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Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17

NEWPORT NEWS Va. March lG-The
Eighth Illinois regiment left here this after
noon at ] O'Clock for Chicago. The regi-
meut is travelling in three trains made up
of tourist and Pullman cars. The men will
reaCh ChleaEn earLN SaLuraaE mnruLnE-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17
One ChiId stnh. Anofher.

DETROIT, Mich. March lG.-George J.
Mink aged TO- was stabbed under The left
shoulder blade today by Xavier Glumbn,
Z l2-year-old boy who II seems. started
quarrel with him The blade penetrated
the lung, with probably fatal results.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17

J. Sheer SedlIia No. conductor on cleo
tric street car line writes that his little
daughter was very low with Group and her
lift saved after al physicians had failed.
only by using One Minute Cough Curs
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17

Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup, regularly taken
wards OF attacks Of asthma. % cents
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17

Mary, now 90 you Ike tle IVOTY soap!
Best we have ever had, am. The starohed clothes
are whittier and the annes are softer than when washed
with common soaps. 1t saves my hands; they used to
be very sore after wash"
"Well Mary, am told that saves the clothes, too,
and you shall have only Ivory Soap after this
Those who have and Ivory Soap, that take
o the
ua H#ogrtI tIsASnre co
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17
Telephones Abroad

The English government has decided to
70 into the telephone business and has
asked the House Of Commons for $4,000 900
as starter to enable the pustoftice depart
ment to develop the telephone communica-
tiun OF London. This is Of more or less
Importance 10 this country. Already, 1t ap-
pears, the British government has acquired
control Ct all the telephone trunk lines.
which il now owns and leases to the com
pany al d rental. Ii has nothing 10 do
with the distributing lines. which are run
by the company. The latter has a conces-
sion which expires in 1906. il pays 10 per
cent of it's gross receipts TO the government,
furnishes Instruments and service free TO
all the government bureaus, gives unlimited
service in the metropolitan district of 80
square miles for $50 year to subscribers
and charges only 6 cents a message at pay
stations The fact that all these conditions
and cheap rates, which would be considered
so favorable to the public in this country
still fail TO give satisfaction in London.
argues perhaps as much against govern
mental ownership as for it. but the purpose
of the government now il seems is 10 com
pete with the private companies permitting
the latter TO continue in business II they
can.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17
Telephone. in the Country.

NeiEhborhood telephones in farming dis
tricts are becoming more and more common.
An Illinois correspondent OF the Homestead
thus describes the workings Of one in Mason
county In that state, Our telephone service
was inauFurated March ~, 10y Ralph Bow
ser, young man but 20 years old, an en-
thusiast in electrical work, VINO connected
his fathers house and nearest postufIice by
a line mile and a quarter In length. The
upper wire q q barbed wire fence was used
al first and worked SO well that ] remember
hearing distinctly q watch lick over this
line From this small beginning has grown
a system OF seven separate lines twenty
miles in length using thir,y-eiEht tele-
phones and more are wanted our tele-
phones cost 81 each wire cents per pound,
or S4.bO per mile. The battery with each
telephone is effective six months without al
teutop. The use OF our telephones is free
10 all. The practical utility if evident 0ut
the use as d means Of social entertain
ment is not so well understood or appre-
ciEted as h deserves. We frequently listen
10 piano solos and songs, also sousa's last
marches played by d grsphophone before q
telephone three miles away and by simply
turning Z switch Two lines are united and
the Eraphuphone can be heard al twenty
four telephones.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17
Economy in Electric Lighting.

Ways Of economizing in the use Of electric
lamps is the subject Of 3 paper by Alton
y. Adams in the Scientific American, III
which ne says The fact that consumers
put up with electric lamps that have burned
500 600 and even l.20O hours and lost
fully half their candle-puwsr, shows that q
16-candle e-power lamp is not required in
many places and this is confirmed by the
many gas Jets which, through poor gas or
dirty pipes give but 10 or i candles. Il
can also be shown thar the great advantage
Of the electric Light is in its quality rather
than its volume. which, together with above
facts leads to The conclusion that a smaller
lamp, say Of 10 Candle-power, could weu be
used instead Of the lG-Candle incandescent
lamp, in many places. at d large saving in
cost OF operation. The above opinion is
strengthened by the very general use of The
lO-candle incandescent lamp in England and
the continent Of Europe, for places where
the l6-cRnde lamp would be used by us
Teu-Uaudle-puwer lamps can readily be had
that require hut thirty-fve watts, costing
al IL cents per 1000 watts per hour bur 5ls
mills per lamp hour or about that Of gas.
These 1O-CHndle lamps il burned only 200
or 500 hours each. give about the same aver
age light as the 16-candlC lamp burned 500
hours and Al about Iwo- thirds the cost
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17

