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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25
LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAlOES U NEWS AMID G0u AT0M.
DETROIT SHOUTS FOR ALGER.
A Royal Welcome Awaits Him There ON
August Second.

n kOyal w elCOnc Awaits l1Illl L icic oi
August Second
Washington, July 24.-The following
telegraphic correspondence has passed
lyetween Secretary AlSer and Mayor
Maybury, of Detroit:
Detroit, Mich, July 22nd.
General Russell \. Alger, Thorndale,
Pa:
Public meeting of citizens cheer to
the echo the mention of your name and
arrange to give you and your family the
most royal welcome ever accorded any
citizen of this community. All crecds in
politics and religion will unite in acclaim
ing their joy at your return.
(Signed) WILLIAM c. MAYBURY,
Mayor"
"Hon. William c. Maybury, Mayor of
Detroit, Detroit Mich:
Il am deeply touched by your tele-
gram notifying me of the welcome by
my fellow citizens which awaits me on
my homecoming. Were ! to consult my
own feelings in the matter, Mrs. Algcr
and myself would 90 quietly to our home
and there receive the friends who might
honor us by calling. for surely the fond
anticipation of being back im old Michi-
gan eclipses all other thoughts We eX-
pect to arrive home Wednesday after
noon. August md.
(Signedl ''R. A. ALGER."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25
no HOPE FOR MRS. MAVERICK.

London, July 24.-ln the House of
Commons today Mr. Michael Davitt.
member for South Mayo asked the
Government, il in view Of the fact that
the conduct Of Mrs. Maybrick in pris-
on had been uniformly good. the Home
Office would not recommend royal elem
ency in her ease. Sir Matthew White
Ridley. the Home Secretary. said that
he was unable to hold out hope Gf cx-
cpntionaI treatment Of AIRS. May brick
The Home Secretary added that he was
moi aware of the existence Of ans rca-
son for royal clcmcncy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25
NEGRO MURDERER SHOT.

Wimot, Ark. July 24-Chick Davis,
the negro murderer Of Will Grin. re-
spectcd farmer, was lynched here early
today. He was overtaken In corn
field and snapped both barrels Of his
gun at the pursuing party ana was tlan
fired upon by them and instantly killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25
yOLU UNTEER APPOINTMENTS.

Washington. July 24.--The following;
appointments in the volunteer army have
been made:
To he Captains: Ellison Il. Gilmcr,
First Lieutenant, Company ID. Second
North Carolina volunteers: John \. Wag-
ner. Captain First North Carolina volun-
teerS.
To he First Lieutenant; Lawrence ).
Carson. Captain First South Carolina
volunteers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25
WRAPPED IN "OLD GLORY" ;"

FL Paso. Texas. July 24.-Mrs. Rich,
gvem up to the Mexican Government,
wrapped the American flag around her
body and entered the prison.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25
LLOYD TEVIS is DEAD.

san Francisco, Cal. July Lloyd
Tevis, former President of the Wells
Fargo Express Company ami worth
S2O,G00,000, is dead.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-25

Agricultural Department experts arc
conducting series Of experiments with
the view Of improving iae quality Or
American tobacco.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02

came boldly forth to cultivate corn, to- bacco and potatoes for their own sup port, Where the perils of Cloudland end the jungle begins, with zig-zag trails through which the machete must cut a way Each rowing band of pa troots was followed by a hojador Oite- rally translated, leaf-scraper), whose duty il was to obliterate all tell-taie tracks. Often the hojador went farther and facetiously led the pursuers mer- ny dance upon a sham trail, into Quagmire or impossible morass where they fioundered about helplessly while the rebels chuckled in the bushes. The forests are equally unfavorable TOT catching human game familiar Wlth their lntrlcacies. There are absolutely no landmarks in the dense jungles, where curtains of creepers extend for miles and the moon and stars are ob- scured by a solid capopy of green, the only way to tell ones whereabouts be- ing the constant expedient of climbing the tallest trees.
 FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
POOLING, A BRITISH FLEET.

