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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-16

Go at things that must be done
with the feeling of an athlete, de-
lighted at the chance of being able
to try your strength.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-16

''It may not be ours to utter con-
vincing arguments, but it may be ours
to live holy lives. It may not be ours
to be subtle and learned and logical,
but 1t may be ours to be noble and
sweet and pure"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-16
GLIMPsEs OF A LITTLE BOY.

Busy fingers and feet, busy eyes
and brain, busy ears and heart; al
ways tugging and toddling, always
prying and prattling, always listen
ing and learning;-such is the boy
of whom I write and such Is many
another the whole world through.
Type of his fellows, a real and
genuine child Is he and these actual
sketches of him may be taken as
lights upon child-life and revealing
in particular the mind and heart
of boy.
Notwithstanding and evening
Crazy Jack, gentleman of color,
blowing his harp and cracking his
whip passed by driving the cows to
and from the pasture. To the four
year-old, the cow-driver doomed up
large, picturesque, much-to-be-envied
character.
when I get to be a man." said
he, 81 want to drive cows!"
Prophetic.-Rousing one day from
a study that was unusually deep for
his unusually active nature, he
asked:
Papa, will there be any little boys
when I am grown?"
Comforting. - His mother, far
from her native heath, and far from
her usual health, was having touch
of inconsistencies which brought
tears to her eyes.
Turning from his play the little
fellow crawled up in her lap and put
his arms about her neck and sympa-
thetically said:
Mamma, don't cry. I'm here"
Energetic.-A bundle Of energy he
was, always doing something and
many a thing that in senior eyes
might better have been left undone
One day his grandfather told him
how in his store or cotton farm he
could work off some of his surplus
energy.
On returning home and being as
signed some little regular household
chore he wrote half-page to his
grandfather In which he said:
IT am trying to work some of that
E off,"
His mother looking over the let.
ter to see that 1t was intellible, ask
ed what he meant by the e.
THAT means energy; but I didn't
know how to spell it,"
Lonely.-Babyland arrivals In the
neighborhood elating little brothers
and sisters was a matter of serious
concern to him and once he actually
came to tears, crying:
Everybody can have little chill.
dren 'cept mel"
Sympathetic.-A lady friend of his
mother who was suffering with
bronchitis was reported to have lost
her voice. He was much concerned
thereat and interjected seriously.
did she lose 1t on the street,"
Loyal.-Like every worthy son he
was devoted to his mother and placed
her in all things above everything
One day guest referred to a friend
who was eighty-five years of age
He thereupon Moderated:
why, that's nothing. Mamma 1!
eight hundred"
Shocked.-A funeral procession
was passing his home and he wal
standing open-eyed by the gate Blu,
when the surpliced clergyman caught
his eye he ran indoors and shouted
Mamma, run here quick! Lool
at that man in the street with hi
night-gown oni"
Reasonable-His grandma one da,
gave him some cake and as he sa
down on the floor to enjoy 1t. sh,
warned him not to get any of 1t OF
the carpet. In few moments, how
ever, the crumbs were scattered al
about and his grandma inquired:
"Son, what makes your mouth
leak SO bad?" Z
Because it's got a hole in it," s
FyI
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
Biographical
Calendar:
November 80.
SAMUEL l.. CLEMENS.

