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QUEER DREAMS OF INVENTORS.
Yet the Dreamers Are Afraid Some
One WIN Steal Their Notions.
Washington Post.

One Win Steal Their Notions.
Washington Post.
More extraordinary members of society
turn up at the patent office in one hour
than in all the other public buildings CT
the city in a month. They hail from all
parts of the GLOBE and they are richer
than the trusts. Except in comparati tive
ly few instances, these gifted members
genius that is in them. They do not have
to. It is placarded in their whiskers,
| in the horizontal creaSes in their t-ous-
erS, in their SecretiVe and confidential
manner, their superb ccndeScenSion, and,
above all, in their mysterious inventions.
The patent Office becomes either their
bosom confidante and inspiration Or their
deadly enemy, according to the verdict
on their new ideas.
Although Morse himself stated that
there is no instance on record Of a great
invention completed by one man, the
geniuseS refute his statement in the most
emphatic terms and cite countless num-
bers of remarkable cases OF rapid in
ventions, chiefly IN the line of perpetual
motion.
Il am the man." pervades every SEN
tence they utter. Be their invention a
new and useful manner of sho0ing flies
off, new and useful cow tail holder,
or a cat and rat scarer, it is bound to be
Of vital Importance to the universe, and
the unspeakable glory OF 81 am the man
who d1d It br1ghtenS even Inc muSty
gloom of the patent office corridors as
Last week was rather gala week fer
the geniuses, for a large bunch Of them
landed together and took the Office by
storm. They were what the irrepressible
clerks designate as "honeys'
The first honey looked something
like Uncle Sam. He wore a stovepipe
broad-brimmed hat and a long, rusty,
black clerical coat. He carried a Josiah
Pumpkin umbrella, and wore Father
Time beard and spectacIes. He stood
up in the office of the draughtsmen's
division. and raising his right arm, adj
| dressed the assembled company:
ST am just as old as railroading in the
United States, he began, and stopped foc
applause None came.
more, and the assembled company, or
rather a part Of it, acting through ne
eessity as audience, nodded approval
'iAnd for every year that's in my life
there has been some saving done. Want
to know how? Say, come here and he
lowered his voice. 'Is this between our
selves? All right, sir, then 1 will tell
We all know. have made the most re-
! markable discovery that has ever been
made in the United States, sir. I have
| invented a tobacco quid protector, sir,
| by which tobacco may be kept in the
! mouth without splitting, sir, and by which
| the quid may be preserved for any
| length of time without spelling, sir.
Saves money, saves health, saves
morals" Whereupon he produced a large
! clam-liFe box made of pine wood He
desired drawings to be made of It and
the facts published to the world.
| But he was nothing to the party from
| Green Bay, Wis, who, before he became
! a genius, had perhaps been middle
| class experimenting farmer. He tiptoed
in very quietly and eonfidentially, took a
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asked if wasn't the new singer at the
opera. L said [ was and intended to
sing Alice in few days
6 You had better be careful he said
for if you don't you'll 1get this'-and he
pulled out of his pocket metal whistle.
which he put to his mouth and emitted
the most CHASTITY Shrek Then he put
again to me. am called Terrible Jack
of the Pit, he said, and I am famous
for the row [ always raise when they
are bad singers at the opera
/ thought that what Miss Sanderson
had said to me was possibly right and
that L was a little bit too courageous
to come down alone to the city where
even the cabEen turned out to raise an
uproar If the singers were not in &C
cordance with the standard. AS luck
would have 1t, I caught a dreadful cold
that afternoon. 1t was warm when
started out, and it grew suddenly chilly
SO L was hearty speeches. with hoarse-
ness by the next morning. I told the
manager that it would be out of the
question Tor me to appear at the date
we had first agreed on. My appearance
was again postponed, and three times
during tie first week I had to withdraw
after my name had been put on the pro-
gramme.
FINALLY the manager said, well or III, I
should have to make an appearance. New
scenery had been provided for the opera
and the public wanted,to see it. He said
the rumor had gotten around that I was
heightened after I reached Marseilles and
heard how artists were treated, and had
gone back to Paris that same day / had
arrived. He said that I would have to
appear hoarse or not, otherwise he would
lose his place, as the people had begun
TO suspect that he was not acting fair
~ SO consented, and with trepida-
uon at the thought of the cabmen and
their whistles, startedoto sing.
L got through fairly well. The audi
enee was not enthusiastic. but 1T was
quiet and respectful. ssBfy next perform
ance was to be in Lies Huguenots.' I
was In very good voice by that time and
had entirely got over gnny cold. The
audience howled and syealed at. the bas-
SO and had very yeryE little patience with
the tenor, but I caTnes through triumph
anEy. Inc manager was very well sat
1sf1ed and said he wag certain that al
my next appearance the public would
be perfectly satisfied to accept me for
the season. He said that should sing
Elsa in Lohengrin, as he wanted to put
the opera on and knew that it would
make a great success, for the pablo
was anxious to hears iti I told him
mad no idea of singing anything but
Alice which I had tried in my first
appearance and struggled through with a
