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TUC lriSVS A1TD OBSEBVEJl. SUJTDATr. "FEBRUAIlT Oj THE HAUNTED '. rw it iririmni ninni' - - t . i . v (Written 'especially for - . . . T i I was a passenger, one fine October of. the; Spanish Armada, .pictures of morning, on 'the old mall stage-coach i which I ' have ' seen In old books; no, ,from Raymond to Wanona, and on toil believe lit was more like the Vikings mo . uvmiT.Q ' v aiiey; in ine, eiwra.i Nevada- mountains of Calif ornla.: Mine not of the Hotel Raymond had given us that- morning for - breakfasts moun tain! quail buckwheats with . prairie sage honey; and buttermilk, all'of them the native - products of his own ranch. He-had hardly collected for the meal, when the stage-coa'ch, drawn by four: spanking bays, came rattling down the mountain with a great flour ish of trumpets, amid the crack of the driver's whip, and the barking of a pack of hounds. It was a novel experience-' to me, as well as to the other passengers, who were also from the Bast, and we' were eager for the start. - The departure ot the Yosemlte stage was the event -"of the' day, and there was the t'sual bustle of opening and slamming doors, boys running here ..and there with great armfuts of baggage; porters obsequiously , strap ping great trunks on behind, and pas sengers climbing nervously Into the stage; . people and parcels were com ing from everywhere, the driver bunled himself adjusting the harness, arid petting his horsee, chafing with eagerr ness to go, while the' village people stood around gapping and ogling the strange looking passengers; the maid alone was serene - as she stood out front In her spotless - apron with a bucket of water in each hand, quietly smiling on, the scene, for this confu sion was kept up, week In and week out, .every aay in tne year, "Vine suo limity and beautyof- the Yosemite Val ley has no counterpart on earth, and people from every part of the globe are attracted thither; they are cosmo politan.; - .. X was prepared for the ''grandeur and picturesqueness of the trip which lay before us, so, after all the passen gers had been comfortably : seated in side the stage, quietly - tipping the driver, I' mounted td the boot with him, and as I did so, our host, with his usual! good humor, remarked, ' "I see. Sir, -; you .are about to "change your profession." "I do not under stand you," I replied. "Why, you are going-on the stagej" was the witty re- -tftlnder ,:TV hrmiffhf J a mrrv nll- round lauh a crack of the whin. ' and wewere ' off and goneJ T- "A seat with the driver possesses the coin of vantage on such a trip, you miss noth ing of the -scenery; or sunshine, Xor conversation of : the driver. Tltase Sierra .Nevada- teamsters, besides be ing the -most daring and expert dri vers in the world,, are very intelligent guides; they . know every plant, and tree, and flower along the road; they can point you to the chaparral where you may cut a coveted manxanita i walking-cane, or gatherthe thick glancous leaves of thei alkheallng Yerba Santa; they know the covers of the blue mountain quail, and eve ledge where gold Is found, all the tra ditions of , the country. . and t stage coach tragedies galore, of daring hold- th nam trm anil pnlnp nf all tha. three hundred and - fifty horses on . w v a vs. i their route of seventy-five . miles, and flirt.- with all the girls at v the relay stations; indeed,. they are as a class among: the best informed of men. -1 waj Just - congratulating myself upon, my favored position, and the freedom from the , continuous jabber and vulgarities of ordinary stage coach passenger, flavored, with the . odor of ' bad j cigars, always .-a hin drance . to the j enjoyment of scenery, and fresh air;"whenthe! first relay was reached and. as the horses were 1 be-' ' Ing rapidly changed, ; a nervous little ' man with' spectacles closely trimmed beard arid a grey cap. got our of the stage, 'and, much to my disgust, climbed up on top beside me. I said nothing to , him for several - miles, quietly absorbing the scenery, watch ing innumerable squirrels scampering up the: mountain side, and oMlriou3 to everything save the p;ct- - - -fore me.' He -piled me in. va ; all the commonplace topics of ' lay; be ran. the . whole f gamut" ; stage coach stories of the Wesff finallr his Importunacy was triumphant, and like the Ancient Mariner's wedding ,guest I could nt choose 4ut hear.' i Tile Traveler's Story. ; Did you know'sald he, "that there re railroad ghozts as orthodox as those ever seen in graveyards, and haunted houses, and that where peo ple are Kiuea oy railroad accidents, their ghosts haunt the track at that particular point?" I have known en gineers to stop their-trains suddenly : at, night to keep from running over what they"supposed to