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AS. G.BQYLrX, EDITOR AXD PUBLISHER PUBLISHED MOXD AYS A3TD THURSDAYS K1.00 A YEAR, DUE IX ADVANCE
rolume 27 Wadesboro, N. C., Monday, February 14, 1 9 10 Number 23
1 Poo WeaA IVbma
As she is termed, will endure bravely and patiently
oonies which strong man would give way under.
J he fact is women are more patient than they ought
to be under such troubles.
Every woman ought to know that the may obtain
the roost experienced medical advice free of charge
nnd in absolute confidence and privacy by writing to
the World' Dispensary Medical Association, R. V.
fierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. V. Dr. Pierce
lms been chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., for
roany years and has had a wider practical experience
in the treatment of women's diseases than any other physician in this country,
liis medicines are world-famous for their astonishing efficacy. ,
Tbe most perfect remedy ever devised for weak and deli
cate women is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
IT MARES WEAK WOMEN STRONG,
SICK WOMEN WELL.
The many and varied symptoms of woman's peculiar ailments are fully set
tortu in Vtrpa English in the People's Medical Adviser (1008 pages), a newly
revised an of up-to-date Edition of which, cloth-bound, will be mailed free on
receipt of 31 one-cent stamps to pay cost of mailing only. Address as above.
"IN
SURE YOU
COTTON CROi"
Mix your fertilizers at home and save two dollars,
per ton! This sounds big -two whole dollars. But
hold on! How much fertilizer do you put on an acre?
Four hundred pounds? If so, you might save
Forty Gents Per Acre.
Also, you might and would make this mixture irreg
ular, and some plants would certainly be slighted, and
yoVL would have poor spots in the field not half as good
asxhe best spots, and your poor little forty cents is gone.
This year, seed cotton is worth 6 cents per pound.
The loss of seven pounds would swamp your saving. If
you are figuring on making 1,400 pounds of seed cotton
per acre . -
One-Half of Grie Per Cent
would get away with your alleged forty cent saving.
Now, if you can pay forty cents more and have a
responsible manufacturer guarantee absolute uniformity
of mixture and absolute certainty of ingredients, why
isn't this good insurance against uncertain crops?
M - :f "
.One-Half ofDne Per Gent
' isn't much premium to pay
For Insuring Your Crop.
There is only one way to insure absolute uniform
ity of fertilizer. Buy a guaranteed brand of mschine
mixed fertilizer.
Ask About GLORIA.
The Southern Cotton Oil Co.
THE FARMER AND BUTCHER.
Phi'adelpnia Record. -
Thf following transaction in pork,
as related in a dispatch from Salem,
N. JM which wa3 printed simultan
eously in New York and Philadel
phia, has an illu trative beariog on
the present discussions as to the cost
of liviDg:
A farmer brought two hog3 to a
local butcher and offerod them for
sale. A price was quickly agrefd
on, and the farmer said he would
sell, but wanted th? bams and should
ers. To this the butcher was will
ing, and after the weight had been
taken the desired parts of the hogs
were cut off and handed to the far
mer, who asked lor the balance com
ing to him.
After figuring a moment the
butcher replied: "You owe me
$2.85," and the farmer had to pay it.
The butcher had bought the hogs
at wholesale price and charged the
farmer retail rates for the parts he
reserved. -
In effect, the farmer had made the
butcher a present of two hogs and
had then paid him $2.85 lor certain
parts of them. r
ECZEMA 01 HMDS
FOR TEN YEARS
Were Raw All Over and the Humor
was Spreading to Body and Limbs
Professional Treatment did No
Good Daughter had t"czema,Tco.
CUTICURA A SUCCESS
IN BOTH THESE CASES-
Wadesboro Branch.
