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0 New NEWS1 & MI mmmm CURTAIN-FRONT HEN HOUSE States Aid in Cholera Precautions WASHINGTON. Dr. William K. Rucker of the public health and marine hospital service, recently left x Ellis Island for Boston to confer with Commissioner of Immigration George B. Billings, the port medical staff and officials of the state board of health regarding the new and comprehensive plan for guarding the United States against possible danger from cholera suspects coming from Russia and Italy. This plan contemplates a sur- veillance of immigrants from the in fected districts to their final destina tion in the United States, even though it be in a remote settlement of the west.' Surgeon General Walter Wy man and his officers have worked days and nights perfecting the de tails and now believe that with the co-operation of state and municipal health authorities which they request, a cholera epidemic in the United States would be practically impos '' Bible. The new system, which is supple mentary to the rigorous medical ex aminations now made provides for a registry of immigrants from Russia and Italy by the immigrant inspectors at each port on the Atlantic coast. Ask Honest Postal r - - .- ( 1 1 ft )lM, POSTOfFlcfia; - - (INSPECTOR IS- ANNOUNCEMENT is made at the post office department that under instructions from Postmaster General Hitchcock the inspectors "must get the crooks." Whereupon every sleuth has put his nose to the ground and sought an opening to land those who are trying to "get something for nothing" from the people. But' it is also said that "they are going after every individual or concern whose business smacks of fraud regardless of its size or the influence which may be behind it." Several days ago there' came out of the same department a story to the effect that the inspectors were in formed that they were not to "go it blind" and simply make cases, but that he would have to be able to "produce the goods" so as to have reasonable grounds for convictions in court. No honest man wants to prevent the Government Clerks I CAM 5CE MYSELF LOOKING F0 MSOTHGR JOS Alt W.ICHT -!-?-! TREASURY clerks were thrown into a panic the other day by the pub lication in a local paper of a story describing in alarming detail how Frederick A. Cleveland, the business expert', has been whizzing through the department of late, discovering in efficiency right and left and recom mending discharges and salary reduc tions at a wholesale rate. Not only on their own account, but on that of their relatives and friends throughout the country. As a matter of fact, the story ap parently was made out of whole cloth. It has attracted attention at the White House, which has given orders that its origin be traced. The actual work of reorganizing the treasury department is being done very slowly and quietly and without serious disturbance to any one. Six months ago the department entered into a contract with Arthur Young, W A. J Hobble Invades Nation's High Court THE hobble skirt, or what looked like a hobble skirt, the other day nvaded the precincts of the United States Supreme court, where flowing robes are worn by the justices and where the lawyers who appear to ar- pie cases generally wear the somber Mack of the bar. Of course, hobble skirt wearers ive hobbled behind the railing where public is admitted, because among the visitors to the courtroom are women dressed i the latest styles, nut net until the day mentioned a womaV barrister, entitled to practise before the highest court in the land, (PPared in a dress which suggested 11 latrsr fad. i fte The bureau has prepared a blank for the use of the inspectors whereby a simple system of checking and the writing in of the name of the im migrant ind the town, street and num ber to which he is going will make a complete record of his origin and destination. At the close of the day these "des tination cards" will be collected by the chief medical officer and imme diately mailed to state boards of health. The state health official in return will be requested to mail the cards to the local boards of health. The the ory is that should a case of cholera break out the local officials would im mediately be able to identify it and take prompt measures, should the rec ords show that the place harbored persons coming from a cholera in fested district. The treasury department and the department of commerce and labor have formally approved Doctor Wy man's plan, hence it goes into opera tion with all the force o' the govern ment behind it as far as United States officials are concerned. It should be said that the bureau has no fear of a cholera epidemic in this country. ' The medical examina tions of immigrants are very thor ough and in devising this additional system Doctor Wyman merely covers a factor in the situation namely, the chance cholera bacillus carriers to whom no systematic attention has been given before. Law Enforcement prosecution