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VOL. II. NO.
COMMERCIAL RANK.
Repoit of the condition of the Com
mercial r..iik of liuthorfordtou, at Ruth
erfordton, N. C, at the close of business
on July 10th. 190-.'.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts,
Overdrafts ;
Furniture and Fixtures
Dtie from banks and bankers,
Cash on hand
Total
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock
Surplus
Undivided profits
Deposits subject to checks
Due other banks
Cashier s checks.
122,106.86
1,034.60
1,000.00
7 1)21.49
3,418.36
$35,481.31
110,000.00
1,000.00
645. m
23.4-17.43
155.42
232.53
GETTING AWAY FROM HOME
BUTHERF0BDT0X, N. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 14, 1902.
A SERMON TO SUIT.
i , 1 .
i
81.00 A YEAR.
The Spit of Il.no and the j The Folka Who mid Tor the Dl,
De.Ire For tUallg,. Wm, Got What The, Wautea
Judging by a good deal of the con- Many Maine people who live in a
versa Uon of the present day. there are certain part of Cumberland co unty liV
a large number of people who have a.' wol! ..mi t, " , '..'
positive horror of homo Th 1G fMirtniia '
- . . SIAO V l 1 J
revulsion of feeling is taken by many
persons as a sign of social doteriorn
tion. For our own part we find it diffi
cult to tuke it quite seriously or to see
In it anytkiug more than a passing
whim.
N'ubody nowadays likes monotony.
Change is what people desire not per
haps any great change, but lots of
always called in his town. Abner was
the wit of the village, and he was
commonly selected to take charge of
funerals because he was about the
only man in town who had time hang
ing on his hands. A citizen died, a man
who never amounted to much, who
was never positively wicked, because
that, would have required more of an
DON'T READ IN BED.
It la a DanecroDS Practice WhIT
LyiiiK Dunn, Say a an Authority.
Reading in bed is seriously advised,
Luo newspapers Fay, uy a physician
OSTRICH TACTICS.
! Bis Bird That Displayed r.a Much
j CcQitinar is, au Apache Indian.
I A well known hunter and taxidermist
I tells tfcjs storT Of nersonnl rnorini
a vnvi IUVt
as conducive to "repair and resting," I in South Africa; it goes far beyond dis
believing congestion," "emptying the j polling a slander that has long clouded
uvvruueu oy prolonged eyework,
etc.
It is plain that placing the head back
.. rv i .
iu nrr irinn nr n-oa -.n?.
XZZ-JJZ N"T- ' cife.cn. d Abner know
BniiJt-ii.-t.B uuuut one s
own four walls, be they ever so hand-
. as well as anybody else.
Total
$35,481.31
I, J. F. Flick, cashier of The Couimer
cial Bank of Ifutherfordton, do solemnly
swear the above statement is true to the
best ot my knowledge and belief.
J. F. FLACK, Cashier.
Stare of N.C., Rutherford County.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
thi.5 3Gth day of Jvly, 1C02.
M. O. niCKERSON, C. S. C.
Correct Attest :
T. B. Twttty, Johx C. Mills, M. H.
Justice, Directors.
A . - .
i s i i l - i wia rnnimotn. a i
Kmno .,11 . . ......vemi i u cerium
rw i T , T overpow- minister to conduct the service, and he
Iv '!k sortbhlfe' !! hatched uP his old horse and drove to
v....UL vm.hic me pmicrug or ine i his house,
pictures on them every day. and neither ' atte
tlllV tlrtf thu lumi "nor.;-.. . 1 -
uumv luiumuttuT seema , torni
to alter in expression. j e(i
Again, there is a terrible sameness "What sort of a man was tier he
about one s own cook. Experience ena-1 AekcHl a "ex ue
b!es us to foretell the taste of every-; "Well, about the same as no soft of
thin at home, from the soup to the sa-, a man at all." replied Abner fmnkly
'""themut-f "I suppose his loss will be dt.ply
ton to the cheese ,f we are poor; ! folt in the community r said the min
whereas if we dine at a restaurant ister
everything down to the salt is differ-j "They're all bearing up well under
ent and the restaurant is refurnished It." said Abner Blowlv
-uuiaa , was he
Xiien. again, the music and stir going minister.
ou arouim one avoid the necessity fori
much conversation, and conversation
RELICS OF EARLY DAYS.
ltall Fences nnd Drgsnt Canon Snt
vlve CIviUzaiiouK 5I.irc.
