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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

where. l will leave it out for her if you
will say it, Then it was his time to
refuse, which he did. He gathered up
his hat and started fer the door when.
presto change! she sprang after him, led
him back by the hand, looked meekly up
at him and said it,"
A PICTURE OF A CATBOAT FOR A FEE
Among the 'laughable experiences
narrated by the Rev d. NJ. Steele, in his
account of Some People | Have Mar
RED in The Ladies' Home Journal for
June. is this one: 1T was after my first
ceremony. The groom shifted uneasily
from one foot to the other and observed
that they were surely very much
obliged, You see, he explained, we
have not much money to begin life, but
if things go we'll. perhaps in a year VIC
can send you some present. l bowed
them out as graciously as | knew how,
and forgot all about it. Six months later
received by mail a package and letter
from these people. They had not forgot
ten my kindness and now that
they were in better circumstances they
wanted to send me something :.
but what should it be? At last they had
decided. There was one thing they were
were both particularly fond of. They
were going to send it and hoped / would
appreciate and like it. When l opened the
package l found cheaply framed
amateur photograph of a catboat on
Long Island Sound, On the margin was
written in lead pencil: The place where
we became engaged
SEVEN DENOMINATIONS FIGURE IN
ONE WEDDING.
THE college roommate of a friend of
mine was engaged to a lady in New
York. writes the Rev. d. NJ Steele in
his article on Some People | have Mar
ried' in The Ladies Home Journal for
June. His people are Congregationalists,
but while at Yale he became Unitarian.
Her parents are Roman Catholics, but
she was member of the Ethical Culture
Society at Carnegie Hall. In compliance
with her mothers wish he asked five diff
ferent priests to marry them, but all re-
fused. In despair he came for me. l
married them, an Episcopalian, with the
ritual service in a Presbyterian chapel.
The Roman Catholic brother of the bride
and the Congregational sister of the
groom were present This sister acted
as one witness; the other witness was a
Jewess.''
Mrs. Richmond gave a literary guess
ing party in honor of Miss Mary Ship
of Raleigh, and Miss Bessie Bynum of
Columbia, S. c., at the home of Judge
u
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Mrs. Lizzie Miller is visiting her daugh-
ter Mrs. Lacy Gibson in Staunton, Va.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Mrs. A. b. Andrews is visiting her
daughters Mrs. Marks, in Montgomery,
Alabama.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

For the love of everything which you
hold sacred, never commit the slightest
act which may cause you to appear ridicu-
lous in the eyes of your wife, or even
may make her laugh at you The day on
which a woman has laughed at her hus-
band, she has ceased to love him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Mrs. Albert Anderson who has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Chas. B. Aycock
left for her home in Wilson Wednesday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Among those from Raleigh who attend
ed the Episcopal convention at Durham
are: Mrs. r. c. Badger, Mrs. B. S. Leak,
Mrs. f. H. Busbee, Mrs. j. B. Cheshire,
Miss Matte Bailey and Misses Lizze and
Josephine Ashe
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Mrs. Richmond gave a literary guess
ing party in honor of Miss Mary Shipp
Of Raleigh, and Miss Bessie Bynum of
Columbia, S. c., at the home of Judge
W. r, Bynum in Charlotte
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

The Card Club was most enjoyably en-
tertained by Miss Annie Root on Saturday
afternoon, at her home on Hillsboro
street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

he Kentniss Club will meet on Thurs.
ternoon at half past five o'clock
diss Isabel B. Busbee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Remember always that, in the eyes of
a woman you have to be manly that
is to say, generous, magnanimous. w@
man will rather forgive an act of brutality
than an act of meanness in the man she
loves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Mrs Thomas S. Kenan and Miss Mary
Lille Kenan leave Monday for New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

The German Club of the A. and M. Col
lege gave delightful dance at the col
lege on Friday evening.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

The commencement exercises Of Peace
Institute and the Baptist Female Univer-
sity which were held last week. were
much enjoyed by all who attended. st.
Mary's school will hold their commence
ment this week
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Don't ever say to your wife: What's
the matter with you. dear?" because
she will answer you Whats the matter
with me? Surely you ought to know" And
she is right You ought to know; very
often she does not
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

