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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26
LADIES HANDKERCHIEFS.

By sheer good luck we came in posses
sion of these. 1t was the end of the line
and we took them all
Our hundred dozen of Ladies Fine En-
broidered Handkerchiefs bought with a
view to this sale-25c. values. 15c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

BEST FOR DIGESTION AMI
Health-Bretsch' Washington Bread.
times e. o. d.
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WANTED-A POSITION AS FORE.
man of Sash, Blind and Planning Mill
by a man of twelve years experience.
Address Foreman, care News aud Oh
server.
Pile. o. n, 1St
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EEDS WANTED-BIDS FOR REPAIRING
and building new annex to St. Paul's
church, Goldsboro. The committee re-
serves right to accept or reject any and
all bids. Plans and specifications will
be furnished on application to Geo. S
Prlchard, Goldsoboro, N. C.
2-20-65
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

FOR SALE-A FINE PONY AND NICE
Rubber Tire runabout for sale. Apply at
Woodails Stables.
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WANTED.-POSITION. AS TRAVEL
cling Salesman any good line except
Dry Goods, as l have no experience in
that line; will furnish best references.
Address Salesman, Box 60, Washing
ton, n. c.
2-24-1wk.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Portrudine
Piles. Your druggist viii refund mon
ey if PAZO OINTMENT fails TO cure
you. ID s TO IA days b0c
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WANTED-GOOD COMPOSITOR. AID
dress Free Press, Kinston, N. c.
24-2t.
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E We Give GREEN TRADING STAMPS "a
It'SNcW Goods Now


wearab All
directed toward Of reshs
BUYERS viii learn with pleasure the
brightness spring making coming
season You'll find the much to liking
tho fres1a
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auce lew. OIL ,he fresh "iii'''
THE NEW DRESS GOODS.
Always first and most important IS the
Mood wa odd 4bo+ wo have picked from
,bo hos+
p,,,o Wool Cbo,;o+s in early spring
,,.o;oh+s h1oo1. as Full line Of fashion,
~ IL E0c
pl'e' - p,''''i ''-ie - 1xo
c.u,.t ~ VII. 60 non,,lar inst
now. in black and the new spring
shades ...........,......... $lOO
ooMh NEW SILho'
Went 20 o,,ota Won few Silk snecia)s.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Mr.. T. a. Parker left yesterday for
New York to purchase spring stock for
the A. B. Stronach Dry Goods Company.
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TEN CENTS PER Line
(Six WORDS to the Line)

BUY DRUG BUSINESS
in some good town in North Carolina.
Address NJ. H. McKimmon, McColl,
S. c.
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WANTED-PoSITIO BY YOUNG
man of three years experience in drug
store; good soda dispenser. Address
Druggist. Box II, Burlington. n. c.
2-2G-2t.. Fri, Sun.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Col. Thomas S. Kenan returned to the
city lat night from Kenansville. and
says that his sister, Miss Annie Kenan,
who is i'll there. is better.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

WANTED-AT OMEGA DRUG CLERK
in our wholesale department, w. H.
King Drug Co.
2-26-3t.,
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PLANS WANTED FOR THE NEW
Greensboro Female College. Architects
are requested to submit sketches on
March 10th, at D. IN. Committee re-
serves the right to reject any or all
plans. Charles H. Ireland, Secretary
Building Committee.
2-26-3t.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Regular 12 Ice. for. ............ Zoe.
Wide PiQue, made for the Cut UP Trade
-20c. value Observation-Disclosures. 15c.
New Poplins, white in fancy designs. csc.
New Champagne Colored Waistings. 3 SC.
EMBROIDERED STOCK COLLARS
FOR WOMEN.
Very popular is the Stock Collar. and
It's truly wonderful how these dainty trihes
can be sold at such low prices.
Lace Collars in the very latest designs
IO, 20, SO and. ....................75c Sc.
Embroidered Collars, turn over and
with Tabs....h5, 10, 25 and SOC.
Mexican Drawn Work ana Cross Stitch
Colars ...............!..... 20 and SUc
Imported Russian Collars from 81 .0G
up 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SS.UO
New spaugh Collars and Neckwear
Novelties.
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Rev. ]. o. Guthrie left yesterday for
Selma where he will fill his regular APP
pointment at the Methodist Church.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Coughs and colds, down to the very
borderland of consumption, yield 70 the
soothing. healing influences of DR.. wood 5
Norway Pine Syrup.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

THE friends of Captain Duekett will re-
gret to hear that he is confined to his
home by sickness.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Is it a burn? Use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil. cut? Use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil. AT your druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Dyspepsia-bane of human existence.
BErdock Blood Bitters cures it. promptly,
permanently. Regulate and tones the
stomach.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Only one remedy 10 the world that vii
at once stop itchiness of the skin il any
part of the body; Doans Ointment. at
any drug store. so cent?
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
THE END OF ARMIES.

