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There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarity
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
ingly endorse and recom
mend it.
- ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Coasting In the Alp.
There is a spot in the Swiss Alps
where a sled or a toboggan runs a
mile in seventy seconds. The win
ter sportsmen of Europe take great
pleasure in the Cresta run, as it is
called, at St. Moritz. The tobog
gan season there begins about the
middle of November, and the slid6
is made smooth and safe by a com
mittee appointed for that purpose.
The Swiss toboggans are raised on
runners shod with iron or steel. The
rider lies flat upon the toboggan,
head first, both hands grasping the
framework at the sides, steering
with both feet, just as boys do on
sleds in this country. Iron spikes
are fastened to the toes of the boots,
and by trailing one foot or the oth
er along the ground the big sled is
guided.
Parlor Blind Man.
In "parlor blind man" the leader
is blindfolded, while the other play
ers stand or sit about the room. The
manager of the game has told each
child what animal he is to represent
for the time being, and when he is
touched by the blinded child he
must imitate the noise made by that
particular animal, repeating the
noise three times if requested. From
the noise thus made the "blind man"
must guess the performer's name.
If successful the child named takes
the place of the blindfolded one,
and so the game goes on. For in
stance, one child mews like a cat,
another barks like a dog; still an-
other hisses like a a
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Game of Famous Numbers.
Famous numbers can be played
by any number of persons, each of
whom writes a number on a slip of
paper. The slips are mixed in a
hat, and each player draws one.
Each in order must then explain for
what the number he drew is famous
or pav a forfeit. For instance, the
number 3 mav be said to be cele
brated on account of the threi
graces, 2 for Shakespeare's "Two
Gentlemen of Verona," 10 for the
council of ten, and so on.
Animals rhat Don't Get -Thirsty.
A parrakeet in the zoological gar
dens has lived more than fifty years
without drinking water. Patagoni
an llamas live, for years without
tasting water, and a particular class
of cows bred near Losere, in France,
and noted for the richness of their
milk, drink extremely rarely.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
Bright Wits Show to Advantage In the
Game "My Garden."
Any number of persons may play
this game. It requires no prepara
tion, but the wits of the players
must be bright and alert to make it
a fiVirress.
The leader asks each player k,
iiini what he nlanted in his garden,
and the plaver may name any arti-
cle he chooses, Dut tne ining mau
"came. up" must be some plant that
has a connection with the article.
Tho nnswprs cannot therefore al
ways be given instantly, as a little
-tfimicrht mav be necessary to make
finfiffii err
, ', the answer good. That, however,
will make the game all the more en
j ' tertaining.
; . ! ; Here are a few answers that show
'.- how the game should be played: v
: ;'rlXy' planted some steps, and they
came up hops."
'Jy f planted a ball, and it came up'
' , ; a rubber plant."
f 1 planted a calendar, and it came
date9vC:S''i '?'V
"-" l ""I planted a watch, and it came
' '"' tin' n f cm o'clock." ?
a "Implanted a shipand it came up"
, "Wlist kind otToup ta yeur bowC Jlr.
' i ' "No puppy do oui toder. henest tad
But ' soup made of nice attle ate n
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FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
Hew a Bey Full of Business Succeeded
With Poultry.
It is a good thing for boys who
contemplate entering a business ca
reer to early have some practical ex
perience as business men. There is
a boy in my neighborhood who
raises thoroughbred Plymouth Hock
and Wyandotte chickens and makes
it pay.
He started out on a small scale
by purchasing a dozen eggs from a
poultryman who kept simply full
blooded Plymouth Eocks. Then he
purchased a dozen eggs from a man
who raised thoroughbred Wyan
dottes. He paid $1 per dozen for
his eggs.
He set his eggs under two com
mon hens, which a friend of his sold
at a low price because the hens want
ed to do nothing but "set." In time
he found that he had a brood of
twenty chickens, six roosters and
fourteen pullets. ' The next spring
he separated his two breeds of fowls
and carefully labeled with date and
kind each egg laid by his hens. He
then advertised upon his front gate,
"Sittings for sale, $1 per dozen
thoroughbred Plymouth Rocks and
Wyandottes."
