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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30
THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR

Chils and Fever is bottle OF Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. The formula is plainly printed
on each package. 1t is simply Iron and Quinine
in a tasteless form and is compounded in cor.
rect proportions The reason imitators do not
advertise their formula is because they know
you would not buy their medicine il you knew
it's ingredients Groves is the original, and is
the only chill and fever remedy sold throughout
the entire malarial section of the United States.
No cure, no pay. Price Soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30

He that lies down with dogs will
rise us with fleas.-Proverb
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30

At the annual meeting of the New York
Cotton Exchange yesterday the recon-
mendation of the New York Exchange
Board of Managers. fixing the annual dues
at $50 and declaring a SO dividend on
membership from the earnings of the year
was adopted
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30

Difficulties give way to diligence,
and disease germs and blood humors dis
appear when Hoods Sarsaparilla is faith
fully taken.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30
Reductions.
Trimmed Sailors.

These are in fetching designs from
Ready, at 40, Is and CSC Rough and
Ready Sailors with Scarfs at $1.49.
Finest Milan Sailors at $1.75 Felt
Walking Hats, suitable far seaside
at $1.25.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30

after suffering from severe dyspepsia
over twelve years and using many RENE
dies without permanent good finally took
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t did me so much
good / recommended it to everyone"
writes j. f. Watkins, Clerk and Recor-
der, Chillicothe, Mo. 1t digests what you
eat. Bobbtt-Wynne Drug Co., w. II.
King. Adams & Moye. VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30
Cobb & Thomas Co.,
SANFORD, N. c.

Hard and Soft Wood Mantels, Mould
ings. Porch Columns and Turnings. Stair.
ways. Interior finish for buildings, church
work. Estimates furnished.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

The ham smeller's only tools are q
long steel trcr and his nose, lie stands
in Il barrel to keep his clothes from be
ing soiled by the dripping brine, OnC
the hams are brought to him, and hC
plunges his sharp pointed trier into
them, withdraws it and passes it swift
ly beneath his nose. The trier alway;
goes down to the knuckle joint,
In testing meat in that manner the
man with the trer judges by the slight
est shade Of difference between the
smell of one piece of meat and anoth
er. The smell of the meat Is olmos'
universally sweet, and that is what hi
smells. The slightest taint or devia
tion from the sweet smell is therefore
appreciabe, 1t is not the degree oi
taint that he eXpectsto find, but the
slightest odor that is not sweet.
When he detects an odor, he throws
the meat aside, and if it is not un
wholesome 1t is sold as rejected
meat, but If It is tainted 1t goes to tn,
rendering tank, The ham tester smells
meat from o'clock in the emorning un
til o'clock at night, and his senst
must never become iaded or ineXact ol
his usefulness would be at an end.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
We Are Never Satisfied

How true II Is man cannot get what
h0 most desires, From the lad Of Q
few summers, to the nged gentleman
Of 50 yenrs, there ~ no one to whom
this truth does not apply, The boy
sees n toy and he wants one like H.,
I . world will never be right to him,
h thinks, until he has a jnck.in.the-
boN like that OF his playmate whom his
mother takes him TO visit once In a
while, and then his glory fades, and he
must needs have q set Of blocks and
builds house with them He builds
houses for u brief spell, then sees
something else and wants that, Dresses
must soon give way TO short trousers
or he will never bc satisfied, He h fin
ally put into short trousers and for a
fcw days he Is quite the proudest creN-
ture In the household, But the pleas
lre he gets In thinking whnt Il man he
Is soon to be gives way to his desire to
GO 10 schools that Is followed by his
anxiety TO get out Of school and 10 col
Iegc, Ilut u few years OF college life,
uo"v h,Nuflng iis freedom from care
lNI IHi ''iI Iall lIl'HuNHlpoi NNHHbl
Keep away the restlessness to get out
into active HE and become a mGn Of
The world, taking part In It's struggles
md It's progress, And then the am
bltions OF one kind or another that
come TO him and how he strives In
his direction or In that until he has
rttnined his desire, But the attainment
thereof does not bring with II the hap
Dlness he had anticipated lie must
become rich, or he must make an ar
MT or he must make literary man
cut of himself, But when he has done
20 there seems to be just as great
distance as before between him and
his longpursued happiness. And thus
II goes the whole life through, one
thing following another, and each one
seeming TO be the great object or living
upon which he must center all his
energies, This is "dlyine unrest
Detroit Free Press,
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
A PECULIAR MISSOURI TOWN.
Municipality was Bankrupt and th
OnicInIs Got Down to work.

