j HE WANTED TO KNOW.
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An Incident That Tamed the Inqulal
tlva Man Far a Time.
There la not ao much fun to be got
oat oI the Inquisitive man. He la gen
erally a mere nuisance, but occasion
ally be furnishes food for merriment
A certain down eaat storekeeper was
ao offensively Inquisitive that It was
determined to teach blm a lesson.
Among hit falling* was a desire to ex
amine the contents of every package
which btai friends deposited In his store
for safe keeping. He must see the In
side if be had to break the package
open. One day a man left a stout
leather bag, asking thst no one disturb
It Tbo proprietor walked around rest
lessly for awhile and then stopped
near the bag. Apparently no one wan
looking. In reality all the store loung
ers were in the secret and were anx
iously awaiting his next move. He
" nervously lingered the cord that tied
the top of the bag for a minute and
then quickly untied It He had no
time to look in before the contents
came forth. They consisted of a score
of large and spirited hornets, and the
way they lit on all the exposed por
tions of that inquisitive man was a
caution. He shot'out of tbo store at a
pace tbat would have done credit to a
sprinter. They sny that for a year
afterward he hardly looked Into his
own sugar barrel without asking per
mission.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
STILL LOYAL
Human Encyclopedia Not Influenced by
Diaplay of Bunting.
One Fourth of July night In Loudon
the Empire Music hall advertised spe
cial attractions to American visitors.
All over the auditorium the union Jacfa
and the stars and stripes infolded one
another, and at the Interludes were
heard "Yankee Doodle" and "Hall,
Columbia," while a quartet sang
"Down Upon the Swanee River."
Then came the tnrn of the human
encyclopedia, who advanced to the
front of the atage and announced him
self ready to answer, sight unseen, all
questions the audience might pro
pound.
A volley of queries was fired at blm,
and the encyclopedia breathlessly told
tbe distance of tbe earth from Mars,
the number of bones in tbo humuu
skeleton, of square miles in the British
empire and other equally important
facts.
There was a brief pause, In which an
American stood up. "What great
•vent took place July 4, 1770?" he pro
pounded In a loud, glad voice.
Tbe human encyclopedia glared at
him. "Th' hlncldent you speak of, sir,
was a hlnfamous houtrage."—Every
body's Magazine.
How Birds Meat Emergencies.
Dr. Francis 11. Herrick says a spar
row will pluck a horsehair from the
mouth of a nestling, while another
bird, like au oriole, will stand by and
see Its mate hang until dead without
attempting to release it.
A robin will tug at a string which
has caught on a limb, but Is never seen
fully to meet the situation by releasing
the string. It will make several turns
of a cord about a limb and leave tbo
other end free without any relation to
the nest so that its effort is useless.
It ties no knots.
The gull, according to abunduut and
competent testimony, will carry shell
flsb to a considerable height, drop them
on the rocks or hard ground and repeat
tbe experiment until It gets the soft
meat— Chicago Tribune.
Origin of Pommti Soufflee.
Speaking of the first railway ID
France, a French Journal points out
that It was in connection wltb this
•rent that the virtues of pommes souf
flees were discovered. A French chef
was travellug on the new line from
Paris to St. Germain aud was prepar
ing in the train the banquet which
was to celebrate the opening. Just be
fore arriving at St. Ueruiaiu be threw
aome potatoes in tho boiliug butter.
The train, however, was delayed, and
the potatoes had to be taken out again.
■When the train restarted the potatoes
were once again put In the boiling but
ter and to every one's delight were
found, on being taken out, to be de
liclously light and Inflated. The beau
ties of the pomme aoufflee had been
mealed.
The Swiss Referendum,
la aome of the cautous of Switzer
land a method resembling Ibo referen
dum has been lu practice since tbe six
tenth century. The present form was
adopted in the canton of St. Gallen in
3180. In 1848, In spite of conservative
opposition, the referendum was Incor
porated In the Swiss federal constttu
tlon, and la 1874 Its application was
extended. In all the cantons, except
Frieburg, the referendum la now es
tablished. '
The Allowance.