IT'T aaTIi
Th
ousaniis Use
T,, R
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WHY NOT YOTJP
The St. Mary's Gasoline, Crude
Oil and Producer Gas Engine
4 H P. to 400 H. P.
uioiiuuoij, i wwuic, iracuon; adapted to farm or E
t actory. I he bt. Mary.s Engines carry many worthy
advantages that should be known to the prospective buy
er, and one cent will place you in possession of valuable
information from such people as: J. C. Sowers, H.
Clay Grubb, John Sowers, Salisbury, N. C; Taggert &
Sons, G. C. Heglar, C. A. Overcash, Concord, N. C;
Sheriff W. A. Bailey, Advance, N. C, and hundreds of
other satisfied customers.
We handle Steam Engines, new and second hand.
We allow full value for your old machinery, cash or
in exchange for new stuff.
It will pay you to investigate before placing your
orders. Catalogue. "
Carolina Machinery Company,
Salisbury, N. C.
" I had eczema on my hands for ten
years. At first it would break out enly
in winter. Then it linally came to stay.
I had threfi good doctors to do all they
could but none cf them did any gtcd.
I then used one box cf Cuticura Oint
ment and three, bottles of Cuticura
Resolvent and was completely cured.
2Jy hands were raw all over, inside and
out, and the eczema was spreading all
over my body and limbs. Befcre 1 had
us;xl one battle cf Cuticura Resolvent,
together with the Cuticura Ointment,
my sores were nearly healed over, and
by tho time I had used the third bot
tle, I was entirely well. 1 had a good
appetite and was fleshier than I ever
was. To any one who has any skin or
blocd disease 1 would honestly advi.-e
them to feel with nothing e'se, but to
get Cuticura and got well. My hands,
cured by the use cf Cuticura, have never
given me the least bit cf trouble up to
now. I cannot recommend Cuticura
highly enough, it has done me and my
family so much good. My daughter's
hands this summer became perfectly
raw with eeaema. She could set noth
ing that wcuid do them any good until
she f ried Cuticura. . She used two bot
tles of C'Utic-ura Resolvent and cno box
of Cuticura Ointment and in two v.cks
they were entirely cured. ,. I have used
Cuticura for other members cf my fam
ily and it always proved suceessf ul. I
recommend it to any one with eczema.
After once using it you wiil never use
anything else. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers
Ferry, a., Oct. 19, 1909."
$10,000,000 COTTON CO.
KEEPING THE HAIR
To prevent dry, thin and falling hair;
remove dandruff; allay itching and irri
tatjon, and promote the growth and
beauty cf the hair, frequent shampoos
with Cuticura Soap and occasional c'i-ess-ing3
with Cuticura are usually effective
when all other methods fail. Special
and full directions accompany each
package of Cuticura. .
Cuticura Soao C!Sc.). Ointment (50p ), Resolvent
(50..). and Ciiocolate Coated Fills (2oc ). Eie sold
thr.niThout the world. Potter DruiftChetn.Corp..
Sole I rops.. 137 Columbus Ave., Boston.
StyMaiied Free, Cuticura Book on Skin and Scalpw
Backed by John Hays Hantntaad mm
Daniel J. SallyPlan t ,Cver
WhaU Sooth. f .:
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Washington, Feb. 9. John' Hays
Hammond, capitalist and mining en
gineer, is president - and Daniel J.
Sully, cotton operator ot New : York,
a large speculative stockholder In
a Dew $10,000,000 corporation to be
called the General Cotton" Securities
Company;. . Tr.z;Z"':z , ; .
One of the chief assets of the pro
posed corporation is the patent for a
new cotton gin which Id expected to
revolutionize the separation of the
st?ed from the cotton, making it
marketable. Confrning the princi
ples of this new cotton machinery,
the men interested in the new com
pany are not yet ready to talk. Ex
perts are making an examination of
it and will shortly give a detailed re
port of what it can do In the cotton
business.
