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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-12
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Father Creecy, writing of the Scot
land county proposition, suggests a
change in the name, thus:
Scotland don't minister to our State
esprit Ike Saunders would, and Col
VIM. L. Saunders did the State of
North Carolina so great a service and
was so loyal to the "old north in every
fibre of his heart and intellectual con-
stitution, that his name deserves to be
perpetuated in the land he loved so
well, and served so faithfully. If the
Scotland Mes, will call their county
Saunders" we pledge them a pound of
ink or pound of the best Faber, to the
cause. y man, who through pain and
physical suffering gave so much brain
and heart to the good name of North
Carolina deserves a county or a monu-
ment, to commemorate his name and
public service"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-12

Among the many reliefs asked Of the
present General Assembly will be one
in behalf of the white children of Vance
county. The appropriation made for that
county for 1899 by the present Board
of Edncatinn is as follows:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-12
SUBSCRIPTIONS INVITED
MIR. JOHN T. PULLEN NAMED AS
TRUSTEE OF THE HOME.
AN APPEAL Hal OUGHT 10 Be HEEDEO
or Several Years hese Noble Women Have
Cared for The Aged. They now Desire
10 Buy Home Hit1 Am

pie 5roundS,
JOHN L. PULLEN ........... 500
WIN. II. WILLIAMSON ann. so
These arc the two first contributions
to buy Il Permanent Home for the
Aged, Infrm and Incurable Women in
Raleigh.
The course is one which appeals to
every good man and woman n the city,
and it ought not to require much time
to raise a fund large enough to buy the
needed Home.
The News and Observer will
from time to time publish a
list of the contributors, and it
is earnestly hoped that the con-
trlbutions will bs as generous and as
prompt as the cause is deserving.
The following statement contains all
needed information:
IbIiHAI A NLFN'FIN IyONTJN AT
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

One of the most interesting and
novel schemes that is resorted to when
it comes to "doctoring" up horse
for sale is "peroxiding" Horses just
suitable for carriage work, save that
they do not quite match in color, are
now Chemically blundered" to the
tint desired in the twinkling of an eye.
A 'peroxided horse" shows what has
been done to him soon after his new
owner takes him away, and frequently
he has to be ''touch d up" This
bleaching does not iniure the horses
any more than it does the average girl;
but the chemically tinted coat seldom
looks wen when closely examined, the
dark roots of the hair showing on
careful inspection. Yet it decei7es
the average buyer, and so answers it's
purpose. London Sport.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

The big American meat combine is
now selling meat In England cheaper
than 1t is at home. Beef from our own
packing houses brings less in London
than it does in Omaha, says the Non
conformist. In England the meat trust
comes into competition with Austria
liza and has to sell cheap in order to
hold its trade, and then it puts on at
home all the traffic will bear in order
to clear up tremendous profit on the
whole trade. The packers transport
sell them cheaper than at tneir own
doors. They have the American peo-
pie in their power and there is no de-
fense against their extortions. The re-
tailers of Omaha have recently made a
big advance in prices, and they say
they are not to blame; that the pack
ers keep forcing up the price, and they
have to keep up with the procession or
bust. Many of us would not care for
this advance If the farmer who raises
the cattle got his share of the rise, but
he doesn't. Cattle on the hoof have
advanced but little. The meat has to
be killed before it can fly; stick a
knife into it and it scars out of sight.
Half dozen firms control the meat
supply of seventy-fve millions of peo-
pie. and they have no defense against
robbery and extortions. In Chicago
thousands of people have quit eating
meat because they can't find the price,
and 1t may be that the most of us will
have to become vegetarians. The pack
ers who lost much of their foreign
trade because they poisoned our SOL
diers with embalmed beef and rotten
canned goods. are now recouping their
foreign losses by wholesale robbery at
home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

thing to do, certainly, and Abby al
ways did the right thing. She. did not
seem to take it much to heart, either;
but she never married. At least, !
never heard that she did. It is 25
years or more since saw the old
place. There was nothing to draw
me there after the old folks died. I
wonder-I wonder what became of
Abbyl Dead, probably. She would
be an old woman if she were living;
not so very old either. She was two
years younger than 1, and am not
yet turned 65 -"
clerk came in and laid a telegram
on the desk. The old gentleman took
it. The steely look came back to his
eyes.
The old woman in the blac, shawl
was still standing on the street cor
ner. She looked tired and anxious,
and the plants in the basket had wilted
sadly. The cars looked more alike
than ever, and she did not dare to
stop one. A policeman on the other
corner had scowled at her unpleasant
ly two or three times, and Aunt Abby
felt almost ready to drop, what with
the heat and the fatigue and the dread
that the policeman might speak to her,
and she be hopelessly disgraced there
by.
Suddenly her face broke into de-
lighted smile. A ruddy, yonngish man
came hurrying up to her.
"Wall, there!' exclaimed Aunt
Abby, as he shook hands with her and
kissed her, and began asking questions
and answering them all in the same
breath. "Wall, there, now, William
Henry, if that don't beat ALI"
Then she told how she had waited
in the station and then on the street
corner, until she was call het up, :"
and had left her palmleaf fan on the
train, and wondered if the plants
would come up again, and asked how
Lucilla was, etc, etc.
Meantime the man had picked up
the black satchel and the basket, and
hustled Aunt Abby good-naturedly
into the car, and the two were gone.
And the sprig of rosemary lay for
gotten on the floor under the old gen.
t!eman's feet. -Wayerly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

