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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
r. &. TAYLOR.
Dealer in General Merchandise.

One of the great factors in the com
mercial supremacy of Dunn is the mann
moth and metropolitan house of K. q.
Taylor. which is in every sense OF the
word a leader.
The business was founded in 1892, and
time has increased its patronage
and enlarged its sphere of usefulness.
The establishment is undoubtedly the
largest of the kind in the county, the
premises being 32x110 feet in dimen-
sions. The stock handled embraces dry
goods, boots, shoes, hats, groceries and
in fact everything usually found in first
class establishment of this character. A
speciality is made of clothing and under
takers goods. The trade extends over
Harnett and portions of Sampson and
Cumberland counties.
Mr.. Taylor was horn and reared in
Cumberland county and received liber-
al education in the Academic schools Of
that section.
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w. ID. THORNTON,

Dealer in Carts, Wagons and Buggies.
Mr.. Thornton established this business
five years ago. and it is now the largest
of its kind in the county. His factory IS
located in the rear of me store and an
elegant line of buggies, wagons and
carts are turned out-employment is Civ
en- to eight people. ,------.--.
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MRS. J. ii. PAGE.
Millinery and Fancy Goods.

Millinery and Fancy Goods.
This is the only exclusively millinery
establishment in Dunn and Mrs j. III.
Page,an experienced milliner, gives the
work her personal attention and super
vision. A general line of millinery and
fancy goods carried
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"A prominent and able member of the
bar at Dunn and one of the most ardent
Democrats of Harnett county. The able
and efficient assistant engrossing clerk
OF the SenTte in 1899. And a sketch Of
whom will be found on the last page of
the fifth section of this edition.
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soIIDEsT THING TO STAND ON
Milton Herald.

Milton Herald.
BY the way, that Chicago platform,
with that plank about trusts nailed on
next year, will be the soidcst thing Bry-
an or any one else ever stood upon. The
enemies of free silver may jump ON it
and butt against it until they are sore,
but no harm will result. Wait and
see,
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FURNITURE FACTORY,
One of the Largest and Best
Equipped Furniture
Factories in the
State.
A Home Enterprise. Backed by Home Capital
Extensive in its Operations.

The progress Of every community de-
ponds not so much upon the natural nd
vantages and facilities it may be endow-
ed with as upon the character and en-
terprise of it's citizens, and when we
find community blessed with the two.
we may look for phenomenal growth and
prosperity. With respect to the manu-
facture of furniture Dunn is most for
tunately situated, being as it is in the
center of the poplar oak and pine belts.
The business under consideration was
established three years ago. In 1898 the
plant was destroyed by fire, but there
has Just been erected larger and more
commodious factory, equipped with all
the latest and most improved machinery.
The company is Incorporated with
officers as follows:
NJ. II. Young, President.
E. f. Young, Treasurer.
V. l.. Stevens, Secretary.
The object of this company is to
utilize the fine grades of poplar, oak and
pine found in abundance i'll the section
in the manufacture of the best quality
Of furniture The company has spared
no expense in its equipment IN order
that the factory might be thoroughly
modern in every sense.
About one hundred people are given
employment, and the products of the
factory find sale all over the country
The Importance of such enterprises to
the South cannot be overestimated.
They give employment to home labor
and tend to develope our resources. The
managers Of this enterprise need no IN
PRODUCTION at our hands. They stand
high up in the business world of the
State. and their high commercial integ-
ritv Is guarantee of the continued sue
cess of the mammoth enterprise.
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The wisdom of the owl is only ex-
ceeded by his stupidity.
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After a rough lie has ben polished it
is called hypocrisy.
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refused 20 accedo td the change or sue
cession, and Italy again tried the for
tune Of war. Arluh trlumphed In
italy, and also q Hungary, through
the alleged treaclh hry Of Gorgei and
the help Of Russid Francis now de-
voted himself Will persistency to the
re-establlshment OF order" which In
this case he construed, Of course, as
despotism. He dissolved the national
guard and took away the freedom Of
the press, and later abolished the con-
stitution of his uncle. In 1853 he near
ly lost his life by assassination, and
In the Crimean war forfeited the re-
spect Of all the belllgerents by his in
decisive attitude. Meanwhile the dis
satisfaction OF Lombardy, Venice and
Hungary hourly increased. Sardinia
encouraged the national feeling In
Italy, and at last, in 1859. Francis hur-
ried thoughtlessly. into a war with
that kingdom. which ended in the ces-
sion Of Lombardy. The war with Den
mark, in which Austria and Prussia
were united and the subsequent war
with Prussia, which resulted in the ex-
clusion Of Austria from Germany, are
too recent to need more than mention.
Since the war with Prussia, Emperor
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FROM POVERTY TO WEALTH.

