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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
TO MIDNIGHT

FROM A. NJ. TO MIDNIGHT
There is a through train every hour leaving Grand
centra! Station by the New York Central Two
cent mileage tickets are Rood.-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
MINISTER KILLED. LEGATIONS BURNED?
'1h2dAAYs REPREsENTATIVE AT PEKING
AEPoRTED A VICTIM OF THE MOE

,ncla ass Ifdyar5. Of No 27I Lexlngton-ave..
a. y Baroness Won KetteIer-his brother being
nssee e.-'saia last night that he had received no
-d---lsleF 70 China
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17

Continued on sixth page.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
Stone Walls.

Stone Walls.
In old times our grandfathers tried
to clear the fields of rock and boulders
by building them into walls, and in
some places near cities or large towns
the present generation has been par.
TALLY paid for this labor by carting of
those walls to be used in building cell
lars, foundations for buildings, cis-
tern walls, or, perhaps, in taking
some of them to the stone crusher to
be used in mending roads. But there
are those who find such walls III their
way, making the fields too small and
occupying land which they want for
cultivation, and who are too far from
active building operations to find any
market for the stone. We have seen
good use made OF them by cleaning
out some pond or swamp hole in a
dry season as deep as the muck
seemed to be rich enough to pay for
the labor, and filling nearly full of
stone wall and smaller stone, then
covering this with two or three feet of
earth, thus converting a nuisance, q
breeding place for frogs and mos
quitoes, into fertile and we'll drained
bit of garden land. A similar process
is the sinking of wells eight or ten
feet or deeper in low places and par
TALLY filling with stone. then covering 6
with earth as deep as the 'plow is like
lv TO run. Such we'll will drain a
| space some rods square, and the earth
taken out will help raise the sur
rounding soil Coal ashes and cinders
may be mixed with the stone to good
alYantarn
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
Wooden Bedsteads Return to Fav.

Wooden Bedsteads Return to Favor.
Wooden bedsteads are coming into
fashion again, not only in this coun-
try, but in England, wherce the idea
OF the metal bedsteads was imported.
Aside from the love of change which
has its effect IN causing many house
keepers 10 revert to the wooden bed.
the advance In the price of brass is
partially responsible for this revival.
Then many persons like to have sets
of furniture and can match things up
better with wooden bed than with
one of iron or brass
Most people who have welcomed the
simplicity and cleanliness of the metal
beds will be loath to give them up or
to believe that any one will. but the
fact remains that dealers are selling
i've or 9: times es many wooden beds
as they did last year.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

Total. . A. ,907 14.171 90 oSi
In November 1899 the first election
was held under the new constitutions!
amendment The total registration
was 3S 964 of which number. l,3oo
vere negroes. a reduction Of the ne
gro vote from the 1896 registration
which was the fullest known Of 12
709 This city election Shaved to tho
whole State the value OF the amend
ment. and opened the way for the re-
suit seen in the State election held
last month. The State election was
held on the 18th Of April. Registra
ton closed on the 18th OF March. as
the law requires 1t to close thirty days
before the election. The registration
IN the parish Git embraces only thu
Il wards in New Orleansi for tn
State election was 3s so4. Of whicn
number 1893 we're negroes
In the election only about 2l 600
votes were cast, and all were for tho
Democratic ticket except about $3.50
which were cast for the combination
opposition ticket The vote was small.
for two reasons l. It was apparent
that it would be & land slide for the
Democrats. and . II was almost Inn
possible 10 get To the polls. the entire
city being under water. and almost tlle
entire State az well The railroads
were under water and some Of them
have not been able 20 run trains until
two or three days ago never saw
anything before like that food y b
gan the night before the election AID
such q pour down was something new
for Us | left hone az s O'Clock. and
voted on ny way up. The voting pre-
e:nct is two squares from any resi-
dence. !, ~as 1880 o'clc~k that
morning before / could get 10 NJ Of
fee 30 great was the food. Men had -
go to the election in skitts and crafts.
and OF course. knowing that tie Tot-
ing was all one way many did lot care
to 70 10 the trouble TO vote
J asked NJ Greason as 70 the pro
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

But the Amendment in Louisiana Guarantees Every White Man the
Right to Vote
BY JOSEPHCS DANIELS.

