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20 I'VE BEEN KIssED.
NeEleeted Ten-Tear-Old lad could
Net Renenber Ever Having re-
eeIved the Tender Caress.

once made a tour Of the almshouses
Of the state Of New York, describing
them exactly as they were. Every emo
ton that can be awakened by sorrow
was felt during the trip. writes Julius
Chambers IN the Reader Magazine. The
most pathetic incident occurred at the
poorhouse OF Essex county. located In
the hills beyond WhaIlonsburg, near
Lake Champlain. I should say that the
trip was made at the request Of a state
commissioner Of charities, who desired
that the truth should be told.
After inspecting the wards for the
aged women and insane, walked across
an open court, deep with mud, to visit
the children's quarters. While there,
small, red-faced, red-headsd lad attract
ed my notice. I patted him on the
shoulder and asked his name. He gave
It promptly, told me he was ten years
old and that his father and mother
were dead. I felt deeply touched by the
ehild's words. Soon after left the mis-
cradle shed In which these children were
herded together and started to recross
the yard. felt q tug at my coat and
found my little friend behind me. His
eyes looked up into mine so pitifully
that I asked:
what can do for you, my boyG"
Il want you to kiss me-"
Certainly; but why?"
Il never was kissed In my nfel"
When came to write that story for
publication I developed its full pathos,
giving the name Of the fatherless and
motherless lad. AS a result he was
adopted by a wealthy family near Sara
toga; he has been well raised, given
college education and Is to-day heir to
fortune.
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FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
Emphasizes Fact That Only the
Strongest and Physically Fit
Should BE Allowed to Play.

So many accidents have been laid to
the game Of football and so many lads
have been crippled thereby that we sell
dom hear Of the injuries and deaths
that might have been avoided. The
death Of a young medical student Of
Baltimore during a contest, but at a
time when the ball was not in play,
says the New York Herald, affords a
striking instance Of an easily prevent
ible accident
The victim had been a sufferer from
heart disease for a long time and yet
was allowed to take active part in the
game. His condition should have
been, II it was not, known to his med
Ical associates.
There is no account Of his having
received any injury previous to the
time he was stricken with collapse.
No better proof OF his unfitness for any
extra physical exertion can be given
than the suddenness Of his death while
he was merely resting. The lesson Of
the sad story Is emphatic and con-
vincing.
There is no game that requires more
careful and systematic training than
football and only the strongest are
capable Of bearing the strain. II there
Is any physical weakness in the can
didate IT becomes quickly manifest as
he goes on with his exercises, and why
such tncapacity could not have been
discovered in time to have saved the
unfortunate youth Is dif1cult to mag
lna
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HRART pIsRAsE AND woRRY.
Ovsrezsrtion. Either Phyuieal or
Mental. Endangsrs Life IN case
81 Cardiac FroubIe.