Bank of HiillierfonlloD.
One of the remarkable features of 'Ro-xnt to Vnr,i - v -mntry
life in America is the singular I r,h Cxn'h rpora-
non commission of the condition of
the fair name of the ortrieh:
Arriving at one of the monster hills
In n hnrfr.tni .... i . VL ant. i cimnetl upon it and
meets the whole nrnhlPin nf roTf V raised niy observation glasses to my
congestion bv uravitv-nnd It i ; CACS for a cartfu! surv
vortr im,-t..nt i 1 M" fi!St S HlCe SllOW
itnnw thn rnl0 r.-l o- - frola t!le deal 'ev
do not habitually practice reading in a 7 ol,Jects- eacb having the
recumbent position perfectlv comfo'ta- i f0na f au cniHtaI S" TutKe 1 Uni'w
bio. Such advice, carried cut with ab- I f-T tbe Jeads nnd Bwks of two os
sclute care as to light and the position I Tb?ugb 1 lierod they had
of the look n-nnid Jn sigMcd me. I remained Immoral le mi-
- i"'- v vi il 411" i
thousand busy people add largolv to : V necks Werp Slltldcly drawn
the number of hours which reading
con
persistence of the rail fence and the
dugout cance. No matter how tbk-kly
settled a section may become or how
long it may have been settled, these
two survivors of early settlement linger
on as stubbornly as ever. Todar in th?
the Bank of Rnth rfordton at Ruthor
fordtou, N. C, ut close of luiucss ou
lth duy of July, 1002.
RESOURCES
house. The minister sa d hp wonld ' , . . . . .. ... ,tu 11 'uun hmsI.ps n-hWi o,..,.i i.
nd and then tried to get a Ut I Z" sT rh Mrlment a ceiain tT haT h
nation concerning the late lament- j Ino who ehe, tl.l, ' presence and would
strange and pernicious advice " could i m,HV." qUick r.etre:lt
.ISTotilce.
By virtne of a mortgage deed executed
a Christian?" asked the
'If he'd been accused of It. the ror.
diet .vnhi h i inuiiig
in the home circle Is sometimes difii- rb, tn I of good eyes. Cn!.,
cult and sometimes dull. It does not do renM A , .U seats.
asked the
......j.ju.nuN,, wuai one tninKs. it; "Did he attend church''
ouui uuu 1 1 rut net? ior uinni'j- mir
never have tried the plan. Some years
ago there was described a patented de
vice for suspending the book over the
horizontally placed head of a sick per
son whereby reading would be possible
without holding the book In the hands.
Even then one wonders how the I'ght
could be made to fall properly on the
page. Without a method of the kind
not even a well person co"' 1 1 ol 1 t
book live minutes nbo : even.
ueauing in oed has rn'-n j tn, v-;;ds
- s .:u in
bed as if in a chnir It i.s ...io&ibie to
hold the book in such a noi-Mon that
urvey of the region. I fSJ0"'6? P?rta ' En?:lnJ Loans and discounts
bowed me arisir- J NeW lurl: the rn!1 fence ls Iutt , ,
el of the Dial, I W,,h' wL?le the fishermen of the Overdraft
--v... yu .,.,u,,s ruers ana cnesa- Jutrerft rd county Ix nds
peake bay, on the banks of which the , , J."
first En-lsh settlements In America hon' ' and F
M ere established, still manufacture and , Cas "nl due fpmn b;inks. .
employ the old dugout canoe in making 1 All other rmmrccs
the rounds of their shad nets. , ,
The dugout canoe is the simplest and thiT Feal CStatC
most primitive water craft known and Total
was used by prehistoric man, both in '
Ihis country, Europe and Asia. It Is LIABILITIES
made out of a log cf wood by trimming Capital stock
the outside down to the proper propor- ' o.
down to the level of the tops of the
Without losing an instant's time I
ran to the spot where the birds had
been standing and found their tracks.
tions of a !oat and by "digging out"
the inside nith an adz and by the s!d
barplns fund and undiridi-d
profit,
These I followed ns far as they were 1 , nvor uuut is lo" biUs nAixtnuitoJ
distinguishable a:d then took a ccm s- f s P tty niucb the saille as il wa Ti . -v.-hk-li
I believed the birds would L" Powhatan and differs ' TlmC TO-t
nrally follow. Xo sooner had I n.hni , . . TUO run cf dugout canoes uepoat subnet to check
the top cf the ravine than I saw
l in the absence of
vitu W . 1 f . .. ... Tkf.ll
th- ostriches climbing the bide hill Es- , - , ia uavi"S ra gh sides.
iininthi.'r iho i : WIj1cj rise to a summit from cithpr ' . . . -
tired. Th b n ZL,: d of the boat, being higher in the ! t0 J"
twee:, his leas and strnck In ihH ! .lt"dl!p' wbm? tb(? Bpt placed.-; July 102
I
IW U t II lit lfr10flri m 4 b.. t
..Jirlvl vjii iii: iini II !V OT ... ... - ..