NEW ORLEANS La Special-In adoption
constitutional amendment, similar pending
Carolina, resulted reducing negro from
1'4'o hese are of1cial figures taken this morning from the
books the Office Mr. Jere
voters for the parish Of Orleans.
This fully answers the question whether the amend
men adopted III North Carolina would eliminate the negro
from politics A 14177 TO 473 in the CITY
where the better educated and
than anywhere else IN the State
to be better educated this
nah III any other portion OF the nted States The public
SCHOOLS mere are IN h state OF efficiency and have been
to the colored youth for than
huoer OF negroes smaller here than Southern cities
beng the proportion of negro Here
the negroes get better than parish a
Ties mere called parlshes and
lgence than III the farming sections State in this
city, where the superior his sugar
cotton Plantations the swunk" from 4177 to
l493 the proportion Of shrinkage larger
the rural districts. will Of
later and give the official figures
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
Too swift For the Ju.cler.

The man who did Juggling act at
the Park Theatre and concluded his
performance by tossing a number OF
apples into the audience for people to
throw al him while be made an at
tempt To catch them on fork held be-
tween his teeth got all that was COM
ing to him the other afternoon. The
first apple tossed out fell into the
waiting hands OF g young man we'll
known IN this city for his athletic
prowess. It took less than q second
for him to send the apple Hy4ns
toward the jusgIer and the force IN q
we'll developed right arm was behind
It. The jugsIer saw It coming but
wasn't quick enough to get out OF the
way. The apple caught him plump
between the eyes and was shattered IN
10 thousand pieces before the actor
knew what struck him.
] Spy.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

One of the best posted men have
met in this State is Hon Jere N Glea-
son, State Registrar of voters for the
Parish of New Orleans. | interviewed
him to-day about the practical opera
tiOns Of the amendment and found that
it had been a perfect success L. doing
three things:
l. Eliminating the negro
2. Guaranteeing the right to vote 20
every white man, whether educated or
not
3. Purifying politics.
Mr.. Gleason said:
In 1896 a full registration was
brought out by reason of the hot fight
made by the Democrats against the
fusion of all the element opposed 10
the Democratic party, and by j bitter
factiOnal fight in this city for control
of the city offices, owing TO a very un-
satisfactory municipal administration
for the preceding four years. The
registration in the city in that year
| 1885, exceeded $4,000 of which mum
ber 14,177 were negroes. as this table
/ shows:
Registered voters. April 18th, 1896
! Parish Of Orleans.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

per with the marriage notice printed
IL II.
I was so angry at the accusation
that at first | told him the engagement
between rs was broken. Then he began
to plead for himself, expressing such
sorrow at his hasty words that gradu-
ally ! relented After all, had I
treated him rightly? tlast 7 agreed
to marry him at once. It was becom-
ing the fashion to plan half elope-
ment and save the expense:and pub
hcity Of regular wedding at home.
/ consented to marry him the next
day.
After Robert departed I looked for
the newspaper containing the notice,
but could not find it. He had had
several in his hand, but the special
copy he had taken with him. [ do not
know what prompted me to write a
note OF congratulation to Gus and dis
patch il by my brother Ned, lad Of
twelve | mentioned having seen the
notice in the paper, and said [ was
sorry he had not contided in me.
1t was after 10 o'clock, and retired
to my room Half an hour later I
heard Ned coming up stairs. He
stopped at my door.
did you see Gus?" l asked from
within.
eyes. He's down stairs. He came
| back with me-
''What does he WANT
He wants to sec you, guess.
"What for.
Gle didn'tsay Probably wants to
| borrow your Overshoes. Better so
down aud ask him
I went down He didn't want to
| borrow anything On the contrary he
wanted me to give him some thing to
keep-my hand, my heart. He said
the notice Of his being married was a
confounded fraud that Robert must
have had it inserted IL d few copies OF
the paper by special agreement-ii
could be done if one was willing to pay
for 1t. He was Ill quite al excited
frame Of mind, anu ] hardly knew my
usual placid Gus.
"Of course, when you were engaged
to Robert, it was not for me to make
any attempt to win you. I though
you knew your own mind, and hac
decided that | was not the sort Of fel
low you cared to marry. But this
trick gives nle right to speak. An
| too late?'
~ ~ Naturally I told him he was. Tha
if he had cared for me IN that way ht
ought to have come forward long be
fore Now that my word was plig ghtet
to Robert, aud | could not think o
breaking it, though he had acted in {
most despicable manner, in manne
, to make me ashamed to think he wa
, my plighted lover-and SO on.
TO which Gus replied:
| "All right, little girl. If you thin
SO, i had better go and give him tn
, worst licking lie ever had in his life
even though they do send me to jai
| for it. But you wont care.
+ 81 shall care.
'Then we'd better get married a
t once, early tomorrow morning. HOY
t early can you be ready
! ought to have resisted longer, bu
} ! didn't. | consented TO be ready O
any hour that he should name-and
Y Was-and We We're married.
And that IS all there is to the story
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
papcr Hand kerChiets Now.

