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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals for the erection of the
New Wiley School will be received by
the Raleigh Township School Committee
until 4 O'Clock p. m., ON Tuesday, March
18th, 1900, and then opened in the May
or's office. Each bidder must enclose
with his bid his certified check for 500,
made payable to A. NJ. Powell, chair
man; check of successful bidder to be
forfeited to the committee unless said
bidder, within ten days from award OF
contract, execute to said committee
satisfactory bond in the sum of $4,000.
Plans may be obtained OF the architects,
Messrs. Pearson and Ashe. The COM
mittee reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
.Sxsx,us.eSSed and Painful
Periods Cured by Lydia
f.. PissstRsaasa's Vegetable
GOssapOEgasds

81 was thin, sallow and nervous.
had not had my menses for over
wear and half. Doctored with several
physicians in town and one specialist,
but did not get any better. finally
decided to try your medicine, and
wrote to you After | had taken
three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and three of
Blood Purifier, my menses returned,
and feel as well and strong as l ever
did, and am gaining flesh. Hiss
Lena Gaines, Visalia, Tuiare Co., Cal.
1 After following the directions
given in your kind letter for the treat
ment of leucorrhpa, can say that l
have been entirely cured by the use
of Lydia E. Pinl1ham's remedies, and
will gladly recommend them to my
friends. Hiss A. B. Davids, Bing-
hamtOn, NY.
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PENSION SESSION IN HOUSE.
Ninety-Seven Bills Favorably Re.
ported and Passed.
(By The Associated Press. J

Washington March 9.-The first day
pension session of the House provided
for under the new rule adopted yesterday
proved great success, There was COM
paratively little friction, and 81 bills were
favorably acted upon i'll committee OF
the whole and subsequently passed by
the House. The only incident was
brisk exchange between Mr.. Loud, of
California and Mr.. Sulloway, of New
Hampshire, upon the general policy of
special pension legislation, in which the
former attacked and the latter defended
the system.
At 4:50 o'clock p. m, the House ad-
journed.
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EXCEPT OVER ITS RUINS.
The British Flag Shall Never Wave
Over johannesburg.
(By The Associated Press. }


London, March 10.-A correspondent Of
the Daily Mail at LourenZo Marques, tele-
graphing Thursday, says:
Il am reliably informed that high
officials openly avow that the British flag
shall never fly at johannesburg. The
place will be RACED to the ground and the
mines put in readiness to be electrically
exploded from the fort as occasion re-
quires.
Most of the gold mines. except those
which the Government controls, are in a
shocking state. They are flooded and
the machinery is rusting and being will
fully smashed.
KITCHENER AT KIMBERLEY.
Kimberley, March A9.-Lord Kitchener
is here. The town guard has been form
ally dismissed
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Fatal Shooting at Blackville.
tBy The Associated Press.)

Columbia. S. c., March 9.-B. r. Car
roll was shot and killed by ID. 7. john
son last night at Blackville.
Carroll was to have been tried at the
coming session OF court at Barnwell next
week for the killing of James Bolin last
Christmas. Bolin himself had killed his
man Young Merritt, just year previous
to his own tragic death Bolin and Car
roll had had a previous alteration In
which Carroll was badly cut.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
SUNK IN COLLISION.
All But 8 of the Cuvier's Crew of so
Probably Lost.
(By The Associated Press. J

Calais, France, March 9.-The British
steamer Windsor from Leith, Scotland
reports that the British freight steamer
Cuvier, Captain Quinton, from Antwerp
for Brazil, was sunk in collision with
an unknown steamer. The Windsor picked
up the second mate and two seamen he
longing to the Cuvier, the rest OF whose
crew, it is feared, were drowned
The Cuvier probably carried a crew OF
about fifty men. She was last reported
arrived at Liverpool on February 18th
from New Orleans via Norfolk. She WIS
steel steamer Of 2,299 tons gross and
452 tons net
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Phosphate Works Shut Down.
lBv The Associated Press

