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uv :. VI. Country and Azsda. ,;y Homo was a Sunday morning, and .t one. that on which we were vk, kea around tne curves ana uver ' the trestles of the branch line up to Lcke Toxawav. a- more or less r.rilHnjr rljde over gorges and along t'.te brinks of precipices for two pas sengera who had been used for many days only to the original moae or lo comotion or the more piaeia ana date gait of Stokes. The incline was always a steep one after leaving Bre vard and our engine kept up a con tinuous shrieking and coughing In the little valley up which the . road wound, but we made good time and were landed at our destination at an early stage of ..the . morning. We . found ourselves In a spot at once a desert and a place of plenty. The tig hotel, at the edge 'Of the great artificial lake which inundates .hun dreds of acres "of land that was for centuries virgin forest is about as modern a' bit of civilisation aa one could expect ' to find anywhere, vyet IUHn thirty minutes' - walk' ,of its doors Ilea a country as wild as Is to be run across in . the . Blue - Ridge mountains, where starvation - stares the tram Der tin the' face from tho . boll f every ash and poplar. . ; . For this ia a great country. Tho most bounteous fare -Is -supplied for an equally bounteous consideration , at the ultra-cm useu now, ana without the aforesaid consideration the wanderer Is most assuredly in a bad way. He might as well be in the midst of the desert of Sahara as rag as a square meai is concerned. The folks In whose brains the idea of this mountain paradise was con eeived, were of the opinion that paradise should be operated on a payinr basis, . Therefore they bought up all the mountains that there were, stuck a mammoth eat ing house about the middle of their tract and then proceeaea to aecim-e the rest of their possessions unin habitable. Over the door o their hostelry they nailed a price, and he who naa not the price may not cn ter there. It was lucky for The' Bo and myself that we had the price, for we were hungry. So we hastened with a sigh to the, register, where the urbane clerk, in the most conde scendlnar manner counted our cash and. 'with a kindness of heart that was truly touching, deigned to leave us a few pieces as mementos. The rates are Ave dollars per day and up. , . eiv vv w w eeived. We were alotted a nice room overlooking the .lake and were serv ed with meals which were, if any thing, a degree, above first-class. We iur r n a wa rai ifli ti sy-sir vn inn i-h got our money's worth, too, if such a thing was possible, for we felt that we had paid handsomely for what waa set before us. But we decided that it was not In Nthe power of man to get his money's worth at rates of Ove per, or worse. The Bo, like my self has a weakness for dabbling in nhlloaophy a weakness , peculiar to most lunlors and we disposed of the mention In this wise: Very few folk there -are-who are able to nay five large honestly earned dollars per day for boarding and lodging their carcases,' and in the cage of, only a still smaller per cent, are the carcases themselves worth the price? Having entered into this . obstruse discussion , over the consomme we closed It over the fruit, with the fin al conclusion that when, by chanco, the care of the 'physical self In a man became 'really worth this sum, the man in the case always had too tnuch sense to pay it. - With these exalted conclusions we trolled from the dinner table to take a look at Toxaway on Sunday. We knew that it was Sunday, for we had looked at tho calendar to make sure, but that was the only way wo settled it The tennis grounds were fully - occupied, there was music on the long porchway, and things were moving at the bathing pavilion and boat house Just as they muxt have done every day before. Not that jut (Hi uu i nwd ni nu nuwHvu; we were Juniors and could stand anything but wo were slightly surprised to find things so wide open in a part of conventional old Worth Carolina. We congratulated each Other; it was plain that we Tar Heels were due to have a Coney Island after while. But we were not captivated by the Toxawav country. We had been, used to wandering over mountain, lands, that bore the orlg.