sore throat He was In despair.
Why in the world go back to that
awful night and sing the role over again,
se said. You got through 1t we'll enough
Tor woman with a sore throat and you
ought to be satisfied. Sing Elsa and you
will make a Juror
But was firm and declined to sing
anything but Alice, and as was in a
position to name the roles I would sing,
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the manager contented himself by say
ing that 1t was impossible to do anything
with wild Americans, and said could
go to my ruin ii wanted to. The
night of the third and last trial arrived
I was of course entirely well by this
time, and came through the magnificent
first act better than l had expected to,
There was tremendous uproar after the
curtain fell. It was impossible to quiet
1t, though I appeared repeatedly. II
seemed as If the entire audience were
shouting, We want Mile. Tracey, or
We want the American.
when 1t became perfectly evident
that the performance was not to go on,
the manager came before the curtain
with the city official who should have
appeared, after the fourth act. They
put the question then and the audience
answered affirnatively in the most en-
thusiastic outbreak. That never hap
pened before in MaTseilles. There never
had been man or woman singer ac-
cepted until the question was put toward
the end of the opera. 1t as very de-
lightful to have won this distinction as
a foreigner, and for six months Of the
opera season I had all Of the leading
dramatic roles. I was the first to sing
Elsa there, and acquired of course a
very large French repertoire. 1t in
cludes more than forty operas.
Every year since that time I have
gone back to Marseilles and sung at d
series of special performances. Life IS
very delightful there, but for, the bad
smells from the streets and on the quays
was very charmingly settled in an
apartment, and there was much to MAKE
life agreeable to a woman interested In
her art. Most of the French cities Of
any size offer these same inducements
to the American girl willing to struggle
and of course with talent enough to
work on.
'T am only regretful this year that
came to the United States instead Of
going to Nice, where I was to have sung
during the entire season. But L suppose
I'll go there next year. One Of the
other delightful cities in which I have
frequently sung is Cairo. Life Is pleas
ant there The opera is excellent, and
artistic success is attended with some
very delightful features. Altogether
the American girl who makes her rep
utation abroad will find that her career
will not be half bad. On the contrary
II is very satisfying -
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English people were in the city's society,
which was, Of course, much more con-
centrated than that of Paris, but in every
other way was just as charming. Amer
leans always think that outside of Paris
there is no city in France. The only
difference between life in Paris and in
Bordeaux and Marseilles is that in the
smaller towns one sees constantly the
same people. The social circles are
smaller and the same faces appear ev-
erywhere. Otherwise life for an Ameri-
can is quite as delightful in them as
it would be in Paris.
During the five and a half months
of the season last year 1 sang three
times a week, always the leading dramat-
ic roles and the company was excellent.
We had a splendidIy trained chorus of
over eighty voices, and there was large
city subvention amounting to more than
G,000 for the expenses of the opera, 50
there was always beautiful scenery and
costuming. The whole company was
made up of the best French artists who
were not singing in Paris or outside Of
France
1.-The public there is most critical as
1t is in all French cities. The standards
may be right or wrong, but the people
are very exacting as to their fulf1llment.
Last winter one of the best known ten
OTs in the opera came to give a series
very bad cold, but the seats had all been
sold for his first performance and the
manager thought 1t necessary to have
him appear If he possibly could. He did
sing, and the role. was RaouI in Les
Hugenots. Before he had finished the
romance in the first act, the house was
in an uproar, and from that time until
the curtain fell he was received with
shouts and insults, whistles and the
most blood-curdling cat calls that could
possibly greet any unfortunate. You
may imagine what my feelings were in
appearing with him, particularly in the
last duet. The public was Disguised be-
cause he had cold, and the fact that he
came from the grand opera In Paris made
not the least difference to the people
They expected to hear a good tenor and
with the frankness characteristic of all
French audiences expressed their disap-
peintment, however humiiating 1t was
to the man.
1.-THE theater in Bordeaux was built by
Louis XIV. and is one of the best speci-
mems of that period of architecture still
existing in France It has recently been
restored, and it is a perfect delight to
any American girl with artistic taste
to appear in such theater and enjoy
success among surrounding that are so
much part of the Old World
after my first year at Geneva 1 was
asked to go down to Marseilles and sing
three times at the opera house to see if
1 would succeed in getting an engage
ment. You know that is the test that
every singer has to go through He or
she must sing in three operas. Before
the last act Of the third performance the
stage manager comes before the curtain.
accompanied by one of the officials of
the city. and asks the people whether
or not they are enough satisfied with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02

