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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-27
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CREATES many new business;
ENLARGEs many an old business;
TREsEkvEs many large business;
hEVIvEs many dull business;
hEscUEs many lost business;
SAVES many falling business;
oEcUREs success in any business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

the Gharb district, named El-Ameen-
Oold-el-Dawia, recently purchased
three slaves, one Of them being a hand
some-looking woman of about % years,
for which this official paid f22. This
slave buyer Is a persona grata at the
shereefan court and makes presents
to influential court personages. At
times these distinguished courtiers find
they possess more slaves than they re-
quIre, so they send these wretched be-
ings to the public auction market in
the capital, and generally obtain good
prices for them.
Generally the slaves are taken from
negro families that have been brought
up from their childhood In Morocco,
and dealers are continually bringing
others from the Soos provinces At
least two dealers journey to Tangier
itself twice n year, bringing boys and
girls, who are sold privately to the rich
Moors of that city. Moorish govern
ment officials do not stop this disgrace
full traffic through the Soos provinces,
nor prevent the sale of slaves In the
chief centers of Moorish civilization.
Through the measures taken by the
late Sir John Drummond Hay in 1885,
while British minister ut Tangier, pub
lie sale of slaves was forbidden in Tan
gier city, but public sales of slaves are
still allowed in every other place, and
even in Tangier, though greatly les
sened, sales are regularly effected pri-
vately.--LOndon Mail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

siderably to the feeling Of awe which
they desire to create. The worshipers
at this shrine must first make the as
cent Of the mountain, matter Of great
difficulty. Then they spend seven days
of preparation in a temple built on the
solid mountain before they are permit
ted to make the final passage to the
mysterious rocking stone. To reach
the stone it is necessary to cross a
bridge over a great chasm. Nature
and man had combined to make this
Hindu shrine awe-inspiring to the de-
vout. After crossing the bridge the
pilgrim mounts ladder, to which he
clings in terror for his life here and In
the hereafter. The temple on the rocl,
is necessarily small place. Three
priests officiate in it. The mysteries
which take place there no man is per-
mitted to reveal. Europeans have seen
1t from distance.-New York Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

w hat 10 al SDilhl othii wa
This question was asked Of 1902 peo-
pie in Cincinnati yesterday, and 1901
of them raised his or her right hand
and proceeded to illustrate in panto-
mime the winding course Of spiral
stairway. The one who failed knew
not what a spiral stairway was and so
frankly admitted.
The harmless joke started on Change.
A fun-loving broker asked another
dealer the question and then laughed
as he raised his hand In the air to illus
trate, saying: why, It's like this"
The victim, of course, started out to
."get even," and before closing hour
pretty nearly every one on the floor
had at one time or another raised his
right hand as though to take solemn
oath and had been laughed at for his
pains. Members discussed the joke,
and insisted that 1t proved that sign
language antedates spoken words.
From Change the joke spread all over
the city. People who had been caught
asked the members of their families,
What Is a spiral stairwayT and then
laughed at them.
It's only little matter, but 1t has its
humorous side. Try 1t on some one who
hasn't heard of It, and watch his hand
90 up.-Cincinnati Commercial-Trl.
bune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
EDWARD HANLAN TEN EYCk,
Fastest sculIer of His Age America
Has Ever Produced.

Young Edward Hanlan Ten Eyck,
who ut Henley splasbed to victory in
the Diamond SOULS, the single scull
championship of the world for anna
tours, represented Massachusetts in the
big English regatta. His triumph did
not please the British because of the
suspicious OF professionalism that
attach to him. Ten Eyck Is unquestion-
ably the fastest sculler of his age ever
produced by America. He won his first
and junior race at the regatta on the
Charles River, July f. 1895, and in 1896
he was the winner of the national in
termedate championship at Saratoga
In that event his time was faster than
that made in the senior race, and this
led to his. match with the champion
Whitehead, in the following October
He carried off the senior championship
of New England on Labor Day last
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