The influence OF mental emotion on
the heartbeat needs no special proof
in cur everyday experiences. When
the organ Is healthy the palpitation is
the ordinary response to an extra
stimulus and Is necessarily transient
In duration. In confirmed cardiac dis
ease in which the valves are damaged
or the heart walls dilated and weak
ened, there Is often great danger 70
Life by oYerexertiOn, either physical
OF mental. II is the degree and con-
tinuousness Of excitement which thus
work so disastrously.
The young sehOol-teaeher Of Green
point who feH dead at the end Of his
first days duty is a case in point, says
the New York Herald. He was EVIL
IDENTIFY overweight with anxiety, and
his crippled heart was unable to bear
the constant strain. Unlike mere
muscular exertion, the mental excit-
ability was beyond control, especially
when the new environment was the
persistent disturbing element This
happens sometimes In the pulpit, on
the lecture platform. and even before
the footlights. Numerous examples
have been noted from time to time.
The preventives are in the line Of
avoiding all Oyerexcitement and Of
needing all ominous warnings. This Is
most dihcult obviously with mental
emotions, as they are not always un-
der the control Of the will The man
with a weak heart who is running for
a train is compelled to stop in time for
want Of breath and thus remove the
exciting cause Of his palpitation, but
continual and profound mental per-
turbation is, alas, too often beyond his
ken Alas! there was no one near
the poor teacher to tell him not to
worry.
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IN the civil war, and was afterwards
provisional governor Of Mississippi in
the reconstruction period and United
States senator from that state.
Young Ames has just q shade Of re-
ssmblance 70 his grandfather, and he
has the old generals faculty for at
taching friends to himself Young as
he Is he has q record in which he
ought to take a good deal Of pride He
was q lieutenant IN the Massachusetts,
militia when the war with Spain broke
out. Re went to the front with his
regiment and came out Of the Porto
Rico campaign a lieutenant colonel
Then he went home and served three
years In the legislature, ana now he Is
81 congress-
When Ames was stationed at Camp
Alger early IN the spring Of 1888 he
was engineer odicer Of the camp, and
"a the course OF his duties he had q
good many scraps, owing TO the fact
that, though merely q lieutenant, he
sometimes had % give directions 20
OHcers Of regiments Of much higher
rank. one Of his troubles IS with Rep
ressntatiTe Dick, who vas lieutenant
colonel Of an Ohio regiment The two
had not met since tn the opening day
OF congress, when they happened % sit
side b. side IN the street car leaving
the capitol. They matched pennies for
the fare and made up for good.
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how % set type n the old DAYS before
me type setting machine came into
vogue and 60 drifted naturally into
newspaper work He came to WASH
ington in the course Of his wander
lngs and got place as a reporter On
me Evening Star. After working there
q lew months he suddenly took II into
MS head TO strike west again. and no
oody In Washington heard q thing
nom him until 1884, when word
reached here Of the eccentricity OF a
person Of the same name who. wishing
to be appointed United States marshal
under the Cleveland administration,
mad written his application on a Niece
OF birch bark The novel petition was
granted, but Bede soon gave up the
JOB because he couldn't stand for the
proposition that a government ofciaI
must give up active interest In poll
tics.
Bede was a democrat then Of a uret-
y stiH type. he resigned his place
and put in lot Of hard work for
sound money. In 1896, when the Chi
cago convention was captured by free
silver, he became republican, and he
has been one ever since.
Bede has one distinction for a new
member. He got a fine piece Of pat
ronage before he had warmed his seat
In the house. He was on deck when
the vacancy came on the civil service
commission Through the resignation Of
Commissioner Foulke, and he prompt
" secured the appointment OF a con-
sdtuent Of his TO the vacancy.
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their way I'D through service in the
once at London, OF in minor places
IN legations Sir Julian Pauncefote,
when he came TO Washington, had
never held q real diplomatic post in HIS
life. he had grown gray as an under
secretary in the foreign once and was
strictly an once man Sir Michael
Herbert likewise, although he had
served as secretary Of legation both In
Washington and Paris, had spent
years in the foreign once; and he had
never served even IS minister before
be came to Washington as an ambas-
sadOr.
Sir Mortimer Durand, on the other
hand, has had q strictly diplomatic
career Of the strenuous sort He has
trained his mind and sharpsned his
wits By conflict with the machiaYellian
intsllects Of the Orient, and Washing
ton Il b. far the most civilized post
that has ever fallen 70 his lot
Sir Mortimer comes from a family
that has been IN the Indian service for
generations, and that doubles a.
counts for the bent Of his mind. His
iraining win stand him IN good stead
IN washington nov. for questions af-
feeting oriental countries are coming
more and more to the front n Ameri-
can diplomacy.
LOUIS A cooLmGR
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AUTHORS ODD EXPERIENCE.
Emerson HouEh, who Wrote ''The
AIssissippi Bubble,o Meets De-
scendant OF Hero OF His Book.

