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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-20
LECTURE ON RUSSIA,
Addresses Being Arranged by Consul
at Halifax.

Halifax, N. S., Feb. 19.-The United
States consul general here, Mr. Hollo-
way, is arranging to deliver an address
on Russia before the officers Of the
garrison and militia at the garrison
library. on Monday next. The. consul
general when he assumed office here
came almost direct from ST. Peters,
burg, i'm which city he had sperEt three
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-20
RUSSiA'S REPLY
Accepts Most of Our Proposition to
Keep China Neutral.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 19.ARussia's re-
ply to Secretary Hays note on China
was handed to Ambassador McCor-
mick. today
The reply was given to Mr.. McCor-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-20
Japanese Cruiser at Wusuns.

Shanghai. Feb. ia large japanese
cruiser arrived at Wusung, II miles
north of Shanghai, Friday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
WHAT SULPHUR DOES.
For the Human Body in Health and
Disease.

The mention of sulphur will re-
call to many of us the early days
when our mothers and grandmotherS
gave us our daily dose of sulphur and
molasses every spring and fall.
1t was the universal spring and fall
blood purifier" tonic and cure-ali'
and mind you, this old-fashioned rem
edy was not without merit:
The idea was good, but the remedy
was crude and unpalatable, and
large quantity had to be taken to get
any effect.
Nowadays we get all the beneficial
effects of sulphur in a palatable, con-
centrated form, so that single grain
is far more effective than table
spoonful of the crude sulphur.
In recent years, research and ex-
pertinent have proven that the best
sulphur for medicinal use is that OBJ
tanned from Calcium Calcium Sui
phide) and sold in drug stores under
the name of Stuart's Calcium waters.
They are small chocolate coated pei
lets and contain the active medicinal
principle of sulphur in highly con-
centrated, effective form.
Few people are aware of the value
of this form of sulphur in restoring
and maintaining bodily vigor and
health; sulphur acts directly on the
liver and excretory organs and purl-
ties and enriches the blood by the
prompt elimination of waste material.
Our grandmothers knew this when
they doSed us with sulphur and mo-
lasses every spring and fall, but the
crudity and impurity of ordinary flow
ers of sulphur were often worse than
/ the disease, and cannot compare with
tie modern concentrated preparations
Of SULPHUR OF which StuartS CAL
cium Waters is undoubtedly the best
and most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for
liver and kidney troubles and cure
constipation and purify the blood in
a way that often surprises patient and
physician alike
DIR. r. NJ. Wilkins while expert
menting with sulphur remedies soon
found that the sulphur from Calcium
was superior to any other form. he
says: For liver, kidney and blood
troubles, especially when resulting
from constipation or malaria, | nave
been surprised ut the results obtained
from Stuart's Calcium Waters. In pa
tents suffering from boils and pimples
and even deep-seated carbuncles, |
have repeatedly seen them dry up and
disappear in four or FIVE days, leav-
! ing the skin clear and smooth. AL
| though Stuart's Calcium Waters is a
proprietary article, and sold by drug
giStS, and for that reason tabooed by
| many physicians, yet / know of moth
| ing so safe and reliable for constipa-
ton. liver and kidney troubles and es-
| pecially in all forms of skin disease
as this remedy"
At any rate people who are tired
OF pills, cathartics and 500 called blood
| purifiers" will find in Stuart's Cal
cium Waters, a far safer, moro pala-
| table and effective preparation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
New Features in the Century.

Early numbers of The Century, il
lis announced. viii bring. among other
good things, fiction from Alice Hogan
IRice. Edward w. Townsend, Eden
|Phillpotts. Maud Wilder Goodwin,
Caroline Abbott Stanley. Margherita
Arlina Hamm. Kate Douglas Wiggin,
Maurice Francis Egan, Anne Warner,
and Helen r. Martin: and articles Of
Importance and value on Korea and
It's Emperor" by William +. Sands.
former adviser of the emperor: THE
Everglades of Florida" and "Philadel-
phfa in Art" A notable feature of
the February number Will be the
story of 1.-THE Boston Symphony Or
chestra and Its Founders by Richard
Aldrich. illustrated with numerous
portraits and sketches. Early issues
will contain, too. articles on the mira
cies wrought by Luther Burbank
work i'm breeding fruits and flowers:
edible cacti the white blackberry, the
pfumcot etc. etc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Is it Like Pilgrims Progress?

