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JMR017LED "IIEKK lives la tin? towu of Pea- pak, ;.J .v flniU of muiim! ntlntl who bun uru ami felt a tniicllile rhoxt. In fact, the WH-i-n r tlniniliil Uiuu The man , I Elmer 1IUL. a thrifty young farme ef Peapack. whose remarkable exteri nee bus .shirt led the entire community. -In a straightforward, Intelligent way Elmer; IIHJ related the other day all that happeued. lie does not attempt to explain the cause of the strange pro- fpri?ti-, t rt he- fcwnta any Insinua te. i u; vt U.; ;: . wot as uncanny as he denerlln'S, "1 think 1 am a man of some sense, ordinary nerve and not a bit of nyster- THE AVtVh ONKOT SEIZED fllLI. BI fHB i A till. ; ''VV ies," he said when he began his story, "I was married a few montha ago and took this place, the Sanders farm, on shares. I knew it was a very old house and In a very lonely spot, but" ! never let that bother me until I moved In, and :. lucu no iivj)(ui iu ucni nnuii((c nuuuus all over the house'. Just here It should be explained that the house Is the very spot one would pick out as the habitation of oltlins. It la located In a most desolate spot, on an ' unfrequented road and surrounded by forests and barren fields. All this would not be sufficient to arouse suspicion, for there are scores of such old houses In this locality, but since the alarming ghost story has set the community a-talking the old men thare recall a' strange talethat was toWl to them by their grandfathers. It is the story of a Frenchman named Ber jeron, who lived In the house probacy In the early part of the eighteenth ecu tury. These old tales, which Vere forgot ten almost a century ago and probably never would have been recalled bad It not been for the modern ghost, related . that the Frenchman was a retired buc caneer who . lived In the old house alone and was said to have taken In many unknown travelers who were never seen ,to go away. One of these ; stories la told of a foreigner a young ana apparently-; very ; wealthy man who Journeyed thither through the for- , Mita Innir hofnro thrf Rovnlntlnn with horses and a servant and Inquired the way to the home of Berjeron. No one ever saw him after that. "About a month ago,"? said Hill. Cook, my hired man, began to talk about the strange noises. . He finally refused to sleep again in one of the rooms upstairs, because, be said, some body walked about his bed nights, and .he was frequently awakened by a and' den shake of the bed, aa If some one was trying to waken him. I paid lit tle attention to this, bat; my wife and X beard the noises and could not sleep well. "One morning something happened that seems almost , too absurd to tell, but If you had passed through it you would not laugh. I was going to get up early and had my wife set the alarm clock for 3 o'clock. She went down into the kitchen, and I turned over to take another nap. But before I fell asleep I heard some one coming toward the bed and thought It was my wife com ing with a cup of water to throw In my face as a Joke. I looked up, and there, coming from .the corner of the room, was the most horrible looking object I ever saw. At first It was very dim. Then suddenly It seemed to spring to the side of the bed and grab me by the left arm. I sprang back, and the ob ject disappeared absolutely, but there was a fearful pain In my arm. In an Instant the object was there- again. It was as large as two men and had a thin, bony face. It had the strangest looking covering over it I ever dreamed of. Again it disappeared, and I sank back into the bed dazed. When I went dowustairs. my wife asked me if I had heard the noises ajrain. But I did not trll her thru whnt bad hnpppiKKt. The next r,';!.t tVe t-'rm -j iUr$ j v . s 1 I ! t ' ' : 1 x. j Remarkable Experience Of i New Je'rey firmer i there. My wife and I left tl, we were In And sat up the rent oi .. . night. First would come a loud ihr.:.., thump right under our feet, theu o' our heads, then ' a .sound like .: one breathing Very bard. That oaul come from a corner of the iv ,i chimney; theu a strange so; , ! . ti groan, way down In the celli.;- . ! thump, thump again. Twe ov three times loud thumps came on the l.cuJ of the bed. There would be a little lull, and then tramp, tramp, as if some one was walking over our heads. We took a lantern and ran down to the burn, i'.ud from there we could hear the noises quite plainly. "The next day we left