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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-02
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On the Mrsee alleys last night the Black
Cats took two out of three from the Ben
Uurs. Score
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Observation-Disclosures
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

PITTsBURG. October Philippe had
good control and received excellent sup
port and the game was walkoNer Tor
the home team Attendance, LOU. score
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-02
TIE MODERN WAY

Friday night at his home on Fifteenth
street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-02

Buy your winter Underwear and
Hosiery at one-fourth less than reg
uIar prices This week Mt
GEO NJ SHOOK q cos.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-02

Mrs. A. J. Smith. who has been very
sick for three weeks, was much. i'm
proved yesterday.
The American Tin Plate Company is
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-02
SOCIALIST STREET TALKER.

spook & Co.'s Great Discount Sail
this week.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

acter Of these WHO come among us. We
do, not want criminals or paupers. Cur
best immigrants are such as those at
Chadbourn-men who are not afraid Of
work and who bring families with them
and then send back for friends and rela-
tives to come and join them.
The experience Of mankind has taught
that the highest progress car. be made
only when the individual strength Of
every citizen is exerted to it's greatest ca
pacity; that the producers Of wealth arc
the masses of the people controlled by
wise and judicious direction. These arc
lessons that the Chadbourn people nave
learned and are daily putting into prac-
tice They are advocates of education;
they are toilsrs. They are educated, and
yet they are learners; they are busy,
and yet so well directed are their eff
forts that they have reasonable leisure
and time for recreation.
This colony is worth studying. There
is great lesson in it for North Carolina
and North Carolinians. AS one cOntem
plates the way in which these men have
made the swamp bloom IS the rose the
conviction grows upon him that the South
is indeed the coming lei Dorado Of Amer
lea, and that of all this favored land
the Almighty has bestowed with lavish
hand His richest material gifts upon
North Carolina.
FRED L. MERRITT.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19


There are no drones or leisure class
among these people at this season.
And there, !" as we continued our ride,
lis the farm of young man who is an
honor graduate of the University of
Illinois. He has suffered some reverses
since he came among us, but he is now
doing well. He will get out of debt this
year then he will build nice house. He
is unmarried.
DO you know" continued Senator
Brown, these people have many good
ideas that our native people might well
adopt For instance, they buy a place on
a credit The first thing they do is go to
work and pay for it then they build a
house to live in. They never put perma
nent improvements on place till they
have deed to it,
We continued our ride through the
thickly settled colony, for the roads are
good, and the air soft as a woman kiss
Chadbourn being near the Gulf stream its
climate is an ideal one. The homes of
people from almost every Western State
and Territory and Canada were pointed
out. There are some $50 people in the
colony not counting the natives, of whom
there are very few.
Back yonder,'' remarked Senator
Brown / pointed out the farm of a man
who came here with $1,000 and lost it ALL
Now here is the place of a fellow who
came here hidden in a box car. He
bought this place on a credit, soon made
enough money to send for his family and
now he has finished paying for his farm
and has put up a handsome cottage home;
and that is another side to the question, >"
he laughed
Many, very many more farms We're
visited or passed, until finally l began
to notice certain points of similarity about
them all: The farm houses are painted;
the lawns are well-kept and about the
doors and windows there cling vines and
bloom roses; doors and windows are fitted
with wire screens; everything within is
serupulously clean the barns and out
houses are large and well-built; but
above all the lands are highly cultivated.
AS a rule, everyone of these things was
conspicuous in the home of the native
only by their absence.
How long will it take our people to
learn this lesson from the Yankee?
Another thing, l noticed: The eolonist
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

