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sutr Libcry mcliu; THE MONROE JOURNAJ VOLUME XIV. NO. 11 MONROE, N.C., TUESDAY APRIL 30, 1007. One Dollar a Year IT Yon Read TMa It will be to Wra that the h adliw awtl ral wrilrfH ami Mt brn o( ill Uw arvera) k4 of prvU.- rmMunmid, in Um ttruit(--l term aaitl, urk aixl rry lnemitait riiW-nn luui Um mwuusruna uf )r. Pierre's tioidea Mediral lHcovery fur th cur of wak stomach, dypt-pla. raurrh of una-h. "liver roniplalul. Wr.iJ liver, ur bilionst, rhmiiie U-i atlivtioiis and all ralarrbal diaraM-s of whatever return, um nr natum. It ia a Ho a "i"--! V n-nmlf ! all u h rhnmie ur kw utamliiit riunnof ratarrhal affec tion ami tlirir rwulliit. as brunehlal, throat awl lun di a- lewpt ctm-uBiie-tiunlaeeiimi'auiej withtrYiTwauuth. It l mt tl I at'iito roldo aud couth, but (r liucTiiK. ur rbroiiir t-- it ia ls-ull -:li-ai-ku in pnidtu-inf r-tiv-t rum. It contain HU.-k ( li.-rry lurk, iild u Seal rt. Ul.lrl. 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Account of the above occasion, the Seaboard announces rate of one fare ami one-third, lns 2j cents, for the round trip from points on their line ithtn radius of one hundred miles. For further information in connec tion with rates and schedules, dates of sale, etc , npplv to C, II. (ivrns.T. V. A.. Kaleiuh, X. C. C. W.Jonks, T. A., MunnK', X. C. Kvery woman appreciates a beau tiful eoiiiplexion, so much desired by men. Such complexions rone to all who use Hollister's Koeky Mountain Tea. .'!" rents, tea or tablets. Kuclisli Ihug Coinpany. STRIKING COL'RT SCENE. Judge tang Brines Tocethcr Two Old Soldiers W ho Were Fight inK Each Other. liiwnrr. Leo the ra of State vs. T. J. Capl m ealletl, there raiM for ward an old man, plainly drewed, Lite hair ami iluing beard but in bearing every iucb a man in the lierauu of the defeudaut. The de fendant's counsel not being preseut, the professional services of Frank Thomiwon and F. M. Koonee of the local tar was prollered him by these (jentli'inen, ami lieinK art-ept-ed, the trial proceeded. The charge was a4inlt and battery uou oue M. P. Ituss. The latter being the State's only witness, he beariug the marks of old age, but yet vigor ous, came upon the stand aud told how he and his old neighbor hail had a falling out and came to blows. The State rested its rase, and the defendant weut upon the stand aud gave his version of the fight, which was substantially an told by the prosecuting witness. Iu his rharge bis honor told the jury if they be lieved the evidence lieyond a rea sonable doubt, or if they believed the evidence of the defendant, they ! should find their verdict guilty, which was promptly done by the jury. I lieu came the climax. I The judge called both of the old Ice House Now open ami ready for business. I'lenty on hand. I lave just bought a large drove of Shannon's fine cattle, and can give you some nice beef. Still buyinpr Hides, Tallow, Bees wax, Chickens and Eirgs. 551 J. D. PARKER. W. S. BI.AKKNKY, I 'resident. J. C. SlKKS. Vice-Preaident. G. B.'fAl.ItWKI.I, Sec. and Tress. The Monroe Insurance and Investment Company. Incorporated Agency for all Kinds of Insurance, Monroe, North Carolina. We buy Slid sell anything in real estate, or will handle same on commission. We lend money and make loans for other eople without rout to the lender. Will guarantee the payment of interest promptly. Will rent property and collect rents for owners. Will act as Executor, Administrator or Guardian and do a general trust business. Offices in The Bank of Union building. G. II. CAI.DWKM., Sec. and Treas. Directors:-W. S. Klakeney, J. C. Sikes, K. P. Wharton, 0. B. Caldwell, W. E. fason, Dr. J. W. Neal, J. R. Shute, J. E. Slack, (i. M. Ueasley. "Elastic" Bookcase and Desk combined. Permits as much or as little book space w wanted. Comprises Desk Unit with few or many Book Units as desired. Roomy, conven ient, attractive. Call and see 1 or write for catalogue 1 05 W.J.Rudge Co. What More Can You Want? We have a big house, with two floors, full to the brim with all kinds of Furniture for fancy, or to All the wants of buyers with light, medium or heavy pocket books. Don't fail to call around and see. T. P. Dillon, nieu