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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

II was down in Indianapolis said
the travelling salesman to his fellow
loungers in the Parker House rotun-
da, when I heard that a big rolling
mill in Brazil, Ind, about sixty miles
west on the Vandalia line, was about
to refit its entire plant, pulleys,
cranes, forges and everything. So l
hiked out there on the trail Of the
order.
THE president Of the company
n practical owner Of the concern
was an austere old gentleman, very
military in appearance. His name
was Major CorDett. I a him to
earth in his private Office at the works
within an hour. after I arrived in the
town. VI
ct understand you are about to
place an order for reftting your
plant, Major I said. I represent
Smith & Co., of Chicago, and l believe
we can quote you prices that will
suit And I presented my card.
'Humph!' said the major, scarce
ly designing to notice the ~pasteboard.
Nov, Major I said, getting
down to business, If you'll give me
some idea of the extent Of your pro-
posed improvements I believe I can
make you satisfactory inducements tc
deal with US
The major glowered at me from
beneath his shaggy, white eyebrows
and did not reply. l did not tumble
TO the danger signals, nor was Their
any especial reason why I should
But a moment later the storm broke
I'D have you understand, yo1
young whipper-snapper,' roared tn
major, pounding the desk with hi
fist, that I don't brook any such ia
miliarity. You blankety-blank littl'
pup, what
Put, Major I interjected. feeb
~, I don't under
"'Ot course you don't he bel
lowed, in a towering rage, tearing m,
card to bits and throwing it on tn
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She Nearly Despaired
BUT Ar LAST SHE WAS AST0NlSHED
AND REWARDED.
She Let John Button Her Cloves and Hold Har
Goat and Get Her Ready to Go Out. But He
Was Very S%hy---TMned Down the Gas
Thrss Times Before He Understand.
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"Ah," she said, entering the room.
aare you ready?"
YES" piped John, picking up his
hat and rising to bis feet, "I'm
ready
She put her black caracul coat on
one chair, her ermine boa on another.
her vanity bag on a third and herself
on a fourth.
Come" she said, It'll let you but
ton my gloves"
And as John comes awkwardly
forward and starts on his appointed
task, let us carefully consider this
matter of b%uttoning a lady's glove.
In the first place, she was seated and
John was bending owe her, a danger
ous position and most naturally to be
relieved by kneeling on the floor at
her feet or sitting on the arm Of her
chair. Then, again, as every one
knows, it is not the easiest thing in
the world to button a pair of black
gloves at night, and John had to bend
over further and further while she
gave him tender little glances from
time to time as though to encourage
him and to see that he was not grow
ing disconnected with his work. Fur
Their and further he bent over, and
more and more tender grew her
glances until at last he drew a full
breath and said:
"There!"
How nicely you did IT." she whis.
pered. 81 don't know how to thank
you!"
ooh, that's all right" he said.
And turning to her impediments
he added:
Shall I help you with your coat?'
II wish you'd do something els,
for me first" she bashfully said. "Dt
you mind, John?"
What is it?" he asked first.
II think don't know, but 1 thinl
that one Of the buttons on the bacl
of my waist has come undone. D.
you mind, john"
And as she turns around and re
signs herself to him with a pretty lii
tie air Of helpfulness, let US give
modicum OF thought to this some
what intricate subject as we'll. I
the first place. every time he nearl
had the button where he wanted /
she drew her shoulders forward a b.
and he had to start all over again.
was an exceptionally pretty waist
a gold and amethyst chain hung owe
the back Of her shoulders; a strin
of pearls encircled her throat an
ended in a little clasp at the back
the riot of her back hair was partl
confined by a knubbly tortoise she
ornament, and various little cur
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
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bilt became the Duchess of Marlbor-
ough every catalogue for the show
was destroyed and an entire new edi-
ton was printed in which the daugh-
ter Of the Vanderbilts was labelled as
the Duchess. When Mrs. Ogden
Mills attention was called to. this
change of name in the gallery, the
other day, she remarked by way OF
reply, "She was Miss Mills when that
portrait was painted" The Countess,
by the way, does not like the canvas.
She considers 1t "too truthful
New York Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

patient, tactful, v striving to un-
lock human hearts with the key OF
love that she may lead them to the
divine Lover, she finds the minister's
wife's lot though generous and diff
cult" yet delightful and blessed, and
the heart Of her husband (and his
people) doth safely trust in her"
"Who is sufficient for these
things?" and what minister is worthy
of such a wife? There is nothing
said about who takes care of the
children while the minister's Ideal
wife, is doing all these things.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

