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DEFEATS CHIEF RABAH
The French Obtain an Important Vie
tory in Soudan.

Paris. LIB. 16.-M. Decrai~, A:s.e'es
al the Colonies. h3> received 4 i..e-e##a
from the Governor C the French : -t
VI. II. ic I.auotllr. announcing .tr C'-
feat in batJie % itahth. the ...t
chirftain of the Central % "a. ~
French expedition. under NJ. Gyafal.
Rabah has long been tie strnnSrz, ef-
roucut Of the extension or fIalrh '.-1t-
tuce in the Souaau. lr WAS ios.u .r
4 slave Of Zehchr pa>La, ninl>.a Il @rta-
Soudan ruler, hui ~rcyoltco ana founded Ga
kingdom Of LIS oNn III Central Ar c,
~Subju-ating lhotcntate aft'r i~-tatta
unit, be became bead of a va e.an=r..
His career Of victory gained for HIN
the nam. OF the african Napo4ya4.
Tn- French have been tGhtiu& his la0
cr fer years, and today : dispatch Jl-
nuunces his overthrow.
II appears that h" was strongly .r-
trtnched at Kouna. between the 'r"gcn
Congo and Lake Tchad. which is the "b.
~jective OF all French expeditions, Nj il
or across the Sahara from AlgeG,a Or
from the French colonies ia WeSt A+.=c@
and thu Congo. KounI WAS d"I Iet
by LOGO men, with $500 rifles 2I.. =
cannon.
After a dc~perat. fight, according =,
the dispatch, the French dcmoliSse! tar
fortress. Two OF E2bah'S cannon were
destroyed by the French shells. Kaos-.
who was wounded during the iicht, IT,.
six hours before its conclusion.
The commander of the French o&.a.
dition admits that practically hdl- ~
his own force WAS killed or WoGsaG..
Fortg-three Spntgalc,c &EalpsAp9."l
vcr, killed and four Europeans, ilr,n5-
ing Captain Robillot, and 1875 SenrE@."-,
were wounded.
The commander OF the expedition sa
III his report:
We had altogether only 80 riff. 81,
] thought il inadvisabl.. to continue fl.e
march TO Lake Tchark. Captain R9bll.t
occupies Il fortified c~antouncnt Al +.
MIA"
Tho commander Of the expedition H.
turned TO Baneue to inform the Cove
nor OF the defeat Of Ialah. He report
that the result VII be very importaUl.
IS Rabah is completely demoralizrd by
his losses. estimated at between two
and three thousand killed. Raban H.
fleeing, alE4zSt alone, to tine north. In
Sultan Of RaGuirlni, Il large territory
hitherto oyeT-awcd by Hahah, has joiual
>C@ptain Roiillot, and the route 10 Lab.
Ich2d has been opened up for II steam
CT along the River CHAR IT, .ndeavor t.
join hands with the Foureau expedition.
The Governor h@s sent r~ciufurcrnItnt.
of Scnegales+. sharp<hootrr> IL enaoi,
the commander Of the expedition To
continue the march.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
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we will send to any address for a whole
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.

