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THE SEVEN AGES .OF, MAN - ' i. - -. 1 f'T By jShakespe&re .. . .- A.-'-',7' these famous lines' from act 2, scene 7, of "As You like If are j spoken by Jaques, son of Sir Roland De Bols and brother of Orlando, the hero of the play. "As Tod Like It" was first printed seven 'years -; after the death of Shakespeare.' Some of the incidents of the play are derived from a romance br Thomas Lodge printed in 1590. -- "Lit the world's And all he And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school; and then the lover," 5t, Sighing Tike furnace, with a ;woeful ballad . - Made to his mistress' eyebrow; then a soldier, :y , - ; .Full of strange oafhs- and "bearded like a pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the .bubble reputation : " Even in the cannon's mouth; and then the justice, In fair, round belty with good capon lined, "i ; ' " With eyes "severe and beard of formal cut, . , Full of wise saws and modern lnstances-- Ahd so he plays his part; the sixth age shifts -v Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on hose and pouch on side ; -His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide ."."r.r.,' For his shrunk shajik, and his big, manly voice Turning again toward childish treble, pipes -- And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, r That ends this strange, eventful history, 7- :.;--"Is second childishness and mere oblivion , - . Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. TJBIfi BUBAL J1AIL DELIVEBV ' Baltimore Sun. - . It has been announced in the news columns of The Sun that an agent of ; : j. . ., 1 J z it l uuuuiy, iu.aryinu, arranging ior "rujrai free delivery' of mail. In the neigh i Donng counties oi reaerick ana ir- roll the system has already been estab- lished and is in operation It seeps to be the determination of 4iie depart z ment to extend it generally. ' 1 The . revenues of the United States Postoffice Department fall several nojil lion dollars short of paying expenses, and the wisdpm of putting the enor mous cost of the free delivery system upon the taxpayers of the country, to be x added to the cost of necessaries of life, postal revenues were sufficient to justify the expenditure, it is likely that th -people would prefer to - have them ap :" plied to a reduction in letter postage Every reduction which has ever been ; a letter was iso cents, down to the redqic - tion from 3 cents to 2 cents, has shoj-t Jy resulted in an increase of revenues It is believed by some that 2 cents an j ounce is the minimum which would ; afford ia profit. But thisis far from . certain. A cent an ounce is 16 cents a vpound, which seems to be a very fair price for carry ine matter. Or, if it is . too low, the weight of letters to be ear ned for 1 cent might be reduced to - half ' ounce. At the present rate the : carriage of letters is enormously profit able, and the surplus revenues coming from it are devoted to paying ; for the transDortation of mail matter which - does not pay its own way. As far as -never been any strong popular dematld xur runu iree ueuvery. . n some case it has been forced upon communitie against ineir own protest, mere are instances where the mail reaches a village. before 8 o'clock in the morning and the "carrier does not come ; along ;l 1 1 i -x in il.i i ii!T vinage postomce nas oeen ciosea,, toe free delivery is - progressing backward. . A glance at the map of Washington "county shows that it is gridironed witb " railroads, every one of which brings aii . eany man irom .Baltimore, xnere is '' scarcelv a farmhouse in that fine cotmtV : more than a few miles from a railroad station or from a postoffice served quickly from a distributing office on the ; railroad, and the quickest way to get Z- J 1. iL. . ' i . -fit? - ! - 'i for it.": This has never been considered a hardshiD.' The couptrv nostoffine in .p ma M.a m. Dt.iiu uu ui in iinAirnb.tiii i,k ( usually, located in the country store, t which the neighbors go for their suph ! plies.'; These country stores are great '. conveniences; and should the ; rural HAlivpnri: avatoml rmaiilt ! in ItMaVinil when too late that they have paid tod dear for their whistle. - ;Bnt the - ml danger connected' with the rural def livery system is one which the- resident of the city finds it , difficult to fullj understand. That danger consists it . the'ease with which the system can b convertea into a gigantic ana most 1 effective political propaganda. Which ever party has possession of the Federa