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t' Senator 0 verman k remarks' ii '
$3$yftUU&& ne. Aen&teoni the high cost of nv
; f 'SiU? h ""ft f ew days," ago ; when the
';;tfS
' tiott of" $65,000:tO;enablQ it to find
J ;'';,-Sr - wai PrC"s Jer ax we present
i Jv:v;;'5 mittee reported that it had secur-,
for previous years, "but needed an
appropriatidA to enable it to se
cure the figures forthe year 1930.
: ftJrV Overman in that clear, con
.vineing manner characteristic of
his style, told, congress that the
people, did .not need -to be told
what.it was' costing them to iije
now. That they- knew what they
were paying for a yard of calico,;
a pair ' Of shoes, ; or a1 poud of
meaty without ; the government
having to pay oij,t $65,000 of vthe
public 's money to tell them f The
committee Jie believeL only want
ed the $65,000 to put into a report
that would be nothing 'more nor
less than a 'political campaign
handbook. '
lhis government investigation
of high prices is all a farce cSny
way . Its merely a1 political play
to the galleries, (hte public) and
the call of the committee for $65,
000 of the ptople's money to en
able it to tell ithem whatthey are
paying . for what they eat and
wear when no one knows better
than the people themselves is add
.Ijg insult, to injury. If our trust
making, trust protecting con
gresses, dominated by a Cannon
in one branch, and an All-rich
(Aldrich) in the other, were hhlf
as active 9a behalf of the people's
Xiterests as they are in behalf of,
trusts and so-called official inves
tigations (the latter .being only a
bluff to fool the public) we
wouldn't be confronted with such
alarming conditions, demanding
investigation.
Mr. Simmons, our senior sena
tor who was assigned to this com
mittee npon. ks formation, long
ago saw that this so-called inves
tigation was apolitical farce and
withdrew from the committee.
Now Mr. Overman steps to the
front and expresses the whole (
truth of tht matter in a few words.
"Would that the United States was
iilled with mien of the Overman
Simmons type. Cooleemee Jour
nal i i
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS
Nominations of Governor Hughes
and General Henry in Hands of
Senate Committee,
Washington, April 26 Sen&te
committees novv bave in custody
the nominations of two impor
tant officials of the New York
State , government drafted by
President Taft for the service of
the United Stales. The nomina.
tion of Governor Hughes to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States in
place of the late Justice David
J. Brewer, awaits th report of
the committee on the Judiciary
the nomination of Adjutant
General Nelson H. Henry, to be
Surveyor of Customs in place Of
General Clarkeon, at the port of
New York, is in the hands of com
mittee on Commerce.
Governor Hughes will not take
office until next October; General
Henry is expected to assume
his new positon abo.uc June 1st'.'
Io doubt appears to exist of the
prompt, confirmation of both
appointments. General Henry is
one of the best known officers in
the National Guard of the coun
try. He has been Adjunt Gener
al of New' York State with the
rank of Brigadier General for five
consecutives terms, and was re
cently commissioned by Gover
nor Hughes as Brevet Major Sren
eral. He is first vicerpresident of
the National Guard Association
of the Uoited States and is one
of the five adjutant generals des
ignated by the Secret ary of War
to act as the national militaiy
board advisory to the War De
partment. 'He i a life member
of the National Kifle Associa n
' The linen industry is the great
est manufactur'pag industry re
land possesses. There is invest
ed in it somethitig,like 15,500,000
1 pounds sterling, 'and A. gives em
polyment to seventy thousand
r- r -nl - ....
..... ... ... ,. - , ,. , -
that It ' has arranged for " the . toBtalla
Uon of" 12a damask- looms in its New
made In this countm aMitteptQOosl-
tion n to. undertake; .its manufacture
here represents anachivemejlt joffar
reaching importan'ce to the. maiinfao
turing world, suggesting Inspiring pos
sibilities of4 this nw3jtase tt :Amerl
can industrial activity for the future 1
It marks 'another long stride in the
forward movement of American manu
facturers,, in their , efTorts to , wrest
from the old World its. predominance,
as makers of fine linen,: and! oftersjnew
evidence d of the strtKing; aJ?iUts Mt
Yankee ' mill 6peratorf to ; assimija
and adapt to "uses off this side oHae
Atlantic, manufacturing,, method -supposed
from time1 immemorial to. tfe ir
reconcilable with ;eoridlticS prevail
ing here -:i- v:-;
oThe; anufacture jCoty Hnen ;0fiJuy
kind up to the advent o( the. Mudge
process or treating t flax1 toifered4 sii.