be a man, but - which was nothing more than the ghost of soma poor 'fellow they had grourid under : their wheels,? like the car of Juggernaut" 'I have seen the whole trac,k rise up before me in the air like a mirage, so that I could not tell where I was: X once drove an engine .that had killed ten men, and many a night have I. seen balls ot bluish fire all over the wheels, and as many times have I stopped, thinking I had a hot box, or. that the packing was on fire. I have, seen red lights waved, and phantoms dancing on the track in the moonlight. , to suddenly dart under my engine as we reached the spot These are experiences com mon to all locomotive engineers, but V "If tell you a circumstance, which lv will never understand, and which has deprived me of my situation on !hr.r?ad ' wa8 an engineer on the limited express from W. to Charles- xon ana maae but three stops. We had' to cross everv nivht bridge over1 a very deep river, where. " a- lernoie wrecK naa occurrea, Killing eeventyfive peo pie. V It was one of those silverv rrv talline nights early m December. wuvn uic iuii moon throws all its glory, and softness over .the land scape." the airi was liquid, 'and the dense pine forests on each side of the irac leemeu encnanted. '1IV th. Grove ot Daphne, as we thundered. ; Mr. Jones bffice"only to hear Cen along ovfr the frozen , road-bed. Juti tral reply cheerfully "Number please." erore ,l caugnt sight of the ; bridge riKnat. icu a lacunar; nundlng. dizzy sensation pass over me. as I had , never " experienced! before, nor since and I at ones Interpreted it as a pre sentment of Imminent danger. I had everything wide open,'and engine No. " 15 - fairly rocked, and lurched,! . and quivered as she rushed pn like "a de - mon of destruction, for I was twenty . minutes late. In another Second the trusted bridge-keeper flashed his rreen ; light ("the drawbridge Is all right, proceed"), but when I looked rlosely myself, as I always do to veri fy a signal, to mv horror, the draw bridge was actually wide open, and . !wun, to on side. Realizing, at once , the impending danger to my train. I reversed the engine, applied the emer-brkfes- and gave one shrill loud WiLle' L,11lfc Mnker waking up the tVii' aSrVZ?. bonded 'admir .hi; va th? Vln cane to a stop about three hundred ft frim thi oriage; I got out of ' C " 7"! I what - tv -I.T u cao to see i beheld , ble Was' an1 there i! ' . Otailirill l i9 I 1I1K would otipn o,. aZZ r you M4n. w me person ber Ind ' w to Vour cham. who wants to use the phone and get Shfe witVant -m! llm White! through iith It. The book may! be never been ii thi6t "uch as had ; m.lsslng or the man may Jiave frogot waY'siienrlv the car may be com. 4e?NwVg g'HIngj ing. A hundred exigencies make tne was sointhSr,?A f'r The constant use of the book a i difficult el something like the galleons i matter and yet the Centrals are inex- DIUmBIUDGE The News and Observer.) ' biu iui; w prow w.o u&e me owu of some sea monster, with mouth wide open: and tongue protruding, a verit able Gorgon's head, and 1 the stern terminated In a spiral curl, j like a great ea serpent's . tail,, and It was fairly .loaded with : phantoms j wildly beckoning me on. While all this was; going on, I could plainly see the bridgeman beyond frantically waving the light for me to. proceed, for, evi dently he was entirely unconscious of the horror then before my eyes. My fireman! said he could see nothing, and that- to him; the bridge appeared all right. . The passengers became rest leas, fnow mind you. the apparition had control of that bridge at least half an hour), got out, and finding as they - thought, the bridge all ) right, were very abusive because I would not proceed, put -1 "was obdurate; f I de termined not to trust their eyes, nor the bridgeman's signals until i I was convinced myself -that the draw was actually Closed, and there 'l held my ground until the ship passed through, and the draw was closed, amid in vectives of unreasonable passengers and scolding women. The bridgeman sent telegram, after telegram to the train dispatcher, and I was ordered to proceed, but I would not. Was I not light to have stopped my; train? And who can predict what might have happened if I had recklessly gone on? I wa3 twp hours late when I rolled Into Charleston the next day, i and every train on the track I had. been thrown out of its schedule that night. The officials merely nooted at I my story, and ordered me never, ;to re peat such a dangerous farce again. Strans-e tfi mv twrt nforhta aftar that the same thine- happened! attain, and when 1 1 arrived In Charleston I Was discharged, but, ' as" my curious ex perience had greatly interested I the railroad men, it was not until a faculty vf (railroad surgeons had criti cally examined me. One said