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THE THREE GUARDSMEN
\ BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS
maud. Atbos made him a sign to
come with him. Grlmaud, according
to custom, obeyed In silence. The
poor lad hod nearly come to the para
of forgetting how to speak.
Unfortunately, the hour waa badly
chosen for- a private eoafeNtWe. Dm
goous, Swiss guards, musketeers, light
horsemen; succeeded each other In the
Inn.
"iyA*a«nan," said Athos, "tell as
what sort of A night you have had and.
we wft daftrib# oßtseftsrv#!*!.''
—Afir, ye" mtt S"iisflthorwmtii%ith
a glass of brandy In his hand, which
he swallowed slowly, "ah, yea, I hear
you gentleman of tb*guard#fcave been
In the tranches tonight and that you
have taken a bastion."
"The bastion Saint Gervais," replied
D'Artagnan, "from behind which the
Rocbellais uunoyed our workmen."
"Was the affair hot?"
"Yea, moderately so. We lest Ave
men and the KochaiMs eight or ten."
"But it Is probable," said the light
horseman, "that tlley WIH send pio
neers this morning to reinstate the bas
tion."
"Gentlemen,* said Atbos, *1 have a
wager to propose."
"We are all attention, M. Athos,"
•aid the dragoon.
"Well, M. de Busigny, I will bet
you," said .Athos, "that my three com
panions, MM. Porthos, Aramls and
D'Artagnan, and myself will go an;
breakfast In the bastion Saint Gervaf ,
and we will remain there an hour (y
the watch whatever the enemy may
do to dislodge us."
"I take it," said M. de Busigny.
"Now let us fix the S&*e."
"Why, you are four, gentlemen," said
Athos, "and we are four; a dinner for
eight-will that dor
"Capitally," replied M. de Buafgny.
"The breakfast for these gentlemen
Is ready," said the host.
"Well, bring it in," said Athosu
The host obeyed. Athos called Grl
maud, pointed to a large basket Which
lay In a comer and made 1 a stgn to
him to wrap the viands up id tfcff nap
kins.
"But where are you going to est my
brenkfast?" sald the host
"Of what conseqwence Is'that to-yon
If you are paid for It?" Said'Athos,
and he threw 2 ptetoies majestically on
to the table. -
And bowing to all the astonfcshsd per
sons present, the young 'men'took the
road to the bastion Saint Gervais, fol
lowed by Grlffliiud,"'Who carried the
basket.
"We have some very important mat
ters to communicate to each other; and
it was Impossible to talk five aatnotes
In that Inn without being annoyed.
Yonder," said Athos, pointing to the
bastion, "they will at least not come
and disturb us." •
"But for such an expedition we sure
ly ought tt> have brought our muskets,"
said PorthosT
"Well," replied Athos, "did not D'Ar
tagnan say that In the attack of last
night eight or ten Frenchmen were
killed and as many Rochellals?"
"Well?"
"Well, we shall find their muskets,
their cartridges and tbelr flasks, and
Instead of four mugketoons and twelve
balls we shall have fifteen guns and a
hundred charm to fire."'
As Athos had foreseen, the bastion
was only occupied by a dozen ot dsSid
bodies, French and ROcbeiials.
As they Were loading the last mus
ket, Grlmaud announced th«t the
breakfast was ready. ' He was set to
stand guard.
"And now to table," said Athos.
The /our friends sat- dswn upon the
ground.
"And now," said D'Artagnan, "as
tßSre is no longer a fbarof being over
heard, I-hope you are going to MM
into this momentous secret."
"The secret Is," said Athos, "tbst I
saw milady last ■ night within two
leagues of tbls piftco tlw Rod
cote."
"In that case I am a lost mas/' mmU
D'Artagnan.
"Not quite so yet," replied Athos,
"tor by this time she must have left
the shores of France."
D'Artagnan breattftdwgaln.
"But, after, all," aAad Vortbo*, "who
Is milady?"
"A very charming woman,"
Athos, "who- baa demanded D'Arta
. gnsn's bead of the cardinal."