We may be on the verge Of the mil
iennium, for NJ. Emile Guarin has
come to the conclusion that it will
soon be possible to destroy armies by
lightning. He has experimental with
the Ruhmkorf coil and found that
shocks can be transmitted through the
air with moderate currents.
This great experimenter concludes
that the energy OF 1000 horse power.
at 100000 volts cou:a be concentrated
by antennae to destroy life at dis
tance of II miles. The present diff
Guilty which he believes will soon be
overcome is that Of controlling and di-
recting the electric waves.
When 1t gets SO that science will
exterminate an army by electric waves
we shall soon see the end.-Boston
Globe
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
Midget Furniture.

For the nursery there is midget fur
niture, Of kind that delights the
hearts Of the children, not doll furni-
ture, but furniture of just the right
sort for the use of children; comfort
able easy chairs about one-third the
size Of those in mothers room, cov-
eled with pretty cretonne; small
sofa and little box couch, covered
to hatch. says the Ohio State Journal.
Tho little toilet table is draped with
the cretonne, and there are hangings
Of 1t at the door. A small white writ.
Ing desk and table, with white chair
of corresponding size, have place in
one corner of the room and on the
desk are slate and pencil and an al
phabet game. The cretonne box
couch makes an excellent receptacle
for toys when they are not in use.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
COURAGE IN WAR.

In the great naval battles that have
occurred in the east, as in the great
land battles, no doubt the Russians
died game. So did the japanese, so
do the common soldiers and sailors OF
many semi-civilized and many bar
baran peoples. No people in the
world meet death with more noncha-
lance, or 2more grim stoicsm than
the Turks or our North American III
dians. To die recklessly in battle Is
a common trait, and argues no special
nobility of character. Least of al
does it give any indication of the
righteousness of cause, or posses
sion of the traits that make for tIe
glory of nation in peace. To have
4 bulldogs fearless pugnacity does
not demonstrate the possession Of
Christian, or even of moral virtues.
Bad men have it in common with the
best men.-Boston Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
AM7H THE NOQI DIS
@BEST WRITERS\
4<k23
THE ADULTERATEO FOOD PAIL

In the stomach lies the weakness
5r strength Of nation. 1t is the
power house in which energy is gen
Grated for the whole system, and its
value as such is too lightly regarded
by the average dweller in great city.
Poor abused. overtaxed and neglected
stomach. very often the victim OF un-
hysienic cooking at home and the in
digestible blight OF the average res
taurant outside! Added to this. the
domestic and foreign aduteration OF
foods has reached such alarming pro
portions that the government has
stepped in to do what it can toward
safeguarding the national stomach.
1t will be cheering news to every
devoted housewife and every patient
husband to learn that the department
OF agriculture will establish in this
and other cities stations for eXamin-
ing imported foods and detecting adnl-
terations. Already it has been discnv-
cred that the generously distendcd
and succulent imported frankfurter is
made of horsefiesh OF a decidedly sus-
picious quality. Other impositions
equally bad have been brought to
light. Choice pate de foie gras. for
instance, proves to be only poor voal
SO doctored as to deceive the un-
sophisticated palate.
And yet this nation does not make
staple food of sausages or pate de fCie
gras; but the danger and the fraud
of the thing are no less diminished.
Nor does all the danger threaten from
abroad. 1t has been discovered that
home manufacturers are not blame
less, and that even in little things like
pepper, salt, coffee, sugar and spices
adulterations are carried on to an
amazing extent. Even the field OF the
Industrious bee is invaded. and tons
of spurious honey are turned ont each
year.-New York Evening Telegram.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
FOREST GROWING IN PRAIRIE
STATES.

