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HONEST ABE, ; u. s. r,i. Tht "Rural Mail " Carrier ."Us , .4Copyrl(ht, 1S0I. by a X.Xla.). EVEUAL times ot late w Leo I V hare bad mni) ' for . Curie Joe Wilte'.at"Jb4,Jtea..Btfdge 'aria I noticed tbat be was looking worried and' put of aorta, but 1 asked no questions snd tie volunteered no In formation until the otbtr day.w Then. aa I drove up, be said to me: " - . "Abe, I'm la a beap ot trouble over my son Dsn, and I vsotyew advtcs. rAnd wbat'a tbe mattes wltb Daa?' I asked. ttJ&tl'?3 "Well, about four weeks ago be took to poetry; and fee's been aetjn' Uke larual fool ever since;' I can't grt one day's work a week out o' blm. .' He'a at that' poetry from;, tuorning ttill ', nlgbt and many a night he's up till midnight He's got an idea tuat lie's a .neW.TeB- nyaorr and -that be's frolng to become a great man. I've argued and coaxed ftd threatened, but It don't do no tood. "Here's Some of tiie stuff be's -writ tenaod I want you to wad it and tell me what you Uilok." The first poem banded up read a 4, fol low; . i She's false to me, the girl I .loved;. My happiness she's shattered; . " My heart will never love again - . ; ' ;.?. Because ray faith l scattered. The second one read: . " -. Talk not to me of life and love, ' ' ; Talk not of roaes red : . ' , : Talk not of bud and sunaysklea, - vot rather fit the dead. " JTTas be been . In love and" got tbe throw down I asked o( Uncle Joe. "Not aa I know 6f. He Jest teemed to feel that way, you see. Here Is one that la different." : The one tbat was different read: "To armal To rml" Blr Henry cried. 'To arms, my brave defenders!" And each one buckled on his sword.' ' Aad tightened his suspenders. . . ; - -, xnn to in iray bit Henry rose ;- And to the frsjr wai follered, l ' And every time he killed man Moat gleefully he hollered. "I don't know a darned thing about poetry,-, ezpiamea uncie joe, -put i co snow wnen a reiier is . making a fool o' himself. Thafs what Dan la doing now, and I want to atop blm. I'm not going to board and lodge and clothe him and let him sprawl around on the graaaand tinker poetry.. He was eating dinner the other day when he Jumped bp to write this down; ; "The flowers of May are nothing to me, And nousht are the roees of June: I would lay down and expire for the love ' or Marlah -; And die in the full of the myon. ' rAbeJa OaO-a foelH a poetr aiked TJncle Joe. as I finished reading the bove. . A llttln nt hnth. t think 1 rnllut - 'Will be ever git rich ae"& poet?" ' ' "'I hardly think so." " . . , . "Then, durn his bide, he's got to quit this nonsense and git into the cornfield. I want to do whaf s right by my chil dren. Abe,, but tbey've got to do what's right by me. - , - - "Right now, when Dan ought tobe bustling with a hoe., be's out under an apple . tree writing . poetry with . his tongue hanging out and bis eyes rollel up. If yo'J say so I'll go out there and Jump blm two feet, high and scace ail the poetry out of bim' ' 'l wouldn't be 1 too sudden. Uncle Joe," I answered. ,""-' ' "How too sudden? ' "Well, I'd give him a little warnlnR a little poetic warning. After I'm gone you might wander out that way and carelessly say to Dun; A farmer n&meci Wtlte hVhad And the eon he was a sreat pot. And verses wrote he of meadow and lea, . . And fast was tbe pace ha did so ltu . "Yes, Abe, and what else?" asked Uncle Joe. 1 ; , "Then you can sort -o walk ii-eund r nti: 0 ST T'f IIS f r 1 t i. t to I' tt "And with that I give Dan a gueried Uncle Joe. , - " -. -You do." . - " , i "Wltb both bandar "And as I lift blm up my right boot bans against bim.". "It dues.". ..." ,, And bla Drat Jump toward the corn C eld la fully ten feet and he won't e'en stop work when tbe dinner bora blows 7" ... - . "Thai's it. Uncle Joe." "And be'll let up on poetry and tend to business ? : - ."For evermore." ..(..".: '"Abe, I'm your friend for life, and HI have Dan cured of bla poetry and working in tbe cornfield before you art out of algbt or break a leg a-trying!" r " " ..