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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-30
POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT COURSE

The Popular Entertainment Course
opens tonight with Franz Wilczek, the
Great Austrian violinist Raleigh audi
cnces are exceedingly fond of the violin,
and the concert to be given by this noted
violinist and his superb company will be
a most delightful one. This season the
reserved seat sale is at Kings drug
Gtore
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WANTED-A SOBER AND RELIABLE
job printer State price and send refer
ences. Must understand job presses.
Address, Wilson, N. c., Wilson Times.
27-tf.
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A YOUNG MAN Desires POSITION
with hardware firm or to travel for a
machine company, 13 years expe-
rience given. Address &C." care News
and Observer. 2S-2t.
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WANTED-YOUNG WOMEN WHO WANT
to earn $21 a week besides gifts from
grateful patients, should learn to be
Trained Nurses. Valuable instructions
for 25c. American School of Technique
Scranton, Pa.
10-16-1m.
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COLORED LADY TO PREPARE FOR
travelling. Salary and expenses to be-
gin. References. Send self addressed
envelope for reply. President Mac
Brady, $50 Dearborn; Chicago.
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WHEN YOU BUY ROYSTER'S CANDY
you get full value, made at home by
people who have spent 20 years in de-
veloping the BEST.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-30

B. R. JOLLY, 12S FAYETTEVILLE ST,
is the authorized dealer in graphophones
and supplies. Call on him when in need
of talking machine.
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You have read OF the cures by Hood S
Sarsaparilla, and you should have per-
feet confidence in its merit. 1t will do
you good.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-30

AN ACCEPTABLE PRESENT IS A BOX
of ROYSTER'S candy. Take one to the
folks at home.
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CALL ON B. R. JOLLY, 1913 FAYETTE-
vile street, for watches, iewelry, sill
verware and novelties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-30

SALESMAN WANTED BY OLDEST FIRM
in the trade to sell to Physicians. Per-
manent position State experience full
Iy. P. o. Box 85S, Philadelphia.
26-4t Z 0 ID
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DINNER, TEA AND TOILET SETS,
Carving Sets and fine table cutlery. all
at rock bottom prices, at w. II. Hughes
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SPECIAL RATES TO WELDON FAIR.

Round trip rate from Raleigh 1885, in
Guiding admission to fair grounds, on
sale October 30-31, November IL. final
limit November 5th. Get tickets at city
ticket office.
C. H. GATTIS, c. T. A.,
Marlboro Hotel
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One Cent a Word.

NO ADVERTISEMENT TAKEN FOR
LESS THAN 25 CENTS AN INSERTION.
CASH MUST ACCOMPANY ORDER.
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON LONG CON-
TRACTS.
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Senator J. c. Pritchard will speak at
Metropolitan Hall tonight.
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PHARMACIST WANTED-REGISTE
single man of experience, with refer
ence. Box 429, Durham, N. C.
l3-tf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13
Law.on,s Last Day With His wife.

''I called on General and Mrs. Law.
ton," says our correspondent, 'tthe
last afternoon they were together.
She was sitting near his desk at the
division headquarters, while he was
looking over the typewriter's copy of
his orders for the expedition, which
he had written with pencil on q pad
in his full, round hand.
"I had brought him photograph
of himself which was taken lastspring.
Anything about the general interested
Mrs. Lawton at'once. She scrutinized
the likeness carefully from many
points of view, and concluded that it
was very good. Since it was taken,
however, the general had grown full
beard.
"'I shall beve to make another on
that accoupt, J. suggested.
''But, as sne looked first at the pic
ture and then at the general, she
seemed dubious about this.
".I don't know as am going to
let him keep the beard, she explained.
1T does very we'll for the present, for
he has 80 little chance to shave when
he is at the front. -.
Would you 60 with him to q post
hop in the states if he wore it? /
asked her, jokingly.
"'Oh, I would go with him any
wherer she replied earnestly" Col
lier's Weekly.
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is very curious, being compounded of
Mohammedanism mixed with some
elements of Christianity. It is lard
for any one to say precisely what the
Druses do believe, but their life is a
peculiarly simple and righteous ones
Justice is done at any cost, and high
sense of honor is we'll developed.
Like other Orientals, the Druses sit
cross legged on the ground and help
themselves at meals from large dishes
placed in the centre of the group.
They seem to be industrious and salts
fed, although the dreams of former
glories sometimes rouse them to
strange flights of patriotic fervor.
Lovers of Browning will be glad to
learn something about that strange
people utilized by hlm for one OF his
most dramatic poems.
The Germans assert, and have fig
ures to prove, that the efforts of their
railroad to Angora and the district
south oft, Koniwyah, have stimulated
the people to renewed effects for the
requirement of agricultural wealth.
DR.. Oppenheim's trip shows that there
is room for similar work all through
Syria, and he has great hopes of the
time when this country will be trav-
ersed by railways running from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Persian
Gulf.
There is no doubt that the district
east of the Jordon River is we'll
adapted to the raising of wheat, and
it is only because Of the lack of facil-
tiles for transportation that this dis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13
where the Stove Went.

