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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06
A SONG OF TIE SETTLEMENT.

7 sing song Of the West land,
Though how shall song but fail
To capture the blue horizons
That swallow the prairie trail!
AND how shall letters and paper
Imprison the breadth of life!
They know, who travel the prairie,
We know the song of its strife
The shouting nights, when the blizzard
Is reeling across the plain,
The lazy hum Of the west wind
At play with the cleaning grain.
The sigh of the sleeping grassland
70 the low hung golden moon,
The song of the waving wheat tops
Ablaze with the crown of noon
The low hoarse voice of the hunter,
His eyes and their warning gleam,
The creep in inoccasined silence,
The old log trail to the stream.
The sudden rap Of rife,
The fall OF a startled moose, ~
The day-iong wait-and at evening
The songs in the old caboose.
The CLINT Of snow through the shadows,
The echo of sharpened steel.
The crack OF the falling timbers,
The roplar's carthward reel.
The ring Of sleighs on the home trail,
The glimmer of lights afar.
The glow Of the silanty freight,
The CLEAN of the evening star.
The wall of wolves in the darkness,
The children's song in the light,
The large sweet grip of the daytime,
The awe of the great deep night s'i
But how shall letters and paper
Bring aught of its life to you, t#a
The fruitless toll of the many, ef5
The scant success OF the few;
The hopes and fears of the prairie,
It's words to the sons of men;
Nay, how should volume hold it,
Inscribed with human pen?
H. H. Bashford, in the London Spec
tator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06
AT THE HIGH
TIDE Or LOVE
a Tale Of the SouT-FloOd.
BY William Arch Mclean.
IRVINE was a man OF
decidedly peculiar appearance,
habits and thoughts. He was

large in frame. He had long.
straight hair, that fell around his head |
like SO many strings. Els little dark +
eyes went skipping from one thing to
another. On one occasion he greeted |
friends with effusive politeness; on |
the next, passed them without recOg- |
milton, occupied with his thoughts. |
People called him a crank. They smiled |
when his name was mentioned, lnti- |
mating that something was not quite
fright in his upper story" He was
known, however, to be man of intel
ligence, scholar. His neighbors said
he made his living with some horrid
smelling stuffs he called chemicals.
Victor had hobby that overshad-
owed all other peculiarities, which he
confided to those with whom he was
Intimately acquainted. To these he
invariably explained strange philOso-
ply that possessed him. He would in
troduce it by speaking o. the mysterl-
GUS attract Of the sun and moon up
on the great oceans; how under their
influence there was the ebb aud flow
of the tide twice,a day. Then he would
conclude by saying tliG,1 the greater
part OF the human i)ec:E was liquid
formation; that this same OyerWhelm-
ing watery composition was subject to
an ebb and flow as il the oceans; and
that it was 4 fac. that he recognized
daily in his own body. -~f
There was Il cause Tor this philosophy
oF I, i~h1 1u
nervous temperament, and very deli
cate in health. Her physician had Or
dered her cne year TO the sea. She had
gone early III the spring. In a cottage
by the sea she passed many weeks,
most of the time with her face toward
the great expanse Of water. - q
AS the flow OF the tide came in with
a roar and a boom, there was an ex-
hilaration in it that was conveyed to
her that gave her hope and courage.
It was stimulus to her spirits. Life
was richer than at any other time.
Then would follow the ebb, with it's
muffied break, with it's subtle slipping
away of waters. It brought a change
to the woman. There would be re-
lapse, passing away. a tameness, a
spiritlessness.
Each day Of the whole summer the
~ebD and flow Of the tides brought al
ebb and flow in the woman, in he1
spirits. In the fall baby-Victor-
was born. He came at midnight at th'
greatest roar and rush Of high tide
Then the ebb set in. AS the mothe
lovingly gazed at her child she faintl.
murmured: 'He came at the flow o
the tide; I go at the ebb." So
proved. fa, n-rf@
Thus the strange philosophy OF tn
ebb and flow entered the life Of Victo
Irvine. The story Of his mothers las
moments had never been told him. 81
was, however, not grown to manhoo
when he first felt and recognized til
strange influence Of the ebb and flow
1t came to be to him that only in tn
fow-a few hours at midday. and :
nidnight-could he accomplish an!
thing. Then he conducted his chemic'
experiments, made his analyses. Wit
the rush Of the aow thoughts, idea
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06
Every Days Blessing.

