A Lost Bank Note.
A friend of mine, writes a Scottish
correspondent, recently saw a piece of
paper lying on the street. He picked
it up. It was a one pound note. Some
men might have pocketed it. with a
smile of satisfaction. My friend, how
ever, honestly handed it over to the
t ioUce. A short time afterward he dis
covered that he himself had lost a
[>ouud. He thought over the matter
ind remembered that before finding
the note he had been standing on the
idge of the pavement for some time.
It slowly dawned upon him that the
pound he had found.' was his own and
that he had drawn it from his pocket
anconsciously. He went back prompt
ly to the police station aud explained
the circumstance. The officer In charge
only shook his head and smiled in
credulously. "Very clever," he said,
"*but—eh—it will scarcely do." If my
Mend cared to call back at the end of
six months, he was informed, he would
get the pound if in the interval it had
not been claimed. During this time
waiting he is inclined to meditate
is to whether honesty Is always the
best policy.— London P. T. O.
In Case cf Accident.
Don't bluster. Be tactful. If there
•ire dangerous germs present, ask them
to withdraw., If they demur, ask "them
where they were brought up with gen
tle Irony.
Be careful to render first aid to the
Injured. A great deal of unnecessary
suffering has been caused by persons
tastily rendering third or even fourth
aid where first aid was Indicate^
In case of drowning select a best
method of resuscitation. There are
4*639 best methods in all. Have thera
about you in the form of loose news
paper clippings and run them over
briefly before acting.
Keep cool. Stop every little while
and take your temperature.
If the coroner arrives while you are
at work, immediately desist. It is dis
courteous to save life in his presence.
Take accurate notes of the street aud
number. Reviving patients almost al
ways ask where they are.
If possible, induce death to super
vene rather than to take place merely
or even to ensue. It gives the family
a sense of dignity.—Puck. ♦
The Frank Critic.
- W hen Sir John Millais was engaged
in painting his 'Chill October' among
the rushes on the banks of the. Tay,
aear Perth," said an English artist, "a
railway porter from the station at Kin
fauns used to carry the canvas back
and forth for him.
•The porter was a quaint chap. His
services were called for many days in
requisition. He became quite friendly
with Sir John and seemed to take a
Eiearty interest in the progress of the
aalnting.
"Well, 'Chill October* was eventually
finished and sold a little while after
ward for a thousand pounds. This fact
the He
meC Sir John's brother-in-law at Kin
fauns one day and said excitedly:
•* *Mon, is't true that Sir John's sold
and got a thoosand poond
tmftT
m "Yes, certainly/ was the reply.
thoosand poond r repeated the
potter. 'Why, mon, I wadna gl'en half
i croon for't' "
Rotundity of Esrth.
We are assured by v competent au
thority that Thales of Miletus taught
that the earth was of a globular form
m early as 640 B. C. Pythagoras dem
- a—trated from the varying altitudes
-of the stars that the earth must be
?osnd. Aristarchus of Samos maln
talned that the earth turned on its
aw* axis and revolved about the sun,
wMch doctrine was held by his con
temporaries as so absurd and revolting
tta£4he philosopher nearly lost his life
B. C. 280. The wisdom of the am
'dbtmtn was, of course, tost sight/of in
the darkness of the "middle- ages," and
tt took Galilei and Copernicus to re
state the old knowledge to the world.—
Bmw York American.
Murder in Germany.
Germany distinguishes between two
deds of murder —one, premeditated
VBA intentional, is punishable by death;
the second. Intentional homicide with
jat deliberation, is punishable by penal
servitude for from five to fifteen years.
Dueling in Germany is a misdemeano
•T m special kind. Who kills his oppo
nent In a duel is not charged with
murder or manslaughter, but with
Jaeling, the punishment for which Is
detention in a fortress for fifteen years.
—London Chronicle.
Ruffled His Feathers.
Artist (showing friend his master
piece)— Now, my boy, that Is a picture,
If you like—real and natural. What do
70a think of it? Friend—Capital! Cap
ital! So lifelike! Such light and
sfcade! I don't think I ever saw a bet
ter picture of a battlefield- Artist
Great Paul Rubens! That's not a bat
tlefield—that's a basket of frultl—Lon
don Standard
Reduction.
Tbe,.old nag was jogging up the hill
with the' elopers.
••Yes," said the old nag, "it .is rather
tosgh pulling them up to the parson
but it will be easier coming back."
•gow so?" queried the friendly goose
at the roadside.
"Why, can't you see that after leav
tag the parsonage two will be made
eneT*— Chicago News.
The Editor Regrets.
Office Boy—The editor says he's much
obliged to you for allowing him
your drawings, but much regrets he Is
■noble to use them. Fair Artist (eager
tyf-4E>fd he say thatt Office Boy
|hnthfully>-Well, not exactly. He Just
atfMfc Take 'em away. Pimple. Tbej
asedte me sick."— London Tatler.
