i The Cowardl) Guard
(Original 1
Win I in In CuJoru awaj but
la llw aixtir I aue anlnj V ft Ivo
Ter foe the touts. It u the dij of
mad itnli, aoj I euafrw I felt "mt
what sa-rvun. 1 ji t4d by theUeil
t'arco nevle that the o h wouU tie
ftiarilnl by en of tba-tr m IHik
Fieri, whom they eonxkletvj worth
half a Aam ordinary own. Thla at-1-nVd
me. f from th Unw 1 rnlrtvj
th mil I had beard uf tb brsr
dfrrla uf thi came I'k k Klevta.
AY hen v were al-Hit to atart and
Fterh was plnt oat t tne I wa
eurprtsed. lie was a ll.lle fWkw about
iv feet Ota Incbe, an.l 1 couldn't
how he caild terrify even a luj;le
lvbl-r, ami there were often ecml In
th tank- win rM-l o h. How
ever, h had an rye M- h, like bin
name, was steel, aiil a o-il looking
tecl at that, anj I put him Joan t t
one of tbtwe men la vhio nt-ne tr.k,-
the place of tuim lo.
I niade the trip out and laci wild
Steele, a in) there was no o-asln for
the WYIIs Farpt m.in t sh-'W tils mot
tl. Wheu I left Ivnccr f-r Cheyenne
to take the t"i:on Fa. l:io mllnd fr
the east Steele was ai::iln th r'wrd.
Thla time when we were midway on
our Journey w hoard the cry ahead. !
"nld up y-ir hmriK" and tbe ca -h
raine to a stop, A iiulq mnv and td
on oue side of Hie coach, hoii'ilni? u all
eoTeri'd with a brie of revolver,
while tw-i olhera on tlx other He
opened Hie slase d"or. threw d 'n the
tops and called to us to alight Steele
waa In the iniiM'e seat ami i:t person
to the o4n d-er. We all e;v--ted bl:n
to mull, illy bristle uliti w-tvipons and
kill the two men ln-f.-re they know
what hurt tli.-Mi. Itwtead of that he
tumbled out Willi his binds In the air
aa nimbly as a joint.- fawn.
Ueelnir tint we hoi no protection
from thla vaunted hero, we all pi out
and Btikul In line while the r-Md ni-iiU
relieved us of everytble.s n!oiit us of
any value. Evidently thev had never ;
aeon Steele before, for they tronbsl
hlra Jnt Ilk the re-t of in. I thmiclit
perhapa he nilcht aloop and pull a pair
of revolver from hi l.N; hut, al
thous'i he had no espe. ial watching,
he did not make the ulijhreit ino
tnent When the rthU-ra were through ;
with ua they ordcnil un hack lt:! the '
coach anil told the driver to naoe on. !
Aa awn an we w.to free from the
robbers there was a treat outburst
against Steele. "You're it pretty pi.ird:"
"Where did you cot ) "iir reputation :
for bravery?" "The bLuet ioanl In
the eniit h:" T!ie- were aome of the
pMteita that wen- lv.!i!"l a-ai:ist the
mau of much reputation. Ilu conduct
In bearing them corniiiceil every one !
that he wiu not only not brae, but
unusually cowardly, lie did n -t resent
a eliitfle one of tlic.' lnsnltliu; re- ;
pmaehea, Imbtvl, he did not vtn to 1
hear them, kis'pliu; his eye out the
window liHikinp: nt the ground we ,
pnswd over and watching for some- j
thing.
Freaently the Mad made a turn, and
the coach passed iiroi.nd It i.nd I e)iind
a clump of treea. Stei'le fiiiiu; open the I
coach door. JumiH-d out, unstrapped a :
Winchester from tiniler the boot ami
atnrted back, atooplui; nuiong some .
bushes so as not to be sein. j
I am not a brave man, but I am a :
Very curious one. S ized with a desire
to oe the rest of the story for n:y
aelf, I n!llitcd and went after the
(tunrd. We bad Bone aliout half a
mile from the spot where we bad Iwn
roblied. n ml n third of this distance 1
was a depression In the ground. Tak
ing position In this depression. 1 could
aiH nil I wanted to see. I saw Ste!e
lodging along a short distance uhead
tif me. and about the same distance
lieyond Mm wen- the rolils-rs dividing
the awng they bad taken from ua.
Then from out s clump of sagebrush I
aaw a puff of smoke, beard the crack
of Steele's Winchester, mid n robber
fell, llofore I could have counted live
there were another puff and crack, and
another roblT fell. The third nan
had only time to look wildly about
tilm when he, too, went dow n.
Then Steele advanced cautiously. An
ho approached one of the rohN'rs rals
ed himself on his elbow and was nlmut
to Are t Steele when the guard drop
ped him, this time for good. Steele
Went to the place where the bodies
lay, gathered up their spoil, turned
nd came slowly back. When he came
up to uie I remarked to bhn that ho
bad been very lucky to And the roh
ter engaged, and he replied that they
usually (lit Ided the plunder nt once
BOY INVENTORS.
