5 i- OTErJtE GIIOWIXG OLD. 2TL-tAlcst lilJe droop at eventide. XTtJp eeiet roes fall from off the slc-m; STherart-sl thiols on earth can not abide. jLxd we are paing, too, away like lh.em; iVo're growing old! had our dream, those roar dreams of youth! The j faded and 'twas weiL Thiw after-priia brought u fuller hopei; and yet, forsovtb. We drop a tear now la this later time, . To think we're old! e mile at those poor fancier of the past X sadden smile also akin to pain; Xboae high desire, those purposes so vast Ah, our poor heart! They can not come again! We're growing old! -Old? Well, the heavens are old; the earth is, too; Old wine ia best, maturest fruit most sweet! JJIuch have we lost, more gained, al though 'tis true We tread life's way with most un certain feet. We're growing old! We more, along and scatter as we pace Soft graces, tender hopes on every kand. At Last, with grey-streaked hair and hollow face, step across the boundary of the land Where none are old! British Weekly. Ve USE ONLY THE BEST LIQUOR, On ascertain occasion Paul Den ton, a .Methodist preacher in Texas,' OAQYsrUsed a barbecue, with better ; liquor than is usually furnished. When the people assembled a des- nori H n In tho rnwil n fi orl nut' ' ' T T ! ipaul Denton, your reverence has lied. You promised not only a good bar becue, but the best of liquors? there's the liquor?" r ""There," answered the missionary "In tones of thunder, and pointing his long, bony finger at the matchless -double spring gushing up in twot -'-atroug columns, with a sound Like a( tahout of joy from the bosom of the ( "aexth. "There," he repeated, "is the liquor which God the eternal brews lor all his children. "Not in the simmering still, over amoky fires chocked with poisonous , iigases and surrounded with the stench of sickening odors and corrup Uion, doth our Father in heaven pre- ipare the precious essence of life : - t 3 A. T" . a. a XI Ml vpore coia water, uui m me giaae ana . .grassy dell, where the red deer wan "ders and the child loves to play, -there God brews it; and down, low --down, In the deepest valleys, where the founUln murmurs and the rills ; casing, and high up on the mountain -tops, where the naked granite glit lers like gold in the sun, where '.storm clouds brood and the thunder storms crash; and out on the wild, wldesea, where the hurricane howls aau&ic -and hig waves roar the cho- at 16asi inofie snown m ine nrst ttuk, --swoeping the march of God houses, flare considerably below the there Je hrews itbeverage of nfe, ! knees, and they are even quite com-iealth-ivins water. And everywhere fortable looking at the hips. The one- 3t is atwag or beauty, gleaming in he dewdxop, singing in the summer ram, shining in the icicles, till they..tul" eiuw w I eem turned to, living gems; spread - tang 3. wgolden veil over the setting un, or a white gauze around the or a white midnight moon; sporting in the cat- racfc, -sleeping in me glacier, aanc-1 ng in r the hail shower; folding its Ibrisht curtains softly around the! BUUU' nea'jus luauj-, - v , kuw oiayxMo i-uuw ui --tin. sir Tvnea o, ! ti, ,nij , v ntMt, io lamuiupa f the earth, and whose woof is the sunbeams of heaven, all checkered -ver tfith the celestial flowers of the cystic hand of refraction that blessed life-water. No poison bub bles on its brink; iu foam brings tot madness and murder; no blood stains its liquid glass; pale widows cand sUrving children weep not burn ing tears in its depths! Speak out . 3ny" friends ; would you exchange it or the demon's drink, alcohol?" , A shout like the roar of the temp st answered, "No! " - John ' B. Sough. .. , i ; V WITH A LITERARY FLAVOR. "She was a charming debutante, Audibe was a somewhat serious chap. Conversation was rather fitful, so he decided to -guide it into literary channels. ' ' ; ""Are you'xfbnd of literature ?' he :Basslonately;'; she replied. "I LioveJboeks dearly.? : ' Then you must admire Sir Wal ter' SectCV he exclaimed with sudden animation. 'Is not his "Lady of the Lake' exquisite in its 'flowing grace poetic imagery? Is it not " ' It Is perfectly lovely," she as assnted. -clasping her hands in ecstacy. iVI 'I suppose I bare read It a dotea times." "And Scott's 'liana I o a ' be con tinued, "with Its rugged simplicity and marrelous description." "It Is perfectly grand," she mur mured. , "And Scott's 'Peverfl of the Peak and bis noble 'Bride of Lammer taoor' where In the English lan guage will you erer fled anything more heroic? You like them, I am sure?" "I Just dote upon them," she re plied. "And Scott's Emulsion?" be con- tlnued, hastily, for a faint suspicion j was beginning to dawn upon him. "I think," she interrupted hastily, IS 'that is one of the best things he.0f Education, and the said County erer wrote." Selected. A FTvOItAL LOVE TAJLE. 