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Best line ot high grade shoes in the
city. Edwin Clapp Shoes for men
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Kugene Zimmerman, of Cincin
nati, himself the possessor of mil
lions, in a recent address before
the Business Men's club of that
city, Siiid :
"The millionaire is an unhappy
man."
Why not ?
He is a disappointed num. Hav
ing ninde his millions by squeezing
bock ail that is best in him, he has
fancied large wealth will bring him
largo happiness, only to learn his
mistake.
It is the human way.
Humans grow tired of any state
of life w hen ii is long continued,
and the state of being rich is no
exception. Beirfg a millionaire
gets to be monotonous.
And the millionaire hopes by
buying himself he is doomed to
disappointment. He is like the
boy whose appetite is cloyed with
much candy. Luxury, like every
thing olse, soon palls.
He cannot buy what he wants.
Midas of old discovered that he
could not eat the golden streets.
The millionaire who thinks to sat
isfy himself with money is like the
famished traveler of the desert who
found a hag which he hoped might
contain some food. Upon exami
nation he, hopeless, threw it away
saying:
"Oh, it's only gold 1"
Tired of his millions, the rich
man yearns for something he can
not get. He wants the things that
are denied him, which is the hu
man way also.
"But," you say
"I should like to make the exper
iment." No' doubt. But we know not
'what we ask. Inexperienced in
the investment and conservation
of money, we should no doubt
make a mess of our stewardship,
(iive the money away?
That is the most difficult thing
the millionaire tries to do. It re
q a. re ; a higher order of talent than
; to make money. The rich man
finds that he is deceived at every
! tarn and worked upon. Seldom
d es he nit ct with gratitude.
Then ii may he said, not in
irony, but in very truth:
Pity the sorrow of the million
aire! ! SHE WOULD NOT SHOUT.
I She was a Democrat and That
I Was a Republican Procession.
Prepossessing and voluble, she
stood before the police magistrate
to tell her story. Near by was a
wall paper hanger. He had been
: arrested on the woman's complaint
; says Mack's National Monthly
"You charge this nun with hug
ging and squeezing you?" said the
magistrate, addressing i ic woman
! "I do, your honor
: ply-
"State the
i "Well, sour honor, I heard a
1 band rl iv. so 1 opened a window-
to see what was going on. A po
litical procession was parsing the
house. The prisoner, your hon
or, was hanging wall paper in the
room, r':t he stopped work, came
to the window and als.i looked out.
Suddenlv he threw his arms around
my neck and aim .st suffocated me
with kisses."
"Did you cry for help?"
"No, your honor, I did not."
"X'hy not?"
"Because, your honor, I feared
my cries w ould be misunderstood.
I am a democrat and that was a
republican procession."
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SINGIN' 'LONG 0E ROAD.
He was des de happiest creatur dat de round world ever knowed
Singin' 'long de road singing 'long de road !,
Dreaming in the night
Of a mawnin' sweet en bright,
Flinging wide the shutters fer tcr lei in all de light !
Happy in de reapin' of de harvest what he sowed
Singin' 'long de road -singin' 'long de road !
'Crost fields whar birds wuz singin'
Dey heerd his voice a ringin',
En de toilers stopped ter listen en ter bless him fer his singin'.
'Peared lak it fetched de sunshine, en lightened up de load
Dat singin' 'long de road dat singin' 'long de road !
in "it's work it's work ter do
Whilst de light shine down on you !"
('Peared lak de birds dey heerd him, en dey fell ter singin' too.)
Oh, des de happiest creetur dat de roun' worl' ever knowed
Singin' 'long de road singin' 'long de road !
Lin de darkest day wuz bright,
Kn Trouble say, "Good night !"
Fer he des th'wed wide de shutters en let in all de light !
Frank L. Stanton.
NLTTfiUE.
The Old
Southern Cooking
More.
No
mm THE GIRLS GO BY.
There's one thing will give me gladness when I'm bent and full o' years
When the hair is white and stringy that is bunched behind my ears;
An' the thing that will rcj .'ice me is that young girls look so sweet
F.very time you see then: passin' anywhere upon the street.
