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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29
RALEIGH'S BUSINESS HOUSES.

BOOK STORES.
SOUTHERN BOOK EXCHANGE,
127 Fayetteville st.
Co., BAPTIST BOOK STORE,
113 Fayetteville st.
COMMERCIAL & FARMERS BANK,
Cor. Wilmington and Martin SITS.
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK,
Cor. Fayetteville and Martin SITS.
COAL, WOOD AND ICE DEALERS.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
122 Fayetteville st.
JONES & POWELL,
Ii 107 Fayetteville st.
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
ROYSTER, A. D. & BRO,
207 Fayetteville st.
POPE, j. A.,
105 Fayetteville st.
COFFIN HOUSES AND EMBALMERs
BROWN, JOHN W.,
2O7 s. Salisbury st.
STRICKLAND, G. A.,
III to 119 s.. Wilmington st.
DRY GOODS.
DOBBIN & FERRALL,
123 and 1875 Fayetteville Street.
WOOLLCOTT, WALTER,
IA E. Martin ST.
DRUGGISTS.
CROWELL, C. B. & CO.,
120 Fayetteville ST.
KING, w. II. DRUG CO.,
Cor Fayetteville and Hargett, also Cor
Wilmington and Martin SITS.
McGEE'S PHARMACY,
Tucker Building.
McGEACHY, A. S.,
133 Fayetteville Street.
SIMPSON, WILLIAM,
Pullen Building.
SIMPSON, ROBERT,
Cor. Hillsboro and Salisbury SITS.
CRoCERS, WHOLESALE.
BALL. JESSE g.,
Hargett Street.
DUNN BROTHERS,
Is and 20 Martin Street.
CRoCERS, WHOLESALE, RETAIL
GREEN, J. b., & CO.,
E. Hargett st.
JOHNSON, d. T., & son,
10 E. Hargett ST.
LANCASTER & CO.,
II E. Hargett st.
PHILLIPS & CO.,
300 S. Wilmington st.
WOMBLE. A. S.,
Cor. Wilmington and Hargett SITS.
HARNESS AND SADDLERY.
WYATT HARNESS COMPANY,
100 E. Martin ST.
INSURANCE.
ALLEN, GEORGE,
Pullen Building.
PRIMROSE & CO., w. S.,
Holleman Building
BOUSHALL, j. D.,
Tucker Building.
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE co. OF
NEW YORK, THE,
Marlboro House Building.
WHoLESALEFRuIT ANDPRoDUcE.
KING BROTHERS,
Commercial Bank Building.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES.
WATSON, FRED. A.,
112 and 131 Fayetteville ST.
WHARTON, C. p,
119 Fayetteville Street.
ARCHITECTS.
PEARSON, CHARLES,
Tucker Building.
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INVALID, WHO is
boarding, desires young lady to take
care of her baby III months old, at
night Good home to the right person.
Address, Lock Box SO. Kinston N. c.
29-3t
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SOMEBODY MAY TELL YOU THAT
there is no celery in town, don't believe
them. There is plenty of it at Dughi's.
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no CURE A COLD I'M one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it fails
to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on
each box. Price Csc.
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One Cent a Word.

NO ADVERTISEMENT TAKEN FOR
LESS THAN % CENTS AN INSERTION.
CASH MUST ACCOMPANY ORDER, SPE-
CIAL DICOUNTS ON LONG CON
TRACTS.
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DUGHI DOESN'T SELL TURKEYS. BUT
he sells imported chestnuts to stuff
them with.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29

VERY FINT OYSTERS AT SOC PER
quart C. d. Arthur 292t.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29

OYSTERS FOR THANKSGIVNG-25. 80
and soc per quart-at c. d. Arthur's.
29-2t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29

AN ACCEPTABLE PRESENT is A BOX
of ROYSTER'S candy. Take one to the
folks at home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29

WANTED-TO RENT A OR ROOM
house near the capitol. Address, A. B.,
care News and Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29

For LaGrippe and Influenza
use CHENEY'S EXPECTO-
RANT.
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J. L. O'QUlNN & CO.,
RALEIGH, N. G.

Cut flowers. boquetS and floral designs
on short notice. Palm. ferns and all pot
plants for house end window decorations.
Shade trees, evergreens and strawberries.
and vegetables Of all kinds in season.
Phone 142, Raleigh. N. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29

The editor of a Kansas paper the other
day was blessed with baby boy. A lit
tie sister, after examining the baby, went
10 her father and asked: did we get
him on advertising, too. papa"
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Ed PizpI Hurt.

