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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-14
THE AUGUSTA AND FLORIDA.
Stockholders Meet. John SHELTON
Williams Elected President.

Augusta, Ca, Aug. 11.-The first
meeting of the Augusta and Florida
RallrOad stockholders was concluded
mere today Then subscription books
lald before the meeting showed that
the entire capital of stock of one mil
lion dollars had been fully paid in,
A company was formally organized.
bylaws adopted and officers elected.
Another meeting has been called on
september 10 for the purpose of in
,reasing the capital stock and anthor-
izlhg a bond issue. The following di-
rectorS were elected.
William II. Barrett. w r Bush, !.
+. George r. Lombard. J. T.
BothWell. j. f.. Harper. and r. r.
u OF Augusa; j. NJ. Wilkinson.
N~aldostla: A. c. Braxton F. I. Beems.
Jonh Skellon Williams. of Richmond:
Douglas II. Gordon. Baltimore: II. G.
Perkins Washington: F. Q. Brown,
New York
AZ the meeting of the board Of di-
rectofS the following officers were
elected:
President, John Shelton Williams:
flrst vic president. J. William Nidden-
dofi; second vice president John
scout New York; chairman executive
committee, f. /. Beems. Richmond.
secretary, c. T. Williams. Richmond.
treasurer f. E. Noting. Richmond.
ms afternoon John SHELTON VII
hams announced the followin ap-
pointments:
General counsel. w. H. Barrett: gen
era manager, Cevil Gabbett traffic
I.diaSer, a. Pope. and auditor. r. ".
all of Augusta.
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RASH BUT DISCRIMINATING
YOUNG MAN MAKES THINGS
WORSE.
COST FIVE DOLLARS EACH
Stole Two Smacks from Sleeping
Beauty and Then His Conscience
Troubled Him and He Re-
a. turned to Make Amends.

New York.-Lying early in the
morning in that delicious languor
'twixt sleep and waking, comely Mrs.
Eugene r. Wisby. of No. 1746 Bath
avenue. Bath Beach, felt her lips
brushed lightly once, twice and ex-
perienced strange tickling sensation
on the tip of her Grecian nose and in
the twin dimples at the corners of
her mouth. In spirit of indolent
speculation she wondered what kind
of night-prowling moth had chanced
her way, and blamed herself for hav
ing left fiy-screen half up at one of
the windows. Horror seized her
when her fancy painted the possibil-
ity that the creature was a bat But
not couldn't be. The sensation had
been too daintily elusive for anything
of that sort. Suddenly it dawned on
Mrs. Wisby that she had been-yes.
positively, kissed!
She suppressed little scream and.
turning in bed. shook her young
daughter with little less of maternal
gentleness than usual. Miss Wisby
sleepily asked what was wrong. and
Mrs. Wisby in turn inquired if the girl
had kissed her A drowsy No. dear"
was the answer. Then Mrs. Wisby.
with more courage than any spinster
could have shown. turned herself into
a right-angled triangle and looked
under her couch. Nobody there.
Then her gaze swept the room. but it
was apparent even to her excited
vision that the apartment was un-
- nfnanted save by herself and her
daughter But she knew she had
been kissed-deliberate kissed-and
the kisser had got away without be-
traying his identity.
Mrs. Wisby started up in bed, and
instinctly her hand, brushing the floor
as she half arose. closed on an absurd
little slipper with tight-waisted
French heel-as if such fairly trifle
as that could hurt anybody. Evident
ly the kisser was sturning-perhaps
TO steal more honey from her lips.
Well. If he took her chamber for a
beehive she'd see that he was stung.
1t was with magnificent determination
that she held the slipper heel outward
and gripped the toe convulsively.
Amusement! The kisser was re-
turning. but not to kiss again. He
was there-oh, misguided youth-to
apologize! Fancy! AS if it wasn't
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RENTS A BIG DEER FOREST.
Sawdust as a Fuel.

Little material goes to waste IN
any kind of manufacture nowadays" :"
said Gus Kissingcr, of Ludington.
Mich at the Plankinton house. Years
ago tremendous loss was incurred in
the saving of logs, but in many of
the Michigan sawmills. including
those at Ludington and Manistee, slabs
and sawdust are now of value
THE dust once collected IL si.Sh
quantities as to be a hindrance to
work in the mills 1t occupied much
space on the surrounding grounds
The slabs were piled in all directions
They We're free TO anyone who would
be accommodating enough 10 haul
them away by the wagon load.
After the sawmills had run for
many years salt was discovered and
wells were bored. Now some of the
largest salt blocks in the world are
along the western coast of Michigan,
and the fuel used in running their ma
chinery comes from the sawmills. In
most cases the owners of the large
sawmills became the owners of the
salt wells. and the two enterprises are
run rs one plant. t."-Milwaukee Scnti
mel.
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GREATEST MASS OF THE METAL
THE WORLD KNOWS.
Located Near Vienna, in the Duehy
Of Styria, Austria-A Solid Mass
of iron-Suppiy for 1000
Years.

