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WILL NEVER BE EITHER.

THE boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but him had fed"
In a speech in the Senate yesterday,
to which few listened, Senator Wood
ard, of Wilson, smarting under defeat
because the Fuller bill was supported by
a majority of the Senate, delivered him
self of a TRADE Of abuse of the News
and Observer, the people of Durham, and
the Senators who supported the Fuller
bill. He said they were either ignorant.
prejudiced or influenced by populistic
clamor.
He spouted out some poetry about rather
being right in the minority than wrong
with a majority. His lofty assumption
of superior virtue was as ridiculous as
it was in execrable taste. His denun-
Citations of this paper were so vicious ana
unfounded that we purposed at one time
characterizing them as they deserved
But the action Of the Senate vindicated
this paper from his unworthy slurs. The
incident recalled a scene in the House Of
Representatives at Washington, when
Mr.. Springer was lecturing his fellow
members in a Observation-Disclosures
strain. After telling of his own virtues
and their lack of bravery and courage,
as Senator Woodland did yesterday,
Mr.. Springer cried out with the same
theatrical air Senator Woodland employed
in his speech:
I'D rather be right than be President :"
Speaker Reed drawled out: You'll
never be either"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17
TO PRESERVE I F

The special order in the Senate today
Is a bill requiring railroad companies II
give signal of the approach of a train to
l ersons on the track in time TO enable
them to escape.
The bill should pass. 1t does not i'm
pose any additional burdens on railroads.
1t merely provides for notice where it Is
the duty of railroads, under the law, 20
observe persons on the track.
1t Will preserve human life, and should
not be opposed by the railroads. Indeed,
some of the railroads have not opposed it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17
a OF DIR. CURRY.

DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry, who died in Ashc-
vile Thursday night, was one of the
first men the South has produced, and
easily the most versatile of the past gen
Grafton. He was a Georgian by birth,
represented Alabama in the Confederate
Congress-, was president of a college in
Virginia, spent his summers in western
North Carolina, and during the last years
of his life he lived in Washington When
the history of educational progress in
North Carolina for the past thirty yeas
is written the name of DR.. Curry will
lead all the rest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17

establishment of wreck districts in Car
terct county.
NO. 1873: To amend "An Act to incor-
roratc Shiloh Institute
No. 1874: To protect fish and birds in
Burke county.
No. 49,: TO regulate elections in the
town OF Littlcton, n. c.
No. 1876: To provide for the working
OF the public roads in Cherokee coun-
ty.
No. 1877: To amend chapter 475, Laws
of 1901.
NO. 1873: For the relief Of Jacob WI
liaJns.
No. 139. To supplement Tho act ratified
January q, 1903, being An act 70 pre-
vent the manufacture and sale or ship
ment of any spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors within the county OF Robson.
No. 40: To amend chapter col, Laws
of 1901.
No. IA: To repeal chapter ,. Laws Of
1887, relating TO the time for the sheriff
OF Haywood county to settle taxes with
State Treasurer.
No. 142: TO provide for election Of cot
ton wcighers for Arson county.
No. 143: TO amend the charter of the
town Of Mount Airy.
No. III: To protect fish in Scuppetncnr
river, Tyrrcll county.
No. rs: To provide for a taE TO be
paid on acts amending the charters OF
corporations, by requiring That double
the amount be paid the General Assem-
bly, than the Secretary Of State.
No. 1f6: To allow commissioners Of
vo,toopo,v courtv 10 ea1l mart of no
jail Let.
No, III: To regulate the times Of hold
iro court ~ 1ackeon county
No lis. To authorize thc Toxavav
Cor,rsn, ~ f,rnisb wino ana Ii,,or. ~
the bona fde guests of it's hotels in
jackson and Pennsylvania counties.
No. 1t9. 70 authorize the commission
crs Of Jackson county to levy a special
tn.
No 80. TO protect certain game
birds.
No. 15f. no amcnd chapter ono hundred
and ffty-nye of Private Laws of 1899.
No. 1872: To Incorporate tho town of
stokes in the county of Pitt.
No. 1913: To provide for the working
of the public roads ard highways OF
smfthneld township in the county or
Johnston.
No. 1874: TO regulate pay Of Jurors in
Craven county.
No. 10: To amend chapter 1e2. Laws
OF 1889. amending the charter Of the
of Franklin. in tho county Of Ma
con.
No. 155: To prohibit hunting game on
the lands Of another in Robson county
without permission Of the owner.
No l3E 10 amend chapter 29S Of the
Public Laws Of 1899.
No. 15S: To repeal chapter COZ, Public
Laws Of 1901.
No. 135: To amend chapter %. section
J. Acts Of 1901, relating to the Superior
court of Stanly county
No. 169: 10 provide a better system for
working ana maintaining the public roads
in Jackson county.
No. 1e1: To prohibit hunting on the
enclosed or fenced lands in certain coun-
ties.
No. 1G2: To incorporate tho Bank Of
Alexander, at TaylorsvilIo. =. e.
No, 1G3: To provide for the sale Of
property in which there Is ! contingent
remainder, and nonc Of the contingent
rcmaindcTlacn are in essc.
No. 164: To authorize Clay county to
subscribe to the capital stock Of the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17

