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The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
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1t was a Chicago child. not yet three
years old, who, having been punished
" her mother, called up her father
on the telephone for sympathy. PA
pa" was the call that his stenographer
heard on answering the ring.
why, it's the baby" she said to
her employer. The startled man. with
visions of disaster in his mind. caught
the receiver and said:
What In 1t, baby?"
mamma banked me-" came the re-
ply.
What do you want me to do about
it?" asked the relieved and amused pa
rent.
Come right home and bring me
pound of candy" said the child.-Lip-
pincott's.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

Since then the name OF the "Mano
Negra" has been conveniently invoked
by the Spanish authorities in further
ance of their aims when anybody sus-
pected of liberal views has figured
In connection with IL murder. The ilc-
ton has run through at lenst half n
dozen causes celebres," the most sem
sational of these being the SO-called
Parilla case.
In December, 1882, BartolOmeO Cam
pos, workingman, was murdered in
Cadiz in fight with his cousin. Man
uel Gage. Both had been members OF
labor organization. but Campos had
been expelled as the result Of II quarrel
with the wife of one Of the members.
Though everything seemed to point
to an ordinary murder. the authorities
insisted that 1t was the Black Hand
One hundred workingmen were ar
rested and seven were gnrroted after
Don Manuel Azcutia. Public Prosecu-
tor of the province. in speech brim-
full of superlatives, had demanded that
the death penalty be inflicted on If
teen of those arrested. Six were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment, and 1t is
through letters which three Of these,
Antonio Valero, Jose Ortega and Sal
vador Moreno. have succeeded In
smuggling out from the prisons of Go
mera. Puerto dc Santa Maria and Al
hucemas, where they were immured,
that the awful fiction has been ex-
ploded.
There were two other cases growing
ont of the same murder, one the ARGOS
case, the other known as 1.-The Inn of
the -Four Wallis case. As result,
these eight persons are suffering life
Imprisonment in Ceuta for completely
in conspiracy which never existed.
To courteous md perseverlng Span
ish woman, Senta Soledad Gustaro, be-
longs the honor of first having brought
the matter to light, and as result
several meetings have been held both
In Paris and London. in the interest OF
those innocently punished.-New York
Times.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

When old images of ivory become
,liscolored. the task of restoring them
TO anything like their original beauty
is difficult. As the cracks remain
black after the most thorough cleaning.
1t Is ont of the question to render them
completely invisible. Still. they will
usually become less conspicuous when
the whole surface of the figure has
been treated to a good rubbing with
soap and warm water. Should the
ivory remain discolOred after n thor
ough washing. fine pumice stone may
he tried. but this should be used with
caution. az 1t leaves scratches. To
Some extent the original polish Gun be
brought bnck. when the pumice stone
has been used. II WASHED: chalk or
whiting be applied with wet soft
cloth.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

There are three Tolstoi settlements
in England-at Christ Church, Pur-
leigh, Essex. and on the Cotswold
Hills, NO long distance from Glouces-
ter, but rather nearer to the town Of
Stroud. The current number Of the
magazine called Vitality has an illus
trated article on the latter colony,
with which the editor was rather dis
appointed" 1t was begun five years
ago on the communal plan, but that
failed. There are now eight huts,
with ten men, four women, and four
children on this Whiteway farm, the
Inhabitants. including two young men,
belonging to a well-known London
family. Government is passive, and
there is non-resistance to wrongs DONE
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
To Remove Rust From steel.

+ Make Il thick paste Of emery powder.
a Tablespoonful of sweet oil, and one of
Iurpentiue. Apply with flannel and rub
with flannel and dry powder. For
rusty steel rub With sweet oil and let
il remain forty eight hours. Then rub
with powdered unsiaked lime until
rust disappears. For wrought steel,
and dry thoroughly. Then rub over
with sweet oil, follow with the lime.
rs advised above. At the end of two
days polish with brush and rub with
soft cloths until the lustre returns. For
steel knives use potato and wood ashes.
When steel Is packed away cover with
sweet OIL.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
Public o~nsr.hip Of . whole city.