op ia front of him within the bar, and speak iug to the defeudaut, said: "You are an old soldier, per bapsr "Yea," said be, "I aui 64 years old: I was a member of the Third North Carol i tut State troops during j the civil war; I was at the battle or Chancellorsville; I remember the charge made on that memorable day." "My brother," said Judge Long, "was killed in that charge." "Yea," said the veteran, his rye kiudling as he seemed to live over again the events of that terrible onslaught. "Yes, I remember the young sol dier falling with the battle flag in his bands at the foot of the enemy's breastworks, which we immediate ly raptured. I was oue of the sol diers that bore the body of the wouuded Stonewall Jackson off the field where be was shot down by the mistake of his own troops." "Were you iu the waif asked the judge of the prosecuting w it ness. The veteran stood at "atten tion," aud proudly replied: "I was a member of the old Kighteeuth Kegiuient." "How old are you," asked his bouor. "I am 77 years old," said he. Judge Long then, with voice tremulous with emotion, said: " eterans, the war is over, l ou should not fight each other. One in this case is just as guilty as the other. Only oue, however, is in dicted." Turning to the defendant, Judge Long said: "I shall suspend no judgment over you. When you leave this world to join your com rades on the other side, not at my hands shall a suspended judgment be on the records of this court against you." Then looking the veteran kindly in the eye, he con tinued; "Won't you veterans shake hands aud be friends?" For a moment, like two old prime game rocks, they faced each other, but for ouly a moment; the spirit of reconciliation set iu mo tion by the kindly words of the judge, spread over aud wreathed those old battle-scarred, wrinkled faces; the smile of reconciliation of comradeship aud brotherhood; iu pathos of deep silence, aud with mighty band grasp, these old battle scarred heroes stood looking in the faces of each other, while tears trickled down the checks ol the immeuse throng that crowded the court room. Letters From Abroad No. 19. ij a siiS.ica. t! 1-;.---rt;-:. THROUGH NORTHERN PALESTINE arid SYRIA. "Good for everything a salve is used Tor and especially recommended for piles.! That is what we say about DeWlt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. Tbat is what twenty years' of usage has proven. Get the original. Sold by S. J. Welsh and C.N.Simpsou. Carry Do you believe it is more blessed to give than to receive! Harry (as be kisses her) I dou t know. I should like to try both before I make up my mind. -Jester. Use Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syr up. Children like its pleasant taste, and mothers give it hearty endorse ment. Contains no opiates, but drives out the cold through the bowels. Made in strict conformity to pure food and drugs law. Recommended and sold by Dr. S.J. Welsh tod C.N. Simpson, Jr. Some men are so persistently stingy tbat, if they were admitted to heaven on a basis of free salva tion, tbey would bold out for a re bate. Douglas Tribune. Cured of Rheumatism. Mr, Wm. Henry of Chattanooga, Ten nessee, had rheumatism iu ins leu arm. "The strength seemed to have gone out of the muscles so that it was uselesa lor work," he says. "1 applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and wrap ped the arm in flannel at night, and to my relief I found that the paiu grad ually left me and the strength re turned. In three weeks the rheuma tism had disappeared and has not since returned." If troubled with iheumatism try a few applications of I'ain Balm. You are certaiu to be pleased with the relief which it af fords. For salt by English Drug Co. Bristol county, R. I., is the smallest county in the U. S., con taining only twenty live square miles. The. county having the largest population is New York. Bailey county, Tex., has only rour inhabitants. Eureka! Yes, I Have Found It at last Found what? Why that Cham berlain's Salve ctres eczema and all manner of itching of the skin. I have been afflicted for many years with skin disease. I had to get up three or four times every niEht and wash with cold water to allay the terrible itch- ins, but since using this salve in Oe cember, 1905, the itching has stopped and has not troubled me. Elder John T. Ongley, Rootville, Pa. For sale by English Plug Company. "You say your son has run oftT' "Ye. Have yon seen anything of him!" No; mit I wouldn't worry -he'll turn up all right." "He rertaiulv will just as soon as I find him." Judge. Leader In Low Prices on High Class Furniture. 