-M. quad;- i''r..wv,-;; .-.. .... ..r ,. Ad vertlsesaeai. - ' Whlletny business baa been steadily increasing for years," remarked a drug gist, "I find I don't sell aa much hair restorer aa ( used to." Perhaps people are pot so credulous In tties- dnys.M suggested bis friend. "Besfdts, after-trylng'snanyolhe preparations in, vain a man would nat urally stop buying tbem,j v fNo," eoatluwd tie druggist.."! don't think those are tbe reasons. .Human nature is as credulous aa ever, and tbe ranks of tbe baldbeads are being con stantly recruited.. I guess 1 roust .look for the reason nearer borne. Twenty eara.ago I wasn't. bald myself." Phil adelphia Ledger. -' " ' - T Save Betas Sarfelted. This youngRteiv like most hoya.;ls Tery fond of his puternai grand mother. She took charge' or the bouse while th mother went away for a week not long go."", "s -- 'r'' ' : One day be was ratber obstreperous. and the randniotbir-remarked: "If I had tbe care of you all tbe time, Guy, 1 shouldn't allow you to do many tLlngs tbat I overlook this week. I am afraid you wouldn't love me so much then." tWelhT " replied Gny ' I suppose it would be like ice creamif we bad It all tbe time I s pose we. wouldn't care mocb about ft anyway." Chattanooga Times. ' '" ' " - A Artist.' -New York; HeTold. . Ceasblaatloa) of Diaeanirnrta. " see tbat Ihofw progressive Mext- lcans'get the; latest "weather report stamped across the envelopesf""the letters they receive." ' .. .. ,-T" - veii, it must ue. enougn to make a man feel pessimistic to get an envelope stamped, 'Continued rains and much colder, withan unexpectedly large bill inside." Cleveland Plain Dealer.. ' Simply" Forced to It. ' - " Tve found out why Knobbore Is o conceited. He told me himself." '' ... "Hp did? Well, that's refreshing." "Yes. He said be sp'-nt bu!f bis life trying to muke people think well of bim without success. Then he decided that tbe only way to get a thing done is to do it yourself," Cincinnati 'Comnier. cial Tribune. ' " - . - Two Views. "Oh, yesr' be said. "I'm quite expert with my automobile now. What I know about. road racing- would fill an Inter esting book." '. . "What yoq don't know about It"" re plied the candid friend, 'may fin a if"ve tor you soon, -rr' ...:pala lT.'isS-T, .:. '" ' v ' DM T ? ttf r- MIks Doveys - e ; rot Victor I itt. Ki'S. Bintl 'r I v. I sUnr-ly. -'an't t'.cra browed endure tiru. I lile p'r r-r, xaen of lndou.itab!e "Gracious! Wl stfor?" ' "Tfcey are o ea r-n'r""- -!!! J J. ' ' y1 1 11 I L J me I ave to. J a 1,'e? .' . CLauvUT- V"e II, co. 1 dou'f wish to : ;: 3 aa that. Lut I ...e a very f rxl .-.-o Jo urea L will say :..:s: weatlier t.v - I a . t: a i as 1 : l-..,.,. , :1. ' ,, - RALPH CONNOR, NOVELIST Mew th iitUr ( lkr PUet Go! ' Bis Kqm Plsme. . Tba new Canadian writer j Ralph Connor, whose books, "Black iRoIk and "Sky Pilot." have placed film 1 tbe very front rank of Canadian story .tellers, In" private lift . is tbe . Itev Charles W. Gordon, a ; Presbyterian aninlster of Winnipeg, : ? "..: Calpb Connor came of stolid Scot sb stock. Bit father, tbe Rev. Daniel Gordon, went, to Canada In the early forties, Anally settling in tbe' village f Glengarry, In the Indian lands, and there the author was born forty-three years ago. He waa educated at To ronto university, subsequently , taking a three years' course In theology at Knox colleger' T-'- v-r. ;, -iMiYi - Tbe nom de plume of Ralph Connor came to tbe Rev. Mr. Gordon In RALPH CXJJiNOB. TBI X0VILI8T. rather curious way. . He -waa dlscour aged over the appropriation tbat had been made : by . a certain missionary committee for wore in the" mining camps of western Canada. Disheart ened,, he., went to tbe editor of tbe Westminster,' i : weekly published In Toronto. This editor, an old college- mate, told bim to wage hla campaign for mission funds through his columns He wrote his first sketch. It