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Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

A woman is suing Russell Sage for
$75,O00. She will be glad to compro-
mise for seventy-fve cents before the
case ends.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Melbourne has pledged undying
sympathy with the mother country in
its troubles. England should at once
dispatch this sympathy to the front
and try 1t on the Beers.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Joey Chamberlain intimates very
clearly that it is not the German vote
he is trying to catch-Atlanta Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Herr Sonneberg of the German
Reichstag, seems to have also acquir-
ed the very bad habit of allowing his
conversational machinery to do too
many stunts a day.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Late advices from Pekin are to the
effect that the empress dowager once
more has her authority on straight.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

the spot where Gen. Botha was a few
hours before.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Senator Depew will be compelled to
play hockey from most of the midwin-
ter banquets in Washington.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Honolulu maintains a public COM
mittee whose sole business is to exter-
inmate rats.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Things are coming to a hopeful pass
when a New York alderman refuses
q $4,000 bribe and tells of it.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Chile is now accused of creating 8
coldness in the Pan-American con
gress.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

The beet sugar men will do their
best to beat
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

An ounce Of organization is worth =
ton of oratory.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06

Kipling is in South Africa, but he
hasn't surrounded any Beers as yet.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

The cure of rheumatism by bee stings,
an old, and, as 1t was supposed, eX-
ploded, remedy, is being exploited again
in some parts Of the east. 1t should be
used with great care and discrimina
ton, The Philadelphia Ledger relates
that one William Snively, an old farmer
Of Shady Grove, Pa, who had lost the
use Of his arms by rheumatism, was
stung by bees aud ran from them SO
fast that he discovered he had left his
rheumatism behind. ThereIpOn he
made much boast of the bee cure. hear
ing which one Carl AprOgle, also rheu
matte victim, decided to try 1t. SO con-
WINGED was he Of its efficacy that he in
vited his neighbors to witness the cure.
He made the experiment clad only in
"a long, thin robe, hoObled up to the
hives on his crutches end upset two
of them. Instantly TIE bees began to
apply the remedy with all the industry
characteristic of the insect, and prob
ably would have improved whole shin
ing hour had it not been that AprOgle
yelled most Justify for help. AS he was
unable to run away, some of his neigh
bors came to his relief by lassoing hin
and dragging him away from the in.
furiated bees. The unfortunate man
has such beautiful case of bee stings
that II may he some time before he
knows whether he has been cured of
rheumatism. 1t may turn out that what
is one mans cure is another mans poi
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

Europe has five reigning princes who
are over SO years old, and nine others
who are more than 20.
Rock salt is mined and prepared for
use in the States of New York, Kansas,
Louisiana and California. -.sIry.
~. III 4 ~ <..sss--.-. , e. -
The per capita consumption of spirits
in the United States is smaller than In
any other Of the great nations.
A ships cable Is usually 72O feet
long, but in charts cable equals COZ SO
feet, or the tenth Of a sea mile.
In the last thirty-three years $780,
100000 have been spent in this cOun-
try upon an Indian population of $780,
900.
A man turns 10000 spadefuls Of
earth in digging an acre of ground, and
the soil he has moved during his work
weighs $50 tons.
1t is strange fact that the right
hand, which is more sensitive to the
touch than the left, is less sensitive
than the latter to the effect of heat or
cold.
Bicycle wedding trips are all the rage
in France. One couple recently re-
turued to Paris after a tour Of LOO
miles, all made on their wheels. They
were absent seven weeks, and had Wis
atsd 314 villages.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22
Sin Gle Officers in Demand.

