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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-28
JAMES NJ. RAY.
Brig. General Commanding
18th Brigade r.. {. Div. L. = ".
HONEY EEES FROM THE PHILIP
PINES

The Department Of Agriculture will
introduce into the United States the
great honey bees found in the Philip
pines. These bees are twice as large as
those Of this country. and produce five
or six times rs much honey. The Phil
ippine bees have extra long tongues
and can reach the nectar in many flow
ers that our own variety cannot reach.
While this move will be of material bcnc-
fit. it will not be any more so than
Hostettcrs Stomach Bitters, which
reaches and cures many ailments that
other remedies fall short Of Among
them may be mentioned dyspepsia. indi
gestion hiliOusness. constipation, ma
laria. wasting diseases, and affections Of
the Kidneys and blood. We especially
recommend the Bitters to men and wo-
men whose nervous systems are shatter
cd and who are unable to sleep well.
They will find it a tonic of the utmost
value, and a strength-Inaker of peculiar
excellence.
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17GI[E PEOPLES FO[RUGTl
ible way of determining the fact is an
examination.

examination.
This privilege is an unjust discrimna-
tion against the other colleges for wo'
men in the State. some private and the
others UNCONVENTIONAL. Some of these
are doing just as thorough teaching and
have just as high a standard for grad
uaicn as the State Normal This
school receives from the State Treasury
twenty-five thousand dollars year and
IS in direct competition with these col
lcges. receiving students at the age Of
sixteen and teaching them the same
subjects that are taught in these col
leges. Why should the State, in addi-
ton to it's financial aid. give the State
Normal this privilege which is denied
to every school in North Carolina except
the Normal Institute in Asheville es-
tabliShcd and controlled by the Prcsby-
terians of the North? Upon this last
named institution the Fusion Legislature
OF 1897 conferred this privilege.
Is the State so generous in comforting
priv eyes on any other of its institu-
tons? There is Il Law School at Chapel
Hill--a part of the State University,
and presided over by DR.. Manning, ably
assisted ty Judge Shepherd, formerly
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of
Nor Carolina; hut the graduates of
this Law School must stand an eXami
nation, now very rigid one, before the
Supreme Court, to obtain license to
practice law.
There is Il school of Pedagogy in our
University, which for some years was in
charge Of Prof Alderman, now the
gifted and successful president. But the
graduates of this school, even though
they lie women, are not entitled to life
cert fcates to teach in the public
schools.
Our young men. who spend four years
back to us with diplomas in their peck
cts, are not permitted to begin their
humane work of curing the sick until
orr S ate Board of Medical Examiners
shall have subjected them to a most
rigid examination.
Let the State lie impartial; let it
AVOID ''class-legislation;" let it he just
to the other institutions that, for long
years before the establishment of the
Normal College, educated the daughters
of the State, and are still engaged in
this blessed work. They do not ask that
this privilege be granted to their grad
yates. They do ask that it be with
drawn from those Of the State Normal
and of the Asheville Institute.
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the North Carolina county roads. at this
session of the Legislature. Nothing will
do more for North Carolina than good
roads. They are second only to good
churches and schools, in the betterment
of the condition of the country and the
elevation of all communities. 1t brings
more social equalization between the
town and the country people than any
other medium. and reduces the cost TO
market to every product from the farm
and mine. AS n newcomer. and one
largely interested in seeing good roads
all over the State, and especially i'll three
counties that | am Il tax payer III. l
would suggest that bill be passed
granting each county in the State the
right to vote twenty-five year per
cert bonds payable in current money. to
build macadamized roads where prac-
ticable aud 10 improve the dirt roads.
Granting each county the right to hold
elections in connection with the general
elections for the purpose of voting on
the question of issuing the bonds, and
ut the same time to elect commissioners
who shall have the power 10 issue the
bonds and sell the same at not less
than par: the same commissioners to be
empowered to eXpend the money as may
seem best in their judgment for the inn
provemcnt of the roads, and to de-
tcrmne en- fair rate of toll and the
establishment Of toll gates for the col
lection of tolls on all maccadamized
roads. for the maintenance thereof. The
bond issue in no county to exceed ) per
cent. OF the county's taxable resources
as they appear on the assessment books
the year they are issued.
l suggest this as II simple basis ON
which to construct an efficient road law.
Yours truly,
S. y. JONES.
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lawyer acting temporarily as judge of
a court in his own circuit, would often
be unjustly accused of partiality, and the
confidence of the people in the integrity
OF our courts impaired.
l think Judge Browns suggestion is
d good one.
Respectfully,
II. q CRISP
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DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP, THE
peoples friend, has been in use over fifty
wears. 1t cures the seyerest affections
Of the throat and lungs; such rs, bron.
chitis, grippe, laryngitis and incipie1t
consumption. Price only - cents Il
bottle.
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THANKS OF THE VETERANS.
The Banquet Given Them by the La
dies Made Il Green Spot in Their
Memories.

