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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08
Capt. Martins Timely Caution,

Some fifty years ago Capt. Richard
S. Martin was we'll known at the
West End and familiar figure on
School street, in the vicinity of the
city hall, says writer in the Boston
Herald. He had run with the ma
chine and been captain of "Old
Barnicoat," and was later an engineer
of the Boston fire department. He
also carried on the painting business
at 10 Chapman place.
It was his custom to be at his shop
quite early two or three times week,
to see that his employees were all on
time. If any one arrived late, the
same dialogue always took place.
One morning Bob" White was the
victim, and was accosted by the pro-
prietor, who said: "Mr. White, you are
thirteen minutes late this morning. .
"Y-y-yes-yes, sir; but, you see, II
was married last night" To which
Capt. Dick replied:
every well, very we'll; but don't lei
it occur again
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08
Just an Indian Cur.
But a Little Deg Who Was an Altogether
Delightful Companion.
From Carter Hamilton's "Flapjack'' in
ST. Nicholas.
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tie turned one clean half-somer-
sault from nowhere and landed plunk
On his back at my feet I said,
fiap3acks!" That's how he got his
name He was only an Indians cur,
'he fcElornest little waif of lost
puppy, with the most beautiful dogs
eyes haSee YER seen. He scrambled
10 MS 1eet and used his eyes-that
seutled 1t for US. Without further in
PRODUCTION, we offered him the re-
mains OF our dinner. He accepted it
Win three gulps and the stood wag-
sihs nls poor little tail, asking fer
more
we are camping and trailing out in
'ne WIND River Mountains-Brandt
ana back of the Shoshone Indian
observation, and we had halted for
olhner IN small canyon in the shade
vi the rock wall from whose summit
iaplack mad tried his little ocrobatic
@'uAt' whether he came from an
lNu'an encampment near by, which
We nao not seen, Or was just plain
'oSI and tending for himself alone in
'he Wilderness we did not know. He
Nolo US about Tending for ones sell
"niie he ate his dinner, an that il
vas an awful" hard life and some
"ines very discouraging." Afte,
oinher ne told us that our scrap,
were the very best food he had eve
eaten; that our outfit, our horses an,
.a' luie' 'he finest he had ever seen
'' ,nae we ourselves were gods, wise an
great; that he loved the groun
W., We 'iou on, and only asked to sta
"'Iii Us forever. SO he stayed.
jimmy, the mule, returned his comnl
ments unopened, and told him wha
sue thought of him by showing tn
1n1er side Of her off hind hoof an
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08

in camp, in her own opinion, and you
may take that for what it is worth
She didn't prejudice us against Flap
jack. Still, Brandt and l happened
not to share Jinny's opinion of her
SELF Brandt was in the habit of re-
marking on seventeen separate and
several occasions each day that "even
fer mule, jimmy is the low-downdest
one I ever set eyes on
At the sight of her hoof, Flapjack
made a ludicrous little duck with his
head and came back to us, vOlubly
explaining that, "Of course, the mule
being yours, don't you know? she
simply must be the very finest, sweet
tempered animal in the world, don't
you know? and altogether above re-
proach, don't you know?" That won
us completely.
And he never once reproached her
for anything she did-even when she
kicked him into the river. He treated
her with distant courtesy always,
without so much as a yap in her di-
rection. And it wasn't because he was
afraid of mules, either-Brandt and l
will deny that imputation against his
valor to our dying day. Let strange
mule or horse get in among ours, and
Flapjack was very lion of ferocity
until he had yapped him out of sight.
Think we'd better look for their
camp?" I asked, putting the dishes
into Jinnys pack.
what, the purp's Injuns? Not
| much!" answered Brandt. "If they
| haven't seen us, let 'em alone. An
| if they have-why, we've got to wait
!, proper introductions. move we
| hike"
So we hiked, and Flapjack hiked
with us.
We kept on our trail, if such it could
be called: a trail which probably no
white man but ourselves had ever set
foot upon. We were bound for a little
lake that we knew, crammed with
the most innocent fish on earth. No;
I am not going to tell you where.
There are some things you must find
out for yourself, if you are game for
it, just as we did; otherwise, you
don't deserve to know.
After some ten days we arrived
without either adventure or misad
venture, at our happy fishing-ground
and made camp on a little precipics
at whose feet a deep, dark poo
lured monster and luscious rarities.
In spite of his hard journey, little
Flapjack had improved amazingly a.
to health, not as to manners; for from
the first day we knew him he had th
most perfect manners of any dog
ever met. If you flung him a crust
: he so appreciated tit was the YER
: incest crust, the daintiest morsel, on
t could have; just as everything we di
: was simply perfect in his eyes. An
r he wasn't servile about it, either. H
simply approved Of everything We dit
and told us so in an eloquent, dua
: way of his own.
n We made camp for two week
r stay; felled tree for backlog, an
e fixed things generally to be comfor
It able, all under his supervising ey
C And when it was done, and the frlen
n ship fire lighted, he lay down befol
h it as one of us and said, "This
n home"
n So we fished and were happy; ar
[e we fished some more and were ha
If pier; and we 1shed more and mo
it and were happier and happier eve
e. day. Do you understand that fe'
er ing? II you have known ~Wyomi,
os camp-dres, you do.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08
Balsam Pillows.

