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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

and the Sisters. The boys dormitories
are In the old asylum building in the rear.
This cannot be seen from the street. All
its four floors are dormitories. The large
room at the east end of the building that
would correspond in size to the boys and
girls playrooms below has been parti-
toned off into infirmaries. Here the chill
dren who are ailing or convalescents are
cared for. Only two occupants Of this
department were found, one a little tot
who is indisposed as the result of a slight
cold. These two doubtless regretted that
they could not enjoy the afternoon walk
with the others. The Sisters say they
have much to be thankful for concerning
the health of the one hundred and fifty-one
OCCUPANT Not one is confined to bed, and
as they returned from their afternoon
walk in the brisk air yesterday afternoon,
they were as healthy looking lot OF chill
dren as one could wish to see. The dormi-
tories are all kept in a scrupulously clean
condition. The cots are neatly
there is plenty of room between them.
The appearances is almost that Of con-
tinuous snow drifts. The larger girls
dormftory In the front of the
fourth story is equipped with q
Harris IRE escape-a ladder roll with
rounds of copper tina will reach from
the window at which it Is fastened to the
street. The building is also equipped with
regular fire escapes in the rear. The
larger girls dorn1itory adjoins hat Of the
younger girls and tots, and they willingly
ASSIST the little tots In DRESSING. They
seem to love each other as little sisters
The sisters say that . Of the prettiest
sights to be witnessed IN the entire work
Of the asylum Is the aiacrity and punctuT
atty With which they obey the signal TOR
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

The Ladies' Aid Society is preparing for
a fair and bazaar to be held in the chapel
for three nights, beginning Wednesday
evening. A feature win be the Dairy
Maid Drill by the young ladies of the
church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

A bazaar win be opened at James
Methodist church next Tuesday evening
under the auspices of the Junior League
Chapter of the church and will continue
the following night. Elaborate prepara-
lions have been made for the event.
The young folk the rehearsing for a
Christmas cantata.
The regular services will be
tomorrow by Pastor Johnson
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-09

The children Of the Sunday school win
perform in a pretty operetta in Hasbrouek
Hail on December 10. The piece is called
'sThe Tyrolean Queen,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
BRYAN AND DOUGLASS.

Toe Oil in Atlanta Constitution.
You know just how Stephen A. Doug
lass impressed those who listened 10 ms
arguments" Judge Hopkins, OF Atlanta
remarked TO Il friend who told OF having
heard Mr.. Bryan in his recent speeches
in Georgia" / have never heard announcer
speaker since his day who mace tnaI
same impression. l heard Douglass III
number of speeches when l was young
man, and no man has ever carried TO my
mind the same conviction of honesty III
his convictions until | heard Bryan. nv
cry man. whether he agrees with ME-
Bryan's views or not, must leel absolute
confidence in his honesty, and cannot put
feel that under any and all circumstances
he would be Il safe leader. lie is Il
much bigger man than his critics were
wont to give him credit for during the
last campaign; think even they must
have changed their minds now. And, as
| saw, he reminds me more OF Mr.. Doug
lass than he does of amy other man, ana
more than any other has ever done.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
ACQUIRED A BAD REPUTATION. y

The fine was that the people of Cen
United States was their best friend. Inns
was particularly true when Mr.. Blaine,
as Secretary of State inauguraed
policy of close affiliation. The Mon
roe doctrine makes all the other States
our younger brethren, and it is sad to
see that recent events have caused them
to lose confidence in our disinterested
friendship. Writing to the Chicago Rec
ord from Panama, Mr.. Wm. Z. Curtis
says:
ssThere was a fittle excitement down
here recently over an article that APP
peared in one of the newspapers OF
Rogota suggesting the sale of the State
of Panama to the United States with
the franchise of the canal company. The
citizens of the isthmus became very III
dignant, held public meeting, passed
resolutions and telegraphed protest to
the government. Since the war with
Spain and the annexation of the Hawa-
ian islands and the Spanish colonies to
the United States Uncle Sam has ac-
quired bad reputation among the other
American republics. They ali imagine
that he is eager for conquest and wants
to seize all the territory ne can get
his hands en-. Hence the good people
of Panama were quite agltated over
the suggestion, and it will take them
some time to recover their equinimity.
In view of our9repudiatlon Of tn" Dec
laration of Independence and the Mon
roe doctrine, we have only ourselves
to blame that we have acquired bad
reputation among other American repub-
lies The good Will of the republics
south of ~, and the moral right 10
enforce tifa Monroe doct,ine is worth
more to the United States tnan all the
Asiatics that we may kill and conquer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
ROUGH ON HIS GANG.

