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A Pf XITENTIABY ROMANCE CAPTIVE DAMSEL FAITI1UESS. T Released Prisoner Sought Work In Raleigh That He Might be Xear the ' Object of His Affection but Disap- - pointinent ltt Said to Await Htm Sunday Nchool Work Among Crlml - nals A Sad Crm of Groundless Jeal ousy Book Thieves In Raleigh Republican Campaign Canard In terest In Stat Poultry Show. Correspondence or The ooserver. . Raleigh. Nov. 25. We all know the dear old story of how long- the good man n the Bible waited Tor a wife, seven years, ' and how long they! must have seemed to one so fond. . But " there arc latter-day waitings us well, and romance with them, and one of those has come before my ob at Ration. The romance started in the r Jtenttary, where two convicts, a man aiA a woman, fell l.i love the old. old story, but under rather trying conditions even for dour little Cupid to overcome. The man served a sentence of several yours and came out nearly four yearn ago. His lady-love has but a little time left of her term, which' began not a great while be fore his ended. This faithful fellow, when bis term ended, did not leave Raleigh, but remained here, sought work, found it. and has applied himself steadily, waiting all the time for the day of her freedom ar.d his happiness, nut will it ever come? M Is said that while his love is as groat as his faithfulness, she has proved faithless, and that instead of a wedding on the day of deliverance, as he hud planned, she will at once take the train and go to her far-off home. Now what will t lie man do? Will he take his life, or will-he be a man, pluck up fresh courage, look the future in the face and say that he is In luck lie cause he does not win her? The penitentiary is a place much fre quented by visitors from other points, but very little visited by Raleigh people, nu.st of whom find it a sad sight. In the 31 years since it was opened to the criminal world, think of the crime beneath its roofs. Think of that thickly-sown graveyard in the wilderness, on that lonely and wind swept hill, where the little wooden crosses that mark the graves, decay and fall, Just us did those who lie beneath them, and whose graves they mark. Think of t.ie last day, and of that) great crowd rising from that place, who in life committed every crime on the calendar, but some of whom found peace at last, within the pris on wails. And this brings to mind a great work done year'after year by the teachers In the penitentiary Sunday schoul. One of them at least has been going there, very seldom missing a Sunday, for fully 30 years. V.'ben he began, he used to look into the faces of perhaps a thousand men and women at once; but now. owing to the fact that so few convicts are kept within the prison proper, he faces barely a hun dred. But think of all those years of his patient and persevering work; think of its teward. And of his co-workers, some have been going there regularly for "i years. The. work fascinates them, they put their hearts in it, and the convicts kn w them. Tin- latter really love those peo ple. 1 have heard them say so, hardened fellows, a tear dimming the eye. There are romances, if one may call them such, so sad are they, outside the prison walls. Right here in town, a wo man, of what in Kngland would be ternvd the lower classes, is literally dying of jealousy. She Is jealous of her husband, and the object of her Jealousy Is a woman whose life is a hot-bed of sorrow and trib ulation; whose husband is a drunkard and a criminal, and who herself is a pitiful specimen of humanity; bearing much, hard-working, neat always; but never for one second the sort of woman to inspire the passion of love In any breust. or that of Jealousy in any mind save one wrought to the utmost degtce. And yet this goes on day after day and week after week the mind-sick and heart-sick wife jealous of this poor creature, who knows all about It. who can say nothing, but can only feel the iniplli;snjMtstiher,phhnor which such jealousy nwKetf!?! tcUnrd world, this, and no doubt there are many such cases, where women see ghosts, . so to speak, and only ghosts, and yet make real things of them Shakespeare has told better than anybody else about the Jeal ousy of women and the length to which it will go; but surely this case shows the senmy-side of life in a most practical and yet romantic way. This week a .nemlier of the Legislature was here and told me a very funny story. He found, only a few days before election day, that the Republican leader In his county, who was certainly a hustler, had sent th news far and wide, by word of mouth and b little leaflets, that this par ticular cnndldate. a sterling Democrat, intended to Introduce a bill In the Legis lature to reduce the prices of farm pro duce, and had stated that be thought the present prices were far too high. It seems astonishing that such a story as this should gain anv credence whatever: but the Democrats had to pet out and hustle themselves -In order to counteract it. The Republicans sent out in North Carolina many thousands of circulars setting forth the fact that Roosevelt was responsible for ten-cent cotton, and that If the Dem ocrats got In the price wan apt to drop -.t least 2 cents, and very probably 3 cents. What a lot of jays some politicians must think North Caro!inlans are. This sort of rot does not seem to be sent out in other Stati'S than this. It was an article designed for home consumption. One of the most daring of all thieves is a book-thief, and about this there is unite a little story. There several suspects here, and one of them. It seems, missed! Indict ment only by the flight from Raleish of a young white criminal. Several years ago. before the present administration came in. It waft whispered that books were being stolen from the State Library. and