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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26
Handsome IresS.

Among the handsome Christmas
trees noticed in the city are those
OF Master Richard White, at No.
1922 Washington street, J. Clarence
Green, Thirteenth and Washington
aud George Cox, No. 1880 Orange
street and S. lily att, on Third near
Madison street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26
DtA1n3.

KlESFII-In thia city on Dec. a. 1891. George
Kiesel !, in his 9th yaar.
Relatives friends und III members Of the Cigsr
Makers Union und the North EndlAthletio
Club are invited to attend the funeral ser
vices at his latc. residence. n, OJ East lith
o'clock. Interment at Mt. Salem Csmetery
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26
Fine c aiendarS,

Many handsome calendars for 1902
made their appearance this morning
Among the finest were these of the
Hartman and Fehrenbach Brewing
Company and ID. Sustillo, bother.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26
.srnI-CK WUIIT COMING FROM NNNlL

Corry, Pa, Dec. %. While driving
home from dance, carly thl, morning
Enri spencer ngel ~, and Lulu Muncy,
s9ed Is. we're struck by Pcnnsy lvahia
nnSsenger train md fHtHllyinjni cd.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26

sRTANTFD-A GIRL FOR GENERAL.
w housework in II small house. Apply
at No. 6J3 Van Burrn street. d!3.3t
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26

7 OST-NEAR WOoDDALE QtAKRiEs. A
IL large double shawl last Sunday su tube
| Quarres Or John ConnOr, posuma,ter, W God.
| dalo. d143t'
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26

NRIAN1ED-TO BUY FROM 90 TO 100
wv quarts of milk to be delivered in tho
evening at Breuius squlrrcl Run. d!3jt
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26
w AN'EEl).

ANTED-FEOM 40 70 60 OTIS MILK
w delive, ed daily. WA pay A. ac. quart
f. S. b.. p y. Box isi. d!J.stt
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26
FOR SALE.

L'OR SAI.E-GOOD FARM, 80 ACRES. 4
II miles out, near Kenlet Pike. complete
set buildings good alz'. Cheap II sold at
once. Address Good Dairy Farm. this office
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-26

HONSu MPIlON, ASIHMI, CArAN IL
~ rheumatism, Neuralgia, qnca rsisli
Dr. Montgomery, ~ ~ vtu stress. PnllA
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19

larry, of Mecklenburg. and sent to the
committee on County Government:
Resolved, That Article VII, Sec
ton 2. of the Constitution be amended
by adding the following at the end of
the last line thereof.
But no board of supervisors shall
appropriate or expand out of the coun-
ty funds for any extraordinary or I'M
usual purposes any amount exceeding
one thousand dollars without first
posting notice of their intention so to
do Tor thirty consecutive days at the
front door of the court house of the
county, nor for fifteen days thereafter
and if before the termination of said
term OF fifteen days at least twenty
citizens OF the county, who shall for
the prior year have been assessed for
taxation with real and personal proper
W, or either aggregating in value not
less than ten thousand dollars, shall in
writing signed by them and delivered
TO the chairman of any member of said
board, object to said Appropriation or
expenditure. then the same shall not
be made without first having the APP
proval. at an election to be held, of
majority of all the citizens of the coun-
ty. otherwise duly qualified to vote,
who shall be assessed with taxes upon
real and personal property, or either,
for the prior year; such elections shall
be duly ordered and held after reason
able notice and according to law"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
A CHRISTIAN LIFE CLOSED.
The Funeral Services of Mrs M. A. Towles
Were Held Yesterday.

