North Carolina Newspapers

LAST TRIBUTE TO THE MARTYRS OF THE MAINE FAMED AS A SOCIAL WORKER i I I; i ; i P refugees had arrived, one thousand of whom were wounded. Every hospital In the town was full to overflowing; the barracks, halls and every available building received their share of the injured. It was not Miss Davis' affair; she Is an American. Besides, she was traveling for rest and pleasure. But he did not pack her grip, lnstesd she sorted out Its contents and, appro priating everything that might answer as bandages, set out for the hospitals. For a few days she worked there, cleansing and dressing wounds, trying to lee that patients received food and doing anything that seemed likely to re duce the prevailing confusion and misery. Then help arrived. The German Red Cross of Berlin and the Italian of Breccia came to Syracuse and took over the hospitals. Within a day they had worked such a trsnsformatlon that Miss Davis felt that she might effect more good elsewhere. She went out Into the streets, where she continued her relief work. America and Italy have both shown approval of Miss Davis' method of "butting in." One year later, President Taft, on behalf of the American Ked Cross, presented Miss Davis with a medal especially engraved. The Italian Red Cross, through the Italian ambassador, also presented Miss Davis with a medal. Finally the city of Syracuse presented her with an engrossed parch ment diploma. TO PHOTOGRAPH Harry Whitney, the sportsman who wintered with the most northern Es quimaux that he might go shunting Into the musk-ox country and then re turned on board the steamer Roose velt when Commodore Peary came back from his successful trip In quest of the pole, sailed from here the other day on a sealing trip with Capt. Rob ert A. Bartlett. Mr. Whitney carried with him a motion-picture apparatus with which he expects to get photographs of scenes connected with seal hunting. As far as known no one has ever un dertaken this feat. Captain Bartlett, who commanded the Roosevelt, has managed many successful sealing trips to the north. : Mr. Whitney said of his plans oh the present trip: "That all depends of course on our luck. The Neptune will accommodate a cargo of 35,000 seals, but whether we will be lucky enough to bring back at many as that of sours we can't tay, but I am prepared for almost anything that may happen. I '"We expect to run Into very bad weather and in many ways I am pre pared tor one of the roughest trips 1 have ever taken into this part of tb country. We will bead for the Straits of Belle Island and the coast of Lab rador and It is In that region that we hope to get the seals. "Captain Bartlett, who is making this trip for a sealing company, Is car rying with him a large crew, 304 men, and he hopes to get a good number ol young seals. These are valuable not only for the skins, which bring a good price, but for the fat as well. "With this motion picture apparatus I hope to get some good views. Not only do I hope to be able to get pictures of the actual scenes attendant upon the sealing, but pictures of the ship in the Ice and many things of Interest Incidental to the trip. I have with me 20,000 feet of film and I hope I will no' spoil It all." WOMAN WHO AIDS RUSS GIRLS slslM4ssilsslMs by private effort. It will require a vaat amount of work. "There must be government co-operaiion and control of a situation that results in figures so ghastly as those shown In the toll of missing girls that start from New York for Chicago and never reach her. "It ia evident that these disappearances are not accidental. It la plan that th girls do not fall off th traina and lose themselves. It would be lai better If they did. The neglect that haa permitted whit slavers to acun so linn a grip on th immigrant traffic of thi country la not alone a blot 01 the fair nam of th United States. It is a well a, blot on the nam of gov eminent In Russia. ; "There ia earnest effort in this country now In the direction of securlni a national federation of Immigrant leagues. If that could be realised w should have made a considerable advance. 