The Overcrowded condition of tho
residential quarters at the various mil.
itary posts in this country, due to the
return of regiments from the Philip
pines, is embarrassing the military au.
thOrtes the trouble is not so much
with respect to housing the officers
themselves as with the members Of
their families. says the Washington
Star The situation has reached
point where bachelors are favored over
benedicts in assignment to stations
with limited living accommoda tions
where such discrimination is possible.
And it is even asserted that where
there is no other choice between two
young candidates for commission il
is bestowed on the single man in pref.
erence to one who is married. Even
then it is recognized, however. that
the bachelor appointed is not likely to
continue long in single blessedness.
The powers that be~admit that their
authority does not reach to the extent
of interfering with subsequent affairs
Of the heart. 1t Is made plain that
there is no official prejudice against
matrimOny-Quite the contrary but
Just at present the military posts
would afford better accommodations
for more officers If 1t We're not for the
family attachments of some of them.
Congress provided literally for the
army in this respect during the session
Just closed. but it will be many months
before the additional quarters authoriz-
ed are ready for use.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22
AS TO ARCHITECTURAL ART.
One Writer Declares America Is De.
veloping a National Type.

One Writer Declares America IL De-
veloping IA National Type.
How about an American style? Is
such thing discernible through the
apparent chaos of varied local require
ments and practice and individual
idiosyncrasies?
Surely not. il by style" We mean a
certain defiuite and uniform combna-
ton Of unvarying details; styles have
sometimes meant this in the past. But
there is no reason why they should be
distinguished by the same definitions in
all ages. If by style we mean dis
tinguishing character we have style
or styles which clearly set off American
work from English, French or German
work. however varied its decorative de-
tails may be, says writer in the Fo
rum. In every line of design the
American type is clearly marked.
American country houses, from the
smallest shingled seaside cottage to the
largest "colonal' mansion at Lenox,
are distinctively American, by reason
of characteristics which are not found
in any European type. Certainly Amer
lean office buildings possess style, I'M
mistakable and insistent and the Iues-
ton whether their decorative details
are derived from the Romanesque. the
Renaissance or any other historic style
is utterly unimportant beside the fact
OF their application to new type Of
edifice unknown outside the United
States. The difference between the
Chicago type and the New York type
Is one of exterior detail, and may be
llkened to that between the French and
the Italian Renaissance. or the French
Norman and Anglo-Norman churches
Of the twelfth century.
We are developing national types in
our church architecture, our college
architecture, our public libraries. our
regimental armories. eur raffwav sta
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22
eYtER S1oR'H

The hay harvested in the United
States in 1901 amounted to 100000
tons.
A first-class ocean steamer, it is said,
requires the services Of about 100 fire.
men.
or all the newspapers published in
the world Is per cent are in the English
language.
The number OF government officials
in France is 10000. Fifty years ago It
was $4,000.
A beetle One-third the size OF a horse
would be able to pull against more than
Il dozen horses.
Salmon rarely live more than ten
years, but pike and carp sometimes live
to be $50 years old.
The suns surface radiates eighty.
seven times as much heat as the same
area Of molten steel.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22
SILLY PRACTICAL JOKES.

Means Should Re Adopted to Punish
the Asinine Perpetrators.
Among recent arrivals from Europe
Is a man who went thither In response
to a cable message which notified him
that his sister was dying. That was
some idiots idea Of a funny practical
joke, as the woman was not i'll. The
victim Of such a cruel and wicked joke
Is ready to urge legislation which will
impose on the practical joker penalties
but little less severe than those which
are provided for cases of assault and
injury to the body. He maintains that
no bodily harm which is not permanent
can be worse than the distress of mind
which he has been made to suffer.
There are other practical jokes which
result Ia wounded self-esteem or in n
feeling OF humiliation and which hurt
more than any bodily bruise. 1t was a
French critic OF penetration who said
that mans best satisfaction is in not
being a dupe No one, however, can
always protect himself against the in
genuity of the practical joker.
There is room for Discrimination as
to practical jokes. The injury which
is Indicted on an unsuspecting person
by loaded cigar or whatever wounds
or distigures or endangers life rs in no
way different (save that it is more cow
ardly) from any other brutality. 1t
does not belong to the category Of such
practical jokes AS those which strike
at a contemplate weakness or at I'm
warranted vanity and self-control, or
which expose humbug or braggart
1T WIS .Mn excellent thing to ring in on
the experts at the New York cat show
a stray veteran of the alleys as a 81. 600
prize. since it proved that the judges
(who awarded the first prize to the
mongreD were humbugs. The same
Jester fattened up retired street car
horse, and by the gorgeousness of its
harness and blankets and the style Of
it's hostlers caused the New York horse
show Judges to give A high rating to
the animal. Never was a justice bet
ter done than in the ease of a fool who
pretended to have hydrophobia, and
who terrorized the people in a cafe by
growing and trying to bite. Two men
seized him. and, having enlisted the
aid Of "A doctor, they put him through
course Of treatment which was al
most as distressing as hydrophobia
would have been. The Connecticut man
who thought 1t was finn to spring from
behind a tree and cry "boo!" to girl
escaped with fine of $1,000. which
permanent injury to the nervous sys-
TEN of the victim.-Philadelphi Rec
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