DR.. Samuel Langhorne Clemens,
alias Mark Twain, is "A years of age
today. Having won a secure place on
the topmast pedestal in the American
hall of fame, the distinguished hu-
morist is now resting from his labors.
Such work as he does, it is said, is on
his autobiography, portions of which
have already been published. The
completed work, however, will not ap-
pear until after his death.
Recent reports have stated that Mr..
Clemens is not at all well, but his
admirers throughout the world will
continue to hope that these rumors,
like those of his death several years
ago, are greatly exaggerated" The
recent marriage of his daughter to a
Russian musician with an unpro-
nounceable name has left Mr.. Clemens
very much alone in the world, so far
as relations are concerned. Another
serious blow has been the order of his
physicians cutting down his allowance
of cigars. In the last year, business
troubles have also come up to harass
his peace of mind, but, despite these
visits of the little devils who seek to
Whitewash ones hair it may be
safely asserted that the philosopher
humorist's head IF bloody is un-
| bowed"
Dr. Clemens was born in Missouri
for which he isn't responsible. The
| little village of Florida had the honor
of being his birthplace, but his par
ents moved shortly after to Hannibal
and in that city he spent his youth, AT
Is he became a printer. For a short
time he was pilot on the Mississippi
steamboat. Then he went west to Ne
vada and California, and worked as
| newspaper reporter Heading east
ward again, he landed in Buffalo
where he was editor of a newspaper.
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EVENING"
|CHIT-CHAT'
By...
Ruth
Cameron

price. the little jewelers. store where
they have the unusually attractive as
sortment of hatpins and moderate
priced collar pins, the best stocked
publishing house from which to order
Christmas books, and dozen other
invaluable bits of information that we
would have to learn by gradual exper-
fence if she had not preserved the
fruits Of hers for us.
If anything should happen to that
book, l think our Christmas presents
would either cost us at least one
fourth more, or be at least one-fourth
less valuable than they are now.
Another way in which such a note
book is valuable, is in helping you to
give some friend a set of books by add
ing one or two each Christmas.
Undoubtedly, the pleasure of gradual
acquisition which anyone receives from
such gift adds greatly to it's material
value.
1 know one woman who has gradu-
ally given her young niece full sets
of Scott, Dickens and Shakespeare.
And the best part of it is that the
girl has read each book as it came.
If anyone had given her outright set
of any of those authors, she would
probably have never read them all or
at least not thoroughly.
If you try to do anything like this
without a notebook you are practic-
ally sure to forget what you have
given and either duplicate your gifts
or be obliged to make awkward in
quiries.
On the whole, if you make yourself
a Christmas present, not only of the
notebook, but also of the determina-
ton to keep it up, I think that before
you are through with it, you will get
as much satisfaction out of it as of
any Christmas present you receive this
wear
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
An Informal at Home
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A charming little house was the
scene the other day of a novel variant
of the usual formal afternoon at
home"
AS each guest entered she gave
couple of cards to the maid. These
were sent upstairs to the discovery"
room, and pinned in solemn row the
length of a long bookshelf
Each card had some clever house
hold hint written on it, the name of
the inventor appearing on the back.
These inventions gave the name to the
tea, and Discovery Tea" promises ere
long to be most popular.
Each card was numbered, and a
drawing pin attached card and num-
ber-slip to the shelf. After tea, which
was enlivened with recitations and So
los, the ladies repaired to the discov-
cry room. Each had been provided
with pad and pencil, with the request
to write down, after carefully reading
all the number of the discovery she
thought most useful, and drop the slip
into a ballot-box provided for the pur-
pose. The other slips on the pad were
for use in case the visitor wished to
copy any discoveries" which caught
her fancy.
Much fun and excitement attended
the reading fthe hints and the voting
and nearly everybody found it diff
cult to decide which was the most use
full tip. But that was a good thing, as
it gave plenty to talk about.
At last it was done. and then the
prizes. discoveries themselves, were
given out. Quite little surprise this
which made the tea even more pop
ular than before.
An "Exhibition of Discoveries"
But perhaps the best feature of al
was an exhibition of discoveries pro.
vided by the hostess, the dry bones o.
written hints converted into the Twins
discoveries themselves.
All manner of useful things to hell
the housewife were to be seen. Tn
most imposing looking was a group o
plants, surrounding a jar of waite
standing on an inverted flower pot il
their midst. Tape of various widths
according to the size of the plants, de
pended from the jar and coiled one
as syphons, and showed how plant
can be kept watered for days, or eve
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
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Whitewash and Poultry
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:

I avoiding the glare of white. The color
| may be changed by adding more or
| less of the colors named or using
| other coloring materials. This WASH
| covers we'll, needing only one coat. and
| is superior to anything known except
oil paint I have known rough board
barn washed with this to look we'll for
five years or even longer, without re-
newing. The cement hardens. but on
rough surface will not scale.
From still another source comes the
following:
Take of lime, clean and we'll burned
six quarts; four ounces of Spanish
whiting or powdered burnt alum; one
pound of white sugar three pounds of
rice flour one pound of glue of good
quality, and five gallons of boiling
water. Stake the lime with hot water
in a vessel holding about ten gallons
keeping the vessel covered to retain
to clear off the coarse particles; to
this liquid add the whiting or alum.
the sugar and the rice flour, the latter
having first been made into a thick
boiled paste. Dissolve the glue in
water over a water bath or in a double
vessel, and mix the whole with hot
water, and let it stand for an hour over
a slow fire If a specially neat appear
ance is desired, apply with paint
brush. For outdoor surfaces it should
be applied while warm, and cold for
indoors.
The coat thus obtained, will, it is
claimed, retain its brillancy for many
years.
A cheaper whitewash which makes
a coat which will not rub off is made
by taking one bushel unslaked lime,
twenty pounds of Spanish whiting, II
pounds of rock salt, II pounds OF
brown sugar Stake the lime ana
strain mix with about forty gallons OF
water. then add the other ingredients
and stir all together.
This is not only lasting, but looks
we'll when applied, and may be tlnted
to any desired shade.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30

Before you buy any, or any more,
Christmas presents for anyone else
let me suggest you bus certain one
for yourself.
five cents, you can use it for five years,
and if you do, l will guarantee that
Won will get at least five dollars worth
of satisfaction out of it.
In plain English, l am advising you
to buy yourself little notebook and
lot down in it. from this Christmas on,
every gift you give and the name of
the recipient.
What on earth did / give Aunt Har-
riet last year? I'd like to give her
one of those little silk opera bags, but
I gave someone one last year. l can't
remember whether it was she or Aunt
Jennie. and, of course, it would be
terrible if / should give her another
one"
That's plant l heard yesterday
If you don't keep such little note
book as 1 suggest, of course, you've
made similar plants, and, of course,
YOU will keep on making them until
you begin to keep a record of your
Christmas giving.
My mother has a little Christmas
notebook she has kept for fifteen years.
Besides preventing her from making
the mistake of sending the same sort
Of gifts to the same person two years
in succession, it is a treasure house
for the whole family.
For in addition to keeping the rec
ord of all her gifts and their recipi-
ents, she also keeps list of prices
and a record of the shops where she
has been most successful in purchas-
ing various articles.
For instance, by referring to her
little book, mother can tell us the very
best place to purchase gloves, the shop
where they have such sheer and dainty
handkerchiefs at such a reasonable
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Nov. 30
David Albaugh De Almond, who lost
his life when his home at Butler, Mo-,
was destroyed by fire, was one of the
most distinguished statesmen that
Missouri ever sent to the halls of con-
gress. He was notably free from the
habit of playing politics, vigorous in
his likes and dislikes and a patriot of
the old school. He was in congress
continuously from 1890, coming into
national prominence at the same time
that William Jennings Bryan, whom he
admired and always supported, became
a national figure Mr. De Almond was
born in Altoona, Pa, in 1874. He was
educated as a lawyer and reached a
high position in the legal profession
before he entered politics. Two Of his
sons are officers in the United States
army.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
Waterways Meeting.