Humphrey PettsT-a Code Aod.tiea to
th ttusa
Some of the meet un;TUnt in
tcutsonj have Uvo Uie wort cf
bov. Tbe invention of the Ne
motion to the Hcain en .'tie u
niaJd by more bof. Xeo.nne'
eniae in very invxtuplt-te c't
J:t;on frvm the f't thut lliere s
no wv to ojH'n or do the a!
csoojit by Dieaci of y'ir pjvrauJ
i by the hani
X'ewcoine act tip Iurc;p entitle it
one of the mine, aiul a Uy,
Humphrey Potter, waa hired to
i work the valve levers. Mt'iou ;h
i hii wtirlc wa not hard work. et it
rvsiuireJ hu constaiit attention.
i .U he waa work:nC the K'u-rs tie j
1 saw th.a parts of the engine tuovcl j
; in the rtp-ht dirovt.on and at the j
Kitno tiino that he had to i:-n or i
close the vaho.
I lie prtn-uroU t:.(; cord atid
m.ide one end f.i-t to the pr-'jHT
1 Jiirt of the cttjr'iie and the other
I end to the U ver, and t'e ti he
j hud the at:sf:i. t;"t of seoi'i the
i ftijrino moe with rfivt ropnurtv
I of motion.
A short tinw after the f reotan
came arou::d and saw the ! .lay
i in r.arhle at the do..r. L'mii):
i nt the erv1"1' he sa the ttt nu.ty
; of the Ny aiid a!-o the a dvutit.ie
! of i pr-at an 1n ::ti. n.
The id a Mg-o't.-d .y the hoy'
fnventiu j;en:a was put it! a piac-ti.-al
form n:td made the steam ill-
cine an tutomutio wofkinj: lua
eiiioe. Th uer loom is the itm titi.in
of a fanner" !" who had tuner
s's-ti or he,:nl of such a lie
whttt'ietl one 'Hit with hi ja. -kktu'e,
and ufrcr he ha.l p't it nil done he.
with treat etithu-iiisiu.
to h: father, who Ht
to ic.(ves. suvinj thut
, XJI '
t -w..
-i. J.
A : j
WHY IJORSVTHE tiHT I ROM I ND1R IT?
Socialism and I'rivilrRes.
.!nl':i'H'1:, K v,-r Uwj
wlmt lu matter K"
"some men live oiTolh
s!:.mi.h1 it
oii 'i- k; .M ,1 it
he no ild have
no toy a:n:t him who -.e,; -joti.I
his t:rne on such fHi!:h t!.:i!i.'s.
Th.e hoy uus setit to a Ma. k
st'i:th t learn a trade, and his fas
tor t ok a lively t:itcret in !.;m
lie made a loom of what was left
of the one h'.s father had hroken tip
and how-rtl it to l.is ttm-tcr.
The Maoksrr.ith saw he had no
rominon lad as un appretitb e und
that the invention u it va'uahle
one. lie laid a lo"in eoti-Inieted
Utldi-r the supervision of tiie lioy.
It worked to their p-rfoot sutU
faction, and the l-hok-tinlh fur-t'.i.-lie-l
th.e ineatis to ttiannfie t'ire
the lootiii, und the hoy received
half the pr"lits. In nho'tt a year
t!e h!a. k-:u:th wrote to t!;o hov".
fitter t'o.f b .l,,ei!,l I e, . .';!,
htm n wealthy pTtlett
the inventor of th.
rvm er loom.
Yon n av he sMe to i-i.l.-.-
nsfot 'iflinuf.l at the oM home i
his son was pre.-ci:tcd to lnoi a
inventor, who fold him that
loom was trie same n t1
t he had kiiked to tiici
th
vt-.'ir iK'fore.
un, who w.i'
iclchraUi
f the
W'hofi
the
till'
'node!
hut il
Shs Was Not a Whitmanlte.
Hack when Lord Alfred Tetinv
soti w.w poet laureate of Kiilaii'l
thero w.ls a proniiiicnt American
L'iri, the daughter of our amhas.-a-dor,
in fiict, who ,is very anxious
to pieef the trri'iilest hternrv litht
j of his time. One evening tho l"n'
, coveted chance ciime nt a so.ree.
j The cotnersation that nisiied is
I chronicled in the. (.'onsen ntor as
f.llow-:
T.-rtn -ttn Vim nrt ni.T-i iiti '
(;irl--Ycs.
Tcimyson-
num:
liirl Xo.
Tentison Then yon don't know
the only man worth knowing in
America.
Whereupon the laureate turned
nwav and the interview was over.
-Yon are Aim rinin
-You know Walt Wlnt-
Outsid His Lino.
