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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-04-30

blood and Strengthening the weak
places in your constitution. During the
cold winter months we are compelled
to live indoors and breathe the impure
air of badly ventilated rooms and of.
fees. We over-work and over-eat, and
get too little outdoor exercise, and our
systems become clogged with impuri.
ties and the blood a hot-bed of germs
and humors of every kind, and warm
weather is sure to bring a reaction,
and the poisonous matter in the blood
and system will break out in boils and
pustules or scaly eruptions and red,
disfguring bumps and pimples. Make
good beginning this season by taking
course of S. S. s. in time; it will not
only purify your blood and destroy the
germs and poisons, but promote healthy
action of the Liver and Kidneys and
give you good appetite at time
when you need it most.
S. S. S. improves the digestion and
tones up the Stomach, and you are not
continually haunted by the fear OF
indigestion every time you eat, or
troubled with dizziness, nervousness
and sleeplessness. There is no reason
to dread the coming of warm weather il
and the blood in normal, healthy col
hlo0d that irxitec dicaaca cre~,,,e s.,;o~
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-04-30

Dearborn-What have you got that
string tied about your finger for?
Wabash-oh, I've been getting mar
ried, and my wife doesn't want me to
forget it.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-04-30

Mothers will hnd MRS. Wlnstow's Sooth.
ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor their
9hildren during the teething period.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-04-30

THE BEST TONIC AND APPETIZER.
While living in sherman, Tex, be.
Ga me q victim Of impure, watery
blood. ran down in appetite and
energy; was scarcely able to get
about and had to stop of and rest
occasionally. took 8. 8. 8. and be-
gan to improve at once, and after q
thorough course became strong and
well.
think p. 8. g. the best medicine I
aver used as an appetizer and gen.
eral tonic. j. q. SCOTT,
S11 Railroad street, Rome. Ga.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18

BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1902.
Fire Risks written. $3,0S0,75300; Pre-
miums received, $51 1921.
Losses incurred-Fire, $12,S2S.90; Pad,
$14 ,42S.90.
Henry w. Eaton, Resident Manager.
George w. Hoyt, Deputy Manager.
Head Office, As William Street, New
York City
General Agent for service, Thomas T.
Hay, Raleigh, N. c.
Business Manager for North Carolina,
Managed from New York Office.
State of North Carolina.
Insurance Department.
Raleigh, March 90 1903.
I, James r. Young, Insurance Commits
sioner, do hereby certify that the above
is a true and correct abstract of the
statement Of the Liverpool and London
and Globe Insurance Company, of Liver
pool, filed with this Department, showing
the condition of said Company on the
31st day of December, 1902
Witness my hand and official seal the
day and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18
DUNN BLsZss WITH ELEcrRICITY.
The New Water System Complete Work at
the Milling Town.
Especial to News and Observer)

tSpeClal TO news ana observer
Dunn, N. c.. April 17-Our town is
brilliant tonight with a blaze of beauti-
full electric lights. At o'clock the
wheels of the new electric light plant Of
the town were set in motion, and at a
signal from Superintendent Charles H.
Randall, Mayor NJ. J. Young turned the
button, which lighted up twenty-six large
arc lamps converting night into day.
No town has a more up-to- date electric
plant than that which has Just been
completed for the town of Dunn, and
Superintendent Randall, who had charge
of the construction of it. is tonight the
happy recipient of many compliments.
The water system is now complete,
with the exception of the pump, which
is daily expected. This system consists
of a well of 432 feet depth, with a capacity
of from 500 to 1000 gallons per minute;
a $4,000 tank at an elevation of 125 feet
and five miles of water mains with at
least one hydrant within 300 feet of every
building in town.
The town primary for the nomination
of mayor and aldermen will be held
Monday night There are several can
didates for the mayorship.
The woods to the west of here are
rapidly being converted into the beauti-
full milling town of Dunn. Rapid prog
ress is being made on the factory build
ings and the residences now complete
and in progress are too numerous to
mention.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18

SMOKE La Josephine and Young
Fritz"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18
Mr.. COBB NAMED
Head of Leaf Department OF
Big New Trust.
Much Sp cuIation Over tie Movement ct tie
New Fac or in the Toblcc, Work. }
The British american.

