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t.i J Z.vl Erml-TTecilj. ; j'-K,r ..... i h:om::l ..,...... very C:yb taYa rrrTTnyg AjfsrocsrcEMEjrr. No. J4 South Tryon street. Telephone numbers: Busineee ottice. Bell 'phone ; city editor s flics, Bell 'phone 154; news editor's office. Bell 'phone ?3i. ; a subscriber tn ordering the adaresa ef his paper changed, will plesse ln Clcete the address to which It is go ing st the time ho asks for the change to be made. ; ' . ' ! Atfvertiain rates are furnished on application. Advertisers may tee sure that through the columns ot this paper they may reach all Charlotte anc a porUon of the beet people m thin State and upper 6outh Carolina. Tnls paper gives correspondents as ' wide latitude as It thinks publio pol- ky permits, but it is in no case re sponsible for their views. It is much ' preferred that ; correspondents sign their name to their articles, eepecial- . ly in cases where they attack persoas - or institutions, though this tiot de manded. Tho editor reserves the right to give the names of correspon dents when they are demandd lor ' the purpose of personal satisfaction. To receive consideration a conimunl ' cation must be accompanied by the true name of the correspondent , - STXDAY, DECEMBER 29, 107. . grip axx cmrnxEsa to date. . Grin toaa gotten pretty thoroughly Into JfW Tork'g 'bones. According to The NeV Tork Globe the greater city's number of cases "cannot possibly be estimated at less than fifty thou sand. This distressing disease, which frequently leaves some permanent in jury behind to afflict the victim , la ter, and occasionally causes death, has not yet shown the tendency of many others under modern methods toward decreased contagiousness or severity. New Tork City health, department re cords note E09 deaths from this cause ; during the" first eleven months of 107, against only 200 for the corre sponding months of 1908., "Don't at tempt to doctor yourself for Tip," Th Slnha "nwatm a vet Aran iinorrl rtf fcealth physician as advising -with ref erence to the present epidemic. "As soon as you feel the bone ache and depression, peculiar to grip call your family doctor. It la never wle to de lay In doing this. Grip is a peculiar f and obstinate disease. 'Above all, keep the feet dry. When you feel it .-coming on, or, even if a cold hangs n, call in the doctor.: It is frequently but a step from grip to pneumonia." Thank largely, to ; our tmllder cll ' mate, grip jdoes ae so often scourge communities in these latitudes as communities further North, but the : Victim unon whom It lava hoM lit.. tie e(ter oft here than there. Not every one has the disease who thinks ' lie has, for an, unusually vicious cold may deceive fclra; still, when the real thing it present it can bardly be mlt taken! Orip belongs to the cold fam ily,' but it; 4a more than cold and never arises except (directly or indl- rjlt1vV flAni anm Afh ftnA f a.rfft ' This disease, In fact, is one of. the new-fangled aliments; not merely pew, like appendicitis, in point of di. coverv and much more freouent oc currence,, but with the absolute new ness which only a germ disease In ' vadlng one part of the world from an other can ever posjmm. uiij, syifcuia i ii4VB uecn iirai on- ' served In Russia near the end of the t eighteenth century and -was long In - reaching western Kurope. Once fairly tartd it iulckly moved from capital ..vvjiitHvu m uiu intern -ifiifi jij r diseases; extremely fashionable be cause unknown to provincials and the common herd everywhere. This exclusiveness, of course, was soon lost as the disease eprad, and in due sea ,eon "la grippe" gladdened New f ork. After a brief social reign in thftne- ......... ' Mt .1 . . ' i-.. - irvyuiyj , ur ainunguiiinea visitor started on a triumphal tour of the minor centres. Atlanta felt her pres tig gravely at stake, making