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(i; 4 v-r; pOLLOWlK; the battleship pa (U rade into ; San Francisco har li bor at the opening of the "Panama-Pacific International i ex position there will s. be : a program' of events of. vorld- interest and impor tance in a succession of pw.o months apart interspersed vwith lesser events yacht races arid motorboatVaces'of an international character for great j tro phies and cash prizes,- aviation meets with the fa mous bird . men of j the world, Olympic; games ; in- which! the athletes of the world will take part,; in tercollegiate contests; automobile races In which the holders of tthe world's records will 'participate in the automo biles of every natiorir . military maneu vers iu which, the- crack infantry and cavalry of this and other nations will participate upon an extended scale. The location of thS exposition gives widest scope for the greatest interna tional sports program in history. The auto races wilt pass into Golden bate park, before the " concrete j coliseum which will have a seating capacity of 75,000 people. . The military maneu vers and Olympic games will also be held in the stadium. On San Francis co bay motorboats will vie" for the world's records before the Harbor Vietv site of the exposition. The yachtsmerrH of the World will sail . from Europe across the Atlantic to New j York! and theh. through the Panama canalxo San Francisco. .: ?), j " The Panama-Pacific International ex position was first proposed by Mr. It. B. Hale, a merchant Of San Francisco, in 1904. Mr. Hale wrote a letter to the Merchants' association, - and the idea took like wildfire. At that time it-was' anticipated! that the canal would be, opened in 1913, and 1913 was the 'date set f of the exposition. An organiza tion of the commercial bodies began the preliminary work, but in 190G came the fire- No one was dismayed, j In a shack built over embers hardly cool a dry goods merchant placed a great sign, -Panama-Pacific International Exposition,1 Ban Francisco, 1913," and this became the battlecry in the fight to build a uew city. Of more than $20,000,000 now appro priated by California $7,000,009 . has been raised by popular subscriptions,1 $4,000,000 is assured through a special act of the legislature permitting the counties to tax themselves for expos!-" 4r. r.n.nuin,. ff.T AAA fAA ti ated by the state of California!, and San Francisco has voted a bond issue of $5,000,000. This is the largest sum that has ever been raised for a world's exposition at an initial stage. But it Is only a starter. si Passes to the Ball Game Worked Speedy Cure of Mr. Jack- eon's Aliments Dan Lane, the well-known f stock broker, and. also a director of the Ariuory club, was commentirig pn the' actions of a fighter in fiome nearby town. The fighter in question had ap parently been' ail in up to the last round, when he came back and put out his man. "Wb at do you make of it?" asked the friend.', ' u , "It's like a friend of rnine- named Jackson," replied Mr. Lahe. "Jack. son's wife had a habit of thinking up little odd. jobs; for' -him to do jon his flay elf, so he concocted; a 'scheme by whfcK he should be sick on his day of rest. ; . -v;--!' . ;- "Everything went well' unti: after dinner and- he was allowed to stay . in bed. Early in the afternoon his wife entered the room and askeil him if he flldn't , feel a little better. : j ' , . ' "No." , he answered, -"I'm a - sick man; too sick to go puttering around the house,; putting on screen doors wd other such things." , "It Isn't that, dear," she. replied, "but Jones is out here 'with two passes for the ball game.1 "I, er-er, I am, er, I am feeling a little better," he said, getting out of bed. Bostoii Traveler. ' - Tinfluenza. ; The- tin had crumbled m a gray lust, but the plumber was not) in the least nonplused. " v 1 y -; "It caught cold," he said. "That's alL Tin is very liable to catch cold. if it ets In a- temperature under I 60 de grees. As a rule it recovers, but a tin cold often turns to influenza, and then the case is hopeless. Nothijag can De done. The' tin loses Its luster, de- powder like this here. . j " "These tin colds are contagious A Un dipper)' will give a cold to a sauce pan, and a tincup has been, known to :ontaminate an organ pipe. "Only pure tin catches cold For that reason, when tin is to occupy an 'exposed position or to I encountor a iqw temperature,-, we alloy it with lead. Only alloyed, tin is free :from tinfluenza.? ' . . - J sssss w YM,vyini' ""71 : - . ... - - " V;-- -; ". IvV v .. ': SliM : : :-v . jft . . w"mitMnS & v -; ! ST. FRANCIS HEMOEIAL TO