iPage Three the famous picture by Michael van de Signorelgio.” So they screw up their eyes for a m inute or two, do thei best to appreciate the great work of art. and go on to the next. Many look without seeing, but there are thousands of people who thorough y enjoy the art galleries, and possibly they really get some good out or them. At any rate, while we are in Paris we must visit the Louvre, the finest art gallery of the world. The building itself is shaped like square-cornered staple. It is im mense. I don’t remember the exact size, but altogether there must be four or five miles of galleries lined with paintings or filled with ^ulp- tures or tapestry or relics from Egyp tian tombs. At the entrance we must leave any unbrellas or parcels which we may happen to he carrying. Perhaps they are afraid that in some way we may manage to run off with one of the fine pictures or may poke a hole in it. You may remember that about a year ago one of the finest ^ T TVTrtr^o T.iSfl.. American men with their wives and daughters often do this sort of thing. There are thousands of dollars of hard-earned American money spent every night in Paris. Some of it is spent in a wicked way, while more of it is spent because certain Ameri cans, English and Germans are away from home and want to see how the gay and wicked men and women of Paris have a good time. They seem to think it a part of their edu cation. Of course we will go up to Eiffel tower It costs four francs, but it is well worth it. It is an immense af fair Four steel legs stand nearly (our hundred (eet apart. We look into the air two or three hundred feet above us, where the lour legs support a big platform about two acres in area. So we buy a ticket to the first floor, get into an elevatoi with about a hundred other people, and up we go. Look over the edge. I have climbed the highest mountain in Colorado, but never before h^id 1 Shipped the Day Your $5 to $40 Better Than Ever-New Devices-Reduced Factory Prices -f you want the latest stoves with all the new features ^ , 1 o'fif' JY TCnlamazoo- ^ Don't ICC me low ^^ alone would make Kalamazoo stoves famous Low jrice is just an added feature along with $100,000 Bank Bond Guarantee.—Freight Prepaid—and the ^ ■ ■ ^ISaved 30 Days’ FREE Trial We pay the return freight, too, if you decide not to - keep the stove about a year ago one or me ^ Coloraao, out x-v- ^ ^ paintings of the Luvre, Mona Lisa, quite so high in the was stolen In some mysterious way. ,„„,jed straight ■1"'" We We can appreciate why the parcels of the Biltel towen louW he left at the door, and why a look around there are guards in every room. As ^^^ies, curio shops, etc., an we stroll from room to room with a the second platform, person who knows something about J third. 9^4 feet ahovejhe the different paintings and painters, gj.gun(j. We are m a g vvro annn learn to know that a man | ^^g^t fifty feet square. 200,000 ^ Stove Owners satisfied proves that you should investi- Get the stove book and study its interest- gate. Get the stove bools ana stuay us luterest- ing pages full of illustrations and cash-value stove facts. Write a postal now for catalog IilU , mentioning this paper, ^KALAMAZOO STOVE CO., WIfrs., Kalamazoo, Michigan ^ We make furnaces and gas stoves, too. Special catalogs on request. we soon learn to know that a man by the name of Rubens delighted in painting fat, naked women ; that Hol bein, Rembrandt and Hals painted fine, old Dutch faces; that Troyon painted animals; Ruysdall painte landscapes, etc., etc. Then it comes to seem something like a game. After a time, almost before we know it, we enjoy looking at the P^^tings and we don’t mind staying for two or three hours at a stretch in the eallerv To most of us the paintings of greatest interest are the two you have seen so often in the schools. They are Millet’s Angelas and his Gleaners. Really, it is most interest ing to stand and look for several minutes at these pictures, and know that there before you are the origi- walk around it we can ^ Paris. There right m front of , the foot of the tower, is the Seme River, and looking up an o we see seven or eight of "U Paris bridges. That mass of green to tlm west is the Bois de Boulogn . r a the -t 'a the Lonv- and to this side of it is an v space, the famous Place de la Con corde. One hundred years ago the French revolutionists were chopping off ^ ^^'rz^°thatPar?s^Ta\ruTy beautiful X''Not a wooden house^to he seem SOME FACTS ABOUT THE BELL GRIST MILL; THE ONLY PRO GRESSIVE MILL. The words Simple, Strong, Dura ble, and Efficient represent the Bell Grist Mill in their fullest capacity. It is the latest designed most modern-up-to-date mill of its type offered. Moore County ARMS GARDEN SPOT OF Sand Hill Country 763 acres of cut over land, four miles from Keyser and 11-2 miles from side track on the Seaboard Air Line. Good level land. Farms Its features are as near perfect as in the same section making a bale can be had by mechanical skill and ^otton per acre, and 50 bushels minutes at these pictures, and know i * ^ wooden house to oe i workmanship. It is built m lines j that there before you are the origi- ^11 are built of white or gr y principle of the old time hor nals from which all the reproductions the river we see col- ^^11; in other words it is thi II t VvA/rk-n p.nO"“ I . i-x—i-k-f wliit.ft D18.rDl©> 1 , - .. t-kfQ1 iTTnrovGd 3.11( in the school books have been cop ied. We want to see the Venus de Milo, for most'people think that this piece of sculpture is the most valu able thing in the Louvre. You have seen plaster casts or pictures of tne Venus with her arms broken. A WlUl LUC izontal mill; in other words it is the old time horizontal inproved and made vertical. t. Its Features; The disk feed which is the most reliable of all feeds. The oil bearing box preventing lubricating oils from entering mi . nZs and "tatuL" oi'whRe marWe some tinted with goli there m T rZ center "„( the boulevard. T^en we discover another stairway seen plaster casts or pictures of tne i ^ feet more to an open i j^fjj.feating oils from entering mu^ Venus with her arms ..