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;'' ;v-K' i he Real Nee. .'.-.' '
' . Jn , nei o uousi'fioM,, especially li
communities wlief --' negroes form a
. large-portion of-the" hmuihi iiut. it! frv
; : queutly happens that tlie viu;ih' I
; ; the head of the fa ni 1 1C being Hot, on y
,vM Dreau winner. iut also me Uiscipu
I; ' narlan, aiid In that cn parity;-oo wca
"sfoiis she
j master-as subject ,tb .her ,wfll This
. afleast was the assumption of he 6l
. OTed woman . who was a party to a lit
- tte scene enav ted in the, otlice of a 3 us
tlce of the peace. -. - ;;' -.
A man- had , been arrested ". on. the
charge of beating and eruallv misus-
; tag his wife After' heaHu J theciiarge
"2gamst the prisoner the.-jusMee - luhtfHl
to we nrsc witness. - s
-Maaam. ne saw; "if this ninn wert
jour husband and had slvei "ym a
beating would you call in the police?
- v The woman addressed., a veritable
amazon In size and; aggressiveness.
turned a' smiling countenance : toward
the justice and answered:
"Ne-. jedge. If he was naah husban'
n he treated , me Iakhe did Ms wife
Ah wouldn't call no p'lieeman. - No.
eah; Ah'd call de undertaker."
Youth's Companion.
Flexibility of English.
English Is riot only, as Richard Jef
ferles asserted, the most expressive
and ' flexible of tongues, but also, in
Swinburne's opinion, the most ." musi
cal . He proclaimed the lines
Music that" crentlier on the feplrit lies
Tban tired eyelids upon tired eyes
to be Unmatched for melody in any
language. And few would venture to
contradict suchamaster of Tnusic and
tongues. But surely r French ranks
next on the - roll of languages. . For
clearness of diction It Is unrivaled,
and, thanks to its abundance of vow
els (close on one for every consonant)
It flowes rhythmically from the tongueT
Against Westley's dictum, that French
is to German as a bagpipe to an or
gan. may be cit'd a 'saying of another
famous divine. Dr. Dolllnger. "L'Alle-
mand n'est pas une langue, mats ceux
qui parlent ce jargon se comprennent
entre eaux" German is not a . lan
guage, but those who speak this jar
gon understand one another). London
Chronicle. . .
Facts About Giants.
That very few; of the giants who
have ' v;t lived have been healthy or
"well;, formed recent-' researches prove
Jbeyohd a doubt. - All . we know about j
Goliath Is that he was. very tall, but In
the second book of Kings we read
about another giant, ' who had more
jfingem than jin ordinaryhuman being.
and. according ; to ' modern scientists.
this 7nvari:il!y a token Of; degen
eracy. Marcel Donnal saw at Milan a
giant who was so tall that his body
tilled, two bods at night, "but Whose
legs ..were so weak that he could hard
ly stnnd upright. William Evans, the
ticantle ixjrter of Charles I., bad little
strength.-and t'roci well's porter, an-
tl:er fiaut. ended his days in a luna
tic j:sy!uni. Finally. 0'Hrie,n. the Irish
flaut. has. been described as "atf enor-
Xnous siiTj child who grew up " too
fast."
Anethsr Fake.
'"Did ycu see the lightn:ns calcu
lator In the sideshow?" asked the old
farmer in the wide straw hat.
"By heck, yes," drawled the other
furalite. "and he was the biggest fake
In the show."
. "How was that?" .
"Why. thar was a thunderstorm go
ing on while I. was-in the tent and
."When 1 asked him if he could calculate
..Where the lightning was going to strike
tie just gave me the laugh. "-Chicago
Hews.
An Ominous Symptom.'
. ' "A good wife is heaven's greatest
gift to raan and the rarest gem the
arth holds," remarked Mr. Jarphly
the other morning." "She Is his joy,
his 'inspiration and his very ,oul.
i Through her he learns to reach the
; pure aud true, and her loving hands
lead hhn softly over the rough places.
She is" -
"Jeremiah," said Mrs. Jarphly sol
emnly "Jeremiah, what wsckeuness
have you been up tc now?"
Doubled n Value.
A aitssourian wno bought some
Texas l;,nd and wanted to unload It
a rrospective buyer that it had
"dducfeti in value since I bought it."
"But.7 said the other, "you offered to
sell it I o me for the same price you
paid; ' Flow has it doubled in value?"
"Well, you see, I gave twice as much
as it.was worth." Kansas City Star.
Exchange of Compliments.
Maud- My mamma says she can re
member when - your mamma kept a
-grocer's shop.
