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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-29

'"To err is human" but to continue
the mistake of neglecting your blood is
folly. Keep the blood pure with Hoods
Sarsaparlla.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-29

The shortage of the supply of stc'ic-
tural steel in comparison with the de-
mand is seriously felt throughout the
country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-29
A CHILD KIDNAPPED.
A Negro Tramp Attempts to Steal a
White Child-The Child Found.


Correspondence of the Messenger
Wilson, n. c., Aug. 26.-At Lucama
yesterday an attempt to kidnap the
young son of Mr.. Andrew IIamm was
made by negro tramp. A party OF
children were gathered in Mr.. Lamm's
front yard playing, when the negro pick
ed up the childe and made off towards
the woods. An alarm was at once given
by the little folks and a party of citizens
went in pursuit
After searching the woods the child
was found in the underground where
he had been thrown by the negro, but
no trace of the brute could be found.
The people are very much wrought up
over the occurrence and thorough
search will be made for the kidnapper.
Affar 1lla1, pao ahao Or ha choJ1ll StOD
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-29

President Roca, OF Argentina, will
visit the United States while the Gem
ing exposition at Buffalo is in progress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-29

Georgia troops are stu on guard at
Darien, but no hostilities have tai en-
place.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-29

After a man reaches 30 he should stop
dreaming and so to work.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
rHE DRINK EVIL MADE MAMIE EST
IN MANY WAYS.

Our Battle Cry-A Thrilling Lecture De-
Iivered by u Kansas Judge In Di-
vorce Case-There is No Excuse For
Drunkenness Under Any Circumstances
Come, enter our ranks, there is room for
you all;
There's glorious work, IL you answer our
call;
There's fighting in earnest along all our
lines,
And Wonder our banner with victory shines.
OH come join our army ana nonly w''h
For God and our loved ones, and dear IA
tive land.
We don't mean to wait till the enemy g
slain.
We will shout in advance our glad jubilee
strain;
We will sound loud blast as we compass
the wall;
Though mighty, we know it is destined to
fall.
Old Bacchus, the king, on his tottenng
throne,
Will yet find that his minions have left him
by the might Of our God they are destined
to bow,
And by faith we rejoice in the victory now.
We know that the battle will be fierce and
long,
But we trust in our God, for we know He
is strong:
Come, enlist meath the banner that ne er
kissed the dust
For the cause that prevails is the cause OF
the just.
Temperance Banner.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
The Record Would Disgrace Him.

The editor of the Concordia Kansan tells
Of a temperance lecture given by Judge
Sturgls while deciding divorce case be.
fore him. The divorce was asked for oy
the wife on the ground OF the husbands
habitual drunkenness.
The objections raised by the defendant
was that the record of the divorce would
disgrace him. To this the Judge replied
bv saying that all of the court records or
all the newspapers in the world could not
possibly add to the disgrace already heaped
on the man by his own act OF getting drunk.
Continuing, the Judge said: 'He claims his
financial msfortunes have led him to ex-
cess of drink. That is no excuse for n man
to get drunk. There is no excuse for drunk
enneSS. II reverses or troubles come, a man
needs his best judgment, his best vitality,
his brightest intellect to cope with his mis-.
fortune and to try to regain his lost advan.
tage. Why any man OF ordinary intellect
will place himself in such condition by
his own acts as to merit the contempt and
loathing of his best friends and disgusting
his own wife and children. is something |
do not understand. Tue drunken man ex-
cites the same feeling in the mind OF the
average person aS does snake. We in.
stinctively pounce onto a snake and kill il
or else flee from it for fear OF contamina.
tion. The person who voluntarily places
himself in the condition more loathsome
than snake, more disgusting than brute
cannot De dlSgfaceu Dy tue record OF tnls
court in this case. 1t was drunkenness
that brought about this condition OF things
in this family, and it is on these grounds
the divorce is asked for and on which il
will be granted.
''This man claims be has quit drinking
/ hope he has, and l hope he will keep
steadfast in his determination to abstain
from it. When this man is sober lie il
always Il gentleman: when he is drunk he
is not neither is any other man. We ARE
all dis .usted with Il drunken man--what
must be the feelings of a wife who is CON-
PEELED to live continually with II drunkard:
This woman detests this man because of his
own acts. He is to blame and no one else
Ii she persists in asking the divorce it will
be granted -
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
Doing n Golden Deed.

