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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20

This greatest riches-in fact, all the
wealth that is Of real value-must
centre in yourself. You must be rich
within, not outside of yourself; rich
in the things that financial panics.
fluctuations Of trade, accidents by
flood or fire, dishonesty Of business
associates, or errors of judgment, can
not rob you Of. Your greatest invest
ment must be self-investment; invest
ment in health, in courage, in kindli-
nes-. in nobility of manhood or Wo-
manhood.
Whoever you come in contact with
should be conscious of your wealth; its
influence should radiate from, every
pore; it should look out of your eyes;
it should exhale fragrance in your
speech; it should manifest itself in
your deeds; it should shed w&mtl
light and comfort within its radius;
it should reach your whole COM
munity. Real riches should be like
the wealth Of the rose, which filings
out its beauty and fragrance to every
passer-by. There is no stinting Of it's
favors, no reserve Of selfshness; all
it has it gives. This is true wealth.
%. S. Marden, in Success.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
GE :D0yd0it'
&E C,HAT:

Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, the
New York society woman, has won
derful collection Of fans of all periods.
Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes has
started with $4,000 contribution a
fund to secure protection for Ameri-
cas- native birds.
One of the first Indian women to
take up the calling of a trained nurse
is an educated girl of the Pueblo
tribe, Miss Seicher Atsye.
Miss Belle MacKinncn, of Utica, n.
Y, has been admitted as a partner by
her brother in his big knitting estab-
lishment, and has charge of 1000 en-
ployes in the mill.
One Of the quaintest and most beau
full libraries in New York City is in
the home Of Mrs. George Jay Gould.
Its decorations are Moorish, gold be-
ing the prevailing color, and it's walls
and ceilings are ornamented with a
rich stucco done in gold.
Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb, who died at
New London, Ind, in her ninety-ninth
year, was an original Daughter of the
Revolution, and a widow of the War
of 1872" Her first husband, Louis
H. Bryan, a veteran of the War of
1872, was the great-grandfather of
Colonel William Jennings Bryan.
Mrs. May Alden Ward, of Cam
bridge, who has retired from four
years leadership Of the Cantabrigia
Club, Of that city, to assume the
presidency Of the Massachusetts State
Federation, has received beautiful
diamond brooch, as token of the
clubs recognition Of her valuable ser
vices.
Courses in photography, etching and
art needle-work have been introduced
this year at the Woman's Educational
and Industrial Union of Buffalo, N.
Y. The course in photography is de-
signed to give practical working
| knowledge of the art, through the
various steps, from the exposure of
the plate to the finishing of the print.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow
of the "Pathfnder," General John C.
| Fremont, is still living, at the age of
| seventy in the pretty cottage
in Los Angeles, th gift of the women
| Of California. During the early part
Of Queen Victorfa's reign she visited
England and was presented to the
Queen and Prince Albert, and she has
known personally every President
since Jackson.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20

Ii her pocket, and one Of the treasures
travellers seek for in Norway are
small fiat silver boxes with per-
torated interior. also In silver. to keep
In place the sponge vfnaigrette. These
1t was once 1nodish to carry to church
in company with a clean handker-
chief wrapped round the prayer book;
and no small comfort must the reviv-
Ing odor have been, judging by the
absence of fresh air and the conse-
quent STIFFNESS encountered in such
places Of worship even in these en-
lightened days.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
- SEA CHARTS OF STICKS.
Marvellous Navigating Feats OF Marshau
Island Natdves.

