SATITJUT i:OSTiESC, 18,1915.
; THE REVS AND OBSERVER
SAYS WAR "SKINCS . -'-V
HIOSPE&ITY TO u s.
r
Woreeeter,
The Jro-
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6t iie? tie war begxi discussed
by Geenr E. Hobert, of New York
formerly direct or of th United State
Mint, -to ill addjwM before) th Park
-'- t'alverarty eeeTerewee ea "The Problems
ad Leeaoasof ah. War
"While ths Initial impetus to "busiaeee
nm from waf orders, aald Mr. Kooerts,
"ths eesatrv sTenerally ui oveloped
spirit of exmftdame aad ambitioa hiah
: had not bea.nmieraa for soma years.
"The country ia accumulating capital
aad salargmg ha productive equipment
faster thaa vwr befoe ia ita history.
Moreover, aa country's relative Boal
tioa la world affair is demeastratioa
aot ear by own strength bat by the
strength ot -weakness -of other countries,
tha loose whleh the eountie at war are
suffering must hare th affeet of mak
laa the United State relatively a more
Impertaat factor ia world affaire."
Development af trained organisations,
- production with larger output aad bettor
service? by domeeti laduatry, he men
fished aa retjniaite te ODjoyBteat of tha
opportunities for foreign trade which
will come te thia eouatry after tha war.
UNITED STATES TO
SEND SECOND NOTE
(Continued row Fags Oae.)
veraioa contained nothing which made
ita m easing radically different from the
unofficial version cabled la aewa dis-
patehea from London. After the eabi
net meeting Mr. Lansing announced
that aoae of tha dasaaads made by the
United States had beea acceded to. It
waa explained that the reply eaggeeted
farther eommnaieatloa oa the subject
aad more specific information la eup
port of the charges made by the United
Statea.
Official translated Mr. Laaaing aaid.
Buses tha meaning of the Austro Hunga
rhha government perfectly clear. The
oacretary previously had declared the
aaofiaeial vareioa to be vague. Blight
change eaaaed by variatloas ia trans
latiea existed between the two versions,
he aaid, after aeeiag the official text, but
the meaning ia a bread aeaae waa the
sums.
Such a rejoinder ia wholly un satis
factory aad aaaeeeptable to the Ameri
can government aad inereaaee the
gravity of the aitaatioa between the two
ia regard to the eeeoad note. Secre
tary Laaaing and official! were reticent.
It waa aaid, however, that the United
Statea might give aoae of the facta nak
ed for, though it would aot, under any
consideration enter into an extended
dlaenaaioa of detail. The Catted Statea
expecta ita demaada to be promptly
complied with, aad each apparent pro
crastination aa officials consider Aus-tria-Hqngnry
exhibited in answering the
original Inquiry for iaformatioa, sub
mitted boob after the.-Aneona disaster
will aot be allowed to paaa- without
actio a.
The Beit note, it ia believed, will be
more insistent ia ita demands tbaa the
ret. It will aot, however, preclude f ur
a Iher diplomatic correspondence.
Secretary Lansing announced that the
Aaetriaa reply did aot accede to any
of the American demaada.
The gravity of the aHuatloa eaaaed by
Austria's rejoinder to the American de
maada which is eoaaidered evaaive, un
aatisfaetory aad unacceptable, remained
unchanged.
The nexfitep will not be decided
npoa until some minor point not clear
ia the official text are cheeked up. The
apparent diaerepaaeler are not import
aat aad may be due to traasmiaslea or
translation from the State Department
code.
Secretary Lansing aaid after the eabi
aot meeting that he did aot know when
the official text of the Bote would be
girea out for publication.
Diplomatic relations, although la dan
ger of being broken off, are not likely
to be discontinued, at least before there
has beea another exchange of notes with
Vienna aad so the crisis may be aaid
not to be ia Its final stag. Another
note setting out why the United Statea
cannot accept Austria"!! rlply will go
forward before the aitaatioa takes on a
more settled aspect.
Meanwhile, there are some hints of
formal negotiations which night smooth
out the troubled situation. The frequent
eella of Baron Zwediaek, tbo Austrian
charge at the State Department, give
eome color to discussion along that Una,
aad those whs expect that at the end
the differences will be adjusted, count
e the influence of Berlin to counsel
Vienna to avoid a break.
So far as was apparent today the
aituntion has not affected President
Wilaoa's plans for going ea his honey
moon journey.
