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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

of the statesmen who came to help the
Michigan Club celebrate Washington
birthday Somewhere in the South a
bright colored boy appeared before the
commission to be examined for the posi-
ton of letter carrier.
How far is it from the earth to the
moon?" was the first question asked by
those who were to determine the young
mans fitness for the place he sought.
How fab am it. from de earf to de
moon?" echoed the applicant. MY Lawd,
boss if yo's gwine to put me on dat route
| don't want de lob.
with that the young man grabbed his
hat and left as though he were chased"
Secretary Shaw told story on him.
self at the Albemarle the other evening.
Sam, the darkey who brushes my
clothes, in a barber shop ia Washington,
is particularly clever in delicately re-
minding customers that he expects a tip.
One morning, just before the Fourth, 1
was thinking of other things and was
walking away without dropping coin
into his hands.
LET me brush your coat again, Mr..
Secretary said Sam, running after me.
why do you want to brush it again?'
l asked
Cause, Mr.. Secretary said Sam,
without cracking a smile Cause l
might brush out some gold dust, sir
Sam got his tip"
There are more places having queer
local names in North Carolina than in
any other State in the Union, as the fol-
lowing Kernansyille letter TO the Pender
Chronicle will show: 1.-The woods are full
of aspirants for county commissioners,
too many to enumerate. Among the
prominent may be mentioned. The Gum
pudding people are clamorous for Tom
MCGOWAN to become a county father.
The good people of HellSwamp think Mr..
Henry Dali will fill the bill exactly. The
citizens of Lick Lizard and Wolf-scrape
think Mr.. Rufus Bennett would fill the
vacancy all O. k
Chauncey NJ. Depew recently called at
the house Ola friend, where he attracted
the attention OF bright boy of eight.
The boy asked his father who was that
MANI when the Senator had departed.
THAT is Senator Depew," answered the
father, the greatest story teller in the
world
the same house and the small boy ad-
canved and said. 81 know YOU"
Indeed And who am II"
MY papa says you are the biggest liar
on earth. New York World.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

The sons of men who get rich quick
gambling in stocks love to brag about
their fathers winnings. And, too, they
love to sneer at the men who have LOSE.
Mr. Gates. who made millions in. his
Louisville and Nashville deal. and mis-
son Charlie are at Saratoga. 1t is stat ed
in the dispatches that it is not an un
common thing to see John w. Gates on
the race track with a roll of bills as big
around as his wrist betting freely on
the horses that take his fancy, and he is
not always lucky.
His son Charley seems to be gifted
with humor as well as afflicted with
flesh. One of the reports is to the eff
feet that while playing at Canfeld's
gambling house on Saturday night a neat
dapper man with light brown mustache
passed before his line of vision in going
from the restaurant to the mems cafe.
You know who that little chap is?" said
he, turning to a friend who was playing
white chips at his side.
mo, | don't" was the rejoinder
That's little Augie Belmont, from
whom pop and / took the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

Woman's greatest dream CT beauty and
glory is when nature has chosen her to
Become a mother. Every faculty is kcenly
alert and her nature the finest as she fore
secs the Joy, the ambition, the success and
the lifelong satisfaction coming, coming
nearer, day by day, in the dear and innocent
being so soon TO see light, and the very
uncertainty whether she shall see sweet
girlface or brave boy face beside her on
the pillow, adds zest to her expectancy.
Then, if ever, she should take care of her
physical, mental and moral health.
MOTHERS FRIEND applied externally
throughout pregnancy will relieve the pain
of parturition, and no mother and child can
fail to be healthy, hearty, strong, clear com,
plexioned, pure blooded, calm nerved ana
cheerful in disposition, who are mutually
influenced for months by the continued use
of Mothers Friend.
OF druggists $l0O
Our treatise Motherhood" mailed free
THE BRADFiELD REGULATOR Co.
ATLANTA. GA.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

