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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-03

need be said than these words of Ruskin
Her path is indeed strewn with flowers,
but they raise behind her steps
Her feet have touched the meadows and
left the daisies rosy"
Olivia Blount Cowper was born in the
month Of May, 1861. She was the daughter
Of PULASKI Cowper and OF Mary Biount
Grimes. Her father. now one of the most
honored citizens of Raleigh, is president of
the North Carolina Home Insurance Com
rany. He is native of Murfreesboro, N.
c. He was private secretary to Gov
ernor Bragg, and came to Raleigh in 1856.
In 1859 he moved to Beaufort county, near
the town of Washington, where his daugh-
ter, Olivia, was born His wife is a daugh-
ter of Bryan Grimes, and sister of General
Bryan Grimes. Her maternal grandfather
was John Gray Blount. who was the larg-
est landowner in North Carolina. the
brother of William Blount, Governor Of
Tennessee and United States Senator.
Olivia Cowper spent her early childhood
in Beaufort and Pitt counties When she
was ten years old her father moved to
Raleigh, which has been the home of the
family ever since. She attended ST. Mary 5
School, and became very proficient in
music, under the skilful direction of Miss
Hansen. For number of years she was
the organist at Christ church in this city.
she was married to Richard Beverly
Rarey December D. 1894. She died May
4, 1896.
AS a child. she was obedient to the
slightest will of her parents land was
truthfulness itself Her father has told
me that he never heard her speak linkind-
~ of any human being. but that, on the
contrary, whenever she heard criticism
of another she always attempted to parry
the blow.
l speak but words of truth and sober
ness when l declare that | never knew anv
one who was more beloved by all with
whom she came in contact Even the timid
child forgot his weakness in her sight"
On her bridal trip to Mexico. her hus-
band writes of her: "Matanzas. December
Is. little girl in the hotel seems to
have fallen desperately in love with L.,
and gave her some flowers
In the church. at the Sunday school
among the poor, and with the aged, for
whom she had especial feelings of tender
ness, she was active, diligent and self
sacrificing II season and out of season.
In every good word and work
Nothing could more appropriately follow
her life than the beautiful library that
bears her name She will live in every
great poem, in every noble sentiment
in all the books therein contained AS tie
perfume from the box of costly ointment
broken by the woman filled the whole
house with its sweet odor, so the treasure
poured out here to the memory of this
good woman will sweeten all the air of
this city, and many struggling soul will
be led through the influence of her life of
gentle deeds to aspire to gain some meas
ure Of her glorious reward:
"0h. may ] join the choir invisible
OF those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence. ;"
The library building overlooks the capt.
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SALE OF OLD FREIGHT.

General superintendent Office, A. and n.
c. r. r., Newbern, N. c., dated jan
uary %, 1901.
In accordance with the law, Code section
1899, the agent of the A. and N. G. r. r.,
at Morehead City station, will expose to
sale for cash TO the highest bidder the
herein below described freight, to recov-
er charges of transportation, storage on
the same and the costs of sale.
The said goods have been in the ware
house of the A. and n. c.. r. r. at More
.ca1 City Station for more than one year
from the date of the RECEIPT of the same
at said warehouse, and that no part of
the freight or warehouse storage charges
upon the same have been paid to the
A. and n. G. r. r. or any of it's agents
Any person or persons claiming any of
the said freight may redeem the same
title to the same and paying the freight
charges. warehouse storage charges and
their proportionate part of the expense
for advertising same for sale.
THE SALE WILL BE ON MONDAY.
O'CLOCK NJ, At SAID STATION.
The following is list of freight in said
warehouse showing consignee, destina-
tion, articles weight and freight charges.
The warehouse storage charges and ad-
vertising charges can be ascertained from
the agent at said station).
Dispatch Dbl. croekery, 29c.
J. P. Bishop. Nifty. Crate Egg, 25c.
NJ. s. Webb, Il Mty. Berry Crates. $1.46.
B. B. Lawrence. Bbls. Bags, Gee.
E. D. Mendenhall, Cases Starch, 1907
e. j. Hines. Trunk Effects, 44c.
Standard Oil Co, Crate |. Signs, 9Oc.
