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HE VOL. XXX GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1904. Ve (Iealth T In'l think " eo?,d,ke?? .ht We hftro utl It la tlie P5 renltt. I he not hd Ealor in th house lor that lonfth I JSSi. It Is doctor I. iUall u ndr to make a person wU in. i( Because this great medicina rilieTM stomach pains, frees the eomtipated bowels and lnvigor !tM the torpid liver and weak enedkidneyi s . : Ho Doctor it necessary in the home where . Thedford's Black-Draught if kept. Families' living in the country, miles from any physi cian, bare been kept in health for rears with this medicine si their only doctor. Thedford's Black-Draught cures bilious ness, dyspepsia, colds, chills and fever, bad blood, headaches, diarrhoea, constipation, colic and almost erery other ailment because the stomach, bowels lirer and kidneys so nearly con trol the health. THEDFORD'S JEWELER- graham, . - - N. C. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware. - t ESTABLISHED 1893 Burlington Insurance Agency IWUMNCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Local agency , of Perm Mutual Insurance Company. Best ' - Life Insur- -. ance contracts now on the market. ' ; ... .. ortPWrsonal attention to all " wws. Correspondeaoe solicited. JAMES P. ALBRIGHt, Agent. Attomey-at-Law. . GRATTsu - . J"e Patterson Building "eeond Floor. .;., t WILLI im, JR. DENTIST . . . . " - - North Carolina 0,HCEm SIMMONS BUILDING ""ATBTsnrn. w. j.ar v,J. 0nMTe wJ Coui.lo at X w ssWJlarly bikimr rt erf aJ AW. M 17 fcCDS . Lose, J. EXMKB IWO. & LONG, CsUBJlX, K. C. PLACK-PitADGHT . H1DUT. JTjJ town lot in Graham, Vrjr dwellings,- for sale. Oeairable and terms reaaora J.ALONQ&CO, Heal Estate agents. WtSr33 Ccl-!i Cere KJ Colds and Crevp. t HIS GUIDING STAR Tommy Nesbitt was a very little boy for his nine years. He was a lonely little boy, too, although he lived in a great big house, had serv ants to wait on him and a mother and father who looked out for his welfare. If is mother was so hand some arnl charming that h : dared rumple her up with damp caresses, as he had seen some little ! boys love their mammas, and his : father was so tall and elegant that ' Tommy always associated him wit n me Dronze statue of the Duke of Wellington which stood in one cor ner of the large, stately hall. Neither was to be trifled with, ho had found out to his cost, for once when he' had climbed up to stuff a piece of paper in the duke's mouth to see if he could not make him look less forbidding Hawkins, the butler, had severely reprimand ed him, (yid once when he had dared to make funny with his father the chilly disapproval with which he was dismissed from the room made him more timid and shrinking. So Tommy shrunk more and more into himself.- His reflections on peo ple and things were those of a very pronounced little cynic, and he would have become hopelessly mor bid had he not loved Mary, the Irish housemaid, who mothered him surreptitiously; Miss Herrick, his Sunday school teacher, and Pat sy, a little vagrant cur whom he had rescued once from a brutal police man. Patsy was his sure refuge. He kept him in the barn, and when he grew very lonely and his little heart ached to bursting he would go out to Patsy and talk out all the love of his starved little heart and find great solace in kissing Patsy's nose, for Patsy liked to be loved and kissed, and it was a never ending mystery to Tommy why mothers and fathers were so different from maids and dogs. The Sunday before Christmas Tommy went to Sunday school as usual, dressed very smartly in his blue velvet suit, with a real lace col lar, seated in a handsome sleigh, driven by the dignified family coach man, who considered it a sin to smile save in the privacy of the serv ants' quarters, when he sometimes condescended to relax a little. Miss Herrick was a very earnest teacher, and this Sunday morning she grew unusually eloquent on the meaning of Christmas. "Children, I want you to remem ber that Christmas is the time of good cheer, when those who have plenty give to those who are needy." "Who remembers what the wise men did Christmas eve?" Several little voices piped up. Tommv's a little louder than the rest. "Well, let's hear Tommy." "A Lright star shone out and hrnufrht the wise men. who had fifts, to the stable where the mlant esus lay." "To a stable, dear child! What 6 D . strange place to bring their gifts!" "Yes." llere iommy grew excit ed. "Don't vou remember Jesus was just a poor little baby who was born in the manger ? His papa and mamma wcra poor, too, and I guess