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Evening journal., 1910-06-14

AIR. Lysander John APP eton was engag-
edin pulling out the enrans of a chicken
Don't say entrans,' said Daysey Wayne
as her Daily Bit OF Instruction to her
mother; 'viscera sounds SO much more
refined 81 notice. She added. that here
of late an the dead rich have them"
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

The children OF an Atchison man always
have a lot Of kittens around. AS the man
does not like to- put them i'm sack and
drown them, he has devised a novel meth
cd of getting rid of them. He puts blue
ribbons around their necks, indicating that
they are pets and valuable, and the neigh
bors soon steal them.
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

No girl is entirely happy and satisfied
with her lover if he continues to say her
prayers during her engagement.
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

1t is possible for a woman to get so ac-
customed TO her husbands explosions that
She can always come down in one piece.
Evening journal., 1910-06-14
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS.

The Association
az American Ad-
vertisers Is COM
posed OF all the
great advertisers
OF this country,
T h e Association
endorses only such
papers as submit
TO its examination
at any moment,
and positive proof
must DO submit
ted. The accom-
panyinR certificate
No. i12, has been
issued TO this pa
per.
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

When two doctors have failed to agree
as TO the nature Of woman's complaint.
she carries herself thereafter with a dis
tinguished air.
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

The United Publishers Assocla-
sIon Of New York City has investi-
dated, and oertifies to, the clrcu-
iatiOn Of this publication. These
facts have been established, and
guaranteed TO advertisers.
No. Nzzz5717Sf =
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

When a man carries his first baby. he
carries it as carefully as if It were a fresh
baked cake and he was afraid Of cracking
the frosting.
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

A good way to fool the people and get
them to follow your banner, Is TO promise
them a lot of things they are not entitled
to-
Evening journal., 1910-06-14

The Association Of American
/ Advertisers New York City has
examined ard certified to tbs circulation
! " this publication. Only the figures OF
Z circulssion contained in its seport are
( guaranteed by the Association.
/ \. =. TSAe4esH.s.S.!.e,",.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

END Of the world Will ha.
ne great masses of thu -1tr IL.
ought to own land and ill.,. .',@ Na1
VINO have let their po.r 2. a.,
away from them. .."s Sir,
The high price of farm
the sparseness Of southern '1l"E
the difficulties here and - '~.-."r
curing good tenants. and "' se-
ness OF our land-aU me-, ~.-a-
that now is the day OF >a,., rally
the poor man down South to K
own land or does not hr[. I.. Not
may y have a chance 4g.fr a7
Booker t. Washingtun
problem and e it with An .aS
KIND of insight and foresigr+ ,'aY
preaching to the negroes ala-. IS
with all the power Of his s.,r' ",'e
land and get it quick. and ho.f 'g,
with the desperation of death ~
the negro is getting land iu ,;.-,"i
has nearly $4,000. 600 worth .9.H
and has gotten it within the y,
years. 80
| do not believe that am Y,4.,.
alarmed when | say that the lhor.t.'
full people of the South of evarr $500.
and kind need to wake 10 t., a fs,a+I
economic issues and their S-ignjtgY,n
for the generations to come. ha.a,...
out Of these are the very issue, ~ ,~.
social life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
SEVEN SENTENC E SERMONS.

Best men are nodded out of faults.
-Shak espeare.
Go put your creed into your deed.
Nor speak with double tongue.
Emerson.
And | smiled to think God greatness
flowed around our incompleteness,
Round our r~estlessnes His rest
Elizabeth B. Browning.
By the faithful plying Of the shuttle
OF daily duty we weave white raiment
for the sCul.-Mary a. Stafford.
Endurance is the browning quality.
And patinence all the passion Of great
hearts.
Lowell
We nave not wings. We cannot soar.
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, but more and more.
The cloudy SUBMITS of our time.
-LongfeilOw.
There Is in every mans heart. as in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
THE PERIIS or THE STA
William Ingiiss Says That johann
Beck is the Most Remarkable of All
the Calm Brave Indomitablr Men
He Ever Knew.

