TAKES PAPER OFF WALL.
Pteani Rath For Heniflvlng Old lloom
Prrora t loua.
A paper banker estimating on u job
?which require the removal of old pa
front the wall* i* always figuring
In (be dark, for the reason thut it
11.ai.es a great deal of difference wheth
er he baa one layer of paper to take o!f
-or more. In other words. It Is impos
sible for him to determine whether the
work of removal will require the serv
ices of a man for half a day or two
days.
Steam has ' t ?r? found 'a he w?ll stilt
ed for this work, ami by its aid It ts
said to be possible to remove the paper
-without regard to the thickness of the
>ayrr in a manner quicker and more
cleanly than heretofore. The appura
Tus by which this Is done Is entirely
portable, and a complete plant la
shown in the accompanying illustrn :
<inn It consist* mainly of a kettle In
which is combined a water holder and
FAPBIt KRMOVBR AT WORK,
a gasollue tank and burner for getting
up *team The water compartment
hold* four gallon*, which 1* more than
ample for h*lf a day'* werk. The
steam generated passes through a rub
ber pipe to a hood, which Is held for
a short time on the wall to he cleaned.
The paper under the hood immediately
becomes saturated, and the hood is
moved to another spot, and the place
Ju?t vacated Is gone over with the pa
per hanger's spade, the paper being
easily removed. The spade follows the
hood, and In an Incredibly short time
a great deal of old paper is removed.
A few minutes' application of the
steam under the hood is sufficient to
remove the thickest deposit of paper
?which one would he likely to find As
high as fifteen coats of wall paper, one
on over the other, have been penetrut
?d by the steuin and then removed.
With tills implement It is possible to
calculate almost to a penny the cost
of the labor of removing paper. An
other advantage Is that it is sanitary.
The application of the steam Is said to
remove all germs or vermin of any
character whatever. Bugs which are
harbored under the paper are killed
instantly.
I>n*v fierni In V'fw Orleans.
Dr. Arnold PfnfT of the national bu
reau of education, who believes that
laziness among school children Is
caused by a germ, has found speci
mens of the germ In school children of
New Orleans and Is now looking for a
cure for the disease. The blood of
schoolboys which was analyzed by Dr.
PfnfT was drawn from their cars. lie
selected those who seemed chronically
disinclined to study. After an analy
sis he assured the teachers that the
boys were not responsible for their
condition, but were the victims of a
disease. On this hypothesis the boys
were allowed to get off easily on their
final examination. Dr. PfnfT had all
the boys under treatment and assured
their teachers that they would be cured
before the next term began.
SaccoNKfol Smoke Consumer.
A German dim has patented a sys
tem for consuming smoke and prevent
ing the wasting of coal which has been
tested at the experimental station of
the Bavarian "Revisions Vereln" in
Munich, where it was found that 72
per cent of the combustible value of
?soft coal from the 8??r district can he
utilized when this smoke consumer Is
used. The director of a rope and cable
factory at Frankfort, Germany, where
the system has been is use for some
time, reports a minimal development
?of smoke only when (Ires are started
r>r replenished; at other times no smoke
is visible and the saving of coal
amounts to more than 2u per cent.
Wrnlnjrlflm r*n*fil by Inhalation.
(Professor WeltenhofTer. who was
sent by the German government to 81
lesia to study the genesis of rereliro
spinal meningitis and the best method
of treating It, comes to the conclusion
that it Is undoubtedly one of the dls
eases caused by inhalation, which drst
attacks the tonsils and Is conveyed
thus through glands to the brain. It
only attacks whore the glands have be
come weakened. In all the cases ex
amined by him the tonsils show hyper
trophy and are increase) in size by
Inflammat.'ou. Tbe professor Is of the
opinion that the root of tbe disease Is
to lie found in the Insanitary conditions
of dwellings.
Fop a National Cooklnv Softool.
Congress Is to be asked at its next
scslou to make legal provision for a
natioual school co f ? i * a ? and
serVce, the niovemen; in . - direc
tion taking Its st '?? TC - (he
mrst.ng if :Ii (r a u -.1 "t wards' I
association, at tbe Great Northern ho- I
tel. More than 2.000 chefs, stewards. '
restaurant men and hotelkeopars are j
Iniaresiod .ft the mom, out. M'.'i ' as ,
for .la object pure food for the public, ,
nc' : ?.?*'? ' ? * nd aanl- t
Ur; ways ol sort ing food. J i
SUSPENSION BRIDGES.