Emerson Hough, who, by his strik-
Ing Characterization Of John Law in
The Mississippi Bubble" has made
that picturesque gentleman alive for
all time, was surprised out Of his usual
calm by the appearance at his ONCE
door Of a dignifed and impressive
stranger who announced himself as
John Law. AS soon as Mr.. Hough real
lied that the vision before him was
corporal and not the cheating fancy
Of his brain, he set out the easy chair
and babe the welcome guest tell him
the story Of his life.
John H. Law lives In Chicago and IL
the resident manager Of q big insur-
ance company. He had read The
Mississippi Bubble" and had called to
pay his respects to the man who had
given the world an honest picture Of his
great ancestor. Mr.. Hough learned that
the family on coming to this country
settled first In Georgia. that one Of its
members was q brigadier general IN
the confederate army, and that after
the war the Laws moved to Cincinnati
where one Of the brothers stin lives in
= country place which he calls Lauris-
ton after the ancestral home In Scot
land.
The author and the descendant rev.
eled in the family history for hours,
and when they parted to meet at dinner
the next night Hough said he felt as
though he had shaken hands with the
hero Of his romance and had looked into
the face Of the man who for one historic
moment had seen all Europe at his feet.
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burn have shared
the lsurels Of debate between taem.
There has been nobody else who could
quite touch either Of them; and they
were q fairly even match. 1t was in
eYitable that the two should not clash;
ana the row came in the heat Of de-
bate Hepburn thought Cannon made
his remarks needlessly personal. Can
non couldn't see it in that light, and so
for many months these republican
giadtatOrs never spoke as they passed.
It looked as though the feud would
be lasting one; but year ago when
Cannon announced his candidacy for
speaker Hepburn, like the big-minded
fellow that he is, walked into Cannon's
headquarters one day, held out his
hand and exclaimed: zoe, I'm going
70 vote for you" That was one Of the
early things that set the tide flowing
toward the Illinois man, and now that
congress is at work and he has
achieved the ambition Of his life he
signalizes the reconciliation by asking
Hepburn to put him in nomination In
the house-which, Of course, Hepburn
does cheerfully.
There was significance in the Incl
dent that was not generally under
stood. but it meant a great deal for
party harmony dU ing these coming
two years Hepburn win come very
close to being the republican leader on
the door. He's a little outside the or
ganizations just as Cannon was during
the Henderson regime; but Cannon
was the real leader then in spite Of his
isolation.
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An observer finds that some
birds blush. he writes: we have q
very fne specimen Of the blue and ysl-
low macaR which displays this trait
not often, for he is remarkably good
tempered-and the blush e an inTari-
able sign o. anger; 50 much 90, that we
warn al friends that while HIS cheeks
remain white all attacks ara feigned
and In play and can Be disrearded,
yet n the danger Eignal'-red-shoWs,
70 look ont and keep ont q reach. /"
Ths owner Of q blue and grange maeaw
ays that its white, parchment-llks
face becomes bright pink, especially
above the peak. whenever Il q angFy
OF excited
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$3.50 @N3|A ~
everybody except
members Of the
house ever since
the Reed regime.
The marble
room, which cor
responds In the
senate to the
speakers lobby in
the house, has al
ways been open to
favored visitors,
ana senator's nave
received tn cir
callers there; but
this privilege has
never been ac-
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the most interest
ing Of them is
Butler Ames, the
grandson Of Ben
jamin +. Butler,
who ep resents
the same district
the doughty old
general represent
ed for years just
after the war. He
IS not only the
grandson OF Gen
Butler, but he Is
the son Of Adel-
bart Ames, who
was q major gen
araI ~ volunteers
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u ne Speakers LoooJ
house, except for q short time under
Speaker Reed. The privilege then was
abused so that the lobby had to be
closed again, but Speaker Cannon be-
lieVes he can restore the privilege un-
der restrictions which viii make II
generally acceptable without abuse.
At present members Of the house are
In an embarrassing position frequently
through the absence Of any retiring
room where they can receive callers.
If one Of them receives q card from
somebody whom he wishes greatly to
see he must go out into the public
corridor, where he Is apt to be set
upon by dozens Of individuals whom
he has been trying to avoid. There Is
no compromise. Either he must give
up the caller he wishes to see or else
take his chances with the crowd.
Speaker Cannon proposes that hereaf-
ter when q member wishes to see g
friend he can invite his caller into the
speakers lobby, where both can sit at
their ease, while the undesirables
storm and fret outside.
Only q few days ago William Alden
Smith received a card from q person
who was described to him as half seas
over. He sent out word that he could
not be found A little while later a
card came from q constituent whom he
was anxious to see. he went out to
meet his caller and ran plump into the
arms of his drunken friend, who
promptly flashed a William Alden
Smith campaign. button he had been
wearing fourteen years and proceeded
to borrow two dollars on the strength
Of It
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b2uOAs MIo - GA-
pected to arrive
almost any day.
Sir Mortimer
Durand-for that
Is the name
seems to be q lit
tie different order
Of diplomat from
any other who
has been sent
here from the
court Of St James.
bis predecessors
have AL been what
are known as
foreign ON c Q
man /" That IA
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- -. b -.

