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The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
All in THE NORTH
MISSIONS FOUNDED IN THE LAND
OF THE ESK1MoS.
Spread of Christianity Has Been
Marked Among People of the Most
lnhospitable Land on the
Earth.

Rev. DIR. X. J. ReniSon. rector OF St
Paul's Episcopal church. speaking here
before a large congregation ON mis-
sionary work among the Eskimos, said
he considered the Eskimos were the
only civilized race in the world that
were secure from the en~croaehment
of the civilized white man and that II
therefore escaped extinction, or at
least degradation. from contact with
so-called civilization, a san Francisco
dispatch says.
Unless the earth shall change its
axis, thereby changing the climate of
the bleak and inhospitable north, he
said, no nation will ever attempt to
deprive the Eskimo of his land. This
peculiar people inhabit a vast terri
tory, yet. Notwithstanding the vast
ness of their domain, there is only one
tribe. They speak the common Ian
guage and have the same customs,
whether in the Hudson bay country or
in the Bafiin's bay regions.
The speaker was unable to under
stand why they had chosen such a
habitation, if they really had chosen
it.
In the brief three months of sum
mer," said the speaker, the Eskimo
hunts the seal and walrus and en-
cages in fishing TO lay up a store of
food for the nine months of winter,
and when the winter comes he saws
the hard snow into large blocks and
with these builds a house in the shape
of a bee hive, pours water over 1t and
it freezes hard and makes a tight
dwelling, secure against the wind.
The opening of the door Is SO small
that one must crawl on his hands
and knees to enter the igloo. Bushes
are spread upon the floor n seals
blubber in a followed stone is lighted
and serves for lamp and cooking
stove.
In the Baffin's bay country the pro-
testant Episcopal church has the most
n%ortherly mission in the world. 1t
was founded 80 years ago by Rev.
Mr.. Peck, who, after learning the Ian
guage, spent several years in convert
ing the people of the ice-bound land
The first church building he erected
was built of sealskins sewn together
and when it was finished the dogs de-
youred 1t over night. The permanent
church was built soon thereafter with
lumber shipped from Canada.
"Mr. Peck found these people to
have an innate sense of right and
wrong and found them faithful and
trustworthy in all respects. Before
they became Christians the Eskimos
used to kill all their aged and decrepit
men and used to force the old women
to commit suicide. This was done
under what they conceived to be the
stern law of necessity, but since that
time the practice has been abandoned.
They are sincere Christians, or at
least those of them that have come
within reach of the missionary influ-
ence."
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
Well Guarded Trade Secrets.

There are two trade secrets at least
that the world at large may
learn. One is the Chinese method of
making the bright and beautiful color
known as vermilion, or Chinese red;
and the other is a Turkish secret-the
inlaying of the hardest steel with gold
and silver.
Among the Chinese and the Turks
these two secrets are well guarded.
Apprentices before they are taken
for either trade. must swear an iron
clad oath to reveal nothing of what
passes in the workshop. These APP
prentices, furthermore. must belong
to a family of standing, must pay a
large sun by way Of guarantee, and
must furnish certificates of good char
acter and honesty. These secrets
have been handed down faithfully
from one generation to another for
hundreds of years.-The Sunday Mag.
azine.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
Not In AIDES Set.

The first time Mrs. Kendall, the Eng.
lish actress, went TO Chicago the city
editors sent reporters over to inter.
view her.
Among them was George AIDE. then
working for the Record.
How do you like Chicago. Mrs.
Kendal?' he asked.
oh, ! have not been here long
enough to answer that, but | know
shall Ike II. | am so infatuated with
your country, and / know | shall dear
ly love Chicago. | have met some
charming Chicago people"
Indeed, said AIDE. whom do you
know"
Why, ! have met Mr.. Armour and
Mr.. Fairbanks and Mr.. Higinbotham
and several others. Do you know
them"
Well" said AIDE, Il have heard of
them. but then. you know, all these
you have mentioned are in trade
Good-morning.' Saturday Evening
Post.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
The SquaW Winter.
summer

"When does the Indian summer
come, anyway" she asked.
"Why it doesn't always come at
all, but when it does come it comes
just after the squaw winter" replied
her friend.
"Squaw winter! Well, l never
even heard of that before. When is
that?"
well the first p%rotracted period of
cold weather that we have is called
the squaw winter out in the country.
After this spell of frosty weather
there are sometimes several days of
unreasonable mildness and warmth
that we call Indian summer. Some
years there isn't any warn spell
after the frost has well set in and we
have no Indian summer. But the
squaw winters always come. The
years when there isn't any Indian
summer the squaw winters just glide
into the real hard winters so that you
can't tell where n stops and the
other begins. 1t is only when there
is an Indian summer that you can
distinguish the squaw winter"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
Bribery in Elections.