Marie My. mamma says she can re
member how much your mamma owes
'her for groceries. ;
. Ths Danger.
1 "It Is always dangerous to try to get
something for nothing," remarked the
- wise guy. .- " .', . '
"Yes, you might get what you de
serve," added ths simple mug, Phil-,
adelphia Record.
Life.
Life I3 a burden Imposed upon you
' by God. What you make of it. that It
' will be to you. ,Take It up bravely,
bear It ' joyfully. Jay - it down trium
1 phantly. Gall Hamilton, s;
i .Thi Cblisir.g Froprietor.' -.
."Wou'i you: i!t ;;.sb give me ftlTDr
der" tleadcd the perwHrent firummfet,
- -."CertalH: relfllc-d ihe crusty 'pro
prietor. v;..t oi:!r Llppincptt's.
Hearew often sinltes in mercy, even
'' -when f he -X Low- U severest. Baillle.
;xi Hep Good py.
iij-j She was one of : t hose v cry gushing,
J '.M. I J V. - ' - ' . IT J . A-
"uewstjaper ota;es; and she had been
admitted into the. sanctum of ' the man-
aglug editor" of , the paper bn'. which
Bomer Darenport waV cartoonist,' re?
dtes the Saturday Evening. Post.. ,Mr.
Davenport : was In the 'room at the
time.' . When the time came for her de
parture she first grasped the hand, of
the,, managing editor, saying. Goodby,
Mr. Nliesgoodbyr --J
Then.- turning to the assistant man
aging", editor, 'she also shoptj him vef
'fuslvely by the band. ' exciaiming.
Goodby.: M r. Bhs. goodby i
' Davenoort " came " next. There ' was
poijt. goodby!" she T cried --.wtth'--all the
delicate shading of a tragedy. -queen.
v There was "silence for a moment aft
er she" had gone. Then Davenport
found: his voice. "Where' is she go-
ingj" he asked. 1 1 :rr.; V
"Up to Ninety-third street." replied
the assistant managing- editor.
Suffering cats!"
drawled . Daven-
port "What should have happened if
she had been going to On' Hundred
and -Twenty-fifth street?
She Handed It Back.
A noted doctor believes in training
children to reason for themselves. and
this policy he Hcarries out with his own
child, a little girl of eight, and hetells
a story in connection witn her witn
great glee. - I . " ''', '
"My dear." he' said to her. "1 saw
something today' that I hope I shall
never be pained to hear of you doing.
"What was that, papa?" the daugh
ter asked. .
"1 saw little Mary Goodgirl stick her
tongue out at a man today."
The child, evidently thinking that It
was an occasion to tell of the faults
of the other girl,, said:
"Papa, I saw Mary"
The doctor interrupted and told the
child she must not gossip and if she
knew anything-that was not nice about
anybody" she must keep it to herself.
The child looked at her father and
then said quickly : ' -
"Well. papa, why did you , tell me
about -Mary V"
The physician was so surprised he
could not answer. Philadelphia Times.
.....His Only Blemish.
When the pious looking lady entered
the London' birdshop and stated her
need, of a talking parrot the proprietor
"reckoned 'e'd got the werry thing the
lady wanted." "Course, ma'am." he
said, "you don't want a wulgar bird.
This "ere oner now, was brought oVer
by a missionary. Talks like a reg'lar
'ymn book, "e does. I wouldn't let '1m
go if I didn't think' you'd-give 1m a re
spectable 'ome. Thirty-five shillings
that bird, ma'am."
"You'll soon know!" screeched Pol
ly. "You'll soon know!"
"Dear me! How quaint!" gushed the
lady, and 35 shillings changed hands.
"What does he. mean by 'you'll soon
know.' I wonder V"
"It's 'is ouly blemish." ma'am,'
smiled the birdshop man. . "E's got
it, into 'is 'ead that every . one's won
derful anxious to And out wot a mis
sionary sez when 'e 'its 'is thumb with
a "'aminer." ,
' What She Missed.
Six-year-Oiii Ruth was very unhappy
because oue of her many wants had
been denied. Her papa was giving her
a lecture and said. "You have every
thing that most little girls have, and I
dou't think there is another little girl
in town has more than you."
"Oh, yes." said Ruth. . "Alice has."
"What hs she that you have not?'
said papa. " , -
"Well. I guess she had a ride to Tier
grandma's funeral." Exchange.
The Serpent's Venom.
a puysician wnne tat&ing witn a
group of friends remarked: "It is com
mon to hear people speak about poi
sonous serpents. . Serpents are never
poisonous: they are venomous. A
poison cannot be taken Internally with
out bad effects: a venom can.. Venoms
to be effective have to be injected di
rectly into the circulation, and this is
the 'manner in which the snake kills.
