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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23

having brushed his hat and straight
ened his tie, he climbed on bus go
ing westward. His heart beat more
swiftly than usual, but his face was
calm. He was even able to listen with
a vague interest to the conversation
Of two men who sat in front of him.
"Yes," said the elder of the two,
''it's what I've always said. Every
man has a skeleton in his cupboard.
Sometimes it's the skeleton of wom-
an. sometimes of drunken father,
sometimes of lunatic brother. But
there it is, and although he keeps the
key of that cupboard in his most
carefully buttoned pocket, somebody
steals the key at last. That's what
happened to poor Bennett
His companion acquiesced, and
then attempted feeble joke. This
led the conversation into lighter
! vein, and the subject of skeletons was
dropped. On the brain of Kimber,
however, the chance words had made
an impression. A CLEAN came into
his eyes and spot of color glowed in
his cheek. His mind worked with
| feverish energy.
The bus paused at Lancaster Gate.
He alighted, and walked swiftly to
Westbourne Terrace, where the great
man lived. He hesitated for a mo-
ment at the door, asking himself
| whether he should knock or ring, for
he was not used to visiting at ''swag-
~ger'' houses. Eventually, with a
touch of brayado, he resolved to dc
both.
A man in quiet livery opened the
door.
us Mr.. Skinner at homer" he
asked. boldly.
The servant stared at him, guess
ing that he was from the Office and
accordingly favoring him with the
contempt which all right minded fun.
keys feel for mere clerks.
| Don't know, I'm sure" he replied
carelessly.
"Then be good enough to inquire,
said Kimber, sternly.
The tone was brutal and produced
the desired effect. The man asked
him to step inside, and inquired hi!
name.
Kimber took out his card ant
wrote on it: MAY I see you, sir, fol
few minutes on very urgent mat
teri"
i "You will please give this to Mr.
Skinner" he said. ~ am sure h.
4 will consent to see me if he is a
home"
, The servant went away and re
:, turned a moment later.
'Just step in here and wait a bit,
he observed, as he pointed to room
the door of which was open.
Kimber obeyed. There was mir
ror on the mantelpiece. He walke'
to it and surveyed himself. Jove
how wonderfully young and well h
looked The years seemed to hav
rolled from him during the last te
: minutes The dominating impuls
f which had seized his brain ha
} frightened his eyes and brought
S glow to his cheek. He felt that b
: was ready to achieve anything. Any
t thing!
!. ''Er-what do you want, Kimber ?
a asked a voice, rousing him from h
t reverie. Facing round abruptly, b
d saw that Skinner had entered th
f room.
t ..I took the liberty Of calling, 81
i in reference to this letter. he replie
as he took the note from his pock'
# and handed it to his employer.
e Skinner read the letter as thoug
'. he was not aware of the contents.
e ..Well!" he said, as he returned
IS We'll! What about it -
d 81 have come here to ask you to r
" consider your decision, SIR he a
le swered, "and to tell you that thiI
is you have no right to dismiss me aft
my long service.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23
Newspaper Advertising the Best.

The newspaper is the best adver-
tising medium, and the more we en-
ploy that and boycott the other the
better for the community. Advertis-
ing devices and the billboard are ut
terly hideous. Zueblin, in
a Lecture at Boston.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23

There are only 104 miles Of street
railway in England still holding to
horse traction. There are sixty-four
on which motive power is steam,
twenty-five cable and four gas.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23
YOU. OUT THERE

w., out there! watching, watching,
me-
this perve1se breathing Self of mine
n;ng the Light feeling its like child
Tpe hither sometimes bufeted, sometimes repeed
often driven headlon before hurricane,
Often gloried dei6e for The instant
Then lind a bat! You, out there!
], why /?
Wrhe lies the Light?
Il. L. H.. In Christian
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-23

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Ds
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
Shaw tells a STONY.