inr Of FHchburr s--ee.s by the heavily laden
granite trucks
some tentior has also ha,u attracted
vrt'u the Jas; f0~-rlch; 20 ete plan for
rev fgr'y-uie streer railway from Wattam
through @ uumber OF Villages ia tbe Concord
and ACtor district, 10 Teppe~el The dis
trin' is no. covered hy any existing rail
liues and one OF the reasons given for grant
iur lLUrfer io the street railway men is
that The railway with freight carrying
privileges would iu time solve the problem
OF getting fresh farm products into Boston
every morning iu time for the early mar
ketiur without the tedious trip over The road
with market wagons. The new road produce
cars could not be brought into Boston under
existing conditions because The Boston els-
vHtea railway which controls the locations
bu-weou Wul,ham and Boston. is not a
eirit-gBrryiur road hut the projectors n.
thf new line say that even al rreseu. the.r
line could du q good business and fiji long
fet wan, 10 taking produce from the farms
along g proposed route and carrying it 10
potrt where the steam railroad might bring
lt into che city. Farmers living along the
route back ny the railway men iu this state
ueut"
ThnvinE Frozen Wnter Pipes.
No recent development Of electricity has
awakened such widespread interest as the
demonstration that the current will thuw
out frozen water pipes The discovery and
demonstration were made by Prof Z. W.
Wood instructor Of physics at the JnIver-
sitv Of Wisconsin j is boon TO house
holders d northern ClImCs. and gives promise
Of affurdinE prompt reuct from the aEgra-
waiting discomforts Of the old method o.
digging up and thawing out frozen pipes
Prof Wood gives the following account OF
his experiments
In view OF the extent o. the water
famine due TO frozen pipes and the number
OF communications that We have received
for more explicit information about the
electrical method We have for removing the
ice from The pipes. the following details are
OF interest
The second house to which the process
was applied was that Of Senator W. 7.
Villas where there was 3 stretch Of 800 feet
Of soHdly frozen pipe between the house
and the main. one Of the wires was con-
nected to the pipe where If enters the Gel
lar and the other carried TO 4 faucet on the
outside Of q neighburinE house across the
street From this faucet the current
traversed the service pipe to the street
along the main and through the 800 feet
of frozen pipe to the cellar connection. In
twenty minutes from the time Of turning on
the current there was q fun head u" water
flowing from the faucet in the cellar. The
street main was not frozen in this case, Of
course The frozen pipe WIS only heated
to about 60 degrees Fahrenheit, but this was
quite sufficient 10 rapidly clear out the ice.
The apparatus used must be carefully
adapted to the work required of 1t and must
be properly operated but the process is
perfectly simple and may be carried on by
any intelligent workman after he has been
properly instructed"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-17

ALEXANDER T CRANE.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
The Critical Ages.

At 40 men begin to feel the strain
Of hard work. If they have been care
less or reckless they are liable to
break down. Another critical period
is 60, when those holding positions Of
responsibility, who are too absorbed
to take proper rest, 60 to pieces. Yet
a man who has lived to that age ought
to continue ten years longer, provided
he takes care of himself.
1t is the pace that tells. 1t would
be laughable, if itwere not SO serious,
to see staid bankers and merchants
rushing along to save = few minutes
delay, or, like General Scott i'll his
famous letter Of acceptance, 'swal-
lowing hasty plate Of soup for lunch
con, or, constantly smoking long,
black cigars, as Governor Flower did,
or debating to a stenographer on an
ocean steamer. as was Mr.. Hyde 8
custom. When 1 watch these human
machines running at top speed, with
every electric light burning, and car
rying on operations that affect the
whole continent, ] ask with Artemus
Ward, "What does it signify?' Can
Americans never learn to make haste
slowly and to work easily and smooth
ly? The secret of strength is eoise
and self-command, and hustle and bus
tie indicate lack of balance and reserve
powers.
A leading New York dry goods mer-
chant has hardly taken holiday in
twenty years, and often works Sun
days. He might take warning from a
neighbor who broke down year ago,
and Low enjoys leisurely lunch ey-
cry day with his family and a half
hour nap. On Washington's Birth
day called on New York merchant
who said it was the first day he had
not been at his Office in years. One
may we'll ask such men, Is life worth
1ip;nr2"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
Mock Hanging in a Church.