Before the President leevee, however,
ha will agree with Secretary Lansing
ec the outline of a reply to Austria's
Bote and if there should h any further
shasge ia the situation Mr. Leasing will
go to confer with the President at the
place where he wiU spend bis honey
moon. TRAINS IN 2 SECTIONS,
DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC
Prosperity incident to the Christina
m and .tli generally good bmnaaes
aoadhions ia its territory has canned
the Sovrthera Railway to ran two of Its
principal mala Jin train ia two see
tioaa. Ia a metis issued yesterday the
snaaagetcest of tha read aayii
i Te provide adeqtaato faaiUU for
aWndliag travel incident to tb holiday
sasoa, also, take ear of movement of
Hail aad express, the Southern Bairway
kaa arranged to run trains IS, M, 17 aad
M ia twe sections np to aad Including
bos. Uthj Kos. U and II were ran ia
tw sections beginning Dee. 16th, and
Ko. 17 aad M will be raa la two ae
ttaa fram date.''
T"aMMroi AWO AalPTOK riKKD
. aUU Trtoe) la Oty Cwavt 'or righting
, - Oa aUswec.
Basmierd aad Hampton
mteed U stty eewrt ware lned IS
aad half Ue eeets eah pea oenrviwtio
f aa affray which avsarred aa Kx-
haag scree la frent f 0mith We
a the aigbt Oetobot fit. Th fight
ssartaa a JU af mrhea xUatptoa
aw J ewl-)WsVananBn' itsnmi . e.a f . .
. lrM.fwsoato-Vy Bash ford. ..
T"" " 't' nwai WarwlwM Oat.'-" '
. ia Sn HianeiiT faaa.
Vaaaiaii lf wae
Ibevwa ad Vt Mwk temsjkt. areWed
kaejtkweat item warnings diapUred
freaa WUatlagT, IT. OC. t Jactewarille,
Hb, b4 nodimaaH wnninee fraw Bor
i he Oape PjMsiBv The stem wet
fejperted w Tmtssss. Imereasing ia
lnaaatcr anul unW eMwchMl
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mewcatner
Local Oflce, V. S. WeatheBnxeea.
POaECAfiT
- - Baleigh. K. L B. I. IMS.
For Nofth OaroUjil. Ha3 anl ii,,
Saiarday. Euaday fair, colder" east per
tioa; strong aouth, ahifting to west
wiada. -"'..."- . ' - -4'. '-'
Suaria .7:18 a.m. Sunset .6:02 p.m.
Tempera! are.
I a. m S4 I p. m. A3
Highest temperature 64
Lowest temperature ............ S3
Mean temperature 48
Deficiency for the day I
Average daily exeeea since Janu-
nary 1st 0.5
PrecielUMea (Ia IachaaT
Amount for 24 hours ending
p. m 00
Total for the month to date 05
Defieieacy for the month J1
Deficiency since January 1 9.M
atatleaa aad Weather at a. P. M.
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WaehlnareM. Dee. IT. Alabama t Partljr
ehwiitr aa eektor Baeatew. Bawair fair.
MMMipi: Fair aatareVw; eeMer eeetk-
eaet nHliia. Saaeav fair.
leawUaa. Beet Taaaa, West Teaae, Okie.
Fair nilaiiias aa . Bandar.
Tenaaewe: Paitiv eleasjr aa4 eeleW Bat-
wedajF. evader fair.
ywsinlat Bain Baearenri eeMer weet Ber
tie. Saadar Uir ul solder.
Mevth naeeltae. Snatti Carolina: main and
eeMer Batardar. BBdar fair; eeMer east
eeitlea.
Oeofwia! Bala. Mkwed he elmria Bet-
ardar ; eeMer. Baadas fair.
COL. FRED OLDS GETS
VALUABLE RELICS
Col. Fred. A. Old, collector for the
North Carolina Hall of History, re
turned last night from Salisbury, from
which place he brought valuable relies
for the eo 11 ee tioa bearing oa the War
Between the States. They include the
flag of the Sixth North Carolina Regi
meat commanded by Col. Charlee Fisher
the uniform, sword, saddle elpth and
bat worn by the commander when he
was shot at Hanasaas.
The flag was made by Mia Christins
Fisher sad was a blue shawl of very
fin arepe. Th seal of . North Carolina
ia embroidered oa it ia high relief with
the inscription, "Sixth North Carolina
Infantry." On the other side is em
broidered, 'May SO, 1775, North Caro
lina,' a star below, "Deeds Not Words,"
which was the motto of the regiment.
ehooen by Colonel r inner aad the date,
May 20, 1861." All of these are the
gifta of Colonel Fisher's daughter, Mrs.
Francis Fisher Tieraan.
