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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-03-23
Lnry sirda.

The mound fowls" Of Australia
and New Guinea construct mounds
Of decaycd leaves for their nests.
In these the eggs are laid and COW
cred over With the same material.
The warmth engendcred W the de-
composition Of the leaves causes the
eggs to hatch. and the Young in due
time burrow their way out 10 life
and the open air. These birds are
regarded as the LATEST Of all the
fcathcry Kingdom. Next to them
come the common blackbirds Of
America for laziness. These black.
birds never build nests Of their own,
but Law their eggs in the nests Of
other birds and leave them to be
Matched BY foster mothers. This is
an unfortunate imposition on the
smaller birds, as the blackbird's
Young is so large when first Matched
that he soon crowds the smaller
birds ont Of the nest and has il oil
to himself.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-03-23
NORTH cARoLrSA

NORTH CAROLINA
Durham County
!. ". Brooks,
administrator N-.,
81 Matte L. Hodge V Sn,.. Y,
vs..
Fred Hodge ct al
TO Fred Hodge, lack Hodge. Ola ii.
Walsh a Husband !. G. Walsh:
You. and each Of YOU, are hereby mott.
fed that a special proceeding entitled as
above. was duly instituted against YOU
III the Superior Court OF Durham coun.
ty, February nth. 1000 by the issuing
Of summons which summons has been
duiy returned by the Sheriff OF Durham
County, endorsed After due diligence,
Fred Hodge. Jack Hodge, aud ola II.
Walsh and husband, !. c. Walsh. are
not 70 be found in Durham County. {
and
II appearing TO the court that you arc
a nonresident ~ the State Of North
Carolina: TINT you arc necessary parties
"a this proceeding, the same being in.
stitntcd TO sell the real estate Of your
mother, wherein Won have an undivided
interest, to pay her debts and the costs
~ administration II is ordered that
summons, served by publication for !,
weeks in Durham Recorder, news.
paper published in Durham, n. c., semi
weekly. You and each Of you are here.
by fioufied to appear at the court house
in the City 81 Durham ON the Goth day
IT March. 1000 al ten O'clock a. M. he.
fore G. u. Green. Clerk Of Superior
Court Of Durham County, aud answer or
demur TO the petition filed IN this cause,
or the relief prayed for will be granted.
You will take notice that the purpose Of
this proceeding is to sell the real estate
Of your mother wherein YOU have an
undivided intercst) situated IN Durham
County.
Hereof. take due notice and fail not.
This February 10TH 1909.
G. n. GREEN,
Clerk Of Superior Court.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-03-23

wANTED-succEss MAGAZINE requires
the service Of man In Durham TO look
after expiring subscriptions and to Sc
cure new business by means c special
methods unusually effective: position
permanent: prefer one with experience.
but would consider any applicant with
good natural qualifications, salary a. so
per day, with commission option. Ad.
dress, with reference, X. c. Peacock,
poom rc7. Success Magazine Bldg, New
York..
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-03-23
|. 5. WHIrR.

Receiver Alamance Furniture Co.,
Mebane, y. c.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
COMIC OPERA JAILs IN ALASKA.
The Sad Fate of Foolish Man Who Tried
to Escape.

TaIIs are not always deterrepts OF crime. III
Alaska they have often induced 1T II winter was
coming on and work slack man would some
tt,as look with longing on a warm cell and three
square meals a day To enjoy these luXurles was
sosv He had only to buy a bottle Of whiskey for
a dollar or two and sell 1t TO native for 30 Inc
red man would get drunk and be arraigned IN
court On the judges promise Of freedom ne woulu
tell who sold him the liquor, and an hour later l'e
white man would begin term of four or i've
months In prison. This crime dlu not lH''I'V '''7
of reputation social position
Jail discipline easy. with enough Worh carry
ing coal or splitting wood TO give an appetite IVi
meals Alaskans tell OF jail where the board
ers we're allowed TO come and go as they pleased
The taller was sure Of their turning up for meals
and at bedtime. II ship sighted making for
the harbor he would go into the street and say 70
the first four or five men he met;
Say. If YOU see 'Limpy Johnson. or Red Smith
o- Lebanon Charlie or any of the boys. Will you
tau .ann 10 report at once. There's a shiO coming
IN and she NAV have some of those pesky govern
nant officials on board. Pass the word along. Won
your
Pretty soon 'Limpy." Red" and the rest OF the
crowd would be in their cells. TO remain until the
steamer departed.
once a prisoner. probably a newcomer in the
country so far forgot his sense of honor as 70
run away 1t rains eight or nine days in the week
in Southeastern Alaska. After several days and
nights without shelter. sleep or food the wretch
was glad to drag himself back to the prison.
Serves you right, said the jailer. roughly, 10
the hsggard fugitive. I've a good mind not to
take YOU back at air
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
CARRYING MATER IN pAGs.