the house and went to the village to stay with my sis ter's husband. They laughed at us, and so the next night William Ludlow, my brother-iu-law, his wife and Walter Ludlow all went up to the house to stay. They cun tell you what hap pened. "The noises !egau again that night, and a little after midnight our old cat, which has been in the family for years, came tearing down the stairs scream ing and with his fur all sticking the wrong way and his tail about twice its natural size. He went right through the window, and we haven't seen him since. "Well, you can imagine that was a little too much. We men armed our selves with sticks and searched the house from top to bottom, but not a thing did we find, but the noises kept up till daylight. When we were eat ing breakfast the groans and noises be gan again, and all of us Just sat and stared at one another.,, My brother-in-law began, to curse, and just then 1 saw the same horrible thing I had seen before standing In a dark corner near the Chimney. I can't tell you how 1 felt, but It had such an effect on me that I fell to the floor In a faint." None of the witnesses to the strange doings would admit that it was possi ble for any person to have been about the house engineering a ghost farce. Tbey all searched the house and were confident no omj was inside or near the house? Hill had all his chattels moved out of the place.' and cannot be induced to go near It again. Heroic Devotion of An Indian Woman . Mellie Hennins. an Indian woman of the Squamlsh mission, Vancouver. has Just been awarded the: medal of the IJityal Humane Bictety ,by the maror of Vancouver. Mo"le Hennins. with her husband, CbiefVlInrry,-their three children; and another "wcunan Kathleen, was going from Snuamish mission to the ncrth arm of Buzzard Inlet on Nov. 80, 1001, in a sailing canoe. , A sudden squall upset the craft, llellie's husband, who bad on a catridge belt ancL heavy rub ber boots, sank at once. The other woman soon followed. . On' the' first sign of danger Mellie, the Indian mother, 7 had grasped h? . - four montns'cid rS&'W.'VA baby 1 n h e r ing and, com manding the otb er children to cling each to cne of her shoulders, he started to climb the. mast a the canoe slowly sank Soon the mast disappeared be neath the " wa ters, which are at this point over 300 feet deep, and the woman was left absolutely u n supported In the water with a child on ' either shoulder and the garments of her b a b y firmly clutched In her strong teeth. ' : She bad never learned to swim. having been born In the Interior, nor could she then swim so much as a single stroke. Yet still, endowed by some superhuman power. she remained In those Icy waters for nearly an hour, supporting her chil dren a Dd bravely atrucgHaij to reach the shore. She. kept the beac!a of all above the water line.- and It was from exposure that they subsequaatiy died. and not from drowning ' The tide, which was running la at the time, kept carrying her farther away from the chore. In spite of her struggles to reach It. and her fate, as well' as the fate of the little ones. would have been sealed bad not the lit tle son of Mr. Philips, a rancher dwell ing on the shore torn 3 little distance away, noticed the disappearance of the sailboat and the remaining speck u the water and directed tis father's t-V tention to the ch-custSEer. " - Some delay wus ctnscd Ic Lianchlcg the beat to rescue the ttrus--tg wrn an by the state of the tidr, wfc'ch was then very low. so that it w.:u fully an hour before th? p-iisLiDS, wut heroic r;cr;:ar! r.;'s: r -vu. 1. U.l cl.'.fpl;- her V rr-?:u':i : V:? ; . t I -is' The man who spends half bis (toie trying io classify people said h'tv .never saw so litany left eyed iwswnei In one car. " '' ' i "What do you moon by left eyed pas sengers?" asked his companion. "People who use their left eye more than their right," was the reply. "The species la not common, and of course none but a student in ocular science would be able to detect offhand the few whom we do meet A left handed per son advertises his peculiarity at(once;, qot so the left eyed man. As a rule it takes an oculist to determine which eye has been used most, but there are cer tain peculiarities of the pupil and lid that may be taken as pretty sure signs by the trained observer. . "Left eyed people are made, not Iwrn. Most of us have been blessed by nature with eyes of equal visual power, but the