TMC COUNTRY WEEKLY.
'
I thiOW the rltjr paper down,
II haa not half th newa
Ol tbl on from a rountrjr town,
Aoi wbnit rt yooM rtioo
from 'Marina" hoi l-ut" lata oeenrre 1
lh dalll 1lh for yon,
Ifj to (bat litll wixiklr, blurr J,
ThnarlTlll n,uoo.
lam by It thtt: "T7llllrn Jona
Haa ot liti clover owl."
Taat "rvrtar Hrown with eobbltones
Haa fliel thn arreted t,t road
TAa attw aM of Hlmoaon'a brl'lic,"
4H: "Joba Hmltli bring report
!'! apple erop on Meadow KM
Tbo lata fwrti will cut liort." 5
Thar' raraort of a welding rlfo,
We'll h tint nnt with new!"
J Mt Hnnday Hurrry (Irf'n an 'I wife
Voolt tllnnar at Joe Dluo'c!"
Aid ao my rjnn the rolnraca roam,
I lira with .nemorlrs awcat,
It'a wy nawa they print at homo
'n thl hack-country aheeit
m-1. ' K irrelt Oronnc, In the Kansas City
1 j lepemlent.
!) t x a la 1-
H Career ot a Capitalist.
Si
i
Ily Hdsar T. Field.
HAD lonq;
decire to become
a capitalist. Lu
cille aeeined t o
think it smart to
lauh at mo for
this extremely
laudable anil tr-
f-Msllf natural ambition. As for her,
im wasted her substance in riotous
living, rpendinj every cent of her
alary on opera tickets, imported toilet
Wrtialea and tortoni biscuit with a
ft eekless disregard for the fnturo that
rnld only mean one thins, namely,
fciatrimonial hopes.
And to tell the truth, Lucille was
r tractive enough to wnrmnt her hav
"f some hope in thi direction, aud
ould have had her pick auj time
t com half a dozen yonng fellows, each
Via of whom got almost as much salary
i t she did.
I But that has nolhin ; to do with my
rsn ambitions, which wcro of n very
inherent sort. I ray were, for fiu
jiotno eure about them now, my first
perience as a espitalisthavlqrather
'Sjo)t!d my mows of life for th time
lelag.
! X was rery youn, indeod wbei I
Jlrnfc formed my ideas as to the ilef ira
)iliy.of wealth. It was way back in
My childhood whoa old Mr. lltgginsom
' natdlo come to church in hit great
' )tirdipl orercont and dirty linsn,
wqI I observed how the minister and
the elders crowded around him to
hak his hand, when he was such a
JiaUfnl old enrtuudgeon that I had
5ri? ately thought the Lord ought to
tata made some sort of a public
rpology for perpetrating him on the
eoramanity. .
'Qh, Higgiu on has got a lot of
jnooaVout at interest," ray father
touV4 ar wheu I Tentiired to wonder
"nr ceoule mado such a lusa over a
ilrty and disagreeable old man.
nost A marvelous power "money
tiitt at interest must be, I thought,
nhen it can transform even Mr. His-
ariftson into an acceptable companion.
Aud so at that early ago I was mado
soi)rcninted with the potency of wealth,
sin J I resolved that some day I, too,
fchould have "money out at interest."
When I was male head stenographer
Jn big law office I considered my
K&bition as good as realized. It had
reamed so far away before tha.t I'd
jiavar tried to save ery mnch, bat
ow that it was rly within my
eaeh I began f "7 op money at a
Iraotie rato.
"If you j' nother raise in your
nalaty yo'4' be " 8tinS7 you'fl take
u ltaeS oat ' e mucilage bottle
ami .earing' your bicycle suit to
jhtV declared Lucille in disgust.
it I just let her jeer and kept on
fjonomiting, and at last thero came a
lay when I had $1500 in the bank.
Mr.' Adams, a friend of my father's,
invested it for me in a first mortgage
oft A inbnrban cottage, nud when the
rapers were signed I went home
llnshed ami triumphant.
"CoogTAtnlate me, Lucille," I cried,
throwing myself into a chair and my
hat on the couch. "I hat investi
gated mein moneys."
Lucille was trimming a hat to wear
, to the theatre that night, one of those
silly white tulle affairs that a single
hower will transform into an imita-
tioil custard, pie before your Tery
yM.'.'-
.MHtthrhe exclaimed, "I believe
yen' think you've done something
really fine. , Sara Dunning, if you
. louV look put, your f aco will grow
hAtd just like Mr. Iligqinsou's."
vVWThat do I care?" I retorted gayly.
"X'ro got money ont at interest. Ln-
realue what that
ar agent tent me word you InteucUl
lo loreciofe. un, ih iuiS"
don'L Please don't be so hard oa
tts. My poor hasband has been no. 1
in bed for a year, and if we lose our
little home it will kill Lira."
Here the voor creature bnm cut
crying, aim i reacuea lor my uaau-
Lercbief, feeling somehow thai ueing
a capitalist wasn t cucb fan as I a
iuap;ined.
"O'j, Miss Dunning," proceeded
my guest, as soon as he was able to
speak, "if you knew how hard wo
worked to build that house. We put
the favings of years into it, thinking
that in our old age we've havo a voof
over our beads. And now wo inoit
lose it ail."
A fresh burst of fobbing interrupted
her, and I swallowed a sticceMiiou of
what sremed to - cobblestones. I
tried to think what Mr. Higginron
would havo done iu rvc'ii a:i emer
gency, and wondered if he ever felt
as much like a chicken thief a3 I did
at that moment.
"Why, don't cry," I managed to
ray at last. "I'll uot deprive yon of
a home. I only bought the mort
gage as au investment, yon know."
Here I was actually apologizing for
having "money ont at interest." Tho
poor woman went away a little com
forted at last, and went to bed with
a nervous headache.
