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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Going Into a Safer Business.

1t was Cassidy's first morning as
newspaper carrier. From side to side
OF the avenue he hurried, dropping the
moist sheets in vestibules and running
them In the space between the door
and Sill. Finally he came to q house
that was separated from the sidewalk
by an urn studded yard. Cassidy OPEN
ed the iron gate and walked up the
stone path. He knelt in the vestibule
ana started running the paper under
the door, An upper window was raised,
and woEnan's voice called:
rs that you, Harry? You are awful
late. hear the milk carts rafting"
Cassidy thought it best to remain
quiet. The voice continued:
You needn't think Pm coming dow
at such an hour! The idea of you,
married man. coming home at such a
time! Lost your key, as usual? Well.
catch this one.'
A heavy piece of brass shot two sto-
rles. There was heavy fall, and the
vestibule resembled a pressroom.
Some one found Cassidy smoking his
pipe in the accident ward"
Going back to the carrier route?"
they asked.
"Niver once more" responded Cassi-
dy. "Oi'm goin back to wur-ruk in tn
quarry. Thor's no fallin kaes thor;
only dynomited rocks. Chicago News.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
When Mrs. Gilbert Lost Her spec.
tacles.

The only time resented newspaper
chatter was when had my spectacles
stolen. They were snatched from my
oelt. the case l wore there being torn
away. spoke of it to Mr.. Dorney, and
the story went round the theater. Some
now the reporters got hold of 1t, and
-'.'---ss' a --''ee+ ,,ar+ u II
the more because had managed to
keep much more serious theft an alb
solute secret. That was at the time
when so much fun was being made of
the robbery Of jewels" form of the
atrical advertisement. I had a very
valuable pair Of earrings taken from
my pocket most cleverly, and was on
my way to play for a charity too!
However, kept my loss quite to my
self And then to be brought before a
sympathetic public as the loser Of a
pair of spectacles!-From "The Stage
"reminiscences of Mrs. Gilbert" in
ScribneTs.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
White Wax.

he white wax exported from China
is made by the curious method of using
insects In its production. These in.
sects are found in brown pea shaped
e1crescences or gals attached to an
evergreen tree called the Insect tree
Tie gals are gathered in May end car
ried in headlong fight to the market
towns by bearers, who travel at night
so that the heat may not force the in
sects to emerge during the journey.
Ihey are then placed on the "wax
tree," which is stump varying from
. to IL feet in height, with numerous
branches rising from the top, similar
to the pollard willow.
The wax insects are made into small
packets of 20 or 80 gals, which are in
closed In leaf Of the wood oil tree,
fastened together with rice straw.
These packets are suspended close to
the branches under which they hang.
On emerging from the gals the insects
creep rapidly up the branches, to which
they attach themselves and begin form
Ing coating Of wax that in about
three months attains thickness of al
most quarter Of an inch.
The branches are then cut off. and
AFTER removing as much of the wax as
possible by hand they are put in a ket-
tie of hot water, when the remaining
wax floats on the surface and the in
sects finish their term Of usefulness by
going to the bottom.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Bee. of Fine pi.cr,m,n.4,o,


Morelia has some other odd things
for example, the sweetmeat stands nm.
der the portales or arcades, where
friendly bees and wasps devoured the
candies and were not scared off. /
asked an old woman sitting behind q
large stand loaded with candied frnit
dulces Of all sorts, sugar plums and
molasses candy:
Wont these bees sting a fellow?"
"Oh, no, senior; don't be afraid. They
are muy inteligentes and can tell GUS
toner right off,"
But would they sting thief, for in.
stance?"
Certainly, senior. They are very in
telhgent. Poor things! They do no
harm and are much company. They
must liver!
l watched these winged insects, with
all their panoply of war ready, and
was fascinated. Then I asked another
question:
But would not Morelian bee sting
q Yankee?"
Not If he were a customer, cabal-
lero"-Mexican Cor. Boston Herald
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Safe Occupation.