' "1 presume, my u'ood fellow, you
are a luliorerV' suid a lawyer to a
plainly dressed witness.
"You are rirht; 1 nin a workman,
sir," replied the witness, who was
i a civil engineer.
' "Familiar with the use nf the
1 pick, shovel and spado, I presume?"
j "To somo oxtent. Those uro not
i the principal Implement of my
; trade, though."
i "I'i rhaps you will condescend to
onliirhtcn me ns to your prineijml
Implements."
j "It is Imnlly worth while. "ou
: don't understund their nature of
j UsO."
l'rohahlv not," loftilv, "hut 1
that each man could shift for himself , insiHt nn knowing what they are."
lirams, sir.
without losing bis share.
I went back with the little man to
the conch, which was standing where
we had left It, and Steol asked each
pemon to pick out his lielongliigs.
which he was not slow In doing.
Then followed an apology from every
one who had rated the guard for his
cowardice. Some of those who had
been most abusive looted a bit terror
stricken, thinking that they might he
called to account. Itut Steele paid no
more attention to the nslogles than
be had paid to the abuse, merely re
marking that a man who blustered tip
against another man's gun when the
tnuule was toward him was a fool.
ROIUNHON M'UUIDR.
Ths Olympic Camts.
The famous Olympic (.'nines are
said to have. Wn instituted in honor
of Jupiter, iilsmt l,;inO vcars H. ('.,
and to have tieon revived hv Iplntus,
MSI 1!. II They were held at inter
vals of four years on thclmnks of the
Alpheus, near Olympia, in l'lis, to
pvcrcise the youth in the five kinds
of combat The prize contended
for was a crown made of wild olive
or laurel. The (Tames were aW
isheil hv order of Theodobius, ahout
A. D. 391.
I :nt"oi v, . ;
This ia
er men."
-l!iit how tl.MH that account for
war, for example, and crall; polit
ieal rorruplion, ignorance, child
hilmr, crime, and poverty f I
iksked.
'We've iiccoiinted for tmvertv,"
answered Ih-hs. "We we the ma
of meu working for the few. That'a
what we call shi.t alaveiy, and it
ia alavcry. You niv they micht
init woik; that the Invts will let
tliem Co. Hut I tell oii the fear
of Ktarvathm i.s the liuss'ii olave
driver. They don't dare quit."
"And crime!" 1 asked.
"Petty ami professional crime,"
mid Io!m, "atv a result of pover
ty; hich crime springs from wealth
Peking."
"lint vice, intemperanci-f"
"Frances. Willard la-jjan her cn
roer tellinc workinc people that
they wouldn't W an iMr if thev
w eren't an intemperate. She closed
siiiic that the jMmr weren't poor
Iwans' they drank ; they drank !
eaiise they were poor. Anions
luisy Imsiiiess men, intemperance is
rare, and when it occurs ix inherit
ed or due to the abnormal tension
of the jMiiihlc w li iti much business
is now; an abnormal ice ilself."
"How does your theory account
for political corruption!" I a.-ked.
"Why," said lbdw, "you know
iNuit that. Thai's the capitalist
clusa cotruiitiiii; L'oveniment to
maintain them and their system of
lalnir exploitation."
"I don't know that at all." I oh
jected. "Not all business men take
part in the corruption of politics.
Only those do that have pri ilcp
from the government, franchises,
ami the like."
" Hi," said Ib'lw, "you are think
ing only of the big bnsinesseM, the
railioiuls, public utilities, and so
forth, which intend to thecorinp
tiou of politics directly. Hut they
do it for the rest of their class."
"No, they don't," I contradict
ed. "They do il for themselves.
They don't know they Itching to a
class."
I don't charge all of them with
class consciousness," Ivlw answer-
(I. "Some of them do understand.
but, whether they are intelligent
or not, in that way they do make
tho government represent the busi
ness clasM. And, a for the smaller
ImsincsK men, they get the lienelit.
I hey contribute to campaign funds,
and that's the big source of cor
ruption, or, at any rate, thoy vote
for one or the other of the two par
ties w hich the big fellows have cor
rupted and control, lmlh of them."
For privileges," I insisted.
"Why isn't that the root of the
evil!"
Privilege won't account for it
all. Profit, gain, private property,
WILL THEY HA Ml THE tilRL?
zicd girl for taking vengeance iihu
the physician whom she accuses of
having ruined her life.
' Immediately after she had killed
lr. Aiispiu the girl made the re
luarkahle statement: "It was not I
who killed It i tn. He killed him
self." ! She said: "He is the real mur
derer, lie has murdered my soul.
It is he who is responsible for the
deed.
"There was no one in all the
world to help me, to defend me I
had to defend in self. The courts
would not listen to me: the man
w ho rouged mo would not hel
tne; it seemed that (Sod himself had
forsaken me. There was nothing
for me to do but vindicate, my
self."
