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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
BARN BURNED.
Church Blown Down Damages of the
Storm-Approaching Marriage.

Burlington, \. C. June 10 Special)-
What was queer accident occurred dur
ing a recent thunderstorm. The barn of
j. c. McAden who lives about -four miles
from here was burned. 1t is alleged
that lightning struck telephone wire
which rested on the roof ana set fire To
the barn which was burned. together
with a mule and lot OF feed An ac-
ton for damages may he brought. The
Christian Church Mt Big Falls was
blown down and completely wrecked.
The church was new. Another barn
near town was struck by lightning and
burned
The wheat crop in some sections of the
county has been blown down and great
ly damaged.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
on June 29th of Mr.. Ogden +. Crowson,
editor of the Burlington News. to Miss
Victoria Ferguson. of Milton, y. G.. 4
reception will be given them at this place
on July 3rd at the beautiful home of Mr..
and Mrs George W. Anthony.
The Methodists are preparing for the
Durham District Conference which con-
venes at this place on the 2Sth inst.
continuing over Sunday. They are re-
modelling the church and putting in new
lights, etc
The business men of the city are much
interested M Stepsp looking to the con
structon of Il connecting Xix of railroad
from Greensboro to Pittsboro, tapping
the Seaboard and thus giving us compet-
ing rates.
The Ossipee and and Altamahaw Cot
ton Mill proprietors have made our coun-
ty commissioners a proposition to ma
cadamize the road from their mills 70
Elon College, provided they pay the
money back of them if the bond issue
which is to be voted on in August ear
rieS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
THE ELM LEAF BEETLE.
An Insect That is Committing Ravages
on the Leaves of Elm Trees.

To the Editor:
| have received so many inquiries from
all parts of the State about the ravageS
of an insect on the leaves of the Elm
trees that | wish to request the press of
the State to copy the following as wide
~ as possible:
The insect at work is the Elm leaf
beetle (Galerucella luteola. Mill The
mature insect is Il beetle about "a an
inch long, with head, thoraX and margins
of the wing covers a reddish yellow.
These deposit their eggs in early spring
in irregular rows, side by side The
young grubS that are now eating the
leaves are about one twentieth of an
inch, with black tubercles and hairs.
They feed only on the under side of the
leaf, and complete their growth in Is
to 20 days, and when fully grown have
Il broad yellow stripe on the back, and
a narrower stripe on the sides, the
stripes being separated by dark bands
set with tubercles bearing dark hairs.
The grown grubs descend the trees and
transform to orange yellow pupae i'll
the crevices of the larger limbs and
trunk, and on the ground at the base
OF the tree, where they often form lay
eTS near Hall an lUtll tuiths HI NufI
places they change to beetles i'll five or
more days, and often make a second
brood that goes to work eating the
leaves again in July or August.
Remedies have used sticky fly
paper in early spring to catch the
beetles. But as in the case of the house
fly, they are so numerous that this avails
little Many may be destroyed III the
pupa stage when they are clustered
about the base of the trees. But the
only real remedy is to spray about the
trees when the larvae are eating.
Kerosene emulsion we have recommend
ed, but the best authority on this insect
we find adheres to the use of Paris
green. This should be mixed with water
at rate of one-fourth pound to 80 gal
Ions of water and sprayed with a spray
ing pump and hose to reach into the
tree. The Paris green must be kept
agitated as it does not dissolve in the
water. but simply is held in suspension.
a good spraying pump usually has an
agitator that does this.
w. L. Massey.
Entomologist n. c.. Experiment Station.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
SPRING OATS INJURED
THE GARDENS HAVE SUFFERED
EVERY WHERE
COTTON HAS STOOD DROUGHT WELL
Severe Storms With Hail Have Damaged Crops
in Five Counties, Harvest Under Way
and Wheat Found to be of
Good Quality.

The Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin
for North Carolina, issued yesterday by
the Weather Bureau here, says:
The weather during the first half of
the week ending Monday, June II, was
characterized by extreme heat, dryness
and glaring sunshine. The temperature
averaged over six degrees above the nor
mad daily, with extremes from 80 de
grees to 100 degrees almost everywhere
up to Friday. Local thunderstorms oc-
CURED Thursday evening, and light rains
We're general the remainder of the week,
apparently breaking the drought thor
oughly. The rainfall was least in the
eastern part of the State. and especially
in the west where more moisture is still
required.
Severe storms with hail damaged
crops over considerable areas in the
central portion of North Carolina. chiefly
in Davidson, Iredel. Franklin. Wake.
and Nash counties. The week closed
cloudy and cooler, but not sufficiently
so to check the growth of crops.
The effect of the drought during the
forepart of the week was most serious
i'm the Western district. where the rain
fall has been insufficient for some
weeks. The growth of corn was Sc
rionsly checked and some young corn
was killed. Garden vegetables suffered
everywhere, and spring oats were CON
siderably damaged. The INJURY on the
whole was far less than might have
been expected on account of the excellent
state of cultivation of all crops. and
the rainfall already received will induce
fresh and vigorous growth.
Harvest is now fully underway with
prospects for wheat crop of good quail
ity. Some fall oats and rye have been
cut; spring oats are low and very poor.
Cotton has withstood the drought well.
and even made excellent growth. Corn
has grown slowly. many complaints Of
damage by cut worms continue to be
received, and there are some complaints
OF poor stand: laying by will begin in
the south soon.
Tobacco generally looks well. though
small for the season in the north central
portion, where the stand is not good
Potato shipments continue, but the tu-
bers are small, and the yield below ex-
pecfations. Dry weather interfered with
sedung late sweet potato slips.
=Cabbages are heading nicely, melons
doing wei, and blackberries ripeninc
Many field peas Were planted. Rice
IN the east suffered TO some extent from
drought.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
WOULD NOT SUFFER so AGAIN
FOR FIFTY TIMES ITS PRICE

I aWoke last night with severe pains In
my stomach. ! never felt so badly in all
my life. When | came down to work
TINS morning felt so weak / could hard
y work. l went to Miller & McCurdy's
drug store and they recommended
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t worked like
magic and one dose fixed me all right.
II certainly is the finest thing / ever
used for stomach trouble. l shall not be
without 1T in my holse hereafter for
should not care to endure the suffcriEgs
OF last night again for fifty times its
price.-G. ii. Wilson, Liveryman, Bur
geftstown, Washington CO., Pa. This
remedy is for sale everywhere. Bobbitt-
Wynne Drug Co. and III. T. Hicks,
Druggists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
DIAMOND-BACK TERRAPIN.
Onslow Folk Don't Like Recent Legs
lation on the Subject.


The last Legislature knocked a hole
in the diamondback terrapin business
of Onslow county. There are a number
of people in that county engaged in
that industry and in 1891 the following
act was passed specially for their bene-
fit:
THAT any citizen of Onslow county
is hereby empowered to propagate dia-
mond- back terrapins in the waters of
Onslow county, and he shall not be
liable to the penalties of section 1877
of the Code so long as he shall confine
his operations to said county, except so
far as said penalties relate to the de-
struction of diamond back terrapins and
their eggs"
Now the last Legislature passed a
bill. introduced by Mr.. Rountree, of
New Hanover. providing that all laws
and clauses of laws, whether in public
or private acts passed since January
1st. 1884 amending. altering
or changing section 1917 of the Code of
North Carolina be, and the same are
hereby repealed, specifically named here
in or not. That section 1871 of the
Code be, and the same is hereby re-
enacted and declared to be in full force
and effect with the dates April 1st and
August 1st substituted in place of April
10Th and August 18TH
Though this change in the law may
be a good one for the rest of the State
the Onslow county people think it's a
bad one for them The fact that it was
not aimed at them makes it no less
effective.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14

Last fail / sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The doct ,r
called on said at first it was a eiigft
strain and would soon be well, but It
grew worse aud the doctor then sail I
had rheumatism. 1T continued to grew
worse and | could hardly get alourd to
work. | went 10 Il drug store end the
druggist recommended me 10 try Cham
berlains Pain Balm. tried it and one
half of a 5O-ceat bottle cured lie e.ijre-
ly. / now recommend it to all nv
friends.-F. A. Babcock, Erie. Pa 1t is
for sale everywhere. Bobbtt Wynne
Drug Co. and III. T. Hicks, Druggists,
Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
TEACHERS ELECTED.