eve do not hold the ratio of 10 to
to be, like the law Of the Medes and
Persians, Interchangeable. 1t is neither
sacred nor supernal; it involves no
fundamental principle. What we want
Is to open our mints to the free and in
dependent coinage of both gold and
silver at some precise ratio. We be-
lieve the parity Of the two metals can
be maintained at the ratio we propose.
We want to try it. We want to begin
where we left off, and determine by
careful and guarded experiment wheth-
er we are right or wrong. At all
events, by experiment, and by expert
ment alone, we will reach the ratio at
which gold and silver dollars can be
coined on equal terms and kept at par.
The American people must soon deter
mine whether they will have bimetal-
lism or abandon it. If we are to have
it, we must begin it, and the difficulty
Of beginning it is augmented by every
year it is delayed"
We regret to say that the extract Is
from Mr.. Stones speech, delivered on
Saturday evening, Aug. 10, at Bunce-
ton, Mo. Mr.. Stone has evidently for
gotten that the ratio of 16 to l cannot
be eliminated from real bimetallism.
There are three reasons why the ratio
cannot be eliminated:
l. 1t is the legal and long g-established
ratio.
2. 1t is the ratio Of production on o
basis Of 500 years experience.
3. Any attempt to change it would
depreciate the present full legal ten
der standard silver dollar, of which
there are now some 100000 900 in ex-
istence.
The commercial ratio Is the least
important of all of the alleged obsta-
cles to reconciliation of silver. 1t
would at once adjust itself to the
natural and legal ratios in answer to
the inflexible law of supply and de-
mand. To assert that there Is a doubt
on this point is equivalent to denying
the whole principle of bimetallism.-
Elk.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
An African Bank.

AS an item of interest which seems
so far to have escaped the attention
of writers on Africa, l may relate that
the natives of that part of South Afri.
ca which, to a great extent, is inhab.
tied by Bushmen and Hottentots, have
a peculiar system of banks and bank
ing. These Kaffrs, among whom this
curious system of banking obtains, live
near Kaffraria, in the south of the
Colony country. The natives come
down south from their country to trade
in the several villages and towns In
large numbers, stay with the Beers for
a time, then return to Kaffraria. Their
banking facilities are very primitive,
and consist entirely of banks of de-
posit alone, without banks of discount
or issue, and they have no checks. But
still they enjoy banking privileges
such as they are. From those who
trade, of their own number, they select
one, who for the occasion is to be their
banker. He is converted into a bank
of deposit by putting all the money oi
those whose banker he is into bag,
and then they sally forth to the stores
to buy whatever they want. When an
article is purchased by any of those
who are in this banking arrangement
the price of the article is taken by the
banker from this deposit money bag
counted several times, and then paid
to the seller of the article, after which
all the hank denositOrS cry out to the
banker in the presence of the two wit
nesses selected. you owe me SO
much!' This is then repeated by the
witnesses. The general accounting
comes between the banker and his sew
eral depositors when all desired pur-
chases have been made, after which
all the natives depart for their north
ern wilds.-Alden Bell in Anglo-Amer-
lean Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

The automobile is the machine to
watch. 1t has reached stage in the
process of evolution which renders il
decidedly interesting, and which ex-
cites our curiosity and also the spirit
of prophecy. 1t is rather crude al
present and bit difficult to handle,
and, moreover, there is an element OF
insecurity about it which furnishes
just enough of danger to stir the
blood At times it is gentle as a
lamb, and then again it resembles the
mule, especially the two hind leg:
thereof. What you want it to do, i
does not; what you want it not to do
it does. But it is being tanned, and
after a few Improvements have beel
made it will be docile and obedient.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

The fact that Missouri is building
up big trade in poultry in Hawaii,
having lately cont acted to send
200, 600 live chickens there, is full of
suggestion to small farmers. Chickens
thrive in Hawaii, but the pc ople there
do not care enough about bothering
with them to go into the business on
a large scale. AS result both eggs
and poultry are dear. The opening
in all the is ands for chicken ranches
is one that is bound to attract atten-
tiol among the class that wants to
find use in Hawaii for small capital
and habits of outdoor industry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