Raleigh, y. c.. Jan. %.
10 the Editor: The old veterans who
have been in your midst for the past
few days are charmed with the gener-
Gus and opeu-heartcd hospitality that
has beeen extended them hy the citizens
of the Capital City" generally, and by
the ladies'. God bless them-ever to the
front. in good works especially. The
old heroes Of the grandest and noblest
army the world has ever known, return
to their homes almost regretfully, their
faces Wreuthed in smiles and their
hearts over0wing with thanks for the
treatment they received on every side,
surprising anything ever offered them
before.
The banquet given them by the ladies
of the Bazaar was so entirely different
from anything they had elsewhere, that
it will be green spot in their mem
cries, until they are called from Labor
10 rest" and cross over to compete the
army of their comrades, forming on the
''other shore"
The members of both branches of the
courteous to the visiting soldiers. and !
feel sure / voice the feelings of every
one of them when l say they believe in
the two bodies they have true and
Staunch friends. and that they will con-
Jointly go to the farthest extent con-
sisteut with their duties as representa-
tiyes Of The people, in enacting laws for
their relief.
JAMES NJ. RAY.
Brig. General Commanding
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LIFE CERTIFICATES TO TEACH
An Argument Granting Them to lnsti-
tuition of Learning.

To the Editor: The following article
was written by one of the foremost
educators of young women in North
Carolina He does not care to have
his institution involved i'll controversy,
and, therefore, have agreed to take re-
sponsibility for the position be estab-
fishes so conclusively.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that application
sill be made to the General Assembly
+ North Carolina now in session for
he passage of private law for the
establishment of free library in the
ijy of Raleigh.
This the 10Th day of January, 1899.
1--12-30t.
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J. w. BAILEY.

The granting to the graduates of the
State Normal College at Greenboro of
life-certifcates TO teach in the public
schools Of the State is unwise, because
il does not make for the educational
benefit Of the State. One holding such
a certificate may not for the next twenty
years teach school, and may not look
into textbook; and yet ut the end OF
this period she will be permitted to teach
on first grade certificate in any Of
the public schools, no matter how much
she may have forgotten--no matter how
great may have been the advance in
educational methods. Is it wise for the
State to confer such n privilege on the
graduates OF this or any other school?
If the interests of the State Normal
itself be considered, such privilege
would seem to be useless. If it's grad
yates are competent, they need not
fear TO be examined; if incompetent. the
fact should be known, and the only poss-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-23
NO ISSUE Of BONDS
Secretary Gage Thinks There Will Be No
Additional Taxation.
Present Revenue Sufficient to Cover
the Large Increase In
the Army.

