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stared out of stockings that were in
rags The wind howied down the
street. swooping into the halt-cuddy
where he stood like a bird OF prey
with claws Of ice that cut to the bone.
The small face showed the stolld
pain of Indifferent determination. And
the curious thing was that ii was only
too evident that the boy did not nave
to work. Doubtless he knew 1t from
experience. He was too utterly pa
tnetic TO have failed of charity. his
appearance was his meal ticket. with
fire and covering thrown in. He was
that most independent Of ali things
Il waif of tDe streets. SO ] wondered
Why he worked on such d day and
turning back to the wind, paused Tor
converse.
Got a steady job have you?' !
opened.
The boy stared dumby. drawing one
Claw Of a hand across his eyes weep
lnS in the Wind, and ! repeated the
question.
"Nawsir: ter boy left
What 90 you do thc resi- of the
,ime?''
He shifted uneasy feet: "Nuiiin
Where do you live?
''Wid Unc' Peter.
What does Unc' Peter do
Mcnds shoes
What pay do you get?
Ten cents
Get. any peanuts
Heretofore the boy had answered
because he was afraid not to do 50,
Now his eyes flashed and unconscious
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or in their mills, ETC.; then upon the
arrival of the immigrants they could
be sent on IN their work without de.
lay.
The present prosperity Of the
United states causes Northern and
Western labor and capital TO find full
scope in the Northern aud Western
States, hence the difficulty of inducing
people from those States 70 come to
North Carolina.
There seems to be but one solution
TO the problem and that is that our
state must look to the European
countries for immigrants. In Europe
at the present time the outlook Tor
labor prospects is very dlscouragine.
and vast numbers of progressive citi-
>enS of those countries are looking
for more profitable fields for their la
Dor and capital.
Never before has North Carolina
been i'm 50 good 8 position to receive
and profit by the incoming OF both
labor and capita, and never before
has there been such excellent oppor-
tuniii"s for obt;lining these.
Several years ago the General As
semlly established an Immigration
Department under the SuuerYlston of
the Commissioners of Agriculture. II
there existed demands for the estab-
liShment or creation of this Office sew
eral years ago. then today there is far
greater necessity for it, for the ma
terial and progress of the state is
far advanced of thar time. J was told
by the Commissioned Of Agriculture
that there were some results from the
establishment of this deDartment or
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immigration, however, would have
the power to induce the bost class
of immigration 10 come through said
Bureau or immigration Agent.
The farming interests of the State
have been seriously impaired by the
exodus of the negroes from the farms
to the villages towns and cities The
sapped the country to great extent
until some aid and relief is demanded
at vour hands.
A large proportion of the fertile
lands of the State are now out of cul-
tiVatiOn and settlers TO buy, rent or
cultivate these lands will aid greatly
in bringing the State forward and
thus help to develop its vast agricul-
tural resources.
1t should not only be the duty Of
the Immigration Bureau or agent to
bring out lIbOr, but capital as well,
and if thought best or necessary q
trip should be made by the Immigra
tion Agent to some Of the European
countries for this purpose. The Blu
reau or Agent should also aid in any
possible way in helping the immi-
grants on their arrival in finding
suitable work, not only on the farm
but in the cotton mills, lumber mills,
logging camps and other enterprises
of the State as well, and to send or
advise the immigrants to go where
they are best suited for the various
kinds of work.
If ! am correctly informed. the
State Constitution REQUIRES that In :
state Immigration Department. which
has been abolished. shall be kept up.
The tax payers of the State should be
entitled to the results without cost
to themselves or to the Immigrants.
Every citizen Of the state should be
entitled to file his or their application
with the immigration agent for such
help as they may need on their farms
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IS
THE THING NEEDED
Such is Mr.. SWaringen' S
Argument.
HEPOiNTS TO RESULTS
A New Era Has Begun in the State,
and Good Immigrants Are Needed
TO Carry Forward The Wave
of Progress, He
Declares.
HEPOINTS TO RESULTS
nv W. r. SMARINGEN.

Time has now arrived when every
citizen OF the state should lend their
services for the promotion of any OBJ
iect which has the ultimate aim of
uplifting aud advancing the State 5
vast and varied resources, and espe-
ciallv along the lines of agriculture;
and lust how this can best be accom-
plished must be determined by you
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Surely he is the unfortunate man
who has within him the perspective
Cf life. who is too modest to imagine
himself beyond his limitations. 1t IS
there that humour is born, and that
wit flourishes. There is a sub-current
OF lf-faggelation i'll every bon-mot.
