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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11

No encamprlent was ordered during the
past year on account of a lack of funds
for this purpose. Annual encampments
are of vital Importance to the Guard.
and ample provision should be made
for holding them. Whenever the troops
nave been needed to aid in the enforce
ment OF the law, prompt and most eff
nclent service has been rendered The
time mas come in our history when a
spirit OF just liberality should be mani
tested toward the States military
FORCES. North Carolina is far behind
her sister states in the matter OF APP
preparations for supporting her State
Guard. This condition ought not to
exist.
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The attention of the Legislature is
especially called to the eighth biennial
report of the State Board Of Health.
The attention of your Honorable Body
is particularly called to the report OF
the committee of that Board transmit
ted herewith upon the subject of the
ventilation Of the State Capitol
The Board of Health during the last
two fiscal years has performed more ia
vorable services i'll the lines of its par
ticular employment than it has ever
performed in any similar period here
tofore.
1t is earnestly hoped that the Legis-
lature will make liberal provisions for
the continuance of the work of this
very important Board.
LITIGATION INVOLVING STATES
INTEREST.
The railroad litigation, in which the
State has been concerned for the last
four years, has been more extensive
and important than that in which it
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION.

North Carolina, Wake County. In the
Superior Court before the Clerk.
w. c. Stronach and Thos. Johns, Adrnrs.
of David Lewis (deceased), VS.. Robt
Crabtree, Sallie his wife, ct ais.
Notice.
Westbrook Langston John Langston.
Troy Langston and Troy Lewis, defend
ants in the above entitled special proceed
ing will take notice that a special pro-
ceeding entitled as above has been COM
menced in the Superior Court Of wake
county to enable said plaintiffs as admin
istrators of David Lewis (deceasedl to
sell certain parcels of land situate IN 81
Mary's township in said county. for tbe
payment of the debts of such deceaent.
and the said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to appear
before the Clerk of the Superior Court
OF Wake county, N. c.. at the court house
Of said county in Raleigh, N. 81, On jan
uary 18th, 1901, and answer or demur to
the complaint in said special proceeding
or the plaintiffs will apply to the courtr
for the relief demanded in said complaint
This % day Of November, 1900
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
THE ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

This property has not paid any di-
vldends during the years 1899 and 1900.
1t appears that its management has
used its net earnings in improving it's
property. Ut seems that the stock has
been selling at about twenty-five per
cent. of it's par At this price, a sale
of the States stock would realize in
round numbers three hundred thousand
dollars. If & reasonable price could be
obtained, this property furnishes an as
set available for increased expenditures.
GOVERNORS SALARY AND THE
MANSION.
The State provides for the Governor
and his family a Mansion spacious and
stately and well adapted to entertain
ments and social occasions. The liber-
ality of Mr.. George Vanderbilt has i'm
proved the Mansion grounds and made
them more attractive. The salary of
the Governor is not adequate to meet
the demands imposed upon him by the
environments which surround him.
Speaking from experience of four years,
say that serious pecuniary loss is inn
posed on man of moderate means
when he quits his personal earnings
and abandOns close attention to his pri-
vate property to become Governor of
North Carolina on salary of three
thousand dollars a year.
The Constitution prohibits the Legis-
lature from increasing the compensa-
ton of the Governor during his term
of office. Term of the incoming Gov
ernor does not begin until his aualifica-
ton. The General Assembly is in SEES
sion for time before his term begins.
During this time it is competent for
the General Assembly to increase his
compensation commensurate with his
station and needs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
MUNYON'S
GOLD
CURE.

When Prof Munyon says what his cold cure
will do he only SAYS what all the world knows.
Nearly everybody seems TO be taking this remedy
whenever "A cold appears, II relieves the head
nose. throat and lungs SO quickly that a cold need
no longer be fore uhner OF grip. diphthera or
pneumonia
Everyone OF his remedies is as sure. All drug
gists, mostly Poe vial Guide % health free.
Write to Broadway and 10th ST., New York, for
medical advice free.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
NOTICE.

