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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-11-29
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-11-29

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The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
LARGE AS LAKE ERIE.
Little Known Body Of Water In Win
nipeE In Region Rich in
MInernls.

Lake Winnipeg, or The Muddy Wa
ter" is quite IA large sheet of water,
being about 300 miles in length and GO
in width, or about as large as Lake
Erie. One solitary schooner of some
so tons burthen is all the vessel that
sails over its broad surface, if we ex-
cept the bark canoes of the voyageurs.
The sail vessel belongs to the Hudson
Bay Fur company, and is employed in
transporting furs and supplies on
their way to and from the Hudson bay,
the chief factory of the company.
Little is known OF the great north
ern lake, with its solitary vessel and
its limited business; it is what Lake
Superior was to tile world some 2J
years ago, and it is not unreasonable
to suppose that as in the case of this
lake unknown resources and unfor-
seen circumstances will in rs years
more surround its shores with civil
cation and cover its waters with steam
and sail vessels. That it is region
rich in minerals there is no doubt,
from the testimony of many travellers.
The time may come, says the Winni-
peg Globe. when Lake Superior will be
only the halfway place for business
and travel to the northwest.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
ALMANAC OF FREE TRADE.
FAe Publication That should BE {,
the Hands of All True
Democrats.

The 1908 almanac of the American
Free Trade league contains much ex.
esllsnt material On the tariff question.
~ should be in the hands of all good
democrats. The secretary of the
league, Gen. Hazard Stevens, thus accu-
rately and truly characterizes our so
called system of "protection:"
"No longer needed as a defence
against the foreigners, protection has
now become the thumbscrew of extor.
ton upon the American people. 1t IL
the dam holding back foreign competi-
ton and behind which the great trusts
levy high prices upon their country
unsn, upon the same class of goods
which they are exporting in great
quantities and selling abroad at 20 to
80 per cent. less than at home. Hence
their stubborn resistance to any re-.
duction of duties which protect them
in their monopohes and extortions.
"This whole doctrine of protection
+ . blunder that rises to the level OF
p crime. Inculcated by selfish and cor.
frupt interests until it has become Q
psi fetch, prote ction has at last
reached it's acme, done its perfect
work, by demonstrating that it is a
'system of monopoly and extortion. II
fosters greed, begets fear of the for
eigner, and paralyzes self-reliance. 1t
b the champion of special privileges.
the offspring of injustice and Unequal.
tty, the corruptor of legislation and
| politics. Every true interest of Amert
CO cries aloud for its overthrow"
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
WILL DO NOTHING.
fAsFs Will lie No Action on the Pase
of CoBKre~s to Regulate
Railroads.


What will congress do about the
tn>erstate commerce commission's
latest report2
Nothing.
Yet that report sets forth once
more a condition of things which
should startle a self. governing peo-
pie into insisting upon immediate
drastic action by the nations Law
making body.
The commission sets forth, what
everybody already knows, that the
railroads of the country have prao-
tically ceased to compete with one
another; that they give secret rates
to favored shippers which enable
those shippers to kill off competitors,
and that the transportation man.
ayers pay no respect whatever to the
law which forbids discrimination.
There ought to he some power"
says the commission, which can not
only compel those carriers to main
tain the published rate but which
can compel them to publish a fair
and reasonable rate"
There is such power. The com
mission itself points straight at it
when it declares:
1.-The fullest power of correction
IL vested in congress, and the exer.
else of that power is demanded by
the highest considerations of public
welfare"
But congress. which for years has
had complete knowledge of the facts,
has done nothing, and will do moth
Ing now.
Why?
Because the shippers favored BY
the railroads are the big trusts.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
HIS REASON FOR LOOKING oLUM.
Sour Expression Kept swsds from De-
Ing 9othsrsd.

Prince Wilhelm Of Sweden told .
New York reporter that Americans all
worked hard and looked happy. In
my country" the prince went on. we
work hard. too. but We have not your
happy look. Perhaps 1t 10 the ell
mate. At any rate. we toll . story IN
Sweden that IL typical: = story that
will give you some idea Of our nar
uonal expression. though not, I'm sure.
Of our national character. A French
man visited q Swede In Stockholm,
and one morning the tive friends set
cut for . walk. Suddenly the French
man exclaimed impausntly: "You
isok rs sour a. . pickle. Why don't
you smile? Why don't you have .
pleasant, good-natured air whom you
are out Of doors?' What! growlsd the
Swede. And have everybody stopping
me for q match or asking me how -
get somewhersr"
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
sERMoNs TO THE pURITANs.
The Early Settlers Thought Them
selves sliGhted II chs Preaching
waa Not Long EnouGh.