Around the new ginning appara
tus the promoters of the company
contemplate forming an organization
which will be broad enough to in
clude the whole cotton belt of the
South. In addition to being a hold
ing company, it will become an op
erating company, introducing into
the cotton business improved machin
ery which is expected to have a de
cided tfi'ect upon the production of
c ilton. The company will also have
warehouses and probably will, enter
all branches of the cotton business ex
cept the growing of tbe staple. ,
Probably with the restrictions of
the Sherman act in mind it is an
nounced that the new company will
in no way restrict the operations of
other corporations which do a similar
business. But its promoters think it
probable that the General Cotton Se
curities Company will have relations
with them.
Neither of the two prominent men
nterested in the formation of the com-
funy would discuss its details to
night. Mr. Hammond declines to
omment upon it and Mr. "Sully
no Ids that the corporation is not at
ueu a stage that he would care to
nler into the details ot its business.
Mr. Sully, who is known ia New
York for his sensational maneuvers
in the cotton market and as thohead
ot the most famous "cotton boom"
iu history, now has an office in the
Union Trust Building,-ir Washing-
nn, in watch he spends the greater
wart of the week, rushing off to New
York toward the week end, to return
on the following Monday. Mr.
Hammond is very wealthy and finan-
laliy is able to back a proposition
ven larger than that contemplated.
He is largely interested in mines, and
vas prominent in the Tan, campaign.
lie has come to Washington to live
uid plans to build a handsome home
lere.
To the Cotton
Farmers W ho
Wish the Best
We wish to invite youratten
tion to the importance of
planting the 'best seed it is one
of the foundations of successful
farmiug. -;
We have a limited amount of
"Simpkins' Prolific .
Cotton Seed"
on hand, which we quote vo'i
at $1.00 f.o. t. Raleigh. Let
us bo.k your order novv for fu
ture delivery.
Write for testimonials if you
do n;t know qj its merits. Our
book, "Hutv to Grow Two B.iMs
of Cotton Pt r Acre," will ".be
sent upon appii-.-ation. Refer
ence: Any hank or business
house iu Rakish.
W A Simpkins, Raleigh, N C
Originator and introducer of
Simpkins' Prolific Cot Ion Seed.
Sale of Land by Commissioner.
By virtue of power conferred upon me by
a decree of the Superior Court of Anson
county, made at the March Term, 1909, ia
an action entitled James A. Leak and
oVaeii vs. Harry flowers and wife, tbe
uudcraigned coonmssioner will, on Mon
day, the J'th dav of March, 1310, offer for
safu to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
courthouse door in Wadesboro, North
Caeoliaa, the following described tracts
' of I and.
FiMt Tract, adjoining tbe lands of the
late ii. A. Parsons and others and bound
ed as follows: Beginning at what was the
KiU-ore corner in the middle of the Cam
d ti road some gum ptrs. aod runs with
t aid Kilsore lineS. 02 W. 3.17tbs. to stake
1 bla it )uiii ptrs ; then S. 2t5 E. 62 cbs. to
stake piue ptrs.; then S. &i VV. 13 chs. to
etuko at the edge of the woods smalt post
oak pti.; then S- lii'4 E. 9.00 chs. crossing
a branch to a stake by hickory near a
lat ie pine stump; then with another line
of the Kilgoce lands N. 76 E 15.20chs to
Ftake in said line pine ptrs. a corner of a
ru acre tract of Henry Capel's; then S.
l.V; E 21.70 chs. to stake ia dower line
j,;n -.fitrs ; then with the dower line S.
V. T.SOcus. to stake in the field on
X'uf. s-'iUi sil- of a swamp, corner of
. ' a?! tract; then the line of said
V.'. 44.1K) chs. to the middle of
' '--a voai; then with sai.l road
: i i i j t ;-:.u;;i2', eont.ijiJ;-jr l .J
acres, moi-e or less.
