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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
A ZULU MARRIAGE,
How the Matrimonial Knot IL Tied
In South Africo.

A very interesting feature among
Zulu customs is their wedding cere-
mony. Before young man can get a
wife he must have cattle enough to pay
for the girl. All of the preliminary
matters are settled by the father of
the prospective bride and the groom.
The rank and beauty of the girl gen.
enerally decides the value, which
ranges from 10 to 80 or more herds OF
cattle. A common price is 10 herds,
but it Is expected that one or more
will be added as reward to the moth
er, for her kind services in bringing
up the girl.
The wedding day is one of the great
est excitement. The bridegroom pre-
parcs to feed from 1000 to 5000 peo-
pie on this momentous occasion. The
number of guests Is determined by
the rank and popularity of the con-
tracing parties, since all are self.
invited AS meat Is TO form the prin-
cipal part of the feast II number of
oxen are slaughtered, one being espe-
cially selected for the bridesmaids, who
are to feast from the cooked breast of
the animal. OF the remaining parts,
the head and neck so to the men, the
hind quarters to the married women,
and the heart and lungs to the small
boys.
After all have Toasted large circle
is formed, and singing and dancing
claim their attention until weary Of the
sport. When this occurs the brides
father, with measured tread and state
ly dignity, makes his way to the cen
ter of the crowd. The great throns
Is hushed. Then, In the most stately
manner he begins by citing all the
heroes that are to be found In his
daughters lineage, calling each honor.
ed father and great ancestor by name;
this establishes for her n high ances-
tral record. Next, he briefly gives her
own history, calling attention to her
wealth and her good traits, and finally
resigns his great charge to the care
of the bridegroom father, command
ing him to keep and provide for her.
The young mans father, with no less
dignity, receives her and pledges his
protection, which ends the ceremony.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
THE CLERK WAS PROMOTED.
Joe Cannon Didn't Think His Hand
writing should Bar Advancement.

Joe Cannon Didn't Think His Hand
writing Should Bar Advancement.
Just now penmanship seems TO be
the last requirement of the government
In selecting It's employees. With the
exception of few engrossing and en-
rolling clerks at the capitol, employed
by the Congress, a clerk or two at the
State Department. where 1t is neces-
sary to draw up manuscript copies of
treaties and formal diplomatic notes.
and the clerk at the offices of the PreSi-
dent, who addresses the social invita-
tons or fills names in commissions,
there is no demand for skilled copyists
or expert users of the pen. Typewr.t-
ers have made penmanship one of the
last things inquired into when a stu
alton is sought and qualifications are
being canyassed.
Everyone in Washington remembers
the incident of last winter when Joseph
G. Cannon sought a promotion for n
constituent The constituent was en-
ployed in an office in the Navy Depart
menI, where COMMISSIONS Ntlc llIuus =
out. He had tried for promotion with
out success and Mr.. Cannon himself
called at the department to find out
what was the matter There the head
of the division told him that there
was no place for his constituent be-
cause his chirography was so poor.
Uncle Joe snorted and said he would
like to see a sample of the clerk s
handwriting. Word was sent down In
the division and It sheet of paper with
the clerks signature was brought up.
Mr.. Cannon looked at ii out of one
corner of his eye, as is his wont when
he seeks to be critical, then Selling a
pen he scrawlcd his own name Just be-
meath that of the clerk, exclaming
There now, he can write a better hand
than | can want to know If you
think | am only worth 81 600 year to
the government The clerk got his
promotion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Switzerland produces no coal.

