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

song. Where the compositors stood at
their cases and worked with drunken
men parading through the room which
rang with curses. In this office sat the
one-legged editor, col" Pike, a Union
soldier, tapping the desk with the
cork end of his peg for the inspiration
of SANDER against the women and the
patriots of the South. While some
where down below, surrounded by his
more intimate cronies and lieutenants,
sat the heavy bearded Littlefeld and
discussed the latest gad-t1y sting from
the prnt-shop of Joe Turner up the
street.
1t was here, after a while, when
Pike was gone and Littlefield and the
bonds were gone also, that buoyant
humorist, Smith of Johnston, immor-
talized by Joe Turner as BLOW your
Horn Billy'--rose from his editorial
desk and heaVed a sigh and spoke
truism that has held good to this day
when he declared that the Republican
party was not a reading party, dIs-
charged his force forthwith and bv the
next afternoon had packed, removed
and stored his entire newspaper plant.
And within a month the plant which
had produced the Standard editorials
had been bought by Edwards and
Broughton and was printing the spirit
of the Age, a temperance paper,
edited by such men as Sam. j. Fall and
II. n. Ramsay and Alex. German!
A little more and the political at
moSphere of the house had undergone
as complete a change as had its moral
tone. Hale and Saunders and Ashe
were in charge. From the cesS-poOl Of
malicious Islander and Vituperation,
the building had come to be the want
age ground of decency the point to
which the eyes of a people worn with
war and despoiled by political cor
ruption, turned their eyes for sustain
ing help.
Beavely through the years the good
fight went on, the Observer, the News
and Observer, keeping fast the helm.
until on an evil day the people lost
their heads and went after false
prophets and the valiant Ashe, at
moment when MS pen and his learn
ing were most needed, saw the tide of
political and financial disaster rising
above him with mercilesS rapidity: so
that in the summer of 1894, even
while the crucial campaign that was
to upset the political precedent OF
twenty years was then gathering to
sweep the State with the calamity
OF a senseless upheaVal the paper.
went into a receivers hands.
I 1t was at this juncture that Jose
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

me cordial welcome ana support and
in October 1855, | made my home in
Raleigh, obtaining my license to prac-
tice law on Tuesday, and on Wednes
day becoming editor of the State
Chronicle. Associated with me on the
paper was Mr.. +. b. Arendell, who
owned block of stock We made
about $50 a month the first year and
then Mr.. Arendell sold out to me and
went to merchandising He thought
he could quit the newspaper business,
but the printers ink viii never be
washed off his hands, though he is
now in another calling. In February,
1887, l was elected state Printer, and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

! phus Daniels returned to the State TO
take charge of the desperate venture
of running the organ of party from
which the people, stirred to madness
by the demagogues of the day, were
turning as from the plague. How,
loaded down with debt harrassed and
maligned on all sides by political and
business enemies, marked for de-
struotion" by powerful corporate in
terests. making the mistakes which
are so Inevitable in times full OF the
decentralization of sudden change, this
man continued to fight good fight;
how he stood like a defiant David
before the monster of political de-
bauchery. of corporate greed and
hurled defiance in the teeth of on
rushing power; how he spoke the
truth so plainly and SO often that his
triumphant enemies paused and needed
through the very iteration of his at
tack; and how, finally, in spite OF all
the odds he ''lived" until today he
has a paper that is a power in the
land and that, free of debt or obliga-
ton, is enjoying the glorious privilege
of being independent all these
things are written in the later history
Of this paper and this building.
And until this paper may muve into
the larger and more commodiouS
quarters when it's growth will soon
demand, ALIAS Fayetteville street
will know no more the UanderinSs of
its past.
When Joe Daniels came back from
Washington in 1894, there came With
him a spare built man with long,
rambling legs, a sharply cut face that
wrinkled into myrial lines when he
smiled and a shock of light colored
hair that stood by preference at right
angles from his head. This man wa:
practically unknown to any one in
Raleigh and he did not seem to care
for acquaintance. He spoke in a
sharp, crisp way, and had a discon-
certing habit of looking vaguely
through ones body down the, street
as he talked. -
"That man city editor!' people ex-
claimed after meeting him the first
time. 'Why he won't find out he's
here until after he's gone away!
Pick up the average man who has
lived in the State for ten years and
ask him to name the most brilliant
newspaper man who has worked in
Raleigh and his reply will come
spontaneously:
wv. E."--or, more likely-"Bi
Christian!"N
There was never a stranger, more
erratic, a more brilliant or a more
loyable man. He insinuated himself
into the life of the city before the peo-
pie had knowledge of the fact. Under
his expert hand, the paper took on
snap, vigor and humor. He worked
when he pleased and how he pleased
and sometimes he stopped working
without rhyme or reason to see how
it felt His articles might just as well
nave been signed with red letters an
men high: they We're unmistakable
And his news! He went to the bot
tom of things inscrutable like
plummet. He lit up dark places like
search light. AlWays-or nearly
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