1t strikes me that th matter li one for cooperative action ot the two governments." QUEEN MARY STARTS A CULT Owing to th Incentive ot Queen Mary, who is a devote of th needle, th cult of stltchery prevails in so ciety to an amasing extent Every other woman on meets is talking ot needlework - and th craft of th needle; It Is a sort of obsession. The mysteries of satin stitch, padded and otherwise, of . crewel work, braid work, couching, herringbone, button hole and French knots are discussed by everybody. When Queen Mary came back from India and tbe Dur bar ah found society a keen on needlework aa it used to be' on bridge. One of the cleverest needlewfakera Is Lady Glenconner (sister-in-law of Mrs. Asqulth), who make her own dfH'rns and has original ideas for t' -ooiation. She is fond ot big, bold ; In vivid colors and has rkel many bedspreads and cover s l.i William ?: orris patterns. I a p ' r ::j specimen of her t V." -1 ?."--t;.-r, Salisbury, on . ' r - r 1 1 of a very old type. Sh likes best to copy old d ' i i t ' s If women of today plied the needle more fr ' 5 i t-- la tilt feverish, hurrying age. When Katharine Bement Davis U at horn at Bedford, N. Y., she super- intend! the State Reformatory for Women, where bad flrla are made oyer Into good onei. The making over ia a long, hard and difficult proceee and some two yean ago Miss Davis felt that she muat have a rest 80 the applied for a leave of absence and ailed for Italy, aura that long days of Idleness In that sunny clime would bring her the relaxation she so sore ly needed. While she waa In Syracuse, there came the horror of the Messina earthquake. A few hours later, retU' gees from Messina began to arrive In Syracuse. Wounded; frightened al most to a state of insanity; covered at best with one or two scant gar ments; homeless; destitute and hun gry, men, women and children poured Into the city. Many travelers quietly packed their grips and departed. Within a few days four thousand SEAL HUNTING Anna Maria Krapldlnski, special agent of tbe Russian government from Warsaw, Russian Poland, left Chicago tbe other day after gathering statistics through the medium of tbe Immigrants' Protective league and tbe Juvenile Protective association. She was detailed to investigate ihe conditions under which immigrant girls are cared for by the United States authorities after their arrival at Ellis Island. She has a clear conception of the necessities of the situation. A yearly average of 1,800 immigrant girls routed- out of New York for western points, most of them traveling via Chicago, are lost en route. Mme.. Krapldlnski said In an Inter view with a reporter; "Conditions are ao serious deepltt the great generosity of public spir ited men and women in the United States that it la evident the problen is one not to be adequately handled v .sT" I I A ' ' i iffl. - . 1 t iitf&J&Ji!fr.TMMx . . . J FINAL tribute to the offlcera and men who went down In the battleship Main In Havana harbor was paid when thirty-four unidentified bodies were Interred In Arlington cemetery In the presence of President Taft and other high government officials and great gathering of soldiers, sailors and private citizens. Our photograph I a acen on' the cruiser Birmingham, which brought the bodies from Havana. FRAUD IN Confederate Money Still Used to Swindle Immigrants. First Issue of Currency In South- Problems That Confronted th Treasury of th Confederacy During th War. Boston. Confederal money la stIU a favorite medium of th confidence man in his dealings with the raw im migrant, though it Is hardly a cur rency to deceive any man acquainted with the country'a history or even with th negotlabla paper money of to day. It Is not surprising that con fed eraie money is so plentiful after a half a century aa to make It more valuable to the confidence man than to th collector when one realizes tbe Immense amount turned out by tbe Industrious presses of the Confed eracy. Th Confederate treasury kept on printing paper money almost up to tbe fall of Richmond. A note dated Rich mond, February 17, 1864, declares upon Its face: "The Confederate States of America will pay $10 to bear er two years after tbe ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confed erate States' and the United States of America." When tbe Confederate treasury began business there was a clear enough perception among tbej public men of th Confederacy that cheap money would be on of their government's perils. They bad been brought up In th old democratic monetary theory of a currency com posed of gold and sliver at a fixed ratio Intended to correspond' with their relative bullion value, and paper money based upon such currency. Almost exactly fifty years ago the It sue of $1,000,000 in Interest-bearing note was authorised. This waa th earliest Confederate paper money Is sued. By July of that year the treas ury bad eioeeded the authorized amount, and the Issue of double the Note is Man's Doom Husband Out of Work Forges Wife's