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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
ANOTHER SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGE NEEDED.

There IS no provision in our Con
stitution for holding a term of the
Superior Court if the Judge assigned
to hold it is sick or is otherwise I'M
able to hold it. Experience shows that
all the judges cannot be expected to
be we'll all the time and that they
have the same sickneses in their fami-
lies that come to other men.
The counties are put to heavy eX-
pense whenever a judge is prevented
from opening court or is called away
before the business Is finished. AND
yet there is no remedy. Websters
Weekly, discussing the loss to the
state in the retirement of Judge Shaw
from the bench, SAYS:
The next Legislature ought TO
make .Judge shay iud-c-at-large to
hold special terms Of the superior
Court and relieve other Judges in ease
of sickness and other |contlheencleS
We make this suggestion because
there is need of a special Judge tor
this Kind Of work and because we
want to see judge shaw continue in
harness Tho state needs him far
more tina he needs the position
Aside from the fact that the State
needs Judge Shaw, there is need Of q
! Superior Court Judge To meet the de-
, mand that often arises by sickness OF
= Judge or sickness in his family or
he demand for special terms greater
than the Superior court judges can
| meet. Under the Constitution no
.iudge-at-large" al be chosen, but a
| district Of a single count could be
created where the business is small so
| that the judge Of that district could
| he what the doctors would call an
"emerGency' Judge. ready to hold
special terms and supply the place
Of those judges who were u~navoida-
blv detained from a regular term Of
court. The need of such a judicial Of
fcer has long been felt. 'rhe position
ought not to be created for any indi
viduaI and ought not 10 be created
at all unless It will save money and
expedite justice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
MUNICIPAL

The greatest newspaper west OF the
Mississippi is the Portland OregOnian
of which Harvey w. Scott is editor.
He is IN editor of the old school and
his personality is rs great a factor on
the Pacific slope as that of any edi-
ter in America. Discussing the street
railway situation in Portland and re-
ferring to such enterprises as street
railways, water, gas and electric light
ing, the O~regonian W.
"All these things ought to be, and
for best results must be. monopolies.
all public utilities should De
publicly owned. And for other real
ons The greed of private eXploiters
ought not to be allowed to capitalize
these things excessively. and compel
the public to pay un~cOnscionable rates
to supper such capitaiization-as now
in Portland. With most of these utili-
ties in private hands,
The city that gives a franchise for
any public utility is robbing it's citi-
zens to enrich a few men with money
and is dead to the best interests Of al
its citizens today and tomorrow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

The street car trouble .. t
ohio. grows out Of the rt.. ..
street company refuses
the lawful order Of the gIle ..
remove its tracks from t..
When they refused. tho r...
ploycd five hundred men a..
work digging up the track I"
there was a corporation Jaa..
With an injunction-tho I..|
vice corporations always has.
tap-to protect the street ...
pany in it's defiance Of law.
The company that seeks i.. g.
keep its tracks on the streets
n five cent fare. Two comI...
ding for the new franchise on..
turn for the franchise to carrs f.
gers at 3-cent fares with I'll still.
rate in the future If conditions
warrant it. The company F#
now doing business offers for 10
extension TO sell seven tich...
quarter and to give free transfer
In this emergency it i= l...
for Cleveland that it has 81 u#
the grit and sand pos-c-eet t.
Johnson. If every mayor lH As
could be inoSslated with t.r
Johnson civic courage ana F.r.+
neutrality-suspicious. would
go out Of business. Instead of t-
for the people too many u...
still and see the streets pa .".
control of corporations that a
furnishing the people the fhua
municiralitv should furrJ-h. .t .
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
TWO EMINENT TAN DODCII,

