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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

During the civil war. as well as in our
late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one
Of the most troublesome diseases the
army had to contend with. In many in
stances it became chronic and the old
soldiers still suffer from it. Mr.. David
Taylor of Wind Ridge, Greene County,
Pa, is one of these. He uses Chamber
lains Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and says he never found any
thing that would give him such quick
relief. 1t is for sale everywhere. Bob
bitt-Wynne Drug Co. and FL. T. Hicks,
Druggists. Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
GAS COMPANY BONDS.

Raleigh's gas company, recently re
organized, is preparing to issue 500
600 of bonds The proceeds from them
will be used in installing Il new pant
and in putting down larger mains. The
four and six inch mains will be increased
to eight and ten inch mains. The conn
pany now has some mains as small as an
inch an a quarter. All these win be re-
placed by larger ones.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Mr.. Judson Peele, principal Of Raj
eigh's Commercial University has just
ISSUED a neat little pamphlet concerning
the work of the University. Besides Civ
ing facts about business education, the
cost of tuition, board, etc, it prints some
very fattering testimonials from stu
dents who have taken the course and are
now reaping the benefit in the comner
cial world. Students are coming in from
all parts of the State, and Mr.. Peele is
much pleased at the splendid outlook
Raleigh is noted far and wide as an ed
ucational centre, and a good business
University will help her fame along.
Mr.. Peele expects to draw patronage not
only from this, but adjoining States
With such a capable and aggressive
young principal at its head the Uniyer-
sity cannot fail to succeed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinity
to 8 b. m. Tuesday: Rain with east
to north winds; much cooler.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday: Max
imum temperature, 80; minimum temper
ature, n; mean temperature, 81; total
rainfall. %.
For North Carolina: Rain and cooler
today; rain Wednesday; high north
winds
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w. E. JONES New Shoes.
Al. B. STRONACH-Gets the Contract.
SHERWOOD HIGGS & CO.-Muslin
Underwear.
WYNN BOBBITT DRUG CO.-Fu-
quay Springs Water.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
A. B. STRONACH GETS THE CONTRACT.

gentlemen Of Fpst
damask cloths and napkins 10
this house is salu
August 18th
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Most men who have nothing to do are
fully qualified for doing it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

An excursion train will this morning
take the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday
School TO Occoneeehee for days out
ing and a basket picnic. The train
leaves Union depot at 7:30 o'clock, and
returning leaves Occoneechee at 6:3O
The fare, round trip for grown persons
not members Of the school is g cents,
children 30 cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

The Central Manufacturing Company
was yesterday incorporated by the Sec
rotary of State, with capital stock Of
$4,000 to $4,000. It's principal office
shall be in Lexington, Davidson county,
and its business shall be the manufac-
fure of any and all articles made OF
wood with privilege of buying and sell
ing real estate. The incorporators are
G. w. Montcastle, w. G.. Perry and
j. f. Ward.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Thomas Skinner LeHew, age three
months and eleven days, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Il. LeHew, died ut o'clock
Saturday evening at their home on
Johnson street. The funeral was held
from the house Sunday afternoon at $50
o'clock. The interment was in lakewood
cemetery. Service was conducted by
DIR. Thomas e. Skinner, for whom the
little boy was named. The pall-bearers
were Messrs. Cad Scarlet, w. Ill.
Smith, Hunter Lawrence and Frank
Moore
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Two new convicts John Boyette and
John Perry-were received yesterday at
the penitentiary from New Hanover
county. Both. are negroes, and both
have served terms in the penitentiary be,
fore. One gets ten years for larceny
and the other was sentenced for life for
burglary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

TO BUY SECONDHAND
engine and boiler, in good repair. Al.
dress j care News and Observer, stat
ing make, condition and price.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

An inquisition of lunacy was held
Sunday and VIM. p. Chambers, of this
city, was adjudged insane, and yester
day he was sent to the asylum. He has
no memory whatever and is afflicted
with melancholia in its most dangerous
form Chambers is from the western
part of the State, though he has been
at work in Raleigh for the past two
years. Until recently he was an attend
ant at the asylum.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Yesterday G.. w. Grady, the old Con-
federate veteran who peddles pencils,
etc. ON the streets here, was sent to the
roads by Magistrate Watts Tor failure to
pay costs. Grady spent the night IN
Jail and will be taken to the roads this
morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