5torw phone 7; Residence Phone M. fKJ "Pneumonia's Deadly Work bad so seriously affected my right lung," writes Mrs. Fannie Connor of rami route 1, Georgetown.Tenn., "that I coughed continuously night and day and the neighbors' preuie tion consumption eeeroed inevi Utile, until my husband brought home a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, whkh in my case proved to be tbe only real cough cure and restorer of weak, sore lungs." When all other remedies utterly fail, too may still win in tbe bat tie against lung and throat trouble with New Discovery, the real cure. Guaranteed by English Drag Co. 50e, and tl. Trial bottle free- One leaves Jerusalem with regret. A second visit only makes the de parture a keener regret. A Iter see ing the principal places of interest iu aud around tbe dear old city, we arrauged to go through Northern Palestine on horseback. For twenty-three miles a fairly good carriage road has been graded. But the work has been susiteuded and may not be resumed witbiu a genera tion. NYe seut our horses ahead the day before ami left early in the morning by carriage. Wheu we reached the crest of Scopus, a filial and farewell look at the Holy City was taken. Along the same road iu the long ago passed Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Joshua, David, 1'eter, Paul and Christ, Some four miles out we passed to the right a cone-shaped hill, upou which (iib enh of Benjamiu stood. Here Saul was born, and from here he went out to find the strayed asses aud found a kingdom. Ou that hill he reigned as king; from it he went forth to battle, and there the sweet tones of David's harp soothed bis troubled spirit. Ou tbe same hill Michal married David, and there her fath er acted the part of a mean father in law (1. 8aiu. xviii). Ou aud near that Bot much tragical history was enacted. 1 Over to the left a little further on is ancient Mipah, where Samuel resided aud held court He was a circuit rider, aud also held courts at (iilgal and Bethel. His circuit was very small, for Bethel is only a short distance further uorth ou the right of the road. At one time Bethel rivaled Jerusalem in impor tance, bad a school for tbe proph ets, and for some time was tbe cen ter of the worship of Jehovah in the Northern Kingdom. Today it is nothing. Near tiie end of the rarriage road are the ruins of Shiloh, where the Tabernacle was first set up perma nently in Canaan. Here, Um, tbe Ark stayed from the days of Joshua till almost the end of tbe life of Fli, and here the land was divided by lot into tribal possessions. Just to the oast of the town, iu a glen, oc curred that feast at which the daughters of Shiluh were tripping the light fautastic when the lSenja mite men cauie upou them sudden ly from the nearby vineyards and carried them away for wives. (Girls who dance should always be ou the lookout). There are mauy places of minor importance along the way, but the next spot of special iuterest is Jacob's well, which is one and a half miles east of Nablous (ancient Shechem). The well isiu the west em edge of the "parcel of a Held purchased by Jacob of llamor for 100 pieces of money" (Uen. xxxin: l!l). The identity of this well is unquestioned. The Jews, the Sa maritans, the Moslems and Chris tians all agree that this is the well at which occurred the conversation of our Savior with the woman of Samaria who had too many bus bands (John iv:!H0). The well belongs to the Greeks and is sur rounded by a wall. It lies 111 the crypt of a chapel erected by the Crusaders upon the ruins of an old church of the fourth century. The well was excavated iu tbe solid rock, is round, about uine feet iu diameter and seventy five feet deep. Of course, a traveller must pay "bachsheesh" to see it, lint no one minds that, Iu the summer time the well is dry. But the "liv