-U DAILY. FASHION SERVICE I ,2054 " GUIS' DRESS. - erltU EtMMlaa Cloeittg and ft-xlr Lining . Part Vmttn 8. wsi. Alt 8ntB Allow 4. - ThUtlttts frock, made UU Cosck coat, ! ;tl pwe mtrtble model for Fall or Wlnte r. of fif lit-wlUt seree ia narr-Mue, with wJjring sad btlt of eiutnlirtni T!rt vl tnftnel bottom it would Uvea ttrik-t.rrfitst.- V',t fj :('. f ,,, j l' mtmHtatiitmttoiiiMft. For r ' I ot ;o yean the drew requin 4 ysrds of 5 211 Inclet wids, J4 furit 84 Incite 2 yfirti'l) Jde:K ysrd of t mranlnf instcrial JJ r wore inchN wide. ' frfe f patera, 19 ent, : Ty ? nomiici of purn yon , or cut out lUutiiruilou and it v"H 19 :iijs, silver of 'ilsa Oocrer, CLadotto, , i: Jj IlepC- -..--. Iff ILL- sal stamp rt nature; tho.e who had not enjoyed.. the benefit of such a tour as ours . recently , terminated might find much to rave over in this improved and remodeled scenery not so., with us. The mountains around us, it is true, were far, more lofty than, those over, which we had rambled, but' the lake was" unnatural, we felt, in a country of the character of that surrounding it and, which the great yellow hotel . at its bank, formed a' discord somehow in the Great "Architect's plan. . , A walk to the spillway, where he waters ofvthe. lake, shut In by a massive stone dam, pour out through a trough blasted in the solid rocx, did not improve our esteem of our surroundings; we decided to take a try at the sunset from the summit of Mount Toxa way." To gain mis pea, the highest in . that section of the mountain chain, which towers full 6,000 feet above sea-level. Overtop ping all of the crests In Sis neighbor hood, it was necesary to take . a launch uo to the head of Lake Tox- away. We hastened to charter our boat ere the sun should outstrip us and - found that wo were . to have company on our excursion in a. party of young people, four boys and four girls, most of them from Columbia. The., two-miles to. the Jake's - head were, short ones and we lost no time striking'-up . the mountain. ' The Bo and I set our own pace and oon left our-, fellow-mountain climbers far in the rear. Up three miles of winding path w pushed, increasing our gait rather than lessening it as we neared the top, Xor the shadows fell longer and longer and twilight deepened under the bulk of the mountain; we feared that we would be too late, af ter all.. At last, panting and per splratlon-soaked we burst out' of the undergrowth Into the clearing on the gently convex summit, crowned by a long, single-storied frame ho tel. On top of this hotel there was- once an observation tower, but the light ning struck it oft, and now the only stage offered to the sun-worshiper is the shingled roof. To- this we climbed with a party which had just ascended the , mountain from the Sapphire side, in time to witness one of the most . glorious sunsets that had favored the-, enthusiasts for months. Our landlord informed us that it was one in fifty, and we were perfectly willing to take his word for It; we thought that he. had grounds for making the assertion, The sky was almost wholly clear,, with only . a .sufficiency of cloud in the west to bring out in their full values all the delicate hues of the sunset. Behind a long strotum f dark cloud., its blue transformed to a rich purple by the flow of light, fhe red ban of the sun was Just sinking above tho western mountain-tops. Extending well up into the vault of the sky, fairly above the sunset, hung a anil of mackerel formation, its fleecy waves tinged with the softest gold and pink. . The rolling edges ofi the cloud-bank beneath glowed with a rich crimson as it fed by the fires i of an invisible furnace, while the. extremities of the bank flared .in' varying shades of yellow and orange,, blended everywhere in crevices and on isolated (moulders of mist with spots of purple and pink. . Out la the" east one solitary cumulas head, rid ing alone ih space, shone like a glowing opal, iridescent in the re flection of the glory of the depart ing day, its white mass turned into an everchanglng, variety of. colors, brilliant in the amethyst setting of the blue distance beyond. Under neath this constantly varying pano rama of color effects stretched ridge upon ridge and peak upon peak their topg bathed in the rich 'glow of the sunset, -while at their bases from the cool recesses of the valleys clutched the sinuous grey 'line of tho mist. Acroitfl the bright prospect of rank upon rank of summits suffused with the glorious light there shot, now