I rather lost interest iu my mort
gigo after that. I didn't Bleep well
for Horuo reason, and when I did doze
a little my dreams were haunted by
weeping old ladies. I got a bad habit
of going into a brown study at incon
venient times, and would ftart guilt
ily when spoken to suddenly.
One day I got i note from Mr.
Adams saying ho was going to fore
close as ouce, and assuring mo that
I'd get my money all right I needn't
worry. Somehow I didn't find tho
assurance comforting, and went home
without any appetite for supper.
"May tho Lord preserve me from
ever becoming a capitalist! cried Lu
cille, looking at iny faco rs I sat try
ing to read after snpper. "You look,
my dear, for nil tho world like Judas
Iscariot after he was fonnd out. A
funeral would be cheerful basido you.
Thank goodness Bob ia coming to
night." Bob is Lueille's cousin, a young
liiwyer, and the jolliest boy going.
But olas! when he came, Uoo v.as in
the blues, too. lie sighed like a fnr
naso every few moments, audfinally
Ruuouuccd that he conldn t star.
"I waut lo see a man named Adams
about a moitfiapre,'' ho caid, nud I
turned cold all over.
"It's the saddest case I ever heard
of," ho went on. "Au old couple who
are clients of mine had a mortgage on
their home. It wr.s bought a jrcox or
ro ago by rome shark or other."
I covered my eyes with my baud
just hero, and Lucille coughed iu au
emhartasmug way. But Bob noticed
nothiug and proceeded in a troubled
tone:
"Of course, Vacy couldn't keep up
the interest. Whoever bought tho
mortgage knew they couldn't. Such
people always figure on that, you
know, aud now the poor oh chap has
gone crazy over losing his liome
clean daffy, you know and his pocv
wife will be turned out uu'-ess eomt
thing is done."
There was a dead silence for a mo
ment when he stopped, and then I
got up without ft word, nud, going to
my desk, unlocked the drawer where
I kept the precious mortgage. With
trembling fingers I seieed my pen and
with a few strokes canceled the mort
gage, and s I did eo a load rolled off
my heart.
"Here," I cried eagerly to the mys
tified Bob, "take this to that poor
woman, quick, to-night."
"Oh, Sara," cried Lucille, "you
worked so hard for that money."
"Ho has she, I said. "And I am
young and strong, while she is old
and helpless. Oh, Lucille, if you
knew how I'vo hated myself lately."
Lucille took mo in her arms, and
then explained things to Bob, while I
cried a little, though I couldn't help
thinking what Mr. Higginson would
have said nt my behavior.
We got Bob off at last, as hoppy as
a lord, and then Lucille embraced me
again.
"You were never cut out for a capi
talist. I knew it all the time," eho
cried, triumphantly.
"Thank yoa, dear," I said, meekly.
"And say, Lucille, let's go to hear
Maude Adams to-night."
"Why," she exclaimed, her eyes as
big as saucers, "the prices are way up
in G."
"Who cares?" I said. "I'm richer
to-night than I've been for years."
And we went.
goodoooooooooooocoooooooco
FARM TOPICS H
Soooscoccccoocoeoccoooccca
Walking Milk Tail.
It ia always important to wali milk
rai!s as soon as possible after their
contents are emptied. If left to stand
two or three hours, some of tho milk
dries on tho wooden pail, and then
the more hot water is put oa it the
closer it sticks. Always wash milk
pails first with cold water to remove
the particles of milk, and then rcald
with hot water to dctstroy nay ccrma
that may remain.
Kern To tin a Hoc Crottlo;,
There is an impression tmonj
farriers that hogs in cummer nt pas
ture can get enough with the swill
from the house and what they can gt-t
ia the fieM. This was all right, bo
loner as skim-milk, ono of tho West
foods for growth, was part of the
bn ill, aud uneaten refure frtm the ta
bic was nlo thrown iu. lint in many
places the skimmed milk is now sold
in fiomo form, while a better use for
table refuse is fouud iu giving it to
the poultry. So the pi is sttrved in
sumaicr, which is the time he ought
to grow the fastest, and is tho poorest
preparation for the heavy corn feed
ing that will begiu in September aud
contiuue until tue pig is turned ovev
to the bncher. A half-starved animal
loses tho j)ower r'f digesting hearty
food, for tho stomach, like every
other organ of the body, needs to
have something to do to keep it in
good health end strength.
GOOD ROADS NOTES,
A frieaxl ia Seed.
Ia cryios "Gocd Ho!.!" tbroaxtt thel&al
Xb cycle sboat to be it tho band.
Aid now a fried bas come to help it
Derause tie motor's here to ye!p it.
Arllcliokea For Pi.
Occasionally some one. writes en
thusiastically in favor of artichokes for
swine, but the great majority of swine
breeders and feeders do not' seem to
be fascinated with this valuable tuber.
Tho fear of difficulty in getting rid of
them, after they are once in the ground,
is one cause of this indifference. As
a matter of fact thero is little danger
of artichokes remaiuing in the ground,
if hogs have frco access to the field.
They will not leavo any to speak of.
It is not probable that artichokes arc
quite all that Borne writers would have
us believe, but nevertheless, if a swino
feeder once tries them, ho will not be
Apt to give them np. They seem to bo
just 3uited to the hog's taste and sys
tem, aro conducive to tho health of the
animal, aud iu food value, as a part of
the ration, aro worthy of high esteem.
If pigs aro allowed to run oa arti
chokes, and also fed grain, the arti
chokes will save about two pounds of
grain for each pound of gain in live
weight, lhey are au easy, economi
cal crop to grow. Plant, them in rows
three feet apart, cultivate a few times,
and then let them and the hogs have
Tho Epitomost.
fioo.l Il4l Kdocallonal Campaign.
About the only way to accomplish
Anything is to get at it aud do it. The
cood roads movement has been prac
tical in spots in Massachusetts and
New Jersey and in portions tf other
States, but, as a matter of f;tct, np to
the present time the work has been
lareelv "in the air." It is gratifying
lo note that the good roads workers of
the country are preparing to get their
feet on tho ground.
