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VOvY1A'--t..Y- GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901
NO. 7
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hM tlwuertoo ioOTi ihU kw.
Th, mid row 0 ch.nin worWlo ,.
fcmethlig. too. of Jt. woe. . ,
m- yoo par to thUtr of wobkb,
tbw Ut "M n to i do, , .
when the work id owe of life begin, v.-;
, The work tbt ! f" youf. .,
will tou wiar eome dar on that deinty hand
. Wbadieofan eanwet lover s -
- JJ that loVe M precloie fift
And be true aa the aklea abovef -mm
ffliwt eatdewttb cardeta heart, -
Like a cart oil faded glOveT , . '
Utile hand! with their roeebud hue, . '
Mr keep 1 Tour lloM
On the thinga above till lite ehall end,
Till the little hands be cold '
ind the unieen land Ilea all before.,
ii the getee of Bearl unfold. w
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Drowned Mail
BY OUT OB MAUPASSANT, '
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Every one In Pecamp knew the tory
f Mother Patln.! sue nauiccnainiy
. wn haoDviwlti her man, , bad
iiti,i- Pntin. for her-man used to
llll.UV. - ' -V
hpat her when he was alive as they
thrash the wheat on lb .thrashing
floors. '.
' He was master of -ft flsblng-eniact
md had married her long ago because
she was pleasant, although she wa
poor. -
Patln, a good sailor, but brutal," fre-
mwnted the drinking shop or old An
bin, where he drank regularly every
day his four or five little nips and on
days of luck at sea eight or ten or even
more, Just according to how good be
felt, as he said. . r -
The drink was served to patrons by
old Auban's daughter, a brown girl,
good to look at and who drew custom
hr her pleasant manners solely, - for
no one bad ever hinted a word Against
ier. , J .
Patln when he earne Into tl bop
was content with lookiug at her; and
bis conversation was polltet' the' civil
remarks of a decent fellows After be;
had drunk his first glass -of brandy
be began to find her very attractive,
and at the second he winked his eye at
hert at the third he would say, "If
only you liked, Mamzelie Dcslree,"
without ever fluffshlng hlssentencer
with the fourth be tried to Catch iier
bj her skirts to 'kiss her, fli)d; wheB be
went as high as tea herfatbef brought
blm the jutbcr,Tones.f , gr
The old wine seller,' 'who was up to
all the tricks, sent Desiree round
-among the tables to stimulate the or
' ders, and Desiree, wba. wns; not her
father's daughter: for nothing.; flitted
la and out among the customers, joking
with them with a laughing mouth and
aaapplng eyeV! - -,
What witU drinking Jil "little-nips.
Patln becameso- used- to the-' faee of
Dctlree that be kept thinking, of her
even out at sea when be was casting
bis nets far out, windy nights and
calm, nights of moonlight and nights of
cioqd. He thought of her-, gripping
the helm In the stern of his boat,
while his four comrades were sleeping,
their beads on their arms.. He saw
ibet, always smiling, pouring blm the
yellow brandy with a swing of the
ibonlder, then saying as she went: . ' -"There!
Does that suit your' ,
And at last, keeping her thus In eye,
and mind, be was seized with 'sucb a'
longing to marry her that, unable to
Agbt any longer against it. he asked
for her band. - ; . i
: He was well off, owner ofnls boat
of his nets and of a bouse at the fool
of the hill on the Reserve, , while old
Auban had nothing. So be was re
celred with enthusiasm, and the wed
olng came off at the earliest possible
4r. both parties wishing to hurry mat
ten for different reasons, f ';
. But (hret days after mnrriage Patln
aj ntterly unable to conceive bow he
OHld have thoncrht Donlroo rlllTprpnt
from any other woman. Well, be must
Mve been a fool to ffe himself up with
girl without a cent who 'bad be
witched him, with her rum. for sure
Il4nor that she'd pot some filthy, charm
into for blm. 4tA ' . '
I And he swore op" nd 3(Twi tbe ilde,
breaking his pipe between bis teeth.
"Ming his outfit, and having cursed
wptoosly In all the customary terms
everything be could think of be spit
forth the rest of his cboter on tbe flsb
the lobsters taken one by one from
arts, never throwing them Into tbt
without an accompaniment of
"'ig and bad names. f -'
Then. home again, having within'
Rack of tongoe and hand W wife. old.
