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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
PERSONALS.

Miss Ruby Glascock, of Greensboro, is
visiting Mrs. I'll. I'll. Crocker.
Mr.. J. w. Foy continues quite sick at
his home ON South Harrington street.
Mr.. VIM. T.. Dulin, of Washington
City, is in the city.
Mrs. Jno l.. Borden, Mrs. Il. X.
Borden and Miss Daisy Smith are in
the city.
Miss Moselle Apperson is visiting Mrs.
w. III. Walker at No. IA West Cabarrus
street.
Mr.. Frank Erwin, of Washington, d.
c., is in the city His friends are glad
to see him.
visiting Miss Minnie White, North Will
mington street.
Senator L. M. Cheek and daughter, of
Mebane, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Il. Smith, on Hillsboro street.
Mrs. John Gray Bynum, of Green's
boro, and Mr.. George Green and wife,
of Wilson, are visiting at Col. Kenans,
POI North Wilmington street.
Mrs. l.. n. Cooper, of Oxford, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss Bell Coop
er, is visiting Mrs. w. I'll. White, north
Wilmington street.
Geraiu MCCARTHY, enlomOioSlsI, mas
returned from visit to orchards at
Southern Pines, Goldsboro and Faison.
AT each place he found the San Jose
fruit scale.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lawrence. or
Fayetteville, are here. Mr.. Lawrence
is secretary of the Cumberland Fair
Association, and is arranging for a great
exhibit of the Cumberland Fair.
Mr.. Il. G. Parmelee, Chief of Police
of Wilmington, who was a leading spirit
of the revolution of 1898, is attending
the Fair. Mr.. Parmalee formerly repre-
scented New Hanover county in the Leg
islature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19

A mans size usually commands more
respect than his age.
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DOBBIN s. FERRALL.

est from Paris, for high novelty
dresses, 48 inches wide, $500 a
yard.
High Novelties in dress goods.
One dress length to a pattern,
$3.50 to $500 a yard.
We sell the real Alexandre-the
old A. I. Stewart & Cos glove
a genuine real kid glove. A great
comfort to every wearer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
OLYMPIA OPERA COMPANY.
An Excellent Performance Last Night
at the Academy Of Music.

An Excellent Performance Last Night
at the Academy Of Music.
Last night at the Academy the stand
ing room sIgn only was out at S:15 and
by S:45 several hundred people had been
turned away.
The Olympia Opera Company improve
every night, and last night 'Boccacio"
was really a great artistic success.
Miss Myers as Boccacio was even at
her best Miss Jenkins pretty voice
again proved leasing feature. Miss
Lottie Ktndall. ;,S the ccquette wife of
the cooper, was charming, and Miss
Birth added greatly to the comedy ele-
merit as Perobella, the spinster looking
for a man. The three comedians
Messrs. Iightwood, Whyte and Young
We're irresistably funny, and kept the au-
dience in a roar of laughter Mr..
WHITES peculiar comis song in the last
act making a great hit" Mr.. Langlors
was very good as Leonetto Mr.. OHM
was satisfactory in the part of the
Prince, Mr. Weston's fine tenor voice
was heard at its best, the choruses We're
strong and effective, the costumes ele-
CANT and appropriate, and all i'm all the
production was simply most thoroughly
enjoyable.
Tonight Gilbert and Sullivan's great
japanese opera, Mikado, will be given
with the full strength of the company
and with every attention to detall.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
SOLDIERS INVITED TO ATLANTA
Georgians Preparing for Great Re.
ception to Dewey.

Acting Adjutant General Harris yes
terlay received dispatch from Adju-
tant General Phil. G. Byrd, of Georgia,
asking him to send the following tel
gram to every military company in North
Carolina:
''Your company is invited to parti-
cipate in the public parade and pageant
in Atlanta on October 26th, in honor Oh
Admiral Dewey. If you accept tele
graph AdJutant General Byrd, of At
lanta, for particulars
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
Rich Carpets, Rugs,
Curtains, Draperies.

