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JOIEIiN W. SLEDG-E, puohuetor.
VOL. XXX.
A. IN" E "W" S IP -A. IP E 12; FOE THE PEOPLE
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAItCII 26. 189G.
'THHRjlsLS: J10 I'EK ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
NO. 49.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
COULD HARDLY WALK
ON Al'COl'NT OP
RHEUMATISM
P. H. FORD
mm
Quachita Cilj, La.,
AftlT
TV0 YEARS
Suffering
IS CURED
HY
TIIE I'SE OF
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
02
For fully two your. I sunVm. from
rlipimmtistn, anit was freqm ntly in such 0J
ft rntllon that I could lianlly walk. 0;
I spent some time in Hot Sirtngs, Ark.,
:mmI the treatment Itelped m for the q
I'.hjp beinp; but soon the complaint re- of
' O
ever. Ayer's Sarsaparilla being rccom- r
1 coiled. I resolved to irv it. ami, after C:
.:iii;: six luttlcH, I was completely
v.nu."-V. II. num. (Jiiachita City, La. 0
Ayer's Sarsaparilla I
Admitted
; ti:e world's
"'. " "fMSpO 6,0 0000 0 92,
je!3 1y.
rr.Ai.i: or yoitii.
WHAT THE MAJORITY WEAR.
OLD MEMORIES AWAKENED.
There is no Peace, whether in Youth or A Vast Majority of Women Now on Earth The Little Book Male Him Thoughtful for
aw. Mve 111 Living Righteously. wear Trousers. One Night.
A HOME IN THE COUNTRY.
CAN PICK OCT A WIFE.
It is a Great Thing for a Child to grow up New W. C. T. I. Plan to Give All L'n-
within the Hearing of a Battling mariieJ Girls a Chance.
Brook.
And now everybody is going to have
It takes a good deal to make a good a chance.
home. It needs something evon besides The ladies of the W. C. T. U. of
father and mother, an an open fire, and Portsmouth will shortly organize a uni
the oat on tlio hearth, The first element quo society, to be known as the "Naples
in the house itself, which needs to bo Matrituouiul Society." They thiuk aim
distinctly different from any other house ilur societies will bo foimcd by tho W,
in sight. Then there noods to be some C, T. U. throughout the country and
hind around a house before it can be that they will eventually take tho place
"real homely." It givos play room for of the various matrimonial bureaus in
the eyes as well as the foet. A wide certain citios.
range of woods will do more for a child Naples girls, I t years and over, assem-
in a week than yellow bricks and dirty Lie once every year in odo of the
paving will do for him in a yoar or ever churches, and the unmarried men who
do for him. T.t is a great thing for a so desire go there and choose wives. The
child to grow up within earshot of a bab- proposed society will carry out a similar
tiling brook. There is a kind of musi-1 arrangement, except that the girls who
in a church
will have to
TO MAKE LOVE.
A New ani Very Novel. Though not Suc
cessful, Method.
Si
FAIR os
LLIAM FREEMAN,
ORTRAIT AKTIST AND PHO-
tographcr ami dealer iu
FRAMES. EASELS.AMATEUR
Supplies, etc.
OLD PICTl'RECOPYINti AHl'l'.CIAI.TY
First class work guaranteed.
octlOly. 170 Main St., Norfolk Va.
