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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

Though directly sprung from the
union of The Raleigh News and The
Observer, The News and Observer is
the real successor to the Raleigh Sen
tinel as well, for the Sentinel was
purchased by Hale e. Saunders when
they We're publishing the Observer 1t
was purchased from Mr.. w. P. Batche-
Tor, whose letter is a valuable contri-
button to the history of the closing days
of the life ofthe Sentinel This would
make this paper near}- forty years
old That is not a long time in the
history of a corporation or an institu-
ton, but when the number of men
who have edited the papers in those
years is taken into consideration
it reads almost like the forty
years of wandering in the wilderness.
At every iuncture some strong Moses
has been in the lead, and an eXamina-
ton of the files discloses that the men
have in most instances been men of
uncommon talent. Untoward condi-
tons, involving more work than one
man could do, shortened the days OF
some of them. II have but one piece
of advice to give YOU" said the late
DR.. Blacknau to the present editor
of The News and Observer when he
first came to Raleigh, "do not think
you are made of iron. Most of the
editors of daily papers here have
thought they could work all day ana
all NIGHT They tried if for. a time
but invariably broke down. / knew a
dozen-for L knew them alI-who
failed just here. The man who does
not sleep enough will always break
down when the time comes that he
has the most need for strength" 1t il
the oars to stop pulling hard when
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
CAPT. RANDOLPH A. sHOTwELL
The Farmer and Mechanics Exerted
Big Influence i'm North Carolina.

The Farmer and Mechanics Exerted
Big influence i'm North Carolina.
No history of The News and Obser-
yer would be complete that did not in
clude Capt. Randolph A. Shotwell
among the ablest men in Raleigh jour-
nalism. He was never connected with
the News and Observer, but he was
the editor of the Farmer and Me-
chanic, which is still published by the
News and Observer Publishing Com
pany. and in that paper he exerted a
powerful influence for good in North
Carolina for a quarter of a century.
Later he consolidated the Farmer
and Mechanic with the State Chronicle
which he was editing at the time of his
death. He was succeeded as editor of
that paper by Mr.. Josephus Daniels,
and in 1894 the News and Observer
Publishing Company purchased the
State Chronicle from Col. Thomas M.
Holt. who then owned it, and it was
consolidated with the News and Obser-
yer by the present management.
Capt. Shotwell was a man who lived
in his work. literally wearing out his
life in editorial harness. He was the
soul of honor, prince in courage, a
Jackson in battle. He was gentle,
courteous, kindly with his friends,
Upon his death friends contributed the
necessary money to erect a monument
over his grave in lakewood cemetery.
So far as known, he is the only editor
North Carolina has known whose
grave has been marked with a monu-
ment erected by popular subscription.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

trouble to see. The Fusionists had
brought the State back to a condition
approximating that of the Recon
struction period. White women were
cursed on the street cars by negro
wenches; young negro bucks, with
cigarettes in their mouths, slapped a
young white girl in the race on the
streets of one of the States leading
towns hecause she walked around
them: the law being lax and crime
was frecuent and unpublished. And
then, while the mutterings of the COM
inc storm were as vet inaudible-
drowned in the cries of peace, peace, +"
that came from the conservatives s.
Tie News and Observe: lifted UP its
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
A STORY OF HOOLA BOOM.

We had hoped to print today an ar
ticle from the pen of Mr.. William e.
Christian, former brilliant member
of The News and Observer staff. In
lieu of that, We print Mr.. Christian s
inimitable story Of "Hola Booms jag,
illustrated true to life by Jennett. 1t
recalls days when Christian and Jen-
nett made Raleigh happy and gave a
unique color to the News and Observer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
HEAD LINE ARTIST.

The readers of the News and OBJ
server often compliment the unique
and catchy headlines in this paper
and ask who is the alliterative artist.
1t had been our purpose to give
picture in this issue of Mr.. Walter F.
Jackson, the head line artist, but by
some miscarriage his cut has not
reached us in time. but will appear in
a future edition.
The head line artist and telegraph
artist editor occupies an important
place in modern journalism and The
News and Observers artist follow no
beaten paths.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
HAS NO BACK DOOR
The News and Observer
Jumped when Mo-
body Pulled the
String.