and then, the dark shadow of some lofty peak, rendering the view, even more beautiful "till by contrast; Over the whole of Lake Toxaway rode a downy gray coverlet of fog shut ting off from view the chimneys of the inn and folding the shadow of the mountain in to early rest. Here and there over the landscape the rare tinges of the slowly .falling sun rented bright on spire and housetop In some mountain town. And al ways the lights were changing, as suming new hues and 'showing the cloud In varying proportions like Ihe tan. S'w-S rfganUo ! KauMaoHcope. The scene wan trying:; It If ti (all am nlnu lrtJ at, 11 1.1 ...v, m'"j in Hum iwuiuu inv clouds and the rare lights receded toward the sunset until all that re mained of the ImDoslna- soectaele was a red flUHh In the west, Until the Inst ventlge of this disappeared from the horizon we remained on 'watch, then hastened to descend the ladder, recalled to more material things bv the all-pervading und inviting smell of hot fried chicken. Just as tho int't of the glorious sunset faded out, into the clearing came Die belated parly from the launch. The Ho and I had beaten them by nearly an hour up the steep accent, an.l w had made a rec ord trip in little more than elsly minute, nut we WfulJ Jhave done double the work to hove had the view again, it wn the crowntnj feature of our journey, Into th mountains, and the onlv one in which the Toxaway country surpass ed twit nf our r;tilor rambles. The lute-romers could not nnnreelnta what they hud missed, and. to tell the truth, they were too tlre-d to care. One of the young ladl was so fa- uguea as to require th attentions of the landlady and a bottlu of peach brandy. There were instantly mv eral other cane of collapse, but they received no stimulant stronger than hot coffee and fried chicken. That was sufficient to revive tho company, and enliven u for a gny evening in tho parlor. One gentleman, as port ly a he wu Jolly, rurnlohed unlimit ed amuKcment for the assembly In his Jokes wbleh were, for a rarity 1 the way of Jokes, good one. , We uno mm an oi-j t nlverslty man ana immeuiaiejy intj much ill com mon. " - " With bedtime though; came trou- tlA ti . 1M m, Wm......... . ...... ". ble.' tn iiuupft wit email far too small for ihe aoontnmodatio'n of its surnur. ii -was an odd bundintf, too, unt nair m Tramcylvatila, , half . in dHLHMun cuuruy, m boundary lln between the two domains being indi cated by a broad red mark painted wu mm ouier waiu and arrows tho port-n. AitnouKh so pretentious as to foundation it could (,t fUrn!h bed for alt of u to wleep jn. The Bo and 1, on amending the mounf tain had secured the only remaining bedroom, but this w resigned to the four young ladies of the launch par A Yankee girl had traveled far. She went to say Paree, , ' Plio rivalrtd alt tin Witie there, ' 1 Kl! ud KolliVer1. Wovky 6iouatftl -Tea.-R, It Jordan ft Cor , i .' .r i,.,,v t'. j . r , i msi m - n to i .. . r , . t: L r, .-; ; , ,-s-ti ,i 1 i h,ie li'v r i.i -1 . ' ' t ) L i -derMinl; they own. I m '.t i . Ing that thev t'lleil on cro m ji.1 let their fLi-t hang; over. Theic js hardly much- Bleep for them In that condition, nor would there have been had ' thev been comfortable, for one of the boys of their party, a youn buck of , some six feet and twenty summers, with an erroneous Inv presslon of his gift as a wit and far too much density of skull to ever a preheno that he c-eiongea to a mucn more simple species of the laughter provoking genua, saw fit to raise enough rough house to annoy . the whole hotel. Dividing his time be tween Jests of a more or less ques tionable nature, perfectly audible to the girls in the next room, and air lng a voice far more remarkable for its carrying power than for any re mote relation to tone, perfectly aud ible anywhere on , the mOuntalntop to anything but a brazen image, he made night hideous and himself a most accomplished ass. . We took turns at resting on . the couch no such thing : as sleeping was possible with the , hullabaloo of our blithering friend in our ears. In a snatch of troubled doze I became suddenly full of the thought that the couch on which I Jay stood half in Transylvania, half in Jackson, and my alarm over the fact that my feet were far away In another coun ty caused me much discomfort until I was brought to thorough conscious nose once more by the Babel. We were