IN THE OLD BARM LOFT.
"Fla thirty joaw or thereafcouta
Buioe Ipacd to roll and play
And tarn all kind! o( gomarsauH*
Oa the trash and fragrant hay;
A-Jumping and a-tnmbllaß
On the bay ao sweet and soft,
At my homo away beek yonder,
In the eld bam loft.
How the pigeons used to flutter,
And strut about and ooo!
And make lore to one another,
Like the sweethearts used to do,
WbUo I walked the risky wotwlwaia*
Or clambered blirti aloft.
With half intent of falling,
In the old bam loft.
How I used to frighten sister,
Who waa looking for the eggs,
As I dangled there head downward,
Holding by my Uttlo legs:
And, giving them a swing or two,
I’d strike the hay so soft.
At my homo away book yonder,
In the old barn loft.
the twittering or the swallows.
While making homos of mud:
Tho gleeful game of hido-aud-seek,
The slip, the sudden thud;
the pattering of the raindrops
Above tho bay so soft.
Am memories mill clinging
Os the old bam loft.
—B. A. Harrison, In the Inter Ocean,
* WUMOROUS.
Taking pen oua—Policemen.
A fast gait—One that is bolted.
The lay of the land'—“Hail Colum
bia."
Always out of countenance—The
noee.
A water-oonrso—A aeries of tem
perance lectures.
Misses don’t count—except in the
treasury department.
Ho veteran smoker would enjoy
smoking in the dark, because to smoke
properly one must have a light.
She—What is that dreadful noise
overhead? He—Oh, that’s Sprocket
in the flat upstairs learning to ride the
silent steed I
“How do you stand on this irrepres
sible financial question, Chumpley?”
“Sorry, old man, bnt X can’t spare you
• cent today."
An exchange has found out when
Adam waa married. Os coarse it was
on hie wedding Eve; most everybody
knew it before.
Mrs. Newroeks —I like our new but
ler very much. Mr. Newroeks—Bo do
I; but, sometimes, I’m afraid he has a
poor opinion of ns.
Father—This likeness of my son is
very much like him. Has he paid for
it? Photographer—Not yet Father
—That is still more like him.
Hobson—l’ve seen a drop of water
run an electric light plant. Dobson- —
Where did you see a drop of water do
that? Hobson—At Niagara Falls.
Thompson says you may talk about
your water cures, your movement
cures and your blue-glass cures; but
there is nothing like the sinecure, af
ter all.
It was a delicate pieco of sarcasm in
the hoarder who sent, his landlady a
raeor neatly inclosed in a handsome
silk-lined case and labeled ‘ 'butter
knife.”
“What was the peculiarity of Me
thuselah?" asked the teacher. “He
lived to be very old without ever
learning to ride a bike," answered the
smart hoy.
Visitor (shivering)—Do you always
have this kind of weather here in
April? Resident—Not at all, sir.
Sometimes we have this kind of weath
er’ter ein July.
The Colonel—Bo poor old Mike has
committed suicide, has he? Well, I
should have thought that would have
been the last thing he would have
dona Tenant—Which it were, mar.
“Edith, I noticed last night that
Mr. Da Rich paid you considerable at
tention. I hope you showed him a
Soper amount of civility." Ingenuous
tartrate—Oh, yes, mamma, I did I
Tm soke he knows he con have me for
the asking.
A raw Sootch lad joined the volun
teers, and on the first parade day his
sister came with his mother to see the
regiment On the march past Jock
was out of step. “Look, mither,”
skid his sister, ’they’re a’ not of step
but cor Jookl’*
“I don’t see why you consider your
political career a failure," said the
man. “My friend, "said the citizen, with
an eameet sigh, “I have been in poli
tics for fifteen years rad have sever
yet attained the prominence of being
fsdlsd a Judas by the newspapers.
‘Tm sorry, Mr. Tympany,” said the
lflidnr of the homes band to the big
dnumfiet, “but we shall have to dis?
pease with your aervioea." “Why?”
**Why? You ask me why! A man who
has got so fat that he can ao longer hit
the middle of the drum aake me
trhjrr
Animals Live Without Wafer.