Vienna.-This picture shows what
appears to be giant stairway extend
ing up the side of mountain. Many
men have been at work for more than
a generation carving the slope of the
mountain as it appears in the illustra-
ton. and when their work is finished
the mountain will have disappeared.
This is the famous Erzburg. about
90 miles southwest of Vienna in the
Austrian duchy of Styria. 1t is in the
center of the great iron mining region
of Austria and around it smoke many
blast furnaces, all of them fed by the
ore which this mountain supplies, for
the Erzberg is mass of solid iron ore
more than 5000 feet in height. The
ore is extremely rich and yields from
50 to As per cent. of pure iron.
There are few similar masses of
iron ore in the world but not many.
Near the City of Durango, in Mexico.
is small mountain of ore and near
the east coast of Queensland is a small
island in the Duke group that is all
iron ore, and 1t is estimated that it
will yield total of 2,250,000 tons.
Miners are cutting the ore out of
the Erzberg at the rate of $500. 900
pounds year, and 1t is estimated that
at this rate it will take them 1000
years longer to dig the mountain en-
tirely away. If this estimate is cor
rect there still remains in the Erzberg
100000 tons of ore.
In Lapland, along the line of the
Arctic railroad. between Gellivare and
the Atlantic railway, is another noun
tain of iron ore, but it is smaller than
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FOR
KISSING WOMAN.

bad enough to steal one. two kisse,
when woman was half asleep. with
out becoming so impertinent as to of
fer any apology other than the beau
ty herself But that was the motive
of ne young mans second visit. lie
was elaborate in his apology-painf1l
ly profuse. Mrs. Wisby didn't have to
WELD the absurd little slipper. She
was too faint with indignation to do
anything save convince herself as to
the identity of the i'll advised visitor.
He turned out to be Louis Fleisch.
man, who had room on the floor
below.
Fleischman's explanation was that,
passing the door OF the room in which
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Need of Slumher.

How much sleep do men need
Jeremy Taylor was content with three
hours, Baxter with four, Wesley with
six. Bismarck and Gladstone needed
eight, but Goethe, Napoleon. Mirabeau
and Humboldt professed that they
could get along very well with less.
Linnaeus, the naturalist, was one of
those who robbed themselves of sleep
during their early years and made up
for 1t later in life. In his wakeful Pc
riods during his old age he would re-
tire to his library, take down one of
his own works, and read it with a
sigh of regret. How very fine," he
would murmur; what would l not
have given to be able to write book
like this!"
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Pays s5oo.ooo Yearly for Preserve in
Scotland.

