Moslem Architecture.
The moslem architecture at Agra
tnd Delhi, so splendid, yet so short
livecL Is so distinctive of a dynast}
and so alien to the country as to be
significant of the Influence of
" the west on the east and stands alike
in Its permanence and in its feeling 01
ideality in remarkable contrast to all
that was before it, is around it and
lias come after it. It Is indeed curious
how young India is in art and how old
in her literature, her customs and her
social framework. There Is no social
institution surviving in Greece or Italj
that can In respect of age or of inter
est compare with the Illndoo castes,
and there are no buildings or monu
ments in India that can boast an an
tiquity equal to much that can be
found in the Latin and even in thf
Teutonic countries of Europe. Only a
few of the ruder and smaller rock tem
pies go behind the Christian era, th
greater and more elaborate belonging
to a more recent date, and it is bu
what the later history would lead up
to expect when we find as regards re
cently recovered Buddhist sculpture?
that a sense of form begins to appear
Just as Greek Influences become active
in India, though the imitations stand
at an immense distance from the orig
inals.—Contemporary Review.
A Misnamed Island.
The island of Madagascar Is mis j
named. It should be called St. Lorenz
lilqnd Marco Polo in his work on
Africa named a stretch of land on the !
east coast, south of the equator, Mada
gascar. Some time after this llartiD ;
Bfflhnim of Nuremberg prepared a j
chart of Africa, using Marco Polo's
works as a guide, but misunderstood
the report on Madagascar, thinking It
meant an island. He thereupon delib
erately added an Island to the east
coast. This imaginary island was
mapped on the charts of the geogra
phers of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. In 1506 the Portuguese sea
captain, Fernando Svarez, discovered
the real island of Madagascar and
gave it the name of St. Lorenz, and
for a time thereafter two islands fouud
their place on the charts. In- 1501 It
was known that there was really onl*
O&e island, and in accordance with
this discovery the original name ot
Madagascar was retained, and the
other name was dropped.
.The Way of Heather.
"Where Sonnerbo township touches
the boundaries of Ilalland there is a
sandy heath which is so farreachlng
that he who stands upon one edge of
it cannot look across to the other.
Nothing except heather grows on the
beath, and it wouldn't bo easy to coax
other growths to thrive there. To
•tart with, one would have to uproot
the heather, for it is thus with heather:
Although it has only a little shrunken
root, small shrunken branches And
dry, shrunken leaves, it fancies that
It's a tree. Therefore it acts just like
real trees— spreads itself out in forest
fashion over wide areas, holds together
faithfully and causes all foreign
growths that wish to crowd in upon
Its territory to die out.—"Adventures
of Nils," Translated From the Swedish
of Selma Lagerlof by Velma Swan
eton Howard.
Protecting Her Cake.
The woman who had charge of a cer
tain village postofflce was strongly sus
pected of tampering with parcels in
trusted to her care. One day a rosy
cheeked youngster, dressed in his best
clothes, entered the postofflce and care
fully laid a huge slice of iced cake on
the counter.
"With my sister the bride's compli
ments, and will you please eat as much
M you can?" he said.
The postmistress smiled delightedly.
"How very kind of the bride to re
member me!" she cried. "Did she
know of my weakness for wedding
cake?"
"She did," answered the youngster
coldly, "and she thought she'd send yer
• bit of It this afternoon, just to take
the edge ofT yer appetite before she
posted any boxes off to her friends!"—
Exchange.
The Artful Passenger.
"Here, you," said the conductor an
grily, "you rang up a fare. Do that
egaln and I'll put you off."
The small man standing jammed in
the middle of the car promptly rang
Up another fare. Thereupon the con
ductor projected him through the
crowd and to the edge of the platform.
"Thanks," said- the little man. "1
didn't see any other way to get out
Here's your dime." Philadelphia
Pledger.
■ ——
Real Dialect.
' At a traction line ticket office in
Oayton, 0., the other day I overheard
the following conversation, the parties
thereto being a German woman and
the ticket agent:
"A dicket tsoo Ziuzin-nay-tee."
I "One way?"
"Zwel ways."
Then as he stamped the ticket the
purchaser aske^:
"I haf dime to vaidt how much?'—
Chicago News.
Two Ways Out.
"What would you do," asked the ex
cited politician, "if a paper should call
]TM a liar and a thief?"
