North Carolina Newspapers

OUR HOUSEjDF LORDS The Senate Dominated by Big Business Interests. CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. Ths Beneficiaries of th Tariff Tax Prescribe Ita Amount, While the Sen ate Looks on and Puta It Through. Beneficiariea Fix Bounty. Prom tbe Congressional Record of Feb. 14 we clip tbe following extract from a speech delivered by Congress man Henry of Texas in reply to Mr. Boutell of Illinois. Every man and woman who complains of high price should rend It: It is interesting to know how tbe tariff act was framed and brought Into existence. I will call a high Repub lican authority and permit him to give expert testimony. He Is a lifelong member of that party. His Indictment and narrative run: ' "Our house of lords Is not made up of landlords, but of steel lords, woolen lords, cotton lords, lumber lords and as tbe latest creation zinc lords. Tbe amount of taxes and bounties on steel, woolen and cotton goods, lumber and sine Is determined for ns not by a re sponsible ministry, as in England, but by these lords, through tbe influence they can exert on individual member of congress; still more through the pressure they bring to bear on senate and house committees and most of all by their power to dictate terms to tin1 committee of conference which, sub ject to the votes of their colleagues and tbe presidential veto, practically determine yhat the tariff shall be." Again, with startling Interest. 1 1:1 name authur asserts: "For iiisUiiiLi-, when the president Kent bis demand for a reduction on lumber to the recent committee ol conference Mr. Aldrich announced that if that was an ultimatum tbe whole bill was at an end. The confer ence did nothing for six hours until one of the conferees on the part of the house, himself a lumberman, went otn and labored with the representatives of tbe lumber interests, induced them to withdraw their claims and reportci! their concession to tbe conference com mittee, whereupon Mr. Aldrich said. 'Of course if they yield, we yield,' and so by grace of these lumber lords we pay the Aldricb-l'ayne rather than the Dingley rates of tax and bounty on all sorts of things. A protective tar iff is a bounty bid behind a tax, a tax concealed within a bounty, and this its dual nature, is not altered by the fact that bounty and tax are paid to gether over the same retail counter as often as we buy a woolen coat, or cot ton shirt, or a steel hammer, or a gal vanized iron kitchen utensil. What I am objecting to is not either the tax. or the bounty.' r the piixture of the two. or the amount of both, but hav ing these thin i:s assessed upon me by the very persons who are to draw the bounty. This is nuerl.v inconsistent with the ir.-Kiiiinns of Anglo-Saxon liberty on l.nth sides uf the water and Is a disgnisiMi rmi of essentially the same tyranny as that ngalnst which when attempted by the British house of lords the .Knglish nation is protest ing." And here Is the way e frames and Joins tbe issue for the campaign, and we promise yon now It Bhall be a "battle royal:" "in some form or other the tariff is bound to be the issue of the campaign of 1910. The tariff is with us, and prices are rising upon us. To be sure, the tariff is only one of three causes of the alarming rise in prices, monop olistic tendencies of both capital and labor being tbe second and tbe infla tion of the currency of the world through the Increased production of sold being tbe third. But on tbe Dem ocratic stump the tariff will figure as the sole or chief cause, and on that issue pure and simple tbe Democrats are sure to win. The Republicans can hardly expect to create a diversion like the Spanish war. and this not being n presidential year the Democrats are not under tbe necessity of putting up a candidate for whom Independents refuse to vote. "The only chance for tbe Republic an! la to shift the issue from tbe merely economic aspect of tbe tariff te tbe political Issue outlined above." This la from tbe pen of Dr. W. De Witt Hyde, president of Bowdoln col lege, In tbe Outlook. The Tax en Knowledge. .American publishers are protected by tbe imposition of a stiff duty on English books. This duty, of coarse, tbe American book buyer pays. Mr. lietboen, an English publisher.' who baa just been elected to parliament on tbe Liberal ticket was taunted by tbe protectionists with baring to pay tbe import , duty on books exported by him to America. He at once pro duced the following figures relating to twenty English books published by aim which are selling today In tbe United States. They Illustrate