Their venom taken internally is In
nocuous."
. The Weapon He Needed.
An excited citizen burst frantically
nto the police station. My; life's In
danger!" he cried. "I've just received
a threatening letter from the JBlack
Hand.-and I want a permit to carry a
weapon.
"All right, sir." replied the captain.
"I'll give you a permit to carry a fan
that's the weaion you need; some
thing that will keep you cool." Chi
cago News.
An Odd Apology.
This is the classic apo:.gy' of a cele
brated statesman of thi- last genera
tion: "Mr. Speaker, in the heat of de
bate! stated that he right honorable
gentleman opposite was a dishonest
and unprinripled adventurer. . I have
now. in a calmer moment, to state that
I am sorry for it." , ; . V
" The Elevator Man's Joke.
Hobbs I guess the elevator Is out of
order. What is that sign nn the, door?
Dobbs The elevato: man must be' a
bit of a wag. It says. 'Please pardon
jme for not risuig." Boston "Transcript.
Hedging.
Clergyman-Will you take this wo
man .until death? Prospective Bride
groom Isn'tthere any minimum sen
tence? New York Press. . ' "' "
The envious man pines In plenty, like
Tantalus up to the chin in water and
yet thirsty T. Adams, v - - .
Ail Skli Diseases r-
Yield readily to treatmes t with'
Dr JBell's Antisentic Jalvor, We
guarantee it. 25 i a b x. cld
overy where. " 1
Dr. H. Hendrijx
DENTIST. :i
China Grove every day except
Thursday; Thursdays at Kaunap
olis. . ' . Mr 18-ly-
She was one othdsvgushlng;
Yorkshire Men's pingr.
; A orksWre. man and a. Lancashire
mast-: were cony eraing... together the
other da. .' The . Lancashire . man said
to therirlrshtoe man.: 'tWell,- Billdo
you .know the best rway to find.a. xork
shire man's lost fingers Trr,:-
rjNO', says' B1U.. :tv
BO111 yonwhat happened
at our' place; the other-day.'; - Yorkshire
Dan had i two fZ bis fingers cut. uff
a .steam ; sa w; and tney got los'
among ..thea sa wdust; and two of 'my
mates' were jdowu on ;theirhahds, and
knees looking for them "when the fore
man came np and asked ; what they
! wore nolnc: " flYi. at thorn sM- - . - '
'. " 'We are looking for Dap's fingers.'
Oh.: come out of the road.' said the
foreman. .'That's not the way. to find a
xorkshlre man's fingers. at the same
time taking a shilling out of his pocket
and throwing it among, the, sawdust.
when the two fingers at'.once popped
up after It ; . ' rV." : v,, ; - .'.
" Therer said the foreman. 'That's
the way to' find a Yorkshire man's lost
fingers.' '.Pearson's. . : .
-Providing For His Quests. . ..
"" Two men stopped at the store of a
haberdasher ,Jwbo displayed in his'
showcase a Job lot of- collars . at - 5
cents apiece. One of them bought two
dozen, in sizes ranging from 15 to IVfo.
Ills friend politely controlled his sur
prise at, discovering that the , broker
wore five Cent collars and Inqulredonly
about, the elastic neck. The purchaser
said: -. ' .ili ""';.-:.;; -",
"We live In the suburbs.- Friends'
who visit us and . remain . overnight
unexpectedly . wantt clean' collars the
next morriingr It v depletes" my own
stock too far to keep furnishing these
I " can't always supply a comfortable
size either. Of course the collars nevr
er come back. Since I discovered, the
Bcheme of five, cent collars I can pick
up anybody, take him home with , me
and inform uim that he need not bring
any luggage, because one of my wife's
beneficences Includes 'five cent tooth
brushes for the wayfarer." New York
Sun. -- - . ;
A Martyr to Art
"Which tooth?" inquired the man of
forceps grimly.
"Any one you like," responded the
victim calmly, "so long as it's a front
one?' -." -'
"But" began the astounded dentist.
"Hurry up!" thundered the visitor.
With bleeding heart - the . operator
hitched his forceps on to a bit of ab
solutely sound iyry, dragged his pa
tient three times around , the room
and 1 -
5Hey. presto!" smiled the dentist.
"It's out! But will you be so good as
to tell tne Why on earth you wanted a
-sound tooth extracted?"
