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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-17
Some of the Odd Things -~
:s sr'sen. In Which MOrtaIs INDULGE.

rms is curious old world anyway. 1t
amt curious if you are sober sided and
can't see humor, but
THE WORLD IS just keep your eyes
FULL Ot' open, and you will
ODD THINGS. see it every day.
Sometimes it is right
at your elbow and you miss it. and again
you need telescope to get it into focus.
But it is to be found. if you want to find
and take my word for it, you will get
enough of fun out of the finding to re-
lieve you of the jar of receiving an extra
long bill from the doctor. BY the way,
that is not an odd thing, long bill from
the doctor. 1t s rather the usual run of
things, and the odd one would be to get
a gentle little one from your medical
friend and adviser, with a small foot note
saying: "Take your time"
***
The other day. at the Union Depot in
Raleigh, there was an odd looking combi-
nation that climbed
THE WOMEN off train. The first
WHO KISS thing seen was a
THEIR DOGS. wriggling package
which the woman
IN the case" carried, and yAich later
proved to be a dog. The woman was
pulling along little blue-eyed girl who
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mysterious dispensations in which the
wicked at times triumph.
***
Speaking of courts, that reminds me of
very odd sentence pronounced by a
judge in New York
MATRIMONY AS some time ago. A
A PENALTY young woman was
FOR THEFT. tried for stealing
dresses and jewelry
and plead guilty, asking the mercy of the
court. Her sweetheart told the judge
that if he would release her he would
marry her at once and look after her
moral welfare as we'll as her physical
care. The judge agreed and the lover
secured the license The judge performed
the ceremony and at its close said to
the bride: "Matrimony is q severe pen
atty for simple larceny" TO this the
bride replied with an air of prompt de-
cision cit is better than going to jail,
which remark, it will be seen, gives a
new definition to wedlock, which no hus-
band will ever dare give to his wife.
SIS
We all thought it odd when paper
buckets, and paper car wheels and paper
ice cream freeZers
NOW PAPER were first introduced,
STOCKINGS THE but that is nothing to
PROPER CAPER. the odd thing that
drifted my way the
other day in circular sent out by some
novelty house. 1t was a description of
the beauties of paper stockings, the
ideal Of the bachelor man and the bache-
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are said to be headed this way, for Of
course they are not
TWO YOUNG going to leave Raleigh
WOMEN AS off their map They
SHOE SINNERS. hail from Chicago
and are at present
giving an extra shine and polish
TO society in Norfolk. Perhaps it
would be more correct to say to the
shoes of the citizens of Norfolk, but take
it anyway you like to. These oddities.
who answer to the name Of May and Belle
Forest are two bright and attractive wo-
men who are doing the bootblack trick.
They shine shoes on the streets and
have visited nearly every section of the
United States. They believe that to shine
is like the way to rise; to begin at the
foot. They sell tickets for shines ard
have central headquarters where the
shinees must repair. From, both Balti-
more and Norfolk, come reports of big
business done and il May and Belle ar
rive in Raleigh we may expect the shoes
of our male population to shine with a
shine that Will dazzle the optics.
*&*
Now, among other odd things is the
average traveller, and I've seen all sorts
of them In the
THE MANIA strenuous daily hap
FOR RIDING penings of a report
TO THE DEPOT er's life in Raleigh
comes the visit to
the Union Depot. and in my daily as
saults upon that citadel of information
| walk to and fro with many citizens Of
Raleigh. Mind you, these citizens walk,
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lor-wel1, of other bachelors. The cir
cular claims that these are made in
Mexico and that from strong Irvine the
hosiery is knitted like that real thing.
The stockings are priced at ore and a
half cents pair, and if the thing la go
it means that the darners of Sock and
stockings will like Othello, be minus their
occupations while the laundryman will
feel like wringing the neck of the in
ventor of the paper socks, as he will no
longer have the socks to wiring.
***
It's an odd sight the way the electric
light throws two shadow pictures on
the capitol doors at
SHADOWGRAPHs night-the shadow fig
ON OUR ure of Geo. Washing
CAPITOL DOORS. ton is plainly cast
against the south door
as If partly sitting on the steps, while
plainly outlined against the east door can
be seen the erect figure OF the Great
Commoner, Vance. It's a happy coinci-
dence,' said friend the other day 'for
here we have the greatest man this
country has known guarding one door.
while North Cardinals greatest son
Keeps watch over the other The very
sight of these shadowgraphs of Washing
ton and Vance should animate men with
in that building to heroic deeds 1t is a
curious sight to notice these shadow
graphs, yet many people pass each night
without seeing what is a remarkable and
an odd sight.
To-
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for they are either going to mail a letter,
see a friend arrive or depart or merely
to see the trains come in But let one
of these make UP his mind for a trip to
Apex or Cary, or even farther, and he
disdains to be a pedestrian, but sum
mons a carriage and rides. Why it is
can't tell. but it affects a vast majority
that way. Just a day ago | saw a gem
tleman who has often walked with me
to the depot on his way there to board
the train. He had a grip, a modest
sized one, but as he sauntered down
Fayetteville street he saw a hack He
was tempted fell into the hack and
was ratified away to the depot twenty
minutes before train time. This microbe
of riding when you make the start for
Journey is beloved of Raleigh's hack
drivers. and the fact that the ladies are
as badly affected by it as the men is a
matter of delight to them. Raleigh has
not monopoly as to oddly in this re-
spect, but it has a "splendidly developed
case" as the doctor said when he gazed
at the victim on whom smallpox had
broken out thoroughly.
But what could we do without the odd
things of life. They add spice and vivacity
to the performance, so let the oddities
increase. "The more the merrier," as
the copy-book model script has it, for
this old world has need of all the mirth
that it can locate claim on
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was weeping, but just as soon as she
landed the woman opened up the fancy
sack IN which she had the dog and kissed
the coldnosed little brute smack on the
mouth, while she advised the little girl
to shut up II was a good thing for her
that Mr.. Horah, of Charlotte who recently
paid 50 90 for slapping his house-keeper
who persisted in hugging and kissing a
lap dog was not in reach He would
probably have been willing to cough up
an extra five spot to have rebuked her
The woman who kisses and fondles dog
is however, not as great an oddly as she
ought to be.
SIS
The military sack coat, that is the
vogue in ultra fashionable quarters, is
responsible for an
THE DUDES oddity or rather
NOW WEAR monstrosity Up North
THE BUSTLES. men who wear corsets
are not at all an odd
find, and corsets for men are staple
commodity but the "sassietee set have
gone this one better by bustles for men.
The justification for this is found in the
military sack coat, in which the side
seams are vented at the bottom, and the
coat is cut so as to flare. Thus the
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What men like in open-work stock
ings-well, it is what goes in them.
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And here comes pair of oddities who
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26

