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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
Commissioner Patterson to 'sHapp,
ValIcy'

Commissioner of Agriculture Pat
terson left yesterday for his home
Happy Valley in Caldwell coun-
ty, to be gone from the city for q
week or ten days.
Before his return Mr.. Patterson will
take part in one of the numerous
Farmers Institutes which take place
throughout the State during the sum
mer months.
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TEN CENTS PER LINE
(SixWords to the Line)
NO ADVERTISEMENT TAKEN FOR
LESS THAN 25 CENTS. SPECIAL
DISCOUNTS ON EXTENDED AID
VERTISING. RESULTS ASSURED,
FOR SALE-NICE NEW
NEW EIGHT

FOR SALE-NICE NEW EIGHT
room residence in Wake Forest
Terms to suit immediate purchaser.
Residence vii be completed Aug.
1st. Address, Robt. A. Freeman,
F'orestvile, n. G.
7H20-wed. fri. sun.-1m.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w. III. King Drug Co.-Vinol-
Boylan, Pearce & CO.-Fire Sale.
LOuisburg College-Louisburg, N. c..
DIR. Il. +. Arrington-Dental Special
list.
Sherwood Higgs s. Co.-Clearance
Sale.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore Nd,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
MULE FOR SALE-A GOOD WAGON
Mule, by "A. Miller at Cross &
Linehan'S.
WANTED-THE TOWN OF MOUNT

Olive, n. c., wishes to let out con-
tract for placing two foot thing in
about fifteen hundred feet of ditch
ing, bids received to August the list;
right reserved to reject any or all
bids. For further information apply
to Jas. r. Hatch, Mayor.
7-16-1W.
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SHIPPING TAGS-5.OOO FOR $500
Cash with order, at r. [. Barnes &
Co. Park Hotel Raleigh.
WE FURNISH YOU HELp-CoN-

WE FURNISH YOU HELP-CON-
tractors furnished with carpenters,
plaSterers and brick-maSons; saw
mills and logging camps with mill
hands, teamsters, day laborers, fire
men and neers-Stationery en-
CINE, steam crane engineers and fire
men, electricians and other trades
too numerous to mention. Write us
if you need help of any kind. Box
23S, Edenton, n. c. 7-19-2t.
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$50 Blue, White and Pink Kimonas
.............. $l.V'
S1.75 Long Kimonas, White Colors
............... $l.2d
NEWEST WALKING SKIRTS.
$500 Cream and Tan Vol Skirts.
............ $1,000
S11.O0 Wolfe Skirts. .......... 500
$3.50 Panama Cloth ...... $500
MISSES MD CHILDRENS' DRESSES
Calico and Lawn Dresses for Children
ages 1, 2, and 3 years, reduced from
soc. & csc. to ...... Csc x 38c
Linen Crash, Linen Chambray-Ging
ham--Galatea, two piece suits for
children-Wide sailor coIors, ages
to 16 years, but not in all styles.
Were $1.25, $3.50, $500, $3.50 & $500
Now. G2c. 75c., $IOO, $1.25 & $50
FINE MILLINERY.
Street Hats, Dress Hats, Shirt Waist
Hats, all 1904 styles, worth up to
$1,000, for S1.00
Ladies Black and Mourning Hats,
fine Chiffon and Horse Hair Braids,
former prices were double, and
now Sf.5O, $500, $3.50 and $500.
All Children Straw Sailors soc.
value, 25c., and 500 values. soc.
a clean Sweep of all Baby Caps
curing this sale.
NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS.
Fancy Stock Collars, faggoted, lace
and embroidered, 25 and soc. grades,
Silk and fancy stitched belts white
Pique and crush Silk Belts, IS and
soc, reduced to ........> - and 25C
Linen Hemstitched and Embroider-
cd Lawn Handkerchiefs, csc. quail
lty i............. ........'... loo
Ladies Silk and Lislc Gloves and
Mitts, at half prices, worth 80, SO and
75c., for ... rs, 20 and 3Sc.
Fancy Ribbon, Moire Liberty Satin,
Tameta Ribbons, all reduced one third );
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
THE WEATHER.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicin-
ity to s p. M, Wednesday,: Fair.
The Weather Yesterday.
Maximum temperature, 81; mini
mum temperature, so; mean tempera-
ture, SO; precipitation, % inches.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

