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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
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GREENSBORO, N. O., DEC. 2 Especial,
Most Of the directors of the Normal
went home this morning. Tney will
have published a statement some time
within the next twenty four hours.
Tae archaeological analysis OF the
we'll water used at the Normal has
been made By D.. Anderson, who
pronounces it bad. Just how bad it is,
or whether or not it contains typhoid
germs, has not yet been announced.
The following is a statement made to
the Board of D .rectors bp the ply,
sicians that have been in attendance
at the Normal:
NOVEMBER %, 1899.
GENTLEMEN:-After a careful exami-
nation of the records, and patient re-
view of the history of the sickness at
the State Normal and Industrial C0l-
lege since 0 ;tober Fad, we find that
there have been Two distinct epidemics
The first, beginning about October
255h, purely mAlarial in character; the
second, beginning III tue second week
of November, distinctly typhoid,
though complicated in one-third Of the
cases with malaria.
There have bean in all ABOUT n
hundred case7. o. these seventy per
cent. we're primarily maIariaI aud sixty
per cent. malarial only, all recovering
in From f.1ur tn ten DAYS. +.
OF the remaining forty per cent, ten
per cent, after having had malaria,
were infected with the typhoid poison,
while the remaining thirty per cent
seem to have had primary typhoid in
In view OF the severity of the
typhoid poison, it ia surprising that so
small a percentage of the students were
infected. .
ANNA NJ. Cove. M. D.,
w. p. BEALL. NJ. D,
W. J. RICHARDSON, NJ. D.,
% $751; CHAs. L. SCOTT, N. D.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
BIG BATTLE IN THz TRANsvAAL

Beers Shelled Cut of the Trenches The
British Then Charged, aud the Result
Was Terrible M ethuen was Opposed
by an Army of Eight Thousand Men,
LONDON, Nov. 29.-The War Office
has receiVed the folio wing dispatch
from General Butler:
CAPE Town, TGesday, November
%. General MeEbuan reports:
"'MODDER RIVER, Tuesday, Novem
Der % -R9:onnoitered at s a. IN, enc,
mY's position on River Modder and
found them strongly eotrenched and
c01csaled. No means Of outhanking.
Ehe river being full. Action com.
menced with artillery, mounted infan-
try and cavalry at 8 go guard on right,
Ninth brigade on left, attacked posi-
sion in widely extended formation es
$50, cad supported oy the artillery,
found itself in front of the whols
Boer force, s, 900 strong, with two large
gunP, four Krupp's, etc.
1.-The naval brigade rendered great
assistance from the railway.
LATTER desperate, hard fighting,
which lasted ten hours, curmep, With
out water or food end in the burning
sun, made the enemy quit his position.
General Pole Oarew was G
full in getting a small party across the
river, gailanCly assisted by 800 sappers.
- speak i'll tex ns Of high praise OF
the conduc5 Of ali uh0 we're engaged
in one OF S1e Hardest and most trying
lights in the annals OF the British
army. II I can mention n arm par.
ticuIarly, it is two batteries Of artil.
cry"
A special dispatch from Windsor
says that General Me,huen's dispatch
to the Queen after the battle Of Modder
River says:
"Ths battle was the bloodiest of the
century. The British shelled the enc.
my out of the trenches and then
charged. The result was terrible"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

Several Successful ard Wonderful Tests
Made in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 29-PFof. ". 8 John
and @. L. Fortier, OF Milwaukee, to
day made a successful test in this city
of the wireless biography. They sue
ceeded in telegraphing without wires
through a suite of seven rooms with all
doors closed and through seven walls.
Another test was made when the sig.
naIs we're conveyed through three fire
proof and an ordinary telegraph switch.
board, in which 80 wires we're conrec
ted up and about 40 dead wires we're
located. Notwithstanding the facs mat
this switchboard contained live wires,
the current passed through all of the
vaults aud through this board. This
is one OF the most severe tests that has
ever been given wireless t~eIegraphy
A third test was made in which the
instrume Mt was placed ineide
of one OF the steel vaults and both
doors were closed and the combination
lock turned. The signals were tnen
transmitted clearly from the inside OF
the vault to an adjOining room.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