aayA at the time Of the exp.eslon, .pu.
Ae hurriedly returned to Managua @oni
horsebacA. He has published q state
lnsnt siD. which he attributes the dis
aster to the work Of conspirators. He
says thkt tons Of dynamite and q large
quantity Of powder were stored in the
barraek. The actual causes which led
tpsthA sxplosion have not yet been de-
teimined.
After the nrst explosion the police
Dotihed the terrified people to tenn
porarlly leave the city; as tit. was
thought the burning building still con-
tained dynamite. Large numbers con-
sequently fed to the suburbs.
The first explosion was followed by
several minor detonations, supposed
to have. been caused by the explosion
Of packages Of gunpowder.
The. people who fed the city at the
time Of the: explosions are now re-.
tnfning. The fragments of: the nu-
:merous dead, who were not blown to
atoms. are being buried.
Tha present lowest estimate, of the
damage caused by. the explosion to:
houses. furniture. cannon and war
material is 5000, 900 pesetas.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.

Linton 10 to have an Episcopal
'cnureh. ~ III ., (, IL .nf9.' 4 p.,3:, ~,
: C6nrteaay has raised over $500 for
ball team. i,t..! ,..i, ~ ,,,t. .a .,-.,,., 8
Seventy filings have recently been
made at Napoleon.
Cakes viii put IN cement sidewalks
on the principal Streets - ,.. ~
E. C.":Evefet or Dickinson captured
18 wolves during the winter. . - !, :
Lidgerwood voters have endorsed
the plan to have waterworks supply.
The members of the Eastern Star at
FARGO have. organized a lady minstrel
Company. !.
Many school teachers in the north
western part Of the state are holding
down claims. a, tzn ~ i.;:i 4. w. -
Roy Pehrson of Eddy county lost
four fingers of his right hand while
working; around q feed mill.
e At Anamoose II filings were made
In one day., AHswere by married home
-sfeaders, who will establish homes at
once. &
The 18th semi-annual meeting of the,
SoutneaSCern EddcatlOnal ASSOCIATION
will be held at Hillsboro on May 8
and 10. -'--
6, Mrs. Siegfried WAS badly burned and
her children fatally burned In the de-
struction Of their home by fire near
Rrebys. 49,, ~ ~ ia,ss-s Ha..'i, !, ~
%S Petitions aretbeing circulated among
thes huefnSss neniA fithS Hty 6f Grand
Forks. .irephesting TIE. fmHayo and dsscity
'council 'toaSe that the city'and state
lahs rsq1diSs sgaAbanG ih that city
sre strictly enforced.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
CONTROLS ATLANTIC FLEETS.
J. p. Moroanfat- the Head of a Merger
" Of Steamship Companies.

