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Douds.

Douds, April 1s.-Alex. Findlay Sr.
a long time resident of Business Cor
ners. died Tuesday morning at his
home. He was one of the first coal
operators in this part of the state and
acquired considerable means in that
business.
Vance Wilson, of Ottumwa, was in
town Friday on business.
John Morton has let the contract
for a new dwelling to be built near his
present residence. Will Loftiss, of
Leando, is to do the carpenter work.
The heirs of David Doud, deceased,
will, at the. coming term of court, pc
tition to have their land partitioned.
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came out last Saturday to visit.
Mrs. Dolly Barlow is visiting at the

CdIII6 UUI ldSI iodIUIUdy co VibI0'
Mrs. Dolly Barlow is visiting at the
parental home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Spiers were call
ed to Pekin on account Of the serious
illness of their grandson
James Spiers and Rev. Clark attend
ed presbytery at Winfield last week.
Rev. Lambert, the M. E. presiding
elder, was in the town last Saturday
on his way to Richland to hold quar-
terly meeting.
Mrs. C. Powell returned from her
Kansas visit last Tuesday. She re.
ports everything lovely about Wichita
Johnson Graves and little daughter
Sundayed in Fremont.
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Joe, Mo-, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Davis, of
Chicago, ills, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ur-
Itch, of Waterloo, Iowa, are visiting
relatives in this city, being called here
by the death of Steven Saunders.
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Glass colors, white and lavender.
Class motto, "Our Future Is Dawn
Class RoI.

Class Roll.
Miss Ivah Elizabeth Smock.
Miss Mamie Lou Hardy.
Miss Lora Isabelle McNeff.
Miss Lou Alice DeMar.
Miss Mollie Alice Goodlander.
Frank Milton Slagle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-18

NIT him? Good evening. Mr. Gable,
Then Miss Marsh had taken up her
bouquet, had gathered around her the
folds of her opera wrap of old-rose
panne velvet, had sent a sweet, swift,
mocking look at Cable standing desert
ed-and was gone
But, although she heartily enjoyed
the gay comedy to which they went.
she had no faintest idea of the comedy
in which she played wholly uncon-
scious part. How could she dream that
Reginald Raymon had finally decided
to bestow upon her the inestimable
honor of his favor?
He was making no rash decision.
He repeatedly strengthened his heart
by this reinsurance while they drove
to the theatre, while he sat by her side
at the play-waS her viS-a-viS at sup
per Her family was one of not only
social but intellectual pre-eminence-
Her father had been twice senator from
his state. Her brother had held a high
diplomatic post abroad Their friends
were of the most exclusive Their ac-
Quaintances were those of the cultured
the artistic world To be sure, the
Marshes had no money to spare But
what was money to him? And when it
came to grace. and wit. and distinc-
ton. and beauty, and above all, that
exquisite, indefnable possession we call
breading-there was not girl in the
state who might be mentioned in the
same breath with her-no, by George
not one, And he would marry her-
he would He'd tell her SO this very
night
He turned to study her again-and
with pulses that quickened as he Look
ed Fauitless of form, graceful as on,
. beautiful woman and a tigress car
be-with features perfect as those cu
on the silver coins of Syracuse. sh.
was worth the incense of mems HON
ageHworthy the quite as precious g:or,
of woman's jealousy. There was jus
| a glimpse of creamy flesh through tn,
meshes of Mechlin at arms end bosom
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-18
HISTORIC CABILDO.
WHICH LOUISIANA PUR-
CHASE WAS SEALED.
Herein Great Territory Was Coded by
France to tho United States-From Its
Front Window Jackson Reviewed His
Victorious TroOpA
Especial Lottery


