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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18
PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT.

High up on the side of Cumber-
land Mountain a traveller found a
cabin in such a lonely place that he
wondered how the old mountain
eer and. his wife entertained each
other
people here
Scarcely ever see anybody, sub, "
was his reply.
'Then you have to depend entire
ly upon yourself for society?'
"That's it, suh."
"And what do you find to talk
about?" the visitor continued, hav-
ing noticed that neither was inclined
to conversation.
Heaps, / reckon" the woman
said. "When breakfast is ready in
the morning I says to you to sot
down to coffee and hoecake."
eyes"
"And when it's candle-light, I
sort o jerks my head, and you hitch
es up to sorghum and hoecake, and
wants to know why we don't have
bacon. Amt that talk enough,
stranger"
"But there are the evenings" said
the traveller.
eyes, tha's the evenings, of co'se,
and l says, I reckon it will be fine
day termorrer,' an Job he reckons
the same thing, and we wind UP the
clock an go to bed. Oh, l don't
reckon we are suffering to death
for want of somebody to CAB at"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18
DAY OF THE Farm HORSE IS OVER.

The day of the horse as heavy
laborer on American farms has end
ed and the machinery will more
and more be operated by one of the
three motive powers-steam, gaso-
line and electricity. The trackless
trolley farms have today loomed up
as experimental investments which
thoroughly work out all that was
claimed for them. With cheaper
power derived from the rivers and
waterfalls, electricity will extend to
all parts of the country, and small
and large farming implements will
be operated thereby. Electric pow
er is cheaper than horse power, even
when ordinary fuel is used to operate
the engines, and when the power
can be supplied from some river it
will be far cheaper than steam in
any form.-Wasington Post.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18

You've all heard the trits little motto
That he who laughs last laughs the best.
Be that as it may, it's half hearted way
Of meeting friends little jest
Perhaps it is wise to be solemn
To sit back with lips tightly pursed,
Till all of the rest have applauded with zest,
But here's to the man that laughs first.
OF course / am twisting the motto
To suit this melodious lay,
But many I've found who twist it around
In just this identical way.
Pray go to the play if you doubt it
And wait for the laughter to burst.
The number is vast that waits to laugh last
So here's to the man that laughs first.
We all like the rolliclcing fellow
Who sees, in jiffy, the point,
Who throws back his head and laughs ION
the dead"
Till his features are all out of joint.
The man that laughs last, I imagine,
With a a wsak sense Of humor. is surssd.
So here's to the man that laughs first.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18
ANY WIFE AND ANY HUSBAND.

Men are pretty pliable creatures.
A good many of them owe their
downfall to ill-considered marriages; !;
but as many more owe their success
in large part to their wives. When
a woman marries, she has just one
duty before her-to be a helpmate
to her husband. She may neither
be satisfied to sit at home and be
taken care of, nor to go her own
way and be interested in her socie-
ties, her clubs or her own exclusive
matters. She and her husband are
one. His interests are hers. If they
expect to get anything out of life
they must get it together. Work,
pleasure, pain, must be met with a
common front; then there will be
common progress. 1t is right and
proper that a woman should be am
bilious for her husband. Something
is wrong if she is not. So when we
find one who is she presents an exam
pie worth pointing to.
1t is wise man who chooses
wife meet for him; it is a wise
woman who sets out to help her hus-
band, and a very foolish one who
allows herself to be drawback OF
merely piece of luggage to be car
ried along.-Woman'S Home Com
bdnion.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18

A man who strives for fame puts
aside the money end of the struggle.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18

THEY HAD been discussing the
baby's ears, eyes and nose. "And
1 think it's got its fathers hair"
said the joyful young mother. "Oh,
is that who's got it? l noticed it
was missing" And as the tall girl
with the suave manner said this
the mother looked obviously at her.
Kindness at the hands of a woman
will soften the heart of the average
man.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THRY CALL HIM A FAILURE.
BY s. E. KIsER.

