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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
TWO SENATOR'S TESTIMONY.


Hon. Porter Johnson, who has served
Tour years as State Senator from the
Fourth District in the city Of Chicago,
H., and who also is the first Democratic
Senator ever elected from that district,
writes: 81 can heartily recommend Pc
ru-na as catarrh cure. It cures when
all other remedies fail. applied to
several doctors, but they were not able
tn cure me-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
Little Hope For the Ariosto.

Norfolk, Va. Feb. 1.-THE British
steamer Ariosto. ashore al Ocracoke. has
been driven further EN- the beach by re-
cent winds and is III a had condition.
Merritt-Chapman wrecking tugs Rescu2
and Coley arrived from Ocracoke today
fer coal. They will return to the Arlos-
TO tomorrow, but wreckers have little
hope of saving her.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
GAGGED AND STRANGLED.
Body of Well Dressed Man Found in
the Appalachicola.

Sneads, Fla. Feb. 14.-News has
reached here that the body of a we'll
dressed man was found in the Apalachi-
cola river near River Junction on Mon
day. \ lady's handkerchief used as
gag was discovered in the mans mouth
and his throat was badly bruised.
The murdered man was about 80 years
old, five feet ten inches in height and
weighed about $50 pounds. No clue to
the murder has yet been found
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy. gives a splendid appetite.
sound digestion and a regular bodily habit
that insures perfect health and great en-
ergy. Only BE. at all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
BILLS BY MR.. THOMAS.
Frank B. Davis Passes Examination
For Appointment as I'd Lieut..

Washington. ID. c., Feb. 1i.-(SpecialJ
Representative Thomas today intro
duced bills making appropriations for the
Improvement OF Care Fear River above
Wilmington, Black River, Northeast
Cape Fear, River, Trent River and
Neuse River.
Frank b. Davis. of Mcrganton. has
passed the examination for appointment
as second lieutenant in the army.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15

HUN.
[Senator 4th District, City of Chicago, ILL.,
81 took the remedy for fifteen weeks
and am now entirely cured. 1t has been
year and half since / was cured, and
l consider my cure durable. / was
afflicted with the catarrh for five years.
My catarrh was chiefly located in the
stomach"
Send to The Pe-ru-na Medicine Com
pany, Columbus, o., for Or. Hartman's
latest free book on chronic catarrh, Ia
grippe, etc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
Telegrapher Commits Suicide.

Macon, Ga, Feb. 14.-Arthur IL.
Kemp, manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, committed suicide
this morning. The body was discovered
by Mrs. Kemp on returning home from
shopping Mr.. Kemp was apparently in
good health and spent last night socially
among his friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15
TAYLOR ASKS FOR
AN INJUNCTION
CONTINUED From First Page.)

courts deliberation owing TO ''the i'm
rortancc of the interests involved and
the outrageous character of the electoral
frauds under the forms of law which the
bills charge that the State contest board
is about to consummate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-15

When doctors disagree the coroner
decides.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15

when he saw that the hose wagon had
been saved, and waited for the big
engine that was following close behind.
Jim's bark and the signals from the
men on the hose wagon came just in
time to save the engine from dashing
head first into the hole.
1t seems that the gang Of men which
had been repairing some pipes beneath
the street had gone home that even
ing without hanging out lights which
would warn pople from the big trench
they had dug. One can easily imagine
what a terrible thing it would have
been for the hose wagon and the en-
CINE to have galloped straight into the
hole. You may be sure that Jim was
made much of that night and that his
memory is always kept green in the
hearts of the firemen of Company TO-
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