There are man; different kinds of
animals in the world that never, in all
their Uvea, rip as much as a drop of
water. Among theee are the llamas of
.Patagonia and the gaselles of the far
A parrot lived for fifty-two
paws in Hie London Zoo without
drinking a drop at water; and many
naturalists believe the only moisture
imbibed by wild rabbits is derived
tram green herbage laden with dew.
, *»—m-strartrawsssoMM. i_ ■ 11
■ The railways of the world carry over
40,000,000 passengers weekly.
Tbs Courting.
Once them vu a maiden fair.
A many years ago.
With laughing eyas and misty hair.
A many years ago.
And when the golden man had fled
Beyond the bills and day w«s dead,
Ditto her door a bravo youth sped,
A many yean ago.
Adovm the winding lance they strayed,
A many yean ago.
While Cupid on their heart strings ployod,
A many yean ago.
And moonlit were the summer skies.
And lovelight glistened in their eyes,
And earth to thorn was a paradise,
A many years ago.
Ho told the story new yet old.
A many years ago.
The sweetest story over told,
A many yean ago.
He kiMMd her on her downy oheek.
Her hlushes warm played hide and seek,.
For love ol him she oould not speak,
A many yearn ago.
The maiden fair and gallant swain,
A many years ago.
Husband and wife at last became,
A many yean ago.
But not each other did they wed,
Hhe wedded a man whose wife was dead,
He weddod another mold instead,
A many years ago.
—Boston Globe.
Little Feet.
Two little feet, so small that both may
nestle
In one caressing hand;
Two tender feet upon the untried border
Os life’s mysterious land;
Those roaa-whlte feet along tbe doubtful
future
Must Mar a woman’s load;
Alasl ’ Since woman has the heaviest burden
And walks tho hardest road.
' i
Love, for a while, will make the path be
fore them
Ali dainty, smooth and fair;
Will out away the brambles, letting only
The roses blossom there:
Bat whoa the mother’s watchful eyes are
shrouded
Away from sight of men.
And these dear little feet arc left without
her guiding,
Who shall direct them then?
Will they go stumbling blindly in the dark
new
Ol sorrow's tearful shades?
Or And the upland slopes of peace and
Monty,
Whose sunlight never fades?
Ob, who may read the future? For this
sweetheart small
We want ail blcesings sweet.
And pray that he who foods the crying
ravens
Will gnlde the baby's feet.
War Hong of the Greek*.
Sons of the Greeks, arise!
The glorious hour’s gone forth.
And, worthy ol such ties,
Display who gavo us birth.
ononm.
Son* of Oreekßl let us go
In arms against the sue.
Till their hated blood shall flow
! In a river past our feet.
Then manfully despising
The Turkish tyrant’s yoke,
Let your eountry see you rising,
And all her chains are broke.
Brave shades of chiefs and sages.
Behold the coming strife!
Hellenes ol past ages.
Oh, start again to life!
At the sound of »y trumpet, breaking
Tour deep, oh, join with met
And the seveu-hlll’d city seeking,
' _ Fight, conquer, till we’re free.
; sons of Greeks, etc.
Sparta, Sparta, why in slumbers
Lethargic dost toon lie?
Awako, and join thy numbers
i With Athens, old ally!
. Leonidas recalling,
1 That of ancient song,
■ Who saved ye once from falling,
’ The terrible I tbe strong!
Who made that bold diversion
i In old Thermopylae.
And warring with the Persian
To keep his oountrv free;
With his three hundred waging
The battle, long he stood,
And like a lion raging,
> Expired In seas of blood.
V Sons of Greeks, etc.
r Byron.
It’s 0 my heart, my heart.
To be out In tho sun and ring!
To slog and shout In the fields about.
In the balm and the blossoming.
Bing loud, O bird la the tree; *“ *
0 bird, slag loud In the sky;
And hooey bees, blacken the clover seas;
Thera are none of yon glad ae I.
-*>
The leaves laugh low la the wind;
Laugh low With the wind at play;.
It><i the odorous call of the flowers all,
Entices my soul awayl
Tor oh, but the world Is fair, la fair;
And oh, but the world is sweet! »
I will out lu the gold of the blossoming
mold,
And sit at the Master’s feet.
