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THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 1. y 1900. WE GAZ ETTE ABHHVTLL3L N. C Pablishcd Every morning Except Mondajs AJ3IIBVILLB GAZETTE PUB LISHING COMPANY jAHKif E. SOBTON.Preilden TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Gazette, one year.... 4 JJ Daily Gazette, twelve weeks i w Dally Gizefcte, one month J Sunday Gazette, one year i .Weekly Gazette, one year... i w Weekly Gazette, six months wi GAZETTE TELEPHONES. Business office, 202, two rings. Editorial rooms, 202. three rings. '(( 1 ) A Few Facts. It la generally known that nature has placed aJt man's disposal all things nec essary for his comfort if he will but uti lize them. For example, take the trees in the forests they are man's; yet, if not used they are worth but little only "'raw material," so ito speak; but when the skillful hand of mechanical genius converts that raw material into elegant and useful articles of furniture, the lat ter then become what we call "finished products" and pass into the hands of 'the furniture dealer, and are sold by him to the people. The Emporium has in stock a line of themost desirable offerings, of them of elegant and exclusive signs and if you desire to furnish, full All de-re- furnish or supply any pieces not now in your sets, you will find this week a good time 'to do so. Blair is determined to reduce his stock, and will continue this special sale until and 'including the 28th iD6t., tut not longer. No. 45 Ration Avenue. THIS MOENING'S NEWS. The fact that Porto Rico contains no large unoccupied areas has led some observers to represent the entire island as thickly populated. This is not the case. While a large part of the avail able land has been at some time under cultivation, there are many districts in which not more han 10 percent, of it is now in use, except for stock rais ing. Mafeking, the South African town in which a British garrison is besieged, -l ; i i J i t : . l ! - lies in me open, oare veiui, wnicn is aa fiat as a pancake. A few isolated kopjes, an ant heap here and there, a clump of 'bushes under three feet in height these are the only things that break the monotony of the landscape. The town is practically defenceless. Mafeking is 870 miles from the Cape and 144 miles north of Kimberley. It is a simple little township of a few hun dred souls, and its only importance lies in the fact 'that it is -a trading station with the far north. Steel ties on the Mexican Southern railway have given great satisfaction, and they will be adopted by the entire line, 228 miles long. According to the Railway Review, 'inese ties have been used for eight years on 141 miles of the line. They are of pressed steel and are five feet, five inches long, the track being three feet gauge and the weight of the rail 50 pounds per yard. The tie is an inverted trough with flaring sides. The rail fastening consists of a U-bolt passing up through the tie from under neath the clips. Steel ties are not used on bridges or at switches nor around shops and round houses. Be fore laying, the ties are coated heavily with tar to prevent oxidation. The Turkish council of ministers was occupied recently with 'the affair of Syl via Gerneli, a young Italian girl, who was placed in the harem of a Turkish officer. On representations being made by the Italian embassy, Abdurrahman Pasha, minister of justice, refused to band over the girl alleging that it would be contrary to Mussulman law. and that the girl had attained her ma jority and had embraced Islamism. The Italian embassy declined to accept this .reply, and declared that the girl, being an Itailian subject under age, was sub ject to the authority of her father. Thi incident assumed an accute pnase, and the Italian embassy at Constantinople addressed an ultimatum to the Porte declaring that if the Italian, subject! Sylvia Gemeli, was not handea over to the embassy at nce diplomatic rela tions would be broken off. The girt was the next day conveyed to the em bassy and handed over to her father. The -British ship Westgate, which ai rived in New York Thursday from Tchio New Caledonia, brought 2,750 tons of nickel ore. It is the first shipment or ore direct from New Caledonia on the first vessel, it is said, that has ever sailed from that place for New York. There is a scarcity of ickel in America', chiefly because of its use in the mak ing of armor-plate. 