Raleigh N. c., Jan. 2, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to the General Assembly Of
North Carolina, at it's approaching ses-
sion, for a charter for the North Caro-
lima Banking and Trust Company.
ERNEST HAYWOOD. Attorney.
lin
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
The Valuable Ninth Spring Hotel for
Rent OF Lease.
Raleigh. N. c.

will rent or lease my Ninth Spsing Hotel prop
erly to a suitable and responsible person. Possss-
apply to
FANNIE b. HAM Lacirnnpe. NC
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
sCRnFI1I.A THR CAIIsE

Eczema, catarrh, hip disease, white
swelling, and even consumption have
their origin in scrofulous conditions
With the slightest faint of scrofula in
the blood. there is no safety. The remedy
for this disease in all it's forms is Hood s
Sarsaparilla, which goes to the root of the
trouble and expels all impurities and dis
ease germs from the blood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11

THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Certain holders of State bonds claim
ing a second mortgage on the States
stock in the North Carolina Railroad
Company have presented to the Gov
ernor a memorial, with the request that
he will com nunicate it to the General
Assembly. These parties have the
right of petition which they can ex-
ercise by direct memorial addressed
to your Honorable Body.
The contention of these bond holders
seems to be substantially as follows:
That they own bonds amounting in
round numbers to $500 principal.
and 100000 interest; that these bonds
were issued to the Western North
Carolina Railroad Company under the
Act of February, 1885 as amended by
the Act of December, 1866; that by the
Act of 1866 these bonds were secured
by a statutory mortgage on the States
stock i'm the North Carolina Railroad
COMPANY 10 the extent of an amount
of the par OF the States stock equal to
the par of said bonds; that by the Acts
of 1919 and of 1855, the thirty thousand
shares of stock owned by the State
(three millions par and now worth at
market prices about five millions of
dollars). were mortgaged to secure the
Construction or First Mortgage Bonds;
that the amount of these first mortgage
bonds now outstanding is $2,72O,0OO;
that these bonds issued under the
Acts of 184s and 1855 fell due in or about
the wears 1880 to 1885; that in 1880 the
state entered into an agreement with
the holders Of the first mortgage bonds
nv which nav six per cent. bonds were
to be issuad 10 mature in 1919, such new
bonds to he an extension of the old
bonds and to hold On the States stock
the same lien or security as that which
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
CONCLUSION.

There are subjects of legislation
which are worthy of your considera-
ton and which are not specifically men
toned in this message. Among these
are the establishment of Code Com
mission; an increase of the number of
Superior Court Judges; the restoration
of authority to the Judges to limit or
regulate the time consumed in nisi
prius trials.
And, equal if not superior in import
ance to all other subjects of legislation.
is the enactment of an Election Law by
which every Constitutional elector
shall be able to vote and to have his
vote counted as cast.
DANIEL l.. RUSSELL.
Executive Office, January 8, 1901
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-11
STATE GUARD.

The State Guard has steadily in
creased in usefulness and is now on a
splendid basis The appropriation from
the General Government has been more
than doubled during the past two years.
This fact has made possible much
better equipment for all the companies.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
Curious Chinase Trim.

Curious Chinese twins are now being
exhibited in Europe. Like the famous
Siamese twins, they are Joined to.
gether at the lower part of the chest
These twins are boys, and they were
born in China a few years ago. They
are of normal intelligence, and each
weighs Is kilogrammes. Four years
ago they had smallpox the infection
passing in "a hours from one to. the
other. They 60 to sleep about the
same time, but it is possible to awaken
one without arousing the other. Thew
can walk and run with ease, and when
they lie down they very quickly find
a comfortable position.
Mr.. Chapot-Prevost, scientist who
has given much attention to mons
trosities of this kind and who sue
cessfully performed an operation some
time ago on two girls who were SINH
larly Joined, recently examined these
twins and concluded that the ligament
uniting them could be severed without
much, If any, risk. He therefore sug-
gested that this be done, but those In
charge OF the twins said it was impos-
sible, as it was the will of the Chinese
god Khango that the boys should be
born thus. and his will must be re-
spected,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
GIN Old Ben Franklin's Dsv "

