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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-27

write about and he can say what he
derned pleases, but that ornery sneak
knowed | thought so. and he let me go
on without telling me better. Wall, |
went straight home and looked up a
book called Life of Abraham Lincoln, "
which my old oman bought from a ped
Ter about ten years ago. 1 TUX this book
and went to work. I'd read a little bit,
then write a little bit, and by four
o'clock in the morning l had the neatest,
purtiest piece writ that ever you seed.
| allow it would make any man in North
Caliny cry like baby to read it. So with
my assay, or whatever the derned thing
is called. / went to the examination.
Then what happened? Why that damned
dirty ornery sneak of an inspector, in
stead of telling us to write about Abe
Lincoln, axed us to each furnish him a
short article about George Washington,
man whom nobody in these mountains
knOwed nothing about L tell you it
were a shame! a damned shame!"
But did you not write a sketch of the
life of Washington" asked a specta-
tor.
"Oh, / started one," replied King, but
all that l could remember about him
were that he were born in Bethlehem and
were killed at the battle of Waterloo, so
tore it up at the last minute" So say
ing and still uttering curses not loud but
deep, Mr.. King wendell his way home
ward, sadder though wiser man.
1t is rumored tonight that King will
take his case direct to the President,
and seek redress at his hands. AS he
and the President belong to the same
political party there is no telling what
will be the outcome of the affair. Mean
time, considering discretion the better
part of valor, the inspector has prudently
packed his grip and other belongings
and left for other fields of adventure
JAMES E. CARRAWAY.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-27

ian an A Rheumatism and it's
Hill XXI Blood relations-Lum-
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dissolves the poisonous acids in the sys-
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cure. Al years success. Druggists, 75c.
bottle. Booklet mailed free. MULLER
PHARMACY, "a University Place, New
Yor.
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What an Education Costs.

Continued from Page Nine.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08

Among men and women of genius
there seems to be strange fatality
connected with the age of fifty-six.
Some of the most renowned char
acters of the world have died on
reaching that limit, including DAN
tie, Hugh Capet, king of France;
Henry VIII, Henry ", of Ger
many, Paganini, Alexander Pope,
Marcus Aurelius, Frederick /. of
Prussia, Maria Louisa, empress of
France; Saladin, the great sultan of
Egypt; Robert Stephenson, Scipio
Africans, Roman general; Helve-
titus, the philosopher; Henry H., the
first of the Plantagenets; the elder
Pliny, Julius Caesar, Charles Kings
ley, Juan Prim, Spanish general and
statesman; Henry Knox, American
Revolutionary general; Van Tromp,
Dutch admiral; Abraham Lincoln,
Marryat, the novelist; George White
field, founder Of Calvinistic Metho-
dism; Robert Dudley, earl of Leices-
ter, favorite Of Queen Elizabeth;
Johann Casper Spurzheim, German
physician and phrenologist, and
Frederick II. Of Germany. - st.
James Budget.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
NECESSITY FOR SMILES.
4 Discourse on the DesirabIllty % q
Happy Countenance.

Certain kindly disposed persons
are in the habit of advising man
kind in phrase peculiar to photog-
raphers to s1ook pleasant" whatever
be their state and condition and to
insist that even aching hearts should
be carried beneath smiling counte-
nances. Yet just as there are peo-
pie who object to those regions
where perpetual sunshine prevails
and where clouds and storms are
unknown, so there are those who
would find monotonous an ever
cloudless countenance. AS an anti
dote to melancholy Keats suggested
that when ones beloved exhibited
some "rich anger" to
Imprison her soft hand and let her rave
And feed deep. deep upon her peerless
eyes,
Of course there are smiles more
heartrending than tears and tears
more cheering than smiles, while
the Cheshire cat variety Of express
sion is pleasant to the point of ex-
ASPIRATION. The smile upon the face
of Leonardo da Vinci's celebrated
Norma Lisa is uncomfortable to some
people, while over others it casts
spell not to be resisted. It is said
that the American feminine counte-
nance is one that leans toward
smiles, and if foreign testimony is
to be trusted there is cause for
smiling complacency in the demon
strated facts that American women
are the best dressed as well as the
most independent and problem free
of all women. To have the right
things on ones body and the wrong
things off ones mind is certainly
to be as happy as it is possible for
womankind to be. But as for the
necessity for smiling in all situa-
tons and under all circumstances
that must rest with the individual,
who will probably decide that he
will look as he feels and smile when
he pleases.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
Bronze Very Ancient.