A. Lorimer hall, fremont Temple,
1t . recent monthly meeting of the
Congressional club, Leon H. Vincent
spoke on kings of the Colonial Pull
pit" giving a history of the Mather
family and their habits, says the Bos-
ton Herald.
He said the Puritans were always
ogayang for learning and wisdom, and
H. they had no sooner landed in
Amsssce than they began making
books. The continual studiousness of
The Paritans, said Mr.. Vincent, is what
makes New England to-day the great
hive Of books and authors. Besides
studying. the Puritans spent their
spare time in prosecuting heretics and
drinking strong drinks, but the only
habit Of the three that has chung to
their descendants is that of reading.
The sermons were long-winded, and
ln an hour the minister usually only
got started. An old record says: ''Ar.
Hooker preached two hours and IT
minutes while not feeling WE'LL" How
long he would have talked If he was in
good healthl A Harvard student
wrote Of minister that preached to
the students: HE preached two hours,
sad, much to our regret, he had to
stop" The people paid to hear SER
mons on the tacit condition that the
preacher would speak a certain length
Of time. The audience would look at
the sandglass to see that they got
their moneys worth.
Mr.. Vincent said Cotton Mather was
probably the smartest boy in the
family, and at the age of IS he had
received his degree from his own
father, Richard, president Of Harvard.
The subject of his thesis was Hebrew
Vowel Points Are Divine in Origin"
People in those days did not consider
fasts as great hardships. At one fast
certain men prayed number of hours,
and then biscuits were distributed and
three different kinds of liquor were
drunk. Cotton Mather went fishing
onOday and fell into shallow water.
Aather was superstitious, and as soon
- he got out of the water he cried,
my God help me to know what is the
meaning of all this" He spent three
days in his room trying to make his
peace with God,
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

To talk through n human body
or a row of human bodies, for the
matter of that's one of the weird
est of the electrician tents. If tel
ephone wire be severed and the two
ends lie ri by a person, one III
zach hand. but far apart. it is quite
possible for two individuals to carry
on n conversation through the rcdJ
of medium as readily and as dis
tinctly as if the line had been prop
erly connected.-Scierce.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

The statisticians who foot up he
loss to the country resulting from the
killing of misunderstanding birds. aAl
from our further neglect to intslli-
gently protect and foster those winged
scavengers of the air, put the gross
sum at $s0o.oOo.ooo per year. We do
not know upon what facts or what
basis of computation this enormous
total is reached; but II 1t lie one-tenth
part true 1t IL q startling showing. The
proposition of the federal government
to set aside bird reservations and
breeding grounds where our feathersd
friends might be protected in life. III
erty and the pursuit of happiness
seems to rest upon sound economical
grounds. It is a measure Of safety Ter
ourselves a. well as for the bir1A
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are now some six Europeans
h the Buddhist priesthood in Burma.
A missionary in India writes that
for three weeks in May the tempera-
ture in her Office ranged from 101 to
1o3 degrees. falling only one degree at
night
Missionaries in China are attempting
to introduce the alphabet as a substi-
tute for the cumbersome aggregation
Of complicated signs now in use. A
monthly paper and some books are to
be printed on these lines.
Japan Christians belonging to the
Greek church have seeded and estab-
hshed a church and holy synod of their
own. They did not like being under
the orders of the Russian holy synod
or the local Greek bishop, Nicoh,
whom they have been urging in vain
to resign.
At the recent international confer
ence ON tuberculosis at Berlin DR..
Obertuschen suggested that teachers
suffering from consumption ought to
receive sanatorium treatment, and
permission to return to duty ought to
be withheld till all danger of infection
had passed away; they should receive
their salaries during their illness.
A gift of large collection of edition
de luxe volumes, mostly historical and
scientific, is the partial reward re-
ceived by the University of Chicago
for its active participation in the
Fermentation movement" to es-
tablish closer educational relations
between France and the United StateA
~. French minister of public instruc
ton has presented to the university
. collection of all the works SO far is
sued. Several thousand volumes have
already been shipped.
A socialist Sunday school movement,
which has been firmly planted in Great
Britain for some years, is described
in the Boston Congregationalist. The
headquarters of the movement is at
Glasgow. In that city there are eight
schools, and a half-penny magazine
called the Young Socialist is issued.
Socialist Sunday schools also exist in
London, Liverpool, bradford, and 9TH
CT cities. A little textbook of IS
pages has recently been published,
presenting socialistic doctrines in lam
guage suited to the minds of children.
By these publications the children are
taught to hate clericism and capital
ism. to strive against the "evil giants"
Of oppression and exploitation, and to
help unite all nationalities and races
in the same impulse of brotherly love
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
GOATS FURNISH THE MILK.
The People of Malta Derive TheIs
Entire supply OF I.nctenl Fluid
from the Animals.