~ reckon you have heard about the
mayor Of st, Joe, Mo-, and. his cab
met" said Mlssoupiun whose man
ner indicated that he was proud Of
his old town and state, "relntes the n.
\. sun, 'lt's this way, When the new
mayor looked into the financial con-
ditlon Of the town he found that II
his Oppolriees were paid the salaries
provided by law there would not be
enough money in the treasury TO pny
for painting the lamp post, So he
called In his many friends rs there
were many offices to hll, taking cnre
that the called men We're Of means,
and he said TO them; II you will taka
the places ! offer you and accept no
pny, we can run the old town and make
II shine, and some dime or other we
shall be called blessed,
Every man called took Oft his hat
and suid; SHOW me my desk, and thnt
Is the way the town Of the Black Snake
Hills has started to get ready for the
twentieth century.
"llven before the war 1t was so l
reckon you've heard Of jeff Thomp'
Son, who was picturesque mNjor-gen'
eral In the confederacy? lie was the
only funny general in the confederate
cause, He had an army OF about
thousand mOn, most of them got sick
after they enlisted Jeif marched them
down into the swamps Of Cape Glrar'
deau county, in the southeast corner
OF the state, where ii was SO sicitly
that the frogs couldn't crouk, and he
said to his men; II you are not to fight
you had better be here for there are no
hospitals In the south, and II you go
home the Yanks will get YOU And
blamed II they didn't stay there and
have n good time urtil jeff snw an OPP
portunty Of taking them where every"
thing was lovely.
. "Well. jeff was mayor Of st, Joe be-
fore the war; and II was during his ad-
ministrnton that the first mncndnm-
izing was done on the streets. The
town was in its infancy then, and there
was no money in the treasury to speak
Of. hut jeff wanted the streets paved,
so he bought load of rock one day,
and then he pulled off his cout and
and went on the rock pile and crushed
boulders for Il while until some Of the
citizens got ashamed OF themselves and
turned in and helped until they got
enough of it. and then the tax was
voted, and when it fell short the busi'
ness men of ST. Joe Went down into
their pockets and put up the balance,
and the preachers plunked in some of
their pay, and some cf the boysworked
on Saturdays. Thut's the sort of u
rock bottom st. Joe's got, and you can
not shake town like that out of
place
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

"There is one picturesque thing
about the west which the cheap freight
rates are rapidly driving out of eNis-
I 'oe mean lh' sod house OF Kna.
sas," mid D'Alvcrd NJ, Penwick, Of
Wichita in the lobby Of the ST, James,
20 the Washington Post, There are
sod houses in other parts of the west
Of course, but am only familiar with
these Of my own state These struc-
Wres are as strong and much cheaper
than brick The farmer cuts the sod
for building purposes just as the sod
Is cut for trnnspnntlng grass. The
buffalo grass, which grows in almost
all the middle western states, Is like
n thick mat, and * very tough herb
uqe. The slabs Of sod, about Is by ~
Inches and I inches thick, hold togeth'
p &c thick roll pf felt, They are
laid In courses Hike the ordinary build
Ing stone, and pressed closely togeth-
.rr, ANA the raof is made oftimbersand
frequently tho,ched The inside Is
then smoothed with native lime which
makes Am excellent plaster, The coat
ing o' lime Is sometimes applied out
side also but usually these sod houses
present the natural dun color Of the
prnirlrS IN the winter. Sometimes the
noOr of The house Is made by cXcnvat-
ing few feet and thcn trnmping the
ground solid with horses; otherwise, a
regular wood floor * laid. The door
q. q. 1 .. /.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
nNSrnucrrONN no COMMISSION.
nhe Presidents Letter Of April A. no
Government OI Philippines.