We sell these direct from the
mills. 1t will be of great interest
to you to go through our stock of
these goods, on our second floor.
1t will be a revelation to you.
Coats, Jackets, Capes from the
very best tailors. This ready-made
department is our greatest success.
See it. Perfection in fit guaran-
teed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

The Abbott Beddingfeld case was ar
gued in the Supreme court yesterday.
The Supreme court will not hold
session today, but resume the calleof the
Fourth district cases on tomorrow (Fri-
day. morning at 10 o'clock.
The will of the late Rev. w. s. Lacy
was yesterday admitted to probate an
the office of the clerk of court of Wake
count. 1t is a Photograph will. His wife
is named as executor. The estate is
left to her.
General Hoke has returned from
recent trip to Cranberry Mines. He says
that $50 men are at work there. The
ore bed as so far exposed is 80 feet
wide, and is shown along the STRIKE"
for 1000 feet. A shaft is down in it
100 feet. The rise from the creek level,
where the strike begins, to the end of
the 1900 feet rise is 425 feet. The ore is
of great purity, magnetic ore. The tests
by the army and navy show it to be
of great tenacity and density.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
Millinery! Millinery!

Autumn and Winter Millin-
cry now ready for the trade.
Our designs are excellent,
and well suited to our people.
AS our time is entirely de-
voted to headWear and its &C
compartments, we think we
are in a better position to
please a greater variety OF
customers desiring a becom-
ing style.
We sell Trimmed Hats from
SI.oo to $1,000, therefore all
classes can be we'll served.
New Pattern Hats every
Wednesday during the sea-
son.
Goods sent on approval.
Express paid one way
Miss Maggie Reese S
200 FAYETTEVILLE ST.
RALEIGH. N. q.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin-
ity to 8 p. M: Fair
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, SO; minimum
temperature, Ga; mean temperature, "A;
otal rainfall, o.
For North Carolina; Fair Thursday
and Friday; variable Winds
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19

The Abbott Beddingfeld case was al
gued in the Supreme court yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
Masters Of the Field

Stars and Stripes Forever.
The Little Minister. Baby Waltzes.
Dixie and Maryland My Maryland.
Gilmore Band Patrol March.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19

Says a Boston girl: 1t is an incontro-
vertible actually that the anticipatory
avis appropriates the prematurely active
vermicular specimen" She meant that
the early bird catches the worm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
Jones Gives Money Back. -szamm-
OUR MILLINERY

business is on a boom-its natural
the most complete stock of Millinery
Furnishings in the city, expert trim
mers and designers, and smallest pri-
ces consequently we are doing the bus
mess. Plenty extra help Give us
your order aud your hat viii be deliver
ed promptly.
Plaids.
New line Dress Plaids, just in;
beauties, at 29c, doc, soc.
Black Crepons.
The $1.25 quality at Csc: the $500
quality at $1.50, for this week only.
Remnants.
About 5000 remnants, of all kinds of
goods-Worsteds Percales, Ginghams,
Calicoes, Cheviots, etc, etc.--lM to .
yards to piece-suitable for making
waists, children's dresses and skirts, at
third less than regular prices.
Japanese Whisk Brooms Sc.
Petroleum Jelly, the Zoe size, DC. jar.
Box paper and envelopes, &c, Sc Zoe,
12c to zoe.
A fast black ribbed hose for misses
and ladies', stout, heavy goods, 12l3c
pair
Ladies' dressing sacques, SO.
Nice line fancy baskets, 15c to 1915.
Children's Union Suits, 25c Misses
Union Suits, soc; Ladies' Union Suits,
SOC, 75c. and $1.00.
400 sample umbrellas, 40c to $3.50.
We invite all visitors to make our
store headquarters.
vAE rFn E HAMHEN
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w. r. JONES-Our Millinery.
J. w. BARBER & SON-Special No
tice.
SHERWOOD HIGGS & CO.-Masters
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-19

President King, Farmers Bank,
Brooklyn, Mich, has used DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers in his family for years.
Says they are the best. These ia
nous little pills cure constipation, bill
iousness and all liver and bowel troubles.
Bobbitt-W ynne Drug Co., w. III. King
& Co., Adams & Moye, VIM. Simpson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
ABOUT BANANAS.
Enormous Quantities of the FrufE
Consumed ia This Country.

