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, 1900-02-01

j. fountain of mercury is the most
interesting sight of a big exhibition
held in London, and it attracts large
crowds every day. Mercury, or quick
silver, is nearly fourteen times heavier
than water. and 1t must seem strange
to see fiat irons and large chunks OF
rock floating around upon its surface
in the lower basin. The mercury falls
in a constant shower of silver spray
from a basin seven foot above the one
in which these heavy objects are float
ing. and 1t is raised back up into this
upper basin by an endless chain"
upon which are fastened twenty-eight
tiny buckets, which dip into the mer-
curry and carry 1t up one after the
other. The entire fountain is painted
black. and when it is lit up at night
the silver rain sparkling In the electric
light against a black background is
very pretty. Two and a half tor OF
mercury, costing $3.50. is the amount
used in this remarkable fountain.
, 1900-02-01
QUEEN,


Doctor and Nurse.
Letters in st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.-Queen Amelie, of Portugal, the
only crowned head who has acquired
by study and bona fide examinations
the right to add the letters NJ. ID. to
her name, is showing so much courage
and sympathy for suffering in connec-
ton with the outbreak of the Asiatic
plague at Lisbon and Oporto that it
is amazing that so little public atten-
ton should have been accorded the
matter. Most people who have follow
ed the course of his pestilence in Eu-
rope are aware that DR.. Pestana, one
of the leading physicians of Portugal,
succumbed to the disease while engage
ed in attending to the wants of those
afflicted Herewith. But what is moi
known is that this eminent scientist
and brilliant physician was nursed to
the very last by his Queen in person;
by hat handsome young Queen who,
since the outbreak, had been his prin-
cipal assistant and lieutenant in com
batting the plague. The moment that
DR.. Pestana discovered hat he had
caught the malady he devoted himself
with preternatural courage n force
of will to the duty of recording his
W symptoms. How important his
was may be gathered from the fact
that panic was believed to play a con
siderable role in bringing about the
fatal result. Had this been the case
DIR. Pestana would have survived. For
he retained the fullest use of his facul-
tfaS and tho utmost COMMUNICATING 80 thn
very last. debating to the Queen a min
ute diagnosis of his condition. and of
his agonizing pains, a diagnosis stated
to be of the utmost scientific value. His
last words to the Queen. who was
weeping by his bedside. were as fol-
lows:
Il have now only five minutes to
live. The tetanic spasms have return
ed. Adieu. Madame; l deeply thank
your majesty for having honored my
deathbed by you presence. Do moi
approach me. as my breath is danger
GUS" He then breathed his last in a
sort of convulsion. The civilized world,
in time zone by. has gone wild with
enthusiasm over the courage display
ed by Empress Eugene, by King Hum
bert, by the late Gar and his wife,
and by the late King Alfonso of Spain.
in merely visiting the wards occupied
by patients suffering from Asiatic
cholera. But it seems to have no
words of commendation left for a
Queen. who. not content with mere
visiting hospitals, actually takes up
her position there beside the bedside
OF the dying. as physician and as
nurse. the disease with which the pa
tients thus cared for are afflicted be-
ing of an infinitely more repulsive and
contagious character than the Asiatic
cholera.
, 1900-02-01

An inventive engineer who has a eur
ious ide of warfare has suggested Il
plan for the humiliation of the Beers
which, at least, has the advantage of
novelty. He says it was suggested to
him by an accident that occurred in
the power house of the Third Avenue
Cable railway in New York City n
couple Of years ago. The fly wheel
which regulated the energy applied to
he movement of the street cars on that
railway, being improperly adjusted,
flew into n thousand piees, which were
thrown with great destruction III ev-
cry direction. and his plan is 10 ship
a lot of fly wheels to South Africa. adj
just them improperly and set them
whirling in the face of Dom Paul's
army. All he British have got to do
is to wait until they explode and then
bury the dead in Il decent ann
Another great genius has suggested
the collection OF "A large quantity of
disease germs, and having elevated
them to a proper height w ballon pow.
err. jerk a string, open Il valve and let
them drop like ii shower of rain over
the Boer camp.
, 1900-02-01