An that God gives to us day by day is,
as it were. new creation. We never re,
ceived it before. It never was our need
until now. We may have received some
thing like it before, but that was not this,
nor could that have filed the place OF this.
Every blessing a the hands a Of the @ "
loving loving and the Almighty God As John
God,s o hand come to us as things from the
n;nt;nr mgu !; % %house-though old in themselves.
vet new to us" What should we 90 II our
raIafn a;nt;nc , day by day School Times.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06
wasps Kill q Snake.

1--WE witnessed a fierce combat be-
tween a snake and wasp few days
ago." writes the Belvidere correspond
ont Of the Kiowa County Signal. "The
WASH would watch it's chance to sting
the snake and then fly to cactus. The
snake would crawl to the plant, but
would not strike while the wasp re-
mained there. The wasp made several
false attempts to fly and finally IN
duced the snake to strike. The reptile
in striking became attached to the cac-
tus and could not get away. The wasp
then few away, and in few moments
returned, bringing with him seyerai OF
his friends, who settled upon the snake
and stung him to death." h."-Kansas City
Journal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06
THE MYSTERIOUS wooDcock.
Disappears in Moulting Season and Then
Appears Again.

8 tx 4
It's during the months of August
and September that the mystery Of the
woodcock's life begins. This is the
moulting season, when the bird
changes it's plumage before beginning
its journey southwark. At this time
it leaves the swamps. Where does it
go! That is question which has
never yet received a satisfactory an
sWer. although each sportsman and
naturalist has his own opinion and
many fine spun theories have been ad-
vanced. Some say that the birds move
toward the north; some that they seek
the mountain tops, coming into the
swamps to feed only after nightfall;
some that they seek the cornfields.
And there have been many other such
theories. Probably the truth lies in a
mean Of all these statements. think
it probable that the birds know the
loss Of their feathers renders them to a
certain extent helpless and more ex-
posed to the attacks of their natural
enemies. and they therefore leave
SAC AAOAC OPCAk SW dLpS ifuu u1u0 III
the densest and most tangled thickets.
It is certain that they scatter, for at
this season single birds are found in
the most unusual and most unexpected
places. Years ago when shooting in
Duchess County, New York, I knew
one or two swamps which we called
moulting swamps, where, in August,
We were sure to find limited number
Of birds: These swamps We're over
grown with rank marsh grass and
We're full of patches of wild rose and
sweetbrier. If we killed the birds
which we found there, we were sure
in a week or ten days, to find their
places filled by about the same mum
ber.-From "a Woodland Hermit" in
Outing
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06

of that night of the storm.-New York
News.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-11-06

Joaquin Figueroa Larrain, OF Chlie'
has been commissioned by his Govern
ment to study the organization of pub
lie libraries in Europe and the un'fee
States.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
THE PLAGUE DEPARTS
WARFARE ON RODENTS BY PHILIP
PINE QUARANTINE OFFICER
Exterminstes olsease--Whils It RACES in
the Orient--All Vessels Are Disin-
feotad With Sulphur

Determined warfare by tho quarantine
officer against rats, which are conyeyors
of bnbonic plague baeilli, has resulted IN
the total determination Of that disease Ia
Manila. Despite the fact that the plague
has been raging IN Hong Kong Annoy aud
other Chinese ports, there is little trace OF
II in the Philippines
In the annual report OF Chief Quarantine
Officer J. c. Perry, just received az the
bureau OF insular annirs war department,
is contained an interesting account OF the
fight made against the rodents. He SAYS:
ON December II. 1t having previously
been demonstrated that the rats In Manila
eliminate this factor in spreading the dis.
ease 10 island ports and to assist the boirj
vessels sailing from Manila to the United
States or Island ports should be dislnfectcd
with sulphur In order 20 destroy the rats
on board. This disinfectlou was also prac.
ticed on the Hong Kong boats for the our
pose Of adding further protection to Ma
Mia"
Surgeon Perry issued TO shipowners nnd
their agents IN the Philippines circular
letter IN which he called To their attention
rats are the principal II not the only fac
tor in the spread Of the plague and ships
almost Invariably become Infected from
He said he deemed IT necessary 10 dis.
infect all vessels, regardless Of Size q "a
ture sailing from Manila TO other Philip
pines ports, in order to destroy the rats on
board. This disinfection was begun on
December 80, 1901, and continued until all
rats numbering hundreds Of thousands,
were killed
Large quantities Of sulphur burned in the
holds of the vessels quickly cXterminated
AL rats. for the matches were closed, SO
they were afforded no opportunity FOR es.
cape.
That Aslatle cholera was not introduced
into the United States by means OF the
many vessels entering San francisco.
Seattle and other Pacific ports from the
Philippines, where the disease has scored
thousands Of victims. Is due largely TO the
strict quarantine established Nv Surgeon
Perry at all ports in the archipelago,
The inspection OF yessetp and their ner-
sonnet was very rigid. The effects of 49,,
So passengers returning to the United
States were disinfected during the year
ended July 1902. The formRidehyde pro
cess was used and most OF the work was
done at the Maribelles station, which was
constructed and equipped by the marine
hospital service and Is the most modern
quarantine station in the Orient. Facilities
for the detention OF suspects and FOR the
care OF the sick are extensive.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
THE PosTAL's MESSENGERS.
Manager Wits Experiment is se;n,
Watched With interest