There was delightful dance at the
Olivia Raney library on Friday evening.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

If. and Mrs. Joseph s. Meares have
lIrned from thsir bridal tour, and
visiting Mrs. Meares' parents, Mr.
Mrs. Adicks on North Person street.
iss Blanche Blake, is visiting in Dur
!.
! ISIS Mattyc Pace has returned home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Miss Louise T. Busbee gave a soiree to
her dancing class on Monday evening in
the hall over James /. Johnson's drug
store. Besides the scholars, there were
quite number of visitors, and the dance
was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Mr.. Val
Perkins led the german. Mrs. Charles
M. Busbee and Mrs. j. Ludlow Skinner
chaperoned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26
N THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE

Embarrassment appears to be the ma
oral concomitant of matrimony. At
Ileast this is true in the incipient stages
Invariably, however. there is a striking
contrast between the relative composure
'of the man and the woman. Both are
nervous but never both at the same time
II they come week beforehand to make
arrangements she is ratified and he is
cool, while on the day of the ceremony
she rises to the occasion and he sinks
under 1t. Thus, | have never seen a
bride who was scared / have never seen
q groom who was not.-Rev. ID. NJ. Steele,
in The Ladies' Home Journal for June.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

The Monday Evening Club held its last
meeting of this season last week
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-26

Don't forget that heaven, like charity,
begins at home or that it takes two
TO make a paradise, while one can make a
hell
Don't forget to praise five times where
Won criticisC once
The times., 1901-03-31
DRINKING IN THE SOUTH.
Great Decline of BibuIOus Habits
since the War Ended.
fFrom the New York sun }


Before the beginning of the civil war
and for several years after the distinction
of the Southern States as those which
produced and consumed larger amount
of spirituous liquors than any other
group of States In the country was un-
challenged. But since the close or the
war a complete. pdlpable auG very
marked change mas come almost imper-
ceptiblv over the face OF things in the
South. and while Kentucky and Mary iahd
continue to produce whisky IN very large
quantities. as warehouse returns OF tne
United States Treasury indicate. the
larger part of the product of both states
is shipped North; comparatively little Is
sent South for consumption In Iact, the
South is becoming the temperance section
of the United States. and of 20J,ee retail
lfduor dealers in the United states hdNine
licenses of various sorts. there are only
I 600 in Alabama. 40 IN Arkansas, 4uV IN
Florida 1260 in Georgia. $50 in MiSSiS-
sippi l200 in North Carolina, and 320 in
South Carolina where the dispenSary
system prevails. and in which there has
been very marked reduction IN the safes
OF LIQUOR during recent years.
Mississippi has had since lNy2 a hlSh
license law calling for q tax on each sa-
loon OF $500 year. and there are now
fewer saloons in that State than IN some
wards of New York or Brooklyn. GeOr-
gia has been since 1891 a high license
State with absolute prohibition IN z ma
ioritv of counties In Atlanta there IS
now one liquor saloon only Ior edtH A'VvV
of population. and there Is very uluSh
laSS !
England State. although climatic condl-
tions account of course, for some part
of this North Carolina has a local Incense
law which permits a majority or the
electors in any locality to establiSh dbSO-
into prohibition. and the license rate IN
West Virginia is $3.50 for even the small
est tavern.
II is not. however. sG much In conse-
uuence of laws as OF local custom to which
these laws are responsive. that extensive
drinking has fallen of in so many OF the
states OF the South. There is no longer
I'm that section the large leisure class
from which In great measure, the most
FREQUENT drinkers were recruited. Inc
problems consequent upon the close OF the
civil war made necessary many personal
sacrifices by Southern men, and the era
following reconstruction was not one IA
vorable either TO cOnviviality or dissipa-
tion. There are. relatively, few large cities
I'm the Southern States, and the enormous
Improvement in railroad connection has
had the effect of doing away with tins
necessity of long journeys by wagon or
horseback such as marked the business
life of the South during previous genera
tions Comparatively little liquor is drunk
in the South at present, not much moro
beer, and practically no wine. stats
in which wine and whisky drinking has
increased considerably in California 3.
The times., 1901-03-31