A shrewd and philosophical reader
OF Jack Londons new novel. The
Sea Wolf" remarks that it is really
at bottom an argument disguised as an
allegory. and that its proper place IN
literature is alongside of Pilgrims
Progress There is nothing TO diff
ferentiate the book from the ordinary
novel save that it is an extraordinary
novel; he continues; "but look below
the surface of the mere story and
YOU will see that the sealing schooner
Ghost is the symbol of our world. that
WOLF Larsen, her master, stands for
brute force and intelligence without
conscience that Humphrey Van Wey-
den. whom accident puts aboard the
vessel. represents the ethical and al
truistic man, the incarnation of social
ideals His story shows that struggle
is essential TO progress. But for Lar
sens brutality Van Weyden would
never have been able to stand on his
own legs Remove the Larsen yeast
from the lump of society. and So
ciety would never rise. But people
will read Mr. London's novel as a ro-
nance, pure and simpIe-and it is a
rafting fine romance. The allegory
need worry the reader no more than
ldoes Swift's satire in CULVER 5
tTravels' 1t is a splendid story of The
Seattle finest thing Mr.. London has
Writfen''
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN DIXIE.
(Uncle Ned's Explanation to Il North
prn XiSifnI.

(Uncle Ned's Explanation to North
ern ViSitOr.)
Go long, boss, an quit yo' foolin-
You amt seed no Chris mas. man:
d amt no Christmas in de Norf sab
Dat kin beat ole Dixie Ian!
Ev 'body's free an ekul
An each man jes' has his way:
White er black-it makes no offence
Way down Souf on Chris mas Day
Does we go to chu'chi Oh, no, sab;
We don't have no time fur dat
'Twouldnt be no sorter Chris mas
Jes' to go whar meetin's at.
But I sho do b'iieves in meetins.
Yet / wants 'enl in DER place:
An I'm sho no Chris mas meetin'
Wouldn't suit dis culled race.
You jes' gimme little cidah,
An little tas'e Nv rye
Don't furgit de rum fur aig-nog.
MUIR de mince-meat fur de pie;
Den you let de fiddle strike up,
Let Miss Dinah step dis way,
An I'll show you how we shuff1es
Way down Souf on Chris mas Day
All de pickaninnies playin
les like roostahs TO de do,
I.iiah in his booths wild red tops
An de brasses on de toe;
Lucy Wild huh white dawl baby.
'Rastus wild a big tin hon,
Caesar wild a new goat Vaughn
Man. deys happy sho's you bon!
Chris'm mas sho wuZ made fur darkies
An de law don't cut no ice,
White mems wild der clubs an blue
coats
Laws eZ low an still ez mice;
Black Marian don't ride nobody.
Ev'ry darkey has full sway,
An de- sho do ac' lax white folks
Way down Souf on Chris mas Day.
To be sho at night we ems up
Wild a gran Jim Dandy spree
One NV desc ole-fashioned cake-walks
Err big con shuckin' bee.
An sab, eff it's one er tothah.
It'll las mos th'oo de night,
Den we'll go home wild de ladies
At de break Nv mawnin' light.
OATS de way we spen's ouah Chris
You jes shet yo' mouf up. man;
D. amt no Chris mas in de WORT, sab,
Dat kin beat ole Dixie Ian.
Ev'ybodys free an ekul,
An each man jes' has his way
White er black-it makes no offence
Way Down Souf on Chris mas Day
-Silas X Floyd in Leslie's weekly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Christmas Times.

Christmas times in Georgia an let the
old-time hallelujas a-ringin' through
yer soul,
Music in the valleys-on the plains ar
hills,
Sweeter shan the singfn or the SUM
mer whippoorwilfs,
Christmas times in Gcorgia-what q
world of joy.
All their rosy sweethearts smiling on
the boys.
All the tiddles goin'-hands round
in the reel
An a Teller just as happy as the Lord
would have his feel!
Christmas times in Georgia-what a
time it seems
All the old-timc stories-all the old
time dreams.
Life an joy amazin'!-Let the shadows
creep
Come oll--the ghostly snowflakes.
Well dance the stars to sleep.
+. l.. STANTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
The Change in the PubIic's Attitude
Toward Frenzied Finance.