Sarah Koten killed lr. Auspitz
in the hallwavof No. M West One
Hundred and Thirty tilth street
alter waiting for more than twelve
hours in the hallway across the
sliect wailing for him. She had
decoyed him by a false message to
the house opposite.
A Healthy l amily.
"Our whole family hits enjoyed
good health since we U'cun using
Or. King's New Life Pills tluee
wars iil'o." savs L. A. Hartlet of
had ruined her life, with a rcvol- ms route l. (milord, Jie. nicy
ver in her hand and murder in her1 cleanse ami tone the system in a
heart. When au ollicer arrived gt'iitU" way that d ..-s you good, lio
alter the tragedy which ended the j ''it ' I'-nglisli Orng t o. s.
hie of Or. Auspitz, the girl stood'., . , ..... ,. , ,,. ...
I Says "I'm Uuilty Just the Same."
A Y'ounic Mother W ho Waited
Twelve Hours to kill Her Oe
spoiler to He Tried (or Her Life.
Can twelve "good men and line"
lie found, in all this great city, w ho
will close their ejes to the mute
apxal of a young girl w ith a halve
in her arms and, hat king hack to
the old law of "an cje for an eye"
and a hie for a life, send the frail
and youthful mother to the electric
chau! That is the question that
confronts the prosccut ion in the
case of The People against Sarah
Koten. which will soon be called
for trial. Within a month, it is
expected, the woik of securing a
jury will lie commenced. That il
will probably bo a most dillieult
task is admitted by all the attor
nes interested ill the case.
There is no shadow of doubt that
S.irah Koten, the young Kiissiaii
nurse, shot and killed Or. Samuel
Aiispit, on dune 7 l.e-l - shot him
down as she would a mad dog,
which she declares he wits. And
the crime was deliberate and lire ;
meditated. :
For hours Sirah Koten sat pa
tieutly in a doorway, awaiting the
arrival ol the man who sue declares
defiantly over her victim and de
clared: "I killed him. I am ready
to pay the pi ice." If she was in
sane, it was a cool and delils'iate
sort of madness.
The facts of the killing of Dr.
Anspitz and the circumstances sur
rounding his death Hie clear, and
yet it will probably la- impossible
to secure a jury that w ill pass the
judgment of death upon the slayer.
In a cell of the glim prison at
lilai kwell's Island the stork came
recently to S.irah Koten and left a
baby hov, ami the tiny hands of
the infant have built up a barrier
of public sentiment that towers in
surmountably between the mother
and the elect tie chair. And de
spite the fact that her child is fath
erless, the illegitimate ollspiing ol
her enforced association with Or.
Auspiu, the young Russian girl
loves it with all the passionate teu
denies of her nature ami is now as
anxious to live as a few months ago
she was anxious to die. Never be
fore has the gift of life seemed so
precious, so intensely beautiful;
never has she reached so passion
ately for it. And all liecause her
child has een born. The baby
w hich she thought would prove the
crowning disgrace of her experi
ence hits with one touch of its
feeble hand, performed the miracle
that has turned the wretched girl
into a happy woman, proud and
eager to live.
Instead of finding herself with
We Are Ready
For You.
We have opened a new grrocery store at the former M.C. Broom
stand, and we want to win and keep the trade of everyone who
buys or sells in Monroe. Our stock of heavy and fancy groceries
ia complete and fresh. Our aim is to build up a permanent trade
on the lasting principles of liberal and honest dealing. We propose
to sell first-class goods only, and at prices that cannot be lowered.
And we want to buy for cash or trade all your country produce.
Oome along and give us a chance. Fhone 63.
Funderburk-Williams Co.
in land and natural resources, ma her baby an outcast on the lace of
the earth, she has found friends
whose heart are wrung with sym
pathy for her, friends who assure
her of their protection and aid
through life. Mrs. Hose Pastor
Stokes heads the list is those who
are eager to aid the young mother
and her child, and the Council of
Jewish W omen, ho have a home
on Stated Island, promise to pro
vide protection and rare for Sarah
for the rest of her life if she ia ac
quitted. The birth of Sarah Rolen's baby
furnishes a strong note of interest
in her coming trial, which will
probably begin early in Noveinlier.
The child will undoubtedly play a
most important part in the trial of
its mother for the killing ol Dr.
Auspitz. It will bn the basis of
the defense as justifying the fren-
chiuery, and all means of produc
lion, that is at the bottom of it.
And if you call these privileges,
why, very well, I'll go along with
you. tor I tielieve myself that
wage slavery, the power to exploit
lalsir and live off one's fellow men,
ia a privilege; the greatest privi
lege left since chattel slavery."
Where Hullets Hew.
