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3i' A , ..... --"-.r . -.-- --- MLiArH If AO 1 lag attar each, oOtlw 3rd, 187 C Salisbury, N. 0., Auk. 16, 16' Talks on thrift and play grounds seem slightly contra dictory. Herbert Kaufman, who is conducting a weekly page in some of the papers, seems to be merely an intellectual slave driver. A man at tempting to follow h's advice would be in an asylum or a grave in lees 'than twelve months . If Mr Wilson don't sign tl e immigration bill before the campaign sets in, he may not have another opportunity Mr Taft is living evidence of what can happen along these lines, with the effort of the politicians to ignore the mat ter to the contrary notwith standing. It is about time .some one geta into the campaign iu behalf of the common welfare. Government, like fraternal orders, should be conducted for the good it can do its members, not for oppression Oh ye evil doers, look to your oars! It is all very well to raise a fund to assist those who have lost their homes and property through the medium of un preventable causes, or the manifestations of Providence, but it is an odd situation that causes men to give, prac tically rebuking Providence, while the authorities and the public look on the sale of widows' and orphans' homes for taxes with greedy satis faction: the officers looking for exhoibitant fees, charging 70 cents additional for 10 cents worth of service, and others, some of those who sanctimoniously give a dollar to flood sufferes, hoping they may by unjust laws secure property for a song. Grea and adorable is "civilized" mankind. Is it more repre heneible for Providence to take away the homes of the poor than for the tax gather er to sell them? The Democratic party- Rowan County at this time finds itself in what might be called a serious situation The people are clamoring for reforms, economy in a ministration and Telief from burdensome tax3, the things the party is responsible for and the things it persists in aoing. mere seems no tention of a change, at least their are men now seeking office who hare been almo st life-long members of the "ring" and who are responsi ble as much as they can be, for the legislation that has brought about the 'existing state of affairs, and no mat ter what words may come from their lips, they have never served the people honestly and do not intend to do so now. The people are going to have improved conditions and the Democra cy seems to hava lost the great opportunity of being the real party of the masses No one regrets these things more than real Democrats. Wanted to repair sewing machines and organs. I have also opened a geneaal repair shop at Rock well. Bring me your watch and clock work.- Will call at your home to do your machine and organ work. 'Phone or write to C W Harrington, Rockwell, N C 'Pkone, Iowerstone, 3520. IIKiraDEGOOD PORTUNE SMILED ON "HOBO MATT" AFTER MANY YEARS. Satisfied That Rich Ledge of Gold Still Remained in Abandoned Mine, He Bided His Time and Struck It Rich at Last. Romance still clings to tie gold mtar tog of the West. Even today there are fortunes made all of a sudden, dreams realized, hearts broken from hopes destroyed; tragedy. and comedy alternating in the dreams which has gold for its title. The other day for instance, "Hobo Matt" Kelly struck it rich in the Old Bodie mine. And somewnere in Cal ifornia the long-neglected wife ef "Ho bo Matt" will receive a fat check soon in evidence of the fact. The ghost of a mine and the ghost of a man. The only two things "Mo- bo Matt" believed to have remained true to his faith his wife and the gold ledge of the Beehive days. He has won a lifetime's gamble. He will have $100,000 in good, clean gold be fore his work is done. "Hobo Matt" is known in all the mining camps of the WeBt. When "Old Bruin" Kelly, his uncle, was win ning his fame upon the Comstock and as superintendent of the Bodie mine Matt was his trusted messenger. He became a miner. When the Beehive was turning out its millions Matt was there. He knew every inch of those honeycombs of wealth. He gambled in Bodie stocks and won. He spent his money as easily as he made it. He had married, but even his wife's love eould not hold him from the. mad delights of those feverish bonanza days. Then Matt became "Hobo Matt." With his blanket on4 his back he be came a wanderer. In the back of his mind was the constant thought of an undiscovered ledge of gold in the Bodie, which he meant to have one day. Even in his cups he never dis closed hie secret, biding bis time. Last fall Matt, decided that the time had come to go back to Bodie. He found the place once held 10,000 busy men changed into a dreary, sleepy vil lage of 200 inhabitants. The Old Re liable was silent, the Standard com pany had dissolved, and J. S. Cain, mining broker, had gathered in the old Bodie properties. When "Hobo Matt" appeared in camp and asked for, the lease on the old mine he was laughed at. No one had any faith in the old wanderer. Cain turned him down. He went to a man who had known him in his better days Lester Bell and told him the secret, offering to share with him if Bell could get the lease. Bell did not have mueh faith, but. he agreed to try in a few day Cain gave the ' lease to Bell. The com pany's . engineers had gone again into the mine and