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' THE CHARLOTTE EVENING CHRONICLE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1912. , SubscrlpUon Price By MaU. PAYABLE STMCTXiY CASH r ADVANCE. - , V IN One , Tear CSx Months. . t. Tbree Months.. One Month.. . . . to to ' I ! ? " '.25 - Entered as second-class matter; at the postoffice at Charlotte, N. 4 u TELEPHOKES. . Editor Managing ' Editor. . . . ... ..SOT ... M City Editor.. ..' 134 (Business Office.. . The Evening'" Chronicle Is serTed to the home by our carriers for 6 cents r weeic. - i Charlotte subscribers to The Chronicle who vfail to get , the pa- per, are asked to 'phone 2831 and a copy will be sent them at once. 'THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1912. MODERN STKEBT-IilGlITlNG FOR CaiARLOTTE. At last there its some, prospects of a ' i modern system of street-lighting for tK nntown districts of the city of Charlotte. The Chronicle has advo- cated the installation of, a creditable i mtem of Uarhtinsr for the business 'section of the city for years -and it i ardently hopes that the city goveru- ment and the Southern -Fower Com , pany .-will be able to get together, on ! the proposition submitted by Mr. A. J V.I Taylor of-the power company. From the standpoint of those In terested in the development and beau tification of the city the propositi jn has more than one attractive feature. ""' Under its terms not only would orna-j ; mental lighting poles of steel be ,in- stalled on the two sides of the streets, forming a "white way," but extension of the same poles would serve as trol ley poles, thus allowing the removal 'of the present. unsightly wooden poles !that line the streets like barricades land many of the wires that form a network over the street,. X. Aside from the increased light and tre up-to-dateness of the ornamental poles, the .appearance of the streets will be im proved 50 per cent y tearing out the - present poles and wires. The Chronicle is not sufficiently In formed as to the merits of the new contract offered by, the power com i pany to express an opinion, but as tsuxnlng that the rate for the : electric current is equitable, the city can well afford to spend 4,0 0 0 more a year for the benefits that will come from the modern system of lighting. To be called the f'City of Electrical Energy Charlotte Is woefully behind some of titer neighbors. Many cities of smaller jfldse .and less wealth have better street miting systems on thei- principal f streets than Charlotte has and it Is Mgfr time 'this city were ' getting' Into rOIEnCAIi ADVERT1SJN2TO. ; . The Waxhaw Enterprise says: A writer in The Carolina Union Farmer lis a sensible articles opposes the pol icy of political advertising in newspa pers. . We are of the opinion that he la right. Whileit is a nice thing for the papers; it is ho doubt against the ; best interests; of the country. i- It gives l corrupt candidate with strong finan cial backing a long lead over the poor but honest fellow who ha the good of his country at heart. 'Both , wrong! The more publicity any cause or candidate has the great er the advantage to the people. If the cause or candidate is deserving the publicity help- them. If the cause or candidate are weak or bad the pub licity damns them. In any event, the people are enlightened. As to the advantage of the rich man over the poor: The publication of campaign expenses are required either by law or: by force of public opinion almost all over the' country now In practical ly' all elections and big expenditures are beginning to harm rather than aid wealthy or extravagant candidates. AX EXCELM3ST MOVE. 3 The proposition of the real estate men 'of Charlotte to form an associa tion for their mutual benefit Is of de cided Interest The real estate men of this city form one of the greatest fac tors In its development. '"- These men, probably more than any other class of business or professional men, are . Interested in getting- newcomers to lo cate here and in getting investors In terested in Charlotte dirt and 1 Char lotte enterprises. They form one of the largest, most influential, wealthiest and most public spirited classes in the city and it is rather strange that there has been -no organization among them before. ; iy-yX :X- XX :-&rXX:'-r- y An organization of the real estate men of the city would not only result ia their mutual profit, v ;' but r