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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-10-24
StonewaII's BRIDGE Builder.

"Stonewall Jackson" said a, Virginia
veteran, FUSED to tell a good story
about bridge builder.
!. This bridge builder was called old
Miles. He was very necessary to
jackson because the f1imsy bridges
on the line of march were continual
ly being swept away by the foods or
destroyed by the enemy, and in these
contingencies Miles was a regular
jewel. He could run you up bridge
in the time it would take another man
to make the measurements
zone day the Union troops burned
a bridge across the Shenandoah. Stone
wall Jackson called out Miles to him
and said: D.
You must put all your men to
work, Miles, and you must keep them
at it all night, for I've got to have a
bridge across this stream by morning.
Ny engineer will draw UP the plans
for you
: well early the next morning Jack
s;on, very much, worried, met old Miles.
See here" he said, dubiously, how
about that bridge? Did the engineer
give you the plan?'
"OId Miles too the cigar from his
mouth and flicked the ash off with a
sneer.
General he said, the bridge is
done. / dunno whether the picter is or
not Washington Star
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-10-24

OLD ACQUAINTA.NCES.

Among the visitors in New York
from the South, during the centen.
NAL celebration, was gentleman on
the staff of the Governor of Virginia.
He had written to friend to en-
gage a~horse for him to ride during
his stay in New York. A white horse.
proud-stenping and slenderlimbed,
was selected, and on the morning ap-
pointed was led, in company with a
coal-black steed, to the spot where tho
Virginia gentleman and friend were
ready to mount, when, 10! the black
horse paved the ground, shook his
head, showed great uneasiness, anj
altogether behaved so remarkably that
he attracted great attention.
"As sure as I live,' said the rider
of the white steed to his companion.
my own old horse!"
.'Nonsense." said the. other eques-
trian. "You wouldn't know Black
Diamond now, and he wouldn't know
you: ~
BY this time little throng of spec
tators had gathered, interested in the
scene, Black Diamonds s. saddle was
taken off, and under it was discovered
an old scar, and little .tuft Of white
hair, which proved his identity be-
yond doubt. When his old master
mounted him, the horse fairly quiy-
cred with delight, ,and gave a cry of
gladness. All through the centennial
week there were two happy beings
together, a man and a horse; and q
horse sometimes shows intelligence so
nearly human that one cannot; but be
glad when great pleasure falls into
the life Of this faithful friend OF man.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-10-24

slngleness o. purpose attempt to
bring them to account :.
We are face to face with no theory,
We are confronted with the lost un..
palatable facts, when everything is
considered, with which any nation
has ever had to deal. There is no use
In waiting for declaration of hostil-
tiles. The war is already on. The
enemy is In the field. Heroism
is required to go up against him
for "the sake of our cities and for the
people of our God" Heroism has al
ready been shown. 1t has already
cost some meL dear.
The dictum is to pulpit and press,
to politician and statesman, to the
financial and the business world. to
labor and to capital, to the world at
large: We have erected our golden
image. it suit us, bow down ,r be con-
sumed. And woe betide the man with
the information and the heroism nec-
essary to refuse to bow Men have re-
fused. They have been consumed.
The threat to-day is bow down or
be ruined. Touch us not lest the
country die. Forsooth we shall re-
frain to eradicate the vermiform ap-
pendix of financial and commercial
and political indecency and disease
because Of the shock to the patient.
Thank God we have men of heroism
at hand, men who have wisdom, who
have the hand and the nerve and the
experience and the wisdom to disobey
our modern Nebuchadnezzars and to
operate. And they will not be burnt.
Their heroism will not spell their
death. 1t will not invite disaster. It
will save the patient from uglier ills
and worse torments.
The sort of heroism that can live
humbly in the contemplation of such
evil with trust in God and confidence
! in the heroism of the leaders that are
J called is the sort that has made
| America a power. The heroism that
] remains steadfast and faithful in the
/ face of regnant wrong is the heroism
| that illuminates her history. She has
much of it. She needs more of it,
It should be rewarded. It should
have our support. We should have it.
/ For it Is the heroism of the Christ.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-10-24
, The PuH1IF
aSoSR5S SS7,.,--sSxN&
a SERMON sX<9N&&
pY ThE REV. -,,AXeH
hMWfENDEeSGNS|
Subject: Heroism.