desper ate efforts to get In among the more lavorsa ltles and shrieking false 1 cmiiiia wimuui numntr, urnauaily vh Importation lost favor' in America . also as lt spread took In the whole country, until now no distinction '' tat... " .. . .i ...... nauvised, it stands stripped of all glamor and revealed In naked vil lalny. Been thus, grip is a disease wtilch nobody wants. We commend the New Tork health official's advice to all who would keep clear of the evil thing if. possible and la any event avoid its worst consequences, ' , Some time ago President Roose , veit issued a Ukase decreeing radical changes In American official spelling. . Very recently he ordered a motto of V forty yearr standing struck from . coin, r Ills latest ukase upsets naval practices pasd alike upon precedent and common sense by placing a doe tor in command of a naval vessel Various other acts of autocratio med dlesomeness might be cited. We wish the President would drop the ukase habit. ' ' 5, The death of another of Jefferson viavls captors is v reported. ' v Those who yet survive would, do the public a favor by trying their hand on Ar- Jeff. ' . , i, ,, . The i!lueslrit4 weeklies ought to 1''j1 the country in nthulatl eup T-'-rt the navy. We don't know y would do without H. " - it. r. re i i : a . ;tj : ; tttlan. VA3 .Iral Evans can thus ki ln closest touch wiih every vessel from his cabin. If necessary he cn call his wireless telegraph operator and by switching: out the talking cir cult Increase the range.cf communis cation immensely. Should he through any unhappy turn of events have an enemy to fight he could direct the fleet's manoeuverlng and firing" with a thoroughness not otherwise possl bio. ': Sharing the wireless telegraph's superiority over visible signals la point of range and freedom from in terruption by fog or moke, the wire less telephone' has the' further advan tages, over, the telegraph that it is absolutely direct anl la also, much less liable to be confused through such device on the enemy's part as ceaselessly repeating the Morse' al phabet from their own apparatus . To the United States navy belongs the credit ' of having been the first to adopt the wireless 'phone. ' The installation of this thoroughly up-to-date method of communication on Ad miral Evans ships is only one indi cation of the care, -with' which the fleet hag been prepared for Ha un precedentedly .long Journey 'around South America to California and' la ter to the Philippines. It has been made ready as far as possible tor all contingencies, and the Pacific coast navy yards will give it any needed additions, overhauling or repairs. Six teen modern battleships liv first-class condition are now sailing through the Atlantic tropics, with a full Quota of auxiliary' vessels either, accompanying or soon to follow. While history ahows that Invincible Armadas have nearly always come to grief, -we have' faith that Admiral Bab Evans' outfit could take care of Itself against the strong est force which any naval power in the world, bar one, can place in dis tant waters. Whatever phase American-Japanese relatione may assume before another winter rolls around Japan will think not twice ut twice a hundred times before she looses her sea-dogs against a lot like ours. ciiance ron REvrraa export . .TRADE.