Manager Wits Experiment Is Be,no
Watched With Interest.
manager John Witt OF the Postal Tele
eraph-Cable company has established n
precedent In the South by employing girls
and young ladies as messengers. The ex.
pertinent has been tried before ct Chicago
and elsewhere In the North and Northwest
and the girls proved to be equally as aeat
Of foot as the boys
Inc new departure was made necessary
In Houston because the visible supply Of
boys has been exhausted and the "kidsu
are all in school.
Manager Witt advertised In The Post n
day or so ago, and many females app.ed
SIX nave been given places in the mes
senger call service 1t Is their ospecia
uuty 70 answer calls from merchants und
pfo4esSlonal men whose places OF pusiuess
are In the business district They also De.
nVer messages close bs the oiuce. one
gray Injured woman applied yesterday for u
pace as messenger.
Manager Witt anticipates no difficulty In
securing the, requisite number OF girls
me boys DO not Ike the innovation on
the contrary they are disposed to make
life n burden to their gentle Commanders
Inc tow-headea youngsters mad no end OF
run with the girls yesterday. They would
sip INTO merchants office and say they
We're sent 70 Inspect the call box Giving
IL twist they would dart away The an
messenger would arrive hot loot, to lnd
that sne had been ticked.
The company pays messengers 2 cents
for every message they carry and the
average earnings amount to 81 per day or
So per week, which is as much us many
clerks receive In the shops OF the city.
Yesterday evening several Of the boys
resigned Remonstrances were useless
They believed themselves Disseminated
against because they were required 10
make the long trips to remote parts Of
the city while the girls got the cream Of
the business
a reporter endeavored to interview one
OF the disgruntled boys last night and sue
ceeded in doing So but his remarks would
not look well In print. He condensed all
his learning and experience in his remarks
and wound up by saying: Hang dem
girls! I'm a man and / won't work be.
side EN-" Another lad averred his in
tention OF collecting box full os rats
which he proposes to open upon some APP
propflate occasion. Various schemes are
being Matched 10 discourage the girls, but
they seem we'll pleased with the wogk and
their services are satisfactory TO the man
ager. More of them may be employed.
OF course, there are some places where
messages are delivered that O girl can not
visit and a certain number Of boys are
absolutely needed
The new messengers are modest neat
and prompt ana the patrons Of the Postal
are we'll pleased with them.
The manager of the Western Union, who
10 also short OF messengers, is watching
the experiment Of his rival with much In
tereSt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
A BIT OF JApAN lN new YORK.
Square Garden to Be the Scene
az -lanarnrn AMnArlil...