New York.-Henry Phipps, WHO at
an expense of about 100000 yearly
has rented the Glen Quoich deer forest
in Scotland, holds next to Mr. Carnegie
the largest interest in the United
States Steel corporation. of which he
is director, and he also is a director
of the Carnegie company. of the Van
Norden Trust company and of the
Mellon National bank, of Pittsburg.
He was born in Philadelphia in 1889,
and while a boy worked in stores in
Pittsburg. Subsequently he was book
keeper for a spike manufacturing con-
Germ and later became a partner in a
small iron mill. The amassing of his
large fortune began after he became
associated in iron and steel manufac-
turing with Thomas NJ. and andrew
Carnegie and he has been for years
one of the noted American million
aires. Mr.. Phipps' residence in this
city is at East Eighty-seventn street.
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Mrs Wisby and Miss Wisby slept, he
could not resist entering and regaling
his soul with nectar from the lips OF.
not the maid, but the matron. Then
he guiltily departed, only to feel
guiltier when he reached his own
room. For weary minutes he wrestled
with himself. At last he became con-
vinced it was his duty to make honor
able amend. so he returned to the
apartment he had invaded, with a
prayer for pardon signing through his
mustache.
The apologetic kisser spent several
hours in the detention pen because he
couldn't get bail on the spot, and he
looked sad and sorry when arraigned
before Magistrate Voorhees, in the
afternoon session. Disorderly con-
duct was the technical charge, though
the clerk who gazed on Mrs. Wisby's
charms thought it ought to be grand
larceny. Fleischman pleaded guilty
and was fined ten dollars-five dollars
apiece for the kisses. Strangely
enough, he wasn't punished for the
apology.
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week She is believed to be the
largest youngster of her age in tho
state and probably is one of the
largest year.old infants on record.
When Oracle was born she was not
remarkably large-only 12 pounds
but in two weeks time the newcomer
rate and attracted general notice on
the part of physicians and people gen
orally
At first there were lively fears that
the baby was suffering from dropsy,
but numerous doctors examined the
child carefully and found her to be
in perfect health.
When Oracle was nine months old
the scales showed her weight to be al
most 40 pounds, and she has since
easily accumulated flesh until good
part of her present 81 pounds is ac-
counted for by many folds of delicate
flesh an inch and half in depth that
lap the limbs and body.
Oracle is so heavy that it will be a
long time before she will be able to
walk or to balance and carry her own
weight, and if she continues to gain
in avoirdupois in anything like the
way she has done so far her friends
and, like all fat persons, her general
good nature has won her host of
tkem-are anXiously wondering what
the huge babys future will be
Strange to state. Gracie's mother is of
trail build and weighs only l2O
pounds
Mrs. Mary Gaskill. the babys grand
mother, however. is a large woman,
and proudly declares the child takes
after her. There has been talk that
Oracle will be exhibited in a museum.
but her grandmother stoutly declares
this will not be done.
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is entirely suspended, as the winds
and snowstorms make the labor toe
severe and expensive, but the worh
still goes on in winter, for about / 1,00t
to 1,500 men are then engaged in un
derground mining along the sides oi
the mountain where they have dug
deep into the solid ore.
Thus the mountain is being gradual
ly reduced by lowering its height and
by digging into its heart and legions
of men will keep at the work till the
mountain has been wiped off the sur,
face of the earth and the vast quaint.
ties of iron it contained have been
scattered far and wide in various
forms of manufacture.
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WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS IRON.

the Erzberg, which is the largest soli6
mass of iron ore rising in the form o.
a mountain that has yet been discov
cred.
has been carried on along this noun
tain slope, but it is only within SO OF
go years that the work has been regu
larly prosecuted on large scale
From 1000 to 5000 miners dig these
terraces on the mountainside during
the summer months. but for three
months in winter work in the open all
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-02
CAPITAL BEAUTIES IN GREAT VARIETIES.

There is a delightful variety of girls to be
presented One cabinet girl, Miss Erma Shaw;
diplomatic girl. far as known, Baroness
Elizabeth Rosen who astonished the North Shore
with her expert swimming, strong tennis and de-
lectable horsemanshiD all last summer.
There more than half dozen girls from
the army and navy sets. and others from official
and resident society.
Newest of all the girls in Washington who
will be presented this is pretty, tall, will
lowy Katherine Jennings, who is of the most
wnsome girls ever introduced from what is
known in Washington the South African con-
tingent" She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hennen Jennings, who last year. they will this.
occupied Mrs. A. c. Barney's residence in Rhode
Island avenue. near the French embassy. from
which Miss Zaidee Gan made her debut two years
ago.
The of chair of tha n
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, s,osososososososoeososososc

when he was left practically penniless.
While wealthy he did a big business
through banks, and as he always kept
the checks after they had come back
through the clearing house he had
nearly a trunk full at the time he
failed.
These checks he has always treas
ured as souvenirs of his prosperous
days, and when he came here in 1893
and bought small house between
River Denys and Port Hood he pa
pered the walls of one of his rooms
with them. They are drawn on at
least 20 banks, and De Costa declares
that he can tell what each paid for.
This is all the more remarkable, as
the man settled his personal as well
as his business obligations with paper.
He never carried more than dollar
in cash in his pockets at one time,
and If man didn't want to cash a
check he made no sale.
De Costa says that he would rather
look at the checks than eat his dinner.
and this is literally true, for all his
meals are served in the check room.
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RsAAslL,rAr,Ne "oLo rRoNsloEs."

