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The Washington times., 1905-02-12
No Essence DiseoverabIe.

Allen held the skunk carefully over
the open mouthed bag, and then dropped
him so suddenly past the mouth of the
bag that the skunk could not grasp the
edge. but he did not let SO the tail until
re had almost lowered the animal to
the bottom of the bag. Then he dropped
him and there was no essence of skunk
discovera BILE In the same manner Allen
placed half 4 dozen Skunks in the bag.
Then he put the bag on the ground and
let the animals come out.
Thev. scampeTed about The little yard.
sduintcd their heady black eyes and
tried to squirm into all the little holes
around the edges of the yard They
picked up some scraps OF meat and ate
them as daintiiy as q house cat. After
they had shown how nicely behaved
they could be Allen opened the door and
the animals ran back into the skunk
house ana snuggled up close 10 their
sleepy companions
See how easy it is to sit along with
sIzunIzs'' said Allen as he grinned and
turned the key in the big paddock on
the. door to the skunkhOuse-
While skunk farming may not appeal
to many as a pleasant business. il is a
decidedly remuneratiVe one. for the fur
brings good prices.
Come up an go huntin' with us
sorae night said Bill Allen as the writ
er was leaving.
Say he called after the carriage.
we didn't smell nothin', did YER
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Why It Is Not Fortified.

Thus VIC see that while the imlned-
late business transaction dates back but
100 years. any diplomatic squabbles over
the city now would have to revert to
the surrenders and armistfces of the
thirty years war O618-4S). And the fact
that Wisnar heretofore really was
Swedish territory explains why Ger
many has not fortified the port, which
is considered the finest harbor site of
the entire Baltic coast. Under the
Swedish-Danish treaty fortiiications
were not to be built, ana when the
DucIy OF Meckienburg took over the
M.ace tie sLinmla ton was renewed
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
CurZon Eyre's Idea.

The founder of the Fairy Tale Society
IS Curzon Eyre, of Hampstead. and the
youngest gTay-hatred man I have ever
met Making children happy, he SAYS
IS a far more effective means of retain
ing perpetual youth than bath in that
mythical fountain which Ponce de Leon
sought IN vain
lie rejoices that lie was twelve years
old before he discovered that giants and
giant-killers were equally creations of
fancy He reared his own children on
fairy tales.
They have all outgrown belief In them
now but it is the knowledge OF the de-
light they took in them, and the health
full influence they exercised In stirnu-
lating their imaginations whicn has led
him TO seek means Of bringing fairy
land into slun1land
lie plays the role Of the Pied Pfner
and as charmer Of children his powers
almost equal those of the tabled Hame-
lin musician. He gets no pay for his
services, of course: it is sheer love of
the work that inspires his enthusias sfu
for it.
His three daughters-pretty rosy
checked. bixom English girls-ranging
in age from fourteen to eighteen. take
tha parts Of the leading fairies. They
are rather substantial fairies, as they
acknowledge Iaughingly
But the Zest and enjoyment with which
they enter into the work. their smiling
faces. fairly radiating with happiness
and good will. enable them to assume
the characters far more enectually than
attenuated hirelings could do
The Fairy Boy is played by one Of
Mr.. Eyre's sons, not yet too old 10 have
full command of Il good treble voice.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Carried IN q Net.

Then he went in the skunkhouse, ana
closed the door behind him The sus-
pense was as great as though Allen had
walked into a. cage of lions and closed
the door after him. In q moment he
came out carrying a, big. fat, half
striped skunk in a small net, such as IL
used by fishermen TO land fish with.
only the hoop to which the net was at
tached was larger in diameter. being
about a foot across, and the net was OF
half-inch mesh. The net was ATTACHED
TO q pole about five feet long.
You hold that bag open wide now
said Allen 10 the farm boy.
This is the only safe way to handle
a skunk, remarked Bill, as he picked
the animal up By the end Of the tail,
tenderly, and held him head down. while
he paved the air helplessly with his
front paws.
The only ticlllish part Of putin &
skunk in a bag is gettin' his front feet
past the edge of the bag without lettin'
him git a hold. If he gets a hold with
his front claws, he can git in action,
and he might perfume things UP a bit.
You be careful. boy, and don't let him
git his claws in thet bag, when [ let
him down, or somethin' will happen 10
you"
Jest bet III be careful said the
farm boy, whose anxious face booked as
if he wished he had not been SO curious,
but had remained at home splitting up
the winter wood
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

