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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-09
The Pure
Food Question

Is not new question with us.
We have been advocating pure
food for more than Il ..ozen yoars,
and we are reiciced to see others
= taxing i, up. W. like to see men
of science taking hold of it and
showing people the necessity of
eating
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. July S.-After an early ad-
vance of lie today. wheat turned weak
on heavy country offerings ami closed
with a net decline Of 3-Sc. Corn ruled
independently strong and closed Nc
higher Oats lost lsc. Provisions ruled
active and surprisingly strong. Pork
advanced zoe. Lard 12Ec and ribs
15c.
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Only Pure Food,

and demonstrating it by analyti-
cal and other scientific tests, and
we think that everybody should
read Prof. Wither's lecture on
this important question. We adj
vocate pure food buying and
pure food eating, in the only
practical way by buying and sell
ing only that which is pure.
Our prices may not always he
the lowest, but they are as low
as the class of goods we deal in
can be bought at.
PURE FOOD is OUR MOTTO
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WESTBOUND,
CAPE FEAR AND NORTHERN
RAILWAY
Condensed Schedule in Effect August
Is Now Open for Business.

10 WV OI'e1r Tut
Trains leaves Apex for Anglers daily
Except Sunday with comfortable
coach, upon the arrival of the south
bound s. A. l.. local passenger train.
Train leaves Angler daily Except
Sunday in time to connect with the
s. a. Il. northbound local passenger
train for Raleigh
GEO. Il. LENNON,
Superintendent.
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Jones & Powell,
Raleigh. N. C.
COUPON NOTICE.
Mechanics and investors

The semi-annual coupons, from the
FULL PAID CERTIFICATES of
stock, issued by the Mechanics and
Investors Union of Raleigh, will be
paid on presentation at the Commercial
and Farmers Bank in this city on and
after June 24th.
These dividend bearing coupon certif-
Gates will be sold until further notice
at seevnty-seven dollars cash. The
maturity value is 500; they are secured
by first mortgage on residence property,
and make a very desirable investment.
Prompt loans will be made to satisfac-
tory applicants, when secured by resi-
dence property in town or city.
GEORGE ALLEN. Secretary,
% Pullen Building, Raleigh.
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:: you send your name and address, mention
ing this paper, to DR.. Hathaway 81 Co, you will
receive their valuable Booklet for Men and
Women.
This book has just been issued and is full OF
valuab information to those afflicted with any
OF tlose delicate diseases peculiar tn either
II tolls how to cure diseases. DR.. Hathaway G
Co. are experts in the treatment Of such dis
eases, and are without doubt the leading spe-
cialists Of the United States
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The good may die young. but the bad
nearly always outlive their usefulness.
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Rice steady; fair to extra 43sa7; Jsran 4Aa51s
Moasses nrm: New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice 32a36.
Cofee-Options. December $3.50; January
800; spot Rio dull and nominal; No. z. invoice
ga ga No. Z iobbing 6H; mild quiet; Cordoya
Sugar, raw steady; fair refining 1916; CEN
trliugal Safest, 1-15; molasses sugar 8 3-16;
refined steady to finn and active; mould So !:
standard So; confectioners' o4z No. 10, IL;
cut loaf 5I crushed 6; powdered 81; granu-
lated 1-2; cubes e.
Muskmelons, Florida, per crate, $lG a.t0; do.
oasket 50G75; Charleston, per barrel, Sld2 $50;
basket, 75as1 so.
Watermelons, per car load, slooa2oo; do. per
lOO, S9a28 90.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 8-Flour quiet and
unchanged; western super $22502.40.
Wheat frmer; No. red, spot and July
7iAa743s; August 75075A; September 76za761s |;
steamer No. red -; Southern wheat by
sample 70075; do. on grade -.
Corn firmer; spot and July 374a37zs;. August
S7Aa35; September $685.; steamer mixed -;
Southern white 4la4l l-2; do. yellow -.
Oats dull; No. white western, 32a32 IL; No.
mixed 30 1-2a30.
Rye FIRM No nearby 81 No. western 81
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NEW ORLEANS.
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

