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Erlttany's Women ao Farm Work Wtillo
Husbands Sail Awaj.
' A visitor to Quessant, off the
T Brittany boast, will see few, if
any Quessantals,. All that, he
will see are Quessantaaises wo
men of Quessant, harvesting.
-The men are at sea,' The women
do all the work of the land,' and
one may see them" inthei? puait
shortblack petticoats, their . tight
bodices, their black kerchiefs on
their heads, binding and bending
in strenuous labor over' the flail.
The men of Quessant do no farm
work. They belong to the sea, and
the sea is a iealous mistress. At
15 the lads gooff as sailors." Then
they serve in the navy. When
the navy sets them -free they
usually re-enlist so as to earn a
pension when they are too old to
work. Others are in the mer
chant service, and all, navy- men
or merchant men, are married.
A very few are fishermen, but they
are at sea nearly always, and you
will rarely meet them about in
the island." When the sea is too
rough they sit and watch Jier,
They do not know or care about
the land. The land is woman's
business.
One sees this idea ia the wo
men's costume and in their hair
which they wear Bhort, as the
men of peasants of old time
U3ed to wear it. They are straght,
well-built, handsome women,
dark, with big brown or big 'slate
colored eyes. They are entirely
unlike the Breton women of the
mainland, aDd look more like
Italians. Thev are calm and die-
- nified and kindly to the stranger,
and they are afraid of nothing ex
cept the photographers. They do
not like photographers, for they
fear that their pictures may go
abroad on post cards, and that
they would not like..
When news comes of a loss at
sea and such news often comes
the widow and friends pf the
dead man hold a wake. In the
living room of the little cottage, a
little waxen cross, called the
"procella," is put on a'clean nap
kin in the centre of a table and
round it are placed a fewj lighted
candles. The dead man's rela
tives and friends are there, and
a nun reads a chapter - from the
lives of the ; saints and mumble?
prayers for the dead. The door
and windowsof the ; cottage are
left' open, so that the spirits
which are abroad at nighty (the
Quessantais believe in wandering
spirits) may stop , and listen to
the prayer. Those present bring
and eat a little; of the national i
pastry called le gar. -The few
men tell of.the dangers from which
they have escaped atsea. The wo
men tell of the dangers which-their
men have met at sa&nd of their
dreams of home, and so the night
passes. In the morning the priest
comes with his incense swingers
for the porcella, and gives absolu
tion at the house door. The
little : church's . bell sounds ; the
glas, or funeral knell. The widow,
followed by the priest - and . her
friends, carries the procella down
to the church. There, there are
prayers, and everybody kisses the
small waxen cross and on the f o 1
lowing "day of thedead," which
is the day after Ash. Wednesday,
the procella is carried to the cem
etery, where it is; placed with
many others ina speoial place
All round the resting place of the
procella are tombstones. And
the names on the tombstones are
names of women only. For the
Quessant men have died at sea.
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The Path of PJogres. - :
. There is no good reason, if hum
an life cannot get upon a level
of the beatitudes, that it should
not try to getras near as"it can.
There is no reason why, v if ? busi
ness cannot be done on the square
and the-Trolden rule govern.it
completely, that it should not get
as close under these ; influences" as
possible. There is no good ,. rea
son, politics cannoi.be absolutely
pure and unselfish and upright
that it should not hope to . reach
as close &s may be to those whole
some conditions. - It' often hap
pens when one contends for high
er ideas. in the rule of social and
political life that he is told it is
no use trying to establish ff mil
lennium this year, this, that4 the
world is not ready -for, it,, and
such boBh, as it is liable to stagger
weak-hearers "and make them let
of high aims. Nobody is expect
ing a millennium now. No One is
counting on a sinless world dur
ing the . present century. But
the? fighting for one that is to
come, a few thousand years from
now is making this age better,'
and is making7 manlier and truer
the life of the man who is engag
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catering to downward tendencies
and comparing manly N effort
with selfish purpose, pile up evil
By creating despair. Men should
see a higher purpose in their lives
than such experience implies.
"To every haven of desire each
yearning opens a portal," sang
Gerald Massey. It is so The
path of progress leads in that di
rection, and Jn no other. Ohio
State Journal.
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"PnTDiTan t.n t.hft TirrtvisionS Of a C6T-
tasn mortgage deed of -trust executed j
on the19th 'day of , September,"". 1903,
by Young anjuwiie,
Young;' to The North Mam Street
Realty Company, and -duly regisxereu
in the office of EegUter of. Deeds of
Rowau County in Book Nov 23 of Jlort
gaes at page 106 ; default haying been
made in payment of the debt recorded
therein ; the undersigned will- sell at
public outcry to the highesfrbidder for
cash at the Court House Hoot in Salis
bury! N.C.," - - .
Wooday, the 4th day of NcT8inber, I9D7
at o'clock, M., all that certain tract or
parcel of land near the city 6f Spencer,
N. O-, and described as follows, to-wit r
Beginning at a sweet gum on 7 the
East bank of Grant's -creek, Jacob
Coughenour's old corner, thenc3 with
his line S. 74 degrees-E. (225chs) poles
to a stake on the East side of Spring
branch, corner to No 2, thence & new
line South 84 poles to a post oas on
Chamber's Hire, thenceWest 94 joles
to a stake one chain Bouth of marked
black oak and side of the Creek; thence
uown ine meanaeniigs oi wb vrec w
the. beginning containing 50 acres more
or less" For" title - under- this survey
see deed recorded in Book : No. 4 at
aee 556 of Rowan County Record of
eeds. ' - -.-
This the 25th dav of September, 1907.
xhb jnohth Mais Stbbbt jkkaltt uom
By B. B ..Miller, attorney.
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an old saying which applies with
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Boy Wanted. Preferably an
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- Notice to Creditors.
All persons indebted to Robert Todd,
deceased, are hereby notified to pre
sent their' claims' to the undersigned
administrator, on or before the 1st day
of October, 1908,.or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
This Sept. 25th, 1907.
W , H, GoLB, Administrator
of Robert Todd,
Burton Craige, Attorney. 10-2 6t
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Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, Nor
folk, Va April 26th Hoy. 30th, 1907.
"Southern Railway announces
extremely low rates to Norfolk,
Va., and return on account of the
above occasion. The following
round trip rates will apply from
Salisbury, N. O. :
Season tickets, ............ $14.50
Sixty-day tickets. .... . . . . . 12.10
Fifteen-day tickets, . . . . . . . 11.15
Coach excursion tickets. . . 6.60
Coaoh Excursion tickets will be
sold on Tuesday, with limit seven
days from ' date of sale, will be
stamped "Not good in Pullman
or Parlor cars." Other tickets
will be sold daily April 19th to
November 30th. inclusive.
The Southern Railway will af
ford excellent passenger servico to
and from Norfolk on account, of
thiB occasion. -
For further information and
Pullman reservation address any
agent Southern Railway or wribj
R. L. Vbbnon, T. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. O.
W. H. Taylob, G. P. A.,
till 11-30, Washington, D. C,
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