I became a member of the staff of
The News and Observer in the sum-
mer of 1898. just in time, to get in at
the beginning of the campaign that
marked the death grapple between De-
mOcracy and mongrelism!
IT was verify the privilege of a life
time-a liberal education in neWSpa-
pering in politics, and in human ma
ture, for him who should take the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

Our Lumberton correspondent re-
ports the seventy-first birthday of Mr..
J. l.. Pitman. of Wishart Township,
Robson county, who is the father Of
twenty-five children, nineteen of
whom are living. the grandfather OF
seventy-nine and the great-grand-
father of nine. Mr.. Pitman will not
vote for Roosevelt. though he practi-
cally proves that he is an uncomprom-
ising foe of trace suicide"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
Printers on the Two Papers.

The only printers now living in
Raleigh WHO were on the old Raleigh
News are: Walter O. Scott, now
Crabtree, who is working with f. M.
U2zell and Samuel Bogasse, now
foreman ofthe News and Observer,
who went to the News as the devil.
Mr.. John Collins. who was foreman
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
MORNING TONIC.

Games Russell LOwell.)
I honor the man who is willing to sink
Half his present repute for the free
dom to think.
And when he has thought, be his cause
strong or weak,
Will sink the other half for the free
dom to speak.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

he knows, if he stops. the boat will
drift with the tide and carry him
out into the wide sea Of failure. 1t is
chiefly because Raleigh Journalists
have been ambitious to print a better
paper than the size of the business
justified that Raleigh has been called
a Journalistic graveyard"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
The News and Observer celebra,

The News and Observer celebrates
this Tenth anniversary under it's pres
ent management with gladness and
cheerfuIness because it reaches this
goal with a clean balance sheet, having
paid the last dollar of an indebtedness
large as it's capital. In the report OF
the president to the stockholders pub
lished elsewhere today will be found
the story of the papers trials and sue
cesses, and it's hopes for the future.
In celebrating the tenth anniversary
SO auspiciously the management feels
that it has reached All Forum and
81 h ll5 Cod and II 10 >,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

buck-shot, distance, five paces!"-and
Christian ducked his head and attack
ed a pad of paper while the second
stood by in vain expostulation at the
barbarity of the terms proposed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

In this work there has be y more
influential factor than t. I'm
doubtedly the newspap> tht
most powerful force of ill
cation. Like the phiIoso, q!
all knowledge for its prov.
sure, it has it's defects bl
many virtues we can forgh
vices. AS it brings to it's task
energy, unbounded resource, l.
intelligence and 81 st inventive
prise, the newspa 90 must gre
power and influence 18th the Geve
ment of our civiliza ion.
FRED &. MER RITT.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. II, 1904.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29
pAoTco7AeHlNo The MOON.
Special Plates mud Apparatus Usod Ia
secure Negatives.

Special Plates mud Apparatus Used to
Secure Negatives.
with the application OF photography
to astronomy much attention has nat.
urally been given 10 lunar photogra.
ply. In 1910 less than one year after
pagucgres discovery. Dr. John w.
Draper obtained the first Photograph
OF the moon. but with small and im.
perfect apparatus. The exposure time
required was twenty minutes. In 1862.
'GS very great advance was made by
his son, DR.. Henry Draper who used
powerful rejecting telescope OF his
own construction. The Image OF the
moon ON his photographs was slightly
less than one and onc-half inches IN
diameter.
Ten years later Or. Lewis NJ. Ruth
erford, OF New York, secured many ex-
qulsitoly sharp lunar photographs,
using a very different form OF instru.
ment. thlrteeninch rcfractlng tele-
scope with n Photographic corrector"
AN additional lens, by means OF
which his visual telescope could be
converted Into n Photographic one.
by the use OF method perfected by
the writer In 1900. the Yorkes rcfrac-
tor IS made available FOR direct photo.
graphy OF the moon, planets, star clus-
ters and so on. The method Is ex-
tremely simple and economical and is
applicable TO all visual telescopes. In.
stead OF the ordinary blue sensitive
Photographic plates, isochromatic
plates are used. which are very sersl-
tive 20 yellow light Mounted In the
plate holder close In front OF the sensl-
tive plate Is a large. brilliantly trans
parent yellow coior screen or ray filter.
This excludes the out-offocus blue
light which would otherwise destroy
the sharpness OF the photograph. and
allows only the sharp yellow or visual
image 10 reach the sensitive plate.
with this arrangement the great tele-
scope photographs the moon with an
exposure OF less than one second. on
account OF the size and length OF the
telescope and the effectiveness OF the
color screen method, the resulting neg.
atlyes show smaller details OF the
moons surface than have been photo.
graphcd before.-Harper's Magazine.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29
Bath Novelties.