With all our devotion to hurry,
there should be long pause before
slow transit of the canal is given up.
Where these channels are owned by the
state they are an important check upon
railroad rates for carrying certain
bulky materials. A turbine system
gaining its power from trolley wire
gives hope, too, of greater speed with
n minimum of bank washing. An over
head cable is also promising possi-
bility,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

A writer to the New York Sun says
in recent visit to Londou he counted
nearly 200 workmen's clubs with an
average membership Of 600 each.
They are managed and owned abso.
lutely by working men, who elect
their own officers, pay every dollar of
the clubs expenses, and at least some
times, at the end of the year have a
snug balance in the treasury-the
''balance sheet" of one of these clubs
for the last financial year shows a
surplus of over $4,000. Each of these
clubs is as independent and self-re-
specting as the "Union League" or
the Manhattan.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

and many strange things are written
in the First Epistle of Pingree to AL
ger. And the last of the trusts was
the beef trust, which begat Eagan, for
this was the limit, and the people
slew 1t.
These things came to pass in the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Some figures have recently been
compiled showing the amount of sugar
consumed per capita by the different
countries of the globe. These figures
are based upon official returns made
within the past few years. Given in
proper order the list reads as follows:
England, 81. 81 pounds; United States,
$3.50 pounds; France, 81. % pounds;
Germany, 1922 pounds; Austria,
1854 pounds; Russia, 1851 pounds;
Turkey, 7OS pounds and Italy, CPS.
Since sugar is one of the luXuries OF
life. it will be observed that in those
countries where wealth most abounds
sugar is consumed in greatest quanti-
ties. In the United States 4, 400, 600,
600 pounds of sugar are consumed an.
nually. This at the rate of 50. .3C
pounds per capita. OF the total amount
of sugar thus consumed, ], 446, 243, OOC
pounds are produced in the United
States and in the colonies, while
1858, 757, 900 pounds are imported
from other countries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
A Plausible Reason.

"Why did you go to the mountains
instead of to the sea shore?" asked
Mrs. Bunting.
because the mountains wouldn't
come to u.s." replied Mrs. Gazzam.-
Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Germany is about to wholly re-
form her consular service, now orga-
nized on lines suited to the needs of
the nation when Germany was an
agricultural state, without colonies
and without any export trade to speak
Of sy,tem wholly inadequate to the
demands Of modern, progressive
and manufacturing country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

If this country continues to drain
Europe of its surplus gold much
longer, as it seems likely to do, the
result must be to make New York in
stead of London the most powerful
financial centre in the world the
centre of the worlds surplus of capi-
tai and credits, predicts an English
expert.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Stubb-"I tell you that old retired
sailor said the right thing when the
cyclone shook his house"
Penn-"What did he say?"
Stubb-"Shiver my timbers."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

"Flossie Blufkins believes in rein.
carnation."
"She is too lazy to believe in much
of anything"
eyes; she says she can't help it
she uSed to be princess on the
banks of the Nile. Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

"What is concentration?
cts the way man sticks to the
subject he wants to talk about, while
you stick to the subject you want to
talk about"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Omaha has man who has worn a
woman's dress for twelve years. This
is Mr.. Henry Smell, and his home is a
little cottage, surrounded with great
tall cottonwood trees. A woman's s
dress is the only costume Mr. Smell
can wear with any comfort. Five
times in his life he has been overcome
by heat. Added to this, he has Sc
we're case of rheumatism, which, added
to Bright's disease, makes life misera-
bic for him. 70 wear trousers but
toned up tight around the waist, and
to put on the tightly fitting coat and
vest, would be more than he could
stand. So twelve years ago he donned
woman's attire and has worn it ever
since. His outside gown is made on
the principle of the hygienic one
piece gowns worn by dress reformers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

."That new servant of ours" said
Wigwag, reminds me of the Euro.
pean powers.
Chow so?" asked h is unsuspectine
wife.
because she's principally engaged
in the disruption of China. ."-Phila-
delph1a Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
SEPARATION.

There Is no rising ere the birds have sung
Their skyward songs, to journey with the
sun
Nor folded hands TO show that life Is done;
Ah no, for life is young.
There are no seas, no mountains rising wide,
No centuries OF absence to divide
Just soul space, standing daily side by side
All, wiser to have died
Hands still clasp hands, eyes still reflect
their own;
Yet had one over universes flown,
SO far each heart hath from the other grown,
Alone were less alone.
ilbert Dickinson, in within the Hedge"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
His Circle of Readers.