the loy was reported to b:ive said tllat a ladder was used in gettlnir into tin librarv rmm tl-m iilulacv a r, ii.n..M,r.,iin waa started, and It was found that In or-! der for such a thing to be Possible theS librarian and the niirht wntehmn n won hi i have to be parties to the thefts. The trail was gettlnir warm, when the boy In ques tion suddenly disappeared. A relative of the boy, however, appeared before the present State librarian nnd Informed him that the thefts had not been made from the library, but from a rented building In which he copies of the North Carolina Supreme Court reports nnd the laws en acted by the Legislature were then stored. It was further admitted that hundreds of copies had been stolen. Of course, these were not marked with the name of the State, and so Identification was vry dif cult; but It was stated at the time that If search were made in an upper room of a building here, not only a number of these stolen book, but of others which had been purloined, would be found. A search warrant was never obtained, nor the search made. Years ago the Supreme Court library was plundered of numbers of its costly bonks. That was a long ago. Under the present system, the books are stamped, every few pages. In such a way that they can be Identified. Rook thieves go to great length. Some of these days there may he a sensation In Raleigh grow ing1 out of this business. There came very near being one rtfter the big- book robbery at the home of Bishop Joseph Blount ,2heshlre. ' Some persons are asking whether any further steps will be taken regarding the matter of liability .for th deaths of the Li,niiisicu men oi m -"intra Regiment of the National Guard .of this State, who, while drunk and dlsobevinir order killed while on top. of a train, going Jiome rrcm tamp. m question arises, what sort of orders were Issued ' to the troops when camp was broken? The finding and report of tho board of inquiry Is construe-t to be a cnsiir of several officers of ths regiment; who are, so to speak, under fire. Tha colonel ba said doe mot at all relish the report of the court of Inquiry. What would he do, is the question. There vere surgeons on the train, but surgeons under military regulations are not regi mental officers. The matter may assume some r;"?-v iihaso. The bulletins of the State Agricultural Pt'lKirtmmt are coming more and more Into favor and request. Their Improve mtrt Is really remarkable. The inly trouble is that so small a proportion of all the farmers In the State read them. The one punle is first how to get informa tion before the farmers and. ftouondly. to in , . counties, probably twice the number held in any other year. In the counties where institutes were held Inst year the attendance and interest this year was mi st eneoumping. Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Cleveland. Stnnlv and I'nion counties were the ones making the best showing; the avcraae Mtendanro at the Institutes held i.,.inir i7 actual farmers, who showed ai lively Interest by taking piirt In the dis cussions In eleven other counties the nt tendunee Was satisfactory, being 217 far mi rs at each; but In 21 counties the lack of Interest was only too apparent, and in some n-fiH verv llnsausiuciory . i El'"1 "' 7V.'V,..Vi ....;: " them, hard to reach and to teach. Tluy doubt what tlvv a'e told about the fatal nature of the Texas cattle tick, and heavy are their losses hv reason of Ignorance and doubt. Same of them are nshamcu lo snow 11 i n doubt, but conceal It. ' T!.c subieot which will le before the North Carolina public schools, and Indeed many of th? private schools on North Car olina Day this year, will be the -famnco C.'intry." and the pamphlet will mark a new departure; for it will h illustrated and will contain the autographs of a num ber of colonial North Carolinians of the greatest note. Luckily, your correspon dent was able to, furnish the Secretary of State with a number of autographs for the Hall of History, these coming from the Thomas Pollock documents, lent by Mrs. Oevereiix. of Raleigh, this collection being ve.rv rich and valuable, and In it being the letter book of Governor Pollock, extremely interesting extracts from which have tieon published in this special corre spondence in The Observer, the publication being really the first, in nearly all cases. The State Poultry Show, to be held here tills winter In the Agricultural building, will be by far the largest and best ever seen n North i 'aronna. aim a inuuuei iioi,.,. lilnls from Viridnla are to be shown. u,iw manv North Carolinians know the value of poultry and eggs? It Is greater than that of the entire cotton crop. It brings into this State great sums, and yet the income from It is but a tithe or wnai it mlrbt be easily mane, it win pay peo ple to come to the show to get the beHt Ideas about birds, the best way to raise them and to market them; for State Pou( trvmnn Jeffreys is a "mine" of useful In formation in this respect. To most peo ple, a poultry show is a sort of fancy af fair, but it Is really one of the most practi cal things In the world. When the mass of North Carolina farmers ascertain what good poultry and really choice eggs hiintf. their eyes will be opened. They do not now know what opportunities they are throwing away. The spe?lnl article about the last flag in line of the battle at Appomattox, which your correspondent prepared. Is attracting "much attention. Cant. W. T. Jenkins, of Auiellnn Springs. Writes an Interesting letter about !t and says that Hrtgaoier Oineial William It. Cox will bear him out in regard to what he has said ns to the claims of North Carolina, lie says that the flag referred to. that of the Fourth North Carolina Troops, and the flag of the Koiictof nth North Carolina Troops, were the last in line of battle at Appomattox, and that regiments they were waving over their after all the other troops had ri tirei from the Held. KHED A. OLDS. WE LOVE THEE, CAROLINA. America we love, yes. every State, Hy our country's laws united; Rut we love best of all. our own fair State, To her our hearts are plighted. (Chorus. I No land on earth is loved no none Willi a love I ha l is diviner. We love thee, O ,'ur fair Southland home; We love thee, I .,'olina. Our Carolina's fame of i "ig ago, lias been sung In "song u.c) story" Since then she has won many a laurel more. And covered her name In glory Al, honor to thee, our fair Southland Vane, Our hearts exultlngly siiuj, And to he.