Madison Square Garden to Be the Scene
Of a Japanese Wedding.
New York Letter.
Through the hot, long evenings Of tho
summer Kingora shlrai. lettering In
mimic Japanese street on the roof OF Madi.
son Square garden, watched pretty Ohana
Miyako as she toddled back and forth IN
her hmono Of brilliant hues. explaining TO
the visitors how the good housewives make
rice cakes and other daintics in far-on
Japan,
kingora shirai was far from home and
was lonely He had come to America TO
study engineering at Yale. AS he watched
ohana Mlyako and listened to her stories
OF how the rice cakes were made a daring
plan came Into his mind. Why not marry
the pretty 0hana IN America and take ner
back to the land OF the mlkado 10 receive
the parental blessingl
hingora Shirai began TO make Inquiries
about the pretty japanese girl lie was
a Japanese OF high caste and expected soon
to occupy responsible post In the Jnpa.
nese government service. He found that
Ohana was not an actress by profession.
Like him, she had come 70 America 70 re-
ceive an education and had taken posi-
tlon IN minnie Japan" on the Madison
Square garden roof to while away her
summer vacation. Better than that. she,
100, WIS OF nlgn caste, Tor hor father was
Soto Gentare OF Kioto, who was one OF the
gentlemen attached TO the suite OF Prince
Tossa.
According to the customs OF Japan, Kin
CORA Shirhi could not make love directly
TO the little Japanese girl. 70 he went %
the Japanese colony and confessed his
ambitious TO S. ImuTa. Then the latter
went to Ohena and told her what kingora
had said
The negotiations continued month. with
the result that Ohana promised 20 become
the future Mrs. Slrai. Wednesday an.
nouncements were sent TO all the members
Of the Japanese colony, with Invitations
TO be present at the marriage celebration
on September 25.
The wedding Is to he a grand aralr, ana
will be held at Madison square garden.
All the odd and pretty details that are
bridesmaids and maids 10 waiting will
number nearly e hundred. and the same
number Of men viii attend the groom
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
Would Be a Good Thing for the Party
Says JOhn Sharp Williams.
wOuLF HELP GAIN The PRESIDENCY.
Takes to Task Those Democrats Who
EXPIRES the Belief that the Party
Would Be Hurt in Such Case.
Especial to The Post,

Washington, October Hon John sharp
Williams OF Mississippi, who has recently
ieturned TO Washington from a stamping
tour In the North under the auspices Of the
democratic congressional committee com.
llehted rather severely in the following
language upon the utterances OF a few
democrats who have thought It unwise for
their party to control the next house OF rep.
resentatlves. He said:
y have seen the discussion Of so-called
democrats who are publishing TO the coun.
Try the idea that in the cause of good gov
eminent and In the interests Of the demo.
cratic party, II would be best for the demo-
Gratis 10 lose the next house While not
ptesuming 10 conhrm what has been said
70 the ehect that the democrats who say
IN. ms are asses ! am fully prepared to say
that the assumption underlying the state
meht Is that all democrats are fools; that
the party Is what Puck pictures fl, and
that the assumption underlying this as.
sumption ~ mat fundamental political truth
Is lulocy. Thomas 1tTf,vsou said, 4 am not
AFRAID OF error as long as reason Is left free
TO combat It,,
II democracy and Jeffersonianlsm is
nnd II out the better.
Until freedom becomes mere sound
individuality word OF no lucaning com
IIunlty independence nonsense, the people
-. NAANIN bkhltH WALL not De prepared
70 believe that Jenersouanism Is idiocy
democratic majority in n democratic
house under wise and proper leadership,
VIII have common sense and common con.
science enough TO outline for preslden
tai campaign a proper policy upon which
democracy viii win. II 1t nas not these
Clements 1t ought not 10 win. il one
VINO believes IN equal opportunity for all
and special privileges for none is an idiot
and me party composed Of such men is
not capable of controlling Itself and
through itself the destiny of the country,
then the idea Of popular sovereignty and
common right is lost, and the experiment
OF government of the people aud for the
people and by the people is lost.
"a democratic house can be trusted
because democracy is Fundamentally and
eternally right and federalism under what
soever guise or name Is fundamentally
and eternally wrong. Democratic repre-
sentauves in congress are not blatant
fools, who, dressed in a little brief au
thorlty, can be looked to only 10 voice
the future prospects OF their partys sue
cess, as is assumed by those who say II
Is better for the partys future not TO
have a democratic house"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
A CAR SEAL TO BATTLE THIEVES.

Time and Money Saved by South oa-
kots Mans Invention.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
c. +. Flynn, agent OF the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad company at Miller,
s. D., IS an inventor.
lie has Just been granted a patent upon
q device 20 be known as the standard car
lock and seal. II Is said to be great Ina
proyemeut over the present methods a.
locking and sealing freight cars and prom
ises TO make Flynn millionaire. The
locks and seals at present An use enable
car thleyee 10 break the seal carry away
what goods they want aud then rcseal the
plundered car. making Il impossible for
railroad authorities 90 locate the place
where the robbery WAS committed,
Cars equipped with the lock and seal To-
vented by Flynn can not be opened with
out con~leteIy breaking the seal, aud
thieves could not reseal q car without de-.
lection. u will dispense entirely with the
sealing press, and will cause great saving
In time, as II IS easily and quickly adjusted.
The new lock and seal viii cost fully 80
per cent less than the locks now IN use.
Flynn has spent several years perfecting
the device, and viii leave for Chicago In
few days 10 arrange for the manufacture
OF the locks and seals, which viii az once
be brought 70 the attention n the proper
officers OF the various great railroad sys
tens.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
eiddines Locals.