Former Secretary OF the Treasury
Leslie NJ. Shaw was guest CT the
Sphinx Club last night. and made Il
speech on our financial system, which.
lie sad, Is very bad. President Froth-
ingham Of the club in presenting Mr..
Shaw described how simply the trust
company president presides In his own
oflce-no fuss or feathers In getting
to him; no long limo of flunkies to
dodge or placate. All that is neces-
! sary Is to walk in, say how dye do
to the great man. and there you are.
Then Mr.. Rockingham referred TO
Mr. Shaw's services as head of the
Treasury Department. whereup Mr..
Shaw arose and said:
This reminds me of story. Ny
old friend, w. II. II, Miller. when At
torney General, once went back TO
| his old home town, and while the
stage was taking him to his house, he
chinned with the driver.
"'D'ye know who L ann" he asked
the driver.
"'Sure.
"'D'ye know that I'm now Attorney
General of the United States?
in course
"'All the folks here know it
lyon het they DO
"'Well, what do they say about it?'
oh; they Jest laff,' New YORK
Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
Harrison at oridlron Dinner.

President Roosevelt accepted the
other day an invitation to the next din.
ner of the Gridiron Club. He attends
most of them. as did his predeces.
sors. Presidents Mckinley and Har-
rison. The latter invariably made q
hit at these dinners and was great
favorite with the club, The first time
he attended one of them he was the
first speaker called upon. Looking
around upon the assembled scribes Mr..
Harrison observed blandly:
This is the second time this week
that have been called upon to open
a congress Of American inventors
After the laugh had died down he
went on:
81 will say this fer you. I have often
been impressed with the accuracy
with which YOU predict what u am
going to do, and still more witS the
accuracy with which you subsequently
explain why I didn't do it."-Washing-
ton Dispatch to the New York World.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

1t sounds little peculiar to hear
of the Japanese buying large quaint.
tics of airshIps in Paris and giving
additional orders for large fleets of
tho same, In view of the fact that
France does not seem to have any
thing of the kind for her own use. II
the Japs have been spending money
in that direction. there is something
more than a suspicion that somebody
has bought nice little gold brick.
and the little brown men are not the
sort to invest in such articles.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
"poor Joi,n.r

AS an illustration of woman's wit
Mr.. Depew. who is still Senator from
New York, cites the following:
A man once found that his wife
had bought few puns of false hair.
This displeased him. SO one day he
hid in the hall outside of her room,
and. just as the lady was adjusting
the false puffs, he darted in upon her.
Mary" he said reprcachfully. why
do you put the hair of another woman
upon your head?'
John" retorted Mary. with a
glance at her husbands shoes, why
do You put the skin of another calf
upon your feet?'-Everybody's Maya.
zine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

monwealths -Coiorado-lie Denver
election frauds were so peculiarly
gross several years ago that Con.
gresham who ut that time represent
ed the Denver district. voluntarily re-
signed his seat. declaring MS he aid
so that he was convinced that the
frauds of his supporters deprived him
Of any right and title to it-and the
crookedncss thus admitted was large
ly the work of female voters.
This does not prove that women
as such. are untitled To vote. but It
does not tend to show that handing
the ballot to them would NOT usher In Il
political millennium. Aside from the
case. however. the fact remains that
an enormous majority Of American
women manifest no desire whatever to
80 TO the polling places. In fact there
are states in which organizations or
them have been formed expressly to
combat the female suffragists. In
others, where no such associations
have been created. most women are
apparently quite indifferent to the
subject The vehement appeals OF
their sisters leave them entirely I'M
moved, so far rs their attitude can be
Judged by their acts or words. While
this attitude Is maintained, II Is hope
less for the champions of what they
are pleased TO call feminine "cmanci-
patton" to expect the masculine half
of mankind to comply with their de-
mands.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

There is wisdom in the opposition
of General stephen d. Lee. ,head OF
the Confederate veterans, ID the pro
posed reunion OF the blue and gray
He thinks II possibly at such re-
union somebody might say something
that somebody might not like. Things
are all right between the two bands
of war veterans, and that II rs best
to let sleeping dogs lie" Is wise bit
of advice'in this case.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

It As comforting to know that when
We 20 over to visit Countess Szncnnyi
now Gla-dls Vanderbilt in her castle
Or palace or mansion or chauteau. oil
Whatever she Is going to live in when
the count takes her home to Hun.
gary. we won't have 20 sneeze our
heads on trying to speak the name
Its pronunciation is very simple
say-chain-yer, Any of lis can say
that II we don't stutter
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
TUESDAY. JANUARY Fl, 1908.
.WARRINe AGAINST vlvlsEcTioN.