A fashionable French physician
called lately on one of his patients,
Baroness de M, who was complain
ing of headache and general prostra
tion. ST will tell you what is the
matter with you, madam" he said
promptly; it is that American stove
you have over there. These coal.
burning stoves are reservoirs of poi
son, the deadliest things in the world. )"
.sBut that stove cost me S25l" pro-
tested the baroness. "Never mind
that; better lose any amount of money
than your life. I will tell you what
I'll do; I'll give you guinea for it,
and find some way of getting rid Of
the pernicious object" The lady con-
sented, and the doctor removed the
stove. A few days later the patient,
who thought of changing her resi-
dence, went out to inspect suite OF
rooms, land the first thing that met
her gaze was the stove. "Who lives
here?" she asked of the servant who
was showing her over the rooms.
'.Mme. A., madame" said the SER
want respeotfully-'.Dr. BIS mother
in-law"-Modern Society.
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sFRANgEsF AMONG THE 81
a 7. :.pE0PbEr0F The WDRh1 ARE
THE DRUSES Or SYRIA.
nonaconacanaanc

. -
- DR.. Max Oppenheim, q distinguished (
European scientist and scholar, re.
gently completed one of the most re-
markable journeys ever undertaken
in the East. He explored little known
and out of the way parts OF the Holy
Land. He penetrated to Damascus,
which is rarely visited, and made
careful observations of the life OF the
people now living in that ancient city.
During his journey DR.. Oppenheim
took multitude of photographs show
ing the daily lifo Of the people he US p
tied. These have now been deyel-
oped and printed in the New York
Herald and they have excited mn sh
interest among scientific men in Ger
many who have learned Of thesresuHs
of DR.. Oppenheim's journey. zai
DR.. Oppenheim made his way with
o. private caravan from the Mediter-
ranean to the Persian Gulf. The at
tention of the world is fixed upon this Il us
wide domain, for hero lies the land
which Germany, England and Russia tssall.
are competing with one another to pos
sess blythe building ofsrailways. To
gain any real information of the pso--.
pie inhabiting this country man man
must be not merely an observer, b1t lt
linguist rs we'll. He should under.
stand Turkish, Arabic, Syriac and
other Oriental tongues, and DR.. ops!
penheim was well fitted for his task,
after q residence in Egypt OF several
years. tif!8l, 4. y. !. d, II
Landing at Beyrout he gathered sEis
little caravan about him. and worked
his way up through the Lebanon
Mountains. he found mixed mul--.
titude inhabiting these mountains, SO
famous for their cedars in Bible times.
The Syrians, he found, were Chris
tians, but there were any number OF
sects, Roman Catholic, Maronites,
Jacobites, Greek Catholics and 9TH
ers. He attributes much of the suf-
fering of these people to their divis-
ions and lack of Intelligent leaders.
The Jesuits and those coming from
the American mission at Beyrout, says
DR.. Oppenheim, seemed to exert the
best and deepest influence upon the
people. They are not prosperous,
and as result some ten thousand Of
the men emigrate every year. ,,
Among the women, DR.. Oppenheim
says, he found many remarkable for.
their beauty. Some European infu-
ences, especially French and German,
are now being brought to bear for the
development of agricultural interests
and industrial arts, but with no great
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Consequently a wild commotion