Aohan's girl. It was not longAefore be
u treating bet Uke the lowest of tbi
w In bis speech. Then, as she beard
S ""'eney. 'nscd to" that sort "of
."""g already from ber father; he grew
"Mperaled at ber silence and one
"nf struck tier. After that ber life
frightful. 1
For teD VMM fhA ljillrA .nt.ln
"a OH the Rouna hnl'll.. tl.M.I.Ira
ave bla wife and his way of
frini st be, whenever be addrewed
Be nrore, jB fact, i an Indivld
yle. with ricbnew,of.vocab
d a sonority of organ equaled by
rer man In Fecamp. From tbe
J""" bis boat appeared at the en
J of tbe harbor, coming back from
rJMung. they awaited the 'first vol
S iLWODld annch from bis dck to
7 as toon as be saw the-white
his helpmeet '
PMoo4 np to the stem, ntwring.
m ahead (r w ui mueo ib
1' nlb. and. spite of the preoc
of the narrow, and difficult
Pite of tbe waves from the
rjMt piled) op io it like inotretaliuv
. to ake out among tbe w
J watttag for the fishers onder the
Ttbejadel
i
WDM
be saw her. for alt the
tars ,
the waves sod wind, bo
khajT ner erring or a rase
en " "ngth of throat that er
HrJT? taathed, althoogh they "were
"boat
Tj tat her. , Then whea
V tne qrwy be naa t i
tU V.r? bis ballad of clvfll-
idcuea th while on-. :
-"vs hk flak . . vi.
aw a pnniul fl la
It Came OUt Of blS motlth snrnorlm...,
like cannon shots, short and awful;
sometimes' like peals of thnmw tw
rolled out for five minutes such a hqr -
rlMnir ntildPBHtr. it:;- i. H .'
.....juifiiiuum iuui ue seemea
to have In bis lungs all the storms of
heaven,
' Then when he was off the boot and
found himself face to face with ber, m
the middle of a crowd of Idlers end
fish women, he fished out of tn hn.
torn of his hold a whole new cargo of
Insults and: abuse and escorted her
home with these, she in front, he be
hind; she crying, he shouting.
Alone wfth her, the doors shut, be
Struck her on the slightest pretext.
Anything was enough to make him lift
his band, and once begun he never
stopped,-casting then in her face the
real grounds, of his hate. With each
Slap, with each thump, he vociferated:
Ah, ye penniless wench! Ah, ye rag
ged, hungry , Jade! A pretty thing I
did the day I ever washed my mouth
with the rotgut of your thief Of a fa
ther!" .
f She lived,- poor woman, in a state of
incessant terror, in a constant tremble
of soul and body, In affrighted expecta
tion of outrage and blows. And this
lasted for ten -years. She was so tim
orous that she would grow pale when
talking to any one, and Bhe thought of
nothing save of the beatings hanging
over ber, and she bad, become lean,
dry and yellow f, f, r
- One nigbt, when her man was at sea,
she was awakened suddenly by that
wild beast's growl . which the wind
makes when It comes on like a hound i
unleashed.. She Sat rip In bed. alarmed, l
then, hearing nothing more, lay down
again, but almost at once there came
a bellowing In her chimney that shook
the whole bouse, spreading throughout
the entire heavens as if a herd of mad
dened cattle were rushing through
space, snorting and lowing.
She rose and hastened to the har
bor. Other women were coming from
every direction with lanterns. The
men flocked out. and all watched,
lighting up in tbe night, on the sea,
the foaming wbltecaps of the summits
of the waves,
. The storm lasted 15 hours. Eleven
sailors did. not come back, and Patln
was among them.
"They found on the Dieppe const the
wreckage of the Young Amelia, his
sloop.: They recovered-down by St
Valeryv tbe bodies of bis sailors, but
never found his. As the bull of bis
boat seemed to have been cut Jn two
his wife for a long time waited In
dread for his return, for If there bad
been a collision It might have happen
ed that the colliding vessel picked blm
up and carried blm to foreign parts.
Later, little by little, she grew used
tetthe idea that she was a widow., still
trembling each time that a neighbor
woman, a beggar or a traveling ped
dler came -in on ber nnexpectedly.
One afternoon about four years after
the disappearance of ber husband she
stopped before the bouse of an old sea
captain lately dead, whose furniture
was being sold; '
Just at that moment tbey were put.
ting up a parrot, a green parrot with a
blue bead, who looked at an tue people
with a disturbed and discontented air.
Three francs!" cried tbe auctioneer.
"A bird that can talk like a lawyer, 3
francs!"
A friend of Mine. Patln nudged ber,
''You oneht to buy It, you that are
rich," said she. It would be company
for vou. It's worth more than 30
francs, that bird. You can always sell
It aealn easv for 20 or 25."
"Four, francs. ladies, 4 rrancsr re
peated the man. "He sings vespers and
preaches like a cure. He's a phenome
non, a miracle!"
Mme. Putin laid 10 sous more, ana
tbey gave ber in a little cage tbe bird
with bis booked beak, which sue car
ried Off. ; , ' ;
She bung blm up in ber bouse, and as
She opened nue wire door to give him
some water she got a peck on tne nn
ger which cut the skin and drew blood
"Ah. he's ugly!" said sne.
Nevertheless she gave blm some corn
and hemp seed and left blm preening
biff feathers and -watching out or tne
corner of bis eye bis new boose and
his new mistress.
The day was beginning to dawn next
morning when Mother ratm nearo.