"What, la demanding my head of
the cardinal?" cried p*Artagnan, pale
with terror. "Tben tt la useless to
straggle any longer. I - may ■aa * veil'
Mow my bralna eat t can never ea
cape with ancb eneoMes. First, there
la my unknown man of Meung; tben
De Wardea, to whom I bare given
three wound*: next milady, wbofxree
cret I have dteeoveaed, and, laat and
worst, the cardinal, whoee-tefefeanee 1
have balked."
"Well," told Athoe, "that only makes
four, and we are four, one for one."
"If we may believe the signs Grl
raaud la making we are a boot to have
to do with a very different number of i
folks," aald Porthoe.
"What's the matter, QrlmandT" aald
Athoe. "What do you see?"
"Sixteen pioneers, foureoldlers."
"How fat distant?" f
"Vive hundred paces."
"Good! W« have Jeet ttoe to fallelr
this fowl and to drink one glass of
wine to your health, D'Artagnan!"
Thai Athoe aroee careleaaly, took the
musket next to blm and drew near te
one of the loopholee.
Porthoe, AramW and D-Artegnsn fol
lowed his eiamp|e.- Aa toGrfnmod, be
received orders ft lfc self-behind
the four friends. In order to reload their
weapons.
"Well." said Athoe, «nt was *erdly
worth white to dfcterb emelfrea for
twenty feltowe armed *lth ptekaxea,
mattocks and shovels."
"They are advancing veiy resolute
ly." aald DMftagnan.' "Beetdes, Is ad
dition to m» pioneers, then are foot
soldiers and A brigadier armed with
muskets/'
"That's because they don't see ua,"
aald AtbM.
"I moat confess I fed a great repug
nance to fire on these poor Uwrgegfr."
v 'ii • f V. &££%£ .-v "•! '
GRA HAM, N. C., THURSDAY,-SEPTEMBER 26, 1912.
Bflld Aramls.
"In truth," Mid Athos, "Aramls la
right I •will warn them,"
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Bastion Saint Qorval*.
Jk THOS mounted on the breach,
/% with his musket fa one hand
jj LA and his hat In the other:
"Gentlemen,"' said he, ad
dressing the soldiers and pioneers, who,
astonished at his appearance, stopped at
fifty paces from the bastion, and bow
ing courteously to them; "gentlemen,
'a few friends and myself are about to
breakfast In this bastion. We re
quest you, then, If you really have
business here, to wait till we Imve fin
ished our repast or to come again a
abort time hence, unless, which would
be far better, you form the salutary
resolution to quit the side of the reb
els and come and drink with us to the
health of the Icing of France." '
Pour shots were fired, and the bntls
were flattened against the wall round
Atbos, but not one hit him.
Four shots replied to themalmoat
; instantaneously, but much better aim
ed than those of the aggressors. 'Three
, soldiers fell dead, and one of the pio
neers was wounded. The rest of the
troop took to flight
* • "Reload the muskets, Grlmaud," said
Athos, "and we, gentleman, will go on
with our breakfast and resume our
conversation. Where were we?"
"You were saying," said D'Artagnan.
"that after having demanded my head
of the cardinal milady had left the
shores of France. Where is she going
to?" added he, considerably interested
in the itinerary milady followed.
"She is going Into England," said
Athos.
"With what view?"
"With the view of assassinating or
causing to be assassinated the Duke
of Buckingham."
D'Artagnan uttered an exclamation
of surprise and astonishment.
"But this is infamous I" cried he.
"As to that," said Athoa, "I beg you
io believe that I care very little about
It This woman extorted from the car
dinal a kind of signed carte blanche,
and by means of It she could with Im
munity get rid of you and perhaps of
us," went on Athos. "Here It is," said
Athos. „ |
D'Artagnan unfolded It and rend:
it la by my order and lor the good of
th# state that the bearer of thl* ha* done
what he hu done. RICHELIEU:
Dee. S, 1627.
'ln fact," said Aramls, "it is an ab
solution in all its forms."