Why He Concealed His Calling.
"I hope,"' said the young man. "that
partial concealment of the truth is no
!ie. If it is, I am telling a whopper
right now, and I'm a divinity student
too. That is what" I am lying about.
I don't tell that I am studying theol
ogy. If I did I wouldn't find it so
easy to hold this job. I'm one of the
down-on-his-luck students who has to
work his way through college. One of
the first things I learned when I be
gan to look for a position was that the
average employer of labor has no use
for the divinity student. Somehow ev
ery man engaged in business holds the
opinion that a young fellow who is
studying the ministry lacks back
bone, and he Is afraid to trust him
with important duties.
"After I had Ingenuously explained
my circumstances to about twoscore of
employers and had been turned down
by all of them I got wise. lam work
ing now. The boss doesn't know I am
pegging away nights on church his
tory. If he did the chances are he'd
discharge me, not because he has any
grudge against parsons or church his
tory. but because he, like everybody
else, would think I hadn't pluck enough
to earn my salary."—New York Times.
* Staggered Webster.
In the somewhat famous case of
Mrs. Bodgen's will, which was tried
In the Massachusetts supreme court
many years ago, Daniel Webster ap
peared as counselor for the appellant.
Mrs. Greenough, wife of the Rev. Wil
liam Greenough of West Newton, was
a very self possessed witness. Not
withstanding Mr. Webster's repeated
efforts to disconcert her she pursued
the tenor of her way until Web
ster, becoming quite fearful of the re
sult, arose, apparently in great agi
tation. and, drawing out his large
snuffbox, thrust his thumb and finger
to the very bottom and, carrying a
deep pinch to both nostrils, drew it up
with gusto, and then, extracting from
his pocfcet a very large handkerchief, he
blew his nose with a report that rang
distinct and loud through the crowded
hall.
He then asked, "Mrs. Greenough, was
Mrs. Bodgen a neat woman?"
"I cannot give you full information
as to that, sir. She had one very dirty
trick," replied the witness.
"What was that, madam?"
"She took snuff."
Most Popular of Pictures.
The best known picture in the world,
it has been said, is Vandyke's portrait
of James 11. of England as an infant,
popularly known as Babft Stuart Two
million copies of It are said to be in
American homes, and it Is-, equally
popular In England and continental Eu
rope. This is not because it is a por
trait of a child who became king, but
because It is ar masterly piece of in
fant portraiture. The plump, round
cheeks and tiny nose, surmounted by
a tight fiting cap, appeal tp lov
er of children. The 'figure with which
the world is familiar is the central one
in a group of the eldest three children
of Charles I. painted in 1635, when
the baby, afterward known as the
Duke of York, was only two years old
and barely able to stand alone.— Youth's
Companion.
Sh« ToW Him a Lie.
He had been (Üblng well, but not too
wisely, and the ftert morning his con
science as well as his head smote him
pretty considerably. Yet he managed
to struggle down to breakfast and to
make an attempt to toy with the dainty
and tempting dishes which his dear lit
tle wife had thoughtfully provided.
"Cecil," said his better half gently
as she watched his Ineffectual endeav
ors to do Justice to the matutinal re
past, "1 am afraid that I told you a
lie yesterday, and I want you to for
give me, dear.**
"A lie?" he asked wonderlngiy.
"Tea. As you left the house you will
remember I said to you, 'YottH be
home early, darting?* Well, It wafn't
true!" ■ f>Y
And he went out a sadder and wiser
man.
Mountain* Had Net Moved.
The story Is told that when Judge
William Rogers was chairman of the
school committee in a New England
town one examination day he went
around questioning pupils of the mid
dle grade. He asked a boy named
Rock where the Rocky mountains were.
The boy answered correctly, but failed
to be promoted that term.
The following year the Judge asked
the same question. Rock replied, 'The
same place they were last year."
Fear.
Miss H., the principal of a grammar
school, was investigating a case brought
ber by a pupil.
"Are you quite sure that was the
way it happened, Mrs. P. T*
"Miss H., that was just the way.
Pm telling you the truth. I wouldn't
dare tell you, a lia I'm not well enough
today."— Woman's Home Companion.
University Tests.
One might say that the first test at
Oxford is athletic ability, the next so
ciability and tbe final scholastic abil
ity. When you passed the first
two, you are - J miration of your
friends; when you kave shown your
self a scholar besides, you are the ad
miration of your college. Rhodes
Scholar in Sunset Magazine.
Disproved.
Khe—They say that I man becomes
like that with which he continually as
sociates. He—Ridiculous idea! Pve
been a fishmonger all my life and cant
swim a yard yet J—London Opinion.
▲ patch on tbe trousers Is not as bad
as a stain on tbe soak Richmond
Evening Journal. ; '• '
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