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I THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, aEPTEMBER 1 , 1906 8 Rungs in the Ladder of Success and sharp critcisms.As a result it took him onlv about two minutes to dis charge me after I had made my appear ance in the office, telling me that I was the most careless young man that Mrs. Daiton, now- Here is the storv of Will H. Dean ot Chicago a most peculiar experience for a big-city employe. My position was peculiar and one rarely required tho lfirffp mercantile houses. i received a salary for "being discharg-1 he ever had known. Mrs uaiton, no id" about tSy times a week ! ever, was kindhearted, and she told the ea aDoui . . i ;4. ,., 0 nnt nprsssaiv to sometimes I was discharged as ou,u thflt;tlie uisenarge mu uui. discipline of the house demanded it as an example to the other clerks. That evening Mrs. Dalton informed her husband of the interview with the manager which resulted in my dis charge. Singulany enough her hus band, when a young man just com mencing to battle with the world, has been discharged because of a similar mistake; so he told his wife that he would try and rectify matters by giv ing me a position in his own establish ment. He called up our manager the follow ing day and secured the "address of the young man who was discharged because of Mrs. Dalton's complaint," and wrote me to call at his office. I did so, and he gave me a kind lecture on the disastrous results of careless ness and concluded by offering me a position in his establishment. I realized that the only thing to do was to take him into my confidence and explaint the situation to 'him re ceived a severe reprimand but not dis charged. He laughed at the manager's policy, and I spent a few pleasant hours with him, listening to his person la aneclotes and experiences. I assumed mv regular routine again as four times a day; men, aSam would sit in my office for a week with out being disturbed. My position was invented by the fact that so many shoppers have complaints to make sometimes caused by the carelessness of the employes, and as often by their own negligence and it was found that a good remedv to allay their anger was to discharge the party responsible for the trouble. Tint th manager discovered that it did not pay always to discharge clerks. and then spend weeks m instructing new ones, only to have them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors. So he conceived the idea of having a regu lar man to discharge, if he thought that the customer would feel satisfied by this act, and Jater, would have the guilty parties "on the carpet." So I was selected as his victim, and this is the way that we worked our little game: Mrs. Jones, a society leader and a regular customer, would be usered into the manager's office and complain bit terlv about the failure to deliver her gown. She positively had insisted; that it must be at her residence the dav before at 2 o' clock in the after noon, as she desired to wear it to a re- unt1 a few months ago, when I re ception that evening. But it was not ceived auother letter from Mr. Dalton, delivered until too late, and she hardly felt like keeping it at all and thought of transferring her patronage else where. Our manager would make profuse apologies and promise to in vestigate the matter at once and dis charge the guilty party. Then he would go to his private telephone booth, 'phone me the situation and cir cumstances, and I would be transform ed immediately into the guilty sliip- ninfr r-lerk who had consigned the- gown to a south-side wagon for deliv ery, whereas Mrs. Jones lives on Sheri dan Drive. . Of course, it was my cue to try and excuse myself while in the office with Mrs. Jones and the manager, but the manager, in his towering anger, would listen to nothing that I might say, and just told me that I could consider my self discharged. After my departure the manager would relate a few of. the troubles he had with incompetent clerks, and Mrs. Jones would appre ciate the fact that the manager at least was trying to do his best to remedy errors and would promise him to give the house another trial. That is a sample of my work and one of the roles it was necessary for me to assume, and I probably would be there now but for the following occurrence: One of the most prominent women in the city, Mrs. Dalton, was exasperated greatly by a careless blunder the house really was to blame and the manager had an unpleasant fifteen offering me a position with brilliant prospects and requesting me to talk it over with him. I called, and after a short interview decided to accept his offer; and