Black or pure white grapes are
especially smart trimming for MOURN
ing hats.
No matter how smart a wrap, n %
woman wishes to hide a lovely COR
sage under it's fold.
Venetian bands come in every color
Of embroidery on black, cream and
crimson flet net for trimmings new
gowns.
Coronets and diadems of gold fill
gree and tortoise shell harmonic
most charmingly with the draped
! gowns.
Very simple gowns are transformed
into things Of beauty by girdle and
bretelles Of shirred or tucked silk or
lawn, lace-trimmed.
One Is getting rather used now to
/ seeing bugs and butterflies instead OF
flowers as motifs in the Irish lace
| collars and other pieces.
Various shades of brown, blue.
green and red in checks alternating
with black in the same proportion
! are popular for tailored silk waists.
There Is no reason why the gradu-
, alton toilet may not be made entirely
at home, for the most simple de-
signs are at the same time the smart
J est.
At the races in Paris n of the
most striking of the %chapeaux was OF
purple straw, trimmed with velvet
and punches Of mauve and purpls
1arkspur.
Whether the coat be long or ex-
tend only a trife beyond hip length.
it is usually with back SO slightly
fitted that to all appearances it is
almost straight.
More thick crepe de chine, failles.
satins Of various kinds and velvets
are being used for handsome toll
lettes than of the long used voiles
and mousselines.
The most fashionable umbrella
stick or handle is the one made OF
tortoise shell, absolutely ~unadorned
or trimmed with a Jade collar
trimmed with chased geld. -
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

ORra So1p.-Was6 a med1um-sfzed fowl and cut # 1p
so as to be convenient to handle. Slice one-quarter of a
pound of salt pork and fry it brown, remove it from the pan
and fry the chicken in this fat until it is brown also, then
put it in the soup kettle. Wash one quart of okra and cut
in slices. Cut up one onion fine, put it in the frying pan
for two minutes, then put in the okra slices and after all
has cooked for ten minutes put it in the soup pot: Now put
two tablespoonfuls of butter in the frying pan and sprinkle
in four tablespoonfuls of dry -four. stirring until brown.
Add this to the soup pot after putting in two quarts Of boil
ing water, then season with three teaspoonfuls of salt and
half a teaspoonful of pepper. Cover the pot and let the soup
simmer for two hours and a half. remove the bones Of the
fowl and serve without straining.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

The answer to the question:: Are
we a ~beef-eating nation?" is given
in the fact that Swift & Co. sold
s25O,OO0,0 900 worth of beef in a year;
Armour s270,O0O,00 and others
s25O,oOo,oO0, bringing the total &c
s77O.0O0.00O for beef alone
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Mind-Loneliness,

To me it is always a very sad ac-
knowledgement when a young woman
says she is lonely and has to be
amused. That she possesses no re-
sources within herself is surely a
h~umiliating confession. To the active
mind loneliness is impossible-one's
own brain ought to furnish the very
best company in the world. An hour
each day with some good book is a
splendid mental tonic. The more you
read and cultivate your brain by
dwelling in the companionshfp OF
great authors, the less dependent you
will be On the society Of others. AS
a great writer once said, when you
grow so ~interestong that you like to
be by yourself you will be so interest
ing that everybody will want you to
be with them. New Haven Reg
lister.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
LOVES APPETITE.