. anutu-y, i;.:!a, by David Tate and wife i"y raiuer,
iexus Tate, I will s il at th, court hous I resemlW a sta- Ci'owtl and keep com-,
door m Rntac-rfordton, for cat-h, at pub-! iuy: UI aain- There is a limit to those
lie auction, on we know, a limit even to those r I
minute hit .,...-... i l"c 1 i : iicFi.v tiiea and so
and. this being the case, it is not easy I -l never i,iLit ... ' tuat tne snt falls on It properly. When
sometimes to think what to say. j Abner reading lying down, there is a traction
Nowadays we get. socially speaking.' -llow did he die'" ' Dpon the inferlor recti muscles which is
tiled of our friends and even of our ac-' minister continued the . highly injurious. Every patient should
quaintances. We want them to pass 1 "Just 'the same as he lived sort f 1 UeVt'r t0 rad in l)Cd eXcl'p!
continually before us like a street wo-1 nnt,,rniiv .,m x , . f. ' SPt f i wLcn sltUnS UP as vertically as in a
- "v .iu.!ci. K.,t : ...,.,
I .ln" i.. t. . lu""' vuifiieaii nieuicine. ;
1 don t see how I m to preach much ' I
ct a sermon under such circumstances." j -
said the minister. STRONG PULSE BEATS.
struck In the snnd
cf the side hill behind him.
"In rn instant the bird darted away
like an arrow In the direction of a
small clump of bushes in the center of
23,r.6S.G2
1,080.03
200.00
5,000.00
. 3,226.15
549.67
.66
$33,409.17
10,000.00
2,001.67
7,700.00
4,046.45
8,791.01
$3.1,449.17
ck, Notary
Washington Tost,
K. V. BORROW, President.
Correct attest :
Tint !,D v.-.,..i ...,-.. ; " cna cacn
- --. v , i ii ii.i 1 1 -j- i wit, ,1 a
Ccnny In See ml Knsasenrnl.
For years a vc'dinr mnn mui i R. R.r!r i.iri? t r e.... x t.i
, " J-"-.-, . . vy. 11.1IIH, a. t. Ali
en open space.
rowood, Directors.
Monday, September 1st, 11)02,
ii .1 ...j. . .
a.i .iiiai mteivst, ntfht and iitle of the
and Davhl Tate and Texas Tate in and
to the luUov.-ing descrilx-d L'.nds lying in
v u iiieriorn county, achoiuiuir the l:nH
"Tlll 1 1 J i f ! 1 1 t fo nil t.1 . 1 .1 ? . .
should like or should be likely to know ! think they winto, muTi' o BerZn
even liv -.;i-lit md
...v 4l t u 1 to L.4 Ui iilll LUIS'
latter limit is disregarded. The barrier ;
of good manners which forbids that'
kuuoc iuquauitt'u witn one ail
ed as folio
crmni!ig at a stake just
i viow nie lord, comer of land sold to
j-.ua vnrjue, and runs with his line
n rth sjj west 140 poles to pointers on
lgiin s hue of th- Morris trac t, Griz
zle s coiner- (hence with his line south
i Pui S ln :l stake ou the lank
or Aim creek; ih.MU-e up the said creek
as it meanders, to tlie b?giuni"f con
t:a;uu forty-fix (4-5) acres, more or less
said ?a:id will -old to sati-fv n
f.ebt named ia the said uiortage, which
ii.wr. in t.t; Kvi-i.ster's ofrtce for
i.uthorford county, in Book H-3 of Mort
iorls, ynjre lt:, to whir;h record
Ihis ."'oly :'l
'renc.; i? made for full particulars.
St, iV;,C.
Vv". M. VITHIOW, Mort-ae
J-icBiayer C. .)-:stico, Attornc vs. "
and so they sent me over to see you.
snia Aimer.
