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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
NINE MILES OF TYPE.

ton of the News and Observer" is be-
ing mailed as rapidly as possible to all
subscribers of the paper. The delayed
covers We're finally located and brought
to Raleigh by express yesterday morn
ing. 1t will require three days, work
ing day and night. to mail the edition
to all our subscribers.
Within the past FIVE years the News
and Observer has published five great
special editions, to-wit: The Cotton
Mill Edition. Tobacco Edition,
Fish, Truck and Oyster Edition, 7
Educational Edition." and "Woman's
Edition issued upon the unwilling of
the Confederate Monument in Raj
eigh in May, 1895. The 'Twentieta
Century State Edition." following these
five notable editions, comes as fitting
climax to the series.
This paper contains 22S pages, hand
somely illustrated, and is the largest
newspaper published in the world. The
New York papers have now and then
printed mammoth papers containing
from ninety to one hundred pages, a
California paper in special edition
had in the neighborhood OF one hundred
and forty pages, the Florida Times
Ces4
tanning over 100 pages, and a Mel
bourne, Australia, paper contained 16S
pages. As we are informed, the Aus
tralid paper was the largest ever issu-
ed until the present edition of the News
and Observer. Each single paper
weighs three pounds The cost of the
white paper in each paper is seven and
a half cents and the cost or mailing
each paper is three cents, making the
cost 1912 cents per paper, without
counting the expense of composition,
press work, proof reading, editing, so
Letting, ink, and the many other items
that entered into the cost.
The 22S pages contains 273,600 lines
of type, or mine miles of type, every
line of which is descriptive of the life
of North Carolina, it's industrial, educa-
tional, agricultural and political pro-
gress and development. 1t deals with
the conditions as they exist to-day and
with the men who have made two
blades of grass grow, two spindles TO
turn, two eyolutions or progress in
every domain of industry where there
was formerly only one. The paper will
be sold at twenty five cents per copy.
Five years ago an edition Of this
magnitude in North Carolina would
have been impossible. 1t is possible to-
day because in spite of every obstacle,
the people OF North Carolina have gone
forward. abandoning old methods that
were found Improbable and adopting
methods that have brought diversified
ton in agriculture, manufacturing.
business and education. "Tnat we go
forward" was the command unto
Moses That is the command North
Carolina hears and obeys. Without
boasting, without shutting the eyes to
low prices in agriculture, without max
ing undue claims for the State in any
direction of developments, we may just
ly claim for North Carolina that in
every essential of substantial growth
and progress North Carolina leads tine
South. The best proof of this claim is
to be found in the 22S pages Of the
State edition teeming with the sketches
of most of the leaders in every move
ment in the States advancement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
SUMMER SCHOOL AT BLOWING
ROCK.
1,enoir News.)

Last week a meeting was held at BLOW
ing Rock in the interest of establishing
Summer Normal School at that place
DIR. McIver, of Greensboro, was there
and said that he would Like to have thr
school at Blowing Rock, and that it
would take $4,000 to erect the necessary
building, &c. and if that amount should
be raised by the people interested in
Blowing Rock, they could have the school,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
Mrs. Joe Persons
REM E.DY.
THE WORST CASE OF DYSPEP-
STA CURED.
Saint Gilmore, Tenn,
March IS, 1890.

CdllIl IIlHOTty 1tllI-s
March IS, 1890.
Mrs. Joe Person, Kittrell, ~ ":
Dear MADAME / made a trip through
the eastern counties of North Carolina
and Virginia a few months Ago, where
The malaria was so thick you could cut
it in the air with knife, the tadpnes
were as thick in the water as 1eas on
a dogs back. Before taking the trip I
was suffering with the worst case or
dyspepsia I've ever had. Three bottles
of your Remedy cured me as SQUAD as
u dollar; made me gain twenty Two
pounds. | actually ate so many tough
beefsteaks l had to have a dentist to do
$2S worth of work ON my teeth. con
slider your Remedy the finest blood
medicine on the market today.
Yours very truly,
GEO. A. CRAFT.
Il. s.. / am sorry your Remedy il not
for sale in this little town and Chat
tanooga (Dear here SO / could recom-
mend it to my friends.
q T.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
SEVERE PUNISHMENT PR
SCRIBED.
PRE-
sStatesville Landmark