Bridget, the pretty young maid of all
work employed in a Boston family.
confided to her mistress when taking
service that she had lately become en-
gagged to be married. She stated, how
ever, that she and Tim would have to
wait two years, and in the meantime
she wished to be earning money.
When Tim made his first call one
evening, the family remarked that they
had never known SO quiet man. The
sound of Bridget's voice rose now and
then from the kitchen, but Tins words
We're apparently few and far between.
Bridget" said the mistress of the
house the next morning. II should
scarcely have known there was any
one with you last evening""
Hell talk more when we've been en-
gagged while longer, Pm thinking,
ma'am," said little Bridget. Hes too
bashful yet to do anything but eat
ma'am, when he's wild me!'-Youth's
Companion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
The Last Nickel.

The Philadelphia Record tells of
little Sunday school boy who always
receives nickel from his father to
place in the collection plate. Last Sun
day his father gave him two nickels,
saying, Zone Is for the Lord, and the
other is for yourself" AS it was too
early to start for Sunday school the
little boy sat on the porch steps, play
ing with the two nickels. After awhile
he dropped one Of them, and it disap-
peared down crack. Without mo-
ment's hesitation and still clutching
the remaining coin in his clinched fist,
he looked up at his father, eXclaiming,
ooh, pop, there goes the Lords nickelw
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
"why DONE II nn.+, -,

We quote from The Century an an
ecdote related as one of "a Woman's
Experiences During the Siege of yicks-
burg"
Speaking of fuses, the rector told us
one day very funny thing that he
had seen during one OF hts trips to
town. Every day, as long as the siege
continued. he crossed that hospital
ridge and passed over the most expos
ed streets on his way to the church,
always carrying with him his pocket
communion service, apparently stand
ing an even chance of burying the
DEAD, comforting the dying or being
himself brought home MANNED or cold
IN death. His leaving was daily
anguish to those who watched him
vanish over the brow of the hill. One
evening, coming back in the dusk. he
saw burly wagner slip off his horse
ana get under it in hurry. His head
appeared, bobbing out first from one
side, then from the other. Above him
IN the air, bobbing, too, and with
quick, uneasy motion, was a luminous
spark. After full minute spent in
vigorous lodging the man came out to
prospect. The supposed fuse was still
there, burning brilliantly. Darn the
thlng," he grunted, why don't it
oust" He had been playing hide and
seek for 60 seconds with fine speci-
men of our southern lightning bug. or
FREELY!
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
RIDING in CHINA.
Using the Donkey, the shentzu and
the Wheelbnrrow.

here comes gorgeOusly clad lady
riding donkey, her husband by heI
side. She rides straddle legs, but round
her is drawn an embroidered petticoat
displaying all it's beauties when riding
| her race is painted and powdered, her
lower lip is one large daub of vermil-
lion, and her wonderfully dressed hair
is shining with grease and gum. She
wears no hat, however hot the day.
but she carries fan or an oil paper
parasol, and she looks very glum as the
barbarian passes, for he is not sup
posed to see her, though very probably
she stoops and chatters to her lord and
master once he is well out of the way.
Next there comes shentzu- that is.
a long chair with hood hung between
TWO mules walking tandem fashion.
Sometimes there is another gayly dress.
ed woman in 1t, sometimes magis-
trate or other grandee, but oftenest of
all come the shrieking. creaking wheel
barrows, the universal vehicle of Chi
na.
The wheel is in the middle, and there
IS q seat on either SIDE and the way
those tortured wheels cry out is ex-
cruclating-the air is full of the sound.
Inc Chlnaman cannot be prevailed up
on to grease them. In the first place.
ne Is economical and would not waste
she grease, and in the next he looks
upon silent wheel with suspicion.
Would you have him going like
tnlef?' he asks plaintively.
Nevertheless these wheelbarrows are
tie only wheeled vehicles, and cody
Will wheel two men and their baggage
easily. The bishop of northern China
declares he has travelled thousands of
miles on a observation-disclosures Re-
view.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
THE FIRST CAMERA.
1t Was Invented by an Italian In the
Sixteenth Century.