Water is 4 precious article in the upper Rio
Grande region of Texas The Rio Grande itself
contains an ample supply for the MeXcans and few
Americans who live in this remote region. but 1t
sometimes Is Il difficult matter 10 transport and
distribute a supply. In the villages and goat
RANCHES situated back from the river the water
problem IS Of the most difficult that the people
have contend with. Many months may pass with
rain. The country becomes dry and parched.
The hardy desert plants the only species of
vegetation that are able TO so through the long
drOuths. Water frequently has t. be transported
long distances from the Rio Grande Where the
country IS mountainous and rough water carts
not be used. and the water IS carried in bags
which ft over the back Of horse. These bags are
evenly balanced upon the back of the horse. and
carry from ten TO twelve gallons when filed. The
bags are made Of stout canvas and fitted with
lin tunnels. II is not uncommon to dozen
more Of these water pack -orsos IN single train
vending their to from the river. all in
charge of a Mexican driver-Kansas City Star.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

any part of the projected lines in this city ran
over an elevated structure the noise would be
deafenng. To this the answer Of the moving plat
form men IS that the Paris platform was one Of
the earliest Of past performances in that line ana
that present-day platforms on rubber tires and
aer practically nolseless They call attention 70 the
smooth easy motion of the device. that there are
parts which cannot be made secure that even
the dropping off Of any part does not affect
the running the train, the pull and push OF
which Is neutralized by the fact that 1t is end
less They declare that the device Is so arranged
that all motors, wheels and gears be inspected
while the platforms are IN use carrying passen-
gers The safety of passengers IN getting on and
off platforms IS assured, they say, by the vary
ing speeds Of the different sections, which are care
fully graded from the very lowest speed ut the
outer edge where passenger steps on, 10 the
highest at the inner edge, where the train" bear
ing the circulates. It is also declared thal
the safety Of passengers in boarding and leaving
the platforms has been demonstrated again and
again on platforms in actual use at the various
worlds expositions and In other places.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
CHESTERFIELDS OF
THE COAL CART
"PROCEED. MADAM, SAYS
GRIMY DRIVER.
Chicago Truck Pilots Are Being
Taught POlitenes8 to the Public
and One Another.

Wagon drivers who do not swear, lose their tenn
pers, beat or overload horses or run down women
shoppers at cOngested street intersections; VINO,
ever mindful OF the publics rights are prodigies
in good manners and gentleness amid vexatious
tangles of wagons and trolley cars and autorno-
biles. and who handle average Of half a load
day each more than formerly, thereby earning
extra money for their employers and making pos
sible increase of their own pay besides tacll-
tating the transaction of all business, even to the
delivery of a pair OF department store shoestrings
10 the housewife the industrial paradoNes that'
being graduated in blocks of four hundred from
a Chicago school, that exists without precedent or
rival This is the school of etiquette for teamsters.
with 5000 pupils. 1t is more than school OF
etiquette. 1t is practical solution of the problem
of traffic congestion. Its professors are men OF
wealth and leaders of labor unions. The city con-
trolls it. and the Illinois Humane Society maintains
It financially.
Incidentally, this school has discovered that wom-
is TO blame for the congestion of street traffc;
that if she could make up her mind to cross the
street when she once makes start, there would
be no blockades Being unable TO control woman S
mind, the school has provided another way for
keeping the street crossings clear.
Il of the graduates of this school, perched
high springboard seat, above six tons of coal,
his face black with bituminous dust his overalls
and jumpers grimy, sees woman dart In front
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