I art! by- Man iluuUrriii. of 1 ears Agu
Fur ( roNhliig tiirrabu.
The towliue 1m doubtless tin* earliest,
as it Is Mill) the simplest, application of
a rojse for 'he removal of material.
Hitched to a floating log. the genesis
of all water eraft, eunoe or sledgjj, it
was used liefore history learned the
art of writing or mankind the art of
reading.
The towliue was combined with the
Hus|MMisiou cable aM a means of cross
ing streams in the mountains of Hin
dustan at a very remote period. The
susiieusiou cable, often several bun
tired feet in length, wus made of twist
ed libers or slender stalks of climbing
vines. This was solidly secured to
large trees or masses of rocks on the
bunks of the chasms to be crossed. On
this cable a wooden block, grooved tut
derueath, was placed, suspended from
which was a small rude platform or at
times a simple loop of rojs' for the
passengt r or baggage. The wooden
block, with its attached load, was pull-j
eel across the chasm in either direction
by a towliue attached to the block.
This rude contrivance is the genesis of
the most l-etined aerial ropeways of the
present day and of the suspension
bridge also, which is, of a crude form,
of very great antiquity.
When the Spaniards lirst visited Pe
ru they found suspension bridges which
could be traversed by men and bur
dents! animals. Some of these bridges
were of over 200 feet span and were
formed of half a dozen cables of twist
ed osiers stretched from bank to bank
and passed over wooden supports.
These cables were bound together by
smaller ropes and were covered with
a layer of bamboo, which formed a
support for the roadway.
THE SOMALI.
Thrr Are Habitually Idle and Always
Merry?Their l*eeallar lleaddreM.
By uuture Somali are alternately
iloclle and savage, nearly always mer
ry and habitually Idle. Even In busy
Aden they work as little as possible
and then do 110 manual work, for their
inherent pride forbids that. Cab drlv
I11K. boat manning and grooming are
the general crafts of the Aden Somali.
In the Interior of his own country his
principal occupations nre plundering .
and cattle lifting, at which latter pur
suit he is said to be unparalleled In
skill. In religion they are all Moham
medans.
The great peculiarity of the Somali
is, however, his hair, for, contrary to
the custom of most races professing
Islam, he does not shave his head, but
allows liis locks to run wild. Nor Is
his hair the wool of the negro, for in
stead of growing I11 one dense cluster
all over his head, as is the case of the
Galla, for instance, it tangles into long
cords, not unlike those of a poodle,
which, parted over his forehead, hangs
down on both cheeks, often projecting
almost as far as bis shoulders.
Not content with the show of huir
that nature and neglect insure him,
he plasters Ills head with a peculiar
light clay, which has the effect of
bleaching its blackness to a light red
dish hue, and a Somali in a new tobe,
as their winding sheet of a garment is
culled, and a freshly clayed head is the
very acme of dandyism.?Blackwood's
Magazine.
An KnirliMh Mnntrap.
A mantrap has been found in Alford,
Lincolnshire, England, which shows the
barbarity of a century or so ago. It
is probably the largest mantrap in ex
istence. it is seventy-six inches in
length, and its jaws, with teeth pro
truding two inches, will open fully two
feet two inches by eighteen inches.
Old time landlords who chose to insist
upon their rights In their entirety, as
they often did, were at liberty to plant
these barbarous engines about in the
undergrowth of their inclosed luud for
the benefit of any trespasser or possible
poacher who might chance to set foot
near them. Their use was abolished by
law in io27.
Not ? Lottery.
Deacon l>e (iood It won't do; If
won't do. We tnnst not bare games of
chance at our church fairs.
Mrs. I)e (Iood Hut this is not a game j
of chance.
"You propose to sell tickets and give
prizes."
"Ob. i : j a are mistaken. We shall
sell the Ick <? of course, but we can't
give hi. i ?- you know, because we
haven'; i. > rive. There is no chance
about i..' York Weekly.
I' .V ):iK lllntfN.
