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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-07

The Wilmington and Newbern papers
say the oyster crop this season is very
short. Dealers have advanced their
prices from 70 cents to 81 per bushel,
with no guarantee to fill orders sent
even at that figure During the last
month in Newbern oysters have sold ar
Sf.50 Per gallon, an unusual price for
the ordinary oyster.
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RAT CATCHING.

A City Business Whose Followers Are
Called to Various Parts of the Coun-
try.
Professional rat-catchers, who devote
themselves exclusively to freeing build
ings from rats, are found in only few
of the very largest cities Of the country
There are rats everywhere, and so it
comes that the rat catcher is more or
less traveller.
New York rat catchers have been as
far south as Florida and, though there
are rat catchers established in that city,
as far west as Chicago. Trips of 80,
100 200 miles and more in various di-
rections Out of The city are not 50 un-
usual as to be considered remarkable
These include trips to cities and towns
and places in the county The struct-
ures that are freed from rats include
not only private houses in city and
country, but also factories, and ships,
and stores, and in fact buildings of all
sorts. The rat catcher makes contracts
to free a building of rats, and also to
keep it free, by the month or year. A
rat catching contract running up into
the four figures, hat is to say of 81 COO
or more, would not be an unheard-of
thing This would probably be for
clearing some great warehouse infested
by rats. The great majority of con-
tracts are, of course for sums far small
Ter, In fact, to have an ordinary house
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There has been, 1t appears, some little
doubt about the genuineness of some of
the Mocha coffee sold in this country.
Mr., f. S. Cunningham, the United States
consul at Alden, has been troubled by
this doubt, and report just made by
him shows that far from inconsidera BILE
shipments of the genuine article come
to the United States annually, and that
therefore the commercial designation
cannot always be inaccurate. In the
year ended with June 30, 1899, for in
stance, the expectations from Alden and
Hodeida of high-priced coffee grown on
the Arabian peninsula amounted to 49,
1856 bags, or 5,144960 pounds, the invoic-
ed value of which was $S92,S25 This
cuts but a small figure, to be sure, in
our total importatiens of coffee, but it
is something, especially as not quite
everybody here insists on drinking Mo-
cha. AS for the other suspicion-that
coffee from East Indian ports is some
times turned into pure Mocha by few
days rest in an Alden warehouse-Mr.
Cunningham declares that it has no
foundation in fact. Strict precautions
against this sort of fraud are taken by
the Alden Board of Trade, and he be-
lieves that neither mixing nor substitu-
ton is practiced there. What happens
in this country the consul does not pre-
tend to say.
This is cheering. Everybody who
likes Mocha coffee can find pleasure in
believing that he or she, at least, gets
what he or she buys.
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SUPER FL UO US,

Ella-I told him my face was my for
tune. Connie--What did he say? Ella
Said he'd absolutely nothing, either
Ally Sloper.
Il amt no bargain store" remarked
the bad boy emerging from the pantry,
but there's perfect jam inside me. -
Phila delphia Record.
A Superfluous Suggestion.--"I would
lay the world at your feet" he exclaim-
ed. But she looked at him Jelly and re-
turned: Il see no reason for troubling
you, Mr. Dolby "Unless the law of
gravity has been unexpectedly repealed,
the earth is there already. Washing
ton Star.
A manly boy of fifteen entered the
office of London merchant and asked
for employment He gave satisfactory
answers to few questions, and then the
merchant inquired, What is your mot
tor Same as yours. sir" the boy re-
piled; "just what you have on your door
Push. He was promptly engaged
-Tit-Bi
Making Distinctiones, do you know
much about music?" mot "A great
DEAL" answered Mr.. Rufshod. But
I've managed to figure out that if you
hear anything in a theater at the cost
of SIS per seat it's art, and If somebody
sings the same thing in an adjacent fiat
or hammers it out on a piano, it's an
Internal racket. I'm getting on
Washington STAR
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FASHION NOTES.