with an income Of close to 100000
a year Mrs. Susannah Bransford
Emery Of Salt Lake City can afford to
take a comfortable view Of life, be-
sides enjoying the pleasing reflection
that her position as the richest woman
in Utah was won largely by her own
efforts Mrs. Emery is a widow, her
husband having died FIVE years ago.
Like many a man in the West, he
had made and lost more than one
fortune. At the time of his death he
possessed a lot Of mining property,
which was generally regarded as
worthless. It was all the widow had,
however, and being a woman Of great
resolution she set about the task OF
developing some of it. A pay streak
was ere long found in one of her
mines, the Silver King" Now her
dividends from 1t alone are over $500
a month. It lies close to the great On
tario, which some prospectors declare
will yet Outdo the famous Broken Hill
SILVER mine in Australia. Mrs. En-
ery's income from the Silver King does
not represent all her wealth. Last
year she became interested in the
Grand Central, a gold prospect in the
great Tintic, or Eureka, mining dis
trict. In one year this has paid the
rich widow something like $4,000, and
she has recently refused to sell her in
terest in the mine for 100000. Mrs.
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ONE WISE EMPEROR.

Emperor Francis Joseph, upon the
occasion of his jubilee, the 5Oth anni-
versary OF his accession to the throne,
has granted full amnesty to all lese
majestic prisoners. and has remitted
the remainder Of the sentences Of $40
other prisoners.
The Emperor Francis Joseph was
born on Aug. is. 1880. the eldest son
Of the Archduke Francis. He was
taught to speak all the languages of
ais heterogeneous dominions, and only
a year before the Hungarian revolu-
tion addressed the Magyar mobiles at
Pesth in their own language, a cifeum-
stance which secured him certain
transient authority. In 184S he served
under Radetzky in the Italian wars.
The old Emperor Ferdinand having.
IN the hour OF his extremity, made
certain constitutional promises to the
ration, the archduchess, who during
the whole year had directed the
schemes Of the anti-rovolutionary
party, resolved that the fulfllment OF
these promises should be evaded by a
change OF sovereign. Ferdlnsnd ac-
cordlngly abdicated in favor OF HIS
nephew on Dec. 2. 1s4s. and Francis
Joseph assumed the government as
emperor Of Austria and king OF Hun
gary and Bohemia. Hungary, how
ever which had los, all faith In the
house OF Hansburs. rose IN arms and
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There are snake charmers and snake
charmers. all Of them possessing their
own peculiar method OF handling the
venomous reptiles to avoid the conse-
quences that entail should an ordinary
person attempt to touch them, but the
most unique genius OF his kind Is DR..
Arthur Stradling, who resides at Wat
ford, Middlesex, England. surrounded
by hundreds OF living reptiles Of all
kinds which he has collected. He does
not by any strange power tame the
striking propensities Of the snakes, but
allows them to bite him at will. The
poisons, however, have no effect on
him, since, by a process Of innocula-
ton, he has rendered himself i'm
mune. This he accomplished by in
iecting various kinds Of venom into his
blood and when struck by the fangs
of one OF his favorites It has no effect
whatever upon him.
How a man could develop a taste for
snakes is difficult to understand. So
long as human nature retains its in
stinctive dislike to anything that
creeps or crawls, the practice Of keep
ing snakes is not likely to extend far
beyond its present limits. DR.. Arthur
Stradling declares 1t to be, in his case,
hereditary. His father was fond of
snakes, and his son, 9 years Of age, is
devoted to them and experiences abso-
lutely no fear to their presence. How
far the child will develop his taste re-
mains to be seen; Of the father 1t
may be said that he has devoted his
leisure to the study of snakes. In
pursuit of his study, which he himself
calls "ophiomania," he has visited
every snake-infested country of the
globe-an undertaking accomplished
by no ether person, probably, with
similar object. Having, in the trop-
les, lived in the constant and close
companionship with serpents, it is not
unnatural that, at Watford, he should
still be surrounded by them.
A man who handles twelve-foot
pythons and boa constructors with abb
solute impunity must have something
Of the Hercules about him, we should
think. We would be surprised, there
fore, to find Dr. Stradling one of the
mildest Of men, well fitted to soothe
the patient, but not to battle with OBJ
streperous serpents, as we, in our ig-
norance, imagine them to be.
When the visitor has become thor
oughly convinced that the mild-man-
nered man before him really is the
ruler of serpents, a second surprise
awaits him when he is led to see the
snakes. He, Of course, has pictured a
semitropical hothouse, after the pat
tern Of the snakehouse at the zoo. At
Watford he is led through the dispen-
sary into a tiny closet in which there
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From Giuseppe Cugzi, one Of the 1SO
prisoners Of the Khallfa who were act
free by Gen. Kitchener after his on
trance into Omdurman, the English
authorities have obtained interesting
Information as to the last days of Gen.
