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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20
For Filtration Plant,

Especial to News and Obseryer.)
Fayetteville. Dec. 17.-The Public
Works Commission Of the city Of Fay-
ettevilla has awarded to the Clarendon
Construction Company. of Wilming-
ton~a contract for the construction
of q filtration system in connection
with the municipal water-works The
Clarendon Construction Company's bid
OF $12,S"..4o, submitted by RAYMOND
a former resident of Fay-
etteVflle, was tho Tow est of those con-
Sj0ercd by the board.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20

monthly; two monthly; four mile d..
not answer.
One null works II l. noure NOV
day; eight mills work Il hours. aiot,,
mills work 10 Il hours: THIRTY rcil,s
work 10 hours; one mill works 10 u
hours; three mills do not report
hours.
Twenty-three mills report no Oh. NO..
IN wages; twenty report Wse,, N
creased; one mill report De-,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20
stock Brokers Fail.
(By the Associated Press

New York, Dec. 1.-THE suspension
OF the Stock Exchange firm of Judson
& JudSOn was on the floor
of the Exchange today. Lack OF husi-
ness is generally understood to be the
cause Of the failure. The liabilities are
about 100000 The firm was formed
in 1901 and is composed Of A. M.
Judson, {. Y. Judson and Percy ",
Sherman.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20
Penn Wins at Basket Ball.

J Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. l1.-II.
University Of Pennsylvania deteate1
Princeton at basket bah here toni2Hs
fy the score OF 25 20 IA.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

preserve Tor desert vegetation. the installation
anu construction OF telephone. light and power
connections. and OF road to the site of the lab
oratory, about two miles from Tucson This
spirit OF nearly cooperation has animated every
organization in the city and has enabled the lab
oratory to gain control of domain of $50 acres
OF the greatest usefulness for general experiment
tai work
Extending ncrtnward for nealy 100 miles
from El Paso is the noted Jornada del Muerta
tJourney OF Death). which has a width OF 80
to 40 miles. 1t formed portion of the route
connecting the earliest settlements along the Rio
Grande and here the traveller compelled to
leave the stream far to the westward. in its
deeply cut, inaccessible canyon. and toll for two
or three days in the burning heat without water
except such as might be carried. II for three
centuries one OF the most menacing and hazard
GUS overland Journeys to be encountered in the
American desert. Recent Investigations however,
have shown that the region travorsed is in real
1ty basin. and that water is to be found, In
many other deserts within a reasonable distance
Of the surface
Beyond lies equally remarkable desert the
Otero basin, which is the bed OF ancient lake,
and is noted for a great salt and soda fiat, a salt
lake, and most striking of all, the white Sands"
an area Of about 300 square miles covered with
dunes Of gypsum sand rising to a maximum
height OF 60 feet
The surface OF the dunes is sparkling white,
due to the dry condition OF the gypsum powder,
but a few inches beneath It is of a yellowsh or
bun color and Is distinctly moist and cool to the
touch, even when the air Is extremely hot.
The most characteristic plant Of the dunes is
the threeleaf sumac (Rhus trilobata), which
in the form Of single hemisphercal bushes
four to eight feet high. the lower branches hug
ging the sand. The plant grows vigorously, the
trunk Mt beneath the surface often reaching
diameter of three inches. The binding and pro-
tecting effect OF this bush is often shown in
striking manner when in the cutting down Of
older dune by the wind a column Of sand may
be left protected above from the sun by the close
covering OF the branches and leaves. and the sand
in the column itself bound together by the long.
penetrating roots One OF these columns was
about 16 feet high from its base to the summit
Of the protecting bush and about feet in diam.
eter at the base.
marked pecularity Of th@~White Sands is
that a cottonwood is occasionally found In the
lower dunes. reaching foot in diameter but sci.
dom more than 15 feet in height: yet at the same
time not a mesquite was seen The mesquite 10
tree requiring less moisture than the cotton.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
PAGE FROM ANCIENT HISTORY
Incident of HannibaPs Career That
Writers Appear to Have
Overlooked.

