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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10

"Now. it is a fact gentlemen, as
you may see for yourselves, that my
hair is of a very full and rich tint,
so that it seemed to me that, if there
was to be any competition in the mat
ter. | stood as good a chance as any
man that l had ever met. Vincent
Spaulding seemed to know so much
about it that / thought he might
prove useful, SO l just ordered him to
put up the shutters for the day, and
to come right away with me. He
was very willing to have a holiday, so
we shut the business up, and started
off for the address that was given US
in the advertisement.
81 never hope to see such a sight
as that again, Mr.. Holmes. From
north, south, east and west every man
who had a shade of red in his hair
had tramped into the city to answer
the advertisement Fleet street was
choked with red-headed folk, and
Pope's Court looked like a cOster's
orange barrow. ! should not have
thought there were so many in the
whole country as were brought to-
gether by that single advertisement.
Every shade of color they we're
straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish
setter liver, clay; but. as Spauling
SdIu, there We're not many WIZ Idu
the real vivid flame-colored tint.
When | saw how many were waiting,
| would haves given it up in despair,
but Spaulding would not hear of it.
How he did it / could not imagine,
but he pushed and pulled and butted
until he got me through the crowd,
and right up to the steps which led
to the office. There was double
stream upon the stair, some going up
in hope. and some coming back de-
iected. but we wedged in as well as
we could. and soon found ourselves
in the office"
Your experience has been a most
entertaining one" remarked Holmes
rs his client paused and refreshed his
memory with huge pinch OF snutf.
Pray continue your very interesting
statement"
There was nothing in the ofNe
but couple of wooden chairs and a
deal table behind which sat a small
man with a head that was even red
der than mine. He said a few words
to each candidate as he came up,
Continued on Page Two)
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ooh, he has his faults, too" said
Mr. Wilson. Never was such Il fell
low for photography. Swapping away
with camera when he ought to be
improving his mind, and then diving
down into the cellar like a rabbit into
it's hole to develop his pictures. That
is his main fault; but, on the whole,
he's a good worker. There's no vice
in him.
He is still with you, I presume?"
Yes, sir. He and girl of four
! teen, who does a bit of simple cook
ing, and keeps the place clean--that :
all | have in the house. for | am a
widower, and never had any family.
We live very quietly, sir, the three
of us; and we keep a roof over our
heads, and pay our debts if we do
nothing more.
'"The first thing that put us out
was that advertisement. Spaulding, he
came down into the office just this
day eight weeks, with this very paper
! in his hands, and he says:
"I wish to the Lord Mr.. Wilson
that / was a red-headed man.
/ whats that?' [ asks
"Why,' says he. here's an
other vacancy on the League o1
! the Red-headed Men It's worth
! quite a little fortune to any man who
! gets it, and | understand that there
are more vacancies than there are
men. so that the trustees are at their
wits end what to do with the money.
| If my hair would only change color,
here's a nice little crib all ready for
! me to step into.
"'Why. what is it. them / asked.
You see, Mr. Holmes, | am a very
| stay-at- -home-m man, and as my busi-
ness came to me instead of my having
! to go to t, 1 was often weeks on end
without putting my foot over the
| door-mat In that way didn't know
much of what was going on outside,
J and / was always glad of a bit of
! news
Have you never heard Of the
/ League of the Red-headed Men? he
asked. with his eyes open.
' Never
j "'Why. l wonder at that. for you
i are eligible yourself for one of the
vacancies
"'And what are they WORTH l
asked.
"'Oh, merely a couple of hundred
a year. but the work is slight, and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10