A most startlingly unique entertain
ment, in which the principal feature
was a gruesomely realistic imitation OF
an execution by hanging, was given in
the colored Baptist Church in Carthage
the other night, and attracted a. crowd
which packed the big building to it's
utmost. An interesting account given
in the Press of the "tragic" affair is as
follows:
"The audience assembled in the base
ment Of the church, where the gallows
was erected, reaching upward about
five or six feet. The drop was only
short one, but every other detail was
carefully copied from a sure enough
hanging scene. About9 8 o'clock Peter
Gibson and Sporting Willie Hancock
came in, leading Art Irwin, the boy
condemned to the gallows. A sup
pressed..murm ran over the audience,
which waited with bated breath the
finale of this strange scene. The lamps
about the walls cast q shuddering,
gloomy light about the room, and a
superstitious horror could be traced on
many face. But negro good humor
cannot long be suppressed, and scarce
" had the first feeling Of awe passed
awaw when some lusty voice broke out
in q hearty laugh.
1This soon spread, and the scene lost
large share of it's gruesomeness. The
convicted murderer was led up the
steps of the improvised gallows, his
arms and legs were tied, and rope
was fastened to his neck, black cap
was adjusted, the trap sprung and the
body dropped. So far as actual ap-
pearance went he might have been
hanging by the neck. The body turn
ed and twisted as the rope let out it's
slack, and there it hung for several
minutes. When taken down the boy
dropped, seemingly limp and lifeless,
and was carried out on stretcher
amid deathly silence.
'The affair, however, was not SO
realistic as it appeared, for before
entering the room another rope had
been carefully harnessed around Ir-
wins body, with a loop coming under
his coat collar. This last rope was
concealed by the boys clothing, and
although the rome appeared to encirclc
his neck, it was in reality fastened to
the loop under his collar. After few
minutes in which to remove ropes, etc.
Irwin returned to receive the congrat-
ulations of his lady admirers, who
gathered around the little hero in
groups."-Kansas City Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
Wedding OF George Washington.

1t was crystalline day, the 9th Of
January-old style-1759. Up to a
colonial mansion, the "White House,
in New Kent County, Virginia, a
spanking team of horses clattered and
stopped, putting clouds of breath on
the frosty air. From the great coach
a brisk-faced, slow, important gentle
man in scarlet dress stepped out, Brit
ish from forehead to foot-his Excel
lency Lieutenant-Governor Fauquier,
came with his wife to grace the we'd
ding party of young Colonel George
Washington, new Burgess in the
Virginia Assembly. The Lieutenant
Governor assisted the lady to alight.
His sword clanking as he followed
her, removing his belaced cooked hat,
he entered, to add to festive brilliance
within. The dark eyes Of the comely
little bride, the widow Custis that
was, were bright. She greeted them
with dignity, softened by desire to
please in to the graciousncss that is
Southern. In white satin threaded
with silver, and quilted petticoat, she
wore pearls entwined in her soft brown
hair. Her little feet in high-heelcd
slippers, .the smallest iycs, twink
led with buckles of brilliants. Point
lace ruiiles fell about plump taperlng
arms and bosom, and adorned with
bracelets and necklace of pearls she
looked tiny beside the tall bridegroom
in costume Of blue lined with red silk,
embroidered white satin waistcoat,
gold knee and shoe buckles, and sword
Happiness beamed in his glance and
movement. He was the handsomest
man of the handsome assemblagc, il
is said, and he had the quality that
most quickly makes a woman love-
masterfulness unmi1ed with tyranny
He was twelty-seven, she but three
months younger. Her charms were
such that on the day they met hi
knew that he wished to marry her
He had seen her but four times before
marriage; each time, however, was
day or more, or little less. 1t was
hopeful wedding. suitable match
Leila Herbert, IN Harper's No0o
-ine.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06