David Parker of Fayette, N. Y"., a
veteran of the civil war, who lost a i
foot at (lettyshurg.says: "The good ;
hleetric Hitters have done is worth
more than live hundred dollars to
me. Issnt much money doctoring
for a bad case of stomach trouble,
to little purpose. I then tried Elec
tric Eitters, and they cured me. I
now take them as a tonic and they
keep me strong and well." olle, at
English Drug Company's.
A Budding Miser.
While a penurious grocer was
telling his new boy how careful he
must be, a fly settled on a bag of
sugar. The grocer caught it and
threw it away. The boy then said:
"If yon want me to las careful yon
are setting me a bad example."
"Wbjf ' asked the grocer. "lie
cause," said the boy, "yon have
thrown that fly away without
brushing the sugar off ita feet"
For Chronic Diarrhoea.
"While in the army in 1H6.3 I was tak
en with chronic diarrhoea," says Geo,
M. Feltoo of South Gibson, Pa. "I
have sioca tried many remedies but
without any permanent relief, nntil
Mr. A. W. Miles of this place persua
ded me to try Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, one
bottle of which stopped it at once."
For tale by Dr. S. J. Welsh.
FOLEY'S
HOIIEYTAR
The original
LAXATIVE cough remedy.
For eoojba, eolds, throat and lonj
trouble. Mo opiate. Noa-alcohollo.
Good for everybody. Sold every where.
Th genuine
rOLtrS HONEY and TAR I la
Yellow packaf. Kef use subatitatee.
Prepared only by
Ptey V Company, Chicago
ENGLISH DRUG OOMPAKY.
I II r IH-t'Vli. . l'.-l.V!l, 11 ll
After Is-iiig tlecliiied not guilty
of the charge of train wrecking,
liewia ('Mikacy, a I .'I year-old Iniy,
surprised judge, jury and specta
tors by declaring: "You've set me
I five: but I did it just the same.''
W hile the statement created a
sensation il was accepted as the ut
terance of an irresponsible child
and young Cooksey was allowed
to go.
The bov w as indicted for causing
the wreck of the Southern Limited
near Iloaufort some weeks ago by
placing a Ixilt on the track. Two
men were killed ami several injur
ed in the wreck.
Detectives was arrested (wksev
swore that the lmv had confessed
that he put the bolt on the track
to see the train jump and that he
and some companions had lieen re
sponsible for other wrecks on the
Southern road.
At any time when your Ktomarh is
not in kooJ condition, yon should take
Kotlol, beratise Kmlol digests all the
ooil you eat, and it suniilieH health
and strength lor the utoinach in that
say. You take kodol just (or a little
while when you have slight attacks of
indigestion, and you take it just a lit
tle ImiRer in order to net relief Irum
severe attacks of Indigestion or ner
vous dispepsia, Try Kodul today
Sold by English Drug Company.
Danger to Autolsts.
brllnfftoll ll(-I.toll.
All automobile lovers ought to
protest ngainst recklessness on the
part of any autoi.st, for the cople
will not stand for it, and something
may drop. I lie other night a far
nior in Kowan county was run into
by a fool chaulleiir, and the farmer
drew a IhmiI on him and shot nt
him, but missed. That sort of
thing will follow reckless driving,
and of course there will bo thugs
who will practice it when (he au
toist is not to blame and innocent
people may sufler. A caution that
all automobile drivers ought to ob
serve is this: When in the rural
districts drive slow. There are
thing that go faster than gas,
Kennedy's Lasative Cough Syrup is
used nearly everywhere, because it
not only beals irritation of the throat
and stops the rough, but it drives the
cold out of the system through its lax
ative principle by assuring a free and
gentle action uf the bowels, and that
is the only way to cure a cold. Vou
can't cure it as long as you are consti
pated. Insist upon Kennedy's Lasa
tive Cough Syrup, Sold by English
Drug Company.
AUTUMN.
Jok CkarlM -Sll.
Heavy with sheep i the old farmstead
1 he windfall ol orrharO M snrtliaw:
The irnvn of the era tree w shut with
red.
The poi'lar u sprinkled with yellow.
Sluttituh the snake and leaf yUw stream
1 tie IH-Mmouse is fat in hu burrow
Sun-up set million of dew drutwag learn
M here the late gnm m frvwn in the
furrow.
Oh. the smell of the fennel it autumn'
own breath.
And the sumac 1 dved in hrr blond
Thr chirr of the kx-ut u w hat her voice
saith.
And the cricket ia one with her mood.
Soft are her arm a soft-snslt-d jrrass.
1 tie mue-tielU at dawn are her eves.
And slow a slow winds hrr feet as "they
Her bee and her butterdie.
And when I grow kk at man's sorrow
and crime.
At the pain on rale womanly faces.
At the fever that frvl every heart-
mroo ot lime.
At all that bmurs erief or debases.
I (bank (,od the worst is a wide as it ia,
1 hat 'tis sweet still to hojie and re-
mcmiier:
Tint for him who will seek them, thr
valleya are his
And the far quiet hills of September.