Is now. the first chapter of "Black Rock. The editor was delighted with it,' but what should the author be called? Tbe sign ing of bis real name at the time migbi have provoked criticism from tbe mis slon board. . - He telegraphed to Mr, Gordon asking -what name should be" Mr. .Gordon received the telegram late -In the evening, Just as be: was finishing a report to- the "missionary society. His eye lit upon the headinjj of sit, which waa abbreviated as fol, lows: "Brit-Can. Nor. West. ' Miss, Hoc." ,The two syllables "Can" and Nor" struck bla fancy; and be tele graphed hie reply, "Sign Cahndr." By some slip of the : telegraph operator tbe message reached Toronto, ."Sign Connor." The editor prefixed, the name Ralph, and ' so Ralph Conuor was found, i ,-!. Ralph Connor's books have been won derfully successful, and bla work as an author, so strangely begun, has brought substantial rewards as well as fame. Besides "Black Hock" and "Sky Pilot" he bas written "The Man From Glen garry," Glengarry School Daya". am. Beyond the Maribes." "SOCIAL ENGINEER."- Miss Crstnstasi, Wbo la m Expvrt v. ' - - Matters Svrtolosrieal. - Miss Mary R. Cranston, who bas Just sailed for Europe In tbe luferest of tb American Institute of Social Service. will make special studies of the trained nurse o ;Pari8. of the fresh air work In" France nd of tbe" industrial and social conditions In European cities. The institute was started some year ngo as the League of Social Service. but within tli,e past year Ita.kcopV'Ibaf been broadened and Its ' present" title adopted. The aim of the Institute ia t- t . . Tt ' '-u: .... . - - A tf i of V r," r PILES I ; PILES J PILES -T. Wiajsms iDd'.sn Pile Ointment w!U cure oudo, meeninir. Ulcerated and Itching Pile. It absorbs the tumor. Ur the itetaiii at once, SOtS SS a tklUlt Inalunt Itr 11 It Ilwus' Indiun Pile Ointment in prepared only for PUea and itehins ot Ui priTate parts and noth ing els. Every box is guaranteed. Sold bv run. vmni,Bnt Dy mau lor.htte and 11.00 pef bos. VV ILUAMS M'FU CO.. Props.. CJeveJand. a sHua bj '4aipi-MarsMtB Drat Co. , fatso tote for College Tomtc WotnesiCV i CocRca PEACEVrr4-1 Conserva tory of Music Tl vsiavoi FKX BesoPUce' AMrssi. for Your rJas.lawUMle DengUer C. H. POOL. Contractor and Builder of Wood and Brick Buildings, v : . : . . KTNSTON. K. a '' Estimates furnished on application. Good Work Guaranteed. ' " Let Us Write 4 H you a Fire,- Life,' "Ac cident, or Tornado In surance Policy.'; " ';, " The, safest and best companies.' ..'','" i E. J. BECTON, lis W. Gordon St; , Klnsto'n, N. 0 0 f Summer Furniture Refrigerators, Ice Boxes, Go-Carts and Baby Carriages all at 'greatly reduced prices. -, A few Iron Beds to go at cost. Our Combined Baby Jumper and ' Rocking Chair fills a want recog- nized by all' mothers and 1 nurses for the care' of babies,' as it is ; safe, practical and convenient. l3"Call and examine them. -. White Purniture Co. fn 110 W. NORTH ST. , Just around tbe corner from LaRoque'i Store J. 4. HARVEY. E. W CHADWICI w1. 0. SWIFT. Haney-Chadijicl Cp; " ; Beautiful; -Turned Work, Gblumns,; ; - Balusters, ' ' -Newels. Etc:, 'Com? and see them. - PRICES RIGHT. EAT TO LIVE ' is no doubt the proper maxim,' . but just the same you want what you do eat to be of firsts class quality and , ; ' . A Visit to Ely Store will convince you that my variety- and quality of table delicacies are equal to those of r any cuy grocery. - -iCJ-Staple Groceries at bottom prices.':-' r VV.D.La Ro q ue, J r. f Up to-Datb1 Grocer. : nTie Z-7. Kinpton, N. C. A: N;;f;RiVlLR0AI) ;P0. ; Tllffi TABLE NO. 28. "". . In effeot Sunday. Nov. s. 1901 at 7 a. m. WESTBOUND XKAINS. , 1 i if- St F . ! P. M A. It S 7 . 4 . 7 4 1-1 7 1 :i 7 )T f ,s - 7 i-J 1 U 6 M 'J e sw .i 10 40 to I T W "- arrlTe. .v -ALS3." -' CM t T.TAkROrr; Ph. G.; M. D , : " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; ." , K1NST0N, n, C ' .