a limb and 1t was reasoned that on,
arm gone would not amount TO SO
much as his life. The men at the ton
were given the signal and the Slay
was hauled up the 107 feet. his body
dangling from side to side of the shaft.
he recovered his sense when he struck
the pure air. to find himself dangling
at the end of the rope, and weakly
whispered: For Gods sake, get me
out OF this" Tho men had to balance
the body before they could catch hold
and drag him safely across the brink.
This mans arm was powerless when
he was set free.
The explosion was caused by a min
er's naked lamp, which experience
mas shown time and again to be one of
the greatest perils in coal mining. The
miners carry them in preference to
saFety lamps because they show more
light. Up to last week Tuesday safety
lamps were used in the Braznell COL
liery. but on that day Pit Boss Jones
ssued instructions to the effect that
the miners could use naked lights.
These instructions were given al
though 1t was a well-known fact that
there was much gas in the Braznell
mine. The night before the explosion
Fire Boss Radcliffe spent the greater
part of the time trying to locate the
presence Of gas. Notwithstanding this
, 1900-02-01
A ROAD.
San Lul. Park Ha. set a Good Example

San Luis Park Has Set n Good Example
S. |. Hallett, in the Mining and Sci
entiic Press. says:
while travelling in the San Luis
Park of Colorado. | observed n peculiar
condition of roads that might be of in
terest to any one freightlng in n desert
reoion. where the and Is very deep
and thick. and particularly of interest
to steam freighters. where n good road
is really n part of the machinery.
'.San Luis valley has once been the
site of an old lake. and h whole val
lev, with few exceptions, is very sandy.
a loaded wagon sinking from -four To
ten inches in the coarse sand. The
farmers in that section have placed on
the roads n covering of from six inches
TO n foot of wheat straw. This they
cover again with Il small amount of
sand. and this roadbed makes the fin
est highway that l have eve Travelled
over in the country-springy, and yet
not allowing n loaded wagon to sink
into it at all: perfectly good after Il
rain or in the driest weather. II enables
the farmers to haul three times as
much with the same power as though
II were not there. The country being
very dry. it makes n lasting road. as
the wheat straw, after having been
plowed undcr for several years. when
brought to light. is rs bright and fresh
as when 1t was first covered up. not
rotting in the slightest degree.
THE difference is very marked the
minute that you leave these roads and
get into the heavy sand. 1t Is ms cheap
as anything that could possibly he
placed on the road to better it. The
country is Il large wheat-producing
one. and such straw as they do not Use
is burned. owing 10 the fact that 1t will
not decompose when plowed under in
their wheat fields. The straw breaks
of in small pieces. being very brittle,
and seems to mix with the sand, form
ing an almost perfect macadam road.
Possibly it might be Of benefit 10
mines using steam wagons to try to
better their roads by this means, If
they have the wheat straw. or, if not.
with the best wild hay mt their COM
mand. Tho difference in the ease of
travel and the very marked difference
in the amOunt of load that IA be
hauled strikes one forcibly."
, 1900-02-01
A INCIDENT.

"a young girl identifies the body of
her brother and kisses his mute lips.
Then, overcome by the strain. she
becomes insane.l
rowful work of rescue was going on
within the mine. there were other
sorrowful scenes witnessed as body
after body was being carried to a
little blacksmith shop that was used
as a morgue. Here the relatives OF
the dead miners gathered to Identify
the bodies as they were carried in.
Mike Grovok. a Hungarian, who was
rescued through the air shaft, had a
peculiar experience. He had been
pulled through the mine by Pit Boss
Jones and Michael Dukman and tainted
on their hands At the bottom of the
shaft one man had to hold him while
the other tied a rope about his wrist.
1t was felt that the sufferer might lose
, 1900-02-01

The growing interest in deep water
seaports and cheap transportation by
water, gives added Importance to the
building up of the city of La Porte
Texas. The high. dry ground of La
Porte is in direct contrast with the
greater portion of the Mexican Gulf
Coast. Marshes, malaria and fevers are
unknown. La Porte is to be formally
Opened" and introduced to the public
February IA to II, when it is expected
a great crowd of Northern and Texas
people will be on hand to inspect the
much talked of new seaport of the Gulf.
So great is the interest shown that the
American Land Co., lss Madison St.,
Chicago, acting as Northern Manager,
is deluged with letters of inquiry.
, 1900-02-01

II was recently asserted that at least
sevcnty-hve per cent. of the colored
people in South Carolina were Hitter
ate and can neither read nor write, and
at the same time only fifteen per cent.
Of tie colored convicts in the peniten-
tiary and ref0rmatory institutions are
illiterate. In other words. the ratio of
education to crime is the reverse of
what 1t should be. and if these figures
are correct it is only another illustra-
ton of the old adage that IA little
farming is u dangerous thing"
, 1900-02-01

