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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25
THE BEST OF ALL.

HadI nv ~ist. no powerful throne.
In truth. would occupy;
Nor wealth possess, nor title own'
Nor travel at will-nct /.
4 boy I'd be- whose treasures are
In the guise Of ball and kite:
Vncae rsmbles by day may take him fars
But back TO his mother at night.
A hoy. with a long long look ahead. u.
And past so shoos and near
That at night while dfowsy-eyed IN oeo
All he has done is clear.
The brook he waded. the fish he caught,
The fun In the wind and cold
With a morrow at hand which surely ougnJ
Fresh pleasures in store to hold.
60 short a past, that the rosy hours
Quite blot from the sight the gray,
And the future is only mass or mowers
Growing from day to day.
While the world Of the present has wonders
more
Than eyes have time 10 see.
With creek and meadow and wood to e1-
plore.
And cities beSond the lea.
III. reserved fos lad OF ten. indeed,
Tocnc counter lion and pard,
And Indians fight. and reseues lead
In the depths OF his own back yaro.
With many another source OF JOY
No older head may ken
I'm certain its better to be boy
Than even the greatest of men
Edwin L. Sabin in Youths Companion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25
Green Maturing and Nitrogen.

The nitrogen of the soil is the only
one of its valuable constituents which
IS subject to serious loss by natural
agencies. Whatever the form in which
nitrogen is applied to the soil, whether
III farm yard manure, IN dried blood,
III ground hsh, ground bone, tankage,
cottonseed meal, sulphate of ammonia,
or nitrate Of soda, it sooner or later is
SO changed by natural agencies as to
become soluble and in this form the
soil cannot hold it. With heavy rains
II Is dissolved in the downward sink
lug water, and with it Is carried ulti-
mately into the streams and rivers and
to the ocean.
None OF the other valuable elements
OF plant food are subject to this loss
by teaching to anywhere near the same
extent. This loss of nitrogen can be
prevented III large measure bv the
growth OF green manuring crops The
agencies Of nature which convert nitro
gen into the soluble form are most
active during tie later summer months.
At the close Of summer there IS coin
monty present III all fertile soils large
quantity Of nitrogen IN soluble form
If the field be left bare during the
autumn, winter and early spring this
soluble nitrogen will be washed out Of
the soil. The only practical method
o. preventing this is 10 cover the field
with growing crop.
For this purpose those crops which
grow late into the fall will be found
best, although even those which are
killed by a,itallnnal frosts will before
their death have taken considerable
share OF this soluble nitrogen ont Of
the soil. 1t will have become part
OF the vegetable tissue. In such form
1t Is not soluble and will not be sub.
lect TO waste until this vegetable It's
cue rots. as II will DO with the advance
OF the warmer weather OF the follow
Ing season. It shonld be the aim Of
the farmer 70 leave his fields bare lust
as little as possible Keep the fields
covered, keep the soil filed with feed
ing roo'less Of growing plants These
hungry rootlets will take mp nitrogen
Which would otherwise be lost. !:
Will be locked up n vegetable tissue
al safely kept 70 meet the demands
OF the growing crop Of the next sea
son. Green manurlng, then, NAV he
made an important means Of saving OF
conserving soil nitrogen Prot. ".
/. Brown, n 6-ange Judd Farmer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25

The latest novelty III the line Of
funeral equipments has just been in.
troduced into Portland. L, is in thu
nature Of a casket- lowering device
which does away with the pallbearers
lowering the body into the grave. By
this new invention the casket n
brought from the hearse and placed IN
the device. which IS automatic in its
operation, and a, the proper time tho
undertaken touches spring and tho
casket Is, by Invisible means, lowered
quietly into the grave Thus does
science smooth our passage to the cold
and silent tomb. Portland Oregonian.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25
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s FARM TOPICS 5
>orcl,C,-, aa Green Feed.

