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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04
Bill Arlp's Letter.

+, satisfied with the experiment, and hope
| that ] will not have to use paris green at
all. | shall continue my bargain with
the children. even If it is expensive
overheard chem plotting this evening
| about going to the drug store tomorrow
and buying some ice cream, and they
agreed to take two saucers apiece
! These little girls are great inventions,
! and | love to watch them and then
Illuminate and ponder why it was that
children, especially boys, get more sell
! fish and deceitful as they grow older.
| The devil seems to let them alone until
| they get weaned from their mother.
The good and the bad are strangely
mixed in this world. Now plaques and
pestilence keep on coming, both on ami r..
nal and vegetable life, but a kind
Providence has provided remedies and
given us minds to find them. But 1
have found no way to keep the pigeons
from preying upon my young peas as
| they peep out of the ground They
utterly destroyed my first planting and
nave begun on the second. We have had
a flock for many years, and I never
knew them to trouble the garden before
L say, Col. ReddiIg, what must I do
about it? My wife says cover them
With brush and / will if l can find the
brush. The English sparrows do leave
us most of The crop, but the pigeonI
don't leave. us anything. Reckon l will
have to turn the boys loose on them.
TIhe beans, onions and early corn are all
right vet, and the strawberries seem to
EaVe no enemies They make Il beauti-
full show, and give us great comfort.
In a week or two we will have ripe
fruit in abundance and shall send sorie
to the preachers. Brother Marlborough
says he does not think it any harm to
send good things to a preacher even on
Sunday. Strawberry culture is spread
| ing rapidly in cur town and some of the
rejehbors are trying it as a business FOR
profit. DIR. Felton, Jr., has put out
thirty Thousand plants the last season.
1t was Isaac Walton. the great fisher
man, who wrote in his book Cn angling,
Or. Butler said that doubtless God
could have made better berry than the
strawberry, but doubtless God never
did, and so / say that God never made
more calm, quiet. innocent occupation
than angling" My good friends, DR.
Benha2n and Col Murphy. heartily in
dorse Walton on fishing and will sit in a
boat half a day in a summers sun and
watch the corks and ruminate and not
catch enough fish fer supper If was as
fond Of If as they are / think / would
move TO Florida and stay there. ] have
caught more fish there il one dav than
in all my life up here in North Georgia.
l did not so to Dallas, the long spell
CT grippe left me too dilapidated to
travel that far and give up my home
habits and comforts, but I read all about
the great reunion with keen satisfaction.
There is life in the old land yet and love
for the Lost Cause" in the hearts of
cur people, the Confederates and their
children and children'S children. May
il never be eXtinguished.
BILL ARP.
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Copyright 1902 by The Constitution
| am trying Col. Redding's plan TO
eXterminate the potato bugs. He says
begin early and watch for the first ones
that come. Make an inspection every
morning and kill the large striped ones
before they lay their eggs. Ny crop
is about six inches high. / have six long
rows in the garden and the other morn
ing | found the pesky things had come.
l killed about thirty and then told the
children-thc grand children / mean
that | would pay them a nickel for
every dozen bugs they found. That
evening they killed sixty and next morn
ing forty. and this morning fifteen, and
this evening ten. So the three little
girls brought me in debt sixty cents
and feel rich. The bargain is that they
are to pay me back for all | find and
have not found but FIVE yet, though
i don't look very carefully. Chlldfen
like to work for money just like grown
folks. / remember well the first half
dollar I ever earned. My father was
clearing land and told me / might nave
the saplings if / would trim them Up
and pile the brush and | might nave
the wagon and team to haul them to
town and sell them. ! had the evenings
after school and Saturdays 10 work
and soon had a load ready and sold it
to our school teacher for silver half
dollar. / was rich and as | drove home
l felt CT it in my pocket every little
while to be sure it was there. | like
to reward these little chaps for it does
them so much good and makes them
of inn chi
is the purest on earth except the love of
a mother. I have no greater comfort
now than the glad smile of a little one
that jumps into my arms whenever /
come 1t fiatters my vanity, for though
/ am old and ugly the little one will
hug me and pat my wrinkled cheeks
and turn away from those who are
young and handsome. The greatest in
ducemelt for a parent to be a Christ an
is to secure the salvation of their chill
dren and meet them in heaven. for it
is said in the scriptures in three places
believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved-thou ard thine
house" 1t vas said by Paul and ~
Peter and the Spirit, thou and thine
house, SO let the good mother not
despair Of her wicked son who went
unrepentant to his death and may these
words always comfort her. thou and
thine house" For the sake of ten good
people the Lord would have saved Sodom
and for the sake OF good parents He will
save the children.
Last year my potato crop was serious
~ damaged by these bugs, and by the
paris green, too, for / used too much of
If and en- am tal<in~ Col Reddino'S
advice and killing off the big striped
beetles before they lay their patches CT
yellow eggs on the under side of the
leaves. l instructed the children TO
look for eggs and they found only two
lea. es with eggs on them. With a little
sharpened stick they dug around the
base of every plant, and there found
most CT the BEETLES. but / am already
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Sunday Sermon.

