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UP Tai Uanrra'l rtnalatian ia itlll cllablua*. aa*doara. Itdova graaitr, aat laa*. Oat an U>* bud V. r. MABSHAU, Editor ui Proprietor. VOL. XXV._ QA8TQNIA. WLC.. TUESDAY. APRIJL 19. 1904. HIGH FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS Kali ion Biblical Rbcokokb. The art of getting on with one's neighbors is one of the high arts of Christianity. Re ligion does her best work her*. To be sure it it no great mat ter to get on fairly with one’s friends for a time. Love covets a multitude of shortcomings. But many a friendship goes to wreck for want of a high fence. Love itself will expire under certain conditions. To get ou with one’s friends, however, is not the whole oe; cettity of a man. There are al so his neighbors—using the word in its meaning in the parable of the good Samaritan as referring to the people with whom one comes in contact in the ordinary coarse of his life. To a man going np and down amongst men, Jesus saya, Do onto them as you would have them do unto yon; see their aide, consider their circumstan ces, put yonrself in their place. It ia the most broadening exer cise that we know of. To a man seeking to know the secret of life, Jeans says, Love yonr fel low man aa you love yourself. That la the fundamental adjust ment—the solvent of all dtficnl ties on earth. it toe Muter auacnea so great importance to one's relations to bit fellow man, we. aa bis fol lowers shall do well to take heed unto out selves in this particular matter. High Fences Make Good Neighbors. Half the family fends have arisen for want of a high fence. Frequently in court we find neighbor against neigh bor, brother bitterly against brother and Chris tain bating Chriitian, all because the line between their estates baa not been properly maintained.' A high fence would have saved many a family from division many Jk church from disgrace, and indeed many a life. Bat I have not now in" view these difficulties. I have in mind the friend who says of an other friend. "Ob, John, why John is my friend, I need not ex plain to him, he will understand me." You may be ever so good friends, but that policy will wreck your friendship. So far from being less considerate of a friend, the fact that he is your friend should move yon to be the more watchful. One cannot in the nature of things have many friends. I have neyer yet known a man that had as many as seven at once and was true to them; and who has had life-long friends? When yoor heart finds one, let no foolish presumption upon the sin-covering love of friendship lore yon to take things for granted. Keep up the fence. Understand that your friend is bat human. And treat him frith the courtesy and the care tbat you would use toward a stranger. Moreover,.keep up the fence about yourself. Never yet did a man unbosom himself to another with satisfaction. Yon may be intimate without turning your heart inside out. Yon need not even undertake to explain and speak forth ell your love. No man baa yet attempted so mark without makings fool of himself. I do doubt If even sweethearts think more of one another—or husbands and wives—for finding that they have at last brought up the bottom of their hearts. Between cue people wno are cold u ice-bergs and the people who are as warm as mush, there ia a mean—somewhere near the high fepce—that I am talking about. But if one must be ice or mnab, I adviae ice. It ia aightly. And there ia yoor neighbor. She ia ao good-netnred. You do sot at nil mind forgetting to or der year npccrien: she 11 ancb an easy lender. And you aeiid the cook over and borrow every day or two, "Why," you any, weare each good neighbors I” And so you are. Bat if yon could see how you Interrupt her and how inopportunely your re quest cornea, yon would perceive that yon are killing tba very spirit of ueigbborllneta. And the children, why let them run over yonr neighbor's yard and garden. Take all maaner of liberties at the expense of neigb borltnaaa, She is ao good-na land. Bat one of these days yon will wish that there had b*rn a high fence between you. Many a time has good fellow ship gone to wrnek oetr a wheel barrow or a lawn-mower or a cur tain stretcher. And there are brethren who like to Mil their religions expert cnees; and yon aaaat tall them yours or you are not spiritually-' minded. We have all heard of the man who in one of Bill Pife'a aeancea told such a harrowing tale of his conduct that his wife was hopelessly handlisted. This sort of stuff is not spirituality or splritoal-miadeduess. It is mor bid and mawkish. There are experiences to tell; but one can tell them and yet keep the fences up. We may apply the aphorism to all the varieties of neighborli ness—sll the relations of roan to mao. Are you on a committee? Do not presume. Keep the fences up. Give every member consideration. Are you leader of a cause or enterprise? Do not presume that all will trust you. Consult the rest of them. Do you employ men? Respect them. Do not be too familiar, aod be sore you treat them as you would men whom yon do not etnploy. In a word, keep up your fences. When Riley Bfuhii. TkCnwwr. When