Gala, Fla. March 9.-The announce
.ment was made here today that II. G..
Hazard who has been running five phos-
plate plants near Juliet, had shut down
his works. Just what was the cause
of this action has not been made public,
but those in position TO know say
the fault lies with Mr.. Hazards European
broker who failed in his obligations to
him
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DIVIDEND BY SOUTHERN.
One and One Half Per Cent on Pre-
ferred Shares.
(By The Associated Press,

New York, March 9.-The Southern
railway this afternoon declared a dividend
of one and one-half per cent on its pre-
ferred shares, an increase of one half per
cent. from the last dividend.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
WiEd Wffh Eczema
Fire Could Not Have Been More
Painful.

q After spending two years in TAX
ing all kinds of medicines that were
suggested for eczema, but without
avail. my mother was induced to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla. The result was
wonderfully gratifying. Her limbs
had been terribly lacerated by the dis
ease, and there were times when fire
could not have been more painful.
She was, in fact. almost wild. Two
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla COM
pletely cured her. and not trace of
eczema was left E. w. DECKER,
Gardiner. Y. Y,
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a Grateful Woman Re-
cOzssss,ends Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound to Every Wife and
Mother.

have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
with most gratifying results. l had
been married four years and had two
children. was all run down, had fall
ing of womb with all it's distressing
symptoms. had doctored with good
physician, but derivedvery little good
from his treatment. After taking
few bottles of your medicine, l was
able to do my work and nurse my
seven-months'-old babe. / recon-
mended your medicine to every wife
and mother Had / time, Icould write
much more in it's praise. ! bid you
Gods speed in your good work. =
rIrs. L. A. nOrris, Welala, Putnam
Co., Fla.
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Eat Well, Sleep Well.

" Hoods Sarsaparilla has been a
great blessing to me. was weak,
irritable, tired and nervous; had no
appetite and was always sad and dcs-
pendent. One day | got hold of a
little book about Hoods Sarsaparilla.
looked it over and resolved to try a
bottle. l was better before it was
gone, so ! kept on until l had taken
five bottles. | can now sleep well,
feel cheerful and can do all my work,
Including plain sewing, and I can
walk two or three miles day am
So years old and now feel that life is
worth living" Mrs. EMMA SMITH,
68 4. Mitchell St, OsWego, \. Y.
Critical Period of Life.
"I took Hoods Sarsararila during
the critical period OF my life. and now
at the age Of 60 years. ] am strong
and healthy. 1t is a great medicine
for the blood. find Hoods to be the
best Mrs. FL. P0MRoY, - Lansing
Street. Lauburn. n. Y.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparila of
any druggist. Be sure to ask for Hoods
and do not accept any substitute.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10

Mrs. Harriet Evans Hinsdale, H., writes, Il
never fail to relieve my children from Group at
once by using One Minute Cough Cure. would
not feel safe without it" Quickly cures coughs
colds. grippe and all throat and lung diseases.
Bobbitt and Wynne Drug Co.. W. H. King,
Adams and Moye.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10

Berlin March 9-The Reichstag adopted para
prar,hs l. ? and IA Of the Meat Bill Paragraph
"A violating TO the prohibition of meat imports
was adonted bv l6S to 50. 1t is now almost
certain that the Bundersrath will not accept the
Meat Inspection Bill in its present FORM and
before the third reading compromise Is as
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10

10 secure the original witch hazel salve ask
for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, well known as a
certain cure for piles and skin diseases Beware
of worthless counterfeits They dangerous
Bobbitt and Wynne Drug Co., ". II. King,
Adams and Moye
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10

Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman, Milesburg, Pa, says;
'As q. speedy cure for coughs, colds, Group ana
sore throat One Minute Cough Cure Is unequal
ed. 1t is pleasant for children to take. heartily
recommend it to mothers 1t is the only harm
less remedy. that produces immediate results. It
cures bronchitis, pneumonia grippe and throat
and lung diseases. 1t will prevent consumption.
Bobbitt and Wynne Drug Co., W. "a. King,
Adams and Moye.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
Livery Stable Outfit for Sale.

l have taken charge OF my Stables on
Wilmington street, recently "Blake's
Stables" and have turned over to me for
sale an outfit for Livery Stable consist
ing of 10 Horses, 3 Carriages, Bug
gies, 3 Ambulances, 3 Spring Wagons,
Harness, Single and Double, Robes, &c.
For sale cheap for cash or good paper.
w. A. NIXON,
Agent for Owners.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10