An amusing story is told of the hoax ing of a British fleet by "a stupid lrlsh- man" during the recent naval maneu- yres. It appears that during an attack on Bere Island by some of the vessels of the "B" fleet the officer at the Hut received instructions from Castletown cca st-guard station to gather up all tel egrams and secret plans, send a man away with the same to hide in cave, and on no account to let them fall into the enemy's hands With the remainder of his crew he was then to show fight until the last In the meantime an at tacking force of eighteen men and an officer had been landed, which marched to the Hut and secured it's surrender All serach for the secret papers howev- CT. proved useless. and the men at the Hut maintained a profound silence to all interrogations During the alter noon one of the men of the CastletoWn coast-guard station had been sent to Bere island with the pay of the men. Upon arrival there he proceeded at once to the Hut (having previously disguised himself) and found himself surrounded by the invaders, who wanted to know his business. He posed as an old naval neusioner stating that he was native and was trying, with the help of his small pension, to make living on the island by cutting and selling truf, He had provided himself with turf-cut- ting spade in order to give color to his story.
 The sailors of the invading party were very sympathetic, and advised him to go to England where he would be sure of getting work in one of the royal dockyards. After getting the invaders into a good humor he Immediately went in search of the man with the secret documents in his possession. With the aid of some of the islanders, he found the man he was in search of, took from him all the documents, which he hid ln two baskets of turf, and returned to the hut. This time the sub-lieutenant III charge of the invaders took him in hand and closely questioned him, with view to obtain some reliable information re- garding the defenders but all to no pur- pose. At last the sub-lieutenant dis missed the man, with the remark that he was the most stupid 1rishman that he had ever met. Little did the officer imagine that the supposed stupid Irish man was the very man they wanted, as at the time he had in his possession all the documents the invaders were searching for.
 During the night the enemy's fiotilla left Berehaven going west, disconnect- ing the telephone at the Hut before leaving. g.-Westminster Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02

BOTTLE RAISED INTERPRETATIONS.
 The green watermelon is usually able to hold it's own against the small boy but it seems that it is unable to com pete with modern science. The sc1en- titic watermelon grower now fattens his melons for market with just as good results as the man gets who raises live stock. Your up-to-date mel onist operates on the stem of the melon and introduces a cotton fuse into 1t. After the stem heals the fuse is passed through a cork and into bottle 1lled with water which has been sweetened with sugar It is said that one melon will drink a pint of sweetened water day, and that melons brought up on the bottle weigh in the neighborhood of 75 pounds and have sweetness of disposition that cannot be tasted in any untrained melon.-Sterling Bulle- tin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
PRAIRIE DOGS AS A PEST.
Overrunning Parts of Nebraska to an
 Extent That Causes Alarm.

Overunning Parts of Nebraska to an
 Extent That Causes Alarm.
 The rapid inscrease in the number of prairie dogs in Western Nebraska has caused the experiment station connect ed with the State University to experi- ment with a view to suggesting means for their extermination
 i Few persons realize the amount of damage done by the prairie dogs, and hence no organized force has been exerted against them These pests have become such a nuisance in Sher- idan county and other parts of Ne braska especially in the northwestern part, that the people are actually be- coming alarmed.
 Ten years ago there were but few prairie dogs in the vicinity of Nashville, and these, it is claimed were in the same town" Little attention has been paid to the damage done by them until within the last three or four years. But since then they have increased with alarming rapidity, migrating to new places and starting new towns. As an example of how fast they null tiply, mention may be made of deg town" located just north of Nashville. Three yeas ago this town covered less than one hundred acres and at the present time it extends over nearly four sections of land Within radius of four miles of Nashville there are no less than nine towns covering as much as $500 acres of pasture, which is rendered almost useless.
 The damage done by these little pests consists in killing out the grass in their town And as that part of the country in which they exist is used almost entirely for grazing, 1t is neces- sary that the land be saved against their ravages.
 For the purpose of eXterminating the prairie dog various methods have been tried. some with complete success whole towns having been completely Killed out But wha! has been sue ceesfuI in one case has not been in an other and the dogs continue tc thrive The most important and prac- tical methods of extermination consist in the use of poisonous gases, and diff  ferent diseases and poisons. Among the poisonous gases used carbon bisul- phide is the most efficient; in fact, 1t is the surtst method so far discovered But on account of the price for mate rial and the labor required to apply it this method has not been generally adopted
 In obtaining virus to spread con tagious disease among the prairie dogs the great difficulty ie to find one that will not effect domestic animals or hu- man beings Another difficulty met with is in feeding the virus to the ahl- mals, as it is liable to be exposed on the bait long enough to become weak ened before being eaten. Thus far nc success has been attained along thls line.
 Great difficulty is met with in the application of poison as it is often all most impossible to get the little anl- mals to eat it.-Chicago Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
TASTE.