"By all meanth." responded the pa
tient. "You thee, I'm an actor, and 1
have to-take a part where the thpeak
er lithpth. At firtbt I couldn't mathter
li, but now I'm thure it'll be a thiinply
thcreaming thuctheth!"
Th Ever" Active Brain.
The question. "Does the. brain ever
rest?" would seem to be answerable
only v in the -negative. - Unconscious
cerebration appears to be a necessary
concomitant of the powers Of. Intellect,
and during sleep, whether we remem
ber, it or not. we are always dream
ing. . Of course, during waking time
we are perpetually - thinking, thinking.
thinking not always logically and de
liberately. but. all the same, thinking.
Dream Is the thought of the sleep
time, when reason is out of the game,
and the fancy, or Imagination, has the
reins, with nothing to hold her back.
i"We take many a trip under' her guid
ance that we are unable to recall when
she has resigned the reins Into the
hands of reason. Awake or asleep, we
are always busy. The mind never
rests. New York American. ,
The Turkish Soldier's Fatalism.
The lethargy of mind which Is the
mental habit of the, Turkish soldier
the personal expression-of fatalism Is
a most valuable quality in its way. for
it means that its possessor is always
cool and collected, grumbles little and
has marvelous endurance! It is alien
to all forms of panic. Just as It is alien
to a conspicuous-elanir If the Turkish
soldier never goes very fast he never
goes very slow. Except by . the best
trained or most dashing troops he Is
bad to beat. London Spectator.
He Chose Quickly.
"Gerald." she said, facing him with
heightened color and. putting her bands
behind her. "yoo will have to choose
between me andyour old pipe." -C
Not an instant did- Gerald hesitate.
"The old pipe goes, dear." he said.
throwing it away. "I was thinking of
buying a new one anyhow.!' Chicago
Tribune.
j '. , - Look Up. -
We dig and toil, we worry and fret,
and allthe while close over us bends
the infinite wonder and beauty of na
ture, saying: "Look up. my child! Feel
my smile and be. glad!" G. S. Mer
rlam. .-: " V---
Very Different. .
Mrs. Bronson My husband is plain
spoken. Recalls a spade a snade. Mrs.
Woodson So does mine, but I must de
cline to repeat what he calls the 'axsn
mower. Boston , Globe: " '
, " - - Caustic. -
The GIrl-Whafs -your opinion of
women who imitate men?. The Man
They're idlofs. The Girl Then the
imitation ,1s successful. Cleveland
Leader. "
Peevishness covers with Its dark fog
even the most distant horizon. Ricb
ter. Succeed when evervthiMf ela fan..
In ; nervous prostration - and female B
weaienesses - they . are the supreme
remedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY-LIVER AND
- STOMACH TROUBLE .
It Is the v best medicine' ever snM
t over a druggist's counter. -
B7-
EttauetU and DaAftc
rJ,fJ
Ezrai said t be f armeVs i'wif eT
wteh you wouldnY leio'your elbers on
?-- aiia's: sneerea the farmer . "eettlii
fastIderotts.v ainX:you? ;'Mebby4ry6u'U
be warnhT'ine next to teepny knife
outen tny mouth - an' tellin me,not; to
But mv
gmuiuw ep4 nts! eibers .x)n;th. table,
an' so did my father, an; by heck, I'm
goln' to lean oh . It as hrd an as long
as I flun please, so therert;t?
; Whereupon' he leaned- hard so. hard
that . the - ancient table-: suddenly eol-J
lapsea ana 'sprawled out Itsi legs and
went dwnwitn a frightful ' crash' of
crockery;:
;; "Well, you've gone an' done ltfndwr
screamed the old lady. :."That's a pret
ty mess, - ain't . It?. Ef you'd had' th
sense of a chipmunk you'd have know-!.
feason i didnt want you to lean
on th' . table: wuz causer th legs wuz
rickety. An: I guess a little etiquette
wouldn't hurt, you none anyway. Ezra
Doblittle. to -say nothln of 'savin' : $2
wuth b family crockery.". - L v; '
And the disgusted farmer stumbled
out frOm- the scene of wreckage, and
chased a harmless tramp three Jmiles
dowu the road . with ; an ax handle.
Cleveland Plain Deale?.- " . . - -
" ri'5";" HandicappeciC "f ; -v
" Englishmen use their bands compara
tively little in conversation, but French
men nse them, a good.-deaL Quaintly
enough, Parisians ' have a very keen:
-sense of the exaggerated way "in which
tne. southern Frenchman and the Ital
ian help on what ' they - have to , say
y with- their, hands, and this - accounts
ror the following story: : r
Ah Italian railway thief was caught
redhanded In the train, handcuffed and
brought to Paris. As he was walking
out of the Gafe de Lyon between two
detectives a friend met him. .- -
"Hellor.. he said. "Where have you
been this long time, and how are you?"
