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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05
IS JAMES JONES MARRIED7
A Man in Cambridge Writes That He is In
terested in That Affair.

The following letter was yesterday re-
ceived at the mayors office:
81 Clark ST., Cambridge, Mass,
April 2, 1900.
Gentlemen and Sirs Please your honor
may 1 ask you if James Jones is married
legally in the city of Raleigh. If he is,
please reply, as / am interested in that
affair. If he is not married or married
please answer, and oblige,
NELSON WILLIAMS, Esq,
Citizen of Cambridge, Mass.
The letter was enclosed in an envelope
addressed:
Gentlemen and Sirs,
Raleigh, N. c..
City Hall.
Now there are in Raleigh somewhere
near dozen James Joneses-some white
and some colored, some married and some
single. Therefore, unless Nelson Willis
Esq, of Cambridge, can give some fur
tn / Iart:c'la1s about his man the infor-
nat!on e desires cannot be furnished
him
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05

After passing its natural limits an
bition is boundless.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05
The - Days" Cure.
(FOR MEM

(FOR MEM
Leads all remedies in this state. Drug
gists refund the money IL IL fails 10 cure
Guaranteed on the package. Price one
Dollar. Also by mail on receipt OF price.
THE THREE DAYS" CURE CO.,
Washington, D. g.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05

use of "Golden Medical Discovery"
prove the soundness of DR.. Pierce's the
DRY that in these days of haste and hurry
the stomach is the common breeding
place of disease. These cures also prove
the soundness of DR.. Pierce's reasoning
that diseases which originate in the
stomach must be cured through the
stomach" The Discovery is a medi-
cine for the stomach and other organs of
digestion and nutrition. When the
stomach is healthy the blood made in
the stomach is healthy, and sufficient in
quantity to nourish the nerves and
strengthen the system to resist or throw
off disease. Nature develops life, sus-
tains life and preserves life by nourish-
ment Vital failure comes when the
body is starved either from lack of food
or the inability of the digestive and nu-
tritive organs to extract the nourishment
from the food taken into the stomach.
Golden Medical Discovery" takes the
obstacles from Natures way so that Sue
can sustain life by her own methods.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the
action of Golden Medical Discovery"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05
If a medal were

If a medal were
awarded for the
most perfect tenn
perance medicine
prepared for FAM
lily use it would
undoubtedly be
given to Doctor
Plerce's Golden
Medical Discov-
cry. This nedi-
cine w h i c h i S
entirely non-alco-
holic and nom
II narcotic, pro-
d u S actu a l
strength, instead
of the simulated
strength which re-
suits from the use
of =" whiskey med
icines," or nerve
numbing narco-
tics.
The many and
remarkable cures
resulting from the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05

position as book-keeper or general Of
flee man. Three years experience. Can
furnish good reference Address, r.,
, p. o. Box 10, Wrendale, N. c. SIT
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-05

These delegates were selected by tn
primaries last Saturday.
The Republican., 1900-08-30
"our rice was not cooked DONE"

The large place the rice question oc-
cupies in Chinese thought is shown by
the fact that the most common saluta-
ton is the question: "Have you eaten
your rice?" The form of expression is
modified as the day passes, each man
inquiring of his neighbor with the reg
ularity, if not with the tender solicitude
of the faithful physician to his patient,
whether or not he has eaten his break
fast, his dinner or his supper, as the
case may be.
But we are not making much prog
ress with our cooking. 1t goes without
saying that this dirty rice must be
well washed, and that more than once.
The milky-looking water that we pour
off must not be thrown out. 1t makes
feed for the goats and pigs. We can
not only sell it for good price, but the
buyer will come and carry it away.
The range is a model for economy
of fuel. 1t is built of brick and mud.
1t burns wood, dry grass or brush.
Our kettle is round and shallow, fit
ting low, close to the fire. 1t is cast
in a clay mold, and is made of raw
iron.
If we can afford to ea+ all we want,
we will steam the rice: but if we have
to practice rigid economy we will
boil it soft, with plenty of water.
The rice being done, the cook dips
it up into large say. There is little
ceremony in the ordinary villagers
meals. Each member CT the family
takes his bowl and helps himself.
Another jar with salt or fresh vege-
tables, and perhaps a little fish or
pork, is on the table. He puts few
pieces on his bowl of rice, or takes
another bowl for them. A pair of
chopsticks as long as a penholder,
made of bamboo, completes his outfit.
The table only serves as a place at
which to replenish mis- bowl. He eats
as it suits his convenience, in groups
or alone, in the sun or in the shade.
But always and everywhere he sucks
in the soft semi-liquid rice with that
unpleasant sound that our mothers
ing of soup. Unfortunately, Confu-
cius failed to call attention to the
manifest impoliteness of this manner
of eating, and l fear the habit is now
too thoroughly established ever to be
eradicated, except among the few who
are favored with western education
and culture.
Of course, the wealthy and educated
classes generally have their meals
served at a table around which only
the male members of the family and
guests gather; but three-fourths of
the people eat their ordinary meals in
the manner above described.
The NUMBER of times the bowl is re.
plenished depends upon the size and
The Republican., 1900-08-30
A CHINESE RANGE.

