qskbbal Bros mu
The oympothy of Mr*. Abu By*
bocky, of Chicago, nosed bar to re
frain from asking for alimony whan
Judge McDonald granted her si di
vorce from John By bee Icy. Sho didn't
know be wa* th* father of ten chil
dren when (be married him on Oct.
23,1»10, but ebe testified ebe left him
after be bad "pulled her around by
the hair.” Bfeo declared be would
n*fd all bis email earnings to support
bis chtdrsn.
Th* sft of 113,000 worth of Jew
slry fro-u tbs apartment of Mr. and
Mr*. Georg* Bird, ia a New Yock dtp
hotel, baa at last ihaken thotr faith
in tbs honesty of mankind. They bad
persisted tat leaving their doer* un
locked, believing everybody about the
place wee boneet, They declared it
wap their coatom when at boas*, in
Aiken, a. C., (and Dark Harbor, Me,
to leave their door* nnbarred.
Army Quartermaster General Ale
shir* has notified the Heewo Military
oocnmltt** that equipment far an
army of 800,000 eras either In the
Government store he usee or could be
bought ia the open market in lane than
three swathe Equipment for 600,
000 is la army or military d spots, and
manufacturing concerns, the general
■aid, eonld easily torn out equipment
for >00,000 ia 80 days. The country
never wa* la better petition in that
regard, be added.
With the temperature hoVeriog
near the eero mark, 12 prisoner*—
three whites and nine negroea wire
publicly flogged at Wilmington, Del.,
the guard who wteUed the “cat o’ nine
tails’* having received instructions to
be gentle with the prisoner*. Wrapp
ed la heavy blanket*, the prisoner*
were taken from their cell* through
an imdriginunii passageway to the
stockade, manacled to the whipping
pest, flogged and then rushed back.
The Brydan Horseshoe work* at
Cataaangue, Pa., is advertising for
one-legged men. Labor is scarce end
the plant baa a machine where crip
ple# can earn just aa much stamplug
out th* ahem aa men who are entirely
able bodied. The arfvartieament con
tains a rlaaaa that applicants, who
can earn from 85 a day upwards, must
present ceftifiestas that they ere
non-drinkers. At th* present time
they are taming out vast quantities
of hotaaahaee for th* Russian cavalry.
i^hat^ wyr hee^ increased Juvenile
meqt distinguished criminologists end
penfeeeers of Jaw In thgt country. Ha
recommend* as a remedy a decree for
bidding boys to visit saloons or mov
ing picture shows, or to loaf about th*
streets during the evening, smoking
aad drinking alcoholic beverages. On*
vrriter point* out that the war has an
indirect influence on boys left without
control through the absence of their
father* in the Add and their mothers
in the workshops.
In the United States in the year
181A eely 888 miles of new railroad
war* constructed, ss against L&32 ia
1914 aad 8/TT1 in 1918. The total was
w*a the smallest since 1884.- The
1 cages* now construction for any an*
state was Pennsylvania, where 96
mOea wep laid. There are now in
the whole country 24LOOO mil** of
tujlmad, of which 88,881 were ia the
hands of reoeivers at the else* of the
year. Umttiag of Income by Govem
regulations la given as th* rea
9oaMr*r^h#a^i*aH expenditures for
year. It h claimed, however, that th*
•itoatkm ia improving, owing to n
<**nge in public and oAdel senti
ment toward the reads.
-CyeUne" Davis, representative
from Tana, has succumbed la IW
whim* of chrtlltation and la naailag
a perfectly rood ttnan ooQar with a
eallao «hht decorated with plak How
to*. Whaa “Cydene" drat appeared
la Waahingtoa his only node adorn,
tamt was a gray voolaa muffler. He
•apiatoed hto appearance by the fact
that ha had vowed to hie farmer eon
ititueat* Hat be woald never wear a
collar. The dtaae reform of “Cy
etoeei’ evidently pleased hint sad
oaaaad maeh comment among hie
friend*. To them he confided that his
wife wept many bitter tears became
tow hoeband was rafarrad to a# the
“nollerises eeagxaasman" end'that ha
Wml to hasp panes in the family
even If he did have to .break his elee
tton proaeisa. .-Cyclone- docs not
wear a necktie, hot that to expected to
Tha TranMe With Same' Prayers.
The troabto with mock of oar pray.
tog to that wa daeida what wa want
to db, aad aak God to help os de it.
Wa riwaU pot oaraeivae wholly to Bto
cere to da what Ha wants, and* by
■Mthode fflad wtD please Him. Wa
Hww da as* asad to weary aboet tw
•alts. Wa aaly hava to attoad Mth
Mly to torn teak commktod (p _
band* sad Oad w« de ffle rseU-n*
' \
State at Health.
That heart dlaaaeae kU mare pea
pie la tha United States than tuber
culosis, pa *n went* w any ether dis
ease is the statement lire) out today
by Director Sam L. Kagan of the Bu
reau of the Census, Washington, D.