ing water" ollered to the siuful wo man is perennial. About one half mile north of bis father's well is the tomb of Joseph. Before be died Joseph bad the chil dren of Israel to promise to carry nil bis bones from Lgypt. After sleeping on the Nile for more than three hundred years, tbe mummy of Joseph was carried in the wilder ness for forty years aud finally de ixmited in the same parcel of land bought by Jacob of Hamor 8 chil dren (Josh. xxiv:32). The tomb is inclosed, and the boucs of Jacob's favorite son lie in the territory as signed to Kpbriam, the offspring of Joseph. Near by, the everlasting uiountaius of Lbal and Uenr.im keep their silent vigils over the re- mauisof rbaraob's prime minister, the story of whose life is the most beautiful of any iu all history. Hither Joseph came from Hebron to find his brethren, and, failing to find them "in the field," he went on to Dothan a place which we passed the uext day and which Is about seventy miles from Hebron. It has always Iw-eu a surprise to me hy Jiw-pb, w lm could make tbat trip aloin when a mere lad. did not when be was a ruler of Fgypt j visit his old fatherorroiuuiuuicatej with him iu some way, siuee Heb-j rou is not very far fwiu Fgypt-j Jacob did not know where Joseph was, but the latter knew where his! father was and seems to have made uu effort to even hear from him. It. Nablous, the modem name of! Shechem, is about a mile west off Joseph's tomb and lies iu a beauti ful valley, with KUil oil tbe north and t.cri.iiu on the south. The latter was the mount of blessing and the former the mount uf curs ing 1 Dent. xxvii:ll '.'(). The old city is rich iu historic associations, but its glory has de parted. It hits about .,.",(MHi ieo ple, all of w hom are Mohammedans except I.ihsi w ho are Jews, Samari tans and Christians. The chief oc cupation of the eople, wheu they work at all, is making soap out of olive oil. There are something like fifteen soap factories iu the place. But, judgiug from the appearances of the HHiple, the soap is made strictly for export and not for do mestic use. The Moslems of Na blous are uotcd for their fanaticism aud hatred of Christians. As there are no foreign consuls iu the town, the natives treat foreigners pretty much us they please. One of our party was rather late returning to the hotel one evening and they gave him a gius) rocking. I was somewhat anxious to see the remnant of the old sect of Sa maritans who still reside in Shech em. These people have dwindled down to l.'iii souls, and they cling to their ancient faith aud customs. Among other features of their reli gion, a man is permitted to prac tice bigamy if the first w ife be bar ren. But as there are ulsiut tweu ty men more than there are women, bigamy is practically impossible. At least twenty men are doomed to involuntary celibacy. Wheu a mar ried man dies, his nearest male rel ative other than a brother is com piled to marry the w idow. The hcir-apparcnt may sometimes heir a wile w ho would cause him to lose his religion. They are forbidden to marry any one except a Samari tan. And the Samaritan dudes meekly submit to this foolish re- iiiiremeut when there are plenty of pretty (.iris around them want ing to marry. The Jews never had much of an opinion of the Samaritans. Neither have I, since I heard the high priest tell a lie for money. But the Jew ish prejudice has probably been overstated. All that talk about the Jews would not even pass through Samaria, but travelled 011 the east side of Jordan to avoid going through S.nuaritau territory, is an exaggeration. The real reason, I am ieisiiaded, was ou account of the bad roads through Samaria. The country is mountainous and very rocky. A nil wherever the most risks are, it has Ixkmi well said, there's the road. It is actually un sale to ride. Horses are shod with a solid piece of iron covering the entire foot, and can hardly climb or descend the rocky hillsides. My horse fell under me and threw me several feet. The horse of another man in our party fell and broke an arm of its rider. Much of the time you must walk and lead your horse in passing through Samaria. I don't blame the Jews for travelling on the other side of the Jordan. Seveu miles to