James Whitcomb Riley was in Lincoln a few months ago, he was greeted with an enthusiastic audience, and tbe poet was sparred to hit best efforts. Of coarse, he succeeded but following the entertainment he met with an embarrassing adventure. Juat before tbe poet appeared upon tbe stage be was banded a dainty littla note requesting him to read. " That Old Sweetheart of Miuq,” and the name signed to the note was that of oue of Lincoln’s charming young matrons. Riley did recite the beautiful poem, and after tbe entertain ment the young matron, fairly bursting with enthusiasm, ap proached Mr. Riley and began thanking him. "O, Mr. Riley, you have no idea bow much 1 appreciate your kindness in reading tbe beautiful verses 1 requested you to read.” "I am happy if I have given you pleaaure,” replied Mr. Riley, with his best bow. "O, they are so beautiful. I have read them so often that they are indellibly stamped up jun my memory.” "You flatter me, my dear madam,” said the poet. * The tender sentiment in the lines is so beiutiful,” gushed the matron. "They certainly weTe written from tbe bottom of your heart. How proud ooe should feel in the knowledge that she hsd inspired such beautiful sentiments. I know Mrs. Riley must be one of the happiest of women, and I would be so de lighted to meet her. May I not hope to have the exquisite pleaa ure some time?” "I hope so, madpm,” said Riley, blushing like a school girl. ”And if ever you do meet her I wish you would let me know how she looks. I have never seen her, and I often wonder whether she is blonde or brunette, short or tall, slim or—" But tbe gushing young matron had disappeared. This little incident recalls Mother that has been told be fore. At a social function a young woman approached Mr. Riley and after guahing for a few minutes, said: "O, Mr. Riley, bow fortunate you are. I understand that you get a dollar a word for every thing you write." "Yea, that’* true," said Riley. " Bn t sometimes I ait for a whole day and can't think of a blamed word. A Pretty Incident. CluHoUs Cbvostcld It's a vwry pretty custom which prevails among the yonng ladies of Wintbrup College by which the junior claaa gives to the seniors, each year, some complimentary entertainment. This year the juniors brought the seniors up to see Jefferson in "The Rivals” last night. In order to make anre of get ting scats all together Prof. Johnson took the atudentt to the opera house about an hopr ahead of time. Mr. Jefferson learning who the psrty was and why they were so early, rivaled tbe junior* in doing a graceful thing in coming out and making a little speech to tbe atudentt. Ha told them some serious truth, some fanny stories and he and the girls spent a very pleasant hour together betwixt the stage and the chairs. And it wasn't acting either. It was the real thing 7** women of Lexicon are roUttiit funds for the erection of a handsome monument to the Confederal* dead of Davidson county. The monument which they are preparing to build will be situated ia the public square aad will coat $1,500. WOMEN IN WASBINffTON. Oeert Salaries Paid by tbs Oav eraaeat ta Wenea Employees sad (key are well Treated and Bldhiy I asp acted. Wuhlaaioa Hprrlal to Charltwra Kr*» mod Cooiin. There it just one city in the United States where the self supporting woman ianot dabbed s "working woman," and that city ia Washington. To be on Uncle Sam's pay roll as a department clerk ia not a social taboo, and the women who are fortunate enough to achieve independence upon a salary of fourteen or eighteen hundred dollars a. year are in a position to make a good show ing in fashionable society. To say of a woman that the ia "in office" means that she oc* cupies a snug berth in the Gov ernment ship, has ample time to enjoy the pleasures of life after seven working hours a day and has, as likely aa not, assumed her position aa a convenient way of continuing "in the swim." Among the thousands of wo men in office 20 per cent are the widows of Uoited States Sena tors and the near relatives of past oi present Government officials. As Washington ia not a city of mills, factories or general trading industry, there ta no other class of feminine wage earners with which to confuse the women in office. It ia au absolutely unique way to earn a living and still maintain a social gentility that banishes inch terms as "labor" and "toil" from its polite vocabulary. ai me Beginning ot every ad ministration hundreds of at tractive women are installed in office either through the civil service or as temporary ap pointees. which is an easy way of getting on Uncle Sam’s pay roll, ana perfectly satisfactory so long at one hat" pull'’ enough to stay. These women come from ali parts of the United States and represent the culture and refinement of a country wide feminine constituency. Iu the war department, where a great many women in the army and navy set occupy posi tions, there is one room that is called facetiously "Vanity Pair." Nearly alt the clerks are of the really, smart set that plays bridge, goes iu for horseback and fencing and furnishes patronesses for all the fashion able charities. Tbcir blood is of tbe