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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Washington, Special. - President
hoosevelt's commission on naval re-
organization, whose final report went
TO Congress Saturday, outlined a new
departmental system, which the Pres
ldent declares is sound and conserva-
tive and in full accord with Ameri-
can policy. The President saws it
recognizes the complete supremacy
OF the civil power as regards the mil
itary, no less than the civil or MANN
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Sharks and Fruit Trees

The use of fish fertilizers mas p,..
a success for the large apple orcp'.
in Tasmania. Other fertilizer.
scarce and fish are unusually n '',,,1
GUS in the waters around 'ne ~,
and are caught in immense nun. "ml
The directions for use have I'd
appearance. One writer r ec0 4
three sharks or ten he'd
each tree. The growers have o - /
in the habit of using the hsn s aI;s nd
caught, but the objections TO 'n !. 70,
are evident, and a company e,tnc
formed, to work up the FISH, sor teri fsr1
the oil and grind the waste l"
izer.-American Cultivator'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Washington, Speclal.-Now that
b~illion-dollar sessions Of Congress
are the rule, little other than APP
preparation legislation a be enact
ed during the short sessions, and the
one ending this week is no exception.
The appropriations for the session
probably will be the largest on re-
cord, exceeding the $1,OO8, 100000 OF
the first session. AS only II OF the
fifteen general appropriation bills Of
this session has been sent to the
President for his signature, an &C
curate statement Of the amount to be
appropriated is impossible.
Scarcely any Of the general poll
cies of the country were touched up
on this session. ~r7
The Roosevelt Row.
The discussion in both houses Of
the secret service and Of the Panama
canal and in the Senate Of the
Brownsville affair and of the Ten
nessee-Coal and Iron Company pur-
chase has brought the administration
Of Theodore Roosevelt prominently
in view. The veto Of the census bill,
because the employees for the taking
of the next census were not to be
placed under civil service regulations,
was another interesting chapter Of
the session. The veto of several dam
bills, because they did not recognize
the principles advanced for the con-
servation Of water powers, attracted
much attention.
An appropriation of 100000 fo1
the relief Of Italian earthquake suf-
ferers was made at the beginning OF
the session.
The passage of a law for the sup
preston Of the opium habit in this
country, it is hoped, will exert a wide
moral influence. A law was passed
FOR the preservation Of the Calaveras
big trees in California. Another act
authorized enlarged homestead en-
tries in the arid region Of the West
Pe1a.. ccde Revision.
1t practically is assured that til,
monumental work Of revising ant
codifying the penal code laws Of tn
United States will be completed a
this session. An agreement has beer
reached by the conferees Of the tw,
bodies. As a result Of this legis
~lation, the United States governmen
will, through a "rider," enter tn
field Of regulating the interstate ship
rment of intoxicating liquors. Al
amendment to the code prohibit
~lnteastate &c. o. D." shipments o
intoxicating liquor; a~aad~~provides ~fo
the marking Of the packages Of sue
liquors in interstate ommerce wit
the bona fide name OF the conslgne
and the nature Of the contents. Sc,
eral of the so-called "Ku Klux
laws are stricken from the statute
by this revision.
The statehood bill, admitting Ar
iona and New Mexico, it is concede
cannot pass this session.
The fate Of the Galliger ocean ms
subsidy bill rests with the House.
provides for substituting mail lines
South America, Japan. Asia, tt
Philippines and Australasia.
Many Bills Will Fail.
Aronnrr po-orfo~ ~ n =. ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
AWoman's Query

why have we stopped cap'an''
ION account Of the fos, snrsaa
ooh! but, my dear cap'' ,oar d
not, Look! It's perfectly o
above" mt gob
AYE, ma'am-but were husts.>
that way. unless the boiler
The Bystander.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