the northwest of Shechem is the site of the ancient city of Samaria. The city stood 011 an oval shaped hill. This hill is in a valley surrounded by mountains. For a w hile it was the capital of the ten tribes, and later the Lm peror Augustus presented it to Herod the Great. That old scamp embellished ami beautified it and changed its name toSebaste in hon or of the w ife of Augustus. Many fragments of ancient structures, granite columns, hewn blocks and broken capitals may still tie seen. There are still standing a few col umns that were in the grand tem ple which, according to Josephus, Herod erected iu honor or the l(o man Ltnperor. But all is desola tion now, as was foretold (Mich, i: ti; Hosca xiii:1i). While the prov ince of Samaria is very rough and hilly, the soil is good aud the conn try is pretty thickly settled. A stranger is at once struck with the peculiar dress of the people. The women wear breeches. In America we occasionally hear of a woman who "wears the breeches," but in Samaria all the women wear them The style of pants worn is not the dudish tight legs, but large bloom ers or big-legged breeches. 111. At Jenin, where tourists spend the uight, we pass out of Samaria into Galilee, t rum Jenin over the great plain of Ksdraelon to Nazareth is a day's journey. This vast plain fell to the lot of Issachar, and is one of the richest parts of Palestine. In crossing tbe plain one gets a splrudid view iu every direction. The mountains of Sumaj ia are U hind, thiwe of Galilee iu front, Car Uiel 011 the et, (iilUia on the ea.t, little lleriuou aud Mt. Talx.r to the uorth. We pass Jere-l, rn-ar which Saul fought the 1'hili.stiucs. Ou theslope of near by Gilboa, seeing all wait lost, he fell on his ow n sword aud died. Je.reel was the residence of Ahab aud bis wicked wife. Three miles uorth is Shuuetu, the native place of the pretty girl who was uumc to Ihtvid and about whom Solomon had his brother Adonijah killed. It is lint au hours ride lurt her to the village of Naiu, where Christ raised the widow's son ( Luke vihll 15). Iu oue hour more Ku dor is reached. Here Saul came the night before the fatal battle of iilboaand had the witch to raise tbe ghost of Samuel. The wolds of the ghost proved true on the uext day. Tbe career of Saul was rath er remarkable. In his young mnu- botsl he was a splendid fellow. ( I. Saiu. ix:-' ) "From his shoulders and upward be was higher than any of the jieople." That description of Saul suggests the magnificent form of Hon. J. ( . Buxton of W 111- ston Salem, who would have made a better King every way thau Saul did. Iu that little matter at Ku dor, however, Saul did something that Mr. Buxton lierhaps would not. Wheu Samuel's ghost apiM?ur- ed friend Buxton probably would not have remained to engage iu conversation with it. From Fndor it is but a few hours' ide to Nazareth, a pretty little town iu a basin 011 the south slope of some lofty U'liauon ridges. The place was of no importance before the Christian era, and is not men tioned in the Old Testament or in Josephus. Iu Christ's time it was believed that nothing good could come out of Naareth. In this lit tle town, of sacred memory, our Savior seut most of bis life, and n it today "Even the lifeless stone is dear For thoughts of Him." The Church of the Annunciation stands over the spot which tradi- ion loealies as the place where iabricl informed Mary that she was so highly favored of God ( Luke IS). A part of an old synagogue, claimed to be the very one iu which Christ preached, is now a part of a church belonging to tbe I'uited Greeks. Tradition, w hich is. so en- erprising in the Holy Laud, lias rescued from oblivion even the workshop of Joseph, as well as the ki'chen of Mary. The rival fac tions of ( hnstians have discovered at least three places w here Christ's rate fellow townsmen attempted to thrust him from the brow of the 11. Aside from its associations, the town is a place of small impor tance now. 