I was a cocaine fiend, another said It was a surious pervertlon of eyesight, while others learnedly argued it was"! tem porary Insanity,' and likely to recur again at any moment; each- one was equally eohceited and dogmatic In! as serting his opinion, at anyi rate, I .lost my position forever." Shaking from head toj foot, my friend continued, "Let me tell . you the worst ot this terrible experience -; Just! then the hotel j at Wawona, (meaning in the Indian f vnguage, 'big trees") came in sight, and the driver, taking out his long horn, blew a blast which seemed to cleave the hills' apart, and we- rattled . down the , mountain l side. 8413 rel.n?i : "P- before the hotel.! I w truty glad to be rid of my lugu- 'y"-". cursing myseit at the same , time for mlssinsr so much of the beautiful scenery. " ij . I laid over , at j Wawona, and took the next stage to the Yosemlte in i or der to miss that party. The next day I round ? out. that mv friend was a lunatic in charge of some men.! who - . . i roae lVl? .M g, and who, had enjoyed to the utterm my discom- fiture. : -la v Many years have nassed since' ithen. but I shall never forget that stage ride of seventy-five miles into the Yosemite Valley; I can see the picture as I saw it then, mountain range after moun tain range! in blue perspective, j cas cades falling over mountain precipices a thousand feet, and melting In mid air into mists land dancing rainbows, to be condensed again ' Into a thread of molten kilver. babbling and cdujrs Iftg through rocks, and ferns, 1 and giant hepatlcas. ttown into the mirror ing Merced a river below, and as we climb the dizzy mountain side, over a. road literally hewn from the' liv ing rock,i a heavenly way, I cart see the brue spiral of the! wigwam's smoxe; ana now, the road leads tnrougn tne giant Sequoias, where the sunbeams fall aslant a valley likej the ufiana vauey or Aviiion, deep mead owea, nappy,?, there picturesque groups of Indians are gathering acorns for their jwinter stores in curious bas kets; again! the driver wiids his mel low horn, and Its hoarse echo awakes into ecstacy tne reverberating can on. ana again the wild squirrel ecamperi up uie glen Some Queer Results of i Changed Telephone Rules ? . i Ilow the ! Eiigineer Took Revenge on Central The flatter of Commuul ttaUng Wild state Department-- Mr. Brawley Wanted the Fire - Department. J ' Ever slnci the new consolidation of the Bel? and Interstate Telephone sys- . tems In Raleigh,- subscribem whn kav , been accustomed -to call their fHends ana Dusiaess - connections by uhone have been Slowly learning that i the system has j been "citltied" and Uhat they in consequence, are yet provin- It is a" tey ordinary occurrence' for a gentleman in a hurry to rush to a telephone,? take down the receiver; land say wnuoenuy io central. "Give's me ii m oouk m noi convcit..Dt or I the user of the telephone is obtuse, the central office quietly connects him with "No, 9,000" and instead of rous ing Mr. Jones' office, he Is ureeted by another female voice that is of sur- passings irony toj a man in a hurryj nowever f sweet. that again sa vs. n on .. Numberj please" and in response to an answer that the man at the phone only knows the man and not the nam 22T ri wanjts. there j will follow a Walt a minute, please," and then, You want 42-4. , ;.. j -. : : N-. . ; ' . ji -.. - Whereupon the man who was in a hurry again calls up Central, repeats his lesson with such patience as r- he can muster, or, if "Central" Is quite "on to her iJob" ?-ain t , .am ,7i Information that the au tait method of "av tour- is to : say "four two four!" After which . the business man Is given hu number proca 1 to f lad in the end that Mr. Jones Is out i 111 (hll ir.v In Ik. 1.1 . - luwrnai economy of a telephone office accompBsh W n . --v mmwmmm v MitlC. UUL IT PAP. : ; xcenjr xaaii, caenton, r. C. m n ... 1 v t . . orable. In time of hwte combined with lack of information as to numbers the merry round goes on of conversation with Central, of conversation, with , "9.000," of anot'ier conversation .with Central bcrore there is a nnai conver sation with the pereon with whom it was orlglra'ly desired to converse." ; ; Time may . be money, but talk ex cept to a politician or a promoter scarcely ever is. - f - The Eugineer's Revenge. This habit of the number as against the person was the rock the other day upon which a well known railroad en gineer came to grief and upon which, Afterwards, he constructed a sweet re venge. - The engineer had occasion to call a friend, but there was no book hanging! nv i n a Hinn or rn -roiAnhnnik ura a using. . . Wherefore, he said to Central: " "Give me Mr. Jenkins' residence, please." Central: "Number, please." The Engineer: 'I jlon't know the number!" Central: "Number, please." The