WEB. The contributions of China' and Ja pan toward the exposition in magnifi cence and variety will , Surpass any; things ever seen outside of the orient and even in the far east itself, ' A con- servative estimate of their combined expenditure "toward the exposition is $10,000,000. r "Hawaii arid the Philip-' pines will contribute more than $1,000, 000 each. The Pacific coast of the United . States and the whole west will be featured up more extensively than they have been within their history. Side excursions from the main line or stop overs upon any of the eight transcon tinental systems terminating upon the Pacific coast will afford tho visitor an opportunity to see those attractions of America that appeal to him. To most people the names of these places will carry a picture the Yosemite, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the LITTLE NELL WAS ORIGINAL DeQuincey's "Our Lady of Tears" Did Not Suggest the Character to Dickens. It is remarked of Charles Dickens that no modern writer was less open to the charge of having received sug gestions from the characters and plotsu of his . novels from others than was be, and this for the reason that his plots ' and ' characters were chosen, not from books, but from people and in cidents in the; living world about him. Some time ago, however, an English author thought that he had found , in DeQuincey's essay, "Our Lady of Tears," the suggestion for the beauti ful pathos of Little Nell, in "The; Old Curiosity Shop." , A little investiga tion, however, showed that ,' ' I)e- Quincey's essay was published in 18.45, while "The Old Curiosity Shop" was published five years; before. The ex tract here given from DeQuincey's es say is' interesting: : "Tiie eldest, of the three sisters is aamed Mater Lachrymarum, our Lady 5f Tears. The sister it is that carries keys more than papal at her girdle, which open every cottage and every palace. ; : She, to my knowledge, sate ill last summer by the bedside of .the blind beggar, him that so"tftenand 10 gladly I talked with, whbse pious laughter, ' eight years old, with the sunny countenance, resisted the temp tations of play and village mirth, tol travel all day ;long on dusty roads with her afflicted father. For this did Sod send her, a great reward. In the springtimeof . the year, and whilst yet her own v spring ' was , ; budding. He sailed her to himself. ' But her blind father mourns for ever over her; still tie dreams at midnight that the little guiding hand is locked within his own, ind still he wakens to a darkness that Is now within a second and deeper Harkness." Fo,r Sale A 5-room house, on kn 8-acre lot in ."East- Bessemer City. Good well of water arid a ,youn orchard,' started. Price l,800. ' Also a vacant lot ori Main street in Bessemer City." ' . .See S. A Bichardson. . Kl Yellowstone National park. Great; Salt lake, Puget 1 sound, the inland : trip; to Alaska, the government's huge reel mation projects in . sixteen western states,, the Columbia river region, the- redwood forests of California,: the first of; Oregon, the big .trees on tn apvi proach to the Yosemite. Arizona and New Mexico, youngest, of the statgs Nevada nnd some of the greatest min-" ing camps in the world. Perhaps most, interesting of all will be the opportu nity for a J:rip through the ; Panama canal either coming or going. , , v ? The reconstruction of liian Francisco is one of the greatest; miracles within the history of American municipalities. Five hundred and eight ,city -"blocks, embracing he principal business aud residential portions of the city, were wiped from the earth in 1906., Tlx streets were covered In some places with debris forty feet deep, yet today a stranger to' the city would never know fronWts appearance that a fire had occurred. :f i The 4oss through the fire is estimated by insurance underwriters at $400,000.- ' 000. To reconstruct San Francisco called for greater wealth than was de stroyed by the fire and far exceeded the cost of building the Panama canal. Since the fire $242,000,000 lias been ex pended upon new buildings alone. ; Today San Francisco is the newest city in the world. Its buildings rep resent the "latest 'type -of modern re enforced concrete structures. A It has more than 1,300 hotels and apartment houses, with accommodations to suit all persons. - , '' . i In preparing for the Panama-Pacific International 1 exposition hundreds tf its emissaries are visiting all the re--glons of the world. Fourteen gover nors of western states on a 4,000 rMle3 trip through the east on a-special train recently called attention to the exposi tion and became