Second Tract, adjoining the lands of
E. A. Parsons and others and bounded as
follows: Beginning at a stake ia the mi-idle
of the Camden road opposite a biaok
jack stamp standing on the south edge of
the road and runs with said road N. 074'
E. 3.16 chs. to a stake in the middle of the
road; then S. 25,' E. 0.33 chs. to a stake;
then S. 74 W. 3.16 chs. to a stake; then
N. 15 W. 6 33 chs. to the boginumg. con
taining two (2) acres, more or less. Terms
of sai J sale are cash, subjest to the con
firmation of the court. y
This January 29th, 1910
H. H. McLexdox, Commissioner.
Took AUIlliHsncr.
Often all a man earrs goes to doctors or
for medicines, to cure a Stomach. Liver or
Kidney trouble that Dr. King's New Life
Pills would quickly cure at slight cost.
Best for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Jaundice, Malaria and
Debility. 25c at Parsons Drug Co.
FANCY F0H7LS WORTH A FOR
TUNE. B. B. Saudo ia Collier's Weekly.
Time ru when the princely cum
of fifty cents was considered big
price for a "rooster." . But what
change has taken place in the past
decade or two, and more particularly
in tbe last few years! Ten dollars i?
no money at all nowadays for a ordi
nary red-deaded rooster. There are
hundreds of them in this county held
at 125 to 150 each, and the leading
prize iwiunera at our largest shows
readily sell for from $100 each up
ward. So far, $2,600 ia the highest
price actually paid In cold cash for a
"chicken", bat there dozens of speci
mens "valued" at greater earns than
this. .- M
4A $10,000 HEX.
Tbe record sale of fancy fowls was
a breeding pen ot five White Orping
ton fowls, for $7,500 in 1903. "Peg
gy" the mother of these five birds, is
the most famous and probably the
most valuable ben that ever drew a
breath. She has been scored at 97 84
points oat of a possible 100, and Is va
lued at $19,000 because $2,000 were
refused for herself, and five of her
progeny eold for $7,600.: She has
been exhibited at a number of shows
all over the world as a special feature.
her owner receiving for this service
$250 to $500 per week. Peggy goes
from show to show accompanied by a
special attendant, who sees to her eve
ry comfort and keeps her white plum
age spotlessly clean, she wears a
gold leg band. set with a diamond,
aod drinks from a cut-glass drinking
fountain.
A well-known White Plymouth
Rock breeder tells that In the early
eighties, when he was first starting
with poultry, the neighbors though1
him crazy for paying $3 for "a mere
rooster" to bead his breeding pen.
Five years latter, top-notch prices
had advanced to about $25. To-day
this same breeder tells of refusing
$1,000 for a first-prize cock in 1906
and selling the second-prize winner
for $800, the fourth and fifth prize
cocks for $500, and the four females
in the second-prize breeding pen for
$450 a total of $1,750 for seven
birds.
These high prices are not confined
to any one locality or variety. A
Buff Cochin cockbird brought $250
in New England; a Buff Plymouth
Bock hen $750, and a eockerel$300 in
New Jersey; nineteen Black Minorca
were sold by a New York breeder to
a fancier in Germany for $3,400; while
numbers of White Leghorns, White
Wyandotes, Barred Plymouth Rocks,
and "Rhode Island Reds have been
sold from $50 to $500 each.
The prices of eggs for batching
have advanced in direct proportion to
those of the fowls themselves. In
olden days neighbors who kept scrubs
of the worst kind all types and col
ors of fowl being indiscriminately
mixed together would each spring
unhesitatingly request to "change
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SCIJ BY Cfit'CGISTS EVERYftlfEEE
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE We
have for sale a large number of old
papers which are going very cheap
ly. Come quick before they are all
The Peace Which Passeth
all understanding comes quicker
when the obsequies have been quiet
ly and tactfully conducted. Much
depends upon
The Undertaker.
May we suggest a reference to
those whom we have served? It will
disclose the character of our services
more fully than we feel disposed to.
.We prefer to let others speak of or
work. We respond to calls at a;iy
hour.
GATHINGS
Embalmerand Funeral Director.