Mr. j. s. Cobb assistant general man
ager of the leaf department of the Amer
lean Tobacco Company, of Richmond, has
been appointed head of the leaf depart
ment of the British American Tobacco
Company.
In the future the headquarters of Mr..
Cobb will be in Durham n c., for which
place he left Richmond yesterday. He
viii take hold in North Carolina at once.
He will assume entire charge of the leaf
business of the British American. Just
how the offices will operate cannot now
be asccrtained, but it is supposed that
it will be under the general supervision
of the American headquarters.
The residence of Mr.. Cobb in Richmond
has dated from about year back Dur
ing this time he has been assistant to
Mr.. T. j. Walker, general manager OF
the leaf department fer the A. T. Com
pany in Richmond.
GETTING TO WORK.
The British American Company is a
new factor in the tobacco world and it's
movements just now are of exceeding in
terest 1t is a combination Of the two
giant tobacco trusts-the Consolidated of
America and the Imperial of Great Brit
ain-through which combination these
two concerns intend to capture the trade
of the world. It's recent organization
makes it somewhat of an unknown guam
! tity of particular interest.
With the past few days the British
American the trade of which will be
/ wholly export has indicated that it is
preparing to settle down to work in dead
earnest The purchase of the T. c. Will
liams Company, of this city, the largest
! Independent concern in the United States
! indicated that it would go in for it on no
mean scale. The appointment of Mr..
Cobb and his departure yesterday like
wies shows that the new trust is getting
| it's organization into shape.
! A question which is now being very
generally discussed is whether or not the
new concern will have buyers on the
markets, Independent from those of the
! A. T. Company and the Continental This
means much for in the gradual concentra-
ton of the tobacco interests competition
upon which the trade depends is removed
/ The British-American would become one
of the most important buyers in the
world 1t could not be learned yesterday
that any plans had been mapped out, but
/ it is generally felt that the British Amer
! lean will have it's own representatives
on all the markets
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18

Total Liabilities ..........$ 5,75S,796. II
BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1902.
Fire Risks written. S2,235. $4,000; Pre-
miums received. $40, 772.47.
losses incurred-Fire, $5,063.70; Paid.
81, 448.72.
E. G. Richards. U. s. Manager
Home Office. rs William Street, New
York, N. Y
General Agent for service, ]. Van b.
Metts, Wilmington, n. C.
Business Manager for North Carolina,
NJ. o. Seldom. Baltimore. Nd.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18
A METHODIST PREACHER RESIGNS.
Something New Under the Sun Happens al
Marfreesboro.
(Murfreesboro Cor. Times.)

Rev. f. l.. Church, after his evening
services, last Sunday astonished his au-
diencc by stating that he had severed his
connection with the Methodist church
of this town and would withdraw Tuesday
-today-for Georgia, his native State, and
retire to his farm, from which he would
expect TO derive his maintenance. After
his withdrawal, the church will be with
out a pastor until next conference, I'M
less some arrangements can be effected.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18

and should properly specify the require
ments and require that bond be given
which / am informed has not been done
for some time. In other words the State S
printing should be handled in business
like way as any large corporation handles
its work.
Very respectfully
II. e. SEEMAN.
Durham, n c., April 16, 1908.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18

BURNETT'S VANILLA EXTRACT has
outlivcd criticism. 1t Is the finest and
purest vanilla extract that can be bought.
Once tried, always used.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18
Hamlet Defended.
buckingham Anglo-saxon.)

buckingham Anglo SaXon.)
Charity and Children is one of the most
interesting exchanges which comes to this
office, but it is liable to mistake as all
of us are IT seems to have a particular
due in part at least to misinfoTmation.
It refers in the most uncomplimentary
terms in its lasi issue to the towns of
Hamlet and Hoffman, and says the disttl-
leries are flocking to these towns. There
is not a distillery in several miles of
Hamlet and of the two al Hoffman, which
were there long before the passage of
the Watts bill we have heard that the
proprietor of one of these was looking
law prohibiting his selling in quantities
of less than ten gallons. While there are
several bar rooms in Ha~lot. and it is
the distributing point for GO or two
distlleries, it is quite a prosperous lit
tie town with schools and churches and
varied business interests and with a pop
ulation Of about a thousand people, with
good families moving in every week.
We doubt if town in the State has
grown as rapidly in desirable population
and increase of real estate values in the
last few years as Hamlet, and our es-
teemed contemporary does it an injuG-
tice by advertising it as on a par with
hell as a residence district, or by sing
ling it out for greater censure than other
towns in the State similarly situated as
to the whiskey question.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-18