pronounced it worth less. Then "Hobo Matt" became young again. The years dropped away from him as he shouldered his pick and shovel and went to work in the well remembered ledges. A drift was start ed, and after a sleep of 40 years a ledge rich in true colors, deep in ex tent, was uncovered. "Hobo Matt's" dream came true by the light of a candle in an old man's hand, far down under the surface of the white earth. Safety Not First. "Our present-day civilization ' can boast of many good and wonderful things, but safety is.hardly one of its blessings. The ancients-seem to have moved about in a paradise, of safety when we compare the simple condi tions of their life with our own com plex and dangerous environment. The very richness of modern life makes the world a dangerous place in which to live. The figures showing the num ber of deaths from violence in recent years is appalling. Last year, in the United States alone, 75,000 persons were killed in accidents ef one kind or another, while nearly 2,000,000 more were injured. About 35,000 workmen were killed while .t their tasks. On the railroads of the country abeut 10,000 persons are killed every year, and 20 times that number are injured. On the streets and roads 5,000 deaths are caused by vehicles, the automo bile being responsible for half the number of victims." St. Nicholas. Laid Statue of Liberty Base. David H. King, Jr., the pioneer in skyscraper construction, died the other day. IJe built Madison Square garden and many other famous landmarks of New York. Most ef his knowledge of the building trade he had acquired himself, being a "self-made man." He had charge of the erection, of the first big structure in the city,' the Mills building. He also built the first Equitable building, put up Washing ton Square arch, laid the masonry base of the Statue of Liberty, and placed the statue itself in position when it arrived from Pranee. Through these and other building operations Mr. King amassed a fortune reputed to be more than a million dollars. Influenced. "Of course you favor votes for worn enr . "I don't know," replied Mr. Meek ton. "But you used to." "Yes. But Henrietta has said so little on the subject of late that I think she may have : changed her mind." IMPOSSIBLE. "Do you think it safe to marry on $25 a week?" "My boy no amount of money ean guarantee marriage to be safe." FEMININE FINANCE. Belle What do they mean in financial talk by federal reserve? Nell I suppose that means when eji&j. J.L ALL RACES CROWD ZANZIBAR East African City Is Easily One of the Most Cosmopolitan Places on the Earth. "When Zanzibar plays the flute half Africa dances," says an old Arab prov erb. Zanzibar is not as important to day as it was when that saying was coined, but the island city is still dom inant over the trade of a vast stretch of territory. It lies just a few miles off the shores of what was, in July, 1914, German Bast Africa. The future name of the country and the future prosperity of Zanzibar both depend on the upshot of the little argument now being waged in Europe between Ger many and the allies. Zanzibar la now a British protectorate. It is not & beautiful town, though from over the water it has a certain exotic charm of its own. The sea is very clear and rich iix tints of green and blue. Tne dense tropical vegeta tion through which the white houses of the city peep out, the vivid flares of color where some roof is covered with flowers, are more like an Impressionist canvas than a city of wood and stone. Zanzibar does not improve on closer acquaintance, though. You land on a wide quay and light your way through a small but energetic gathering of cu rio peddlers, who sell carved ebony, beaten silver, trinkets of ivory, wares from Japan and native sapphires. Then you plunge into closely packed Arab and native houses, with narrow. winding streets and a comprehensive assortment of smells. Zanzibar has a large assortment of everything. You see a dozen varieties of fruit that you never heard of be fore. Natives and Europeans suffer from a long and diversified list of novel diseases. The commerce and industry of the town includes a little of everything. The people are the most vanea oi an. There are consuls from half a dozen countries, as the flapping flags attest The English are here in force, with the mixture of conventionality and ef ficiency that distinguishes them from Jamaica to Nairobi. There is a big Indian bazaar, very crowded and very dirty. Black natives from the main land abound, dressed in the cheap cot ton print called "mericani." Many of the local traders are Cingalese and men. of Goa. Everywhere stalks the scornful Arab, surveying the populace with a sort of melancholy contempt, as tnougn he still, lived in those great days when Zanzibar was the strong hold of an Arabian empire. Old-Fashioned American Women. Not all American women are im possible idealists, weak sentimental ists, or members of "strict neutrality" leagues. These vociferous ladies have made such a noise that we. are apt to overlook that great majority of quiet ones, the descendants of those noble women who were ever ready to suffer and offer sacrifices hi the cause of right and Justice, as they saw it, .hi the Revolution, in the War of 1812 and in the Civil war. Some of this brand of women have decided it. is