would quickly become an important factor in the development of the city, a greater factor than all the real estate men,' disunited are. This organisation would be able to offer valuable co-operation to the Greater Charlotte Club. It would ' not only- benefit it3 members, but would aid Investors in many ways, and the city generally would profit by its activities. ' if ; Greenville, S. C, makes a most -magnificent showing for the past year, 'for. Its cotton mills. -The capital of the :' mill corporations ha been - in creased two and a quarter million dol lars and the number of spindles in creased 100,000 through i new mills ,and additions. Tt is estimated that u7.000 people are employed ' In the pnills, and the -annual 'pay-roll' runs to pnore than twomUlondollars. "The jtotal capitalization of the mills la mearly ten million dollars and there gre m.6re than 6 0 0,0 6 Oi sptadles' : . A GOOD CAUSE. The 'Oreensboro Record:- lends - its voice and " influence to the cause qt health In North Carolina, V The State Board of Health in' its Health Buile tin recently urged a modern law re quiring the .registration of vital sta tistics and extensive publicity as the two great needs of the State v today from the standpoint of health, declar ing that ' the efficiency of the board would be greatly increased and the cause, of public health. in North Caro lina vastly strengthened by the opera tion of such a law attended with . pub licity. . Says ' The Record: a .-. X "The next General Assembly should require the registration of all , deaths and births,' as is done, or is sought to be done, in a good many of the cities of the State. A stringent law should be passed covering the matter for the State Board of Health js unable to keep up with matters under its juris diction. But aside : from this there is general need for such a law and it should be enacted." North Carolina is decidedly back ward in some respects and this is one of them.' It is to be sincerely hoped that the next Legislature wil' not only enact such a law as is needed, but that it will increase the , appropria tlons of the State Board of Health. Jthv r axiv Meissner, regarded as a leader In medical progress and re form and who Is making a. study of American . conditions, ; recently stated that he had everywhere been - sur-' prised to observe t how ' many of our medical 'methods and measures for publio sanitation and the prevention of disease had their source in German discoveries' and practices,' but' he ad mits that .' American ' physicians have elaborated . and Improved ,upon t them until now in - many instances be and his fellow-physicians were compelled to sit at their feet as . students. .Dr. Meissner at the age "of 44 reached the forefront of two professions, med icine and Journalism, being ' at the same time chief staff surgeon of the German military reserve and edltor- n-chief of the best known German . 11 ustrated periodical, Die Woche. The praise , bestowed by ; this j eminent au thority . on the work of American phy sicians is well deserved. M Dr. Meissner is a son of the distinguished Dr. Ru dolph Meissner, who was one of the. most, prominent men. in medical science in the eighteenth century. North " Carolinians are good ! folks, patriotic, public . spirited and liberal. The Presbyterians recently raised an endowment fund of ,S00,C00 for Da vidson " College, half of the amount being furnished by the General Edu cational Board ; the ' Methodists, with the aid of - the General Educational Board, are now. raising a million dol lar endowment t or Trinity College; Charlotte has just raised $60,000 f or. Y. W. C A. building, 'which : will be the first of its kind in the South At antic States; 'Wilmington l& beginning work on an IS9.009-X. 1L a A. build- ring, and now comes the alumni of Oak Ridge Institute with a preposition to erect a $25,000 alumni building at that Institution. Truly we " are the " peo ple. : In a discnsslon of the problems of the city air. Charles Stelzle says: "In 1800 there were six cities in the TJnit- eded States with a population . of 8.000 and over as follows: Philadel phia, New Yorkv Maltimor e, Boston. Charleston and Salem, these cities having a . combined -. population .' of about 200,000, or, less than the total population of : Portland, Ore., which ranks twenty-eighth among the cities of the country. In 1910 there were 2,405 places of 2500 