It is not customary to consider youth Amid the unending arguments re- It was only an ordinarily bound, sniall-
as a period distinguishing by that quie speoting bloomers, knickerbockors and sized Bible, and would not attraot more
tudoofsoul and rcstfulness of mind other portions of feminine wearing than a passing glance from any one of
which we commonly assoeiato with the apparel, no one Beems to have noticed the hurrying hundreds who passed the
word peace. It is mure apt to be ro the fact that the vast majority of women little table in fiont of the second-hand
gurded us a restless, unsatisfied, ever upon tho earth at the present time book storo everyday. Perhaps it had been
changing, ever striving season of life, actually wear trousers. there for years unnoticed until ono day
full of alternate raptures and disappoint- Tho women of China, with its giant last week, when its former owner found
meiits, Lut little marked by that uniform, population of 400,000,000, wear plain it. He was ambling along, surrounded
deep content which is reckoned the straight up-and-down trousers, wbioh are by several boon companions a man of
heritage of uge. Hut us one advances in simplicity itself. The women of Korea about 3C years, from his general appear-
ycars, he caunot help feeliug the injustice wear enormous trousers, containing ancc, but one whose eyes looked like
and uiistakcmiess of this common coucep- enough material to make an entire suit, those of an old man the kind of eyes
tion. He looks back upon his youth The women of Mongolia, Manchuria, ono sees io tho sockets about the gain-
wilh a wistful sense of its unruffled hap- Thibet, the Shan states, Macao and bling houses. Ho was the jolliest of the
piness, its freedom from heavy rcsponsi- Tonkin wear the sime style of trousers crowd, and in a boisterous way was jok-
bility and care, its innocence of the tin as the Chinese The women of Siberia ing bis fellows. As his eyes shifted
and sorrow of life, its bright, dreamful wear heavy trousers made of sheepskin, restlessly he happened to catch sight of wlness of spirit that will become bis in desire to assemble
days and sweet forgetful nights. Then goats' skin and other cheap furs or fur- that little leather covered Bible as it lay that he will never be able to acquire to be thus chosen
if ever, he knows that his soul was at lined or cotton padded cloth. The so- on the dirty table in front of the old from a piano teacher or a fiddling mas- register with the society three months
' nee. Age may restore to In in some I called Turkish trousers or zouave trousers I second nanu store, in au iusiuuv uc tor. xiiis wiue rauge oi propeui iu ucuw me uaie, u ui iuC ouwc.j,
measure of that quietude, hut the peace which is gathered in below the knee or stopped as if petrified and forgetting his also companion him with the bright and may satisfy itselt that they are girls ot
of age can never be quite so perfect, to at the ankle, is worn in Turkey, Arabia, companions stood riveted to the Bpot more earnest moods of the great mother moral character, and the men who are
utter, so untroubled and deeply sweet, as Syria the Barbary states, Algeria, Tunis, Then he walked quickly into the store earth on whose bosom he is being nour to apply at the church to select brides
tho peace of youth. Who does not Tripoli, Egypt, Nubia, Persia, Armenia, and asked the old woman to come out- ished. He will have opportunity to see will be required to register three months
recall the days when he was basked iu Tartary and by the 60,000,000 Meham- side. the days l.iuhien in the east in the prior to the date of choosing, so that the
tho sun, as a child, and seemed to float medans of India. "How much for this book?" he asked, morning, and his soul will unconsciously society may investigate their characters,
away into a golden sea of hupo and joy The riding costumes of all civilived picking it up. absorb some of the glory of the setting to ascertain if they are industrious and
and rest? Who can forget tho softness of women have cloth trousers, as have the "Thirty-five cents," was tho reply. sun. Children in the city hardly ever temperate. Only men who have these
dm r,;il., Cv,i.il, iin.,k..n .J .wlin,, nnuinmna nf 1V10 wnmpn nf Hawaii. Tho man handed her a silver dollar, see tho sun eome or go dowu. It sim- qualities will be allowed to choose a
rosier waking, crowned with that deli- Mexico and all of the Central and South and, picking up the book, left the store, ply grows light ab..u ihe time they have wife.