of frauds and crooks. On the contrary, there Is a strong desire that all 6uch persons should be ap prehended and punished, but there have been examples of great injustice and wrong on the part of too eager post office inspectors who wanted to make a record and devoted much time to working up cases. There are also many people who, for revenge, or other cause, seek out post office in spectors and try to secure fraud or ders against persons they dislike or whose business rivalry they fear. If fraud orders could be reviewed in the courts it would not matter so much whether legitimate concerns were attacked by over-zealous men who are told "get the crooks," and went out to make records. But there are many little frauds who advertise a business and have a little room with a deal table and one chair; reap a small harvest and make a quick get away, who should be pursued by the men who are trying to prevent the use of mails for fraudulent purposes. There is quite a field to cover by those who are in earnest and do not feel that in order to make a name and reputation they must pull down big concerns or get "big game." Were Well Scared who has made a thorough examina tion of the antique accounting system and of general business methods. Mr. Young put eight men to work and the treasury department placed alongside of every one of them a check of its own, selected especially because of his known .efficiency and enterprise. As a result the depart ment now has in hand a staff of trained investigators of its own edu cated by the hired experts, whose re ports to the secretary and his assist ants have proved exceedingly valu able. The treasury department hesitates to make sweeping changes in per sonnel until congress shall -have passed some kind of civil service re tirement act. Ju3t before congress adjourned it had been planned to put through a limited retirement bill which . ould have enabled the depart ment to retire several hundred aged clerks at practically a thousand dol lars a year, but never reached pub licity, much less congress. The gov ernment, however, recognizes more and more the need of a retirement law and the president and his cabinet are confident they could save money enough from the operation of one to pay the whole cost. The person who has precipitated all this discussion is Adelma II. Burd of New York. Whe i slje appeared in the courtroom and proceeded to take her seat within the Inclosure reserved for members of the bar there was a hasty investigation. It did not ceem likely that a woman lawyer who had attained the dignity of the right to practise before the Supreme court would be go swayed by feminine emo tions as to don a skirt that showed tendencies toward the hobble idea. Some of the court officers, as a mat ter of fact, were not certain in their own :ainds that the hobble feature was there That question has not yet bet answered satisfactorily. Anyway, Mips Burd was not mo lested. She is likely to go down in history as the first woman who by her appearance before the Supreme court proved that her sex can attain the greatest distinction in store for attorneys without putting behind it what is regarded as the feminine de votion to the dictates of fashion. Story of His How Benjamin H. Brewster, Arthur's Attorney General, Was Disfigured for Life In Saving Brother From Death. In the summer of 187S I met at Saratoga Gen. Simon Cameron, for rears senator from Pennsylvania, President Lincoln's first secretary of war, and afterwards minister to Rus sia. "I have come for the first time in some years," said he, "to spend a week or ten days at what I used to regard as the most attractive summer resort in the United States. I am pretty well for an old man, and I live in a very healthful part of Pennsyl vania, but I thought a change of scene and a chance of meeting old friends might do me good, an I know it will do my companion a great deal of good." From the manner in which General Cameron spoke I inferred that he re ferred to his wife, or some other mem ber of his family, not knowing at that time whether or not he were a widower. But an hour or two later I say him walking arm in arm with a quaint and strangely apparelled man. The gentleman wore a true beaver hat, bell crowned, the plush of the beaver standing jut almost in little ringlets. Instead of a linen shirt front there appeared ruffled lace, and his neck was swathed in the typical neck-cloth of two generations earlier. At the cuffs of his coat were little fringes of lace; the waistcoat was of buff color, with gilt buttons; the trous ers a pale blue, fastened under gait ers by straps, and he wore light-colored spats. But notwithstanding this extraordinary and archaic apparel, and a certain unusual grace and dig nity of manner, the man attracted in stant and especial attention by reason of the frightful devastation of .his face. It was almost inexpressibly seamed and scarred, and the drooping underlids of his eye gave a peculiar staring