Time never hangs heavy on the hand
of a boy with his first watch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
Nervous PrOsfs'afiOSs and
gnfIa m m alton of the
Bladder Cured by Lydia
e. Pinkfhasss,s Vegetable
COMPOUND.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Il have used
your Vegetable Compound for female
weakness and it has done wonders for
me. / also had nervous prostration -
was not able to look after my house
work. After taking one bottle began
to improve and am now better in every
way and feel like a different person"
- rlrs. Della Keiser, Tlarienville, Pa.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I cannot
praise your Vegetable Compound
enough for the good it has done me.
] suffered from inflammation of the
bladder / tried doctors, but obtained
no relief. At last / decided to write
to you, and now, thanks to your RENE
dies am entirely cured. "-rlrs. X. S.
Grady, I3I Union ST., High Bridge,
New York City.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10

For Group use CHENEYS
ExPECTORANT,,,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
NO BOERs ON FRENCH'S FRONT.
March to Bloemfontein Will be Pro.
badly Unopposed.
(By The Associated Press. }

Poplar Grove, Orange Free State, Fri
day Morning. March General French
who is ten miles ahead. reports that his
front is clear of the Beers. All other
reports tend to confirm the state of dis
organization of the Boer forces, Trans
vaaI as we'll as Free State. The general
impression is that the further progress
of the British to Bloemfontein will not
be opposed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
PRESIDENT KRUGER WEPT.

London, March 10.-All the special dis
patches from Poplar Grove confirm the
reports of the complete panic of the
Beers. The Morning Posts correspond
ent says:
president Kruger shed tears at his
Intellectual attempts to rally the Beers
who were completely paralyzed by Lord
Roberts mastery tactics They were
too demoralized to heed his expostula-
lions and declared that the British can
non were everywhere"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-10
ALBION MUST RULE.

London, March 10.-The Standard
which is in closer touch with the policy
of the Government than any other minis
terial organ, says this morning:
1--WE have reason to believe that an
authoritative statement will shortly be
made by the Government reaffirming the
impossibility of conceding any terms of
peace to the Boer republics which would
involve perpetuation of the political and
military independence that led to the
costly and sanguinary conflict"
KRUGER MAY TAKE COMMAND.
London, March 10.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
Il learn that there is dissension be-
tween President Kruger and General
Joubert, and that the latter has resigned
Probably President Kruger will assume
the chief command. General Schalkburg
er and other prominent commandments are
also likely to resign for similar reasons,
and because President Kruger ignored
their advice to make peace ovcrtures
after the first Boer victory"
Evening journal., 1900-03-05

upon q thoroughly modern basis. With
in an hour after the declaration OF
war every field cornet in the country
had sent out his messengers to call the
populace TO arms. Every male from 16
to 60 saddles his horse, takes a supply
Of provisions, his rifle, his own ammu-
milton and departs for the prearranged
meeting place. Rifles and guns Of the
most modern pattern have been at var
ious times distributed among the burg
hers by the government through the
field cornet. The Boer goes TO war will
lingly; he does not stick at the age
limit; there are plenty Of men above
so and plenty boys merely IA i'm the
ranks The height OF the Boer, the
average being five feet ten inches. and
his splendid physique, make fourteen
year-old Boer a fairly matched antag-
onist to the eighteen-year-old British
soldier Of whom there are too many
in the British army. The burgher who
has thus been "commandered" to duty
this is the expression used to desig-
nate the calling out Of the citizen
troops-does not wear a uniform.
Besides these burghers there are two
kinds Of troops in the Transvaal. One
consists Of several thousands, not ex-
ceeding 5000, artillery and about a
similar number, but not exceeding 1000
volunteers. organized similarly to our
state troops. These are mostly settled
near the cities. and meet occasionally
for drill and exercise. The efficiency
Of the artillery is now matter Of his
tory. The artillery, though small, is
extremely well drilled, and has been in
structed by German and French off,
GERS. These regular soldiers wear uni
forms very similar TO the British, with
an admixture of the Dutch. For field
service they are fitted out with khaki
suits
In addition to these troops there are
Germans, French, Dutch, Irish anc
Afrikander contingents. OF the great
number of Uitlanders in Johannesburg
and in the Transvaal it is safe to as
sumo the young and physically able
with the exception, Of course. Of the
British have placed their services Ri
Dom Pauls disposal. The German con.
tingent alone exceeds 1900 men. The
ceaseless flow of recruits through Della.
goa Bay has greatly increased this
foreign legion. OF the foreigners al
are old soldiers, as in Europe every
able man is liable to military duty.
Evening journal., 1900-03-05
THE BOER SOLDIERS
WHY THEY ARE SUCH EXCEL.
LENT MARKsMEN. r


