f BULLIES IN BATTLE.
Th Barroom Typ of Rowdy Whan
Put to th Ttit of War.
"The barroom bully Is an arrant cow
ard when put to the test of war." With
this saying of the late General Rose
crans as his topic, a speaker at a clvlo
betterment meeting discoursed on the
ways of the average "bad man" of the
modern cities. He read from a writing
of General Rosecrans, familiarly known
s "Old Rosy," In which that officer de-
rcrlbed a regiment of men from Cln
lnnatl in - civil war In which there
Were many of the barroom bully class
w6o had been pressed into the service
or entered as substitutes to earn a few
"hundred dollars. When these men
came face to face with the grim fight
ers in gray of the Confederacy and
they realized that in warfare the rifle
makes the puny weakling a match for
the muscular giant, tho bullies Just
turned pale and flunked. They couldn't
stand rifle fire any rre than they
would the steely bayonet. Big, brawny
bruisers who had been wont to swag
ger about town with chips on tholr
shoulders looking for some weaker ves
sel to tackle found In the fire and
moke of battle that, while their
frames and muscles were large, their
real courage was mighty small and of
the craventy coward sort.
"Better take the pale faced, modest
mannered Sunday school lads when
you want real soldiers men who can
face the bullets or the bayonets of the
nemy rather than the brawny red
faced bullies of our cities, who, when
they are outdone in an argument, want
to resort to brute force to settle the
question in dispute," wrote General
Rosecrans, and he should have known.
Washington Star.
CHANGED THE TYPES.
The Story of a Vengeful Wife and a
Bible Error,
In the famous library of Volfenbut
tel, in Hesse, Is an old Bible which is
greatly treasured. It appears that in
that passage in Genesis where God
told Eve tbat Adam shall be her mas
ter and slii'll rule over her the German
translation is, "Und er soil dein herr
6elu." "Horr," which means master,
does not occur iu this Bible, but instead
there apix-nrs the word "narr," which
means fool.
The error was caused by a quarrel
between the printer ami his wife iii'the
year l.'SO. The wife was vengeful,
and In tlio silent watches of the nlgbt
Bhe entered the room where her hus
band bad been setting type nnd mali
ciously changed "herr" to "nnrr." The
printer was arrested after the book
had been printed and the mistake dis
covered, but his apprentice testified
that he saw the wife steal Into the
composing room and ulter the word.
The woniau was Imprisoned for blas
phemy nnd died in nrisou.
Orders were gi;..-n that nil the copies
of the edlti' ' should be destroyed.
This was done, with the exception of
the one copy In the Wolfcnbuttel library.
TRAINED NURSE.
Commercial Term In Law.
The plalntilT wns statin:? his caee:
"Tour honor, I was walking alongside
of the waiting train when this man,
who is a stranger to me, and without
any cause whatever, reached out of the
car window and planted a couple of
powerful Mows upon my face."
"Your honor," expostulated tho de
fendant. "I was so onnired by the de
lay of that train and the miserable
service of that road In general that I
just had to give vent to my feelings
In some. way. I couldn't restrain my
self." 'I feel for you," admitted the judge,
who bad had occasion to travel on the
same road, "but I am comjioUed to
fine you nevertheless. That pair of
hand me downs will cost you just $10.
-New York Tress.
Writes Letter to the People.
"To whom it may concern: I am
a trained nurse of nine years' experi
ence in hospitals and private cases,
and for the benefit of the people of
Asheboro I wish jou would publish
my experience with the cod liver
preparation, Vinol.
"I was completely prostrated from
overwork. I had no appetite, could
not Bleep, my kidneys, liver and bow
els became inactive, and as I grew
weaker I could not retain either
medicine or food on my stomach,
and raised blood. The doctors said
my condition was critical and I
would probably die.
"As I had seen Vinol prescribed
for my patients with such remarka
ble results, I decided to try it. Af
ter the first bottle I began to im
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soon began to sleep aud eat well;
every organ in my body was strength
ened and became normal, until it
seemed good to be alive and I was
restored to perfect health and
strength.
"I advise all my patients who need
strength, rich, red blood, and ilesh
tissue to take Vjnol, as it is so far
superior to old-fashioned cod liver
oil, emulsions, or other tonics."
Elizabeth M. Cremond, Trained
Nurse, Boston, Mass.
In Asheboro we sell Vinol on a
positive guarantee to return money
if it fails. Stauda-d Drug Co.
The Outlook for lletter Times.
Henry Clews thinks with the
beginning of the uewr year people
will breathe more freely aud hope
return.
"1 hegreat mass of the plain peo
ple have not been injured to auy
extent by the finai.cial storm, and
it is tuey wno uetennine in the long
run the prosperity of the land.
I he farmers are well off, the me
chanics are employed aud the It
boring man was never so independ
ent and happy. If the railroads
and corporations can only secure
new loans on fair terms there will
be employment for all, and the
trouble we have passed through will
in a few months be but a memory
to most of our fellow-citizens."
Mi. Clews, it will be observed,
does not say a word about rate
legislation.
The exports of the United States
are greater than ever Ufore. The
crops were large and prices are fair.
