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ono cap wait with the assurance that in
the end works of art will be forthcoming
THE local artists are beginning to re-
! turn from their summer haunts and IN
a fortnight or more now the majority OF
the studios will be open. Among the
most recent home-comers is Miss Bertha
F.. Perrie, who has been abroad since
June Miss Perrie spent the greater part
of the summer at Montreuil- sur-Mer,
where there Is abundant material Tor
sketching, making, however, pflgrimages
to Rouen, Amiens. Etaples and Oman. and
giving little over three weeks to Paris.
While in the last city Miss Perrie entered
class in miniature painting at tne
Academic Julien, which was conducted by
Nine La Forge, a distinguished French
miniaturist. and made TWO very interest
ing studies-one Of a young woman, a
portrait-and the other Of an old man In
costume. Both are rather larger than
usual and are done in a free, vigorous
style. which is very attractive
4
MISS ANNA NJ. SANDS spent her sum-
4v1 mer in New Hampshire at the old
Abbott homestead. where the RoIlo
Books and the ''Franconia Stories" were
written. She has brought back with her
several landscape sketches Of that beauti-
full hill country and studies Of the sun
light in the woods which are very true
and engaging. There is peculiar witch
cry in the pine woods. the spirit Of which
Miss Sands has interpreted. She has also
painted lately a head of a young girl,
much less than life size, gowned in white
and wearing a white veil, scarcely per-
ceptible against white background. Deli
cate in handling and refined in feeling, a
positive charm pervades this little can
vas which cannot be gainsaid-a charm
which. because of It's subtletry, can per-
haps be easier felt than explained.
MIR. MAX WEYL has been for the
4VA greater part of the past three months
at Brightwood, where he has had a
studio in connection with his residence.
For the winter he has taken a studio at
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