for us tbe tax we pay on knowledge: - -" Bngtleh American - price. price. He. 1 to i Xeach).. t.24 . No. eto n so Mo. 12 to U M No. 17 M . IM Now IS M ' Now 19 I MX) NO. SO , 1.K .To Tax the Foreigner. "Well." said Mr. Ilennessy. "what CTrence' does It make? Th' foreigner ptys th tax. annyhow." He does." said Mr. Dooley. "If be ain't turned back at Castle Garden." J". P. Dunne. FRED'S TRIP TO " FAIRYLAND. Freddy Bryan was sick, so sick that he bad to lie on the couch all day, and his mamma didn't know whether he was going to have the mumps, whoop ing cough or measles. She feared all three when he would not get up te play and ate so little. She remained by bis side, giving tbe medicine the doctor ordered. Only when she had to go out into the kitch en to prepare meals was be alone. He bad a beautiful pillow to rest bis head on. and he was not so sick but that he liked to look at It aud wonder about It, for all one side was a pic tureand such a beautiful picture! There was blue sky with white clouds, green grass and tall trees, a great big castle with a yellow path leading straight up to it. and a big mill with a great wheel, churning the water of a little stream into a white foam, while water lilies and blue flag flowers stuck their beads out of the water, as if In viting some one to pick them. He thought bow much be would like to go up tbe winding walk to tbe castle and find out whether there were any little boys and girls In there to play with. Then there was a cute looking little boat tied to a stake in front of the mill. How be would like to get in it after visiting the miller and sail up the little stream to find out what more there was beyond where the stream seemed to end. Might It not he the THEN A BEAD STUCK OUT OP ONE OF TBB WINDOWS. commencement of Fairyland? If be were only up in the lop of one of those tall trees be might see. Heigho: How tired be was! If be could only rest In such a beautiful place he might soon get well. And be took tbe pillow in both hands and turn ed it slowly around and around. Then a bead stuck out of one of the windows' of the castle, and a sweet voice said. "Enow you not, little boy. that this is sn enchanted pillow?" "What Is that?" asked Freddy. "Why, a pillow of strange sights and sounds. Fairies live in tbe castle, run the mill and play by moonlight on tbe grounds. It Is enchanted land." And a beautiful red light burst out of tbe window, making the little fellow that was talking look like white wax. "Can't I come to tbe castle to see you?" asked Freddy. "Yes. if you wait until moonlight." was tbe reply. Then tbe next thing Freddy knew tbe moon came up slow and full aud showed him tbe way to tbe mill, where a man. dressed in a snow white suit, was turning the great wheel around. He showed Freddy bow to do it. after which tbe little boy got into tbe boat and. witb a pair of silvery white oars, rowed upstream until be came to a strange land, where tiny creatures, all trimmed up witb flowers, were danc ing, holding band's. Freddy felt so gay that be took bold of hands and danced, too. after which they all went to tbe enchanted palace and bad a feast of cherries and sugar plums. Freddy had never bad enough sweets In bis life, because his mamma was afraid they would make him sick, and now be ate and ate as If he would never stop. Then he beard s voice saying. "He Is better, madam." and coming out of tbe castle be saw tbe doctor and his mamma standing over biro. He wiped tbe sweat from his brow, smiled sheepishly and said: "Such a dream as I have been baring! I wouldn't care about it not being so. only the sugar plums. I wish 1 had this minute all I dreamed I was eat log." Then be laughed aloud and asked for something to eat. and. though It was not sugar plums, tbe boy ate rav enously, and bis mother, knew he was better. Philadelphia Record. Cats end Dogs. . To say that it Is raining cats and dogs Is Incorrect unless there is wind as well ss rain. That is because tbe saying has a 'history. In tbe stories that people told 2.000 years ago In tbe north of Europe tbe eat was the ani mal that ruled the rain and tbe dog was the one that made tbe wind blow. Tbe people Abet told these stories were the ancestors of most Americana, and so tbe stoAleAhave stayed with us. THE LAND OF Ill No. 985. Combination Puzzle. In each of the following sentences a word Is concealed, the definition of which will be found in the suiue sen tence. When these are rightly select' ed and placed one below the other the prima Is and finals when read one after the other will name a substance used for architectural decoration: 1. At the hospital Clara saw a mln eral. 2. 