1 can sit at home and watch them or stand anywhere I please
Where the crowds arc. an' be-hjld 'eat ith their h lir stirred by the breeze
For there's noihm' half so pretty, sun or clouds or sky or sea,
Or the autumn tinted valleys, as a young girl is to me.
Every one of 'em is pretty; she can't help it, I suppose.
I do not care il she is shabby or has freckles on her nose,
Or her hair is straight or twisty, or her mouth is big and wide-
So it's smilin'. I'll delight to find a quiet place aside
Where the crowds go helter-skelter, lean there ag'in a wall
Seem' girls go by in dozens, an' a-lovin' of 'em all !
If God could have made 'em better lookin' I suppose He would,
But I'm free about canfessin' (hat I don't believe He could.
So that is the consolation I shall get from bein' old
Watchin' girls go a-laughing', with their hair like tangled gold
In the sunshine; eyes a-glintin', full o' happy hearted glee,
Chatterin' to one another, never wastin' looks on me;
lust a-usin' their whole lives up, whether poor or richly clad,
was the re-' Squeezin' sunshine from their youngness, keepin' busy bein' glad !
That'll be my life s vocation, tne reward tor an my tears,
the sweet afterglow of toilin'. the full payment for my years.
People undoubtedly spend too
much time bewailing the passing
of some "old time" thing. But
this, from the Augusta Chronicle,
on old-time southern cooking, un
der the caption quoted, is interest
ing: A New Vork concern has bought
up a lot of land down around
Americus on which to grow sweet
potatoes to be canned. And that
brings to mind two things, one of
which is that sweet potatoes cost
more than twice as much in the
land where they are grown as they
used to, and another that a
number of those palatable dishes
of the old southern housewife,
which were made of sweet pota
toes, are no more.
The large farm which a New
York canning company has bought
in Georgia is going to be used to
produce 1 50,000 bushels or more
of potatoes to be put up in cans,
hermetically sealed, of eight and
ten pounds each, "which find
ready sale at good prices," and we
folks who don't raise potatoes are
going to buy pieces of potatoe pie
made from canned potatoes as
we are already doing when we eat
in a restaurant or hotel, and often
in our own homes at 5 cents per
cut. Meanwhile, there goes about
a million or more 'pumpkin yams,'
which would or should be turned
into a mighty ne part of the din
ner if "roasted in the jacket." No
canned potato can ever take its
place, and no canning factory yet
canning factories are mighty good
things in the business world can
ever produce a substitute for the
old black mammy's "baked 'later."
There is a near approach to ihe
potato pie we used to eat from the
farmer's table in the years now
gone, and that served up to us
from the "canned goods," if we
stretch our imaginations, and a
concoction or substitution can be
produced that somewhat resembles
the once familiar and much enjoyed
"candied yams," since the inaugu
ration of the tin covered product in
man, and take hold of what's in
sight. Why, hang it all, living
right alongside of the patch, you
ought to be able to grab all the
'taters you can eat quicker than
any blue-bellied Yankee can pack
'em in a can to save his life. If
you don't do it, and if you lose the
art of that fine smellin', old-time
southern cooking, it's your own
fault. You ought to be ashamed
of yourself, to let anybody with
such hifalutin' notions run your
business for you. Greensboro
Telegram.
"IF YOU CAN'T SMILE."
A Smile Is a Tonic For the Discouraged.
In the vestibule of a certain hos
pital, visitors see a card bearing
this advice: "Never utter a dis
couraging word while you are in
this hospital. You should come
here only for the purpose of help
ing. Keep your hindering, sad
looks for other places, and if you
can't smile don't go in."
"If you can't smile, don't go in!"
It is good advice for other than
hospital visitors. Who is beyond
the ministry smile? It is tonic to
the discouraged. It helps the little
child for whom the world so much
that makes afraid, and it cheers
the aged who finds life unspeaka
bly lonely. As King Arthur's court
was built by music, so the happier
life we all hunger for here upon
earth is built in a large part by the
cheerful faces we see as we bear
the load appointed for us.
Smiles are as indispensible to a
true success in life as money, mind
and might. As long as a man can
smile he is not beaten. Not in
hospitals only, then, but in the
home and on the street there is a
call for the kindly, sunny smile.