inhabitants or more in the United States, which were counted as 'urban' or 'city, having a combined population of 42,628,383, or 46.3 per cent as against a rural popu lation o f40,348,888, or 53-7 per cent of the total population." The Chronicle . Is today publishing from The Ashevfflo Cltlsen the story of extensive watarpower developments planned ; for western Norh Carolina by Pittsburg capitali&ta One bf the most striking things about the " prop osition Is that the promoters of the great enterprise were interested through the Western North Carolina Asoclation, an organization formed for the purpose of exploiting the resources of that section of the. State and ad vertising its many superior advantages along various lines. The enterprise secured Is a 4arge . beginning of even arger things and is a striking example of the effectiveness of-booster work. The Southern Appalachian Good Roads ' Association is .now in session at Atlanta, Ga, and an interesting- and valuable program is being carried out. Probably no section of,, the country Is in greate need of good , roads than the Southern' appalaohlan rfgion, ,and t Is equally true I that few sections of the 'country are making greater pro gress in the building of good highways and the education, of the people to the mportance : of i such roads than this section is maktng. ( . Reports Indicate that the conserva tive .and sensible patriots of Cuba are rather In the ascendency now and that quiet and prosperous times are prom ised The island repuolio has the best wishes of this country for peace and prosperlty . for. pollqlng la a task de cidedly; distasteful to Uncle Sam. It looked a few months ago ? as lr the United States would ' simply . have to put a Governor-General down there. Greensboro has recently enacted a law against unnecessary poises by au tomobiles and " other - ncise-maklng agenciea , This ia something : new in the -Gate City, which has- heretofore made all the jioise possible qn every occasion, and often without, any occa sion at aU" ? ' . " ' , The Salisbury Post comes to ua with a special historical and Industrial edl. tion of 26 pages, r 6alisbuy has some Interesting ; history and a rumber of prosperous Industries, so that there la no wonder that the edition is compre hensive and attractive. ' ; Prom the J number . of ; murders- in Raleigh during the last few days' one would judge It were in South Carolina instead of North Carolina. , .PICAYUNES r : ((New Orleans Picayune) . ', Steamed - oysters are cooked ' bl valves. ' -" '' ' Marriage is no ' uneven . game dt is a tie. '". - J '-v si , The: best -men sometimes go on a bust when .they die.' v - . ; - " . - If ever the Sick Man of Europe needed a doctor it is now. The man y Is fortunate whose nose will accommodate a big cold. : . ) . ' . Men who .stand around a corner saloon waiting for a drink ' show a lack of cents.- ' " " 1 " . A woman's! hair may be her drown ing glory, but .sometimes It is the glory you " can buy. . , Five ; ibarrels of coal to a poor of ser- widow is worth ; two boxes mom on charity.. ,-- . . ;,-J4 Woodrow "Wilson looks and means business. He has not been a poli tician long enough to be an idler. .' A standing joke -Inviting a hun dred people to a party lh a house where there are ' only, fifty chairs. There is believed to be only one thing ; slower - than molasses in - Win' ter, and that Is a lady making room for.'an'other lady In a street car. - 'l---:::-y-' '-.-' ' yy'yZr It Is 'said that, the Sultan of Turkey is skilled as a pianist. It' is probable that those who had to listen to him gladly welcomed, the war. Carrie Chapman ' Catit says ' that there are 50,000 women In New York who support their husbands. What delightful place New , York must be to live in. . LOST AND FOUND Idttle Narrative of a' Chicago Damsel, a Wad Of Chewing Gum and a Gold Tooth. - , j . ' , (Chicago Tribune.) 1 She was a fair damsel," and she was taking ; a horseback ride through Washington Park, i "'-- " -'.: , ' '. After the manner of your free and truly Independent Chicago girl she was riding alone, and she bestrode her splendid chestnut sorrel with, the ease of one - thoroughly accustomed to the exercise. - -. v.-?--- ,-'-r But her laws -were wagging, and. It must be confessed that she was chewv Ing gum.; ' . v X:: j.'sX"- r As she passed a big. tree near the roadway she took her wad of gum from, her mouth and tossed it on the ground near the root., of the tree. A wek passed. She was riding again m -Washington Park.'