THE HOME CIRCLE.
A Column Devoted to tired mothers
as
they Join 'the Home Circle at V
Evening tide. '
THE LITTLE COT.
I never knew how, well I tared
The little cot where I was born,
Until I stood beside the gate
One pleasant, early summer morn,
AuJ listened to my mother's Voice.
S!:e, spoke such . words as mother speak
Of chcr and hope and all the while
The tear drops glistened oh her cheek. '
And soon she turned and plucked a rose
i'uat grew beside the cottage door,
And
smiling, pinned it to ray coat,
she haT often done before,
t away: 'twas long ago, r
I ever, till my life shall close,
;e-ircstjtreasure I can know
w
II hi a faded little rose.' :
There is nothing in life's
ex-
: v rience that so quickly and ef
fectually awakens in the heart
those better elements that ally us
"to Angels and to God' ' as the
scored memories of .home.; This
tact constitutes a positive power
i,: oiu lives and growing out of
this fact is the highest duty of
life, the duty to make the charac
ter of your home such that its
cherished memories shall be a de
veloping and gladening influence
inrough life.
; ! -iiciuory, be sweet to me ,
lake, take all else at will,
So iuou but leave rne safe and sound,
Without a token my heart to wound,
1 !is little house on the hill.
Take all the best from east to west,
S)Uhu but leave me still
The clianiber, wherein the starry light
I 'used t j lie awake at night
And list to the whip-poor-will.
CHILDREN.
A cood'man was Judge Eli, as !
described in the Book Samuel, ?
but he let his two boys, Hophni
and Phinehas, do as they pleased f
and through overindulgence they !
Z -f (, miin Th Mind nidi
! - .re r iTiatv-pi ah f. vasts of ncr&
i hie wa wpW Attn ;
front. An express is coming
with tidings from the battle.
This blind nonagenarian puts his
hands behind h eats and I listens
ana cries. vnau lucancm uic
noise of thi3 tumult?" An excit
ed messenger, all out of breath
with the speed, said to him:
"Our army is defeated. The
sacred chest, called the Ark, is
captured and your sons are dead
on the field." No wonder the
fau:er fainted anji expired. The
domes lie tragedy in which these
two sons were the tragedians had
4 ti JtT lessly as the vapor which rises at
fJ&JJiite leisure from the open boiler.
vvaru lu uit; siue ui uie gate tuiu
his neck broke and he died; for
he was an old man and heavy."
Eli had made an awful mistake
.in regard to his children. The
Bible distinctly says: His sons
made themselves vile and he re
strained them not." Oh, the
10,000 mistakes in rearing child
ren, mistakes of parents, mis
takes of teachers m day school
and in Sabbath classes, mistakes
wo ali make. W ill it not be use
ful to consider them?
HOMES OF THE POOR.
Hoiiies of the poor! Sacred
iu- ixiea of earth where the alter
j c V cf genius have been lighted.
1; . world forever be blessed
i'i a moderate want. The
u:nan mind is never whole till it
r i suffered and it is better that
- uugcl of poverty should mete
u iiie required suffering in the
rra oi a perpetual restraint,
Ma r: thai it should burst like the
iLur ueriitorm from the azure sky
luxury, darkening with its
t: uds the sun of life.
The home of the poor man does
noi necessarily mean a home of
sauering, save in that humilia
tion ana restraint to which it is
necessary for all souls to be sub
jected in order to develop. ; The
Poor man's home need not be de
void of a certain degree of lux
ur v. Beautiful i Dictur es and
r ks ol art can no
longer De
msy oram oi invention ui ;
brought them withm the reach of ;
busy brain of invention . , nasj",, - ...... Q. T. r.aWn
ai l. The price ol ten cents wortn
of tobacco smoke saved each day
for fifteen or twenty days will
purchase a fine book. The very
poorest of men find no difficulty not been as severe here as
in purchasing this- amount of : elsewhere.
tobacco smoke each day. Only) . xktat
think how many (lays there are! .The wind storm Wednesday
in a life time. Three hundred night was thecause ; ofr thetele
and thirteen working days in a phonewires between Columbus
year at ten cents a day would and Ton being, broken msev.
m e ?m 0 Twen t y y e a r s eral places where trees had been
uldS$62& -Withina short dis-
chase a? tartl five hundred :vol- tance surrounding Munbus ne
umes, a Horary of which most ly fifty trees could be counted
men should beproud. What an that, were Wow own; y the
inspiring thought for a poor boy; wind Wednesday night . 1 h e
the gifflteratoeVcl
ed with the little self-denial that pine.. Outside of this, we to
t costs to refrain from malHng heard of no lJS
bacon of one's self, ' done by , the st; Jh
Young man! promise us that as morning the wind had calmed
soon as you have read this Home considerable and it was hoped
Circle Department you will begin the wind storm was over. , .
to lay up ten cents a, day and, if
jwu win smose cigars, then be a
little more economical in other
unngs and lay up at least five
cents. You have your life before
yuu ana it would soon be so nat
ural for you to lay by the small
amount daily, that, you would
drop it from habit into your pri
vate treasury. Will you try it
during 1905 and reap the harvest ?