Th" cotton crop has not to any
great extent been marked. The
c uutry ought to be prosperous.
Many fear times will not im
prove. K. C. Benedict, banker and
broker, of New York, and Well
known in the business world, is
pess'ini.tic in his opinion, lie
says: "The country is in a state
of linaucial anarchy. This has
been without exception the worst
panic we have ever experienced and
I cannot make a forecast. I only
wish I could. Just now there is a
condition of inllation resulting
from the importation of gold, the
vast increase in the National bank
calculation anJ certified checks to
take the place of currency. In
spite of all this, currency is at a
premium. The end must result in
a period where everybody will have
p'enty of money aud nothing to do,
but when such a period will come
nobodv knows."
THE OLD TIME FARMHOUSE IS
PASSING AWAY
Mdern Methods of IC'ommunlratiou are
Citifying ''xe Country.
The new direct means of commu
nication with the city has quickened
on the farm the sense of needed
improvements that the outside
world has acquired, says The De
lineator for January. And if
tiere is not a mortgage written over
the doorway of the home to the ex
clusion of all expenditure, the
farmhouse, in the year when the
crops are good, now gets a bathroom
instead of an organ or a new plush
upholstered furniture set for the
parlor. In the cities it is an adjunct
of modern iiving that has made the
humblest tenement dweller a sharer
in the luxury of the Caesars. One of
the best of the gifts that inventive
genius has bestowed on mortals, is
the enameled iron fixtures of a
hundred dollar bathroo.ft offering all
of cleanliness and comfort that
more money can command.
It depends upon the pill you take. De
Witt's Little Early Risers are the best pills
known for constipation and sick headache
Sold by St ndarii Drug Co. and Asheboro
Drug Co., Ash -b ro, N. O.
A Virginian's Tribute to Hubert K.Lee.
No man ever commanded more
absolutely the love and trust of his
soldiers than Robert E. Lee. Their
devotion was not that of the reckless
followers of Napoleon. It was like
the lov aud trust of children fcr
a father. He rode and walke 1 and
talked among them like a farmer
with his sons. They knew his great
mind planned for their safety as
well as their glory; they knew he
was faultlessly brave; absolutely free
fiom personal designs; that his
heart aud sonl weie wrapt up iu
them; that be shared their triumphs
and their suffering as truly as if he
were a private soldier.
Lee's place in the Virginian heart
is next to Washington, whom he
much resembled in some things
even ahead of Washington. There
was more love iu Lee's composition
than in Washington's.
I count it an inestimable privilege
that I knev this great man not
as an cipial or an intimate, of course,
but as a very humble and a very
insignificant young person who was
allowed to touch the hem of his
garment.
I knew all the other great military
leaders of that period Gran John
son, Sherman, Sheridan had many
oportunilies to observe them in
public and iu private. None of
them inipie ed me us did General
Lee. Possibly I was partial, but I
do not think so. Alo.it that war I
am a philosopher. It was inevitable,
and the men on loth sides wire
equally entitled to respect. Neither
victory nor defeat decided the ques
tion who was the greatest soldier.
History must decide that upon th"
facts, viewed without bias when till
passion has subsided,
W th the same satisfaction 1 feel
that 1 have viewed the J locking,
Niagara, the boundless billows of
mid-ocean .the starry vault of heav
en amidst inanimate things; I thank
Gob that I was permitted to see
Robert K. Lee among men. all
these represent the best that Nalme
can produce. From "General Lee
As I Knew Him," by John fc. Wise,
in The Circle for January,
The Solemn Scotchman.
A Scottish parin was attending a I
funeral iu 1:1s own churchyard. The i
service over and dust given to dust,
the green sod smoothed down over the !
narrow bed, the company departed, j
But a worthy man remained behind '
and approached the parson with a j
solemn face, as though for serious talk.
"Din yo ken what I aye think at a
funeral?" Many serious reflections
have come to one there, nnd tho clergy
man expected some belittlng thought.
"No. What is it you always think?"
The answer was, "I aye think I'm
desierate gledd it's no me." The In
cumbent of that parish was mortified.
Dundee Advertiser.
"WUiITU' flU , iLlLLTPTI
Christian! and Non-Christian.
If all tho Itoman Catholics in the
world were assembled In one city they
would nuike a city larger than the en
Ore population of the United States,
Russia nnd Austria-Hungary. But all
the religious Protestant and Catholic
denominations combined would make
a city only nbout one-third the size of
a city largo enough to contain all the
Mohammedans. Iiuddlilsts, Kruhnians,
pagans and other non-Christians of the
world. Minneapolis Journal.
Her Amiable Husband,
Mrs. Tittle That photographer's wife
always goes to some other man's stu
dio to have her photographs taken.
Mrs. Tattle Of course. She never
could "look pleasant" when her own
husband was about.
Still Unsettled.
"Are yon entirely settled In your new
flat?"
"No, not entirely; the landlord is still
uagnlng us for tho balance due on the
first mouth's rent." Milwaukee Sentinel.
A man has no right to stone his wHfe, i
tut he may rock bis baby. Chicago i
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