at le tst nine students of the State
Normal have died as q result Of the
fever epidemic. Among the deaths
last week was: Miss Sarah Bailey,
the daughter Of Mr.. and MIS-. 7. B
Bailey, Of MOcksville. Miss Bailey
was 10 years old and had b4en ill since
n veneer 6,h. Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey
were With her at the time of her death.
Another daughter, Mss Evelyn. is
desperately i'll with fever. Miss Far
ME Turner, matr0n at the Normal.
died Wednesday OF typhoid fever.
Miss Turner was 25 years old. She
was trom Hillsboro and vas a niec9 Of
Hon. Josiah Turner. Miss Turner had
proved herself a heroine in her devoted
care for the sick at the N Jrmal and
only gave up her duties when COM
PEELED TO do so by sickness. Hers was
a noble character. Another fever vic
tim was Miss McG3ugan, who died
Thursday morning. Sac was from
Robson county. Her mother vas with
her Ia her last nours.
Raleigh Correspondence Charlotte
! OBSERVER: J. O. L Harris, one of the
State counsel in the matter OF the right
OF the corporation commission to assess
railroads for taxation, which judge
Sinon5On recently decided adversely,
aud which is Appealed TO the Circuit
Court of appeals at Richmond said
tO1ey: The decision Of the North
Carolina Supreme Court, ousting
B ~0dlngfsli and seating Abbott ae
c0rp0 .RticR commissioner, also de-
clares that there is in the latter com
mission a continuation Of the power
given the railroad commission. Judge
Sim0ntOn did not deny, but admitted,
tHe right Of the railroad commission
to assess. This decision of the Su.
preme Cours knocks Judge SImonton
out, becsuse the United States Courts
always follow the decisions of the
State courts as to State laws. When
we get to Richmond ell we will have
to do will be to show this last decision
OF the State Supreme Court, which 10
efsc5 says Judge SimonCon is wrong
Salisbury correspondence Raleigh
Post: Rowan Superior Court adjourn
ed yesterday evening after having dis
posed Of one hundred and forty-fve
criminal cases, four Of which were
capital cases. Tue g of John Far
row for the killing of Ala Burnett, re-
suited in the conviction Of the defend
ant. Judge Robinson sent him to the
~penitentiary for one year JESSIE
Knott killed his brother Charlie, in a
dispute over the digging of soma post
holes. The court sentenced him to
fifteen gears in the ~penitentiary. Knott
submitted to murder in the second de-
gree. It is safe TO say that If he had
not submitted tina he would have been
found guilty in the first degree, as the
evidence disclosed generalization and
malice. Ia the casa Of Will Edwards
and lone Carr, Indicted for the murder
of policeman Kerns OF Concord, the
jury found both guilty OF murder in
the first degree. Counsel for Carr
moved to set aside the verdict as to
Carr. This the judge did, and very
properly and justly, al there was NOT
evidence against him sufficient to con-
viceion. Hon. Lee S Ogerman and Col.
P. B Means, counsel for Edwards,
made a motion for a new trial as TO
their client, which was oyeI-:uled. An
appeal to the Supreme Court was
taken. Edwards was sentenced to be
hanged on the 30 h Of December.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

II is stated that Hanna viii MOI be
the next manager Of the Republican
National Committee. The decislu "a OF
Hanna to retire is purely voluD airy.
The National Convention will PROBABLY
be held in Chicago in June.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

ANNA NJ. COVE. n. D.,
W. p. BEALL. NJ. D,
w. j. RICHARDSON, ID. D.,
CHAs. L. SCOTT, NJ. D.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

A wireless telegraph company with
capital of $40, 900. 900, has been char
tered under the laws Of Nav Jersey.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05
300 FILIPlNos SURRENDERED
Also Several Americans and Seventy
Spanish Prisoners.