to move; then they found 1t they had
been on the back of an enormous sea
turtle for three hours. The island SEEM
ed to be about 800 yards in diameter
when first discovered. Conway and crew
managed to get off all safe before the
turtle disappeared under the water.
They say Mic tells the truth sometimes,
nearly all of US do that.
Now they say that DR.. Calling, the
gun man, has invented a gasoline auto
plowbile rugged up with disc plows, with
which one man can break up 80 acres
of land per day any depth desired from
one to twelve inches. We knew the thing
was coming! When this writer predicted
a few years ago at a banquet in Green's
boro that such things would happen on
farms worked all night long under the
glare of electric lights, there were not
wanting certain scoffers who mocked
saying Full of new wine" But there
was no wine about it. Just watch things
happen in the agricultural world as you
go along. If big factories, operated by
stock companies, make more money run
ming by night as well as by day. why
shouldn't we expect to see big farms
operated by stock companies running by
night as well as by day? The modern
spinning frames displaced the d-fash-
Toned spinning wheel, and don't you
know the gasoline or electric autoplow-
bile is just as certain to displace the
horse pillow? Why, sure. And all
this fast labor saving machinery. too
valuable to stand still. will want to run
at night, and if it runs at night of
course the farming will have to be done
under electric lights.-Gastonia Gazette
"The Woman About Town column in
the Washington Post is always bright
These are two of the brightest:
! have heard all sorts OF pet names
applied by loving ladies to their lords,
but a young Washington woman who is
spending the summer at Cape May used
a new one before me last week. She had
been at the resort a fortnight, and in
all that time she hadn't mentioned the
fact that she possessed husband. Some
of the women in the house were inclined
to think her a grass widow, and others
insisted that she was an under the grass
widow. They said she had the manner,
whatever they may have meant by that.
A week ago Friday, however, she re-
turned from the railway station with a
handsome young man in tow. AS soon
as he had left her for a moment one of
the women on the veranda--I wonder
what there is about sitting on a veranda
that gives women such an interest in
the affairs of others-said to her:
'Who is the gentleman who came up
from the station with you?''
The young Washington woman smiled.
"Oh, that?" she asked. That's merely
my visible means of support-my hus
band"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

Can a saw buck st. Joseph News
You bet! Can q horse le?-Keokuk
Gate City.
Sure. Can chimney swallow Chi
cago Tribune.
Certainly. Ever hear a ginger snap?
Topeka Capital
Yep. Ever see a bed spring kansas
City Journal.
OF course. Can a rail fence New
York World.
To be sure And wouldn't railroad
tie? How would a crash suit baltimore
American.
First rate. But isn't the weather
vane?-Philadelphi Telegraph.
Rather Was it banana peel that
made the night fall?-Chicago Record
Herald
No. The day broke. Ever hear a lad
der rung Savannah News.
Certainly. Did you ever see a fat
"poorjob" sitting on a dead live oak limb
eating green blackberries Macon Tele-
graph.
No. But did you ever see white
Black Knoxville Sentinel.
That's IN to Roosevelt. He's seen
Booker, you know. BY the way, did
you ever hear an oyster Bay?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

IS enator Sulloway, of New Hampshire,
tells a good one when he gets warmed
on the civil service question: said one
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

A story is told how Mrs. Caroline Cor
bin. of Chicago, became an active anti
woman suffragist. She was school
friend of Miss Susan b. Anthony. In
later years the two women met in Wash
ington.
what have you been doing all this
while?' asked Miss Anthony.
Bringing up four boys was the an
swer.
"Boys," exclaimed the outspoken Su-
san. What under the sun is a woman
like you doing with four boys?"
II don't know. Would you expect me
to strangle them?'
"Bosh!" was the reply. ''You should
never have had them. They will be
nothing but men. New York Tribune
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17

when Grover Cleveland was Presi-
dent" said Joseph E. Ralph, of Washing
ton, "he frequently enjoyed days fish
ing along the upper potomac. One one OF
these outings he lodged at the house OF
a rought and hearty farmer.
"The first morning he stopped there, .
continued Mr.. Ralph, ''the farmer deter
mined to show becoming attention to
his distinguished guest, raped at Mr..
Clevelands door at the unrighteous hour
of 4 O'Clock in the morning.
whats the matter?" demanded the
statesman.
Mr.. President said the farmer,
we're goin' to hev fish in your honor for
breakfast. VIII you have them skun or
unskun?'
"I'H take 'em skun,' laughed the
President" Saturday Evening Post.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
SUNK FISHING BOAT
Russian Gunboat Captures Japan.
csc Crew and Sinks
Vessel.