On November 23. 18)3, tho Inter
state Good Hoad aud Public; Im
provement Association was organized
at St. Louix. Tho officer elected
were directed to iuausrurato an Inter
state Campaign of Education by hold
ing State and as many districtouven-
tious us possible, in the twenty-two
States representee. Lonveutions ar
already called for a dozen cities in
Illinois. Kolncel rates on all rail
roads will be granted delegates whS"
attend the conventions, manufacturers
of improved road machinery will build
sample raads nd ive instruction in
tho best methods of using machinery.
Premiums aud. other iu Jucements will
be ofJ'ered, tj make tho conventions
inslruetivo to the communities iu
which they will be called.
While it will be tho purposo of the
movement to induce all communities
to ultimately Becuro the best of mac
adam roads, the present aim will be to
have every section make the best use
of whatever means may be at hand,
aud thus gradually preparo the foun
dation for the better roads to come.
The conventions are called for the
purpose of organization, agitation and
education, to improve existing meth
ods. About $1,000,000 are auuually
spent in Illinois for road purposes. It
this sum was judiciously expended
and the dirt roads were properly
graded, tiled or draiued aud rolled, iu
tho near future every community
would bo practically benefited.
The OCico of ltoad lummy at V ash-
ingtou will co-operate in tho work of
mnkiug the conventions a success, and
General Boy Stone, director; Mr. E.
G. Harrieon, expert, aud, it is hoped,
Hon. James Wilaon, Secretary of Agri
culture, aud other speakers of national
reputatiou, will address the people,
showing tho governmental and com
mercial interests in this department
of public service.
Jwt4 rrUara.
For tbo who hafe u'ely vlw from
tbir bark window or corridors lead
ing tr back stAirt, etc . It la Quite a
leiious matter aa to how best to hide
them. Draperies are expenzlro whta
tb material ia cood. and Inexpensive
mAterUl get 4lly toaaed. II il
blinds, which may t mad with very
Utile trouble At home. Are clem and j
t!Jr. bald betn- pfetty. asd have the j
further advantage of admlttics the
light while preventing people frcm ;
looking Into the room. Meaaure the j
width of the window or doorway you j
wish to bide and get a carpenter to
make a narrow lath to fit it. with tma!l :
grooves all the ay along at equal
laccea and rather c'.oaa together. The
oo ly thing you will then require is a
ball or two of macreme cord and plecly
of large glass beads fa pretty colors,
to mix too many colors is a mistake.
Thread the string with a bead and knet
to prevent its slipping: do this at inter
vals all the way down the rtrlng uctit
it is the length required. It is advisa
ble to tie each ftring tecurtly on the
groove in tee wcouen iztn as you gt
along, as they are apt to tangle if
loose. Try to have the strings as close
together as possible; the effect ia quite
epolled if they are straggly or far apart.
By the exercise of a little patience end
Ingenuity a pretty pattern of flowers or
birds may be introduced. Beads suita
ble for this purpose may be purchased
at a very low price.
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BY TNI
KNOXVILLE BUSINESS COLLEGE AND SCHOOL
OF SHORTHAND. KNOXVILLE, TLNN.
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loc5 T?ur tezs ache f r
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r our eyes? eal teste in jourrr.oau;r
t' your liver! Aycr's IY.'.j ere
liver pills. They cure conization,
hesdache, dyrcrsia, and all liver
complaints. 2!c. .II drtirpm.
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K RUTHERFORD 'MILITARY INSTITUTE.
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it out together.
Slieep I.lkn Willi Taaliire.
From, my experience in sheep rais
ing, I havo como to tho conclusion
that the more accsss flocks have to the
woodlands the better they will thrive,
while tho moro they are confined in
narrow pastures where the wild growths
have been exterminated, the more un
profitable they become. Years ago iu
this section when a larger area of the
lauds was ia forests than at the pres
out time, our sheep raisers let their
flocks run in the woods the year round,
and they did much Tatter than they
do ot later years.
There is something peculiar to wild
lamis that is necessary to the growth
and a healthy condition of the sheep.
They always seek the higher grounds
for repose. Confine them in a fiJ
and if vou notice, yon will invariably
gee them lying on the highest point at
night.
"NVe aro led to believe that there is
an instinct that prompts them to do
this. If they be left to range at will,
they find every nook and corner that
is classed as commons ' aud will
have a clean, thrifty appearance, while
if they be confined iu anything liko
close quarters, they become diseased,
take on a bad appearance, and a de
crease of cumbers is the ultimate re
suit. Frank Monroe Beverly.inFarm,
I leld and Fireside.
Ketlcr Koatlsi For Motor J'ower.
Tho propelling power of the future,
ia rural districts a3 wen as in tue
cities, will be electricity and com
pressed aii. lhe horseless age is
almost upon us. Great lactones are
now preparing to turn ont motor
vehicles by the thousands and hun
dreds of thousands, and there is little
doubt that only a few years will elapse
before lhey wilt bo in general use
throughout the country. Not oaly
will motor aud compressed air vehicles
be used for pleasure conveyauces, but
they will be used for doin" the work
of the farm and conveying the prod
ucts to the markets and shipping
points.
The use of this kind of vehicles will
necessitate t he making of better roads.
They will prove an inestimable boon
to the farmer. Their advent into gen
era! use means a new era for him
They will do away with much of the
aructgery-uf Tann 1U0 and add in
numerous ways to its pleasure and
profit. They will greatly lessen the
cost of transporting to market his prod
ucts, thus enabling him to realize
more for his labor, even at the same
prices. Tho cave and expense ot keep
ing work animals will be a thing of
the past. But unless tho peoplo of
the country bestir themselves for bet
ter roads the cities will enjoy theso
luxuries for a generation before they
can be made practical in the rural dis
tricts. The btate s Duty.
Feeding Dottle.