IdoleI Wnlcn, dissolved in a glass
water, will clarity the air in a rom
as we'll as a window left omen
hour.
A combination of a lump of soap
the size of a hickory nut, a pint
boiling water and four Tablespoonful
Of turpentine is the familiar solutid
used to transfer newspaper cuts
another piece of paper or to CLOTH
DR.. Schlick's apparatus for proven
ing ships from rolling at sea has lAu
~ given fresh proof of its ability. Oh
of his horoscopes has been fitted d
board the mail steamship Lochiel, al
tried on the ships regular route n
tween Oban. and Bunessan. While ID
vessel was rolling 16 IL degrees
each side through a total angle Of B
degrees, the gyroscope was started
and Immediately decreased the th1
angle Of roll to three degrees. TA
apparatus is driven electrically an
requires but little attention.
A simple blood test has been pei
fected by Piorkowski. a Europeal
chemist. A little diluted serum troy
a given animal is placed in a ven
small test tube, into which is tne|
introduced one drop of the fresh 4
dried sample of blood in a solution I
salt. The tube is then allowed to STAN
IS minutes. II the blood and sefu1
are from the same species-as y
dog-a faint red, precipitate OF coagg'
lated. blood appears under clear !
uid, but if blood and serum are llol
unlike animals the blood will be on
solved in the serum, which Will 'A
red. Old stains placed in freSn "
man serum were c%onc1usively snO'
to be human blood.
S. p. Werner points out thai 'ne :
cent discovery of the chimpanzee
a part of Africa where it had NOV O'
known to exist enables US to oeun' :.
few regions where the gorllla, '
chimpanzee and the pygmles eA'. =
conditions suggestive of the po's %
ity of discovering the fossils Oh ~ -
ancestry in good preservatlon' :
pygmies are now known to ns's
listed practically in stu for 0VVV wv ~.
and it is probable, Mr.. werner W.. :.
that the two great a~nthropo'aS =
have been. there for as grea' "
greater length of time. He Is ". 4"
to indicate localities OF hn1l'eu !.
in which the likelihood OF ais'
the fossils mentioned Is very b"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Washington News Notes.

Marcellus Thomas, a Negro. con.
victed Of killing two men iii Texas
appealed to the Supreme court of
the United States to interfere with
his death penalty on the ground
that the grand jury that indicted him
contained no man Of his own race.
He lost his case.
The conservation congress in Wash
ington City: which represented the
United States, Canada and Mexico
concluded its work on Tuesday after
finishing an elaborate report and dec
laration Of principles.
The name Of Jefferson Davis las
been ordered replaced on the arch of
Cabin John Bridge, whence It was
chisled out when everybody was mad
in 1862. This stone bridge is seven
miles from Washington and Jeffer-
son Davis was Secretary of War
when it was built.
A pension Of $50 per month f +. the
widow Of Gen. ~Fitzhugh Lee was
made a part Of the omnibus pension
bill passed by the U. IS. Senate on
Tuesday. 49,
Captain Hutchins has given mp
command Of the battleship Kersarge
on account Of serious illness.
Judge George Gray has been select
ed is one Of the judges to arbitrate
the fisheries dispute at The Hague.
The Senate passed the bill We'd
nesday to allow the reinstatement of
discharged negro soldiers of the
Twenty-frst Infantry.
The House Wednesday refused to
inquire into the letter Of Secretary
Bacon to Panama, disclaiming the
charges Of Representative Henry T.
Rainev.
President Roosevelt an family at.
tended on Wednesday, the burial in
New York, Of the President s niephew
Stewart Douglas Robinson, VINO was
killed by falling out of a window in
Harvard college.
Miss Frances Caspari, who obtain.
ed over 100000 in Baltimore and
Washington, was adjudged insane
and will be sent to an asylum.
Attorney Stuart McNamara ha.
been chosen to assist the Government
In the prosecution Of the Panam:
libel cases.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

New York City has added 33.4u0
families to its population in the last
-hyae years.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Must Be Bosseo'

There r men who just nav ridsf|
hoeaed H. That is why so d
ers remarry.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Pure beer is MANUFACTURED .r,eutsl
bo,,ed with hops and then fer@'D
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

A French chemist has invented
tablet which, dissolved in a glass
water, will clarity the air in a rom
as we'll as a. window left opep !
hour.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

A combination of a lump of soap
the size of a hickory nut, a pint
boiling water and four Tablespoonful
OF turpentine is the familiar solutt
used to transfer newspaper cuts
another piece of paper or to cloth.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

After many years Of discussion Of
the subject hitherto without result, a
joint resolution was adopted approx
ing plans reducing the size Of the
House chamber.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
One Cat Worth $500.

