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fltye Chatham Ueeorif; ITa. LONDON, RATES OF ADVERTISING Editor and Proprietor. One square, one insertion """$1.00 One square, two insertions A 1. 60 One- tqaare, one montli - .. 2,5? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Yean For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. strictly In Advance VOL, XXVII. PITTSBORQ, CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C THURSDAY, MAY 25 1905. NO. 41. Ww M 1 11 mm III! I I I f(kyai& HAMMOND, THE MISER.. HI By Prof. Win. Henry Peck, Author of the "IS Stone-Cutter of Usbon," Etc CHAPTEB II. 'I J- Continued. r Luke Hammond's pale right hand slid into his bosom, and there "was murderous intent in his eye when Kate sprang between. "James, no violence! Mr. Hammond I call you uncle no more is it pos sible that your band is now grasping concealed weapon?" Hammond seemed to wither in the scornful fire of Kate's rebuking glance, and his hand fell to his side as If sud denly paralyzed. 'Let James Greene leave this house! said he, hoarsely. "First let me tell you," said James, "that I was acquainted with this lady many months before I repaired your desk. Ours is no sudden love, but the growth of time. I knew ber father, and he befriended me much. I have not stolen into this house to win Miss Elgin's love. She has honored me in giving me her love without solicitation on my part, and I have returned that love honorably and from my soul. I loved her and she loved me long before either of us recognized a mutual affec tion. You have insinuated that I have sought her hand for the fortune it may hold. You do not know me, Mr. Hammond. Were she as poor as she is rich and for her sake, thank heaven she is not I would love her as much as I do now. I do not acknowledge your right to stand between us, for she is in her eighteenth year, and has wis dom to guide her in the choice of a husband. I do not ask you to consent to our marriage; your opposition is a mere shadow to me and to her. I leave you, but tell you I intend to make Miss Catherine Elgin my wife so soon as she shall name the day.". "And that will be when you may ap point, James," said Kate, boldly. "Not so fast, young lady," said Ham mond. "By the conditions of .your father's will you cannot marry without my consent and keep possession of the estate." "Then I will marry without either," replied the high-spirited girl. "It will be a relief to me toescape from your presence, and from those dismal night noises." -.- - "That reminds me," said James, "to tell Mr. Hammond that he has played anything but an honorable part in fill ing Miss Elgin's mind with a ridiculous belief in ghosts and haunted houses." "Do you, James Greene, leave this house this instant, or I will summon those who shall soon throw you into the street," said Hammond, savagely.' "There is not power enough in this house to force me out,'-' said James, "and should you summon the pplioe I would take refuge in the eastern wing of the houses the haunted ,part, Mr. Hammond." Luke Hammond started slightly, but made no remark, while James slowly moved into the hall with Kate. "Good night, my love," said James, exchanging a kiss at the vestibule. "Since your uncle carries so high a head I will fathom his mystery, though I violate one of the rules of my life, which reads, 'Let every man mind his own business.' . Still, I cannot presume to ask you to wed me, and so cause you to lose your fortune. I have never heard of the will of which he speaks. All think your father made no will.". "Luke Hammond do not call him my uncle," replied. Kate "say s he dis covered the will a few days ago, and that he is preparing to have it proved in court." "You know, dear Kate, I am depend ent upon my industry for my support," said James, "and it will be very wrong in me to induce you to wed poverty." "Health; honesty and industry are not poverty, dear James," said Kate, pressing his hand. "You have them, so have I. I am" ready to be yours, rich or poor." "You are an angeh Katy," exclaimed James, as he gazed into her bright brown eyes. "I have heard so much of Luke Hammond's sharp dealings, both as a broker and a lawyer, for he has been an attorney that I begin to suspect that he is deceiving you about the will. But at any rate we are de termined to marry, rich or poor, and so here is a kiss for good-night. If you walk out to-morrow evening at seven I will meet -you, and we vill appointa place and time for our wed ding." , ' , . The lovers parted, and Kate returned to face her enraged uncle, while James Greene hurried to his home. He lived alone, for so far as he knew he bad no kindred. " When Kate re entered the parlor she found Luke Hammond pacing to and fro, and mut tering curses upon James Greene. Kate had no desire to quarrel, and as she feared Hammond's violent tem