doing hustling work in slow walk
and bubbling with native wit; and
Christian, the enigmatical, whose de-
scription needs to be put in the cpl
gram of a genius
1t is still remembered in newspaper
circles how Fred Merritt, having been
caught flagrante delictu in one of the
secret fusion caucuses, vanished after
the hue and cry as though he had been
swallowed up in smoke, was said by
the members to have leaped from the
Windows-and has never told, yet, to
any one, how it was that he did get
away.
Equally we'll is it recalled how Fred.
Merritt, Billy Christian and Falk
Arendell-just think of it, Falk! of
all men!-climbed a tree, the branch
es of which commanded the windows
of Wake Court House, and reported
secret meeting of Populists with full
and vivid detail!
1t was by reason of this report and
subsequent articles that Christian re-
ceived formal challenge to duel
from prominent citizen now dead
for several years.
Tell him all right" said Christian
to the ambassador of honor. "All
right Just send me word of the
place and I'll be there. You
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

was reelected in 1889. 1901 and 1903.
Not long after my election the state
Chronicle acquired the Raleigh Call,
an afternoon paper owned by MIR. ID.
II. Browder and we published the
Daily Chronicle. The press serVic"
was not full and We lacked the neces-
sary facilities. Besides. the Old News
and Observer was too strongly en-
trenched and two daiies could not
pay from the legitimate receipts OF the
business. The Chronicle obtained q
fair circulation, but lost money
every day, and the profits on the Stat"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

Gen. Carr has owned stock at one time
or another in every newspaper in Raj
eigh up to recent years, or lent them
his name, since he became a public
leader. He never asked any editor he
had helped to write a line upon any
topic or do him any personal service,
or give him support. His help was
always given to advance the interests
of his party, his State or his personal
friend. The other stockholders gave
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
MAY 18th t June 9th)
Cont es Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE IN

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States l an Office, Ashland, Wis.
May 3rd. 1904.
sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Gust P Olson, contest
ant, against homestead entry No 59S7, made
October 24th 1908, for the SW4 SWA, section
24 township A N, Range w, by Rolla Rey
nolds, contestee, in which is alleged that said
Rolla Reynolds never built house upon
said described land nor established residence
thereon: that he has failed to improve the
same according to law, having wholly
abandoned said land for more than six
months last past; that said abandonment
was not due to his employment in the army
navy or marine corps of the United States
in any capacity, said parties are hereby mott
fed to appear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a. M
on June 18th, 1904, before the register and re-
ceiver at the United States Land Office III
Ashland, Wisconsin,
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, filed May 3rd, 1904, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication,
ID. G. SAMPSON.
Receiver.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
For q Hundred Years

For a hundred years or more
Witch Hazel has been recognized as
a superior remedy but it remained
for E. G, Dewitt & Co. of Chicago,
to discover how to combine the vir-
tues of Witch Hazel with other an
tiseptics in the form Of salve. De
Witt s Witch Hazel Salve is the
best salve in the world for sores,
cuts, burns, bruises and piles. The
high standing of this salve has
given rise to counterfeits, and the
public is advised to look for the
name. "DeWitt" on the package.
ard accept no other. Sold by Fox
Bros.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
Animal Oils In Medicine.