Glass for bath and toilet odds and
ends is wrought into toWal racks, comb
and brush racks, soap trays, tooth
brush holders, sponge racks. and en-.
tire bathroom sets.
Maplewood made into a bathtub f.
originally patented and can be turned
upside down and become a chair when
Its lavatory duties are done.
A bath trunk Is quite as unique and
Ia loved by the tourist who goes TO out.
of-the-way byways ana highways Of
the earth. II IS made Of composition
stun that suggests leather. ana has n
close-htting cover TO shut down. over.
tapping like a trunk lid, and all OF II
looking emlnently respectable when
faulty strapped and duly labeled.
One medium.slzed can be metamor.
phosed into a tabouret when occasion
demands.
Aluminium is one OF the new bath
materials; paper mache is another. ia
PANIED ware and divers sorts OF zinc
and tin lined with porcelain and glass
have their admirers.
There are self.adjustlng rubber
baths which jump into shape at the
turning OF n screw. and have stands
so that they may be lowered and raised
at Will.
English bath modes lead. Canadian
follow. and Bombay and other tropical
Ideas are well known TO the occlden-
tal maker and buyer Of fine baths
Chicago Tribune.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29

afr. Morohouse the next morning at
breakfast II think brother had bet.
Ter let the developer alone until he
gets older. But ] think Sissy Is old
enough to hold on"
"Thcu she will have TO do as I tell
her; not us you ten her 40, Sissy.
girls don't skin cats, 10 isn't proper"
The ropes were raised one set Of
rings
That morning mamma was busy
below stairs when she heard q sound
which was at first Interpreted as the
sliding OF snow from the roof. she
paused with heart Boo her mouth, how.
ever. and presently q we'll known cry
came to her ears from the gymnasium
Running upstairs. She saw Sissy rails.
ing her head from the Dashboard and
slowly getting 90 her fcct As Mrs
Morohouse described her daughters
appearance 60 her father af.erNarl.
her face WIS pale and spotted and hy
the time her mother got the camphor
bottle. there was a bump ON the back
OF her head MS bis as a tencup.
"Sissy's grip proves To- be 700 weak
Tor the developer. too" said Mr.. More.
house.
"Ncs. for such development MS you
teach" said his wife.
81 loft them both to your tuition
after the first day"
"Ncs. but pana's example Is stronger
than my prgcrpt"
"What was she trying 10 doy"
crying 20 Kick de medicine hotties
on do top OF dc secretary" cried little
brother
Mrs. Morchouse hung the developer
handles on the hooks In the ceiling aud
slghci.-Wavcrley Magazine.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29
rAs ACE foa MARRIAGE.
Highest In sweden, Lowest IN Enriand--
steadily Rising Here.