The richest man in ChIsae.
some months ago-MarahHN I...
had made the foundation of |#
tune Of $3.50. 10000 i'm fH.
management OF AN HONORABLE" 0#.
He had invested his earning
cago real estate from whirn #.
millions. In all his long a.. .
career. nobody ever said ha r.
dishonest dollar. He died s
the confidence Of the Am.-....
pie and sermons were pres. FL.
the example Of q rich ua.
name had been sn.I+'..
with questionable TRANSACTION
yet, now that a true e#tIu##..
estate is made the fact com"
he paid taxes only ON $L.5"# "..
$3.50, 900, 900 property. THE
taxing authorities have .#a".
Ger requiring tn estate 3"
900 i'm back taxes.
This week there died f..
n OF the richest men a." #.
Russell Sage. His forta-.
ove 800, 100000. H WAS
man in his private life
stemious, free from r#ta..#.
vas regarded as q close
people said he was sting.
regarded as an homes.
chief fault was his nEeG-
Of money and his Wi.ltu-a
hard bargains with tho.
in financial distress. A##
hat he is dead. il j. a#..
ne paid tax on less thaH f#1
dollars-nincty-scveu u.
of his property ESCAPING
If these two men. ta. -
class lodged their taxes
facts with reference t1 -
aires who did not stand
Mr.. Field and Mr.. Sag
tinct source Of rcgra- =.
had regarded these maH
type Of the very rich m@a
they did not scrupIe a0oa.
Just payment~of their l.
the cost Of government
How can the rich taxed
reached?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

me Corporation Commission of
Virginia holds that the Legislature
could not compel railroads to sell
LOCO mile tickets at two cents unless
the buyer of a single ticket is given
the same rate. In North Carolina
the demand is that everybody be given
the rate the railroads have fixed for
the 500 miles ticket. That is 2 rea-
sonable demand. The rate should be
lower where the increase of the road
Will justify it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

The Washington Posts comment
upon Secretary Taft's exortation to
North Carolinians to join the Repub-
llcan party, sums UP the real situa-
ton when it says: You cannot fash
ion a sow's ears into a silken purse"
The Post shows it understands North
Carolina Republicanism as well as if
It's editor had lived in this State all his
life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

The Westinghouse char
stockholders with usiu- .
the company for his n
same Westinghouse p.-
Ryan to restore cOnt#"'
Equitable management @.
giver Morton was put "a.
That's a sample of TN"
given b. the mamul".-
grafters.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

Joseph Addison Brown has been
twice so near the Congressional nomi-
nation that he could almost taste the
heart and both times it escaped his
grasp. But both times he came up
smiling and named the successful
nominee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

If Buffers Subsidized News con-
tlnues to abuse Hon. w. w. Kitchin,
his majority in the Fifth District will
be doubled. Already true blue Demo
Gratis "love him for the enemies he
has made"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
All For$1.70.

There has never been offered
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as we are offering under the
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The Farmer and Me-
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journal:
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AL SPACE Democratic weekly
newspaper:
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Thus for One Dollar and
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ror particulars, address
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

If you talk poverty. hin poverty
tand act poverty long enough. Won viii
be convinced that there is nothing but
, poverty for you.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31
OWE WANT TIL REST

The view taken of the relation be
tween the employer and the employee
in the great ''protected" Industries of
this country is we'll illustrated by a
story told recently by Mr.. Stephen A.
Knight, of Rhode Island. Speaking of
the man for Whom he once worked in
a cotton mill. a man who was once
Governor of the State and a great adj
vocate Of "protection for American Ia
Dor" Mr.. knight said:
ct was his custom to make n con
tract with his help on the 1st of
April. On one occasion a mother OF
several children who were employed
in the mill complained that the pay
seemed small. and suggested that a
better contract might be offered her.
"'You get enough TO eat, don't you? ?
asked the employer.
Just enough to keep the wolf
from the door she replied.
"And You have enough clothes to
wear, haven't you?' he continued.
"Barely enough to cover our
nakedness,' said she.
"'Well,' said the employer, ending
the interview, we want the rest And
he undoubtedly considered his point
Of view the just NJ reasonable one.
If the working people get enough
to keep the Wolf from the door and
barely enough to cover their naked
ness, while the great governors and
tariff barons get 1.-THE rest the aim Of
all tariff legislation is fully accom-
plished. American labor is protected.
and the country is prosperous. accord
ing to Republican ideas of prosperity.
This rotten, odious. devilish system
that rObs widows and orphan child
rem of the fruits of their labor in or
der that ''protected' interests may
prosper is bad enough; but the lying
pretenSe that it is for the benefit of
the laboring people is much worse.
h excuse is worse than the ~offense.
Yet the poor people Of the mining and
manufacturing districts too often ac-
cept both the system and the pretensp.
End vote to fasten the evil upon their
fellow citizens for all time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