posedlyi insuperable'; obstacles'' to' -this
country, -, The etormou , diereijce, ..in
the cost of labor between Burppe and
America heretofore Tas made'itsima
ufacture here prohibitive Thiavhai
rier.has now. been renwT vbythe dis
covery or tne Wif'g
SmB
The American woman who Is partial,
to. the beautiful damask" weave" with
its delicately shaded water : designs
and has been accustomed to (paying
fancy prices for it, made necessary, by
primitive methods of ' manufacture,
still in use abroad, and the exacting
demands of Uncle Sam's collector of
customs, Will soon be able to gratify
her fancy at a striking reduction in'the
cost she has been, used t paying. -The
New. England" mills vill shorUy J?e dis
tributing its output of damask linen
and are already assured of a market,
which from the very, beginning thread
ens to tax its producing capacity." Jn
future the tablecloths and' laaplcins
about which the particular housewife
is so proud and scrupulously, exacting
on every importantoccasion will be of
Yankee instead of Scotch' or' " "Irish
weave. ' -:
All the rich 1 blends of the Scotch
and Irish damask, which have .justly
won for the linen industry of Scotland
and Ireland their surpassing pre-eminence'
in the past, will beyturnfd by
the new company. ' " C
. Wv H. KInkead, a linen expert of
many years experience iff the large
linen mills of Belfast, has been engag
ed by the Oxford Company as superin-.
LLr,u m , VB m Srleffjoying themselves was evident1 from
tendent of its New England, inills.. ffi8i-w.Hn. Af oii,ht .nd
acquisition and that of other foreign
experts, it is asserted, will bring to
the manufacture of the : American
made article a technical knowledge -pf
the art, which, combined . with thei iin-:
proved Yankee process and -Yankee
machinery,' will produce a textile of1
superior all-round value.
While the manufacture of damask
the countrV: tt bxfrY Co - ftf
last, 12 months has been making other
grades of linen by 'the Mudge process
at its big New England establishment
being the first and; only eompaoy lnl
J.1.1 A m f
this country v so engaged in manufac
turing a strictly native product in, this
branch of textile making, 1
By the utilisation of the Mudge
cess flax heretofore regarded aa value,
less ana , o.urnea oy tne mnnons or
tons every year after, yielding its seed F
iu uic loiiuci will vuums UUH ox UUB
most valuable assets of the
farm. '
In Europe but a small percentage I
oi tne nax is used in the manufacture
of linen. By the Mudge process prac-4
tically everything is used, insuring fof
the American farmer in the future a
market that will turn his waste and!
useless flax into a bonanza of AladdinU
UKe proportions
Special Agricultural Trains,
Atlanta, Ga, Aprii;23 Rial
iziug that nothing is more vitaL
ly important to its interests
than the prosper ty of the farm!
ers living along its lines and io
the tributary territory,. The.
Southern Railway Company t is
doing everything in its power'to
1 A. ' . '. - ' :2
promote meir nterests. , une . 1 1
the methods odopted is, the run
ning of special agriculturajy
truiuo m uuoperauon witn tne
Officials Of StatA RcrrinnltWrnl 1i
partments. sucn a train u wns re?
cently run over the ;Mobil an
Ohio railroad from Guy to Uii
ion City, Tenn. under the direcl
uuu ci m. v. riicnaras, tana j&ncl.
iaduutrial agent of the Sontherjn
Railway ,and the Mobilfi and(
Ohio railroad and Hon.-John,
Thompson, commissioner of the
Tennessee Agricultur.al peparjj
ment. ' v
This train bore a party pf leg,
tures furnished by the state Tng
ricnitural department, fit teel
stops were made,, and more thaqt
2500 farmers heathW: adresS
es. Such signal sccces attended
the running of the train itht
uvuiiuuniuuci 4.HUUJUOUU JUad IB'
questea tne aoutnern to
a simi ar train xo ran over i
lines in East Tenn,; J.Thiq , Xtstij
will prbbabry1 f uroisheS
soon as the state authorities arc
ready to make the trip, f ;
President Finlejrot the South
ern is particularly; interested in
work of this character and is de
voting a great deal of his time
uwuaru sbuujmg: tne nceaa o
the far juers of the southeast with
co-operatipn4in
manner.
You cyarn make; things come to
way unless you makes -way rah
e "e!y; ppsdible
?. r : k. Y''Jir LAi,ieK' .;-r.' : early .and ftTpianeiTOttA and bad. ': . . - ...;. - ;::' s-' . v.' r ?' VZJ! . cTT" ; :.-;-..;
;
PLANET
Very tittle About th
fFliiimiitiaaf vet
removed cbncernmthe piabeta5ia
ier, tne
vegetation.
iie blUrVwn; though we ahspect that
I Jarefclothedfe In etemai ciend. Of
turjB'4 rings;re. cannot isay whether
sy.coiMtot;Of sinill
e nnekoats.or .wgecner y, may oe
Mekbats4or wejthwy: ?
sIieifstinvnttri
n
shining
T'm'4Wt&&cWWr,&$ that
tt is covered with ilouds,: tbougtr" of
id, according tp" f essortowell and
bnds ire Bee en It may. he drifts in the
cloiida-reTealihe the body of the plan.