occupation of the eater, and the
amount of rice in the jar. Our school
boys average one and one-third
pounds a day. But boatman's al.
lowance is three times that. A good
average is about two pounds day.
Counting that there are 4O0,OOO,OOo
of Chinese, of whom, say, one-fourth
eat litr-e or no rice, and one-fourth
have all they want to eat, and the
remaining two-fourths eat half of the
average of two pounds daily, or one
pound a day, we would have a daily
consumption of rice by the Chinese
nation of 4OO,0OO,OOO pounds, or six
and two-thirds million ,ushels. This
amounts to an annual consumption OF
100000 bushels. If this is too
liberal count, throw off the millions,
and we have still 1000, 0,OOO, 600 bushels,
which is probably conservative fig
ure.
The worlds wheat crop of a dozen
years ago, as estimated in the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica of 1889, was about
1000, 100000 bushels.
China, before very long, will become
an integral part of this planet, and
then this enormous production and
consumption of rice will be a large
figure in the statistics of the worlds
food supply.
WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
The Republican., 1900-08-30
wINNowING RICE ON THE STREET.

chinery will do the work more effec-
lively and more cheaply. In Japan
much the same methods prevailed un-
til recent years. OF course, it will be
a long time before these methods will
be obsolete in domestic use. The
farmer who raises his own rice will con-
tinue to clean it in his own house in
this way, perhaps for generations to
come. But the people in the large
towns and cities, who have to buy, will
in time learn that it is not econom-
ical nor necessary for them to buy
three or four pounds of clay with every
hundredweight of rice.
Now that we have our rice we must
get it ready for eating. The typical
celestial appreciates the Importance of
this more keenly than anything else.
Every Chinese of both sexes knows how
to do it. 1t takes at least one hour.
You miss you servant or workman at
about II o'clock. He returns in leis-
urely manner at about one D. m. or
later.
"Why did you leave your work so
early?"
81 went to cook my rice"
The chair coolies put in an appear
ance at about $3.50 a. m. instead of
seven, as was agreed the night before.
why are you An hour and . half
lAtA3- - -
The Republican., 1900-08-30
rice by procl

poor success. Like the prudent house
vile who knows her lord will be tract
able when he is well fed, so the Chinese
mandarin, though he fears not God
nor regards man, exerts himself to
keep the populace submissive by feed
ing it as best he can.
Owing to their crude methods of
preparation and their customs of adul-
teration, rice after it is cleaned can
only be kept month or six weeks with
out spelling So only the rough rice
or'"paddy'' is stored in bins, and it is
cleaned as needed.
The outside husk is removed by a
simple but effective hand mill made of
bamboo woven work and hard mud. 1t
is turned by hand; and one man can
clean about 800 pounds day.
The hand winnowing mill, very much
like the one our grandfathers used to
have. cleans out the chaff. Even this is
not wasted. Perhaps its most philan-
thropic service is as mosquito smoker
A few ounces of it burned in a room
will clear it of these pestiferous insects
III d IeW minutes. Let New Jersey and
Texas friends take notice!
The inner hard coat of the rice is
then removed by pounding with stone
hammer in a stone mortar. The ham
mer is large and heavy, and is generally
worked by foot power by two men.
White clay is used as a powder to
brighten it. In true oriental fashion
the rice is sold with four per cent. of
it this clay. and another two per cent.
water, which is put in to add weight
and make it clean easier. The ordinary
Chinese rice would not sell in the
American market at ALL unless it was
run through a proper machine and
cleaned again.
This custom of adulteration varies
in different localities. 1t is said to be
worse in Hinghua than in most places;
but it is more or less prevalent every
where, as the clay and water are neces-
sary for their crude methods of clean
ing. These methods will pass away
with the opening of the country.
When the price of labor increases, ma
The Republican., 1900-08-30
CHIEF GERONIMO.