. As she neared that big tree a sudden thought seemed to strike ' her. Hastily dis mounting she went . to , the tree and searched the ground near the root of it. A cry-of joy burst -from her lips. She stooped and picked up some thing white. You have guessed It. It was her wad of gum. But it was more than that. Other wise this tale would not have been written. Hidden In that wad of gum was her missing $10 gold tooth. THE SUIT BATH Old Custom Coming Back Into Vogue frates xsacK to tne xiays or xtome. ' , (Exchange.) The sun bath is rapidly gaining popularity. It was not unknown to the Romans, - who indulged in sun baths to cure gout and rheumatism. The building they erect in their vil las for the sunray treatment were styled solariums. All that is needed Is the sun; -but it should not be allowed to beat down upon the head, which should be cov ered. The prospeotive sun-bather should get into an ordinary bathing costume and He down in a convenient spot on a -rug. Care should be taken to secure a position well out of v the wind, and, of course, the body must be .moved about every ten minutes to avoid undue burning of any specific part of the anatomy. Also, a bath should never by any chance last long er than an hour. Dizziness, extreme excitement, even faintness will be the inevitable result should this warning be disregarded, - The sun bath is said to be an al most ' infallible cure for - certain skin diseases, for undue corpulence . and run-down nerves. 1- x h , . . '.-x-. x Perhaps the cult of the sun bath is more popular at a small place near Berlin, where the adherents . of the new and simple - cure have .formed themselves into an association. Going to the Bank. : " " (New York; Globe.) ' ' Two well-gowned : young " . women were ' passing through , a department store when one was ' ; attracted by something which she decided to pur chase, f Then she . discovered . that . she had not enough money in her purse, 'x "You will have to wait a little while,' she told the ' ? salesman. - ."I must go to the First National Bank." She i passed, around r-the- end of the counter. ";.In a moment she ; returned, tendering 'a bill, : 'Xxxxxx: -, y -; "I thought1 you had to go to the First" National Bank," the salesman smiled. -.'is..i-;r;,v . . w 'n --.-'.4i'ixfv.vL'-; "I did. . I went to , the very first na tional bank," she replied sweetly,' as she looked down to see that her skirt hung properly. Another General Rule.' , . (Philadelphia Record.) . Gen. Sir John , French of the Brif Ish army talked to a reporter about aviation. o"Its mortality is dreadful," he said. Such sacrifices, however, . attend ev ery human advance." With a grim smile he added: "On an aviation field an aeroplane pSntfy:8ald he." aeroplanes lookind down Shi 1 plo,ainaf motorcars I That is thejgeneral rule nowi Aeroplanes ev VZC?eT? ar looking down on motor- AFFAinS IN Daily Incidents, Facts Anil Keepers " -A' A BIG PROPOSITION. B1S ; Waterpower Rights Secured in cairn jorth Carolina oy niCTs- Capitalists, -Who Will Begin . .Tremendous ievelopmeait Immedl- ately Alillions to' Bo Spent. v ( Asheville Citizen. ) J .- - Recognizing i the advantages v' and future development Of western North Carolina, Kuhn & , Co. of Pittsburg, Pa., have been quietly buying c up timber lands . and waterpower rights in this section, ;until the records show that their purchases within the past six months have totalled over a half million dollars; according to the : re port of CoL Sanf ord ,H. Cohen man ager of the Greater Western North Carolina Association, which will be read to the , association today. V 3 i i ' And they , are ; not alone. The- re port of Manager" Cohen reads like a; iary late, in its story of new. enter prises started and new developments planned, and " It is only - after careful consideration that the -. reader realizes that It is: not idle speculation, but an actual ;-. fact. : In the j neighbor hood of six million dollars of out side capital will be spent "X. In X- de veloping the timber and waterpower resources of western North Carolina within the next two years. The In vestments of the Kuhn Company alone will run into millions. ? - - ' " -The, Kuhn Comnanv Is not alone.: A Spartanburer. a. C. comoanv. headed by A. I White of the Mer- Chants'. Bank of that city, and com posed of George : EL Ladshaw, hy draulic engineer; Harris Bomar. and a numoer of leading men of the South- Carolina city, have organized the Appalachian Power Company, and have purchased 1,5 00 acres of land near ; the confluence of the Big Hungry and Green Rivers. A 70,000 horsepower plant is to be erected at tsat confluence of these two streams. and the owners are now surveying for a railroad to carry " the necessary machinery from Greenwood to, below the Narrows. This development will cost between one -and two millions of dollars. These are only a few of the things touched ' by the . report which is to be read today.