^L-oom about twenty feet across, a fj^j.ge bearing box containi g peasant digging on the island of Milo, at the railing an thrust or regulating sere ninety years ago, found this statue ^^kes you I . ,, ..rwi.u nron- by acciLnt. Physical culturists say look p.eple get that the measurements of the Venus de Milo are just right for ^1^® g^y that they feel as if they ^ou woman. So we enjoy sitting down on say a few . twistfui scr®w ux»lxx one of the benches in the Venus de then were glad g^ain uniformly against Milo gallery and looking ^t thi P g^f ^ack safe and sound to | ^ statue and wondering ^ther Earth. .... Greeks who, hundreds of years be of Pans the streets Christ, did such wonderful sculptu together in a beautiful way. ing. For instance, at the Place de 1 Etoile If you wish, we may stop beautiful avenues come to- of the rooms where there are ^ ^ cether Right in the center of this bulls, Sphinxes and tombs m^d® is the Arch of Triumph, stand- hollowing out huge stones. ® feet high and 146 feet broad, we realize it. we have 1^®®;^ Napoleon had this arch started in the for three or four hours, and ^ j ^ear 1806. You can look straight “ this arch along the fa- of corn, and this land is just as good, and can be cleared and stumped for $7.00 per acre. Price for Quick Sale $8.00 PER ACRE. ine large the end thrust or regulating screw and large coil spring which has prop er tension to furnish uniform meal— this is what others have tried hut failed to reach. The double twistful screw distri- W.C.WARLICK PINE BLUFF. N. C. Lose pully furnished extra on end of shaft when desired. It looks well, it does well, it is well. It is the mill people will biiy. Yadkin Valley Mill & Lumber Co. ROND A, N. C. ha*ve”madr little more than a begin ning, we are glad to go back to the ’'"on the way back, I “ barber shop and sot a “y shampoo, for one franc an centimes, which is only twenty-four cents in American money. ,,omi ( At 7 o’clock there is f^® French dinner at the hote , s with sardines as an ^PP®^'/®!"’ . „ lowed by soup as a filler, an- fish with French which comes meat of some kind and then chicken. After an hour or two comes dessert, after whic we off with fruit. After dinner many tourists, especially ^ it quite the thing to see a night, and they make the rounds cafes, cabarets, and places es spectable. It is astonis American school teachers an e Southern Ry. Premier Carrier oi the South Most Direct Line to All Points North, Sonth, East, West. dowm from v— — _ mous Avenue des Champs Elysees to the place de la Concorde. We cross the Seine by the beauti ful broad Alexander III bridge, and visit the tomb of Napoleon. Under a big gilded dome is a circular cham ber’ hollowed out. We lean on the railing above and look down on the big stone box holding what is left of one of the mightiest men who ever lived. Tw'elve victory statues stand in a circle about the tomb. At the foot of the coffin are the names of the big battles won by Napoleon. Back of the tomb room, with yellow light shining on it, is an altar, one of the most beautiful sights in all Europe. But the duty of our party is to inves tigate agricultural conditions, and we have seen enough of city sight. We stop only briefly to see Paris. (Also called Tetter, Salt Rhmim. Purltus. Milk-Crust, Weeping Skin, irryFMA CA3, BE CURED TO STAY, and when : ^ay cured. ^ pitched Remember I make this croit one'drseaVe ^and” hSlng 5,rr"N,'w‘ Trnri^e' rl;f vorco-z ^ JOU that yo j S„it1 ,S“a?oul. I V”V w"> ^-I'l mo TO-DAY I will send you a Free Trial ^ my mild,’soothing, guaranteed cure that ^^nrjoavtoie you mor. " anvone else could in a month s time, ii vS^are disgusted and discouraged. I dare vou To give me a chance to prove my la ms By writing me to-day VOu win en- lov more real comfort than you had ever thL^t this world holds for you. Just try It Ind you will see I am telling you the J E. Cannaday, 1827 Park Square, References; Third National Bank, Sedalia. Could you do a better act than to send this notice to some ooor sufferer of Eczema?., Through sleeping cars to all principal cities; through tourist cars to San Fran cisco and other California points. All-year tourist tickets on sale to prin cipal Western points. Convenient local as well as through trains; electrically lighted coaches. Complete dining car service on all through trains. Ask representaiive of Southern Rail way about special rates account Christ mas holidays; also various other special occasions. If you are contemplating a trip to any point, communicate with representa tives of Southern Railway before com pleting your arrangements for same. He will gladly and courteously furnish you with all informition as to the cheap est and most comfortable way in which to make the trip Will also be glad to secure Pullman sleeping car reservations for you. H. F. CARY, J O. JONES, General Pass. Agent, Travellim Pass. Agent, Washington, 0. C. Raleigh. N, C n : J II II:

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