Highest In sweden, Lowest In Enriand-
steadily Rising Here.
The average marriage for men does
not differ materially Zoo those countries
which Keep accurate marriage rccorda
70 Is highest thiriy.ouc years. In
Sweden, and lowest In the United
States, tweuty-siX and nehaif Among
women 10 Us also highest ia Sweden,
twculy.cIeht years aud lowest In Rus
sin, twenty two.
Some countries nx a minimum mar.
ringe uge, below which q marriage can.
not hc lawfully performed In most
paris Of Germany 10 Is fixed at TWEEN
y-ouc Tor the bridegroom ana clgh.
teen Tor the bride. Nv England Il is
sixteen aud fifteen. respectively. In
France 70 Is eighteen aud fifteen re-
spectINcIy IN the United stateA
where liked. IL Is usual twenty one
for tho men. the exceptions being Call.
fornIa, Tennessee. Utah and Idaho,
and for women. usually eighteen. ex.
ccpt In Maryland California and Ten
ncsscc. The different State statutes
however, make Il possible for two resi-.
dents OF state to Boz married In an.
other state, the laws OF which are
more lax
la European countries generally the
marriage laws are mndo exclusively
for The benefit of actual residents and
choice OF foreign country for such
purnose Is. therefore. 80 unusual ~
TO NnnOmu nm pvenpflon
There Is only one record In history
OF a law which fixed maximum age
for marriage and under which the mar.
riage OF men over sixty and women
over fifty was prohibited II did not
last long.
The European country In which there
Is the largest number OF marriages OF
men under the age OF twenty.one is
Russia, and the largest proportlonato
number OF brides under the age OF
tweniy-one Is Russia also. Generally
speaking. the marrlagoable age IA low.
est IN rural districts and In countries
chiefly devoted TO agriculture, and
highest In those countries which have
the largest number OF big cities.
In respect TO marriages made late IN
life France. among European coun.
tries, stands first Ms 10 men and Bel
glum FIRST rs 10 women. Denmark.
the country which has the lowest
minimum marriage age, has very few
marriages OF very young persons In
the United States the average mar
riage age Is steadily rising.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A wise man forgets old grudrea
One lash TO a good horse; one word TO
a wise man.
Riches come better after poverty
than poverty after riches.
Dig n well before you are thirsty
Cbe prepared for conungeneiesl.
Borrowed money makes time short,
working for others makes It long.
The gem cannot he polished without
friction. nor the man perfected without
trials.
Murmur at nothing; n our Ills are re-
parable. Il Is ungrateful; II rcmedlless.
II Is vain.
lie who wishes to rise In the world
should veil his ambition with the forms
OF humility.
Large fowls will not eat small grain
great mandnrins are not content with
little brlbes.
There Is only one rule to observe n
You want 10 live long. aud that Is 10
lot the other fellow do the worrying
Tie best thing IA to be respected ana
the next Is to be loyedi It is bad to be
ha.ed. but worse SIN to be despised.
Practical wisdom consists In saying
he Obvious thing ut tao right time.
rruo courage consists In doing The OBJ
,ious thing In an emergency.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29

81 make a s,u0y OF the names OF
newspapers" faii an cgcenTlc man.
Rare names hail with Joy. Common
ones / dcslisa. The commonest name
OK an Is. PROBABLY. Tnles. what town
lcsu't It T.mcsy otter common
names are CLrollcle. Express, Fri
Jane. Posi-. etar. san. Republican.
Democrat. News. Press, Herald, Adj
Neraser. Telesraph and 80 on. An
old name Is Tie Epi;aph OF Tomb
Stone, Ara. Oder Odd names are tho
puussu;awney spirit. The l,akasek OF
pittslurs. The Jean Eapilste OF Paw.
lucket. the Grcenville Cotton Plant.
Tie D,Sla Miller OF Nashville, the Aus
tin Firm Foundation. The Opera
Glass OF Galveston, the Norfolk Cor
nucop.a. Tie Packages OF Milwaukee.
and The Gr.t OF Willlamsport Thesa
are papers with names OF imposing
vir,ue-wi,h such names as Reveille,
Monitor. Guardian and Waterman.
The town OF II Dorado. In Texas, has
a papc: that calls Itself The Paper
Philadelphia Record.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29

AZ a London restaurant the other
DAY a middle aged woman entered the
place and, taking a seat at one Of the
tables, carefully scrutlnlzed the bill
OF fare. She concluded to try some fee
cream pudding. After It had been
served she looked II over carefully. and
calling the waitress back said:
DO you call this ice cream pud-
dlncgr
4essum, and It's very nice, too"
But where is the ice creamP
oh, that's only the name given
mat peculiar make OF pudding. We are
making a speciality OF It, I'm sure
youll like II when you taste t."
II seems TO me that you ought TO
give Ice cream with It as long as you
sly Il is ice cream pudding"
We don't give cottages with cot
mge pudding quickly replied the
witty waitress. This rotort convinced
,ne middle aged woman, and she or.
uered second plate.-London Tele'
graph.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29

81 don't have 10 have my life I'm
sured." said the business man 10 the
agent, but l do want 20 know how
life insurance originated. Can you
~ meY III can" the agent an.
swered. at originated IN 1T00 in
London. In that year there was
FORMED the FIRST life insurance COM
pany. II was called the Amlcable So
clety for n Perpetual Assurance Of
fee. 1t was mutual benefit concern.
Zach member. without reference to
age. paid fixed admission fee and n
hxed annual charge per share on one
10 three shares. and at the end OF n
year a portion OF the fund accumulat-
ed was divided among the heirs OF
those who had died, in accordance
with the number Of shares each dead
person had held. Out OF this company.
with its crude and imperfect methods.
life Insurance as It exists today has
grown. Did you, by the way, know
that emperors and kings can rarely
get their lives insured, so great is the
peril OF assassination that they stand
nT-phllndelphia Record.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29
The LIfs of mo.anIlos..

