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Material in my
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^ RELIEF
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«Like the Rope of pcnut.y
V w persons who use the phrase
the rope of Ocniis” to denote
fitless labor know the significance*
Ctbe expression or Ite^gredt an-
. “The Rope of Ocnus” was the
of a picture painted by Polygr-
a distinguished Gr^k, wha died
f^tlie fifth century B. C. He is reput-
^ first to have ^ven life. Character
d expression t<? painting. According
pliiiy, he opened the mouth and
^Lwed the teeth of his figures, and
t was the first to paint women fig-
es ^'ith transparent draperies. Oc-
was a poor but industrious Greek,
^hose extravagant wife spent money
\ fast as he coijld earn it, and he re
fated his troubles to his friend the
iainter. Polygnotus thereupon paint-
^ the picture of a man weaving a
rope of straw, while behind him j^tood
donkey, eating the rope as fast as
It was woven. It is pleasant to relate
that the silent lesson had the ^ired
effect upon the wife of Ocnus and that
u was through her subsequent frugal-
jty and thrift that Ocnus ultimately
rose to a position of great prosperity.—
jilinneapolis JournaL
Wart Superstitions. «
•^art lore is voluminous. It is said
that a wart will leave' a pereon if a
lock of his hair is cut from the nape
of his neck without his knowing it;
that a wart will result if a frog spit
on one; that warts may be cured by
rubbing them over with a black snail,
-which must afterward be impaled on
a hawthorn; that if a bag containing
as many pebbles as one has warts be
tossed over the left shoulder it will
transfer the warts to the person who
picks up the bag; that Ifv one take a
piece of twine, make as many knots
on it as there are warts, touch each
^art with the corresponding knot and
hury the twine in a moist place, say
ing. “There is none to redeem it be-
flide thee,” the warts ♦will disappear,
and so on ad infinitum.
Lord Bacon seriously wrote in one'
of bis works how an Intelligent and
nonsnperstitious woman, the wife of
an English ambassador, had cured his
warts by rubbing them with a piece
of meat and nailing the meat up on a
window post in the sun.
Success.
The flower of time success may be
gathered only by discerning pei*sons
■who want it more than they want any
other thing and who seek it through
all the days of all the years. It has
no imitation, Is of but one variety and
may not be pressed and dried between
the leaves of any book, even the Bi
ble. Its name is character. It is not
a rare Gower, accessible to only the
few, but it is modest, of quiet mien
-and hue and is often hidden by the
toWage and gorgeous blossoms of more
spectaclar plants, so’ that the merely
casual eyes of those who hurry along
the life path seem to miss it altogeth
er. It grows indoors and out, in all
seasons and weathers, and may be
plucked by the black hands of the
miner as "well as by the hands of
those whose time is given to less rug
ged and daintier tasks. The man who
gathers character gathers success, no
matter how he may be rated by the
commercial agencies.—Richard Wight-
man in Metropolitan Magazine.
Locked In Witii a Maniac.
The writer was once closeted with a
patient whom he had no suspicion of
being mad until the latter got out of
bed, turned the key of the door and
preferred a mild request to the writer
to have his throat cut, handing him at
the same time an open pocketknife,
^vhich he produced from underneath
his pillow. I objected to the knife as
being too small for the purpose and
begged to be allowed to go for my case
of amputating knives, with which, I
explained, the operation could be per
formed with greater neatness and dis
patch. He unlocked the door at once,
binding me over to secrecy and urging
Die to lose no time in returning. ' I
drove home, reported the case to the
authorities and came back with as
sistance. He was secured with great
■difficulty and sent to the asylum.—
London Tit-Bits.
The Woman In Russia.
“Love your wife like your soul and
beat her like your carpet.” This is a
liussian proverb. Another of the same
spirit, “Not long hurt the bumps from
a loved one’s thumps.” Wives have
undoubtedly been subjected to much
ill treatment in Raissia, where most
husbands have always held to the
opinion that “liberty spoils a good
■VN’ife.” Some Russian proverbs are
cynical as to the delights of matri
mony, and most married men know
how to say, “Wed once, wail always.**
A Courtier In Blue Flannel.