Washington, Sept ll-lhe instruc'
MONS OF lreNdent Mckinley. 10 The
philippine commission were made pub
&c here L,duy, They bear date OF
April Z, 1900, aad are addressed 10 the
secretary VI war;
Az The outset the president saysi"lt
10 probable ,hat the uUusipr Of autho'
rity from military commanders 10 CIV
n Officers will be- gradual and will oc-
cupy considerable period, lts sue
ressful accomplishment and the main.
tenancc Of pcuce and order In the
meantime VIII require the most per-
feet cooperation between the civil and
military authorities IN the island and
both should b, directed during the
transition period by The same oNccu.
live dcpur mont, The commission will
therefore report to the secretary Of
war and all their nc,lon vii, be subject
DO his approval and control
The president Iusructs that on Sept
4, 1900, that pnrt u the power of gov
hrnmcnt Of the Philippines which Is
Df executive nnturc shul pass from
The military governor TO the commD'
klon. or the duties OF the hitter he
says that withou, humporing them by
Aoo specific instruction they should be
enjolncd lysl, 10 establish municipal
governments, giving 10 the natives the
opportunity u m0u0re their own local
ailaIrs 'n H 'H. { extent of which
lhey arc capable dad subject 70 the
least degree oi supervision and con.
troll cons v'.l Che maintenance
Of order and second 70 extend the
goyerrunt rlho natives % the large
Dountlcs OF provinces, lie adds;
"WhCucypr the commission /, of the
opinion thar the condition Oi affairs In
The Philippine Islands Is such that the
central administration may safely be
transferred .u" military 10 civil con.
troll. they VIII ropur, thut conclusion
10 you, with THEW recommendations as
10 the form Of central government to
be established for the purpose of taxi
tng over the control
After Jigrcue" hat wu")c'Nnl III
Ger to udmur.. Jhe ocnl Affairs OF
the people shall he selected by the pco'
ple and tho. u'., Officers o. more eS'
tend,u .lwI.u..oa u0 % b, appointed
nntiycs are TO he preferred IL men
competent W willing can he found,
The president ''r"
at win ".t.s.arY 20 lIl some Of
fees Tor the present "',h Americans
which after t.ro moy well be filled
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

"St,oruo tbot we ore olvhvs 90 COW.
ordlv In niobtmo~es " remarked New
o,in,rS iav,or who Las - tnste for
the hiIorrn 81 don't beliryp nnybody
oror il"ad v.ho s,r"d mn ond made n
sou,re .tn,d ogoinst the nmornbous
Inrror tbnt inSoriahlv nursnrs MS In
snoh yisinms When hnye n nicht
,nnro o,,d 1o r.n,I wonster ccts on
n,v @ troii NV h,ooG trns to wafrr and
,,,| condr%ct % would 6isornc. - sbecn. /
n, Laside myself Win stnr. down
rimht fonr nnI nye ro iGr, left in
ne hand oxcant to rnn like rnbbit
AZ nniJ" .oIs rcsnoc. Irnnd ofridiculo
anl a",n tha irstirct nf .slf defeoee
omo soo+toroI +a u,o ,c,rds npL I ho.
iioyo Lonoytlr ,yould i've cnnoble NJ
an, II Cony IN 'ord,,, to oscone have
' mo- Lns;tation IN oonfpssinr this. I've.
oorso, sn r,r ne b,rn hen nhIe IN
Gnd ont oynryho5v ncts e,nctlv thr
sn,,'o " Wv" ,,'a,, - tho ,Sroos or ni".b imore
ond I' " fcol aorsoin % would nnt ,nnl,,
"noh "nT = vi,ioI'lo " .nsctoc,o "f myseif in
n"oi % lIro Il ',"|' ~" n,,ttpr ,yhat n,ighf heroIl
49, l,,,,,. n,a,' a., a,.,,,,nn,I,, or ,Le
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

4 noted NJ. Co. ramilimly known as
Joe, Is one Of the thirtlcSt men In con.
prc,-, and the raWnnag' athsdlpo,a.
is made to DO effective WORK in hi,
home district Not long ago he re
Qun.od Of his chi.' in the Interior de
plr,mcnJ an appuHmrnt as laborcl
for one Of his constituents The re
quest was promptly complied wilhbuL
much 10 the surprise of the chief as
promptly declined The member was
s.nD fer
Nha. doe, this mcan?" demanded
the official The man YOU were so ur
E,u. 90 have named as a lahorcr de-
cline, 'hr p"so,jua,'
"Ncs, know,' replied the W. c, 90
advised him to-
"You advised him to-" echoed the
chinC "What was The matter? | gave
ycu exactly wha, You asked for, didn)
"Nis" responded Joe, 81 have nc
foult to find with the appointment
The cosc Is like this: My constituent,
follow me down TO Washington hoping
io get .ort brlths in the government
service, There are Il dozen here now
and mo-, places enough To so around
secure the appointment for one, he
nsl.a my adyiac, aud ! tell him to de.
cline; his ioh at home is better 40 he
goes hnck satisfied. appoint another
He dpylmoa at my advice, bu, he has
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