He Went Up On.
The teacher was giving a lessor.
in subtraction. It bad tiken the
r!as some time to master the mys
teries of addition, and in this rule
he found tlu-m no U dull. Driv
en to ihstn r-.ition bv the stuniilit
of their replies, she nu-hly promised
throe whole pennies tf tho child
who yiwe her the smartest answer.
"Of cour-o," fhe explutncd for
the t went let It time, "you can nnlv
subtract things of the. mime name.
For in.-tamv, y m can't tuk eight
mnrKe fr-ri sixteen year or four
liorM' from seven ihtum.
A l.iind shot up nt tin' lati-k of the
r!a-s and tho teacher broko otf to
I'Hiuirc what was the matter.
Iloaso, miss, soticnkcd a small
lov's voice "can't you take- three
pennies from one purse then?"
Philadelphia Ledjrr.
Saved His iioy'a Life.
"My three year olj boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and was
in an awful condition. I eave him two
doses of Foley's Orinu Laaaiive and
the neit morning the fever was gone
and he as entirely writ. Foley's
(inuo 1. a native saved his life. A
Wolkusli, Casimcr.Wis. Euglisli Drug
Company.
Diplomacy.
Ono tiny n gentleman was hoMiti;
a conversation with his wife in the
presence of their fivc-vcnr-old son
und among other things mentioned
Diarrhoea
When 70a want a quick cure trithoat
any loss of time, and on that I followed
by no bad results, u
Chamberlain's
Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy
It never asU and I pleasant to take,
tt Is equally valuable fur children. Il I
famous far ha care am hug pan of
th drulMd world.
For tale by Dr. S. J. Welsh.
diplomacy.
"Pa,' mid the youngster when
break in the conversation allowed
him to interfere, "what does diplo-
muev menu :
"Diplomacy, mv son," suiil the fii
ther, "is this doing exactly the
right thing at exactly tho right
moment.
"Tholl I suppose I used tliplo
miiev when I got out of tho pnntry
VesteWuv, dad, did 1 r
"What do you mean ? was the re
ply.
"Why," said the eon, "I got into
the luck vurd with tout meat pi
iu.-t nt the moment ma cmight tin
rat in the pantry ami told you to
drown her for thieving. lVurson t
Weekly.
Are You Only half Alive?
I eople uitli kidney ttnuble are Su
weak and ohausted that they are ouly
hall alive, roley s Kidney Kemedy
makes healthy kidneys, restores lost
vitality, and weak, delicate people ate
restored to health. Ketuse any but
roley s. English Drug Company.
A On Word Epitaph.
"There is only one one word epi
tnph in this country," said tho tin
dertaker. "It is in the town of
Worcester. I believe it ia quite
(lniwiiigonrd. Holiday milkers come
to Fee it from miloa around. The
epitaph consists of the word 'Onne.'
A Worcester auctioneer lay dying.
ilu wliipereu to lus wifo, with
quiet, smile:
"Tvo been "guiltf. going," all
mv life. Now I'll soon le gono."
Put that on my lomlistone, dear,
that one word "(lone" onlv.
"Tho wife complied." S'ow York
Press.
OeWitt'i Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills. They are
small, sure, safe pills. English Drug
Company,
I
I
October
Brides.
October is a month of wed
dings, and this store pre
pares for these occasions
regularly. Weeks ago we
planned and bought ample
supplies in wares especially
appropriate for October
Worlilintnra
a They may now be seen in
i 1 our show cases. Come and
1 1 examine and criticise and
buy, if you will.
o
(It is a pleasure to have
you visit our store, and be
your wants small or fcreat,
Al t 1-1 i
4 mey can oe suppueq at eco
nomical prices.
The
W. J. Rudge
Co.
I
The) Kind Ton Have Alwayi nought, and which fcaa
la fur over SO years, baa born the lgrtarnr of
and baa been made under bla per
f jC'f7i ' aonal siipervbiloo since It Infancy,
leAVvAf. Allovrnunnetndecclve.yotil.thla,
All Counterfeit. Imitation and Mjust-aa-gnnUare but
Experiment that tritla with and Mulaiiirc r the bratlth of
lnXautl and C'h Udre n Y. ex ric nc Braiut Iportmcnb
What is CASTORIA
Otatorta ! bnmiVs iitwtttnte for Castor Oil, rara
Boric, lmp and StMillilnsr i-jniia. It la riettxanU It
contain neither Opium. Morphine) nor other N'arrotlfl
ubatanr. lu aee I Ita guarantee). It dentrtiy Wnrnw
and allays KeTeriline. It rurm Dlarrlic and Vlnd
Colic. It rrlleica Te'lliing Trimbles, cure Cnnatlpattoal
and FUlnlenry. It wuimil.ttea the FoimI, reriilata the)
Stomach and HocU, gUliiR beAittiy and natural alerp
The Children'! lumirca The) Mother's Frivud
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears ths Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Year3.