Name to Check. Banker Goes to Her Aid snd Writes to Offer Position, But Woman's 8pous, Fearing Prosecution, Ends Lit. Chicago. Receipt of a letter by a Chicago man recently, a letter which should bav brought employment and happiness, caused th man who re ceived It to commit suicide. The Strang story of how her husband, who had long been out of work, took his Ufa upon th receipt of a letter which meant tbe offer of a job and future comfort Is told by the suicide's widow. "My husband, after being long de spondent over sickness and his inabil ity to obtain a position, in a moment of weakness took my bank book, which recorded a small amount of de posit, and forged my name to a check for $11. I know that be . used th money in an endeavor to And employ ment and that be would bav paid It ARE LOCKED IN BY BURGLARS Family Penned Upstair by House Breakers Attar Alarm Wires Are Cut ' Woodbury, N. J. Burglars mad another call on Postmaster Isaac Haines, but they took precautions not to meet the fate of a midnight visitor at the Haines home two years ago, When an Intruder was shot by the postmaster. On this trip the burglar locked the postmaster and bis family upstairs, detached tbe alarm ; wires and then opened all th doors on tbe first floor, so a hasty retreat could be mad. . The . telephone boxes and money drawers were looted and con siderable stock was taken from the store. The store of Charles Hughe waa also visited, and th haul from th two places waa larg enough te fill a wagon. Begin at Horn. Everybody wants to reform some body else, but tbe citizen's first duty to th stata la to reform himself. OLD BILLS original Issue was then sanctioned by law. The smallest denomination of these early issues was $60, for th treasury hoped that meana might be found for using silver and gold in minor transactions. Before th end of tbe year the authorized issue had again been exceeded, and In spite of oft renewed good resolutions the Con federacy by July, 1863, had $1,000,000. 000 of notea outstanding. For a few months devoted Confederate patriots permitted their gold deposits to get Into general circulation,' but soon everybody who had gold hoarded It or sent It out of the country to a place of safety. Almost at the very end of tbe Con federacy Jefferson Davis vetoed a bill for th Issue of $80,000,000 In paper and congress passed the measure over his veto. Th funding plans resulted In a temporary contraction of the cur Old Fued Comes to Light California Men Kept 8trange Vows for Many Years Arrest of On r Reveals Compact . - -San Bernardino, Cal. Never to set foot upon each other's sidewalk, and always to be prepared to shoot to kill If they should meet outside th city, Is th strange compact that for fifteen years has been In existence between C. W. Richardson and Joseph and John Sbafer, prominent business men of this place. Their places of busi ness are opposite each other on Court street This compact was violated last week when Joseph Shafer, trying to catch better gllmps of an aviator, crossed to his enemy's sidewalk. Richardson cam forth with a jump to mak an at tack. Shafer fled. to his own side of the street, but burled bsck a chal lenge. This aroused Richardson, whoa high-voiced reply made it possible 4b back to me, but fate willed differently," said the widow, sadly. "I discovered tbe forgery accident ally when I went to the bank a few days later. waa ushered into the president's office and told him my atory. I ex plained to him that my husband had always been bard working and honest and hai never before committed an of fense of any kind before, but that be had been despondent because of his in.' ability to And work. The banker aeemed touched by my story and treat ed me vith the utmost kindness. " 'I do not feel,' said th bank of ficial, 'that this Is a case for th courts. Itseems that perbapa your husband haa been more or lass a victim of circum stances, and I think that If h Is given a chanc h will be an honest man henceforth. So strongly do I believe this that I will show your husband that every man's hand Is not against htm. I am going to hav him call upon m and I will giv him a position In th bank as a porter, and if he does well I will make bim a watchman. I will writ a letter to htm at one.' "Th bank president wrot a letter May Have 1,000 Mile Range Marconi Expert Saya Ceylon Station Will Be Btit In East First Mas sage In a Month. ' Colombo. Mr.' Rice, the Marconi xpert, who came to Ceylon recently to superintend th erection of th new wireless station, says tb sit is excellent, although