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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

tial hour arrives the tree is cut down
and skilled cabinet-maker transforms
the wood into furniture, which is con-
sidered by the yonng people as the
most beautiful Of all ornaments OF the
house.
Of the United States or Colombia, South
America, are designated by the manner
in which they wear flowers in their hair,
the former wearing them on the right
sido and the latter on the left.
Brazil, in proportion to its popuia-
tion, takes first place as a country of
coffee drinkers.
In Lapland dress fashions have not
changed for 1000 years.
In the affairs of the heart among
certain Dutch people the cigar plays a
part at once dreamily emblematic and
practical The young gentleman in
love calls casually at the young ladys
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

beginning of the seventeenth century
a Catherine Parr signed her name with
out any change, though she had been
twice married AS far back as 1868 1t
was decided in the case of Bon VS..
smith. In the reign of Elizabeth. that
a woman by marriage loses her former
name and legally receives the name
of her husband.
.F'lower-name weddings are fashion
able in Europe just now. At one re-
Gently, where the brides name was
Violet the bridesmaids wore Parma
violet-colored satin dresses, with velvet
capes or darker shade and hats to
match. They carried bouquets OF Par
ma violets.
a curious custom connected with the
Servian army Is the manner in which
most of the regiments carry the big
drum 1t is not as in most countries.
sluns In front of the man who plays
1t, but Is placed upon a small two
wheeled cart drawn BIZ large dog.
which has been so trained that it keeps
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

It's place even through the ionrest -
most tedious OF marches. The elr,,T,-
mer takes up a position behind 81.
Car. and performs on the instrur, sr~
as II moves along. ''' '"e
1heater- goers IN Spain can pur~h.
q separate ticket for each act. anS
oaten do not stay to see more than
one act at time. IL Is quite the ns,,sI
thing to spend four nights over = $3.50
aee play. seeing one act one nizht. rha
second act few nights later on s-S
so on ' oH' ana
herring lives the shortast 49,.
any uSn when taken ont ~ -
tnrp ts and eels the greatest length Of
During the lifetime OF a heslthv
sne viii lay from SOC to 5oo e.-S ,en
osst PES laylns capacity is during her sec-
thir trorses IN the wild state live 70 n.
.hlrty-six or forty years old. wh,le %to
domestic horse OF today Is old .f ths s
age Of twenty-fve years. ~
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
By Ida L. Brooks

INDISPUTABLY coed. The most dis
eliminating could not have fitted
her to a better name, or one i'm
plying so much. She is infinitely
more than just plain girl, so much
SO that even to call her the Q. c. girl
is to be foolishly inadequate.
Whatever 1t is that she is. is for you,
or for me. to discover. With regard to
It she remains discouragingly uncom-
municative. One can only get glimpses
into that rare personality when 1T is
the viii of the wearer, and such oc-
casions are as rare. unhappily. as the
personality itself
The thing is illusive-you will not
dispute that-but still it is exultant in
its very visibility, is Enthusiastically a
thing beyond the reach Of US and, on
the whole. is positively conspicuous.
You can see it in every little intricacy
of the makeup. There are glances
from a co-ed's eyes. which, if one were
10 attempt to describe them, one would
call long past description
Even the hufhness of her tresses
gives forth the perfume of academic
breezes. And so on to the very shoes
she trips about in, now across the
campus and anon the sober length of a
staircase
A shoes a shoe. you say; and so it is
But is there nothing more to be said
Of a shoe that has had learned dis
courses on theoretical economies thrust
upon it three times in the week, with
only breathing space between these
and ever-increasing poignant argu-
ments over the merits Of Greek cpl
graphy You have spoken only half
the truth when you have said. "A
shoes a shoe"
And speaking Of shoes has brought
me abruptly to that OF which set out
TO speak. For a co-ed's shoes. you
hnow-at least one pair of them at
ume-go wherever she goes and SO.
naturally, straight into her holy of
holes, the room she calls her very own.
her sanctum. her den. whose doors shall
open ony at her yea
And now vision Of the many hpn-
dred tiny coed shoes standing all eager
beside coed couches while co-eds sleep.
How far of for them the breaking
CT The light, and how farther stiIl the
breaking Of that slgmber!
She wakes, And all the light of =
laIghter-ioving. autumn morning she
lets IN. whereby land thereby you-
have all her secrets ana are free n
gaze upon those objects OF her dear
delight, which were never intended for
the eye Of fhe bold intruder.
eut now 1 stagger with the vision.
Tor al co-ed-dom, revealed in a food
OF morning light, is too bewildering a
sight for my unco-educated eyes
Moreover. 1 find eo-ed-dom as varied as
brilliant how shall segregate. how
choose?
1 pause in very indecision. But de-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

