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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
A Harbinger Of Spring
Ceraniurl vaIIev,

Yesterday as the Senior was walking
over his patch of ground in The Valley
he Unexpectedly came upon a Potato
bug. His left hind foot uplifted, his
right ear close to the ground, with
crossed eyes he was intently watching
a clod of earth. The Senior gently
turning it was amazed to see underneath
the tip of a volunteer potato vine just
emerging from the ground.
Last year the Senior, discussing the
Potato bug, with Mr.. Bill Lamb. recon-
mended Paris green, and explained at
some length the proper proportions of
Flour to be mixed with the poison.
Il will be ding'd-if they git any Flour
at my house." said Mr. Bill 81 jess
knocks 'um off as | comes to 'um." "But
don't they come back anxiousIy in
quired the Senior. Certain they does,'
said Mr.. Bill, but | knocks 'um off
agin, all the time they amt er crawlin'
back I'm er knockin' 'um off. Dam 'um,
| keeps 'um bizzy"
An elder in the Presbyterian church
has asked us to write no more Sunday
advertisements, as his young son, after
reading last Sunday the tragic happen
ings in The Valley, wept so bitterly that
he could not 90 on with his Shorter
Catechism lesson. His earnest request
and Washington's birthday occurring in
the same week Ga strange coincidence
our resolution is taken.
We think it was the great Wanamal1er
who wrote: From full stock the
advertisement speaketh." We have the
full stock. "Bugless,' "Bliss Triumph"
early Ohio" Puritan" Extra Early
Rose and other nne seed Potatoes,
Onion Sets, Turnip Salad seed, Buist's
Garden Seeds. Extra Fancy Lawn and
Blue Grass seed. Now is the time to
prepare the ground for them.
Our guarantee on Flour Coffee, Tea
and fine Pantry supplies remains
Customers in st. Louis, Mo-, and
Washington, d. c., write: Southampton
Hams" and Norton Yam Sweet Pota-
toes bought from you are the finest we
have ever eaten"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin-
ity to O'Clock tonight: Saturday,
probably local showers.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum Temperatures CO; minimum
temperature, "a; mean, IS; rainfall,
1.06 Qor "a hours.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

North Carolina: Rain; brisk east to
southeast winds, increasing.
w. 10. JONES-To-day, Spring Lawns.
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND
March, April, MAY.
EXECUTORS NOTICE Charles
Root, Executor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

Under the Red Robe at the Acade
my of Music tonight is one of the bes
attractions on the road.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

Mayor Powell yesterday sent David
Perry, a negro boy, to Jail in default oil
a SO bond on the charge of larceny.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

Before the discovery of One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly dis
turbed by coughing congregations. No
excuse for it now. For sale by J. Hal.
Bobbitt and Henry L. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

Clerk of the Court Russ appointed j..
A. Adams administrator of Mary Stew
art.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

Rev. DIR. J. ID. Huffman, of Hender-
son, will preach in the Baptist Tabernacle
on Sunday morning and night. All his
old friends and the public generally
are invited to be present.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
CITY ITEMS.

c. 7. Peasants has been appointed
guardian of Marian Powell by Clerk OF
the Court Russ.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP CON
auers Group at once, cures the child.
and thus saves many n life. Mothers
need not fear that dreadful disease, if
hey have this reliable remedy at hand.
It is sold by all druggists for % cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

Hospital doctors arc merely ward heal
erS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
R s. G CORSETS

and will be pleased to show
them 10 the zone woman in
sever" andlto the other six
WI men also.
The new K & @ number
3o7-the short long corset,
is one of our most popular
styles, and sells at the popu-
lar one dollar price.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
ONE
WOMAN IN
SEVEN

in this city has seen the ad-
vertisement of the famous r.
& G. Corset in The Ladies'
Home Journal, Munsey's, De-
lineator or some other March
magazine. and knows, there
fore, some of the important
facts about "the corset that
does not stretch"
We have in stock a good
line of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

A negro woman by the name of Ange-
lima Parker was brought from near
Wyatt's, this county, yesterday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Riddick ana
placed in Jail here. She is insane and
will be taken to the Goldsboro insane
asylum to-day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