Hannibal and his staff were pacing
merrily over the Alps on their faithful
war elephants. Suddenly a man with
tin badge and chin whiskers rushed
into the roadway and held up his
hand. You stop right where you be!"
he cried. why should l stop?" thun-
dered the great Carthaginian as his
mahout hooked the elephants ear
You're exceedin' the speed limit" re-
piled the man with the star. AN I'm
duly appointed constable, by heck"
Hannibal was SO overcome by this
amusing holdup that he tossed a bag
of gazoolians to the officer and laugh
ing Historically rode away. Later on.
however, his indignation uppercut his
sense of humor, and he proceeded to
slam the life out of the Roman con-
suls and their picked veterans, fore
ing the fighting to the very gate of
shuddering Rome.-Boston Traveller.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
RzRdGO ZyDAzN 00ANkN0
ERONA LdCZN

aridity increases until in the vicinity of the ha-
cienda of that name extreme desert conditions
found. The ancient structures here are IN
dicatve of type of civilization characteristic OF
the desert in which co-operation communism
carried to great lengths as 1t must have
been In the pueblos of the northern deserts in
America.
One of the most difficult problems to solve is
that of transportation in the desert and there are
extensive in American deserts that have
not yet been systematically explored by reason
of this condition
comprehension OF the part that water plays
In existence and travel in the desert is to be
gained only by experience. Some of the native
animals. such mice and other small rodents.
have been known to live on hard seeds without
green food for periods OF several months, or even
long two three years. and nothing in
their behavior indicated that they took liquid
In any form.
Deer and peccary are abundant in deserts in
Sonora in which the only available supply Of open
water is to be found In the cacti.
Man and his most constant companion on the
desert Of America. the horse. are comparatively
poorly equipped against the rigors OF the desert
horseman may go from the morning OF one day
until some hour of the next in midsummer and
neither he nor his horse will incur serious dan.
ger: experiences Of this kind numerous II
the traveller is afoot. abstinence from water from
sunrise to sunset is a serious Inconvenience to
him. and II he continues his journey. the follow
ing morning his sufferings may 80 disturb his
mental balance that he may be unable to follow
a trail, and by the evening Of that day. II he has
not come to something drinkabe he may not rec
ognize the friendly stream in his way. Instances
not unknown in which sufferers from thirst
have forded streams waist deep to wander out on
the dry plain to grisly death
Scouting Indians have long used the bisnaga
and a drink may be obtained In this manner by n
skilled operator in five to ten minltes. Some trav
elers are inclined TO look with much disfavor
the liquid obtained. but It has been used with.
out discomfort by members Of expeditions from
the desert laboratory. That It is often preferred
by Indians to fair water is evidenced by the fact
that the Whpple expedition found the Mohaves
near the mouth of the Bill Williams river in
1853. cooking ducks and other birds in the Juice
of these plants by means of heated stones
dropped into the cavity containing the pulp.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
ZNE 0AGERT PLAIN ar LIS NGAy 1et<aDA

Echinocactus was represented by half-dozen
species, of which one. e. grande is undoubtedly
the most massive OF all the genus, being much
8 or feet in height and 80 36 inches
in thickness, which, with the many convolutions
Of its surface, makes it very grotesque feature
of the scenery.
E. davescens forms small heads in clusters
while in E. robusta colonies 10 Is feet across,
making mounds or feet high include hundreds
of heads.
No systematic account Of any desert is to be
found in which the storage function appears so
highly developed and by many species. OF
course all of the cact exhibit this feature in a
very marked degree, and single plant of Pilo-
cereus fulviceps may retain several hundred gal
Ions of water. The large stems of Yucca which
is a prominent member Of the flora of the slopes,
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

