VOL. XXXYIII.
So Tired
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With a well conducted LIVER
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It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity. j
It can be kept In healthful action
by, and only by
Tntt's Pills
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Seats of the
Haughty
Being the Gloomy Story of
a Traveling Showman
By 0. HENRY ,
Copyright, irn, by the McClure
company.
Golden by day and silver by night, a
new trail now leads to us across the In
dian ocean. Dusky kings and princes
have found out our Bombay of the
west, and few be their trails that do
not lead down Broadway on their jour
ney for to admire and for to see.
If chance should ever lead you near
a hotel that transiently shelters some
one of these splendid touring grandees,
I counsel you to seek Lucullus Polk
among the republican tuft hunters that
besiege Its entrances.
-1 first saw Mr. Polk coming down
the steps of the hotel at which sojourn
ed bis hlghnesß the gaekwar of Baro
da, most enlightened of the Mahratts
princes, who of late ate bread and saH
in our metropolis of the Occident
Lucullus moved rapidly as though
propelled by some potent moral force
that imminently threatened to become
physical. Behind him closely follow
ed the Impetus—a hotel detective.
Safe on the sidewalk, Lucullus Polk
turned and shook a freckled flat at tbe
caravansary, and, to my Joy, be began
to breathe deep Invective In strange
words: v
"Rides In bowdahs, doea her', be
cried loudly and sneeringly. "Rides
on elepbantq in howdahs and calls
himself s prince! Kings—yah! Comes
over here and talks horse (111 you
would think he waa s president and
then goes home and rides In a private
dining room strapped on to sn sis
phantl"
I murmured a few words of sympa
thy.
"The last one I sold." continued tbe
displeased one, "was to that three
horse tailed Turkish pasha that came
over a year ago. Five hundred dollars
t be paid for it easy."
As soon as Lucullus Polk got cool
enough I picked him up, and with no
greater effort than you would employ
in persuading a drowning man to
clutch a straw, I inveigled him into
accompanying me to a cool corner in a
dim cafe.
And It came to pass that men serv
ants set before us brewsge, and Lucul
lus Polk spake unto me, relating ths
wherefores of bis beleaguering tbe
antechambers of tbe princes of the
earth. "
"Did you ever bear of the S. A. and
A. P. railroad in Texas? Well, that
don't stand for Samaritan Actor's Aid
Philanthropy. I was down that way
managing a summer bnnch of the gum
and syntax chewers that play the
tdlewlld parks In the western ham
lets. Of conrse we went to pieces
when the sonbrette ran away with a
prominent barber of Beevllle. I don't
know what became of the rest of the
company. I believe there were some
salaries due. and the last I saw of the
troupe was when I told them that 43
cents was all the treasury contained.
I say I never saw any of them after
that, but I beard them for about twen
ty minutes. I didn't bare time to look
back. But after dark I came oat of
the woods and struck the 8. A. and
A. P. agent for means of transporta
tion. He at once extended to me the
courtesies of the entire railroad, kind
ly warning me, however, not to get
aboard any of the rolling stock.
. "About 10 the next morning I steps
off the ties Into a village that calls
Itself Atascosa City. I bought a thirty
cent breakfast and a ten cent cigar
and stood on Main street jingling the
three pennies In my pocket—dead
broke.
"All of a sudden, while I was stand
ing on the edge of the wooden side
walk, down out of the sky falls two
One gold watches Into the middle of
the street One hits a chunk of mud
and sticks. The other falls hard and
flies open, making a fine drizzle of lit
tle springs and screws and wheels. 1
looks up for a balloon or an airship;
but, not seeing any, I step* off the
sidewalk to Investigate.
"But I bear a couple of jells and see
two men running up the street In leath
er overalls and high heeled boots and
cartwheel hats. One man la six or
eight feet high, with open plumbed
Joints and a heartbroken cast of coun
tenance. He picks up the watch that
baa stuck In the mud. The other man.
who is little, with pink hair and white
•yes, goes for the empty case and saya,
1 win.' Then the elevated pessimist
goes down under his leather leg hol
sters and hands a handful of twenty
dollar gold pieces to Ma albino Mend.