peated raids into Mexico and against
the white settlers in the far south
west. His name was feared in all the
states and territories south of Colora-
do. In 1882 Gen. Nelson A. Miles and
the late Maj. Gen. Lawton set out to
run the willy old chief to the ground.
For nearly four years he led them a
merry dance over the mountains and
deserts of New Mexico and Arizona.
Finally they cornered him and the
remnant of his band in a deep ravine
in the mountains, and after starving
the Indians almost to death succeeded
in getting them to surrender. The
prisoners were at first sent to the
government military post at Mount
Vernon, Ala, but so many of them
died there of consumption that the
survivors were sent ten years ago to
Fort Sill.
The Republican., 1900-08-30
ADRIFT ON A RAFT.
Thrilling Experience of a Boy in
the Gulf of Mexico.
Seven Days He Had Spent on His Little
Floating FIOOr-ImpressiOns OF
q Pilot Who Would Not
Change His Course.

There is sometimes providence
that directs mans actions and the ex-
perience of an old pilot with head
quarters at New Orleans seems to bear
out the assertion. His story cannot
be better told than in his own words:
"Men in our line of business have
plenty of queer experiences" he said,
"but L think the strangest that ever
fell to my lot happened in 1898, right
after the great hurrican that swept
down the south coast and drowned so
many poor fisher folks on the little
islands. The storm blew itself away
on Sunday" the pilot went on, "and
next Sunday morning. having nothing
in particular to do, | decided to take
our steamer, which was a handy little
12-knot. craft, and go for two-hours'
run into the gulf from South Point
to see what 1 could see The water
was still full of driftwood and wreck
age from the fishermen's cabins, but
we noticed nothing in particular until
we had been out about an hour. Then
one of the men on the boat sighted a
big red canbuoy over to the sou'west.
1t was government mark that had
broken away from it's moorings and
he suggested that we go and see
where it belonged. Ordinarily 1 would
have said all right, but something,
don't know what or why-made me
refuse. No. said 1, I'VE won't change
our course. Keep her head straight
out for an hour longer and maybe
we'll see something better than runa-
way red cans l had no idea that
my words would come true, but in
about half an hour we came in sight
of a little raft dead ahead of US, and
as we got nearer we made out what
seemed to be child on top of it. We
ran to within couple of hundred feet
before we stopped, and tnen we saw
that the raft was evidently the floor
The Republican., 1900-08-30

king has placed guard around Nine.
Maschin's house, fearing that an at
tempt might be made to abduct her.
1t is evident that Alexander, after
years of effort and always meeting
with rebuff, has at last given up hope
of securing a bride from one of the
royal houses of Europe. If general re-
ports may be accepted, the young king
is, morally, very much like his father,
Milan. He is low and depraved in his
taste and disposition, and has been in
vcived in many entanglements, with
the result that his wooing even among
the minor royalties has always been
unsuccessful.
The kingship of the royal house of
Obrenovitch is of the vintage of 1882,
and the royal houses of Europe do not
seem to consider it quite ripe for use
vet. The founder of the line was old
Miloch, a swineherder, who became
prominent in the struggle of the Serv-
ians against the Turks and treacher-
Gus murdered his rival, Kara George.
In 1870 Miloch's father married the
WIDOW OF a man named Obren, and
when, in 1880, the swineherder was
elected prince he took the name of OBJ
renovitch. 1t is doubtful if either he
or his father had any family name.
When, after stormy reign, old Miloch
died in 1860, he was succeeded by his
son, Michael. Michael was assassinat-
ed in 1868, and was succeeded by a
grandson of old Miloch's brother, Yeph-
ren. This grandson is the royal black
leg, Milan, who has disgraced the
memory of the swineherds. his grand
father and great-uncle. Milan abdi-
Gated in 1889, and his son, Alexander,
after a regency of several years, in
January, 1894, when only II years old,
seized the government by coup d'etat
and assumed full control.
The Republican., 1900-08-30
GERONIMO is INSANE.
According to Recent Report Famous
Chief of Apaches Has Become
RavinH Maniac.