Government will be enabled to employ as carriers men belonging to that party, recommended and appointed for politi cal reasons. These active And intelli gent man, visiting almost every I house lUMue. umieu ouues,- orougnt in aauy 'contract -with the people acting, it may be, as agents for the. sale and dis tribution of partisan newspapers these men. working to retain their-job," can . exercise a political "power - which - mayi make it practically impossible for the .people to vote one party out and put' the other in, even if the welfare of l the country should demand it. - ,- In short,' where the majority ' of the! people demand the free delivery of their' letters and papers as 'a convenience J and not simply as a novelty or a "fad," and the conditions are favorable," then' the free delivery should be established J But it should not be forced upon PeoDle who do not want it and to whom it willjl be an inconvenience and a steo , back T ai.ua . -, --J.V J. VOUUMICI -VJICUCltti AU'- HISS report ' two years ago, almost at the beginning of the free delivery ; move 1 w - y , a stage men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances. 3 And. one man in his time' plays many parts, . His acts toeing seven ages. At first the infant. Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; Then , the whining schoolboy with his satchel ment, said that the extension of the' system had resulted in closing : many postofhees, but upon the .urgent re quest of the patrons a number of these offices have been re-established, and many more requests for re-establish ment were on file in the department. This shows conclusively that 'after a fair trial these people preferred their postoffices to mail carriers. Of course the system is popular among thousands who want the places of carriers and among Congressmen who want the natronasre. But the whole matter, he- fore it goes any father, is well worthy of a searching- inquiry bv a committee of Congress. Prevention of Deafness. Youth's Companion. - me great ana constantly increasing prevalence, of. deafness should "make parents all those having charge of the vounWverv careful in the treatment the young-very careful in the treatment of the ears. Many cases of deafness in adult life could be traced back to one of several easily preventable causes, if all were known. ;. First, mistaken ideas as to cleanliness are fruitful of mischief. . The old rule that while the outside ear must' be kept clean, the inside ear will , take care of itself is a good one. Nature provides a secretion the natural wax to this end. There are also tiny, fine hairs at the entrance to the canal the work of which is to act as sentinels against dust and dirt. The wax itself is bitter in taste, and is a guard against insects. Only by rare accident would an insect enter the ear, and when in it would be quite as anxious for release as its unwilling host. When this accident does occur a little -sweet oil should be poured v in to drive the insect out. mi - 1 m ne iauniui out ignorant nurse should be instructed not to roll up cor ners of wash-rags and towels and force them into the opening. Even if no further harm is done some yater will almost certainly find entrance, and this is not only dangerous- in itself. " but tends to injure the protective qualities of the wax. Anotner great fault is the ignoring of the danger signal of earache in chil aren. xn lormer aays, wnen less was known about the treatment of the ears and when there were no specialists, the administration of some pain-reliever, such as hot applications or laudanum water, ana tne ignoring of the reason behind the ache were more excusable than they would be to-day. To re lieve the pain is well so far as it goes but at the same time a specialist should be consulted as to what lurks behind the pain. Many: parents who would think it a shame to let a little child suffer from toothache and : not take it to the dentist will watch some Door little helpless, sufferer grow up on .ear ache, as it were and seem to regard it as some mysterious insult on -the part of nature. -Most of nature's insults are patient, faithful warnings in disguise. and this is especially true of ;ear symp toms in tne young Tne Humane iceman. - One very cold day last winter a richly I dressed woman paused in her morning walk- along a Philadelphia street, and I gazea sternly at an ice wagon that ; was drawn up beside the curb. ;; She stood there for some time. " ' . Apparently a reporter if or .the : press stood also, and - watched and listened, moved of: course not by .curiosity; but by a sentiment of duty, and of obliga tion to let the people of the cityknow what was going on. At all events, he reports that the iceman came out of the house, and she said ; Driver,why don't you blanket your horses ? - . - 1 . : . -, ; . -' . 