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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
DAUGHTER OF THE Hen
LANDERS,

North Carolina is more ana mo.,
becoming the scene Of interesting =,
ries. The New York Times highly
praises Frances Jones Melton's rTb.
Daughter Of the ~Highlanders." ~
story %centering in the romantic Hjeh.
lander settlement in the Carolin8s q.
the author The FINES says:
"She has a strong sense o. beaD.v
both material and spiritual. ana soma
native ability in expressing il, which
will serve her in good stead when She
shall have acquired o skin in the
writing of fiction
The author is a native of Raleigh.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
TO RELIEVE CHINESE FAMINE.

The day was, before we had quick
transportation, tina a famine In any
country meant starvation and death
The iourneying Of the brethren. told
Of in the Scripture who owed their
lives to the foresight and goodness Of
Joseph whom they had sold into
bondage, is the most graphic picture
of the horrors of famine. Today
philanthropy and quick transportation
makes all the world ~neighbors and
the great horrors of famine in one
country can be averted by the good
ness Of other countries. There is now
a famine in China and a great news
paper at Seattle is leading in q move
ment to avert 1t, as the following
telegram to The News and Observer
shows;
"Seattle. Wash.
February 5, 1911.
News and Observer,
"Raleigh, N. c.
Account crop failure million pc0-
pie starving in China. Seattle mer-
-four by first steamer; more later.
Each ~two-dollar subscription Will save
one life.
Earnestly appeal to your readers
for immediate assistance. Steamships
here cooperating. Expect army
transport. Seattle shortest route,
Send donations or checks to our
order.
Seattle Commercial Club.'
This appeal should meet a hearty
response in every section where the
people have bread and to spare.
Every man is a brother and the need
Of one is the concern Of all.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
JOHN BIGELOW AT N1NI.1,~~
THREE.

his ninety-third birthday last n,nrth
mao ms Observation-Disclosures ahont him
and IN h family group. were tire
generations Of writer's. 1t is dificuIt
70 reallze that John Bigelow is only
e,gns years h junior of Lincoln and
GLADSTONE. His political career wa
Iespohs1oie for many of his books,
suen as "The Life of Samuel J. Til
den" and The Writings and sneeohas
o. Iilden,' II he has been writing
BOOKS of all. sorts since 1850. John
blgeioW is the father of Poultney Big
elo"' whose b~est-known books are
me German Struggle for Liberty"
anu bofderland Of Gar and Kaiser"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

The courageous light Governor Will
son is making in New Jersey wins
approval for all good sources, Mr..
Bryan paper says:
IN the name of every lover of pop
'ular government the omm0ne
tfank Governor Wilson for his pa
trlotlc efforts. It congratulates New
) Jersey upon having sent to the
United States Senate such q man as
James Is. MARITIME and it expresses
the nope that from now on the fine
EFFORT OF which New Jerseys Cover
is SO capable may be given on
the right side
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

WEEKLY TONIC.
(ThOmaS e keMpiS.)

(Thomas e kempisD
n whole world has not powe to
exalt that which truth has subjected
to himself; nor can the united praise
OF every tOnguc move him whose
hope is established in Thee, For those
that utter praise, behold they also are
nothing, like those that hear it! They
shall both pass away AND be lost. as
the sound OF their own words; but
the truth of the Lord endureth for
ever
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

Senator Roots roast Of Illinois re-
calls the old saying about the throw
ing of stone by men who live III glass
houses. New York sent Depew and
Murphy to the Senate. In boil in
stances money controlled, but the
Democrats and Republicans III the
Empire State were too sharp to get
caught. All the same, Root is on firm
ground now and We hope he Will help
TO reform New York and Pennsyi~
Nania.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
UNCLE WALT
The Poet Philosopher