There was almost a cloud burst about
four miles north of here late yesterday
afternoon The rain CAME down III
such torrents as to flood fields and roads
and people in private conveyance had TO
stop their vehicles in the road to wait
for the storm to abate in its fury. There
was no rain here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

The city street improvement bonus
and township school bonds We're sold
month ago but the purchaser has net
vet taken them and paid In the money.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. s. Baker, of
I1ouisburg. are in the city visiting az
Mr.. Telfair Halls on Fayetteville street.
Mr.. Baker reports fine crops IN Franklin
and that the Lousburg tobacco is flour
fishing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

The State Library trustees have re-
Gently sold 500 worth of Colonial Rec
ords.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
Underwear Sacrifice

Ladies Swiss Ribbed Vests, all sizes,
80 dozen of the 1219c. kind at G14c. or
TJc. per dozen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

There will be something novel at st.
Panl's "A. NJ. K. church tonight. 1t will
he an old folks coneert-real old folks,
not Young folks made up to look old. The
entertainment is given for the purpose
az raising money for church purposes
and should be literally patronized.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15
IS the Come Again Customer We WANT
Kaiki and Pongee Silks.

In plain colors and plaids, suitable for
Ladies Waists and Children's DRESSES.
Real value 33c. Price now dc. per yard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Strong and
children returned yesterday from Oxford,
where Mrs Strong and children have
been spending the summer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

The contract for the dining room and
bed room furniture for the Baptist Wo-
mans College has bee1 awarded TO the
Royall and Borden Furniture Company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-15

Harry Debnam, the negro driver mere
who went crazy on the streets last Week
was Sunday morning taken to the COLDS
boro asylum.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

butter and whitelead is TO be prepared,
or butter may be used alone, barley meal
being thickly powdered over the skin
afterward.
For freckles several recipes are given,
goats gall mixed with cheese, sulphur
and sponge ashes to the thickness of ho-
ney being declared infallible; while the
ashes Of burned snails-which are gravely
stated to be "of an inspirative nature and
possessed of powerful calorific and deter
sive properties"-are, when likewise
mixed with honey, also exceptionally ef-
ficaciouS in the premises.
Lanolin, or wool grease as 1t was then
called was as popular as q skin pre-
server and wrinkle eraser 1000 years ago
as it is now, and Pliny strongly urges it's
use. together with poultry fat of all
kinds and swans fat especially-which
last he states is best of all things for the
removal of deep and obstinate wrinkles.
For those annoyed by pimples an odor-
ferrous compound composed Of poultry
grease beaten up with the juice and pulp
of pounded onions IS prescribed as most
successful medicament; and the ashes Of
the mingled heads Of hares and mice, We
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

are informed. make a most excellent
dentifrice, and correct bad breaths."
The recipes here given are OF the sim
plest composition and the least unpleasant
to modern ideas-ingredients of the
many recommended; but there is most
certainly no twentieth century belle who
would have the courage or the desire to
experiment with any Of them. Two plans
for general Identification are, however,
not so bad.
The first consists of a nine days diet Of
hare's flesh to the exclusion of other
meats, which course of treatment, we are
assured, will make a radical change for
the better in any personality. The second,
though certainly innocuous, Pliny dis
claims all responsibility for.
This recipe" he says, may seem friv-
olous, but to please the women It must
not be omitted. To effectually remove
wrinkles and whiten the skin: Take the
pastern bone of a white steer and boil it
forty days and nights until it is thor
oughly dissolved, then apply the residuum
to the skin with linen CLOTH
How many of you-O modern seekers
after loveliness-will try even thisf
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