The minister pocketed his wrath and
a Ave dollar bill, and after the funeral
tn. t r,., o.,; J: . . .. I . . . .-...v.. li en, ue gUl
. ollt.u Vl uiu uigmiy, i!ut it; just what we wanted, b'gosh "-Lewis-is
not a very high fence, and it is one i ton .Inn,) S . Wi
which it is amusing to look over. Lon
'i iw. v Logan, Ll'as Grizzle and oth- ' ollltr sho"!3 speak is sulSeient to pro-1 the satisfied Abner
V J V ywi'c-r.sei jjiu cw!c, bound
don Spectator.
SOME PUZZLERS.
POULTRY POINTERS.
Game chickens have more meat In
proportion to their height than any
other brood of fowls
When the chickens are growing fast.
It Is a good pkiH to mix a httlebone-'
meal in their soft feed.
Smearing whole wheat with kerosene
uy vu iur of it decree from the Supe- j
rior court Ilath.-rfori countv, made ju !
toe sp.-ial pr-eedin. entitled -Willam 1
W silver, admuiistrafor of Lacretis. P:.n.
How many teeth have you?
Kow high (in inches) Is a silk hat?
Which way decs the crescent moon j
turn, to the right or left?
How many toes has a cat on each !
tors root.' Ou each hii;d foot? or turpentine aud feeding it to the
What eoler are your employer's eyes? j cuicke!ls s a good remedy for gapes.
Thj eyes of the mau at the next desk? Adding some carbolic acid and put
In which direction is the face turned! tins on hot Avl11 S0CUle much better ic
on a cent? On a quarter? On a dime' ' Slllts froiu the whitewashing of the
How many steps lead from the street '."f LoUSe
to the front doer of vour house or flat lt Is at no tIrue advisable to
What are the exact words on a two! k,??, fod of ' kiml before the fowls
cent stamp, and in which direction i i . UUie- 11 W1" DO au advantage to
Casea In Which They Are Percept:).!- i
I to the Ej-f.
! "It is not such an uncommon thing." !
: said a physician, "to tind a person 1
. whose pulse beats can be plainly seen. ;
and yet I suppose there are but few i
' outside of the profession who realize i
; the fact. In most persons the heat
I of the pulse cannot be perceived, but :
the mere fact that the beating i.s per
s ceptible does not mean that the pulse ;
i is other than normal. I have come ;
across a number of eases where the :.
i throbbing of the wrist could be plainly :
j 8ee:i. and yet the persons rarely gave i
evidence of abnormality In tempera j
j ture. They were rarely feverish and. j
j were in good physical condition gen-
erally. Pulces of thin kind, from this :
, View. Which is based mum netn.il r,U. i
...... I(T,V ii. iv. !
1 . 1 1 T llCkn r. ii 1! I I TT.. 1 " . , ,
emerge from his hiding, with n.r rifle ' r . , "V r ., " , , , , " u ;S "n"I:l cash " -dvauw.
ready -tirbted ko th:.t r , J II, n . I r bo;'utlft l silv" for her toilet table. '
'JTcu f,o that I ould pall the the iat. st .lef-n I To tftt. Diimfum o
nigger iue second he reappeared, bnf i..... .. f " . " . . "l,n'-Kruilu
u.i i.i. n i.-. n uan'iscnie leatiior frar. m..ih.
i, .
i nnany went forward to rout- !.
Hhen I reached the tlump of
turn ko kiiiMoi.i-.. t:.o ...! " '""" uhtcu
- i.v.v vuai uij
nil ou f-Hng bag completely fitted out. ru-'s, ! 1 hereby announce niywlf a rtindiiLite
imshes j b00its acC otuor artSeU,n t0 make houje 'for County Treasurer, hul ji-ct to the
Flawed ; comfortnole. ! Democratic Convention.
liOBT. L. PlGG E!tST AFF.
9 iltl liatl ' m
I . , . .
iiiomcu up iue sand for a distance of
several inches. This wary tact had
placed the bushes between the bi
i;nu myseir. ar. l he hr.d made his way
io new cover wh;!-.- I was innocently
wailing for hhn on the other nde cf
the ambush. An
not have execute
cleverly, and
linvli-nv r....i: .1. ,
1 1 ' i iiv.ij.u IIIOUSU to li-
lieve the traditional story of how the
silly ostrich buries his head in the
sand and believes that he is therein-
In
Wtf WOn t be SO l:trlf tn. i:to !