] sought the parlorS Of the seer,
aud he wore vestments weird and
queer: he fitdled
CLAIRVOYANCE with a crystal
globe, and had
strange symbols on his robe. He
moved with SOnlbre. stately grace.
around the ~inCcnsc-reeking place. He
said. in low Sepulchral tones: you'll
please cough up a pair of bones. Be
fore 1 pierce the mystic Shroud that
hides the future from the CrOwd-be-
lore penetrate the veil l always have
to see the kaie.' 1 drew two dollars
from my pants, and hen he went into
Il trance. and L could hear him softly
say: "Nour life will be both sad and
gay. Some days with joy will Ike
aDioOnl. and other days will reek with
gloom. The gods for YOU arc storing
wrath, and dangers turk round your
path. but you will triumph in the end,
so loosen up again, my friend You
are n Cheap-tOhn seer" said: 1.-The
path described all men must tread:
all men meet dangers as they go. and
all must sample JOY and woe. and all
VIII trump at the last. if they have
nerve 10 race the blast. And think
20" tina III let YOU keep my plunks.
Tor prophecies so cheap" I seized
MN by his spansled robe. and soaked
num- with his crystal globe. and rum.
mayed deftls through his jeans, and
robbcd him Of his i~li-carned pains
LOanma~
N'fsF'ght, 1909, by Geo-ss Matthew
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
ALL FOR $1.7O

for SO little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following for
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer. an
eigilt-page weekly, newspaper.
The COmmoner. an able weekly
journal. published by William Jen-
nings Bryan.
The Farmer ass Mechanic. sixteen
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these papers
one year.
v. G. MOORE. Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07
Nasxma.~
IsV9, by Geo.gs Matthew
Adama.b
HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES ~
NORTH CAROLINA

Persons interested in the preserra.
h'h OF the manuscript sources of
American history VIII find the Third
i'icnnial Report of the North c.ro
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

the pride to record their history n,
not long have the virtue TO maxi =,
tory that is worth recording"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

Railroads pulled mileage on the
trains twenty years without discover
ing that it was q burden in labor
greater than. could be borne. To
hear their statements one " nla
think they would need an army ~
clerks to do the bookkeeping. They
piled it up too high.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

n vote OF Lorimer carried the
snip subsidy steal in the Senate. It's
a pity he wasn't fired sooner
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
British Cloth Mills Shut
Down and viii Remain
Closed
Lockout Results Of Man and
Wife Refusing TO Join
(By Associated Press.)

MANCHESTER, England, Dec. q.
Notices were posted this morning at
all the mills belonging to members of
the federation Of master cotton spin
ners in the north and northeast Of
the county Of Lancastershire that the
cloth mills will be closed tonight and
not be reopened until further notice.
Weavers to the number of 10000 will
thus be locked out. About an equal
number Of spinners will be reduced
Immediately to half time with every
prospect Of complete stoppage OF
work, If the trouble should be pro-
longed. The hopes that the man
named Riley and his wife, two non
unionists, whose employment origin
ated the strike in the Helena mill at
Accrington on December 20, which
led to the lockout, would consent to
join the union and thus obviate q
rupture betweenr: the employers and
workers have been finally shattered.
The Rileys have resisted every in
ducement thrown to them to join the
union and announced late last night
that their determination was unalter-
able.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
WOULD. ST|FLE
RACE PREJUDICE

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-There is a
new psychological school in New
York, the design of which is to stifle
race prejudice and bring the white
and negro races into harmonious rela-
tions with each other The promoter
of the new idea is Daniel E. Tobias, a
negro printer at No. III West Thir-
tieth street, a college graduate, econ
omist, criminologist and psychologist.
He has organized the Personal Rights
league, with a membership of thirty,
the two races being equally repre-
sented.
"All who become identified whit he
league" said Mr.. Tobias, will be
free from color, race and religious
prejudices. The philosophy and rea-
soning Of the new school are based
upon the principles of a new and
practical psychology. We acknowl.
edge no color lines, We forget race and
creeds and our sole aim is to help
humanity. Our psychology is the
science and art Of cultivating and
using thought power to the advantage
and advancement of all alike. Our
principles will do much to lessen
crime and we aim to bring about leg
islation which will correct many of the
abuses that exist in. the courts in
which they are deprived Of their per-
sonal and inherent rights as men and
women"
Mr. Tobias, who studied in Brown
university, spent six years in England
and France in the study of race prob.
lens, and he devoted much time to
the study of the prison systems in
Europe. His articles in the London
press attracted the favorable atten-
tion of William T. Stead and other
leading British economists and writ
ers. He plans to publish periodicals
the leagues purpose. A
public meeting of the league will soon
he announced
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
Inmates Of Municipal Night
Shelter Of Berlin are
Stricken
City Physicians Called to Aid
But are Too Late to do
Good
(6y Associated Press.)