"That paper must be torn to pieces,"
said D'Artagnan, who fancied be read
ln.lt his sentence of death.
"On the contrary," said Athos, "It
must be preserved carefully. I would
"OentUmsn," said he, addressing th*
soldiers and pioneer*.
not give this paper for as many gold
pieces as would cover It."
'1 have an idea," said D'Artagnan.
"What is ltr said the musketeers.
"To arms!" cried Grlmaud.
The young men sprang up and seized
their muskets.
This time a small troop advanced,
consisting of from twenty to five and
twenty men. But they were ilo longer
pioneers—they were soldiers of the
garrison.
"Shall we-getnrn to the camp?" aald
Porthoe. "I dost think the sides are
equal."
"Impossible for three reasons," re
plied Athos. "The first la we have not
finished breakfast, the second, we
hare etUI aome very Important tbinrfs
to talk about, and the third. It yet
wanta ten minutes before the hour
will be elapsed. As soon as the ene
my are within mnsket shot we must
lire upon then). If tbey continue to
advance we must Are-again. We fire
aa long aa we have loaded gun*. If
each aa then remain of the troop per
a Ist In coming to the assault we will
allow the besiegers to go into the
ditch, and then we will push down
upon their beada that strip of wall
which seems only to keep Its perpen
dicular by a mlrscte,"
"Bravo!" cried Porthoe.
"Gentlemen." aald Athoa, "fire!"
The four mu«kets made one report,
but four men fell.
RMS the (tots were repeated wltv
»ot reguMri*/. bat always aimed with
the seme correctness. Nevertheless
the Bocbeilala continued to advance,
although upon every three shots at
teat two men fell. I
When arrived at the foot of the baa-
Uon than waa still more than a dozen
ft the enemy. A last discharge wel
comed them, bnt dM not stop tbem.
They Jumped Into the ditch and pre
pared to scale the breach.
"Now, my friends," said Athos, "fin
ish them at a blow. To the wall! To
And the four friends, seconded by
Grlmaud, pusl>ed with the barrels of
their muskets nn enormous sheet of
the wall, which bent over ns If acted
upon liy the wind, anjl, becoming de
tached from its base, fell with a hor
rible crash tnto the ditch. Then a
fearful cry was beard, u cloud of dust
mounted toward heaven aud all was
»ver.
"Can we have destroyed them all?"
said Athos.
"No," orltjfl Porthos; "there go three
or four."
In- fact, three or fonr of these unfor
tunate men, covered with dirt and
blood, were flying nlong 'the hollow
way nnd at length regained the city.
Those were all that were left of the
tittle troop.
Atbos looked at his watch.
"Gentlemen," said lie, "we hove been
hero nn hour, and our wager is won.
N'ow for my idea. This milady—this
woman—this creature—this demon, has
a brother-ln-lnw, I.ord de Winter, in
London. Well, Hint's JUBt the man wo
want. We will hnve htm' informed
that his sister-in-law Is on the point of
having some one assassinated, and wo
beg of him not to lose sight of her. 110
must place his sister in nn institution,
and we slintl fie In pence."
"But I think It would be still better,"
laid A ram la," "to inform the queen and
M. de Winter at the same time."
"Yes, but who is to carry the letter
to Tours nnd who to London? We can
not leave the camp without being sus
pected."
"I answer for Bnzln," said Aramls.
"And I for'Planchet," snld D'Arta
rum.
"This very day we will wrlto the let
ters," said Aramls; "glvo them money
and set them forward."
"We will give them money ?" replied
Athos. "Have you any money, then?"
"I will send the diamond which the
queen gave roe. Quick, quick!" cried
D'Artagnan. "I see black points and
red points moving yonderl It la an
army!"
"Yes," said Athos, "there they are.
Think of the sneaks coming without
beat of drum or sound of trumpet!
Let us decamp."
Grlmaud went on before with the
basket, and the four friends followed
ten paces behind him.
Atbos marched majestically and his
companions regulated their pace by
hi*.
