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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23

from the swamp section
morning at . O'Clock, haggar5 next
spattered with mud. We Il De-
Wilmington mo returned o-o'G into
to the livery. We shook h915 "o7ses
out a word having been sro WITH
either, That is the last I bs+,S9" ~
seen or heard OF DR.. Rayfeld ever
Nearly twenty years have
since me incident that l have ~afI.~SSI
~ ilost OF my time since then 49,
been spent in trying to solve tna mas
terry OF Gallops. Among q burG~ "-'s-
p~ubllcatlons relating to the ar u
the ulI1erent gases upon anime I
ter, over which [ have poured o'
recently read the eve
the celebrated French chemists C~,oo'
let ana Plctet on hydrogen gas n.y.
professors DeWar of the Row -
st1tutlOn OF London, or the sam. it-
Ject' sui l am no nearer the so}...
OF the problem than when frer
gan. Yet l am convinced thar ~
secret ooor through which our kra1-l
euse must pass, ere 1t can link th5ngs
temporal with the immortal is h4r0 -,
the slenderest thread, YET that 5"Tu ~
tree Of life around which h.,.r9
a guardian angel, with q fart19.
sword IN his hand, ASSIGNED =, EToo
duty by God Almighty.
What rule Of nature causes O h.,
man body to generate a sufficient
amount Of hydrogen gas to c0urtar,"tt
gravity and float into space, fo~4[sr.
lost to the sight of man, is a ou-s-ior
to which twenty years of STUDY has
failed to answer. '
Locked deep in the recesses of thu
occult is the mystery of the swami
freak. Did he ascend to an aar.aII
or spiritual existence? I can nrIg
find solace in the old familiar song.
Could one be secure
That his days would endure.
AS of old, a thousand long years.
What things he could do,
What things he would know.
And all without worry or care.
LEM w. SEAWFLLA
FuQuay Springs, N. c.. Nov. 8.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23
N. G. T. BANQUET
Commercial Travellers Working tof
Bigger, Buster, Better Raleigh.

On Saturday night, December +tn'
the United Commercial TrafeIeIS,
Raleigh Council, No. Ala, VIII sIt- 10
first annual banquet at GierschS ale
This council was organized III J~-7'
and is constantly growing.
Among the speakers at the b2h4u+i
other than members Of the cou"r.i
will be Ex-Governor Chas. b. Aycggh'
MI. Josehpus Daniels, editor OF 5''
News and Observer, Col. Fred a. ''.a,
and Mr.. VIM. Russ. Several supreme
officers of the n. G.. Us. VIII also
tend and respond to toasts.
The N. c.. Us. of the capital cry "-b1
working together to make I>a'..-~
bigger, buster and better, ana l-.-
stand for unity, charity ana '1'
perance."
Before the banquet a large CO. W.
candidates will be initiated. 49,,
is the first annual banquet heId
order here there will be a ARG ',, -
Der Of visiting members, and liS5 '
all be welcome to the banquet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23

CONTINUED from Page Thirteen)
with persistence by active apostles Of
social revolution in the name Of an
"~unassailable economic science" AS
sen to Or dissent from their teachings
must follow the ascertained facts re-
lating to the question. My conclusion
as to what the general pertinent facts
are I have submitted briefly to the ma
tional and unprecedented reader for
his sober judgment and to the dream
ers Of the coming social cataclysm for
their possible correction.
SAMUEL GOMPERS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23

Mr.. George Allen Attends Opening OF
Handsome New Presbyterian Church
in Rocky Mount,

LII IEOCky MOUNT
The first service was held in the
handsome new Presbyterian church
in Rocky Mount on last Sunday.
MIR. George Allen, Of Raleigh,
was the guest of honor-and properly
so-for twenty ago when Rocky
Mount was a village and PresbyterianS
were few there MI. AHen gave the
eligible cOrner lot upon which the
new church and manse ave been
erected. It did not cost as much as
a thousand dollars then but it was 4
valuable gift and is worth several
thousand now. It was a pleasure 10
Mr.. Allen to be present and take part
in the opening service of the new
church and to rejoice with the large
congregation he had helped in their
early struggle.
In his days Of long prosperity, MT.
Allen did many good deeds like TINS
and, in his old age, nothing gives nm
greater happiness than to recall no"
he was able to do the generous deeds
that r Of lasting good. Such men,
whether rich or DOOR, are q blessing
to any State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23
Fire Insurance.