a long way out and that tb station, whan completed, will b on of th most up to date in the eaat The apparatus la of tbe best, and Includes tbe latest Inven tions. The station will have a guar anteed range over water of 460 miles. At night, be thinks, under favorabl conditions, this dlstahce will be ex ceeded considerably, and he, puts a range'of 1,000 miles as not outside tb reaTma of possibility. He consid ers that both Bombay and Calcutta may occasionally be reached, and that ships in Madras harbor should be com municated with without difficulty. . The work of erecting tbe masts Is progressing very satisfactorily. Bar rency and a fall In prices, with th consequent enrichment of som of th desrerat gamblers that hung about Richmond and fattened upon th hard ships ot the Confederacy. After each contraction of th currency th con venient presses were set going again, and Instead of a circulating medium of $176,000,000 aa th treasury one planned, of of $200,000,000 as It planned at another time, th outstand ing paper money swelled and swelled until It bad exceeded th $1,000,000, 000 of midsummer, 1863. The banks of Virginia tried to pro tect themselves and tbe treasury by refusing to receive tbe depreciated currency, but In vain. When soldiers In tbe trenches of Petersburg were paying $10 for a tin plate from which to eat their frugal meals, and $600 or $800 for a pair of boots, th people were still clamoring for larger Issues ot paper. You may still buy crisp, fresh look ing Confederate notes at prices vary ing from two cents to two dollars per hundred notes. secure Richardson's arrest for disturb ing tbe peace. At the trial th strange compact was made public. Richardson waa found guilty, but tbe Jury recommend ed mercy. Th feud started fifteen years ago, when as a bachelor Rich ardson and tbe Shafer brothers occu pied adjoining houses. Richardson broke tbe bachelor atmosphere by marrying, and tbe fight waa on. Sev eral court cases have grown out of seemingly trivial quarrels between the contestants. Haa Prepared 1,000,000 Chops. London. Of very few men can It truthfully be said: "He has cooked a million chops." Yet William of Edwards In Fishmonger alley. Fen church street, who will presently celebrate th Jubilee of his profes sional career, la believed to have cooked 1,600,000. About 10.000 of these be has eaten himself. simply asking my husband to come and see him.' I went out to do some work and. did not return home until evening. The letter had reached my husband in the afternoon at home. I suppose that since the letter did not speak or a position, and as my bus band was conscious that he was guilty of the forgery, he became crazed with the thought that bis act bad been dis covered t the bank and that the letter telling him to call meant that he would soon be In the clutches of th law. "I suppose the terror of his posi tion drove him Insane, for h went into a abed on the rear'of our lot and killed himself by hanging. The letter, taken out of the envelope, was In his coat pocket, a mute witness of th causa of his self-deatructlon. I found his body later In the evening wban I went to th shed and was almost crazed with grief, the sudden changes from despair and tea - to joy and then again to hor ror and anguish being more than I could bear. "Th president of tbe-bank has nev er ceased to reproach himself for what he terms his negligence In not giving a more complete explanation when he wrote the letter, and since my husband's sad death th kindly bank official haa seen to It that I hav all th work at dressmaking that I can do. : " ring untoward events, the Job should be finished in about four months. Two steel mast will be put up, both $70 feet In height these being two of th highest erected by th Marconi com pany. They will be built In sections of ten' feet and as som forty feet la up already. It la anticipated that tb erection of each will take about a month. When both masts are up tbe building should be ready for the Instal lation of the apparatus, which work will than be undertaken. : y , Th first message should be sent off In about four months' time. ' The first attempt Mr. Rlc says, will probably b to eommunlcat with a warship In Madras harbor, if on happens to be there at th time. ' ' Dally Thought "Be glad of lire because It gives you th chsnc to lov and to work and to play and to look up at th stars." Mosaic Esrayt, by Paul a 4r. LU llilnas ai ot n patwrn made: bird. bat and Bong, picture, form, space, thought, char- . actor . Decolv Mr artmlng to be many tlilnss. And