at least comfortable, ' but' it took a roaring blaze In the great fire place to keep us so. Outside the chin of the air struck to the marrow and the mountain s peak . was shrouded in an opaque pall of clam my, tangible . fog. . The dripping" from the eaves sounded in our ears all night like a constant fall of rain. We were out betimes to get the full benefit of the sunrise, but in this we were not so fortunate as in the matter of. the sunset; so far as the top of Toxaway waa concerned there was none, . The fog . which naa wrapped the height through the darkness grew thicker if anything with the first gray light of day: Al most imperceptably the dawn cam on apace, but out in the east hung the same impenetrable wall of driv ing mist.' Now 'and then, through a rift in the curtain a flush of pink would spring, only 1ft ' vanish an. in stant later : leaving the wafl blanker and more discouraging than ever. Once or twice the ' prospect seemed about to clear nntil the shape of the sun glowed like a great molten ball behind ' its ' veil, then down through, the -chasms between the mountain-peaks," boiling ' and rolling in their haste, would hustle great streams of the all-envelopln cloud-wrack and all would be cola and gray and damp aaln. Finally we gave it up and while we sought comfort In still more fried chicken and hot coffee of which Toraway'a summit seemed to have an Inex haustible supply day struggled into the mastery, When we came out again only a few fold of tho fog re mained lapped in" the hollows over Lake Toxaway, streaming raggedly at their edges through the trees. Down the mountain was 'an easy Job compared with the climb up the slope, and we took our time. By the way w. The So and I, took op portunity to Jar the fair members of the launch party by munching stray clusters of the clavarla cllno podlum. They expected to see us drop dead as we ate. While . the slight woody taste 6t the fungua In Its raw state is not especially tempt ing we devoured a quantity of it for the benefit of the uninitiated. Along tho path The Bo found, too, muh to occupy his botanical bent In a more serjoua manner; there he added t his collection several specimens that he had not before seen on our outing, some of them very rare. Between finds we took Inventory of our trip. The sunset feature of the Toxaway stage was unquestionably the one with which we weuld have last parted, but otherwise our present excursion fell below the .mark. We had Indeed had stretched out before as an Imposing spectacle from the summit of Monut Toxaway, Just 2,600 feet higher up than the top of Chimney Rock, but somehow we had been unable to get away from the made-to-order state of the whole landscape suggested by the presence of the lake as If the Blue Ridge mountains had not bfjen sufficiently beautiful without darn ing up a mud puddle in their midst. For not much btgger than that did tho body of water seem although a very respectably pond in compari son with the heights around it. The Chimney Rock country, while on a less grand a plan, had had, in our eyes, more of the natural effect. At tho hotel we only lingered un til train-time, for Toxaway had no more tn store for us. Gladly we turned toward Ashevlllo and left behind us this artificial Switzerland with our acquaintance of the un speakable drivel who had so be gulled our weary hours on the moun tain top, braying In lis midst. At Ashevlllo we found some little of In terest. It is a live town, with plen ty of mountains In the background, but It was too tame for us after the period we had spent in the very heart of the ranges. Our two days tnere -were renaerea an. the mora! pleasant by our running up with many University men-with whom we i hod shared life on the campus. Of walking we had not had enough how ever, so enamored had -we grown of our peripatetic tour, therefore we planned to take a last tramo down the famous Southern Railway grade to the foot of the mountain. . Accordingly we left ths early train, at Swannanoa, a little station at the western mouth of the Swannanoa tunnel, to foot the twelve miles down to Old Fort and catch the afternoon maiL Tho Swannanoa ' tunnel, ths longer of . the ,,. seven pierslng tho mountain flanks for the tracks of the Southern, we deemed an 'inadvisable' venture. It Is 00 yards. In length and while there is plenty of room for safety on either side