President James A. Bryan and SUI
perintendent S. l.. Dill, of the Atlantic
4 North Carolina Railroad. who have
been here on matters connected with
the encampment of the State military
at Morehead City, left yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
DRuGs-posITIoN WANTED AS

travelling salesman, or IN manufac-
turing wholesale drug department.
Eighteen years retail experience.
Address, Hustler" care News and
Observer. 7-17-5t
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WANTED-FIIGDIGR FOR CYLIND-
er Press. Address Enterprise, High
Point. ]. ]. Travis 6-21-t. f.
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wANTED-A GOOD SALESMAN TO

handle our belt dressing; good OPP
portunity for the right man. Ad-
dress Sero Specially Co., Cleveland,
Ohio. 719-2t
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO ST

pieced bagging and ties. manufac-
tured by us. Address. Margolius
Company =. O. Drawer 45S, Nor
folk, Va.
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Stomach Distress

Stopped in one day and cured to stay cured
with brakes Palmetto Wine ANY reader OF
sending letter or postal card to Drake Formula
Company, Chicago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

LAUNDRY FOR SALE-SPLENDID
opening for good live man with
small capital. Address, Laundry
Box 265.
7-20-tf
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SHIPPING TAGS-5,O0 FOR $3.00--
Cash with order, at Il. l. Barnes *
Co, Park Hotel, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

WE HAVE SEVERAL GOOD SEC
ond hand engines and boilers for
sale, ranging from five to seventy
five horsepower. Quick delivery.
T.aleigh Iron Works. 16-tf.
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MULTIPLICATION AS srENoG,

rapher by young lady with exper-
fence. Good references. Address.
IN" Waxhaw. N. G.
?-17-4t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Rev. r. S. Stephenson was here yes
terday after a visit to Virginia Beach
and Norfolk. He left in the afternoon
for Flat Rock church, in Nash coun-
ty, to be with Rev. A. A. Pippin, of
Wakefield, in a meeting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Her friends will regret TO learn of
the very severe illness of Miss Halle
Hefiin, daughter of Capt. Robert L..
Heflin. She viii be taken to Rex Hos
pital this morning for an operation
for appendicitis.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

State Superintendent of Public In
structoh j. Y. Joyner has gone to
Davidson College, where he speaks
today. Thence he will go to Rock
Hill, S. c., where he will deliver an
address at the Summer School.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

BOOKS-ANY BOOK DESIRED
supplied. Correspondence wanted
j. A. Edgerton, Macon. n. c.
7-15-tf.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
FOR ONLY $500 ONE NINE non

electric fan and motor with four
batteries for operating. Cost to run
40 cents per 100 hours Trenton
Drug Co., Trenton, n. c..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
B0ylan, PearCe 3
Company
ire Sale!
Special Offerings to-day, July 20
ONE DAY ONLY


o
most in dress
" 49,.
75c
and
utab Dress
800 ORGANDIES
he founda anywhere -for .19c
o
qualt or
LA
in
Gua
nbrodery and aces
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
JOHN w. HAYS,
Civil Engineer
lM. Am. Soc. c. Ed

ON. Am. Soc. G. Ed
WATER POWERS. WATER WORKS,
SEWERS, Municipal Engineering of
all kinds, Properties examined, Re.
ports made. Plans prepared. Work
directed. No. 3 South Adams ST., Pc.
tersburg, Va.
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SUCH WASH GOODS SELLING
IS SELDOM SEEN.

at 3%, 415c and &C. have been
punched on one table. Take your
choice SIC
Printed Lawns and white goods on
the bargain counter at u C. to So c.,
Percales, Lawns, Broderies land Lace
Stripe Muslins, regular II &c. and
15c. values-for ........... Z &c.
Fancy White Goods, Lattice Lawns.
Value 20 and Csc, to go at =. ice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Mr.. Frank Weathers left yesterday
morning for Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, where an operation will
re performed on him for appendicitis.
He was accompanied by DIR. A. =.
Jones.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Rev. livingston Johnston, of Cary
was in the city yesterday, having JUS
returned from his old home in Scot
land county, where he had been called
by the death of his sister.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
TEACHER WANTED-FoR FIRST

grade in the Tarboro public schools.
For further information write to
r. M. Davis. superintendent. Tar
boro, N. G..
7-S-tf
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Mr.. w. B. Mann went to Merry Oaks
in Chatham county yesterday, called
there by the death of his mother, Mrs
H. III. Holt eighty years of age, who
died Monday night. The funeral takes
place today. The friends of Mr.. Mann
deeply sympathize with him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Out of over. thousand dogs to be
found in Raleigh less than 200 have
been listed for taxation "Oh
Schneider, we're is my dorg?"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
WHITE GOODS MUST GO.