Work has been begun on the new
city of TOttenham, which is to be built
by the city of London. This is the
largest scheme ever undertaken by
any city in the world.
To put 1t In a few words. London is
building a city as large as Waterbury,
Conn. for the purpose of giving COM
Portable homes to some Of its over
crowded working people. The new
city is six miles from London, and will
contain 5579 cottages holding 1880
people.
The streets will be fifty feet wide,
with trees on both sides. Five large
public gardens will give beauty to the
new city. and every family will have
separate home. The total cost of this
great undertaking will be $7,P0O.o00.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

A novel method of prolonging the
usefulness of II handsome bat very
aid pair of lace curtains is by applique
ing them On foundation of sheer silk
of pale rose or some delicate shade.
The curtain Is carefully basicd on this
foundation. most of the net cut away.
and the pattern outlined with II soft
linen floss Of the same shade us the
foundation. The effect is really
charming. the richness Of brocade be-
ing combined with the airiness OF lace.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
H5TLIE @.1
lSM s !,
WMzBpog1lg'||
Korea is the e:ranary of Japan.

No circle can be squared. because
3.141G, which is the ratio of the circuln.
ference to the diameter. is not a square.
The Prince and Princess of Wales
are the possessors of nineteen pianos.
every one Of which WAS a wedding
present. .:sn,
The s., 142, 2O7 worth of platinum ex-
tracted in the Gortlagodatski district
of Russia last year Is practically the
worlds supply of that metal.
A sensitive dog will follow the track
of man who is wearing his masters
boots and will reject the track of its
master II he has on strange boots.
Since 1852 more than 10000 convicts
have been sent to French Guiana. of
whom eighty-four and one-half per-
cent. die of disease, hardship and III
sufficient food.
A national pantheon is being erected
by the Mexican Government in the City
of Mexico, the estimated cost being
So, 900, 600. 1t is to be at once menu
orial and sepulchre for Mexico's
great men. ..
The number of persons carried daily
by the elevated trains in New York
City now averages about SOO,OOO.
They travel on the average about four
miles. 30 that the average fare is I
cent mile.
Fifteen thousand cubic feet Of sand
from the dunes of Indiana are now
brought into Chicago. ILL.,. every day
and made use of in the work of raising
the tracks of the city in order to abol-
ish grade crossings.
The Canadian Pacific Railway sold
last year from its subsidy land nearly
1900 600 acres at price averaging less
than a an acre. In the previous year
1t sold less than 1,6OO.O acres at n
price averaging n little over So IN
acre.
Nickel-ln-the-slot machines are in use
in Dawson City. Alaska, for selling wa
ter In the winter. One can put in n
nickel and get Ave gallons of water.
but no more. It is 30 cold there that
the water supply in the houses ia shut
or 20 that the pipes will not freeze
every night.
Groves of the eucalyptus tree, known
as blue gum or mamma gum. may be
cut to the ground for fuel when they
are Ave or seven years old. and every
six or eight years subsequently. The
yield from each cutting is commonly
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

The Shah of Persia does not wish the
public to feast their eyes on the beauty
of his wives. When his numerous
spouses go out for ride or stroll a
troop Of attendants precede them at
a distance Of a few hundred feet.
shouting. Run and hide yourselfr
Pedestrians and all others then scam
per indoors.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

Perfumed gloves are now largely be-
ing sold In Italy, and also exported
from that country to Paris, Brussels,
London, Berlin and other large cities
Of Europe. Some Of these gloves cost
as much as SIS and $50 per pair. "vio-
let" smelling gloves are especially In
favor in Paris. while the ladies OF Ber.
lin are said to prefer lilac and rise.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
SWiNDLE OF TIE
"BLAcK HAND. 81
Famous Fiction Which Has c.oaked
Many crimes.

