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i i I; 1 (4 You Will Like the Waists We are Showing. They are the styles that are being worn. Thev are stylish and practical as well. All the sheer daintiness of the new effects in material and desicn are embodied in this splendid selection. The stock is unusually large. We bought heavily that we might offer the waists at lower prices than are ordina rily asked ym t0 stop int0 the store some day this week or next and see the assortment? MONROE BARGAIN HOUSE. NASSIFF & JOSEPH, Proprietors. PANAMA You Can Teach Your Dollars To have more cents if you will deposit them in our Savings Department where they will earn 4 per cent compound interest. $1.00 or more will start an account. "THE BANK FOR YOUR SAVINGS.' Savings, Loan and Trust Company K. R. lli-dwliip, President, h. O. Ulair, Vle-rrellent. H. It. Clark. Cashier. Small We have cut the 838 acre tract at Baker's into small farms, rang ing from 15 to 50 acres. Also into building lots close to the Station and schools. Any one can own one of these small farms, as the price and terms are RIGHT. Monroe insurance & investment Office In Bank of Inloa Building. bonpnu G. B. CALDWELL, Manager. Described by Traveler a Dens aid Mysterious as Art Thost of Africa. There or jungles In Panama. stretching aay from the banks cr Gitun lake, as dcuse and mysterious as these of Africa. The only canal ho know llu jungles Intimately are the curveyors wno have charted th to-.Hicrauhv of the watershed, or who have made speciil Investigations at various points. One of these men Is Mr. O. E. Malmsbury, who Is In charge of the land surveys undT r.iinn-1 noeihals. In speaking or tne jungle recently, In the New York Suu. be said: When I trv to become definite about the jungle, 1 realize how little evea a niau who has seen mucn 01 u nno about its life. There are strong im pressions of beauty, mystery, and fear, a lure with a menace, a smile that only half covers a snarl and every thing else that I know aooui tne jun gle can be told In a few isolated in cidents that have happened to pass under my notice. An orchid beckons from the branch of a tree, a rair of wild pigs dasti away into the brush, a tiger cat shows its brifiht eves for a moment, and. in a flash, the heron balances daintily on a reed by the river, an alligator slide from a mud bank into the water, mon keys lark in the trees, a lion growls such slight things sura up my jun gle lore. One hour the sun looks tnrougn trees and bushes, and traces a thou sand patterns on the ground; the next, rattle of rain on the leaves is deafeu ing. Night falls, and the parrakeets, crickets, frops, lizarJs begin their unending chorus; then the howl of monkeys adds to the din. and now and analn the cry of the wildcat and 4 he growling bark of the mountain lion makes a man glad mat ne is De- side a bright lire with his machete or gun close at hand. The lion of the 1'anama jungle is or two kinds black and tawny. Hill r.,n ha utmnls :in inches hUh. His l,r. ast is broad, like that of a bulldog his legs are long; his head Is square, but catlike. He growls like u lion. hut ends v.ith a bal k I never heard .f m nii:iikiiic u man. but the na lives of the jungle fear him. H i. I. iifiiiL-i mas adversary at close quarters. Tho only way to 1m certain that he will not attack a man s to try one out. I'ersonally. 1 don't ..iuiiw i t'i tne KnowiouKf u risk the experiment. Youth's I'omi'an ten. ELECTRIC POWER A BENEFIT For One Thing, It Does Away With Smoke. Improving the Health of the Community. Sulisiiintiii " elvtrii- ower for steam in lactone directly alTet N l!io liialih f t!:' .m.:nmiit, for it tl'x-s awav ith smoke. Tor eanile, since cluirio motors lieuan to U used Jn llie industries ol the UirouU of l'.iuy. in Midland, not only have tho ;'4 chimneys formerly needed for steam pT p'tie out of use, but, ottin to tho convenient supply f .Ionic jmwor, V'T other chimneys that otlurw isv would Intvo Uvn cm t eil have not Wn put up. Tho lare chimney ut the power station replaces altogether 51 