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VOL. XXX.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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NO. 43.
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"Some time since, I had a severe u
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distressing nnuili iiml a general sin ss J;
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niiv.ii'i:ui4 ami tried various remedies. O
tint nlilumt getting any relief, mil II I
depali(t of ever being well again, oj
Finally. I took Aycr's Cherry Pectoral, oj
and in a very short time, wis enllrcly
enroll. I can. therefore, eortflally anil oj
contlili'iitly cnnunenil tins medicine to i
all." J. IJoskm.s, Victoria, Texas.
"My wife liail a very trnnlilcsonio
coin;)!. Sin' used Ayr's Cherry 1'ccto- oi
nil aii'l proeuroil tniineiliato relief." o!
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Received Highest Awards
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Parts Medicine Co., St. iouls, Mo.
(ieutleraen; Wo noiil lost year, 600 bottles of
3HOVK'H TAHTKLESS CHILL TONIC and have
jouifht three gross Already this year. In all our ei
pertenca uf II yen re. In the drug bualnnwi, have
owver sold an art trie tout gave Burn universal sailft
UuUua aa your Tuulo lours truly,
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ENFIELD, N. C.
FINE GROCERIES
ERIES. 4
Grocerie S
CERIES. KJ
lorlinp of Fate
or how an unexpected early
MORNING MEETING SHAPED A
YOUNG MAN'S DESTINY.
cluck
She.
Tho dainty Dresden clock on the man
telpiece struck 8. This was nut unusual.
It was a portion of its routine work to
Btiikc 8 o'clock every twelvo hours and
there was no pood reason why it should
discontinue so to do.
While performing this customary func
tion, the portieres parted and Arabella
Montague entered the room.
She glanced anxiously at the
and involuntarily exclaimed:
"He is not here yet!"
This, of course, was a solecism
knew he had not arrived, for had he ar
rived ho would have hecn there. Her
next statement explained his non arrival.
''He promised to be here at 8:30."
This was tautological but conclusive.
She seated herself at the piano and
hummed a love song to a melancholy ac
companiment. Then she uttemptod an
air Iroiu Faust. It was simply an at
tempt, but it killed time. The clock on
the mantel piece evidently realized it was
being slowly tortured, for it hurried on.
Then Arthur Van Nestor was ushered
into the room.
The girl sprang to her feet and ex
claimed; "Have you really come!"
Had he really conn ! And both arms
around his neck at that! But then she
may have thought she was dreaming or
suspected heudght send a substitute.
"Yes, I am here at list."
Of course it was necessary fur him to
inform her that he was (hern, otherwise
she would rut have know it. Besides,
the last two words indicated that he had
probably made some other calls en mule,
but precluded any possibility of his iu
lemion to do otherwise than to make
this his objective point.
Then she says;
"I thought )ou w.-uM never come"
This was prubihly because be bad not
arrived a half huiir earlier th in he had
agree I to,
They s
CHEAP GROCERIES
FRUITS & CONFECTION Kill KS.
C03B AND Si;U.
Come one, come all, both large ami small,
Examine my stock, before buying at all.
For my8tock is complete anil prices low,
To compete with the products the I'm mem
I! row,
I thank my kind friends for the patronage
nf the past
Anil assure them all I'll be true to the last.
And guarantee thein in every respect
tlie goods purchased from me they'll never
regret,
Therefore come all, both large uud small,
For I will deal honestly with you aK,
Do not delay, come right away
And make your purchases to day.
J. L. JUDKINS.
dec 13 ly.
W3i
DR. H. 0. HYATT'S SANATORIUM
KINSTO.V, N. C.
Diseases f, EyeGeneral Snrflrery
Patients Hoarded at $l per Day .1
"P IS ly.
PXprKSswxA i r.i hi.
gOW a7u ALSTON,
Attorney-at-Law
pel 1(1.
.-at themselves on the divan.
The little Dresdeu clock on the mantel
piece struck
'Must you go?"
It was a bluff on his part, tlinugh I e
knew there weie no spare rmims hi the
house.
One o'clock. No apparent change in
the condition.
Two o'clock. Siill going.
Three u'clock. "Good by, Arthur."
She usually said 'good night," but in
this in-tanee it would have beeu showing
an utter disr. g ird for the truth.
hour o clock. Day was breaking in
oast as he desceuded tho steps. At the
front irate ho met the uiilkmau. The
recognition was mutual.
