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'Factors ibjfeg, idtiaJCoiffiteit THOMAS E, VflTSON Q ? DTTnofMSM. nvmnn - ! x During the dominance .t the dog tar the lieattofjrbe two great poiui eal prtiea will on little xt-ept-H4n nmo nr watch each' other. .An oc- eaalonal scattering- flre from the picket line afford the only ninr, 01 aims. But with the flight of these laiy trm mer day me ahall hear the tramp of armies on the march, -the thunder of the captain and the houting." Some of. these same captains are reterana crown gray In the aervice of Democ- . racy or. Republicanism, while others re guerillas who, according to incll " nation "or interest, liave fought first onyme aide, then on the other. In the latter class none stands more -" prominent than Thomas E.' Watson, of Georgia,-; ' Watson presents to the political '. ctadent a character unique and . dtriklng. Brilliant, erratic, aggreaalve, where the tide of battle rolls highest, "lie la sure to be found. It is 'impos sible for him to accept service under 4 a regular commission. He could no - more lead a political party success fully than Moeby could have com : tnanded the grand army of Lee. For ; a spectacular dash through the enemy's lines he is eminently qualified. Drudgery and patient planning, weary 'days in the trenches and long night marches through the snow and rain these have no charms for him. Above all, he has never learned that he who j .would command others must first learn, to govern himself. Impatience, ' of control has marked and marred h is ( (Whole political career. Courage he j 'does not lack. Ability he has in large Measure. A glance at his small, com- pact figure, square Jaw and curved nose, suggests the hunting falcon. Btir him up and you will hear the falcon's harsh angry scrram and see the fierce, yellow Kleam of the fal con's eye. Livingston, a fellow Congressman from Georgia, once assailed that fight ing bird. With beak and claw he nweoped down upon the adversary and the sah'inr of Livingston's wounds was a work of many days. Had he been capable of regular service, In due time he might' have fceen Governor. United States Senator, whatever he wished that Georgia could have given him. But when the great Farmers' Alliance movement swept over the Houth and Went Watson, the gifted and unbalanced, was swept away on the rushing tide Other political leaders, with fore seeing eyes, perceived that the new movement was destined to go as the . Oranger movement, as " the Know Nothing movement, had gone, and "would have none of it. "1 can give up my seat in CnnKrfss," fearlessly answered Roger Q. Mills, when his Texas constituents demanded that he endorse the Sub-Treasury bill, "but 1 will not surrender the convictions of a lifetime." Other men. crafty, un scrupulous, soldiers nf fortune, like .Marion Butler, saw In the Alliance an opportunity to advance their own for tunes, and for purely selfish reasons, Joined the htw venture. Watson, visionary and doctrinaire, considered It the" hegihnlng nf a newund "better era, and dreamed of leading an op pressed and down-trodden people from the valley of humiliation to the eun-llt heights of prosperity and hap piness. Yet in Watnon's composition there Is. despite his fickle flights of fancy, no little shrewdness and a ten dency to be by no means over-nice In ominaiea as a upmwnu, fi-.n-cj n a Democrat. Watson forsook the Dem ocratic party and at the name lime continued to hold the office and draw the salary which the Democratic party had given him. He gathered around him a small group of Con gressmen like Howard, of Alabama, author of .the noted and Kanrcllgious "work, "If Christ Came to Congress," and launched dally thumlerholts at "Cleveland and Wall Street " rnirinir this session occurred the classic Inci- I dent In which a Democratic Congress man, after dining too freely, was rep resented as making the pertinent, If (ungrammatlcal enquiry: "Mr. Speaker, where am 1 at '.'" Watson went home, where he was received With execration hy his farmer Democratic friends and with loud acclumution. by his new siupporters of the Alliance A stinging defeat met hi attempt to carry his district on a platform of government ownership of everything. Hlnce then AVatson has held no olllce. Neverthe less he was a prominent figure In the day when to "cuss Cleveland" con stituted a short cut to prosperity. For Cleveland had gone over the "plutoc racy," bag and laggae. In a few fhort years Cleveland had amassed a j colossal fortune. V hexe did he get It, if he didn't sell out?