Bribery, according to an expert on
the subject, first became a recognized
mode of securing votes In the reign OF
Charles !. 1t was afterward improved
upon by George III, who lost no OPP
p~ortunity of enforcing its claims as
a good cote getter. IF" he wrote
to his chief adviser on one occasion,
the duke of Northumberland requires
some gold pills for the election 1t
would be wrong not to satisfy him"
The king was not altogether selfish In
this matter of spending money. for
the gold pills came out OF his own
medicine chest, the civil list, where
as his successors drew upon the secret
service cash for the corruption OF the
voters.
In those days the British constitu-
ton worked on the principles of Mr..
Quinton Dick, a wealthy West In
dian planter, who explained his nan
ner of election thus: AT the last
election | spoke to my constituents.
Gentlemen | said, my opponent 10
a very rich man with a large family.
| am a very rich man, and | thank
God that all | care for In the world
is covered by my hat | put my
hat on my head. and they returned
me. That, sir, Is the practical work
ing of the British constitution Lon
don Daily News.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
Curiosity Sauelched.

At dinner the professor of history
was seated between two young ladies.
who, in accordance with their training
in the art of conversation, sought to
draw him out upon the subject In
which he was most interested. They
did not meet with much success; his
were short-'Yes," OLIVER
Cromwell" NO" "1492," and the like.
Finally one of them in desperation
%ventured:
Professor. we were wondering
only this afternoon, and none of us
could remember: How many children
did Mary, Queen of Scots. have?"
This was too much. Madam said
the professor, facing her with squelch-
ing dignity, Il am not a scandal
monger."
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
Bald Heads.

Thomas, five years old, came face
to face the other day with an uncle
he had never cen before, and noticed
that this uncle had a bald head sur
rounded by a fringe of hair-such a
head as the cartoonists used to draw
of David B. Hill. This fact, added to
the uncle's extreme height and thin
ness, excited Tommy's comment.
Say, mamma" he said, turning to
his mother, my new uncle grew up
SO fast his hair didn't have time to
reach the top Of his head!'
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
WAS AN INSPIRATION
FIRST SINGING OF SANKEY'S
MOST FAMOUS HYMN.
"The Ninety and Nine" So Powerful
an Aid in EVangelistic Work,
Was Not Planned by the
Writer.

The religious faiths of the world
have produce many remarkable and
beautiful lyrics. such as Newman.s
Lead, Kindly Light" the Nearer, My
God. to Thee of Sarah Flower Adams,
and Cowper's God Moves in a Mys.
FERROUS Way Many of these we're
written under peculiarly dramatic cir.
c~umstances. rs was particularly the
case with those of Cowper and John
Henry Newman alluded 10 above,
writes +. Reddell in the Milwaukee
Sentinel.
But wide as has been their use and
their application among Christians OF
all creeds and seots. there is n hymn
that overshadows all others, whether
we consider its widespread popularity
or fits wonderful evangelistie power.
This hymn Is The Ninety and Nine"
by the late Ira ID. Sankey, long the mu'
steal associate of Dwight l.. Moody,
These two men together We're the
greatest soul winners ever known, and
the success of their united work was
undoubtedly largely traceable to Mr..
Sankey's songs in general, and to
"The Ninety and Nine" in particular.
It's unique origin has often been de.
scribed. but will bear repetition.
when leaving Glasgow for Edin.
burgh with Mr.. Moody, Mr.. Sankey
bought a penny religious paper,
CHANGING over 1t as they rode on the
cars, his eye fell upon a few verses
in the corner of the page. One day
they had an unusually impressive
meeting in Edinburgh, in which DIR.
Bonar had spoken IN "The Good Shep.
herd At the close of the address
Mr.. Moody beekoned to his partner to
sing something appropriate.
"At first he could think of nothing
but the Tw~enty-third Psalm, but that
he had sung so often; his second
thought was to sing the verses he had
found in the paper but how could 1t
be done when he had no tune for
them? Then a thought came-to sing
the verses he had found in the paper
anyway. He put the verses before
him, touched the keys of the organ,
and sang, not knowing where he was
going to come out. lie finished the
first verse amid profound silence. He
took a long breath and wondered II he
could sing the second the same way.
He tried it and succeeded. After that
it was easy to sing 1t. When he had
finished the hymn the meeting was all
broken down-throngs were crying
and ministers were sobbing all around
him."
Hundreds were converted then and
there. while in subsequent years other
thousands of souls were gathered In
through the singing of The Ninety
and Nine"
Clearly the song was the result of
a sudden inspiration so far as its mu-
steal setting was concerned. and II
may be doubted If there was ever a
similar case of spontaneous and subse.
quently successful composition.
THE Ninety and Nine literally
sang its way around the world. The
simple paraphrase of the Scripture
parable appeals to all sorts and CON
ditions of men" and the worlds hymn
ology Is b richer for hat Sunday
afternoon inspiration In the Scottish
capital which came to Ira d.. Sapkey.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
His Charity.