81 won't insult your intelligence by
telling you how / read that, especially
as, rather against the strict rules of
your order, you use an 2rc-andcom-
pass breastpin."
"Ah, of course, 1 forgot that. But
the writing?"
What else can be indicated by that
right cuff so very shiny for live
| inches, and the left one with the
smooth patch near the elbow where
| you rest it upon the desk
well, but China?"
''The fish that you have tattooed
| Immediately above your right wrist
could only have been done in China
| | have made a small study of tattoo
| marks and have even contributed to
| the literature of the subject. That
| trick of staining the fishes scale a
| delicate pink is quite peculiar to
China. When, in addition, l see a
Chinese coin hanging from your
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to keep two assistants, but now |
only keep one; and | would have a
job to pay him, but that he is Will
ing to come for half wages, so as to
learn the business"
What is the name of this obliging
youth % asked Sherlock Holmes
His name is Vincent Spaulding.
and he's not such a youth, either. It's
hard to say his age. [ should not
wish smarter assistant Mr.. Holmes;
and L know very we'll that he could
better himself, and earn twice what |
am able to give him. But, after all,
if he is satisfied, why should I Put
ideas in his head?"
why, indeed? You seem most for
tunate in having an employee who
comes under the full market price. II
is not common experience among
employers in this age. / don't know
that your assistant is not as remark
able as your advertisement"
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Leads n0 North np@Hma Daily Papers News amid

1t need not interfere very much with
ones other occupations.
"Wen, you can easily think that
that made me prick up my ears, for
the business has not been over-good
for some years, and an extra couple
Of hundred would have. been very
handy.
Tell me all about it, said 1.
Well said he, showing me the
advertisement, you can see for your
self that the League has a vacancy
and there is the address where you
should apply for particulars. AS far
| can make out, the League was
founded by an American millionaire,
Ezekiah Hopkins, who was very pc
culiar in his ways. He was himself
red-headed, and he had great SYM
pathy for all red-headed men; so,
when he died it was found that he
had left his enormous fortune in the
hands of trustees with instructions to
apply the interest to the providing of
easy berths to men whose hair is of
that color. From all | hear it is
splendid pay, and very little to do
But said l, there would be mil
lions of red-headed men who would
apply
mot so many as you might think,
he answered. You see, it is really
confined to LOndoners, and to grown
men. This American hat started
from London when he was young, and
he wanted to do the old town a good
turn. Then, again, | have heard ii
is no use your applying if your hair
is light red, or dark red, or any.
thing but real bright, blazing, fiery
red Now, if you cared to apply Mr.
Wilson, you would just walk in, but
perhaps it would hardly be worth
your while to put yourself out of the
way for the sake of a few hundred
pounds
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30

Two Summer Residents at Seaside
Land Big Fish After
Hard Fight.

New Haven, Conn.-When Howard
Ryan, of Springfield, Mass, and ]. A.
LenOx. of Bridgeport, both summer
residents at Milford Point, saw some
thing fiOundering IN a net Just off
Ponds Point near Milford one morning
recently they put off in a small boat
to investigate. They found a shark
seven feet eight inches long tied I'D in
the net. AT great risk they tied a
rope around the sharks tail and towed
it ashore. The shark got stranded on
a sandbar not far from shore and the
two men couldn't get it any further.
Then they started to kill it. Twice
during the struggle the shark managed
to get grip on Ryan's clothing and a
piece in his mouth, Ryan pulling away
in time to save his body Half dozen
cottagers had to help the two men be-
fore the shark was killed.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
CURIOUS LEGAL POINT,
Shall Cremated Corpse Pay Same
Rate for Carriage as Body
in Coffin?

Paris.-A curious case now before
a French tribunal invOkes a point
which has not yet come up for legal
settlement. A certain New York doc
tor, whose name thus far is withheld.
recently accompanied a wealthy west
ern American to Italy,. where his pa
tient after lingering illness died.
In order to avoid the trouble and
fOrmalities of carrying the body to the
United States in a coffin the doctor on
his own authority had the corpse Gre
mated. The ashes were placed in a
small urn, which was then packed
carefully and shipped as ordinary
freight on which he paid the usual tar
if according to weight
The doctor landed on the American
side all right, but the steamship COM
pany discovered his secret and de-
manded the price of carrying a dead
body in a coffin, which amounts to
nearly $50 more than the doctor paid
for the urn's transportation. This he
refused and the case must be decided
at Paris, since it was at French port
that the urn was shipped. The impress
sion here is that the company will lose
the case.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
THIS ONE TAKES THE BELT
Ship Captain Reports Whale Adven-
ture Which Makes Him
Champion