they needed things." "Who showed the wise men uw way to this poor family?" asked Miss Herrick. A dozen little voices piped out, The bright star." "How many of my little children are going to 06 bn&nt stars u find out the poor and miserable?' Every little voice rang out jubi lantly, "I am!" except Tommy, who was thinking deeply. After the lesson Tommy went up to Miss Herrick and asked shyly: "Who are the poor and misera ble? Do you know any?" Miss Herrick pinched his cheek playfully and said: "Why, people who are blind, who are poor, who have lost their homes; little crippled children. Oh, Tommy, the world u full of them. They are all around ns." Tho next few days Tommy was so full of subdued excitement, his eye shone so and he actea so q-"j that the family physician was caUed in to prescribe, which he did after so much deliberate scrutiny that Tommy was afraid his little secre. would be discovered on his tongue or his face and swallowed the bitter pills without a murmur. , Mary, the housemaid, was his .n in these days. She went out with him constantlyrand bott OUT. wim - , v- of them after Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt , , , the evening would CTeep down to the hbmij , where Toniny would carefully and wdn fally write little cards which Mary promised faithfully to .deliver. P These were happy days for Tom mJ. He had found -the poor juj mLrsble" he was liking for There were a little bootblack, whe had no home; two little girl., who crippled; poor vo Mary's friend, who wa. lose ber home because .be . could not meet the payments; one i of Mr. bitt'i own nen, who 4wJT charged; an woman, who need iHVlp, a young mother and babe, were pnniU and . M other, whom Tommy thought swered to Mis. DernckjM tejjj . a.. poor and miserable" - mJ Nesbitt bad onet4hu,,ffnf:! JbejS- wJicthefwe-.toll fpt 8 o'clock XTiristmas morningatTiis home. Mary had promised to watch the front door and let them in, es corting them to the library, where ivu"u; n vm it unas tree would be and where he would distribute his guts. Tnmmv .1 t. ii . night F Eight O'clock Christmn, mnnJ Vio u- i , . ne went into his parents' room tn m An-mn u i xi o-.iiuiu year, ms iair, ruauy com- wW nm t0 ,thei "'plexion gave little token of ielicate where the gifts were displayed, as , Ulth or of the sleeplessness which haA Kaan 1, i i t pvvu me cuDium over since no could remember. He could hardly a 11 Tt ' JWa8 80 excited- As the library door was opened caiJir cuuupbeu. xuere, seatea on her elegant lurni - ture, were blind girls, crippled rirls. dirty little newsboys, kicking their heels contentedly; miserable looking women, decrepit old men, and the only lamiliar face that of Norton, the discharged employee. Mr. Nesbitt advanced threaten ingly, saying in a voice of thunder: "Who brought these people here?" "The star brought them." said Tommy confidently. "What do you mean?" Tommy stood up straight, looked his father in the eye and said: "Why, don't you remember, papa, the star brought the wise man to the poor little boy and his mamma and papa in the stable, and the wise man left gifts? I'm the Btar, and you are the wise man." "This is nonsense." But Tommy had now turned to his mother, and there was a very appealing look in his little eager face that went straight through the laces and nbbons down to Mrs. Nes bitt's heart. His bravery was near ly gone, but he managed to say tear fully. "Well, Miss Herrick said we were all to be 'bright stars.' I knew you and papa were too busy to find the ?oor and miserable,' bo I thought would be the star and bring them to you. please, dear mamma, let's give our gifts and have for once a real Christmas like they had'sin Bethlehem so many years ago." After Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt had held a whispered conversation , a few moments Mrs. Nesbitt said : "Well, Tommy, what is it you want us to do ?" Tommy fairly danced as he ex plained: "Why, let's give them all a nice warm breakfast first, and then we'll give ' them what they need most. There is Mr. Norton, who is so sorry he got drunk. He will never do it again. Is take him back, papa, for his Christmas present. Mr. Nesbitt actually found him self deahnii with one of his own men something he had never be fore condescended to do and Nor ton left happv. The rest of the day Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt were kept busy investigat ing the conditions of Tommy's "poor and miserable," and for days after they were consulting doctors, signing checks, finding homes for children, furnishing nouses anu dealing out kindness right