Brown for the State Senate almost to a
man. This more than any fact that came
under my observation convinced me that
he had dealt fairly with these men in
every relation he has had with them.
I'VE have now continued MIR Brown
sold every foot of our land except one
or two small tracts that We desire to
keep for our own use. Much OF it was
bought by people who have never seen
it, and in some instances never will. But
every now and then one drops in and
takes UP his claim. Six families have
come in since Christmas. Some of the
land l have tried to buy back at an
advanced price for other settlers. but in
only a few cases have I succeeded
have gone into these details because
| believe they are suggestive aMd may be
helpful.
Why may not others do what Mr. Brown
has done for himself and his State?
Why cannot some one do with grazing
lands what he has done with straw
berry land? Or with dairying, or fruit
culture-in fact with anyone Of a lo2en
things for which our sell and climate
are suited?
to individuals and they must not be neg
lected. TO North Carolina there is now
offered the opportunity, as never before,
Of a wise movement in the direction in
dictated by Mr.. Brown and his colony He
has blazed the way and set an example
that is worth following. The industry
and patience of the thrifty Yankee have
been the fulcrum and Southern brains and
enterprise have been the lever of great
progress in the Chadbourn section. /.
may do as much Tor other sections of the
State. immigration, no matter how
brought about, has been from the earliest
historic times the law and conduct of hui
man progress. Ii has been the policy Of
this State TO encourage immigration in
all possible ways. Though this is the wise
course to pursue, and much money has
been thus spent, results have not always
been satisfactory.
1T is obvious that if we hope soon 10
occupy our vast territory and develop cur
valuable resources, we must turn the
Cnadbourn way By that way the immi-
grant Will come and We need him. We
have ample room. Our resources have
scarcely been touched certainly the point
OF exhaustion has not been approached.
We want the immigrant to help us de-
velop our latent resources and make the
machinery Of commerce and finance re-
value in it's orbit-to help us build our
railroads, open our mines teach our
schools and practice the skilled profess
sions. Our only concern is as to the char
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19
Funeral Of H. yor 10 ker
Special to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Rocky Mount, N. c., May 18.--J. Fl,
Baker. Jr., who died Wednesday night
was buried in Pine View cemetery Thurs
day afternoon, The cause of his death was
typhoid pneumonia The local lodge
Knights of Pythias buried the deceased
The pail bearers were: G. G. Cooper, j..
c. Braswell A. P. Thorp, y. NJ. Aycnt
j. L. Arlington, Or. G. L. Wimberly. he
members of the local bar and some from
Tarboro, namely r. H. Brown, Jacob
Battle. w. L. Thorp. T. T. Thorne, Jno.
L. Bridgers, l.. d. Bassett, W. o. Howard
Henry johnson and T. II. Battle acted as
honorary pall-bearers.
Mr.. Baker had served in succession
three terms as mayor Of the town and
had long been identified with it's govern
ment. He was a lawyer by profession,
and young man of considerable promise
and much respected in the community. He
leaves a wife and two children.
There never used TO be so much compe-
tition in brains as there is now If Ma
poleon was living in this century he would
probably be a dry goods clerk.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

And who is it that has done these
things? As already stated, the colony was
founded by Mr. Joseph A. Brown, State
Senator from Columbus county.
"And how did you happen to do it?''
asked bin.
1T was largely by accident, he re-
piled. I'VE came here in the early Dos
and put down a saw mill, buying the land
for timber purposes at $1.00 an acre
some 1000 acres of it. When the timber
was all sawed and only stumps and re-
fuse was left. we sat down to decide where
to go next or what to do here. 1t was
then that we conceived the colonization
idea.
81 must confess that at first the pros
pect was not encouraging. The land we
knew to be fertile and underlaid by
clay subsoil, but it was practically wild
swamp covered with water. So first we
went to work and cut canals through it
at cost of some $4,000. Having drained
it. we had it surveyed and cut up into
lots of ten acres each. which we offered
for sale at prices ranging from $500 an
acre upward on easy terms.
How did we find purchasers? Why
we went about it in the same business
like way that we drained it. We simply
studied the immigration question and
used printers ink. The News and OBJ
server was used more than any other
paper though we had a write up in the
Chicago Inter- Ocean, the Charleston News
and Courier, the Manufacturers Record
and other publications. 1t cost money,
but there was no other way out of it.
w III Il
In addition to that, we secured from the
railroads a cheap rate for prospective
immigrants. As a result people began to
come Some wanted one thing, some
another, but with all we were perfectly
candid. If a man wanted grazing land we.
advised him to go elsewhere; if corn was
his speciality VIC recommended the sec
ton we thought best suited We told
them what we thought cur lands were
best suited for, what we paid for them
and what we would sell them at. Many
came, some 5000 in number a few in
vested and settled here, nearly 900.
"A small number of those who stayed
grew dissatisfied, naturally, and went
away. Some we're not suited to the work,
some were bad managers, some became
homesick and thus for enc cause and
another they left. But it is matter of
great qualification to ne that Of the
500 who came over 750 are still here,
every one Of them satisfied and most or
them doing well"
AS an evidence of the regard in which
Mr.. Brown is held by the colonists, | may
here mention fact that learned from
one Of them. Though large per cent of
them are Republicans on National ques-
tions, they voted the Democratic ticket
il the State election and Supported Mr.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-19