per annum, each yellow band repre-
sents 1000 francs a year.
The Burmese have a curious idea re-
garding coins. They prefer those
which have female heads on them. be-
iieying that coins with male heads on
them are not SO lucky and do not make
money.
Russia's Cross OF 81 Andrew has a
remarkable popularity attaching TO 1t.
All who are decorated with 1t have
the right once to demand pardon for
Russian subject condemned to death.
The LATEST men in the world are
probably the Burmese. but their wives
are nearly>sall industrious. The high
est ambition of a Burmese woman is
TO maintain her husband in lordly
idleness. Many of the Burmese women
make big deals in timber, buying up in
advance the crops of whole district
on scale that requires big financing.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

house with his cigar out and asks for
a light That is a delicate hint, and
If he calls again for light the par
ents know what to expect. A family
council Is held and the reply is pre-
pared. II on his third call the wooer
receives a light. but immediately has
the door closed In his face, he UNDER
stands that he is coldrshouidered. If.
on the other hand. his suit is welcome,
after receiving his light he Is invited
in, the young lady is presented to
him and he puffs out his declaration
through the curls of smoke.
In some parts of Brittany curious
marriage custom prevails. On certain
fete days the marriageable girls ap-
pear in red petticoats. with white or
yellow borders reund them. The num-
Der of borders denotes the portion the
father is willing to give his daughter
Each white band denotes 100 francs
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

lay may lead to my undoing; may be
discovered: and L dare not
So, with glimpses only, you must be
content. There by the window is a
pier glass. swinging in a white pine
frame; an autograph mirror she calls
it, and as l peer over her white
shoulder to see how the dear girl looks
in her own eyes 1 find myself en-
crossed in a bit of verse burned in
among the autographs Here it is:
Little looking glass, my bestest friend.
In you have confided all my woes
And causes for rejoicing. No one
So well as you, petite. the fears that
rend
My sOmewhat ficSle heart-the joys
Hourly for you my warm affection
grows,
So eharmingly you show my every
And to my image gracious iuster lend
Above all else on earth, I swear to
Your friendship and respect I fondly
And when I pose-you know I often
You comprehend my mood and sympa-
could aught excel the joy with which
] view
The afwed appreciation of your eyes?
If slang weren't absolutely odious to
us all. | should say. That's going
some" It is. isn't it. really?
Such delicious admissions. We re-
peat; the advantages of inside informa-
tion cannot be overestimated.
Now she glances UP at the lines ana
smiles again-a fetchingly sleepy
smile-smiles with pardonable pride,
for the sonnet is her own. name duly
appended. However. you mustn't know
quite all, it would be hardly fair.
AS my eye travels about come to.
the conclusion that goods have quite Q
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11

We'll. what is the piiocener"
That syllable Is long. I'm surs.
Wait. I'll look"
why not have Just lettuce sand
witches and-?'
You look dandy"
Saw IL in the Californian
Here you are again. It's all IN being
coed L. personally, should never
be able to stand that sort of thing. Won
know. II would drive me mad. Noisy?
Mercy, no, that isn't the word at all
The word isn't In Webster's. I haven't
come TO 1t in the Century yet II only
co-eds would learn to speak-softlyl
At last I rest on a comfy couch. the
couch ubiquitous that in all the va
riety OF all the provinces OF co-ed-dom
never ceases to be. And / like heinr
here. for it's not half so bad to hear
such sounds IL one may see as wen
and there's nothing quite so Charming
TO look upon as this foible-ful crea-
ture Of ambitions and goodcheer. to
whom the University OF California In
alma mater.
Across the room in which I md n.y.
self are yard after yard OF suffcient.
ly beautiful young ladies to turn ths
mead or any collegian who might han
per IN, however slightly impressionabia
ne might be- Then there Is the Coz
or g-dish, that tells its own littie
ubs even when not In use. and which.
80 the mirror. has reflected n,anv
theBJs.
Ald now they are, every ona os .h...,
leaving. Need say that they are r1,sh,
ing on! Could you imagine a bevv of
co-eds being very composed beSor. a
CLOCK IN the morning. They have ~one
and lert me here in the midst Of con-
luslons. The coed Is no longer at home
anu II Is not Tor me to outstay her.
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shiny the table bright with fresh now-
ers and fruits. and odors OF good things
are coming in through the swingin :
door. The pennantS hanging all aroundk
the room are those of the sister coll
leres. so one eats in sweet cosmopoli-
tan communion
That is the mother OF one OF ths
girls who bustles about. giving last
touches to the table She looks re-
n,arkably well versed In the ways OF
coeds. But then I've heard that she
used to be one. and frat girl at that,
so there Is little to surprise one. She
chanerones them. too. and they don't
oh5sct in the least TO having her 60
sIonr. for she is always blissfully un-
observant-
Here's a plano in tina living room
ond quantity of frat aongbooks which
bring me memories OF the revelrfes by
night that issue from this house not
fnfreauently. Halt way up the stairs
A. a wel-worn Webster's Unabridged
~, a nedestal. which shows that some
ona has a sense Of the fitness or things
s,d the survival OF the fttest. At the
bead OF the stairs is Babel Every
5oo-- 20 wide omen and every room emit
tty. senteuces. whole or fragmentary.
as circumstances permit. which strug-
gIe with each other in rapid transit
scross the hall IN a network OF curious
directions -.
day or?
ssUh huh"
IL don't think So"
what if?
"Rlue silk and red
"Oh. pshaw! It's broken
What. Isabel2 =
~f don't know that anybody said 50.
anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
ENGLISH VILLAGE IS MODEL.
Every Child in Five Minutes Walk of
 Playground.
Ernm the London Times.