Short haired and long. there are more
than two hundred and fifty blue blooded
cats at this typical show, every one with
his name and a more or less imposing
diagram OF his ancestry recorded in one
Of two pedigree books recognized by the
Department OF Agriculture. And this
Is but one Of perhaps thirty shows held
every winter BY as many clubs oil over
the United States, from Springfield to
Los Angeles, and in Cansda-all under
the supervision Of two governing as
sociations, one OF which has about five
hundred and the other about nine hun.
bred cats on its books. Besides, there
are societies for special kinds and colors,
and two monthly magazines devoted
exclusively TO pussy cats.
Behind all this machinery, at the foun-
dation Of the comparatively new business
Of cat breeding, is the ideal beauty.
There is no question here OF adapta.
ton OF purpose, as In the case OF dogs;
no emphasis, for instance, on the cats
immeniorial cupation--mouSing, hap.
PLY, however, II seems there need be
none. Proud winners OF ribbons, cuph,
and medals, IL but given an opportunity,
still estch mice as eagerly as the on.
cial monsers employed in post-ofice
and warehouse. Columbia Patrick, over
there, one Of the finest black Persians
in the country, has killed two rats al
most in BREATH
But ii is Columbia PatricS's beauty
not his prowess, that makes his mis-.
tress value him at more than $500. II
Is, in the final analysis. beauty that
puts that value on several Of these
ekings" and queens" as they are mag
called, and makes any first
class, pedigreed long haired cat. with
prize winning record. worth from $50 to
1900 a promising Persian kitten, or
short haired cat from $50 to sl50.--From
THE Aristocracy Of Cats in the Feb
ruary Eyerybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
DECLARE STEEL
"0PEN MARKET
Wall Streets Prediction Of Judge
Gay's Statement of "Free-For-
All" Policy.

New York, Feb. 20.--When efforts
were made yesterday morning TO as
certain how soon Judge Gary OF the
United States StecA corporation would
make his promised statement, II was
learned that the statement would be
made some time In the afternoon.
Those who recalled the usual official
announcement of the Steel corporation
did not look for any statement until
after the close Of yesterdays market,
In the meantime report was in cir
culation to tho effect that when Judge
Gary did finally issue his statement IL
would disclose the existence from now
on of tho "open market" In the steel
business, In which, ALTHOUGH there
would be no official cuts in price, il
would be case of every company for
itself-a case OF making prices 10 suit
the pocketbooks of the users Of steel
rnd iron in general even though the Of
fetal price OF steel rails remained UNI
cut
The Carnegie Steel company is re-
ported to have cut the price Of steel
bare s4 per ton TO 1.20e.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.


Miss G. de n. Benest is the first wo-
man TO be licensed as a driver Of a
motor omnibus in England.
Mrs. Jennie L. Doane of Brockton,
Mass, has been appointed to admins
ter the half million dollar estate Of the
late r. N. Packard and also is to have
complete control Of his large shoe fac
tory.
Mrs Anne Gray of Cheyenne, Wyo,
wife OF Rev. r. ID. Gray, goes with
him on all his journeys, riding In khaki
habit through the thousands Of square
miles in the City missions that he has
charge of.
Mabel 2. Sturtevant, a Missouri girl,
has been awarded the Braun prize as
the best student OF the universities Of
Europe and America and win start the
coming summer on q tour OF the world
with the money her scholarship won.
Mrs. Nora Stanton De Forest, the
granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. is building a factory at New
ark, N T., FOR the manufacture of cleo
trio condensers She is graduate OF
Cornell and has been studying cleo
tricity ever since her marriage.
Mrs. John Hill, ninety-two years old,
has been presented with gold brooch
by the members Of the First Baptist
Sunday school Of Roselle. N. j., for
her regular attendance at the classes.
"Grandma Hill" has been a regular at
tendant at the Sunday school for years.
and she still makes the trip from her
home. walk of several blocks, unat-
tended.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20