- ; The present depression affords the American cotton industry, and espe-j dally Southern, manufacturers, ah ex cellent opportunity to regain, ground lost in foreign markew during the period when everything that could be produced was readily absorbed at home. Not long ago we , presented government statistics showing a, heavy, Hecrease in American cotton goods ex ports for, the last fiscal year; This decrease wag noted as very little dis couraging, not only because ? of the tremendous rival demand at home but because, similar conditions obtained With our principal competitors and be cause the Chinese market fcad become over-stocked during the (Russo-Japanese war. Now,; however, that ; the boom which niost of "Europe shared with us in varying degrees is dying away increased attehtiori Is being giv en the export trade, and' if we would not drop almost entirely out of the race it behooves, 'ut to look alive. At the best, obstacles will be sufficiently difficult Japan ha developed Into a most formidable rival for. the far Eastern , trade " and has . displaced American ' goods to a greater extent than those of any other country. She produces more cheaply than Is possi ble elsewhere, is geographically on the spot, and, moreover, exerts .a po litical and military Jpfluenc peculiar- ly helpful to, 4ictv traders,', Another possibly adverse factor is the recent steady decline in silver, the purchas ing medium of China an4 the Orient as a whole. Since September the price of (bar allver in liondon has dropped from (t cents to about 18 cents, or within six cents of the low est quotation on record, but inasmuch as Great; Britain's exports,; according to monthly statements, tav J held their own fairly well th depreciation has not thug; far entered perceptibly Into trade figures, ( The Upshot' of the whole matter g that it , this country keeps out of valuable markeu much longer It wlll experience extrems i dif ficulty In re-lntr6duclng itself. Now is the time when American exporters should bestir the-mselves, and we Very much hope to see them to do so. -s PRESIDENT OX TtRKEY : Leaves Pine Knot For Bcne of For- ruer Cnquct4 Veiitrrilay'a Hunt Viwuccwsrul, Due to fctlB Wind. ; Charlottesville, , Va., Deo ,2S.A'o- companled by 'DIck" Mc Daniel, Prs- ident Roosevelt Jert Fine Knot at noon to-day for a wild turkey r hunt on Green mountain, the scene of his former conquest last December, .when he pulled down a big gobbler on the wing after it had been flushed by his negro guide. Th President met with no success on yesterday's hunt,, due to the stiff wind, which prevented him from get ting close enough to the flock to ob tain shot. ' Mrar Roosevelt went, for another horseback ride' this afternoon, ac companled by Joseph Wllmer. To-morrow forenoon the party will attend worship at Christ church, half rwinu ijuih vho fiuiiiius luujjn ne sermon will be preached by lUr, W. H. Darble, the new rector. ' f- . i ,,. News Vttim Prom Blount Airy. special to The OUerver. ' Mount Airy, Dec. ' Jl.Air, II. Schafer, of this city. C has tiad a strictly first-lass granite barn (built on Ws premises. , it u possible to iose he contents y fire, but this bam - 111 never be destroyed by fir. ". ; 1 r , . i . The little daughter - of Robert Mfcholson 4ia4 the misfortune to fall and break her leg nar he thigh a day or Owe ego, while st play. She Is I years oid and is suffering much : ; . - id . ,.irt.iy J .csnlr.T 10 he w;:i ft' ; i the ''rs meeung; It the 3 o'tiocic there i to be a t the E2yssia:n Club, J?-'lbh bankers and i'-.u: a. a.; .:.- . ei lim:f J ;,.-.t tijternoon itt a ' reception -made up of merchants at which ;.fr.- e't will speak briefly, and in the evening he w1U deliver an adfiress at theban quet of th merchants afwiatlon at the Hotel Somerset. . In Boston Sec retary Taft will make his headguar ter at the home of tits cousin, Mrs. Samuel' Carr, at 40S Commonwealth avenue, where he will take luncheon with the metnfbers or the family. - The greater portion ; f Tuesday Becrtary Taft will spnd at Mujtrary, the former home of his mother, to which , place ' he- will go Tuesday morning. Here he expects to pay o visit to Miss Delia C. Torrey, life long companion ana friend of the Secretary's mother. . ' Mr. Taft will rematn at MlUbury until 4 o'clock In the afternoon when he will ' return to Washington v by way Of Providence. - It wa announced at the Secre tary's nice to-daythat he