Houston POST --a
.I came to see if | can get Sofh-
insurance.
ION your homer?
mo, on my job
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23
THE MASSES IN EUROPE
WORSE OFF THAN
THOSE IN AMERICA

CONTINUED from Page Thirteen
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
WHO'S GIRL.

I'm mammals girl all day-tause whyf
She gives me cookies wen I cry,
An helps me d'ess up Bess an James,
Those is my two bes' dollies' names
An wen I'm hurt she kisses me
An makes me well, an so, you see.
/ dot my weasons wen l say
AT | am mammals girl all day.
I'm papa's girl at night-tause why7
My papa works all day to buy
Some bwead an meat an dess a stick
OF tandy az won't make me sick,
An 'en he takes me on his knee
An tells some fairy tales to me.
So don't you fink at l am wight
In bein papas girl at night?
I'm gamma's girl wen she comes to
Our house tause she will allus do
Nice things for me an tause she bwings
Some dclls an blocks an books an
things.
My mamma says at she spoils me
Tause she's so drefful good, you see.
En- gamma laughs-tause why? She
knows
AT I'm her girl until she goes.
I'm mammals girl all day, an 'en
At night I'm papa's girl, an wen
My gamma comes I'm her girl too,
But still you see at amt fru
Wiv beln' peoples girl-tause why7
A boy named Tommle lives clost by,
An wen l goes to gee his squirt
My bruvver says I'm Tommie's girl.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Many SIeepless Nights, Owing to a
Persistent Cough. Relief Found
at Last.

'tor several winters past my wife
has been troubled with a most per-
sistent and dlsagreeable cough, which
invariably extended over period of
several weeks and caused her many
sleeless nights" writes Will j. Hay
ner, editor of the Burley, Colo, Bull
letln. ''VaIious remedies were tried
each year, with no beneficial results.
In Novem ber last the cough again put
in an appearance and my wife. acting
on the suggestion of friend. pur-
chased bottle of amherlain' IS
cough remedy. The result was, in
deed, marvellous. After three doses
the cough entirely disappeared and has
not manifested istelf since.'' This
remedy is for sale by Jackson Drug
Store, Spagnoli, prop.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05

face, filled withFstone. and give 4-ioot
cap of solid concrete.
A curious alienation in tin plate,
resent bling the infection of organic
matter with bacteria, has been report
ed by DR.. von Hasslinger. Ihe tin
had been kept about it two years at
temperatures ranging between GO deg.
and lis deg. f., and the surface had
completely changed. having become
granular and dull When PARTICLES of
this grey tin we're brought into con
tact with bright tin, the latter quick
ly became covered with dull patches
which grew an eighth of an inch or
more a day. This so.called ''tin
pest" was not affected by rise In
temperature, and it differed further
from bacteria in growing less vigor
ously at distance from the point of
Infection. The altered tin melted at
a lower point (400 deg. f. than the
original tin (44s deg g450 deg f..
After melting, however, the grey tin
resumed it's original character, and
became solid IL not heated to the
original melting point. The new
substance seems to be an allotroplc
form of tin.
Guesses at the water-power of
different countries vary greatly, and
all may be wide of the mark. These
are recent estimates OF otto Mayr,
German engineer; Norway. 7,525, 900
available, of which only 301, 600 horse
power is utilized; Sweden, =, 750, 900
available, 200, 900 used; Italy. $500.
0OU available, 464, ZOO used; France,
8, ,524, 600 available. 1,l90,0 900 used;
Austria, 5,l25,U0 available, 450,0
used; Germany, 1,677,600 available,
SOB, 300 used Switzerland, 1,500, 900
availa BILE, $50, 900 used; and hungary,
$4,000 available, 65, 600 used. This
is total of "a, Isl. 900 horse power for
the Continent of Europe. of which
only 1858, 300,or less than 1915 per
cent, is utilized. The figures seem
not wholly up-to-date, as Italy has
been reported to have used $50, 900
horse power, or 1873 per cent-.all
but 80. 600 for electric energy.
Many eclipses are noticed in the
records of all ages. Astronomers can
determine accurately when eclipses
must have occurred, and the eclipse
records are proving valuable to
historical students as a means of
determining the dates of important
events. From these studies P. Ii.
Cowell hassfound evidence that our
year has decreased within historical
times.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
a Problem.