They call him a failure; he passes by
In clothes that were threadbare long ago;
His head droops forward that once was high,
His step is unsteady and slouching and slow.
The stubbles look gray on his wrinkled face;
His eyes are heavy where pride once shone;
He has stepped aside and has quit the race,
The hope that once led him to hurry has flown.
They call him failure; but one still clings
To the love that he gave her long ago;
She sits and she sews and she sometimes sings
The words of brave songs that he used to
know.
Her face is fair and her eyes are bright
And still her kiss on his lips is pressed
When he shiftlessly shambles home at night
With shriveled heart in his sunken breast.
They call him failure; they do not know
That he still is majestic in her glad sight;
Though she tolls for him and is foolish, oh,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

coed in increased returns from the sale
OF yarns and cloth. Fortunately for
them, the prices for goods established at
tile height of the boom have been well
maintained since, and seem likely to hold.
Stocks in jobbers and retailers hands are
very low. and good demand is looked
for from these sources throughout the
balance of the season. The absence OF
normal rainfall throughout the cotton
states generally, but particularly in
Texas-where winter moisture IN the sub
soil is an essential which is never fully
compensated for by later rairs--leaves
the question of the size of the next
crop sufficiently in doubt to make spin
rers look with favor on the purchase OF
late months at prices around IL 1-2c.
Even with such yield as 10,500,OOO,
every bale of this crop will be used uL
regardless of price, and the new sea-
son will open with the same condition
If famine, which in more or less acute
form, has been the rule for the past
several summers. 1t will be many a
lcng month before the cotton trade can
3e re-established on the old and abso-
iutely necessary basis of a surplus sup
ply sufficient to provide against the ever
present possibility of a crop shortage.
Meanwhile, the balance of power must
rest in the hands of the bulls. When
they abuse this power as they did some
weeks ago, the reaction is prompt and
severe, but such accidents do not change
the fundamental facts upon which, III
the end, values must always rest
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Transfers of real estate were recorded
yesterday as follows in the office OF the
Register of Deeds:
Percy r. Albright and wife to Thomas
S. Fuller, for $1,250. the lot fronting on
Boylan avenue in this city, adjoining
property Of John w Cross. Mrs. J. p
Tucker and Mrs Sarah Hervey, 70 by 1856
feet.
William R. Blake and wife to Mary
Bcrtrend Blake, for $3.50. lot on north
side of Martin street between Person and
Bloodworth streets, 38 by los feet.
Adolphus A. Olive and wife to A. H.
Peasants, for $3.50, tract of 371a acres
in Cary township, adjoining the lands of
heirs of j. NJ Templeton, Butler Austin
and Mrs. c.. Holleman.
w. A. A. Cheaham and wife to John
w. Purdee. for 5000, tract of 100 acres
in st. Mary's township. adjoining the
lands of Mrs. Loretta Pool Whitfield and
Brown Tom Busbee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
SUIT AGAINST CITY BEGUN.
Plaintiff S Evidence All in in Chas.
w. Winston v. The City.

In Superior Court yesterday the suit of
Charles w. Winston against the City of
Raleigh for $4,000 on account of injuries
received in the falling of barn belong
ing to the city about year ago, was be-
gun. Messrs. N. w. Whitfield, w. b.
Mann, w. w. Wynne and Rev. M. w.
Butler testified as character witnesses for
Mr.. Winston, and DIR. A. o. Jones de-
scribed the extent of his injuries.
AT the close of the evidence the defend
ant moved to dismiss the case. The mo-
ton was refused, and the city put on its
first witness, A. E. Olmstead, when court
adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.
Capt. w. H. Day, Mr.. E. J. Best and
Mr.. T. Murray Allen appeared for Mr..
Winston, and City Attorney w. L. Wat
The following cases were continued: j.
c. Maroon, administrator of Henry Pool,
deceased VS.. David Pool Henry Burke
VS.. The Seaboard Air Line, and Aaron
Busbee VS.. The Raleigh and CASTOR r. r.
Co.
An order was made confirming the Com
missioners' sale of bonds Of the Sanford
Furniture Manufacturing Co., sold for the
Mechanics Dime Savings Bank.
Mr. T. T. Thorne, of Rocky Mount,
came into court and was granted thirty
days to file complaint in the case of the
States Prison against Hales and Ed
wards, on account of some corn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
rlr. G. B. Fighter, of Wilmington, Del. i,
70 Years of Age, Given Up to Die
OF Kidney Trouble, Says He
Was Completely Cured by
SAFE CURE

