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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-06-07
Sale of Merchandise
Overflow

80 Cases of Goods shipped to this Store last
week Manufacturers and Jobbers Observation-Disclosures
Our New York buyers kept busy two weeks in
bringing these New Spring Fabrics OF every des-
cription with the purchase, Ladies Ready Made
Garments, Carpets. White Goods Wash Goods, COlored
and Black Dress Goods. silks. Ribbons, Innings. etc
The Savings are from a third a half from the orig
nal cost OF production
priceist from the Various Departments.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
Spear Points.

The light from heaven can never lead
astray.
The world must read the Gospel in liv-
ing episties.
Resignation is putting God between
ones self and ones grief.
The most 1nomentous truth OF religion
is that Christ is in the Christian.
The time to show your Christian man
hood is when it is put to the sore test.
You cannot dream yourself into char
acter; you must hammer and forge your
self into one.
The light of the Christian shines bright
est for Christ, when he is least conscious
that it is shining.
Not all Gods messengers are angels.
Any hand that knocks at the door may
bring call from the King.
It is better to build life than to make
fortune. Character is greater accom-
plishment than riches.
He who manifests humility, love and
gratitude when told of his faults has
made large attainments in the Christian
life.
Spiritual sustenance cannot be effective
| in an abstract form, as pure Truth; it
| must come to us through the energy Of a
| spiritual life
We need faith that will ssgrasp
| Christ with the heart" in order to cen
| dure to the end" Heart communion
alone will give us this grasp.-Ram'a
Horn.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
How Not to Do IT.

Nearly every colt, when driven away
from home, will shy and scare more
or less at objects along the roadside.
After he has been driven few times
the common practice is to strike him
with the whip every time he does this.
It is provoking to feed horse hay
three times a day and then see him
scare at little pile Of hay in the road.
The first thing that comes in the mind
is to give him cut with the whip. /
Nothing worse than this could be DONE
The next time he will not only be
afraid Of the object but of the whip
also, and by little training in this
way he will soon be confirmed in the
habit of shying and soaring at nearly
everything he sees. First the tendency.
then the habit, is the law of nature.
and when the pile of hay or rock, or
whatever startles, is connected with
the whip, as it soon will be, the
habit is fixed for life. You cannot lick
horses into good habits; you can estab-
lish vices very easily by blows
Maine Farmer. T.,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
A Child Messenger of God.

The still form Of little boy lay in q
coffin surrounded by mourning friends: A
mason came i11to the. room and asked to
look at the lovely face. t'You wonder
that care 50 much" he said, as the
tears rolled down his cheeks, ''but your
boy was messenger of God to me. One
time I was coming down ly long ladder
from a very high roof and found your
little boy close behind me when I
reached the ground. He looked up into
my face with a childish wonder and
asked frankly, Weren't you afr1id Of fall
ing when you were Up 50 high?" and,
before I had time to answer, he said:
AL! know why you were not afraid
you had said your prayers this morning
before. you went to work. / had not
prayed, but l never forgot to pray from
that day to this. and BY Gods blessing
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08