Tho population of the island of
Malta, situated in the Mediterranean
sea. amounting to some 100000 souls,
derives its entire milk supply from
the goat herds that abound in that
little speck of rock. II is estimated
that there are about 10000 goats on
the island. There are no regular
grazing fields for goats, but every
morning the herds are driven out
along the roads and hillsides. where
they pick up whatever they can find
in the way of weeds or any other
edible matter, viii i, however, sell
dom includes grass This is supple
mented by carob beans when the
herd is driven back to shelter at
night.
How the Maltese goat can give the
quantity and qualify of milk which
it does upon this food is a matter
of frequent conjecture and it is out
of the question to get anything bu:
thin and watery milk from cows un.
der the same conditions. An average
goat produces an pints of milk per
day and the animals cost from $40
to $25 each. No special effort seems
to be made by the natives to pre-
serve strains, but, nevertheless, the
Maltese goat manages to keep up its
reputation for looks and productive
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
PLUCKY GIRL IMMIGRAHTa.
Hundreds Are Preparing to Leave
England to Seek New Heass
In south Africa.

The domestic servant problem II
keen in England. 1t is critical In
South Africa-so much so that the
appeal for respectable and healthy
English girls willing to work and
make South Africa their home. In re-
Spouse to this appeal so plucky young
women from various parts of the Brit
ish Isles have sailed for South Africa,
says a London Report.
These girls have been selected for
their physical fitness by the South Al
rican expansion committee, and it il
the present intention to send out 100
girls a month until the needs of the
housewives of the Transvaal, Rho
desia, Cape Colony and Natal are salts
fed.
There were many affecting leavetak-
ings at the committees "hostel" in
Upper Westbourne terrace, where
most of the girls lived until the time of
their departure, but the girls were full
of hope for the future. An escort
matron will accompany them all the
way, and see them installed in the
committees "hostel" at Johannes
burg.
In view of the expected increase of
women emigrants to South Africa, the
horticultural college at Swanley,
Kent, which is under tine supervision
of the Kent county council, has opened
a branch for the training of women
for colonial life. The course will oe-
cupy about a year. The syllabus in
cludes seed sowing, fruit packing, jam
making. COW keeping, dairy work.
carpentering, household management,
colonial hygiene and native language.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

This is a nice way to cook satisfy.
Scrape the oyster plant and drop il
quickly into cold water to which You
have added "A few drops of onicn juice
to prevent its turning dark. rheK
boil soft in sailed water and then ina,h
fine. To every cup of the pulp add
beaten egg. u teaspoonfui of melted
outer, a tablespoonful of cream or
rich milk and heGpins tablespoonful
II flour, salt and pepper to iaste. Drop
uy spoonfuls into very hot fat and fry
: nice brown. Or you ear keep the
'cgcta BILE whole and, after cooking. dip
N butter and fry, seasoning with sal;
and pepper after NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
star.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
Statesman's Confessions.

For all his caustic Wit. Thomas D.
Reed Of Maine was a. tender Of heart
~ lf -ge OF frame. He was not much
Of Q hunter II never shot but one
bird in my life." he once confessed.
Il spent . whole day doing that. It
was . sandpiper. l chased him for
hours up and down . mill stream.
When At last pottsd him and held
him up by one Of his poor little legs.
I never felt more ashamed Of myself
In all my life. I hid him in ny coat
tail pocket for fear somebody would
So how big was and how small the
victim. and never viii - guilty
again Il he eowardics - such n m
oaual batt1A.s-WomAn.o CompaAiaa.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

In nearly all streams where the
current is swift, you will find the
nets of the caddice worms, tucked
down between two rocks or fastened
TO fiat stone on the brink of
waterfall. These little nets catch
stray water bugs and sometimes en-.
tangle small fish. They are made OF
. silken fabric which the worm spins
with its mouth and are shaped like
. funnel, the larger end being point
ed up stream, SO that the water
cushing past spreads them out in po-
sition. The nets are very strong and
quite similar in construction to a
SPIDERS web. Close by his net the
little fisherman builds his home. Int
up the nearby rocks and under them
you will find little bunch of peb-
bles bound together by silk threads.
In among these is a small silk tube
In which the worm lives. We're it not
for the pebbles attached to it the cad
dice worms home would go sailing
down the stream. AS an extra pre-
caution he oftentimes fastens one end
Of the silk thread to a large stone
Outing.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07
GIRL DANCED WITH SKELETON
San Francisco Maid Must De credItsd
with Some Nerve.