There s >me heavy old wedding
rings at rk Hraddan, in the Isle ot
Man, su- as might he handy when the
flusteret 1 e legroom loses the ring
Is-aning ;g;iust the north wall arc
some \ > ancient rings of stone,
through ,.b:ch, in days of long ago
before I Jewelers' windows glistened
with w '. ling rings at all prices, the
bride a 1 bridegroom joined hands, it
is saiu, .ad were wedded.
t'nr Iter Own Protection.
"Yes. madam." said the salesman,
'this is the most exquisite dinner set
we ever handled. The price is $150."
"I'll take it," said Mrs. Hichley, "if
you'll agree to mark it 'Imitation; price,
SUi.UO.' "
"Of course, but?er?that's rather an
odd request."
"Yes, hut I want to deceive our serv
ant girl."?Philadelphia Press.
Perfection can only be attained in the
ihysicnl bv allowing Nature to nppro
iriate and not dissipate her own re
lources. Cathartics gri|s?, weaken?
lissipate. while DeWitt's Little Early
Risers simply expel all putrid matter
tnd bile, thus allowing the liver to ns
lume normal activity, (iood for the
HoM 'tt- T R T
li'iotj lij on., Ofug Co. j
CLUFFE.D L. _ w i LER.
Hiidi* (irvrnit U / m II?-llf\v lie
HRd lluulli'm biury.
General Juiiu A. Bingham wim a
iiu'iuUr of tlie military trihuuul that
triej Mrs. Surratl und the Lincoln as
ci--dilation conspirators,
i After the trial in the subsequent de
bate* lit the house General II. F. But
ler frequently charged that the com
j mission hail arrived at au unjust ver
dict aud had convicted uu innocent
woman. In u uiemoruble debate he
liokily proclaimed that if the contents
of a diary which had Ik-en found on
the dead body of J. Wilkes Booth were
? ?ver made public It would disclose the
fact that It contained the proof of
Mrs. Surratt's innocence, which proof
had been Infamously suppressed by the (
commission. When General Bingham
made a movement us though he would
repel such an accusal ion, Butler dra
matically drew u memorandum book i
from his breast pocket and held it
aloft, but did not utter a word. Bint: I
ham naturally supi>osod that ltatler !
bad a copy of a diary such as lie had j
spoken of. As a mutter of fact the ]
book contained nothing but blank
leaves. General Butler was just bluff
ing.
The diary was in possession of Sec
retary Stanton, but President Johnson j
finally demanded it. It was an" inter
esting book, but it threw no light upon j
the great conspiracy. Johnson's pri
vate secretary was W. W. Warden,
who was the correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun, and besides was in the em
ploy of the New York Tribune bureau
to supply it with all the information
he consistently could. To him Andrew
Johnson intimated that he would not
be averse to the publication of Booth's
diary and permitted him to make a
copy of it.
Warden took it after midnight to
lames Hanklu Young, the Washington
correspondent of tlie Tribune, and the
next morning the Tribuue ami the Bal
timore Sun had a big beat. Sam
Bowles of the Springfield Republican
reproached his correspondent for fail
ing to get a copy.
"Well," said the correspondent, "I am
not like Jim Young. I have a home to
go to, und don't have to prowl around
till daylight." Nobody enjoyed this re
tort as inueh as James Rankin Young.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
No ouo likes a man who is everlast
ingly saying "Beg pardon."
The mau who talks too much, as a
rule, does not talk enough at the right
time.
Two heads are better than one, hut
one of tlieni nearly- always does the
business. *
Most men have the same experi
ences. The only difference Is that some
men talk and some don't.
When you are working very hard
take some comfort in this: Those who
are Idle don't seem to he having a very
good time.
We suppose newspapers do annoy
their readers a good deal. Still news
paper men, as a rule, do the best they
eon. It is an annoying business.
The word "bomemaker" is working
overtime when applied to any rich
woman who keeps several servants.
The real "honiemakers" work overtime
by not keeping any.?Atchison tilobe.
Tlit* I'ncomfortable Ilowdnli.