C. The death rate for this die teas
has increased troaa 129.1 par 190,000
population la 1990 to 15C.8 in 1914.
This increase raises this dieses* tram
Its rank aa third or fourth in the list
at diseases with high death ratea to
tint pleea.
' The above figures an baaed on tha
vital ata tie ties reports of the regis
tration ana of the United States for
the year 1914 which reports embrace
about two-third* of this oouatryb
population.
But tha gnetaot significance attach
ed to the fact that heart dieeeeee are
now causing non deaths than any
other disease is, according to tha
State Board of Health, the ncceasity
for regulating daily living habits.
Overeating, overdrinking, overplaying
and overworking are pointed out a*
the chief causae at this disease, la
other weeds, heart disease Is the n
eult ef improper living and i* after
nil vary largely a matter of personal
hygiene. Health experts declare
heart disease to bo manly tha effect*
of feat and improper firing and tha
inconsiderate treetmcut given the hu
man body.
8mm Spicy Sparks
By 8Mn»
A married man whaa* pocket la
picked by a woman seldom has key ar
rested.
There arc always a lot of fallows
who weald like to sac tha man at tha
top fall off. ,
It Is batter to die unknown In this
world than to be known because of
your mistakes.
There can ha no such word as fail
for the man who refuses to sell hi*
honor far-mi
There ia one time in a woman's Ufa
when she likes to hear the right -«■
talk business.
Sometimes a man will behave bet
ter if a wife keeps a nice haacbaU bat
around the bouae.
They call it fiction because, accord
ing to it, all married couples lire hap
pily aver afterward.
Yaa dear, that bib around the base
ball catcher's nock is to kaep tha fowls
from scratching him,
Greatness is tha simplest n,t«« w
the world temple and natural or also
The man who die* on tbs (told at ac
tion escapes a lingering death from
Idlanasa and hot biscuit.
No dear, a taxidermist is not a man
who collects tha taxas. H* ia the man
who taxas tha collector*.
Some people arc never so happy aa
whan they ar* advising their friends
to taka some kind of medicine.
The Heating scant of perfume is
sweeter and more pleasing than tha
aromatic continuance of it.
It is better to have loved and lost
than (6 have loved and wsm Just
enough to break into tha divorce court.
Happy la tha man who has s deosnt
Ausinaea, who pumuaa it decently and
who lives hosMstly off tha profits K
brings. , .
Whan a man has reached the ago of
eixty-Ave and can eat seine* pi* with
inanity from pain hla Ufa has been a
An that s lover needs to make Haav.
cm complete after tha wadding oere
aaony ia over to dioecVer that Ua wife
ka« warm fact.
Whan u man has so Hvad that tha
residents of Us town are suspicious of
hiss every tha* on* poisons u dog. It
}s safe to slum i that ha has Hvad In
vain.
A* tcr ■*. * hit care whether a
nmn’e grand father Was on tha bench
aa a Jndga ar a eohbler, so long aa the
nan himself la right
Yaw young men who aak'for ldaae*
ever g«t them. The bM doe* not ask
the flower for its honey. He simply
sips from the petals before the fiowar
can dodge.
At twanty-oao a sum starts in to
reform th* world. At thirty he has
Us doubt* shout It At forty he da
aid** tha world can’t ha refill mail
At fifty be is busy hanging on by Ms
eyebrows and lethagth* world reform
him.
Tha Ana Hit Him.
A colored preacher wee rehemeaUy
denouncing, the eiaa of hie oengrega
Uon. “Bredcrn awf aUtarn, Ah warns
pa, ’gainst da heinous tin obthaatm’
entps Aa chargee pc’ da black raa
eaUtp ob liftin' pullets. But abore
alas, bredsra and statera, Ah daaaol
iefaea yo’ gainat crime ob mslon steal
ta."
A brother in a back mat mad* an
odd amend with his tips. K*e and
■napped hlV Angara. Than ha aat
down again with an ihediil lank.
“Why**, mah fieo,“ eeid the per
am Merely, “dam pa* tnr ap an map
•ngaha whan Ah apaske *b malm
atmMa’r
“Yo Jest reminds me, peheea.” tha
Ah laT S
. • >
'a*
miir cQtxn iaok.
■ i *r. au..:
"Hoard a foiler sayTn a free lek
ahure down at tk* tbureh one time'
that a goeelp area the lowest down]
thing oo airth, an’ blamed if I aint a,
little bit In-clined to agree with him.”
TV lege “borrowed” a chow and •
“Trouble with 'em to that whea a '
hunch ef 'am gits to talkin' an’ tollin'
each other whet's happened in their
neighborhood, they run out of focko
an’ git to guaaain' at what happened.
They ruin people* rep-o-tation that
they don't know enay thing about a
talL ra in favor uv aakin’ goaolpin,
a poaai tenaary offence."
“Soema to Jne Uncle", remarked a
younger man, "that l*v« heard eome of
you old timer• over at the grocery
dare, get mighty pereonel in aome ef
your conversations.”
