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THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
Thursday September 28, 1905.
THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
An Independent Newspaper Pub
lished Every Thursday
by' ' "7.;
J. L. RAMSEY, Editor and Prop.,
Raleigh, N. O.
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ing, 331 Fayetteville Street.
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Entered as pecnnd-class matter May 12,
1904, at the post office at Rale'gh. N. c, under
the Actof Congress of March 8, 1879.
If the Cubans were not civilized
before, they are now. The numerous
election riots prove that.
Those farmers who contracted
during the summer to sell their cot
ton at ten cents would now like to
have some one kick them.
As there has been no falling off in
the number of drunks, we fear that
stones will have to take the place of
flies and tufts of grass.
Wrestling matches should tro and
go quick. There is something at
tractive, at least, about a prize fight,
but wrestling and football should not
be tolerated.
As they find from ten to fifteen
new foci in New Orleans daily, and
have been at it for weeks, it is as
' tonishing that anyone is living to tell
the story.
Hazing was abolished in Africa
and the Sandwich Islands years ago.
We notice that there is a disposition
on the part of some colleges to dis
courage it in this country.
One of the complaints against the
Equitable Insurance Company is that
it runs a restaurant and a saloon.
Wonder why it didn't start a dis
pensary and avoid the charge of sell
ing liquor?
Several cases of contempt of court
have occurred in the State in the
past few weeks. It is the outcome of
unsatisfactory conditions and laws.
Yet, those in contempt seem to have
been at fault.
Ex-Judge, Ex-Candidate Alton B.
Parker, who got mixed up in the last
Presidential campaign, continues to
be a blunderbuss. He hadn't more
than charged that the life insurance
companies contributed to the cam
paign fund, when some of them told
how the Judge chased them for
funds a few years ago. .
Mark Twain's opinion that the
peace of Portsmouth "is entitled to
rank as the most conspicuous disas
ter in political history" marks Mark
Twain as the most conspicuous Dick
Beadeye in the United States. Sy
racuse Post-Standard.
PREPARINQ FOR THE FAIR.
The President and Secretary of
the State Fair Association, and a
corps of assistants, are busy getting
the great State Fair in good shape.
It will be the greatest on record, an
unusually large number of exhibi
tors having applied for space.
, The business men of the city are
also busy with preparations to enter
tain the visitors. The hotels and
boarding houses are being gotten in
to shape and all the families who can
entertain visitors are being canvass
ed. While it is impossible to give
the best service to such an unusual
crowd here or elsewhere, it is safe
to say that no one will be neglected.
Nearly every home here will be
thrown open.
The railroads are at work arrang
ing extra train service. Special dis
patchers will be placed in Raleigh
and other towns to assist in handling
the many extra trains which will be.
brought from remote portions of the
systems to haul the crowds. The
Street Railway Company has pur
chased a number of new cars for
special service during the Fair and
for regular service on the new line
now being built.
All in all, the greatest Fair is al
most here and everything will be in
readiness. ;
President Roosevelt will be here
on the 19th. Nothing except illness
or death will cause a change in his
plans, which were matured weeks
ago.'; ; ;:,. 7:-:-.
FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE.
The text of the recent English
Japanese alliance has just been pub
lished. Under the agreement either
country can go to war and assist the
other on land or sea.
Several years ago the two coun
tries signed . an agreement that if
more than one country attacked eith
er of them, the other must come to
the assistance of the ally. The new
alliance makes them practically one
country so far as war is concerned,
and, of course, they are closely allied
in peace. The agreement is binding
for a period of ten years.
This is simply another move on
the checker-board of world politics
by England, a country always feared,
seldom loved, and often hated.
England has possessions in every
portion of the globe. India, the most
populous possession, cannot be de
pended upon in time of war; in fact,
it requires a large army to keep the
people there in a state of subjection.
Canada is sparsely settled, so is Aus
tralia, hence England must be on her
guard. Only her powerful navy holds
back greedy and aggressive Germany.
Less than a year ago England made
peace with France, her closest neigh
bor, and long time enemy. France
is game and has a strong navy, but
has not felt able to attack England.
Fearful that Germany would again
involve her in war, France readily
agreed to make friends with Eng
land, which caused Germany to de
sist from efforts to provoke war with
France.
But this only placed matters on a
peace footing near home. England
still had fears that Germany and
Russia would make trouble in China
or in India. She does not care to
fight Russia at a great disadvantage
to protect India. Japan proved to
be the missing link. With the right
kind of an alliance with Japan, the
English statesmen believe that there
will be no war against either country,
nor any attempt to seize territory
claimed by either. As Russia failed
to whip Japan, she certainly will not
go to war with the two countries.
France and the United States do not
love Germany, and both are on the
most friendly terms with England,
so -there, is nothing to fear from
either.
Turkey, Italy and Spain are not to
be considered, hence England has
made the stroke of her life and has
assured peace for years to come.
Our Government is in thorough har
mony with England and Japan as re
gards the integrity -of China, and it
certain that Germany will not at
tempt to get a slice of that empire
as long as matters stand as they are.