The elephant's howdah is that bed of
Procrustes in which one can neither
sit nor stand with any approach to
reasonable ease, and In which a re
cumbent attitude Is Impossible. Its ad
vantages are, first, that, standing In it,
a man can shoot 011 every side of him;
second, that It is convenient for the
carriage of the occupant's parapher
nalia, Ills guns 011 racks on either side,
his ammunition in a trough In front,
his other requisites in leather pockets
here anil there on the sides of the ma
chine or, as to {hat, bee blanket on his
seat, and, third, that in the hinder com
partment nn attendant can sit or stand
to hold that monstrous umbrella over
his head or, when quick loading is re
quired, take from his hand the gun
just tired anil recharge it. Those are
advantages; otherwise the howdah is
an nbonilnntion.?Black wood's Mng
azine.
Kriwin Bo?>4li an a Smoker.
Without n olsrnr Edwin Booth, the
tragedian, was scarcely ever seeu.
Even while engaged on his professional
duties his beloved weed was present
In the wings, ready to be snatched from
Ills dresser's hand for enjoyment dur
ing the sometimes exceedingly brief in
tervals between the exits and en
trances. Twenty-five cigars a day were
at one time his usual allowance, an al
lowance. however, not Infrequently ex
ceeded.
The Ration's 1 imekeeper.
Americans get their correct time from
a little room In the naval observatory,
located on Georgetown heights, In the
suburbs of Wasldngtou. The observa
tory was originally Intended to detect
errors In ship chronometers and to
regulate them properly. This work
constitutes one department at the In
stitution, but perhaps . Its most Im
portant function Is that of being the (
nation's timekeeper.
For coughs and colds no remedy is
equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey and ,
Tar. It is different from all others? 1
lietter, because It expels all cold from
the system by acting as a cathartic on
the bowels. Affords immediate relief in
Croup, Coughs. Colds, Whooping
Cough, etc. Children love It. Sold by
.J. R. Ledbetter, Hood Bros.. Benson I
Drug Co. 1
The Junior Order increased its 1
membership in North Carolina <
bv a thousand last year. Sev
en teen new councils were insti
lUU'ti. I
? NEWSPAPERS IN SCOTLAND.
It U Sometime*ai a \ ?*r> Ditficult Mat
ter to liu> Our.
Tin* American cust >111 of glancing
over tlie morning paper as you sip your
Coffee at breakfast goes with you
abroad, but it ia uo simple tblug al- |
way* to get a morning paper. on com
lijg (i >wu to Ireukfust tbe tirst moruiug
tu Edinburgh, I found there wag uo
paper to be had, but, thinking it was a j
simple matter to buy a Scotsman on |
the street, I went out ou I'rineea street
and walked three blocks without the |
sight of a newsboy. "Where can I get ^
the moruiug Scotsman?" I said to a J
policeman, lie thought for a moment. \
"Weel," said he, "there's a great news j
shop ale Kit tlg'oe blocks up, and ye
might tind one there." 1 followed the
direction and found myself in a large 1
news distributing depot. There were
stacks and stacks of newspapers and
magazines all about. "I would like the
morning's Scotsman," I said. The man
in charge looked bewildered. "I'll see,"
he said, "if we have one." lie fumbled
around a little while, and then went
back into the rear of the store for fully
three minutes. At last he came back,
saying, "We haven't one." "Well," I
said, "this is about the strangest thing
I have seen. Can't get the morning pa
per here in Edinburgh." "No," he said,
"ye'll iind it diffeecult." "What do
they publish papers here for, anyway?"
I rejoined. "Do they want to keep
them out of the hands of the people?
Don't they want people to read them?
Do they print papers to keep the news
secret?" He brfdled at once. "I want
ye to understand," he said, "that the
Scotsman is not published for the
general publeek; it's published for the
subscreebers."
The Scotsman, you know, probably
ranks next to the I.oudou Times.
"Well," I said, "this is all new to me.
In my country publishers waut to have
their newspapers read. They want to
sell all they can. They don't try to
keep them out of the hands of the 'gen
eral publeek.' Can you tell me where
I can get one, for I want to see the
morning paper, though |>echaps I shall
have to get a letter of Introduction to
buy one?" "Weel," he answered,
"there's a woman about a hundred
yards from here that takes the Scots
man. She might sell you hers." I took
the direction carefully, found the wo
man who took the Scotsman?she kept
a thread and needle store?I bought her
copy, and reached the hotel a half hour
late for breakfast, which 1 had ordered
before going out on the difficult quest
of buying a morning paper in the great
city of Edinburgh.?Boston Watchman.