In the list of officers and teachers
for the Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institu-
ton, published in yesterdays paper,
the following were omitted:
Miss Laura Newsom, Raleigh, assist
ant in kindergarten.
Miss Gertrude Fisher, Sampson coun-
ty, music teacher.
Abbie Green (col.), boys matron in
Colored Department.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
VOLCANIC ERUpTIONS.

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life
of joy Bucklen's Arnica Salvc, cures
them; also Old, Running and Fever
Sores. Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns,
Warts. Cuts. Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only % cents a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14

Was the result of his splendid health.
lnGomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels are out of order
If YOU want those qualities and the
success they bring, use DR. Kings New
Life Pills. They develop every power
of brain and body. Only - cents at all
drug stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
THE SARATOGA a WRECK.

London. June 13.--A caDiegram has
been received from Buenos Ayres stat
ing that the Norwegian ship Saratoga,
Captain Bache, which smled from PEN
sacola. March 10th, for Puerto Belgrano
is ashore and total wreck.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14

What you want is not temporary re-
lief from piles, but cure to stay cured.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Save cures
piles, and they stay cured. Soothes
burns. wounds and skin diseases. Bob
htt-Wynne Drug Company. w. IT..
King Il Co.. Adams Il Moye, William
Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-14
COUNTY BRIDGE BONDS.
Bids for $1,000 of Per Cent Bonds to
be Opened Tomorrow.

be Opened Tomorrow.
The bids for the $4,000 worth of coun-
ty bridge bonds will be opened tomorrow
at II O'Clock in the office of the Coun-
ty Treasurer
The bonds have already been prepared
and will be ready for delivery imme
diately after the sale is completed.
They are thirty year, u per cent bonds,
and the proceeds from their sale can be
devoted only to building bridges i'll this
county.
There are eight of the bonds, 81 900
each. On each bond there are thirty
coupons for $50 each The first OF
these coupons is payable January /,
1900. and the last January /, 1929.
The coupons are signed by Julius
Lewis. Chairman Of the Board OF
County Commissioners. and by w. H.
Hood, clerk to the board.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21
Fertile Lands Of Colorado.

The traveller who visits Colorado for the
first time Is surprised and impressed with
the opportunities the state affords in agri-
cultural pursuits. The mineral wealth of
the state, with its many famous mines,
seems to have become fixed in the minds OF
strangers, crowding out all knowledge of
her wonderfully fertile soil. Little thought
Is ever given to the Il, coo miles Of irriga-
CATION canals that have been constructed,
and the 1000, 900 acres OF land which have
thus far been made productive. Yet, out
out of 81 exhibits from Colorado at the
worlds fair. eighty-one special premiums
were awarded, covering all kinds Of fruit
and produce The wheat exhibit attracted
wide attention, and twenty-five awards
were given it alone, the largest number
received by any one state in tho Union.
The fruit industry has reached 81, 0O0, 900
year and is yet in its infancy. Sugar beet
culture is profitable industry. The min
eral wealth Of the state which leads all
other states in the Union in the output Of
gold and silver, does not compare with her
agricultural wealth. A handsome and pro-
fusely illustrated pamphlet, entitled Tho
Fertile Lands of Colorado" has just been
issued by the passenger department Of the
Denver & Rio Grande railway, and gives
detailed information of the lands and their
location, and may be had upon application
to S. K. Hooper, general passenger agent,
Denver, or H. NJ Gushing, travelling pas
senger agent, 80 West Second South street,
Salt Lake City. Utah.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21