The portion of land on the Itch.
borne estate in England known as the
"Tichborne Crawls" received its name
some fifty years ago because of re-
markable feat of endurance accom-
plished by woman. She was the hui
name and sensible wife of an over
bearing Lord Tichborne, and she took
sorely to heart the condition of their
wretched tenantry, and made every
effort in her power to help them; but
she was cripple.
The lady could see that they needed
the spur of industry and responsible
ity, and she often besought her hus-
band to set of to them tract of gebe
or arabic land, giving each laborer a
life lease of the soil and the annual
proceeds of his tillage. Her impor-
tunites finally tired him out, and he
told her, half in anger, half in jest,
that he would set apart to the poor
tenantry for nine hundred and ninety
nine years as much land as she would
travel alone in month, beginning at
the corner OF the parish churchyard.
The crippled lady was resolute, and
she surprised her husband by taking
him at his word. Carried by her at
tendants to the churchyard corner,
she began her severe task. The SER
wants kept watch. but she could not
allow them to assist her. She per-
severed Every morning, except Sun
days, she was set down at her last
finishing point and made her painful
days progress, in all weathers, till,
at the end of the month, she had sur
rounded number of acres that aston.
ished herself and every one else.
With her bent body and feeble
limbs, her motion was little moro than
a crawl, but she won the land, and the
tract has been called the ''Tiehborne
Crawls" ever since. London Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
SUGAR OF MILK.
Material Little Known Generally Much
Used with Drugs.


Used with Drugs.
Of the great variety Of drugs and
chemicals which play an important
part in the commerce of the world
little is known by the general public.
The importation into the United States
Of balsams, barks, beans, flowers,
gums, herbs and leaves gathered from
every part Of the globe foots up in
value annually to nearly $50, 600, 600,
while the exports of similar products
from this country have now reached
total of about $40, 900, 900. But OF
the hundreds of different names on tha
list with which the importer and whole
sale drug dealer are familiar there are
scores which are almost perfect strang-
ers to the lay mind. Along with alco.
hol, borax, opium, quinine and other
well-known drugs will be found can
tharides, cocculus Indicus, crystallose,
lycopodium, meligan, cutch, buchu,
chicle and others of equally enigmati-
cal character.
In this latter class might almost be
mentioned sugar of milk, which occu-
pies one of the most important posi-
lions in the drug transactions Of the
present day. The title of the drug
would imply common knowledge,
though as matter of fact few under.
stand its important uses. Time was
when every ounce of this drug was
imported from Europe. Today, thanks
TO American enterprise, it is manufac-
tured in the United States on such an
extensive scale that not only is the
enormous domestic demand supplied
by the home. made product, but
large quantities are annually ex-
ported. When it was imported the
wholesale price was 30 cents poun&
now it has declined to cents. His
tory says that sugar or milk was first
prepared in 1919, although not intro
auced into medicine until 1898. 1t is
used almost entirely by pill manufac-
| turers on account of it's neutral, filling
properties. 1t is absolutely neutral,
inodorous and with slightly sweet
taste. AS vehicle for all manner of
| pulverized medicines it is perfect.
Acids and drugs of all kinds, with
which it may be mixed, do not have
any effect upon it nor it upon them,
and in the human stomach it is most
easily disposed of. 1t is manufactured
from the whey of cows milk, and is
really by-product of milk. The pro-
cess is one of evaporation and recrys-
tallization. Switzerland once had n
monopoly of it's manufacture. Now
Illinois leads the world, while large
factory has been started in New York
state, which gives promise of produc-
ing as much as its Western predeces-
sor. Such has been the success of
the American industry that the prod
net is shipped even to Switzerland,
where it is able to compete satisfac-
torily with the European makers.
In crystal form it resembles rock
candy, being white in color. The
growing demand for it has been caused
by the development of patent medi-
cine.s in pill and tablet form, where
bulk is desired. 1t is said to be ex-
ported in the form of powdered suga,
for the reason that low freight rates
are thus secured. Otherwise, as a
drug the cost of ocean transportation
| would be largely increased.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
Rudyara Kiplinc on Temperance.