Of his team as he attempts to drive cross
walk; if he that same wornan-and he must
see her-halt suddenly under the very noses of his
horses, and, with a scared expression. glance FOR
ward and back not being able 10 judge in which
direction her safety lies and not moving at all in
her bewlderment, he must prove that he Is a gen
erai and. besides must do with the utmost
politeness. Q must jerk the reins. for that
operation might Iacerate his horses mouths
Nevertheless he stop his team instantly, this
through Il skful manipulation Of the lines and
foot management of the wagon brake. Meantime
ne must keep his eyes focused the terror
stricken pedestrian. His manner must be calm, his
countenance reassuring; and. all in an instant. he
must md soft voice 10 remark something like
this:
proceed. madam; you are in danger"
II there be a dozen and many
passing in opposite directions his conduct must be
the same Then he wait TIL the crossing
policeman blows a whistle twice before he dare
onward.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
CONTINUOUS MOVING
PLATFORM SUBWAYS
PROWOTERS WOULD STOP
CONGESTION.
Submit Plans for Eight Routes to
p. S. Commission Could Ctil-
iae Tnterborough Tubes.

Moving platforms, substitutes for local raiiS rams
q, the resent subway well as in future subWays
N be constructed in New York, are among lle
transit possibilities Incorporated in recent ~
r-,est made by the Continuous Transit Securities
.,o-lr:,llv OF No. IL Broadway, 10 the Public Ser
vice Commission that proposals be invited upon
tine construction of eight moving platform transit
routes.
Max =. Schmidt. president Of the SECURITIES COM
panv while willing 10 discuss in detail plans Tor
future subway construction. had little TO say OF
any nlans affecting the present subway
That is a matter I cannot talk about ea.u
Mt Schmidt IF get an oppoTt tuni'E' we VIII
demonstrate what we can do
These familiar with the plans which have oeeh
r-epared by the company and submitted by MI
Schmidt who is himself expert engineer 10 'ile
Public Service Commission say that under 'h+ih Il
would be feasible at comparatively snah expense
70 substitute in the present subway moving pat
forms for local trains. Under the plans WhcH nave
been prepared by the Continuous SECURITIES OoIl-
rsny if the present subway were equipped Win
moving platforms they would be situated over
what are now the inner or express tracks ana lle
r,resert eXpress trains would then run over what
are NOW the local tracks While II would De posi-
HE in such \ subway, it is now, to reach either
The e,n~ess trains or the moving platforms at an
v,-ess station Il would he possible To reach only
.- moving platforms at local station, the trains
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

Mr. Stockton decided that drivers were wasting
an enormous amount Of time through lack OF sys-
tenn Each driver chose his own route and IL he
felt Ike delaying another blocking the passage
of a streetcar until the police drove him or the
rails that was his privilege in so far as his en-
ployer was concerned. II driver was surly- TO
those who got In his way, swore and whipped his
horses without cause It his own personal
affair
Mr. Stockton who is tall and of athletic build, a
vertabe Chesterfield. called his associates together
and demonstrated that they could make their
pocketbooks fatter by combining and reducing drv-
ing to a science He suggested first to establish
routes of travel between certain points and to COM
pei drivers to follow them. He began with the
railway and steamship freight depots, both within
and without the loop district
It was the custom TO let every driver choose MS
own time and manner of approaching and leaving
the doors Of these depots The result vas con-
tinuaI spider web OF horses standing nose to nose
and WAGONS tail tail. with here and there a rig
crosswise in front Of another and drivers 'Jawlng
comrades for the blockade. "All that disorder ana
CONSEQUENT delay could be dispensed with. said
Mr. Stockton, If made the drivers come ana
go as a lire of ticket buyers gets up to theaUe
window Besides we should divide the teams
among the streets, not allow them all TO use one
The EMPLOYING teamsters commissioned Mr.. Stock
ton on the spot to work out a practical plan his
desk was soon filed with blueprnts showing routes
OF travel and stopping places for the receipt anu
delivery of goods. The question then was no" 70
force ell the drivers to follow the routes eIe Is
where the etiquette school began.
To CAPTAIN Charles c. Healy commander OF the
mounted police went Chesterfield Stockton. SIM
ple enough" said the captain, when he saw inc
blueprints; you draft the rules Of the road ana
have them printed, together with the biueprlhts'
ana we'll enforce them" Before the conference
ended 1t was decided call together heads OF ex-
press and trucking companies, and particularly
merchants who handled their own goods and the
leaders OF all the labor unions having anything 10
do with vehicular traffic. Four hundred men re-
sponded to I'll. call. 1t was proposed that the EN-
ployers give their drivers an hour of at stated
intervals and that Captain Healy. the union chiefs
and the employers address them relative to the
new order of affairs
MONDAY SCHOOL MEETINGS.
while we are about it." said one of the speakers
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
DEFINING SEVEN.