Those who have been reading Mr.
Lawson's story in Everybody's Maya
zine Will have remarked a great
change that is going on in the attitude
of the public. When the 'foreword
was published last July there were
all sorts of opinions about it. As the
story developed and the people real
lied that MIR. Lawson was not only
making good what he promised in
the foreWord. but even going far be-
yond his promises. The pubic though,
began to crystalize into a certainty
that here for the first time was peiag
told the inside story of the crimes OF
Finance, told in vivid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
that carried conviction. There re-
manned some, however,, who continued
to hunt for the motive; some who
praised the style. but queStione1 the
truth of the revelations. But as the
story moves along, like great fire,
pitileSsly. horribly twisting, soaring,
consuming the proud giants of the for
est. ever widening and growing IN fury,
but always going on relentlessly, those
doubling ones begin to feel a growing
conviction that it required fuel TO make
such a fire.
Those who read this months install
ment will find themselves aghast at
the thought of what the crime CT
Amalgamated must be; this crime, that
needed seven instalments for an IN
PRODUCTION, because it was 81 heinous
that the average mind could not pos
sibly have realized the enormity of 1t
without being specially prepared.
1t is the fortune of Everybody's
publishers to have supplied the We
hicle through which this story is to
be carried to the people. When they
read seven months ago in an Assoc
ciated Press dispatch that Mr.. Law
son had announced his intention to
give the remainder of his life, if need
be. to showing up the System, they
immediately went after the story,
primed with letters of Introduction. 1t
was days before Mr.. Lawson would
even see them, but they hung on. They
claim no credit for anything except
approaching the value of such story
and persisting until they secured it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Richard Whitelng, the we'll known
English author and journalist, has
been giving his views upon novels IN
general. and on the novel with pur-
pose" TO London interviewer. He is
under no illusion that this is an Au-
GUSTAV age of literature, but thinks
that there is a higher standard OF
mediocrity than there has ever been
in the past Our average novelist is
more workmanlike, knows his tech
nioue better, but wants great subjects,
a finer atmosphere. Mr.. Whiteing has
no manner of objection to the novel
with purpose
.Purpose" he declares. Look ct
Dickens. Purpose from beginning 10
end, Everywhere social reform. Did
he not bring to light the condition of
our workhouse and prison life? was
he not the great agent in reforming
the Court of Chancery? Did he not
abolish the Sarah Camps and gin
drinking old cats of nurses, and NUM-
them off the public stage? What coula
be, at the same time, more purposelui
and strong in its appeal to the eIllu-
lions than the opening to bleah
House? 1t was the inner conscious
ness of the need for reform, a pas
sionate desire for reform, Whlch
prompted Dickens 20 write Here Is
all the material of purpose, the pas
sion which implies purpose. MIS-.
Stowe set before herself the deliberate
purpose of abolishing slavery, and her
book, good or bad, was one OF the
great Instruments of emancipation. L
say it is matter OF indifference
whether Won choose to call your work
fiction or by any other name. Car
lyIe's .Sartor Resartus' might be called
a great work OF fiction, embodying
philosophy of life. Past and Present
might almost equally we'll have been
put in the form of fiction"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

county to settle the bills incurred II
this way would be a surprise to those
who have never had occasion to In
vestigate the matter.
of course people Of ordinary intelli-
gence ought to know better than tc
purchase articles they do not III many
instances. need at exhorbitant prices,
bat let it be remembered that all of uS
have. probably. at some time In our
lives. been talked into doing fool
thing by some slick tongued agent
The thing that should be done is for
Inc next LEGISLATURE to simply tax such
business out of existence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
MARKETS YESTERDAY
Weekly Bank Cicarings.

New York. Dec. 24.-The statement
of averages of the clearing house
banks Of this city for the week shows
Loans $1.067 .430, 200, decrease So
CISCO; deposits $1.094, 115,500, de
crease $2,0o2,600; circulation SAB, $50
500 increase 400; legal tenders
E7S.370600 increase $4,000: specie
$40, 405,50o, decrease $737,100; re-
serve $2SS -76,100. increase $2nO, 100;
reserve required $273, 52S,S75, decrease
$500, 500; surplus $15,247,225, increase
$500, 900; ex-U. S. deposits $1,055,950,
increase sos, 500
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Dry Goods Market.

New York, Dec 24.-The day has
been a very dull one in dry goods with
little interest taken by either buyer
or seller The latter feels sanguine of
al Improvement after the first of the
:. ar and is showing little disposition
to weaken on any lines which are well
taken care OF. The number of these
is gradually increasing and altogether
the situation is very encouraging one.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Naval Stores.