He kept careful account of all ex
penditures and found out at the end
of the first year he had just about
cleared himself of all debt incurred.
The nextr.ear with increased stock.
Uu iiiadiTmbney. Farm J ournal.
Paraffin. .
Paraffin has its uses and abuses,
according to l".e authorities in New
York. The board of health a few
months ago warned the people
against using candy adulterated with
the wax on the ground that the par
affin covered thestomach with a thin
inafrintr fill rl nroduced indigestion.
Xow an appropriation has been ask
ed to pay for coating the exterior of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
with a thin shell of paraffin to pre-
vent the disintegration oi xne bioue
bv water. The Egyptian obelisk in
Central park was so treated a few
years ago, and Grant's tomb was re
cently covered with paraffin, which
is impervious to moisture and resists
the action of acids.
Sha Turned the Tables.
Ladv Randolph Churchill was
electioneering in England at one
time in behalf of Mr. Ashmead
Bartlett. One bold elector whom
the was trying to secure hinted that
if the ladies would imitate the fa
mous Duchess of Devonshire they
would have no difficulty in securing
votes. The duchess in one memora
ble canvass gave a kiss for each
doubtful vote. Lady Churchill con
sidered for a moment and then said
"Thank vou so much.
I'll suggest that idea to Lady Bur-dett-Coutts.'.'
The elector laughed,
remembering that Lady Burdett
Coutts is over eighty years old.
London Ambulances.
Tendon is curiously behind New
York in the matter of its emergency
w ll 1
accident service. JN one oi we nos
nitola there: incredible as it may
seem, have ambulances such as are
nsed in New 1 ork. injured , per
sons are, carried to the hospitals in
fmrt Twhoplprt bandbarrows -propelled
hv onn or two Dolicemen. . There are
only two or tnree norse amDuianues
in ho itw ." nd thev are private.
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There is an agitation now for the
mtroQUCtion oi uucu, icuium
h hospital service.
f.v :J -VTO7 lima,. , .
; KTmr fhnt thft word f'BubwaYT i
recognized classic,' would, it not be
well to find better words than 'exit"
Hid "entrance ?" The passages to
nd fmm thft "snhwav" should lott-
ically be the "inway" and the "out-
way." Yours lor baxon speeca
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Beet . Part of the Prcture. ; ij,.
"When I was a youngster," aid a
Philadelphia painter who is today
one of the bright stars in the Amer
ican art: firmament and whose fame
also reaches across the Atlantic, "I
kept the pot boiling by painting por
traits of enterprising storekeepers
at bargain prices. Once a .tailor who
was anxious to transmit his, features
to posterity asked me what my price
was for a half length. I told him
$100. j
"The picture was painted and ap
proved. Then the knight of , the
thimbh? took out his pocketbook
and wanted to know how much he
should pay.
" 1 told you before we started,' I
replied, 'that my charge for a head
was $100
" 'Oh, I know that,' said he, 1ut
how much for the coat? It's the
best part of the picture.'" New
York Herald.
Hiring a Cab In Russia.
In Russian cities, according to an
English traveler, the taking of a cab
is a matter of bargaining, for, though
there is a printed tariff somewhere,
the cabmen cannot read it. If you
know the distance you walk" along
the cab rank calling out your des
tination and your price about a
quarter of what you would pay in
London "and a tenth of the New
York demand. When you have pass
ed the last cab you will hear a clat
ter behind, and a driver will im
plore you to step in. If you do not
know the distance you ask the fare,
divide the answer by four and walk
on. Curses! Invocation of saints!
Drivers raise their arms to heaven
in horror. Walk calmly on, and
there is a race to pick you up. Nor
is there ever a dispute at the end.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
Bright Sayings From ttie Mouths of the
Rising Generation.