New York.-Capt Won Leitner. of
the steamer Graecia, writes to a friend
here from the West indies that when
his ship was out two days from this
port, which she left July &c, and
steaming south. the lookout gave the
unusual cry:
Whale ahOy."
Capt. Won Leitner from the bridge
needed no help from his binocular to
verify the l0OkOut's statement. Di-
rectly in the path of the steamship a
monster whale was rolling and spout
ing. Sixty feet long is the most con-
servative estimate of its length.
Port your helm" the captain shout
ed TO the quartermaster
The command came too late. With
a crash that made the steamship
shiver from stem to stern the vessels
sharp bow struck the monster. cutting
it squarely in two. The crew ran aft
on each side of the ship watching the
two halves Of the monster as they
fiOated by. The sea was crimsOned
with its life fluid
The vessel was stopped for the pur-
pose of finding out whether the hull or
machinery was damaged by the col
lision. All was found well. and the
ship proceeded on her way.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
TO DUPLICATE EVERY GUN
PrecautiCn That Is Deemed Neces-
sary by the Hawai- General
Beard.

WashingtOn.-Ever gun in the navy
Will have its duplicate to guard against
any emergency anu accident, if the
recommendation OF the naval chief of
ordnance is carried out.
The naval general board, it is be-
lieved, thoroughly approves of it. and
consequently the naval estimates to 60
before the next congress may contain
a formidable item to cover the cost of
producing the new guns.
Such accidents as have happened in
recent years. particularly to the big tur-
ret guns of the battleships. would COM
pei the ship TO go into action in disabled
condition OF be laid up for months in
a navy yard. The idea is to keep spare
guns in stock at convenient points to
Immediately replace the damaged ones
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
SPAIN TlRINC OF ALFONSO.
He Is a Good-Hearted Lad, But of
Little Use to the Needy
Nation.

Madrid.-The Spaniards are busy
just now trying to make out whether
they really have "a good king" or
simply "a gOOd-hearted king" There
is no doubt that young Alfonso's love
FOR Spain and the Spaniards is sincere,
but, so far, he has not been capable
of doing anything practical for his
people.
AS a matter of fact, the condition of
the poorer classes is more pitiable
than ever, and in some regions, espe-
cially in AndalusIa, the belief rapidly
is gaining ground that the son of
Alfonso XII. and Maria Christina of
Austria is not the right man in the
right place.
I'VE are getting tired" said a
Barcelona paper, a few days ago, "of
the platonic love of a ruler who does
not seem able to help us in any prac-
Eical way
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
ScANDALOUS EXECUTION.
Inhuman Conduct of Crowds About
Guillotine in Town in North
of France.

Paris.-The guillOtining of two MUIR
5ererS at Dunkirk recently was accom-
panied with details causing a great
scandal. The condemned were two
Flemish men who had killed for her
money the wife of well-tO-do barge
man in the north of France.
Long before the hour arrived for the
men to meet their fate bowling mob
held possession of the precincts where
the prison is situated The soidiery and
police were unable to control them
The complete decentralization of even
the officials was shown by the fact that
they came near granting petition by
the husband of the murdered woman
that he be allowed, on payment of So 900,
to let the knife drop on the necks of the
doomed men.
They promised him instead place in
the front rank of the privileged spec
tatOrs so that his wife's assassins must
be sure to see him as soon as they were
brought near to the guillOtine This
promise was kept, the old bargeman
wearing a horrible grin of pleasure as
the prisoners met him face to face on
the way to their death. The first man
met his fate bravely. AS soon as his
head dropped in the basket a yell of
savage blOOdthirstiness went up from
the crowd.
There were cries of Death. death.
torture him. as the second culprit was
placed beneath the knife. UnfOrtun-
ateiy. Deibler grew nervous and dropped
the blade unskillfully. crushing the vic
tins head instead of cutting it off.
Then the crowd burst through lines
of soldiers and tried to seize the two
headless bodies and carry them in tri-
umph through the town. but finally were
thrust back by the police only after the
enactment OF a h0rrid orgy, something
like the ancient death festivals.
The last outrageous detail of the oc-
casion happened when the Paris re-
porters demanded that the heads be
placed in a wagon where they could be
Photographed. This was allowed by
the authorities and the pictures of the
heads appeared next day in all the Paris
papers.
Based Oh this execution. strong pro-
test. headed by Joseph Rheinach. will
be made against capital punishment as
soon as the chamber of deputies reas-
sembles
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
Grdre Trouble FOrcwen.