The American Government Bureau
of Forestry has selected two widely
separated sections Of the treeless
area of the West for a study In arti-
fetal forestry during the present sea
son. A field force is at work study
ing the soils and the kind OF timber
best adapted to the States OF Illinois
and the two Dakotas, the former be-
ing low, level prairie for the most
part, and the latter, high tableland
but both without trees, except along
the streams. There has been consid-
cradle private tree planting in both
states chiefly, however. on small
scale, and for purposes of shade and
shelter for farm buildings.
The Forestry bureau Is making a
study of the subject, with view to
the encouragement of tree planting on
C. more extensive scale Two purposes
are to be furthered by this: One, the
growth Of timber suitable for fuel,
fencing and building purposes. and
the other, the gradual growth of tim
ber shelter belts at intervals suf-
tcient to break the force Of the fierce
winds that sweep across these plains.
Some experiments in this line have
demonstrated two very important
benefits, the one being that the win
ter wheat, protected by these shelter
belts survives, where otherwise 1t
would be blown bare and killed. The
other demonstrated advantage is that
in the drouth seasons the sheltered
land retains moisture much longer
than that which is wind swept. AS
great portions Of the treelcss sections
OF the American West have defc-
lent rainfall at best, the importance
OF retarding evaporation can hardly
be Observation-Disclosures Bul.
letin.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
VERSATILITY NOT RECOGNIZED.

When dub Whistler an immortal
writer. mean precisely that 30 long
as there are people interested in the
subtler ramificatiOns of English prose
as an art, so long will there be a few
constantly recurring readers OF The
Gentle Art, writes Max Beerbohm in
the Metropolitan. Theer are in Eng
land. at this moment, a few people to
whom prose appeals as an art. But
none of them, think. has yet done
justice to Whistler's prose. None has
taken 1t with the seriousness 1t de
serves. ! am not surprised. When .
man can express himself through two
media. people tend to take him lightly
in his use of the medium to which he
devotes the lesser time and energy,
even though he use that medium not
less admirably than the other, and
even though they themselves care
about it more than they care about the
other. Perhaps this very preference
in them creates a prejudice against
the man who does not share it, and
so makes them skeptical of his power.
Anyhow. il Disraeli had been unable
to express himself through the me
dum of political life. Disraeli's novels
would long ago have had the hue
which the expert is just beginning to
give him. Had Rossetti not been pri-
marily poet. the expert in painting
would have acquired long ago his pres
ent penetration into the peculiar value
Of Rossetti's painting. Likewise, II
Whistler had never painted a picture.
than he actually did write. this essay
in a,treciation would have been fore
stalled again and again.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
Silver Plating LIQUID.

A liquid by means of which articles
Of brass, copper, etc, may be plated
with silver without the use of bat
terry is prepared thus: Dissolve one
ounce OF nitrate of silver in crystals
in twelve ounces of soft water, then
add two ounces Of cyanide Of potas.
SUM. Shake the whole together and
let 1t stand till 1t becomes clear.
Have ready some half ounce bottles
and fill them half full of Paris white
or fine whiting, and then fill them up
with the liquid. and it is ready for
use. The metal to which it is ap,
piled must be perfectly free from
grease, otherwise 1t will not hold. If
tho articles are at all greasy they
should be boiled In lye, then washed
in pure water. In any case the coat
ing obtained with this liquid is not
as tenacious to the metal as when de.
posted by means OF a battery. The
liquid is very poisonous and should
be handled with great caution.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
Valuable Scientific Tests.

The public which gathers around
this testing plant to see locomotive
which, while it Is standing still, Is
doing its carefully measured work
Of hauling large or small train at
a low or high speed, as the investi-
gators require, thinks that this is NIL
being done that it may "see the
wheels go round" The engineer and
the railway man see in it new era
of technical study. Over the pant
ing, tugging locomotive twenty-five or
more men are engaged in observing
what is going on inside of 1t, what
work 1t is doing for the fuel con
sumed, what weaknesses it is deve
oping and what good points. When
their computations are completed
they can say with accuracy what the
locomotive can do and at what cost
They are gaining information which
expressed in technical terms, is in
valuable for the locomotive designer
Of the future. 1t means in its ulti.
mate results the obtaining OF the
greatest amount Of work for the least
expenditure, and consequent reduc
ton in the cost of transportation.
This kind Of scientific investigation
is OF the utmost economic value. The
greatest technical societies are assist
ing through advisory committees, and
the results OF the tests will therefore
meet with universal acceptance.
Twelve Of the most important types
Of recent locomotives are to be tested
during the exposition and the results
published to the world.-W. A. Smith
in the World To-Day.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
Short Circular capes In style.