A fine yacht lay at anchor awaittog
A tavorable breeze for her mission of
pleasure.' The crew idled about the
^deck, and a happy group of guests
was aft conversing pleasantly. In the
group was k handsome mother. Her
romping boy of five years broke from
her hand, clambered to the rail, rolled
over it and was whirled down the tide.
The habthi^iPs shrieks roused a dozing,
lounging sailor, who at’once compre
hended the situation and plunged aft
er the child. Others promptly manned^
a boat and soon overhauled the sailor,
who was now swimming with the lit
tle fellow in his grasp. As soon as
they returned to the yacht's deck the
mother, with streaming eyes, threw
her arms alround the neck of the drip
ping rescuer and fervently ejtclaimed:
“Oh, oh, sir, how. how can I ever re
pay you? Name your own reward for
giving back my son and saving me
from a broken heart!’*
Then she pressed a half score of
kisses on the tar’s weather bronzed
cheeks.
“Lady,** answered he as she released
him, “let the youngster go overboard
again!** C* ...
The Test of a Wedding Ceremony.
A certain young pastor was plan
ning with a young couple the stfeps
In a marriage ceremony when the
bride suddenly remarked, **Don’t you
make me promise to obey him.**
“You ought to have some head to
your family,** replied the minister.
Then, turning to* the groom, he
asked, “Will you promise to obey
her?**
“Not much, I won’t I**
“What then? Do you expect me to
tie you two together and leave you to
fight it out afterward?’*
“Isn’t that the way they generally
do?’*
After a moment’s thought the clergy
man answered: “I will tell you what
I will do, I will use the same Cere
mony that was used at my wedding.
Neither party promises to obey the
other in that, and it has worked well
in our case.**
“I don’t know,” said the young man.
doubtfully gazing at the top of the
minister’s head, already becoming bald.
“If it is going to work on my head as
it has on yours I don’t believe that 1
want to try it.** .
The First Great Bank.
The first great bank in the world
was the bank of Venice, established in
1157 when the queen city of the Adri
atic ‘was the head of the commerce of
the western world. At that time the
great current of the trade between Eu
rope and Asia passed through the Per
sian gulf and the Red sea to Al^an-
dria, Egypt, and was carried in slifps
across the Mediterranean sea and
through the Adriatic to Venice, where
it was distributed to various parts of
Europe.' Venice was a sort of auto»
cratic republic, founded and supported
by its merchants, who were famed
throughout the world for their wealth
and reliability^ They founded their
bank, which was guaranteed by the
government and was held in high cred
it in all the great cities on the routes
of trade. The word “bank** was de
rived from the Italian word ‘'banco,**
a bench or counter over which the
business was transacted.—Argonaut.
A Giant Among Dwarfs.
The intellect and genius of Franklin
were perhaps never more manifest
than when, as the colonial agent of
Pennsylvania, he appeared before the
British house of commons in order to
undergo an inquisition into the taxa
tion questions which were brewing
the trouble which si\bsequently result
ed in American freedom. Not fewer
than 3()0 questions were propounded
to him by some of the acutest legal
and political minds of the old coun
try. To each and every one of them
he replied in a masterful manner. Ed>
mund Burke In commenting on the
matter said that Franklin reminded
him of *.'a man being examined by a
parcel of schoolboys,” while Charies
James Fox remarked that his inquisi
tors were “dwarfs in the hand of a
giant.**
. The Unknown World.“
Notwithstanding the afdvance
of exploration in various parts of the
gk)be it is estimated that about 20,-
000,000 square miles of the earth’s
surface remain yet unexplored. The
largest unexplored area is in Africa,
6,500,000 miles, but even North Amer
ica contains 1,500,000 square miles of
virgin teAritory. Most persons will be
surprised to leam that there is three
times as much land awaiting the foot
[ 'of the pioneer in North America as in
South America.—Chicago Tribune.
His Chance.
Young Wife—Yes, dearest. I’m go-
iQ? to favor you at dinner tonight with
a new cake that I invented all by
^yself. Young Husband (gloomily)—
I guess this will be a good night
ior me to bring Jim Taggart home to
inner. i don’t like Jim.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Volcano Ashes.
he ashes, so called, from volcanoes
^© simply lava that is finely pulver-
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Ifevard Siit>ply Co.