"The little man bustles away with a
kind o"f flwiss movement toward a Jew
elry store. The heartbroken person
stoops over and takes a telescopic view
of my h.t- Hashery.
" Them's a mighty altek oatflt of ha
Mllments you bsve got on. Mr. Man,'
saya be. 'lll bet a boae yon never ac
quired the right title and Interest In
and to them clothes In Ataacoaa City.'
•••Why. no.' says I. being ready
enough to exchange personalities with
Ibis moneyed monument of melancho
ly. 1 bad this suit tailored from a ape
rial line of coaterlcfca, vestures and
pantlngs In St Lecis. Weald you
■lnd patting me safte.' says I, 'on this
watch throwing contest 7
" 'Me and George.' be explains, "art
np from the ranch, having a spell of
fan. Hp to last month we owned four
sections of wstersd grazing down oe
tbe San Miguel. Bat along comes MM
of thaae oO prospectors and begins te
bora. He strikss a gusher (bat flows
out 80,000—or maybe It was 90,000,000
—barrels tf oil a day. And me and
George gets $150,000-175,000 aptec*-
for the land. So now and then we
•addles np and hits the breese for Atas
coaa City for a few days of excitement
and damage.
"Too oast have knocked around a
right smart.' goes on this oil grssse-;
as. 1 shouldn't bs surprised If you
have saw towns mors livelier than
what Ataacoaa City la.'
"Then this Mother Gary's chick of
the desert sits aowu oy tue ana we
bold a conversation fest It Menu that
he was money poor. He'd lived ID
ranch camp* all his lite, and be con
teased to me that his supreme idea of
lurnry was to ride into (amp tired out
from a roundup, eat a peck of Mexican
beans, bobble his bralna with a pint of
raw whisky and go to aleep with his
boots for a pillow. When this barge
load of unexpected money came to him
and bis pink but perky partner George,
and tbey bled themselves to this clump
of outhouses cslled-Atascosa City, you
know what happened to them. They
had money to buy anything tbey want
ed, but they didn't know what to want
Their Ideas of spendthrlftlness wero
limited to three—whisky, saddles and
gold watches.
"Was I on to the opportunity? Lis
ten.
"In thirty minutes I had dashed off
a word picture of metropolltsn Joys
"as soon AS soL&Y SAW nan ns GOT US
_ ASD WALKED OUT."
that made life In Atascosa City look
as dull as a (rip (o Coney Island with
your own wife. In ten minutes more
we shook hands on an agreement that
I was to set as his guide, Interpreter
snd friend- In and to the sforessld
wassail and amenity. And Solomon
Mills, which waa his name, was to pay
all expenses for s month. At the end
of that time If I had made good as
director general of the rowdy life be
was to pay me SI,OOO.
"The next day George, who was mar
ried or something, started back to the
ranch. Me and Solly, as I now called
him, prepared .to shake off our moth
balls and wing our way agalust the
arc lights of the Joyous east.
"Solly puts SO,OOO in century bills in
one pocket of hla brown ducks and
bills of lading for SIO,OOO on eastern
banks In another. Then I resume dip
lomatic relations with the S. A. and
A. P., and we hike In a northwesterly
direction on our circuitous route to tbe
spice gardens of the Yankee orient
"We stopped in San Antonio long
enough for Solly to buy some clothes
and eight rounds of drinks for the
guests snd employees of the Menger
hotel and order four Mexican saddles
with silver trimmings snd white An
gora anaderos to be ahlpped down to
the ranch. From there we made a big
Jump to St Louis. We got there in
time for dinner, snd 1 put our thumb
prints on tbe register of the most ex
pensive hotel in tbe city.
" 'Now,' says I to Solly, with a wink
st myself, 'here's tbe first dinner sta
tion we've struck where we can get n
real good plate of beans.' And while
be was up In his room trying to draw
water ont of the gaa pipe 1 got oue
linger In the bnttonbole of the bend
waiter's tuxedo, drew blm apart In
serted a two dollar bill and closed blm
ap again.
" 'Frankoyse,' says I, *1 have s pal
hers for dinner thsfs been subsisting
for years on cereals and abort stogies
You see tbe cbef snd order s dinner
for ns such ss yon serve to Osve Fran
cis and tbe general passenger sgent of
tbe Iron Mountain when tbey eat bere.