Should you desire information re-
garding California. Arizona, Texas or
Mexico, and the long limit, low rate,
round-trip tickets, sold to principal
points. the various routes via which
the tickets can be purchased. or re-
garding one way first and second class
rates, through sleeping car lines.
first-class and tourist. call upon or ad-
dress w. G. Neimyer. Genl Western
Agent. Southern Pacific Co, 23S
Clark St. Chicago; w. II. Conner.
Com1 Agent. Chamber Commerce
Bldg, Cincinnati. Ohio. or w. J.. Berg.
TRAY. Pass. Agt.. 220 Ellicott So, Buff
falo. N. Y.
, 1900-02-01

LUCAS CpUNTN.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm of II. j. Cheney & Co,
doing business in the City of Toledo. County
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December. A. d. 1sS6
TSE.I1 A. W. GLEASON,
~ Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
or the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F.. ]. CHENEY 81 CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
, 1900-02-01
Letting Wen Enough Alone.

From the Baltimore American.-
Bobbs-I see hat a man has invented
a typewriter that you just sit down
and talk to ind 1t writes out every
thing you say. Dobbs-I guess III
keep mine. She doesn't write every,
thug / say. and I'm glad of 1t.
, 1900-02-01

Sunday ought to be a day of rest
Yes; on weekdays. however. I catch
trains for myself. while on Sundays /
catch them for myself, wife and three
children"
, 1900-02-01

ANY failures his morning." Eyes;
seven alarm clock factories have gone
under" How remarkable!' Not at
all. men these days can't waste time ly-
ing in bed waiting for alarm clocks to
go on"
, 1900-02-01

Dropsy treated free by DIR. Fl. Fl. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column 4 this paper.
, 1900-02-01

Edgar has a ~frt-htful cold" How
did he get it," ''He Is so reckless: he
put on golf hose of a larger plaid than
those he Ind been Menring..
, 1900-02-01
1t Feeds
the Hair

Have you ever thought why
your hair is falling out? 1t is
because you are starving your
hair. II this starvation continues
your hair will continue to fall.
There is one good hair food.
1t is Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t goes
right TO the roots of the hair
and gives them Just the food
that they need. The hair stops
falling. becomes healthy. and
grows thick and long.
Ayers Hair Vigor will do
another thing. also: it always
restores color to faded or gray
hair. sl.oo a bottle. All druggists.
, 1900-02-01

Jimmy-"wot made dat Hamlet git d
blues so bad?" Joey-"W'y. 'Phely went
and got d~rownded cause he he'd on her
rAinN-daN skirt"
, 1900-02-01

IF you are working for success don't
desire life to be "A bed OF roses. II
don't: neither do 1 want it TO be a fold
ing bed"
, 1900-02-01

Laxative Bromo Quinipe Tablets removes
the cause that produces la Grippe. T.. W.
Groves signature is on each box. sc.
, 1900-02-01

Mrs. winsiow's soothing syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
fammation, allays pain. cures wind collie. 2c a bottle
, 1900-02-01
Winter Tours.

what makes the average woman tell
falsehoods about her age?' Because
she can't blame II on the scales"
, 1900-02-01

gave them a thorough trial, and after a few applications I noticed
the redness and Inflammation disappear. Before l had used
one box there was not a sign of Eczema left. can ~truthfully
assert that $500 worth of CUTIcURA REMEDIES cured me.
There has been no sign of its return anywhere upon my body
since l wrote you was cured, nearly four years ago. Hardly a
month passes but what l receive a letter or some one calls and
wishes to know how got cured, if | had Eczema bad, and if
the cure has been permanent, etc, etc. l always take pleasure in
enlightening them the best l can.
JOHN d. PORTE, Pittsburg, March I, 1899.
OF JOHN D. PORTE & Co., Real Estate and Insurance,
42S Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
The agonizing itching and burning of the skin. as in eczema, the hightfal scaling.
as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crustng of the scalp, as in SCALED head; the
facial disagreement, as in pmPls and rngworm, the awful suffering Of infants and
a remedy Of almost supehuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That
, 1900-02-01

What makes Stubbs' poetry so popu-
lar; 1T looks so much like a column Of
real estate transfers"
, 1900-02-01

Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters and
Great Red Blotches. Scratched Until Almost
Wild. Burned Like Fire. Sleep Impossible.
CUTICURA Remedies Bring Speedy Relief
and a Permanent Cure at a Cost of Only 81.
, 1900-02-01

1 was a sufferer for eight years from that most distressing o
all diseases. Eczema. | tried some of the best phYsicians in tn
, 1900-02-01
Denver Directory.