- v Utl 1 1 V I, 1
; aim fvrtamly he will ret hare the mon.
To thh Democrats of Kctheridrd
Coi;.ttv :
- . aim rcrtamiy he will rot hare the mon- I I hereby annmce weV a candidat
n J ey v, spend on another girl." which is for h,ri. .subjecTto SSb
" !: wisdom that rules sentiment In convention.
, i - ciuary V; ulker et al," I will
K-ll on Sut-crdi:y, the With day of Au
;.si, l!.t.-2. t:t 12 m.,at public auction on
tiie pivnnre.-i Urc-i - occupied by Lucretia
iliniel. (.(:( ;i;.e(L ; ti,n- r.f
wiuoh she seized, coniaiuiug about nine-1
tv and oi,-half acres, Iring in Rulher-!
ioiit coniu.r iu Cilfax township on Hills I
ere, art-i:iiUff tlie lands of David Jen
Jans, .J.,.!i jvnvavds ami others I
The iifi property will l e sold for the I
"i . le.uuig assets tor the TOirt.ieiit !
t any valid aud just debts that may ex
ist npiust the estate (,f the said Lucrc
tialrauiiel, decea:d, and whatever sur-
"V io oeuisniDatCd amonsr 1
ner heirs at law a-ooi:imr to their ever
IV "'r- awl land will le sold on
lie following terms, to-wit : ( Jne-fourth
ot the purchase price to be paid in cash
cue, ay of i-ale and the remainder to be
paid m six months from date of sale, ev
idenced by note with approved security
with interest from date of sale
Any persons desiring to see the lands
will call on the. undersized. Thus Julv
2oth . my. WILLIAM WALKER, 7
A mr. of Lucretia Pannel, deceased.
The unu.'i-stuod, having obtained let
ters 0,. administration on the estate ot
x (al; ".v ouiach. de.ce:;sr,-l 1,0,t-
all prTSf-ns nuh-bted lo the said estate to
settle the same at once ; also persons hav
ing 'cianns against said estate are reqnir-
... a i-ue same nuiv aurncntica
tv-d to the undersigned on or before th.
1 ;i''V.l.July, lm or this notice will b
the face on it turned ?
Write down, offhand, the figtircs on
the face of your watch. The odds are
that .ton will make at least two mis
takes i:i doing this.
Wh:-.t is the name, signed in facsim
ile. o:i any dollar, two doliar. live dol
lar cr ten dollar bill you ever saw?
You've read dozens of those names.
Can you remember one?
they can drink all
keep milk where
they want.
Fowls do not run together in large
numbers. They will always divide into
flocks of small size and will select dif
ferent feeding grounds, always pro
vided they have the opportunity.
A growing chicken, like a. growing
animal, requires plenty of good, whole
some food supplied liberally and often
in
j servations of cases, do not lndican i cuuteJU;u- -I'h.iaurlphia I'ost.
anything more than au abnormal phys- j "
ical condition in the formation of the! SOME WRITERS,
wrist veins. i
: "1 have met with one case which! Goldsmith wrote the "Vicar of Wake
was possibly a little extraordinary ii. n01'-1" i ix weeks. It is said to have
that It was plainer and much more dis j lK't'n a stvr; of his own recollections,
tinct than any 1 had ever seen before. I Thomas Dunu English wrote "Een
ii coma almost be heard. The artery ; Bolt" in lSKJ. and some tifly years later j h:ui depress-
viuuiii use in i
as the ball of the littl
j these modern days. New York Press.
Tl'OIC Dull rtl.r7rn
u Apacue Indian could I recall Mr. Lowell felling, jocoselv
.ted uns mareuver mere ; m an after dinner sp.-ecu in Cambridge
I seiiied at myself fur j how he met an acquaintance (of dubi-
ous sanding) whose cheerful face and
happy deaiearor led h:m to ask the
caupe of such exuberant felioity.
"Why." sr.id the geu-al raile.- "I've
discovered a way to make uiy fortune.
We all know thct the reason for the
fi:ie ilavor of the wild duck Is the wild
celery on which it feeds. Nov.-, I pro
pese to feed it to the domestic duck ;:nd
supply the market."