We wolilds mach E,refer the govern
ment of North Carolina being left to the
Democratic party alone, than for it to
be controlled by the thing that is now
attempting to run things, and all of US
trying to take part. For a portion
of the citizens to be mixed in would
give as a little better showing Winston
Republican,.
The above editorial, which appea,''l i'll
this weeks Winston Republican, was
doubtless written after the editor had
read the evidence of the wanton ex-
travagance of the Agricultural Depart
ment under Mewborne and John Il.
Smith. 1t is enough to disgust the
staunchest Republican to read such dis
closures. If the editor of the Republican
is ready to say he would much pre-
fer the government of North Carolina
being left to the Demecratic party alone
than for it to be controlled by the ring
lthe Republican and PopuIist fusionists)
that is now attempting to run things, "
we may expect it to come out on the
Democratic side when the exposures at
the penitentiary are made.
The people are tired of the ring that
has corrupted the State through the Re,
porlcan fusionists, and in August OF
next year their eternal doom will be
sounded.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
THE DEGREE OF D. D.

Charity and Children.
We were talking not long ago with a
man who is d pretty straight thinker, and
what do you think he said? We will give
yoqi the substance of his remarks, at
least. Here it is: He said he was tired
of the periodical attacks certain breth-
rem make ON the colleges every time
they confer the degree of ID. ID. on any
body. You may notice it when aud
where you will, he went on, and you
will find it generally true that these an
mual TRADES are made by three classes
Of men. First, those who for years have
coveted the title with watering mouths,
but who stand no showing of ever re-
ceiving it from any respectable college
The next class. he continued, are those
who received the degree when it meant
something. They deplore the way the
colleges throw the title around, in these
degenerate days, among beaerdless boys
and obscure and unlearned men. The
day was. however. when it took merit to
win the honor The third and least inn
portant class, this plain talking philoso-
phcr continued. are hippant fellows who
are always trying to he funny. They do
not care especially about the matter
one way or the other, but being practical
iokers they rush into print about It,
Having said this our friend jumped on
his wheel and left us Illuminating, as
Bill Arp would say. So we concluded
to give the gist of his conversation TO
our readers which we have done. Re
member we do not say these things, but
we are only telling what the man told
us; and by the way, he is no fool either.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
SLEEPERS AWAKENING.

-
Rudyard Kipling says that the Acmri-
cans are long suffering and slow to take
M arms iR resentment of Il national
insult or in defense or their rights, but
once aroused they go resolutely into the
fight and never give up until the vic
tory is won. This distinguished writer
the greatest of his day-ls man of
close observation, and he has read the
character of his transatlantic cousins
with IL clear vision.
The injustice innicted and the hard
ships imposed by the trusts are begin
ming to be keenly felt The barriers that
are being erected against independent
enterprise are becoming intolerablc. The
menace to the perpetuity of our free IN
stitutions is becoming plain to the dull
est intellect. The enormity of the trust
evil is beginning to be fully realized,
and the iron is entering the peoples
souls. They will rise in righteous anger
and their awful might some of these
DAYS, and the oppressive corporations
will fall through the peaceful means OF
the ballot or, that failing bc dc4trrvef
in the smoke and carnage or battle
Revolution is not the remote possi-
bility that that those entrenched behind
copSoudated business may think. Men to
the last degree conservative discuss II
with that grim determination that is
uunistakable, aud newspapers without u
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
Mrs. Col. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PiNKHAM.
ILErrHz TO MRS. r1NKHAM NO. 7z,s96l

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AT last inflammation of the womb
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fered agonics, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano player),
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believe / should have contracted the
morphine hnbit under their care, if my
common sense had not interviewed.
Zone day my husband noticed the adj
vertisement of your remedies and inn
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
DEWEY "AGlN' ExCLUSlVENESS.