Thy will be done on earth. as it is in
heaven-St. Matthew, vi, 10.
1t would be an act of folly to be re-
signed to disagreeable condition of af-
fairs if that condition were avoidable.
man is bound to get its fullest extent
of happiness out of life, and it is a sa-
cred duty to do So He ought to do his
utmost endeayor to make his environ
ment as pleasant and as cheerful as
possible. II he foreSeeS an evil he should
carefully plan to get it out of his way,
and work hard to accomplish that object.
There is no reason why we should not
extract from passing time the very best
and pleasantest it is capable of furnish
ing. 1t is as much an injunction of re-
ligion to do this as it is to be just and
honest and charitable. The old notion
that one can be religious only when he
is half miserable, or that we should be
gloomy in order to please the Almighty,
is now obsolete; it is a libel against Him
who made the sky blue and scattered
flowers over the earth
The same rule holds good when a dis
agreeable condition is permanent and
unavoidable; that is to say, it is a duty
to take the brighter rather than the
find as much peace and happiness as the
circumstances contain. There is no life
SO narrow that it does not hold more Of
good than we at first think conceivable.
If instead of looking with covetous eye
on the superior benefits which others
enjoy we set at work to live our own
life in our own way we shall be sur
prised to find that flowers blossom in
xyhi
of weeds. The great secret is to force
ourselves into harmony with our sur
roundings-it Is not always easy to do
this-and compel them to yield their
best product. This resignation is one OF
loftiest of virtues and one of the most
heroic.
l can imagine that a tree when cut
down. split asunder, steamed and bent
into the shape of a vessels ribs NAV
complain that it is hardly used: that if
is unjust to tear it from its native
forest and change its destiny and its
purpose. But when the vessel is afioat.
breasting the storms of old ocean and
bearing rich argosy from port to port
l can also imagine a strange awakening
on the part of that tree and a conscious
thanksgiving that it was not left to
flourish with other forest trees but was
singled out for special duty by a special
decree of Providence.
In like manner I have seen a human
life crushed by a disappointment or by
a bereavement or by some heart sorrow
worse than death. 1t seemed as though
all the light had gone out of it-a black
night and gloom. And yet as time wore
on the stars came out, and when the
soil had become accustomed to the new
environment there was a peace, a calm
resignation which yielded no small de-
gree of actual happiness. The narrow
circle gave more than the larger circle
of other days, and the burdened life had
flowers in it which do not blossom in soil
which is rich with excitement and
pleasure. Many a man has learned what
life means through affliction, and l some
times think that our sorrows are the |
best part of US. The man who has his !
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BILL ARP.

own way has very poor way, and the
man who is led by God is on the road
to heaven.
Once feel Gods hand on your shoulder
and you will forget the world and make
a world of your own. What others enjoy
will be nothing to you, and what you
will find in your own pathway when you
are in the right relation to Him is suffi-
cient for you. If we were to live here
forever it would be different Then we
should feel hardly to be deprived of
pleasures which others enjoy; but since
this life is so short and the other life is
so long what matters it that others
have riches and we poverty, others
leisure and we severe toll or others
health and We sickness? These things
are mere details in the economy of the
soul whose value we have greatly ex-
aggerated. We can get on bravely and
sturdily and live our little lives so
worthily that when the perfect day
comes we shall be warmly welcomed.
There are no circumstances in which
we may not build character and char
acter is all there is to live for. Be pa
tient, therefore, and the morning will
break at last. Be cheerful even in the
twilight of illness greatly prolonged and
the shadows will disappear.
When the painful experience can be
avoided your efforts must not cease. but
when the unavoidable occurs fit yourself
to 1T, let it be your mission to use it to
your souls advantage, and you will soon
learn that no life is without peace and
joy. Resignation is itself source of
comfort and happiness.
GEORGE H. HEPWORTH.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as Administrator of
the estate of Rev. Fred. w. Proctor, late
of Newport News, Va, all persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present same to me on or
before the 18th day of April 1908, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their re-
covery JAS. A. EGERTON,
Administrator.
1-1 q wlx-6 wlc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04
The North Carolina Hot Springs!
The Mountain Park Hotel.
HOT SPRINGS N. c.

