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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

A cablegram has been recently re-
ceived from Capt. David Clark, who
is on a "trip to Europe, stating his
safe arrival.
Mr.. Il. X. Bruner returned from
the Western part of the State yester-
day. He says it is as hot at Blowing
Rock as in Raleigh.
Today at l o'clock Justice Nichols
win try Chas. Sledge, colored, who =
charged with an assault upon his wife
and mother in law.
Mr.. Armistead Jones has been APP
pointed by the State Board of Inter
nal Improvements on committee to
investigate the affairs of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad.
Capt. w. H. Day, sperintend"nt Of
the State penitentiary, yesterday
drew $4,000 from the Treasury. AZ
the anne time he paid $4,000 of inter
est in arrears upon bonds
The lawn party that was to have
been given by the Kalapaideusis Club
at the Governors Mansion last night
was interferred with by the rain, and
was postponed.
Mr.. r. H. Bradley says the new
Catalogue of the Supreme Court Ii
brary will contain 100 pages. Seventy
are now in print, and Mr.. Bradley has
read Ga pages of the proof.
Mr.. Dughi says that very generous
responses are coming in from the
appeal for funds for the Catholic Or
phanage, published a few days ago
in this paper. Besides the amounts
donated by people of this city, checks
and gifts have come in from Rich
mond and Baltimore.
A letter received here from Rev. w
ID. Hubbard, pastor of the Tabernacle
Church, who is at the Moody Schoo
at Mortified, Mass, states that there
is a large crowd there, and thai
though this Isl his vacation he has
been unable to secure any rest yet
and that he will remain after the close
of the meeting week or so, in or1te1
to recuperate.
The Hillsboro Milling and Manu-
featuring Company, was incorporated
Yesterday. 1t has the privilege O
engaging in every business excep
banking, insurance and rallroadlng
The capital stock is $4,000. The in
corporators are Jas. Webb, {. ID
Jones. Geo. III. Durham, j. A. Cheek
F. r. Faucet, J. S. Springer, II. W
Webb, and A. j. Ruffin.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

DARNELL & THOMAS.-Reduction
on Pianos.
ROYALL & BORDEN.-Royal Electric
Felt Mattress.
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CRASH AND PIQUE SKIRTS.

CRASH AND PIQUE SKIRTS.
/ Corded Trimmed Crash Skirt-12 AZ,
$500, was $4.25.
1 White Trimmed Crash-40 inch, 9Sc,
was $1.25.
White Pique Skirts-2-42, 2-43, LA
$3.50 were $1.98.
White Duck Skirts-1-42, 2-43, LA,
&c. were 75c.
New Blue Duck skirts-1-42, 2-43,
LA, G2c. were 75c.
/ Navy Duck Skirt-40 In, &C., were
75c.
1 Navy Duck, White Trimming, AZ in,
75c, was $780,
8 Plaid Crash Skirts-1-42, PAP, PA,
75c. were $1.00.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

The storm came from the northwest and
the temperature fell rapidly between
1880 and $3.50 o'clock until it was below
20 degrees.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

Mr.. T. X. Bruner returned from
the Western part of the State yester-
day. He says it is as hot at Blowing
Rock as in Raleigh.
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THE COOLEST STORE IN THE CITY
A. 3. STRONACH.
AFTER INVENTORY
CLEARING SALES

TWILLED INDIA FOULARD SILKS.
Light, cool and comfortable new de-
signs and colorings.
3-12 yd. Patterns, $500 values, for
$500.
6-12 yd. Patterns, 5000 values, for $3.50.
LIP yd. Pattern, $500 values for $500.
WHITE INDIA LAWNS.
40 inches wide, SC quality, 6hc.
40 inches wide, all grades at clearing
sale prices.
VAL LACES.
20 and 25c values, 15c dozen yards.
TAFFETA SILK PETTICOATS.
$3.50 values for 1898.
/ Light Blue AZ inches. 1
! Automobile, 40 inches.
l Cerise, 40 inches.
1 Emerald, 40 inches.
l Green and Gold, AZ inches.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

A woman never reads the preface until
after she has read the story.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

Today at l o'clock Justice Nichols
win try Chas. Sledge, colored, who $
charged with an assault upon his wife
and mother in law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, Indigestion, Headache.
Easy TO take. easV to operate. 29r-
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

A cablegram has been recently re-
ceived from Capt David Clark, who
is on "trip to- Europe, stating his
safe arrival.
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Mr. Armistead Jones has been APP
pointed by the State Board of Inter
nal Improvements on COMMITTEES to
investigate the affairs of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad.
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For Bladder Troubles
Use STUART's GIN
and BUCHU.