It may not be generally known that
for the benefit of sufferers from lung
and throat affections, fragrant balsam
pillows are for sale in the stores.
Their use is not confined to invalids
by any means, as many use them for
the sake of the delightful SMELL
Philadelphia Record.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08
VANITY.

Az five 6 maiden's wants are 1ew.s
A ser Of blocks. doll or two;
A little place inside to play.
r. II sn0u!d come a rainy day:
A pair OF shoes. plnafore
] really think of nothing more.
Nor wants she overmuch at ten;
A birthday party now ana !heh'
A bit a. ribbon for her halr,
A little better dress to wear,
PERHAPS a pony cart to drive
biz more than she did at hVe.
A modest increase at fifteen:
A party dress, in red or green.
A room alone that she may nH
With bric-abrac and candlestlcASs
A parasol a fan-and on
/ quite forgot 10 ada beau.
At tvcr.y she is quite above :.
All childish wantsMshe asks but love,
And Dreams of Princes. tall and fah.
Who ro1ae a-Woong and who dare
All dangers and she keeps apart
For him the castle OF her heart.
At twenty-five her fancy goes,
To honpets frlls, and furbelows'
A couDtry place, house in town.
better rig than Mrs. Brown
Or Black or JONES' and just wee
Small figure in Society.
At thrty-well. a little tea
For the distinguished Mrs. b.
Who writes-a Prince to enteftalh'
A long haired Lion to make vain
With silly tricks. horse show oo4
And just litjle plunge in stocks.
At thirty-fve and forty-well
There isn't much that's new to tell.
A little bigger country place.
A rea! good lotion for the race.
And some reduction made in those
One can afford to say she knows.
At ffty-does her fancy end:
She wants-ab yes. she wants 1riehc
10 prove her years were not IN VAIN
She wants those dreams OF youth again.
When princes-errant, tall and far,
Lived, loved and came a-Nooirg there.
AT seventy she wants to know
Why Vanity and hollow show
Tempt Wisodm from its lofty seat.
She wants but ease for equity feet.
And pcace to wonder what must be
The last leafs musings on the tree.
Il W. Foley in tie Net York Times.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08
TURNED ABOUT.

TURNED ABOUT.
Reid-How your friend Shipton mas
changed! He used to be so con''
catire, you knew.
Greene-IsE't he yet?
"No, why he draws hinseal , Ing
into b;e shall now when you're tfs'As
to question him. h"Yon.
.ua,s turned turtle. has he~ :" 'o
kers Statesman.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08
A Dogs Hunting instinct.

An instance of a homing instinct IN
dogs is reported from Buckingham
SHIRE Constable Atkinson, having
been transferred recently from Wray-
bury to Long Credon, took his retriev-
er dog with him while on night duty.
He missed the dog and on the follow
ing morning it was found in its old
home.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08

There is usually law enough to pun
ish any criminal if only it be enforcr
ed, says the New Orleans PicayvnA
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-08

By the most direct route the journ-
ey is over fifty miles, and had been
accomplished in little more than seven
hollrs.-London Mail.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04

Alfred Bunker Of Boston has BECOME
famous. not because he has been a
schoolmaster forty seven years. but be-
cause he has whipped 524 pupils OF the
Quincy school during the last half year
of 1905 The school board has declared
that 1T was not necessary to whip a
single child. and Bunker In facing a
crisis His pupils are hard set. being
largely Poles. Italians, Syrians, Artne-
mans and Jews, and the district Is.
of course, illiterate Consequently, the
pupils of the Quincy school we're with.
out home Influence for betterment.
Their educating influences began when
they came into the school and ended
when they left It. Moreover, 1t was
peculiarly difficult to understand their
natures The duty devoIved upon the
principal and staff OF the Quincy
school. first. TO get close to these chill.
dren Of foreign birth or foreign parent
age; next to keep them In order; next,
to teach them the rudImenfs Of knowI-
edge.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04
CIGARS WILL cosr MORE.