Ruffed parasOls are quite passe.
The new colors are unsurpassingly
soft.
Voile is one Of the smartest spring
fabrics.
Elaborate trimming effects amount
almost to craze.
A pendant something is a prominent
feature of the back of many spring
hats.
The shirt waist suit will be far and
away the most popular "tub" suit OF
the season.
A very pronounced roll and flare,
very noticeable in the brims Of the
swagger hat shapes.
White lace has quite relegated the
ecru and Arabian tints to obscurlty
as far as fashion goes.
Blue panne, as a trimming for the
fashionable tan color, is now quite
commonplace; violet is much smarter.
The sleeves the thing! Seemingly
all the variety and difference of mode
is gained this year from the sleeve.
Flower hats, made entirely of white
velvet flowers, their leaves and touch
of sable, are the sine-qua-non Of smart
ness.
The mannish shirt waist seems to
have gone with the vanished years, for
the daintiest of feminine creations has
taken its place this year.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
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Florence Nightingale is over eighty
years old.
Nine. Lillian Nordica's real name is
Norton, and she comes of an old New
England family.
Miss Alice Roosevelt is depicted in
German papers as a school girl with
hair down her back.
Nine. Calve several years ago de-
signed and bought the monument which
is to cover her grave.
Queen Margherita of Italy is about
to visit Jerusalem, and make tour
of the sacred places in Palestine.
Mrs. Martha Harwood, ninety-three
years old, Of st. Louis, Mo-, clearly
remembers Lafayette's visit there in
1929.
Mrs. Howard Kingscote, an English
woman, does not believe in the "new
woman because she lacks physical
strength.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lennon, of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, is one Of the few living women
whose father fought in the American
Revolution.
Miss Edith Young, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, from La Plata
County, CAL, is the first woman to be
elected to Office from that county.
Queen Christian Of Spain has hobby
for collecting playing cards. One pack
made of ivory is said to have belonged
to Prince Eugene, who fought with the
Great Duke of Marlborough.
Miss Susan M. HalloWell, professor
of botany for the past twenty-seven
years at Wellesley College, has ten
dered her resignation. Her retirement
withdraws from the faculty ranks the
last member who served in the open
ing year Of 1875.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
The Value of Crop Rotation.


All soils contain fertility to GER
tain degree, and in even the most fertile
soils there are dominant Or insOlu-
BILE substances, varying in compost
ton, but which cannot be appropria-
ted by some crops, though easily avail
able for others, but if such elements
are not appropriated by the crop occu-'
pying the ground they are gradually
being reduced or being changed in
composition so as to be put in condl-
ton for the succeeding crop; hence ro-
tation, therefore, not only prevents the
loss Of certain substances in the soil.
but assists in converting the locked
I'D elements of the soil into available
plant foods. In this country no sys-
TEN Of rotation is deemed complete
without clover, while in England tur-
nips and sheep are considered essen
tiaI to success. Rotation largely &C.
pends upon the soil and it's condition,
but ali soils are subject to mechanical
| changes. It has been demonstrated
that green crops are valuable in re-
storing fertility, and lime has been
found a valuable assistant, especially
in preparing the soil for the work OF
bacteria, by neutraliZing the acldity,
but the best results are obtained by
not only varying the crops grown, DUE
also by studying the characteristics OK
the soil.-Philadelphia Record.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08

But If, by good fortune, you can over
persuade a geisha to show you clas-
steal dance, as I have done, the sight
is one you will never forget-the slow,
dignified movements, the placing Of
the foot and the hand, the exquisite
curves and poses Of the body, forming
a different picture every second.
'There is no rushing about, no ac-
cordoin skirts and high kick. Some
times, if the geisha finds that you ap-
preciate her fine work, she will give
you limitations of the dancing done on
our Western stage, and, although it is
funny and makes you smile, the con-
trast to the more classical Japanese
dancing strikes you forcibly.
Zone never dimes out or is enter
tanned in Japan" went on the Ameri-
can woman, without the geisha FORM
ing prominent part Of the entertain
ment. In fact, she herself decorates
the room where you dine, just as a
flower or picture would decorate our
dining-roOms at home.
'And there is nothing more typical
or the decorative sense innate in the
Japanese than the little garden of
geisha girls which almost invariably
forms the background of every tea
house dinner. The dinner itself, with
it's pretty doll tables, it's curious as
sortment Of dainty viands set in red
lacquer bowls, it's quaint formalities,
and the magnificent ceremonial Gus
toms Of the hosts, is an artistic scheme
elaborately thought out and prepared.
"But when, at the close, the troupe
of geishas and maikos appears-form-
ing, as it were, a pattern of gorgeous
tropical f1owers-the scene becomes a
bit of decoration, as original and
| whimsically beautiful as one can well
think of. The colors of kimonos, obis,
fans and head ornaments blend, con:
| trast and produce carefully arranged
harmony."-New York Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
On Brushing the Hair.