Senator Pritcnard's negro and anti
negro policy is many hued. He helped
to put 1000 negroes in office IN North
Carolina when the negro could vote. NOW
he is turning them all out OF local Of
fees but has secured the appointment
., tho nagro Gilmer as Lieutenant in
the Army. The objection to negro Of
icers in the army has been pronounced
everywhere.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17

Tbo R~onublica official who ever crit
icizes the bosses must plte the uuS''
pone. the boodle-raiser, who was ar
restod by the Madison postmaster, Is 10
ha nromoted as Assayer Of the Mint al
charlotte, while Mr.. Lewis the pos'hio0
fer at Madison, who exposed the 1llesa'
assessment of postmasters is to be KICK
cd out Of office. That's the Repaoilcan
idea of discipline and public service uh-
der Civil Service Reformer IeooSe'o
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17

10 woman ever loved a man enough not
to pretend TO somebody that she wa not
60 sure about it as she would like to be-.
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THE ACTS.

No. 100: To authorize the mayor and
aldermen of Waynesville, Haywood coun-
ty, to issue bonds for the Improvement
of the water-works and electric light sy8-
tenn, for the payment of certain indebted
ness and for the liquidation of street
bonds falling due in 1907.
No. 121: To authorize the commits
sioners of Haywood ounty to levy d
special tax to build bridges.
No. 122: To amend the charter of the
town of Jacksonville, Onslow county.
No. 123: To amend chapter 12I, Laws
of 1901.
No. 124: To amend chapter 3l8, Laws
of 1889, compelling butchers to keep reg
istration.
No. 125: To authorize the commission
ers Of Haywood county to levy a special
tax to meet general and special indebted
ness.
No. 126: To protect fish in Elk River,
Watauga county.
No. 127: To change the boundary line
between North and South Clinton town
ship. Sampson county. This puts the line
midway through the court house for the
purpose of giving both townships a vot-
ing place in the court house.
No. 12S: To enable Elizabeth City to
issue bonds.
No. 129: For the relief Of Evie New
ran.
No. $50: TO provide for the commits
sioners Of the town of Washington is
suing bonds to pay existing indebted
ness.
No 81: To fix the time for holding the
courts in Madison county.
No. 1872: To amend sections 6 and 10.
chapter e, Laws Of 1889. relating to the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17
NEW LAWS To DATE
FuII List of the Acts and Res
oIutions Of the Past
Week.
RESOLUTIONS.