Philosophy of blockhead-if you would
look spruce you must not pine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

Capt. w. H. Day, Superintendent Of
the State penitentiary, yesterday
drew $4,000 from the Treasury. AZ
the anne time he paid $4,000 of inter
est in arrears upon bonds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

The lawn party that was to have
been given by the Kalapaideusis Club
at the Governors Mansion last night
was interferred with by the rain, and
was postponed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

Mr.. r. H. Bradley says the new
Catalogue of the Supreme Court Ii
brary win contain 100 pages. Seventy
are now in print, and Mr.. Bradley has
read Ga pages of the proof.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-17

Sixty dozen Soft Negligee Shirts, the
last the manufacturer had, made to job at
$3.50 a dozen, we took all, end of the
seasons styles, all kinds, sizes Is to
16R-take your choice for ......... Csc
Our entire line of Dollar Negligee Shirts
at a price. So if you are Shirt Waist
Man, you can have a clean fresh one every
day for Observation-Disclosures. soc
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-12

The question Of the utilization Of
fruit is being discussed a great deal In
interested circles in Germany, not be-
cause there has been an over-produc-
ton, or that producers have had any
dimculty IN disposing Of all the Irult
they could raise. On the contrary, the
amount Of fruit produced In Germany
Is much too small to meet the existing
demand. The desire to increase the
use Of fruit, and especially OF trult
products. is based on three motives
For sanitary reasons, It is deemed
wise to encourage Germany to eat more
fruit and fruit products, prepared In as
many attractive forms as possible.
This may be a sincere recommendation
on the part Of physicians, but its use
as an argument by sellers Of fruit prob
ably is due not entirely to disinterest-
ed concern in the physical condition Of
the German nation. which certainly
does not seem to warrant anxiety at
present. If individuals can. however,
be persuaded that an increased con-
sumption Of Jam will affect favOrably
their mentaI moral or physical devel-
opment, this may aid materially an i'm
portant agricultural interest and at
the same time have a stimulating effect
On the sugar industry, which is threat
ened by foreign competition and retail
iation on the one hand, and by over
production at home on the other.
AS there is already an under-produc-
tion Of fruit. an increase Of its utiliza-
ton will have a tendency to raise
prices, and that, of course, will in
crease the profits Of farmers.
An increase in the use Of %conserves,
marmalades, etc, means an increase OF
consumption Of sugar in the home
market, and this is desired earnestly to
lessen the surplus production, which
can now be disposed of only through
expectation.
A German axiom is that each branch
Of industry must seek constantly to in
crease its profits by providing dlligent-
ly for the utilization Of its products
and trying to find new means for ex-
tending sales. No one probably
thought, when the cultivation of sugar
beets was begun, that this industry
ever could influence and contract other
branches Of agriculture, as has beer
the case. This has been possible only
by a scientific and Intelligent policy
and by subordinating through united
action, temporary individual interests
to a determination to consider always
and only the general welfare and de
velopment of the industry. Instead o
p%rostituting a valuable industry 70,
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of a few individu
ais, the German idea has been to d,
everything possible to establish 1t OF
a firm basis. and thus provide a secur,
means Of existence in Germany 70
hundreds of thousands of persons VIII,
might otherwise be forced into emf
grafton by their necessities.
DR.. Paul Degener has reported to tn,
German Agricultural Society that ii
1897 England imported $685. 900 bush
els Of fresh fruit. OF this amount
Germany, the country nearest to Eng
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American
Soldiers