bluest, their husbands, fathers or brothers have bled or died in their country's service and they themselvea are in snch demand socially that somebody's victoria ora brougham is always in waiting at the conclusion of office hours, to whisk them off to receptions and afternoon teas. One stunning looking woman, who is regarded as the moat smartly gowned person in office, spends all her vacations with tbe Vanderbilts and tbe Goelets and maintains an enviable position in social Waibingtun. Out of respect to Government hours all the fashionable recitals and lectures are held at half past 4 o’clock. The only thing tbe social woman iu office has to forego Is tbe high noon lunch eon, bat as Sunday entertaining is more and more the fad in Washington, even this pleasure may be bad one day in the week. Women in office are entitled to one month’s sick leave and one month’s vacation in the coarse of a year. This, in addition to the numerous national holidays and the shortening of hoars in very warm weather, aflordsa fair ainonut of leisure to the women in Uncle Sam’s employ. One very beautiful and popular young woman, who is extraordinarily fond of society, takes her snnnal leave in January in order to have one month’s genuine social fling. If she goes at such a pace that her month’s sick leave follows close upon the month's frivolity, it’s no one’s affair but her own. The bureau of American Re publics is another department noted for the beautiful and fash ionable women in its employ. Tbe bureau faces the White House on Pennsylvania avenue and at inauguration time, or any other occasion of festivity that in clude* a milirarv pageant and re view by tbe President a charming luncheon ia served to the bureau force. The department of jus tice, the State and agricultural departments, the department of commerce and labor, tbe poet office department, tbe census bu reau and tbe patent office are a few of the great institutions un der tbe Government where wo men are congenially employed and where their compensation en ables, them to maintain a social position that puts them on s so cial footing with tbe wife of the President of the United Sutes. BABIED FBOMCOMMUNlOlf. Bit* Denial la Haidar af Latlary Tickala by Elisabeth City Paa Ibr. Waatatactaa rM Suffolk, Va.. April 13.—Rev. Dr. Tuttle, pastor, of tbe First Methodist Church of Elizsbetn City, bas caused consternation among members of his flock by turning a manifesto withdrawing the communion cup from bold* ers of lottery tickets. Rev. Mr. Tnttle, during tbe progress of i aeries of evangelistic meetings, invited believers in Christ to commune, but declared that none who held tickets of chance should place their lips to the cop. A street carnival ia in progress st Elizabeth City, »«l many chorcb people have bought chances on a piano and gold watch to be awarded by lot. He said all who held inch tickets should tear them np on breaking bread with God’s people. Subscribe for Tint Ga.z*tt*. " ' i i— " —» HEALTH is the Most Important In buying food-products, several things are to be thought of—i. e., Economy, Results, Easy Handling, Reliability, but the most important is Health. Health means everything. In buying clothes, shoes, hats, furniture, etc., if die * buyer is deceived and gets an imitation the only harm is loss of money. In buy ing food-products, if imitations are sup plied, there is not only a loss of money, but perhaps an injury to health—which is beyond price. Rtmember th**c facit twKm buying jW 'ng pcmxier. ROYAL BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE ♦ l USE THE COUTOW TO-IAY. Dmgguuj. M. Ktw>» A Cm, TAm all g taka at tm-o-m Toil^ Dfyapepela aad Insrsaalag Weight. If you are weak, sickly. thin, pal*, tired and troubled with indigestion take advantage of the following coupon offer and Et a month’* treatment of i*o*oa from J. H. Kennedy ft Co., the well known druggiat. COCPOK. This coupon entities any reader ol Tun Gastonia Gahttk to have the purchase price of Ui-o-ua /efunded in case it does not la cressc the weight and care stom ach 1 roubles. We assume all the risk, and hii-o-n« is abooiateiy free unless it gives satisfaction w* iv&ffirg.v* the risk and any one who uses xi-o-ua does not have to pay a penny aaleae the treatment curve dyspepsia aad gives aa Tacreaae ia K«aa«ly A Co., wfeca getting a boa of Ml-o-am. aad they wilt give a fJCPed receipt to refund the money if the treatment fails. Voa certainly cani afford to begia tkeuaeof Mi-o-na to-dar on tbeae terms. — AIMfl, Km» r*nf. R»:»l«h Tiam, 17th. . Mr. J. D. Moore, who it in tbe city attending a meeting of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Insti tute. was beard to say to a gentleman whom be met on tbe streets to-day: "No, I do not get old; I never expect to." Such a remark might at first blush seem to be lacking in candor and tbongbtfnlnsaa, but to take the idea which Mr. Moore bad in mind, it's not only a reality, bnt it’a tbe moat sane position possible to hold. It is certain that he who invites old age. by constantly referring to the fact that be is getting old, will find that be is in the camp and rank of the veterans long before tbe man