Waieabcro, N. C. Pkona 41
With your land when for the
sake of saving a few dollars
you use a fertilizer whose
only recommendation is its
analysis. It requires no spe
cial knowledge to mix mate
rials to analyses. The value
of a fertilizer lies in the ma
terials used, so as not to
over feed the plant at one
time and starve at another.
This is why Royster brands
are so popular. Every in
gredient has its particular
work to do. Twenty-five
years experience in making
goods for Southern crops has
enabled us to know what is
required.
See that trade mark is on every bfj
TRADEMARK
REGISTERED
eggs" on an equal basis, of course.
These quaint people would certainly
have a mental cyclone over some of
the prices asked and received in theaa
lays, when $2 and $3 per setting ar-
very ordinary prices and priz-win
ning seldom bring less than $5 for
fifteen. For eggs from well known
strains, $3 and $10 per eettingror $1
per egg, are getting to be real com
mon prices, while eggs from a few
pens of choice "world-beater" hava
found ready sale at $30 and $45 per
setting when the owners would con
sent to part with eggs at any price.
Three dollars per egg is surely "go
ing some." yet the man who has fowls
valued at hundreds of dollars must
charge a good price if he w ishes to
realize a profit on his investment. It
is an old saying that "like begets
like," and eggs from valuable birds
which will, ordinary, produce simi
lar quality, should also bring good
prices. Of. course one can not expect
every egg to produce a chick, nor
prize-winner, yet the buyer can usual
ly count on getting a fair proportion
of top-notched ppecimens.
Fancy eggs do not often hatch bet
ter than those from tbe ordinary flock,
and sometimes they do not hatch k
well; yet In this business quality is
more important than quantity. Often
one good chick from a setting of eggs
will be worth more than all tht eggs
cost. One man who paid $10 for a
setting of prize eggs batched chicks
therefrom wbicb,when matured, were
valued at $300. Others have paid
high prices and realized very little,
but a reliable breeder will do all that
could reasonably be expected to bring
about mutual satisfaction. For in
stance, most breeders replace infertile
eegs free of charge one time, or if a
a certain number do not hatch they
will replace all eggs at one-half price.
Aftwr we have considered how
amazing these figures must be to those
accustomed to regard a chicken as
merely a chicken and nothing more,
we come to the vital feature tbe why
of it. Naturally one is anxious to
know who pays these high pric- s, why
they do it, and what particular quali
ties furnish the basis for such valua
tions.
The people who pay these high
prices may be divided into two main
classes. FireL experienced breeders.
who have come to realize that "the
best is none to good," and who intro
ducing the new blood into their mat-
ings which is occasionally necessary,
want something that will, if possible,
raise to a still higher standard the
quality of their best pens. Second,
beginners with more or less wealth,
who are not content to "start
at the bottom and work up,"
but want to avoid the crawling pro
cess by paying the old breeder weli
for a few of his be6t specimens the
fruits of his years of experience and
accumulated skill.
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ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.
Collier's Weekly.
"This is the day on which those
charming little miives yclept valeii- !
UUr.v.uululr,ura "lu" sers, a purple surtout, and a green
ai every sireei ana lurnicg. ineBeau Brummel haL In the back
weary and ell for-spent twojienny
eration belongs the valentine wherein
there sits on a rustic bench a very
pink lady clad in a garment half-way
between a riding habit and a prin
ct!e, while over the back of the seat
leans a gal ant in tight lavender trou-
COUGHS AND COLDS.
s,
noyotcr Guano Co.
m nonrom, va. .
C.t.rrb, Cr.Mp.ud 8or. Tbr.at Crl
by lloin.t.
Breathe Ilyomei and relief rom ca
tarrb. coughs, sore throat or cold
will come in two minutes.
Breathe Hyomel (High-o-me) and
that stomach straining hawking in
he morning w ill quickly disappear
Breathe Ilyomei and kill the ca
tarrb germs; heal the inflamed mem
brane, stop the discharge of mucus
and prevent crusts from forming in
the nose.