New Orleans. La. Feb. 1G.-Screta-y
He>ter'S Weekly New Orleans Cotton
Exchange statement shows an increase
in the movement into sight COMPARED
with the seven days ending this date last
year IN round figures OF 10000 bales. 4
decrease under the Same uns year be-
fore last Of 23.0aO bales.
The amount brought into sight during
tho past week has been POI, 40 bales,
against @ 1873 bales for the seven days
ending this date last year. and for the
sixteen days or February il has been
0O7,lS3 tales, against 304,242 buics last
year.
The total movement for the 1G9 days
from, September 1st. 1891, 10 ,tate Is
$3.50. lS1 ba,es. against 9.19H,1 ~ bales
last year and a,2S}G.1I1 bales ear before
last.
TIC movement since September Isl
shows receipts III all United States ports
5.2335,454 against T,045,S02 bales last
year. and 7,103.002 bale year before
last; overland across thu Mississippi.
Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern
mills and Canada HG,1333 bales against
1,C4O.S12 balt@ last Year: interior stocks
in excess Of chose held at the close OF
the commercial year 329,9H bales,
against 3S3.7t7 bales last Year: Southern
1lLIll thihSS ~ ,po dlt iSdii t-p,
353 bales last year.
Foreign exports Tor the week have
been 11O.0Jtj bales, against l11.IS1 bales
last year. making the total thus far for
th. season 3,6i3,61O bales, against o.
a:t3.0S4 bales last year.
The total takin-S OF American mills,
worth and South and Canada thus far
for the season have bocn 1.65l,545 bales,
against 2,4JG.237 bales last year.
Stocks at the Seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior centres
have increased during the w>ek 1856
bales, against q decrease during the GER
responding period last season OF 81 ,O3I
bales.
Including stocks left over at ports and
the interior towns trcIn the last crop and
the ntunlsr OF bales brought into sight
thu far for the new crop. the supply
to date is 1,914.419 bales, against 9.461,
43O bales for the same period last year.
Secretary Testers statement nf the
worlds visible supply OF cotton shows 4
decrease for the week just closed OF 80
S.lS bales, against a decrease Of TO-. 12f
bales 1ast year.
The ota visible is 4,nS9, 73l bale.,
against 4,143.5S9 bales last week and
1,47c,6S4 bales last year. OF this the
to1al ot American cotton is 3,322.131
bales. against 3,3t2,5sl bales last week
ana s,49O,GS4 bales last year; and OF al
other kinds, Including Esy?t, Brazil. In
din, etc, 1000 bales. against ISL 600
bales last week and 9S2, 900 bales last
year.
OF the worlds visible SUPPLY rs above
there is now atioat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1,SI4, OtHJ
bales. against 1861 ON0 iales last Yea;
IN I2gyrt 1913 600 haEts. against 274, 600
bales: in India 00O bales. against
$4,000 bales: in the United States l.
$4,000 bales, against l,414,O0O bales.
New York, Feb. l6.-Total bank clear
1Dgs 1T the principal cities fo1. the week
81 1907, 131 ,331; increase So per cent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20

Of legitimate enterprise. and with drawn
sword menaclng the Development uf the
trade Of her own cities and cH the cites
of her sister STATE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
Potatoesfor the North.
fAeNbern Journal.

pIahah2 Richardson has just shipped
'io'l" wv" hurdred and fifty barrels Of
seed potatoes, Of th.. Early Ro~c 40
ro"red Jewel. varieties.
lhf>e Potatoes are of the sc,on, ar
fall crop. y
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
,hfa . IA: brunswick. I1.Glo; Port
,r-hrr and Sabine Pass. $3.50: Pensl-
81 ,sg Te,nl 5.l45.ss3 bales.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATE
MENT5

New York. F,b. l6-F"r tn. Week
ending Friday. February 10th 1879;
Net receipts at al United States ports
during week. 1862: u.t receipts N al
[ n!ted States ports SaIne week last
wear, t~,G10: tota! receipts - tins dat''
3.l4I,S-3: tofnl receipts u >dIIr DAT"
Iae. year. G.9s1.14l: exports Tor IN"
week. 1Io.1lU; exports fp- ~an" week
last year. 1892; total exports T. tins
date. 3.J14.lt4: total exports 10 sane
da,e last year, 1.1sp.tH: stock NJ All
United States ports. l~.o>'.3t>; stock at
al United States ports same time last
year. StU.SI2; stock At nj interior towns.
11:.113: stock n III interior towns sam"
TIM. last year. 412.&Ut; stock al Liver
pool. o.. CsU; stock II LIVER Eol SanIt'
time hast Year. 1.1Si.Ouu: stock % Anl"F
lean atica, for GNtat Britain. 1000
stock Of American atloat Tor Great Brit
ain same time last yer. 1i1,OUu.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20

IL q speech on the dedication Of TIE
Carnegie Library al Rraddock, Mr. Car
negie said that he and his wife had al
ways deeply deplored the Homestead
strike II is said that this speech was
the beginning OF the row with Prick. On
Il capital Of SO. coo. 900, Carnegie ex-
poets this year to make $40, 00D, coo.
Frick says the company will exceed that
Infant INDUSTRIES We are building up.
When 4 husband Witnesses IL writing
his Riie's contract does he assent to
it: This is q question before the Su-
preme court.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
NEED Of THE AUDITORIUM.