shrub. These tuberous formations may be seen
during the dry season lying about wholly unan-
chored as the slender roots dry up with the close
of the vegetative season, which lasts but a few
weeks.
In February. 1902, of these tubers were
taken to the New York Botanical garden, and a
large specimen not treated in any way was
placed in a museum case where it has since re-
NAMED Annually. at time fairly coincident
with the natural vegetative season in it's native
habitat, the major vegetative points awaken and
send up a few thin shoots, which reach a length
OF about two feet only, since they do not obtain
sunlight. After a period Of few weeks they lie
down again and the material in them retreats to
the tuber to await another season. Seven periods
Of activity have thus been displayed by this speci.
men with no apparent change in its structure or
size. 1t does not seem unreasonable to suppose,
therefore, that the guarequ is a storage structure
of such great efficiency that water and other ma
teral sufficient to meet the needs of the plant
for quarter OF a century are held In reserve
In its reservoirs
The morning-glory Qphomoea arborescens) is
here a tree 20 to 80 feet high, with smooth,
chalky gray trunk and branches. During Febru.
ary 1t is leafiess throughout while Its large white
flowers open one by one on the ends Of the naked
branches. From its white bark the tree is some.
times known pao blanco. and from the gum
or resin, which exudes from incsions made in II
for the purpose and which is used incense In
religious ceremonies, It is also called pao santo
One Of the striking features OF the Tehuacan
desert OF southern Mexico is the extreme local..
cation strictness OF colonization exhibited by
many species which found to cover an area
Of few square yards, the face OF a slope the
crest Of cliff the floor OF a barranca. with NO
outliers and with the nearest colony perhaps
many miles away.
The Cactaceae are more abundant here than
in any other part Of the world yet visited. sew.
eral of the species being massive forms.
Cephalocereus macrocephalus is a tall species
Of the massiveness Of the saguaro and like II
having a central shaft bearing numbers Of
branches which more closely oppressed. II
was seen only along the cliff the Rancho
San Diego. along the eastern edge Of the valley.
Piocerens fulviceps. OF more general dstribu.
tion on slopes. has a series OF branches. In many
instances 40 or 80 in number. densely clustered
and arising from short trunk which barely rises
from the ground before II branches
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
Oh(Z5 or R1ZAHJ ZNZ21E \z0ZzH ar II E1NzUN
\ C0ZDRADo DESERT

function to this pur-
pose to some extent,
W h IL e the f1eshy
leaves of Agaye
marmorata and 9th
er species and Of
Hectia, are essen
TALLY storage or
gans for reserve
food and surplus
water. Here is also
a Euphorbia and a
Pedilanthus. with
thick upright cylin-
drical stems, In
which the storage
function is made
more effective by
the possession Of a
thick milk juice.
AS one proceeds
TO the ancient ruins
OF Militia. SO miles
to the southeast
ward of Oaxaca, the
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
Not on Your Life,

An 1rishman obtained a position in
a skyscraper that was being built. He
had to carry mortar up to the top
floor. One day he went up and
couldn't find his way down. The boss
missed him and called up to him:
Pat said the boss, why don't you
come down."
Il don't know the way" said Pat
We'll, come down the way you
went up"
Faith, and l won't" said Pat, "for
] came up head first"
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
IT Q M after

what Liver or Bowel medicine you
are using, stop it notO. Get a loo
box-week's treatment CAS-
CARETS today from your druggist
and learn how easily, naturally and
delightfully."- your Ever can be made
to Oork. and your bosOeLs move every
day. There's neD life in every box
CASCARETS are natures helper.
You will see the differencel 81
CAScARETS Ioc q box for q weeks
treatment. all druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes q month.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

The world will always be indiffer-
ent to the churches that emphasize
their differences.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

would not drink 1t at
the end of their first
days drive.
Probably the most
extraordinary product
of the Sonora desert,
west Of Torres, Mex
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29
No Friend of His.

No Friend Of His.
is Mrs. Gaussip friend of yours?"
NO; she's friend of my wife's."
Isn't that the same thing?'
Not at all. She feels very sorry
for my wife"
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

tiOu are lOCdtcu dt
Tucson.
Not the least of
the advantages of
Tucson as a center
for the activities OF
t he government
desert laboratory is
t he broad-minded
comprehension OF
the importance of
the purposes of the
institution evinced
by the citizens. ac-
companied by an
earnest desire to CO.
operate In its estab-
Nshment. This ap-
probation was ex-
pressed in the prac.
tical form of subsi-
dies Of land for the
site OF the building
and to serve as a
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teeihng. softens the gums reduces In
nammation. .ailays pain, cures wind collie. 2c bottle.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