At the end of nu Instant a furious
Bring was. heard The Rochellals had
it last taken possession of the bastion.
' As the friends approached the. whole
camp was in motion. More than 2,000
persons bad assisted, as at a spectacle,
at this fortunate but wild undertaking
of the four friends, nn undertaking of
which they were for from suspecting
the real motive.
That same evening the cardinal
(poke to M. de TrevlUe of the exploit
at the morning, -wlrlcji was the talk of
the whole camp. M. de TrevlUe, who
had received the account of the adven
ture from the mouths of the heroes of
It, related it in all its details to his
amlnence. The latter, as a reward to
D'Artagnan, transferred him to the
musketeers.
D'Artagnan was beside himself with
|oy. We know that the dream of his
life bad been to> become a musketeer.
The three friends were likewise greatly
ileilgbted.
That evening D'Artagnan went to
present bis compliments to M. Desses
•nrt and Inform htm of his promotion.
He begged him to have the dfltmond
tie pat Into bis hand valued, as be wish'
id to turn it into money. The next day
by 2 o'clock M. Dessessart's valet came
to D'Artagnan's lodging and gave him
i bag containing 7,000 livres. This was
:he price of the queen's diamond.
In the evening at Athos' lodgings the
four friends met There only remained
three thing* to bo decided upon—what
they should write to milady's brother,
what they should write to the ilgver
person at Tours aud which should be
the lackeys, to carry the letters.* They
leeided Aramls should write the let
ters, Planchet to carry one to De Win
ter, Baxln the other to Tours.
Aramls took the i>en, reflected for a
few moments, wrote eight or ten lines,
then read the following to De Winter:
Milord—Th® person who write* the** f«w
had the honor of eroolns * words
with you In the little lnclo*ure of th* Ru*
I'Enfer. A* you have several time* *lne*
leclared yourMlf th* friend of that p*r
ion, he thinks It hi* doty to respond to
that friendship by sending you Important
idvlc*. Twlc* you have nearly been th*
rlctlm of • ne*r relation whom you b*.
Jeve to be your heir becaun* you *r* Ig
norant that before she eont.-acted a mar
4ag* In England the was «:***dy married
n Franc*. Ilut the third time, which it
hi*, you may succumb. Vour relation left
L* Roebelle for England during the night.
W*tch her srtlval, for *h* ha* great and
errlbl* projects. If you require to know
positively what she I* cepabl* of reed her
>e*t history upon her left shoulder.
Aramls rwimed his pen, reflected a
Ittle and wrote th* following line*,
rbich he Immediately submitted to the
ipprofcation of his friend*:
My Daar Cou«ln-HI» emln«nf» tbe ear
llnal. whom God pro«rv« for tha happl
iw( of Franca .and tha confualon of th«
mamlea of the klnsdom. la on tba point
if putting an and to tba haratlo raballloa
It to Itochelle. It la probaMa that tha
meeor of tha En*l!«h fleet will never a*an
irrlre In (l«ht of tha placa. 1 will evaq
rantura to aay that > am cartaln M. 4a
Buckingham will ba prevented from eet
ing out by gome sreat event. Ilia em-
Mae* la tb* guiet Bhietrtoue politician at
■tasaa peat, of tlmea preaent and probably
of times to com*. Ha would extinguish
tb» aun If tba aun Incommoded Mm. Qtvs
tbeaa happy tidlufa to your atatar, my
t—r coualn. I have draamad that that
CvraSd Entftahman fia dead. I MMOt
recollect whathar It waa by ataal or by
potaoo. Only of thla I am aura—l have
Ireamod ba waa daad, and you know my
traoma nervr deceive ma. aaaured,
Uian. of aeafoc ma aoon raturn.
"Capitalcried Atboa. There I*
nothing now to do but to put tbe id
drew to thla letter."
"That's mwa done," said A rami*, and
wrote:
"To Mile. Mlchon, fpamstrsss.
Tours."
The three friends looked at on* »»
»ther and laurted. They were caught.