Chicago, AT meeting OF the board
of trade today resolution was adopted
authorizing the president and secretary
to execute contracts with the Exchange
Telegraph Company The first of these
contracts provides for the compIetion
of comprehensive telegraph system
connecting the important exchange
ceuters on or before December 81,
1904, upon the completlon Of which
line the ESchangc Telegraph Company
is to have the exclusive telegraph
space in the exchange hall and Board
OF rrsde Gailaing IN Chicago The
gecond ssntract covers the dissemInn
tion OF the board Of trade quotations
throuahout the territory covered by
the lines Of the NNcIlnge Telegraph
Company with tie exception OF thf
City Of Chicago. -u-.i.-l
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
BEEF FOR TOMMY ATKINS.
British Government Orders Z, 1000 Bar.
reIs from the Swift Packing Co.

rels from the Swift Packing Co.
Queen Vic always has her hands full
When 1t isn't an Indian mutiny, or an
Ashanti rebellion, it is trouble in the
Transvnal or in some of he1
island possessions, and now comes the
Chinese muddle. But your Uncle John
Bull has been in the fighting game o
long time and he is onto all the moves
He knows how to discipline his army
how to general it, how to equip It
and, most important Of all. he knows,
how to feed It, An order has been
recently placed with Swift and Com
pany, the well known American pack
ers, for 1000 barrels of their Extra
Prime Mess Beef, for immediate ship
ment to Hong Kong, and soon tn,
"bloomin Britishers will be smack
ing their lips over this product sd
pure and clean, and wholesome, as w,
in America can testify.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
American Hiblc House to Close Down

New York.-The old bible house at
Fourth avenue and Ninticth street,
home of the American Bible Society
for nearly fifty years, is to he sold and
the graf printing estabIshmer. Of the
siciety will he givn up and The Bibles
printed BY contract This stsp has
been made necessary by tie coupeti,
,tion of the Oxford aNd International
bible companies in England.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
CaIifOrnia0iI
Development

The problem OF cheap fuel for producing
steam In all cities and towns In California has
been forever settled by development In differ
ent parts OF the state OF Crude Petroleum.
Southern California producing almost all Of
this most economical fuel, 1hree barrels Of
steam as one ton OF the best coal OH costs
about u per barrel, while coal costs $40 per tom
thus t3 worth Of cruGe oil produces as many
pounds OF steam as $40 worth OF coal
The most productive, and OF course the most
profitable on Held In southern California 10
known as the Fullerton field Wells producing
100 TO $40 bbls per day have been secured Coms
panies operating In this Held cons der 100 to 800
acres ample territory TO make large profits from
The stock Of one company operating In tho Full
lerton OIL Field has advanced IN price from
few cents pCr share 20 81 DER share In A few
months, stocks In other companies in the
same field have doubled, and quadruplod In
value IN few days recently.
The International OIL Company has the larg-
est amount OF oil land In ono body, under one
lease, OF any company operating IN southern
California, They have twenty year lease on
1880 acres In the Fullerton Fod, The land has
been inspected by noted OIL experts, who are
authority, and pronounced fine oil territory.
They are at work on the first well using their
own machinery,
They offer 5000 shares Of the treasury stock
par value SLOO, for development purposes, AZ
porators for sac-it being Pooled, 10 salRred
officers until the company IS making money.
Officers and Directors all men otsiandngand
responsibility In Los Angeles C0L, whore thoy
oil live and have lived for wears,
References as to personnel and reliability OF
the company Broadway Bank y Trust Co.,
Los Angeles, Cal,
stock bought In This company az 9jc q share
may In few months be worth many times N
cost No certificate issued for less than forty
shares,
Remit TO International on Company III
Douglas Building, Los Angeles Cul, or 10
Broadway Rank II Trust CO., Bradbury Drild.
Ing, Los Angeles, cal,
INTERNATIONAL OIL co.
al uouE!us Bldg,
Los Angelica, Cal
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
Negro XIII, His wife.

