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The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

much the index character the eyes
themselves.
I have known a with a beautiful
mouth who has been called lovely,
known many with beautiful eyes who
been quite ugly. In feature Of the face
growth Of character be marked in ones mouth
The tiny lips OF a babe characerless a
leaf. but the years roll the human passions
their seal upon its mouth and can almost tell
from this feature alone the character OF the
woman who is 80; yet have known great
changes in mouths after that period
I have had great number of letters asking
how to reduce thick lips. and while perhaps
astringent do some good. and the following has
been used in many cases with great success, yet 1
think TO change this OF the face pay
especial attention breathing and
thoughts
Here is the astr1ngent: Melt Of cold
cream in a double boiler, having heat than is
necessary to keep the in fluid state; add to it
gram OF tannin in powder and gram Of
chopped alkanet Let this steep for five hours
strain through cheese cloth and night and
morning. This is slow process, but have friends
who say that in time 1t works fine results
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

this woman. while she had become cynical. was not
sad She had never belief in and respect for
herself; the world might not come up to her stand
ard. but determined to reach it herself
AS the years went a different outlook came to
her. She found that her personal sorrow had made
her biased. She realized that was wholly bad
and, alas could not wholly good. Then again her
mouth changed. 1t had lost the loose indecsion Of
youth forever. Its upper lip again became more
bowed and under lip softened and became fuller
while the turned Up in way that showed she
regained the happy philosophy of understanding
whatever is, right" In twenty years this woman
the mouths OF three distinct personalities
I who know well have watched the changes
with great interest
Do blame me. then, for trying to impress upon
all seekers of beauty influence of thought upon
feature?
who have bemoaned the fact that your
mouths large should realize that large
mouth means generosity. I have never known
woman with a big mouth who was selfish.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
BY LILLIAN RUSSELL.

IcopyTight: 19II By Lillian RussenI
IF we should believe the poets more men
have been carried to heaven or dropped
straight into hell because a woman
II smiled at them than from any other
= cause. A smile is distinctive only of
the hVman face and illustrates human
} ity's capacity for emotion to a greater
degree even than tears-and because the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
The Strawberry Is Old.

Strawberries have improved yery
much in flavor since the fifteenth CEN
fury. Until then the only strawber-
ries eaten were wild strawberries NJ
a kind which would never find a mar
ket nowadays. say the London Chron.
icle. By 1850. however, they we're
beginning to be cultivated, for Holm.
shed records under that date a mar
ticularly fine crop grown by the Bish.
op Of Ely In the grounds of his palace
now covered by Hatton Garden. Ha
quotes the duke of Gloucester as saw.
ing to the bishop, My lord, you have
very good strawberries in your garden
in Holborn. l require you to let MS
have a mess of them" This speech
was copied almost verbatim nv
Shakespeare in Richard III" s,1II
ven the bishops fruit would not an.
peal much to modern connoisseurs.
for the garden Strawberries at thai
period were only t~ransplanted wild.
ings, the plants being sold at abou,
I'D q bushel.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Lord kelvin on Electricitv>

slDle to demonstrate the organic na-
ture OF electricity? I have sometimes
thought that I was on the right road
to the discovery. only to find that
was not. Many men of science are
studying this problem, and although
Mr. Westinghouse is persuaded that
we are as far away as ever today from
knowing what electricity is, yet he
did say to me that his experience tus-
tines him in suspecting that electric
1ty Is not a quantity or a fluid, but a
quality, just as light is. l should
think that would lead Mr.. Westing-
house to suspect that electricity is,
like light, caused by vibrations ema-
mating from the sun.
i am not given to predictions
men of science do not predict. But I
am willing to say thai If we at last
learn what electricity is. then there
Will open up a new era of material
advancement, of comfort and convent
ence to mankind, in which civilization
Will be developed far beyond the
point it has now reached. 7 soma
times think that with the discovery Of
the nature of electricity we NAV find
the great specific for disease. that
electricity contains within itself
notwithstanding energy. At present.
however, men of science can do M
more than say that they suspect that
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Noah Webster as a Pioneer