"Let ua aee," aald Atboa. TUnchet
tnnat receive TOO llvre* for gniog and
TOO llrres for cowing back and Basin
lOft lltrM for going and JSP Bma tot
r— - l "
returning. That will reduce the sum
to 5,000 llviW. We will each take
1,000 llvres to be employed as teem*
good to each, and we will leave a
fund of 1,000 livroa under the guardian
ship of M. I'Abbe hare for extraordi
nary occasions or common wants."
It was so agreed. Planchet waa sent
for and instructions were, given him.
"Now," continued D'Artagnan, ad
dressing rianchet, "you. have eight
day* to gef an ihtervloW with Lord de
Winter, you have eight dnys to return
in, in all sixteen days. If on the six
teenth day after your departure at 8
o'clock in the evening you are not here
no money, ovea if.it be but 6ve min
utes past 8."
In the morning, as Planchet was
mounting on horseback, D'Artagnan,
who felt at the bottom of his heart a
partiality for. the duke, took him aside.
"Listen," said he to him; "when you
have given the letter to Lord de Win
ter and he has read It, you will fur
ther say to him, 'Watch over his grace,
Lord Buckingham, for they wish to
assassinate him.'"
"Be satis fled, monsieur," said Plan
chet; "you shall see whether confi
dence can be placed in me or not."
And, mounted on an excellent horse
which ho was to leave at the end of
twenty loagues to take the post, Plan
chet set off at a gallop.
Basin set out the nett day for Tours
and was allowed eight days to perform
his commission In.
On tlie morning of the eighth day,
Bazln, fresh as ever and nailing ac
cording to custom, entered the Inn of
Parpalllot as the four friends, were slt
ting down to breakfast, saying, as had
been agreed upon;
"M. Ararals, here Is the answer from
your cousin."
The letter read:
My Cousin—My sister and I are skillful
In Interpreting dream* anil even entertain
great fear of them, but of yours It may
be said, I hope, every dream Is an Illu
sion. Adieu I Take eare of yourself and
act go that We may from time to time
hear yon spoken of.
MARIE MICHON.
Bazln had not, by bis fortunate re
turn, removed more than a port of the
uneasiness which weighed upon the
four friend*. The days of expectation
are long, and D'Artagnan, In particu
lar, would bavo wagered that the day*
were forty-four hours long.
On the sixteenth day D'Artagnan and
his friends could not remain quiet long
in one place, and In the evening they
wandered about like ghosts on the
road by which I'lanchet was expected.
but all at once a shadow appeared In
the darkness, the outline of which was
.D'Artagnan With a Trembling Hand
Broke the Seal and Read the Letter.
familiar to D'Artagnan, and a well
knOwn voice aald:
"Monsieur, l,bave brought your cloak.
It la chilly this evening." (
At the aame time D'Artagnan felt
that I'lanchet slipped a note into bis
band.
' "I have • note," said he 10 Athos
and hi* friend*.
"That's well," said Atho*. "Let as
go borne and read it."
In the tent of D'Artagnan they lit a
tamp, and while Ptanchet stood at the
entrance, that the four friend* might
not bo surprised, D'Artagnan with a
trembling band broke the seal and
opened the letter.
11 contained half a line In a hand
perfectly British and of a conciseness
as perfectly Spartan:
Thank yoo; be assy.
Athos took the letter from the hands
of D'Artagunn. drew near to the tamp,
set Are to the paper and did not leave
hold of it till It wa* reduced to ashes.
(to M OOKTIKUCD.)
Wagner and Schumann.
Wagner, writing In ISM. aald of
Schumann: "He 1* a highly gifted mu
sician. but an Impossible man. When
I came from Pa/la I went to aee him
I tol.| him of my Parisian experiences,
•poke of the state of mosic In France,
then of that In Germany, spoke ofj
literature and politics, but be remained
aa good a* dntnb for nearly an hour.
One cannot go on talking qnlte alone.'