He was poor, but otherwise honest.
and he had just proposed to the heir.
ess.
Are o sure" she queried after
the manner of her kind. that you do
not want to marry me for my money!,
"Of course l don't" he replied, 81
am anxious to marry you because |
haven't the heart to let you become an
old maid merely because you happen
to have a paltry half million."-The
Wasp.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
a EorcefuI StvIe

A teacher at an evening school had
before her a class in which were many
very rough lads.
Suppose said the teacher. Il
should say, Look out, boys; here
comes the p%olice.' Would that be
correct?'
There was a silence. Finally a little
fellow said, Nom; that wouldn't be
right"
Well" inquired the teacher, how
should it be said?'
"fCheese it, %cullies; here comes a
cop" was the reply.-Tit-Bits.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
Christian BuriaIs at Jerusalem.

Until about fifty years ago Chris
tians in Jerusalem, and Franciscans as
well, were buried without a coffin, the
latter simply in the habit of the order.
At the grave the hood of the deceased
was sewed shut over his face, and
thus he was bedded in the earth. The
former burial place of the Catholics
was in the valley of the Cedron along.
side the Garden of Gethsemane at the
foot of the Mount of Olives, where the
Jews are still buried to-day. Only a
century ago a ley churchyard was
laid out on Mount Sion, the place
where King David and his success
ors are still buried. The exact spot
is unknown, although many attempts
have been made to find it. An old
tradition says that about the fifth cen
fury some workmen accidentally pen
etrated this vault. They looked in
and saw the magnificent ~sarcophagi,
but in trying to enter. the chambers
of the dead they were repulsed by
flames of fire bursting forth from with
in. The frightened workmen closed
the entrance to the vault, the exact
location of which has been forgotten.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
To Aesculapius and Health,
this is erected by
l.. claudius Hermippus,

by the breath OF NOufS SlTlS, lNeu
115 years and > days, at which
physicians were no little surprised,
Successive generations lead such "a life. y!
A Teutonic writer, Hufeland by
name, from his vast reservoir of eX-
p%erience, gravely informs us that
when we consider how ~efficacious for
lameness are freshly opened animals,
or the laying of a living animal upon
any painful affection, we must feel
convinced that these methods are not
to be thrown aside"
Curing by words" was common in
the early ages They cast out the dis
ease spirits by exorcism. Ulysses,
mythology has it. stopped a hem
orrhage by words, styptic words, evil
IDENTIFY. Cato cured sprains by the
same means.
Various astrological signs inscribed
upon amulets and talismans-of min
erals or of metals-were supposed to
prevent and to cure diseases when
worn on the body of the sufferer.
Herbs, roots, loadstones, bookstores,
pieces of amber, images Of saints,
were also worn for the same reason.
The Buddhists, for instance, had a sort
of religious reverence for the sapphire.
They called it the stone of stones Top
timus. QUEEN tellus mediea gignit) -
New York Medical Journal.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
The EarIY Drama.

Il suppose those fashionable ladies
of old England wore masks at the the
alter in order to hide their bushes
Il fancy not" answered Miss Cay
enne; at was probably that they
might assume to be blushlng without
fear of contradiction
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
ANCIENT METHOD OF HEALING
Laying on of Hands Is One of the Old
est Prescriptions Known to
Men of Medicine.