'Die population is largely Christian United and Or thodox Greeks, Latins, Maronites and Protestants. The place is lair neat and clean and has some pretty women. r ive utiles north of Nu.areth, on the road to Tils-iias, is ('ana of Galilee, the place of the first mir- icle of Jesus. Modem Christian sects, iu their factional zeal, have wrought another miracle in Caua. They have made two places out of the one where the water was turned into wine. The Catholics have a hajH'l over the exact spot. The i reck s go them one better: they not ouly have a church over the exact spot, but they show the very ars which were used on the occa sion, ror a little money tourists may have the delight of seeing luith places where tbe miracle occurred. IV. 3 Scoffs Emajcnatrengtliena enfeebled 1 nerve force. It provides baby with the necessary fat and mineral food for healthy growth. ALL DRUOOISTSl BOo. AND BI.OO. ja. ROYAL Baking Powder is indispen sable to the preparation of the finest cake, hot-breads, rolls and muffins. Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to buy other powders because they are "cheap." Housekeepers should stop and think. If such powders are lower priced, are they inferior? Is it economy to spoil your digestion? The "Royal Baker and Tatrv Cook" containing over Soo mt practical and valuable cooking re. ccipts free to every patron. Send postal card with your full address. Alum is used in some baking pow ders and in most of the so-called phosphate powders, because it is cheap, and makes a cheaper pow der. But alum is a corrosive which, taken in food, arts injuriously upon the stomach, liver and kidneys. oyal skino pswoia eo.. sew voa Tilieras is on the west side of the Sen of Galilee. It was founded by Herod Antipas and named after the Emperor Tils-rius. It was the capital of Galilee in the time ot Christ, yet thrc is 110 record that be ever visited it. He was preach ing to the Jews, and there were no Jews iu Tiberias. 1 he Jews would not live there U'cause tbe city was built on a cemetery. They were either afraid that contact with graves would defile them or were afraid of ghosts. As Herod could uot induce Jews to live in it, he had to people his capital with pa gans, slaves, toughs and U'ggars. PerhaiNi I can suggest another rea son why he uever visited Tilierias, although residing, preaching and working miracles within eight miles of the capital. If conditions were then as they are now, filth would have kept him away. Tibe rias is undoubtedly the nastiest place on earth. In it a nose is not only useless but inconvenient. But Tiberias is not alone. At Magdala, tbe birthplace of Mary Magdalene, a cow occupies the same room with a family. In Palestine there are several places of which one has a better opiuion if oue lias neither seen nor studied them. Herod Antipas reigned in Tilie rias and Christ resided st Caper naum, less than seven miles apart, and yet the two never met until Christ was scut by Pilate before Herod at Jerusalem. It is more re markable since Herod wanted to see Jesus (Luke xxiii:8). The busy cities about the northern end of the lake Capernanm, Cborazin, Bethsaida, etc have entirely dis appeared. Only the Sea of Galilee is just as it was wheu our Savior preached on its shores and walked on its waters. A volume could be written about this little sea and w hat has happened about it Leaving Tiberias we went to Samakh at the south end of the sea. Tbe trip of about six miles must be made in row boats. We left at four o'clock iu the morning and had 110 light save that of the stars. It is a rare pleasure to ride on this the most renowned waters on earth, "When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee." At Samakh, on the railroad from Haifa to the Hejaz line, we took the train for Derat, ou the Damascus-Mecca road, thence by rail to Damascus. Ihe latter city is just a little disappointing, it is the oldest standing city iu the world, and has witnessed the rise and fall of nations aud empires. But the old town is taking a new lease on life. It has just installed a system of electric lights and electric tram cars. The citv's commerce and manufactures sutTered much by the construction of the Suez Canal, but it still enjoys a large caravan trade with the far East. Its bazaars are seeoud only to those of Constanti nople, But no description of the city, its people, its industries or its environs will lie attempted. It is a great center of Mohammedan ism, aud