Too much stategy can tangle itself
more than 1t can fool others.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

wood. Apparently the presence of an excess of
gypsum is prejudcial to the growth of the mes
quite
The bottoms among the dunes have dense
vegetation compared with that of the dunes
themselves. 1t is characterized especially by the
presence of grama grass (Bouteoua) forming
almost a turf, and by frequent cumps of Ephedra
of a graysh purple color at this season and with
three escaled nodes These bottoms usually show
no sign OF moisture. but In two places we found
water holes. the water SO alkaline that the horses
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

If Your Eyes Bother You
get box of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, old
relia BILE, most successful eve remedy made.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

Of the desert of Arizona, it Is cen
trally located. both as to position
and transportation. with reference
to the deserts of Texas. Chihua-
hua, New Mexico. California and
Sonora.
The University Of Arizona. with
its School Of Mines. and the Ari-
zona agricultural experiment sta
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-29

UCSON has a eli
mate Of a thor
oughly desert char
acter. and a fora,
including noun
tains and plain,
rich in species and
genera. In addi-
ton to its situa-
ton in the heart
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20

Hardy, one or the schools where the
new Idea of having movable furniture
was first tried out. Two or three Nor
NAL School girls were on duty, and the
visitors saw for the first time the new
method of teaching a classroom full of
little children by dividing the class in
to groups.
Around the knees of the teachers
chairs and were being taught with an
earnestness and a proficiency that
made it possible for the lessons to go
on without the children noticing in
the slightest that a group Of strangers
had entered the room.
Especially was the commissioner in
terested in the workings of the Nor
NAL School. Mr.. Stuart stopped in the
classroom presided over this morning
by Miss Cooling, principal of the
| school,
Twenty five very pretty young girls
looked at the two strangers with a
combined battery of glances that
would have made an American of
weak hearted tendencies sniff violent
ly at smelling salts outfit. But the
Chinese gentlemen were as adamant.
Miss Cooling went on with her class
work. She was having recitation in
some branch of psychology.
"Very Poor Picture"
She held up hazy picture and
asked what it was. One young lady
said it was a rabbit. Another one
said it was a duck.
as that psychology" asked the
Commissioner.
At which twenty-five young women
smiled with even more piercing smiles
than ever. But the Chinese gentle
men were unmoved.
Supt. Stuart took the picture and
held it up.
NOW" he said, what is it, a rab-
bit or a duck?'
The Commissioner looked wise
Twenty live young women beamed up.
on him as only a class in psychology
can beam. They awaited the answer
And finally it came
1T is very poor picture" was the
verdict.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20
CHINESE COMMISSIONER INSPECTs
THE SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 90
Perhaps some day there will be kim
dergartens in China scattered all ov-
er the land, just the way there are in
America.
If that ever comes to pass, the class
of very little people who play about
in the big kindergarten room at the
new Strong John Thompson school,
18th and L streets northwest, can have
for their own special distinction the
knowledge that the germ of the idea
was nurtured not little when the
tiny Emperor Pu Yi's own special
commissioner of education for the
Chinese empire watched them intent
ly for half an hour this morning.
Calls on Supti Stuart.
The commissioner of education for
the entire empire of China is Chang
Yuan-Chi. He called on Superintend e
ent A. T. Stuart this morning along
with Wen Pang Chung, second sore
tary of the Chinese legation. What
he was anxious especially to see was
the kindergartens.
In the country which he has left for
time the school ideas have not bro
ken entirely away from the precepts
of ancient oriental gentlemen who had
some mighty good ideas, several thou
sand years back, which have not since
been changed in many respects.
Consequently that great big play
room full of four and five year old
boys and girls at Strong John Thomp-
son School interested Chang Yuan
| Chi. He asked all sorts questions
He saw the children at the threJ
horseshoe tables working" with CO.
lored balls and strips of paper III
saw how courteous they are to eacl
other, and how the teacher who sit
on the inside of the horseshoe is ;
pleasant faced young lady who hold
the attention of fifteen small folk as i
the sun and moon and stars and al
the universe moved but by her nod
He saw that the schoolroom wa
just as pretty as a garden, and tina
where flowers were not growing Their
were pictures of the things childre
learn in the small adventures the
read Of and have read to them. A
of it, in every detail, was observed b
Chang Yuan-Chi, who said it wa
marvellous in the extreme that a sys
tenn of rearing a child by such simpl
, play could have been devised and pl
{ into practise so wonderfully well.
So the Strong John Thompson hr
dergarten may actually be reproduce
on the other side of the world.
$ Franklin School Inspected.
: The visitors went all through IL
Franklin School Building, where thel
are several practice schools, al
where the girls of the Normal scho
are taught to make their first tria
at bending the young twig.
The first school they saw was the
nous practice school taught by Mi
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20