The prisoner- looked at him pathet
ically and shook his head. - : -.
"Whafs the matterr said his friend.
Have you been. stricken dumb?.-
The prisoner raised his : handcuffed
hands. "Very nearly," he said. Lon
don M. A.' P. ' " ;'- ; .
Room and Board For Single Gentleman
"So, Belinda, I hear you and Doc
have parted company.. Couldn't you
get along?" - .. .- " v
"No'um; least I couldn't. D'ye know
that low down nigger just ma'led me
fo'-my money?" - . . '
"Nor I said. -"Yas'm.
He saw alJ them things in
my palor, sllber butter dishes and
crayon portraits that you and the othe
white ladles' gl' me,, and be Just
thought he was goln' to set in there
-and smoke while I washed and Tned,
And I had a', big burial Insurance, too,
and he inowed that So I jes' natch
ully tu'ned him out."
"Yes." I said. But I thought I saw
him gojng in your ' back gate -last
week. "-.'."; -: )
"Oh, to be sure! He's round," but
he's jes boa'din with me now."
Ladies' Home Journal.
' Beginning of th Germ Theory. .;
Agostino BassL a ' country doctor In
the north :of .Italy, early . In the last
century, was the starter of the germ
theory of disease.' At that' tlme "ape
culiar . disease was killing the silk
worms. bringing ruin T to the whole silk
country of Italy. Bassi, by the micro
scope, discovered the germ' which is
the cause! of the disease. The germ
later was named Botritls bassiaha,
Basal believed and stated that human
diseases were also caused by germs.
Bassi's work was sneered at, and pooh
poohed by his fellow men and physi
cians, and be failed to make a lasting
Impression,' t hereby losing great glory
for Italia. New . York Press. V
: The. Orkney Islands.
"The member from the Orkneys" is
the only man. in the British house of
commons who can say be sits for 200
islands. ' Only sixty of the islands are
inhabited, but the , constituency em
braces more than 60,000 people.
The Orkneys were ; once;, given . by.
Norway to England as security for. a
queen's dower and never redeemed.. In
the Islands the voters must go to the
polls by boats, and In some cases' the
distance to be traveled Is eight miles. -
I First Aid. ' :
' "Now," said the professor, "suppose
you had been , called to see a patient
with hysterics some one, for instance.
"Who had started laughing and f on nd
it impossible to stop what is the first
thing you would do?' . . : '
"Amputate his funny bone." prompt
ly' replied the new student. Houston
Post -'; : :: '.'.: : :'; .::
rr-'--l:. Did Her Best. . ' - :;:-;:
''We're always careful about these
contiguous diseases," said Mrs. Lap
aUngK "When Johnny had got well of
the measles we- bonght' some' sulphur
candles and disconcerted the house
from top to bottom. Chicago Tribune.
An Advantage.
"So ypu prefer servants who speak
English imperfectly?" " rT?
,' "Yes," replied' the housewife.;. "If I
don't understand what they say . I am
not obliged to dismiss them so fre
quently." Exchange. 1 ;
i ' - v Suspicion." -
Once : give - your !jnind to suspicion
and there Is sure to be food enough for
It. In the stillest night the air Is filled
with sounds for the.. wakeful ear that
is resolved to listen. - .: ,:sv
The Common Complaint. 7 - "
Probably this " expression Is used
oftener by people than any other: "Ev
erything is blamed on me." Atchison
Olobe. - .. ':: ; ';XSV-' '.
KILL THE COUCH:
AND CURE THE LUNGS
WITH
AK3 ALL THROAT AND LCXG TROUBLES.
GUAHANTEJ2D SAXISFACTOUTi
OZt ZXOKZiY JSSSnauasSo.
REFOro CHUBCHESRev Mil-
. sides In Cen trai: America; airowh wren
' nt"n : f u nntturtTnn ta Itm sn-
, parent needa - it selects a smaii tree
,l with horizontal branches growing close
; together. ; A crossJwo of the branches
J Tit. lays sricksT "fastened .together -with
tpngh fiber until a .platform about six
feet long by two feet wide has been
constructed'; "On the end of this plat--f
orm nearest, the-tree trunk It. then
h builds a: huge dome shaped nest a foot
or. so. high; with thick sides." of .uiter
woven thorns;'' A' covered passageway
;is 'then made from the rest to the end
of the platform In! ascrooked'a man -ner
as possible. Across, the -outer, end
. as. well as at short Intervals aiong the
.Inside of this tunnel are placed enn
:nlng little: fences of "thorns with just
"space : enough for the owners to ; pass
through. On going out this Opening is
closed by t he owner-by placing thorns
across the gateway and thus the safe
ty of the" eggs': or young Is assured.
