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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28
CHAPTER III.
Wherein Two People Become Better Acquainted

MACKENZIE, of course, was aware That Miss
lNl Wvnton would leave London by the eleven
clock train Thursday. and Spenser saw no harm
IN witnessing her departure. He found good deal
of quiet fun noting her animated expression and
businessIike air. Her whole souled enjoyment OF
novel surroundings was an asset for the outlay OF
his two hundred pounds and he had fully and fnally
excused that piece of extravaganza until he caught
sight of Bower Strolling along the platform with the
easy confidence of one who knew exactly whom he
would meet and how he would account for his I'M
hidden presence.
Spenser at once suspected the mans motives,
not without fair cause. They were, he thought,
as plain to him as they were hidden from the girl.
Bower Counterfeied the genuine surprise on Helen
face with admirable skill; but, to the startled on
locker peering beneath the actors mask, his stacy
artifice was laid bare.
And Spenser was quite helpless, condition that
irritated him almost beyond control He had alb
glover angriy and in silence at a meeting he
could not prevent. Conjecture might run rot as
TO the that had given this sinister bend 10
an idv; but perforce he must remain dumb.
FROM one point of view, II was lucky that Helen
self-appointed godfather was IN a position not
o miSudge her: from another, 1t would have been
better for Spenser peace of mind if he had been left
IN ignorance of the trap that apparently being
laid for her. Perhaps Fate had planned this thing
having lately smiled the American. she may
have determined to plague him somewhat. At any
rate in that instant the whole trend of his purpose
took a new turn. From a general belief that he
he felt transient interest his intent swerved to
fixed resolve to protect her from Bower. 1t would
have puzzled him TO assign a motive for his dislike
of the But the feeling was there, strong and
active. 1t gave him certain satisfaction TO
remember that he was hostile to Bower before he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28
Ballade of the Veil
By CAROLYN WELLS

The poets often write
OF maids in brave array.
Of Wilhelmine in white,
Or Gertrude gowned in gray.
OF Polly In pique.
Or Patty in percale,
| honor with my lay
The grl who wears a veil.
The fascinating sight
An artist might portray;
It's ike halo bright.
us ike the ocean spray:
A comet gone astray,
A misty. hlmy trail
Behold upon Broadway
The girl who wears a veil
All peahy gray and white,
Its nipples swirl and sway;
And morning. noon, or M ht.
AT shop or matinee,
In street car or coupe,
Or in the Flatiron's gale,
She's always glad and gay.
The girl who wears a veil.
ENVOY
Princess. you may display
Your Crowns without avail;
III choose. while yet ! may.
The girl who wears veil.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-26
WELCOME TO THE FEDERATION,

Yesterday and to-day the city of La.
fayette has for its guests the State
RECREATION of Women's Clubs, and we
feel honored in having this body of
distinguished women of our great
state with us.
The Federation is doing a splendid
work along many lines that is exert
ing a strong and uplifting force in our
social conditions, and their power for
good is increasing as the movement
for the union of the various clubs is
strengthened by the continued addi-
tons of clubs in both the small and
large towns, thus adding members and
counsel to the Federation
Throughout our great state and ma
ton everywhere there are women's
clubs forming each and all with some
purpose for the betterment of
conditions whether it be in higher
literary culture, in sociability, in i'm
proving school grounds, beautifying
cities, abolishing unnecessary ugl.,ess
in our surroundings or what not, nd
these clubs now under united and CO..
certed effort in the Federation are no.
only eXerting their efforts to improve
local conditions but reaching out to
solve some of those greater social condi
tons that pertain to our national life.
And in their work we wish them much
success, for what they do and are
doing is that conditions may be bet
ter and brighter and happier for hu-
mainly.
The Advertiser extends these Ia
dies a sincere welcome to our little
city in the name of it's people, and
trusts that the prediction of its distin-
guished president, Mrs. Mathewes,
that the Federation has great promise
Of a larger and fuller work, may be
more than fulfilled.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-26