The stories of the treatment of CON
victs ON the penitentiary farms by
Lewis Summerell, a farm super
visor, reminds one of the horrors OF
Siberia. Summefell is Populist
and protegee of the Fusion admin
istraton, but his brutality is a dis
ton. He should not only be dis
charged promptly, but he should oc-
cupy a felon's cell and wear con-
yict's stripes for the balance Of his
days.
THE HEROES DEPART.
Newbern Journal.
Only about five hundred negro friends
assembled at the A. and \. G. station
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
Spirit IF the Press
HE IS STILL THERE.
Durham Herald.

Durham Herald.
The Governor has called for the
dismissal OF Summerell now that the
investigating committee has shown up
his brutality. 1t was manifestly Tho
duty of some one to have known q
this before the committee began lis
Investigations, and the pity Is that the
Governor did not 10 a little inyestigat
ing ON bis own account.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

Mr.. Croker was absent when Tam
many fixed the date of the primaries
Mr.. Croker had previously fixed Tam
many.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

President Mckinley need not have
gone all the way to Ohio to hear the
premonitory rumblings.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

Kruger's reference to the SD Psalm
is sure to remind Chamberlain that
there are others who can quote Scrip
ture in pinch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

The new entente with the Sultan Of
Sulu has shunted the Anglo-Amerlcan
alliance quite to the rear Of public no
tice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

If Secretary Root VIII adopt the Gu
ban all-officer plan of raising an army
he will not need to bother further 1bout
volunteers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

Senator Lindsey has given new rea-
son for the, Philippine war. He says
the Filipinos did not take time to size
up good thing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

1t is to be hoped that John Bnl had
the foresight to equip his ultimatnm to
Kruger with apparatus for taking III
the recoil.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31

CongfessInan-at-Large ITUIh haHsas'
Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. / have been
afflicted, more or less, for q quarter of
century with catarrh of the stomach
and constipation; residence in Wash
ington has increased these troubles.
A few bottles of your medicines have
given me almost complete relief, and l
am sure that continuation of their
use will effect a permanent cure.
pe-ru-na is surely wonderful rem
edy for catarrhal affections.
j. d. BOTKIN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
INEBRIETY.. DISEASE

Inebriety, morphine and other drug
addictions are dependent upon a diseased
condition Of the nervous system. The
victim of the disease again and again
puts forth the most heroic efforts to re-
form, but his disease is too absolutely
overpowering to be conquered by resO-
lutions The will-power he would ex-
ercise if he could is no longer supreme.
Alcoholic stimulants have so cOngested
the delicate nerves that they cannot re-
spond to the performance of their func-
tional duties, and the helplessness of the
victims condition is as inexplicable to
himself as it seems inexcusable to his
friends. The Kelley treatment cures
this disease by restoring the nerves to
a perfectly healthy state. 1t cures by
removing the cause. The result is that
by condition, and he has neither craving,
yer 300,0 600 men and women today have
inebriety through DR.. Keeley's treat
rolina only at the Kelley Institute at
tuition is pleasant; no restraint is inn
ton; the patient only Knows he is cured.
Ind proofs of it's success sent free upon
UTE. Greensboro. N. G..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-31
w.AvnHxwAY.Aw.AT6I1ATNI.AgA

the patient is left in normal and hes
desire. nor necessity for stimulants.
been permanently cured OF the disease
ment, which is administered in North
Greensboro. The treatment at this in
posed; it is like taking four weeks va
Detailed information of this treatment
application to THE KELLEY INST
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
AMERICAN GIRLS RETORT.
French Once stood Her In
Good stead.

