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BEAUTY OF MARS. Wonderful Color and Grandeur Re vealed by the Telescope. Viewed under suitable conditions, few sights can compare for instant beauty and growing grandeur with Mars as presented by the telescope. Framed in the blue of space, there floats before the observer's gaze a seeming miniature of his own earth, jet changed by translation to the sky. Within its charmed circle of light lie marks apparent continents and seas, now ramifying into one another, now stretching in unique expanse over wide tracts of disk and capped at their poles by dazzling ovals of white. It re calls to him his first lessons in geogra phy, where the eartti was shown him set ethereally amid the stars, only with an added sense of reality in the -apotheosis. It is the thing itself, stamped with that all pervading, in definable hall mark of authenticity in which the cleverest reproduction some how fails. In color largely lies awakening touch that imbues the with the of actuality. And very vivid are i'.v£ tints, so salient and so unlike that their naming in words conveys scant idea of their concord to the eye. J Rose -oelier dominates the lighter regions, wLile a robin's egg blue colors the barker, and both are set off and em phasized by the icy whiteness of the .*aps. Nor is either hue uniform. Tone relieves tint to a further heightening of effect. In some parts of the light expanses the ocher prevails alone. In others the rose deepens to a brick red, suffusing the surface with the glow of a warm late afternoon. No less vari ous is the blue, now sinking into deeps of shading, now lightening into faint washes that in places grade off insen sibly into ocher itself, thus making re gions of intermediate tint the precise borders of which are not decipherable by the eye. Superimposed upon its general opa line complexion are now and then to be seen ephemeral effects. At certain times and In certain places warm chocolate brown has been known to supplant the blue. Often, too, cold white dots are scattered over the disk, dazzling diamond points that deck the planet's features to a richness beyond the power of pencil to portray. So minute are they that good seeing is needed to disclose them. It is at such moments that color best comes out. To those who know the sun only as golden and the moon as white, even in its color scheme Mars would stand forth a revelation. —Percival Lowell in Century. Maiden Speeches In the Lords. j By waiting twenty-four years before making his maiden spe€*h Lord Lang- J ford exercised an oratorical- restraint . as rare as in some cases it would be . commendable. \ The Earl of Rochester in the days of Charles 11. was not equally modest, for he took an early opportunity of ad dressing the house of lords, with disas trous results. "My began, "its** ftl'is "tiftw for tlK — v time — the very first time, my lords—and di vide my speech into four branches." Here he paused for a few seconds, grew purple and confused and finally blurted out, "My lords, if ever I rise again in this house you may cut me KILLTHE COUGH I AND CURE THE LUM "91 w,th Dfa Neif. ..d FOR OS AND ALL 7KRO- ■ . .ji3i.ES. j GUARANTEE!: bATISPACIOBIfI OB MONEY REFUNDED. THIS'GLORIOUS* GOLDEN CLOCK-FREE for a few minutes of your time. No cr.e who h ? s PQSmVELY a home to live in can afford to miss tnis truly /pg GOLDEN OfWRTUNITYJ^ BO^^ To secure FREE of charge a Clock, the most important thing in the home. And and to K2B? such a Clock, too! BEAUTIFUL GOLD fry Tan AND GUARANTEED FOR TEN YEARS. " U,J ™ ,Cll READ WORD OF THIS different from collect ,I°Yn °thls *way to MM/ -ruff) EXTRA GIFTS ISaM ycfurs foreve?.'° riOUS VH£l£ £2 TWO BEAUTIFUL EXTRA GIFTS In addition to the Clock I have two other lovely presents which I will give vou two more handsome ornaments which anyone who loves a pretty home will be delighted with. One of these gifts I will send to you FREE AND PRE PAID as soon as I receive the postal card with your name on It. The other one I will give to you just for being prompt in following my instructions. I will tell you all about the second extra gift, when I s,end the first one, which I will do as soon as I hear from you, so HURRY UP. Villi Tivr lift rUAiirrC In writing to me, because, if the Clock does TUU 'IAIVL IIU vflAHvEv no t prove to be even better than I have de scribed it. and If it does not delight you in every way, you may send it back and I will pay you handsomely in cash for your trouble. Also, if you get sick or for any other reason fail. to- collect alt-'of the $5, I will pay you well for what you do. So you see, YOU CAN'T LOSE, so sit right down and write to me as "D. R. OSBORNE, Manager, Nashville, Tenn. Please send me the por traits of Geeorgre Washington and complete outfit for earning the Glorious Golden Clock, with the understanding that this does not bind me to pay you one cent." Then put your name and address. First Class Farm Implements at reasonable prices. You save Labor, Time and Money when you buy Implements that wear well and work well. The kind that we selL We issue one of the best and most complete of Farm Implement Cat alogues. It gives prices, descrip tions and miich interesting infor mation. Mailed free upon request. Write for it. Tbe Implement Co., 1302 East Main St., RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. We are headquarters for V. Crimp and other Roofing, Wire Fencing, Barb Wire, Poultry Netting, etc. Write for prices on any supplies or Farm Implements you require. off, root and branches and all, -ror ever." Lord Byron was more fortunate, for his maiden effort was declared by Sir F. Burdett to be "the best speech by a lord since the Lord knows when." Lord Rosebery's maiden speech after three years of silence was a model of modest oratory, opening with a plea for that favor and indulgence which rhe house always shows to those who address it for the first time, "even in a larger measure on account of my ex treme youth and Inexperience."