HEN Nicola Capieilo, a
wealthy dock builder. re-
siding ut lO7 Second place.
Brooklyn, some time ago
received a letter signed
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13

Groves of the eucalyptus tree. known
as blue gum or mama gum. may be
cut to the ground for fuel when they
are Ave or seven years old, and every
six or eight years subsequently. The
yield from each cutting is commonly
fifty to seventy-dve cords Of four-foot
wood per acre.
The Meeker herald., 1904-02-13
ABOUT MOUND BUILDERS
Infinite Patience Required to Work the Flint They Used
&Hi;2
.rIILLICoTHE.

uLLlCOTHE. Ohio.-NO
other part of the United
States has proved such IL
treasu.e house of relies of
mound builders and pre-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

'unprogressive and even reactionary" the
ministry "for the most part may be"
and says that while ''time-servers" they
are not guilty of consciously being so!
That is, they are 'unprogressive, reac-
tionary and time-servers" but they ought
lot to be blamed too severely for they
havn't sense enough to be conscious of
their true position! Is that much of an
Improvement? The preachers, we think,
would prefer to be assailed by vicious
abuse which exposes itself, than be
ritied as ignoramuses who havn't sense
enough to know that they are ''time-
servers"
If a few more friends of Trinity
College take their pen in hand to write
in its defense in the Boston Transcript
the real friends of that institution will
have to utter the prayer: 20 Lord, de-
liver Us from our friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
lSiT ANOTHER CONSPIRACY?

Who is behind the new conspiracy to
grab the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad? Though McBee end Finch have
failed in their scheme, there are others
who hope to accomplish the same end in
n less sensational and more successful
manner.
The organ of the grafters and conspira
tors, the Morning Post, yesterday contain
ed threat to the Governor that unless he
leased the road there was another stock
holder In New York-"a stockholder of
long standing" who will try his hand at
getting the road, and it contains the
threat that ito avoid litigation from any
source the Governor take a course that
will result in a final settlement of the
Atlantic on a satisfactory basis"
McBee and Finch tried to carry out
their threats that they would take the
road out of the hands of the owners if
the Governor didn't lease it p. d. O..
Well, the Governor didn't scare worth a
cent" and Finch and McBee are to be
tried for conspiracy, and sentence in
the penitentiary stares them in the face.
If the Posts other conspirators have any
desire to force the Governor there is no
better time than the present The Chief
Executive cannot be threatened or forced
: by the Morning Post or any other disrep-
tuable conspirators.
AS to the future of the A. and N. c..
R. r., the owners will seek to pursue the
wisest course, and do not care for the
advice of the Post, McBee, Finch, or any
other conspirators or apologists for con-
srirators! Men of that stamp ought to
have learned that the Governor knows
their advice is prompted by selfish or
unworthy motives, and that their threats
are impotent and unworthy of notice.
Let them do their worst!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
WAYS OF THE EMPIRE.

we are getting to be an Empire very
fast. The latest is an order Of the
Pension Commissioner increasing the pen
sion of every soldier sixty-three years
old. The time was when Congress was a
coordinate branch of government, but
row little pension officer, not even
elected by the people, promulgates an
order that adds many million dollars an
nuully to the appropriations, without say
ing to Congress so much as 'by your
leave" What next?
Senator Overman has done well to in
tIoGuce q resolution that will go to the
bottom of this matter Neither he nor
any other Democratic Senator will oppose
Just and reasonable pensions to Federal
soldiers, but they do insist that such ap-
rropriahons shall be made by Congress
and not by an unknown man from Kan
sas, whose only fame prior TO getting his
present job, YVES writing poetry without
1eet or rhyme, and, we might add, rea-
son. MIR. Ovepinan is doing right. but if
he were anybody less than a Senator he
might receive the treatment given to Mr..
Cunningham, Of Oklahoma. The emi.ire and
icse majority seem to flourish under tbs
Rough Rider.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