A dispatch from Marksville, La,
says: "a quiet little home, four or five
miles north of Marksville, was the
scene of a terrible tragedy few days
ago, in which Leon Bernard was shot
and instantly killed by Mrs. Abel Bor-
delon, young woman of about "a
years, of age. Mrs Bordelon's version
of the deplorable affair is said to be as
fellows: Her husband and Leon. Ber-
nard, who was a tenant of Abel Bor-
delon, were having a game of cards at
the house of the latter; not gambling,
playing only for amusement. The
wives of the two men were present,
and, seeming to be bored by the game,
several times asked their husbands to
stop playing. The men giving no heed
to the request, Mrs. Bordelon picked
up a gun and said, IF you don't stop
I will shoot you,' when, to her horror
the gun fired, and the contents strik-
ing Bernard near the temple blew off
the top of his head. AS Mrs. Bordelon
is of mild and amiable character, the
public is inclined to accept the story
The two men and their wives were the
only ones present at the time of the
shooting save Mrs. Bordelon's children,
who are too young to give an intelli-
gent account of the affair"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15

justing portiers and curtains, and
patents useful in the manufacture of
artistic goods Many facilities for
clerical use have been patented by city
women, such as safety envelopes, i'm
proved typewriting appliances, copy
holders, letter-openers, etc. Most Of
these women were employed at some
time as clerks in business offices and
felt the lack of conveniences which
they afterward supplied.
A number of women school teachers
Iare successful inventors and have
patented educational systems and de-
vices; also kindergarten implements,
erasers, school bags and book rests.
Women from the small towns in Wis
consin, Minnesota, Dakota and Illinois
have been prolific in inventing house
hold conveniences, washing and clean
/ ing apparatus, facilities for sanitation,
garment bindings, shields, fastenings
and dress improvements. New England
women have brought out attach
ments and improvements that
| have to do with saddles,
harnesses and vehicles; also the needs
of barn and garden. They have in
vented butter workers, plumbing ap-
| planes, brushes for cleaning and fire
kindling compositions, toys, games.
ipuzzles and amusement knick-knacks.
A considerable proportion of the
fakirs goods, novelties and trick pas
times sold on the street originated by
women. They sell the patent right
promptly to the proprietors of news
agencies, who include such small gear
in their stationers and confectioners
supplies. A fair proportion of the
| speciality goods invented and makers
are women. Many whose trade
marks are registered at the Patent Of
| flee have made fortunes, either through
shrewdness in putting their wares on
the market or because of the articles
worth. These inventions include
patent medicines, complexion soaps
and waters, hair ointments and re-
storers, and an infnity of health and
toilet knick- knacks found at the drug
shops.
The first woman to take out a patent
in America was Mrs. Mary Kies, who
in 1909, invented process for weaving
straw with silk or thread. During the
next Is years only Is patents were
granted to women. In the next Is
years 35 patents were granted, and ii
was not until after the Civil War that
there was any marked increase in the
number of women inventors. There
were 152 models of women's inventions
exhibited at the Atlanta Exposition
and since then the Patent Office has
had a specially classified list of wo-
mems inventions prepared for public
inspection.-NewY York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15

for that fact proves that within short
distance of the land the crew were
practically at rest, undisturbed by any
omen of approaching calamity; and nc
disease l know of save, perhaps, chol
era of malignant type, can Kill people
in a few hours. Besides, you must
have infection, and whence did the
pestilent microbes come to the brig?
Sudden insanity on the part of one OF
the crew, leading to the homicidal STAY
ing of the others? Well, it you elect
to believe that theory, you may.
don't, for the plain reason that seven
teen men could surely have overpow-
cred one. The insanity idea will not
work. 1t does not explain the facts as
a true theory should, and true theory
should explain them and be contra
dicted by none.
Have I any suggestion to make? L
have, though | offer it in all modesty,
seeing that if my information is cor
rect American scientists were con-
suited regarding the possibilities OF
of the sea themselves, and rejected the
idea. But we know more about GER
tain sea monsters in this year of grace
than they did in the SOS, and my expla-
nation of the mystery of the Marie
Celeste is that which attributed the
disappearance Of the crew to the attack
of a huge octopus, or devll-dsh, or OF
some other member of the cuttlensn
group. Let me picture what l think
may have happened:
There is a man at the wheel. All
the others are below at mess. A huge
octopus rises from the deep and with
wave of it's sucker-studded arms en-
circles the steersman. He yells for
help. Everybody rushes on deck
Then up sweep tile other arms Of the
monster and one by one or en- masse
the whole are included in the tenacious
grasp of the sea devil. They are swept
over the side and perish. There is nc
damage done to the vessel and the oc
topus leaves no traces of It's attack
as it sinks itself, a loathsome mass OF
flesh and muscle, into the ocean abyss
If we find squids, which are cousins OF
the octopus, forty and fifty feet long
if octopi abound in southern seas with
bodies as big as watts and arms twenty
feet in length-these things we know
we may go farther and fare worse
in our attempt to explain this mystery
of the deep.-Illustrated London News
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED.
Certain Bacteria Promote Digestion
and Are Beneficial.

