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...'..V. ,..lf...u.'. . ' t THE ROANOKE C HOtfAN TIMES. THURSDAY. JANUARY 25, i3 V Human Interest Stories By Brownlee Frix SODLS COURAGEOUS One of the victims of the Johnstown flood was a great talker, and just as soon as he reached the Promised Land, he began to tell of the horrors of the catastrophe. To any and all who would listen he would open no in full blast, and describe the flood in detail. Up in a tree, flitting from' limb to limb, there waa an old fellow with Ions whiskers who kept interrupting iiim by ssyinjr, "Pooh! Pooh !' Everywhere he went the old fel low was sure to go and hat was -all he would say, "Pooh! Pooh!" "Who is that old fellow?" asked the gentleman from Johns twn. "Why that is Noah." he was One day a fellow who was born in April and whoso moods are as changeable as Aoril weather, was suffering with a double back action case of the blues. Hi wife had not left him; his friend had not forsaken him; nothing had happened to make him mis erable, but he was thoroughly down and out just the same. Then the mail man handed him a letter. Ic was from an ac quaintance of former years, who wrote that he was in jail charg ed with murder. In the beat of passion he had shot and killed a jnan, and wanted a letter of re commendation, believing it might help bim at the trial. "I have not killed anyone! I mb not in ji charged with murder or any other crime. My troubles compared to his are ab solutely nothing!" decided this April-born one, and there was a rift in his clouded day and tbe sunshine came pouring through and t -e blues Vere gone A life of perpetual sunshine like a land of perpetual sunshine is useless to humanity. Have yen ever considered what would become of us if Nature's water worts would get out of fix? Na tore has a wonderful water works system, and the greatest plumber on earth would be im tributing rain and snow, water that now goes over potent to repair it. proyided it should set out of order. The wind sweeps down over the seas and lakes and bears on its pinions life-giving moisture. Then this moistuife appears like rocks and towers in the sky, in clouds sub limely beautiful. Tinted and shadowed with purple and gold and silver and crimson and am ber they float majestically above us. Then there is a blackening in the sky and noisy thunder and lightning and the rain comes down to the thirsty earth. Day and night, summer and winter, Nature is busily engaged in dia The our heads will go back to the sea in the rivers Stop the cloud sys tem and all the springs and branches and creeks and rivers would go dry and we would soon be gone Life is a problem that the wisest little individuals Cannot understand. How we hate sor row and trouble, and yet some how we are confident that it is good for us, that it is absolutely essential to our best interests. We cannot imagine the befit woman on earth as never having had any sorrow. How could she know how to sympathize with the sorrowing ones if she had never tasted sorrow? My idea is that she is a mother of boys, and that she has spent much time on her knees on their ac count, and at last she feels that her prayers have been answer ed; also that she has looked with tearful eyes for the last time on the cold white faces of some of her children. That is my idea of God's recioe for making a genuinely good woman. He puts in plenty of sorrow.. One day a woman was being escorted to an insane asylum. Every time the flagman came through the train and called out a station, she would say, "Let them come. lean face them!" Who had wrongfully accused her or whether her grievance was real or imaginary we do not know. But her slogan was jk good one. We are traveling into an un known future, some to jos and sorrows, some to riches and come to poverty, some to health and some to sickness, but the final destination of us all is deatt MILLINERY No lady's costume is complete without uV hat. No matter how well dressed you may be, unless your hat is be coming and stylish the effect is lost. In buying a hat here you secure both the style and the value at a moderate price. Now located in new brick building next to Baugham & Weaver's. Mrs. W. M. Stokes, Fine Millinery Rich Square, N. G and then what? v It 1 fine for our nerves if we can feel this way about it: Let it come, 1 can face it! ' There used to be an old preach er in Georgia who would begin reading the Twenty-third Psalm like this: ' j "THE Lord is my shepherd The LORD is my shepherd-The Lord IS my shepherd The Lord is MY shepherd The Lord is my SHEPHERD; I shall not want." Look where you may for a philosophy that is wholeoome and good for humanity in every condition, and if you find any thing better than that contained in the Twenty third Pstlm, please let us know what it it! Life is a cruciole in which we are tried. If we can stand true and firm to our higher, noble ideals, through adversity and through prosperity prosperity, there is the rub the chances are that we will ba pronounced acceptable. WhatRVfr the fu ture holds in store for ynu or W ine, let us face ic without fear Let us be heroes arni shews through it all Insects That Div Among t!i naturnl curiosities of .in pan are singing Insects. Tlit most prized of these is a bluck beetle nnmed "ausnmushi," which means "Insect bell." The sound that it emits resem ble that of a little silver bell. To help with fhe garden the extension service of the State College and Department of Agri culture has Issued three circulars 121. 122... and 123. You hive one whether vou have written for it or not. ... Factors that build communi tiep; the school, the church, the IochI paper, tbe home agent, the county agent. Wy Birds; One way of proving your poor judgment is to make a bet. A burned child may dread the fre, but widowers will marry again. , " That which we acquire with most difficulty we retain tbe longest. Habitual Constipation Cured in M to 21 Days "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative f or H a bi tua) Constipation. It relieves prompiiy and should be taken rogulariy for 14 to 21 days to induce regular ac'ion. It Stinwlnit-s sod Regulates. Very Pte83ant to Tako. 6 per bottle. SM TURKISH f riWVitt'"ipF VIRGINIA . BUKIJEY I I Ml Murfreesboro's Greatest Store OFFERS January Reductions -In- Subscribe to The Roanoke-Chowan Times Only $1 per year. MPSwnRSaasaMMaHHsalBaBVSjBWMv- rmjayuwv I TOURING CAR lj 1 New Price . 1 I I f F. O. B. IV' dS"" I lii M"W This is the lowest price at I I I which the Ford Touring HI Car has ever sold, and with l the many new improve-, ments, including the one I man top.it is a bigger value l I than ever before. ' v Ijl Buy now. Terms if desired. J Ladies Coats Coat Suits M ens & B oys Clothi mg. A General Clean-Up Sal e In Order to Make R oom For' Spring Goods ' t The Shopping Center Chas. E. Myers & Co. (Authorized Ford and Fordson Dealers . J Use The Wont Ads For Results!- RicK Square. N C Li J , ' Wtob Bros
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