How would you define seven? The Standard
Dictionary says it is "one more than six: Web
sters calls II "one than six, OF one less than
eight the abridged Webster says il is five and
two and the Century's definition runs zone more
than six: the sum of three and four"
In metrology-that is the science OF weights and
measures-seven is comparatively rare The seven
days of the week form a striking example OF its
use, however , -, -. - =.
Scholars have found too. that the Egyption cuht
contained seven handbreadths "Cubit is from
tba Latin ..cubitum," the elbow, the distance
from the elbow to the end of the middle finger.
Tha Roman cubit wRs Ia Roman feet, or ia Eng
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
NOT A SUCCESS.

The manager of the subscription book depart
ment was telling Of some Of his experiences. The
funniest case ] remember he said, was
that OF applicant for Job at book canvassIng
from whom ] expected great things. He made
careful study OF the literature We supplied him
with very enthusiastic. Judge OF my sur
prise when the first morning he went out back he
cam" and handed in his resignation.
&" But you should not be easily discouraged.
| told him Few make success at the start. and
you acknowledge that you went into only two
places
% only two he said lugubTiously. one was
real estate agent, who persuaded me 70 sign con
tract for two lots Fizzlehurst, and the other
tailor. who sold me a suit OF clothes didn't
want. and. shaking his head mOuTnfuil". he mum
bled Good day, and went out"-Lippincott's.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
PUT BLAME ON WOMEN.

Leaving out of account the question Of who was
responsible for the police and' coroner's lists OF
accidents, it appears that the feminine population
Chicago furnished the inspiration for the revo-
luton in teamiug that is being wrought through
the school Of etiquette II not much ques-
ton OF making life in the city safer however, that
moved the men action. It rather pure com
rnercaIisn, the idea of saving time and money.
For years the womens clubs had demanded that
something be done to protect pedestrians from
reckless drivers. At length they proposed that the
State street retail shopping district be closed
against all wagon traffic
About that time John L. Stockton, president Of
a company that employs hundred wagons in
the trucking business undertook the solution of the
problem OF traffic congestion. The chief trouble
was in what is known the loop district, roughly
speaking a square mile lying south Of the Chicago
River and east Of the south branch of that stream
In this small territory there only nine streets
running and south. 1t is crossed by ten high
ways Within il stand all the skyscrapers the
big hotels wholesale houses, the department stores
the banks. the Board OF Trade. the city Hall and
County Courthouse. the federal building, several
passenger stations and freight depots, and thou
sands Of other places Of business
Through this heart of the city stretches that a.
ways tumultuous and overcrowded South Water
street, TO which go the grocers and butchers from
every retail provision house IN Chicago with horses
and wagons 10 buy their daily supplies Across 1t.
TOO is conveyed by wagon the bulk of ali the mill
ions OF tens of commodities consumed in Chicago
and the manufactured products shipped out by rail
and water From the North and West sides the
loop district is reached by thirteen bridges across
the river. BY actual count made by the police and
agents Of the employing teamsters, the daily traffic
these bridges aggregates hfty-three thousand
heavy vehicles. including automobiles. Rush Street
Bridge alone. where traffic heaviest-being the
connecting link between Michigan avenue and the
north shore Of Lake Michgan-was traversed by
hye thousand heavy vehicles in an average day,
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

Iish inches. but the royal Egyptian cubit. used n
the building OF the pyramids OF GIIzeh- perhaps
$500 3. c., has learned from measuring sticks
found in the tCmbs have been 29.64 English
inches The ordinary cubit was divided into six
palms or handbreadths. and the use Of seven IN
the Egyptian cubit IS ascribed by some investi-
gators TO probable custom OF placing the hand
behind the elbow when measuring along walls with
the forearm and leaving It the wall until the
laid down again Il should be added that
there many other cubits OF widely different
values. both ancient and mOdern.-ROChester Demo
Crat and Chronicle
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
KING EDWARD AND CHARLES 1.

