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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
Among the Exchanges.

The Monroe Journal tells a story equal
to that of he lamb and lie lion lying
down together 1t says: Mr.. J. d. Med
lin comes up with story which he says
is certainly true, but which he is afraid
to tell because folks may think it fishy.
While in his barn the other day getting
out roughness, he lifted pile of straw
and found under it a sight which gave
him no little surprise. 1t was nest
of rats and cats together. An old cat
had put her kittens, which were about
three weeks old, there. There were four
of them In the bed with them were
three rats abouC a third grown. Why
or how the rats got in there, and how
they managed to stay without attracting
the attention of the old cat, and meet
ing consequent destruction, is the mys-
terry
If things like this go on all over North
Carolina, the State Will be full OF gold
bugs The Newton Enterprise says:
capt. J. r. Gather will resume work
at his gold mine east of Newton next
week This is one of the Richest mines
in western North Carolina He showed
us a few days ago two oyster cans full
OF Gre that had been brollea up in small
pieces with a hammer, that fairly gilt
tere with the yellow metal. There is
about $500 worth of gold in the two cans. .
-
Tho Charlotte Observer OF recent date
says that miners who have been operating
hydraulic plant along the Catawba
river ia Mecklenburg have found that
the black sand in the bed Of the river
shows ! yield of 1920 worth of gold
per ton,
A gentleman living in Monroe, says the
Enquirer,t recently returned from a trip
to Chesterfield county, S. c.. and re-
ports thai in that county there is living
an old lady, Mrs. Easter Jarrett, who is
about one hundred years old and has
recently cut new set of teeth and her
hair, which has been for many years per-
fectly white, is turning black and her
eyesight is returning. This strange story
is said by number of reliable people to
be true.
| The Duplin Journal suggests a new
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

The Wadesboro Messenger Intelligent
Ger is an authority second only 10 this
paper in truthfulness, and therefore
every word of the following snake story
is to be taken as true as holy writ:
Recently Mr. Henry Spencer of Lilies
vile township, had quite an experience
with a couple of coachwhip snakes He
was passing along a path through a
body of woods when suddenly two very
large coachwhips sprang up in the
path before him. The snakes \were
standing almost erect on their tails and,
although Mr.. Spencer has a pretty good
nerve, he thought it eXpedient on this
occasion to advance backward. He adj
vanced in THIS manner until he reach
cd a pine tree from which he pulled
a piece of q dead limb. This he threw
at the snakes, killing one of them. The
rematniug serpent was ret at all intim-
idated by the fate Of its companion,
but on the contrary, renewed the as.
sault with increased vigOr and determi :
nation, finally getting near enough his
enemy to spring on him. Mr.. Spencer
said the snake wrapped it's folds around
his body, and lodged here and there
with such strength and cunning that
it took him at least fifteen minutes TO
dispatch it. Mr.. Spencer also says that
when the battle was finished he was
so weak that he could hardly stand up"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

cause of divorce. 1t says "a tax lis
ter in nearby county; Just for fun, .
While taking the property of negro
farmer asked him to tell What he had.
The coon" began by giving in" his
Wife, which the lister valued at $500,
whereupon the man replied: No sir,
boss. she Amt worth but $500, sho"
The lister put Hanna Jones down at
$500 and was given two yellow dogs at
$500 each and a fiat nose baby boy at
218 cents. If, this woman is not entitled
to a divorce then all cases of elopment,
abandonment and the like should from
this day forth be thrown out of court
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

The Duplin Journal suggests a new
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
MRS. MKINLEY.

