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The bee., 1914-09-22

There hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the peace of self-content:
There are souls like stars, that dwell apart
In q fellowless hrmament
There pioneer souls that blaze their paths
Where highways never ran;
But let me live by the side of the road
And be friend to man.
Let me live in house by the side of the road,
Where the Of men 20 by 4ENu
The men who good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad AZ l..
would not sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynics ban;
Let me live In house by the side OF the road
And be friend to man, e
see from my house by the side the road
By the side of the highway of life,
The men who press with the ardor Of hope,
The who faint with strife.
But turn not away from their smiles their tears
Both parts of an Infinite plan;
Let me live in my house by the side Of the ROAD
And be friend TO man.
Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
Where the of men go by
They are good, they are bad they weak, they
strong,
Wise, foolish--so am /.
Then why should sit In the scorner' seat,
Or hurl the cynics ban?
Let me live in house by the side of the road
And be friend of man. EB
SAM WALTER Foss.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

realized that the greatest use OF to-
day is TO make tomorrow out of it.
The larger part of life is preparation.
That same quality of sagacity is
what the Teacher sought for his
hearers. Most of us are opportu-
nlsts- We live a day at a time, in
happy-go-lucky fashion. more or Jess
like the negro Of the story, who, ask
ed II he wanted to earn a quarter -
piled, Why, boss. Use got a quarter"
and went whistling on his way. When
hard times befall. how few firms
Weather the storm. A long look
ahead, a life Of real purpose, a build
ing for the future-this was the
quality which Jesus commended in
the unjust steward. In statesman
ship, religion, business and pleasure,
1t Is far-sighteGness hat prevails.
Becoming Men of Means.
The Master calls mammon, or
money, means" Or. VI This is the
point of his teaching here. Do not
make money an end, but a means
We speak Of rich men as men Of
means IL their wealth is truly only
means to large service and useful
ness, il is praiSewOrthy. This is the
only ground on which a Christian can
justify himself in seeking money. for
money in itself is a low thing. But
it is possible to make a bic use OF
INV tiliiSS, liz MdSlt1 ulu InlS WnoN
he employed money in his parable
Mammon may be employed but neve1
served.
We may no serve God and mann.
mon, but we may serve God with
mammon. The symbols and usage.
and Methods of his present world
may all be employed and sanctified il
the highest service. Because he is
Christian, n should b. a bette
worker, n better business man. a bet
ter friend, than II who is not:
He t hat is faithful in a YER
little is a faithful also in much: an,
he that is unrighteous in a very littl
is u~nrighteOuS also in much. |
therefore We have not been faithful il
the unrighteOuS mammOn, who wi
commit to your trust the true richeS
And if We have mt been faithful i
that which is another'S, who will Civ
) you hat which is your own? n
l servant can serve two masters: fO
1 either he will hate the one, and loy
, the other or Use he will hold to on,
: and despise the other. Ye cannt
: serve God and mammon."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
Civil Engineer Resigns.

Rocky Mount. May 2.-Mr. T. O..
Giadney. who for the past few years
has been associated with the Atlantic
Coast Line III tho Office OF the engineer
of roadway here. has resigned his po-
sition. effective Monday last. when ne
entered the services Of the Hayward
Royafl-Ashby Company This makes
the fourth graduate engineer IN
the services Of the u cal engineering
firm. Mr.. Cladney IS a graduate II
the engineering department OF ,he
University e Virginia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
SAVES INVALID FROM FIRE
Mother lowers Child From Window
Of Burning House.