The German protectorate Of the Mar
shall Islands, which lie just east of the
,Carollnes, In the equatorial Pacific.
contain the most daring sailors known.
They are constantly performing feats
IN navigation that European sailors
reared to venture. on long after they
mad the compass, which instrument.
by the way, the Marshall islanders
reject as useless
The archipelago lies in two widely
separated groups, the Radack and the
Ral1ck chains, and in each chain the
islands lie, for the most part, at ex-
tensive intervals. Yet the native pilots
conduct voyages all over their own
archipelago and to the Carolines in
one direction and the Gilberts in an
other. For this voyage they rely upon
charts of their own construction, the
knowledge having been handed down
from remote antiquity. These charts
are generally about yard square and
are constructed of slender sticks tied
together. At some intersections of
the sticks are fastened small shells.
which stand for the different islands.
The pilot, posts himself, in the bow Of
the vessel with his chart before him.
He begins by establishing the partic-
ular shell corresponding to the island
from which he is just sailing. He sets
the course as indicated by one Of the
sticks radiating from that shell in the
proper direction. Thereafter he watches
the course Of the sea with very slight
use Of the heavenly bodies for the de-
termination of direction. !
They make no secret of their art.
They are often at great pains to teach
it to white men, and wonder that no
one has yet been found capable of
grasping it. Their explanation is that
each stick on the chart shows the
course of stream in the sea, and that
by following the streams they can
find their way to their destination.
They claim to see these streams with
their intersections just as shown by
the sticks. Whatever may be the ex-
PLANTATION, it is certain that they navi-
gate hundreds Of miles of empty ocean
with neither compass nor chronometer,
nor other instruments save a chart of
sticks. If by any accident they go
astray they make no attempt to con-
tinue the voyage, but run at once down
to leeward until they make a familiar
landfall.-San Francisco Chronicle. j
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
WISE WORDS.


Give honest worth it's honest praise. !
There are no fruitless deeds; all, bear
either good or ill.
AS a man advances in years he real
ICES the limits Of his ability.
It is better to fall in one major ef-
fort than in all minor ones.
: The finger of suspicion is not nearly
as true as the weather vane.
The strength Of woman is a more
subtle force than that of man.
The trinity Of womanliness consists
Of virtue, modesty and affection.
Confidence is an asset which hus-
band and wife should not fritter
away.
Young knowledge is a braggat, but
aged wisdom teaches the creed of hu-
mility.,
The semi-literate are 1oudest in their
denunciation of ignorance. The
learned pity the unlettered and try to
aid them.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
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A pretty hair ornament is a knot
made of many loops of narrow white
ribbon, with narrow gliding on either
edge.
A gay pair of stockings has clusters
of flowers. upon the instep, a line of
two Or three Of these showing con-
spicuously upon the black ground,
scarlet flowers, and green foliage.
Some of the white felt hats have
eyelet holes, through which narrow
black chenille is run in close lines, an
arrangement which proves good for
the milliner, fold of velvet being
generally placed beneath.
A recent importation from Paris is
an exceptionally handsome reception
gown Of green velvet combined with
white, cloth, gold braid and black
chenille embroidery; feature of the
bodice was large fur incrusted col
lar.
Imported Swiss muslins show ORR
entail effects. For instance, a pink
muslin has palm leaf design, the
leaves looking something like the
back Of an India shawl, a medley Of
colors, but altogether producing a
soft effect
A stunning waist in dark blue dotted
velvet is fastened down the front with
a 1acing Of white taffeta silk about
two inches wide. The lacing is run
through large white crocheted eyelets,
and extends to the waist line. The
same idea is carried out on a high
collar, and at the lower edge the
taffeta is made up into large bow.
Corset covers are no longer pro-
tectors of corsets If dark skirt bands
are worn, as they only reach to the
waist line. This garment, like all
other undergarments, is built to make
the figure look slender. The newest
pattern is cut circular without seams
under the arms and quite plain at the
waist line, where an embroidered
beading is placed through which q
ribbon is run to form q belt.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
A Forgotten Street.

a queer discovery has been made In
Paris in the shape of a street unin-
habited and ignored by all, says the
Paris Messenger. In the course Of the
work in progress for widening the
Rue Vaneau, this roadway-which it
would be incorrect to describe as q
thoroughfare, considering that the ends
were blocked up-was discovered. It
had neither paving stones nor pave
ment, was two metres wide, and an
old inscription showed that it was
formerly called Rue d'Olivet. It would
be useless to seek the name in a direc-
tory, for it Is certain that until few
days ago no one knew Of the existence
Of the Rue d'Oliyet - -
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
Aeainst Law to KIN Eap1es.

