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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15


The committee is now securing the
last subscription of the $4,000 for the
new knitting mill for Raleigh.
Clerk of Court Russ yesterday APP
pointed Mr.. r. J. Whitley as guardian
for the two chiIdrenr-John and Arthur
of the late J. G. Ferrall, of Wakefield.
A number of Raleigh people yesterday
went down to Clayton to attend the
Walker Beckwith wedding, which oe-
CURED at noon. They returned on the
afternoon train.
Secretary Bruner, of the board of ag-
riculture, is corresponding with Germans
who express a desire to come here next
spring with view of building Ceramic
works at the beds of kaolin in Western
North Carolina.
Commissions were yesterday issued by
Governor Russell to J. ID. Cobb, Captain
of Company l., Second Regiment North
Carolina State Guard, vice A. l.. Shaw
resigned and to A. McEachen as Second
Lieutenant in the same company.
The recent decision of the Supreme
court, holding that a married woman
cannot sign a check without her hus-
bands written consent, has confused
and upset all commercial relations. The
opinion is being very bitterly com
planned of.
DR.. Schlesinger, the Spiritualist who
was here two weeks or so ago, is now
that place complains that the Doctor
does not believe in a God, Heaven,
a He'll or a Hereafter. This leads the
Concord Standard to recommend for him
a dose of Dughi's sage tea.
Rev J. Il. Gibbs, presiding elder of
the Raleigh district, moved to Raleigh
yesterday from Cary, where he has been
living. He is now at the Branson House
and will remain there until his resi-
dence is ready for the reception of his
family. They will occupy the parsonage
recently purchased here for the presid-
ing elder Of the district.
On Tuesday night Ernest Bashford, a
young man from this city. escaped from
the insane asylum here. He had a room
on the third floor and escaped by remoy-
ing the grating at his window with a
screw-driver, which he had mysteriously
secured, and then tying eight blankets
together by which means of which he
climbed down He was caught again
Wednesday afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Smoking Jackets.

AS evidence of tender affection bestow
one of our new style Office Coats,
Smoking Jackets or Dressing Gowns
on your father or brother, you would
hardly expect to find them here, but
they are and in greater variety, than at
the Clothiers.
Japanese silk Smoking Jackets
heavy quilted, Silk lined. .... $500
Office Coats, Satin trimmed
colors Brown, Blue, Wine and
Green. POW
Plaid back Golf Cloths-stitched
bands. :. :. ;. =. :. $3.50
Bath Robes, Neat Plaids-aH
wool, cable cord girdle. $3.50
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Brass Tables and Picture Frames.

Came too late as profit bearer, so
we have cut the price close, to let them
go-no better values.
Onyx Stand-straight and
curved brass legs-untarn-
ishable. -. $3.50 & $500
Brass Framed AIirrors-new 1900
designs slightly. -. -. ;. 75c.
Gold Plated and Bronze Picture
Frames. :. :. >. ;. =. 49,. soc.
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Keith's Walk-O Over Shoes.

This is the best Shoe card we have
ever played-will wear with any $500
Shoe made-equally stylish and fully
warranted. They sell at sight. The
fourth shipment expected for Saturdays
selling.
Storm Calf-Russia, Enamel and
Box Calf, on the new Pennsy,
Manhattan and Student lasts. So SO
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GRAND CHRISTMAS DISPLAY.

DRESSED Christmas goods
sold
A and middle afternoon
o'clock
middle
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Linen Picture Frames.

The College Colors of st. Mary's,
Peace Institute, Baptist Uniyer-
sity, University of North Caro-
lima, Wake Forest and A. e M.
Colleges are embroidered in Silk
on Linen and hand painted, em-
belished with remnants, Cricket
and Baseball designs. Send
your picture in these frames. 49,.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

M. NJ. SMITH-Law Books.
3. S. JERMAN-Coupon Notice.
HELLER BROS.-Ladies' Felt Slip
pers.
IMMUNE TABLET CO.-Nervous
Diseases.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

The w. G. T. e. will hold its regular
meeting at the executive mansion this
afternoon at o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Something New in Blotters.

"Why in the world don't you
write?" Afternoon edition, post
marked Raleigh, December 10th,
100 p. m. Every girl in the city
will want one-only a few.
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Queen Quality Shoes.