Total for one day ...... 39,2S0 :"
Last year the first shipments on the
Coast inc were made April 2tst, and the
first SHIPMENTS by refrigerator cars were
on April 18th. This year the season was
week later and shipments began on
April 2Sth, aud by refrigerator cars May
Ind Last year the season ended May
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Great Patent Nation.

The United States grants $4,000 pat
ents per annum, or nearly as many as
all the rest of the world. England
grants 5000 per annum and France
and Germany each about 1000, and
such countries as Canada. Australia.
Austria. Italy and Russia grant about
1000 each. An interesting and hopeful
fact is that more patents are granted
In proportion 10 the applications than
ever before in the history of the patent
office. showing that mechanical genius
is not chasing as many rainbows as
formerly. American inventive genius
is shown in all lines of invention. but
II greatly predominates in machinery
for manufacturing. transportation and
labor saving. Europe and the orient
have begun to find that without Amer
lean Industries they would be unable
TO go Embellishments.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
HE DID HIS BEST.
Celebrated Musician's Adventure In
Swiss Country Village,

Celebrated Musicians Adventure In
Swiss Country Village.
The late Sir john Stainer, one Of
England's most celebrated musicians
and composers. was several years ago
in a small Swiss village, and the Eng
fish clergyman was OH the lookout for
a musician to assist at the service
Stainer was in the smoking room of
the hotel when the clergyman found
him and started the conversation with
DO you play the harmonium?" IA lit
tle," was the reply of the ex-organist
of st. Paul's cathedral ''Will you,
then, be good enough to help us out Of
our difficulty on Sunday? We will
read the psalms, and the hymns shall
be the simplest can select" added
the delighted parson. 81 will do my
BEST" said Stainer, with smile.
The service passed off all right, but
the congregation, instead of rushing
away at the close, listened to brilliant
recital. When the parson heard the
name Of his assistant. he asked him to
dinner. do you smoke?" he said at
the close. II win do my best" NUT.
tered Stainer. and the ensuing laugh
ter was the prologue of an entertaining
exchange of Oxford "reminiscences.
Stainer was Il great story teller. One
anecdote he was fond of relating had
reference to the days when there were
amateur orchestras in churches. The
Messiah" was being sung, and as the
line who is the King of Glory?" ap-
preached the man playing double bass
whispered to the voloncellist in front
of him. Let us have your rosin, and
will show 'em who is the king of glo-
ry"-London Tit-Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
HARD ON SMOKERS.
Old Time Legislation Against the
Use of Tobacco.