Unmistakable and dlBtlnct a voice,
tmnir. sonorous, rolling, tbe voice of
Patln. crying: '
Will ve ret nof
'ix 8b was so frightened that she bid
her bead nnder tbe sheets, for every
mnrnlns- aforetime as soon as he open
ed his eyes her dead hosband nsed to
.hnnt'in bar ar these words, wblcb
woll remembered.
Khflkins-. rolling In a ball, her back
bent before tbe blow she expected, she
muttered, ber face hidden in the pll-
Inws:
in ird. there be Isl O Lord. It's
hi.ni TTo'n mm beck! O Lord!"
ui.mu naaaMt: no further sound
broke the silence of the rooex Finally,
trembling, she raised her bead, sure
tbar be wae there, waiting, about to
trlke..
She saw nothing save a ray of sun-
shine
mmlnr through tne wmuuw.
and she tbongbt:
He's hidden for aurer
She. waited a long time
; then, a little
reassured, thonght:
: -I guess I must have dreamed
4.' .htar himself."
He
- She was closing ber eyes again, when
f Hefit in her ear tbe
raging voice of thunder of the drowned
Ban vociferating:
"Blank, to blank, to oiao
til .n m nn Mil"
. Ok. Laanail lt of bed. fOTCed OJ BCf
instinct of obedience, her whipped wt
la's impulse to ooey,
still after foor years bm
more her and wtB forever rr-i -
that voice. And she spoke:
irHeIauD,Patla. Wbatlsltr
Then, distracted, she looked about
examining -everywhere ":
riK. in' the chimney, under the
US.Ve, Finally beWJ-
a chair, desperate
rtoced that only the eool
back to torment
: v ..
there mem
Snddenly she thonght of tbe garret I
-Z maid art Into front ino oa"-1
wun-u - . a,-- anre. I
im by .tmm
- . . . . .mewbere. Be
C - P'u "J oocr, and
coum V. Jir Aeder than evee-i
haw be was back, wicsew i
HOI a . TIMS 1 .
toward
1'atlnr
1 Then si . we
i Ju HUB Bll
ratm did not reply.
tut -uutaiul in -fee, r- nnrl
ircmmiug, her very heart shaking, she
cumbed the ladder, opened l he trap.
aoor, looked, saw nothing, went" In,
searcned und found no one
outing down on a truss of hay, she
commenced to cry, but while she was
sobbing, pierced by a poignant and
supernatural rear," she beard In the
room below her Patln talking. He
seemed less in a rage, more easy, and
he was saying:
"Dirty weather! Hard wiud! Dirty
weather! I've had no breakfast, It!"
She sang out through tbe ceiling:
tre i am, ratiu! rm going t0
make your soup. Don't lie mad; I'm
coming!"
And she came down again, running
There wits no oue .there.
She felt herself ps faint as if death
nau touched her, and she was starting
to nee tor help to tne neighbors when
the voice cried, right In her ear
"I've had no breakfast, !"
And the parrot In bis cage looked at
ber with bis little round eye, sly and
wicked.
She, too, looked at him. dismayed.
murmuring: -"Ab,
It's youl"
He began again, wagging his bead
"Walt, wait, wait! I'll teach yon to
skulk, I will!';
What passed in her luindV She felt,
she realized, that It was lie, Ktije
enough, the dead man, who walked
again, who came back bidden lu tbe
feathers of this bird to torment ber
once more, to swear, as before, all day
and bite ber and shout at her to bring
the neighbors and make them laugb at
her. She rushed on tbe cage, opened it.
seized the bird, wblcb. defending him
self, tore ber flesh with 4beak mid
claws. But she held blm with all her
strength with both bands and, . throw
ing herself on the ground, rolled upon
him with tbe frenzy of a mad woman,
crushing blm, making of blm a shred
of flesh, a little soft green thing that no
longer moved, no longer spoke, hung
limp. Then, wrapping him up in a
towel as in a shroud, she ran out in
her chemise, barefooted, to tbe edge of
tbe quay, which tbe sea was lapping
little waves, and, shaking the cloth, she
let fall Into tbe water the little dead
thing that looked like a haudful
grass. Then she came back, threw her
self on ber knees before tbe empty cage
and, upset completely by what she bad
done, besought pardon of the good Lord,
sobbing as if she had committed some
frightful crime.
The Joke.
A variation from the usual "English.
man and joke" story was told in an
up town hotel tbe other nlgbt. He was
a young Englishman aud was riding
horseback with an American friend
from Rye to Larcbmont.
"I say. old chap," said tbe Bug
lisbman, "what is written on that sign
by the wayside?"
"Wby. it says 'Private Koad."
turned bis friend. "You ought to go to
a blacksmith and learn to read signs.
Tbe Englishman was interested.
"I say, old chap." was bis reply; "Is
that a joke?"
"Of course It is a joke. ou will see
It next week If you work bard."
'Next week! Ah, smarty, 1 11 lay you
a bawtle or. wine tlint l see it uerore
mawning."