- crown anew thy old renown, Krcbh laurels we gladly bring. Oh, beauteous Carolina! Nature's hand divine Hath made for her fair queen fuch mountain thrones, that pioudly, grandly climb lii avenward. Oh. glorious scene! Oh lovely Carolina! ho fair, so serene All queenly roliedwitli crown of llowers! Thy Jewels thy spaiUing, silvery streams, That tlow through fragrant bowers. Of tiiv rivers we'll sing; no fairer A reams E'er bathed the brow of Mother Earth Hani our picturesque French Hroud, that -winds and gleams. Like a shining silvern girth, itound shores where grandest mountains skyward loom; And our lovely Chuwau that Hows ily banks whereon the arbutus and laurel bloom, 'Doming liie gentle bluffs o'er. A paradise her forests seem in summer- time. Win re the birds dwell with the flowers. And mid wreaths of Jasmine and of wood bine Sing through the happy hours. In winter time, we gather with hearts fO )'" . I J i ll Ul woods the richest Iwauties mistletoe, wuxen and crimson Berries "",. JT. ,i i . .i ....l.ii. our Clii'lstn.as-tlde p. ai la i uddlcs. To our Southern pines the weary one comes, From a home in a far-away clime; And all ca--es depart, and sweet rest comes in the 'music of the pines." And we welcome all who come to our Southland borne. No hearts more true or kinder, Or. eailh .no found; no lands so fair 'neutli heaven's dome As our ow.1 fair Carolina. Carolina's daughters, so true, so good, As fair as the flowers 'round them. Oh lovely type of sweet Southern woman hood ! Our hearts' own queens we crown them. All honor to the noble sons of our brave e'er we chance to tlnd them; The highest honors that for man await, Their own true merits assign them; All honor to the glorious schools of our State An honor to our American land! And no mightier force within Carolina's ;ates Than her teachers a noble band! Oh, we love pur sunny Southland home This Carolina of ours. We love her cities fair of lovely homes ar.d tall church domes. And skies "and breezes and flowers. Oh, may hteanner of purity, peace anJ lovo O'er Carolina ever wave. And far up to bountiful heaven above. We send one rhapsody of praise For Carolina brigtest star In our nation's crown With a hai of love we 'nshrlne her. We love thee. O fnlr Southland home, .. We love thse, Carolina. , . - IiOt'lSK CRADY CHBAR3. Elm City. N. C. FASHION, FM) AM) FANCY. "LOUD" EFFECTS STILL A FAD. Ok! Port rait Furnish Inspiration for New Style In Picture Hat Lcg-o'-Mutton Sleeve Surely Hem, Though . Not Vet Full Grown Tiie One Flece Skirt Uith More Titan the Old Circular sklrl-'-Merv1iant Al ready Hcglniiliig to Talk Spring Style. i j Written foi The observer. I ' .' ? ,1T1 mip; , ...v l.ch inai n cluster, or one very -jnrge specimen, their songs haw hushed thus, noor rosettes of ribbon." The crowns of doubt, the past week has found more ! h;itK.-Kiiiet:ill v the refiltv dressv h.MS people busy with Thanksgiving menus than with clothes, yet I am sure there Is never a time when some one sunn -where, is not buvy get ling some sort of wearing apparel. 1 suspect are still numbers of people, at these last November days, who find themselves yet without their whiter wardrobe complete, jn some places, at least, the problem of getting aewlne d""4 ' as Ki-eiit us tho servant uu ca non, j-rices seem to be constantly on the increase, so that it requires a nice little sum of money to get one's clolhe for a season in ood shape- then to get them fiom the hands of the seamstress at the promised time, really is a mosl serious metier. of course there are those upon horn we may depend ul ways, to do as tluy uromise, whll others .stem to thmk it a very small anair to let you mive your garment anywhere from a week to two or three months after the sown was actually promised. So It goes; there are ups and downs in all liiu-s of business, and no doubt tiie modistes could tell much on their side of trying to please woman kind in regard to the various frocks. It surely is a nice tiling to lie able to do all these things tur one's self, but vhm you can't and an t get your gowns made either things take on a serious aspect. Well, the mutton-log sleeves .ire sum ly being seen in coats and shirt-waists, sooner than I expected-on our streets. At present, these sleeves are not large, but no doubt they are Just be ginning to grow. When spring time comes, when everything la blooming.1 and growing. 