| IL was Invented by an Italian In the
Sixteenth Century.
The Genera was invented by an Ital-
ian named Baptista Porta, though 1t
was not at first used for photograph
ing. 1t was in reality merely dark
room, into which the light was admit
TED through little round hole in one
side. The rays Of light coming from
objects outside of this room entered It
through this aperture and made a pic
ture on the other side Of the room glow
Ing In all the beauty and color of ma
ture itself. but rather indistinct and
upside down.
Ihls dark room was contrived by Por-
ia about the middle of the sixteenth
century. He improved it later by plac-
ing glass lens in the aperture and
outside mirror which received the
rays OF light and reflected them through
the lens so that that image upon the
opposite wall within was made much
brighter, more distinct and in natu-
raj or erect position. This was really
the first camera obscura, an invention
Whlch Is enjoyed to the present day,
being situated often upon hilltop,
where picturesque country surround
ing may be reflected through lens
which is placed in the center Of the
conical roof.
in it's simplest form, carrying lens at
one end and ground glass screen at
the other. 1t is, however, often much
more complicated in its construction.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
They were Attentive.

A clergyman preaching in country
church for the first time was delighted
to find the congregation very atten-
tive and told the verger so after the
service.
The verger replied, "Lor' bless you,
sir we was all looking for you to dis
appear"
why, what do you meany said the
clergyman.
We'll Sir, you see, the pulpit Is rot
ten and hasn't been preached in this
ten year or more" APearson's Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Saw the Joke.

A prominent Bostonian inquired of a
London shopkeeper for Hare's walks
In London" The shopkeeper after
much search, found it on his shelves,
but in two volumes.
"Ah," said the Bostonian, "you have
your Hare parted in the middle over
here"
"What?" queried the Englishman
blankly, passing his hands over his
hair.
The next day the Bostonian called for
another book.
I'm so glad you returned" said the
Englishman. 81 want to tell you see
that joke"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Look the Other Way.

There are many thousand fathers
who are terrorizing their little sons by
seeing too much. Let all such learn to
look the other way at times. Don't see
everything your boy does. Give him
some latitude and longitude. Don't
keep the little fellow in shiver of ap-
prehension lest you find out some pee
cadillo. He must have his fun or die.
II you see too much, he grows thin.
Look the other way.-New York Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
A Question of owner.hip.

care you the man who advertises
Own your own home?" said the de-
jected looking caller.
81 am" answered the real estate
dealer
"Well, I'd like to get the recipe"
1.-THE what?"
''The recipe. The modus operandi. l
want to know what to do to own my
own home. Our cook has a temper like
raging lion and muscles like Her
cules. If you can, tell me how to dis
possess her. Moneys no object."-
Washington Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Some Odd Mistakes.

An urban chemist advertised in his
shop window: Artificial eyes. Open
all night" Away down south in front
Of the postottice in an inland town
may have been seen this legend, "Post
here letters too late for the next
mail" In a picture Of the departure
of the pilgrims from Delfthaven the
artist placed large steamer in the
distance leaving the harbor under full
steam.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Relieved.

"That must be pretty bad tooth
ache to swell your face like that. Why
don't you see dentist?"
II did call on your friend, DR.. Pull
lem, yesterday and experienced great
relief"
you must be mistaken. Pullem has
been out Of town for a week."
Il know. l felt relieved when 1
found that out."-Exchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
A Guide.

DR.. A.-Why do you always make
such particular inquiries as to what
your patients eat? Does that assist
you in your diagnosis?
DR.. B.-Not much, but it enables me
to ascertain their social position and
arrange my fees accordingly.-Tit- Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
A. One Being.

Edith hear that you and Fred are
quite interested in one another.
Bertha-Don't you tell soul, Edith,
but really l believe Fred and We're
made for each other. We have played
golf together three times, and we never
have Quarreled, except two or three
times when Fred was clearly in the
wrong.-Boston Transcript.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
What is
OvaI.ifzS@

A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by q sense of tenderness and heat low
shooting pain, indicates Inflammation.
the region Of pain shows some SWELL
ing. This is the first stage of oyaritis,
of your house leaks, my sister, you have
it fixed at once; why not pay the same
respect to your own body?
assa nes ss
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Cured.
Cured.
The following is Il Chinese iol,a.