A glove fit and perfect ease from
first day is the experience of wo-
men who wear Queen Quality
Shoes, they are the success of
the century, a round dozen of
styles to select from, to give
grace to your foot. $50
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

The committee is now securing the
last subscription of the $4,000 for the
new knitting mill for Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Black and Mourning Goods.

Here the choicest pickings may
be had for little money. Beaver
and Broad Cloths, Venetian and
Habit Cloths, Blistered Crepons,
Whip Cords, Cheyiot Serges,
Poplins, Reps, Brocades, Mo-
hairs and Cashmeres in the vari-
Gus grades-50c. qualities have
been marked. -. $50. $3.50.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Mems Winter Underwear.

This exceptionally warm season
catches us over stocked on heavy winter
weights-we shave the price close to
cost. Commence from now to unload and
let them go. Sizes will be broken very
fast-this fact should elicit your quick
est attention.
60 dozen Heavy Fleece lined
Shirts and Drawers-50c. quail
ity to go Observation-Disclosures. csc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
Colored Dress Gooes.

Such reductions would sell any stock
quickly, the unrelenting knife spared not
the finest and best selling goods in the
store-it seems "a pity.
English Homspun-our dollar quail
ity-56 inches wide for. ... soc
Our SOC. and Soc quality of Fancy
Mixtures and Plaids. ....... Csc
The 25c. 36-inch Brocades in fash
ionable blends reduced to. IL 1-2c
Double Twilled Inverness Cloth,
34-inch wide, are now. ...... 12 1-2C
Scotch Plaids for Children's
School Dresses Cotton Twills. 1Oc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

GOODS.
"Sugar and Spice,
And Everything that's nice" "


Fat Turkies. Celery, Mince Meat,
whole Pumpkins, Sliced Pumpkins,
White Grapes dark Grapes, new Walnuss,
Almonds, Extra large Pecans and other
nuts, Stuffed Dates, Crystalized Ginger,
Maple Sugar, Golden Gate Peaches,
Pears, Cherries and Apricots, and hun
dreds of other things in glass and tin.
Self raising and plain Buck Wheat. Flap
Jack Flour, Quaker Oats, Barley, Grits,
Gluten and other cereal preparations.
Our famous stuffed Mangroes fine as
ever.
'Roller Champion Flour still sustains
its deserved reputation as whitest and
best that is milled.
Seal" brand Java and Mocha an I'M
surpassed combination of Aroma and
strength.
s.He No" Tea for delicacy Of perfume
and inyigorating quality has no rival.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

Clerk of Court Russ yesterday APP
pointed Mr.. r. J. Whitley as guardian
for the two chiIdren-John and Arthur
of the late ]. c. Ferrall, of Wakefield.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

THE SENSATION SALE OF DRESS
GOODS.
THE CLEARANCE SALE OF
SEPARATE SKIRTS.
THE CHILDREN'S COATS ARE
VERY MUCH REDUCED.
DAMASK CURTAINS AND POR-
THERE'S TO CLOSE.
THE SPECIAL $3.50 SHOE FOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES,
COSTING ONLY A TRIFLE.
SOFA PILLOWS FROM Csc TO
$1,000.
THE Toys, GAMES AND MAGIC
LANTERNS.
UMBRELLAS AND WALKING
CANES FOR GIFTS.
HANDKERCHIEFS, Sc. TO $500.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

Commissions were yesterday issued by
Governor Russell to J. ID. Cobb, Captain
of Company L, Second Regiment North
Carolina State Guard, vice A. L. Shaw
resigned and to A. McEachen as Second
Lieutenant in the same company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15
The Mechanical Toys.

1lc McCHdutCdl Toys.
The Mechanical and Iron Toy, also
Mechanical Animals made in France
are wonders of ingenuity. The re-
markable Hill Climber is an engine that
is propelled by frictionj The Brass
Model Engine was made in Germany
and runs by steam every day.
Weeden Steam Boats-23c.,s 9Sc
and. 90.OO
The Upright Weeden Engine
soc. and. ...... 49,. 100
Hill Climbing Engine. .........$1 90
Solid Iron Train-Engine, tender
and coaches. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. CSC.
Steam Fire Engine, Truck Wag-
ons, Row Boats, Steam Boats,
Nickel Banks and many others
-23c to...... -. ......... 50c.
Iron Carts and Horses, Pistols
The Tandem Bicycles, Rough Riders.
Performing Elephant, Barking Dogs
and Jumping Rabbits and Billy Goat
Turnouts amuse the old and delight the
young.
A LIST OF IMPORTANT SALES
NOW GOING ON.
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A Bargain Rack of Jackets.