attitude we strike when reading or writing causes us to exercise one eye more than the other, and the first thing we know we are right or left eyed. This Is a one etdedness that should always be taken into consideration when buy ing glasses." New York Times. A Collector' Truyer. So deeply passionate Is Mr. Ilrxlg kln's love tor the rare and the curious that one thinks of the Thomas II aine mentioned by hun, who in all simplic ity of heart thanked God for . his suc cess in colJec-ting. "O mo gracious and merciful t.ord God," writes this devoutest of -ld bucks, "wonderful in thy providenee, I return humble thanks to thee fir 1 he care thou hast always taken of I continually' meet with most signal In stances of this thy providence, and one act of yesterday, when I unexpectedly met with three old manuscripts, for which in a particular manner I n't urn my thanks, beseeching thee to comitate the same protection to me a poor, help less sinner, and that for Jesus Christ his sake." The prnyer js extant and maj be read at the Bodleian, where H.arne was .assistant librarian. Loudon Chronicle. ; : . Biilsac'a Pouitordi. It was not easy to make one's way Into Balz tc's house at Chaillot. Rue des Bataiiles, for it was guarded like the garden of the Hesperldes. Two or three passwords were necessary, which were changed frequently for fear they should become known. I remember a few. To the porter we said, i'The plum season has come," on which be allowed us to cross the threshold. To the serv ant who rushed to the staircase when .the bell rang K was necessary to mur mur, "1 b'ng some brussels lace,-' and. If you assured him that "Mme. Ber trand was quite well" ydu were admit ted forthwith. This uinsense amused Balzac Immensely, and it was perhaps necessary to keen out liores and other visitors 8tilI'taore dirtjiKreeable.-iMisST Wormley's .fJeleinoIr vf Balzac.". , ni . A. Story, .of Rlskop Williams,! j It Is. told or r.tebop Williams of Con necticut, for many years , presiding bishop of 1 lc Kpls-onul church in America, who livti' all his .11 re a bache lor, that he was talking one day with a young man from the west about a tax a western state was trying to Impose on bachelors, the tax to be Increased a certain per cent for every ten years of bachelorhood. . ' "Why. bishop," said ne young man, "at your age you would have to pay about $100 a year." . .. , "Well," ald the bishop, quietly and In his old time vernacular, "it's Wutb It" ' ' -V,, ;, iv ... Hla Part. Little Jack What did papa mean by saying that he was captain of this ship? Ma Oh, that is only his Way of say ing that be Is the bead of the house, Little Jack Then, if pa Js the cap tain, what are you? , : Ma-?-Well, I suppose I am the pilot. Little Jack-Oh, yes, and then I must be the compass? - . Ma The compass! Why the compass? Little Jack Why, the captain and pilot are always boxing the compass, you know. Heeded Then All. ' ' A well known authoress was obce talking with a dilapidated bachelor. who retained little but bis conceit. "It is time now," be said pompously. tot me to settle down as a married man, bat I want so . much. 1 want youth, health, wealth, of course: beau ty, grace" ., , f . , "Yes." Bald hla. fair listener sympa thetically, "you poor man. you do want them alL" '7' t ' Prophelle. Henry w. Grady less than a month before bis death at the early age of thirty-nine remarked to a friend: "Im agine me as an old map! - Picture me baldheaded, half blind, , toothless ' and leaning on a cane! It can never be. It Is too ridiculous. A' man with my riot ous blood, tremendous energy and rest less activity must die youngr " ; . Shirt SleeTea to Shirt "leerea. v Oliver Wendell Holmes counted only three generations between shirt sleeves and shirt aleevesu A daughter of Tol stoi 1n an Interview with Henry Nor man expressed the same idea .in these words: "No Russian ever Mounds" a farhiiy. as you say. A man makes his fortune; his son lavishes It; his sort disperses it, - . ',- " . ,'.