smaller chinTneys in other parts of the town. Further more, the f-iel for the owor station l'.hs dinvtly from the freight ears into the eoal bunkers. Were the 51 chimney? si ill in ue, more than two hutulrtil tons of fuel would have to !.e earte.1 each week for considerable distances through the public streets; the elect rie Kivr supply, that is, free the roads of much heavy trallic. Finally, the fuel consumed tit the power station is burned in a scion t tiii- wav. so as to produce the in in i tmim aiuount of smoke. Probably that could not bo said of the super seded furnaces. Youth's Companion. MUSIC LOST TO THE WORLD Rubinstein's Compositions Scattered Through Imbecility of Russian Government. PICK YOUR FLINTS AND TRY US. 0 ITU- JJ1 c-tw !o fVia nnn -h!h fiivn?rP you promptly first class goods at the lowest possible prices, and keeps what you need. It is also tne store wmcn Duys irom us cuiiumci ivhatever they have to sell in its line. Thnt ic tha Vinrl nf trmOPW stnrp VP IvPPD. When I1IUV ..W k. , . v. v f ' J I we cet a customer our methods keep him. We want you. Try us. rVI .WALLER The Old Reliable Grocer Monroe, N. C. LEARN TO SWIM CORRECTLY Expert Will Not Tire Himself In Ex- .rrlre Which Will CSUSe tX- haustion to Tyro. t:u. trouble w'th a cood many swimmers is that they do not know Wv in ruin). .Mo.-t of the energy which would carry Hum along smoothly and rapidly, if I roperly at jilied. Is wasted in faulty movements. Tii, i.i.a uv.i ii iinve I seen men thrash nav madly for a short space tiiUiiKine arms and lees, then Btop suddenly, milling hard anil in distress To such tvros swimmiiiir means a stubborn finlu to keep goinc and thero is no doubt that it they tried to s m for exercise, frequently serious harm minlit come from it. Hut can this parody of watermanship be considered swimming? Hardly, according to the tirment dav standards. Watch a skilled trudK.,n cr crawl exponent and note the difference. He will take a graceful- dive, strike out unharried. move along without fuss or Hurry, rolling gently from side to side and emerge from the water fresn and Invieorated. barely breathing hard. Rest assured it Is not he that w ill suffer, even from daily practice. Outing. Knhinsiein. the famous composer. al one lime visited llussia. lie had with him a trunk which was full of musical compoMlions. the result of three years' labor in Purlin and Vi enna, lo bis ilisniav the oliui r at the customs house seized bis pl'eeioUi manuscripts. j Vnu see." be ;:il. "all this nianu- rit is apparently niusiv, nut llie -nmieiit is aware that Anarchists and Nihilists use a code of signals rcemlilin musical notes lor uieir iiiiinuniealioiis. so this may be some polii leal cipher, i mi must wan n ir i months and then we may be able to she von the box." In ain the musician pleaded and threatened; the Russian iiovcrninent was inth'Nible. He tried to rewrite the compositions from memory, but' diil not succeed VelT Well. To add to his w rath he discovered some venr later ilial his Hunk ia advertised in the liiis-ian Police tuizette, hut as he did Hot see it the lmiliuscripH were so!, I at auction niitl scattered levond all l v. r of recovery. Bargains at all Times. In order to make room for other goods we are selling our entire stock of DRY GOODS, SHOES AND NOTIONS, in fact, everything carried in a general store, at a sacrifice. We are going to sacrifice this new and up-to-date stock and the entire line is being sold at from 25 to 50 per cent lower than regular prices. See our stock and get our prices and be convinced. Prices at our store are in keeping with the low prices of cotton and money saved on our bargains will make up for your losses sustained this year. We carry a full line of GROCERIES and HARD WARE and in fact this is the only store in Monroe where you can secure everything for the house. Pnmo a nrl coo lie Farmers Hdw. 6 Supply Co. Store almost Oposite Postoffice. GORDON milSE CO. Tire, Life, Accident and Health INSURANCE. State Agents Philadelphia Life Ins. Co. . Ofliec Second Floor, Farmers and