Great Damage Caus~d to the CuhAs
Tehaeeo Crop.
The American charge de affairs a
Havana has reported to the State De
partment that the tobacco crop of tbs
finest regions In Cuba Is almost tota
loss, says the Washington Star. The
destruction Is the result of torrential
rains. which VIII reduce the yield from
a6S.S2s bales, the figures of 1905. to
less than 100000 bales for 1906. This
amount Will in all probability be still
further reduced. as the acreage this
| year Is smaller than that of the pre-
vious crop
The effect OF the torrential rains has
been to blight the seedlings. and the
next crop will be almost fat fall
ure. As ID takes at least ITO days from
the planting of the seed to the cutting
OF the mature leaf. there will be
long interval of distress and short
age
The government has received appeals
for aid from many quarters. and pro
poses series of public works which
will give some relief to the workmen
thrown out of employment and win
tend to control the rivers In case OF
future foods and heavy rains
The shortage in the supply of the
tobacco leaf which Is now assured will I
affect prices to a considerable degree
The market already has been strongly
Influenced, and a corresponding rise in
the price of cigars must inevitably fol-
low The American smoking public 4
will feel the increase I'm price before
the foreigner. owing to the fact that
the American consumer prefers the
green" cigar. while the EnglIshman.
German and Frenchman place higher
Falue on the seasoned" cigar. In Eng
and and Germany 1t Is possible. CON
TO keep on hand large stocks
# cigars The American Importer pre-
'ers much smaller stock because OF
he fact that he has superior and more
advantages for obtaining new ]
upplies of the weed In a short time.
furthermore. the enormous Import duty
n cigars undoubtedly operates strong ,
= In discouraging the American Inn :
orter Of limited capital from laying /
a large stock OF cigars. /
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04

can utilize IL Ia sons say. Or maks ls
over"
We sirls wese GREATNESS. a. w~
never eyea suspected that Ehey w~rw
more than aeqnainganees. bat II turned
eut that the deefeT bad leved clnis@
for eyer 40 loex. box size had hega hisn
AZ q distance. - that be n@ssr ST y
fhsnes 70 tell % Bis lexN. One day fA~
doctor had been stanalas 81 enc wtn-
dow. sad overheard tbe girls talktnx
ab9ns tbs deafness ~ clsir~s werk.
when she was uendlng q tear In
faaise's xpUr lie decided 70 take "a.
vantage Of tails knowlwaxs. and sssx
this way 70 ST rhsnew TO orsr hIms.
sesf 90 claire yoa see. he was pretty
sure who would set the prizs. II wss
very eiessr Of bins. fhsnk.
That = sIL Tie w~sfssYnx = % h~
'he first % neat aso9fh. maa tire doctor
Insists that ne girls shall all b. hriaes.
maids. bat esnnas. b~eamss. yeu see.
Sei wants ne - maks u n~xt msnfh.
70 L may BE- = douhie weadlmx nus.
on fsoss.
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eager to see what the mysterious prize

eager to see what the mysterious prize
| was TO be.
In about bali an hour the door ooan.
cd and the doctor and Claire came a.
together. he looking very haupy and
Claire blushing divinely, but hooking
not less happy, and what do you sup.
poser
The doctor said Last night won,
70 Miss Claire's home with the prsse
Intending to bestow II upon her ~,
when she saw what It wns sha &c.
strongly declined to take fl. uaed a.,
sorts of persuasions. telling her tbas
sne had promised faithfully to tsks
Whatever was offered, Of wbatava~
value. AT first she said she had no,
said word Of promise, but held AND
you VIII all agree with me kno,v
tnat the class had promised for ~
as wen as for themselves. las, &c.
ing bad to give up In deanalr 49,.
asked her to sleep on II, ana I sbos,,s
leturn IN the morning 10 see n ~
did not think It would be better - -
cept the prize after all, saying al.o a. @
we, nag promised to show II to the class
them. uiS"i1aolnf
~ took long time, but / have Anal
y persuaded Claire to accent ~. aa.'
poor prize-myself--but perhaps sbs
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04