1t is all explained when We know
that the name of the new nominee for
Congress in the Sixth District is Han
nibal. His competitors thought it was
henry. If they had known his war
like appellation. his competitors would
probably have said earlier: .Don't
shoot; We will come down.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07

made palatabie, and the little man put
bis head down to it timidly, smiling
like a kitten.
Now do sit up to the table. We just
make ourselves at home here
| thanked her and stole a hasty
glance at the sylph by her side. The
resemblance was striking. Take a
lew years from the shoulders of her
mother, or give the daughter a little
more avoirdupois. and there you are!
The hair, the hands, the eyes, even
the dimple were the same. Both were
eating and chattering with every or
gan nature had given them for those
purposes, but they were accomplish
ing these diverse operations with n
unanimity that civilization scarcely
sanctions. The mother was discuss.
ing with her mouth full, the viands
before her and the labyrin.hine vexa-
ton OF the servant question. supplying
the material OF the one with her knife
and emphasizing the points of the
other with a fork full Of kraut. The
daughter was gesticulating with both
Nhi'S anu iOlh, "HlIt IOlilHS unueT
her tongue her admiration of Han.
del's sacred music and a goodly por-
ton of corned beef and cabbage, in
response TO some words of mine.
you haven't eaten at ALL" protest
ed the landlady, as we rose. will
you be a regular %boarder?"
Tn only a transient | said, seiz.
ing upon the word her sign had sug.
sested.
Most Of my boarders are" she said
sadly.
AS | sat eating my dinner among
familiar surroundings, Bigot looked at
me with pleasure.
All" he said, your walk has
brought back your appetite"
Yes" | assented, there's nothing
like a good, long walk to cure a man"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07
Nutrition Sacrificed to Looks.

The rice that IN on the Ameri.
can table looks mushy; the grains
seem all mashed together instead Of
being distinct and large.
The trouble (sometimes due to the
%cookins) is usually explained by the
statement that our rice is of inferior
quality, though there is no better rice
in he world than our Louisiana and
Texas article.
The fact is, our public won't buy
any rice unless the grains shine and
glisten. Consequently the first thing
the miller does is TO put his rice crop
through a course of polishing, by
which the covering Of the kernel is
rubbed off, at the same time the most
nutritive part.
The result is that he gets a beautiful
almost sparkling grain. which sells
well, but, inasmuch as the covering
has been removed, the grains when
cooked lose their identity and become
a mush.
The public can procure the unpol.
ished rice if they will insist on the
grocer getting it for them, for pol.
ishing' is an extra process which the
miller will lie glad to abandon.-Coun.
try Life in America.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07

beautiful than ever, and my heart
would have followed her blue apron,
whether or no.
HUBERT" exclaimed the wife as
she led me into the cozy sitting room,
and the little man shifted like a
shadow into a corner.
When she had left us, my eye wan.
dered about the little room. Every.
thing vas as | would have It, from the
organ standing open in the bow.win.
dow to the pretty prayer book lying on
the table. 1t was here that she lived and
moved and had her being. Everything
in the room awakened a feeling of de-
votion in my heart, from the bowl of
na.cissus, arranged by her hand upon
the wide sill, to the work basket and
bit of unfinished needlework lying
whore she had left them upon the
easy chair.
| sat down and let my feelings run
their course. | longed to cry out, to
sing, to kiss the prayer book sancti.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07
Altering the Wind.

A country gentleman observed his
Irish servant at the top of a ladder
doing something to the weathercock
on the stable turret. "Hullo, Pat" he
cried, what are YOU up to now"
The mistress wants TO go for q
drive replied Pat, AN she towld me
to put the pony in the dogcart. But.
fax, it's blowing so nasthy an cowld
from the aste, an she is so purity and
delicate, that | thought I'd be afther
tyin' the bla.gaurd Of a wind round to
the so'west with a bit of string an
keep il there till she had her drive and
come home again. "-LondOn Taller.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07
Wedding omens.

