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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27
Agricultural Bulletins.

The January and February bulletins OF
the State Board of Agriculture have been
received from the State printers. Tne
former comprises the fourth report OF Dr.
B. w. ISilgore, the State Chemis, on the
inspection and analysis of food products
under the pure food law. The latter con-
tains the fourth (partiaD report of work
on the departments test farms for the sea
son of 1908, including variety and distance
tests with corn and cotton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27
More Rural Routes.

Postmaster C. T. Bailey stated yester.
day that rural route No. G from Raleigh
had been approved, as well as rural route
No. / from Neuse, and that both will
start the first of the month Route No.
from Neuse will cut off about ten miles
off route No. 1 from Raleigh, making
the latter more reasonable length.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27
EVERYBODY AT WORK.
Conditions in Richmond and Scotland
Counties Told.

every man in Richmond county who
will work is employed said Mr.. Cameron
Morrison, of Rockingham, who was here
yesterday. Labor is needed badly in the
town, in the mills and on the farms. -
Rockingham itself is building up as is
Hamlet also. New buildings are not
scarce by any means and there is a sea-
son of prosperity. In the county the
crops are not well advanced because of
the unfavorable season. The people plant
ed some tobG eco last season. but for the
coming season they will not do so. The
price did not suit as it went down and
rs the business was not profitable the
farmers wont try it this season.
Scotland county is further ahead in its
farm work than many other counties, -
said Rev. Livingston Johnson, who was
here yesterday after visit there. 'The
planters are getting ready to plant cot
ton, but hardly a larger crop is to be
expected as there is great trouble in get
ting labor The crop may really be
smaller"
Mr.. Johnson goes today to Washington,
Y. c.. where he will take part in meet
ir-.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27
Like a Faro Bank.

Mr.. X. S. Finch, of New York, was yes
terday introduced to two local newspaper
reporters, and warned to beware.
"Oh, that's all right" said Mr.. Finch.
II am like a faro bank. I'm to be played
upon"
Gust so we don't break the bank, It's
all right, l suppose" said one of the re-
porterS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE Day h
Take Laxative Bromo Quilm &c -
All druggists refund the a;nnot,r. s.
fails to cure. E. W. Grove
on each box. 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27

For soreness in the cnes' ,rr.sts
Pneumonia Cure. At your druss SIS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27

Almost any wife is willing to compromise
by letting her husband do as she pleases.
Some women don't care what their hus-
bands say as long as the neighbors don't
hear it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27

1t makes Il spinster mad every time she
hears of a widow marrying again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

And 1 wouldn't. When 1 get to that
pass that 1 cam tell e~lderberry wine
from hard cider I'll call in the neigh
bors. I'm! UNI! Say, that's the real
old quill. 1t carries me right back to
my boyhood days. I'll bet I have
gathered a hundre bushels of elder
berries for mother to make wine OF.
Yes, that goes right to the spot"
Mrs. Bowser said no more, and din
ner was put on the table and eaten.
Mr.. Bowser drank a second glass with
his dinner, and though he screwed his
mouth around as if the taste was not
exactly to his liking, he made no re-
marks. When the meal a been fin
ished and the sitting room reached, he
said,
It must buy Tom a present of some
kind and SEND up. 1t was mighty good
and thoughtful for him to remember
me. and 10 you know I've got the
greatest faith in it as a remedy"
"A remedy for what?" absently
queried Mrs. Bowser.
"For what? That's a queer question
to ask me. You know I've been a
twenty years. I believe if I should once
get cured of it o would be mad and
jealous.
Nonsense. In the first place, you
have only got neuralgia, and very lit
tie Of that, and in the next you are too
ready to pick up with any sort OF
remedy. Our druggist will tell you
that timothy hay boiled in sweet wa
ter mas just as Inucn virtue as eloei-
berry wine"
"Then he's an Internal fool. If it
isn't the best thing out how is it that
1 feel better after taking only two
glasses? Things have come to a pretty
pass when you get jealous and show it
in every word because my dear old
friend Tom sends me down a little
present. Mrs. Bowser, 1 wouldn't have
your disposition for all the money in
town. It's nag. nag, nag, and if you
had some husbands they wouldn't
stand it as I do"
well, [ hope the wine will make you
feel better" she answered as she turn
ed to her book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
..reI the doctor it's a case Of life or death"