Bronze, spoken Of in the Bible as
brass, is of very ancient origin. We
have little or no notion how the
ancients got copper, but in all prob
ability large quantities were former
ly found in the metallic state, just
as we find it now in the neighbor-
hood of Lake Superior in America
and Baikal lake in Siberia. This
would only have required melting
to yield a tolerably pure metal. If,
however, they smelted copper from
its various ores, it is difficult to
realize how they could overcome
such a complicated process, and we
can only admit that in this respect,
as in SO many others, the ancient
people of Europe were very much
cleverer than we moderns are apt to
believe. ----------
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
MORGAN WANTS PARIS MART
Reported Trying to Arrange to List
American Stocks ON Bourse.

Reported Trying to Arrange to List
American Stocks on B0urse.
It IS reported in Paris that the recent
visit of j. Pierpont Morgan was for the
purpose of comforting with the fnan-
ciers of that city with the object OF
listing some of the leading American
securities on the bourse, says the New
York Evening Journal. He has been
closeted with some Of the most promi-
nent financiers of France, with whom
he discussed plans, but whether the
scheme is feasible or not has not been
stated.
New legislation is required to bring
the American stocks into the bourse
and the possibility of obtaining such
legislation will not be known until the
makeup of the new chamber of depu-
ties is determined.
The French financial code would
have to be overhauled and new laws
passed after tile form of those il Eng
land, which charge a tax against the
operator instead of the company whose
securities are dealt In. It is this excess
sive tax on the company itself which
prevents the best American stocks from
being listed at Paris.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08

Professor Fessenzen Tells How His
Telegraph Instrument Works.
Professor r. A. Fessenden Of the
weather bureau at Washington. the In
ventor Of the new system of wireless
telegraphy, has described the working
OF his instrument as follows, says q dis
patch from Elizabeth City. N. c.. to the
New York Journal: The essential diff
ference between my system and Mar
coni's is difficult to describe, because in
no point are the two alike. Marconi
uses an air transformer at the sending
end and concentric cylinders, and his
capacity is arranged in a certain way.
use neither Of the above, and my ca
pacity is arranged in an entirely differ
ent manner. At the receiving end Mar
conf uses an imperfect contact-that is,
a coherer.
use no imperfect contact, every con-
ductor used in my receiving apparatus
being Of solid metal, and there is no
principle similar to that of the coherer
involved, the principle depending en-
tirely upon different physical law. Nat
urally. therefore, all the details Of the
receiving apparatus are entirely dis
tinct. 1t should be noted that, although
I use a telephone receiver. this is not
essential, as siphon recorder can be
used, and the former is used merely be-
cause it is the universal history Of teleg-
raphy that each new system starts
with recording receiver and ends up
with one read by sound. and it seemed
best to omit this section of the devel-
opment at once.
The work is by no means finished.
We have paid particular attention to
Selective methods and multiplied sys-
TENS. We have four or five methods,
all of which have been successfully
tested in practice, and / do not antici-
pate further trouble in this line. AS
regards wireless telephone work, we
have not pursued the subject further,
but from our recent work it can be
stated definitely that telephoning up to
at least 200 miles is absolutely certain
Of accomplishment.
This is a great advantage for wire
less work. as in many cases the cap
tains of vessels will not wish to employ
a trained telegraph operator, and a
system of wireless telephone working
even fifty miles will be of great use.
We do not, however, intend taking up
the work until we have finished our
work on the wireless, but we can def
nitely state that it is certain of accom-
plishment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
King Alfonso Next.

This is the last year that Queen Re-
gent Christina of Spain will rule that
country, as on May IL, 1902, King Al
fonso Will have attained his majority
and, according to the Spanish law, will
take the reins Of government into his
own hands. The young king is now in
robust health and leads very simple
life, with no iuxuries or pretensions.
The summer at st. Sebastian is al
ways greatly enjoyed by the queen
and her children, as there she leads an
entirely family life of freedom from
all court functions. and the king is de-
lighted to have holidays. He has been
extremely well trained, but soon his
studies will be at an end, and he will
be reigning king. says the Chicago
News. He speaks three foreign lam
guages Acknowledgements, French and
German.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
No. T0.RAc Sold and gqarant S By Al ds,u +.
Thousands Have Been Sold.