- ' r4 , . Improvements Desired at State Hos- - ptitaL ; (Raleigh Tlmea) Dr. , I J. Picot. superintendent of Central Hospital for the Insane, who has done such admirable work there in so many directions, has in mind the provision of an assembly hall for the many hundreds of patients. This could be used as a chapel, as well as for various entertainments. There are many persons of talent, both ama teur and professional, who greatly de sire to give entertainments for the pleasure of the patients, but ' now there is no place to hold these nor indeed has there ever been. In the assembly room the weekly dances which are of so much' benefit , to the patients, which form a part of the life of every institution of this kind; in the country, could also be held. ':- 1 & 1 "' ' . '. t Many Turkeys Ouurlottc-Boond. (Watauga Democrat.) iW. W.- Wllfong of . "Vllaa - passed through town . Tuesday en ; route to Morganton with an immense drov of turkeys. Which smacked t much of Thanksgiving. There were 200 In the flock and were driving as'' nicely as so many calves. A Mr. Cook passed through--the village yesterday with a flock of S3 01 turkeys, and said he - had ' enough -bought to raise that number, to 600 by the time he turns down the Ridge beyond Blowing Rock. The drover was j bound ' for Charlotte ; , ; " SOUTH CAROLJNA ICEWS. . i vi" Internrbnn Inaugurating --: Express v ' Serviee. (Anderson Mail.) , , An express and baggage car, to be operated between Anderson - and Greenwood, was put on by the Pied mont & ' Northern today. Two round trips will 'be made each day one in the - morning v and the other in the afternoon connections ' being made with through trains on "the Seaboard at Greenwood, landing express here, several hours earlier than heretofore. The putting on- of this car is but the beginning of: a complete express and baggage service of" the kind to be Inaugurated "- by the Piedmont & Northern.. . Connections to be made at Greenwood with incoming and out going v trains will be of great benefit to local business people, giving quicker service to , and from points North and South. ;;?..--.; ; ; .? ': : .-N';: - X:X :xi Spartanburg Wants Market. ( Spartanburg Journal. ) , . ' If there is one .question upon which the entire city agrees it Is the mat? ter of securing a central meat mar ket for the benefit of the housewives and - the owners of pocketbooks. ; No one will deny or even argue that a meat market is essential for the bet ter health vand comfort, of the citi zens of the city. Yet nothing Is being done to secure one. Those who should provide such an improvement are content to sit back and merely preach the need of a; market when they should be taking action to pro vide it. - " ' x- -1 The abattoir will soon -be oom pieted and then the meat will have to be sold ; m the same unsanitary markets : as we have at present, un less some changes are made. Will the board of health or the . city coun cil take the initiative? 4 :.u:.' . : -V-:zxS .SPARKLERS 7 ; '-r y - -v-v. i - ,::y ' DNCKEIEtOTJB CCXfiTBTNATIONa. The -worsit affinities in siht Promoting sad misrule, Are those ..which oftenest nnU -The firearm and the fool. (Waehington efcaT.) s But do not overtook the wmle . i ' A pair of wondrous note; Tex 6ve us scareheads by the mtle- The .': rocker and . the : iboaL ' ' :: ; 'XXx . . '. . . - (Denver iReptibUcan.) . yyxxm:'y--- :.x&Zm4. CFxffhange.) . ; (Before and After. Ginsflbe-When lovers quarrel they turn their. backs , to each other. Dibbs Yes. How different it is when nmrrled foMcs quarrel they , fly at each other. v y ; .v :; s ' (Fiza) ' proepertty ."Prosperity.. v has . r ruined, many ac man," reanarked the moraJizer. "Well," rejoined the demoralizer "it I was going , to 'be ruined at all, I'd pre fer prosperity to dp it.". After a man once holds a public office he Is hardly ever again willing to waste the time necessary for earning "a living by working. ..'