Small Harold after sizing up the
new baby said, "Well, that kid
hasn't got any hair to comb, but he's
got an awful lot of face to be wash
ed." Mamma Do you love your teach
ir, Tommy ?
Tommy Yes, mamma, but I
don't want you to tell her.
Mamma Why not?
Tommy 'Cause she might sue
me for breach of promise.
METHODS OF READING.
Rules Cannot Be Fixed, as Each Man
Has His Own Standard.
"Men have curiously different no
tions on the subject of reading, a .id
almost all the literary men have h&j
something to say on uie buujcl-i.
stud nn observant man. "Emerson
laid down three rules. He said
First, do not read a book that is
not. a vear old: second, never read
nnv but books that are famed; third,
never read any book but what you
like. But it is not likely tnat many
wrKfins ran follow these rules. In
the first place, it is quite impossi
ble to observe anything like an ar
hitrart rule in the matter of reading
The is no reason why a good book
should be a year old before we ven
ture throuyh its Dares. It the dook
is good it is just as good in fresh
print as it will be at any other time.
Besides, books are printed so rap
idlv now that if we are to wait a
vear before reading a book after it
out we should soon be very
much behind the times. We could
nnt talk to our friends about con
temporary literature and would be
nlasspil as a back number. Emer
son's second rule is worse than the
first All irood books do not become
famous. It is much easier for a bad
book to blaze out and win popular
attention. Besides, how shall we
know whether a book is good or bad
without reading it i The same poini
may be made as to the third rule.
Wow shall we know whether we like
a book or not without reading it.-'
True ennusrh. some men. UKe car-
is e. ean skim a DOOK ami nei- o
Iv good idea of it, but this is not a
aatiafopnrv wbv of measuring a
kL-'a valnp T have but little con
fidence in the literary judgment of
the skimmer. The fact is, alter an,
that every man must read according
rt h; own notion. Mv friend may
uii-i. nno rmolri I like another He
mov have nne ntandara oi literary
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oTeotienen- urn nave anomer, auu
so on. liules tor reaoong cimoi
arbitrarily fixed. ' Human nature is
a fielflo nnd there is tod ntuch dif-
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New Orleans Times-iJemocrai.
Helen KellerV Life Work.
1 i xxn.ia : Mia iCfiller has not vet
fi IIM : . - m
joflirotv Bpftled what branch of
work she will undertake, it is alto
gether probable that aha will write a
good deal and barely possible that
.. Ait o noriodical of hitrh
class for the blind. That it has long
been her ardent desire to see the
vi; . - A meriM TiTovided with a
magazine of high quality and vanea.
interest; like' the best of periodicals
published for those who see; she haa
Jrequently asserted. auonai m&z
azine.,.
Ask Your
OwnDbctor
If he tells you to take Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral for your
severe cough or bronchial
trouble, then take lu If he has
anything better, then take that.
But we know what he will say;
for doctors have used this
cough medicine over 60 years.
"I have TUd Avert Cherry Feetorst for
hard eohU, bad eoughi, and lnflnensa. It hu
done me (crest pood, and I beliera.lt u toe
best cough medloine in the world for all
best eongh medloine in toe worm ior
thnmt uid Inns troubles."- -ELI C. STVABT.
Albany, Oregon.
Made by 1. 0. Arr Oo., LowiU, Kw.
Alee auaometaTera ef
SASSAPASHXA.
yers
PILLS.
HAIR VtoOS.
akAM rrta KaIMAIa VI Mfltfl Alii (kf
Ayer's .-ills at bedtime, Just one.
nmnriiern oxnoice
wnvunt.u o 1 uhim i
Why Secretary Morton Never
Ate
Snails In Philadelphia.
Paul Morton, secretary of the na
vy, recently went to Philadelphia to
attend a 'dinner given by a few of
his old vailroad friends.
Among the guests were Presidani
Underwood of the Erie and John P.