cieus physical sense of perfect recupcra- American republics. Over thirty differ- "What on earth do you want with to get up, and grows dark a dozen or so Those who register will be informed
tion and unimparod vigor? Truly, youth cnt tribes in Russia employ the same gar- that book ?" exclaimed one of the 'gang,' later. To a child in the tountry there fifteen days in advance of their standing,
is a time of peace peace deep and sweet mcnt for their women. who did not see the title. But the man is likewise an opportunity for him to see Men will be required to pay a registra-
and memorable, such as we may never The Eskimo, Kamschatdale, Alaskan, paid no attention to tho question. In- it rain. There is a great difference be- tion fee of 81, but girls will be allowed
know again uutil we are born into the Lap and many of the Finnish women use stead he opeued the book, and there on tween rain and falling water. Kaiu in to register free. The intended brides
new childhood of heaven. But the fur trousers. In other words, over half tho fly leaf saw the inscription : "To the city is only wetness broken loose, and will prob.bly be required to wear white,
heart of youth is glad and content only of all tho women on tho globe wear my boy," and underneath the date, is calculated only in terms of street cloan- instead of black, as in Naples. The prin-
wheu it is iu its natural slate a state of trousers. Tho most advanced whcolwo- "July 5, 1880." As he read the words ing and acqurduct supplv, a square mile cipal object of the society is to afford
perfect harmony with nature uud with man is setting no new example or doing two tears came into his eyes and one of of rain or a dozen square miles is a dif- girls who desire to marry an opportunity
God. How quickly the infringement of anything out of the ordinary run when them plashed down upon the book. His feretit uj.nier, and is unconsciously con- to secure temperate and industrious bus
divine law robs tho voung si.irit if all she dons her knickerbockers or her companions had by this time passed on strueted by the child as being a mood of bands.
PI ... . . .... . .i. mi .c .1 :ll la
this bloom of peace and delight. The bloomers. and had entered a saloon, Out ne am not nature s ininU ratner man a uyuropatnic ine question oi me uaie win soou uo
soul rest has disappeared, the "brightness The novelty is our own race. Up to think of them. His thoughts were ol uneorkiug. .Slill more impressive upon fixed on, and it is probable that directly
is gone, out of the sky, and the flecci the time of tho Norman conquest the that twenty nrst birthday, Mtcen years the child s mind are the strango comuiu- alter t.ent, wnen, alter aue ueuoerauou,
ess out of the summer ciouds, wluu a attiro of the masses in England and ago, when his mother had given the nications ma lo to him by the lightning society men and girls have the "commou
boy or girl has entered upon a course ol Europe was rather scant. little book to htm on the eve ot nis at- flashes above liuu across a hundred miles sense acquired ny a season oi mvoious
loin" Cimscioiico has a keen and A relic of thoeo days is found in the parturc tor the city, in a minute ne nan .,t country ,ky, and tne weird aurora anu experience win oe cuoseu.
ready sting ere time has dull-'d it, and bareliuibed peasaut women of Scotland, lived over all those evil uiteen years ma. tin- .-.u,! ad uvoe, traen oi -laiuug mere win ue co o. c..s.u.,
ih,. von.h ,-ani.ot break the least of God s Ireland and half of Europe. Wen only had elapsed since then, and unminuiui or :i,-,r o, u ni.u leel now solemnly oi course; me eipmwe.uui vomu.ee.
u.. ,.;,K,., 0,,ffrin (V.r it ,.,nt ininns, . Irn t wonr trmiMra in the last cen- the Dassersbv stood in the middle of lb, do,,- i him is in.-great wonderful world and the "caught on the rebouuders
. . . ' . .. . .... i- i.:. . ..
I.. T ... n.,.i;,in. f i,. voi. tl. I h.ru onH vpn thun thpr n.m a vcrv 1 crowded street tne dook eiiii opou iu uis aoove in.' eionus
IV. .u V. j '"-Jl - I . - . .1
then, is a coudition of perpetual obedi- bitter fight made against their use by hand. His companions had by this
ence to law, rectitude of thought, word the supporters of knee breeches. Europe time missed him and came back,
and deed, holiness untu the Lord, cm is simply following in the footsteps of "Hurry up, old boy, the drinks are
neeration to what is pure and good and Asia, with the distance betweon them of ordered, and there's a good game going
A good story is told of a youug man
who had gained access to the house of
one of the richest and most aristocratic
families in this city. Ho fell in love
with the only daughter of the bouse,
and tried to ingratiate himself with her
in every possible manner, especially by
bringing her tho latest publications.