1 fear me the sleeves will go out of all proportion, but Just now we shall make the best of our moderate ones and not woiry about the future. I have J.ist seen a diagram of one of the very latest" blouses, ami It is pretty. Really, in the waist there is little hange. The garment has three back wardturning tucks on either plde in front; one that stitches entirely to the waist line, the other two only to yoita length. The sleeves are modest leg-o-imitton, with a shlrl-ruff fastening In the back. Jtisl as a man's shirt-sleeve. In the back of this waist there are twi groups or narrow tucks on each side, and the waist Is Just an old friend at last. Tlieie is less blouse in front, but a small amount entirely around. This pattern is used fur all wash materials, lluimels and silks, and for n simple. pretty, shirt-waist either intended to be Worn witli separate skirt or skirt of the same- -a regular shirt-waist suit you can hardly find a prettier design, In spile of tiie fact that It is one we nave had for some time past. Have you noticed how many of thi- skirts are being cut in one piece? It Is true they arc Just an improved old circular skirt is all it is. Instead of the idd-l asliioio ,1 darts to make it lit over the hips, tucks are now stitched dow n a shot i way. or if (lie skirt is in tended to hang full from the waist. then, of course, only gathers are used. Sometimes the material is shirred the manner of confining the fullness being a mailer of taste or judgment, using the style best suited to the llgure. The cir cular skirls are tucked round-wavs, which gives a pretty effect, though 1 should think It would be a hard mat ter to make tiiese tucks accurately. The sets of white linen collars and I cuffs now upon the market, and which are being worn not only with the white wush waists, but even with the silk and flannel ones, are really prettier than those worn during the summer months. Hand-made ones embroidered In some dainty pattern are especially in demand, ami bring quite fancy pi ices. Tlnjre are also the medium sh :ile of blue linen ones, embroidered in white, which are both pretty and serviceable. It la a fad also to base the regular linen color ed ones, embroidered in a darker shade Of brow n, and wear them with a four-in-hand tie matching the shade of th. embroidery. These are extremely neat, especially when worn with l be tuffs to match, tiid witli tiie brown ribbon. These are all " .: li " little accessories, which add a touch of daintiness cveiv woman loves. A paragraph in a well known fashion wi i uiy .-.ays in reference to the wearing of these collars jusi How: "Kven at this season of the year, the sets of coll ir and euiTs in linens and lawns are much used, and not kept xoiusively for spring or summer as they were foi im ri y. With blouses of Ileecc-lined washable material or novcl y suitings, they are appropriate and always good style, though not less so in those of laftcta or fancy Bilks." Speaking of those little spring-time sets of collars ant cuffs brings to my memory the statement a merchant made. ,, Km,.rnment bureau and this pro '.o me the other day, to the erfci t tliaC,mH,.d legislation is now In the hands prlng goods were even now bought and;f Sereico K. Pavne. placed that is, merchants can tell prct-; Hevisioti of the internal revenue, If vy well what they will have at that .mdertak.-n and accomplished, means a Mine, for the drummers have been I revision 0f customs duties The revenue iround w ith their samples and orders! tllt. K,,veriiinetit is derived from have been given. This is surely enousil; these tw o sources, and In the past to make one's head swim, for here we; they have nearly balanced each other. re without our winters wardrobe any-, hlng like complete with even the ne cessaries, when lo! and behold! they tell us of the "siutTs" already bought tor spring wear. Well, at any rate there re four months in which to wear this winter apparel, so we need not consid er the other for a time remarkable to me, however li is reauy the way ln0f which these orders are given months. Sjt,,ns, It is probable that tho Internal ' iiheud, and the rapidity with which anrf,venue changes will not be brought "Pi vp-to-date merchant clears his stock iHt hort session of the Fifty-eighth and talks new things. He is truly "oft with the old and on with the new" be fore we the wearers have gotten ac customed to our styles or realized that eur garments, from the merchant si however, at some time in the near fu standpolnt, belong to a past season, al-jture. though maybe the said garments have ' not been in our possession but a very tew weeks. I9or really dressy dresses, velvets combined with laces continue to be par excellence. Such garments are rich beyond compare and many of them cost, at least to "modest-pursed" persons, email fortunes. I suppose laces, of course, the kind, quality, designs, etc., vary from, time to time. A fad of the season is the combining of fur and laces which, indeed, is often a very happy combination. Hats so trimmed are much liked, and some of the so-consltjered handsomest models are made of such combinations. As for the shoe must in style, we read that for full dress occasions "all the famous portrait canvases," come into uee, "Including Rembrandt, Wat ' ..' ,'.". ' '..... teau. Gainsborough and Sir Joshua, us well as those of the French Kestora tion." Perhaps the handsomest decor ations for these picture iiats are the long, graceful plumes. Which are now draped across the brim and in some manner aiound und underneath it. with till a portion of fall down across lie? hair, in a most graceful ami artistic manner. 'In regard to another style of hat we read that "the throe-cornered Maniuis stands foremost among 'I hose long familiar, but never before capable of such a fascinatingly becoming varle-j of lines. At the left side lies its: ln1 ""anient, whether It be roses In ontlnue to be high, some of them looking rldlculousy sleep and polnie.i after the broad, Hat ones to which we have been used now for some time. too, there I Besides the Use of the long plumes ami veu herolheavv bunches of tins, flowers are unite extensively used. "Hats are covered with large dahllcs. loses, and gardenias, with (lUiuitllies of tulle and feather pompous of huge dimensions, having spears of algrttles rising finm the cen tre." The great trouble this season, so it seems to me, Is the "largenoss," so to speak with which everything is gotten up. Things In all lines of fashion seem to be running townrd a note of loud ness," both in color and cut but these extremes or tendencies, are Indeed fads. whii h catch the fancy, almost always. j