per, she turned to "go to her room, when he cried out: . "Stay, Catherine Elgin! I have something to cay to you." "Speak as a gentleman should, and i.se a gentler tone, Mr. Hammond, if Ton desire me to listen to you," said 1 late. ; "Ha! your champion's love has made ion bold. Miss Elgin," sneered Ham j 3ond, folding his arms, and gazing on Hv with a stare meant to abash, , L 1 Copyright 1896. kj BOBCBT BONNKB'8 SOMS. (AU rights reserved.) ' But Kate had resolved to throw off, for once and all, the yoke of tyranny which, till now, she had made as light as possible by humility and pardonable evasion. She drew herself erect, and returned the stare with unflinching pride. "Have you any more compliments to lavish upon me, Mr. Hammond?" she asked. "Miss Elgin," said he, lowering and softening his tone, "you forget that you are addressing your mother's brother." "And you do not care to remember that you are speaking to your sister's daughter, Mr. Hammond," . said she, still firmly. "This change in one formerly so gentle, Miss Elgin," remarked Ham mond, "astonishes me." "I was gentle, Mr. Hammond, until your harsh treatment turned gentle ness to defiance." . "My harsh treatment, Miss Elgin!" "My words, 'Mr. Hammond, are not so strong as my thoughts. J repeat, your harsh treatment. During my fa ther's life I was allowed every liberty consistent with correct behavior. Since my father's death you have made me almost a prisoner in the house I have every reason to believe mine. You have discharged all of the servants formerly employed by my father- " "The involved state in which your honored father left his affairs, Miss Elgin, does not allow me to retain those servants," said Hammond. "Then why discharge them and hire creatures of your own?" demanded Kate. "Creatures of my own! Upon my word, Miss Elgin, you Intimate that I am a villain pursuing some illicit course," said Hammond.' "Take it as you please, Mr. Ham mond," said Kate. "The housekeeper of my father you discharged to make room for Mrs. Harker. The three other servants you hired to fill places you made vacant. You have forbidden me to leave the house unattended by some one of those servants. You have com manded me to retire from the society In which I moved when my father was alive. You say you do this to wean me from luxury that I may become accus tomed to the "poverty which, you say, you fear will fall upon me when my father's affairs shall have been thor oughly adjusted. Mr. Hammond, I do not believe it. Those whom I meet when I do go from this house speak of me and to me as if I were a rich heiress." "They are all deceived," said Ham mond, quickly. "I assure you, Miss Elgin, you will live to see this house sold over your head to pay the debts your father left behind." "Did my father die knowing of these debts?" asked Kate. "He did. The knowledge embittered his last moments terribly," said Ham mond. "Did my father know that the settle ment of his debts, Mr. Hammond, would leave me, his only, child, penni less?" "Upon my word of honor, Miss El gin, he did." "Then please inform me, Mr. Ham mond," said Kate, with a glance that pierced him to the marrow, "why he left that will of which you told me." Luke Hammond saw that he was caught in his own trap. A detected liar is the most miserable wretch im aginable; and if Hammond's features" had been cast iron instead of flesh and blood, it seemed to him that his face would have confessed the lie. Kate's bright and searching eye was riddling him with unspoken contempt, and he felt that the longer she gazed the more he withered. "I do not know that is the,r were certain -" he began. But hisr tongue seemed to curl upon itself, and to cling to the roof of his mouth. "Enough, Mr. Hammond," said Kate, scornfully. "Do not mire yourself any deeper in what I now know to be a miserable lie." "Ha! a lie! You dare to say that to me?" blustered Hammond, happy to have a chance to go into a rage, and pushing back bis stiff, short gray hair until he looked like a fury. "You dare say that to me?" "I dare," said bold Kate, flashing back his fierceness. "You shall rue this, Catherine El gin! By my blood, you shall rue it, miss!" . said he, stamping his foot heavily, and dashing his clenched hands upon the marble table near him. "I have been your friend and your father's friend. You are forcing me to hate you, and let me tell you, Cath arine Elgin, that when I hate I hate with all the "gall of bitterness. You dispute my authority in this house. I tell you I am the master of this house. Perhaps you will ttemble when I tell you, Catharine Elgin, that it is now in my power, this instant, to turn you in to the street, houseless, homeless, pen niless!" ; : "No, I do 'not tremble, sir," said Kate, calmly, though her face was very pale. "Go to your apartment, Miss Elgin," said Hammond. "Seek counsel with