1. The maiden's name ail co!or of her hair. 2. An adjective that suited her, and her brother's name. 3. His faTorite sport in winter. 4. His favorite musical instrument. 5. The hour he awakened hit fa ther playing upon it 6. What his father gare him in punishment for it 7. What this made the boy do 8. The name of his sister's young man and what he wrote it with. 9. What he, being single, often lost 10. What candles did he bring to .Mary 7 I 11 What did he do when he pop- Ped the Question one fall day? I 12 What ghastly trophy did he of- fer her? 13. What did she say to him as he knelt before her? 14. What flower did she give him? 15. To whom did she refer him? 16. What minister married them? 17. What did John say when lear Lng her one day? 18. What was she during his ab sence? 19. What fragrant letter did he send her? 20. What shall we say of them in conclusion?" The solution of the enigmas is the following: 1. Marigold. 2. Sweet William. 3. Snowball. 4. Trumpet 5. Four o'clock. 6. Goldenrod. 7. Hops. 8. Jonquill (John-quill). 9. Bachelor's Button. 10. Chocolate drops. 11. Asters. 12. Bleedinghearts. 13. Johnny-jump-up. 14. Tulip (two-Hps). 15. Poppy, or old man 16. Jack in the pulpit 17. Forget-me-not 18. Mourning bride. 19. Sweet P. 20. Llve-for-ever. Selected. Passing of the Hobble Skirt "I am glad to tell you that the hobble skirt is a thing of the past. The only time you are reminded of it is in a funny picture. The hobble skirt was a flat failure. The cross ings in Paris are difficult enough without tying one's self in such a bag-like affair. The newest skirts. . t A M 11 3 X, ,T T , The waists shorten and the skirU in - 7Froin DrssmakinS at Home for March. A Magazine Consolidation. The Crowell Publishing Company, owners of Woman's Home ComDanion and Farm and Fireside. Ukes over me American Magazine ana will puD-; 11SU. It YD. Conjunction Wlin ltS Otner ... .. two puDiicauons. air. ueorge i. na ze n is President of The Crowell Pub- lishing Comapny; Mr. H. J. Fisher is General Manager. 7 The editors of The American Mag azine who have been with The Phil lips Publishing Company will con tinue both as editors of and exclusive writers for The Crowell Publishing Company. ' I . "I stand squarely upon, my record" said the political candidate. "Well," yelled the little man at the rear end of the hall, "you can hardly be blam ed for wantin' to keep the blamed thing' from bobbin' up." Chicago Record-Herald. Saved Her OwnJLife ; Lebanon Jet, Ky. JMrs. Minnie Lamb, of this place, says, "I believe I would have been dead by now, had it not been for Cardul. "I haven't had one of those bad spells since I commenced to use your medicine." Cardul is a specific medicine for the Ills that women suffer. Cardul Is made from harmless vegetable in gredients. It is a safe, reliable medi cine, successfully used by suffering women ' for more than fifty years. Try it today. For sale at all druggists... ron it inn tkxt-uoosis Ueprwctstlte Marshall Hill fori Free Teit'Ilooius for Indigent Chi! drro. . ' -j. Itepresentatire S. E- Marshall, of j Surry, has introduced a Mil in the House to furnish free text-books toj the indigent children of the State. I The following Is a copy of the bill: "A Bill to e entitled an act to pro- Tue - jr:;. , attending the ' Tide free teat-books for children ice suie waw vr for the tame, j . . .ki i e General Aaaembly of North, Carolina do enact: , ..i "Section 1. That th State Board I of Education at the expense of the State, shall furnish free of cost to every child attending the common pubiic schools of the SUte who is unable to pay for the same,-the nec essary text-books to be used in the schools of the State. The said lext-books shall be so furnished to! th various counties In the State up-1 'on th requisition of County Boards! Hoards of Education In the various counties in the SUte shall furnish the" said text-books to the pupil of said schools upon such rules and regulations as may be made by the County Boards of Education in the various counties in the State. "Sec. 2. That the SUte Board of Education set aside and apportion out of the school funds of the SUte or any other funds of the public school moneys of the SUte annually, a sufficient sum or amount to cover the coste of said text-books at fifty cents per capiU, of the children who attended the common schools of the SUte for the year previous to said apportionment "Oak 9 rTrVt ri rnr r 9 cA funds so set apart and remaining un used at the end of any school year of the SUte shall remain and be car ried to the funds to be set apart and