UPHOLD WILSON ON
ALL HIS POLICIES
(Continued from Page One.)
federal, state aad city officials to estab
lish joint offlees for aiding the unem
ployed were adopted at a conference
of Southern State aad municipal officers
after discussion of the question with
Secretary of Labor Wilson. The Sou
thern Commercial Congress endorsed
the plan. Among other subjects en
dorsed by the congress werei
Inland waterways; national aad State
aid for better highways; efforts of the
American Bar Association to "modern
ise' procedure and practice of courts;
organisation of a "aemi-offieial national
chamber of agriculture'' ia proposed by
delegates to the Association of South
ern Agricultural Commissioners which
met here with the congress; laws for co
operative marketing? purchasing aad
credit societies for tbo benefit of Amer
ican farmers.
The woman's auxiliary to ths con
gress adopted resolutions fnvoring legis
lation to abolish child labor, compul
sory education, factory iaspeetlon, mini
mum wages, maximum work hours in
mine, factories and mercantile eetab-
liahmenta employing women aad ehil-
drea, and eo-operntion by the auxiliary
ia tha work of oraranfring State aad
county branches of th league to ea-
foree peace.
Dralaag Men Meet.
St mm A wis real
Cbarlestoa. 8. O- Dee. 17. Southern
State members of tb National Drala
ag Congress, who have beea meeting
here during th eon re a tic a of the
Soother Commercial Congress, today
organised the Soathem Statea Drsiaage
aad Reclamation Asaoeiatica, E. 3.
Wataoa, of Columbia, S. C, president
of the . national asalatioa, saxgeated
tht 'orgaaixattou of t.e South, era aaao
tlatJoa. Samuel O. Stoaey. of Cnarieston. was
sleeted praaideat aad W. H. Marshall,
of Fort Lauder liala, Fla, vie-prealdeat
An executive committee representing
Virginia, North aad South Carolina,
Oeorgla, Florida aad Alabama i was
rhoewn. A eoaveation will b held at
Fort Lauderdale In February.
ELECT OFFICER.
Witrias RUfahea U New President f
Lewm getlety.
At th regular meeting of the Lewis
Literary Society .ia - th high school
truildlng fast night, th usual literary
program waa earried out, beaidee th
election of effieer, n fallow:. William
A4iW.sahelTaeid
Payaey-viae-praaiii ant t Reyal Atephoaw
soeu aeerrtary-treasnreaf Wilbnr Tatea,
monitor; Robin Phillip, pre reporter.
Tha atecuea l Braanaent was aaaat-
' -- 4'.- Eeatertala.Bt. Cr4mi
VTrm A.lm anj ailea BT.tk.
eiiao DoyUa entertained informally at
card yoaterdar cftemeedl ta he or of
Mrs. Hubert Hsrwwod,
abin. Cheuhrr.
Jr. aad Mr. I
MmCHANTS GATHER
, RIXrUARESSION
Having secured data showing; that
ChariotU, Roaaeke, , aao jawa
k'l. Mw.liuita.uv onlv Cf Its
Pstborepowr for ttoi fisf
vtM.ii m w"r" ' " - -
la Raleigh, tli public eorporatiot tbm 1
mrtte or to aterenants mmm
houneed last aigbt at the meeting of
the aaeociatioa that it waa ready to re
port. However, it waa vetd to potine
the reading of the report uatU th
January meeting.
The regular meeting held last night
was short en- account of the busy period
of the merchants. President Visiter
Hunter being detained at home oa ac
count of iliueaa ia his family. Vice
President R- ii- ilerritt preaiuad.
It was decided te request Mayor Joha
soa .to have the ineaJideeceat lights
turned on st night during next wecx.
A letter of thanks from the News aad
Observer for the use of the assembly
room following the lire waa read and
accepted, the members voting to return
a cheek which had beea seat for light
and heat used by Us newspaper.
After adopting resolutions of regret
ia the death of the late A. J. Thomas,
the association adjourned.
DURHAM Y. M. C A. BEATS
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE
Durham, N. C Dec. 17. The Durham
Y. M. C. A. basketball team won its
third game of the season tonight ia
yWifv ftvsr Wake Fores. Collesra by
scot of 61 to S3. Clay, for the locals.
was the star. He caged u rout goaia
out of eighteen trials, uenser aeeu ior
Durham, scored asvea field goal.
Durham Wake
Y. M. C. A. Position Forest.
Holeombe Hall, Holding (R.)
R. F.
Clay Holdiag (W.)
L F.
Reed Franks
C.
Mangum Robley, Dean
Carrintrtoa Davlj
L. O.
Referee : I.yrande.