Switzerland produces no coa.
Pain is always a danger signal.
SPANS cereal crop is valued at $137..
100000.
Turkey produces great quantity of
oranges.
The imperial palace at Pekin is Ia
have electric lights.
Spirituous liquors form the chief ex-
port of Germany to her colonies.
Seven million persons in India are to
be vaccinated with plague serum
Spain exports 32,So0 tons of cork an
nually, valued at about $6,0O0,O00.
In Indianapolis % per cent of the pop
ulation is German or Of German parent
age.
The so-called oil of roses is manufac-
tured from the grass Andropogon schoen-
anthus.
Psychology is especially popular as
an elective study in all American uni
versities.
Not more than II per cent Of the
deaths from heart disease occur at ages
under 10.
Scrap steel is now welded into homo
geneous mass by n new composition un-
der pressure.
A wheeled chair for two persons,
which is driven by storage battery, is
the latest auto-vehicle
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY T. Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
nerfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm
WEST & TAuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALpING, KINNAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
pists Toledo, D.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
;ng directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
Too Rich to b, Cross.Eyed.

Tate-Oh, no, Miss AIintner is not
cross-eyed, but she is only affected by
strabismus.
Brady-Well, what's the difference,
pray?
Tate-Man alive! Aren't you aware
that Miss Miuner's father is rich
man.-Boston Transcript.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Remember when you buy Miller's
Milwaukee Beer you get the best.
Spruance, Stanley 4 Co., San Francisco,
agents.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Keep your weather eye on the new
conner who joins all the lodges and
churches in town.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
Rivalry Has Ceased.

Liverpool and Manchester, hitherto
deadly rivals in trade, have entered in
to partnership in order to bring
about cotton growing within the Brit
ish empire.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
io4s Market ST, San Francisco, California

When a man goes about belitteling
another man it is more than likely
that he has wronged that man.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
Effects permanent cures.

g Busy people are seldom melancholy.
The lack of something to do brings
on the blues.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

awe been everywhere, I've seen every
thing worth seeing, Eve tasted everything
worth tasting, and odd Gilt Edge is the
best whisky" That man started off like
an egotst, but he finished like good
Judge of whisky.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

rITC permanently cured. No fits or nervous
I'll y ness after first days use OF DR., Klne's
Great Nerve Restorer. send for FREE .R2 90
trial bottle and treatise. Dr.. r. H. Kline, Ltd,
9}l Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
Mem. for Good Health.

To-day drink some "Castlewood" Bour-
bon, or Rye Whiskey. Highest grade Ken
lucky goods. Cartan, Mccarthy & Co.,
sole distributors, San Francisco.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Don't mistake the name Old Kirk
Whisky put up by A. Z. Hotaling q
Co., 429 jackson st., San Francisco,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections Of the throat and
ungs-WM. o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb TO- 1900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

A mean woman said to-day: III
every woman should get on her knees
and bow in passing IL man, he would
not be surprised for down in his heart
he has always thought this homage is
due him"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
RHEUMATISM
NOT A SKIN DISEASE.

spot that hurts and when rheumatic
shooting through joints and muscles and they are
named sufferer turn to nlents and pase
while such treatment quiet the pain temporarily
amount of rubbing bseng Rheumatism because
disease in the blood and all through the SYSTEM
every exposed to the conditions that caused
the first attack going to have another and
long the poison the Blood matter what
externally Too much acid in the blood one cause
troubles bad Digestion weak kidneys and
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

1t is not manly to climb up lad
der made of those you have dragged
down.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

There is no eye-opener and brain
expander equal to travel.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Progressive people two centuries
ago we're called heretics.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Every tablet OF Cascarets Candy Cathartic
benrs the famous &c G. c." Look for it and
accept no other Beware of fraud. Al drug
eists, l0c, Doc, 50c.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

The danger in ignorance is its con-
fidence in its wisdom.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

torpid liver are other causes
which bring on this painful dis
ease, because the blood becomes
tainted with the poisonous mat
ter which these organs fail to
carry out of the system. Ger
tain secret diseases will produce
rheumatism, and of all forms
this is the most stubborn and
severe, for it seems to affect
every bone and muscle in the
body. The blood is the medium
by which the poisons and acids
are carried through the system,
rheumatism you have, it must t
can never get permanently rid o
bles S. S. S. has never been equa
and ruin the digestion like Pota
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
How'S This?

r Four millions of lrishmen have left
Ireland in the last. fifty years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07

Gossip and the blues are female
Injuries of great popularity
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
The Bridal Suggestion Seized.