rWe1l, you have made an ass of
yourself, as usual. This stuff is some
Kind of horse or COW liniment, and not
elderberry win at all. Why in the
dickens did you begin IN it before you
were sure?''
II dunno. Is it p~oisonous2"
IT couldn't say withou an analysis,
and you'd be dead before I bad time
to make that. There's sugar of lead
here, for sure, and perhaps iaudanuln
or opium, and you best plan is to get
back home as soon as you can n
send for
He was interrupted by the arrival of
a telegraph boy, who had called at the
house and been sent to the store. Mr..
Bowser trembled SO hat he could not
tear open the envelope, and the drug
gist took the message n read it and
said:
It's from some one who signs him
self Tom. He says he sent you the
wrong jug by mistake, and this pre-
paration is for external use when one
has been poisoned by ivy. Get home,
old man, and send for your family doc
tor and his stomach pump. I'll bet dol
lars to cents Mrs. Bowser advised you
against drinking the stuff without be-
ing sure what it was. If your death
occurs tonight I'll call around in the
morning and offer my services. Have
you got a lot up in Greenwood?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

Wild" F. Logan, the secretary of the
Topeka baseball association, is a "a
karat fan. After a temporary organiza-
ton of the Topeka baseball ~associa-
ton had been formed and a call was
sent out for the fans of the city to at
tend the meetings of the board of d.
r%ectors, w. F. Logan was one of the
half dozen or so that came. He came
not only once, but several times. He
was asked for his opinions and sug-
gestions and before long was invited to
sit at the table. When A. E. Ward le-
signed as secretary, a successor was
looked for to take charge. The
finances were lower than the Kaw river
IN the middle of July, the team was
playing tail-ender ball, dissension was
rife among the players and generally
speaking, things were unlovely.' Lo-
gan took hold of the subscription lists
the first thing he did and collected all
the unpaid pledges. Then he urged
President Sheard to go out on the road
with the team. The players were
called to time and every effort was
made to overcome the feeling that lin
Topeka, baseball had again gone glim-
mering." Fol a time the job was blue
and black, but the lard work which
Mr.. Logan exercised to make the asso-
citation a responsible financial affair
began to tell and the result was a sue
cessful finish of the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

Make me feel better-of course it
will. Those two glasses have driven
out more'n forty different aches al
ready. BY the time the gallon is gone
1 shall feel like a f-our-year-old colt
again.. I think I'll try another glass;"
He went down in the dining room
and helped himself, and when he re-
turned he lighted a cigar and took up
minutes Mrs. Bowser noticed that he
was hitching around as if he had some
thing on his mind, and after two or
three minutes more he ked
you don't think Tom could have
made any mistake about that jug, do
you?"
you said it was elderberry wine,'
she replied.
81 said so because I believe So, but
nevertheless the taste is a little queer.
Perhaps he put too much sugar in it.
I've had a cram or two, but they
came from the change in the weather,
of course. My face don't look very
red, does it?''
mot so very. but 1 should say you
were in pain. I can see perspiration on
your forehead. I told you not to drink
any of that stuff until you were sure
what it was. 1t smelt more like horse
IMMINENT to me than elderberry wine"
Mr.. Bowser got up and got his hat,
and then descending into the basement
he picked up the jug n started for
the drug store. There was a doubt in
his mind about that wine, and he
wanted it solved right away. Mrs.
Bowser asked if he would be out long,
and he replied that he was just going
around the corner to see a man and
would probably be back in half an
hour. He was looking pale and per-
turbed when he entered the store, and
the druggist k if anything was the
matter down at the house..
mo, nothing the matter down there"
he replied, but I wish you would tell
me if this is elderberry wine? 1t was
sent me by an old friend up the state,
and I have begun to tax it for my
rheumatism"
Then you have begun to be a fool".'
the blunt answer of the man of
drugs. "~Elderberry wine would have
no more effect on such an ailment than
so much corn coffee. Indeed, it isn't
half so good as buttermiIk. So you
have been s~wigging it down, have you"
only three glasses"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