"At 6 o'clock me and Bolly sst down
to dlansr Spread! There's nothing
been seen like It sines tbe Cambon
snack. It waa all served st once. The
cbef called It dlnnay a la poker. It's a
famous thing among tbe gormanda of
tbe west Tbe dlnnst comes In threex
of s kind. There was guinea fowls,
guinea pigs snd Gulnness'''stout; ronst
vest, mock tartle soap snd chicken
psts; shad roe. caviar snd taplocs:
csnvsaback dnck. eanvasbnek bum
snd cottontsll rsbblt: Philadelphia rs
pon, fried snslls snd sloe gin. and so
on. In threes.
"I was sure Solly would be tickled
to desth with tbew hands lifter the
bobtsll riushes he'd u-eu «utl at on the
rsach
"We were la tbe mala dining roost,
and there wss a flue dressed crowd
"He gased across tbe table at ma
There wss four square yarda of It
looking like tbe path of a cyclone that
baa wandered through a stockyard, a
poultry tana, a vegetable gardsa and
an Irisb linen mill. Solly gets np aad
comes around to me.
"I«ka,' aays be, T* pretty hungry
after oar ride. I thought you ssld (bey
had aome beans here. I'm going out
aad gst something I caa sat You caa
maj aad monkey with tbla artificial
layout ef grub if you waat to.'
" "WaR a minute,* aaya L
*1 called the waiter aad slapped *
Mills' sa the back of tbe check for
SUJO.
"•Wbat do yon mesn,' says 1, "by
serving gentlemen with a lot of track
only suitable for deck bsnds oa a
Mississippi stesmboet? We're going I
eat to get something decent to sat'
"I walked np tbe street with (be un
happy plainsman, tie saw a saddls
shop open, snd aome of tbe ssdness
faded from hit eyes. We went in, sad
be ordered and paid tot two more sad
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 11,1912.
"Then be goee out and heada toward
tbe river, following bis noaei In a
little aide street, where there waa no
street and no sidewalks and no bouses,
he flnda what he la looking for. We
go into a slianty and sit on high stools
among stevedores and boatmen and eat
beans with tin spoons; yea, sir, beana
—beans boiled with aalt pork.
. "'I kind of thought we'd strike some
over this way,' says Solly.
"Wheu wo had succumbed to the
beans I leada him out of the tarpaulin
steam under a lamppost and pulla out
a dally paper with the amusement col
umn folded out
"'But now what ho for a merry
round of pleasure,' says I. 'Here's one
of Hall Calne'a shows and a stock
yard company In "Hamlet"'
"But what does this healthy, wealthy
and wise man do but reach his arm*
up to tbe second story windows and
gape noisily.
"'Reckon I'll be going to bed,' aays
he. It's about my time. St. Louis is
a kind of quiet place, ain't it J"
"'Oh, yes,' says I; 'ever since tbe
railroads ran in here tbe town's been
practically ruined. Gueaa we might
as well go to bed. Walt till you see
Chicago, though. Shall we get tickets
for the Big Breexe tomorrow r
" 'Mought as well,' says Solly. 'I
reckon all these about alike.'
"Well, maybe the wiae cicerone and
personal conductor didn't fall bard in
Chicago! Looloovllle on the Lnke is
supposed to have one or two things In
It calculated to keep the rural visitor
awake after tbe curfew rings, but pot
for the grass fed man of tbfe pampasl
I tried him with theaters, rides la auto
mobiles, sails on the lake, champagn'
suppers and all those little Inventions
that hold the simple life In check, but
In vain. Solly grew suddur day by daj
And I got fearful about my salary and
knew I must pluy my trump card. Bo
1 mentioned New York to him and In
formed him that these western towns
were no more than gateways to the
great walled city of tbe whirling der
vishes.
"After I bought the tickets I missed
Solly. I knew his hablta by then, so la
■ a couple of hours I found him In a sad
j die shop.
| "At the depot 1 telegraphed a cigar
; store man I knew in New York to meet
me at the Twenty-third street ferry
with a liat of all tbe saddle stores in
the city. I wanted to know where to
look for Solly when ho got lost
"Now I'll tell you what happened In
New York.