Thomas W. Lawson at a dinner in
Boston talked about success.
Success in finance" he said, SIS due
in great measure to prompt action.
The doubling, hesitating, Hamlet type
Of man had best keep out of finance.
He is sure to be swamped. The street
has no use for him.
'-Such q man always makes me think
Of my boyhood friend Grimes. Grimes
was u falterer, a doubter, Hamlet of
the worst type.
Zone night dropped in on him and
found him bent In a brown study over
white vest.
"'Hello, Crimes said 1. What's the
matter?
This vest said he. It's too dirty
to wear and not dirty enough to send
to the wash. 1 don't know what to do
about it. '"-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Acr imnron,ptu Conundrum.

"You called on Miss Tartun, and she
greeted you with why, Mr.. Sorreltop!
Well, what was there in that harmless
exclamation to offend you, PercyT"
"Yes, but she-er-didn't punctuate
it that way. She said, why Mr.. Scr
reltop% %"-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly,for thel Ledger.

Electric Hot Baths The Regions of
Next Conquest. -Smoke Injury to
Vegetation. The Electric Safety
Valve Earthquake Forecasting. -
A Break water of Concrete Boxes. -
A Disease of lin tiurope's Water
power. -Ihe Shortening Year.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Not Troubled With Intellect.

A Psychologist came upon hard
working Irishman toiling bareheaded
in the street one day last summer.
Don't you know" said the physiolo-
gist, that to work in the hot sun
without hat is bad for your brainY
F'D'ye think" asked the Irishman,
'that Ord be on this job If OF had
emmy brains %'-Success.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Out of His Roach.

"At last" exulted the ex-bicyclist
as he scared aIoft In his aeroplane.
1--WE found a public highway now
where there is no sprinkling cart de-
mon to come along and turn 1t into
sea Of mudw-Smart Set.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
phears' Express.

Ring up Sam Phear for prompt de-
livery of trunks, baggage and express
packages. Rates reasonable. Leave
orders with P. l.. Cassinelli, phone
Main 30; and Express office, Main "a;
residence Black 374.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Keeping Within the Limit.

Mrs. Justwed-Oh, dear. dear! Mary,
since you've been here-only one
month-you've broken more china than
your wages amount to. How on earth
are we to prevent this sort of thing2
Mary-Weil, mum, l might have me
wages raised.-Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Poor MiIkman Again.

The milkman was boiling over with
indignation
"And you mean to say my milk don't
look rightT' he snapped. "Why, lady,
this can Of milk is a picture"
"Ah, yes" laughed the keen house
wife, "a fine water lor"--Pittsburg
Post.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Fashionable,

"She's very stylish, isn't she|
'Oh yes; she's In the best society.
Why, her two-year-old baby doesn't
know her when he sees her"-Cleve'
land LeaSSE ......-, ....s.... .......
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Her Amuse sement.

Mr.. Jawback-Are you lonesome
when I'm not home evenings?
Mrs. Jawback-Not a bit. have re-
sources Of my own.
Mr. Jawback-Gee whiz! Have you
learned to quarrel with YOURSELF
Cleveland Leader
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Candid Admission.

Kind Lady-And you claim to be an
Engllshman? I'll test you. How
many meals do you eat a day?
Sandy Pikes-As many as l can git,
mum.-Chioago News.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LEGISLATIVE
SENATOR'S FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G.. Perkins and Frank 2. Flint
CoNGRESSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district. ..... VIM. Englebright
Second district. Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct =. Joseph X. Knowland
Fourth district. ct...........J Julius hahn
Fifth district. ct.....,.......E E. A. hayes
Sixth district. James G. Needham
Seventh district. ... James McLachlan
Eighth district. t...........,S. q. smith
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05

Ledger and Daily Call, one years 8 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 3 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 900
Lee ger "nd Weekly Chronicle,
one year Observation-Disclosures. 3 90
Ledger and Daily Examiner 1year 9 90
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
Governor james n. Gillett
Lieut-Governor E. Warren IL. Porter
Secretary of State. :. Charles F. Curry
Controller B. Nye
Treasurer WIN. r. Williams
Attorney General. Ulysses S. Webb
Surveyor-General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing W. W. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. F.. L. Caughey
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05

Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
t9r-Ccean. .................
Led ger and Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine one year. ...............
Ledger and McCall's Magazine. l
year, including free pattern. -.
Ledger and Pandex of the Press
Ledger and Pictorial Review
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05

DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR J. F. MAR
IL tell Cognac, Moet Chaudon, White Seal
and Private Cuvee Champagne; Morgan Bros.
Puerto de Santa Maria Sherries: Royal Wine
Company, Oporto, Port Wines; Ddbos Freres,
Bordeaux, CIarets and Sauternes; CANADIAN
CLUB WHISKY. Hiram Walker Sons, Lin.
tied, WalkerVille, Ontario. Canada; John de
Kuyper T. zoon, Cotterdam, Gin; Gilka Kuem.
mel, from j. A, Gilka, Berlin; Barthloomay
booker Beer; DOgshead Brand OF Guinness s ,
Stout and Bass Ale (bOttled by Read Bros.
Londonl; Cantrell & Cochrane, Belfast, Ginger
Ale; Naglee Brandy; Reiwoorted American
Mhiskies
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
Two Dollars per year

If paid strictly advance otherwise So so will be charged
OUR CLUBBING RATES:
Amador ledger., 1909-02-05
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National government.
EXECUTIVE

President ....... Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President Charles w. Fairbanks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
HYHAWKER JOTS

The Salina baseball club has been
formally chartered and is now a bona
fide corporation of the state of Kan
sas. But that won't help it win any
games.
An Ellsworth county farmer quar-
relied recently with his wife. He must
have been awfully put out at the
showing he made for he went out in
the barn and committed suicide.
The Atchison Globe gives some of it's
valuable space to a woman CORES
pondent who asks with much wonder
what Mr.. Roosevelt will do in Africa
with the bronze tablet which was pre-
scented to him on the dock on his day
of sailing by some Italian admirers.
Inasmuch as he ordered the tablet to
be sent to his home in Oyster Bay he
won't be able to do anything with 1t
while he's in Africa.
The Meriden Ledger tells that ]. D.
Hines of that place recently had his
automobile at Topeka for about a
week where it received a thorough
cleaning. "He went after 1t last
Saturday" says the Ledger, land now
he is again soaring through the coun-
try" This is the first intimation that
Kansas have had that there was an
automobile in their midst which was
capable of playing the part of flying
machine.
Some two weeks ago the Arkansas
City Milling company shipped car
load of flour to Bay City. Michigan.
saws the Arkansas City Traveller. The
employees Of the company loaded the
car in the night, and they sent large
tomcat to Bay City with the car of
flour, but they didn't know the cat
was gone until the company which
received the flour wrote back to the
company here that the -four and the
cat had arrived all o. K. in Michigan.
Then it was discovered that the old
cat which belonged to the mill was
gone. The company here notifiedd the
Bay City firm to return the cat. Tom
is now on the way back from Michi-
gan, this time making the trip in a box
instead of in a box car, and coming
by express instead of by freight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.l


Girls, if a boy doesn't want to marry,
don't force him to. One of the early
tragedies in Atchison happened because
a woman made man marry her In
spite of his screams. The man who
marries against his will. because the
woman is more cunning than he is,
never makes a good husband.
It is as impertinent to ask an old
maid why she has never married as to
say to a married woman, what on
earth possessed you to marry that
MANI" And there Is often more reason
for asking the married woman the
question.
If the women are seeking a field OF
reform, let them find it in themselves
Just before Christmas. This is the sea-
son when woman works herself TO
death providing silly and worthless
things to give to people she cares moth
ing for, and all at an expense to her
husband whom she Is supposed to dear
" love. This is field that needs work.
ers worse than all others. and every
woman in 1t has only to work on herseH
TO accomplish a needed reform.
An Atchison girl is getting up at day
break, and taking long cross-held walks
before breakfast She practices on
turning pole. holds weights. swings
dumbbelis several hours a day and is
doing other things to develop her
strength sufficiently to enable her 10
carry a brides bouquet on her wedding:
1t is to be a swell wedding, and the
more swell the wedding, the larger the
brides bouquet. The girl IN questlon
hones RI have her muscle so developed
that she can carry bouquet as big as a
wash tub.
The man who chooses to live life of
pleasure, merely for pleasures sake.
seldom realizes his aim. He is wan
derer, who finds more of misery than
pleasure in his wanderings. His most
noted attainment is worthlessness, rath-
er than enjoyment. Man might be COM
pared to a locomotive, which is thing
of monstrous power on the rails; a dead
and useless weight in the ditch. The
man who follows the beaten path, with
an honorable aim in view. will feel his
power, and the joy Of living. but trou-
BILE is his portion when he wanders from
that path He also becomes a burden to
himself, OF his friends. or society, and,
like the engine, is likely to be damaged
if ever placed on the track again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron the Chicago Ney