Blunt-"Who reads your poetry,
anyhow"
Billets-''Why, my dear sir, all the
prominent magazine editors of the
country, and many of the lesser lights
on the daily and weekly papers. -
Philadelphia North American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Askington-"Poor Gabbleby doesn't
appear to have any too much sense,
does he?"
Grimshaw--"No, his lack of brains
seems almost inexhaustible. Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

There be many kinds Of parting-yes,
know,
Some with fond grieving eyes that overflow,
Some with brave hands that strengthen as
they go;
All, yes, know, know.
But there be partings harder still to tell,
That fall In silence like an evil spell,
Without one wistful message OF farewell
All yes, too hard to tell.
There is no claiming of one sacred kiss,
One token for the days when life shall miss
A spirit from the world of vanished bliss;
All no, not even this.
--Martha
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
When They Wrote on Stone.

"What's that monolith in your coat.
tail pocket?" asked the ancient Egyp.
tian, in casual way.
The other ancient Egyptian paled.
"That's letter my wife gave me to
postl" he exclaimed. ''Thank you,
old man, for reminding me of it!'
Whence we see that while customs
vary from time to time, man in his es.
sential nature does not.--Detroii
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
Behind tho Times.

She-"I took spin on my rheol
last evening""
He-"Indeed! I thought spinning.
wheels were out of date. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
An Easy Win.

III IHsy WIZ
Tom-"Great newsr"
Dick-"What's that?"
Tom-"Harry Penniless won prize
of $100,0 600 by correctly answering q
simple question"
Dick-"Rubbish!
Tom-"Not at all. The officiating
clergyman asked him, wilt thou have
this mountaineering Miss Giltedge,
the bankers daughter-'to be thy
welded wife?'-and he answered, 4
WILL, and-and that's how it hap
pened. you see."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Mr.. Stockanbond (who has been
playing the bear market in Wall
street, t)-"Great Scott! I think the
brute recognizes me. Judge
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

cts Mr.. Goodheart still paying at
tention to your daughter?"
'He isn't paying her any attention
at ALL"
"Indeed! Did she jilt him?"
"No; he married her. "-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

There are no reserved seats in
heaven for rich people.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

The most expensive book ever pub
lished is the official history of the
civil war, which is now being issued
by the United States government, at
a cost up to date of 50, 500, 900. Of
this amount nearly one-half has been
paid for printing and binding, the
remainder to be accounted for in sala-
ries, rent, stationery, and miscellane-
GUS expenses, including the purchase
of records from private individuals.
1t has taken ten years to complete
this work. which consists of 112 vol
umes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Artificial legs and arms are now so
perfect that with them man can
walk, skate and even cycle. There is
story also of man who, injuring
his spine in a railway accident, was
fitted with a steel casing for his back
bone, and so enabled to walk and ride.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Kent county, Nd, has peach tree
that is believed by State Entomologist
w. G. Johnson to be the largest tree
in the United States. The tree is on
the farm of Allen Harris, on Eastern
Neck Island, and is of the Crawford
variety. 1t has full crop of peaches
this year, and has never failed to bear
crop since it began growing. 1t
measures 81 inches in circumference
and % inches in diameter. Three of
the limbs are % inches, % inches and
30 inches in circumference, respect
lively. 1t is seldom that the large
trees are the best bearers, but the
case of this Maryland giant proves to
be an exception.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

There is famous restaurant in the
town of Robinson Crusoe near Paris
where rustic dining huts are built far
up on the limbs of each tree. For so
years or more men and women have
made excursions to this place and
eaten in the trees like squirrels. One
of the trees is three storied, the din
ing rooms and kitchens being con-
nected by stairways. A waiter is
stationed on each floor aud the food
hauled up to him by means of bas-
ket and rope. 1t is a novel expert
ence to be eating away above the
world in this fashion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

Male all man g orders, checks, ETC., payable
10 the Tribuns Printing Company, Limited
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02

And the sprig of rosemary lay for
gotten on the floor under the old gen.
t!eman's feet. t.-Waverly
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-26
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Denouncing the Course of General Mer-
Ram in the Cmur d'Alenes.

The following resolutions were adopted
at meeting yesterday of the Deer Lodge
county Trades and Labor council:
IN compliance with the request of the
Central Federation of Trades of New
York city and other representative labor
unions of the United States, the Deer
Lodge county Trades and Labor council
has called special meeting tonight to
protest against the course pursued by
General Merriam in the Occur dAlene la
Dor troubles, and the following resolu-
tions are hereby submitted to the consId-
Grafton of the council:
Whereas, General Merriam, U. S. A,
by his proclamation of martial law is
ruler in the Occur d'Alene district in the
state of Idaho, and has outraged and in
suited all union labor by issuing the fol-
lowing despotic sentiments:
AT the same time, since the troubles
largely originate in hostile organizations
known as labor unions, ! should suggest
a law making the formation Of such
unions or kindred societies crime.
'And. whereas, General Merriam. pre-