- ' ' ' ' Marka Ttaae. Nodd Tour baby Isn't three months old yet, is he? "' ; : Toad Oh, yes. To be exact. I have been awake now just ninety-six nighta -Life. . , - , - Nash, a writer of the sixteenth cen tury, says, "If botfue loseth an eye, he dreth presently.". Also, "diets lake breath not at the motif lj and nose only, tut st ye er rse (ears) e1o." JINGLES AND Juulu. Til fi-r foritet th funny alw iMy prnnjpa ufn?J to tell kae; I lauehol at them, for they were good; I rhui klrd then delightedly. I can't forxet them now. because Most any day ttome rood friend nails Me and proorel to tell, aa new. Borne of if old fftmlllar Ulea. OncT . voiumeiL-iai i riounv. A Rtadr of a Rich Mil, "I wonder how a rich man feels V "Well. I il tell you. Ue feel disaway: Now dat he got it he can't keep it; en ef be do keep It somebody else will sho' git it!" Atlanta Constitution. Hla Oaly Refa. The rarson Your wife, sir, is trying to run my church. Witherby If that Is real f the case, the only thing for you to do Is to join my poker club. Harper's Bazar. Prefer to Rentals. Though oft we complain that this Ufa la . unkind, ' That too much of tta hardship we get, After all, there are very few anxious to find The easiest way out of It yet. -Philadelphia Bulletin. So Comparison. First Boy My mamma belongs to one of the first families. Second Boy Poohl That's nothing. Mine oelongs to one of the last fami lies. New York Life. Scheme No Good. Noggs And a cure for insomnia Is Physician (facetiously) An old fash ioned way is to count 3(X) Noggs Very good, but our baby can't count. Town Topics. Comparatlrely Poor. The poor old man (of the future) sighed. And his sigh whs a sigh of despair. "Though I've pinched und hoarded for years," he cried, "I'm only a millionaire!" San Francisco Examiner. ChangTed Conditions. First Politician Of course, you con sider yourself master of the situation? Second Politician Guess you haven't heard of my marriage. Boston Even ing Transcript. Two Opinions. "Oh, I'm sure she isn't as old as she looks." "Perhaps not, but I'm sure she's older than she thinks she looks." Philadel phia Press. Aare'a Retrospect. "When I was a boy," young men begin in speaking of youthful joys. But old men, spinning their yams,-Start 't In,,;'.., '..' ? "Whan I was one of the boys." '' . Cleveland Plain Dealer. Nat. mt All Llkalr, "(Ihe's been trying to make a fool of me."V :'stf,-V"S."'.i-'i:-'i-'v' i -V-,.- if .':. "Oh, na.""--fce-ktoo ambitious 4o at-4 tempt any such easy task as that" f Chicago Tost. r On the War, ' Still , on the way, dear. We sing down the sorrow; Joy for today, dear. Is light for tomorrow! Atlanta Constitution. ,; Saasmed Up. Dorothy So Mabel la engaged to Cholly! Now, what on earth does she See iq him? Margaret Her last chance, probably. -Judge. Another Foolish Question. Of course r.-i beef trust plied Its trad In that o.d Roman state, : Else how had Csesar found the meat . On. which he ajrew so great? Chicago Record-Herald. r Qnite Tree. ; Miles Do you believe in this faith 'core business? ! Giles Sure. Lots of, people make good money at it. Chicago News. ' " ." Fatal Klsa. ' " flhe sat close In his automobile, , , And he Rave her a kiss; At that moment a rock struck the wheel, . ux tooap m juis- i Philadelphia Press. . , Dasi, . , WIgg I feel that Borrowell owes me an apology. ,!-s Wagg I wish that was all be owed tte. Philadelphia Record. Riehes. , I ask not diamonds so fair. Nor gold would I control; I only ask that I may own - A simple, ton of coal. ' ; Washington Star.' ' 1 Ft Hla Foot la It. ',' She You never gamble, do "George? . "- ! - ' you. He You can bet your life on that Xonkers Herald. ' ' -1 ."::'. A Pnrodr. Life la real. Ufa Is earnest And the aravs ta not Its goal: Ita great aim. thou saillr leanest, ' Is to get sufficient coaL Washington Btar, ...' Too Maeh ( It,"': Teter Your wue uac extremely good language.' ' ' ! Totter-Yes, and lots r It-New York Times. Tko Optlmlatlo Mala. r. Although not pretty now, I know. With this thought I'm. consoled: . When I have reached threescore and ton, j I'll then be pretty old. Chicago. New, . Am Authority. : "Papa, do lobsters hare hearts?" - n don't know, Willie, Ask yonr sla ter." ' '- : - Ey War Oat. Ehfl'a sint me a "hid" to ter wedding. ' And I. when I think of my debts, - 4m glad that I've something to tend her II a cheap. I a.iail acrid my "reeretn." Barton lifrnU SLOW-! IIEALSfJO Slow healing sores are unsightly, pain ful u 1 dangerous. They a:e a ct.rn.laat care and sour-e of anxiety and worry. Chronic, slow healing sore are fre quently the after eflects of some Jong debiiiwtiug sickness that leaves the con stitution weakened and the blood in a polluted, run down condition, when a scratch, citt, simple boil or bruise, be comes a fearful looking nicer that RTOws and spreads, eating deeper and. deeper into the flesh in spite