I" am now 10 years old and in perfect
physical condition, all of which owe to your
grand medicine, and want to tell you about
my case.
T" was taken i'll in March, 1894, and the
doctor told me had a serious case of kidney
disease He treated me seven months but
kept getting worse until l took to my bed
was bedridden for about ten months and
was reduced to mere skeleton. / was adj
vised to prepare for death at any minute.
Friends told me Safe Cure had cured
them and urged me to try it, so | stopped the
doctors medicines and took nothing but Safe
Cure. / began to improve within few days,
and nine bottles restored me to perfect health
and strength, and have not had touch Of
kidney trouble SINCE" CHAS. B. RICHTER.
We have thousands of just such letters
from men and women who have been cured
OF kidney disease by Safe Cure.
Thousands of leading doctors and hospitals
have been using Safe Cure for years as the
only positive cure for all diseases of kidneys,
bladder, liver and blood--the one remedy
that cures and leaves no bad after effects.
Sold by druggists, or direct, so cents and
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SAFE PILLS move the bowels gently and
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
JUNIORS CELEBRATE
Mr.. Willis G. Briggs rendered Rising
Vote for His Magnificent Address
on George Washington.

A session of especial interest VISA held
last night by Capital City Lodge of the
Junior Order of United American Me-
chancs.
Not alone was there good cheer at the
meeting, but there were some splendid
addresses. one of these, that by Mr.. Willis
G.. Briggs, being so excellent that a ris-
ing vote of thanks was rendered the elo-
quent speaker
The patriotic meeting was presided over
by Mr.. o, d. Green. the Councillor, and
the attendance was very large. The
special purpose of the meeting aside from
the regular work was to celebrate the
high honor bestowed by the State Coun-
Gil upon Captain q. p Smith Past
Councillor of the Council, who at the meet
ing in Charlotte was elected to the second
highest position in the State Council.
The members had genuine treat in the
address on George Washington. delivered
by Mr.. Willis Briggs, who was to have
addressed the council on the night OF
Washingtons birthday The postpone
ment gave an added enjoyment to last
night for Mr.. Briggs in half hours
address on the salient features in Wash
ingtons life captured his audience and
a special rising vote of thanks showed
how great had been the enjoyment
Mr.. w. W. Wilson most happily in
short but handsome speech presented to
the Juniors Capt. 2. p. Smith, upon
whom the States Council had placed
high honors Captain Smith spoke, and
in his able speech he told of the order and
its principles, enforcing the value of these
upon his hearers.
Mr.. l.. W. Alderman next spoke and for
the delegation reviewed the work done
at the State meeting. 1t was an inter
esting report he made and in it he gave
as the net gain in membership for the
past year 2,746 members, the order IN
North Carolina now numbering over
s, 900. ;,
Then came the good cheer and refresh
ments were served, eaten and enjoyed.
Fragrant smokers came as the Wlnd-up
feature of most enjoyable meeting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
is ARRESTED
Will be Tried Here on
Charges by Post-Office
Inspector.

The first thing yesterday morning, be-
fore the hearing in the Superior Court,
c. C. Jones, OF Goldsboro, was arrested
by Deputy United States Marshal K w.
Merritt, on d warrant issued some two
weeks ago by Commissioner John Nichols,
charging Jones with completely in the
robbing of postoffce safes and with hav-
ing in his possession and selling for per-
sonal gain large numbers oil postage
stamps.
MIR. Jones was taken at once before
Commissioner Nichols. but, as Postoffice
Inspector. Davis, who has all the evil
dence, was not in the city, and as Jones
had to appear in the county court in the
Godfrey bond case, Mr.. Nichols, by con-
sent OF all parties, continued the hear
ing for two weeks, until March 18th, re-
curing a bond of $4,000, which Mr.. Jones
gave.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Seeks Southern Interests.

Raleigh has as a visitor Mr.. Frederick
Knapp Fish. Jr., of New York, capitalist
who is interesting himself in Southern
securities.
Mr. Fish is the largest owner of the
Ncuse River Lumber Company at Selma
Officially he is known as the treasurer,
bat controls its operations. He says that
he would like to invest largely in good
bonds though he says that if Federal
judges in the South go to appointing re-
ceivers over night he will try to get his
company to charter in New York.
BY marriage Mr.. Fish is Southerner,
as his wife is the daughter of General
H. H. Alternately, of Virginia. He will
be in Raleigh for some days at the Park
Hotel
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
WON MERRiTED SUCCESS.
Splendid Concert of Trinity College
GIee CIub---A Reception Given.