That man who can pick the frailties
OF his fellows so that he can bring
laugh is self-condemned of his own
weakness. And hard as it may sound,
humor is in its essence an apprecia-
ton and an understanding of human
faults. Amusement lies in the pat
things spoken of conditions that we
recognize. possessing them in our
selves. It is the serious man, pseudo
giant by his inability to see himself,
who lacks the humor and by the very
defect can afford to laugh at its dis
play The rest are here on Sufferance.
Except they be in the close corpora
lion of birth or genius they may Tot
thrive, but must stand at a distance,
earpirg first, then seeking crumbs.
Are not the most attractive men the
failures? Any one can count them or
his fingers, as long in the catalog
as he wishes They are the whole
souIed people these men with a sense
Of humour the IneE one wants 10
meet. to talk to- to get in a quiet
place-when one has time. Even the
serious are diverted as with Il toy,
though they can not understand. Your
wit is generous of himself. He gives
without hope of reward. He lives al
ways for others. Great endeaVors are'
things that he reads of; they might in
tercst him did they not take SO much
thoupht--and there are SO many
things to think of that matter not at
all and are yet so much the more
worth while. Always he has the COM
forting thought that he might if he
would. But he knows in his heart
that never can he play the role. He
could not keep the face; his per-
Spective is too clear Il sense He would
hot be what he is were he not near
sighted; aud. lacking mental
strabismus. it is hopeless road TO the
top. the distance to the summit being
ali too clear. and the delights of the
vaysdc all too plain. Who would
have gone to the top and had the
towers also must wait TO pick them
IN the other side; and then their fra
grance will be lost. The pity that
hangs about the life of these beings
with the gift of humour these rare
exotics Of life. who bless the air and
are swallowed up in time infathom-
able is perhaps largely imaginative.
but very real. For, with it all, the
man with the laugh grows like his
brother with the sober eyes, shot
through at times with the uneasy
sense Of what he might have been,
each jealous of the other, each salts
fed with himself.
il is always irritating TO me To sec
man who can make a joke at work.
He goes about it halt-hcartcdly,
apologetically. 1t is not his bent He
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with the club thrown in. Up-to-date
civilization ought 20 make some pro-
vision for the man with fun IN ms
heart with idleness in his veins. Gu
riously enough he is almost always
poor. possibly by resultant effect OF
hcredity, and some work is a necesSl-
ty For he is always luxurious. He
can do without with laugh, but he
wants With an abandon of desire that
Croesus would give his soul to own.
Practically he cares nothing for re-
suits; it is things he is after, OF the
body mostly by restriction to the
limited value of his labor, by prefer
cree of the soul and body also. lie
dreams of life in the wilderness and
would perish without his daily cof-
fee in bed. He is philosopher with
out the courage of his breed. be-
cause he discounts his work, it is
constantly losing investment. Yet for
the foolish things that he wants, Will
he work his fingers to the bone, ana
revel away for his desires what his
serious friend would make the ground
work of a useless power. Almost is
the best of them like the little negro
that / saw on the streets of Ralelgh
on the coldest of the days Of the
freezing weather which has just
passed.
The boy was turning incesSanty the
crank of peanut roaster. That he
was a shiftless child of the slums was
Us evident as that the day was colu 10
the point that the small black hands
which held the iron handle of the
machine with stiff tenacity We're ashy
grey through the inability of the skin
TO turn blue. Yet there he stood ana
turned and turned the crank. his
small coat was ragged, greasy, old.
His thin shirt tapped open az the
neck. His shoes had holes through
the sides. The emaciated ankle bones
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mathematical JapS forced inward inch
by inch their bloody Gordon, this cor
respondent elected to describe. the TAX
ing of one of the minor forts, "173
Metre HILL" / believe, which was just
under "2O3." 1t was an inconsider-
able fort, strong. yet scarcely valuable
except as one of the many short steps
towards the goal He drew the set
ting to the night assault in words that
glowed with descriptive genius. One
could almost hear the howl and the
shrieks of the shells tearing down the
giant ravines across which the JapS
stumbled and crouched and advanced;
could almost see the attacking force
huddled close under the rocky hill
they were to take while the night
quiyered with the splutter of death,
and the giant eyes of the Russian
search-lights and star rockets suffused
with q gnome-like light blackness
cut with myriad tongues of flame.
shivered with the bellowings of hills
in torment and thick with the fumes
CT heavy clouds of rolling smoke! And
then the moment when the fury of
the bombardment rose to it's height,
and the nimble JapS went up the rock
Of the fort like ants, the targets of
thousands of rifles and hundreds of
screening guns, the actors on a mimic
stage pelted by the wrath of the
world, standing out black and d stinct
in the pltiless glare of electricity to
victory at the trenches at the bayo-
nets point.