Consequently wild commotion
rules along the wagon-train when it
approaches q stream which has to be
-forded. The soldiers, who rewalk-
ing behind the carts as guards, lay
aside their rifles, and begin to belabor
each animal and objurgate him in
three ianguages-English, Spanish
and Tagalog. The Chinese drivers
Jump off the carts and also pound the
poor carabao, yelling in Chinese.
AS the middle of the stream is
reached the excitement grows. The
carabao begins to stretch his neck,
and bend his knees, and grunt-sure
signs that he intends to lie down.
eli there!" yell the soldiers.
"Chop-chop! Pronto! Git out Of
that! Seega, blame you, seega,
pronto, hi therel"
Possibly all this may get the cara.
bao over the stream without his lying
down, but this is unusual good for
tune. To keep him in good trim, the
carabao must have a bath every f'
hon.7.
O.t,n the desire to bathe will come
upo4. him in the middle of the night,
and he will break his rope and start
out across country in search Of water.
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President Kruger.

For two minutes stood there look
ing at the man whom the historians
of the world may some day class as
among the few men whose names sig.
nifty decades OF history that have
changed the political trend of the
world. Although that may not be
true, he was the man whose name
was attracting more attention through
out the world at the time than that OF
any other individual. He was sitting
in big chair at the corner of the
table. I could only see his back and
profile; his massive shoulders were
stopped, and his head was bent for
ward on his breast. He was wearing
q pair of blue goggles with close
fitting screens to protect his eyes
from dust. His iron-gray hair was
combed directly back from his fore
head over his head to his collar. Once
seen his face could never be for
gotten. have never seen any other
like it in pictures or among living
men. The face is prototype of Dom
Paul Kruger's character. From what
I saw, and from what I heard from
men who have known him nearly all
his life, there is no counterpart of his
character in the world.-E. E. Esston,
in Harper's Magazine.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIME.
The. Victim Put Where Her Story Of
wa. Taken for Jnaane Talk

The Victim Put Where Her Story OF II
Was Taken for Insane Talk.
In the month OF December last an
elegantly dressed man presented him
self to the governor of the district in
which the City of Mexico is situated,
and solicited the admittance of his
aunt, lady whose name he. said was
Mrs Aurelia Granados de Jaimes, into
the insane asylum for women in Canoa
street. He said that she had lost her
mind snd that, ms there was no one at
home to look after her, he was afraid
that some accident might happen to
her. The governor issued the permit
and the lady was admitted into the
hospital.
The lady was not violently crazy,
but she complained to the doctors of,
a pain in her head and she was con-
stantly saying that man had driven
% nail into her head. The attendants
OF the asylum paid no attention to this
statement, as it was thought to be
part of her rawlings.
The lady gradually got worse and
on a recent Sunday she died.
B Dr.Alberto Lopez Hermosa, director
OF the asylum, and DR.. Francisco de
P. Echeverria, assistant director, be-
lieving that the lady's case had been
peculiar one, examined her Uranium
after death and made sort of prelim-
mary autopsy. To their establishment
they found in the region of the right
temple the head of steel wire nail,
which proved to be about eight cent?.
metres IN length. The flesh had
almost cicatrized over the nails head
and the latter was hardly visible.
The doctors Immediately informed
the governor and the judicial suthori-
ties. An investigation has beer started
of which the immediate object is to
find the man who first brought the lady
to tho governor. The lady apparently
was about 35 years of age.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13
An Impressive New Hampshire Valley.