The number of animal oils and fats
sed in medicine are extremely nu-
ferrous. Large quantities of oil are
btained in Tasmania from the NUT
On bird and used as a liniment for
heumatism, while the fat Of the
rigate bird is said to be an excellent
pecific for sciatica. Cod liver oil is
90 we'll known to bear more than
lendon, and the oil got from the
ugong, an aquatic monster related
} the whale tribe, has a high repu-
alton as a substitute for that obtained
rom the smaller fry of the cod. From
tx to fourteen gallons Of this medici
al oil car be taken out of single
nimaI.
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Published Every Thursday.
LINCOLN ON CIRCUIT.
Presented IA Quaint Appearance

Presented IA Quaint Appearance
as He Followed the Court.
following the court about on the
cult was no doubt the joy of Lin
MS life. He was so fond of it that
declined a fattering offer to enter
lucrative law partnership in Chicago,
cause, as he cOntended, it would ne
isitate more or less confinement i'll
Office and therefore keep him off
circuit. Seated in a one horse bug
!, behind a sorry looking animal, he
Ould set out from Springfield, to be
ne for weeks at stretch. The law
rs, as he drove into each successive
ace, eagerly anticipating q new stock
stories, gave him a cordial welcome,
Id the landlords hailed his coming
it'll delight, for he was one of the
OSt patient and accomplishing of
tests. If every other fellow" re-
ties one of his colleagues, 'grumbled
{ the Indifferent accommodations and
ant fare which crested us at many
{ the dingy taVernS we struck, Lin
oln said nothing" His forbearance
1 this regard we'll waHants the OBJ
ervation he is said on one occasion to
ave made-tuat he never so complete
7 felt his ''own unworthiness as when
e stood face to face with a real, live
otel clerk
How he appeared on the circuit may
le cleaned from this sketch of him
rawn by Henry G. Whitney, one of
is colleagues in central Illinois: His
at was brown, faded and the nap usu-
lily worn or rubbed off, He wore a
hort cloak and sometimes a shawl
lis coat and vest hung loosely on his
liant frame. His trousers were inya-
lably too short. In one hand he car
led faded green umbrella, with "A
lincoln in large white cotton or mus
IN letters sewed on the inside. The
mob was gone from the handle, and a
iece Of cord was usually tied round
he middle of the umbrella to keep il
rom flying open. In the other hand
e carried carpetbag, in which were
tored the few papers to be used in
curt and underclothing enough to last
III his return to Springfield. Century.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
May rs to June 81
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT
bayfield, COUNTY.
JOHN KRANZFELDER


STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT
bayfield, COUNTY.
In the matter of the estate OF Antonio
Arpine deceased.
On application of j, w. Remington, admin
istrator of the estate of Antoine Arpine,
deceased, for the adjustment and allowance
of his administration account and the assign
ment of the residue of said estate to such
other persons as are by law entitled to the
same
1t is ordered, that said account be examined
and adjusted and allowed at special term
of said court to be held at the court no use
in the city OF Washburn, in said county, on
the first Tuesday OF July, A. D. 1904.
1t is further ordered: That upon the d.
justment and allowance Of such account by
this court, as aforesaid, the residue Of said
estate be by the further order and judgment
Of the court assigned to such persons as are
by law entitled to the same.
1t is further ordered: That notice of the
time and pIaceof the examination and allow
ance of such account and of the assignment
of the residue of said estate be given all per-
sons interested, by publication of such notice
for three successive weeks before said day, in
the Washburn Times, a weekly newspaper
published in the city of Washburn, in said
county.
Dated this 2lst day OF May. A. d. 1904
BY the Court
WILLIAM 81. IRISH.
County Judge.
A. w. MCLEOD,
Attorney for Administrators,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
John Rright,s sneeches.