Again il has leen demonstrated that
Raleigh needs a large auditorium for he
accommodation OF large gatherings.
When people ~ there they want some
assurance Of being aide 10 get IL hearing
distance. on tines. OCCASIONS. with SuLIic
degree IF comfort. Last night the -Acad-
envy Of Music was packed. aud many
who went there from a distance could
scarcely get inside Of the door. Some
may say that this could be rem died by
going early. Raleigh people go early,
tco-and many q little earlier. If RtI-
eigh persists IN inviting and drawing
crowds within her gates, she should be
making some preparation TO fairly AZ
commodate her guests. or else the crowds
will not assume the numbers they would
otherwise be. The Bryan speaking should
be another object lesson 70 the capital
city to prepare for large gatherings
Durham sun
Faithful are the wounds Of Il friend
In every way Mr.. Bryan's coming 10
Raleigh has been beneficial To- the City
and the visitors within IT'S borders, and
it will be an enduring blessing if it re-
suits in quickening the interest IN build
ing an auditorium. Whom ii was learn
cd that Mr.. Bryan would speak at Ric1l-
lAul.l ard thcn 20 TO Florida, an invita-
ton was rendered him TO speak IL Raj
eigh. These who pressed the invitation
hes:tated TO do so because there was no
place in Raleigh TO accommodate the
crowds that would desire 70 near him.
The committee having the lnaltter in hand
did wel-vonaerfully we'll when we
consider that they had to make bricks
without straw. But, in order to give
half the people an opportunity to hear,
they had to request Mr. Bryan to speak
twice, once III Il tent. 1t would have
been an imposition upon him to thus tax
his powers if it could have been pc
vented. It is not creditable to the cap
ital Of the State that II has no suitable
auditorium, and the experience of this
week ought to be sufficient TO create such
Il sentiment as Will secure 1he. erection
Of an auditorium worthy Of the States
capital. All together" is the watch
word.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
ltIAi NET REC EInTS

New York. Feb. 1G.-'Ihc following
aT" nc totnl net receipts 81 cotton IT
~ t'riS since September it. 1899:
'ralvt>ton. l,.ou2. snS; New Orleans.
l:-p'l.3.i; Mobile. 172.43O: Savannah
Srs'4S-: Charleston. 2lo,5on; Whining
:"n. -4o:Gi9: Norfolk. 31f,2s7; Bait.
''f''','o' buSn"is, against , ,tJjA..'"l:l
bushels last week. t,:5,fOSI, h,s-,> - =,
more. 6T.iQ2: New York. :,S.p1S. p,s,,
62.513: Newport News. l4O32. pGiIadai'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
& NORTHWEST
ERIN Raj A
sou TIL Nd.

Connections at all functions with Southe -
S.A l., :. c &G, Ex. L. G..
L.. Z. NICHOLS.
General Manager.
Address, L. +. REID. Auditor.
Chester. : {
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
TOTAL BANK CLEARING:

New York, Feb. 16.-Total bank clear
lDgs 1T the principal cities for the week
81 so, 131 ,331; Increase So per {
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

III the current number Of rho Bulletin
OF the University Of Kansas are found
several articles descriptive of the ancient
life which tlourishcd when Kansas was
the bed OF the primeval ocean. The sew
eral Dalcontologists of the faculty con-
tribute articles descriptive Of fossils from
the rocks Of Kansas. Prof Rodgers de-
scribcs some new Bryozoans from the
coal measures. These minute animals.
which lived so many millions Of years
ago, built curious coral-likc structures,
which are preserved to us and form in
tereStlng fossils. In the rocks of creta-
ccous age are preserved many remains or
vertebrated animals. DR.. Williston here
gives us an account of some fish remains
that he has been at work upon They
are mostly the teeth Of sharks and
skates. and show what an enormous &c.
vclcpment these terrific creatures had In
geologic times. Mr.. Sellards tells Of q
new and important find Of plants in the
permlan strata Of Dickinson county,
kas. The plant remains do much in
settle the age Of the Kansas rocks and
correspond with the forms found in the
Rothlieyenden beds of Europe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