-To be sure Cleveland denounced the Gorman (tariff bill on account of Its excessive duties. Cleveland sent his Attorney General, Richard Olney, to make be ore the Supreme Court Jn liehalf of 'the Income tax. the ablest argument heard by that distinguished body in awenty-flve years. Therein lay damn ing Infallible proof that Cleveland Jid "gone over to the plutocrats eince the "tariff is the mother of trusts," the trust magnates were, of course, charmed with Cleveland's re lentless warfare on protection. Then, too, everybody known how earnestly the "plutocrats" defended the Income tax. Cleveland's deter mined stand to uphold Its constitu tionality must have pleased them ex ceedingly. As for the frtbulous for- . .. n wlav. tkut utnni.h tinlltir-ul warrior laid aside his battle-scarred ! armor., he sought the quiet shades of ! Prlnceion. because hi. limited means forbade the expense of city life. But ! In the wild clamor which followed 1 the panic of '9J not a voice wa lifted J to defend the strona arm Hnd clear ' , . , . hi. j I erain mat nuM-rru me ,.,.:u , or state over siormy waters ami over through Impenetrable darkness to a safe anchorage In 4he land-locked tiarbor. In the general chorus of con demnation none raised u note more strident than Thomas E. Watson. ..Wherefore, it fell out that when Bryan was nominated for President with ibe noel adjunct of two Vice President for running mates, Watson aulas chosen for second place by the Populist. V Again be proved that It is not in his nature to tie "regular" or to "play second fiddle" for any musician, how ever eminent. He. was no sooner nominated than he began kicking to pieces the well laid plan of Butler, who. In tbetlme tial hoisted himself into the chairman ship of - the Populist executive com mittee, -c The terrible Populist Infant, - shrieked and raved that Sewall muxt withdraw. Playfully alluding to the fact that the hitter's son ws a Re tuhlican. Watson declared that "o fr from being able to carry his own ute. Kewall could sot even carry hi own family ; -..; , - Egotism Is one of ' the most pro- i nounced characteristics of eWataon' nature. To be second to Bryan .ara almost more than he could bear. To rank blow Sewall was quite out So throughouttfie cSSSBSteffWSlson was stumbling block -tb-u whth"li prof eaPd to champion. . From the days of 'Sf dates Watson's hatred of Butler. To use his pointed terms, he jbel.leves that Miiurr ui8 itraarrBiiip ui duuci , opuliat party, fused Itself to death.' Yet If Watson Is hot, and Will never be. a general, he is the prince of guerrillas. He must be a dictator; his will must be supreme. He will consult no one, listen to no one. Hence his following will always be limited to the comparatively small number who will march blindly in his vake ana accepi wunoui oouoi r qunuu.i hi serra'tic decisions. In 1904 he gathered together the wreckage of Populism and ran for; President. That he was conducting a "side show" for Roosevelt, many be- of the ffuestion. lieved. . Certainly he was unsparing in ! an Atlantic City corresponding In his denunciations of Parker, while he ; every detail to the ordinary commer touched the man with the "big stick" clai centre,, and another Atlantic City lightly which is merely a flippant seashore It is probable that he was merely cJLilV.Vl: ,.r A i .v.. r.rt .ran,. D-ratt. I HftOft! L. J u 111' UIU 1'ttlW rt . ... v e. ficatlon ef Watson's vanity. He want ed all the votes In sight and knew that any gains must come to him from the Democratic party. He had no part In deciding the battle. ( us and Roosevelt at the height or nisj throughout the city, the crowded popularity. Wind and tide were shops and department stores; the fire against Parker. He never had a i department, street sprinklers, hand show to win. After the fight Watson ! some churches, large commercial ho asked nothing from Roosevelt and I tels, all these things and many more Roosevelt offered him nothing. The campaign of 1808 is about to begin and again Watson is a candidate for President. Four years ago he de nounced Parker as a reactionary and proclaimed that the Democratic party had gone to worship the Golden Calf of Wall Street. He crincized the De mocracy unsparingly because It for- Hook Bryan and Bryaniem. Now that the pendulum has swung back ami Bryan Is once more the Democratic standard bearer (though not the Bryan of 1896) Watson Is as latter aKslnst Bryan as he .was against Parker. In an abortive attempt to hurt the Nebraskun, he lugs forth the moss-covered charge that Bryan re fused to vote for a Confederate