Rudyard kpling tells US how, in con-
cert hall in America, he saw two young
men get two girls drunk and then lead
them, reeling, down dark street. Mr.
kipling has not been total abstainer, nor
have his writings commended temperance,
but of that scene he writes: Then, recant-
ing previous opinions, l became prohibit
zionist. Better it Is that u man should go
without his beer in public places and con-
tent himself with swearing at the narrow
mindedness of the majority; better it is to
poison the inside with very vile temper
ance drinks and to buy lager furtively at
back doors, than to bring temptation to
the lips of young fools such as the four
had seen. l understand now why the
preachers rage against drink, l have said,
there is no harm in it, taken moderately
and yet my own demand for beer helped
directly to send these two girls reeling
down the dark street to-God alone knows
what end. Ifliquor is worth drinking it is
worth taking n little trouble to come at
such trouble as man will undergo to COM
pass his own desires. 1t is not good that
we should let it lie before the eyes of chill.
dren, and l have been n fool in writing to
the contrary. The Young Man.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
The Drinking Women of England.

The alarming increase of the drinking
habit among English women is causing
serious consideration among temperance
workers. In an interview on the subject
Lady Somerset said to correspondent:
There can be no doubt that the great
problem is presenting itself to the temper
ance people OF this country OF how to ar.
rest the great increase Of inebriety among
women. 1t is IA lamenfable fact that in
this country woman is especially associa-
ted with the sale of intoXicants. This
country is par excellence the land of bar.
maids. That they are to be found behind
the bar Of every drinkshop has caused the
safeguards that surround them in other
countries to be set aside.
"As a nation we stand In the unenviable
position OF being almost the only one that
has drunken womanhood. The question
for US to decide is not only how to stem the
growing evil, but also how to deal with
those who have fallen and are falling every
day"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
Insanity Caused by Drink.

A notable paper was recently read be-
fore the British Medical Society in which
the author maintained that insanity can
be largely traced to the Incorporate use Of
Intoxicating drinks. He held that "the
public is responsible for allowing men and
women to continue in the Incorporate in
diligence OF alcohol to such an extent as to
become burdens to the State. He took the
ground that the habitual inebriate has Tor.
feited the right OF personal liberty, and he
intimated that the freedom OF the will, as
natural right, is dependent on the abil-
ity to control the will. When any man or
woman reaches the point whe e-e the desire
for alcoholic liquors is not controlled, he
should be treated as a public nuisance.''-
Christian Work.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
Notes of the Crusade.

Beer isnever as fat as those who drink it
Wine smiles in the cup, but stings in the
conscience.
The bar Of the liquor saloon is a bar te
the progress Of many young man.
Three hundred new liquor saloons are
reported In Manila since the American oc-
cupation.
The Army Temperance Association is an
organization In the British military service
which has membership of $4,000.
Prevention of intemperance Is not only
better than cure, but prevention is duty.
and cure is a lame, halting attempt to un.
do an evil which we have permitted.
Saloons are toll gates on the way to per.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
Goats Raised for Their Hair,

More goats are raised for their hair
in California than elsewhere in the
country, and the experimenters in this
line of industry are meeting with Il
fair degree of success. The Angora
goat yields on an average four pounds
of mohair at shearing, the product
selling for from thirty-two to thirty
seven cents per pound. One man OF
San Jose sold last year a triAe more
than $4,000 worth of mohair from his
flock, besides disposing of a number
of goats for breeding purposes. He
thinks there is great future for the
industry in those portions OF this
country where the climatic conditions
do not require shearing more than
once a year. At all events the in.
dustry is looming up in California as
one that promises sufficiently remun.
erative returns to make it worth while.
and the focks of goats are increasing
with as much rapidity as possible with
the limited amount of good breeding
stock at hand. New York Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
Tho Fastest Cruiser in the World.