near Handy" This animal terrified peo-
ple for miles about, its method being to
come out at night and tear down houses.
II had a special grievance against water
works and caused n damage TO the
amount of thousands of dollars in break
ing pipes
In India alone leopards kill on an aver
age , Geo persons every ten years, and
over ID N0i domestic animals every year.
Bears kill 81 In India wolves destroy
500 persons annually. and in Russia
500; the former is official while the latter
is estimated In 1875 wolves in India
killed g.i07 domestic animals and 1,061
human beings Hyenas cause the death
of is persons and 2.116 domestic animals in
India annually.
Among the peculiar enemies of man are
sword fish Not a month passes but
somewhere a boat or vessel is struck by
one and in the vicinity of Mauritius
many persons lose their lives from this
cause.
Sharks destroy 1000 persons every year;
crocodiles many more The small dog fish
shark claims a victim occasionally, and
in the South Pacific a gar fish, leaping
out of the water, is a menace to human
life And so the peculiar list of little sus-
pected animals which are fatal to man
kind might be continued.-Chicago Tri-
l1tp
The times., 1901-03-31

made n star ascension. While I had sat
studying whether to pun or not TO pun.
the chute had followed the balloon out of
slght, ana when i came down il was a
Nerltable tumble from the clouds
since then / have made hundreds OF
leaps. but ! have never entirely lost the
feeling OF dread my first journey gave
me The chutes in use now open almost
at once after they are cut loose. and a
man gets no such nervous shock as the
Old ones with their slow, steady openings
gave.
The descent formerly was too rapid
Tor calculation, and no man could have
the least sensibiiity of what was going
on about him. He simply held on and
hoped for the best. If the chute did not
open he would never feel the impact with
the earth, He would be dead to all feel
ing long before he reached II.
Danger? No. not so very much. If
a man kept his gear in good shape the
chute always opened. Several times men
have been killed by its failure to do so.
but it was because they did not watch
their gear.
The cutting loose was done by a pair
of knives placed like a scissors over the
connecting rope between chute and bag.
and If the lever did not work. all man
had TO do was to wait until the air inside
the bag cooled of and lost it's hosting
powers. Then the descent was more per-
iloUs because of the balloons weight, but
not much, as the air generally held out
till the earth was reached. New York
Sun.
The times., 1901-03-31
London Looks to Tram Cars.
CFrom the London Express.)


In the development of the tram ear lies
London's hope of escape from the PROB
ler,, of overcrowding. Train service to
tbs- suburbs may be lmproved-must be
improved But the surface railways are
ALREADY as busy as they can be during
the hours when the million workers OF
the suburbs come to their work or go
from it, and though We may get more
comfortable carriages. better light. and
greater punctuaity call matters greatly
10 be desired, we cannot hope TO see
great increase in the number of trains
run along existing lines.
But the tram car. after all. is the taN-
Orite carriage OF the people; and II is
pitiahle to think how its possibilities have
been neglected in the greatest city or the
Empire. The idea of a tram car travel
ing at the rate of ten miles an hour VIII
seem Ctopian TO the patron OF the pres
ent cars But there is nothing Wohderiui
about it Provincial towns can command
n service as speedy; il is not uncommon
on the Continent and in America, where
cars rattle through the main thorough
fares of the biggest cities at a pace that
would cause a London bus driver to col
1aDse ON his seat with pure amaZement.
we do not look for sensational speed
in the busy and narrow thoroughfares
that approach the Thames on the south
side of the river and Holborn on the
north But once outside the congested
area of traffic reasonable CELEBRITY of
movement may be expected along the
main suburban thoroughfares. and Il
tram car ride will be quick and healthy
alternative to the overcrowded compart-
ments of the suburban railway or the un-
derSround progress of the tubes.
The times., 1901-03-31
KILLING THE SONG BIRDS.
southern Negroes Primarily RespOn
sihle for Their Destruction.
CFrom the New Yorh SUM