Galveston, qniet, 81, 70 bales.
Norfolk, nominal, 6, POI bales.
Baltimore, nominal, 81, SOB bales.
Boston, steady, Oh, 1,040 bales.
Wilmington, steady, %, = bales.
philadelphia, firm, . Tic, D haies.
Savannah, steady, 81, bale.
New Orleans, steady, 6x, 296 bales.
Mobile, nominal, l-2, bales.
Memphis quiet, 5X, 2U3 bales.
Augusta, quiet, Ga, II bales
Charleston, quiet, nominal, -, ECO bales.
Cincinnati, quiet, So, III bales
Louisville, steady, 81, - bales.
st. Louis, quiet. 6%, - bales.
Houston, quiet, s l3- l6, - balea.
New York, steady, 3-I6, - bales.
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N. & ". RAIL ROAD

AND BRANCHES
AND ATLANTIC COAST LINE
RAILROAD COMPANY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Condensed Schedule
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LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, July 81 p. M.-Spot cotton,
mail business; prices hardening: American
middling 8 ll-32d.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
Guided 5, 300 American; receipts 1909 bales, in
Guiding $3.50 American.
Futures opened steady with moderate de-
mand ana closed STEADY at the advance.
NM mir inG ~ lpuss s,tu,
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NEW YORK
LIVERPOOL.

SPOT cotton closed steady; middIinV uDIands
Is; middling gulf 7-l6; sales 1,siS bales.
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SGUTE BQUMD

Schedule in Effect December 18th, 1895.
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RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.

Corrected daily by Grimes & Vass.
RALEIGH, N. c., July s.
RHNDS
The Republican., 1899-07-13
Piled Wood While Governor.

Uncle Dick Oglesby was honest him.
self, and he believed in making other
people be so, just so far as it lay within
his power. The principle of the thing
appealed to him, and a false rule he
despised. In 1865. when he was gov
ernor for the first time, he ordered ten
cords of firewood from a farmer, who
was to cord the wood up in the gov
ernor's yard. The governor watched
until three cords had been piled. Then
he could stand it no longer and, walk.
ing up to the farmer, he said: You
are piling that wood too loosely. By
the time you get it piled up you'll be
giving me eight cords for ten. Now,
mind you, l won't pay for it." The
farmer, evidently disgusted at being
told how to do his own work, answered
that he guessed he knew how to cord
wood as well as anybody, and chal.
lenged the governor 10 do it better of
he could. That Uncle Dick would take
him at his word evidently never oc-
Cured to him, but it wasn't the first
time the good old gentleman had corded
wood, and, governor or no governor, out
he went When the farmer had brought
the wood all in Uncle Dick corded every
stick of it over again and got it into
eight cords. Then he made the farmer
bring in two cords more.-Chicago
Chronicle,
The Republican., 1899-07-13

the off side of the carriage, and the
dog was brought up to the further side.
Her majesty smiled when Tim was
held up for royal inspection, and re-
marked that he was "a noble old dog
while the princess dropped a sovel eign
into the dogs box. When placed on the
ground Tim" stood up on his hind legs
and barlled Thank you." three times
trick taught him by the station
master-and then ran off to renew an
interrupted interview with a rat.
Tim has been collecting for over
seven years at the Paddington station,
and during that time has taken in just
$1,940. His daily receipts have never
fallen below ninepence, while they once
rose as high as 27 shillings. He has
never had a blank day. AS a special re-
ward for his services the authorities
permit him to go unmuzzled, and so far
he has not forfeited his privilege by
biting anyone.
The Republican., 1899-07-13
ENGLISH PLUCK.
n This Instance 1t Was Rough saa
Not Overnice, But 1t Won
the Victoria Cross.

Maybe it was at 1sandula, with Lord
Chelmsford's army, or it may have been
during the Zulu war, says Golfers
Weekly, after an engagement in which
the British troops were defeated by
Cetewayo's black warriors, and were
compelled to fly for their lives, an Eng
lish cavalryman, whose scraggy little
pony limped from an assegai slash, de-
tached himself from the retreat and
galloped back upon the charging
Zulus. A glance over his shoulder had
shown him a dismounted comrade,
stumbling painfully along, trying to
jam some cartridges into his clogged re-
yolver. When the troopers pony
trotted up the Zulus were almost upon
the two soldiers; fortunately they had
discarded their spears and were misr
The Republican., 1899-07-13

