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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
INSANE MAJOR.
Change of Food Cured Him.

What a determined and intelligent
wife can accomplish, is well snowp in the
experience of a certain retired Major of
the Civil War, and his estimable wife.
For obvious reasons, the name anal eX-
act address of the Major is withheld,
but the facts are given by his cousin, a
well-known lady of Marion, o.
Without apparent cause, but coming on
gradually. the Major lost his mind, and
some of the most eminent specialists in
brain and nervous diseases stated that he
would never recover, strongly recon-
mending the wife to place him
in an asylum, although although
confident he would live only few
months.
BEING a woman of much strength Of
character. she refused to in-arcerate
him. but ON the contrary, took jIim 10 a
cottage along the shores of a liCtle lake
for the summer, and devoted herself en-
tirely to the case, studied him carefully,
and especially applied herself to the pre-
paration of food and drink, gradually
eliminating what was harmful and sub
stituting nutritious and properly Sc
lected articles, with the startling result
that in about six months he was an abso-
lutely same man, and in a year was
healthier than he had ever been in his
life.
She recites that the chief agency in
his return to health was Postum Cereal
Food Coffee for from the moment she
began using that ARTICLE in place of cot
fee, he improved in marked degree. AT
ONE time, she left off Postum and allowed
him to use ordinary coffee, and he had a
quick and serious backset. Returning tn
Postum he improved now they use
nothing else and are most enthusiastic 4
their faith in its healthgiving qualities,
and naturally make many converts
among their frienos.
The rclater adds: Sat first we thought
Postum was fiat and tasteless, but after
following the directions exactly and boil
ing it twenty minutes, we secured Q
richness equal to the best Mocha and
Java, and enjoy it greatly. i have LOST
that heavy, depressed feeling that OBJ
tanned formerly, and my children are
growing fat ON Postum" The lady re
queste that her name be omitted from
publication. The name, however WIZ
be given by letter upon application &c
the Postum Cereal Company, Ltd, al
Battle Greek, Mich.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05

Argo upon the cross-bill filed by the de-
PENDANT, and asked the special instruc-
ton to the jury by the court that in
no view of the evidence can the plaintiff
recover.
Mr.. Douglass replied to Colonel Ar
COS argument, reading from several
eases. and contended that the complaint
was sufficient for Il divorce.
but were it not it ought to be even
now amended 1t would be cruel to al
low this case, which has caused such
disturbance in the social circles of this
city to go off on a technically. Why II
man hasn't got to knock a refined sensi-
tive woman down and walk over her to
put upon her an indignity as contem-
plated by the divorce laws"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
Cold in Your Head?
TAKE
CAPUDiNE:..

1t relieves the aching and
feverishneSS removes the
causes and makes YOU feel
well again in very short time
Is, Is and soc at all drug
stores, or if you cannot get 1t
there, send I5c in stamps for
trial bottle by mail,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

marked example Of what the boys call
a good fellow. His manner with me
was simply uncomfortable. If | cx-
pressed an opinion on any important
subject, he'd give look that said:
why, she positively assumes to have
intelligence. There is something like
n power of coherent thought in her
mind. Can she really be one of those
women who think she thlnks?'"
THAT would be rather aggravating."
"Aggravating? was angry enough
to swear like sailor, call him names
or tell him to get out and stay out, but
knew that he wouldn't understand
He's one Of those men who think that
woman should be nothing more than
an automaton In the domestic and So
cial world. IL 1t hadn't been for ere.
ating talk, I'd have carried gun or
big bowie knife and done something
to shock him."
"Oh, Mamep'
Yes, would. He made me des.
perate. When he expressed admira.
tion for me. 1t was as though he were
approving ane picture or good
cigar just told him one evening
that he must be mistaken in me, for 1
had n soul, mind and q whole lot of
womanly aspirations. 1t frightened
him so tina. he left his umbrella, aud
I've never seen him since."-Detrolt
Free Press,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