effect to the expression of his face. His lips were seared, and yet it was observed that his smile was one of peculiar charm. Senator Cameron seemed to be very proud to be. in as sociation with this strange appearing man, and when I asked a gentleman who knew them both who the sena tor's companion was, he replied: "That is Benjamin H. Brewster, one of the great lawyers of Philadel phia, a man of infinite charm and wit, so intensely fascinating, notwithstand Doubted Edison's Good Faith Editor of the New York Sun Insisted There Must Be Trickery in the Talking Machine Invented by the Wizard. By the year 1878 Thomas A. Edison, by his invention of the stock ticker, the quadruplex system in telegraphy and a microphone and carbon trans mitter in telephony, had become fa mous as a nineteenth century wizard. That year Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, was told that Edi son had invented an instrument of some sort that talked, and in due course he despatched the late Amos J. Cummings, afterward a member of the house of representatives, and my self to Menlo Park, N. J., where Edi son had his laboratories, for the pur pose of inspecting and witnessing a demonstration of the alleged inven tion, as Mr. Dana called it. We found Edison in the best ol spirits and standing before his newest product He turned the crank and to our intense astonishment there came from the bowels of the apparatus Edi son's own voice. Then he invited Mr. Cummings to speak into the machine, and an hour or so later both of us were more astonished than before, if that were passible, to hear the ma chine reproduce so perfectly that no one who knew the voice could have mistaken it, word for word, just what Mr. Cummings had spoken into it. After that we were entertained by the machine reproducing a song which our host told us had been sung into the machine by one of his assistants. "He thinks he can sing," added Mr. Edison, drily, his irresistible tendency to make a joke getting the better of him. And a little later, after he had explained the mechanism and the phil osophy of the new invention, and Its probable uses, he solemnly declared: "Why, this machine will knock report ers out of business! That Is the only regret I have about it." Filled with amazement and enthu siasm, we returned to the Sun office and reported to Mr. Dana. "Tom Edison has got the thing, sure," declared Mr. Cummings. "His machine will capture any human voice and then reproduce It ju6t as distinct ly as though the person were talking to you." Mr. Dana looked incredulous. "That's impossible," he protested, decidedly. "There must be some trick about it, some magic. There's a, man up at Niblo's garden now who has a thing he calls a talking machine, and we all know there's some trick about it. It's the same with Edison's." "Well, there is magic enoueh in It." Scarred Face ing the deformity of his face, that this misfortune is forgotten after five min utes' conversation." Four years later I made the ac quaintance of Mr. Brewster after he was called by President Arthur to the cabinet as attorney general. Then I learned at first hand that, after a few minutes' conversation with Mr. Brew ster, one forgot all about his awful deformity of face in admiration of his intellect. A few days later the late Samuel J. Randall, then speaker of the house, told me the story of the scar. "General Brewster's disfigurement was the result of an accident that oc curred in his childhood," said the great Pennsylvania Democrat, "and I can describe that accident in no bet ter way than to tell you of an inci dent which took place in court. "Mr. Brewster appeared as counsel in an important case and handled it with his accustomed brilliancy and ability. There is no orator at the bar who surpasses him, and his misfor tune is almost instantly forgotten bv those who hear him speak. The op posing counsel was much irritated, at last lost his temper, and made a most unkind and unprofessional allusion to Mr. Brewster's seared face. "For a moment the court room was absolutely silent. The judge looked forth from his desk with reproach in $4, 000, 000 Spurned by Tilden How Boss Tweed Abjectly Begged That He Put a Stop to the Prose- cution and Offered Him an Immense Fortune. In 1872 Samuel J. Tilden undertook to overthrow the so-called notorious Tweed ring in New York City. To aid in that work Mr. Tilden became a candidate for the legislature, to which he was elected, and there he was largely instrumental in bringing about the impeachment proceedings against two judges of the state supreme court who were accused of having beea mere servants of the Tweed ring. Mr. Tilden was also the leader of those who undertook the criminal prosecu tion of Tweed, and it was chiefly through Mr. Tilden's marvelous power of analysis that it was possiblo to demonstrate that Tweed's share in Mr. Cummings replied, '"and it does the trick, too; but there's no trickery about it. Why, I talked into it, 'and an