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sale for cash to the highest bidder the
herein below described freight, to recover
charges of transportation. storage on the
same and the costs OF sale
The &C.,. goods have been in the ware
mouse of The a. - -. G. II. r. at Colds
boro Station for more than one year from
the date of the receipt of the same at
said warehouse. and that no part of the
freight or warehouse storage charges
lpcn the same have been paid to the A.
g. ~ C. r. X. or any OF its Agents. Any
person or persons claiming any OF the
said freight may redeem the same before
the sale by establishing their title to the
same and paying the freight charges,
warehouse storage charges and their pro-
portionate part of the expense for adj
vertising same for sale.
The sale will be on Monday, the 4th dav
of March, 1901, at II O'Clock m, at said
Station.
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Another Child Cured.
Ahoskie. n. G., Jan. IA. 1901.

Mrs. Joe Person.
Allow me to express my gratitude to
you for the wonderful cure your Remedy
made on my little baby girl. Some eight
months ago she was afflicted with some
blood impurity. which resulted in raw
sores and scabs on her face and feet,
which troubled her severely for u months.
mere or less. After trying different
remedies and four physicians without any
permanent relief, by chance saw one of
your papers and read some of your testi-
monials l decided to try your Remedy
After using it a short while, she began
to improve. When she had taken swo
bottles Of it the sores were entirely heal
ed and now she seems to be entirely WILL.
| consider your Remedy one of the very
best blood purifiers on the market; also
one of the best medicines for teetEing
children Yours very truly,
MRS. A. G. BAZEMORE.
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light night when we arrived at Agra and
having heard so much of the beauty of the.
Tai by moonlight. | determined to see it
before retiring. If any one object is worth
a journey around the world to see. the
TAI certainly is, and the circumstances
attendant upon my midnight visit render
ed it weird and even more than usually
solemn and enhancing
October a. 1892. After Tiffn we hnr-
ried to the Tai Hahal, which, am sure.
is the most impressive, if not the most
beautiful. building in the world Mum
taxi Mahal, The Exalted of the Palace )
died in 1927 and her devoted husband. the
Emperor Shah Jehan, commenced building
the mausoleum very soon thereafter. 1t
has stood, a perpetual monument to his
love, as purely white and as free from
blemish as when just completed 1t is
said that twenty thousand men were en-
ploycd for twenty-five years, and that it
cost including the gardens, the mosques
and gates, according to various estimates,
from four to twenty millions of dollars In
regard to color and design, the interior.
inlaid with precious stones, may rank first
in the world for purely decorative work
manship, and the perfect symmetry of the
exterior, the aerial grace of it's dorces
and minarets, once seen can never be for
gotten. The whole Koran is written on
the interior walls in Mosaic. Jehan inn
mortalized his peerless wife, and gave to
history an evidence of purest love and
constancy-couId the millions have been
unwisely spent?"
r. B. Raney has builded more literally
than Shah Jehan and his beloved wife
has nobRr monument than the gorgeous
towers CT the mausoleum of the Exalted
of the Palace :
OF the life of good woman. little more
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company will APP
ply to the General Assembly of North
Carolina at the present session for au-
thority to locate. construct and operate,
extensions of its line of railroad from
Carroll and Grayson counties in Virginia
into the Counties of Allegheny, Ashe and
Watauga, in North Carolina, with
branches therefrom.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY, BY
GUTHRIE & GUTHRIE,
Attorneys.
D"rhqm N. c., January 22nd. 1901.
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MUNYON'S
RHE A is M
CURE.

When Prof Munyon says his Rheumatism
Cure will cure Rheumatism there isn't amy guess
work about it--there isn't any false statements
about it, IL simply cures IL does just exactly
what he saws il wall do. II cures more quickly
than people expect. II cures Without any I'll e.
lects tits splendid stomach and nerve tonic,
rs we'll as a positive cure for rheumatism.
All the Munyon remedies are Just us reliable
ANY druggist 25r vial The Guide TO Health i
Tree SO is medical advice, If you write 10 broad
way and 10Th ST., New York.
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Little more than d week ago the Olivia
Raney (free) Library was opened to the
public.