DufS-SCHWGflil, DuG DeIOHSInR =
legally to Sweden. has recently become
a German city. says the Pathfinder. -
It was pledged to King Gustav " for
q, loan of 81, 600, ,008, and the King Of
SweGen having failed TO redeem It with
In the century. it has passed to the
Duke of MeckIenburg Schwerin, from
whose ancestor the money was borrow
cd.
In the early part of the eighteenth
century Denmark. the most powerful
enemy of Sweden, after the destruction
Of the Hanseatic League, kind of trade
union established by certain German
cities for safety and commercial pur-
poses, captured Wismar and razed the
fortifcations. Afterward peace was de-
clared and the city reverted To Sweden
but with the provision that she should
not rebuild the fortifications The place
thus lost its strength and Importance
and became. instead an element of weak
ness to the Swedes It's great sea trade
was ruined and it's inland trade lost.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

allied the Fairy Tale Society,""
a.l entertainments are given gra-
to assemblies OF poor children
Us parts of the city. They re-
% elaborate preparations or
9pliances. and necessitate small
ure OF money. Their influence
does cease with them.
e awaken the imagination Of the
k. and the books OF fairy tales
re distributed among them
.rature is cheap IN these days
he means of continuing their
ions in the delightful realms Of
lille the remembrance of what
Ve seen helps them to give q
visual embodiment to the
hey read.
present arranged the entertain-
Ike this form: An individual in
stume tells briefly to the chill
o have been gathered from the
he story of the 'fPied Piper OF
- adding that the piper occa-
revisits the earth. accompanied
Of the children from Fairy
$ that the piper has promised
hem a call that night, bringing
n some OF his fairies, and to
some OF his fairy tales and
IN some Of his songs. At this
the sound of a pipe is heard
the hall
he Isl" excIail1ls the EVERYDAY
aan and vanishes from the stage
way for the visitors from the
of fancy
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
AS Harmless as Cats.

Edging his way shyly to the open
door. the writer took a peep into the
skunkhouse. Away over iR one corner,
huddled Into a bunch, Were half hun
dred skunks. smuggling up close to
each other as peas IN pod, some part
ly covered with leaves. and others al
most concealed by the bodies of their
brother and sister skunkS. There were
black skunks there, quarter stripes.
half stripes, and white skunks. The lit
tie animals did not appear to be fright
ened at all. They poked their pointed
noses up I'm the ar and snil 4 content
edly. wondering why they were being
disturbed early, In the morning, lust
at the hour when they were taking
their beauty sleep.
why. them skunks are as harmless
as kitchen cats" said Allen. Step in
and git q close look at them. Don't
smell nothin', do ye?'
And there was no odor about, excent
that rank animal smell peculiar to ali
wild animals.
'1'lI bring some of 'em out here where
We can git a good look at en-" sug-
&c ested Allen. but they don't like the
sunlight very good. Nighttime is the
time to see en-. We let 7em out nights
to run about a little. and then we feed
EN- beer scraps and old east-off stuff
else Why, they scamper around like
kittens, and play jest like EN-"
Calling couHtry boy who had fol-
lowed to see what was going on Allen
told nm 10 hold meal bag open al the
door OF the skunkhouse
Now, I'll bring out five or six an
Put 'em in the bag and then let 'em
loose in the yard all to onct. so ye can
see how they act" said Bin
How in the world Allen was going to
get those five or six skunks into that
meal bag and then release them all
together in the little yard in front of
The house without arousing the ire of
their skunkships to the odor degree the
writer was at a loss to understand and
he backed away from what seemed to
him to be the most ticklish situation
he had encountered in years.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

That article led to a meeting between
Mr. Rickett and Mr.. Eyre, and as a re-
suit, very shortly thereafter, the Fairy
Tal.s Society" was started. Wherefore
Afr, Eyre modestly declares that what
e,sr credit attaches to it belongs pri-
marily 10 Mr.. Rickett
Mr.. Eyre regards the work of the So
ciety as something far more important
than merely providing amusement for
the idle hours Of poverty-stricken child
hood. The development of Juvenile i'm
aginations he regards as a most impor-
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
The Fairies Appear.