are but ons. -Emron. -' HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Helpful hint for th housewife are always welcome. Short cuts In house keeping do not mean slip-shod work Remember to bav tb pipes and flues of tb furnace well cleaned be fore housecleanlng commences, as much dust Is lodged In them. Begin with tbe attic, airing, all clothes and looking over boxes during tb cold days, before the warm days of spring, when the sun and air ia needed for clothing In closets. Don't keep bout without several wooden spoons, the small paddle shaped kind. They are so satisfac tory for stirring, as tbe handles never get hot and If they are long enough will not be lost In the boiling hot mix ture. If you chance to let go of the handle an Instant. . . The small brushes that can be pur chased In som places at two cents each are so handy to scrub potatoes and celery, also to clean th grater. Hav two or three on hand for serv ice. ' Let any young mother beware of 'the pacifier," so-called; do not har bor It If you love your child. They cause adenoids, mouth breathing, and distort the tooth. When the first green grass appears In tbe spring is the time to bleach yellow linen, handkerchiefs and un derwear that baa become yellow. Pink dresses that have become faded may have their glory returned by using dark red paper, a piece a foot square, In the rlnae water. Strain and use aa one does blueing water, and add a little of the color to the starch. When dry, the gown will he as rosy aa ever, and will wash once without losing tbe color. Put silver pieces that are hard to clean, because of carving. Into soapy water in an aluminum kettle and boll for a short while. Tbey will come out bright and shining. Be careful never to leave rubber straps or any article of rubber near or touching .silver, as It causes It to corrode. for a just cause. Tit looking down that makn on dlny. , Browning. USES OF BUTTERMILK. ' Buttermilk, according to some au thorities, Is the cure-all for nearly all diseases. It Is certainly a wholesome drink and Is agreeable to moat pal ates. Buttermilk Pie To a cupful ot but termilk add two tablespoonfuls of flour and half a cupful' of sugar; mix tbe flour and sugar together, add a beaten egg and a flavoring of lemon extract Bake In a crust without a cover. Buttermilk Sweet ' Csk. Add, a tablespoonful of molasses to a cup of buttermilk, a teaspoonful of soda and three tablespoonfuls ot melted lard. Beat an egg and add to the mixture, with spices to taste and flour enough to make a soft dough. Bake in a loaf and cover with a brown sugar frost ing. Steamed Brown Bread. Take a cup ful each of rye meal, Indian meal and graham flour, two cupfuls of butter milk, .three quarters of a teaspoon of soda, one teaspoonful . of salt and three-quarters of a cup of molasses. Mix all Ingredients together, pour into buttered baking powder, cans and steam for three boura. Dry off In (he oven, removing the covers from the cans. '" Corn Muffins. -Put two cupfuls ot cornmeal Into a basin, add a cupful of flour, bait a cup of sugar, two table spoonfuls of melted butter and one beaten egg. Add two cupfuls of but termilk. In which teaspoon of aoda has been dissolved.. Mix and put Into muffin pans to bake. ; Johnny Cake. Take two cup of buttermilk, one cup of cornmeal, one cup of flour, one-half - cup of sugar, , two - teaspoonfuls . of soda and half a teaspoonful of salt Add the milk to the meal and soak for an hour; add sugar, soda and salt, mix with the flour and pour out In a shal low greased baking pan. Bake In a quick oven. THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. On one's wedding anniversary la a good occasion to entertain the choice Officially. . "Blinks Is a very selfish man. There waa only one time In his life when be sK wed sn attachment tor any one but himself." "When was that?" "When he was serving a term aa sheriff." -' . . , . " friends, a time to return th hospital ity of friends. . , Tb first year Is the paper annlver- Wltness Oak Honorably Pensioned. , A gigantic oak tree that has stood for three centuries at Grimes avenue and Mornlngslde road In Edlna vil lage, was "pensioned" by th Morn Ingtld Civic league. ' Tb league voted to fence it in in every way and to provide for It until It die of old Ige. Serving first as th govern ment's official mark at tb junction of four quarter sections of land It la unique among all American witness trees; It went down in the govern ment's first field notes aa the otBciai I I y YOU Intend to be happy, don't be foolish enough to wait