II Ladies' Jackets in English Beaver,
Black, Blue Broadcloth, Venetian, Ker-
sey and Cheviot. Sizes 80, "a, SO and
SO, were So to so, now $3.50 to 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

A number of Raleigh people yesterday
went down to Clayton to attend the
Walker-Beckwith wedding, which oe-
Cured at noon. They returned on the
afternoon train.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-15

Secretary Bruner, of the board of ag-
riculture, is corresponding with Germans
who express desire to come here next
spring with a view of building Ceramic
works at the beds of kaolin in Western
North Carolina.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
Russlan New.por...

There has never existed a politica,
press IN h real acceptance of the
term IN Russia. According to immem-
orial tradition, the government OF the
car only allows the publication OF
news which is in every respect agree
able to its own views and opinions. In
certain special cases of great i'm
%portance, when 1t is thought usces-
sary either to excite or to calm public
opinion, the Russian government is q
trihe more lenient. Thus, for in
stance, in 1872, during the wars against
Napoleon l., two newspapers suddenly
their appearance, and at once
became the recognized organs Of the
Russian Chauvinist party, the Russian
Invalid, mouthpiece OF the ministry OF
war and the Syn Otetschesva. The
first Russian newspaper dates from the
reign Of the Gear Alexis (1643-1676). 1t
was known under the name of Cur
rent News and was only destined for
the immediate encourage" Of the en-
peror. The real founder Of the Rus
sian press was Peter the Great, who
first started the st. Petersburg Gazette,
the official organ Of the Academy of
Sciences, a complete collection OF
which exists since 1714.-Correspond.
ence Providence Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
The Worlds CrIsis.

On the other side is the stupendous.
incontrovertible fact that in the Gull
mination of the competitive system in
monopoly, a point has been reached
where increasing crime debauched
morals, and the growing poverty and
wretchedness Of the people will render
a continuance of the system impossi-
BILE. In this great change that is now
impending, not only will the classes
and the masses meet in a life and
death struggle, but as the great wave
OF western civilization sweeps round
the point whence it started, and the
East becomes the battle scene Of the
warning nations of the world. then
will also begin the colossal strife that
will change not only domestic institu-
lions, but the map Of the world. And
this world crisis, this dying old age
and dawning new one, this shaking Of
thrones, principalities, and powers.
mark the beginning of that august ne
Rod known as the second coming of
Christ.-Imogen C. Fales, in The
Arena.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,

If liberty leads on to equality, equal
ity leads On to brotherhood. If men
annot be made to feel that they are
brothers. that the law of the family
is the true law of the state and of So
ciety, how can they be asked to con-
sent to the abrogation of their hered-
itary or traditional privileges in the
interests of others? What power is
given to master the supreme force of
society hitherto, the force Of selfish
ness? That force is mastered in the
home. and only in the home as yet.
There men and women live together
as in a commonwealth, subordinating
individual impulses and desires and
qualifications to the common welfare,
thinking of n another, denying
themselves for n another, serving
another. All this is because there
is a family life, and the law of the
family rules. If the realm of industry
is to be justly equalized and trans
formed into a family life, men must
be made to realize and feel that they
constitute a family; that they are
members Of a brotherhood.
These are the ideals of Democracy
liberty. equality. fraternity; the true
freedom of all men. the true equality
among all men, the true brotherhood
binding all men into the life of the
commonwealth.-Rev. R. Heber New
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19


A correspondent in a position to full
ly know that whereof he afirms'
writes that, between Mojave and Nee
dies. the Santa Fe company replaced
all its white section men, except the
foremen, with Japanese, only because
the latter are paid but $1.1O and the
former $3.50. Our correspondent
claims that two white men do more
work than three Japs; hence the mo-
tive of the company is not really
economy" but to replace free men by
serfs. 1t rs creditabie to the public
spirit of u working men that the
foremen, who were retained in order
to instruct the Japanese, threw up
their jobs, at great inconvenience,
rather than be used as tools to make
the way easier for the introduction Of
serf labor. 1t shows the folly Of ex-
pecting competition" to stop railroad
abuses. AS a remedy, our correspond
ent suggests the b~oycotting Of the
Santa Fe road. Government railroads
constitute the only remedy in sight,
excepting, possibly. automobiles.-Sap
Francisco Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
Another Religion. Sect.