The famous old Apache chief Gero-
nimo, who has been a federal prisoner
at Fort Sill for the last ten years, has
become raving maniac. Even his
cunning has deserted him. He now
requires constant attention to keep
him out of mischief.
1t cost the United States much more
than a million dollars and the lives of
several hundred soldiers to put Gero-
nimo behind the bars. For almost
half century he led his braves on re.
The Republican., 1900-08-30
The Automobile in Germany.

The automobile industry though
still in its infancy in Germany, is be-
ing rapidly developed, and, in the opin-
ion Of the United States consul at
Leipsig, is destined to become an i'm
portant factor in the manufacturing
industries of the country. The large
amount of capital and energy which
is being expended upon this branch of
industry indicates that the German
business men have great confidence in
the future Of automohilism.
The Republican., 1900-08-30

of some fshermanAs cabin. The child
was a boy of IA or thereabouts and
he was sitting down with his head
hanging forward on his breast and his
arms stretched out, clutching the
planks. He looked for all the world
as if he was dead but he was only
asleep, and when 1 rang the bell he
Strengthened up all of sudden and
glared at the ship like person in a
dream. All he had on was little shirt
and while we lowered a small boat
and pulled over to him he sat just so,
staring and saying not a word. He
had strength enough to climb in, but
when he reached the ship he tainted.
''The poor boy had been on the float
ing floor for seven days and ~ hours,''
continued the'pilot. He was the son of
a Gascon oysterman, who lived on
Grand Isle, and the hurricane had
caught him alone in the cabin. 1t tore
the ramshackle hut to pieces in an in
stant, and he found himself adrift on
the floor, which had miraculously hung
together. How he had lived through
the stormis one of those mysteries that
can never be explained, but he was car
ried far off the coast, and next morning
was out of sight of land in the open
gulf. Then followed a solid week,
spent on that handful of naked boards
without food, water or shelter of any
kind. l have been a seafaring man all
my life, and have known of many Won
derful escapes from death on the deeu
waters, but never of anything to COM
pare with this. The boy had to lie
down on the raft to keep from falling
off, and when he grew weak the crafish
bit him from head to foot until he was
a mass of wounds. He had been a very
strong, sturdy lad. and before the
storm had weighed 16O pounds. When
we rescued him he weighed less than
100.
"Of course, most of what 1 have
related we learned several davs after
ward, when he was strong enough to
talk. AS soon as we got him aboard
we headed for South Point. 1s miles
away, for, as bad luck would have il.
there was not a particle of food or
liquor on the ship. Fortunately. how
ever, we hailed the fruiter Break
water and got little brandy and can
of condensed milk, and it was marvel
Gus how few sPoonfuls of nourish-
ment revived the lad. At quarantine 4
turned him over to the doctor, and In a
week he was practically well. Then an
uncle came after him and have never
heard from him since. 1 have Often
wondered" said the old pilot, in conclu-
sion, where the strange impulse car
from that made me insist upon hold
our course that Sunday morning IA
had turned aside, as the men on bo&
desired, the castaway would undouhks.
edly have been lost. 1t was not within
the limit of possibility that he would
have lasted another day"
Chtv AG-a--
The Republican., 1900-08-30
A ROYAL ROMANCE.
King Alexander of Servin Is Forced
to Put Guards About His De-
trOthed's House.

The announcement is made by King
Alexander of Servia of his betrothal to
Nine. Maschin, formerly lady in wait
ing to Queen Natalie, caused a sensa-
tion throughout Servia and a commo-
tion in Vienna. She is of obscure birth
and - years older than King Alex
ander. The Servian ministry upon
learning of the betrothal promptly re-
signed. The match is regarded in Bel
grade as preposterous and menace to
the state. Feeling is so strong that the
The Republican., 1900-08-30
THEY ALL EAT RICE.
Everything in China Depends on
the Price of This Cereal.
Crude Methods of PreparatiOn-HOw
the Grain Is Adulterated by
Dishonest DeaIers-AnnuaI
Consumption.
Especial Hinghua (china) letter.