-, X The boy's appetite is often the source of amazement. . lx you would have such an appetite take 4 Chamberlain's Tablets." They not only create, a healthy, appetite but strengthen the .stomach and enable It to do its work 'naturally. For sale bK,n dealers. NORTH CAROLINA Gcmmsot Gathered From Tbe. Of ; The State : : -, YQTUSYTU. - A'- PTOXKER. . Elovement fitarted to Enlareo AoUtI ties and Increase- Usefulness of County Reformatory and Work (Twin City; Sentinel.) , To avoid the : limitations of the general law applicable to counties in the. State . establishing reformatories J udge Gr7 H. Hastings Is now engaged In . drawing ' up an act that will'- be presented. to the next .Legislature for the purpose of governing the -Forsyth County reformatory, i which will be based on and will ' include the best ideas of reformatories throughout the Nation that have had : wide experience in;ttoe.twork.;TiHfev-rt Forsyth 'County is a pioneer in this great : movement and has won the commendation of r judicial officials and the press of the State. . , The building at the .: county : home, . which is , a modern two-story -brick building, was built especially for the purpose for which' it will be used. x " ; Judge Hastings, who : has been very aotlve ; In securing the new building, will Include' all modern ideas in the bilL The parole system will be used in Forsyth County. ' . The reformatory- is .one of the largest institutions of the kind in North Carolina. It will accommodate 75 people. Plans are being discussed now for starting a model truck farm in connection with the institution and it Is thought that by this means the Institution can be made self-supporting. Later, , wood-working apparatus may be Installed and the inmates may be given , training along Industrial lines. I ' At present children convicted of. crime: in Forsyth County have to be either released or sentenced to the county roads, where the environment Is such as to ; have ..- a- tendency to make them continue ; their wayward ness. ' - .' . - . - OAK RIDGE AliUJOil , . Will Raise Fund of $25,000 For An. Alumni Building at Institute. -: - (Greensboro -News.). ; T devise - ways and means for prosecuting a campaign to raise from the former students of v Oak ' Ridge Institute a fund of $25,000 with a view to erecting at : the institute an alumni bulldlns. members of the alumni met here last night and after a full discussion named a central committee,' empowering that- body with authority to arrange and carry out the plana This , committee : of more than 25 held a subsequent ses sion " and f selected W. R. Allen of Greensboro as chairman and Prof. T. EL Whitaker of Oak Ridge as sec retary, they being authorized to sub divide the committee as a whole Into such sub-committees as may . be deemed advisable in - prosecuting ; the campaign. Xx-.- --7 - The purpose' of the ; alumni is to erect at Oak Ridge a $25,000 build ing to be known as the alumni build ing, and to be used as a gymnasium and Y. M..G,,0. From the several thousand ' men who as boys attended this famous school -It is believed ' the fund -win.be quickly , raised, i and the committee last, night decided wage a 90-day pampaign for pledges, and also authorized the adoption of plans for -the building. The meeting last night was - marked by a number ' of enthusiastic addresses, among the speakers .being Dr. A. J.' Crdwell of Charlotte, C. O. MeMlchael- of Went worth,. John ,T, Brittain. of Asheboro, A., B. Kimball of Greensboro, Rev.. A. G. Dixon .of (High point, and others. SORROWS OF DIO GENES x yxu How the Old Boy: Found the long Sought Honest Man and Ixst Hia . XjantCTn. (Harper's Weekly.) ' -' Diogenes was delighted. "Apparent ly his long and painfully weary search was ended.. The honest man was found at last. He had heard the fel low speak before a large multitude of people, and -never -since, the original promulgation of the Ten. Command ments had there been a more. forceful presentation of noble injunctions,' con-, vlcting ' asservations. and - uplifting sentiments than were there . so im pressively delivered T to the cheering masses. .. There- was but one doubter in all: that gathering of humanity and his sneering. Interruption ' with $ his question of ; suspicion