Ed Pizel, the peanut man who has
his stand at the foot of the REGISTER
stairs in the wagon, is a good friend of
the newspaper man and when he
found that things were ullWednday
he sacrificed himself to make an item
He had recently cleaned the
windows of his stand so that they
shown clearly and that morning
when several friends were outside he
stuck his head through the glass in
the door, under the impression that
the door was open. His face was cut
about the forehead and bled quite
profusely, DR.. Gladfelter was sum.
moned and fixed Ed up, removing
the blood stains and dressing the
cuts.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
PAYING INVESTMENT.
Steel Roadway in Spain Paid for
Itself in Two Years by saving
in Road Repairs.

The American consul at Valencia,
Spain, reports these facts to the state
department at Washington: The road
between Valencia and Grao is two miles
in length, and an average of 5000 We
hicles pass over it daily. Until 1892 it
was constructed of flint stone. The
annual cost of keeping it in repair was
about $4,000 pesetas. At the rate Of ex-
change at that date this amounted to
$5,470. The construction of a steel
roadway was determined on, and the
annual cost of keeping in repair the
central zone of road thus relieved from
heavy tratlic-which proceeds over the
steel rails-is now only $500 pesetas, or
about $3.50 at the present rate of ex-
change.
The total cost of the road laid was
G0,9jO pesetas (S0,506). The expense in
detail was: Steel construction, 44,100
pesetas (SG,S90); transportation and
laying steel construction, $3.50 pesetas
(S50O; binding stone construction be-
tween rails and lateral zones, 1900
pesetas (S2,1O0); total, 60,950 pesetas
($9,5O6).
The rails, during the seven years they
have been in position, exhibit wear of
1-25Oth of an inch yearly, and have not
required repairing.
Ample room is allowed between the
rails for two horses TO walk abreast.
Horses do not appear to slip on rails of
this construction. At each side of the
rail are layers of binding stones, the
paved road being higher than the face
of the rails. The municipality of
Valencia is of opinion that the saving
in cost of repairs through a road of this
description pays for its construction in
short time, and other and similar
roadways are in contemplation.
From various parts of Spain in
quiries have been made concerning this
road. 1 learn that a similar construc-
tion was decided on at Alicante in 1898,
but was temporarily abandoned when
events caused exchange TO increase. A
toll of (about) eight-tenths of cent
is charged each vehicle passing over
this roadway
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Death of Mrs. Burns.

Mrs. Jennie E. Burns died about
O'Clock Tuesday morning at her rooms
at 40l ). Walnut street, after an i'll.
ness of less than a week. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been made
but the remains will be taken to
Creston, IA, and laid beside those of
her husband.
Few deaths which have occurred in
the city in a long time have been
sadder than that of Mrs. Burns. She
came here from Iowa over two years
ago with her only child, a young man
of about "a years. Possessed of some
means and desirious of getting her
son in business she was persuaded
that the newspaper field was the best
opening here and invested her money
in a plant and started the Duiiy Re-
cord. She had no experience in the
work and many things weat wrong
Material was bought on time and
mortgages were placed on that al
ready purchased and the inevitable
crash came few months ago when
the creditors became clamorous and
Mrs. Burns was severed from even
a semblance of proprietorship in the
paper. Conflicting rumors stated and
denied that the loss had been her all
and later events of a painful nature
would seem to confirm the former re-
port. Never robust woman the
mental worry kept her i'll and she was
constrained to the constant use of
medicine with the result that it ceased
to help her and lett her with a serious
stomach trouble. About a week ago
fainting spells began and continued
intermittently until last night when
the end came.
Mrs. Burns was not quite As years
old. Her husband. an engineer on
the Burlington, was killed five years
ago in wreck near CrestOn, Ia, and
Emmett Burns, her son, is the only
surviving member of the little family
Her mother, Mrs. McCurdy, her sis
ter, Miss Hattie McCurdy, and two
brothers, Frank and Robert, live near
Roseville, ILL.,, and another brother,
f, A. McCurdy, lives near Elmo, Mo.
They have been communicated with
and upon receipt of word from them
Mr.. Emmett Burns started Wednes-
daU aftarnOOn tO iowa with hia
mothers remains.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Stnmn Rnnks Arc ONT.