seek to emulate will not become the
sort of American citizens who built this
Republic upon broad and honorable foun-
datlons where Fair Chance and No
Favors was the motto of all.
The Chicago Advance. printed near DR..
Harper understands the popular feeling
when it says:
THE public is suspicious of an institu-
ton backed by Rockefeller money. Senti-
ment against Standard oil methods is ris-
ing and Intensifying. Statements have
been made that some of the students of
the university found the feeling in their
towns and communities so hostile to the
Rockefeller idea that they went else
where to finish their course. It is also
persistently asserted that this hostility is
proving hindrance which even the great
advantages furnished by lavish outlay
Of money cannot overcome
Right minded people do not wish their
sons educated in an institution where
one professor says Rockefeller is a greater
nan thGn Shakespeare and the students
are called upon to glorify a man whose
only claim to their gratitude is that he
used a portion of his ill-gotten gains to
endow the University of Chicago. Most
men wish their sons taught to make their
heroes men who have shown their great
ness by pure lives and unselfish efforts
for their fellow men, Gladstone and JEFF
ferson in civil life; Washington and Lee
among soldiers; Agassz and Newton
among scientists Luther, Knox and
Wesley among religious leaders; Peabody
and Corcoran among bankers; men whose
money, ii they had it, came by clean and
lawful methods. and who did not achieve
their position by destroying the business
OF their competitors by the modern trust
or other illegal methods.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
BOTH SUBJECT TO CRITICISM.

MIR. d. II. Petree has retired from the
oditorship of the Watch Tower, The organ
ct the Disciples Tor Christian church.
His retirement grows out of difference
of opinion between him and the publica-
ton committee. He is a strong opponent
OF the dispensary and, pending the recent
election in Greenville, vigorously de-
rounced the dispensary system. mas
much as the fight in that town was
against the wide open saloons, the tenn
perance people felt that, whatever his
views, Mr.. Petree ought not to have
thrown the weight of the papers influ-
ence against them. And in that they are
right. The shutting up of the saloons in
Greenville was fight for better morals
and better politics and better govern
ment. Most of the Christian men of that
town were earnestly enlisted in that
forest of the principles for which the
Watch Tower was established for it to
be found doing what was giving aid and
ccnfort to the saloon interests. They had
a right to protest against Mr.. Petrees
zeal and activity at that particular time.
Mr.. Petree is courageous and honest
man, strong prohlDltionist, and nothing
Is further from his desire than to aid the
saloon. He abhors the saloon and uoes
not believe in the dispensary. In holding
that opinion, he is entitled to the respect
OF all good men. But has he a right
when pleading for tolerance, 10 be intol-
Grant in his position and vigorously ar
raign nearly all the Christian people in
Greenville who thought the Dispensary
far better than the saloons? In Wilson.
Kinston, Greenville and Raleigh the tenn
perance forces decided to shut up the sa-
Icons and establish dispensary. Right
or wrong, they were standing for a
positive advance for temperance and they
had TIE right to expect the cooperation,
and if that could not consciel sly be
given, not to have the active opposition
OF the religious press. Because Mr.. Petree
gave this opposition in the Watch Tower.
they had good grounds for complaint and
fer their criticism of his, course.
The retirement of Mr.. Petree from the
paper, however, is to be regretted He is
Conscientious man, and followed his
convictions. To demand or permit his re-
tilement because he unwisely or too Wig
orously asserted his view as to the dis
rensary is not the spirit that ought to
pre- vail. The good men who have done
this have made a greater mistake than
AIR Petree made in his active warfare
against the views of the bulk of his
church 1t would have been far better
to have kindly and plainly protested to
Mr.. Petree that he was rejecting UNI
justly upon the members of his church
ard that, while holding to his own con
he ought not TO doubt their de-
yotion to temperance because they were
fighting for practically minimizing the
evil
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
WOULD BE GRAFTERs.

Kinston Free Press.
If liquid air were gas, such as Finch
injected into his complaint, he might ac-
quire his stock without so much damage
to his private exechequer.
So the Bunch" now is not only Bunch
McBee, but bunch of displeased would
be grafters.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

Hobson is making a live campaign.
Hobson conducted service in the Episco-
pal church last Sunday, and when asked
what right he had to do so, replied by
showing his credentials as an authorized
lay reader in the Episcopal church. He
comes of stock not easily downed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
THE GROWING ROOSTER.

Wilmington Star.
The Raleigh News and Observer came
to Us yesterday with growing rooster
tcI.o-column and next to reading matter.
Cock-a-doodledoo was just making a
great ado over the fact that the sealing
wax failed to stick on McBee's receiver
ship commission. Well, to tell you the
truth, it's rather pardonable for the News
and Observers cock to stand up and flop
his wings after the affair had such a de-
movement
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
IS THIS FOR MCBEE?