Scm? weeks later, on meeting his ac
quaintance again. Mr. Lowell fn.A
C. MaKCELLPS RoFERi).
OF RCTHEFORD
point almost as large j George Du ilaijrier made the tender ' "Why are you looking so unhappy? 1
the little linger of n i song famous the world nvrv ! tho;iL-l.t i li icf ,-, i A
child and would change from the white j It has been mentionetl as"a proof cf ! -vc;i the point of making voiir
; " , i'uujil- uuu cacn ic.anor rope's love cf economy that ti r,U!'e with ducks Wouldn't
ui lui- iuise. i louiid it easy to : he wrote nmsf r.f h
'o. was the reply; "the things
won't cat if'-Atlantv..
count the pulse beats without touching 1 of paper and particularly on the back
the patient's wrist. I couid see plaiuly , of letters.
enough to keep the record, and In onle-
il
To tub Democrats
County:
I hereby annnnn-enivbelf a candidate
rw the nine! of Sheriff, subjoct to the
Democratic convcuriou.
Bar.vey BrTLER.
UXIVKIiSlTY
OF NORTH CABOI.TXA.
THE II HAD
Of the State's Kducatlonal System.
Your watch h Kn,nn lucuau"; uiem w grow ai,i
- -...v.. , matui!
or printed on its face. You have soon !
these iT-nt-ilu si
i-vuiiuim Liiliirh. v I IL
them out correctly. Few can do this.
Also what Is the number in the case
of your watch?-Washington Times.
re rapidly and to develop pioper-
the
he
vti.tnea m bar of iwpvdi.,-
) :u-e:;ented. This July 5th, 1903
. ORSON MORROW,
Administrator of Noah Womach.
JciMyer & Justice, Attorneys.
Th Boy and the Farm.
How often we hear parents discour
age the boys who wish to stay on the
farm! They refer to farm work as
drudgery and that which tends to make
them slaves to work rather than inde
pendent men. 'The biggest boys are
educated for professional men and in
many instances excel, but the vast ma
jority of these, with a good practical
education such as can be gained in our
schools of agriculture, would become
wealthy, progressive farmers, with fine j
farms and beautiful homes, if they h-ad i
oeen encouraged and advised to stay
by the old farm and make it a success.
Maxwell's Talisman.
Having qualified and having been ap
pointed administrator of D. D H-n-rill
deceased, late of Katherford m..t .,n
- -.-nii y , C XX
persoas having claims against the said j
deceased are hereby notified to present
IC ?oMei th?- ln.ed on or before
the 10th clay oi July, 9o:, or this notice I
w ill be pleaded m bar cf their recovery I
All persons indebted to the estate of said '
D. D. Harrill, deceased, will please settle i
at once. This 1 nth day of July j 902 'I
HAKKILLS. j
itTihZ d;Zn will make application !
ot Coai.ty CoMimissioners for Rutherford '
county, to change the townshio line be-!
ships, ah follows : I; inning at Gilkie's :
ev'i', V,l 1? u-h'('t prong of Cath-.
( s creek to Windy (iap, the McDowell '
county hue. This Agust 4th, 11.02
li. i Tate, M. V. Bakti.ks, J. o Kve- 1
ter A II. .Nav.vky, c. Mohgax, C.
Alert For on Agel.
Mr. Stormington Barnes and his lead
ing man were passing a village church.
-"Listen!" exclaimed the eminent tra
gedian. "Does the music of the choir carry
you back to your boyhood days?"
"No; but you know how long we have
been looking for .some one with money
who was willing to back the show."
"Yes."
"Well. I think I hear some one inside
there Kinging 'I Want to Be an An
gel.' "-Washington Star.
There Wan a Limit.
"I am glad they moved away." re
marked the good housewife, speaking
of a family of borrowing neighbors
who had just left the neighborhood. "I
was willing to lend them a loaf of
bread occasionally or half a dozen eggs
or the washboard or the leaiou
squcexer. but when they got down io
Bending the little girl over to borrow
pennies to give the organ grinder I
began to think it was nearly time to
draw the line; and. to cap the climax,
one day they actually asked me to
come over and take care of the baby
while they went out to do the sbiD-
ping'"
t'ncertatn -About Her Ape.
A Boston servant, like many cf her
class, does- not know her age. She has
lived with one family eleven years and
has always been twenty-eight. But
not long ago she read in the newspaper
of an old woman who had died at the
age of 10G. "Maybe I'm as auld as that
mesilf," said she. "Indade, I can't re
mimber the time when I wasn't alive."