The wager was taken, and by the
time tbey bad reached tbelr journey's
end the American had forgotten the
wager. Not so bis friend. He thought
and thonght, and shortly before
o'clock tbe following tnoruiux he burst
into bis friend's room with flylug hair
and radiant wltb elation.
"I have It! 1 nave It!" be cried, bare
ly able to talk. rThe Joke Is suppose
the blacksmith was not lu."
He got tbe wine. New York Sun.
Jar 01T Timely- Ulat.
"I called upon Jay Gould once to ask
him for a rule tbat would bring me
success in my wora. saiu ju
Boyer. principal of one of the finest
grammar schools in iew ioi-k city.
"Every one wbo knew Jay Gould knew
that be was a preoccupied man. tbat
his thonght were usually far away
from tbe nreseut scene.
"I was Introduced to blm by a friend.
but I felt tbat he was scarcely con
scions of my presence. We had plan
ned to make some startling remark to
attract bis attention, and. as t did so
tbe great financier looked at me for a
econd as If be saw me for tbe first
time. Then I put my Important ques
tion. .
"'What is yoor business r be asked
as quick as a flash.
"'lams schoolmaster. I repnea.
Then let other people do tbe work.'
The advice was to tbe point and has
proved Itself luralnsble.-Rooc
salti Far rrrwi Mia, S
nr. D. K. Pearsons, the Chicago phi
lanthropist wbei celebrating his eight
ieth birthday gare these rules for long
life:
No nles or cskes; no pains or acnes.
Moot men dig their tyaves with their
teeth. -.,--' - ...
if von overwork your liver, it wm
Ann twinn ronr brain.
ttve like , fanner, ana yoo wm wv
Uke a prince, v vV . ' -
Urn eaa live tea nays wnooni eai-
fag. Tbey can't do witnoot pore air
Arc minutes. ;
Pont get angry and oosi t get excit
ed. Every time yoo jrei yoo sose
tnlnoteof life. -.;----".,-T.t
man abase bis stomach, and
hen get fidgety and cross to bis fa m-
Doctors say ooart seep o au
atomach. I take my after ouner Ban
Jost tbe same, and I'm 80 years old.
Too can t ueueve am am wnwn
U joo catch a com. mm yoor ejnioioe
and eat an on Ion.
Give away yoor money, ire exoiw
ratlng aad tends to longevity.
Tfce kJea of gtvttf wane one m auve
wtU become epWemle sooo as meo
laraer wftst foo K tn. " ' ' ;
j-.. ii i rw ii , i ,i.vi. ' , . .
Tbe Carthaginian were exceueos
tB0drs. Portico of tbe roada
from Carthage east aad treat
along the eeaeoeet oi i wmm a-a inir
in a h faaat Tfca. a
ai arw " -
atracttoa of tbe Carthagtalae roada
differed so materially from tbat of the
auw highways that It a aa easy
ttnr tar sntrunarraoe to dlstlpgnlsfe
She asked, lifting her face
thfc celling, "Are you up there,
. . .
IT WAS VERY PRETTY
BUT-tT-DIDN'T Wlrf -THE - OLD MAN
WHO WA8 SUING FOR DAMAGES..
Ab Meat Which Shows What a
DIStcreat Imprraaloa Mar Be Mada
hr a Thoaaaad Dollar BUI aai a
Thoaaaad On Dollar Bills.
"A professional compromiser wlio
understands his business Is a mosc val
uable man ou the stuff of any big rail
road," said a New Orleans lawyer,
apropos of nothing In particular, "It la
a great art," be continued, "and I had
the fact Impressed on me by something
rather unusual that hnppened early In
my career. I had been In practice only
a year or so, as 1 remember, when I
was engaged by a certain railroad com
pany to represent It In a damage suit
brought by an old fellow wbo had been
hnrt nt a crossing. I got the job be
cause the regular attorney and regular
assistant attorney were out of town on
bigger affairs, and I threw myself Into
It with unlimited enthusiasm. A little
Investigation convinced me, however,
tbat the company didn't have a leg to
stand on, and neither, for tbat matter,
did the claimant, both of 'em having
been broken above tbe knee. So I ad
vised a compromise and was told to
settle It If I could for f 1.000.
"Tbat fixed limit discouraged me. be
cause tbe suit bad been brought for
$20,000, and I knew the opposition
lawyers bad been filling their client
with rosy hopes, but 1 thought np a
scheme tbat seemed- promising. The
claimant was an Ignorant old fellow,
wbo had been a laborer for years, and
I took It for granted that be bad never
bad as mnch as $100 at any one time
In his life. 'I'll Just hypnotize him,' 1
said to myself, and. going to a bank, 1
got a brand new $1,000 bill. .Then
hurried off to his boarding bouse.
found him in a dirty little back room
and made my proposition for settle
ment.
' "Just as I anticipated, be declined It
indignantly. 'Very well,' said I. pulling
out the bill wltb a studied carelessness,
'In that case I'll hare to return this
money. But, by tbe way,' 1 added, 'did
you ever happen- to see a $1,000 bill?