nafeIy the piper and his attend
dren from Fairyland are heard
three ships sailing by"
ntering the hall they march up
ter still singing, and the fairies
3 baskets laden with flowers and
are preceded by a fairy boy who
lantern 20 light the way, and
weapon to protect the party
vii spirits during their progress
the woods and forests. Making
Ptrance in this fashion, TO the
L. from the tenements who
attend Christmas pantomi1nes,
3pear veritable beings of another
where all is JOY and happiness.
/ the stage is reached the pfDer
dressed in the picturesque me-
costume Of the famed magician.
he fairy children clad in white
1yyer crowned. sing "'Three Blind
Polly. Put the Kettle On"
E Bo-Peep." and other songs ia
TO the children or the yyen-to-do.
bich are heard for the first time
1T OF the little folk from the sluns.
rer. with that quickness OF child
o pick up simple airs and words.
DIN eagerly in the choruses.
piper then reads some fairy tales
the Golden Book, which he has
1t with him from Fairyland The
# the hall meanwhile is in semi
sss, al the light being concen-
on the stage. which helps main
ne illusion Of the supernatural
ter Of the entertainers.
stories are delivered with excel
ut not overstrained elocutionarY
ana the Juvenile auditors listen
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
THE FAVORED FOURTH FINGER.

The wedding ring was placed on the
left hand as nearest the heart and on
the fourth finger because that finger
was supposed TO have its own private
wire 0n the shape of delicate nerve)
to the heart. TIA, finger, too, was call
ed the medicine i Zer, and the belief
was that by Virt.ts o; the little nerve it
could detect q dangerous poison il sim
ply Inserted in the liquid, From that be-
lief the ifea that wedding rings-the
rings worn on that finger-have special
curative qualities had its rise. To this
day wedding rings are rubbed over an
obstinate sty on an eyelid.-London
AIhpan3oIA
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
2oUeaazzg NlnLoce IL Sza2zAzaa

hood; otherwise the mind is apt to be-
come so absorbed in the struggle for
purely materialistic things that there is
no room-no dcsire-for such develop
ment.
And fairy tales. with the irresistible
appeals they make to childish fancy. al
ford the best stimulants for its early
growth. These is many a man owes
his attainment to that blessed state
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
on lire As The. .NedR Piper
nlcue Society Which Gives Entertainments
Gratuitousy to Assemblies of Poor
Children in England's
Capital.
Capital.

spread abroad the lore of the
Aries; to tighten with the sun
sline Of romance the dreary
yes of the children of sIurnland,
i'm of a unique society which
been started in London.
lccess which has attended its
forts, and the keen JOY with
performances are received by
folk whose lives are passed
most part enid scenes of sordid
show that there is great need
ork. And <iEe fact that similar
is exist in all the big Amer
e les which might by similar
lllz11 be rendered less dreary to the
victims Of poverty, may rem
ee- scription Of this novel associa-
@ interest TO American readers.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

only so-caIled practical knowledge - is
in danger of being sadly neglected.
Happiness" he said to me. t'comes
from within. That was proclaimed ages
ago. but 1t is a truth which every man
has TO learn afresh from experience
AnG nothing contributes so much to hap
piness from that source as a cultivated
imagination. The seeds of it should be
sown in the impressionable age of child
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Took Hint From Author.

1t was an article entitled ''FairyIand
ard the Siam cfild-A Hint tc PhiIan-
thropists' by Arthur Rickett, formerly
on the staff OF Punch, which first sue-
gested 10 him means of giving prac-
ticai effect 70 the desire he had long
cherished. 1t was a case of good seed
falling on good ground and bringing
forth fruit a hundredfoId.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

which finds contentnent without riches
to the bent gwen to his mind by fairy
tales.
II have spent four years in America
and I am convinced that tie need OF
fairy tale societies IS as great there
and perhaps greater-than IN England.
If the idea should be well received in
America. Mr. Eyre may make a tour
there next season expounding and Illus
trating the aims and methods Of the
Fairy Tale Society
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

I'm glad I put on this 81 suit of
jeans" remarked the writer.
why, they'll be as clean when ye git
through here. as they were when ye put
en- on said Allen. assuringiy.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

| TO them with that rapturous attention
which children always bestow on such
tales when they hear them for the first
time.
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
4 CITY THAT IS IN pa WIN