the disciples of the Prophet are intensely fanatical aud hostile towards Christians. They would again murder Christians by whole sale if they wen; not afraid of the Christian Powers. The armies and navies of the Christian natious are the only guarantees of safety for foreigners. The Devil is no gentle uiau if he does uot thoroughly roast some of tbe fool Moslems of Da mascus. From this, the oldest city on earth, we turned our faces towards the best conutry in the world. From Damascus to lie i rout ou the Mediterranean is !)1 miles. But at ltcyak we made a detour on to the Tripoli road to Baal lick, which lies iu the vast plain dividing the Leb anon from the Anti-Lebanon moun tains. At l&albek are ruins which rival those of Thebes aud which are the wonder of modern times. The principal ruins are those of gigantic heathen temples. Iu the largest one are some solid stones more thau (W feet long, 10 feet thick and 1.1 feet high. How they were transported from the quarries and placed on a substructure 1!0 feet from the ground is a puzzle to mod em engineers, inese enormous structures were utterly destroyed by convulsions of nature. The Almighty, through the power of earthquakes, registered his first great command: "Thou xhalt have no other god before me. But w ho shall say that those who worshiH'd in these temples did not get credit for their ignorant wor ship of the unknown Godf When oue ga.es upon the ruins of Baal bek, the miud wonders what has liecome of the architects who cou- reived aud the builders w ho erect ed such enormous structures; won ders bow it has been with them these long years iu that undiscov ered country from whose bourn no traveller returns; wonders why men, in striving for the perishublo dollars, honors aud pleasures of this world, will continue to sell etern ity for a mess of pottage. These, ruins remind one that all things iu earth must pass away, "And, like the baseless fabric of this vision. The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself. Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this insubstantial jmgeant faded, Leave not a rack behind." Doing; Business Again. "Wheu my friends thought I was about to take leave of this world, ou account of iudigestion, nervous ness and general debility," writes A. A. Chisholni, Tread well, N. Y., "aud w hen it looked as if there wits no hojie left, I was persuaded to try Electric Bitters, and I re joice to say that they are curing me. I am now doing business again as of old, and am still gni'i ing daily." Best tonic medicine on earth. Guaranteed by English Drug Company, fsic. Doctor (to female patient) You have a slight touch of fever. Your tongue has a thick coat. Patient (excitedly) Oh, doctor, do tell me how it tits! A Woman Tells How to Relieve rheumatic paius, I have been a very great sufferer from the dreadful dis ease, rheumatism, lor a number of years. 1 have tried many medicines but never got much relief from any ot them until two years ago, when I got a buttle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I found relief before I had used all of oue bottle, but kept on applying it and soon felt like a different woman. Through my advice mauy of my friends have tried it and can tell you how wonderfully it has worked. Mrs. Sa rah A. Cole, 140 S. New St., Dover, Del. Chamberlain's Pain Halm is a liniment. The reliet from paiu which it affords ia alone worth many times its cost. It makes rest and sleep pos sible. For sale by English Drug Co, . . a . , , , . , . , , , . ifTWfrTf?fTTrfTff?TfVTfTTfVVfVVVTOfTTfVWTTfT ST. IE t i Wc have opened a New Music Store t t in the Shute building: on East Franklin t : Street, where you will find a full and t : complete line of the latest improved up-1 I to-datc Pianos and Organs at reasonable ! prices and terms to suit purchaser. V e will repair and tune your piano, organ : I or other musical instrument and guar : I antce satisfaction. Pay us a visit. : ! Simms & Harmon, ii Monroe, - North Carolina. t;. . - - - f. 11 - - - - . . J j , .
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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April 30, 1907, edition 1
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