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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-17
Return of Battle Flags.
lRv tho Associated Press.

7 d Ttfit- sN'SssUt1std tFsU Z ILoo.
Washington, Feb. 1s.---The House
COMMITTEES on Military Affairs today
authorized 4 favorable renort on q
joint resolution providing that Union
and Confederate battle flags n the
custody of the War Department shall
be returned to the proper authorities
in the. States in which the regiments
which bore the colors were organized.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-17
The Road is Confident.


for the extension of the charter has
aroused a storm of protest.
The Road is Confident.
Mr.. r. l.. Merritt. who is employed
in the management of the road. has
been in the city for several days look
ing after the difficulties arising as to
the terms of the lease and, also. to
urge the passage of the bill making
the charter of the road perpetual
In response to an objection to the
bill made to him by Senator Ward.
Mr. Merritt is reported to have said
that the opposition mattered nothing
to the road that it would be passed
over their heads.
Senator Wards position is that. in
any event, it is too soon at present
before the road has been in operation
long enough for its policy to be clear
ly discerned and before it has clearly
appeared. or while there is vet a
doubt as to its ownership. to pass any
bill which would give the charter Il
longer life than 1t has at present or in
any way further tie the hands of the
State. He says that the present iegis-
lature can well afford to leave the
matter of the extension Of the charter
to such succeeding one OF the twenty
three general assemblies aS viii meet
before its expiration to determine.
The entire matter will doubtless be
given n hearing before the committee
on Monday when the railroad as well
as the opponents of the measure FROM
Eastern North Carolina will be given
chance to be heard.
In the East the opposition 20 the
bin has in many cases. notably. New
Bern and Kinston taken the form Of
mass meetings TO protest against the
conduct Of the road under the new
management.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-17

is thought that the military company
will be held in readiness in the ar
mory, which is in front of the court
house.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-17
Death OF Mrs. Mott.

Especial to News and ObserNer.)
Statesvillc, y. :. Feb. l6.--MrS. CAR
rie Hendrix Mott, wife of Dr. J. j..
Mott is dead. The cause OF her death
was pneumonia. Mrs. Mott Was the
daughter of Mr.. James Hendrix, Of
Wilkes county. and WAS G5 years old.
She was the mother Of nine children.
six OF whom survive. Or. Mott Is also
III with pneumonia but his recovery Isl
hoped for
Woman's inhumanity to man makes
the divorce lawyer happy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-17
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

the road and the news as to the move
for the extension of the charter has
aroused a storm of protest.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
AN ANSWERING SILENCE.
It Was So Thick That II Became Al
most Tangible and Was
Oppressive.

Young ladies with a fo1iness for
infsntile admirers should be warned
by an episode at a seaside resort last
summer. relates Lippincott's Maya
zine.
An engaging masculine OF seven
years became on exceedingly good
terms with the belle OF their particu-
lar hotel. a girl about 20 years his
senior One day the eharmer asked
the swain to 20 bathing. and after the
bath. as they returned TO their bath
houses. the small man suggested a
race 10 see who could dress first They
entered the lighthouses. which ad-
Joined. and in n short time a youth
full treble called: Miss Ethel. O.
Miss Ethel. I've got my stockings on. "
A low eontrzlto answered: Yes
Robbie. 50 have L.
After a short pause the irrepressible
again called: Miss Ethel. I've go,
my shoes on"
Again came the answer: YES. dear
so have l."
Again a pause-thsn a triumphant
voice shrilly proclaimed: Miss
Ethel I've got my pants on"
The answering silence was oppres
sive-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
INVENTIVE INGENUITY.

In France the phonopostal a paste
Board card on which the sound OF the
human voice is reproduced much as IL
Is IN phonograpn. is being used As
picture postcards are in many coun-
tries. for souvenirs
A poor laboring man in Denmark
has made a new invention in life saw
ing. He impregnates clothes with a
substance which will keep a ship
wrecked person afloat for several DAYS
without losing its property.
A new machine for making glass
ware with handles. such as Jugs. is
being tried in Indiana. and is the in
vention Of mold maker named Hor-
man. IL makes a handled article in
one piece, and at one operation; il will
displace thousands OF hand workers.
and reduce the cost to one-quarter.
probably less
By means of "a French engineers
invention. the manufacture Of sheets
Of glass by machinery. ready for use
within half an hour of the incandes-
cent state of the material, is rendered
possible The Fourcault machine can
turn out continuously sheets of glass
1914 inches wide. of any desired
length. and Of a uniform thickness.
varying from 1-16 inch to sic itch.
This glass can be obtained as rough
glass for making extra thin glass. as
horticultural glass and window glass.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
CONCERNING CHURCHES.