Edgar-You wear pink all the time;
I should like to see you in lace-like
white frock
Ethel-How awfully-awfully sud-
denl
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
SPROAT'S MARKET

We retail Groceries at wholesale
prices. If you are tired of paying
two prices for your supplies send us
list of your needs and let us submit
you prices. We are leaders in all
good things to eat and drink.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-01-07
UNABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Sidney. Ohio, August 20, 1908.

A few months ago was feeling weak
and run down and unable to get sleep at
NIGHT, felt extremely bad, and also had
rheumatic pains in my joints and mus
cles, The medicine used gave me only
temporary relief at best; SO seeing 3. 3 8.
hirlly recommended for such trou-
bles, 1 began its use, and after taking 1t
for some time was wei! pleased with the
mains. gave me refreshing sleep and
built up my general system, giving me
strength and energy. 1t is good medl-
cine, without a doubt, ana take pieaS'
ure in endorsing it.
RF D. Mol. .. 3. bOO0h1o
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
n Beautiful Banner.
(Winston-Salem.l


Here is something unique, appro-
pirate, patriotic. thoughtful and calcu-
lated to stimulate to noble endeavor
the Democrats of Forsyth county:
There will be awarded by Mr.. e. H.
Wilson, his heirs and assigns, banner
of pure white silk. appropriately
mounted, and bearing the following
inscri"tion: White Supremacy ana
Democratic RUE in Forsyth county
forever" to the township in Forsyth
county, outside of Winston-S Salem,
which makes the largest percentage
of gain for the Democratic ticket in
the election of 1906, and all subse-
quent elections.
1t was Vance who said of Democ-
racy: AN immortal party and ons
that cannot die" 1t was Vance whose
devotion to those grand principles that
will make the Democratic party inn
mortal. led him to offer State banner
to be borne in triumph by the county
giving the largest Democratic majority.
the banner that proud Mecklenbur~ so
recentlv snatched from the hands of
the loyal Democrats of Wake.
What could be more inspiring to the
Democracy of Forsyth county than the
generous and truly loyal example set
them by T.. II. Wilson in establishing
for all time banner to be awarded
to the township showing the greatest
Democratic gains? Mr.. Wilson is a
Democrat of Democrats. @ie has con-
victions, and the zeal OF his faith. and
the Industry to put into effect the ma
tured ideas of veteran in the Demo-
cratic wdrfare.
His distinguished father stood for
all that was pure and patriotic ana
progressive i'll the great fight for
good government, and his works do
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

by her husband and one son, r. T..
Faucette, Jr.
Nash Cheek, who lived some nine
miles from Durham, a very prom
lnent and well known citizen, died yes
terday afternoon. He was about 50
years of age. The funeral was con-
Quoted from the home this afternoon
and the remains brought here ana IN
TERED in Maplewood cemetery. The
deceased left wife, four sons ana a
daughter. The sons are T. f. and p
B. Check, of this city, j. w Check,
of Raleigh, and William Cheek, who
lived at the home. His daughter IS q
Mrs. Herndon, who lives in this coun.
ty.
Last night a boy by the name Of
George Averett while at work in The
Duke factory had his left arm caught
by printing press, and it was badly
crushed and lacerated. Amputatior
may be necessary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
SHOT STEPMOTHER
She Dies and He is Sought
Charged With Her
Death.
(By the Associated Press. )

Macon, Ca, Nov. ga special to
the Telegraph from Waycross. Ca,
says:
Mrs Julia Williams, wife of Henry
T. Williams, q we'll known citizen
died this morning at four o'clock at
her home near this city from the eff
fects of a pistol shot wound inflicted
by her step-son, Kinch Williams, a
young man 1S-years-old. The shoot
ing occurred on November IA, because
she refused to give him some whiskey.
He thought she had hidden it. Will
liams shot his step-mother with 80
.calibre pistol, the ball entering her
right leg near the knee, passing
through the bone. 1t is said that the
young man was crazy drunk when he
fired the shot.
The recent grand jury found a bill
against Williams, charging him with
assault with intent to murder but
since Mrs. Williams death the case
against him becomes more serious
one. He has left the county but there
is a warrant in the sheriffs hands here
for his arrest, and it is thought that
he will soon be captured. Mrs. Will
liams belonged to a we'll known
Brooks county family and the remains
will be carried to Pidcock, i'm that
county for burial tomorrow morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24

