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A LIFE DREAM.
The World Will Never Again Be
The Same World.
In these days of horror how much
of the past seems like a dream!
Gone those common daily tasks,
which flowed on so quietly and
forgetfully that we were hardly
aware of their passaee. Often they
grew dull and irksome in their re
spected monotony, and we sighed
for something different, even some
thing painful, so it were different.
Now look back from the midst of
jar and tumult and terror, and the
monotony seems sweet.
The old affections still persist, of
course, and always will, since
nothing nothing can uproot them.
But there is something vague and
elusive about their persistence, as
if we knew them but could not
realize them, had not time or
strength to enjoy their comfort and
delight. Loved faces tease us as
do the shadowy figures of a dream.
And the old, simple pleasures: a
walk in the fields, or a dinner
with friends, or the pleasant prog
ress of our gardens, or an evening
with books. Either they are gone
because we haven't lime for them,
or, if we keep them up, there is
the same haunting flavor of unreal
ity, of dreaminess. We seem to
be moving and laughing and loving
in our sleep.
Let us at least insist upon the
same quality in what is hideous
and hateful. For the nightmare
of this war will pass also like a
shuddering shadow. The world
will never again be the same world.
It never is the same world for two
years or two minutes. But cruel
ty and hate will pass out of it, as
joy for the moment passed. Some
day, sooner or later, mankind will
reawaken to brotherhood, tran
quility and peace.
What concerns us meanwhile is
so to bear ourselves that in the i
dream memories of that future we
nod those we love shall find noth
ing to be ashamed of. Let us fill
our lives with courage and dignity
and patience and hope, so that we
may be fully worthy of that glad
awakening when it comes. In the
words of the great poet who has
most fell this dreamlike uncertainty
of life:
So fairly carry the full cup, so well
Disordered insolence and passion
quell,
That there be noihing after to up
braid Dreamer or doer in the part he
played,
Whether tomorrow's dawn shall
break the snell.
Or the last trumpet of the eternal
day,
When dreaming with the night
snail pass away.
WHEN EXPERTS DISAGREE.
The conversation turned to
the subject of damage suits,
and this anecdote was recalled
by Senator George Sutherland,
f UtHll.
A inuii in a western town was
hurt in u railroad accident and
after being confined to his
home for several weeks he ap
peared on the street, walking
with the aid of crutches.
Hello, old fellow!" greeted
an ai (imiiitaiice, rushing up to
shake his hand, "I um certain
ly glad to see you round again."
"Thanks," responded the in
jured one. "I am glad to be
around again."
"I see you are changing fait
to your crutches," observed the
acquaintance. "Can't you do
without them?"
"My doctor gays I can," an
swered the injured party, "but
my lawyer says I can't."
THE FOUR WINDS.
East Wind wind of all ilawi icg hopes,
Fresh from the haunts of Hit rising sun
Rollicking over the mountain -Jupc-,
Whispering faith to a day begun
When wakes my Love with ihr first bird's song,
Brave Wind of the East blow sining, blow strong.
West Wind wind of a maiden's dreams,
Tinged with the gold of a sunset's glow,
Snatching the young moon's silvery beams,
Pacing ih star trail to and fro
For herl offer a lover's plea:
Fair Wind of the West blow free, blow free I
South Wind wind of the heart's desire,
Scorching one's spirit with burning breath,
Shaming the heat of the desert fire,
Bringing new life and heralding death
My Love is only a trusting child;
Hot Wind of the South Mow mild, blow mild 1 ' "
North Wind wind ol the soul's defeat,
Nipping youth's vision wiih wimry blast,
Riding the storm with your snow and sleet.
Mocking life's wrecks all about you cast
My Love is frail for your chilling Wight;
Harsh Wind of the Norn 'l.nv lilii. Mow light I
FIIRE GOLD.
A MAJOR'S QUALIFICATIONS.
A major's job ii sometimes
regarded as a sinecure, and a
humorous exchange hits off the
idea by this story of an ambi
tious colored trooper: "I tig
gahs I'aegoin' to get a majah'i
'.commission soon. (aid he.
cause I overhead lie kunnel
talkin' to de adjutant about
somebody an' say in': "He
won't do fob, a lieutenant, 'cause
a lieutenant doan know noth-
in' an' he does every thin'; he
won't do fob a captain, 'cause
a captain knows every thin' an'
doan do nothin'; but he auttin
ly would make a niajuh, 'cause
a majah doan do notbin' and
doan know notbin'."
Children dry
FOB FLETCHER'S
CAOT.ORI A
IN COMPUTING VALUES, MANY WAYS OF TESTING ARE
USED. THE BEST ALWAYS MOST DESIRABLF IS GENER
ALLY SOUGHT IF MEANS ALLOW.-BY j. B. T.
