i'i.ii 111 ' ' " ...'a-. ' ' .' ' ' v . . - ' . . ." ' '"' . e" J , . . f' aa,,..a. mtmiun.nmuu-UM.MMi:. il. .., 1 I ' ', " , , ' , ' ' -r iVO '4 -'?lvt i -- . , - J ' . , """ in. SBj.ialaoaa - i!H rnr laii .':f ' i , a , . ,. . t ' ' ; , ...... . . . . . r 1 1 ir'-'n. n r AY""'' ib; ' c . . . ; ti:J JifTSA, ... . ....... I ; VOvY1A'--t..Y- GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901 NO. 7 ;1, . mum ' .rr v . " pimpled band wlta mr .., 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 f t -"W&iuuTa Ufa. OOOOOCQ Drowned Mail BY OUT OB MAUPASSANT, ' o o OOo oOOo OCXS ooOOooOOOoOw 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- hkd with dranapek, au&Tl everyUiInf 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. 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