MANILA Dec. 2. 9 80 A. II. (5atur
day. General Conan surrendered 800
officers and men with rifles, several
American aud seventy Spanish pris
oners and the garrison at Bayombong,
Province of Nueva Vizcaya, to Lieu
tenant Monroe, with fifty men Of the
Fourth cavalry.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Growing Inability of the Government to
Keep Up With Inventions.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
1t may surprise many people to learn
that the United States patent Office re-
ceives in fees s1.250,000 year; that the
office is run at a profit to more than
S., 900, 900, and that the gross receipts
from patents and trade marks have
been nearly S40000,000. The Americans
stand first in respect of the inventive
faculty, and it appears also that they
stand so far ahead of the government
operations in this particular that all
effort to keep up with them os abreast
with the march of American ingenuity
is nearly hopeless. At the beginning Ct
the fiscal year of 1890 there We're 6.5S5
applications for patents awaiting Off
cial action in Washington. At the end
of the next year there were s,911. AT
the end of 1892 there were SAT-. After
1892 and in consequence, perhaps, of
public attention being diverted by the
Chicago fair from inventors, or of the
times being unfavorable to investments
in experimental schemes, the number
of undetermined applications gradually
decreased until at the end of the fiscal
wear 1895 it was down to 4.927. Then
with renewing public confidence and a
more hopeful outlook for inventors, it
increased the next year to S,943, and
it has now reached 1927.
In his last report Secretary Bliss
commends the action of congress in
providing for an increased force to
dispose of the accumulated business of
the patent office. In 1886 the receipts
of the office which now average 81
$50 900, were $4,000 and the number Of
patents issued was ABS, whereas the
present average is about $4,000 An ef-
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other bird is perched with out
stretched wings as if just about to take
flight. For blondes, the blackbird is
most popular, whilst for hrunettes a
tiny f1amingo or a composite creation
in orange or yellow is chiefly in favor.
For those who contemplate a new
evening dress of a thoroughly practical
character | will describe charming
one of liberty satin shown me this
week. 1t was of liberty satin which, as
you all know, wears splendidly, does
not crush, is very wide ard is good
style. The corsage of this model was
plain and absolutely tight fitting. 1t
reached quite to the waist and was of
the cut seen in fashion plates after the
short wasted bodice had gone out of
favor. The skirt, which joined it by
means of band, was fashionably eel
like, and with just a soupcon of a train,
whilst round its hem ran three deep APP
piled tucks. Art satin does not lend it.
self amiably to fiouncing: but, since at
the present moment tucks and f1ounces
are about equal in popular favor, this
leaves no cause for regret. -- .-.===
However to revert to the corsage. 1t
fastened at the back and had a square
decolletage, rather a relief after the
many rounded bodices one encounters
on every second pair of shoulders now
adays. This decolletage bore a deep
drapery of lace, considerably shorter
on one eide than the other. In the
present instance the lace was drawn up
to the left side and fastened with a
huge posy of violets, the long stalks
drawn through an amethyst buckle.
l believe / have omitted to mention
that in hue the gown was of a pale
mauve, the mauve of Parma violet,
whilst the lace, though modern, was
distinctly good and of deep yelloWish
shade, according most tremendously
with the shade of the gown. The
sleeves were. short and tight fitting to
the elbow. where they ended in deep
graduated frills of the lace. They were.
however, redeemed from any touch of
the commonplace by being cut out lat
ticewise on the outer side from Shout
der to elbow, thus disclosing the arm.
Round the waist went a fiat piece of
lace, finished at the back by two :ash
| ends, also of lace drawn through a
buckle matching that on the bodice.
The skirt of this gown, owing to 1.-THE
| thickness Of the material, and the fact
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
These Ere fashions
Very Late5t ancies