: Removes Tan
Pimples, Free
kles, Rash and
Skin Diseases,
and every bleni-
ish on beauty,
and defes de-
lection. On its
virtues it has
stood the test of
40 to SO years; no
other has, and
is so harmls IS
we taste it to be
sure it is prop
erly ma de. Ac-
cent no count
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

The will of the late DIR. Bennett
Smedes was probated yesterday. Mr..
Chas. Root is named as executor. The
entire estate is bequeathed to his wife.
absolute. 1t is understood shat the
life insurance amounts to $4,000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

erfeit of similar name. The distinguished DR..
J.. A. Sayre said to a lady of the haut-ton "a
patient): Gas you ladies will use them, recon-
mend Gouraud's Cream as the least harmful
of all the skin preparations" One bottle will
last six months using it every day Also Pou--
DIRE Subtitle removes superfuous hair without
injury to the skin.
FRED T HOPKINS, PRo'P.,
81 Great Jones Street, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists and Fancy Goods
Dealers throughout the United States, Canadas
and Europe.
Beware of base limitations. $1,000 reward for
arrest and proof of any one selling the same.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04


guardian of Marian Powell by Clerk of
the Court Russ.
Clerk of the Court Russ appointed j..
A. Adams administrators of Mary Stew
art.
Mayor Powell yesterday sent David
Perry, negro boy, to Jail in default Oh
a SO bond, on the charge of larceny.
Under the Red Robe" at the Acade-
my of Music tonight is one of the best
attractions on the road.
Rev. DIR. J. ID. Huffman, of Hender-
son, will preach in the Baptist Tabernacle
on Sunday morning and night. All his
old friends and the public generally
are invited to be present.
A negro woman by the name of Ange-
lima Parker was brought from near
WAITS, this county, yesterday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Riddick and
placed in Jail here. She is insane and
will be taken to the Goldsboro insane
asylum to-day.
The will Of the late DIR. Bennett
Smedes was probated yesterday. Mr..
Chas Root is named as executor. The
entire estate is bequeathed to his wife.
absolute. 1t is understood shat the
life insurance amounts to $4,000.
The Soldiers Home bill will be dis
cussed in the House of Representatives
this morning at 11:3G o'clock. The mem
bers of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and other societies who have ex-
pressed wish to be present when 1t
is considered will be cordially wei
coined.
Deputy sheriffs of Greene county yes
terday evening brought two convicts and
placed them in the States prison. One
was a white man named Abridall Baker,
who was sent up for 5 years TO. per-
jury--the other was a negro named Al
len Faircloth, who gets ten years for
h0rse-stealing.
The State museum yesterday received
white swan, donated by Il. j. Parker,
superintendent of the Currituck Shoot
ing Club. 1t is very fine specimen
weighing 20A pounds. The measurement
from tip to tip is { feet inches and the
length 4 feet, inches. Curator Brm-
ley was busy yesterday evening taking
the preliminary steps, preparatory to
mounting the specimen. 1t will be 4
valuable addition to the museum.
A Mauser rifle taken from the hands
of a Spaniard at Ell Caney can be seen
at the store Of julius Lewis Hardware
Company, 224 Fayetteville street also
ammunition for the Krag-Jurgerson
Mauser, Springfield and anti-1S61 rifles
and also very interesting is their sam
pies of smokeless powder for shot guns.
2, 3 and Founders and s, 10, II and ID
inch rifled cannons-the grains ranging
from the size of mustard seed up to
cylindrical pieces 2 and 3 inches long ~
in diameter and hollow. The grains
for 13-inch guns are hexegon shape and
2 to 21a inches in diameter. The larg-
est cannon used by the United States
land largest in the. world is the 16-
calibre gun; weight of gun alone $4,000
pounds; length, 40 feet 2 inches; weight
of shell, 2,351 pounds; charge of smoke
less powder, 900 pounds; range, 16
miles; cost of firing, about 81 100; cost
of gun complete, 100000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

