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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
The Boston Financial Broker Be.
comes Convict No. 837
N a Gloomy Cell He Begins His 10 to
II Years OF Solitary Confinement
Sees a Human Face But Twice al Day
mat Of His Guard. Who Brings His
I'risOn-madc Bread.

Especial to News and Observer
Boston, Mass, Jan. 14.-Convict
No 55t-Cardinio f. King. tinancier.
Inc two are today at the Charles
State prison.
IN a gloomy dark cell, alone with
ne thoughts of the millions that have
passed through his hands. with the
7rla spectre OF ten years Of incarcer-
tuon unfolding its hideous arms
through the black, upright bars OF his
prlSon-caGe before his eyes, the Boston
ofoEeF today began to serve his aon+
n = II ten to fourteen years in soil
confinement.
[xNoI a soul said a word to him. He
Ao$29Ee--sxeept as the guard twice
h. dM brought 10 him q fTw cfTr1niT -
\nf viI9 and brown prison-made bread
Apa 1aksed it in through a hole in the
tonefus door. Twice a day only he
sees human face, and then it is the
keen. Whose assignment it is to visit
thc Invicted financial agent with
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
ASHORE At WHALESHEAD
British Steamer Loses Her Bear
ing in Dense Fog Off Caro-
lima and Virginia Coast.
(By the Associated Press

Norfolk, Va, Jan 14-Losing her
bearing in a dense fog hat prevailed
along the Virginia and Carolina coast
early this morning, the British steamer
Tees Bridge. Captain Shaw in COM
mand. went ashore ut WhaIeshead. n
G. She was rapidly driven in 10y the
sea running and is almost high ana
dry at low tide.
Specials Over the government wire
are to the effect that Captain SnaW
ana crew Of twcnty-siX men decline t.
come of the ship. declaring they will
float the vessel n save salvage. The
crews of the Whalcshcad and Curri-
tuck Inlet life saving stations offered
aid. but it was declined.
The vessel is in good condition and
owing to the nearness Of deep water
can be flOated easily. hi steamer rs
in no danger unless bad weather sets
in. Fogs prevail tonight.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
WAKE FOREST WINS
Defeats Central Academy at Basket
Ball.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wake Forest, n. c., Jan. lin an
interesting one sided game of basket
ball tonight Wake Forest defeated
Central Academy, of Littleton, by the
score Of rs to 5. al Forest played
eleven men in h game while Central
Academy pIayed only five. Carrick
and Duffy did the best work for Wake
Forest. Helms did good work for the
visitors
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
24O MEN ARE ENT0MBr0
BY Explosion of Fire Damp in =
Hungarian Coal Mine Followed
by Dust Explosion
(By the Associated Press :
eSZprim. Hungary. Ian

explosion of fire damp in AM. 'il
mine here today which vac ~, coal
later by a dust explosion ag','"ed
240 men We're entOmbed ""I tire.
Sixteen living miners and tbo
les of "A dead persons tb,,r ne bod
been brought out Of the pit. i Tr have
has bd bee9 4hat the to one locally 't a8d HF e
entonbed miners win 49, IF the
alive. reSclad
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
Tortured on a Horse.

For ten years | couldn't ride a
horse without being in torture from
piles" writes l.. S. Napier, of Rug1ess,
KY, when all doctors and other rem
edies failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured me-" InfaIlible for Piles,
Burns, Scalds. Cuts, Boils. Fever
sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns.
25c. by all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
HANS CASE WITH JURY
Thg May Render a Verdict Be-
fore Sunrise

,, of Thorn on j. Hams, !nd'cteo
.. a pr:nciual With His Brother III
J,a Nurdcr If VIM. r.. Anni~, Given
20 tbe .Jnry at $50 Yesterday Aiter-
noon. Upon Close Of Judge iri'i
.aroc-No Locked Up for the
~..nt-Thc Judge sits Up TO Await
verdict
n.y. ne Associated Press
r..-tsru. \. y. Jan. 1t-Ihe jury
...=e Of Thornton J, Hams re
u 80 his afternoon to determ-
'A'@ char the indictment charging
III. being a principal with his
captain Peter G. Hams, ~.
0ro... .rg Of VIM. T.. AIMS. was
n III. ..rat. The jury had deHoerat-
ar"F.. -t+v minutes when they went
I'll 4" .,-aar. returning To the jury
.i -s than half an hour.
ro0a. was given to the jury dlteE
~" Darrin had completed MIS-
2I"- Justice Crane had cnaISeo
clos ., ~avieWed TIRE eNidehce'
aE. s..rc carefully guarded IN
rr. IONS The jury room IN
nan of FLUSHING was
III. . own lookup ana "hen
.-r. 81. 5 he deputy shcrlfl
,r. door that opened llllV
~. sent word - the IN,
t.- would remain up an
t..' .. . verdict, as ne dld
.. 20" ...-- ,ip % jury. by ar
F-Ia Er[IrT1ll r.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
"Snnny Jim" at Il Banquet.