where or somehow she had heard of
the wonderful things done in the buck
ct shops. Here, she thought, was n
quick road to wealth, Lot wealth for its
own sake but for the sake of the OPP
portunities it would give her. She lost,
and to cover this made false entries In
the books.
1t appears that Miss Barrett had
been pursuing this dangerous course
for about year, when the awful day
of reckoning came. The books, upon
examination, show very clearly when
she began to appropriate her employ
ers money. and the clerks recollect the
fact that about the same time there
was marked change in the personal
appearance of Miss Barrett. Her man
ner of dressing became more elaborate,
terial and expensive jewelry figured in
her adornments. These things were ac-
counted for by the young lady to the
satisfaction Of her mother, but in order
to explain these things the favorite
child of her mother had to resort to
further deception.
The first venture In speculation had
proved failure, but, added to her de.
sire for fincry, the fever of speculation
had taken possession of her. She es-
sayed second venture and went into the
mire deeper and deeper. Each succeed
ing loss seemed but to make her the
more determined, for she hoped that
success would yet come to her.
Miss Barretts position in the Office of
Goldman & Goldman made 1t possible
for her to carry on this work with little
fear of detection. 1t is not believed
that Miss Barrett intended to steal out
and out her employers money, but that
she was merely using it as means to
an end. She hoped to succeed and make
good what she had taken.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

active boys, but lately group Of pri-
vate telephones was installed in the
trading hall, with wires leading to the
offices Of the private wire houses. Now
mild young man, with an ear muff
receiver bolted to his head. sits on a
high stool at the telephone, receives the
quotations by signal from another en-
ploye in the pit, repeats them to his
house below and transmits buying or
ders to traders in the various pits.
A simple system of signals is en-
ployed more or less by everyone on the
floor, to indicate the fractional fiuctu-
alton during active trading. The right
hand Is used in signaling, each finger
and the thumb standing for an eighth
of cent. Two fingers held up repre-
sent one-quarter of a cent; three fin
gers, three-eighths; four fingers, one
half. and with the thumb, five-eighths.
With the fingers extended close to-
gether and the thumb across the palm,
three-quarters is indicated; seven
eighths is shown with the hand closed
and the thumb extended at right an
giles, and the even cent by the closed
fist. If the fingers point up the price
shown is bid; reversed, pointing down,
the figure is asked by sellers.
Where messages are received for
points TO which no direct wire runs
from the floor of the Board of Trade,
the same are shot through pneumatic
tubes to the main offices Of the tele-
graph company, and thence distributed
by messenger boys. The best record on
message and reply, New York, is
eighteen seconds. The same record has
becl made with Minneapolis.
Mistakes are seldom made. One or
two curious errors. however, have been
due to the similarity of the dots and
dashes in numbers and words. One
commission man was puzzled by the re-
ceipt of message advising him that
''angel cars" had been received consign-
ed to him. The mystery was cleared
up when different division of the dots
and dashes in the word 'angeP' dis
closed the figures ITO. Another broker
was mystified by being. wired to ship
several ears of grain to J. Bloom
cpldSth'' NhoNi ms ~ ohe VI tnil mint
he started an investigation, and dis
covered that it was y. Bloom, spl.
agent" to whom bes should, ship. Z
An order to buy 10000 May "cats"
caused good deal of inerriment here
one morning. OF course it should have
been "oats." And a delivery clerk
thought he had discovered n new kind
of a job when he received a message
addressed to James GILES, Pie Clerk
Steamboat" Later it was translat-
ell to James Gillespie, and reached him
on his boat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