SEA tie. sept 29.-Russia has train 81
the guns OF her war vessels and sunk a
Japanese fishing boat, an incident that
may result in international complica-
tions. This news came from the Tar
north by way OF the steamer John :
kimball
The war vessel DESTROYING the Japan
ese boat was the Russian cutter Nukut.
The latter arrived At Nome two weeks
ago.
1t appears that while the cutter was
cruising in the sea of Okhotsk she fell
in with large Japanese fishing boat.
The Japanese. ~ soon a. they saw the
cutter, attempted To make their escape
as they We're fishing within the limit,
which. according 20 Russian law, l. ten
miles They mad a very good start. and
their boat was unusually swift, but the
revenue cutter speedily overlook them.
but 1t was necessary To- fire shot
across their bows before they realized
that they were in the hands OF the Rus
sian bear,
The officers OF the Japanese boat.
with their crew, We're soon transferred
to the Russian guuboat and placed in
irons between decks.
The Russian boat then sailed away,
after firing few shots from her bow
gun through the hull OF the fishing YES
Sc. when she slowly sank The reason
such drastic measures were taken by
the Russian officials i that the boat
had been suspected for some time Of be-
ing a pirate and of robbing the seat
tered Inhabitants dwelling ON the shore
of the sea OF Okhotsk
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
TO REACH THE COAST
Milwaukee Management Plans for
a Trans.COntinentaI
System.

Chicago, sept 27.-The Chicago,
milwaukee, and st. Paul railroad j.
planning to reach the Pacific coast
This Is the first tangible report of the
roads alliance with the Gould svndi-
cate, and. as an initial step to an outlet
To the Orient, the directors will submit
Il proposition whereby the companv'~
capital stock will be increased bv $25. =
900 900. The step. it l. understood
has the approval of President \. j.
Earllng. For some time it has been
evident To members of the Stock Tx
change that the st. Paul had an inn
portant scheme in contemplation
Both the common and preferred shares
OF the organization have been advanc-
in the general market affecting the
road securities materially.
Tn" cause of this remarkable rise was
explained by director in the semi
official statement that $25 900 600
would be added To the company'S cap
italization in order to "facilitate pro-
ject which will be undertaken in con-
junction with the Missouri Pacific svS-
tenn, which l. an acknowledgements
that Il coalition has been formed be
tween the Goulds. who control the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and the Rockc.ellers, who
are in practical ownership OF the St
Paul. 1t j. believed that an option has
been secured from Senator Clark on his
route from salt Lake to Los Angeles
The Denver x Rio Grandr. owned by
the Gould> and therefore under the
domination of the Missouri Pacific.
reaches the tab capital.
Before entering into a compact with
the Goulds the Rockefellers made sure
OF having a majority OF the st. Paul
and now own outright a little over half
OF il. valued at $5S. IS3 900 common
and 5,754 400 preferred.
The combination is formidable off
SET to the Observation-Disclosures >ys-
tenn, which includes the Pennsylvania
and the Northern Securities Companies.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
EVANS AFTER BONERS.
Gunboat Helena starts Up the GreaI
Yang TS,. River

Washington. sept. 29.-Rcar Admit
raj Roblev u. Evans, second in COM
mand OF the ASiatIc station. and short
ly to assume supreme command of the
lnited states naval forces i'm the East
has been sent up the great Yang T-p
river Ia Investigate and report upon
the situation in the provinces of China
which. according to recent alvice- from
United States Minister Congrr. are
about to become the scene Of another
boxer uprising.
The navy department has Just re-
ceived a cablegram from Admiral Ey-
ans. stating that he had transferred hl-
flag from the battleship Kentucky u
the gunbOat Helena and sailed from
Woo sung aboard the latter vessel for
lchang which j. the highest point in
the great river to which vessel of the
Helena : draughta can 20. Ichang lies
about 500 miles from the mouth of the
Yang Use, and is in the proince OF Hu-
peh. About 100 miles b the west j.
the eastern border Of the ~ze Chuau
province, in which the massacre of the
native Christians and the destruction
OF the churches occurred
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
SALMON HATCHERY.
American Company to Build One In
British Columbia.