Thy blessings on my country and its
cause.
The effect was thrilling. An cleo
trio flame ran through the multitude.
The prayer Of the President found an
echo in thousands of hearts. When
the applause had ceased, the Presi-
dent, taking up copy Of the Consti-
tuition of the Confederate States, re-
peated in clear, firm voice the follow
ing words:
II do solemnly swear that will
faithfully execute the Office Of Presi-
dent Of the Confederate States Of
America, and will to the best of my
ability preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution thereof
He then took the Bible from the
hands of Judge Halyburton, of the
Confederate Court, raised it reverent-
ly to his lips and retired.
Mr.. Hunter, the President Of the
Senate, then formally declared Jeffer-
son Davis, Of Mississippi, to be Pres
ident Of the Confederate States for the
ensuing six years.
Thus was the permanent govern
ment Of the Confederate States launch
ed upon the stormy sea Of revolution.
Though her existence was short, the
| principles involved and the brave
!! deeds enacted were sufficient to endear
the name Of the Southern Confedera-
cy to every true Southerner.
JOHN L. Dyson.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06

81 see they have started another
lodge of the Improved Order of Red
Men in your village Eyes; my hus-
band has joined it. But that not the
kind Of order needed in our midst.
"No?' NO; what is wanted is an
improved order of white men.
"DeWitt's Little Early Riscrs did
me more good than all blood medicines
and other pills" writes Geo. H. Ja-
cobs, of Thompson, Conn. Prompt,
pleasant, never gripe-they cure con-
stipation, arouse the torpid liver to
action and give you clean blood, steady
nerves, clear brain and a healthy ap-
petite. Evans Pharmacy.
- In New York city, and within a
radius of twenty-five miles Of it, more
| eople are living to-day than the whole
thirteen colonies contained at the
time Of the Revolution.
1t is estimated that 1000, ,OO(
bushels Of wheat were destroyed by
hail in North Dakota.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspep
sia because its ingredients are such
that it can help doing SO. ''Thc pub
lie can rely upon it as master RENE
dy for all disorders arising from i'm.
nerfect digestion. James NJ. Thorn.
as, NJ. D., 10 American Journal Of
Health, N. Y. Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06

= Enormous corns, with tendency
to gout in wet weather, are stated TO
be the common affections Of the kan
garoo in captivity.
,'Our baby was sick for month with
severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al
though we tried many remedies she
kept getting worse until we used One
Minute Cough Cure-it relieved at
once and cured her in few days. y
B. j.. Nance, Prin. High School Bluff
dale, Texas. Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
Good Enough to Take.

The finest quality Of loaf sugar is
used in the manufacture of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and the roots
used in it's preparation give it flavor
similar to that of maple syrup, making
it very pleasant to take. AS medi-
cine for the cure Of coughs, colds, la
grippe, Group and whooping cough 1T
is unequaled by any other. 1t always
cures, and cures quickly. For sale by
Hill Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
Chronic Dlarrhoea Cured.

This is to certify that 1 have had
chronic diarrhoea ever since the war.
I got so weak I could hardly walk or
do anything. One bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy cured me sound and we'll.
J. R. BIBBs, Fincastle, Va.
I had chronic diarrhoea for twelve
years. Three bottles of Chamberlain 8
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
cured me.
S. J.. SHAVER, Fincastle, Va.
Both Mr.. Gibbs and Mr.. Shaver are
prominent farmers and reside near
Fincastlc, Va. They procured the
remedy from Mr.. w. f. Casper, a
druggist of that place, who is we'll
acquainted with them and will vouch
for the truth of their statements. For
sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
Bob Taylor on Ingersoll.