Hot mineral drinking baths
hundred
Natures Specific for rheumatism
kindred troubles
ieVe few which they will
These springs in the grounds of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-04
STOP AT
The Seabr00k.
WILSON. N. c.

The most conveniently located Hotel
in the town for drummers and business
men. Postoffice in the building, one
block from express and telegraph offices
everything new. modern. and upto-date
a delightful home for the travelling
man. Free buss from and to station.
s.. 90 per day.
DIR. J. b. GUNTER,
Manager.
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CHILD WEAKNESS.
II a wk-6 wks

You can worry for months
about your weak child and not
succeed in doing it a fraction
of the good that comes from
little daily doses of SCOTS
Emulsion.
The cure of child weakness
is not the matter of a dav but
OF steady common-sense treat
ment.
Children like SCOTS Emul-
sion and thrive on it.
Perfectly harmless yet power
full for good.
Send for Free Sample
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists. 400 Pearl ST., n. Y.
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MOUNTAIN PARK HOTEL

hosefy with accommodations three
Modern. Elegant Situated
the French Broad
of the Southern Railway,
grandest east the Rocky Mountains No humidity
delightful the
healthier, delightful n
Write ustrted Booklet with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
PRINCE HENRY APOLOGIZED.
The Alleged Arront 10 Admiral Dewey
Was Settled the Next Day.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-In reference to
the report that Prince Henry of Prussia
had written a letter to Admiral Dewey
apologizing for an alleged afIront on his
part to the Admiral at n inner or the
Princes flagship at Hong Kong in 1899. a
friend of the Admiral's is authority for the
statement that there was no such letter.
but that Admiral Dewey has received from
q member of the United States Embassy
at Berlin a communication giving a recent
conversation with the Prince on the sub
ject. According to this friend, the Prince
told the Embassy's attache that at the
dinner on the flagship Admiral Dewey
was the senior foreign officer present,
but that the Prince toasted the Car, the
Queen of England and other sovereiRns
before t~oasting the President Of the United
States, which olonded Admiral Dewey.
The attache quotes the Prince as saying
that, realizing that he had made a great
mistake, he went the next day to see Dewey,
who accepted his apology most g~raciously.
The Prince. IL is said, sent his highest re-
CARDS to the Admiral and expressed the
hope that they would meet in America.
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OF BELLEVUEINSANE
Dr. F1ayius Packer. With DIR. Gregory,
Assistant, Takes Control.

DIR. Flavius Packer. the recently appointed
resident physician in charge Of the insane
pavilion at Bellevue Hospital, took charge
of his department yesterday, succeeding
DIR. B~urckhalter, who has been transferred
10 the Health Department and probably will
be assistant resident physician at the
Willard Parker Hospital.
The appointment and salary appropria-
ton of DR.. Packer were approved on Friday
by the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment. DR.. Packer is a specialist in the
care Of the criminal insane and has been on
the stan OF the Matteawan Asylum since
its establishment. Previously he was at
the Long Island State Hospital. DIR. Greg
DRY of the latter institution has been trans
ferred with the consent of the State Civil
Service Commission to Bellevue TO act as
assistant 10 DR., Packer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
ACTION ON LOAN TAX DELAYED
STOCK EXCHANGE MEN GET MORE
TINE AT WASHINGTON
Apparently Untii There Can BE Some Sort
Of Further Review of the Case-Statc-
ment by President kcppler OF the
stock Exchangc-Ncrkes Coming Here