Select good piece Of land. not too
rich, as il will lodge badly on q very
fertile soil. Break rs early as pessl-
HE. preferably sod, and as soon AS als
danger ot frost II over. Prepare thor
ouehlv by narrowing and dragging or
rolling. but never rebresh, Then have
tile seed perfectly clean. Iprefsr the
red top variety of sorghum. For seed
ing i use an ordinary eight or nine hoe
wheat drill, and stop up AZ the hoes
except IL, second one from the oasslde
on each end Set the drill to SOW
about one-haf bu-hel of wheat per
acre. You may thiuk the crop will be
too thin, bat If your seed IS good. time
viii prove that i. is all right. Com
menes on one side and drill back and
forth, IA III sowing wheat, except that
the whee! must run about ten inches
from he other wheel track. instead of IN
the last hoe track, as N SOW
ing wheat. prefer sowing east and
west. as the crop shades the ground
and keeps II moist.
Cultivate the same as corn, keeping
down all weeds and grass while it is
small Commence feeding as soon as
it is IN bloom and feed as long as 1T
lasts Clt it close to the ground and
feed it either as it leaves the field or
cut into two-inch lengths and feed IN
that condition. tut each day only
what you want 10 feed that day; and if
vou take it to the BARR don't lay it
down. but set it up, as otherwise 1T
will heat rapidly If you cut it shorter
than two inches the stalks will get
crossWise in the cows mouth and make
it sore. Wien there is danger Of
frost. cut and shock the same as corn,
and you can feed it until Chl hlistmas.
] dom think it a good plan to feed
afS er that time, as the stalks have gen.
orally begun to sour.
| feed it to hogs, horses and cattle,
and all get fat. There IS nothing bet
ter than field Of sorghum to help out
pastures in the fall until vou want to
put your stock int winter quarters.
The seed makes one Of the very best
feeds for poultry. [ have been rails
ing 1t for number of years, and l be-
lleve [ can get rs much feed from one
acre Of sorghum as | can from two
acres Of tie best corn. Where you
first commence cutting your cane il
Will sprout up very rapidly, but don't
let yonr cattle get to it, as it has beer
known TO kill them.-J. W. Smith, in
the American Agriculturlst.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25
FIFTY STATES AND TERRI ORES.
such VIII lie the Number in the Censu,
of Next Year.

such VIII lie the Number in the Censn,
of Next Year.
The number Of States IN the Union
at the time Of the census Of 1890. vixen
the enumeration began on june / was
forty-two: and two Territories, Ioalo,
admitted on July ,, and Wyon4i2 ,ad-
mitted on July 10, became States while
the census was III progress. Since
then another State, Utah. vas adj.
mitted in January, 1855, bringing up
the total TO the present number, forty
five
When Texas was admitted il to the
Union, in 1915, it was admitted under
a provision that, at any future time,
the State might be divided into
quarters to make four States. Texas
contains an area Of 260, 900 square
miles New York has an area Of II,
600 square miles, Pennsylvania Of
45, 900, Massachusetts of 5000, Ohio
of 20, 900, Kentucky of 10000 and
Illinois Of SO, 200. These six States,
therefore, have, collectively, less area
than Texas. Recently resolution
offered in the Austin Legislature by
Representative Bridges to the effect
that the people of Texas declare d
themselves to be nnalterably opposed
to division of the State, was adopted,
and there is an end, till after the next
national census at least, to the agita-
ton for division of Texas
No action was taken by tire last
Congress looking to the admission Of
the Territories of New Mexico, Ari-
Zona or Oklahoma, or to the extension
of political rights to Alaska or the
District Of Columbia; and hence lex
Guiding Indian Territory under tribal
government and not included in the
regular June enumeration there will
be forty-five American States and five
Territories to be counted. or fifty
States and Territories in all
Detween 1870 and 1880 one State.
Colorado, was added to the Union.
Between 1880 and 1890 there were. TX
States admitted, and one has been ad-
mitted since.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25
When smoking Was a Crime

Smoking was condemned IN the
carly part Of the seventeenth century
bv the Russian Government and made
crlDe. II some cases the noses Of
smokers were cut OF. II Turkey.
un1er Anwa.h ", about 1890, the
punishment for smoking was death.
Beginners were sometimes let Of with
the .ndlgnrv OF having their pipes
III n-t through their noses.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25