schools. where the problem Of main
tenance is difficult, the offer of aid in
philanthropic guise is naturally attrac-
tive. But no college that is worthy
to live can surrender its independence
nor submit it's policies to the guidance
of an oligarchy which draws its au-
thority and owes its existence to a
few excessively rich men who have,
after all, a very heavy and a very
practical stake in the venture. If
through this venture the American col.
leges, or the Southern colleges can be
drawn under the control or rendered
subject to the influence of the rich
men who supported the General Ed.
ucation Board, it may be only a ques-
ton of time when that influence may
be wrongly eXerted, to the deep and
lasting injury of the American peo-
pie. The Times-Democrat joins Bishop
Gambler in the hope that "the fewest
number of Southern colleges" will
ever be so captured and controlled"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-26
IS COSTLY VISITOR
SANTA CLAUS GREAT DEPLETER
OF POckETBOokS.
OF Course the CHEEKY Old Chap 10
Always Welcome, But Just the
Same-WeII You Know
How It Is.

"As l look back on Santa Claus
said the father of a family, Il find
myself inclined to be a little peevish
with him, just a little.
He's a nice old man, with his
rudy face and his white whiskers and
his jolly paunch, but he's so insistent,
SO very insistent. You think you've
given him all he wants and all he's
going to ask for; then back he comes
again for more, always wanting more.
and asking it with such a manner
with such gravity and humor that you
can't resist.
This year Santa, or he and his
authorized agents. all but broke us.
We set aside in our minds months
ago the amount that we thought we
could afford to spend this year for
Christmas, making the amount. so
we thought, more than generous. At
any rate 1t was more than we could
afford. and then We cut Our cloth for
the rest of the year according to that
depletion of our finances. 1t was go
ing to skimp us some but we were 60
ing to pull through all right, and we
would have done SO if we had been
able to get through according to the
original plan; pinched. but all right.
But, do you know that about a
month before Christmas had come we
found that our Christmas money had
run out? About two-thirds of the
fbinUc hnnCht anI tho ponnou ~ ny,t
We had to make further appropria-
tons, for of course those other things
had to be bought.
so We scraped up some more
Christmas money, skimping in other
ways to provide it and started in buy
Ing those other things, sure that this
time We would have enough. But did
We
No. Three days before Christmas
In the last grand rally to buy the
things we had to have it was discov-
cred that we'd got to have more
money. A good many things had
cost more than we had expected they
would and We had kept thinking Of
more people to whom we must give.
and it all took more money. Money,
money, money. But We had to find
ii. and We did, though as a matter OF
fact it did crowd US hard. We had
expected to be pinched, but now we
were squeezed and squeezed dry.
3, so much for that mild, benignant,
humorous and gentle but al the same
time vigorous and persistent and per-
suasive old man with the white whis-
kers, Santa Claus. When he had got
through with us he left us without a
dollar.
But we were glad to have him
come around. Perhaps it is well he
doesn't come oftener and l guess he
knows that; for he's a wise old chap,
as well as kindly; he doesn't draw on
us except when he knows we are
ready to honor his drafts, and so we
are glad to see him when he comes
at Christmas time. He prompts us to
do many pleasant things that in O
selfish hearts we might never have
thought of but for him"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-26
A Dangerous Tendency.
mes-DemOcrat

1t is to be hoped that the statement
given out in Atlanta by Bihsop Can
dler of the Methodist Church, South,
with regard to the General Eucation
Board, will provoke a general discus
sion of the board, it's purposes and
the fruits of the system under which
it works. The opinions voiced by the
distinguished Methodist leader are by
no means new. Criticisms of like ten
or have been offered before now by
others. But they gain weight and
challenge a wider attention by his
championship, and the movement IN
der attack is one of those which, in our
opinion, should be carefully studied
and closely watched, since it's possibil-
tiles for evil, if %improverly influenced
or directed, must be conceded i'm
mense.
Bishop Gambler bases his objections
to the system primarily upon princi-
pie. 1T is not SAFE" he contends for
the educational institutions Of the
country to be under the virtual
domination of fifteen men, however,
pure they may immagine their inten-
tons to be. 1t is such a concentration
OF power in the matter of the highest in
terest to the nation as no fifteen men
however wise and virtlous, can be
trusted to exercise without abusing it
to the futherance of their own views
and interests. If a college seeks and
obtains these graIiities, with the
Rockefeller string to them, it mast
consent to be guided by the rein with
which these fifteen men will drive it..
The case is here plainly stated. The
fund with which the General Educa-
ton Board administers is largely pro-
.yided by men whose interests IN shap-
ing public opinion when certain mat
tiers of vital concern to the society and
to the state is very great. Whether
their philanthropy serve as a cloak to
attain the ends desired, or whether the
plan is unselfishly conceived AMI the
S@S
sinister influence ~unnolsciously exert
ed, the effect is Likely to be tie same
In n end. The gifts ere hedyeI about
by restrictions AMI conditions with
the Education Board to IAN them an
n e that they are complied with,
Every college which shares in the
largess poses as a suppliant, in a
sense. Not only is its policy partial
~ directed by the board, but it is ad-
ditionally Influenced, Willingly or un-
Willingly by the desires of it's bene-
factors. The atmosphere of class
0 and campus is dangerously sub
ject to faint; the habits of thought of
Its students may with comparative
ease be given a twist o easily correc.
ted. Whether the powerful engine
thus created Is now put to sinister
uses or not, the temptation to employ
It is eve present, and must inevitably
Grow stronger as the system gathers
strength and force.
Here in the South the temptation
OF colleges to seek the conditional gra-
tuties IL great because the funds avail
able for education are small and the
need Of more abundant educational IA
cilities u pressing. In struggling
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-26