The way to have it is to get the
heart right with God, and then
turn the eyes to the light, for the
smile that helps is the smile of
heaven-kindled joy and hope.
Exchange.
THREE MILES TOO CLOSE.
"I Suffered Intense
Pains in My Left
Side."
Do you realize it is better to be
safe than sorry, that it is the best
policy to lock the stable door before
the horse is stolen?
Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy
cured Mrs. C. C. Golcey, of a stub
born case of heart disease, such as
thousands are now suffering with.
Read what she says:
"Before I Wtn taking Dr. Mitel'
Heart Remedy I fi been suffering
trom heart trouble fnr over five
years. 1 had frown io weak that ft
was imposiibte (or me to do thirty
minutei work in a whole dav. I
suffered intense pains in my ltd std. .
and under the left thoulder blade, I
could nut sleep on the left tule, and
was so short of breath that I thought
1 should never be able to take a full
breath again. The least ex eitement
would bring on the most dittesint
palpitation. 1 had scarcely taken
half-bottle of the Heart Remedy be
fore I could see a marked change In
my condition. 1 began to sleep
well, had a good appetite, and im
proved so rapidly that when 1 had
taken six bottles I was completely
cured.
MRS. C. C. GOKEY, Northfield, Vt
If you have any of the symptoms
Mrs. Gokey mentions, it is your
duty to protect yourself.
Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy.
is what you need. If the first bot
tle fails to benefit, your money is
returned. Ask your druggist.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart Ind.
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A local young man, who is going
! to spend pari of the winter in the
place of the covering nature pro- South and who expects to do some
vided for the potato in its earlier ! shooting while there, went into a !
age, bin, whether or not the "mod-1 hardware store one day last to buy I
ern method" has been the cause, it ; a gun.
is a fact that, since canned potatoes ! "I am going after big game, he
became "stylish," there has been ! told the salesman, "wild cats, deer
a marked absence from our tables ! and bear."
Tub Tnrice-iL-W etH Maun
OF THE
New York World
Practically a Daily at the Price ol
a Weekly.
Shocking Sounds
in the earth are oiiietiniflieanl lu-fiirr-a
terrible earthquake, that nam of the
pominff neril. Nature's atniui: '
j kind. That dull pain of ai'he in the
I hack warns you the li.lueya n.vd atten
' lion if you would escape those danger
'. ous maladies, Propay, limU-t.-a r
! Itright's dioeafie. Take llleotiic Hitters
I at onec and see backache My and all
j your beat feelings return "My son re
ceived great oeneiii in" i"r" "
kidney and bladder trouble," writes IV
ter ltondy, Smith Kockwood, Mich., "It
is certainly a great kidney medicine.''
Trv it. iMIc. at all druggists.
SMILE.
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TOO HAD.
Ilix Why didn't you congraiu
la.e Thompson on his marriage?
Dix I couldn't. Don't know
his wife.
I lix Then why didn't you con
gratulate her.
Dix I couldn't. I know Thomp
son. HE WAS LOADED.
Mr. Hooe-l was filled with
wonder last night.
Mrs. Uooze Thai's the first
time I ever heard whiskey called
wonder.
CASTOR I A
for Infant .tnl Children.
ha Kind You Have Always Bought
Big nature of
HE WAS WISE.
The Doctor-Give your husband
six of these every two hours.
His Wife How much will your
bill be, doctor?
The Doctor-Thai's all right.
Just tell him to remember me in
his will.
He Won't Limp Now.
No more limping fur Tom Moure, oj
Cochran, ;. "1 hail a had "ore on in
inatep that nothing seemed to help till
I used Itueklen's Arnica Salve," he
mites, "but tins m.lerful healer foul,
cured me " Heals old. running "c.
ulcers, Inula, burns, cuts, bruises, cfte.
ma or pilea. Tty it. Only '.!'... at all
drtiggista.
The queen was in the kitchen
eating orcau hiiu iiunw
"Vt'e can't afford
explained.
butter," she
CHIIdran Cry
FOR FLE1 CHER'S
CASTORIA
of the old-time "potato-pone," as
delicious to the taste as it was beau
tiful in rich, brown colored to ihe
eye when properly prepared.