/t4 y. lie ptoDleln mas been how t.
. obtain, and subject air to, that degree
of cold | have discovered that air
compressed air-can be so used as
to produce that degree of cold, snl.
consequently, to liqucfy other air, and
have Invented a machine by whic d
the liqaid product can be made IN
great quantities at low cost.
Liquid air IS a clear and fiuent sub
stance, which, upon exposure, evap-
crates rapidly IL q heavy mist. II is
- intensely cold that the hand held
E, over it is spoed;Iy chilled. If the hand
i plunged into II, the sensation is
that ot burning, apd unless it is I'M
lnediatcly withdrawn the skin is bis
tered anil scared. When the hand is
removed, il becomes almost instan-
taneou,iv dry, TO- the liquid which
had adhered lmt@cliately gathers n
bright beads and drop heavily to the
floor.
Tor hluil air, - power, Mr.. Trip
Ter claims that i has about one huu-
drcl the times the expansive force OF
Steam: dat expansion Immediately be
/ gins under the i.ltiuence Of the pre-
yaillug temperature, ald that every
additional degree Of heat applied Yields
twenty pounds Of pressure. Steam
pressure is not obtained until water
j has been heated to q temperature Of
- degrees Fahrenheit, and each adj
/ dltlOnal degree Of heat produces only
+ one pound of pressure He asserts,
moreover, that liquid air can be APP
+ piled as ii substitute for steam to any
! engine. with substantially no further
! change than the displacement Of the
| boiler by the smaller and lighter re-
ceptacle holding the air It's general
| adoption. therefore, as motive power
would not mean the dlscarding of ex-
| pensiye engines now used Hence.
the first cost Of its adoption would be
slight, and with its vastly greater
/ potentiality, ii must Jhe elaims) super
sede steam, ii 1t can be made cneaply
enough
For that Mr. Tripler provides by his
application Of liquid air TO the manu-
f&rture OF larger quantities OF liquid
ar. lie asserts that he has accom-
4 pIlshed such Il result; that be first
used steam as tha power requisite in
the process Of making liquid air; that
he took liquid air thurs made, applied
1t to "A engine as a substitute for
steam, operated the engine thereby.
/ and used the power thus obtained rs
, he had used the stcam-power.
!
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25

Stars on tue coins Of the United
S:a--s are six -poiute rh~-c on the
Ias Lave i've points.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-25

Mr.. Tripler referred to Hudson
Maxim. the brother OF Hiram Maxim,
who had been present in the labora-
tory q few days before, drawn by re-
ports which lie had heard OF the pos
sIbiiities Of liquid air as an explosive.
Nj. Maxim had been told that a small
quantity of cotton waste saturated
with lilui1 air had been placed IN a
small IRON plne, which had then been
encased III larger pipe, as protection
from the possible effects of the explO-
SION, and thar hy means OF long fuse
the waste had been touched with fire.
lie mad been shown the fragments Of
the lneer pipe and two great holes
which had been blown throug gl the
outer one. Mn Maxim desired 10 see
preclse!s y the quantity OF cotton waste
which had. been used. and to know
whether the ends Of the pipes had
been closed The meress palm full OF
waste had been exhibited, and the
ends of both pipes. be was told. had
been left open.
There is 10 explosive in use. Mr..
Maxim declared theoretically. (which.
IN such small quantity and with so
ilttle confinement, could have pro
ducea anything like this effect His
interest WIS So much aroused that be
at once male an appointment with
M Tripler for a business interview
on the U.s. ot iauid air in combina-
ton with an explosive which Mr..
Maxim had Invented
The times., 1899-10-08
AUTUMN WEDDING wHIMs.
Some Novel Features introduced a
Fashionable Nuptials.

NEW YORK, Oct. Half a score of
pretty new fashions in connection with the
autumn bridals have appeared at the fash
ionable weddings already celebrated, and
yet more interesting surprises are prom
ised for approaching nuptials. At the first
wedding of the season, or when Sir Roder-
ick Camerons son married a pretty New
York woman, no attendants save the best
man and one page lent their assistance at
the altar. The page, a small boy in high
land dress. bore in one hand small GRIM
son velvet cushion adorned with golden
cords and tassels, on which lay the we'd
ding ring. and during the ceremony, which
took place at the brides house, he stood
beside the officiating clergyman to offer the
golden circlet at the all-important mo-
ment.
At Miss Havemeyer's wedding at New
port, the single page in attendance wore a
handsome white satin Charles / suit, and
preceded the bride to the improvise1
drawing-room altar, carrying her bouquet,
giant one, OF pure white orchids and
myrtle. for the up-to-date bridal bouquet
is far too large for the bride herself to con-
yey about. Some of them, from stems to
topmost flower, measure four feet, and the
cone is the proper shape.
When the ceremony is over the huge
pyramid Of snowy blossoms is placed in a
lofty, conspicuous vase for the guests to
examine and admire its elaborate and ex-
pensiye composition, and usually the
brides friends are invited to pick one
flower each from the heap and carry it
away as q souvenir. More than ever is at
tenticn and money lavished at the autumn
weddings on the music, and when a great
country house is the scene Of the cere-
mony, as at the marriages of Miss Marga-
ret Thorn and Miss Julia Grant, unique
and interesting musical schemes are car
ried out At Miss Thorn's marriage not
only were four orchestras engaged to dis
course sweet music about the halls and
gardens of her fathers magnificent place
in Dutchess county, but the moment the
bridal procession formed in the upper
hall Of the house the strains of a Swed-
ish wedding march were heard played by
stringed and wood wind instruments, and
down the stairs came musicians two and
two, preceding the bride and her maids.
Al another wedding a chorus of children
walked before the bride, singing old Eng
lish wedding chants. One feature all the
fall marriages have displayed in common
is the brides toast For many years the
health OF the bride only has been drunk,
but as long ago as at the marriage of Miss
Fair to William X. Vanderbilt, jr, at the
conclusion OF the wedding breakfast the
best man arose and in graceful sentences
toasted the bride and no girl who now
plights her troth feels the ceremony is
quite legal unless she is roundly toasted.
The times., 1899-10-08