JdMttle-'liiesrisscrbsstl
4PbotoxcaDhs of Jupiter; taken at Flagy
twnff ot$apry' seem
cnese nnea,, .too, ; are ioe -upper- ia
;uwheneerk we see a planet we;
tt- baoiy.rj Jfiyen , wars, tne moai
vriel4m!fKB icon
ttlr Ikburel bV- 'refracting liaze.
itBatyiinf vthe famous' 'canals.
buglf nearly 1500 in number, ' only a
lew ar& berceDtlble .at at time, and an
ItUled observer w0uld;brobably not
SthemPout, aValL dstorms,
sometimes snowstorms, sweep the sur
ticm of the: Dlanet and, because Hhe
i winds ' of Mars ? are 1 very' Ventle ; and
I f&w moving these occurrences take a J
"longtime to pass by." London Famuy
Herald.
lHm.. . r. .
HE AMUSED THE CUBS.
f Thsn th Young Lions Took Turn mi
r i . . T -' ... i - ili '.
r , 'Miunng mm.
; ;A negro attached to an African hunt
ing party; met with . a curious adven
ture, says an English paper, Wander
ing one day from camp, he surprised
troJiok cubs at play and thoughtless
ly commenced to amuse them. He was
only tod successful. The big cubs gam
boled fearlessly about him and to his
dismay' refused to desist when be
ished to leave them, i
fBealhdng the danger to which he
FrQuld be exposed should the mother
appear, he. began to run. but the cubs
refused, to be shaken off and in their
play, scratched his legs in fearful
fashion. ." - . ' ?
t fThat 'the creatures were thoroughly
before long their unusual cries brought
; lioness leaping to the spot.
Trembling In every limb, .the negro
faced the growling animal, while the
cube continued to jump up at him,
eager for further caresses. The en
raged .lioness moved round, uneasily
In" a circle, man and beast keeping
eyes steadily on each other.
Sev
eral times' the lioness crouched to
i storing, hut the man, from fear, never
shifted his gaze! '
I At length after what seemed an age,
' - - ' , m " m
when the negro was ready to drop
ffrom exhaustion, the animal suddenly
pto-lZJJ2Z?
t1?'0 tbe(arrounding scrub.
called, her cubs away and disappeared
An Artist's Struggles.
p i Professor von Herkomer. the famous
painter, had such a struggle to gain
a living In his early days that had It
not 'been for his Inexhaustible stock
of patience and self confidence he
wonld probably have abandoned art
entirely. He sold his first picture for
2 guineas and later on earned for a
Short time 'a couple of pounds - weekly
for si woodcut which he supplied to
a comic paper.7 This modest salary
coming 'to a stop, he was at his wits'
end to know what to do. He applied
to a troupe of minstrels for an en
gagement as zither player, but in vain,
and then took to designing carpets.
For some years, he battled with' pov
erty, achieving no success until he
obtained employment on a weekly il
lustrated Journal. London Globe.
First Oil Wsll.
In the year 1859 E.: "L. Drake of
TltusvUle, Pa drove the first oil welL
like other pioneers, he was regarded
as a dreamer or a fool, and people
laughed -at the Idea of tapping a sub
terranean oil lake. It was only by
pretending that he was in search of a
bed of salt that he . was able to get
drillers to 'work for him. . When the
borer .had reached a depth of about
seventy '' feet Drake found his antici
pations . realized.: and he was the pos
sessor, of as oil well which., with the
aid 'of ' a hand 1 pump, yielded him
twenty-flve barrels a day. New Tork
American. , ;
Malacca 8ticks.
The most costly walking sticks come
from .the , Mlay archipelago, and the
modt highly prized stick Js the malacca
cane. JT6 .' - insure ; stralghtness ; these
sticks j are , reared in glass tues. 'A.
f oottT Jnalaa'lsho yard long,
not less than an inch in' diameter' at
the upper end, perfectly straight and
smooth and of a very dark chocolate
color, slightly mottled. It should be
used delicately, for the lacquer which
gives it its beautiful gloss is easily
chipped. Lotf don Graphic. .
'.- ' But Thy Can,
Mrs. Muggins When a ; girl is mar-
i xied she .Is apt Jotbink her troubles
cuB over. urs. unggins tl es; sne aoes
not seem to realize that things can go
4 amiss with a Mrs. Philadelphia Rec-
oro. . . ' v--.. -tf:-;' ' ,v :
y- . yf'A . Relief." ' .-"..
"My patience Is taxedvery often."
Well, I hotice.yon get relief in the
oraal maj;L : .v". . ' -v"--that's
mtp;i: ;-' -" ' " :'.
