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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-11
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-11
Your obedient servant,

"This unprecedented loss. of the
Goth regiment can best be realized by
comparing it with the losses Of other
bodies of troops in other wars As
above stated, the loss of the Light
Brigade at Balaklava was 1878 per
cent; that of the opposing armies at
Waterloo was 81 per cent, and the
heaviest loss of an German regiment
in the Franco-Prussian war, in 1870,
was 49.4 per cent. In the Union army
there were $500 regiments, and there
were only As regiments which had 200
men killed or mortally wounded.
while every company in the Goth
regiment suffered so severely, yet
some of them suffered more than 9TH
ers, being almost annihilated, which
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Tit xor Tat.

It is characteristic that those who are severe on others that they cannot bear severity. Dean Swift, the sever est satirist of his day, was one day dining with company of gentlemen, one of whom he made the butt of his ridicule, with repeated sallies At last the dean poured upon piece of duck some gravy intended to be eaten with a roasted goose. The unfortunate gen. tleman, seeing this, immediately said; My good dean, you surprise me-you eat duck like goose" The company roared, and dean was so confused and mortified that he flew into a rage and left the table.
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When They Rise.

The kaiser rises at o'clock, swal' LOWS cup of coffee and then begins work. The Emperor Francis Joseph IS aoout at o'clock. and breakfasts on So1ee and buttered toast The king Of tealy, the king of Sweden, the king of ene Belgians, the king of Denmark, the sultan and the prince of Bulgaria rise .. M the same hour as ordinary mortals. ane record for indolence is held by ex. nIhg Milan. He retires to rest at peep - day, rises at midday and takes a 'olg time over his breakfast.
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MANY PLAQUES IN AFRICA.
Both Man and Beast Are Made Miser-
 able by Natures Pests.

From Ainslee's Magazine: South Af- rica exports hides. wool and mohair. and the ranchman would revel in riches were it not for the various pests that decimate his focks and herds The most deadly one is the rinderpest. cattle plague which in the last ten years has been slowly creeping from Central Africa southward, leaving a wake of whitened bones In travelling through Natal I saw fifty oxen lying dead about a spring, so suddenly had the disease attacked them It was all most impossible to get an untinged piece Of steak at a restaurant, though the proprietor resented any such charge, and plethoric German travel CT who called out in loud tone for roast finderpest" in the railroad cafe at De Aar Junction, Cape Colony, had to be picked up in fragments. Dr. Koch and other eminent specialists tried to stop thfs plague. The country is now recovering from it slowly. Another pest is the tsetse fly, an insect resembling our common house fly, but
 
 a horse, COW or any other domestic animal fn about ten days, but, strange to say, does not affect wild animal or human being. A less dangerous, but more troublesome, pest is the white ant, which is about one-quarter of an inch long and ubiquitous in many parts of the country. They live under the ground, and can only be routed by killing the queen, which sometimes reaches the size of one inch in length This insect is particularly harassing in Rhodesia. At Buluwayo my travelling companion inadvertently left his boots on the floor after turning in at night, and he arose next morning to find the uppers carefully separated from the soles. Lucky you didn'; leave your clothes on the floor" was the hotel keepers only consolation. These ants will eat through anything but metal, and for that reason much Of the build ing is done with corrugated iron. The anthill is one of the conspicuous land marks in travelling over South Africa.
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Mendicant Students.

Concerning the poorer students or Russia the Saturday Review says: Their mendacity is passive rather than gctive. Unlike the mendicant frIars, they never ask, but they know much will be given them. They know, too strange fact in a strange country~that the university is open to all, irrespec- tive of means or position. Thus the university becomes the poor Russian s golden opportunity, for here, as else, where, there are many posts, for which graduates alone are eligible. A stroll through the streets of Moscow during term time furnishes abundant evidence of the popularity of the university. The uncompromising military blue and green uniform which stamps the stu- dent, and which he can never, save under dire penalties, exchange for plain clothes. is to be met with at every turn. few rich students are caught sight of driving; the many are on foot
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BATHING IN ELECTRO LIGHT.
Painful Ailments Quickly Banished by
 the Heat Rays.