Vat
atMst. t IMisMMf a)TctV. M HtW
Xoy Mt'Neely,
t.orney - nt Law,
Monroe. N. C.
Mlior U -Ul ra .,fi (tie .,t..;.iT
J. L. SCALES,
ATTORNEY.
LawBldg. Monroe.N.C.
DOCTOR H.D.STEWART.
PHYSICIAN, MONROE, N. C.
If jr-m drlrr nijr iMrlrr. rsll llirmi;l.
.41 .1,
lire nti.ilir Ut . ut!lt- 'iUn il?
lin4i-4- iiour, ll t" vi. hi .aii'l iri.m ,
m llrtilt- 4tr I r.-w Hr-'tllrr' itU-M-trti4-
nn Iaiics-Iit .vrnu-
Notice ol Administration,
Having this day nualilied before P.
A. MiniMton, I'lerk of the Su-rinr t urt
of l iiion t'ountv, as aiiministrator of
the estate of It. K. McLarty, k-e'd,
late of I'nion County, N. I'., this ia to
notify all iH-rsons having claims sfainut
the estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the umlersi?ned, at Motmie.N.
C, on or U'fore the !nd day of Sei-ti-mlK-r,
A. D., limy, or this notii-e will
lie iiU-adcd in bar of their ritfht of rc-cover)-.
All rersona indcliti-d to the
said estate will please make immediate
payment. This Sept. lsth. ll'-S.
I R. IIKI.MS. AJmr.
of It. Frank Mcljirty, deed.
Kcdwine & .ikes, Attys.
Pe-5ale ol Und Near Marshvllle.
CIyII En0tnccr,
PUONB I. WlSOATH, N. C.
(rtin-stior I'fttfioni-y In Sunri-ylns from
w Irs.lln i-iiili-ift-ii In N C, I mi )'ar
-i:niM-r lu Ksllsty. Mutili-ll suit fsraj
Survey lu
3DR.B.C. REDFEARN,t
UKNiiar.
Cbarges reasonable.
Satisfartian t;iiarnteej.
Office over Knilbe't hook Store
aONKOE. N.G.
W II he at Marsliville, N.C.. on first
and tliinl MuuJays of each niuiilli, and
at Matthews ou secoud anj (uurtli
Moudaya. I'lione 331
I'nili'ratiil by virtue of an order of
the Superior (ourt of I'nion founty,
m.ule in a special iirorevdiiisT entillwl
fD 7 TVjT I TT 1 TC tionion Stn;ull et al. by their neiit
JL Hi. J'V. Xll.J J-ca-e-Aw?) friend. K. V. . Ummond, exparte. the
Mime iM-itifr iMi. 41" uon tne sacial
I procidtmjf ilockct of said county, the
i undersiKned rnmniisaionvr will, on the
j LV.th day of Octolier, A. I). l'.,
at 12 o'clock noon, at the court house
iiionr in I'nion county. North Carolina,
; otfer for re-sale to the hinhent bidder for
cash, all thst certain tract of land lying
and iH-ini; in Marshvillc township, I'liion
county. North Carolina, adjoining the
binds of ll. H. li.imno, the I'etvr Keed
I place and others, and lying in about one
fourth of a mile from the town of
I Marshville and know n as the estate
lands of Calvin 11. Stegall. and contains
about 1;C1 acres more or less. TVrmsof
sale: One-thinl cash, one-thinl in thn-e
months, ono-tliird in six months. Title
to be retained until all the purchase
money is laid in full. The said land
will tic sold in three separate tracts and
then sold as a whole. Kidding to begin
ut fl.M.
This the HMh lnv of Sept., A. P. l!N.
JOHN C. SlkES, Commissioner.
Kcdwine & Sikcs, Attys.
I 1 1
I.' L( till,' 1. X'
V. I'j. D. VI Iv Ij lii .
DENTIST.
Ofpu'bk iu Opera House building.
'Phone ISM.
W. B. HOUSTON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office up stairs, FitzferuKl Buildiui;,
Northwest ol Courthouse,
Monroe, N. C,
Commissioner of Deeds for Soutb Urollu, la
North uroliDi: also t Justice of the Feaco
lor Union Count;, tnd NoUrj Public
for North UrollDt :-; ::
Special atlentioo eiveu to taking At
fiJavits, Acknowledletiient or I'rool ol
Deeds, Morttaijcs, Contracts, Kills of
Sale, Powers of Attorney, Renuncia
tions of Power and Inheritance, Dep
ositions, Writing and Probating Deeds,
Mortgages and all other papers, issuiiig
State Warrauts, Claim aud Delivery
and Attachment papers, Civil Sum
mons and the Collection of Claims.