There are bacteria and bacteria.
Some are malign and some are benign.
Several species Induce, or at least are
associated with, disease. Others per-
form serviceable function in the
economy of the universe. Une kind OF
microbe imparts to sand filter the
power of abstracting from drinking
water the impurities that endanger
health. Another promotes the alb
sorption of nitrogen from the atmos-
phere by the soil, thus assisting the
nourishment of plants. A third ac-
composites the development of the
characteristic flavor of choice cheeses.
And a fourth participates in the cur
ing Of tobacco.
The attention of investigators has
recently been directed to hitherto un-
known class of bacteria which have a
share in the process of digestion in the
stomach of man and the animals. It
has long been known that the mouth,
throat, intestines and other organs of
the human system were Inhabited by
harmless bacteria. The so-called colon
bacillus occasionally found in water in
dicates that the supply has been con-
taminated, but unless the typhoid ba
cillus accompanies it no fears are en-
tertained in regard to the Immediate
consequences of drinking such fluid.
The colon bacillus does not exercise
any particularly useful function, but it
was announced by Vignal, ten years
or so ago, that certain other microbes
found habitually in the stomach pos
sess properties similar to that of the
saliva in aiding digestion. Numerous
specimens were obtained, and pure
cultures made. With the artificially
bred microbes a lot of experiments
were tried. At least two kinds of or
ganism were distinguished One pro-
NOTED the digestion of starch and an
other that of meat and albuminous sub
stances. One acted most efficiently
when it was slightly calculated. The
other needed to- be little alkaline.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
HE EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY.
South Side Householder Gives Rea-
sons for Certain Weird Noises

Quite large party had assembled
around the dinner table in south side
home. The occupant, well known in
business circles, was devoting himself
to making things pleasant for the
guest. He was especially anxious to
do his best, for, as he said, she was
trying to own the house" and found it
somewhat of task. The members Of
the party were merry most of the time.
They wanted to be, but certain weird,
eerie noises which rose and fell from
the basement were disconcerting, to
say the least.
1t happened to be one of those nights
in Chicago when the fog starts out
like a narrow ribbon, unreeling itself
in one long strip. Then it separates in
to other strips and finally blankets the
earth while globules of moisture that
plunge into the faces of the belated
1t was cold and wet outside, but warm
and CHEEKY within. The fun was Of
an attractive nature, but many a good
story was ruined by those noises. The
plural is used adyisedly, for while the
noise was all of the same kind fire.
quent repetitions forced it into the
numerals.
1t has been described as a composite
symphony of cat yowls, planning mill,
creaking rigging, tug whistles, sirens
and tin cans. 1t was long drawn out
and exceedingly doleful, causing fair
shoulders to feel sudden chiIls and
manly bosoms to heave with quickened
pulsations Of not too valiant hearts. 1t
seemed a very ghostlike sound.
Mercy on us, Mr.. B." said one young
lady at last, II hate to mention it, but
what is that awful sound?"
Don't let it annoy you, Miss S."
was the reply, cit really is nothing"
The storytelling was resumed, but
without much fervor. Again Miss S.
shivered and drew a wrap over her
shoulders.
81 don't wish to appear rude" she
said, 'but am extremely curious
about that noise. Would you mind tell
ing me just what causes it?"
mot in the least if it will satisfy
you" was the gallant rejoinder. THAT
is the mortgage trying to break in
Chicago Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
A DOG THAT KNEW.
His Memory Cherished by Firemen
Whom He Saved.