Gordon, which. however, had not at
last accounts been made public. I'm
mediately after the fall Of Omdurman
Cuzzi was taken to Cairo, where he
was 1oyfully received by the English,
and italian residents. When liberat-
ed he had in his possession important
letters and kilograms from Gen. Cor
don and Col Stewart which had been
hidden during his long captivity. Cuz-
q Is 55 years old and a native Of Bri-
anza, Italy He is a veteran Of the
Garibaldi campaign and fought with
the famous patriot leader at Dijon. He
also had part In the war In Herzego-
vina quarter Of a century ago, serv-
ing on the stan Of the Prince of Mon
tenegro. Later he travelled in Amer
lea, and after his return to Italy went
to the Soudan as resident manager for
a Milanese commercial society.
While in Berba he met Gen. Gordon,
who formed so favorable an opinion OF
him that he made him his personal
representative there and also secured
for him the appointment of consular
agent for her British majesty. After
the fall Of Berba Cuzzi was taken pris-
oner by the Khalifa and transported
to Omdurman. He was thrust into a
vile dungeon, and for a time was sub
iected to the most cruel torture. One
morning, to his great horror. a COM
pany of dervish soldiers appeared at
the dungeon and ordered him to go
with them to the palace. Cuzzi was
seized with fear and trembling, believ-
ing that he was to be put to death. But
instead the Kalifa, before whom he
was taken. received him kindly, and,
after Questioning him closely, inform
ed him that he had been created Mu-
heddin of the mosque Of Omdurman.
He was commanded to abjure the Cath
olic religion and accept the Mohamme-
dan, which he did without a murmur.
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DIR. STRADLING AND A PET.
Is just room for him and the doctor
20 turn about and pass one another.
Around the walls, on shelves, are OBJ
long boxes, with glass fronts, OF vari-
GUS sizes, and in these are the snakes.
In vain does one look for the custom
ary blanket, and instantly the story of
the blanket-swallowing snakes comes
to mind. But the doctor explains that
he abhors both blankets and gravel.
His snakes are accommodated with
plenty of sheets Of cork bark, beneath
which they can screen themselves from
observation.
The lid Of box is opened, in goes
the doctors hand Che never wears
gloves or uses tongs) and comes out
again with the piece OF bark. If you
wish to see a snake closely you have
but to say so, and Il Is produced and
handed round as though It were a
bracelet in a jewelers. shop. Snakes
have their temperaments. and an ex-
ception is made in the case of a cou-
pie Of tree-boas. who live together in
a large box. The larger of the two
measures about twelve feet Git Is very
difficult to ascertain the exact length
Of living snake), and is good tenn
pered but the lesser one bites on
small provocation, so we don't medale
with them.
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Cuzzi describes his life at the mosque
as lonely and monotonous, most Of his
time being spent in prayer. He was
not permitted to converse with those
around him, and during all the years
Of his service as muheddin not a word
escaped his lips except at rare inter
walls in response to the commands or
inquiries Of some superior. Upon state
occasions Cuzzi was summoned to the
palace, where, with Slatin Pasha, he
acted as guard at the door of the Khal-
ifa's apartments. When engaged in
this service discipline was somewhat
relaxed. The Khalifa seemed to be
proud Of his white servant and showed
him attentions which created jealousy
on the part of his Dervish attendants.
But, although this occasional absence
from the mosque served to relieve
somewhat the strain upon his mind
and body, Cuzzi declares that he never
for a moment knew what happiness
was or felt his life secure.
"In all the sixteen years Of my cap
tivity," he said to the Sirdar, there
was never a day in which 1 had food
enough to satisfy the cravings OF hun
ger, and what little dura / managed to
get in addition to the meager rations
served to me as food / had to beg
Opportunity to solicit aims was given
me at certain times, usually during
some religious celebration, which may
have lasted several days, or upon the
anniversary of the Khalifa's birth.
Then l was allowed the freedom Of the
town and the special honor of being
permitted to beg for food was con-
ferred upon me. Many times the Der
wishes threatened to kill me, and
would have done so but for a little
chaplet worn around my neck and
which had been presented to me by
the Mahdi. Seeing that sacred treas
ure the Dervishes would invariably
cease cursing me and. falling upon
their knees. would venerate me aG a
sheik"
] In Omdurman, I'm friendly hands,
Cuzzi has left a little daughter OF four
years-the apple OF his eye The
child is white. although its mother was
colored. English officers who have
ueen the tot report that she is re-
markably pretty and likely to develop
into a striklngly beautiful woman OF
the Italian type.
Speaking Of his daughter. Cuzzi re-
lated an incident which shows that,
barbarian though he be. the Khaliia
"a not wholly devoid Of gentle senti-
msnts. When the child was born 70
Cuzzi the Khailfa was acquainted With
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RErLEcrIoNs OF A BACHELOR.