The most recent portion Of South Az
rica TO come under the British sway is
Rhodesia which embraces the combin-
cd provinces OF Matabeleland, Masho-
naland, Manicalnnd and portion Of
what was formerly Linchwe's country.
Naturally being MS yet barely coloniz-
ed, the disproportion Of races Is enor-
nous. In the Cape Colony there are
100000 natives and 100000 whites.
Between these two there are several
thousands OF Malays and "Cape Boys"
the latter of whom are practically half
castcs and the former, to all intents
and purposes, whites.
In the Transvaal the natives are
mostly confined to the northern portion
of the republic, the Zoutpansberg,
Spelonkcn and Letaba districts. The
Witwatersrand mine labor Is largely
supplied from these districts, and the
Trnnsvaal government has its native
commissioners scattered throughout
the country. The natives In the Trans
vaal are believed to be too thoroughly
downtroddcn to make any trouble. but
anxiety Is felt about the Swazis. In
1851 Swaziland was recognized as au
independent territory, but the conven-
tion of 1894 between Great Britain and
the Transvaal placed the country and
Its people under the protection and
control of the republic, to which 1t was
annexed. The Beers proceeded to tax
their new subjects in true Boer style,
and the bltcrcst feeling was created.
The Iulus the most powerful and
warllke of all South African native
tribes, are undecided. 1t Is believed
that the majority of the nation would
like to fight with the British, but Chief
Dlnlzulu Is restraining them. Chief
Usibebu. on the other hand, Is reported
as being distinctly hostile to the Beers.
Uslbcbu Is brother of Chief Cete-
wayo, who was conquered by the Brit
ish aftey hard fighting in 1870. Four
years later Cetewayo was relnstatcd In
his kingdom by the British. Then Usi-
bebu attacked and conquered him and
made himself chief of the tribe. Usi-
bebu found, however, that his territory
was being gradually taken from him
by the Beers of the Transvaal. He ap-
pcalcd to the English. who took Zulu
land under their protection and In 1887
formally declared It to be British terri
tory. Then the Beers are said to have
taken the part Of Dinizulu, son of old
Cetewnyo, In his claim to succeed to
the throne of his father. This division
In Zululand may serve to keep the
blacks out of the fight altogether.
The civilized world certainly hopes
that the trouble between the British
and the Beers may be fought to n fin
ish without any alliance with the
blacks. The terrors of lyddite and
dumdum bullets are ms nothing when
compared >, the savage warfare wag.
cd by the native tribes. 1t will be nee.
essary for both sides, however so long
as hostilities are continued, to be pre-
pared for native uprising. q
CECIL HoYT.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

and the lcapings OF their own bulky
bodies beat the deep into white foam and
lather.
Since they are so exact In their habits
the fishermen prepare for them always
before they arrive. At some designated
spot are spread enormous nets, exceed
ingly deep and made of the strongest OF
line. These are not designed to catch the
tunnies. They are spread out merely to
force the fish to edge in and in until
they are led to the real prison net,
which Is vast cOntrivance set In an
immense square and powerful enough to
defy anything that swims. As soon as
the lust of the school has entered this
boxlike inclosurc the sides of the great
net are raised at n signal. At first the
imprisoned fish do not show any signs
Of alarm. But as the net rises, inch by
inch. from the water depths. cleaning,
swordlike backs appear here and there
above the surface, dartins with incrcdi.
ble swiftness from side to side Of the
net. Each instant more of these living
blades appear above the surface. Then
the fish begin to leap. Here one launches
himself straight ont of the water, 600
pounds of glorious life. toward the sky,
to crash back into the sea with n hail-
like bloS of sides mud tail that makes
the ocean echo. Another and another
rises and falls hnck. soon the scene IL
as II the abysses of the sea were spout.
Ing heir inhabitnnts. for hundreds OF
imrcnsc silver lnIhing fish rise every.
wherc at once within the net.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

An amusing case came before the po-
lice In Paris when dealer in fish was
summoned by n Nine, Ango. who claim
sd 30 francs damages for the injury
cnuscd TO her nose by one of the defend
ants Holsters.
The plaintiff had gone to the market,
and, taxing up lobster from the stall,
had thrown it down again, saying 1t was
not fresh. The iishwife protested that II
was alive, madame to the contrary, so to
satisfy herself the latter applied her nose
to It, when the lobster seized hold OF that
organ and held il fast.
Nine Ango screamed for assistance,
but the dealer and her companions were
No overcome with laughter that 1t was
some time before the nose of the lady
could be released.
The fish woman, in her defense, said
she was not to blame, as the mischief
was caused by Nine Ango putting the
lobster 80 near her face when she was
told II was living, The law taking the
same view Of the case, the complaint was
dismissed, the plaintiff to pay the costs.
STRAY Stories.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
EXCITING SEA FIGHTS.
How Mediterranean Fishermen Hand
Together 90 Catch Tunnics.