The Soldiers Home bill will be dis
cussed in the House of Representatives
this morning at 11:36 o'clock. The mem
bers of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and other societies who have ex-
pressed a wish to be present when 1t
is considered will be cordially wei
coined.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
Or. r. Felix Gcuraud's
ORIENTAL CREAM. OR
MAGICAL BEAUTIFIEh

Purifes as well as Beauties the Skin. No
other cosmetic will do it.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

frontier that the friendly Khan Of 10.
bat had checked the advance of the
Mad fnkit." and by "a timely move
had saved the British lines OF cnmmunl-
cation with tho garrison at chitrnl,
which the revolving trlbcHmcn had
endonvotcd 10 cut
This news was hailed In high rlee
by the civilian. The War Department
ordered the mobilization OF 1900 men,
however. with instructions 10 hold the
troops In readiness for an immediate
move 10 the front.
II was known by this time that
the Mad Fnkir had 5000 followers
ana that the whole Swat Valley would
have TO be cleared ~ them II peace
was TO he maintained.
or the leader Of this present revolt
little II known lie has often been con
founded with iIaddah Mullah. the lead
or OF the great Atrial rebellion OF last
year. and who was responsible. among
other ana more serious thingr. Tor the
controversy over Just which one Of the
Scottish plperH was really shot In the
ankles NJ the atorming OF Dargai. and
who. although wounded, oheercd the
regiments ON with the akirllng Of his
bagplpe.
The IIaddah Mullah was definite
parsonage, who VIII long be remom-
bored In Northern India, II may be
before tho present campaign " over
that IN. Mad Mullnh win be equally
famous In Anglo-indian history.
The Mad Muilah, so far M Is
known. N one OF the great number
OF Hindu priests who abound In India,
ana who. either through the prompt
ingE ~ some political agent or spuffod
on by fanatlcifm, has acted nv the
spark 10 lire the lnnnmmahle natures
% the tribesmcn of those mountain
valleys which extend along the north
ern boundary Of the Indian Emplre
These uprisingH are usually Matched
by Russian agents In Afghanistan.
lfut there are Europeans who are
unhnd enough 10 say that the Foreign
Office In Dowing street, London, ana
the Nloerogal residence In bombay are
not without KNOWLEDGE OF how 10 start
an uprising against british rule" nar-
tlculnrly N by "Hurpresslng the nntlyo
revolt they can secure another alice
~ territory In tho direction OF Central
Asia
For ever since England vet her eye
on India and began the formation Of
her great empire there her plans for
the future conquest ~ Asia have never
fnltercd. She han always had two RI
vals-Russla on the north and France
ON the south and east,
In connection with this present 'llt-
Tie war" In the Swat Valley. IL Is in
tercsting 10 know that there are thous-
ands OF Enflishmon who believe to-day
that II marks another one OF the many
advances the British Empire has tried
20 make into ana across the great
plain Of Central Asia.
This INVASION according 10 those
men, beginning IN the Swat Valley
IN to end In Thibet with a View 10
carrying the northeast frontier nm 10
the western frontier ~ China proper.
The annexation Of Thibot. II IN said
by advocates Of that policy. would be
greatly To the benefit OF British trade
and OF special advantage to the Brit-
ish residents In India, TO whom, In the
hot season, the elevated table-land OF
Thlbet would serve ms a aanitarium.
Thibet N nominally a part OF China.
but II really under the government OF
Lamas. The Chinese suzerainty is re.
presented by few weak garrlsons, but
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09
THE NEWEST MUMMY.
Alphonso KILL, of Spain, Can Now Behold
His Father in His Eternal
State.