And the love my heart woul&apeak,
I trill fold iuthe lily's rim, ;
That the lips of the blossom, more pure and
meek,
Hay offer It up to Him. »
Then sing tn the hedgerow green, 0 thrush,
O skylark, sing to the blue;
Blag loud, sing clear, that the King may
hear,
And my soul aboil sing with you. *
—lnoDonna Coolhrlth.
* ___________________
' ' _ ' Austrian XJfh Insurance.
Id Austria the man who loses both
his hands in an accident ora claim the
whole of hie life insurraoe money, on
1 the ground that he has loot the meant
|of maintaining himnell Loee of Hit
right head mdueee the olatm from aew
enty to eighty per oral of the total. ■
WOUNDED IN THE WAR.
SHOT IN THE ABDOUKN AT CUIfBMK
UNO OAF.
Blind, Kh»iuiu»Uo and l»rop*iml—A Union
Colonel Is Given Over So DU*-How
tbe Old Soldier goto Aarael
tho ni|t.
FV-om fas ATstM, narSoursuHfe, jpg,
Tn the year IMS, while in command of n
Onion regiment at Cumberland Gap, Col
onel Messer, now of Flat Licks, Kentucky,
received a severs gunshot wound In his ab
domen. Tn a tow months he woe agala la
the saddle, but soon was obliged to undergo
farther mediae! treatment, and his condi
tion became so serious that in the winter of
1968 he returned to his homo, and was never
again (It for active service. During the
yean that have since passed, Colonel Mrawer
has Men a confirmed Invalid from the effect
ol his wound, and has been under tbe con
stant care of the local physlcans, not Im
proving, but growing worse as tho years
rolled on. His condition eventually be
came deplorable. Almost blind,legs swollen,
so that bo was unable to walk, the doctors
who could do nothing to arrest the prngrese
of the disease, diagnosed It as dropsy, and
said recovery vu impossible.
The old soldier did not half believe his
physicians, but said that slnoo they oould
uo nothing for him, he would, upon on old
friend'* strong recommendation, try Dr.
Williams’ Fink Fills for Pale People. The
first box woe token by Col. Messer accord
ing to directions, and by tho lime that was
roue, be felt So ronoh easier and more com
fortable, that several other boxes were pro
cured, and bo continued to take them faith
fully. Soon tho swelling In his legs disap
peared, and with ft the fierce rheumatic
pal an with which be had long Buffered.
Strangest of all, his sycwlgfct, which for so
many years had been useless, was restored.
In all. Colonel Messer took Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills six months, and then was thor
oughly cured. He now is a hoaltby looking
mau, rides on horsebaek, and stands as
much fatigue as any man of his age.
The Colonel, siaoo hi* recovery, is never
tired of deseantlng on the virtue* of theee
pills, end every advertisement that he finds
he carefully clips, and sends to some sick
friend or neighbor, with the assurance that
they will cure him.
The high standing of Colonel Hauser, sod
his remarkable reoovery, makes this report
more than usually Interesting, and when It
was received at the oflloe of tbe Dr. Wil
liams’ Medicine Co., It was referred to
Messrs. Phipps A Herndon, the well-known
druggists, of Barboursville, Xy., for verifi
cation. We append the reply:
BMBOonevxiAß, Ky., Aug. 18, ISM.
Du. WnxtAHß’ Med. Co.,
Bcbeueotady, M. Y.
Gentlemen:—loom of August litb to
hand, enquiring about testimonial written
by Mr. Sampson eopceming Colonel Messer,
of Flat Llek, Ky., will saylbat tho euro ol I
Colonel Meeser was considered almost mi
raculous, and he claims Pink Pills did it.
Yours truly,
Purees A Hxaxro*.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, In a con
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new Ufa and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females
such as suppressions, Irregularities and oil
forme of weakness. Tho* build up the blood,
and restore the glow of health to pale and
sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical
cure In nil oases arising from mental worry,
overwork or exeesscs of whatever nature.