The First Lady of the Land as She Is
Seen in the White House.
Mrs. Mckinley has made no record
socially or politically. She has simply
filled her place without ostentation or
display" saysa writer. Mrs. Mckinley,
wife of the twenty-eighth President of
the United States, will pass down in
history as an ideal woman. Her kindli.
ness and graciousness will be remem.
bered when the more important events
of President McIlinley's administration
are forgotten. Mrs. Mckinley is a
woman and wife whose virtues are
homely and domestic. The inspiration
which she has ever been to her distin,
guished husband, and his unquestioned
recognition of the debt. are two factors
in their lives which stand out in bright
relief"
1t being true that Mrs. McIlinley's
state of health prevents her taking ac-
tive part in society, the American peo-
pie are interested in the home life of
herself and her distinguished husband.
This glimpse of the home life of the
couple in the White House is afforded
by Mrs. Morse, n relative Of the Presi-
dent, who has been n guest at the
White House for weeks at a time, and
from whose account in part the follow
ing facts are drawn.
Early in the morning the President
breakfasts and bushes himself with
business affairs. Mrs. Mckinley is
served in her own room, and after the
meal in walks the President, brisk and
refreshing.
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be very well cared for. He will occupy
in the capitol the most luxurious office
in Washington.
The Vice President will have at his
service private secretary paid 1920
n year by the government, and Il mes
senger who will draw yearly stipend
of $1,440. In addition lie has for his
use telegraph operator TO send his
messages for 500 month. and Il page
to carry the messages to the operator
for the modest compensation of $T5 a
month. These four plums are all that
the next to the highest office i'll the
government has to bestow. Whether
he can influence the President in the
matter of other patronage is not a ques-
ton of usage but of the personal rela-
tons existing between the two officials.
AS rule Vice Presidents have been ig-
nored by their superiors.
In social way tile Roosevelts will
rank second only to the Presidents
household. 1t was not always so. In
deed 1t never was so until four years
ago, when MI. Mckinley raised the
Vice Presidency TO this exalted social
altitude. Asshas been said, previous to
Mr.. McKinley's first Inauguration the
Presidents allowed the Vice Presidency
to be "overridden by diplomats, jus
tees, and even by cabinet members"
On the other hand Mr.. and Mrs. Roose-
welt will occupy social station equal
to the formers official station, and will
be overwhelmed with invitations. 1t is
altogether likely that she will need the
services of private secretary to at
tend to her social mail. She will stand
at Mrs. McKinley's right hand at all
White House receptions of the admin
istration, and as each function will de-
mand new and elaborate gown, it
may readily be understood that this
item will amount to considerable
drain on a comparatively small fortune.
But the social eXactions of the posi-
ton do not end with White House re-
ceptions. The Vice Presidents wife
must hold her own afternoon receptions
weekly, and keep open house for off
cial guests practically every day dur
ing the society season.
Mrs. Roosevelt will grace the high
social station to which she has been
called By the election Of her husband to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
Protecting the Birds.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

3
The school teachers of Illinois have
done great work in the protection OF
birds, says the Chicago Tribune. They
have aided and supplanted the work
Of the Audubon Society, and all tho
other associations which are interested
in giving "our friends in feathers" .
good chance. Five years ago few pec-
pie paid much attention to the native
song birds. Their eggs were stolen,
their nests broken up, and the birds
themselves wantonly destroyed. At
present there are more than 80, 600 peo-
pie in the State who are actively inter-
ested in preserving and fostering the
birds.
The State game commissioner, aided
by the Audubon Society, has had post
ed on the outside of every postofiice in
the State large placard calling atten-
ton to the law which forbids the kill
ing or confinement of native birds, and
asking the assistance of the public in
enforcing 1t.
Under its provisions there are only.
four species of native birds which 1t
is lawful to keep in confinement. They
are the crow. the crow blackbird, the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