OXFORD HOTEL b hspS St rir ssss UD'o1
= IL Morse. Mgr, j. W. TenEyck. VI. A.. Trip'ett
, 1900-02-01

country, but they did me little
good. The palms of my hands
were covered and would become
inlamed; little white blisters at
first would appear. then they
would peel off, leaving a red,
smooth surface which would burn
like fire and itch; well, there is
no name for it. On the inside
of the upper part of both my
limbs great red blotches, not
unlike hives, would appear, and
as soon as | became warm the
burning and itching could begin.
Night after night | would lie
awake all night and scratch and
almost go wild. | heard of CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES, got them and
, 1900-02-01

|Es !Ill e. IT,! SAVINGS 4 .sS:s;,s:s HS ss5fs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-01
RALEIGH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Formed Last Night For the Purpose of Organ
izing Baseball Club.

A meeting of those interested in base
ball was held last night in the mayors
office and an, organization was formed to
be known as the Raleigh Athletic. Asso-
ciation.''
1t is to be a stock company, with a cap
ital of $500 divided into shares of $40
each The business men an citizens Of
Raleigh generally will be asked to sub
scribe. a soliciting committee has beer
appointed for this purpose, and at the
meeting last night half the stock was
subscribed.
Also committee was appointed to
make investigation as to the material
available for baseball club in the city
and to be obtained from the various coll
leges during the summer.
Mr.. -Pogue, secretary of the Fair. was
present at the meeting and offered the
club the use of the baseball field at the
Fair grounds, when it is not being used
by the A. and NJ College team.
AS soon as all the stock has been Sc
cured meeting of the stockholders will
be called for the purpose of adopting by
laws and organizing
Those who are promoting the venture
have strong faith in it's success.
Mr.. F. w Habel presided at last nights
meeting and Mr.. Perrin Busbee was sec
rotary. Some twenty persons were pres
ent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-01
DR.. Pittenger's Characterization of Seawelr S
Speech at Rockin ham. yp

Seawell's suggestion to a negro meeting
in Rockingham to show "how Jesus would
run this campaign" met with richly
deserved rebuke Sunday morning from at
least one pulpit in Raleigh.
Il want to enter my earnest protest"
said Rev DR.. Pittinger, of the Good Shep-
herd church, in the beginning of his SER
mon, Eat the frivolous way in which
sacred things are being treated these
days-the light manner in which the name
of the Son of Man himself is being band
led about.
81 refer especially to the question
What would Jesus do?' We have it re-
duced in this mornings paper to little
less than blasphemy."
DR.. Pittinger then went on to say that
too often people asked this question as
though Christ had absented himself from
this world and no longer had anything to
do with it; as though the world had bro
ken loose and it would be an unusual, a
remarkable thing if He should have any
part in its control.
'Iie still rules the universe and looks
over his people with the same omnipo-
tence that characterized his ministry
while here on earth. Lo I am with you
always, even to the end of the world.
Thus he spoke to all his people for all
time"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-01
RALEIGH AGAINST WAKE FOREST.
The Raleigh Boys Win by to 6, a Holly Con-
tested Game

Wake Forest, N. c.. April 30.-One of
the prettiest games of baseball ever seen
on the Wake Forest diamond was played
here Saturday between the kid" team
Of this place and the Raleigh Boys
Brigade, resulting in a score of to 6, in
favor of the Raleigh Boys. The game was
clean and holly contested from start to
finish. 1t was more of a pitchers battle
than anything else, Saintsing striking out
six men for Wake Forest and Rose one
for Raleigh. Roses speed however, was
too much for the kids" and they couldn't
"get him off. +" Turner, as usual. caught a
beautiful game for the kids" and the
work of Powers at short, and Turner, j.,
peru. For Raleigh the fielding of White
and the heavy batting of Rose were the
most prominent features. By far the pref
test play of the game was the steal
home of Catcher Turner in the eighth
inning With two men out and the ball
in the pitchers hands Turner stole home
from third. thus tieing the score. Raj
eigh won out by a batting rally in the
ninth.
Summary: Runs, Raleigh, Z; Kids, 6.
Hits. Raleigh, 6; Kids, 3. Errors, Raleigh.
5; Kids, 5. Struckout by Saintsing, 6; by
Rose, l. Bases on balls, by Saintsing, 2;
by Rose, l. Two base hit, Raleigh, l.
Passed ball. Turner, 0; Gulley, 8.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-01
HORNER TEAM WINS
The Farmers Couldn't Find
kenna's Curves.
Person Pitched a Good Game But HAD Poor
Support. Horner Shut Out Six
Times.