'Because, -lady, thie comp'ny don't furnish me" no blankets," returned the driver., ; f . . t r ' " - ' 'Then you should cover them with with your coat !" the woman said, severely.- V -; .r -i' . - --' 'A1I "right, ma'am,' ,repliol the driveri with a ? smile. 1 'You ' gimme your sealskin coat for the ' nigh, hoss, an' L'll put my overcoa the off one." .Professional turn out welL - bouncers nearly always CILI HIP'S LETTEO. Atlanta Constitution. - I don't know whether T can; write letter or-not. I - will try. "The effort will keep me from thinking about my self . For a month I have been play ing 'Billy in the low grounds," but have a good doctor who has nursed me night and day and cheered me up and comforted rme and I . am' on the up grade, though as the Georgia crackers say, I am powerful weak." This doc tor is my son and he says he has not forgotten how his mother and I nursed him for three long months m Florida and saved his life and now I shall not die if he can help it.. I, take all his medicine, quinine, strychnine; calomel, spirits of - nitre and . capsules without number, and tomes, too, and if 1 get well I will never know what cured me but he will. What would the world do without doctors ? - . King Edward and would have died last week. . About twenty years ago I had a spell like this one, for I had been working in the water all day trying to dam up the branch in the meadow so that the children could go in bathing. That night I like to have died and old Dr, Jkirjc was sent xor ana worked on me for three or four days and got me up again.. My wife told me then that if I didn't be more ; careful of myself I wouldn't live out half of my days. She told me the same thing the other day, ana sne knows, uia ur. jlitis. is a trump. He was our family doctor un Uil he got old and tired and moved away to live with his children. Before he moved to this place from South Caro lina he had a love scrape over there; and he had a rival, too, and they fell out. The girl wouldn't have either one of them and the other fellow heard that the doctor had told stories on him to the girl and so after the doctor had located here his rival wrote to him and demanded a retraxit or else a fight The doctor wrte him a stinger and ref us ed to make a retraxit, but would accept his challenge and fight him until Hades froze over, and as the fighting code crave the challenged party choice of weapons and time and place and dis tance he should choose rifles at long range and the next 29th day of Feb ruary as the time and the other fellow must stay where he was and shoot over thia way a1 he (tne doctor) would stay I nere and shoot over that way and both must aim high so as not to hit anybody between them. - But I must stop now and take breath. A good long breath, ia what I want. The old woman was asked what this dis ease her husband died of and she said e aocV milerea " ? alW8 beheved he died for lack of the doctors differed about it, but she breath. I don't want to go that way. I was ruminating about these physicians, for doctor is not the proper name. Doc tor means a teacher of anything whether it be science or art or law ot pharmacy or theology r- Physician is the right word. It is a very ancient name for the profession. The Bible tells how Joseph got the physicians to embalm his old father, but I do ' nor think it was a very popular profession among the J ews, for it . is mentioned only two or three times and with doubt ful favor. JKing Asa Jiad a disease in his feet and would not call upon the Lord for relief, but sent for a physician, and he died and slept with; his fathers. Then there was a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years and had suffered much from many physicians and spent all she had and was nothing better, but rather grew worse. The Jews unto this day do not give much patron age to physicians or quack medicines. I never knew but one Jew doctor, though there are a few very eminent ones in the large cities, for whatever a learned Jew does he does well. There is a doctor Jacobi in New York city who stands at the head of the prof es sion and is consulted by the rich - and great men of the nation. Now, let me stop for another good, long breath. When x was a boy we didn't have but one doctor in the