Under an act of congress. old ronsdes' is
to be rebuilt once more and Ieftted for sea serv-
ice.
The work is to be dcne where she orig
inay but-Boston-and the money is being
raised by the Massachusetts State society," United
States Daughters of 1872, through appeal To
patriotic Americans for the preservation of this
historical object lesson. which will once more
cruise under old Glory training ship for
naval apprentices. The original plans of this old
fighting ship were recently unearthed in the East
indian Marine Museum. Salem, Mass. and will
play important part in the rebuilding.
In 1880 1t reported in the newspapers
that IL was the intention of the government to
destroy the Constitution together with number
of other ships.
But the very announcement met with n public
tlamor of disapprova as did Secretary OF the NAY
ion. late last year that she be used tor target
Small wonder indeed that the New EnElaader
career OF the famous old ship to the, navy secre
only real relic of that branch of American arms
States in her second wPI with Great Britain.
The "Old Ironsides' remained in active conn
the real ironclad. when she was used for auxiliary
At last having utility, even trai.'ini
ordered, and had been begun when the wave OF pc
poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes forced the navy
Sill that time she has living tho
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Tears Good For the Eyes.

Children in Italy are not allowed to
rub their eyes. When an infant bursts
into tears no effort is made to repress
the emotion. but the youngster is al
lowed to have Its cry out. 1t Is claim.
I'd that this beauties the eyes and
makes them clear. while rubbing the
eyes Injuries them in many wavy
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Held
abroad before formally making and sometimes even presented
December and far
introduced
which method
daughters All
that would
charming
cheerful
a
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A Refreshing Odor.

To obtain lasting and refreshing
odor of sweet violets. put half an
ornce of orrisroot.. broken in small
pieces, in bottle with two ounces of
alcohol; cork 1t tight and shake we'll;
then leave four or Ave days.
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eyed baby, at Mt. Holly. N j., who's
face would be pretty II it were not so
large. is the growing wonder of that
state. The child, which is just year
old. now weighs 81 pounds 'and is
gaining flesh at the rate of pound a
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-02
Hens Eaa.Laylna Capacity.

During the lifetime OF healthy
hen she should lay from 300 to 500
eggs. Her best laying capacity ID
during her second year.
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INTERESTING FIGURES ABOUT SALT.

The United States consumes 26,S72.ToG bar
.rels of salt annually, barrel for every thres
persons in the land. Last year it went abroad
for only 1151 1873 barrels. In 1880 635 per cent.
of the salt used in country was Of home pro-
duction. Last year 95.7 per cent. of the product
consumed produced within the borders OF
this country. In 1850 the consumption in this
country only 9,3Si263 barrels. Thus we see
that the people of the United States using
nually three times much salt they used 26
years
Only 5,961 O60 barrels produced in this
country in 1880 and the consumers were forced
to abroad for S,42I I,639 barrels. Last year the
total production at home %, ,966l22 barrels
and the importations increased to nearly 560,OOO.
tbo foIln rIa of
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SUBSCRIPTION, s1.5o PER YEAR
Our Washington Letter
Bevy of Pretty Debuntantes Will Make the Coming Social Sea-
the Capital Unusually Interesting OneFures Show
ing the Salt We Eat

WASHINGTON.-There is always delight.
full expectancy relative to the debutantes of a
Washington season, and this years crop presents
unusual features in many ways. There are rich
girls and poor girls pretty girls and homely girls.
accomplished girls and athletic girls but there
is no gansaying that they all highly interest
ing girls, and each possessed of many endearlng
young charms
There will be at least 40 to enjoy the Bache-
lors the Sixty Couple and the numerous subscrip-
tion dances, and there are more bathrooms to be
open next season than ever before in this city.
Usually girl has established a reputation for
dancing before her formal presentation. and even
thus early in the game it is not unusual to hear
well-seasoned bachelor remark that GER
tain girl of his set is almost as fine dancer as
her mother perhaps her elder sister.
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OLD BANK CHECKS ON WALL
AGED MAN LOVES TO GAZE AT
RELICS OF PROSPERITY.
Was Once a Prosperous Grain Mer-
chant in Chicaeo-Faiied in
Panic of 1898.

River Denys. Cape Breton.-Sitting
many hours day gazing reminiscently
at the walls of square room papered
sNith Cancelled bank checks, Gerald de
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a
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combined
II
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FlFTY-oNe-PouND BABY.
Little Lady of a Year Old is a
Monster.

physique, Oracle Mildred Flora Gas
kill. clear-skinned. laughing. bright
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-15