An Impossible man!" Kcbnmsnn fare
an account of this interview. Which
practically agrees with that of Wag
ner. "I have seldom'tnet Wagner," He
said, "but tie is r man of education
and spirit. He talks, however, onesas-
Ingly, snd that one cannot endat* foe.
long together."
The proce** known a* enameling la
of modern origin. Ou the" contrary. It
goes bnelt to a venerable antiquity.
Excellent Mantel la still preserved on
some of the bricks that have been
found among the ruins of old Babylo
nia and Assyria, which have beet
placed back as far aa the seventh ot
eighth century B. C. ll«flut!ful glaze*
were made by the Egyptians aa early
*»tbe slxtb dynasty. The Greeks and
Roman* were acquainted with the art
of enameling, as the museums of the
world clearly show.
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Doesn't Raise.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
has Just announced that notwithstand
ing the Increased cost of living atnong
the people as a whole there was a
greater decline In the prices paid to
farmers from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1 this
year than there was last year.
The average farm prices of the im
portant crops (corn, wheat, oats, bar
ley, rye, flaxseed, potatoes, tobacco,
cotton and hay, which represent
about three-fourths of the value of all
the country's crops) declined 7 per
cent, during the month, while In that
time last ySar they declined In price
only 4.4 per cent., and during the last
four years the decline In price aver
aged 3.8 per cent. The average of
farm prices on Sept 1 was 2 8 per
cent, lower than on that date last
year.
Prices paid to farmers on Sept. 1
this year, with comparison of prices
paid on the same date last year, fol
low:
Articles. 1912. 1911.
Corn |0 77(1 *0 6f.it
Wheat .858 .848
Oats 360 .404
Barley 635 .770
Rye 708 .70#
Buckwheat .766 .740
Flaxseed 1.626 2.030
Potatoes 650 1.137
Hay 12.140 14.610
Cotton .../. -.113 .118
Butter 243 .231
Chickens 118 .111
Kggs 191 .174
But the prices on tariff nurtured
articles of manufacture which the
farmer has to buy continue to soar.
TRUTH ABOUT THE * TRUST
"Expsctsd Economies from Combina
tion" Do Not Materialize.
(Louis D. lirandeis in Collier's.)
Leaders of the new (Third Term)
party argue that Industrial monopo
lies should be legalized, lest we lose
the efficiency of large-scale production
and distribution. No argument could,
be more misleading. • • •
It may be safely asserted that In
America there Is no HnS of business
in which all or most concerns or
plants must be concentrated In order
to attain the size of greatest effi
ciency. For while a business may be
too small to be efficient, efficiency does
not grow indefinitely with Increasing
sise. What the most efficient size Is
can be learned definitely only by ex
perience. The unit of greatest effi
ciency is reached when the disadvan
tages of size counterbalance the ad
vantages. The unit ot greatest effi
ciency Is exceeded when the disad
vantages of size outweigh the advan
tages. The history of American trusts
makes this clear. That history shows:
Flrit—No conspicuous American
trust owes its existence to the desire
for Increased efficiency.. "Expected
economies from combination" figure
largely in promoters' prospectuses;
but they have never been a compell
ing motive in the formation of any
trust. On the contrary, the purpose of
combining has often been to curb effi
ciency or even to preserve ineffi
ciency, thus frustrating the natural
tew of the survlvsl of the fittest
Second—No ooriapicaoualy profl ta
ble trust owe* Ita profits largely to
superior efficiency. Bone trusts bare
been very efficient, as have some In
dependent concerns; but oonsplcuous
profits have been secured mainly
through control of the market
through the power of monopoly to fix
price*—through this exercise of tbe
taxing power.
' Third—No conspicuous (hist has
been efficient enough to maintain long
u against tbe independents its pro
portion of the business of the country
without continuing to buy up, from
time to time. Its successful competi
tors " : ,
There is plenty of peace about the
Tsft candidacy, but nobody claims "It
passeth understanding."
Wood row Wilson says to the long
euffsrlng fanner who buys in § trust
controlled, highly protected market
and sells his wares In a free market:
"Walk Into four own bouse and take
poaiwlon ** i \ \
How many of those who are strug
gling with tha "High Coat of Living"
believe there Is to be any reller If the
Republican party, which brought it
about, remains in power?