Engineer: "I tell you I don't know the. number, and I haven't got a book!"' Central: Very sorryi must have the number, will give you 9,000." ; But' the engineer happened to be In a barry and gave it-up. Several days later he answered a ring 'of the phone at his home: "This is Central." chimed a sweet voice, "will you please tell me when the 3:30 train arrives?" ' The engineer's eyes glistened and he replied sweetly: "Number, please?" Central; f' What do you mean? I want to know when the train! from Richmond gea in." 1 Tie Engineer: "What's the number of the fain?" Central: "I don't know the number; it's the train going South from Rich mond.' The Ergineer: "Must have the num ber. Ought to get a time table. Good bye'.'f 1 Central: (hanging up the hook with a snap) "Mean thing!" 'Are Office-Holders Perpetual. The other-day a man. al business at the office of. the Bureau of Labor and Printing. lie wanted to know something and know it quick". But, knowing the number-hunger of the Centrals, he wasted no time In asking for. the Department but carefully perused the book. He looked under "Pureau," he looked under "Com. mis lorers" nothing doing., i . He scratched his head in. perplexity i.iatnd then, with a bright thought, called up "9,000" at once. The lady at "5,000" was very polite, but she was certain that the Bureau of Labor and Printing haa no te.ephone. The man was equal ly certain tiat it had slace he . had used It from that office the day be fore. He so stated to Central, but without avail. He knew that the Bu reau of Labor and Printing had a telephone, hut the Central office was evidently not aware of the fact. The man persisted and so did the office. Finally the man gave up. He had to. He left Ms own ofne snd went to that of the State printer. There he was Informed that the Burea-t of Labor and Printing had telephone 305." He called up. got his iriform- ation and went back to tMk it ovr. Finally he called "9,000" again and asked who it mirht be who was sun- posed to possess telephone "305," This time the answer came prompt ly: , -. "Varner, H. B." Now the significance of this is that the . telephone company ha3 evidently irrPBuine'j inai air. varner win , con- tlnqe to be at the head of that Bureau. As amatter of fact. Jlr. Varner has already said that he doe not intend to ask a re nomination frtr th offl"? and there are a dozen candidates wishful to fill his shoes.! Investigation showed that ther was nothing nut down as "Governor's" office, but that the Ex ecutive i Department is placed ttnder "Glenn." It is the same way ; with Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor and other offices. Apparently the oc cupants are in telephone philosophy remarent ard perpetual. In spite of the - fact that Governor Glnn, at least, must retire next January.. Fr-Tn which it appears that if a man should land in the c!ty from Oklahoma and wish to get into communication with the Agricultural Department, or the Auditor's office or that of the. Sec retary of State, he would have to bej well up on current politics. Els? he would have to valk to the 7aritoi and nose it out. For "Central- evidently cannot hlp him and It is eviJently against the rules for her to help him If she could. The Peacr Innltnte nrc. One more instance: This happened at Peace Institute !a?t week when the spontaneous cembusUon of chocolate creams In a wardrobe caused1 an alarm of fire irf a great bnilding ho'ising several hundred exquisitely excitable young, w-men, all delighted to be come extsd. There was naturally excltemeint. While people were run ning henj arid there making futile alarms, while ifomene was tryfng to wo k thi combination to the 'hernial engine ahd someone eje was trying, to connect a h "se vith a roen hydrant, there was one cool masculine head - that saw the proper i play ahJ sought o execute It. That head was on the shofil-JeM of Profewor Braw ley, of the Musical Depa-tment Mr. Brawley made for-the telephone. He literally v. reriched the receiver from its book and waited an interminable second et Cetra Pa renly , Mr. Erawley held his votoe steady but he sroke with decision: "Give me the Fire Department pleaie!" he said. 'Numbfer. please" enUried Central as sweetly as if the order had called for the florist The reply put the cool M'. Brawley Into the air. He rose from the f'oor arid what he said Intq the transmitter was of a character to excite even a "Central" who is used to the eccentri cities of masculine argument; while, in a female school, it was unheard of. witnout precedent, might Indeed, hai sy oi xn stuaent stonped nugvim one another 1 and -laughing long enough ' to- have heard, have shocked the situation into quiet. Mr. Brawley'a voice 'snapped like a wire In a thunder storm: ''Number!" he shouted "number!