The admirer of beautiful costumes
can find a deal to enjoy in the current
showing Of two-cloth gowns. These
are a distinct sort from the dresses
whose chief characteristic is that they
display two shades, and often as many
as four. The latter were put forward
as a sop to the women who complained
about the monotony in cloth dresses,
but it would seem as il the two-cloth
suits We're enough to answer any rea-
sonable complaint of this nature. Two
stuffs of solid color are usually combin-
ed, and wide range is thereby afford
ed for artistic expression A late notion
is to employ a striped material as one
of the components. The artist presents
an example Of this treatment. In 1t
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"AP Z EN- IA
The Best Natural Purgatve Water
i'm Bilious Attacks and
Disorders of the Liver,
Self HxSovteys. TIE ApOLLKNARKS CO., Id, Los

Then he would swing the tongs right
around under his arm and close his arm
down on the rat and draw the tongs
away and leave the rat there, giving 1t
another soon for company if possible
to keep it quiet, as it would be more
likely to remain with another rat nest
ling against it. If rat catcher should
swing a wild rat up in the air and
catch it when 1t came down, he could
lay it on the outside of his arm and 1t
would stay there, for a moment at least,
! perfectly quiet, so surprised would it be
| by that extraordinary experience. Rats
caught in such ways would, of course,
be got rid of as promptly as might be
into the bag.
While of the traps used the greater
number are Of the kind that kill the rat
when caught, still with traps and tongs
many rats are taken alive Years ago
thousands of live rats were, in the win
ter season, collected for rat pits; the
number gathered nowadays for this pur-
pose is everywhere very small. owing
to the existence and activity of societies
for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails. A few live rats are sold to ply
sicians for experimental purposes. but
substantially all of the greater number
of rats taken alive by professional rat
catchers are destroyed.
An interesting branch of the business
is the mouse catching. Small as they
are, mice can do a good deal of damage,
and especial attention Is given to them.
Every rat catcher employs man who
does nothing but catch mice. These
smaller animals are caught exclusively
in traps; there are used some traps of
a kind that operates without bait, but
more of the mousetraps used are the
familiar old-fashioned kind, commonly
painter red and having holes in the sides
rat catcher buys such traps by the
gross, and good many gross of them
In the course of a year
These traps are never used more than
three times. In damp weather they are
used but twice, and If the first use Of
it had left about any mousy odor, the
trap would be thrown away. The mouse
catcher bats and sets the traps and
takes them to the buildings in which
they are to be used, and places them
where they should go; and in the morn
ing he goes over the ground and takes
them up with their catch. One man
can look after $50 to $50 mouse traps
daily, according to how much they are
scattered and the distances to be cover
ed in distributing and taking them up.
New York Sun.
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STILL HOPEFUL.

The general belief is that the bold
Andree, who started in balloon to find
the North Pole, found very cold
death, but there are a few who still
think it possible for the adventurous
explorer to reappear. One of these is
a brother of Andree On the ground
that the balloon might have taken a
certain course and reached a certain
point this brother finds that if it did
SO the explorer could not have reached
the nearest known land before this
summer and cannot be heard from be-
fore next year. OF that coming year
he has great hopes.
Not long ago, it will be remembered,
an article that Andree was to throw
overheard If he succeeded in reaching
the Pole was found floating, but of
course nobody could tell whether he
threw it overheard or whether it fell
out of the balloon with him. If he does
return with proof that he reached the
Pole he will be very big man, almost
as big as Admiral Dewey. And he will
deserve all the bigness that will be
his
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AIt5N
his