No man should be more capable Of
giving an estimate Of the American
soldier than Brig.-Gen. Joseph Wheel
er, the veteran of three wars. In a re-
cent statement he says that the Amer
leans are the best fighters that the
world has ever produced. He says: 1
witnessed a great deal of fighting dur
ing the civil war, but not any in which
the men on either side showed more
bravery than / have seen them exhibit
recently in Cuba and in the Philip
pines. Never shall I forget the occa-
sion when, yellow fever having broken
out in Siboney, the Twenty-fourth in
fantry volunteered to go back and
nurse the sick-to encounter, In a
word, a plague ten times more terrify-
ing than any human enemy they could
be called upon to face in battle array.
Though very few, probably not over 5
per cent. of the men who went to at
tack Santiago had been under fire be-
fore, they behaved like veterans. In
every case where they were ordered
to take a position they marched
against It with as much precision as
if on parade or executing maneuvers
Each soldier seemed to feel it a privi-
lege to be there, and to be imbued with
a determination to conquer.
! have seen armies of other nations,
but the more opportunities / have to
compare them with our own soldiers,
the more impressed / have been with
the guDpriOritv Of our own nphfin0
men. The Americans are the best
fighters in the world today-the best
the world has ever produced.
One of the most remarkable incidents
Of the San Juan fight had to do with
two officers OF the Tenth Cavalry
Lieut.. William H. Smith and Lieut..
William E. Ship. these young men
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UTILIzATIoNOFFR FRUIT
Germany Seeks to Raise and TO Use
More of II


land. which asserts that it produces the
best apples In the world. which Is ft-
ted specially By climate and position
for fruit culture. and In which many
people are looking for new and profit
able sources Of income. supplied only
about t~hree-quarters Of n per cent
OF Englend's imported apples, while
the United States and Canada furnish
ed 20 per cent Of the entire amount
needed.
Prosperity, due to its great foreign
trade. has led to the Increased use of
meat as food in England. The o m
sumption of vegetable products In like
manner has increased in the land of
the "beefsteak eaters" and much at
tention is given to athletic exercise for
the development Of the body. While
in Germany the potato is largely the
principal food, the Englishman eats
green salads, vegetables and fruit.
While, on the average, each person
In England uses annually IS pounds OF
& the average in Germany is less
than % pounds. The difference in the
use Of fruit is about the same. Wher-
ever it is possible to use sugar and
fruit in food. this is done in England.
Germany already manufactures SO
called apple butter and plum and pear
marmalade. especially in Strassburg,
Coblentz and Metz. Most Of this, how
ever, does not deserve the name of
fruit marmalade, as It is made from
fragments left over from manufacture
Of dried fruit and fruit wine. A COM
parison of English and German wares
reveals the difference. The English
marmalade is good fruit mush and SUI
gar. The German consists of unappe-
tlzing fragments without any sugar.
In England 10 per cent Of starch syrup
is added; in Germany, go to 70 per
cent, with its ingredients of sulphuric
acid, dextrin and gallisine. The Eng
lishman will not even use 10 per cent
Of Germany watery potato syrup, as
this Injuries the quality Of his jam. He
gets fine starch gum from America, be-
cause it is there made from maize, in
stead of potatoes; because there hydro
chloric acid and oxalie acid are used.
instead Of sulphuric acid, and because
the American capillary syrup does not.
like the German, contain sulphuric
acid. German marmalades are accord
ingly mostly food counterfeits, and
cannot win a place in the worlds mar
kets.
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T
Deaths from lightning Are on the
Increase.

Deaths from lightning Are on the
Increase.
During 1899 562 persons we're killed
outright by lightning in the United
States or else suffered injuries which
resulted in death, as reported by Pro-
lessor A. J. Henry Of the United States
weather bureau. The number Of per-
sons who received injuries varying in
severity from slight physical shock to
painful burns was $40. The loss OF hui
man life by lightning In the last year
was greater than for any preceding
year for which statistics have been col
lected. The greatest number Of fatal
tiles CAS- per cent, occurred IN the
open; the next greatest number Of
fatalities ga per cent? occurred IN
houses; IL per cent under trees,
and 9 per cent IN barns. Many
housewives are partial to wire clothes
lines. and Insist In having them strung
across their back yards. BY so doing
they not only subject the laundress TO-
danger, but imperil any building to
which the Wires may be attached. One
dozen persons were killed last year
either in the act Of stripping such
elctbaslines or BY coming 10 close
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rnenred CoupIs. In o.nnrIe..