soldier for Speaker, thouRh he knows that Rryan voted for Crisp on two occa sions. Furthermore, In, 1898 when he demanded the withdrawal of Sewall to clear the track for Bryan and him self, he knew as much about Bryan's attitude toward Confederates as he knows now.. Then he was willing ami anxious to become Bryan's running mate on the same ticket and demand ed only that Kewall get out of his way. The truth is, he did not oppose Parker because he was a reactionary. Me does not oppose Bryan because Bryan Is a radical. His opposition to both arose from their position as pres idential nominees of the Democratic party. What effect. If any. will Wat son'M candidacy have In the campaign? That Watson has a considerable fol lowing In (-orKla cannot be disputed. In the (lerce eontest for Governor of lhat .State "Hoke Smith procured the admlsslon-of Watson's adherents Into the Democratic primary and by so doing won a victory, or at least ln creaHfid hln majority. Naturally de feat followed his short-sighted policy. He should have known that to hold Watson's support one must become Watson's creature. At the next elec- mith and the latter was destroyed by the very means which he had Invoked to destroy others. Georgia Is known to 'be lukewarm toward Bryan. Can Watson draw enough Democratic votes to throw Georgia's strength Into the Republican column? It Is not likely; because the Republican party In Georgia Is nothing but a pnanioni . I.Ike the same organization In most of the other Southern States It Is mainly composed of a handful of third-rate politicians who are per petually engaged In contemptible sipiabbles over office. I'nless nil signs fall Watson's In fluence in polities will remain what It has been a purely negative quantity. His greatest claim to distinction lies In his fffortH ax an nuthor. He has written a history of France that mingles with the routine of facts, the Interest of romance. Occasionally an utterance peculiarly characteristic of Watson creeps out. For Instance. In contrasting the age of Gallic civiliza tion when compared with that of Rome, he makes the- following obser vation: "When the Romans had no thing on their legs but hair and hide, the Oouls were wearing breeches." Commenting on the reign of John the Good hi tells how that monarch made no objection when his brother stol the King's Intended nVlde. and adds: "This Is probably the reason why he was culled John the Good." His life of Napoleon Is a masterpiece of brilliant rhetoric. It goes without saying that a man of Watson's tem perament must needs be a partisan, and rlKht royally does he defend the i cause or Napoleon Bonaparte His work has won unbounded .i.ooolnrlt v In France, where It Is now accepted as the standard life of Napoleon. Watson, after all. Is at his best when defending vanished causes and dead ' heroes; for they alone can hope o command his support without offend ing his monumental egotism. PI.AMXG Miiji nrnxa. ,"rl,,,T" ,""rTr'M" Destroyed Kn- o'V.,00TA "'i"- t,m j l)Jmn f A , hP"lttl ' Th "''server. Durham. Auk. 1. An early morn- Ing fire, that started In the machine ..... ..I. iTl ... Iv. ... ' - - j ""- y M'"i- i "nn anour i o-r'in w nrf J.1." , , , n , i30 i rendTL nr,ffrn in dit '-? h cenalary origin. Jn addition to burn- Ing the planing mill to the ground ! h hnm nf T'leua roe new home worth $2. 600, was dam ,.ged but nW destroyed. The flre had rained such headway that when the first call was sent to the depart ment the, blaze was ruch as to light up that section of the city. Ii'wss with considerable difficulty that tbe firemen stopped the fire be fore it had gained further headway. Jo add to the troubles of fighting fire there were a number of live wires falling and this trouble added to the I troubles of putting out the flre. Bey ' erl of the firemen received shock i and one of the men. Wade Brown. Ii confined Jo hi room. A bulldog wa shocked and grabbed a wire with 2, 300 volt, in his mouth. He wa In stantly klllel. The planing mill" wa worth about 12.500 and wa totally destroyed. There waa 11,850 insurance on the plant. The building belonged to O. K. Wilkersoh. This. was worth 8490 and was covered by Insurance. The home of plea Peae was damaged about t9. this covered hy Insurance. The Durham Traction Company lost a motor and meter, worth some f ZOtfC - ONLY ONE ATLANTIC; CITY A CLI MTSE AT THE BOARD WALK Men of Thousands of Rummer -VIhI- ors I Dual a sis Make-1'p The ! Only Community In' tbe Country Where one finds trie Ncrious and gTHTtVoiHleTTitlly CbitiMnad The) Beach Doe Not 1 