1t is announced that Henry Chad
wick the father of the national
game will call upon the President and
urge upon him the idea of providing all
the regiments with athletic equipments
but principally with the implements of
the national game. England has for
years provided her soldiers with crick-
ct outfits, and as result Tommy At
kins has developed into prime physical
exhibits of the English race. Among
the different regiments great rivalry
exists, resulting in the development of
the much sought for esprit de corps,
Mr.. Chadwicks idea is a good one
The game of baseball is a manly one,
and soldiers when off duty would be
well occupied in playing it. Perhaps
by and by, when baseball is properly
appreciated all over the world and has
international standing. it can take the
place of both arbitration and war Two
countries in quarrel might, If they
would, leave the settlement of the dis
pute to representative baseball mines
of their armies. The games would be
worth going far to see and they would
be more exciting than arbitration and
much less terrible than war, even if
the umpire didn't suit
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oversl1irt and bodice were cadet blue
cloth striped with white. The bodice
was cut low and filled in with yoke and
collar of corded white silk, which the
sleeves matched. At the bottom of the
yoke was trimming of white lace, and
below this We're black satin ribbon
bands and rosettes. Cadet blue zibe-
line gave the undersl1irt There seems
to be possibility that the many COL
ored gown will fail of acceptance by all
but those women who always welcome
something almost garish. If they do,
there will be small loss so long as such
pretty two-cloth dresses as this are on
hand to fall back upon.
All the established expensive makes
of corset are appearing in new shapes
to meet the new figure demand. Wo-
men have already guessed that the rea-
son why they are expected to mould
themselves into a new shape each year
is because the corset trade must live.
SO long as an attractive mould is Of
fered yearly, few find fault, and those
who want to can give their old corsets
to poor relatives, not because they are
worn out, but because their wearers
are mot that shape any morel"
FLORETTE.
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bolo and bamboo. OF course, the mon
eyed man has great prospects before
nm in investments, but for the Drawn
and muscle of Americas sons that are
enduring the torrid sun and marching
through vapors of malaria and typhoid
fever, the bright vision ever before
them is to have their enlistment of
three years end, and if their lives are
spared, to once more set foot on the
soil of their fathers, and build up
shattered and broken down constitu-
tions and obliterate entirely from their
minds a place called the Philippine Is
lands
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milk, butter, and other articles not
usually found in prison diet. They
are in charge of a deputy who works
as hard as they do, and who exercises
no more authority than the average
road contractor. This deputy is
armed only with revolver, His pris-
oners are not shackled in any way.
While en- route from Jail to place of
duty they struggle along in a crowd
like other laborers, without semblance
Of marching order or lockstep. They
pass through the town twice day, yet
hardly a dozen people know that they
are prisoners.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-28
BAD MEN FOR COOP R04DS.

Venango county, Pennsylvania is
making a success in the application of
a new State law permitting the pub
lie employment of short term prisoners
1t has experimental with the law for
a month, and the net results are an
eighth of mile of rebuilt road, a new
water-d drain, and Wide-reaching moral
effect, which lessons petty crime in the
county and Keeps the Migrants at dis
lance. The authorities in two neighbor-
ing counties seeing the result in We
mango, are preparing TO initiate it,
while all over the northern end of the
state new prison boards are about to
be organized in conformity with the
act of the legislature Although the
public working of the prisoners is dis
tasteful to them it is no hardship. In
Venango county the men work from
eight o'clock until four, with thirty
minutes for dinner They wear ordi-
nary working clothes furnished by the
county, and retained by them after ex-
piration of sentence. They eat as good
food as the officers over them-heing
given meat three times day, eggs.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-28

Stop all the runaway horses you can.
If you don't get killed it may pay you.
J. l.. Reilly is a city councilman Of
Cleveland, Ohio. When in San Antonio,
Tex, four years ago, he stopped a run
away team, thereby saving the life of
John Wallace, a wealthy farmer. Mr.
Reilly has just received word that Mr..
Wallace is dead, and has left him $780,
900.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-28

Like many other men prominent in
politics, Governor Atkinson of Georgia
died poor. His plucky widow has de-
cided to earn her own living, and has
accepted an appointment as State agent
for fire and life insurance companies.
That is so distinctively an un-southern
departure that it has raised some criti-
cism. She has, however, received let
tiers of commentator from numerous
society women.
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satisfactory.