The Milwaukee Sentinel has ar
ranged with the manufacturers OF
the Porcelain Plaques, to furnish a
handsome gilt frame for each and
every plaque without additional cost,
excepting expense Of express and
delivery.
If you are at present a subscriber
to the Sentinel, you can assure a
plaque, by sending photograph with
30 per cent to pay expense of express
and delivery.
If you are not subscriber to the
Sentinel, you can secure the plaque,
reproduced from any photograph
sent us, by subscribing for the SEN
tinei for three months, and sending
80 cents in addition to pay expense
of express and delivery of photo
graph and plaque.
We guarantee to return photo
graph with plaque within thirty
days after order has been received.
The plaque is guaranteed to be an
exact likeness Of the photograph
furnished and will never fade.
Address all communications to
Circulation Department,
Milwaukee Sentinel,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
A SOCIETY PROTEST.
Custom Of Making Costly We'd
ding Gifts Objected To.
DONORS 90 BEYOND THEIR MEANS

What some Of the English Society
Leaders Say About the Matter.
Gifts at Lord stavordaps Marriage
Cost $1,75O, OOO-views OF Prominent
London Jewellers.
The New York Herald's European
edition publishes the following from its
London correspondent:
It looks as If in certain quarters soci-
ETY. is beginning to kick against the
heavy tax they latterly have been fore
ed to tolerate in giving wedding pres
ents. This has been made all the more
pronounced by recent big weddings,
when, as in the case Of the wedding Of
Lord Stavordal and Lady Helen Stew
art, the presents were more costly and
more extravagant than have been seen
In recent years, representing, it Is said.
about 100000
Some people in society estimate their
annual expenditure on wedding pres
ents at not less than $4,000. The habit
Of giving wedding presents has appar-
emily grown beyond all bounds. Every
one is expected to give. While there
are many who would be happy to do so
In moderation, they feel that unless
they go far beyond their means their
little token will be merely brushed
away as unworthy to be placed side by
side with the gorgeous things that are
showered down in every direction.
'It Is all due to the fact" said one
lady, that we are living in an artiti-
cial, unreal and unhealthy age. We are
eaten up with love of ostentation. We
want to show and to be shown. We are
lot of sheep, we English, because we
fail to see that we are going the inevt-
table pace to ruin. Stop it? How
wish couldp'
Another lady, warehouses, said;
II do hope you will be able to show
people that they are unkind in giving
such lavish presents to comparative
strangers. You do not know what suf-
fering it causes among people who are
necessarily obliged to follow suit.
'Of course there are many people
who give costly things merely for the
sake of seeing their names in the pa
pers. If the newspapers were to- stop
printing the news, there would be
terrific slump in presents. / shall go
on giving where should not, but will
gladly join a round robin protest"
Regent street jewelers. one and all
deny that there is more extravaganza
today than there has been during the
past twenty years. They admit, how
ever, that there is more determination
nowadays to make as much Of a show
on a little money as possible. Only
stockholders seem to be exempt from
this charge.
"You see," said the manager of ia
nous house, "a Stock Exchange gen
tleman who is successful in business
does not mind putting down good big
sum for something worth giving. So
he comes in and says, Give me hun
dred pounds worth of wedding pres
ents.' He doesn't mind If it be pearls
or diamonds or a brooch or dog cart
so long as it is present
"On the other hand, have often had
notable lords, from dukes down to
Enlistment In and out in vain effort
to find something for S25 which they
hope they can palm off as costly
thing, representing at least an expendi-
ture Of $3.50, for even dukes are not
above trying to make show"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
Health for 10 Cents.

A lively liver, pure blood, clean
skin, bright eyes, perfect health
Cascarets Candy Cathartic will OBJ
tain and secure them for you. Genu.
inc tablets stamped C. C. C. Never
sold in bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
Pence.