For countless ages among barbaric,
pagan and Christian peoples the belief
was current that individuals diseased
and "curtailed of their fair proper
TONS could be healed by touch b!
the breath by words and prayer, by
the wearing of amulets and talismans,
by charms of every conceivable and
inconceiyabie kind. These supersti-
tions, under various aliases are re-
markably in evidence wen in the adj
yaneed civilization of our day. The
healing of the sick by the application
oil hands Is of vast antiquity. 1t is to
be found in the records and the prac-
tees of the early Egyptians and Jews,
the Assyrians and Indians. One of the
earliest recorded examples is to be
found in the Old Testament. We are
told that Elisha brought to life a
dead child by stretching himself
three times upon the child and calling
aloud to God.
Readers of history are acquainted
with the supposed healing powers of
the kingly touch"
1t was believed for a long time that
living together and breathing upon a
sickly person would produce salutary
as well as harmful effects. Young
children and virgins were supposed to
have the power to cure by breathing
upon the patient and sprinkling him
with their own blood. This method of
cure" is mentioned by Galen, Pliny
and Virgil. History tells us that the
great Barbarossa, when dying. was adj
yised by his Jewish doctor to have
young, robust boys placed across his
stomach, in lieu of lamentations. The
following curious inscription, cut in
marble, was discovered at Rome by
the -archaeologist Gomar:
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
RECORDERS COURT NOW ON.
Judge Sykes Opens Monday With
lTwenty.One Cases.

The recorders court, much
talked Of in this city and county
is now in full blast, beginning
Monday morning with twenty
one cases.
When the time arrived for the
court to convene there was a
large crowd around the court
house and when Chief of police
j. F. Freeland called the court
to order the court room was COM
fortably filled, and presented the
appearance of the beginning Of a
term of the superior court.
The first case to claim the at
tention of the recorder was that
of Buan Vaughan for shooting a
bean shooter in the city and he
was fined $500 and the costs, $4
of the fine being remitted.
The other cases were called
and settled in short order, with
the exception uf several cases
that were continued on account
|of sickness.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
Base Ball Talk.

An effort is being made for
Durham to have a base ball team
to enter the eastern Carolina
league, and to this end Mr.. C. H.
Gattis, of Raleigh, was here
Saturday talking with those inter-
ested in the game. Quite a num-
Der of Durham people are inter-
ested in base ball and the only
reason an effort in this direction
was not made last year was the
lack of a park.
Now the Durham Traction
company proposes to furnish the
park properly fixed up, and al
that is necessary is for Durham
enthusiasts to fork over sufficient
money to insure good players.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
A Quiet Home MARRIAGE.

At the residence of Mrs.
Artelia Sears corner Jackson
Street and Vickers Avenue.
Sunday evening at Z o'clock,
Miss Leola Barbee was united ir
marriage to Mr.. Walter Viii.
liams, of Chatham county, Rev.
A. P. Barber, pastor of the
Main Steet Christian Church,
officiating.
1t was a quiet home marriage
and only the relatives and a few
special friends were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams will
make their home in Chatham
county, near Williams Mill, the
home of the groom, where they
carry the best wishes of their
friends for a long and happy
life.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16

A mass meeting will be held
next Thursday night for the pur-
pose Of getting the matter Of the
Pythian iorphanage before the
people. This meeting will be
held in the court house and be-
sides members Of East and West
Durham lodges and Durham
Lodge, quite a number Of cit.
liens will be present.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
Wants sso.ooo.

Ex-Judge Walter A. Montgom.
cry wishes the Federal court to
award him $50. 900. to be paid by
Mr.. Thomas Dixon for alleged Ii
bel Of the ex-Judge by Mr.. Dix.
on in a letter written by the latter
in reply to a speech made by the
ex-Judge, in which Mr.. Dixon
was compared to a hyena. This
suit was started last October by
Judge Montgomery. but Mr.. Dix
on was in New York and after
wards 1t was announced in the
press that the suit would be
brought in New York, but this
was not done.
Mr.. Dixon instructed his attor-
ney in Raleigh. Mr.. N. Holding.
TO accept service in the Federal
Court Of this district, and he did
so. Governor Aycock and Judge
Winston will appear with Mr..
Holding for Mr.. Dixon, while
Judge Montgomery Is represent
ed by r. II. Battle and son.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16

An early morning fire Monday
destroyed a new residence being
erected on Roxboro street. The
origin of the fire is supposed to
have been incendiary, but who
the guilty party, the officers have
no clue. The house was the
property:of Benjamin Lovenstein,
and he offers a reward of $25
for the arrest and conviction Of
the guilty party.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
caught in the act of destroying
growing crops.