agent for his own speller soon after 1t
was published. He was accustomed
to travel about the country, stopping.
whenever convenient, at towns where
there was a printing Office. He would
enter the printing Office and pass a
few pleasant words with the proprie-
tor. or the general printer, or even
b printers devil; he was a familiar
figure in the printing Offices of New
Haven and Hartford. Then, having
by his kindly ways fngratiated him.
self into the others good favor, Mr..
Webster would "a
my friend, l observe that you are
accustomed to spell the word honor
with a H." and that it is also your
habit to spell the word Tabor with a
~" Now, l want to say to you that
that. In my opinion. Is not the Ameri-
can way to spell these words. That is
the English way. The III" Is not need
ed
SO, Noah Webster would go from.
town to town, visiting the printing Of
fees. to persuade the printers. Of that
oAOpI Lac vi 6DOll1uE.
And lave sometimes thought that he
did more by this method to secure
acceptance of his ideas of spelling
than at first he did with his spelling
book"
Noah Webster must, then, have been
the first American advocate of the
now so-called modified or simplified
form OF spelling. 1t used to be said
by some of his descendants in New
Haven that in all about fifty million
copies OF his spelling book were sold.
and 1t Is a well-known fact that, al
though the royalty which he received
upon each copy vas a little less than
one cent. nevertheless this income
was sufficient to support him and his
family during the twenty years when
he was engaged in the compiling of
his great dictionary.
copyright, 1911. by e. J.. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved3
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Darky Was in the Woodpile

tlOn was a reappO1ntment. Further
more, the New Yorker said that Allen
was a colored man, and that he be-
lieved his nomination had been ap-
proved by the two senators from
South Carolina, Wade Hampton and
Matthew c. Butler. both of whom were
Confederate veterans.
"Impossible!" Malone exclaimed.
General Butler approves the appoint
ment Of a colored man for postmaster
OF Columbia? Why, Columbia is Wade
Hampton's own town. l shall have to
look into this Immediately"
AS soon as a cab could lake him
there, he vent to the postofiGe depart
ment and made his way without an
nouncement into the office of the post
master general.
Mr.. Postmaster General" Malone
said, In a thin. piping voice, the pres
ident has sent to the senate the nomi-
nation of one John Allen to be post
master of Columbia. S. C. That nomi-
nation will be referred to my commit
tee. / want to know about him. Is
he a colored man."
Yes; not a full-bIooded negro, /
believe. but still a colored man"
who recommended him."
well the two South Carolina SEN
ators, Wade Hampton and General
Butler, came to see me. I told them
that the president would like to reap
point John Allen, unless they had
some valid objection. Wade Hampton
replied that Allen was a good man.
and a very efficient postmaster. Then
l turned to General Butler, and he
told me that he agreed fully with Gen
eral Hampton"
DO you mean to tell me, Mr.. Post
master General" cried the Virginian.
that Wade Hampton actually recon-
mended the appointment of a colored
man for postmaster of his own town."
That is exactly what Senator
Hampton did," the postmaster gen
eral replied.
For some minutes Malone stood as
though in deep contemplation. Then
he said:
well, Mr.. Postmaster General. II
Wade Hampton has recommended q
colored man for postmaster Of Colu1n.
bia, then I want to tell you that there
is a colored a. in that wood pile,
and l am going to find him."
A few days later. Malone met the
postmaster general In the lobby OF
the hotel at which both were guests.
He took the cabinet officer aside.
you remember" he said, 81 told
you that l was going to find a darky
In that Columbia postofice wood pile?
Well. l have found him. Wade Hamp-
toms nephew Is the deputy postmas-
ter there. He needs the oney-
needs the money. John Allen will be
reported favorably by my committee
and will be confirmed as postmaster"
Copyright. 1911. by z. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Row ts7e First Maker Of American
Dictionaries Travelled About Per.
suadins Printers to Adopt His
ideas of Orthography.