hour later there, it was saying exactly what I had said and saying it in; my own tone of voice. Edwards here said he would recognize my voice with his eyes shut and that it was my voice coming out of, the machine." Mr. Dana still looked unconvinced. "How does he do It?" he asked. "Well," replied Cummings, "he's got a little thing somewhat like his micro phone transmitter of the telephone, and when you talk against it it vi brates upon a tin foil cylinder, which reproduces the vibrations. And those vibrations, when the cylinder is put into the machine and set going, repro duce the human voice." Mr. Dana looked long and curiously at Mr. Cummings, as though he were trying to determine ift his own mind whether or not his two reporters had been Imposed upon. Cummings grew impatient. "There isn't any doubt about it,Mr. Dana," he exclaimed, with some heat. "Tom Edison has got a machine that will catch the human voice and reproduce it perfectly." "Well," said Mr. Dana, speaking slowly and thoughtfully, "if you are sure go ahead. It will make a wonderful story." "It will, indeed," cried Cummings. "It's the story of the most wonderful invention ever made. And the man that's made it is a wizard." The story of the phonograph, or talking machine, as it appeared next day in the Sun made a full page and was the sensation of the day. Upon reading it Mr. Dana was convinced that Edison had really invented what he said he had; and ever after he regarded the phonograph as the most mystic and wierd of all inventions. (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) It Was All a Mlsake. A Springfield (Mass.) woman grew suspicious of her husband and be lieved him to be in the habit of kiss ing a pretty servant girl In her em ploy, so ehe decided to watch him and catch him in the act. She heard him enter the kitchen quietly one eve ning when the pretty esrvant girl was out. She immediately placed a shawl over her head, and, with matches in hand, entered the dark kitchen by the back door and was almost immediate ly seized and kissed in the most ar dent manner. Bent on administering a terrible rebuke, she tore loose his embrace and struck a match. There stood the servant girl's beau. his glance, but apparently was check ed by some Intimation conveyed to him by Mr, Brewster, who stood im passive for a few seconds. Then, speaking in a very low, but distinct tone of voice, with just a hint of pathos in his tone, he said: " My brother has referred to my seared face, to the ravages which ap pear upon my 'countenance. I will only say that when I was a boy I was playing with my little brother in the library of our home, when by some chance he fell over into the fireplace. I hurried forward to save him; I did save him. But in doing so I myself fell face forward upon the glowing coals, and a skin that was as fair as that of any child and eyes that were as perfect as those of childhood were in that instant seared by the hot coals, so that I have borne upon my face ever since the terrible story of that misfortune. But I have always been glad that, though I myself suffered, I was able to save my little brother from destruction. That, your honor, is the explanation of the disfigure ment to which my learned brother has seen fit to iHer, and with it I hope you will be content.' 'iNot for moments only, but for min utes, after Mr. Brewster had finished speaking not a sound was to be heard in that court room," said Speaker Randall. "And it was a silence that was broken only when the judge said quietly, but with suppressed emotion, 'Proceed, gentlemen. " (Copyright. 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) the stealings from the city of New York was twenty per cent. . At first Tweed was defiant, believ ing that he had not only courts, but legislatures, at his control. His de nance went so far that he asked: "Well, what are you going to do about it?" But it was a very differ ent Tweed who discovered that Joseph H. Choate was correct when, at a Cooper union meeting, the great law yer took from his pocket a paper con taining presentment and accusation, and said: "This is what we are go ing to do about it." And it was. a still more different Tweed who, wlen the prosecution had been begun and he realized that the various cupposts' upon which he relied were no mure. than broken reeds, ventured to cail upon Samuel J. Tilden. What oc curred at that interview has hitherto remained unpublished. One stormy evening Mr. Tilden was informed by a servant that Mr. Tweed had called and was anxious to speak with him. "Show him into the library," was Mr. Tilden's reply. In the library. In addition to Mr. Tijden. were one or two others. It was a most abject, broken-down wreck of a man who pre- Eented himself to Mr. Tilden He . said using substantially these words: "Mr. Tilden. I have called upon you to see whether all this prosecution against me cannot be called off." "It is beyond my power to call it off," replied Mr. Tilden. "No, it