tie which hung from an iron bar.
Altogether the visit to the hut did
not occupy above I'VE minutes.
The sergeant declared himself satis-
ned, and Mrs. Baynes. rising from the
bed, begged Mr.. Hall to stay and &C
cept OF some tea.
The l-sttle IL already on tho boil,
sir" she said.
Pray do not disturb yourself, Mrs
Baynes," the squatter answered, as she
stood up. I'VE are too sorry for hav-
ing had to come at all"
When the search-party had with
drawn, tho sergeant remarked to Mr..
Hall
That's the woman, / suppose. I've
heard 80 much talk about--the one
people said was mad and shut up
herew
Il dare say" replied Mr.. Hall. "Peo-
pie say all sorts OF things. She's the
cooks wife, and is hopeless invalid,
but she is very good at her needle,
and my wife Is uncommonly glad to
have her here. Poor thing, she looks
very white and Ill"
The disappearance of Bob Luke re-
mained complete enigma.
The colonial papers, under the head
Ing OF The Mysterious Disappearance
on the Barrier Ranges" suggested all
sorts OF solutions to the riddle, and
penny-a-liners found In 1t a large
scope for their imag'nations
All the remarkable disappearance
that had ever been recorded wore
brought to light again, and, as a last
loophole out OF the difficulty, 1t was
suggested that the man had for some
urgent reason determined to lose his
identity, and so had gone OF, leaving
his boots behind him In order to throw
people OF the scent.
Like most other mysteries, this soon
became thing OF the past The sub
Jet at last grew monotonous, and in
= very few months people had ceased
to think any more about 1t. What,
after all. was a bushman more or less
Of whom no one knew anything and
Tor whom nobody cared?
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21
LONGEST DAYS.
Light on the spitxenbergen for Three
Months.

The following list shows the dura-
tion of the longest day IN various
places all over the world: New York
has, so to say, the shortest longest
day, which is about Is hours long;
while in Montreal it is Is. London
and Bremen each bask in 161a hours
length of day, closely followed by
Hamburg and Dantzig with 80 minutes
more The longest day in Stockholm
lasts 1871 hours. but both st Peters
burg and Tobolsk. Siberia, go one bet
ter with day OF exactly 10 hours
and their shortest 5 hours. June 81
brings to Tornea. Finland, summer
day nearly % hours long-and Christ
mas day 211 hours only. (How I'M
fortunate are the children OF TorneaD
The foregoing lengthy days, however,
are easily left behind by Wardburg.
Norway, which boasts OF day lasting
without break from May 81 to July %.
but even this is surpassed by Spitz-
bergen, where-mirabile dictui-the
longest day is something like three and
. half months.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21
ANIMAL coMBATs.
Dsssts That Are Confined In Cages
Fight In Sheer DeviIment.

usosss That Are Confined In Cages
Fight in Sheer DeviIment.
Fights in sheer devilment sometimes
take place between animals in confine-
ment. says Cassells Magazine. A
short, sharp battle took place In Ed
monds' menagerie between lion and
tiger just forty years ago. The lion
was the same which had escaped from
Jamrach's yard In what was then Rat
cliff highway, and bitten boy. Mr..
Edmonds bought 1t, and Is said to have
billed 1t as the tiger that swallowed
the child" CT course the beast was a
great draw, but after few days In It's
new quarters the tiger managed to
draw forward the sliding shutter and
squeeze itself into the adjoining den.
where lion was confined The lion
resented the intrusion, but was imme-
diately seized by the throat and,
though there were tremendous strug-
giles. the fight was practically over as
soon as 1t commenced. The tiger
never loosed its hold and in few min
utes the lion was dead. About twenty
years later a fatal fight took place in
the lion house of the Geological gar
den, Regents park, between tiger and
a tigress. The latter was ill-tempered
and, In sparring with her mate. drove
her claw through his nostril, and so
began the fray. The tiger threw her
down and struck her several times with
his paw, but without doing serious
damage, then turned away, as II to dis
continue the fight. This the tigress
would not suffer, for she sprang at his
flank and fixed her teeth In his thigh.
This was more than he could stand.
One wild bound freed him; In a mo-
ment she was knocked over, and he
ripped her by the neck, in which hts
huge canine teeth made fearful
Sutton, the keeper, now man
aged to drive him off, and he used to
say that when the tiger loosed his hold
the blood spouted from his victims
neck and splashed on the roof of the
lofty den.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21
CHAPTER TX.