New York. Jan. 14.-Nice-PreSident
elect James S. sherman was the guest
of honor tonight at the twelfth annual
dinner of the Transportation Club,
held at the clubs headquarters in the
Hotel
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
SOUTH HAS WON
ME" SAYS TAF |
In Cordial and HospitabIe
Embrace of Georgia
THAT ATLANTA BANQUET

Literally Talking Through Georgia
Taft Makes the Trip From Augusta
to Atlanta Where Thousands Cree
Him and O Meet Him at a Ban
Quet Which is Said to Have Been the
Most Ambitious Event of the Kind
the City Has Ever Undertaken
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19

= the Associated Press.9
d. G., Jan. 15.-Presi-
Roosevelt, in his message to Con
rs loday NetoIng the bin providing
on t1e construction of a dam across
Jal1fes river, in stone county Mis-
tne purpose OF the dam being
to 1get water to create electric power
ieIla tnat the movement to secure
colxtrol ol tne water power of the
COUNTRY IS stu IN its infancy but thai
'ulFless IL IS controlled the history of
ell industry viii be repeated i'm the
hylro-electric power industry. with
far more oppressive and disas-
troEs for the people.
ut is rue he adds, that the
grfat bulk of our potential water
power is as yet ~undeveloped, but the
sites which are now controlled by
c~otnbinations are those which offer
thu greatest advantages and, therefore.
hold a strategic position"
He says that the bill gives to the
grantee a valuable privilege which By
its very nature. is monopolistic and
does not contain the conditions essen
tia 70 protect h public interest"
IN commenting upon the report Of
tht Senate Committee on Commerce
which stated that the proposed
amendment to the bill authorizing the
government to fix a limitation of time
and impose q charge was a new de-
parture from the policy heretofore
pursued in respect to legislation au-
thorizing the construction of such
dams The President asserted that
when the public welfare is involved
Congress should resolve any reasona-
bic doubt as to its legislative power
in favor of the people and against
the seekers for a special privilege"
My reason for believing hat the
federal government, in granting q Ii
n to dam a n~avigable river. has
the power to impose any conditions il
finds necessary to protect the public.
including a charge and a limitation OF
time he declares. is that its consent
is legally essential to an enterprise OF
this character"
Il consider myself bound" he says,
as far as exercise Of my executive
lower Will allow, to do for the people,
IN prevention Of monopoly Of their re-
sourccS, what | believe they would do
tor themselves if they were in u posi-
ton to act
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
Up To OvERMAN
AND SIMMONS NOW
To Say Who Shall Appoint
the Judge
THEY MAY WAIT FOR TAFT

Many in Washington Think a
Would Consider a Democrat for the
POSition-Thc Senate CongratuiateS
OycrnIan-Harry Skinncr Called
OF n ~Judgcship Traii-Suryiyors
of Fort Fisher .ActiVe-G0dWin In
PRODUCES Bill for Improvement of
the Upper Cape Fear-SimmOns,
Thomas and Small Argue for Inn
proNemcnt of Beaufort Harbor-
Refund OF Cotton Tax to the South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
1'pR0-ELEcTRIC
( POWER TRUST
in RooseveIt's
4 H Message to Congress
M As THE OIL TRUST

ne the Bill Providing for Con
ction OF "A Dam Across DANES
+, Missouri. Roosevelt Declare.
Unless the Movement To Ger
trol OF the Water Powers of me
ntry is Controlled the UiStor, ~
On Industry VIII BE Repeated
me Hydro-Elcctric Power In
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
EN THOS. j. PENCE.

