HiiiiiP
Hep Hair Saved Her.
Whcu the steamer Tagus rose afte
g flip into an enormous wave while
ghe was on her way from Bermuda to
York, a bride, the only bride on
board, was floating about the deck
like a biscuit.
The water was three feet deep and
ete might have been swept from the
Jock had not M. Krelshlor. a New
Yorker, grabbed her by the hair and
gavtd her. So frightened was the
j-ouag woman that she was carried to
jjer ptateroom in hysterics,^ and for
fir© hours she could not be convinced
tliflt the ship was not sinking.
CUfilOUS WORK OF PENANCF
Ancient Buddhist of Japan Writes
1i.’6,000 Words on Piece of Paper
13 by 7Y2 Inches.
For some time there has been
sh.'wn in San Francisco a piece of
inches by 7% inches, on
w hii-tt there are written '126,000 words.
This writing is the work of Kobo
Tuifhi, a Buddhist of Japan, who lived
1100 years ago. Before his time his
countrymen used only Chinese char-
actors in writing and he evolved the
idea ot the Japanese aljAabet.
The \\rltlng on the paper is so fine
ihat a microscope has to be used to
dedi’lifr the intricate Japanese chai>
actevs. I? Is an exact copy of eight
books ot the Buddhist Bible, and
WIISON STANDS
ONHIUECORD
Josephus Daniels of Democratic
National Committee Wants
Voters to Make an
Investigation.
WILL WIN LEGION OF FRIENDS
i»T> . Signal*.
Perliaps yOu never realized that
there is an exact science in coaching
and signaling,’* says Hugh s. Fuller
ton, writing on the secret tricks of
baseball coaching in the American
Magazine; “that the two men out there
near first and third bases, who seem
to be making fools of themselves or
tiying to annoy the majestic man In
blue serge, are the wigwag men sig
naling to runners or batters just what
the general sitting on the bench wants
them to try to do. Sometimes the gen
eral is on the lines himself, looking '
just as foolish as the wigwag men or i
more so, but somewhere, hidden in his '
meaningless or hackneyed phrases or i
i his wild gestures, there is a meaning. |
I He is telling the batter not to hit the I
I next ball or to bunt It or informing!
I him that the next will be a straight
, fast ball and at the same yme inform-
i ing the base runner that the batter in-
I tends to hit and that he must start ► New York, Aug. 8.—^Josephui'Dan-
at top speed when the pitcher starts to! Chairman of the Publicity Com-
wind up." mittee of the Democratic National
Committee said to-day:
“Eight years ago during th« presi*
dential campaign of 1904 1 came to
New York and being a member of the
Democratic National Committee I
dropped in at the headquarters of the
committee. I found the literary bu
reau of the committee rery actively
engaged in perusing the Tolumes of
Theodore Roosevelt. When I taw on
every desk ‘The Winning of the
West,’ ‘The Life of Thomas H. Ben-
Slander la Not to Play a Part In
Democratic Campaign, Declaras
Publicity Chairman.
Sait Water Bathing.
Dr. Copeman of Brighton, England,
w^riting in the Practitioner, London,
gives some advice on sea bathing.
‘•The best time to bathe is about two
hours after breakfast, the period of
greatest vital activity,” says Dr. Cope
man. “The one time which must be
avoided by all Is after a full meal.
During the process of digestion the
vessels of the Internal organs are al-
written by the author as a sort of j ready engorged with blood, and the ^ dozen others of th®
peuanci? to purify his spirit. It Is the | shock of the cold water Is apt to 4)ro- ' ~
property of a descendant of the writer,
and lias passed as a sacred heirloom ;
from father to son for a thousand ,
years. Every precaution has been '
taken to Insure the safety of the
doeun’.ent. In a case of white wood is
a beautiful laquered bos wrapped In
green eilk. Within the laquered box
1b another made of a very light porous
wood that is extensively used in the
manufacture of cabinets in which to
store treasures. In this box Is th\
precious writing.
duce a very dangerous condition of
congestion, the least of many penalties
that may accrue being an acute attack
of indigestion. With many keen bath-
enj it is an article of faith to bathe
before breakfast. But business men,
after months of unremitting toil, those
w’ho are below par or who are getting
on in years, should avoid taxing their
system by bathing at such a time.