Tho picture of = mummy II never
q very beautiful object To the eyes NJ
the lnymen, but to the royal houses ~
Europe who mummy their dead the
photograph II one Of the great works
" art 10 be hung upon the walls Of "a
castle. The mummy itself. the great
potrined human shape. Ia beautiful be-
yOnd expression.
Little Alphonso XIII. IL too young
Co realize the grandeur Of HE royal
father. IN the new state to which he
has recently arrived but even young
NJ he r.. he knows that most bchuti-
ful figure lies ON marble slab ready
Tor the nnal process Of preservation.
This consists In massage with stone
polish and final laying out In a mar
bic bed.
II has been the custom ~ the royal
houses 81 Spain 60 mummlfy tholr
royal dead Tor many generations past
and when Alphonau XII. died. thir.
teen years ago his body was imme-
dintcly. after the funeral exercises.
transferred Co 10. chnrnel house NJ the
palace. where II was to 30 through
the proccss NJ naturalization.
The ancient methods pfactiCcd by
the Egyptians are stiii In use IN spain.
The processes Of those ancient methods
are various. beginning with the use
OF nntiseptica. and are carried through
tn the nnGi hulsamiu baths which arc
considered 10 necessary In mummiiicn-
ton. Fragrant gums are employed,
and there ~ nt one stage n salt appll'
cation which ~ spread over the entire
body. Then COMES the stone flnish''
which takes years.
Recent scientific discoveries have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

nation on earth. cxcop, china; and has
been 10 Tor many years, exclusive OF
It's colonies, liut with the colonies
added. Il II not only the largest. but
the broadcast and thc most liberal ON
the globe,
Hitherto, the sun rose at morning
ana SGT AZ night upon the United states.
nut OWING 10 tho victories OF the last
hiN months this condition has been on
llfeiy changed, ana the sun never rises
nor sets upon our possessions, for they
reach around the entire globe.
berinning az Hanger. Maine. and
Eoing Westward across the United
states, ANA across the Pacific Ia Manila.
one passes over 10 degrees OF longi-
tude. or about halfway around the
world, Manila comes very near being
the nntipodes Of Bangor.
IT, Ia go back 10 the jules Vorne's
method, hole were To be dug from
Bangor, ana neNsboy We're 10 drop
IN Win tho morning papers, h. would
come up very near DrMoy'H headqunr-
tors crying "Murnlng papers for sale. 90
The NJ tlsea at bangor but ba-
fore u set al Mnuila ~ " daylight
again. an niong tho Atlantic coast OF
the United states
England. France. Rusain and Ger
many have scattered territory, but IL
II small, and there are long. dark por-
lions between, on which tho sun has
vet before IL IL time for daylight To
shine ON the next territory
ENGLAND, who boasts that tho sun
never sets ON her domain. cannot say
TINS with ns great accuracy as the
United states, because England Is
much smaller In area and the sun
actually passes over her and darkness
sets IN before Il rises ON her next do.
main.
The United States. exclusive OF ter
Htnty n the largest nation In tho
world except China. II exceeds Russia
IN Europe ana SURPRISES any Of tho old
domains of Rome or Caesar. spain
never NJ any time, had nH great ter.
rltory as tho United states now owns.
In wealth and material strength
Uncle sam finds himself on New Yonr'n
Day better equipped than any other
country, for he has boundless SUNNY
Of minerals and all other products Ii
the United states were To- hand her
mas to a King, he would look across
the broad earth and say, LET me con.
quor the rest OF II for my own. "a
much II mino already that could
easily take the rest"
But Uncle sam IL modest ana IA
more than content with tho United
states and tho recently added terri.
tories.
II must not be supposed that the
Presidept IN unmindful OF the great re-
sponsibllity OF governing So great n
dominion; and his favorlte attitude OF
late " with hands behind him and
head east down. as Of one who IL think
ing deeply Tho President has grown
'hhner 'han when no went TO his post.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

two brigades OF infantry -1tn dlvis-
ional troops OF cavalry. artillery and
sappcrs and miners were ordered 20
the front at once.
ONLY AN "UPRlSTNG"
II takes a good deal TO wakcn an
Anglo-indla to a full sense OF the dan
ger In one OF these uprislngs. And
II takes ever 80 little OF a victory 60
make him believe the uprising Ia AT an
end
Therefore. simia began to breathe
easier q day or two later. and 90 pro.
coed with It's social and military func-
tlons dust as though there had never
been an Indian mutiny t. teach them
lesson. when news came In from the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