A soldier in the Philippines writes an
interesting letter, which is published
by the Washington Post: ''The benefits
to be derived by the Unitad States in
conquerlng this island seem small in
comparison to the deaths and hardships
tracts of land to be taken up; there is
no opening for the Iaborer or mechanic.
Every available acre of ground is titled,
and in buildings suitable for this eli
mate the native is far superior, for
nothing seems impossible to him with a
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-28

The city Of Cleveland has received
1925, 900 more from John D. Rockefeller
for park improvements. His gifts to
the city for that purpose now amount
to nearly $1,00O000.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-28

Considerable progress is being made
in the manufacture of articles from
aluminium in India, and in addition to
the School of Arts in Madras, where
the industry was inaugurated, there are
a number of centers where such work
is now being carried on. The high
prices of copper and tin have assisted
in increasing the demand for articles
of aluminium, and the school has re-
Gently been engaged in making cooking
utensils for the native regiments.
With the exception of the difficulties
encountered in all attempts to solder
aluminium, The greatest ease has been
experienced In working it in India, and
much OF the skill previously employed
In other metals by the artisans has
been transferred to the new industry
1t has also been used as bearing
metal for shafting in the Madras Col
lege Of Engineering and has proved
satisfactory.
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The Tennessee State board of health
has adopted resolutions declaring tu-
berculosis contagious and infectious
Of State institutions afflicted with it
be isolated in rooms OF wards set aside
for such patients, and not permitted to
associate with other inmates. When
the rooms or wards become vacant they
are to be disinfected according to the
diseases.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

advertisements. one Cent Word each m
sertion Five Cents Word for fun weeA
lseveu tlnes). In.
Display advertise ments. per incn, one 40 a0
sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insett,onss In.
cents one week, $500. one mon'n' VN'
one year, $40. TX
Obituary Notices. In prose or verse; o ~ r.
cents per line. Notices Of birtns, ZACH
rages. Deaths, and Funerals. % cents e"0
Local Notices. 10 cents per line . .ba,r
Yearly advertisers are limited TO y. en1 he
own immediate business (all matter " NOT OF
obJectionable), and their contracts W NN'
include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc,
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Governor Gambler of Georgia in his
message to the legislature devoted
several paragraphs to the subjects of
crime and mob violence. He took the
position that the unusual amount of
crime by lawless negroes and the conse-
quent unprecedented amount of mob
violence can be laid at the door of in
termeddling and irresponsible fanatics
who do not know anything of the stu
alton in the South, or the real relation
of the people of the two races. He be-
leves that almost if not quite, all of
these criminal acts on the part of law
less negroes can be traced to the people
whose utterances in their newspapers
and through incendiary letters sent to
negroes in the South have greatly ag-
gravated a situation which they pro-
fess to deplore.
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Our Dumb Animals tells this story:
Ernest Whitehead captured a young
seal near Anacapa island, California,
recently and took him on board his
ship. AS the vessel started the moth
er seal was noticed swimming about,
bowling piteously. The little captive
parked responsibility. After reaching
the wharf at Santa Barbara the captive
was tied up in a jute sack, and left
loose on the deck. Soon after coming
to anchor the seal responded to its
mothers call by casting itself over
board all tied up as it was in the sack
The mother seized the sack and with
her sharp teeth tore it open. She had
followed the sloop eighty miles.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-01
BROOkFlELD.

Brookfield, Dec. 31.-There was .
meeting of members of the ST Mary
parish last night. There has been 5000
tickets printed to sell to dispose of II
presents. Seven members took tick.
cts to sell, and today they report good
sales. A rehearsal will be held Monday
for the farce.
Joseph MaXfleld and David Mason
who were with the Sixth Massachusetts
volunteers, * Company, of Southbridge
attended a dance given by the com
pany, a Southbridge, last night.
John Doherty is at home, and James
F. Stone and Richard Stinson will be
at nome Sun 6ay. These young men
have been VITA the Twelfth Tinted
States infantry at Fort Riley. Kansas
They had the privilege of going tc
Manila or coming home, and they came
home
An electric car, in charge of Conduc-
tor Adams and Mortorrnan Philins
killed a crow near the West Brookfield
line this morning
Josiah Doane Of Rice Corner reports
seeing a robin flying around his
house all dav Friday. He is much in
terested in the story of his netghbor,
Arthur Rice, finding the unknown bird,
Mr.. Doana found a small animal at one
time which was shrOuded in similar
mystery.
The fire engineers have reported II
fiji es the past year. There were three
still alarms. This record includes he
fire Paul Mueller tried to start after
he had murdered the three members
of the Newton family on Friday night,
January :.
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FULL HONORS.
Imposing Military Funeral
Held at Leominster.

