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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
HAD APPOINTMENT
TO Be KISSED
PRECEDENT TAFT oBLxfsEsS
YOUNG LADY OF TENDER
AGE FROM WYOMING.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-When
President Taft picked up his appoint
ment list today. one Of the first en-
tries was tho following:
Phyllis Wistrand. Lander, Wyo..
ito be kissed"
The president pondered over the
item for moment. and then his
eye caught little girl with blonde
kcurls looking eagerly at him from
behind barricade OF mothers skirts.
Well, Phyllis" the president said,
as he arose from his chair to greet
his callers, 80 you want to be kissed
by the president of the United
States"
Yes, SIR" Phyllis lisped.
WELL" said the president. as he
raised her high In his arms and
kissed her fairly on the cheek. Il hope
you will remember that
Phyllis left for her home In Wyom-
Sing later in the day completely sat-
ished with her visit TO Washington.
The tot was taken through the White
House recently and she announced
fterward that she would never leave
he capitol until she had been kissed
Nv the big president" She was so
nsistent that her mother finally
rrote to the White House and secured
in appointment with Mr.. Taft.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

A meeting of the School Civic
league OF Swanshoro has been called
for NJ onday afternoon at 8 O'Clock in
the schoolhouse- Plans will be made
10 raise d few more dollars neces
sary before the concrete walk around
the new Swansboro school can be
laid.
The members OF the school have
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
Rheumatism?
Trips BROWN BTTTERS
AND
TRIPS NERVE AND BONE I'M
MENT
WILL
GIVE RELIEF ALMOST INSTANTLY

Greatest remedy in Richmond for
Indigestion, Constipation, Liver and Kid
ney trouble,
Money back If this is not true. T. r.
the judge. Try it
II your druggist cannot supply you we
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

Mr.. F. Neurath,
wholesale candy
manufacturer, South
Richmond, says.
To who this may
concern This is to
certify that | have
used one and q half
bottles Trips
Brown Bitters, which
has so far cured my
backache. | have
for two years tried
many remedies, but
most OF them would
payer ha va any effact
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

Use the Norfolk and Western Rail-
way to Norfolk. Quickest best and
most popular route. Leave Richmond
A. Nj. and r. NJ. Pullman Par
Tor cars -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
Henrico Deeds Recorded.

Deeds or bagain were admitted on
record yesterday in Henrico court as
follows:
Samuel L. iCarter to Edwin ,p.
Cathcart. nineteen acres in the. rear
of the Masonic home; consideration,
$500.
The same piece Of property was
transferred from Mr.. Cathcart to the
Masonic Home for a consideration OF
sQ500
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

The reason why noise and. what Is
bore Important wear increases so
Apidly as the clearance between the
tem becomes greater Is that the
liter. when raised by the cam. In
|reases its velocity rapidly as II goes
| p.N The further II has to move be-
pre- striking the valve stem the
hster, Il viii be moving and the
toisier and more wearing will be the
|pmpact.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

on my backache. Time and time could
not stoop down and get up unless |
would roll over on my face before | could
get up. am glad to recommend that it
has done me more good than anything
have ever used. Very respectfully,
f. NEURATH,
6l3 Hull Street.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21

virtually nothing, the S.ate has &C
tually paid for them at par in cash
COR is in debt for ythem), because
from the State treasury has had
to come the money to maintain these
cohvicts while building railroads for
corporations. On this ccoun alone
the State treasury is in debt TO the
State prison 3217,os5, after having
paid to the State prison on the same
account over 100000.
Significant Figures.
In this connection the following fig
Sres and statement which appear in
the biennial report Of the State treas
urer. recently filed with the General
Assembly, are considered significant.
Under the head Of investments"
State Treasurer Lacy Y
THE State holds as an investment
$4,000 shares Of stock in the North
Carolina Railroad Company, 1866
shares OF stock in the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad COMPANY.
also stock in the
"Wilkesboro and Jefferson
:. -. :. - 63,S1o.o0
"Junaluska Turnpike :. . 1000
"Mattamuskeet Railway +. S9,765.OO
"Elkin and Allegheny Rail-
way A4V,VVV.VV
''Statesville Afr Line Rail
''Transcontinental Railway 1850. OO
It6 Value.
1.-The stock Of the turnpike compa-
les has no value. and the value OF
the stock in the Mattamuskeet, Elixir
n Allegheny, Statesville Air Line
and TranScontinental railroads 1!
problematical. The stock in the
North Carolina Railroad and that o,
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
| road are a source Of considerable in.
come to the State, as shown in thi'
report"
Under the head of outstanding ob
legations, in the same report, appear
the following:
Due States prison for stock:
Mattamuskeet Railway Co. $62,765.0,
Elkin and Allegheny Rail-
way Co. . +. 4. !. (. ;. 1O4,0 900. o.
Statesville Railway Co. :. $4,000
TranScOntinental Railroad
Co. -. . -. =. $4,000
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21
Will MlkGTON WOMAN Is
NAMED AS CORRESPONDENT
James Cunningham Bishops Wife in
New York City Names Mrs. j. 1cmA
pie G~walthney in Divorce Suit.