- br-up-p-p! i Dbn't you know we're burning up" r Mr. Brawley let bin hand dron weakly to his side with the deepness of his emotion. Back to him over the wire came the voice of Central, still .nnv sweet ana auty-wise amid the raven- I - . . . " - ferfsle school: "Number, please," said Central. From Drysn's Spcedi. . " Thou shalt not steal on a small SCft'e. . .- : .; "The man who stands by the way s'de and flemands your money or yoir life, Is wi more n criminal than the man who, obtaining control of a 'na tion's fuel, colects a tribute from ev- crr houseliolder. 'It is respectable for the .salsrled attorneys of these monopollsta to fol- low c'ose after, tiie orenders and fur- nlsh tliem horses. In the way ejf legal technicalities, upon which to escape from punishment.' i fc . Sfeasnred by the nnniher of sul - nacs caused by tne Nev York tock lAcruinire. Monte carlo is an innocent pleasure resort by comparison. The New Yok Stock Exchange fans gradn tl.. 4 embezzlers tlian Fagln's school thieves.- v."-; ., v. ..-.v r "Tho . commandment Tbon U trU not steal' Is violated - on the ; toclc market end In the rrain nit hv thnwlcookinr hiielrwHent Ir.. ii e. w ho profess to believe in the BlblC Some. Implements Every progressive Farmer Should Have. (Progressive ' Farmer! ) , . A Manure Spreader Firsvl First 1 would narne the manure spreader, for it is the one thing that wi Southern farmer 'out of the practice of mixing up a lot 1 get the laborious (of strawy manure, and a lot of dirt frbm some where, calling it composting: and then thinking that it Is all good! manure; and dribbling it in the - furrows with the hope of getting, more crop to sell oft the land. With the manure spread er one can get the manure out as fast as made,' whenever it Is. fit to drive on the land. And the manure will then be where it will lose the least and will be of the greatest value to the follow ing crop no matter what , crop it 13, though It should be the corn crop. The manure spreader will make, the manure go much further by Spreading it uniformly and not In lumps as thrown off by hand. It takes but one handling.- . - - f . Have You a Silo and Cornj Harvest ers? A silo can hardly be glassed as an Implement, but. it is one pf the in dispensable things if ne is to feed stock, and every farmer j does, of course, if he , is a farmer and riot a mer cropper. With plenty! of corn ensilage, pea vine hay and the meal from the cottonseed the, fajrroer can feed stock profitably; much more profitably than he can i without the silo. i The corn harvester and binder has ! been greatly Improved. The best ones bind the corn upright, do hot break off many ears and will take up blown down corn. They will make! the bun dles of any size, wanted, and jit is then easy to set it up in ventilated shocks for curing. v . This means more corn, better fod der and the use of the whole . plant, for if the husker and shreddier is used there will not only be a great saving of labor, but the stover will be in such a condition! that the Cattle will eat most of it, and the refuse will go into the manure heap in good shape for the i manure spreader to handle, and there will be no cuss wrds used, as there Is likely: to" be whfenone 4a loading manure with long corn sta.ks in it and breaks a fork handle getting them out - 1 s. The farmer who feeds cattle In win ter will be greatly helped by having a corn and cob crusher with which one horse can grind the cor and .cob together and still further increase the consumption of- the corn pliant. How Do You Save Your Hay and Peas? Various inventors have been trying to make a thresher that will clean cowpeas from the mown' hay. We heard of two last fall that are claimed to be; capable of doing thl3 without splitting the peas. We were to have had a. chance to see these ma chines, at work, but for one reason or another, they did not shdw up. But one may rake off thej matured pod3 in the field with a steel horse rake and then there are several hull ers that will do good work, bf course every man who pretfnds to bte a farm er has a mowing machine ahd a hay rake; and if he grows, as every South ern farmer, should, cowpeasi for hay, he should have a tedder to !run after rne mower ana xnrow met nay ud lightly to wilt rapidly. Then if the ! l"M UHJ U J t 'aKe ls ln V, Tm:cry nf1.wUibe lhead f hlS nein:018 handUng rakejs. the side delivery he will be ... il, WiiJIWHC IH'i Alt'p SiX rake, the farmer will need stpraTe loft for his. hay and slings for rsfpldly un loading it, with carrier, so. that a horse can. pull the hay into the loft and run it bark Taster thain half a dozen men could do the work. Do You Stm Plow and Hoe In tbf Old lo Way? In all the upland pecUons the farmer needs a sub-soil plow and a turning plow that needs three mules