IT'S, says a modern philosopher dog
matically. "womans business to be
beautiful" It being granted that this
/ is a truthful statement, evolved from
- long consideration and study OF the
subject in it's various phases. 1t must
also be granted that woman, as gen
eral thing. attends to her business with
commendable zeal, and spares no pains
to make it an unqualified success.
Nearly 2G00 years ago P1iny the Elder
endeared himself to the hearts of the
bellies of his time and Of several hun
dred years after by formulating some re-
oipes for the heightening Of personal pull
chritude. which recipes, we are gravely
assured. were carefully followed by the
fashionable portion of the feminine world
and were found to be very successful in
their operation.
1t is interesting to note that nearly
the same problems seem to have been
offered to this celebrated naturalist for
solution as are presented by an anxious
feminine public to the beauty column"
editors of our day. "Superhuous hair
seemed to be quite as much the bane OF
too generously lowered womanktnd then
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30
IHE rs1E~1cAn BA1o. e

day meal, and was cOurteously asked to
sit at table with the Governor and his
party. During the dinner he took oc-
casion to express his pleasure at the
sight of so many American ladies, who
had visited his country to see some
thing Of it's customs and ways. He said
that he hoped the advent of these edu-
Gated women would be the means Of
disseminating throughout the United
States some little hint Of the people
who are our nearest neighbors, Of their
manners and of their hospitality He
assured me that the people Of his State
and of his nation were always glad to
welcome Americans, believing them to
be a progressive nation.
After luncheon Governor Sangines
graciously sat for his photograph,
which is presented herewith. It is the
first Of only portrait Of Lower Cali
fornia's Governor published IN the
United States.
At , o'clock the Governor and his
staff repaired to the pavilion and well
coined the American and Mexican
guests who had come TO the fiesta.
Then at a signal from the master Of
ceremonies the crowd which now num-
bered nearly 2000 hastened to hillside
overlooking the great plaza. or valley,
adjacent to the town. In the center Of
this was a monster corral in which
were confined some of the widest
horses to be found in all the peninsula.
Mounted upon steeds almost as wild
was a small army Of Yaqueros and
cowboys from across the line, who were
to show the visitors something of the
manner in which wild horses and cattle
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

Mexico and gain in Importance as rap
idly rs they travel.
CarryaIls, wagons, saddle horses,
huggies- everything, in fact, which
ladies could possibly ride in, met the
train at the American line and escorted
the guests across the Tia Juana River
bed to the Mexican town. The Mayor,
the Judge the rUrales and all the Gus
toms officers, dressed in holiday attire.
greeted the excursiOnists, who thrOnged
the baZaars and booths from that hour
on until the last train left for San
Diego on Wednesday evening.
Governor AugUstin Sangines drove
up shortly after the first of the visitors
were welcomed. and was given q rOus-
ing reception by his loyal adherents.
Meanwhile the schoOImarms had found
their way to the great pavilion, where
the City Guard Band from San Diego
and the Military Band from Ensenada
rendered alternate selections through
out the forenoon. The gorgeous uni
forms of the dusky musicians from the
peninsula and their lively Spanish airs
stirred the blood Of the native Indians,
and some of hem entertained the
ladies' with as uncouth and outlandish
dances as ever human eye witnessed.
Their scant and tattered attire, hang
ing in streamers about their angular
forms, their glittering eyes. set in
bushy brows as black as night, flashed
with scintillatiOns of light and seemed
70 ilhlnine faces q S hideous as any pic
tured in Dante's Inferno.
7 was presented to Governor Sangtnes
by Senior Padillo at a time when his
FIxceIlency was partaking Of his mid
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