is not, Mr. Tilden; you can stop this. It has gone far enough. I am willing io agree to any terms you may name if you will only stop the prosecution." "That I cannot do." "I beg of you, for the sake of my family, who are suffering everything, to put a stop to it. I am willing to leave the city, to leave the country. I will go into complete retirement. I ask you, for the sake of my family, to bring this! to an end." "I can only say, Mr. Tweed, that I am powerless to stop this. Even if I should step aside, another would take my place." "Mr. Tilden. if- you will agree to stop this. I will agree to leave the city, to go into complete oblivion, and there will be, in addition, four million dollars for you." "Not for me, Mr. Tweed. If you have any restitution to make, you must make it to the city of New York. You should have thought of your family before. I cannot help you. The prosecution will continue. And you can only escape through the verdict of a jury which, I assure you, will be made up of honest, fair and impartial men." "Then you decline?" said Tweed. "I cannot stop these proceedings," Mr. Tilden." he. replied. "Good night, Mr. Tilden, and good bye," and with these words Tweed left Mr. Tilden's library. Soon after he was convicted upon twelve counts of the indictment, and served a term in the penetentiary. Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards. A1J Rights Reserved.) Joys of Travel. "You think of giving up your auto mobile?" "Yes," replied Mr. Chuggins. "What I want is a nice large hay wagon. Then I can take up the entire road without bothering about lights, lan terns or licenses." Flourishing. "I, hear he is doing a flourishing business." "Yes, flourishing a stick; he's got five boys." Excellent Building for Poultry Except - In States Having Long and Severely Cold Winters. Except in states having long and severely cold winters the curtain-front type of house is the thing. It keeps the fowl3 nearer a state of nature. END VIEW r Cross-Section View. there are no colds, roup and other dis easee and with proper feeding smS cere, as many, if not more, eggs. The wire netting on the south side of my henhouse is covered in stormy ov cold weather with duck curtains, writes J. W. Torrance of Ripler. Okla., in Missouri Valley Farmer. A SOOST FFDW? P.00MUffrJfMTJF5 j rr. The Floor Plan. 12-inch board is hung at the upper edge of the 1-foot wire netting north side, to be raised or lowered ac cording to the weather. The wire in center wall gives free ventilation through the house in hot weather . FEED TURKEYS FOR MARKET Give Them Only What They WHt Clean Up Should Be Penned Up With Shelter Over Roost. Turkeys for the midwinter markets should be penned up. with a shed t roost under at night. The yard should be large enough for them to exercise in. A successful New England turkey raiser has two herds, one smaller than the other; when the birds are first brought in they are put In the lower, when ready to fatten they are put into the smaller yard. By keep ing the same flock together they bear confinement and have a better appe tite. Feed only what they will eat up clean. The grain for fattening should be sound and of good quality, give a variety mixed grain, vegetables boiled and mixed with wheat bran and corn chop. Give turnip tops and cabbage leaves once a day. Rj e pasture may take the place of vegetables. Give an . abundance of fresh water, have the troughs clean, the yard and sheds clean and dry, feed four times a day. The birds should be fed by same per son and not frightened. liens are high jumpers when they can get a dainty by lt. Correct feeding and successful keep ing go together in fowldom. Be on your guard against drafts. They are disastrous this time of the year. The busy fowl is never sick. A breeding stock must be strictly hardy. Laying hens will eat and digest 25 per cent, more feed than hens that are not laying. Feed wheat dry and warm for break fast. There is nothing better for cold weather egg making. Perfect health and warm, not toa warm, but comfortable quarters are necessary to insure eggs. Don't lose sight of the fact that it is the early hatched pullets that make the best winter layers. Carry out the droppings at least once a week. Too much work? Not half as much as to fight 10,000,000 lice. There should be separate quarters for pullets if they are expected to do much of the laying during win ter. ETery fowl should be perfectly tame, and the taming process should be commenced as soon as feeding be gins. ? Hens infested with vermin are not in a condition to be profitable to their owner; you can avoid that condition by proper care. One important secret of winter lay ing i3 to give the flocks all the work possible. And this is but one of tho many ways of doing this. Never sell either ' egga or ' birds that you have not considered good enough for your own use; it's a bad business policy for anyone. ii it m '1 '1
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