farm he had to have the help Of a
woman to, keep house for him. There
were no fine bachelor apartments
where he could live and board in com
fort until he accumulated competence
and got ready to marry. That was the
time of early marriages, but only in
rare cases did women seek divorces.
The increase of divorce suits by women
is due chiefly to the Fact that wives
will no longer submit to treatment
which they endured in silence cen
tury ago. A recent list of divorces
granted to women ON the ground of
CRUELTY" throws more light on the sub
ject than the Cleveland judges re-
marks. One wife got decree on the
ground that her husband would not
luke baths, Thereby inficting on plain
tiff great mental anguish Another
wished to leave her husband because
he had accused her sister OF stealing,
while still another complained that her,
feelings had been hurt by her spouse's
remark that he did not care whether
she left him or not. One woman said
her life was made burden because
her husband would not speak to her for
months at time, another objected to
the mans practice of smashing dishes
and crockery to relieve his feelings,
third complained that her husband
forbade her to walk in public with her
relatives, and n fourth said her lius-
band sharpened an AK and said he was
going to cut her head off and did knock
out two of her teeth. A case of n diff
ferent kind is that in which the plain
tiff alleged that "the defendant, for
the sole purpose of harassing her, said
he meant to suicide, and did then and
there drink n bottle of paregoric, which
said action Of defendant sorely grieved
plaintiff in body and mind.' Fifty or
hundred years ago women did not
sue for divorce on grounds of this kind
and IL they had done SO their SUITE
would have been thrown out of court
They endured what could not be cured
and took us matter OF course things
which now send wives hurrying to the
divorce courts. Women's standards
have become more eXacting and their
legal liberties greater. This will large
ly account for the increase in the num-
| Der of divorces,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

chicken hawk, and the English spar
row. Any person who kills any other;
bird or who keeps 1t in captivity or de-
stroys its nest or eggs Is subject to a s
fine of S. and costs or to sentence Of
ten days In Jail, or to both for each Of
Tense.
Collecting of either eggs or birds is
allowed only for scientific purposes,
and every person engaged in It must
comply with some onerous conditions.
No person under Is years old is allow
ed to do collecting under any circum-
stances. A person Of proper age who
wishes to collect must first secure the
Endorsement of at least two scientists
of note; he must file bond for $500
in the County Court, and must, in adj
dition, pay license fee.
AS one result Of the work of the Au-
dubon society many people living In
and near Chicago have been led to take
an active interest in the care as well
as the protection of birds. There are
in Cook County several hundred bird
tables" which ave kept up all winter
by bird lovers. A bird table" consists
of board supported between two
branches of tree, on which are ex-
posed small dishes which are regu-
larry kept filed with seed, while above.
Is fastened large piece Of beef suet.
Such table will attract a whole host
Of birds, who will remain welcome Wis
itors all the winter through. Among
a ri. u. =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
WASHINGTON OFFICIAL SOCIETY.
Part Taken by Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs. Roosevelt-The
Presidents Wife an Ideal Woman


the Vice Presidency, Notwithstanding
the fact that she is extremely retiring
and averse to public notice. AS the
wife of the Vice President of the Uni
ted States, Mrs. Roosevelt will be
obliged to assume prominent position
in the world, and it must be said that
she has yielded to the inevitable with
grace and dignity. Mrs. MclSinley's
Ill health precludes the possibility of
her taking active part in society, which
relegates the responsibilities of the first
lady of the land to Mrs. Roosevelt.
There is much curiosity in Washing
ton society concerning the new leader
There will not be much seen of her un-
till next fall, however. The Vice Presi-
dents family will not take up a per-
manent residence in Washington until
then. AT that time the eldest daughter
of the house, Miss Alice Roosevelt, will
make her entrance into society.
Mrs. Roosevelt was Miss Edith Ker-
nit Carow. She is now about 81 or 3S
years old, and, without being a beau
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
Brief state Happeninr,.

The Christian Church ut Waterloo has
been Incorporated.
Oxford, Scion and Lone Tree now have
saloons in operation.
Work is to commence soon on Fort
Dodge's $4,000 viaduct.
Five acres of land in Centerville have
been donated for a public park
Richland is jubilant over the prospect
of securing the Milwaukee Railroad.
The Supervisors of Dubuque County
refuse to pny the smallpox bills of the
city of Dubuque.
At ltichland fire was discovered in the
furniture store of Sherm Wade, and by
the time help was Mt hand the whole
building was ailume and nothing could
save it. 80
A tax investigation in Muscatine dis
and firms owe the city S1OO,U00 back
taxes. OF this sun. one law firm is dclin-
quent for $4,000. i
Joseph Freely. the station agent at
Cottonwood. was found dead Mt his tele-
graph instrument. Heart disease was
the cause of death.
John Fnils, the father of Deilah Fails,
who killed .Ierome Kern in the bi,r woods
noor lVnyer,y three Years !, oo, 10 nol;my
mn effort 70 have his daughter n,rloneJ
The body of Miss Laura Akers, II beau
on the aoor of her fitI,er,s residence IN
Troy in the tbroes of death She had
taken two doses Of noison with suicidal
intent because of n quarrel With her
suitor.
M, 49,, ,oo;,t. 80 a., ... !.
rnaiars Ear TIA vnar met alos pYI arn so
oS,ios. the largest IN the history ~ y tho
office.
Harry Edwards, aged Is, of LeMars,
shot himself in the bend recently while
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