There are indeed pessimists who urge that the whole question of refined taste is A great illusion: Nothing is good or bad. but thinking makes 1t so, ana "why think?" they say. Distinctions ot taste are truly a morbid affectation or the faded; the story of the emperor's new clothes should convince us of our folly. It is only trick of our magma ton, they argue, that causes us to oil- ferentiate between styles and to detect a difference in various brands of cigars, or to imagine that the wine ot one year is superior to that of another. For" they conclude triumphantly, IT vou smoke in the dark you are altogeth- CT unconscious of the fact; and lIl the dark the oldest port wine will be indis- tiup,lishable from the most modern sherry, even to an experlenced Wihe- taster" True; but to smoke clgar III the dark is the same thing as to hsteh to music in a vacuum. Our hVe senses work together in the apprehehsion ana appreciation of phenamena ana WliIully to incapacitate any one Of them IS like marching to battle with ones hands tied behind ones back. There is no doubt a vast amount of humbug in all connoisseurship from the expertise on the origin of seed-peas up to the cultl- vation of that school of critics who deny that any Italian painter painted any of the pictures attributed to him. Botticelli's masterpieces they tell us, were painted by friend of his; II this was the case, that friend is Botticelli. Even experts in handwriting, as the Dreyfus affair has shown us, are not al- ways infallible; happily, however, there are practical tests, and occasionally the judgments of intuition are confused by circumstantial evidence. But even II taste is an illusion, it is pleasing one; that is to say, those who are favored with it in a reasonable degree are hap pier than those who are without it; for we shall always derive considerable sat isfaction in thinking that Mozart's mel odes are lovelier than those of Mascag- nj. the pictures of Whistler better paint ed than those of Bouguereau; the books of Tourgenneff and Elaubert and Miss Austen better books than those of Georges Ohnet, Paul Bourget, and Ma rie Corelli: even though we may be mistaken, though in reality Flaubert be fraud and Miss Corelli an artist London Saturday Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
Palace Market,

BARGAINS IN POULTRY MEATS AND
 VEGETABLES
 Special This Week-I.oin and POrterhouse Steak 14c lb. 8 ibs Hamburger Steak for 25c, legs Lamb 10c lb, Chickens 10c lb, Tur- keys Pc ID. Roast Beef S-10c lb Sparerib 1Oc lb. Butter, Cheese and Eggs; Canned Goods of all kinds; lbs Coffee for 25c, the famous Old Hermitage brand 25c lb. Prompt delivery. Phone 120.
 w E. sCHoENBEKGER & SONS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02

Health for ten cents. Cascarets make the bowels and kidneys act naturally destroy microbes, cure headache, bill iousness and constipation. All druggists.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
Pope's Noble Critic.

When Pope was first introduced to
Lord Halifax, to read his Had, tho
noblo critic generously criticised this
passage and that word at frequent In
tervals. rhe poet was stung with vex-
alton, for the parts that mo- pleased
him were the ones most criticised. As
no returned home with Sir Samuel
Garth no revealed his displcasure.
"oh." said Garth, you are not ac-
quainted with his lordshlp; no must
critlcise. At the next visit read him
the same passages and tell him YOU
recollect his criticisms" Pope made
use of this stratagem. Halifax wad
delighted and exclaimed: Pope, they
are now inimltable. ."-Detrolt Ere,
Press,
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
A woNnnnrIlL cLouK.
mhAa UAbsry's strange rlsss Of IEsshan-
lam Can DO