" "Swearing it off." Baltimore Amer
ican. '
Hinghara, Mass., has. the oldest
church edMce;s.noW.J;'in use ir
America the Pirst :; Uriitariat
vmtrch. . The . builciMg . is 225
years old. John B, Iiew s has been
sexvtqn . and. ellrJxiger atthe
hurch for more than 50. years, v '
Deep waterldiving ; eui be ear-
Tied ola with safety at a depth of I
riu. reet.
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AMESfOrf;CTiES.
K'fquny-.Misca!
WMmmtMMS
"How. far are you going?" asked my iV
fellow traveler, as we came across thei
rgthard:
-.v.eu puzzieo. vxnen i.recpuectea j
y Aiaiiau auu t,ua.a,
told me he bad never, been xmt of Italy,;
"Parigi,' I said, 'smiling, and
he. ktiew 'at once whnt I -meant;,: ; J -J:-.'
l?hen' .itj occurred 'to' me-lo mention
Lendon . to; him and 'see; if . he' under-
Btcod. He ' obviously . did not ?Lon-,
rAnAllffVf y. - MVno oa aTora Waia rA'T
of. us Jowrneying togethe across ; Eu
ropein hk, age which. Is supposed , to
have .broken d(wn the barriers that . I
once . oinaered : free intercourse, vet
we were not even, agreed, as to ; the"
names- of the. principal places on our
route - ' ;
JS called MllanVianoM Florence
kehzeTurln Torino; jiapies JNapolii:
'For Basle he said Basllea and Lucerna
forLucerne vbicb 'the Swiss them-;
selves call ; Luzern. Dronounclng -'the
like fe). f :0-:'M'hS: cr.':
Stop a" moment, 'thought When Isay
he called Florence Flrenxei. and so on,
I am laying myself . open . to . mlscph
ceptlon and the- charge' of. insular, in
solence, i Rather should, I put; it' that
we English call Flrenze Florence, just
as we call" Padova. Padua and Livorno
Leghorn:. We cannot .even give the.
Eternal dity its proper beautiful nttme.
Instead of Roma we-say Rome, whlcbr
is only a . trifle better than the Ger
mans, who deep down In their throats
grunt out . 'Rom." '
The Germans are very bad offenders
In this matter of miscalling places, for
they give them often such, cacophonous
equivalents as one would never think ,
of connecting with the real name. The
first time I went to Italy 1 let the
train leave Bellinzoha without me. I
was - drinking a cup of coffee and it
slipped ; off. I thoroughly enjoyed a
unny ... September afternoon s ramble
amid -vineyards and along the shore
(so far as I recollect) of au enchanting
little lake. Then I went back to tne
station to catch the evening service' to
Milan. ; ' f :
presently a long and important look
ing train thundered In. On it were
boards "BeTiin-Malland. 1 regarded
them idly, wandering where Mai land
was and why I had never beard of it
before.' It was only when I saw a
friendly porter wildly summoning me
to enter and heard a guard crying out.
"Chiasso. Coma. Mllano." that I re
alized the situation and understood
Mailand to be German for the city we
call Milan The German for Venice is
even more 111 sounding "Venedig."
Who would ever associate that harsh
trisyllable with the glories and loveli
ness of the miracle .city of the lagoons?
London Mail.. '
' ' Grim Scot Wit. ' ,
A Scottish minister 'had among his
parishioners a man who dealt in old
Worses, alternating bis spells of labor
with heavy sprees. During the pe
riod of depression which followed each
overindulgence John habitually took to
bed and there diligently studied the
family Bible. During one of these fits
of attempted reformation bis condition
prompted his wife to call in the Rev.
Mr. Wallace, the parish minister, who
at the time happened to be passing. '
"Oh.,Maister Wallace, come in and
see our John; he's rale bad!"
"What's wrang wi him?"
"He's feart to meet his Makker,"
aid Mrs. John. ;
Quick as fire came the crushing re
ply: ' L-
"Humph! Thell'm he need na be
feart for that; he'U never see'm."
Th Taj Mahal.
The Taj Mahal, at Agra. India, Is
said to be the most beautiful structure
in the world. It was built, by . Shah
Jehan as a tomb for his wife and is
of the purest white marble. It shines
60 aazzmngiy in tne sun mac you can
scarcely look at it except in the morn
ing or evening. Every part is inlaid
with the most exquisite designs ip
marble of different colors, the finish
being so perfect that the entire build
ing may be. said to resemble i the
delicacy of its workmanships one of
those Chinese caskets of ivory and
ebony which are now so common ; to
Europe and America. New York
'American. -
Rapid Army Mobilization.