Leominster, Dec, 81. - The funeral of
Wagner William A. Chute of Company
D, Sixth regiment, was held with full
military honors this afternoon, both of
the Fitchburg companies attending in a
body. The body was escorted from the
home of the parents on Mill street by a
squad of eight at 1.S0 to the Methodist
Church, where the funeral services were
held
Companies B and D of Fitchburg ar
rived soon after l o'clock, and went i'm
mediately to the church
The services were conducted by Rev. w
f. Dessault. late chaplain of the regi-
ment. Appropriate selections were rem
dered by the choir. Rev. James r. Allen
pastor of the church, also assisted at the
services. and spoke in high terms OF the
deceased.
After the exercises at the church pro-
cession, headed by the Leominster Band
and including the local post of Grand
Army men and the Sons of Veterans and
he two military companies, took up the
line of march to Evergreen cemetery
where the interment was made. Taps
were sounded and a firing squad fired
three volleys over the grave.
Mr.. Chute was the first and only mem
Der of the two Fitchburg companies that
died on a foreign field, although two 9TH
ers died of disease after the return of the
regiment to this country
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WITHIN SVILLE.

Whitinsvllle, Dec. 31.-The death of
Miss Margaret McCellon, who died
early this morning, cast deep sorrow
over the entire community and thrusts
a household into deepest grief. Miss
McCellon has been i'll for some time
past, but her end came very suddenly
and unexpectedly, as her friends had no
idea that death was so near.
Miss McCellon was born in Ireland,
and was in her 21st year, but has lived
in this town for quite a number Of
years. She was Of a very quiet DISPOSE
ton, and by her kind and gentle man
ner had gained for herself respect and
esteem of all who were acquainted with
her. About four months ago, she was
taken sick, which later on developed
into consumption, and she has been
sinking gradually for some time past.
She leaves a father and mother, four
brothers, John, William, George and
James; also three sisters. Miss Matilda
McCellon, Mrs. Robert Mcconnell all
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JEFFERSON

Jefferson, Dec. 31.-Miss Lizzie Gam
nell Of Princeton street gave a whist
party to her friends last evening. A
collation. was served during the even
ing. Mrs. Albert Richards won first
price and Robert Lavene won the sec
ond prize. John Spring, Jr.. secured
the BOBBY prize
William German Of Leominster is
the guest of his parents on Princeton
street.
There are several jefferson people
confined to their homes with la grippe,
Mrs. James Torpey Of Worcester is
visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. Oliver Taylor has returned from
Boston, where she has been visiting her
parents for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Geoghegan are
receiving congratulations over the
birth Of a bouncing boy
Mrs. Peter Carr is visiting her sister
IN Worcester.
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BASKERVILLE,

Fisherville Dec. 31.--The funeral OF
Joseph Gendron took place this morn
ing at 8 o'clock from the st. James
Catholic Church. Rev. FIR. James II.
Carroll said mass Interment was at
ROckdale,
Despite the nclemency of the wealth
er, quite large crowd Of merry dancers
gathered at Aliens Hall tonight La
velle's Orchestra furnished some good
music. Peter Ward was prompter.
About IS couples We're on the floor.
The public schools in this place and
Saundersville will open Monday morn
ing, after two weeks vacation.
Michael Casey returned to his home
in Grafton today.
Miss Maud A. Bonn returned today
from visit to friends in Woonsocket
Mrs. Thomas McGill is very sick at
her home on Main street.
Henry Rock and wife Of Slatersville,
r. l., were the guests of friends in this
place today.