sary and nothing daintier or more appropriate can be imagined than the paper novelties which may so eas ily be made at home. Th table may be bar, with tb dainty little paper lac dollies for each place, a centerpiece of paper flowers and candle ahades of paper. Boxes or roses of paper to bold nuts or bon bona. Th rooms may be decorated with paper garlands, paper ribbons, , lan terns and Chines screens. A box of home-mad candy In ft pretty box covered with wall paper In nea'. design would mak pretty favors for each guest Becoming paper caps might be worn by th ladle and paper contests or guessing games a feature of th en tertainment If the company is a large one, the refreshments might be served In boxes holding enough for two. Pa per napkins sod ice cream served in paper boxes on plates covered with lace paper dollies. Theresa Punch. Take bait a tea- spoonfut of powdered gelatine, half a cup ot freshly Infused tea, two cupfuls ot sugar, tbe Juice of Ave oranges, on thinly sliced orange, on can of shredded pineapple, a few bananas. cherries, grapea and a pint bottle of sparkling water added several times during the serving. Boll the sugar and water together for ten minutes, cool, add the gelatin and other Ingredients. Serv with ice in me punch dowi. Princess Cakta. Cream four table spoonfuls of butter, add four .table spoonfuls of sugar and two eggs well beaten, three tablespoonfuls of corn starch, a half teatpoonful ot baking powder and a bait teaspoonful or lemon extract. Mix well and bake In gem pant about Afteen minutes. O 8PBAK wisely may not al ways bt easy, but not to speak III requires only silence. Our character Is our will, for what we will, we are. Archbishop Manning. HOW TO LIVE ONE YEARS. HUNDRED I expect to live one hundred years. It is very simple when you know- how. . . Keep clean. All disease ia caused by uncleanllness principally Inter nal. - - ' ..- 8. Drink nearly a gallon of fluid In a day pure water and milk are best. S. D not eat more than two meals a day of wholesome food. Overeat ing killa more people than tuberculo sis and pneumonia combined. 4. Let all the food remain in the mouth twice aa long aa most persons do. If you don't It will be worse than wasted. 6. Sleep winter and summer with the head of your bed under an open window Eugene Brewer. ' Household Hints. Hot biscuits gen erously buttered and spread wttb Jelly are delicious served with game. A brick makes an excellent rest for the Hat iron, as it holds the heat Dried lemon peel sprinkled over coala will destroy any disagreeable odor In the bouse. An emergency menu, or several ot them, are most valuable additions to any housekeeper's outfit. Then' when unexpected company drops In, a meal all planned and materials all at hand make life a poem. One of the very best remedies for con stipation and Inactive liver Is butter milk. . Drink a glass every morning before breakfast. , When It Is necessary to keep Ice In a sickroom, place a flannel cloth over a bowl and tie It securely. Lay the ice In the flannel and cover with an other piece. Tbe drip will fall into the bowl and the Ice will-last tor sev eral hours. '"...'''''" Apple and grape fruit are the aris tocrats ot fruits. '..',- ; An unsweetened glass of. lemonade Is a splendid liver tonic, taken on re tiring. When preparing rice, cook enough to be used In several dishes. It will keep and aave the time and fuel. - Kill Sharks for Their Liver. Sharp-spearing la a profitable indus try in Malaysia, though extended by an element of danger and no end ol -excitement. The chief value of thea fish is its Ilvr, which yields an oU that la refined in Europe and sold at cod-liver oil. In October tbe ocean sharks come Into the lagoon, between the barrier reef and the atolls, to pair At 'this time they can. b speared In Urge numbers by peopK skilled In catching them. There art several species of these sharks and they ordinarily run from seven to fif teen feet in length. The liver of ,. shark, of this sis gives about live ' gallons of oil. The oil brings 73 s ton. Th sharks are found ta pain and tb barpooners try to kill tht male first, in which case .they arr able to also spear the female, as IV doea not desert Its mate. landmark, has always" remained sc and now marka the junction of tb streets. Th ancient tree shaded In dlan councils a century ago and wai well known when Gideon H. and Sam ued A. Pond established their mis slons at the lakea. Minneapolis Jour naL . Wanted to Know.. First Actor Tes, sir; 1 waa" calle at the esd of every act , Second Actor Wkatt . II