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SYLVAN VALLEY NEWS'
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MODEL VILLAGES.
Excel’ent Plan FollowscJ by a Mining
Csttlement In France.
Consul H. Albert Jolinsoii iu a
from Liege .^xives details of cor.l min
ing eiitcrpiif’es in Beli^r.iin. cC? Oi
which is planning to establis’j a motlel
mining viUagc, and has enr'aged ay
manager an engineer in charge of a
mining plant at Bethune. in Lrancr,
concerning v/liich the consul vri'itos:
“These Frcnch mines em;)Ioy a
force of some 8,000 workmen. They
possess 2,000 vrorkmen's dwellings,
that are rented to the miners at from
$1.15 to $1.54 a month. The house?,
with gardens uttached, are arranged
In attractive villages, with broad
streets and boulevards. Churches and
schools have been built. The Vv*ater
supply, sanitary arrangements and the
electric light plant are all of the most
modern and up to date class.
“xV visit to Bethune proved highly
satisfactory to the oincials of the Lim-
bourg region and has tended to
strengthen their determination in
building up their new organization to
follow as- closely as possible the model
set by the French mines. Thus, ac
cording to the^lans, this new mining
settlement in the Campine will be a
most beneficial innovation, and instead
of the hitherto insanitary conglomera
tion of hovels, plied one against the
other, without either symmetry or de
sign, the new mining village vrill pre
sent an attractive and orderly collec
tion of neat cottages, grouped on well
laid out and broad streets, with a plen
tiful supply of good water and the
most advanced system of electric light
ing and sanitary appointments.”
Saving the Bnit.
“Fishing!” said a man who lives near
us. “Why, I went fishing in Scotland
and caught the biggest string of eels
you can imagine.
“TJhere is the tandem cel that you
Lave all heard of. When they go down
or up the stream from their quarters
for the winter or summer they go in
Bangle file, one behind the other, like
the primeval man. They leave exact
ly six Inches of space between their
noses and the tall of the eel in front.
When an eel sees that the fellow ahead
is lengthening this space, he springs
forward and, seizing tlie tail of tho of
fender in his mouth, piiils him back
Into place. I droi^ped my hook down
right in front of a string of tandem
eels, and the bait was accepted, and I
jerked out the eel. The one behind,
peeing that the fellow ahead was run
ning away, obeyed his instructions and
seized his tail to pull him back, and so
did the one behind, and so on to the
last one, and I pulled them out hand
over hand till I had a great mass of
slippery eels about me.”—Strand Mag
azine.
Our First War VesGsIs.
The outbreak of the Revolutionary
war found the patriots without a navy.
Congress had to create one. Four iT?er-
chanhneu v»ere first purchased, hastily
equipped with guns and sent to sea as
ciniisers, but their defects as war ves-
bgIs soon became so apparent that con
gress determined at once to set about
the building of a navy. On Oct. 3,
1775, congrcss ordered two cruisers
built, and on Dec. 13 the order was in
creased to five thirty-two gun ships,
five twenty-eight gun ships rnd three
twenty-four gun ships. They were to
be ready for the sea by the following
April. The names given to the thirteen
vessels v/ere Boston, Congress, Effing
ham, Delaware, Hancock, Montgomery,
Providence, Raleigh, Trumbull, Vir
ginia, Warren, Washington and Ran
dolph. These were the first war ves
sels constructed in the United States.
The first commander in chief was Eze
kiel Hopkins of Rhode Island, a j^oung
brother of Congressman Ste|;iien Hop
kins. He was appointed to this high
office on Dec. 22, 1775.
fct. liOuis doctor sets sixty crazy
women to shopping as a cure,” she
read from the paper.
“S’pose when they can shop all day
VN'ithout buying anything he* 11 regard
them as cured,” he commented.
Her only rejoinder was a look of
contempt.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Sticking Up For Him
Subtarfugs.
s
amams
This is the cigarette fiend that prom
ised his parents that he would never
allow another cigarette to touch his
lips.
Exceptional.
“It’s strange,” said the impatient
man, “but I never seem able to get
any answer from that telephone oper
ator.”
“That’s so,” answered Mr. Meekton.
“She is the one woman in my experi
ence who hasn’t seemed to enjoy talk
ing back.”—Washington Star.
Revenge, or the Cast Shoe.
Quick Sale.
Clerk—So your little boy wants a
drum, eh? W^eil, here’s a bargain in
one that’s hard to beat.
Nervous Papa — The very thing!
That's the kind Til l)uy him at any
cost.—Kansas City "rimes.
No Takers.
Geraldine—I hear that you made a
bet tiiat I would accept you.
Gerald—I tried to, but I couldn’t find
any takers.—New York Press.
Christmas eve is celebrated in Span
ish homes by a family party and a
supper chiefly of sweetmeats and
wines. Instead of hanging their stock
ings the children in the country hide
their shoes find slippers in the bushes,
and they find them filled with fruit
and candies in the morning.
Don’t Talve tlie Risk.
When yon have a bad cough or
cold do not let it drag along until
it becomes chronic bronchitis or de
velops into an attack of pneumo
nia, but give^it the attention it de
serves and get rid of it. Take Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy and you
are sure of prompt relief, From a
small beginning the sale and use of
this i:>reparation has extended to all
parts of the Uuited States and to
many foreign countries. Its many
remarkable cures of coughs -and
colds have won for it this wide rep
utation and extensive use. Sold by
O. L. Erwin, Rosman.
Chickamauga.
The word Chickamauga, like a great
many other proper names of places in
this country, is of Indian origin. It is
^said to be a Cherokee name signifying
“the river of death,” and, according
to a legend which had floated down
among the Indians, the streams re
ceived its name from the accidental
drowning of the people of a village by
a sudden rise attributed to a cloud
burst.
Mrs. McSpatt — Isn’t it remarkable
how many men mysteriously disap
pear? Mr. McSpott—Oh, I don’t know.
Most of ’em are married.
lisiiik Foolishness.
“When attacked by a cough or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, it
is rank foolishness to take any oth
er medicine than Dr. King’s New
Discovery,” says C. 6. Eldridge, of
Empire, Ga. “I have used New
Discovery seven years and I know
it is the best remedy on earth for
coughs and colds, croup, and all
throat and lung troubles, ily chil
dren are subject to croup, but New
Discovery quickly cures every at
tack.’ Known the world over as
the king of throat and lung reme
dies. Sold under guarantee at T.
B. Allison’s drug store ; 50c. and
5)1.00, Trial bottle free.
FOR ALL AT
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DON’T FAIL TO CALL ON
, Brevard, N. C.
Opposite Court House
iEthelwold Building
If you do, buy what you need from us. We sell
Groceries, Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, and
we still have some Hardware and Furniture that
we will sell you at your own price. We are head-
quartern for low prices. Try us.
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FEELING
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This Morning?
TAK2
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used. Drop in and see them.
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