"I began with him like you'd feed a
starving man. I showed him tbe horse
cars on Broadway nnd the Staten Is
land ferryboats. And then I plied up
the sensations on him, but alwaye
keeping a lot of warmer onea up my
sleeve.
"At the end of the third day be look
ed like a composite picture of 6,000
orphans too late to catch a picnic
steamboat, and I was wilting down s
collar every two hours wondering how
I could please him and whether I was
going to get my thou.
"Once I thought I hnd him. I nailed
a pair of cuffs on him one morning be
fore he was awake, and I dragged
him that evening to the palm cage of
one of the biggest hotels In the city
to see the Johnnies and the Allce-Blt
by-the-Tlourn. They were out In nu
merous quantities, with the fat of the
land showing In their clothes. While
we wore looking them over Boily di
vested himself of n fearful, rusty kind
Of laugh, like moving a folding bed
with one roller broken. It was his first
In two week*, and It gave me hope.
" 'Right you are.' says I. "They're a
funny lot of postcards, aren't they?
"'Oh. I wasn't thinking of them
dndes aud culls no tbe hoof.' says be.
'1 waa thinking of the time me and
George put sheep dip In Horsehead
Johnson's whisky, i wish 1 war back
In Atascosa City.' says be.
"I felt n cold chill run down my
back. 'Me to play and ma(e In one
move,' aaya 1 to myaelf.
"I made Bolly promise to stay In the
cafe for half an bonr. and I hiked out
In a cab (o Lolabelle Delatour's flat
en Porty-tbird street. I knew ber
welL She was a chorus girl in a
Broadway musical comedy.
"'Jane.' aaya I when I found ber,
Tve got a friend from Texas here.
He's all rlgbt but—well, be carries
weight I'd like to give blm a little
wblrl af(er the abow tbia evening—
babbles. yon know, and a bust out to
si casino for the wblts belt and pickled
walouta. la It a goT
" 'Can be slug 7 aska Lolabelle.
" 'Too know.' aaya I. that I wouldn't
, take blm away from boms unless bis
notes were good. He'a got pots of
money-bean pots fall of It'
" 'Bring bias around after tbe aea
oad act,' aaya Lolabelle, *and I'll as
amine bis credential aad aeenrities.'
"So a boot to o'clock (bat evening I
led Solly to Miss Dels tour's dressing
room, sad ber maid let ns la. In tea
minutes in comes Lolabslie freeb from
tbe ataga, looking stunning la tbe cos
tume sbs wears when she steps from
ths tanks of ths lsdy grsnsdlers.
"As soon as Solly saw ber bs got up
and wsiksd straight oat through ths
stags entrance Into tbe street I fol
lowed him. Lois belle wssa*t paying
my salary. I wondered whethsr any
body Wsa.
" Xuks,' ssys Solly outside, that was
aa swfsl mistake. Ws mast bare est
Into ths lady's private room. I hope
I'm geatieman enough to do aaythlng
possible la tbe way of apologies. Do
yon reckon she'd ever forgive tmf
"'She amy forget it' aaya L W
coarse it was a mists ka Lsfs go
Badsaaa bssaa'
"That's the wsy It went Bat prstty
soon afterward Solly tallsd to show ap
at dlansr time for ssveral days. I oor
asrsd him. Hs eoafeessd that ha bad
fonnd a restaursnt oa Third svssoe
where they cooked bsaae la Texaa
style. I made blm tabs me (beta. Ths
tntaute 1 sst foot Isolds ths doss I
threw up my hsnds. r
"There wse a young warnsn st the
desk, snd Solly introdocsd me to bsr.
And tbso ws sst down sad hsd bssaa.
"Yas, sir, sitting st the desk wss ths
kind of s young woman tbst ess catch
any man la tbe world aa easy ss lift
ing s finger. There's a way of doing
It KM know. 1 ssw ber working It
She wss healthy looking sad plain
dressed. She hsd bsr hslr drawn bsck
from ber forsbsad snd face-no carls
| or insacs; that's tile way sue i .A...