The ylviscc;ion of animals by ply
tsiclana, long n subject of intcrmittcn,
agltation, seems to H. assuming I'M
usual prominence just now. A move
sment which may reach impressive
proportions has been Etartcd in New
York md other states to procure leg
islatlon which will do away with the
practice of slash.ng and sllclng dumb
animals. removing their internal or
cams while alive. and studying their
hgonief, sometimes days. before death
puts ain end to the fortunes inflicted
upon them Sin tho name OF Science
The donation OF the farm by John
: H. RoelSefeller. where such expert
monts can be conducted in secrecy
and nj Leisure has apparently aroused
keen Indignation on the part OF thou
sands of humane men and women. 1t
rs not disputed that Mr.. Rockefeller's
purpose was to aid medical research
and that his intention In itself Is n
Sinltinble one But 1t is asserted em-
q pNRNihtiiiy NitVN, Us Z" iN'N, Nh"'N'N'
sbeneiicial information comes from vi
viaectlon can equally we'll be attained
ST the Victims of the process are mcr-
cifully made unconscious by anesthe-
tics, and painlessly killed when the
experiments are finished This GER
t;,inly appears q reasonable contention
to the intelligent laymen, however,
strenucusly It may be combatted by
certain physicians. In any event it
Ii believed by great numbers OF ra-
tlonal persons that the subsection TO
exquisite and prolonged torture of
hundreds OF thousands of defence
Tess and harmless animals, often be-
longing TO the class of domestic pets,
IS not warranted by the possibility
that some discovery of value may be
made; aud this belief is emnently
4 creditable To human nature. The ser,
vices rendered by the medical pro
fessiom cannot and should not be ig-
nored. But it is not to be supposed
that any body of men should have alb
solutely unrestricted liberty to iniict
excruciating misery on those lower
orders OF creation, which cannot de
fend or speak for themselves.
Zeal for science is not sufficient
excuse for such license rs this.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Home made cheese is now a rival
with the rich American girls for for
eign titles. The New York custom
house has passed through two thou
sand empty boxes bedecked with or.
namental tables which will soon hold
our dairy products after the cheese
has changed its name.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Now here is genius run mad sure
enough. The mayor of Lynn. Mass.
Is n post. and he has not had time
TO have the streets cleaned because
he has been occupied writing n poem
setting forth in passionate verse how
the muddy streets make work for the
bootEack and tailor.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
TaurH AS 70 FEMALE SUFFRAGE


An English woman who has won
prominence as an orator in behalf of
female suffrage, and, who during her
tour of. the United States spoke in
= naarly all OF the large cities. has just
started back on her voyage home. In
a farewell address which she deliver
sai TO her assembled hearers. some of
whom listened iii respectful silence,
and; some of whom did MT she ex-
rressed the opinion that the chief
barrier to the extension of the sui.
rage TO her sex in the United States
Was the attitude of American women
themselves.
5n this she undoubtedly told the
trnth. For many years advocates Of
giving the ballot to woman-kind have
Travelled UP and down, and over and
across the country plying all sorts and
GoNittlons of women--and men--with
tbeir5 argnments and celebrations.
flte net result OF their efforts so far,
lta5 been the gift OF the franchise to
ssnale citizens in four thinly popu.
1ated states in. the West. 1t Is not
ed that, in any instance, mark!
Improvement in the kind OF gov
isInent afforded has been witnessed.
ii ms most Important of these com
4
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Sir Thomas Upton Is rightly leav-
ing the fussy New York Yacht club
to take the initiative for the next in,
ternational yacht race. He is tired
of seeing his challenges blocked by
technlcalities.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
No uae savlnn Him.