-But." protested the wayward son,
"you ahould make allowaace for the
folllee of youth."
"Huh!" growled the old man. "If It
wasn't (or the allowance you get there
would be less folly."—Chicago News.
Yaur Motherf
Hera'a to tha woman who has a smile
for erary Joy. a tear for erery sorrow,
a cooaolatloD for erery grief, an ex
em far every fenlt. a prayer for ev
ery misfortune, an encouragement for
•vary hope-Balnte Folx.
Sympathy.
Archie—Baw Jove, tha wind blew a
•parte from ma pipe against ma neck
J oat now.
1 aggie.—J noticed there seemed to
ha a email of burning rubber In tbe
m TOOTHACHE.
About the Worat Torture That Ever
Afflicted Mankind.
"Yon of the younger generation,"
said the dentist severely, "don't appre
ciate the Importance of the conquest
of toothache that dentistry has made.
"Toothache is the worst torture that
ever afflicted mankind. Its pains—
'lancinating' they are technically called
—are worse than the pains of cancer.
Worse than cancer; that is the truth.
I have heard It from physicians; i
have heard it from three old people
whom cancer finally killed. They all
snld that the pain of cancer at Its"
worst was mild beside the pain of the
worst toothache. •>
"Toothache drove De Quincy to
opium eating. De Quincy, too, says in
his 'Opium Eater*—like all dentists, 1
have the passage by heart;
" 'No stronger expression of tooth
ache's Intensity and scorching fierce
ness can be imagined than this fact,
that within my private knowledge two
persons who had suffered alike under
toothache and cancer have pronounc
ed the former to be on tbe scale of tor
turo by many degrees the worse. In
both there are at times lancinating
pangs—keen, glancing, arrowy radla
tlons of anguish—and upon these the
basis of comparison is rested, parox
ysm against paroxysm, with the result
that I have stated.' "—New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
A VERY PRETTY LETTER.
The Story of Byron's Proposal to Miss
Milbanke.
Byron's proposal to bis wife. Miss
Alilbanke, was made after sordid dls
cussiou and study and lacked all Im
pulse. Lady Melbourne, who stood In
his eonlideuce, observing how cheerless
and unsettled Ills mind and prospects
were, strenuously advised him to mar
ry. She suggested n certain lady, but
Lord Byron fancied the idea of marry
ing Miss Mllbanke.
"No," said Lady Melbourne; "Miss
Milbanke will not suit you. In the first
place, she has no fortune now, and you
want money Immediately. In e next
place, you want a person who will
have great admiration for your genius,
she has too great an admiration for
herself."
"Well," said Byron, "as you please."
And, silting down, be wrote a letter
to tbo lady recommended by Lady Mel
bourne. He received a refusal.*
"Now, you see," sald -he, "Miss Mil
banke Is to be the person, after all. I
will write to her."
As soon ns be had finished his friend,
still remonstrating, read the note and|
observed;
"Well, really, this Is a very prettj
letter. It Is a pity It should not-go."
"Then It shall go," exclaimed Byron.
And, HO saying, lie sealed and sent the
fiat of his unhappy fate.
Rapid Transit.
An express on a certain railroad was
tearing away at a wild and awe Inspir
ing rate of six miles an hour, when all
of a sudden It stopped altogether. Most
of the passengers did not notice the
difference, but one of them happened
to be somewhat anxious to reach his
destination before old ago claimed him
for Its owu. lie put his head through
the window to find that the cause of
the slop was a cow on tbe track. After
awhile they continued tbe journey for
half an hour or so, and then—another
stop.
"What's wrong now?" nsked the Im
patient passenger of the couductor.
"A cow on the track."
"But I thought you drove It off."
"So we did," said the conductor, "but
we caught up with it again."—Ladles'
Ilome Journal.
The Cheapest Way.