State of North Carolina
Insurance Department.
Raleigh, March 20, 1903
| James X. Young, Insurance Commits
sioner. do hereby certify that the above
is true and correct abstract of tho
statement of the North British and Mer-
camille Insurance Company, of London,
filed wit this Department, showing the
condition of said Company on the 3lst
day of December 1902.
Witness my hand and official seal, the
day and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21

Pennsylvania has n larger number
Of persons OF negro descent in its
population than any other Of the
northern states.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
MONTANA SOCIETY NOTE.
Characteristic Description OF n Bril-
Liant Social Function In tho
Cow Country.

The ball given at the Palace parlors
over the Crimson Wing saloon last Fri
day night was n roaring success, re-
ports the AlkaA Gulch (Mont.) Herald
Pap Henderson tuned up the catguts
and rosined his bow about nine D. m,
and started in on Turkey in the
Straw" Buck Lewis, Badly Williams,
Fghtin' Pharaoh, and q few more
runchers from the Double Cross ranch
rode over, bringing their senoritas on
their cayuses behind them. There was
nothing special doing all night. About
two n. m. Big Abe Hall, proprietor Of
the only respectable faro joint in AlkaH
Gulch, blew In and began to prospect
for pardner. Abe had been taking
too much bottled comfort and when he
jcrked Choctaw Kate away from Dan
Wcimer and backed of and "pulled,"
Big Abe, being some doped, fumbled his
gun, and Dams lead pill went lookin'
for room In Abe's attic. The faro joint
is now looking for a new manager,
The boys rounded up their ladies
about four n. m. and vamooscd. TWAS
one Of the most brilliant heel-and-toe
stampedes ever held in this settlement
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
Movements of the Lips MS Plat MI y I'm
dersta ndabIe to Deaf Mntes ms
Spoken Words to Hearers.

"You need not think you are always
telephoning in secrecy" said a teacher
in the deaf mute college In this city
relates the Washington Star, "when
you go in booth and close the double
doors after you, as see people doing
every day. I notice these people in
their retreats in which they think
their words are drowned from the
outer world, talking often while they
look on the people outside Of the glass
doors.
"Now, do you know" he continued,
"that every word that Is so spoken is
understood by a deaf mute whenever
he sees what is going on under such
conditions? That is fact The deaf
mute becomes so proficient IN learn
Ing TO read the language Of the lips
that the motion is as expressive to
him as Is the sound of the human voice
TO other people. The next time you
have a secret to impart to some friend
over telephone In q public booth
where people are watching you you
should be careful to speak directly in
the mouthpiece Of the phone so that
your secret be not given away to some
who happen TO understand the Ian
guage of the lips"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
A Great Sensation

There was big sensation in Lees,
Vile Ind. when w. H. Brown of that
place, who was expected to die, had his
life saved by DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. He writes II had
insufferable agonies from Asthma, but
your New Discovery gave me immediate
relief and soon thereafter effected IA
complete cure Similar cures Of Con
sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and
Grip are numerous It's the peerless
remedy for all throat and lung troubles
Price 50c and ST. 90 Guaranteed by
Henry Henrichs Druggist Trial bot
ties free.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
BEAT HIS WIFE FOR HONOR
Russia soldier Deemed IL His Duty
to Resent Insult ut Uor
Hands.

A Prussian officer stationed al
Strasburg appeared before the court
at holman, in Saxony, and gave the
following evidence in support Of his
demand to be divorced from his wife
says London paper:
zone night" he said, 81 had quar-
rel with my wife, in the course OF
which she exclaimed: You IRE toe
much of coward to strike me-,
What could /, as Prussian officer
do when my wife accused me of cow
ardice? If the wife of another OH.
Ger had thus insulted me, / could ut
least have challenged her husband
to duel, but | could not challenge
myself, because my own wife insultcd
me
81 got" continued the officer, into
a state of intense excitement over
this terrible dilemma. ! lit the can
die aud requested my wife formally
three times to withdraw the insult
ing expression, which was incompati-
BILE with my dignity and honor as a
Prussian officer. My wife sulllcd, and
did not withdraw the insult. As it
was my duty 70 enforce satisfaction
for the insult i seized stick and
beat my wife"
The trial was adjourned.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
GAVE PROVIDENCE CREDIT.
Naval Chaplain Got an Appoint
menf Despite the PresI e nt's
Opposition.