and left until all Tommy's "poor and miser able were happv. When Miss Herrick heard about Tommy's Christmas she laughed and then cried so hard her pretty blue eves were nil red when she dressed for her Christmas party- It was a very weary little boy that went in thut evening to say good night to mamma as she sat be fore the fire. And when mamma said, "Why, Tommv, you haven't seen your Christmas gifts yet, we have been so busy with your poor people; let us go down now and find them," Tommy stood before her hesitatingly, his Tery soul shining out of his eyes in adoration of his beautiful young mother; then he said softly: "All I want, mamma, is to hug you tight like this," and he jumped into her lap, winding his arms round her neck, "and to kiss you like I Idas Patsy." And he proceeded to dem onstrate what kissing Patsy was like. Oh, the blessed miracle! Mamma kissed him back rapturously, and, snuggling his curly head to her dear heart, he sank into happy dreams. A few moment later Tommys papa opened the door softly and, coming in, Kissea me sleeping j and the beautiful mother as they sat enthroned in the rosy glow of the gleaming fire. The star of Beth lehem had brought them to Tommy. Mrs.. Fred Le Roy in Streator (HL) Independent-Times. Tkt-TM mm SMUm. Bibles are said by detective to be more rarely stolen than any other ob jects. This Is not becaaas Bibles are wortbleM to a thief, bat becatM tew criminals are aofflcletitly depraved steal the food boo. A OCTecwT. ntlr that to mm Important whlcb be bad followed p awn yea am a thief bad entered tb boom. "nVoocned a Bible bound la wbtt. ehlrkea (kin and studded with pearls. Tb. detective c.uttW, jodtb. wb bad been rtkbed, a eorloe. Tbdted bla despoltor la lall, .too aa Interest in him becaoee be bad a taken tb Bible and e ntaalty refor edbltasadaWiiiaiwdJo. -1 knew- tb thief mU. "that If 1 took that Bible It wooid do at barns . if i dida't tab It tt mlant do at ood. I let tt atoo. aad now. tbaa E-a. rm aa booet and a rUbfoae rt" deteeti- ddd that to abe to book bad b iwtewed. f t, few tbs-as will tak" be added, n a child's aaTtna bJ"-Cmcag THbcra. HERBERT SPENCER. He Talked "Like a Book" and Was f Very "Set" Man. Mr. George lies in a personal ar ticle on Herbert Spencer in the uuuook tens these characteristic anecdotes: J?" PH1'..,.?4 ' America in ioo ne was in nis SUIT' h.:.j it:. had afflicted him since 1855, when he completed the "Principles of Psy chology." In frame he was rather ! Ml and spare. To casual acquaint- ances his manners were cold and , formal, to his friends he was cor dial, and on occasions he could be downright jovial, telling and listen ing to humorous stories with un bounded 'glee. From his habit of dictating to an. amanuensis he had come to talking "like a book." Most of his sentences might well have been printed just as they fell from his hps. Once in my hearing a friend who had not seen him for years congratulated him on his good health, as evidenced by his rosy cheeks. "Do not," said he, "con fuse complete with incomplete rela tion. Because some healthy people aro ruddy, all ruddy people are con sidered healthy, whereas a red com plexion may denote a flabby vascu lar system." A fair specimen, this, of how he might at any moment drop into generalization. When he was in the critical mood tho school master in his blood came out plain ly; his long, bony hand, raised in ob jurgation, seemed ready to wield a ferule, whereat I ever rejoiced that I had learned my rule of thrqe under other auspices. He was a very "set" man. At Montreal I told him that the view from the summit of Mount Royal commands superb stretches of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa valleys. But the view from halfway up the acclivity contented Mr. Spencer. He had found views thus restricted more pleasing than Wider vistas, and not one step farther would he budge, although twice invited. Not far away a costly mansion was being finished for a multimillionaire whose fortune had been won with little scruple. When it was sug gested that his carriage should pass this mansion he was indignant. It is largely," he said, "the admiring the ostentation of such men that makes them possible. Baron Grant, the fraudulent speculator, sent me an invitation for the inaugural of Leicester square, his gift to Jxn Ann RnfnM a narlv ftf trinrtAa 1 tore' the card b Such men as Grant try to compensate for rob bing reter by giving raul what they do not owe him. A SPORTING PARSON. The Sequel to a Wager Laid en the Life of Napoleonk In 1812 an action was brought by Rev. Robert Gilbert