BERLIN, Dec. 27.-Eighteen in
mates of the Berlin municipal shelter
for the homeless died during the night
from poisoning, and others are dying
or are seriously i'll from the same
cause. The number of destitute men
who took refuge in the institution
last night was 414. Some OF them
brought with them scraps OF extra
food in order to give Christmas
touch to the frugal meal of bread and
soup served out to them by the al-
thorities This extra delicacy con-
sisted in many cases Of spoiled her
ring of which large number partook.
Shortly after midnight groans were
heard coming from the dormitories
aid officials found several men dying
and others in convulsions. Physicians
attached to the institution at once
administered emetics and telephoned
for help from the city hospitals, but
the condition of many of the men was
hopeless and eighteen died shortly.
The municipal night shelter Of Berlin
is an institution which provides Sleep
ing accommodations and a meal to
any destitute person who is forced to
take refuge there at night. In the
course of the last twelve months It
has given shelter to more than 1,OOO,-
900 persons who were entirely with
out means Of subsistence. In the win.
ter months the number of inmates
amounts to between 1000 and 5000
men, besides a large number of wom-
en- The COST OF providing for them
ID met by an appropriation out of the
city. funds. -.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
GOVERNMENT FAVORS
SMALLER farm units

WASHINGTON, Dec 27.-In com.
plance with the requests of numer.
Gus settlers on the irrigation projects
of the government the secretary of
the Interior has issued the following
regulation governing the subdivision
of farm units:
l. A homestead entryman subject
to the Reclamation Act may relin.
"ulsh a part of his farm unit and
have the payments which had been
made on the REIMBURSEMENT part
credited to the charges on the re.
tained part, provided that the amend.
ment in question may be allowed
without jeopard:zing the interests of
the government in the collection of
the charges against the portion of
the tract relinquished
2. The entryman desiring to make
such REIMBURSEMENT should submit
his application therefor to the project
engineer, who will transmit the same
with his recommendation through
the proper channels to the director
who, if he finds no objection, will
pAOSOSu oo III OIACi ScoOo VI - IOpOoCu
amendments CT farm units.
This ruling is regarded as one of
the most important of recent years
relating to the reclamation work. 1t
is confirmation also of the predic-
ton which the officials of the bureau
made several years ago that the
greatest 9:ccesses on the reclama-
tion projects would be those on the
small farms. The requests for per-
mission to subdivide their farms
comes almost without exception from
the men who have taken up land
in excess of their ability and means
to cultivate While the large land
holder has been wasting his energy,
time and capital in an attempt to
subdue his farm, and now finds the
burden too great for him to meet the
charges for building. operation and
extra labor, the small farmers as a
general rule have prospered and are
slowly but surely gaining a compe-
tence.
Strong influence was brought to
bear upon the department in the be-
SluUluS W uA LAC ldIAA uAASo Wv NV |!
less than 100 acres, Every effort was
made to convince the department /
that a man could not make living
on less than this acreage. The most
Influential advocates of the large
farms were the prominent farmers
and business men in each Of these
communities. In this connection
recent letter from Col. H. w. Rowley,
the president of the Billings Chamber
of Commerce, is particularly interest
ing in view of the fact that until re-
Gently he was apparently in doubt as
to the small farm idea:
81 am most earnest in favoring the
small farm unit for this section of the
country. The forty acre farm unit as
on the Huntley United
States Reclamation Project has
proved a great success. and as
whole, it is perhaps today the most
prosperous section in our country,
due entirely to the small farm units.
Tr..A:...A 40, ~e~> ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
fever STRICKEN Grew
= Brings SCHOONER IN