Ou bEuSA1nS the aS1Ts
The most famous hairdresser In
London has startled the fashionable
ladies Of England by warning them
that, in following old traditions, they
are ebrushing the beauty out Of their
hair.
'AThe incessant brushing Of the
present day is ruinous to the hair" he
says. "Some. women used to give
their hair one hundred strokes of the
brush night and morning, and have
good hair in spite Of it. An occas-
ional person might do so now, but the
good hair is in spite of the brush, not
because Of it.
Cali new hairs appear first as soft,
delicate fuzz, easily pulled out or de-
stroyed. Stiff brushing will wear
them out, just as it will wear out the
nap Of cloth. The hair-roots try to
make up for the destruction. They
are forced into abnormal growth, and
their life force is depleted. The old
hair is falling. The new hair is not
being allowed to live and grow. The
life force is being exhausted: The
hair gets thin, struggling, unhealthy,
dies out altogether, and there you
have the bald woman or man.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
A FEEDING FRAME.

in the big ones trampling on the small
er ones, and robbing them of their
share. Some such arrangement as that
shown is absolutely essential where
chickens have to be Matched during a
considerable space Of time in the
spring. An ideal condition is to have
the chicks all early and all Of size.
but few can accomplish this desirable
end.-New England Homestead.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
Chopped Hay For Cattle.

l have not just at hand figures to
prove the value Of chopping the hav
for cattle feeding, but I know that
careful experimentation has proved
that the best economic results have
been obtained by feeding the hay
chopped. Very many of the owners
Of extensive herds in the State chop
the hay for feeding. All animals eat
the chopped feed clean, thereby MAX
Ing a very considerable saving. The
hay was always chopped for the stock
on my fathers California farm, even
as far back as forty-two or forty three
years ago. From the experience that
came with this practice I have since
been an advocate Of chopping the hay
for stock feeding. D. T..
Fowler, in, Fruit World.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
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Nv wdnEn' 81.
Empire Motifs.

Empire patterns in lace are taking
the lead, and very pretty some Of them
laurel leaves, having an inner fes-
toon of flowers, tied with ribbon bows.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
Sizing Up the Chicks.

Sizing Up the Chicks.
The cut shows framework low at
one end and much higher at the other,
under which chickens of all ages and
sizes can be fed, and each one allowed
to eat in peace. All sizes of chicks
fed together in an open space results
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08

It is estimated that nearly 100000
600 kilograms are forwarded eVer4
year the world over.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
] Form Topics s

Keep the Cow From Mourn,,v-

Keep the Cow From Mourninp.
AS soon as the calf is born put f IN
a box with plenty of bedding, and feed
with its mothers milk while warm
rom the COW for a week at least
Then 1t will thrive and grow fat ON
good, sweet, skinned milk with a
little lnseed meal or ground oats add
ed and increased gradually. When the
time comes to take away the calf.
there is no mourning on the part Of
either COW or calf. have ALWAYS
followed keeping the calves away from
the COWS, and am not bothered with
cows holding up their milk for the
calves. / find that heifers are easiest
broken with the calves away.-E. E.
H.. in New York Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
Some Facts About the Geisha Girl.

''The idea so general here in Amer
ica." said woman who has just
returned from Japan, ''that the geisha
is a silly, giggling little girl with a
IAN must really be corrected. The
geisha in reality is a little genius, bril-
liant as a talker and mistress Of the
art of dancing. But she knows that
the Westerner does not understand her
classical dancing and singing, and she
is SO refined and charming that she
will not allow you to feel you are lg-
norant, but will instantly begin to
amuse you in some way that she
thinks you will enjoy and understand.
''She will, perhaps, unfold paper and
draw rapid character sketches OF birds
and fish, or dance a sort OF spirited
dance that she feels will entertain you.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
A Woman Florists Success.