The 1861 figures are those Of the
Crinean war. The rate imposed fcf
the coming year amounts nearly to Ell
Ger cent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
ENGLISH INCOME TAX.
Wide Fluctuations In Rate During
the Past Half Century.

the Past Half Century.
The increase of penny in the pound
in the tax on incomes recently proposed
In parliament by Sir Michael Hicks
Beach raises the rate to Is. 3d., which
is within a penny of the high rate prev
alent during the two years of the Cri.
mean war, says the New York Evening
Post. The following table shows the
rate per pound sterling imposed during
series of years, the periods taken be-
ing the fiscal year ending March 81:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
Department

is Modern in Every Detail. If you are in need Of
any Stationery such as Letter Heads, Bill Heads.
Memorandum Heads, Statements Circulars, of
Dodgers or Posters, call on THE TIMES and get
their prices and you will find thatyou save
money and get the best Of work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-08
The Times

AS an Advertising Medium offer more advan-
tages to the Advertising people Of Washburn and
Vicinity than any other Newspaper in Bayfield,
County. Liven up your business with little print
ers Ink There is Fortunes made eyery day in the
use Of Printers Ink. The opportunity is open to
all parties.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-12
THE SIX MONTHS FREE MUSIC LESSONS

Are given b Cur sswly fsrnlshed
coassevatory WITH New Plaaos, aad
osr Psaso tssetss. Miss Loslss Pom.
or0y, tro0 H. Pueejo Conservatory
~ Hlssle y havisg ths best Of sseoess
with or scholars ae1 IN are wen
peeased. Cooe ~ - ~ aaa talk
H. 0sttsr Over.
Arizona republican., 1902-06-01
NO PLAN ON FOOT
TO SETTLE STRIKE
The Question of Involving the Btu
minous Men Still Open.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 31.-President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers,
returned to this city today after N
absence of q week in the west Mr..
Mitchell said the trip had nothing to 90
with bringing about 4 settlement Of
the strike in the anthracite region. He
said the plan OF holding = convention CT
the hard and soft coal miners to decide
what action the bituminous men should
take IN the anthracite strike is stiIl an
open question.
The engineers, fiiremen and bumpers
from Ashley and vicinity held a meet
ing today and endorsed the strike Jv Il
thirds vote. At q meeting of the
engineers, fremen and bumpers en-
ployed a the Plymoutn collieries the
strike order was endorsed by vote Of
90 to 0. Four hundred engineers, fire
men and bumpers OF Lackawanna re-
fused to strike. Numerous special Of
ficers are being sworn in for guard
duty at the various mines.
Arizona republican., 1902-06-01
4 RAMPANT WIND
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Several Villages Practic ally Wrecked
No Fatalities Reported.

Lead =. D, Aay ;t.--A small tornado
struck this city at I o'clock his after
noon and demolished about twenty
buildings and injured three persons.
none Of whom, however. are fatally
hurt. The storm struck the town "a
the northeast corner ana swept every
thing IN its path. William Adams
butcher shop was among the buildings
in the path Of the wind blown to
i.ieccs. Adams ana his little girl were
IN the building ana We're severely in
.;ured. Evalt Peterson, in an adioin.
ing building which was torn to splint-
ers. had an arm broken.
The property damage in this city &
estimated at $150000. From here th.,
storm passed on to TerreVille. few
miles distant, where it demolished nve
buildings, four OF which We're resi-
dences. The storm then veered across
the country and blew down a number
CT small buildings and struck Central
City, y. here a great deal of damage was
dCne two buildings Being blown down
and number OF others unroofe;:.
There was a general storm OF wind and
.ain throughout the Black Hills coun-
try during the day.
Arizona republican., 1902-06-01
LOST CHILDREN
OF new YORK
Police Obtain Clue Which May
'eH d TO Recovery
The Parents Of One OF tie Girls Re-
ceive a Letter Demanding Money
Threatening . Missing Girl With
Death Today.