against . Sir Mark Sykes, and it arose from a bet made between the parties upon the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sir Mark ten years before the ac tion had invited some friends to dinner, the reverend gentleman be ing one of the number. Politics be came the subject of conversation, and the opinion was freely express ed by some of the party that Na poleon was in a critical situation at that time and that attempts would be made to assassinate nun. This view was held by the host, who said that he considered Bona parte's life in such danger that if II Ll nn . any one wouiu give nun iuu guinea he would pay him guinea a day during Napoleon s lifetime. Upon this Rev. Gilbert, "in the language," a the defendant's coun sel put it, "of a common five guinea bettor on a race course, nailed him with : 'Will yon, Sir Mark 1! Ill take you done" The sporting parson gave 100 guineas to Sir Mark, who for a con siderable time paid him various sums of money on account of the wager, amounting in all to udO. Then for five or six years the guinea a day payment ceased, the baronet feeling no doubt that if Bo naparte wa not dead he ought to be, and U Libert, wno, it may be men tioned, enjoyed a living worth com fu.OOO a rear, brought this action against Sir Mark to enforce the wager and sought to recover from nun a further au.uw. The plaintiff s counsel contended that, although it might be objected that wagers on the life of men were immoral, yet the laws of England support od such wager. The judges did not seem to have laid much (treat upon tho question whether this wager tended to im peril the safety of th state. lis asked the jury to consider whether the bet bad been seriously made, and if it were a serious bet whether in all the circumstance the plaintiff had not been paid enough money by the defendant The jury took the hint and gave a verdict against the rapacious parson. Longman's Magazine. ' Mlswd PMtlea, ( Lord Wolaeley in his remi niscences tells this incident of his campaign in Ashanti: -Sailor ar proverbially fond of pets, afad the naval brigade adopted one, a negro boy, very black .and very su l They bad dressed him in tb full anifonn of a bluejacket, which mads him very proud of himself and of the wooden sword they had made for him. When yon asked him hi nam they had taught him to stand up to attention, to salut and to answer quits solemnly, 'Mix ed Pickles, J7, .sir. They top the utmost delight in teaching him English, and the appearance and frolicsome pomposity of this child were a source ot perpetual amuse ment to all ranks." Belleiste-en-Mer. This island is one of the fin est 'of the group composing tho corner of Brittany called tho Mor bihan. It contains four towns, five lighthouses and several coast guard stations. The crossing from Quibe ron takes some fifty minutes, and, the sea being usually .very rough, with treacherous rocks stretching far out from the land, there is al ways a spice of danger in making Belleisle. Indeed, tho sunken rocks in many parts render access impos sible except to small rowing boats. Mark Twain's Audiences. It was on a train somewhere be tween New York and the west. Mark Twain was traveling between towns on a lecture tour, and a friend had been drawing the humorist out on the subject of his experiences. "What sort of audience," he ask ed, "do you like best ? Who, in your opinion, make the most responsive and sympathetic listeners?" "College men," replied Mark aft er a moment's thought ''college men and convicts."- Harper's Week- iy. Wonderful Bird Flight The most wonderful bird flight noted is the migratory achievement of tho Virginia plover, which leaves its northern haunts in JSorth Amer ica and, taking a course down the Atlantic, usually from 400 to 500 miles cast of the Bermudas, reaches the coast of Brazil in one unbroken flight of fifteen hours, covering a distance of 3,200 miles at the rate f four miles a minute. Marriage Bureaus. The growing number of marriage advertisements in Austrian and German newspapers seems to in dicate an increasing commercial ele ment in matrimonial affairs. A jour nalist who . investigated the mat ter discovered, however, that most of these advertisements are inserted by the marriage bureaus, which do a thriving business in plucking fools. Another Insurance Fraud. When the doctor came to see what he could do for the Herlihy family, oy wnom he naa oeen nastily sum moned, he found Mrs. Herlihy in bed, her face and head adorned with plaster and bandages, and Mr. Her lihy sitting in stolid misery at her bedside. "Cheer up, Tim," said the