1 bought a leech of Henry because be explained tbe meaning of a rever berated sound. 3. She tried an ecru stain to cover up the red crust. 4. I ran to tell you that the man Is beginning to rave. 5. Do you think Anni good name for a girl ? No. 986. Charade. Clothed in my whole of softest, richest dyes. A lady sat by me, a vision rare. I saw her start and In a moment change Into a charming picture of despair. " I said: "If first can your- distress relieve. Permit me: May a second stranger dare?" "A second stranger has me of my drat relieved. I thank you. sir." she laughed. "He'll find within my purse Enough to pay his trolley fnre!" , Youth's Companion. No. 937. Enigma. She saw It splash into the stream And heard its voice declaim the spring. She gave a foolish little scream And called It "horrid, nasty thing." Whereas, the wrap rtie likes to wear These wlinnsicaf attachments shows; Braided and I no pert to make'one stare. She says she bought It just for those. Crossing the railroad track one day. In this she somehow caught her foot. And. struggling hard to break away, She wrenched and tore her dainty boot. Her pony, prancing on the knoll,. Would surely prance but 111. without them: He carries one in either sole. -, But never stops to think about them. No. 983. Word Square. , My first is a bony fish. My second is a swift animal. My third are parts of your body. My fourth Is in 'every schoolroom. . ; , No. 989. Illustrated Numerical Enigma In this puzzle the words are pictured instead of described. Tbe answer, from Ben Jonson. consists of thirty four letters. It is a quotation that may be beeded by those who are too ambitious. St. Nicholas. No. 990. Charades. " l. My first, a word most dear to every heart; My neat, a very larte and heavy cart; My last, an Implement that makes a bed; My whole, a story widely loved and read. My first each morning greets the ear With swuetest music rich and clear. My second will the rider need To urge along his lagging steed. While mid old fashioned tlowem maybe The petals of my whole you'll see. No. 991. Divided Flower. 1. A male child and ground wheat 2. An auiiual and a forest. 3. A boy's name and a pen. 4. A dairy product and a small Tea sel. 5. To wed and a metal. 6. An auiuial and to slide. 7. A kitchen utensil and a letter. No. 992. Transpositions. . Transpose and change a planetary body Into animals; accomplished into a stately woman: to throw out into what we live in dally: to revise into season; cnusnal into the backv Always In Season. What bird Is iu season all the year around? The weather-cock. Key to Puzzledom, - No. 97?. Transposition : Decomposer, recomposed. ,, No. 978. Beheadings aud" Curtail ments. 1. Covert, overt, over, cover, cove. 2. Esquire, squire, quire, ire. ', No. 07S. Charade: Muff. -In; muffin.' No. OHO. - Anagram: Late death of Mark Twain. No, 1)81. Picture ''Pussies:'' A -corn, corn; ssd-L, saddle;, smlle-at, stnllsx; spin-H. spinach. .""'". " ' , Vi 'No. 982. Hidden Parts of the Bead: Ear. eye. hair, brow, tongue, lash. ' No. 983. - Diagonal. Kipling. 1. Kindred u 2. Pillows. 3. Coppers, 4. Village. 5. incline. 4V Vermont. T. fashing. No. 084. Knlema; Composition. , 10-13-31 19-5-26-20 re BRAVE DEED OF A HEROIC BOY. There Is no kind of reading finer than that which narrates heroic acts done by boys and girls. Lately there happened In New York an Incident in which a boy displayed splendid cour age and presence of mind that saved human lives when grown people about him were scared out of all their com mon sense. The narrow body of water between New York and Brooklyn known as tbe East river runs with a swift and pow erful current when tbe tide is flowing. If a person wbo cannot swim should wade into tbe water so far that this current could catch him it would be almost certain to bear him off bis feet aud drown bin). One day shortly after the swim ming season opened some little girls were bathing in the East river close "I'VE 'fro 'CIOTHES BUT THESE.' ' to the New York shore. They were playing about When, without knowing what she was doing, one of them, liul- da Johnson, nliie gears' old. waded hi to water so deepthat the terrible tide seized her aud quickly bore her beyoud ber depth.