A young man of finished education steps into the arena of life, feel
ing mat he is very thoroughly equipped for any branch of business,
out early hnds, that fancy leads him only in a certain line; then unless
fitness exists, united with a fondness for the special pursuits, failure is
apt to result: however, as all cannot achieve a specific desire (owing
to certain conditions) integrity of purpose, and a willingness to adapt
one's self to circumstances, combined with determination, oft leads to
success: because we cannot always find the trend of life exactly to suit
us, n is the part of good judgment to discretely pursue that which falls
in our way, and through diligence, and perseverence, prosperity usual,
ly results.
It is said that opportunities come into each life, and when wise en.
ough to embrace them, the tide usually turns in our favor, but ii is gen
erally conceded mat failure comes about, where there is no tendency
or desire to form an alliance wiih the invisible, but ever felt aoencv
miuwn io exist tnrougnout ine worm.
T" I f T-l - ..
i ne supreme oeing places us on terra-hrma wiih lights before
us, to act as conscience dictates, and our own voliiion, to choose
course lhat will eilher make or mar: thus upon the individual depends
ms success nere, ana nereatier.
Could man realize the fullness of power accorded him in the world,
wnuuui uousing ms ingn privileges, ne would in his exit from earth
leave an example thai would be felt so long as he should be remem
bered.
every man awaus me ineviiaoie result ot ms own acis in life, then
he should bear in mind, that he alone makes a future that is "worth
while yes 1 worth more than gold yea than much fine gold."
t? n ...u r..:i ... n.ji. .....
rui on wuu iuii iu uu uuu s requirement, it is indeed a vain regret,
when the great truth dawns upon them, thai by their own acts they
siana condemned.
It is absolutely an incomprehensible fact, thai apparently well bal-
anced minds are so slow failing into the safety first" line, while others
deter it until it is too late.
What means the words in question
This term so often heard,
Is man always in danger
Is the idea not absurd ?
Nol let me tell you truly
A truth we can't deny,
We always are in danger
It ever hovers nigh,
If man is not in danger
Then why insurance plans,
To cover all the losses
And meet all just demands?
This proves we are in danger
It means we do qoi know.
What dangers we encounter
As through this world we go.
Thus wisdom's ways are safest
Mankind should ever heed,
That "safety first" is truly
The very thing we need.
Then as we walk life's pathway
As every man must do,
Let "safety first" direct him
'Tis apt to guide him through.
Now think the matter over
And this thing bear in mind,
We sail life's rugged ocean
A harbor safe to find.
Of all the words of safety
The one that stands the test,
Is safely found through Jesus
Which brings tternsl rest.
We are free to confess that the church "slackers," or the inconsis
tent membership, is nearly, or wholly responsible for small attendance
upon services, and In some iniinx:s for a very poor quality of reli
gion, if it be measured from a point of observation.
Oh! who will stand the test.
The love of "Pure Gold" for God?
' Can Now Eat and Sleep la
Comfort.
If troubled with indigeetion or eleep.
leuiicn you should read what Miu ag
neiTuraer, of C hicago, 111., hu to My
"Overwork, irregular meat, apd care
leiHDMH reg-nrdiua; the ordinary cuiea of
health, gradually undermined it uotU
lait fall I became a Hrecfc pf Dil former
elf. 1 udered Trom' Wntinuar "head
ache, aa unable to difeat my food,
which teemed to lay aa dead weight on
my itomach. 1 wae eery conetipated
and niy complexion became dark,- yel
low and muddy at I felt 1 Steepleeuieei
wm added to m, miaery, and I would
aoakeaa tired aa when I went to ileep.
1 Heard ef Chambefia i. Ttlileta - and
found uch relief after taunt thed) that
1 kept up the treatment lor nearly two
unuthe. ' TJjsy eleanaed my itomach,
mvigoiated toyiystem, and since that
time 1 can eat and eleep in ceaafort
I m today entirety-well'
HANDS qFF.
"You say she always wears i
touch-me-not air?"
- "No; but it's always a case of
fresh paint."
A BeauUful Woman.
Do you know that a beautiful woman
alweye baa a good digeatiaB? If your
digeetion ie faulty, eat ligfeV? of meate,
and take an occeuonal doee of Cham
berlain't Tablet, toetrengthen yoot it
fMtiau. fcnoe .. ,.
Good resolutions and ladies who
faint In crowded street cars should
always be carried out. . '
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fOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
THE UNKNOWN FACE.
"Every Man Over f-'orty Years
Old Responsible for Ills Pace.