Now I'll tell, you the way tbey work
tbe gum; it's simple. When she want*
; a man aha manages It so that every
time ha looks at ber he flnda her look
ing at him. That's all
"The next evening golly was to go to
Coney Island with me at 7. At 4
o'clock ha hadn't showed up. I went
out and fonnd a cab. I felt sure there
waa something wrong.
" 'Drive to tbe Back Home reatsu
rant on Third arenue,' aaya I. 'And if
1 don't find what 1 want there take In
these saddle sbopa.' I banded him the
liat
I " "Boas,* aaya the cabby. *1 at a steak
In that restaurant once. If you're real
hungry I advise you to try tbe saddle
sbopa first'
" 'l'm a detective,' aaya I. 'and I don't
eat Harry up!'
"As soon as I got to the restaurant I
felt in the tinea of my palms that I
should beware of a tall, red, dam fool
man, and I was going to loaa a aum
i of money.
I "Solly waan't there. Neither waa tbe
smooth haired lady.
"I waited, and In an boar tbey came
In a cab and got oat band In band. I
aaked Bolly to atep around tbe corner
for a few words. He waa grinning
clear acroee Ms face, bat I had not ad
ministered the. grin.
" 'She's the greatest that ever sniffed
tbe breese,' saya be.
" 'Congrats.' says I. Td like to bave
my thousand now. If yon please.'
" "Well, Lake,' says he, *1 don't know
that I've had such a akyhoodlln' fine
time under your tutelage and dispensa
tion. Bat I'll do the best 1 can for
yon—lH do (he beat I can,' he repeats.
'Me and Miss Skinner waa married an
hoar ago. We're leaving for Texas in
the morning.' -
" "Great r says I 'Consider yourself
covered with rice and congress gaiters.
Bat don't Ir's tie so many satin bows
on our business relations that we lose
sight of 'em. How about my honorari
um?'
" 'Missis Mills,' says be. liae taken
possession of tny money 'And papers
except six bits. I fold her what I'd
agreed to give yon, bat she says It's
an irreligious and Illegal contract, and
she won't pay a cent of It But I ain't
going to see you treated unfair,' says
' be. 'l've got eighty-seven saddles on
tbe ribch what I've bought on this
trip, and When I get back I'm going to
pick oat the beet six la the lot and
aend 'em to yon.'"
"And did her I asked when Lucul
lus ceased talking.
"He did. And they are St for kings
to ride on. The six be eent me must
' have coat him $3,000. But where Is
the market for 'emT Who Would buy
one except one of these rajahs and
princes of Asia and Africa} I've got
'em all on tbe list"
"It's a long time between custom
ers," I ventured.
"They're coming faster," said Polk.
"Nowadays when one of tbe murder
ing mutts gets civilised enough to abol
lah suttee end quit using his whiskers
for a napkin be calls bimaeif the Itooaa
velt of the east and comes over to In
vestigate our Cbantauqoaa and cock
tails. I'll place 'em all yet Now, look
here."
From an inside pocket he drew a
tightly folded newspaper with much
worn edges and Indicated a paragraph.
"Read that." sold tbe saddler to roy
alty. The paragraph ran thus:
His highness SeyyU Feyssi bin Turkes.
Imam of Muskst, Is one of the most jiro
gressive and enlightened rulers of the old
World. His sublss contain more than s
thousand horses of the puree) Persian
breeds. It Is ssld that this powerful prince
contemplates s visit to the United Ststss
at ah early dsts.
"Therel" said Mr. Polk triumphantly.
"My beat saddle la as good as sold
tbe one with turquoises set in the rim
Of tbe csntle. nave you $3 that you
could loan me for a abort timer
It happened that I bad. and 1 did.
If this should meet tbe eye of the
Imam of kluskst may H quicken bis
whim to visit (be laud of the free:
otherwise I fear (hat I shall be longer
(ban s short time separated from my
dollar* three.
A bird with hands, auuwu kt, icr
bostxln. Is found In Brilish Guinea.
The neat la built Is a tree overhung
tag water, and tbe young birds. which
are active from birth, can both swim
and climb, la tts early stages tbe
hostato baa a wing claw which dlssp
peara as tbe feather* develop.
