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elaeId waters suddsnly Turned late
Raging shd RorHoue TorrsaE,
Brief reference Is made In nearly an
school books 10 the Bay Of Fundy and
It's remarkable tides, but In none "a
justice done 70 the most remarkable
manifestation Of its kind IN the world.
Most notable Of all It's features Is the
reversible falls OF the St. John river
near St. John, N. B. Imagine q Per
fectly placid surface OF water, 50 placid
that It mirrors all the surrounding
shores. suddenly converted into q rag
Ing torrent and tumbling waterfall
The St John river, or, rather the
harbor, contracts here 70 a beautiful
rocky gorge, spanned by two handsome
suspending bridges. Above this gorge
the river brOadens out again. But dur
Ing the "a hours there are only four In
terTals Of 20 minutes each when ship
ping can pass through the gorge. On
each change Of tide there is At slack
water a period OF 20 minutes during
which the water In the gorge Is on a
level with that Of the harbor and the
river and perfectly placid. During
those 20 minutes the shipping hurries
through.
Suddenly, without the slightest
warning. without 50 much as a trem-
bic or culver Of the surface, streak Of
white flashes across It and q second
later q roaring waterfall and q catar-
act IL pitching headlong into the har-
Dor from under the bridges II the tide
be running out, and into the river
above II the tide be on the food. Such
are the reversing falls Of the st. John
river. It Is doubtful II q more dra-
matte change occurs with such IN
varying regularity anywhere else in
nature. II is made all the more i'm
pressive by the beauty Of the land
scape. The slddenness with which the
landscape, as reelected In the placid
water, disappears is like the ruthless
smashing Of a mirror.
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Probably never since Last Island. in
the Gulf Of Mexico, was swept away
forty-fVe years ago, By such a hurri-
cane as destroyed Galveston, and for
many months afterWard the fishermen
Of Barataria and Atehafalaya dared
not 60 TO fsh because their nets caught
dead bodies everywhere. has a fishery
been laid PROSTATE 30 strangely as
have the fisheries Of the north French
coast IN the past three years.
But the French fishermen are not
catching corpses IN their nets What
they haul up out Of gray, cold seas Of
the English channel are living things
perhaps the ugliest living things
that have their being on the globe.
They are oetopi. They fasten to the
hand lines and rob them Of the hooked
hsh. They crawl into lobster and crab
traps and al them with the slime Of
their bodies and the ink that they
squirt as soon as they ind themselves
captured. They weigh down the deep
seines and cling TO boats and oars and
the fishermen themselves.
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ANOTHER DISTORTED VISION.

IEaa with Queer Name FOresoes the End
Of the World.
This Is sad news which Prof. Lud-
wig Msrienburger puts on the wires.
says the Chicago Record Herald. He
declares that the end Of the world fl
near at hand. he has discovered that
our little old planet has jumped its
orbit and is webbing around In space
like q drunken man In the middle Of
the street at 6 a. m, or words to that
effect This iTregularity on the part OF
Mother Earth, the professor explains,
causes our summers to become hotter
and hotter and our winters to be colder
and colder. Before long, according to
his figures, things are going to be 80
bad that nobody win be able to make
the transit from one extreme to the
other, and the first thing we know the
human race VIII go zip. It may be that
Prof. Marienburger has special oppor-
tunities for finding out things con-
corning the earth's travels that no
other scientist could know about; Il Is
a good deal more probable, however,
that he has just pulled out a guess and
that he has several more coming. II
J. Pierpont Morgan were to come out
and say that the worlds trolley was
on or that there was a hot box some
where people might be justified In feel
ing nervous.
But what has Prof. Marienburger to
do with the earth? II isn't his, and he
isn't running 1t. Therefore we earn
estly advise the public to treat his an
nouneement with the scorn It deserves.
The man who has already paid for his
coal for next winter needn't suffer q
pang. he win probably need It, Prof
Marienburger's prediction Of a speedy
end Of all things to the contrary not
withstanding.
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The AshviTle On. c. Citizen says:
Those who have read Of the recent
deeds Of violence committed by ne
groes IN Louisiana while banded to-
esther under the prstenss Of being or
gained for religious and benevolent
purposes are not surprised to learn
that q negro mana IL about to be start
cd. The negroes IN that vicinity have
been becoming very insolent and self.
important and seem 70 have the idea
that q secret organisation e. all that
is necessary 20 enable them 70 accom-.
plish their purpose Of dealing out
death b every white man who may
,striks q negro or become an object Of
their malice. The new order e. said
70 be under the leadership largely Of
negro preachers. who. having no use
for the ordinary virtues that are sup
possd % Be advocated from the pulpit.
have besn dsYoting their Questionable
talents % the preaching Of IaEless-
nasA
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A writer IN the London Spectator
remembers to have seen the border
country Of sufoIk and Essex lighted
night after night with blazing ricks,
fred as q protest against the introduc-
ton q thrashlng machines. Where,
today, he asks, Is the man under fifty
Who can use q nail? The question Is
only an emphatic way Of referring TO
laboFsaving machinery. Imagine for
q moment an attempt to harvest West
ern crops without a reaper.
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-. for RrltI.h TroDn..