Fire Company No. TO- which is sta
toned at the corner of Third and Law
renee streets, was at one time the
proud pOssessOr of a large NeWfound-
land dog named Jim. When the COM
pany responded to an alarm of fire Jim
always went with it, barking for pure
joy as he ran ahead of the hose wagon.
Jim is dead and gone now, but Com
pany 10 will always remember him, for
one night he saved the men and horses
from injury and perhaps death. This
is how it happened:
One dark, stormy night, about or
o'clock, when Jim was coiled up asleep
at the back of the horses stalls, the
men upstairs dreaming, perhaps, of
their wives and their little boys and
girls at home, and the man on watch
was hoping that no fire would call
them out on such a night, the 'joker"
dropped, registering an alarm of fire
from Third and Central avenue. The
men leaped from their beds and slid
swiftly down the poles, the horses
sprang from their stalls and ran under
the harness, and JIM, wide awake now,
stood by the door, watching with eager
eyes to see if it was "go." Third
and Central avenue" yelled the man at
the ticker, the big doors of the engine
house flew open, and, in less time than
it takes to tell it, Company 10 was
tearing down Third street, with Jim in
the lead.
1t was very dark night and the rain
dashed with such force in the faces Of
the drivers that they could scarcely
see where they were going. But they
urged the great horses on until they
seemed to be flying, for no time must
be lost in going to fire.
Four or five squares were passed and
jim was running about 100 yards in
front of the hose wagon, when sud-
denly the driver saw the dog turn in
his tracks and face the oncoming
wagon and heard his bark above the
cIatter of the horses hoofs. On they
went, but still Jim stood directly in the
path of the hose wagon. What could
it mean? The dog was barking franti-
cally now, as they swiftly bore down
upon him. Surely something was
wrong with the dog-he would be run
over; and the driver yelled to him to
get out of the way. But Jim stood
firm, barking in the face of death.
Then the driver saw something that
made him pale, and with a cry, he
ierked his horses to one side just in
time to escape dashing head over heels
into a great hole that opened up in
front of them. Jim gave bark of Joy
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
SAVING THE TREES IN PARIS.
Those Removed from the Exposition
are Carefully Conserved.

In order to save the beautiful trees
which it is necessary to remove in con-
structing the buildings for the Paris
exposition an ingenious method has
been devised by the engineers in charge
of the enterprise. Trees, roots and the
surrounding earth are inclosed in
heavy plank bins built around them
and are then bodily lifted into the air
and kept suspended there until the ex-
cavations and building foundations are
completed, when, if there is room, the
trees are let down into former posi-
tions. The plan has been found to
work admirably and it is so simple and
practical that it might be adopted
wherever it is necessary to disturb
trees in the course of building opera
tions.-New York Mail and Express.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
THE OVERSEER AT FAULT.

The condition of the roads are such
as justify the statement that the aver
age overseer knows about as much
about road making as six-year-old
boy should know. The average boy
has experimental with water enough
to know that it will run down hill.
The average "bOss" hasn't found that
out yet, or if he is aware of that law
of nature, he doesn't put that knowl-
edge to practical use. The boy knows
that where water is, there will be mud
I The "boss" let's water stand in the
roadway, and the farmers wagons, aft
er passing over few times with
load sinks in to the axle. If the mud
was bothering the boy, he would go to
the source of the water and turn it in
another direction.
OF course, so long as we must de-
pend on a dirt rOadbed, we must eX
pect mud at times, and at times it will
be impossible to haul loads over the
best drained roads; yet there is no
reason why we can't have much better
roads according to the amount of work
and money expended on them each
year. The farmer is to blame is he does
not see that the worth of his money
and time is put on them to the best
advantage. He cannot hope to better
the roads without systematic work. It
cannot be done in one year or two
years or five Good roads are a
growth, and the only way to secure
them is to work through the overseer
The greatest item in road improve
ment is draining. Constant travel on
dry roadbed will improve the road ev-
cry year. Constant travel on a wet
roadway will make worse and worse
road every succeeding rainy spell.
Every shovelful of dirt moved in the
road should be lifted with the idea of
future as we'll as present benefit. The
middle of the road, the driveway,
should always be built up. Put more
| dirt in the center, but remove none.
! bitches along each side will carry Off
| the water, and as the traffic of the
succeeding years harden and pack
down the roadbed, the water will run
off Immediately, not sinking into the
dirt of the road, making travel impos-
sible until the sun and wind have
dried out the moisture. Another thing
to be studied is the soil. Some soils
readily shed water while others are
ready to take it in.
AS a general thing the soil in the
low stretches of roads and valleys is
of a nature that takes in water, while
on the hi1lsides it is of clay nature
which easily becomes packed and i'm
pervious to moisture. This should be
kept in mind, even when grading is
done, the hi1lshides should be graded
down and mixed with the soil of the
low ground This serves a two-fold
purpose. It makes the hills less steep
to pull a load up, and it makes a more
substantial roadbed for the valleys.
Another thing, too much money is
expended in building bridges in places
where there is little travel, Often iron
bridges costing $1,000 will be put
across streams where not a dozen
teams cross in a month. The money
could be put to a more beneficial use
to the whole community by expanding
in grading Bridges are a necessity,
but the peoples money should be spent
with view to the general good of all.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15