Especial TO News and Observer
New York. Jan. 1S.-Mrs. Abigail
r. Bishop. wife Of James Cunningham
Bishop. who is a prominent ctubman
and member of the firm of Redmond
& Co, bankers, has sued her husband
fer an absolute divorce, naming as
a correspondent Mrs. J. Temple
GUalthney. of New York and Whining
ton, \. G., one of the most promlnene
women in exclusive society c%irclesy
and wife of a one-tme president On
the New York Cotton Exchange.
1t developed today for the first time
that the suit for absolute divorce fol-
lowed and was an amendment TO a
suit for separation which Mrs. Bishop
had filed against her husband IN tho
Supreme court. 1t was only a little
more thar a week ago that the first
Animation, Of marital difficulties III
the prominent Bishop family became
public through the insertion - Mr..
BISHOP Of a personal in the adver-
Using column of Il local newspaper.
setting forth that he would no longer
be responsible for his w.f.'S debts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21
EDITOR BUILDS 100000
HOME IN ASHVIlLE
red L. Seely, Former Owner of At
lanta Georgian. Will Have Finest
Residence But One in State.

Residence But One in State.
Asheville, JAM. 18.-Ground has
been broken at the top of Sunset
mountain for a modern home, which
will be built by FREQ L. Seely, at a
cost of more than $1,000 900 and which
will be completed in about a year.
In the construction Of the house re-
infOrced concrete and native stones
will be used by the builders, and a
feature Of the residence will be the
simplicity of it's construction, although
no money will be spared to make it
strictly modern. w it'll the exception
CT the residence of George w. Van
derbilt, Mr.. Seely's home will be the
finest and most costly in the State
and viii lbe among the finest in the
South.
The home will be built according
to the style Of a Spanish castle and
its rugged anterior will be construct
ed Of mammoth rough stones taken
from the mountain. 1t viii be three
stories in height and the roof will be
constructed Of tile. 1t will be equip
ped with laundry, heating and refrig-
Grating plants and will be featured
by large and numerous art anC
loaded glass windows.
MI. Seely formerly edited the At.
lanta Georgian, but came to Asnevillt
shortly after E. w. Grove. the st
Louis millionaire and the father-in
law Of the former editor, decided Il
build an inn here. Work on tn
latter is progressing rapidly and i
will be finished by the middle of tn,
coming June, according to presen
Indications.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21
COLD WEATHER MERELY
HIDING, NOT GONE YET
Most Unusual Conditions Reported
From Various Sections of the , Oun-
try Coming i'm.
tBy the Associated Press

tBy the Associated Press
Washington. u. c., Jan. 1S.-BalmX
freezes and sunny days which ara
continue for some time. but Chief Will
lis l.. Moore, of the weather bureau
is out with a warning that winter IS
hiding somewhere and is sure TO come.
Reports of most unusual weather on
ditions, telling Of flowers in bloom.
trees budding and birds and animals
Venturing out from winter quarters.
are coming into the weather bureau.
With high pressures over the mid
die Atlantic and low pressure in Alas
ka and the Northwest such rs We
have been having for the last two
months said Or. Harry 6. Franken-
field. chief forester. today. we can
have nothing but warm weather. To
get a change these conditions must be-
reversed, that is, the pressure must
become high in the Northwest and
low over the Middle Atlantic DceanA
This change Will cause an eastern
movement of cold air from the North
west. When this Will occur, how
ever. | cont Know"
So far this month two weather rec
ords have been broken. one was the
low temperature record of California
and the other low pressure record Of
the southeastern states.
The temperature has been more
nearly normal in Minnesota and the
DakotaS while it has been generally
over the normal elsewhere. especially
in the Atlantic coast states
Today the above normal cities We're:
New York, % degrees; Washington.
%; Boston. IS: Philadelphia, p:
Fittsburg, %: Chicago, 10: Cleveland,
20; st. Louis, 9, Denver, 9.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21
DURHAM TAKING FAST
TO PARCEL POST USE
First Fifteen Days of Service Finds
2.SOS Packages Being Sent-Will BE
Still More Popular.