GERMAN PATROL BOAT
IS SUNK IN BALTIC
(Br aw tiMs rMsi.1
London, Dec 17. Tke German patrol
boat Buns has been wrecked on the
Islnnd of Laagelnnd in tke Baltic Sea,
says a dispatch to ths Exchange Tele
graph Company from Copenhagen. The
bodies of several German officers were
found on the shore, it Is added.
LIKES NORTH CAROLINA
Freak D. WIlHasaa, Taaearera ladlaa,
May Make Bute Hie Been.
Frank D. Williams, the Tosearora la
dlaa whs has coma to North Carolina
from his horns on the Tueearora Reser
vation in New Niagara, Niagara county,
New Tork, to secure copies of records li
which the Tueearora are late rested,
says hs likes North Carolina so wall
that he would like to secure employment
in the State and make North Carolina
hi homo. He is a carpenter aad build
er by 'trade.
He is most Impressed with tb ell
mate, whleh he finds a great deal milder
than that to whleh he is accustomed. "It
Is fins to be tbl to goarouad without
aa overcoat," he said.
Hs hsld a magnolia leaf la his head
"Ws never see aaything like that at
this time of ths year la my part of the
country," hs said. "I am going to send
this back to my people aad let them
know what there ia plenty of greenery
here even oa the eve of Christmas."
There are about 450 Tuaearoras oa the
New York reeervation, Mr. Williams
says. "They live pretty aa much as do
the rest of ths people in Niagara eouu
ty and other rural sections of the Stats
of Now York," hs added. "Whoa you
ride through th reeervation and erose
Ita line you do not see any difference.
It is all the same to all outward appear
ances." Mr. Williams said that th younger
generation of th Tuaearoras Is inter
marrying with the whites and that ulti
mately, ia his opinion, ths Red Maa
will have been completely absorbed iato
the rest of the population.
Not ia Wreck.
Mr. Edward F. TJssle, who aext spriag
will have completed a medical coarse
st a college in Philadelphia, was ex
pected to arrive on an early traia this
morning to spend the holidays with his
parent, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. TJxxle.
Mr. TJxxle was due to leave Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon at five o'clock and
when the father of the young maa heard
that at aix o'clock there had beea a
wreck and .five killed and many injured
between Chester and Wilmington he
was very much alarmed. Later bis
anxiety was relieved whea he learned
that the wrecked train was going north
Instead of south.
Liqser Tab Ia Mesie.
(Br Oa twins rnal
Galveston, Texas, Dee. 17. Th sals
of alcoholic liquors la Mexico City has
beea forbidden for M days by a decree
Issued yesterday by th governor of
the federal district, say advice to th
Mexican consulate her today. Tha par
poe is te prevent the spread of typhus
la tha capital. ,
To Calarg Wast Paint,
Waahiagton, Dee. 17. Oongreas was
asked by Secretary Garrison today to
appropriate as soon as poembl NlW
to enlarge the West Polat Military
Academy for accommodation of 140 ad
ditional cadets, aad 115,000 to meet
certain special expenses of ta army.
Deal Klteheaer's Kara Bed. '
(as i ml st in Neat ead otin )
Loadoa, Dee, 17. It was officially an
nounced tonight by th private secre
tary to Earl Kitchener, Britiah Secre
tary of War, that the report of the a
gagement of Earl Kitchens to ta Dow
ager Conn tees of Mlnto was antra.
Relief Itsamar emeriti
i9y a in mm raa.
London, Doe. 17 Th Belgian relief
eommittee's steamer Liverpool, from
New Tork for otterdaa, baa beea
beached ea th Engiiakeoaet ta a lnk
iag eoaditioa a a result of striking a
mine. ..
Mad Ride te lave Dec.
Ankena (Mine.) Dispatch Minneapolis
journal.
talk say Brysoa 4v amastimabili
40 nails ia 45 sniawte over fro
country road to aav hi dog aad eat
from are.
Bryaon's home oa Ilk river took fir
while tha owner aad hi wif war
away. H was 'called aa th Uiepbea,
aad th race began. Brysoa arrived
to hate to aav tha koxeayjwt raatnsd
the pet. .. ' --,.,
One today ia wort tw
. aUIITKS PRETEXT DROWNCVO
Tw Bey Rev ThiinUea Wbea Icaj
Crosby (Minn.) dispatch St.-Paul Dis
patch. Clinging to ta) ire hs Sevpeat Lake,
tw Crceby boy. Trig iVeleoa aad
OerarAalereoB, battled for their live
by Being" it air' pocket kaives to stick
into, ta is repeatedly until a strong
hold wa obtained te pell themselves
out.