At recent dinner in Washington
says n New York Mail and Express
writer, Capt. -, Of the United States
navy, told the following story about a
certain shallow-pated naval chaplain
who was looked upon with scant re.
spect by his brother officers. From
travelling salesman the man had turned
preacher, and, backed by influence
came to Washington in Mr.. Cleveland
time to get naval chaplaincy. When
he was introduced at the white house
Mr.. Cleveland looked over him in his
grave, penetrating way and said:
"Mr. -, this is no case for favor.
itism; we want man of merit and
ability for this post"
The applicant rejoined:
"Mr. President, II it is Gods will
that I go into the navy, neither you
nor any one else can keep me out"
The president eyed him for mo-
ment and then said dryly:
"Well, Mr.. - I'll do my part, any
way. Good-morning"
"The cream Of the joke is," said the
narrator, shat the fellow-who really
did get into the navy later-told the
story himself with all seriousness, ad
ding: And as left the room l had a
strong conviction that it was not the
will of Providence that should enter
the navy at that time"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
SUICIDE IN SIBERIA.
when Once Wish to Die Is An
nOunced There Is No Such THING
an Taking II Back.

know Of case where a man, after
q violent quarrel with his five sons, an
nounced aloud his wish to die. The
next morning he thought better Of it
and retracted his words; but-so | was
| informed, In all seriousness-the re-
vengeful spirits shortly afterward in
ficted the hoof disease on his herd, and
took away three Of his sons, one after
another, says a writer In Harper's.
Usually, however, the man who has
proclaimed his wish to die remains
frm until the end. ! met, In 1895, at the
Anui fair in the Kolyma country, a
man by the name of Katik, who said
that he wanted to get rid Of the
troubles of this world.
He had no apparent illness, but his
zest for life had completely vanished,
and he intended to start for the land
Of his forefathers. lie was as eager
for death as if it meant for him a
pleasant journey to a distant but very
interesting country.
The vicinity Of the Russian fort was
no place for the fulfillment Of his wish,
so he had to delay 1t for n couple Of
months; but when next | met Ka,1ks
wife, early in the fall she was already
widow.
She told me the details Of her hus-
bands death in a very simple way. He
was strangled with lasso. She held
his head in her lap, and two Of his sons
pulled the ends Of the rope.
Karik's wife told me also that he was
cheerful to the last, and even joked
the very moment his face was being
covered with the hood Of the death
coat TO prevent those present from see
ing his last struggle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
Not GEORGES IInt,hct.

Carpenters who were repairing tho
Mary Washington house, opposite
Fredericksburg recently found in the
ceiling IA small Ratchet of peculiar
shape. They began to talk OF the
cherry tree and the small boy who
could not tell a lie, and an old negro
woman was found who remembered
seeing George hide the Ratchet after
It's famous achievement. But-and so
tho romance disappears from life
Washington was grown man before
his mother bought the house. And
the cherry tree Ratchet Is still I'M
found, although IL Is not unhonorcd
or rnaung.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
One on Kubellk.

Here is story about Kubelik that
did not come from the press agent:
The violinist was once asked to play
at lunatic asylum. He chose a
brilliant Slav composition, and the
audience seemed delighted. One of
the regular boarders came up and be-
gan to talk with him. Kubelik asked
him how he liked the performance
The lunatic stared at him for awhile
and then said: "Well, to think Of the
likes of you being allowed out while
/ am kept in here"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
BUILT SHIP IN THE WOODS.
Work Upon Which Retired Seu
Captain Has Been Engaged
for Thirteen Years