Already 900 books have been taken out
and about $50 people day have visited
It. About 100 of these went there for books
to take home. others went to read
in the library and still others to in
epect the building and the arrangement
Of fine books. frequently there has
been as many as hundred visitors in
the library at one time.
Could there be any stronger proof of
the value of such an institution to the
city?
All the books have been placed on the
shelves and are now ready for. the use
of patrons. All books, except about 500,
have been catalogued. This work will
be done between now and the 18th
The majority of the books thus far
taken out are fiction. In fact about rs
per cent. of them are of this class, and
about one-third of the whole number
taken out are juvenile books. and this
latter fact shows the great interest the
young people are taking in the library.
In the construction of the library and
the instalment of its furniture and books,
Mr.. Raney gave his personal attention to
every detail. with the result that the
whole establishment is as nearly perfect
as human ingenuity and a liberal ex
penditure of money can make it.
For the position of librarian he selected
Miss Jennie Coffin, the life long and in
80 In
the library was erected Miss Theodore
Marshall is assistant librarian. Both
ladies have proved themselves most COM
petent in every way for these response
BILE positions
The library was organized by Miss Jane
H. Abbott, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and
she is to be congratulated on the very
excellent manner in which the books have
been classified, arranged and catalogued.
This has been according to the latest and
most approved methods taught in library
schools OF the country. In fact there
is not a library in the South so we'll
arranged. The Olivia Raney Library is,
in this respect certainly, a model and
will no doubt be very useful to the other
libraries of the State Already the libra
rian has received several applications
ITOHl pcTSOHS u6SlTlHS " NOIh III lHC
library without compensation, in order
to learn it's system of arrangement.
The trustees were in correspondence
with a dozen or more applicants for the
position of organizer. and now consider
themselves most fortunate in having Sc
lected Miss Abbott. In addition to or
gambling the library she has thoroughly
familiarized the librarian, Miss Coffin, and
the assistant librarian, Miss Marshall,
with the system used so that the CLASH
fcation Of books may be maintained and
future additions to the library arranged
in accordance with it.
Miss Abbott is accompanied here by
her mother. They have rooms at the
Marlborough and have during their stay
here made many warm friends who will
sincerely regret their departure. They
will return to their home in Nebraska
about the 18TH
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When man performs great deed the
world at once becomes interested in him
People inquire what manner of man he is
and desire to know his life history.
The giver of this splendid gift is a man
of most interesting personality, and the
story CT his life reads almost like a
romance. And here it is in a paragraph
penned by an intimate friend of Mr.
Pane:
twenty-five years ago, youth Of
eighteen, ambitious to go to college but
without the means to crafty that ambi-
ton, left his country home to seek en-
ployment in Raleigh, and succeeded in
getting a position as night clerk at a
hotel. At the age of forty. having ac-
cumulated comfortable fortune of thirty
five thousand dollars, with the moral he
roism of a Francis of Assist, he has given
it all away to the people of the city as a
memorial to the noble woman who for
less than two short years bore his name
and glorified his life."
The above was written by Supt. E. p.
Moses. of the Raleigh schools, for the
North Carolina Journal of Education. Con-
tInuing his sketch, Mr.. Moses says:
Richard Beverly Raney was born in
Granville county, n. c., February Z, 1860.
His grandfather, native of Virginia,
came 10 North Carolina in 1874, and set
tied in, Granville county, where he pur-
chased large estate. His son, Thomas
Hall Raney. the father of the subject of
this sketch. excelled in good harvests,
choice fruits and fine horses. He married
Eliza Partridge Baird, descendant OF
John Speed, of Cheshire, England, the
author of history of England.
r. b. Raney was the youngest OF ten
children, Two of his brothers entered the
Confederate ARM. and one of them.
George, died from fever contracted in the
service. His first teacher was his brother
in-law. The boy soon learned to read, led
on by the prize of pair of new boots,
promised him by his brother Charles. who
is now one of the trustees of the Olivia
Raney Library.