who, tbodgfa aa old in years, but who has striven to remain young in bis feelings, in his associstions, his thoughts and in bis daily vocation. The line.” as it is sometimes called, is, after all, a venerable rather than an absolute condi tion. In other words, men set, to a large degree, their own bounds to their effective period of active work and vigorous thinking.' Mr. Roosevelt’s arbitrary "dead line,” at the age of 62 years, when be proposed to give all ex-Union soldiers a pension, was more a bid lor support of his nomination for President than it was to provide for tbe failures incident to old *me. Of course we all know that tbe hnrasn machine has its limit, beyond which it canaot go, but the day when the grass hopper becomes a burden is more largely tbe day of oar own setting tbag most of ns think. OrufM n, Whiskey. . VuUWM Paw. There are a number of in stances on record where antidotes to the whiskey habit, though conscieatly followed, have failed, remarked ao eastern merchant on a visit to the capital. Bat there is one of the simplest na ture, too, that has been k no urn to cun topers of all daunts, which recalls to me one ot the worst cases I have ever known, .the cese of a young man from nty state. He could and did drink more whiskey to tbs square ioch than any man I ever beard of—three pints a day waa a ostial thing. Then suddenly he twon off. He fell in love with a girl who would not stand for sues proceedings, and made U clear to him that it waa np to him to do something. He admitted his weakness to her, which every* body else bad known for vean, and then and there swore ofl for good and all time, which, of course, nobody else but the girl believed. The sequel is that he kept his words and after sufficient Ult they were married. He has since told me the! to atop drinking in that abrupt way. nearly killedhim, and at times he was almost craay. bat that be also knew to break through once woald be the end of bis reforma tion. Every time the madden ing deairs for whiskey came be woald start right la and eat oranges and continue to eat them as long as the appetite for whiskey lasted, frequently con suming aa many as ftftseu or twenty oranges a day. The acid Quality of the orange aopsaasd the desire for alcohol. This was tan or twelve years ago, and I have yet to hear of any regrets on the pan af the young lady or of my mend breaking his prom iac to her. bnt frequently hear that aa aa antidote to whiskey he suggests a desire to reform aad plenty of orange juice. fascinating No Other word *o fitly describes the quality cad styles of the t^iacs for women: to wear with which this store teems. Neckwear. New line of washable neckwear for summer lost arrived Trstsr day, 25c. —r— Crushed Delta. 50c, °*lhe »eweat things in embed leather belts, each. Spring Hosiery. For ladies and miase ^ - gy fancy. Pair, 25c. J7Kc, Ocr 25c and 37 He Lisle_ ■ riiT mmSSSS **cr Koyal Worcester Corsets. sfiswaraNS® vssssrzrji saJ^ yoa have not triad this model, be sore to get it next time. Dress Goods. Oor line of dress jpods, wooleas. silks, mercerised sad cottoa goods, is all complete with the newest weaves. . Jaatrecrivedasbipmeatof wash goods in reds, white Mack, 27 to 36 laches wide, all eh ■ct wear, a marvel at the price charged only. Millinery. Our Hoc of ladies and children's madyto-wmr tula is com plete, cad oar order department is fall to overdowia* with all the new creations sad decrees of fashion, witboenriocTof Wr trimmer at yoar disposal. P—*7 frrgrT irnr FmlraWtilti mu4 Lao— New lot of Dress Trimmings fust received. JAS. F, YEAGER. Smart Oxfords wteClap*"" <hMb StlwkMtmMrcM Nr. If yea wear eae Mlr yaa wM mw be satisfied with aay etfcarldsd. Pirtce H ROBINSON BIOS. 4 4Tfc.S—4et4bS«»^Ww.44 Going! Going! Three Times! And Gone. The seaaoa for handling mock is drawing rapidly to a dote. Oar fine stock of horses and males la now "going ” "gofer" and pretty aoon it will be "three times and gmqar* Onr last shipment far the matin van a car-load of bones and a car-load of malot received last week—vt ham only 100 bead ia all. Ia this lot an some n normally good stock far farm tirjfn. aad especially is attention called to tome fine driving aad saddle horses. This stock is from oar old rcfiable Trnnrsaas dealer, aad of course we guarantee every animal to be fast as represented. Come along quickly sod get your choice, we at* wiudisg up the season. • TO BE HAPPY a ma out know that kb ' family will not COM to want in cent of hta dcatk. Yon cannot feel that tbatr future b mww except by having a tttbttatM UPB INSURANCE POLICY. IThn Northwestern Motn •1 Ufa of Milwaukee gives tha BUST CONTRACT offered. BIO DIVI DBNDSt 58mm before giving an application, and let M explain It ta pan. Gtttoa UniTnatCt. BICYCLES 1 BICYCLES1 Wa have them ia all tha Wat make*-Colombia.. Hartford*, •' Recycles, RanUan, Crsaeoota ami Begin. Wa cany a fall Hot of soppBaa. We Wm a Amt elan Repair Shop. Wa pat on robber carrteg* and boggy time. . Wa pot on rubber blV: cartiaga Ursa. Wa do aaaitary plambiag. Wa oaot year bodosm. Terrence Brothers -*»d T>*ALJme or— BICYCLES
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