Harper's ;. Week ly, C
-v-yX-., . 'X : ' . .. .; , ' ' -
Rndlftat'MsrirTWa
; On? evenjug.a few years ago Brander
Matt hews a nd .Francis Wllsbn were
dining toget herat the Players club'of
New ;York. when the former made the
suggestion that they write a letter to
MarterTwaln! "But." objected Mr. Wil-
r sbn. "we don'i know where r he is.- for
it - was 'at ' a. .time w hen Mr. Clemens
was a way xra ve ling somewhere.' "Oh,"
said Professor -f M att hews, "that , does
not make-any difference. It is sure to
find him. VI think be Is some, place In
.Europe,, so we had better vput ' on a
five cent stamp." ' So the two sat down
and composed a letter, which they'ad-
dressed toj'Mark Twain. God Knows
Where," r' -. ;- ' - . v V :'-:iL
Within three " weeks they received a
reply from Mr. Clemens which ; said
briefly. 'He did." The letter had been
sent by ' the New York postofiice to
Harper '& ; Bros., thence to Chatto &
Wlndus of London. thene to a", bank
In Vienna and from the bank to the
small town" In Austria In which Mark
Twain happened to be staying. Book
man. - .. r j " .
X'':i'' - He Got Badly Left. i
Experiences of a correspondent of a
vNuremberg paper go to- shew that .the
German adulteration laws are drastic.
He says: "A French friencH sent me
four bottle of burgundy. After pay
ing the duty, i -was informed that all
wine coming from . abroad has to be
analyzed. As ; my consignment Includ
ed two kinds of wine a double analysis
was necessary, and for' this I 'paid a
fee of $9.24: As the end of a week I
received first a certificate attesting that
' my Wine was pure and, second, the
case' In which the bottles were sent.
I was also Informed that two bottles
had been required to form the basis of
each .analysis and that . consequently
there Was no wine left. I am natural
ly grateful to the state for the precau
tions taken to guard my health, but 1
cannot help thinking I am entitled to
the empty bottles. Surely these were
not also analyzed." v
Got His keceipi y-
' He had. run np a small' bill at the
village store' and went to ,pay it. first
-asking - for ,.a recelpt.' The proprietor
grumbled' and . complained, 'it wastod,
small to give a receipt for. It would
do : just as well; he said, to cross . the
account Noff and so drew a diagonal
pencil line across the book.
"Does that settle, it V asked the cus
tomer. -. '
"Sure." ; : ; ' . ' - : . '.
'.' An ye'H nlver be askln' for It
ag'inr'
"Certainly not."
; fFalth, thin," said the other coolie,
"an I'll kape me money in me pocket."
"Bnt I can rub that out." said the
storekeeper. ; -; ;, -, -'
"I- thought so," said - the customer
dryly. -."Maybe ye'H be givin me a re
ceipt nowj Here's yer-money." -'
One of ths Natives. '
A. gentleman was onCe showing a
countryman round a zoo. when they
came to a cage containing a kanga
roo ..
"What is that?" inquired the coun
tryman.v . :. '
"Oh." replied the gentleman, "that is
a native of Australia!" ; . 1; -
. Immediately the countryman ' threw
up hialjarms in
horror, exclaimlngH
"Goodness gracious. 'my sister married
one of. them !" London Telegraph. v
Training For a Crash.
"That man is always anxious to get
into the spot light," said the observant
citizen...
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum, "but
he doesn't discriminate: One of - these
days he's going to stand In front of a
locomotive headlight ' and not realize
his mistake till he is run over." Wash
ington Star. . ' . ' v
-. ' " ' " -' ' .-t
Labouchere's Sarcasm. .
.. Of Gladstone Henry 1 Laboncbere
once remarked. "I do notjQbject to Mr.
Gladstone' occasionally. havlng an ace
up his sleeve, bnt J -do wish be would
not always say that Providence pat It
there." ;y '.-:;f --
Father, Knows.
She Did -you say anything to papa
about your being too young? , He Yes.
But be said when I once 'began to pay
your bills I should age rapidly enough.'
New York Journal.' . . - . - ,
' Knew What His Few Days Meant. -
Quackly By the - bye, have you got
$10 about you that youijdon't need for
a few days? ; Sma'ckly 1 have." but 1
might need It some time. Exchange.. -
-. Want of care does us more damage
ban. want of knowledge. Franklin.'