time that they organize and take some action for the honor and safety of their country, and so a society has been formed in New York "to arouse the wemen- of America to a full realization of the necessity for immediate preparedness for war." "If the war is ever to come," they say "the mere Instinct of self-preser vation directs that women, too, should be prepared to defend American Ideals of liberty, peace and honor." That sort of sensible and patriotic talk is very refreshing amid all the flood of mushy and foolish clamor that we have been hearing from women. Baltimore Sun, American Money In Spain. Dr. Charles W. A. Veditz, the United States commercial attache at Paris, has returned from Spain, where he made an extended investigation into the industrial and commercial situa tion, particularly with regard to op portunities for the investment of American capital and the attitude ef the Spanish government and business world toward American enterprises in Spain. One of these is a proposed fast, di rect, electrically operated railroad from the French frontier to Madrid to su persede the present one, which fol lows a roundabout route and differs in gauge from that of the other Euro pean roads. It is announced that as a result of conferences one of the largest banks in New York is considering the pos sibility of establishing branch banks in Spain and also in Portugal. Dress Wounds With powdered Sugar. Powdered sugar dressing for sup purating and contaminated wounds is receiving a thorough test in the Over man army and has proved highly sat isfactory, according to Dr. P. Hercher, who reports to the Muenchner Medl zlnische Wochenschift the experiences of himself and 50 other army surgeons in the use of it. He has used It In more than 1,060 cases. Doctor Hercher says that powdered sugar makes it unnecessary to rinse out or Irrigate a wound, as It causes such a profuse oozing of fluid that the wound Is copiously washed from with in. Its efficiency is due mainly to its stimulation of secret-ion, and this di lutes and washes away the pus. BENEFITS OF DRAINED SOILS Deeper Feeding Ground Offered for Plants Increase In Crop Yield May Be Expected. A drained soil offers a deeper .feed ing ground for the plants. The roots of most cultivated crops will net go into saturated soil and will die if kept under water without air for more than a short time. The root zone is then, not the depth above the point of per manent saturation, but only that soil Into which the fluctuating water-table does not rise except for periods too short to injure the plants seriously. Drainage tends to .increase this depth to that of the drains, thus making a "greater quantity of food available. Hence, an Increase in crop yield may ordinarily be expected from the drain age of such land already under culti vation," , , . LEFT IN A HUBBY BILL NYE TELL8 HOW HE 8AVED HIS GOOD NAME. As an Honest, Unsophisticated Youth, Humorist Was the Victim of Heartless Trick Practiced by His Employer. Boys should never be afraid or ashamed to do little odd Jobs by which te acquire money. Too many boys are afraid, or at least seem to be em barrassed when asked to do chores, and thus earn small sums of money. In order to appreciate wealth we must earn it ourselves. That is the reason I labor. I do not need to labor. My parents are still living, and they cer tainly would not see me suffer for the necessities of life. But life in that way would not have the keen relish that it would if I earned the meney myself. Sawing wood used to be a favorite pastime with boys twenty years ago. I remember the first money I ever earned was by sawing wood. My brother and myself were to received $5 for sawing five cords of wood. We allowed the Job to stand, however, un til the weather got quite warm, and then we decided to hire a foreigner who came along that way one glorious summer day when all nature seemed tickled and we knew that the fish would be apt to bite. So we hired the foreigner, and while he sawed, we would bet with h'im on various "dead sure things" until he got the wood sawed, when he went away owingua 50 cents. We had a neighbor who was very wealthy. He noticed that we boys earned our own spending money, and he yearned to have hie son try to dit to. So he told the boy that he was 'going away for a few weeks and that ' he would give him $2 a cord, er dou ble price, to saw the wood. He wanted j to teach the boy to earn and appre ciate his money. So, when the old man went away, the boy secured a colored man to do the Job at $1 per cord, by which process the youth , made $10. This he judiciously Invest-! ed in clothes, meeting his father at the train in a new summer suit and a speckled cane. The old man said he could see by the sparkle in the boy's clear, honest eyes that healthful exer cise was what boys needed. When I was a boy I frequently ac quired large sums of money by carry ing coal up twe flights of stairs for wealthy people who were too fat to do It themselves. This money I Invested 1 m Jvi.t n 4. iV? n aYt sinra find 1 liuui liiuc iu lima iu uuo buvctb awo other zoological attractions. One day I saw a coal cart back up and unload itself on the walk In each a way as to indicate that the coal would have to be manually elevated imsMe the building. I waited till I nearly froze to death for the owner to come aiOBg and solicit my aid.