your pillow, and your better sense will teach ou that We Hammond is your, friend aye, the best friend you have on earth." "May heaven defend me from such friends," said Kate, bitterly, as she retired. "This rebellion is sudden and danger ous. It must be crashed at once!" muttered Hammond, , as he turned down the gas and hastened to his library. CHAPTER III. LUKE HAMMOND'S LIBRABT. Luke Hammond entered his library and seated himself at his desk. Rut this time he did not read; he thought, and as he did so the hard lines on his face seemed to grow deeper and darker, and his heavy brows met in a frown that half hid his deep-set gray eyes. "Here, then, is a new obstacle in my path," he muttered. "A most formid able one, for there is no doubt Cathar ine Elgin loves this James Greene pro foundly. Of all men in the world, why has chance centered her. affec tions upon James Greene?. If my son were here now I should feel easier in mind. Why does he not come?" Hammond tossed over a pile of news papers near him. and selecting one. f read and re-read the shipping intelli gence. " 'Bark Gleaner," he read, to sail on the 9th.' She is due two days, and Charles wrote that he would come in her. Can she have foundered? No head winds, no doubt." A groan, deep and dismal, growing stronger ere it ended, rose upon his car. He let fall the paper and stood up. "This is a puzzle to me," said he. "Ever since that impudent carpenter repaired this desk those groans have reached my ear more distinctly " here than in any other paft. of the house. Stay! he had some trouble In replacing the desk. I remember I told him he would break down the partition. Let me examine." He heaved at the heavy desk, until it was far enough from the wall to allow him to pass behind it. The wall was merely a thin partition of boards colored and papered, and dividing the little library from a hall that traversed the third story of the eastern wing. Hammond found one of the boards dis placed. "This must be repaired to-morrow. 1 will do it myself. I have had more than enough of carpenters. This dam age has let in groans enoughjo alarm Catharine, and but for James Greene she would have forgotten those she heard in the room she formerly occu pied." A little bell, right over his desk, now rang violently. "Ho!" said Hammond, looking up. "Mrs. Harker desires my presence im mediately." As he spoke the front door bell was heard to clatter below. 4TAh!" said Hammond. "A visitor'at this time of night nearly ten o'clock! Can that wretch of a carpenter have returned, to fulfil his half -uttered threat of leading the police into the eastern wing? Impossible. He could not dream of what is there." The little bell over the desk again tinkled its summons. "s "You are impatient, Mrs. Harkc," said' Hammond as he glanced at the bell; but I must learn who is below first. It would be very rash to leave an enemy in my rear." He applied his mouth to a speaking tube and said: "Wait. .1 will be with you In a mo ment. Some one is at the front door. What news?" Listening intently, he heard for an answer: "I can hardly hold him. He strug gles to rise." "Bind him! I will be with'you soon," said Hammond, speaking in the tube mouth. - "Struggles to rise," he .. muttered. "This regaining of strength is sur prising. He was as weak as a child this morning." A tapping at the door of the library drew his attention thither. "dome in," said he, loudly. "What now?" he continued, as a stout, ill favored man, blear-eyed and crueb faced, entered. "What now, Daniel?" "A gentleman below sir in the hall. Wants to see you," said Daniel. "Do you know him? Have you ever seen him before?" demanded Ham mond. "No, sir," replied Daniel. "He is a tall," slender gentleman, cloaked to the eyes wears a slouch hat low down over his face eyes like'coals of fire." The little bell over the desk tinkled as if to shake out its tongue. '" Hammond sprang to the speaking tube. "What now, Nancy?" . The answer came up like a roar: "I must have help instantly!" "Expect it!" replied Hammond. Then turning to Daniel he said: "Show the stranger hither, and then hurry to the crimson chamber." "The crimson, sir? He was in the white and gold this morning," said Daniel. "He has been removed," said Ham mond. "Hurry to the crimson cham ber and aid Mrs. Harker. Use no more violence than is necessary, Daniel." "I'll" be as gentle as a lamb, sir," said Daniel. "Must I show up the gentle man in the hall?". "Of course hasten!" said Hammond; and Daniel left the room. . "Now who can .this stranger be?" muttered Hammond. "His descrip tion, as Daniel gave it, doesnot tally with the appearance of my son. I am nervous I tremble a sure sign that I am either to meet an enemy or some one who may become so." He stepped to a closet, and filling a wine-glass with raw brandy, swallowed the contents. . To be continued, AMERICAN