\ curious and in some respects o
suggestive illustration of what may be
termed manufacturing ideas is af-
forded by the recent introduction in
to the English market of the paper
handkerchief Of Japan. The Irish
Textile Journal which devotes a lead
inc article to this weightv subject, in
stances the fact that, so long ago as 1862,
some Chinese visitors, to the west, af-
ter they had discarded. their handker-
chiefs. experienced the satisfaction of
seeing the occidental "barbarians
rush forward to pick them up and
carry them away az curlos: but We
have got long way beyond that kind
of thing now.
The enterprislng Japanese, among
whom. II IS perhaps unnecessary to
observe. The use OF paper handker
chiefs has obtained for centuries, are
now iavinc these articles down in the
English markets at sixty cents per box
of 100, or say, seven cents per dozen,
and when we learn that the laundry
price for washing handkerchlefs IS one
cent each. or twelve cents dozen, II
becomes pretty certain that the Japan
esa manufacturer Will II this partlcu-
lar become strong rival. not only tC
the British laundry woman, but to the
British manufacturer also. The Jap
anese hanikerchiefs are described as
being OF very fue quality of paper
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

from spreading, and make the break
ing of step inpossible-giving a
safe ladder and one that does not
break the thin-soled boot nearly in
two when stepped upon.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
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) ) AUNT PIIEBE'S STORY. s


AN willing to con-
fcss that ] woull
have married Gus
" aters at q word.
He was the sort of
young man a girl
ins nstinctively likes
and trusts. Perhaps
this is not the kind
Of feeling the story
books call love, but
| fancy it IS just as
good.
Glls W as < 0 o q
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
Discoveries in a Minin- Country

Julian Padllla, who owns and works
q turquoise mine IN Southern Santa Fe
County, this week discovered an old
Spanish mine adjoining his turquoise
mine. It had thlr,y-x7c feet OF work
ings and a number Of tools were
found IN the mine. e.-AlbuquerqUe
IN. u J Journal Democrat.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
.S2pCSooC0>,>'s's9t5 e0s't'<3J,<3t9<5
3 FARM TOPICS s
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A Light and Safe Ladder.

The ladder here illustrated is made
of boards, and the steps are three
inches in width as are the sidesl
They are held in place by screws.
Each one is also supported by a
three eeighths-inch iron rod that passes
through from side to side, with head
and a washer on one end and nut on
the other. These rods keep the ladder
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