Green, first vice president of the
Pennsylvania. Naturally the sub
ject of the slowness of Philadelphia
came up and was discussed freely.
After several of the railroad men,
including Secretary Morton, had
said a few things about the staid
Quaker town Mr. Green took up
cudgels for Philadelphia. He made
an elaborate defense, showing that
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"1 STJFPOS THEY ABB TOO SLOW TO CATCH
THEM.
Philadelnhia is one of the most pro
gressive, up to date, enterprising
cities in the country.
President underwood listened at
tentively. When Mr. Green had
finished, Underwood "said: "I don't
see how you make all that out. Why,
this afternoon I went into a book
store on Chestnut street and found I
;hey were selling that book of Pas-
,or Wagner s, 'The Dimple hole
8elf Centered.
Ta there anv reason why you
slould insist on playing Hamlet?"
aid the friend. .
CI never thoueht of that phase of
tin nuestion " answered Mr. Stornv
ijgton Barnes. "What I desire to
kiow is why the public snouia insist
that I shall not play it" Washing
ton-Star.
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
liia Varioua Uae'a of Ammonia In 'the
, 1 ' Household.
line uses OI iUlimuuiu m iuc uuuoo-
h(Jd are many. In cleaning of any
kflfd it should be used in the propor
tion of one tablespoonf ul to a quart
of water. It makes the water aofter
thm rain water. Smoky lamp chim-
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nes, window panes ana mirrors au
reipond quickly to ammonia, vynen
a Itain is produced by lemon juice
or any other acid nothing is so ei-
fecual as ammonia in neutranzmg
nl fhna Tpmovin it. A few drons
wur v J - A
to V pint of water sprinkled on the
cods of house plants will produce
in ahimriant erowtn. oiains - on
niaSble can be removed. by rubbing
then well with a toothhrusn aippea
in jpwdered chaiK ana ammonia.
Ur CuDboarda and Wardrobea
Thn't for irot that runboardfl and
warlrobei where clothes are kept
nee4 irequent airing. ; un a sunny
rtnrvra and Imva them
1 jopeior several hours.', Keyer put
awa a dress bodice without nrst
airii? it. - Attention to little detailf
Jvhia. which keens ones clotha
trcjand sweet, is vail worth wMU
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Mahn Driiieo
Promptness
; J. Eiwood Cox Prest
j , W. G. Bradshaw, V Prest
Gommercial
High Point, N. C.
Capital. - .
Surplus and Profits.
W cordially ihVite you to
We Have a modern banKlntf
huaineia eandilloni.
3VS
eason
the farmer is busy
We can make it easy for you, call
an d see
RotbrocI Wagno and Chattanooga Plow?
an d.keep t )ir bo.t. Reapers; "Bind
ers and mowers.
pigh Point Hardware Gonpnij
J. A. Climard
The bestrselected line of
Dress Goods, Ladies Ccats, Olcthng, Shoes
Hats, Trunks Etc.
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Be sure to call
buying
W. I. Montgomery
High Point, N. C.
Contractor
Correspondence Solicited
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x Local and
Special ittractitfh
. , Largb Line Winter Millineif at -
Miss Venetia irWh'
; ' call and see it before going ekpwhere t
' Siceloff Hardware & '
: Grocery Company tziZT
High Point, N. C. , 'I'V.-f '
'a n ..ki..
C. M. Hauser, Akt Cash.
$50,000
$i8 000
open an accoun
with us.
House and are ppared to
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lovely women require m lcrtTf little fix
tags that most men know bufcttle about.
The drug man however, A0 cater to
fashionable, trade knows al these littte
belongings and accessories deeded W
womankind. , I '
WE ARE THE PEOPLE
you can get them from, and It popular
prices. All the powders, perfulies, man
icure sets and whatever efte isbecessary
to make you pre'ty, weve eft them.
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wure iu, ficosc, ituu uuy a lew,
Ring's Pharmacy
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vpens and
and see hini before
and Builder
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