Canada and Gibraltar.
Canada, tbe l*rge»c British posass
ston. la nearly 4.000.000 square miles
la srsa. Gibraltar, tbe smallest, maas
arse less than two square miles.
A Settle In a Trunk.
When packing a bottls In a (rank tie
In bottle, cork wed and put tbe bottle
In tbe middle of tbe (rank. If carried
solidly la this way It will carry around
the world.
The Kangaroo.
The kangaroo, which la noted for Its
eaormooa appetite, can eat In a given
time aa much graaa as alx sheep
woald consume In tbe saoss period.
Clock* Worked by Air.
Vana actuated by rnrreots of air
have frpdb Ma>e to tip* bees sued as
motors Tor ruhfllAg nofttM. One. by
LepstK*, is In the Louiiw, Paris. Ben
jamin Hank* of IJt.bfleld county,
Coin., patented one In 17S& In a
man recent potent tbe weight la
wound ap by tbe current of air in a
chimney which Ix Mopped by a self
acting brake aa tbe weight users the
tap of ka «"•?»?.. " .
-to Old Oa feed.
Osrvfnl Investigation has abowu that
tt&SSw&svi
which was used,to direct ossa.
Tart lee lay from*lSO to 406 eggs at a
*ssa ■
Booliy Is tbe eeme gtvea long l«e
by British geamen to several of the
smaller epeclee of ganoeta. because
these ssa fowls are regarded as atnptd,
since (bey show no fear of man.
Dwarfing Treee In Japan.
TIM Japanese pro esse of dwarflag a
sine tree lasta a boat tea jr^srs.
f|.|.|..|.|-> lI!ilfi l i i i 11 1111 ! J
; rrop KICKIN' THS TOWN T
AFTOUN*. +
) In every town folks keep seme 2
■ > houn' areun', -j-
An' every time strangers eomo V
[) to town I
■ ■ Some (elks gs to kickin' the town +
|; * sroun'. T
! It's Sven worse'n klokin' a J.
■ • houn'. +
! Stop yeur kickin', be hopeful an' X
" • profoun'. J*
j ) It's a mighty poor way to build $
• ■ up a town .1.
;; To keep kickin' public morals T
| | sroun'. I
Whs wsnts to loeats in a town 4*
; ; that's down? T
• > This Is ths bsst town snywhsre T
I ' sroun'; |i
:: But, like othsrs, we've a fsw X
• ol* houn' *f
II Who gst at ths strsnger who's I *»*
•. town; .J.
' ■ Ssy ths town's s houn' sn' kiok T
\ ) It areun'. X
'lf a houn' 's a houn'. s town's a f
! | town, J,
• > And it osn't build up if kieksd I
II sroun'. T
!! You hsvs s right to kiok your X
own houn', -j-
J ' But It hurts us sll if you kick T
,! the town. X
' ) Lett pull togsthsr for the good T
, ■ of ths town X
• ■ An' stop l|iskin' our houn's T
; I areun', I
, . Though ths hnun' If a myth will I
make a soun% T
' A hounded town gets a stran- X
gar's frown. +
J \ —Ashley (Ind.) News. J
111 I H I H- M H' H' l-t 1 M I H H*
PROPOSES BOARD OF PUBLIC
WELFARE FOR SCHENECTADY
fieerge R. Lunn, Beoislist Mayor,
Would Inaugurate Novel Plan.
Tbe mayor of Schenectady, N. Y.,
George 11. Lunn, elected last Novem
ber by tbe Socialist party, believes that
he and tbe party are looked to for a
change In principles of government
tucb aa is not expected to follow the
accession to power of one of the older
part lea. In an address to the city coun
cil recently be recommended that as a
preliminary act there be created a
board of public welfare. This be
thought especially appropriate because
the change expected is to give human
welfare precedence over business In
tbe actlvilles of tbe government. Hla
idea of tbe purpose of auch a board lie
explalna aa follows:'
"A board like this, In order to serve
(he city hdequa(ely, should unite In one
body for consistent acUon those city
olßclals who are most directly concern
ed with what may properly be called
the aoclal interests of the d(y.