All these things were distinctly
southern dishes, and common to
the table throughout the greater
part of the year, in those days
when we lived nearer next to na-
; ture than we do now; but, some
I how, they are fast disappearing,
j X'e could have them still; and we
j could have the canned potatoes,
j too; if we wanted them. There's
j land a plenty to produce potatoes
1 enough for both; but but ihe can
j seems to be the shonest cut in the j
! kitchen to a dinner, and, anyhow, j
it is becoming more stylish j
than those old-time ways but j
"potato-pone" and "rested yams" j
were mighty hue.
Passing over all this stuff about ;
canned 'taters, we just want to say i
that if there is a man in Dixie any-!
where who is at the mercy of such
food he doesn't deserve a dog
gone bit of sympathy. Yams will
grow anywher in the south bet
ter, of course, in some sections
than others and any country
bred boy who has grown into a
city man and has forgotten how to
build a fire and roast 'taters in the
embers on the h'aih, has simply
gone back on his raisin' or mar
ried a wife who has broken into
society.
Thank goodness, 'possum and
'taters are still fashionable in
North Carolina, and in about 80
per cent, of the homes here you
can still find yams "baked in the
jackets," and piled high on the
When You Feel Mean, Smile.
The best way in this world to get 1
along is just to keep sweet and
keep moving. There is always an
open door to the fellow who smiles.
When we go about with a frown
on our face this busy, plodding old
world of ours has business across
the street. The secret of why
some people are always welcome
is because they always have a smile
to spare. They are always happy,
and as welcome as blossoms in
May. "Laugh and the world
laughs w iih you" needs no com
mentary. The sour man may
have his place, but as yet we have
been unable to locate- it; sml we
certainly will not waste much time
looking for it. We have no
time to waste on his enter
tainment. It is a great deal nicer
to lie in your hammock and listen
to the song of the oriole overhead
than to be tortured with the rasp I Hjmnr, table, where each fellow can
of tree frogs or of katydids. !i ho 1 pee his ow n potato. And that
cares to go 011 vacation with some Rne 0u concoction sliced potato
old grouch whose toes are sticking , pje with plenty of seasonin' and
oui of his shoes by reason of over-1 jujce Hll around on the inside, fla-
much picking and his mustache
scorched with the mean things he
has been saying about this beauti
uful world That's the sort of a
fellow you want to see miss his
train. We see men occasionally
who never have a good word to
say for anybody, and we feel sor
ry for them. Standard.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
vored just right, is still in vogue
here. It is made from potatoes,
too, that never saw a canning fac
tory. Shoo! our southern blood rushes
fast, and we blush for any south
ern man who comes whining
around about "old time south
ern cooking" being a lost art
and being at the mercy of
canned potatoes. IWake up,
"Then you want a good gun,"
said the clerk, "and I have just
the thing. Here's one that w e will
guarantee to kill a bear at three
miles."
Taking the gun in his hands, and
turning it over and over in a gin
gerly manner, ihe young man
stammered :
"B-b-but isn't three miles pretty :
close to get 10 a bear?" Ux.
ONE OF MANY KINDS. !
There are various kinds of j
fools, but the one who lH'Rk'Cts j
his work in the interost of the I
other fellow get the least out !
of his foolishness.-- Atchison
Globe. j
SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound.
PiVeston, Mn. ' For seven year. I
suffer. "d everything. 1 was in bed for
four or fiveilays at.
time very month,
and so weak I could
liunlly walk. I had
cramps, backache
nnd headache, 11 nd
Hi h in rvou and
wi 11k that I dreaded
t see anyonp or
have itnyone move in
the r.xjm, Ti.v UtiO
tors gave mo niedi
cino to enae mo at
those times, and said that I ought to
have an operation. I would not listen to
that, and when a friend of my husband',
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Comnound and what it had dona
for his wife, 1 was willing to tuke it
No v I look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. 1 can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
ns far as any ordinary woman, any day
In the week. 1 wish I could Ulk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetr.bla
Compound has done for me." Mrs.
Dkma Kcthiine, Sikestou, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia H. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
It has helped thousands of wmmen whe
hav. been troubled with displacement,
inflammation, ulceration, tumors, Invg
tilarities, periodic paina, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other mean.
b.v. failed. Why don't you try it 7
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