TUT 1rC riC TI5T VTTh III" TCnTTTI -I5-
sembly has enacted the following laws:
RESOLUTIONS.
No 10: Joint resolution providing for
the II of 500 to George A. Jones.
judge of the Sixteenth Judicial district,
for services in holding special term Of
court in Buncombe county.
No. II: Joint resolution to pay Miss
Sarah w. Burkhcad $500 for typewriting
for Committee on Propositions and Gricv-
anceS in the Belvin case.
No. u: To appoint a special commit
tee to examine the State Prison with Il
view of ascertaining the practicability
and cost of converting it into an asylum
for the insane or for some ether State in
stitutiOn.
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tie influence of the wind, without the
uncertainty of the craft entirely de-
pendent on sails. Men Of business
who wish to enjoy the pleasures Of the
sea cannot indulge themselves. for the
reason that there are so many possibil-
tiles Of a delayed return, owing to the
absolute dependence of the craft on
wind. weather and tide. but with the
auxiliary yacht this element is entirely
eliminated, and when the wind dies out
or the tide is unfavorable, it is cnly
necessary to start the engines and
proceed without loss Of time.
The presence Of the propeller hanging
idly on the bottom of the boat when
the sails are in use has always been re-
garded as a drawback to the complete.
ness of this combination, and many
ways have been devised to dispose Of 1t
under these circumstances. There has
been recently invented folding pro.
peller shown in the accompanying cut.
which has the merit Of novelty If moth
ing else. This one Is so arranged that
when it is in use it Is as effective as
any other, but tn, minute the engines
Ire stopped and the sails raised 1t folds
I'D of its own accord, and the blades
are disposed of in such a way that
they in no way impede the forward mo-
ton of the boat.
The blades are shown in the accom-
panying cuts In their closed and open
positions. The invention is that Of Ar
thur W. Learned.
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If the temperature is too low for COM
fort, it Is moderated by the use Of a
small stove, sometimes an open fire.
Draught is furnished by digging a
tunnel through the earth beneath the
shed, terminating in length of clay
pipe. When b fire is started the air
is sucked through this conduit, and
that keeps it burning brightly.
These men and women realize that
every breath of the pure atmosphere
is q bar to their ailment, and their
eagerness to be in ito inhale it's
not strange when one considers the
years some of them have fought to re-
gain their health.-years of suffering
and endurance which none could ap-
preciate save those who have the same
affliction as themselves. Recognizing
natures remedy. it may be said that
only when considered absolutely neces-
sary is medicine or stimulant admins
tered, and the comparatively few who
require these are usually recent arri-
vals, whose systems have been weak
ened by long duration Of the complaint.
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Not in the Bible.

"There are a number Of sentences
not in the Bible which everybody
thinks are there" said a clergyman.
THE chief of these sentences is: He
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
You would search the Bible pretty
thoroughly before YOU would tind that
sentence in it. Where you would find
it would be in Stcrne's Sentimental
Journey
"Sterne gets good deal Of praise
for the origination of this sentence.
but it was originated. as a matter OF
fact, before he was born. In a COL
lection of French proverbs published
in 1904 we find, 'Dieu mesure lie vent
q 10 brebistonduc.' That convlctS
Sterne Of plagiarism.
"In the midst Of life we are in
DEATH Everybody things that is in
the Bible. It isn't, though; it is in the
Burial Service.
"'That he who runs may read This
is another sentence supposed, wrong.
". to be Biblical 1t is not Biblical,
though the Bible has something very
like it, namely, That he may run that
readeth.'
Prone to sin as the sparks fly up.
ward The Bible nowhere contains
those words.
ga nation shall be born in 4 day.
The nearest thing to that in the GOOD
Book is, Shall nation be born az
oncc%"- "-Philadelphia Record.
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Charm of Circus Life.

There is Il charm, fascination
about circus life that is hard to eX.
plain" said i veteran Snowman. 1T is
surely Il tough existence. being buffet.
ed about from place to place, often
without a bed to sleep in, and the
wages, outside of the salaries paid to Il
few stars, are amazingly small. Yet
when man once gets i taste of circus
life it's all up with him. He's never
good for anything else and never
wants to be. There must be germ,
bred of the sawdust, that gets into his
blood. Take the canvaS2r. Tor in
stance. They get $50 month and
their board, which usually consists of
bad grub and an imprOmptu bed in a
wagon. Often they don't take theil
clothes off for weeks at a time. There's
one fellow know who possesses more
than the average intelligence. He has
trade and during the winter he
makes, on an average, $40 week. And
yet, just as soon as the circus season
opens, he throws up his job and goes
out on the road with show for $40 q
month. In almost every town the
management is besieged by men and
boys who want to go along. and many
Of them offer their services for theil
board. It's queer state Of AFFAIRS
Philadelphia Record.
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The Sporting World.

Ouggleby is pitching great ball for
the Phillies.
The new race track at Los Angeles,
Cal, will be called Ascot Park.
The football game between Princeton
and Annapolis has been cancelled.
Harvard expects to have the new sta
dunn ready for the big football games.
The upper end Of the New York
Speedway has recently been resur'
faced. -
Gold Saint Won the Albany Stakes at
the Saratoga (N. ~ race track and
James r. Keene'8 Futurita, at thirty
TO one. beat the best sDrlnterS.
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Went Himself to Death.