of, the track It would be an exceedingly uncomfort able place in which to be taught by a train. , So hot and foul In its re cesHes does the air become from the breaths of the great engines -which plunge' through it that their drivers are forced to apply wet sponges to their nostrils In order to make the distance from mouth to mouth - in safety, . Therefore over the roof of ih Swannanoa tunnel we walked," but the " remaining-, tlx we took as we came to them. The first four miles of our descent, broken by these tun nels, .we found most pleasant. ' jrhe air in the excavation -was cool and we came to them often enough to offset the glare of the heat on: the rtrotrbes o( bare trade Jn all of the charts, as In the cave we had entered earlier,, wa found the rock wails moist, and In several of them water fell In showers from- spring veins that had been severed In the blasting. All seemed to havs been cu,t" through solid rock,' nowhere had It been maesuary, to ' support the ro.'s !th masonry, - This Is true of an sav the Swannanoa,', which- is dvn through a drift of cloy and hid, therefore,. to us arched with lck, Po thlh has this brickwork then tut oveilifciid by "tho cinder M"'' ' I i t ' 1 t ' ) i tit;,'.M ,3 n. ui i ( r h iuii;e I rt in oiie vl t.;e i t (f t'ui i..t a mountaineer Ie,H. t ul-'f ; a tn v as imperturbably as Jf it were a &V.y business with him. lie was maltin j no hafite whatever altnough tre were putting on double time la order ' to give a clear puth to a freight whose whistle we heard at what seemed alarmingly close range. We later found that the leader Mf the cow ,knew his business; the freight was on a curve many yards below us in an angle of the mountains. Altogether the grade of this twelve miles of track is most remarkable The rails curve and twist, in and out along high fills and through deep cuts, looping back on themselves to overcome the steep incline until you wonder that the- enrtneer Who nlan ned this labyrinthal undertaking did not quit hia level In disgust . From Swannanoa to Old Fort the track winds over twelve miles of steep de cline; the, distance by wagon- road between the two places is only four loues, exactly one-tniro, " out mucn of 4t Is almost straight un and down So close together da the , snake-like curves He that they seem ' to gain hardly any ground at all.! On our way we were passed by a long train of emptle headed , toward Salisbury, Just after Its caboose went bv. we could have lumped from the edire of tne em on which we stood, on the ties of the' upper level, down a very few feet to the tops of the slowly moving cars beneath. ' Here an en gine leaping the track on its way Hip would be in danger of tumbling off a fill to crash down on top Of a part of its own load. In one place In this vicinity seventeen different sections of the (Same track can be Been as the grade winds Its sinuous course ? In and out, making a constant fight against gravity up the mountains.. A ract that, rendered this extraordinary piece of ctvil engineering even more Interesting to us was that the work had been done largely under the di rection of 'an engineer who had spent nearly his - entire lifetime in our home town. There the ' credit for this masterful specimen of grade making had been his, although abroad his due honor had been more or less filched from hlnv before he died. . " , ' While this last stage of our tramp ing enterprise was full of Interest, and presented us with some Really good scenery in the mountains through which it pierced, it was, by all odds the most uncomfortable. At the start the sun was hot flkid as we dropped lower and lower flown tho slope of the Blue Ridge the air lost its rare edge whloh had braced and invigorated us when walking here tofore, and became close and heavy; The glare reflected from the rails threw sheets of blasting ' light into our eyes to accentuate the torture of the heat which quivered on rocks and earth around us. We felt pain fully the proof of the f act " that we were no longer in. the land of clouds. A Jarring of our nerves added to the general unpleasantness of the day. Just after, we had turned a curve and left the ruins of the old Round Knob Hotel, with their deso late fountain, near a great steam quarry by the railway s track we came upon a trestlei not a long one, but with the further grade so com pletely hidden lnr the .curve