Thomas Sheard, the president of the
Topeka baseball association, was one
of the men, who at the beginning of
the season, took a subscription list and
went around town to get the fans to
ball rolling- He took so much interest
that he was elected vice president of
the first organization. This place he
held through the month of Nay n
part of June. About that time the d.
rectorS of the association deemed a
change to be the wise thing, and Gus
AIbertS was displaced as and
Cole appointed to serve temporarily in
his stead. w. l. Taylor was president,
his business demanded so much of
his attention that he asked to be re-
lieved of the presidency of the associa-
ton. Tom Sheard was put into his
place. He tried three different man
ayers and finally brought Abbott bac
from PittSburg and put him on the
pilot wheel. Success seemed to crown
the efforts of the Saints from that
time, and Sheard decided that Abbot
was also the man for next year..
Wen have a team in 1906" says
Sheard. Il believe Abbott is a good
captain. Wen get some more good
ones and Topeka will be going after
that pennant like a f~ire-engine to a
blaze. All the good players who are
loose in the Valley would i k a job
with the Saints. We get our pick of
the bunch and we are going to pick
good ones. The end of next season
won't see us in last place"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

Captain and Field Manager Spencer
A. Abbott of the Saints is % years of
age. He has had a varied baseball
career. At one time he was tried out
as a pitcher in the Chicago Nationals
by James Hart. He proved to have
good stuff, but his arm gave out and
retired him from the squared circle.
He has played in eastern and northern
leagues and usually in some managerial
position. His advent into the Valley
league occurred this spring when To-
peka needed a first baseman. Gus AL
berts obtained him from Grand Forks
of the northern league. He started off
well and made a hit with the fans.
Later he went to pieces and the bleach
ers hammered him mereilessly, until
Alberts traded him to Pittsburg for
Jack Friel and Pitcher Tom Hughes.
At Pittsburg he made good and was
given charge of the team. A quarrel
with the owners resulted in release.
Just then Topeka again needle a man
ager. President heard always liked
Abbott and brought him back for an
other trial. b took the helm from
first base. He brought new men here
and the team played over the 300
average, a pennant winning gait. But
it was too late in the season to pull
out of the hole. His good record, how
ever, gave him control of the team
again for 1905 and because of his err
ratio actions of the pas season, his
results will be watched with decided
interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

and he made the most of it. For two
long hours Mr.. Bowser was pumped
and dosed and ~drugged, and when the
doctor let up he was so weak that he
would have to remain in bed for a
couple of days to get his strength back.
He was in humble and contrite mood
as long as the danger lasted and he
was being dosed, but no sooner had the
man of medicine departed and Mrs.
Bowser asked him he was feeling a wee
bit better h he sat up in bed and
pointed an accusing finger at her and
exclaimed:
1.-THE ninety-seventh attempt to as
sassinate me in the last Is years. Wo-
man, / see it ALL In YOU rage and
jealousy you put rough on rats or some
cockroach powder into the jug to end
my daysI Tomorrow, woman-tomor-
row we will telephone our respective
lawyers and-and-"
And Mrs. Bowser held the camphor
bottle to his nose and smiled.-(Copv-
right, 1904. by 7. C.. McClure.J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

Mr.. Bowser didn't wait to answer. He
flew home at a gait of II miles an
hour, and as he busted open the front
door and made his way down the hall
he called out:
Get to that telephone and get our
doctor here without the loss of a min
ute or I'm a dead manr'
rs it that elderberry wine?' asked
Mrs. BowSer.
Never mind what it is. but tell the
doctor it's a case of life OF deathi'
The doctor found his patient in a
state of collapse. After tasting the con-
tents of the jug he made up his mind
that no great harm had been done, but
it was an opportunity to point'a moral,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