This Is \ story Of something that
was expected to happen and did not
There was once . skeleton at the
Hopkins Academy of Art supposed u
be that Of q celebrated French dane.
ing master whose field Of usefulness
was now confined to the anatomy
room. where he was daily observed
by q bevy Of girl students. The e.
dancing master was mounted on .
base with wheels for the convenience
of locomotion. When ono Of the Gus
tomary dances was held . number d
girls wandered into the anatomy room
between the numbers and began to
trifle with the old armor. statuary and
other objects. The skeleton of the old
dancing master was dragged into the
middle of the room Just as the band
struck up q waltz. The floor was pol
ished, and the wheels slid over II
with marvellous ease. An idea sue
denly occurred to the youngest ana
prettiest OF the girls. and she acted
upon IT, ut is long since monsieur
has had the pleasure OF q Dance" she
dance with mef" Seizing her card she
wrote. Monsieur the skeletoa' upon
II. Then encircling the bony digits
with her own warm fingers she sped
away with the skeleton over the pol
ished floor. II dance with DEATH.
she cried. and laughed gayly a. she
whirled. This 10 where something
should have happened. but nothing
did. The girls grew nervous and
dragged her from the room. Tho old
dancing master remained alone in tie
middle of the floor. and the waltz
swung on.-San Francisco Call.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

you say the officer arrested you
while you were quietly minding your
own business?" Eyes, your worship.
He caught me suddenly by the coat
collar and threatened to strike me
with his truncheon unless I accom-
panied him to the station" "You
were quietly alton ling to your bust
ness; making NO noise or disturbance
Il any kind?" None whatever" Tt
seems very strange. What 10 your
businessf" Hes . burglar, your wos.
ship." said the eenstabls.-LsAAsa
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

An American scientist has come to
the conclusion that the tendency of
too much education or intellectual de-
velopment in women is to make them
lose their beauty. He instances the
FARO women of India. They are su-
preme. They WOO the men, control the
affairs of the home and the nation,
transmit property, and leave the men
nothing to do. The result is, says the
scientist, that they are the ugliest
women on earth.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

Peel and slice q half dozen oraYgee,
~er which sift one cup of sugar. .;ol
ne pint of milk and thiskeE witt, oHe
ablespoon of dissol,td cornstarea.
Md the beaten yo. of three eggs
dst before removing from the stove.
Four this MIXTURE ,.er the oraESek
Ieat the whites of the eggs with II ut
lie sugar, for a meringue, and brown
ielicntely.-Good Housekeeping.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

Prof. T. A. Jaeger, Jr., of Har-
vard. who has been making investiga.
ton of the eruption of Mont Pelee,
believes that people oi volc@nic-coun-
tries can escape destruction by build
ing cellars or chambers of masonry
in which they can seek shelter when
re eruDtions occur
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

Wfc--But why do you wat me
, buy YOUR neckties any NOR"
Hu8baHd-Weil, er-I'd rather buy
nem myself than have yon ga tn ais
At trouble.
'iut like to do thing Tor ,"r
:n in HAT ease :, Ia .,-',r -. r
% tace - M
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

Nsighbors-I have no secrets from
my wife. 1 tell her everything.
NeItdoor-Yes, know you do.
Neighbors-How do you know It?
Nextdoor-Oh, your wife tells what
you tell her to my wife and she tells
me.-Chicago Daily News.
The Lamar register., 1909-04-07