Howthe Field Comets Gathered Their
Forces When War Was Declared
The Transvaal Regulars-The Mill
tary System.
Correspondence From South Africa.)
When in 1s4S the Beers treked into
their present country to escape the op-
preston OF their foes they found them
selves face to face with hostile hordes
OF savages, ever on the alert to cut Off
stragglers and to attack Isolated farms.
Then was laid the foundation OF the
present military system OF the Beers.
The farms of the Beers lie scattered
over the whole Of the country. Trans
vaal itself is larger than Great Britain
and Ireland, and the population does
not exceed now 2S9, 900 white burghers,
the foreign-born population not count
ed. The country is divided in field
cornetships that is, military districts
under the command of a field cornet
These stand in the closest oommunica-
tion with every single farm in the
country. In times gone by a messenger
from a farm would inform the field
cornet Of an attack by natives, and
even then the mobilization system was
so perfect that with the greatest Of
dispatch the population OF the whole
district was alarmed and came to the
rescue. AS TO the constitution OF the
/ Boer army, every male from 16 10 60
years Of age is liable 70 military SER
vice. In the Transvaal the male popu-
lation liable to military service is ac-
cording 20 the latest census in the
neighborhood Of 10000 men. The dis
proportion to the number Of the whole
population is explained by the numer-
| ical superiority Of women, great num-
Der Of children in individual families
| S 10 IA years., the ripe old age to
which the Beers attain. SC. From the
age of the BOer child is accustomed to
feel at home on horseback. At a very
early age the boy is taught TO handle
the rife. The constant Kaffir fights,
encounters with the Zulus, Bechuanas
and Basutos have made the Boer pro-
flcient in the arts OF war. A great deal
Of his time the Boer spends on horse
back or in the ox-wagon, treltking from
one part Of the country to the other.
His nomadic habits oblige him to get
his dinner with his rife. This is one
Of the reasons for his excellent marks
| luanSulp. Inc hlbh price oA DuilelS mas
taught him not to miss shot. When
a Boer has three bullets he can reckon
on three meals. The story is told Of a
Boer who went with an English officer
shooting springboks.
The Briton had a bagful of cart
ridges, the Boer only his rifle. "Where
are your cartridges7' asked the Cap
tain. "In my rife; two springboks is
all can carry" But suppose you
miss?" Nobody misses" answered
the Boer." Therein is an explanation
Of their remarkable shooting.
With the introduction Of the tele-
graph. and particularly since a war
with England became inevitable, the
mobilization Of those burghers was put
Evening journal., 1900-03-05
The WEST
1t Has Been Discovered a Great Many
Times.