We make a specially Of fresh gro
ceries and fill orders promptly. Phone
us your order.-Bernard & Meaux,
Phone 1873.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-26
Constable Sale.

Under the stock law I have seized
and taken into my possession two
hogs which l will sell at auction for
cash to the last and highest bidder,
between legal sale hours on
Saturday, Mar. ~, 1909,
at the Office Of the justice of the peace
Of the fourth ward.
JULES MAIHLES,
Constable Fourth Ward.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
UPON A MANS LAP.

Amid the general and alarming
bridling of our liberties there comes
a note of encouragement from Cleve-
land. OF late so few ~delectable
things have come out of Cleveland
that it helps to restore confidence in
that city to learn that it has a Judge
who is not sour and unsympathetic
with matters tender and sentimental.
This magistrate, who yet cherishes
some of the sap of youth, has de-
creed and declared that a young wom-
an has a perfect right to sit upon
her s~weetheart's lap, IN irate and pro-
testing father to the contrary notwith-
standing. The case is of mighty In
terest to maidens and SWANS every
where, in that the right of the girl
includes that of the man, the one on
embracing the other, as it were. II
a girl may sit upon a mans lap, it
must be plain to the courts and every
body else that the right can not be
exercised without co%ntributory assis-
lance of the man. Therefore, ergo
and consequently, a man has a right
to hold a girl upon his lap. Thus
is Cupid's brief made perfectly con-
elusive without citing other law or
an abundance of precedents.-Kan.
q City Journal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Servia Accept Note.

Belgrade, By Cable.-The formula
agreed upon by the powers Of Europe
and Austria-Hungary for the settle
ment of.the dispute between the dual
monarchy and Servia, was accepted
by the Servian government Tuesday.
The formula was presented to the
Austrian government to the following
effect: 1..
"First, Servia declares that her
rights have not been violated by the
annexation By Austria-Hungary Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and accepts
the powers decision to annul para
graph IS Of the Berlin treaty; second
Servia will not protest against the an
nexation Of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
third, Servia will maintain peaceful
relations with Austria-Hungary;
fourth, Servia will return her military
forces to normal conditions by dis
charging the ~reservists and volunteers
and she will not permit the formation
Of irregular troops or bands"
:, This note has been prepared at inc
suggestion of the powers and Will %
sent with the object Of terminating
all misunderstanding between Aus
tria-Hungary and Servla.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Roosevelt gave his African
freight a characteristic touch by hav-
ing all his Dexes painted red.
Thomas F. Ryan has practlcaiiy
succeeded in his efforts toerld nlmsei
of his enormous corporate buroen
Thomas F. Ryan has practically
succeeded in his efforts to rid nlmsell
of his enormous corporate burden.
Secretary of State. Philander Chase
Knox, was first a printer and then ne
studied law, coming to the bar IN
1875.
C. K. G.. Billings, of New York
City, has arranged to send his trottlns
horses to Europe for exhibition pur-
poses.
Prince Henry of Prussia delivered
a lecture, illustrated with moving
pictures, on his voyage in the Zeppe-
lin airship.
Professor Hams Oertel has been
chosen Yale University delegate to
the 5O0th anniversary of the Un1ver-
sity of Leipsic.
Raisuli. who became famous as a
bandit, has been appointed Governor
of the Province of Djebala by the Sui
tan or Morocco.
Colonel Peter F. Ross, of Waco,
who was twice shot as he was at the
head of the Sixth Texas Regiment at
Corinth, Miss, died in Houston, Tex.
Secretary of War, J. M. Dickinson,
is a Tennessee lawyer who has served
on the supreme bench Of his State.
He served one year in the Confeder-
ate army.
W. c. Brown, the president Of the
New York Central Railroad. began
his railroad career as a wood corder
on a Milwaukee and st. Paul locOmo-
tive, in 1869, when sixteen years old.
King Alfonso : is, perhaps, the
youngest monarch who was ever Sc
/ lected to arbitrate on an international
: dispute, which in the present case is
| the difference between England and
! Germany with regard to the Walf1sch
Bay territory. -
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Woman Prevents Lynching.