Batistes, Dimities, Corded and Lace
Stripe. Lawns worth up to 25c, 2 u G
Mercerized Lawns, Lace Stripes, with
embroidered dots-Worth up to
35c :. :. zoe.
where :. 15c
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. FLOOR
Tags, 900 for $2.75; 100000 50;
10000, 5000. r. l. Barnes q Co.,
Raleigh
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Mr. W. r. Terry is very i'll at his
room in the Traps building, corner
Fayetteville and Davie streets.
Deputy Sheriff c. NJ. Walters yes
terday took a crazy negro woman,
Annie Cogshall, to the asylum at
Goldsboro.
Superintendent Clements has gone
to Rolesville to look into the matter
of a new school house soon to be
erected there.
Out of over thousand dogs to be
found in Raleigh less than 200 have
been listed for taxation "Oh
Schneider, we're is my dorg?"
Rev.eLfvingston Johnston, of Cary,
was in the city yesterday, having just
returned from his old home in Scot
land county, where he had been called
by the death of his sister.
Mr. Frank Weathers left yesterday
morning for Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, where an operation will
re performed on him for appendicitis.
He was accompanied by DR.. A. =.
Jones.
Her friends will regret TO learn OF
Hef1in, daughter of Capt. Robert l..
Heain. She viii be taken to Rex Hos
pital this Morning for an operation
for appendicitis.
Rev. r. S. Stephenson was here yes
terday after a visit to Virginia Beach
and Norfolk. He left in the afternoon
for Flat Rock church, in Nash coun-
ty to be with Rev. A. A. Pippin, OF
Wakefield, in a meeting.
President James A. Bryan and SUI
perintendent S. l.. Dill, of the Atlantic
4 North Carolina Railroad, who have
been here on matters connected with
the encampment of the State military
at Morehead City, left yesterday.
State Superintendent of Public In
structoh j. Y. Joyner has gone to
Davidson College, where he speaks
today Thence he will go to Rock
Hill, S. c., where he will deliver an
address at the Summer School.
Mr.. w. B. Mann went to Merry Oaks
in Chatham county yesterday, called
there by the death of his mother, Mrs.
H. H. Holt eighty years of age, who
died Monday night The funeral takes
place today. The friends of Mr.. Mann
deeply sympathize with him.
The litter of scattered paper and wa
termelon rinds in Nash Square imme-
diately facing the Union Depot is not a
pretty sight to first greet visitors
10 Raleigh. Why not clean it up and
at the same time regulate the negroes
sprawled about on the grass and occu-
plying many benches back of the car
riage stand?
The remains of the late Mr.. Lee
Perry were taken to Franklinton yes
terday morning, where the interment
took place in the afternoon. A num-
Der of friends accompanied the re-
mains. The funeral services were con-
duced by Rev. /. NICK. Pittenger and
Rev. r. j. Bateman. Many friends
Wara nraSnnt
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NONE YTO LOAN ON APPROVED
securities. Raleigh Savings Bank.
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ALI SUMMER GARMENTS
MUST GO.

There are just 25 suits in all.
The $3.50, $500, $4,000 and
$4,000 handsome tailor made suits
$16.25, $3.50, $4,000, and $4,000.
$500, $3.50, $4,000 and $25.OO.-
Examine, Wolfe and Fancy Mixtures
for 500, $S.75, $1,000 and $3.50.
and Lawn, for Ladies and Misses
The prices were Sis, $3.50, $500,
5000 & $6.75, are now $500, $50,
$500, $1.G0 & $3.50.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20