From the London Times.
 During the past eleven years Bournville village has arisen, and today 1t shelters community of about 5000. It covers an area of more than 300 acres nearly the whole of which was a free gltt by Mi. George Cadbury. The village, which stands amid gardens and park lands, comprises dwellings which are not beyond the re- sources of the artisan, and ,also a 1alr proportion of houses of the villa type. No two houses are alike The average garden space allowed to each house is 500 square yards; and that most of the occupants take a pride in their gardens is aboundantly evident. The roads are q feet wide and are planted with trees. The houses are set back at least 70 feet from the roads. About 12N out of coco employees in Messrs. Cadburys fac- tory reside in Bournville. Of the re- maining residents, about 40 per cent work in Birmingham. MT. George Caaoury eX- plained that out of their 1000 work people only seven had died for the last four years, a death rate of less than tw, per 1000. Six hundred or IoO girls had learned to swim in a large bath provided for them at the works Practically all the boys and men could swim.
 No cottage is allowed to occupy more than one-fourth or one-fiifth of the area of land on which it stands. MT. Cad bury urged that if we were to maintain our position as an imperial race the prob lem of overcrowding in unsanitary sur roundings in our great cities must be faced At Bournville village the death rate was 7.5, whereas in the working class quarters of Birmingham the rate was three times as high. One of the principles which had been put into prac- flee at Bournvlle was that every child should be within five minutes walk Of playground. He hoped England would soon adopt the German scheme of not al- lowing any district to be developed for building without the whole of the plans being first submitted to central author tty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
LOUIS PIZITZ
T h e Busy Corner

Fall Women II WOMENS SUITS Al
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
SATISFIED WITH HOkE SMITH
PopuliStS of Georgia Say Ii Would he
Useless to Put Out a Candidate
Against Him.

Atlanta, August 2s.-The populIst
state convention called 10 meet here
today TO nominate a state ticket failed
10 ma~terialize. only nine delegates
making their appearance. The rea-
IONS assigned for the failure Of the
convention are that hoke Smiths
overwhelming victor in The demo
cratic primary recently held would
make Il useless 10 put out . candidate
against him. Chairman Holloway ~
the executive committee said today:
AS has been vii understood for
some ting We have no intention o.
placing q ticket in the field. Fully -
per cent Of the populists voted for
Hoke Smith They felt hat he stood
for many things We have advocated for
years. and since We could not s1cur
these reforms through our own party
the bulk Of the party felt that ne must
trust together through someone else.
Chairman Holloway said the party
organization would be preserved
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
ONE NEGRO KILLS ANOTHER
Granger Raynor Locked Up Charged
With the Murder of sam Loftin.
Especial TO The Messenger.l

Especial TO The Messenger
Goldsboro. y. c., August 2S.-Sam
Loftin was killed near Mt Olive last
night by another negro named Grain
ger Raynor. Loftin had been 1t Mt.
Olive all day yesterday giving the
police more or less trouble and skipped
out during the evening 10 keep from
being arrested. He went 10 the home
of Ravnor and gave his sisters some
trouble. Raynor lives on Mr.. Bill
Prices place. Loftin was driven away
and afterwards returned and renewed
the difficulty. When he was found this
morning he had an ugly cash cut all
the way across his breast He only
walked Il few steps 10 the Raynor
house 10 the road where he fell. Ray
nor was arrested this morning and
placed in the lock up II Mt Olive.
Out in the country near Mt Olive
another difficulty occurred last night.
in which a small negro boy named
Really Boney came near losing MS
life. He got into trouble with a negro
named Oliver. and was L and slash
I'd in a frightful manner. but al last
accounts he was not dead The negro
who was cut was formerly employed
in the hotel At Mt Olive as a waiter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
List of Those Adopted BY State
Text Book Commission.
Adoption Of Text Books Ga Civic
and On North Carolina History Post
pones-BooL on Business Methods
Recommended for J~.