Hezekiah, king of Judah, who reigned
in the years III to 6SS B. c., was pion-
eer in constructing system of water
works, bringing water into the city of
Jerusalem. In the holy book we read:
HE made the pool and the conduit and
brought the water into the city, stop
ping the upper part of Chou, and
brought it straight down to the west
side of the city of David. And Hezekiah
prospered in all his works." From the
pools of Solomon,p near Bethlehem,
water was conveyed to Jerusalem,
distance of six or seven miles, through
q conduit of earthen pipe, about ten
inches in diameter. The pipe was in
cased within two stones, hewn out TO
fit it, then covered over with rough
stones cemented together. Even in
those days boil the water" was WE'LL
known iniunction.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican., 1899-07-13

When Mirabeau was dying he said
to his servant: Prop up my head care
fully, for it is the most remarkable head
in all France" Michael Angelo wrote,
in 1912: "All the differences between
ME and the Pope Julius arose from ths
fact that Raphael and Bramante were
Jealous of me and tried to overthrow
me. Yet everything that Raphael
knows about ant he learned from me-"
Rossini addressed some of his letters
to his mother as follows: ITO Mrs.
Rossini, the mother of the distin-
guished master" Finally, Schopen-
As,ler, when he was asked where he
wo1ld like to be buried, replied: THE
place does not matter, as posterity will
know well enough where to find xG -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican., 1899-07-13
AN HONORED DOG.
The YateIIigent Amin al Was Accorded
a Pleasant Reception by Great
Britain's Queen.

Tim the half-breed Irish and Air
dale terrier who collects contributions
at Paddington station for the widows
and orphans fund of the Great West
ern railway employees, was presented to
her majesty the queen one day recent
ly, says the New York Journal. AS the
royal carriage rolled up to the station
Sir John McNeill drew the attention of
Princess Henry of Battenberg to the
dog, and the princess spoke TO her maj
esty, who was so interested in the story
of Tim" that she at once directed that
he be brought forward to her carriage.
Inspector Bush, ON whom the order de-
volved, captured Tim" who was rather
negligently groomed for royal recep-
ton, and brought him into the pres
ence of the queen. She was sitting on
The Republican., 1899-07-13

that year 25s divorce suits were en-
tered. Ten years later there were 41O
suits among 23,OOO,ooO population. In
1881 there were 61S out of 20, ,O0O,O 900, and
lastyear there were S22 out of 81, 100000
The majority of petitions are filed by
the husband and plead the best of all
causes. In England in 1897 only nine
suits arose during the first year after
marriage, but this number trebled the
second year, and has progressed steadi-
lY ever since.
The Republican., 1899-07-13
Bacteria in HniIstOneH. g..

The organisms Of hailstones have
been investigated on two occSs 'ons by
i. C. Harrison, Canadian bacteriolo-
gist who has found numerous bacteria
and molds, including bacillus and a
coccus hitherto undescribed. The char
acter of the germs confirms Bujwid's
theory that surface water is carried up
by storms and frozen, prodaoing hail.
The Republican., 1899-07-13

handling captured carbines. Now, in a
melodrama or in realistic novel edify-
ing to schoolgirls, the language of these
two gallant soldiers, one to the other,
there amid the squealing Zulu bull
let's, would have been noble, lofty, in
spring and godlike. This is what they
really said:
Get out O. this, Fill, We bloomin'
ijit-the black beggarsll skewer you'll"
gasped the wounded man.
TYou climb up on this 'orse or I'll
punch your d-n head Off" was the re-
ply from the trooper.
And it is delightful to be able to say
that he did climb up, and they both es-
capped from the ''black beggars," and
the trooper got the Victoria cross.
The Republican., 1899-07-13

Young Woman. She goes on to say that
she once met at a lunch a young lady
who annoyed her hostess very much by
answering, when asked if she would
have roast mutton or boiled fowl
Whatever you do not want to keep
for the servants dinner" The hostess
did not conceal her displeasure at this
apparent reflection on her manage.
ment
The Republican., 1899-07-13
Trouble Enough.

Wheeler-I tell you bicycle is a
great thing to take your mind off your
troubles. / find it invaluable.
Walker-Nonsense! What troubles
have you got:'
"Well, the installment man comes
around every week TO collect the pay
ments on my wheel. IN. Y. Journal.
The Republican., 1899-07-13
An ObiectioDabIe Answer.