NhAa UAbsry's strange rlses Of tsshAn-
lam Can Do
A KAnkateo county man IL the pos
hesaOr OF one OF the most wonderful
blocks in the country. This clock 10
bs near a perpetual motion machine an
Pny piece Of mechanism yet designed.
rhe owner 10 not perpetual crank,
but An exceedingly ingenious jewoler
hamed Peter M, Ravenskilde OF Cabery,
, hustling town In the southwestern
portion OF Kankakee county. The
clock 10 the product OF many years OF
Study and labor and considerable ex-
pense. II keeps accurate time and will
run for year without the least atten-
lion from It's owner. The clock prop
or 10 run With q wheel sixty Inches In
circumference. From the outer surface
pf tho circumference are suspended l20
cups, each one-half inch In diameter
hnd q third OF an inch doep, Zach Of
forty OF these cups, which are success
bive, contains steel balls three-elghtha
Of an inch In diameter, Every minute
and a half as this wheel turns by the
weight Of these balls, one OF them falls
out OF It's cup, rolls down an inclined
plano twenty inches long, whom, by ita
own weight, II reuniteS q broken cir
cult OF electricity and Is again ele-
waited by little car travelling along o
Bteeper inclined plane 10 the top OF tho
wheel, where II falls into deep cup
which stands vertical Tor short time.
After the car discharges It's cargo II
returns to its original station from its
own weight. From tho time one OF
lheso balls is dropped into another
cup II travels thirty-slx inches, Thus
the work done by all the balls is eQulv-
llent to one ball travelling over ono
mile day 400 miles In one year. and
during the lifetime Of person living
three score years the distance around
the globe. The electricity used Ia gem
Irated In an ordinary storage battery,
which does not require any attention
for fully q year, Another clock owned
by Mr.. Rayensklldo 10 OF similar con-
ytructlon, but considerably smaller
This clock is used to attract attention
In tho store. A porcelain globo is
placed back Of the clock and at night
green, red aud whitO electric lights
reflect their rays alternately on tho
Iaco OF tho clock, the colors being
changed eRch time tho ball is discharg-
ed from ono Of the cups on tho time
plC,e. Mr., Ravenskllde has had many
offers to exhibit his clocks, but refuses
10 do 30, and so far he has not had tho
mechanism patented.-Boston Journal
A tailor Is sonnet lines able TO men
everything but his woys.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
Aluminum,a plnoornrsr.

The first discoverer Of aluminium
had the reward Of his genius. Pliny
tells us that in the reign Of Tiberius
al B. O. to 81 A, d. a worker in
metals presented q beautiful cup re-
Sembling silver, but lighter to the
emperor, who questioned him, and
learned that he had extracted the new
metal from clay. The secret, he said,
was known but to himself and the gods.
The sage Tiberius, rejecting that II
this metal could be made from earth It
would lower the price of silver and
gold, decapitated the artincer in order
that his secret might remain with the
gods, and so deprived the world Of q
most useful metal for eighteen centu-
ries.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
How Quoer

"Yes," said Mr. Jones. when a GER
tain girls namo had been mentioned.
II know he to speak to, but not by
sight" "You mean" cut In tho prompt
corrector, you mean that you know
her by sight, but not to speak to-"
"Do II" asked Mr., Jones, anxiously.
"of course you do, You have seen hor
30 often that you know who she ~,
but have never been introduced to her.
Isn't that III" mo, that isn't It. I
never saw her at all to know her, but
speak to her nearly every day" "How
can that be?" "she Is tho telephone
girl at central."--Harper's Bazaar
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
QUEEN. COUNTESS AND CAT.

How Nocturnal Dlscords Raised m Un-
quellAble soolAI Row In Rome.
The death Of the empress of Austria
has served to revive many old stories
OF her aversion to conventionallty, but
In this she was far excelled by her sis
ter, the former queen Of Naples, who,
after her husband had lost his throne,
took up her residence at Rome with the
king and her child. She occupied a
palace adjacent to that inhabited by
the mother Of Cardinal Antonelli, the
papal secretary OF state, The aged lady
was passionately devoted to cats, and
these animals, In accordance with their
invarlable custom, were wont to make
the otherwise exquisite Roman nights
hideous with their concerts. The queen
repeatedly sent to the old Countess An
tonelli, entreating her to keep her cats
under proper restraint, at any rate OF
night. This the countess refused to do.
At length the queen became desperate,
purchased several saloon rifles and afr
guns and proceeded to shoot the die
turbers Of her rest. The old countess,
frantic with rage, appealed first Of all
to her son, the secretary Of state, and
then to the late pope himself, insisting
that some check should be put upon
the sporting proclvlties Of the royal
Diana, and that she should be debarred
from potting cats under the very
shadow Of the walls Of st. Peters and
the vatican, But the good pope de-
clined to interfere, intimatlng that the
cats should not have mado such hor-
rible noises and that they practically
deserved their fate. For a long time
Rome laughed about this cat episode,
popular sympathy being all with the
former queen, though 1t is doubtful
whether Cardinal Antonelli ever forgot
or forgave the injury done to his moth
er's pets. At any rate, the queen and
her husband found 1t preferable year
later to abandon their residence In
Rome.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
MANlToRA's CAPACITY,
Enough Wheat to supply Britain All
sho Requires from Abroad.