of a deep' cut that we could gain nothing by watching for. an approaching train. In addition the roar of the water In the gorge beneath and the noise of the steam drills back at the quarry rendered any warning of bell or whistle utterly useless. The - Bo and I debated the -question of trying the trestle. We .knew that No, 11 was about due, hutr that was not say ing, that it would pass when expect ed. We sat down In the shade of an overhanging rock to -discuss tho question,, and ere we had gotten our selves -well settled out. of the mouth of the cut burst the mall, making terrific speed up the mountain under a double header, and while the chills chased each other along our spines It thundered by us like a screaming black arrow and left us cold with perspiration at our narrow escape. Had we attempted to cross we would have both been killed, beyond the slightest Joubt; it would have been a choice between being hit by the train and dashing ourselves oft a hundred feet to the Jagged rocks of the creek below. We plastered our hair down again and hastened to the other bank before another train should enter the block, to lose our scare In an energetic argument as to the idently of a certain young lady of whom we had caught a glimpse on the rear platform of the departing , train. . The Bo was posi tive that she was a certain miss of his acquaintance while I stoutly maintained for her a personality en tirely different. We finally compro mtHd the dispute by deciding that we were bqth wrong, and gave more of our attention to dodging freights and passengers the scenery had long ceased to bother us. A little further' on, not far from Old Fort, we struck some compensa tion for tho dsert country through which we had come. We were both parched. A few yards from . the grade tood a house, and at that hoiiRe we decided " simultaneously, with no grounds whatever forf our belief, that we could procure cider and older we did procure to our own refreshment and tho enriching of its dispense!. Close to the end of tho pedestrian part of our tour we rti'l further relieved ourselves. On , the bank of a swift . but . shallow creek which spread, its clear waters over a broad and stony bed we laid afide the garb of civilization and reclined In the cooling flood. . Stretched out at full length wa wriggled our toes in perfect contentment, - a , content ment so blKmful that it elicited cheers from the crew of a freight V which plunged past us up the .mountain. Only when wa Judged It rendered necessary by the urgency of tha minutes left us did we return to diy land nnd start In quest of Old Fjrt and afansportatlon for our home. For once the southern Rajilwajr dis posed to break its rule and, on sched ule time, we were soon leaving t'ue Blue KMge and the days of our mountain trip far behind us. ' ; It was well that Logs and' 'I. through the force of Incontrovertible junior logic had brouitht the Jaunt to pass. It had served us both In many ways onieny in equipping vm. with nervous systems adeuuute at every jpoint to render true service Jn the battle of bluff of our rentor life ahead of us. Then it had brought untold Klaunes tn the heart t,f the botanical lo, who had been .mibied by his excursion Into the faetpencs of the-mountains to .add full fifty valuable specimens to his collections end at least twice aa many double Jointed polysyllables to his vocabu laryadjuncts not to be despiswd off-hand. Then, for to all, the trip nad formed the keystone of a pen ent summer. It had been full of ex parlances some hac-ov. some troub lous some printable, and "ome un- prima Diwnich would Mtck faat to us through time to come. :juOge. The Kid. Jhe Bo and,.etokcs rccoijuc. Uons of vieiewtutles and pleasures iu .