PARIS, Sept. 2s.-The fin de steele wom-
an is certainly multifarious in her tastes
and accomplishments. She deports herself
with equal grace in the drawing-room and
on the field OF sports and has graduated to
be the rival CT man in mans own realms.
Yet the feminine desire to please turks in
every fold OF the well-fitting gown or hab-
it, and stamps the daughter Of Eve who
tries her attractions in new guise. Among
the various sporting costumes, the hunting
frock plays an important role in madame's
wardrobe, since she herself has discovered
its charming possibilities. The costume
differs little from other sporting gowns,
except that the skirt is worn very short,
to allow the necessary freedom to the
limbs for the long trdmps over meadows
and through woods and underbrush. Rob-
ert is particularly successful in the crea-
tion of such costumes, and his model,
which we illustrate today, shows a be-
witching individuality and style which de-
serves TO be initiated for ordinary use by
the elongation of the skirt TO the conyen-
tional street length.
The costume is made of black army
cloth. The skirt conforms with the pres
ent fashion Of snugness by very becoming
round yoke, slightly longer IN tront than
behind, and closing at one side in front.
It's perfect fit is accentuated by design
done in silk soutache application. The
skirt is also scant and very short, and the
necessary fullness, which assures a proper
hang at the back, is supplied by an un-
derIying box pleat.- The hem is simply
decorated by one row of black silk stitch
ing.
The skirt is unlined, as the thickness of
the cloth alone warrants sufficient body
The times., 1899-10-08

glasses. and then added water Mother
and daughter quaffed theirs with dainty
eagernsss
You like it. doctor?' asked the girl.
Now, don't say no. OF I'll never play Hebe
for you again. You don't want another
They're not strong enough for the palate
masculine. suppose. Come. mamma, wen
have another just to show the bad doctor
what he might drink instead of horrid beer
and wine
Il called upon the mother that night.
insisted upon unlocking the family skele-
ton. II is not an uncommon one The
story OF a man who. with the fever of gold
dust In his veins and the fiery mescal blunt
ing his senses. married woman of the
mining camp. She died years afterward in
a mansion on Van Ness Avenue of deliri-
um tremens.
Such We're the grandparents of this de-
votee OF perfume cocktails. The curse had
skipped her own father but she is a daugh-
ter of the vine. and unless something Is
done these perfume decoctions viii be the
beginning of the same terrible end with
her.
The mother laughed at my warning 'All
her girl friends drink these harmless little
things, she protested. At worst, it's but
a silly fad, not dangerous one
The times., 1899-10-08

character intrinsically, must be more or
less of an ordeal. or shock, simply be-
cause it is a surprise
- of us are at our best when taken un-
awares. Our equilibrium is upset, if moth
ing more. We are at a disadvantage and
the thing is never quite fair.
/ know better than to surprise even my
nearest and my dearest. The joy is just
as great. and a little greater, if you've been
been allowed TO taste it a wee bit in antici
patton. and TO collect yourself for its hear
test reception.
Ones out-of-town friends and relatives
complacently observe: "0h, We never let
Kate know beforehand We are coming. We
are always sure of welcome at her house,
and it's so pleasant to drop in unexpected
ly. But alasi too often, if the good souls
but suspected it, Kate's galvanic smile of
greeting is but disguised dismay.
Not that the entertainment of these self
same relatives is not Kate's dearest pleas
ure. abstractly speaking-but, oh, the
dropping in
If she had but warning she would not
have planned iunket with Jack and the
boys this afternoon (dear boys, it would be
q cruelty 10 disappoint them), or she would
not have let Bridget take this identical
period for her visit to her sister Fore
warned, she could just as well have put
OFF papering the solitary guest chamber
another week, or given the guest pre-
empting it d more convenient date.
OH if dear friends and relatives would
only break themselves of the surprise
habit
To the mature a pleasure sprung too
suddenly is at a discount Let the bloom
be off the surprise a little before you work
il. II is the wiser and more considerate
plan. and the surprised will enjoy it four
fold.
The times., 1899-10-08

