ROXBORO, N.' 0., April 19th, 1899
PATCHWORK."
In an ancient Eastern city dwelt
a
' kiag of .wondrous power,
Whose domain was far extending and
whose wealth grew hour by hour,
Till he planned to build a temple like
the wise old king of yore,
That his fame might be eternal and
might sound from shore to shore.
So with gold and gems and earrings
, they build up the arches high,
But could find no window that could
please the monarcy's eye;
And a solemn proclamation was re-
ec! oed far and wife
By his own right royal heralds and by
prince and lords beside.
Know ye," said the solemn message
'tis the king's most gracious
will
. That a great reward be offered for a
painter of most skill.
And whoever makes a window most
. artistic in design
Shall receive a crown and
- kingdom which shall second be
to mine."
from all those wide dominions
came the artists one by one,
And they worked with care unceasing
. till the windows all were done.
And were lifted to their places, in
among the arches tall,
For the king to give his judgment
which wan the errandest of them
all.
But they had not counted rightly
there were still one empty
space,
And no time was there to purchase a
new window for the place,
When some one of them remembered
a poor workmad who in fear
Humbly begged the piece of the crys
tal lying near;
And b patient cutting, fitting, using
up each fragment small.
He had mh.de a patchwork window
that was the plainiest cf them
all"
And its many colored figures every
shape and size and style
Made the workmen jeer and cavil,
made the skillful artists smile.
But it must be used one evening, and
mid so much beside
It would simply pass unnoticed till
its place could be supplied;
So they fei it, like the others, in
its frame of carvings rare, '
For the king was then approaching
and the shouts rang through the
air.
On he came in all his glory, gazing
-. gazing up at every hand
At the saints and martyrs holy, at
the old apostles' band,
At the calm, sweet-faced Madonna,
with her wondrous Child and
Lord,
And at angels bringing tidings with
their white wings spread abroad.
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But before the 'patchwork' window1
paused tue Kinr in great amaze.
For the setting sun was shining with
rare and ruddy blaze
Through the scarred and the criss
cross tracing, and he watched the
sumbeams pour
A hundred brilliant rainbows on the
tessellated floor.
While the nave was filled with glory,
with a splendor from on high.
And the people bowed in silence, for
the Lord seemed passing by,
"Bring the artist!" cried the monarch
"his shall be the crown of
gold;"
And the workman humbly kneeling
gained a wealth and power untold.
From the legend, lull of meaning,
shall we not take com age new
Thatgour work will be accepted, tho'
it seem but poor to view?
Tn our weakness bring we offerings,
prayer and labor, money, time,
But at best we make but patchwork
when we aim at deeds sublime.
But we know that in God's temple all
our works shall find a place,
Though we mourn because our neigh-
- bors build with greater power
and grace;
But when through our patient life
- :. work shines our heavenly Father's
love,
It will glow with matchleas beauty
and be fit for heaven above.
; S. C. B., in Iaght and Life.
"To Err is Human."
People like to talk about attractive
things in advertising. In a company
recentlv the proverb above quoted,
and which appeared at the head; of
one of a well constructed series of
advertisements ot xlooa s oarsaparifia
; was so much discussed that we doubt
if any one. w,uT ever forget from
the source whence it 'came v VHood
& Co. are' using these proverd adver
tisements on a very broad scale, , and
they are attracting discussion and
favorable comment every where.
RAM'S HORNS BLASTS.
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The nursery makes the nation.
Meditation is a tonic for po )r
memory. - .
Use of sense makes no one poorer.
Some little men love to live in the
clouds. ' ' ' :
Love's debts can only ba paid in
love's coinage.
Genius is individually concecrated
to a, loft v aim.
All the world comprehends the
argument of love.
The least things are the ones we
can least afiord to lose.
Slander is like mud; it only sticks
where it finds afflinity.
Man may heal our diseases, but
Christ heals our woes.
Godlikeness is the best argument
fjr the existence of God.
Christ stands at the srmmitof all
being calling us to follow him.
Better be true at the bottom, than
false at the top of the ladder.
True Science is reading the writ
ing of God oh the face of nature.
Ther3 are not many better cables
in a storm than a mother's apron
strings.
Storm-clouds hide the sun-lit
peaks as sorrows hide the heights
where sonow is unknown.
As the season of the year when
pueumonia, la grippe, sore throat,
coughs, colds, catarrh, bronchitis
and lung tioubles are to bef gaarded
against, nothing "is a fine substitute"
or will "answer the purpose," or is
"just as good" as One Minute Cough
Cure. That is the one infallible
remedy for all lung, throat or bron
chial troubles. Insist vigorously
upon having it if "something else is
offered you. W. R. Hambrick &
Company.