rasa4~h
- august >-ihe FOL
lowing o"o@s are adopted By the state
text book commission for the rext sxa
years. Histories "nepfnrarx t3,x,,~
Of the Tn,rea S,a.. u-.,. -
D. ~
E''' 'hA'hoeFs nigh'r
ffis'oFF Oh he lni'ed States" tCniyer-
sity Publishing Coz
Readers. Graded c,az g.
ars ~
~ 70 r 'onGSoh fHe Col
Classics. Old and New fourth and
fifth lTnIversirv ,.nh to
Arirhna,i~s r.h
pa
' I ''eaia'e' dFanc tB- T
u Coz
aud grammar, r: al :
lessons IN English. o-ok ]. ID. G.
flealH q Coz; OIr Language" book
I"o. onlf'h Is r Johnson P-b. Coz.
nuelie! Modern English Grammar,
WIN composition tNe|s1n a1d CD
I7"S'aPn< Marry Elementary, "
M"uie : compete. t~Jn!ve~sity Pub
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
INCOME LIST FOR 1906
New Hanover Leads With S291.4ff.
Book Agents Awaiting Decision on
Text Books.
Especial to The. Messenger.)

Especial to The. Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., August 2S.-The cor
poration commission this evening an
nounced the income list for this year.
1t totals s., 992, 42S; increase owe last
year being 5000 600. New Hanover
leads with 1921 AL: Wake second
s251.27a; Guilford third, s21S,330; Dur
ham fourth, s20s,234; Forsyth fifth,
s205. 400; Mecklenburs sixth, 1874, 10:
Buncombe seventh, SIT, 042.
This evening a little before s o'clock
fifty book agents crowded the private
secretary's office 10 learn the decision
on text books. One agent said nearly
a million dollars was involved. The
agents sang various songs. AT s O'Clock
Lieutenant Governor Winston came
out and with a smile compllmented
them for their pa<-ence. Presently
State Superintendent Joyner appeared
and announced that the commission
had completed its work and would
its decision at 9 O'Clock to
night. Ten books are 10 be adopted.
and tv~enty-four houses are competing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
UNION DEPOT QUESTION
Arguments in Injunction Proceedings
Now Being Heard Before Judge
Webb-Great Interest Displayed in
the Out Come.
Especial TO The Messenger


Goldsboro, \. c.. August 2S.-The
union depot question that has engag-
ed the attention of Goldsboro, the rail
roads and the corporation commission
for the past several months has re-
solved itself into a great legal battle
before his honor Judge Webb who Is
holding the present term Of superior
court here. Some months ago the
corporation commission was asked 10
force the railroads TO give GoldsboTo
Il union passenger station. The rail
roads readily selected a location. Some
of the citizens of the city objected and
asked the commission To hear their
objections. This was done and the
commission decided in foyor of the
railroads. Afterwards the aggrieved
parties applied for an injunction and
the hearing was begun before Judge
Webb in the court house last night
The court room was crowded with
ladies as we'll as gentlemen. Every
body is interested in the outcome. The
iniunctionists are represented BY
Messrs. W. c. Munroe and ". T.
Dortch. and the railroads and the COM
mission are represented by Ex-Govern-
or c. B. Avcock and Mr.. |. r. Dor:.h.
The hearing lasted for about -hrec
hours last night, during which time
Messrs. Munroe and /. F. Dortch made
SPEECHES. Tonight Messrs. Aycock
and ". T. Dortch will make their
speeches. Another large crowd will Re
in attendance to hear the closing Or
ument
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31