J. p. Morganfat the Head ola Merger
v Of steamship Companies.
New York, April 21.-One hundred
and twentyeight Atlantic liners ,arerin-.
cluded in the new merger Of steamship
companies.
The company which is to control
this monster feet of ocean greyhounds
will have q capital of at least $780,
000, 900. and It has all been subscribed.
~: The, merger includes, stlle i Ieyland
line s4G ships;s the White Star Heet Of
26; the American and Red Star steam.
ers, 26; the Atlantic Transports IL
vessels, and the Dominion line, with s.
# the Wilson, Cunard and Holland
American lines come ,in---and 1t is be-
lieved they will-more than 100 ocean,
steamships would be added to the list,
making the, fleet under the control Of
j. -Pierpont Morgan and Ibis American
associates the largest ever gathered
In the history of the modern merchant
marine.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
Wednesday, April 23.

''4 Queen Alexandra, who has been Wis.,
fiting her father, King Christian. at
Copenhagen, has left for England.
+ The damage done by the fire Monday
night in the Barbican district Of Lon.
don Is roughly estimated at 22,000,-.
900. '','.,'.' "ts't ''.'sai - lsi..'
The president has appointed Benja,'
min F. Barnes of New Jersey assistant
secretary to succeed o. L. Pruden, de-
ceased. '=''''+ I'd
Freezing temperature and unusually
heavy precipitations are reported in,
many sections Of the inter-mountain
country. .-.... .:..st7
Count Masayoshi Matsukata ofs
Japan and his party, who have been
touring the United States for several
weeks past, sailed for Europe Tuesday.
The Rev. C. B. H. Martin, a prond1.-
nent Presbyterian minister and pro-
fessor Of church history In the Louis
Vile Theological seminary. is dead,
aged 13. rts a. .rnAt t
Mrs. Seraphin M. Reinhart Of st.,
Paul drank four ounces of carbolie
acid because her stepfather, Joseph
Wilke, was forced to sell his old home
stead to q railroad company.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
WHAT is TEMPERAMENTi
No Wonder This Child's Brain 10 All
ID, In a Middle.

No Wonder This Child's Brain IL All
ID In Middle.
The half dozen blocks about Dupont
circle include the homes Of as many
scientists or national reputation. These
gentlemen Of course know each other
and meet frequently. Not long ago one
Of their neighbors' began to- wonder
whether such intimate, intercourse
among scientists was a good thing,
his cogitation having had its rise in the
following incident:
His little daughter has Just reached
the age when she asks 200 questions
day. About month ago her father
spoke of some author as lacking the
proper Temperament" for writing on
history. That word Temperament"
apparently took root in the youngsters
mind. What was temperament? She
asked that question twice an hour for
an entire week. -7''' '''f ~
Finally her father gave her a note to
Professor - and sent her of to !f1nd
out. That scientist answered the que.
ry as follows: Temperament is amin
:diTidual tendency to the rise of a cer-
hahn mental state" Father and .daugh-
ter wrestled with that a little while and
then applied to second member of
the scientific group for help. No. 2
called temperament ian ensemble of
physical and mental traits arising from
fundamental constitutional differences
In 'individuals."' This put the little
girls father completely at sea. So No.
3 was tried. His judgment was that
Temperament is the psychic resultant
Of the whole organic life Of the indi-
vidual." By this time hope was aban-
doned. But when No. volunteered to
make it clear the family spirits re-
vived. Temperament is general dis
position Of the mind" he wrote, 'sthe
distinctions of which depend on the
dominance Of one or the other of the
physiological systems" T., ,f5::;s., .
And now the family dictionary is
worn out.-Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
IT wrote v r e tio5 tio f5to bocfor *d
Pierce, who sent HE
a very Y kin6td 6td letter
and advised me-

Thousands of weak and sick women,
can trace the beginning of new life Of
sperfen health to that letter written to
DR.. Pierce.
Sick and aiiings gssyvomen are invited to
consult Dr.. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence held 'as strictly private
. and sacredly confidential, Address Dr..
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N: Y. ..f,e,,... =,
DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription cures
weak and aching backs, headaches, nerv.s
business and other womanly, ailmehts by
curing the woananly diseases which cause
them. ~ s, 4, Y
HIn the spring Of 1900 became very iils.
writes Mrs Aiviena scholts, Of Lake Washinfs.
ton, Lesueur Co., Minn., amy back was vefy
weak and aehsd ID that I could do no work A.
all, 20 fNas obliged 70 t3ke TO my bed. L feltSl
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The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
A story Of Two Necklaces.