Most people are of opinion that feed
ing bottles for babies must be an in
vention of modern times. According
to Prof. J. N. Mosby. noted Englhsh an
tiquary, however, this is not the case.
This gentleman, who was lecturing re
cenuy before an antiquarian society.
stated that it was the custom among
the Greeks for the nurses to carry a
Epongo full of honey in a small pot to
stop the children from crying. The
professor went on to say that there are
two Greek vases in the British Mu
seum, dating from 700 B. C, which
closely resemble the feeding bottles
used subsequently by the Romans. In
the old Roman cemetery of St. Sepul
chre, Canterbury, England, a feedin
Dome or Drignt rea poiisnea ware was
dug up in 1861. and Prof. Mosby came
to the conclusion that this bottle must
have been buried with the little Roman
child to whose wants It had ministered
during lifetime.
Possibilities of Language.
New York Tribune: number of
commercial travelers were telling
stories in an uptown restaurant last
night, and this was vouched for by one
who used to be a railroad conductor in
eastern Pennsylvania: "My train had
always reached Lebanon just after an
i .1 ..I..J..U
express train, out me scucuuio was
changed so as to bring my tram into
the station flret. A voluble Pennsylva
nia Dutch woman was a regular pas
senger on market days, as my train
stopped at her station, while the ex
press whizzed by. The first evening
that I ran my train in ahead of the ex
press she was much astonished and de
lighted. She rushed up to me and x
claimed, in the high key and peculiar
dialect of that region: 'Vy, you're
early of late; you're first at last; yoa
i,coH tn hA hehlrd. before!
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?
Sbnk into your shoes Allen's Foot-Easn, 1
a powder lor tne reel, it maisps ligni or
New fchoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, fewollen. Hot. Callous, Aching and
Sweating Feet. Bold by all Druggiste, Qro
ftr. and Khnn Rtorep. 25c. bnm pie sent
FREE. Address, Allen B. Olmsted, Leltoy,
k. y.
Want vuur nin:,-
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So-lo-fco lor nit Veals.
Gisara&tfH'd Io'jcwj ts!t cur. trV-ia watfc
- I.l-Mtuacl tVl 1 Su l'.ny C.ua
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Tho crai ltw rutur.-.' fiiikcat llurri'-uu
It.IuiiJ. Mo., I'a ttvn tl-lar.-l (T.
The rt-lTT. of ibl- .-i ir w.'l pVt'l
lirn t'utt th?r .t I-- nf 1
tiat a w.-a v. in.u.-u..i
ilwen. in.1 tixt W atirr!!. Hall .
.ure is tins oul? v -ut.e -ir a;w3 it ti.4
Ural fraternity. at -rrii ut cr.-ist"-llonal
ittt-s-w. r-iuirt a ewi tut'.n.l lr- .v.
nieiit. Haii-l r.Urrat ur-1- U-tu ltitrrua.iy.
art' nic directly ci K"''! o t mu'-'X'-i .r
fatrs of the vtt-n. t;. rr V i1r.--.ru it U:
lituuiia.uu 1 - . ' - - .
tirinr'.-tri t!ve eo RiS'-h Ij tT n lt
i..irr tUmt thrtr f.ffc-r Ui.ti ll-r. l:r.
f-tr any cae That i riii to r;irj. :
ot trstimoaial.. A'l:rrt
F. J. I HENUV is ., Toy.o, O.
llall a Family Villa are the Us t.
Rna.r'.l Mi l la oil f
"A dl'?iace to 5!e rkhT" a-krd R
l! ?t. 'Crrta.iily ct. Vith
prison hculd u lhir money t
ti c world -that U my theory. Hut
If lUr five it ?11 away early in their
LfiTlrr.r th uiJI lrk thrlr rapiflty
fjr !o!r4-: nurd." Mr. Sag as a.aad
inz !n l.'s oHice. th a ilfbt brown
f rr-. -t -n tr. 1 a soft Mt hat la hl
ta J a he uttered thtae philanthropic
p:nlt n'. r.rd hr declared that hi hat
t'cn miir4uui-,i in reference to Anirrw
.-rr.5'-V utran.. '"I believe. aal-i
! !-.r. "that it U my tuslrea
t-atMti-l try i source as fir aa p!-
rz ga -cr?-i
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GREENSBORO. N.C.
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WRITE US FOR
till ClI
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Mo a.-.i ro:i-rve tte great xroperty : f
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.urti
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A prasshojj r invusUu U lli.t-ut-LfJ ia
North IaP(-la nud M!i:!n.-t:i.
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and rrc hlhwayt that I have tn
i lr.s;utTntntal in hulMiur yp trefcrring
, to the M.Kihattan and otiier railroadl.
at I thouM p: iitec: th lnirre
of ti c hur.dred' cf prop!'' that hava put
thrlr fsvlr.ps into these companirs irn
p!y lr a r-'' they th:.UR!it I would pro
t(ct their ictfre.-ts. If 1 were to git
aw.;y all I have row I rouM r.n longer
he iii;' cd wit"! Ihoff mterprife.
and my power for dilnj g'Mxi
1-vt. 1f. 1 r.;iv" .'Xlvt-a a gn-
f.r chJiilv. ar:l trail rontlnu tn do
ro. I, lit 1 ir.u.?t i;ccp the bu'.k of my fcr
tur.f Jn r.rdrr to protrrt te invented
int-r-st of tithr.."
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Flted Curtlcui -iu lt I'rr U at.4 . i.
Mudirs l-ctl IB Jnu.wr at J . .
TUrre ! re auru
.akMrililr oanplet .
'tru irlrr ! 'im
. I.C . . Hall mw4 .mwl
Trroil (Iraowtaakle.
ru4 f r a aitalostir.
j. H. MltiAKtl H. - - -
n..-; the GOUPER MARBLE WflHSS
. i1 111 IMftftUtntD bo Ttf .? .
Cr-nlri.l of Wine Market!.