While two men were out hunting
near Salem they found the body of a
baby girl in a creek. The body had
been wrapped in cloth and a flat
iron tied to itto make it sink.
For frost bites, burns, indolent
sores, eczema, skin disease, and es
pecially Piles. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve scands first and best
Look out for dishonest people who
try to imitate and counterfeit it. It's
their endorsement of a good article.
Worthle:s goods are not imitated.
GetDe Witt's Witch Hazel Salve.
W. R. Hambrick & Co.
Three cases of smallpox have de
veloped in the detention house at
Kinstou and they were removed ,to
the pest house. There are no cass
in the town.
If you have a cough, throat irrita
tion, weak lungs, pain in. the chest
difficult breaching, croup or hoarse
ness, let us suggest One Minute
Cough Cure. Always reliable and
safe. W. R. Hambrick & Co.
The Directors of the Insane Asy
lum, at Raleigh, held a meeting
Wednesday and re-elected Dr. Geo.
L. Kirby as Superintendent.
"Give me a liver regulator and vl
can regulate the world," said a gen
ius. Ths druggist handec him a bot
tie of De Witt's Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills. W; R. Ham
brick & Co.
It cost the United States govern
ment $,8529.40 to try, and convictj
the two Asheville bank wreckers.
Itch on human cured in 30 min
utes bv Woolford's Sanitar Lotion
It never . tails , boia . oy
Hambrick & Co. "
W. R.
When hope's mainspring is broKe
is twain strong faith alone can mend
it asain. - " '
J. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo., conductor
on electric street car line, writes
that his little daughter was very lo w,
with croup, and her life saved after
all physicians had. failed, oaly by us
ing One Minute Cough Care. W. Ik
Hambrick & Co.s i..:!u Vs s
1 The alphabet is not as bad as you
you suppose. Only four letters have
been in jail. .
CURES WHERE All FISF FAILS.
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good.. .Use
in nme. sold Dy druggists.
NINE CENSUS DISTRICTS.
How tho Counties of North Caroli
r naare Arranged for Enumeration
Purposes. '
Washington, , April II. The
Connties composing the nine census
districts of Ivorth , Carolina have
besn divided up as follows:
First District. Currituck, Cam
den, Pasquotank, 'Perquimans, (rates,
Chowan, Hertford, Bertie, Martin
Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, Beaufort
Hyde. ;
Second District. Northampton,
Hahfnx, Nash, Edgecbmle, Wilson,
Pitt, Wayne, Greene and Lenoir.
Third District Carteret,Pamlico,
Craven, Onslow, Jones; Duplin.
Pender, New Hanover, Brunswick,
Columbus, Bladen, Sampson,
Fourth District. Robeson, Kich
moud, Moore, Nash, Harnett, John-
ston, Chatham, Wake.
Fifth District Warren, Vance,
Franklin, Granville, " Durham, Or
ange. Person, Alamance, Caswell.
Sixth District Rockingham,
G"'1 ford, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry,
YaiUiii, A legahny, Wilkes, Ashe,
Wautauga.
Seventh District Davidson, Rac
dolf, Rowan, Mecklenburg, Cabar
rus, Stanly, Montgomery, Anson,
Uuion.
Eighth District Caldwell, Alex
aider, Iredell, Davie, Catawba, Burke
McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Cleve
land, Lincoln, Gaston.
Ninth District Mitchell, Yancey,
Madison, Buncombe, Haywood, Hen-!
derson, Transylvania, Jackson,
Sw i?n, Macon, Graham, Clay, Cher
okee. Before the discovery of One Mins
ute Cough Cure, ministers were great
ly dislurbedby coughing congrega
tions. No excuse for it now. W. R.
Hambrick & Co.
This year should be a bargain.
For rtasons you'll divine;
It looks like 1900
Marked down to '99.
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We pity the man with a mother-in-law,
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That he need3 it may be true:
Butit might be well think of his
wife,
For she has one, too.
' W, Lofton, a farmer near Mt
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WOMEN used
VY to think "fe
male diseases '
could o n ly-be
treated after 'lo
cal examina
tions" by physi
cians. Dread of
such treatment
kept thousands of
modest' women .
silent about their
suffering. The in
troduction of
Wine of Cardul has now demon
strated that nine-tenths of all the .
cases of menstrual disorders do
; not require a physician's attention
at all The simple, pure
taken in ?the privacy of a woman s
own home insures quick relief and
speedy cure. . Women need not
- hesitate now. ' Wine of Cardai re
quires no humiliating examina
tions for its adoption. It cures any
disease that comes under the head
of "female troubles' 'disordered
menses, falling of the womb,
whites." change of life. It makes
women beautiful by makinsr them
well. It keeps tnem young by 1 F
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