One day tho father of tho young lady
fuund ono of these books lying on the
table and began glancing through it. In
one of tho chapters he found a number
of the words underlined with a lead pen
cil not beautiful passages, but iosigoifi
cant words such as "I" and "You." He
turned over leaf after leaf, and found
everywhere the same thing.
He connected up the underlined words
and read as follows: "Dearest Fraulien,
Will it insult you if I tell you that I
adore you, and "
In short, a love letter of the most
ADVERTISEMENTS.
reculator7
THE DE3T
SPRING MEDICINE
Is Simmons liver regulator. Don't
forget to take it. Now is the time you
need it most to wake up your Liver. A
sluggish Liver brings on Malaria, Fever
and Ague, Rheumatism, and many other
ills which shatter the constitution and
wreck health. Uon't forRet the word
Regulator, it is Simmons Liver
Regulator vm want. The word Reg
ulator disliiunishci it from all other
remedies. And, besides this, SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR is a Regulator of tho
Liver, keeps it properly at work, that your
system may be kept in good condition.
FOR THE BLOOD take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR. It is the best blood
r I T It- I 1
u- j .: -J i; tha pur er ana corrector, ny a aim nui
gushing description, and closing with the diftereni.e. Look for the RED Z
suggestive words: "Answer in the next on every package. You wont find it on
, " any other medicine, and there is no other
Copter. Ler renicJy !ike SIMMONS LIVER
Then he took a lead pencil, underlined REGULATOR the KhiRof Liver Remedies,
some words in tho next chapter, wrapped Be sure yu g -l It.
tho book in a piece ot paper, ana nanueu
it to his footman, whom he instructed to
take it back to the young gentleman.
The latter opened tho volume, his
heart throbbing like a sledge hammer,
and found the words were underlined in
the next chapter. He read as follows-
"You young scoundrel ! If you dare
to cross the threshold of my house again,
I shall kick you out of the window."
New York Mercury.
PIGEON
MILKJ
THE GREATEST
DISCOVERY OF
THE AGE.
CnrM in 1 to 4 dart, Im
lediate in effect ; quick to
core. Can be carnod in f K
Docket, all oomolete in one
smalt package, jjnnt by mail, prepaid, plain
paoaage, on receipt ox price, ei per oox,
For sale by W. M. COHEN, Druggist,
5-9-ly Weldon, N. C
TRUMPET CALLS.
Let the good work go on. Washing
ton Times.
THE KINI H1IU ADMUtKD.
TASTELE5S
CHILL
TDMIE
IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE 50 Cts.
Galatta, Ills., Nov. 16, 1693.
Parti Heeicln Co., Hi. lama, Mo,
ennobling. Let no young person think 2,000 years.
that tho mere exuberauce of bis youth
will keep him in the sunshine of life, il
he gives himself over to the things which
hurt the soul Thero is no peace,
whether in youth or age, save iu living
righteo isly and fulfiling the noble iin
pulses of one's being. But to the young
person who lives rightly shall come such
benisou of peace as sh all seem to biing C!lti
down to him something of heaven itself,
filling him with a sense of the Divine
Presence, and bringing him into harmony
Blacktowa Aphorisms.
A lazy niggah doan't like to hear
rountahs croin'.
Man wid de itch doan't mind bein'
scratched.
De sewer rat doan't fancy the grocer's
on upstairs, oned ono, but tne man
only shook his head and quietly said:
"I don't think I'll play today. Good
bye, boys, I'm going home on the 5
o'clock train." Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE ART OF CROSS-EXAMINING.
Rai s Mora bounjsa Warning Note to tne
I'nrejeemeJ.
f a Shrew J, Ingenious Lawyer Can Get a
Witness in a Confused State.