A good rolling-pin gathe-s no
dough.
A fremans taste seldom runs to
burnt wood work.
One swallow doesn't make a spring,
but a single frog does.
Exposed vice often tries to mas
querade as injured innocence.
A man who talks to himself always
has an interested listener.
Don't worry about what may hap
pen; just as like as not it won't.
Most of the so-called visions that
people see are nothing but night
mares.
It is just as easy to say kind words
as the other kind-and they pay bet
ter.
Be partial to your opinions if you
will, but don't try to force them on
others.
Talk sense to young girl and
nonsense to an old one if you would
please them
It's easy to pose as gentleman II
YOU have money enough to enable
you to carry out the bluff
A visit to any so-called health re-
sort will convince a man that the ma
tfyes are not there for their health.
The ancients believed that the world
was square. Evidently there were no
grafters among the ancients-
Even a lightning calculator may fail
accurately to estimate the speed of an
automobile when he attempts to cross
the street ahead of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

IErOm the HnlldQSlpIld IScCOTu.l
A woman's browning glory is her rat.
Even the family tree may have it's
parasites.
Common sense doesn't mix very we'll
with love affair.
1t is easier to preach by the mile than
to practice by the inch.
When a man gets into a hole he is
always surprised to find how deep it is.
Nell-"He has glorious eyes, but he
is so egotistical." Believes, he is all
rs"
Women always admire long-haired
men more than men admire short-haired
women.
If to the pure all things are pure why
spend so much money filtering the
SchuyIkill water?
There are men who divide most of
their time between patting themselves
on the back and kicking themselves.
Blobbs-"He's an odd genius" Slobbs
why, he seems quite like other peo-
pie" Blobbs-'Yes, and, being a genius,
that makes him odd"
When a woman saws she won't she
won't" quoted the Wise Guy. Yes, %
agreed the Simple Mug, land sometimes
when she says she will she WON'T
You call this the up-to-date family
Bible,'' said the prospective purchaser;
lin what respect does it differ from the
standard Bible?" Well replied the
book agent, you will notice that it not
only contains records of births, deaths
and marriages. but divorces as WE'LL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
KANSAS cOAAENT

TA y, INCOME AND INHERITANCE
Inc state of Kansas has provided a
tax on nheritances. and the federal
government Is Well on the way to pro-
vlding tax on both incomes and inheri-
tanceS- Adjustment will probably be
made. however, so that both state
and national tax will not both be
borne on either form.
Inc sentiment which favors such
taxes at this time is an evidence of
natlonaI progress in thought. Fifteen
years ago, income and inheritance
taxes yere the special propaganda of
radicalism
But there does not appear to be
anything radical in a tax on incomes
or 1nheritances. There does not ap-
pear to be anything in conflict with
the American idea We believe in
this country in equality of opportun-
1ty. When we said that inheritance
and income taxes penaIized success
we forgot that they rather aided sue
cess in the direction in which aid was
most needed. The doctrine that every
man should have the right to carve
to argue, from the same premise that
every man should have the right to
all the property which some ancestor
may convey to him, and in the MAX
ing of which he has had no part, and
that the conspicuous success of one
'A.eii SoiiAcI SpSCidl rights
of ease and luxury on all succeeding
generations IN the same lines of in
heritance
Confiscation is no part of the
scheme of income or inheritance tax.
Placing the cost of government more
largely upon those best able to bear
it, and making each generation a lit
tie more responsible for it's own finan-
cial prosperity Is a part of the plan.
And there is every indication that the
plan is going to work out-Ottawa
Herald.