It seems ridiculous that the nation
that is least able to make use of them
should possess the fastest torpedo
boat and the fastest cruiser in the
world. The famous Schichau firm re-
Gently built torpedo boat for China
which made 35.2 knots per hour, and
now the Armstrong; have completed a
4400-ton cruiser, the "Hai Tien, "
which has made q natural draft speed
of 22.6 krots and a forced draft
speed of 24.1 knots per hour. This
is the record for a warship, or, in
deed, for any kind of ship of that size.
If tie "Hai Tien" could maintain
that speed across the Atlantic she
would make the passage in about four
days and half. Scientific American.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08
A Launch For Gospel services.

A launch bearing the name OF Christian
Endeavor, built OF steel, was recently dedi-
Gated by the Golden Gate Christian En-
deavor Union at San Francisco. The
launch has seating capacity for 1fty per-
'sons, and speed Of twelve miles an hour.
1t is to be used in visiting vessels In the
bay, carrying persons to hold religious ser.
vices,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-08

Some time ago Palermo, Sicily, ac-
quired loan of Sc, 900, 900 for resani-
tation of the city. After spending
two-thirds of this, it was found that
the drinking water brought from the
source at Scillato was so polluted that
the Board of Hygiene had to intervene.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-07
SOCIETY III sITKA.
Strange as 1t May Seem, Dress SUITS
Are Important Requisites at
Social Functions.

That dress suits should be cOnsid cred
important requisites in Sitka is a some
what startling anomaly. says the San
Francisco Chronicle. The fact remains,
however, that the most rigid social rules
prevail. Whether it Ice Il ball. a tea
lig bit or muffin struggle, evening dress
is imperative. Dinner parties Of ten
and twelve courses are frequently on
the tapis. and, since none OF he official is
come pre- pared TO entertain CT Il lavish
scale. every prospective hostess Dor
rows from her neigEbors. All the day
long preceding an important function
Il more or less intermittent procession
of men. women and children ard hand
carts Eay lie seen carrying lamps and
furniture. punch bowls. crCcilery. glass
AID silverware and other para ph erualia
to the scene Ct festivi;y.
EveryEcly lives in snail. crampe,:
quarters, and VIXEN an entertainment
Of unusual scope is desirable vacant
store or ether urccc"pied building Is
appropriated. SOMETIMES the court
room is denUdeG OF It's umbrous furni-
ture. The walls decorated with flags.
lunches OF scarlet elderherry. festCcrS
CT spruce and cedar. moss ana ferns,
and behold an attractive baliroc1n. \
guitar and eorcertina. or perhaps "a
couple OF ban.jos ard Il flute compose
the ~ore CT less turefUl orchestra.
Sandwiches Of cEcrmbers or Eastur-
'ium leaves and blossoms are among the
surprises Of the refreshmert table.
The courtroom is over the Jail. ard
tie rhyt halic tread of the Gancers anl
enlivening strains Of music are vastly
enjoyed by the prisoners. In fact, they
lock forward o these festive occasions
with quite rs mach PIeasurable antic;-
patton as he invited guests. The court
room is also used for divers other enter
taInments, the inmates of the Jail draw
ing the line at amateur concerts. They
think that they have already suffered
enough, and that it is taking an unfair
advantage of their limited sphere Of ac-
ton.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-07
C.Fcay az Outlaws.

Writers Of fiction have frequently
pictured the idea Of an unknown tropic-
al paradise being turncd iE.to genera
asylum for outlaws ana criminals. say :
the Western Morning News. In the
Bonin ISLES. not far from Japan. such I
refuge has actually beer, discovered.
Men Of every nationality. who laN=
made civilization too warm for them
selves. have t,scampsd to Ills ideal rem
dezvums. leaving the police i . record the
unsatisfactory result of iheir ;nvest.-
cations rs gone abroad No rates o.
taxes have to be paid. and government
seems to be entirely dispensed with.
The discovery was made by japanese
vessel which called at tie island. In
future the aliens VIII have less freedom.
and consequently less happiness. for
the japanese dominion VIII have to BE-
recognized. Their dream is over.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-07