Married In Jauuary's boar and rhine.
Widowed you'll be before your prime.
Married in F%ebruary's slccty weather,
Life you'll tread In tune together.
Married when March winds shrill and roar.
Your home will lie on a foreign shore.
Married meath Aprirs changcful skies,
y checkered path before you lies.
Married when bees DER May blossoms fit.
Strangers around your board will sit.
Married In month Of ~roses-June-
Life Will be one long honeymoon.
Married In July. with flowers ablaze,
Bitter-swcet mem'rics in after days.
Married in August'S heat and browse.
Lover and friend in your chosen spouse.
Married In golden Septcmbor's glow
smooth and serene your life will go.
Married when leaves in October thin,
Toll and hardship for you begin.
Married in wells OF November mist.
Fortune your wedding ring has kissed.
Married In days of December cheer.
Loves star shines brighter from year To
year.
New York Press.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07
"l'm only a transient" said.

fed by her devotions. What! | would
write on the fly leaves the verses |
had composed ITO Phyllis Playing"
with the hand of a duchess, the
organ she touches,
And touches the hearts of the people
to prayer.
While her left one it thunders. the
right II works wonders
With tremulous trebles of sanity"
Il beg your pardon, sir"
The old duifer shufled himself
about and looked up in surprise. 1t
was my guilty conscience had dis.
turbed my thoughts, but he was her
father.
You live an ideal life here, sir"
/ said.
Yes" he replied; Eyes, I haven't
much to do. My wife looks pretty
much after things"
There was a faint odor on the
quiet air. a fragrance that was like
a remembrance.
THE neighbors are cooking cab.
bage,' ! said to myself, and | walked
to the window, thinking up a pretense
for closing it.
Then ! noticed the silence was not
as intense as | had imagined il my
tranquility. There was the insistent
sound of high voices coming from
somewhere at the real OF the house,
1t had all the competitive cadences OF
Spanish children quarreling, and the
vivacious determination of sparrows
in the crOtchct of a tree.
| sat musing until supper was an.
bounced.
1--WE cat early because Title has
company nearly every night" said the
landlady.
"Oh, mamma" giggled her daughter,
a%ccenting the last syllable like the
Young thing in Lady Windemere's
Fan"
do YOU like corncd beef and cab.
Dagc, Mr.? | never can remember
ramcs, We're that fond of it. Tillic,
pass me Mr., Umummum's plate"
"WCll-cr-I lunched very late" |
stammcrcd,
She piled my plate high with the
fragrant %delicacy,
"Tiilic, get your fathers broth
Till" approached with a Ircnchcr
hat only her fair hands could have
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07

Copyright, 1865, by Daily Story Publishing Co.
| was in love. | knew it from the
way | dreamed. from the way | sighed,
from the way ! ate.
Old Bigot sized me up at break.
fast, but he guessed wrong.
You're not fit this morning" he
said, after the other boarders had
gone.
| let ii go at that.
II saw you at church yesterday"
he said, after awhile.
Aha! This was different. why
hadn't | thought of him before?
Yes, yes | said eagerly.
1T was a fine sermon" he went on.
Yes; who Is she?" | asked.
"She?"
THE %organist. swear ! never saw
any n so good, and so pure and
so fair,'-l was getting over my head
-"so-ah-sympathetic in the inter.
Iretation of sacred music" | added.
She's a new one he said. Yes.
terday was her first day"
| waited for him to go on, but he
seemed to have dismissed her from
his mind.
"What-ah-did you say her name
was?" | v%entured. as he rose to 90.
Name? Oh, the organist-Tilliott."
This was something. ! went TO my
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07
Open to Debate.