-7'. s"-' V m yt - ' I Vf -,; . ." . jr f tsM IK-- t Tl- .y n is an absolutely pure, distillation of maltd grain , have every kernel thorousfhly malted, thus destrovto 'producing a predigested liquid food in the form of a pale malt, which is the inost ettective tonic stimulant and inyigorator known to saencej softened by warmth ; and moisture its palatability and freedom from injurious substances renders f 4 it so that it can be retained by the most sensitive stomach , - , ' ( ;t Tanglewpbd, Sol-GEOGHAPHICAI He was wakened with a shiver, 'And a thrill of dancer nonr; With his startled nerves, s-ouiver, Straining anxious eye and eri . Shuddering when stealthy footfalls Softly croM the matted tioor. Up he starts, 'and 'now a boot falls, As ho hurls M, at the door. Feelings Uv too. deep to titter . Make- him wonder where he's at; He Is flinging wide the thuUer. And he hoarse) v calls tho cat. Ah, was ever fate to eruelt ' There U none to heed his shout; . Tom has gone to fisht a duel; uooy tin an evening out. Turning now to face disaster. ... With a courage born of flread, c Noting , rot tho brokefi plaster 1 - Irt the corner by the bed; While otir hero la pijama 1 . : Still Awnlta tha fearsmr. hT)0. Through whkt strait of the Bahamas . . uoei tne ncemg iuoum escape; . . ., v-, m. c. a.- ' W-NEnvSPAPKR FAVORITES. ' - (Fill blanks wtth.nimes n-uch used tor papers in the United State).1 . Mabel had planned many to visit ut, but, owing tt the of home duties, had always been obliged to give it up. There Is no on ele in the of whom we think do much a of Mabel. You might travel the over and not nnd a bettor. So when the brought us that sh aa really to visit us soon, our dnllglit knew no bounds. An everywhere prsent heard of It. and aav a notice of her cxpeoted arrival In the lit tle paper of our village. We made great preparation Itnd were looking fr her, "the sweet of iprlmr, as we lovingly called her. One , day a from -the.. office brought ys ft " , announcing that ahe " would be with u that very day, and so she was- Tho entry made in my on that day was wrlt- ten With red Ink- . - i jETHYU ' SSi-CHARAPiSt ?yj' . The ONE! Is because, and the "TWO. to whtch' all' four, with myself, -helped play a part, will often render the outs of life more bearable. Amor? the most bleasant of the moments en joyed, by" .us Jn our camp life had been our imeetlngs 'with various Uni versity mem many of. thenu- college mates, In tho most unexpected places. It seemed that we had not been able to travel far' enough to outreach the touch of the. Institution from which we, - as Juniors, Journeyed. -And th thing mot marked in . these frequent unlois had been an all-pervading at mosphere of -''good-fellowship. pe. spite differences In creed or -courne, or that most disastrous dlvtdln lttf of all college , -polities n-e had all, as travelers from. Tho HM refsteJ each other s;5adly In the common bond of University men with sin. gle Insignificant exception. , All., ef which goes to prove,, clinched harder by the solitary deviatKi-., from rule, that the average University ma.a you find to be a- gentleman when ou scratch him. -But this, dissertation started out in. the guise nf a narra tive of tha travels of four Juniors, or nuAMl-Junlors, and a horn, and what befall them while footing- It through tho. Blue KlJse .mountains u4. that 1 a title that. is tuld. ., W oemei by, .. '. ' - And THRJ'E a sharp wuud not hard to - descry. Said the. '"Tou've been absent ' a year nd a dav. . . , - . And wrote to me never a word while away; m - , . t Tou Juat were ONE-TWO-THREH me, '. fill tfl Irmff SMr Yrt now you proteat I wu ' never so Said he, "It Is true, as you say, I've been iWO-THREfcj , - - 'Tta myM3ect in life 'tis tar hope-'tli iny' duty; , t . - Tcu may harp on ' ONlJ -T WO-THRBHI you, -without represslw,. But ni be ONE TWO-THREK you till in posteaaion." i - .She thought a bit aaw it-mlled pouted no . longer; 1 He kiased her, for ho was much bigger and stronger. - . Both nod been ONE TWO-THREE each other for long, -And both hive succeeded. So andeth the ong. , - CARL GREY. , SM-TANOUC MAia " ' 1 7 S .', ' ' i S 8 4 T 1 111 a' - Lewis .White, a bright lad of the ninth grad. Is fond of mathemitcal tangles of the almpler kind, and he telU of a curious feat that he sometime shows his friend. He sake somebody to write a, row f( fifrurts, then writes one himself, and re queata that some other perron write two more The teat row h v rites hlmielf, He takes no time to add, but puts down the sum of the five rows, either before or after writing the last row, us rapidly as he can make the figures, Our young magician would have some reader tell how It ia done. , X. K. V. J55-rtrnXE RIDDLES. " " ' ', f, 1 ' ' f i My small end Is a bee, Iny big end It an ox; ' And, like Samson of old, my strength lies ' In my locks. " ajsasassasai . ? v, ' IL J - - r I'm the horror of ladles, but -the pride of the men, t , And. taken away, Will oome again and aealn: But If stripped of. externals; I slip fronH And stand on each side of my true love's face. To mmt folki X teem the most ridiculous 1 riddle, i For, ttunigh found at the nd my end ' Is alwi'l tha middle. 