"Well," said the lawyer, "If I were
you I'd toss up to see whether I'd re
form or thrash the editor."—Ptck-Me-
CP.
When Women Claim Age.
At two periods in life femininity de
clares itself to be older than it really
!■» before it has reached eighteen and
•fter it has reached eighty-five.—
Health.
A. Youth Is the opportunity to do some
thing and become somebody,—Munger.
She Conquered the Germane.
In the Franco-German war the
French hospital at Vendome was In
charge of Mme. Coralle Caben, one of
the most noted nurses of the time
There, aided by two nurses and seven
Christian Sisters of Mercy, she re
ceived thousands of French and Ger
man soldiers. When the Prussians oc
cupied Vendome they wished to hold
the hospital and plant on it the Ger
man flag. But warned of the enemy's
intentions, Mme. Cahen early one Jan
uary morning visited the Prussian gen
eral, who, surrounded by his staff, wa:
about to seize the building.
"Sir," she exclaimed, "we have re
ceived your wounded and nursed them
as though they were our own. We wili
continue to do so, but we will remain
in a French hospital. We wHI not have
it converted into a German hospital."
"Madame," was the reply, "we are
masters."
"In the town it may be; here, noT'
was the answer. "We are protected by
the Red Cross and the French flag
You have no right to ioucb either the
one or the other."
She conquered, and from that day
the utmost admiration was openly
evinced for her by the Germans.
A Wise Critic.
Franclsque Sarcey was for forty
years a figure of great prominence In
French literary life. As a critic of the
drama he was looked upon as one hav
ing authority, and praise from him
meant success to the struggling play
wright
His criticisms were honest fearless
and Independent, and It Is remembered
of him that he refused the honor of
belonging to the French academy lest
he should come under obligation to fa
vor the plays written' by other mem
bers. - >
Sarcey's good sense was often put to
the test. One day a friend came rush
ing into his room waving a paper.
"What is the matter?" inquired the
critic.
"Here's some one," cried the other,
"who has been calling you an 'imbe
cile' In print! Are you going to chal
lenge him?'
Sarcey smiled. "Certainly not" he
replied. "I owe him my thanks. The
public will soon forget the word 'im
becile' and will only remember having
read my name."
Got Even With Dickens.
When Charles Dickens was in Wash
ington he met one morning on the
steps of the capltol a young congress
man from Tennessee whom the great
novelist had offended by his bluntness.
That morning Dickens was In great
good humor. "I have," said he, "found
an almost exact counterpart of Little
Nell."
"Little Nell who?" queried the Ten
nesseean.
Dickens looked him all over from
head to foot and from foot to head be
fore he answered, "My Little Nell."
"Oh," said the Tennesseean, "I didn't
know you had your daughter with
you!"
"I am speaking of the Little Nell of
my story, 'The Old Curiosity Shop,'
sir," retorted Dickens, flushing.
"Oh," said the imperturbable Ten
nesseean, "you write novets, do you?
Don't you consider that a rather tri
fling occupation for a grownup man?"
Chinese Laundry Tickets.
It is not generally known that the
Chinese laundry system of ticketing a
bundle of soiled clothes Is based on
the many gods and goddesses of the
laundry.
The Chinese laundryman at the be
ginning of each week makes out a
bateh of checks in duplicate, to be
used as wash tickets. He selects the
name of some god or goddess or of
some object as the sun,, the moon or
stars. To this name he prefixes a
number, as "Moon N0..1," "Moon No
2," and so on. In the space between
the two legends—for the signs are re
peated—he has his own name, as, for
Instance, Wong Lee.—Harper's Week
ly.
Tenure of Office Act.
The tenure of office act passed by
congress in February 1867, during it*
bitter fight with President Andrew
Johnson, was a bill limiting the pow
ers of the president in removals from
office. Among other things it took
from the president the power to re
move members of his cabinet excepi
by permission of the Benate, declaring
that they should hold office "for ant
during the term of the president bj
whom they may have been appointed
and for one month thereafter, subject
to removal by and with the consent oi
the senate." The president vetoed tin
bill, but It was passed over his veto.-
New York American.
The Standard Bize.
"Here's another alleged humorous ar
ticle about coal by that new jokesmltb
of ours," said the editor's assistant
"Shall I use it?'
"What size is it?" asked the editor.
"Oh, chestnut size, of course!"— Phi
ladelphia Press.
Making Sure.
"I pay as I go," declared the pom
pous citizen.