It's quite a handsome bit of paper! To
be candid, I wae rather awed by the
thing myself, but to my amazement be
took It Indifferently, glanced at It with
so apparent Interest and banded It
back. 'It's Terra pretty,' he said stolid
ly and went on smoking bis pipe.
"A few days after this discouraging
experience," tbe lawyer went on, "Mr.
Andrews, the claim agent of tbe lino,
happened to be In town and dropped In
to Inquire about tbe case. He was
veteran In the business, but be always
Impressed me as being a man totally
destitute of tact and I never could un
derstand how lie held his Job. He
chuckled when be heard my story. 'My
dear boy.' he said, 'you simply over
played yourself. You expected tbat old
man to drop dead nt the sight of a
$1,000 bill. Wby, bless your soul, be
didn't know what It meant! It was be
yond the outposts of his Imagination.
He was like yon yourself when yon
bear an astronomer talk about tea bil
lion miles. The figure conveys no Idea
to your mind. It is too big. But come
with roe,'; he added, 'and I'll give you
an object lesson.'
"I was surprised and piqued, but 1
went along, and the first thing An
drews did was to get $1,000 In $1 bills
at tbe bank. He cut the slips uut held
them together, stacked them np In
loose heap and wrapped . them In
newspaper. ' Then be went ti tne
boardlug house and found the old man
sitting In bis little back room still
smoking his pipe. - He didn't seem
have moved since 1 was there before.
'Well, Connolly,' said the claim agent
after a few general remarks, -'I've
brought around tbat $1,000 and waul
you to sign a receipt to fnlf Tbe old
man got angry Immediately. T.I nol
do It! be yelled. 'I'll take what 1 mum
for and not a cent lessf 'You're fool
Isb," said Andrews calmly. 'No Jury
will give yoo over $t.00t. n:nl your
lawyers will get half of that. .You'd
better do business with me.' .
fie bnd been holding l be package of
bills on his knee while be wn talking,
and Just then be uindu nn awkward
gesture and knocked It off. He grab
bed at It wildly as it fell and. vrltli oue
swoop, scattered the morn y nil over the
squalid little room. It rovered every.
thing floor." chair. ta:de. bed and
some of It. even went Into the wsslh
bowL Iogonr tbe Inokr he shouted
Hen-. Connolly, lend a lund. will yon.
and help me gatlier nn Ibis rt'.iff. . The
old man made no reily. tint rat speech-
less , and transfixed, while his pipe
slowly slid out of bis nioutb and fell
Into bis lap. : Mesnwblle Andrews
seized a broom and began Sweeping op
tbe bills like dry leavm. 'Faints pre
serve oaf whispered Connolly at last.
still staring stupidly at tbe litter. 'How
mock a there r The $1,000 yoo doa'l
want' snapped tbe ctaliu ageat and
kept on sweeping. In tea mlantes be
had collected tbe money in a big heap
tbe newspaper. "Welt I gneee I d
better I going,' be remarked as be
bandied It up. -Hold on a bit' said the
old bibb, and before I folly realised
what bad happened Andrews bad bis
atrtograpb on the receipt
The whole thing bad been doae
rapidly and passed off so much like
some well- r hearsed scene at a play
tbat I' was simply dotafoonded
lacked tangaage to ex pee say admira
tion. Andrews was eery aaodest a boot
It tuonsu. and Instated there was noth
ing reourkable la what he bad das
Wheat yoo undertake to spellbind a
with money,' be said, "yoo mast
se denominations that be eaa eotnpre-
New Orleans
CTftta V - jar" '
, - ' al I III n I a- -
The ftomach controls tbe sitoa
tioo. Those who are beartr and
strong are thoee wbo can eat and
digeat plenty of fond. Kodol Dj
pepsia Cure digeat what yoo eat
and allows you to eat alt the food
food you want, n yoo saner irorn
indigeatioD. heart bom, belching or
any other stomach trouble, this pre
paration can't help bat do yon food
The moat sensitive stomachs can
take it J. C. Sim moos, the drug-
. . , Wllllaa Horses. - '
One of the judges at a horse show In
New York Jnade a shrewd criticism
whlcE baa a broader application than
he gave It
Four high bred carriage horses were
on view.
"I see bo difference between them,"
said an unskilled looker on. ''They
seem to me to be eqnala In blood,
beauty and training." - -
"No." said the Judge: "this horse,"
touching one of them, "Is Incomparably
the finest He Is of a better breed
than the-others, bis temper Is good,
and he Is stronger than any of them.
But I would not buy blm. He will be
short lived. The others Will outlivo
him by years.".
"Wby, what la wrong?"
"He Is too willing a horse. Look!
He pulls for both himself knd bis mate.
He shoulders tbe whole weight and
the other simply trots alongside. There
are many sucb horses. They use up
their vitality before middle age."