Office at M. L. Flow Co. 'a Store
east of courthouse, Monroe, N. C.
'I'hone 145,
0. II. Sale.
Unless previously called for and
charges paid, or otherwise disposed of,
the Southern r.xprcsal ompany will sell
to the highest bidder, for raxh, at pub
lic auction, at the old postnlhce next
door to Knglish Drug Company's, Mon
roe, N. C, on
Saturday, Nov. 21st, 11KIS.
at 10 o'clock a. m., all matter that has
been on hand six months or over, an
itemized list of which ran lie seen at
the company's office in Monroe, N. C.
Thi Octolier lith. 1W.
11. m. Mcculloch, supt.
II. V. KKOWNING, AgL
Grand Excursion
At Reduced Rates Always
Gathers a Vast Crowd.
The same method in cut prices will at
tract the people to a store. I am mak
ing a sKi'iitlty of Shoes of all kinds. I
mil handling a first class home-made
Shoe at rut prices. The largest ship
ment of Hals ever shipped to any tirm
in the country. The styles and prices
are riitht. I handle Flour, llacon.ljird,
Finh, Mill Feed, Kye and Clover Need.
Kig lot of 1'ant, Shirts of all kinds.
Hoy's Suits at low price. I am in the
market for Cotton Seed; will pay high
est market price cash or trade. I ran
handle 2.,imn bushels; aee me before
you sell your seed or write me the
amount you have. I want 20 men to
canvass the county in one of the best
paying businesses out; will pay good
commisiions; hustling man ran make
from HO to $iil a month; ee me or
write for particular.
W. P. FLYER,
I-cader In I-ower Prices, Mt I'rosiect,
Monroe, N. C, Route 4.
Valuable Land lor 5ale.
My virtue of an order made in the Su-
neriur court of Union count v in the spe
cial proceeding entitled llelle Waliicn.
and others against Vernon Helms et at.,
now pending in said court, I will, on
Monday, Nov. 2nd, A. D. 190S,
at 12 o'clock m., expose to sale by pub
lic auction to the highest bidder, at the
court house door in Monroe, N. C, a
certain piece or parcel of land lying and
being in said county and State, in Lanes
Creek township, and being lot No. 6 in
the partition of the lands of the late J.
Tolbert Helm and bounded as follows,
viz: Beginning at a small gum on the
south bank of Vickcry's branch, a cor
ner of lot No. 6, and run thence with
lot No. 6 three fines: first, S. li W. 274
les to a pile of stones; second. S. 67
. 34 Dole to a small ash in a small
branch; third, 8. 8 K. 91 poles to a pile
of stones inthe old line; thence with the
old line S. N'.J E. 38 pole to pile of
tones; thence N. 14 E. 46 pole to a
stone in the edge of a field; thence S.
87i E. 6o poles to pile of stones;
thence S. 2i W. 521 poles to a stone on
the north branch of lanes creek, 6 links
above an ash tree; thence down and
with the various course ol said creek
to the mouth of Vickery'i branch;
thence up and with the various course
of mid branch to the beginning, con
taining eighty-four (H4) acres more or
lea. The above described lands being
sold for partition among the heirs at
law and next of kin of Mattie Helms,
deceased. Term" of sale: one-third cash,
balance payable 12 months from day of
sale with approved sureties; title re
tained till all the purchase price ia paid.
Thi September 2Xth. HXM.
8. J. HELMS, Commissioner.
William A Lemmond, Attys.
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
Schedule in effect Sept, 1.1, lDotl.
Quickest line to New York, Wash
ington, Florida Points, Charlotte,
Atlanta, Hlrmliigham, rtemphls,
New Orleans and Points West.
Double Dally Service with Hich
Hack Seat Coaches. Pullman Sleep
ins; Cars and Dining Cars.
Trains leave.Monro, N. C, as follows:
NORTHBOUND.
No. IW 5.35, m.
No. 44 6. liS p. m.
No. 32 7.50 p. m.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 41 10.30 p. m.
No. : 9.10 a. m.
No. 53 10.55 a. m.
Fur Charlotte and Itutherfordton:
No. 133 8.15 a. m.
No. 3 10.36 p. m.
No. 45 1U.55 a. m.
We operate Double Dally Vesti
bule Service, with through Pull
man Sleeping Cars to Jacksonville,
St. Augustine, Atlanta, Birming
ham, Memphis, Portsmouth-Norfolk,
Richmond, Washington, Hal
tlmore.l'hlladelphlaand New York.
Winter Tourist Tickets now on
sale to Resorts In Florida, etc., and
al.se All Year Round Tourist Tick
ets to points West at greatly re
duced rates.
For time tables, booklets, reser
vations, or any information, call
on C.5. Compton, Agent, or address
O. H. OATTIS, T. P. A..,
Ho. t TiKtrr knlMlna, SaJsI, M.C,