this season the child will retire and for
seven years devote her time to study
at The expense of Liebler & Co. The
venture is a risk il futures"
Already very well for a
child of her age, Edith is first to finish
a practical academic schooling. After
the three RS" are disposed of she is
to take up fencing and a complete
Delsartian course Then she goes
abroad to acquire the and
studyt the methods of prominent foreign
actors. All this is specified in the con-
tract.
A further feature of the ngeme
provides that Miss Talliaferro is never
to be wholly outside the atmosphere of
the theater. She is to witness at least
one theatrical presentation every week,
her mother agreeing that this feature
shall be faithfully carried out, Liebler
& Co. to specify what performances she
shall attend
After her education is completed.
Miss Edith is to become a full-fiedged
star, providing, of course, that her
progress and accomplishments warrant
it. If she does not live up to her
present promise, then Liebler & Co.
will be the losers, for, at the end of
seven years. her salary scars high, and
there is a clause that it shall so con-
tinue for three years.
Miss Talliaferro comes of a we'll
known stage family, her sister, Mabel,
having la a notable success in
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
Edith began her stage career in Ben
Greet's production of "A Midsummer
Nights Dream"
The role she plays in Weather
Beaten Benson" is Little Miss Moses.
written since Little Lord Fauntle-
row.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
BowsER's COUNTRY JUG.
Fall Tonic to Help His
rheumatism.

An hour before Mr.. Bowser came up
to dinner the other evening the express
man brought a gallon jug with his
name written on the tag and Mrs
Bowser took it in without even having
the curiosity to smell of the contents.
When he arrived he pulled a postal
card from his pocket and said:
My old schoolmate, Tom Barlum,
living up in h north part of the state,
writes me that he has sent me down
something for my fail rheumatism.
Has anything arrived today?"
"A gallon Jug" was the reply.
THAT. must be the stuff"
Does he say what it lisp"
NO, but Pm sure it's elderberry
wine. Tom lives up in the elderberry
country, and he knows how fond I am
of the wine. It's supposed to be the
best cure for rheumatism extalt. I
was writing him about our weeks ago,
and I told him that as soon as fall
came L expected to be tied up in knots
again. Dear old Tom, but how many
quarts of the stuff we have drank to-
getheri I've meant to have some
farmer make me a key of t every
fall, but have always neglected it.
There's enough 10 that you a have
a glass or two"
Thanks" she replied. but 1 prefer
to know what I'm drinking. 1t doesn't
say elderberry wine on the tag, and if
/ were you I'd go a little slow. Even
If it's elderberry wine, I don't want
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t Is
in Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most er1c1ent
di~sinfectant and purifier in nature put
few realize its value when k into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better; 1t is not a
drug at all but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present
in the stomach and intestines and car
ries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating on
ions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal e~nectually clears and i'm
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural n
eminently safe cathartc.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; II
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison OF catarrh.
All sell charcoal in m
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they
are composed of the finest powdered
Willow charcoal. and other harmless
a~ntiseptics in tablet form or rather in
the form of large, pleasant tasting loz-
enges, the charcoal being mixed with
The daily use of these Iozenges will
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better complex
ION. sweeter breath and purer blood,
and the beauty of it is. that no pos
sibIe harm can result from their con-
tinued use, but on the contrary, great
benefit
A Buffalo physician in speaking of
the benefits of charcoal, says: Il ad-
wise Charcoal Lozenges to all
patfents suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels, and to clear the COM
pIexion and purify the breath, mouth
and throat; I also believe the liver is
greatly benefited by the daily use of
them; they cost but Twenty-Five cents
a box at drug stores, and although
IN some sense a patent preparation.
vet 1 believe I get more and better
charcoal in Charcoal Lozenges
than in any of the ordinary charcoal
tablets"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