only for a very short while. There arc modest little hats and modest big ones, which are stylish und pretty enough satisfy the most fastidious taste. After all the best dressed persons are t hohi who do not go oft after the extreino fads, but who upend their money fur the best materials and combine thein with simplicity, seeing to It tbat'lha tit Is perfect und I ho combinations di not clash. DOROTHY. ITALIAN LABORIOUS. INiHiilmcnt in Vicinity of Wilming ton Highly SutlsfiH'tiirj. Wilmington Star. Twenty-two Italian ' laborers who were Imported here about a month ago to work at (he factory of the Cape Kear Fisheries Company, at Old Bruns wick, dow n the river, replacing the In efficient und unreliable supply of negro labor In the iiommunlty, came up to the city yesterday afternoon on the steamer "Wilmington" and left last night on the Seaboard Air Line, returning to New York. Only one member of the parly could speak Ktigllsh and the group, as they passed up and down the streets in the early evening, before the departure of their train, attracted con siderable attention by their Jabbering. One wag remarked that the confusion of tongues would Indlcute that tlu-v had knocked off work from the tower of liabel instead of from the llsb fac tory. The return of the Italians North Ih because of the close of the fishing season In these waters. It Is learned that the experiment of working the Italian laborers here was highly satisfactory; that they are more reliable and more energetic in the discharge of their duties than the ne groes, many of whom were inclined to wink a day or two and "knock off" un til necessity forced them to return, re gardless of what were the demands upon their efforts fit the factory. It is furthermore staled that it is entirely within the range of probability that an even larger colony will be brought next season and that sonic effort may be made to colonize many of them here, so that their services will be not only available during the fishing season but that they may supply other local in dustries all the year round. After a few years residence in a community. It Is said they make good citizens and as unskilled laborers they are reliable and energet ic. A gentleman from the country, while in the city about w.mi days ago, took oc casion to inquire into the result of the experiment with the Italians at the llsh factory at Old Brunswick with a view of Introducing the same class of la borers in the cotton fields during the fall and winter, growers having suf fered considerably during the past sea son, owing lo the Inadequacy of the supply of negro labor and the utter un reliability -of a large pi-centage of it. An experiment with Italian and Portugese labor at several lumber mills near Newborn is also said to have re sulted very satisfactorily recently. KI0VIS1ON OF ItlOYIONI'IO li.WVS. l-'avoivd hy Prettldent ItooMeell and I tcpiiblli'im lcudcr. Washington 'orrcsdondi-nee. I(etsiiiii of (lie Internal revenue iiw.s in Important pat t ieiilai s is lieinn i on sidered by the President and I lie con gressional leaders who arc discussin .j with him tin; text of his forth' lining message. The Im pera 1 1 e need of re vision, especially wild reference to .he; rebate of the lax on alcohol for u'-'o in the arts and manufactures is acknowl edged by many of the leaders of th" parly in Congress. At the request of members of the House Ways and Means Committee, the draft of a bill has been made bv There is a sympathetic relation which has shown itself in past changes, and there is no doubt that both will be, changed i! one Is. The revision of the tariff Is a ques tion of such great importance that its onsldcration will surely be postponed ,,.itil the new ( omrress. and on account I. the inter-relations of the two propo-1 Congress which will last but three tm, beautiful new scenic effects, you months. I would think von were right back iin The administration will undertake aj jhe 1(lnp of - Kunawav Girl," If not In1 revision of the Internal revenue lawB,dav. flf "Krmlnle" or "The Mikado." x Reflections of a Hocliclor. New York Press. A Joke is always a joke when It Is on the other fellow. A man gets nervous over proposing and a girl over his not proposing. Twenty years after a girl wouldn't marry a man he feels like apologizing to his grandmother about it. DOESN'T RESPECT OLD AGE. It's shameful when youth fails to show proper respect for old age, but just the contrary in the case of. Dr. King's New Life Pills. They cut off maladies no matter how severe and irrespective of old age. Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Fever, Constipation all yield tor this perfect Pill. 26a, at Burwell & Dann'B, Druggist. IN BALTIMOKK THEATRES. Ml. 1,11V AS GREAT AS EVEIt. The Australian lYiiua Iknuia'a Voio the MtM In light rui In tlio World, Notwithstanding Imminent and IV. ciillur IsxciIIciicIcm of other C.ull. mailt Christen a New Organ .nog will' New Play a Mossy Affnlr lieorire Ade'w latest Comedy Wel comed liolitHen'M Plan to I'luht Hie Theatrical 'IYut (ililctte's llesd denee tit Tryon, JN. C, Hoar Fruit In New 1'lny. Cm l .'spomlence nf The Observer. liauiim.i-e. Nov. 2ft. -There have hi singers of higher range, singers i n like a ml the en- i ato, with more flexible voices, slngeis like Calve, with more of diamine- liiiillint: but for the put Jo.MiKiit. ,f melody and harmony. mil me to Mi'lba. laiiuia Kan ics and Sybil Sand. Ii.ic held the pulm for beaut v. ton soli o 111 'be for the fire and force of action tan tiie Australian prima donna, l ti llee. has the most delightful ,' in all the world. oilmen. vt iit-ii you nave nr : rl a Meat singer years before. Ihe enter of the superb spectacle that gran t eia pioaents. )uu fear that when she comes In concert her voice must have :ili lerioralod, or else she would never iiae left n,e fairyland of opera. Hut , w lien XI. id. line Nellie M.