| A delightful audience was most splend-
| idly entertained last night at the Metro
politan Opera House by the Glee Club
of Trinity College.
The young men OF the CLUB
were i'll full evening dress, and When
the entire club was assembled ON the
stage presented a very handsome appear
ance. The director, Mr.. Walter Fl. Over
ton, had trained the young men well,
and the music that was rendered was
most enjoyable.
The audience was a large and enthusi-
astic one, In it were many young ladies,
and especially large was the delegation
from Peace Institute, the students OF
that institution giving generous ap-
plause.
The program was in two parts I'VE
Meet Again Tonight being the opening
number by the club, this being specially
enjoyed number. "Hiawatha" on guitars
and mandolins followed, then serenade
from the Spanish Student" by a quar-
tet the Glee Club next giving "Oh Wah
Hoo The next number was a recitation
by Mr.. ]. Leon Williams Mr.. Cohen's
Troubles" the encore recounting trouble
at a telephone. Both were admirably
done and THE Good-Bad Little Boy
ended the first part. The second part
was equally as good as' the first and
Dixie ended the evenings performance.
In the programme the local verses con-
corning Raleighs female colleges were
After the concert delightful recep-
ton was rendered the young men by the
Epworth League of Edenton Street Meth
odist church, this being in the Sunday
school room, where the young ladies I'M
der the direction of Miss Sarah Burkhead
most elegantly entertained the visitors
from Trinity During the evening refersh-
ments were served and the Glee Club
contributed some musical selections to
the hppineSs OF the reception.
The Business Manager of the club is
MI w. P. Budd and the Director Mr..
Walter H. Overton. The club is COM
posed of the following:
First Tenors: C. T. Hancock. w. W.
Chadwick, z. 2. Blackboard, e. f. Hoov
er, w. r. Grant.
Second Tenors: H. B. Adams, Jr., w.
P. Budd, c. r. Pugh, A. B. Stainback,
II. G. Foard, f. A. 0gburn
First Bass: NJ. f. Newsom, l.. Z. How
ard, r. ]. Sykes. P. G. Stem. W. l.. Eng
land, w. II. Oyorton.
Second Bass: T. A. Rochelle. J. l.. Will
liams, &. 5. Womble, P. II. EllSns.
Mandoins II. B. Adams, Jr., w. NJ.
Gaskill, u. A. Rochelle.
Guitars: A. d. Stainback, w. l.. Eng
land
Reader: j. Leon Williams
Quartet. G. I. Hancock first tenor;
w. p. Budd. second tenor; r. A. Ogburn,
first bass; p. II. Elkins, second bass
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Spraying Apples and Pears.

Spraying apples and pears is the sub
ject Of a new chronological circular by
Franklin Sherman, Jr., issued by the
North Carolina Department of Agricul-
ture. The following paragraph tells the
need or 1t,
'For years it has been almost unknown
to have a good crop of apples in the
eastern part of North Carolina. and in
recent years these failures arc becoming
more and more general in the middle and
western sections. Our Investigations have
proved that these failures have beer
largely due 10 injurious insect pests and
certain fungus enemies of the trees and
fruit which can be kept in check chcaply
and effectively by spraying"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
RALEIGH TO DURHAM.
Raleigh City Railway May be I'M
proved and Road Extended.

The directors of the Raleigh Electric
Street Railway were in session yester~
day and during the meeting considered
a proposition made for the sale or lease
OF the road which came through General
Julian S. Carr, of Durham. No action
was taken and the matter was deferred
to the 22nd of the month so that all in
formation could be gathered. At this
time it is expected some steps will be
taken.
It is understood that if change is
made that there will be great improve
ments made III the road, and in this con-
nection il is rumored that the road will
be extended from Raleigh to Durham.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
shinment TO ST. Louis.

Worlds Fair Commissioner Brimley yes
tcrday made the first shipment OF ex-
hibits from North Carolina 10 ot. lout9'
The shipment consisted of two car loaus
of forestry exhibits; and they are sdiu
to be the best of any State in the Union,
and far surpass both the Name ana leAaS
exhibits, which are considered the TWO
foremost States, in regard to forestry
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Rev. w. B. Lee on Brazil.