Enormous Quantities of the FrufE
Consumed In This Country.
From the Washington Star.
''There is no fruit, either of domestic or
foreign growth for which there IS such a
steady demand at all seasons throughout
the United States, as the banana" said a
leading wholesale dealer in fruit In New
York to the writer the other day. Indeed.
the banana, like the peanut-eatlng habit,
seems TO increase I'm the country annually.
Ten years ago 100000 punches OF bananas
would satisfy the American demand for
the fruit, but last year the twenty or more
importers OF bananas sold as many as 49,
900 600 punches. OF that quantity about
100000 punches, chiefly of the yellow
skinned variety, were alone consumed in
New York city.
while the yeIlow-skinned fruit Is now
more abundant, cheaper and more extern
siycly eaten than ever before, the red
skinned banana grown In Cuba Is both
scare and high priced. Such bananas are
at present only shipped In comparatively
small quantities and are selling readily at
from TO cents each retail. The Cuban
product is limited owing to the fact that
many of the larger banana plantations
were so badly ruined or neglected during
the recent war that they do not yield the
great amount of fruit that they formerly
did. In the matter Of taste, however the
Cuban variety Is In no way superior 20 ths
common yellow sort but the red-tinted
banana is by some considered more orna-
mental 10 place on The table, and for that
reason II Is a favorite.
Bananas come from Llmon, in Costa
Rica; Santa Marta, In the United States
Of Colombia, and also from the Island OF
Jamaica where is perhaps grown the I'm
largest
yelloW-skinned fruit The banana tree
Yields fruit every month in the year.
Each tree bears from one 30 three
punches of the fruit containing from 100
10 200 bananas The fruit Is not allowed
to ripen on the tree. 1t is gathered whi.e
stn green and given so many days to ripen
on the steamer on which II Is shipped to
market in this country.
when buying bananas never purchase
the long thin ones unless you want fruit
which VIII pucker your mouth. No matter
how well rpencd these thin bananas may
appear 70 be- they will always be found
both sour and acrid. This is because the
bunch which contained them was picked
too soon The banana grows fastest M
first in length. When IL has reached itS
full development in that direction IL sud-
denly begins to swcl, and In few days
viii double It's girth. IL - az che end u
this time that Il begins 10 ripen natnrai-
IS, ana the effort OF the banana importer
Is 20 have the fruit gathered az the last
possible moment. ana yet before the rip
enlnr has progressed even enough 60 tings
the bright green Of the fruit with yei-
low difference Of twenty-four hours
on the trees ~ this time viii make q diff
ference IN the weight OF tho fruit OF per-
hapa - per cent, ana al the difference In
80 final flavor between puckfry sour
and che sweetness and smoothnfsa which
are characteristic 0f the rips banana"
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Large A0Iding Mahogany Cribs

-.
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ms uepaI tuie ny W. "ei' ~ ita 'oo.'
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- b,'l1,li,1ra wv -
49, 49, " ~, ,st,.a 60 H.,
could eyn1ain Ibo n,,,siarv Ne ,,roy1r.tl,.
rcnlicd tbst ne Co,l3 not TIe bsd 1d,,er
seen anvthing excant the sheets ana orher
spread during his entire stay with as He
had been obliged to sleep in his clothes,
using the table cloth as an outside wrap.
At first he thought it accident or forget
fulness on the part of my Wife and DIS he
seldom retired until after midnight, did
, not wish TO complain at so late an hour.
When repeated requests brought no change
Of relief, and he could no longer stand
the fatigue, he was forced 10 believe that
ior some unknown reason, we desired TO
freeze him out
AS The bedding did not make Its appear
anee, was Obliged TO buy new. 1h.s, now
ever, remained undlsturbed. Matters went
on as usual until the advent OF company
from the city was resented by the cham
ber-maid as personal insult TO obtain
more work from her than was our due, 50
IN the early morning sac left. My vie
prepared her room for her successor When
about to leave the room she noticed tlat
the end Of the sheet had slipped down
and was training on the floor. She hsted
The corner OF ire mattress to pun il W,
and there, on the springs, carefully laid
out, were all the missing bed-clothes. Now
my wife remembered that when the girl
first came she had c1mpla ned of the hard
ness Of her sleeping accommodations. Evil
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
HAlR.RAISING HAPPENINGS.
PROVING MATERIAL CHARACTER
OF STRANGE EXPERIENCES.