SWEET MELoDy FLouR,
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ne railroad should ray the aitle sats
as that sImpo ed on other y
ne stats and belleye that Y
no better gency @ set the sSacl
fact than the census one
Reported cerahine Hlshs Eltslns:
There have been numerotls stortes
circulated in Virginia Of late e
ltiie eject that Gov Dawson IS q 'tse
ali his influence IN the elton q
Senator s. B: Elkins e the Senate ana
that in return for this support Senator
EIiinssis 70 work for Gov. Dawson AZ
a successor to Senator A. 3. Scott
when the latters present term expires
When asked concering this rumor,
Gov. Dawson merely laughed, and sail
that he had nothing to say. Il 4
known, however. that Senator Elkins
believes that he viii have some on
position. and naturally he desires t.
secure all the help possible in hi
fight forree election to the Senate.
v D. ~ = d e. Z. 4
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' 2 WV3sN4hRNI
Special Commissioners

R, 3. PARRISH,
Clerk Of the intermediate Court q
Marion county West Virginia.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
ausslANs la.klsslNe BEE.
Felix Gadis, RsyoIutlonst Escapes
IletuRI 70 Russia and Friends
Osculate In Court,

NEW YORK, March, 15.-Neye1
betorp in the Federal Building was
theto such q kissing bee as followed
tie discharge by United States Com.
missioner Shields, Of Felix Gadis, the
Rnsglan immigrant charged BY the
Tsara government with the larceny
soi 6pIta dozen imperial bonds, valued
at 1000 roubles. After Kissing Gadis
after tho custom Of his country dis
Russian friends turned on Ellis Rcscn.
thai, 4 lawyer. who obtained 5thepri-
,sonsF'8 discharge, and kissed him.
II means the sailed knolt and the
not lions for me ifSthe Tsar's officials
lsan Bet me IL q Russian prison.
ssili dads yetalg days make K
lae TIN the names KS certai "a Teyolli;t
ioaiSt8 Who met 81 Cenerai lawons
h6ase Il il aasheid wiil IAN
msehs
Fhsm probalay win be ceIeDra'
zion ii the Russian colon over the dis
charge OF Gadls
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SALE or VALUABLE REAL rs,
TATE SITUATE IN THE SEC
oNp WARD OF THE, CITY
OF FAIRMo ONT.

D. &. . = y v I . . VI T. & . u . . II
while E. Price, plaintiff, against Lon
q. Smith and others, defendants.
Ii chaneery in.the intermediate Court
ii Marion county, West Virginia.
By virtue Of q decree entered in said
Intermediate Court Of Marion county
|inthe above styled cause on the 18Th
DAY Of January, 1906, the undersigned
who is thereby appointed a special
commissioner for the purpose, viii
sell at public auction to the highest
responsible bidder, at the front door
81 the Courthouse of Marion county.
west Virginia, in the City Of Fair
mont, on Saturday, the 9TH day Of
April, 1905, at 1880 o'clock P. M the
real estate directed by said dscree to
be sold, viz: All those two certain
bots as laid down upon the plat Of the
Hamilton Addition to the town (now
cityy of Fairmont, Marion county,
West Virginia, numbered lis and 116,
being the same real estate conveyed
70 Lon G. Smith by Willie B. Price by
deed dated the s5th day Of septem-
Der, 1903, Of record in the Clerks OF.
fee Of the County Court Of Marion
county in Deed Book No. 1873, on page
SS5; excepting and reserving there
from the following described parcel.
viz: Beginning at a stake in the line
Of steet and running thence N, 251s
| w. 5S.2 feet to a stake; thence N. 216
| w. 20 feet; thence with the line of
Lot No. ZIG. 17.S feet to waterworks
property; thence with another line Of
said lot and said waterworks property
GS feet to stake; thence As feet to
the beginning; excepting and reserv-
Ing also. the coal underlying said par
GELS Of land and the mining rights and
privileges thereunto belonging.
Terms Of Sale. one-third Of the
purchase money, and the costs Of this
suit to be paid cash In hand on day
Of sale, and the residue to be paid in
Two nQual irstallments in one and two
years respectively, from date Of sale,
with interest on each Of said deferred
iustaaments from date of sale, with
THE privilege to the purchaser Of APP
plying all Of said purchase money on
day Of sale; the purchaser executing
his obligations for the deferred pay
msnts q there be any with good
personal security to be approved by
isald special commissioner, payable as
aforesaid, and as a further security
fqr said deferred purchase money a
lien will be reserved on the said prop
seFty.
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e F. MORGAN,
Special Commissioners.

ENbruary %, 1906
I hereby certify that said special
commissioner, 3, F. Morgan, has
gipn the bond in the penalty Of
.s6Ol0O, with approved personal se-
.curity, approved BY the undersigned,
conditioned according TO law, as re-
qmred by Law and the said decree in
tho above styled cause,
R. d. PARRISH,
.Clerkpf the intermediate Court Of Ma.
ZION county, West Virginia.