town, ana he weighed auu pounas ana was never in a hurry. He left little babies around ever and anon and when one came to our house our old cook told us where he got them and she slyly, point ed to his corporosity. He had a little office on the street and a few shelves with bottles on them containing calo mel, salts and castor oil, senna and cammomile and Peruvian bark,-balsam of copaiba, and such simple things and in the corner was a skeleton in n a box that stood upright, with a, screw in the skull, and sometime? the little, long door was open and -we school children could Deen in and then run for our lives. It was an awful sight. But the old doctor got too old and fat to practice and sent to New'York for his nephew, Dr. Philo D. Wildman, a student of Valentine Mott, the great New York nhvsician and sureeon. fc He was as gmart hfe tutor and went to cutting and slashing our people just like kill ing hogs. He straightened cross- eyes and sewed lip hair lips und cut stones out of bladders. The agonizing screams of . poor little John Thompson, my school mate, still haunt me, for he was simply dying of stone- in the bladder and the doctor cut' it: out. It was as large as a pigeon egg, and the little boy got well. My brother and Jim Craig studied under Wildman, and when they wanted a stiff they would go out to the Redland grave yard in the night and dig up a fresh buried corpse and haul it to a Uttle room back of - their office and cut it up and boil it down ' and - make a skeleton of the bones. I .went with them one night and helped them to dig up a negro, but somebody rocked us, as we were taking it out and - we ; had to run for our lives, for they ;; threatened to shoot. That satisfied-me - with the business and I never went again. : . - But our little town wasn't big enough for Wildman and so: he : moved - to Columbus and made a great reputation." About that time the yellow fever visited Savannah,, and Wildman. believed he : could stamp it out and that he was an immune, but he wasn't. He took the fever right away, and died. It is a curi ous -coincidence that three doctors from our town went to Savannah to fight the fever and every one of them took it anu died, - v - - . . - ' Rut T TOiia mminaHn? about the BUI fering and agony that the advance, m rr Aiub a noo a uuaaucwmuc. - r - snrtrfifr and nhvsic has savea manjemu and I rejoice; that Crawford Longhas been given the hrst piace , in iuo wu of Fame. I was at school in Athens when his disnoverv" was made,; but the - a j r ; nr.. At aa ivsn -nnui f f T Txroo rno nf thft first IO his lethean. Jjft me rest a while, for I am weak and-nervous and, as Byron said; ' "My visions flit less palpably before me t I have just enjoyed a good, long let ter from rav tftd school mate, Nathan Crawford, of Lmcolnton. He. is the honored school commissioner -- of the countv and will die in harness, ",I .ua TTo ia in Kifl irhKt,h vear. l.-t- nnnamnna -fr ha araa AnA nf fhns snr and filow bo vs. while 1 was Drecocious and uncertain. Only K'nf no l.ff nrtw fnr Trtm Alpxfln- W i Hvino- kt Rnmft. Nathan writes aK. vv v. uu vii j i - a cood. old-fashioned, cheerful letter, & and says he never stole Frank Alex ander's watermelons, and hints that it Aas Overton Young and a boy my name.- The only reason ne aian t steai them 'was that he boarded with , Mr, Alexander and got plenty withoutsteal ing. It is too late now for- him to assume a sainty morality, forTom and I still live to testify. But it was a good letter and the memory of Nat Crawj ford is always comforting and refresh ing. Now, for a good long rest. Bill Arp.v Tne Convention and tlie Ticket. Greensboro Kecord. - , The ticket nominated is, in the main, what was expected; that is to say, Hon. Walter Clark was nominated for chief justice, which was known weeks ago, Tne associate lustices were m some doubt, but the nominees are pure men, capable in every sense, and the voters of North Carolina will ra-ify the nomi nations made. That there are many Democrats in the State who will not vote for Judge Clark is well known. This is a right they have, but under the circumstances they are still good Democrats. Men have a right to their opinions and while the vote for his nomination was practically overwhelm ing, these, men are honest in their posi tion. We take it that there were few participating in the convention who will fail to vote for him. Outside, however, there are no doubt some who will not support him, yet as for the balance of the ticket they will vote and work for it. Paid Policy After 