fcurpaa WriglitsvUle, However Much .May Be 1'Ialmed Foe It The . Song of the ripieler Heard In the Land, ; CorrwpoBlhM, The observer. Atlantic City, N. J., July 28, This Atlantic City! But' to be particularly correct, I should say, these Atlantic City, for there la exhibited here the most complete example of dual char acter in one city that can be found anywhere. Philadelphia is distinctly divided into Old Philadelphia and New Philadelphia, living the same life, pursuing the same business, having OM distinguishable feeling; our North Carolina twin city, Wlnston- j Salem, shows up a greater difference. the one side from the other, even than Philadelphia; Onit here one is struck ! very forcibly with the fact there is 1 " V" boro-Blenhebn, it was but natural to wonder if this really was a summer resort and the ocean anywhere near. In an auto-bus throtgh a well-peopled street, over asphalt roads, street cars whizzing hy in both directions, mark ed to indicate their many, ways ! higns of city life, fading behind us in rapid succession, quite in my opin ion excused our doubt about having come, to the right place. Where the change came; where the "busy town ceased and the resort came Into exist ence I 'have been unable to think, but change it all did, and we were on the world-famed board walk, looking out over the mild breakers and enjoying the crowds of pleasure seekers. Uy ' way of parenthesis, I would suggest ', to the Charlotte people w ho are pian j nlng to take this trip, that they fall not to reserve hotel space. We omit i ted tola very Important Item, and were unable to get Into the Martboro or any ! of tho surrounding hotels as a party, and finally had to divide us up be ! tween the Marlboro and the Tray ' more. i THE FAMOUS BOARD WALK. To the much that has been said and written about the famous board walk, I must add (my little say. Where 1 to begin. Oh, it does not matter; Just J get on the (board walk and start clth I er direction, it makes no difference the sights are up and the sight are down, and, bless you, the sights are blamed funny and dinged fine every where! Such a colloquial lapse will have to be pardoned, It so thoroughly expresses what I want to say. The shops; why I don't believe there ever was such a row of shops since the great Passover celebrations in Jeru salem when there was not room In the streets and they had to use the tem ple. You can run along the 'board walk and buy Janpanese goods, crockery, silks, etc., at bargains. If you are rlc.i; the late si mode's brought from Paris. by madame herself on the latest steamer; cigars grown and rolled on Cuban soil; post cards, a million of them, nickel a piece, two for five, twenty-five a dozen, cent each, ten a dozen, "Aw, Just take a handful of "eim, anyhow," the latest sons; hits. Just step Inside this little musjc shop with me and listen: "'Rainbow.' The latest song hit. the greatest of the season, everybody has a copy but you, and there are only a few left. The gentleman will play it for us and we'll all learn It. The best wnv to learn a sona Is to hear )t Xnw jut tae these little slips with chorus on them and we'll have an other verse and all Join In the chorus. See how asy It Is to barn a pretty song like 'Rainbow.' Just a few copies , left. Now the little girl will sin$ It for us. This is the marvelous child , wonder who has sung . before the ! crowned heads of Kurope and In the I'nlted States, the President, and now ; slngrf 'before you. My sweet Rain- l.o-o-o-o-o-w. The last copy. Now I ! have one more l ist copy. Who wants this other copy. You want two copies. Give the lady two copies, and you can sell this other last copy to one of those gentlemen at the end there. My sweet Ralnb-o-o-o-o-o-o-w." And while we leave the shop, de lighted that we were In time to get 1 a copy of the greatest hit of the sea son, the rainbow spaqklcs bright as ever In Its summer reign. Now we are thirsty, und a happy sign greets us from a very irosperous looking per gola: "All you wish to drink for five : cents." We won't lmpo.se on good na ture, but our wits Involuntarily set ! themselves to working out the im mense profits that our fountains make 'out of their spare ten cent drinks. Now. as w go along, we Just find that we can (buy any and t-verylhing that ' we don't need. We must ride on a! few of the meirry-go-rounds, shoot at th water balls, visit all the piers, take a surf bath, etc. You see, there is every safety. The life boats are handy and the life savers on the alert, i There are small hospitals attached to I the bath