Superintendent Clements has gon
to Rolesville to look into the matte
of a new school house soon to b.
erected there.
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crs, 35c., for 19c.
White Mesh Shirts and Drawers to
match, regular Soc, this sale for 22c.
Ladies' Jersey Rib Vests. ..71ac.
15c. Swiss Rib Vests ...,... &c.
soc. Swiss Rib Vests, Silk Crocheted
Edges, Silk Tapes .............37 SIC.
Silk Vests in all colors, worth SOC,
75c., and $1.O0, for 81, SO and 75c.
Ladies' black Hose, lace stripe, drop
stitch and plain Lisle, Csc. kinds
Tor ............... 10 2-5c.
All Summer Hose of every kind, %
per cent off regular prices.
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S
SUMMER SHOES TO GO.
Mems Box Calf, Wei and Patent Co.
roma Oxfords, all $3.50 low-cut shoes.
p-'OU
5000 Iow-cut Shoes. $3.50
All Ladies' Kid and Patent Vici OK
fords and Strap Ties, $500 quality for
...............S 22o
$500 quality for $3.50
$3.50 quality for .$115
Childrens Oxfords, $1.5C quality for
$1.00 quality for ..............75 c.
Barefoot Sandals, 40c, soc. and 75c.
Kangaroo Outing Balls, were $3.50,
$1.75 and $500, now $1.2O, $50, $3.50
Tennis Shoes for men and boys,
were soc, 60c. $1.00, now doe, soc.
One job lot misses and children's
Shoes, worth up to SIPS, choice soc.
MEMS FURNISHINGS PUNCHED
INTO BARGAIN LOTS.
Mems black and colored Half Hose,
15c. kinds Sc.
Summer Undershirts, Csc. values for
............... IL C.
csc. II. & P. Suspenders. ...... 14c.
Madras Bingham Shirts. $3.50. zoe.
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SHIRT WAIST CLEANUP.

The soc. Percal and Lawn Waists
arc now CSC. The 75c. Pique and
and Linen Waists that were $50,
S2.0O & $3.50, are now CSC, $1.25 &
S1.5O.
Ladies' Long and Short Kimonas and
House Wrappers:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-20
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

Mr.. w. r. Terry is very i'll at his
room in the Traps building, corner
Fayetteville and Davie streets.
Deputy Sheriff c. M. Walters yes
terday took a crazy negro woman,
Annie Cogshall, to the asylum at
GoldSboro.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
MAGNET USED IN SURGERY
Device Proves a Great Success in Ex-
tracing Two-Inch Nail from
Bronchial Tube.

"a boy swallowed a two-inch nail,
and l drew it out of him with a magnet"
said a young surgeon, in the Louisville
Courier.
"The boy was a Kentuckian, and the
nail at first gave him no inconvenience.
1t was the same as If he had swallowed
a piece of bread. After two days,
though, he began to have a great deal OF
difficulty with his breathing, and he be-
gan to cough. l was sent for, and l put
the X-rays on the lad. Up and down
and in and out l darted them, and in his
right bronchial tube l found the nail.
There it stuck, hard and fast. No won
der he choked and coughed. etherized
him, | opened his throat. and | put to the
orifice of the right bronchial tube a good
electro-magnet. By Jove, it worked in
~stantly. The big nail shot up. and with
a click 1t attached itself to the magnet
firmly. I drew 1t out, and the next day
the lad was we'll. The magnet has been
used in surgery to extract bullets and
needles with, but I lever heard of its
extracting a nail before"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
DESPERATE MILToN's TOME
Leaden Coffin Was Cut Open and Body
Of Poet Exhibited at a Charge
of Threepence a Person.

There are probably many, even
among the subscribers TO Millions
statue, who were surprised to hear that
the body OF the great poet was once
on view at a charge OF threepence a
head within a few yards from the site
chosen for this splendid tribute to his
memory. 1t was in 1890, after a little
carousal, that two overseers and a car
penter entered the Church of st. Giles,
Cripplegate, where Milton lay buried.
and, having discovered the leaden coffin
which contained his body, cut open its
top with a mallet and chisel. when
they disturbed the shroud," Neve says,
when telling the story of the ghoulisa
deed, "the ribs fell. MI. Fountain con-
fessed that he pulled hard at the teeth,
which resisted until some one hit them
with a stone" Fountain secured all
the fine teeth in the upper jaw, and
generously gave one to one Of his ac-
completes. Altogether the seoundrels
stole a rib bone, ten teeth and several
handfuls of hair; and to roy the dis-
bolical business, the female gravedig-
ger afterwards exhibited the body ID
anyone willing to pay threepence for the
spectacle"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
USE QUEENS GREAT SEAL.
New One for Edward VII. Has Not
Yet Been Finished and Old Z
Dies Still Serve.

Although Queen Victoria has been
dead for several years, yet, astonishing
though it may appear, her great seal
still continues to be used for the seal
ing of all official documents. This is in
accordance with precedent and has led
to a good deal of confusion among his
t~orians, since ancient documents are
often found bearing the seal of the SOW
ereigns who have died as many as ten
and fifteen years prior to the date re-
corded therein. The new great seal OF
King Edward will not be ready until
the enc of this year, and, instead of
being made of silver. as has always been
the case stree the days of William the
Conqueror, nearly 900 years ago, it is for
the first time being made of finely tenn
pered steel. 1t consists of a pair of dies
six inches in diameter and t%hree-quar-
tcrs Of an inch thick. When it is re-
CURED fer the completion of any state
documents the dies are closed, melted
wax is poured in and the great seal IS
ready to be attached to the document to
which 1t is to give official value.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
SARATOGA PLEAsEs WOMEN
Famous New York Resort Gives Tenn
porary Freedom to the
Fair Sex.