The lola post-oflice is now prepared
to supply its patrons with pustage
STAMPS put up in an entirely new
form. The Office has received q large
number Of small books, each contain
ing twelve two'ce stamps. Each
leaf contains six stamps and is pro-
tected by a:layer of paraffine paper.
No difficulty will thus be experienced
in carrying the stamps around. The
new arrangement Is especially
adapted to the requirements of travel
ing men.
The book contains all the necessary
information in regard to the postal
laws, rates of postage and some in.
formation of a miscellaneous nature
regarding postal laws and customs.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

aud satisfactorily. After he had
made plans and bids had been re-
ceived he was to have a per cent of
the contracts let. Mr.. Armstl ong's
point was that he would be the city
engineer, not TOR one line but In all.
Besides the water and the lights, he
noted that street levels were to be
run, pavements laid. sewers con-
structed, all requiring expert advice.
This he expected to give. All the
business of the city requiring en-.
gineering was to be carefully passed
upon by him for the aforesaid salary
and per centum.
The council took no definite action
in the matter but will carefully
weigh all the claims before making a
contract They committed them
selves to nothing, but just to show
that they were keeping up deal Of
thinking, fired questions at the en-
gineers present and put them through
their PAGES. Afterwards the council
went into executive session and con-
sidered the creamery sewer. Ad-
journment was taken until Tuesday
night.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

The heliograph, so often mentioned
in newspapers in connection with
British military operations in South
Africa, has been termed "the trump
card of visual signaling since it pos
sesses four essential military virtues
portability, rapidity of action, ease
of range and secrecy. Through its
mechanism, the suns rays can be re-
hected upon any desired place by
means of movable mirror attached
to tripod, and messages, in the dot
and dash method of telegraphy, read
lily transmitted. The signals can be
read only in the direct line upon
which the rays are transmitted, so
that its secrecy in operation is per-
feet The "helio" is easily portable
weighing, with its accessories, no
more than n soldiers rihe-Youth's
Companion.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Death of Mrs. Johnson

Her many friends will be sorry to
learn that Mrs. johnson, mother of
Miss Maggie Johnson, who lives at
2l0 south Chestnut street, died at
2 o'clock Monday, aged seventy
years. She has been i'll for long
time with dropsy and heart trouble
and this morning change for the
worse came. At noon friends who
called felt encouraged, but soon after
dinner while sitting quietly in her
chair she passed away. Her husband
and one daughter survive her. The
funeral services were held from the
house Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Leon
ard assisted by Rev. Fem, of Hum
boldt, officiating.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Corn Fed Romance.

Here Is beautiful Kansas story of
Richard Carvels and Knighthood
tales. 1t is from the Peabody Gazette:
"In the sos small party of inmi-
grants located I'm the north part of
Kansas where they thought a town
must eventually be built. The settle
ment was beside the trail to Cali
fornia. The settlers argued that of
the large numbers of gold seekers
passing daily enough would become
enchanted with the place to stop and
make city. But the settlement
never grew to city. A log school
house Gust the kind to produce presi-
dente) was put up, and it served the
double purpose of school and church.
The gold seekers did not stop, the
settlement did not grow, and for three
or four years the school had but four
pupils-three of them being girls.
The boy became the lover of all three,
for every school girl must love and be
loved. The boy SCENE d equal to the
situation, and told eacn one he would
marry her when he became man
and she a woman. School girls
generally change lovers with each
changing season, but there was not
enough material in this settlement to
warrant such fickleness. So the sit-
uation was unchanged. While yet a
mere youth, the boy became imbued
with the gold fever and went to Cali
fornia to dig his fortune out of the
ground. All the girls believed he
would return gold plutocrat Years
went by, and then the boy returned.
He returned Mormon elder, con-
verted the three girls, packed them
Off to Utah and married them. The
hero died some months ago"
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
HOW TO BUILD ROADS.
They ShOld BE Rounded Up in the
Center so as to Shed Water TO
the Side Drains.