"Arthur," said his father coinmand
iugly, "I am not feeling very well this
moiiiiiiL', and as ou are apparently in
no burrv to retire, siipinse you fini-h
the route while I go limne f r a much
needed nip. Aud, so sajing, Mr. Van
Nestor strolled off down the street.
Arthur Van Nest T n av h is ibe ivr.
est milk liinto in the t it v. whiv i i fail'
er wonders that he did not earlier diseov
er his son's nocturnal procin iti.-s, which
so ably qualifi.il him for his life's voca
tion. N. V. World.
THE POOL AND THE RILL
Tlic Hliifrniint pool stumls stilt,
AnG thus more stagnant KTOWf I
the Aftm-lrK sruirklliiit rill
Unr-i purer us it Hows.
Tlf ' P'V.l limy wear
; plfcnsliitfsmtlo,
Hv;t littles tlui otr
With poisons vllo;
1'ho brooklet sinus
As on It tolls,
Anil KlnilnosK briiiKS
To thlrslltiK soils.
What thointh tho pool,
Its boHimi full,
So wunt may seem to knowi
It's llko tUo heart
Tliut tins no part
In any human w oo.
What tliouph the stream
May sometimes seem
With wasteful haste to flowi
It's like the heart
That seeks a part
1q every human woe.
The worthless pool stands dry,
No moisture In It found;
Tho Klmlsonio brook runs by
Its waters stilt abound.
The pool shared Quutfht
Of Its supplies;
Tho sun has cauuht
Them to the skies
Tho brook bestows
With lavish hand;
And still It Hows
To bless tho land.
What thouffh our llfo,
With blesslnKs rife,
No Rood thing soems to lack!
If wo refuse
God's Klfts to use
Ho will demnnd thftm back.
What though tho stream
Of life may seem
A gatnless course to lend;
It cannot cease.
But must Increase,
With tlod as Fountuln-Hend.
Rev. Norman Plass, In N. Y. Independent.
TOLD AT THE CLUB.
4T5
HHUM.liei.LIM, WALTER g. DiMtIL
JJDllKH 4 P N 1 S L,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Wkldon, N. C.
PnMloe In theoourtt of Hull fax andNorthami
'"ii(llnthe8uiremend Pudenil oourM. Col
tietlonim..!., In lin....Afu,.,ih euntlli,.
Br.'JCh ot&ns at HuliAii. N. II . oikin ever, HOD'
Jn7 1y
J)K. T. T. UOSS,
Weldon, N. C.
Onlce over Emry 4 Pierce's store.
10-19-ly,
1)H, W. J. WARD,ff
Sflmfinii Mn
ENFIELD, N. C.
)&OrHce over Hamson's Drag Stare.
She "Do jou think we are going to
have a war? lie "Yes, I do. " hat
do you think we an goin to make wai
ou?" "On nan r "
ADVKIITI'KMKS'T'-'.
IIyi'liuiiilric.il.
desixuiilent, new-
Otis, litvd
out " nu n
th.ise wlio
fit I! II
be.
mess,
of III-
uv. nii-
i.lilcil llllill-
o r y , il t . . i -litsu,
luvlaii
C Ii oly a ti tl
I lie re
sult of ex
liuiislliij;' dis
eases, or drain upon tlie system,
excesses, or abuses, Inul linliils, or
earlv vicen, are tienled llirougli cor
respondence at their Iioiik-s, with
uniform success, by tlie Spet ialists
of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, of iufl'al, N. Y. A book
pf 136 ltU'Re pages, dt;voec lo Hie
coiis'ideiiilion ol tlie maladies above
hinted nt, may lie bad, mailed se
curely sealed mm observation, iu a
plain envelope, by sending 10 cents
m one-cent stamps (for postage oil
Book), to the World's Dispensary
Medical Association, at Hie above
mentioned Hotel. I'or more than
a quarter of a century, physicians
connected with this widely cele
brated Instil(itiq!, bave made the
treatment of the delicate diseases
above referred lo, their sole slmly
and practice. Thousands, have con
sulted them. This vast experience
has naturally resulted in improved
methods and means of cure.
BY JAME9 KNAPP IlKKVK.
Copyrluht. 1894, by the Author.
ERHAI'S you
will say that
this is not ex
actly a club
story. Hut my
excuse for git
iug It to you Is
that tlie Old
licau told it to
me one night
tvhilo we sat In
the cozy, cur
tained alcove
just behind tho
buffet. And
long before he
had finished I
called tho
steward to refill our glassess, for it
sent a creepy feeling down my back.