mould re main home during the day as there is .considerable work on hand Ho which he wishes to devote his time uninterruptedly. He will leave Cor Boston ait 6:36 p. m. to-morrow, , NEGRO!S WOrND PROTES FATAL Ballet That Entered , Abdomeja- of Win Perry PuW an End to His - Kxlatence Man Who Did Shooting Escapes From Prison,, . Special to Tbo Observer. ' ', '- ,. Winston-Balenv; Keu ' 19 .Will Perry, colored, who wu shot in the lower part of the abdomen Thursday afternoon , by George vanianoing- ham, colored, and who was removed jto the Slater Hospital for treatment, died ait 12 o'clock: last night. Dr. E. A. Lookett, the city physician, ts performing an autopsy over the re mains this morning to lacte the bul let, which was from A 82-caltbre nls tol. ,. He performed ; an operation Thursday night, ! but fallpa ".; to find the Ibullet.. ; -ii,V-t"?y-'& VaMandlngham was arrested im mediately after shooting and" lodged in the city prison pending the result of Perry's wounds. . He made his es cape from the city prison yesterday atternoon and has not yet been &? prehended, though the officer are making every effort , to. : catch him. Boith Perry" and Vanlandingham claimed the ahootim; was accidental, but the officers have aiscovered evi dence tending to show that Van landingham had murder in his heart RUSSIAN STEAMER ARRIVES. Saratov Arrive With One passenger Dead. Another Seriously Injured and Her Docks Battered and Scar red Encountered Heavy Storm. NewYork Deci 28. With 'one of her passenger dead, and another se riously injured and with her decks battered and scarred by tremendous waves, the 'Russian steamer Saratov, arrived here to-day from El baa and Rotterdam. ' The voyage was a con tinuous struggle against wind, and wave. cHeavy weather was encounter ed from the start and the 17 cabin and 827. steerage passengers were kept closely confined. -'-ri-: : '-;5 on December 21at a - heavy wave broke over the bows and sweeping down caught two women nassencera So great was the force with hlch, the wau oiwater etrucK the women that one of them was instantly killed. The other sustained serious injuries. Evi ery thing movable on that portion, of tne decK was caught un and carried along until it crashed against some solid portion of the ship.. The dam. age to the steamer was confined to tne breakage or deck fitting., . r '- '-. -i ; ,; tFor The Observer. JERTJSirrS RESERLTJTIN. j Me an' Jerushy sot us down Ijis' night, to- talk' ft over 'bout " i?, The things we'd do. Js duty boun. T A a' thu wod do without y Jerushy, the lay mighty store' -On the pariiu'a big-word ahootln', ' An' New Year's comln on s'more She's stuffed with reserlutln', Now, Jrrnshy claims as how, my ways Ain't been Jes what tby otter , r or iac sne lows as much an' says So to our . boy!a daughter. 4 1 To speak It out right fiat an' fair,' ; - Jeroshys ' born to push.' , :j To hear her talk, afu't none right squam r:-.- ..-v; '.-. ,4 .' ffie ia,), 'J,t , I ealkerlate the thing ahe sed ; ' 14 www mi a paper column. While her tongue run on an' she bobbed ' - her head -'s "- - . set shet-mouth an' solium, ; ' twt, she ken' count with her fingers, Then the cloth-knots In the rug, An she started out, by Jlngersl With some words agin my jug. Phe rared andlowed: Tv this to ray, ad mis way i oessn it, You got to throw tnat Jug away . An' the t asty stun; that's In t!" She named tne names erbout the wy I wore a dirt collar. An' plowed some uplands ground opo day msud of in ui noiier, , She reserluted beut my hat . V, An' panu an' coat an' shirt; - -Aeln the wav I eumed the cat An' sometimes tracked la dirt We set there lord knows Je how Irmg For she talked an talkd tn' talked iter voice tuk. spells of weak an' strong. Then sue ns an ainaer luwea. . U W 1 drav a word-wdg thru 1 Them words she'd been a-usln')- Jrruahy, honey. ays i, ao Hold up ' tnet tnar aousin t ,.