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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
GOOD MENU FOR N

Roast chicken with dressing and
gravy, creamed potatoes, squash, tur-
nips, peas, cranberry jelly, white
bread, pickles. coffee jelly with
whipped cream, tea or coffee. Chick
en- can be almost cooked Saturday and
finished Sunday while vegetables are
cooking.-Boston Post.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

British India has 86,912 miles OF
telegraph and cable wires in opera
ton. Since 19G2-03 the annual earn
1ngs or the cables between India and
EUROPE show profits Of from $1,000, 600
to $1,000, 900.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
BATH TUB.

Aten cent small sized scrubbino
brush is the incest thing to use when
washing out bath tub. It appeals
to the men folk Of the household as
avery sensible way of arranging for
a rather. dreaded duty.-New Haven
Register.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
NEw wEDDING FAyORs

The bride now presents the guests
at the bridal table with souvenirs in
the shape Of small satin slipDers
These are filled with rice. They sell
by the dozen at small prices.-Indian.
apolis News.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
TO REMOVE SCOT.

II by accident SCOT should ha,
dropped on the carpet, owe it thick.
" with salt, and both may be swent
up clean and dry without soiling tho.
carpet.-NeW York World.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

Bnlgars, only 'a11se triumphant in the end. The japanese, throughout their
long sleep, kept intact their national liberty and their literature. arts and
customs. They were still Japanese, harvesting their efforts fol a grand coup
But tn Bugars YER turne linton ongrelG Greeks through the efforts of the
Phana1ote clergy,f Gsted on them by the Turks.
When Bulgaria became free, in 1879, she had n O capital city in a strict
sense eff the word. Tinova was te historic capital. but Tfnova is 10
more than a picturesque, halfruined pile of ancient buildings crammed with
history AM behind the times. The progressive Bulgars decided that Trnova
would lot do fr "a modern Bulgaria So they built a capital to order Sofia.
once, ike T1rnova, a capital of a former house If Tsars-had become a vii
lge of mud hus, n which the pigs ran free. It vas bordered by pastures
Cor the focks of sheep and goats hat made u the wealth of its inhabitants
But IN building o. n size remhned-the Church Of Santa Sofia. eight
hundred years old, and mostly in runs from the effects ct tim M the
hard usage of successive conquerors. $50
Bulgarian engineers went to Sofa and laid out a modern city. 1t grew
steadily. Today it has a population Of about 100000. Telegraph lines were
laid, not only in Sofia, but throughout the princpaHty: and telephones are
as numerous in Sofia as In N city Of he size in Europe. Every hon
keeper thinks it is a. necessary to have a telephone as a American cash
register ard typewriter. When streetcars became common municipal invest
ments Sofia was equipped with several extremely good lines, capably operat
ed and giving excellent service-Putnamsa and The Reader
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

Leather-covered chairs may be-
leaned with the following prepara-
Jon: Mix together half a pound
each of French chalk and Fuller's
earth, two ounces of powdered starch
and ounce Of yellow ochre. Wet
with boiling water until it becomes
a thin paste, then add a tablespoon
full Of sweet oil. When it is cold
spread on the leather and allow it to-
remain until perfectly dry. Brush
off then, removing every particle Of
the mixture, and give the leather a!
good polish with melted wax and tur-
pentine, using four ounces of the wax
to a gill Of ~turpentine. The leather
may be darkened If desired by the adj
dition ola little Fpil to the wax
New York Evening Post.
USES FOR COMMON sALERATUs-
1. Soda bound. on a punion will
relieve the soreness.
2. Soda moistened with turpentine
and bound on a burn Or scald will
draw out the fire.
8. Vinegar heated and mixed with
enough soda until it is done foaming
and a piece. Of black silk dipped in it
until thoroughly wet and then applied
to infamed parts, such as the breast
or threat, will draw out the soreness.
A. A small pinch Of soda added to
the water in which lamp wicks are
boiled will make them white and give
a better light.
s.. A teaspoonfu1 of soda stirred in
the dishwater in which glasses and
silverware are washed will give them
a better polish.
s. Try adding a teaspoonful Of
soda to the water in which your kitch-
en- floor is washed and see if grease
spots don't disappear like magic
Boston Post.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