Yet hellsh as all this was drawn
one still bore in mind that the fort
itself was an incident, a point, scarce
III a link in q chain of miles of giant
defenses.
But, nearly at morning the victors
returned with a Russian captain
grimy with battle, his arm in a sling
fat. bearded. miserable. His son had
been shot before his eyes, his wife and
children he had not heard from for
nine months, yet it was not for them
that the tears ran down his beard, or
that his big body shook on his legs
III their baggy trousers.
81 took my pistol and stood at the
end of the trench, to shoot down the
scoundrel who tried to desert" said
he but there were too many running
What could l do against so many?
Oh! my poor Emperor, my poor
Country"
! Captain of some hundred men in an
Insignificant fort, the blind pawn
ti9rown ont to mayhap change the di-
rection of the play, or retard the
game, not more than a molecule in
war, the Russian. officer and his trench
were alike forgotten and dismissed by
| both Japs and Russians. Yet to him
| Port Arthur. with himself, had fallen
! 20 the ground, and Russia was already
disintegrated and dissolved.
The story was pathetically ridicul-
Gus. And yet the thought in it taught
! the forceful lesson that it is in the
| self-centreds character of the indi-
yiduals that the big things of the mass
have their birth. How long Port Ar
thur held out came chiefly from the
| men who could not see beyond their
own noses, the captains standing with
pistols drawn at the end OF the
trenches, each the limit of the en-
pre-!
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This lack of perspective was
tnoughtfully brought out in a strong
descriptive article in Il current maga-
zine from a special correspondent
who was an eyewitness of the opera
tions eliminating in the capture of
Port Arthur Under the spell of The
writer's powers one saw and felt the
srstneSs of the scheme of the de-
fenses aud the scope of the Japanese
cndeavor That. however, was but the
setting for his story. He at any odds
knew the value of perspective and the
fact that IL is the particular group
ing that gives a picture of words or
color its chief and strongest value.
Prom tho mass of engagements that
proceeded almost every day for four
months. while the tireless. precise and
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IL is always irritating To me To sec
a man who can make joke at work.
He goes about it half-hc3rtcdly,
apologetically II is not his bent. He
needs the blue Sky and the country,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-11-02

rasi.r~ ~ he estvsrsass vii BE- hsis Ia
ssilinsses ~ ksii1e aecsass 81 he lsct
~ sccemmadsssaas ~ hi1aishsry.
Tue hsedsebsry coiisss ssss 81 he Ham
Iitas cenv~atssr vws !. y EAsts. x<. 81
ws<shsrr, W.. G, A. Aeses w, ~ ~.
yapos. n. r., ". l.. Bsrrsu VI. 81 Corr-
vel, Carl A. Psrssps u-. ~ Kssi walpeis.
hass George I~srsse Us. u wsIls River.
VT, ssmsei y ,Bessfcrf. go. ~ Bafssp. n.
r., James Moore. VI. a. osssds. N. r.,
ssa rsonu n. Ncssss, VI Of Bsssie. N.
Y. Among tscss 90 The prcgrsm o. spsak'
ere 81 that oonventsoE vers Psshsni n.
". suykss 81 lisniltos CoIiexs. H.n. VII
liam Trvsrs Jerome, al New yort, Rev.
Dr. q. Y. Gi6Hd. cf Baas o, n. r.. aud
Ernon J. Rdxssy, q Ssw Ycrt, Editor
q Evsfysodys Magazine. Albeit l., hlalr,
81 Is sstos, sdisor Of the Besioe Jcsrnsl,
sss toa,tmsssxs Of the hsraast. ~ Je-
osas uho 10 member of The Amherst chap
ter, Of co9rss. sss sIaos TO attend. and .
teieGfsm. ssprssslnE appreciation Of bic
beld stand and vond rial nxhs In New
York, sAs ssEt By kis. fraternity Of broth.
efs,
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--cAar,ss RAsdAil, cf Manchester. has
hsea Ia ,esn rpsirisG Bis bars and ssssr
ho1ss.
VIII Reesssos 10 10 Haup,os, N. r.,
vorliag sof his brcthef-ia-iaw, bert
WoodArd.
Mo ds<r or mes we're shot, 10 tovs
dsrins NE open se~son - fAr - We have
bxes able 70 Iesrn.
w o. wiess 10 moving Into Hsrmos
Tsck "a hosss p.ar his mil And viii DO .
large ancsni Of vsrk 10 he lumber bssi.
neat.