William Lyman Underwood. writing
IN the Popular Science Monthly with
regard 90 ne length OF life OF the mos.
quito, says that It Is not known just
how long mosquitoes can live. but their
average ne Is much longer than is or
dinagiiy supposed, Thousands OF them
1--we through the winter, alternating In
dark places In barns or house cellars
In sparse.y settled localities, where
they Cannot find such places FOR shell.
ter. they live through the winter In
no.low trees. IN caves ANA holes under
upturned trees. Even though the tenn.
peraiure may fail below freezing they
are not winter killed, but on the APP
proach OF warm weather become ac-
tive again. Mosquitoes are frequently
seen flying about IN the woods before
the snow mas wholly lett the ground.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29
childish Ideas of Beaut, ,

The idea of beauty in children IS
strangely varied. A teacher at GER
tain school gave thirty children 1--WE
minutes TO think out the most beau.
tlful thing they ever saw. Five chose
the moon and stars, two the sun and
one the setting sun. One OF the I'VE
who chose the moon stipulated that he
meant only the full moon. Two chill
dren chose flowers. two scenery and
two birds. Not one chose a human
face! The snow, the rain, a butter
fly, a tigers skin, salt, silver and
gold. brooch and pink silk all had
one vote each.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29


The advantages 10 Dee derived from
good stone roads arc so manifold that
an other material should Doe discarded
where tough road stone Is available
for their construction ana malntc.
nance. But 70 is g.outcr economy to
usr earth or gravel cham to go 20 the
Expense OF wJcaium.zug roads with
too soft. too brittle co., rotten material.
Many us' this because % is more easily
prepared \ road should never be sur.
faced with anything short Of trap rock
or sorprutinr. Inferior material may
often bc used with imp"uity for the
FIRST layer ur foundation. hut oven this
should be acicctcd with great care.
The ellis resulting from improper
constr elton OF stone roads are even
greater than those from the use Of
Improper material John I. Macadnm
never intended that q Heterogeneous
condemnation uf STONE and mud
should o. ca''ri maradam road.
Neither did be- intend thnt tho name
should be applied TO roads constructed
OF largo aud small stones mixed 10.
rothcr and spread upon tho surface
The surface OF q road iuIlt IN this
manner ls constantly slurhcl 10y the
.Jrgcr stones. which work 10 the sur.
face ard which are snockcd hlthcr mud
thithor by the wheel of vehicles ana
tho feet of animals. Such methods OF
construction can not be too severely
condemned.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29

Perhaps the only way in which auto
mobilists will get good roads az
speedways for themselves alone may
be by n revival OF tho old toll road
system which prevailed In New Eng
lsnd In former generations. II Is nov
found in Indiana and few western
States, and quito frequently In the
South. Such roads are constructed BY
private interests. which demand vary.
Ing dividends In the manner OF any IN.
vcstment II the au;omobllisis aye
willing TO pay toll toward an Gu.o'
mobile road this VIII be their privilege.
ANY road that the government ma,
build will be for common use nnd
would probably be monopollzcd ly
,le farmers, who SIN look askance a.
the automobillst.-Bo Boston Advertiser.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-29

New York City now contains more
people than there were In the Amerl.
tic plquancy. They arc busy little
can colonies when they achieved their
independence. It has a million more
inhabitants than tho Kingdom Of
Greece, over million more than The
Kingdom OF servla. is nearly equal IN
population 10 the Kingdom OF Porm.
gal. and also lacks not much Of equal.
ing the Kingdom OF Holland. 1t has
larger population than any OF thi
Central American Republics and NOR
than any South American nation, Bra
I'll and the Argentine Republic except
ed. It has about twice the population
OF Denmark and more than twice tina
OF Norway.