C%hillicothe, Mo-, Special.-Lynen'
ing of two men accused OF shoo1lns
and mortally wounding Marshal Cara
way at Jamesport Monday was pre-
vented by Mrs. James Wood, the WllS
Of a farmer living near Jamespor''
TIE men had been wounded by .
posse Of farmers. A rope had been
procured and the farmers were string,
ing up the prisoners in the yard o. !
the Wood home when Mrs. "oou
pleaded with the leader OF the posse
to permit the, law to take its course.
Her plea prevailed and the men we[s
taken to the Jail at Gallitin' MO-
Farmers have followed the third sus'
pected man to the Grand river Do,'
toms, seven miles northwest OF Cnh'
licothe.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

Eleven members were in their
seats Saturday when the House Of
Representatives met to further con-
slider the Payne tariff bill. It was
the smallest attendance of the special
session and demonstrated the fact
that interest in the debate had prac-
tically disappeared.
Nh. Sparkman (Democratic), IF
Florida, opened the discussion by
making an earnest plea for a r~estora-
ton of the Dingley rate on lumber
and the imposition Of a duty Of 5
cents a pound on all cotton imported
into the United States.
The Philippine Islands were again
heard from when Nh. Bonita Legardo
resident commissioner, spoke in op-
position to the proposed free trade
between that possession and the
United States. His views were prac-
tically along the lines. Of those ex-
pressed Friday by his colleague, Mr..
Pablo ocampo de Leoa..
In view Of the diminishing supply
of pulp-making woods and the conse-
qtent increase in the cost of paper,
the serious problem which awaits So
luton is. whence will come our fu-
lure paper supply? Interest in the
matter lies in the fact that every
body uses paper and it is presented
IN It's serious aspect when one consid-
ers that the destruction of our pulp
making woods goes on at a termen-
dous rate.
Experts declare that there are not
enough spruce forests standing in the
United States to furnish a future
constant supply Of wood pulp for
making paper under the present
methods Of forest conservatism and
waste.
The experiments thus far have had
to do principally with such plants as
corn stalks, cotton stalks. flax, sugar,
bagasse, tule, rice, straw, okra and
several other things. While these e
perlments have not progressed far
enough to warrant definite conclu-
slons as to whether any Of them can
be manufactured on a paying COM
merclal scale, it is asserted that corn
stalks offer the most promising out
look. A very much finer paper can
be made from corn stalks than from
the wood pulp.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
NI;wsY ~GLEANINGs.