Fire wrecked the home of Robert
HOyle. in White o venue just
after daylight this morning. Mrs.
Hoyle, her invalid daughter Pansy, Is
years old, and maid, were the only
ones in the house.
When Mrs. Hoyie awakened and
found her room filling with smoke he
aroused the maid and her daughter.
Mrs. Hoyle guided them to a willow.
She dropped a mattress out OF =. and
then, with sheets about Tx child.
lowered her to within two feet te
mattress and ropped her.
The two women then swung out OF
the window and dropped to the
ground. The loss is $1,000. No one
was injured.-Roosevelt Il. L. dis
patch to New York Herald
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
TO MD FORESTRY
WORK OF STATE
Convention Will Be Held In
Asheville On June Ten
and Eleven

Chapel Hill, May e-The annual
meeting of the North Carolina Fores-
try Association. which was /
ably postponed from April TO June.
has been called to meet in AsheviIie
on Wednesday and Thursday. Jun.
10 and IL. 1914. The appalachian
Park Association meets on the same
day, and the night session OF the For
estry Convention will be held under
its auspices.
The program as previously ar
ranged will be carried out as closely
as possible. The afternoon drive
through the planted forests OF the
Biltmore estate and the days trip
through Pisgah forest TO see lumber
ing under proper forestry control as
practiced by the Carr Lumber Com
pany, are still prominent and attrac-
tive features Of the convention.
The courteous invitation of the
Champion Fibre Company TO visit
their pulp mill at Canton is still open
and no oub many delegates will
avail themselves Of this opportunity
to see one Of the largest and most in
teresting factories Of its kind in the
country.
Further information as to
accommodations or railroad fares car
be ecure from the secretary, Chat
Hill, N G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
CAPITAL NOT THRILLED
BY WAR NOW AS IN 3
General StOlidity a Sharp Contrast To
Excitement at Outbreak of Spanish
ImbaroIiO.


Washington Herald.
Washingtonians who remember the
outbreak of Americas last foreign
War-siXteen years ago this month
are comparing the outer expressions
of interest manifested in the city then
with the dull and stolid attitude of the
people in the present instance.
In 1898, the city was stirred from
end to end for weeks before the decla-
ration of war. Finally, when war was
declared, the city blazed with red,
white and blue from the palatial
homes in Massachusetts and Connec-
tlcut avenues TO the tenementS and
WarTenS of the humDlest alley. PEG
pie Wore tiny American flags in their
~buttonhoieS The national colors be
came as much a part of the costume
of the men, women and children as
were their shoe and stockings.
The return OF Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
who had served the United States as
Consul Gener at Havana. aroused
the city to fever heat. y crowd Of
$1,000 people tramped Pennsylvania
avenue, yelling for Lee, and an assem-
hlage in front of the old Riggs House
where he mad his headquarters,
whooped it up for two hours, until
the White-bearded old soldier came to
the veranda of the hotel and made q
dramatic speech, which set the crowd
crazy.
Again there is a difference. IN the
war days OF SO the moment passports
had been handed Senior Polo y Ber-
lave and the war was on, every mill
tary. naval, and marine officer IN
Washington promptly donned his regi-
mentalS, not to discard them again an
til after the signing Of the treaty OF
peace the following winter.
The war with Spain was popular
in Washington. Residents, regardless
Of party or section, regarded it as the
elimination of a popular policy on
the part of the Mckinley administra-
ton. They had outStripped The ad-
fninistratiOn in their demand for ven
geance upon the Spanish DlaSsacreS
OF Cuba, and the deStroyerS of the
Maine. Everybody vas Interested IN
war, and for war. Today it is diff
ferent.
There is no war sentiment N Wash
inStOn. 1t Is the most D~erfunctory
sort of interest whichannouncement-
Of news from Vera Cruz. Tampico
and the towns Of the Texan and New
Mexico border awaken There IS ~
t inspiration in the air. The comment
t on the streets is one OF sympathy for
the bluejackets and marines slain OF
suffering in Vera Cruz. The only 1ags
' on view are those which always n,
from the public buildings and schoo
! houses. Red. white and blue has no
O displaced for decorative an,
of the newest Partisan zones in mil
linery or chiffon. Except for a fea
oyerWOrked army and navy officers
many tired government clerks. and Z
O hundred or more eathar-lun1es
"Wuxtry" shouters. no one knows tha
f the United States has some % was a
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
TO WED IN CON<E.TICJT.