Boston Christian Register.
not to err in my calculation I tested it
In several ways and found It was cor
rect and that there was no mistake in
my counting with the naked eye."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Origin of the rtattlesnnke Flag.
One of the most com mon devices
used on the American flags during the
early part of the Revolutionary strug
gle was an embroidered rattlesnake
above or below the legend "Don't tread
on me'"
The origin of this design has been
traced to a remark made by Ben
Franklin. At the time the flag was
adopted, or immediately before. Eng
land was shipping her criminals to
America and turning them loose on
the defenseless colonists. After sev
eral niurdewrhad been committed by
these unwelcome Immigrants Ren
Franklin (some Bay in a Joking spirit
suggested that the colonists retaliate
by sending a cargo of rattlesnakes to
the mother country and turning them
out in the gardens of the nobles.
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" was
rejected by nearly every publisher in
En..':nd before it scored one of the
greatest literary successes in the
world's history.
Whittier. the poet, it id reported, said
to the electors in attendance a day or
two before his death. "You have doae
the best po ible. and I thank you; but
it is of no use I am worn out."
The poet Ucine on the day after his
marriage drew up a will in whicii he
bequeathed all he possessed to his wife
on condition that she married again,
ne desired, he said, that at least odp
man should regret his death.
Alarm That Worked.
First Office Boy-What's Johnny hur
ryhf fer? Looks like he heard a fire
alarm.
Second Office Boy-He did. De boss
said if he wasn't back from dat er-;
rand in ten minutes he'd lose hia job!
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
An Exchang-e of Conrtcslea.
"No. suh." said Mr. Erastus Piakly.
MI nebber sold my vote to nobody."
"But that candidate gave you $2."
"Yassir. I doesn't deny dat. He jes'
come along an gimme dat two. an'
when a gemman comes along an' gives
you $2 fob nuffln' it ain't no mo' dan
common reciprocity to vote foh 'im fob
nuffin'." Washington Star.
She Spoke Too Early.
Lady (with awfully painted cheeks)
My portrait is very good, but don't you
think that the a checks are a trifle
pale?
Artist-Yes, they are not done yet
I leave that to the last Fliegende
Blatter.
Eaves
ucker.
At tonieys ov Counsellors at Law,
Rutherfordton, N. C.
Office up stairs in Diekerson building
Prompt attention given to all busmen
iiitrufiiea to tr.c.m.
An IntfrostliiK Book. ,
"I've had great pleasure today in re
viewing a book that is entirely new to
me," said the literary editor.
"What's that." inquired the snake
editor, "a bankbook?" Philadelphia
Record.
What She Says.
"A man can't tell whether a girl
means what she says,v he remarked
thoughtfully.
"Of course not," she replied. "If he
thinks she does, why she just naturally no niat,,'1al to work on. You ought to
t Speaking of Royalty.
Damocles had been Invited to dine
with the king of Syracuse. Upon tak
ing his seat he instantly saw the sword
hanging by a hair above l is id.
"I suppose," he said i ihe king,
"you call that th Iv ir ip nn i.t." Dl
onysius. pretending to see ::o hvnnor in
the remark, replied. "I tl -n't know
about that, my boy. but If It falls upon
your head it will make some crown
prints."
This shows that the ancients were
not averse to joking even under trying
circumstances. New York Times.
The Laugh.
Chumpley That hypnotist Is a fraud,
lie couldn't control my miud at all last
night.
Pokely Of course he had some ex
cuse?
Chumpley-Yes. He said there was
The Arab Mother's Advice.
When an Arab damsel gets married,
her mother gives her the following ad'
vice for securing her future happiness:
"You are leaving your nest to live with
a man with whose ways and habit?
you are unfamiliar. I advise you lo
beccme his slave If you wish 'to be
come the absolute mistress of your
husband. Be saiislied with little en
deavor to feed him well and watch
over his sleep, for hunger liegets an-
POP. ninl clountnc.c-t.n.M i - , - nr.. i. . ... . ... . .
uuib.es a mnn u:iiH'jig or iue same stock, but each
crosshrahird. Be dumb as to his se- J remaining, of course ia very different
"rets, do not appear gloomy when he degrees of development, isolated groups
is merry nor merry when he is sad, t mammals. Edward Clodd's "Thom
and Allah shall bless you." is Henry Huxley."
Tarfly Amirernl.