Women without hats are not to be
admitted hereafter to Canterbury
cathedral in England.
Pope Plus Y has sent the papal bene-
diction 20 the members Of 81. Liborfgs
church choir. St Louis. In recognition Of
their consistent and sustained observ-
anes u the regulations regarding church
music
As 4 memorial TO the late Jay Cooke.
ore % the founders and rectors warten
o. s. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church
% Ashbourue. Pa memorial hall will
b built there. The plans for the build
ln<. which will cost sl5lf00. have been
accepted TIE funts will BE- provoked By
Mr. Cookies ch.'tren-
Twenty-Five years aEo. SAYS religious
worker. he ruling idea % the church
was that chiitren SHOULD b sen aa4
not helr1- The result vs. thar few we're
sen ant rore heard Ths growth q
young Peoples societies IN The churches
IN The last quarter-csutury means rhat
the truth : realized thar The young are
the most ssscieut builts-s q the kIrs-
dom q Heaven on earth
Dr. Adolf Friizsu. bishop q Stras-
burg has again issued "a esic, forbid
ding priests within his dio.-eS= % use
bicycles H. Is sharply critics sod there
for BY the newspapers- xhirh call al
tentlon 70 the fact that ticyclirg csassi
long ago 20 b a mere secular suert. and
that priests often nni the Wheel most
useful especially thoss who have 10
visit members q their congregation in
remcte country places
Notwithstanding he French people ara
demanding the separation OF church ard
state. tie Roman Catholics Of Franc.
have given more 70 the worldwide.
propagation 4 their faith than all other
Countries combined OUT q a total Of
sia5-ni1e7 given for that czuse last
year France contributed s7ef.e6S 81
while American Roman Catholics gave
ouiy si5s -. =. about oue=eightseutn
a. much As WIS given 70 Missions By ths
Methodist Episcopal church alone.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
CELERY In TENNESSEE.
a Good Money Crop For the Truck
Farmers of Tennessee to
Daily with.

Celery is plant that can be success
fully cultivated from Canada TO the
southern border OF Florida II is a
plant which the climate does not re-
strict Its only conditions are richness
OF soil and a sufficiency Of water reg
ulariy during its growing period
Swampy or marshy lands that have ae-
eumulated large deposits Of vegetable
matter. which had decayed into 4 muck.
have made fortunes for the Germans
at Kalamazoo. Mich Swamps that can
be drained for an ideal spot TO grow
large, brittle and saleable celery. In
lards will grow celery. and il nav be
more highly favored, but the mucky
nat lands are the most profitable.
The time for sowing the seed in Ten
nessee is in February. In boxes In the
Kitchen or some warm room where r.
can have sufficient heat. The seeds are
very slow to gsrmlnats-about Is davs
SOW seed In q box and sprinkle a slight
covering OF dirt over the seed When
tne plants are up, put the box il the
sunshine and keep the soil in the hoy
moderately moist After the plants are
three inches high in the box take them
up and transplant to another box. Civ
ing Them more room. clipping part of
me roots and part Of the tops OF. This
VII cause the plants to be stocky and
grow more readily when ser our in ,ha
garden.
In the south celery plants do better
II shaded curing the hot months with
fence. or II planted near fores, thai
WIFE protect the plant from the extrsms
eeaI PA The bed in anesr OF conaitiou
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
BOUNDING THE COUNTRY.
Habit which Seems to Lay Hold Up
on Political Orators and
SpeiiEinders.