Sullivan's public-house, the thorn IN
every sQuatter's side for thirty miles
around, was a small wooden shanty
consisting Of four or i've rooms. At
the back was building containing
ten or twelve sleeping hunks. This
was called the dead-house, as 1t was
used chiefly for putting customers into
when they we're dead drunk. Outside
che house, facing the mail-track, was q
verandah, II continuation of the
.shingled roof supported by rough posts
stuck into the bare earth could be
dignif1ed by the name.
| Beneath the shade of this rough
verandah, one hot afternoon, lay two
or three drunken wretches overcome
by the fumes Of the lightning rum. In
| side the bar were five or six bushmen
busily engaged in throwing dice for
drinks. odd man out" was the game,
and at the rate Of one shilling per
nobbler the amusement could hardly
be considered a cheap one especially
ming" upon the consumer were taken
into consideration.
Very few station hands on their way
down to town ever succeeded In getting
past Sullivan's; some had attempted
It a score OF times and failed. Even
before the unhappy pigeon had arrived
the news was brought that Long
Jim" was going down to Sydney with
a big cheque."
LET me see-Jim must have boon
over two years now on the station
since he had his last burst" the bloat-
ed-looking rufiian OF landlord would
remark. II dare say he's got over q
hundred pounds!" And when Long
Jim hove in sight he was sure to be
hailed by half score of loafers and
pressed to stop the night.
No-he had determined to push on to
the next stage His horse was fresh,
and he was anxious to get on. Well,
he would stop and have plate Of soup
and a bite? No-he had got some
tucker with him.
"At any rate you'll have drink?"
some one would cry.
well, you amt a-goin off like that
without shoutin', JIM" one Of the
loafers would suggest.
'.Shout?" the pigeon would cry, thus
probed in his weakest part. "Of |
course I'll shout! There's nothing
mean about me. anyhow What are
you all going to have? Drinks all
-ound. and one for yourself, Sullivan"
you must have small drain, too,
Tim, just to show that there's no Ill
will. you know" the landlord would
suggest.
"Oh, not for me. Sullivan I know
'our game OF old. Well, just to show
here aln't no animoslty, give me =
mall drop OF what you've got Here's
,etter luck.''
(To be Continued.)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21
AN ITALIAN ON THE ENGLISH.
Too Calm for Anything to Arouse Any
Interest.

Interest.
II think that the English calmness, T"
80 writes Pietro Verri in one of his
letters OF 1880, published in the HUI
manitarian, docs not depend so much
on the climate as on the fact that here
many truths have already become trits
and commonplace. In Paris there is an
extraordinary enthusiasm for philoso-
ply because philosophy and its truths
are diversified and contrasted, and
from this is produced shock and q
ferment which throw all minds into
revolt; but in London no one gets ex-
cited about anything. If you wish to
believe in nothing, you are at liberty
to do so. II you want to believe only
q little, you can do so. If you wish to
believe this way, or that way, you are
always free to do as you like. Should
you want to found new sect, you can
found it. Do you wish to say that the
king Is fool? You can say 1t as often
as you please-my servant says 1t a
hundred times day. To sum up, here
liberty, not being bound by any linn
itAtion, is altogether peaceful. The
most wretched beggar is free to publish
his opinion about anybody and every
body, and group Of Scottish journal
lists do nothing every day but deride
the government and the court. But,
after all, what pleasure does an emo
tional man derive from this? 1, who.
when in Milan had such a great desire |
to laugh at our senate and our magis-
trates, do not even think of such
thing here. 1t would be just the same
thing as to speak of the weather.
in vetitum. Some truths have
become so common here that they no
longer form the subject of surprise or
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co., illustrate
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21

They met in a cafe. Ever take
anything?" Qs,eried Smith. "Oh. ysa
occasionally" replied jones' with the
happy air usually worn by = man who
accepts an invitation. We'll" pur-
sued Smith, a. he tossed OF cocktail
while Jones looked on. you ought to
quit 1t. It's 4 bad habit. and will ~
the death of you. So lonG"-Nsw
York Worll
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-21

Sec the destructive value Of little
thing; the last straw broke the cam
els back" yes; why didn't somc-
body keep 1t to tickle the elephant
with - Detroit Free Press.