Merchants' Bank Bldg., Monroe, N. C. Bargains in Buggies. tt'n v,oim nr. Vinnrl n full stfipk of hupdes and surries made by the Oxford, Jerome Bolick, and Columbus buggy mmnanies. We are selling them at close prices while the present supply lasts. Three Cardinal Points. The three points along which a good buggy is made are: First STYLE; Second, EASY RIDING QUALITIES, and Third, DURABILITY. Our buggies have these important features with a Fourth added to the list THE PRICE. Come and investigate for yourself. Fowler & Lee, KALE AND EXCHANGE STABLES, . MONROE, N. C. American Coinage. !or than once tlie government has Bought to obtain more artistic designs fnr mir i ninaee. Why. they liave aakeu ihould we not have a beautiful coins iluiKB of Greece in the fourth cen trv tWnre Christ? One reason Is be pause desire "low relief." that Is figures that will not come out higher than the edise. so that our coins will IQ-U Moreover, the modern coin lrisp. lem hv abrasion than the ancient Thus the Intercuts of beauty and util Itv stand In conflict and this Is a practical age. Nevertheless, our mint has offered from time to time coins t,mfpinir an esthetic appearance, as witness the gold pieces designed by Rnlnt fiaudens a few ear ago. vMtn reference to the new nickel piece, there seems to be a difference ot opto inn in tin heautv l'onular Me chanics. BAITING WITH SOUND. l'l'in niv a (fiiiiiniiiii ipiiirt pin? milk li'ililr. pliicc in it a rusty screen inr siriii'. fiisii n a rie iiriniinl t lie neck ol Hie liolile uii'l attach a cord to the sjiriiiir. I't the hotlle down into llie water, susentlel aliout four feel fnnn i he bottom, then jingle the sitrinji. and tin tinkle in music to anv lish that swims. That's all there is to it. according tolieor'e Sinclair nf Holland. Mk Ii., who ni lls : 'The lish will collect in schools around the bottle ami be 'charmed' ainl all vnu have to ilo is to drop a few lines ami hook as many as are nceiled." Try and ad in the people's column of The Journal on page eight. It will do what you want done. Hundreds are t2ing benefitted by it Cuninfc Chariot a Boxcar, Thu local nolice. bidden by Mlsa Kathrvn Si hulti narents to arrest her If she attempted to leave here with William Ceasv. her sweetheart. . lor Phllndelnhla. where they Intended to be mairled, arrested them In the Read im 11 r A na thev were boarding a freleht train. Thev were taken before a Justice where It was learned the couple thought they could travel with more afftv br f-eieht than on a passenger train. They were released after Oeasy had nromiscd not to sen the girl again Rim la fourteen rears old: he la Ave years older. Shamokin (I'a.) dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer. HER SINGLE IDEA. I'atietiec This juijmt says in Ko rea widows neer remarry, lwen lliotijrlt they have lx'cn married only a month, they must not take a see- otiil husband. 'at rice We oii'dit to lmve some such law in this country, tlive the single jjirls a chance, say I." PUZZLE. "The soldiers who use noiselrs rifles, tin " 'Well, niv son?" "ilow can tiny make reports?" SURPRISED. SPRING WILL SOON BE HERE. AUTO Repairing. Let us overhaul your car and put it in good condition. Wc can do the work promptly and satisfactorily and atVreasonable price. We carry a full stock of Ford re- pais parts at all times. Buggy -and - Wagon Alio Were vou surprised when Jack proiHwd lo yon ? .lack s liancee I cliould say 1 was. Whv, lio ilnl it splendidly! IMPOSSIBLE. 'HysH'p(ics can't lie teetotalers." 'Whv not?" "IWause a dvstioptic invariably, dine? and whines. HIS CHOICE. No Danger. "Rrarlnr.a aoodness! There'" Reg inald ftt.''.en overboard!" Don't worry about him. HU ttti will f oat." "I'll treat you when my ship comes lit. 'T .t n if vnr ship b ediooner 1111 i. .1 . !.... I ii lulV UVVi. Repairing done also. We carry a full stock of re pair material in this department and can do your work promptly and at rea sonable prices at all times. SEE US FIRST. HENDESON Garage and Machine Co.
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