34 Vears. An unusual case of insurance refund ment took place- at Carbondale, 111., recently, wnen a representative of an old insurance company presented. a check to Philip Temple, a conductor on the Gale branch of the Illinois Cen tral, amounting to $674.73. The family had supposed since 1868 that nothing was coming to them and had not only forgotten the incident but had lost the policy. Besides the Temple settlement the following former resi dents of this city who carried policies at the same time will receive refund ments as soon as their present residence is known: John Hessick, last heard rom at Florence, Colo., $1,000: David Johnson, last known at Bedford, Ind., $440.03: Francis A. Yost, last known at Louisville, Ky., $400, and James Franks, last known at Houston, Mo., $927. Should Down aim. . Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer. The fact that Senator Pritchard has succeeded in getting a bill ' through Congress providing for making eligible J to the pension list soldiers who deserted from the Confederate army and joined j the Union forces, saould damn him in the estimation of every true Southern white man. In every age and country I tne aesener nas receiveu me j use con- tempt of all men. So heinous has the) crime always been considered that the 1 punishmen of death has been universal-j ly pronounced against the culprit when j apprehended. In having a law passed I J.' U I U 1 rewarding persons ' who have been guilty of this, the greatest of all crimes, oenator Jrritchard nas; insulted every soldier who worthily wore the gray and everv woman who toiled through four long years of extraordinary privation for the cause she loved. Slrot in the ifloatb. Charlotte, July 18. A very pecu liar shooting scrape took -place just j south of the city today between J. A. Price and J. C.. Cathey. - Piice called Cathey intoliis room and the door wad closed. Soon two pistol - shots were ; heard, and' friends-rushing in,.; found Price shot in the! chest and ' mouth. Cathey claims that Price; got: him into - . i ' i . - i m-rr a . his room ana saia to mm ,"xow: u n Cathey did not deny the deed but -went trrtn .1 mt vnn wnfire i WH.nL : vrai to a 'phone and told the chief oi ponce thathe was coming up town to . give himself up, which he did. - Cathey was latter released under a thousand dollar uata -v Wa musa ha vet been civen for I the affair. -;f Price's injury being in the I wsuw . -o--- - t mtith rotors it imoossible for him to I talk.v His injuries, however, .are .not veryTsenous. " l Only One Tarn. "Out in my district:" says Represen tative Beidler, of Ohio, "there is a very clever preacher. One day: a man . who does not think much of religion thought he would stump the preacher. - - r Parson,' he said, what is the best way to heaven?' ' . - . " 'Turn to the right and then" keep straight ahead,. replied the preacher, without an instant's hesitation." : Til IS . VBNTION. , : Greensboro, NC, July lfi.--The North Carolina -Democratic State: Con vention met in the City. Hall here at noon today; every county in the -State ...... - - -, being representea. - fru ilnwin? ticket was nominated: : For Chief Justice :. of the - Supieme Court Walter Clark, of Wake. - . For Associate Justice of the Supreme CVmrt CreDresenting- western section) Walker, of Mecklenburg; i. kibit. . vv au I ' For ASSOCiaie O .a w-y Stedman, -m -Denan w uirou-. motfo a. ftnlended address of welcome. ' In calling the convention to order Senator F. M. Simmons, who , is also chairman of . the executive committee inri iiPad of the partv" in the State, made a forceful speech, defending the amendment to the Constitution recently adoDted which prevents ignorant nwrrofts irom votine. vxie mw ui wui I . ha 1I1BIH"; BUU : nwuvm r vouv amendment are no longer . uwwu for debate, but have been setuea. Dy mainritv Of OU.UUU, ana wniie supreixi i j y . 