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 30.-Delegates
representing cities, villages, county
governments, commercial organiza-
tions and other societies interested In
the development of the rivers canals
and harbors of the Empire state met
in the city hall today and formally in
augurated the first annual convention
Of the New York State Waterways as
ISOLATION. The organization was
formed last January in New York city
and has already succeeded in arous-
ing much interest in waterways i'm
provement throughout the state. Rob
ert J. MacFarland, of Brooklyn, is
president.
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HIS wife, who was Olivia Langdon
died in Italy in 1904, "she was the
light of our lives" wrote the grief
stricken husband, and it is certain tina
that her death was a blow from which
he will never recover.
It is reported that Mr. Clemens, Il
his health permits the trip, will go tt
Bermuda this winter. He first visited
the Bermudas in the early SOS, de.
scribing his experiences in Some
Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion,
and has since made fire luent Wits tt
and has since made frequent visits tc
to the isles of enchantment' was ir
1908, when the late H. H. Rogers, the
Standard Oil magnate, was his com
panion.
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pull, which keeps everything taut and
tidy.
And many resolved never again TO
risk bruised fingers in inserting tack
by adopting a clever little discovery
which showed the tack thrust througha
a strip of thin card which held it III
place for the hammer to send it home.
These are just a few of the smart
little inventions that were shown.
The tea was voted great success,
and every guest went home with a
comfortable feeling that she had
learned something.
Afternoon teas are so stale!" ex-
claimed a young bride.
So they are; but give a Discovery
Tea, and you will find it immensely
popular and useful, too.
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Nothing is better for poultry build
ings from a sanitary point of view,
than a good coat of whitewash. Es-
pecially is this true when getting the
poultry houses ready for winter All
may not be aware there is quite a
science in whiteWash. There are diff
ferent kinds, and each is adapted for
a different use. A few formulas have
been gathered which may prove help
full for those in search of such in
formation For a durable Whitewash
for general use, proceed as follows:
Take a clean, tight barrel and put
into it half a bushel of unslaked lime,
Stake it by pouring hot water into
the barrel, in sufficient quantity to
cover the lime five inches deep. Stir
briskly until thoroughly slaked. When
the shaking is thoroughly done, add
enough water to give it the proper
consistency, two pounds of sulphate
of zinc, one pound of common salt and
a half pound of alum. If desired.
various colors may be produced. A
rich cream tint is obtained by adding
three pounds of yellow ochre. A lead
or pearl color is obtained by adding
three pounds of yellow ochre. A lead
or pearl color is obtained by adding
lamp black, red by Venetian red or
red ochre, and blue by sulphate red
copper. If for the insides of poultry
houses, add one-half ounce of carbOl-
ic acid This whitewash is very du-
rable, and will not crack or peel off.
A writer in Scientific American"
gives the following:
1.-The best wash 1 have ever heard of
is made as follows: For one barrel
of color wash, a half bushel of white
lime, three pecks of hydraulic cement,
ten pounds of umber, ten pounds of
ochre, one pound Venetian red, quar-
ter pound of lampblack. Stake the lime,
cut the lampblack with vinegar, mix
well together, add the cement and fill
the barrel with water mixing thorough
ly. 1t it stand twelve hours before
using, and stir often while putting it
on.
This wash is of a light stone color,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
Jeweler Charged With Fraud.

BOSTON, Nov. 30.-Patrick J. Cum
mings, manufacturing JeWeler OF
Attleboro, with offices in this city, Is to
be given a hearing today on a charge
of using the mails in a scheme to de-
fraud He is said to have advertised
for agents, offering them $50 a month
and expenses and to furnish them
with a stock of valuable jeWelry. He is
afterward alleged to have required
of applicants a deposit of not less than
$3.50 as guaranty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30