They were skating and ventured out
too far.
Haataa Barns Be raa Car.
Near Tecb Sua.
Passenger ea a MeLean avenue
trolley ear fled panic strirkea when
Nicholas Pterrara got aboard with a
stick of dynamite ia one hand nnd a
lighted cigar ia the other. Other sticks
of dynamite were bulgmg from his coat
poehet.
Pierre ra is a contractor foreman and
livss at 710 Ball avenue. He was ar
rested aad takes to police headquartere.
where tt was feuad he had three pounds
of dream it In nil on his person. In
one pocket were foar or five detonating
cap. laapeeter MVhael Laady aaid a
park from the eigar or a sadden jar
would have seat the ear akyward in
puff of das.
Wsated Caldaaee.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Cm, ye I" remarked the medico in
his beet bedside manner to his patient
aa they stood la the consulting room.
"Ill give yea the following prescrip
tion," aad ho headed him three mnall
paeksige.
The patieat peaed them aad read
the direction a.
"A powder for my headache," he aald
aload; "a pallet for my liver," h eon
tinned, "and a eapeule for my gouty
foot." Then he stopped aad pondered
deeply for a moment. "I ear, doctor,"
he queried. "hwU the little beggars
know th right panee to go whea they
get inside r
I new Had tb FeUeeenea.
Prttabarg Cbroaicl Telegraph.
Through th baay downtown streets a
stalwart policeman led a little child by
the hand.
A motherly-looking woman panaed be
for them for a moment Thea. la a
sudden bnrst of eympathy, she bent
ever the child aad kissed her.
"Poor Wsab She looks so cold aad
starved like ; aad eke haaat been wash
ed for a week. Some folks cannot be
trusted with children, wicked, cruel
things they are. Where did yoa find
the child, polieemaa T
Tad the child, woman t" snorted ths
policeman angrily. "I didn't find her at
alL 8he my owa hid."
flea la Stranger 85 Tears,
rargo (N. D.) dispatch St. Paul Dispatch
At Harwood, thia county, a sua 85
year old Is visiting his father. Neither
ever saw ths the before this meeting.
Oaly reeeatiy th father learaed that k
had a bob.
Shortly after W. J. Bothies aad his
wife were divorced at Harwood ah mov
ed to another city aad the child was
bora. Later ah married again, aad ths
boy, takiag the name of his stepfather,
was kaewa as Harry 8hepard. For the
past t year a has lived at Mitchell,
8. Dak.
Father aad bob, recently having leara
ed of each ether's existeace, bow are
getting acquainted.
Tasaoem htoaatala le
Marietta (Oa.) dispatch Phila. Public
Lodger.
' Keaesaw htoantxda, historic as a bat
tle ground af the civil war, comprising
tO acre or more, has beea sold by W.
J. M. Ham, of Marietta, G, to Wil
liam Tate Holland aad C. M. Dobba,
both of Marietta, W. J. M. Ha men
bought the property from his father,
H. C. Hamco, 85 years ago.
Has N Rffeet.
Loadoa Punch.
Friend Well, how's the war affeetiag
yout
PoeteuMst Impressionist Sculptor
Not n bit, old chop; I never sold aay
thing before it started aad I haveat
aiaee.
Frwverhe aa4 Phrases.
Ths more a maa deaiee himself, the
more he shall receive from Heaven.
Horace.
We have been bora to associate with
our fellowmeu. aad to join in com
munity with the bnmaa race. Cicero.
It does aot matter a feather whether
a maa be supported by patron or elient,
if hs himself wsnts courage. Plautua.
It ia part of ths cure to wish to be
Cured. Seneca.
Hie Wiaa.
Boston Tranarripa.
First Clubman Odd, how one's wife
eaa lose her temper aad still have it
ready for nae.
Second Clubman (with a sigh) Tes.
I often wish that th vials of wrath
were non reflllable.
Robbed of Hie Chaise.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
A taxieab chauffeur fnraiahed the text
for this anecdote:
Having raa over aad killed a a umber
of people, aad pre oca ted hi company
with a aumber of sawaaita, he was
finally discharged for reeklee driving.
Hs then became a motovmaa oa a trolly
Una, bat did aot tak kiadly to the new
work. Oae day as he waa grumbling
over bio fallen forte ee a friend aaid:
"Oh, what's Us matter with yool
Cant yew ma dowa Jaat as many people
as avert"
"Tee," aaid th forme kaaffeur, 1
on, bat formerly I eemld pick aad
Weenaa-s Featttoa ia Tibet.
East aad Weet New.