"I have been a member of the club
for five and twenty years," said my
friend, "and in that time I have como
to know intimately tho lives of many
men. Some curious thing's have
happened within these rooms, but none
so strange as this thing in the life of a
man who was once tho very soul of
our inner circle. There! I did not
mean to use that word, for before I
have finished you may think it was
misplaced. Hut no matter. Other and
wiser men than wo have had their
doubts,
"Ills name was Eugene Wallace. We
used to sit here and talk and drink 'I!
and S,' just as you and I are doing
now. One night we fell to talking
about marriage.
" 'If I wanted to marry any woman,'
said Eugene, 'which, thank heaven, I
do not, nothing should stand in my
way.'
" 'I can readily beliovo,' I said, for I
liked to urgo Eugene on, 'that you
would permit no little matter of eon'
science or sentiment to stand in your
way or prevent you from accomplish'
infir vour desires, let I do think, my
dear follow, that it is possible there
may be obstacles In this life which
even yon will find it difficult to sur
mount.
" 'Don't be sarcastic,' he returned
'time enough to twit me with lack of
conscience or sentiment when I have
set up a cluiin to the possession of
either.'
" 'Truly, Eugene,' I said, 'if a man
oould only throw overboard some little
things that hamper him from within,
he might work to better advantage at
times.1
' Nothing but the externals are
worth considering,' ho replied, slowly.
'Ill fact nothing is worth considering
much.'
" 'Thinking,' he went on presently,
and in a manner calculated to give
force to his words, 'is a heavy task,
aud it docs not make things go any
real passion In tho world tho result
might prove a little annoying for all
concerned.'
"Eugene answered this lazily, us if
the matter after all did not much In
terest hint.
1 'I told you once,' ho said, 'that con
science should never stand In my way,
Tho reason was I think I have 110
conscience. Nor do I think I havo that
other attribute which is supposed to
bo coordinate with It the soul, you
know. That little place at tho base of
tho brain where the soul is supposed
to rcsidu I verily believe is hollow. If
a clever anatomist ever has mo on his
table I hope hu will nut neglect to In
vestigate this matter.'
" 'What has all this rigmurolo to do
with MIrs Volsilt'iieV' I demanded,
growing Impatient Willi his nonsense.
' '1 am coining to that,' he answered
quickly. 'Hv the way, it is curious,'
putting his hand to tho back of his
head, 'that the saw-bones say the very
easiest place to cut off life is Just here,
right below whero the soul the Incar
nation of life should bo. Now, it Is
true,' handling a long, thin knife such
as surgeons use, 'it is true that such a
thing as this thrust right in at tho
base of the skull, would cut oft that
which wo call life, on the very instant.'
' 'Yes, yes, I suppose It would,' I
answered, annoyed tit tho way he kept
from the question, 'it would sever tho
spinal cord. Hut let us stop this idle
tulle. I would like to know what
you intend in regard to Ilcrtha Vois-dene?'
" 'Ah, yes,' he said, laughing a little;
'I had forgotten the important matter
In hand. I said I would inarry any
woman if I wnnted to. Hut I don't
want to, thank heaven. I love Iiertha
Voisdcne, and I think sho loves me.
Hut you are right in what you have
said. I am not a lit mate for that pure
chiliL'
"With the last word, so quickly that
I could not interpose, he had driven the
knife with which he had been playing
directly to the vital spot and what had
once been Eugene Wallace, and my
iriend was only a lifeless thing upon
the floor.
"An hour later I stood beside his
body, alone with tho surgeon whom I
had summoned, and his words camo
baok to me with startling distinctness.
ran- M
r.'Uia
'J i
Slightly Sparls.
WHAT I'NCI.E WILLIAM SAYS.
Till Pl.li at At' V"-" ,T Tu Mlt'
better at the end. If I wanted to mar
ry any woman, I should do It, and let
tho future brlnrr whl would.'
"It was not long after this that Eu
geno met Iiertha Volsdene. I must
give yon a word about her. Orphaned
in childhood, she hud been carefully
reared within cloistered walls, and at
tle dawuiiiff ot womanhood had come
out upon the broader stage of the
world as unsophisticated as a child.