- Tou let It aloe like a flock o' blrd- . u , .I.Am, t mit anm. MlnVlM Save up the win that's back o'them word (-. To hep erlong kindlln' the ilr. ': " H t Ann all VOtl Mow I do,' ' , : - .. It 'd puszle you mo' supprtsln', " You'd a-done foun' out, Jerushy, you Had went an' married piseo. , , Jerushy looked hi In the eye 1 j-'J I alLuck, th' nln't no disputln' f - , Ttiea movm- looes me suyn sne: .-bi, , Now whsfs yo reseriutin'T', iv Tf f. whrn the Lord bed broke -.' one rib turn Adam He'd tuk all, An made 'em wimmin, muy er spoge So f re there 'd never been no fall. . For thet thaf surptnt snake whutdid n-i,. i.n-ntln' was for sure a-knowln' Thi're weren't ao chanct for him tr bid Wliar wimmin s breatw was oiowm : c Thet busted Up Jerushy's spell - ' Uv hr New Year's reerhiUn'. An' then the things set to tell . . Uss line er fluter flutln'. r Sle woun' it ut by 'lowln'j "B, vv. - ' I epef' the he' thing 1 . ; - t ;l , For Silas en Jruh to try v To live on like w la" , ' ' n MORAL ' -The spice of life, like other nice, ' ; tiives out a frssranre will, tut brulnlng Jiut vnlura mirnl by their price -. Are only Vwnwn m!nr. , " -tUNOR 6AUl,tll ELLIOTT. the TUD nxr elacsijst. How Msn Who Sell Football Tickets to Speculators Are Dealt With. New Tork Sun. On the occasion ot big college foot ball games th manager of the home team Is pust to a great deal ot trouble by men speculating In. tickets, and every sort of device is resorted to In order to prevent the sale of tickets to persons who charge extra large cum for them. 4 The recent -Army-Navy game at Philadelphia was followed by the abatement that many tickets found their way into the hands' of men who supposedly had no right to them and an investigation was started.: , The tickets for this frame are divid ed ; into three parts, the ! Army, : the Navy , and tfne University of Pennsyl vania sharing thftrn. The Pennsylvania people get a liberal allowance because they give -the use of Franklin Field for th game. - . . ' c. It used to be said very frequently that : the Pennsylvania students who got tickets were the ones who dis posed of them hid speculators. Recent- ly the , university athletic association k4ft ,osh m v,a If.V4 . that ' ' tha speculators had." T'hey found that in many-cases the Army ana ue .avy tickets were hehag solJ.v-.ivi ' ' W"' ' : fThey'wer able, to detect this be cause the tickets, are printed tn three colors for the different division. ' In fact the announcement is made, than tho minimum of tickets speculated in are thot of the ; Pennsylvania allot ment . ' v . '. v,-. ) y-;- As one result, of the Harvara-xaie football game, the names of. 16ft stu dents . have been, placed on the. black list of Harvard. - The ticket allotted to these men were found in the hand of speculators and In v many ' cases when ae found were afterward refus ed at the gate when presented by pur chasers. 'The blacklist la a thing of recent invention.' The' manager keeps a careful 116 of the students who ap ply f or tickets and of , the numberai on tnose given out, iwnen inese tick ets are found afterward to have been sold, the manager simply refuses to i allot tickets thereafter v on- appuca-i tiona over the blackllstted names. ' ? At Harvard things were so arranged that there were fewer seat for some of the biff games and thus the general public was kept out to certain ex tent. Tha college football . managers say that by, this means they will pre vent speculating, because the genuine students In tne main want to -see trie games and will nojt give up their tick ets. , ,j i ' ' - Before one of therblg games this year the management of qne of the elevens traced out. where counterfeit ticket were ibeing engraved and print ed, and they had several arrests made, which prevented the 'circulation, of these bogus tic nets, Tne. arreew were made before be tickets' werot oom pletedi so ' they. did not get A sale. Otherwise there ' might have been nun nnrvleasant complications. 