Frank L. Stanton wrote a poem /on
The High Flyer" on the very day that
McBee's injunction was dissolved. The
Georgia poet had probably not heard of
McBee's railroad high flying escapade, but
the following lines fit it pretty WE'LL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
A MORNING TONIC.
(Phillips Brooks.

Oh, do not pray for easy lives. Pray
to be stronger men, Do not pray for tasks
equal to your powers. Pray for powers
equal TO your tasks. Then the doing of
your work shall be miracle. Every
day you shall wonder at yourself, and the
richness of your work shall be no mira
Gle. Every day you shall wonder at your
self, at the richness of life which has
come into you by the grace of God.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

A private letter from a prominent law
yer in Laurinburg says: Il am told by
men older than 1 that the gift of $1,000
by Mr.. Mark Morgan to Red Springs Col
Ieee is the largest single gift made by
North Carolinian to female school. II
so. it is all the more deserving of COM
Imendatio
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
McBEE AND OTHER BEES.

Greenville Reflector.
Wonder if McBee could run truck in
the penitentiary brick yard as we'll as he
run the "old mullet." Now McBee and
the other bees, and Finch and the other
stinks, had as well make up their minds
that Charlie Aycock and some other North
Carolina folks can run the ''Old mnllet
themselves, and dispose of it whenever it
seems to the best interest of the State to
do so.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

Smoot is the direct representative OF
the Mormon Church and plural marriages.
He represents nothing else. He cannot
be kicked out any too soon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
THE REVOLUTION OVER.

Elm City Elevator.
The revolution on the A. and N. c. APP
pears to be about over, the States troops
under Commander-in-Chief Aycock having
taken Revolutionary Commander McBee
prisoner and the rebel chief signifying his
willingness to surrender all claims to his
captured position. Peace will soon reign
again along the banks of the majestic
Neuse.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

A Washington city negro preacher, who
was denied accommodation by six white
hotels at Waterbury, Conn.,, said: THE
North is more barbarous than supposed
He should have applied at hotel for his
race.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

Judge Purnell ought to have been suf-
fciently "highly indignant" not to compel
the A. and N c.. r. R. to pay McBee's
bond of one hundred dollars. That was
a burden for which the A. and n. c. r.
Il. got no benefit.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
WHIPPED THE STUFFIN' OUT OF
THE CROWD.

Greensboro Record.
When a receiver was appointed for the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad,
The Record said it was grave mistake
and would so turn out. The prediction
has been fully verified. Never has a
greater farce been attempted. How any
one, much less some of the papers of the
State, could see that good would come of
it is hard to see. If anything, harm has
been done, though it has been apparent
Tor some time that Governor Aycock was
going to lease the property. 1t has also
been apparent that he did not intend to
be whipped into it. Instead he has
whipped the stuffn' out of the other
crowd
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
WILL STUDY FIRST.

Salisbury Sun.
1t is hard to believe that future re-
ceivers in North Carolina will not study
the law of the land pretty carefully be-
fore going into business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

If all the members of Congress would
ho as ird;onapt against the Southern
Railway and Louisville and Nashville
Railway steal as against the Bristow re-
MORT u would be a great thing for public
morals
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
CAN'T FORCE THE STATE.
Murfreesboro Index

With c. B. Aycock as Governor and
Walter Clark as Chief Justice, McBee and
Finch are finding out that they can't force
The State to do their bidding without get
ting into trouble. We believe the people
of the State will stand by the Governor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
Spirit of the Press.

SEND A WIRELESS TELEGRAM.
Durham Herald.
Mr.. McBee might now lay it on MIR.
Finch, if there is any such person.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
LARGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

LARGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
Madison Record.
The people Of North Carolina owe n
very large debt of gratitude to the Raj
eigh News and Observer for the fearless
exposure Of the conspiracy by McBee and
Finch to steal the A. and N. C. Railroad
from the State by the Federal Court
route.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

It's ever so much easier and less expen-
s'Te to get married than it is to get UNI
married.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
"UNFLAGGING PERSISTENCE"

Salisbury Sun.
Even Capt Bunch McBee must recog-
nize the unflagging persistency of Jose
plus Daniels