=
tures, rather tall, and we'll built, and
when he chose to be..weIl dressed made
"A good appearance, and never looked
Ill, however old his clothes might be,
when about his ordinary work. He
dIl not depend upon his clothes to
command respect.
He had calm, confident air, and
could express himself conclsely when
lie needed to assert authority. That
IS what Il woman Iikes-to have man
able to deal with men and not be
turned asl le from his purpose or make
mistake. He was good talker with
& fine. coy humor, not putting himself
forward to be amusing, but easily
holding his oNn Like most strong
men; Gus was hard to provoke TO a
quarrel, though in his school days he
ha! his allowance Of fsticuff' encoun-
ters.
Yes, VII! admit | woula have mar
riel Gas bad he asked me, though ]
did not think he was III love with me
nor | with !lim | did not believe he
would fall deeply in love with anyone
Perhaps was too reserved. or feared
10 show decided preference unless it
vas shown first though other girls
sald threw myself II his head, aud
wa greatly chagriuci when he devoted
himself TO Hattie Tlnde ! had other
admirers. and if | was not as hand
some as Hattie, mere beauty is not
everything. There is no denying that
Hattie was the prettiest girl Of our set,
aul she was pretty without having to
care Tor hor complexion or wear be
coming clothes We girls all knew
she was tolarably selfish. and Won
dered that the young men did not tno
her out But beauty hides q great
many oclcctS Of character and If a Cir
only prct ends to be l,lnd and sympa
thetic She IS supposed to possess al
the angelic qualities
one day Robert Carpenter aske(
me To marry him. He proposed IL
laundering. roundabout way, sC
clumsilv that did not know at frs
what hg~meaut lie made me amos
as confHIcd as himself, and wnethe,
said vi OF no | 10 not now rtcoliect
bat lie 1cut away smiling, so ! con
clnlc hcI thought himself an accepted
lover. and had d RING which pu
away in box. undecided whether t,
woay il ~ Give it back.
don think expected that Gus
velld hear Of this and come forward
as Roberts rival. He did not, ct an,
rate When | met him he simpl,
said
.,Weu. little girl 50 Won are On
gagged IL CARPENTER. He lsa good fel
low. but you are Young. You shoul,
have waited little longer
An engagement does not mea,
marriaoa renlinl somewha
sharn1v
~ b9. ItLinL itou~bt Il tleon
many vonnr m.n STRAIGHT 70 ba III
caaed Int tbev onoat tn feel eont;d.n
tha+ ,ha qirI.s beart IS nye1 mo
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
Dainty Laundering.

Unless professional laundrcss be
employed, it is of the greatest i'm
portance that woman know how to
do up her own lingerie. Tucks are
very much worn now and require
special skill in ironing. Fine tucks
should be ironed first on the wrong
side. Then they should be turned
over on the right side, raised with a
knife and lroned again.
In washing gloves use gasoline, but
never at night time, as gasoline is
very explosive and should not be used
near light.
II one exercises considerable juig-
mcnt and patience nice dress may
tie washed without taking it apart.
IN allwool light cashmere or challis,
even though it be trimmed with silk
and lace, may be cleansel without in
Jury, but it must in a way wash itself.
squeezed out and rinsed in the nom
ing. \ pail large enough not to crowd
the garment should be used, and
/ plenty of water to cover the dress
we'll. The water should be cold, with
tablespoonful of pearline dissolved
before the dress is put i'll.
But the greatest ingenuity is re.
quired in the ironing to get at all the
out-of-theway places.
Delicately tinted mulls and nearly
all delicate goods should also be
washed by soaking. Aud all tinted
| fabrics should be dried in the shade.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
Storing Linen.

fotoliHH
Every true woman shoul d be good
housewife, and every good housewife
should take special pride in her
household linen.
II these days of machinery we are
exempt from the duty of the spinsters
Of old, who had to spin with their own
fair hands to produce the various
items wherewith they filled the old
oak dover chest, providing for that
day when they should leave their
fathers house to be installed in houses
of their own.
We have not to work SO hard now,
and if our household linen does como
III for share Of our needlework 1t Is
usually for the establishment thereof
in the way of embroidery, but, never
thelcss, we are as proud OF our store
of linen as our great grandmothers
were, and, though we ere not spin
sters in very deed and truth-and may
perhaps congratulate ourselves there
upon-there is one thing IN which we
are far behind the times of our fore
bears, and that is III the possession Of
good linen closets.
The present day establishment is
also terribly bare Of shelves and cup
boards, and the young housewife mas
often nothing better than chest for
the storing of the necessary linen.
This might be either an old carved
/. oak receptacle or a low box, which
| could be converted into an ottoman
| bv having a cretonne frlll hanging
! round the sides and padded cover to
! the lid. Such an addition to the fur
niture OF the upper hall IS by no
means to be desplsed, but a cupboard
i with plenty Of shelves is infinitely
more desirable
Kecipes.~ 60
/ Dnval Fried Potatoes-Slice five
medium sized raw potatoes. Put into
a granite saucepan a heaping table
spoonful of butter and one-half cup
water. When this is hot pour IN the
potatoes, season with a half teaspoon
! full of salt and saltspoenful of pep
per, cover and cook until tender ovel
a slow fire
White Cake-Whites Of four eggs
one cup of sngar. one-half cup o
sweet milk, one-half cup Of butter
one-half cup Of cornstarch, one ane
one-half cups Of dour, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, flavor to suit
taste: put all ingredients together ant
stir briskly until it is smooth bate
and bake IL q quick oven.
Sawdust Padding = One cul
chopped suet. one cup molasses
three and a half cups -four, one-hal
cup currants. one cup milk, one cuE
raisins, one half poontul soda, on
teaspoonful cinnamon, one half te2
spoonful cloves. Mix. pour II mould
allowing plenty of room for i {
swell aud steam three aud hal
hours.
Cream Prune Pies = Stew II
prunes until tender AID rub througI
a coander. To each cupful o. pr0ae
add one cupful q sweet cream, IN
beaten yolks OF two eggs. one cupiu
OF sugar, the heasea whites o. III
eggs and flavor with pineapple. BaA
with an undercrust Cover with
neringue made OF one beaten white c
egg and one tablespoonful OF sugs
and favor with pineapple.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24
Good Drinking Water.