Many persons. probably naturally,
have the mistaken opinion that the
hrst maker Of American dictionaries,
a Webster. and Daniel Webster
were of kin. They were not of kin.
however, unless the relationship was
very remote. Noah Webster had CO.
lonial forebears and Daniel Webster
had not Noah Webster was a de-
scendant or the maternal side of the
second governor of Plymouth Colony,
Governor Bradford,
Noah Webstcr's home was at New
Haven, Conn, for many years, and
one of the traditions associated with
his carees is that he wrote "Webster's
Spelling Book" while living In a little
frame house OF colonial architecture
near New Haven green. That classic
however. was written a full fifteen
years before Webster removed to New
Haven and while he was a school
teacher in New York state, although
It was published at Hartford, Conn.
A few a prior to the Civil war
there still lived In New Haven sew
eral citizens OF venerable years who
we'll remembered Noah Webster.
He was a very tall man. somewhat
slender but veTy erect" said one of
those Old citizens. Il remember that
he had a yery kindly face, and l know
that with lis in New Haven he had, in
my earlier days, a higher reputation
as tho maker OF 'Webster's Spelling
Kook' saan as the compiler Of Web
steers dictionary and that was so be-
cause we we're all taught spelling from
Webstcr's speller. and there were told
wonderful stories about the way that
book was selling.
Il have always heard that Noah
Webster was a sort or subscription
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Senator Malone Found Out Whv
Wade Hampton and M. c. Butler
Wanted Negro as Postmaster
Of Columbia, S. c.

United States Senator William Ma
hone of Virginia, who as a Confed.
crate general, gained at the siege of
Petersburg the title of The Hero OF
the Crater" was sitting listlessly In
his seat, the first one on the rear row
of the Republican side of the senate.
one April day In 1881. The senate
was in special session. Senator Ma
hone had hardly had time to get &C
customed to his senatorial toga, for
ne had only become a member OF the
senate on March 4.
Suddenly, Senator Malone became
greatly interested; the president had
just sent to the senate nominations
for postmasters for some Of the larger
southern cities. Malone had been a
member OF the committee on postof-
fees and post roads. and as he was
the only member of the senate from
the south affiliated at that time with
the Republican party, he was expected
to exercise care that all p~ostofice sap-
pointments made in the south would
be such as would prove satisfactory to
the southern Republicans.
The senator made haste to read
over the list of nominations. and he
discovered among them the nominal
ton of n John Allen to be postmas-
ter at Columbia, s. C.. At once Sen
ator Malone went from one to another
of the Republican senators seeking
information about John Allen. At last
he obtained 1t. Senator Roscoe Conk-
ling informed him that he understood
that John Allen had been made post
master Of Columbia by President
Hayes, and that the present nominal
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Great ph3sxc3Sk Admitted It, Real Ma
ture II Vet W1hoSly Unknown but
Heiscsed He Mystery Will
80 Solved.

In the lzxaH part Of September,
1897. I spent IN afternoon with the
late Lord Kelvin. the electrical engi-
eer for the pioneer Atlantic cables
and one az tAo greatest physicists the
modem world has known. He was to
sail the next day for his home IN
Scotland- He had just made a visit
Of in$pecticr TO Niagara Falls and
had thers seen the largest use of
electricity seF power. lighting and
transkortation purposes at that time
made In amy part OF the world.
I asked IkEd KeIvin-born in 1924,
In Belfast, az psain William Thomson
If there had been any advance made
By men Of scieace. and especially by
those who were occupied = the re-
searches In the Geld Of electricity,
which would Eise them any reliable
hint as to what electricity really is.
mo. ! do not think that we know
today any mare about electricity than
We, did in the day of Faraday and
your own Joseph Henry. who, as you
probably know. we're pioneers in cleo
trical research" was LORD Kelvin's re-
ply. "Of course. there have been
many discoveries Of laws which con-
troll electricity, or. I might more &C.
curately say. which electricity con-
trolls. and the discovery Of these laws
has made it, possible for applied sci
ence to perfect inveHtions by lea
Of which electricity becomes a most
va2uab la rnxwvunrpf~l .Doucv Mo bo1,o
also learncd how to measure electric
ity. / meaa by that. how to measure
the amount Of energy which any given
current. can produce. We have per-
fected apparatus by which initial en-
ergy is produced; a wonderful exam
pie OF that iS 10. be seen at Niagara
Falls. But SO far as / know, we are
no nearer the discovery which would
show us what electricity really is than
We were 100 years age.
1sdo not know whether I shall be
permitted to live long enough to see
b day when the secret of electricity
Is disclosed continued Lord Kelvin.
Yet can see no reason why it
should mt he discovered. However,
MT Eeofse Westinghouse tells me
that. notwithstanding his close study
OF electricity. and his application OF
eiestsi energy to various apparatus,
to him Il seenax as though we are to-
day farther away from the penetration
OF the mystery than wa/were at the
time when he took up electricity UPON
It's commercial side!
But Why should not the secret of
electricity be discovered? We have
what fire really is. A hun
dred years ago it was thought to be
an organic element. They called it
phlogiston. but science mastered the
secret Of fire. and showed that in fire
there is no phlogiston, only vibration.
.Dr. PTiestly more than a hundred
years ago discovered oxygen. and we
now KNOW what the component parts
of our atmosphere are. We have
learned what the composition of wa
ter is and that it is not an original
element. but is formed by the COM
OF two gases which are or
gan1c. Why should it then be impos-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
A Bullet-R iddled Sim