It occurred to one of the bystanders
that there were also many such men
and women. -
, iu almost every family there Is
some unselfish, energetic draft horse
who draws the loads of tbe others. It
may be 'the old father, plodding at bis
desk the year round while his wife
and daughters are Idling la Europe,
or It may be the lean, fast aging fann
er's wife wbo keeps bouse and cooks
( and Irons and sews while the girls
I are busy In their clubs or entertaining
1 their friends. Often it is a homely old
spinster aunt or sister.
As a rule, nobody notices these will
I big drudges until they drop suddenly
: In the harness, worn out by pu.llng tbe
loads which belonged to those wbo were
dear to them son, wife or brothel'
Youth's Companion.
: The Yoaaa Maa'e Chaaeea Todajr.
"A young man of capacity, Industry
and Integrity has a field for Individual
effort sucb as has never before existed
In this country," writes Edward Bok
In The Ladles' Home Journal. "And
success- Is neither harder nor easier
man it ever was. uuceeas never -yet
came to tbe laggard, and It never wilt.
Let a young man be capable, have en
terprise, be willing to work and carry
himself like a man, and be goes where
be wliL His success depends upon
himself.: No; times, no conditions,
DO
combinations of capital, , can stop
young man wbo baa a determination
to honorably succeed and whQ Is will
Ing to work according to tbe very nt
most of bis capacity and sinews
strength.
Of
The real trouble Is that tbe average
young wan won't work., He baa got tbe
Insane notion into his' bead that suc
cess comes by luck, that men are made
by opportunities wblcb either come, to
them or are throat upon them, and
be waits for lock or a cbance to come
along and find blm. Instead of taking
a sane view of conditions and seeing
with a clear mind that as trade widens
opportunities Increase be . takes the
mistaken view tbat the rich are getting
richer and tbe poor poorer. These are
the conditions of mind and life which
are keeping thousands of young men
down and will keep them down. Tbe
times are all right It la tbe young
man who finds fault wltb them wbo
la not."
He Waa the smbo sTas.
A prominent merchant of Sheffield
recently accosted a gentleman on tbe
street with: .
"Good morning, Mr. Johnson. How Is
coal today 7'
'Well," responded tbe other, "1 am
not much acquainted with the coal
market but I can ascertain tbe price
If It will accommodate you."
"I neg pardon," laughed the mer
chant , "I really thought you were Mr.
Johnson, tbe coal-dealer, xoo cei
talnly resemble blm."
A few days later the mere bant en
tered a tram car and seating himself
beside a gentleman exclaimed heartily
"Well, Mr. Johnson, I'm glad to rcc-
ognixe yoo today. I made a laughable
mistake one day but week. I mistook
another man for yoo and, addressing
bun very familiarly, asked bow coal
waa. He looked amused and replied
that be did not know mocb about coat
bat would Inquire If It woo Id accom
modate me. Then I looked at blm and
saw tbat be waa a perfect stranger. : It
really waa laughable, Mr. Johnson, bnl
be looked so mocb like yoo.
"Tea," responded tbe gentle man.
looking more amuaed, "and I mm tbat
same party again."
- Tbe merchant recognlces no morr
coal dealers-London Tlt-Blta.
. BSBfereed PelHeaeea.
Daring his term at tbe Military
academy General Kits-Hugh Lee plavt-d
a dummy In bis bed one nlgbt and
went down to Benny Havens. " Tbe
Inspecting officer reported blm. and be
waa ban led op and sentenced to walk
tea extra toora of Bandsy guard dnty
daring tbe time cadets were allowed
out of barracka. One Sunday after
Boon, when all tb world waa baring
fun and eojorcocnt young Lee waa
walking one of tboee extra toon when
be saw General Bobert E- Lea, then
captain of engineers and anpertntend
Bt of tbe academy, pass bis poet wltb
hi fatbeHD-biw. George Washington
Castis. Aa they (.used be came to a
"present" and beard tbe general say
to Mr. Castls,, "Do yoo know tbat
yenng mas Is walking extra toora for
viols tioa of tbe regnlatiooar "no.'
aolckly responded Mr. Coat's, -but be
la very polite, is be Botr-Argoaant.
. . Sao staow.
Tbe answer of a tittle girl Is a Booth
London hoard school recalls some of
tbe ttriniaat Irreleraney of Artenwe
Ward. Tbe teacher asked, "What la
the Chief food of tbe people of India f
There waa a tons' sflence btrt at laat
mortes probably of aer'newspaper
reading eaaae to ber aid, aad tbe child
raised ber band. Tamlner abo said.
Leedoo CVonlHe. -
- A
Socksoa Baskm rm raising awaey
to tmy land to ootid a home oa for poor
actors.
Bea K. Voient-WeO, If year r gotar
IB boy land for a aome for 'poor actors
I gaosa y ocr! bar to boy two or three.
etatas.-BreoUya Life.
1 eocoaiaged that svoag
have snore confidence la himself." -
-Welir
"He's got so conceited that he's qatt
THE MODERN COINER.'
HE TAKES HIGH RANK AMONG INTEL
LIGENT CRIMINALS.
