The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-11
Views and Interviews.
The national hymn of the Beers be-
gins like this:
'Waal hoog nou in ons heldre lug,
Transvaalse yrijheidsvlag!

One blink'n blijer dag"
No wonder England hesitates about
sending that ultimatum.
The writer of this column can't write
poetry so he has stolen one of Joe Lin
coins good things out of Puck and mu-
tilated it SO as to fit an interesting
event soon to be pulled off i'm Raleigh, to
wit, the State Fair. The following
spasms are submitted
My Ma. she's made patchwork quilt
that s orfuI gay and bright,
And Sis. she s worked q afghan, red
and blue,
And Dad, he s fatted up hog so big
that he IS a sight,
And Lutte, he 3 raised a punkin big as
two;
I've got Leghorn rooster that fer color
and fer size
Is the beat OF any round here any
where;
So We eal'late that our family oughter
fetch at least one prize
From the Moth Caliny Agricultural
Fair.
There IS hardly one more week ter wait
afore the time is here
When we II git in the carryali and go;
Ma IS thinking of the women-folks she
II meet from fur and near.
And Sis is kinder fig'rin' on beau;
And Dad, he s talkin hoss-race like he
alters does, yer see
He knows bout every trotter on the
track
He lows he II bet on Country Belle
instead of Roxy b."
And says this year he II git his money
back.
And Lutte and me is goin' ter pitch the
rings and win cane,
And hit that nigger's head stuck
through a sheet;
We've practiced chuekin' ait a mark all
summer, shine er rain,
And this time, you jes' bet we re
goin' ter beat!
But we hain't goin' ter try ter knock
them dolls down off the bars,
Cause Lutte last year bagged two the
second lick,
And then the man the man that run the
thing he give us two cigars
And, jimmy-crickets! WANT we orful
sick.
We're goin' ter see the tattooed man, all
red and pink and green;
Well watch the Drawn Match and
'Tater Race,
And Dad II shuck his coat and lam the
Test-yer-strength'' machine
And blame nigh knock the weight
right off the place,
We III all hands have some peanuts and
some rawsb'ry lemonade,
Well stay as long as there s anybody
there:
Our family gets their moneys worth,
now don't yer be afraid,
At the Moth Ca 'liny Agricultural
Fair.
1T used to be said, IF you want TO
break d man give him saw mil. That
is no longer true" said a wei Known
lumberman, yesterday. Every mill man
now, if hes doing any business at all,
is getting rich. There is a fellow he
pointed to a young man with some bum
dies under his arm waiting for the train,
'.who last month and the month before
made $4,000 clear a month ON iumDer.
He has "a mill in a neighbering town.
Mr.. r. A. Brown, of Chadbourn, well
known here as a leader i'll the last Sen
ate and since as chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the Legislature to
investigate the affairs Of the State peni-
Tertiary, has recently purchased the
plant of the Conway Lumber Company,
and is preparing to enter the lumber
business quite extensively.
"He is already one of the most extern
sive truckers and merchants in that
part of the State" says the Wilmington
Messenger, land is active in every move
ment inaugurated for the Industrial ana
commercial veal of that section. lie mas
already secured control of extensive
timber lands and proposes making addl-
tional purchases as rapidly as possible.
1t is his purpose, he says, to employ just
as soon as he can get them, about loU
men to work in these timber lands, cut
ting and rafting logs to be Heated down
the river to his MILL"
Who says Mckinley did bad thing
in buying the Philippines? he simply
doesn't know what he's talking about
Let's .'figger" a bit. We paid the uni
form rate of 81 a head for the inlIabi-
tants of the islands. In the Island of
Sulu slaves are now quoted at $40
apiece This lis a clean advance of SIS per
human being. Could anyone ask bet
ter trade than this-or more conclusive
proof of the healthful advance of prices
under McKinley's administration.
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We learn with sorrow that the price OF
diamonds was last Saturday advanced 3
per cent. We have not yet laid in our
fall and winter supply. The dispatch
goes on to say that all mining in the
Transvaal has been stopped, and another
advance of 40 to 80 per cent. will follow
| if there is war with England.
The "Plow Boy Preacher" Rev. j.
Kirkman, Belle Rive, ILL.,, says, "After
suffering from bronchial or lung trouble
for ten years, was cured by One Min
| ute Cough Cure. 1t is all that is CLAIMED
| for it and more" 1t cures coughs, colds,
| grippe and all throat and lung troubles.
Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co., w. Ii. King
! e. ~ q, Siuapcnr,