hundred. and fifty fiat cars are rumbhng and grumbing! One hundred and
six miles Of track split the gorge-a dozen sets of rails, in a width of 2o
and. 800 feet arr hung In tiers n above the other Sixyseven steam
shoves are punging twentyton scoops into the earth two and three times
eyrym minute. over two million cubic yards Of earth are being wrested from
the rainbow strata of soil every thirty DAYS. And O. the two side Of the
inferno squat the twin peaks O. Gold an Snow Hills like a couple OK appNS
which a schOoTboy has nearly bitten through. .H
Roughly a hole measuring 97515O0O cubic yards must yet be bored III
the Panama clay to make the Canal a reality; When the French %eze
routed S1500ON0 cubic yards had been excavated. The Americans nave
added 42O0OO0O cubic yards to this total ~
Picture a chasm measuring n hundred n twenty-five ie@ IN every
direction, in which could be buried twenty-five ordinary threestory houses
forty feet in height, N width and in length. h equivalent Oh such a
chasm is bored every day along the course of the Panama Canal--the ezc cav
ton amounting to nearly 100000 cubic feet daiy-From utnam n
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

cly granted retirement allowances; since 1Syy, eighteen Hnes, TepreSen
inc onethrd of the railway mileage of this country, have adopted auto
motto pensions schemes. Ten years ago almost non Of Americas great
Industrial corporations regularly made provision for their old men; o the
largest do So. or have 1t present plans under way to that end. Until 1900
uension endowment funds had nt impressed III rich men as suitable sub
jcts for philanthropy: since then, Andrew Carnegie alone has given nearly
$4,000 900 for this purpose.
The International Harvester Company, the latest to adopt the pension
idea is M of those corporate aggregauons popularity referred to as trusts.
As with most trusts, its management is marvel Of intelligence In ennght
ened.s elfintercst. A survey Of the field reveals N significant fact; among
generations it is chiefly the trusts and the railways that have most en-
Enthusiastically taken UP the pension idea. Those corporations and those cap
tms of industry that have figured n recent years most conspicuousy a
the exempfars Of a pitness commercialhsn have apparently developed the
tenderest emotions toward their brokendown employees-McCures Maya
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
Men Do Not Mas.

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~~E EN- as husbands are no 10 faithful IS women; they are 10 80
~ tender: they do not forgive. IS women do conduct winch a".
" graces them publicly; they are not SO patient with physical pam
k& but they have a shining virtue; they d. not nag!
IEKXYnM 800 1t is not like a ma to thdesh out n old injury aHef every
S2z@S grain Of rcumstance has Beer extracted and the Hail raises
nothing u dust. Nor is It like a nan to tunble into the trap
of hso wv logic nd rescue himself by a burst OF temper or a Toe on leafs
Men fy into passionso owe tifes just about a tut as women; u .oUenn
more violently Their language, for instance in regard too verdone peasteaa
frequently is not fit fol a ladys ears. And it seems Irrational TO De upp ups.
as men are, b III msbhavior of collar buttons. Still, it may o. admuee
that while they fly intop passions they do net fly into the same passion AGAIN anu
again. And when they forgive, they forgive; they do moi Simply ue ss
offence away and put it in colds torge-Harpers Bazaar.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

the misunderstanding in their days # couHship which ended IN 81 = rus Mm
of Itch n happiness Let us suppose that she does speak. ~ is Dewitt
cred but promptly penitent-at first Happy aret they both if she NAL ds
cover in time that nen 10 not enjoy cIeanngup showers % Tux as women
He felsh himself al awful brute to have hurt her,a and he is grateful TO oe
forgiven. bmt he would be more grateful If she could forgive him without a
reconciliation -.
And he hs some reason. A quarrel is N accident that might happen 10
n married pair: but a reconciliation is the premedtated darn which on
fMms tn poverty of their affection. But women dde o explanations IN
reooncFiatons and the prosrathns Of enorse Such darkhng pleasure are
not fr men They would az lief try getting intoxicated OF ipecac! Some
times I think their Instinct in the matter is truer and more delicate han ours
But underneath is always the same thing, u pathetic craving 1or Tie aesu-
nee If loye-HMpers Bazaar, 49,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
@ 81 So
BULGARIA q Nati0nReborn.
HN ArthurD H. Smith.