To WOO a woman properly a man
must first win her.
Love is like a butterfy-it was prob
ably a lot more comfortable when 1t
was a worm.
Before a girl is 90 you can never tell
whether she is in love or her stomach
Is out of order.
The average woman doesn't want
her husband to be just; what she wants
is for him to love her.
A man without any religion at all
may not be manly, but a woman with
out any religion at all isn't even femi-
nine.
II there are women who can make
a fool Of every man. there are other
women who can make man of every
fool.
At the age OF 25 a man must be
either engaged or married. or else tho
women begin to wonder why he does
MT behave himself
To be fascinating to a young man
woman must never admit that she Is
not in love; to be fascinating to an old
man she must never admit that she IS.
Before a man falls I'm love he won
ders how a woman would suit him for
a wife; after he falls In love he won
ders how he would suit a woman for
a husband.
The best imitation OF a woman hur-
rying through some shopping in a de-
partment store Is a cat for about five
minutes after she has lit with all four
feet on a hot stove by mistake. New
York Press.
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A New York journal has interviewed
members Of congress on the current re-
port that an effort would be made at
the approaching session to repeal or to
amend what is known as the Sherman
antitrust law. The replies, as far as
received, indicate no intention upon
the part Of the lawmakers to repeal
the Sherman law or to offer any
amendment thereto in the interests of
trusts; the expressed purpose is, If any
changes are made, to render the law
stronger. One trouble in this country
IN The states ip the nation and IN all
4l-llI 49, lllllll
ghe cities Is an accumulation Of laws
covering pretty much every subject un-
Ger the sun, passed readily, almost un-
ihinkingly, to become instantly dead
letters. There is no need for new
laws. There is grave and urgent need
for the execution Of the laws upon the
statute book.
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Our Constantinople correspondent
writes, under date of Nov. II: "The
Turkish newspaper Sabah was seized
yesterday and its publication suspend
ed because it contained the phrase,
that wicked Padishah.' The editor
explains that his offense his wholly
due to an untoward accident. The
intention had been to say majestic
Padishah, but the letter lam dropped
out. and the compositor carelessly
pushed the two preceding letters up
90 the final waw, thus transforming
the word, which means majestic, into
that wicked It remains to be seen
whether this explanation will be found
acceptable in the eyes of the offended
sovereign. London Times.
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EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.
Francis Joseph has mad two chief i'm
portant interests to consider The
government had to attempt an ar
rangement of the conflicting claims and
rights Of the peoples constituting the
empire, and in The second place he
has had to establish working relations
with the great neighboring powers,
and especially with Germany and Rus
sia. The changed conditions necessi-
tated a change Of policy. and Francis
was Obliged to show a new side to his
character Education and surround
ings had made him a bigot and an au-
tocrat; he was now forced to see that
the true policy of the empire could no
longer consist in repressing national
claims and constitutional freedom.
Constitutionalism has taken the place
Of autocracy and the principle Of ma
tionality' Is partly admitted. Her old
rights of enlightenment were restor-
ed to Hungary, and the Austrian en-
pire converted into the dual monarchy
The great sacrifice once made. other
reforms came mPre easily. Austria
has grown toward liberalism since 1860
with marked rapidity. The serf is no
longer subject to the lord, and the lord
no longer sexemR from taxation and
military service. Freedom Of speech
and pen and public meeting is now the
possession of every Austrian. The
guilds chat oppressed and restricted
commerce have been removed. Trial
by jury has become the law Of the
land The suffrage is all but universal.
though the system Of representation
by the classes" really keeps the power
in the hands of the nobility, landed
gentry and merchants.
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A correspondent reports an occur
renee which took place at night
school Williams" asked the instruc-
tor, (which is the largest island in
the world2" TITS either Asia or
Africa" replied the young man to
whom the question was addressed.
Il am speaking of islands, Williams.
Thoge are continents" II think not.
sir" drawled Williams when the
sueeze canal was cut it made islands
OF both of 'em, sir Come to think Of
1t. sir. the largest Is Asia and Europe.
It's all one piece Of ground"
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What the Fool said.