better acquainted with their; brothers of the eastern states. One of the directors of the exposition is; now. In Japan. . It i said thathis. majesty- x aef emperor aiuisunuo : win. donate the" use of the imperial art col lection to the exposition." . The board of lady managers, of which Mrs. Thoebe Hearst- is honorary president, , is In dependently taking up-those phases of the exposition that belong particularly to woman's domain. The setting is being prepared. With Impressive exposition structures rising from San Francisco bay, with city and wooded slopes as a background and in the foreground a vast fleet of battle-, ships of the world, the sight will be one of the magnificent spectacles of his tory. GOOD QUALITIES OF CAPONS Although Industry Is Wwing Rapidly Supply Does Not Begin to Equal the Demand. (By R. R. SLOCUM.) V " A tcapon is a male chicken bearing the same relation to a cockerel that a steer does to a" bull, a barrow to a boar or a wether to a ram. As with other animals of this kind, the. dispo sition of the capon differs materially Diagram .Showing . Where. Incision Should Be Made Between Last Two Ribs. '' from that of the cockerel. He no longer shows any disposition "tofight, is much , more .,. quiet .and is easy to keep within bounds.' ; The true capon never crows. Along with this change in dlspositionJ;here is a chapge in appearance. -The comb and wattles1 cease growing, which causes the head to appear small. The hacker and sad dle feathers develop beautifully. In deed, these leathers and the undevel oped combs and wattles, serve to iden tify the capon and in consequence should never be removed .when the bird is dressed for the market. " s As - a ' result , of the more peaceful disposition,, the capon, continues to grow, and his. body develops more un J forml and . to a somewhat, greater size than is the' case with the cock erel of the same age.. For a time the cockerel and the' capon make about equal' development, but in a short time the eapon outstrips the cockerel inrgrowthr . " ' ' ,r As they do not fight nor worry erne another, a large flock of capons - may bQ kept together. ; Coupled with the better growth "is the , fact that the capon brings a better , price gper pound .Cockerels .up 5 months old usuah ly bring from -12 to 18 cents a pound; if held longer tkdn this , they v are clagsed as old cocks and do not bring nore than 6 to 12 centk-a pound. c There are two reasons, then, why It is : better to . canonize surplus cock erels than to raise them for market as such: Jl) There is an Increase in' weight, and (2) the price per pound is materially, increased. , 1 Yet 'in many localities where espe daily fine poultry 'is raised, while capons usually sell for a somewhat better price the difference Js not great. ; In fact, for the Boston market many ; capons - are picked clean and sohi as "South Shore roosters." Hence IJt "will be seen that the profit ' in Papons must ' depend to agreat extent Tupon local conditions. Jj, "In selecting the breed best . suited for Caponizing, several factors must,be taken : into consideration.' Large the best prices. Conse breed should be r large. quently the It 'J does not pay. . to caponize small fowls. Yellow legs and skin, as in other classes of poultry, are most popular. . : ; ' ; ' The Plymouth Rocks, Light Brah mas. Cochins, Indian Games,' Lang shans and Wyandottes are all recom mended by different, producers, as are alsp various crosses . of these.. vTh6 Brahmas and Cochins possess . .good, size. By some the ' . Brahmas - are Claimed , to be difficult to , operate upon; by others this is denied. The Plymouth ,Rocks and Wyandottes are somewhat smaller, but Veil readily sand possess the advantage of yellow Skin and legs. The Langshan is large acid is easily operated upon. ' The In dian Game is probably the most use ful as a cross upon some pn of the Method of Securing f-owl; Spreader In Place. Also other breeds, thereby improving the breast meat without materially Te--ducing the size of the fowl. In Mas sachusetts the Brahma was formerly the most popular breed for this pur pose, because tit the demand for large birds for roasters. Later, crosses be tween? the Light ' Brahma and the Barred or Whi.te Plymouth Rock be came quite ' popular, while at present the pure Barred and White Plymouth Rocks are also considered suitable and are widely used. - ' v Prevents Indigestion. Charcoal is very elective in - pre-, venting indigestion, which is a com mon ailment among poultry of .all kinds and of all ages, atrd as is very well known by all who are in the busi ness, Indigestion is one of the fore runners