have reported there will be published
summary distributing by States the
total quantity of cotton ginned during
the season prior to November a."
BY States, the reports for the AIS
counties mentioned for the season
prior to November IA, 1904, follows:
Alabama So counties 579,543 rum
ming bales ginned: Arkansas "A coun-
ties, 362,571 bales; Florida 13 coun-
ties. 2S,334 bales; Georgia los coun-
ties, 1869 bales; Indian Territory
5 counties, 1924 bales: Kentucky one
county, $50 bales; Louisiana % coun-
ties, 324,654 bales Mississippi "A coun-
ties 55S,S46 bales; Missouri 1875, 935;
North Carolina 81 counties. 440, 1876;
Oklahoma two counties q, 4S9 bales.
South Carolina 80 counties 726,46S
bales; Tennessee 80 counties 142,161
bales: Texas II counties 1.269,91
bales; and Virginia, six counties. s.
64q baleS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24

say whether or not the sspecks We're
made by gun-powderi, ,ao SAID aid, DR. Dr.
a microscope.
Mr.. Levy suggested that DR.. O'Han-
Ion be put on the stand TO tell the
Jury what made the black marks in
the skin. Mr.. Rand objected to the
defense going on at this stage of the
trial and also to calling DR.. OHanlon
as an expert.
Grains of Powder.
81 have man who extracted grains
of powder from those pieces of skin,
said Mr.. Levy.
Justice Davis admonished the attor-
ney to be more careful in his remarks
and directed the jury to be more care
full and to disregard the utterances
of counsel regarding what 1t was
claimed examination of the exhibit by
others than the witnesses disclosed.
John Crowley, a cab man, said he
was hailed by two men and woman
about four o'clock on the morning of
June while his cab was standing at
the corner of Eighth avenue and 125th
street. The woman was the defend
ant in this case and one of the men
was Caesar Young. Youngg had
abused Miss Patterson, the witness
said, and she was crying. Young or
dered him to drive the woman to hey
home and he did so. On the way down
town he watched the occupant of the
cab through the trap in the top of
the handsom and she continued cry
ing all the way down to 61st street,
where she left the cab. Crowley said
that Young and the man with him
were intoxicated but that Miss Patter-
son was not. Albert Schneider, an
other cab man, witnessed the scene
when Miss Patterson was put in
Crowley's cab and he corroborated the
testimony of the previous witness. At
ter Crowley drove away. he said.
Young and his companion called him
and were driven to a house on West
140th street. He noticed that both
men were under the influence of Ii
quor.
The Newsboy's Story.
The scene between Nan Patterson
and her brother-in-law, j. Morgan
Continued on Page Twenty
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
LOWEST THOU ME2
And Crack of Pistol Makes
it Emphatic.
Peculiar Manner in Which a Young
Husband Tries to Assure Himself
of His Wife's De.
vOtion.
Especial to News and observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Wilson, n. c., Nov. 23.-Crack!
The flash of a pistol Illuminated for
an instant a room of the dwelling
just back of the Woodland warehouse;
the outer door flew open, and an
affrighted woman darted out on the
street filling the early darkness with
piercing cries for help.
HE has shot himself" she shrieked.
He is killed. Bring a doctor!'
yes echoed a masculine voice
from the gloom of the room behind
her. Bring doctor quick. I'm going
to die"
1t is doubtful, however, if DIR. E.
Z. Dickerson, who arrived a few min
utes thereafter ever saw cooler
looking dying man. He, the seeming
moribund was sitting on a lounge
putting away at a cigarette with the
red blood trickling from a wound in
his left breast. He was pallid from
loss of the vital fluid and his wife
seemed to think his time had come,
for graSping the pistol, she turned it
against her own breast, crying that
she would die with him. And there
is little doubt that, reckless with des-
pair, she would have carried the
threat into execution had not the pis-
toll been wrested from her hand by
people who drawn thither by
her cries had rushed into the room.
And yet on the mans part it was
but cruel jest, which the wife's love
and terror, however, had Well-nigh
turned into tragedy. Hugh Sutton
had seized the pistol telling Jeanette
that she did not care for him that life
was not worth the living and that he
meant to end it then and there. He
had made such assertions and threats
before, but she could not realize that
he was thus cruelty testing her love.
Therefore when the cold steel glim-
mered before her eyes she sprang at
him, clutehing desperately at the
weapon. In the struggle for its pos
session the pistol went off, inflicting
a flesh wound in the mans breast.
He was sitting up this morning and
was doing as we'll as could be expect
ed under the circumstances while the
wife was only little worse from the
shock she had sustained
The couple have been married only
about six weeks. They were united in
Rocky Mount where she first met
him. The woman calls herself Jean
nette" and originally came from Rich
mond, Va.
Hugh Sutton is from Coleraine has
some money, and has been living here
and in Rocky Mount for some time
lie is rather peculiar, and fearing at
times that his wife doesn't love him
as passionately as he would like to be
loved, occasionally endeavors to try
her devotion in all sorts of tragic
ways, which are enough to wreck the
nerves of a cast iron boiler much
less a frame built of flesh and blood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
WHYHE'S THANKFUL
That North Carolina is
True to Democratic
Principles.
Glad That Robert B. Glenn is Govern
or and That Charles B. Aycock
Has Preceded Him as Chief
Magistrate.