HEN Ferdinand of Bulgaria proclaimed himself Tsar~ of all the
Bulgars, in the Church OF the Forty Martyrs at Trnova, the
world called it the birth Of a new nation. In a way, the world
was right. The statement is as correct as that the Japanese
are a new nation. But, as a matter of fact, in both instances
the curious spectacle has been presented of nations as old as
history. almost, being reborn.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
BvzHugh C. Weir.

7ERY two minutes a ton Of coal is burned up at panama, every
minute twelve carloads of rock and gravel are torn from Tue
earth, every hour 1866 pounds of dynamite are exploded IN
mountain and jungle, every minute 1924 is spent for labor.
One hundred and thirty-two locomotives are shrieking and
creaking in the nine-mie ribbon of the Culebra Cut,-ten
thousand shrtless men are sweating and Swearing,-tWeive
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
Growth Of the Industrial
Pension System
BY Burton T. Hendrick.

= NE of the most significant developments of the last ten years
has been the adoption of pension plans by more than seventy
great corporations. This is one of the most tangible ways
81 in which wageearners have profted from the countrys recent
industrial prosperity: In 1898 the pension idea was practical
" ly foreign to this country; now it is very much in the air. In
that year only one railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio, systenati.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07
BY Octave Thanet.

"a BOUT seven times out Of ten, when a man hurts MS WEES 90
ins he wonders why she is hurt. Many times he does mo- kno"
she has been hurt until the falling temperature gives MN pause.
"A Meanwhile, she is battling with a bruising sense o wrong aNu
81 gnawing little doubts of his affection and a dreadful SUSPICION
70 that she is not the woman that he ought to have married. sue
longs to clarity her perturbed soul with speech. she recai.s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

the dangers as a rule lie In the line.
where rs per cent Of the fatalities have
occurred.
In the days before the forward pass
was created Ave yards were all that
were required. With the coming OF the
new game for distance was doubled.
When the forward pass was restricted
the distance remained the same. Now
football has resolved itself into this:
That teams have to make double the
distance under the present rules that
they did under the old rules. Conse-
quently the line smashing is fiercer and
fastr than ever. There you have the
reason for the accidents-the defense.
generally one man, stopping the play.
and backing up the defensive team.
which makes the man against whom
the play was directed the pivot Of two
onrushing charges.
Palmer e. Pierce. president Of the
intercollegiate Athletic association OF
the United States, says there is likely
to be some further reform in the game
when the association meets IN New
York on Dec. 2S. Captain Pierce points
out that the reform from the danger
GUS mass TO play more open football
was brought about by the efforts of
the intercollegiate association in 1905.
and he believes that IL the game lis to
be made still safer, II will be this same
organization that viii have to do 1t.
Pierce Favors Changes.
Captain Pierce does not hesitate to
state that the list OF accidents this
season shows that charges in the game.
which will insure safer competition on
the football field, are desirable, and he
even goes so far as to say it is not out
OF the question to adopt a style of
football which will eliminate tackling,
as In the English game.
the year 1905 was memorable in
the athletic world on account OF a cam
paign waged against the various abuses
that had grown up in college ath-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11
Will Football Rules Experts Heed
the Popular Cry for More Changesp
Continued From Page sixteen.