The sleeping girl now and ther
comes to the front with one of he,
prolonged slumbers of several DAYS
duration, and one is reminded of the
teat OF Franklin, as he himself tells
II. The philosopher in this case is
entitled to public confidence. But an
unknown witness would not be cred.
tied.
Monday, July 25, at Southampton, |
went at noon to battle in Martins salt
water bath, and, floating on my back.
Tell asleep and slept for over an hour
by the watch, without sinking or turn
ing over; thing l never did before
nor should hardly have thought it DOS
sible."
/. in another place the wise man of
mis- day and generation had something
to say regarding class of people that
is numerously represented ait the pres.
ent time.
There are croakers in every coun.
try boding it's ruin. Such one lived
IN Philadelphia, who said the city was
sinking place, the people half bank
rupt and new buildings and rents high
for the most part, being fallacious At
last | had the pleasure of seeing him
give five times as much for a house
as he might have bought it for when
he began croaking. The National
Magazine, .
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
when the President Lost His Hat,

The Crystal Palace exhibition.
opened at New York July Is, 1853, was
the first affair of this kind in the
country for which foreign exhibits
were solicited. The "big show" began
with procession in which President
Franklin Pierce, mounted, was a con.
spicuous feature. The hero of the day
rode a mettlesome steed and while
proceeding up Wall street the presi-
Dental head-gear, a new silk hat of
the prevalent style, was incontinently
tumbled to the pavement. Another
horse recklessly stepped upon the I'm.
fortunate tile, crushing it out of the
semblance to itself, besmearing it with
mud--real Wall street mud. What was
left of the misshapen and bedaubed
hat was worn by the president, to tne
great amusement of the spectators. un.
til a substitute could be secured,--The
National Magazine.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
Dreams Which Happen,

A lady spending the summer in the
country, some 20 miles from her city
residence, dreamed that the latter
was robbed, she herself being a witness
of the robbery. In her dream she
saw two men. one Of whom limped,
in the act Of rummaging some trunks
In the hall. A candle stuck by means
of its own wa On the newell post it,
Illuminated the scene with dim light.
After finishing heir work with the
trunks the men went up stairs to a
closet, from which they removed cur
talns and hangings stored for the sum-
mer months. The dreamer observed
that they overlooked her most valu-
able curtains, which had been placed
well back on upper shelves. Sudden
ly she seemed to be transported to her
birthplace at Auburn. N. Y. where
she especially noted the bronze fig
ure Of an Indian which surmounts the
prison edifce.
At breakfast the next morning she
related her vivid dream to those pres
ent, five Of whom are now living and
vouch for the fact. Subsequently it
was found that the city house had
been entered and robbed On the
newell post were the marks of the
candle. The curtains had all been
taken but the best set, which were
found where the dreamer had seen
them. Suspicion was directed to
painter who had been at work on the
house, who was lame, and who dis
appeared Immediately after the rob-
berry. Investigation of this mans
character showed that he had served
q term in the Auburn penitentiary.-
Health Culture.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Endurance is noble. lethargy the
reverse.
Obligations menace friendship and
destroy love.
The mantle of silence generally has
a few holes in it.
To be honored socially is not to be
seen everywhere.
Argumentative victories always
leave scars behind.
Fault-finding has its root in dislike,
criticism in kindness.
Those who try too hard to be smart
prove they are stupid.
Fear is a murderer at heart and
envy the breeder of lies.
Impulsive women dig pits,into which
they finally fall headlong.
Keeping ones woes to oneself is an
excellent proof of wisdom.
Mistaking possibility for probability
has wrecked many a fortune.
The desire to please is normal and
the desire to supplant abnormal.
Little tongues are more powerful
than the ingenious might credit.
Silent reformation is far more poten.
Ilal IMAM open confession Of error.
Never bemoann your few friends;
you thereby save additional enemies.
IT'S better to have dinner of herbs
and harmony than a banquet and tears,
Mean men and haggling women
make the eyes weary and the ears
ache.
Young knowledge is a braggart
Aged wisdom says very little until
asked.
Never build upon a possibility,
Thereby you will be saved much dis.
appointment
Diplomacy is never so valuable as
In the marital relation; it bridges diff.
ferences otherwise fatal to peace.
Envy none. Every heart has some |
secret chamber of horrors, and those |
who seem most gay have often the |
srlmmest Observation-Disclosures Rec.
ord.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
FOOLISH As HORSES.
men and Women Who Lose Their Wita
at Alarm of Fire.