If Otis had possessed as much sense as
Dewey. the spectacle of fashionable
ball at Manila, while our soldiers Were
diving in the trenches, would not have
shocked the American conscience. For
officers to dance in the Philippines while
the men were wading creeks and lying in
the hospitals and trenches is to be rcck-
oned alongside of Nero's fiddling while
Rome, burned.
Mrs. Wasseh, of Pittsburg, the only
woman on the firing line, has written
home letter that shows that George
Dewey has horse sense as well as fight
ing sense. Quoting her, the Pittsburg
Dispatch says:
I'm another section of her letter Mrs.
" asset refers to the very decisive man
ner in which Admiral Dewey set his seal
of disapproval upon the formation of Sc
Iect lotteries among the American women
in Manila. From the tone of the letter
it seems that the wives of the army Off
GERS conceived the idea of forming an eX-
elusive set--sort of a Philippine -Four
l1undred-to be composed solely OF wo-
men whose husbands or fathers were con-
nected with the regular service. Plans
had so far matured,' says Mrs. Wassell,
that a large reception was planned and
numerous invitations extended. Among
those invited were Admiral Dewey and
his staff of officers.
The cut was so apparent to the other
women in the American colony and prom
inent women of foreign countries i'll Ma
Mia that an open protest was made. In
this case Admiral Dewey showed very
conclusive that he was as much of Il
diplomat among women as he has shown
himself to be a fighter among warriors.
He promptly declined the invitation with
note in which he gave it as his opinion
that there should be no select lotteries in
Manila at the present time, or at least
until the war was over. The result was
that the reception fell fiat and so far the
Phi ppino -Four Hundred has not been
formed nor is there any indication that
the movement viii be revived
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
Spirit of the Press.
tRANE DANCERS OF AMERICA.

era ME DANCERS OF AMERICA.
Presbyterian Standard.
When the United States bought Alas
ka from Russia, they not only added to
our area and our fisheries, and opened
Il vast region to the seeker after gold,
but, if recent reports be correct, they af-
forded us an object lesson that we long
have sought.
A traveller from Alaska has this to
say about the cranes of that region. lat
mating time these birds have a singular
habit of performing dance greatly re-
sembling burlesque imitation of the
old-fashioned minnet. First solitary
crane comes flying along uttering its loud,
harsh cry. 1t alights on the ground,
where it is joined by another crane.
THE new conner Immediately turns his
back upon her and makes profound
bow almost touching the earth with his
head. and then gives rapid spring into
the air and comes down facing her, to
make another deep obeisance. She an
swers by as polite courtesy and a SHIP,
and then begins Il succession of cere-
monious bows, alternated with hops and
skips.
"Other cranes soon arrive and join this
couple, and all begin to dance, keeping
it up till all parties are thoroughly ex,
hausted."
Whether the cranes borrowed this
performance from man, or man from the
cranes, we have no way OF proving. If
however, any of our readers have Gu.
riosity to see this performance, and yet
are unable to 90 to Alaska, visit to the
average ballroom wIll present the same
scene, or its equivalent.
There You will have the gathering of
the cranes, the profound bows, the spring
into the air, and then the skipping around
the circle, the whole performance being
limited in time by the powers of endur-
ance possessed by the shippers.
To the credit of the bona-fide cranes, it
must be confessed That no mention is
made of the two sexes coming together
in mutual embraces; but then Alaska is
still out of the world and has not yet
been fully blessed by the advantages of
our 10Th century civilization.
The cranes have very long necks, yet
they manage to keep them well covered.
wn.n is more than can be said of some OF
their human inlitators.
Their voices may be harsher and their
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
WHAT THE WAREHOUSE TRUST
WOULD Do
Webster's Weekly.