The old cabildo which has been men
toned in connection with the Presi-
dents trip is a familiar and picturesque
sight to those who have visited New
Orleans. In 1892 the building was
erected by a Spanish nobleman, named
Rexas. who was colonel OF the pro-
vincial troops in Louisiana and a cav
alier of the royal and distinguished
order of Carlos Ill His memory is
even now perpetuated in daily evening
mass in the old ST. Louis Cathedral
adjoining the Cabildo, and built by
MIN at the same time and given to the
Catholic church of louisiana The
structure figures much in the romances
OF George w. Gable. Charles Dudley
Warner and other noted American
writers 1t faces what is now known
as Jackson Square. where Gen. Andrew
jackson rode at the head of his hardy
Tennesseeans and Kentuckians and
Creoles and Lafitte's pirate patriots.
after the victory of the battle of New
Orleans in 1915, and there received the
laurels of the conqueror
To this day there stands a remark
able equestrian statue in bronze of the
grizzled old warrior in the center of
the square, which at the time of his
coming and before was known as the
Place d'ArmeS. 1t was in this square.
also, that the French provincials i'm
plicated in the Lafreniere resurrection
were shot. They had rebelled against
the secret treaty whereby Louisiana
was given to Spain and had sought to
form an empire of their own. Here,
likewise, in the Place d'Armes were
gibbeted the pirates and smugglers of
| the Barataria Bay and other malefac-
tors and breakers of the law. From
the wide Spanish center window Jack
son reviewed his troops after the bat
tie of New Orleans and it is proposed
that President Mckinley deliver an ad-
dress and review a parade from the
same window during his visit
As the C.bildo Is Today.
The old Cabildo is today used as the
court room of the Louisiana State Su-
preme Court, and, aside from its rich
interest as the scene of the celebrated
transfer of the territory to the United
States in 1903. contains an art gallery
of famous jurists and justices of the
state, celebrated both by reason of the
painters who made them and the men
who posed before the canvas.
In the same building with the Ca
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in contact with oiled oak and musty
ale, artificial cobwebs, and Center
street armorial bearings, he converts
himself into a modern archaist and
calls the den t'Ye O1de Taverne"
Every city where the English language
is spoken and murdered has its brood
of "Ye Olde Tavernes." Strange to
tell, such places are patronized by the
well informed class. You meet in
them men who read a lot, university
men with and without degrees who
have knocked about the world, and
immensely clever fellows who have
educated themselves outside of work
hours. And yet, brethren, everyone of
these pronounces "Ye" as it is spelled,
regardless of the fact that Eye" is just
as much 1.-The" as "P' is eye" There
is only one we" in the English Ian
guage, and it is the archaic personal
pronoun of the second person, COM
monty used in the plural 1t is incor-
rect to invite a friend to dine at Eye
Olde Taverne." Spell 1t s'Ye," if you
please, but pronounce it THE Olde
Taverne-"-New York Press.
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The Choice Of Cephetua.
RY KATE NJ. CLEARY