Questions as to ones household man
agement are always Objectionable un-
less they come from intimate friends
who are anxious to give or take counsel
in the affairs of daily life" says Mrs.
Humphrey, in her chat on Social Blum
ders and How to Avoid Them" in the
The Republican., 1899-07-13
Hard on whee1women.

In the course of speech the other
day Lord Salisbury declared that IF
new Dante arose to write new In
ferno' its lowest circle would be ten
anted by the ladies who dress them
selves in the bicycle skirt or knicker-
bockers."
The Republican., 1899-07-13

Henry, think of paying $4,000 for a
dog!"
"H'ml Think of being able to pay
$1,000 for dog!"-Puck.
The Republican., 1899-07-13

In 1861 the population of England
and Wales was about 2O,OO0,OOO. In
The Republican., 1899-07-13
worlds Scribblers

The world uses s,5OO,OOo steel pens q
day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
rhe President in michigan.

President McKinley's special train
arrived at Three Oaks over the Michi-
gan Central at 6:15 p. IN. on the 18th.
The city officials and the President
passed under an electric canopy
through the village park to the Dewey
cannon, where, after being welcomed,
the President responded in few brief
remarks, after which he was escorted
to his train and departed for Kalama-
zoo. At Kalamazoo the President was
the central figure in the parade which
marked the first day of that city's
third annual street fair. He also made
short speech at the conclusion OF the
parade, which was heartily applauded.
As the train passed through Marshall
the President was being shaved but
left the chair and went out on the rear
platform and waived his handkerchief.
At Niles and Jackson he made brief
addresses to large crowds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
IN OUR GREAT STATE.
THE HAPPENINGS IN MICHIGAN
BRIEFLY RELATED.
The Beet Sugar Factories at Bay City
VIII Distribute $500, 900 Among the
Farmers This winter-Mortality Rate
In the State for September.
Beet Sugar Harvest.

This is the harvest time for the
sugar beet growers and they are max
ing the most of it. The factory of the
Michigan Sugar Co., of Bay City, is in
the midst of it's second campaign, and
consuming about 500 tons of beets
daily. The factory of the Bay City
Sugar Co. is about ready to start, the
machinery having been tested during
the week and found to be in fine con-
dition. The West Bay City Sugar Co. S
factory is, nearing completion and the
officers say will be in running order by
Nov 1. The two latter factories will
also consume each 500 tons of beets per
day. Farmers are busy hauling beets
to the Michigan and Bay City compa-
MES factories, which are located side
by side, and the scene in the vicinity
is daily very animated. Several hun
dred loads of beets are received every
day. Payments are made by check
the 18th of each month, covering the
previous months haul. Upward OF
$500, 900 will be distributed among the
farmers this winter for beets.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
s,7ss Deaths In September.

There were 2,733 deaths reported to
the secretary of state for September.
This number is IL less than the number
reported for September, 1898. The
death rate for the month was 14.O per
1000 population. There were $50
deaths of infants under year of
age, 24s of children aged 1 to 4
years, and $50 persons aged IS and
over. Important causes of death were
as follows: Pulmonary consumption,
1876; other forms of tuberculosis, So;
typhoid fever, 72; diphtheria and Group,
80; scarlet fever, 8; measles, 8; whoop-
ing cough, 10; pneumonia, 81; diarrheal
diseases of children, 500; cerebro-spinal
meningitis, AZ, cancer, 116; accidents
and violence, 1873. An increase in the
number of deaths is shown for typhoid
fever and diphtheria. The number OF
deaths from diarrheal diseases of chill
dren was only slightly in excess of the
number reported for August, and q
very marked decrease from this cause
may be expected in next months
report.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
Armored Train Captured.

The London war office has received
the following dispatch from the gen.
eral commanding the Cape forces: IAN
armored train from Mefeking, escort
ing two seven-pounder guns sent from
Cape Town to Mefeking, was attacked
on the 18th at Kraaipan. Apparently
a rail had been removed. The train
left the track and the Beers fred into
it with artillery for half hour and
captured it. Telegraphic communica-
ton with Mefeking is interrupted at
Kraaipan. The women and children
have been sent to Cape Town. The
two guns referred to belonged to the
Colony, and are light and of old pat
tern. We have no details as to casu-
alties The entire crew of the ar
mored train, with the exception of the
engine driver, were made prisoners by
the Beers"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
Pandemonium at Pennington.