Her youth and Innocence charmed him
as tho attributes of no other woman
had ever done. Now add to this that
her father had been my boyhood's
friend, and it will help you to under
stand what follows,
oj soon saw how things were going
between them, and I knew what Eu
gene's paBt had beea. No worse than
yours or mine, perhaps, but he had
lived the life of a man of the world. I
am not meddlesome, but I felt I must
spcad a word of caution to liim and t
did so . . ,
' tAhl yoa are about to turn moral
ist,' he said, lifting his eyebrows at
tne. 'But do you think It worth while
to waste your maiden effort on so tin
UUnlv 11 Bubiect?'
it iMIbs Voisdene,1 I answered, not
h...llnir this, 'has known so few men
that any passably decent fellow who
mniil make love to her violently
might Interest her. There Is no doubt
you can succeed. But you havo been
through too many ares. If she should,
' liter, feilMrs.was juijh,. tiblflC -
"WIIEUK IS 1IK?"
I told this to the medical man, and,
with the cold passion of an anatum st,
he put his implements into play mid
laid bare the base of the skull i nd
deftly removed the necessary portions
of bone.
"Just as be had done this the on
door nf the room opened, and I stepped
hastily toward it. Hertha stood there,
quiet, pale, beautiful.
" 'Where is he?' she asked; 'he t lid
me to come to him. hero, at this h or.
We arc to fly, together.'
"This was the woman who had ki' led
my friend. I grew hard and cold to
ward her.
" 'Your punishment be on your own
head,' I said; 'you would have thn wn
yourself away for a man who had no
soul. Look.
"I flung a book open upon the table
before her, aud pointed to a passage
which tho sawbones had just shown
me. These were the words:
" 'The seat of the soul is lu the
Corpus Callosum, a spongy little oody
at the base of tho bruin.' Then, mo
tioning her toward the form, 1 turew
back the wrappings and exposed the
incision that had just been made.
" 'Look,' I said again, 'this man
never had a soul.'
"Hut poor Hertha Voisdene saw only
the fuee of him whom she hud learned
to love, and the eyes, now wide and
staring, that had charmed her heart
away. And witU a single bound sho
fell fainting across the body of her
lover."
The Old Heau paused, while I hastily
swallowed a glass of something warm
to still that creepy feeling. 'Then my
friend ashed me, its usual:
"Do you want the end of tho story?"
I nodded, thmiL'h half afraid to
henr it.
Well," ho said, quietly, "all this
might have happened, I suppose, but
It did nut. 1 know no happior couple
than my dear friends, Eugene ami
Hertha Wallace. We will go around
and sue them some nnh'. ami tell them
this story. And remember, young
num. you need never look for such
grim tragedies among the records of
our club."
Afterward I a:;!;cd the Old Hcrtn why
ho had done this thing to me.
"To show you fellows, who are so
fond of spinning yarns for the public,
that soino others can spin yurns as
well."
Detroit Free Press.
If I was lookin1 lor a sucker I'd hunt
for the feller who is alius braggin' that
he's nobody's fool.
It has alius seemed to me to be mighty
thin consolation fur a poor man to de
clare that riches don't make hapiiinesH,
Somehow or other wc don't appear to
extract us much comfort out of this life
as we really orter. Perhaps it's because
uiy naybur hain't the man be should be.
to
buy a pianer for his house has to try
awful hard to find any music in the
strings.
1 believe in loving my naybur as my
self until he begins to kill off my hens.
Then I'm goin' to buy lace curtains and
upholstered cheers to make him feel as
bad as he possibly can.
Tho feller who figured that a clothes
line would last six weeks lunger if taken
down every night was all right as fur as
he went, but he might have also figured
that it would take jest twelvo weeks off'n
any man's life to do it. Things is purty
nigh right without any figurin' at all.
I once k nowed a bank president who
kidn't chaw, smoke, play kecrds, attcud
hoss races, drink beer or use cuss words,
but he clean out the institution aud went
to Canada jest tho same. I'm alters a
leetle bit skeery of angels who walk
around on uiith.
Kveu if we never say a word to him
about it, it is only human natur' to feel
sort 0' tickled to know that our naybur's
fence is two loot over our line and that
wc can raise a row any litue we want to.
I never vil went to a man and asked
him to give me his advice without I had
my mind fully made up to believe him
a loo' if he didn't think as I did about
it. If be Was a lawyer, however, aud
charged tne 810, why that altered the
case.
I've heard a heap 0' men talk abuut
luck iu my lime, aud so fur us I bave
been able to keep track of individuals,
the ones boeiu' corn at a dollar a day
instead of lalkin' on the grocery steps
got ahead the last.
Now and llieu you meet a uiau who
1 1 , , , , ,
siiuieu ou ihc worm and can t see no
g aid iu uiilhin' nor nobody. In sieb
cases jest size him up aud you've a chap
so all fin d mean that a yellow dug would
not Colli r him.