The medal department Of the British
mint has been reinforced and now has
capacity for turning out 10000 medals
per week. During the last half Of the
last year the preparation Of military
medals was pushed on, the bulk Of
those struck being on account Of the
war In South Africa. in anticipation OF
its early termination BY the end Of
the year 10000 South African medals
had been struck and issued, to be en-
gTaVed with the names Of the recip-
Tents.
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Two nTI1e. = Minute.

In England the advocates OF great
speed in transportation predict that in
a few years they win have a single rail
line on which trains win be run at the
rate Of 10 miles an hour. In Germany
an electric railroad is proposed, over
which cars are expected to move 40
miles in go minutes. Americans are
not slow, but they are not impatient
for transit 50 rapid as to exceed the
bounds OF reason. A mile a minute Is
fast enough for the great majority Of
sober-minded and practical people.
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Dead Sea Fruit

Dead sea fruit" actually exists, and
not In metaphor only. A recent traE-
eler In the Sahara took a photograph
In the desert within few miles OF the
oasis Of Biskra, and his picture shows
a group OF dead sea fruit" or "apples
OF Sodom," as they are sometimes
called. The fruit grows upon the
ground or q struggling stalk and Is
about the size OF an orange, golden
colored. with bright green stripes, the
skin being smooth like that OF a
melon. It Is a strange irony OF nature
that the fruit which Is 50 beautiful
to look at. should be a deadly poison.
Il IL interesting to note that the
camels which Craze upon the aromatic
shrubs discriminate between them and
this fruit Of most tempting appear
ance.-Detroit Free Press.
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Couldn't Wear shoes.

sumpter, Ill, Sept 9th.-Mrs. J. B.
Flanagan, Of this place, had suffered
with dropsy for fifteen years. She was
80 very bad that for the last three
years she has not been able to wear
her shoes. She had dOctOred all the
time, but was gradually getting worse.
Last winter Mr.. Flanagan, who was
very much discouraged. called for
some medicine at Mr.. J. ]. Dales drug
store in Carmi. Mr.. Dale persuaded
him to have his wife try Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and he bought six boxes. His
wife used FIVE out Of the six. before
she was entirely cured. She is now as
sound and well as ever she was, COM
pletely restored to health, and free
from any symptom whatever Of
dropsy.
To say that Mrs. Flanagan is pleased
at her wonderful deliverance does not
half express her feelings, and she and
Mr.. Flanagan are loud In their praises
Of DOdd's Kidney Pills. and Of Mr.
Dale for recommending this wonderful
remedy to them
The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured Mrs. Flanagan Of such a severe
case OF dropsy. after the doctors had
given her up, has made them the most
talked Of remedy ever known in White
county.
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Springfield. Mass. has been trying
10 one district the experiment OF 4
weekly house-to-house delivery Of
books from the public library, With
good results. Over one-half OF the $50
persons now receiving books in this
way did not formerly make use Of the
city library. There Is a charge for the
delivery OF books. One may get six
weeks service for fifty cents, twelve
weeks for 81, or thirty-eight weeks
for So. This pays the bOok-ussr, since
the street car fare TO and from the
library once q week amounts to more.
A dozen persons at the same address
can get books at the expense Of one
delivery.
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Fifty casks Of a special design and
the strongest possible construction win
soon be sent to Boring Sea by the
United States Revenue Marine service,
and placed upon the highest hum
mOcks Of the aoW-iee. It Is hoped by
tracing their future course to test the
direction Of the currents that cross
the polar regions. The casks are TWEEN
ty-eight inches long and sixteen inch
e. In diameter, 30 as to be seen easily
Inside Of each are directions printed
IN several different languages, asking
the INA er 70 write to the nearest Unit
ed States consul, giving the latitude
and longitude in which the cask was
found. and the date. Admiral Melville,
who designed the casks, believes that
It win be possible In this way 20 de-
termine whether the ice-paeks drift
from the Arctic westward, or south
and east 10 the Atlantic.
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Easy Come. Easy Co