The Fourth of July will witness the
launching at Quaker Neck wharf,
Chester river, Kent county, of Bay
vessel which Capt. Jedson. a retired
mariner, has been 10 years in building
and which stands in the woods mile
and half. Some years ago Capt. jed
son arrived in Baltimore from deep
sea voyage. He decided to come ashore
and go to farming, settling in Kent
county. He is now II years old. He
has built the craft all by himself, with
the aid Of an ak, reports the Baltimore
American.
In the eighties he went into the
woods near his home and began chop
ping out the keel and the timbers.
The keel was laid in 1881. Then he
stopped work, and the framework
was allowed to fall to pieces. In a few
years the old love of the sea rekindled
Capt. Jedson's enthusiasm, and he
started again to rebuild the vessel. He
has worked on the vessel for 10 contin-
uous years, and now has craft so feet
long and 11H feet beam. Her cabin
ceiling is nine feet high, with dining
room measuring eight by ten feet. The
vessel will be equipped with 25-horst
power engine and a 4O-horse power
boiler.
Capt. Jedson proposes to use horse
in dragging the vessel mile and half
out of the woods to water. The entire
time that he has spent on the craft has
been % years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
OLD BEAUX ARE DELIGHTED.
One Woman who Has Not RELOCATED
Tn cdr Virtues to the Musty
Garrct.

AS a rule when u woman gets mar
ried she tries TO pluck from her re-
membrance all thoughts Of those who
once paid court TO her. Yet she can
have kindly feeling for them with
out in the slightest degree being I'M
true TO the man who finally won her,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
81 love my old beaux," said the wo-
man who is bound to be cheerful
They comfort me and make me for
get npleasantnesses An old beau Is
very nice II he's at all presentable,
Ny husband says hateful things TO the
effect that Pm ruinously extravagant,
always wanting things, and he init
mates that only an angel of his magnl-
tude could manage to get along with
me at all. Not so my old beaux. They
say he's the luchcst of men and inti-
mate that they would have been bet
ter men had Providence been thus kind
10 them. Even the married ones aren't
SO bad. When their wives sue for di-
vorce or their babies get the measles
they look volumes which seem to say
that all would have been uIHerent had
not an undeserving one borne off the
prize. These unsolicited testimonials
are as stimulating TO me as old wine,
1t isn't the slightest use to repeat
them TO my husband, however. lie
simply reminds me that women are so
easy that they're tiresome and that
those nincompt ops don't have TO pay
tho hillsn
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
John BROWNS BODY.
RepOses In q Grave Near Lake Placid
Among the Northern Adj.
ndackS.

Halfway between the Mohawk
river and the Canadian line, in Essex
county, N. Y, shut in by a dozen
towering peaks of the Adirondacks,
are the living place and sleeping
place of "Old John Brown" The
living place Is the home from which
Brown went out to fight in Kansas,
and the sleeping place is the grave
beside a giant granite bowlder-the
grave in which they laid his body att
er the execution 1T Charleston, In
1859. Thirty-seven years after his
death, when the horror of his anar-
chy had been forgotten, Kate Field
and dozen friends bought the old
Brown farm, at North Elba, and
turned it over to the state as pub
lie charge. 1t is near Lake Placid
and the other resorts Of the northern
Adirondacks, says the Four-Track
News.
Frequently during the summer So
journers in want of amusement go
over to the place and rest for q few
minutes In the low-roofed, two-story
house. Everyone knows the story of
John Browns repeated business fail
ures, his visions, in which a "voice"
told him to free the slaves, his part
in the slavery war in Kansas, and
the attack on the arsenal at Harper's
Ferry. All these things the world
has weighed, and 1t has given an hon
ored place to him who was arch an
archlst only so years ago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21

More than u thousand Pennsylvania
miners struck" the other day 20 de-
eide the question whether or not a
bride is part Of n mules harness. The
trouble rose from the refusal Of the
stablemen TO put on the brides. Re-
ferees recommended that the mules
be driven without brides, and their
suggestion Was adopted. Then the men
came back. The mules have passed =
vote Of thanks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21
Putting II MILDLY.

Here is the extremely delicate way
which a Kansan states his chief reason
for asking that he be freed from mat
trimonial bonds, which gall: 1.-THE de-
PENDANT has acted in such a way that
said husband has had difficulty in dis
tinguishing her treatment of him MS a
husband from her treatment of others
who bore no such relation to her"