TV tnfiaeaee of wwmen ia familv
aad society ha beea deellnUg la Tibet
as a reenJt or rreqwoat warfare. As ia
other part of the world aad at various
epochs la hamaa history, men bach from
vietoriowa battle flold ia Tibet were
woat to moaopolia feminise admira-
a. Heme It earn thai polygamy has
beea steadily eaereachlag apoa the old
snaiaputea sway of the Tibetan woman
m ths family. This k aa excerpt from
th atorr told by th Rev, Ekai Kawa-
gaeaL the Buddhist explorer, who has
Joet retaraed to Japan trees his seeoad
Tibetan Journey freaa lama, by way af
Derjeliag.
A Tecbaieal DiaVwbty.
How Tork Evening JaraaL
At oa of th rehearsal af a play
th snpen" bad t g wp to an altar
and "kneel before H. After rehearsing
five ee aix times the) stage manager lost
his tees par with them sad aheetod: "K
set Where ar yew gemnflexloaiT"
Th chief "super" semsehed his head
with a paxxled exprwaaioei oa hi faoa.
"Well, air," h aaid, avedcigetieniiy, w
haveat had taem Creea tm
- Wa are awitdiag ovary day,
Ia a good or evil way, . .
Aad th stoaetarw, aav tt grow;
WiU mar Earnest andf IWcfoaa.
COW HOLDS W0RLD1 RBCORO.
Palry- Qaeea Cave -Average f la
Calleaa Dally.
Followdsr are the facta about a cow
with a world's record, taken from Farm
aad Fireelde:
" Ths, world'! record for batterfat pro
duction is again biokoa, this time by th
etalile mato f th former world eharn
p'.oo, who held th title for only three
month. Tb aew dairy queen ir Hol
steia Prieclaa cow. iMndern Pride Jo
hanna Rue No. 121083.
"She gave ia one year 28.403.7 pounds
of milk, equal ta 13,211 quarts, or more
than nine garmni a day. Thia milk con
tained 1,176.47 pounds of butterfat,
equal to more thaa four pounds of but
ter a day. She hails from New Jersey."
Few PotsoBoaa Snakes Kaewa.
Philadelphia Record.
No breach of natural history is, so sur
rounded with weird aad fallacious nar
rative, deplorable ignorance and super
stition as that dealing with the serpents,
ths result being inherent fear and a
relentless crusade of club and heel
against a group of creatures of great
economic vnlue, and, with few excep
tions, absolutely harmleas. One hun
dred and eleven distinct species of
Bushes occur In the United Htatee, of
which only seventeen are dangerous to
man. Thirteen of the Utter are rattle
snakes, geaus Crotalua, with aa un
mia taxable mark of .Ideatiflratioa, ths
tail ceding in a rattle. The four re
maining species comprise ths copper
head and water moeeasia, genu Ansie
troden, and two small, brilliantly color
ed coral snakes, genus Elaps. The range
of the water moccasin nnd coral snakes
does not sxtrnd further north than the
Carolines, leaving locally oa ths banded
or timber rattler (Crotalns horridus)
and the copperhead (Aaelstrodon eon
tortrlx) to be eonaidered ia the ' light
of dangerous reptile. Th economic
value to ths farmer of most of our
snakes Is of great Importance, nnd an
examination of the stomach contents of
a few wantonly killed specimess would
soon eoBviaee aa Intelligent person of
tha force -of this plea for the protection
of our saah friends. Ills presence of
large numbers of snakes ia fields of
growing crops or about barns containing
grain at once indicate aa abuadane
of destroying rodents, upon which ths
snakes feed voraeiooly, putting to
ahame the feeble effort of the family
Oaly Oae "Head Up," Killed.
St. Loula Dispatch.
One armed Michael McCarthy waa shot
and killed by two mea who held up a
salooa because at their command of
"Heads up I" he raised only the arm left
him. One sleeve of McCarthy's coat
hung smpty, its end In the coat pocket.
The robbers apparently thought hs was
reeehiag for a revolver.
Half a dosea mea were ia the salooa
whoa ths robbers entered. At their
command all hands went up. Th rob
ber took one glance at McCarthy's
hanging sleeve, tired aad fled.
Progressive.
Chicago News.
Postmaster No, aot mneh doin' in
town. DU ye hear erbout Lem Hug
gin gettin' a telegram I
Farmer Not Lem t
Postmaster Yea, Lem.
Farmer By erlrkvt It Leats all. ther
way tha young fellers ars forgla' tor
the front.
Getting At Hie Motive.
Boston Transcript.