bell, who came to Chicago and began
removing boards and cutting hair in
1888. Although 7S years old, still he
has a shop at 335 West Randolph
street. Isbell is fine-looking old man,
with long white hair falling almost to
his shoulders. He is remarkably spry
and active for one of his years. He
does not do as much work now as most
BARRIERS who run shops, although he Is
always in his place Of business ready to
take hand in case of rush. He has
two BARRIERS working for him and
spends most of his time sitting about in
the shade thinking of old times, ready
to talk of the days when Chicago was
young.
The old barber was born in 1919 Mt
Prestonsburg, Ky. He was especially
fortunate for one Of his race in those
days, for he was released from slavery
when he was only years old and re-
moved to Paris, Ill. There he lived
with his parents until 1888 and there
he picked up the rudiments of the bar
bers' trade When he began to ap-
proach mans estate lsbell decided to
leave the little country town in which
he was raised and strike out for him
self in Chicago. His shop soon became
the favorite of all the politicians of that
day and in the years in which Isbell
was in business there he shaved Abra-
ham Lincoln, who came to Chicago to
attend court on several occasions;
Stephen A. Douglas, Long John"
Wentworth. General Beaubien, Will
lam b. Ogden, Walter Newberry and
many other early ChicagOans.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
Ant Pie.

Savages, we know, indulge in such
luxuries as grubs and locusts, but for n
civilized white man to finish up his din
ner with dish of raw ants seems too
nasty to be credible. Yet in Mexico
1t is the custom-and a custom adopted
by plenty of colonists and visitors.
The ant eaten is called the honey ant
and is perhaps as curious an insect as
lives. With tiny heed and lego. u has
huge body as big as large pea. Ia
this is yellow and swollen with excel
lent honey.
In each nest there are 800 or 400 of
these honey ants, which are attended
by thousands of others. The honey ants
hang on to the roof of the cells In the
nest while the others feed them. They
are, in fact, living storehouscs of win
ter food. An observer says that IL one
of the honey ants falls from his perch
a worker Will go and pick him up and
replace him. This is as IL man were
to walk up the face Of cliff carrying
large buffalo or cart horse on his
back.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

on mountain over 10000 feet high. 1t
weighs many thousands of tons, but Is
balanced on so fine point that COM
paratively light pressure is sufficient
to make it sway. Whether or not the
great rock was raised to its present po-
sition by human hands is mystery to
scientific minds. If it was, the labor
was one to which no modern engineer
ing feat can be compared. The Hindu
priests teach their followers that the
rock was placed in position by the help
Of the gods. In this way they add con-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

Alice M. Barrett's Case pisprovcs the
sex's Innate Honesty.


sex's Innate Honesty.
Ever since woman entered the do
main of active business, accepted and
performed the duties of trust and re-
sponsibility, II has been urged that the
gentler sex is essentially honest. A
woman embczzler has been regarded as
nm impossibility. The sex has not been
sufficient 10 protect them from the
commission Of other crimes, but that
one would deliberately steal from an
employer and endeavor TO conceal the
defalcation has been considered Of the
things not possible TO nature.
This dream of superiority In innate
honesty received rude shock when
the tragic fate of Miss Alice M. Bar
rett, the Boston bookkocper and stenog-
rapher, showed that under the same
temptation and with the same incent-
ives at work, there can be and Is but
little difference in humanity, whether
clad In skirts or trousers. Sad as 1t is
to the sOrrowing relatives, sad as it
may seem TO all who sympathize with
them In their double bereavement, the
evidence was too direct to admit of
doubt. The young woman not only took
the funds of her employers, but, fear
ing the inevitable exposure incident to
a change In the makeup of the firm,
followed in the footsteps of so many of
the same class. She ended her own
life, rather than face the consequences
of exposure.
The story of the death and all of the
circumstances surrounding 1t has been
told. The fact that an effort had been
made to destroy the cash book by fire
was known within day after the fact
was known that bullet and not light
ming caused the death of the attractive
young woman.
Scarcely anyone could be surprised
Mt the result of the examination of the
firms books. after her mother had ad-
mitted that the girl had lived on a scale
that her salary could not possibly JUS
tify, and after 1t had been shown that
the girl had suffered serious losses IN
wildcat speculation. A complete chain
of circumstantial evidence had been
lOiScu. II SuOWS tlidl Alice
was extravagant in her expenditures,
that she gambled in stocks, that she
took her employers money in order to
keep up this speculation, that she set
fire to the books in order to conceal the
defalcatiOn, and perhaps with the in
tention of destroying the building in or.
der to do so, and that she finally shot
herself in order to avoid facing the dis
covery and disgrace which she sup
posed threatened her.
She was endowed with lively i'm
aginatiOn. She did not care for men
nor for marriage, at least marriage
which would pinion her to the ordinary
duties of housewife. In one of her
letters she said she preferred to sip her
own cup Of tea alone and only stipulat-
ed that the tea should be of good quail.
ity, and that she should not be obliged
to drink 1t out of a cracked cup. She
thought she was denied opportunity
and she attempted to create it. Some
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