By his viii the late Alfred Nobel, the
Swedish dynamite manufacturer, left
almost the whole of his fortune to be
converted into an international f;:nd
for the advancement CT scientific re-
search. The bequest. however. WAS dis
puted by the relatives of the deceased,
and litigation ensued. 1t is BOW an
nounced that 4 compromise has been
reached whereby the relatives receive
about $t,oO0,G00 of the property. the bal
ance, amounting to bout $1,000, 0G0. be
ing used as designated by Mr.. Nobel.
This will give. under the terms Of the
will, five prizes annually of about SAL
600 each to persons making the most
important discovery in physics, chem
istry, physiology or medicine.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-07

widows alive. This state cf-af1airs cau
only be possible on the. ground that
some of the soldiers, after they had at
tanned old age, married young wives.
The war of 1S12-14 closed with the bat
tie of New Orleans on January s, 1915,
So years ago. Surprising that the
youngest soldiers were Is years old, Il
period of 1O1 years has elapsed since
the birth of such soldier. Evidently
many OF them. aftert..ey were old. mar
ried Young wcITcn. so that. although
all the men but three are dead. they
have left behind mere than 2.C00 wild
Ows. BY the same rule CT procedure it
is plain that there Will be WIDOWS CT sci
Giers Of the civil war on the pension
rolls III 1850. AND ever 4 few in the year
20CQ, more han Il century hence, for if
a soldier Of 1861 should Elarry when he
has reached the age CT so years in 1923,
a girl 1G years Old. she might hope to
live - years longer. or to.the age of So.
which would bring her up TO the year
2000. OF course. il is not likely there
will be many such. hut there will, in all
probability. lie some.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-07

found wrapped about them. this being
also in an excellent state of preserva-
ton, and unlike most articles of this
kind, found in this way, did not crum-
bic when exposed to the air. The poc
ton of this blanket which was between
the bodies and the ground floor of the
chamber was rotten, but there
mainder twas intact and quite strong.
A string of beads thirty-siX inches
long was also found with the bodies,
but the string crumbled when picked
up, allowing the beads to fail to thz
ground.
The chamber in which this find was
made seemed to be perfectly air tight.
the plastered walls, the solid walls of
masonry all being hermetic1 Ally sealed
by means of the slab, having precluded
the entrance of any air to the resting
place of the dead.
MIR. Love has found some of the
most wonderful specimens of pre-
historic nature there ever discovered
in the territory. One of the largest
spear heads. if not the largest. ever
found in the territory, was discov-
cred by him. Other articles of un-
usual value were also discovered,
and these, together with the finding
of this walled chamber and its con-
tents. leads to the belief that at this
point was the residence of some
great chief or king, as the ordinary
burying places OF the prehistoric
people were not hewn out of the
mountain and enclc3ed with air-tignt
walls.
What a find it would prove and
how it would lift the veil of mystery
which surrounds these ancient ruins
if some historical tablet could be
found. With all the discoveries yet
made the history Of these people and
the age in which they lived. are mat
tiers of mere conjecture and theory
Nothing whatever has been discov-
cred to definitely outline their char
acter or the period of the worlds
history in which they occupied this
country.-Journal Miner.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-07
LOTS OF WAR WIDOWS.
Pension Report Shows Remarkable
FEcts in Regard to Lon
kseVify.

One of the cUriosities of the United
States pension service is the astonish-
ing survival Ct war widows. The re
port CT the United States commissioner
Of pensions, just issued. shows some re-
narkabie and Interesting facts in &c
gard to the longevity Of the widows CT
soldiers. For instance. while there is
not Il single soldier Of TIE w&r CT the
revolution alive to-day. there are still
IL widows ard daughters Of soldiers Of
the revolutions. OF the war cf 1872
there are Only three scI,,iers still alive.
but of their widows there are still sur
viying and drawing pensions the aston
ishirg number OF 2,iG7, says the New
Orleans Picayune.
The war CT the revolution closed in
1888, and period of 11j years has
elapsed. and, While there are no maze
survivors. there are still some of their