"Will you have my eeatP he Inquired,
politely.
"On the ground that I am aged and
decrepit f" the woraaa ashsd.
"No, indeed, madam."
"That I am young and beautiful and
poeeibly not averse to a flirtation t"
"Certainly not. That is "
"Then it must be because you are a
gentleman, la thia respect differing from
the fat parson on ths left end the
scrawny apeeimen st ths right. I sm
glad to learn your principles, sir, but
here is my street. Good day."
The Doctrine of Chance.
Richmond Timea Dispatch.
He Was your fsthcr very angry
whea you told him of our engagement f
She Not particularly. He said be
had been rather fortunate in the stock
market of late, and figured It was about
tlms for his loch to turn.
Used to It.
Ladies' Horns Journal.
The man had been haled before ths
magistrals on some trivial charge.
"Let me see," said the judge. "I
know you. Are you not the man who
was married In cage of man eating
lions t"
"Yes, your honor," replied the eul
prlt, "I am the men."
"Exciting, wasn't itf" continued the
justice.
"Well," said the man judicially, "it
was thea ; It wouldn't he now."
Dog Cemes Back S Miles. W
York (Pa.) Dispatch.
Remarkable animal instinct for home
has just corns to light In thia eounty.
A fox hound owned by B. Porter War
ner, living nt Laurel, about 12 mile
from this city, waa sold and shipped
three weeks ago to a man in Virginia.
Tha dog is a valuable hunting dog,
and is 7 years old. Warner was sur
prised when he awoke a day or two ago,
to find that the dog had returned and
had traveled a distance of nearly 300
mile to reach ita old home.
Compared.
New Orleans Item.
Little Nancy was in disgrace, aad
father had to speak to her quite severe
ly. 8 she retired, deeply offeaded, to
the gar de a.
Th gardener, a good-natured old
maa, did his best to cheer her up, aad
succeeded so well that half aa hour
later she returned to her mother.
"Mummte," aha aaid. "I think Clark
is quits ths nicest maa I know, mneh
nicer than daddy. Why didat ws marry
Clarkal"
Cemd Grenada.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Do you think you will be acquitted V
asked Jones of a friend who had beea
indicted oa a conspiracy charge.
"Tsav I think so." ....
"Has your lawyer givea yon good
grenada to think sot"
"No," responded the hopeful client,
"bat I have givea him good grounds to
think so. I've deeded him all my real
eetato aa his fee."
Hsdat Flaiafc the Other Day.
New York American.
Th manager of a factory had insti-
tuted a system af fiaes fines for being
late, fine for mistakes, lae for spoiled
work and so . Happewlag to awake
oa morning very early bs west to th
factory a little after starting Urn. A
h got eel of his motor-ear he saw a
pale, haggard, hollow-eyed man walk
ing wearily through th gat.
Ah ha, Johaeon I" ha shouted angrily.
"Tea mlastea lata, ekf Wall, you're
(aad. Not a wwrt new; tears tk rnlal"
Tak rear time, rev's or," aaawoiod
Johnsom. 1 alat knocked from j
tarday ytr , . - - ,
ALARM CLOCK RATES LIFE, .
Arias ss Maa Who Is Almual Overeesa
By Gas Fames.
Marios (Ohio) Diapatek Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A 50 sent alarm clock has saved the
ttf of E. L. Hlntoa, a baker. Return
ing kome at midnight from -a dance, b
set the alarm clock for 6:80 a. m.
Though r partially overtone by- gn
fumes th alarm aroused him sufficiently
to kick over a chair oa which the time
piece waa placed. This brought his
landlady, whs found Uinton uncon
scious. Hs was revived three hours
later.
DIseeacertlBg.
Tid Bits.
A candidate for parliamentary honors
was addreeeing a political meeting In
the north of England. Anxious to make
friends with his audience, he began
thus:
"Gentlemen, I am very pleased to
add rem a working elaaa constituency
It may interest you to know that I am
a workingmaa myself in fact, I often
work whoa yoa ars asleep "
"You must be s burglar, then!" aaid
a voice at the back of the hall.
Rxpeeed Te Tea station.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"I hope you will be happy, Mary,"
aald the mist rem to hsr maid, who wa
leaving to get married.
"Thank you, ma'am. My young man
ia very steady, considering his environ
"What does he dot" Mary.
"He's valet to a young millionaire,
ma'ah."
Wrote "Casey Jeaea;" Dylag.
Los Angeles Times.
Appareatly penailese and estranged
from his wife, T. Lawreaee Seibert, the
maa who 1 said to have made $10,000
by writing the words of "Cssey Jones,"
a popular ballad, waa token to the
eounty hospital ia a dyiug condition.