1' acv has been written in tne organic I . . m -fm . . mt A. mrm. nU Z lit ?' M AWT of the atate. xne queouuu wmtu .uun confronts us is, Shall this decree oi tne white people remain written in . the Constitution, or shall it be expunged from the Constitution,' and if expunged oy whom and how? We do not want another so-called" negro cataclysm : in North Carolina. If our adversaries will accept the amendment Jh good faith we will not have anotner, . "I hope this convention will invite and challenge the Republicans to de clare officially, and unequivocally in their platform whether they accept the amendment as a final settlement of the vexed and dangerous question of negro suffrage. We are told that the negro is out of politics. We are told that the Democrats have promised freedom of throught and action. ; If the : negro . is out of politics he is out through the amendment. Whatever we have prom ised as to independence was predicated upon the assumption of the permanency of that measure, and. we cannot and will not permit Republican party to ap peal to. and f use ' the amendment: to divide the white people so long as that party refuses to give the people a -positive and straightfoward assurance of its bona fide acceptance of . that measure. - - . . ; "The refusal by i the Republicans under the cicumstances to give t such assurance discloses a sinister purpose with reference. to that measure, which, for secret reasons, they are unwilling to admit. We have the right, and . it : is our duty, in myudgment, under these circumstances to say to the Republican party, 'You are demanding 'a change of policies and : conditions in- North Carolina on account of the amendment. We demand that your define you at titude toward the measure. . If you accept it, say so. If you : propose to attack the amendment, now or here after, say so in terms which means yes or no.' - - ' .ri-' -'y ' - l: ' "An answer which means either yes or no, or neither, as future expediency may suggest, will not be ' accepted. Until this answer is fortbeominsr, until the amendment is accepted as a finality by all parties or until it. is judicially established, if it is to be attacked it will be the duty of the people to continue to stand together for its protection and their protection." . Former State Senator A. M. Scales was selected as ' tern porary cha r man and spoke briefly. . - . Lieut. -Gov. W. D. Turner, of Iredell. was made permanent chairman, and F. B. Arendell, of Wake;. George P. Pell, of Ashe, and Walter Murphy, of Rowan, secretaries. - The State executive Committee, as elected, is as follows: W G. Lamb, W. B. Rodman, L. L. Smith, George W. Ward. M. J. Haw kins, K. L. Travis, W. H. Powell. L. V. Morrow, Jfl. M. Koonce, J. A. Bryan, Jo. U. Middleton, Nathan O. Berry, J. I R. Young, E. C. Beddinsrfield. R. H Hayes," E. 8. Abell, ' "J. S. ; Manninff I LUiUKuciu. j.v." ji. i x. o. xioysier, jk. u. xveia. J . J . JN elson . J. a. Underwood, D. E.-Cowan. A. W McLean, D. H. McLean, D. E."McIver, W. L. Parsons, J. R. Blair. N. G. Wil liams, Taul B. Means, v R. N. Hackett T. C. Linn, J. Rr Lewellyn, R. R. Hay' TIT TT .TT - TtT'ill. -rr . - . J ' I I W. H. H. Williams. . Heriot Clarksnm W. C. Erwin, John C. Mills, -M. L. ! Shipman, C. A. Webb and W. E. Moon. Congre8sman Claude Kitchen i placed I m nomination for Chief Justice .Walter Clark,- "of - Wake, -present associatei justice. xniar was eeconded by ,N. B. Broughton, of Wake. Cabarrus countv cast a number, of votes for Judge M. H. Justice, when Mr. Justice's -son announced, that, his ; father 'was hot a candidate, and desired his friends to vote for Clark. The roll-call result ed in Clark receiving 1,141 votes.' Jus tice 28, James E. Shenherd 8. If. . G . Conner 1, not voting 43; A, motion was made "to make th nomination unanimous, but it was ob jected to and was not pressed..- , - - a nitter nent naa t been mad a nn ilfndge Clark, on account of his alleged iwpuubui anu ms nos- W ? g1?110! , ; lt D. Walker, of Charlotte; Charles A.,Moore, of Asheville; James A. Lock- hart, of wadesboro, and C H. Arm am m C3i.-t.- i. i. vi oMiwavuie were piaceam nomi- nation for Associate Justice, to fill the vacancy from the western ; part of the State. -Walker was nominated on the third ballot receiving 714 votes. - He is an able lawyer, but has never before held public office, ; ;; - t - - For the Associate Justiceship' to rep resent the Eastern section of the State Hi G. Connor, of -Wilson, and George HBrown, of Beaufort, were placed In nomination. Mr. Connor was . nomi nated on the first ballot by a " majority of five votes. . ; Mr. Connor was formerly Speaker of the House and is regarded - as one of the ablest attorneys in the State, ' - Judge Walter Clark, who is namM for Chief J ustice, seivd several terms on the; Superior C mrt -bench and is how Berving his second term as Asso ciate Justice of the Suirome Court, be ing elected the last time by the unani mous vote of all political parties. This is the first time the DemocrnhV i state convenuon nas ever met other town than Baleigh, the . . - - in any Capital. '- Reflection ot a liaehelor. - "Men are children at -both ends of their lives, women all through theirs. It is a wise woman that refuses to know When her husband has takiDg a drink - The best way to get a woman to love you more than some other man is tn get ner to iov nim less than you. When a man brings - home candy and flowers to his : wife and gives her and extra allowance, it is a sign he has someother news to break to her which she will not like so well. . 