LITTLE GIRL SERIES "A LITTLE
GIRL. IN OLD PuTTSBURG. Ry
Amanda M. Douglas. New York:
Dodd. Mead & Co.
THE MARJORIE SERIES - MAR
JORIE'S MEM FRIEND. BY Carolyn
Wells. illustrated by Mary X. Bas-
sett. New York: nodd. Mead & Co.
THE: GREAT DIVIDE, Play in Thre.
Acts. BY William Vaughn Moody.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
COLI MBIA UNIVERSITY LECTURES
LIGHT BY Richard c. Maclaurin
liz D.. Sc. D.. president OF the Mas
sachusetts Institute OF Technology
New York: The Columbia University
Press.
WHEN I GROW UP. BY w W. Dcns.
low New York: The Century Conn
pany.
TALES OF THE RED CHILDREN. Ry
Abbie Farwel1 Brown and James
Macintosh Bell. Illustrated. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
THE RED CAPS OF LYONS; a stor, O,
the French Revolution. by Herbert
Hayens. Illustrated by Lionel Ed
wards. New York: II. Appleton .S
Co.
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLH
KNIGHT BRAyE. BY Frances
Byrne Rees. Illustrated. New York:
ID. Appleton & Co.
THE KEY OF THE UNKNOWN. Ry
Rosa Nauchette Carey. author OF
Nellie's Memories etc. Philadei-
phla: J. b. Lippincott Company.
THE BETTY BAIRD SERIES-BETTY
BAIRD'S GOLDEN YEAR. BY Anna
Hamlin Weikel. illustrated by Ethel
Pennewill Brown. Boston: Little,
Brown e. Co.
NERVES AND COMMON SENSE. Rv
Annie Payson Call. author OF Power
Through Repose," etc. Boston: Lit
tie, Brown & Co.
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pockets were emptied long since. He
tried to raise his body ever SO slightly,
but failed. yet he fancied he could feel
the pressure of the ring against his ribs.
for those who had robbed him. though
they unfastened his Waistcoat to learn II
he wore a. money-belt, had missed the
hidden pocket. He was deadly tired. The
nauseating drug with which he had been
dosed was still powerful enough to rem
der him almost incapable Of reasoned
thought. After the effects of the first
thrill of restored vitality had passed he
listened idly to the pattering feet and
muttered talk Of his bearers. Then he
resigned himself to fate and fell asleep.
When next he awoke he was still In the
palanQuin. But the curtains We're drawn
apart, 1t was daylight, and Moor was
unfastening his bonds. The man spoke
hensible. Warden sat up He felt cold
and stiff and twinge Of pain in his
shoulder drew from him stifed excla-
nation in English.
was dimly discernible that he was ask
ing In execrable French if monsieur
wished to eat and drink.
Warden answered him in the same Ian
guage.
round a rough camp pitched in the shade
of grove Of tall trees.
"You must address the ever-to-be-hon-
ored Mia Moul!ah:" 1 am only ser
want" was the reply.
Il am not French. began Warden, Il
am an Englishman.
The man growled an oath in Arabic.
and repeated the request about food 1t
was useless to question him.
What is on the menu? said " arden,
with WY smile.
He was not to be starved. 1t seemed.
Perhaps some explanation OF his present
predicament would soon be forthcoming.
At any rate. his wits would be clearer
after a meal He had eaten nothing dur
ing twenty-four hours at tho lowest reck-
oning. He saw now that new day was
we'll advanced. The trees opposed a
dense screen TO the sun. but that lum-
riary was high in the heavens and he
was sure he had pot dreamed Of tho
night journey III the palanq,in- \ dozen
PRONOUNCED Media Moclia.' aud meanin.
literally, Blue Priest
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is believed in by boys in certain sections
to this day-that by smearing rozzum
on the hands we could SO pickle our
palms that the blows OF the ruler would
not hurt so much as they would without
the rozZum. 1 call it rozzum. because
that's what all of us fellers called 1t.
though it was. of course. rosin.
Such is the strange power Of a fool
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boyish belief. 1 believe in my soul, l do
indeed. that the spreading of that rozZum
on our palms really served to intensity
the pain Of the ruler instead OF mitigating
the pain; Yet so serene was our faith IN
the efficacy Of the ro1Zum for the palms
that we went through right cheerfully
with the punishment sure that the ruler
wasn't hurting half a much as 1t would
without the rosin.
Yes and we used to pad up for the
serious Walloping, too; not on the palms.
but elsewhere. That is, when We knew
in advance that we were going to get one
Of the big whalings.
ly for a big. powerful brother when [
had a bunch that ] was in for one OF the
Whalings Of my life. I'd been playin'
hockey for three or four days, spending
the dreamy old days in swimmin' and
smokin' corn silk cigarettes with the
fellers that didn't have to go to school and
all that, and I'd been caught with the
goods. My father drIlbbed me first and
then he wrote a note to the brother. tell
ing him about me and advising the brother
10 give 1t to me himself.
''Of course / knew or guessed at the
contents Of that note OF my fathers TO
the brother. and so before ! went To
school that morning I fixed myself UP.
Made what ] considered a. fine job % II,
too: but. as usual with everything that a
boy does, l overdid it.
II was too bulgy altogether. I stuck
out in knobs all over and had Dickens
fat boy reduced to skeleton by ccmoarI
son. However. l viewed it as a great
tasty job, and went to school that morn
ing-well, l won't exactly say in condition
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HIS talk about re-
Stunning thrashing in
the public schools
takes me back a
Bit" said the sparse
ly built, m ! d d ! e =
aged man. II went
to school In a west
ern town. and l
used to get the day
lights wopsed out
of me by my teach
ers right along.
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18th and II streets. but SO long as the
fine weather continues he will spend little
time indoors. Autumn is especially his
season, and at present Mr.. Weyl Is off
early in the morning with his Sketching
paraphernala, and not back again until
night.
KNR. EVERETT WARNER has been
4vx abroad again this summer, sailing
from New York to Glasgow. painting a
while in Edinburgh, and finally making
his way to Oman, in France. establishing
there a base Of supplies" and taking
from thence various short sketching trips
He will return to America the latter part
of this month. and will probably spend
the winter in New York. An interesting
article on a walking trip in Germany.
written by Mr.. Warner. and attractive'y
illustrated with his etchings. was pub
lshed in q recent issue of Scrfbner' 5
Magazine.
X Many will learn with the utmost regret
IVA that Miss Grace E.. Atwater, for
many years secretary OF the Washington
Water Color Club. was obliged to aban-
don her travels abroad on account OF
serious illness, and that she is still I'M
able to leave the hospital in New York
to which she was taken in July imme-
diately upon landing. though her condi-
tion is said to be improved. Miss At
water has always been an invaluable
worker, as we'll as an exceedingly clever
painter. thus contributing doubly to the
success of the local exhibitions.
THE semi-annual meeting Of the League
/ for the Decoration OF the Public
Schools in the District of Columbia
will be held Monday afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Charles
W. Richardson. the president. This league
was organized less than a year ago. and
has now between 200 and 800 members.
Pictures for the decoration of two schools
have been secured, and active work is
planned for the coming year.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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An Old Time Schooboy, Pad, Switch and Wise Teacher