lions, school houses. banks and YounH
Mems Christian Association buildings.
In each Of these classes our architects
are fitting their work with intelligence
and, for the most part. with taste to
the changing requirements, the special
conditions. the scientific advances of
our rapidly developing culture. No
which critics will carp No doubt
some Of them lack artistic training,
and on others the Paris Ecole DIES
Beaux Arts has set the stamp Of its
influence little too strongly. Perhaps
In some quarters there is too much Of
Louis Quinze escutcheons and car.
touches, and In others too much reli
ance on the five orders Of VignOla. In
church architecture the English perpen.
dicular is now In fashion, as the Rich.
ardsonian Romanesque was fifteen
years ago. These are the defects of an
age Of transition and developments; the
faults Of youth and enthusiasm. Be
meath and through them all there Ia
discernible, II l am not mistaken, the
evidence OF growth and progress and OF
constant striving to shape the tendon
cies and conditions that control our
building activities into forms Of beau
ty.
Most OF the architects know are
enthusiasts. They are not plying a
trade or merely pursuing a business;
however huSinpS Siko thpv arc urp-
dominantly concerned with producing
the most beautiful buildings Of which
s Gig Is aboai The wernodi Traditions and
most without exception they delight IN
their work; they are proud to show ard
discuss it. These are symptoms of a
living art. Art is not dying when art
lists are eager and enthusiastic and
earnest partakers in the strenuous ac-
tivities about them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

Fund for Educating Catholic PrtcstA.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Walsh, OF New York,
has created a fund Of 81, $50. 600 for the
purpose Of educating candidates for the
Catholic priesthood in dioceses lacking
means for that purpose. Many schol.
arships will thus be created in semi
narics In the United States and else
where. The fund has been created as
Il memorial to her brother. the late
Henry McCaddin, of Brooklyn.
Man owes his feet a mighty debt,
But little interest do they get,
Or ordinary care;
Till corns and bunions come apace,
Than which there's naught tormSnta
our race
That's worse for 10 TO bear;
But they may painless walk wko use
ALIENS FOOT.EASE in thsir shoes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

Thomas Barry, Boston lawyer. was
recently examining an Irish witness in
a suit growing out Of a street-rallroad
accident. Here is the result of Lawyer
Barry's suggestion that the witness
ahould tell the story in his own words:
well, the man fell in tn street as the
carr passed; thin tn carr stopped. an
we all ran out. The cr-rowd gathered
ar-round tn man and shouted: Hes
kilt! He's kilt" Then Oi jumped in,
pulled a dozen OF the spalpeens out NV
tn way, and yells at 'em: Yes thick
heads. yeZ! Ii tn mans kilt. why In
side an let him have breath Of
air-rY Brooklyn Eagle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

The Tilipinos are beginning to use
very largely n curious device to teach
their children to walk. 1t Is a rough
nffair Of course, and Is composed OF
piece Of bamboo that revolves around
the end of n hardwood pole. A glove
Is fastened to the revolving stick. and
the child thus attached has to follow
the lead of the machine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

In ROtOmahona, New Zealand there
Is an immense geyser which covers an
throws columns of water to vast
heights, some Of them ascending 300
feet, with clouds of steam which go
much higher.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