- She 'screamed and sank. Two grown men, were on 'the shore, but they made rio; movement to go aft er ber. Only the girl's sister. Tilly. eleven years old.!' waded toward be'ri' But Tilly could not swim either, aud, soon both girls1 would' have been drowned. Just then, . though, u hoy. Danuy Curtiu. a good' swimmer, saw the sisters and without waiting an in stant jumped in after them with all his clothes on. He caught the first lit tle girl by the bair just as she was going down for tbe third and last time and held her head above water. He could have got to shore easily, but the older girl in be;- fright did what no human being ever should do grab bold of a swimmer in tbe water. He managed to shake ber off sufficiently to swim a little toward tbe shore. Hut alt three might have been drowned except that happily a big and strong policeman who heard the outcries came running to the scene. He sprang Into the water and helped Danny to the Bbore with his heavy burden. Poor Danny was so exhausted be could only go off by himself and lie upon the sand till he was rested., . t'Go home and change your wet clothes," said some one to him. ' "I have no clot lies but these," replied hero Danny. He bad on an 'old cap. ragged overalls and much worn shoes. He was a working boy wbo earned a litt'e money carrying drinking water to a party of laborers. But don't yon think be was the bravest, manliest per son you have heard of in many a day? A Baby Giraffe. The illustration shown a baby giraffe at a soo. It Is fed on milk from a l-'t- tle aud drinks live pints a day. This 'baby" weighs 11 r pounds. ; The Silhouette. You' have all seen the black sil houettes of persons", beads aud pro dies that are cut out of paper. Due of . t hese likenesses caused a serious rupture herween two little girls not long ago. Mary wss ou visit to Sal lie, and among other things she saw a silhouette of Sallies grandfather. Now. little girls are uot familiar with sll the secrets of art,' and when Mary saw that black likeness- she at once expressed ber surprise to find that Sadie's grandfather was an African. This Pallle tudivuarifly denied, but Mary clinched tbe discussion by say ing that he must have been black be cause his IlkrtiesH was black. Chicago Mews. THE LAND OF PUZZLEDOM. No. 977. Transposition. An analytic chemist said: "A great discovery I nave made. It Is a OMR t general use. And with it wonder I produce. All atoms it will separate And show them in (heir primal state, its action as an analyst No earthly substance can resist. And, stranger still, 'twill reunite By process somen-nnt recondite The very thliiK it took apart. 'Tie a triumphant worn of art. For who has ever heard Before Of any power that can restore What's been destroyed, as I can do, . So aa to leave tt wholly TWO. In every way as good aa new?" No. 978. Beheadings and Curtailments i Complete. I'm secret and 1 hide away; ' Behead me and I'm open as the day: Curtail me now. below I will not stay; Restore my head, I guard whate'er 1 may; Curtail, in sudden squall I boatmen's fears allay. . - . ' ' " , . II. A title am 1 justice I suggest; Behead' me and my meaning does not yhange; . , . Once more and many, many words 1 hold. Borne fond and dear and others bold and stranae: Doubly benend me. now beware of me, Because of me sometimes comes tragedy. , .. ' Viiuth'a Companion., No. 979. Charade. Sweet Mistress Prtie fcoes out to walk Upon ench wlniry morning. Her hands all tnim wunin my first. The Icy breezes scorning. And when sweet t'rudence is not out '" Khe always is my second. . Whtch pv.-'.i those must Bee who ne'er . Anions tr.t" i.'iso were reckoned. If she should She'll serve "'i in to tea lie with butter, Both hot ffnrt "light r,:T t.uor far Than any tonguu can uur. ? t' 'V t ;" ''". ''''' , . : l: I' ZJ.' f f No. 9C0. Anagram. v 0,!' harK; Uiinent a fated wit.) Heavy the hearts or a nntlon today; O'erbrlimninu with tetirs are its eyes. Tributes of love tet us mournfully lay' '" While we imiiKle our prayers and sighs, Pragrant the petals we strew where h rests. Yet sweeter the Incense of fame aye, heavy the hearts that beat In our'- breasts. With reference shrining his name. No. 981. Picture Puzzles. What four articles are represented? No. 982. Hidden Parts of the Head. In the center of the table artificial flowers were iu a vase., Jane likes blue; with Kallie yellow is the favorite. . The patient cried, "Air, Hannah, air."' Ou the lake Caleb rowed the lightest boat. This is a ton. Cuess how, we meas ure It. . To Carl ash day was a perfect nui sance, v No. 983 Diagonal. All of the words described contain the same number of letters. N , hen rightly guessed and written one be low another the diagonal i (beginning at tbe upier left hand letter and end ing with the lower right band letter! will spell the surname of a famous writer. Cross words: 1. Relatives. - 2. Cush ions.: 3. Pieces of money. 