Pink PlUs are sold In boxes (never tn loose
bulk) at 60 oonts a box or six boxes for 80-60,
and may be hod of all druggists, or direct
by mail by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medi
cine Company, Schenectady. N.Y.
FUs permanently cored. Ho fits or nervous
ness after first day’s use of I>i . Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. gS trial bottle and treat! so free
Da. B. H. Kusa Ltd.. Ml Arab Btt.Pbifa.Pa.
g«* for?**-
SKS,-“4.te£at*»sg«srißs£
titulars. Sold by Druggists. Me.
rise's Cure Is the medicine to break up
children’s Coughs and Cold*.—Mrs. M. G
Blunt, Sprague, Wash., March 6,1684.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, red oofng inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. Mca bottle.
. BICYCLE EXCTTEMKNT.
The greatest sense
§tion of the season in
the bicycle market has
Men occasioned by
four of the leading
manufacturers com
bining to protect the
retail trade from to
ere.' *Thts combiuo
tlou.of which the John
P^LovelLAimsCo.are
hare forced*down the
price of high grade
wheels so that there
is now no reason why
SEirj. s. loveli,, a cyclist should ride
Tress. Lovell Am* Co. lythlng but a first
class, guarauteod wheel, ana at prices charged
from the nameless and unguaranteed wheels
There Is considerable opposition to. This com
bination on Uic iArt of those who handle
low grade wheels, but the public will be the
winners, thanks to tbe Lovell Arms Co. A
catalogue of our regular bicycle stock and a
ajKxial list ol wheels issued ny the Big Four
Combination mnllod free on application.
Tho Spanish Genser.
They have a curious way of suppress
ing papers horn. Instead of submitting
their proof-sheets to the censor, as is
usual where such n protector of public
opinion exists, they get at the matter
backward. The publisher goes ahead
on his own judgment, prints what he
pleases and takes his chances of going
to Jail or paying u fine. The censor
reads tbe paper at the breakfast , table
tbe next morning, and If be finds any
thing mildly objocUonnble, he writes a
polite note to tbe editor, calling atten
tion to the article. The latter prints a
paragraph next day explaining that he
was mistaken or that the public had
misinterpreted his remarks. But when
any high official of the Government Is
attacked, or the proprieties are vio
lated, the editor is fined or Imprisoned,
and policemen take the subscription
list and call at every bouse at which
copies have been delivered to recover
them.—Havana correspondence of tho
Chicago Tfmes-Herald,
Sam Jones say* he proposes to “han
dle the devil without glorss" In At
lanta. We believe a glove contest to a
finish would draw better.
Ho. 8. Solid Oak Bxtenrion Table,
polubod liko a piano—baa six maaaive
Jogs The four ouuulo logs are connect
ed, braced and finely ornamented. It
mensures lsx« (nebes wtaon closed end
e feet long wbou spread. Special Frio*.
53.95
(Order* promptly filled.)
TM above Is but one of over MOO
bargain* to be found jo nur new ontn
loguo. It contains all kind* of Furni
ture, Onrpete, Baby Carriages. Be
frlgoratoia. Store*, fancy lamp*,
Boddiap. Spring*! Iren Bed*, etc. Too
are paying local dealer* double ocr
prices. Drop a postal for our great
motiey-saving catalogue which we
mall free of Jl charges- Dee! with the
manufacturer* and you will make tho
big profit* you ere now paying your
IOOW QflUOiß-
Julius Hines A Son,
BALTIMORE, MPi
Snow In Mid-Summer.
TM Seaboard Air Line end Merchants’ A
Miners’ Transportation Co., are arranging
tor tbe operation of a special end personally
conducted tour Iron Atlanta, Oa., and in
termediate points on the 8. A- L to Provi
dence, 111., and return earirln August at
on exceedingly low rate. Tickets will be
limited to about twenty day* from date of
sofa, thus giving the pamengeni so opportu
nity of making side trips to Boston and
White Mountain and other resorts in the
Rest. The excursion will be under tbe super
vision of an experienced tourist agent, and a
lady chaperone A first class steamer will M
placed In service for this oooMlon and M the
number of persons for whom accommodations
can be provided oa tM steams* is necessarily
limited, it will M on.dent far those who daslre
to Join the party to make early application
to their ticket ageete and have their names
registered for tickets end state room berth
on steamer.