elicited a reply that quieted any . misgivings that might still have remained in Diogenes ybeart. : X--' H-v; --:,! '. - "wnat'do. you expect to get out of this?" roared the doubter. - y The speaker paused, and eyed his questioner amiably. : , - :: r x x What do I expect to get out of this, : my friend?" he answered. I will tell you f or the question con ceived in impertinence is yet singular ly pertinent, and wholly welcome to me. I. shall answer you as frankly as I know how. - I'm going to get all I can out of it. I make no pretense to unselfishness, my, friends. I am not promulgating ideals for. my health. I am out for Number One every v time. I am. looking after myself just as I hope you are all looking after your selves. " Let there be no mistake about it. I am not working for nothing, and I would not have you suspect for an instant that I am pleading for your Interests alone, for that is not the truth.. Me, I,. myself, as well as you are to be the beneficiaries of this movement, and I am in it for all 'that It Is worth." , , "A fine, frank,' manly answer," said Diogenes, blowing out his lantern. "I have arrived. The honest man ? is found at last." , Whereupon the sage . invited . the speaker to Join him in a light repast, which the latter, being hungry, ac cepted with, alacrity, fillln himself eagerly with ,the good things the wise old host provided. , The supper over, Diogenes went to the desk to pay his score, and then returned to the table to find that the stranger had flown. 1 - 1 should . like to have conversed longer with,. hinV.V said Diogenes, as he reached under , the , table for his lantern. v . - '. . - ,y . ,- , But, alas, it was not there ! V The honest man had taken it with him! ..,,, - - - ,: ' Wholesale Favors. - - ' . " .'(Exchange.)" A young man entered the pres ident's . office -and j, stood first on one foot and then on the other. He drop ped his hat,s : handkerchief anil ', um brella. Altogether he was in a hisrh- ly - developed , state : of nervousness.. - "Well, well,' said the employer, "out wlth:itt" , - - v. - ' 'T have come. tAr "' roAH th' voiitib- man, and then began to stammer. - i "Wftll. an.1r- tn. TT ova vnn Anmt to ask for the hand erf my daughter or a raise m salary ?v ' If VOU Dlease." sir." rtammftrefl the young many, riyg both,;; - ' ; -. . .... . v v; ,, a The Hind Xou"IIa,ve Alvm!v& Bon?rri. an nrikii. i. in use tor oyer GO years, borne the i4Tnatuoof -"ym' '"' d has been nxade tmder hi peJ Xf2S EOnal Ptt sWitsiniancv ' : AJOoyrno one to deceive you in thi All Counterfeits, Imitations tssd MaTast-as-ffood" are hnt Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Chliaren--Iprierice against Experiment Mhat is CASTOR IA 1 Castoria is a liarmless snbstitnte for Castor OH. Parp Sorio, Drops and Soothing Symps, It is Pleasant, it contains neither Opium, Morphine ner other Xarcotic snhstanoe. Its age is Its gnarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness, : J cures Diarrhoea and Wina Colic. It reUeres Teething- Trouhles, cores Constipation s and Flatulency. It assimilates the Pood, regulates the . Stomach and Bowels, pirinff healthy and natural sleeo ' The Children's PanaceaThe Mother's Friend. (GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Bind Yoa Haye ilways Bought SOME OF THE THINGS THE BOOKS OF TODAY DONT TEACH : (Christian Scienoe Monitor.) :; Nowadays all boys and girls are ex pected to learn much the same sort of things at school, although- the lan guage that they study and the coun try to whose flag they swear allegiance are entirely different. t They( all Jearn reading,, writing, and arithmetic first ox all and something of foreign lan guages, and along with this they study their own literature and the literature of other countries and a little bit of art and music- or perhaps a whole lot of these Interesting subjects and then they take-in the classics, Greek and.XAtin classics If they are Europe ans or Americans, . and Chinese also if they are Asiatics, and so on. A long time ago there were other requirements which the young men and young . women were expected to be proficient in before they could take the place of their forebears in ..the family and in .the State. . '; r ;x' XX "' 1 "To ride free, td shoot straight and to tell j tell the truth,", were at one time considered . the three important features of a boy's education, while it was not necessary