SUCCESS, A Frenchman Contrasts British mxi. ods with Ours. x Lucien Serrailler, of Le Perreux, Prance, writing to the London Times, says: The American employer con tends with " less efficient ' assistance from the rank, and file, who blessed with a restless temperament, are fre quently prompted to change their al legiance to other firms in the hope of betterment. He is, to a greater extent than in England, hindered by strong labor unions, whilst politics, which af fect so largely-industrial conditions, are a factor of instability unknown in England. Nevertheless he succeeds, and I at tribute this mainly to. the1 fact that he Is willing to take risks. Life, after all, is a game of chance, and he who will not play unless he is sure-to win per force stands by inactive, which amounts relatively to falling behind. An American is not content with one. thriving business, but will speculate in another enterprise or twenty, relying upon success in.pne to compensate for failure in another; whereas the Eng lishman, with his prejudice against novelty and his horror of failure, runs less risk, but at the same time less chance of a brilliant- success. With him a new idea stands condemned for its very virtue, and unless it presents the elements of immediate success and he can be assured that some one else has already done it, he seldom accepts the undertaking. I once endeavored to introduce a new machine into England and offered it on trial to a leading firm in the trade, at no expense to themselves and -with no conditions of purchase. They refused on the plea that they" already had all the most up-to-date machines; such a reply from an American firm is inconceivable. ' Another English firm refused to book orders because they had enough work for two years ahead. An American firm would, I imagine, have risked an extension of plant and a continuation of orders to recoup the outlay. These . are two typical . instances of the method of marking time which hardly constitutes progress. Another risk the American will as sume is to sell goods at a loss with a view to create a new market, relying upon the force of habit which leads a customer accustomed to a certain ar ticle to gradually pay an increasing price for it, until the sale becomes profitable. Again, the American pays particular attention to the selection and promo tion of his subordinates, trusting his Judgment rather than testimonials and certificates, which play so impor tant a role in England, and which are, after all, bnly the opinions of third parties. The American employer quickly gauges the value of his new assistant, and if desirable, will pro mote him over the heads of his seniors who have staked a claim for advance ment by sitting on office stools for a period of years. To place a new man suddenly in a position of command Is 'a risk which is often worth the while. The American business man recog nizes that the sucqess of an enterprise largely depends upon efficient assist ants, and it is his endeavor to secure the best and attach them to him by making their interest , common with his own. It is men that tell, not sys tems. The judgment of an English man is liable to be affected by preju dices of caste, family connections, na tionality, precedents and past records. A recognition that intelligence and in tegrity stand before all other consider ations is a wonderful lubricant to the wheels of progress. Clothing for Boys. A head master of one of the old est schools in Surrey, the . Kingston Grammar school, upon assuming charge recently, addressed abetter to tbe parents of his pupils urging the adoption of a more rational dress for boys. This schoolmaster asserts that the vest, or waistcoat, is no protection to the most vulnerable part of the body, the back, while the tightly buttoned vest prevents the: fullest increase of chest growth. He advises parents to dispense with the; waistcoat and to clothe their boys in sweaters and flannels; in his opinion a blue flannel shirt and flannel collar with a red tie would be smart and pleasing. While acting master at Loretto school, at which the boys dressed as suggested and were enabled to take active exercise at any time without running the' risk of taking a chill, he observed that thg average boy be came 'larger limbed, broader chested and on the whole more physically fit than the average, boy at any other public school." Bicycle rides to school and the va rious physical exercises and outdoor sports result in . much perspiration, and if a linen or cotton-shirt is' worn there is constant liability to colds. Report by United States Consul Mar shal Halstead, Birmingham, England. Under the Apple Tree. , . In the garden of a great man six persons were sitting, a scientific man, a- merchant, a poet, a young man- very much in love a lawyer and a lady. The wind was blowing rather hard