obosS S"SoidT SdPSS III SkJ'Ss
Short circular capes are all the
fashion right now. Those most in
vogue for late August days and early
autumn weather are of coarse lace:
any lace like Cluny. BRUCE or point
Venise is in favor. The capes vary In
length. Sometimes they fall just to
the shoulders. other reach to the bust
line. and still others touch the waist.
In ecru or dyed to match the color
OF the gown they will be the most
fashionable during the early fall. The
smart girl is sure to contrive many
novel ways Of adding to the charm Of
her CAPE. She may fasten it down the
front with big. artistic-looking but
tons. or 1t may have the effect Of be-
ing tied together with many smart
looking little black satin bows. II
she wishes to more decidedly change
its effect she will slip satin messaline
or velvet ribons through the meshes
Of the lace at either side of the front.
At the neck the ribbons are tied in
rosettes, and then again a bit further
down.-September Womans Home
Companion.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
THE PARTRIDGE.

The partridge has long been in
favor as breakfast food. and as
splendid nourishment for the sick
and well, but he Is now coming into
wide favor and renown as the farm
ers friend. He is candidate for the
high perch of national bird. His par
tisanS assure us that he Is stont
ally of the American husbandman.
and a much more active defender Of
American agriculture and prosperity
than the proud, highhying eagle
Ornithologists who, under govern
ment auspices, have been studying
the partridge, say that he is win
ner. Only about one.fourth Of his
food is grain, 10 per cent corn, 3 per
cent wheat. and the balance millet.
barley, sorghum, rye and oats. He
does not steal this. but gathers it
after it has been lost in the field. He
never pulls up spronted grain after
the fashion OF the crow. He does not
rob orchards, though he is fond OF
fruit, eating wild grapes, dewberries.
and wild strawberries. His long suit
is as weed seed and insect eater. He
is a gutton for seeds of the smart
weed, pig weed, sheep sorrel and rag
weed. He has a passion for the pota~
to bug, the ladybird bug, the chinch
bug, the bean beetle. cucumber beetle.
boil weevil, caterpillar, cut worm,
army worm, wire worm, cotton
worm, locust and other crop destroy
ers. In many states the partridge II
now being taken into close commun-
ion by the farmers instead OF being
treated as an outlaw. May he flour
ish and Washington StaE.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
Fancy Covert Coats.

Lest the covert coat approach mo-
notony variety of finishings is in
troduced into its making. Full sleeves
have been introduced, and now some
of the short jackets have full backs
held in at the waist with a short
bands curved around over the shoul.
ders half way to the back. forming
cape effect. Slot seams, braiding.
appliques and rutf1ings are all intro
duced, lending the erstwhile simple
covert jacket a most festive aspect
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
IMPROVEMENT Fer THE HALL.
arrangement That Is Both Useful
and Ornamental.

The hall is certainly more seen
'Lau any other part of the house.
since not only can no room be gained
without going through it. but the oc-
cas.nual visitor who gets no further
has also to be reckoned with.
One difficulty to contend with is
The harmless necessary hat and coat.
lhase are a serious handicap to a
tT.lfy hall. yet we must admit that
v Is part of its duty to barber them
lHrF are generally tucked away in
the darkest corner. and only dimly
d'scerned as a bulsins. unsightly
mass. those in least frequent use hav-
ing u fine opportunity of collecting
dust.
But at very small outlay an arrange.
nent can be made to hide and pro-
ttSt the hats and coats. and afford an
incident pleasing rather than other
wise in the hall. Two shelves about
twelve inches wide are the founda.
ton of the affair; they are connected
with a back and two sides. and the
toy one is fitted in front with Q small
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07

brass rod. On the bottom shelf rests
the headgear of the master OF the
house, amply protected by the shelf
and the little silk curtain hanging
down in front. Below this shelf are
two side pieces. and under 1t strong
lath is fitted. with brass hooks.
whence hang coats. probably both
masculine and feminine. for 1t is a
luxury to have an old wrap handy to
throw on before a turn in the garden.
A curtain of some handsome tapes
try runs on second rod across the
cupboard part and by the time some
bits of old blue willow pattern. or odd
pieces Of brass and copper work have
been stood on the top shelf the erec-
uon must be declared quite an impoS
ing feature in the hall.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
RAILROAD CASUALTIES.