A most entertaining and instructive
service was held at Edenton Street Meth
odist church on Sunday morning by Rev
w. B. Les, now of Greensboro.
Mir. Lee has been a missionary to
Brazil. and his discourse touched upon
mission work in South America 1t was q
most valuable service and Mr.. Lee most
ably presented the matter OF Brazilian
missions, giving at the same time some
most interesting information about that
country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Court House Sales.

Mr.. VIM. B. Snow commissioner IN the
case of VIM. Boylan. executor and others,
against Charles E. ECross and wife, yeSter-
day sold to Mr.. o. T. Simpkins ooV acres
of land in this county for $4,000
The Garner gin property was sold yes
terday at the court house door by j. T.
Broughton, MORTGAGE, to Walter hunter
for $50
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
Red Men No. is.

Members of Occoneechee Tribe are re-
questcd to meet in their wigwam this set
ting sun at 9Th run for consideration of
important business. By order Sachem.
GEO. L. TONNOFFSKI,
Chief Record.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Capt. John Pickett, chief clerk in the
apartment of Public Instruction, was in
his office yesterday after an absence of
several days caused by severe attack of
grippe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
RoWdY NeqrO.

1t is reported that on SATURDAY llis,N
d negro, said TO be Isaac ScdIpoloush H.
while intoxicated, went into the slolc " ~ !.
NJ. w. Riggsbee in West Raleigh
up disturbance and afte
out and put out returned
RIggsbee with stone. 4
escaped and has not bee.
since the affair. There are
West Raleigh, which is on
limits.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

TO CURE A COLD IN y
Take Laxative Bromo gum
All druggists refund the
fails to cure. L. w. Grove
one each box. 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02

Governor Aycock YESTERDAY
Edward J. Jones, Of Boslon',
missioner Ct afldavns ior ~
North Carolina, resident -
setts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-02
A. & N. G. r. r.
Raleigh 0Cape Fear
RAILROAD co.

Effective n:e1 A. NJ. sunday. AuGnsa
%. 1904.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06
Take Your> Time EATING.

Here Is an example that Is worth re-
membering and following. Horace
Fletcher writes Of an experience that
he had while travelling on railway
with the proverbial twenty minutes
for dinner in which to satisfy labor.
ing mans appetite. There was All ex:
cellent array of good things on the
lunch counter to eat and drink, and
from these he made>a selection rather
than attempt the. regular dinner, he
chose plump ham sandwiches. creamy
milk and a large piece Of pie. The
twenty minutes was ample time for
d:sposing OF sandwiches and milk,
Willie he had the pie put in paper to
give epicurean enjoyment on the train
He says:
IF had put the pie and sandwiches
and the milk into my stomach In seven
or eight minutes, which, by actual oh,
servation, is the gluttonous rate Of dis.
patching q station meal, .ould have
lost two-thlrds Of nutrlment, more
than onc-kalflof taste ard taken on
twenty-four hours Of discomfort, pos
sibly inviting cold and creating an
open door for any migrating microbes
that were floating about in my atmos,
phere looking for strained tissue or
fcrmenting food in which to build their
disease nests"
Observation proves that you cannot
get moro nutrlInent into your stomach
than salvation prepares, "gulp" though
you may, but you can take in q load OF
disease possibilities in trying to force
or evade proper salivation.-Cooking
Club.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06
Women In Poland.

Polish women are renowned for thejr
beauty, for the perfection OF their
hands and the smallness Of their feet
Polish ladies maintain that when they
shop in Vienna and show their small
feet with the high instep to be fitted
the tradesmen exclaim, IAN, those are
Polish feet"
But their pleasure in this distinction
Is not so much a matter of personal
vanity. as of satisfaction In the supe,
riority of anything belonging TO their
country, for they are fervidly patri-
Otic.
The lady of position rises between II
and 12 in the forenoon and goes to bed
at 4 o'clock the next morning. She
drives from one visit TO another, but In
reality she is laboring all day for pub
lie interests. Everything, the founding
of library, hospital. q sewing
school, is made to strengthen the Po.
llsh cause. Four ladies do not meet on
q charity committee, says George
Brandes, without taking some meas,
ure, under that innocent pretext, Tor
the national benefit.
AS a consequence of this charm and
spirit, the women Of Poland receive
from the men a courtesy amounting to
homage. Men always rise in tram
car to give a lady seat. At any pub
lie place q chair may be ruthlessly de-
manded Of even the most distinguished
official present, with the sufficient. -ex'
PLANTATION, "for q lady"