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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. 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