OF delight. but with quite lot OF conf
dence that I had the game beat a plenty
when that lambasting should be dished
out TO me.
We'll. the brother took my fathers
note, read it gravely. and then looked me
over. I figured that he'd step right down
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then and hand me mine. But he didn't.
Just looked me over refectiveiy and sent
me TO my bench.
Never said a word about any thrash
ing. That was fine. Said to myself. M Y
dad didn't tell him to walloo me at all
This view seemed to be confirmed by the
way the brother treated me during all
that forenoon.
He never showed the least ani1nus
whatever: treated me as If l hadn't been
caught playing hockey at all, and even
pretended not to see that extraordinary
bulginess OF mine which made it hard for
the other youngsters TO attend to thecT
lessons, so keen was their desire to laugh
out loud. for / must have been figure
OF comedy in that bulsy, knobby make
up.
Well when school was dismissed at
noon for dinner / had 1t all doped out that
the brother had overlooked my offense
and that 1 wasn't going to be whaied
That being the case. my padding was I'M
necessary. l sneaked into the house by
Then ] got my dinner and went back to
school, having forgotten all about the
whaling business.
1.-The brother took one short. compre-
hensive look at me as soon Is school was
assembled for the afternoon session.
Them he swooped upon me like thou
sand O. brick, and, gee whilHkens. didn'
he warm rue coed. though!
Almost any fool boy. maybe you've
noticed, thinks that he can fool man.
Maybe some boys can fool some men.
But any time any boy ever fooled one OF
those brothers that l used to go to school
lowell, it makes me feel ridiculous even
now, after all these years. to think that L
ever tried such a thing
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He ate heartily. and his spirits rose with
each mouthful. The nondescript warriors
who formed his escort paid little heed to
him, even when he rose and stretched his
limbs in stroll round the palanduin. a
man uracquainted with native ways
might have drawn favorable augury
from their Mediterranean SO Warden,
to whom it gave sure proof that his eS-
cape was deemed impossible.
At a little distance was larger gather
ing, mainly servants and coolies. Here.
too. was tethered some camels and hill
ponies. The strength and equipment of
the party betokened a much more seri-
GUS purpose than the capture of stray
European; yet he seemed to be the only
and negroes. the soldiers and hangers-on
of a fighting caravan.
A croaking voice from behind the cur
tains Of the gayly caparisoned palanquin
suddenly brought the armed Moors to
their feet. One of them, who spoke good
French babe Warden come nearer. the
was thrust aside. and the blue
man of the Hassan tower was revealed.
Huddled up at the back Of the cramped
beast than a man. II his appearance was
forbiddng when seen in Wardens upward
glance from the base OF the tower, 1t was
positively repulsive at this nearer and
more leisurely point of view. The dye
applied to his skin gave him a grotesque.
were matted. His face and limbs had a
peculiarly dead aspect, since the blue pig
ment had dried in dull scales that coun-
terfeited the leathery surface of a num-
my's body. The sunken black eyes. gleam-
ing out of bloodshot sockets. alone told
of life. He reminded Warden of some
ju-ju man from the trackless
swamps OF Nigeria. That such a loath-
some creature should command the fear
full respect of several distinguished-look
ing Mohammedans would be inconceiv-
a BILE were it not for the hush that fell on
them when they heard his voice, and the
alacrity with which they obeyed his order
to produce the Giaour.
Go be continued tomorrow
Danger.
From he Philadelphia Record.
Tommy-Pop. what is meant by Inc
mother tongue?
Tomuy's Pop-Sh-hh. my boy. Don I
get her started.
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NUMBER Of exceedingly inter-
esting exhibitions will be set
forth during the next few
months at the Library Of Con-
Rress in the halls and galleries
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THE HANDS OF CONFUSION. BY
Amelia E. Barr, author of Jan
Nedder's Wife etc. New York:
Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington:
Brentano's.
a place where all the girls are 'lassies"
and the boys 'laddies': where 'bracken'
and heather" grow in place of plain
brake and weed: where brooks are
burns and banks "braes'': where every
thing is ''bonne'-that isn't "dour''; a
mention OF Robert Bruce, an allusion to
,Banncckburn-end the story acquires a
local hahitation under that frequently
misunderstood and overworked artistic
technicality known as atmosphere. A
young woman. one of these ''lassies." SO
ienorantIv obstinate that she is, to all in
tents and purposes, fool: a man. SO
utterly no account that he naturally
lakes his place next to the foot OF the
same class; some very decent folks be-
sides, not at all out of the common. how
ever. concerning themselves nightly
about the love matters of these two-and
The tale Is told. Some stories are SO OBJ
vious that one wonders why they are set
down.
OF The Climber" etc. New YORK;:
Doubleday, Page & 60. Washington:
Woodward q Lothrop.
Here is JOY OF IL book. Not story,
or more of one than a family makes
for itself in running year, yet enough
Of one to provide nucleus for plenty of
good play and fun with many other in
ierests--music, reading, talks about liter
aturc and art and out-of-door pursuits. 1t
Is bright through the various daily hap
peninss, it is tranquil in sorrow unf1ut-
l"red over death. about which there is
much said. This is wholesome, clean
smelling book, pungeutly odorous with
sun and wind aud rain Grown people
do not often laugh nor smile. even. They
ElAX they dc. but the onlooker and lis
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Danger.