1
Succeed when, everything else fails.
In. nervous prostration and : female
weaknesses they are i the . supreme'
remedy, s thousands have testified."
FOR KIDNCYjLrVCR AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the .best medicine ever sold
' : :' : over a droggist'a counter. - ' -
CHURCtf OIRECtOaY
Reformed CHUBCHESRevi- Mil
Sacdaj' sohooi - every; Sntydkj. at
IjJPreschiug service every 1st and
Sf d ;Sundaysatl.m.i'-v
Jnnior.cateQhetical aiidjmiieidn
aryjBaryioearjr 5aturdayjafter
octmi at is80 -p. -m. -4, 'r:?&.
-i - , t : -- , - '.
; St Paul's Reformed JJhdfch
SaDday . ' ichool ej&ry ii ay at
9:30; a, ...no.:.';;: - :f '"X-v
- Preachine' services . "every 2nd
and 4th Suodays at 1 1 armf ;
, . China f Grove, Seryioes ied in
rthe Town Hall : ? Sunday scliool
evry S anday at 8 " py m::.-:-':--
Prescniug seryioeevf?ry lt; a hd-
3rd and - 4th Sdnday nights t
- Landis:, Preaching service 2ad
SandSyi uighfealK)ganath
sou day at 4; so p.-m.
China Grovb CracuiT v MT E
Church, South, h RevJ?;J; ;:;' J .
JEads, pastor in charge.-';;, "
S vlstSrStinday t Xia si'm 'U China
Grove . i 8 p. m , -Harris Chapel
7:30 p.;m:v Laifdijs. . v-:
v2nd - Monday," 1 1 a m hina
Grove, r 7 :30 p. in China Grove.
3rd " Sunday,' IT a. - m.", Harris
Chapel 4 p. m .. Laudis : 7 :80
China G rc ve. v.-' '.-
- 4th ': Sunday, 11 a m, China
Grove,' 7 :80 p m China Grove.';
': St, Mark's Lutheran Church :
Sanday scbooh9':45 a. vtu' Mprm
ing worship 11 a . m. E vening
worship 7 :80. . ;-' Xf;-a
- St. Mark's ; Sunday school 9 :45
Sunday" morning.''-- Service San
day evening at 6 tSCX. : " t -
Lutheran Chapel., Be v. C. A.
Bmwn, pastor, '5-.': - .-;!:V
- Preaching every 2nd- and ' 4th
Sunday at 11 A.- M -
Snuday school wuy Sunday at
9 :45 A.M. ;. ;-. - -
Cbntbr - Grovb. Bev, C. A?
Brown, pastor.'; ; ; -. ' "
' Preaching -every iBt and .3rd
Sundays at 11 A. M. -T; -.,
"Baptist Chdrch. Bevt' Ivey,
pastor. Services oh lst. ; Sunday
at 3 o'clock p. m,, 3rd Sunday at
11 o clock a. m. - -v.-
FREEDOM.
Here In the forest now-, ." -- u , -
As on that old July. . . -
k When first our. fathers took- the. vow,
The bluebird, . Etamed with earth and slTr
Bhouts from a blowing- wmgrx ' i
In green Aerial freedom, wild and hlsK
And now. &a then, the bobolink -Out
on the "Uncertain brtok , ; V V '
'Of the swaying: maple swlnss. ' ' ..
ixMBing his song, out link by golden link.
While over the ; wood his. proclamation
. rings. - : -1 v-,- -:U.
A daring boast that would unklngdom
. kings! ' j .' ; .
Even so the wild birds sang' on bough and
- wall ' " - . .
That day the bell of Independence hall '
Thundered upon the world the word of
' man, -' - . . ;..:
The word God uttered when" the world be-
gaji . . ' . .. ..
That day. when liberty began to "be
And mighty hopes were 'out on land and
eea. . . . -
But Freedom calls her conscripts now, mm
then; . .- .;- '
It le an endless battle to be free.'
As the- old dangers lessen Xrom the skies
Kew dangers rise. -- .' - - . -
Down the long centuries' eternally ?
Again, again, will rise Thermopylae;
Again, again,, a new Leonldas -Must
hold for God the imperiled pass. ' ;
As the long ages run " . - - .
New Lexington will rise' on Lexington L
And many a valorous. Warren rail .-'
Uponthe Imperiled walL' ' " . "" .