apportioned for the next year, and apportioned in like manner. "Sec. 4. That there shall be levied and collected by the SUte in the same manner and under the same pro visions that other SUte Uxes are levied and collected ten cenU (10) on every one hundred dollars valua tion of property subject to Uxation by this SUte, as a Special Text School Book Tax, and the moneys so collect ed shall be set apart and apportioned to pay for public school text-books under the provisions of this bill, in like manner and together with the moneys necessary to be set apart and apportioned by the SUte Board of Education as hereinbefore provided. "Sec. 3. That this act shall be in force and effect from and after its ratification. THE CURE. Augustus Jones, in most respects, was good as good could be; He learned his lessons, brushed his hair, ran errands cheerfully; Yet though his mother laid' great stress on one emphatic rule, Augustus Jones would stop to play while coming home from school. Instead of coming home at two, he stldom came till fire; And such a tired, hungry boy when once he did arrive! . They pleaded and they scolded him, they punished him as well; And yet again, and yet again, the sad affair befell. Augustus Jones's grandmother said: "Punishment's too hard." She bought three cunning rabbits, and she keeps them In the yard. Augustus thinks of them all day; and when his tasks are done, Augustus Jones comes home from school as fast as he can run. Hannah G. Fern aid. Comparison of Nutritive Value ponItry of The Progressive Farmer. Kind of Per Cent Food. Chicken Turkey Goose . Water. Protein. Fat Ash. 55.5 17.3 6.8 .7 49.2 18.4 15.4 .8 48.0 14.4 24.2 , .8 5r.4 li.9 15.2 .8 54.0 16.5 15.8 .7 45.3 16.0 24.1 .8 41.8 13.4 24.2 .8 Duck Rppf -il'in''" t aTnh rhn-n T'nrlr Minna forK cnops. Fat salt pork 17.6 7.4 59.6 5.1 From a glance at this Uble it will be seen that poultry compares favor ably with other flesh foods. Since each Individual differs from other individuals In powers of digestion, figures of this sort cannot represent exact amounts of nourishment s that each individual would get from food. However, as far as we know, these variations are comparatively slight among normal persons. Hence the figures in the Uble may be consid ered a reliable guide. ' .; DUTY. .' 4 A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent like the Deity. If we Uke to ourselves the wings of the morning and dwell in the utter most part of the sea, duty performed 6r duty-violated is still with us, i for our happiness or our, misery, if we say the darkness shall cover us, in the darkness, as in the light, our ob ligations are yet with us. We cannot escape their power nor fly from their presence. They are with us in this life, will be with us v at its close and In that scene of inconceivable solem nity which lies yet farther onward we shall still find ourselves sur rounded; by the consciousness of duty; to pain us so far as it has been v&iaied, "and '; :-.coso3 &s to ; fa? as j God may have slvtm es gr ta $r I fona iLriel Webster, It is tor Thee, for Thee aloa, W& art beyoaa alt language dear; j la lif e, la death. Thea only ae ' Who itoopet low, wbe d rawest . sear;;v... . . I 1 For Tsee I auager day by day, j And pray the more the more I pray. 1 Come Daily Bread of gra&oos tase; Sweet Manna endlessly supplied ; THoa hidden tor that can ot waste; 0af BOWeTer tried ' come. Blessed Jesus, day by day, Lest we should faint beside the way: Harriet McDwea Kimball. "Why did you get one of those old- fashioned 'pepper and salt suits: "Well, its good for at least two seasons anyway." Smart Set. THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE Things You Ought to Know Esps elslly Why God Has Permltttd Evil. Every Christian Bible Student SHOULD KNOW the satisfactory proofs that the Bible Is a Divine Rev elation reasonable -and trustworthy revealing a Plan which is systematic, full of Justice, Wisdom and Love. The Key of Knowledge of the Scrip tures, long lost (Luke 11:52), Is found, and gives God's faithful people access to the "Hidden Mystery". (Cot 120 TOU SHOULD KNOW that the Lord Jesus and his faithful are to be not only Priests but Kings. YOU SHOULD KNOW that this Kingdom ia to come and God's will be done at the Second Advent YOU SHOULD KNOW that God's Plan Is to select and save the Church in the Gospel Age, and to use this Church in blessing the world during i the Mediatorial reign on earth. YOU SHOULD KNOW that a "Ransom for all" implies an opportu nity for Restitution to all. YOU SHOULD KNOW that the Day of Judgment la 1,000 years long the world's Trial Day. YOU SHOULD KNOW that the Spiritual and Human natures are sep arate and distinct YOU