1t needs but little foresight, to tell
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected, grave trouble is ahead,
unless you take the proper medicine for
your disease, as Mrs. John A. Young,
of Clay, N. Y, did. She says 81 had
neuralgia of the liver and stomach, nv
heart was weakened, and / could not
eat. l was very bad for a long time,
but in Electric Bitters, l found Just
what l needed, for they quickly relieved
and cured me- Best medicine for
weak women. Sold under guarantee
by 7. E. PAUL, druggist, at Soc a bot
tie.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
MENTAL BREEDING.
SCIENTIFIC MARRIAGE AS A
CURE FOR DISEASES.
Points Presented by London Ply
sician in Proof of an Emin-
emily Reasonable
Theory.

LOndOn.-The future work OF medi-
cine, said DR.. Henry Maudsley at the
British Medical association congress
at Leicester recently, will be mainly
to prevent and stop the beginnings of
disease; in fact, to teach the body to
die at last of Old age. as every doctor
ought theoretically himself to die.
Might not some good come, he asked,
from systematic inquiries into the pro-
ductiOn and elimination of cOnstitu-
tiOnal disease tendencies and disease
immunities by the marriage unions of
different tendencies and immunitieS? :?
When person had a disease unlike
that which either parent had, he might
still owe it to those variations occur
do physiologically.
What was the constitutional DISPOSE
tion, if any, most likely to cause a ten
dency to cancer? Having regard to
the local invasion and distribution of
cancer, its prOvOcatiOn by local irrita-
tiOn, its more than accidental heredity.
and its quiet settlement in the system,
it seemed probable that its unruly
proliferatiOn of cells, however pro-
voked. betrayed the awakening to ac-
tlvlty OF the silent memories of an
cestral germinal growth
Another point worthy of investiga-
tion was how best TO mate the person
having native tendency to insanity
so as to cancel it in the progeny, or
better still. convert it into good
evolution variation. for that was what
sometimes happened one child of a
homeopathic family dying in a lunatic
asylum, while another rose to emf
nence as poet. painter or orator.
Why, and under what conditions.
was the epilepsy of one generation
transformed into the insanity of the
next generation? How was it that
diabetes and insanity go together in
some families or alternate in them
through generations? When medical
science could answer these and like
questions it might then dictate some
wise eugenic rules.
In concluding an address which was
closely followed by a crowded and dis
tlnguished audience Dr. Maudsley
said 1T was certain that there were
laws of mental breeding yet to be dis
covered, and it was no more unlawful
to inquire scientifically into the nature
of vice and sin than into the nature
and actions of poisOns. Hatred was as
natural as hunger. and stood in no less
need of scientific explanation.
That moral qualities were not de-
pendent upon physical constitution
and have no physical connection what
ever was an opinion which, although
fostered in the supposed interests of
morality. was really a hindrance to the
growth of practical morality.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
Fr0Ud Etp0Sed.

A few counterfeiters have lately been
making and trying to sell limitations of
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
SUMPTION, Coughs and Colds, and other
medicines, thereby defrauding the pub
lic.. This IS to warn you to beware of
such people, who seek to profit, through
stealing the reputation of remidies
which have been successfully curing
disease, for over 80 years. A sure
protection, to you, is our name on the
wrapper. Look for it, on all DR.. Kings
or Bucklen's remidies, as all others are
mere limitations. H. E. Bucklen & Co.,
Chicago, ILL.,, andWindsor, Canada.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
Old Horse at Funeral.