Tommy-Pop. what is meant by Inc
mother tongue?
Tommys Pop--Sh-hh. my boy! Don't
get her started.
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'Prtn"unred Neeia Mccl-ia, aud meaning
literally, Blue Priest"
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BOOK REVIEWS.

THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE. BY
Herbert Bruce Fuller. A. NJ, La NJ.
author of THE Purchase of Florida
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-09

THE 10Th street bridge over Piney
branch, which has recently been
completed, is to have sculpturaL adorn-
ment At the extremities recumbent
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
OF NIAGARA mutt
Falls Frozen Over From Bank n
Bank-Damage Exceeds ST. O0 oM

Buffalo, New York, Specialize
voice of Niagara was mute SUNDAY
for the second time in the memory Of
man. The first time was late in Feb
ruary, when following a severe
northernly blow, the falls ran dry,
Now, following a severe southwester,
the river is frozen solid from bank
to bank.
On Wednesday Of last week The
worst gale Of the season and the
most violent in the history of The
weather bureau for April was re.
corded. The solid ice fields of Lake
Erie were churned from end to end
and piled in a huge conglomerate
mass at the lower end Of the lake.
Unable to escape by its natural
channels the level Of the river rose
by leaps and bounds. The highest
food level recorded from previous
years is 128 feet above the normal
Friday night the river was 40 feet
above normal.
Conservative estimates place The
damage at S 100000.
All the estimates of ultimate dam.
age conditioned by what the
weather may have in store. Tie best
that can be hoped for is a succession
Of calm, warn days. Then the lee
will meet gradually and subside h
by bit. For the moment the uppe
reaches of the river are runnin
clear, but as far as the eye can Sc
the white mantle Of the frost blanl
cts the lakes. IF that great mas
should be driven down onto the in
below, the damage would be inco1
ceivable.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
An Artist Hero.

Fireman James Dempsey Of Engine
Company No. 80, happening to be at
leisure yesterday on State street
near Washington. was able to give
a neat and almost gaudy exhibition OF
the power of imagination when ap-
piled to small details. Mr.. Dempsey
perceived a runaway horse plunging
toward the crowd of shoppers, unre-
strained by the conventional bride.
At once he applied himself to the
back Of the frightened animal, and
leaning forward thrust his fingers in
to it's mouth to produce the impress
sion Of it's familiar steering apparatus.
Under this jury rudder, soto speak,
the horse was clearly turned back to
the middle of the street and then
brought to a halt Z block further on.
MIR. Dempsey seems to us not only
a physical hero, bat a creative artist
Of unusual genius. His kind of i'm
agination has Rider Haggard's kind
beaten a mile.-Chicago Evening Post
&&A -. IaE
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Not Thought = Loan.

Raleigh, Special.-Considerable in
terest is being manifested in Official
circles here in the bill recently IN
PRODUCED in Congress to require the
States that participated in 1886 in
the distribution Of the surplus in the
United States Treasury during Jack
sons administration to repay these
loans to the government. It seems
that North Carolina received about
1880, 900, and that it was variously
invested in banks, railroads and other
stocks, and the whole thing swept
away as a result Of the Civil War
and subsequent corrupt Recon
struction administrations. A small
part Of the money was spent IN dig
ging the "Clab Foot" Canal, con-
meeting East Carolina sounds. The
State has absolutely nothing to show
for the loan, which it has never on
sidered in the light Of being a fund
that would have to be repaid to the
National Treasury. The, old Cape
Fear Bank and the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroads were among the
enterprises that received some Of this
fund in the way Of stocks purchased
by the State. The bank collapsed
and the railroad stocks wer exchang
I'd by the State for State bonds in
reducing the State Indebtedness.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Locomotive on Fire.