He wa brought from Banning, where
he waa Injured in an accident. Mr.
Seibert residss at 1118 East Thirty sev
enth street. Detective were sent to
acquaint her of Mr. Seibert's plight.
According to th officers, Mrs. Seibert
stated that, as she had not eeea her
husband for several years aad had
heard Both big from him. She la uade
eided what to do.
Prwfesslsaal Jeeleaoy.
Baltimore Sua.
Billy Buaday whea aahed to comment
on the Ford excursion to Europe deliv
ered himself aa fellow: "I think when
Ford put over this advertising stunt P.
T. Beinuin turned over in his grave and
said, 'i hnve gut to hand it to you,
Henry, you've gut me aklnned.'"
This is tha opinion of an expert on
ad vert bring and will carry grul weight
wiwi the knowing osea. It wil be gen
erally admitted that what the Rev. Wil
liam does aot ksow about the adver
tising buaiaoa is aot worth while learn
ing. But H fill us with sorrow to see
a celestial mind liks his give way to
petty profeeelosal jealousy. Instead of
sneering at Heary, a magnanimous rival
would applaud hi greatness. Moreover,
ss a matter of policy, all advertising
mea inouitl stand together.
Way thtr sheeted.
Nsw York Evening Journal.
A young msrried couple, who lived
near a famous golf course, were en
tertaining an elderly aunt.
"Well, Auat Mary, how did you spend
this afternoon I" asked ths hostess, oa
ths first day.
"Oh, I snjoyed myself vsry nineb!"
replied Auntie, with a beaming smils.
"I west for a walk across th moors.
There seemed a greet many people
about, and somd of them shooied nt me
ia a most eccentric manner, but I just
took no notice.
"And, by th way," she went on. "I
just found such a number of eurlo-is lit
tie round white things. I brought them
home to ask you what they wero."
And th dear old lady produced from
her handbag about a doxen golf balls I
Called Bla Blag.
Hartford Couraat
There are a lot of four-flushers who
go through lifs without learning that
four flushing is a fine art Such are
beneath contempt. But one has great
admiration for those few who havo mas
tered th gams.
"If a man called me a liar," asserted
one of such, "I sail in and lick him if
he weighed 300 pounds."
"Well, you big bluff," answered one
who was tired of listening, "I call you
right here and now. You re a liar."
"Bluff youraelf," came back the ar
tint, without a minute's hesitation.
"You don't weigh more than 150, and
you know what I said "
A Disappointed Thief.
Ford stories don't break into this col
umn very often, but this bit of wit
which flashed at a luncheon at the
Board of Commerce the other ly is
wortn alutttcriug all the rules and rrgu
lations.
An irate business man joined bis
friends, exclaiming: "Nothing is safe
nowadays. I left my ear for an hour
out by the postoffice, and when I came
out some low down thief had stolen the
hood cover. That' all he took just
the two-dollar padded vest that buttons
over the hood and radiator to keep them
warm."
Oeel" aaid aa unsympathetic list
ener, "111 bet that guy was mad when
he got home and found he didn't have
the ear in the cover." Detroit Tree
Press.
Might Bars Bn Setter.
Kansas City Star.
"Ah h h m my dear young frieada."
said th statesman who hnd kindly con
eenten at the earnest solicitation of the
superintendent, to address a few help
ful words to the Sabbath school, "look
ing back over my long career, I am con
vinced that tha only way to win sueeeaa
is to deal honorably with one' fellow
mea, to follow the dictates of conscience.
to heed the teaching of th golden rule,
aad to walk ia th straight aad narrow
way. But ah I would aay little boy or
girl liks to ask ms a questios f "
well, my," spot up oa of the dear
young friends, "ain't yoa kinda sorry
you didnt find it out sooner F
What Urn L's-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
"lxiados'i a dreary sort of place, and
the smoke' something awful i" ths rs
turaed eouatryanaa wa tolling his awed
village frlsad.
"It's ss thick, th air ia, that I won
der aaything grows there. I planted
some eora ia a box oa my window sill
to remind ta f horn, aad what do
yoa think earn apt"
Oma suggaatad wheat, . wall . saethev
thought oat more likely. But moot of
thorn remained atleat, looking at their
veataresom friend with reepeet.
'All wrong I- aaid Us returned trav
eler, presently. "A policeman same np
aad told m to tabs the boa down at
I"
Prwrerba aad PI
It as foolish to be afraid f Making
ear tie to spiritual, aa if a w eoald
Iom any geauias lev -Emsrsoa.
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