"A pebble in the streamlet scant
Has turned the course of many river"
And who knows to what extent the
tempting reward of these new boots turn
ed the little learner to love of books,
which has ever since been to him a source
OF pleasure and strength? Later he went
20 school to his sister Lucy. At the age of
sixteen he left school. Fetter Academy,
In kittrell, went to Norfolk, and took a
place as clerk in the house of cotton
FACTOR. At eighteen, he became clerk of
the Marlboro House in Raleigh. At twenty
Two. went TO Atlanta. and was made cash
Ter OF the Kimball House In year. this
house was burned Then he was offered a
position in the railroad office in Charlotte
by his friend. Col. w A. Turk In few
months ne resigned this position, and
leased the Marlboro House, of which he is
now proprietor. For several seasons. he
was one Of the lessees of the Atlantic
Hotel at Morehead City. He has operated
farms in Wake and Warren counties. He
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Parley's canyon via the Rio Grande
Western railroad by cars, which are
switched directly to the crushers at the
plant. Through the crushers the rock
goes to rolls, thence TO the mixing
bins, where it is combined IN the proper
chemical proportions. and thence TO rO-
tary pulverizers. The finely powdered
rock IS then fed by automatic machin-
cry into the upper ends of the rotary
kilns-long steel cylinders set at a
slight incline, lined with friedrich, and
revolving slowly. Into the lower ends
Of these kiins powdered coal is forced
under ar blast, producing IN the kiln
an intense white flame. which gives a
temperature of about 5000 degrees to
the powdered rock coming through
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new field viii be one % the heaviest pro
ducers in Wyoming. There is some IalE
of extending the BurlinCtOn's Cody City
branch and IL is highly probable that
senator Clark's mines viii begin to pro-
duce during the coming year. Plans as
now laid out provide FOR the opening of
at least twelve mines, more than the
number now being operated at Rock
Springs.
4 new coal mine was opened up during
the year near Rawlius and has been ship
ping small amount o. coal daily The
deposit is extensive and the mine can be
made big producer. in this vicinity the
Burlington railroad has filed upon 5000
acres of coal lands. and this action has
given rise to the report that the road
viii be extended as far west as Rawlins,
even though the extension is not pushed
through to Salt Lake as originally in
tended
During the first week in December an
eight-fOot vein of anthracite coal was
found near RaWlins and a rush of claim
locators to the vicinity resulted in the
whole country thereabouts being taken
up.
The output of all of the old mines has
been increased during the year and every
thing pertaining to the industry is in
floUrishing condition. Aside from the de-
plorable accident at DiamondViHe. the
percentage of accidents. fatal and nom
fatal. in proportion to tonnage. in WyO-
ming mines during the year was less than
In any other state. The number of fatal
accidents was fOrty-stX; nOu-fatal, twelve.
The output of the several mines for the
year ending Sept. 90 follows.
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save the following results: Gasoline, III
per cent: white Illuminating oil asa per
cent, yellow illuminating oil, III per
cent; paraffine, ~ per cent worthless
residue, ? per cent; pure oil, 81 per cent.
Although the Union Pacific well was
plugged and an effort made to keep the
discovery quiet the news spread like
wildfire and inside Of two months the en-
tire country was staked OFF.
Today there are nc less than 8 dozen
drilling rigs Ia place In the fields, while
as many more are either being set ND OF
are on the road, Among the companies
now sinking wells are the Fossil CONSOLE
dated company, the Wyoming P2rafrine
OH company, at Fossil, the Wyoming II
Eliminating Oil company, the Spring Val
ley OIL company, the Piedmont OIL COM
pauy and several others at Spring Val
ley and Piedmont.
Owing to the scarcity Of men q nuua-
Der of companies viii delay operations
until spring, but early IN the coming year
the southwestern portion OF the state
viii witness great activity IN the oil In
dustry. The rich oil Is known 20 be there
viii be spent the coming year IN eEtab-
fishing producing wells.
At Lander an English syndicate that
recently purchased the famous Murphy
wells, several Of which are gushers,s is
prosecuting work with vigor, and as fast
as one wei strikes oil IL is plugged audl
work commenced on another This plan
viii be pursued Until the Engiishmen
have producing wells in sufficient number
to justify the building Of refineries on
the ground and a railroad to transport
the product to market.