As one of our countrywomen was
going down the rather narrow stairs
that lead from the house TO the gar.
den, at the American embassy, she met
three or four young attaches of for
eign legations, who were entire stran-
gers to her, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. Their politeness induced
them TO stand aside for her to pass,
but their courtesy did not prevent their
making audible personal comments.
They seemed to take 1t for granted
that French was an unknown tongue to
Americans.
Look at her yellow dress; it's very
pretty" said No. l.
Eyes, but she has on white gloves"
announced No. 2.
"She has good teeth" said No. 3.
And an enormous mouth" added
No. 4.
And she understands French per
fectly," said the owner of the enormous
mouth, turning suddenly upon them.
and would like to say that her ears
are even bigger than her mouth" This
In French and with such an air Of Civ
Ing impersonal information to nobody
In particular, that II was quite as II
she had been kindly helping strangers
to information out Of guide book.
The men had just enough presence OF
mind to flee the premises.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
Tucked FICE CENTURIES
The Famous Old Town Clock In
ROuen Has Kept Time for
BIO Years.

Rouen, one of the principal cities OF
France, and the greatest seat Of Its cot
ton manufacture, possesses the oldest
public clock in the world. The great
Rouen clock has held its place in that
city for $40 years and is the pride Of Its
citizens. Placed in 1889, II has been
running without interruption from
that day to this, requiring nothing ex-
cept cleaning and a few trifling repairs
OF its accessory parts. The great clock
had so accustomed the citizens 10 look
upon It's exactitude as matter OF
course that when. in 1872, the breaking
OF wire prevented its sounding five
o'clock one morning, the population
was In a state Of CONSERVATION.
The magistrates summoned the Gus
Observation-Disclosures Petit-and remon-
strated gravely with him. Until l7l2
the great clock had no pendulum. For
1923 years it had no other regulator than
a "foliot,N an apparatus unknown TO
the majority OF modern clockmakers.
The pendulum In clockwork was intro
duced in 1859, but so we'll satisfied were
the people OF Rouen with the time
keeping qualities of their famous old
clock that SO years were allowed TO pass
before a pendulum was substituted for
the "foliot." Equipped with this new
apparatus It has continued to this day
to strike the hours and chime the quar-
ters
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
ABOUT TIE CATFISH
Il Not Yet Made Fully Into Perfect
Flsh-Somc of Its Queer
Ways.

The catfish belongs 10 an ancient
type not yet fully made into Il fish. and
hence those whose paired fins are all
properly fastened TO the head, as his
ar not, hold him in weD-merited scorn.
He has no scales and no bright colors.
His fins are small, and his head and
mouth are large. Around his mouth
are eight long "smellers,' fleshy feel
ers, that he pushes out as he crawls
along the bottom in search OF anything
that he may eat. AS he may eat any
thing, he always finds it. His appetite
Is as impartial as that of goat. Any
thing from a deal lamprey or a bunch
of sunfsh eggs to n piece of tomato
can is grateful to him. In each of the
fms which represent his arms is long,
sharp bone, with a slimp surface and a
serrated edge. These are fastened by
a ball and socket joint, and whenever
the fish is alarmed the bone is whirled
over and set in place, then il sticks out
stifily on each side. There is another
such bone In the fin on the back, and
when all OF these are set there is no
fish that can swallow him. says the
Popular Science Monthly.
When he takes the hook. which he
surely will do If there is any hook TO
be taken, he will swallow ii greedily.
AS he is drawn out of the water he
sets his three spines, and laughs to
himself as the boy pricks his fingers
trying to get the hook from his stom-
ach. This the boy is sure to do, and
because the boy Of the Mississippi val
ley is always fishing for catfish is the
reason why his fingers are always sore.
The catfish is careless Of the present
and sure of the future. After he is
strung on birch branch and dried In
the sun and sprinkled with dust and
has had his stomach dug out TO recover
the hook, il he falls into the brook he
will swim away. He holds no malice,
and is ready to bite again at the first
thing in sight.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
YORK RIVER LINE VIA WEST POINT, The