and six apples fell dowru Each took one. The scientific man took his apple and discovered a new law of na ture. The merchant sold his. The poet ate his. The young man who was very much inlove gave his to his sweetheart. Tbe lawyer went to law against the owner of the tree on ac count of being hit by the fallen applo. But the lady took her apple to the owner of the tree, gained his affec tions, and as he was rich s'ae had lots of money all the rest of her life, Fa bles. Qt w$en tfeJt.i. mor After the War. Oh, how we long to see the day When strife and battles cease, , And all the dogs of war will make The frankfurter of peace! " Philadelphia Post; . ; .' A Singer's -Note. The Singer "He carries a note longer" than any one I know." . ' The Banker "Perhaps. But ' I've carried one of his for a year now." Yonkers Herald. K , Genealogy. Small Boy (jost home from school) "Mamma, Miss Simpson says I'm de scended from a monkey." . ,His Mother (glancing severely at her husband) "Not on my side, darling." Hair's Weekly. " ? '' Naturally. Binks "I never could remember the flag signals of the weather bureau Now,, what's the color of the flag that means wind?" Spinks "Blew, I guess." Cleveland Leader. 7 - Nothing in a Name.' . "Jim Simplex wants me to go on his note for a thousand. Do you know him?" ' "No; aad I know you and I guess there won't be any money lost by the transaction." Cleveland Plain Dealer. II off It Happened. First Chauffeur "How did you come to hit the chap were you running too fast?" Second - Chauffeur "Certainly not he was running too slow!" Puck. In a Drug Store. Druggist (to little girl customer) "Did you say pills, miss?" ' Little Girl "Yes, sir, please." Druggist "Antibilious?" Little Girl "No, sir, but uncle is." Harper's Weekly. Struck tuck. Flim "Did Bangs strike any rich veins when he was gold hunting?" Flam "Well, rather! They were blue-blooded veins. He married the daughter of a man that owned all the mines in that section of Alaska !" De troit Free Press. The Itfezn "Way It Works. "If" you refuse to marry me," said the wealthy old man, "I shall pine away and die." "Of course," responded the girl, bit terly. "And if I marry you, you would hang to life like a bulldog. But that's the way it goes." Detroit Tribune. Summing It Up. "I think it a shame that Washington hotelkeepers should charge so much on inauguration day," said the man with the sandy beard. - "Yes," chuckled the platform buffoon, :?it is a sort of capital offense." Chi cago News. RIs Sudden Marrlaje Explained, j "How did it happen that you decided jso suddenly to get married?" "I visited a cousin of mine in Maine big f alnily of children, small house. I determined to make a little more room for them, so I took one of the daughters."-Fliegende Blaetter. Simply a Lottery. Dr. Phaker "Take this prescription; it will either kill or cure yqu." Patient "But suppose it kills me?" Dr. Phaker" 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained.' My motto is 'No cure, no pay,' so I'm taking a chance as well as you." Philadelphia Press. - Stock Washing. La Montt "Now, in Holland I have seen washing going on in the street. That is something you don't seer in America." " La Moyne "Oh, yes, you do." La Montt "What street did you ever see washing in?" . . La Moyne "Wall street" Chicago News. . ' Little Brother's Scheme. "I wish you was a good deal smaller, Mr. Slowleigh." "Why so, Johnnie?" " 'Cause then I could put you in my corn popper .an' hold you over a hot fire; Sis says she's, been waiting for you to pop for 'most a year." Cleve land Plain Dealer. . - Precocity or Naivete? Old Gentleman "How old are you, my dear ?" Little Girl "I was eight years old yesterday." , Old Gentleman "Indeed! You don t look to be that old." Little Girl "Ah! howryou naughty men do flatter us poor, weak women!" London Tit-Bits. " A Difference. J. Customer trl like this piece of goods. How much?" : Tai!or--"We'll make you a pair of pants for five " Customer (stiffly) "Pardon me! I don't wear 'pants.' How much for a pair of trou?ers?' Tailor "Wa'31 inr.'z? you-n pair of trousers ' fov "0." : Philadelphia Tress, ', 11 cwmv A MAN OF PISTINCTIOm Bow Mark Twain "Was Proved to Famtona. When is a man distinguished? What is the test? The question wag under discussion not long ago at the Players Club, New York, and Professor Bran der Matthews ventured that it was when a stamped envelope with only ' man's name on it and no further ad dess would be delivered to him wher erser he happened to be. .."That seems a pretty severe test,"1 said Francis Wilson, the actor. "Now, I should call 'Mark Twain a distin guished man, but he's traveling some-, where in Europe, and although I'm a good friend of his Mo not know how to address him. I don't believe such a. letter would reach him. It would go to the Dead Letter Office." A "Well, you