so I lost my position as dis charge clerk." a sort of agreement in many towns that if the hardware sellers would let harness and saddres alone, the well established saddlers would not sell buggies. Hundreds of agreements of this kind to-day are being kept, for all that the saddlers has left is the han dling of the goods that factories in the larger cities make. Some of these manufacturers refuse to-sell their goods to hardware merchants. The department and mail-order house of Chicago and New York also handle harness, which has helped to nut the man who served-an appretiee- ship learning the trade out ot the busi ness. In some of the larger country towns the saddler and harness maker is using machinery in an effort to hold on to his trade. Good-Bye to the Saddler. A time-honored business has passed. It is that of the saddler and the har ness maker. It has been swallowed bv the hardware men. from bridle to breeching. It used to be that farmers and team sters had their arness made to order; a harness was fitted to the horse, just as a man is measured for a suit of clothes. The business and the trade of a saddler were lucrative. Almost everv small town had a harness-mak ing shop, but hundreds have passed out of existence. There are fewer saddlers than form erly, but what are being used are made in the big factories. A saddler seldom if ever is called upon to make one. The trade is to mend old harness; if he handles a stock he buys it from the manufacturer ready made. But in late years the hardware deal ers have taken to handling harness, and in hundreds of instances the sad dler has been crowded out entirely. Some of the saddlers refused to sur render to the hardware men. They threatened to get back at the store men by selling buggies, which also is a part of the trade of the hardware minutes listening to her complaints mem The result was that there ' was King Alfonso a Real Boy. English court circles have reason to be grateful that they do not often have royal visitors with the energy of King Afonso of Spain. During the fortnight he and his queen have been in the Cowes he has proved the biggest hand ful his hosts have had for a long time. In the first place, the visit is a dis tinct violation of royal etiquette, as it is most unusual for a newly wedded sovereign to leave his own domain for a year after his marriage. But Afon so has a strong liking for England and the English court and this, coupled with the natural desire of his young queen to be once more among relatives decided his majesty to set convictions at defiance. Since his arrival at Cowes the king lias not lost a moment's time in ex tracting the last particle of enjoyment which the famous yachting festival of fdrds. The royal hosts and the state functionaries have had hard work to keeps pace with his inexhaustible activity. Rising at an unheard-of early hour, lie is off for a swim long before the ether royalties thought of stirring; then back to attend to State affairs, which he insists on polishing off be fore breakfast. This finished he is ready for the day, and the more that can be crammed into it the better he is pleased. Often, not content to abide by the arranged program, he sets off on his own account on some expedition without escort of any kind, to the ter ror of the officials, who have painful memories of the coronation day out rage still fresh in their minds. To all remonstrances Alfonso replies with a hearty boyish laugh, for it is clear that he revels in unconventionality. All Cowes is laughing at one of his jokes this week. The leading Spanish functionary here was remonstrating with him against some prank, and, finding the youthful monarch inclined to argue the case, the official men tor said: "But when you are at Cowes -you must do as Cowes does." Whereupon his majesty began to moo like a cow. His open manner is winning all hearts, to quote Queen Victoria her self.. He is quite in love with the Dowager (Conseaulo) Duchess Man chester. Her piano playing enchants him. The night the royal couple din ed with her he begged her again and again to keep on playing. As long as either side of her, both applauding de lightfully at the end of each piece. Finally the king took a couple of pieces of music which the duchess had play ed during the evening, "for my little queen to learn. " He folded them into the smallest compass and stuffed them in a coat pocket. This dinner was the gayest of any given this week. King Alfonso kept the party in fits of laughter, and after dinner tried his hand at several con juring tricks. When the king took his depature he kissed the duhess' hand in the most gallant mannei' and