The large increase in the army which
the President has decided will be neces-
sary to put down the insurrection in the
Philippines will entail neither the imposi-
ton of additional war taxes nor an issue of
bonds to meet the increased expenditures.
Such is the opinion Of Secretary Gage and
other prominent treasury officials. who
have given the subject careful considera-
ton. While bond issue is not anticipated,
the increase in the army will make 1t i'm
possible for the next Congress to reduce
the war taxes levied by the war revenue
act. While the paymaster general of the
army has not yet figured out, even approx
imately the increased expenditure involved
in the pay, equipment, subsistence and
transportation of the new army, the Sec
retary of the Treasury considers it fair
assumption that the cost will not run over
81 900 per man. If, therefore, every soldier
authorized by existing law were enlisted,
increasing the army to loo, 900 men, the cost
on account Of the army would be about
S1OO. .oUV.OU0
The cost of the maintenance of the old
army of %, 900 men was about $20UoO,oOo
annually. Secretary Gage says that the
running expenses of the government nave
not been materially increased by the war
with Spain, and leaving the additional cost
of the army out Of consideration the ordl-
nary revenues would be ample to meet
them. 1t is only the extraordinary ex-
penses on account of the army which must
be met from sources outside.
The revenue from the war revenue act,
if continued in force, Secretary Gage thinks,
will be sufficient to take care or this ex-
penditure. Last year it yielded Slo0ooo.oo ooo'
and If 1t yields as much this year there
would consequently bfta margin to meet
any unforeseen expenditures according 10
present calculations.
Asked about his authority to issue ponus
~, ant
said that he doubted very much Whether
that act would give him authority TO issue
bonds in connection with the lnsurrectioh
in the Philippines. The purpose lor "nlcii
the proceeds of those bonds were to be used
was limited to the then existing war
with Spain, and Secretary Gage does not
believe it could be stretehed to cover tne
unforeseen state Of affairs IN 'he Fhiiip-
mines
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THE FUTURE OF CHINA
Dir. Reid Discusses Situation in the Oe-
lestial Empire.
Dewey's Victory Impressed Chinese
FavOrably Toward the
United States.

CHICAGO, August 23-Dr. Gilbert Reid
Of Chicago promoter of THE International
Institute Of China" designed to instruct
and elevate the better class of Chinese,
passed through Chicago yesterday en- route
to Pekin, where he will purchase ground
and begin the erection of buildings. DIR.
Reid, who vas formerly a missionary in
China, has given his time for the last four
years to the promotion Of the institute, and
has travelled throughout Europe in its in
terest. He said last night
After spending many years in China 1
realized that the only way to remove eX-
listing prejudices. open up the country and
enlighten the natives was to influence the
ruling classes in favor of reform and
progress. l saw that this was a work in
which all the powers were interested, and
l have successfully solicited them to enter
into 1t. intend TO erect in the center of
Pekn a number of buildings which will
contain permanent exposition of the
worlds inventions, lyceum, libraries and
reading rooms, social halls, &c. The man.
darins of the country are to be pupils and
the faculty is to consist of educators from
the various countries. The government of
China has officially sanctioned the move
ment and $15.OOO has been donated in China.
We have money to begin work and assur-
ances of plenty to carry it on.
''peweys victory at Manila has caused
the Chinese to look upon Americans with
great respect, and we are now able to do
more with them than ever before. l think
the entrance of the United States into the
eastern situation great thing for China.
To protect their own interests the Ameri-
cans must oppose the dismemberment of
China, and o:her powers, realizing this, will
naturally go slow. Chinas prospects, in
my opinion. are now generally better than
ever before"
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THE PORTO nIets BATTALION.
Success Attends thk Experiment OF
Enlisting NATIVES.

According to recent iadvices received at
the War Department the experiment OF en-
listing natives Of the West Indies into tne
American army has proved quite successful
in the case of the Porto Rican Battalion OF
United States Volunteers, which pody COM
pleted it's organization a few weeks ago.
This battalion is commanded by MAJ. l..
P. Dawson. and is the; only one OF its kind
in the United States army. The other off,
GERS are Capts. Magnnis. Latrope and
Page; First Lieuts. Ord, Hamilton BRAND
and Raymond; Second Lieuts. Cooper and
Nadal.
Lieut.. BRAND, who d the battalion ad1u-
tant, has written a letter to Maj. Johnson
of the adjutant generals office. speaking IN
high praise Of the composition OF the pat
TALON. He says that the Porto Hican
soldiers a fine lot OF men. very re-
spectful to their superior officers, opedient.
willing to learn; they take great prloe IN
being soldiers of the United states army,
and always dress vert clean and neat; tney
are easy to handle and learn very quickly
Drunkenness. he says Is almost unknoWn
among them. His opinion. based on nIteen
years experience Is that Porto hican
soldiers. ofiicered by American omcers, VIII
be "A success and q valuable addluon TO the
United States army. He says tnat more
obedient. willing and orderly soldiers can
not be found in the world. The omcers OF
the battalion take great personal pride
| In the organization, and say they nope TO
be able to place 1t on an equal footing as to
| fighting qualities with American soldiers.
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TO GO ON SIMPSONS SHIP.