A sixteen-year-old boy has died in
Brooklyn, and the physician in charge
of the case has given excessive weep
ing as the cause Of his death. 1t
brought on heart failure. John Grows
ley was informed that an uncle to
whom he had been passionately at
tached from babyhood had fallen from
the cars and been killed. He began to
weep Historically and nothing could
stop him. He sobbed all night and
through the next day. He wept
through the funeral and after he cama
home. His parents finally called a
physician, but the boy died few m1n-
utes after he arriyed.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Hobbies.

When man realizes the supremacy or
the inner sight he will be able to enjoy
life's sunny side in larger degree, for
he will then see things as they really
exist. We are proud to magnify every.
thing in these days Of struggle and
competition, hence whatever we enjoy
or suffer is exaggerated and of short
duration, says the Brooklyn Eagle. We
are too impulsive and too unstable to
apDreciatc the sweets and comforts OF
life. 1t behooves US. then, to study
concentration. and this can be accom-
plished in no more practicable manner
than adopting a hobby of some kind.
Yes. a hobby is the thing. 1t is one of
the secrets Of real happiness. Did you
ever notice that he who harbors pet
hobby or study is less selfish and more
communicative than others? This get
ting away from self is equivalent to
rising above the clouds and seeing the
sun in all it's glory. Of course. the bet
ter the hobby the higher will be the
aspiration for still finer things.
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STARVING e.. MEN. O. MARCH
Foodless Miners in Alaska trying TO
Reach Yukon River. A....
some Fall With All Hope Of succor Gone
But Are Saved just in Time
"A Relief Expedition. - a.

Tacoma, Wash.-Two hundred food
less men are attempting to cross the
Alaskan divide aud make 500-mile
journey through the wilderness on Ma
zina River and the Copper River VAL
ley to Tanana Valley and the Yukon
River.
These miners joined stampede to
Nazina last spring, and finding there
only shallow placers. determined to
push on to Yukon. Most of them sold
their outfits, understanding that sup
plies could be purchased at several
posts in Tanana Valley. In this belief
they were mistaken. Walsh e Law
renee, owners of the trading post at
Tananar Crossing, had only D small
stock, and most of this they gave to
the. impoverished miners as they,
passed along.
News of the mems destitute condi-
ton was carried to Fort Egbert, on the
Yukon, by Henry Bratnober. Of San
Francisco. noted mining expert, who
represents the Rothschild family in
this country. Bratnober saved three
men from starvation, and urgently rec
commended to Captain Perkins at Fort
Egbert that he send military relief
".pedition to the rescue Of the foodless
.liners, whose number was stated to
Bratnober to be not less than 200.
Captain Perkins Immediately wired
Washington for authority, and is pre-
sumed by this time to have dispatched
a detachment Of soldiers with supplies
to the Upper Tanana Valley.
The msnNrescued by Bratnober were
P. A. Retig, of Delano, II. Y; William
Krahm. of Baltimore, and Herry Beh-
rens. of New York City.
When Bratnober reached them these
men were lying down exhausted in
small tent, being too weak to move and
scarcely able to speak. For several
weeks they had lived on berries. Brat
nober furnished them with provisions
from his pack train and inquired re-
garding others along the trail.
Retig has spent two years in stam-
pedes to Koyukuk. Nome and Nazina.
He formerly lived in Philadelphia.
Bratnober is known as the most con-
servative mining man in the West.
He said at: Dawson that without doubt
many will perish unless assistance
reaches them and he fears some al.
ready have died. of starvation. He
praises very, highly the generosity Of
Walsh and Lawrence, who gave away
their stock, though provisions were
worth 81 per pound.
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tails which have been constructed and
equipped purposely to care for pull
monary patients will be needless, and
consumption in its advanced stage
almost as rare as smallpox or yellow
fever; yet, judging by the results
which have thus far been attained.
there is a possibility of this state Of
affairs coming to pass. and not far in
the future. The fact is, that out in the
open. even amid snow drifts of winter,
there are elements which have more
curative properties than any compound
which has yet been prepared by the
chemist, and the one who is not too
9ar advanced in Illness to spend nights
as we'll as days living in almost as
primitive manner as the Indian of the
last century can he restored to health
without the necessity Of going thou
sands of miles to sojourn on noun
tain top or in a land where snow is
unknown.
| At a recent gathering in PittsburS.
Pa, one Of the most prominent
physicians Of the State made an ad-
dress, in which he gave his formula
for the cure of tuberculosis. 1t was
this: Eight hours day in the open
air, unless the weather is so inclement
as to make this practical impossi-
bIlity; q clean, healthy diet. consisting
largely Of milk and eggs; and the
exercise of proper precaution against
infection from the germs of the dis
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-16
CALEB POWERS SENTENCED
Thrice Convicted Murderer Of Gov
ernor Goebe| to Be Hanged.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURTROOM

Brother of Victim Overcome when He
Realized That His Work For ven-
geance Had Been Successful - Con-
dernned Man Once the Secretary of
State of Kentucky.
Georgetown, Ky.-Caleb Powers. for.
merly Secretary of State Of Kentucky,
was convicted for the third time of the
murder of Governor Goebel and sen.
fenced to death.
Judge Robbins overruled a motion
for a new trial and fixed November 25
next as the day for the execution.
At his two previous trials, which
were reversed by the Court of Appeals,
Powers was sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
Powers counsel permitted him to
make speech to the jury in this case
He made an impassioned appeal to
them. declaring that he was innocent
of the murder of Goebel and had no
knowledge Of it. Those who heard
Powers speech thought it would have
considerable effect on the jury, but this
proved to be untrue. The jury retired
and soon brought in verdict Of guilty
as charged. Caleb Powers. like the
man Of iron he has proved himself
through all his trials, received the YER
dict without emotion. When the jury
went out he was sitting chatting with
friends, and aside from glancing up as
the jurymen filed out, made no move.
After this cursory glance he turned
to his companions and resumed his con-
versation. "Its an unjust verdict, not
warranted by the evidence" declared
Powers. Il shall certainly appeal
again."
Arthur Goebel, a younger brother of
the murdered Governor, has spent prac-
tically the whole of the last three years
working on the case, and it is largely
to his efforts that the confessions of
others implicated in the murder were
secured. He collapsed under the strain
when the verdict was announced. He
has sworn that he will do nothing until
LIS DIOlueL III uEutE S dftuSeu NY Lue
law. Immediately after the conviction
and sentence of Powers he sent this
telegram to brother who is in the
West:
Powers trial ended. Sentenced to
death"
At the two former trials. which took
place here. Judge Cantrell presided.
For this trial, however. Governor Beck
ham appointed Special Judge Robbins.
From him the attorney for the defend
ant secured the granting of an appeal
80 the case to the Kentucky Court of
appeals. 1t was this court, when COM
posed Of Republicans, that twice
granted new trials for Powers. The
court is now Democratic. Should it re-
fuse to grant q new trial the counsel
for the defense may try to get the Uni
ted States Supreme Court to take the
case under consideration.
Powers was removed to the Scott
County Jail Immediately after sentence
was passed. to be held there pending
the appeal Of his case to the higher
courts. A telegram from indianapolis
states that former Governor w. s. Tay-
lor said: "This verdict affects me very
much. I cannot say word"
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TAUGHT IN SCHOOL OF THEFT.
Coy shoplifter Caught in St. Lsuis Ex-
poses Chicago Institute For Thieves.


poses Chicago Institute For Thieves.
ST.. Louis, Mo.-Fred Spies, the boy.
shoplifter, who was arraigned on seven
charges Of petit larceny preferred by
various department stores, has admit
ted to Chief of Detectives Desmond
that he was educated in the art Of
stealing in Chicago school Of crooks,
and that he was sent to st. Louis Oh
purpose to steal,
He said that he sent the stolen goods
to a fence in Chicago, conducted
by the persons who taught him to
steal, and they disposed Of the prop
erty, sending him part Of the money.
He had 4 letter, written in German,
and inclosing money order for $500
from Chicago. 1t commended his ef-
forts in st. Louis, and made sugges-
tions about what he should send in
future.
Spies gave Desmond tine names of all
the persons in the gang, and Desmond
hopes to aid the Chicago police in cap
turing the entire bunch. According to
Spies story many boys are educated
in the same way that he was, and
afterward are sent to other cities to
steal for the gang.