Inc Following Is u Chinese Joke:
In certain house there was baby
that annoyed every one by it's contin-
ual squalling. at last physician was
called in. He administered bolus of
the soothing virtues Of which he had a
high opinion and offered to pass the
night in the house to observe the eff
fects of his remedy. After few hours,
hearing no noise. he exclaimed: Good!
The child is cured" "Yes," replied the
attendant. 1.-THE child has indeed stop
ped crying, but the mother has begun
to mourn"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
Dolls.

The ivory doll of the Roman child
was too costly for the ages that follow
ed the fall of the empire. For many
centuries dolls must have been chiefly
of home manufacture. The first shop
made dolls after the middle ages were
the jointed wooden dolls Of the Neither
lands. These We're known in England
and in this country, too, in colonial
times as FLANDERS babies."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
A Christmas Pic.

A customary feature Of Christmas
dinner in old England was an immense
pie of some kind. 1t was usually COM
posed Of fish and flesh and fowl. We
are told that in the reign of Henry
III. the sheriff of Gloucester was once
ordered by that monarch to procure
twenty salmon, ten peacocks and ten
prawns for Christmas pies.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
All or.

Tom-So your engagement with May
is broken. thought she fairly dotted
on you.
Dick-So she did, but her father was
a powerful anti-dote.-St. Louis Repub-
lie,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26
He Wasn't IT.

"My dear Miss Billmore," sadly wrote
young Hankinson, 81 return herewith
your kind note, in which you accept
my offer Of marriage. You will observe
that it begins Dear George do not
know who George is. but my name, as
you know, is William."-Chicago Tri'
une.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26

There is good deal of quiet salts
faction in seeing somebody else run
against fresh paint.-Milwaukee Jour.
nal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26

There is one admirable thing about
a dog-he always acts natural-Atchi-
son Globe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-12-26


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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17

| might go further and say that it is not
committed by colored people who have
had even a limited but reasonable amount
of schooling The trouble with the race
is that there are too few who are edu-
Gated. or can even read and write; today
there are more than five millions that
can neither read nor write While there
are now over four millions that can cad
and write. yet the progress in education
has not kept pace with the increase in
population.
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
wherever you go l want you to be in
sympathy with and use your influence for
Industrial training. This institution for
thirty-iive years has stood for the eduea-
tion of the head, the heart and the hand
the complete man. There are many men
of middle life, or past, in North Carolina
and other States that helped make and
lay the brick of which some OF the build
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17

I am directed to present to you this chest
of silved and beg that you will accept it,
not as the measure of affection and es-
TEEN, but laden with our good wishes
and warmest personal regards
Mr.. Speaker Moore, North Carolinians
are a plain-spoken and candid people, and
if you will pardon me, will lay aside all
formality and say to you that during
the past two months, as we have come
in contact with you and been permitted
TO took in the sunlight of your rich
geniality, you have completely won our
hearts and we love you as a esprit
ed, warm hearted, generous man, and re-
spect you as a wise and conservative
legislator and trusted representative
and leader Of your people.
If l were a playing the role of prophet
laureate of this body l would endeavor to
portray your radiant and glowing future,
and tell of the high honors which yet
await you at the hands of your admiring
fellowcitizens, suffice it to say by the
handsome way in which You have dis
charged the delicate and important duties
of this high office, you have placed your
name in the front rank with those of
your illustrious predecessors in office.
Mr.. Speaker Hon. Walter E. Moore, in
of Representatives of North, present to
you this gift and congratulate you most
sincerely.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17

ment to YOUR own race. Let your citi-
zenship be of the highest type, of sucn
q type that by your very example you
will arouse the incident, the shiftless and
the unambitious. Let your lives make
such an impression upon your commune
ties that the white people will cheerfully
judge the race by you rather than by its
lowest specimens, the only fair way to
Judge Do not forget that you will be
watched both by your friends and by the
critical and the curious. Some of you will
GO where a colored physician is rara avis.
In such a community the load of race re-
sponsbility is heavy. Be sure to meet
this responsibility to the fullest extent.
Il believe a better and a brighter day
is dawnng. In our UNCONVENTIONAL work
in this State the relations between the
races are most harmonious and there is
delightful cooperation on the part of the
whites in missionary work. There is, too,
an awakening educationally, both on the
part of the people and our legislators, and
it is a hopeful sign for the Improvement
of the race that the proposition to divide
the school tax on race lines did not sue
l.ceed There. are legislators wise enough
to see that illiteracy, whether white or
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17