the SOULS on the same stream. He
measures about feet 81 inches and
weighs, when in condition for rowing,
about 1G2 pounds. He was trained for
the event which be has just won by his
father. The question of his amateur
standing was brought up by a man
from Worcester, who was persuaded
to withdraw his objection. The Dia-
mond SOULS were offered years ago
and made n perpetual prize which no.
body can win outright. Each year a
solid gold bar, inscribed with the win
ner's name, is added to the SOULS. That
is all there is in it for the winner so
far as the SOULS are concerned. Ten
Eyck will receive handsome silver
cup as token.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
IL stood rho Tesf.

A public writer had partition wall
fixed up in his study and ordered the
carpenters to make 1t in such a way
that no sound could penetrate through
1t.
"The best thing will be to fill 1t in
with shavings," said the man, and set
to work.
When he had finished, his employer
went and stood on one side Of the parti-
ton and called out to the man who was
on the other side:
"Do you hear me, JantkeY
mo, SIR" was the prompt reply.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

year, and rowed away from Whitehead
in October at iLake Quinsighinond. Ten
Eyck is still schoolboy. He is but Is
years old, but is marvelotsly developed
for a lad of chat age, His attitude and
action in shell are the very poetry of
sculllng, and veterans say ithey never
saw smoother or more masterful oars
man handle the blades. He is an Amer
lean all the way through, Born upon
the banks of the Hudson at Peekskill
he was, one may say, reared upon the
water. His grandfather was n ferry.
man, and his father, the noted profess
slonal oarsman, first learned to handle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
FIRST BARBER IN CHICAGO.

Colored Man Who Shaved Lincoln In
Ear1y Days still in Business.
The first barber to open a shop in
Chicago is still doing business, al
though not exactly at 1.-The old stand"
He is an aged colored man, Louis Is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
Plcn I'm Mitigation.

"kll the evidence goes to show that
you were scorching," declared the
Court. Anything to say for your
selfT'
"Yes, your Honor, that woman with
a rollin' pin in her hand, ridin' after me
as hard as she could peg was my wife,"
Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
MOST WONDERFUL TEMPLE.

Euiit on n Rocking Stone on the Sum
init of an Indian Mountain.
The most wonderful temple in the
world is built on rocking stone on the
summit of mountain in Northern In
dia. 1t is impossible to imagine more
wonderful situation than that of this
temple. The rocking stone is situated
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
Another Kind.

Light" said the minister, sis the
natural symbol of truth"
'How about the light that lies in a
wolnan's eyes?' asked the layman.-
Judge
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

The Minister-So you buried your
husband ON Tuesday and on the mex.
day you never even missed him?
The Widow-No: l couldn't miss him
then. Wednesday always was his pay
day.-New York Evening Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
Poor Exes,obt I'm Schools.

In the public schools of France more
than "a per cent. of the pupils are
nearsighted; In those Of Germany, 80
per cent; In those Of the United King
dom, 20 per cent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
slave Trade in Morocco,

Late accounts from Morocco show
that the Moors still carry on slave trad
ing at the very doors of western civil
xation. A powerful administrator of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
yaIpc mud PRICE

81 suppose. of course, that's a 500
wheel"
That's what 1t is"
"How much did you pay for it?'-
Chicago Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

The cold truth is that no amount Of
polish will make n man an agreeable
conversationalist unless he sandwiches
IN some gossip.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

No man ever amounted to anything
who could answer all the fool ques-
tons asked at a school or civil service
examination.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

When a woman finally gets good
hired girl, she is always sure to say OF
her that she is lawfully SLOW"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
HE methods that

HE methods that
, have been devised
Ito meet the de-
mands for rapid
service in telcgra-
ply. have evolved
some wonderful re-
suits during the
past few years,
particularly in the
field of business.
Operators on the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
ESCAPED FROM HER KEEPER.
A Girl Creates Scene in the City
Prison. -. -.