Tl: tp iir. ott-r ln !. f w!r
lroUi- f t in rr;i.co. Ir.it mor w lr. Is
armik ia Kn:;!and than in lran-e.
151 il Back 51. - 0?U.
inictsi toc if I fit i
r 1 1 t .. ... . .....t . . .
j Lf iret Urt. I 1.-, ia . ,
R -(J Out!.:-, :r,rril e1
' f : tl twint. W rjt- fr lllu.iir 4
"JJJ Su. IX It 1r ; t.4 ti
p'lJKi, Ut in tl.. vor'd
i ,
A S9.000 Dinner.
The bill for the Bradley Martin din
ner in New York for 86 persons footed
up $9,525, of which $53 was olives, ca
viare, celery, radishes and bread,
which shows" that the Bradley Martins
do not overlook the little luxuries of a
dinner.
An Excellent C'oinWnnlioii.
The pleasant mt'thd and l-etieC;-:ai
etfects of the v-ll known rcim-.ty.
jSVr.i'i' o? Figs, mpnufad mod by the
Cai.ifohnia Via Svr.cr t o., illustrate
the value of obtaining tht lipiul laxa
tive principles of plants Known to Lt
medicinally: laxative end prtscntiii
them in the form most refreshing lotnt
taste and acceptable t the system. 1 1
is the one perfec t strerjytlieninjr laxa
;ive, cl.?ansin.7 the system clT -tr.ally.
dispelling colds, bcatlaebes and fevera
gently yet prcmjtly and enabling one
to overcome habitni t oiistipt-.tion per
manently. It3 perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its p.ctiiif: on the kidneys,
liver and IhjwcIs, without weakening1
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the processor manufacturing fis
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from tenna and
other aromatic plants. 1-v a method
known to the Caufohxia Fio Svkvp
Cr. only. In nril--,i " f:""t. its be
effects and to avoid imitat.on?. pie;
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every pavkae
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FBAKCISCO. LAL.
I.O"JISVTI.LE. KT. KEVr VOKE. IT. T.
For f ale by all Druggists. Pr-cc 50c. per bc.UA
tV. rreateit wlte iinr-
T.e v.ay vro havo l.rf-n .apt':Hii
be i:i:irL :s t f tin wtr!.l r.i ti e lt
ew i i nit lea.N una to evprcl tl.rt
soio . .-: er:e:i'i ui'i s:o?i i e ni''i:',
uT. r a f w m i l b m ( l.a'i 1-iaade
CAUSS FOR TEARS.
iiW. . Uo you
uaeaBt?"
."Jt mean that you've worked" like
avtlave aoct denied yourself of pleas
ure (or a year and a ball to get it, and
yotiV m thin as a ehad And yellow as
. lemon. Come on and go to the the
atre to-night and foi get that you're a
capitalist long enough to enjoy vour
aetfrthara a dear."
Bui the lever was in my blood, and
1-viouMn't listen to her.
:B I went on pattioc money in the
$)f .and looked or ward. eagerly to
ina atpae when the interest oa my in
raatment would begin to come in.
VltVwas "paid promptly enough the
; flraljqnarter and the second. ..Then it
, lapaetU Six. months went ' by and no
iateret. i . -
V'Ii aeema to me," remarked Ln-
rill5.ftaeday, "that yoii'd. better 'in
' veatjgate' that money ;in dead car-
-jiWi, don't worry yourself," I re
tortedt snappishly. 1 was nervous of
lata, And besides, Mr. Higginson was
lld to be as cross as he liked. I
remembered.
' . Vttn, it's a great thing to have
MOtay ont at interest," she responded
. Wlt tiHia.J her sailor hat over her
'nofte-'and shaking out her rustling
rklrt preparatory to goiag out. She
"aeally outrageously pretty.
'.At the door she met sooie one eom
ifli fn. A pale, forlorn-looking old
woaUn, with a pinched face ani .an
appearance of having oried for six
laoathr. ;
.'''I this Miss Dnaninff? she
aked. " :,
t assured her it was, and ' sh pro
rfded tirojdly: "I called to see you
fc!it that mortgage."
.rAb, yes," I said, hastening to
runt the 4oor ou Lucille, who was
lingering ia the ball - iu an unprin
cipled fashion which I could uot ap-
v'Ws'm been nnAlile to'caaet our
rJ0t kU!y,7iiHfut cn uy visitor
- ' U4l1rmiitoJt4 'ad; JeiUritJ waWcg tUufei,'--Xl, I'tthflsdw.
Harold Thonglit to Make Ills Wlfa nappy
tlut Ilia Jaduient StainliteU.
"Oh, Harold, do you love mo?" im
plored tho bride of a month, as her
husband came in from his business
and pressed his waiting wife to his
manly bosom.
"Well," tail he, between " kisses,
"what do you infer from this opera
tion?" "But, Harold, do you really and
truly love me?" she demanded, eagar
to hear again from lm lips what she
had heard many times before.
"Yes, iny darling, I love you dear
ly, devotedly, unceasingly, constantly,
excessively, Amazingly, and any other
adverbs yon happen to think of."
"Yon aro making fun of me, Har-
oIU, and ytu ought not to do that,
pouted tho bride.
"Xo, love," protested Harold as he
squeezed her anc kissed her again
"X was merely trying to convince you
that I do really and truly love you
dear 17 d dearly."
."Then yon do love me, Harold?"
."Yes, darling."
!"Are you sure, Harold?"
:"Quite certain, my precious."
"Oh, I'm so happy!" she said, with
a little sigk of contentment. Then
she asked: y
aatrk
,. jjo you love me as ranch as vou
did this morning, Harold?"
r . - .
x -10 ve you twice as mncii, my
charmer," asseverated Harold, think
ing to mak her very happy; but how
nine no men auow aoont wo no en 1 his
bride looked at him sorrowfully, and
demanded.
tt a a
; uii, tiaroui, wuy, wny did tou
lore me less this morning than you do
now?"
r And she burst into tears. Harper's
tfaxar.
