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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09
COTTON AND COTTON MILLS.

!. The wise farmer will not send
pound of his cotton to market for less
than ten cents if he can hold it.
The Atlanta journal has a fine car
toon contrasting 1898 with 1900. In
1898 the farmer is ON one end of
teter board, 'way down. while his
bale of cotton worth S2S is way
up" In 1900 there is another teter
board. Here the farmer is way up"
waving his hat in victory while the
bale of cotton is on the lower end
of the board marked worth $4,000"
Two years ago the farmer was at the
mercy of the speculator; today the
farmer is on top and has voice in
the price of his cotton. Following
this striking cartoon the Journal has
the following article that is full Of
facts and wise counsel:
1.-TWO years ago the farmers of the
South had nearly everything in cot
ton., and got hardly anything for (.
They made a crop of about 1880, 900
and sold it for $25.0S per bale. Last
year they made 9,436,416 bales. which
was sold for an average of 1855. The
report of Secretary Hester. of the
New Orleans cotton exchange, makes
the total visible and invisible supply
of American cotton in the world at
the beginning of this season 1,11S,O00
bales, against 2,896,000 year ago,
which is a decrease of 1,77S,000 bales
in one year. This condition, comhin-
ed with a disposition Of farmers not
to rush their cotton into market and
a rapid increase in the consumption
both at home End abroad, has sent
the price up so points in Il few days
Cotton is now bringing nearly 10
cents in local markets, aid will pro-
badly reach that mark very soon. In
other words it is bringing nearly
twice as much as It did two years
ago. The crop If eleven and quarter
millions then brought 1882, 10000,
crease of $S1 ,012, 900 for d crop OF
nearly two million bales smaller.
The chances are that the money
value of this years cotton crop VII
be larger than any ever produced,
and as more of it will be manufacture
ed in the South than ever before, the
staple will bring into the South for
line, seed products and domestic fab
RIGS. revenue immensely greater
than it has ever done before.
''Ihe American cotton crop for
many years was mostly manufactur-
ed abroad, but last year nearly 40
per cent went over American spin
dies. Last year the ,SoutA manufac-
tured 1,597,112 tales. and the North
worked up 0,000-together 3.S97,
600 bales, an increase og 30S,09 in
one year, of which increase 1918
bales were in Southern mills.
1.-THE growth of the Southern cot
ton industry is shown by the number
of spindles in operation on Septem-
Der 1st of each year. Secretary Hes
ter states it as follows:
Year. Spindles in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09
THAT THRoBBING HEADACHE

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09

Two of the, Senatorial candidates
have been wise in the seIef ton. of
their managers of the campaign. Mr..
Chas. M. Busbee, who is the leader
of the Simmons forces, is an able law
yer, an astute politician and. wise
campsigner -one of the first men in
the State. Mr.. Foustee, who is the
leader of the Carr forces, is q young
man, a graduate of Wake Forest,
VINO III two campaigns in Durham and
as a member of the last Legislature
showed that he had ability wisdom,
tact, astuteness and capacity of high
order.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09
McKINLEYISM AS DETESTABLE AS
BUTLERISM.
Wilmington Messenger.

1t is quite as legitimate and reputable
to oppose negro postmasters, etc, from
Mckinley as to "spluterate" in the late
campaign over negro magistrates. No
man VIC ever saw understood that moth
ing was to be said of Mckinley and his
doings in the national campaign because
the amendment carried at the polls. The
truth is McKinleyism is as detestable as
ButlerSm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09

Poisonous toadstools resembling mush-
rooms have caused frequent deaths this
year. Be sure to use only the genuine.
Observe the same care when you ask
for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve There
are poisonous counterfeits. DeWitt's is
the only original Witch Hazel Salve. It
is a safe and certain cure for piles and
all skin diseases. Bobbitt- Wynne Drug
Co., w. H. King, VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09

A young man may dislike to hear
pretty girl whistle, but he never objects
to the kissable pucker she gets on her
mouth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09

Rev. Thomas p Noey will be ordained
as priest in the Episcopal church at
Beaufort today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09

A mans sin seldom find him out until
after his neighbors expose him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09
Newbern. N. c.
THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING.

THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING.
Since adventuring into Egypt in quest
of the raw material Of which fiction is
made Mr.. Gilbert Parker's Canadian
fields have been lying fallow. He re-
turns to them, however with new vigor
and even fuller power; and the serial
which he has just completed finds him
at the highest dramatic level to which
he has yet attained.
THE Lane that Had No Turning" is re-
markable for it's honest strength,
thorough originality, and absorbing in
terest. The scene of the story is Pontiac
(whither Valmond came), and the period
the middle flfties. The leading charac-
ters are Madelinette, a famous singer,
and her husband, Seignior OF Pontiac, for
whom she dares all and risks all. The
story gains interest as it progresses and
concludes with striking and wholly
unexpected finale.
THE Lane that Had No Turning" will
begin in The Saturday Evening Post for
September %, and run through five num-
bers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-09

The September issue of the new and
unique magazine, The Cornhill Booklet
(Alfred Bartlett xxi Cornhill, Boston,
contains welcome reprint of the ia
nous Open Letter to the Rev. Doctor
Hyde of Honolulu by Robert Louis Ste
venson in defense of Father Damien the
Catholic priest, who gave his service
and his life to the lepers Of Molokai.
This is the most famous as we'll as the
most forceful apologize in English Literal
ture and is exceedingly difficult to OBJ
tain in CONVENIENT and inexpensive form.
All admirers of Stevenson will prize this
issue of the magazine as it is made still
more valuable by the addition of a fine
reproduction on vellum of q portrait Of
Father Damien with a fac-simile auto4
graph and inscription by him. There are
also extracts from three personal letters
by Stevenson relating to his visit to the
leper colony. The Cornhill Booklet is
easily the most artistic as well as the
most distinctive Of the magazines that
appeal to the lovers of the choice in
literature. AS the Literary World says
cit is a dainty piece of work and will
make friends and keep them"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

The imperialfsts lack the courage of their faith. Not one of them appears to be willing to discuss 1t in public with defender of free government. Recently Mir Hanna curtly and emphat- ically declined to meet Senator Petit grew in joint debate. The standing of the Dakotan is at least as good as that of the Ohio trust magnate. He is q senator of the United States and he did not buy his seat. But Mir Han na refuses to meet him on public platform. Senator Wolcott of Colo rado is equally reluctant to put his faith to the test of q joint debate. He has been challenged to do so by Louis k. Enrich of Colorado, q distinguished anti-imperialist, but Mir Wolcott dis creetly, if discourteously. declines to meet MT Enrich. He evidently con siders discretion the better part of val or. There is not a republican in the United States who is willing to dis cuss the policy of President Mckinley on neutral platform before a popular audience with an opponent of that pol icy. The imperialists are afraid of discussion.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

A special dispatch from Denver notes two expansions ;n pay rolls. The Denver City Tramway company will give trainmen a horizontal raise of about 21k cents an hour, and the Col orado Telephone company will reduce the number of hours of it's employees in the operating rooms from nine to eight without reduction in salaries but giving employment to many more per sons.-Hartford Post.
 Oh, yes, this is just the time for trolley and telephone companies to be nice fellows. There is an election con- ing on, and the bigger pay they can give and the more democrats they can give employment, the better the outlook for them for the future, they think. Waterbury knows all about that.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
STOWAWAYS THAT WERE PETS
An Interesting Pair That Came Abrond to City of Rome on
 q Recent Trip,

A pair without money, passage tick cts or luggage boarded the steamship City of Rome on her last trip from Glasgow to this port just at the clos ing hour for sailing, says a New York exchange. They did not attempt to conceal themselves as stowaways, but deliberately moved among the passen- gers. As night came on they failed to go into a statercom. They did not ask for Q place at the table. As soon as their presence became known to most of the passengers they vied with one another in making this pair comfort able. As it grew darker they disap- peared, but with the break of day they were found upon the deck again, as happy as could be, and they did not leave the ship the entire voyage.
 They were a pair of sparrows, and they became so anne that they would eat from the hand of a passenger while perched upon the passengeg's other hand: The children of the ship became fond of them, and just as the vessel was nearing port one of the birds was killed by the fall of little girl who had it in her hand.
 In the excitement of the near ap- proach to land the other was forgotten and the time of it's disappearance was unknown. *.- -.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
Boston Shoe Store, E55-I57 SOUTH MAIN ST.
 WATERBURY,
ENGINEERS HAUNTED HOUSE.
New York Railway Men Affected by the Memory of Dead Face
 at Window.