MNNF THE cereals in China rice is
" far in the lead in Importance
~ over all but the northern prov
inces. The price of labor and of nearly
everything else depends largely upon
the price of this great staple. When
the crop is short there is famine, when
there is a famine there is often a re-
bellion more or less formidable. So
important is this that even the corrupt
government understands the necessity
of having government warehouses in
which to store grain in order to pre-
vent the rich dealers from running up
the price in times of scarcity. Several
times recently the Hinghua prefect
has attempted to regulate the price of
rice by proclamation, though with
The Republican., 1900-08-30

what we want to do" said one OF
the benighted nations wise old men,
"is to get civilized"
Il know" answered the chief; but
how shall we go about it?''
well, l suppose the first step rs to
quit killing people by hand and learn
10 use machinery" y."-Washington Star.
The Republican., 1900-08-30

Mrs. Richmond-They say brain work
is more fatiguirg than any other kind
of work.
Mrs. Bronxborough-I quite believe
it. Whenever my husband has to work
late at the Office he is sure to have a
headache next morning.-N. Y. Jour
nal
The Republican., 1900-08-30

Mrs. DimplS;on 1t is time to give
the baby his milk and the dear little
soul is asleep. l want him to wake
naturally.
Dimpleton-That's easy. I'll snors
a few times.-Puck.
The Republican., 1900-08-30
Where she Ii WIse.

"Why do you consider woman more
intelligent than man"
Because she has sense enough not
to show all that she disbekevsS."-CAi-
Oago Post. 80"
The Republican., 1900-08-30

(After the Poor Boy Had Been Floating
Around a Week)
The Republican., 1900-08-30

Largest City In Africa.
Cairo, Egypt, with a population
100000. is the largest city in Africa.
The Republican., 1900-08-30

But Joe Eedbolt was generally be-
lieyed to be the lucky man, and Dew
hurst had vented Lis unmanly spite
in thousand annoyances in ths
office.
However, in love, as in war. it is the
unexpected that often happers zoe
Redbolt proposed, and was refused
point blank.
Now most men, when they see a
dangerous rival put out of court. bury
their animosity and even become gen.
erous.
But this was not the case with Fred
Dewhurst. fetty annoyances devel-
oped rapidly into daily insults, until
the morning, as we have seen, he had
found an excuse to cut lis forme,
scnool fellow adrift.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-06
TAYLOR'S LAwLESSNESS.

Whatever sympathy and support
Governor Taylor may have had prior to,
or even at the time of the attempted
assassination, it is apparent now, that
his conduct since, has lost him even
that. There is not a Republican paper,
OF standing. east or west, north or
south, that would dare defend him
now. Even so bitter partisan journal
as the Chicago Times Herald" re-
pudiates him and his party in Kentucky
though but a few days ago it stood
in his defense. The Herald" editori-
ally, says:
A few days ago the feeling in the
country was not only that w. s. Taylor
was the rightful governor of Kentucky
but also that he was deserving of
continuous support and sympathy. To-
day the strength of his original title
does not shield him from attack in
every quarter. Repeated acts Of folly
committed within twenty-four hours
have degraded him to the level of
his adversaries and completely alien
ated the good will that has been ex-
pressed toward him by the champion of
honest elections.
Since the shooting of Goebel, Taylor
has acted like a man possessed. His
proclamation that a state of insurrec-
tion existed in Frankfort was false, and
as the single assault which was COM
mitted in that city was directed against
his principal opponent by some crazed
or reckless person his words might be
construed as an undeserved reflection
upon his own following. Probably the
truth is. however, that he was in a
panic Of fear at the thought of a
possible retaliation, which will explain
his adjournment Of the legislature to
the small town of London.
This place is down among the "feud"
counties, district notorious for law
lessness the country over. and 1t ap-
pears that Ii is very convenient to those
much advertised inountaineers Of
Republican proclivities who have in
creased the melodramatic aspects Of
the gubernatorial fight. The defense is.
of course, that Taylor proposes to re-
enforce his militia with reserve of
these picturesque dead shots and to
hold an armed court until the disturb
ance is over.
Meantime he has treated majority OF
the members OF the legislature with the
gl'eates indignity. With the aid OF che
military he has barred them from the
capitol, and he has set soldiersOupon