10 nave a test drill for them twice each
DAY. NOW the guard chain which rep
fcsents the fourth side to a horses stan
10 10 r tIe go t4usWlse. Any alarm sounded
III the Ife mouse causes small iron
weight to slip down a rod and free q
CIlp-crank connected with the small
cnalns The drip set in motion, the chains
spontaneously collapse. At the first ring
OF the alarm the morse heads toward his
engine, placing himself Immediately be-
Ineath the lifted harness. Now it is no
~ g. tnat Wnen the alarm rings at either
OF the test hours the horse, instead Of
trott1ng TO his harness, invariably walks
AGAIN, between the fire alarm and the
unkle OF the phone bell, he distinguishes
Win ease. once out in the causeway the
nre horse appears to take not the slight
est interest in his surroundings
=. with the noise of the steam and
the din of the engine bell in his ears'
nothing affects him but the ribbons Of
his driver. With his blood ahame he win
crash through a ten-bar gate if need be.
Inc me New York fire horses range from
TOUR to sixteen years old. Generally they
are broken in at the Ninety-ninth street
stables. AS their first lesson they are
taught to become used to the house and
TO iced from the ground.
Next they are hardened to the chucIla
OF the steam and the sight, the touch of
the mysterious harness. These prelimin-
arg lessons are found to be the most
dlmcult OF all Yoked, the horses are
then driven up and down the block and
made to stand stationary before the pass
ing cars. The final stage is the engine
training house, where they learn to be
Indifferent to the roaring traffic.
Kindness is the only method A single
angry buffet from a fireman and the
horse may refuse to take his halter
Excepting in emergencies the lash is
never applied. In driving to a fire the
horses TANKS are touched with the
whip only just sufficiently to let MIN
know its presence. Not merely property
but human lives depend upon the instant
close cooperation of fire horse and fire
1addia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
LIE OF A SINGER ABROAD.
THE CHANCES FOR AMERICAN
GIRLS IN OPERA IN
EUROPE
MINNIE TRAcEY,s CAREER
Ordeal of Artists at Narcotics
Pleasant Life in the Provin-
ciaI Townsville Desire
to Sing Here.