of everything that can be done to check its progress. Old people whose blood is below the standard and the circulation sluggish, are often tormented with face sores, and indolent, sickly looking ulcers opon the limbs that give them hardly a moment's rest from pain and worry. Ordinary sores Purify the BlOOtl are liable to be- come chronic Heal the Sore. when the blood is too weak to throw off the germs and poisons, and no amount of external treat ment will heal them, but tbey continue to grow worse and worse, and many times terminate in that most horrible ol all human maladies. Cancer. S. S. S. cures slow healing sores br purifying end invigorating the germ laden, vitiated blood and purging the system of all corrupt matter, thus strik iii;.; t the real cause and removing every hindrance to a rapid care, and this is the oly possible way to reach these deeply rooted, dangerous places S. S S. strengthens and tones up the circulation. and supplies rich, nutritious blood for the rebuilding of the constitution and hailing the sore, when you tret rid oi the old plague spot for all time. . If you have a slow healing, stubborn sore, write us about it, and our Physician: will advise you without charge. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. UufleMer anil WAmi Will give competent service to all sr unfortunate as to need sncb service. Jnit simply give me notice and all details will be attended to. Caskets of all qualities earrtrd in stork , and by patronising my eetnbhVhment yon will get competent sarvtoss at a to prices as from anyone. I respectfully solicit a continuance o) the patronage of the penpfa is this sm tlon. Vary truly , cbo. o UJEBB, VINSTOH, M. S.HaVSViER, t .miQflE No. 132,. , 107 bast Qor Jon St. ; Heating and Gooli M v Jicpiilred . Pnnips Driven, Pipe and Repairs Tin, SI te and Iron Uooferv Does your roof netd paintiiig; I can save you jnoney. Hot Air and Water ; Heating Plumbings! obacco Flues and Stove Pipe, Cornice, Skylights, Finia! Ventilators and Ridge Roll. WE SELL . 1 4 UJUfl l KJ and HEATING CTnco X ' SJ A V Am4l . . . Cheaper than any one I else in town. ! Roof ing, Guttering and Plumbing work done on short notice. It will pay You to give us a trial. M00UE & PAilUOTT. 4 4 4o.. Everything r that the appetite calls for in the way of seasonable Table Del icacies . at our place. A stock of Fancy Groceries that is complete in every detail. Call or 'phone ; f for anything' you want to i. eat and it will be quickly delivered, for ; "PROMPTNESS" 15 OUR AOTTO. Yt. ,T. ,1 A K KU 1 i o . G . .vl. X). PHYSICIAN AMPURrX ' ; X KntsTow. If. C y . Orrm Hour: , V to 10 a. m. and - to 8 p.m. Telephone call: Boose JI4. OffWw 78. NOTICE: I Notice is Bn)hf ttr Mut appHcarioa iB be aiwtsto Um Caacra Anwmbiy, ef U'ttk Carauaa. at dM uon ef tquy, for cHaagss Ut lb (kartar at thelovaof Kiauoa, N C. -By of tt of lh Hoaid of AUanaen. .' ' Iec. rttfc, 19BS. , CIO. . WtVlf, Major. U J. MEW BURNS, afk.. WANTED You to write as for prices on Fire proof Safes, Burglar Woof Safes Time locks, Vault Doors, Deposit Boxes, etc. We will save yon money. ' . t ' O. B. Barnes Safe Co., Box 22. Oreenaboro, N. G PAY TOWN TAX YOUR before January 1st, and 5a ve the 1903, Costs! Pay Your Taxes a re d lie and it will be better 10 settle up quicks V A 5 ( '' Respectfully . , DALF. WOOTEN,:;; SVriff We Have Just RecieVod A Nice Lot of NEW VEEELS. It would snrprise yon to knor.i how low ,wer are selling ; them. -come and examine thenisand get otif prices. -it will ! snrprise ' y on that such a Bicycle nl4 ''be' bought at such low .' price, and , while you are here examine onr stock of Guns. We have ft con. -plete line and we do all kind of Gun and Pistol repairs at 'short MT01I CYGII RO C. E. SPEAR, Hoaxer. . ' Worfd'Sv Best Flodf ; m.v ' is tup stipp ttf I.fPC " ... r -- g . -v--'-i-,--: "' and judgment should be' used in ' baying the flour to make the bread." What is more pleasant to life than wholesome biscuit ? REASONS WHT 100 SHOULD USE AM ASBOSK It costs no more than inferior flour. ' Goes farther in cooking because it ,'. requires less, lard. It is the most economical , and you know you have the , best '' can be , made from ' selected Michigan Wheat. Ask tour, groeet for Ann Arbor and tak no substitute. - IS-EVERY BARBEL GUARAN TEED To Give SATISFACTION Jobbed only by SUMRELL & McCOY, Wholess'e Grocer. KIN'.STON N. C. 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