One OF the most thrilling and wonder
ful slghts In the world Is that OF the
funny fisheries of the Mediterranean sea,
says the New York Press The pursuit
OF these great and swift fish is not n
mere tame operation OF netting. 1t Is n
fight between man and sea creatures
such as is duplicated nowhere except In
the whale fisheries Tho funny is a huge
mnckerel, Ho is n predaceous fish, and
his course through the seas is that OF a
destroyer without parallel. So deadly IL
the funny to the schools OF herring and
similar food fish that he is called the
herring hog In our waters he is known
more generally us the horse mackerel.
The funny fisheries arc distinctly Euro
pean, and they are the oldest industry
that Is known In the Mediterranean sen.
10 capture them men must band them
selves together in large bodies for fisher
men singly could do nothing with these
fish, which grow to length OF ten feet
and weigh over half ton sometimes.
Therefore there is a system OF co-opera-
tion on the coasts that are visited by the
funny, system which dates back TO the
PhGniclnns, who were great funny
catchers In their time. Tho perfection
Of this system Is due, among other
things, TO the fact that the big FISH have
absolutely regular habits. In normal
times they can be relied on TO make
their annoyance at certain periods nj.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

,lffalo have disappeared, leaving none
I their traces behind, us the mammoth
I'd larger animals have done. The place
3 full of ghosts. Its story is all In the
,ast. Tho modern world passes 1t by.
Int, dead or not, 1t Is one Of the most
1tercsting spots from scientific and
storical standpoint that one could seek.
The hamlet nestles against a hillside
ust above the level of the narrow val
-. which Is filed with the bubbling sui
hur springs. To the right rises Indian
ill, whereon, according to the legend,
he Grcnt Spirit rested while he shot his
.hunderbots into the herds of NAM
moths. The bottom OF the valley, now
comparatively dry, was once a quagmire
of blue clay and sulphur water, and it Is
here, within n radius Of half a mile, that
the great relics were found that gave to
the town its name. And 1t is here that
numberless strange bones of long dead
and extinct animals still lie, not many
feet below the soil.
Although there are signs which might
point to this valley being discovered by
the French long ago, the first known
white man to penetrate to the spot wns
James Marshall. who came there In 1878.
He found many bones of the mammoth
and those also of strange smaller ami
mails, swamp some 100 ncres square be-
ing literally filled with them. He tells
tfs how he made the framework of his
tent with immense rib bones nine and ten
feet long, which he picked up and drove
into the earth. Marshall also found the
traces of paths lending to the springs,
which were probably made by extinct
animals that sought them, attracted
thither by the saltness OF the water.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

Soon after General Robert II. Lee
went TO Lexington, Va, the pre8ldpncy
of an Insurance company was offered
to him q; a salary Of $l0,00o u year.
he was Mt that timc receiving ualy $3.-
900 as president Of the Washington
and Ice university. I'VE do rGt want
You to discharge any duties, general"
said the agent, "Wc simply wish the
use OF your nnmc, That will abun-
dainty compensate us"
Excuse me, SIR" was the prompt
and decided rcIolnder. II cannot CON
sent to receive pay for services do
not render"
Nearly every mail brought him simi-
lar proposals, and Just a short while
before his death u large and wealthy
corporation In %ow York city offered
him 100000 per aunun to become Its
president. But he refused ali such Of
fcrs aad quietly pursued hls chosen
path OF duty.-l.allcs' Homo journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

DINIzULU IN HIS EUROPEAN CLOTHES.
fact is that they hate both sides and
see no advantage In interference unless
they should discover an apparent op-
portunity to annihilate the whites alto
gether.
Owing to the overwhelming prepon-
derance of the black population in
South Africa the prospect Of an inter-
neclne conflict among the white occu-
pants OF the country occasions grave
fears If native uprlsings should take
place. The Beers have tried to secure
the cooperation of the Basutos, n saw
age tribe which only recently renounc-
cd cannibalism. but without success.
What, If anything. the British have
done in the way Of making black alli-
nnces Is not known. The following
comparative table shows the number
of the black and white races in terrific
nv Interested In the war:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
LOCAL MARKETS.
WHEAT CT CENTS.
Retail Prices.