At Casper the Pennsylvania Oil com,
pany is increasing it output. The COM
psny has at least six producing wells ar
salt creek, forty miles from the refinery
at Casper. but more wells are being
drilled. Early IN the coming year the re-
fi0ery viii be enlarged and pipe line
will probably be constructed connecting
the wells with the refinery.
Wells are being drilled near Douglas
and also in the Newcastle and Noorcroft
fields in the northeastern part Of ths
state.
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Agriculture.

In agricultural pursuits Wyoming made
rapid progress during the year just clos
ing, Lack of space prevents a detailed
account of the growth in many sections
Of the state and the establishment of
colonies, but suffice it 10 say that up
wards of 600 additional families settled
in Wyoming during the year, several hun
bred miles of new canals and bitches were
constructed and more than 10000 acres
0f barren land were reclaimed. OF
the new settlers, fully 50 per cent
were MOrmOns, who settled in the
Big Horn basin, where they have estab-
hshed themselves comfortably. That sec
ton is the banner farming portion of the
state and Is bound TO build up rapidly
during the next few years. The Wheat
land colony secured a large number Of
new families and the lands lying under
the canals there are being settled upon
rapidly.
During the year one Of the largest res
ervOirs for irrigation purposes ever con-
structed in the world was completed on
the Laramie plains. 1t was built by the
Wheatland colony people and will hold
over 10000 acre-feet Of water-enOugh to
flood the lands in the colony to a depth
Of four feet. This reservoir insures the
water supply to the colony and farming
there will be successful for all time to
come.
A large number of irrigation and col
Ony projects have been planned for the
coming year. Among these over half
a dozen win be located I'm the Big Horn
basin, one will be located east of old
Fort Laramie, in the eastern portion Of
the state; one will be located in the Sara
tOga valley. and another in the valley of
Green river. The last named colony will
be settled by Beers and Holland farmers,
a Holland company being back Of the
scheme The Fort Laramie colony will be
settled by Swedes.
Livestock.
The range herd is rapidly disappearing
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equipped with the best methods and
machinery known to the trade. The
new plant began to turn out cement in
october Of 1898 at the rate of 100 bar
rels per day, and this capacity was
doubled in 1899, and again ia 1900. so
that the present output of the plant is
about 400 barrels per days Further
additions viii be made this winter in
order to keep the capacity of the plant
abreast Of the growing market for ce-
ment throughout the intermountain
states
As the cost Of Portland cement is
reduced by home manufacture. its
value as a cheap. indestructible and
extremely strong substitute for stone
and other building materials is becom-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29

Salt Lake City may boast Of the
only modern plant for the production
Of high-grade Portland cement west of
Denver. together with a deposit Of the
ideal material for making cement OF
the highest quality, which is not
equaled west of Pennsylvania. The
plant Of the Portland Cement Company
of Utah at Eighth South and Firth
West is housed in steel and brick
Buildings, and equipped with the most
improved appliances for crushing. pull
yerizing. conveying and burning ce-
ment The raw material Is a clay lime
sicne, which is shipped down from
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buildings, and even for the chimneys
and roofing tiles. In all these uses the
appearance Of the finished work, which
Is that of fine, smooth-grained gray
sandstone. the infinite variety of forms
into which il may be nodded or cast
without the use of skilled labor, and
its practical indestructibility by fire.
water or weather. makes it the ideal
material for all forms of permanent
construction.
The market for the Utah Portland ce-
ment extends from Great Falls on the
north to Denver and Pueblo on the
east, and outside Of the distfnctivelv
mountain states it has a good foothoid
at Seattle and San Francisco. where
it has been accepted for imnortant
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from the upper end. At this heat the
rock is partially vitrified and rolls out
at the lower end in small rounded
black cinkers, which are cooled, pull
Verized and conveyed to the stock
houses in the hne, heavy gray powder
known as Portland cement.
The Portland Cement Company Of
Utah, limited, was organized in 1896.
taking over the old plant Of the Utah
Por land Cement company, which was
largely remodeled during that year,
and began turning out cement in the
spring of 1897, at the rate Of fly bar
rels (ten tons) per day. In June. 1898
the plant was entirely destroyed by
fire, but was Immediately rebuilt with
thorough ireproof construction, and