Washfngton, ID. G, Jan. 14.-Will
Roosevelt or Taft name the new Judge
Of the Eastern North Carolina Dis
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

tello and died there in '95, so he con-
temptuously scratched a lot of 40
mule-team washing powder over the
place where last the immigrant
stepped while climbing aboard his
prairie yacht, and resumed his calm
trot for about 80 more miles, at which
distance ten minutes later, he smelled
iron and again the deadly man-smell.
Amid the man-scents he detected some
horse-scents, so he knew it was not
a magazine-writer-abo who
was endeavoring to ensnare him.
He became once more wary and in
visible. This time he was a pile of
rusty tomato tins until he had thought
it all out. The trap, he found, was
six or seven miles away, at the fur
thest, so he must have a care-ah.
Hobo have a care! The lives of such
as you are beset with pitfalls!
Approaching by a circuitous route,
swift as a ball-bearing sunbeam and
silent as a pinch of jewelers. cotton
dropping in a vat of bran-mash, Hobo
went. guided by his unerring whittier
to the buried trap. 1t had been buried
without disturbing in the least the
surface of the ground, and baited with
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

We know of no other medicine which has been so suc-
cessul in relieving the suffering of women secured
many genuine testimonials, has Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound
In almost every community you will find women who
have been restored health by Lydia E. Pnkhams Veg
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either been benefited by it. or knows who has,
In the Pnkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass. files
tanning million hundred thousand letters from
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The why successful is because it contains
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Thousands of unsolicited and genuine testimonials such
as the following prove the efficiency of this simple remedy
troubles which caused weakness
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Women who suffering from those distressing ills
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
VIII the Worlds
Great H1lm0risfS
Selections from e1rtffnes of the Besf Knosvn


several weeks. The glove counter was
presided over by a lady swhose first OBJ
ject in life seemed to be to permit
the world to know that she had splen-
did teeth.
What size do you wear?" she
asked.
81 don't know" said Spriggs, smil-
ing at her in a kindly way. Can you
take my measure?"
He seated himself and rested an ell
bow on the counter. The lady picked
out a pair of gloves and began trying
them on him.
You have the most beautiful teeth
1 have ever seen," Mr.. Spriggs de-
clared.
These won't do, the lady COM
planned your knuckles are too big"
In a moment she returned with a
larger pair. While she was endeavor-
ing to get the good right hand of Ad-
Olson Spriggs encased in dog skin he
smiled very kindly upon her and said:
Il wish might come here every day
to buy gloves. Your dimples make
me glad"
She looked at the floor-walker who
stood behind Mr.. Spriggs.
MAY 1 tell you" Spriggs added,
chat you are the most beautiful crea-
ture it has ever been my pleasure to
behold?"
Then the 1oor-walker laid a heavy
hand upon Addison Spriggs, and a mo-
ment later women were fainting while
strong men were assisting in the de.
plorable business of f1inging into the
street one who had recently decided
| to become joy-giver.
When Spriggs attempted to explain
the matter to two policemen who took
charge of him, one of them placed his
nose near the mouth of the altruist
and shifted several times, after which
he turned to his fellow officer, shook
his head, and said a little sadly:
"Batty. That's ALL
Copyright. 1909 by w. G. Chapman.)
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
FruitLess
BY Thomas L. Mason.

Cupid came in softly and sat down
quietly. Depositing his culver on the
fioor-within easy reach-he looked at
her curiously.
No, he hadn't made a mistake. She
was certainly a wonderfully pretty
girl
Il hope" he said. that am not
intruding?"
Certainly not" she replied 81 beg
that you will make yourself at home.
You will find a cigarette on the tab
aret''
Thanks; 1 don't smoke"
There was a considerable silence
She was busy before the mirror in
putting on her hair. She had lovely
hair of her own, but in accordance
with the modern custom. she was re-
inforcing it with foreign material Gu
pid vas plainly embarrassed.
Il was in hopes" he said at last,
that you might be interested in some
of my wares. have a nice line"
"Of what?"
"Oh. of thrills, of ecstasies, of heart
burnings"
Indeed. 1 am sorry that to-day
We'll. then, possibly some other
day, when you have more time. Could
MT make an appointment with your
She turned slowly. She was polite,
but firm.
MY time is extremely limited.
am going out to a bridge party now,
and l am already late. You see am
on the rush"
Wouldn't it pay you to give up q
little leisure to romance?"
'Romance. Dear me, how imperti
nent you are. Don't you know that
that has gone out?"
But"
Really, you must excuse me. Ny
time is so valuable. that l am Obliged
to consider every moment. You see
play golf. motor, travel. read the latest
trash. and keep up my bridge game
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