Columbia. ;. G. Angus, i The
STATE primary election held tsdAy At
;-a~ted unusual Interest and The vote
was large, The dispcnsar, WAS tar -
site, IN most of the counties their. be
inS tao sets Of candidate chs favor
Ing and tke other opposing the dis
pensary. The returns received az
votes On the Legislative ticket are very
Incomplete, but the probability f. hat
4 majority If the dspcusary alvocate4s
have been chosen.
In the state election interest center
cd In the race for governor and the
contest for attorney general Senator
Tillman mad twenty odd speeches in
favor Of d~ispensary. lie supported
Richard Manning for governor. and
was opposed In II. + Ans,I. who
stands on a local option platform lie
also opposed ]. T. Lyon. Tor attorney
general. Lyon is agains, the dispen-
sary and. as "A member Of the ~leslsla-
tive Investigating committee. an
nounced tina: he VAS Investigating
early transactions Of Mr.. TtlIman
when governor.
Incomplete returns from nearly
every county gives Ansel Il considera-
bic lead oyer Manning. who Is the next
highest. {. l.. Blease is third anu
Joel Brunson. the prohibition candi-
date fourth. The four other candt-
dates for governor are trailing far in
the rear.
Lyon leads for attorney general Just
about equalling the combined vote of
Ragsdale and Youmans. his opponents.
There is no decision for railroad COM
missioner. Boyd leads for adiutant
general and Walker for comptroller.
The election Of Anscl and Lyon
means defeat for the state ~dispensary
and Senator Tillman. Tillman has 40
opposition but Is being largely
scratched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
BRYAN ARRIVES THURSDAY
Programme Of the Reception to be
Offered Given out-Govcrnor Glenn
To bc Among the Speakers I'm Nadi.
-on square Garden.

New York. August 2s.-The program
Of the reception q be offered William
Jennings Bryan on his arrival in this
city on Thursday was given out by
the reception committee tonight
The official reception xlll begin
with the arrival ~ Colonel Bryan a
Pier A. North river nj / .. IL. Thurs
day He w!ll be met there by Il sub
committee. headed By the chairman of
the reception. Governor Folk. Of Mis-
souri,. He wili be welcomed By Acting
Mayor MCGOWAN On behalf u he city
Of New York Six carriage wiIl nc
company the carriage carrying Colonel
Bryan. which will De preceded b. All
escort Of mounted police.
Carriage No l. Colonel Bryan. Gov
erno- Folk. Mayor MCGOWAN. william.
Hoge.
Carrlage No. : Tom l. Johnson,
Alexander Troup. Norman r Mack
Nathan Strauss
Carriage No. : Augustus Thomas,
Commissioner O'Erien. Robert Da IL.
Harry y. Walker.
Carriage No 1 Mayor DnhlmaE. of
Omaha. General Victor Baaghman.
Daniel J. Campbell. John For.
Ca-riage No 3 Mayor Fitzgerald.
II Boston: Comptroller Metz. John ".
Cox. John " Tomiinson.
Carriage No : William Suizer.
Henri George. Jr. Bird 5. Coier.
Thomas /. Fe!tneer.
Carriage No. :. Charles z Murphy.
John r. Ahearn. .. II 2. Belmont.
Lexs Nixon
Arriving 81 the hotel. . special com
m!ttee consisting Of five members Il
the reception opnmitte. from each
stat. will receive Colonel Bran Then
wIll follow the general reception. after
which Colonel Bryan will spend the
tine IN informal discussions until Z
O'Clock when he ~fIi retire 10 his pri-
vate apartments 20 make ready 10 20
70 ne garden az 7:45 O'Clock Other
speakers ~ the Garden will b J. b.
Dahirnan. mayo Of Omaha: D. ~
Fletcher. Of Florida: Governor Robert
b. Glenn. OF North Carolina: ex-Gov-
erro- william :. Jennings. Of Florida:
Congressman Henry n Goldfogie. CT
Mex York and Senator Thonas I.
Grady. Of New York
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31
Collins suspended From Boston Iearn'

Boston, Mass, August 2S.-James
manager and third baseman OF
the Boston American league baseball
club was suspended today for absent
irr himself from the league without
leave. For several weeks Collins a
declined to take any part in the nan
agement. He has felt keenly the
e1nmn of his team this season. and &C
cording to his W statement mas oeen
unable to get into condition 10 play
Early in the month Collins desired 10
select a number Of new players 10
strengthen the team but instead an
agent was employed to find new men
and the manager was ordered 70 get
into condition to play. He continued
to absent himself and his suspension
is the result.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31

Nobody appearing 20 have been able
+ O arrest the riotous negro soldiers, the
captain Of the Texas Rangers uater-
took the Job and rounded up . Dig
bunch on the first raid II more are
needed he can go back and get them.
The Texas Ranger l. a mighty nan cn
the round-up@harlotte Chronicle
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-31

Ell Reno, Okla, August e7.-The 25th
colored infantry reached Fort Reno
last night from Brownsville. Texas.
following the instructions Of army au-
tnorittes as a result Of the recent
trouble at Brownsville Orders were
issued today al Reno that no trooper
may visit Ell Reno without a pass. The
camp IS quiet tonight.