We do not mean any iflmstly
phantom stolen out of a mys
tery story, not any face of per
plexing oddity or Hinlilni snr
prise, We mean just your own,
No doubt you would readily
recognize your features, if you
met them in the street. You
see them in the gluss daily ami
many times a day, and proba
bly you think you study them
with peculiar care. Hut that
is just the point. Whenever
you see them, you ure studying
them. The expression is con
scious, artificial the expres
sion of a person who is beinir
watched andstudied, You know
what the photographer's "look
pleasant" produces. You know
how you feel anil can imagine
how you look when you mu
aware that someone is observ
ing you.
Think of the expressions you
catch on others' faces when
they are completely unconsci
ous, not giving u thought to
how they look. Some faces are
sweet, kindly, sympathetic, de
lightful. Some faces again,
often the same faces, are sad,
anxious, dreary; others still are
harsh, bitter, angry or selfish.
Remember that all those ex
pressions are likely to come on
your own face, too. When vou
look in the glass, you do not
find them there. Your mere
curiosity erases them as a wet
sponge erases figures on a slate.
nut they come just the same.
Remember how you love to
watch the kindly look in others
and how you shrink and turn
away from the ugly and the
lateful. Perhaps the memory
md the consciousness will help
you to control the uncomely
xuressions in yourself. Dr.
since expressions are not easily
controllable and are in any case
an unfailing index of the feel
ings that produce them, per
Imps you will set more Imsjly
about the task of repressing
and subduing feelings that
make faces look at you wish
that they should not.
I he great Secretary of War,
Iwin M. Stanton, once re
fused to lie introduced
to a man because he dtf not
like the man's face.
Rut," urged a friend, ''he is
not responsible for his face."
"Every man over forty vears
old is responsible for his face,"
nnswered the Secretary.
THEN AND NOW.
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Capital and Surplus, S63.0Q0.
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Here are some war time prices
which make the present seem
ingly high cost of staples pale
into insignificance. The list,
written by Abigail Adams to
her husband in 177o. and re
cently quoted by the Food Ad
ministration, reads:
Meat, $4 to $2 a pound.
Corn, $25 per bushel.
Rye, $:iO per bushel.
Potatoes, $10 per bushel.
Molasses, 12 a gallon.
Flour, 5 a hundredweight.
Cider, $40 a barrel.
Cheese, $2 a pouud.
Sugar, $3 a pound.
Within three years sugar had
gone up auother dollar per
pound, and tea had made a like
advance. The following year,
1780, butter Bold for $12 per
pouna, aim en tor 4o And -,!
ihuu u,ura ti.o ..i, ...... 1 1 crauon
in this onuntpv when wa lm,t
only ourselves to feed.
M",nWHntHBtHHHMMB
INVITATION.!
You are invited to open an account with the
BW OF EflFIELD,
Per Cent, allowed in the Savings Depart
ment Compounded Quarterly.!
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YOU can bank by mail;;
CLOTHES
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Selfishness is the root of manv
undesirable specimens of prosper
ity.
Catarrhal Daafnott Can't be Cured
by local applications, aa they eaonot
reach the dieeaeed poitKm of the ear
There It only one way to cure deafneae,
and that ia by eonetltutioaal remedire.
Ueafueu ie caused by an inttamed con
dition of -the mttcoue lioiug of the Eue
taekiaa Tub. When Uiie tube ia iu-
flawed you haw a rumbhng tound or
Uaparfect heating, and when it iaeotire
lycloted, Deabew the remit, and uu
tett the inflammation, can be taken out
and this tube reatored -to its' normal
condition, bearing will bedeetroyed for-
erer; amt caaea out often are eauaed by
Catarrh, whuh it nothing; but an -tiaiued
condition, of the muooua aur-
faeea.
We will gmOua Hundred Dollare lor
any caae ofDeafnse(tmed by catarrh;
uiat cannot be a mod MUWlt (atnh
Medicine.
F.J. CHENEY A CO.,
Toledo, Ohio
Tealuaoaiala tent (ne. Price 76 eeot
pel bottle. Bold by all druggiau.
Helrt lamilT Finn for Constipation
1 Mil A
BUT THEY HELP.
HAT Is, they help him in business as well as
social life, by giving him a properous, well
groomed appearance,
Men who dress in good taste say they like to
buy here because of the excellent assortment to
choose from. Everything in the store Is carefully
selected by experts and quality is the first consid.
a rat Inn
In men hosiery for Instance, we sell the reliable
Interwovan socks "The Hosiery of a Gentleman "
All fashionable colors; all weight-; in Silk, Lisle
Cashmere and Cotton at
40c. 60c. 76c. Per Pair
FARBER & JOSEPHSON,
Mens and Boys Outfitters
WELDON, N. C.
Fire Insurance & Surety Bonds !
Life, Accident and Health. Plate
Glass and Automobiles. Repre
senting leading companies. See me
about your insurance wants
L. C. DRAPER,
Office in Green Building, WELDON, N. C.