Capitalized hy Common l^eonle
For the benefit of Common People
A Groc^y Store Where the Consumer
Gets Full Value for Ifis Money
Having htcn convinced that citizens of Brevard and conti^ous territory were enti
tled to the benefits of such an organization The Brevard Supply Q>mpany was
formed by consumers for the sole purpose of giving full valtte and a square deal to
allpatrofe^ ^
It is not the object of this company to antagonize any other business firm nor to
cut prices lor the purpose of weakening any competitor^ and we should never have in
augurated a cut on any staple^ but have found it necessary to meet and even cut under
the prices of organized competition in the interest of our customers* We intend to sell
A' Full and Complete Line of Groceries
just as cheap as they can be sold and pay expense, regardless of what prices other
dealers taaf charge*
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Full Weight, Honest Measure and a Square Deal
will be bur motto, and we believe it will be to the interest *of all to buy their
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One Gleam of Joy.
Johnny had two presents at the same''
time—one a diary, which is' kept very
carefully, and the other a pea shooting
popgun, which he fires indiscriminate
ly on all occasions. One day his moth
er found the folloying terse record in
his diary: *iMondy cold an^ sloppy.
Toosdy cold and sloppy. Wensdy cold
and sloppy shot grariina.** — Youth’s
Companion. •
In Legal Terms.
She (after a tiff)—You will admit you
were wrong?
He (a young lawyer)—No. but I’ll
admit that an * unintentional error
might have unknowingly crept ^to my
assertion.
Not the Only One.
“Sir, I heard you using the word
,‘jackass.* Did you apply it to me?”
“No, sir. Do you think you’re the
only jackass in the world?**—Cleveland
Leader.
Resolve to w^knesi? and to
walk in power^—chariette Stetson.
Diarrhoea should be tnired without
loss of time and by a mefiicine
which, like ChambMain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy not
only cures promptly but produces no
unpleasant after effects. It never
fails and is pleasant and safe to take.
Sold by all dealers.
Wheat and the Boy.
Willie —Pa, what does **good as
wheat’* mean? Pa—Don’t ’bother me.
Willie—Pa, would you say 1 was as
“good as wheat?” Pa—I might after
you were properly thrashed, and that’s
what will happen tq^you if you don’t
stop asking questions.
Shoes. '
The earliest mei^tion of shoes is in
an Egyptian papyrus .about 2,200 years
before Christ.
After The Grippe
am much pleased, to be able to write and thank
you for what Cardui has done for me,” writes Mrs. Sarah
J. Gilliland, of Siler City, N. C
“Last February,'! had the Grippe, wlildi‘ left me tn
bad shape. Before that, I had been bothered with female
trouble, for ten years, and nothing seemed to cure it
“At last, 1 began to take Cardui. 1 have taken only
three bottles, but It'has done me more good than all, the
doctors or than any other medicine I ever took.”
W“CARDUI
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Tlie WoBMui’s Tonic
A Oomeetic Convenience.
Garson—Have you hot water in your
bouse? De Long—Yes; my wife’s moth
er lives with us.
Neighborly.
“So you' don’t like that crowing
rooster?” ' • >
“1 haven*t anything against the
rooster personally. But every time be
crows he reminds me that I don’t like
the people he belongs to.”—Washing
ton Star,
The Demon of the Air
is the germ of lagrippethat, breathed
in, brings sufferings to thousands.
Its after effects are weakness, ner
vousness, lack of appetite, energy
and ambition, with disordered liver
and kidneys. The firreatest need then
is Electric Bitters, the splendid tonic,
blood purifier and i^egulator of stom
ach, liver and kidneys. Thousands
have proved* that they wonderfully
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system andir^toie fiealth and good
spirits aftOT BD ^atfeck of grip. If
suffering, try the».^^ Only 50c. Per
fect satisfactiocr pjuhranteed by Alli
son & Macfie.
For the after-effects of any serious illness, Hke the
Grip, Cardui is the best tonic you can use.
- It builds strength, steadies the nerves, improves tiie
appetite, regulates irregularities and helps bring back the
natural glow of health.
Cardui is your best friend, if you only knew it
Think of the thousands of ladies whom Cardui has
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Remember you cahnot get the benefit of the Cafdui
ingredients in any other medicin^ for they are not for sale
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