An Impressive New Hampshire Valley.
The Notch is known sometimes as
the Crawford Notch, to distinguish it
from others in the vivinity. 1t is q
beautiful and impressive valley be-
tween Wiley Mountain and Mount
Webster, in the White Mountains OF
New Hampshire. It contains the
famous Wiley House, and presents a
splendid picture, viewed from the
surrounding mountains a4d hills.
Speaking of the view from tie top Of
Mount Willard, Bayard Taylor said:
GAS simple mountain pass, seen
from above, it cannot be surpassed in
Switzerland. Something like 1t I
have seen in the Taurus, otherwise I
can recall no view with which to com.
mare II
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THE DAY OF PEACE.
What Of the day, my brother?
What OF the day u peace?
When tho dripping sword turns the green

What Of the day, my brother?
What OF the day u peace2
When tho dripping sword turns the greer
sward
And the dull, dread noises cease
The clarion call OF bugles, 7e
The shrek of the angry she'll
What OF battle that shall Gerce the night
OF battle-is 1t well2
What of the dead, my brother?
What Of the dead and dumb?
Who shall pay at the Judgment day
When the Messenger shall come,
Come In the light and glory,
Come In the tirs and flame,
Whose the strain OF the blood and pain
My brother-whose the blame2
What OF the grief. my brother,
What OF the grief and woe?
What OF the tears shed Ger these biers
These stricken hearts brought low?
Low In the day OF terror,
Low in the night Of gloom,
Whose the weight OF this curse OF Hate?
Whose the pain Of Doom?
Whnt OF the blood, my brother?
What Of the blood that flows
In crimson stream whore the lances CLEAN
ooa tno ouSio uiOWS ouu ulOWo1
Whose the souls that shudder,
Shudder and start and cry.
When the battles cost by God engrossed
In blood on the brazen sky2
Hasten the day, my brother,
Hasten the day OF peace,
When men not slain for greed OF gain
And the dull, dread noises cease!
When she'll shall shrek no longer,
When Hatred stink away,
The breath Of God the blood-stained sod
Make clean-and Peace shall stay!
Bismarck Tribune.
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TROS. j ADAMS PROPRIETOR. @sl1z

put on his OVercoat ED lett the house
as soon as breakfast was over. What
this meant to Miss Ferguson she
would not acknowledge even to her
self. 1t was lonely day-the loneliest
that she ever passed. Mrs. Beck, to
be sure, never ceased to chatter, but
what woman's talk can fill the empti-
ness of woman's lonely heart?
When Miss Ferguson put on her arc
'cs to walk down to the village post
o.dce Mrs. Beck spoke of Robert
Scruggs, and she sat down to listen.
Directly Mrs. Beck's gossip diverted
itself to a neighbor who claimed to
have cousin who married niece of
General Grant, and Miss Ferguson
rose to go.
s'There goes Robert now," cried
Mrs. Beck, with Ida Gates. If that
girl don't talk him to death it won't
be her fault. She's tur'ble gab."
Miss Ferguson looked out. The
road ran near the house, and she saw
that Mr.. Scruggs looked perfectly
happy. He was leaning back in the
sleigh, and Miss Gates was driving,
chewing gum and talking all at once.
Miss Ferguson did not speak. She
went to the fire, removed her arctics.
selected book from the table and
read. She read determindely. She
told herself that she was going to
read, and what Miss Ferguson willed
to do she usually did.
When she had been reading about
half an hour Mr.. Scruggs came
hurriedly in. x
81 am sorry" he said to Mrs. Beck,
"but I have to return to the city. I
have just now received q dispatch.
Good-by, Mrs. Beck-and Miss F Fer-
guson, I don't know when shall see
see you again. Gnod-by."
'Good-by, Mr.. Scroggs, she said
naturally, extending her hand.
He took it, pressed it mechanically,
and in another moment he was gone.
Miss Ferguson, sat down by the fire.
She admitted to herself that she was
disappointed. Mr.. scruggs no longer
cared for her. He was happy with
Miss Gates, who chewed gum. But
then why should she care? She was
determined not to care. She made it
practice to take things philosophic.
ally, and there was little that ever dis
turbed her. She liked Mr.. Scruggs.
but he was nothing to her. She had
been foolish-stupid-and she would
try to forget it. Picking up her book
she resumed reading where she had
left off and spent the rest of the day
with the novel.
Notwithstanding, that, night her
pillow was wet with tears. They were
foolish, she said, but they would not
last. and she could put it from her
easier after a little feminine cry. After
that she was determined to have mo
regrets, and what Miss Ferguson
willed to do she nearly always did.
The next day she seemed as fresh ass
she had been for year. 4
Two days ter,she4receiyed letter
from the postoffice.4 4It read: -
Dear Miss Ferguson once
asked you to marry me. What / said
then now repeat with twofold yehe-
mence. Does the change in you ex-
tend to your heart or is your answer
the same?
.'RoBERr SoRuaGs.p
The answer she wrote read simply:
'.Dear Robert:-I have changed.
The answer is yes.
INDIA F.''
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Driving the Carabao.