BUSINESS SENSE.
All things come to him who doesn't
wait, but hustles.
Too many clerks and not enough
salesmen?that Is the cry.
The sheriff is always making googoo
eyes at the store that doesn't advertise.
Resolve not to worry so much about
your competitor. Take the lead for a
change.
Many succeed because they advertise
correctly and ever so many fail because
they don't.
If you never do more than you are
paid for. you will gever get paid for
more than you do.
If you have no confidence in your em
ployer, for heaven's sake be honest and
go in and tell him so. Draw your pay
and quit.?Brains.
First Ikc of Potatoes In Ireland.
In the garden adjoining his house a)
Youghal, Italeigh planted the first po
tatoes ever grown in Ireland. The veg
ctable was brought to him from the
little colony which he endeavored to
establish in Virginia. The colonists
started in April, 1585, and Thomas
Harriot, one of their number, wrote a
description of the country in 1587. He
describes a root which must have
been the potato:
"Openank are a kind of roots of
round form, some of the biguesse of
walnuts, some farre greater, which are
found in moist & marlsh grounds grow
lug many together one by another in
ropes, as though they were fastened
with a string. Being boiled they are
very good meat."
The Spaniards first brought potatoes
to Kurope, but Raleigh was undoubted
ly the first to introduce the plant into
Ireland.
Ilonnlnl n?<l Meyerbeer.
Rossini, walking one day 011 the bou
levard with the musician Braga, was
greeted by Meyerbeer, who anxiously
inquired after the health of his dear
Rossini. "Bad, very bad," answered
the latter. "A headache, a side ache
and a leg I can scarcely move." After
a few moments' conversation Meyer
beer passed on, and Braga asked tb?
great composer how It was he had sud
denly become so unwell. Smilingly
Rossini reassured his friend: "Oh, 1
couldn't be better. I only wanted tr
please Meyerbeer. lie would be s<
glad to see me smash up."
Ready to Reconsider.
"No," said sho, "I'm not afraid
I do not love .you enough to be
come your wife, but I shall al
ways be your friend and sincere
ly wish for your happiness,"
"Oh, that's all right," he re
joined, "I have made up my
mind to
'Tlease don't do anything
rash." she interrupted.
"I'll not," he continued, "I'm
?oing to propose to Miss Plump
leijrh to-morrow."
"Oh, horrors!" she exclaimed
'I'lease give me another'dav to
consider, dear."?Chicigo News
Evaporated notches 10c por
Lb. The Act io ijiucci y Co.
BIGGEST FARM IN THE WORLD.
Owned by Man Who Ottered to Pay
Mexican Nailonal Debt
In a moment of vinous enthu
siasm Daniel \\ ebster put hid
hand in hie pocket, asked how
muci the.national debt was, and
offered to pa.v it himself. A Mexi
can fanner, Don Luis Terrazas,
a great friend of President Diaz,
mce offered to assume the Mexi
can national debt; and it would
have kept him awake nights if
his offer had been accepted. Don
Luis has what you might call a
tidy little farm at Chihuahua;
about eight million acres. Takes
the Mexican Central trains more
than half a day to cross it
Whew! Don Luis is thought to
own more than a million cattle,
but a bagatelle of a hundred
thousand or so more or less nev
er bothers hiiu (lis stable con
sists of some 100,000 horses; his
sheepfold of 700,000 sheep
From 200,000 to 300,000 calves
are branded with his brand iv
ery sprit g. More than a thou
sand cov. boys and so on keep
his cattle on a thousand hills.
At his slaughter and packing
house near Chihuahua City,
250,000 cattle, as many sheep,
and hogs innumerable are killed;
and away they go in his own re
frigerator cars. Some 40,000
persons dwell on bis estate and
are ruled by this Arabian Nights
farmer, who lives in a two-mil
lion (silver) dollar castle and is
a swell and nabob such as these
United States know not.?Every
body's Magazine.
Longing and Labor.
If wishing were being, we'd all be beau
tlful,
Healthy and wealthy, wise and dutiful.
If wishing were having?what pleasure
untold;
With a heartful of Joy and purseful of
gold!
But wishes, alas, are but empty bubbles.
And the longing heart may teem with
troubles!
Bo idle wishing is vain, forsooth,
Aa the endless search for the fountain of
youth.
