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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
QUESTION RIGHT
T0REbU|LDB BRIDGE
Army Engineer Inquiries
Into Clarendon Matter

Especial to News n Observer
Fayetteville. n. c., May 13.-The
right Of Cumberland county to con
struct a bridge across the ape Fear
river to replace the Clarendon bridge,
burned some time ago. has been Ques-
toned by Capt. Earl I. Brown, United
States Engineer in charge of this dis
trict.
In a. letter to J. J. Bullard. chair
man of the county commissioners, he
asks if the ounty has secured con-
gressional authority for the erection
Of the bridge, which is about one
third completed.
County Attorney Chas. CT. Rose, TO
whom the matter was referred, wrote
Captain Brown that in his opinion
authority from Congress was not nee
essary, as the bridge is being built
above the recognized point of naViga-
ton.
He has also written SenatOr Over
mar and Congressman Goodwin. re
questing investigation and asking, ii
necessary, the passage of a bin grant
ing permission to build the bride.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
1000 LAMPS LIT By WIRELESS
Current Carried Five Miles for FOur
Hours Without Wires.

Omaha, May 13.-The Omaha Elec-
trical Show was last night lighted by
wireless current. this being the first
time that a lighting current has been
Sent without wires.
The current came from the Govern
ment wireless station at Fort Omaha,
five miles from the auditorium where
the show was being held. There were
4, 900 incandescent lamps and for four
hours those lamps were lighted by
the wireless current.
The system by which the expert
ment was made was a discovery of
DR.. Frederick Millener, wireless expert
Of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
T.. j. Land Buys the Oriental News
DaOer Plant

+. }. Land has bought the news
paper and job printing plant OF Mr..
Stradling, formerly editor and pro-
prietor of the Orient. at Oriental.
He will publish a paper there and
VIII improve and enlarge the job de-
partment. Mr.. Land is a printer Of
large experience. having been for
several years associated with one Of
the eadlng newspaper and job offices
OF Newport News, Va, and has become
thoroughly c~onversant with all the
lntrlcacies Of the printing business.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
"A Scalded Boys Shrieks

norrlfled his grandmother, Mrs. Maria
laylor, of Nebo, Ky, who writes that.
when all thought he would die. Buck
n Arnica Salve wholly cured him.
ln1alllble for Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
Corns, Wounds, Bruises. Cl1res Fevar,
Sores, Boils. Skin Eruptions Chil-
plains, Chapped, Hands. Soon routs
PIles, zoe. at all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18

The way of the transgressor is hard
but most men seem to like a hard
road.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26
DIET FOR THE FAT.

It IS popularity believed that all fat
persons are gross feeders, but this is not
true Indeed, the reverse is often the
case. Obesity may be a disease, or
rather prominent symptom of one, the
trouble being with tine internal chem
istry of nutrition-a disease Of meta
bolism, as it IS called. 1t is eompar-
able to Enthusiastically related to IT.,
in fact. In this disease sugar Is formed
in excess in the system, even when very
little is taken in the food. and so in
obesity there is a tendency to the for
nation of fat in the body. even if little
fat forming food is eaten. In most
eases much can be done by regula-
ton of the diet.
The amount of meat should~not be in
creased, but the quantity of sugar and
starehy foods should be reduced, their
places being taken by non-starehy vege-
tables, such as spinach, caulifiower and
salads. The foods to be avoided or
taken in great moderation are those
which contain much staxeh. such as rice
and potatoes and all sweets-pies, pud-
dings and candy Tea and coffee should
be taken without sugar. if taken at all,
and chocolate should be omitted en-
tirelv.
Bread is fattening, but for most per
sons it seems an Indispensable article
of diet. It's amount can, however, be
limited. and it should be toasted.
Fats are less harmful than sugar and
starch, and may be allowed in modera-
tion in the form of butter and salad oil
The belief that the drinking of water
makes fat is erroneous. If one eats
juicy vegetables. and especially the less
sweet fruits, such as apples and grape
fruit, and abandons the use of sugar
there will be natural reduction in the
amount of water taken, but one should
drink all that is needed to quencf
thirst.-Youth S Companion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26
A GREAT HORSE.