are few and far between. To make
the on-side kick factor in the gener-
al scheme OF attack, kickers are neces-
saTy who can spot the ball with some
degree Of accuracy.
With such a booter, the play is as
spectacular as was the forward pass in
pass, the on-side kick and the quarter
back run would open up the game until
accident would be minimized to the
least.
Coach Alonzo Stage OF the Chicago
university football team, who is con-
sidered one of the greatest tacttcians
In the game today, has come out with
a line Of suggestions for the better
ment OF the game. But Stage, like
many others, disregarded the greatest
criticisms against football. If he has
been quoted correctly.
Stage would increase the distance in
three downs to fifteen yards and place
penalties for pIlling UP and pulling.
He argues that this would tend to open
UP the game and force the use of the
forward pass. 1t no doubt would. but
1t would also make q. farce out of the
game.
Stagg makes the mistake that many
others do-namely, that the forward
pass under tts present rules, is practi-
cally an impossibility. Would not the
increasing of the distance. with the
same restrictions on the open play.
tend to force coaches to devise means
to make an extra distance through the
line or aruond the nds? Strategic tac-
tics would have to be worked even
more than they arenow.
Massing Would BE Greater.
when these failed the teams would
fan ack on the old mass plays, and
attempt fifteen yards, where now they
are required to make ten.
Such conditions have made the rug
by game the dangerous one that it is
more dangerous than it ever was. But
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET.
Increased Living Expenses, Cause
Resort to Heroic Methods.

Increased Living Expenses, Cause
Resort to Heroic Methods.
Chicago Record Herald; John" she
said, II simply can't run the house on
the allowance You are giving me. Once
1t was plenty, but prices keep going up
and up all the time. I've had to get
trusted here and there for one thing
and another, hoping would be able. 70
save enough somehow to pay up, put
I find that IL is impossible"
II raised your allowance only about
six months ago"
II know it; but almost every thing
has gone up since then"
why, Ave years ago your allowance
was only a little more than half as big
aa ii 10 now, and we lived just as well
then as we do at present"
aof course we did. You don't realize
how things have gone UP. Prices have
been almost doubled for about every
thing"
ssWeil where the dickens do you sup
pose I'm going TO get any more money
TO hand over to you"
Il don't know. You must get 1t some
where or we'll have TO quit living a.
we do"
'1've reduced my personal expenses
In every way possibly could. Do you
know that I've quit smoking and thai
don't wear tailor made clothes any
more7 / can't afford 1t. I've had tc
give you about everything / earn. You
keep demanding more and more al
thu hmel
II know. It's simply awful. But what
can I dor I have TO run the house
haveHs II"
Certainly. but something's got to be
done. BY jovei"
what Ia itT'
1--WE just thought Of scheme
What's the use OF our trying to gel
along on my salary and be compelled
to save and slximp all the timer III
quit my job
~John. have you lost your reasoni
You haven't any capital to go into
BUSINESS. and there's no chance fol
either OF Ills to inherit anything. How
are we to 1--we IL you give up your
position
@LAve7 Wen live IN luxury. III
show these people who have been try
ing to make it too expensive for us to
remain on earth. confound them! III
write q play"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

This brief story was told by a doc.
tor who works In tenement section
Of the city OF New York. 1t IL no
bright Christmas story-the bells ring
out bur once. It's only interest for
Christmas day IL the interest II would
have for Christ.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11
STREET CAR FARES
IN A GERMAN CITY.

Consular Report: In common with
several other cities in Germany, Chem
nitz has recently made changes in
street car fares with view of adjust
ing them to the distance travelled. For
merly the sum of 10 pfennigs (215
cents) was charged for a ride on any
line, even IL transfer to another line
was to be effected. Under the pres
ent system the city is to be divided
into q series of concentric zones. each
having a radius Of about 1900 feet I'm
limited transfers are allowed. The fare
of 10 pfennigs now covers a transit
through all or part of three contiguous
zones. For 15 pfennigs a passenger
can traverse five zones, and for 90
pfennigs any greater distance.
AS all the car lines in the CITY pass
through it's center, near the city hall.
Chemnitz offers somewhat unusual ia
cilities for carrying out such a prac-
tice. ach passenger states his destina-
ton before paying his fare and receives
a ticket, the color of the latter depend
ing upon the amount of the fare. On
the back of the ticket there is an out
line Of the entire street car system,
with the zones, so that it is extremely
easy for a passenger to see at glance
whether he has been asked to pay
more than he should. The whole ar
rangement is one of manifest conven-
fence to strangers unfamiliar with the
city and the details of its urban traffic.
August, 1909, was the first month in
which the new system was applied, and
as the street car system Is owned and
operated by the municipality some lit
tie solicitude was felt as to the effect
Of the changed tariff upon receipts
Fortunately it was found at the close
OF the month that there was distinct
increase over the number of passen-
gers at 10 pfennigs; 235,055 at Is pfen-
1908. The figures were 1,770,S57 pas
sengers In August, 1909, against 1,757,-
s07 In August, 1908. According to the
fares paid there were 1,350,976 passen-
gers at 10 jfennigs; 235,055 at 15 pfen-
nigs: 37,346 at 20 pfennigs; 1894 in
special cars, ETC.; 72.sS4 with scholars
and similar tickets and 69.903 with
monthly and weekly tickets on one
suburban line.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11
Don ~ EUr the
Business Girl