doctor. "She'll pull through all right. I don't believe there are any bones broken." "Don t be troyin to raise vao moind," said Mr. Herlihy. darkly, "for it s unpossible, docther. Here Oi had her insured against accidint of ivery koind only foor days ago an' paid down me foive dollar a prompt a anny man cud, an' befoor the week la gone she xaiis down stair wid a bucket o' coal, an' now Ink at her, marred from ind to ind 1" Youth's Companion. tardeu and the Finanolor. A rich financier once called upon Victorien Sardou and explained briefly that the passion of-his life was to attend on the first night oi the representation of a play. "Sor ry 1 can't oblige you, said sardou, anticipating the request. "I thought not, hi. Sardou, but 1 have an idea. I have a beautiful daughter eighteen year old. I will give her 200,000 francs if your son will accept ber as hi wife: then, being the father-in- law of the son of the author, I shall have right as a member of tho family of the author to assist oa the first nights of his pieces." Leoblna For Sport. She was city bred and had tha usual fear of cows. "Why," she asked when the dan ger was put. "did you take me across this lot V The small country lad chuckled. "I thought it would be fun," h aid, "to see yon try to climb a tree." Then, after another chuckle, "And it wa." Chicago Post Tree and ClgMMie The oak. the poplar and tb pear tree, possessing the greatest elec trical conductivity, are tb most dangerous shelter during a thun derstorm.- the beech is the safest Chalk is tb safest toil in which im plant tree that may be needed for belter from the storm, clay th next sand tb third and loam th most dangerous of all. Ha Effect, -Gentlemen will not other must not; cat their name on or disfigure in any other way these relics." This a clever and evidently fective notice that i displayed in a mall museum. Another exhibition contain tb following: -Fools art earnestly requested to eat, draw and sera ten their name on the articles displayed. . Needle to say th sarcastic no tice ha th effect of deterring would be randai. Tomson Didnt yoa ever attempt to lay down the law in your own homer Meekton Certainly, end with en tire succee. I gay instmction to til family and to tb servant that Henrietta was to hay ber own way in every particular, and Henrietta to it that my" instructions are implicitly carried out THE WILD HOG. It Is a Desperate Creature and Hunters Give It a Wide Berth. "Talking about fierce things, the wild hog is about tho toughest mem ber I have ever tackled in the woods," said a man from Arkansas, "and if you have never met him in his wildest state you have no con ception of his desperate nature. He is thoroughly desperate and thor oughly vicious, lie has that kind of vicioueness which invites trou ble. I never shall forget an experi ence I had with a wild boar some years ago during high water. The whole tit. rrancis basin was over flowed. I had gone into tho bot toms from the hills for the purpose of rescuing some stock. 1 had car ried my dogs along, thinking I might hunt bear while in a section which was notably good for this kind of sport at that time. "Just about sundown one day my dogs opened up in a wild, almost im penetrable part of the section I was t j m it. it 1 1 3 in, ana irom ine way mey uaxaea a thought they had a bear at bay. I got to them aS soon as possible. The cano and undergrowth were so thick that I was within a few yards of the dogs before I could see them. I could see that they were a bit tim id about the attacl?, a thing I had never observed before when they had a bear at bay, and this roused my suspicion a bit, though I was not quite prepared for the thing that happened a few seconds later. Before I could realize my peril a wild boar, ono of the largest I had ever seen, dashed out of a clump of j cano and made straight for me. for tunately there was a low limbed, in clining tree n few feet from where I stood. I leaped up the tree just in time to save my hide. The hog missed me by a mere scratch. The dogs were quick to take advantage of the situation and made a fierce attack. They fastened on to the hog's ears almost in a jiffy. His fight to free himself was awful and bloody. It was a frightful mix up, and my dogs were suffering fearful ly. For a time I could not help them, I could not shoot without hooting one of my dogs. They wero being cut all to pieces by the boar's tusks. But once in the fight not ono of them would quit. The loss of blood mado them desperate. Directly, during a lull in the scram ble, I got a chance to use my rifle and plugged the