Horner boys know how to play pail.
They demonstrated this fact out at the
Fair grounds yesterday.
Greater interest had been aroused III
thsh game probably, than in any game
PLAYED here this season. The exceptional
record that the A. and M. boys had made,
having been defeated only once this sea-
son, their excellent batting record, the
reputation of some of the players on the
Horner team, and the number of teams
they had defeated-all this went toward
arousing a deep interest among the
lovers of baseball, in this game.
1t was an excellent day for playing,
and an unusually large crowd witnessed
it; and among them was large number
of ladies.
At four o'clock the game was called by
Umpire Sherwood Upchurch, and A. and
NJ went to the bat. Kenna was in the
box. and the ball rarely failed TO come
up against Oldham's nit. Kenna gave
the ball few of his old time twirls, and
A. and M. went to the field with a goose
egg to their credit.
Person can pitch some too. and the
Horner boys were likewise shut out. This
continued until the third inning, when
Kenna. for the visitors, swatted the ball
clear out of the centre field, bringing in
two men on bases and coming in himself
This was the finest play Of the game, and
though large majority of the spectators
desired to see the home boys beat, it was
heartily cheered. Horner scored two more
runs in the fifth inning and then more in
the seventh. Morson by dint of stealing
second and third bases scored for A and
NJ in the sixth inning
A. and NJ. lost through the poor sup
port that the fielders gave the battery.
Person only allowed six hits to be made.
while Kenna only allowed five.
The features of the game were the
pitching on both sides, and Kenna's and
H. Persons three baggers.
The following is the tabulated record OF
the game:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-01
'SIM0NTON PROTECTS
THE TOBACCO TRUST
He Says That Its "CharaCter, Purposes and
Designs Must Not be Investigated.
A SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER FILED YESTERDAY
From Whence Comes This Sudden and Wonderful Light and
Desire to Protect Poor Corporations
the affairs and methods of the Trust.

the affairs and methods of the Trust.
AS to the first it makes really very lit
tie difference as to result whether the
property is sold at public or private
auction, though Judge Simonton is right
in ordering public sale.
But as to refusal to allow an investiga-
ton of the affairs of the Trust the case is
quite different. 1t was for this that Major
Guthrie has been fighting the suit. In
fact, in his answer he set up only two
contentious: Cd That the court had no
jurisdiction; (2) that if it did have juris-
diction it ought not to exercise it's as
it would create a monopoly which is con-
trary to law.
On the first point Judge Simonton de-
cided that he had jurisdiction and made
the receivership permanent. On the sec
ond point, the only matter of fact al
legged in the bill and not admitted in the
answer" he directed the Standing Master
to take testimony.
This was Saturdays opinion.
Yesterdays opinion says the Master
shall take no testimony RESPECTING
THE CHARACTER, PURPOSE AND DE-
SIGNS OF THE AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMPANY.
From which it would appear that the
Tobacco Trust is about as safe as the
Southern Railway in Judge Simonton's
hands.
AS there is now nothing left about
which TO take testimony the case is at
an end unless Major Guthrie chooses to
appeal to the Supreme court.
Major Guthrie was in the city yester-
day and was asked what he had to say
concerning the opinion of Judge Simonton
Nothing whatever" he replied, "eX-
cept that the litigation is not yet ended.
/ am too old lawyer and have given and
received too many hard ticks in law suits
to quarrel with judges about their de-
cisions or feel unduly elated when they
decide in my favor, or to cry about it
when they decide against me-
Major Guthrie, as attorney, yesterday
filed a claim against Blackwell's Durham
Tobacco Company in the Arents suit in
favor of Mrs. Jane c. Vansant, of Phia-
delphia, for $35, 0G573 with interest from
July 1, 1898, at the rate of per cent
for money loaned by Mrs. Vansant to
Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Company in
1897, and on which the interest was paid
UP to July 1st, 1898. Mrs. Vansant asks
that her claim be paid out of. the assets
of the corporation before there is divis-
ion among the stockholders.