I have alius admired the hoss fly in
one pertiekler. Ilu don't bang around
on relati ns mid wait fur sunithin' soft
anu temier ami juicy to turn up to give
bimajob, bin tackles the fust thing
that Comes along ami is alius ahead of
the game.
SPKCIAI. POSTAL STAMPS,
IT IS l'ROPOSKll TO IUVB A 111 Ft'KIl KNT
O.N K Knit KACII LAIIUKrll'V.
The exports of Honduras consist
mainly of cattle, mahogany and dye
woods, lii'le" lllld rubber
FORtl V i: V 1 1' f V V i; R S
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup ha been
used for over filly years by million;, "I
molhers lor children, while teething, with
perfect success. It soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cup's
wind colic, aud is the best remedy lur
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little
sufferer immediately. Sold by drugaisis
in every part of the world. 25 cents a
bottle. Besure and ask for "Mrs. Wins
low's Soothing Syrup," and take no oth
er kind.
Tie Giddy Garter.
IT SPARKLES WITH GOLD AND THE
GEMS OK MANY LANDS.
He Was Waiting.
KATIIEI! STORMY OI TLI K IK FORTH E
FLTIRE.
The end of tho century girl docs not
wish the contour of her limb spoiled by
tight-fitting strap about it, and the
garter is, thereforo, worn merely as an
ornament.
But, I hear you say, a loose garter
will slip down and drag the stocking wiih
True, if thn garter is not fastened to
the stocking and the whole held in place
by a supporter. The garter represents
capital; the supporter, labor.
That the supporter docs the work
does not necessarily imply that it has no
beauties. For nothing could be more
dainty thati the satin waistbands, in pink,
blue, white, yellow or black, that fasten
them around the waist. Don't wear
supporters without a waistband. Some
are arranged without, to fasten on the 1
corset, but what a demoralizing effect
they have upon it. Two coarse spots
appear very shortly, due to the dragging
down tendeucy, and the corset is ruined.
The supporter itself should be of silk
elastic to match tho waistband; a silver
buckle where the double strap joins the
upper part, and loops of baby ribbon
falling beneath it, add beautifying touches.
So much for labor.
The capital represented in many gar
ters would make a miser weep. Some
are made of silk elastic, through which
gold threads run, until it looks like cloth
of gold more than aught else. Such a
garter was lined with white satin, and on
one side loops of white ribbon hung from
a diamond-imbedded clasp.
Immense rosettes of lace mingle with
lace of knickers on some limbs, and large
medallions form the centerpieces. Others
have buckles of Colonial gold. Many
are made of ribbon in fantastic colors
for the sporty girl, matching the support
ers fur the modest maids.
One garter has, instead of a buckle or
clasp, a tiny change pulse, where its
wearer carries her money. Her garter is
iftliuics most valuable, and always most
convenient, since its money value can I
made of use to the wearer at any time.
MOVJiS MANY TO TEAKS.
"What's the difference between noto
riety aud fiime?" "Well, if a man is
notorious, he's still alive; if he's famous,
he's dead."
Ucprcsinutive 1'ugh, of Kentucky,
has prepared a bill In permit cities
11111,11011 or more inhabi ants to obtain
posiuge stamps 1 1 spedal designs. His
bill provides that any number of iubabi
tants ol any c;tv nt the l ulled Stales
containing a population of 111(1,0111)
more, as slmwn by the United Guiles
census, us may ib sire, may unile in pelt
(ion for the is-uauee ol pc stage stumps n:
special designs euiiiinemuialiog the his-
lory of said city or the iiieiuury i t inhab
ilauts thereof now ilcceasul, but no such
special stamp shall be designed, made 01
used to adverlii-e the business uf any in
dividual, linn, curporaiiou or si ciely.
The petition asking fur these special
stamps inn-1 be delivered lo the postmis
tor of tbt ir city ami by him forwarded to
the postna-ter gemral at Wnshingtnu,
who shall repoii the same to ihesecieta
ry of the iie,surv, ahd ibe Intlei, upon
fi.idilig thai the provisions of this net
have ii' ell coinplitd with, shall furnish
to the postmaster of that city for Ibe use
of the people upon the same terms and
eundiiii ns that postage stamps are now
or may In r afier be supplied
Representative Pugh says there is con
siderable sentiment through the country
in favor of stamps i f special desigus, and
he, hopes lu receive a favorable report on
his bill at au early day. Mr l'ugb pro
vides against any fraud or deception be
ing practiced on the government, and that
the cost of engraving and priming thefO
stamps will fall on the people of the city
and not the taxpayers of the country
Washington Post.