Prematurely white hair may, we are
told. be avoided by the use of the ashes
of burned earthworms mixed with oil;
but if one has failed to use this preven-
tive and needs a dye instead, a ravens
head beaten in a copper vessel and ap
piled to the head. which has been pre-
viously shaven, will make the new crop
of hair all that can be desired in point
of jetness; indeed, so strong and pene
trating is this particular Coloring paste
that we are gravely cautioned to keep
the mouth full of oil during the process
of application and until the head is thor
oughly dry, lest the teeth also become
blackened thereby. mixture of ants
eggs and common flies beaten together is
excellent to dye the eyebrows, and crows
brains, eaten with the food quite fre-
quently, will make the eyelashes grow
famously.
Asses S1ilk is said to be the most salts
factory a face washes, and the writer
states that at Is a well-known fact that
some women bathe their faces 700 times
daily, adhering strictly to the number"
in this softening and whitening liquid.
For spots. on the face, a salye OF fresh
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

as it is now, and Pliny accommodatingly
gave them several remedies for the
trouble.
A paste prepared by maoerating the
fresh or preserved gall liver and blood
Of the fish called funny, or the pounded
liver Of the same fish preserved with ce-
dar resin in a leaden box. Is stated by
him to be an infallible depilatory, as are
leeches burned in an earthern vessel and
made into a paste with vinegar. A frog
dried and pounded and then boiled in q
copper vessel with a little oil: the gall
of hedgehog mixed with bats brains
and goats milk, and IAN ordinary Yiper
boiled In oil,'' are also recommended as
being effective IN the removal Of unpleas-
ing hirsute shadows on the feminine coun-
tenance; and the free use of bats blood
followed by an immediate application Of
verdigris or hemlock seed. Pliny de-
clares to be another excellent remedy for
this afliction.
Should any reader wish to try the fore
going recipes she must be sure first to
carefully remove all the offending hairs
with tweezers, as the applications work
by contact with the. roots alone
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

sandy plain, pursued by half dozen
cowboys, who chased them two miles or
more before they were caught. When
the black came back his foreIeg was
torn and bleeding from shoulder to
hOof where lariat had left it's mark
'BrOnChO-busting" was next on the
programme, and it was the real fun of
the afternoon. notwithstanding va
queros, who seemed to have no bones
in their bodies to break, mounted the
wild horses and went careering over the
plaza in a thousand IudiCrous positions;
but no matter how hard the bronchos
bucked not a rider was unSeated. One
of them dashed up the hillside at the
crowd, and a biOgraph could have done
land-Office business had that moving
picture been caught.
All afternoon the fun continued, with
variations now and again, by way Of
mule riding and other rough equestrian
work. When the exhibitions and con-
tests had ended Roberto Machada
was declared the most successful
bronchO rider and awarded the first
cash prize. Juan Machado was second
only TO his brother. In the roping and
tying contests Remijo COntreras won
the prize. and in other sports prizes
were awarded successful contestants.
RomualdO LucerO is one of the most
noted rough riders and lassos of Mex
ice. From the fact that he is now in
the customs service, and also because
of a recently broken ankle, he partici-
pated only to a minor degree in the
contests.
On Tuesday the Indian games, Indian
rabbit chasing, and in the evening the
weird, fantastic dances of the Mexican
poems, afforded the teachers a better
idea of the old-time native fandango
than all the descriptions ever written
could do. That they enjoyed the scene
was amply proven by the showers OF
Mexican pennies that rained upon the
floor, after some particularly pleasing
dance had been given. But it was on
Wednesday night, the last of the fiesta,
that the fun reached its height. The
great fandangO, or bal masque, was
given, and those who remained to wit
ness or partake in it will never forget
the scene.
The brilliantly Illuminated pavilion
was crowded with the fairest of the
fair sex from Sonora and the Peninsula
The music was furnished by the Gov
ernor's own band and mesca1 was serv-
ed by every saloon in the town. Good
fellowship prevailed and merriment was
unhampered by those rules of social
etiquette which, in America, preclude
the possibility of a gentleman dancing
with his inamorata with his spurs on.
Until far into the morning hours the
dance went on, every one happy and
content And when it ended and the
waiting train was reached it was a
sleepy, wearied crowd that wended its
way back to San Diego, satisfied, but
not surfeited, with the glimpse 1t had
had Of high life in the land Of the Mon
tezumas. w. ]. ROUSE.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-30