Don't contradict people, even if
you're sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the af-
fairs of even your most intimate friend
Don't under-rate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't believe that everybody else lie
the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe all the evils you hear
Don't be rude to your interiors In
social position.
Don't repeat gossip, even If it doe:
| interest a crowd.
Don't jeer at anybody's religious be
| lief.
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die west are more powerful than they
were when the tariff bill was adopted,
and many of them have declared that
they intend to make their force felt
against the privileged combinations.
The postal savings bank, the enlarge
ment of the governments powers of
inquiry into corporations, the Panama
canal conservation of national re-
sources, deep waterways, freight rates
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 30
Unless all political signs fail, a men,
orable session of the two national leg
islative bodies will begin when the
flag is run up on the senate side CT
the capitol at Washington On Dec. 6,
the opening of the second
session of the sixty first congress. 1t
is believed now that the trust ques-
ton will overshadow everything else
sven in the early days of the session,
for the so called insurgents of the mid
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weeks, whilst, for instance, the house
is shut up.
One guest, who is great on fancy
work, was wrapped in admiration of
discovery wool-winder. No need to
commander anyone to hold out aching
arms whilst an obstinate skein of
wool is wound off, A couple of large
reels, securely fastened to a three-foot
board with stout, long wire nails, solved
the difficulty, and the board could be
attached to any table by an ordinary
screw fastener, the reels revolving as
the skein itself runs around and round.
Then there was a novel method OF
drawing a cork from a bottle that
has already been opened. why did 1
never think of that before?' said a
middle-aged lady, in reproachful
tones. 1T is so easy"
A short length of tape was laid
across the bottle mouth and the cork
| forced tightly in on top, so that the
air was really excluded, as it very sell
! dom is when a cork is half pushed in.
| So tight was it that no amount OF
! finger twisting would get it out; but
| just a pull at the tape and out it
came.
How to Keep a Guest Book.
And then there was the guest-book.
The leaves of the book, alphabetically
ternoon. In this book the hostess had
| jotted down all the likes and dis
| likes she had been able to discover of
friends who had been guests at din
ner and lunch.
Il never could guess how you always
knew l took no sugar in my tea
| someone remarked but here 1 see ]
am duly licked off as an anti-sugar
person"
Il always refer to the little book
whenever 1 know anyone is coming
answered the hostess. People are SO
pleased to find one remembers their
little fads."
The more mechanically minded, who
no doubt had often groaned over sag
: ging curtains stretched before cup
boards and shelves, soon formed ar
animated group round another of the
exhibits. This ingenious discover,
brought couple of stout elastic bands
into service. Fastened to one hook and
J the end of the string on which the cur.
! tains hang, they exercise constant
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
Indictment Men Meet.
army

DIES MONIES, Nov. 30.-Iowa I'm
plement and vehicle dealers are ar
irving today for their annual conven-
ton, which begins this evening with a
reception.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30

One insertion of a classified ad. is
often enough-but, by no means, al
ways so. Same law of persistence
applies as in everything else.
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laws are measures any one of which
may make legislative history. Limi-
tation of the powers of the speaker of
the house of representative will oc-
cupy that branch of congress in an
early struggle, and an investigation of
the sugar scandal is not at all m
likely. Already the capital is active,
and many of the leaders are on the
ground, ready for the fray.
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This wash is of light stone color,
The Washington times., 1909-09-23
GERMAN SPEED IN NAVAL
CONSTRUCTION.

Just when talk of the rapid expan-
sion of the German navy is at its
height, an announcement regarding
quickness of battIeship construction
comes from Berlin which is certain to
make naval officers and shipbuilders all
over the world sit up and take notice
This month two German Dreadnoughts
will be launched which were laid down
last year. The keel of one Of these,
the Siegfried, was laid down only last
Christmas. It will be launched Sep
TENDER %, thus setting a pace that has
surprised even the German official ex-
pectations.
To show further the remarkable
progress the Germans are making in
shipbuilding, it is pointed out that ar
llOOO-ton transport ship has been built
in five months aud eighteen days and
4OOO-ton mail r.. e,mer has been built
in 100 days.
1t is such exhibitions of development
in the art of naval and merchant ship
construction that are giving her com
petitors, especially Great Britain,
anxiety. So far as this country is con
cerned, the speed shown in battlesbp
construction ought to set a valuable
exa nple In view Of what the Ger
mans are accomplishing, there does not
appear to be auy sound reason why it
should require in many cases several
years to construct a battleship IN the
/ United States. Some disposition j:
manifested by Congress to go into the
subject of naval reform this winter
and if naval reform is undertaken
there should I've serious inquiry into the
time taken for the construction of YES
sells. The question has its important
economic side, and in time Of impend
ing war it would have other aspects o
still greater moment.