The finest example of rapid organ
ization of an army was certainly, the
mobilization of the German army in
1870. On July 17 in that year the fa:
mous telegram, the shortest and most
momentous ever dispatched. "&rleg
Mobil." went forth from the headquar
ters at Berlin, and within a) fortnight
an army of 500.000 men. fully uni
formed, equipped and provided with
, commissariat, was on its t way to ' the
French frontier. Of course it must be
remembered that air these men had
been previously warned and that all
had been through their period of mili
tary training. London Answers.
There Is No Right,
"What is the right thing to do when
your wife asks you for money and you
haven't got it?" v ' "7
"Under those circumstances any
thine vou do will be wrong." New
York Herald. :
Beastly Business.' . : ." "
Plainfield Commuter That's a beast
ly business Shortly has gone in for.
Somerville CJommuter Whaf s he Ao
lng? Plainfield' Commuter Raising
bull terriers. Suburbanite: v ::
If: we have not quiet in our own
talnds. outward comforts will do noth
ing fr oa. Bunyan. I. I;
": - The late Valerian Gribayedoff
was one of the first American
newspaper -t ' sketch artists. -As
Gribayedoff said himselfjtis : f ame
was due not" to his . great artisti?
'sidll,? ?ut to hisiuck; 4&omvptgi
'first.: And he added, with a laugh
that it was always lucky to come
estmiiister :: 4bby
but
Many.years;
ncoln ftef used It; pf
aw . anma nmirpr ' or
nthn k
M4.. .K'r - nUn in
- quested' to execute but; on account
of the smallness of .the sum subscribed
he declined, V and ; Tborwaldsen ; .was
then applied ; to and cheerfully under
took the work. ;
Iff abopt 1833 the finished statue ar-
rPed ati, the custonis lonse in
DUtito Trhe' of t
London,
the sub-
Ireland, declined.' to give permission to
' -v .IT7 - : i ; ' . .. '- :'
have itiet flpTin the abbey, and owtog.
to this difllculty, which proved; insur
mouatabie;, for Dr. Ireland's successor
-was of the same opinion; it remained
fpr upward of twelve years In the cus
'0in8;h6usei:when'O84Jtwas'.;vi.
moved to the i : jibrary ox -'Jtrinity coi
T . y- 1 .3
The poet is represented In. tne statue
of the size- of fUfeT seated on a rum.
with his left foot resting oh the rag4
ment -of ,a columiv. In his right " hand
he holds . V style idp to hLs month, in' his
left & book. Inscribed "Childe Harold
He . is dressed ; in a frock . coat .and
cloaki Reside him f on the left la1; a
skull, above which Is the Athenian
owl. The likeness is, of, course, post
humous. fThorwaldsen was born Nov,
19, 1770. and, died on March 24, 1844
LAD Of MYSTERY.
That Awful
Boy Jones,". Who .
Tor-
- mented Queen Victoria.
'i
For a .little -while 'about" the middle
of the nineteenth, century "that awful
boy JOnes", was the torment, of Queen
Victoria's life, and bis short career in
public . contains a " mystery : which
would , try the mettle of Sherlock.
Holmes. "'.," .': '.; ,' V " '
He was a barber's apprentice who in
some unexplained way . aiscoverea a
passage into Buckingham palace, with
which be alone was acquainted. When
he was first found trespassing be was
gently admonished and sent home.
Soon after he was encountered again
in the palace. He would not tell how.
he obtained access. Again he was sent
home, and again he reappeared.
Once he calmly admitted that be bad
been lodging in the palace for a fort
night v He had laid snug during , the
day. sleeping in the royal apartments.
and at night had wandered from room
to room, helping himself to the food
left over from royal repasts. He bad
seen the queen repeatedly and indeed
had never been far from her.
The matter was considered so seri
ous that the boy was summoned be
fore a special meeting of the privy
council. He refused to give any ac
count of his secret. Soon after be dis
appeared, and it is supposed that he
was removed under state protection.
London Globe..
Grant In the Saddle.
Grant was at his best in the saddle.
The. one. real record that he made for
himself at the academy, the one time
that b excelled all his fellows, was
at the final mounted exercises of bis
graduating class, when, riding a fa
mous horse uamed York, he was called ,
upon to clear the leaping bar that the
gruff old riding master had placed
higher than a man's head. He dashed,
out; from his place in - the ranks, a
smooth faced, slender young fellow
on a powerful chestnut sorrel, and
galloped down the opposite side of the
hall, turned and went directly at the
bar, the great horse increasing bis
pace as he neared It. and then, as if
he and bis rider were one. rising and
clearing it Vltb a magnificent bound.
The leap Is still recorded at the acade
my as "Grant's upon York." St. NIch-.
olas.