for good behavior, was discharged IN
about seven years. The banker had
failed and had died, leaving a child, a
boy. without mother or support of any
kind. As soon as the prisoner regained
bis liberty be sought out this child.
whom he found selling papers. Nolan
went to a merchant whom he had
known before his 'embezzlement and
asked for a position. The only Job the
merchant would give him was that Of
porter. he accepted II. took the boy to
live with him, sent him to school and
otherwise provided for his mainte-
nance.
One habit acquired by Nolan has re-
NAMED a fixture. He saves money
saves It not for himself, for he Is liv-
ing a life without either a present or a
future. He is saving II for the boy
whose father he wronged. He has
given that boy a child's savings bank,
and the boy. too, Is saving. And there
is lesson in finance the young capt.
talist receives at intervals impressive
ly. Is IL not TO speculatef No. Il IL
the one great lesson that every boy
should learn--never use a cent Of a
trust fund.
Nolan is no longer porter. he "a in
business Of bis own. He manages IT
himself. but through others. He takes
the risks usual TO any man who han
dies money. but he pays cash and win
not permit other peoples money 10 re-
main in his possession overnight--not
that he fears temptation. but the sem
sation would be dlsagreeable TO him.
He is ready TO turn over to his self
imposed ward all he took from that
wards father as soon as the boy Is
equipped TO receive It.
In one respect be has not been
courageous. He has never told the boy
Of his sin.
HARRIET S. GEDDEs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
TAFT TO BAR NEGRO
OFFICIALS in SOUTH
Win Announce in Inaugural His Policy
Toward colored Office Seekers
and Win Not Appoint
DR.. Crum.

Washington, Feb 2o.--There win be
radical change Of policy in the matter
Of appointing colored men to important
Offices in the South as soon as Mr..
Taft succeeds Mr.. Roosevelt. There
will be no more DR.. Crum episodes.
In his inaugural address, which he
viii deliver on taking the oath of of.
flee at the Capitol on March 4. Mr..
Taft win plainly announce his atti-
tude toward colored Office seekers.
Where their appointment win not
arouse bitterness and antagonism their
merits will be considered al strongly d
any other good mans. But where the
appointment Of colored man is resent
ed by the best business and commercial
interests, public senteiment will ba re-
garded by Mr.. Taft.
Mr. Tsft's inaugural address ia
practically completed. He read ii YES.
terday 10 Senator Knox and afterward
to President Roosevelt. Postmaster.
adneral Meyer, on whose sound iudg.
ment and thorough political acumen
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft relied con
stantly during the campaign. was sum
nnoned TO the White House to hear the
address and particularly that portion
relating to Mr.. Taft's position on the
appointment of colored men.
Considerable space IL devoted by Mr..
Taft to candid statement of his at
titude, He pays q splendid tribute to
the remarkable advancement Of the
colored race in all fields Of intellectu-
al and material progress, especially
since their emancipation, and express
es his confidence in even greater adj.
vance in every field of civic useful
ness
Whatever the colored citizen has
d, monstrated his entire fitness for Of
flee; wherever his appointment to re-
sponsible Office will meet the satisfac-
ton and Approval Of those with whom
he comes In daily official contact, the
coloren mans claim will be regarded Is
strong as any other deserving Republi
can.
MIR. Roosevelt did not express his APP
prevail OF this portion of Mr.. Taft's
address. Ii was because Mr. Roose-
welt wished to save Mr.. Taft from be-
ing compelled to declare himself at
the outset of his administration on
the colored question that every effort
was made BY number of the presi-
dents friends in the Sonata to crowd |
through at this session the nomination
OF DR.. ClTm to be collector Of the port |
Of Charlestown.
The Democrats fought the confrma.
ton because they believed they could /
Ifnberrass Mr.. Taft on the threshold |
Of his office by compelling him TO an
nounce himself at once. Mr.. Taft, fear
less and frank on this question, as on
every question that was put up to him
turing the campaign. will answer it on
he very moment he enters on his office.
Or. Crum viii not bel re-appointed
Some place may be found for hm in
There are several, good
,fices which ever since Mr.. CeveIand's
lay have been regarded rs emoluments
# the eolored leaders. One of these
Dr.. ornm will probably get. But be
WA not BE collector Of the port at
-harleEtown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
BALKAN CLOUD
LOWERS
The Austr0-Servian Tension
is Increasing
DISPATCHES FROM RUSSIA
Are Very acknowledgements Is
Threatened by Austna-Bulgaris
and Turkey Accept Russian Of
fer, Il Is Reported
DISPATCHES FROM RUSSIA