-bii sang hi " i.jiic nisi .yiouiiay night, we i"iind that it was the same Wonderful !ol,e as swe. t and perfect us it was hi rausi, wnen AiclUu was t he greatest of Marguerites. Tho scene w hii h very llrst number was the ma 1 from "Lucia dl Latiimerimmr, ' Is one of the njost severe test Italian music. She sang Doiil score brilliantly, exhibiting the in all -. ( t I s olorn t in it tin- other quality In perfection. ll things she sang were hIih- Pier things that appeal even to the man who despises "classic music." The Mi si encore was too light mid frothy lor anything an absurd. Inane little Kiiiflbdi song. Then she gave a tuneful screnata of Tostl's. I tut , as tin; encore she sang I'onilii' Thioiigh the' Hye." Why on earth every prima donna Insists upon ' vei- sinking tills hackneyed thing. Is not explained. It seems us InevllnblB as "The Last Hose of Summer" In "Maltha." Whatever sweetness I here was In tin- simple old Seidell souk, It is all lost in the afl'cctatlon and pirouet ting that all these singers put Into Its rendition, patti started It, ami lieavn only snows when we will cease to bo afflicted by it. If you have not heard Melba sing "Se Saran liose," jam ran hardly ap preciate the beauty of tills Ardlti w.iltis soli";. n tin- inn.! til o must coin ede that Waging liernian m hool have piesent-'il and more Imposing music, haw gran won faun neve 111 higher niche In the temple of I he music n-osl of UN love mil lire of. Is Italian. The words nay be Knglish fir French, but pure, 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 f II I IlielodV Is tile linHSCMst'lll of tie- (tail-in school. Most of us like souks and I inn f iiIiichs. ami Verdi, Ardill, Hos Ini and the present-day Tosll and Maseanl have a place In our hearts. As an eiuoie, M-'Iha sang Tostl's "I looil-liye. Summer." I've heard It a thousand times, by artist and begin ner; and never have heard Its beauties -ni.l emotions so well brought out no lii her tendering. Veil a Is not an actress nnd never ft'.'i i, I'.ul there was never a more de lightful voice I ho II hers. tm m m Tie- other day Alexandre Cullman! the organist of the Notre name Cathe dral, in Paris, came here niul christen ed the large new pipe organ Jusi n stalled in the chape) of ttie 1 t abody In stitute. He has served so many years at (lie organ that music Is his life, an.l has been famous so long that applause does not disturb his equanimity. He Playd his own symphony, und a gre it concerto of Handel's, ns well as a dozen other selections, covering a wide range. Then he had lilreetor Randolph to se lect a theme, and the maestro Improvis ed a complete musical composition. iod one of the most Imposing that he ren dered. He Is able to almost breathe his thoughts Into the organ. Personally. I regretted that there were none of the more familiar organ selections on I lie programme no "IM gilin's ("bonis." no (iounod Twelfth Mass. no T- Ileum. Whit a d. -light ll would In- lo hear (iullinant play Han del's "T.-irgo!" Po far this has li-en a creditable, tni! : by no means notable, dramatie seas., a.' Why managers will risk their moii-yj and reputation on surli unspea ka Id" j li.i'-h as "The show fllrl." In which Kva! Tanguay appeared this season, or A' ".ir From Jiixlc." in which Irene P.enl- ley wasted a part of last reason. Is be yond comprehension. ' Israel Zangwlll last year won positloiij as a playwright with 'Merely Mntyj Ann." which in Klcaiior Robson'H h ind.; was one of (he finest Ihings of Ih'- -n-j son. Tills year Zangwlll assists Ceci l! ij Iiftus into stardom with the vero-sti hodge-podge (,j" improbability, beaila, the title, "The .Serin-Comic (Inverness. ' The name Is enough to kill It. Miss! Loftus had won distinct favoi by b r excellent work as leading lady ui(a Sntherii. Hut she is In danger of losiat'; her vogue In this scramble drama of Zalll-'W Hi's. ! lull- (".laser, who Is one of Chariot!. -a favorites, shines In "A Mad'-ap Prin cess," a inuslcallzatiou of "When Knighthood Was in Flower." II isn't n comic opera, and the aila pin I ion might be better df.ne; but Lulu tilaser Is. us ever, a pure delight. ( are following' the "'Florod'-i a good many! some nimii- The new romlc operas 111 the same old path as ras" of yesie . . t ti l...,V.w. ryear. and There nri a... i.,,, ..,,, v.,, t.,.,', ,-rM, v,. tve '"lwirv ttrartv." "1- pe ,,, 1v wilh Tolly" nnd 'That' Beautiful Isle or the Sea " Hut If von ,.i,ln'i hoar the words and see snm of George Ado has Injected some real: fun into comic opera. Hut for the most: part, the jokes were distinguished in the almanacs long before they were! hauled before the footlights. j George Ade's "County Chairman" is, a homely amusing comedy that Is lik.- ly to run on like "The Old Homestead'" or "The Private Secretary." It's u de-l lltrhr to come across sach a play, after! the John Drew "Mummies," and the Earl of Pawtucket. Shut out by the theatrical trust, de serted hv James K. Hackett. no longer in partnership with Minnie Maddern! Fiske. David Belasco ought to feel downcast and sad-hearted. But Belan co always acts as if he led the proces sionand he does lead it. The most Important purely American event in the theatrical year is the presentation of a new. play by Belasco, and the . moat ! profitable plays of the tlm ars his. I"' iuuarry; ne instituted a new a i or mttgruneenco m staff sottlns; And , Presentation. Nothing morx beautiful In Its way than "The Darling of th illods" was ever presented, and "Sweet Kilty Uellalrs" was a wonderful spec tacle. us w ll as a pleasing oomedy. About the firm of the year Helasco is to present Mr. LeslU? Carter In a new piny. He gives out no details h lover diKs -but says the play will tie a fitting successor to "IJhiIJarry." The theatrical trust now oontrols ail the theatres