!. Brooklyn, N. Y.-Preaching at the
Hamburg ayenus and VERIFIED
street, on the above them, the Rev.
Ira Wemmel1 Henderson, pastor, took
as his text, Daniel, 3:18. He said:
The courage of these men was
sublime. Their heroisnr was remark
able. The story of their strength
OF character is not an ordinary one.
They might easily have played the
king false by bowing down to his
idols while still serving their God in
their hearts. In all lik elihood Nebu-
chadnezzar would have been satisfied
mad they simply bent the knee to his
gods. And how could a mere man,
even though he were king, divine
the devotions of their inmost hearts?
Here was place where most men
would have considered discretion the
better part OF valor. Here was
chance for compromise in externals
1or the sake of saving ones life.
Here. was the supreme test of their
( characters. They might have made
excuses for themselves to their own
minds and to God, and have wor-
snlped the golden image. They did
neither. They were true Jews They
served the God of Israel, who had
sald un-o His people by the mouth
OF Moses the deliverer and law-giver,
lhou shalt not bow down unto them
nor serve them" Therefore, they
stood erect when the sound of "all
xmas OF music" made the multitude
1all down. And standing, they are
monuments to moral heroism.
Heroism has great value in life and
IS varied Without it. we could not
make much, if any progress. A man
may be as prophet in his percep-
.lon and comprehension of divine
truth, but If he lack heroism his DOW
efs are largely unavailable to society.
HoaVlctlon needs courage to become
nVlng force, 1t is one thing to have
q vision, and another to declare it.
1t Is one thing to have knowledge,
a., anu another to expound it. It is one
el1lng TO have q valid and substantial
u opinion, and another to state it.
Is one thing to detect sham and sin,
Gnu quite another to tnmask them.
Inc world is full of men who could
ao evil TO the death in many a place
eiu Chey only dare. But 1t is so mani
ass.ly one thing to know the truth
anu another to stand up for it and to
proclaim it.
me value of heroism cannot be de.
nleu. With 1t Moses faced the terrors
ta ahu the torments Of the desert and
sne threatenings of the wandering
ttSeopie OF God. With IL Isaiah and
th the prophets assailed mighty sin il
re re name Of Almighty God. With il
soiumbus . sailed the wide, uncharted
reas, reas and discovered. America to 8
day tdeauy world. With it Luther hurled
uenance to the machinations of Ro
lnah ecclesiasticism and marked ar
bp bbpocn IN the majestic march of man
tb +ioou toward our present liberty O.
lev 1e,opght' 1s With it the heroes of Val
w. ny horge kept the faith for civil lib
snt!',. ty ana under the impulse of it.
ffP!t1t u WI the slave was freed. Withou
sosus 6 1esus would never have become ou,
1osy Saluable as heroism is, 1t is no
na1 91 sarled. For heroisnn is individ
1',st.hd ul ana social physical and moral
Nt--CuS ana hu,oh1n ''s efh
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-10-24
A SENSE OF INNOCENCE.

aren't you bookmakers ashamed
TO take the pub!ic's money away from
it as you dog"
Son. answered the man with the
diamond stud; eve don't take the
public's money away from it. The
public is so anxious to give us money
tina! sometimes we have to speak
cross to keep it from crowdiags
Washington Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-10-24
ONE GOOD MEAL.

EYES," said K-ndor; Il told my
friend that have a room here"
"But,'' asked Mrs. Starvem, didn't
you also tell him that you eat here?''
Certainly not. told him | get
breakfast and supper here, but that
/ eat at a restaurant near the Office :
Catholic Standard.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07