limburger cheese, as a further dis
guise. But in spite of all these precau-
tons, Hobo's stealthy cunning and
the guardian angel of the wild things
told him of dangers presence. Re-
treating so miles or so he found
bit of sage-brush, split it with his
sharp teeth, fastened it on his nose
so he could endure the awful man.
smell, and coolly returned to the cou-
lee where the snare was. There, aft
er further reconnaissance, he ascer-
tanned that the trapper was tall
man with a slight front stoop but no
veranda or pergola. cast in his left
eye and strawberry mark on his
right shoulder blade. Having learned
which, Hobo dug down 15 feet to
where his grandfather had told him
of the burial of mammoth's bones
that he and his pack had picked and
inferred, selected a rib, touched off
the steel trap with it and trotted to
the far corner of the range, 81 miles
distant as the crow flies.
After romping awhile with his cubs,
for exercise, Hobo became a lump of
turf and slept soundly until the fall
ing night struck him in the small Of
the back and startled him to vigi-
lance. Thus ended a quiet, unevent-
full day in the life of Hobo, king of the
Alkali Steer Garden.
Copyright, 1909. by W. G. Chapman.)
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
A Wolf of Intellect
BY Strickland w. Gillian.

A long, low howl, ending in STAG
cato cough, echoed clear over seven
sandhills and fell exhausted half way
up the eighth. At the sound the broom
grass shuddered and the polled Angus
cattle turned pale
For that call was from Hobo, king
of the Alkali Steer Garden, which ex-
tended over few billion acres of al
ternate bunch grass, desert, dogtowns
and badlands. interspersed thickly
with magazine writer's. But where. all
this time. was Hobo? Sitting comfort
=ably on the very apex ~ a little hill
lock, sharply silhouetted against an i'm
itation turquoise sky. but totally in
p visible. All who saw him thought he
was stone, though there wasn't a
stone within six miles of there But
people are very accommodating, and
will think many things to humor a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

To Addison Spriggs a great thought
had come
From this time FORTH" he said to
himself. Il am going to make people
glad. What nobler mission can any
man have? And what Is the most eff
fective method of giving joy? 1t can
be explained in two words: Give
praise. Hereafter 1 shall give praise
wherever I may be. The great trouble
with most of us in this world is that
we are slaves to formality. In future
I shall not wait for an introduction to
lady in order to tell her she is ador-
able. Why should 1? 1t Is a waste of
time to do so, and people who take
such a course blind themselves to
their opportunities"
With Addison Spriggs to think was
to act. He put on his hat and started
out to luncheon. In the elevator he
turned to the young man who was
handling the lever and said:
do you know that your face re-
minds me of the face of Napoleon? You
have the splendidly formed nose and
Nnc jaw VI ln0 GREAT II.
Quit your kiddin'," replied the ele-
vator man.
Where Spriggs ate the MONDAY
meal, which cost him 25 cents, young
woman with dark eyes and three-quar-
tiers Of a pound of hair which had
grown upon somebody else bent over
him and sighed several weary signs
while she waited for his order.
Here" thought Spriggs, 'is a
chance for me to gladden. one whose
life is a monotonous round of drudg-
cry"
DO you know" he asked. that there
is something about your face which re-
minds me of Aphrodite?"
Where does she waltz" the lady in
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

Congressman Amos L. Allen of Maine.
learned here in his home town that
his advanced age is one OF his rear
sons. He has written friend as fol
lows:
81 am almost 72 years old I have
been in congress eight years and have
two more years to serve. BY that
time shall be IA Now, l am looking
forward to a quiet life in the country,
where can keep in good health and
enjoy myself"
His friends say the Maine congress
man never looked better than now
He lives quietly and never gets excited
over the fashionable doings in Wash
ington society. He is much interested
to see who will be his successor, but
is taking no part in the contest.
Uncle Amos is the dean of all the
Maine congressman in Washington.
He was in Washington back in the
The nestor of the Maine delegation is
Senator Frye, who is almost six years
older than Senator Hale. Representa-
tive Swasey OF ex-Congressman Little
fields district is two years younger
than Mr.. Allen. It is said that there
are not four other men in Washing
ton who have passed the SEVENTEEN
are at the capitol every working day.
attending to business. and still are
able to do plenty Of hard work
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