"These officials would In my opinion
include the mayor, the president of the
common council, tbe health officer, (be
commissioner of charities, (be superin
tendent of schools, tbe commissioner
of public works and tbe secretary to
(be mayor. To these officiate should
be added two citizens acquainted with
tbe city's problems and with tbe spirit
of ibodern social reconstruction. No
aex qualification* ought to be placed
agalnat these appointments. In order
that the administration may lie free
to enlarge the spirit of Its work by en
listing tbe services of women.
"The problem which this board can
approach Is, broadly speaking, tbe so
cial problem itself, (he problem of so
ciety's neglect of its human resources,
the problem of enlsrging and enrich
ing the lives of Ihe people. It should
become an agent of the city siMxificul
ly devoted to humnn welfare."
To carry out the purpose of tbla
board lie believes a "social survey" Is
necessary in order to substitute facts
and acta for good Intentions only.
"Tbe board might undertake child
welfare work, aupplemenllng and co
ordinating the duties of tbo health of
flce and tbe schools.- It could take up
the pressing work of recreation—of
parka, playgrounds, dances, concerts,
social centers, festivals, gymnasiums,
swimming |K*>l« nnd moving picture
shows; it could lake steps toward beau
(lfying (be city and providing art ex
bibita; It could supervise skating rinks,
(obogganing. municipal Ice plants and
workhouses; It cnuid take up tbe pro
vision of free legal aid, tbe manage
ment of the employment bureau and
tbe Introduction of greater efficieucy
tato city departmenta; It urigbt anper
viae libraries, extend their services and
bring (hem to greater usefulness."
NEW DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
Bridgeport, Conn., to Install Sanitary
Innevatiene In S« heels.
Aa soon ss possible tbe new drinking
fouatalns which bave been ordered by
tbe Bridgeport (Coon.) board of edurs
tlon will be placed In the public
schools of lbs city for the use of the
pspOs, ind another week should see
them Installed.
Since tbe law prohibiting tbe com
mon drinking cup from being uaed In
Connecticut on account of tbe ravsgea
of tbe "great white plague" none has
been used In tbe public schools. The
oew fount Bins, of wblcb there sre for
ty-eight. are composed of Ave Jets
combining Into one. s turn of s small
lever allowing the water to flow. In
this manner tbe lips of the person
drinking touch nothing but tbe stream
of water, and all danger of carrying
tuberculoids germs is eliminated.
Tbe price of tbe new fountains Is ap
proximately 10. so that the innovstlon
is not ss ssiwnslvs one, but sn exoeed
ingly besKby one. Two will be placed
In each school.
-SMS* Mr uwl «MSaw> HI M»
land of Timbuktu.
But dews along the border them never,
never de. J
And a seaway after drtnia* la joat a hu
man stew. _ ~ ,
Be, nade, ptseae don't send ase down to
Texas.
we'd welcome CaioK China or the jungles
© t ib# gait,
But this twtrlln' thumbs and waiUn' la
tbe lob that suits tbe least
We've sent out picture poetals tin our In
terest has ceased,
■s, uncle, please don't aend me down to
Texas.
—Denver RepunUcaa
The
Stowaway
By FRED L. YOUNG
"A stowaway!"
I beard the word* spoken by some
one near mo mid, looking in the direc
tion of other eyes. raw a lad being
brought forward between two gallon.
Be was In rags, and w6at clothing
clung to blm was begrimed. The offi
cer of the deck was standing by me,
and the boy was brought to him.
"I suppose you haven't any money
to pay your faro?"
"No, sir."
"Well, before yon get ashore you'll
wish you hadn't shipped that way.
We work stowaways harder than any
one else alioard this ship. We do that
to keep others from doing the same
thing/' Then to the men who had
him In charge, "Take him down Into
the engine room and set him to shov
eling coal."
"You, don't mean, ' I protested, "that
you're going*to put that delicate boy
down in that frightful hole at such
hard work J"
The man looked at me angrily. "If*
against marine law for passengers to
Interfere with the officer* of a ship.
You'd better keep your suggestions to
yourself."