houses, with nurses and doc-1 tors Inconstant readiness, so that If! a shark should take a souvenir out of your physique, or you should faint or drown or anything like that, you I won't have to wait a minute for all! proper attention. CAN'T HEAT WRIQHTSVILLK. Not to bring on an argument, be cause, ten to one. you will agree with me in what 1 am about to say. At- lantlc City has many great hotels. costly steel piers crowded with amuse - ments. a top notch hoard walk sklm - """V"- rv-i, mlng the nea .for about seyn miles. and la improving it now with a bl .rt,iflon ., nth.r 4'nh hv.. ,h'-". """ o them, and many otner attractions; ut I believe It Is the ,. ,' ., v . ... . ,. rj,,"'0".of..aJ' T f !d "; ''""" lln' n" that for surf 1 fishing. North Carolina' great beam resort is the best on the Atlantic coast. Now, there is no reason tu think that the Pacific coast furnishes etter beaches than the Atlantic, so, logically. North Carolina has the best beaan In America. And America has the best of everything, and Wrlghts vllle Beach is the (best in the world! Rut I have almost tumbled off of the tooara walk. AOU'd have done so lf 11 hadn't been protected witn Iron "railings. The girl here have about discarded the extremely wide (Merry Widow hat. They certainly do look a great deal more picturesque In the turn-down-all-around mushroom with no nroee trimming than a fancy rib bon band, and tilted slightly back, forming an excellent et off for. the pretty face and mucfily be rolled hair. Another style of hat In high favor now i what I would call a parlor lamp shade' effect. A moderately wide brim Is lopped with a .very wide, very tall crown, smaller at the" top than at the brim. leaving about an Inch and a half or f wo Inches- of brtin, H around. Over tb lamp- , shade shaped" crown 1 tightly ' drawn i a . ?loth - covering with, large colored flower pattern, with perhaps a frill at' the top and bottom, making the effect complete. Following their leaders, the men are tun ning 4am ' their . panamas all' aroq nd jto get.th. mushroom eff eot. Other; are. wearing wide-brimmed Merry Widow sailors, and practically all are brushing their hair straight back trorrt the front, sometimes' with a low. part, 'but most frequently with no part at all. reviving the extreme pompadour. We ha ye net seen even a suggestion of tbe kn mod est Parisian skirts that have caused so much talk. A NEW-OLD IDEA. The "new Idea" sprung In Newport as to going from cottages to surf In Ths Quezon Bos Water bury'. What was the date of the flood at Johnstown. Pa.? (2) What was the date of the San Fran cisco earthquake? A. The great flood at Johnstown, Pa., occurred May list, 1889. (2) April 1 Stipend 19th, 1906. B. E. M. How can I obtain the date of a birth 1n TMSmont, (Pa., In 1849 or 1850? 1 have written the town clerk of that place an Ancloeed stamp for reply, and requested ' the return of the letter if not delivered, but get no response. A. Your letter waa correctly ad dressed, and apparently the clerk 1 not very courteous. It is Impossible to eay what the cost of looking up the record would be, but the clerk should inform you. B. R. What Is the value of a six pence dated 1898? (2) How can I learn elgn painting, not being able to take a course? (3) Print a safe rem edy for blackheads and pimples? A. There Is no such American coin. and others are useless to collectors. (2) Secure employment with a sign painter. ' (3) Apply a skin food two or three weeks, till the flesh Is thor oughly softened, and then force black heads out by pressure. If they do not remove eas'ly, bathe face in water as warm as can be borne. Then wnni; ck(hs In hot water and lay Over the fac"e, renewing frequently. Finally en oint with green soap. Pimple are generally the result of indigestion or lack of exercise. W. A. R. I cannot find a recipe fcr rhubarb wine. Perhaps some ready.r can supply one. L. K. U. When and by whom waa the bill introduced In Congress estab lishing rural free delivery? To what party did he belong? When did the bill become law and when did It go In to effect, and where iwas the first route 7 A. The first experiment In rural free delivery was made In the moun tains of West Virginia. Postmaster General Wanaimaker seem to have been the originator of the system, and presumably at his suggestion Repre sentative Brigham, Republican, of Penraylvanttt. introduced a relutlm In the Fifty-first Congress appropriat ing ten thousand dollars for It. In lis Infancy the Democratic party opposed It. M. A. What are the horoscopes of ;..,. ,7u -.7.. t,k . . . . " , ' ."I" j. April m ana inn, natural leaders and reasoners, make good law yers and teachers. September Hh, musically inclined, 'happy and agree able disposition. October 15th, great foresight and intuitions, Inventl e. J. H. B. Is there any record of ihe population of the world In the year t V D. ? (2) if 12 o'clock noon at Ai ito'.na, what time wauld It be 3,000 miles north In the saime longi'udc? A. There is not. At the time fit the death of Emperor Augustus the population of the world waa estimat ed hy Bodlo to have been 64,000,000. The population of all Ilurope hardly exceeded 60.000,000 berfore the fif teenth century, according to Mulhall. (2) The same, by standard time. J. N. B. Did the "famous Captain Kldd exist In fact, and what are some of the particulars of his life? A. William Kldd was born prob ably In Qreenock, Scotland. A ship of thirty guns was fitted out by a private company in London and put in his charge, the object being to seize pirates. In January, 1617, tie reached Madagascar, and soon thereafter re-portsj-eached England that Kldd had turned pirate himself. After a two years' cruise he went to the West In dies and later to Boston. There he was arrested and ent to jsngiana, where he was tried and found guilty of piracy and -murder. He was hang ed In 1701. J. A. R. What Is the number of people engaged In agricultural pur suits in the United States? A. The last census reported 10, 438.21. I. K. Was there ever a count of France called Count Roland. andwa he one of the twelve peer of France? A. Tes. He was the most celebrat- mous for his .prowess and death in the battle of Ronccvalle In 178. He was one of the twelve peers. C K. B.-rDld Andrew Carnegie Klvs J fid. 000 toward the Carnegie Tech School at Pittsburg? (2) Can you ! give a general estimate of the wealth ! f Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller? io - ) Which Of the give most to charity In general, college. libraries. etc.? A. Very probably: I am not sure. (2) Carneglewealth according to pop. tilar estimate Is about $250,000,000; Rockefeller's twice as much. (3) Carnegie, . N. L. F.. Wheif wa jthe first time after November lth. 107. that the moon reached the s4gn of Venus? A. Venus and the moon were In conjunction November fch atW:44 p. m., and December Ith at S:3C p. m F. E. C I ft as cold at the south pole as it is at the v north, and are days and night sik months' duration there? A. The condition are the same, and day and night are as you sug gest. There i not the same difference AnoUier 3ood Man Gone Wrong. Ha neglected to take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first signs of kidney trouble, hoping It would wear away, and he wa soon a victim of Brtaht'a disease. There is dancer In delay, but tt Foley Kldner Cure is taken t one the symptoms will dlsappesr. the kidneys are strengthened and you are soon sound and well. A. R. Haas, ef Mnrgantnwo. Ind . had. te get Mp ten er twelve time In the night, and bad a severe hacksehe and pain In 'the kidneva. and cure! By Foley KM oey Cur. Sold by K. H. Jordan- bathing auit 1 quite in o'd idea her, Men, women and. children ajo along the streets leading from the water In their bath suits quite as unconcerned ly, as they walk along the beach In them. Whyr It's nothing strange to see th whole - dam v family" . walking through the streets very quietly, 1 In their oath suit. :-.. -',.-- '-TT:f ' ci: ? Tbe roller chairs are a "great con venience. They are trig and Toonjy. light and easy going, and the hun- ArT iimm 4uni4reda of them dart in and out among the mixed crowd of nedestrians continually. - r , To come to a stopping place in this account is no easier than concluding when, one will eav .toe walk: itself. but both must be done abruptly. So WILLIAM A, MARYSSON- there as here, however; nigbrt Is tnore like, our twilight, and tne aay are not bright. ' e. D. M. Can you tell me -what be came of Will H.Crawford? (S) la he a "free lance" or 1 he connected frith some publishing house? (3) What book or articles has Wllltaon Wright written. who are til publisher, and where la his home? (S) What de partment at Washington publishes public prints . on the Ameri can Indian? (4) Do the enlisted mon 4n army and navy vote in nation al elections? (5) Who 4 command er-in-chief of the army? I mean. Who is next to the President In command : A. He contributes to various mag azines and newspapers. The Western Methodist Book Concern of Chicago and Cincinnati published his Life of Savonarola. (2) Mr. Wright I edit or of The Overland Monthly, San