then, that he was listening to a reproduc-
tion of himself. But all did not aspire
to political honors. Here and there were
instances of men who saved their money
and bought land or established in a
small way mercantile business. These
as a rule have been successful. There
were others who learned trades and they
too have succeeded and thousands are
successful teachers and clergymen.
CoLORED GRADUATES NOT CRIMI-
NAILS.
THE educated men and women that
Shaw has sent out have rarely been fail
ures. This is true also of those sent out
by similar institutions. In all parts of
the South prominent white people have
spoken to me of Shaw men and women,
and almost invariably in terms of praise.
They stand at all times for law and or
der and in troublous times they restain
and keep within bounds the ignorant
who are disposed to make trouble. \ lit
tie less than $500 colored men and wo-
men have been graduated from the col
leges and universities of the United
States since 1897, and l have yet to learn
of the arrest of one of them. Crime is
not committed by colored graduates, and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17

ings on this campus are constructed, and
daily the young men and women are re-
ceiving instruction from competent in
structors in various industries. and this
work will be further extended. The call
today is for industrial training for the
colored race l am alive to its Importance,
but there must be symmetry and proper
tion in education. What is needed is
training of mind so that men and women
can think clearly and see things in their
true relations. The ability to make
things is necessary for livelihood, but
there cannot be the highest type of lead
ership and citizenship until there has
been a training of head and heart as well
as hand that will result in a high type
of religion and morality-.a training that
will develop class Of leaders that will
lead instead of follow, as is too commonly
the case now.
CULTIVATE FRIENDLY RELATIONS
WITH WHITE MEN.
GAS you go out into life cultivate
friendly relations with the best white
people and be stimulus and encourage
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17


Who Made The Speech Presenting The
Silver Service to Speaker Moore.
that | need only say that these admirable
qualities have distinguished your admin
istration throughout and lent to ia charm
and facination which only a well-ordered
power can attract.
Possessed of 9 fine physique, gTac6d
by courtly carriage, crowned with a
leaders, head, bearing kindly and hand
some face, which glows with the pulsa-
lions of a noble and generous heart, visi-
tors to the Capitol have beheld fine
specimen of the true Southern gentleman
and the highest type of North Carolina's
enlightened citizenship as the presiding
officer of this body. They have shared
our pride in you, Mr.. Speaker, and re-
ioicod with us in that we still have such
a worthy example of that kingly chivalry
common, and yet peculiar, to our South
ern cline.
| am commissioned, Mr.. Speaker Moore
by my fellow members to say to you that
we appreciate your uniform courtesy
your kind indulgence, your noble quail
ties of head and heart, and that splendid
fitness for Speaker which you have evinced
during the past sixty days, and in token
Of our appreciation and esteem Tor you,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17

Dean in the Divinity School, Chicago Uni
versity.
Awarding of Diplomas and Comforting
of Degrees-Hon. Charles B. Aycock, Gov
ernor of North Carolina.
Presentation Of Prizes and Parting Ad-
dress to Graduates-By the President OF
the University.
The Mckee Prize-Mr. r. A. Taylor.
The Knox Prize-Mr. P. H. Williams.
The Goodwin Prize-Mr. w A. Drake.
The p Battle Prize-Mr. j. A. Ken
ney.
The Lewis Prize-Mr F. S. Hargrave.
The Pickel Prize-Mr. G. B. Anderson.
Solo-"A Dream Of Paradise"-(Gray)-
Mr.. Craig c. Williams.
Benediction.
LIST OF GRADUATES.
The graduates in medicine are as fol-
lows:
Clarence S. Brown, North Carolina.
Peyton H. Galloway, West irginia.
John S. Cheshire, North Carolina.
John w. Darden, North Carolina.
Wilbur a. Drake, Alabama.
Cornelius n. Garland, Alabama