The boy was taken below, and I
■aw no more of him that day. But
I knew what shoveling coal on an
ocean liner meant, and I didn't be
lieve he could stand the work. I lay
awake Ift my berth thinking about
him and the terrible fate In store for
so many human beings deprived of
protection while other* are pampered
with every luxury. There were boys
and girls on the ship occupying luxu
rious staterooms under the care of
fond parents, so delicately nurtured
that It seemed as If a snow squall or
a hot sirti would wither them. And
yet this poor boy, with the same kind
of a body,- the same Immortal soul,
must be put to work In an Iron room
far under water, where the tempera
ture was over 100 degree*, and made
to lift heavy scoop* and throw the
coal In them Into the mouth of a flery
furnace.
The next day I joined a pnrty of pa*
sengers who were to go through the
engine room, and, descending the sue
cession of iron step.", we finally found
ourselves In the ship's infernal regions,
I went down to the furnace, and there
wa* the boy staggering with the resl
from the coal heaps to the mouth of
the furnace. He was the only one thus
engaged who wore any clothing above
his waist. -Ilow he stood the heat I
conld not understand.
The sight was too much for ma. 1
went up to the purser'* office and took
a steerage pussage for the stowaway,
then went down with nn order permit
ting me to bring bini on deck. I got
him to a berth, and a* soon as lie en
tered It ho collapsed. Possibly It was
the reaction nt knowing he need nol
work any loi.Rer In Tartarus; possibly
lie would cot have stood the strain
much longer nnyway. I got the ship's
surgeon to brlns Jilt.) up, but he need
ed nothing s.'ive rent.
After he hdil come to himself again
I talked with lilm obout himself, who
ho was and why he was trying to get
to America. Ha told me that he was
going over to Join a brother who would
meet him lu New York. The brother
had promise.) to sund him passage
money, but bad been thrown out of
work during a strike, and the matter
of going over mtmt have been deferred
had it not been for the tray's determi
nation to cross as a stowaway.
The youngster WHS very grateful to
me for what I did for him. A* we
neared the American coast I noticed
that something was troubling him. 1
asked blm what It was, but did not get
satisfaction. It was not fear of twins
deported, for lie expected Ids brother
to take care of that, though just how
It was to be done he didn't tell rae.
lie said Anally that he needed some
better clothing before going ashore.
His brother wouldn't know him In hi*
rag*. At any rate, he didn't wish to
appear to him so shabbily dressed. I
offered to try to get blm something
I letter, but he declined to permit me to
do so. Then he a*ked me If I would
atk a stewardess to come down and
see blm, I couldn't understand what
be wanted of a stcwarde**, but bore
his message.
The day we reached port before go
ing ashore I went down to see qy
protege and bid him good by. Then I
met with the surprise of my life. Not
seeing him, I asked wbcro ho wa*.
My Informant pointed to % girt slink
ing away from me.
"I mean the boy I have seen here
several times—(be stowaway,"
"That'* the on?." wa* the reply.
I went up to the girl and reco-nlzed
her a* the youngster I had helpel.
What she bad wanted the *tewr riles*
for wa* to get her some glri't cloth
trig. The stewardess had fcept U•:
secret from roe. but had antic-!•:!* to
some of the first cln«s p**'i'n~e~«
who bad contributed a very n!c • 1
robe. Instead of the rnT-:e'. ti.'-rIM
ed boy I saw a very p.-eUy, tiularill;
dressed girl-
I proposed to see the icnf'er o-'t. •
took her saliort> «t lb- bt-!a*t4. n-d "njr
"brother" wa* ther • to iK?
Tbe (wo were cl« ped In e-ith otber't
silent embrace for a Im* while be
for* either spoke, anl when they dIO
the eyes of both were wet with tears.
The way her lover, for such he wa*.
saved her from deportation was by
marrying her.
Mainmasts.
Tha mainmast of a ship la anally
the aame length as half tbe length of
the lower dock plus Its extreme
breadth.
Well* la 9011(11 Africa.
Investigation of, tbe fact (bat moat
af the deep drill boles for walls Id South
Africa deviate from the perpendicular,
generally toward the north, bas led to
tbe conclusion that the drills with
which they were made were Influenced
by magnetism.
NO. 9
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I dMbOWB I
I etM|t I
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page. A "Stroke of Santas." ■
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