The Edelweiss.
If, when you are grown to be men
and women, you take a journey to
Switzerland you will see the beautiful
Alps and perhaps climb far up among
them. They are not the highest
mountains in the world tho Hima
layas are higher but they are very
high, and many of them forever wear
a shining crown of snow. Rivers of
ice, called glaciers, wind between
them and become rivers of water
down in the valleys. It is not easy to
climb among them, but many people
have a great love for mountain climb
ing, and can ever be satisfied until
they have reached the very top of
some high moutnain that others dare
not climb. There are others who go
up among these heights to breathe
the pure air, to see the far peaks
around the horizon, and to catch the
wonderful colors that the sun casts
on the snowy peaks, and in the shad
owy valleys. They also love to look
for Alpine flowers. There are many
kinds of them, but the one that is
dearest to the heart of the climber is
the edelweiss, the starry white flower
that blooms above the snow line. It
is a brave little plant, never caring
for the cold, and, like the moun
tain climbers, always trying to grow
a little higher up the steep slopes.
The flower is clothed in a soft white
wool that makes it look like a white
velvet star, and its leaves are short
and thick, like little fingers, all
around it. When the little cards of
pressed Alpine flowers are made, the
edelweiss is always set in the centre,
because it is the best-loved flower.
The Swiss people make many of these
every year, and sell them to people
who come from all lands to live for
a while among their beautiful moun
tains. They glue them upon postal
cards, then cover them with a paper
almost as clear as glass, and send
them across the sea to us! Some
flowers love to live in the woods, like
the violet and trailing arbutus, and
some like to live out on the dry, hot
plains, like the cactus, and other flow
ers love fields and gardens, but the
brave little edelweiss loves its own
mountain heights, and will live no
where else. Picture Lesson Paper.
Alton B. Parker is reported as hav
ing accepted a $100,000-a-year job a9
counsel for a rapid-transit concern
in Brooklyn. Isn't this the man who
once ran for President? The name
sounds familiar.- Portland Oregon
ian. ::')
In preparing for his war against
the United States, President Oastro,
of Venezuela, is having a gunboat
built in this country. There is not
wanting humor in the fellow, though
it be involuntarily. Philadelphia
Record.
She who forsees calamities suffers
them more than twice over.
OPINIONS IN A NUTSHELL
The only way to prevent graft is
to elect honest men to office and
then see to it that they remain hon
est. Durham Herald.
If some people could get it- into
their heads that notoriety was not
fame they would figure less before
the public People's Paper. .
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The Mikado's illustrious ancestors
must have been guilty of a few mo
ments of drowsiness when the Mika
sa went to pieces. Pittsburg Dis
patch. Warder of the Pit: "Heat No.
7$6,543 with forfeited policies, quick.
Here comes one who was president of
a life insurance company." Wash
ington Times.
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Ilerr Most, the anarchist, says he
wishes he was now in Warsaw or
Odessa. He has the entire sympa
thy of the American people in his de
sire Mexican Herald.
Thomas Fame's bust has been
placed in Independence Hall, and,
to the great disappointment of many,
it is made of marble instead of as
bestos. Philadelphia Telegraph.
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It is said that, seventy-five per
cent of the school teachers in the
United States are female. They
teach us when we are young and
learn us after we get grown. Wil
mington Star.
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"As much more corn has been
raised this year than we can eat,"
asks a Kansas paper, "what shall we
do with it?" Well, maybe we may
have to drink some of it New York
Evening Mail.
Secretary Bonaparte recently got
lost in Boston and had to be directed
to his hotel. If we had to be in Bos
ton it would not make any differ
ence whether we were lost or not.
Springfield News.
Wu Ting-fang denies that he is in
any way responsible for the Chinese
boycott, but we suspect Wu wasn't
asking all those questions for noth
ing when he was in our midst. At
lanta Constitution. :
From the dressmakers' convention
rings the cry of "corsets for men."
The cry has been heard before, but
man still clings to his slithering
suspenders and hit or miss waist
coat. New York Journal.
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Oh, by the way, the New York
Life's contribution to the Republican
National campaign fund in 1904 was
$150,000. Mr. Cortelyou can check
that item off his list. Next. New
York Evening Telegram.
One widow of a solider who fought
in the Revolutionary War still sur
vives and draws a pension at the
age of ninety-one. It must have
been a marriage of the cradle and
the grave. New York Evening Sun.
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The talk of intervention in Cuba
because several men were killed in an
election riot disregards the fact that
we live in a very large glass house
ourselves. Intervention under what
may be called the public order sec
tion of the Piatt amendment would
be justifiable only in case of a con
dition of civil war. New York Eve
ning Sun.
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The Russian losses in ships at Port
Arthur, Vladivostok and the Sea of
Japan during nineteen months of
war were $113,000,000, according to
the Government's statistic. For the
fiscal year ended Juno last a
year of peace the . 1 ' iite.1 States
spent $117,300,000 onthe navy. The
camparison is suggestive. New York
World.