The discovery has just been made
through the prosecution of a hunter
that there is a law on the statute
books of Illinois which provides pen
atty Of S. fine and Imprisonment in
Jail for ten days for any one convicted
Of killing an eagle or being found with
one in his possession. This law was
passed by the last Legislature, and is
a part Of the new game measure. The
framer desired to prevent, if possible.
the danger of these birds becoming
wholly extinct. There are compare
lively few specimens in the State
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
HERBERT M'GOVERN,
CITY ATTORNEY, OMAHA


Billy read the card and looked up at
the stranger. "What can I do for
you" he asked.
WELL" said the Western city
official, Il don't know any better place
TO come for information than to a
newspaper Office. did not know but
tnat you might have at your tongues
END the names of half dozen
electrical experts that I can call on
IN order to get certain information
about the actual cost of installing
electrical plants and the furnishing of
electricity to consumers. There's a
row out In my town in the city gov
eminent itself and between two rival
electrical concerns. The mayor and a
good part Of the government, includ-
ing myself, are with one Of the COM
panles. We believe that they have a
oetter proposition than the other.
"hlch We think is trying a sharp
game. This second company claims
10 nave some hold on the city be.
cause or an ordinance passed three
years ago and we've got to fight it.
now II | can get the opinions Of some
way up experts here in Chicago to
snow that the company which I favor
nas the best proposition, why it will
help secure the franchise for it, and
ies franchise that in the end will be
worth millions to the company. The
eohcern has an expert named Smith
now IN Omaha, and I've been con.
sulting with him, and when get the
expert opinions here I shall confer
with him again on my return and
una out how best to use them in car
ryiag our case"
BILLY Smith mused minute. Here
was a chance to help his brother tt
mnom he was beholden for man,
IaVors. 1--WE been a Chicago re
porter for many years, Mr.. Mccoy
sfos ne said. "and I know PERSONAL,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
THE RIVALS IN THE STREET.

I. <,s
All day in the street there's a tumble, =
The people 60 hurrying past; :,
The proud and the careless and humble
At many corner are massed:
And many a man in a hurry
Goes dodging the trucks and the cars,
With no inclination to worry a.
DER the state of affair on the stage
Each hopes to eclipse all the rest
Who are pushing and rushing along,
And the weak and the timid are
Aside by the bold and the strong.
All day in the rush and the rattle
The contest continues, and ne'er
On the field of the bloodiest battle
Were rivals more willing to dare
Than are they that 60 wildly pursuing
The maddening dollar all day,
Each ready to work the undoing 1,
Of any who stands in the way.
Each hoping to pass all the rest
Who are pushing and stumbling
Where the weak and the timid are
Aside by the bold and the strong.
Far away from the racket, the riot,
Two men are asleep and serene
Where only the birds break the quiet ,
That reigns DER the fowery scene
But lately as rivals they hurried
Where the proud and the humble con
tend,
And each of them watched and was wor
ried
Lest the other should win in the end
Each hoped to outstrip all the rest
That galloped or stumbled along
And the weak and the halt are still
pressed
Aside by the bold and the strong.
{. IS. E. Kiser.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20