Giddings, Texas, October County court
convened yesterday. but owing to the seri-
Gus sickness of Judge Bowers, court was
adjourned for the term.
Judge Bowers Is sick with a carbuncle on
the back of the neck aud his condition is
critical.
ON account of tho excessive rains last
week the county commissioners We're forced
TO holu special term Of the court I'm or
der To let contracts for replacing destroyed
bridges, two OF which were washed away.
At meeting Of the Business Mems
League last night steps were taken 70 give
the Chicago emigration agents an oldfash-
Toned barbecue on the occasion OF their
visit 10 this place on the 2sth instant.
German Day was duly celebrated mere
Yesterday by the German citizens Of this
county.
A young man by the name OF Jehne was
here Yesterday. His condition is critical
today
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
sToRlgs o. Juerlcg oRAY.

Once He Was Mistaken for John /. Sui
ivan--An Unfortunate Quotation.
New York Evening Post,
Although the late Justice Gray was
man with whom people did not easily come
into friendly relations, because Of his some
what austere manner, he Is described BY
those who know him intimately as one or
the most charming Of conyersntionalists,
With a range of Information which was re-
markable. He liked a good story, ana
would often tell one AT bis own expense.
He once gave publicity TO 4 peculiar expert
ence which he had In little town IN Colo
RADIO some years ago. John i. Sullivan was
then at the zenith Of his fame, and was
expected in that part Of the State in n few
days The train which was carrying the
supreme court justice made such connec.
tlons at a junction point that a stopoyer o.
one hour was necessary and he improved
the occasion TO stretch his legs on the sta
tlon platform,
The natives saw this great man, and be-
gan gpeculating as 20 his identity One of
the knowing ones limited that It was John
II SuIllyau aud cited IN evidence that he
had seen Boston, marked on one OF the
belongings Of the distingulshed-looki
traveller This was enough The crowd
cazed IN oDeD-mouthed wonder; the report
that the greatest fighter IN the country was
al the station brought half the population
III the town there to get glimpse NJ him
The Justice could not understand the mean
Ing Of such n demonstration IN his honor
until one Of the citizens. not altogether sat
isfed on the subject asked him. "Be you
really John l.. Sullivan the prize 6ghterT'
Mr. GRAY also used TO tell OF a very re-.
Iiglous man who had favorlte passages of
changing them from time 10 time. He hap
pened 10 write 10 Justice Gray once. max
ing a suggestion In connection with case
10 come before him. on letter paper bearing
these words. Eye are bought with price y
In acknowledgment. which was severely
formal the Justice suggested that Ia the
future q more apposite quotation at least
should be selected.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
SHORf NEWS STORIES.

.SUIIE, Mont.-Labor BODIES OF Montana
preparing a petition TO W. presented TO
Fslaent Roosevelt asking him TO inter
ne In the anthracite coal strike.
.sulHRlE. o. IAN attempt was MADE
.'Nsn Chiekesha, J. T.. and siding No. l
aalo up the fast Rock Island passenger
q WeN6ound. A number Of shots were
y 'llo the coach but no one was hurt.
.hoANohE, Ala.-Five storehouses and
i'seh were totally destroyed by fire Mt
H. pace, causing loss of about 10000,
NV covered by insurance The cause of
lre Is unknown.
}nasAlNGT0N,--The president has de-
s,u y appoint Henry W. White, secre-
~ u me United States embassy mt Lon.
!, a. ~ ambassador 10 Rome The appoint
Sns ' "0' NC iiuue until ncA'
sSnniDAN, Lathe commissioners OF
eusyeah drainage district have adopted
I'M ana speclncntions for the Gueydan
sna the contract VIII be awarded on
AT.sr 4. The canal will be about
~slse miles long. It will be the
s,,S y retaining 5000 acres OF ricn