- Final ly he came. He smelled strong of car bolic acid, and I afterward learned that he was a physician and surgeon. We haggled over the price for some time, as I had to carry the coal up two flights iifan old waste-paper basket and it was quite a task. Final ly we agreed. I proceeded with the work. About dusk I went up the last flight of stairs with the last load. My feet seemed to weigh about 19 pounds apiece and my face was very somber. In the gloaming I saw my employer. He was writing a prescription by the dim, uncertain light. He told me to put the last basketful in the little clos et off the hall and then come and get my pay. I took the coal into the closet, but I do not know what I did with it As I opened the door and stepped in, a tall skeleton got down off the nail and embraced me like a prodigal son. R fell on my neck and draped itself j all over me. Its glittering phalanges entered the bosom of my gingham shirt and rested lightly on the pit of my stomach. I could feel the pelvis bone in the small of my back. The room was dark, but I did not light the gas. Whether it was the skeleton of, a lady or gentleman I never knew; but I thought, for the sake of my good name, I would not remain. My good name and a strong yearning for home were all that I had at that time. So I went home. Afterward, I learned that this physician got all his coal carried upstairs for nothing this way, and he had tried to get rooms two flights further up In the building, so that the boys would have further to fall when they made their egress. From "BH1 Nye's Red Book." Bell the Cat, Save Birds. Mrs. Eugene J Carrlgan of Put-in-Bay, O., would save song birds from cats by attaching a small bell to a ribbon or string tied around the fe line neck. The bell, she explains, would give the bird warning of the cat's approach and enable it to get away. "I have two pet cats," says Mre. Carrlgan, "and last summer I" know they caught and killed several hun dred birds. They would ignore a mouse any time to get a bird, and the prettier the latter the better thejr seemed to like it. Mrs. Oarrigan will endeavor to start a nationwide movement In behalf of birds by Inducing ownera of cats to employ the bell as a means of giving warning when attack is contemplated by eats. Great Project feasible. Italian engineers have reported en tirely feasible a proposed tunnel from Venice ta the Island of Lido, which will be two miles long and In places 27 feet beneath the sea. MJt v xy TV UIIIHIl VV tUIlB FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE Dissolved in water for douches stops pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflam mation. Recommended by Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co, for tea years. A healing wonder for nasal catarrh, sore throat and sore eyes. Economical. ertacffdmaxy deanma and genuddal powrar. USM torn. 9Uc as dniggnm or podcaid tf The Pailon ToiU Company. Botos. PRlfjfiE WAS HIS CHAUFFEUR 1 German Soldier Describee Queer Ex perience He Had Recently at the Front. The following excerpt from the let ter of a field artilleryman from a suburb of Cologne, telling his wife of his ride with the crown prince on the western front, is going the rounds of the German press: "I started for H. at noon today. There was not a wagon in sight. I wat very tired from loading casks and dragging boxes around, and if I had not had two letters for H. from com rades and thus was obliged to go there, I should nave turned back. "Then an auto hove In sight! I planted myself in the middle of the road, spread out my arms, and the machine stopped. On the right side of the forward seat sat the chauffeur and on his left a major. A man covered with galloons from top to bottom opened the door, and I took a seat Inside. "The chauffeur said: 'Well, com rade, where do you want to go?' I said: 'As, far as H.' The chauffeur laughed and said, 'All right ! ' Then he looked around again and smiled at me once more. He apparently was glad that I was pleased. The ride was a fast one. I pulled my cap down over my ears, and the chauffeur looked around again and laughed. I thought, 'Dees he know me? But how does he dare smile at me so while a major is seated beside him? He certainly is 'nervy., "As I eaton a glimpse of H. I half turn aroudd and say: 'May I ask to be let out?' Then I noticed for the first time that the man who sits back of me is an imperial chauffeur. Then he said to the driver: 'The gentleman would like to get out, and whispered to me at the same time that the man ahead who is guiding the auto and who has smiled at me so often is a high superior officer. "Thunder and lightning 1' Tsaid to myself. 'Jump out qujickly and stand at attention, hot before the major, but belere the chauffeur,' who then said to me:. 