The principal of a certain hich school
tells a joke on himself with much en
tjoymer.t. One day daring an exami
nrtio.,. when he was visiting the varl
ous rooms, he stopped to ask a very
bright boy a sura in algebra, and. al
though the problem was comparatlveJj
f asy. he cculd not answer it. The prln
clpal remarked with some show of se
verity: "My boy. yoj ought to be able to df
that At you age George Washingtoi
was a surveyor."
The boy Inoked him straight In thf
eye and answered:
"Yes, sir and at your age he wa
president c' the United States."
The con ersatlon dropped at that
point. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Men and Ap?.
Were lc not. as Huxley says, that
"the ignorance of the so called educat
ed clasps Is colossal." there might be
Heed for apology In restatement cf the
fact that man is not descended frcm
the al. The relat'onship lietween
them Is lateral, not lineal, holh ix.in
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Aoademio Depar tmen i,
sxr,
Medicine,
PharmBoy,
One hundred and eighty scholarships.
Free tuition to teachers and to minis
ters' sons. Loaas for the needy.
o3 Students. 54 lustructors.
New Dormitories, Water Works, Cen
tral Hoatiug System.
Fall term begins September 8th, IP02.
Address,
Vananle, P-ealcla .t,
Chapel Hill, . C.
A "Way Old Acquaintance Have.
heme, "but people who acquire wealth
Pnnrfnnte It.
It is too bad." said the visitor from I Take this sentence, printed nakedly:
iU was and I Paid not of." As it
are not the same to their old friends."
"Perhaps there Is a reason fer that"
replied Mrs. Cuinrox renlnisccntlv
"People who acquire wealth have feel-.'
.stands It is enough to give the reader
vertigo before he grasps its import
Properly stopped and buored with
commas, it is a perfectly simple and
ings th: same as any one else, and ', naturil1 BPntence. as you will see wbn
doesn't the moment she finds It out bave uear(1 tbe audience give him the
and, if he thinks she doesn't why she . laGh! Tit-Bits.
does." Chicago Post
their old friends sometimes have a very
superior way of saying: 'Humph! I
knew them when they were as poor as
Job's turkey!" "-Washington Star.
Tn the Melee.
Attorney-Did you see the plaintiff i
uLniie vue oetenuant?
Witness Oi aid. sor.
Attorney And was the assault com
you have got the grip of your 8emra.
London Chronicle.
Crnelty.
Bill I hear a man In town was ar
rested today for cruelty to animals.
Jill Is that so?
"Yes; the fellow had a tapeworm,
and he refused to feed tt" Yonkers
Statesman.
A Secondary Consideration.
"She's alius so 'fraid of somebody
swipin' dat dog."
"Am it wuff anyt'Ing?"
Waal, in dis hyah neighborhood a !
Winning a KIm.
Aunt tlannab-I saw that young man
kiss you. Jane. Uow did It come
bout?
Jane In the most natural way in th
world, auntie. He asked me if I would
be offended if he kissed me. and I told
mitted with malice aforethought? I . 14 was lcPodble for me to say
witness-No. sor; it wor committed I , 1 Kl,ew WQai lc was ike.-Boston
vrid a mallet behoind the ear. Judge.
The Tribukk from uow until January
for only 50 cents.
Light mortals, how ye walk your life
minuet over bottomless abysses, di
vided from yon by a tilm!-Cariyle.
50 cents gets The Tkibuxe from now
I tmtjl January, 19U3.
Irrepressible.
"Fast ez you runs de devil out er one
town." said Brother Dickey, "he outs
t'ing doan' have to be wuff nuffln to i UP at de s hotel In de nes' one. Xo-
glt swiped." Puck. i ood.v fts on h'ra hard enough ter keen
him down." Atlanta CouslitHtion.
Modern inks date back from 1798. at
A Sad Case.
Pat Poor Sflke is did.
I wvr XI- IT. I i .... "
m . aven "ved to' eU tJUie "searches of Dr. Lewis trifling it mav be. will influence every
mjoy ins lire insuiance. Baltimore and RIbancourt in the chen.
VCii'lrl 1 : -- j wii inn uai
Trauscrlpt
A Talr of Them.
He The great trouble with Gabley
la that he telks too much.
She That's strange! When he has
been with me, be scarcely said a word.
He Oh. he is too much of a gentle
man to interrupt
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UNIVERSITY
OF XOTRH CAROLINA.
NIXK INSTRUCTORS.
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Fall term begins September Eth, 1902.
Address,
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