Blng--Yes. that's old Spriggings
Half a dozen doctors have given him
up at various times during his life,
Wing-Whnt was the matter with
him?
Bing-He wouldn't pay his bills
London TItBits.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

If it is true that tho officers and
men of the fleet spent 100000 OF
good American money in Rio It is
quite reasonable to believe that the
city will object to the proposal to
pring the ships back by the way OF
the Suez canal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

No employee OF the Daily Press
Company Is authorized to contract
my obligation In the name OF the
company. or. to make purchases In the
nayne of the same except upon order
signed by the PUBLISHER OF THE
DAILY PRESS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

A man who bears the name OF Pur-
less Gingrich of Seaview. Pa, in
STOPPING while butchering a hog, dis.
charged a revolver in his pocket. and
mortally wounded himself To have
made that story real good the bullet
should have killed the porker.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Why not have climb over the
ships side on Jacobs ladder" made
a test for naval officers so as to cor
respond with the other services horse
baclc riders.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
The Kind Wanted.

Eph Green-Ah desires to purchase
all razzer
Clerk-Safoty?
fsph Green-No. sab; dis am fo 80
cial nsage.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

There is no truth in the report that
all Fifth avenue has the grip. Prob
ably was the talk about the coming
wedding that was heard.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

The Daily Press Is delivered ny car
fiera anywhere in the city limits for
10 cents n week. Any Irregularities
In delivery should be Immediately re-
ported to the ciIlce of publication. Or
ders for delivery of the Daily Press
10 either residence or places OF busi-
mesa may be made by postal card or
telephone.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

a Pennsylvania miner hit a fellow
workman over the head with an lei
Gle and fractured his skull. Rather q
cool act, to say the least.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Georgia boasts that Its mint beds
are as green as ever. But what good
are they unless 1T is they afford wal.
lowing places for cats?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

A Miss Money of Montana has mar
rlcd MIR. Spender of New York. Here
Is n home wedding designed strictly
along international lines.-Washing-
ton Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Anyhow. predatory wealth isn't very
aggressive about paying its taxes
Indianapolis News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Andrew Carnegie says Pittsburg
has nothing to fear. lat probably he
means in this world.-Ohio State
Journal
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

few more cuts in ocean steamer
rates Will make it cheaper to wiuter
On the ocean than to stop ut home
and pay laundry bills in soft.coal
town.-Loulsville Courler-Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Entered at the newport MOVIE, va.
iPostofico ms second.class matter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Think Of having to support cir
whose coming out costs s150,000!-
Detroit News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial Rooms. Bell Phone NO Ia
aHusiness Office. Bell Phone NO. lSl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

Ragtmc Is the living music on the
street that attracts the pennies.-
Chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

Considering their attractions. the
supply of Texas widows holds out ad-
mirably-and ineXcusably.-C Charles.
ton News and Courier.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
ise % afGn aprsss4

@. n. Thacker. Editor and Publisher.
4. e. Pugh. Advertising Manager.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Early Tomatoes.

A truck gardener tells that this is
the way he raised early tomatoes: He
took a dry goods box 2 by feet
and eight inches deep. In each corner
of the box he set a piece of two inch
pipe, so that he could water the plants
from the bottom, pouring in the water
and letting it permeate through the
soil, which was composed of sandy
loan put into the box after the bottom
had been covered to the depth of three
inches with well rotted and sifted sta
BILE manure. The seeds were planted
and lightly covered and the soil kept
moist, but not wet. In one week
after planting the green tops appeared,
and in three weeks they were trans
planted into a similar box, being
set an inch deeper than they grew
In the first box. They grew in the
box in sheltered places for three
weeks, when they were ready for the
garden.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
WESTERN WIND BREAKS.
Experiments to Determine Their Use
fuIness to the Prairie Farmer.