The Terrifying Spectral Illusion Of
Seeing His Grandfather Reappear
on the Anniversary of the Old Gem
tIeman's Dcnth--An Awful Sound
Mirage at Midnight That Was IN
cnnny Enough to Convince the
Most SISepticaI of the Presence OF
DisembodIed spirits-A GhOstIy
Chair and the MystifyinG Dianp-
pcarance of the Bed Clothes.
L. Mel. Wilson.
have always maintained that there
is no such thing as the supernatural.
have found in my own experience that
every occurrence, no matter how mysteri-
Gus it may appear at the time, can DE log
iaiy accounted for, if properly investi-
stated. True, in some cases. years have
elapsed before I discovered the actual so
luton but I have never failed. In the
end, TO 10 so.
There are certain sensations common
To the human race, ascribed by the SUI
Iersutious, to uncanny influences, which
are nothing but tricks played upon the
system by disordered nerves. This is even
noticeable in animals. A horse becomes
PAM" stricken at a piece Of flying paper
Ia the air, or sometimes at perfectly
sun and silent object, such as a boulder
III the road These things may appear
supernatural to The horse but to US who
now better ehey are undeniably of the
earth earthly.
One Of The most extraordinary aud
Spectral illusions imaginable occurred
"aile l was living in c.. Ny bedroom
was light and airy, bay window occupied
lA7 end, IN the side wall were two ordin-
Windows the bed stood between them,
mante.piece was opposite, over which
''NS a hfe-szed Water"Co.Ored portrait
y. nay grandfather, II represented him
-.ed reading "A book. on a beautiful
'ernoon, about half after o'clock. l
opened to look ont OF the window near
z He bed. / could not believe my senses.
1He on the porch OF The house oppos-
iA bis familiar chair. was my grand
i.r reading. ] called the family,
.Ay, ANA they an saw f. clear sharp
distinct. In less tnan five minutes
"n ,he time I had first seen %, Il faded.
.'.d away, and was gone.
I.' grandfather WAS dead. ana this was
AuniFersary OF that event ! could
lFe any explanation OF The vision.
milN was much affected hy q, ana
s.sN b'NftssinB weather which aoi in next
nd no, help their low spirits. bur as
IA occurred with lime ibis wore
ana, though ] never pafsed The
Fthouf boxing f0r %, J go mol
20 the phantom.
NY neAt ann.yelsary a slfateh Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