In some cities. It has bii the rusloni of Mr. Bv-lnseo to rehearse bis (days In Washington, giving two ot three first performances there; then come to Hnltlinore 0r a week, where the final touches are. given the pity la-fore It hi curried Into New York for a long run on liroadway. He did this with "The Heart or Maryland," "Zna" and all the test of them, ami consider It bad luck to break bis rule. Put this time the trust determined to shut him out. They rinsed every regular theatre In Washington against him. Hut they overlooked Convention Hull. Mr. Kelasco promptly solved Ihe hall, nnd Is putting In a large portable stage, which can be curried from clly to city, Hint will turn most any kind of an old barn Into an opera house, lie has also secured th" Lytic Thcatrei In Italtlniore. and Is prepared to hid defiance to the trust. "Dullarry" has the record of a run of over two years; und the first year In New York every seat was sold ever single night a record breaker. Mr. Ilelnsco will not even tell tli nature of bis new play. It will be seen in New York, January llth. Hut he says li will present Mrs. Carter In a hew phase as great a .ti nd be believes It will be success as "Du Hurry.' William tilllelte's residence In North Carolina bus borne fruit In a new play that he has written for himself, to take the place next spring of "The Admiral Cilchtoii." 'i",e new play is called "ClarlsHc." niul will be presented first In Iuidoii next April, jit one of Mr. Frobman's theatres. Hlllctto himself will, of course, take the principal male role. The Inter" U of the play Is said, however, to center around an old Southern negress. The act tess for tills pari has not been we- leclwd The play Is a romance, u love story and the scene Is laid In the mountains of North Carolina. In this connection It Is interesting to cull that twenty years ago Mr. (ill- lotto scored his first success In n pi ly in which the action took place in Ihe North Carolina mountains "lOstneral da." Mrs. Frances Hodgson Harnett. who has since become famous, Is said to have written the drama while she stayed at the house of the Nigins, a I Hickory Nut Hap, In the shadow of old Hal. I and Chimney Iiock moun tains. Kstnrralda's cabin used to lie pointed out there when I knew- Ihe spot, (en vents ago. Mi. (iillette (you can hardly re-dst calling him "'Sherlock Holmes") has ,i homo at Tryon, N. C, w here he spen ! all the time be can spare from tie stage. He smokes continually, Is tall and lean the kind of a hill-climber who can enjoy mountains JMHN WILI'.KU .HON KINS. Dl'ti TlIKUl OWN GUAVIOS. Mow liord Kitchener Discovered anil ICxeeuted Two Spies. Ixrd Kitchener, who is now com manding Hie lirllish army In India, has a remarkable knack of flicking up for eign languages and native dialects. In Kgypt he proved himself able to learn the local dialects of the felluneen with in a few months. lie was fond of dis guising himself in native costume and mixing wllb the people, much as Kip ling's Strickland Sahib did In India. Veterans of the Siiaklm campaign tell of an Incident which llliistrulc this rare gift of Kitchener's and also his unrelenting discipline. The Hrltisli wero throwing up earth works, on which many of the natives were employed. One day two strange fellaheen came Into camp and offered their services. This was considered sus picious, but In answer to nil Inquiries tiny protested their loyally to the Hrilish cause. They were set to work with shovels. Presently they wero joined by another unlive, with whom they became Intimate during the day. Toward evening the third native disap peared. Soon afterward Hie two strangers Were summoned to hendqiiartei s, where; (leio-ral Kitchener received them. j "You are sides. " he said brltly. They wire about to deny the accusation, hut: they looked at him and gasped. The: Hrltlsh general was the native trench, digger with whom tluy bad been plot ting treason during the day. "Take them out," said Kitchener tir the guards, "and set them to work to dig a hole big enough for two." This was done. When they had com pleted their work Ihe two sides were shot and hurled in the grave they had themselves dug. IV NOUTH CAKOLINA. A special from Asheville says: "A bill in equity was tiled In the office of the clerk of the I'nlted .States Court here this afternoon by an attorney for Mrs. Iloslna Hradley Willis. Mrs. Wil lis seeks to secure a specific decree of adoption. It Is alleged that she is the adopted daughter of the late W. L. Hradley, who lived at 1 lenderson vllle and who died In June 1!0L', and that the property of the said Hradley is held in wrongful possession by the officials of the Asheville Diocese of the Episcopal) Church of North Carolina." Mr. J. H. VVhitak.-r. a former editor of The Winston Sentinel, has located In Concord to reside In the future. Judge lioyd. of the Cnited States Court, has ratned T. J. Murphy, a young Greensboro attorney, ns tem porary receiver of the jewelry firm of Rosenblatt & Co., of that city. It Is said that all of the 14 cotton mills In Randolph county are runlng on full time and prospering. T. H. McCargo Is Interested In pro moling a knitting mill In Mt. Airy. The city of Durham Is to experiment with gas for street lighting purposes. The streets at present are lighted by electricity. YOUR LAME RACK. And the darting pains that catch you In the joints and muscles. Is nothing but rheumatism. If you keep quiet the pain will not trouble much at first, but after a little time the joints begin to get stiff, and later will become solid. It Is better to begin with the first symptoms by taking Dr. Dmmroond's Lightning Remedies, e. They will drive the disease from the bloqd, and retri-nre the action of the Joints. If your drug gist has not got these remedies, de scribe your case in a letter to Dr.j Drum mood Medicine Co., New