FOLEYSKIDNEYCURE
Make* Kldstyi and Bladder Right
, • '
THE FOLLOWERS.
---Winner in the Pittsburg Post
Along the Garden Paths.
When watering plants do not force
tbo water against the plant; let it fall
in the form of a shower.
Cabbage aud all other plants of the
rabbage family require a very fertile
and coot, moist *>ll for good'-growth.
Carrotß nre splendid for folks wtio
need iron In their blood. One of the
heat ways to get It la to ent these nice
roots."
Sunshine, rainfall and temperature
are three Important factors li» canta
lonpo culture beyond the control of the
grower.
If your beet row* are too thick pull
out dome anil Ikjll them for green*
Nothing better In the world for this
purpose.
Let no cucumbers go to seed or the
productiveness of the vines will be
stopped. Pick thein often, whether
you want them or uot.
As fast as the boxes, frames and
stake* have done tjielr work take
them out. so that no bisect* will make
their homes about them.
If It Is dry slip a "can or two of wa
ter on the *time Unit and let the
horses draw ll out to the garden for
use on the celery and things that most
need water It will pay yon when
you come to gather In the harvest.
Where H» Found Safety.
. t>uring bis flr.st runny a clergyman
found the ladles of the parish entirely
too helpful. Such a storm of petty
squabbles arose from their overeager
noss to help that In despair bo gave
up the place. Not long afterward he
met his successor,
"How are you getting on with the
ladles?" asked the escaped curate.
"Oh, very well," was the answer.
"There's safely In numbers."'
"I found It In Kxodus," was tbe
lulck reply,- Youth'k Companion.
Heredity,
"Ob, hubby, dear, what do yon think
nre the first words our baby will say J"
pirgled Mrs. Matron.
"Well, if she take* after you they
will probably be, "Tills Is a nice time to
come, home,' " said tbe brute. • *
Free Milk For Bsbifs-
The city of Nashville, Tenn., has es
"Yabllshi>d a dispensary in which clean
milk Is supplied to Inflints It Is to b*
fciulpi>ed by Mrs. Mary Ilcrbrlck, •
public spirited woman. She was In
duced to act after the city had foiled
to furnish the money. The (ffcsbvllle
health department Is thoroughly to
sympathy with tbe project which Is
expected to Hive tbe lives of many ehll
Aran.
Tomatoes In Park,
The city council of Mllllken. Colo.,
has planted the city pnrk, consisting
of several acres, with tomatoes In
place of grass The money received
from Aie crop will tie used to purchase
sbnde trees for the park.
The Trials Of A Tra»eler.
"I Am a traveling salesman,"
rtes K. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire,
. t., "and was often troubled with
constipation and indigestion till 1
1 gan to use I)r. King's New Life
1 lis, which I have found an ex
cellent rejtne-jy." For all stomach,
iiver or kidney troubles they are
uncqualed. Ouly 25 cents at Gra
ham Drug Co.
When relieved froin duty on a
morning lately Zeno Carter, the
negro flrcinan at a saw mill at
Linden, 12 miles from Fayette
ville, lay down in the boiler room
and went to sleep. A plug blew
out of the boiler and boiling wAter
poured on Carter, scalding him so
badly that he died.
•H0.000.000.M0 fcsst Anaaally My
Wige learners.
Dr. Sadler estimates that about
♦80.000.000.00 in wages Is lost an
nually to the American people as
a direct result of eolds. Lost
time means lost wages and doc
toring is expensive. Use Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound
promptly. It will stop the cough,
and heal and sooth the sore and
inflamed air passages. For sale
by all Druggists.
FREE. —We have 18 subscriptions
to the Southern Kuralist, one of the
very best agricultural papers pub
lished in the United States, which
will be given away to those who come
first. Pay a 81.00 on your subscrip
tion and get tbe Itaralist free for one
year. Do it now, before all are sold
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