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Laden with
seven hundred tons of coffee, the
Freidig a Norwegian bark, anchored
off Stapleton after voyage through
storms and in circumstances which
we'll night prevented her cargo from
doing more than furnishing the fishes
| with a taste of the flavor of the car
| go.
The two mates, Gustav Florenz
and Henry Howard, told story Of
the hardships of sailing around the
Cape of Good Hope in the storm sea-
son with every foremost hand down
! with fever and the skipper raving in
his bunk, with no man to nurse him
in his delirium.
The Freidig is a wooden vessel,
thirteen years old and exceptionally
we'll found But for her staunchness
her mates believe she never could
have lived through her travail on the
Cape. Their own part in their sal
vation they dismiss with shrug.
She set sail from Batavia, in Java,
four months ago. carrying before the
mast eight hands, who had been sent
aboard at the last minute by
"crimp," who had collected them IN
hurry after her regular crew nad
deserted.
The Freidig was not yet through
Sunda Straits before it was L.scov-
cred that no man of her new crew
had ever been in deep water vessel
before, and on the eighth day out
spokesman went aft. and informed
the captain that they were all Dutch
soldiers who had been 'shanghaied"
and would like to be set ashore. The
captain shouted for Joy as he IN
formed them that he would put in at
Cape Town and deliver them to the
military authorities.
The vessel was fifty-five days max.
ing Cape Town, and during the run
the water became foul and the crew
fell i'll, one by one. The bark was
in the long swell off Cape Agulhas
when the last man but one collapsed
on deck ana was taken to his bunk.
Then the barometer began to sag, and
the unmistakable clouds that foreteH
bad weather in the far southern seas
piled up in masses in the eastern
skies.
The afterguard and the solitary
hand had barely shortened sail when
the wind began to blow squarely over
the stern, increasing in violence with
a steadiness that showed that 1t
would blow for days.
A full gale was bowling on the
morning of the second day, and the
seas aft were running fifty feet mean.
Hoth mates were at the stern when
the vessel yawned and the fore royal
yard went out of her breaking clean
out of the slings and disappearing
overheard
At noon a break appeared in the
main yard, and the main topsa1l had
barely been taken in when the spar
split from end to end. 1t was braced |
square just in time to save it from
falling onto the deck.
Then the last sailor went down !
with illness. and the captain and
mates were left to handle the vessel
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
commercial Clubs
WILL COOPERATE

CARR1NGTON, N. D., Dec. a.
Cooperation of the Commercial clubs
of the cities in the James and the
Sheyenne river valleys will be sought
at meeting which will be held in
this city Wednesday evening. Such
cooperation as is proposed will be
particularly along the line of advanc-
ing the better farming movement.
The call for the meeting was issued
by the New Rockford Commercial
club. and in explaining the purpose
of the gathering. J. Harvey Johnson
of the club says:
"Our club plans to hold farmers
institute early in January, this to be
followed by a series of single lectures
during the next ten weeks, On the
subjects OF better farming, stock
raising, dairying industry. road build
ing and repairing, and other subjects
of interest to farming community,
and which We hope will improve the
general conditions in this neighbor-
hood.
ITO lessen our expense and to aid
in securing better talent for the lec-
lures, we believe it would be to the
advantage of the clubs in The James
and Sheyenne river valleys. to form
a federation and take up this subject
by united action, the farm Institutes
and lectures to follow each other In
the various towns in the form of
circuit. In handling the matter in
this way, the advertising expenses
and travelling expenses would be re-
duced and we would be able to Sc.
cure much stronger lectures for the
course.
"The New Rockford club also be-
lieves the federation should be perm
anent, and should always have IN
mind the general interests of this en-
tire district, promoting the section
whenever and wherever opportunity
affords. This federation, had 1t been
in existence previous to the ST. Paul
and Chicago land shows, would have
been in position put on big exhibits
there"
Among the cities that may become |
interested in the project are earring
ton. jamestown Valley City, Fessen- !
,len sad Wimbledon, as we'll as sew
eral others. .-.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
0pinion Divided as to Sue.
= cess Of Contemplated
Convention
are Impatient
and May Resume Military
Activities
(By Associated Press.)