| Yesterday afternoon at five o'clock the
funeral of the late Mrs. M. a. Towles
| was held from the residence of Mr.. ard
| Mrs. J. w. Evans, 120 Newbern avenue,
| and many friends were present. Rer. DR..
Eugene Daniel, of the Presbyterian
church, conducted the service, and tie
| interment was in the family plot in the
city cemetery.
The honorary pall-baarers were Maj. a.
M. McPheeters, Prof Jas. Dinwiddie,
Messrs. Julius Lewis, George AlleD, s.
W. Whiting and w. s. Primrose, and the
active pall-bearers were Judge 7. b.
Womack, l.. P. Duncan, Dr. w. y. With
ers, Messrs. G.. p. Wharton, G.. W. Thomp-
son and H. w. Jackson
| Mrs. Towles was one of the FIRST women
of Raleigh and her. noble life was a
shining beacon light stosthe younger gen
Grafton. Despite her four score years
and six she had not fingered superfuous
on the stage of life, for from her admir-
able and beautiful Christian life had
gone influences which made bright end
happy many homes. For seventy-one
years she had been consistent and
i consecrated member of the Presbyterian
church, and was its senior member. Her
death came as softly and gently IS fades
the evening sun in the west, and the
end of her pilgrimage was peace.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt II.
| Callum, she was born in Charlottesville,
Va, November 25, 1915. In 1917 her pa
rents came to Raleigh where her father
engaged in business, but died within a
year, leaving a widow, with two little
children, James A., and Mary Ann For
some time Mrs. Callum lived with her
uncle, Mr.. William II. Shaw, who opened
the first mercantile business in Raleigh.
Later she married Rev. DR.. n. H. Hard
ing, at that time pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Oxford. Here
Mary Ann Callum was educated and in
1891 Joined the Presbyterian church. OS
February 81, 1888 she was married TO Mr..
James Moore Towles, Virginian by birth,
but for nearly all his life a citizen of
! Raleigh. For half a century they dwelt
together before death separated them
To the couple there were born eight
children: Warren Shaw Towles. Mrs.
Calvin H. Wiley, Mrs. James Monte, Jas.
M. Towles, Dr. Robert ii. Towles, Mrs.
j. w. Evans, Mrs. Sallie Durham and
Fannie Eldridge Towles. Three of the
eight children survive their mother. They
are Mrs. Calvin H. Wiley, of winston;
DR.. Robert H. Towes. of Circlesville,
Texas, and Mrs. j. w. Evans, of Raleigh.
All were at her side when the finger or
death touched her except DR.. Towles, OF
Texas. and short while ago he was here
on a visit to his aged mother.
Besides her children and grand children
there survive Mrs. Towles two brothers,
Mr.. James Callum, of Greensboro. and
Rev DR.. E. II. Harding, of Farmville,
Va. and one sister, Mrs. Fleming Bates,
of Raleigh.
The influence of this good woman has
not departed nor is it inferred within the
casket which shuts her from mortal view.
1t lives among those whose lives have
touched hers and it will pass into eter-
nifty carrying with it the benediction of
| many who knew her as follower of the
Nazarene.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
A Very Short Session. Only Two Resolutions
Before the Convention.
(By the Associated Press.

Richmond, Va, July 17-Seventeen
minutes sufficed today for the delibera-
tons of the Constitutional Convention
Secretary Button laid before the con-
vention a statement of returns from
counties of the rate of local taxation
for school purposes, and the amount
realized from such sources. The report
was ordered printed for the use of the
convention.
Mr.. Hamilton of Petersburg, pre-
sented the following, which went to the
committee on Government Of counties
and cities:
Resolved, That the proper commit
tees inquire into the expediency of
amending the constitution to the follow
ing effect. and if approved, report the
same favorably to the convention -
THAT no county, city or other local
subdivision of this State shall grant it's
credit to or in aid of any person, as
sociation or corporation. and shall not
directly or otherwise subscribe to the
stock of any company association or
corporation and shall not be a party
to or become interested in any work
of internal Improvement nor engage in
CARRYING on any such work
1.-The following was offered by Mr..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
RAINS IN THE CORN BELT.
Half Corn Crop il Assured More Rain Are
Expected.
(By the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press.)
Kansas City, July 17.-Generous rains
fell this afternoon over the larger part
of the corn belt of the Southwest. The
good that will result to late corn and
to pastures will undoubtedly be great.
Scattering showers fell over the South
west last night, and today but in most
places continued accounts of intense
heat were reported. Reports from
many counties assert that today's rain,
following what little has fallen within
the past forty-eight hours will insure at
least half a corn crop and make pas
turage sure. More rain is expected.
THE LONG DROUTH BROKEN.
Vicksburg, Miss, July 17.-The long
drouth in this section was broken to-
night by a good shower, which, how
ever, was too light to afford material
relief to farmers. Advice of the Yazoo
Tallahatche Delta report. the corn crop
practically a total loss. Cotton too,
is beginning to show deterioration.
Rains are reported in Tennessee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19