Moberly, Mo. ,Scpt.11.-Perter Carson
a negro cook, yesterday shot and kill
ed his wife, who had sued him for d!
Varce and then fatally shat himself
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

Tommy-Let MS play grand opera.
Ethel-All right! I'll be boss.
Tommy-No; it takes man to bC
manager.
Ethel-Oh! You can be the manager
but want to be what they cGY thu
bella donna.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

Salt put on ink when freshly spilled
on carpet will help in removing thu
spot.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
WHAT A TRAVELLER SAW IN CHINA,
a HnArPer's Weekly writer Tells OF
TheIr Habits and Customs,


Writing about the Chinese, in Har.
per's Weekly w. B, Parsons says:
THE personal bearing OF the upper.
MaSs Chln0mln, even In the interior,
where he never comes In contact with
the outer world, Is kindly, courteous
and polite and quite up to what Is
found In similar classes In other
countries to which we apply the term
civilized On my inland journey,
when, approaching a DOWN or city,
was invariably met at some distance
outside the walls, by sub-oillcial
representing the chief magistrate,
who handed me the lGtters card and
bade me welcome. A'Chinese card ls
piece OF thin red paper, about six
Inches long and three wide, with the
name printed in bold, black charac.
tors, There are fashions in cards
corresponding with ours, Some high
Officials infect large cards us indlca.
lulve OF rank. Other persons, when
leaving cards on persons OF position,
use characters of microscopic size as
suggesting great lnferlorty on the
pnrt OF the caller--a very pretty com.
Pllment, but one whose sincerity, Hike
other compliments, Is open TO ques.
tion-and period Of mourning Is indi.
Gated by small character IN IN up.
per corner. On reaching my quaitais,
usually u temple, the locnl Officials
Immediately called, those of Junior
rank merely leaving their cards VIA.
out troubling me, and those Of higher
rank sending in their cards and wait.
ing for an interview II | desired one.
The etiquette of leaving cards and i'm
medlWtely returning cnlls Is more
rigorous than with us. On first meet
ing with nm official, conversation WIS
naturally formal aud sN,ted, but ON
subsequent occasions smHll talk would
How as easily MS the limitations of in.
terpretlng both ways would permit.
In some cases, where acquaintance
was developed by being fellow travel.
ers' we found among those people
precisely the same spirit Of conn n.
ionship that eNls,, among curse. s.
External appearances and differences
dn environment do not affect human
nature General llu Kno Chao, mill.
nary commnndnnt of Chang Shu, who
journeyed with us 900 miles, by his
genlal and whole-souled character
caused us to part with him with deep
regrets, and his evidently unfelgngd
delight in his midday tIpple Of Scotch
whisky at tiifin will always remain as
a bright spot in n very interesting
journey"
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

Don't cough your head off when you
can stop It for 25c. See the Midland
Drug Co. Theyhaye the remedy.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

"A squealing pig on one side of n
Chinese wheelbarrow, balanced bv n
woman ON the opposite side. the en-.
tlre outfit propelled by u stalwart res.
ddent of "}oNer' land, is not an un-
common sight on the thoroughfarcs
OF the Celestial empire. The woman
Is complacent-thc squcals of tie
swtnish passenger not even ATTRACTING
her attention.
The Wheclbnrrow Is used as a mear =
OF transportation in central and lowe,
China, where horses are scarce. II ls
the vehicle Of the common people. ~,
sedan chair being used i'm all sectlc.
for officials and Chinese of SO, o
standing or great wealth. To one 1,
accustomed 10 riding in Chinese Whc
Darrows the sens. ion is not n com.
Portable one. n does not compare
with an American barrow.
The carrying Of the woman and the
pig IN the same load Is not a foolish
custom; 1t is Il part Of the routine
work, The pig is most imrawan,
animal In China. 1t must be takpu
from place to place, perhaps to mar
ket or perhaps to the Chmaman'.
home. The whcCIbnrrows are bpilt
to carry a Ioad on each side. II is,
therefore, quite essential that load
OF 100 or more pounds on one side be
balanced by some weight ON the other
side, and thus 1t 3 made to so,vc -
carrier Of bG t pasSpnuplS n.l
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20

The Chinese do not drink much IN.
ltoNcatng liquor, The uothc drink
is Il sort Of arrack, of which rice Is
the basis II Is only once distilled
and is of low proof, hut when strong
er spirits are required this is reds.
titled, and in thu state 1t is known
as Snmshu, which means thrice e.. /.
There Is NO Sahhalh, but Ito make
up for this there are many general
and local festival days, Business is
suspended only ON the first day of the
year, and then everybody makes mer.
ry and celebrates the day with good
ending and drinking The first three
days Of til" lunar year and several
days about the middle Of April are
devoted also to worship at thc tombs.
The days Of relaxation and merry
malIng are the two solsticcs and the
festival of the dragon boats. Besides
these every family has its festival
days. when the temple belonging TO
the family is visited and the anccs, :
remembered.