But work that holds wealth may be had
for the taking;
Though it ma j- not bring health, 'tis a
balm for heartaching.
And study makes wise, and love, people
say, i
Gives the beauty that's truest, which
lasts for aye.
Then away with longing, and, ho, for la
bor.
And. ho, for love, each one for his neigh
bor!
For a life of labor and study and love
Is the life that fits for the Joy above.
?Emma C. Dowd.
Origin of Steum Whivtle*.
As the train approached a crossing
the engineer lifted a tin horn from the
seat beside him und blew a long, reso
nant blast that was scarcely audible
above the rattle of the cars. A farmer
on his way to market failed to hear
the warning blast. The next instant he,
with his cart, a hundred pounds of but
ter and a thousand fresh eggs, was mix
ed up In a monster omelette by the side
of the track. The farmer was unhurt,
but very angry. He brought suit and
recovered full damages from the rail
road. This happened in England in
1833.
The president of the road sent for
George Stephenson and said angrily:
"Our engineers can't blow their horns
loud enough to clear the tracks ahead.
You have made your steam do so
much, why don't you make it blow a
good loud horn for us?"
Stephenson pondered. An idea came
to him. He visited a musical instru
ment maker and had constructed a
horn that gave a horrible screech when
blown by steam. From tills horn the
locomotive whistle of today descends.
CltnracteriMlio* of European Cltien.
An observer, says a correspondent of
the Leeds Mercury, has drawn up a lit
tle table iu which he arranges the prin
cipal cities and towns of the world ac
cording to a classification which has
at least the merit of novelty. Each
town Is considered from the point of
view of the trades which are carried on
in It. According to these statistics, In
I'arls there reside the most tailors, up
holsterers, bonnet makers, barbers, ad
vocates and men of letters, men or
women. Iu London we tlnd the most
cab and carriage proprietors, engineers,
printers, booksellers and-though most
people would scarcely credit it?cooks.
In Amsterdam we find the most are
dealers and money lenders. Brussels
Is celebrated as the place where the
largest number of boys smoke. It Is
In Naples that we find the most street
porters. We see the largest number of
beer drinkers In Berlin. Florence pos
sesses the most flower sellers, and Lis
bon Is celebrated as containing the
most bailiffs.
Locating; Avignon.
Sir Frederick Pollock used to tell
this story of the dilettante society:
The qualification for membership wns
that the candidate had been met In
Italy by the proposing member, but
once It happened that n candidate was
elected who had been met at Avignon.
The error wns discovered and the so
ciety proceeded to vote "that. In the
opinion of the society, Avignon is in
Italy." Tills, however, seemed a tic
klish precedent to establish, no they
gravely inld their heads together and
solemnly resolved In a further motion
"that, in the opinion of this society,
\ei,rne-i ic ?? nly town In France
which Is in Italy.''
ERA OF THE BAD GIRL.
Nearly 600 Delinquent Girls Last
Year Before Bar In Chicago.
The bad boy is disappearing;
the bold, bad girley is taking his
place, according to William O.
La Monte, for five years clerk of
the juvenile court, who spoke be
fore the Social Economics Club
j yesterday.
"During the first six months
following the establishment of
the juvenile court," declared the
speaker, "only six delinquent
girls were brought before the bar.
The year before last the number
increased to 384, and it is grow
ing constantly. I believe when
the totals are made for last year
the number will be found to
reach nearly 600. You women
?we all?ought to work day and
night to create a public senti
ment which will cause the extinc
tion of those infamous dance
halls in which nearly all those
girls siarted on their downward
career.
"At *he State r?fuge at Ge
neva every room is full;in nearly
every room there necotsto ac
commode te the overflow. It is
impossible to build cottages fast
enough to meet the increase."?
Chicago Dispatch.
WHY BUY Mc(JLURE'S?
McClure's Magazine is bought
and lead in homes not because
it is a magazine, but because it
is the magazine. Why?
FlHST?THE PRICE. It COStS
but one dollar a year, or less
than ten cents a number, for ov
er thirteen hundred two column
pages of reading matter. This
amounts in actual bulk to twen
ty or twenty-five books costing
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I have for sale several Sec
ond-hand Sewing Machines.
The prices on them range
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If you want to buy one of
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Smithfield, N. C.
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