Francis Nichols, OF Minnesota. who
has organized a religious sect called
the Brethren in Christ, says thai all
the human race, except the 14o, 900 in
his sect, will be eternally lost. The
property Of the communicates is
placed in a common fund, of which
Sichols has charge. All funerals OF
members OF the sect must be under
his direction, and his travelling ex-
penses are, of course, borne by the
mourners. Those who desire to "keep
in the kingdom" must abjure all dis
play in dress and all ornaments are
forbidden. The members must not
bave any friends who are not in the
kingdom. and this rule is said to be
Sle OF the most severe Of all on the
women. No tie Of relationship is rec
ognized, and persons in ones own fam
lily must be Stunned il they are out.
side the Kingdom.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
LurocRAcy's GREED.
The Money Power Would Destroy All
PEOPLES Money!.

These times are as mean with op-
pressions and as great with possibili-
ties as were those a century and moro
ago, says the Commonwealth. Was
George III. any more an oppressor
than are the money-kings who are
pushing House bill 10,2S9, which would
destroy all the peoples paper money,
substituting bank paper in its stead,
and dishonesty throwing the redemp-
ton of the bank paper ultimately
upon the public which it pretends to
protect? The Western Union Tele-
graph Company has taxed the people
so heavily for thirty years that it
has paid it's owners 800 per cent per
year in stock and cash dividends, and
now it openly shifts its war tax upon
the people. Was the tax on tea any
more insolent than this?
Encroachments of the plainest rights
which the fathers won for us are of
daily occurrence. Last winter an ed
ltor of a daily paper gave it as his
opinion that a certain railroad COM
pany, rather than its engineer, ought
to be on trial for an accident. He was
summoned to court and sent to prison
for contempt of court by the same cor
poration judge who thought he was
criticised.
Men-"men whose boast it is that We
come of fathers brave and free"-there
is cause for alarm. Patriots every
where, men and women, who cannot
be actively in the field, will yield
thoughtful, earnest support to those
who are.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

Well, we sort Of faced things that
day. She said that she would get a
little something to do somehow, and
get money enough to go home to her
folks on visit. They lived up the
state, and they wouldn't suspect any
thing. She hated to leave me, but
we both knew it was the best thing we
could do.
Bat we never could get enough
money together to pay her way home.
We pawned everything we had and
lived on one meal a day, and that was
not a very big one.
had been out of work fourteen
months. One day a neighbor came in
and showed me a Journal. There was
an advertisement in it:
WANTED-For temporary work a
double-entry bookkeeper who has had
experience in a public accountants Of
fee.
had answered so many advertise
ments and found nothing that I'm
afraid l wasn't quite as grateful to the
neighbor, as l ought to have been.
To tell the truth, we had just 10
cents left in the house-and we hadn't
one thing we could raise one cent
more on.
l wasn't going to waste two cents
on a stamp. But hat night my wife
came up behind me when l was sitting
with my head on. my hands. She put
a ren into NV hand
"Try this time, DEAR" she said, "just
for me-" I
So I did. 1 mailed the letter be-
fore I went to bed.
The very next afternoon the post
man brought me a letter. 1t was from
the advertiser and asked me to call
at once.
1 went. I was so weak and nervous
that l could scarcely talk, but I man
aged to answer the questions some
way, and I got the situation.
When I went home l ran the last
two blocks. I guess people thought
was crazy. I was-almost. My wife
heard me coming up the stairs; she
caught me when I came in the door,
you needn't speak. DEAR" she said. 81
know. 1 heard you come in the door
Let's be thankful-oh. let's be thank.
full" This happened in April, 1898.
began at SIS a week.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
An Original Story,