DoNT forget that the ONCE is not a
social institution and that II is
best to maintain the most impersonal
relations with those around you.
Don't forget that the girl who works
hard in an intelligent way and tries to
learn something new is worth ter
plodders.
Don't wear peekaboo waists to the
office or anything save the very plain
est clothes
Don't be content to stay as you are
That is the beginning Of the end. II
Is impossible to stand still. One either
goes forward or backward
Don't work with your eye on the
clock That kind of work never wins
promotion.
Don't encourage anything but the
most formal relations on the part OF
your employer. Romances in the BUSH
ness world occur much less frequently
than novelists would have us suppose,
and dignity is a great asset for a BUSH
ness woman
Don't have a box of candy I'm your
desk and keep nibbling at 1t.
Don't In your spare moments read a
trashy novel. Read good literature, IL
sou must read. or. better still, watch
and learn something from what 10 hap
pening around you
Don't accept invitations TO lunch
from men you meet in business ONCE
nor stu more so from your employer.
Don't spend all you earn on your
back. In the first place. clothes of the
frilly description are out OF place In an
office; In the second place, IL you do
not save you will be In bad way II
you are forced to change positionr Oh
are discharged The woman who does
not save Is at the mercy OF her en-
ployers.
Don't neglect your old friends and
form new circle OF purely business
acquaintance. This is a great mis-
take. BE business woman, but, at the
same time, out OF cffice hours. home
woman, and keep your own little circle
OF home friends
Don't become mannish or brusque n
your talk and manners. Remember thai
you are a lady and try to keep your
soft, well rnodulated voice and pleasing
ways. ~ pays to be busineasIike dur.
Ing Office hours but not afterward.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-11

letics," said Mr.. Pierce. "The game
OF football was under special FIRE OF
criticism. The rules of play were Sc
verely handled by the pugIic press.
charged with being self constituted.
self perpetuating and irresponsible
body. which, in order to make the rules
more favorable to the playing mater
OF a brutal gladitorial contest.
The agitation finally reached such
a height that in December, 1905, a. ma
tional convention OF representatives
from the universities and colleges OF
the United States was called to con-
slider the subject of college athletics.
especially football The interest in
the movement was great enough to
induce So institutions from ell parts
Of the country to send delegates.
1.-THE serious accidents resulting In
the death OF several of the players
have, however, again focused public
attention on the game and started q
new agitation for either the abroga-
ton of the American game of football.
or sucn changes in therules as will
make fatal accidents unheard OF. The
American game of football sprang
from the old Rugby game Of England.
In the later country two styles of
game are now played--the Rugby and
the association. In either OF these is
tackling permitted. AS a result, there
are few fatalities.
''The new game mas been tried and
found sadly wanting; the old game had
become unpopular, owing to too many
mass plays, and the remedy would
seem to be something between the two
styles.
Il would suggest that the rules be
changed so that the distance to be
gained in three tries will be five or
seven yards, with the condition that
one of the three, If three are needed.
must go five yards from the center un-
less kick is used. This would neces-
state the secondary defense playing
closer to the line of scrimmage there
by giving greater opportunities for
successful forward passes and end
runs, and would In a measure do away
with the hopelesness Of the present
line bucking, which today is made
necessary and useless by the same
rules.
"A change has got to come and I
hope to see it made in the direction of
the old game rather than farther
from it."