Mr.. Na-er Dworsky. < the Capital
Loan Z .:Icany, left * s.crday for
\orw3cf, onnecticut. where he Will
| marry Mis- Ida Bruckner, of that city,
May IA.
They WITH take a trip of two weeks
and return TO Raleigh Dou the first
of June. Mr.. Dworsky Will make a
visit in the North while away
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
(By William T. ellis

Our own health and happiness,
right here and now. are one Of the
ends of creation. One of the goals OF
the ages is that we who now live
should be worthily alive. Every one
of us is more than a link in the long
chain Of humanity: more than q
mean to an end in the far-off future;
he is a triumph of the past and of the
present. Not merely our work and
our influence are the objects of our
existence, but our actual life itself.
To be we'll, to be happy, to rejoice in
existence-for that we were born.
The old PuritanS and ascetics were
not wise when they despised the body.
That conception of religion was dis
torted: a swing of the pendulum too
far to one side. Without bodies,
souls are Of no earthly use. When
these mortal temples of our eternal
spirits are strong and symmetrical
and beautiful they honor the Builder
who provided them. as the supreme
expression IF His handicraft, for His
own enanCy.
TO be needless of health is one
| form Of irreverenCe.
! Health is a goal Of life. but not
the chief goal. and, like pleasure. it
is oftenest attained by indirectlon.
Somebody has wittily said that The
stomach can stand anything, except
being thought bout That is true,
i'm a sense, Of the whole body. The
persons who ar" forever soilcitious
about their health grow TO be Insult
ferab!e hypochondriacs. Here is one
man who boasts of his perfect diges-
ton but who is a perfect bore and
crank. He has made q religion Of his
digestion. and he is harder to get
along with thar Il dozen d~yspeptlcs
Self-consciCuSneSs is as fatal &c
health as i. is to beauty: indeed the
physicians would call IL a symptom
Of disease. Persons in good healtf
do not think about their bodies Inc
simplest. most natural and most ei
fective way OF promoting good heattf
is by observing the fundamental law
Of health.
great and enerossinc interest il
lie does more for health than a!
the doctors.
r. jiv:,r "a in art Sir1Di;titF |
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

strength. The quiet lives. which sub
sist on plain God and in regular
habits, thrive best. The more COM
plicated ones scale of living. the more
endangered his physical ell being.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

JOY. temperance and repose
Siam the door on the doctors o
-IOngfellow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

-Four factors control health-food.
air. sleep. exercise. Given these. in
right quantity and quality. and sound
health Is assured. As in the physical.
so also in the spiritual. The robust
nner life must have food-Bible
study. fresh air-the atmosphere of
Christian fellowship. rest-that
peace which pasSeth understand
ing exerciSe-which is activity in
Christian service.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

When l see about me. in the fields
of intellectual attainment and culture.
in the walks Of business and in family
life. so man disasters and tragedies
long drawn out. of failing health and
collapse of nerve. brain, and muscle,
| feel that health is the only bulwark
upon which everything we prize in
Intellectual culture and religious per-
lection can ever be reared.-G. Stan
ley Hall.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

A good conscience is the best
ply Sician.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
THE S~ACREDNESS OF GOOD
HEALTH.

Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples SOcictieS-Christian En-
dcavOr. etc, for May 1O.-'Health
Hints for Better Liying.'-I Cor.
6: 10. 20.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
There was a man in town
Invested all his health,

IHNtSttU al MS I16dTVN,
With madiy avaricious aim.
r. To win the goal of wealth;
And when the same he had attained
With all his might and main,
He vainly laviShed all his wealth
To get his health again.
Amos r. Wells.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