ft has been found that there are many painful ailments which, when acted upon by electric heat and light rays, are completely banished from the sufferers body, says Pearsons Maga- zine. Strong electric light is thrown onto the seat of suffering; the patient basks in bath of light and heat, ex- periencing nothing but pleasant sensa- tions. and, in most cases, an immediate and comforting sense of relief from pain. Men and women who for years have lost control of their limbs and who have unavailingly tried every known cure, have arisen after a course of electrie-heat baths and walked with perfect freedom. The apparatus which enables patients to bathe in electric light is extremely simple. To an ad- unstable stand are fitted two large cop per or niekel-plated refecters, which can be moved in any direction If a patient is lying in bed refeetors are placed on either side, adjusted to the exact position for locating the rays where desired. On the re1eeting sur- faces are the electric lamps which ra- diate the luminous heat rays. The heat may be regulated by varying the dis tanee of the ref1ectors, or the number of lamps, or by means of special regulator which controls the electric current Those parts of the body, such as the armpits or shoulders, which it would be impossible to treat locally with other arrangements, are easily dealt with by the new system. When the patient is in the right position and is comfortably settled Che may be fully clothed, or covered with blankets, without affecting the power of the rays), the current is turned on and heat and light of considerable intensity are immediately produced. In few moments the thermometer will register 300 degrees Fahrenheit. I have seen patients chatting cheerfully and ex- periencing no inconvenience, while an affected limb has been exposed to heat rays at temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit. It might be supposed that such heat as this would roast a limb. Undoubtedly there would be evil re- suits were it not for the important fact that dry heat is employed, which evaporates precipitation as soon as 1t appears on the body.
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The National Cololed Baptist $500 ation, Richmond, Va. Sept 12 to 20, 1900 The Gboctaw Route is the quickest and shortest cars. Through train from Little Rock to Richmond leaves D. m. Sept TO- 1s00 Tick cts are on sale Sept. 10, Il and P at one fare for the round trip, and limited for return passage Sept. 22.
 For rates aud other information call on nearest railroad agent, or wrile J. F. Holdtn, Traffic Manager, Little Rock, Ark.
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DECEIVED THE BRITISH FRS
How Woman Adventurer Was Able ts
 Play High Role in London.

How 8 Woman Adventurer Was Able ts
 Play a High Role in London.
 The history of Hon. Elizabeth liar riet Grieye, who flourished in England n 1773-74, illustrates a fayorite meth cd by which the old-time Britishers endeavored to secure snug places. This lady, who said that she was first cousin to Lord North. second cousin to the Duke of Grafton, nearly related to Lady Fftzroy and a personal friend of Lord Guilford and Charles James Fox, drove about Lon m in hand some chariot, with fo9tmen, Ter char tot stopped at the doors of great .jlouses; she received great people at rher own house, notably Charles James Fox: she also coEde5cended to receive smaller people The latter gave her large sums of money, in return fof which she promised them places. One was to be clerk in the victualing of- flee, one was to be a court waiter; one was to be clerk in the admiralty, one was to be a settled tidesman" an other was to have anything that hap
 
 sisted, unwitting1y, at spreading the belief in the lady's powers and pro- mises, because he frequently drove to her lodgings, and left his carriage out side for all the world to see. The req son was not friendship, but interest. He, too, received promises. He was at the moment impecunious. The lady promised him a West Indian heiress, with $300,000. He called daily to in- Quire after his heiress with all the eagerness of a young lover Alas! the heiress was never visible; she was even reported to be laid up with small pox. Her visits were so useful to the Hon. Elizabeth that she actually lent him $1,500. step which naturally made him believe more firmly in the West Indian. Of course, when the ex- pectant men found that there was nothing for them they went to court and saw the magistrate. It came out, on investigation, that the lady was not in any sense honorable: that she was not related to any great people; that her history was a mass of lies, and that she was nothing more than an ex-eonvict recently returned from Virginia. They kept her in prison for a tWelVemonth-the delay is not ex- plained-and then banished her for seven years.
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Thia Is Rat Year.