Even the most robust would be wise
to partake of a cup of hot milk before
leaving the house.”
works of the then republican nominee.
for President, 1 wondered whether or
not I had gotten Into the right place.
A Matter of Mistaken Id
entity.-
Samuel Gompers was given it as his
opinion that in exciting times people
are apt to accuse the wrong man It
suggested to him the story about the
young lady in Toledo.
This girl had been receiving now
and then and a young man who had
never made love to her, but had ad
mired her greatly. One evening, be
fore the girl entered the , parlor, her
mother appeared, and asked in a rough
stern tone of voice what his intentions
were. Not having any intentions, the
youth turned every color of the rain
bow, and succe^ed in saymg nothings
His suffering was ended by the en
trance of the girl, who exclaimed:
“Mother! Mother! That is not the
one.”—Popular Magazine.
Indian Killed On Track.
Near Rochelle, 111., an Indian went to
sleep on a railroad track and was killed
by the fast express. He paid for his
carelessness with his life. Often its
that way when people neglect coughs
and colds. Don't risk your life when
prompt use of Dr. King’s Mew Dis
covery will cure them and so prevent a
dangerous throat or lung trouble. *‘It
completely cure^ m?, in a short time,
of a terrible cough that followed a
severe attack of Grip,” writes J. R
Her Hair Saved Her.
When the steamer Tagus rose after
a lii' into an enormous wave while
she w;;s on her way from Bermuda to
York, a bride, the only bride on
b(.Kad, was floating about the deck
like a biscuit.
Tho water was three feet deep and
ehe luight have been swept from the
de>k had not M. Kreishler, a New
Yoi'ker, grabbed her by the hair and
eavt-d her. So frightened was the
j\iuug woman that she was carried to
her stateroom In hysterics, and for
five hours she could not be convinced
U-at the ship was not sinking.
Salt.
Through the Swiss l^ountains.
At Bevieux (Old Bex), among the
Alps, the railroad passes the rocksalt
u.ines, from which the Swiss govern-
nient procures most of the salt whose
g.ilti is a government monopoly, and
( ften sold only by the local postmas
ter, who deals not only in stamps, but
in salt. At this point a toothed rail
is brought into play, and the gradient
rapidly increases, as the cars pass
through woods of walnuts and chest
nuts, here an important item of the
diet and income of their owners.
\ Salt production is about the oldest
! industry in the world. In Italy, the
I cradle of the salt Industry, It has been
I manufactured commercially for 2,500
I years. Salt is so necessary tc e.^-
i istence that in some parts of thf* world
i tribes w411 sell the members of their
I families in exchange for salt. Salt has
j been the cause of wars, and so Im
portant has it always been considered
that in some places the passing of
salt is established as a token of friend
ship. and women throw salt on a vis
itor as a friendly greeting. In some
countries salt is so scarce that it is
obtained through the ashes of grasses
and a species of palm and other plants.
While salt is produced in almost every
country in the world, it Is stated that
nowhere can salt of such puritj’ be
obtained at anything like the cost for
mining as in Louisiana.—Manufactur*
ers’ Record.
Post-Morte/.'. T.’.::.
An Irit;hma»i ba..'
through a graveyi’.i d ti  . e v. e- -
ten on a tombstone: I si;i:
‘‘Be jabbers, if I was dead I’d ^ ,
to It.”—Unident?«'’fl
Remark Expressive.
A bicyclist was riding down hill
when his hat blew off. A passing coun-
tr>Tnan picked it up and took It to him
aa he circled around, saving him the
trouble of getting off. “I really must
get a hat-guard to keep it on,” remark
ed the cyclist, as he rode off w'ithout
a word of thanks. The yokel’s reply
was short, but expressive. “Get a
nail," he said.
A Real Gas Plant.
There are two varieties of gas plant.
One is a manufacturing establishment
where coal is converted into gas for Il
luminating and heatiug purposes. The
other variety is a real growing plant
called the fraxinella. Few know why
the fraxinella is called the “gas plant.”
This is because at certain times it re
leases a volatile oil that actually Ig
nites if allowed to come In contact
with a lighted match. The fraxinella
is also noted for its fragrance and
longevity if not disturbed. One plant
in a New England garden is doing
its best to outlive a third generation,
and elsewhere a clump is still flourish
ing after no less than thirty-seven
years on a grave—one of the most dif
ficult of places for a perennial to keep
up a long struggle for existence, let
alone a normal life.—New York World,
Skillful Ancient Cooks.