SHANGHAI, Dec. 27.-lt is report.
ed here that delegates from eighteen
provinces of china proper intend to
meet at Nanking tomorrow to elect
DR.. Sun Vat San president of the pro.
visional government of the united
provinces.
PEKING, Dec. 27-Representative
members of the imperial court have
signified their willingness to Premier
Yuan Shi Kai to agree to abdication,
according to an authoritative source.
he court, it is said, realizes there is
no hope for it, in the detention or
three or four detached sections of the
country and semi-loyal provinces, and
hopes to obtain better terms in agree
ing to the proposed referendum form
of government.
Yuan in all probability will resign
his Office after making the best terms
possible for the throne. He considers
Tang Shao vi deserter and suggests
the latter might become president of
the republic, an Office he would not
accept.
TOXIC Dec. 27.-Yuan Shi Kai's
proposal to decide the form of gov.
ernment whish shall prevail under
the new regime in China, by means
Of convention of delegates from all
over the empire is regarded here as
a shrewd move, but opinion is d.
vided as to whether it can be sue
cessfully carried out. Many 2romi-
nent Japanese believe the proposal
will be accepted by the revolutionary
leaders in order to make it easier for
Yuan Shi Kai to impress the court
that abdicat:on is unavoidable. On
the other hand many Of the we'll in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
(By Associated Press,)

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27.-An
Russia is deeply concerned about re.
cent developments in America, and
the subject is generally discussed.
Those closest to the car know that
he regards the situation as grave.
Paul N. N 4ukoff. who was active in
forcing the czar to create the duma
and who is leader in that body,
speaks plainly about the situation.
which he thinks is hopeful. He says
he is glad that President Taft did
not allow the Sulzer resolution to be.
come operative and that he tactfully
took advantage of the proviso within
the treaty which permitted it's abro'
cation. Mr.. Milukoff, who has visit
ed America several times and who
speaks English fluently, says that
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27
Man Arrested Carrying Grip
Full Of Explosive, and
Roll Of Fuse
At Rochester, Pa, Quantity
Of Dynamite Found in
VOD-UnioD' Mill
(BY Associated PreRs.l

: = =: :: =: :: :: = :: : :: : !: = !. !.
G PlTTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 27.- ::
: Pm going to clear myself. -
= won't take all the blame for this :
= and the rest of them will have !.
: to take their medicine along :
: with me-" was the utterance =
:: credited today to George Bridges, :
: arrested at Monessen, Pa, while :
: carrying suit case containing :
: 72 sticks of dynamite and roll ::
: of fuse last night :
:: :. :: : :: : :: :. :. :: :: I: = = (: =
Bridges weakened under the police
questioning to which he has been sub
jected, and, according to the authori-
ties, declared he would make a COM
plete confession when take before the
magistrate for preliminary hearing
late today. Bridges appeared in
Monessen several weeks ago. Eight
thousand non-union men are en-
ployed in the mills of that town.
Suspect MeNamara Agents.
ROCHESTER,, Pa, Dec. H.-Twen-
ty-four sticks of dynamite, IL caps,
wrapped in cotton, and ten yards Of
fuse packed in case evidently made
for the purpose and resembling an
ordinary travelling bag, were found in
the yards OF Mcdonald and Hartman,
dealers in contractors supplies, here
today. Since the discovery of a guam
tity of explosives near the end OF the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie bridge acruSs>.
the Ohio river here, several months
ago, said to have been planted there
by agents of the McNamaras. the po-
lice have been active and the bridge
has been guarded day and night.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27

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= HEAVY SNOWFALL. (:
! LA CROSSE, Wis, Dec 27.- :
: A snowfall Of eighteen inches :
: within fifteen hours tied up the :
:" street railway lines here last :
:: night. Plows We're kept CON-:
= stantly in use all night and to- :
: day traffic was resumed Train :
: service was interfered with dur :
+ ing the night and many country I:
: roads were blocked with huge ::
: drifts. This was the heaviest ::
= snowfall here in many years. :
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-27

high officeholders, backed by the peo-
pies interia, have heretofore con-
trolied the national policy He ex-
presses the fear that too much agita-
tion in the United States may cause
a reaction in Russia unfavorable to
the movement for Jewish equality
within the empire He says that a
break between Russia and the Unit
ed States at this time i especially
regrettable, as he believes that Rus
sia and the United States should act
together in the far east