"Of all the calm, brave. iudomitable
men ! have ever met il seems 10 me-
that Johann Beck is the most 70
markable," writes William IngIs in
recent issue of Harper's Weekly Be
cause he had made up his mind II b..
come an American he deliberately ry-
posed himself to danger of d.afh j.,
hjdeOus form, lay for sixteen days "a
nights in utter darkness in the h4d "
a snip, nearly persisted for lack Of food
and water, and even then would not
have been allowed to enter the land
Of his hearts desire, but for the inter
ventiOn of a reporter who believed
there was a good story in Johann'S
adventures 1t is an extraordinary
story Of adventure that this writer
unfolds to us, and, happily, BECK Vas
enabled to achieve his desire to become
an American. in the end.
1t lay on the very top of the cargo,
a box almost six feet long, nearly
three feet wide, and four feet high.
What a craft for the hopeful adven-
turer setting forth to 0nque a new
world, One could not look at the
wretched cO~ntrivance without feeling
a thrill of sympathy for the poor devil
who had rislat his life in il, a. we'll
as of ad lniration for his high courA.r
Closer examination revealed that the
box had a lid and that the lid was
tilted back. There were three little
wooden buttons on each side OF the I'D
that could be turned under strips on
the edges Of the box. 50 as to hold
the lid down. Thus il was apparent
that the stowaway had worked alone
and unaided. Instantly appeared the
mental picture Of the man calling Al
the forwarding office and making ar
rangements for the shipping OF the
box to America; then waiting al lh0
window Of his lodgings for the en-
press-wagCn to appea and, aiter 5'r-
ing the men enter the house and hear
ing their steps on the stair, hopping
into his box and silently drawing Gown
and b%uttoning the lid from "Ithlh.
Oh, but this was good stuff that "ouIn
EN- sit up! The lantern ha5hru
down nto the box. The bottom "aS
upholstered with a cushion or nay
about g. foot deep and fastened COW"
with burlap. Wise man he must h1f0
been. to save himself hard knoIH9
and. il he must die, at Least 10 10
soft and snug while dying. Al ono
end Of The box lay an old round Na1N'
full of socks and two suits OF unoe1-
clothes. which had erved "a a p'tf""
one side was a long, thick, ch'"p
old Of dull yeilow-aho- o''%-
check pattern. thin at the elbows Wv
much-worn coaf of a very poor ma,
! rent here and there se"eu ~
with coar<e black thread. lte,h "a
Adventures was very poor in'ieto,
he was clean and neat. even 20 -
point Of sewing his own 0Ee'.Dr
where it had ripped. Pretty Soog "
sf man for America TO acquire 'usn
ed away among the hay were th' ''nr
cans and bottles that had coutI"'
food and water, also a fe" Dc"
wrapping paper that propd"' ,.o
but now were bare o. ~
IS one crnmb
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

Catawba County News. u.,.1.
When college presidents Ijk7 gya
row Wilson and college CaIrag.
take a hand in the purification Of POI.
tics it means something TOT -.
righteousness. Too long, ana .,srt
ten good men have rema4heu he
and taken little or no interest," -,.+e
political questions Of the couh~,, ..s.
nno ,n na = in 30 th rons questions just
long will political ringsterS r.
our political primaries and y'.
This government Of ours is r.1 ~. ~,
political parties and it IS ne '- in
every patriotic citizen to liz T, ~
terest in all political queSu0I,> In .,u-
have unworthy men IN ONO +,1ers
troll of political parties, ne p.,
are responsible for it, ana 0'
such men out of authority.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

a desk, a secret drawer, the only
thing is to find the spring and open
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
mfo,d Ppts It en- Henderson

Oxford. N. c.. June 1S--'EIoII4 jsmond.
ed Henderson today on the "'
the score being Is TO 1.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What Church Folk Are Think
ing Abont and Doing

What About the Hypocrite?-The IN
ternatiOnal Sunday School Lesson
for june Is i, The OF tife
IareS.' Matthew Is: 24-1O; Jo-9o.
Nv WILLIAM Z. ELLIS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-21

There Is in every mans heart. as in
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07

Please feel at ease. You are quite
safe. and the cabin is yours. We are
in all ways at yo' service. The cap.
tain here is my friend, and we belong
TO race that sees a sister in every
helpless lady. l think you win desire
to sleep, and / hope you may awake
refreshed, after which we shall place
ourselves mo- definitely under your
command"
She looked at him questioningly.
The softness of his voice, his little
inconsistent lapses into dialect as he
uttered the old fashioned chivalric sen.
timents, won her trust.
"Ah'd lie down. ma'am," suggested
the captain, "ondl that medicine gifts q
chance to wuk. Goodby, ma,am."
Virginia lay back and closed her
eyes, but the potion brought no drow.
slness. Her face grew hot. and she
knew her eyes would shine IL she
opened them with a briniancy quite
fascinating TO the young man with the
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07