"rrave you ever noticed how often our
pubic speakers bound this eountryg'
asked an observer Of things in general, in
the New Orleans Iimcs- Democrat. Two
years ago J wsrt "a large mass meet
ing at which there were several stands
arranged - that the orators, so-cdUed,
could address the assembled crowds.
tooA place before one Of the platforms.
AMI after awhile a well known polite an.
heavy N avoIr'iupoiS and dignity, was IN
traducet and launched into hrs specs b.
vhich began along the oil lines.
rs | look cut upon this multitude q
the xy-od citizens 81 this city. | fe~i sure
that on the second Tuesday in Novem-
her they will declare in 10 uncertain ran
ner.- etc. You know how the rest soes
lie had not heen speaking long before
heard the words fall; From the stormy
shores Of the Atlantic to the calm slopes
# the Pacific. from the gulf on the south,
this great movement viii sweep all be
fore it, l did not wait to hear any
more Of his plstitudes. but made my way
over to the second stand, and here an
other modern Cicero was telling the con-
script fathers how 20 vote. how to save
the city, how to keep the patriots in Of
nee. The al is going forth" said he.
from the blue waters II Lake Superior
down TO where the ripping waves OF the
gulf wash the fair shores Of Louis ana.
From the strands Of the Carulinas TO the
sunlrt fields OF California, the people are
resolved. etc
toward the third platform. but even from
a great distance | could hear a Islsty
spellbinder crying out in foghorn voice:
FROM Tampa bay TO Puget sound. from
but ! pullei my hat over my ears and
rushed Tor my car"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19

From 1890 20 1900 the number CT
farms in the United States increased
from 4.5sf.sti TO 5.73s So. and the
value II farms and farm property from
Sis.oS1 2s1 $50 TO se0. .0af. SIS.
The census IS taken every ten years.
From 1870 70 1870 the Increase in farms
vas l.3iS9ae. totals being 1853 .gS5 and
ifsS so. respectively The number OF
persons engaged in agriculture on the
$50 s57 farms in 19oa Is given az TO-
iiS2i9. During the past two or three
years and more especially the past
year. a great expanse Of new farming
land was opened up in the northwest.
- that BY the time the rsxt census Is
;sken II Is expected the total number
u farms in the United StaeS will be
close 10 7.ea-l .0,a With the rapid in
crease in establishing new farms and
methods tending TO more intensive
farming. ant the production Of more
Grain and product from every acre
filiei by scientific methods that are now
being taught and practiced. the a=ri-
cultural productions OF this country
sh0aid be kept well apace with our
rapid Increase in population. Iaielli-
p ut methods Of using the lands are
all that are required to provide ahun-
dantly fer our own and many foreign
cOnsumers.-Tri-Sfat Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
TIE MERITS OF The MULE.
mai That the Average Farm-
~r Dsesn.t knaw.

The average farmers probably is no,
aware Of the fact that an average mule
sells for $40 pr head more than horses.
such * the case. and the price has been
gradually rising for number Of years.
There has Fever been what would he
called an oyerproduction q mules. While
the market has often been unable 10
fully supply the trade.
The ability Of the mules 20 endure
great heat had brought them into most
general Use in the southern states.
where large farms are devoted entirely
70 raising them
The mule NATURES more quickly thar
the horse. and can Be placed OF the
market from one 70 two years sooner
than the average horse: this means
large profit to the producer and quicker
returns for the investor.
A weIl-fsd mule can be worked az
Two years & age with safety. IL proper
Judgment Is exercised By its driver.
Trey are much less nervous than
horse TINS Tot 50 liable TO accident
or hlemish. \ blsmish that would
make fine horse unstable would take
bit tribe from the price Of a mule.
Ehey sell simply for the work they
seem ahls 10 DO. rather than for their
appearaEce The mule buyer carries
his measuring stick. ard gives probably
s. above th@ regular price for each inch
the young mules measure above four
feet a. WEAVING time
Large herds of 80 and fa9 are safely
kept in 4 small inclosure. They are
much less subject 10 disease than
hcrses when kept in large numbers.
Aeeident rarely oceurs while the mule
= being borks 10 work. because they
always stop when in danger Of being
eErt Much less care Is exercised thar
with the care OF horses. yet one seldom
sees 4 mule hlsmished by accident.
The grain ration for the mule is much
less thar that required for the horse:
this Is quite an item to he considered
with the present high prices of grain.
We have had large export trade for
mules besides their use in the southern
Plantations Large numbers will be used
each wear in the constructio. Of TIE
Panama canal. and good prices NAV
be expected tor some years to come
Live Stock Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
Improving Mich Goats.