II is one of the curosities of old time
legislation that the use of tobacco was
in early colonial days regarded by the
magistrates and elders as far more in
furious, degrading and sinful than that
of intoxicating liquors. Both the use
and the planting of the weed We're for
hidden, the cultivation of it being per-
United only in small quantities, ''for
meere necessitie, for phisick, for pres
ervation oI the health, and that the
same be taken privately by ancient
men," But the Creature called tobac-
ko' seemed to have an indestructible
life. Mrs. Alice NJ. Earle writes Of
these early restrictions about tobacco
in "Stageconch and Tavern Days"
Landlords were ordered not to ''suf-
fer any tobacco to be taken into their
houses" on penalty of a fine to the
''victualler" ard another to 1.-The party
that takes it," The laws were con-
stantly altered and enforced, and still
tobacco was grown and was smoked.
No one could take it "publicquely" nor
in his own house or anywhere else be-
lore strangers. WO men were IOFDlu-
den to smoke together
No one could smoke within two miles
Of the meeting house on the Sabbath
day. There We're wicked backsliders
who were caught smoking around the
corner of the meeting house and others
on the street. and they We're fined and
set in the stocks and in cages.
Until within few years there were
New England towns where tobacco
smoking in the streets was prohibited
and innocent cigar loving travellers
We're astounded at being requested to
cease smoking.
MIR. Drake wrote in 1886 that he
knew men, then living, who had had to
plead guilty or not guilty in a Boston
police court for smoking in the streets
Of Boston.
In Connecticut in early days great
indulgence was permitted to travellers
man could smoke once during a jour
ney of ten miles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
VIVA, Might Have happened.

A sporty young gentleman OF the city
who drives dainty runabout which is
the envy Of the other young men of his
set was driving down Main street the
other day when he nearly ran over a
six foot countryman. The countryman
caught the bit and sat the horse upon
its launches without apparent effort
and then complacently remarked to the
driver:
Sonny. you had better be careful
how you drive that doll buggy of
your'n. If hadn't collared this here
horse. you would "a run that thing into
me and smashed it all to kindling."-
Memphis Scimitar.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Difficult Dutch.

The Dutch language is of good old
fashioned tongue. 1t is so difficult that
English speaking people ,"annot with
out difficulty acquire it. ). fact. some
folk say ii is more like s.nto English
than 1t Is TO German. J'.e Beers in
South Africa use the Dul IA tongue as
it was spoken POO years ago.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Teacher-As have ns-n telling you,
there are two general classes Of work
ers. Tommy. does YONG .,ther make
his living by using his brains Or by
using his muscles?
Tommy-Neither one. ma'am. He's
policpman.-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
The Human law

The human jaw is very loosely sock
eted in the skull. so that it is often dis
located by the mere act of yawning.
Not being intended for biting purposes.
offensive or defensive. no attention
seems to have been paid by nature to
making 1t fast.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Locking For work.

Eyes, ma'am." said the ragged fat
man. .'I'm lookin fur work. Yer amt
got no odd jobs Of scrubbin or washin
ter be did, have yerY
"Why, you surely don't do scrubbing
or work of that sort?" said the house.
keeper.
"Snre not. I'm lookin fur work fur
me fe."-Philadelphia Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
There. Etiquette In All Trades.

A lady who imprudently explained to
a tishmonger the other day that her
purchase was intended for the cats
dinner was little hurt at receiving it
wrapped up in newspaper. II under
stood. as it wasn't for yourself. num-"
replied the tishmonger loftily, I'VE new
er wraps up in brown when it's for
cats"-London Chronicle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Many women first show signs of age
by droop III the eyelid. This is caus-
ed by strained eyesight. excessive weep
ing. i'll health or years. 1t can be over
come by daily faithful manipulation.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Ignorance I. Bliss.

sis there anything peculiar about
,him?"
mot at all. He simply doesn't know.
and that's the usual combination in
cases of people who don't know."-Chi-
.cago Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-12
The Word "Tinv."