me United States now produces
more hops than any other country.
OF the worlds crop q 1,760.O00 hun
dredWeight, the United States furnish
e $4,000 hundrsdWelght
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Is about as grail
tying news as is
likely to come out
Of congress this
session. Two big,
manly, breezy fell
lows have been
hating each other
pretty cordially
for three or four
years back-au on
account OF words
unhtly spoken In
debate
Since Reed went
out Of congress
Cannon and Hep
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6ErLkLuB u8uEea IN
the FIfty-elghth
congress- He Is an
Ohio farmers boy
IN the beginning,
and he shows the
marks nov Of the
hard knocks he
had to put up with
on the farm He
has run up against
all sorts q s2
penencas since
moee Gays ana ne
Knows TIE world
pretty ven now.
He sot his edu-
eahon bg alnayIng
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London has accident Insurance. sIos
machines. The device dedes fraud ar1
has ne APPEARANCES q 4 clock
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Place to Entertain.

Speaker Cannon is planning 10
throw open the speakers lobby, which
has been closed tn
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP
Interesting Incidents Of the Law
Makers at National Capital
THE END OF A HOUSE FEuD
Kew Speaker cannon ana Congress-
Haaa Hepburn Settled = Quarrel
Youthful Members OF the House
-The New british Minister.

Neutrality-suspicious. Cannon and
Pete Hepburn have made up. That
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TouthfuI ConFresIman.

There are q good many youthful
members Of the new house. One II
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AAG 1EAAAAA AAAAAGEs
There Is great curiosity in Wash
ington to see the new British ambas-
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J. Adam Bsde, the new member from
AnnnesOta, promises Q Be one Of the
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Alaska nov supplies half he salnOs
q the world
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-03
ARTISTIC sWINDLK

In his report of the shipbuilding trust
Receiver Smith advises that Schwab and
others be required to pay debts. He de-
scribes the formation and launching OF the
trust as AM artistic swindle" and whole
sale plumber" He puts the chief blame
on Schwab and declares that after the
company was organized deliberate efforts
were made to wreck it. This extract
from the report indicates its general
tenor:
''who participated in this wholesale
plunder?
Some of it went to the promoters OF
this artistic swindle, and when all had
been provided for, what was left Of the
bonds, amounting to $1,500,00o was hand
ed back to the company, ostenslbly to
supply it with working capital
There are other trusts organized by the
same methods Though the proof is not
forthcoming, the public has expressed its
belief that they were conceived in fraud
by refusing to pay for the watered stock
That's what the slump in prices means.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-03
FALL COLDS.
DANGEROUS BECAUSE HARD
TO CURE.
An Offer to the People of Raleigh
From the W. II. King
Drug Co.

The w. H. King Drug Company claim
they have a cure for colds and cough, and
ii it fails they will refund your money.
The remedy is Vinol, and we have heard
such wonderful results from it that we
advise every person in Raleigh who IS
suffering from cold or cough to try it
on their guarantee
A hard cold and hacking cough may be
the means of undermining your constitu-
ton and terminate IN consumption. Cough
Syrups, while they temporarily allay tie
spasms of coughing, owing to the opiates
they contain, upset the stomach and do
not cure the cause; old-fashioned cod liver
oil and emulsions are SO nauseating that
few can take them.
Vinol is delicious to take, and contains
ali the active curative principles of cod
liver oil in highly concentrated form,
and it is, therefore, the greatest specij'C
known, for coughs colds and bronchial
troubles.
You would not eat an egg, shell and all.
For the same reason you should not taNe
old fashioned cod liver oil or emulsions,
Just to get the medicinal curative ele-
ments which they contain.
The Vinol manufacturers separate them
for you, throw away the useless oil AID
give you in delicious, concentrated for
all the healing and life giving elements
which are to be found in fresh Gods
livers. That is what gives Vinol its Won
derful power to cure Coughs, Colds and
all throat and lung troubles and makes
it the greatest tonic reconstruction known
to medicine. w H. King Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-03
CAPT. ASHES LETTER.