- , Okfick IIofrs: 9 to 10 a.m. and 8 to 9p. m - r . Telephone calls: Bouse 24, Office 78. SEE YOURSELF ! , Have those old' defaced . . Mirrors re-plated--as good . :. ' . ' as new. - i ; O. G. Ho ft afield If That Old Plot of Tours v . is stocked crooked it can't run , straights vWe. can make it as good as net)? if you ttfll let us. BELL'S SHOPS. ? t 310 E. Bout 8t , KINST0N; N, C. SPRING r.ULLlNERY p LATEST, STALES.' . V LOW. PIIICES,; ? N. L. BRUT0N & BR0. :. KIN8T0N. N. a Summer Excursion Rates , "-via' Atlantic Coastline ."KtoM knsqxK and retttrn - .1 . Washlnston, N. 0.... .,..,.$ $. Old Point. Va... . ' 7.60 Newport News, Vs.,, ,-' T-M Cape Henry. Va........... T.60 Ooean View, Va.r.i... ; T,60 Virslnis Beaott. VS..(,,f.,........v....H T.W Wasbitiston. D. C. ISfiO Baltimore, Md.;. ISM) New York. N. Y., .,...,., , KM Boston. Man. SS.M Providenee. R. I... SUM Bates to New York. Providenee and Boston include meals and state-rooms on steamer. Tickets on sale Jane 1st to Sentember SOth. 1808, final limit October 81st Tor t urtber information eau en atreat. ' , I Printing of Merit No matter- bow small tbs ' Jf y r f, juu n receives ui mwd v t ; ; tion that reavlta in work ofa high order 'of merit. 1. -Consults about Printing - - . wiyvumg unm or oig.,..., I Ir'ree Press Co; Patronize Home : ' and Save Money! The hose and half-hose made t by : the ORION MIUS. Kinston, N. C.. are not only economical . . for you to wear, because of their fine wearing ' qualities and comfortableness, but they are made at home; The man ufacture of them gives : em v ployment to people right in Kinston. . Every dealer ought to handle them. " , . Be sure to insist on having good made at the ORION MILLS . By doing so yon will not only save money, but will be a help. Specials e " : ......;.. ' - ...:. ....... ... s . , in Men's j. i ' -' v J- Summer Underwear Our;L-j Ur: r:-it new AVc haveuct received a new line cf B. C B. Top; Shirts. " Call early endet j-cur p: h; w-siM V Architect! KINSTON & NWBEAN, N. C. 1 n , ',! , .y- .'-W . .. . . . :. ...'".v'. ' ..! -...: .- r-........ ... v - . '; tarNoticea left. at. the office of J.' W. Grainger will receive, prompt attention;- ' - Cold Oririk3 OF ALL KINDS. ' u :: V ' ' , Ice Cream DAILY. : - -;V: .... -, .... , . ( -it .,' -.."!.... . . J. T. Skinner ' 132 N. QUEEN ST. , BEEE BEEF Having purchased a lot ot fine Cattle onr market will be con- " 'atantly supplied " with Home-- V ? Baised and Western Beef. 1 " ... .-.: .- - .;...,..... . ' '..-"i -..-.;...'-. . Our Grocery Department is also - .' - first-tlans and up-to-date. : O. M. HOOKER & CO 5uccessors to MOORE A HOOKER. Ail PhsssNs.371 ' . BILTMORE " Wheat Hearts ' The , Heart of Wlxcat . Bcientliically prepay t" ed, retaining onlj ih , nntrative , elexnentSy". ' appetizing, easfly di i ' ' 1 geeted and nutritiou& ' A Bountiful Breakfast, . A, Satisfying Bdppeir V QUICKLY PREPARED., Mark- Mcvborn , The Qhoobi ''. Psoas Ms. 14S. . - E. F. C0Xfc President, J. W. GBAINGEB,, - Vice-President The Banfc of Kinston;-' Capital Stock, - J50.CCO.00 . SnrplnsPrcfits, $2f,6CD.OO Legal Depository for State, County and Municipal Funds, ' ,.'-(... .,.!" , Solicits deposits from, Farmers-,. Merchants, Corporations and Indi viduals. ' : i; ' ; " - ' ' Capital and t Surplus-Profits was $2 1 ,ooo six years ago. - 4 This Bank was safe then-you can' see that it is' nearly three and one half times stronger now. ; '. If you are' not a depositor would be pleased to have you open an account, . , Yours truly, R. C STRONG, Cashier- it f Tobacco Sprayers,- f " 1 Tobacco Twine, v i ' Thermometers, Lanterns, : : f Fruit Jars, ; Stone Churns, . ' ' r Flower -Pots, Jardinieres. . Crockery, Glassware Paints, ; Oily Varnislr -. . ! and a complete line of : Builders' Hardware, .1 . , Farmmg--ImpleEicnts '- ' Stoves, ; House Furntshir'T Goods. -Tinware, etc., etc Be euro to get t-'y prices before ttiyirj. . VcryK-cci-Ij, P M i. s. J Yours to rlc:?, '?
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