The man who ereeps along bent
over. with his spinal column feeling In
a condition to snap like a plpestem at
aDg minute. would readily give a great
deal to get out Of his dilemma, and yet
this Is only the eOmmOnest form by
which lumbago seizes on and twists
out Of shape the muscles Of the back
This II commonly known as baekache,
q eriek in the back, but by whatever
name Il may be known, and however
bad II may be. 10 minutes vigorous
rubbing with St Jacobs OH on the az
lieted part win drive out the trouble
and completely restore II Is a thing
90 easily caught. Il may be wondered
at why there e not more Of It. but
because Il Is 50 easily cured By St. ia
eobs Oh may be the very reason that
We hear 90 little Of Il
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In and have exposed themselves 70 the
light Of day, not in battalions or in
hundreds, but In thousands and tens Of
thousands.
From Cape Ia Hague TO the Channel
Islands no net can be cast now with
ont the sea nightmares crawling into
Il at once 70 strip It Of fsh. The Visi-
tation has extended even 70 the bath
ing resorts along that coast, and every
tide brings contorted forms with arms
writing as II in deadly agony. In
pools along the coast they lie. some
dying, other fun Of life and whipping
their sucker-lined. Enaly tentacles q
al who approach them
The creatures are the most plenti-
ful In that part Of the English channel
from the Well-namsd Caskst Islands,
that have proved easksts indeed 10
ships innumerable. along the curve
that marks the 120-foot depth 70 the
Channel Islands. Among those Chan
mel Islands Il sark-the land Of Victor
Hugo's dsviihsh. described b. him IN
s.Ths Tolers 81 the Sea" sark's mar
ins caves, IN one q which be laid his
scene q the famous fight between the
octopus and his hero. nov contain. not
one, but herds Of the gray things.
''brOodins IN the abzE-s
Tbey are not such monsters 6 Re
described. Few Of them are larger IN
tie body than q mans hand. and their
teutacles rarely are more than ten feet
long. Thsfr average weight e from
ten % tEenfy pounds. Bat they are
there n hordsa They have not at-
iack.d nan. except 70 6sht back e
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one MEMBER Of Each GensratiOn Bor
with Teeth.

o,s MEMBER % Each Gensration Bor,
with Teeth.
The Louisville Courier-Journal tells
the story Of the peculiarities Of the
johnson family Of Nelson county, Ken
lucky. One member Of each genera
ton Is born with teeth. William John
son, who came to Kentucky in 1906.
was born with two teeth. His sister.
Mrs Laura Hays, who died several
years ago, was born with four teeth
Ben johnson, q banker at Bardstown
and formerly collector at Louisville
came into the world with two well
developed teeth, and his daughter, now
q 14-year-old girl. had two teeth in
her mouth when she first saw the light
Of day. In each case the teeth were
lower front ones, and were extracted
when the child was only a few days
or a few hours Old. It was necessary
10 extract the teeth so the child couIi
nurse. The teeth Of the last five gen
eratiOns have been preserved, each
baby's teeth being labeled and put
away. There Is a tradition in the
family that being born with teeth has
been a popularity OF some members Of
Zach generation for ten o: a dozen gen
srations back. Except for the case
Of William Johnson and Mrs. Hays,
only one baby in each generation has
been born with teeth.
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A resident Of Springfield, Ohio, was
recently robbed Of SIC. and one Dan"
Sullivan was arrested When the man
was searched the money could not be
found. The Odicers were confident
they had the right man, and after
watching him for q short time noticed
that dan" was carefully guarding his
.corncOb pipe. he had It IN his mouth.
dlled with tobacco, but II was not light.
ed, and, striking a match, LaWless put
Il 10 the pipe and told dan" 10 enjoy
himself. he obeyed the order. but az
ter smoking a few seconds weakened
and told the other that the money was
concealed In the bottom Of his pipe.
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Ths movement Cor the preservation
of Britlsh scenery resulted IN the
formation of the Natioaal Trust for
Phases 81 Historic Interest ana Natu-
raj Beauty. A London editor suggests
that tie trust proat ~ q few Of the
eEaperauouz millions" 0f Mr.. Andrew
CaInsEa. By inducing him 70 by IL.
moor. q tie Enslish Lakes, or the
River Thames a. the snoWdon Dis
trlct o. the TFos1achA The trua
would sss 10 It that huIlders ana al
vsTliElng firms did no injury. There
ara traets without number IN our own
counfrE. tie beauty q which ought 20
bs guarded for TIE benedt of genera
ions 10 come which invite tie atten-
ton e men bstuesn whose Overflow
Ing Durss and philanthEopic purpose
no Eleat rulE b fixed. Nature has her
ElElls a. s.Il - man. and Ct Esa van
teE inElzio1 of then 10 mar and d.
zcy unneeeszaEily Wat ood haa
made beautiful and haalth giving
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An American oaicer who has Just re-
turned from Cuba says that t4s 20
litical parties Of that island nave me
propensities Of all Latin races That
Is, they cannot have q two-sided night,
but instead divide up into three or four
factions. Thus In Havana there are
four parties, each with q different
shade OF principles and a different
leader. Among Latin races. as have
studied them in South America, 1t ap-
pears to be a question Of leaders more
than Of principles. A new man comes
to the front, with an engaging person
ality, proclaims himself a leader ana
a man Of destiny. and the crowd falls
in behind him. The idea OF 8 battle
Of principles or Of issues ss brought
to them from the United States IL new
to the Cubans, and I believe It viii
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-Four years 40 the United States
F1sh Commission began to plant IN
Lake Superior the steelhead salmon Of
the Pacific. Il was believed that this
salt water Ash would thrive In the cold.
fresh waters Of TIE great lake, and Ash
81 this kind weighing I'VE pounds have
recently been caught As modified IN
the lake they are Eell-shaped and arm,
With flesh Of a M red and delicate
favor. The planting Ein proceed rap
Idly.
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Books NOn-LItsrary. bat Successful.