Written for the Sunday Standard.
New York, Jan. 19.-New effects ON
evening waists multiply as the season
advances. The models we illustrate this
week are specially attractive and viii,
we believe, be useful to our readers.
The first of white satin, under Venetian
guipure, has the decolletage covered
with white tulle. Two straps of the
tguipure reach to the collar band, which
is entirely hidden by one of the becom-
ing pearl necklaces so much in favor
This yelling of the shoulders with ;ulle
is a fashion which gives a fictitious
6eauty to the slightest form, and is ap-
French women. The mitten sleeves of
this waist are unlined.
The second model is of ivory white
satin and owes it's smart effect to the
diamond and gold butterflies on bust
and shoulder.
Il The third model is a Ball corsage of
Partisan origin, and is of black velvet,
with an embroidery at the waist The
fourth is also Ball corsage and is of
rose-colored satin, with draperies of
plum velvet and ruches of rose
,colored mousseline de sole crossing the
bust
Last, but not least, in the group of
waists is the novel theater blouse of
rose-pink Oriental satin and tsequined
net, trimmed with black velvet baby
ribbon.
AS at the present moment dances,
parties and theatricals are in full swing
novelties in evening wear are anxious
ly sought for. The very latest is the
jet coat, which has succeeded the lace
coat. OF course these are not to be
had cheaply, but if one is apt at work
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fort is to be made to improve the ser
vice by the classification of all letters
patent and printed publications in q
classification division which will great
ly improve existing methods, as to the
novelty of invention" This WILL it
Is hoped, be beneficial to inventors
and those. directly interested in the
manufacture of patented Inventions
as well as to the general public, inter-
ested as it is in the early issue of val
id patents. The expenses of the pat
ent Office are about 100000 a year,
and have continued at those figures
pretty steadily since 1885. There are
rs copyists employed in the department
in addition to the stenographers and
typewriters, and either their pay is
deemed inadequate or their lahors are
uncongenial, for Secretary Bliss has
directed the attention of congress to
the frequency of designations among
them, which cripples the office, as the
work requires time, patience and ia
miliarity with it's details, and these
qualifications cannot be easily obtained
among new applicants.
Inventors are not, as a rule, Of a
very business-like disposition. Many
applicants for patents are strangers
to the methods and to the language
of the country; some are in the rural
districts remote from postoffices and
school houses, and not a small num-
Der are women, particularly among
those who seek patents for articles of
dress or convenience, The conflicts
over complications for patents arise to
considerable extent from the negl-
gent disregard of the patent office reg
ulations by persons whose studies it
might naturally be supposed would
lead them to familiarity with such
rules, and the adjustment of these
matters increases the work of the pat
ent office, already overcrowded with
business. There are about 10000 appli-
cations for patents in a year.
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of this kind the lace can be easily let
ted at home. These can be worn with
a black gown, though l have seen good
effects obtained by one of these coats
in combination respectively with an or
ange, old rose and white satin gown.
The orange was perhaps the most chic,
but the white undeniably the most dis
tinguished. \
The jet coat as a garment is very
long and almost invariably finished off
by a deep flounce-like frill of lace or
accordion pleated chiffon. The sleeves
may come only to the elbow, or may be
full length. The fronts slope away
from the waist to good length at the
back and the fronts open to show a
chiffon front, below the pompadour
square, or close like a tailor-made
gown to the throat These
coats will, it, is said by
those who know, be in favor for long
time and will be an important adjunct
to the toilet of the summer of 1899
Paniers and overskirts have come to
the fore with rush during the last
week or two, and these also will be an
important part of our gowns in the
near future.
Another mode, which has come in
with rush, or, should rather say, a
revived mode, Is the lace berthe intend
ed IOF wear WIFI the fOunQeQ tcOrSaSe
now so popular. We gave two illustra-
tons of these last week. The fortunate
possessor of a piece of good lace can
now use it and transform even a plain
velveteen gown into a dinner gown of
smart appearance.
Here is another within of fashion re-
garding our shoulder straps. Of course
we cannot any longer call them sleeves,
since ball gown no longer has them.
H,,r ,f RIBS, =,
ion, must be formed of fowers-roses
are most faShionahle-NhilSt on the
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the inmates to their devotons by
knocking with a hammer, which was
called the awakening Instrument
Bells of one kind or another are, how
ever, of very great antiquity. having
been used in religious ceremonies by
many of the ancient nations as means
of honoring their gods and summoning
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

may be traced back as far as the fifth
century, and it is clear from Bede that
even those of the largest kind (cam-
panea), such as sounded in the air ana
called a numerous congregation to di-i
vine service, We're employed in Eng
land as early as the year $780, being that
in which the Abbot Hilda died.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

it was primarily for dancing frock,
was left unlined and had merely a deep
hem turned up, the necessary stitching
thereof concealed beneath one of the
tucks before mentioned. The corsage
and sleeves We're lined with glace silk.
This gown, it is scarcely necessary to
suggest, can be made by any clever
dressmaker in the house in two days
by the aid of good skirt pattern.
AS you will observe, I am nothing if
not practical; | hope you, my dear
readers, are likewise.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
Before the Time of Bells.