'ffSLii8'10,1'"0'04 FRENCH FLANNELS. 3 JryrW. JfT ?More "W r 3 ' A large new .stock -LACES Just in. 'VALENCIENNES LACES 3 SiJSi? dweieatLQa'nice quality-both for handkerchiefs and -3 '- trimming purposes. , , RIMMING1. UV? TORCHON LACES. EVERLASTING 3 VENICE LACfyS IN Butter color. New Black Cha tilly Laced "3: K Black, -Whana Butter? 3 Si. .jwivqxvi-iww ttuvanwea C: odught our extra fine stock, You no teZ mm SZ. "-y ""uci tt irai. me tire agS .. y Jill MaeiTc?l rr-he New York Tribune hasr an edi torial on the "Market Value of a Good Name," in which it says that the un scrupulous methods of sorn American shippers cause many ' lines of American products to bring lower prices than they should in the markets of the world. It advises the 'better class of shippers to establish an associition and says: "The foreign buyer would so:n learn to look for an association mark and respect it if it proved worthy of respect. The shippers who preferred to be tricky or careless would be left to suffer for their own misdeeds." The market value of a good name is not limited to the shipper of apples, but ter or poxk but extends to every line of business, whether transacted by in dividuals or communities. A good name is a valuable possession, a pos session not gained without effort an! not to be lightly parted with. Shakes peare puts the matter in a brief sen tence which shows not only the value its possessor places on his good name but the heinousness of the crime of the man who would rob him of it. A com munity or a state depends for growth and prosperity upon its good name quite as much as does an individual. A history of honest dealing and: just laws, equably administered, is not only a history for a state or community to be proud of, but it is a bid for the class of citizens and the permanent invest ments that every community or state desires. That Protean malady, the grip, has taken a particularly disagreeable and vicious form this season, a combination. of croup, whooping cough, pink-eye, quinsy, lumbago and other disgusting and annoying ailments which may or may rot be signified by distinct names and descriptions in medical books. Adults whoop and; children complain of rheumatic pains and all sneeze and wheeze and croak. In spite of its prev alence rd varied symptoms, it does not seem to be especially contagious in this country this season, though it is reported to be not only prevalent but fatal in London, Berlin and some oth er European cities. Those who have suffered from it, however, should be careful to avoid after effects by guard ing against the changeable weather of this time of year and by carefully building up the general health. An ounce of, prevention is often better than a pound of cure, in all matters. When General French came to the relief of Cecil Rhodes the latter's situ ation seemed hopeless. There were Boer laagers everywhere and not a drop to drink. The lager came when the laagers went. The author of the Goebel law has much to arlswer- for. Except for that Iniquity it is doubtful if the North Car olina legislature of 1899 would have dared to pass the Simmons law. The Philadelphia Record says: "John Dammond, who is stopping at the Hotel Walton, is a much travelled man. There are few habitable portions of the globe that he has not travelled, and he has met with many strange adventures. He recalls with more than usual gusto his sojourn in the Transvaal, an South Afri ca. During-this visit, which terminated about six moniths ago. Mr. Danmoml came in contact with Paul Kruger, president of the republic, several times. His dscription of this wily old states man is somewhat different from the ones usually published. Mr. Dammond declares that Kruger is worth at least $100,000,000, and this immense foTtune he is said to have accumulated by ex ercising the autocratic power he pos sesses. For instance, he owns a rail road and all shippers must pay 15 cenits a ton per mile. Hauling by any other vehicle is punishable by imprisonment and fine. Whenever the Supreme court renders a decision that is not pleasing to Oom Paul he calmly reverses it and appoints new judges, without 'taking the trouble to notify the offending judges. Mr. Dammond declares that there is not an American citizen in the Trans vaal who does not wish