The hundreds of persons who filhd
the Congregational church at East North-
lield, Mass., were moved to tears as tho
Rev. Dwight Moody, tho evangelist,
standing over the open coffin which held
the body of his mother, paid a touch iti
tribute to her life of self-sacrifice and
devotion, and recounted the story of his
own early life uf privation and other inci
dents which the public bad never heard,
"She made our home, poor though it
was" said he, "the best place on earth to
us. She taught us that poverty was no
disgrace. During the first years of her
widowhood she wept herself to sleep
night after night and wo never knew of
it until later years."
fllr. Moody told ut tho trying days
alter the father died leaving the family
baukiupl; how the creditors took all the
properly evcu tu the wood from the shed
how the children, himself included, had
to stay iu bed one morning until schou
time because there was no wood for
fire but a neighbor brought a load
wood bctoi'e night and the family was
kept together. Mr Moody read from
the Bible and from a book of verses given
his motlnr by the lulu Dr. Everett
Turning I 1 the face of hit lumber aud
in the gi title voice which has turned
tbou-ULds, he said as he shook his bead
'tjuil bless you mother, wo love you
still" Many in tho autlieucti were un
able lo uoutrid their grief after this rc
mark aud the sobs nearly drownded the
voice of the evangelist
Ho sat on a log in front of his shanty,
smoking some sort of leaves or weeds in
his homo made pipe, and when I rode up
and saluted bim I thought him the most
melancholy individual I ever saw. I
"Down on your luck?" I queried as I
offered him sonic smoking tobacco.
"Wall, no," be slowly replied. "Lost
my mewl by snake bite t'other day, but
sieb things ur' to be expected "
"Y'ou don't look well."
"Guess not. I've bin tick fur about
threo months, and this is my fust day
out. Wc must expect sickness, how
ever."
"Wife and children well?"
"Wife run away last week, and the
seven young'uus ur' in tbar1 with chills
and fever. I was kinder discouraged
this uiorniu' but I'm feelin' quite chirky
now."
"I see you have no crop in," I Buid as
looked over the rank fields.
"Not a crop, and I'm kinder glad on
I won't hev no hustlin' to do this
fall."
"Haven't you any poultry or live
stock?"
"N'oap. Had to sell my cow last win
ter, and the coycttcs carried off the chick
ens. Had two hogs, but they died of
cholera. Noap no live stock to worry
about."
"This old shanty of yours is ready to
tumble down."
"That's a fact, stranger. She leaks like
an old boot nnd kin hardly stand alono.
Reckon tho fust high wind will blow
her all in a heap."
"Provisions pretty scarce?" I persisted
seeing he was willing to talk.
"Dunno. All we live on is johnny
akc and corn coffee Shouldn't wonder
though, if pcrvishuns was kinder skeerce."
"Y'our nearest neighbor must be all of
three miles away?"
"Three miles was the nighet, but he's
dead. The nighesl one is now five miles
away."
"Aud don't you get lonely?"
"Never."
"But will you tell tne what you are
iving for?"
"I will stranger I will!" he answered
as be got up an threw a piece of sod at
burkim: pup-dog. "This 'ere claim is
wuth about $500."
"Yes."
"And she's mortgaged for SCOO."
'Yes."
"And the money is all gone and the
mortgage is to be foreclosed next month."
"I see."
"Wall, I'm living to see the fun when
the fulo who lent ?lj00 on 8500 wuth of
land gits around yere to foreclose on me
and take possession! Arter that I'm
going out aud let a snake bit me and
die."
A northern exchange asks: "Why do
most authors wear their hajr long ?"
"Because barbers cu( for oasb." ,
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Let dogs delight to bark and bite;
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The new woman was deathly sick. She
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an open window, where she could catch
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cold beads of perspiralioii stood out upon
her brow, and ever and anon a convulsive
movement shook her frame,
As she reclined there tu a state of ut
ter collapse, with her dainty handker
chief pressed against here lips, cveu one
of the opposition faction of tho club she
belonged lo would have felt sorry, for
her.
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womau. "I always thought to be sea
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perience, but this is worse. Ah, me!
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aud no doubt did what she thought was
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the new way, so that in time she would
be able to hold her own with men. When
I was a child I was kept in utter igno
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brothers were taught to smoke. Why
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Where's my smelling salts?"
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