SVlII NlOIc IODukdTs
Durham, JAM. 1S.-The report Of
Postmaster J. A. Giles, about the par
eel post in Durham for the first half
of the month has been forwarded to
the postmaster general, and it shows
that 2,SOS packages passed through
the Durham office during the first fiji
teen days of its operation. The num-
Der received and the number sent out
from Durham are about equal. How
ever, the first few days of the new
service many more packages were re-
ceived by Durham people than were
| sent out. All of this does not repre-
sent absolutely new business. for many
Of the packages that were handled by
parcel post have been coming as third
class matter. However, the postmas-
ter says that the inauguration of the
new service has increased the business
of the local office, and hat it will be-
come more and more popular when
the people Of his section become bet
ter acquainted with the accomoda-
tons. 1t is being greatly used by the
local merchants to send small pack
ages to the eop living on the rural
routes in and around Durham.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21

Newton. jan. 1S.-M. S. Fulbright,
of Newton, Route /, says he has a
hen whose record he defies anyone to
beat. Since November "a she has aid
forty eggs
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-21

s217,065.00
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
Both Men. and Women Fail "a Their Duty
10 Each Other. !, :;

"God intended man as defence for the woman;
man has not proven true to his responsibility. He
has rot written fairly for the woman
"ln the matter of wages man traces in big letters
for himself and in small letters for the woman. His
laws discriminate against her in more than two-thirds
of the states of the nation"
DR.. Aspnall McCuag, in a lecture on the ethics of
marriage at the Plymouth Congregational church
Cleveland, arragned his sex in these severe
terms. He also directed few straght-from-t m-the.
shoulder ots at some of the Inconsistencies of woman
1.-The predOminatlng trait in man is his demand for
evidence" he said. "Woman is satisieAwith an Op.
portunty to trust That is the sad Gauge OF her too
frequent downfall She looks to man as her natural
protector and he makes her suffer for it! =
However man IS not altogether to blame for the
unequal standard. Good women condone him for the
sin for which he is most responsible, while they push
the woman into the ditch '"''
There is no subject left so severely alone by those
who should speak out In the schools we hear moth
ing the pulpit takes it up only in indirect way that
nice people may not be shocked; in the home it is g
nored and neglected. Every great source of nstruc-
tlon is closed by common consent.
DR.. McCuaig believes that dsinclinaton for mar
rage is growing among young women The fact that
man is no longer financial necessity, coupled with
woman's dstrust of him when she has battled with
the world, he says'is responsible.
There is too much of this 1-dont-care-for.any man
attitude among young women who ought to be wives
and mothers, asserted the doctor.
"The unrest of woman is due to her shattered faith
in because he has not lived up to the standards
of chivary God meant him to have. And the mothers
of men are not wholly bameless for this condition.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
The Escaped Lunatic.

The escaped lunatic stopped and leaned over the
fence of garden wherein man was busy trimming
the path. The little enclosure was neatly kept and
bright with flowers bordering strip of greensward.
The man who working Strengthened up and
wiped the perspiration from his face gancng toward
the fence
Good evening, nodded the unatic; 'What pret-
ty place you have"
eyes. 'Tis rather NICE"
"Lved here ong?"
"About ten years"
eyes, it does put in about all my, snare time"
"Stil it's satisfaction to have nice surroundings"
"Sure. When | came here the yard was full of
weeds and rubbish. Hadn't been cared for at ALL"
81 suppose you bought the place pretty cheap
thought"
"Oh, it isn't my place"
mo? Just working here?
''Why, of course it's mine in way, so long pay
the rent"
''Oh then it isn't your own house and garden?"
"No. They belong to Bagley, the baneer. Lives
up the road there in the big grounds"
"Oh yes. noticed them. My! but it must take
him lots of time to trim his walks"
"He trim walks? guess not. He pays three or
four gardeners to do it."
Then Of course this is his he pays you for your
work?
Don't you believe it. | pay him for letting me live
here"
Then, of course, he lets you have it for less than
the folks who neglected it,"
'Ha, ha! You're funny aren't you? Why he
charges me more account of improved property"
And won't the house and garden ever be yours%
mot likely. It's all can do now to pay the rent
The unatic opened the gate walked slyly up~to the
man and whispered ''Ssy, how did you get away"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
SPANISH ETIQUETTE.