heartily to see the British win.." The United States steamship Nero has been making soundings between Manila and Honolulu in the interest of the ca ble to connect our chief island ports in the Pacific with this country. The Nero reports the deepest ocean soundings that have yet been recorded. The exact lo cation of this deep is not given, but be tween Guam and Manila a large area has been discovered where the sound ings showed 5,260 fathoms (31,560 feet), which is 120 feet less than six statute miles. In November last the Nero was reported to have found a depth of 4, 900 fathoms about 500 miles east of Guam. All measurements of depths and,. heights are referred to sea level, and the depth now reported is 2,558 feet farther below the level of the sea than the summit of Mount Everest, the high est known part of fthe world is above it. The deepest sounding hitherto made in the waiters between Guam and Luzon Was 19,795 feet, almost directly east of the, north end- of Luzon and not quite half way to the Ladrones, of which Guam is the largest member. E 3 ruuy 33 1-3 per cent sine we Z2 onlv t tffLSftJSEi, 5 embraerie, hat jSSsK worm, - itoclc of Dry' Goods' at' iss I'BLUE HILL BE AN KLLtt IT TAKES IN ALL THE BEAN POTS IN THE TOWN. Tbia Unique Oven Bakes For Fami j lies, the Boarding Houses and the ! Hotel How "Ole Dave" Linacott " Started It and Hade It Bis. i - t I There is a comfortable little town, call ed Blue Hill, because it is situated under the brow' of a little mountain of that name, way down in one corner of Han cock county, Me., which claims distinc tion as being the only town in the uni verse which has a town bean kiln "bean kill," the natives call it. It is an old in stitution, whereby over 99 per cent of the beans eaten in the town are baked. Blue Hill doesn't vary from the aver age New England village in its loyalty tp; baked beans. Its profound respect for the bean as a staple article of diet may perhaps be especially marked, because it is of its beans that the town brags. As in other places, tastes differ, and, while some cling to the original big, fat "yaller eye," others like the smaller pea bean, while the epicureans delight in the diminutive Californian pea bean. But this is all a matter of taste. The plebeian 'yaller eye" and the aristocratic Califor nian all come together on the level in the bean kiln. There are baked beans and baked beans. There is the New England golden brown kind, baked, with plenty of corn fed pork and something more than a dash of molasses, for some 24 hours over a slow, steady fire. Nothing different is al lowed in New England, although Boston -has pre-empted the trade mark. Then there is the pale imitation, which is as dust and ashes to the wanderer from the New England fireside when, with disap pointment, he encounters them outside of New England. The average person in charge of a New England cuisine "picks over" the beans Friday night. Having picked out all the foreign material which may have been left in the process of winnowing the thrashed beans in the wind which whis tles around the northeast corner of the barn, the beans are "put to soak" until Saturday morning, when they are potted, with a generous slice of salt pork on top, sweetened with more or less molasses or sugar and perhaps spiced with a lktle mustard. Then they are baked all day Saturday in a slow oven or, at Blue Hill, sent to the "kill." The beans are first "broached" on Sat urday night, when the top layer is re moved for supper, care being taken not to "mush" the balance, portions of which are served Sunday morning and as many times subsequently as the supply permits or the good nature of the "boarders" al lows. Beans are the great staple of the lum ber camps, of the coasting vessels and wherever convocations of hungry men gather together to satisfy their appe tites. But about the great and only institu tion of Blue Hill. It was away back in the sixties when the Linscotts went to Bine Hill. They were brickmakers from Hackensack. One of the family, while on a visit to some of his people in Blue Hill, chanced to get mired in a mud puddle and while scrap ing the clay from his boots noticed that the consistency and grain was that of the finest brick clay. He prospected a little and found that the hills abont the place were of the same kind of clay and that t sand oJLrrime