HOMES OP THE ROOR. ":
History records no great re
forms, no rare efforts of philan
thropy and love, whose authors
have not felt the restraint of at
least moderate want. Out from
the ten thousand . unnainted ant:
tages that dot the land have
stalked forth the crreat thou aht&
and the mighty deeds. - -
liUxure is the concave ' lens
which disperses the rays .of
human energy, while novertv is
cenvex lens which causes them
to converge, often bringing them
to powerful focus, and t like the
mirrors of Archimedes, burning
the fleet of the enemy. , "
Let no young man despair be
cause he is poor. As well might
the engine despair because the
iron bands confine the restless
energy of the steam. The engin
eer computes the resistance to
physical force in what he terms
footpounds. So poverty is a term
that simply designates the resis
tance to the divine energies of a
human soul. There are two in
dispensable conditions to the de
velopment of power in the engine;
first the application of heat and
second the outward resistance to
" eorce generated. &o
"V'r
Pj the he f VntJ
I tl0S3
circumstances to confine an
concentrate the power thus gen-
TT of thfe
8?ne is obtained by. confining
those restless particles of steam
which are struggling for release
and which,, ithey do not soon
oDtain it, win Durst their iron
How impotent is the most ter
rific heat if the steam which it
generates have no resistance to
overcome H Just so with the most
gigantic volition and the grandest
purpose, if they are not pent in
by some sufficing resistance. If
they have no fetters, either seen
or unseen, in some way propor
tionate to their own strength,
they will be dissipated as harni-
COLUMBUS NEWS.
What the Wind Storm of Wednesday Night
Accomplished The Cold weather
- - Other things. - . V
Sheriff W. C. Robertson is busy
these days collecting taxes and is
a frequent visitor to Coiumbus on
that mission. -
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morris went
to Rutherford Tuesday. They
expect to remain several days
visiting relatives. ;
Attorney J..E. Shipman made
a business trip to Henderson ville
Tuesday. "
Thos. Smith, of Sandy Springs
and Miss M. M. Cudd, were here
Tuesday for the purpose of settl
ing matters in a legal proceeding
i i . 1 1 j j i
m wnicn tne latter is inveresweu.
How did Tuesday strike you
for cold weather. Good day to
appreciate a fira- was it not?
Mrs. N. A. Cloud has been sick
for several days but we hope will
soon recover.
' L. H. Cloud has his plating
machinery in good working order
and has' been doing good work
with it.
Subscribe for the Southern Ag
riculturist and The, News, both
one for $1.00 in advance. This
is a bargain.
F. M. Stearns is as fond of
t; 0. to- Cahin
most of hls tin?e at
Inn. .
Don't crriinble obout the cold
weather we have had the last day
W two but be thankful that it
A SERMON BY A. RURAL PASTOR..
The Story of Samson, the Foxes and the
Wheat Field Text:' Judges 15: 4-5.';'
Beloved and Fellow Trabblers :
Ise bin" reedin de Bible and I
finds one of de funnies caricters
in ; dare dat you eber hyar of.
His name is Samson. You finds
derrecord of dis culiar man in de
book of Judges. De funniest
thiiig hap'ned you need hyar of.
1 wil- a ' 'ya -a irr"able, : cannot sleep; have
QnDe Flistians dey. fooled wid -headache, feel stuffy, dull and
Samson -until dey got him mad melancholy or have neuralgia,
wid em, and .didnn know rheumatism, backache, peri'
how strong and .how sharp he ... odical pains, indigestion, dys
wor, so he ints him - up some . nen-.h ii tmwa
cotch
he say
you Flistians, and he takes dsm J
foxes out to dey wheat fiel' and I
de wheat wor standih dare bute-
ful ripe and yaller almost ready
to fall doyn. And what you
spose dat ar Samson he tuck ancl
dun ? Well; its bad but Ise wirie :
to tell it for hits in de Bible and
dats rees'n anuf. Hyars what
he tuck and dun wid dem foxes:
He tUck two of dem and put dev
tails togeder and tied dem hard
and fas. Den he gets a ; chunk
of fife and he tied hit to dey tails
and he flings de foxes rite into
de middle of dat big ripe wheat
fiel' and he kep on tien foxes dat
way till he had ebry one of dem
foxes in dat wheat wid chunks of
fire to dey tails.