ISMAR, port of 1900 people
on the Baltic, situated in the
German Duchy Of MeckIen-
burg Schwerin, but belonging
The Washington times., 1905-02-12

uately the piper and his attend
dren from Fairyland are heard
The Washington times., 1905-02-12
Fairy Tale Society" "

az
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-04
Season Opens at Chase City.
Especial Correspondence for Sunday s
issue of News and Observer

Especial Correspondence for Sunday 6
issue of News and Observer
The Mecklenburg. Chase City, Va,
June 1.-The trap shooting tourna-
ment which was to have taken place
on the 9Th inst. has been postponed
ewing to the inability of various mem
bcrs of the fraternity to be present al
the date set, and invitations were ac-
cordingly revoked, much to the regret
Of the management here.
The summer season opens today in
fact and without ceremonies.
Several musicians have arrived.
The golf links are ready for the
players, the lawns being in excellent
condition. Guests may now also i'm
dulge in such outdoor sports as arch
cry, tennis, quoits. bowling, etc.
Dr. j. G. Walton and family, of Dan
vile, Va, are now settled here, and
hotel patients may receive every atten-
ton of a most skillful physician inside
the hotel at call. The doctor is a spe-
cialist in the administration of the diff
ferent baths, he having studied under
the famous Dr. Baruch in New York
i'm order TO be scientifically up-to-date
i'm hydrotherapeutics.
About seven out Of ten of the parties
here the past two months express their
purpose of returning here this sum-
mer
Among recently registered parties
here are: Misses Elizabeth M. Crocker
and Grace NJ. Croker, Greensboro N.
c.; Mrs. j. b. Borden and daughter, }.
S. Borden, Goldsboro, n. c.; Mrs Geo.
L. Lyon, nurse and children; Mrs. Joe
Tyler, Durham, n. c.; Mrs. Roger ..
Gregory. oxford, N. c.; Mrs. Ruther-
ford Dula, Danville, Va. George f.
Clarke. Boston; Mrs Peter Hall.
Ridgefield, n. J.; Charles A. Bastian,
Philadelphia; +. Marshall Beilamy.
wife and children Norfolk, Va; M. l.
Gillispie. A. e. Gillispie. Allegheny.
Va Major d. Humphreys and Miss
Humphreys. Norfolk Va; Charles
Wright. G. C. Friend, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Magic. Miss Leonore Walker.
Miss Nell Walker, A. l.. Holiday, Chris
b. Johnson, Richmond, Va; Miss Jesse
Is. Lloyd. +. L. Lloyd, Miss Maude G.
Parham. II. A. Taylor, Boydton. Va;
w St. c. Freeman. Charlotte n c..
j. N. Roper. Petersburg, Va; /. H..
Bridgeway, Henderson, n Z.
The Tobacco Trade Association Of
the United States holds directors
meeting in Richmond on the 9TH inst,
ond there seems to be no doubt but
that the Mecklenburg Will be selected
as the place of its this summers an
nual meeting place as the most con-
venient and appropriate place for the
largest gathering of it's influential
membership. A number of most prom
inent tobacconists make this their
summer resort anyway. The Mecklen-
burg is only few hours ride from all
Virginia and North Carolina main and
small tobacco markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
New Alliances in Europe.

The Anglo-Japanese alliance is very distasteful to Germany, and it Is of course disliked by Russia, against which country it may be said to be directed. It Is also levelled at Ger many and It's holding on the Shantung peninsula. The anti-Chinese schemes of both Russia and Germany have been nipped in the bud, so to speak, and both are irate.
 So both have formed or are trying to form, an alliance in opposition to that of the two insular powers, They pro pose to ask Italy and Austria to join the new combine. France and England have practically become allies, and France will not therefore join the Russo-German scheme. The control of the sea Is conceded to the two insulaI countries, but the new combine hopes to control the land in Europe. But the control of even the land will be doubtful if France and England joir hands, and they certainly will if they are left out of the scheme that the Kaiser and M Wltte are concocting.
 There is really no harm in the Russo herman alliance, and not much good whereas the Anglo-Japanese alliance preserves China, and opens that coun try to the trade of the world.
 The war that Japan fought out is changing the relations of the world All of the recent alliances are products of that war. and the effects of that re markable struggle will be felt to the end of the century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
s,RMINeHAM's NEW LINES.
Railroads Are Reaching for the Big
 Tonnage.