The Bureau IL Animal Industry is in
earnest in its intention to introduce
European high bred mich goats into
this country for the purpose of cross
ing them on common American nan
mics Purchases have been made Of
specimens CT Swiss and French goats
which are heavy mixers and to re-
eeivs the shipment the department Of
agriculture has bought d small island
in New York harbor for quarantine
purposes. as it is of course important
TO introduce and breed from goats
which are found in the herds Of all
European countries Much interest is
manifested throughout various parts Of
he Uaited States where goats are
raised TO some extent. and a large num-
ber Of Individuals who have mich
goats Of good frames. but which give
OILY a small amount Of milk, are anx-
JUS to secure the assistance Of the GOV.
eminent in improving their fiocks and
gradually building up a strain of mich
goats
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
FACTS ABOUT KOREA.

The people ar miserzbiy poor.
The country Is artstocracy ridden
Game ahoua1s. the spill IS very fertile.
All The people are timtf ard peaceful.
The Korean men are tall AID hand
soue
The women "A squat. shapeless ar5
uzIv
It's larszrapss are Gems. winter or
sumner.
--. = -.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
c.,,es-rfcli.x rr.s,-- <.,,.s

William II. Harbour. Of Atlanta. has
invented and received letters patent
upon cotton harvester. which he
feels confident will solve the cotton
picking problem.
According TO the patent rights is
sued to Mr.. Harbour. his machine IL
described as an improved penumatic
cotton harvester.
Mr.. Harhour's cotton harvester
works on the principle Of pneumatic
suction and is 81 constructed and ad-
Iusted as TO separate the lint cotton
from the leaves and other foreign mat
ter. which may be gathered with IT.
The machine is made to be hauled
across a cotton field by pair Of mules.
and can h operated. i: is stated. by
one man and hoy.
Mr.. Harbour states that his ma
chine will pick all the cotton open in
five-acre field in one day.
\ demonstration Of these facts will
prove that Mr.. Harbours machine NAV
become TO the south what the reaper
and binder il 70 the great grain grow
ing sections ~ the wes.
The principle Of Mr.. Harhour's ma
chine is vastly different from that OF
the other machines which have been
constructed with the same end in view,
but when have practically all proven
failures
The principle Of other machines has
been either rotating fingers or revolv-
ing stems.
The Scientific American Of a recent
date gives Mr.. Harbour's cotton har-
vester special notice as one Of the more
important recently patented inven-
tons.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
THIN BlO0D-WEAK NERVES
One Follows the Other. tut Or. VII
Iisms' Pink Pills Quickly
Curr Rotn

The steady use Of a particular SIT Of
muscles tends TO chronic fatigue. which
proiucss faulty or difficult motion.
trpmb,iE-. cra-rr- aui .vrn paralysis.
Writers. tslegraVhers. ,silur> and SIAM
stresses are among tho classes rloSt
threatened in this wav with the l,>S II
tbsir power to earn a living. The fol-
lowins instance shows that nerve power
NAV s. recovered after 10 seems entirely
list. II the right means are taken. Mrs.
q. :. BIack~fsn. ~ No. So North Bow
man street. NauSii.ld. Ohio. says:
For yeas my hands woUld bccoue
so numb at times that l would drop
anything I attempted 20 hfs. Later
thew became - had that l could not sew
any longer, and at last coald scarcslv
do anything at all with my hand-- At
night the pricking sensations would
come on worse than ever. and NV hands
and arms would pnin - that l dreaded
to go tn bod. NV family doctor gave me
some nerve tablets. TINY helped me n
little. but only for a short time after
had taken them and If happened TO he
without them for n day or two l would
be rs had a ever or even worse Finally
I got box of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
and began to take them.
"The result WIS surprising. By the
time l had taken the l.st pill in my first
box I could see n gain. Thanks to Or.
Williams Pink Pills. / am now all right
can sleep undis;urhcd by pain, and for
two years have been rs well n ever.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills feed the
nerves by making new. rich blood and
in this way have cured nervous diseases
Of every description from simple rest
lessness to paralysis. They have BAN
ished the tortures Of neuralgia. the
weakness Of nervous Prostitution. the
disability and awful pain Of locomotor
ataxia. They are sold by all druggists
or direct by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, y. y.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19