behaviour
~ beg Of you not to. mention it,
madam" urged Mr.. Carson, with in
finite solIcitude, But may not in
sist upon your allowing me to escort
you back to your roomi"
The girl assented, and she was soon
asleep.
Theodore made broth of one quail,
peeped in to see IL his guest were
awake, served the broth to the captain
and made more. The sun wore to the
west, the last quail was cooked, the
captain wac providently gorged with
alternate courses of bird and broth,
when Virginia, very stately and very
reserved. opened the door and walked
out upon the gallery. Carson shrank
back into the kitchen and showed the
captain into the breach.
How do you do. ma'amT' he in
quired solicitously. "Ah sho' hope yo'
bette aftah yo' sleep"
Much better, thank you" she re-
piled.
I'VE have some partridge broth,
ma'am," he went on. with rice, and
a baked yam, and a planked green
trout from the lake back hyah, and
some coffee. Sit down, ma'am, and
Ah'll suhve it"
The little table was spread on the
gallery, its top made of the head of a
derelict casI, its legs of barnacled
sections of boom. Yirginla's head
ached in dreadful similitude TO the
traditional feeling of the morning after.
but the coffee fragrance was pleasant.
you are too good" said she, accept
ing the chair. ~ shall be glad to eat
little. Where is your-your friend?"
Hes som'eres about" replied the
captain. "Ah really don't know, ma am.
Won't you please take yo' coffee2'
The coffee was black and strong.
The broth was a temptation, and she
slipped with increasing appetite. But
tered yam and planked trout brought
the meal to triumphant end. Yet
where was she, and how should she
depart? Where was the Roc? Who
We're these men? The guns, the brass
instruments that looked us If they per-
tanned to navigation, the big window
less shed, all suggested things nautical,
bold and nefarious. The kindness and
courtesy of the rough looking fellows
reassured her as to her personal safe
ty. Yet If they We're smugglers or
freebooters how could they safely re-
turn her to the civilization of coast
guards and constables? 1t was deli
ciously romantic-but how creepy.
She turned to Captain Harrod with
an expression SO agltated that he was
somewhat startled.
II wish you would say to the lieu
tenant" said she, "that l must see
him at once If possible.
The fisherman analysed this speech.
for perhaps minute in absolute ST.
lence, then he said, Eyes. ma'am," and
instantly produced Carson, who, so
far as Virginia could judge. had been
within the captains sight when she
had been assured that his whereabouts
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07
gEEEAT COBB BILL
New York Senate Refuses to
Accept Direct Nomina-
tion Measure.

ALBANY, n. Y, July The Sen
ate fell in line with the Assembly
today and sent the Cobb direct nomi-
nation bill down to defeat. The final
vote was 25 yeas and 10 noes
Twenty-six votes were necessary to
pass the bill, but the bill was killed
after the amendments proposed by
Lloyd C. Griscomb, chairman of the
New York County Republican com.
mittee. and Endorsed by Roosevelt
had been Incorporated in the meas.
ure. by a vote of "a tot21.
The result of the fight in the Sen
ate was even a more positive refusa
to accept Roosevelt's leadership ii
the matter than that by the Assem-
bly, yesterday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07