WASHINGTON, Feb. Unsatisfactory as
surances were given this morning that there
will be no distress in the financial district
in New York. at present at least, as a result
of Commissioner Ierkes's ruling on the
taxable nature Of certificates or bonds
hvpothecated for oans. Rudolph kcppler
and II. X. Pomcroy, President and Vice.
President of the New York Stock Exchange,
had a conference with MIR. lerkes at the
Treasury this morning. The conference
was held behind closed doors.
The Commissioner said arterward,
however that his visitors had presented
certain technical features Of the question
which had not been considered in the recent
opinion of the Acknowledgement.
They proposed that the whole question
be submitted TO Attorney-General Knox
and that no steps be taken to collect tho
tax until this opinion can be rendered and
until the decision of the Thomas case by
the Circuit Court OF Appeals.
Although Mr.. Nerkes did not give his
definite consent TO this proposition, il is not
unlikely that the course proposed will be
followed. The Commissioner explained,
however, that in the natural course Of things
no panic need be feared at present, for the
reason that tho present Movement on the
part of the Internal Revenue Bureau is TO
determine the extent OF the loans made
according 20 the so-called envelope system.
This investigation Is now going on under
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
VIII OF Luther u. Bacon.

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y, Feb. 15.-The will
of Luther r. Bacon, the banker, who died
at his home on Broadway, Tarrytown, on
Jan. Is last. was filed for probate in the
Surrogate's Office to-day. IL will be To-
membered that Mr.. Bacon's wife died two
while nursing him during his sickness.
MIR. Bacon made his will Tour days before
his wife's death and six days before his
own death. The will is very short and
leaves the entire estate, estimated in tie
petition To be worth 500 900. 10 his widow.
Mrs. Bacon having died before her husband
the entire property goes 10 their only child,
Alice Antille Bacon, an infant daughter.
The Farmers Ioan and Trust Company
has been appointed general guardian OF
the estate on behalf Of the infant heir, and
Harold +, Spencer has been appointed
guardian of the child. There will be 70
opposition to the probate of the will on no
part of the relatives Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
HEARING ONTHE NITRIC SYSTEM
representative Cushman Learns some
thing From a PittsburE Manufacturer