Westminster, +. c., sept. % John
Crawford, fisheries superintendent for
the satte of Washington, was in the
city during the day and stated that he
had agreed upon site for large fish
hatchery which the canneries OF the
neighboring state propose to erect in
this province.
Hatcheries on Columbia river do not
apparently help the trapmen and some
time ago the state OF Washington made
Il proposition to the provincial govern
ment for permission to erect salmon
hate cries in British Columbia but the
proposition meeting with opposition
from local Gamers and fishermen, per
mission was withheld. Now the can
ners propose another way. These
Americans will organize Joint stock
company under the laws OF British Col
umbia and erect a hatchery a. a bust
ness proposition.
The site selected for the hatchery j.
on Pool creek. a tributary of Lillooet
river, which flows into Harrison lake
near its head. 1t is stated that the
new hatchery will have capacity OF
100, O00, 200 young salmon per annum.
The government hatchery at Bon Ac-
cord has capacity of but 10000 900
yearly
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
BONE AFFECTED.
President Undrrgoes Il Second Small
Operation.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Another ope-
ration has been performed on the left
leg of the president. In the former OPP
Grafton a simple needle was used to re-
lieve the trouble, but in the later one
the surgeons made an incision with a
knife in to the bone, which was found
to be slightly affected The president :
case has been progressing satisfactorily,
but it is believed by the physicians
that the second operation will hasten
his complete recovery.
While none of the doctors are willing
to be quoted, they give the most posi-
tive assurance that there is not the least
cause for apprehension. and say that,
on the contrary, there is every indica-
ton Of a speedy recovery, that the area
of bone affected is very slight and will
not result i'll any impairment OF the
presidents limb, and that there il no
evidence whatever Of any matter that
would produce blood poisoning. They
confidently express their opinion that
the president will be up in reasona-
bly, short time, and owing to his robust
constitution will soon be himself
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
ON THE TRUST ISSUE.
Former Gov. Boics Will Make Race
in HenderSon's District.

Waterloo, Ia, Sept. 25.-Formcr
Governor Horace Boies has made public
his letter ot acceptance of the Demo
cratic nomination for congress in the
Third district. now represented by
Speaker Henderson The letter il de
voted entirely To the trusts and the tar
if, and the only adequate remedy for
the evil with which trusts are charged
Is declared to be the removal of the
tariff on trustmade products. lie de.
clares the fruits question to be the most
important that now agitates the public
mind. The letter SAYS in part:
THE teachings of Democrats log
ically lead them to believe that our
protective tariff system has made posi-
Bile the organization of these trusts, and
So long "a it is continued they also be.
lieve it will furnish defensive breast
work behind which they can find shell
ter from every shaft that could reach a
vital part
The utility Of legislation other
than tariff reduction in restraint of
such action (the alleged methods of
trusts is to them demonstrated by the
fact that the great bulk of our trusts
have been openly organized, in the face
OF antitrust laws, carefully prepared
and incorporated into the statutes of
the nation and many OF the states.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
ODELL RENOMINATED.
New York Convention Held and the
Programme Carried Out

Saratoga, sept. 25.-Governor Odell
was unanimously renoninated during
the morning amid great enthusiasm.
state Senator Frank Higgins was ulan-
imously nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor. The rest OF the slate will 20
through without dissent.
The platform adopted strongly in
dorSes the administration Of President
Roosevelt, and pledges the support OF
New York Tor his denomination. 1t up
holds the Philippine policy and felici-
tates the country upon the consumma-
tion OF the work undertaken in Cuba
The platform contains protective
plank.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
Beers Ask for Helm.

Amsterdam. sept. 25.-The Boer
generals, Delarey. Dewet and Botha,
have issued an appeal to the civilized
world asking financial aid for the Beers
to assist them IN building up their
country. The statement sets up that
the country il almost completely dev-
astated and that the amount given by
Great Britain il wholly inadequate To
the needs OF the people. II is stated
that many villages and at least 10000
farm houses were destroyed in the war
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
NO COMPETITION
THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
WAR ENDS.
Combination of Two Big Trusts
which Will Now Reach Out For
the Trade ofthe World---EaCh to
BE Supreme i'm Its own Former
Territory.