Wilmington, Dec. q, Turpenune =. :, 49k
receipts 3 casks.
Rosin firm, 2.s0, receipts X bills.
Tar firm, Loo rec. ipts l40 bills.
Crude tirm, 2.3J@3,70, receipts 81 bpls
Savannah, Dee. c3-Turpentine steady, e0L.
receipts i3i sales 45l, exports 04t.
Rosin-frm, receipts $685. sales 2S9O, cx-
ports l5S
Quote A, &c, 2.506 ...... d Zoo, +
2,51D57kF 2.57hdG0. G 210A ....., Fl 2.S0.
} 3 X 4 %. NJ 4.30. N 40. VIC 1855, WV 5l>,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
A Good Service.
Wilmington Starr

The Kentucky decision is good law
md is based upon a principle as ole
Is the hills. In d case like that /.
kentucky it simply calls for proof that
the party damaged has suffered loss
by the willful act of the offend ng par
ty 1t is a good service, however, Tor
the News and Observer to call atten-
ton to what are the rights of mer-
chants or others, who might not other
wise know that they had remedy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Tax Them out of Existence.
(Wadesboro Messenger.)

One of the greatest evils our farm
ing population has to contend with is
the large number of agents who are
constantly going through the country
selling stoves. clocks, organs, Ribles
and many other articles, at eXhorbi-
tant prices Nearly all the articles
disposed OF by these agents are sold
at prices from two to three times more
than their real worth, and the total
amount of money carried out Of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
New York Money.

New York, Dec. 23, p. m.-Money on call
nom., .....@, low =. ruling rate, last loan
...... closing "a, offered ~, time loans
steady, 30 days 3A(d3L, 80 days 314I%, six
months }h,o "a prime merctile paper 4@4I9,
sterling exchange s:m, with actual business
in bankers bills at 4S7 Is OSLO for demand,
and at 4s4 tO04s4 81 for 80 day Hills, posted
r-aes 4S5%dM4.aS, commercial bills 1870.
bar silver - Mexican dollars .......
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Would Lesson Divorces.
lSiler city CRIT

Women like petting, SO do mon. and
If this luxury which costs nothing was
INDUCED in more freely by people who
ere married to each other it would
greatly lessen the necessity of divorce
suits.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
New York PROVISIONS.

Butter firm. creamery common TO extra,
i7d27. state dairy lo@t.5. western factory III.
Eggs quiet, state and Penn. nearby
Cheese quiet state, full cream small col
ored fancy IL, small white fancy: ~.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
baltimore Provisions.

Butter steady, fancy imitation 20@2l, do
creamery %, do ladle l7@ls, store ! acked
l4d,l6.
Eggs wea1. unchanged %.
Cheese steady. large and small llaqi2, me-
dium la l21S,
Sugar strong, coarse granulated 575, fine 5.7o.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

1t is onlythe penny wise and pound
foolish" dealer who wants a larger
profit than the Sorosis $3.50 Shoe
brings. The other see the point and
are glad to take a smaller profit with
greater sales.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Shot Him in sclf-Dcfcnsc.

Especial to News and Observer)
Greenville. n. G.. Dec. 24.-At the
inquest held over the body Of the ne
gro Furney Isler killed by Policeman
ID. w. Beddard at Grifton. the cor
oner's Jury returned a verdict which
in effect is that of justifiable homicide,
the officer having shot the negro in
self-defense.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Tarboro. n. c.. Dec. 24.-Thursday
evening while a number of men were
sitting around the stove in the Hotel
Farrar. the pockethook of one man
fell out of his pocket and to the floor.
A man sitting by him quietly picked
il up and placed it into his own pocket.
de was seen however, and followed
TO his room and forced to give the
pockctbook UP.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

It's all right when the right man
marries the right woman, but when
the wrong woman marries the wrong
man it's all wrong.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
STATE NEWS.