-csnsisersbis interest hss ben shcvn
Ia the extra meesisss held In The hsshodis,
church and R,v Mr.. Muller. Of Rapsrt viii
.peak Taesdss evening".
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Canvas Vermont from one end to the
other, inquire into the local conditions and
experiences 1t the score and scores Of
beauty spots that have every natural right
To be famous ~ summer resorts, talk with
the hotel keepers and railroad men that
dsiiy meet the travelling public and know
what IL wAnis--and Almost without eXcep-
tion the same story 10 heard: Vermont
needs or &c date summer hotels before che
can hope 10 erloy her proper share OF the
summer tourist and summer resort bual-
meas.
The Messenger 10 right. Vermont needs
and must have more hotels. The Summer
Bosrder Business 10 In many ways OF great
benefit to the State. The home market 1t
makes appeals directly TO the farmer. The
increased passenger, freight aud express
business appeals directly to the railroads
and the increase In business during the
summer months appeals directly TO the
merchant
The Increase in real estate values caused
BY the purchasing Of farms and village
properties by the Summer Boarder" In.
crcsses the grand list and helping mater
iAlIv to ray taxes, appeals directly to every
citizen and every tax payer. This "Sum.
mer Boarder Businessni 10 an important one
to the State Of Vermont. The press Of the
State can do great deal to push It along.
The benefits to Manchester, Bennington,
Woodstock and other resort towns are very
apparent and can be practically increased
and enjoyed al over tho State. But adver.
tisIng In various forms 10 necessary and also
. practical and sans license law. 30 that .
summer resort hotel can supply their guests
with their requirements In = proper and
legal manner. We shall have more TO say
on this subject from time to time and shall
be glad to print the views Of correspond.
ents on the subject.
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An R.llI,eur.lon 70 n.r ye,k.


The Rutland Railroad will run lie annual
all rail- sruvion TO New York Thursday,
November . d, via Troy and New York
Central r. r. Tickets will Be good going
on al rgSar trains Of that date. and ~iIl
be good rssAfnilg to reach starting point
until Wednesday, N,vember s.h, inclusive.
Rs,ura portions Of tickets must be stamp
ed BY the Tibet agent Of the New Yah
Central r. h 10 New York before they
will be accepted for return passage. Very
los rates will be made for this excursion
~ follows: Ru'lsnd &5.00, wal,ipgford
e4.o0, DAnhy ~ 65, Manchester ~ %, Ar.
lipgton % IS, North Bennington % %,
Bennlng .on % IS, with proportionate Low
rates from intermediate stations.
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svcs JOURNAL Subscribers ~ have not
paid .b,Ir Subscriptions In advance vii In
. fee days resolve bill for the sme. II
there shosid happen TO he any one who
should receive bin who has already paid
for ihs Journal We trust there Will BE- no
delay In advisirs us, ~ IL 10 our earnest
desire to have our subscription llsi correct.
A. no business can be run without money
We hope every ole who receives blu vii
respond promptly, thereby epsblios us TO
70 ahead with the bettermept Of the Jora
NAL according to the lines mapped out.
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Darling Ret,ves.

Chas. II. Darling retired Tuesday from
the ONCE Of assistant secretary Of the navy,
which post he has held since December Is,
1901. He win be succeeded BY Truman II.
Newberry Of Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. Darling has served under four secre-
tAriss--hcssrs. Long, Moody, Norton and
Bonsparte. lie served grea. share Of his
term ~ acting secretary Of the navy, and
while =, the head OF the department sue.
cessfully handled many delicate Questions.
fresident Roosevelt In accepting The re-
signstion Of Mr.. Darling, announced bis
intention to appoint him collector Of cue
toms at Burlington, W. Mr.. Darling left
ycst erday for Vermont.
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Ih. cn,l.,m.s I,.. sl.n q

About this time Of year there comes sIy :
~ into our back town eommunitlss, SCENTS
from the cities qaifinx where ,eusg
spruce trees can be urd. Tn uz,th %
persons direct them to farmers whose back
pastures are ''growh up" TO dane Ma.
lures mosl bountIial np, oirsl tim -
hese farmers are short - motley aud
.hor,-sishted and 10 III ~ obsbIlil, unaware
II the present, ~ y, u ~ prost tc,ive, vsiue
u lhese lands which are sg.in TAXI . on
their original coat. y d ~ Tor the psltry
sun Of one csHf apiece they y rmtt sh'se
vpltares 70 10 upon their premises, select
cut The best developed, ~ veil a. he most
beautiful specimens, cot them ~ several
fee, above the ground, leaving the stub be-
low to take up space, absorb the noorish-
ment Of the soil and destroy the looks Of
The whole field.