boar between the eyes. Tho fight was over then, but my dogs were in bad shape. The wild boar is about the most desper ate thing I have ever encountered.'' New Orleans Times-Democrat. Pat's Lesson In Golf. Pat had been helping the greens keeper construct several tecs at the new golf links and during the noon hour had been given a few lessons in driving. A day or two later ho was telling his friend Casey about it "Faith, Casey," he said, "thi game they call golluf do be funny game, xez have a little white ball an' a long stick wid a knob on th ind av it, an' yez put the white ball on a little hape av sand. Thin the Erne is to haul aff an' knock the 11 so far yez niver find ut ag'in." -An' did yes hit the ball whin yez tried?" asked Casey. "Did vi r said rat. i not ine funny thing about golluf. Shure, the first toimo Oi hit ut Oi niver touched ut!" Two Points of View. -Papa, you know you gav m sovereign and a sixpence the other day. Well, I made a mistake, and" "I knew you would, you blunder ing idiot! You paid out the gold piece for a shilling I" -No, I didn't, but I passed the sixpence on somebody lor half a sovereign, and I bought a whole lot of thing with th money, and I've still got tb gold." -Oh, well, I wouldn't worry about it. We're all likely to mak mis takes sometimes." London Tit Bits. Spelled the Romanes. "W are looking for the comet," explained th young man on th porch as tb father of th young wo man came out to see what was at taining ber. -Why, bless you," said the kind old gentleman, -the comet is in an entirely different part of the sky." And he took him roand to tb other side of the bouse, showed him the position of the comet and talked to bun for about half an hour about it Ussliea Ptu-MS. Bobby bad returned from hi first tea party, his round face wreathed in smile. "I hope you were polite, Bobby," said his mother, -and re membered your Tea, pise, and No, thank yoa when thing were passed to yoa. -I remembered "Yea, ; please aid Bobby cheerfuny, "but I didn't bay to say 'No, thank yoa,' moth er, because I took everything every tune it was passed." Jinks Til aerer set Into aa a omens with kirn ecala. He entirety to oi W Inks-Is be realty? Jinks On. a rscular Wasp. Win I . He aftray carria hi potBt-CaUMUc Standard. Blont-I boar Blooes kas fambanf. IYoat-Tbr true. I net sua u this moraine met be xxtuan l end be took sf atv-Tooker Herald. THE USE OF APPLES. Dktitlt Value of This Common Best of All Fruit. and One medical writer says: -The more mellow apples one eats the better, provided they be taken at mealtime. It is best of all to eat fruit before meals, and freely you like." This will prevent loading the sys tem with a heavy weight of less di gestible foods. The no breakfast fad tells us that we must not only go without the morning meal, but that we must live much more largely upon fruit Some of itflisciples insist- that the apple may tie taken m the place of the ordinary break fast. John Wesley once referred to apple dumplings as an illustration of the alarming advance of luxuries in England. Charles Lamb quotes a friend who says that "a man can not have a pure mind who refuse 1 a IF T Tl appie aumpiings, ana ut. onnson speaks of a clergyman of his ac quaintance who brought his family up almost altogether on this Anglo- Saxon combination. We have rec ollections of dumplings which might accord with the opinion of Lamb, and then we have recollections of other dumplings which might have been the origin of Calvinism. It must be borne in mind that the ideal apple is one that is fit to be eaten raw, yet the glorious old Spitzenburg is only fit for the cook, in whose hands it becomes the very perfection of pie apples. The nine teenth century went out with a mar velous evolution of new sorts of fruits of all. kinds, but there wa nothing in the list to exceed the de licious juices of the Northern Spy, the Macintosh lied, the Shannon or the Stuart's Golden. There is nothing in the world to exceed the beauty of the apple blos som, while the air is laden with an exquisite perfume that has charmed a hundred generations, has added to tho poesy, the love and the comfort of Greek, of Roman and of Briton. But if there be anything more beau tiful than the apple in blossom it is the same tree loaded down with crimson and golden fruit Then it is that the apple touches human na ture and wakens in the housekeeper the highest conceptions of the sci ence and the fine art of dietetics.