open.swiiched by the System" tower.
man. SO strong had become this habit
OF going about from pole to pole with
bent head and a far-of gaze that his
fellow members began to humor and
respect It. They all knew that Bob
had gone up against the Sugar panic
hard No one knew how hard, but all
guessed from his changed appearance
and habits that It must have been a
bone-smashing blow. Nothing so
quickly and so deeply stirs a stock ex-
change mans feelings for his brother
member as to know that They" have
ditched his FL Dorado fyer-that is. II
he has been a good fellow. They will
humor his every whim and patiently
await the day when he shall be again
in normal condition; for all stock
gamblers whom Fate, or the old hag's
hunchback twin, the System" has
dumped, either remain below the sur
face or eventually round to. Every
day as soon as the stock exchange
closed, Bob disappeared, whittier I
could not learn had tried once or
twice to draw him out, under pretense
Of insisting upon his accepting my
wife's invitation to dine with us. He
always had a ready excuse for me to
take to Kate, but that was all. Appar.
emily he had no idea that / took any
interest I'm his movements after bust.
ness hours.
AS for Beulah Sands. there was but
one change noticeable I'm her. When.
ever a footstop stopped in front of her
office she looked mp from her work
with an expectant, almost appealing
gaze, as though she were always wait.
ing for some one. l had not seen Bob
in her office since that disastrous
Sugar day, and as he went directly 20
the exchange every morning and left
there every afternoon without return
ing to the Office. doing all his business
by messenger or over the wire, there
was but little chance of his meeting
her.
November 1st had come and gone.
and the books showed no change IN
Beulah Sands account. There was
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
CHAPTER ~.

The following week Bob returned to
the office. He had not changed, and
yet he had changed greatly. Rest had
apparently done much for him. His
color was good, his step elastic as of
old, and his head was thrown back as
If he we're bucked up for the fray and
wanted all to know it. Yet there was
something in the eye, in the setness of
the jaw, in the hair-trigger calm, yet
flercoly savage grip in which he closed
his strong hands on the arms of his
chair, that told me more plainly than
woes that this was not the optimistic,
soft-hearted Bob Brownley l had
known and loved. / could not help
feeling that If had been a leader of
the Russian terrorists, and this man
who now sat before me had come to
my ken when / was selecting bomb
throwers, l should have seized upon
him Of all men as the orc 10 stalk the
czar or his marked minions. Surely
the iron that had entered Bob's soul q
week before had affected his whole be-
lug. | think Beuah Sands had some
such thoughts. For saw a shadow
OF pcrpleXity cross her broad, low fore
head after her first meeting with nim,
shadow that had not been there
before.
For days after Bll5 return saw
little of him. | thss Beulah Sands
saw less. During stock exchange hours
he spent most of his time on the floor,
but he executed few of our orders. He
merely looked them over and handed
them out to his assistants. AS far as
| could learn, he spent much of his
time there yesterdaying through
hopes graveyards, a not uncommon
pastime for active exchange members
whose first through specials have been
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07

a reverence for her faith und her
sturdy independence. She now showed
us in "e~ delicate way that she wished
TO as we went she held cut
he TO Bob. MIR Brownley.
pie. the sake of the work VIC
have to do, look on the bright side Of
this csiamltyS for It has a bright side
You wanted me to send word to my
father that we we're about to grasp
victory. Think II we had sent it--then
you will know that God is good. even
when we think He is chastening us
beyond endurance"
Bob took me into his Office "Jim.
you see what a woman can do, and we
are taught women are the weaker sex.
Now listen TO what you must do. Ac-
cept my notes for the whole loss, less
one hundred thousand which | have to
my credit, aud which / win pay on ac-
count. ] won't listen to any objection
The deal was mine; you came in only
to help us out. and ] ought never to
have tempted you II l remain in my
present busted condition, the notes
viii be blank paper. Therefore you
DO me no harm in taking them. If
should strike It rich, l should never
feel like a man until made up the
loss"
1t was no use arguing with him in
his innexible mood, so / took his de-
mand notes for s2.405.00 / begged
him to go home with me to dinner but
he insisted that he could not face my
wife with his last nights break still
fresh in her mind. Next day he did
not turn up Along in the afternoon
/ received a telegram from him, saying
that he was on his way to Virginia,
that he needed a rest and would be
back in a week. ! was worried, ner-
vous. 1t takes until the next day and
the day after and the week after that,
to get down to the deepest misery of
an upset such as we had been through.
did not feel easy with Bob out of
sight while he was sounding for a new
footing. l went to Beulah Sands in
hope we might talk over the affair but
when l told her that Bob was to be
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
NEW IDEA IN SALAD
Alwayo Popular Dish Put Up In Novel
Manner.