From what we saw and from
what happened to us i made up a
page OF Spanish etiquette. IL as
probably not correct, but | offer il
as the result of our experiences.
Other people may have had differ
ent impressions. IL you are of the
female sex never wear q short skirt,
a sailor or English walking hat un-
less you are willing to have people
stare at you and sometimes call
after you. II you have red hair dye
it or be prepared to be saluted as
"Rubia." Never bow to q man un.
less he lifts his hat first. If you are
a man you may dress as an English
man, an operate tenor or a chorus
singer from Carmen without excit-
ing remark. Never wear glasses.
If you are blind take dog on a
string. When you sit down at the
table or arise always bow and say,
'Buenas." This is imperative. You
may jostle people without apology,
but never speak to any one without
saying "your grace" be he noble,
friend or beggar~ "Will your grace
do me the favor to bring me my
coffee at 9 o'clock tomorrow
would strike an American bellbo,
with dismay. But it is the litera'
translation of the Spanish request
Never tell b,ggar to clear out, but
Say that you have left your purse al
home and that you will remember
him tomorrow or gently murmui
that God will reward him, whereat
he will smile, thank you and depart.
These same beggars, who spring
up on every side, seem to have {
code of etiquette we could not faith
ON. After two or three days there
were few who begged only from
me, two or three others who be-
sought Jean. Evidently We were
understood to be the patrons of Ger
tain beggars who out of crowd OF
mendicants were the only ones to
approach us who would take their
dole with thanks or il we said "to.
morrow" would smilingly back
away at once.
A trip into Spain ought to mean
more than sketches of life al We
saw it in a single city. Yet it wa
our pleasure to linger on in Mad
rid, with the exception of three
days spent in Toledo and the Escu
rial, for the whole of our tive
months holiday, and to return di
rect to Paris without seeing any OF
the southern country, so beloved bv
other tourists. So can any one wo;
der that to us Spain means MadriC
the city of marvellous contrasts P
E. C. Allen in Outing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13

The crowd swayed toward the
manager of the open air show.
"What did you mean by advertis-
in thet tight rope walker?" cried
the spokesman.
"Just what I said," replied the
unabashed manager.
"But the rope was laid on tn
ground" cried the spokesman, "an'
your fraud CT rope walker just
walked on it step or twol Do you
call that tight rope walking?"
Certainly" shouted the man
ager. "The man was tight, wasn't
he ?'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
A BUDDING GENIUS.
Ambitions and Hard Work Of the Boy
Saint Gaudcns.


Immediately on. being appren-
ticed to Avet applied for adinis
sion to the drawing school OF the
Cooper institute, and every even
ing after my return from work at
6 o'clock and Il hasty tea | went
down there, where my artistic edu-
cation began.
/ can recall there the kindly i'm
preston produced on me by Abram
B. Hewitt as he glanced at me dur
ing some function. Father at that
time was making shoes for the
Cooper family, and | suppose that
that is why he looked at me. The
feeling of profound gratitude for
the help which | have had from
that institution abides with me to
this day.
1t was during the next two or
three years that my first aspirations
and ambitions made themselves
felt. | became a terrific worker,
toiling every night until IL o'clock
after the Cooper institute was over,
in the conviction that in me anoth-
er heaven born genius had been
given to the world.
1 can recall thinking in public
conveyances that if the men stand
ing on the platform around me
could realize how great genius
was rubbing elbows with them in
the quiet looking boy by their side
they would be profoundly impress
ed. As result, | was so exhausted
by the confning work of cameo
cutting by day and by drawing at
night that in the morning | was
literally dragged out of bed by
mother, pushed over to the wash
stand, where | gave myself a cat'a
lick somehow or other, driven to
the seat at the table, administered
my breakfast, which consisted OF
tea and large quantities of the long
French loaves of bread with butter,
and tumbled downstairs, out into
the street, where / awoke.-"Rem-
iniscences of Augustus Saint Gsu-
dsns" in Century. ,4.I.x -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
The STOCK EXCHANGE.
Dsts OF the First Agreement Among
New Yorks Brokers.