Fayetteville, Specialize citizens
Of Raeford were startled Tuesday by
seeing an engine on the Aberdeen and
Rockfsh railway rush through that
growing town at a rate Of fifty miles
an hour, with a great sheet Of flame
issuing from its tender. The wood
in the tender caught fire and the en-
gineer and fireman were unable to
extingush it. They cut the engine
from the rest of the train, and ran
it some little distance up the road.
Before the engine could be brought
to a standstill the fire became so hot
that both engineer and fireman had
to jump to keep from being roasted
alive. The engine, left to itself,
rushed maaly onward, and did not
stop until it had cleared , Raeford
some little distance.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Rocky Mount Postofice.

Rocky Mount, Special.-For the
fiscal year closing March 81, the
postofice in this city has showed a
net gain in receipts over the same
time last year of 1896, according to
a report just sent in to the depart
ment at Washington. For the year
just brought to a close the receipts
were $1S,396,S6, but including the
money orders receipts which has
about doubled over the same time
Of '07 and '0S. Whiskey orders have
played their part in the large in
crease in the receipts in the money
order department.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Virginia Home Burns and Child
Loses Her Life.

Richmond, Va, Special.-A special
to The Times-Dispatch says that at
Lawyers, Campbell county, early
Saturday morning the home Of Arm
istead Yuille was destroyed by fire
and his 8-year-old daughter was in
clnerated. Yuille and his wife were
awakened by the fire and in the ex-
element Of attempting to extinguish
the flames forgot the child, asleep in
the building until the roof crashed
IN. Rescue vas then too late and it
was not until the flames had died
out that the charred body Of the child
was found under the ruins.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Six Die in I,enox Blaze.

Lenox, Mass, Specialists persons 9S
lost their lives, three others oau.,
burned and poreprty loss OF bet"es r
5000, 900 and 100000 was caused w
a fire in the heart Of the business
section Of this town early Sunoa,.
Four business blocks, two dWell'ns,
and two other structures were " ~
stroyed in a section bounded y
Franklin, Main, Housatonlc anS
Church streets. The fire is bellev W..
to have started in the Clicord buiip
ing from spontaneous combustion.
The dead: Edward c. yen'rss
electrician; Mrs. Edward c. Ven'lo'
Miss Leslie Ventres, aged II yeai,.
Miss Alice French, book-keeavS;.,,
Miss Isabel Cook, book-keeper; "'
Mary Sparks, school teacher. .rd
Injured Mrs. Catherine Root ar'
her two sons, George and Arthur
severely burned.
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New staff For Penitentiary.

Raleigh, Specialize new board
of dire ctors Of the State prison
Wednesday in compliance with a sug-
gestion from Governor Kitchin, elect
ed J. J. Laughlinghouse, Of Pit:
county, superintendent, to succeed }.
S. Mann; T. w: Fenner, Of Halifax,
clerk, to succeed T. NJ. Arlington;
7. P. Sales, &C Raleigh, warden to
succeed Capt. J. M. Fleming; DR.. I.
G. Riddick, Of Youngsville, physician
to succeed DR.. J. r. Rogers. Both
Of the new and old boards were in
session Wednesday for a formal
transfer Of the affairs of the prison
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
10, DOG Witness the Dedication.

Birmingham, Ala, Special.-There
were at least 10000. visitors in the
city Tuesday to witness the dedica-
ticn Of the new city terminal station
which cost approximately $4,000, 900.
The station occupies two entire city
blocks and has a subway permitting
street cars to go through. President
j.. Fl. Harahan, Of the Illinois Cen
trail, and President J.. F. Hanson, of
the Central Of Georgia, were the prin-
cipal speakers.
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Mr.. Rogers Views the Road.

Roanoke, Va, Special.-On arriv-
ing here Monday Nh. Rogers and his
party were met by Roanokers and
taken over the town in automobiles.
Monday night a banquet was tender
ed Mr.. Rogers by the business men
Of the city at Hotel Roanoke. Tues
day the special train, bearing Mr.
Rogers and friends, left here at an
early hour for Princeton, w. Va.
where Tuesday night was spent. This
is Mr.. Rogers first trip owe his new
road