John Bright had d curious method of
: harding against any failure of mem
Try or language in his public speeches.
When he had to deliver a speech OF
Importance he wrote sort Of essay on
he subject and tore it up. He then
wrote another and treated it in the
same way, and finally third. In this
way he considered that he had not only
Exhausted his own thoughts upon the
natter in hand, but had gained such a
Command over the language in which
could be expressed that he could new
r be at loss for the right word.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
: QUEER ILLUSIONS,
Morbid Minds That Associate Names
and Numbers With Coiors.


and Numbers With Coiors.
Numerals have no colors to you and
} me-" said psychologist. Three,
or instance, doesn't seem to us to be
ink, and eight doesn't seem to us to
.e brown, but there are certain slightly
iiseased minds to which almost every
7ord in the language appears to have
dior.
1.-The odd part of this matter is that
7hen you study the minds that attrib-
tie colors to figures you find them al
1Ost unanimous in attributing to each
CURE a particular hue. Thus, they
7ill say that one is black, two is cream,
hree is pale brown. four is red brown,
We is blue, six is tan, seven is green,
nd so on. Finding among the morbid
uniform belief in the blackness Of
ne, the bluenesS of five and the green
ess of seven, you almost persuade
Ourself that these figures actually
ave colors.
ave colOrs. A New Orleans glyptolo,
list says that to him John is blue, At
}nta is steel gray, Peter is brown, and
o on.
Mankind harbors an incredible num-
er of Illusions Each one of us, per
APPS, has an illusion of some sort
Tine is that if l count on getting q
ing / desire l will be surely disap-
Ointed. NV wife'S is that her brother
ppears to ner in dreams.
81 know nervous, pallid woman
Tho attributes certain perfumes to GER
ain sounds. A soprano voice to her
like lilies of the valley. A tenor
dice is like roses. A contralto voice is
Ike heliOtrOpe. A bass voice is like
iolets."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
A Puzzle worth RayIna

DR.. G.. G. Green, of Woodbury.,
New Jersey, whose advertisement
appears in our paper regularly, will
mail to any one sending two ce1t
stamp to pay postage, one of his
new German Syrup and August
Flower Puzzles, made of wood and
glass. 1t amuses and perplexes
young and old. Although very diff
cult, it can be mastered. Mention
this paper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
VIM. ii. IRISH.
County Judge.

The County board of Supervisors of the
County OF Bayffe do ordain as follows:-
Section 1. Townships forty. sevenI(40 north
of range five %, six (6.and seven CD west are
hereby set off from the town OF Washburn
and organized into new town to be known
as the town of Eileen.
Section 2. The indebtedness, credits and
property of the town Of Washburn shall be
and are apportioned pro rata between the
towns of Washburn and Eileen accordinglto
the last assessment roll of the town OF Wash
burn.
Section 8, The chairmen of the towns of
Washburn aud Eileen and the county clerk
shall meet at Washburn on the first Tuesday
of May, 1904, and make the apportionmen t
provided for in this ordinance and file the
same with the town clerk of each OF said
towns.
Section L. The first town meeting in said
town of Eileen shall be held at the school
house at Ashland Junction on the first Tues
day of April, 1904 at.9 O'Clock a. m.
Section s. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after it's passage
and publication.
JOHN KRANZFELDER
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MAY 18th to May 25th)
Probate Notice.

STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY COURT
FOR BAYFIELD, COUNTY. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special
term of the County Court to be held in and
for said county, at the court house in the
City of Washburn. in said county. on the
second Tuesday (being the 18th day. of June
A. ID. 1904. at ten O'Clock "a. M, the following
matter will be heard and conSidered:
The petition of Dena Hanson, of Wash
burn, Ba. f la County, Wisconsin. for
judgment Of this court finding and determin-
ng who are all the heirs of Alberta. Hanson
late,of the town of Washburn in said Bay
deld County. deceased, ana the share TO
which each is entitled in the real estate of
said deceased.
By order of the Court
Dated April S0th, 1904.
VIM. II. IRISH,
County Judge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
WIS. CENTRAL TRAINS3

Orders Tor tickets can be procured Of
Frost, Druggist Washburn, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
DUNE Ind to July 7th.)
Notice FOR uhlicatiOn

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Land Office at Ashland. Wis, June 2, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Register and Receiver at Ashland, Wis, on
July Sth, 1904. viz: John S, Angel, homestead
entry No. 4Sl1, for the VIZ NWA of Section 10,
township SO n. range west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva-
ton of said land, viz: John stevens, Edward
Samson, Andy Shields, Louis Merlin, all of
Herbster, Bayfel County, Wis.
AUG. DOENITZ,
Register
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07

There is no cough medicine so
popular as Foley's Honey and Tar,
It contains no opiates or poisons and
never fails to cure. Sold by Frost &
Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
EOrcRd TO IT.