Mrs. Rcdcheke must be all OF 40
years old, isn't she?" asks the unwise
husband of his wife.
she surely is" responded the wife.
with some joy in her tones.
How do YOU suppose she has pre-.
served her good looks" asks the un.
whiting husband.
Has She" demands the wife. ia ac.
cents through which float suspicion.
accusation, jealousy and general con.
domination Seattle Post-lntcIf,gcncr..
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-07

She sits by the organ in church,
and | swear
She's divine, and she's human; an
angel, a woman,
No others so good, or so pure, or
so fair"
"rhe rhymes better, but l think |
prefer Phyllis as a name
Bigot was alone at he table when |
went down to luncheon. He watched
me pocking at my plate for some time,
then he said:
Young man, you're out Of condi.
ton. You ough, 10 do something. A
walk, sir, that's what you want. Go
out and take a long walk.
The very thing! Perhaps I'll meet
1~illie--no. Phyllis" | said to myself.
Il think | shall take a walk" | said
aloud. THANK you, Mr.. Bigot. The
very thing-a walk" and ! went out,
after an hour or more on my toilet.
To the church first, of course-as
though | should meet her there on q
Monday. The doors were closed and
the iron gate was locked. 1t looked
desolatc as a wrcn's nest filled with
snow. | strolled down the long street
to the end Of town. | %quickened my
pace and crossed to the river. |
paused to ponder. Must | wait an en-.
tire week. | returned + the church
and was fortunate enough 20 meet the
sexton coming out. | FASTENED to
greet him.
Whore docs she livc-Miss Til.
liot?" | cried.
"TeClyacht?" he repeated yacantly.
The fair girl with the wonderful
eyes and the pretty little dimple just
by the corner of-the organist," |
added bluntly.
"O-or! Mees Ott?" and he told me
the street.
Then it is Title" unused, almost
disappointed. "Ah. we'll" | sighed
deeply, and hurried to that old-fash.
toned quarter, ST. Claire Court.
Suddenly | stopped. My heart
seemed to melt. A sign:
BOARDING.
Mrs. Title OFT.
Transients.
Mrs. Title Ott-marrled. Support
ing a worthless Observation-Disclosures
drudgCry-cruclty, perhaps
My mind tecmcd with such concepts
and | was fettcred, as in a dream.
While | stood thus, ~nerveless, the
roor, apologize figure of a superfluous
man shufled around the house.
The %villain!' whispered. Yet
there was nothing of cruelty in his
pale eyes. His body seemed to en-
tend from the loose old carpet Slip
pers, up through a collar two sizes
too large for him, without ever touch
ing his clothes.
lie was about to set his foot on the
newly scrubbed portico, when the
Goor opened abruptly and a voice
screamed:
"Hubert!' with a throaty, upward
infection.
Immediately he began such a scrap.
ing upon the door mat that | thought
he should never have done, and the
speaker stepped out before him.
"Ah, this is the mother-sne is not
married. | said, mixing the pro.
nouns, ana my heart began to rise.
She was fair and ruddy and wore her
sleeves pushed up on her plump arms,
in a way that somehow denotes what
is known as a capable" woman She
seemed the kind Of woman that rare
Ben Johnson would have called "bux.
ON"
"Thatll do she said, when "Hu.
! crt' had satisfied her with his cere.
mOny ON the mat, and he softly melted
through the open door.
was approaching the mother Of my
divinity with my hat in my hand. and
was about TO speak when something
~ her glance seemed TO pull me up
Ike q sharp pull or the snanle. The
mat, | quickly stepped down and fol,
I "a ss.l ~ l.L,sf'F ,tsAt . -. 800
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Was?"
little cubby-hOlc, three flights up, and
threw on a fresh log.
20, the face of my Phyllis is fair as
a lily's is
There by the organ in church-and !
swear"
| wrote the words as they came.
HIM" ! unused, "Tilliotr: Did he
mean Tilliott or Title Ott?"
20, the face of my Title j. fair rs 4
lily,
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AN ID O u
BY o McCHEYNE

Copyright, 1906, by Daily story Publishing Co.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28

Grantley Berkeley tells in his life
and RecollectIons" how a member for
Ludlow In the last parliament OF Will
liam Nv. tried to make a maiden
speech, and, rising In his place, with
a very bald head, known, too, as he
was to everybody as one of the oldest
stagers in all the ways Of the world,
he began, with great affectation of In
experience and with an exceedingly
mild voice, Mr.. Speaker, am but a
young member On hearing this as
sertion from so well known and crafty
a man, possessing so venerable a pate,
the entire house roared with laughter.
Twice he stopped, and three times he
commenced with these words, but 1t
was useless. The house would not
listen, and he never to my knowledge
essayed to speak again, or II he did the
sight Of his bald head set his audi
ence In roar"