Jumbo, a horse owned by a Savin
Rock shipbuilder, is said to be the
largest horse in Connecticut, and it
would no doubt be safe to say, the
largest in New England. He is nearly
seven feet high and weighs 100
pounds. He is most powerful animal,
and has dragged with apparent ease a
two-ton load. With the children he is
great favorite. 1t costs a good deal
to feed him, as he has the almost in
credible quantity Of eight pecks of oats
at each meal and makes away with over
two hundred poursas of hay every week.
His shoes are of unusual size and weigh
four pounds each.
In early times IN Germany great ma
tional disasters might require the i'm
notation of the king S children, or even
of the king himself. It IS interesting
to observe that the horse was then re-
garded as, next to man, the most valu-
able animal for sacrifice We are at
once reminded of the same fact in In
dia. where the horse sacrifee-and the
largest specimen obtainable was offered
up-celebrated a hundred times made
the sacrifice equal to Indra.-Boston
Budget.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26
ODD LITTLE FARMS IN JAPAN.

Land IS 50 scarce IN Japan and the
people are 50 numerous that d farm
rarely consists Or more than an acre or
two. These little farms are divided up
into tiny nelds. During the season OF
the year IL which we made our journey
one of these fields is filled with sprout-
ing barley, light green in color; another
fetd-perhapS the next-with vetch, a
lavender cololeG, cloverlike fodder; a
neighboring field with a dark green
grass. from the. seed of which lamp
oil is manufactured; another, with the
pale yellow flowers of the mustard; and
scattered here and there fields filed
with what looked like variety of lily
some white, some red, some yellow, but
all equally brilliant.
Then, TO get the complete picture, you
must imagine patches of Towering
azaleas dotting the roadside; towering,
round topped camelia trees breaking
the skyline with frequent splashes OF
bright green; usually in the shade OF
these trees houses with white plastered
walls and red tiled roofs; about the
more pretentions of these houses white
plastered walls, above which appeared
profusion Of palms, roses and strange
native flowers; and in the doorways OF
the garden walls kimono clad japanese
girls-the kimenos as many and as gay
IL eoIored as the garden that framed
them.-Outing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26
MOTOR HORNS.

A few seasons ago some OF the auto-'
mobilists of Washington adopted the
chimes signal, consisting of series Ut
mellow whistles. the resultant note OF
which was soft, trenulous warning
chord. This musical device was gener-
ally regarded with favor. 1t was an
infinite Improvement over the aggres-
sive - honk honk" of the average auto
mobile horn and added touch OF har'
mony to the varied noises of the street
There was no possible installing the
presence of an automobile when one OF
these whistles was sounded. But FOL
some inserutable reason they were
barred, possibly on the ground that they
were whistles and not horns, police
regulation prohibiting the sounding OF
all forms of whistles within the city
That regulation was aimed at the loco
motive blast in the interest of public
peace, and it always appeared to be d
stretch of the official Imagination tc
construe il so literally as to exclude the
harmonious chime whistle of the moto'
car.-Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26

The japanese have discovered a
cheap substitute for the milch cow in
the form of a tiny bean. The juice,
which is extracted by special process
from the bean, is said to be an excellent
vegetable milk, the properties of which
render it highly suitable for use in
tropical countries. The preparation,
according to s'The Java Times, is OBJ
tanned from the Sofa bean, member of
the leguminous family of plants, and a
popular article of food among the
poorer classes of Chinese and japanese.
In making the vegetable milk the beans
are first of all softened by soaking and
boiled in water The resultant liquor
is exactly similar 70 COW 8 milk IN APP
pearance. but is entirely different IN It's
composition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26

A recent consular report from Lon
don throws light on the rapid rate at
which the horse-drawn cab is giving
place to the public motor car in the
streets of the metropolis. According
to- figures given by the British Home
Secretary, the number of licensed han
som cabs on July l was 4.039. de-
crease of 1920 in one year; four
wheeled cabs. 1879. a decrease of 3S9;
motor cars. 1884. an increase of 1856.
1t will thus be seen that in one year the
number of taxicabs has more than
doubled
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26

"Why don't the theatrical managers
want husband and wife in the same
company2' They think the public
wouldn t care to see a man making love
to his wife Looks to much like
acting. eh?''-Louisville Courier-J our
nal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26