Before the time of bells various in
struments We're used to summon con-
gregations to worship. In Egypt they
are said to have followed a Jewish GUS
tom in using a trumpet. In some
Oriental churches a kind of rattle gave
the signal. In monasteries monks took
it in turns to go round the cells calling
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22

them to the feasts. For exam
pie, the feasts of Osiris and Isis
was always announced by bells. Piny
says that bells We're in use long before
his time, being called Tin tin nabula."
The use of small bells (nolae) in Eng
land, says William of Malmesbury,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-22
Gown of golden brown begaline with tucked and
trimming of marabont and lace.
That Conventional Rivalry.

That Conventional Rivalry.
From the Detroit Journal
"Hail hurt the egg industry out in our
section
"IIaii?'
Yes. the hailstones were so big this
year that the hens got discouraged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-29
SALE SET ASIDE.
Branner Building Will Have to Again
Be SOLD

A motion to confirm the sale of the
Branner building came up yesterday in
the district court before Judge ThOmp-
son. of the Usage county district court,
who sat in place of Judge Hazen, who
was at one time an attorney for some
of the parties to the action, and there
fore deemed himself disqualified to sit
in the case.
The title of the case was ''Fensky VS..
Branner." but it was in reality only
step in the litigation between Mrs Mil
lie Nichols and Mrs. Josie Webb, heirs
of Jacob Klein, against OHM Branner,
as they had purchased Fensky's claim
their own judgment of $4,000 against
him.
The sale of the building under the
Fensl1y judgment was made by the
sheriff in September, and it was bought
in by the plaintiffs. A short time be
fore the sale a suit to enJOin it was
filed by the defendants, but it was af-
terwards decided to allow the sale to
proceed and then fight its confirmation,
so that when the motion to confirm the
sale was filed by the plaintiff, a motion
to set it aside was also filed by the de-
PENDANTS. Both motions were argued
before Judge Thompson yesterday, and
he sustained the motion of the defense
been procured from the district court of
Jackson county before the sale was
made.
The plaintiffs will now secure a new
order of sale and proceed to sell the
building over again. In the meantime
some of the other litigation is pending
in the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-29
STREET CAR HELD UP.
Passengers Make a Fight and
Kill One RObber.

Seattle Wn.. Dec 29.-Two masked
men held up a Ballard street car at IL
o'clock last night. There We're eight
passengers aboard and a regular fusil-
lade of shots was fired. One of the pas
sengers named PlimptOn inside the car
opened fire on the highwayman entering
from the rear and three shots were re-
turned. One broke Plimp on's arm and
the other entered his breast.
A stranger standing on the front end
of the car which was first boarded,
cried out Look out, 1 am laying for
them" and fired. At the first shot the
robber on the front reeled from the car
and fed to the woods
After the firing on the rear end ceased
the second robber took to the woods.
Bullets passed through the clothing Of
two other passengers. The robbers Sc
cured nothing
Shortly after midnight the police
found near the scene of the car holdup
the body of one of the two robbers. He
had been almost instantly killed by
bullet from a passengers pistol. The
body is still unidentified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-29
BANK CONSOLIDATION.
Providence Institutions Following
Example of Boston's.

Providence. R. L. Dec. 29.-The action
of the directors of the Roger Williams
National bank, one of the oldest finan-
cial institutions in the state, in recon-
mending to its stockholders that the
bank go into liquidation and turn over
it's business to the Industrial Trust
company is part of movement similar
to that which took place in the Boston
bank district more than a year ago to
concentrate the business done by sew
eraI banks into one institution The
City National bank and the Globe Ma
tfonal bank have been absorbed by the
Union Trust company The Third Ma
tfonal is going into liquidation also. the
Industrial Trust company having offer
ed to take over its business and it is
understood that other national banks
are ready to follow the example Of the
four mentioned.