I Only Ou Milliard of Jlllnate Old.
' Isot everyone is aware that the
opening years of the next century
will witness the complexion of the first
milliard of minutes since tho begin
ning of our chronology.. From approx
imate calculations it would seem thai
tho one-billionth minute- will ba
reached at It). 19. a. m. ou April 30,
1902.
' t :
r.n ct of Fat on Yield of Cheese.
The result of au experiment made
by J. "W. Decker, tho instructor in
cheese making at the Wisconsin dairy
school, may surprise many. With six
samples of milk, each- weighing 200
pounds, ranging iu butter fat from
nothing to five per cent, cheese was
made with the result that the cheese
made one per cent, butter fat milk was
one-third larger than the one made
from the milk containing no butter fat,
That mado from two per cent, milk
was still larger and so on to the four
cent, which cheese was fully twice as
large as that having no butter fat. The
cheese from five per cent, milk was a
little larger than the four per cent, and
the quality of the cheese improved
with the additional fat in propoition
to the increase in 6ize.
This seems to prove that the same
care enonld be exercised in taking
milk for cheese as for butter. Milk
with a good supply of butter fat is as
essential to the making of good quan
tity of cheese as for making a good
quantity of butter, and still more es
sential in its bearings on quality. Milk
with little butter fat will make good
butter, but it will make but little of it,
whereas milk with little butter fat will
not yield heavily in cheese under any
conditions, and it loses iu qualtity
also. This experiment shows pretty
clearly why wJe are obliged to eat so
much poor cheese or not any at all
We are eating cheese with but little
natural butter fat in it, and of this the
consumer has a right to complain. An
other important feature of the expert
mont is that the-fat must be native to
the milk and not added, in order to
get the results hero mentioned. New
England Homestead.
A Mallioiuatlciil. I'lulaii.-.lluii.
"What is gossip'r" reUeaied
in J tht
t
puvjiag vwo-aai two logtthcr ituu
The Fiji Coral Islanda.
In varying distances from Savn-
Savu, Viti-Levu, Leyuka and the
other 250 islands of tho Fijian archi
pelago 01 which about seventy are
inhabited are patches of coral, algae
aud sometimes of white sand, lying at
irregular depths beneath a shallow
covering of crystalline emerald-green
water, producing every shade of
acqna-marine, mauve, seinna and or
ange, marvelously blended, the
sha les continually altering with the
ebb and flow of the tide, which at
high water covers the reefs to the
depth of several feet. These coral
islauds are dangerons, being infested
by sharks of large size. Although the
canoes are built with an 01 t rigger of
buoyant wood, which floats on the
leeward side as an equipoise, and is
fixed to ibecauoe by bamboo rods five
feet long, yet, while running at full
speed, powerful wind gusts sometimes
strike the sail and upset he canoe
vith its occupants.
Many of tho lagoons among the
Coral reef v and atolls abound with
peail-sbell xysters, which the natives
o'.itain by divia?, afterward selling
Ihem to traders, vvho esprt these
iridescent shell for a a as ornaments
nd ecorativo-. inlaid
Ywxk San.",- 5
Woman an Advocate ot Good Koada.
Miss Eella C. Harber is becoming
known all over the country by her
work in the interest of good roads.
She is almost the only woman identi
fied with the movement, and her ef
forts have been so tuccessfnl in pro
ducing results that at the convention
held at St. Louis in 1898 -eho was
elected Secretary of the State and In
terstate Good Eoads aud Public Im
provement Association. During tho
year organized work had been started
in seventy-two counties of Missouri,
and sixty-six of these counties had
entered the work captained by Miss
Harber.
Miss Harber is now traveling
through Illinois addressing the far
mers aud arranging for. good roads
conventions throughout the State, - to
be followed by a State convention to
bo held in Springfield.
The Antl-Uut Agitation.
A road that's filled with mud or dust
Fills thoso who try it with dlsRUSt.
The good roads movement is mov
ing and in the right direction.
Farmers everywhere are a unit for
good roads under a proper system of
diyidiDg the expense.
Good roads benefit the whole State
and the whole State should pay for
good roida. This subject should be
brought to the front in every Legisla
ture. The Freeholders of Mercer County,
New Jersey, have adopted a resolu
tion requiring the Eoad Supervisor to
employ in the repairs of roads only
those who will use wagons or carts
having wheels with tires not less than
three and one-half inches wide.
The League of American Wheelmen
has issrled an official - declaration in
favor of State aid for building good
roads. It justly points out that tax
able property is - concentrating in
towns and cities, where distances are
short, leaving long stretches of roads
in the country districts which the
farmers' property cannot afford to im
prove. .The Board of " Freeholders of Tren
ton, N. J., are making every effort to
encourage the use of broad tires, be
lieving that snch use will lessen the
wear aud tear of pnblic roads. Here
after all specifications for bids for
constructing macadamized roads will
contain a proviso that the ccutractor
must use wagons or carts haviusr
wheels with tires nor less than Mil
and one-half inches wide. '
The Beat Medicine for Headache.
Lea's Hoadache and XeuraAcia Remedy It
the very best medicine for Headache that I
knnnr of. It never fails and 1 would not bs
without it. There ia no bad after rir-ct
whatever. R. Reid.
MeAdensvil'e, X. C , July Si, 1OTJ.
All dealera sell it, 25s.
Wholesales ty BunwEi.i, A Eunx Co.,
Charlotte. N. C
ri- to Ir!i v aud j-".t a' r
tWf 'JTt.
Ta'.ryi.'.an - Ah. ur
hra'.n (r da ait-r
11, ,ercne A. ' "''
ron. that what "i : tl.-:
Ihi m rales r.-.v ifr t! . .t :,
yr:r M,m)s m?U wa- t' . 4 ;
r.n 1 your Saturday' ti? !. :
.... TU.1H.
dniit un.l Mill ;roalu:.