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.--At the hearing
before the House Committee or Coinage,
Weights and Measures this morning on
the bill to adopt the metric system, Repre-
sentative Cushman Of Washington, more
than met his match in j. A.. Brashear of
Pittsburg, a manufacturer of instruments
of precision. Brashear wes testifying as
10 the delicate qualities OF his Instruments
and the possibilities of minute measure
ments, when Representative Cushman
facetiously broke in:
MIR. Brashear, is it possible to whittle
down the little END of nothing, punch the
pith out of a mouse hair and measure the
cavity"
Like a fash Mr.. Brashear contempt
uously retorted: oh, that would be
coarse work
During the uproar Of laughter which
followed, Representative Hill suggested
that Representative Cushma continue
TO question the witness, but Representative
Cushman, with emphasis "a I'd, Excuse me.
Mr.. Brashear said that he had Just re-
ceived an order from England for an in
strument to measure the one million
five hundred thousandth part of an inch.
which was about the limit of human ca
pacity. He also said the metric system
was based on the length of light waves,
which would not change for 10 100000 years,
30 he thought if the present Congress would
establish the system, its action would stand
for some time to come.
G.. A. Bond of the Cramp-Whitney Tool
Works, Hartford, Conn, opposed the
adoption of the metric system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
Army and Navy Nominations.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-The President
to-day sent TO the Senate the following
army and navy nominations;
War-To be Captain. cavalry arm. by pro-
motion from First Lieutenant. Leroy Eltinge.
Sixth Cavalry.
TO be First Lieutenants. Artillery Corps
Clarence G.. Bunker OF Minnesota, Hiram
n. Mitchell at large, Leonard T. Waldron
of New York and Philip Yost OF Ohio.
To be second Lieutenants-Cayalry arm,
Ed gar \. Coney of Mississippi, aud Raymond
y. Enslow of Kansas: Artillery Corps, Leroy
{. Bunker of California. John II. W. Corey
of Minnesota, William +. Dcsombre of Wis
consin, Ralph +. Herring of Minnesota. John
PhilbriCk OF New Hampshire, Rex Van Den
Corrupt OF Georgia. Laurin l.. Lawson ut large,
and Joseph T.. Myers at large; infantry arm,
Louis d. Chandler at large. Martin Novak
at large, sydney Smith of Louisiana, John
reant Company II, Eighteenth l $ Infantry;
q. T.. Michaelis, Company ii. Ninth l.. :.
Infantry; James, W. E%yerington of Minnesota.
Andrew j. Lindsey of Missouri. Walter G.
Short of Illinois and Edwin T.. Thompson
To be Assistant Surgeons. with rank of
Captain-l. 5. Volunteers, Herbert NJ Nc
Conathy of Kentucky, and James E. Mead
Of Michigan.
Navy-Ileutenant- Commander Henry Nc
Crca, TO be commander in the navy; Walter
J.. Griffin of Michigan, to be Assistant Surgeon
In the navy with the rank of Lieutenant.
junior grade.
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BAGGAGE INSPECTION PROTEST.
Secretary shaw Asks the women VINO
Called on Him for Information.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I5.-Each OF the
women who appeared before Secretary
,,f the Treasury Shaw the other day to
Ivotest against baggage inspection methods
at New York received this letter to-day
from Mr.. Shaw:
lrAn MADAME A paper has been presented
20 I ee Department complaining of the proc
ySg us Wharves OF the United States. and
YOUR name appears among those asking re-
That the department may be fully ad-
lions are asked, II is hoped YOU win AFFORD
soe Ree" ~ actual facts, 70, the end that q
may act atytsedly and wisely in its enotts
10 correct Az abuses and Objectionable prhc-
tices. Inasn 'uch as you have signed the
%prtition. YOU will certainly show the Depart
ment the cou .'tesy. OF airording such inior-
state. as near as YOU can. the dates when.
and the names OF the vessels upon. which
YOU have returned from abroad. within the
State the amourt. a. near as you can OF
dutiable articles y ~ declared.
Were you compel lcd to pay on any articles
III YOU have ans wered the last question
anirmatively, please state what these articles
we're, and where an d when they were pur-
Did you have rec, !pted bills as proof Of
the value of the goo,is purchased abroad?
We're THESE TeCelp Su piho aNNNpNN" -"
proof OF value?
Were YOU personally Inundated by any
impertinent questions asked you?
Wiil YOU please rep,,at. as nearly as you
can, these impertinent questions?
We're you induced to sign the petition re,
ferred TO because OF your own unpleasant
experiences In returning 10 TIE Unlted States.
or did YOU sign IL upo 0 the representation
that others had beon i'll treated?
That the Department may get at the very
base of the protest, pl ease state whether
your objection is direct, d against the man
ner OF the inspection Of personal baggageI
or against the law limit ing the amount OF
goods OF foreign purchase the tourist Is per-
mltted to bring TO this country free OF duty.
i'll YOU kindly suggest some method by
which the law against smuggling can be en-
forced with less annoyance 10 passengers,
In your opinion. would IL be wiser TO relax
somewhat in the scrutiny Of baggage ana
then enforce to the letter the penalty. namely,
forfeiture of goods and payment OF three
times the value, when articles not declared
are discovered In baggage on examination.
L, NJ. SHAW, Secretary.
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ARMY and NnNN Orders.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-Thcse army orders have
been issued.
The leave Of absence granted Capt. Arthur W.
Chase. Artllcry Corps. extended ten days.
The following officers OF the Artillery CornS
VIII report to Artillery school, Port Monroe: Flrsi
Licuts Alfred 5. Morgan. Charles II, Hilton, in,
and Percy Wits.
Contract surgeon Charles T.. Freeman. now
AZ san Francisco. VIII report 10 the department
Of California for transportation 10 the Philippines
Capt. Thomas u. Lamarou1, Artillery torpS.
ouArtermasief. from Baltimore 10 Fort Mott.
Contract Surgeon Ernest T.. Roberts, now al
Los CerlloS. New Mexico. Will proceed 20 San
franciSco for transportation to the Philippines.
First Lieut.. alfred r. Clifton. Signal Corps.
from Chicago TO Fort Mycr.
Frs, Lieut.. c, stuart Patterson. Jr, from the
Sihileth Company to the lO7th Company, Coast
ARTILLERY.
Flrst Lieut.. Charles y. Hilton, Jr, from the forth
company, Coast Artillery. to the unassigned LIST.
Leave OF absence for one month granted Major
Marlborough G, Nycth. surgeon.
second Lieut.. Frank I. McNarney, Ninth Cav
ain. from leave OF absence TO Washington Bar
RACKS General Hospital for treatment
Leave OF absence granted TO Capt. William J..
iafdce. Twelfth Infantry, extended three months.
Major Gonzalez ). Bingham. quarermASter.
from Portland TO Seattle. Wash. relieving Major
1oorFe Rlhlen. who will report TO the Quartemas
yer General Of the amy.