.1 ose grows by what it feeds upon
III have a slice Of moon,
And please enclose a spoon.
s1 eve grows by what it feeds upon
Tben me some kisses brew,
"A half a pint of honeyed words,
And a maiden just like you.
Glove grows by what it feeds uponn--
So cut me a caress,
"A Mound or two of toasted hugs
AAnd-a sugar-coated "Yes!"
Oscar Loeb, in Gunter's Magazine.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

threw themselves around II ~ 80
tacy wherever they had ! chonca
men again. she kept turning around
- see now he was progressing. and
sianclng at him over her shoulder
ana turning back quickly again when
sne caught his. eye, and putting har
neao on one side and LOOKING GOV
An, very, very coy she looked and es-
pecially 30 when he murmr,red
That's It."
put ner only response was to mt
ner mead q little further on d side
ana TO look coyer than ever.
It's huttoned," he said.
hee!" ~
Shall l help you with your coat?.
asked John.
Walt a minute" she said.
INC running upstairs to her moth
er's room she cried:
Mother! Tell me! Do / look ali
right?"
Turn around slowly !.
yes; Q look all right. Why?"
oh, nothing. / don't locker
funny or anything; do II"
Nonsense! Why?"
"Oh, nothing. I was Just wonder
ing. That's all"
And, running downstairs. she said
to John:
Now you can help with my coat!a
And as he helps her with her coat,
let us take thought together and re-
nect upon this phase of the question,
too. Helping a girl with her coat
can be divided into three stanzas:
holding, tucking in the sleeves, ad-
5usting. So in the first place John held
1t, but 1t was in vain that she tried
to ind the sleeves and at last John
a to take her hands and guide them
into their places. Next she turned
around, pink and rosy, so that Johr
could tuck in the sleeves of the waist
Very pink was her face, and yer,
rosy, and very close to Johns, but
John only blinked his eyes and wher
it came to the third stanza he refused
to sing at all and left her to adjust
the coat herself. smoothing 1t ove1
the shoulders and pressing 1t in a,
the waist as though she liked to DE-
it herself and wouldn't let John do it
even II he went down on his knee.
and asked her with tears in his eyes
And now my boa!" she smiled.
He slung it around her neck In
sheepish name but it seemed to he,
just possible-just barely possible
that his finger touched her clumsil.
under her chin; a suspicion that wa
confirmed by the brick-red tints o
John as he picked up his hat again.
Nov I'll turn the gas out" sh
whispered.
And down-down-down went tn
gas to the merest point of light
where it remained for a good thirt
seconds and then suddenly turned u
again.
"Oh, there you are!" she cried.
"Why, where did you think l was7
asked John from the doorway.
Never you mind!" she exclaimed
and down-down-down went th
gas, only to fare up again after an IL
terval +.
II thought I heard you tiptoein
over here" she accused him.
"No. no." said John. IL WI
right here all the time"
: So for the third time she douse
: the glim and her expectancy was
last rewarded by the tumdlt of John
: shy approach. Yet, although h
first tiptoeing step kicked a hassoe
across the room and his second nea
!, ly knocked a cabinet table over, I
t must have surprised her after all, II
t when a certain chirp had chirped 81
; cried in utter, utter establishment.
r why, John! How dare you!"
g Adding, though:
i but somehow I always knew VI
+; loved mel"
And concluding:
Mother will be pleased when
S tell her!"-New York Evening Su
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Not Her Fault.

at is the duty of every man and
woman to be married at h age OF
Twenty-Five" said the lecturer.
"Well," said a woman Of thirty,
with some asperity, "you needn't tell
me that. Talk to the men."-Phile'
delphia Ledger.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Miss. Not Countess.

In permitting an artist to show a
portrait of her daughter, the Coun-
tess of Granard, in a local exhibition
with the name of Miss Beatrice
Mills opposite the number in the
catalogue, Mrs. Ogden Mills does not
follow the precedent set By Mrs. O..
H. P. Belmont in the days when she
was Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt.
Just before the then Mrs. Wander
bits daughter Consuelo was married
to the Duke of Marlborough, there
was opened in the old Academy Of
Design building, at Fourth avnue and
Tw~enty-third street, an exhibition OF
portraits for a local charity which
was called a "show Of Fair Women
Among the portraits was chartran's
fuu-leigth portrait of "Miss Consuelo
Vanderbilt" as the catalogue an
nounced. The day that Miss Wander
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
New Complexities.