Taris corrtspondence Ixmdon Tele-Crar-h:
Amors the ho?p'!a' pttleuti
of Dr. I.r.ran Chaniplcnnier l a min
erven fcrt four in.-hii in hfiy.ht. Il
ls L7 years old. 2nd is t till growing. I!?
tai:e.- afic-r ills father. wh. was ?een
fc-ct eiRht. whcipas his mother v.ai of
W. L. DOUCLAS
OH
j" jb. rtn cunpc umi
V rr.ti (t It ft !
;Acr a
Ir(t:rrl Vc otre
t,tUJ.H tt i.iricr
ntirtiHcr s. aa .ur;
n ratfiti. 1 i -...
"rV t ml I" '
i- 1 I 1 - -
C 1 i.:.4 -h .1 -
a in I t 1
tr. il i 1.
(alilm;ua l c.
17. L. rCbCLAS SHOE t'J tia;V.ta. T.it;
i
fchort stature. At th ar,e f It h
was a joi:th lnlow middle Ldsht. but
Pfter ar. illns he grc-w fjur Inches l.J ygi? ?f"'" '
a few t'.ay.. A re rem d illness produc! ; - ;,r.-. i- vi;
anclhtr rald lar.-fis? in M; hUht.
Afker that ;e had Fx-eral successive
&Hark ct : dcf.i'dtatlu? complaint. On
recovery c invariably found he hil
grown several isches, till, when at
21. he wcnl to s?rve Iu the army be had
reached f.vcn f-it. II- was the
youngt-st cf twelve c?iiMrn. and. f;r-tunatr-iy
for th-m. L 13 th? tallest cf
them a'l l.y a f .ot r t'j.
REPAIRS
About the only cool
melt is a cold in the head.
thing that won't
Bcatatr la Blooa leep.
Hm Mnm) ikmim a clean skin. N
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your oioou ana ueep n cieau, yj
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c
Cora Hill, an American variety singer at
BerliD, has become Insane.
A Doctor' a Adrlce Free !
About Tetterine. Dr. M. L. Fielder of Eclec
tic P. O., Elmore Co., Ala., saya: "I know U to
be a radical cure for tetter, salt lheuiu, eczema
and all kinared diaeas sot the skin and Bcal;.
1 nerer pre sort be anything else In all etln
troubles." Send 60c In p tamps tor a bos of It.
postpaid, to the manufacturer. J. T. Shuptrlne,
jaranatah, Ga., It your druggist doesn't keep It.
Heavy rains in the Northwest
broken the hot spell in that section.
have
Dont Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tear Life Aay.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of Ufa, servo and visor, take No-To-Dae,
the wonder-werker, that makes weak mea
strong. AU druggists, 60c or SI. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Samedy Co, Chicago or New York.
Crops are witherinc in India as the re
sult oJathe failure of the monsoon.
4 'One Years Seeding,
Nine Years' Weeding."
&jgkctcd impurities in your blood totl
s&to seeds of disease of tvhich you may
never get rid. If your blood is even tht
least bit impure, do not delay, but take
Hood's Sarsa'parSta at once. In so doing
there is safety; in delays. there is danger.
Be sure to get only Hood's, because
The New Development of the" Sov:i.
Columbia In South Carolina and
Charolte in North Carcina r.re now
comparing their condition r.s to roau
ufaclurins prosperity in a tone of
friendly rivalry, and the ar.;iai.'e con
troversy is interesting generally lie
cause it indicates how great a Cannae
has occurred during recent year ;u
tho subjects which -o:nnmnd Southern
Interest.
The Charlotte ObKrVer takes pride
in enumerating twelve tolton mills in
that town, with 70,000 spindles and 1,
500 looms, besides our iron end ei.i
chine shops and fifteen either far-toiios
of various kinds, all together employ
ing 4.000 hands and turning out an an
nual product of $fi.000.00(. The Colum
bia State puts over against this record
of the North Carolina town four cotton
mills bow operating in Columbia, with
124,000 spindk-s. "The additions pend
ing will give us five mills, with 250.03-)
spindles and over 0,000 lcom.3," so that
Columbia "within a year will mo;e
than treble CharloUe's mill totals and
will employ 4,500 handa." It acknowl
edges, however, that Charlotte turn
out a much greater variety of products
in its mills and draws from thai fact
the lesson t!mt "frcm thi?. ColumUam
should learn the importance of diver
sifying their manufacturing induv
j tries.
The Soiuh generally is learning lac
letuou of the advantages of diversify
ing industries, and wish the teaming
will came a transformation in tone
and character whi?h will bs bcne5c!al
to the whole Union and net to the
Southern States alone. It wiil brics
th South more nearly is-io political
accord with the North so far as con
cerns questions of eccnom'.c po-'.cy and
push into the background other cues-
ticn3 so long provocative of discord.
Incidentally the race and color ques- 1
tioa will be removed froa acrimoni
ous ccctrovefsy aci will settle itself.
The Scuth will need nero laibor more
than ever in it3 manuxaeturing com
petition with the North, and if negroes
improve their oppcrtun'tles th?y will
be able to improve t'aeir condition
steadily.
Tk2 unhappy en cf diffcren-se in
politics exaggerated by hostile section
al sentiment and coatradictcry vUws of
self-interest on the part of the North
and South, is happily -passing away.
With similar economical Intarests they
will be impelled to get taselher ia the
common advocacy of an economic pol
icy wh':eii promotes the prosperity ol
both. New York S112.
Irwptrd.
"What d. you consider the gr'atet
abjf-ct rf interact in America?" ajkfd
Mi. a Cayenne. UVll." answrd th
lec turer. "I ai rived here day IWore yrj-
erday r.nd ' () coiirFe." e hf i x-
?!ain:,d. ap.V.csrtlcally. "I inai t th
r:''.Ef t ohj.?rt of interest ji-xt to your
.c!. V.'a h 1 nst on t ar.