Dec. IL, Bp. m.--Butter, creamery
82c. country 25c, lard lOc; eggs 2lc
to 28c; chickens, lac per lb. dressed,
spring chicken, l4c a lb.
Corn, ear 22c per bushel,
shelled 40c; oats 80 to 32c; hay IS to70c
o hundred; straw B5c Il hundred.
Lettuce zoe per pound. Head
lettuce zoe.
Radishes, three punches for 1Oc.
Cucumbers l5c piece.
Tomatoes coca lib. ,,
Celery l0c bunch.
Potatoes, so to Coo bu.
Home grown cabbage 8 to 12c head
Caulifower, 10 to 25c q head.
Hubbard squash, &c ID.
Parsnips 25c peck.
Turnips, l5c n peck.
Vegetable oysters Tc a bunch.
Turkeys, dressed Is.
Ducks, dressed IL to II.
Wholesale Prices.
Wheat SIC; oats 26c; corn,
ear, l5 to lie, corn, shelled, BIC; hay,
$13; rye, 6Sc.
Butter, creamery, 27leo; country
Is to 22c lard, 8 to Glec eggs, 23to 2lc /;
chickens, live Z to Sc, dressed S to lOc.
Navy beans, s2.l5; marrowfat
beans $3.50.
Potatoes 40c.
Cured hides, No. J, 10 No. 2, DC,
green, No. l, sac, No. Sc, cured
calf skins, No. 1, llo, No. 9, 9i6c;
green, No. l, &c; No. 2, l0c: tallow,
No. AZ to 41lc sheep pelts, IL C to 81 ,
Pork, dressed, 5 to 81 livcSIs to &c /;
beef, dressed, &c To SIC, live
8 to 51sc; mutton, live. 31ac to 41Sc;
dressed, &c to Sc; spring lamb,
81 to 9c; pork, loins, Sc; veal, live
4 to &c, dressed, 8 to S1ac.
Sugar-cured ham, 90 to l094c;
shoulder, Z to TIC; California ham,
Ga to &c; bacon, s to &c; dried beef,
10 to l6c; lard, simon pu:c, 6k
in tub; 64c in tierces; country
kettle 61fc; pure lard, &c.
Lumber.
Hemlock bill stuff $40 per m
Norway bill stuff 1928 per m
Yellow pine siding No. $27 per m
Yellow pine flooring No. l common
s25 per m
Yellow pine ceiling No. 1 $a7 per IN
White pine lath No. l, 5000 per m
White pine lath No. 2 $3.50 per 1000
Clear red cedar shingles $3.50 per
1000.
Clear hemlock shingles $2.75 per
1000.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
Credit,

Now that they were married, the
ugly old man had confession to make
to the lovely young woman.
II am not rich," he faltered In much
apprehension.
She did not start as II stung; far
from 1t. Indeed. she smiled, not un-
kindly.
mo matter" she replied. EVERY
body who sees us will think you are
rich, and credit is just as good MS
money"
Moreover, 1t was no small comfort, IL
one must be married, to be married to
u person whom one need not treat with
respect unless one feels like it.-De-
troit journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
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This book is issued by the South
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

Less than 30 miles from Cincinnati.
iays The Commercial Tribune. lies Oh
Jreatcst battlefield this country of mnn.
satteields has ever known nccordiEl
o an Indinn legend. The bones of ii.
mighty but worsted warriors TINT az
,uried 20 feet beneath the surface of Il
low quiet earth in acres of stiff, blu
Hay bear silent witness to portion C
he story at least. The battle itself WI
Ought over 800 years ago and the cor
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

No conditions. You buy
Fels-Naptha soap of your
grocer-5c a bar-and he
gives you your sc back, if you
ask it. Don't return the
soap.
It's worth S times SC.
Fels & Co. makers. Philadelphia
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
THE NORTHERN OHIO RAILROAD.
Time Gard. Dec. 10, 1893.
DnnnI NArlh Main StIaaf
THE NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION co.
The A., b. 4 G. Railroad.
Waiting Room, North Howard st.
FIRE ALARM CALLS.