"Yea", replied the Sage, “1 reckon
we do, but we don't aim to tel) noth
in’ on nobody that wo ain't heard on
re eponaibul authority er that we don't
bev ground* far blevin.’ Y' tee tbet'i
different.”
_-- I
Han rest the bones orf lllsi Hny,
Ths darn fool got too smart; ,j
Ha looked into a gun asm day
To eaa the bulla; start.
Cincinnati Enquirer. <
Here rest the bones of Kara Tank,
His folly none could throttle;
He got up In the dark and drank I
Out of tbe add bottle.
—Detroit Free Press.
Hers lie the bones ef Hiram Blaine,
Who Mated to Ida fast.
And wouldn’t takg^ea aeroplane
To cross a jitney street.
—San Francisco Chronicle.
Here float the bones of Tbomaa Groat,
Who on a foolish lark.
Though warned by all, rocked the beat
Which pitched him to a shark.
—Washington Poet.
Here lie tbe bones of Bouton Wright,
His Are was eKbked with cinders;
He poked it with some dynamite, '
And he was blown to flinders.
—The Pathfinder.
Here rest, remote from strife end fray, i
' Tbe bones of Jasper Blue, x
Who asked us on a torrid day:
“1st hot enough for youT"
—Cberleon, N. D., Journal.
Hare rest the boose of Jasper Tntt,
Who really was no fool.
But onoe forgot himself and triad
Te argue with a male.
After Bffacto ef Grippe.
^_
8tale Beard of HeuJthj
On account of tbe serious after ef
fects ef grip or Infloauaa dose the
8tpte Board of Health fed called upon
to Issue another warning regarding
the treatment and prevention of thin
diacaaoL “Grip does not earns tuber
culoala, aaya tbe Board, “but it lowers
tbe resistance and weakena the bodily
functions to such a degree that latent
tuberculosis readily becomes active,
laymen used to attribute tuberculo
sis of the lungs to an attack of grip
from which the patient never fully
recovered."
It la quite Important, the Board ad
rime, that a parson with the eymp
tome of grip, for grip is no alight ail
ment, go to bed and have a physi
cian's care, tt is tbe person who
hasps up, ounce a cold and sough,
and who never gets cured ef grip that
la likely to come dawn with paws
media, tuberculosis or moat any other
dlMMi
“But what is really bettor vthan
curing grip,” aaya the Beard, "la to
keep tt off. By getting plenty of
**•**> »ir day end eight, by avoiding
overeating, overworking and excesses
df every kind, by keeping regular
habits and taking exsrrtae daily, and
by getting regular sleep and avoM
ing people with colds or grip, yea eaa
redue# yotrr liability to contract this
dangerous disease almost to a mini
mum. Keeping up a strong bodily
resistance b by far the beat aafe
ffnaxd against this enterprising, bold
germ"
Aaother Fall at Mir.
"Col." Billy Sender hae gsao wild
•• » k»k on mlUtaHam. Re weota
to fight somebody, end ehakee his
gory lock* at tho elaocro in his eon
grOgataon aa thoagb they were toi
Ubm. But hi never forget* the col
lection—Charity and Children.
SHae Manefnaker died of eld age at
Me home hi Seaton, Pa., and the shock
of Mo death proved fatal to Ids wife,
had been waived that a^SaoefcUr
Mrs. Carrie Bradley, had pwk away
in e hospital at Btaddack. Pa., follow
ing an operation.
.a I
"Bobby, do yea kaew yea Vs diUh
erataly broken the eighth cnmmand
"Well. Ttkwht^'wkS^ea well
break the eighth oocnmendmeat and
haea tha oaady aa to brook the tenth
aad tody VoveC k."—Ufa.
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When yea fir* np your Bat
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t^rver did testa tobacco that
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PRINCE
Albert
Far it exceed* la gooontm mod «w»
word we ever printed about it!
Men, we tefl yoa this tobacco wffl be a revelation to vwl
So, take thin information at 100%, nt cot the cld ftnw
pipe from its Hiinj place or inr»^f the mdU n«m« n
—Mnd ftll-tol ' ”
M.C I
KOTlfcB.
IMS,
ISCHOLTZ, The Florist, Inc.
I Ptxm«li4S. ff naSn'mfL ■ ChoritfW, N. C.
I BLUE 8 DRUG STORE. Afnti
BOOTH LOWERY
OiMof the leading lecturer* of the ape, will vhe'
the HMed attraction ia the
WAGRAM LYCEUM COUB8B.
• He will appear at the flprfap HU 1 School ifvtt.
mDAYf FEBRUARY 11th.
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''FOR 8ALE?
W. P. EVANS
The Coal and Wood Dealer.
Phone 54 or 125
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^JSnfal* Cap*dtlr by uaiac y*m ayaa when they Mad
attention.
LISTEN, when your eyaa aehe and burn, when Nad*
togathar, you taw Sanaa in
the head, than pains in yoar nwk and ahoaldera and you
tfatnkjwaafeBalek. Bet if yon will call In and hava a pair of
'*T to ftt y<rar maar tivm ^ tbia trouble
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