TO the Editor of the Sun l have
read with great interest an article I'm to-
days Sun under the heading No Song
Birds on Women's Hats.
The work done by the Audubon and 9th
er 0rnithOlogical societies throughout the
North Il am under the impression that
there is a similar society in nearly every
one of the Northern States is most com
mendable and the result of their work
is all that could Ice desired here And
yet they report that despite the fact
that laws have been enacted for the pro-
lection OF non-Rame birds. the birds are
decreasing because our State is reluctant
10 legislatc against birds brought from
other States"
Here lies the entire solution of this
difficult and most interesting problem. II
the Audubon and kindred societies will
send missionaries into the Southern
States. and through organizations there
procure the enactment and enforcement
Of laws preventing the present wholesale
slaughter of song birds, in very few
years they viii come back to us again as
plcntiful and joyous as ever.
The birds are not slaughtered there
Tor their feathers. as popular sentiment
here has now prohibited their sale to any
great extent, but for food.
In the winter Of 90 ! was for some time
| in Mobile. Ala My business survey
took me into the suburbs during the day
within radius of ten miles of the ter
minus OF the trolley line at the outskirts
Of the city. All day long in every direc-
ton We heard the pop pop! pop! Of shot
Eulls-negroes shooting robins, and every
! bird q Wintry visitor from the north. As
We returned at the close Of the day the
trolley car would be loaded with negroes
carrying great strings of our beloved
birds, until II made my heart bleed Not
Il game bird among them, but hundreds
Of sacred sOngsters.
/ Upon further enquiry ! found this was
universal throughout the South. When
| ever ii negro gets $50 he can buy a sin
gie-harreled shotgun; few cents moro
and he can get ammunition for his muir
! derous work
From ont every city and hamlet of the
South they rush when the winter comes
! L wholesale slaughter They have nc
! thought beyond q potpie, and 1t is only
hy making our song bird here non
| game bird there that we can prevent
| their entire destruction. tor SO long as q
| negro can accumulate $3.50 so long vii
| he hunt for that blessed potple
There are enough good women IN the
| South to maintain Audubon societies II
| our women OF the North will show then
| the necessity for 1t, and there are enough
| good men 10 support them, enact ana en-
! force the laws If the women lhert are
| awakened by their sisters OF the Nortf
| to the fact that they hold the key to tht
| entire situation
| My impression is that this is "A good op'
| portunity for missionaries 70 DO som'
| real service for God and humanity -
| New York, March ..
The times., 1901-03-31
REPTILES NOT VALUBLBSS
Psychologists Have a Proper Re
gard for Snakes.

First-Ciass RattIers in Good Condi-
tion Easily Worth s2o-Thc Great
Demand for Them Only on Scten-
t,Gc Account-Dangers of the Hunt.
Morris tribune., 1901-06-15
Appleton will Celebrate.

The celebration and race meeting
at Appleton July 4th and 5th pro-
misses to be great event. Elaborate
preparationsare being made and it is
certain that the entertainment pro-
vided will surpass any ever arranged
for like occasion in this section of
the state.
Gov. S. r. Van SAINT will deliver
the grafton on Fourth of July; the
Ortonville and Shible bands have
been engaged for both days. An out
door moving picture exhibition has
been arranged for the evening of July
4th,-a novel entertainment that can
not fail to please; good base ball
games will take place both days;
100000 will be expended in purses
for races; and many other attractions
will be provided.
Morris tribune., 1901-06-15
Crop Bulletin.

The climate and crop bulletin of
the weather bureau, for the week
ending June 8, 1901 says
Good rains fell in nearly all parts
of the state in the first half; and on
the last day or two of the week.
The heaviest measured raines were
2.46 inches in Polk Co., 201 inches
in Wilkin Go, and $50 inches in
Douglas and Chippewa counties, the
lghtest rains seem to have been in
Hennepin, Dakota, Wright, Nicollet,
Kandlyohi, Meeker, and Mobiles
counties, where more rain would be
beneficial. In few scattered places
hail fell, that in Sherburne Co. being
heavy enough to injure a consider
able area of rye. Snow fell in parts
of the North on the 9th. The rains
have been a great benefit to all vegets-
ton, especially the late sown grains,
grass and pastures, and all crops are
now growing finely except corn and
grass, for which the temperatures
are too low. The seeding of fax
and barley on lands in the Red
River valley which could not be
plowed last fall is going on, as is also
the seeding of millet and corn for
fodder. Winter rye and winter
wheat are in head. The weather was
very cold in the latter. part of the
week, the minimum temperatures on
the morning of the 7th being about
the freezing point in all western
parts Of the state, with heavy frosts.
In the extreme Southwest consider
able corn and late fax were severely
injured by the frost; elsewhere the
injury is evidently confined toI
gardens and late fax and corn in |
exposed places. All correspondents
say that the wheat and oats have
not been injured by cold. Except
in a few places, the grass crop has
been reduced by the recent dry
weather. Clover is in blossom and
haying has begun in small way in
some southern counties. Minnesota
strawberries are now in market.
T. S. OUTRAM, Section Director.
Morris tribune., 1901-06-15
Stevens County Crops.