From the Wall Street Journal
 The tremendous activity in the iron and steel district around Birmingham is d. rectly responsible for the energetic ef- forts of southern roads to get part of the tonnage there.
 Through trackage arrangements the Mo- bile and Ohio and the Illinois Central will soon have entry there, while the At lantic and Birmingham Is rushing co r. struction to achieve the same objec:.
 The Illinois Central will get into Bir- mingham over the Frisco, while the Mo- bile and Ohio will use the tracks of tha Ensley Southern. A mutual agreement between Illinois Central and Mobile and Ohio provides that the Illinois Central will use the Mobile and Ohio tracks from Jacksonville, Tenn, to Corinth, Miss, while the Mobile and Ohio will use ths Illinois Central line to be built from Corinth to Haylesvlle, Ala, on the Northern Alabama.
 Because of the great increase in iron steel and coal tonnage, the Birmingham dis trict is the richest field in the south from the traffic point of view. Its yearly business, aggregating nearly 13,Oo0,O0O tons of freight is worth more to the railroads than the entire cotton crop of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
Federal Quarantine Needed.

The fever situation demands first and foremost concert of action on the part of the Gulf states. If single Gulf state becomes refractory In the matter of international and interstate quarantine, the health of all Gulf states is endangered. The business of all is disorganized, and confusion reigns.
 Possibly Alabama may be kept free from fever this year, but this state has not been and can not be kept from the effects of the fever In other Gulf states. All, in other words, should act to- gether, and the coming cold season is the time in which to perfect concert of action together with federal ratifica- tion. The federal government is ready to do the work whenever the states have the good sense to invite 1t to take hold.
 Federal quarantine in one state and state quarantine in another state along tne Gulf would be farce. Effective cooperation would be impossible The true way to do is to disregard the banana, and put the entire control of maritime quarantine in the hands of the federal government.
 IT any state is refractory, then the general government should assume It's rightful powers. It has control under the constitution of interstate com merce, and an incident of interstate commerce is freedom of action. Free dom of action is impossible when Yel- low Jack is lettering in the Gulf states Ane Gulf states can, however, secure satisfactory plan by dealing with the -aeral government on a basis of agree ment, instead of waiting for compul- sion on the part of the federal author- ties. Congress- will certainly be asked to protect the country from the yellow soourge during the building of the Pan anna canal, and the Gulf states should act together before Congress acts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
October in tho Gulf States.

While a killing frost may not occur this month, yet light frosts undoubt- eoly will appear, and the temperature will at times fall below 50 degrees Beyond doubt a temperature Of that sort will destroy, or at least render sluggish and innocuous, the fever mos quito, and when the fever mosquito goes all danger of fever infection goes also. Not over twenty days remain Of possible fever weather in this state perhaps not over ten days in the hill sections.
 1,o case, by rare good fortune, has been originated in Alabama this year, and if we can squeeze through the next twenty days without one, we will be In a good position to congratulate our selves.
 The quarantine instituted against the entire state of Mississippi may seem too harsh and too sweeping, but it is certainly justified by the manner in which the disease has been treated in that state wherever it has appeared In no instance has it been stamped out, and in every instance it seems to have come to stay.
 The inconvenience of a broadside quarantine will, however, be of snort duration. October will be the last month of infection, and in less than thirty days business relations can be resumed. never again to be interrupted, let us hope, by the yellow scourge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
T alks for Hobson.

Edgar l.. clarkson of Tuscaloosa Is reg lstered at the Hillman. In speaking oi the congressional race in the Sixth dis trist MT. Clarkson said: : 'To read the recent interviews of some of the Bankhead supporters you would think that the present congressman was going to have walk-over in our dlstrlct l have been in q number of places m the district lately and it looks very much like they are whlstling to keep their cour- age up.
 T predict that Captain Hobson Will DC elected by much larger majority than Bankhead received last time. In iaet believe 1t is a safe prediction that the Captain will carry seven out of the nine counties.
 "Hobson's fight against ring-rule has enlisted many under his banner that were against him last time"