I have better success with geran-
iums than with any other flower,
writes Mrs. Leroy r. Whitener. In
July OIL August I plant cuttings for
winter blooming, using four or six
inch pots, tin cans OF anything, filled
with a mixture Of well-rotted stable
manure, leaf mold and garden soil. l
put one cutting in the pot in which
it is to stay and do not transplant.
When five OF six inches high, I pinch
out the top and pinch the ends again
later on, until I have bushy plant.
Keep all buds pinched off until No
vember, and then the plants will be
full Of luxuriant blooms all winter.
have no pit or greenhouse, but keep
my plants in the south and west win
dows all over the house. In very cold
weather I pin a newspaper around
each plant, and have never had any
frozen, even in our coldest winters. In
the spring I put these geraniums in
beds in the yard Or in larger pots on
the porches, where they grow very
large and bloom profusely, but they
are not good for house plants the fol
lowing winter. I rarely ever keep a
geranium more than two years.
Home and Flowers.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08
Glove Buying.


81 never patronize bargain counters, y
remarked a very clever little woman
to me.
"Not even glove sales?" I ques
toned.
'Never," she replied emphatically
adding: my investigation has proven
to me that the so-called bargain ar
ticles are cheap and often worthless
ones. We get what we pay for; no
more certainly, and we hope not less
I am speaking now Of firms whose
business life is the ever exacting rush
of special sales.' For service, com
fort, style and fit the glove should be
carefully selected. A well-made, we'll
fitting glove does more to determine
the lady than any other article OF ap
parel, unless it be shoes.
"Cheapness is not economy. Extrav-
agance is not economy. Only the
best article comes under the economi
cal code. This code demands an elias
tic kid, which is soft and moulds it
self to the hand from finger tip te
IT,. "A
tain to perfection. One need not er1
in this respect, for the best gloves
are made for long, medium and shor1
fingers.
"Having once secured 3ft,' it is
well to adhere to the make. The
Suede is chic but an eXtravagan
luxury to the average pocketbook, a.
they do not shed soil readily. Blacl
gloves also cannot claim a recommen
dation for the careful buyer. Ever
| the best makes often crack i'll th'
| dye; and the suedes are guilty OF tot
soon an appearance Of white or purple
finger tips. White gloves when no
worn, should be kept wrapped in sof
linen or silk handkerchief. '-NeV
York Observer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-08


Why are we? There are thousands Of
people to-day who are utterly dissatisfied
with life because they are living too artif-
clal cslal an experience. We have very many
SSmnlngs that our ancestors did not possess.
Inc possession of these things ought to
pprlng to us great blessings in every way,
put as a matter of fact it is true that
neither happiness, nor brotherly love, nor
power nor good have been increased in
sne least: We have indeed gone in the op..
ap1lt p1Eslte direction, and many of us are of
aal a men most miserable. We are discon-
ttIInted tIied because we are trying to be some
ttthhiing that we are not. The business man
or whatever ha Keep aoI Pace haef and !n
nt5le 4le time he finds himself out Of his lati-
su9e. In society thousands of people. are
%9hlns the customs and manners of those
themselves, by whose whose side aes thew can never never
tha tshSana' and if they did they would. be only
'ae more unhanny. and there are thnnsands
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
Shot A Cow.

Some one shot and killed COW belong
ing to C.L.Hoy, Of Aetna township, the
latter part of last week. The cow was
first found dead by Jas. McGarvin who
was riding the line but he did not
make close examination and he sup
posed she was killed by lightning and
80 reported. Later investigation by
Mr.. Hoy and others however revealed u
bullet in the neck bone which is con.
elusive evidence that the cow had been
shot. 1t was q nice fat cow worth
about $S5 on the market.
Mr.. Hoy was in Saturday and was
very indignant over the crime and he
has offered reward of 500 for the
conviction of any person or persons
guilty OF this offense, or who may here.
after kill or ihjure any of his stock.
The shooting was done in pasture ad.
joining Mr.. Hoy's pasture ami tbs dead
animal was found beside the divis.
ion fence close to gate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
Bill Thompson Still Alive.