fork. - - I ' 1 ' ; i f . , A FIUXKLLV STATE PAPERS'. PARDON CHANTED CEX SEYICK, Tb North Carotin General Assembly, - in View- of tM Act or ObUvton Pre viously Pned for tiie Benefit Of tb tYanklln HeeewalonbtU. Mhowft In- willing leader Oen. fievler 1ft tirant Ittm m Spuria! Pardon- He lu Itenliiml a llriirsull) flMuaviil nf lus IHatiict lii v Memorial llcgardJug th Indian -Tmuiea, , i ( Prepared tor The Observer I from newly discovered originals.) Tha Monble the Qftnral Assembly Kow Kltln Tho Memorial of John Bevler Humbly Hhewlth Your Memorialist bef leave to In form your August and Honorable body, v that In the Month of May In tha jrear one thousand HoVen Hundred and Eighty five; t the request of the peo ple settled and Inhabited on th West Hide of th Appalachian Mountains. Jld In fair & Open Treaty. Hold With ihe king and a number of The War. riors and Chiefs of the Cherokee nation, ' .Stipulated, agreed for, tt obtained, all the lands lying1 Within tha Chartered limits of this State, runln A far So. as the dividing- ridge between Little Hiver tt tho Great Tenesee, and 8outh of the. Great river Hoieson and Your Memorialist Humbly Conceive, , that He was not only authorised by the people of the' Western Territory ; alone, but was vested with a full and i ample power from the Executive of, i v .., , . ii.... 4 . m. treaty aforesaid, which will mora fully ' and at large Appear on the examina tion of ihe direction & Instruction He-" ...... ..... 1- . .. T.-. , , ' Martin esquire, then Governor of the XI nil. '" Your memorialist beg leave to Bug- . gest, that, If the Treaty aforesaid ba properly attended to by tha legislature That Ihe same may be of wry Great, Importance and utility to tha 8tat Your Memorialist therefore humbly : pray that the same may be taken un . der your Consideration and in duty I1.IUIIU TI 111 .! .! JOHN SEVIER. " (indorsement) Memorial of John Sevier In Senate 20 Novem: 1789 read ft re ferred to the Comintlteo on Indian'' affairs. Hy Order , . J. Haywood C In H Com. 24 N'ovr 17TO read and re- forred by the Senate Hy order J HL'NT C H C Carter -vr The Committee to whom was referred , the Hill to repeal part of an act en titled im net, once more to extend an act entitled an act (o pardon and con sign to oblivion the offences and mis conduct of certain persons In the coun-i. lies of Washington, Sullivan, Qreene . and Hawkins: . . Report That on examining sundry paper, and hearing oral testimony It appears that John Severe Emir, together with ' sundry other persons in the said coun-:.. ties, did the years of 1785, 1788 & 1787,. -In a great measure . . , the peace and' good order of the government of the state of North Carolina: rnat tnia conduct was In many particulars high ly reprehensible. Your committee fur ther report that at the time the peo ple In those counties llrst attempted to subvert the Government of North ; Carolina the said John Hevler esquire ' did oppose them In such a manner as : actually lo prevent elections from be ing held under their new Government ; in two of the counties, and when he ;1 at last Joined them it waa In obedience to the entreaties of several of the tnost' ItiHuenlial persons In that part of the country. Thatl?) Your committee therefore conceive.' that ns the offences of all the cltlsena .t of said counties have been pardoned and consigned to oblivion, that the said - ; John Seveer esyulre ought to be placed In the same situation; it appearing to , your committee that he was not as highly reprlhenslble ns many others- all of which Is submtlted. JOHN RHEA; Chr, In II Coin Mth Novr 1789 . read and concurred with i. m rii T.VkVYU ft tf C r. UAnrtimun v. 11. v.. . Hy order J HUNT C H C (Endorsement) Report on the pardon grunted John Kevler esq ulre 1781). North Carolina i In Senate 22 Deer 1789 Resolved that it Is the sense of this " Genl Assembly that Jno Kavler la the Hrldgadbr Genl of the District of Washington and ought to be Obeyed aa Such according to the dnte of hla Coin- , mission Issued In the Month of Nov I ,OIO ll.'l. I1H .J..,v...w . w proclamation requiring all the good people of that district to pay due re gard thereto and govern thetnselvea accordingly CHAS. JOHNSON. Sp. Hy order ' .1, HAYWOOD C i r., i inatMftmxe .,f Commons 22 Deer 179 Read & Concurred with ,S. C AHA RHUS Sp II. O l!y order - J HI NT C H O (Endorsement) v Resolve John Sevier Rriir Genl A Hill To Establish all Legal Claims to : persons claiming Any property Under, a the Laws of North Carolina: In the '. Same .Manner as u inn nnwon 1 nn lln had Never formed itself Into a Dis tinct and Separate State Read Three Times In Both Houaes & r Passed ,: A Rill To Enforce such parts of the Statutes & Common Laws and such .. . ... ,i ...., ., 1 A uumhlv t t h A state of North Carolina heretofore In force & Use here; Not Inconaiatent or ii.mnirnsitii to the Constitution & In- ACIK ' J ill, ucurmi ... v.. . deendanCe of the State .of Franklin -i..ii.i ji, Massed the second time In . both Houses fi , A Hill for the promotion of Learning In the County of Washington, . . Rend Passed the second time In both Houses ' ! ,' v 'i A Rill to Establish Malitla. Laws in this State - Read & Passed the first time Tn Both , Houses i ; i 1 1- 4 ' "-i t A BUI To Ascertain the Powers of the Judges of the . Superior Courts & DK rectlng their Duty In Office v. Read & Passed the .first time In Both ..; Houses .!' "' ' . Extracts from the Minutes or the House of Commons v , A; , . Tho Chapman C C (Endorsement) " ' " ' t . , Caption of the Laws and ' - Bills of Frankling t End of Franklin Stat Papers.) - , Works Uk Veteran, Gastonia Gazette. ,' o " Solicitor Clarkson discharges the du ties of his ofilce in this bis maiden court as If he were a veteran, and is rnakii- - good record in his work..
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