The first principle applicable to all
roads is good drainage. "Take the wa
ter out and keep the water out" is a
rule which must be followed in the maxi
ing of every road. 1t is not enough to
dig trenches at the side of the road and
call them drains. These trenches must
be real drains; that is, they must have
q good fall to clear outlet, and be in
every respect capable Of carrying the
water away. The road must be round
ed up in the center so as to shed the wa
ter quickly to the side drains. There
must be track in, the center of the
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

road along which travel can pass. ms
track must be hard and smooth so as to
afford the least friction to travel, pre-
vent ruts and at the same time permit
water to run off the sides quickly. Ruts
and holes must not be permitted to
form, but be filed up as soon as they
appear. The drainage must not be
abandoned with the taking care of the
surface water, but in many instances
must extend below the surface in the
form of tile underdrains, so as to form
a firm foundation and lessen the de-
structive action of the frost-injurious
only to wet and water soaked roads. IL
addition to the simple work on roads,
better methods with regard to culvert
and bridge construction are greatly
needed The principles above enum-
Grated with respect to roads require an
infnity Of special methods and treat
ments in arriving at the best results nc.
cording as the land is high lying or low;
is clay, sand, vegetable-mold, etc.; is
difficult of drainage; according to the
extent of travel, the quality of road
metal obtainable-these and many
other varying conditions. That road
making and highway work of all kinds
is considered a matter in which every
man is proficient is probably one of the
evils underlying the bad conditions of
our roads to-day-Rural World.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Farmers Plant SORGHUM.

There is no wisdom in buying cheap
"store" molasses when by planting
an acre or two of sorghum and haul.
ing the cane to Claiborne's Mill you
can have it made into good, whole.
some syrup, You have the land. Mr.
Claiborne will furnish the seed, and
the labor will be trifiing, while the
result will not only save you great
many dollars in your sugar and syrup
bill, but will give you great supply
of good, wholesome sweetness for
your family.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

a snail contingent oi Boors has real
lied the uselessness Of merely tearing
up section of railway and throwing
the rails into a stream--thc usual Boer
method of destroying n line. What
they now do is to heat the center OF a
section to n white heat and carry the
rail by it's two cool ends to the nenrest
tree or telegraph pole, round which
they twist Il in such n way that 1t is alb
solutely impossible TO use it again for
railway purposes.-N. y. Sun.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
ROLLING MILL RUMOR.
A LaIIarpe Gentleman Reluctantly
Admits that the Big Mills are
Going There.

AunlIS tlldt Ine big Mills dfc
Going There.
The big zinc rolling mills which the
Lanyon Zinc Company began dis
cussing about year ago and which
they have never given up, has again
come to the surface from LaHarpe.
The source canuot be learned but it Is
going the rounds diligently and
persistently. The new theory is thus
wise:
The company owns nearly every
foot of the eastern part of the gae field
aud will have no competition urging
it to use up that part of the gas. 1t
owns much land in the neighDor-
hood. 1t can by building out there
escape the higher taxation Of lola
township For all of which reason 3
1t will during the present year COM
mence the erection of the works, and
at LaHarpe.
All that believe this are cordially
invited to come out into the city park
this evening at o'clock sharp and
stand on their heads.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

History furnishes records of the
working of the copper mines of Sinai
from about 5000 l.. c. to 1900 B. c.
These possessions brought on several
bloody wars. The sccp,cr of Pepi H.,
Of the sixth dynasty, is preserved in the
British museum. The entrance, the
ruins OF the furnace, the cruciblcs. the
huts of the miners, and some frag-
mcnts of tools still exist In the debris
have been found remains OF furnaces
and cruciblcs. Stag and cindcrs.-phila-
dclphia Press.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

"Thcre is one thing | would like to
know" said the Savage Bachelor.
rs that possible?" asked the Sweet
Young Thing, with some acerbity;
this occurring at the breakfast hour,
when lovely young woman is at her
unsweetest.
ayes. l want TO know why nearly
all these women who have distin-
guished themselves by a display of
brains look 90 much like ?"-In-
diarapolis Press.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Snakes and Varmints.

One of the most unusual cargoes
ever shipped - this town came in the
other day via the Missouri Pacific Ex-
press from some point in Texas. 1t
was consignment of rattle snakes,
common snakes, lizards, toads, bugs,
worms and other hysteria exciting
things. w. A. Cowan found the re-
cipients OF these pleasant presents to
be camp of travellers down on the
river and although they seemed to be
something less than Croesuses they
unmurmuringly dug up the SIG which
it required to get the reptiles out of
the loving clutch of the express COM
pany. 1t Is barely possible that it
was a shipment of booze which had
been held too long and the snakes
had materialized in the liquor.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
CHEAP FENCE POST.

The boards are run between two slabs
that have been sharpened and driven
into the ground facing each other.
When the boards are in place, the slabs
are nailed together through the boards,
making a very firm fence. a bit of wire
can be wrapped about the top and bot
tom to make IT. still stronger, if desired"
At all sawmills such slabs from pine
logs can be obtained, and very serv-
iceable fence made with them. If cedar
slabs can be had the fence will be al
most indestructible.-N. Y. Tribune.
Winter is the best time TO destroy
the eggs of the tent caterpillar on the
branches of the trees
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
nuaInesa Acumen.