for him to read or write at- all, for both reading and writing were thought to be necessary for . the clergy only- Then the glria were not expected to know anything of books at all, but they were required to know how to work well at huge tapestries and to be proficient In what ever needlework was the fashion of the time, and to be learned - in ; house hold affairs. . -x' . The same sort of education -which was all that was required in l?arope during .the Middle Ages, even of the sons and daughters of nobles was al so looked upon as the necessary kind of schooling for our North American Indians. The : Indian - boys learned early to ride the swift Indian ponies, do thejr part In the 4 hunt, trail the wild game with success and spear the salmon . with . skill, while the Indian girl worked quite as heroically and much more steadily at her task of the household, did aU of the little farm work which the wild vtribea.-carrled on, : and made the . garments . for the family of the skins of animals, em broidering them with beads and col-: ored strands. . - T'Xxi ' y X x-' '"x f All - of their actual education from our point, of view consisted of acquir ing .the art of using with skill the strange hieroglyphic , writing which some savage tribes employed, " But from the . point : of view of general knowledge, such as Is not learned in i "- Warm 1 J&P With a II the morning a chilly ordeal. With a Perfection Sn6kies Oil Heater yoa dress in corafart cn the coldest day. ' , . 1 I VVith a Perfection Smokeleaa Oil Heater yoa dress It ' ' A touch of a match, and the Perfection is aglow ina ' minute. Later, yoa can carry it to any other room, and breakfast, read or sew in conifort. .In feet, a Perfection Heater is just as good as a fire, ; and much cleaner and more convenient. ft Urn Arfi' jUr.' U ymmrdmml f.W y m Pmrfmmti. mr tmritm fmr deriptim mmtmimsw STANDARD OIL COMPANY v , ChwQBifN ia Ww Jmr Ghllflrn GtiPqsi Flotchor's Bears the Signature In Uso For Over 30 Years THC CCMTAUW ROMPANY, TT MURRAY STRICT. NCW YORK CITY. books or schools, they were very well informed indeed. They knew all about the sounds made by wild beasts, th call of birds; they knew the tracka of beasts in, the forests; they learned th properties of herbs and how to malt use of : the roots and plants around tnem; now to tan skins ana sew them in their rough fashion; how to whit tie arrows, feather them and send them on their way to bring down needed food or an unfortunate enemy. That must have been a Jolly sort of school, you think, where such in teresting . things were learned Instead -of ; dry , Latin and dull German and stupid arithmetic or dreary spelling and grammar. ' Well, perhaps it was a little more Interesting- in those old days, when in Indian boy know that if he hadn't!' learned aright hia lesson of the animal tracks he might be mistaking for tba tracks of some harmless creature tt the forest the trail of sojne Here beast, which would pounce upon him in a moment and tear him limb frn limb. - . '.-y 4 , v-'. That Familiar Picture, . , . (FToin Th'e. New York Tefepapl'f i An actor who is known u Lev Ml Of Greman descent, an. dhlj tathr. speaks (broken English. I-w eays u old gentleman went to a blgartt&l- lery . recently and came home greatly "Saw a fine; painting, Louis," hs said. "You did?" . "Tee, it was a' fine one huntred of people looking at it It must haf been word a huntred dollars, sure!" ' "What was its name?" aeked Le. "Dot I can.tel you not, bu it vast, fine pioture," ' ."Describe it to me." . v "Veil," said the old gentleman, "there vas three fellers. Von was play ing the fife, von vas beating the dram,, and the other hat a headache." Dii She Get the Place? (Cleveland Plain JDeaJw.) "Oh, yes, mum," said Kathleen, as plying tor , a new sItmon "I Uved to me last place free weeks, mum, tf though I say It tht shouldn't I ceBent satisfaction , "And why did you leave?" Tott4 the lady who was looking for a JB; ISure, X couldn't gt along wd missus at JV she -were, that ouM a cranky.". . ' "But maybe ywoftt find me d m cranky, ' too." . "Cranky, ye may be, nwnw for faces like yours Is eotnettoes deaswttj but yere not otrtd-a: on see hat " glance.'' -.- QLEEPING with the w windows open is a urst aid" to health and beauty. ' But it makes getting up in tr i (
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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