New York, May 31.-The search for
the little fcUr-year old Catherine Flan-
n,,3a1 goes on with uIlreInitting indus
try. Every one Of New York's 1000
Policemen has turned himself into a
special detective. and each one would
Ee proud to return The missing child to
parents who are on the verge of ner-
Nous prostra tion, il not insanity. The
ia ather has slept scarcely an hour since
the disappearance of the little one, last
, Saturday. and the mother is quite
broken down with grief, and, what is
even worse than grief, uncertainty
The river was dragged today in the
neighborho0d Of West One Hundred
! and ThirtX-third street Crowds watch
Cd the men with graphing irons who
felt in the turbid waters of the Hudson
for the body which so many of the po-
| lice believe to be there. These are GER
tain that the child fell overheard and
WAS drowned ret far from the place to
which the father had taken her and
the rest Of the children, and into which
she was last seen throwing pebbles
Rut the graphing irons failed to find
any thing, and the father is just as GER
tain as ever that Catherine crossed the
railroad track and was seized by some
!
New York Central railroad. He still
| believes that some tramp thrust her on
! board & freight car and took her out of
! the city. But the police believe that
| ii she is still alive she is in the city
! A possible clue to the lost child Cath
! crime Hayes was found today. The po-
lice Will strive hard to unravel it.
Ralph Reed OF 457 West Oae Hundred
and Forty fiftI street. who works for
the Cross Shoe company, One Hundred
and T1lrty eighth street and Seventh
avenue, told the pclice that on Satur-
day about 4:f5 D. N. he noticed come
ly little girl IN blue and rough look
ing man, to whom she evidently did
not belong. the girl was crying, and
the man was roughly dragging her
along.
Where did you get that kid?'' Reed
says he asked the fellow.
It's not nline, the stranger replied
~ picked issaszsp- cn the riySi 'front.'
l n going to turn her over to ;he po-
lice"
MY. Reed says that the appearance
CT the child corresponded to the printed
descriptions OF Catherine Flanagan,
: and the clothing she wore. and he be-
/ lieVcs that she was the child whom
the rough looking man was leading
/ away. He says he could identity the
man, as he took particular notice of his
appearance when he spoke to him
abCUt the child.
! The parents o. katherine Flanagan
received the following letter today:
! briggs ave. and South Sth St,
Brooklyn.
= lease leave money at corner by the
coal boX-May 80, 1902-on S Sth and
briggs ave. Wnen 1 shall return the
+ child. am sorry l am putting you
into so much trouble. bur I need scme
money. You cannot have your child
unless I get 5000. and I don't get it
/ by Sunday I SHAH kill your child and
! hide it in some lot.
Yours truly, McC.
Arizona republican., 1902-06-01

could not leave the Philippines like !
coward and abandon the people who
had come under our protection. thus
surrendering them 10 "tyrrany and
chaos" He did not believe in the ad-
mission Of the Philippines 10 the union
as a state. but in the conduct Of the
affairs of the island nothing savOring Of
imperialism had been suggested except
for party purposes.
In the course of his speech NJ.
Spconer became involved in 4
spirited colioquy with Mr.. Hoar Of
Massachusetts. during which Mr..
Spconer read statute OF the state OF
Massa chusc It's which offered a reward
Of riG0 pouHus for the scalps % male
Indians over the age Cf tWenty-One
years MIR. Hear declared that ii vas
. cruel and barbarous law, and Mr.
SpConer himself did not attempt to jus
tify it. simply citing il as an instance
OF cruelty in fighting savage natives. D
MIR. Pettus OF Alabama discussed
some of the legal phases OF the Philip
pines question and Mr.. McLaurin OF
Mississippi insisted that the democrats
in the senate had not attacked the
standard OF the army as had been
charged.
Arizona republican., 1902-06-01

Washington May 31.-Eissing in the
senate is so unusual that when it oc-
CURED in the course of the Philippines
deabte today it created a sensation.
Mr. Spocner of Wisconsin, was speak
ing and referred incidentally to the
story that a thousand Filipinos had
been put to death by American troops
and buried in trenches which they haf
been compelled to dig Mr.. Lodge OF
Massachusetts said the story had been
denied by the father of the soldier Who
started it ard that the war department
had cabled General Chaffee to ascertain
the facts Mr.. Carmack OF Tennessee
interrupted him to say that no doubt
the soldiers would deny the story as
all soldiers in the Philippines had been
required tc DO SC. His remark was
greeted with Kisses from the galleries
and demonstrations of Misrepresentation,
calling out the sharp ranping of the
Savel from the chair
Mr.. Spocner occupied nearly five
hours of today's session in concluding
his speech begun Oh Thursday. His
eloquence and earnestness attracted the
attention of all senators and hundreds
of occupants of the crowded galleries.
He maintained that the United States