It was where the motor cars pass in
certain city. An old gentleman
alighted, and the conductor told him
to look out for the other car. The
passenger did not understand him, and
turning around, asked: What did you
say?" Just then the motor struck him
and knocked him without serious dam
age toward the curb on the opposite
side from which he wanted to go. As
he got up, he was heard to mutter.
Il wonder what the fool said"
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his good fortune and granted him M
audience. "Your hlghness," b" said Cuz-
ii, what name shall give my daugh-
teri" without a moments hesitation
the Khalifa asked: What was your
mother's manner" Maria" replied
Cuzzi. well" said the Khallfa. so
let Il be with the little girl Give her
your mothers name"
And this was done, Cuzzi will soon
return to Omdurman, and from there
proceed to his old home in Italy, ac-
companied by his daughter.
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BARON BANFFY.

The Hungarian premier has been
charged with exercising undue inhu-
ence on a provincial ofncial In con
nection with some electoral affair. The
matter was dealt with by the opposi-
tion recently at a sitting held with
closed doors. There was a heated de-
bate, in which the veteran former pre-
mier, NJ. Tisza, took part, which he
only does on important occasions. The
accusation Of electoral corruption was
freely banded about, and a challenge
to fight a duel-which was actually
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IDEAL STATUE OF CHRIST.

Prof Fritz schaper, the noted Ber-
lin sculptor, has surpassed all his
previous work by the creation Of an
ideal statue Of the Christ for the new
dome OF the German capitol. 1t will
be placed over the center gate Of the
new ediice. There is an expression Of
life not only In the figure, but even
in the garb Of the Savior, contrasting
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The tree OF knowledge is grated
upon the tree of life, and that fruit
which brought the fear of death into
the world, budding on an immortal
stock. becomes the fruit of the prom
ise Of Immortality.
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fought with pistols, neither combatant
being wounded-was openly addressed
by one member to another. When the
prime minister made his appearance
he was greeted with cries from the
clerical benches of Turn him out!'
What does that man want here?" and
other exclamations. It is even said
that the attitude of a portion Of the
opposition was at one moment such
that the prime minister's friends
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What President Diaz has accom-
plished at Vera Cruz and what General
Wood has done at Santiago show con-
clusively what the United States can
do with Cuba, and when once 1t is
done, the commerce of the south will
no longer be handicapped, millions Of
dollars will not be squandered nearly
every year over the yellow specter, and
we will be as free of the ravages Of the
disease as is Europe today.