A Bullet-Riddied Sign.
Paris is a city Of curious signboards,
one of the most remarkable ones en-
resenting a tobacconist's sign at SIS
Rue du Chateau-d'E Eau, which has
been there eve since 1870. It Is rid
died with holes made by the bullets
Of the Prussians, and the occupant of
the shop states that so far as he is
aware, it Is the only public relic of the
Franco-Prussian war In evidence in
the streets of Paris today. my
sign" he added. brings me plenty of
customers. You have no idea, mon
sieur, of the number Of British and
American tourists who pass this way
and drop into my place for a cigar or
a box Of matches, merely in order to
have a word with me about my bullet
riddled sign. I wouldn't part with it
for anything"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
County Fair Association Meet.

Aexlngton.-The Davidson County
FAR Association has effected a per-
manent organization and a meeting of
the board OF directors has been called
to perfect the details.
1t has been decided to hold the fair
November 8, 9. and 10, devoting the
hrst day to the bankers, merchants
ana manufacturers. The second day
VIII be Educational Day, and the third
Farmers Day. With the amoun do
mated by the state, $3.50, the cash
prizes in sight have passed the s5oa
mark and vii! 6 higher.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Is Granted Thirty More DAVIS.

The Governor and the Council Of
state have granted the Mattamuskeet
Railroad company, which has been
represented in a conference here BY
Capt. Geo. J. Studard, an additional
thirty days to arrange fer proper ter
minals at Washington, N. C. The ar
engagements will, it is said, be COM
pleted satisfactorily within the time
allowed--which time by the extension
just made, will not expire for nearly
forty days. The state is interested
in this railroad by ownership OF stock,
IN return for convict labor.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Hardware Men Choose President.

Hardware Men Choose President.
AsheviAe.-A. L. Phipps of Durham
was chosen president of the Retail
Hardware Association of the Carolinas
at its last session held in the ball
roo of the Battery Park hotel.
This vase tn only executive SEES
sion held and various reports were
heard, including those of the dele
gates to the national convention, OF
the treasurer, special insurance COM
mittee, auditing committee and NOM
mating OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
elected and Charleston was chosen as
the next place Of meeting Of the con-
vention.
In addition to the regular program
Charles A. Ireland, second vice pres
ldent of the national association from
Michigan, addressed the meeting, dis
cussed at length matters connected
with the running OF the association
and the best methods of conducting
meetings. The address proved very
interesting and was closely followed
by the delegates.
The treasurer's report showed the
organization to be in good financial
condition and to be growing steadily
IN membership and prestige. This
report was followed by that of a spe-
:clal committee consisting of M. Bon
noitt of Darlington, S. c.; w. H.
Keith Of Timmonsville, S. c.; e. w.
Duvall of Cheraw, S. c.; w. H. Smith,
OF Gaffney, S. c.; R. H. McDuifey Of
Fayetteville, U. B. Blalock, of Wades-
boro; W. w. Watt and T. w. Dixon
Of Charlotte, which was appointed last
year at Charleston to consider a plan
for the organization of a cooperative
hardware insurance company of the
Caroiinas.
Adjucge Coal Corporation Bankrupt.
Asheville.-In the circuit court for
the western district of Virginia, the
Empire Coal Land Corporation was
adjudged bankrupt upon petition of
Stras, Hartman & Co., the Beasley
Shoe Co., the Riverside Tailoring Co.
and The Clinch Valley News. The
Empire Coal Land Corporation is the
owner and holder of a large area of
the famous P~ocahontas coal, but
when the money stringency'' came
IN 1907 it was compelled to shut down
and since has not been able to esume.
To Improve Court House and Jail,
Newton.-The criminal docket in
superior court was completed. The
last court, under Judge Long, gave
the county commissioners notice that.
II they didn't make a few improve
ments specified, they would be in
dlcted, so the commissioners have
ordered the improvements. One item
1t water and sewer connection at the
jail, another is enlarged vaults in the
house and a room for the petit
jary. An architect will be consulted
and bids received for the construction
of the job.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Would Start Them Riqht.

Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is starting
agitation in England for such juve-
nile courts as she found in America.
She would have young offenders sent
to state schools, where they will re-
ceive technical education suited to
their age and capacity.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
RETURNS VERDICT OF $4,000
DAMAGES AGAINST AMERICAN
TosAcco COMPANY.
JURY WAS OUT MANY HOURS
This Means $4,000 Damages-Noties
OF Appeal Has Been Filed-AmerI-
can Tobacco Company is Pronounc-
cd a Trust in Restraint Of Trade.

Raleigh.-The Ware-Kramer Tobac-
co Co., of Norfolk, received a verdict
of $4,000 damages against the Am
erican Tobacco Co., in the suit for
n million two hundred thousand dol
lars damages.
The trial has been in progress here
-four and a half week..
The verdict was rendered after the
jury had been out all night.
Notice of appeal a been lodged
by counsel for the defendant. How
ever the expectation is that his YER
dict will close the litigation.
:. The suit was instituted under the
Sherman antitrust cat and it's pro-
vision for treble damages SO that the
court will under the verdict, enter a
judgment against the American To
bacco Co., for $4,000.
The verdict finds that the American
Tobacco Co., is a combination or trust
in restraint of trade and injured the
cigarette business of the plaintiff by
m~onopolizing, through conspiracy, free
goods, special and secret inside dis
counts and other unlawful means.
The American Tobacco Company
based it's motion for a new trial on
six alleged errors in the charge of
Judge Conner and in the admission
and rejection of evidence.
C. G.. Daniel, of counsel for the
Ware-Kramer Co., told the court HIS
client was in debt SIC, O0e under re-
ceivership and damages allowed all
go to creditors without benefit to
injured stockholders.
The plaintiff may join in the motion
for a new trial.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20

electricity will be found to be not an
organic body, but vibration or some
form Of molecular or atomic c
tration generated by the sun"
Copyright. 1911. by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reservedl
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
Big Gain in Taxable Property.

The value of taxable property in
Cabarrus county has been increased
$1,OOO,Ooo according to a statement
by County Tax Assessor Furr. The
board of equalization completed it's
work and as soon as all of the changes
made by them are correctly entered
the exact amount can be had. The
board held a two days session and
very few complaints were rade and
but few objections to the new system
of listing the county taxes have been
heard FROM.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-07-20
An Alleged Retailer Escapes.

r. j.. D. Nixon, the veteran taller
and deputy sheriff who has handled
many a man in his official life, ex-
perienced fully what the old express
sion, Felt like he'd let a bird 60"
means when Julius Bostain, a young
white man, slipped out of his hands
and disappeared over the hills which
rise up west of town. The grand jury
nad Just found a true bill against
Bcstaln for retailing. Sheriff Nixon
round him at Clapp's drug store, AMI
arrested him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
INDOOR ATHLETIC MEET.

The senior indoor athletic meet
will be held Thursday, Dec. l4th, in
the gym. Events as follows: Stand
ing broad jump, running high jump,
II ID. shot put, 100 I'd. dash, 22O yd.
dash, one half mile run, and two
weight lifting contests. This prom
ises to be a very interesting meet.
We extend a special invitation to
those who are interested in this kind
of work, to come and enjoy the sport.
The next basket ball game will be
Dec. 18th. with team from Appleton,
Wis. The team is made up Of players
from the college and high stars.
Bushey team said they were strong
bunch of players and we could look
for much stronger team than the
Business college had. The Y team
is fast running into better team work
and the public can expect good