II l.
Copyright 1901 by Daily Story Pub Coz
shall you marry him, LeSlie?'
Its manners to wait to be asked
returned Leslie.
Hasn't he asked your" persisted
Will Cable
THAT would be telling" Leslie
Marsh replied.
Then she laughed up at the young
giant leaning over the high back of
colonial chair and regarding her with
look at once quizzical and puzzled
He was just as gentle, as retiring, as
shy as ever. And yet the world mad
great things to say of his wisdom, his
indomita5ie pluck in the face of dis
treSsing obstacles, the lofty sc1entihc
value of his researches and discover
les. He had been interviewed and
lauded. The critics were unanimous
in his praise. And here he was, back
Ia the beloved, book-lined old room
where they had quarreled as children
Just the same delightful fellow of
five years before.
81 suppose you know were awfully
proud of you, WILL she said She
had been watching him dreamily, try
ing to fancy that powerful, cropped,
dark head adorned with the soft waves
of the lad who used to be SO careful
of his personal appearance when he
was home from college on his vaca-
IONS. Il keep telling people what
great friends We were when we were
young 1 don't say a word about the
torture you made me suffer when you
kidnapped my doll"
You may not happen to remember
either, your revenge for that injury,"
"Oh, 1 do,' she cried, and laughed
out Indeed / do You were taking
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. comfortable resting place for their
heads and not fetter for their feet
1t was upon the 18th of May, 1903,
that Casa Calvo, being sent from
Havana for the purpose, jointly with
Gov Salcedo, proclaimed the coming
surrender of louisiana and its con-
templated terms, and they held them
selves in readiness for the hourly ex-
pected arrival of Cen Victor. Instead
of him came a rumor, painful to Laus-
sat, and incredible to the Creoles, who
had so lately received the news of the
cession to France with the livelfest de-
light, and about the last of July 1903,
a vessel from Bordeaux brought the
Official announcement that on the 18th
Of the preceding April Louisiana had
been purchased by tho United States.
The Cession of Louisaana.
On the 30th of October Congress au-
thorized the President to take posses
sion of the ceded territory On the 30th
line in the Place d'Armes and with
discharges of artillery. Salcedo. in the
hall of the Cabildo. delivered to Laus-
sat the keys of New Orleans, and Casa
Calvo declared the people of louisiana
absolved from their allegiance to the
King of Spain From flagstaff in the
square the Spanish colors descended,
the French took their place and the
domination of Spain in Louisiana was
at an end
On Monday, the goth of December
1903, with similar ceremonies Lanssat
turned the province and the keys of its
port over to Commissioners Claiborne
and Wilkinson The French tri-color
which had foated over the Place a.
Armes for only 20 days, gave place to
the Stars and Stripes, and New Orleans
became an American town. The price
paid was S12 900 900, together with 49,
$50 900 for French spoliation claims.
The Louisiana Historical Society has
taken the initiative in the matter OF
this unique reception to President Nc
Kinley, and the idea was accepted with
enthusiasm by the citizens of New Or
| leans A banquet will also be rendered
the President and it is possible that
the Creoles of the city may give him
ball at the historic French Opera
House, where all the mystic carnival
| balls have been held.
near port or on one of the short rail-
roads. Good fruit land is worth from
81 to $40 an acre, according to location
| The shippers of New Orleans find in
| Porto Rico a good market for rice
| The Californian, which arrived al
Ponce last week from New Orleans
| brought 5000 packages of rice, which
were disposed of very readily Rice
and Goldfish from Novia Scotia brought
here on schooners is the chief diet Of
the Porto Rican.
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Porto Ricau Crops.


If indications amount to anything,
Porto Rico will have exceedingly large
coffee and sugar crops this year The
De Ford estate, near Guayamas. prob
ably the largest in the island, will
grind its first crop this year, and if this
comes up to the expectations they will
ship 81 900, 900 worth of sugar this
spring. A native planter near Guanica
will soon ship $4,000 worth of sugar.
and other planters have good crops in
view Alphabetically, Porto Rico has
almost entirely recovered from the eff
fects of the cyclone of nearly two years
ago
The fruit outlook is good, but owing
to the time required for maturing
fruits will produce no returns for two
or three years. A year ago there was
hardly an acre of fruit under cultivation
in Porto Rico. Several F1oridians
went there and settled and are now
awaiting for their fruit trees to bios
SOM In fruit production questions Of
transportation must be carefully con-
sidered. and fruit property must be
bildo. and. indeed. part OF It. are the
remains of the historic calibosa- The
heavy damp and vaulted cells still re-
main and are still used for the incar-
ceration of police magistrate prisoners.
In one of them there is today a re-
minder of former barbarism. 1t is the
stocks. Close beside the rear wall OF
one of the dark cells runs a large and
heavy piece of hewn oaken timber. 1t
is cleft in half lengthwise and contains
three sets of iron bound holes. in which
were inserted the ankles Of the unfor-
funates who came under the disnleas-
ure of the authorities Prisoners Oft
times sleep there now. but they ind II
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At a meeting of the Philadelphia
Presbytery a few days ago a resolu-
ton was adopted to the effect that
hereafter no candidate for the ministry
shall be given license to preach un-
less he shall have been under the
charge of the Presbytery for one year.
IN exceptional cases the candidate may
be admitted sooner on the concurrence
of three-fourths OF the Presbytery.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-18

A Minneapolis man bought from q
Russian in Halifax five years ago q
curious rough stone of a reddish hue
Acting ON a recent hint, he sent the
stone to Kansas City. and cutters de-
veloped ten nne Siberian rubies worth
SIS q carat
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Naval Academy ut Annapolis.