steel hoop mill are out. Much pressure
is being brought to bear on the 500 men
of the Tin Plate Works and it is now
considered more than probable that they
will refuse to quit. Notices we're today
posted in the Tin Mill granting voluata-
ry advance of 10 per cent to heaters and
catchers and s per cent to the rollers.
Percy Z. Bonner, superintendent of the
Tin Mill said today:
"As far as / have been able to ascer-
tain, after a close investigation, only four
or five men talk of quitting. / am firmly
persuaded the strike will last for at least
two months"
The Monessen Tin Mill has a greater
output than any other mill In the combine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Pauncefote Hopes to Bring With Him Treaty
That Washington Will Approve
(By tne Associated Press


London, July 17.--Lord Paunceforte,
British Ambassador to the United
States, made the following statement to-
night to representative Of The Assoc
ciated Press:
Il am having conferences with the
Marquis of Lansdowne not only about
Nicaragua, but also with regard to half
dozen treaties pending between Great
Britain and the United States"
When asked if he thought there was
any possibility of arriving at an agree
ment regarding the Nicaragua canal be-
fore Congress re-convened, he replied:
Eyes, | sincerely hope so. We are
now in the middle Of the negotiations,
which. although they have not yet
reached any tangible result, show good
promise. When / return to the United
States at the end of October, l hope
to take with me a Nicaragua treaty
that will meet the views of both Presi-
dent Mckinley and the British Cabi-
net. The President has made himself
cognizant of the opinions of the Sen
ate and Of the Secretary of State"
Reverting to the report that ma
jority of the Senate favored neutral
canal, Lord Paunceforte said:
''It would be good news if true.
II see that the Boston Chamber of
Commerce has petitioned for reciprocity
with Canada. This / regard as most
hopeful sign. vt will be one of my aims
when l return to the United States to
foster this desire for closer CONNER
ciaI relationship between the Dominion
and the United States. / should hope
to include New Foundland, making its
interests identical with those of Can
ada"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
To Promote Education.

The Williamson Academy Company
was yesterday Incorporated in the Secre-
tary of States office. The incorporators
are Messrs. w. A. Ellison. J. b. H.
knight, C. d. Carstarpheu and j. w. An
derson. The purpose of the company is
to promote education, to buy and sell
real estate, &c. Two hundred dollars has
been subscribed of the $1,100 on which
operations are to commence, and $4,000 is
the maximum capital Williamson, N.
c., is the home of the company.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
Olive Schreiner Not a Prisoner.
NV the Associated Press.)

London, July 17.-Theophilus Schrein-
er, brother of Olive Schreiner, has sent Il
letter to the South African Association
contradicting the statements made by
Ouda (Mlle. Louise de La Ramee) to
the effect that Olive Schreiner was held
a prisoner by the British in South Africa,
and published in the London Daily News,
July 16 Theophilus Schreiner says his sis
ter Olive Schreiner is living in Hanover
Cape Colony, for the sake of her health
and that her husband, Mr.. Crowright.
is With hcl Hanover is I'M
der martial law, says Theophilus Schrein-
err but Olive Schreiner is allowed the
freedom of the military Gordon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
Offer Aid to Strikers.
(By the Associated Press.)

Youngstown, Ohio, July 1.-THE Anal
gamated Workers in the Youngstown
mills of the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany have notified President Shaffer
that if the plan is acceptable to him
they will each donate one days pay
every two weeks to the strikers fund.
About 800 members agreed to this, which
will net about $4,000 per month. The
workers are also rapidly securing jobs in
their mills for the striking steel hoop
men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19

Scranton. Pa, July 17.-Forty one
collieries employing $4,000 men were
thrown idle today by the firemen go
ing on strike The idle collieries are dis
tributed as follows:
Twenty-six of the Delaware and Hud-
son Company's thirty; six of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Com
pany's twenty-fve; three of the On
tario and Western Company's eleven;
two of the Temple Iron Company
seven; and four of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company's twenty-eight
State President Mullahy, of the Fire
mems Union says the number of idle
eollieries will be doubled by tomorrow
night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
The Alabama Convention.
(Ry the Associated Press.)