Make the joints between platform
and curb very tight Then no worms
or insects will get in. Whatever sur
face water that may soak down will be
very well filtered before it enters the
we'll. Be very careful that your eel
lar drain does not pass out on the side
of the house where the we'll IS located,
for if it does, though good many
feet away, the time will come when
foul water from the cellar will find It's
way into your we'll and spoil it.
The most important item in secur-
ing the purity of your drinking water
IS IN selecting the place for and the
manner of building your privy. Do
not let the waste water from your
kitchen sink drain into your vault,
nor have drain from the vault pass
out through your lot, for all the
ground near it will be polluted by it.
About one year ago | moved out of
such house, and the doctor came to
see some of my family on an average
OF once 0 weak - ia opt1re year [
lived there. and four ffths of MS calls
were caused by the use Of water from
we'll dug into a soil full Of drainage
from a vault
When digging your we'll should you
! find the water IN bed Of sand and
find II difficult if not impossible to go
through it you may shut # all danger
of Your pump sucking up the sanl,
choking or spelling il by setting the
bottom of the pump IN a three or five
| gallon stone or earthen jar Drive
mails INTO two opposite sides Of the
pump Just far enough from the bot
tom 70 LEI the jar be suspended by
| wire fastened TO the nails and around
the jar. Do this before placing the
pump IN the we'll aud let both down
together. Make the platform tight
around the pump, 50 no dirty water
can run down the stock k-Tennesse
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-26
SUCCESSFUL TOUR
Of Archbishop Keane in Interest of
Catholic University.

Washington, May 26.-Archbishop
Keane of the Catholic university here,
who was commissioned by Pope Leo
XIII to visit the various sees of this
country and make personal appeals in
its behalf, has been quite successful up
to date in the matter of raising the re-
quired million dollars, with which to
ndow chairs at the institution and ia
cilitate its work. He has jus finished
a tour through the sees of St. Louis,
Kansas City, Chicago and Milwaukee.
from which about one-ifth of the sum
needed has been realized. At Chicago,
he says that a public spirited Catholic
board of trustees gave him $50, 900 con
d%itiDnally, which will enable the direc-
tors of the institution to found a num-
Der of new scholarships at the next SEES
sion. Archbishop Keane speaks hope
fully of the university. The archbishop
expects to continue his our through
other sections of the west and gradually
cover all the b~ishoprics which he has
not Already visited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-26
ASK FOR GUARDS.
Captains of Manila Steamers
Refuse to Sail Without Them.

Manila. May 26.-The government cor
raj at Manila has been quarantined.
There are four suspected cases of bu-
bonic plague among the teamsters who
are living in filthy dwellings which will
be burned
Since the murders on board the
steamer FL Cano by the native crew
coastwise captains have been fearful of
repetitions of the tragedy and have re-
quested the authorities to furnish sold
Ter guards for their steamers which has
been declined. Three commercial steam =
ers are now in the bay, their Spanish
captains refusing to sail until protect
ed and Others intend initiating them.
The authorities have returned to the
captains their revOlvers of which they
were recently deprived.
Col. Padilla, the rebel governor of
Nueva Ecija was captured during the
recent fighting at Nuev Ecija and is
now in jail here.