don't know him any bet ter than I do," replied Professor Mat thews, "and I don't know where he is, either; but I believe a letter addressed to 'Mark Twain; None-Knows-Where,' would reach Clemens andbring anlgn swer." The comedian was delighted at the notion, and going to one of the writing tables addressed an envelope in ac cordance with Professor Matthews' suggestion. A five-cent stamp was af fixed, so that the message would.be carried anywhere within the limits of the Postal Union; and " then between them they composed a letter explaining the nature of the experiment, inclosed it and mailed it. In three weeks they received a reply from Clemens, who had received his letter while traveling in Austria. . .The New York postoffice authoritiea had proved to be 'Sufficiently familiar with literary matters to know who were Clemens America publishers, anJ had put the letter in their box. It was known by these men that Clemeiyi w"as somewhere in Europe, and: they had forwarded the letter In care of his English publishers, who obtained his address from his bankers. . "Mark Twain, None-Knows-Where," received the letter in twelve days froma the date of mailing, and the answer, which he wrote at once, was only mine days on, the return trip, Clemens haying refrained- from applying' a similar test to his correspoadeats. . " " Journalism In Japan. Japanese journalism is developing on Western lines, and with surprising rapidity. The events Of the present war are responsible for extras which are sold on the street in the American fashion. The newsmen rua bareleg ged, with a sort of napkin round the head and a small . bell at te belt. which rings as they go. Whien the war news is lively the extras come out iu a correspondingly lively manner, one after the other, and are liberally pat ronized. The sensational reporter has appeared there, as well as the female journalist, and things are whboped up more than they used to be. One conse quence of this is that journalism here and there begins to pay, where former ly it had to be subsidized as a matter of patriotism and public spirit. There is an English column in all the pa pers, and English is studied in all the schools. The country has 600 newspa pers in all. and a number of them have respectively a circulation exceeding 100,000 copies. As guides and directors f public opinion they are, perhaps, not inferior to our own. Altogether Japanese journalism, though in its in fancy, has a bright future before it, and will likely keep pace with the progress of the country it serves. - The Archbishop's Jok. Archbishop Ireland doesn't mind tell ing a joke on hinjself. The Archbishop always dresses so unostentatiously that no one could guess his Episcopaf rank from his street garb. Traveling one day in a rural district he met a good-natured woman in tbe car, who, after some general conversa tion, asked him: "You're a priest, father, aren't you?" In a bantering mood, the Archbishop thought he'd try a quibble to put ber at her ease, so he answered: "No, my good woman, I'm no longer a priest." v . TThe woman gave him a pitying glance. Then she said, soothingly: "Oh, the Lord help us, father 1 It wasn't the drink, I hope?" Slips of the-Tongue. A well-known literary man tells the following anecdotes of amusing slips of the tongue: A certain minister was reading a chapter from the New Testament, when his congregation was treated to this surprising version of a famous passage: "and Peter . crowed three times and the cock went forth and wept bitterly." Another story tells of a man who, on being asked concerning his familiarity with music, replied that he knew but two tunes, "God Save the Weasel" and "Pop Goes : the Queen." Harper's Weekly. - x Printing in Greece. In Athens there are forty-two print ing offices, ten of them fairly large, though several use only hand presses.. Ten are. lithographic printers. In the Piraeus," the port of Athens, there are fifteen book and five lithographic es tablishments. In Athens, outside the newspaper offices, only one firm is un der goodU working conditions. The pro prietor, a naturalized. German; is the only employer who pays extra for over time. A regular working day does not exist; if not sufficiently forward, work is continued till it is. Wages are very poor and the workersVsurroundings scanty. : ' .