There Ia nothing so fascinating Il
the man In whom there fingers some
thing OF the romantic aspirations &C
quired By an early perusal OF Robin
son Crusos" as the possession OF an
Island To b. like Alexander selkirk.
monarch of all he surveys" has It's
attractions to the person who longs for
some olden-tlme adventure. Already
there are several Island Monarchs" In
the world, who and the life not only
delightful but even profitable. and 9th
ers now have similar opportunity TO
become emperors on small scale.
Three islands. which are ain the
market" are Melville Island, a sat
elite of Australia. lying about twenty
miles northeast OF Port Darwin; Wash
lngton Island. lying In the Pacific a
Few degrees north OF the Equator. and
Lundy Island. which is In the Bristol
Channel. Tanning Island. which Ia
near Washington. has just been sold In
London to man named Grelg.
Ii one desires rest and quiet. he
would probably choose TO make himself
king OF either Tanning or Washington
island. but be would have TO take bits 1
subjects with him. for. apart from some
officials and some imported South Sea
Islanders on Tanning Island. the two
sizes are uninhabited. If. on the other
hand, the aspirant FOR kIngshlp wants
teal adventure. Melville Island will
probably al the bill. There the new
king" Will ind hardy race OF sav-
Ige blacks and land overrrun with
ig game. including 10000 buffalo. The
trenuous life is the only one that has
foothold there, and an energetic con.
ueror can find something doing ev- /
ry minute. 4
Although Tanning and Washington /
Stands were discovered by Captain {
dmund Tanning. an American sailor. v
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04
the WIND.

| saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky:
And all around / heard you pass.
Like ladies' skirts across the grass
o wind. ALLOWING all day long.
o wind. that sings so loud song I
I saw the different things you did.
But always you yourself you hid
l felt you push, heard you call.
could not see yourself az ALL
o wind. ALLOWING all day long.
o wind. that sings 90 loud a sonxl
O you that are so strong and cold.
o blower, are you young or oldG
Are you beast Of field and tree.
Or just stronger child than met
o wind. ALLOWING all day long.
O wind. that sings so loud song
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04
SECRET or rHa pyaAnsos.


s~s~rte@m Enwswwww says sh@ vm@aw
F~a@a Esva@s@ e@m~s~wesamm
n bFopSiyn engineer Of nspfe " h0 spent
several years IN Egyptian exploration ~
OF opinion that shs mystery u she pyrn.
rnitis has bern solved Tha most ex-
truerssnary pictures sflowsnx e0otno
men hauling 90 = Fog~ 10 raise $50.
papepound Stone info lts prus~r niche
near tho pinnacle Of old Che#xs@ - r..
Wiliar to al Of na Tsseofss~ a. to the
mode Of construction are iexlon Bus
aH the engineering logic and expert.
eucs Of toeiay and tor she Iass 100 years
have failed 20 cast more than shnsow
over the mystery. pIaxsl gsnlth thought
he knew aIl about IL. but nothing of 3
practical nature has eosns OF his r~~
searches.
IL II singular that our wisw men dld
not think Of examining with critical ere
the tools found 10 the eafacomh@ The
old saw--a workman Ia known by hi#
tools Our Brooklynlts says that the
tools are not those of rock fua@sns nor
mere piastsrera implements for sIflnw
etsN 'taesS v%f#@#N @fHf1T%s nNs are
plainly the crude Egyptian plant of %.
eratives engaged In mixing ard laying
cement What splendid patch Of sand
they had as foundation for their cs-
meuf
cement IN the coming building mate
rial Railroads are renewing their steel.
iron and stone piers. nbusneuts. cuI.
verts, etc. with n, and IL |. expected
10 last forever. No great skill II re-
luired In manipulating II. There ara
no chisellng. hammerinw. dowelIng. no
heavy lifting with derrIcks. no mishts
The Industry has already grown to-
'fsornous proportions Drop sack
# dry cement TO the bottom of river
md In few minutes you viii have a
old stone that will never wear away.
prop 1000 sacks on top Of II and round
and presently you will have foun~
'ation that win sustain for all time
niilion-ton bridge.--New York Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04