abreast. With! these he is prepared to. plow the land right, and if he practices a -Rort rotation and gets humcs into his soil, he can gradually do a v. ay with terraces ani the need for them, aud have fewer gullies than with them Then, instead of putting a nesrro and a mule and a plow to in en eh cotton or corn row, have a two-hor?e cultivator run twice he should on which one man can riJe and drive, and do twice a. much as two menj with the mules . separated, and wofrkled singly. And this, while doing more work. saves a hand. an important matter in these days. ine eariy cnmviuion cf cotton corn ' or potatoes will be greatly ifacilltitel py naving a wer which one can run across the rows -and stir the soil ngni i'p io me p ant, ana can tnus prevent "sore shinned" cotton. ' In fact, if the rows arellaid off laecurately au niittisui, us u me isevei coast. country, tne weeder can work the en tire crop the season througfu by tak ing out the teeth that hit ftwo rows. And, then at one through, vio whole i rows are worked, and the soil lust 1 stirred enough to keep the koii mulih on top and to preserve tne moisture beneath, and in this shallow stirring all the weed seeds will sprout and be killed and no fresh' onfis brouz'it up, so .that the iand will bej clean for sowing the crim?on clover ueed at la-t! working. On IfgrUt level and sandy i soii one man with the weeir will get over Jwre as much cotton al two men With the usual one-horse implements. And the weeder takes butione horse so that it fits into the. equipment of he man so many talk about, the one- horse farmer. But it seems to me that any man with -.industry, and en- ergy will not be content f with one horse or one mule, but will have two or more. and Implements toi use them with. ' . , I The Haudv Gasoline Knrine. Then iin tne gasoline, engines! . now so plentiful and cheap, the great Mabor of fhonnlnr wnnd run h ivoii .nil the fuel can be cut for the fetove with a buzz saw. Here, , where If now live, the mtn ro around with nn nrn& dk saw on a wagon and. cut up the family suppiy or wood. , .on the farm the en gine can be used" for many things be sides the sawing of, the wood. With! an eievaiea tan k ana a deep well pump one can have his own water supply In the sountny. with the lux ury of a bath, in the house; He, can use it for grinding grain forlhis stock, or with a good small mill ban make his own meal for the tablej He can use it for running the machine that threshes his peas or shells his corn or grinds corn and ' cob together. in fact, wherever power is needed the srasoline engine comes In ; very hand-y- ; '.. ; I . .. r Don't Forge th IIowHcffLvhnB getting the farm stocked with labor. ' saving- machines do i not - fofget the,uceie i house. Having water in tfie house, surflt you can have a sink In the kitchen teleeraf i and a hot water boiler. Then there telefone are now wa3hlng machines that are thum mere fun tp run, for a woman can turg ! work the washer and read a book at wjler the Fame time, noiamg it in; the other ; hand. Next the wrinsrer. of mnru I Then one of these expanding and con tracting ciotnes jioiaers that are set on a post are , far better than the old clothes lines: - There Is 1 the bread mixer that saves strength f and the pousnea gieei - griaote that 1 makH j have that elevated water tank you caa have a little turbine .for your wife to run the sewing machine with. 1 k .':- t !- i . , 1 ; And a Shed,of Course Then, so far as the farm lnipiements are concerned you will need 4 shed to keep them out Of . the weather, and where you can clean them! well after use. vIn short; the time has come when we are com pelled to try fc make mules and . ma chinery save men's muscle. W, F. MASSE Y. Ml J- ' Liquor Dealer KespoDblble for Bring ing Shamej Destroying peace, . roisouingi Happiness, Blight ing j Confidence ; and Mur I M during Sotus. . 1 (Marlhville Home.) i Mall oruer hauor houses send out circulars wiiH nattering dA-rinttonii of their various b.ands of liquor, and these circulars o to nearly every booy, especially people wno Uve in prOnibi- ' tlon territoiy.j Judge Collins, of lola, Kan., repliea In open letter to a liquor dealer's circular. He first analyses the paper Ion ftnich tne oesctipuon of the liquors printed, as follows "Your prices do not appeal to me, but the clean,: 'white paper upon which they are printed is emblematic of the purity of i tne (souls of our boys arid girls before their lives become poison ed by the- effects of your 'private Stock.' The various shapes of tht. letters on ; they circular -rerui.id - me of the crookedness of the transactions of men who have become polluted by the rise of your fcelebrgfced "Slue Board Brand." H -f - i .j -1 . . j r 1 J i : j Then the Judge talks about the fig ures in the 4hlslcyi circular, in the following manner: U "When I look at the figures j thht represent the values which you : place upon your goods I think of the Ivast amount of mone that it costs the citizens of this coun try every ;yea to permit ,you to op erate your imkmous business, i read just the ngureis, and they show me the number of men and women that are dest.oyed anniiallv by the use of your whiskey., i If give i the; characters another shutTl and I see the number of hearts i thajt are broken.