When General Weyler was sent by
Spain as governor general to Manila,
Don Carlos Palanca, the wealthy Span.
iardized Chinaman, determined to send
Mrs. Weyler gift, the customary way;
oe obtaining the good will Of the Span.
ish officials. He found at q: jewelers.
two necklaces, each costing $4,000 and
both being so beautiful that he could
not choose between them. So he sent
them both to Mrs. Weyler With the
message that she should make her
choice. He received warm letter Of
thanks from her, stating that the neck
ilaces were 50 beautiful that she could
not decide between them and hence
would keep both. which she did.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
THREE sCORE DEAD
sT5AMBa CITY o. p,Trssvao
Sums 70 WARNS tsek
aeAR eAlRo. ILks.

mated Or Jump Int the River and
Are rSwKsd-survlvsrs Of the Die
add, ,.a1sr r.r,is,y ] ,.m exposure.
So 7.f s. I. T
3 Cairo. nls.. April s1.-TAe sidewheel
steamer City Of Pittsburg, On route
from Cincinnati to Memphis, was
burned to ne wtkers edge early IN
the morning q Turner'S Landing. near
QlnatesA lls. II miles from Mound
City sil1fs, "a 2lsmilss kpm 4thisgcity.
yThS Sssarl spogts sltatsd thit e5 lives
sMefS lost sinld that mary we're badly
burned and otherwise injured, but the
List Of easIalties u not yet definitely.
iletsrmtne4. Two, boats and every.
evkilibfe crift from this city went to
the scene for relief.
Most Of the passengers were; still In,
bod when Second Clerk Oliver Philips
'Raye The, s1Srm. rhe ,ensilAsrs 1t:
once started ali the pumping engines.
while the CROW. brought all tho hose
into play. 4 Amid the. streams ief water
on ali Sides the flames from the lever.
teek and the dense clouds of smoke,
The passengers rushed Az FROM their
stuterooms and . Hightful pliin en-
sued. The appears . X the *omcers and
Grew. could not .appease 3, the, terror
stricken AeroY do that fnterfersd with
those throwing water on the flames, as
we'll as with thesa working, with the.
life boats. Few could adjust life pre-
seIveFs, pr do anything else for them
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26

. =
The president has nominated Cap
tain; Joseph B. Coghlan to be q rear
admiral AZ i;"r,, v-lsvu.... a. IA
g All mines In the Tarentum (Pa.) dis!
trict are closed on account of the min.
ers' strike. '-'' - '-@. q '''''S- -.' - .,
A. temperature Of from 81 to SO de.
-grees prevailed throughout Kansas
and Nebraska Monday: ,a.:2 ..rr u
In q rear end collision at Cincinnati
between electric cars filled with fac.
tory Ngirls four were seriously hurt
and others badly bruised. ..a" @:rarv
It is announced that Emperor Will.
lam has notified the executors of the
will of Cecil Rhodes of his majestt's
acceptance Of the trust relative to the
German scholarships at Oxford. =,
" The will Of the late Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage was fled at Washington Mon.
day. It leaves an estate valued at
more than. 100000. Of which about
$250,000 is in personal property. .: ::
John Hays, one Of the oldest resi-
dents of Cleveland, who bore the dis
tinction of having discovered and open.
ed the first copper mine in the Lake
Superior region, is dead, aged nearly
90 years. - ,...- e-.. "a.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
Boosted Too Soon,

The rear end of Fordham car was
congested the other afternoon. There
wasn't even standing room only \
jocular commuter said, Beware of
pickpockets! ta' e.'i7f'
Everybody laughed. ~ 9lE
A gentlemanly looking fellow said:
: mo man need be afraid of pickpock-
cts If he does as I did. l. have a self
patented scheme. I have a buttonhole
In my vest pocket. l'run my chain
through 1t and attach the other end in
the usual way. They can't draw that
watch through that buttonhole. No
pickpockets in mine, and don't you fer,
get it." ~ ,{,
The crowd thinned out.
=. At Wendover avenue the "patentee"
said startingly:
'My watch is goner' ,fisi
Somebody had clipped the: chain,
drawn It Through the other way .and
abstracted the watch.-New York
News.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
OVER ONE HUNDRED bEAb.