"Some houses are haunted to some people and all right to others," said an engineer on the Ninth avenue elevated road, relates the New York Suu. There is house on our line that is haunted to the men who have been on this run for few years back. MGyLe you remember the story. It was print ed when the incident happened. One of our men noticed mans face at the window overlooking the road. Every time the train passed for three days, believe, the engineer saw the face. It was always the same. Then he told somebody else about it and on investi- gation it was discovered that the man at the window was dead. He occupied the room alone. There was no one else in the house. He had killed himself and in note found on his table it was writ ten that the man was lonesome, and that he had raised the window just before the act SO that he might die in the noise of the city. That was all there was to the story.
 Every since that time every en- ginesr and fireman on the line who was employed at that time turns his face away in passing that house. I have heard them all speak of it, and to each of them that house is haunted, al- though it is now occupied, and I don't suppose the people who live there know anything about the story. I know I have tried to forget it, but just before my engine passes it the recollection of the dead face at the window comes back to me and either close my eyes or look in an opposite direction"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

The tip has been passed in the Me Kinley inner circle that Hanna's agents have got the thing all fixed and that a majority of the electoral college is to be secured by the same methods that were successful four years ago the wholesale use of money. As con- sequence, the republicans have ex- changed their fight for confidence. Democratic adyfces do not coincide with that. tip. Hanna's agents are plentifully supplied with cash in all the doubtful states and are trying hard but they haven't got things fixed yet, and they won't get them fixed, if vigilance on the part of the dernoerats ic leaders can prevent. The democrats know the game that the republicans are trying to play, and hope to spring some sprprises on the Kinieyites before 1t is ended.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

1. 1nasmuch as it has been well known in Washington that there has been no love lost between MT Mckinley and eX-Senator Quay, who was kept out of his seat in the senate by Boss Hanna, there was much curiosity aroused when Quay called at the White House and had an hours private talk with Mr, Mckinley. It has leaked out that Quay sought to make a dicker whereby the administrators influence would be used to help him in his fight to control the Pennsylvania legislature and be returned to the senate, and that Mir Mckinley refused to help him on the ground that he had troubles enough of his own just now without assuming those of Quay. It is said that Quay left in a pet. and made threats of getting even.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
DENTISTS AssDETHcrIgEs.


 According to Dr Hans Gross- of CZernowitz, dentists are likely in the future to prove of great service to- ward the Identification and discovery of criminals. fas He dwvils on the sub- ject at length in the second volume of his work, Archives ots Criminal An [thropology," which has just been pub liShed. and draws special attention to the fact that on the occasion of the great Are at the charity bazar at Paris, on May {, 1897, many of the victims were identified by means of their teeth. He also relates the following curious story: E
 "A banker was murdered in St Pet ersburg some time ago and near him was found q cigar holder with m am Der shaped mouthpiece. The holder was so shaped that it could only be held in one position in the mouth, and a close examination showed that 1t had two marks. which must have been made by two teeth Of unequal length. The banker had no such irregular teeth but his nephew had, and, their suspic- ions aroused by this simple but im- portant discovery. the authorities soon learned enough to warrant them in ar resting him on the charge of murder
 Dr Goss tells another story of man who attempted to commit mur- der and whom the police succeeded in arresting and identifying through the gold filling in his front teeth, clear description of which mad been given to them by the jwould-De assassin's in- tended victim. ..- ~.
 The evident conclusion is that most valuable information IS to be obtained from dentists if detectives will only look for it.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
HEARD IN PASSING

If every man who thinks Bryan
 ought to be president votes for him
 his election is assured.
 Instead of blushing for. his country,
 Billy Mason is now engaged in four
 flushing for his party
 That Anglo-German glue seems
 strong enough to hold China together
 for a while, notwithstanding Russia's 8
 hot water.
 Are. you ready to say to the money
 bosses. Feed us, and you can control
 our voteS"? If not, cast your vote for
 Bryan and Stevenson and freedom.
 Votes cannot be bought unless they
 are sold. Let democratic workers
 keep that fact in their minds and keep
 close watch on those suspected of a willingness to sell.
 Mrs William J. Bryan is the guest of friends in New Haven. We trust her visit will be pleasant one and that when she leaves for her western home
 she will carry with her good i'm pression of Connecticut's chief city Il better impression than her husband
 took away with him when he visited New Haven four years ago.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Just six hours before his death, A. B. Smalley, a young farmer living near Coffeyyille, Kas, insisted on being taken from his bed to the ceme-
 tery, ill order that he might select a spot for his own grave. His friends
 went with him, and, though very feeble, he managed to walk about the grounds and select the place where he wished to be buried.-Hartford Post
 Rev John Van Schaick delivered a
 sermon in Washington on the corrupt
 use of money in the campaign that
 ought to have been heard by MT Me
 Kinley, but wasn't. He truly said: ''The use of money at our elections tends to defeat the will of the majori- ty; tends to undermine the strongest support of a democratic government.
 The rule of any country by an olig-
 archy is more hateful than the rule by a despot.'
 You can now get any sort of a pre- diction you desire regarding the out | come of the election. Both parties, as | usual, are out with estimates that elect their candidates, and all we can do is l to wait until the morning after election | to know the truth. The betting, If | that is any indication. favors McKin- | ley. but it will be remembered that the
 bettors often err. They certainly did | so ill 1892, when the odds were against | Cleveland. And yet he was elected | New Britain Herald.
 MT Bryan is the most wonderful man l living to-day, and history records none | that equal him. The physical endur- | ance of Bryan is astonishing, the doe | tors of the world. and is the chief l topic of conversation among the ath- | letes of all nations. The newspapers 1 and periodicals of the world in all | tongues are filled with comments upon | him. No other man ever attracted | such universal attention. He is the equal of Demosthenes as an orator the superior of Gladstone in his grasp l of the affairs of state, and above all | things else he is the legitimate success sor of Jefferson as the guiding genius l of democracy.-National Watchman.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
Birth Rate in Europe.