responsible for the change. 1t all
happened this way. Hank Whitcomb,
stage, and upon leaving the little town
of Winthrop, Me-, Golden's editor
wanted to give him an encouraging
sendoff, so sent in as copy:
Henry Wadsworth Whitcomb
leaves Winthrop today to join the
forces of Charles Snowman, having
been engaged as leading Juvenile for
Miss Pansy Blossom. Season after next
MI. Whitcomb will begin a starring
tour of his own version of Hamlet 3"
It read like a swell notice, as an
actor would say, but the editor lost a
friend and Golden lost a job, when the
news column of the paper read that:
Season after next Mr.. Whitcomb will
begin a starving tour in his own
version of Hamlet"
Gustay Luders, the of
Prince Of Pilsen" and King Dodo,"
and Frank Pixley, the librettist, who
has been associated with Luders in
many of his successes, were talking of
the new Strauss symphonic Domes-
tica," dedicated to the family life Of
that composer. Its a tone poem"
was remarked-"the life of papa
m and babylon one day. Great
idea, isn't it?"
ooh, I suppose it will do. But I
can tell you a better"
What is that?" asked Luder
"a tone poem representing the
family life for one day of President
Joseph F. Smith, of Salt Lake City,"
Edgar L. Davenport, who has made
a success in the part of Jack Larrabee,
the football coach in Henry w. Saw
ages 1.-The College Widow" was at one
time a member of a strolling band of
players.
ut was at a small 'opry' house in
the Northwest" said Davenport re-
Gently, and the piece opened with a
village scene, at the conclusion of
which the scene-shifter was puzzled
how to let down a front cloth, as a cot
tage on the stage INSTRUCTED the de-
scent
But the leading gent came to the
rescue, and, walking boldly on, ex-
claimed:
Its a stormy night, and my poor,
humble cottage is sadly dilapidated; 1
must cen take it in and repair it
"Suiting the action to the word, he
walked off with the offending cottage"
Harry Brown, of Henry w. Savage's
Peggy from Paris company, when in
a little town in Missouri recently
met a darby of the-ante-beIlum days,
who is quite a character in his way
and has more than his share of native
wit. Brown engaged him in conversa-
ton.
Uncle Ephriam, what do you do for
a living ?" asked the comedian.
81 breaches an 1 raises pumpkins,
boss"
Which pays you the b~etter?"
"Well, o. cose, I gifts huff money
out'n de pumpkins. but I gifts huff dis
out'n de preachin' to make up
de difference"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
slap stick farce and there is little to

slap stick farce and there is little to
recommend it.
Williams & Walker, the colored
comedians, have been to England
playing I'm Dahomey'' for more than
a year and they returned to this coun-
try this fall. They packed the Lon
don theater where they played night
after night for almost a year. They
are known IN Topeka and their record
here has always been crowded houses
York State Folks" comes Wednes-
day for the third time. 1t was written
by Arthur Siddons who died before he
could see the wonderful success of his
efforts. The play is superior to the
usual run of rural dramas and it
comes in the n of n of the most
competent companies on the a
From every standpoint it is good.
1.-The Sign of the Four comes
Thanksgiving. 1t is a melodrama-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

any. It's the most sickish stuff I ever
tasted"
tUmp' said Mr.. Bowser, as heslifted
he jug to smell of the contents. It's
don't like it you can let it alone. 1t
don't say wine on the tag, but Tom
knew what 1 was limiting at, and has
sent it along. If he a marked it
wine the expressmen wouldn't have
left a pint of it. Hand me a glass
until 1 try it."
I'D take it to the druggist OF some
body and make sure"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
COMING TO THE THEATERs.

Something Brief About Next Weeks
Theatrical Attractions in Topeka.
At the Crawford.
welded but No Wife" Sunday.
"Maloney's Wedding" Monday.
Williams & Walker Tuesday.
york State Folks" Wednesday.
The Sign of the Four" Thanksgiv-
ing.
Selma Herman is the star in
Welded but No Wife at the Craw-
ford Sunday. Miss Herman is a much
doomed star of me1odrama but she is
new to Topeka
"Maloney's Wedding" which comes
Monday, has been here before. 1t is a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

Dusty Dennis-"Ah, lady, I hawa
faced the dangers of fire many a timsss
The Lady-"Were you a fireman. ny
poor man?" Dusty Dennis-"No'm; I
smoked a cigar butt in a haystack."-
Chicago Daily News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
TO BECOME \ STAR.
Little Miss Moses Under Contract
When h Becomes of Age.

WIIUI IN DCOO"IOS ""sC
Edith Talliaferro. Ezra KendalIs lit
tie Coincidence in "Weather-Beaten
Benson" is a more fortunate girl than
she can or cares to comprehend. Edith
is the beneficiary of a theatrical con-
tract just entered into which assures
her not only a stellar stage career, but
a thorough education as we'll To this
remarkable contract the Child'S mother
and Liebler & Co., her managers, are
the parties
Edith has just turned II. h thinks
much more of dolls than collars. after