The teacher Of a school in the rural
districts assigned each pupil the task
of writing an original story. On the
day when the stories were, read q
bright little towhead arose n started
IN as follows: "On the green slope of
a mountain stool a first-class Jersey
COW with three legs" That won't
do, Johnny" interrupted the teacher.
"You are n leg, short" "No.~I ANTI
replied the future author. you don't
wait to git my plot. which is that a
railroad train cut off one leg, and the
owner of the COW got $4,000 damages
an moved his whole family to Paris
in time fer the exposition, where the
girls will be married to rich Fres,h-
men and die happy ever afterward."-
Atlanta Constitution. Las
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

Carlyle and 1nausn.S~&

1t is interesting to discover in the
letters Of Thomas Carlyle. which have
just beer published, a reference to In
huenza. 1t would be dificult to find q.
more vivid picture of an epidemic In
SO few lines as that which Carlyle sent
to his sister Janet. Writing from Lon.
don, he said: "All people here have
got a thing they call influenza. a dirty,
feverish kind of cold; very miserable.
and so general as was hardly ever
seen. Printing offices, manufactures.
tailor shops, and such like are struck
silent, every second man lying sniff
ering in his respective place Of abode"
He attributed the scourge to the mis-.
cradle temperature"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
All More or Less Actors.

We are all more or less actors, and
are governed by a reputation which
has been given us justly or unjustly.
For instance, a girl is %brusque. Some
kin friend characterizes this brusaue-
ENss as frankness or honesty. The
girl is pleased with the name which
has been given her, her b]rusqueness
under the guisc of frankness increases
and she finally becomes a terror to her
friends unknowingly. Then some one
remarks: How sweet Ethel is! She
has the loveliest character and s..eet-
est disposition Of any girl l. know"
Ethel must live up to her reputation
for sweetness until this very sweet
ness becomes annoying. The man
VAC has been dubbed a philantE~op-
list is unwittingly more generous than
ne s'ould naturally be, az he must live
Up to the good name he has received.
So how much is real in our lives and
how much assumed we hardly know
ourselves.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

SHORT ONE ASIATIC.
emerged from the New York store.
whittier he had been drawn by dlnt of
soap.
Whatever is this Mongol dom in
camp, I'd like for to know" inquiries
Navajo Joe, d~isdainfully. Il shore
leaves orders when I'm here last for
the immejit removal Of all sech. l
wouldn't mind it, but with strangers
visitin' us this away 1t plumb morti-
fes me to DEATH"
Then comes a short. emphatic utter
ance OF a six-shooter. A puff of
smoke vanishes quickly in the hot air
and the next census will be short one
Asiatic.
In a moment arrives a brief order
from Enright, the chief OF the vigil
nee committee. to Jack Moore. That
gentleman proffers a Winchester and
the request to surrender simultaneous
ly. Navajo Joe. realizing fate, at cSace
accedes, =
"Of course. gents" says Enright,
apologetically, as he convenes the
committee in the New York store. Il
don't say this Joe is held for beefin'
the Chinaman sole and alone. The fact
is he's been havin' a mighty sight too
gay a time Of late, IN SO l think it's
a good, safe play, bein' as it's a hot
day and we has the time, to SCI ter
call the committee together an ask its
views. whether we better hang this
we're Navajo Joe yet or not?"
"Mr. President" responded Dave
Tut, 1T I'm in order, I moves we take
this iavajo Joe an proceeds to
stretch his neck. l amt basin it on
nothin' partic1ar, but lettin' her slide
under the general head of bein' adapt
ed to public good"
do / hear any remarks?" asked En-
right. IF not, I takes Mr.. TUFTS very
excellent motion as the census Of his
meetin', and it's hang she is"
mot intendin' Of no Interruption"
remarks Texas Thompson. Il wants to
say this: I'm a quiet mar myself. an
nacheral aims to keep Wolfville a
quiet place likewise. For which all I
shorely favors a-hangin' Of Joe. Like
Tut. 1 don't make no pint on the
Chinaman; we spares him too easy.
But this Joe is alters a-ridin' an
a-yellin' an a-shoutin' up this camp
till I'm plumb tired out. So I says
let's hang him. an suggests as a ell
gible nook tharfor the windmill back
OF the dance hail."
See yere, MI. President" interrupts
Navajo Joe, in a tone of one ill-used,