Breathe Ilyomei for a few minutes
each day and forever rid yourself of
contemptible catarrh.
Breathe Ilyomei give it a faithful
trial and then, if you are not satis
fied, you can hve your money back.
Ilyomei is sola by druggists every
where and by the Parsons Drug Cem
pany. A complete outnt costs but
$1.00 and consists of a hard rubber
inhaler that win last lor years, one
bottle of Ilyomei and full instructions
for use. If a second bottle of liquid
is needed you can get an extra bottle
of Ilyomei inhalant for 50 cents.
Scott's Emulsion
is a wonderful food-medicine
for all ages of man
kind. It will make the
delicate,sickly baby strong
and well will give the
pale, anemic girl rosy
cheeks and rich, red blood.
It will put flesh on the
bones of the tired, over
worked, thin man. and
will keep the aged man
or woman in condition to
resist colds or pneumonia
in the winter.
rOa BiXX BT AU. dsttooists
4 Sta urn. ob wr ul thia . tor
bMatifal But u4 Ckild-. Ek.rtck-Book.
bk Usk wktaiu Good Xjmch Fwujr.
postman sinks beneath a load of deli
cate embarrassments, not. his own."
So wrote Charles Lamb.
Valeutine was a humble bishop of
Rome who achieved sainthood by be
ing beateu to death on February 14.
in the year 27S A. I). To all appear
ances his career had been staid and
unromanlic; yet be has become the
godfather ol the most sentimental of
English holidays. To find out how
this has come about we must go far
back to the days of pagan Borne. At
the annual feast of the Eupercalia, in
Pjn td Juno Februata, It wus cus
tomary for each Koman youth "to
draw from a receptacle the name of
one of his city's maidens, who there
upon became his sweetheart. When
Christianity overwhelmed paganism
tbe church ingrafted upon this em
torn a radical change; the nume whirh
was drawn, by both youths ami mai
dens, was not that of a fellow btiurf
to be admired, but that of a saint who
was to become a special ol j-t t of wor
ship during the ensuing year. Ti e
old date of the Lupercaiia remained,
but under theee Christian modifica
tions the drawing of patron saiuis be
came associated with S:. VaU-ntiue,
for it was on Feb. 14 that the choictr
was determined. Latr the namf sof
womeu were sgain substituted f-r
those of saints.
Another important traditunsprai
up and helped to perpetuate the vu-
tern. It wt s said that on Ftbrurv
14 tbe birds first chose their mat; -s.
An old English dictionary remarks:
"About this time (month of Febru
ary) the birds choose their i:ia(es,and
probably thence came the tusk ui oi
young men and maidens cho-ini'
valentines, or ."pecial loving fri-nds
on this day." English literature is
full of references to this maiiag. S-ys
Chaucer:
Foules, take bedeof my sentence, I pray,
Ye know well, bow on St. Valentiui.-'sDay,
Ii," oiy statute,an through iuy g-ovej uaDce,
Y- d cbese your mates, and after U..- away
With them.
ground a little church nestles against
the horizon. At present the forms
are many ani complicated. The cheap
comic valentine has had a bad effect
on the quality of the day, but never
theless with every 14th of February
a little of the old spirit crops up. Eve
ry good valentine has in it a bit of the
toae of that immortal document
which Sam Weller laboriously dre
up: "Lovely creelur," Sam wrote,
"afore I se you I thought all women
was alike, but now I find what a
reg'lar soft-headed inkred'lous turnip
I must ha' been, for there ain't no
body like you. . . . Except of
m?, Mary, my dear, as your valeutine."
And
after:
Drayton, several centuries
Cold a Cur.