Large sspracks At Managua, Nleara-
gus, Blown to Atoms.
Nansgua, Nicaragua, April 21.--A
severe explosion occurred here the
night Of April ,16., A large, 2.story
barrack. situated near the lake front
and in the denters pt ssth1. city, Ra4s
blown to fragments. !. sBetween. 70D
and zoo officers and soldiers are re-
ported to have been killed and many
soldiers and other persons are report
ed to have been injured. A large
humber Of houses neir the barracks.
including athe Natiopsl; hptel, the, Gem
trail TELEGRAPH station ind the Nation.
al palace were damaged or wrecked.
President zelaya vas ahseat q ~
- - - -" - --~~~$>~<~Voss4vJh
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
MERGER HEARING is SET.

: A.-s.- 'lt.s-., :, -. ~ t.7s.
Leave to File Granted to the State Of
Washington. i
Washington, April 22.-The United
States supreme court has granted
leave to the State of Washington to
file an original bill for an injunction
against the Great Northern Railroad
company, the Northern Pacific Rail
road company and the Northern secur-
tiles company in accordance with the
petition Of that state recently fled in
the court. h i. j. /. n
The opinion in the case was deliver
ed by Chief Justice Fuller. who stated
that the court had always exercised
the utmost care in its proceedings in
original cases and that the present de-
cision to grant leave to file was in
tended to be entirely without prejudice
to either party at interest. Z
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
Monday, April Fl.

wild Bill" Hanrahan. the pugilist,
ls Dead. q. h,..re. -. Z go, =
President-elect Estrada Palma land.
ed at Gibara, Cuba, Sunday morning.
There was q great manifestation in
his honor. sl -, 80 i,5n't
u Colonel Charles Marshall, military
secretary Of General Robert q. Lee
during the Civil war, died Sunday at
Baltimore. =
Structural steel manufacturers have
advanced prices for immediate sdeliy.
cry So to IS q ton over quotations re-
Gently current. 20 H., .r.g.. ~
Henry, XII, reigning prince Of the
federal state OF Reuss- -Greitz, is dead
Of heart trouble. He was born at
Greitz March 22s1846.so :G as .n.. :
President Roosevelt has returned to
Washington from New York. where he
attended the installation Of Nicholas
Butler as president of Columbia uni.
V0E6lLys
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
Growing Bananas. IN

: Bananas are as rule planted, out
Systematically in rows, sthe... suckers.
being placed at an averaged Of ten feet
apart. The banana plant bears. only
one BUNCH at a time, but it is quick.
grower. yielding its fruit In twelve to
fourteen months. When the plant is
about six months old. second suck.
er" or. shoot is allowed to- spring from
the root, a third after the ninth month,
and so on. 80 that after the first year
there 10 a continuous crop being reaped. :
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
LIBERALS HOLD RocAs.

colombian Government Takes Active
Measures to DisIodge Them.
Colon, Colombia, April 21.-The gov
ernment is taking active measures to
dislodse from Bocas del Toro the Lib
erals, who captured that town Friday.
5aornangs has chartered the Ger:
sailing for Bocas with 500 government
troops belonging to the Gramalota
and Cucuita battalions. The Hercynia
is under. contract to turn the troops
over to the Colombian government
General Pinzon OF Bocas. General
Forrara is in command of the expedi.
.Gun. ~ - -. -
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
Injunction Aaainst strIkers.

Cincinnati, April 22.-Judge Colister
at noon issued q; temporary Injunction
against the local union of engineers
and fremen and the international
unions of engineers and flremen and
che officers and executive council of
the American Federation of Labor
from any interference with contracts
which employees have with the: brewery
proprietors and from interrupting the
business Of the breweries.
The Dickinson press., 1902-04-26
Tuesday, April 22.
WILL RETAIN MILES.
President Decides Not to Ask for tho
Generals Retirement. J,

President Decides Not to Ask for tho
Generals Refinement ,s -,
Washington, April 19.-It is gener
ally believed in Washington that Pres.
ident Roosevelt will not ask! for Gen.
eral Miles retirement at present. This
is supposed to be the result of, a
lengthy visit made by Senator. Nc
Comas at the Write House; who,.:it ds
stated. called upon another matter,
but remained to participate in con-
ference between the president and
Senators Allison, Hoar and Hale.
They urged that the enforced re.
tirement Of Miles at the present time
would precipitate the country into
another Sampson-Schley controversy,
which could scarcely fail to. have q
disastrous effect Upon thel prospects of
the Republicans in the next congres.
sional' campaign. - y;