thanked her for Vthe most enjoyable evening" he had spent on the island. The duchess looked particularly handsome, all in black and diamond ornaments in lier hair and two rows of large pearls around her neck. London Cable Dispatch Philadelphia Record. J BRIGHTENED LIVES OF CHILDREN happy? It was not unfashionable to go to church. There was a genuine re spect for seniority. Children would not snicker if tola" that the Scriptures say, "Honor thy father and thy mother." Girls learned to sew and to cook. Boys did chores before they went off to play, uivorces were so infrequent that when they occurred they gave rise to scandal instead of to humorous or sym pathetic comment. "The old order changeth." The new order is not wholly bad, but the Old order had virtues that are worthy of the loving memory in which, they are held by those who still survive. It embraced a state of things in which there were more children in the aver age Ameircan family than there are at the present, time, and in which children were subject to more regula tion and less excitement. Perhaps the people of that era were old fogies, but the sanatorium did not flourish but the sanitarium did not flourish From me Evening vVlsconstn. Rebecca Sophie Clark, who died at J tier nome in NorridgewocK, jviaine, on Thursday night, was a woman who did much to make brighter and better the lives of the American children of a generation ago. Under her pen name of "Sophie May" she contributed to the juvenile literature of the Civil War period, creating a magic world of life-like characters with whom the youngsters of that period grew to be well acquaint ed as their parents were with the vivid portraitures of Dickens. She wrote for the Student and School mate. Our Young Folks and Oliver Optic's Magazine all publications of wide ciculation in those days in the homes of the American people. She also published a number of books, in cluding a few novels, which latter did not succeed as well as her stories for the children. Thousands of peo ple who are now well along in life still cherish with pleasant recollections of "Little Prudy" and "Dotty Dimple." Of the first series of "Dotty Dimple" stories there were six volumes, and there was the same number of original "Little Prudy" books; So great was the favor in which these little girl her oines were held by litie girls that other series introducing the characters" subsequently appeared and had a wide sale, though they were never quite as popular as the originals. Another of "Sophie May's" successes was the se ries of six stories relating to the "Quinnebasset Girls." "Sophie May" lived in the golden era of American juvenile literature, her best work being contemporaneous with that of Louisa M.' Alcott, Mrs. Abby Morton Diaz, William T. Adams and J. T. Trowbridge; and with Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Story of a Bad Boy." It was a time when juvenile literature was 5mancipate! from .the primness and unnaturalness of the Rollo Books, but still wholesome. Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and other highly spic ed and risky candidates for the favor of youthful const! tuecies had not been put upon the market. It is doubtful if the market at that time would have been profitable for the kind of juvenile literature which approximates the sen sation - novel. ; ' : ,; In that period Americans led simpler lives than now,' but they were the less Special Low Rates Via Southern Railway.- On account of the Homecoming of Wmj J. Bryan, New York, N. Y., Au gust 30th, 1906, the Southern Railway will sell tickets to New York and re turn at exceptionally low rates. Tick ets to be sold August Aug. 28th, and 29th, with final limit Sept. 4th. The following rates will apply from points named, Charlotte $20.50, Salis bury $19.10, Statesville $19.95, Hickory, $21.00, Greensboro $17.50, Winston-Salem $18.35, Durham $17.50, Raleigh $17.50. Approximately low rates from other points. For further information call on your Depot Agent, or write R. L. VERNON, T. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. , W. II. TAYLOE, G. P. A., Washington, D. C. Meeting Patriarchs Militant and Sov ereign Grand Lodge I, O. O. F. Toronto, Canada, Sept. 15th- 22nd, 1906. Rates Via Seaboard Air Line. The Seaboard Air Lin begs to an nounce that -.they will sell round trip tickets Toronto, Cananda, for the above meeting on Sept. 12, 13, 14, and 15th. Route No. 1, via Richmond to Washington, Buffalo and Grand Trunk Ry. $25.85. Route No. 2, via Richmond, Washing- tonn, Niagara Falls, and Grand Trunk, $25. Route via Cincinnati, Ohio, one fare plus twenty:five cents, for round trip. Limits continuous passage in each direction going trip to commence on date of sale and return trip on date ticket Ms validated at Toronto, which date must hot be later than Sept. 24th. If return portion ticket deposited in person by original purchaser with joint agent Union Station, Toronto, not la ter than 8 p. m. Sept. 24 and payment of fee of $1.00 made at time of depos it, limit of ticket will be extended so as to leave Toronto on date ticket is withdrawn from deposit but in no case to leave Toronto later than midnight of October 24th, 1906. . For further information call on or address . JAMES KER, JR.. C. P; A., Charlotte, N. C. C; H. GATTIS, TV P.;- A.; Raleigh, N. C. 8-15-6t SEABOARD RAILWAY Direct line to tn nrinoinni ruiM North, East, South and South-west scneauie taking effect May 27 100C subject to chanse without nnHre Tickets for passage on all trains are sold by this Company and accepted bj the Paseneer with the understanding that this Company will not be responsi ble iw iauure to ruit Its trains on schedule time, or for nny such delay as may be incident to their ooeration. Care is exercised to give correct time oi connecting lines. i,ut this Company is not responsible lor errors or omis' sions. Trains leave Charlotte as follows: No. 40 daily at fi:G0 a. rr. Tnr Mnr,. roe, Hamlet and Wilmington without change, connecting at Monroe with 33 o .Atlanta Birmingham, and the cwiua-wesi; wun 03 at Monroe for local points to Atlanta. At Hsimlei with 38. for Raleigh, Portsmouth, Nor- "k anu aieamers ior Washington. Baltimore, New York, Boston and Prov idence. With 66 at Hamlet for Raleigh, Richmond. Washington, New York and the East. WUii ai- at Hamlet for Col umbia. Su vanillin. Jacksonville and all Florida points. No. 133. daily at 10:15 a. m. for Lin colnton, Shelby, and Rutherfordton, without change, connecting at Lincoln ton with C. N. W. No. 10 for Hickory, Lenoir, and Western North Carolina points. No. 45, at 4:45 p. m. daily for Lincoln ton, Shelby, Rntherfordton and all local stations; connecting at Lincolnton with C. N. W. for Newton. Hickory, Lenoir and all local points. No 44 daily at 5:00 p. m. Monroe Hamlet, Maxton Lnmberton, Willmlng ton and all local stations. No. 132 daily, 7:15 p. m., for Monroe, connecting with 41 for Atlanta, Birm ingham and the Southwest, at Hamlet with 43 for Columbia, Savvannah, Jack sonville and Florida points; with 34 at Hamlet for Richmond, Washington and New York and the East, with 32 at Hamlet for Raleigh. Portsmouth, and Norfolk. Through sleepers on this train Charlotte, N. C, to Portsmouth Va., daily. Trains arrive at Charlotte as follows: No. 133, 10:00 a. m. daily from points North and South. No. 44 daily at 10:15 a. m. from Ruth erfordton, Shelby Lincolnton and all C. N. W. points. No. 45 daily 11:50 from Wilmington Lumberton, Maxton, Hamlet. Monro and all local points. No. 132, 7:05 p. m. daily from Ruth erfordton, Shelby, Lincolnton, and " C N. W. Ry. points. . : No 39. 1045 p. m. daily, for Wil mington, Hamlet and Monroe, also from points East, North, South and West, connecting at Hamlet and Monroe. Connections are made at Hamlet wit all through trains for points North, South, and Southwest, which are com posed of vestibule day coaches between Portsmouth and Atlanta, and Washington- and Jacksonville, and sleeping care between J" rs-y City and Jacksonville. Cafe cars :i .til through trains, v For inforniH tion, time-tables, reser vations, or Seaboard descriptive litera-, ture apply lo ticket Agent or address Raleigh, N. C. JAMKS KER. JR.. C. P. A.. Charlotte, N. C EDWARD F. COST. 2nd V. P., Portsmouth, Va. Chas. B. Ryan, G. P. A., j Pourstmouth Va Special Rates Over the Seaboard. To Toronto, Ont.. account Patriarchs Militant and Sovereign Grand Lodge, Semptember 15th-22nd, at rate of one irst-class- fare plus one dollar for the round trip. v For further information ate to rates and schedules apply to C. H. GATTIS, T. P. A., Raleigh, N. C. JAS. KER, JR., C. P. A., I , Charlotte, N. C. SOUTHEN RAILROAD published only as Jntormaticm aui".1 - v N. B. Following scheduio not guaranteed. 3:30 a. m., No 8,daily f0r pi,-h, and local points, connects at r mc)n$ ro for Winston-Salem. KalcitciY r'V',0' oro. New Bern anad MoreheaV ciu.'1" Danville for Norfolk. Cjly' 'd 5:45 a. m., No 27 dally for pf.i, ,, Chester, Columbia and local , "'n for Statesville, TaylorsviUe 'f , Jl( ii Ii t l- - . . . . ' "111.1 1.1 . W 1 Hi( vil 1 At - uJitua.il J ( - I 1 1 ri Viiit. i . . . . .a i ""j iiiu uay coaches lr . niis; connects at Muorravilu d inston-Salem and at Statesvl! Jf Hickory. Lenoir. Rlnwino- u....,'nt! 