Now de struction of wheat and
tie ' ao:ny of dem foxe.i dat tuck
place dere can be magined better I
dan scribed. Now you can see,
my bredderen, what a naorration
and scrambelation dem foxes
would make in dat wheat wid one
pullin one way and de udder one
puliin anudder way .
Now spose uem loxes had cum
dis kind of Agreement wid each
udder one of dem had said :
Look hyar, Brer Fox, lets quit
dis f oohsnness, dene yo j. see dat
wese tarin ali dis yere wheat
down and fust thing yer noes de
hole fiel's gwine ter be on 'fire
andwe all gwine ter git burnt
up. Brer" Fox, I tells yer what
lets do. Lets bof pull de same
way and lets pull dis chunk of
fare but of dis tier and lets drag
it down dare to dat little t ranch
and put hit into de water and
den de fire will be put out and
Brer Fox, we can take and cut
dat string wid our. teeth and we
can get loose from dat chunk of
lire and ail dis trouble."
Now Breren. de " clesiastical
terpretation of dis thing is dis:
Dese foxes represent chech
members in de cnecii , dey gits a
spute about suthin and ole Satan
gits holt on two of dem an coase
he furmsiies de chunk of lire and
de string, and he gets two of dem
togeddeiy but not dere heaids an
hearts but jes like dem loxes wor,
one puliin. dis way an' de udder
pullin' dat way. And-what is de
suit of de thing? If dare is any
of de bread of life in dat chech
dey sho will tare hit down an set
hit all on lire. Now you niggahs
take a lessen from dis and quit
yo' ranghfication er bout chech
wuk or. yo' gwine to tare all de
wheat of peace - and prosperity
down dats in de checn. Dem
foxes giv way to dey animal J
an' hair an' de dus- an' "smoke
what dey kicked up dare were
tother side of mostheness for
scription, ah' Breren I zost yo'
to keep yd7, animal nater down,
case er yo' let hit bile ; up yo'
gwine to. need mor'n de surance
comp'ny ' to save de ch'ech turn
los'n all de wheat of joy an' de
bread of life. Dem loxes dey
b'long fo de animal kingdom an
yo' couldn't spect much more f urn
dem, but yuse is de chiluns.of-.de
King and heirs of de saints in
light an' yo' nius' sho yo'seves
better dan foxes.. ;
4 " ' Yo' umble servant - .
De Rural Pastor;' ,
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
rRESBY'fliUIAN. T. C. Chokkr,"' Pastor.
PreuchiiiK very firtit and tuud fciuuday, 11
a. m. and at night, biiboath School 10 a. ui.
BAPTiiiT. W. M. Whitbsidk, Pastor. ' Prcach
iuff every second and fourth buauay it 11 it.
m., and t!o batarday preTiou.s. fcuaay
V bchool at 1C a. m.
GREEN II 1 V J5R CIRCUIT iM E T HO I) IS I
EPiSOOPAii C11UKCU SOUTH. W. ii.
; - Psrkt, Psvor, Milt aiprius. N. O. I :
YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY 0FC1IRISTTAN j
liiNDlSAVUU. iS. is. ixouu, rresiueni.
It mutt. every Sunday evening at 7 p. in. al
tha iuHiitut building.- .
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
A. good - winter- laying .
strain. Eggs for batch
ing and stock foi sale.
SCOTCH COLLIE SHEPHflPwD
PUPPIES. .
Thoroughbred stock: at
moderate terms. " Address
GEORGE E. WHITESEL,
' HARRISONBURG,
. Rural Route 6. VIRGINIA. ,
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The power that gives you
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. force, or nerve fluid, located in
the nerve cells ot the brain,
. . and sent out through the
nerves to the various organs.
v If you . are tired, nervous.
cd; something to increase nerve
; Sn orgy st rength en the nerves.
, . -Dr. Miles' Restorative Ner
vine is the fuel you need. It
' feeds the nerves, produces nerve
v iorcc,- and' restores vitality. .
"When r.bcsan ."taking-" Dr. Mila
nestorattvo -Keryine and Anti-Pain
..-,I-iks -.1. was .conGRed to my , bed. I
bad Bcvero aervou3 sndls, the result
of two years illness with malaria. I
crraaually grew bo weak that I was
una tla to sit up. Tho npeiis would
commence TiCith ccld ctill3. and I
would become weak and almost help
less. My. circulation was poor. I
i hati coctorfcd t- riht alorr but grew
weaker and weaker. " The Nervine
. teemed to strengthen me right away
and my circulation was better. I hav
taken in aU seven botUes cf tho
Nervino, and I t m ctlrtly rcU," -
ROSA E. .WEAVSCK, Stuai'ts, la.