Gentlemen: Wo aold laal year, SOO bottles of I ,. :a nnA ,rlm Jn
3HOVKS) TASTUI.KflS CUILL TONIC and have I " evcijiuiu;, gvu uu wu ...
taught luree grow already title year. In all our ex- I .
oertence ol It years, In the drug buMnesa, bnve I tne UnlVcr80.
oeverlold an article Ihalgave am-n uutveraal aallai
taction A4 juu Tunis, xoura truly,
Al)NSr",CAJlB Cft
A MATltlMOlAL OFFEU.
i
-SOLD AND WARRANTED BV-
She was a blon de, and her hair was
J)j.f A..S.H3.rriSOH, gd'j coming out of curl. He was a
I Druneuo, ana wore a wiuu- uuu.ujtu
ENFIELD, N, L. anj arl expression of great emotion
Ti.,.u w,.r.i .micivliiL' ilui free ozine of
XI nut un-uitrnty r n (,mrVirk anJ Wi!M tllinkill.
FINF RRdr.FRIFs "NJ
I ilia. m,iw.iiw I 1 r i.tr l. Itr r,..rt ami W..frt thintTII),'
av j mcvai ...it. ...... . r-
'& ijiflCurifi (s eaui1 tiier'9ihoui'ti18' jhDnie Chaffiu
pv I oauie aiuug.
f I .... . ..con i..
.Ulster have you a maicn i ue m
quired.
Not quite. I m trying my best
make one," was the brunette's calm
ply
CHEAP GROCERIES.
FRUITS 4 CONFECTIONERIES.
COME AND SICE.
Niggah dat talks to himself talks to a
fool.
De moon doan't mind de bulldogs
barkin'.
Do shirt tail man's got no breeches to
lend.
It doan't cost nuffin to ask for a nickel.
Black beans tastse like white beans in
de dark.
Do Btummicks not ticular when its
hungry.
Much washin' doan't make a niggah
whiter.
De higher de coon climbs de moah be
show his tail.
"You say you know Mr. Sharp?" asks
the lawyer.
"Yes, sir."
"You swear you know him?"
"Yes, sir."
"You mean that you are acquainted
with Mr. Sharp?"
"Yes, sir."
"You don't know himj you are merely
acquainted with him. Remember that
you are on an oath, sir. Now be careful.
You don't mean to tell the eourt that
you know all about Mr. Sharp, and
everything ho ever did?"
Wino opens the damper to let all the
fires of evil io a man burn.
God sends danger only where he has
first sent courage.
To love an enemy is a sure way to
please Christ,
A brewer's horse fares better than a
drunkard's child.
Bridget starts her fire with ooal oil'
Tho devil uses alcohol.
The maan who does not look ahead
will soon have to fall back.
Thero is no sin that a man inflamed
with drink may not commit.
Every moderate drinker is leading an
army of boys toward the pit.
Appetite for drink is tho devil's iron
chain on the drunkard's neck.
The easiest time to let drink alone is
before the first drink is taken.
The sparkling in the wino is made by
one of the devil's sharpest teeth.
Il is when we are most helpless that
He Are ynu an admirer of Longf.
low?
She No; I prefer these short fellows
that you cau reach when you want to pull
their hair!
SENSITIVE,
i
"Miss Prettyface is very sensitive."
"In what way?''
"When Jerkins compared her feet to
little mice at the dance she fainted.
CONSOLING THOUGHT.
HIS K IMPUTATION.
Burden Goodly must bo an awful
liar.
Baiitin.' How can vou say such a
thing? Ho has the reputation of being
the most truthful man in the country.
Nobody ever doubts his word.
Burden That's exactly why I say so.
Truth is so much stranger than fiction
that a man must bo a very clever liar to
get himself believed.
CLOSE-MOUTHED.
Jeas George asked me last nijht if
the roses on your cheeks were genuine.
Bess And you slid?
Jess Nothing simply winked.
A PRACTICAL ANSWER.
"This is leap year," remarked the
maiden timidly, "and I am disposed to
avail myself of my sex's privilege. Mr.
Tillimzhast. I love vou. Will you be
mine?"
"But can vou support a husband?"
asked Mr. Tillinghas', anxiously.
PETERSBURG DIRECTORY-
HARDWARE,
RASH, BLINDS, and DOORS.
111!