SHOULD KNOW that the "Narrow Way" of self-sacrifice will cease with this age. YOU SHOULD KNOW that the "Highway of Righteousness" without suffering will be open to all of the re deemed race during the Messianic reign on earth. YOU SHOULD KNOW that the Kingdoms of This World are but for an ordahir d period and must then give place to the "Kingdom of Heaven"- "Thy Kingdom Come." Especially YOU OUGHT TO KNOW why God has permitted evil for six thousand years, and the relationship of God's people to this reign of sin and death and to the results. These subjects and many others of deep Interest to all of God's people are discussed fully and In language easy of comprehension In "THE DIVINE PLAN OF THE. AGES." 886 pages, cloth bound, thirty-five cents postpaid. Address orders to Publishers, Bible and Tract Society, 17 Hicks Street Brooklyn, N. X. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Route of the "Night Express. Travel via Raleigh (Union Station) and Norfolk Southern Railroad, to and From All Points ia Eastern North Carolina. Schedule in Effect January 29th. N. B.' The following sehedele figures published as informaiton only and are not guaranteed. Trains leave Raleigh 9:15 p. m., dally, "Night Express," Pullman Sleeping Car, for Norfolk. 6:15 a. m., dally, for Wllson.Wash- ington and Norfolk; Parlor Car be tween New Bern and Norfolk. 6:15 a. m. .daily, except Sunday, for New Bern via Chocowinity 3 :0O p. m., dally, except Sunday, for Washington. Trains arrive Raleigh 7:20 a, m., daily 11:20 a. m., dally except Sunday, and 8:00 p. m. dally. ,. Trains leave Goldsboro 10:16 p. m., dally, "Night Express, Pullman Sleeping Car for Norfolk, via New Bern. 7:16 a. m., daily, for Beaufort and Norfolk Parlor Car between New Bern and Norfolk. . 3:20 p. m., daily; for New Bern, QrlenUl and Beaufort For further informaiton and reser vation of Pullman Sleeping Car space, apply to D. V. Conn, Travel ing Passenger Agent Raleigh, N. C ; " W. W. CROXTON, . ; General Passenger Agent V Norfolk, Va. W. R. HUDSON, i . General Superintendent Norfolk, Va. f i ones to cREDrroRa. Having Qualified as executor ub der the last will and tesUment of Charles Cooper, deceased, late of Wake County, this is to notify all persons holding claims against sate esUte to present same to our atter ney on pr before October 29, 1910 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of therecovery of same. - All persons indebted to said cstatt are requested to make prompt pay ment , , This October 29, 1910. O. G. ELLEN, J. P. COOPER, Executors of Charles Cooper, D : ceased. . Arc you interested in the Greatest Laying. Fauiag Growing Ostckeni in the World ? I r cf mm t tM mt FRED W00LLC0TT. do vou Know That North Carolina is furnishing the Negro yontb epe the lowest terms, the very best facilities for industrial trainb That the NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHA NICAL COLLEGE is turning out graduates who, u scientific farmers, skilled mechanics and well prepared tcichcn, are in great demand? That board, lodging and tuition cost only $7.00 per month? That you, young man. cannot afford to ml this opportunity? For catalogue or free tuition write TODAY to PRESIDENT DUDLEY, Agricultural & Mechanical College, Greensboro, N. C A HAPPY. MOM Is Never Complete Without a , P I AN O The Darnell & Thomas Music House has made more homts happy than any other music firm la this State. Because we sell pianos on terms so liberal and at prices so reasonable as to place a piano within reach of ever jone. :: :: The Behning are famous everywhere for the excellence of material and workmantkia, beauty of design and the exquisite melody of their tone. ALL P1AONS TUNED ONE YEAR FREE OF CHUIGI A handsome stool and scarf given wkh each piano. Every Instru ment guaranteed cs represented or money refunded. Send for catalogue, Urms and prices, la Darnell & Thomas, - Raleigh, n. c, MEREDITH COLLEGE 4mong the Foremost Colleges for Women in the South i nirse in Liberal Arts covering 'nine departments, 'and lnclodlif let- Ive courses in Education and Bible which count for the A B. de 0tc. School of Music, Including Piano, Pipe Organ, Violin aid Voice culture. School of Art, including Decoration, Designing and Oil Palmt lng. School of Blocutioa. Academy which prepares students for col lege courses, i Physical Culture under a trained director. Fnll literary course per year; Including literary tuition, board, room, light, heat, physician, nurse? ordinary medicines and all minor feet, $110.50; im the Club, $50 to $55 less. Next session fceglns Sept. 14, 1910. Ad drees PRESIDENT It. T. VAfflf, :: :: ti tl XUdtiA If . 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