! A Singular Marriage Custom, i
-'The Kurds have a very curious and
somewhat dangerous marriage custom,
which one would think would be more
honored in the breach than in the ob
servance. The husband, surrounded
by a bodyguard of twenty or thirty
young men. carries -bis wife borne on
bis back In a scarlet cloth and is des
perately assaulted the whole way" by
a number of girls. Sticks and stones
are hurled at. the bridegroom, who In
the coming home with his bride can
hardly be considered a very sbaPPy
man,- for the irate amazons often in
flict on him marks which he carries
to the grave. It may be that among
the lady pursuers are some ' of the
bridegroom's former "flames," who
turn the mock attack into downrigb
earnest to avenge slighted fove.
Quite a Comfort.
"There was a . time when they , put
-men in jail for' debt." said the bill col
lector severely. V ' ; J
!Well." answered the fretted citizen.
"I don't know but a good, : stout" jail,
where, your creditors couldn't send in
cards or call you up on the telephone,
would be a great deal of a comfort."
Washington Star. j
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, Experience Would Tell. -"I
want an .easy chair." said
the
householder, entering the store. .
"Yes. sir," said the salesman. "What
sort?" ' ' - ... - ,-
"I don't know yet." was the answer.
, "Let me look into the boss office and
see what lie"' has. He ought to be a
Judge." Buffalo . Express. . ,
; A"Marrying Man. y", . - "
: . "Are you a marrying man ?" , , was
asked of a somber looking gentleman
at a recent reception.' 'j 1 ' : -
"Yes. , sir." was - the prompt reply;
Tm a clergyman. J
- Talent creates a work; genius keeps
U from dying. Emerson.
A . tww - methofl ' hv '- voh the
. '
'audience at a theatre ctli show its
Made;. ..For.
- ..1. - . . - aaopteu a uiuuicipiu. uag, biu
approal or disapproval of, a play . copy of the flag wh eh waved
without , disturbing, the perform- oyg that t0Wtt during the Revoltt
ance is beg, introdueed by .the 1iojUry War TThe 'flag has thir
ItaUan dramatist," Traversi. Be- teXred and;white striped in the;
fore leaving the theatre eyery per- corner and the remainder
son latoropaickeUnto clie . Jk.ft flaffiV blue, with a c tele of
lire boxes marked "ff jood
r-v-Ow'--" .
They Invariably :' Conform to' the- ft ul '
What magic is . there !3Uv" the: rule of
six that compela'fhe' snowiflake to con
form so rigidly tot It:iaws?-Here is a
germ bestrewn vr?a'hJ-r' nature pos
sessing, the icharm of mystery.! of the
unknown. I sure richly Vto -reward the
investigator 'r 0kC-;HkU
Much wonder has been" excited be
cause the show crystals exhibit sncba
bewildering : diversity . . and ; beauty.
They , form within a:very thiq gaseous
solvent the air, and .this ailows the
molecules of"' water ah " unexampled
freedom of motion and ' adjustment
while, arranging, tbemselies in crystal
form.'v The;f act doubtless -largely ex-
plain's why : the : crystals ofNgnow far
exceed Other r crystals - in 'complexity
and symmetry Show t crystals, like all
crysjtalsof, water, develori under; the
hexagonal system ana , mvanaoiy ai-
vide into . siXi, Nothing absolutely c-er-
taln is edowii asvto- wny iney grow
thus excepf as It ii assumed'Saexuuui
ber and 'arrangement" of the a ttractive
and .repellent poles -possessed by the
molecules. :ot . water, impose this habit
of growth on them. This dividing Into
stx 'is necessarily... discussed and best
explained ' In somewhat : s. technical
sounding terms We may assume each
water particle; or molecule possesses
two ."opposite- primary poles; positive
and ' negative, .corresponding in direc
tion with the mam tabular axis of the
crystals, and in addition three or six
equidistant f secondary poles arranged
around what may be called the equa
.torial diameters of .the molecules.'. Wa
ter. being a dlamagnetic substance and
susceptible to polar repulsion, presum
ablv'has a tendency . to arrange itself
thus in a position between and at right
angles to the primary electromagnetic
poles. This alignment of the',, lines of
growth. opposite to. the lines of greater
magnetic iorce wouia compel tne crys
tals of snow to grow mainly, outward
In the directions of their equatorial
diameters and secondary poles. This
theory would perhaps best ' explain
why the crystals grow upon thin tabu
Jar or In the hollow - columnar form
and increase so little in the directions
of their main axes that is, in the di
rectlon in whlch,L ir is assumed, their
main position and negative poles lie-
Technical World Magazine., ;
A PATHETIC DUEL
Sad Sequel to a Meeting In the. Days
. When .Middies Fought.. ,
One of - the - most pathetic duels in
the early history of the American navy
was that between two young midship
men whose names are not given In the
record, according to a recent writer.
Their ship was in the Malayan wa--.
ters. One hot night they quarreled
over the question of leaving open the
scuttle. The dispute" was finally set
tled amicably by the exchange of cots.
