Silver case. with ~
Orname entail back. ME1I e
Mic kel movements, ENyO
scapeme nt fully IFx9 ?
jeweled. The famous MNY,l
"Knicker booker" NJ y y
watch. sx
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-13

These rings genuine roegold plate having the exac
appearance and qualities of solid gold guaranteed
the makers to last years with ordinary usage NeI
patterns and very popular.