Greek Ensign to Be Stationed With
the North Atlantic Squadron.
The Greek government has been granted
the courtesy Of having an ensign of the
Greek navy assigned to duty with the North
Atlantic squadron, and Ensign Constan,in
Deligeorges has been selected for that SER
vice. Up to this time he has been on the
Greek ironclad Spetzia.
During the recent Turco-Greek war much
was expected Of the Greek navy, which. al
though small. has some good modern ships.
The war was confined largely to land en-
gagements, however, and there was no op-
portuntty for the Greek ships to show their
prowess against those of Turkey. Greece
was among the European nations which
took an admiring view Of the American
navy during the recent war with Spain, and
1t was in consequence Of this that appli-
cation was made to have Greek naval
officer stationed on board an American war
ship to observe American vessels and meth
DDS. In granting the request the Navy De-
partment directed that Ensign Deligeorees
go aboard Admiral SIMPSONS flagship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-23
Military Hypnotsm Threatens Unbadgd
REVISION OF HOUSE RULES
A New Committee Suggested to Which the
Speaker is Not Eligible.
Return to Former Form in the RecOg-
milton of Members Claiming
the Floor.

On the meeting of Congress an effort will
be made to secure revision of the rules
of the House which will restore to the
members on the floor much of the power
which has rested in the hands of the
Speaker during the past several Congresses
1t is understood that the plan will not be
resisted by Gen. Henderson, who will be
the Speaker; but, on the contrary, will
meet with his approval. The most active
advocate among the republicans of a
change Of the rules so as to increase the
power Of majority en- the floor of the
House is Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa. He tried
without success, to secure such a change
during the incumbency of Mr.. Reed.
Gen. Henderson willing,
1t has been thought by some that the Sc
lection of his friend Gen. Henderson. to
be Speaker might dispose him to abandon
the project, but this is not the case, and
the fact that he is close to Henderson and
had charge of his canvass for the speaker
ship is accepted as indicative of Hender-
sons willingness that the change should
be made. The plan agreed upon tcontem-
plates The abandonment of the present
committee on rules. of which the Speaker
OF the House is chairman and which is
controlled by him, and the constitution in
Its Siead of a new committee, consisting of
seven members, to be chosen by the ma jor-
ity of the House, and on which the Sneaker
shall not be eligible to membership This
committee is to be composed entirely of
members of the majority party and to have
charge Of the forms of procedure.
Recognition of Members.
Another very important change in the
rules proposed relates to the recognition of
members claiming the floor. For the past
several Congresses it has been entirely op-
tional with the Speaker to recognize or to
refuse to recognize any member seeking to
take the floor. During and prior to the
Forty-sixth Congress the rules required
the Speaker to recognize the member first
claiming the floor. or in case Of two or
more members claiming the floor at the
same time, that the Speaker could recog-
niZe any one of those making the demand,
the others to be recognized in order after
the one first recognized had taken his seat.
1t is now proposed to return to this rule
which Will insure to every member a hear
ing IL he desires it. The effect of this will
be to enable majority of the House to
control the proceedings of the body with
out depending upon the individual will of
the Speaker, and to insure to every MEM
Der the right to be heard and to test the
will Of the majority as to any proposition
1t is expected to prevent the pigeon -holing
OF measures which have the support of a
majority, but which are opposed by the
Speaker. The purpose is to restore to the
House its representative character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-23
WAR CLOUD GATHERS
British and BoeF Forces Mobillzing
on Transvaal Frontier.
Big ORDER FOR AMMUNITION
Secretary Chamberlain Now Has
Text of Beers Reply
RHODES SAYS NO WAR