"It is, of course quite possible for an
American sirl to have a very delightful
artistic career abroad" said Miss Minnie
Tracey to the New York Sun, only
every one of them feels after a while
as if she would like to come back and
sing for her own people. I have been
nearly every year settled for the entire
season as leading soprano at some one
of the leading French opera houses, and
anybody who thinks that such a career
cannot be delightful for an artist makes
a great mistake. Last winter, for in
stance, I sang for five months and a
half at Bordeaux I had a delightful
little apartment there; great many
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
FIRE HORSES
Become Almost Human In InteIli.
gence by Training and Instinct.

L ERfGlI1-
gence by Training and Instinct.
New York Mail and Express
Last week New Jersey society sbool,
us head obviously at the alleged ex-
plots OF a certain team of fire horses.
These, 1t was reported, had returned from
q nearby fire, and, still attached to
their engine, were standing restless in
side the station house. By chance the
station doors were not yet closed. Sud-
denly. the alarm bell tangled, giving
warning Of another fire.
Before the driver could drop from his
loft they realized the meaning of the
message. Taking the bit between their
own teeth they dashed beneath the Iintels
acquired instinct, they succeeded, de-
spite many attempts to round them off,
in running two-thirds way to the fire
scene, Newspaper readers shrugged
meaningly, treating the account as in
teresting, but impossible. Inquiries made
at various city stations show the feat
to have been by no means unlikely or
without precedent.
It happens that aged fire horses are
often sold to peddlers and packing mer-
chants. Thereafter should the veteran
hear a fire bell changing it may go Ill
with his new masters cart If in the
street the horse will race madly down
the block Seeming the smoke and burn
ing fabric-as the moose-deer winds
its hunter-he will sometimes actually
locate the fire. Numerous little Instincts
are developed by these fire horses.
At the city stations It is the practice
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02

A Weille costume of "heliotrope Goth
with seven rows of silk stitching at the
hem Of the skirt has a stylish Russian
blouse of the cloth on which a decoration
of fine gold passementerie en- applique
laid on pansy velvet reaches from neck
to belt The haring Zarina collar and
mousquetaire cuffs Of velvet are edged
with a narrow line of otter fur and light
ly decorated with the gold trimming. An
other elegant model is of soft mushroom
colored cloth with vest of Oriental bro
cade showing between its open jacket
fronts. The revers and collar are OF
dark mink.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
MARKS ON THE BULLET.

MARFAS ON It11 bUI-1I
To be sure, there was a difference IN
the original cartridges with which these
weapons wre loaded. The target pistol
required a modern center fire. cartridge,
that is one that is exploded by the ham
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
a con poison

e ~ ts YOU Know WHAT TO 70 Do Man. 10
have piples. spots the skin. sores In the mouth
ulcers, falling hair, bone pains, catarrh, and don't
know it is BLOOD POISON. Call and got
BROWNS BLOOD CURE, $500 per bottle: lasts
enc month. Sold by F. M. Parker 1854 Wabasha
street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
Gave Goat seId1itz Powder.

Neon (Mo) Cor St. Louis Depublfc.
Boys yesterday fed the contents of a
box of seidlitz powders to a goat be-
longing to a family which had recently
moved into the neighborhood. Then,
taking it for granted that he was thirsty,
they led Billy to a nearby trough and
permitted him to drink heartily. Soon
the fixing began, and at last view the
geafd T Wa w feang d9%n the street to-
negroes living several miles out of town
claim to have seen Old Nick himself, as
they verify believed, rushed along the
road in broad daylight. His majesty re-
sembled an. enormous goat, they said,
but they recognized him as the devil be-
cause he was splitting fire and brim-
stone.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
Regnined voice when Dying.

Charles City do) Cor. Chicago Inter
the room of her invalid mother in the
Park house in this city Wednesday, The
disease which caused her death was
quick consumption. Before she died this
thirty years, summoned up all her
strength and articulated somewhat brok-
", but sufficiently plain to be understood
dying daughter the message that all was
well with her and she was ready and
willing to die.
sdnne cbidhood nav 1 zee" 6eal aii' 1o G49
mute by severe attack of scarlet fever.
She had been living with her husband,
also mute, at Rochester, Mimi. until
she came to the home Of her mother in
this city Monday.
Santiago de Cuba-Sir VIM Van Horne
and his party left Santiago for Cienfue-
from Linh rAaint 10 will g nj
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-25
SUBSTITUTE For COAL.