men and Women Who Lose Their wit
at Alarm of Fire.
Ihey were speaking of the strang
panic that seizes horses in fire, an,
the difficulty of removing them from
burning buildings. A veteran Office,
OF the department. who was one of tn,
group laughed grimly. "They are real
~ no worse than human beings" h,
declared Il have had a pretty fail
opportunity for observation and upor
my word, | believe fully rs percent Of
the intelligent people of any commu.
nifty have an ingrained dread of fire
that amounts to something next door
TO a monomania. don't wonder, after
Wnat I've seen, that the old-fashioned
pictures OF eternal punishment were
so enective in filing the mourners'
Dencn at camp meetings. The fire
oread or fear or whatever you choose
TO call 1t, will deprive a person tenn
porarlly of reason and make him
just as unmanageable as the poor
morse IN the burning barn. We see
examples OF that sort of thing contin-
ually' Not a great while ago, for in
stance, fire started in one side of
double cottage In the suburbs. It
was soon under control, and l was
ABOUT to leave the spot when my at
tehtlon was attracted by a curious up
roar coming apparently from the upper
story OF the next house, about 100 feet
distant. 1t sounded like somebody
moaning and groaning with pain. I
went to investigate and found a stout.
elderly German man. in an upstairs
room, rushing frantically from one
window to another, and wailing: 1--WE
Will all be burnt oop! We will all be
burnt oopp Fire fear had driven him
temporarily out of his mind. 1t took
an hour or so to quiet him and bring
MIN to his senses. l remember, On one
occasion, a fire broke out near a good
sized hotel. and we thought it advisa-
Die TO arouse the sleeping guests on
the side next to the trouble. l went
down one of the corridors for that
purpose and | shall never forget the
experience as long as live. | tried to
make 1t clear that there was no dan
ger whatever and plenty of time to
pack Saratoga IL anybody wanted
to, but that one word fire. did the
business. There were, perhaps, three |
)r four exceptions, who kept their
heads on. The others proceeded to
give me a capital imitation of the vio-
ent ward at lunatic asylum. Some
simply made short rushes between
heir rooms and the hall, being unde.
'lded where they would rather per-
sh; others threw up their windows
md yelled; Others pitched the furni-
ure around and shouted for the fire.
nen to hurry if they wanted to save
nybody alive. They all seemed to
ave dread Of the corridors and STAIR
rays and preferred jumping out of
heir windows to leaving quietly by
ne door. 1t was the Queerest and
lost exasperating spectacle ever laid
yes on, and after that | always had a
God deal of liberation for the stupidi-
OF horse in a stable conflagration.
q like to know the opinion of human
eings entertained by our own depart
ent horses. New Orleans Times
emocrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

Professor Willis Moore, chief Of the
weather bureau, declares that after q
careful examination Of all that has
been published in the last two years
ne Is convinced that the idea Of pro-
tectlng orchards and vineyards from
hallstorms and frosts by cannon fir
ing is popular delusion, like that of
the effect of the moon on the weather.
Mr. Moore says that the great pro-
cesses of the atmosphere are on too
large a scale for any man or nation
to control them, and that it is useless
for mankind to attempt to combat
them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

The New York Times gives a com
pilation showing that the United
States have produced $500 authors OF
deinite books in the last three cen.
turies'' Naturally in the earlier part
OF this period our authors were most
~ 1orelgn-born, and foreign countries
nave supplied 700 out of the total Of
O0OV' New York state has furnished
Tue largest number of writers-160O
Enough in proportion to population
massachusetts, holds the palm, 1880
having been born within her borders.
All New England has supplied 1850,
Ut more than one-third of the total,
"ale the Middle States have SUD-
pued 1000. Pennsylvania is the third
''"'e IN literary production, her crop
" authors having been 600. Virginia
SadS the Southern States, with 235,
and Ohio the Western, with 175.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