'Well, comrade, dost thou know who has carried thee?' I said: 'No.' 1 am the Crown Prince. He laughed again, nodded, put his hand to his cap, and the auto was gone." Time by Wireless. Chronometers in the offices of the port captains at Cristobal and Balboa, In the Canal Zone, are corrected every day at noon, to . correspond with the Official chronometer in the United States naval observatory at Washing ton. Standard time is sent by wire from Washington to Key West. The current, working through a relay, op erates a wireless telegraph sending key,, which flashes the time signal in stantaneously to the Darien station; thence it is transmitted by telegraph wire to the offices of the port captains andsto the headquarters of the troops on the Canal Zone at Ancen. At Da rien the aerial transmission is record ed by a current too slight to permit of ordinary electric relaying; there fore the receiving operator at that sta tion transmits the Bignals through an ordinary telegraph key as he hear3 them through his receiver from the antennae an arrangement that causes an average error of about two-tenths of a second. Eventually the Darien station will have a transmitting clock that will send the signals exactly as they come from Key West. The knowl edge of exact time is of the greatest importance to the navigating officers of ships that visit eanal ports. In making observations to determine longitude at sea, an inaccuracy of a second in time means an error of a quarter of a nautical mile in position. The service received at the Darien station is a part of that furnished to ships at sea through the radio stations at Key West and other places. Youth's Companion. Such tobacco enjoyment as you never thought could be is yours to command quick as you buy some Prince Albert and fire-up a pipe or a horne-miido ciryirctts! Prnce Albert fives iy to.. on rJ ? t- '..:TC-! ! . : - -1 1 ' j t r :vfj quality ! the national joy smoke has a flavor as different as it is delightful. You never And that isn't strange, either. Bay Princu Albert every where tobacco is told in toppy rod bag, Set tidy red tine, iOe; handsome pound and half-pound tin hami dore and that corking fute pound crystal-glats humi dor with eponge-moutener top that keep the tobacco in mh devex trim alwayet R. Ci moil. Also nice lot of 50c Corsets. Belk-Harry Co. Japanese in the Philippines. For some months It has been known that a powerful Japanese syndicate, says the Kobe Chronicle, has been casting longing eyes on several large sugar estates in the Philippines, and particularly on the one owned by the Dominican order of friars in the fruit ful province of Laguna; and for the last few weeks it has been known to many that negotiations concerning the latter were drawing to a close, and that there was every probability of the property of the Dominican order of friars going over to Japanese mer chants. Two days ago (says the Ma nila correspondent of the North China Daily News under date of February 12) we learned that the sale had been completed, the transfer taking place at midnight on February 7, when the personal representative of the Japa nese syndicate, Mr. K. Hada, took charge of the estate. On the follow ing morning the heads of the various departments were notified that their services were no longer required, and their places were immediately taken by Japanese who were all in readiness. Scotch Co-operative Stores. Wholesale and retail co-operative societies in the East of Scotland have made marked progress during the last year in spite of the war. An increase in the sales of all branches of the co operative store trade has been noted. The total sales of the Scottish Co operative Wholesale society for 1915 amounted to $56,812,450, an increase of $9,720,620 over those of the previ ous year, and the membership was in creased by 2,947 persons. The Dunfermline Co-operative soci ety reported a dividend of 81 cents on j the pound paid in 1915. The largest ! part Qf the membership is composed of persons of the working class. DIFFERENT. "He's different to most men." "That so ?" "Yes. He doesn't think he'd care to have a billiard table in his own home." nnee Albert has always c-u cans cr premiums. Men who think they can't smoke a pipe or roll a ciga rette 'can smoke and will smoke if they use Prince Albert. And smokers who have not yet given P. A. a try out certainly have a big surprise and a lot of enjoyment coming their way as soon as they invest in a supply. Prince Albert tobacco will tell its own story 1 J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C JJ Service and Style aou v ill find all three in Warner's Rust Proof Corsets- Wear one and be Convinced. Every Warner, even at the lowest price, must giv j satisfaction Every Corset Qua rant ed. e WHAT HE WAS PAID FOR. "How did you feel when the alien ist who testified in your behalf said you were crazy?" "Why, I felt that he was earning his fee' HIS WAY. "Why, Mr. Gloom, what is the matter? You seem in pain, or " "Pain?" snarled the pessimist. "Confound you ! This is the way I smile !" J udge. BOTH WAYS. "This is a positive outrage !" "What is?" "The photographer's negative charges." THE REASON. "The maid of Orleans electrified her contemporaries." "That must have been because she was an Arc light." Good Looks are Easy with Magnolia Balm. Look as good as your city cousins. No matter if you do Tan or Freckle Magnolia an) m Balm will surely clear your skin instantly. Heals Sunburn, too. Just put a little on your face and rub it off again before dry. Simple and sure to please. Try a bottle to-day and begin the improvement at once. White, Pink and Rose-Red Colors. 75 cents at Druggists or by mail direct. SAMPLE FREE. LYON MFG. CO., 40 So. SU St., Brooklyn, N.Y. ' On the reverse aide !"' '',v''t Il'ij! 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