"Not while I'm running these apart
ments," declared the janitor. "You'll
pay as you move in."—Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
Wisdom of the Seer.
Young Lady—Will the young man 1
am engaged to make a good husband?
Fortune Teller—lt's up to you to make
a good husband of him. All bad hus
bands are self made.—New York
World.
Nothing is so oppressive as symme
try because symmetry is boredom, and
boredom is the basis of melancholy
and yawning despair.—Victor Hugo.
Why He Was Anxious.
Buloz, the editor of the Revue des
Deux Mondes, once had at his country
house in Savoy a numerous company
of literary people, one of whom was
Victor Cherbuliez. Cherbuliez contrib
uted regularly every other year a novel
to the columns of ther Revue, and a
story of his was at that time running
in the periodical. The guests had been
out for a walk and had amused them
selves with gathering mushrooms,
which were cooked for dinner. As the
company were sitting down, it occur
red to one of the party that undoubt
edly some of the people who had tak
en part in gathering the mushrooms
knew nothing about them and that
there might be poisonous fungi in the
collection.
This reflection so affected the com
pany that all the people present, with
the exception of Cherbuliez, declined
to partake of the dish. He alone at
tacked it with gusto.
Thereupon Buloz showed sudden and
intense alarm.
"Cherbuliez! Cherbuliez! What are
you about?" he exclaimed. "Remem
ber that you haven't finished your
story in the Revue!"
Greatly to his relief, the mushrooms
turned out to be innocuous, and the
story was finished.
It Wm a New "Team" to Him.
Heinrich Conried told the following
story once when chatting of his ex
perience as an operatic director: "It
happened In Chicago," said he. "I
went there to superintend our first sea
son In Chicago. 1 got there early In
the afternoon. As I was registering
at the Auditorium a young, a very
young, newspaper man came up and
talked to me. He begged for an inter
view. I told him I had arranged to see
the press at 5. That did not satisfy
him. He was on an afternoon paper.
It would be a feather in his cap if be
could scoop the town. 'Very well/
said I to him, T shall give you an in
terview, but it will have to be while
I am taking my bath.' He aeemed an
intelligent and earnest young man, and
I was willing to do that much for him.
"I turned on the water and divested
myself of my coat, and the Interview
proceded.
" 'What do you open with?" said he.
"T open with "Tristan und Isolde,"
I answered.
" 'Have they ever been here before?*
he queried."
Iron Eaters.
"The first time I ever swallowed a
tack," said a carpet layer, "I jumped
to my feet and tremulously asked the
way to the hospital.
" 'What's the matter?* my mate, an
old hand, asked.
"'l've swallowed a tack,' said L
'Good gracious, what will become of
me?"
"The old hand sat back on the car
pet he was laying and laughed.
" 'Why, kid,' said he, 'lt's nothing to
swallow a tack. Every professional
carpet layer swallows half a dozen or
so dally. It's a thing that causes no
inconvenience. If it did, I'd know It
I bet I've swallowed a hundredweight
of tacks in my life.'
"And I'm sure," the carpet layer con
cluded, "my mate was telling the
truth, for since then I've swallowed
half a hundredweight myself." He
gulped. "Hang it." he said; "there
soes one now!"— New York Press.
Aroused His Wrath.
"Were you ever done in oil?' ven
tured the wandering portrait painter.
The old farmer almost leaped out of
tils boots.
"Was I ever done in oil?" he roared.
'Well, I should say so! A long legged,
'ox eared Individual that looked some
hing like you came past here last
••eek and sold me a bottle of what was
apposed to be genuine olive oil to eat
a lettuce. When I poured it on the
•ttuce it turned out to be sewing ma
rine oil, and, by heck, if I thought
hat you"—
But the wandering artist was gone—
.one in a cloud of dust Chicago
sews.
Haiti's Legion of Honor.
It is not generally known that the
amous order of the Legion of Honor
vas adopted at Haiti in 1849. When
oulouque became emperor under the
iame of Faustln 1., he instituted an
•rder in imitation of that which had
•cen established by Napoleon in 1802.
tatues, ribbons and insignia were pre
isely identical, and since the sover
ign of Haiti distributed his honors to
11 and sundry with lavish hand the
rench government was considerably
mbarrassed. The death of Soulouque
•uded the difficulty.—Paris Gaulois.
A Poor Remedy.