It is impossible for young people -
marry in Germany without the consens
81 their parents or legal guardians. Gu.
tain prescribed forms must be gone
through or the marriage is null ana
void. When girl has arrived at what
Is considered a manageable age her
parents make point Of inviting young
men to the house, and usually two or
three are invited at the same time. SO
that the attention may not seem too
pointed. No young man. however, Is
invited to the house until after he has
called at least once. and thus s!gnihed
his wish to have social intercourse with
.he family.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

I'd vlVdlol~,VJ '7S qoiv lg6 PIT sEI1N II H'ud -.
eSo4Fus snioq ~!i3 90 'EH aHNA 10, puso 'laioass8
AloN 1ssiD s.esilX al Josst :. asp ,slH Jays OIL
0eusuoAj0u - s1U on 'pOlllO ZEueuUu1ed 0sAvS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

A man who never made fool Of him.
self is unable to appreciate huplAD
sympathy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's 6octh'
ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor the''
children during the tecthing period.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

People buy Hamlin's Wizard Oil be-
cause they have learned by experience
that it cures pain of every kind.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22
English in Egyptian Schools.

English is studied by % per cent of
the students attending the higher
schools of Egypt.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-22

A man hates to stand idly by and
see his dog whipped.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18
JUDGES BYNUM AND sCEERcK.
Memorial Services and Resolutions of Respect
by the Bar.

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, n. c., Sept. 17.-Before
the assembling of court this morning the
formal memorial services were held by
the bar, and resolutions reported by the
committee appointed for the purpose, re-
lating to the loss by death since last
court of Judge John Gray Bynum and
Judge David Schenck.
Col James T. Morehead presided. and
inf reporting the resolutions, the remarks
made by Mr.. G. S. Bradshaw for Judge
Bynum and Major Charles Stedman for
Judge Schenck were feeling, expressive
and in perfect taste.
When coIrt convened, Solicitor A. L..
Crooks presented the action of the bar
to the court, and said that no bar in
The State have ever had so great loss
i'm so short period as these two dis
tinguished jurists and splendid men.
Jud ge Mcneil, in ordering the resolves
spread upon the records of the court,
said that the loss was not confined to
Guilford but extended throughout the
State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18
NEGRO KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.
Suit Instituted by DR., Broadnax, Woody Try.
ing to Raise Funds for Defense
Especial to News and Observer


Greensboro, n. c., Sept. 17.-This
morning on South Elm street a negro
named Will Preyer, was knocked down
by the step of a street car. A deep cash
was made in his leg at the knee The
car was going slow and the bell was
ringing Justify, but Bill seemed oblivious
to such warnings.
Dr. j. G. BroadnaX has instituted suit
against the Car Company for 81 200 dam
ages, growing out of his accident several
weeks ago.
Dey Dorset, white man, the al
legged leader of the gang who broke into
OdelFs hardware store several weeks
ago, was captured in Durham yesterday
The others of the gang are helping to
build Guilford roads, having been con-
yicted at the last term of court.
j. w Woody had a conference with one
of his lawyers this morning. He appears
to have no means of his own worth
speaking % and naturally the lawyers
don't feel like working for him just for
the fun of the thing. He claims to have
a brother near Lynchburg worth several
thousand dollars and he has written to
him asking help, bit as yet he has had
nc reply.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18
SUFFICIENTLY NEAT.
Monroe Journal.

1t will be noted that in his speech at
Asheville President Roosevelt referred to
forcible terms to the treachery of Bene-
dict Arnold. The President had evident
ly forgotten Senator Pritchards bill
which pensions deserters who left the
Confederate armies and joined the Union
side. The Wadesboro Messenger and In
telliEgencer, referring to these two facts,
says: And yet the man who pronounced
this scathing denunciation against a de-
serter recently signed bill, the passage
of which was secured by Senator Prit-
chard, through the operation of which
several thousand of these. the most de-
spicable of criminals, will receive a
money reward for their treachery.'
Which is sufficiently neat
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