caught in the act Of destroying
growing crops.
Announcements was made
that the committee on privilege
and elections would meet We'd
nesday afternoon to hear the
matter of the contest of the seat
of Mr.. Scarboro, Of Wake, by
Mr.. Matthews. It is claimed
that because Mr.. Scarboro is
postmaster at Eagle Rock, he is
holding two offices.
MONDAY, FEB. Is.
Bills introduced in the Senate:
BY Barringer-To fix the
punishment of safe crackers.
By Wray-To provide for the
furnishing of school books to
INDECENT children by the State
Board Of Education.
By Barringer-R Relating to the
compensation of solicitors, fixing
the salary at SIPS a week or
any fraction thereof for every
criminal court they shall attend
in their districts, and to receive
no other compensation whatever.
Passed third reading: To pro-
vide for the better sanitation of
court rooms.
Introduced out of order: By
Manning-T appoint a board OF
health for the city of Durham.
Bills introduced in the House:
BY Morton-As to manufacture
and sale of intoxicating drinks.
By Barnes, Of Hertford To
enlarge the State capital, and to
issue $500. 600 in bonds.
By Fagg- To promote sanitary
conditions in tobacco warehouses.
BY Linney-To require State
Board Of Education to furnish
school books to INDECENT children,
BY Koonce-To increase the
pension appropriation from
S400. 900 to S5O0,OO0.
BY Graham-To provide 8
monument to Confederate sold.
iers in Granville. By same-Tt
establish a commission as to the
sale of certain drugs. By same
TO allow commissioners Of
Granville So per day. By same
TO restore Granville to list OF
counties to settle State tax by
January lst, each year.
BY Williams, of Dare-To
regulate oyster dredging.
BY Morton-As to catching
clans in Masonboro Sound.
By Butler-To encourage the
destruction of hawks.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
Officer Williams Assaulted by Several
Negroes Sunday Morning.
he WAS CARRIED TO WATTS HOSPITAL
Negroes Objected to Interference IN
Crap Game and Proceed to
Beat and Kick Officer
Of the Law.

Sunday morning about ten
o'clock Officer Williams found
several negroes near the coal
shute engaged in crap game
and went up and arrested one Of
them, Irwin Barbee by name. No
sooner had he arrested his man
than a fight began in which all
the other negroes took part.
The result was that Mr.. Will
liams was severely beat about
the head, kicked in the side and
otherwise badly treated, before
he could bring his gun into play.
In such a condition he could not
hit the mark and the negro es-
capped. However, two of the me-
groes were held until other Off
GERS arrived to assist him. These
two were brought up town and
locked up.
Sunday night a third of the
assassins, Larkin Smith, was ar
rested and then Officer Belvin,
who had been out west of the
city looking for those who had
escaped, saw Ollie Burnett on
the westbound train. So certain
was Burnett that he had escaped
that he leaned from the window
and waved at Officer Belvin. The
officer telephoned ahead and haC
him arrested at Burlington,
Those under arrest now are
Adrian Bass, Dana Washington,
Larkin Smith and Ollie Burnett
In addition to being charged with
the assault they are also charged
with gambling, and Burnett j:
charged with carrying a con
cealed weapon and with assault
with deadly weapon.
Mr.. Williams is now in Watt:
hyspital and it will be severa
days before he will be able t
get out and attend the trial.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
YounQ Lady Fatally Burned.

Elizabeth City, Feb. 12.-Miss
Lima Sykes, young lady about
% years of age, met with an aw-
full accident this afternoon at ]
o'clock at her home on Parsonage
street, which will probably cost
her life. The young woman was
heating a pot of tar on the cook
ing stove and when she lifted the
pot from the opening the bottom
fell out, spilling the contents in
the fire and all over the stove.
Immediately the room was filled
with fire and smoke and the
young lady's clothes caught on
fire. Members of the family de-
tected the fire, turned in an
alarm and went to the rescure
of the young woman. They found
her clothes and hair all burned
of and her face and body in an
awful condition.
DR.. McMullen was summoned
and upon examination found that
the young lady was most horrid-
ly burned. He is doing everything
possible 10 relieve her suffering.
but states tonight that he fears
she Is injured beyond recovery.
The fire company responded
promptly and saved the house,
with slight damage.