Judging the future by the past, us
Patrick Henry's rule was to do, we agree
with Editor Hartman that the farmers
and warehousemen have good cause 10
fear this Danvile combination ANA
should organize at once to fight 1t. IL
comes with the same plea that the Amer
lean Tobacco Company did ten years ago,
to-wit. that no harm is intended the
farmer. yet every tobacco grower knows
what trust promises amount to- lhe
Danville warehousemcn who have gone
into this trust may mean well, but a
moments reflection will show that there
is world of difference between Dong
business for ones self and being hired
to n Delaware corporation. This trust
has a capital of S1,00O,00O. We sup
nose the Danville warehouse property
tina thas been sold to it will not amount
70 over one fourth of this. Who will boss
the concern, in the long run, the one
fourth interest owned IN DanVllle OF tlic
three-fourths in New York, VINO nave
been promised and will demand Dig dlVl-
bends on their watered stock! line money
has got to come from somewhere. IL IL
does not come out of the farmer, then
the warehouse forces will be reduced
and war will be made on the smadler
markets. Already the Trusts agents are
out trying to buy up the warehouses IN
Winston. Durham, Greenville, Wilson
and other markets with the view either
of closing them or converting them into
mere feeders for the Danville ware
houses. We believe the ultimate object
of this trust is to concentrate the leaf
business in Danville. Then the big deal
ers will serve notice on the farmers that
they must ship their tobacco to that mar
ket if they want to sell it, as they WIN
buy no tobacco on the warehouse floor
elsewhere.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
NEGRO MILL OPERATIVES.

The Anglo-SaXon.
democracy" does well to protest
against the expressed hope of the Char
lotte Observer that the negro may sue
ceed MS cotton mill operatives. In our
opinion there is very little probability of
such a thing. and even if they have sufh-
cient intelligence, their unreliabrlity ana
unsteadiness would render their employ
ment as mill operatives Improbable. But
in any view of it, when all the facts are
considered, the success of the negro as
mill operative would be a consummatlon
deyoutly to be dreaded. In the first
place, the negro does not need this new
field of employment. They already have
SO many avenues of ordinary labor open
to them that their help is unreliable.
They can quit \ to night and without
any trouble get Il job with jan the morn
ing But not so with the thousands OF
widows and young girls who now spin
and weave the cotton goods of the South.
Our Southern manners aud customs have
closed the doors of almost every line OF
ensAIoyment to the poor white girl The
Negro ii given Il monopoly of the common
labor. The cotton mill is almost the only
opening for the poor white girl to make
her living. 1t is not Il little surprising
that our Charlotte contemporary should
'Yhope" for successful negro competition
with her in this line Of employment We
hope that not only this may be reserved
to her but that other avenues may be
opened in which white men and women,
too. may enter and win an honorable liy
ing and at the same time retain the re-
spect of their neighbors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS
Websters Weekly.

The longer we live the more firmly
we are convinced that such epithets as
liar" and coward" are a confession
of weakness in the man who uses them.
II is the man who is worsted in the ar
gument who loses his temper and tries
TO raise a cloud of dust. We have seen
men branded as liars for telling the
truth and have seen brute force resort
ed TO for the purpose of sitting discus
sion. but we have lived long enough to
see time prove who was the mar ana
the coward. If Il statement is false the
plain truth is the antidote for the pol
son; if it is true all the harsh and insult
ing epithetis in the language cannot
make it lie.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
Mrs, Joe Person
REMEDY.
Goldsboro, \. O, March 80, '07.