By strange coincidence this is mouse" or rat, year. according to he Oriental zodiac. and rats as a cause of the spread of the bubonio plague in Japan, are at the same time being killed by the hundreds. A good price has been ..set on their heads.' The plague Is raging. chiefly in Osaka. where it got a good start in the fae- tories; but Tokio, Yokohama and other places are adopting strict preeaution- ary measures.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-11
kEEPER FACED DEATH
in Huge Python's Coils, but waa
 Rescued.

An duB0 GOtlSS put HkH
 Rescued.
 Either of the INC big pythons Just brought here en tne steamer Afridi, for the Bronx Park zoo, would easily crush the rios of horse in it's terrible embrace. One of the serpents is twen- ty-seven feet six inches long, the other is at least twenty-six feet long, and as big around as water pail. Keeper Horan on Wednesday afternoon had a half minute of time which could easily have ended his career. Around his body wound coil of the twenty-six- foot python. He was not hurt. The other keeper rushed in and as quick as human hands could work released him. But for one instant Horan, a!- most paralyzed by the situation, could not know whether he would sleep that night on his bed or on his bier. There were two pythons which Roran was directed to measure. The female py- tnon was stretched out at full length and the tape was applied Then Horan applied the tape to the male python, Chat also lay stretched out mUtionless. He had measured off nearly half the length when the huge reptile seemed suddenly to awake. There was a shout of warning from Keeper Snyder and che others who were watching the measurement, but before Horan could stand erect the whole huge body of the pythen had suddenly taken life. The great head was suddenly raised. the great mass of ringed muscle had swept around in a living coil, and Horan, pale as death. stood transfxed with terror. Snyder and his assistants dashed into the cage. They knew Chat the reptile vas still semitorpid With cold. Fearlessly they caught hold Of the great body and shouted to Horan to jump out of the living circle. He did so. The men left the cage and the python lazily stretched out its full length and sank again into the tofp0r 9t cold.-New Yarg Journal
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Summer Tourists Rates. asnn 1900.
 TO sBARGY= SPRINGS Rate sff0. Date or sale. May 15 to Sept 15 1900, inclusive. RetL m limit, Oct 3l, 1900.
 RAVENDFN SPRTNGS-Rate, s7.75. Dates ot sale. June to Sept. 30 1900. Return lm- it, Oct 31 1500.
 St. Louis Fair, St. Louis, Mo-. Oct. It, 19o0 inclusive. Rate, one fare the round trp, Dat of sale, Sept. 30 to Oct, E, inclu- sive and for trains arriving in St Lotus be- fore n on of Oct. 6, Return limie Oct, Sfl , 1900
 St. Louis Exposition, St Luuis, Mo. Sept r to Oct, 20. 19G0. Rate, open rate of one and one third fare for the round trip. ates f sale, Sept. Is Is 20, 9. 27 Oct 7. 3, Il, 16 18 loGO. Return limit five days from date Of sale.
 ouaehita Valley Fair. Cande n, Ark, Oct 15-20. 1900, Open rate of enc and one-t hird fare for the round trip. Dates of sale, Oct i 20, Return limit Oct 2l. l900
 Sovereign Grand Lodge I. Q. 0. F, Rich mond, Va, Sept 17-22, 1900 Rate, one fare plus & for the round trip Dates of sale Sept II l6 Return limit, Sept25
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Cotton Belt B. tin.

National Baptist Convention, Richmond, Va, Lept. 12-20 Rate: One fare for the round trip. Dates Of sale: Sept. i0-12. 1900 Return limit; Sept. g, 1000
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Worlds Largest Idol.

The biggest idol in the world is Dia Buten. the Japanese god, which is over sixty feet high. The image is made of copper. tin, mercury and gold, and has been worshiped for more than twelve centuries.
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The Good News Spreads

and our business grows larger, and the prices small CT, every day. People come here from all parts of the city When ever they need anything in our line, they think of us. We have furnished more cozy homes than we could possibly name. We have done 1t to the owners satis- faction, and we can do the same thing for you.
 BI UFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
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CHoCTAW ROUTE.