IN WO thousand American school
maTms have invaded the repub-
lie Of Mexico, captured the terri
tory Of Lower California, shaken
= hands with the Governor, lis
tened to the entrancing strains Of
his own personal band. danced the
fandango and had a high old time
on Mexican soil. For three days
they reveled in the delightful pas
times Of the land OF sun and cactus,
slipped daintiIy at unknown Mexican
bcvera ges, burned the lining out Of
their stomachs with chile con Carne,
and some of them at least are vending
their way uOTthWard with Il warm
taste in their months and pleasant
recollection Of grand time
The fiesta arranged by our Mexican
friends lust across the border at the
little town Of Tia Juana, proved a sue
C.ss in every sense Of the word, and
there can be no doubt that the ex-
cursionists VIII remember il with par
tiCular yividness, because everything
was new and strange and interesting.
The lassOinG Of wild horses, TOplng and
tying of steers with nOnstrOus horns,
startling feats Of equeStrlanism, and
by no means least the quaint, pictur-
esque garb of the natives, impressed
the teachers more, perhaps, than any
thing they have seen on the Pacific
Coast.
Tia Juana was in gala attire on Mon
day morning, the nth Of July. From
every little adobe house and frame
building in the hamlet fiOated the
American and Mexican national colors.
Pretty booths Of evergreen had been
hastily constructed here and there.
throughout the town, all draped lavish
" in the red, white and green Of the
nation. Pretty girls. with the bIaCkest
OF eyes and hair and the peachiest Of
olive tinted compilations, awaited the
coming Of the teachers, eager to dis
play the odd wares of their country
which later were as eagerly purchased
by the visitors as souvenirs. In the
center Of the plaza there had been
erected a great dancing pavilion. 1t
was also covered with a roof Of bouphs
and flowers, and its smooth floor Of
American pine, brought to Mexico at
great expense, was OF more than pass
ing interest to the lovers Of dancing
At an early hour Monday morning
the little town was astir TWO great
events were to happen. The Governor
and his staff, accompanied by the Fif-
teenth Regiment Band, was to arrive
by diligence, before 10 o'clock. Cour-
ierg. on foam fiecked horses, had rid
den in to announce that he had slept
twenty miles from Tia Juana and was
at that hour only ten miles away. And
the visit Of the Governor in such q
small town as Tia Juana Is an event of
Importance. Then. the Anertcanos
we're to arrive at 10 o'clock also. There
were to be thousands and thousands Of
them, and ell young beautiful women.
Rumors spread with great rapidity in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-30
REPORTS FROM MANILA.
observations of Colonel Harry keer-
lin and Major Mallory.

WASHINGTON, May 2e.-The War De-
partment made public to-day two more or
the reports of operations around Manila
early in February. They are from Colonel
Harry Keerlin, First Montana, and Major
Mallory. inspector general of United States
volunteers. Colonel Keerlin's regiment was
the one which was in close touch with the
Tenth Pennsylvania in its capture of the
Chinese Cemetery, as detailed in a report
from the commander of that regiment made
public some days ago. The story does not
differ materially from that of the Penn
sylvania commander Colonel Keerlin states
that the Montana regiment took part in the
charge on the cemetery, which position was
stubbornly contested by large force II
natives. The regiment subsequently helped
to capture and occupy Caloocan, losing one
man killed and twenty-three wounded.
Major Mallory's report deals principally
with the operations the further side Of
Caloocan about Feb. %, when an outpost OF
Kansas headquarters was driven in by a
sortie of the insurgents. This outpost con-
sisted of only a noncommissioned officer and
eight men, Major Mallory was sent with
Company I, of the First Montana, TO re-
capture it, which he did promptly. There was
a hot fight with the insurgents in the maze
of dikes and rice fields on the east of town,
and here it was that Lieutenant French was
killed while trying to save party of Fill
ipinos from annihilation.. These natives had
been surrounded by the advance Of the
First Montana and were cut off from re-
treat in every direction. They signaled that
they wished to surrender. Lieutenant
French stood up and, waving his hat called
out in Spanish that If they would come over
to his position they would be safe. Just
then a shot was fired, apparently trom a
hut which he was trying to save. 1t struck
him in the chest and he died almost in
stantly. Tho report is silent as to the subse-
quent fate of the group of FilipiDos.