The reports published broadcast over
the country to the effect that VIM.
Thompson made death bed confession
of killing his son and that the man now
serving in the Colorado penltentiary
for the crime is innocent, has proved to
be press fake. Ed. Sample received
a letteHAast week from Gid Thompson,
saying that Bill is still alive and isn't
even sick. The confession" is vigor-
Ously denied. In Mr.. Samples judg.
ment, the story has its origin in Ted
Nicholson, brother Of ''Zeb" Nichol-
son who is now serving time in prison
for the murder. Ted is working to SO
cure a pardon for his brother.
However this may be, Thompson is
still regarded as bad man and his con
nectjon with the McQuinn murder in
this county will never be erased from
the minds of Barber county people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27

A good joke is told on Lew Bragg
and Frank Lane in connection with
the barbecue and picnic which was ad-
vertised for Robertson's grove in Eagle
township, August 18th. 1t happened
that tins was the same day of the Rouse
cattle sale in this city and most of the
people of that community decided to 90
to the sale instead of the picnic. On
that account no beef was provided al
though there were some refreshments.
The crowd was composed principally of
Lew and Frank who had both been
loaded with nice talk to put up to the
dear people whom they felt confident
of meeting on this occasion. They
waited until the middle of the after.
noon when they concluded that it was
poor picking for candidates and they
moved west, leaving a considerable
quantity of ice cream and other refresh
ments to the tender mercies Of "Old
Sol' and what few natives were on the
ground. The candidates were SO much
worried that they keut on driving until
late at night and camped. The next
morning they went 10 electioneering
and after they had put in some good
hicks to their entire satisfaction they
struck heartless voter who was cruel
enough to inform them that they were
in Comanche county. The candidates
Immediately took the back track and
sneaked for home. They haven't been
out since.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
A. L. Noble Hurt.

In the Santa Fe wreck at Wellington
Monday night A. l.. Noble sustained
severe leg bruise. The muscles were
torn loose from the bone. No bones
were broken.
The passenger ran into a freight.
Mr.. Noble heard the danger signal ami
ran to the platform and saw that thel.
would be collision. He jumra,i
and the speed Of the train was so grea
that he could not land safely. He was
hu-t worse than the other passengers.
His daughter, Miss Rachel, was with
him but she remained on the car and
was only bruised On the nose.
The engineer and fireman saved their
lives by jumping off. The engine and
mail car were total wreck. Mr.. No.
BILE was on his way to this city but the
accident compelled him to 60 back to
his homo at Winfield for treatment.
1t wos most fortunate escape for
all parties.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
Mrs. Rudolph Sues the Santa Fe.

On Monday Mrs. Elizabeth A. Blu.
dolp brought a damage suit Of $4,000
against the Santa Fe railroad company
on account of the death of her husband,
Brakeman G. F. Rudolph, which oc-
cured last winter by being run over by
the train at Sharon. The ground al.
legged is negligence of the company in
that there was defective hand hold on
the car from which Mr.. Rudolph tell.
Ex-Attorney General l.. G. Boyle, of
Kansas City, and County Attorney
Griffin are Mrs. Rudolph's attorneys.
Noble & Tincher represent the Santa
Fe railroad.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27

For number of years Wichita has
entertained the people of southern Kan
sas and Oklahoma, and this year the
date for the week of festivities will be
from Sept. % to q. The men at the
back Of the fair are most conservative
and energetic business men of Wichita.
and they have planned something new
tor this years fair. The ''street fair''
has grown old and the people are de.
manding something new that Will en-
terrain. interest, and amuse them, and
this is what the fair association will do
this year. 1t is not an exhibition of
Sedgwick county's products, but those
of every county In southern Kansas
and Oklahoma. The association and
city invites the farmers and stockmen
OF this section, TO bring to Wichita the
best OF their products, and show their
neighbors what can and IS being done
in the state and territory that are des-
tined to become the greatest factors in
the cereal and stock producing section
of the United States.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-27
Bidders are Barred.

The County Commissioners have de-
cided to take advantage of the provision
of the legislature of 1891 i'm barring in.
divlduals from buying delinquent tax
lands at the September sale. They
met In special session Saturday and
adopted resolution to that effect. See
it in this issue.
Under this law the county reserves
all this land and after the day of sale
the taxes, interest and penalty bears Is
per cent interest. The Commissioners
figure that it is good investment. It
does not interfere at all with owners
redeeming. 1t simply bars individuals
from putting money in tax lands. The
order does not extend to town lots be-
cause there is very little demand for
them and often the taxes are greater
than the value Of The lots.