"What do the letters r. V. S. P. at
the bottom Of this invitation mean?"
asked Mr.. Cumrox.
"Why, everybody knows that they
signify please answer"
"Great Scott! This spelling reform
is playing smash, isn't it?"-Wash'
ingtOn Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Underhanded Criticism.

Nuwed-"I don't wish to find fault
with this soup, my dear, but wouldn't
it be well to put some meat flavor in
next time?"
Mrs. Nuwed-"I don't think it very
generous in you, Henry, to make fun
of my bread pudding in that under
hand way."-Chicago News.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

to your cwn conviction "past
all doubling. truly" hat 1t must be
borne. There is nothing about which
it is easier to be mistaken than un-
comfortable physical sensations.
They may, or they may not, mean
what they seem to mean, or what
you think they mean. There are many
slaves in the world that naturally
become tyrants. They r disloyal
and hence deceitful. Do not trust
them too far. Pass them under Sc
we're scrutiny.-Elizabeth Stewart
phelps. in Harper's Bazaar.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
u Boy.

Lucky boy.
A kind old gentleman, seeing a
very small boy carrying q lot of news
papers under his arm, vas moved to
pity.
Don't all those papers make you
tired, my boy?"
"Nope," the mite cheerfully re-
piled. II can't read. Youths Com
panion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Invialidism.

Incurable illness or disability is
the hardest human fate there is
except remorse or disgrace-and I
have perhaps rashly undertaken to
suggest to some attentive sufferer
how to bear it.
But the first word of all which I
would utter is this: Do not bear it!
Do not bear it, if you can help 1t.
Do not bear it until you have proved
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
P~recaution.

His Ma-"Willie, where have you
been? Your hair is suspiciously
wet"
Willie-"I fell in the river"
"But you clothes arc LIT wet.
"Well, you see ma, while was
standin' on the bridge I thought
maybe I'd fell in, so . took OF my
c,o,h: SIS I ..5"-HN1ss.-es5 Bits
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Ideal Minister'S Wife.

The following description is from
one of the Methodist papers in Lon
don:
THE ideal minister's wife is queen
in her home, ruling her affairs with
discretion and looking we'll to the
ways Of her household. She has q
keen interest in her husbands peo-
pie and spares no pains to get to
know them. Unselfish as regards
her husbands company, because of
the many claims made upon him, she
and finds her joy in knowing he is
helping others. She practices the
happy art of adapting herself to cir
cumstances, and is able to converse
easily with the Intellectual and the
unlearned. Her manners are per-
fectly natural and entirely free from
any tincture of patronage. Her dress
is becoming. without dowdiness or
loudness. She is not over-sensitive
to criticism. She is discreet with her
lips and thoroughly good in heart and
loves to second her husbands efforts
in all the church work. She avoids
being the leader of any clique, but
acts in such a way that all feel they
can approach her easily and confide
in her perfectly. She listens to the
sorrows Of the people and feels with
them and rejoices in their joys. She
knows how to entertain and how to
be entertained. She keeps abreast of
the times in reading and delights in
self-culture. Knowing for what spec
ial branch of work in the church she
is gifted, she devotes herself to ii
with all her heart. Amiable, bright,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
New York's Consumption Of Tea.

New Workers, drink tea as well is
other things, and it is estimated that
one pound of the herb is consumed by
each tnhabitant yearly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
A Logical Result.

Where. are you going, my pretty nader"
"lh going a-milking, sir, " she sadie.
Then I want to marry you, my pretty
Made,
Fol own the water-works here" he sadie.
So they were married, egad, and they
Hate lived ever since on the milky whey.
-Lippincott's.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15

Mr.. GoetZ Coyne-"Lord De Broke.
your new ~son-ir-law, hasn't much OF
a head for business"
Mr.. Dustin StaX-"You wouldn't
say that if you knew the bargain he
drove with me-"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
A Wrry jest.