Reformer-I wish I could do some
thing to make people take my advice.
Friendly engraving it on the handle
Of your umbrella.-Boston Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26

"What do you s'pose it is dat is
overcrowdin' de eities?'' asked Mean
dering Mike. II dunno" answered
Flooding Pete, ''unless it's dis habit
farmers IS gittin' into of advertiser
fur harvest hands. Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-26

ST made a big hit with that woman,
all right "What did you say TO
her?'i "Nothing. I just kept still
and listened. Chicago Daily News
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
CLIMBED LADDER TO SADDLE
Work OF Mounting Horse Something
OF Feat for Ponderous
Gen. Shafter.

Il see you had something about
Gen. Shafter the other day." said the
sergeant, whose service stripes
reached almost to his chevrons. II
served under him many years, but
cannot remember when his waist line
was less than the A mark. 'Pecos
BILL we used to call him. 1t was a
great sight to see him mount his
horse. Sometimes he used to have a
stepladder, and it often took two or
derlies to hoist him into the saddle
When he was commandant at the Pre-
sidio he hit upon device that put the
stepladder in the shade and brought
great relief to his orderlies. At head
quarters the Office opened upon a
broad and high porch. Well, talk
about strategy! Col.-he was colonel
then-Shafter saw the possibilities OF
the porch. One day he sent for a
carpenter. who cut out a section OF
the railing. Then the orderly brought
the coloners war horse alongside the
porch at this opening so that all the
colonel had to do was to step into the
saddle. After that it was up to the
horse.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
Bourbons Played Out.

The Bourbons, in the old phrase,
learned nothing and forgot nothing"
and so they are played out. They do
not suit modern conditions. In the
old days they had produced the great
Condo and such monarchs as Henry
w. and Louis XIV. of France. But
in the great crises Of the last CEN
fury they gave Europe only men like
Louis XVIII. of France, who ran
away to Belgium when Napoleon re-
turned from Elba. leaving his friends
to die for him in the Hundred Days;
like the Infamous king "Bomba" of
the Two Sicilies and his son Francis
whom Garibaldi so easily vanquished
and like the amiable connoisseur OF
ballet performances who has Just
passed away.
Modern Europe no longer cuts of
the heads of such would-be rulers by
divine right over better men, but II
sees no reason for intrusting to then
the difficult task Of directing govern
ments.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
ACCEPT VERDICT Of YEARS.
And Thus, and Thus Only, Can WON.
an Be Said to Have the Best
of Life.

Woman has learned to claim 20
years more, at least, than used to be
her portion. But always she must
claim 1t on conditions, and it is for
lack of recognizing these that so many
women who wish to hold their youth
grow old ungracefully.
Timely wise, accept the terms"
This motto was adopted by charm
ing grandmother, in her forties. She
had made the truth of Emerson's
wise saying her own, and made no Wis.,
ible effort after youth. There was
gray in her hair, and her mobile face
had its lines-but every line had been
traced by smiles, not worries. Young
in spirit, dainty in dress, she entered
into no competition with sweet six
teen. She knew better. The people
who like sweet sixteen do not like
46, however made up to resemble it.
But 1t is equally true that the people
who like 46 when it is charming, DO
not care for sweet sixteen to any ex-
tent. On those terms, accepting them
frankly, 46 can work out its own SAL
vation-but only on those terms. That
was her wisdom.
A woman, indeed, who does not be-
long among her contemporaries, so to
speak, can never have the best of
life. A child who prefers older peo-
pie to playfellows has not an ideal
childhood. A girl who is too serious
and mature for her age loses the love-
ly comradeship of youth. And equal
ly so, woman who refuses to enter
middle age with her contemporaries
loses the pleasures of middle age,
which are real pleasures, and is very
apt to make herself ridiculous into
the bargain. Youth of spirit can be
had at so, at so, at 70, on the abid-
ing terms. Accepting life as it ripens
is to ripen with it, and to cease to
grow old by losing that fear of grow
ing old, which is the most unhappy
part of the passing of the years.
Montreal Herald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
HE DISTURBED THE SCHEDULE
Unfortunate Result Of Mans Interior
ence In the Affairs Of the
Household.