The Boston Advertiser notes a grad
ual change going on as regards the oc-
cupants of Massachusetts farms. All
over the State farms are passing more
and more into the hands of new own
ers, and these owners are largely Of
foreign birth. In Bristol County, for
instance, Portuguese farmers are in
the majority, while in Norfolk County
most Of the farmers are Swedes and
Greeks. The Advertiser says: eThese
Immigrants seem to be fairly prosper
Gus, and they may be able to make a
success Of farming where the old own
ers apparently found it hard even to
make bare living" The typical
Yankee farmer of the David Harum
and Josh Whitcomb variety is rapidly
disappearing from New England, and
even the typical Yankee himself. There
are a few survivors in Marblehead and
Portsmouth, N. H., but they are mostly
seafarlng people. 1t is doubtful wheth-
err there is Sam Slick or Sam Law
son now to be found from Cape Cod
to Eastport. The New England type
of a century ago is now hardly more
than "Reminiscences.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

q REV. JASPEN. Niio haS" AiiAii
doubted his faith in the Bible and, in
his dictum that 1.-The sun do move"
He was nearly ninety years old, and
leaves widow, who was his third
wife.
The Rev. John Jacob Jasper was
ton that 1.-THE sun do move" This
one sentence he has persistently used
in his sermons for fifteen years. For
sixty-two years he had preached from
the pulpit. He was a slave when he
first propounded the gospel. In the
sermon which made him famous he de-
clared: "The earth is square and i'm
movable The sun rises in the east
and moves toward the West, and there
sets. The world is fiat. Is anybody
going to say that the sun was standing
still before Josher told it to stand STILL?
Do you thing Josher would have asked
the privilege to stop the sun if she had
not been moving? This morning when
the sun rose it was over there" he
said, pointing to the East. How could
the sun get from that side of the house
over to this (pointing toward the Vest,
unless it moved? The man who says
the sun does not move, does not read
the Bible" The Rev. Jasper was born
in .Fluvanna County, Va, July 4,
1912. He was six feet two inches tall,
and was remarkably well built. All
his knowledge was self-acqnired. He
lectured throughout the country, and
once, he received an urgent request
from Henry Ward Beecher to lecture
in Plymouth Church, and at other times
received pressing invitations to preach
in the large churches of Europe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Railroad Taxes in the State : som-
nambulist Kills Himself Farmer
browns Under Overturned Wagon
Body Found on Fathers Porch.


Secretary Dawson of the State execu-
tive council has completed the compila-
ton of d most valuable table relative to
railroad property assessments which
shows the following facts; Iowa railroads
have paid constantly increasing tax per
mile of road, an increase from $129 to
S167 per mile being shown by the rec
ords since 1880. The total taxes paid
have increased from 1853, 7GS in 1850
to $1,42I,134 in 1000 and $1,5O9,37O in
1901. In the same period the net earn
ings increased from $S,673, T64 to $15,-
O04, O72. During the same period the
mileage increased from Ash to 9,336
miles, The net earnings per mile, there
fore, decreased from $1,S03 to Sl,GlG per
mile during the period in which the total
taxes trebled. The per cent of assess
ment to net earnings from 1880 to 1901
has increased from 277 to 312 per cent.
The per cent of taxes to gross earnings
in the same period has increased from
.026 to .O3. The per cent of taxes on
net earnings in the same period has in
creased from .0S7 to .09I. The assessed
value of the roads has increased from
$4,997 per mile in 1880 to $5,O2 in 1901.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