An interesting story OF King Edward and tbs
relics OF Charles I told by the Rev Dr. Snep-
pard. canon of Windsor. in lecture ar the rS9yaI
United Service Institution the execution OF hlng
Charles and his burial in the grave OF Henry NIII
in the chapel OF St George, at Windsor.
The lecturer recorded how. IN 1915, the Prince Re-
gent caused the vaults in St Georges Chapei %
be opened and the remains OF King Charles den-
niteIv Identified Henry HalfOrd, physician 10 King
George III became possessed of every relic or the
deceased monarch. and these ultimately came into
the possession OF our present king. while Prince
OF Wales. on December is. 1885, his majesty. Win
the permission OF Queen Victoria. openly restored
these relics the vault. They Included tooth.
a portion Of Charles Is beard and portion OF
Ve-rebrcF-.
These were inClOsed in cabinet and. an open
ing having been mad in the roof OF the vault The
Prince OF Wales. he then was. lowered the eabi-
net into the vault and placed it on the centre OF
King CharIes's coffin
Within the cabinet was the following autograph
uernoran ndum: These relics Of King Charles are
deposited by Albert Edward. Prince OF Wales. II
the vault containing the coffin OF that king on
December IS, 1888 London Daily Mail
I'm told that your standings in aviation have
averaged high"
oIafp
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
LEFT IN BONDAGE.

Wigwag-The government statfsticans prove that
there is divorce for every twenty marriages
Isn't that awful?
Cynicus-Yes; awful for the ether nineteen.
Philadelphia Record
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

pany shall itself raise the necessary funds IS
matter which, Mr.. Schmidt says. cannot be settled
until the wishes Of the Public Service Commission
known.
When the company few years ago planned
moving platform the Williamsburg Bridge. to
continue through subway 20 Bowling Green. it
was proposed that the fare for a trip over the
entire route, distance of more than three miles,
should be one cent during rush hours and
cents during other hours and on holidays. In
sideration of this low fare it was proposed that
the city should either build the subway and lease
II 10 the contractor at a nominal sum- or that the
contractor pay the city the required per cent
the cost OF the subway and the rental by
higher fares the fare in no case, however. TO
ceed two cents
stvled continuous train" rather than NOV
ing sidewalk" for they say that TO all intents and
purposes it IS railway, propelled by electricity,
with cars seats. motors passenger stations ticket
booths guards, electric lights-n fact. all the ap-
purtenances of the first class railway. Mr. Schmidt
says that If line IS built across any the bridges
1t is proposed TO house it the entire length beneath
d glass cage.
Figures prepared by the promoters to demon
strate the advantages of the moving platform a
means Of relieving the congestion during rush
hours at Brooklyn Bridge show that the smallest
type Of two trains has seating capacity OF 1850
passengers an hour. On platform moving at
speed Of ten miles hour, and with seats accom-
modating four persons placed three feet apart, it
is asserted that 70,4oO seated passengers can be
transported an hour. Figures quoted by the pro-
moters for purposes of comparison show that in
rush hours at Brooklyn Bridge the maximum
pacity Of the bridge trains and trolley
bned is about 5000 passengers hour, and that
Of these about 5000 provided with seats The
assertion is made that the trolley carry only
about 1900 of the total $4,000, and that of these
only about 5000 seated. From this they argue
that the proposed moving platforms can there
fore accommodate with seats many passengers
on one track as the troIeys can accommodate on
fourteen tracks.
WOULD BE PRACTICALLY NoIsELEss.
Since the Securities company made its PROPOSE
ton 10 the Public Service Commission it has been
pointed out that the moving platform at the Paris
exposition a very noisy affair. and the fear
has been oppressed that If, has been proposed,
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

being beneath the level Of the moving platforms.
In this connection it is pointed out that this form
of construction would prove distinct advantage
in the construction Of future subways, since it
does not call for an excavation the entire width Of
the street fer the total height OF the subway.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
TOTAL COST ABIUT $4,000, 600.

lie a. ar. Schmidt is not prepared 10 make pub
- - estimated individual cost Of the different
,.t, eu routes he told Tribune reporter the
fba ay uay tha. the total estimated cost OF all Of
lie So Is ABOUT 100000 AS soon as the Pub
snv !. Nollhassion indicates what routes il
-; ,s, II favors for construction. the companv viii
t,la -. PICS on those particular routes whether
Wi, siah raise the money necessary for the
hseL -hu arrange with the company TO pay II
N''o TIE sinking fund or whether the com