The Won Doe family has clock that
gains an hour in every "a. 1t comes
pretty near to requiring an account
ant and a card index for the Won
Does to tell the exact time. First they
must recall the last time the clock
was set and then subtract from the
time recorded one hour for every day
since the clock had the same time as
other clocks.
When John Won Doe arose the
other morning he looked at his watch
and turned the clock back an hour,
assuming duty that usually had fall
en- upon his wife.
That afternoon he called up his wife
to tell her he would bring two friends
home for dinner and to be sure to
have the meal on time.
When they arrived at six o'clock
Mrs. Won Doe sat in her chair read
ing a magazine and hadn't made a
move toward getting anything to eat.
The conversation turned to the
clock.
do you know" said Mrs. Won Doe
81 thought it must be about as late as
the clock said and called up the tel.
ephone exchange while ago. The
girl said it was six o'clock, the same
as the clock did, but l didn't believe
her because l hadn't set the clock
back and l never knew it to be less
than an hour fast"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
What Women Should Read,

We women would all be the better
for the reading of Bluebooks. How
ever loud the talk may be about eman-
cipation and equality, the fact is that
the training of girls remains mostly on
lines which make for narrowness of
outlook. 1t is nearly always confined
to knowledge of the circle of society
in which their parents move. They
are carefully guarded from meeting
anyone with views" the novel is the
sole medium available for information
as to the lives of the sets of people
both above them and below them. 1t
requires strong individuality to tri-
umph over surroundings, and when l
hear complaints of the intellectual in
ertia of the average woman, and that
she cannot be got to read even the
morning newspaper, instead of joining
in, l always wonder how she has
turned out as well informed as she is.
Frances" in London T. P's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
Queer Perversity of Taste.

In the museum at stuttgart the new
section devoted to showing perversity
IF taste has become one Of the popu-
lar parts of the institution. Writing
about this unique educational feature,
q BRUSSELS paper says: I'VE can all
sympathize with the authorities for
exhibiting conspicuously punches of
flowers made from human hair. What
could ever have induced people to de-
vote time to learning how to make
these impossibilities? The curator
should be complimented on holding up
to scorn the pin-cushions in the form
of kittens and babies, because no
child can see one of these constantly
in use without having its sense of pity
blunted. And the handkerchiefs with
Zeppelin's portrait on them-are they
intended as compliments or other.
wiser"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
TONS OF WASTE PAPER DAILY
stupendous Quantity That Is All the
Time Being Discarded as With
out Further Use.

Hearing of processes for the recla-
ton OF waste timber brings to mind
the tremendous quantity of paper daily
thrown aside as useless. An Office of
ordinary size produces at least ton
or waste paper in a month, which is
disposed of at a price ranging from
70 to $40. The purchasers of this Of
flee by-product feed it to machines
that bundle the paper by sort Of
hay-press process, and the magic of
machinery returns the soiled scraps
In pristine wilderness. Waste paper
has become SO much a matter of
course that new Offices are built with
papershed, continuance for caring
directly for this waste. In some bust
nesses this product amounts to hun
dreds of tons in year, and where the
amount is large, as in a city printing
office, it is gathered every day.
In addition to the paper of CONNER
cial and manufacturing concerns,
there is the constant waste going on
in every home, which would aggregate
thousands of dollars every year if &C.
counted for in the economics of the
country Possibly, when the conser-
walton commission has disposed of its
big problems, it will find means to
eliminate this source of waste.-Na-
tional Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17