New forke brokers.
In the early part OF March, 1892,
the first notice was printed of the
opening of a stock exchange office
at % Wall street by \. l.. Bleeskcr
& Sons, J. pintard, McEyers & Bar
clay. Cortlandt & Terriers and JAY
& Sutton These several firms held
auctions of stock each day at noon,
selling in rotation to insure equal
opportunities for each other.
SOM Of the broker specialists re-
sented such a restricted organiza-
ton, and on March 2l a meeting
was called of the dissatisfied brokers
for purposes of protection, and q
committee was appointed to pro-
vide a suitable room in which TO
assemble and to suggest such rules
and regulations for conducting
their business as the committee
deemed necessary. The final result
of this meeting, says Moody's Mag
azine, was the first signed agree
ment among dealers in securities,
the Oldest record now in the ar
chives of the New York Stock Ex-
change The agreement reads as
follows:
eve, the Subscribers. Brokers
for the purchase and Sale of Public
Stock, do hereby solemnly promise
and pledge ourselves to each other,
that we will not buy or sell from
this day. for any person whatsoever,
any kind of Public Stock at less
rate than one-quarter per cent COM
mission on the specie value, and
that we will give a preference TO
each other in our negotiations. In
Testimony Whereof we have set our
hands this 18th day of May, at New
York. 1902"
This organization had no local
habitation for conducting exchange
business. Like the curb brokers to-
day, transactions were carried on in
the open air at point between the
present numbers Of 6S and 20 Wall
street, under a famous old button
wood tree that stood there with
w;desp,sading branches which pro
tected them from the suns rays and
ordinarily inclement weather.
Business in those days was not
rushing, and there was an air Of
leisure and quiet about the gather
ing. Securities we're not active
enough to employ all the time Of
the brokers, so between times bet
ting on the results of domestic and
foreign political controversies and
dealing in merchandise were in
cluded.
The first inside quarters of the
exchange were secured in 1898,
when the Tontine coffee house, at
the northwest corner of Wall and
William streets, was completed.
The old buttonwood tree was aban-
doned, and the dignity Of the bro
kers' organization was elevated by
the change. The Tontine coffee
house was controlled by chartered
company composed of 203 subscrib-
ers at $500 each, organized as
merchants exchange.
The dealers in securities and the
merchants were all jumbled up to-
gether, and at times when trading
was brisk there vas wild excitement
and shouts that would have done
credit to bad o. Co'nanche In
dians. No const .on Tor a stock
exchange was ad' rol until 1917,
when the New York stock and ex-
change board was formally organ
lied and constitution adopted.
Nathaniel Prime was appointed
president and John Burson secre-
tary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13

Tins Revenge.

Little Tim" was the name of him
OF whom have 20 tell,
And he abode on tie western road,
In the busy town OF L.
AS trains went down through the little
lie peddled through the cars (town,
His stock in trade-iced lemonade,
Cakes, peanuts and cigars.
Conductor Dunn was the only one
Who'd not his trade allow,
And so 'twiXt him and Little Tim
There always was row.
At last one day they had fray,
And Timothy declared
He'd 'fx old Dunn, as sure's gum
If both their lives were spared.
So off he went, with this int5nt,
And sold his stock in trade;
His earnings hard he spent for lard,
And started for "the grade"
This place, you know, is where trains go
Upon the steep hillside,
And where with lard it isn't hard
To get up quite a slide.
He took a stick and spread it thick,
Remarking, with smile,
"There'll be some fun when Mr.. Dunn
Commences to Strike lie >"
He lay in wait; tie train was late
And came putting hard,
With heavy load, right up the road
To where he spread the lard.
They tried in vain; that fated train
Could not ascend the grade;
The wheels would spin with horrid din,
Yet no advance was made.
Then little Tim twas bold in him
Cried out in accents shrill,
"Remember me, Conductor d.,
When you get up the hillv
MORAL
Success in trade is up grade
That we should all ascend,
And with will help up the hill
Our fellow-man and friend.
When ION the road" don't incommode
The seeker after pef,
Or, ten to one, like Mr. Dunn,
You won't get up yourself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
Open Work Socks

The anke bug" is the latest thing in the east and
promises to rival the kissing bug" 1t is paptal to
low shoes and open work hosiery If they ever get
out this way the editor of this paper will have to suf
fer. He wears open work hosiery His darned socks
arfull of holes. .Ts