YORK RIVER LINE VIA WEST POINT, The
FAyoRIrE ROUTE NORTH.
LEAVE RICHMOND.
1870 p Mo. 10. Baltimore Limited, day
except Sundays, for West Point
and intermediate stations. max
ing close connection at West Point
with steamers for Baltimore.
800 p. Mo. 10, local express, daily except
sunday, for West Point and inter
mediate stations. Connects viii
stage at LIE ter Manor for Walker.
ton and Tappahannock also, at
West Point with steamer for Bal
timore. stops at all stations.
500 A. M.--NO. 10, local mixed. Leaves daily
except sunday from Virginia
street station for West Point and
intef ediate stations, connecting
with stage at Lester Manor for
Waikerton and lappahannock.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
800 A. VI Daily.
10: 10 A. N Except Sundays and Mondays
$50 p. M.-Daily except Sunday from Vest
Point and intermediate stations
steamers leave West Point, daily except
Sunday. 600 p. m arriving Baltimore ~
following morning; returning, leave Balti'
more at 900 p. m. daily except Sunday, q.
irving est Point 1880 and Richmond va
following morning.
Steamers can at Almonds Wharf and
Gloucester Point Tuesdays, Thursdays and
saturdays; AT Clayba and yorktown Aon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
c. W. WESTBuitY, Trav. Pass. Agent,
$40 asst Main street, Richmond, Va.
j. NJ. CULP, w. A. TURK,
Traffic Manager, Gen'l Pass. Agent
r. :. CANNON, Third Vice-President and
Oen'l Manager,
WASHINGTON, d. c.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
The kissing Bogey.

During the past week or two ths
eastern section Of our country has, 40
cording to the newspapers, been suffer
ing from the invasion OF new enemy
10 human comfort. the kissing bug"
IL ia said to attack sleepers and pro-
duce an acute swelling, usually on the
llps-the favorite point OF attack
hence the popular appellation. So far,
says the Journal OF the American Medi-
cal Association. we have seen little
mention of IL In medical literature, ex-
cept in the Philadelphia correspond
ence Of the Medical News. which gives
= delightfully."- definite description Of
the creature that is supposed TO be the
offender. calling II parasite of the
bedbug, "about an inch In length. of
dark brownish, red color, and having
six legs and long antennae." The name
given Il IL, however, a better Identified
tion-"opiscaetus" (opiscaetus? per
sonatus. q European species that is
quite capable Of performing the sc-
credited kissing bug" role. Other
newspaper identifcstions have been
published. and II 10 possible that every
kind of nocturnally received puncture,
from a flea bite up, 10 being credited to
this new and fashionable cause. Re-
ports OF Its performances are coming
in from all parts of the east and middle
west, and even deaths are reported
from its bite. 1t is hardly probable
that we have any general exaggeration
OF the frequency Of any one species,
though there may be a local increase.
We must, therefore, assume as most
likely, that large proportion Of the
cases reported have In them a mental
element due TO the newspaper reports.
Cases Of painful stings or bites during
sleep are not uncommon. We have,
nearly all Of us. experienced them or
observed their effects but an ordinary
or extraordinary event of the kind is
just now credited to the kissing bug"
The probability that 1t is the species
referred TO by the Philadelphia CORE
spondent, or some allied one of the
family. Ia the greater as that insect is
9 well-known infester Of dwellings, and
its bite 10 sufficiently painful and seri-
Gus to meet the descriptions. Other
species, however, may be included;
several Of the water bugs. notonecta
and belostoma, are said to be poison
Gus, and there Is possibility that the
electric light, so generally in our towns
and villages, may attract them In IN
accustomed numbers 30 as to render
more frequent the accidents of their
bites. For the most part, we think the
present epidemic Of kissing bug" ex-
cspt. perhaps. locally on our eastern
border, is largely a matter Of the I'M
aglnstion.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

Are women more subject to sea-
sickness than men?" An Atlantic cap
tain replies; ayes, but, on the other
hand, they stand it better. A woman
struggles up to the point Of despair
against the-what l might call the i'm
propriety Of the thing. She isn't so
much tortured by the pangs as she Is
worried by the prospect OF becoming
disheveled, haggard and draggled. She
fights against It TO the last and keeps
up appearances as long as she can hold
up her head"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