Methoaa of the Loadaa Coantorfelter
la Prodaeloa) the aer"-Soaae of
the Trleks fcy Whloh SaarUaa Has
oy Is MaaafaaraV
There Is no rogue half so Ineorriglbl
as the professional coiner, said a well
known London detective. A reformed
burglar or pickpocket Is quite common
but a regenerated coiner, In my expert
ence, Is even more rare than a black
swan or a dead donkey.. There appears
to be some fascination In the misap
plied art, for no amount of punishment
seems to deter a convicted coiner from
returning to hla molds and batteries
the very moment he Is free.
Tbe modern coiner takes a very high
rank among Intelligent criminals, and
Is as far removed from hla forerunner
of a few generations ago as an average
man from an ape. . , The coiner of our
grandfathers' days vas Indeed a clnm
ay workman, wbo was content with
battery made of Jam Jars, and manu
factured bis coins out of iron and tin.
bismuth and brass, and the products of
hla "skill" would Impose on none hut
the Ignorant and careless.
Even today a few of the baser sort
of coiners are almost equally primitive
In tbelr methods. Their batteries are
crudely contrived out of domestic ves
sels, and the rest of tbelr apparatus
consists of plaster of parls and plum
bago to make tbe molds, a crucible, an
Iron spoon, a file or two and a little
grease. In fact tbe whole of their
equipment would be dear at half
crown. It Is needless to say tbelr vie,
time are generally of the most Igno
rant classes, and even then tbey and
their "snide pitchers," tbe men employ
ed to pass tbe spurious coins, are often
"lagged."
The "superior" coiner, however, Is
man of considerable Intelligence, wbo
baa often made an exhaustive study of
metala and electroplating and can pro
duce coins aa perfect In appearance as
any tbat are Issued from the mint and
wblcb satisfy all the ordinary testa of
weight and so on. In fact many of
the coins be produces are actually
made of gold and sliver, only the gold
If of a low grade and la liberally al
loyed wltb copper and silver, while It
la a well, known fact tbat It Is possible
to mold spurious coins of silver of tbe
requisite fineness and yet moke a prof
It of 100 per cent on tbe manufacture.
At tbta rate of profit the business Is
quite lucrative enough to compensate
for a little risk, and naturally such
coins, which are of full weight and of
standard silver, are most difficult to de
tect
But most coiners are not satisfied
wltb reasonable profit and tbey prefer
to make their allver coins of antimony
and lead (antimony furnishing the bulk
of tbe coin), covered, of course, with a
coating of stiver. Spurious gold coins
are largely made of platinum, a metal
which gives tbe requisite weight
The process of coining Is really very
simple, altbongb It requires both deli
cacy and manipulative skill. An ex,
act impression is taken of tbe coin to
be copied, and a mold Is made from
plaster of parts. ' The molten metal
then peured Into the mold through
small aperture In It Any superfluous
metal Is filed away, and the part from
wblcb It Is removed Is most carefully
milled.
The coins are now placed in a rack
In a allver eolation. In wblcb tbey are
aoon covered wltb a coating of silver
electrically deposited on them. To re
move any s aspic lo us newness tbey are
covered wltb a mixture of grease and
cigar asb or lampblack. To Increase
tbe deception tbe coin whicb Is copied
Is almost Invariably old and worn, and
tbe resultant copy, after undergoing
tbe various doctoring processes, has all
tbe appearance of a dirty, half obliter
ated coin of the daya of the Georges.
A favorite trick wltb coiners of gold
Is to take a genuine sovereign and by
drilling or slicing remove as mocb as
possible of tbe Interior gold, filling np
the cavity wltb platinum, so as to pre
serve tbe proper weight and ring. By
these artifices tbe sovereign loses half
or even as much aa three-quarters of
Its Intrinsic value, while retaining tbe
snmlatakable appearance of a good
coin. -
Probably none bnt an expert teller
could detect these Impostures, but tbe
ordinary spurious coin made from pew.
tor, antimony, lead and similar base
metal can almost Invariably bo di
tected by one of the following tests: If
e robbing tbe coin wltb a, moistened
finger tbe blight metal appears ondei
tbe worn and dirty surface, yoo ruaj
be sure tbe coin is counterfeit Tbe
practice of biting tbe coin, common to
many people. Is excellent for tbe spurt-
coin Is always "gritty" as distin
guished from tbe smoothness of a gii
Bln com, and If yoo find that yoor sus
picions coin will make a mark on a
slate yoo may be sure tbat there Is
good ground for yoor distrust London
Tit-Bits.
BJereoo aad Cowards.
Courage la aa uncertain quantity: It
varies wltb clrcometancea. A man wbo
fancies that be la afraid of notbinr
ventures oa the slippery pevement tr
ain ter and snddenly discovers that be
la very mocb afraid of falling as j bon
ing himself.