The ClerlI-By the way, l see the An
ti-Superstition league opens its meet
ing tomorrow.
The Boss-Is that so? Mark those
$12 overcoats up to S13 in big figures
and stick 'em in the window.-Indian-
apolis Press.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

81 called TO say au rcvoii, Miss
Homewood," said young Mr.. fitzper-
cy, "I'm going TO Florida, doncher
know"
"Well, good-by, Mr.. Fitzpercy, but
I'm afraid You are somewhat late"
GLOW so, Miss Homework"
"The other geese flew south long
ago" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

GLOW did you and Miss Wheeler get
so well acquainted?"
"Oh, we learned TO ride a tandem
with each other, and, of course, we
were thrown together a good deal."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
inst Like His Fntber.

Mr.. Higgins-Tommy, when you get
to be the head OF n family what will
you say to your sons?
Tommy Higgins (thoughtfully)-
l will tell them how good was when
was a boy.-Ohio State Journal.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
The Old EnIIhncIr.

"If wac hod tn same wither al
ways" said the janitor philosopher,
"thor'd be lot av people who wudn't
know phwat to talk about. ."-Chicago
Daily News.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
The Iafest.

"Have you heard of the new disease
that has broken out among the 1902"
"No; what is it?"
Acknowledgements" Brooklyn
Life.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

The first time man puts on rair
of skates he doesn't cut much ice
Chicago Daily News.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
SLAB FENCE POSTS.
Here They Are Durable and
Quite Satisfactory.

A cheap fence post, where the or
dlnary posts are scarce, can be made
according to the plan shown in the cut.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

! have located at 2O7 south Wash
ington at lola and to introduce my
work l will make photos at $l.5O. to
$500 per dozen for a short time so
come at once. Do not forget the
place.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27
Unheard OF,

No one ever heard married man
coax his wife to sing for him.--Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Iola register., 1900-04-27

G. G. WILLET.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-28
Hnrd Thing to saY About a poY,

Two Harlem men were coming down
town the other morning in u surface
car, one of whom has state reputa-
ton for his plainness Of person. He
calls It an absence of personal pulchri-
tude, but that is merely an euphemistic
distinction without difference Part
of the way with them came the ten
year-old son of the other one, who left
the car at cross street.
That's bright boy" said the fond
father. looking after him as the young
star hoped out of the way of the next
car.
YES" said the hOmely man; "rve
got one myself"
They're a great blessing" aren't
thcy?"
THAT depends" admitted the homaly
father, as II in doubt.
II don't understand" said the other
in more or less Mortified tone.
"Well, n bright boy" explained the
home man, lis all right up to certain
limit, but YOU don't want him to be too
dazzlngly brilliant. That's the kind 1
think mine Ia. I'm afraid he'll strike n
sort of mete0fie career when he grows
up and land In the legislature or the
penltentiary or some place like those.
Last week friend Of mine met him on
the street with his mother II was an
old friend who had known us before we
were married. My. my he said, pat
ting the boy on the head. how very
much you look like your father And
Instead of thanking him and being
pleased. what do you suppose my brill
liant offspring said? Why, he gave q
short grunt Of disapprOval and re-
sponded Well, I think that's a hard
thing to say about n boy that never
done anything to you, "
Didn't his mother rsprove him?" In
Qulred the other one, synpathetlcally
mo: she only laughed. I'm beginning
10 lose confidence In the mothers Of the
rising generation, too" and the sensl-
tive father bowed beneath his burden
OF homeliness.-New York Times.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-28

Omaha World Herald: The car was
crowded, therefore quite n|<iber Of
passengers suspended themselves from
the straps and swayed with every
motion Of the car. A young man In
the garb OF mechanic chung TO a
strap with one hand, while the other
hand chung to q dinner pail, He was
standing In front of a woman who was
richly dressed and seemingly blessed
with an abundance Of this worlds
goods.
AS the car swung round n corner the
strap to which the young man chung
parted with snap and the youn6 man
was precIpitated into the lap OF the wo-
man. As soon as he could recover his
standing position he raised his hat and
apoIogfzed by saying:
Pardon me, madam, / am sorry to
disturb you, but really this Ia the first
time the street ear company ever con"
fcrred favor on me-"
The woman appreciated the gallantry
and the compliment.