"The lady at Saratoga gets more out
II her visit than does the gentleman
who takes her there" says Charles E.
rrevathan, in E~verybody's Magazine.
She may do with impunity in Sarato-
"a those things which she may not ap-
oroach even in thought elsewhere, and
It is perhaps because of this temporary
freedom that she loves her Saratoga as
she loves NJ other resort. 1t is the one
environment through which she may
move along If she like, the one acre of
pleasure-making where the escort is not
necessary to her pursuit of laughter.
She may go through the drives alone
in the forenoon, and she may stroll
about the race curse in the afternoon
alone; she may dine alone and wine
alone; she may sit Il the concerts in
the evening or watch the moonlight on
the verandas alone. and there will scarce
be comment upon her actions. She may.
without fear, go alone anywhere and
everywhere in the town that a man can
20. And this is a privilege of which she
1oes not avail herself. She merely gets
a keen sort Of relish in the idea that she
could an she would There is more fun
to be had with somebody along and
the lady of Saratoga is rarely a person
alone.'"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
INHERITED QUEER GESTURE
Youth PuSs Ee.- d, Palm Outward, to
Face When .Stumbling-Tells
origiS of Action.

A young man, ii crossing a Baltimore
street, stumbled, and Immediately put
his hand, palm outward, over his eyes,
Bays the Baltimore Herald.
why did you cover your eyes like
that?" asked his companion.
THE gesture is an inheritance from
my father" the yoang man replied.
MY father, in his boyhood, was caught
in a fire, and as the flames shot up into
his face he put his left hand, palm out
ward, over his eyes, thus saving his
sight. Afterward he would put his hand
in that way over his eyes whenever he
got any sudden shock or fright. | have
done the same thing involuntarily all
my life. Cases like mine are not uncom-
mon. There is a woman in Washington
who never puts her right hand up to
her head. Her mother broke her right
arm In early life and couldn't raise 1t
thereafter above her shoulder. The
daughter can raise her own right arm,
but she never does-she never has. \
biologist had a goat that he kept chained
to a pole. The chain CALLED the goats
left foreleg and she limped on this leg
slightly so as to ease the chains rub
bling. In time she became a mother, and
her offspring limped on its left foreleg
all its life"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
INDIANS NOT SELF-RELlANT
Full-Blood Gays Government Made
Them So by Rendering Too
Much Assistance.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been the
bane of the Indian" said a f~ull-blood.
who is well informed on the affairs of
his race. Instead of being taught to
rely upon himself he has been encour-
aged to be dependent. The government
should have pushed him off to his own
resources long ago as s COW does her calf
when it is old enough to rustic for it.
self. The government should have CIV
en- the Indian 100 acres, together with a
mule and a pillow, in the beginning ard
enioined him to root, hog, or die The
policy of the government toward the
Indian has been too paternal and over
indulgent. The Indian has been given
no opportunity to show what kind of
stuff he is made of, no opportunity to
make mistakes and repent them, no
chance to achieve and enjoy rewards.
Turn him loose; let him go and work
his own salvation. Sentiment and
misguided philanthropy will never save
him."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-09
WANT UNIVERSAL ALPHABET
Boston University Will Call Worlds
Conference in Endeavor to Estab-
lish Uniformity in Languages.

Boston university is about to call a
worlds conference of philologists and
language professors in Boston for the
purpose of adopting a universal alpha
bet by which to indicate the pronuncia-
ton of words in the leading European
languages, and to- institute some re-
forms in the methods of spelling. A cir
cular has been issued inviting opin-
ions on the proposal for an international
conference, and the initial steps have
already been taken. The rs letters of
the Roman alphabet are known all
over the world and probably go per cent.
Of the worlds printing is done with these
letters. Thus the universal alphabet"
already exists. 1t only remains to re-
move a few differences. For the most
part the rs letters represent the same
sounds in all languages. By slight mod
ifications it is thought that the number
Of letters can be increased from &c till
1t suffices to represent all the SOUNDS of
all the leading languages. A second
circular will be sent to all university
professors as soon as the faculties reas-
semble.