three or four OF the biggest electrical
sharps in the city. I don't mind tell
ing you, though it isn't necessary to
go into details, that I feel peculiar
interest in this Omaha case, and If you
don't mind I'll 60 out with you as
soon as the city editor gets down and
introduce you personally to the men
you want to see. Sit down and read
the papers for a while"
Three hours later Billy and Attorney
McGovern were in the Office Of a man
who knows so much about electricity
that you get shock every time you
electrician wanted to please Billy,
and so he listened carefully to what
the attorney had to say and then gave
him a lot Of figures.
This Is enough of ITSELF" said At
torney McGovern after they had left
the Office, ito carry Smiths and my
case against that shark company.
They went to three other offices and
were given three other signed expert
statements, which Mr.. McGovern de-
clared clinched his case beyond per-
adventure Of a failure. After this
| business was closed up Billy Smith,
| in the warmth of his heart and with
| the recollection of many brotherly
favors in his mind, took Attorney
| McGovern to the SWEETEST Chicago res
taurant and made him his guest at a
luncheon at which several costly up
| right things stood by the plates. Then
| they went to matinee and Billy
| Smith bought the tickets. It was the
| happiest coincidence in the world for
this newspaper boy that it was the
one day Of the week when he looked
upon the face of the cashier.
| By the time they were out of the
theatre for good and had pledged
eternal friendship before saying fare
well there was just a solitary dollar
note left in Billy Smiths pay en-
| velope. He considered the money and
the time we'll spent, however, in the
| effort to help out the case of his
! brothers electrical company against
the greedy rival who was trying to
grab off things in Omaha. Billy had
|
| the reason for his interest in the
Omaha case beyond the statement at
starting that he did hold such an in
terest.
"Good-by, Mr.. McGovern," he said
when the time for parting came.
when you get back to Omaha you
tell Expert Smith with whom you've
been comforting that a newspaper
namesake Of his in Chicago did what
he could for you. 1 think very likely
Smith will know whom you mean"
"Il do that same," returned McGov-
ern. Smiths mighty good fellow.
Ever since he came from his COM
pany's headquarters at New Orleans
a month ago we've been in close
touch.'
"Company's headquarters in New
Orleans" gasped Billy.
eyes," said McGovern, "thats where
the company that he works for halls
from. The other, the grasping con-
cern, Is located in New York, and, by
the way, now I think of it, they've
got a man named Smith on the
ground, too. He's a shrewd cuss and
l expected to have hard work to
down him until you helped me out
to-day. Why! Do you know this
New York Smith?'
| "Slightly; he's my brother."-Ed-
ward B. Clark, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
Billy Smiths
Brutherlg Kindness.

~ LILY SMITH has a Chicago
- newspaper position that is
neither fish, flesh nor fowl.
He goes down to the Office
early every morning, reads papers for
the city editor, answers the telephone
and does his best to stand off people
who, tightly clutching the morning
paper, come up the elevator to have
it out. There is no name for Billy's
job in the newspaper Office, but,
named or nameless, it is a job that is
joyless.
Billy has a brother who is an elec-
trical expert in New York City, where
the land and makes as many thou
sands year as Billy makes dollars a
week. The brother is sent by his
company all over the United States
to see about installing plants in diff
ferent cities and to pass on the fruit
fulness of the ground for electrical
operations. Billy's brother passed
through the city the other day and
calling on Billy said he was on his
way to Omaha, where there was a bic
fight on between his and another com
pany for certain municipal rights, and
Where the city government was di
vided between the two parties to the
contest
Il hope to win out" said the brother
In parting, "but there's a legal fight
on as well, and the affair may take
some time before a settlement is
reached"
-Four days later, less than half ar
hour after Billy Smith had reached his
desk, a stranger appeared and lai6
this card before him:
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
Noise q Passport to Popularity.

Noise is not usually a passport to
popularity. But the Archbishop of
Canterbury by <>is stentorian voice
won the affections many years ago of
Devonshire farmer, who was over
heard to say, admiringly, near the bot.
tom of a church where the then Bishon
Of Exeter was preaching: II du love
the beshup, COS he hollers proper"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
when They Gee Attentfon

When They Get Attention.
Some men are like anthi1ls, attract
ing notice only when people stumble
against them.-Chicago Record-Her-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
or Interest

Chemises, the most delightfully."-
feminine Of garments, are built on the
time-honored lines, only fitted a little
closer to the figure :nder the arms
and in the back. Chemises to wear
with evening bodices are conveniently
made with sleeves, but tie on the
shoulders with ribbons. An inset Of
tucked medallions or ones of lace is a
novel innovation. The hand en-
broidered chemises were never so
beautiful. A delicate flower design
outlines the top and sleeves and eye
let holes are furnished for the rib
bons. This style are apt to be un-
trimmed at the hem, but the chemises
with lace yokes are also embellished
at the hens with lace or embroidery.
Chemises to be becoming and grace
full should only reach to the knees.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
Costly Trifes.