Nellie said her father, this is
your little brother"
why, papa" asked the little girl,
inspecting the new baby with interest
and amazement, Glow did they get
him past the janitor?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15

On the Queensland, New South
Wales, boundary line, on the edge of
the Australian desert, an artesian wen
has struck yield of water of 100000
gallons a day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-15
STRANGE SEA TALE
MYSTERY OF A BRIG SAILING
MANY YEARS AGO.
FOUND OFF COAST OF SPAIN

No Word Ever Heard of Twenty Souls
Who Were On Board-GrewSome
Suggestion That An Octopus May
Have Carried Off the Entire
Crew.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-28
FLORIDA.

Sunday afternoon the dwelling OF J. T
Carroll, one of the handsomest in Live
oak, was destroyed by fire. The loss j.
uoout $1,000, with 5000 insurance. Tha
os'glh or the fire is a mystery. as more
% me family had been in the house sin e
= a. m and ell the fire was eXtingulshcd
before leaving.
George. A. verrault, president of the
'erraut Lumber Company at Pensacola,
"as arrested Monday on a charge of cut
ung the throat of negro boy Bystand-
eialm that the negro said that YER
tt"u" had cut him, yet the negro rushed
o urug store and Selling a knife,
~ 1I.eu 90 cut at his already bleeding
'hief Haney of Jacksonville on Monday
'.'i nihS issued a permit to the stewards
" NE Church OF the Good Sheppard,
gno N0Niyh' to erect their new church edt-
is e.. me building is TO cost $1,000 and
m 70 pc of brick. IL will be very artistic
:" ueslgn and credit to the good peo-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-28

New York. Feb. 27.-Hubbard Bros e.
Co. say: Liverpool was affected by the
falling off in the demand in Manchester
and our cables state the disposition there
is TO fall back on their surplus stocks ac-
quired during the recent advance. This is
because of the unknown extent and effect
the India famine may have upon Man
chester trade. Locally the temper is very
bullish in face of these foreign advices
and the movement of the crop which con
tinues on a scale beyond anybody's ex-
pectation. This local buying carried the
season from whence there has been n
new crop on scale upwards securing
these high prices for their new crop.
New York, Feb. 27.--Murphy & Co say:
AdVices from Liverpool this morning of
1-32d advance on spots and / TO 2-64d de-
cline on futures being poorer than ex-
pected caused this market to open irreg-
ular to points lower. Price, Mccormick
& Co., came in as heavy buyers of July
and August and prices recovered points
but reacted points when they got
through only, however, to be regained
when Liverpool recovered the early de-
cline which encouraged local buying. Port
receipts continue large but confidence in
an early falling off in the market remains
unshaken. Exports are large and partic-
ularly to Great Britain. The estimates for
New Orleans and Houston tomorrow are
very large and this influenced considera-
BILE liquidation, which caused a decline
during the afternoon session of some to
10 points.