"That tobacco yo're smokin' hae a
richt bonnio smell, Wullle," said the
Caledonian tradesman.
"Aye!" assented Willie. "An'it'sguld
tobacco and cheap. In fact, I get It
cheaper than the tobacconist hissel'!"
"Hoots, inou!" exclaimed the know
ing tradesman. "That's an impossl
beelltj! Ye canna' get it cheaper than
the tobacconist hissel'! It isua likely."
"Aye, but 1 do," asserted Willie, low
ering his voice. "Ye see, there hap
pens to be a brlther o' my alu wife's In
tho shop!"
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Breaking It Gently.
"I understand, sir, that you are the
possessor of a swollen fortune."
"Well," gruffly answered the beauti
ful girl's father, "what is that to yon?"
"I merely thought that I would give
you duo notice of my lnteutlou to help
tako the swelling out of It. Myrtle and
I are going to be married."—Chlcogo
Record-Herald.
Terrible Testa.
"So you are still looking for an hon
est man?"
"I am," answered Diogenes.
"What la the lantern for?"
"That's to test him with. I am going
to lend him the lantern, and If be
brings that back I'm going to try him
with an umbrella."—Washington Star.
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One Good Feature.
T am uot adroit Each day I do
•omething that makes me war "
"That's bad."
"Well, each new worry makes me
forget the worry of yesterday. It
might be worse."—Kansas City Jour
nal .(
Cynical.
Sllllcus—What do you consider Is the
proper time for a man to marry? Cynl
cna—Ob, I suppose when ho hasn't any
thing else to worry him.—Philadelphia
Record-
Before accepting a favor look for
the string that may be tied to it.-
AtcUUon Globe.
Notice
North Carolina—Martin County.
Superior Court. Before the Clerk
W. P. Moore vs. Margaret Moore.
The defendant alxive named will take
notice that a lummom in the above en
titled action was issued against the said
defendant on the ifKh day of November,
1008. by J. A. liobha clerk of the Super
ior Court, which summons waa returna
ble before the Judge of the Superior
Court at Williauiston in said county, on
tbe 14th day of December, 1908.
The defendant will take notice that
the summons issued was for divorce, as
stated in complaint filed therein, and to
be found in the office of the Clerk of
s>id County, and which summons is
returnable at March Ternnof the Super
ior Court, being the third Monday and
isth day of March 1909, when and where
the defendant is required to appear and
answer or demur to the complaint or the
relief demanded will tie granted.
This the 20th day of November 1908.
J. A. HOBBS, C. S. C.
Notice.
North Carolina—Martin County
Superior Court, Before the Clerk.
S. H. Roebuck and others vs. John
Rhodes and others.
The defendants, John Rhodes. Alison
Wiggins, Augustus Wiggins. Julia Wig
gins, Samuel Purvis and wife Lueinda,
Andrew Wiggins, Maggie Wiggins. Rob
ert Wiggins, Alfred Wiggins and wife
Jane, John Shark, George Baker, Augus
tus Loyd, Joseph Beasley and wife Ida,
John Williams and wife Luzetta. Henry
Shark, Henry Butler and wife Gertrude,
Charlie Keys, George Keys, Bessie Keys,
William Kevs, Relitts Wiggins, Ephrius
Williams and wife Penny, James Speight,
Joe Speight, Lawrence Speight, Isaac
Speight, John Speight, Reubin Speight,
Lotin Speight. Jerrv Sladeand wife Mesa,
Turner Spruill and wife Harriet Ann,
Moses Beecher and wife Sallie, Gordon
Bailey and wife Genetta. Jack Bailev.
John T. Bailey, Hovt Bailey and wife
Annie, Gus Bailey, Clintou Koscoe and
wife Otelia Earnest Bailey. Sam Bailey,
Savanab Bailey, John 11. Bailev. Rol>ert
Bailey and wife Annie May. Mittie Jane
Bailey, Fannie Bailev. Hattie Odell Bai
ley. Arthur Bailev. Mack Noble and wife
Mamie, Babe Bailev, James Bailey.