Wffe-'What is a pretzeIoo"
Fub-"A pretzcl, love, is a cracker
witt the cramps."-Boston Trans
cript.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
OF Course, at a Bargain.

Geraldine-"No. I cannot marry
you"
Gerald-"But I can find a minister
who will perform the ceremony for
$4.99."
Geraldine-"I am yours. DO
hemian.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
All the Difference.

ibid he say he knew me when /
was a girl?"
fNo; he said he knew you when he
WIS q boy!"-Sydney Bulletin.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Keeping Dogs" Together.

Keeping "Dogs'' Together.
"Pop!"
ayes, my son."
"Why do they tie sausages to-
gether with a string?"
$50 they can't walk away, I sup
pose, my boy."-Yonkers Statesman.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
The Difference.

Me D1HerenCe.
Little Lester Livermore-"Papa,
what is the difference between a Wis,
ion and a sight? This book says"
Mr.. Livermore-"The difference
between a girl before and after she
Is married Puck.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
An Ideal Job.,

Housekeeper-"Who are your"
Framp-"Madam, I am an after
dinner speaker. Judge.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Not Rural.

Not Rural.
Knicker-"Does Jones think him
self some pumpkins?"
Bocker-"No; by the way he runs
in debt he thinks himself a city,
New York Sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
Marital Remarks.

Millionaire-.Yes, sir, I a say
with pride that I am a self-made
man"
Wife-"well, some folks are easily
! pleased."-Judge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-03
SUCCESS TALKS-BY DIR. MADISON C. PETERS,
WORK-TF4E PRICE OF SUCCESS

die like autumnal insects-despised and
forgotten.
Idleness never made its way in the
world and never will. The world does not
owe us a living, but every man owes
the world work
Various advertisements in our papers
are frequently thrown out as bats for
the gullible. One has lately gone the
rounds promising sure cure for drunk
enness on receipt Of one dollar" In re-
turn. the sender of the cash was told
to "sign the pledge and keep tt An in
vestment In postage stamps brought the
information that the best way to raise
turnips" was to take hold Of the tops
and pull" Another facetious swindier
advertised that for the sum of one dollar
he would give the secret of increasing
money four-fold: his reply to his artless
dupes was: Take a dollar bill, double 1t
twice and when you open it out you will
find it in creases four fold" But the one
that must have added insult to injury.
was the answer returned to inquiries. on
receipt OF one dollar. as to how ito make
money without work" namely, Fish
for suckers as we do
Some men succeed by great talent some
by the influence of others. but the major
ity by commencing life without dollar.
Cunard found his opportunity for the
greatest steamship line in the world in a
jack-knife and piece of wood. from
which he whitfield a model. Abraham
Lincoln found his opportunity in borrowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-03

TT is not careful moral training, neither
sound instruction nor good society,
L that makes men. These are means.
but back of these lies the molding influ-
ence Of a mans life, and that is employ
ment.
A mans business makes hint hard
ems his muscle, strengthens his body,
quickens his blood, sharpens his mind.
corrects his judgment, wakes up MS IN
ventive genius, puts his wits to work.
arouses ambition. makes him feel that he
is man. and must show himself man
by taking a mans part in life.
One hundred and fifty pounds. more or
less, of good bone and muscle do not
make a man; a Uranium packed with
brains does not make a man. Inc body,
muscle and brain must act a man part,
do a mans work. think man thoughts
and bear a mans weight or character
and duty, before they constitute man.
You can put clothes on statue ana II
appears to be a human being, but TO be a
man and appear TO be are two very ar
ferent things Human beings grow-men
are made.
We have gentlemen loafers about. gas
bags, air bubbles. which burst and are
gone masculine graSshoppers, good
enough 10 dance attendance on the but
tertiies of society-things that glow and