ooiliC vi lH0 II uIo0uSSloH IDH-
corning eugenies is silly, some is
coarse, and most of it is futile. The
basic proposition Of the principle of
eugenics, however, is sound. Every
babe has a right to be we'll born. A
heritage Of health ought to be assur-
ed every life that enters the world.
This is tOsbe secure by the arouSal
Of individual consciences rather thar
by legal enactment. When young
men and women come to regard
health as a sacred Christian obliga-
ton. then, and not until then, shall
we have a workable system Of Gu
genicS.
In all our thought about health, we
must beware lest we fall into the old
pagan Greek idea of the dedication of
mere physical beauty and well-being.
Man is more than a body. w are
souls: we have bodies The real life
may be great and glorious despite its
bodily infirmities. More fragrant
than the flowers Of ~springtime is the
memory Of the sages and saints and
heroes who. despite bodily infirmities,
have left to the rae a precious herit-
age of life and work. Despite most
Of the body's limitations, life may be
grandly and effectively lived. The
spirit is greater than the flesh. Health
is not the supreme essential, as ten
thousand living witnesses attest.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
To the discOntcntcd even wealth is
a vexatiOn.-Ming Sum PaOu Keen.
They that touch pitch will be de.
J acknowledgements.
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust
Shirley.
Few persons cave courage enough
to appear as good as they really are
: Hare.
+ In things the law OF sac
rifice takes the form of positive duty
, -Froudc.
Search me. o God. and know IN,
: heart:
"a Try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any way Of wick
cdncSS in me.
And lead me in the way everlasting
-PS. 139 %. "A.
: No one can be a great thinker VIII
does not recognize that as a thinke
it is his first duty to follow his inte!
lect to whatever conclusions it ma
l lead s Mill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

a great and enGrosSlnc interest," II
lie does more for health than al
the doctors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

In living aS in art. simplicity
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

No one can be a great thinker who
docs not recognize that as a thinker
it is his first duty to follow his intel
lect to whatever conclusions it may
lead.-J. S. Mill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
To the discontinued ever wealth is
a vexatiOn.-Ming Sum PaOu Keen.

In common things the law OF sac
rifice takes the form of positive duty.
-ErOuuc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

Search me. Q God. aud know my
heart:
Try me and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any way Of wick
cdncSS in me.
And lead me in the way everlasting.
-PS. 1913: %. "a.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20

AraBon That he should locate the claim
for me under power OF attorney.
Didn't know him then like DO now
The papers had TO be sent to Mocte-
yuma and Hermosillo. and to the City
Of Mexico and back, and while was
waiting around / dug in on this lead
and opened up the prettiest vein OF
quartz you ever saw h your life
Here's sample Of 1t, and it's sure
rich"
He handed De Lancey the familiar
piece OF quartz and proceeded with his
story
THAT ore looked 81 good 70 me that
| couldn't walt shipped It before
got my title. And right there ! made
my mistake. When Aragon saw the
gold In that rock he 1ust quietly re-
corded the concession In his own name
and told me to go to blazes. That's
the greaser of It! So blew The whole
mine up and hit for the border. That's
the Dutch Of It. reckon" he added
grimly. Anyway, my old man was
Dutch"
He paused. smiling over the mem
DRY Of his misplaced credulity, and
Hooker and De Lancey Joined In a
hearty laugh. From the town bum
that he had first seemed this shabby
little man had changed IN their eyes
until now he was a border Croesus,
the mere recital Of whose adventures
conjured up In their minds visions OF
gold and hidden treasure.
The rugged face of Bud Hooker,
which had been set in grim lines from
the first. relaxed as the tale proceeded
and his honest eyes glowed with ad-
miration as he heard the wellplanned
scheme. AS for De Lancey, he could
hardly restrain his enthusiasm, and,
drawn on by the contagion, Henry
Kruger made maps and answered ques-
lions until every detail was settled.
After the location had been marked
and the lost tunnel charted from the
corner monuments, he babe them re-
member 1t we'll and destroyed every
vestige of paper. Then. as q final ad-
monition, he said:
Now go In there quietly, boys
don't hurry. Prospect around little
and the Mexicans will all come to you
and try to sell you lost mines. Cruz
Mendez IL the man you're looking for
he's honest, and he'll take you to the
Eagle Tail. After that you can use
your own Judgment. So good-by"--he
took them by the hands-"and don't
talki"
He held up warning finger as they
parted, and Bud nodded briefly In
reply. Silence was habit with him,
desert-bred. and he nodded his head
for two.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20