The American soldier is equal to oil
sorts of transportation problems; but
the strangest one he hos yet had to
meet is presented by the ordinary
beast of draught in the Phil ippine
Islands. the water-bufalo. This ami
NAL is called the carabao in the
Philippines, and the name (pro-
nounced carribow) is retained by our
soldiers; but the Philippine carrabao
does not differ greatly from the COM
mon buffalo OF India, China and other
Oriental countries.
r. Fl. Little, a correspondent OF
the Chicago Tribune, says that the
carabao is slower than o camel and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13

success as yet. Along the slopes Of
the Lebanon Mountains many OF the
wealthy merchants from Beyrout have
their summer residences. A hotel
built on European models was opened
here in 1897.
Thence the caravan went to ,Damas-
Gus, the oldest city in the world, and
which has been inhabited for thirty.
FIVE hundred years. It is mentioned
in the Tell Amarna letters found in
Egypt, dating from 1900 B. c., and
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Not Untutored.

"Gee whizz!" exclaimed the centre.
pole, "that fellow walks on you just
as easy Us easy can be. Just seems
to come natural to him." -
"Huh!'' replied the tight-rope, "it
doesn't come any moro natural to him
than it does to me. We both have to
be taut."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13
Private Cable for the Queen.

The Queen, when at Osborne, has
her own private submarine cable, which
is laid from the Isle of Wight TO
Eurst Castle on the mainland. where
Charles I was kept for few days he
fore his trial and execution. Her
Majesty uses this cable to communicate
with her ministers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13
Pneumatic Coffee Pot.

A new appliance for coffee pots and
other liquid dispensers has false
bottom, with q valve connecting to
the main reservoir, which closes au-
tomatically when pressure is applied
to an air bulb, connected with the
bottom, forcing the liquid through
the spout,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13

more obstinate than a mule, and has o
hide 'like the armor OF battleship."
He ''has but one hope, but one am-
bition in life, and that is to lie down
in puddle OF water with just his
nose and horns sticking out" In
doing this he will, if he can, also give
bath to all the supplies loaded on
the bull-cart which he is drawing.
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They exhibit a luxury and comfort little
- 1,pJo os ovioI :
"DIToH Of THE DEAD

They exhibit a luxury and comfort little
dreamed OF in Western lands as exist.
ing in Damascus to-day. All sorts of
persons, says DR.. Oppenheim, are to
be encountered on the streets of this
ancient town, from the Christian wom-
en- in their white garments to the Mo-
hammedan inhabitants of the harem
wrapped up to the eyes.
From Damascus DR.. Oppenheim set
out with his caravan. consisting of
ten persons besides his three camel
drivers, two hostlers, two Syrian SER
wants aud m Armenian cook, Bed
ouin and o pupil of the medical
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13
Mixed Metaphor.

Y "A lecturer before large audience
'atan impressive moment exclaimed:
alili along the untrodden paths of the
future we can see the footprints Of an
unseen hand. "-Tit-B Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13

school at Beyrout. he made his way
Through the wastes of the desert,
studying as he went tbs Druses, whom
he had found IN the hebanon district
and scattered east of the Jordan
River.
These, he thinks, form probably the
strangest nation in the world. The
women are beautiful, the men ore
brave and intelligent. Their religion
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INNER COURT OF DAMASCUS DWELLING.

has been Inhabited ever since, and no
one knows for how long before that
time. Here arc ruins thousands Of
years old. IN
But the houses and life to-day
in Damascus are most interesting and
neYel to the traveller from the West.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13

Dogs in Hamburg, Germany, are
taxed according to slze-tbc bigger
the dog, the higher the tax.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-13

trict has not already contributed a
largo proportion of this cereal to the
markets Of the Orient.