Times.
One is hardly prepared for the
brightness OF n. Hough's essay In tile
February Century by the ponderous
title, "Ihe West. and Certain Literary
Discoveries: or How Fiction May Be
Stranger than Truth" In this paper,
the author Of "rhe Story Of the Cow
boy says: 1--WE observe the state
ment that Columbus discovered Amer
lea TO be misleading. The South was
never discovered until after the war.
The East has never been discovered
at all. The West has been discovered
by great many persons-by what a
train Of Left Ericsons. nay, Of Marco
Polosl Yet You shall not change this
thing There are many who would
rather read Marco Polo than Macau-
lay"
Let us suppose that one OF our liter
ary discoyerers Of the West holds dis
passionate conversation with one Of
the natives whom he has. as It were
detected In the act Of living In the
casion TO remark:
"Of course the West owes to the
East its best principles OF living. tie
lMNAMA AMNAfAAAfA III llA' NiU 4 NAAiNlNt
mot In the least" replies the other.
''The West was settled from the South
as much as or more than from the
North. so far as an American popula-
tion is concerned. Its people were de-
scendants OF the Cavaliers as well as
Of the Roundheads"
"You do not catch my thought IN Its
entirety. / mean TO say that / find in
the Western type a certain crudeness,
q sort of-in fact, a sort Of je ne sails
Quoir'
1T is true. Upon the souls Of those
men you see the hallmark Of the
land"
"Yet the East sent n great many
men TO the West Your yaunted West
is built OF Eastern blood, at least IN
part"
"Tue. We kept the best OF youi
young men. and sent the others bach
10 you. Yet those whom we kept hav,
J not changed the West The West ha.
change them"
"But the barrenncss OF your life IL
gentler ways-I mean TO say that y
your culture. your art
"Where has ever been seen art NOR
gentle yet more virile. more unsup
/ ported ana unaSkingF
True, we should perhaps grant yo'
time"
"Grant MS no time. We have stolen
generation OF time"
"Then. after all. your boasted Wcs
Is changing. il Is going We irium
phantly-"have discovered that"
ayes. The West has known an
wept over these changes for q score O
years.
"And your cowboy Is gone"
Gle Is at Washington"
"And your plainsman is no moro.
"He Is raising section Of wheat.
"And your prospector-"
''ls IN the Klondike, founding a fan
fly tree"
"And all your Wild men are comln
20 be shorn."
"Frlend, where have you slept thei
yearsT
Perhaps. then. n new day Is, aft
, all. dawning In the West"
"Friend 1T Is already nOOn."
Evening journal., 1900-03-05

hair of some Filipino belle or lighted
some Filipino home. The beans first
come on the boards bitter and brack-
ish. With a rolling pin the Chinaman
grinds them into a fine powder. This
takes time. When 1t is done he opens
another basket and dips out the sugar
for the sweetening and the final mix
ture. The sugar is what would prob
ably grade coffee c" if it were in COM
mercial circles. Like the bean, it
grows on the island. Industriously the
Chinaman rubs, and gradually the cho-
colate forms on the bottom of the
board and drips off in sticky sweetness
into the basket beneath. The family
gathers about TO sample the product
and the Chinaman stops to smoke a
cigarette while judgment is being pass
ed Cups of the beverage are handed
around and all taste" II Il is not
sweet enough the manufacturer throws
more sugar on his board and drops in
another pinch OF vanilla and cinnamon
for the fiavoring. When IL is fright"
he goes to work and for several hours
rubs away at his task. The deposit be-
low the rolling pin is a brown sub
stance that Is soft and moist, while
above it is to all appearances a dry
gather about and IL there is an older
daughter perhaps she sits down on the
floor In front of the Chinaman and
watches the growing pile.
Such was the case in the house of a
Spaniard when / called recently. The
young lady sat there and idly watched
the manufacture Of the edible, and
when little brother came she took
his head in her lap and he lay there
with her watching the brown-sl1inned
Chinaman rub and rub the sugar into
the other ingredients. 1t was insisted
that I should sample the finished ar
tiole, and l found it very good.
The chocolate before it is chocolate
is cacao bean, and the cacao bean is a
speculative crop at best. First, It
takes four years to raise a crop. The
plants grow only ten feet in height.
They arc subject to insect attacks, and
when the fruit is nearly ripe and ready
to pick a windstorm may come along
and break 1t from the tree. AS long
ago as the seventeenth century the
work of raising cacao began in the
Philippines. Then priests brought the
bean here from Mexico. In Mexico the
tree grows twenty-five or thirty feet
tall and the crop 10 not always an un-
certain quantity. Here, however, only
those planters who can afford to lose
a crop oftener than they harvest raise
the cacao bean.
The fourth year the fruit comes, and
when ripe IL is filled with seeds that
are not unlike almonds in shape, grow
ing in pulp like the seeds OF a water
melon. These seed5 are separated from
the pulp by hand aad dried in the sun;
then the shell is taken OFT and the bean
is further dried. Then it is ground into
powder and the oil extracted.
Within the radius Of a few days