A superior officer who had overheard
their heated words ' made it plain to
one of the midshipmen that he would
have.- to "call out" his friend, if he
wished to retain the respect; of his
friends. ' To. avoid ostracism and ; to
conform to -the standard of honor Im
posed by ' his superiors the unwilling
midshipman challenged. . . . N..,
-. The meeting . occurred on the" sea
shore. He . wrote of it afterward as
follows: "Upon the signal' we both
fired. I found myself, wounded and
was about to lean upon my second's
arm when I "perceived my opponent,
fall upon the sand. My own wound
was in the fleshy1 part of the thigh. It
did not prevent my running to the
prpstrate figure of my old friend,
whose face exhibited intense pain, and,
kneeling down by his side, I implored
his forgiveness, which he instantly
granted.
"My despair at his fate knew no
bounds, and. accusing myself of his
murder, I upbraided "with the bitterest,
reproaches those who had urged me
to send (he challenge. For weeks after
his cot was attended by his late oppo
nent, whose greatest Joy was to antici-:
pate .bis wants."
The wounded youth recovered, but
had a withered arm, and, leaving the
service, died of a broken, heart.
America. -
It was an Englishman who after;
traveling, from New York to St. Louis
was asked in the latter city if he was
going west. "Heavens, what a coun
try! Here l am. a thousand miles from
the sea. and I'm asked if I'm going
west!"
It was an American who. alighting
In San Francisco from a trip across
the continent which had been impeded
by heavy traffic, graspedjiis ' friend's
hand at the station and . exclaimed,
with pride, "What, an empire, where a
man, though moving all the time, can
be twenty-four hours late on a railroad
train!" It is an empire and powerful
as vast Washington Star.- .
Charles Reade's M istake. . s ,
"It was Charles Reade, wasn't it,
who wrote. 'Nothing is so terrible .as a
fooir " . '-v-;7' 1 .
"Yes, but he was wrong.' 1 live next
door to a newly married couple. If
Charles cculd see them he would at
once, admit that two fools are even
more terrible." Chicago Record-Herald.
, ' - - ...
-: Not vsullar.
Tess I see a notice in the paper of
the wedding ,of ,.Ma. Nnride. Jes1
Yes; I know her very .well. "Tess
Do you?' .What.was her maiden name?
Jessr-I suppose-hers maiden , aim was
to get. marrledPhiladelpliia Press.
- It is very much easier for a bad
man to become notorious than for -a
good one to become famous. Atlanta
Journal..' ' ' " .' - - ' - ,'.
. Tha ntr nf "EAston Pa has
l' -.1 aA
it white stars- 'M the centre:
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SNOVr?CRYSfALSi
Continental. 5 k Power ; ) TirMt-Jf'H
vvuiuieuuu . -, rgwer ueveiopment . x-
Cc& of St utejuinouieed; pfa for
a Touy,vuu wawrj?owjer. electrical plan
oa the Nlahgua river near Linn Creelc, '
MlssburU ;;.-. ciontesiplates v developin:; 4;.',: 2'
16 JD0O ' kllowfttn riAr to mi . tnr ' t-wa n Bmt i ' 1 ; .
sion a distance of '75 'tailed - : '- ' , ' .. : -
Sycamore CklC6 Vtvl&n: Wymi'UI,
was incorporated ; with ?26o,000. capital 5 ;
stock to develop coal properties'; ? lf
coiumnus ; Power Ca,v Columbus, ' .
Ga awarded contract for an addition-v
al dam, on Chattahoochee river,, to de-':-- ..
veiop .; zo.ouv norsa . power, for trans
mission by electricity." -'i-. : V '
jrrank Mnnsey bf iNewforK. f
awarded 'contract for the . construction 1
of the printing plant and office 4uild- -
ing ror :- tne ; Baltimore .News u 14-story
steel frame structure costing probably -1500,000:-
. : -
jvuiucKy. - .ttiver j tiarawood v C04 i f.
Jackson," Ky.) purchased 27.000 acres K
of land at $680,00.0 and will bufld mills v
to develop tne property. ' : :
West Pulverizing . Machine vCa?i -
Asheville, : N.v C ' purchased ; four-acre :
site ror construction . ' of machine,
blacksmith; steel plate and pattern
snops, etc comprising; a . complete 4
phuit to? manufacture uulverizine ma . "
Lchinery.- , : . . V ; ; , ' - ' .'. .
Pure Silex Corporation, ' Scottsville, t v
Va, chartered -1 with $150,000 capital C
stock .to, mine silex 'deposits. .
Northern Texas Traction Co.", Port i 1
Worth, Tex-, voted bbnjds for $1,000'
000 ; tot build power house for 4,500 v k
horsepower, erect $30,000 fireproof car :
barn extend transmission lines, and '.
oher improvements. ,. .