Central Engine House
9 Buckeye Works
Akron Iron Works
4 Diamond Rubber Works
Main and Market
O No Engine House, Sixth ward
n Broadway, near Market
Buchtel av and Bowery
8 Schumacher Mill, Mill st
IL Prospect, near Mill
l3 Furnace and Broadway
IA Main and Keck
l5 Ash and Park Place
III No 3 Engine House, West Hill
II Carroll and Exchange
Is Emp re Mower and Reaper Wks
10 Ak on Rubber Works
81 Prospect and Perkins
% Forge and Market ~
"a Sherman near Exchange
% Main and Exchange
20 North Howard and Tallmadgs
27 w Market and Greene
2S Akron Knife works
30 Washington and Hopp alley
81 North Howard and North
32 r. Market and Spruce
"a w Market and Valley
% Carroll and Spicer
86 Carroll and Sumner
81 North and Arlington
38 Vine and Fountain
80 Coburn and Campbell
II Wooster av and Locust
AZ Pearl, near Cistern
43 Main and Falor
As College and Mill
40 Arlington and Hazel
AZ Howe and Bowery
As West South
40 Merrill pottery, State st
81 Howard and Cherry
81 No. Engine house, Main q Fair
% Center st. railroad crossing
54 Buchtel av. and Union
90 Akron Stoneware Co. Sixth ward
81 Lods and Turner
68 Perkins and Adolph ave
80 Main, near odd Fellows Temple
81 Case ave and Kent
62 Sieberling Mill, Sixth ward
63 Johnston and Champlain
Ga Akron Sewer Pipe Co, Black mill
CO Hill Sewer Pipe Co, r. Market
81 Carroll and e. Market
68 Second ave and Valley railroad
SO johnson and Wilson
II Grant and Cross
70 North and Maple
10 Werner Printing Co
"a North Orion, near Blum
75 Robinson Bros, N Forge q
70 The Whitmore, Robinson C
81 Western Linoleum Co
81 Summit Sewer Pipe Co 5S
"a Thornton and Harvard
So The ] O McNeal Boiler Works
8l Cereal Mills, 8 Howard st
90 Schumacher Cooper Shop, North
Broadway
l2l General Alarm
l23 Silver and Hickory
l2b w Market and Rhodes ay
281 RsnnsfS Brswsey, u Yssrs @
94l Sherman and Voris
Dol Cedar and Wabash ay
258 w Exchange. near willow
BIZ Cascade dills, N Howard
By Fire Chiefs Residence
B2l Adams and Epson
BAL Baloh and Market
S42 Maple, opposite Balch
$40 Bittman and Crosby
85l Exchange and Spicer
fl2 Wooster and st Clair
il3 st Clair and Bartges
10 Water Works, Wooster av
vi Ewart Tile Works
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
COULDN'T STAND HIM.
An Interesting Little story For Cu-
pid's Victims.

"Why did break Off with him 2"
echoed the stylish young lady who had
stepped upon Woodward avenue car
In way to delight the conductor.
"Well, 1t was little hard, yror man.
ma was his stanch supporter from
the beginning. But SIMPLY couldn't
endure him"
''But he's smart, handsome and well
Of" objected the other girl. who wus
q party to the conversation.
4 "N'-r r,l hnyi.rc-re II He's a
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

CAPE YowN, Nov. IL. A subject
which is not much talked about, but
which creates a cold chill whenever
mentioned, is the possible uprising OF
the blacks during the present war be-
tween the British and the Beers. If
the sympathies of the blacks were all
on one side, there would be little doubt
of their action and its outcome, but the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

This photograph is the most remark
able ever taken, snys the Boston Globe.
for 1t shows lightning fash which
struck the foremast Of the British ship
Racer at midnight during one of the re-
cent thunderstorms. The snap shot was
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

Susie says she wouldn't marry n
bald widower II he was worth mil
lion"
"Why not?"
"She says II she has to have a bald
husband she wants TO make him bald
hersclf.'-lndiannpolls Journal
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

taken at exactly the right moment and is
unique specimen of the photography of
lightning flashes.
The flash was carried off harmlessly by
the Lightning conductor that runs up the
mast. F..5
The Racer was Mt the t!me lying nt
anchor In Dartmouth hnrhor, the hills
and tho shipping around standing out
for moment clearly defined in the glare
Of the lightning The photograph il re-
gardcd by United States weather officials
M the most interesting photograph ex-
tant of the heavenly artillery In action.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

most to the minute. When they come,
1t Is in huge schools that can be seen
afar, for they scour the waters like ships
Of war. and the leapings Of their prey
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
Information.

"Thls country is very beautiful. Can
you direct me to any particularly In
teresting spots?"
"Yes, sir. Down this road n mile In
the poorhouse. Jest over that hill Is
the insane asylum. That crossroad
there leads direct to the home for i'm,
beetle children. ."-Collier's Weekly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12

Over S5 per cent Of the housewives Of
this country do without u scrvant.--Chi-
raso Tribune. q,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-12
BLACKS LOOKING ON.
AFRICAN NATIVES HATE BOTH BRIT
lSH AND BOERS.

Watching For an Opportunity For
Vengeance Upon Their Old Ene-
mies-How n Division In Zululand
Prevents Interference.