Tho railway casualties In tho
United States for the year ending
June 30, 1903, were SG,393-9,S40 kill
ed and 1858 injured. One passenger
was killed for every ,957 AL carried
and one injured for every 84,421 car
ried. For each passenger killed 3d.
917,645 passenger miles were accom-
plished and for each injured 2,54l ,09S
passenger miles. One employe in
every 3G4 was killed and one in every
twenty-five injured. America could
fight one big battle like that of Lao
Yang each year ard yet suffer no
more deaths and casualties than she
is now suffering from railroad acck
dents-kansas City Journal
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
New Form Of Entertainment,

At luncheon short time ago a
new form of entertainment was pro-
vided by the guests themselves. The
hostess asked each one to come in
some way representing her fad; then
the guests were supplied with pencils
and cards and the one who guessed
the greatest number Of hobbies sug-
gested received prize. One girl,
who wished to show that she was
fond Of music, had fastened to her
dress picture OF a crying kitten with
a bandaged head-mieu-sick.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
NAMING THE HOME.

Home is the resort OF love, OF Joy,
of peace and plenty, where. support
ing and supported, polished friends
and dear relations mingle into bliss,
says the old poet Thompson, and il
the home place or the summer cot.
tage is not named, a christening party
will afford unique entertainment
during the closing days of summer.
for at no other gathering can ones
individuality be more evident or ones
originality be given greater scope.
writes Bernice Glenn In the Pilgrim.
The keynote OF business success %
to make the name of ones work fav-
fruit grower and farmer should have
come distinguishing brand by which
his products are known. So 1t is .
pretty idea to have ones home bear
a distinguishing il not distinguished
Notwithstanding typical or In
dicative OF the locality II 1t be at tho
coast or in the mountains or sugges-
tive OF peculiar environment or local
tradition.
Family characteristics can frequent.
ly be symbOlized by coined or com
pound word very apropos, but where
one is afraid to venture into snch
originality there IS always Indian lore
to draw from or in the southern and
western states the Spanish phrase
ology offers significant az well az
melodious terms.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
To Easten a kickino Cow.

a dairyman describes his method Of
tying the hind legs of a COW to prevent
kicking while being milked as fol
lows:
"The method I shall describe Is eff
fective and humane, and generally
only a few lessons are necessary to
convince the most unruly COW that
she must stand still while being
milked. take a hame strap from a
harness, which is one inch wide and
about two feet long. Standing on the
right side OF the COW, the strap is
taken by the buckle end on the left
and passed around the cows left hind
leg just over the gambrel; the end OF
the strap is brought back between the
cows legs. and is given one or two
turns around itself. 1t is then passed
in front OF the right leg. brought
around and securely buckled tight
enough so 1t cannot be pulled down
over the joint. but not tight enough to
prevent the COW from standing com
fortably as long as she behaves her
self.
THE COW Is not SO badly frighten.
ed with her legs confined In this way
as she is with one tied to the floor,
and it is impossible for her to kick
or lift either foot sufficiently to dis.
turb the mixer. II no harshness Is
used she soon finds that being milk
ed is not such an awful hardship
after all, and gracefully submits"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-07
Excellent Pear Dessert.

Cook one-half cup of rice twenty
minutes in plenty OF boiling salted
water. Drain and put in the double
boiler, with a half cup of rich milk.
Cook until the rice is soft and the
milk absorbed. Sweeten lightly and
season with a few drops of vanilla,
two teaspoonfuls of preserved ginger
juice and few drops of lemon juice.
Turn into a mold to cool. Drain a
quart of stewed pears free from juice,
fill their centers with preserved gin.
ger chopped fine and moistened with
a teaspoonful of orange juice. Turn
the rice into low glass dish. arrange
tho pears about it, and garnish with
ginger and whipped cream.