Especial TO News and Observer.)
Winston, n. c., Nov. 23.-Our
thanks are due to the giver Of all good
erabie. It will be pardoned in me, i
trust, to mention a few only of the
things which are dear to my heart.
AS d citizen of Forsyth county and as
Democrat stru~~llng for the aScen-
dency of principles which are essential
to the happiness of mankind, in offer
ing thanks the people of Forsyth
county should not be unmindfuI of
the fact that it was decreed by an ali
wise Providence and gratefully re-
ceived by happy people that their
fellow citizen, neignbor and friend,
Robert j. Glenn, the Christian gentle
man and fearless champion of white
should preside over our
destiny for the next four years. Hard
ly less thankful are we that Charles
b. Aycock has preceded him and pre-
pared the way and made his path
straight. Well may we be thankful
that the cause of the people, the never
ending struggle for good government
have such valiant champions as the
News and Observer. and our Winston
Salem Journal and others not less true
and faithful. [ cannot refrain from
giving thanks that it was my very good
portion to be officially associated with
such splendid. type of manhood as
Wilson G.. Lamb, Chairman of the
State Board of Elections and with the
true and loyal army of registrars
whose compensation is consciousness
of duty to country nobly done. And
lastly let us give credit to whom credit
is due, to an all wise Providence for
the rain in its season and bountiful
harvest. filling to overlooking old barns
and new ones inspiring and cheering
on the husbandmen until plenty shall
take the place of want and peace.
order and happiness shall reign with
out foe.
E. Fl. WILSON.
WinSton-Salem n. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
A Skirmish Near Mukden.
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press.o
Toxic. Nov. 23.-3 D. m.-Army
headquarters yesterday received the
Following telegram from Manchurian
headquarters:
"On Monday November 81. at G.
IN the morning. one detachment ad-
vanced toward Wetzuku. north of
Slenchuan0 and attacked and occupied
the enemy's bivouacking ground.
subsequently superior force of the
enemy gradually pressed our left flank
and rear. Receiving reinforcements.
we drove the enemy toward ChenoIfn
ut $40 a. m,
THE enemys strength was about
six hundred infantry and 800 cavalry
with four guns.
''rhe enemv left thirty nine dead
bodies on the field. We took six pris-
oners as well as spoilS. including
thirty rifles. entrenching tools, am
munition. etc.
I'm our casualties We're Sub Lieu
tenant Inouye wounded and, twenty
eight men killed or wounded