on the floor of the House. He is a
member of the Naval Affairs Commit
tee, which has before it bill to make
Peary a Rear-Admiral.
Macon consends that there is no
more proof that Peary discovered the
pole than DIR. Cook had to prove his
assertions, and that if the committee
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20
sPRAINEp ANKLE.

A sprained ankle will usually dis =
able the injured person for three or
four weeks. This is due to lack If
proper treatment. When Chamber
lain's Pain Balm is applied a cure
may be effected in three or four days.
This liniment is one of the best and
most remarkable preparations in use.
For sale by all dealers, Benson Smith
& Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20
Night Gowns
and UnderShirtS

Regular Price ......$OO Reduced to 90
............ 200 ............ lbs
.........15O ............. 80
1.OO 4
.bU
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20
WILL OPPOSE MAKING
PEARY REAR-ADMIRAL.

WASHINGTON, December IL
Representative Macon Of Arkansas
threatens trouble for Captain Robert
E. Peary, Arctic explorer, when the
question OF honoring him comes up
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20

The American Hawaiian freighte~
Virginian left San Francisco on De-
cember 8, for Honolulu, via Puget
Sound. She is expected to arrive here
on Sunday next.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20

Haas makes the best candy. We
have it fresh and fine. Benson, Smith,
and Co. Ltd, Fort and Hotel street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20

reports the measure he will fight it
to the last ditch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20

Fine Job Printing. Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-20
Mems NeCkware

soc Reduced to. ............s 5c
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-07
Artificial Rubber a New Field.

g. Artificial Rubber a New Field.
One Of the most promising Of al
fields for the synthetical chemist just
now lies in the possibilities of pro
ducing india rubber by artificial
a or even in making the produc.
ton of the natural rubber more uni
form as to grade and more in guam.
tity as coming from its native trees.
Within the last ten years the worlds
annual consumption of india rubber
has averaged not far from 10000 tons.
That this natural supply has been in
sufficient is proved by the showing
that prices on such quantity have
risen from $4,000 900 to more than
$3.50, OOO, 900 in the worlds markets.
Coming from several varieties Of trees
in varying climatic surroundings the
sap handled by different primitive
Methods, and the manner Of market.
ing and shipping u no two places
comparable, the india rubber industry
may be improved. At the present
time there is nc commercial rubber
possfDle u manufacture at a profit
under existing laboratory syntheses.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-07
Eight csnts a Day, Wages.


Henry Smith Williams in McClure's,
tells Of the standard of living in Eng.
land four centuries 60.
There was a time when a work.
man in England received 8 cents q
day as an ordinary wage, when skilled
artisans commanded IL cents a day,
and when women worked In the field
at such tasks as reaping straw, hoeing,
planting beans and washing sheep, for
2 cents . day; and a wise student OF
the subject has expressed the opinion
that the British workman of that day
was better on than he has ever been
since.
THAT sounds paradoxical. But the
explanation is this: The workman
who sold his services for 8 cents q
day could buy good beef or mutton for
IN cents a pound; wheat cost him,
on the average, only 10 cents a bushel
He could get board for from IL to IL
cents q week. The pay he would re.
ceive for 15 weeks services would
suffice to purchase a supply OF suit.
able foodstuffs. according to the stand.
ard OF his time Consisting Of wheat,
malt, and&oatmeaD. to maintain his
family for al entire year.
Under these circumstances 8 cents
a day-increased to IL cents in har.
rest time-was a fair wage, and times
were good for the average workman