Shortly before his death lately Isaac
". Buck, one of the most prominent
business manof>Bur:ingto Ia, made the
request that his Old black horse. which
served him faithfully nearly all that
time, accompany his body to the grave
This request was complied with at the
funeral. when the old horse drew a
carriage filled with fiOral emblems sent
in honor Of his dead master to the
Odd Fellows cemetery, where inter-
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30

Your neighbor issf pleased with that
set Of :ombstones or monument we sold
them. Give us your order and we will
please you too. Our prices are lowest.
You get first-class work and material.
Write US card and we will call and
show you our line of designs and sam
Piles of marble and granite.
COAKLEY & SIMMS Bros.
Campbellsville. XIV.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
Mohammedan Missionaries

The missionary spirit among the Mo-
hammedans is said TO be remarkable.
In India and Africa they are making
great strides, and now they have in
vaded> London and will erect a $3.50. 900
mosque. Meetings Of a Moslem mis-
sion character have recently been held
in Liverpool and London.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
New Machine ShoD,
AT ESTO, KY.
Equipped with the best modern
Up date Machine Tools.

l am prepared TO do any kind of work on your
engine that it may require, and do it in a first
class wOrkman-ke manner. Satisfaction guaran-
teed and prices will be right-the lowest consistent
with first class work. Try me and be convinced.
l use the very best soft Gray Iron Castings for
Cylinder Rings and Valve work and Piston Heads,
which is the best, for the purpose. known. /
carry line of Shafting and Pipeing and a corl-
plete line of brass trimmings, viz: Iniectors;
Lubricators. Valves. Oil Cups. Etc. Bring on
your Engine work. Machinery work specially.
l am located 3 miles west of jamestown in
Russell Co. on the Columbia road
The Adair County news., 1905-08-30
Worlds Water Power

The aggregate water-power utilized
n the world to-day for electric energy
rs probably 100000 horsepower,
which is about twice the steam power
used in England and Ireland combined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-04
SENSIBLE BRIDES.
Those Who Attend Summer Schools Of
Domestic Science.

From the Chicago Tribune.
June is a suggestion of all that is per-
feet, and the June bride has long been the
seasons most loved and admired beauty of
creation. A world of interest centers in
her How she will look, what she will
wear, the variety of her trousseau, the har-
mony of its colorings, which frock will re-
ceive the most attention and which hat is
the most becomng-these considerations
for ages have commanded woman's mind
and mans pocketbook.
A visit to the School of Domestic Arts
and Science 80 State street, reveals some
of the benefits of evolution The school
has been in session all the year, but, in
order to accommodate the large demand
of patronage, 1t has opened summer
term. The school instructs in the art of
cooking millinery and dressmaking-ail
the things that especially interest young
bride. Time was when the all-absorbng
question was what gownmaker and what
milliner were responsible for the bride 8
loneliness; but time is when the most mar
yelous development is how much the pro-
spective bride is doing for herself. Today
she Is not only a thing of beauty, but
promises to be Joy forever for she is
the outer woman.
rs your prospective bride educated and
accomplished" was asked of coming
benedict Proudly he replied that she
was, and she had graduated in those lines
that round out a skillful and womanly wo-
man And" he added while your wife
is paying SIS to $40 apiece for two or three
hats. mine will have something dainty and
becoming for every gown without making
me gray in an effort to provide for her.
This school is doing much TO give woman
a general education along these lines, and
while the joke writer is grinding away on
the hard biscuits he pictures as the prod
ucts of the cooking school graduate, she
is in reality learning how to manage a
household scientific principles and to
clothe herself artistically and economically,
and this is true, not only OF the bride. but
of the sweetheart, who in the course of
evolution will become bride, and the wo-
man who has already been a bride for
years.
Many of these have not known what they
could do until they made the attempt. The
poor girl who has learned dizziness, ex-
pertness, ability to copy, to originate and
design. and has been a steady and per-
sstent plodder. has been found not far be-
hind in the race, and has been able to
marry and live well on a small income,
while many rich girls have leaped into
fame by a discovered genius in this line.