London, Feb. 20.--Austro. Servian ten.
sion, and the iniminence of hostilities
form the burden of the reports original.
ing daily in Vienna and Belgrade. The
tone Of the dispatches received by the
New York Sun representative here is dis.
tinctly pessimistic, and seems to contain
more serious promise of trouble than
for some time. According TO st. Pet.
ersburg dispatch, prominent men there
take an almost hopeless view of the
prospect Of keeping peace. II is declared
that Count Berchtold, the Austro- Hun.
garisn ambassador, has informed NJ. Is.
volslsy, minister Of foreign affairs, that
unless servia stops her menacing prepa.
rations for war and demobiIizes her
troops, Austria cannot guarantee the con.
tinuance Of peace. He added that Aus.
tria would not, whatever happens, per.
manently annex Servian territory, but
punitive expedition into Servia may be
unavoidable, and may start any day.
Several Russian war correspondents have
gone 10 the Balkans. Russian public
opinion and the newspapers continue We.
hemently anti.Austrian. The press urges
the government to use every diplomats
effort to protect Scrvia from Austrian
aggression. Reports from Vienna repre-.
sent the outlook a. being very grave.
A very ANXIOUS feeling prevails in com.
mercial circles. The feeling In Austria
is that nothing but inability 10 accom-.
plish her desires keeps servia from be.
ginning war notwithstanding the fact
that the country is yet in the grip Of
winter. The Russian minister az Bel.
grade has reached Vienna. II il various.
ly stated that he is en- route to st.
Petersburg on an important but un.
known mission, or that his purpose Is
to submit 70 Austria, Seryian proposals
for a settlement.
The reports In circulation on the con.
tinent that Austria Hungary has sent an
ultimatum to Servia in the matter Of
the mobilization Of her forces are dis.
credited here The foreign Office and sew
eral of the embassies expressed aston.
islment yesterday AZ these rnmors. and
II was declared that nothing was known
which could Justify them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
INSURANCE FOR woRKMEN.
National Civic Federation Announces q
Commission 10 Study the Scheme.

New York, Feb. 20.-rhe National Civ
ic Federation announces that George w.
Perkins has accepted the Craftsmanship OF
a commission now being organized by
that body 20 make thorough study Of
industrial insurance, including compensa-
tion for wage earners in the form Of sick,
accident, old-age and death benefits. This
Industrial insurance commission will col
lect data, compare various methods now
in force in Europe as well as in this
country, and promote such legislation as
may be deemed necessary. Il was shown
at the annual meeting Of the National
Civic Federation that the United States
is far behind European countries in max.
ing provision for the protection Of unfor.
tunates The industrial insurance com
mission, which viii be announced later,
will be composed Of experts who have
investigated foreign plans, employers es-
pecially interested in securing benefits
for their employees. wage-earners and
public spirited citizens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-20
The Lamb in wan Street

Frederick S. Dickson in NThe Poison
of the Street says the lamb plays a
game whose first rules he doesn't un-
derstand.
The lamb who thinks he can fleh
money out Of Wall Street is permitted
to succeed in his operations only until
he has enough 10 make it worth the
while for a professional to get up and
take 1t from him. What possible chance
has the gambler in such game an
this Would he play poker with no
chance OF sesing the cards dealt, or Of
knowing how many cards his opponents
draw, and with more than suspicion
that the cards are markell Yet he
does worse than that when he deals IN
stocks on a margin through the New
York Stock Exchange Does he ever
realize that the winnings in the game
played there depend on his own losses,
and that the broker who receives his
money on margin knows, not thinks, nor
suspects, but knows, that in the end
he will inevitably Join the great ma.
jority before him, who have played and
lost.
IF ii were not against the rules Of
the New York Stock Exchenge," exclaim-
ed the head Of legitimate brokerage
house, I'D bucket every order / took"
Do you mean to say that your Gus.
toners are more likely to be wrong
than right In their guessesgs was the
surprised question of Mr.. Lamb.
Sure" was the reply, with an In
dignant smile of superior wisdom on the
frank, open face Of the broker. "a
Spectator on margin is not only likely
to lose, he is sure to lose. OF course. he
sometimes wins, gets on the right side
of the market, and in q day or two
walks off with twenty thousand dollars
in his jeans. Do you think he stays
away Not much! That was too easy
and the next time he loses his twenty
thousand Of winnings and as much more
besides as he'll stand for or can raise.
Why, this business we're in Is pure
gambling, and we're not one whit better
than Dick Garfield
Remember, please, that the speaker
was not buoket-shop man, nor yet
crank roformer, but the head of iegiti.
mate New York Stock Exchange house,
with thousands of customers; and he
knew the game from beginning to end.
From the February Everybody.