In the new mint in PHILADELPHIA
the United States will have the finest
Costliest and most complete money,
making establishment of its kind In
the world. The granite structure was
commenced two years ago, and will
cost about 100000, including the
mechanical equipment, costing $780,.
600. There will be "a coming presses
In the new mint.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

The most familiar heading in the
newspapers of the United States. at
least, is KILLED at a Crossing" The
amount paid out by steam AMI trolley
lines for deaths at the crossings would
more than pay the expense of a cor.
don of guards around every crossing.
Why not exercise this precaution and
thus save life and money?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07
INITIATIVE ANIMALS,
a Horse That Knew Live Wires and
Ground Circuits.

| Ground Circuits.
Inc aptitude shown by animals O
the lower order in acquiring huma,
habits Is marvellous" said a studen
who lives in the upper part of tn,
city, and the story that the old flea
bitten mule had learned to unlock thu
crib door with snagged tooth is not
IN my Judgment, altogether legend
The chances are that such things
have happened. l have known of in
stances where mules would pul
gate pins with their teeth or shove
a latch up with their tongues, in order
to break into the corn field. There
are but few farmers who have moi
mad occasion to observe the same
thing. But have found that horses
are more Observant than mules
While horses are not as cunning, and
not as Skilled in the articles of de-
ceptlon and double dealing. ! may
say, they are naturally more sensi.
tive in temperament and no doubt
reason with more delicacy and more
accuracy.
Il know Of one horse, for instance,
owned by one of the electricians of
the city, that will not, under any cir
cumstances, step on a steel railing or
go hear swinging wire, because one
OF her ears was slightly brushed by
a live wire several years ago while
she had one of her feet on the railing
OF a car track. She was knocked
down by the shock, but was not seri-
ously hurt. Since that time she has
been extremely careful about where
she puts her feet. and keeps her
gaze on the ground at all times.
But | owned little bay mare sew.
eral years ago that caused me con-
siderable trouble and for more than
a month | was very much worried by
an unaccountable waste of water on
my place. It was before I moved to
New Orleans. The water rates Of the
town where | lived are fearful. /
had hydrant in the back yard.
Every few nights the water would
be turned on in some mysterious way
and the yard would simply be flooded
Jhe next morning. Failing to discov.
Or the cause of the trouble before the
end of the month, when my water bill
laid doubled, / notified the police. be-
ieving that some malicious person
vas attempting to satisfy some
,rudge against me. The chief sta
Toned two men at my place to watch
he hydrant. They concealed them
'elves and along about midnight they
leard a squeaking sound at the n.y.
|rant, and a few minutes the wa.
er was spluttering out at a fearful
ate. They made rush for the
lace, thinking to capture the cul. |
rit but when they got there they |
ound my little bay mare, with her
ead stuck down in the flow from the |
vibrant. She was drinking and dab.
ling in the water, and seemed to be
aving a good time generally. They
eported the matter to me and | had
o more trouble about my hydrant,"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

The firing Of shot from an eight
inch rifed gun costs 1925; from a
16-inch gun, 1927; or more than
enough to pay the wages of a private
soldier in the regular army for five
years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

London is variable term; its
boundaries being different for differ.
ent administrative bodies. Greater
London" the district under the Metro.
politan and City Police. has a popula.
ton Of 6,57S,784 according to the
new census. an increase Of 961,552
since 1891. The district is made up
by aiding to the London Of the ad-
ministrative county, II populous SUBJ
urbs which between them have
2,O42,75O inhabitants.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-09-07

Parsee Maharajah, mill-owner, mil
dlonaire and philanthropist-Sir Din,
shaw Manockjee Petit-has Just died
IN western India and his name and
memory deserve to be perpetuated.
he spent a large part Of his fortune in
the establishment of hospitals and In
the erection Of drinking fountains in
the cities Of his native country. The
SICK and women, without respect to
6ec& or race, AMI dumb brutes were
bis special benehciaries.