The most recent statistics show Q decrease of the birth rate in every European country, the, average de- crease being three per cent. since 1891. This is a curious fact and seems to show that the Malthusian theory failed to take into account certain con ditions in nature that tend to prevent the overpopulation of the earth. For some time it has been known that the birth rate in France has been upsntis- factory. Bat it was not suspeetedsthat every country in Europe was in the same declining condition, though to . less degree. t
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

ar , - 2 - E I
 In another column to-day will be found a, letter which speaks well of Attorney Kennedy, the candidate for senator in the fifth. senatorial district. If ever q man merited an election 1t is William Kennedy. Elected fairly two years ago, he was unseated by a re publican legislature. The leopie of the fifth district should see to 1t this time that his majority is so large that there will be no need of 8 recount. MT Ken nedy's canvass for the position will be above board, and there will be no questionable methods about securing voters. All lovers of fair play and clean government should cast their votes for MT Kennedy.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
Noise1e.. Powder the Latest.

The success of smoke!ess powder in modern warfare has been such as tc prompt man of an inventive turn o1 mind to manufacture a powder whicE is said to be also noiseless. It is the invention of German workman whc studied the chemistry of explosives iE this country. He has already given a private exhibition of the practicabili. ty' of his discovery with considerable success. A shell loaded with his pow. der was fired at target 50 yards away and the only sound indicating the ex. plosion was the falling of the plunge1 of the shell. Bohnengal, which is the name of the inventor, has not, it is said, yet sold the secret of the process, but is still in treaty with different gov. ernments for its Chicago Chronicle
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

William c. Whitney has already been offered $75,oo0 for his "Danae and the Golden Rain." by Titan, which he re- gently bought in Paris for S50,O0O.
 At recent sale of books in London first edition copy of Cowper's "Poems," with the substituted leaf, in the original boards and uncut, realized $ 30 los. -r-.
 Both the prince of Wales and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy have nerv- ous affection of the muscles of the face which makes the left eye blink con- stantly. To those acquainted with the infirmity it is hardly noticeable, but tc strangers who have occasion to con- verse with either of the men it is some. what disconcerting.
 A collection of the autograph core. spondence between John Ruskin and MT. Rawdon Brown, who for many years was British consul at Venice, has been presented to the British museum by Mir Cavendish Bentinck. The core. spondence covers. a period of over SC years, including the time when Rus kin was prosecuting his art studies in Italy.
 Lord Roberts eXcels in any exercise for which skill rather than strength is required. Less than ten years ago. when commander in chief in India, he carried off the prize for tent-pegging from the whole army under his com. mand He is an ardent huntsman, a keen cyclist, and during the autumn maneuvers preferred this mode of con- veyance about the country. Few are perhaps aware that Gen. Bull. Ter, in addition to being brilliant strategist, is also cooking expert, a connoisseur of wines and a frst-clasa electrician. As a farmer he has few equals. His Devonshire estate bears eloquent testimony to this. He takes prizes at all the shows in the neigh borhood, not only for beasts, but for flowers and vegetables also.
 Queen Victoria always took the great. est interest in clothes her children wore. She would only allow simple and comparatively insxpensive materials for her little girls gowns, freshness and simplicity being the keynotes tc the royal children's toilettes. In sum. men the children wore washing frocNs and plain white straw hats trimmed with ribbons, even when ac. companying the queen to the public functions they were occasionally al. lowed to attend.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

In the list of campaign speakers just published Waterbury has just one date and one speaker before Novem- Der ,. Talk about general apathy, the Waterbury democrats must have bad case of it. It wasn't always thus. Times were when we had at least half dozen good rallies with men of well known ability to discuss the issues of the campaign. There is time enough yet to work in more than one. Why not try it?