were unknown.
You are said the young man,
avoiding any reference to her recovery,
doubtless wondering where your
companions may be and thinking it
ttrange that they have not returned ?"
ut is strange said she. Some
thing must have happened to the en-
gines."
NO" said Theodore. mot that.
They all but blew out to sea. They
simply had to fight their way off to-
ward Pensacola, where they must have
made harbor. 1t was almost half a
gale"
And so-they went-and left meY'
'They really couldn't help It." urged
the young man.
ut shows the sort of man Silberberg
Isl she cried holly. "And now per-
haps you will be so good as to help
me to some conveyance to Mobile?"
Il have boat on the lake" said
Carson, "haif a mile inland. There is
channel to Palmetto Beach. The
boat and crew are at your service
81 should prefer to walk, IL you
please" said she.
Unless you have "a day or two to
spend In the Journey / should not rec
ommend the attempt"
Il know some people" said she, cat
the Yupon Hedge inn at Palmetto
Beach. Can your aa
five 60 at once" he replied, "you
may be there for dinner"
II am ready said she. rising. ''Let
us go, please. Immediately"
Captain Harrod led the way. easterly
alopgshore to spot where the. shrub
grew well down toward the beaten
beach. They walked back between
clumps Of dark green rosemary, over a
low place In the dunes, down to the
dry. hard bottom of q former pool
They emerged upon little irregu-
lar htllock and looked forth upon a
strange tarn Of inky water, Its black
waves crested with foam. like white
plumes on funeral1crape. The shores
of this sinister lake were densely
wooded by sullen ranks Of pines and
expresses. Virginia gasped at sight of
the sombei mere. 1t seemed such an
eery spot in which TO be cast away
with these strange men who lived be-
hind closed doors and walked the
sands as to leave no footprints!
Haul out the launch. captain"
Why was the trim. speedy looking
launch so completely hidden in the tall
cane? The puldoos pudding in the
reeds made sounds like prowling ac-
completes.
Miss suarez swept haughtiIy to her
place in the boat Carson. with his
eye steadfastIy Fixed on his engine,
quickly showed of.
"Evenin' to yeh," said the captain,
still with one foot In the water. like
heron.
Good evening" responded the young
man
Virginia said nothing Carson, steal.
ing look at her. saw the dush dying
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07
many YEARS
BEHIND BARS
GIVEN WELLS
Judge Maxwell Sends Him TO
State Prison for Fiji
teen Years.
TWO OTHERS SENT
Up for Seven Years and Two
Get County Jail
Sentences.
TWO OTHERS SENT

Three persons were sentenced BY
Judge Raymond Maxwell of tho
criminal court Friday morning tc
serve long sentences in the peniten'
tiary.
Tom Wells, colored, got fifteen
years. He was convicted OF assault
ing and robbing Thomas chidestel
of money and it was established tina,
he had served a term in the state
prison. Five years was added to his
sentence on this account, making
the whole time fifteen years.
Frank Watson. colored, and Kay
Wilson. convicted Of assaultlng and
robblng William Wyatt of $40, were
given seven years each in state
prison.
A sentence of thirty days in jail
and fine of $500 and costs were
imposed on John Brennan, convicted
of involuntary granddaughter for the
death of orpha Davis, and an addi-
tional sentence not to exceed ninety
days, II the fine and costs are not
paid. was imposed.
Josephine jackson got thirty days
for breaking window belonging 10
another person and she was also
fined s25 and costs for lettering In a
disorderly house.
Hugh callaghans as water works
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07
trustee Glad Thes. Pnla Nor.

The Trustees az Fair Gronna
cobleskili n X, we're gtad-to nav Il
cents q gallon more Tor Devoe IA
no wonder Twogothrr paint are5,.
said it would takeFis so gallons OF their
paint to cover the buildings,
The Deyoe agent put II at l2i or
less Il took lis.
Devoe saved them IS gallons Of
paint and painting tworth 81 10 IS
"a gallon, as the painting costs two or
three times as much as the paint,
less Is cents a gallon on fl5 gallons
Say $40.
That's how to count the cost Of
paint. The cost of putting IT on is 81
or 81 gallon, You see what that
means. Go by Devoe.
N Holden-Barnes.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07