I BRISTLE TWINE, BABBIT,
nu ant m khi: r .i
; KrA fj a'.ta Ur m. H n'ti'.r. "
j I r'lf, itir'tn't, tlj-a. Vala-a i.nl 1 '
!Lffil;D WtttCiMHLV-'.
Ill China aa Well n Many Vnrt
of Aiurr.ra tlir ci'i brry I Uiih y r ue-l for
colitis r nlp 1 iti. l-e.! lie and Hi t r rora
j.ia'r.t Wir.ti-r.in tl:V.n l rty I. II- ru
t tin t:-r the coti- - itrU-l ri .;im ij.l cf
t tit-iik.ii-' rv i th- br lixtv a.l ;ir r
fifiifn- ji 1 kiionn. To If'dc It 4 ir.;.'
lxtx i mi! l-d t ntjr adi- nu r.-it- ' f
a - rt-i-t laiup Ut lf l-tit-. AdJra-e
Ar.Tiitu i'tn.uA. CX., iuiri:if. Ky.
A d-p' Xn- 1 a bo 1A
st-r-- it hJwat I.rh a aa-on.
teafti-
Eii-ato Toar DotrcU TVIth CPearta.
Candy f"ahnlo. carts conatlp&iioa forever.
IOc,Uc If aaC.f-iUdn;tgi.UfIaadittoaci.
Mrs. F.tPita of Nc-w York. vuai-
milled ush-ldjwlth lniislai.um la-t w k.
.Mr. Wc!6w;ooU!iynr'r child r
nib!r.M Hrs t.'ie kuioc. rrduclbg laflaiLa.
Hi ti. allay fai&.cura arittd coje zrz a wx.
ill,
II it. 1
an m
V. .1
Fcckv'-1!
.WW-
FOI B0Y
hr.xm '.tic -'.l t 1
i'tlue tn.i. ati'i l tw Vi.-li ' ' '
ture .f 1 -t in ' tt. il I i,'...ti. ir.i- -ale.
Ir'or atlu r.S'lr.-
i I il 1 1 I 'libit :i
riancsfor SlSc.
Fit reromrBUrcTir.!.
rcf f aitfr tirt i1t' of Dr. Kllnp'
Nerra Iteu.rer. JI trial btti and treat! f raa
Lh. 1.. li. kLIE. Ltd.. KU Arch fcUfulla. fa.
The maa with -crk
rather light 00 LM twt.
To Coro C'onaltpatleai YaTltt.
Tk4 rcsreta Oind t t'jiibartie. 10s ce Ca,
llCCX til to cure. lrun iat rcfa&l moaea.
lli . Jm a,. M a J j 'i i'
I J.Jiiiiiuhhlhi) j n. tj! jrr-1
41 aVI V K a
lZ7ZmZ4i 1 c . 1 io car. t n x j u 0 yA
1 V
lg ought to
The sw.vemtt! UnUt
l-uxiiFs at L a fiuKt-r vna.
re ut have Lis
STRItVCR't BUHVESS COL Ct.
Comfortlna; Aatoxance.
Mother I'd just like to know who
this young" man is you nave engaged
yourself to.' Daughter Oh, he come3
of a splendid family. "Does his fam
ily object to the match?" "Y-e-s."
"Then I.gues3 he's all right" New
York Weekly.
Jason Webb of Cumberland," Ky.,
can probably boast the largest family
In the world. He has 19 children, 175
grandchildren and 100 great-grandchildren.
His brother, Miles Webb,
who died at 78 (Jason is still flourish
ing at 80), has had more than 400 de
scendants, of whom 255 were either
grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Other members of the family have been
almost equally prolific, and adding to
direct descendants other relations, the
Webbs in the District of Cumberland
work. 5ef number altQe,tcr about 12,000 per-
Hardly the Right Word.
Codwallader Funny that a woman
can never throw anything straight.
Jenkins. (whose wife has red hair)
H'm, not funny exactly; rather proTi
dentlal. Isn't it?
. Kard
to have
She Wat Fortunate.
Mrs. Gadabout "That Mrs
head next door doesn't seem
many friends."
Hostess (wearily) "N-co. I wonder
aow she manages IL" New York
Weekly.
.ty0.1' ?WTlaUe CAKCt-
HtTS and end thero perfect. Co-jkln t do
yrUh'.ut tbtnn. I bare as-d itaeuk for acme iloi
for indisestioa ani billouaaa abd aa bow 130m
pietely cured, lcocmf ad then, to every cite
Once tried, you will nrrer be trittxml tbea la
the family. Eow. A. Mabx. Albax.T. N. Y.
fffip CANDY
F TU CATHARTIC yy
PlCSr.t p!ktataKla - V
a. f- ?. ru-w. mtmt. im w.
b
ARTERSDrJEl
Isht all fte rrrat railwayavw.
College of Dentistry.
HtXTAL tr.I'.KTMIAT
Attaat a Col !- r I kyolrUa aa arc'',
t
f.ual n-l. i--t ! v-
fat-oaa :!"
IT ASIKIt ICCMD lr -or
floa ft lrl at V. add (ft
CrureUtKibaxdMka fnt ' "
Uke-Htrakra:' trtanalllxrcl . i-
tbe tClble lMklac !. Itis t'
mu.rtfl lavtraivaia:aeitaanaal4 '"Tn I
J. v. '. .
CO.. Aflax'".
5 Itlbletiyt luvtraikAa:
I tl"lK!ff
( J. L. MlUOik A
Br. 81681 Esumi tl Lift
rn.a c -latitat rm!r f ril!i 1
ua3.L I"U a Wi t I .. t .ii f
tt'cr W. a la ; - I - t -
rtir. 1-1 i-a iu-a t 4 . i- '
cira'.ir 4 i t-j u .1 I nt."
,J .r
ali . t r
UmJ KMEa,rTlk- I4hS.
LA
f
A C?lcan Sweep.
"Someucdy broke into my stable last
night and stole my best harness.
"Didn't he leave any trace?"
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