Soma curious customs are in force in
the Canary Islands in the case of en-
gagged couples. Not the least peculiar
Of these is that the lover is never al
lowed to enter the home Of his farcee
during their engagement, but must
conduct his courtship from the pave
ment. The girl is allowed to sit in the
window to receive his attentions, but
as every one lives in flats in these is
lands there is often considerable dis
lance between the two, and much cram
ing Of necks is necessary. OF course
they resort to all kinds of subterfUges
to prevent their conversation being
overheard, n of which is to speak in
a low voice against the wall, which re-
solves itself into a sort Of telephone.
1t is no uncommon sight to see in the
streets Of Santa Cruz and Las Palmas
the devoted lover accommodated with
a chair on the pavement beneath the
window Of his lady, even officers in
uniform submitting to the funny Gus
tom.
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rHE FEAR On A +
a Haunting Dread which Grows win
che Accommodation OF Riches

A Haunting Dread which Grows with
thc Accumulation OF Riches
The fear of death apparently grows
with the accumulation Of riches. It is
strange that while an ordinary man.
who IS poor. Is not more afraid to die
than most people, yet he often devel-
ops a haunting fear Of death after he
has become rich and spends large
sums Of money and leads an unhappy
life in trying to avert his coming fate.
There Is one instance in an Eng
lishman, John Islip, who made a for
tune out Of silver in Mexico. and who
drove himself mad through worrying
about his death. After e~xhausting all
the safeguards London could offer he
bought a small rocky island near Bry-
chill, on the west Irish coast, taking
with him one faithful servitor. Here,
in feverish haste, he had four stone
pillars raised, and a snail, one story
cabia. with three rooms, rather like a
houseboat, slung on chains from iron
girders that crossed the pillars, and
swung clear Of the ground. Once in
side this he shut himself mp. with
some books and a pet jackdaw for
company. and never Soft his swinging
house till his death.
The attendant, who lived in a small
house close by, used to row to the
mainland-a mile and a half-when
the weather permitted. for provisions.
The master spent his time reading and
looking out over the Atlantic from the
cabin windows. His brain had given
way, Of course, and he imagined his
life stood still while the earth %revOlved
under him. He had no relatives Il
insist on his entering a private asy'
lum, and he died three years later, in
the cabin, worried out Of life by the
fear Of death. His hair was snow
white, though he was only forty.
three.
Another case was that Of a man who
made a fortune in speculation anC
who conceived the idea hat all move
ment and effort wasted the tissues o.
the body. He went to bed in a quie
country house and hardly move.
head or foot for years. If he moved
finger he did it with dread, fearinl
that he would use up his vitality ant
shorten his life.
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Especial letter..
In the state Of Kansas there are
seven capitol buildings. including the
present handsome structure at Topeka,
not yet completed. but none has a more
romantic history than the state house
which was FIRST erected 10 Pawpee
township. Efforts are now being made
by the people of Kansas to preserve
from the ravages Of time this ancient
relic. Il is one Of few reminders Of
early days left standing there and IL
was built when the settlement Of the
west was just beginning. II stands near
Fort Riley in the central part Of the
state, and Is an that is left of the town
Of Pawnee the first capitol Of the state.
The town was started by boomers who
stood in" with the territorial COVER
nor, A. H. Reder. h owned land
there and was a good deal Of a specu-
lator.
The town association built the capt.
tol, a stone structure, two stories high
and 40xS0 feet in outside dimensions.
1t laid out the streets and boarding
houses were made ready for the hrst
meeting of the Legislature. Then, in
1855, the governor called the legisla-
ture Ca meet there, and the solons de-
cided that they would not assist him.
They went from eastern Kansas in
prairie schooH6rs, a long procession
that wound its way $50 miles out on
the prairie, the travellers growing more
angry that the governor had selected
so distant a place. They had provl-
sions for the trip, and when they
reached Pawnee not one of them went
to the boarding houses as had been ex-
pected, but they cooked in their wag-
n and lived nn the edge Of the town
site.
On the day for the opening Of the
legislature they went to the new stone
building and held a session, which con-
sisted of organizing and adjourning to
Shawnee Mission in the eastern part OF
the state, where despite all the efforts
Of the governor, the remainder OF the
session was hsld.
Pawnee did not make a town. The
cholera broke tut the next year at Fort
Riley and tho people fed. The state
house stands int on the plain, desert.
ed, the roof gtne and the interior 9
place for the hiding of coyotes and
sandhill owls. The state has been ask
ed to purchase the old ruin and pre-
serve 1t for ftture generations, who
will doubtless appreciate it as a re.
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Are the Beer
FiS6ferS IN
= TIE cOorld