1; rln order to put a. morougii cn on specuwrjion ; wnariea 4 vy, graduate manager of athletlce at the University of Michigan, framed a. bill and had Jt put through the Michigan legislature, making ticket speculating a misdemeanor. - w newer w arn. waa constlttfBonal, the effect waa to nut a check on .speculating In tickets for the Pennsylvania-Michigan game. which was what Mr. Bairo naa in mind. ' " T-n Tnnvlvanla-Mlchlgan game was the only large game at AnnAr- bor'the past geaaon, ana one on J"?11 the Michigan authortties i depended to make money for their, otner spona, wo W was considered Important that ' no money should be diverted to private persons. ,'" S'i!, 'As a generanmng m mun" v football teams appeal to th patriot Ism of the students to ; prevent them turning over to he speculators) the tickets that have oeen pturcoiw vu. them. As this method has some universities ,th blacklist , has been resorted to. - , ; wnasti caiAMP.WAS a XAifsA tiade A Dollar. But Not In.prmcuce Wltchlta tetter tl the-Topoka Capl- ii. - - i . Few oerson in Wkkita. know that Champ Clark, the celebrated con rXmn from Missouri v. and: also u,wn an a lesturer; once practiced law, of tried to do so, in he city of Wichita' ;But:he 'MXmtt -i . In 1178 ChAmp Clarck.came in this aA nnened an office in the baae- loient et the buUdlng where .the Pa- clfto Express uompany ww There was not a great deal of busi ness for young attorneys sts that , Urn, and Champ Clark did the best he could to make a living, but hS ,becams dis couragsd and in Urns left the, State went Ui Mlsaoun wnere e.w ward Elected: to .Congress. , A number of men in the C V re member that Champ Clarck did live here and that he had s mighty hard time In mtklng a living. He was not a great man in the legal traterniiy at that time. ; " - After he1 had opened his office In the basement of the building mention a ahove he had a lonesome time. The question of daily bread waa star ving him m the face( and there was nothing in sight with Which to pur chase an entire bakery, He met ICoS narrts on tha street one Jay and tpld him he had tnaae some. money, no matter how much or how it was maJe RAveral davs later he waa seen on the srtee.tg and he had a beautiful bronse r.n-hia hand and face. It was the dark brown eoior tnat teu oi nonem toll In the cornfield. . ' " - ""Where Jld you get that color?" Saked one of nls friends. ' "I got if from cutting corn ' np In v 'I got It from cuttlnr corn up. in th country." was the reply. Get anything elset" asked the friend who looked at the then atten oated form of the sjnee fleshy and .imminent lecturer. . - 1 ' "Sure." replied Clark. "I got this dollar for the v. day's ; work. An J X want to tell you I am going to leave this town. I said I would not leave I had mede 'some' money. - and now that I have made some money, and now that I have made, I am reajy to leave. , , , , He left . To Oiro a.ColJ la One Day Take1 LAXATIVE EROSJO Quinine Tableta' Druggist refund money tf It falls to cure. E. W. Groves' s!g nature is on each box. 2Sc THOUGHT EIED3 VTl;3 . EI11.L. Walter t'pol i Pastry" Cock's Art ' Creatoa And caused Incitement Eliad tilrl uth Voice Llle Lark. New York American. An inspired pastry cook was the -hero;-victim and character part in an amusing little drama at the Plaza Ho the other day, and I haven't heard such a beauty laugh since the panic. . I've been dropping in occasionally to see my friend . whose fad it Is, nowadays, to brew their own choice Caravan or Orange Pekog tea in the cosy little acreened-ott apartment. It has amused me to see the. business. like way in which the beverege Is pre pareda accurately and scientifically a druggists compound, prescription. But the comedy was off stage to