quality was close, at hand. Blue Hill baf was a natural harbor. There was a steady demand for bricks everywhere, and so it was that the Lin scotts went to Blue Hill and started the brickmaking business. The Hackensack people were enterprising, and their crew of employees grew larger and larger until it absorbed all the available natives, and it was necessary to import men from the neighboring towns. This necessitated a boarding house, and so it was that Mrs. Linscott's big four story frame house be came the shelter of 40 or 50 ablebodied men with enormous appetites. They were not particular as to the menu so long as there was plenty of food, and Mrs. Lin scott's beans were pronounced just about right. Although the house was equipped with a spacious brick oven, what with the bread and pies and puddings and other things the capacity, was considerably strained. Mrs. Linscott was complain ing of this when her husband, "Ole Dave" Linscott, said he'd see about it. He talk ed the matter over with the foreman, and so it happened that one Saturday after noon when work was a little slack the crew turned to and built an enormous arrangement in the Linscott dooryard. It was like a huge brick oven as much as anything else. Thpy called it a "bean kill," because it w is not much of any r thing else. The firebox was aiTanged to take four fdot wood, and the arrange ment of Hues and drafts was the result of many conferences and the consensus of opinion of all the expert brick burners of the works. i "Build 'er big enough," said David, and it was big enough for hundreds of bean pots. The "kill" was a great success. Noth ing was ever seen like, it. No such beans ever tickled the palate of a hungry brick worker as came out of the Linscotts bean kiln. Then the neighbors began to bring their beans, just as a sample order. And when they brought them once they did again. Finally the "kill" became so extremely popular that thrifty David thought there might be a chance for a "spec'lation," and so a fee of a cent per pot was established. And this was the origin of the kiln. The original structure has been rebuilt and altered many times. The Linscotts got rich and moved back to New Jersey, ut their successors kept up the kiln. The price has been advanced with the In creased price, of wood, but the custom has not fallen off, as more people have, moved in, and the town; has become a. fa mous summer resort. And now of ai Friday night all the youngsters of th Tillage may be seen about sunset heading for the "bean kill" with the family bean pots. " j In the summer time, backboard loads of 'guests from the Blue Hill inn drive down 'apd peer- into the fiery'' furnace where "Shadrach," "Meshach'' "and "Abednegtf'ihe three hure pots from tl-e opper jnlne," the Quarry and , th4sppol Mock Mrsi SnooDer I -m Istnnvfc Dr. Jacobi says, that balw-of today u'a'bt.ehAm'(tf4(iHiirjQuuB the bg "bV of fitortecs.ftcol-' is .. St v - i! - 'St ' L ' . The Hammond Typewriter, Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen, Hurd's Celebrated Stationery, Crane's Gelebrated Stationery, Carefully Selected New Boods, Engraving. B AINBRID GE'S BOOK SHOP, 47 Patton Avenue. Late of San Antonio, Texas. ' Imported and Domestic Cigars Sold by the Box at Factory Prices at the Berkeley Cigar Stand. Asheville Foundry and Machine Shop GEO. E. B. WELLES, Prop. IPractical Machinist and Mechanical Draughtsman, Having be ght the Asheville Found ry and Machine Shop and remodeled the machinery with a new etock of tools and fixtures, I am now prepared to do all kinds of light and heavy Machine and Foundry work. Knowing that this establishment has been run in a very unsatisfactory manner for a number of years, theref all work from henceforth will be guaranteed to be first class in every particular. Believing I can make prices satisfactory I hereby solicit a share of youx patronage. Respectfully, GEO. E. B. Residence Telephone Telephone 488. s OF TEE RHUS Interchangeable Rigid RUTLEDGjU, PATTERSON, WAS A6UINALD0 CAPTURED? W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record, Feb ruary 16: An army officer, who has just re turned from the Philippines, says that it is generally believed that Aguinaldo was recently a prisoner for four days in the hands of General Young and that, being released without revealing his identity, he has taken refuge in the