A workman drove a wagon loaded
with 90 gallons Of nitroglycerin into
Van Buren,, Ind, the other day and dis
mounted to transact some business.
The horses became frightened and ran
down the principal street of the town,
causing panic. Citizens ran from their
Offices and stores, deserving their bust
ness and seeking safety by getting a
distance from the wagon. which was ex-
pected to explode every second. Finally
the horses broke loose from the wagon
and left II standing in the street.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

30 many children haye been made Ill
by eating the samples Of medicine Of va
rious kinds left at the doors by en-
ployes Of makers in Los Angeles. Cal,
that the municipal authorities have for
hidden the practice and the manufac.
turers will have to find other means
OF advertising In place OF delivering
such articles from house to house
This method Of bringing 10 the pub
lie notice the quack remedies that are
so innumerable threatens to become a
great nuisance in some parts Of the
country.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

A Minnesota man captured king
fisher when the bird was quite young
and made a pet Of him and trained the
bird to capture fish and lay them at his
masters feet. In summer the bird is
taken to the river, where fish are known
to abound, and set at liberty. The bird
poises high in the air, and, suddenly
dropping, grasps his victim and prompt
ly delivers the fish to his master.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

Joseph Phillips, Of Cloyerdale, Ind,
while fishing at the cataract tied his
Ane about his ankle and went to sleep
on the bank Of the river. A 2l-pound
carp seized the hook and its struggles
aroused Phillips so quickly that he
rolled on the bank into the river and
narrowly escaped drowning. He was
rescued and the fish landed. Mr.. Phil
lips has the best fish story Of the sea
son.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

One.third Of your time is spent in
bed. Let that be comfortable. You
can make II so by buying one OF
Doyne's Felt Mattresses.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

Arrive Richmond from Bermuda ~.
Ochre o8 A. NJ. Leave Richmond for U sn,,
and Bermuda $50 T.. VI Arrive Peiel,sesr,ss
rom bermuda and Ochre $50 A. NJ. L ~
Petersburg for Ochre and Bermuda LUZ =
Arrive Petersburg from Farmyllle, w i1a
pock and intermediate points west oi ra,r.
Ter O. ID p VI. Leave Petersburg for rslS
vile. W nterpO0k and intermediate PV'''
west OF Chester $50 A. VI. r..m.
Monday and Thurday trains from r rs.,-s
vile arrive Richmond $40 A. NJ, conn,ecn,s''
with York River Line for balLip ~
rare Richmond to Baltimore go one ~ x
500 round trip. Trains arrive and depasa,.os
Richmond from Southern Railway sls~ ~ss
so that through passengers avoid eAP"'~
OF transfer. "a.
Passengers on Tuesday. Wednesdhy III.
day and saturday trains from FaI inn,sisy
may take local freight which passes nl 1sssscr
about 800 L. NJ. and arrives MsncD'
about AS =. NJ. .u.ss
Through tickets on sale and oass"
checked through.
I. NJ. Il. TALCOrr. r. T. WlLsVs,.sn
Receiver. Gen. Pass Ags.'
Rlchmond. VI
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
Volcanic ErupliOns

Are grand. but Skin Eruptions rob life
OF Joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures
them; also Old. Running and Fever Sores,
Ulcers. Boils. Felons, Corns, Warts.
Cuts. Bruises, Burns. Scslds, Chapped
hands, Chilblains. Best Pile cure on
earth. Drives out Pains and Aches.
Only Is cts. g box. Cure guaranteed
Sold by White & Co.. Druggist.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

In a western city an ingenious cleo
trician has sent out a machine which
he calls an electric goat" to carry
away the sticks. paper and debris
which gather in the city's streets. This
10 done by arms which reach out and
take up whatever comes within their
grasp. The invention was doubtless
suggested by the appetite OF the animal
for miscellaneous rubbish.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15
Typhoid from Files.

DR.. II. o. Howard. the entomolopist
OF the agricultural department, is cred
tied by a Washington correspondent
with saying that it is the judgment OF
the highest authorities that consider
able part Of the typhoid in camps dur
Ing the Spanish war was due 10 the
flies. which carried the contaQion.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15

II IL estimated that about 100000
acres OF land In the United States are
planted with vines, three-fourths of
them In q bearing condition. In the
amount OF wine raised New York state
ranks next after California.