Great wealth awai. the occulist ~hc
ear help people VIII a:c blind 10 their
own iuterests--t nj ..-.p haiiy News.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-12-02

lowe, Wallace. George f. Mar
lowe, secretary; Office, Wallace,
Idaho.
Temple Mining Company-elec.
ton September %, 1908. Direct
ors: John Stambaugh, Bonnell
McKelvey, Youngstown, O.; David
Gross, Pearl Gross, Walter H.Han-
son, Geo. T. Edmiston, and
Herman j. Rossi, Wallace. Pearl
Gross, secretary and treasurer; ofIice,
Samuels Hotel, Wallace.
Transcontinental Silver & Copper
Mining Company election October
2, 1908. Directors: Frank Hutch
|ins, George E. Marlowe, Jasper
H. boomer, Fred Stroh, Wallace;
A. J. ellis, Butte. VIM. Schierd
ing, secretary; office, Mullan,
Idaho.
Trapper Mining Company-elec.
ton February Is, 1908. Directors;
Herman ]. Rossi, H. E. Howes,
Thomas McGown, c. H. Jackson,
E. J. Hunter, Wallace; A. G.
Roberts, Blackfoot, Idaho; G. F.
Burr, Gencse, idaho. Jackson &
Hunter, managers; office, Wallace.
Tam O'Shanter Mining Company.
Limited-election April II, 1909.
Directors. John H. Wourms, Ed.
Eiseman, Wallace; D. c. Coates,
Spokane; P. J. Dills, New York;
Chas. Gamble, Osborne, Ida. D,
C.Coates, secretary, Spokane, Wash.
Wonder OF Pine Creek Mining
and Milling Company-election
May II, 1909. Directors: Robert
W. Hunt, E. s. Tucker, Edward
T. Hunt, Leroy Tucker and E. S.
Tucker, Kingston, Ida. Edward
7. Hunt, secretary, Kingston, Ida.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-12-02

Silver Rock Mining Company
incorporated March Is, 1909. Di
rctors: E.Waltman. Harrison;
TT. Reid, Kingston; Geo. Austin
Geo. F. Stoney, J. D. Caughell
Wallace. Geo.F. Stoney, secretary
$40 Bank St.. Wallace.
Sister Mining and Milling Com
pany-election June 2, 1908. Di'
rectors: Frank P. Maxwell, F.
H. Pattison, Otto A. OLSON, Wal
lace; Charles V. Genoway, Spo'
kane; and James A. Perkins, Col
fax, Wash. E. H. Pattison, secre'
tary and treasurer; Office Postottict
building, Wallace.
Snow Cliff Mining Company
election April 10, 1909. Directors:
James A. Wayne, H. c. Topping,
r. w. Roach, VIM. Wider, G. A
Burke, Wallace; P. N. Shaeffer'
Post Falls, Idaho. James A.Wayne
president; Office. Court House.
Snowstorm Mining Company
election July %, 1908. Directors;
T. L. Greenough. A. G. CLANCY,
Missoula, Mont. T. L. Greenough,
Jr., Larson; w. D. Greenough,
Spokane; J. Howard. Arizona;
p. j. Kline. Helena. Mont; and
James Bean. Mullan. I. Leo
Greenough, Jr., manager. Office,
Larson. Idaho.
Swastika Copper Mining Com
pany-election January |, 1909.
Directors: T. NJ. Marlowe, Miss
oula, Mont; J. w. Mcdonald,
Superior, Mont; George E. Mar
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-12-02

Pittsburg Lead Mining Company
election July 80, 1908. Direct
ors: Henry 8. Collins. Juliar
Kennedy, J. Fred Byers. 8. Sever
ance, G. B. Obey, r. c. Patterson,
Ralph Longenecker, Pittsburg. Pa. /;
Christopher Murphy, Chicago; and
B. F. O'Neil. Wallace. Henry L
Collins, president; Offices, COZ Ber'
ger building, Pittsburg, Pa.
Rainbow Mining 4 Milling Com.
pany-election January !, 1903
Directors: Herman ], Rossi, Hen
~ C. Adami, George E. Marlowe,
C. F. 0. Merriam, Wallace; and
John D. Caughell, Waupaca, Wis,
George E. Marlowe, secretary, Wal
lace, Idaho.
Rob Roy Mining Company cleo.
ton January 81, 1909. Directors:
Samuel D. Mcdonald, Hugh Toole,
B. R. Creedon, Dan McInnis and
Otto A. OLSON, Wallace. B. r.
freedom. secretary: Office, Wallace,
Idaho.
Rockford Mining Company cleo
ton January %, 1909. Directors:
John Furst, John Pearson, Walter
H. Hanson, Charles G.. Anderson,
Wallace: John Carlson, Gem. Wal
ter H. Hanson, secretary; Office,
Wallace, Idaho.
Sailor Mining Company election
August 8, 1908. Directors: Ny
ron Topliff, J. H. Williams, H. G.
Topping, Sam G. Brown, Wallace;
and Fred Hensalt. Missoula, Mont.
H. G. Topping, secretary, Toplifi
block, Wallace.