Th© cooks of the ancients were art
ists In their way and were so skillful
that they could serve a whole pig boil
ed on one side and roasted on the
otiier.
Bursting With Self-Importance.
What is the matter with Jones? He
iisf-d to be a modest sort of fellow, but
lately he seems almost bursting with
eeh-importance.” “Haven’t you heard?
Mrs Jones Is suing another woman
t‘-'i alienating his affections, and put
the damages at fifty thousand dollars.”
—judge.
Napoleon on Shakespeare.
It is a fact that the great emperor
of .iib French had a very poor opinion
of Shakespeare’^ plays. According to
Tiiibaudeau, In his “Bonaparte and the
CoiiBulate,” Napoleon said one day;
"Shakespeare was forgotten even by
tlih English for two hundred years, un-
tU Voltaire took It into his head to
■v-fif-e him up, to pleas© his English
friends; and ever since people have
gone about repeating that Shake-
s>peare was the greatest author that
ever livpd. I have read him, and there
lo notiling in him. that approaches
Corneille or Racine. His plays are
Hot worth reading.”
Gifted.
“I don’t know what I’m ever going
to make of that son of mine,” com
plained a prominent Cleveland busi
ness man the other day. The old chap
is self made, a graduate of the univer
sity of hard knocks and all that, and
it naturally-grieves him to have a son
who is not aggressive.
“Maybe your son hasn’t found him
self yet,” we consoled. “Isn’t he gift
ed in any way?”
“Gifted! I should say he Is! He
ain’t got a darned thing that wasn’t
given to him.”—Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Big William Penn.
The statue of William Penn at th®
city hall In Philadelphia weighs thirty
tons and is thirty-seven feet high.
Some other dimensions are: Hat rim,
twenty-three feet In circumference;
nose, thirteen inches long; eyes, twelve
inches long and four Inches wide; hair,
four feet long; arms, twelve feet six
inches long; waist, twenty-four feet
In circumference; legs, from ankle to
knee, ten feet; ca’f, eight feet eight
inches In circumference.
Beats a Good Wife.
An orator holding forth in favor of
woman—dear, divine woman—conclud
ed thus;
“Oh, wy friends, depend upon It,
nothing beats a good wife.”
“I beg your pardon,” replied a wom
an. “Sure, a bad husband always
does.”—London Telegraph.
Subject of Prim® ImpofUin#®; ^
^'eather is the one topic of coiXf^^
EHtlou that never grows out of
Early Rising.
The difference between rising in the
‘'•'e are almost as nearly at th® m«rcj; j morning at 5 and 7 o’clock In the
"I the sunshine, the rain and th® wunr j space of fort^ years—supposing a mnn
btorm as we were a century ago. ; to go to bea at the same hou»* at
T ber^for© we always scan th® sky | night—is nearly equivalent to the ad-
'■^hen we get up in the morning. It 1» ; ditlon of ten years to a life of three-
JthiioBt Instinctive, even with the city,
dwolier. No farmer fails to tak® a
long look at the sky when he first
rlsfes. for on the weather will dep®nd
iiirt activities during the day.
Bcore years and ten.
Where is the man who has the power
and skill to stem the torrent of k
man’s wiU?—Old English Prorerb.
■VwarimmedVt;^ “and I regain,^
er, when I was informed tlxftt the pounds in weight that I had lost.
Quick, safe, reliable and guaranteed.
'Gatum Lock Gates Tq Be
Gray..
From The Canal Record.)
The upper guard gates for Gatun
lock*, which are almost completed and
will shortly be clossd to keep the wat
er of rising Gatun lake from flooding
the lower lock levels, are being coated
with a final layer of heavy lead gray
paint. The material for the gates waf
painted with a priming coat before it
left the factory; at the time of erection
it was covered with a coat of rt*d lead,
navy standard, and the third and outei
cftat is the preparation of a graphite
company.
This paint was selected provisionally
after tests, thought it is believed that
only throu'^h long experience will the
composition of the most satisfactory
covering be ascertained. The tests
were carried on in a tank and in the
culverts below the locks by painting
plates with different kinds of paint
applying coats-Varying in number and
thickness, and exposing in air and
water.