Doso-I thought you were going to
quit all your bad habits? DON'T did,
but nobody recognized me, and I had to
begin again SO people would know me.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07
L / nj T. 7 A + l. Z
c. ST.. 2. NJ. & O. Ry.

PASSENGER TRAINS:
SOUTH NORTH
9:5o a. m. daily 1895 a. m. daily
~ ~ :o0 m. exSunday lao pm. eXSunday
fS:09 pm. daily 4:3O D. M exSun law
Fo'oo p. a. daily 5:l5 pm. Sunday only
9:47 pm. daily
connect at Ashland Junction with south
oound trains. fcOnnects at Ashland juno.
ton for st. Paul or Chicago. tCOnnect at
Ashland with Northwestern train for
Chicago. ~
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-07

Examine what is said, not him who
Professionalism Proverb.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-30
4 Heaven Our Home.

Not long ago man was called to an
educational position Of great honor,
one that involved larger social obliga-
tions than he and his wife had been
accustomed to meet. She shrank
from the new duties which would be
laid upon her, chiefly from q sense of
not having kept pace, Intellectually,
with her husband during their years
Of married life. Their income had
been small, and she had been her own
housemaid as we'll as devoted moth
er to their three boye. This left
little leisure for reading or study, and
she was conscious that her husband
had outstripped her in mental growth.
When she expressed her misgivings
to him he replied, "Nevcr mind, my
dear, you have made heaven of our
home. The answer shows something
more than mere conjugal tenderness.
1t reveals principle in human de-
velopment. This woman, no less than
her husband, had made solid gains in
the years they had lived together.
Over against his riches Of intellect
she could place q wealth of graces in
character which fitted her to adorn
any social position. In making a
heaven of their home she had grown
strong in patience, tact, sympathy,
unselfshness and the wisdom which
comes from daily communion with
God.-lndepenGent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-30
SET Jaws Cut Apart.

Baltimore, Nov. 2i.-Atlcr suffering
Tor ioul ycnl5 from the locking OF her
Jaws, Pauline Fincman, aged g, has
been relieved after an operation urr,
formed by DR.. T.. G.. Wclch at the mi
vcIsity of Maryland. The chld was
not suffering from lockjaw, but from
anChyloslH OF the joint.
The trouble was attributed to an alb :
sccsS following vaccination, the dele
tcrlous matter having cOrrOded the tis
sues about the bone. causing the two
bones to unite until they became rigid
After having been under special treat
mcnt Tor Il month the child WAS put
under sn anacsthctic and an inch of
the bone was chiscllrd away at the con
junction of the jaw bone and the temp
oral bone. On the following day the
child was able ousc her jaw bono with
out pain, but has been fed with liquid
n0nrishincnt.
pr. Wclch says the child is now able
to leave the hospital, but Inc will keep
her there for another week to look for
any possibility of trouble. During tho
four years her jaws were rigid the
child was fed with liquid nourishment
through an opening made by the
breaking of tooth.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-30
Lao Yang Battle.

Berlin, Nov. 2O.-A German military
expert has Just figured out the cost in
ammunition to both powers Of the bat
tie Of l.iao Yang. He figures that
26O, 900 Russians and 2l0, 600 Ja-
pancsc were engaged, but only half OF
these, or 25O 900, were fighting at
once
The battle ragged for about I20 hours
and with a a.her conservative esti.
mate he figures that each soldier fires
about ~ shots per hour, so that each
man during the battle must have fired
400 shots, making total of GOO, 900,
600 shots for the two armies. This
ammunition cost rather over $40, ,OOO,-
600.
During the battle of Liao- Y ang 3OC
cannon fred 1900 shells during
sixty hours, so the expert calculates
that the 800 cannon engaged in the
last battle must have fred 100, ,O0C
shells at a cost Of 50 each or alto
gether, little over s5,OOO,OOO.
Thus Russia and Japan spent il
his battle more than $25 5,OOOOO or
ammunition. This does not include
the wear and tear Of the weapons
which is considerable. The field gun,
cost on an average about So 900 each
while the great siege and fortress gun.
cost as much as $500, 900 each and firt
away $3.50 at each shot.