Whitfield, Powers & Co.. and she and
her future spouse became acquainted
through philantllropics plan in which
both We're interested. Miss Whitfield
was an heiress in small way. She
possessed $4,000, which she was using
in charitable work. She had also
beauty, good humor and good health.
The king of the steel industry had
known her sixteen years before their
marriage. After that happy event Mr..
Carnegie's immense fortune was at the
disposal of his wife for her benevolent
activities, and these, though obscured
by her husbands prodigality, have
been, nevertheless, useful and extern
sive. Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie have one
pretty daughter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
GP HE Vice President of the United

60 HE Vice President of the United
States has never been much Of
figure in political or social circles
iii Washington. He has been regarded
merely as /, remote possibility on wait
ing orders. But there is some justitica-
ton for the belief that the Rooseyelts
will bring about a new order of things.
In the first place they are goinginforso-
ciety; for another thing, circumstances
will make Mrs. Roosevelt the virtual
leader of social officialdom. 1t may be
of interest to readers to learn some
thing about the home and social life of
the Vice President and his wife, as
hitherto such personages have received
little attention. In the same connec-
ton the home life of the President and
his wife may be referred to without
risk of wearying interest.
The Roosevelts have leased the Storer
mansion, one of the show houses of
Washington, Mt the corner of Seven
teenth street and Rhode Island avenue,
six blocks from the White House. For
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01
The Barnaid Question.

An embarrassing moment occurred
at one of the annual meetings of the
committee of the Church of England
Temperance Society, over which the
late bishop of London presided. The
report of tire Indies committee was
read, which, among other information,
contained the statement that during.
the last year much attention was paid
to barmaids." A very audible litter ran
round the meeting, which was changed
to undisguised laughter as the follow
ing words were read: "This has, In
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

Twenty years imprisonment for the
student who killed the Russian minis
ter of public instruction is relatively a
light sentence when compared with
Russian penal policy Of the past. The
cars judicial system has undergone
thorough reform within twenty-five
years. Siberia was found to contain
wealth SO vast that 1t ceased to be
available for mere convict colony.
Large areas of what was deemed desert
are now poisoning with noble farms
developed by children of convicts,
while other areas are yielding incalcu-
liable mineral wealth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

A Cleveland Judge, commenting upon
the appalling" increase in the num-
Der Of divorces, says two-thirds of the
cases are due to early marriages. His
theory is that the divorce courts are
kept busy because SO many young peo-
pie marry before they are old enough
to form sensible views of matrimony,
and SO he advises youths and maidens
to "go slow" While the advice may
be good, the judges theory will not
stand investigation. Brides and grooms
are now a good deal older, on the aver
age, than they were few generations
ago. The increase of divorce cases has
been accompanied by decrease in
early marriages. A century ago, when
divorces were rare, 1t was customary
for girls to be married at the age of 16,
and those who reached IS without find
Ing a husband were looked upon as al,
ready beyond the danger linn Of spin.
sterhood. A young man was expected
to marry about the age Of 81. and 1t
was almost a necessity for him to do
n Whan BE- undertook 70 cultivate
: .
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

Until science shall discover remedy
for Its rayages allegation that cancer is
caused by an animal parasite hardly
more developed than protoplasm will
not bring comfort to generation
grown sadly familiar with this dread
malady. Nor does the alleged discov-
cry account for the conviction in the
medical profession that cancer may be
developed by confusion even when the
tissues are perfectly healthy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-05-01

While capital in this part of the world
continues to be timid about investing
in electrical railways whose utility has
been completely demonstrated, Ger
many is undertaking an electric road
between Berlin and Hamburg, the
trains to run at a speed far exceeding
any hitherto attempted. German ex-
perts declare rate of 1875 miles an
hour feasible and safe on the proper
equipment. They use less water in
their capitalizations in Germany and
therefore dare try to do more on land.
Surface crossings are disappearing in
Europe wherever electricity is used for
traction,