4. A small town. 5. To lean. fl. One of tbe Unit ed States. 7. Cleanslng.-8t. Nicholas. No. 984. Enigma. I am composed of eleven letters. ' My 3. 5, 8. 7. 2. 11 Is not quiet. My 1. 10. 4 Is the slang for "police man."' . My 9. ft Is part of the verb -to be." . The whole Is a school exercise. i ' ' ' .' Kay te Puaxledom. - No. 900 Charade: For-eer. No. 9V0.-A letter Tuzzle: Begin at 0 in the word "actuar-"Calm weath er In June sets tbe corn In tune." No. 971. Quintuple Beheadings and Curtailings. Paradise Lost. 1. Indis pensable. 2. Manuf-aci-orles. 3. Com pa -rat-lvely. 4." Cbrys-anl-hemnm. & Subor din ation. . Scand-ina-viana. 7. Assas-sln-fltion. 8. Medit-err-anean. 9. Cooao-lid-atioii. 10. Burnt-off-erlng. 11. Ambas-nad-oiial. 12. Oopre-ten-tious. -No. OTZ-eKnlsma : Match. No.' 973. Color ' Chart: Pink, blue, red. brown, green, gray. rose, black, purple. - - No. 974. Charade: Toe. tall-total. No. 975. Word Building: A. an.' nag. gain, grain, airing, raining, training! straining, resraining. restraining. . No. 976. Easy Numerical Enigma: Wve. vile, evil; revel, lever; dear, dare, read; lirid. lid. dial. , 1 ' -Y-XTNTO ' SOMETHING f-aNGW5r5 HORSE BUJEJJ V y-1 - PMTn GREEN LEMiSW2& CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS. Living; creatures are endowed with five senses sight, hearing, smell, tasje and touch. But more is n great dif ference In the power of the senses in different creature. Some will haTer wonderful sight with' scarcely any sense of smell at nil. This is tbe case with birds. Nothing living has such keen, far sight as the vulture, which' can defect a tiny animal where a man would only see bare ground.' Yet the . , , .. THE OWL'S EVE. vulture seems tijlte destitute of smell- -Ing power or it would uot cboose to fecd upon carrion.. The acnteness.of one or another of an animal's senses seems to depend ott , the way It gets Its living." Birds flytogr " above ground have to look down and-, 1 ,.nt. ' 'I'I.a.. A ..F 1 have to smell It or hear It. They have been using their eyes in watching for'j, their food for many Uses- till they have developed nmrveloiis sight. ? the! feathers around the eyes Of the common owl are arranged to belp-the bird' see in the dark. They are very ! smooth and glistening and lie around the eve in such a way as to catber andi throw into it all the light there Is at night, when the owl prowls abroad tot. ,, catch tbe field mice, small birds and other creatures it reeus on. : In general. Hesh eating- birds, and -'.mi ma Is have powerful eyesight In or 'der to catch their prey, while creatures that live ou a vegetable diet possess iless keen vision and very sharp ears.';. ': The tiny' Egyptian jerboa seems to be all ears that Is, all of it that is not- hind legs and tail. Its tall, which Is nearly twice as long as it? body, serve partly to support it when it standsv upon its stilted up hind legs. These, too, are much lonser than its little body, which measures only 'six and; three-quarters inches from. the tip of" ' its nose -to the root of the tail. Tb.e-' jeruuu s lore teet are so suun aa uur to be of much use except for clutching' EGYPTIAN JERBOA. ' bark and twigs that it gnaws for Itff food. It beltings to . the rodent or. guawiug tribe. It walks upon Its two long legs like a bird. But the cars of it: They are great, fnu shaped appendages, each one larger than tbe animal's head. Their great hollows catch every sound and warn tbe tiny creattire of dangers. There is need of this, too, as tbe help less little jerboa'has many euemles. Try This Picture Reading. Solve tbe meaning of the above drawing. If contains a well known proverb, y'- ' " . . Ten! Little Kitty Cats. ' '-, Ten little icifty cats all dressed np ne. One tore her pinafore; then there .were. nine. Nine little kitty eats eating- from one plate: One cot crowded out; then there Were - eight. " Ei.bt little kitty eats aat up till eleven. One fell f aat asleep.; then there were aeven. Seven little kitty cats playlns funny ' trlcka. - ' . One rolled out ef sight: then there were - ' alx. - - -81 little kitty cat learning to dive. One went down too deep; then there were five. , ' five Itttie kitty t eats playlog on. the ahore. A big wavt caught one: then there were four. ttnt little kitty cats climbed up a tree. One fell down asaln; then, there were three. .'-. Three Itttie kitty cats met a kangaroo. One went heme , with biro; then -there Two liule klity cats sitting In the sua. One ran in the house; then there was . one. One little kitty eat went to buy a sua. He never came back, and so there w ascent. NO m M