Montgomery, Ala, July 17.-The Con-
stitutional Convention today made no
radical changes in the judiciary depart
ment except that solicitors are to be
elected by the people instead of by the
Legislature. More power is given the
Legislature to regulate the judiciary. A
rider making it misdemeanor for State
officials to accept railroad passes, was
defeated by a narrow margin
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
THE EPwoRTH CONVENTION.
1t Opens Today With Thirty Thousand Dele
gates in Attendance.
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press)
San Francisco, July 17.--When the fifth
Interna tional Convention of the Epworth
League shall open tomorrow, 10000 dele
gates will be in attendance, $4,000 of
these come from points east of the Rocky
Mountains.
Among today's notable arrivals were
Bishop Isaac Joyce, President OF the
League; Rev. DR.. Thiekald, of Cincinnati,
General Secretary of Freedman's and
Southern Education Society; Governor
Bliss of Michigan; Bishop Warren, of
Denver, and Bishop Cranston, of Portland,
Oregon,
At the Methodist churches of the city
tonight special welcome meetings were
held.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
Peabody Scholarships.

The applicants for the scholarships at
the Peabody Normal will be examined to-
day and tomorrow in the various counties
Twenty counties have applied for the
questions which have been sent to them
The examination for Wake will be con-
Quoted by County Superintendent Gle
ments, but so far as known there is only
one applicant here, that being Mr.. Eu-
gene B. Troy, who attended the A. & NJ
College the past year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
They Back the Amalgamated.

Elwood, Ind, July lit was an
nounced here today that the Tin Plate
Workers Protective Association will
stand by the Amalgamated Association
and refuse to work plates in any steel
trust MILL" made by non-union men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
Killed by an Exploding Balloon,
(By the Associated Press.)

St. Petersburg, July 17.-During opera
lions with a military balloon near Schlues
selburg, on an island in the Neva, TWEEN
ty-one miles east of this city, the balloon
exploded and blazed up. One person was
killed, and twenty were injured, several
fatally.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
Office Moved.

The office of the Virginia Cotton Mills
was yesterday moved from Fayetteville
street to Mr. Bakers residence, corner OF
Salisbury and Hillsboro streets.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
EXAMINATION FOR LICENSE TIC
PRACTICE LAW.

The next examination cf applicants for
license to practice law will be held on
Monday the Both of September Qor the
year only. In future, they will be held
on the first Monday of each term of the
Supreme Court.
The fall term begins on the fourth
Monday in August, and appellants are re-
quired to have their cases docketed and
printed seven days before the call of the
district to which they belong.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
Death Of General Butterfield.

(By the Associated Press)
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, July 17-General
Daniel Butterfield died at his home at
Cold Spring tonight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
UNREASONABLE.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Baltimore, July 1S.-The "Cardenas'
Cigars are now better than ever. Try
them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19

By recent Governmental decree all
exports from Colombian ports will be sub
ject to taxation. q
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
To Buffalo and return $3S.2S
via
S. A. l.. Ply.

Tickets sold daily good to return until
October 81, route via Old Dominion to
New York, New York Central TO Bui'alo,
includes meals and stateroom on boat.
For tickets, Pullman and Stateroom res
ervations apply d. City Ticket office,
Marlborough House,
C. II. GATES, e. T. and p. A,
Raleigh, Y. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
The Number of Galleries Idle.

/. A. GERRITY, State Secretary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-28
MUSHROOMS AS FOOD.
Their Usefulness Lies in the Pnlat-
ableness They Give to Other
Food Materials