sighs then silence. l could in no way
account for this uncanny visitation, l
knew there was no other living person IN
the house. Presently a cock crew, dog
barzed, and at last, dawn came with the
twittering of birds.
That day while at the village drug store,
I heard Farmer Jones ask the clerk TO
give him something for his wife, she was
very i'll and had cried oil night for him
to help her. Instantly l knew that 1t
was this poor woman's voice which had
reached me- Their pace was just across
the meadow, about ha.f a mie from my
house. Her husbands Christian name and
mine were the same. ! questioned him
c.ose.y and found she had repeated the
words exactly as l had heard them in my
room.
Fog plays strange tricks on both land
and sea. Owing to some unusual state Of
the atmosphere the voice had crossed the
intervening space wandered in a my WIN
dow and made a soundng-bOard OF the
foot Of my bed. mirage Of sound,
was the result, IL such term can be
used
A Chilly Visitor.
A guest arrived at our house, one day in
the fan of the year. We had experienced
much trouble with new servants. and my
wife wishing to aid the chambermaid, ar
ranged the bed in the spare room herself,
der.
At breakfast time we asked our friend If
he had enjoyed a sound sieep, and found
his quarters comfortable. He replied that
there was nothing he could suggest except
a little more bedclothlng. My wife had
thought two heavy blankets and a comfort,
beside the spread. would be sufficient, con
sdering the weather, but then no two peo-
pie are alike in this respect She gave the
servant another blanket and told her to
put il on Mr.. LIS bed.
Naturally we inquired If he had Jared
better in she morning. He looked rather
fatigued / thought and was quite embar-
raised when he said a comfort would be
very acceptable. My wife seemed astonish~
ed but assured him she would see 70 il
herself In the afternoon she put n com
fort on the foot OF his bed, and IN speak
ing TO me, said Mr.. L. had all the avail
abe bed-clothlng at her command. and
that only a ealamauder could live under
such a lot Of stuff without suffocating He
had four blankets, three comforts and a
spread.
wan and hageered he appeared the next
morning I lagghngly inquired:
wen, were you warm enough last
night?"
Il don't see how you people ret along
without freezing he responded. You
must be- extremely cold blooded."
For heavens sake, Mary" ! exclaimed
why DON'T you give the poor man enough
clothcs2"
Two large blankets were added 70 his
collection.
A. breakfast L. looked horribly. ] IN
quircd about his health.
pray. do NOT trouble yourself further"
be replied. coidly. ~ shan leave o-day
I'm 90 up 90 Mnson's place. where I
can Eet warm
had always known L. was eccentric.
] certainly though Doe was q lifflo touched.
A. every thing had been done for his com.
f9rl ana welfare. tAis rule remark was
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II Then / recognized what an apsura
trick my wrought up nerves had P'ayed
upon me only a few minutes before
loud crack behind the bookcase nad gwen
me quito a start. In the stiilness u
ngtht the sound made by contracting Woo1-
work Is always ghostly, while In
the daytime we give it no consideration
whatever. -
/ continued my story. but kept a sharp
lookout on the chair. II STOOD upon the
perauetry border, which ran around the
room next the wall. Immediately in front
OF the window, its back against the sash
curtain. This was the only pieces OF drap-
cry IL such It could be called, on that side
Of the room A number OF times | was
almost sure ] saw the chair tremble' but
so slightly / could not be certain. Fnaily
I fixed the exact position Of its lego upon
the pattern Of the wooden flooring where
~ n moved n hairs breadth could see u,
but Il did not. I made up my MIND that
the Earring was produced by my own heart
humping against my ribs, and determined
10 finish my book and go TO bed. almost
forgot me incident so powerfully had the
Etale absorbed me, when the cat at my leet
began 10 make stealthy movements.
looked at the hoOr-the chair had advanced
toward me from he wall. three inches De-
yond the spot where It previously stood. l
could see It move. The base board De
yond was plainly visible, the window was
] iAiA'p7tlAf'f'
anyone 20 be concealed behind the snort,
nmsey sash curtain.
slowly but surely the legs slid forward
over the polished floor, while l marked
their progress with riveted gaze. Inc
eat had arisen from the fur robe, ana
stood with arched back and bristllng tan,
a silent spectator Presently the forward
legs touched the edge OF tho carpet, and
stoned short, no longer having slip
pery surface to glide upon. The chair
began 10 bob back and forth first on one
leg. then on the other; i executed quite
a dance and went through "a succession
OF bows and antics which might have
been amusing under different circun-
stances, but which were not appreciated py
either the cat or myself
At last. driven frantic by these Wild
gestures, ] jumped up and with all my
strength pushed the chair back against
/ the window. A cry from outside, and
/ hurriedly retreating footsteps, gave me an
idea of who my late visitor was.
We had been much troubled for month
by unruly boys, and one morning, finding
a pistol shot through the library window,
1 / had called in the police They traced
the act 90 the guilty party. who, after
a rather stim fright, was allowed 70 go
! free under promise Of reform Tho win
/ dow. which was about six feet above the
ground had not been repaired as the
/ BAH had only loft a little hole whore Il
had penetrated. The young scamp, ] sup
/ pose thought he would return some OF
/ The fright the police had caused him over
[ The episode, for when I went outside 10
/ look about / found a piece OF telephone
wire hanging out Of the hole IN the glass.
/ Tine follows face when next ! saw him
] was somcwhat dishgured by The unex-
/ pocted push had given his Instrument
m-s-ss-s-
These" pllyfuly remarked the
rwlndlor as he A'led the conventional TN