The light color was selected in oider
to minimize the heating of the upp^r
parts of the gates, the expansion from
whicH might cause slight distortioua
which would interfere with the ac*
curatS' adjustment of the leaves. This
paint will be used on all of the lock
gates with the exception of the sea*
lock gates, which will be covered with
an antifoulding paint to keep off barn
acles.
ever,
literary young men were engaged in
culling from those books some of th®
many denunciations and bitter criti
cisms and attacks made by Theodore
Roosevelt upon public men and meas
ures, and his aspersions upon great
representative bodies of our people,
such as workingmen and farmers.
“I found them preparing to send
forth broadcast all over the land such
excerpts from th© writings of Theo
dore Roosevelt as:
“ ‘Cowboys are much better fellows
and pleasanter companions than small
farmers or agricultural laborers; nor
are the mechanics and workman of a
great city to be mentioned in th® same
breath.’
“ ‘Mr. Bryan and his adherents hare
appealed to the basest set in the land,
—the farmers.*
“ ‘They (workingmen who object to
goremment by injunction) ar® not in
sympathy with men of good minds and
sound civic morality.’
“They quoted from what h® said
about tho Quakers, that thos® who
would not fight were traitors to their
country.
“They said that when the farmers
and workmen and th® Quakers came
to know what Theodor® Roosevelt had
written about them they would rise
up with wrath and indignation and
bury Theodor® Roosevelt beneath an
avalanche of votes. They said that
Roosevelt would not answer tliat ex
posure of his views, and, of course, he
never did. I agreed with them that
it was the proper thing to do to her
ald these utterances through th® coun
try.
“As to whether or not that sort of
campaigning had any effect, the re
sult of the campaign eight years ago
speaks for itself.
“The republican party is attempting
to do to-day the same sort of thing
that the democrats tried in 1908. The
democrats out-Rodenberged Mr. Ro-
denberg. They were eight years ahead
of him in this sort of thing. It didn’t
work with us then and it will not work
with them now.
Stands on R®cord.
“The attempt to attack Qot. Wilson
because of certain statements which
he made in writing history and in com
menting upon events of history as
they appeared to him as historian, will
fail signally. As one great metropoli
tan newspaper pointed out, Mr. Ro-
denberg and his kind are simply ‘Blow
ing against the wind.' Gov®mor Wll*
son is running for President on his
record as a public man, and with that
record the public is fairly well con>
versant, and it will continue to learn
more as the campaign progreM®s.
“He is running for President on his
record as governor of New J®rs^,
what he said and did in that oapaoity
rather than what he wrote as a histor^
Ian, cnronioling events and oommenting
upon them as they app®ar®d to an im
partial observer whose doty it is to
write of things as they are rather than
as they should be or as he would hava
them.
"Our republican brethren are en
titled to all the thunder they can
make out of Governor Wilson's writ*
in^. I hope they will r^d then
cai'efully and thoroughly. They will
be able to gain a great deal ot valua*
bl® inforpAAtion and when the context
is read ijong with the excerpts which
have been taken from his works tot
the purpose of placing in a false
light, I have no fear a® to the resulta.
All that is needed is a thorough under-
standing.
, “Ingersoll sought to disprove Bible
truths and to assaif Holy Writ by th®
same methods which th® r®publicMU
are seeking to assail Gov. Wilson.”
50c and $1.00. trial
Mebane Drug Co.
bottle free at
“A young widow,” says the Toledo
Blade, “can do more with a man’s bro
ken heart than the doctor.” Yes, ver
ily. but she is careful to pick out the
heart of a man who is not ‘‘broke” to
practice on.
No Doubt About It.
kAnd every good husband, no doubt,
■ur® that he is married to on® of th®
renty world*® greatest women.
Flying .Men Fall
victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles just like other people, with
like results in loss of appetite, backache,
ntrvousness, headache, ard tired,
listless, run-oown feeling. But there’s
no need to feel like that as T. D.
Peebles, Henry, Tenn., proved. “Six
bottles of Electric Bitters” he writes,
“did more to give me new strength and
good appetite than all other stomach
remedies I used. ” So they help every
body. Its folly to suffer when thi^ great
remedy will help you from the first
dose. Try it. Only 50 cents at Mebane
Drug Co.
Wanted, a man skilled in the culti
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Summer Tounst and
Week End Fares to Beau
fort and Morehead By the
Sea.