of poultry diseases. Better Keep the Boy. At nightfall the junior partner's ei- nltation bfthe day thanged to chagrin md he clamored noisily for the errand tfoy's dismissal. "Better -think- it over," the senior partner adrisod. ' " . ';."';' ' '' "Why; waste time in thinking," the Junior -retorted, "when he's got to go? Here I am, "lying, awake every night for a week planning an effectiveNWin iow decoration, which is turned" into a laughing stock the first day by the 3tupidity of that boy, who leaves three rards of - blue ooledust rag draped around silver tankards and trays of iiamonds." " ; . - "'Well," said the elder jeweler, 'people stopped; and locked, didn't chey?" . . ;. -., r:;.;;-'r; ' -,:."' v :' "Yes,- but what' of It?. That dust fa?" growled - the junior. v-;' " ; That's why I advise you to keep :he boy," advised the senior mildly.' "If it hadn't been for him I am afraid no bcujy would havelooked at all,'. Practically Immune. . Curacoa, the' most Important of the Dutch West, Indies, is wit'acut Are in Euran'ce and a fire department, though the I island has a ' population jot " over 50,000. The buildings. In the N town are all of stone; hence this happy con dition : of , affairs. y Recently th first sawiniii was installed; being furnished by' an American firm. "It is. hoped," says a consular reoort, "thatJthTs vrill not incfeare the erection of wooden buildings and necessitate ; Insuranc and a G.:,dcn3Tfmcnt,M " , . Simmons in First Primary.. Th concensus;; of '1- opinion seems' to be that the removal of Lex - Governor iAycock by death from the senatorial race oper ates to rendfer ;cer tai n Senator Simmons' ' nomkiation for the United States senates in the - first primary This is the- opinion, expressed by stojwd'and obser vant Democrats from all sections of the State, and especially from Wayne county and the' third con gressional district,; and from the wxest, - Mr. Aycocli was the only man who could - possibly have divided the West seriously ith Simmons, and with ther ex-G'ov ernor out of the race" the State west of Raleigh is practically a unit for the Senator.. ' Men .from Greensboro, who take .part in politics, ay that Miv Simmons will even carry Guilford' county and the fifth district; Kitchin's old congressional district. Kitch in's speech at Greensboro ' seems to have operated against him in a great degree-.: And the great majority of the Aycock vote will; naturally go; tpthe Senator who was his warm personal, friend, and who stood shoulder to shoul derith the ex-Governor, and led theAvhite people of .the State in the most erious crisis- since the Civil War.. ijL'ycbck and Sim mons led in the same period and were associated with tlie same political leaders and organization, and it follows that ' the Sena tot tsh all fall hei r to jihe ex-Govern or's strength. . The warm bonds of friendship between them -were never nroken, and would not have been;, had the ex-Governor lived to make his campaignthis. year.--Ropky Mt. Echo. Rl GHT CHILDHOOD IS MODEST Well-Bred' Youngster, Does . Not Think That It Knows -Everything, Says Ruskin. The first character of right child hood Is that it is modest. A welK bred child does not think It can teach its parents, or that it knows every thing. It may think Its father and mother know everything perhaps that all grown-up people; know every thing; very certainly it Is sure that It does not. And it Is always asking questions, and wanting to know, more. Well, that is the first character of a good and wise man at his work:. To know that he knows very little;'- to perceive that there are --many above him wiser than he," and-' to be always asking questions, wanting " to learn, not to teach. No. one ever teae&es well -who wants to teach, or gOvefns well who wants to govern; it Is an old saying (Plato's, but I know not if his, first), and as wise as old. Then, Ihe second character of right childhood Is to be faithful. ; Perceiv ing that - its father knows ' best what is good for it, and having found al ways, when it has tried its own way against his, that he was right and it was wrong, a noble' child trusts him at last Wholly, gives him its hand, and wilt-walk blindfold with him, if he bids it. And that is the true char acter of aft good-men also, as' obe dient workers, or soldiers under cap tains. Ruskin. .; - THINK TOO MUCH OF MONET Many Persons Lose Chance of Happy Marriage by Exaggerating the Value of Wealth.