CAPE TOWN, August 23.-Although the
cable summary OF the counter proposals of
the Transvaal government to Great Br-
tain's proposition for a joint committee
to inquire as to what effect the reform
franchise ms assures would have on the Out
landers is probably incomplete, 1t undoubt-
edly gives the general lines accurately.
The Mafeking Horse Regiment is mobiliz-
ing rapidly. Several hundred recruits have
arrived and been equipped here. and have
Joined Vivian's camp. Every train is bring
ing fresh recruits
1t is r,Imored that 300 Beers have formed
q laager on the border
Chamberlain Has Boers' Reply.
LONDON, August 23.-The secretary of
state for the colonies. Joseph Chamberlain.
has received the text of the TranSVaai 8
reply to the proposals of the British gov
ernment and now has it under consld-
Grafton. The members of the cabinet are
within reach, but until the government has
determined what course to pursue Mr.
Chamberlain is unwilling to divulge the
contents of the message from South Africa.
Big Order for Mauser Cartridges.
BIRMINGHAM, Eng, August "a firm
of this place has received an order for H.
OpOOoO Mauser cartridges for urgent de-
livery to South Africa. Secrecy is being OBJ
served as to the exact destination of the
cartridges, but it is said that the Beers
alone use Mauser rifles in that territory.
Rhodes Says There VIII BE No War.
In the Cape assembly yesterday Cecil
Rhodes referring to the Transvaal ques-
ton. said:
NO, there will be no bloodshed. Presi-
dent Kruger, like a sensible man, will
climb down The less the Cape Colony is
concerned in the quarrel, the better
Continuing, Mr.. Rhodes said it was GER
tain that the Transvaal would become an
F,nglish-speaking community, and the Out
landers being in vast majority, Woud
form a government In keeping with their
views He expressed the hope that the
settlement would be fair, and that the cape
Colony would let the imperial government
deal with that matter also.
1t is rumored in Cape Town that the
Beers intend to attempt coup to OBTAIN
fcrcible possession of the ammunition de-
tanned by the Portuguese.
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PORTO RICA.s COAST LINE.
Its Survey by the Blake Shows tn,
Maps to BE Wrong.

Maps to BE Wrong.
The recent official surveys along the
southern coast of Porto Rico show that
the coast line is much more in error than
has been supposed by scientists. Informa-
tion now at hand discloses the fact that
from Ponce to the eastward, charted as
fifty miles, the actual distance is but forty
three miles, necessitating a contraction of
the shore line on maps and charts to the
extent Of seven miles for that stretch alone.
II that proportion of error is found to hold
good for the whole island. its actual area
will be very greatly circumscribed by the
results Of the surveys.
The steamer Blake Of the coast survey
will resume her work in this connection
early next winter The schooner Eager and
probably one or two shore parties will also
be sent there on the same mission. The
Blake Is now making surveys off Nantucket
shoals, with view to rebuoying one of
the channels, and has just been ordered to
examine into Instructions in the Boston
harbor, about a mile southeast from Bos-
ton light which an ocean liner recently re-
ported striking.
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ORDNANCE FOR OTIS,
Lieut.. Buckley to Load n Steamer an,
to Make O Foreign Inspection Tour

Lieut.. Buckley to Load a Steamer and
to Make q Foreign Inspection Tour.
Lieut.. M. c. Buckley, Sd Artillery. has
been ordered to New York to superintend,
In conjunction with Mr.. Paul B. Stockly of
New York, the loading of twelve two-and-
a-half-inch Simms Dudley dynamite guns,
accessories and ammunition on board the
commercial steamer designated by the
depot quartermaster, New York city, for
transportation to Manila by way of the
Suez canal and Hong Kong.
Lieut.. Buckley is instructed to proceed to
Woolwich arsenal, England; Paris. France,
and Amsterdam, Holland for the purpose of
inspecting at those places the organization
and material of mountain gun and how
itzer batteries used In India and Africa,
and in Madagascar. Java. Borneo and Su-
matra. under conditions similar to those
for service in the Philippines. proceeding
thence to Suez. where he will take station.
He will remain at Suez until about Septem-
Der IT. when he will take passage on the
hospital ship Missouri to Manila, p. l.,
where he will report to the commanding
general for assignment to duty.