suit and shipped before the mast upon
i vessel bound he knew not vh*re--l,or
rarcd.
* . = -
Th" war had been ended three years,
when there came down the road leading
"a st. David's a man who seemed to
have gained sudden strength from his
surroundings.
AS he reached A stately house upon the
hill and saw it deserted, as if left prey
to the elements, he looked dishcartened
but went on.
A service was being held in the little
church in the dale-evidently a wedding.
Ills eyes first fell upon the minister
the "Fighting Parscn,' clad in his reg-
mtnta!s.
''Sp<-ak now or forever after hold his
peace the chaplain was saying.
The wandcrer beheld the bride, radiant,
beautiful, as in the years that were gone.
1t was she for whom he had become
a coward. Beside her was her rejected
lover. Gerald Harper, III the uniform OF
y colonel. Mad Anthony" also i'll reGi-
away.
In vain did the fugitive try to speak.
from the window, sick at heart.
"Foo]. to think that l could come back
forgotten 10 begin life over again" lit
walked away. BACK ever the road TIC h3C
come, back to Philadelphia. Once more
ne became an exile.
Those who knew him in these later
years felt he was man with history,
whose heart was dead. But was it?
Il 8 +
Another war had been fought with the
British when 4 small package came by
post to the rector Of st. David's. Inside
was the inscription. The dust Of trail
tor who died bravely,' and this request,
when Prudence Harper lies in the
churchyard, spread this upon the grave
and say naught Of Il. B., who welded
her and then saw her wetted.'
1t was near a score Of years ere the
rector could fulfill his trust. Then it be-
came Il matter Of wonder that the grass
Harper were SO much richer, SO much
more beautiful than upon that OF her
ladelphia Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05
HARP OF THE NORTH.

Harp. of the North! that molderng long
On the witch~clm that shades st. Fll,i:ln' $
spring.
And down the ftful Drcczes thy numbers
flung,
Till envicus Ivy did around thee cling,
Mutt1ing with verdant ringlet every string
Minstrel Harp, still must thine accents
sleep?
Mid rustling leaves and fountains murmur-
Still must thy sweet sounds their silence
keep,
Nor bid a warrior smile, nor teach maiden
weep?
Not thus in ancient days of Caledon,
Was ;'u thy, voice mute amid the festal
When lay Of hopeless love or glory won.
Aroused the fearful or sublued the proud
At each according pause was heard aloud
Thine ardent symphony sublime and high.
Fair danes and crested chiefs attention
bowed;
For stir the burden of thy minstrelsy
Was knighthood'S dauntlcss need, and
Bcuutys matchless eye.
0 wake once more! how rude soccer the hand
That ventures DER thy magic maze to
stray;
O wake once more! though scarce my skill
command
Some feeble echoiug Of thy earlier lay:
Though harsh and faint, and soon to die
away.
And all unworthy of thy nobler strain,
Yet If one heart throb higher at it's sway,
The wizard note has not been touched in
vain.
Then silent be no more! Enchantress, wake
again: Sir Walter Scott.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

y ne" use has been found for the kan
CARGO and movement has been started
IN France which has for its purpose the.
preservation, or rather the cultivation,
of this beast, which has been rapidly
proceeding toward determination. DR..
RrlsSon, Il French surgeon, says that
there is likely soon to be an exceptional
demand for the animals in consequence
OF the success attending the use of kan
CARGO tendon in the hospitals. 1t has
been employed in scores of instances to
tie up the fractured bones of man.
leg, III order that he may use his knees
While the bones are knitting together
kangaroo tendon, he says, is as strong
as silver wire. 1t is taken from the tail.
and, being animal in it's nature, is alb
sorbed. and the leg does not have to he
cut open, as is necessary when silver wire
is used
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

"Oula" has been heard from in Il new
book in which she cmptic> the Walls ut
her Scurn upon the cad. The cad she
declares, is making life and death and
all eternity seem ridiculous hy the mere
existence Of his own into:crahI, fu1uity
and he>tiaity.' From !, more phiinsoph
L. standpoint than Oui>la'S it will be con-
ceuvu that the cad is intulerabie and
deserves to be >hrivelcd UP with re-
preach. But philosophers are likely to
conclude that "Ouida' AcroriS him too
much Importance. Life and eternity are
vast and serious things. They will go Oh
long after the human race has approxi-
mated perfection. when the cad's coarse
laugh has ceased to produce ra>py vilra-
lions that jar the sensitive nerves of the
refined and make discord Of the harmony
Of the revolving sphercS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05
Glass Dissolved in Water.