ne there IL no attcmpt to Interfere with
the Internal affairs OF the country and
no revenue il collected there II no m
feeling toward the Chinese people or
Government
Northern Thib, " practically unln.
habitablc aud the population Of the
southern parts IL chiefly pastoral. their
main article Of food being barley.
which only grows In the narrow wall
lcya ana ravinca worn away by the
streams. There II. however. great
wealth Of flocka ard HERDS. and In
the western parts " the country. to.
ward the frontier " Knshmlr. gold
has been found IN several places. and
there are valuable salt mines.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

led 90 the Infection ~ certain poisona
In the veins which act as q prcHorya.
tive. and the body after being treated
inside ana out. ~ rolled up la hnn-
inEca ~ SILK and linen, Tor the mt
part ~ the naturalization.
The face Itself II hardened by paint.
over which a layer OF Gilt b. placed
% that She mummy frcm the first OF
the process becomes thing ~ beauty
60 those accustomed "a IT, appearance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09
A WARRIOR hold.

That Russia In China needs watch
Ing h shown very clearly hy some dts
covcricH Lord Charles iiercsford mnde
his present mission Co China. lie found
that tho Russian activities Ia tho nulgh-
borhood uf that plnce-which DO tho
only open door Into the province of
Nanchufin were solely confined o. the
control ~ the now railway: ana that
this new road ~ purely russian
military and strategicai line.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09
nv EDMUND VESSEL

1000 men. and the Nawab OF Dir had
found II cSpcdient TO send additional
troops to check his advance. The Anglo
indian War Department woke up ut
these tidlngs and ordered some native
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

War Department always does But
when one OF these uprisings once gets
started II runs It's course through the
varlpug tribes more swiftly than flows
one Of their mountain torrents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

frontier troops TO proceed TO the Swat
Valley at once. In London. the war
correspondents began Ca overhaul their
kits aud the editorial columns ~ the
papers had space for little else than
the bear whn walks like n man" aud
who was again Tettinr ready "a make
his way down through AfFhaniHtan.
OF course. the Indian War Depart
ment took the uprising lightly, as the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09
A LAND WITHOUT A SUNSET.
uncle Sans New Year Gift Is Country Upon Which
Globe of Sunset Never Goes Down.

nj, IN. Land o. The Mnsh, sun
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-20
A Terrible Deed.

Kosciusko, Miss, Oct. 2O.-Two
miles from Conway, small village in
Lake county, Wednesday night, Mrs.
J. Il. Gamble, her two daughters Sallie
and Maud. and two sons were butchered
aud their chsrred remains found in the
debris of their home that he'd been
burned TO the ground. ]. 81. Gamble,
the husband and father, was away from
home. Gamble was known to keep
considerable money in the house. The
manner in which the victims met death
cannot be determined. Joe Letter, O
negro, who lives mile from the Gam.
bles. was arrested yesterday charged
with the crime, alter having been
tracked by citizens from his home to
tue scene of the murder and into a
Fl Id, where he was fouod at work. He
made conflicting statements. admitting
that this tracks were made by his shoes,
but he said ne loaned them TO negro,
named Bob Smith, who said be was go-
ing to "doup the CANDLES"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-20
From the Philippines.

Manila, Oct. 20.-General Young,
Commanding the cavalry and forming
General Lawton's advance, reached San
I.idro last evening, and engaged the
enemy. The fight took place dnring
heavy rsin, the Americans advancing
over swampy fields into the rebel
trenches from which they drove them,
iDhictipg heavy losa. The town WA
occupied with slight opposition. The
Americans lost only three men wound
ed in the attack. The scouts captured
80 natives. Having broken up the Fill
pino defense, the scouts pursued them
Santa Rita where the insurgents
attempted to make another stand.
San Isidro, which was captured once
be ore, is the point General Lawton
in ended to make his base of sup.
plies for the advance on Tarlac. 1t
Is hoped the rain will raise the Rio
Grande, thus facilitating the transpor-
ration OF supplies from Calumpit.
General Lawton broke camp this morn
ing, aud proceeded with the main
column toward San Isidro.