Francisco, (t) The Interior, pre sumably. Write the Board of Indian Corrwnilssloners, Washington. (4) In most States, yes. (5) The President Is commander-in-chief; Arthur Mac Arthur is lieutenant general. G. H. D. Tour questions are not all clear. A 4 -ohm and a XO-ohm In strument will work on the same line provided the current is strong enough to drive the 20-ohm. A 20 -ohm In strument will work on a hort circuit. Any electrician will figure out the strength required to operate a two mile line. E. K. F. and Inq. Coins no rare. C. L. 8. There are various way to make a fight on ants, some of which apparently succeed sometime. Ants may be trapped by moistening a sponge with sweetened water; when they have congregated there throw the sponge In boiling water. Borax sprinkled plentifully wllr acmetlmes disperse them. Or take a pie plate and smear it with lard; when the plate Is covered with the pests turn It up side down over a hole in the stove. Or shut up Infested rooms and fumigate with sulphur or a 6 per cent, solution of formaldehyde. No Name. There are 390 represent atives in congress, not counting Sen ators. The district courts of tne Unit ed State are not known 'by numbers There were 264,780 Indiana at the last census. Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, Is Chief Justice of the United State Supreme Court. One born March 2d ahtl I 1 .1 Via raofleas n wlu-Ml mm ItIh J r si honorable, abje to fill positions of trust Tsuniglewoodl 754-FIND THE BIRD. The busy laundress come to rub The clothes, within a steaming Now see the grocer bow and stoop; He' dipping sugar with a To scrub a walk, or sweep a room, Of course you always need a . The man who want to guard his foot - From briers ought to wear a . This toy Is loved by great and small; Even a kitten will play Americans, I don't know why. Are calld extremely fond of . The dimes say "pllnk," the nickels "clank," . When they are dropped Into a . Before you settle to your book. Please hang your hat upon the These eight word found, wa will not top; But now, beginning at the top. Select on letter from each word. And find a merry singing bird. In various ways the people name him; "Reed-blrd," or "rice-bird,'' many claim him Or "butter-bird." but you. I think. May know him a the AVIS. 7S7 FRESHMAN FINANCE. Arthur owed Bert three-foufths as much as Bert owed Charles, which was two third much Charles owed Arthur. To settle the debt Arthur should receive 312 more than he should pay. But the matter I settled differently. Havlna earned 824 In partnership, they proposed to pay the debts In dividing the money. The question now Is. therefore, how shall the division be made? This is what we are asked to tell. L F. BACHER. Tig ENIGMA. . : The lady wore Them by the score; . Her blue lawn dress was covered o er. Her fingers and her ear were swell; t Some on her forehead rose and f elL From chatelaine thy dangled too. Her-curtains showed them In plain view. Her husband blew them in a cloud; Her bill proclaimed their presence loud. Quit often they were at the door: ": When in. her ear with them would roar; The cook baked them in many a gem; She heard the portsman, speak of them. Her children played them on the street; The neighbor formed one proud to meet t'nleaa I dream. I hear one. so j y y Tis time, J think, for roe to gn. -, ' GWENDOLINE. v . To A QUEER REPORT., Pammy Jones wa o ebstreperen at school, refusing to perform his dalTr task, that hi teacher cent him home , with a not. Sammy, fearing a bad re-1 ,4fC f port, wickedly opened the not. Intending to destroy It, When he had read it. be chuckled, "Gee! Dad can't find anything in that to lie me for." It read,; "la present lifer liquefies; a bull-fighter; a batrachian reptile; the --ridge of a hill; early life; as eruption;, that far; proof." Dad, however, was . a kink reader,, and, after studying the definition and redl vldtng the syllable he dealt with What did the report sag? '"-XTLCX '. ' MO-AN ACROSTIC. ' , No one can clearly grasp in mind - Each dogma of sectarian kind. Great scholars argye, oft In heat, ' . Regarding ' mystery, of COMPLETE." One calling it the change that' mad In sinner by conversion' aid. '. ' No miracle, but change of hsart, Another' on who's Just as smart, ' " Tells us 'tis miraculous act. Repentance coming first, in fact. Each one, with trust In hi own sight, Explain hi sld and think hs's right. If EL80NIAN. J . i . , 7U-A FAMILT OF 80NS. L A' logical on.v 2. A spiritual adviser, I A prayerful son. 4. An Individual son. S. A harmonious son. . A son of song. 7. A betrayer, t A military defender. 