Experiments to Determine Their Use
fuIness to the Prairie Farmer.
The sudden ruin that hot winds
sometimes bring to growing crops in
parts of the west is well known.
Blowing strongly across the unob-
structed plains, these winds may in a
few days blast all hope of even par
tial harvest. This is particularly so in
the lower portion of the central plains
region and in years of unusually low
rainfall, Here the winds most to be
feared blow from the southwest or
south. In the northern prairie region
the farmer is exposed to the hot
chinook wind, which sweeps down
from the Canadian mountains. This
either dries out growing crops or if it
prevails before the danger of killing
frosts is past causes loss through urg-
ing vegetation forward prematurely.
Cold winter winds also do great in
jury to crops, make the climate more
severe for stock and men and interfere
with an even covering of snow upon
the ground. This is true from Cana
da almost to the gulf
In southern California dry winds
from the north and northeast sweep
down from the Mohave desert with de-
structive results. Coming in June,
these winds may reduce the wheat
yield of unprotected fields to almost
nothing. Windbreaks of eucalyptus and
Monterey cypress, now in such COM
mon use to protect orange groves and
orchards, long ago convinced possess
ors Of highly valuable irrigated land
lection purposes.
But there are two sides to the wind
break question. Some prairie farmers
declare positively that belts of Usage
orange, for instance, are a nuisance"
Others cite figures to show positive
benefit. A farmer who lives near
Downs, Kan, gives his yield of corn
from a field protected on the south by
a row of tall cottonwoods as six bush
els per acre more than in places where
there is no protection. About fifteen
acres are benefited in this way. 1t is
highly necessary that the windbreaE
should occupy only sufficient land tC
offset this benefit.
| An Illinois farmer sums up his OBJ
servations upon this matter thus: "My
experience is that now, in cold anG
stormy winters, wheat protected by
timber belts yield full crops, while
fields not protected yield only one-thirt
of a crop. Twenty-Five or thirty years
ago we never had any wheat killed b!
winter frosts, and every year a full
crop of peaches, which is now rare. A
that time we had plenty of timbe
around our fields and orchards, nov
cleared away"
The United States forest service pro
poses to find out just when and how
much windbreaks increase the yielt
of crops. Measurements and tests viii
be made and elaborate data will b
collected by experts who will hav
charge of the study.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
GRASS CULTURE.
Forstheusht and Intelligent Super
vision Insure a Good Lawn.

Forsthought and Intelligent Super.
vision Insure Good Lawn.
Great care should be taken by the
gardener with his lawn. 1t is the can
vas upon which he will paint his fiow-
er bed pictures and landscape effects.
To be successful he must prepare his
canvas we'll
ground, smoothing rough surfaces,
making proper level stretches and gen.
tie slopes. If possible, the lawn should
slope from the house. The grading
should be done so as to distribute
evenly all surface water, avoiding the
formation of little runs which might
produce washouts.
The soil should be enriched with
liberal supply of we'll rotted manure
This is essential where the soil is lack
ing in humus; otherwise bone meal or
other good fertilizer is useful, and ma
nure often contains the seed of weeds.
The ground should be plowed or spad-
ed not less than eight inches deep, re-
moving all the stones and similar ma
terial, and the surface made as smooth
as possible. Then it is ready for SOW
ing.
One of the best mixtures for the
lawn is four parts Kentucky blue grass
with one part of white clover, sown
not less than five bushels to the acre.
Equally good results are usually OBJ
tanned by the use of redtop in place
of the blue grass or with equal parts
of redtop and blue grass and little
white clover. When moisture is plen-
tiful the blue grass forms softer turf
than the redtop, but does not seem to
endure drought so well. In shady
places the blue grass mixture is best
Nothing but pure seed should be sown.
1t is we'll to be liberal with the seed,
not to scatter it too thinly and to re-
seed portions that come up poorly.