1 xv : (i.; X am an old-fashioned tradesman ; who dwelt largely In wax; , . But ttade Is gone flat, ' ' ' . I've lost halt my fa, - . And, reduced by extremities, I swing the . hammer and axe. i ., , ', If I get out nnd you get In, I'll make you grin;- . The deet. tmderlvin? rans of evtrv old 'fiore fa a ttarl tnnAltlnn at tha ! blood. - This vital fluid has become infected with some germ or poison which prevents the place from healing1. This infection may be the result of aa ia active, sluggish condition of the system leaving the refuse matter ia the body to be absorbed into the circulation instead of throwing it oil through ' uv uuu vuauuua ut uaiure. Auukucr tuusc ia iuc weaitemng or puuuuug of this life-stream from hereditary taints, or frota the effects of a, long; spell of sickness, leaving disease germs in the system. . When the blood Is In this condition a sore cannot heal because the impurities with which the circula tion is filled sre being1 constantly discharged into the place to irritate audi inflame the tissues and further disease the surrounding flesh. . The only treatment that can do any good te one that removes the cause, and for this purpose nothing: equals S. S. S. It feezing at the fountain head of the trouble .and drt es out all germs, impurities and poisons, and then the place; being' ! supplir 1 with rich, pure blood, heals naturally and permanently. Local ap 'plications assist in cleansing the place, but a cure can only be affected turougu a purification oi tne iiooa. tacdic-1 &Ivkc free. , h. C",7T"? great care being used to" the verm of ti a4 ' II l gel in nu yuu rv vut, , I'll make you shout. ' ' C.HA8. ETLER. , To fair ItalU'tJ aunny vale , . And grassy plain now let us sail. And here a elty. there a town. Unesrth, Of more or less renown. ' ' . I. MAI LORE. 1 O, RAVEN I 1. FIN SI ROAD, MAN. 4. RS5AL HOC. B. a8 A, U)0 HKRN, 9. OIL CAR POTS. lft. , PANELS. It. ON A TART. Is. ALERT TAB., la. BIT ON CAR. 14. ONE BULL. 15, I S'.JN BIRD- IS. SAME .SIN. 12,'... BAT CURSE. U. OVER A TARN. S " ' fW-WHATt ' " r; What has no head or hands or feet ' But -Just a body smallf.. . ; ,', What ne'er had a beginning, ana ; Wa rpt an end at alt, . , What often frightens timid folks,' , When spotters stem to blame; What men of means sometimes bestow What any boy or girl can make, - . ? t But none hath power to tee;. What tray prevent your finding oat Juat what this "What may Bel ' ' ' , . . ; .s . - MABEL F - , 85$ CE5NTRAL CHANGES. . (Five-letter worua. L Caws; smokes.' ?. Fretful; Inclined to decay. I.. Uneasy ' sensations; the highest points. - 4. Seed of flowerieas - - nlanfe! k lnr5lnrT1ff I. Tjilllor-stkllOd: ' a auocuient fruit. . xroumesume; nav ing sharp points. Centrals name- two . oilea of the Empire State. , SO-SO, ,. f j - K9-NACROsrria AH! SCARED f Tou need not bo at ALLt '"' Some may is hard to solve, but bono Can more than pusxlo anyone. - . A failure e'en a bad one may Dark thoUgU a niystery.lt be. - :V ANSWERS.; (" 342-Heed-lest, ' ' -!.. VetfeUble soup, t- Little neck , clams, ; 8. i Roast turkey. 4. Cranberry aauee. ' 6. Liver and bacon. I). Roast beef 7. Mashed ' notatoea. 8. Stewed corn. . Lobster salad. JO. Mono . radian. 11. -Olives, 12. Custard pudding. 13. Charlotto rusae. 14. Iced rea. ; s '. , M-Pllght, light. '...'.' 34a "Never tpeak of a man virtue before bis foee, nor of bis faults behind hi back." (Begin at N at the end of tha fourth line). . 346-Calf of Man. '(A small Island near" the Isle of Man), -. , " 847Vrale, stal teala Istea. lents, stela, taeln. leant, steal, slate, stael, Tesla. , 349-Craft 4 - , i ' i fc 34J-I, Dan-die 1 Beh-lgn ' S.' Sam-tile. . Pat-rbn.-6, Wa)t-s. 8. Al-belt. ?. Bob' tall. V Dick-er. . 9. Fd-lct. 10. Bill-et. " 50J. Losslng. . & Hume. 'i. Motley., i. ' Bancroft, , v - Bad breath la a nwwt offensive sllwtent, lrritates you as well as your iriendst Hoa llator't Rocky Mountain Tea takes the bad taste from the mouth, removes tli cause, purifies tha breath. 35 cents. Tea or Tabf!ta."-R. H. Jordan ft Co. i&ok on Sores and Ulcers and any r vi fir" ,,irt infi n a . 1' i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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