CUCUMBEK PUMPS,
For sale by
PLUMMER & WHEELER,
PETKRSBURG, VA.
my ly.
EDclAR Cl'KKlER.
T. B. TJNDERHILL
CURRIER fc UNDERBILL,
BOSTON ONE PRICE
Ot
lung
Eons.
'Tis hard to love and not be loved;
Still, balm attcuds the curse;
The man who has no flowers to buy,
Keeps money in his purse.
HIS GREAT MISTAKE.
When de wolf's preachin' look out for juj"
"I supposi
"Never mind what you suppose; please I Christ is most willing to help us.
answer my question. Do you or do you If we will not hear God to day
not know everything that Mr. Sharp may IefUse to hear us to morrow.
The Wite When you proposed to
me, John, did you think I would accept
you?
The Husband Not the first time.
"The second?
"I wasn't going to propose but onoe."
Puck.
"Jones "I notice that you frequently
speak of things that happen at two a. m.
and so on. Are you a newspaper man?
Smith No, but I frequently walk
the streets all night.
"Insomnia ?"
"No, my wife locks the door at ten
m."
he
READY TO E TIMED.
Come one, come all, both large nud small,
Eiamine my stock, helore iiuj inn ai a".
For hit stock is complete and prices low,
To compete with the products the farmers
grow,
I thank my kind friends for the patronage
nl the paat
And assure them all I'll be true to the Inst.
And Guarantee them 111 every respect
The goods purchased from me they'll never
regret,
Therefore come all, both lurue and small,
For I will deal honestly with you all,
Do not deluy, come right away
And make yonr purcliat to day. .
J. 1.. JUDKINS.
denlUiT.
DVKUTbKM KNT8.
octM ly.
JANatat. HOLLIH,
tJlLIK 4
la Our Great Qranddither'a Time.
big bulky yd'' wert In
tl use. uaeuie
uiidrrbuai" of
tat ileeade they
err big and cluiil
but InelTec-
ve. In tliia cent
ury of enlight
enment, we have
I)r. Pierces
I'leasaiit Pel
lets, which
cure all liver,
stomach and
bowel derange
ments Iu the
niost effective
way.
Assist Nature
a little now and then, with gentle,
cleansing laxative, thereby removing of
f.mlimr matter from the stomach and
waltm . DANHI. w.i. toning tin and invigorating the
DANIEL, ,:,. .j niiickeuiiig its tardy action,
ana you were or icm. y -
PROFESSIOSA I. CAR18.
OWARD ALSTON,
H
Attorney-at-Law
le lambs.
Man wid a honey tongue got a persiir.
moo heart.
Weeds doan't mind much how dey's
plauted
Long as do cabin door's low the nig-
ih must stoop.
Do fox is in tho jury box when de
!oose am iri. d
Why Not?
A foreigner, who has not been long in
ibis country, and is learning our Ian
"No "
"That'll do, sir. No, you do not
Very good. So you are not acquainted
with all his acts?"
"Of course "
"Stop there. Are you or are you
not?"
"No."
It is a long step towatd heaven to be
born in a h. me where Christ is loved.
Many a man puts his family in the
dark t help I ho saloon pay its gas bill.
0 if ..f i he bar lest things for some
men to f .ruieia a differenco in creed.
The mill ho serves the devil has to
begin hi- day's work before breakfast.
Mum t mm has s'.irted out to reform
do
She (eargcrly) What would you
if you were called to bear arms?
He (promptly) I should fly to them
with the greatest of pleasure.
She Would you, really, and without
any hesitation?
He Just try mo and sec! Town
Topics.
WHERE MYSTERY DWELLS.
HALIFAX, N. t
guage, thus liberates his puzzled soul in I anything about Mr Sharp's act's when
you are n.H vfiib him, you cant swear
that you know him, ean you?"
If you put it that way "
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WlLDON, N. C.
Practice In Itaeoourtjof Hallrai andNorthamr
t m and In the Supreme and Federal oouru. Col.
m.tlnni made In ellnarMoi Konn unmu..
a,.ni. etM traiiik n n . nnen every Hon
...uu. vuauv .fc ,
day. J" ' 'T
T. T. ROSS,
D El ITT I S T
Weldon, N. C.