Every mother possesses information
which is of vital interest to her young
daug liter.
Too often this is never impaired or Is
withheld until serious harm has result
ed to the growing girl through her
ignorance of natures mysterious and
wonderful laws and penalties
Girls over-sensitivcncss and modesty
often puzzle their mothers and battle
physicians, rs they so often withhold
their confidence from their mothers
and conceal the symptoms which ought
to be told to their physician at this
critical period
When a girls thoughts become sing
gish. with hcadache, dizziness or a dis
position to sleep. pains in back or lower
limbs, eyes dim. desire for solitude:
when she is n mystery TO herself and
friends. her mother should come tn her
aid. and remember that Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound will ut
this time prepare the system for the
coming change. and start the menstrual
period in a young girls life without
pain or irregularities
Hundreds % letters from young girls
and from mothers, expressing their
gratitude for what Lydia T. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has accomplished
for them have been received by tn.
Lydia T. Pinkham Medicine Co. at
Lynn. Mass
Miss Mills has written the two fol-
lowing letters To Mrs. Pinkham. which
will be read with interest:
Dear Mrs Pinkhnm:- first I.ssrry
Il an but fifteen years ofage. am deprs-s-ri,
nave dizzy spells. chills, heaiache AMI back
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19
LEARNED OF IrTTEPATEURs.

Paul Bourgeois Paris home. in the
Rue Barbet-de-Jouy. is rallying
point of the French artistic and lit
erary society during the season.
The son of the not sufficiently ap-
preciated novelist. Anthony Trollope.
has likewise turned to literature. He
is about to publish 4 biography of
MoIiere.
Justin Mccarthy says that his three
objects in his life have been attained
They were: To write books. to be
member Of parliament, and to live in
London.
Capt. Orville J. Nave. an army
chaplain and author of 'Nave's Top
ical Bible" is engaged in the com
pilation of a revised Bible which will
be a unique edition and the only one
of its kind
Edward Rostand has made so much
money with the products of his pen
that he has been able to engage three
popular Partisan artists. Jean Weber,
Henri Martin and Caro- DelvailIe, to
decorate his Basque villa at Cambo.
Helen Longstreet. daughter of the
famous general. has written in Lee
and LongStreet at High Tide" the
story of the battle OF Gettysburg in
answer to certain criticisms that have
been leveled at her distinguished IA
Their. She has gone TO the records for
her story. and has filed out sundry
gaps by reference u the memoirs left
by her father.
A. T. QuiIler-CoGch. better known
as o." is the latest British novelist
to make an effort To get into pariia-
ment. He will stand" at the oc-
tober election, and il is expected he
will win out. As he is very popular il
his native region He lives in the
Cornwall he has made So famous IN
his stories. Couch is 43 years of age,
and has written 23 books.
While he was yet a teacher in the
Jews free school. Spitalfelds, Lon
don. Israel Zanswill. now famous as
author and playwright. composed
some verses. and timidly sent them to
the editor OF an American magazine
They were promptly returned. Some
years later, when fame had come his
way. the same editor cabled for
poem Mr.. ZangwilI dispatched the
rejected verses. which were paid for
at high rate. and doomed as the
work of a celebrated author.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-19

The plants are put In rows In the south
about four feet apart. and plants six
inches apart n the rows When
plants are ten inches tall. then they
can be banked with dirt to bleach. The
bank Is raised higher as the plants
zrow-keeping the soil moist. In the
north the plants are taken up and put
in other beds for bleaching. but this IL
not done in the scufh BY the most en-
perisnce celery growers.
Celery requires an abundance OF
water for It's growth. Irrigation % Gel
cry reds has Increased the Yield more
han a hundred per cent. In Teunss-
SOC the IRRIGATION - the beds and the
Rising ~ the soil for bleaching shoYld
continue during fall. 50 as to have csl-
cry for early market. before the north
ern plants come south. Experience will
give more facts how to handle than Ne
can write in one article. The profits
are excellent. and sales in the south
VII be rapid. Hereafter We will give
Illustrations u bleaching and other
facts that will Re Of marked Assistance
10 those who wish 10 cultivate this
aealthful plart-The State Farmer.