The new naval academy at Annapo-
lis will be fine structure When con-
pleted the building will have cost 81
900 900 and Will be finer than any goy-
eminent structure outside of Wash
ington- 1t will accommodate 500 ca
diets
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The Spanish navy is now among the
smallest of the sea powers of the world
At one time, more than a century
ago. II was among the greatest
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-18

As to "Ye' and The.
Whenever an illiterate caterer opens
! chop house where a man may come
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by
II have always thought the sense
of humor in your small brother was
inspired and developed by his sister.
To accidentally turn the garden hose
on a young man clad in the height of
fashion, was a peculiar evidence of mis-
directed energy: Now. what are
you"
Carriage wheels had stopped before
the door, They could hear the servant
crossing the hall Mr.. Reginald Ray
mon" announced .he man
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-01
PAGINATION INCORRECT
GOVERNOR And HIS RECENT TRIP
20 Folks Have at Length Realized That Education
and Prosperity go Hand in Hand.'
By Governor Charles Branty Aycok

The educational movement Inst the State
is very distinct. My recent trip to the
East pleased me very much. From the
signs thereI see that the people have
awakened to The necessity of educating
the entire population. Our folks have
at length realized that education and
prosperity go hand in hand. Massachu-
sets when it was first settled was settled
in communities and its entire population
educated. 1t thereby secured the benz
fits Of education and the power of COM
bination When North Carolina was set
tied the idea was that expressed by Ma
thaniel Macon, that he would not live
close enough to his neighbor to hear his
dog bark. The consequence was that we
developed individualism and illiteracy
and lost thereby the power that comes
from combination and education. The
whole State is aroused to the necessity
for general education. Bad crops hinder
the movement. but it cannot stop it.
The power of any community is accu-
rately measured by the average of the
intelligence and virtue of that commun-
ity A community that is entirely ignor-
ant is very weak: a community that is
entirely vicious is of the worst, but a
community that is entirely educated is
strong, While q community that is en-
tirely virtuous is good. A community
that is both strong and good is perfect
community. Therefore every cOmmun-
ity is inter ested in the education of every
citizen or that community, because tn,
average of the power of that community
is dependent upon the education Of every
individual in it. Of course the term ed
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ucation here used includes not only the
knowledge OF books. but the knowledge
of men and things. Not only what things
are to be done, but how to do them and
to make them: not only the knowledge
of what is right, but the cultivation of
the power to do the right.
The people Of the East are alive to this
new movement and they are determined
to educate their children to the utmost.
want to be effective. In growing rich
and effective they do not lose their per-
sonal sense of independence and individ-
uality The combination of all having
common interests, and common purposes,
and common aspirations, need not lessen
the sense of individuality and personal
responsibility. We may obtain wealth
without learning to love money. We
may learn to create values without set
ting our hearts on them. We may be-
come accustomed to wanting dollars for
the purpose of using them wisely and
for the benefit of others without harden
ing our hearts Of narrowing our vision,
and this is lesson which the people are
learning.
The education of the entire mass of the
State will increase the average of the
intelligence of the people, and thereby
strengthen the State to that extent. The
State has already done what it cap with
in constitutional limitations; the cesvt
now is to the community. Each COM
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notes and the result was not very salts
factory. Judge Clark then undertook the
work of editing and annorating the re-
prints, bringing the exhibitions of every
case down to the last volume of the Su-
preme Court Reports. He has thus edi-
ted and annotated twenty-five volumes,
this being the twenty-fifth volume from
his hands. 1t has been a great conven-
fence to the legal profession, especially
the youngest lawyers to whom the
scarcity of the old reports made them
well nigh inaccessible. As a matter of
interest to lawyers who wish to know
what reports will be next reprinted, we
find On enquiry that Judge Clark now
has in hand and is annotating SIND, S1st,
18th, Gath and 65th volumes of reports
which will be reprinted and issued this
winter and spring.
The nineteenth volume of estate Rec
ords' is also completed and being bound.
Volume twenty is in press.
Besides the above works, there has just
been received at the Supreme Court Lib
rary TIL second volume of Cyclopedia of
Law, in which the article on appeal and
Error" is edited by Judge Clark. This
article contains 1000 PIP. of which only
600 are in volume 2, the other 400 PIP.
will appear in volume 5, which is to be
issued very soon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-01
STATE BOOKS ISSUED
-Four Volumes Of Regimental
Histories.
viii e.0ut January ist. Judge Clnk's Words
on the Reprints Of Old Supreme
Court Reports.