The folio wing special low rate ex- cursions have been offered by the Choetaw Route:
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
MAY p MALONE

Many friends attended the mass of
requiem at the Church Of the Sacred
Heart yesterday morning of May r..
Malone, daughter of James Malone and
Mrs. Catherine Stackpole Malone, who
died in Hartford last Sunday This
young girl, whose life gave every prom
Use of an unusually bright future, was
the granddaughter of the late John
Stackpole and the niece of Thomas
Stackpole and Mrs. Z. Lynch. Rev.
Father McKeon was the celebrant at
the mass. Professor Wheeler rendered
the Gregorian mass and at the offertory
Miss McDonough sang very sweetly.
The interment was in St Bernard's
cemetery and Cox & Henze had charge
of the arrangements.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
Mrs. Dexter Gets Marriage Annulle


! Mrs. Dexter Gets Marriage Annulled
/ Danbury Nov. 27.--A surprise was
sprung in the superior court this after
noon just before the trial of the divorce
proceedings of Matilda Dexter VS., BY
ron Dexter was resumed. The case has
been on trail before Judge Rorahack
fir three or four weeks
Dexter is one of the wealthiest hat
manufacturers in the city. His wife
asked the court to annul their marriage
on the ground that it was illegal.
When she married Dexter she sup
posed that she had been divorced from
a former husband. This was not true,
however.
In asking for the annulment Mrs.
Dexter also asked for 100000 alimony
and the case has been contested by the
husband.
When court opened this afternoon
counsel announced that an agreement
had been reached between the parties
to the effect that the annulment should
be issued. AS to the alimony, a set
Element had been reached out of court
The amount none of the counsel would
state. Mr.. Dexter is fifty years old and
the former Mrs. Dexter is forty-five
years old.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
JOHN HARTMAN.

John Marinan, son of the late Mary
A Marinan of 1872 East street, died at
his residence yesterday morning after
a long and painful illness. The deceas-
ed was twenty-five years old and his flu
ture prospects We're bright and promis-
ing. He had a genial nature and was
held in high esteem by his numerous
friends who will be grieved to hear of
his death. Mr.. Marinan was a member
of Court Yale No. 1903, Foresters of
America, and also of the ST. Patricks
r. A. and B. society.
The funeral will be held from his late
residence tomorrow morning at $3.50
O'Clock and later from ST. Patricks
church, where a high mass of requiem
will be cGe rated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
Local Weather Report.

, water to-day, 2:5S p. m.

High water to-day, 2;5S p. M
Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
Frank Leslies and the Puritan Mag
azines for December at MacGilvrays.
The Boardman and the Y. M G. A
elevens will play their annual game or
Yale field tomorrow morning at 9:3(
O'Clock. ..-.
The work of f1rebugs still goes on in
v West Haven, despite the fact that Col
1igan, the late night Waterman, Ian
guishes behind the bars in the county
Jail awaiting trial.
John o. Shares, whose brass factory
in Cheshire was burned down last fall,
has built new factory in it's place and
has a full force Of men at work again
in the new building. He also conducts
a factory in Hamden.
Beginning next Sunday evening and
continuing through the Advent season
Rev. FL. w. Winkley will give a series
OF discourses at Trinity church, Bran
ford. "Civil Life Among the Babyloni-
ans will be the subject.
The Holy Name society gave a smok-
er last evening in Sacred Heart school
hall. ]. ]. Kennedy, president of the
society; the Rev. Father McKeon, Hugh
Fl. Keenan, and DR.. w. j. Sheehan
spoke. A musical programme was also
given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fl. Merwin of
Bishop street go to Merwin's Point to
spend Thanksgiving day at the home
Of John w. Merwin, where a family
gathering will be held and an old-fash-
toned Thanksgiving dinner will be
served.
The Consolidated Railroad company
is having laid a spur track at West
Mystic to accommodate the new ship
yard. This is the yard where the five
masted schooner for New Haven par
ties is to be built and the track will be
needed for bringing in building materi-
ais.
At the Yale station on Saturday and
for several days preceding there was a
big rush Of business, principally in reg
istered mail matter which contained
football tickets sent out of town. 1t is
estimated that this rush of mail
amounted to fully two thousand extra
pieces.
The faculty of the Yale Law school
are busy making arrangements for
public meeting to celebrate the centen
NAL anniversary of the inauguration of
John Marshall as chief justice of the
United States. The occasion will be
John Marshall day. which will be cele-
brated throughout the United States
under the auspices of the American Bar
association.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
WAYLAID BY TRAMPS.