The present condition Of wheat
and small grains in this county is
now very nearly 100 per cent, The
wheat fields ale already covered with
a heavy growth of the grain, and
from present indications, the crop
will be excellent. Nearly every field
has been touched more or less with
frost, but no material damage was
done.
It is different story, however, with
corn and flax. Corn is yet small and
few fields show a strong growth even
where the stand is good. There is no
reason, however, why corn should
not improve rapidly with such
weather as yesterday and the day be-
fore. Flax in fields that were. sown
earlier, was somewhat injured by the
frost last week.
Meadows look better now than they
did at any time last year.
Morris tribune., 1901-06-15
Bond Election Postponed.

At the council meeting last Fri
day night it was considered best to
postpone the bond election and post
new notices, as the question as
stated on the former notices was not
considered as being sufficient from q
legal standpoint. New notices were
therefore posted on Saturday setting
the election for next week Wednes.
day, June 10Th.
Morris tribune., 1901-06-15
J. D. GOOD SELLS OUT.
Pearce Mcdonald Are The Buyers--
Will rIove 70 Goods Stand.

Will rloVe to GOODS Stando
I'D Good on Monday sold out
his hardware stock and good will to
Pearce & Mcdonald, who took pos
session Immediately. Messrs. Pearce
&McDonald will consolidate the two
stores at continue the business at
Mr.. Goods old stand.
Mr.. w. L. Colyer will retain his
undertaking business.
He has purchased from the Inter.
state Elevator Co. the shed which
was attached to their elevator, and
will moYe it to the corner diagonally
opposite from Mr.. Goods store, and
will have it remodelled into a store
building. Here he will give his at
tention to undertaking.
Mr.. Good is the pioneer mer-
chant of Morris, having been
in the hardware business in
Morris for nearl, thirty-two years,
and during all that time he has been
on this same corner at Atlantic
avenue and Fifth street.
Mr.. Good has not been in the best
of health for some time, and he has
therefore been seeking an opportuni-.
ty to rid himself of the cares of busi
ness. That he should have found a
buyer in his youngest competitor is
especially fortunate for all concerned,
as the popularity of the store will
suffer no decline under it's new man
agement. During his long associa
ton with the beople of Morris and
the surrounding country, Mr.. Good
has gained an enviable reputation
for fair dealing, and although rejoie-1
ing that he is now free from the cares
of business, yet it is not without re.
grets that the people who have
dealt with him for SO long will bid
farewell to him in a business way.
We hope for Mr.. Good long years of
comfort in the enjoyment of less
vexing life.
Morris tribune., 1901-06-15
To The Pan American Exposition

The most popular railway from
the Northwest to the great show at
Buffalo will be the Chicago, Milwau-
kee g. St. Paul.
1t runs, every day, five beautiful
trains from St. Paul and Minneapolis
to Chicago, connecting directly with
all Eastern lines.
It's celebrated Pioneer Limited
(the famous train of the world) leaves
Minneapolis 7:3O p. m. and St. Paul
$40 p. m. daily, arriving Chicago
$50 next morning.
Special features of the "Milwau-
KEGS" service are the observation,
buffet parlor cars on dey trains,
private compartment and standard
sleepers on night trains, as we'll as
buffet smoking cars and the best
dining service in the world.
Tickets at cheap rates will be on
aaleever day at all points on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry.
to Buffalo and return, and the max
imum comfort can be obtained by
using this line.
Write to j. T. Conley, Asst GenI
Passgr. Agent, st. Paul, for the
''Milwaukee's" Pan American folder
lone Of the completest and most
comprehensive guides yet published
Of the expcsition) and all information
concerning rates, etc,