7 What a woman liices to have you say about her new dres3. the first time vrm see her in it is for you to go right up and kisl her as if you liked it so mimh you couldn't express it any other way. ' Bits Oi Sentiment. One today is worth two tomorrows. . Franklin J . . " A brave man hazards life, but not hi conscience. Schiller. . From the lowest depth there is a path to the highest height. Carlyle. -; A healthy definite purpose is a rem edy for a thousand ills. O. S Harden. Self, reverence, self knowledge, self- controf, these three alone lead life to sovereign power. -Tennyson. , It is impossible that a man who is false to his friend should be true to his country. Bishop Berkley. : ;: Work wields the weapons of power, wins the palm of success, and wears the crown of victory. A. T. Pierson. Clylllzed Stranger You Commnnltj, had a good manv lynchings here in former days, I under v ml stand. - - . Western Citizen That's all passed, long, long ago. We are civilized now, - Stranger No more mob law,' eh ? Western Citizen No, indeed. When a fellow, butchers a family now, we quietly issue a warrant for him, arrest him if our police happen to stumble over him, put him into an extra com fortable cell, send him .. dainties and flowers, postpone the case until some of the witnesses die off, grant him new trials and so on until everybody has forgotten, the crime and then we let him go. " .. - V Novel CauM for a Fight, , Cliarlotte Observer. : , Mr. W. B. Troy informs an-Observer reporter of a' fierce fight that occurred between two employes of the Charlotte Roof and Paving Company a few days ago. While one of them Jay in a heavy drunken sleep the other screwed a monkey wrench tightly on his nose The nerves of - the intoxicated gentle man stampeded immediately after he awaked and he wrestled with the mon key wrench for ten minutes before he succeeded in freeing his nose. Then he went for his torturer and fought him in j a blood thirsty fashion until bystanders interfered. TheDrnmmeri Advice. First Passenger (on railroad) Travel ing, man, eh ? Familiar with Boom City, I presume? Drummer Yessire. Take it in on every trip. , -,. :.Glad-to hear it. 1 have never been there." What hotel would you advise me to stop at?" "The Boom town House.". "Do you always stop there ?" . "No; I hwve never stopped at that hotel, but I have been to all the rest." -1 Terrible To Think Of. ''What make you look so sad and solemn?"-. V "A: man told me this morning that I . . . .- ... o oolla justuice j. fierpont Morgan." 'But why do you : allow that to trouble you?" -"I was just thinking what a horrible victim of wrong: I was if, maybe, him and vme got changed in our cradels whfen we was babies. " . A Nfgrd Prearner'a Suggestion. A nefirro Dreacher tf.lls hia fnnrrpo'a- tion in Macon. Ga.. that the wav to eet rid of the Jim Crhw nara in tit aft riH nf the Jim Crow neero. He savs the use of about 200,000 bars of soap on the Jim .Crow negroes who ride on trains anjd? hang. around "depots would go a long way. , toward solving the negro problem,- - : I:S Quite Amicable. 'Why dii you quit your job ? Did you have a disagreement with your bossr - . . ."Oh, no;, not at all. I told him I would have to have more" money or I would quit, and -he said it was mutu ally satisfactory." ;';Vv '; '-r The funniest ' thiner in North Caro lina politics this year was the manner 1 in which the nomination for the judge ! of the Superior Court was riven to E. i B. " Jones. Esa.. of WinRtonr Tnesda.v. Mr. : jJones was a candidate for the nom ination for-, solicitor and was running: for it as hard as he knew how, with a gooa prospect of cettine it. when the ; other candidates Jor this office formed a combination and, to his unsoeaka- ble disgust, nominated him "for" judge. When he caught his breath, recovered froItt nis surprise and his good humor returaea, .ne characterized the pro ceedings as a "conspiracy," but he grac fully accepted the situation and will make a most excellent judge. But the honor sneaked up on him and grabbed him "unbeknownst." Char j lotte Observer.
The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.)
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