This salad is arranged on individual
plates. Take six small lettuce leaves,
and arrange them around the plate;
I'm the center Of these leaves put about
one tablespoonful Of salad dressing;
his makes tho center Of the daisy
points, which have been made by cut
ting into narrow strips the whites Of
hard-boiled eggs Take the yolks OF
the hard-boiled eggs. and by mashing
them through a strainer and scatter
ing them over the tablespoonful Of
salad dressing, Il will give il a rough
appearance, and win give the finish
ing touch 60 quite good counterfeit
Of q real daisy. The dressing for this
salad is made by beating together
three eggs, adding 10 this one cupfui
of milk. two tablospoonfuls OF vinegar.
half a toaspconful Of salt, the same OF
white pepper two teaspoonfuls of mus.
tard. butter the size of an egg, made
into a smooth paste By mixing with
two tCaspoonfuls Of water Boil for
about 20 minutes, or until it thickens;
whom cool arrange ON the lettuce
leaves.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
rlvE FALL INro oRAve.
Remarkable Incident That Disturbed
Solcmnity Of Funeral.

Instead OF the accustomed qulet
which prevails at the burial Of the
dead, Ueat excitement and fcar at.
tended the burial the other day of
Michael Serene. a prominent merchant
Of Wcstport, when by the colapsing
Of n grave the coffin and several per
sons attending the services were
hurled into a small pit.
The nnal prayer had been said by
the preacher, and the assistant to the
undertaken stepped TO the foot Of the
coffin to arrange the rope for letting
the coffin into the grave. AZ that mo-.
ment one of tho pallbearers acct.
dentally kicked out the crossplcce
that supported the coffin. The comn
quickly descended into the grave. the
body going feet first. The assistant
fastened its descent by Wmbling on
it. Several persons rushed 10 tho
edge Of tho grave, causing the soil to
yield, and in few seconds nve per
sons were lying In tho pit half covered
with dirt.
They were pulled out. the coffin was
dug out and laid fiat. and after the
grave had been rcdus the burial was
complotcd.-N. y Press.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
Chicken Cheese.

Vogue says that to make chicken
cheese boil two chickens I'm water to
cover until the meat viii fall from
the bones. Then remove all the bones,
mince the meat very fine, season with
salt and pepper, and return TO the
water in which they were boiled, add.
ing n tablespoonful Of butter, one OF
minced celery, and half an onion
sliced. Cook until the liquor IS nearly
gone, skim out the onion, and pour
into a deep dish. Put plate over It
with a weight on top, and set away in
a cold place until firm. When ready
TO be eaten cut in neat slices. and
serve with a little red ourrant jelly or
some aspic mayonnalse.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
Economv carrlod 10 Evoeas.

Inhabitants of welllnown region
OF the canton of Bern, Switzerland, a
district famous throughout the Alps
for its large breed Of cattle and it's
brand Of milk, are spoken Of as
coffee faced and hat chested." At
the last military draft eighteen young
mountaineers were called up. and Of
these all but four were rejected This
result is said to be not uncommon in
these all but four were rejected. This
milk are the main sources of income.
The peasant feeds himself too much
on the milk and grudges himself the
meat.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
Have Trouble
with Your Food ?
Try
|Grape-Nt1ts
Perfectly Cooked.
Ready TO Serve,
Delicious and HealthluI

"The ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked few minutes in half-hearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
of anything short of an OK.
"Any preparation of wheat or oats
put into water that is below the boil
ing point and cooked as mush is usu
ally served, remains a pasty, inAi
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition, the stom.
ach of a person sensitively constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. 1t is sent into the second stom
ach the Duodenum, where in conse-
quence of the long time of the first
process Of digestion, is fermented and
soured. As an eminent medical mal
pertinently states, the stomachs of halt
the people going about the streets are
about in the condition of an old yiu-
egar barrel
intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding"
knowledge Of these facts and wide
experience in the preparation and usC
Of cereals brought out the producer
known as Grape-Nuts, manufactured
with special reference to having the
ldtrogenons and starchy parts of the
grains, of which the food is composed,
perfectly and scientifically cooked at
the factory, ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma
nipulations Of any cook, good or bad.
The starch of the grains, changed to
grape-sugar, can be seen gliBtening on
the little granules, and gives forth a
delicate sweetish taste, very palatablc.
Children and adults obtain fine re-
suits from the use of Grape-Nuts food.
1t is so perfectly adapted to the wants
of the human body and so easily dl-
ge5ted that many cases are on record
of nursing babes being fed very sue
cessfully on It, There's a Reason
Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read THE Road to Wellyille," in pkgs.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
Fourth Of JuIy eInnersread.