'r ville and points west. ' Ap)e' 7:15 a. ro., No, 39 daily, New Y,ir Atlanta Express, Pullman Sle " -, . "i4 ,u ill ' f -Jcit;iif s i r burg for Hendersonvllle and '.?'!" and Florida Express for HoX ri";k Chester, Winnsboro, Columbia , nah. Jaolcsnn villa a, ....'?' f,aWu- class day coaches Washington to i ?? xiiiiiif3 car aervice. 9:25 a. m. No 36 daily TJ m t.-, , for Washington and all Wint L;,. Pul man drawing mn,0 n'th; to New York and Richmond, day un es New Orleans to Washington- ni " car serviceConnectioiis at G eV Ung for - Winston-Salem. Raleigh aLj ! 9:30 n. m "NV 37 ioii nr-. . and Southwestern - & 7 drawing room sleepers, New V ,n New Orleans and Birmingham; p,, kroc. xiiiuu tar ew York to con; dining car service; solid PuUnj .n train. "ini,.tn lff:05 a. m., No 30 dally for Washing ton and all nnints Vnrth Tii :..sllnK- ers to New York, nrst-cass' 1CA? To Ville for Rifhmnn.l Ma Til.,: 1 'n Vice' """"6 xrr. 11:00 a in., no zo aany, for Davi.i., MocksviUe, Winston Salem and KoaT. oke, Va., and local stations 12:35 p.- m. No 11 daily, for Atlanti v. wuiiecis at Sh'ir. tanburg for HendersonvilU and Aha- 6:00 t m 1SJr ?; nli,, oa3vfre,JFll,t a"d Passenger, lor Cheat"; aim iwai points. 7:00 p. m No 12 daily, for Richmond and local stations, connects at Green... boro for finlilalmi-n T11, , 1 " Greensboro to Raleigh: Charlotte ti Hicnnjona, and Jnarlotte to Norfolk 7:15 a. m. No 24. dallv nvno,,t t-.,., .' VOr TavlOrSVlIlft and Innol !(.: :. " " , " ' .vv.w.. oitxuuil: connects at Statesville for Ashevill? 8:18 r m 1Vr as Hailv w.Kt..!.. . and Southwestern limited for Wasliln ton and all points north. Pullman site p ers and Pullman otservation car to Nev ioik.. joining car services. Kolkl Pull man train. 10:aa n. Tn . Na 21 rtollw Mm tt..i. ----- --"" -- " J 1UIS and Florida Express for Washington aim puiiiia no. in. funman sleepers from Jacksonville and Aue-nsin rr NTo York. IFlrst-class dav onaohoa f,-,. Jacksonville to Washington. :&o v- m. No 29 daily, Washington and FlorWa Limited for Columbia, Au gusta. Charleston, Sa-'annah and Jack sonville, tfullman draVing room sleet ingr car to Jacksonville. First-class day coachea Washington to Jackson ville 1 1 da r m Kn 4n rtnilv fnr Wnoh. ins'ton and nolnts north Piillmnn sign er to Washington. First-class day coaches Atlanta to Washington. 10:25 p. m., No 35 daily, U. S. Fast Mail for Atlanta and points South and Mnnthwst Pnllmnn rl rn r 1 n cr- ,ifi,,tn sleepers to Mobile aod Birmingham KT 1 , I 1 . . . niccpcia lu cw unmans aiiu xiritiin- ham. Day coaches Washington to New Orleans. Dining ear services. Tickets, Sleeping Car, Reservations, and elailprl infftrmsltnn ran he nhtaini.1. t.t Icket office. No. 11 .South Tryon .St. 11. a. KPKNCKR. Uen Mgr. S. II. HARDWICK. P. T. M W. II. TAYLOE. O. P. A.. I Washington, D. C. R. L. VERNON. T. P. A., m- h ! o-o- oo-e& v el Si JAN Mt'LAMJP JtlRJfflJHWMlClUj&f JOHX QUVLli JiQ2 JlAXZmMCTQN - 'SOU. 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Ze!:aJv! l JhUrSO married to a beautiful girl and who recently suc ceeded to the title and estate of hie millionaire uncle, is the central figure of one of the grimmest, most astounding scandals in the annals of the London smart set. ' '" ' Lord Thurso went to his Scottish estate to help his tenants during, a typhoid fever epidemic. The nervous strain brought on a series of severe headaches, and to relieve these he had recourse to laudanum, which the lo'caj medico thoughtlessly prescribed. The effect was peculiarly soothing and exhilerating on his system, and in a very few weeks the opium habit had taken a firm hold upon him. - . - -- This was, for the time, hushed up by his family, and he returned to England. But before long his eccentricities became so noticeable as to arouse wonder. . t For instance, at a house-party given by Lady Thurso at Bray-on-Thames, the Earl went on a secert opium spree, under whose effects he nearly murdered one of his wife's guests. Anain, in order to procure opium he nosed as a physician and narrowly escaped arrest and penal servitude.' As' a last resort his sister prevails upon him to go to New York to try a new cure, and with surprising results. The entire work shows the audacity of the versatile and brilliant author. Prior to Book Fjblicatiorv rad 'Beautifully Ellvistrated This R-ealIy Grea-t Novel Begins in TME, EVEMfl'NG MO HE) AY $ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 it till Get in Your Order for the Paper or be Disappointed. t TT T n n o& 99 n 0 -9- i 1 S$S$2$S 11 1 ! 9o o I !! o o -L ! oo 009690 D9 9- 9 2 x zT uut u M wr Vrv:99VMD 00 O0 OO y. ill S"r 5 999-9 9n -
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