4 The great strike in France was
called off.
Demand for leather Of all kinds Is
increasing rapidly n japan, also COZ
tonseed oil and condensed milk.
If France adopts the proposed new
tariff textiles will pay a duty OF from
forty to 14O per cent. ad valorem.
The Gar Of Russia surprised dip
lomats by going outside their circle
in appointing a new Ambassador 70
Rome.
Tn 1908 the Metropolitan (Londonl
District Railway carried 9l,Ooo'ooo
passenger the largest NUMBER OF
any year yet.
Foreign business firms in China In
creased by 75S in 1907. OF this num-
her GIT are Japanese, forty Germans
and thirty Spanish.
Sneaker Cannon took a firm stand
AGAINST those members who absent
themselves from their duties at the
House without p~rovocation.
The sale of the Pennsylvania Cluo
brought to light the fact that "Pnll
DAILY, generally believed to have dlea
wears ago., was living in West Emo
N. J.
Electric tramway competition re.
duced the suburban traffic around
London of the Great Eastern RAILWAY
by 3,292,S17 passengers in the las'
" half of 1908.
Japan is a market for machinery
and tools used in mining, %shipbulld'
ing and repairing, sugar refining, rice
cleaning, cement making and spin
ming and weaving.
Charles J. Glidden announced tina
the Aerial Navigation Company o
Massachusetts has leased several par
cells of ground in and near Bostol
for airship stations. which are nov
being built. The line will begin Il
run. commercially, On May 1.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
WAR in HONDURAS

Guatemala and Honduras Again !.
the Old Game Of War-Situat;o,
Viewed With Alarm in MexicoA
Presidents Of Both Republics AL.
ing Explanations Of Each Other.
Mexico City, Special.-Pnv.te
Geographic advices received here
Tuesday are to the effect that Guate-
mala has concentrated a large portion
OF her army on the Honduran FROM
tier. The Honduran minister to Gina.
temala demanded an explanation and
was told hat President Cabrera de-
sired to check the exiled Honduran
revolutionists from crossing the Dor.
der and fomenting an uprising
against General Davila, President of
Honduras. This concentration Of
troops has Tot been confirmed from
other quarters.
The situation in Central America is
regarded in Mexico City with pessim-
ism in spite of various denials Of
hostile intention. The latest reported
o on the part Of Cabrera is
thought to have been taken to check
mate President Zelaya, Of Nicaragua,
and President Davilia, who are said
to contemplate a joint assault on
Guatemala.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

When ] must play alone, because
there's only one of me,
Pretending there's another child IS
lots of fun, you see.
I call her Chloe Amabel-they're
both such pretty names!
We play at hide-and-seek, and tas'
and many other games.
Sometimes I'm having grown folk
call, and sit all in a row,
While they tell pleasant things about
how fast the children grow.
MY grandma's real, you know, and
so they never speak to her
Though once she sat down on the
chair that held the minister!
1t helps the most, pretending, when
I wake up in the night
I s'pose I'm rather frightened, though
I'm brave when there's a light;
So I pretend there's something in the
dark that's warm and kind,
And I pat the shadows softly-after
that l do not mind!-May FUR
e in the Bee Hive.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Makes Valuable Discovery.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Speclal..Dean
George D. Frankforter, Of the Collest
Of Chemistry Of the University -,
Minnesota, says he has made a an,
covery by which he claims that 1ns
United States will produce a hunofea
times as much wood pulp paper a.
was believed possible. 1t IS causlns
interested discussion here. 1t IS CO..
tain that the discovery means 'na'
every cord of fibre will yield STU oa u
by-products alone, and that most u
the so per cent Of a tree now was''0
will be utilized.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Hounds Track Murderer.

T~homasville, Ga, Special.-After a
week OF constant tracking with blood
hounds, Mink Morris, who shot .Sher-
If William Langston, Of Leon county,
Florida, to death, was captured at
Coolidge, near here and is now in Jail
at this place. Rewards a~ggregating
$1,100 were offered for the arrest. A
quick trial will be given the slayer.
Morris shot Sheriff Langston while
the officer was trying to arrest him.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Foreign Affairs.

Six thousand persons we're reni-
cred homeless, and 10000 domestic
animals were drowned by late heavy
floods in Southern Russia.
The French bark, Jules Henry blew
up at Marseilles Thursday and IL
men were killed. It was a petroleum
carrier and being inspected when it
is believed the fumes of empty tanks
caught from the inspectors light.
The last batch Of U. s. troops lett
Cuba Wednesday noon to return to
America, leaving the islanders again
to govern themselves.
Accused Of embezzling upwards of
$4,000 from the Russian Govern
ment, a man believed to. be Isaac
Yakovlev. Matsaenko was arrested in
Philadelphia Tuesday night.
Count Zeppelin and a small party
assembled in his airship at Frieder-
ickshapen, Germany, last week, and
were caught in a hurricane. One
motor refused to work and he could
not safely land until he spent II
hours in the air. He then landed in
a IS mile gale.