A book may have an enormous sue
cess, a nOn-hterary book, and the peo-
pie who have made the success, by
buying the book, may not care any
more about the author than II he were
a drummer from Chicago who hap
pened to be the seller OF some wares
that appealed to their sense Of some
thing, whatever it might be. To psy-
chologize the taste Of nOn-literary
readers is a task that has attracted
many writer's. Our enormous and ON
nivorous reading public, and the
great successes" that it makes, have
simply nothing at all to do with the
literary merits Of the writers into
whose hands they put money. nothing
at all to do with iterature.-NeW York
Times.
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A prize Of 1000 marks presented 70
the Berlin Academy Of Science by the
Marquis de Chasseloup. Partisan Of
partial American descent. for the best
modern work On American history,
has been awarded to james Ford
Rhodes, q native Of Cleveland and a
buothsr-ih-law Of Senator Hanna. Mr..
Rhodes was 30 honored on account Of
his History Of the United States from
the Compromise Of 1885,"
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The Largest Of An AnImaIs.

OF all the uncanny creatures in the
animal kingdom the one whose &C
quaintance is hardest to make is the
blue whale, the largest Of all whales,
and. indeed, one Of the most colossal
animals living or extinct, known to
science. You will look in vain for him
in the geological collections, in mena-
geries or even in museums. A brute,
ninety feet in length and Weighing
Just as many tons, does not lend itself
to preservation or stufing, and the
few skeletons of him which do exist
give one no idea Of what he is like.
The blue whale is hunted by the Nor
wegians chiefly, for the sake Of his
oil. and is Of considerable value. a
full-grown specimen being worth from
$3.50 to 1,5OO.-Pearson's Magazine.
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Ths frequent walks across the Swiss
It1lian frontier Of girls Of q seminary
near Maslianco. says 3 Rome dispatch.
aroused the suspicious Of the customs
O9cers. who finally stopped q process
Sen q 90. walking two By two. and
ascsrtainsd that each girl was snug
cling cigars OF cigarettes. The aggre-
,gats value vas $4,000.
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The new French duel code. which Il
TIE work Of Prince BIbesco, provides
that IN the future no dusf can end
without the shedding q blood, ana no
account Of the proceedings shan Be-
published Il tie insult causing ths dusI
vas not made public.
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on 80 80 In-tI,...

There have been only eight chief
justices Of the Supreme court-Jay,
Rutledge. Ellsworth. Marshall, fancy.
Chase, Waite and Fuller. Three Of
them-Rutledge Ellsworth and Mar
shaIl-Were al named within six
years.
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sewer O. KIM rro..