Summer Week End
From Tourist Fare
Raleigh $6.45 $4.50
Rates to lieaufort 20 cents higher
than fares to Morehead City.
Summer tourist tidkets sold daily
and good uiitil October 31st.
Week End tickets sold for all trains
Fridav and Saturday also Sunday
morning good to return until Tuesday
following date of sale.
For particulars ask any Ticket Agent
W. W. Croxton,
General Passenger Agent.
Norfolk, Va.
THE BEST PLACE IN
GREENSBORO
To get the best to eat is at
the
HENNESSEE CAFE
Open until midnight.
342 SOUTH ELM STREET
Near passenger depot
R. DONNEELL, Prop,
F. NASH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PRACTiqiN ALL COURTS
HILLSBORO. N C.
, Democratic Convention
Called.
By order of the Executive Committee
of Almance County, a Democratic
Convention is called to meet at the
Court House in Graham, Saturday
'Septr 7th 1912, at one o’clock for
the purpose to nominate candidates for
county and Legislative offices and to
transact any and all other business that
may be necessary under the plan of
organization.
Done by order of the Executive
Committee, this Aug. 9th, 1912. *
John H. Vernon
Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Conr.mittee for Alamance County.
THE HOME TELE-
E
fills eyeryirequirement
of the office and home.
You can reach your
friends and business as
sociates in other towns
and cities, by long dis
tance, witJbout leaving
your office or home. The
convenience and low
cost, the satisfaction
and time saved, makes
the telephone the ideal
means of communica
tion- By the way have
you a phone? If not
we want you to have one
Call us up.
THE HOME TELEPHONE CO.
Mebane N. C.
SENATOR
QORE, OP OKLA
HOMA:
VTh® closing s®nt®nc® ofTls
speech will become th® battl®
liymh of l|1hoQr&cy in th® pend
ing '^mpalgn: ‘f thank God and
take courage.’ It is at one® a
paean of praise and is a fum*
mon to patriotic duty. ”
Getting Even.
E^s are the luxury of the East end,
and the fish shop stuck up proudly th®
notice “We sell eels to the king.**
From th® opposite side of the road th®
rival salesman watched his customers
diverted to the shop that claimed to
supply the royal table with eels. And
then, after a week’s reflection, he put
up the rival notice: “Ood sar® th®
king!”—^London Chronicle.
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COLLEGE OF A6RIGULTURE AND MA-
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Four-years courses in Ag
riculture; in Civil, Electrical
and Mechenical Engineering
in Industrial Chemistry; in
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Dyeing. Two- year courses
in Mechanic Arts arid in
Textile Art. One-year and
year courses in Agriculture.
These courses are both pra
ctical and scientific. Ex
aminations for admission
are held by the County Sup
erintendent at all county
seats on July 11th.
For catalog address
THE REGISTRAR,
West Raleigh, N. C.
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ADVERTISE IN THE
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The Trials Ot A Traveler.
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E. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire, Vt., “and
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-‘1 was cured of diarrhoea by one
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THE McADOO
A most delightful
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N. C. for the trave
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STRICTLY FIRST.
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EXCEUiNT SERVICE
Easy of access to railway
station
New Store
I am now located in my new store and am
much better prepared to serve the public than
ever before.
FALL CLOTHING Etc.
I am receiving daily invoices of clothing, hats
shoes, and water proof shoes. The finest lot of
mens and boys tailored suits I have ever hand
led before. Come and inspect them before you
place an order for a suit. I will be glad to show
them to you. All summer clothing and
Oxford Shoes at cost for 30 days.
C. C. Smith
Mebane, N. C.
MUST HAVE THE BEST
We are determined to give to Mebane, and vicinity
the best and'most up to date drug store facilites possible.
Running Water
that sanitary conditions may be perfect, Electric lights
and the best fountain for dispensing soft, and refresh
ing summer drinks.
Pure and Fresh ^ Drugs
Stationary, confectionaries, just what you want. Call
at the
Mebane Drug Co.
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Mebane, - - North Carolina
WE HAVE
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New Panacea Hotel
At The Famous
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Under New Management
New Sanitary Bottiing Plant, New Ball Room and
Garage just completed, and many other improvements
added this season. Music Morning and Evening by
the Hotel’s own Orchestra. Tennis, Bowling, Fishing
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Address
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