The doctor started 10 e., but turned
back and said. a. IN aftsr.thoughf. Il
never thought about payment" We al
protested. Mortified al his wishing %
pay for what we Considered a pleas.
ure-" 'weil.~ said be. aimee you re-
fuse payment. viii TEE ycu DO the
work on one condition that the one
who darns her pair the neateat shalt
accept prize. and Will take whatever
I ofrsr Tor a prize OF whatever value .
We agreed 10 this. ana he saId. laugh.
Ing. -wlil you consider this promise
bindins? We promised soleunly thar
We would laughing all the while. a.
We thought Il all an excellent Joke.
The next week whea W. met We eom.
pared our work. aud clairr'a nsenatnx
as We expected. was - dainiiiy done
that you could hardly tell where the
dans we're.
Thea the doctor came 10. and y ben
we showed him the socks he declared
Claire's the best. and said that shs
prize was not quite ready. but begged
TO be allowed 70 call on Hiss ctsire
that evening 70 bs=tow it upon her she
reluctantly said that hs might. ana the
doctor suggested meeting next day.
IN order that We might (hss eyes
iwinkllng wickesiIyl sse how We liked
The prize. SO next day we met. all
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THE ONLY WAY

/ rs r course II was planned before
/ NJ hand. he knew who would do I
] best. I'm sure. and perhaps II tn
girls had known what the prize wa,
to be. they would hare tried harder foi
1t, although ! think none OF Us would
have gotten that one
1t came about this way Ten Of us
girls have a sewing club and meet once
week We do not accomplish much,
Ned says. because we do too much gos-
slipping, but then. Ned Ia horrfd. any
way.
Right across the way young DR..
Thornton has bis Office, and on a warm
day when the windows were open. he
could hear everything we said, but we
did not realize that until afterward
We were all slightly acquainted with
hIm and were dying to know him bet.
ter-he 10 awfulIy good-looking, you
know. but all taken up with his work.
which made him even more attractive
TO as.
One day we were busy as bees-ff
not with fingers, with our gathering
when the door opened, and In walked
DIR. Thornton He held bundle In his
hand, and after greeting US. he walked
up to Maude, who IL our president (ai-
though how he knew I didn't find out
until lafer). and said Miss williams.
I have rather peculiar request to
make, but perhaps you will overlook
Its popularity, as you know | am a
lone bachelor I am I'm an even more
|onely state than usual, as my house
Keeper Ia away, and there is no one to
10 my mending for me- This bundle
contains ten pairs of socks which need
nending most awfuily 1.-THE girls looked
and II struck me to-day
hat possibly as yours was a sewing
hub. you would take pity on the lone |
,achelor' and each darn pair for me. |
'erhaps one pair each will not be too
much Of tax ON you, and shall not
ICED them until next week"
OF course we could not refuse. for bls
,neliness and (apparent) heIplessness
ppealed to MS.
The doctor stayed long enough for
. TO feel that he was not 30 unap-
roachabie az he had seemed. / re-
rendered afterward that be never
nee looked toward Claire or spoke To
er during bis stay. Claire Is our shy
ne, with the great brown eyes and
usky hair with touch Of sunshine
tive call her our wood anemone-
10 most domestic Of Us all. ii
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04
An Bare.

The 'old clothes" man arrived at the
door Of the multimIliionaire's mansion.
Amy old clothesy be asked, me-
chemically.
Nope snapped the coId-storage
butler.
ANY old shoes?v
NO
Nothing? Surely there must be
something In the closets you don't
wantT"
Not a thing. There were a lot of
miscellaneous skeletons, but the society
reporters have rooted them out long
ago and sent them to New York
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-04

they are British possessions Unless
the demand for coral necklaces be
comes more insistent than IL has been
for a hundred years or SO. the Islands
will have little value 30 far as rhsaF
natural production La concerned. W
whether tha Union Jaek or tbs stars
aud Stripes tloat over these micronesia
Ia matter OF no serious Importance
IL must b. admitted. however. that
they have some strategic value. for
they lie almost on the course OF steam
ships from Hawaii to New Zealand.
and Tanning Island Is at present sta
ton of one Of the "all-British" cables
This fact has caused some heart
burnlngs among patriots in Australia
and Great Britain. They have sounded
an alarm. They have written to their
newspapers. and have described the
sale as amazing" AT this stage. the
High Commissioner OF the Western Pa
eide relieved all the agstated mlnds By
declaring the purchaser OF the islands
must bold them subject 10 the rights
OF the British Crown and the terri /
sorial rights OF the Pacific Cable Board \
Tanning Island. tins most important
n tho flaming group. which also Ia.
:ludes Palmyra. Washington and
Christmas Islands. was discovered by
Captain flaming In lT9S The same
'ear be saw Washington Island for
he first time. and named ls Tor the
american general and patriot. Christ
mas Island, the most southsrly and
asteFIy Of the group was discovered
y the English navigator. Captain
'ook. Fannias and Washington ISLANDS
Tere afterwsrd occupied By Gregg and