9. A malicious destroyer. 10. A bridge builder' son. 11. A house-builder son. II A murderer' son. IS. A grammatical on. 11 A son of color. 15. j A horse man's showy son. 16. Four 'sons that visit us every year. IT." A vanishing son of the great West. 18. A son of benedic tion'. ,11.- An organist's son. 20. A hunt er's son.. 21. T he son I bring to you this week. . MRS. F. M. B. f 762 CHARADE. Brown' love of Fashion' foible. o dear to the weaker sex. In mathematic phrase I'll write a simply "minus X." HI wife and sister suffer full many a sharp tirade. Wherein fiercest opposition is scourging- Jy displayed. In language vitriolic, Brown scathe each foolish fad That give his dainty daughter Joy, and make his auntie glad. ONE waxes wroth and launches shafts at skirt that closely cling, And at each waist of type extreme, ONE takes his caustic fling. Turbans, toques and other WHOLE ever cause him boundless rage; . War against them, from dawn to dark, Brown loudly swears to wage. The "Merry Widow" lead the list of WHOLE Inscribed "taboo," Which Brown berates with eloquence,. when women's clubs ONE TWO. . ARCANUS. TO-KNOWN BT NAME, 1 An English physicist of X-ray fame (1832) Is a band of "persons given to fraudulent practices." 2. A brilliant American surgeon (1D05-1RS4) was decidedly "dull." 3. An English philanthropist who founded a hospital (1643-1724) was "a per son of queer looks or dress." 4. A famous Scottish surgeon (1756-1832) wa "a place of refuge or rest." B. An American physician and poet (180A-1S94) wa mora "place of rest." 6. A Scotch anatomist and surgeon (1728-1794) was "a dog that scents game. HIPPO. 764 HOMONYM. The log house. In-the morning glow. Shows worn and gray with year; The walls are rough, the roof Is low. The - chimney stands outside; you know They mostly built their houses The early There, cherry pi in hand,, sits Ned, His face all crimson smears; Although but lately out of bed, His chin, his nose, his cheek are red; He even has contrived to spread The early . M. C. S. PRIZE TANOLEWOOD CLEARING. Find as many of the "son" called for by 761 as possible. Send the list of those found to E. R. Chadbourn, "Melrose Mass.. and if it Is better than any other received you will be awarded the week' attractive prize a reward worth wlnnlnx The prlxe for 741 has been tatfen by E. J. Lilly. Jr.. Fayettevllle, N. C. Other very fine "eleartng'' work was that of C. L. McLean, O. A. Foster. M. F. Carvllle, Mrs. T. T. Covington, R. E. Mason, Ida Wilson, B. A. Phinney, Marie C. McKin- ley. J. E. Lowell, Lena M. Hatch. E. C. Randall, Edna K. Wallia. 0. O. Howard. Eugene C. McCall, A. P. Cook, N. R. West. Ada Hooper. A friend of Tana-lewood proposes to con-H tribute one number deyoted entirely to North Carolina. We wish him success with his plan. ANSWERS. 747. Scrap-books, horn-book, cook books, bank-book, check-book, prayer book, copy-book, guide-books, song-book, note-books, pocket-book, blank-books. - 748 Tiers, hour, aye, not knight, seal, Gneiss, I, vale, I, night, gnat. Initials thanksgiving. 740. Spar-rowa. 750. 1, Adam, madam; 2. Boy. buoy; 3, Lady, laddy; 4, Poe, pole; S. Gad, glad; t, Peter, pester; 7, Calne, canine; 8, Cain, Calne; 9. Cjok, crook; 10, Bryan, Bryant; 11. Reade. remade; 12. Abel, Mabel; IV Pa. pal; 14. Man, Manx. 751. Page. 752. 1, Large S (largess); 2, Sol-M, (solemn); 3, Dairy-N (Darlen); 4. Falry-C (Pharisee); 6. Fee-Q (FIJI); S, Low-L (Lowell); 7. Tart-R (tartar); 8. Four-A (foray); , Paten-T (patentee); 10. Jubal-E (Jubilee); 11, Carry-B (Carrlbee); 15, Crow-K (croquet); 13, Lee-V (levee); 14. Dean-T (deny): 15. Ass-Q (askew; If Few-C (fusee); 17 End-U (endue). 7KJ.-Dlvl-dlvi. ' 754. Main, man; chief, chef; swain. swan; fair. far. j75o. t Con-go; 2. Den-mark; 3, War- Winston' Y. M. C. A. to Be Opened Monday. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Aug. 1. The hand some and modern Toung Men's Chris- lion, association uuuuin ncie win oe formally , opened .Monday for public inspection, the hour being from 9 a. fn. to 10 p. m. Tuesday the building will be occupied throughout 80 per cent. of th dormitories having been engaged already by young men who will make their Jiome there. Southern Conservatory of Music DURHAM, NC. 1 V : - Not the largest, but the best Thorough, up-to-date.: Graduates, Pianists, Vocalists, Violinists, in all degrecs Superior Advantages at Small Cdst. W. H. OVKRTOX. Secretary. T . THE VACATION QVESTIOXf TTIE MECKIN BURG - Chs City. 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