"I sat in great theatre at the ma
tional capital. 1t was thronged with
youth and beauty, old age and wisdom
I saw man, the image Of his God,
stand up on the stage and | heard him
speak.
ellis gestures were perfections OF
grace, his voice was music and his Ian.
guage more beautiful than any l had
ever heard from mortal lips.
"He painted picture: after picture
of the pleasures and joysqand sympa-
thies of home. He enthroned love
and preached the gospel Of humanity
like an angel. Then I saw him dip
his brush in the ink Of moral black
ness and blot out beautiful pictures
he had painted. I saw him stab love
dead at his feet. [ saw him blot out
the stars and the sun and leave hui
manity and the universe in eternal
darkness and eternal death.
II saw him, like the serpent OF old,
worm himself into the paradise of hu-
man hearts and by his seductive elo-
quence and subtle devices and sophis-
try inject his fatal venom, under whose
light its powers faded. Its music was
hushed, its sunshine was darkened
and it's soul was left a desert waste
with only the new made graves OF faith
and hope.
II saw him, lawless, erratic me-
teor, without an orbit, sweep across
the intellectual sky, brilliant only in
its self-consuming FIRE generated by
friction with the indestructible and
eternal truths Of God.
"That man was the archangel OF
modern in6delity, and / said, how true
is Holy Writ, which. declared The
fool has said in his heart, there is no
God
A'Tell me not, oh infdel, there is no
God. no heaven, no hell! Tell me not,
oh, in6del, there is no risen Christ!
"What intelligence less than God S
could fashion the human body? What
motive power is it, if not God, that
drives the throbbing engine of the hu-
man heart, with ceaseless, tireless
stroke, sending the crimson stream OF
life bounding and circling through
every vein and artery?
"Whence and what, if not OF God,
is this mystery we call mind? What
is it that thinks and feels and knows
and acts? Oh, who can deny the di-
vinity that stirs within us?
"God is everywhere and everything.
His mystery is in every bud and bios
som and leaf and tree; in every rock
and hill and vale and mountain; in
every spring and rivulet and river.
;'The rustic Of his wing is in every
zephyr; its might is in every tempest.
He dwells in the dark pavilion Of ev-
cry storm cloud. The lightning is
his messenger and the thunder is his
voice. His awful tread is in the earth
quake and on every angry ocean. The
heavens above us team with his my
riads of shining witnesses. The uni
verse of solar systems whose wheeling
orbs course the crystal paths OF space
proclaim through the dread halls Of
eternity the glory and power and do
minion of the all-wise, omnipotent,
eternal God" ."-.Johnson City Comet.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
Mill. YOU ]?

Before you buy PIANO see me. l
have saved to some of my customers as
much az seventy-6ve dollars in the pur-
chase OF ONE PIANO. Such makes as
Chickering, Emerson, stulz & Bauer and
Mehlin to select from. None better.
AS To ORGANS you can save from fif-
teen to twenty. five dollars by seeing me.
Remember, I am in the SEWING MA
CHINE business, just for fun. You can
get prices on any of the high grade
makes; and do not forget that sell any
Machine Needle at three for &C., 20c. per
dozen. The finest Sperm OIL DC. per bot
tle. Nothing but new, select stock.
Remem Der the place
South Main St., Anderson, S. c.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06

Quickly cure constipation and re-
build and ;nvigoratc the entire system
never grippe or nauseate--DeWltt S
Little Early Risers. Evans Pharmacy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The Stockholders of the News and OBJ
server Hold Their Annual Meeting.


The Stockholders of the News and OBJ
server Hold Their Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the News and Observer was held in
the office of the company yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. Mr.. Cary j.
Hunter presided, and Mr.. Herbert w.
Jackson, acted as secretary. Al large
majority of the stock was represented.
From the report of the President of
the company to the stockholders the fol-
lowing extract Is made:
1.-THE business of the company has
grown steadily. The cash received from
subscriptions from August 1st 1898, to
August LIST, 1899 exceeded those from
August LIST, 1897 to August list, 1898,
the sum of $5,6S9.607 The best test of
IA papers popularity is in its cash sub
scription receipts. The circulation of the
News and Observer is larger than ever.
Its subscribers are its friends and have
given many evidences of their friend
ship
The stockholders were highly gratified
at the report and confident of the con-
tinued increasing patronage and intlu-
ence of the paper. They discussed plans
of progress and betterment which will
be considered and acted upon by the
directors at the September meeting.
The election of officers was also deferred
until the September meeting of the di-
rectors.
The Stockholders reelected the old
board of directors, Messrs. Chas. Bus
bee, r. L. Gray, w n. Jones, n. B.
Broughton, A. w. Haywood, Gary j.
Hunter and Herbert w. jackson.