On Sunday we published the gist of the
statement of Judge Christian, of Virginia,
who challenges the claim of North Caro-
lima that it furnished more men to the Con-
federacy than any Southern State. We
also published reply thereto by Capt. S.
A. Ashe. BY some error. material omis-
sion was made in Capt. Ashes articles.
We print it in full today. 1t will be read
by thousands and preserved.
The spirit of Capt. Ashes article is
most admirable. He shows that North
Carolina has not sought glory at the ex-
pense of Virginia or any other State. 1t
put forth its well substantiatcd claims
because Virginia has been persistent in
perpetuating error
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-03
THE WATTS Law TESTED.

We print today special from Yadkins-
vile that will crafty every believer in law
and order and cheer every advocate OF tenn
perance in North Carolina. Since the
passage of the Watts law We have been
hearing reports that the Yadkin county
distillers had made up their minds to pay
no attention to the law and that the OFF,
Gals were not trying to enforce the law.
These reports have caused some people to
fear that the good effects of the Watts
law would be nullified in that county.
There is no longer any ground for fears
that the Watts law Is not constitutional
and that it cannot be enforced. In Yadkin
county last week Judge w. R AIen and
Solicitor w c. Hammer held court As
a result several men are in Jail and are
now serving a sentence on the road for
violating the Watts law. 1t should be gen.
orally known also that the day laborers
who works at the still are indictable. II
all the judges and solicitors wiz follow
the good example of Judge Allen and So
lcitor Hammer it will soon be seen that
the Watts law can be enforced, and its
enforcement will work wonders for tenn
perance in North Carolina.
From private letter, written by gen.
tleman in Yadkin county, the following
extract is taken:
II think if the editors who favor the
enforcement of the Watts law will make
prominent the results in Yadkin county
last week they may save much trouble.
when Judge W. r. Allen came to hold
court here there were several distilleries
in operation and it was believed by many
that not.ing would be done. Some said
the Watts law was unconstitutional, others
that the judges would not enforce it, and
others 4 grand Juries would not find
bills nor petite juries convict. Before the
close OF court the distilleries were closed
unfortunately the proprietors escaping
three white men and one negro sentenced
to the road for from six to ten months for
aiding in the manufacture, and two retail
ers sentenced to JAIL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-03
DURHAM Is AROUSED,
The People Join in Denunciation Of the Article
by Professor Bassett.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Durham, N. c., Nov. 1.-THE utterances
Of DR.. John S. Bassett, OF Trinity Cot
lege, on the negro question, first published
in the South Atlantic Quarterly, OF which
he is editor. has stirred Durham from
center to circumference. The expressed
opinion of the people on the streets to-
day indicate that they are not any more
in sympathy with DR.. Bassett in his posi-
ton than they were with President Roose-
welt when he dined with the negro that
the learned Durham educator says is the
greatest man born in the South in hun
dred years with the single exception OF
General R. E. Lee.
All over the city yesterday and TO-DAY
the eitizens-preachers as well as laymep
have denounced Dr. Bassett in no I'M
certain terms. He has kicked up a hor
'net's nest here and if the people over
the State are OF the same opinion IA
those here under the shadow of Trinity
well, the matter will not die an early
death. 1t is freely expressed that the
patrons of Trinity College throughout the
State will hold DR.. Bassett responsible
for the extreme position he has taken.
Learned and conservative men seen by
your correspondent today say that the
position taken by Mr. Bassett will do moth
ing but add fuel to the racial troubles
that have been stirred up by several at
tempts towards social equality in the
recent past.