and at three o'clock he was shot at
the foot of the circular staircase.
The following morning Louise had
been i'll. She had asked for Arnold,
and was told he had left town.
Thomas had not the moral courage to
tell her Of the crime. She refused a
doctor, and shrank morbidly from nav
ing her presence known. Mrs. Wat
son and Thomas had had their hands
full. and at last Rosie had been en-.
listed to help them. She carried nee
essary provisions = little enough -
to the lodge, and helped to keep the
secret.
Thomas told me quite frankly that
he had been anxious to keep Louise's
presence hidden for this reason: They
had all seen Arnold Armstrong that
night, and he, himself, for one, was
known to have had no very friendly
feeling for the dead man. AS to the
reason for Louiees f!G.it from Cali
fornia, .. why she had not gone to
the Fitzhughs, or to some of her peo-
pie in town, he had no more informa-
ton that l had With the death of
her stepfather and the prospect of
the immediate return of the family,
things had become more and more
impossible. l gathered that Thomas
was as relieved as at the turn events
had taken. No, she did not know OF
either of the deaths in the family.
Taken all around, had only substi-
tuted one mystery for another. If I
knew now why Rosie had taken the
basket of dishes, did not know who
had spoken to her and followed her
along the drive. If knew that Louise
was in the lodge, l did not know why
she was there. If knew that Arnold
Armstrong had spent some time in the
lodge the night before he was MUIR
dered, was no nearer the solution Of
the crime. Who was the midnight in
truder who had so alarmed Liddy and
myself? Who had fallen down the
clothes chute? Was Gertrude's lover
villain or a victim? Time was to
answer all these things.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
The Way of a Woman,

The suffragette was practicing her
address for the Woman's Rights club
at her own little home. Her words
were defiant women are the real
rulers" she GRATED. Men are marion
cites. Since the beginning of time
woman has been the real power be-
hind the throne; now she fearlessly
demands her place on the throne. She
is triumphant; she defies the world !;
She"
The doorbell rang. The man with
the book agent manners bowed, MAY
see the head of the house a mo-
ment?"
"He is not at home" said the suf
fragette, slamming the door and re
Stunning her oratory, Let me see
where was I?"-Lippincott's.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
CHAPTER XII.
One Mystery for Another.

The most commonplace incident
takes on a new appearance if the at
tendant circumstances are unusual.
There was no reason on earth why
Mrs. Watson should not have carried
n blanket down the east wing stair
case. if she so desired. But to take
n blanket down at II o'clock at night,
with every precaution as to noise, and,
when discovered, to fling 1t at Halsey
and bolt-Halsey's word, and good
one-into the grounds-this made the
incident more than significant.
They moved slowly across the lawn
and Nd the steps. Halsey was talking
ouietly, and Mrs. Watson was looking
down and listening. She was woman
nj a certain amount Of dignity, most
efficient, so far as I could see, al
though Liddy would have found fault
ifSthe dared. But just now Mrs. Wat
is face was an enigma. She was
AsAant. I think, under her mask Of
submission, and she still showed the
effect of nervous shock.
"Mrs. Watson" I said severely,
twill you be so good as to explain this
rather unusual occurrence?
81 don't think it SO unusual, Miss
Innes." Her voice was deep and very
clear; but it was somewhat tremulous.
81 was taking a blanket down to
Thomas, who is-not we'll tonight,
and used this staircase, as being
nearer the path to the lodge When
vested, and through an ugly stroy
Mr.. Innes called and then rushed at
me, III was alarmed, and flung the
blanket at him."
Halsey was examining the cut on
his forehead in small mirror on
the wall. It was not much Of an in.
Jury. but It had bled fresly, and hia
unu8 uD -.H1z1 $500 ~ 49,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17

appearance was rather terrifying.
Thomas ill.," he said, over his
shoulder. why, l thought l saw
Thomas out there as you made that
cyclonic break out Of the door and
over the porch"
l could see that under pretense Of
examining his injury he was watch
ing her through the mirror.
Is this one of the servants blank
cts, Mrs. Watson?" l asked, holding
up its luxurious folds to the light
Everything else is locked away"
she replied. Which was true enough,
no doubt. I had rented tho house
without bed-furnishings
IF Thomas is ill.," Halsey said,
some member of the family ought to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
100 WATCHES FREE.

The Weekly Commercial gives =
small. regular l2-stxe. thin model. nick-
Il flniah watch for = club Of only
'veuty. three month"; new trial sub
scriptions at 10 cents each, $500, the
amount to be RENTED with the 70
names. Each trial subscription must
be new, not now taking the Weekly,
and only one to a family. The watch
is fully guaranteed, nice enough for
any one to wear, good time-keeper'
and cannot be purchased from any
jeweler for less than two dollars
Drop US postal card for sample
copies and blanks.
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