Goldsboro, y. c., March 80, '97.
Mrs. Person: My two small children
were completely covered in running sores
from impure blood, for which | could
find no remedy until / got bottle OF
your Remedy. In Il few days they
were free of fever, and were we'll by the
time the bottle was empty. l gave
it after meals in sweetened water, ana
they begged for it. Afterwards my
little girl became restless at night, would
scream as if in nightmare every little
while until after II or l o'clock.
commenced giving her your Remedy on
Thursday night, and Saturday night she
was resting quietly. | shall continue to
use it for my children.
Yours very truly,
MRS. NJ. S. WTTHERINGTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

Rev w l.. Cunningham, pastor Of tee
Hay Street Methodist church, has been
presented with a handsome Rambler
bicycle by his congregation in token Of
their appreciation Of his many admir-
able qualities. Hay Street church IS
very fond of its pastor, WAC has also
won many friends outside his own de-
nomination. Fayetteville Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

1t is Il matter for Statewide regret
that the graded school tax for Mount
Olive failed because it received nine less
than the required vote. The lack was not
discovered until two months after the
election and preparations were being
made to levy the tax. The Mount Olive
Advertiser voices public sentiment in re-
GREETING the technical miscarriage of the
peoples will.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

faces wiser than our ballroom cranes,
and possibly they may leap higher, but
in point of graceful agility our dancins
men are always ahead.
There is law of compensation run
ming through nature, and in the case of
the dancing man we see t strikingly, dis
PLAYED for whatever is lacking III Il
dancers head is always made up in his
heeIs j. II. b.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
A NOBLE GIFT.
Wilson Times

From the Orphans Friend we learn
that Mr.. David Oettinger left in his will
Il bequest of 800 for the Oxford Orphan
Asylum and that this was paid last week.
Mr.. Oettinger did not wait for death to
come to help the needy orphans. but dur
ing life he was always aiding them. and
this handsome Request shows that the
cause of these. dependent ones was close
q his heart. This final benefaction was
a noble one. ,saiskta.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
DOING A GOOD WORK.
Wilmington Messenger.

The investigating committee at Raj,
eigh is doing a good work. 1t as letting
on the light to affairs of State wide inn
portance and upon which the people
ought to keep informed Let us have in
yestigating committees into all the de-
partments of government until every
official will be certain that he cannot be
dcrelict in the smallest way without tae
peoples ultimately finding it out.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
DOWN WITH THE TRUSTS"

Mr.. Sanford, one of the largest con-
tractors of food supplies in Chicago,
is quoted as saying:
You know of our recent strikes. all
over the West? Laborers are Disguised
with the Republican party in its foster
ing of trusts. If we go before the peo-
pie on the old principles and a plank
fayoring the restriction of trusts, |
know we will carry the West.
Cleveland, Hanna's own town, will
repudiate the rule of the autocrats.'
Every day that passes emphasizes the
truth that Down With the Trusts" will
be the winning shibboleth of 1900
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

There cannot be too much discussion
about the constitutional amendment. II
all the white people understood its true
the negroes to put them i'll office will
Vote against it. The Monroe Enquirer
announces that at Union Grove, Au-
gust 10Th, there will be public debate
on the query, Resolved, That the people
should ratify the constitutional amend
ment proposed by the. last Legislature. !"
Let there be light
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

Bill Nye said: THE peculiar charac
teristic of classical music is that it is
really so much better than it sounds. >
Our Dumb Animals.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

particle of sensationalism in their make
up recognize that 1t may come. ms
will never be government OF trusts,
nv the trusts, for the trusts, no matter
how great and bloody the cost.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

On the third page Of today's paper we
publish an original story by Miss Re
becca Cameron, not Mrs. as the printer
PUT ii by mistake.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30

The FIVE biggest North Carolinans are
j. c. Buxton. John w. Thompson. O..
j. Carroll, j Hal. Bobhitt and Mr..
Pace, Of Little River. Let this set
tie rhe controversy