Every kind OF glass at a sufficiently
high temperature, says Professor Carl
Barus, must eventually show complete
solubility in water. Under pressure glass
dissolves in water heated to 41O degrees
Fahrenheit. Sea water more than about
$50 feet beneath the surface will remain
liquid at that temperature, and if it
penetrates the earth's crust where the
temperature is equally high, it will, apart
from the pressure, liquefy the silicatcs,
or CLASSY rocks. Professor Barus con-
cludes that at depth of about five miles,
silicates in contact with water are vir-
tually fluid, and that the level OF aQue-
Gus fusion in the earth is five times
nearer the surface than is thar Of igne-
one f,,SiOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

The bureau Of American republics has
issued a bulletin containing an account
OF deposits Of rose garnet rock in Mexico
that are to be worked on a large scale
This valuable deposit was found by Prof.
William Nivin Of New York city and is
reported to have passed into the hands
OF United States syndicate. The rose
garnet from these quarries is said to be
OF the finest quality and equal to the best
onyx in beauty. Portions of the rough
material were shipped to New York re-
Gently and sold for $25 cubic foot
The stone will be used in the manufac-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05
Big Trees in Danger OF Being Logged.

Lumbermen are cutting down the biz
trees Of California. The finest of all. the
Calaveras grove, which has the biggest
trees, came into possession Of a lumber
man last April. Some Of these trees are
from 1000 to 5000 years old; older than
the pyramids and most Of the temples in
Egypt. Congress can save these groves
by making national parks of them, and
an effort will be made to have it done
next winter. But it will have to be done
quickly if it is to succeed. It comes near
being sacrilege to put these venerable
monsters through lumber mills.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Trans-Siberian railroad will be
completed at the present rate of working
sderably exceeding the original estimate
Of $175,50O,O0O.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05
turc Of mantelpieces, table tops and
wainSnntjnr
Most Of the naDpr masks that are Spel

Most Of the paper masks that are seen
in this country are made in Germany
and Consul Hughes, at Coburg, informs
the state department that the industry
is tlouriShny. There has been Il hig in
crease in the output during the past
year. and next year it is predicted that
there will be an increase in the price
The paper masks are made by doubling
one sheet of Il specially-prrparcd paptr,
wctting it ana moldin@ it by hand over
face form: it is then dried in artificial
heat and cut off Of the form. Openings
are cut for eyes, nose and mouth, and it
is painted and decorated by hand as de-
S!led. Last year the masks sod ut
wholesale for oncthird OF /, cent each
and next years goods are now hrinS
uUUtt>i ut .l> cents Il GROSS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

The new United States torpedo-hoat
hine engines, but she ran ut the rate Of
so knots an hour on the Hudson river,
the other day, and did it so handiy that
her builders predict two knots more
when she is Numbered up Some Of
this speed may be due to Yankee lines.
II it is, ii Yankee hull fitted with turbine
engines might run away from every
thing afiOat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

Twenty eight cases Of scarlet fever lad
developed at Toledo at last accounts
from a case Of the disease under treat
ment on the Christian Science plan. The
health department of the city has taken
matters iii hand, and the quarantine
which should have been instituted at the
outset will now curb the progress Of the
fever. Christian Scientists are at liberty
to practice the tenets OF their belief until
they come in conflict with common sense
and the laws of the land. Then they
should be brought up with jerk, with
all violators OF the laws made and pro-
who'd
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05
Royalty Drinks California Wines.

In the past thirty or forty years Cali
fornia has advanced to the position of
one of the greatest wine and brandy pro-
ducing countries in the world. Since
1867 the total vintage has been 1868, 129,-
900 gallons, and the average annual vim
tage at the close of the past year was
3O,OOO,OOO gallons. The largest vine
yard in the world, consisting of 1000
acres, is to be found within the state.
European royalty now drinks California
wines, in many instances preferring
them to the older and more famous
brands Of France and of the Rhine
Ainslees Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-05

A small sailing yacht bound for New
York from New York, via the ST. Law
renee, the lakes. the Mississippi river,
the Gulf Of Mexico and the Atlantic
ocean. has been compelled to navigate
the Illinois canal on a pontoon, owing
10 the fact that she draws six feet OF
water. It will be Il long time before
craft drawing over six feet Of water can
go from the lakes to the Gulf by the
back way, despite Chicago's claims that
her river forms link of an important
commercial waterway