- Independent Animals and Fir. Most animals are afraid of fire and will fly from it in terror. To others there is a fascination about a flame, and they will walk into it even though tortured by the beat A horse in a burning stable goes mad with fear, but a dog is a cool in a fire as at any time. He keep his nose down to the floor, where the air is purest, and sets himself calmly to finding his way out Cat in. tires howl niteously. They bid their faces from tho light and crouch in corners. When their res cuer lifts them they are, as a rule, quite docile and subdued, never bit ing or scratching. Birds seem to be hypnotized by fire and keep perfect ly still. Even the loquacious parrot In a fire has nothing to say. Cows, liko dogs, do not show alarm. They are easy to lead forth and often find their way out themselves. Aids to Memory. "When I was out west a few weeks ago I ran across a couple of fellows that used to live here. Do you re member Billover, who bad a lunch counter around the corner here ome time in 1897?" "Ye, I remember Billover. I lent him $5 once, and he never paid it" "That's the same man. lie never paid anybody. Well, he's In partner shin now with Skimbridge, who used to aeep a hardware store in the next block. Remember Skimbridge V -No; I've forgotten him. I guess be never borrowed any money of me." Chicago Record-jlereld. On Qood Terms. In a certain parish in one of the southern counties of Ireland the congregation at theEpiscopalchurch numbered only six. On day th bishop of tha diocese announced hi intention of visiting the parish. Of coarse the parson was in serious concern lest hi lordship should dis cover the smallncs of his flock. Meeting the parish priest, he told bis trouble. -Let that not grieve your soul," replied Father . "Begone, a soon as maw is over 111 send tb boy along to the church r Psll Mall Gsxet'e. Kpt His Word. "I naed to think ron were not man of your word, Jones, bujt I've cnanged my mind. . "Ah. yoa understand toe now. friend Smith. But what led yoa to enenge your nundr "Yoa remember that f 10 yoa bor rowed from mer "Ye." -Yoa said if I lent it to yea yoa weald be indebted to me forever.' -Yes." 4 . "WsJl, yoa ar keeping your word Ike a man.' He proposed. eeajolaUy wftb hi fa ther and brother, to blast tb toa aa (be moot expeditions mod of galnln; dss to ber area aa. and this la tb open dayasbt In order that any tnto- ktry protoetioa she aucnt be dispose. a to extrod to bar favorite baaat ausnt. she wa a thin of dsrfrnes aad Dlabt. be effectually counlei falleo Extract From CblldT Fairy Book. Make the best of the trouble you ! have and don't for more. I Prpeee Treatment of Pnoamsxila. Pneumonia is too dangerous a dis ease lor anyone to attempt to doctor himself, although he may bare the proper remedies at band. A phys ician should always be called. It should be borne in mind, however, that pneumonia always results from a cold or from an attack ol the grip, and that by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the threatened at tack of pneumonia mar be warded of This remedy is also used by physicians in the treatment of pneu monia with the best resulte. Dr. W, J. 8mith of Sanders, Ahv, who is also a druggiet says of it: "I have been selling Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy and prescribing it in my prac tice for the past six years. I use it in . cases of pneumonia and have always gotten the bestnsnlts," .. , Sold by all druggists. The estate the late Senator Hanna, which wa thought to be as much as f 6,000, 000, or more turns out to be only 13,000,000. The en tire property is left to bis children. There were no charitable beqaeeta. Inflammatory RhouaaatJsm CereeV William Shaffer, a breakman of Dennison, Ohio, was confined to his bed for several weeks with Id flammatory rheumatism. "I used many remedies, "be says. -Finally IsenttoMcCaw'idrug store for a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. at which time I was unable to use hand or foot and in one week's time was able to go to work as happy as a clam." For sale by all druggists. In a special election held in the twelfth New York district Tuesday W. Bourke Cockran, Democrat, was elected to Congress to succeed Mc- Lelland, resigned. . A Favorite Remedy for Babiee. . ..; - Its pleasant taste and prompt ' cures have made Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a favorite with the , mothers of small children. It . quickly cares their coughs and colds and prevents any danger of pneu-, . ' monia or other serious consequences. -; - ' It not only cures croup, but when . given as soon as the croupy cough ' .. ppeais win prevent the attack. or sale by all druggists. 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