Dr. ."Miles' Uervlne ss sold by your
drugqlst, who vITI carantco that tha
first Insula will bsr.cf.t 11 it faiJs, he
Will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co Elkhart, Ind
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''I waa 4iouWd with stom
ach Iroabla. Thedford'a Black
Draught did rue more pood
in ne week than all the doc
tor' medicine I took in
year." MRS. SARAH B.
k3
SKIXFIELD, Kllottsville, lad.
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; quickly inyigorates the ac-'
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Ti cures even chronic cases of
. ' indigestion. J you will
take a small dos of Thed--Afordts
Black Draught peca-
Bionally you will keep' your
j stomach and liver ia per-
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l4
a
More sickness is caused by
' constipation than by any
-other; disease. Thedford'a ,
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-diarrhesa aad dysentery aud
teepa the bowels regular.
- . . "All drjgiits sell
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-"Thedford's Black-'
- Draucrbt is the best medi
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COLUMBUS
R B P A I R I
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS
such" as Harness Shoes, Rubber Goods, Tinware, Glassware;
Furniture, etc. Carpenter Work and Painting Saws - Filed.
All work guaranteed. '
Plating in Gold, Silver, - Copper,
or " Rdyal " silver metal. Watcher, Charms, Chain Badges, Finger
Riugs, Gollar and Sleeve Buttons and' all kinds of jewelry can be
plated with gold or silver. Knives, Forks, Bpoonr and ; all table
ware with silver or the Royal " silver metal, v V
- The " Royal " silver metal is preferred by a great many people
for, tableware because it looks almost at well' and is cheaper than
pure silver. - -
A liberal commission paid agents in each locality to solicit goods
to be plated. Mail or Express orders given prompt attention, Addrese
L. H. GLOUD,
Express Office : Tryon. N. C. COLUMBUS. N. C.
BIG' CUT' PRICE SALE!
We have just completed taking stock and find that ' we have
too many goods on our shelves which we have , decided to close out
at greatly reduced prices in order
of goods. " .
Jbor the next sixty days we
Kjaiiva a, aiiu vctes yd yaru, guuu deiius at a; aim mm;us '
per yard, Flannelettes at lOcts per yard, and all other dry goods
in proportion.
Shoes, both ladies' and gents', at 90cts, $1.00, . $1.25, $1.50,
$1.75, -$2. 00, $2.50 and S2. 75. These shoes formerly sold for
$1.25 to $3.00 per pair.
' Be sure to inspect these goods before" you buy or you will
lose a bargain. - "7
Don't forget that our line of groceries are always fresh and ,
the best that money can buy. - '
When in Columbus" we invite you to make our' store head
quarters whether you want to buy -anything or not. No trouble
to show goods. , - " , "
- Thanking you for your trade the past year and hoping for a
continuance of the same, we remain. Yours to please. -
McM URRAY
Phone No. 13.
will open August 29th, ,1904,
.One hundred and fifty students
Tuition from 50 cents' to
Board in the Dormitory
?4.UU per mouth last year.
55.00 Will pay
Central
Tuition For. One Year.
You can not find a school of equal grade in the state vrith
such cheap rates.' Two new additions are now being built to
the Dormitor'. We are' going to make room for all who cornel
Our catalogues are now ready for mailing. Send us your name
and secure one. For further information write -
IA. VI. IAHITESIDE,
uome quiCK to avoia tne rusn si
Jr-B. PACE & COMPANY, .
and see their new stock of Shoes, Dry Goods and Notions,
CHILDRgNS' CLOTHING.
We make a specialty of Childrens'. Clothing. See bur
line before buying elsewhere. ,
A COMPLETE GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
We have our grocery department complete. We keep Oat
Flakes, Wheat Hearts, Cream of Wheat, Grape Nuts, Posturn
etc. Cheese, Macaroni, Raisons, Nuts, Oranges, Lemons, Apples
Bananas, Cocoanuts. The best assortment of Candy ever brought,
to Lynn: And pur Christmas Presents, Queens Ware, China and
Glass Wares are up to date in quality and price. Come and see us.
I. B. PACE &
LYNN,
Jr
Itf IMWU' remarkable durability.
-rf IV
WE HAVE AH ATTRACTIVE
; PR0P0SITI0H TO MAKE YOU
If you intend to purchase a
future. It will cost you nothing
- THE HARVARD PIANO CO., Manufacturer,
CINCINNATI, OHIO. . ,
GENERAL
N Q S H O P
to make room for our new line
. f ' .
will offer good Outmgs at 8cts per '
- . - .
& LA WTER;
COLUMBUS, N. O.
Industrial 1 iistitufe.
with a corps of five teachers.
expected. "' :
$2.00 per- month. .'.
at actual cost which -averaged
your Board and
Rrlncipal
n; c.
are preferred by teach-
rrt avrtiin4' rtf HTOT1
iffQ Hrfiil tone aualitv. and c
Iff 11 X .--
piano at any tune in the near,
to learn what we nave to oner.
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