A Girl Creates a Scene in the City
Prison
A rather pretty 15-year- old girl was ar
rested last night by Officer MCGEE and
taken TO the City Prison. She refused 10
give her name, bat admitted that her
home was in Victoria. 81: :.<::
Shortly after 9 O'Clock citizen informed
MCGEE that he had seen the girl go into a
lodging house on Ellis street accompanied
by two men. He at once visited the house
and as the men Admitted that TREY did
not know her. the officers took her IN
charge. Alter being placed in the matron' 5
ward, the girl broke away from her
keeper and ran screaming into the main
corridor Of the prison. .::..... :. T.. i:
Corporal ParrotGe attempted to inter
cept her, and was rewarded by receiving
a resounding slap IN the face from the by s.
terical girl, After considerable trouble
she was finally quieted and allowed to sit
on & bench in the main prison. To-day
an effort will be made TO communicate
with her parents with a view of having
her restored to them. 1850 -: " :. :. T.: -.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
HOME FR0M STARVING INDIA.
Dr.. Hobbs Returns and Tells of the
Terrible Ravages of the
Plaque.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Rev. DIR. Richard
Gear Hobbs, the commissioner sent out
from New York for the purpose of reliev-
ing the starving people oil India, returned
to-day after an absence of nearly six
months.
DR.. Hobbs sailed for India on June II
from San Francisco on the City of Ever
EFT, chartered by the United States Gov.
eminent. The ship carried $500 tons of
corn and many other supplies 10 be dis
tributed in the fam4ne-stricken districts.
D. Hobbs tells of the terrib BILE ravages
of the plague and of the dreadful suffering
OF the people in India from starvation.
The work of distribution OF the supplies
was done entirely by American mission
aries and in an i'm partial manner. All of
the famine districts in that portion of
Central India in which the famine was
most severe were given special attention.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
Slew HIS Wife
TN RAuDSBURG
David DavidSon'S Trial
for Murder Begun at
Bakersfield.
Evidence That the Defense
VIII Advance a Plea of
.:. Insanity.
Cr.ms of the Prisoner Committed
= on Street of the Mining
Town. g.,
Special Dispatch TO THE CALL.

. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 1.-The trial of
David Davidson, the Randsburg WIFE
killer, is on in the Superior Court. 1t was
called yesterday, and the time until late
this afternoon was spent in selecting a
jury. The case is attracting considerab BILE
attention from the people of the county.
Both sides have a large number of wit
nesses- Judging from questions pro-
pounded toc.the Jurors by the defense
when examining them for the panel, the
insanity plea is TO be advanced. The
Jurors were polntedly asked if they enter
tanned any. prejudice against insanity as
point of defense for murder. Many were
excused in failing to answer this question
satisfactorily. ..'-a:-'- ....--. =. .
The defendant has not prepossessins
appearance. His dress is exceedingly
filthy and unkempt. His hair and nails
are untrimmed. He sits motionless, as
though thrown into his chair and con-
tinually gazes bulged-eyed at the floor,
never uttering word or giving the least
heed OF vii at Is going on. He looks crazy.
Many are of the opinion he IS pretending
insanity TO gain sym pathy.
The crime Tor which Davidson is being
tried was committed on May 10 at Rands-
burg, when he shot his wife 20 death on q
street while holding her in his arms. At
the time he acted as though he wanted TO
shoot himself, but apparently relented
when the officers came upon him. He
and has wife were separated and she was
conducting a restaurant at Randsburg,
while he was living in Los Angeles, where
both once resided. He sent word to her
from Los Angeles that if she would not
come TO him he would come 10 Rands burg
and Kill her. He kept his word.