To prevent this abominsble waste our
legislature worked hard to frame bill last
fall, led by our present attorney general.
but WAS unable to devise plan that would
stand The test Of constitutional Law.
That We, wbo.so dearly love the grand
old state OF our birth and permanent resi-
dence, should be compelled To see his
ruthless work Of dest uction % on wi b.
out being able to put a single obstacle in
ils path by way Of legislative enactment Is
indeed, narrowing to the soul.
But there is one remedy left Let us
brand these sneaklng thi. yes with the mark
OF Cain, 30 far - any social or businefs ! :
tercourse 10 concerned. And,let US ebdeav
or to enllghten our brethren who fall into
their foiis, ~ regards the shortsixhted
policy they are pursuing.
The revenue obtained 10 90 insignia ant
that II can hardly enter as factor In case
the owner can see that there is any value
whatever in their young standing spruce
Nov 1t 10 perfectly surprising how rapid 10
its growth. Land which our fathers moved
Ia today producing heavier crop Of mer-
charitable timber Than the original old
growth. Abandoned farms covered with
second growth timber. "bulr' spruce II
you please, are getting to be the most val
liable Of uncultivAted land 10 our midst,
having . present market value although
not half advanced, a. yet, for cutting
Why then spoil and mu,ilste such tracts
for pittancef II such trees are to be sold
let the buyers pay something approaching
their worth. Lumbermen are wil,iog to pay
to the timber owners one half the net pro-
ceeds. Let the Christmss tree tuyers do
the same, ard share with the land owner
. reasonable part Of the dollars which
they get 10 place Of the cents which they
give.
Yet better far let the mutiatlon Of these
promising trees alone. There 10 no prettier
sight on our hills than those dense groves
Of perennial green.
NJ. HAPGooD
In the Londonderry Sitter
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Delta upsii on Convention.

Al The seventy nrst annual convention Of
the Delta Epsilon fraternity, held with the
Hamilton College Chapter at Clinton and
Utica, N. ", Oct. 2eth and 37th, Il vas
snsnimossly voted 70 have the convention
Of 1900 with the Middlebury College Chapter
Of hiddlebury, W. Delta Upsilsn IL one
Of the largest Greek letter societies Ia the
college world. having chapters In thirty.
seven colleges, including Toronto and Nc
Gili's 10 Canada, and bet ween nlne and ten
thousand members. Next year 10 the IT.
tieth snsiversary OF the Founding OF the
Aiddlsburv chapter, which entertains 10
honor Of that event. The convention has
been held 10 hhdiebsry twice before,
when the fraternity WAS much smaller than
Il nov Is; Senator Justin s. Morrill, vas
president Of the last convention, held there
In 1874. II 10 customary 10 give the enter
tanning chapter the pick Of the ofiees for
tbs year Il entertains. Al ths Hamilton
convention last vssk the following officers
vsre elected honorary president, Hon.
Elijah B. Sherman, Niddisbury 90, OF
CAicago; president, Hon. Fisscher ID. Proc
tor, Amherst 81, Of Proctor; nrst vice ;
president. Thomas II. Noonan. Esq. Md
dlsbuYy Sl. Of Bafislc. N. Y. secoud VICE
prsssdest, CbArlss n. isssss, Stanford -,
Of Ban Francisco, Cal third vice pres,-
dent, Moody ID. Holmes, Midslebury us,
OF Coocord, n. H., secretary, Arthur X.
Bassof, Chicago Ui, Of Chicago; Treasurer.
Thomas T. Boyos, hiddsbary ''s, Of Md
sIebury auditor, Bert l. stsH,rd. Rsq.,
Misdlsbsry Vi, Of Ra,iar q, historian, Prof.
John '. Gensns, unioa 10, Of Amherst,
Mss; poet, Philsp BECKER 0oeir. Harvard
VI, Of BaAsio, n. r.: orator. Hon. waiter
X Howard, hidaisbury "a Of hiddIebsry
esspiaih. Rev. Gibhs BrAisiin, Brown 80,
o. Rstland. TIE sxscstive oosncil con-
tains fgrsdssi<s .of Columbia, Harvard,
swartmcre. Michigan, ChscAgo, Hsmiltcn,
AdsIesrs and Colby. II lbs astsndsrcs 81
recrat cctventIons 10 nsistaissd, neariy
fcas hsDdrcd men viii ais<sd The niddls-
bsry cosvsntses. Th< Mes York, Bos,ou
and CA,cAso nss VII run specials from
tAsss sit'ss, gsh possiss tss' ~ social