Experts have come to the conclusion
that what kills 20 many trees IN Lon
don is not SCOT fakes or the want OF ai7
or the drought. but the sewer ga
which attacks the roots. 90 that TIE
tree soon Withers and dies.
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they were attacked. But they have
rendered man helpless and almost
ruined the one mode Of livelihood len
to him IN those waters.
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have a greater leaf area than when II
grows in the open sunshine, IL must
have a larger surface to collect the
light when the latter Il comparatively
dim. Now. most Of the goldenrods
live in woods and copses. where the
shadows are thick and direct sunshine
Is heeting thing. And 80 we and
that this species has the broad. thin
leaves Of q shade plant, leaves with
well-deVeloped stems. but otherwise 80
similar 70 those Of the elm trpe e 10
give this goldenrod its dfstinetiVe
name. But It gives q touch 81 color
70 the eomber shades Of the Woods
that we would not willingly do with
out-Woman's Home Companion
AhraiA Of Thslr Tia.
According TO Edward de NeVeu. for
merly Of Fond du Lac, VIA, who Is
now living IN Paris. the notorious tim
idity which charaeteriEes French capl-
talists. eonjointIy with their dislike
70 enter new fields. e responsible for
the total neglect Of what may prove
the richest deposits Of tin ore discover
ed IN many years
These deposits lie about thiFty miles
inland from the French coast N the
department Of Morbihan. Il b be-
lisEed that these deposits are = con
tinuation Of the famous Cornwall
mines lying almost opposite on the
English coast
NsVeu Is attempting 70 form q com
Daa,' 70 exploit a concession. he has
already secured limited French sup
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u y me only cure Tor Swollen,
smaTting. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunlons. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease. q powder 70 be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and shoe
Stores, sc. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen 8. olnsted. Leroy. n. 2.
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ltI8 sid tat autOmODiies nave 90
Ghoapened the cost Of harvesting
grain h tie immense California fields
that wheat can Be raised there at less
aetusl cost than IN the Argentine Re
Subtle.
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Krupp. the German gunmalrar. has
g fortune o. nearly e5o.OooB0o. an IN
cone q @l.oooooo and 3 payroll az 81,
900 persons
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MONSTERS OF THE DEEP.

port. and now proposes TO appeal for
further financial aid to New YORK ana
Chicago Journal
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Women dislike a wonanly nan q
much e men hate q manlv woman.
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Elm-Leaved Goldsnrod.

Elm-Leaved GoldonrOd
II Is well known that when a plant
grows in shady places It is likely to
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% 20 3 g 80 ay.ashsE.
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1gDRMMOa, naa4aaPllasa
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-03
MErHoD1s1Ms GREATEST MEETING.
Delegates From N c. Deeply Impressed With
Events in New Orleans,

Rev. W. H. Townsend. Of Chalk
Level, was here yesterday. He had
just returned from New Orleans, and
speaking of the Missionary Conference
of the Methodists held there he said it
was magnificent and that the addresses
of Bishops Galloway and Hendricks
were superb. He also spoke very highly
of the address of Booker Washington
Zone grand feature" said Mr.. Town
send. was the raising of over $4,000
for missions on Sunday This immense
collection has since been increased to
some 100000 and shows that the Metho
dsts are deeply in earnest in this
great work
With Mr.. Townsend came Rev. R.
H. Willis. of Edenton, who yesterday
spent part of the day in Durham. Mr..
Willis was also deeply impressed by
the exercises of the great meeting. All
the North Carolina delegates who have
returned say it was the greatest meet
ing of Methodism ever held.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-03

Insurance Commissioner Young finds
his office, which is the room in the thira
story of the capitol formerly used as
a State library, insufficiently venti-
lated and he has asked that something
be done il this direction. The Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings, at a
meeting held Wednesday afternoon, ap
pointed committee to investigate the
changes proposed and their cost. This
committee is composed of Treasurer
Lacy and Secretary of State Grimes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC--Ana Eva Fay.
C. H. BRENAMAN & Co.-Fine Cigars.
RALEIGH ICE AND ELECTRIC CO.
Manufacturers of Ice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-03
SAYS HE WAS TORTURED.

II suffered such pain from corns
could hardly walk" writes H. Robinson,
Hillsborough, H., but Bucklen's Arnica
Salvo completely cured them" Acts like
magic on sprains, bruises, cuts, sores,
scalds, burns, bols, ulcers. Perfect
healer of skin diseases and piles. Cure
guaranteed by all druggists. Csc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-03
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin.
ity to s p. M: For Friday, fair weather.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, 80; minimum
temperature, IS; mean temperature, IA;
total rainfall, trace.