Rockville, Nov. 27.-George A. Mes
Ter, a well known citizen of this place
had lively tussle with tramps at $3.50
this morning. He was on his way
down town when he was held up By
three tramps who had darted suddenly
from behind a building. They de-
manded money.
This Meser refused to give The men
then demanded tobacco and when this
was refused the men threatened to kill
him. Mesler who is stalwart, mus
cular man, struck one of them full ir
the face and as he fell to the ground
the others took to their heels,
Tramps have been making a rendez-
vous of an old house in a fashionable
quarter of the city, and the police are
making efforts to break it UP,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
PRIZES TO HIGH SCHOOL STU
DENTS

High school students of Connecticut
have an opportunity to increase their
store of Information and at the same
time earn a good sized gall cash prize
for the best original article of not over
1000 words on the subject From the
Mine to the Mint" Fifty dollars in
gold will be subdivided into three cash
prizes of SIS, SIS and $40 for the three
best essays on the above subject.
Amounts given in the order Of merit.
The following persons have consent
ed to act as judges in this contests:
Souther, consulting metalurgical en-
gineer and state chemist; Charles b..
Howe, superintendent manual training
department H. p. H. S., and the Rev.
Henry B. Roberts, A. NJ, secretary
Connecticut Bible socitey,
Registration should be made with
George NJ Jersey, managing director
for New England of the Magnolia Re-
duction company, 50-51 Hills block, SAT
Main street, Hartford, at once, but not
later than December 10. Essays must
be sent in by January 10, 1901. No
registration fee of any nature will be
required,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
GRANVILLE o. HOLMES DEAD IN
DANBJIRY

Danbury Nov. 27.-Granville 0.
Holmes, who few years ago was one
of the best known politicians in the
state, died at the hospital here last
night He was forty-nine years of age
and leaves a widow. Mr. Holmes held
several local positions of importance,
and was instrumental in securing cleo
trio lighting, good pavements and street
cars in Danbury. At one time he was
the active opponent of Allan w Paige
and made a great fight in a state con-
vention against Mr.. Paige, who at that
time resided in Danbury.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-28
OBITUARY NOTES.
A Large Funeral at st. Johns II. G..
Church.

Church.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Doher-
ty, mother of DR.. j. ]. S. Doherty, was
largely attended from st. Johns r. G.
church yesterday morning. Among the
sympathizing friends were several Sis
tiers of Charity. At the solemn high
mass of requiem Rev. Father Heating
was celebrant, Rev. Father Coyle was
sub-deacon and Rev. Father Murray
was master of ceremonies. Professor
Schwickardi presided at the organ and
Mrs. Keenan, sang very effectively
Beautiful Land on High"
At the conclusion Of the services Rev.
Father Heating paid the deceased a
merited tribute. He took for his text,
81 am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth in me, though he We're
dead, yet shall he live, and he that be-
lieveth shall never die" He spoke of
her whole life as a preparation for
death, ever remembering the words,
He that believeth in me, though he
We're dead, yet shall he live" Hers was
ever a mindful preparation, not know
ing the day or the hour; she was ever
watching. When the summons came
she was not unprepared. She has gone
to that eternal home so dear to her.
She was a good and faithful servant,
and Father Heating urged all to emu
late her example.
The bearers We're her nephews, and
were Charles Doherty, George Stanford,
John J. Stanford, James Quinlivan,
Frank Faghen and G. Mclaughlin. The
interment was in ST. Demands ceme-
terry, and j. M. Cannon had charge Of
the arrangements.
Mrs. Doherty was the widow of Mi
chael Doherty. They had three chill
dren, Cornelius f. Doherty, Mary H.
Doherty, both deceased, and DIR. j. j.
S. Doherty who, with his wife and son,
George M, and daughter, Miss Eta l..
Doherty, and one brother, Francis n.
Stanford, and one sister, Mrs. Ellen
Quinlivan, survive her.
Mrs Doherty was born in 1920, and
was therefore over eighty years of age.
On Friday last she was run over by
team at the corner of Oak and Broad
street. Or. Jewett was summoned; she
was removed to her sons home and DR..
C. H. Gardner was called in consulta-
ton but from the shock and extreme
age she died on Saturday evening.