- Scores of people lose their chances of being happily married through mak ing an unnecessary, obstacle of mon ey. The importance of it is often ex aggerated. Many a man hesi'tates to propose to a girl because of his small' Income. Very often much misery, mis understanding, and tangled lives result from the silence. O More unfortunate love affairs are the result of what has not been said than of spoken words, v When a man has a small,! sure in come, and a prospect of increase,' there is no legitimate reason for. his not speaking of his love; no reason, for thal matter, to prevent marriage. People are so desperately afraid, though, of beginning married life in a small way." They fear the sacrifices which they will be called upon to make4 of the, criticism to which 'they will ber subjected.- Many years of happi ness are lost in this way. It is such a mistake for young people to want to start marriage in the state that their parents are ending it. " - ; - ; ; To delay marriage. until a "comfor table" income is available is to Iprove omethiaff lacking1 la the love An- awers; - SPRING SAfilTATION-1 '--,. . i , .- '.V"-., ,:;-". t i - - ' " ',- " r 4 - - - Spring time is preemincntljr ' . the- cleaningoip season. "' Every v home has-accumulations of 'rub- . uisii-ana uLiur a iru eiose oi win- 1 ter, c. Glean. it up;. T.hen keep4 it-" ciean; - ' A nese ccumuiauons. oi wasn ana mm serve, no useiur purpose .On the other-. handr. tliey may'sery directly or in- ' directly tcpromme-disease.. Re'" member, you will have -ho- ilieff v' this siim mer unless ; y our imm'eV Siate surrounding-funrnish them" breeding jplacess Remember alsc"" ,; that the number of . flie? m- and . aboiitf your houfei a telltale ori' r you. We now know that' homes1 v with few or noilies .are 'invari able clean homes,, while an abun dance of flies is a sur"o sign; or nearby . filth v WeN also' know that these dirty homes are Man-' gerous homes. They are" dan- , 4on from filth, through' flips, td v:disease. Note that flies are the- connecting link, andto avoid the-' first is to avoid, the .first isto- ' avoid all three. . ' ' '' - Put up your fly and mosquito screens early.-: See that they- :- 'are'' all- fly-tight and mosquito proof. Inside the ' - house use sticky fly paper ami arm the small: boy. or girl with a ten-cent- ' wire py' swatters.- Competition" -' is a great thing whercthere are . . . .. .. ' - pwo or.more cniiaren. T'. 'it. j .. ! J J . i Al ; xn cieumng up uon d lorgeo liic mospuito Ae is a1 tiny pest to. ' ay the least, but his little: bite- -may give you malarialxhills and fevers that ,will last you . weeks-v and monrtis; , It is easy to; - pre -.3 vent mosquitoes. -They breed"' along the edge of stagnant water" in pools, pondsTtUi cans, brokenv ' crockery, barrels,, tin spouting, etc. Best, oy or. remove the tin - xjans and other vesels,. repaid the- - spoutingj and drain the s warns Land pools. If for any reason: : : any stagnant waters can not be . v; drained, pour coal oil on the sur- ; faoA'at, t.bi rflrtfvnf onft-ihalf. nint - per 'hundred' square feet; vReap' i ; ply the coal, oil every ten- days;' ! i If this is not practical, thorough"; ly stock the fond with fish, and. - minrtaws.1 They will oonsrume' a. -: -large quantity of the mosvuito eggs. If this isr impractical,4, screen the water- irt question, J,& . a final safeguard) ' carefully screen everydoor and. 'window, with fln screen yK wire screerk 1" " "" J," t 1- .-A " .-.'.'' Inch will keep flies out, but, to , successfully, exclude mosquitoes- "use - a screen having eighteen- v meshes to the inch. Good health t and comfort for the summer- arer ; the reward for such timely vigi-; , lance ami diligence in cleaning: ' up, while disease and possibly" , c death may be the punishment- for the slothfuL It's awfully- hard for a , home -ly woman to forgive a pretty one whof-patronizes her. Many girl- who - does fancy work doesn't ' fancy any other" kind; v'-"';' Scientists have recently1 secured atr--accurate measurement of thQ temper-'-ature of boiling lava In a: crater,; The experiment was a' very dangerous one;- -1 and it- was considered- sr triumph of T precaution no : lives . were : sacrillced lnr making', the test. - . - , The crater, of Killauea : In' Hawaii ' was selected' for; examination. Therr work progressed very slowly. Vor a long time It' was impossible to obtain,"' results, -but after several , thermome-' ters had ; been destroyed a pyrometer -was substituted to . advantage, k Tho temperature : recorded - was 1,010 ' de--; grees . centigrade, which is ' the same as 1,850 degrees Fahrenheit. Iron ia b&U unmelted t thisj heat,. but gold, stiver and copper become a molten mass at a lower' temperature.--Har ; per Weekly. - " ' -I S ; fc. j 1 .
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