- In his book cn the Congo, Edmund Morel estimates that in four years the Belgian soldiers and officials have i plundered the nntjyes to the extent f $30,000,000- ' ' " ' . ' " ' ' m9m NPI5TRJ The first standard-gauge electric railroad in Germany is to be built between Hamburg and Ohldorf. Later on' this road is to be extended to Lubeck. The two Antarctic ships, Terra Nova and Morning, wereold at Portsmouth, England, recently. Messrs. W. Zieg ler & Cq., New York, bought the Terra' Nova and she will probably be used for North Polar exploration. The Dis- covery has been sold privately "to the Hudson Bay Company for $50,000. In Milan, Italy, letters are now col lected from the street pillar boxes by; (in electric, traveling postoffice over a journey of fifteen miles; sorting and stamping are done during the run from one box to another, and at the end of each- circuit - the letters are handed over for immediate delivery. The Municipal Laboratory of Paris has been examining the experiments made by Dr. Vogel, who has, manu factured a very succulent cheese froin the small Chinese beans known as "soy beans." - The doctor finds - that the pulp of these beans contains many of the caseine qualities, and that the resulting composition is both nourish ing and pleasant to the taste. The recent finding of a diamond Weighing over 3000 carats does not in- ' dicate to experts that the gem is likely to become less rare and valuable than heretofore. A hundred years of dig ging, says a mining journal, in the same soil may never-produce another of half its weight. This single stone Is -worth several times the entire cap ital stock of the company in whdse ground it wasdiscovered. : ; "V ' Says Frank W. Mahin, United States Consul at Nottingham, England, in a Government consular report: A Shef field firm has placed a new coal-cutting machine on the market that ia creating much' interest among miners in this part -of England., It weighs only 150 pounds, is worked hy com pressed air, and is said to be wonder fully successful in lightening the labor of the coal hewer and in making his work safer, while at the same time .waste is reduced to practically nii and the big lumps are produced which are so much in favor with both seller and purchaser. The machine is used, in seams so steep that the miner cannot stand, and so thin that he must crawl on hands and knees. A piston carry ing a pick flashes backward and for ward at terrific- speed, perfectly gov- erned by a clever valve movement. The pick never strikes twice in the same place, being gradually moved across the coal by the lever, making "a continuous undercut. The work Is said to be very easy7 the machine being pivoted in a specially devised cone cup. V An Economic Proposition. A local newspaper reflects the busi ness interests of the town in Its adver tising columns. A business man look ing for a location always examines newspapers to see how his particular line is represented. If he is a druggist and finds hone advertising he concludes there are no druggists, or, if there are, they are all dead. If he is a doctor or a lawyer he looks over the professional cards to see if his profession is repre sented. Among the farmer subscrib ers the home paper has a similar mis sion. The prospective buyers like an invitation to come and trade with the merchants. A card ot professional men is just as essential as the'sign in front of his door. It is not a question of being able to get along without it. A hardware man need not heat his store to keep things from freezing. He might have a booth out on the street or at a skating rink, and do a lot of business instead of paying rent at his store and buying fuel to heat it with, but it might not be economy to do so. Advertising is not a luxury, but rather an economic proposition recognized by all the best and most successful busi ness men the world over. .' One Man's Idea of a Joke. "This artificial-limb "business is get ting to be something wonderful," said a Cleveland man. "When a man can. wiggle the fingers of an artificial hand it is uncanny. Practical jokes of ter-, rible effect are possible with the arti ficial limb, and the victim is such iu the true sense of the word. I saw a man in Denver about three weeks ago who walked up to the hotel clerk and in a friendly way reached across the counter to shake hands. Then he wheeled away and left his hand in the grip of the clerk. The clerk faint-, ed actually fainted, although he real ized, I believe, that he hand he held tWas butan artificial one. The man .who wore it had devised, a scheme by jwhich he might throw it off -by press ing a spring. The delight he took in the joke ceased when his victim col lapsed." Milwaukee Sentinel. Affects Some Persons That Way. "I tell you," said Mrs. Benham, who Was conversing with her neighbor, Mrs. Higgins, across the line fence, "there's so much adulteration in all the things you buy these days , that you have to scratch like everything even to get the genuine,' old-fashioned buckwheat flour, when you want buck wheat cakes." Yes,": responded Mrs. Higginfl, "that's so. And-most generally you have to. scratch like everything after you do get it. That's the way it al ways serves me, anyhow." Youth Companion. . - " ' y ' x
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 25, 1905, edition 1
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