The society woman who solemnly
asserted at ladies' luncheon, in, con-
hdence over teacups, that she had on
a gown that cost $75, while the small
things of dress-not her undercloth-
ing. but the visible articles-cost $500,
was no extravagant exception to the
rule The class Of women who dress
in this manner is large one and in
cludes not only the magic chain of the
women Of the 400, but many more.
1t Is an easy matter to put $500 into
triaes these days, and from the waist
upward it can be done. Beginning
with the gold link purse which hangs
at one side the size Of dinner plate.
to the neck, where bangles a gold
chain with its pearls, and its little
jeweled tablets there are great pos
sibilities.
The chou, from being a mere trife
of adornment, has now become some
thing handsome. It is made into
saucer size and in the centre there
rests rose. From the middle of the
chou, coming from under the rose,
there hangs two ribbon ends, and
these. are tied into bow, which is
fastened to the side of the belt.
Method in the Perfume Of These Charms
A famous medical journal has given
It's scientific sanction to the using Of
perfumes. AS a preventive of infec-
tious diseases perfumes are as power
full as camphor and other so-called
precautionary talismen," says this
d1gn1fed and learned journal. The
original ''scent balr' worn by the
ladies Of long ago (when infectious
diseases ragged, as the Board of Health
does not allow them to do in these
enlightened days. was a ball or hol-
low ornament Of gold or silver, which
contained a sponge saturated with
aromatic liquid. This was worn at
tached to a chain round the neck or
carried in the pocket. A fashionable
5eweler has recently revived these
scent balls, and they are in as great
demand as are the small mirrors
which reflect the whole head in
miniature.
The Old-fashioned name, of these
scent balls was pomande. The word
means scent ball, and is derived from
| pomme de aumbre. an apple-shaped
object filled with some highly odor.
Gus mixture, probably mainly repre-
sented by ambergris. Sometimes a
nutmeg was used, set in silver and
decorated with pearls and other Jew
els-an aromatic ornament or rare
price now. Then, too, an orange was
favorite preventive of infection, with
the inside scooped out and vinegar
saturated sponge inserted, while in
the old pictures will sometimes be seen
| the fruit itself, studded with cloves
and stuffed with spices, the popular
antiseptic Of the times.
Silver vinaigrettes were forty OF
fifty years ago always found in
n1lady's work basket or were carried
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"A Story of George Sand.

The French Academy not long ago
placed a tablet upon George Sands
house at Garligsse, which has resulted
in a renewed interest in the great
French writer, and the recital Of
stories, old and new, about her. One
Of these explains how she came to
adopt the profession Of literature.
In 1881 Nine. Dudevant was living
alone with her daughter in Paris,
where she earned her livelihood by
painting flowers and birds in water
colors on tiny surface Of two square
inches. One day she showed to Balzac
the MS. of novelette,, and was ad-
vised to go back to her painting. I'm
discouraged, she took the MS. to Della
touc-e, editor OF Figaro" who at
once gave her an engagement, so that
her earliest work was done on that
journal. She wrote her first romance
in collaboration with Jules Sand, and
the book was published as written by
Jules Sand" Her next work, 'In-
diana,' was entirely her own, and to
it she signed the name George Sand,
which she never discarded
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20
Hhat Fool TX nR.

What q Fool III oks.
The fool thinks it is a sign Of strength
to cherish a grudga-Chicago Record.
Hnr11d >--------a~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-20

. lilly SMITH has a Chicago
. newspaper position that is
neither fish, flesh nor fowl.
He goes down to the Office