superintendent was fined SIS ami
costs for trespasslng on land OF John
j. Davis.
w. H. Booth, on an appeal case,
renewed his bond of 500 with W.
Nv. cade surety, to appear the first
Monday of the next term.
Charles F. Green. a member Of
the Sutton bar. was admitted.
A motion for new trial was ar
gued In the case of Ezra Richards.
convicted of stoning passenger
train, and Judge Maxwell took the
matter under consideration until
1880 O'Clock Saturday morning. at
which time the court will sit again.
Felony cases have been dropped
from the docket as follows:
Owen Hannah, Lee cofrman, Philip
Whitehair. Earnest White, Andy
Dillon. Thomas Riggs, Connie pat
ton, George Fogg, Ralph Williams.
Emory Riblett Frank Rohlnet, VIII
liam Roy and Ed Morris two cases.
George Fogg, Lawrence Williams,
Clyde Vanpelt and Joseph Abraham.
Misdemeanors dropped were as
follows:
Lee coffman, Sam Hickel two
cases. wv. Lewis Collins two. cases.
NorEal Phillips, Jacob Meredith.
George Feckel two cases. Mary L.
Morris, Starr Williams, Jack Gary.
Blair Hawker, Clarence Lynch. Pat
McKittrick cy Mount and Tim Bell,
George Fogg, W. A. Storey, N. Hen
len, ] H. Welch. Earl Elder, d. K.
Koler e. A. Shaver, Charley Al
ford, ID. D. Dinger, William Water
son. Joe Mccartney. R. o. PEBBLES,
C. E Leslie. Walter Clark, Bruce,
Wilcox, R. p. Taylor. Frank Duffy,
Edgar w. Davis two cases, Rock
Bell, John W. Duffy and Joe Menear.
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out upon her face and a9smile taking
Its place-a dimpling, spasmodic smile,
accompanied by little quick diIations
Of the nostrils, as II Miss starez was
DESTROYS Of indnlgins in a laugh, but
saw no citable reason for SO doing.
She waved her handkerchief At the
captain.
DO you see." said Carson. pointing
to the receding shore. "that the little
Hill at the landing is Just mass of
shells9 Vi
"why, SO it Is. I believe she ex.
claimed bow came so many thereY'
Its a prehistoric kitchen hidden
said this most extraordinary young
pirate. $50 many people lived there
that they literally made hill Of the
shells of the mollusks they ate.n
'IndeedF CALCULATED Virginia, and
after a long pause she added, stIow
oddm 9y]iss'
Mentally her speech was, ..How odd
that this young outcast should know
about archaeology, or is 1t paleontoi.
ogy?
1t was easy to study him because
he looked so rellgiously away from
her. he was rather interesting.
he threw over the tillef to round
into little reedy cove, but instead of
running ashore he entered narrow
creek, which he followed through
such amazing tortuosities that the sun,
low in the west, was now on the right.
now on the left sometimes astern and
again dead ahead.
Their talk was yerging upon the per-
sonal and therefore to be discouraged.
how keenly observing he must be to
detect In her cosmopolitan English the
old home accent! She had supposed
herself to be quite rid of It. She was
quite recovered from her alarm and
looked bewitching as they emerged
from the narrows and shot out into
the lagoon, the blue waves of which
had subsidized into round rolling short
swells.
"Goodby." cried Virginia. looking
back into the enchanted marsh. Good.
by! This is the world again."
Carson was looking tue other way
with less persistence now. There was
something mysterious IN the charm of
this girls manner Her gondby to me
burrows seemed a subtle rupproche-
ment to blm, They were in he world.
and therefore. tiSuratirely. she let him
come closer.
The lights OF the hotels and villas
along the north silore swept by them
In q panorama of fairy Nominations.
I'VE have been very impe=sonal."
said he. May l introduce MYSELF
My name is
"oh. please dou'tm she exclaimed.
"Forgiye me. but I'd rather not
know"
"It is mo- interesting" said he. with
q. slow smile. mot to know. ! shall
always think of you as
AS the girl from Mars" she sug-
gested. a came tumbling down TO
you In heap out of tue sky"
Isn't there an asterold named
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07
INSURGENTS VISIT
Colonel Roosevelt But He is
Not Inviting or Encour-
aging That Crowd.


OYSTER BAY. July 2.-Roosevelt
Is expected to hold an important con-
ference this afternoon with three
western insurgents. The names are
withheld. The Colonel Is paintaking
in his Informal chats. not meant for
d rect quotation, to Indicate he is not
wooing insurgency in the insurgents
who come to him, and he does not
summon hem. Governor Hughes
asked him for an expression of his
opinion on indirect primaries. but he
I'D not attempt to decide.
Senator Bristow, Representative
Madison and Victor Murdoch. all in
surgents of Kansas. arrived at noon
for o conference with Roosevelt.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-07-07

Psyehef" he inquired. .I'm going to
assume that there is and name you
after that"
"A purely telescope starr
Because Of its distance only.
Psyche"
The boat quietly passed out across
tue woven threads of light that web
bed the water from thousand points
about .strong's bayou and gently came
to- at the dock Of the. Yupon Hedge
inn. The promenades were crowded
with people in evening clothes and
walters with trays. 1t was a gay
scene. and Carson felt the pull Of It
as they stepped ashore.
Can / do anything mo- for your"
he. asked.
mo, no; you must go now! But
thank you thousand tim.s," said
she.
fPsyche." said he feryently, a shall
never escape from the tolls you have
lured me into. Neveri9
He carried her hands. to his lips,
kissed them passionately and leaped
into the boat. Virginia watched him
amazedly as he darted away like a
frightened tarpon, not toward his cab
in in the dunes. but out through the
entrance of the bayou and of across
the bay toward Point Clear. One
more mystery to ponder over.
cTo be santiaued.))