Rf^m
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%M\#;
sat. • • 11 ' 8
!ES
beer §
the blood, iff
the stom- S
1 JSL a cli, invigorates B
/T>sp7?\ the body- fully ft
IS satisfies die thirst. S
r\ y~Y A delicious .spark- ft
vvK I ling, temperance jf
XrA Lef drink of the high- ffl
T\ est medicinal value, ff
Mi tte eureka. BfraCtt, rum. g
fl' A pwty mIM I ■
i I MMritifytrtdti.
~ B. N. C-—Ho. at.-’97.
I Agents Everywhere!
For the Lovell “ Diamond ”
Cycles, and we stake our Business
Reputation of over 55 years that the
most perfect wheel yet made is the
Lovell Diamond ’97 Model.
INSIST ON SEEING THEM.
fTGEXTS in newly every Oily and Town. Examination will prove
II their superiority. If no agent in your place, «e»d to us.
MMMHPtei CPECIAL-A large line of Low Priced end Second*
hand wheels at unheard ol figure*.
BEND FOR SECOND HAND HOT.
BICYCLE CATALOGUE FREE.
We have the largest line of Biryele Sundries, Bicycle and Gymnm
tiium Suite and Athletic Goode of all kinds. Write fifi whflt yon want
rad we’ll send yon full information. II a dealer, mention it.
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS GO., 131 Broad St., Boston.
Keadauartera far r.nui, KHb* and Ktvolvm, Flthlxg Trekte, Skate* and
* parti lie (low)* of Every Dtwttrlpaton.
<n-BgWD FOR OUR LARGE ILLUSTRATED OATALOOUE.
ddai'frici 11’ r i" *V Vow blood'is bad
DC DtIAU 1 IrULr 2 your face snows it.
: It's nature's warning th*t the conJitJon of the blood needs attention
before more serious disease* set in- Beauty is blood deep.
/g% HEED THE
RED of'danqer, I
Wbcfi you cee pfanplte and liver
ipMs oa your face*
Make tbe COMPLEXION Beautiful, by Purifying tbe BLOOD.
If the blood i» puie. the *fcbi k clear> tmooth and soft. II you take
our advice, you w3l find CASCARETS will bring the lonrhimhof
health to laded faces, taka away the lhrer spots and pimples. Help
SbXk*»" ,, YOU CAN, IF YOU ONLY TRY.^w
JOHN FAHRIOR,m
’.WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
******** inapoctor of ********
80QTHBRH AND «. 11. L. WATCHES-
No. 1. South Tryon Street, Charlotte, X. C.
Diamonds, Watches, Clock*. Jewelry and
Spectacles, Silver and Plated Way*, wad
ding and VlslUug Cards Engraved"
MX.IL owns SOLJ PIT CP-
LIDDELL COMPANY
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
MXXCJFACTUKEB6 OF
ENGINES, BOILERS,
SAW MILLS, PULLEYS.
HANGERS,
COUPLINGS,
SHAFTING.
PRESSES
For Cotton, yarn and warps., doth, sad
special purposes.
GINS AMO GIN
ELEVATOR SYSTEMS
—deausbs nr—
Saws, rumps, fans, and Blowers, Belting,
and Supplies for Steam Pleats, flaw Mills and
Ginneries.
Platform Ac alee,
Corrugated Steel Hoofing-
GROVES
% j
n4r; uMHI
TASTELESS
CHILL
TDNIC
IS JUST AS GOOD PON ADULTS*
WARRANTED. PRICE BO eta.
_ QAi.A-nx. liAg., Mot. IS. uii,
PuUMedteteeCn., Bt. Mela, Mo. __
GentMmeos—W» acid M year. 180 MM* efi
GKOVH’B TABTBUKB CHILL TONIC and reX
buoctbithree mn nttredy UUsyear. laaUemuS
perienc* of U years. In (to drag bmlnaot. MW
never ooM on article that raw am qnltei.il earth
SeSUon M yuur Tonic. Tours truly,
Jflfi OSMORME-S ff