The word tiny" has never been sat
factoriIy explained. I believe I have
made three discoveries about it, of
which only the last has hitherto been
noticed
1. 1t was originally never spelled
with final ''y,' but only with a
final &C."
2. 1t was originally substantive.
8. 1t is seldom (if ever used in any
old writings without the word little"
preceding it. That is, the correct old
phrase was "a little tine," the word
tine, being properly dissyllabic, as at
present, though it was sometimes actu-
ally treated as a monosyllable.
1t occurs four times in Shakespeare.
In each instance it is spelled with a
final sc" in the edition of 1923; but it
is used as an adjective. The four ref
erences are: "A little tine boy"
Twelfth Night, V. i. 1913; 2"Any pretty
little tine kickshaws," 2 Henry ~, v.
i. 20; my little tyne thief" id V. iii.
so; "a little tyne wit" King Lear,
III ii. 274.
In the following instances, it is also
an adjective: 'Littell tine child" and
"'littell tyne child" in a Coventry
pageant printed by Sharp; see note to
Coventry Mysteries, ed. Halliwell p.
Ala. So, also, in "a it'll tyne egg, ,"
Wars Of Alexander, ed. Skeat, 1907
Walter w. Skeat in Athenaeum.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-12

with sickly smile, ''this is a Chinese
soldier. The board he carries tes-
titles to that fact, anil in addition tells
VINO he is and to what body of troops
he is attached He belongs to a sort
of imperial guard. He says he was on
duty guarding that gate in the outer
wall and left his post but for a mo-
ment, to find on his return that your
soldiers had entered in his absence.
lie is very anxious that I should ask
you to go outside the gate at once;
for, he says, no one is allowed in here,
and if his commander discovers that
he has neglected his duty and left his
post and gun he will be severely pun
ished. He also says that if you will
allow him to return to the gate he
will show you the order which forbids
any one to enter it.
Well, we all laughed. One or two
of the younger ones fairly hoWled.
We didn't any of us feel gay, but no
one could keep a straight face in the
presence of such amazing simplicity.
Even the general smiled and grunted,
which is as near as he ever comes to
a laugh. There was that innocent
idiot of Chinese soldier actually ask
ing his enemies, who were even then
undecided whether to put an end to
him or send him to the rear as a pris-
oner, to go out Of the imperial city be-
cause his commanding officer would
punish him for letting us in! And
when on ethinks of the American cas-
ualties that were piled up before that
day was over, and the Chinese dead
that were scattered over that stub
bornly contested ground, the gate
keepers unusual request seems still
more ludicrous.
The last I saw Of him he was vainly
endeavoring to make up his mind
whether to stop and expostulate with
the American soldier whose hold on
his pigtail was too secure for comfort,
or to go on resignedly in the face of
the anticipated severity Of his punish
ment when he should be called to &C
count for his abandonment of his
post.-London News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-12

height of women show that those born
in summer and autumn are taller than
those born in spring or winter. AS
far as boys are concerned. those who
first see the light during autumn and
winter are not SO tall as those born
in spring and summer. Those born
in November are the shortest; in
July, the tallest.
4 head of fair hair consists of 1885,
O4O hairs, dark hair of 100000.
A person who has lived 70 years has
had pass throuh his heart about
675, 800 tons of blood, the whole of the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-12
WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY
Curious Differences in Eyes and Ears
with MANY Other Variances.

with Many Other Variances.
Two sides of face are never alike.
The eyes are out of line in two cases
out of five, and one eye is stronger
than the other in seven persons out of
ten The right ear is, also, as a rule
higher than the left.
Only one person in Is has perfect
eyes, the large percentage of defec-
tiveness prevailing among fair-haired
people. Short sight is more common
in town than among country folk, and
Of all people the Germans have a
larger proportion Of short-sighted
persons.
The crystalline lens of the eye is
the one portion Of the human body
which continues to increase in size
throughout life, and does not cease
with the attainment of maturity.
The smallest intervale of sound can
be better distinguished with one ear
than with both. The nails of two
fingers never grow With the same
rapidity, that of the middle finger
growing the fastest, that of the thumb
| sloWest.
In 81 cases out of 100 the left leg is
stronger than the right. The bones of
an average human male skeleton
| weigh 20 pounds; those Of woman
are six pounds lighter, says the Ledger
Monthly. That unruly member, the
tongue Of a woman. is also smaller
than that of a man. given a man and a
woman of equal size and weight. 1t
may be appalling to reflect. but it is
true, that the muscles Of the human
jaw exert force of over 500 pounds.
British women are said to average
two inches more in height than
American women. Averages for the