A good, old-fashionod Fourth OF
July gingerbread is made in this way:
Rub to n cream one-half cup molasses,
one-half cup milk, with one-quarter
teaspoonful soda dissolved in Il. a
salt spoonful salt one beaten egg and
-four 20 mix stif, with two teaspoon.
fuls baking powder sifted with It.
Divide the dough in portions, pat
into a sheet, place ON Toured and
buttered baking tin, run nutei roll
er over It. if you have one, otherwise
mark in parallel rows ana bake.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
DEATH IN A NEW ouIsE.
Scheme That Landed Hungarian
Judge in Town Jail.

In n little village on the Hungarian
frontier. not far from Presburg,
peasant woman recently received 400
kronen (s85) from her husband IN
America.
She promptly deposited It in the
local branch of the postohlce savings
bank, and then the next day went tc
withdraw the whole amount.
The bank official was somewhat sur.
prised, and asked for an explanation,
when she said that Death had ap
peared to her during the night and
threatened to take her away with him
unless she had the 400 crowns ready
for him the next night.
The gendarmes were communicated
with, and when Death" made bis
promised appearance he was found tc
be very much alive, in the person OF
the local judge.
The woman's money is still in the
bank, and the judge is in jail.-Pali
Mall Gazette.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07

the poor little $4,000 balance; no
other entries. One afternoon Beulah
Sands had asked for a meeting be-
She could hardly have asked Bob to
come without me, but l knew it was
Bob she wanted TO see, and felt that
the best thing | could do for them was
to leave them alone. So | pade some
excuse for a moments delay at my
desk telling Bob to go into her office,
and promising to follow shortly. He
went I'm, leaving the door partly open.
| think that from the moment he en-.
tered the room both of them utterly
forgot my existence. From her desk
Beulah could not see me, and Bob sat
so that his back was half toward me.
II dislike to trouble you about my ac
count" | heard her begin In a voice a
trihe uneven, "but as / must go back
to father Christmas week, wanted TO
get yoIr advice rs to the advisability
of writing him that, though there is
stlll chance for doing wonders, | dc
not think we shall be able to save him.
OF course l won't put IT in Just that
blunt way, but II seems to me | should
begin to prepare him for the blow. ]
have not talked over any more plung
ing with you, Mr. Brownley, since the
unlueky one in Sugar, and"
Miss Sands. l understand what you
mean," Bob broke in, "and l should
apologize for not having consulted
with you about your business affairs.
The fact is. have not been quite clear
as to the best thing to do. hope you
don't think | have forgotten. Never
for a moment since l took charge OF
your affairs have | forgotten my prom.
ise to see that they were kept active.
Truly l have been trying to think out
some successful plunge. but-but"-
there was n hoarseness in his voice
Il have not had my old confidence in
myself since that day in Sugar when
killed your hopes and destroyed the
chance OF saving your father-no,
have not ha that confidence a man
must have La himself to win at this
game"
cTo "a coNTINUED.)
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old.Fnshloned "sprlnklea.n p

Beat to a cream one cup OF butter
and two cups sugar. Add three table
spoonfuls sweet milk and two table
spoonfuls caraway or anise seed. Sift
two cupfuls -four and two even tea
spoonfuls baking powder together
three times, then beat into the butter,
sugar and milk mixture. II the batter
is not as stiff as you can beat 1t, add
a little more -four and turn out on a
floured board, Dredge lightly with
flour. and roll out until almost as
thin as a wafer. Cut into round or oh.
long cakes, sprinkle with seeds aad
bake.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-07
Another Variety.

The farmer met his son at the sta.
ton.
Back from college, eh, boy?" he
drawled.
Yes, dad" replied the youth, as he
lit another cigarette, "and l tell you
am glad to get back. Been digging up
Greek roots all the season."
The old farmer went over TO the
hardware store and bought a grubbing
hoe.
"All right, my boy" he announced
as he handed over the hoe. "yeou can
change yeour exercise during the suGa-
mer by digging up dogwood and sass,
fras roCts."