Iyn Still IN use.
neighborhood who were too small to
walk or ride to the big modern public
schools. Between thirty-ive and fifty
five of the little ones have been crowd
ed into. the building. Just as in the
little country schoolhouses, Public
School 121, as the little school is
called, has one teacher. The daily
program is much the same as in the
real country schools, except that the
courses of study are laid down by the
city's board of education and the work
is supervised by District Superintend-
ent James ]. McCabe. The teacher and
principal of the little schoolhouse is
Mrs. Kate Fyfe
Many of the young people of the
neighborhood received their public
school training in the little building,
and it has produced some of the teach
ers who are now employed in the city
schools. While it is likely that the
little building will be done away with.
a plan is now on foot that may give it
a new lease of life. The department
of education has another school about
a half mile away from the little school,
and this is being enlarged by the ad-
ditions of portable houses. 1t may
still be found advisable, however, to
keep the little school in existence for
the benefit of the smallest children.
In this school district the schools
present the greatest contrast to be
found anywhere in the city. Not far
away from the old schoolhouse stands
Public School 149, in the Brownsville
section This school has more than
5000 pupils, and is the largest in
Brooklyn AS in the case of most old
structures. the little school has its
ghosts, but they have not troubled the
school authorities. AS Mr.. McCabe
said recently:
1--WE use the schoolhouse only in the
day time, and in the night time the
ghosts can haunt it as much as they
please"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

writer. II anybody had accused him
of being a wolf, he would have given
the stony stare and the marble heart
until the accuser would have begged
pardon and acknowledged that Hobo
was a mere lupine Autograph.
Having remained invisible as long
as he could attract any attention by
being so, and having glanced on several
bullets directed against him while he
was doing the graniteware impersona-
ton, Hobo lifted up his real bristles,
gave his tail permission to sag, and
started on on a leisurely trot, not
doing over scant mile and half per
minute.
Suddenly he stopped and woofed.
Hobo was a swell woofer. He could
soutwoof any other wolf in America
Why had he woofed? He had
smelled the terrible man-smell. A
Mormon immigrant had camped there
some time in the seventies, and could
still be tracked easily. The aroma OF
his footprints were distinctly visible
to the naked nose OF a common ami
NAL with a bad cold. so what must
# have been to Hobo. king of the
Alkali Steer Garden, in the fun flush
of his manhood and perfect health;
He was as keen a whittier as he wa:
woofer.
Yet by pointing his muzzle hithel
and yonder to the four cardinal points
he discovered that the man had gone
on to Utah. afterward moved to Poca
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03

if 1 didn't. you know. I would lose so
much as to bankrupt papa-and ro-
nance of any sort is something that 1
couldn't consider. But"
She swept by him on her way to
the door.
you might step into the next room.
There is someone in there who might
be interested"
Cupid was desperate. He had been
making calls all day, always with the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
OLD LANDMARK TO GO.
District schooIhouse in Brooklyn to
Be Raced.

New York-According to the pres
ent outlook, Brooklyn is soon to lose
its last little old district schoolhouse.
Several of these one-roomed buildings
were acquired at the time of consolida-
ton, but they have been gradually re-
placed by up-to-date structures. The
last one-roomed structure stands at
East Fifty-ffth street and Avenue c.
in the section known as Rugby. 1t
was built back in 1908, and is conse-
Quently 101 years old.
For several years past it has been
used for the little children of the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
The OnIy Way,

Mrs. Sunflower-Pete Green am get.
ting to be quite an>artist. Dey say he
am welded to his art. Do yo' think yo'
could be welded to &C art, Sam?
Sam Sunfiower with a yawn)-
Wall yeas, if art could cook a good
dinnah en- take in enuff washing to
keep me in tobacco money.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-03
Spriggs, the Joy Giuer
BY S. {. Kiser.

quired, as she began picking her teeth
with a pin.
You have studied Greek mythology,
have you not?"
nix. 1 started to learn shorthand
once. but give it up because it made
my head ache"
well, no matter" Spriggs CALAMITY
declared; you are very beautiful
There, there" the waitress an
swered, patting him on his bald spot !;