A good deal of anxiety has been devoted
to the question, what will the human race
do when coal gives out? It's disappearance
will not make the slightest difference, as
a chemical substitute has been discov-
cred, which is cheaper and better. The
new century is bound to witness many
changes, but there is one human benefac-
tor which VIII remain as firm as the
Pyramids, and that is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t is a cure for all stomach ills
No one has been able to discover anything
so effective for Indigestion, constipation
dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney
troubles as the Bitters. Be sure to give
it a trial, and you will be convinced that
it is the medicine to strengthen your
stomach and restore your appetite.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-25
Splendid Property for Sale at
a Great Bargain.

A fine Grain and Stock Farm In Amelia
County, Virginia, 20 miles west from
Petersburg, miles north Of Ford, on the
N. & w. r. r. contains
1887 ACRES OF
Rich Creek bottom, fine for Timothy Hay,
Grain, &C., level upland, Of good produce
tive quality for Tobacco, Grain, &C., and
healthy. The old mansion house has a
brick basement with rooms, two upper
stories with II rooms. There are two
other Settlements on the place and prob
ably rs buildings in all and many fruit
trees.
There is a large amount Of timber on
the land. One party we'll acquainted with
the place, and also with the price OF lum-
Der says he thinks enough lumber can
be had on the land to pay for it.
Some gold has been found and some
coal, but 1 do not know how much Of
either there is. l have an application to
lease the Oil and Gas privileges cn it.
There may be millions in all there. But
want to sell the place as it is and at
once. 1t has been held at $500 per acre.
1 now offer it at $500 per acre. At this
there is a big bargain in 1t for some one.
The buildings on the place are worth
most of this. The lumber as much more.
1t would make one Of the finest Stock
Farms in the country. 1t is considered
about the best Farm in this section.
Go see tbA place? Get of at Ford's
Depot and Gus S. Van Cleef who lives
near will show the place.
j. A. JONES,
Raleigh. N. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-25
WEDNESDAYS CONVENTION.

Tomorrow the State convention of
Democratic clubs will be held in
Raleigh
This meeting should be attended by
every Democrat in North Carolina
who can possibly be present.
Reduced rates have been secured on
the railroads and prominent speakers
have been invited The convention
will mark the beginning of the
National campaign in North Carolina
1t will therefore be a most important
meeting.
There are to be elected in Novem-
Der not only eleven electors, but nine
congressman as well. To elect them
work must be done. To do effective
work there must first be organiza-
ton. BY no means, SO well as by
active club work, can organization be
perfected.
The Democrats of the State cannot
afford to sit down and do nothing
because the Republicans are apparent
ly not at work. They are at work.
They have 10000 negroes on whom
they can rely to vote with them, let
come what will, and no organization
of them is necessary.
The coming election will mark an
important period in the political his
tory of North Carolina, and the duty
of placing the State squarely and eff
fectually in the ranks of the Democ-
racy devolves upon the individual
Democratic voter and worker.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-25

An Englishman, writing of the
Paris Exposition, says that such ex-
positions do not pay exhibitors. He
takes the position that ''the same
amount of money expended in adver-
Using the wares in the accredited and
recognized organs of the trade, or in
the personal solicitation of orders,
would be likely to result in three or
four times the volume of new bust
ness that is ever likely to accrue from
participating in mammoth exhibit
ton in foreign land"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-25
NO PLIGHT TO UGLINEss.

The woman who is lovely in face, form
and temper will always have friends, but
one who would be attractive must keep
her health. If she is weak. sickly and all
run down, she will be nervous and irrita-
BILE. If she has constipation or kidney
trouble, her impure blood will cause
pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is
the best medicine in the world to regu-
late stomach. liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. 1t will make a good looking
charming woman of run down invalid.
Only so cents at all Druggists.