to secure a proper fit. Boomers OF black
silk or satin or black tights are worn in
stead of an underskirt, and the legs are
enclosed by black leather leggings, lacing
on the side. The tight-itting bodice is
made of tucked red cashmere. 1t closes
down the front with a double row of tiny
silver buttons, laced with red silk cord.
The red leather belt is studded with silver
The short bolero presents a new and p'eas-
ing form. Ii is the same black army cloth
and finishes with large scallops, following
the design of the soutache embroidery
The sleeves are slightly fulled at the
shoulders and end at the wrists with a
tiny, pointed cuff of red cashmere.
A short white linen cellar is worn with
a small tie of red satin. The becoming hat
of white felt is bound with black satin and
is trimmed with an aigrette of red feath-
ers held by a silver buckle. The graceful
little gun contributes the finish TO the
jaunty costume-but looks as il it might
convey more serious damage to the poor,
susceptible masculine heart than to any
stray birds or rabbits who might chance
to cross her way.
The bicycle has been forced into the
background by the more stylish because
more conservative, automobile. The fash
ion, therefore, rather overlooks the bicy-
Gle costume and turns her attention TO
what should be worn by the fortunate. If
daring, possessor of an automobile vehicle,
and the tailors have brought out some
models which, like the automobile itself.
are more striking and novel than ae5thet-
ic. Long and short sack coats, loose and
making no pretence at outlining the figure,
find much favor ana are worn by those
who consider them becoming for the prom
enade. The coats are made OF gray, tan or
chalkwhite cloth and are ornamented
with rows of silk stitchings and closed
The times., 1899-10-08
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with large pearl or metal buttons. An easy
grace cannot be denied them, particularly
when the tailors have spent some original
ity on the form of the prominent collars,
revers and cuffs, which are frequently
faced with rich white silk or velvet.
Bicycle skirts are now adopted in Paris
in place of the ungainly bloomers, which
hardly gain in comfort what they lose in
sightliness. The French bicycle skirt is
yet very abbreviated. and consequently
better adapted TO the sport though our
English cousins persist in wearing theirs
long, and their example is universally fol-
lowed.
One pretty model of blue whipcord is
worthy of imitation. 1t is made with two
skirts, a long and a short one, for a wo-
man who intends to travel across the con-
tinent on her wheel. The long skirt is to
be worn at the table dhote, or when con-
ventionality demands it, and her baggage
consequently will be greatly reduced
Both the skirts as well as the short jack
cts, are lined with blue and red change
able taffeta, and close at the left side under
a passementerie of dark blue braid. The
jacket also closes at one side and has
a short point in front. AS it is double-
breasted, it forms reverS and a rolling
collar. faced with dark blue velvet. When
worn open II discioses tight-ntting vest
of red cloth with small revers, which open
over a dickey Of white linen. with high
collar and blue scarf. The bicycle skirt
of blue whipcord is gored. thereby prevent
ing the ugly dip which the circular bias
skirts of the season are so quick to stretch
into. The fullness at the back is gathered
into a deep underlaid box pleat. A small
red felt hat completes the costume, and is
dressy to wear with either skirt
FELIX FOURNERY.
The times., 1899-10-08
Mherc Mothers Fail.

Too many mothers do not realize that
there are many problems in the relationship
with their grown daughters. says an ex-
change. The most unpleasant Of all things
American is the dominant daughter Bril-
liant, restless, and discontented, she de-
mands all things as her right rather than
as a privilege. The time-honored tale OF
the mother at the washtub and the daughter
at the piano is verified in the menial atti-
tude of many households
There are two things that the mother o,
such a daughter should cultivate quiet
dignity which shall force the girls respect
and a sympathy which shall win her heart.
She must be interested in that which inter-
ests the younger mind. And she must not
be dominated Her self-asseFtion need not.
and should not. be radical but she must bs
queen OF her own household, yielding her
sceptre to none, and especially not to her
inexperienced daughter.