mountains of the southern part of Lu zon disguised as a Chinaman. The or ders of General Otis are to disarm na tive prisoners, give them a square meal, talk to them kindly, explain the intentions and policy of the Amerioni authorities and set them free unless they are men of rank or sugpu ious characters. One day about two months ago General Young captured a part of Aguinaldo's body guard, which was at tended by twenty or thirty Chinee cargadores or burden bearers. The en tire party was detained four days and the Filipinos' were closely examined for information of the fugitive chief. Although questioned eeparately their stories seemed to agree. They ex plained that, being exhausted by the hurried march and the lack of food and rest, they had fallen to the rear f Aguinaldo's party and were unable to catch up with it before they fell into the hands of the troops. They spoke freely of Aguinaldo's movements and plans, gave the names ofpeople who were with him and confessed that they were glad to give up the fight. They said that Aguinaldo was trying to reach some seaport where he could find a boat that would! take him to Hong Kong or some other neutral port where he could throw himself upon the protection -f a foreign governrntnt and that he had abandoned everybody and was sacri ficing everything for his own safety. The members of the Filipino body guand were so candid in their, state- T.;.. :sH. QMS FLORIDA G1APE - ft FRUIT tit Hi WELLES. 483. NO. 8 BUTTRICK ST. BF THE ii Roller - Beating Carriages. Regular, taking 9-inch paper, and long carriage 14-inch paper. vBall - Bearing, Auto matically Locked Basket tShift. Simple, Straight away Ribbon, Feed Perfect, Adjnstable Regular or Speed Escapements. Perfect Paper Feed. 2 Permanent Alignment. H Universal Keyboard 'Re movable Platen. Wiites beyond margin. Latest Up-to-Date Standard Typewriter WEBB & CO., Local Agents. ments and professed such eagerness to remain with the American troops so that they could get food and protection that nobody thought of examining the half-naked and exhausted Chinamen who huddled together wherever they could find shelter and snapped like starving dogs at such food as was placed within their reach and when General Young moved on, the soldiers gave them worn-oift shoes and cloth ing and as liberal an allowance of rice as they could spare, warning them not to take up arms again, but to go back to their homes and settle down to use ful labor. Sometime after one of the Filipino bodyguard: came into a town where there was an American garrison and confessed that Aguinaldo was among the burden bearers disguised as a Chinaman and almost frightened to death for fear he should be betraye and discovered. The informant ex plained that the party captured Dy General Young was not made "p Jf stragglers, but was the remnau: cf Aguinaldo's escort, and that every one of them expected to be shot or hangi as soon as they fell into the hands of the American soldiers. In order to savp themselves they agreed to make the explanations narrated with the hope of securing their own release and sending their captoss on a wild goose chase. After this incident Aguinaldo, accom panied by two" companions disguised as Chinamen entered the mountains and continued his flight to some seapoit where he hoped to secure means for leaving the island. NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA AND ST. L. AND WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILWAYS. The great through line to Arkansas, Texas and the North-west. Tftixee daily trains between Chattanooga, Atlanta an I NashviM, Double daily trains to Memphis and Chicago. Through Pull mam sleepers and elegant day coaches without, ohamige b tween Cftattaripo gu and Sty Louis, and between Ctoat tanoogja and; Jacksonville, Florida. If you "are -boatemiplajdng a- . frtPf to amy poliit,S yoti will find it o your interest to write oar call on. W. L. Dahley, G, P. A, Nashville, Teotttf - ,'?: '.- i-, H. 