London, Sept 29.-The tobacco war
has been ended by the amalgamation of
the American and British interests. An
official statemant covering the details
and subscribed by the officers of both
combines. will be given out later.
The result is that the Imperial COM
pany will. as agreed between the hith-
erto competing parties, be left in pos
session OF the trade of the United King
dom, while tho American company is
not to be disturbed in the United
States and Cuba, and the British-Amer-
lean company will compete for the trade
of other parts of the world.
One of the high officials OF the Amer
lean company said;
"The capital of the British Amer lean
company is to be $50 200, 900. Mr..
Duke will he president. While it is
convenient to register it as an English
company and have its headquates in
London, we have named twelve direct
ors and the Imperial company's inter
ests have named six. Their respective
financial interests are two-thirds Amer
lean and One-third English. There is
nothing to prevent transferring the
headquarters to America if it ever
poves more convenient to operate here,
but at present the business can best be
carried on in London.
We have named three directors for
the board of the Imperial company
which will hereafter confine itself to
the United Kingdom, while the Brit
ishAmerican company goes in for the
worlds trade, outside of the United
States, Cuba and the the United King
dom. The Cuban provision insures for
America the business of the island. OF
which we now control so per cent. The
Imperial company throws the new COM
panv into colonial business, So with our
trade outside the United States, the
British American company starts with
a ready made annual business OF 900,
900 900 cigarettes alone. >"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
WOULD BUY BONDS.
Secretary shaw Offers to Purchase
Those Due in 1904.

Washington. sept. 27.-The secreta-
~ of the treasury has issued the follow
ing circular:
by virtue of the authority contained
in section 1854 of the Revised Statutes
notice : hereby given that this depart
ment will purchase any of the United
States per cent bonds of the loan Of
1904, ii presented for that purpose on
or before October % next, and will pay
for them at the rate OF l05 fiat. Bonds
may be presented at this department.
division of loans and currency, or at
the office OF the assistant treasurer OF
the United States at New York
81. NJ. SHAW, Secretary.
Secretary Shaw believes that l05. the
price he offers to pay for government
tives of 1904, j. reasonable and just,
and although the present quotations
are slightly in excess Of that figure, he
said that he regarded such excess to he
the result of imitation. At the prices
he offers a private investor would real
ize about | - per cent for the time the
bonds have yet to run.
The amount of tives of 1904 now ont
standing il a tritle over Sli 900, 900.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
GOOD ROADS DISCI SSIO\
Men From All Western Washington
Will Meet in seattle.

seattle, sept. 25.-Secretarv Meikle
reported to the Chamber of Commerce
that arrangements were now being
made for the good roads convention to
hc held i'm seattle oct and 10. Con-
trarv To- expectations. il viii be impo~-
sihle To have the good roads train come
To- Seattle this wear. The official, of
the Great Northern saw il would be
useless to bring the train ont here in
rainy weather, for the road-mak ing
machinery will not work i'm the mud.
Secretary Meiklc has been collecting
the names OF all county commissioners
road supervisor, and prominent citizens
who are interested IN the matter ot
good roads, from every section i'm the
state west ot the Cascade mountains,
| regent invitations will bc sent To all o'
them 20 attend the convention. James
W Abbott road expert in the GOV
eminent service, and who was iustru-
mental in having the convention held
here. will deliver an address. G. T.
Fowler has been named a. chairman of
a committee To arrange the details OF
the convention. the other members he
ING James +. Meikle and II X. elise
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-09-30
COAL FAMINE IL ON.
shortage in New York Reaches an
Acute stage.

New York, sept. 27-The coal short
age ha- reached an acute stage The
price Of soft coal jumped to s. ton.
500 more than the price Wednesday,
and three times a. much a. before the
strike was begun. The quoted price of
hard coal i $l5, but it was merely
nominal, as there was absolutely none
To be had at any price. The price Of
wood followed coal. kindling wood
selling a few days ago at $40 cord
brought Sl2 during the day. Prarti-
cally a complete fuel famine exists.
Consumers throughout the cItv had
postponed laying in supply Of coal.
believing that the strike would he set
tied and prices fall. Dealers assert
that the supply OF anthracite in the
city = not 10 per cent OF the demand
and that the present supply OF soft coal
l. hardly - per cent of the demand
Two steamers with Il capacity of
1000 tons have been chartered for the
purpose OF CARRYING cargoes OF Welsh
anthracite coal from swansea 10 the
United states.