- and the number of soifus sent! unprepared into eternity through the Influence of yours and others'; s full la r brands of liquoi. The black print represents the sorrow, the shame, the misery and the gloom that hover over the drunkard's home; while the redintands out as a danger signal, and is an emblem of the blood that flows from the wounds of mur derers and suicides that are committed by the vicfclmi of strong drink. Xo, gentlemenJ I cannot acceDt vour 'lib- eraloffer' ofix quarts for three -dolf lare and ; seventy-flve : cents, for I learned long ago 'T " Xk'I lV L - l n. whiskey until! it has ! been consumed and an inventory of its -effects taken." ! 1 ' '; . , -j - ii v I After readilig the! above extracts from, Judge Cellln's reply to the liquor dealer's circular, it would seem that he rUght he ready to let- up on him, but he winds up by makingthe fol lowing rather; serious: personal appli cation: "You ray that you have been Ih the distilling business for over forty . ILi. . . . - .. . il'"r ZL ""t .h Ing from the fuse of alcohol during that long perjod of time. ! Woujd at not be well tof stop and take an invert torj', and see ivhat your dividend is to b at the clos! of Ufet Let us put in ope prata of tler balance, all the money that you havf enjoyed, and on the other side. pWee the institutions that your .whiskey thai polluted, the shame V Kod rirnwK Ka 14. a 1.111. J " 1 lt has ruined the confidence it has b.uhted thTrer,toti- u. ti,- : ts. oiii ko m- j j or, prospect! f'r a bright immor tality beyond the arsve. and see whiph wjay the beani will tilt." eani i... Xi SIni'ific-I Sfl'ins- Tes i s'Tiipeu s-'inne hoard , r!romi'!n?ed a ; new Hist of seven v- j five wordj to- po addei to t' s-rheWe ? of exfurrate-f I of orthoTarhv. Te boari sv3 tfcat ove f 29,000 ! people now re;T- rjwrly re the a-endel wrtrd. rarv t'rlr c',l,ee pr'f'sof nnt scientists. This H the list, showing new arid old ftvied: OLD ni j.e able ag-ast al, LaLet auioiah autumn beosuad bibliography , blosrai'hy borott yh building canijaicn carr' hor , cho.V cipher ' cocoa t ; colleague column conduit counterfeit . courteous courtesy crumb debt debtor diaphragm 'doubt .dumb ' egg . , exceed fbreign - furlough ghastly - ghost guard guardian harangue height indebted ' island i isle lamb m, league limb numb . pamphlet paragraph . phonetic ' : phonograph photograph phthisis proceed redoubt redoubtable redoubted scnt scion scissors i ' scythe , i . sieve5 . ' i'-. sleight - solemn i sovereign , succeed surfeit ' : teleg apt t . telephone y. :; thunb tor rue . t weir . weird t yeoman : aUat j alfahet autograf aiitunt ; bt dptd it jtliorrafv c-Jpgrary bbro bil.Unar camrfign rammer oi'lre titer coco j fllfa colum c;ondJt cpunterfit cjurteous ctirtf sy ciim det ' dtttor dlaf am i dPU j diim ei j exedo ' fren ferlo ra'ly gbst gkrl gardian harang hlght indetted j!ind ;r ! W j If ag ". llm num paroflet ' pirarraf fonetlc fonograt fotograf tijPls pirocede ' redout redouble redouted sent ? icn " sl?--ors sithe sly sllgbt IwJerd yoman mighty good " Christian 1 that can bump bl shins oria rocking chair arid keep his mouth i shut. f. t- v --4- : - it- - - ! m . ' 11 At A. S t . . . ' . -.- it tne crtnruy mail wns at nome it the travel Mbit. soon contracts . no DaireU u Thomson Architoctrs Ci Enlnoord - Raloigh. U. C. : H1CIC0, APUD1E3E CURES COLDS 522CRIPP,5ec'SSSS; Relieves Feverishness and Aching-. Soothes the Nerves and Restores Healthy Conditions. : v . ITS UOClbEFrECTS CTSEWATELT Contains No Acetanlllde : 10c 23c m4 On;i Itttli iliDN ShM Fresh, fragrant and Jbantl f ul. All varieties In season. Telephone - orders i given firompt attention.. , , J- r 9gTMm JLe L VJtlltltl -: t Telephone 14" &C6. SEABOARp AIR UNE RAILWAY. Winter Tourist and All Year Round Special Rates. Winter tourist rates from Raleigh to Camden. S. C , S.6S Columbians. C......... 10.56 Havana, Cuba . . .. .... .". ...... 6 9.1 5 Jacksonville, Fla 2 7.45 St Augustine, Fla. . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95 Tampa. Fla . . ; ............. . 40.05 Palm , Beach, - Fla. ............ 45.95 Tallahassee, Fla.. ..... .. . .... 29.65 Tickets sold daily with fifteen (15) day transit limit permitting stop over, and has final return limit until May 31st, 1908. H . - All year round tourist rates . from Raleigh 'to: ' . Hot Springs. Ark.". . ........ . 43.C0 Salt Lake City. Utah . ..... . . . 100.50 Mexico City, Mex. , .... ..... . ; 103.10 San Francisco, CaL; ..... i. .... 136.80 Los Angeles, Cal.. ..... .... . . 136.80 ; Tickets to ' Hot Springs limited ' to return In ninety1 (90) days, no stop overs allowed to other points 'tickets limited to return with! nnlne months? permit of stop-overs and are sold via dicerse routes. ; We operate double daily vestibule service, with through Pullman sleep ing cars to Jacksonville. Sfc Augustine. Atlanta, iJiirmingnam,. Memphis, Portsmouth.Norfolk. -Richmond Washington.' an New Tor: For time! tables, booklets reserva tlons. or any information, address or call on C. H. GATTIS. Travelling Passenger Agent. No. 4, Turker Bl'd'g, Raleigh, n. C Telephone No. 117. KKDTD Iy an error of .the Tele phone CoM .' we' vere put dowiv In . tle phone Diroc tory as "Carolina Fuel Cos phone 962 Y Instead of Cap ital City Fuel CcV .862Y. Don't let this fact prevent you from, getting the best coal of nil trades to be iiad in Ralclzh. Capital Cily Foil' Co. Phone. 082-Y. NEW DIRECTORY. v HP. S. KELLER ARCHITECT F. & Birlwlusfle j. Consultlnj Esttmates furnished Indlvld'uals nd municipalities - for . lnstalla. tlon of large and small electrlo placta. 4. " NOTICE OP. BOND SALE. Notice Is hereby given that' sealed bids will be received by tr.e Board of Commissioners of Robeson county un til two o'clock p. m., February -17, 1808, for the sale of 150,000 of Robe son county . court house '' bonds, said bonds to run for thirty years and . to bear Interest at the rate of 6 1-2 per cent, per, annum, in tor est payable semi-annually, bonds to : be issued in denominations of 1500. ' Bids may be filed with E.r J. Brltt, attorney for the Hoard, Lumberton, N.f C.,- or " with J. W.-'i- Carter, chairman of the' Board. Maxton. N. C, all bids to be sealed bids, and to be accompanied by-cei- tified check In the sum of $1,000. made payable . to the order of J. W.; Carter, chairman of . the : Board of Commissioners of ' Robeson county, ard to be forfeited to the use of the county, in case the bid Is accepted and then the fpurchaser falls - to comply with his bid. - The Board of Commis sioners reserve the right to reject any and all Ml.. ' ' . This Jan. 10,' 1 0H - - ..' J. W CARTER, , , Chairman Poi.d rowrnlsiiin ' K T.i R1TT, Attorney for 'Board. 1-12-td. Cut flowers FINE STOCK ALL SIZES ALL PRICES , BTJT - - ONLY GOOD MULES JUST JMED see nirai ... -AT : . J r . OCR1STAJBIiES.i THE J.TJii PACE , MULE CO. Cancer Cut-od. We want every xaan arid woman la the United States to know what I ng., we are curing cance.j. , tumo nj chronic sores without tht. ; use of kn!Te. and art tndtnedv by ih BenaU and Legislature of Virginia. It you are se .inr a cure, come ber and you wui get u i We Guarantee Our Cure. 4 KTXLAM nosPTAIk f . Richmond. VlL - "K on. yion OFTE-3II 1 fX Pr ' . Reveals . strong ' . musical . qualities and . satisfying , beapty, A wealth of tune, ' ia . ' liarmony of design, and an unexcelled ficish -make ui an Instrument tliat cannot but prove eminently satisfactory toK all lovers ot tlw ' artistic ;-' piano. f ": ..7 ' A beautiful Illustrated catalogue J and full in. formation will me mailed upon request to ; ' RALHIGn. N. c SELEJr B3ASJUJ HOJSi lira. .Wiley XX. Rosen cans anmtir to . umm. UMkk iu largv tMtuse, within ball - square H um caiMtoi, baa been newly palaieU. papered and furnished, and Is epea, fox boarders wy the flay, weCZ or wouto, LAHliK AQIV ROOMS. IUlA- KONABLE P1UCES. Wltnia nBn, - half Mronre of the rpltoL" lt3 li, WIF.SIIJVCJTOX - FOR We have for sale four (4) nice new residences, niodernly built, with eTery convenience desired. i - These houses will be ready for oc cupancy about Jan. 15th.. .They will not be effered for rent, but will be sold : at reasonable prices and . tonj time given on deferred paytnents. . .. A fntr nttuw wirwl hnii.t f . We consoler ail of these bargains. Rents collected and Insurance , soli cited. . - , . . ;, :.. . - . lt Is our pleasure to show you an give you any other informatioo. I . Wts are anxtons to please yon arv 4f yon will give us an opportunit ir- we will make It to your advantage . HIGHTO WER & FORI PUTTiMCOFF IS THE THIEF OF TH.IE. AND SEE "OUR LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE . . LIE OF : SPRCsG,SMtIFLES f . i - - JOHN T. PULLEN. President. , N. W. WEST. . Vice IVv-idcnt: C CIIARI JES ROOT, Cashier. Raleiflli Savings Dc;:Ii Capital SI 5,000 Surplus $50,000 Deposits Over $750,000 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits. CALL IN THE IkOiK. OR WRITH for rcRTUEi; i :xiULno::. Darnell rW W WUt, Sif jif W
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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