'iiattim,k -P; A., bor. 9th and Market street, Ctoartitan'ooga, Team. W. T. Rogers, T. P. A.. KnoxvlUe, Team , . H. P.n Smith, Traffic Manager, Nash ville, Tenn. ,- - t If the eystem is overworkei' nature iiee,ds . ' aid to restore the tfody to a normal health y cxwadltion.vThe best; medicine, to dorthis Is the Btttera. It will cure on,? Oooetipatloii; NervrasaesK t SEW REM 4- PEOPLE'S COLUMN. I MISCELLANEOUS. AGENTS wanted for the best typewrit er on the market, the "Pittsburg Vis ible;" writing In sight at all times; exclusive territory given. Address ''Bindley Hardware Company, Pitts burg, Pa. WANTED Boarders Comfortable rooms; excellent table; reasonable prices. Address P. U. Box 6, Hender sonville, N. C. 3-26t A GENTLEMAN desiring a quiet, com fortable home, can find deligniful ac commodations at 44 North French Broad avenue. 3-6t TO LEND One thousand dollars, on short tame notes, in sums of not less than $100.00. Also $1,000.00 co lend on city improved property. Apply to L. A. Farinholt, real estate broker, No. 49 Patton avenue. 316-tf TO EXCHA" GE Good paying im proved real estate in center of Ashe ville for stock farm in Tennessee or Kentusky. or a cotton farm in easiern North Carolina, Address 'H. C . ' Ga zette. SECOND HAND FURN URE Ail kh- s f furn'ture bought and sold. Also shoes repai d. It will be your interest to give me a call. W. O. HUD SON, 36 North Main St. 2C2 ot SELECT PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs. Wiliamson of No. 94 "Woodfin street, requests your patronage. 177-26t TENTH YEAR. MRS. DRESSER Teacher of piano and violin; graduate with honor of New England Conservatory pf Music, Bos ton. Beginners receive special atten tion. Advanced p.ano pupils taken. Terms low. 69 Charlo e stre. .. MISS NORA WARE-Pianist and teach er in stringed instruments. Corner of Spruce and Woodfin streets. ROOMS AND BOARD. WANTED Boarders at "the Tuxedo, 76 Haywood street. Two more rooms left at $5 per week; good table; excellent location; near postoffice, on car line. Apply at once. 9-6t BOARDERS DESIRED Persons desir ing a quiet, homelike boarding place, where tubercular patients are not ta ken, can find me same at 58 Orong3 street. Halls, as well as rooms, com fortably heated. Good fare and pleas ant service guaranteed. Call ana ex amine rooms and ascertain terms. 6-tr BOARDERS WANTED At ounny Side Cottage on Sunset Drive. Among the pines, 90 feet above Battery Park Hack at frequent int rvala to and from the city. Terms reasonable. 316-tf PRIVATE BOARD Rock Ledge, Haywood street, central. Well warmed high elevation. .One front room, one single room vacant. MRS. L. V. COLE. FOR RENT. FOR RENT Two furnished front roonu without board; suitable for two gen tlemen; no sick people taken. 71 Spruce street. 7-6t FOR RENT Furnished rooms with board; water and conveniences oa same floor; rates reasonable. 104 Bai ley street. 5-4t FOR RENT Three furnished or unfur nished rooms, suitable for light house keeping. Modern conveniences. Water on same floor. Apply 18 S-tarnes Ave. or 14 Patton Ave. 310-tf FOR RENT A flat of feur pleasant oo xurnisnea rooms with modem conven iences. Address 38 SOUTH FRENCH BROAD AVENUE. 203-6 FOR RENT One boarding house of twenty rooms; steam heat; electric lights and call bells; large veradahs; elegant location modern improve ments; two complete bath rooms; al so one complete furnished flat of five rooms and four unfurnished rooms. O. D. Revell, No. 31 Temple Orart, third floor. FOR SALE, ft,. FOR SALE or exchange town lota and land in Florida. Address Z. L., care of Gazette. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Lo. at Pinebluff, N. C. Address N. S. M care Gazette. ' i PRIVATE BOARD. House in suburbs in lax shadysreve,. good table with abundance of fresh milk: butter, eggs, etc. Mile from court house ori electfiric car line. Telephone 295.Ratee low. Information! at M . J. M. Ray's, on Lookout Mountain car line, or Ray's book store. Instruction In Short Hand. Ott March 1st I will begirj an additionaT day and nigt class for the instruc tion of. youn& men and women in sten ography and typewriting. Jrteach jthe Munson system of stenog raphy, which Is the standard in the Ua$t V States government departments, and", the beat for law and commercial work. "' 'Information as to coct of tuftion and other particulars may be had by csli ihT at residence, or- writing or tele phoning me. 3Rrivia(te lessons; will be given to those uialble to take clasa Instructioo. -l ' " MISS FANNY EMA2TOBL. V ' " TeacL-er taf Stenography' Efcoae '894v Residence No. '5a mnnt- V Baeeall and' Tennis G oda for .1500 afafelombersTs, 3i una ";8noopettiCertainlr'lt is. fh baby of Fever ana tf ITi7wt? O py year; afo is nan a century om now 1 ,'f