WOffice over Emry Pierce'sBtore.
10-19-ly.
I)R, W.J. WARD,$c
Siipi Dentist,
ENFIELD, N. C.
eCOfflot over Harriton'i Drug Stor
den 30 ly.
niullitude of distressing diseases, such as
headaches, indigestion, r ..jr".
biliousness, pimples, blotches, eruptions,
boils, constipation, piles, fistulas and
maladies too numerous m a.t.....
If people would pay more attention to
properly regulation the action of their
Wels, they would have less f-
ouent occasion io can ir u.c. u... -Uervices
to subdue attacks of dangerous
diseases. , .
That, of all known aKci.c
plish this purpose, Dr. '"""P"
Pellets are utiequaled, la proven by the
fact that once used, they are always in
favor Their secondary effect is to keep
the bowels open and regular, not to fur
tn constipate, as is the case with other
pill,. Hence, their great popularity,
1 ... . l..l,,t.iiilrnutluatlon.
Vvltn sunerci!.
piles and indigestion. ,,.
A free sample of the " Pellets," 4 to 7
doses) OH trial. Is mailed to any Jdresa,
post-paid, on receipt of name and address
on postal card.
Address, WoRtD'l DisMNSARV MM.
61, Association1, Buffalo, N, x,
If a lot of little mouse
Are a lot of little mice,
Why are not a lot of houses
Called a lot of little hioe?
If a lot of little gooses
Are a lot of little geese.
Why are not a lot of mooees
Called a lot of little moese?
How to Become Beautiful-
Eat fruit for breakfast.
Eat fruit for luncheon.
Avoid pastry.
Shun ttiufUns and crumpets.
And buttered toast.
Rut whole meal bread.
Refuse rioe puddings.
Decline potatoes if they are
more than onee a day.
Do not drink too much tea or coffee.
"That is to say, you are not so well ao
piaintea war. nun as you tn.n.g.it you ,ha w, tia, ai.a st. ppea at the nrs. nouse. TbWs ,ho (,uWj
The devil has gained his point when I And in the azure sky,
he convinces U3 that littlfi bio. Wuik Do I There's Kiandeur iu the vasty deep ,
And in the mountains high;
There's terror in the tempest black,
And in tho lightning's flash;
There's wonder in tho firmament,
And mystery in tho hash.
Kansas City Journal.
were?'
"IVsibly not."
"Just so. Now wo begin to under
stand each other. If you don't koo
ill.
No man can grind down another with-
eut first placing his own soul under the
millstoao.
The man who begins by drinking
"Come, sir, don't speak to evade my I 9nme liujo may end by having to drink
question. I will put it to you agin. 1 ,n the tioio.
ON CROSS-EXAMINATION,
When you say you know Mr. Sharp
I you don't mean to say you know every
tliina he does?"
"No, sir; of course not."
"Just so; of course not. Ihen J"U
"What kind of meat did you have for
breakfast?"
"Don't know."
"Do you mean to say to the eourt fiat
HE STUDIED THE STARS.
A BUSINESS LOSS.
He Even the undertaker was over
come with grief.
She Was he a relative ?
He No; but the deceased was the
only doctor in the town.
He Will you give me just one kiss?
She My dear boy, yeu don't know
how little satisfaction there is in just one
kiss.
Wife Shall I put your diamond studs
in your shirt, dear ? Husband What
on earth are you thinking of? Do you
want to ruin me? I have a meeting
with my creditors this morning.
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If ynu would teach children to hate
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The Christian should never complain
wero not quite oorrect, were you, when of his hard fortune while be knows that T0U don't know what kind of meat you
vou said vou knew Mr. Sharp?" Uhrist is his irieuu. Dad for breakfast?"
"No, sir." When a man cots up early in the "I do it was sausagel"
"In point of fact, you don't know Mr miming to drink, he is apt to spend the
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