Speaking of a certain measure under
iscusslon in the senate, a well known
mgressman said: "It does not meet
ie situation at all and will not reme
ly conditions. It reminds me of the
* Ife of a young blacksmith of Wash
: »gton. 'Did you sew that button on
ay coat?' this blacksmith asked his
•Ife one morning. 'No, dear,' the wife
•'aswered. 'I couldn't find the button,
•ut I sewed up the buttonhole, so It's
•i il right"'
An Exception.
Little Ethel—Mr. Rich, we're not all
made of dust are we? Mr. Rich (be
nignly)— Yes, my dear. Little Ethel
(triumphantly)—Oh, well, you aren't
'cos papa says you sprung from noth
ing.—Punch.
Truthful Boy.
Man Did you say your mamma
whipped you because you wouldn't tell
a lie? Boy—Yes, sir. She wanted me
to tell me teacher I was sorry I played
"hookey" when I wasn't—Exchange.
Zeal without knowledge is like expe
.dldon to a man In the dark.— Newton.
I Boone Items.
1 Correspondence to The Democrat.
Rev J. H. Cormann of Lenoir,
closed a ten days' meeting in the
Methodist church Tuesday even
ing. Prof. J. R. Holt, of Greens
boro, conducted the singing.
The gospel was preacher with
great power extras were used.
The people who attended were
greatly blessed. The preacher
and singer went to Elk Park to
conduct a meeting there.
Bishop Horner has lately visit
ed the mission school at Valle
Crucis and made arrangements
to have a girls dormitory erected
during the summer.
The oil company almost has
more than one hundred thousand
pound of machinery on the
ground. They will build a der
rick 84 feet high and be ready
for boring for petroleum during
the month of April.
The Superior"Court is in ses
sion with Judge Ferguson. Last
week was consumed with the
trial of Alex. Harmon for the
killing of Ben Guy near the State
line on last Christmas eve.
Tuesday the case of L. M. Ban
ner was called. Banner killed
H. H. Cline at Banner Elk two
months ago.
Dr. A. J. Brickell ha 3 been in
town for a day or so. He has
entertained crowds on the streets
by reciting original poetry.
We are feeling a touch of
spring. , A. M.
Card of Thanks.
To all the friends whose sym
pathy and services were so kind
ly tendered in the time of be
reavement. I disire to extend
my sincere thanks.
MRS. C. TRIPLETT.
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Notice of City Election.
Notice is hereby given that
the Annual election for Mayor,
four Aldermen, and three school
Trustees will be held in the
Mayor's Office in the City of
Hickory on Monday May 4th
1908.,
Notice is hereby given that
the Registration Books will be
opened for registration on April
Ist., until day of election and
the registrar can be found at
Clinard & Lyerly's office, over
S. L Whitener's store, every
day except Saturday when he
will be at the Mayors Office.
By order of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.
This March 21st. 1908.
W. L. Clinard.
- Secretary & Registrar
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that
the registration books for th;e
special Fchool tax election to be
held in District No. 13, Catawba
county, N. C., on the 11th day of
April, 1908, are now open for
th i registration of voters in sate
election. The registrar can be
found at his home in said dis
trict every day, except on Sat'ir
day, when he will be at Killian
Harness Company shop to reg
ister all who desire to register
for said election.
This March 18th, 1908.
R. M. PITTS.
Registrar.
Waking Hie Audieno*.
At about 3 o'clock one morning T. P.
O'Connor was orating in the bouse of
commons to twelve or fifteen members
lying about in various stages of drowsi
ness. ' Sir Patrick O'Brien was among
them and, now and then rescuing him
self with a. start from falling asleep,
audibly engaged In conversation.
"I protest against this disorderly
conduct!" exclaimed Mr. O'Connor at
length. "The honorable baronet Is eon
stantly Interrupting me."
"Sir," replied Sir Patrick, with a
graceful bow, "the honorable gentle
man misinterprets my motive. I Inter
rupted, it is true, but it was with the
intention of -waking the honorable gen
tleman's audience."
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-1 II Tb 6 Una, Hickory townsip, adjoining the
® J lands of Evans, Wisnant and Aderholt.
Inflammation of the Wad- Beginning at a stone in Aderholt and ;
der, urinary troubles and Wisnant's line; runs N. 87} 270 poles 'f.
b*ckacho ÜB ® to a stake; then S. 12 poles to a stake, •
DeWltt's ltldn#* I thence B. 260 poles to the beginning,
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