Cold of a certain intensity products
not only hunger, bnt. as It has been
proved, health as well. Raoul llotet,
the famous Swiss chemist, was mak
ing experiments on a degree of cold
considerably lower than any which
occurs naturally, and he found that
at temperatures between 110 and 150
below zero no covering of any kind
would keep cold out. or, more exactly,
would keep warmth in. There ia noth
ing surprising about that. The sur
prise is in the result. M. Pictet is a
gentlemau who has Buffered greatly
from indigestion. After an exposure
of several minutes to the cold which
be had produced he experienced a sen
sation of hanger which be has de
scribed as ravenous. When be had
eaten he experienced none of the tor
tures of bis ailment, and when he had
nlterrately frozen and eaten three or
four times be found himself entirely
cured. London Telegraph.
, Th. Gallant Cabman.
Nothing perhaps produces quite
much wit from a cabman as a aense of
being underpaid, which in most case
means that be baa been justly paid. A
lady who had been guilty of tils kind
of Justice experienced the usual senae
of discomfort when her driver straight
ened the palm into which ehe had Just
dropped her shilling and looked at her
speechlessly. She was weakly about
to add another slxpeuce when the cab
by's sense of humor prevailed. lie
transferred the shilling l his pocket
and smiled sweetly down at his em
barrassed fare. "Course, missy," he
remarked, '"there was the pleasure o'
dritin' youT' London Chronicle.
Muse, bid the morn awakv.,
Sad winter now decKu- :
Each bird doth choose a ui no
This day St. Valentine's.
Specimens of valentine vere arc to
be found as early as the Sfi'vnth cen
tury. At times it huppetd th-t the
youth was not facile wi!h bispen,and
hence was forced to rely on printed
verses published for hi lieutfit. At
about the end of thr eighteenth cen
tury tbe market ws fix Jed with
these books of valentine vers s. Grad
ually the versos bean to be accom
panied by pictures or designs' emble
matic of afTe.tion tnd devotiou. In
I the course of time these CiUH to te
more important thau their caption.
The first models were merely heart-
shaped bits of paper, roughly stained;
but during the nineteenth century
there developed a whole pictoriil vo
cabulary for St. Valentine's Day -of
which the chief symbols were the ar- i
row, the dove, the heart, and Cupid. ;
These four are endlessly employed.
A dove flits through the sky, holding !
in his bill a scroll. The bleeding j
heart ia transfixed by an arrow which !
nearly resembles a weather-cock. The
children of a generation ago were de- ;
lighted with the cards covered by
lace paper which could be pulkd cut, .
j accord ion-wise, to form a mound of i
white frame from within which a1it I
Arundel Cattle.
The most, singular circumstance
about Arundel castle Is that Its owner,
by mere right of ownership, is Earl of
Arundel in the peerage of England. It
is believed that there Is no similar ex
ample of a peerage held on such condi
tions. App.-irently there would be no
legal obstacle, were the house of How
ard to fall upon evil daya and the cas
tle be sold to some millionaire, to pre
vent the millionaire taking hia seat to
the house of lords as Earl of ArundfL
London Standard.
A Reflection en Him.
"Quarreled on their wedding day?
Dreadful! And what about 7"
The bride's girl friends cried too vo
ciferously to suit the bridegroom."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
To be vain of one's rank or place is
to show that one is below It Stanislaus.
ARE YOU SATISFIED
WITH YOUR STOMACH?
Do you want a better one oae uSat woct
belch gas, or turn tour, or led heavy ot Dike
you ieel miterable? -
r-s. yi r r n r
hii Hi v i M
Cures indfecctfon
It relieves tiomacK desires ia Eve ailnuir.
h turns old, aialislcIOf y. rebciiious stomachs
into new oaci. ever read to d-eH the bcarfi
e4 tneaL
W guarantee Mi-o-na. tab
lets to cure stomach d.settto.
Money back if they fall.
ED Cerls a Ure
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ue picture peepei irom Uinsiri lay- ry
fCOTT'A ECmrs. oPl St. Kw Yuk r of rnper lace. To that same gen- I UrbUIIb Ui U ;