the right,'; when preparations were being made for a select dinner party. A pastry cook, who must have been m the West and seen the elaborate accomplishments of Chinese cooks, had surpassed himself in the manufacture in pink, and -white sugar if ' you pleaseof a : large birdcage contain ing two candy birds e. replica of one of those wonderful mechanical aong stent that you have to send to Dres den to have oiled. ' These birds, ot course," didn't actually elng, but one almost round one self listening ex pectantly. vZ;V 5":-iVZ' . w The ornament,' - piece-de-resistance, one might say,; was much admired. A waiter raised, the cage to show It oft or rather he raised , the candying on top the cags dropped and was smash into a thousand hits. A laugh went up, but the waiter fled, horror-strcken at the ; accident The affair passed off. in a chorus of titters until, word came from the kitchen that the entlst, infuriated by his . .disappointment thewreck of three whole days' work was running amuck in the kltching threatening the life of the unfortunate waiter, -He was Only consoled when he re ceived the personal thanks and som pUmenta of he hostess. - In faot, as she told him, the "catastrophe" was rather lucky for him. if nothing had happened, the affair would have been soon forgotton. . But nobody , present win ever torget or cease to smile at xne naicuious contretemps, a TRUCKING NEAR WILnXGTON. A Net Profit of $12,000 Made by Mr. George W, Traak on 14 Acres of ( EeUnce, - v.. Three , - Miles - : From WlJhnlngtoa. . . - , ', George Byrne In . Southern. Farm Magazine. , , , 'I obtained the following figures, that show what can be done ,- with some of the articles mentioned. Net profits were received from carefully measured ground as follows; ' HLettuce,l 1-2 . acres, 1812.49: radishes, 1-2 acre, $54.05;, onions, ;2-6, acre, $58.95; cauliflower, U9 acre. 167.40; beets, 1-3 acre, $98.90; turnips, ,1-4 :acre, , $85.80; i cabbage. i.;".-acr" beans, i acre, $257.27; cucumbers, $-5 acre, $114. 67f v eggplants, 1-2 acre. $392.17; tomatoes, 78 acre, $88.87; peppers, 1-8 acre, $10.80. These profits came from one planting, , and after each crop was taken off the ground was Immediately ; planted In something else, sks' .' J . The star cerformance iithnfii. ly.reported this year wu that .-at George 'W.Trask, who has a : place about three " miles from this - city. He ' planted, 14 acres In lettuce. 2 acres under canvas v and 11 in the open, rrom which he reaped a net profit of $12,000. Think of : thatl A neat little fortune,- as money goes in a modest community, made in one year from ' a small plot of ground, seasoned, witn . judgment . and in dustry. Mr. Trask fought bis place, 80. acres, in October, 1902, for $3,000. oh credits It was In culUvatlon, had a good house and full equipment of mules and implements, x At the . end of two years he, had paid tor the place, built a good I barn and" -had some , $500 in bank. This year lie built a handsome home, a structure that would properly; grace any street In the city. Nor did -Mr. Trask exhaust the opportunities alone- the same lfne.' ; There are thousands of acres of just as good' land for sale at low prices r-and on easy terms, while the outlook Is better each sea son because of the fact that the business ... has ' grown to that , ' pro portion which makes it an . object Sr - which the railroads strive, and service they give in getting the product to market is growing better year by year. , , , g I I. . t t"l -- Husband Management Secrets. : . Boston Globe -" ; ...; -s.i, v, n v , Here are some suggestions advising of , woman oh the .management of a probable .husband: , . ' , . When you marry him love hlm' - After you marry him, study him, T If he is honest honor him. If he Is generous, appreciate him, ' When he Is sad, cheer him. i . ' When he Is cross, amuse blm.r . ' When he 1 talkative, listen to him. When, he is ., quarrelsome, ignore him. 1 i ' i ' i . if he is slothful, spur him! ' If he IS noble, praise him. If he is oonfidential.encourag him, If he Is secretive, trust him,, c; r. . If he is Jealous, cure hlm.v ' as, ; m i If be cars naught for pleasure. .coax nim. , ' , at he favors society, accompany him. If he does you a favor, thank him. , When he deserves it. kiss him. . Let him think how well you under stand him: bat never let hint know that you ' manage" him. . v , ' , " ' - '''"'" ' ; . wisniNG. , , Detroit PresPresa, I wish I were a boy again, s ' ' A lad of three or fouri ' r t wish I could recall the ralth . X had In days of yore. Pd like to hang my stocking up. As once I used to do; k And dream of Hants Clans all night, That's what I'd like. Would youT X wish that 1 could know ones mors " Th Joys X used to reel - v In watching for old Santa ClauS . 1 And knowing he was real. , Pd like to wake once more to find My stocking filled with toys; , f X wish that I could backward go ' r ' Unto the land of boys. , ' I'd like to be a little tad. vv A little." doubting tot: '. ; To Me awake and try to catch Old fcanta ty my cot. - 'S?"" ' - Ah. those were golden, bsppy max. very quicmy new; I'd like to live tht?:n o'er ' Dear neighbor; ''"-"J A.. - jts mm, ,. xr r v . I I 3 You 11 not find a stock in the ours..1 It loccupies; tne enure thirdjfloor of ur Trade street store and the stock' comprises everythinc that covers the-floor,' and the prices are ,as 4 low ; as' -the lowest.' " 'i y "t , DRUOGET3; ' Axminster, Velvets, Brussels, ; Woor.rFibres ,etc, : in" tksty" designs ..v;;V, IVl V . .lO tO $10.00 Axminsters. !VelvCT.s. nissM "ATid'TnnpRtriM V ""-x 1 Ingrain and .Fibre Carpets.'..,., . . , , ;,7.35c to ,75c. Lv-r ;:,V UATTINGS -- y vr-1 : A good stock China Mattings, White i and Figured .f .t .v. . .n.... eiliv; 'X .l5c. to 30c- CURTAINS Aiiy kind pf ' a . Curtain you j ) up to. . ; . . . ; . I". . . Shades made to order. LADIES' UMBRELLAS TlfATiileir on? rPiTTJcrlntr. tita will . '. oIIattt Vvo-r"1 ionf Ae- . . rtAnnf AVI oil A-aTiI anA RilfAi TTaTifJItt TT-iwVveiir'o Tliia is special for these two days and will positifely'.be withdrawn Tuesday, night. ' - r '.',, ( " . ;r"''if :' '. 'sf'" FAT STOCKINGS v - i l-:" r - - vta -; -" . 1 A' complete line of Fay. Stockings for Xadies and ,Chil- s .ht- -it.. i.i t -it.-.. :: ; : i :-1v: 'laceii6bes Handsome Imported Lace i Robes," White . and Black,' ' the swellest, evening dress that you can wear Price w ' each. ;V.V.'. .. :;r.-.$50.00, $00.00 and $75.00 Tin Alliiflll 'flOtlMWInTlt tlll Wilt JIAMAMI .hi! Al!4.n J' ucauiuui, aoouiiuitui V4.;iuuiuii v-vxi-ici-o tmu i-li4igCU.j ' Imported and Domestic manufacture; ; Price - ";';v ' SNOWDRIFT COllVoBTS !'r.'v ' Tho best Comfort on the market to-dar. ?Best " irrade Silkaline, .both sides; pure, clean cotton., :Txld each X'' .'DOWiiconFOBTS yi'hsj Pure Down Comforts, Silk and Satin both sides, odor-' . less. Price each rv . . . . I . . $7.50, $12.00, ' $17.C0 4 ; V. FTJR3 OFF ONE-FOUETH . ' 1 ' ' r Time is short till this consignment lot ot fine Furs is , returned. Somevery fine' Mink Sets are "in the lot. -'-Oncjfoiirth off makes the cheapest; Furs- jouV eve : saw-in this town. ' ' ' ' ' ,1 " ' vr-' . , . V 'TOYSAIIDOHIIISTIIAS G00D3', All cut till New Year 1-2. 1-3 and 1-4 'i SLPcarAiinv f. t whit it IS.- ' - , t. to I : S 1 1. . i . . . f . t, .. i l , t ' J , ' . I . t t . i , t t (I i m v4 4 . V i ii 1 1 1 mi Carolinas to roTYiT,flTfl with 6? ".' . . ; . i ;.'..,. 65c. to , $1.35 want and most any - price . $15.00 a pab jH- -. ,.v.fc. 1 1 . .-. - ey -.! . -tr-. t 7, -r "o , ; . -a ..v., r? . 1 : : : : i : i :i m in : ; : , vs mr
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 29, 1907, edition 1
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