the huddla OF low houses which
marked the domain OF Mexico.
Pussy little customs officials, lurt-
ing like spiders In their cooped-up
guardhouses, rushed out as they
crossed the deep trench and demanded
their permit to bear arms. The mo-
ment they crossed the line the air
seemed to be pervaded with Latin ex-
citability and Indian jealousy, but De
Lancey replied In ford Spanish and
before hie polite assurances and full
some compliments It was dissipated In
q moment
"Goodi Pass on. amigos" cried the
beady-eyed little 1efe, pasting label
on their pack. "Adios, senior" he
added, returning Phil's salute with q
military flourish. and with a scornful
glance at Bud he observed that the
gentleman was muy caballero.
HUH" remarked Bud, as they rode
on through the town. we're In Mexico
all right. all right Talk with both
hands and get busy with your eye
browe-and holy Joe. look at them
pelones!"
The pelones referred to were q
squad OF Mexican federal soldiers, So
called from their heads being shaved,
and they were marching doggedly to
and fro through the thorny mesquit
bushes in response to shouted orders
from an officer. Being from zacatecas,
where the breed Is short. they stood
about as high as their guns; and their
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20
CHAPTER III.

On the untrammeled frontier, where
most men are willing to pass for what
they are without keeping up any
front" much of the private business,
~ well as the general deyilment, is
transacted in the back rooms of sa-
looms The Waldorf was nicely fur
aished in this regard.
After a drink at the bar. in which
De Lancey and Hooker Joined, Henry
Kruger led the way casually to the
rear, and in a few moments they were.
safely closeted.
Now began Kruger. as he took
seat by the table and faced them with
mapping eyes, "the first thing l want
10 make plain to you gentlemen is, If
[ make any deal today it's to be witt,
Mr. Hooker. II you boys are pardners
you can talk 1t over together, but l
deal with one man, and that's Hooker
"All right?" he inquired. glancing at
De Lancey. and that young man
nodded indulgently.
Very well. them" resumed Kruger
now to get down to business. This
mine that I'm talking about is located
down here In Sonora within three
hours ride Of big American camp.
II isn't any old Spanish mine, or Lost
padre layout; tie weIl-defned ledge
running three or four hundred dollars
to the ton--and know right where IL
IL, too.
What I want to do Is to establish
the title to 1t now, while this revolu.
ton is going on. and make bonanza
out of 1t afterward. OF course, II you
boys don't want to go back into Mex
leo. that settles It: but II you do 90,
and let you In on the deal, you've got
to see It through or I'll lose the whole
thing. So make up your minds. and
IL you say you'll go. want you to stick
to 1T"
We'll go. all right" spoke up De
L4ancey, III it's rich enough"
aHow about your inquired Kruger.
turning impatiently on Bud: with you
go7~
-Yes. III CO." answered Bud sullen-
w. But amt stuck on the job" he
added. Jest about get 1t opened up
Then bunch Of rebels will Jump In
<ad take everything we've got"
Well. YOU sst titls to II and PAS
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CHAPTER iI-contInued.

That's the rock" he said. she
runs four hundred dollars to the ton.
and the ledge is eight inches wide be-
tween the walls. Nice ore, Ell? And
she lays between shale and porphyry.'
His eyes sparkled as he carefully
replaced the specimen. and then he
looked up at Bud.
I'll let you In on that he said,
half and half-or I'll pay two hundred
dollars a month and Sonus. You
alone. Now how about it?"
For moment Hooker looked at him
as IL to read his thoughts. then he
shook his head and exhaled his smoke
respectfully.
Nope" he said. ME and Phil are
partners. We work together"
'I'll give you three hundred" cried
Kruger. half rising in his chair.
Nope" grunted Bud. we're pard-
0ers.'
"Huh!" snorted the mining man
and flung away in disgust. But as he