had entered West Point together, one
Of them from North Carolina and the
other from Missouri. They were room
mates at the Point, and remained such
through the course Of the Military
academy, entertaining for each other a
friendship more devoted than that Of
most brothers. Being graduated to-
gether each returned to his own home
and married. Both entered the same
regiment, renewing their intimacy.
They went together into the battle at
San Juan on July 1, 1895, and both were
shot and killed in the same hour, fall
ing within a few yards Of each other.
When the list Of killed was printed In
the newspapers their names were con
secutive. Each left a widow and three
children.
To my notion the hero Of the civil
war on the Confederate side was Sam
Davis, the scout. He was caught in
Tennessee with papers Of importance
on his person and arrested. A young
fellow and Of fine appearance, his case
excited sympathy on the part OF the
Federal authorities. n he was in
formed that II ne would tell who gave
him the papers they would give him a
fine horse, with equipments, and a pis-
tol, and send him under safe escort to
the lines. He refused and was SEN
fenced to death as a SPY. Up to the
very scanold they begged him to yield.
urging that a mere boy like he ought
not 10 sacrifice his life for such a tribe.
but he shook his head and was hanged.
Gen. Dodge, who was in command OF
the Federals, was so struck with adj
miration at such noble fortitude that
he sent his own check for S25 as a con-
tributlon to a fund for a monument to
the scout, with words OF praise for his
character.
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For more than twenty years work
men have been busy upon the great
house which the Marquis Of Butte has
been preparing for his country seat
at Mount Stuart, On Butte island. Off
the coast Of Scotland. Nov the
building is nearing completion. The
entrance hall to the house alone cost
100000. Monolith columns Of rare
marbles support an arcaded gallery
which is rich In marbles and bronze
and blazes with fawn color and gold
The flooring is composed OF huge
blocks Of purple porphyry, inlaid with
marbles OF an infinite variety Of hues
and markings. Marble has been used
laYishly throughout the whole house
There are three libraries. in qhite.
red and blue, opehing q out ~ the
other. I'm the dining room 81. .f6at
mantelpiece carved out OF tho .fsst
parian marble.
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MISS JARDLvE,S JELLY

Just for a short sketshing trip. Mrs.
Muncie." Gilbert Keith explained. os he
looked into the snug sitting room,
where his landlady sat, deep In the To-
cal paper.
Where shall 1 forward your mail,
sir7"
She did not express surprise at his
sudden announcement He had board
ed with her six years. She was accus-
toned to his abrupt decisions, and has
ty departures.
I'm not sure yet. I'll send you a
postal. BE back In a couple OF weeks
Awfully hot. isn't III Good day, Mrs.
Muncie."
And the youthful face, silvery head
and square shoulders vanished from the
doorway. But a minute or two later
the door was opened.
by the way. I've packed up a box oil
magazines which have been accumulat'
Ing unread. 1 may get a chance at
them now. I wish you would nave the
box set in the cellar, and I'll tell Jerry
to call for e.. and ship It to me"
Very we'll. SIR
And then Mr.. Keith was out Of thu
house, and, walking down the elm
bordered street. looking erect an'
young despite his As years and hi
prematurely silvered hair.
The faded. specialized eyes OF Mrs
Muncie glanced after him with an al
Of motherly proprietorship.
"six years he's been here, bless him
and a more considerate and kind gen
tleman the good Lord W made. !
letter for me, Mr.. Vicks?"
Mr.. Vicks, the mail carrier, ha'
paused at her gate. was turning In.
Yes. Hot day. See Mr.. Keith is OF
Good afternoon, ma'am."
Mrs. Muncie turned her letter ovei
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Gen. John Watts dePeyster. who de-
clares that the earth is fixed in space
and who laughs at those who hold
to the Copernican theory Of the solar
system. is one Of the most distin-
guished veterans Of the Civil war and
was formerly a military expert of in
ternational fame. In his old age-he
tion 20 astronomy, and has just trans
lated a lecture Of a Berlin professor.
Prof. Schoepher, who proves to the
generals satisfaction that Kepler,
Newton, Copernicus and all their fol-
lowers are in gross error when they
assert that the earth moves around the
sun or upon its own axis.