James Bailey, John A. Bailey, Tames
Bailey and wife Martha, will take notice
that an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court. Martin
County before the clerk to sell for peti
tion a tract of land in Martin, in which
the above named defendants are inter
ested; and the said defendants will
further take notice that they are required
to arpear at the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court for the Countv'bf Martin
on the 22nd day of December, 190H ami
answer or demur to the complaint in said
action, or the plaintiffs will apply to the
court for the *elief demanded in said
complaint. This the 20th day of Novem
ber, J9ON. •*
J. A. Ilonns,
ii-J'/-4t Clerk Superior Court.
Notice.
North Carolina—Ma'tin County
Superior Court, Before the Clerk.
George E. Peel, Executor of Enoch Stal
ling vs. Sarah Stalling, Jobe Stallings.
Frances Riildick and Henry Riddick,
Ida Godard, Joshua Godard, Agues Rob
erson, Florence Hayes and L. H. Hayes.
The defendants Tolin Stallings and
Joeb Stalling*, Florence Hayes ond 1,.
11. Hayes above named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has lieen conynen,ced l>efore the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Martiu County, for
the purpose of selling the real estate be
longing to the late Enoch Stallings, de
ceased, to create assets for the payment
of debts standing against said estate; and
the defendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear at the
Court-bouse in the town of Williauiston,
Martin County, N. C., in the Clerk's
office on the first day of January, 1909
and answer or demur to tbe lietftion ifr
said acUoif'or the petitioner will apply
to the court for relief in said complaiut.
This the 25th day of Noveuil>cr, 1908.
J. A. HOBBS
11-27-41 Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE
Under ani by virtue of authority vest
ed in me by a certain deed executed to
me by N. E, Williams aud wife Vino
Williams, on the first day of January,
nineteen hundred and one, to secure
the payment of a certain bond hearing
even date therewith, and registered in
the Register's office for Martin County
in liook C C C at jwge and the stip
ulations contained in said deed in trust
not having lieen complied, and upon re
quest of cestui que trust therein named,
I shall on the 28th dav of December,
nineteen hundred and eight, at two
o'clock, p. 111., in front of the Bank of
Robersonville, in the town ot Roberson
ville, N. C., sell to. the highest bidder,
fcr cash, the following parcel or tract of
land, situaie in Martin County, Poplar
Point Towrship, and adjoining the lands
of Riley Spruill and others and being a
part of the Porry Baxemore farm, and a
more accurate description will be found
by reference to a certain deed executed
to said N. K. Williams by J. A. Martin,
and properly recorded in Martin County
Said parcel o tract of land is said to
contain one hundred acres," more or less.
This the Jjrd dav of November 1908.
t1.a7.4t J. B. Rawl9, Trustee.
TRUSTEE'S NOTICE
By virtue of authority of a Deed of
Trult executed to me by Anthouy Bur
roughs and aister Edna Burroughs on the
a6th day of January 1904. and duly re
corded in the Register's office in Martin
County in Book G. G. G., page 191, to
aecure the payment of a certain bond
bearing even date therewith, and the
stipulations in said Deed not having
been complied with, I ahall expose at
public auction, for cash, on Monday the
4th day of January 1909, at 11 o'clock,
at the court house door in Martin County
the following propertv:
It being all lands now owned by
the said Anthony Burroughs and Edna
M. Burroughs which was inherited from
their father James Burroughs, bounded
on the North by F. G. Burroughs' heirs,
Elisha Moore in the K by the county poor
house lands, on the S and W bv the F.
G. Burroughs lands. The whole tract
consisting of about 50 acres, about *5 of
of which lie on the west side of the
Cherrv ROarl, and being where the said
A. and E. M. Burroughs now reside, and
about 5 acres on the E side of said road
and being all the lands we now r.wn.
1 This November jOth 1908.
I W. C. MANNING.
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