Man Is the conscript of an endless quest,
A long divine adventure without rest. -A
holy war, a battle yet unwon - ' "-When-
he shall climb beyond 'the burnt
-..-; - out: sun. . -'s . ' .,,;;.--" . -,
Each hard earned freedom -withers' t a
Freedom forever la beyond beyond! , -"
Edwin Markham In Independent.
I use this method to inform
the public that I am now aple
to do all kinds of commercial
card,-tag. and figure and rule
Mv plant Js well equipped
for doing good, neat printing,
and I solicit your patronage.-
. China Grove, N. O. : -
Just The Thi
flllflli
Lookinp;
- A grain drill that is easy to set and .a drill that will , drill
the quantity you set it to drill. If yoii hav your drill set Ip
drill a bushel of wheat it i& read
peas or any bthei small; in e New Empire is the only
drill made that will do this, not
to set i to drill any quantity of
Dornot' be misled but buy a New.
- We -have another article you can not aljord to he without v" z
j if you have cows, jtis' a Sharpies Tubular Cream Seperator.' ? ;
l ine on iv isuspeuuea luouiar- 00 wi separator iaue, 1111s , in
Isures the easiest jiinniue, the cleanest skimming and i the
! most durable separator made;; -
. -ion can ges.cne aooye articles ana
line from asewing machine needle to.
books, from the ;. - t. v
iVf -' "f : '; :
Jxi Uitti fthSXitt m Price ef Ow
ITCTiOUNAlATOHMAH aiid
Thk RowAR;BECOBbare the name
of ;thel.two' editions of our sem "
weekly Vnewsp per. , ; B' th "papers'
arftpriniedt5:ho VHitchTnan :
office and, so farai tb'e':news is
c;opcernedj'".they arln iseued at a"
semi-weekly. 'One .paper givn,
the news from "Friday to Tnet day
and tie" other. givitg it from Tbe8-
dayto Friday. V They fi-re entirely;
d iff ern tV-veicb; gi vi hg a? ): lie w s o f i
of in tere st up to the hour of g it g
to press, but no more. - The ia
vantage in this Arrangement tf'
the reader ls jut the . same.as a itv ;
aemi-weeklywhen compared wV h :
a weekly; The qpantity aud qVal
ity of pews is greater , and betie
is f orDlBhed oftener and freh.
and it;is rprepared especially f.r
our readers. This jatte'r item in
6f considerable importance to
those who wish accurate aud rejt
able inforiaatiotiu Tbe disadvan
tsge in taking .'. only one of thf-p?
papers lies i a the fact that -tin:
reader 'will get wily about ha I f
of the nevrs and very often t he
very piece of news which he is in
terested in and wants to see will
be found'in the paper he does n t
take;;"''.-; v -.." -- ; '. '
The man who takes a semi-week,
ly. and gets oply one copy ai.d
misses one i becomes dissatisfied,
he knows he is missing somethh g :
and generally finds time to kick;
Knowing - this to be true, and,
knowing that, he who does not "ta k e
both copies (of ourV semi-weekly,
The Cabo'lina Watchman and
The . Rowan - Ricobd, " will find
himself in the same condition w
therefore urge all who can to thk
both' papers.' The price is only
$1 00 ner year and thesnbscriberN
will. get more iiews than, can ' o
secured elsewhere for the samo
moueyJ- - - ::. , ' . '
TThis combination arrangem' t
of Th; Watchman and Record r
as made for , the . pnrp f of ac
commodating, those who- want.' a
semi-weekly. . ; Any one, tryiiig -these
papers as ipdicated will find
that they : secure ..all the new s
fresher and in a, more readable ;
form than can be gotten eKsewh ro
fc'r the same money." . ! , .
f:;;Call and get free' sample copie.s.
; & f 5 it - rit orjfsa Istie
Who has triedDr. Bell's Pine-
Tar-Honey for ccugns, colds, giip ,
r any throat or bronchial ,rcubl.
Ctft a bottle to-day ; ; Look for
the bell on the 1 ottle. ,
Will buy, standing, on the
stump, these large old White :
Oslk trees of yours. r ; -
Call ani et prices J
GR VENEKR j Q
- -China Grove, N. Cr ; ,
all Y0URJLATCA Lys
J Will , pay 5 cents per
pound for fat calves (during
April and May. :
I I have for ssle, a 6 year .old
mule guaranteed to work Cany
where A bargain at $20000
H. J- Eddleman
. China Grove, N d :
tig You Have
... .. .
a wheel to take o1ff or(pijt o'rf
grain one to four.-husholsl
Empire- and be in the lead.
The disc separators are back
auysuiog eisejin ins- aBraware
a steam engine, ereo ; to school''
Gray
RDeepfraoe
WANTED
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