It to oa record tbat a man wbo was
i bold as eeoid be la tbe mooing
eoald never be relied a poo for courage
after dinner. .
rm French soldiers, daring tb
war of 1870, gallantly assaulted an sl-
Impregnable position, eltbozfb
death seemed certs In. Three years lat
er two of tboee gallant feflows were la
theater wae an alarm of Are was
given, aad tbey displayed extreme cow
ardice, p ashing over women and ehU-
drea la their frantic efforta to escape
rsataoB'a weekly.
Pro.. Irifon. of tonacmiin, Md.
nfJered terribly from nettralgi of
the stomach and indirtstion for
thirteen yean and alter tb doctors
tailed to ear Dim tbey led tbem on
morphine. A friend advised the
DMofKodot Dv-pepsi Core and
aAer to ing a few bottle of it be
aaya, "it baa cared in entirely, l
can't say too much for Kodol Dye.
pepsin Core." . It digest what yoo
- ' Calavtte Oaeate.
, Persons wbo want to save hotel bill
are extremely likely to drop lir at the
parsonage, preferably one where the
occupant haa a limited salary and an
unlimited family, Tbe merest shadow
of an excuse suffices for an Introduc
tion, as In two cases which a clergy
man reports In the Chicago Times-
Herald. I
"Once," he said, "the last of our com,
pany bad gone, and no new arrival was
expected. I felt that I could renew ac
quaintance wltb my family and tbat
we might sit down to a meal without
strangers being present Just then the
doorbell rang. I opened tbe door my
self,, and a. young lady whom I . had
never seen before stood on tbe doorstep
with a satchel in her hand. - v v
" 'Are you tbe Dev. Dr. Blank? she
asked.
"I told ber that 1 was, and she Intro
duced herself as coming from Ak-
ron, O. -
" 'I beard you preach In Akron when
I was a little girl, and now I have
come to spend a few days with your
family hud hear yon preach again.'
"I handed ber over to my wife and
daughters, and she staid a week and
treated us with the assurance of an old
friend."
Another guest be liked to tell about
waa a fussy old woman from his na
tive town who bad been waited on by
every member of bis family In turn
and wbo exacted constant attention.
When she was leaving after a month's
visit, be went to the door to see her off
and politely ventured to hope tbat ber
stay with tbem had been pleasant
"I don't know aa I have anything to
complain of," waa the depressing an
awcr. '
Araaar'i Geaeresltyv
The employees of the late P. D. Ar
mour always referred to him as "the
old man." This was not so mnch the
result of a habit among workmen of
calling their employer "tbe did man"
as an eccentricity of tbe "old man1
himself. When be wanted to give aid
anonymously, he said, "That'a from
tbe old man." Many gifts went out of
his pocket under tbe signature of "The
Old Man."
A young girl went to tbe business of
fice of tbe great packing concern one
day to report the Illness of a friend
wbo worked aa stenographer In tbe of
fice, Mr, Armour happened to stand
near and overheard the girl's request
for on advance In ber friend's salary
with wblcb to pay- the doctor's bllL
Thrusting bis thumb Into his vest pock
etthat pocket which seemed a mint of
greenbacks he banded tbe girl a roll
of bills.
"Take that to your friend," be said,
then adding to relieve the girl's aston
ishment "Tell ber the old man sent It"
Before tbe girl could thank blm be
was gone, but Just aa she left tbe build
ing be again appeared and. finding ber
gone hurried batless Into the street
"Here, here! I forgot something," be
called.
Tbe girl turned back, and without a
word Mr. Armour pressed something
into ber band. She looked down. It
was a $20 bill.
Mr. Armour had decided that bis gift
was not sufficient and hastened to In
crease It Now York Tribune,
Dyspepsia
difficult digestion, v due to
weakened addition of the stomach
and it inability to properly churn
the food; or to unhealthy condition
of the jjastrio Juice, too much or
too little acid, too much or too
little pepsin
Hood's Sarsaparilla relieves all
the distressing symptom of dys
pepsia because it promotes the mus
cular action of the atomach and In
testines, aids nature in the manu
facture of her own digestive secre
tions, which are far better than
any artificial pepsin, unlocks the
bowels, stimulates the kidneys and
tones np their mucous membrane.
: So cromnt is it effect in manr
eases that it seem to hare almost
magie touch.
Begin to tak it NOW.
sUifforad EvytMrsl'-r was troa-
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bat death, eeoid not eat wUbont terrible
dlstrasa. Sines taklnc Hood's Barsaparills
I eat baartlly and I am wall." Mas. Zest
McaraY, lMnmuy, coon.
KM
TrsfM Tim Day-" Hood;
tills has eared me of dyspepsia snd
SaraaaarUla
I never Kit, neater, au wraa gooo
steals every day." F"a Posaua, S7
loath Fenns St Indiana folia, lod.
HOOD'S
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Is sol hr all Smeslirta.
sr C L HOOD CO.. Lewall, Mass.
M0
Dyspopsia Guro
Digests tzlnt yea cit.
It artificial! dbreet tbe food and aids
Kainrw In s ire ngt boning and recon
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stantly relieve and permanently cores
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, - Heartbnra,
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