Volume two Of the "Regimental His
tories" containing the story of the regi-
nents, IL to AZ inclusive, has lately been
issued and can be had of the State
Librarian at the cost of 81 per volume,
exclusive Of postage or expressage. This
volume contains 500 PIP. 200 engravings
and 6 maps.
Volume three containing the story down
to the end of the Goth regiment has been
printed for some time and is now being
bound. Volume four, which concludes
the work, is partly printed and is expected
out by the first of January. The whole
is a splendid story Of North Carolinas
sacrifices-18c1-5
Volume one, of the reprints of the
State Supreme Court reports. is COM
pleted and about ready for delivery. The
older reports were out Of print and some
years ago the State undertook the work
Of reprinting them. At first fifteen vol
umes We're reprinted without editing or
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-01
a Great Demand for This Remarkable
Preparation.
PRAIiED FROM EVERY 50 RICE.

1t will be remembered that a few days
since free distribution of samples OF
Coke Dandruff Cure and Hair Tonic was
made at the w. H. King Drug Company
Everyone asking for same was given
free sample bottle. This remarkable
distribution was made as challenge to
those troubled with Dandruff, Scalp or
Hair troubles, to test and prove beyond
doubt the great virtue in Coke Uand-
ruff Cure.
The tests so far have proven this re-
markable preparation produces favorable
results with degree of quickness here
tofore unknown in the treatment of all
scalp and hair troubles.
People who have tried almost every So
called hair tonic and dandruff cure until
they had little hope of ever finding this,
Natures Own Hair and Scalp prepara-
tion, come now with the strongest praise
for Coke Dandruff Cure and Hair Tonic.
Nothing of greater Importance has pre-
scented itself to the people of this city in
many years.
Admiral George Dewey writes: Il
have used Coke Dandruff Cure for the
pest year and found it an excellent prep
araticn.
Coke Shampoo and Toilet Soap made
expressly for cleaning the hair and scalp
and heautifuying the complexion.
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munity is permitted under the cOnStitu-
tion and the laws to levy tax for the
education of it's children. When this
tax shall have been levied it will be ne
cessary then to create sentiment which
compelS every child to enter the schools.
With the education of the entire mass
we shall cease to pay tribute to other
States. We shall invent things which
are useful instead of buying the inven-
lions from other people. We shall create
ests on enterprises started by others.
We shall write our own history and will
have magazines that furnish to our peo-
pie their intellectual repast Some one
will be found who will strike the Tyre
and awake the echoes with the songs of
a people who have started upon great
career. Some one will appear who will
adequately present the history of North
Carolina and do justice to the men and
women, who have taught us to believe in
higher and better things. Romance will
spring up among US, and the novelist
will find in North Carolina fertile field
in which to develop characters and de-
lineate the various phases Of humanity.
The educational interest is confined to-
no section of the State, but the Center
and West will have to look to it if they
intend to keep pace with the Northeast
ern section of North Carolina The peo-
pie in Beaufort, Hyde, Pasquotank and
Camden, where / have spoken during the
past ten days, show signs of determine
ton to win out in the Twentieth Gen.
fury, and to show that no section Of the
United States surpasses them in intelli-
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TIE NEWS AND OBSERVER SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER i 1901


Vestibule in front, presenting q
most beautiful appearance, and usually
.hey are built close to 4 church, for
churches are quite as numerous in that
section OF the State as school houses,
ARD Doth are filled when open to the
public.
south Mills is located on both
slaes OF the Dismal Swamp Canal, which
mas within the last few years been re-
opened to traffic. and the Governor saw
coat 20 through the locks of the canal
10 the Pasquotank river, being let down
distance of ten feet He was very
much interested in this, to him, novel
sight. This canal connects Elizabeth
CITY and Norfolk and puts them in close
communication. Boats drawing ten feet
Oh water can pass safely through this
canal and it is still being deepened