—St. James' Gazette. Not Even "Just as Good." When it became necessary during the civil war to resort to the draft in order to provide recruits for the Union armies, many men who did not care to go to the front or could not afford to do so organized themselves into clubs or groups for the purpose of mutual protection. When one of their number was drafted an assessment was made upon all of them, and the money thus raised was used in hiring a substitute. An organization of this kind was formed in a small town in Illinois, and one of the members, a stalwart, fine looking man, was drafted. With the money raised by the stipulated assess ment he procured a substitute, a little, wizen faced chap, who looked like a scared rabbit. He took him to the of fice of the provost marshal. "Mr. Marshal," he said, "here is my substitute." "I see," answered the officer dryly as he looked at the two men. "Funny how people like to get the best of the government in a bargain!" Curious Marriage Customs. Among the East Indian Gonds a bride is carried c«i her brother-in-law's back to the house of her friends and is Kodol For Indigestion Our Guarantee Coupon S If, after using two-thirds of a SI.OO bottle of ' Kodol, you can honestly say it has not bene fited you, we will refund your money. Try Kodol today on this suarantee. Fill out and sitfn the following, present it to the dealer at the time of purchase. If it fails to satisfy you return the bottle containing one-third of the medicine to the dealer from whom you bought it, and we will refund your money. Tnwn State ______ Sign here ■ Cut This Out ■ Digests WhatYouEat And Makes the Stomach Sweet £. C. DeWITT & CO., Chicago, 111. * The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, April 2, 1908 made to weep with each of them, while they give her small presents of money. When the ceremony is about to be per formed at the* bridegroom's house the bride hides in another house and calls "Coo!" and the bridegroom's brother in-law searches for h£r. As she enters the bridegroom's house two spears are planted before the door to make an arch, and the bridegroom pushes her through, the girl hanging back. On the day after the wedding the bride and bridegroom throw mud at each other for sport. Among the Marars all the women of the bridegroom's party are shut up in a house with the bride's sister's hus band. lliey all set upon him and beat Mm, so that he is usually glad to es cape as soon as possible.—Pioneer of India. J ' The Notary In France. The notary is a most important per son in all small country towns in France. Everybody consults him, from the big landowner when he has dis cussions with his neighbor over right of way to the peasant who buys a few meters of land as soon as he has any surplus funds. We were' constantly having rows with one of our neighbors over a little strip of wood that ran up into ours. Whenever he was angry* with us, which happened quite often (we never knew why), he had a deep, ugly ditch made just across the road which we always took when we were riding around the property. The woods were so thick and low. with plenty of thorns, that we could not get along by keeping on one side and were obliged to go back and make quite a long de tour. The notary did his best to buy It for us, but the man would never sell rather enjoyed. I think, having the power to annoy us.—Mme. Waddington in Scribner's. Naturally. Towne —Sleep well? Stubbs—Like a top—never iose a wink. 4t Great Scott! What do you take?' "An alarm clock to my room and then set the alarm for half an hour after I go to bed. As soon as it rings I naturally roll over and go to sleep!"— Pick-Me-Up. Helping Him Out. Borrows—l say, old man, I wish you would help me out today. Busyman—Haven't time to do it my self. but I'll call the porter. John, open the door and ifelp the gentleman out.—Chicago News. "The best lightning rod for your pro tection," says Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Js your own spine." Secure A Home By Paying Rent. * \ ' y : We ofier for sale two five room cottages, conveniently located and good as new upon the payment on each house of S3O per month for five years. Not a cent of interest charged on deferred payments. A splendid chance to secure a home on easy terms. Call and see us. We have some bargains in real estate, im proved and vacant. Our office is headquarters for Insurance in the best companies. We are giving special attention to the collection of rents. Put your property in our hands andj you will be pleased. ....... Rooky Mount Ins. & Realty Co. R. Jr.,'-Sec'ty. R. LJHUFFINES, Gen. Mgr. •,' / T * . #v.' v i ■ v ) * * .... y . - * v *Jt,; ;■ 1 ,X #JI * 8 •> j i•• W DO YOU ? WISH TO BUY A Diamond, Piece oi . Jewelry or Cut Glass 999 . If so, place your orders at home. By buying from a home dealer you have a guarantee that the article is what it is represented to be, for a home dealer can't afford to misrep —- resent. Besides you can do as well at home as you can by buying from , foreign dealers. EVERY ARTICLE bought from me is guaranteed to be as represented. I have a large stock to select from and the prices are as low as you can get any where. 2ft* Geo. L. ParKer JEWELER Main Street Rocky Mount, N. C. i \ '
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