WFOr about Two YEATS
I suffered from very obstinate case of dyspep-
STA ~ writes r E. Secord, Esq, OF Is Eastern
Ave Toronto Ontario. Ell tried a great num-
Der of remedies without success. L finally lost
faith in them all. was far gone that could
not bear any solid food on my stomach Tor long
sleep or follow my occupation (tinsrnith). Some
four months ago a friend recommended your
Golden Medical Discovery Alter weeks
treatment had derived so much benefit that I
Continued the medicine. I have taken three
bottles and am convinced it has i'll my case ac-
omplished permanent cure. can conscien-
tiouslv recommend it to the thousands of dys-
peptics throughout the land"
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
ical Discovery" There is nothing "just
as good" for diseases of the stomach,
blood and lungs.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate
the liver
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

1t may be that the popularity OF your
uncle Horace Boies. his Democratic OPP
ponent, had something to do with the
withdrawal of Speaker Henderson from
the race for Congress. Boies was nomi-
mated unanimously, and the convention
declined TO adopt any platform, Old man
Horace is platform enough. He was
elected Governor of Iowa when nobody
thought he had chance. It IS TO De
hoped he will win for Congress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

An instance of Supreme court deci-
sion which is purely and altogether a
demonstration of a Theorem in Geometry
is State VS.. Railway, which may be found
in 121 n. c. Reports at page 10. Teach
ers and others may find it interesting to
look at it. Another more recent case
which has attracted some attention for
its humor is State VS.. Goode 100 n. c.
Reports. pages 653 and 654
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18
CUMBERLAND CONVENTION.
,ames M. Lamb for the Senate, Bullard and
Moore for the House.
Especial to News and Observer)

Especial to News and observer
Fayetteville, N. c., Sept. l'-Hon'
George M. Rose today presided over the
greatest and most enthusiastic Demo-
cratic convention ever held in Cumber-
land county. The ticket nominated
oo,,ld not have been eXcelled, and entire
harmony prevailed.
Nominations: Senate, Jas M. Lamb;
House. V. C. Billiard and ]. W. Moore;
sheriff. VIM. H. Marsh; Clerk, A. A.
McKethan; Register, Jno A. McPher-
con. Treasurer, Jno. B. Troy; Surveyor,
Cbas. Jessup: Coroner, DIR. A. 5. Rose;
commissioners, A. r. Williams, w. H.
Downing J. j. Bullard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18
WILCOX SAYS he WAS ASLEEP,
Sheriff Crandy Offers an Explanation of Why
He Did Not Escape
Especial to News and Observer

Elizabeth City, N. c., Sept. 1.-THE
story of why Wilcox did not escape
leaked out today when Sheriff Grandy
said, Another prisoner tried to effect an
escape. but became lodged in the small
aperture he was caught like mouse
in a trap and not until daybreak did he
release himself 1t was then too late for
either him or Wilcox to risk recapture.
AS for the last delivery, the door to Will
coxs cell was not unlocked, though all
others were
Jailor Gum denies Grandy on this
point. He says Wilcox's cell was open.
Wilcox today said. Il was asleep and
knew nothing about it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

The Wilkesboro correspondent of the
Asheville Gazette says: MANY lnfiuen-
tiaI Democrats in Wilkes have openly de-
cIared their intention of supporting Mr..
Blackburn This paper challenges the
reporter to give the names of five. Put
I'M or shut up. The Democrats are en-
Enthusiastically supporting Mr.. Kluttz, and
the Drummer Boy may as well get ready
to beat a retreat.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18
Superior Court in Craven.
to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
New Bern, n. c., Sept. 1.-THE Sep
TENDER term of Craven county superior
Court convened this a. M, at IL o'clock
Judge Geo. II. Brown presiding. Sole
itor Larry T. Moore is on docket.
Col. j. W. Hinsdale, of Raleigh, n. c..
is ia the city attending court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

Mr.. Dooley said all that was necessary
of Newport that it is 1.-The abode OF lux
ury and alimony," where the husband
of yisterdah inthrajooces the wife that
was to the wife that is, or ought to be.