Recent Investigations made by the
department of agriculture show that
mushrooms are about equal to po-
tatoes in the element of nutrition
that goes to make flesh and blood,
but that on the other hand, thew
do not hold much of the fuel stuff
required to keep the body machine
running. Containing, as they do,
very large percentage of water, they
may be said, in a sense, to CORE
spond with fresh vegetables in re-
spect to food value. The notion that
their composition resembles closely
that of meat-a conception which
has caused the term vegetable
beefsteak" to be applied to them
is an absurd error. One would have
to consume eight pounds of mush-
rooms in day in order to take the
place of the ordinary ration of beef
or mutton.
The great usefulness of mush-
rooms lies in the palatableness which
they give to other food materials.
This is a matter of no small impor-
lance from the point of view of the
economic expert in dietetics, who
looks upon the attractiveness of
dishes as a notable element in their
value. In this country only one
species of fungus is utilized to any
extent for the table-namely, the
common field mushroom with pink
gills-whereas in Europe a dozen or
more varieties are eaten.
This common mushroom is a trifle
more than 81 per cent. water. 1t
contains nearly four per cent. of
flesh-forming stuff, three and one
half per cent. of starchy and sugarv
substances, and one per cent. of fat
and fiber, with one-half of one per
cent. of mineral material. There are
other species which are more nutri-
tious-such as the 'oyster mush-
room"-but they are not sufficiently
well known in the United States to
be worthy of consideration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-28
MEANING OF MANUSCRIPT.
Derivation of the Term Used to In
dictate Matter Written by
Hand.

The singular and plural forms of
the abbreviated word manuscript"
(MS. and MSS.) are the initials of the
two Latin words manu- scriptum,
whence our word is derived. Of
course, says st. Nicholas, it means,
literally, written by hand. After the
introduction of printing, certain
books were spoken of as codices Tor
libri impressD, printed books, to dis
tinguish them from goddess manu-
script. Most of the old and impor-
tant records found in manuscript and
preserved in libraries have been
copied and reproduced in print, so
that we need not trouble ourselves
to decipher crooked characters or
half-faded writing. 1t is, however,
interesting as well as very curious
to hold in ones hands the parchment
or half-decayed paper on which the
hand of some great scholar, long
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-28

able to move about in the water
After some time it attaches itself
to some hard object, and then it
puts forth buds and produces a col
ony. If its domicile is a rock or
large shell, it's life thenceforth is
uneventful, but, if it selects a small
shell, already inhabited by young
pagurus, a lasting intimacy is at
once established between the two
animals.
LAS a result, the two continue to
grow and each in turn does good
service for the other. The pagurus
in time finds that he is supporting
from eight to ten epizoanthes, all of
whom are ready to protect him
when danger is near and who only
ask in return that he will take them
with him wherever he goes and thus
save them from the monotony of an
absolutely motionless existence"
Specimens of these Actinia are not
readily secured, owing to the fact
that they are never found near the
surface of the sea. Scientists, how
ever, who desire to study them, will
find little difficulty in doing so, for
there has never been time when
so much interest was taken in deep
sea explorations as at present, and
among the curious objects that are
brought up now and then from the
deep waters are colonies of these
sea anemones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-28

Kingdom, these 5O,OOO,OOO tons would
allow five tons per annum for every
family. A high authority (Forster
BROWN reckons that at the existing
rate of consumption land waste)
within 40 years from the present
time an increase in the cost of coal
will begin to be felt as a new element
in the commercial position of the ma
ton" Mr.. Jeans thinks this esti-
mate too pessimistic, but if we allow
twice 40 years it is a terribly short
time in the life of a nation. Most
people ignore the fact that the ex-
haustion has begun. In the North
cumberland coal field most OF the
thick seams are worked out, and it
has now become necessary to work
seams from two feet to two feet six
inches thick, which is reducing the
output per man by from Is to 20 per
cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-28
COAL WASTED IN MINING.
Twenty-TwO Per Cent. of the Total
Output of English Mines
Annually Lost.

1T has been recently computed
that more than 100000 tons of coal
are wasted every year in the mine."
So said j. Stephen Jeans in address,
ing the South Wales Institute of En-
gineers, reports the London Tele-
graph. This waste is that mainly of
small coal, and is, of course, quite in
dependent of the reckless and useless
consumption that goes on in nearly
every domestic CRATE and at every
furnace. Even this huge figure is
less than it used to be, for, with the
general adoption of coal washing
plants, the introduction of producers
capable of using small coal in the
making of gas and the manufacture
of briquettes, the loss has been re-
duced. 1t forms still % per cent. of
the total output, and represents a
money sacrifice of e2O,OOO,OOO. AL
lowing 100000 homes in the United