sho Requires from Abroad.
Toronto, Nov. 10.-The world
commouts on the report Of the United
Empit trade league on the capacity OF
Canada as a granary for Britain. The
report refers to Manitoba as follows:
Manitoba has an area of forty-seven
million acres. Deducting ten million
for lakes, rivers, town sites and waste
land, 37vU0,000 acres are left for farm
cultivation or homes for 10000 famil-
les on 800 acres each, and as up to now
there are only $1,000 farmers there al
together, that leaves room In one prov
ince for 89,008 more wheat growers.
Supposing, then, we got them there
and each one Of them out Of his 800
acres grew on an average 100 acres at
20 bushels to the acre. IL you figure 1t
up you will find It is quite possible for
Manitoba alone to supply us with all
the wheat we require from abroad. 1t
Is only question Of money and COM
paratively speaking not money either.
The cost OF one first-class battleship
(about E75O,OOW would put 5000 fam
lilies onto farms In the Northwest, al
lowing f15O to each to find them In
implements, seeds, horses, etc., and
would keep them until their first crop
was harvested. Five thousand farm
ers, averaging 100 acres Of wheat each
at 20 bushels to the acre, means an
extra 10,000,000 bushels, for II that
scheme Is not liked Britain would put
a duty on foreign wheat. In addition
to the wheat lands Of Manitoba there
are the millions of acres In Assiniboia,
Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05

Nddio. aged 4. had iuns msunt6
homo aiter his nrpl morning al Che
kindergarten. well. Mddie,D aaied
his mother, how did you like Itr
Didn't like II at ALL" he replied. '"Tho
woman put mo on chair and told me
TO 0lt thoro for the present." "well"
interrupted the mother, wasn't thAt
all rightr But" continued Eddie,
"sho never gave me any asnt."--Chi-
caGo News.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05

We oiier One Hundred Dollars reward forany
case OF Catarrh that cannot DO cured by Halls
S Il. J. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, O
We tho undersigned, have known ~ j.
Cheney for tho last 10 years and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transaotio ions
and financially able 70 carry out any oDllga-
tions mldo by their hrm
West & TrIax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.; Walding, Kinnan q Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo OHIO
Halls Catnrrh Cure Is talten internally, nct-
ing directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces
OF tho system Testimonials sent froe Prioo
7bc per bottle Sold by all drugglsth
HallH Family pills arO tho best
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
ONE PURE BAKING POWDER.

v Over seventy per cent Of all baking powders
contain aun. The III effects upon the system Of food
Ieavened by this injurious drug are auested by the
highest medical Authorities. Alum baking powders
would be less dangerous were they fatal at once for
then they surely would be avoided but their banetd
action because impercepHble at first and slow In Its
advances Is no less certain,
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Is certified by ali Authorities as free from alum or any
other aduerant Its purity has never been questioned
and while It does finer and better work, It costs no more
than many Of the adulterated powders
II received the highest award at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1889 and at the
California Midwinter international Exposition (San
Francisco, 8q4) a special gold medal.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05
Cattle to ne shipped to Cubn.

HoUsToN, Tex, Dec SO.--A state
mcnt just compiled shows there are
now l20, 900 head Of cattle being fed
for market on the line OF the Gulf,
Colorado g. Santa Fe railroad. The
majority of these cattle are destined
'or Cuba, IL is said.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05

Mrs. Peck-"Henry, I've been talk
ing to you for twenty minutes, and
I'll bet you don't know word I've
bRid."
Mr. Peck -"say, so and try to get
somebody outside OF the family to
take that bet, will your"