Kinston. ~ c., Dec. 2i.Mr. Fred p.
Knox. who formerly lived here. where
he was highly esteemed, died in Laur-
ems, South Carolina, recently
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Notice is hereby given that appli-
cation will be made to the General
Assembly to amend the charter of the
Commercial and Farmers Bank OF
Raleigh. n. G.
Dec %, 1904. 12-23-lm
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Elizabeth City. y. G., Dec. I'll
James Alfred Jennings died suddenly
last night just after O'Clock at the
horne of his father in Providence town
ship, this county. He had been an
acute sufferer from heart disease all
summer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

He who expresses his willingness to
de for a woman always reserves the
right to fix the date of his demise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Don't think that because men ask
you for advice they really want it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Kew Bern, N. c., Dec. 24.-Charlie
sozeman, charged with The murder
Of his brother-in-law, John Bozeman.
i'm BERTHE county has been arrested
here by officer Lupton. Bozaman,
" no is q negro, claims self-defense.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Liabilities.
$6,625,606.11


o cunts
"aAAs onane' = NJ. MILLER. Cashier
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

New Bern, n. c., Dec. 24.-Mr. r. a.
l.. Carr one of Greene county'S oldest
and most highly respected citizens,
died suddenly at his hcme at Willow
Green Thursday morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25
Condensed Statement of THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK of Richmond Va, November 10, 1904.
Resources.

Loans and discounts. ;. $4,000, 44s.24
Overdrafts 80. 420.15I
U. S. Bonds at par :. 612,5OO.OO
Market value ($642,5O0.OO)
Premium on u. S. Bonds 600
Other stocks and bonds. 31,6O4.69
Banking house !. ..... 100000
Furniture fixtures 900
tate 100000
Virginia bonds ). :. =. 300,O00.O0
Cash and due from
banks :. ;. - -. A'ooG,ooo.1o
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Plymouth, n. c., Dec. PA singu-
lar thing in connection with the hang
ing Of the negro Reuben Johnson here
for wife murder was the fact that no
NEGRO barber could be prevailed on to
cllt the hair of the condemned before
the execution. Unable to overcome
the superstition. Mr.. S. n. Newperry
performed for Johnson the necessary
tonSorial service.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Williamson, N. c., Dec. 24.-Ben
I4arrel, Jr., charged with the killing
# Luke Council, near HasselPs, is still
At large Both men are negroes, and
\ hiskey is said to he at the bottom
# the affair.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-25

Chapel Hill, n. c.. Dec. t4.-Dr. G.
Nlphonzo Smith, of the University has
accepted an invitation to be he gdest
af the University of Providence, X. l.
during the holidays. While there he
* booked for a lecture on the Litter
ature of the South.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22

Last Friday was capital day at
the state fair and both Mitchell
and Pierre were on hand in full
force. A special train of ten coach
es. loaded to the platforms with
Mitchell followers, passed through
Scotland Friday morning, and
when the parade formed at lank-
ton fully 1000 people with Mitchell
umbrellas made picturesque
sight in the streets of the old capl-
tai city. Contrasted with this bril-
liant display was the little squad OF
about 400 Pierre boomers. But
this was not all of the humiliation
in store for the "stand paters. "
They had put up a purse OF S4oo
for a horse race. When the race
was called they were forced to stand
by and see their purse captured by
Mitchell horse.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22

A dispatch from Wheeler says
that influential men of South Da-
kota are arranging to have bill
introduced at the approaching ses-
sion of congress with the object Of
having the homestead laws amend.
ed so that those who make entry
of public lands on the ceded Sioux
lands between the Missouri river
and the Black Hills can enter six
hundred and forty acres instead of
one hundred and sixty as at pres
ent. It is figured that with GAO
acres a settler could raise cattle on
a moderate scale and with such
crops as he could raise each sea-
son he would be able to reside per-
manently on his homestead. It 1s
also said that the South Dakota
delegation in congress will heartily
support such a bill. Is it possible
that that country will only support
one settler on a section of land ?
We had supposed from the reports
sent out from Pierre that the Sioux
lands were the garden spot Of the
state destined to become the most
populous part Of South Dakota.
And to think that Congressman
Burke would lend his aid to a bill
designed to limit the population to
one lone settler on a section! The
thought is madness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22

The populist state convention
met in Yankton last Friday for the
purpose of nominating a full state
ticket. The convention was com
posed Of just eighteen delegates,
and this will probably represent
the number of votes that will be
cast for the ticket which they nom
mated, next November. For con-
gressmen they nominated A. J,
Mccain of Custer county and G.
W. Latin of Kingsbury. For gov
ernor R. G. Warne of Dawson, and
for lieutenant governor W. H. Dean
Of Douglas.