Pioneer Telegraph & Telephone Co .
Oklahoma City, determined plans . for
constructing a fireproof . steel: ." frame '
exchange costing $70,000, v-'.; L. ,
Anniston Iron ; .Corporation, Annis- ,
ton,' Ala organized with-$600,000 cap- .
ital stock and takes over Woodstock
Iron M Steel K Corporation - nronerties '.
L comprising two furnaces ' witn daily
capaeuy or 37& tons, 50,000 acres Of; .
iron and. timber land, etc.,. besides se.
curing control of Filner Coal & Rl- s
way Co., owner of. 8,000 acres of coal
land,380 coke ovens, . equipment for
producing 1,000 , tons' of coal daily,
etc.; new company composed of H. E, -McWane
and associates of the Lynch-burg-Va.,
Foundry Cto. - ; ;
Clarksville Home. Telephone Co,
Clarksville. Tenn., was incorporated
with $75,000 capital stock. .
Carolina Banding Machine Co, Win-. -
ston-Salem, N. C was incorporated
with - $125,000 capital stock to : manu f
facture a machine for placing bands"
on cigars. '7 i '. t t. , .
. Among building contracts awarded
were: $25,000 theatre at Little Rock, ' '
Ark. ; $500,000 railway station at Bal
timore; $15,000 store building at Day--ton,
Tenn.; -$15,000 -freight depot and
Office building at 1 Birmingham, Ala.;
$48,000 railway1 warehouse at Wil
mington, N..C-; $25,000 bank building ,
at Georgetown, Tex.; $40,000 school '
building at Auburn,vAla.; 3 $27,000 dori
mitory at Christiansburg,Va.'; $?0,b00
store and office building at Durham' -
N. C; $37,000 court- house at Mffleny
Ga ; $40,000 store and hotel and build-,,
ings' at Birmingham, Ala. . . . V :
-Plans were announced, forr' 23-story - -$100,000
Baptist church at Oklahoma : r
city; -.xu.uuo apartment -' house at '"
Clarksburg,' W. ; Va.; $10,000 bank : .?;
buildingat Alderson, Va.; $35 000 :u
school, at Conway, Ark.; $15,000 ofllce-" r
bullding at Dothan,iAla;' $50,000 hoa-. -pital
at BirmmgJbam:Ala.fr $25,000
clubhouse : at Baltimore; $1,500,900 r -mercantile
building at Dallas, Tex; :
$100,000 High School building at Tex-lT
arkana, Ark.; $60,000 theatre at Cunv : i '
oeriand, Md.; $30,000 bank building at
,Weatherford, Tex;; $500,000? 18-story
T3-
sieei irame notei at Jacksonville; Fla.;
. -'' Mocks ville -hoteiWy
Mrs. R. P . Anderson is visiting '
in Waston --: J' i&r-Sl ''.
Three- of Mr. and Mrs. C. Q. i '
Stafford's sons, H, A., J. 'G, andr-
W. L., of Chattanooga are here :
onva visit ato their'parentsl ' - ; J
The "Tom Thumb YeddAig!
presented at the court house Sat- ' -urday
night was weU,.: attended
andmuch enjoyed. -I." - -
Our people are looking forward
to Boone Day. (Saturday next) ;
with much, interest . According te
indications there will not be much
dong in town that day- every
body's going to. the cave; ,
'It is announced that a matri
monial union of iiiterest will take
place in our midst Wednesday af
ternoon, the contracting parties
being Mr! Rufus B . Sataford and
Miss Adelaide Gaither. 4
tMiss - Pattie Battle, one of .our
teacher in the -graded school has
gone to Raleigh for medical treat
ment . We trust her case will not N
prove serious. - -; . . '.. -
Messrs. M. J. Vaughan and 6.
O 'Mara, furniture, dealers, of Nev
York, were here on business with "
our furniture manufacturers, sonv
days ago.""-. .. ' . ' ; -.. -
The cold wave of Monday alid
Monday night;' was .one of the
worst ever known this late in the
esason . Snow and sleet ' fell ill
many places,' and '. cotton, fruit
and vegetables, were damaged "io
an alarming extent .0; It is believe
ed that '.' the cotttin crop was cut
off 3,000,000 Jbales, and . thatj the '
total cfopj vegetable :, and fruit
loss Vof -the country; is rirobabjy
six hundred.-ahd .fity millions of
dollarsas; a result of the snap .
Nort- CoUna . -being; somewhat
protected by ; the mbtahis on the
west and its atoosphere tempered
by the sea breezes from - the east.;
did not fare; so, badly as sipme of J
the other tatcsere has b .,g'U:
"much damage .however, : in bur !
'.la A&aiia1rjhere arefneaTly:
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