A jubilant crowd at Pennington on
the evening of the 10th took it into
their heads to have Halloween cele-
bration. They started in by taking
the sign of travelling dentist and
painting rude caricature of the doc
tor on one side, printing the following
beneath it: ~ am strictly a ladies.
man and the only dentist who extracts
teeth with great pain" They then
placed the sign over the store of one
of the leading merchants, and it re-
NAMED there all the following day,
causing much amusement for the peo-
pie and modification for the doctor.
An undertaker's sign was placed over
a millinery store, buggy on top OF
carpenters shop and hub" raised gen
orally.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
TRANSVAAL WAR ITEM S.

Dispatches from Cape Town on the
10th were very meager, but they in
clude an important message from Glen
coe Camp announcing that the Boer
commanders which invaded Natal
through Laings Mex, and, after occupy
ing Newcastle, advanced to Pam
hauses, but retired on Ingagane on the
evening of the 18th, their transport
service being reported defective. This
will delay indefinitely the anticipated
and hoped-for assault on the strong
British position at Glencoe.
The government of Ontario late on
the afternoon of the 10th received q
dispatch from the war office, stating
that in response to the urgent appeal
of the Canadian ministry the imperial
authorities consented to the Canadian
contingent going to the Transvaal as a
distinct brigade. The cost will be
about $150,000.
1t is estimated that from II, 200 to
$4,000 Free State Beers are watching
the passes in the Drakonberg range
| from divers Hook to Collins Pass.
They have pushed few patriots down
the Berg, but hitherto the main force
has not debouched from the actual
passage, which is being intrenched.
A special dispatch from Cape Town
dated Oct. 18th, says big battle has
been fought at Mafeking and that the
Beers were repulsed, losing 800 mer
against 10 Britishers killed.
According to the program of EN-
barkations from Great Britain within
the next few days, there will be ship
ped total of 1s, 900 troops of all ranks
and 1000 horses.
1t is estimated, that there are 1906
Boer soldiers at Natal. All non-com
batants and women and. children hav'
been sent from Dundee.
Two Boer spies were arrested
Ladysmith on the 10th and handed
over to the military authorities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
NEWSY GENERALITIES
ITEMS GATHERED FROM ALL
DIRECTIONS.
President Kruger Says He win Now Make
South Africa Free or the White
Mans Grave - The American Yacht
Columbia Won the First Race.
Freedom or the white Mans Grave.

Freedom or the white Mans Grave.
The following cablegram under date
of Oct. IL has been received from the
Transvaal president: 'On the 9th we
gave England 4s hours notice within
which to give assurance shat the dis
pute will be settled by arbitration, or
other peaceful means. The notice ex-
pired on the 18th. The British agent
is recalled and war is certain. This is
the fitting end of the British policy of
force and fraud which has marked all
South Africa with the blood of Arikan-
ders. We must now make South Africa
free or the white mans grave. The
republics forces include all nationali-
ties, among them strong American
corps, showing it is not case of Boer
against uitlander, but all nations
against the English. We have full
faith in freedom and republicanism
and in the Righteousness which guides
the destinies of nations
(Signed) president KRUGER"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
Tragedy at Delray.

Ferdinand Rehan, aged 30, son OF
Ernest Rehan, the Delray tailor, was
accompanying Mrs. Patrick Drouillard
to the home of her parents about mid
night on the 18th, when as they neared
the house, he suddenly bid her good
night. A shot Immediately followed
the words and young Rehan fell to the
ground with bullet in his right tenn
pie. In a little over half an
hour he was dead. When he was
picked up revolver with one chamber
empty was found by his side. The
young woman can give no account OF
the matter other than to say that they
were joking and laughing all the way
from where they had been calling.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-10-20
A Cadillac Farmer Has Tough Luck.

Charles Olson, who has a 5o-acre
farm at Cadillac, advertised for wife.
Lottie Summers, of Boyne City, an
swered the advertisement, and the two
began corresponding in February.
Three weeks ago they met and Miss
Summers agreed to marry Olson on
condition that he give her $500 with
which to start in the millinery business.
He agreed, and the two went to Chi
cago and stopped at separate hotels
Olsen says he gave her $500, represent
ing all his savings, and the two
agreed that they should be married on
the 18th, but Miss Summers dise ,
peared the night before, and ice
Of her can be found.