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-3 BROTHER GARDNER'S LECTURES He Arguey Thai Riches Are Not Necessary to Happiness *-? [Copyright, 1003, by C. E. Lewis.] ?'35k ^2? T frens, de subjick of ray lectur' (lis eavenin* am, 'Kin ^"e Ilappy "YYidout Bern' Rich?' At (Is fust send off every pusson in dis large an' cultivated audience will answer in de negative, but let us consider de matter a little. /n^ m(* aKat? -fI-*i -?7r f e nidtl ?\um: ui. no cwvi imua v?. ?i nvn <u>.u widout a vision risin' up bei'o' us. Dat vision locates dat rich man in a rod velvet chair. Ke has fo'teen servants standin* behind him in de doah to jump if he sneezes. Dar am champagne in front of him, bananas on his right, cocoanuts on his left. In a silver platter on his knees am ice cream, sweet cake, ten cent cigars an' a cocktail. "In his breast pocket am $10,000 in greenbacks, and each of his feet rests on a bag cf gold. All around him am eight day clocks and rugs that cost as much as $12 apiece. He's got three tons of coa: jn ae ceiiar an a uur 1 vl flour in de pantry. lie hain't got no rent to pay, an' he's got bosses an' keeridges in de barn. "If he wants to walk out. de street kyars will be keerful how dey bounce him ober a fenoe, an' if he stays home a dozen newspaper men will call to tell him dat he owns de airtk. "Dat's de vision dat alius dances befo' our eyes when we read of a millyonaire, an' we hold our breath till we get red in de face. Madness an' envy an' jealousy comes along wid de vision, an' de fust tiling we know we am jawin' de ole woman an' kickin' de family dawg. We kin almost taste dat champagne an' hear de chink of dat gold. In de midst of de vision de ole woman ginerally breaks in to tell us dat de coal am out or de flour bar'l am empty, an* we git np an' cuss de rich an' deelar' dat de world am all wrong. "My frens, let us make no mistake. I libed 'longside of a rich man fur conr's nn' vfMirs. an' I had oDDortunity to see de odder side. No man ebcr gits to be wuth a millyon dollars dat bis trubbles doan' begin next day. No man will come to you or me to try to sell us windmills, lightnin' rods an' patent churns, but de way dey do track up de front steps of de millyonaire am awful to see. "He's got to git his ha'r cut de fust thing an' shave once a day, an' if his boots ain't blacked or his necktie gits around under his left ear dar's a thousand people to notice it. "You an' me know dat two shillin' suspenders hold up our trousers as well as a pa'r costin' $G. De millyonaire knows it, too, but he's got to pay out $5.75 extra 'cause he's in de swim. "In our vision we see him seated in a.red velvet chair. It don't fit his back \ ______ ^'WID HIS FEET IN DE COOK STOVE AN* I 'HIS MIN"' AT BEST." nor give him'de comfort of an ole fashioned splint. bottom, but he's got to grin an' bear It 'cause he's rich. "In all de y'ars dat I knowed a rich man sunthin was alius happenin* to him. While I was gwine on foot his bosses run away an' broke his leg. While I was enjoyin' my kitchen stove his steam pipes busted and killed his <?ook. While my cabin was too small game fur thunderstorms lightnin' struck his palatial mansion an' knocked all de chimneys off. While me an' de ole woman was grubbin' along by ourselves he had to have sixteen of his relations in his house. My dawg wasn't wuth 15 cents, but he lived on. His dawg was wuth $250, an' somebody pizened him within two weeks. "Bein' I was only Bruddcr Gardner, no one spected anything of me, but winVi won Vind +<-? ront fl nASt rtfflfA box, a church pew, buy a steam yacht an' carry around a five dollar umbrella an' worry ober It. "He nebber had no show to eat onions, make molasses candy vsor pop com. He nebber slid down hill, went rabbit huntin' nor drunk cider out of a jug. If he eber sot down of an eavenin' wld his butes off an' a feel in' dat he wanted to take comfort, his wife dragged him off to de theater or a man called to sell him a gold mine. "My frens, what d'ye s'pose was de end of dat man? He used to come ober to my cabin an' eat a biled dinner wid ine an' weep 'cause he was rich. He wanted to be pore an' wear old clothes ah* eat corned beef; but, alas, he couldn't be. He had to be rich an' eat fried oysters an' drink champagne an' pretend to be happy. "What was his end? Why, he went own an' down till he reached de limit #t last. Dat limit was reached when ie had to give a party an' buy $10,000 When Sandow poses and the muscles ridge his back and knot his arms, we think we have before us the very secret of strength in those magnificent muscles. But we haven't. Starve Sandow, or, what is practically the same thing, let him be dyspeptic, and his muscle would soon fail. Strength is made from food properly digested and assimilated, and no man is stronger than his stomach, because when the stomach is diseased digestion and assimilation are imperfect. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It enables the perfect digestion and assimilation of food so that the body is nourished into perfect health and strength. "I had what my physician called indigestion, i "He nave me medicine for the trouble but it did mc :io good,'' writes Mr. W. H. Wells, of Willard. N. C. "I wrote to Dr. Tierce and 9tated ray case. He sent me a descriptive list and hygienic rules. I carried out these as best I could, bought six bottles of his 'Golden Medical Discoverv' ami commenced takiug it. A few days later I noticed a great change. Felt like a new man. Before I began the use of the ' Golden Medical Discovery' I suffered greatly with pain in stomach, ray nerves seemed all 'inn-down,' I was very thin in flesh, but now can eat heartly and sleep good at night." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send twenty-one one-cent stamps for the paper-covered book, or thirty-one stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. wuth of runes to decorate do house. De next mawnin' doy found hiiu dead in his bed. an' de look on his face proved dat he was glad to git out of it all. "Don't you make no mistake, my frens. We was put into dis world to take comfort. Xatur' nebbcr intended a man to sot up like a crowbar. She nebbcr meant dat he must be on his good behavior all de time. She invented sweet cake an' champagne, but she also invented barley coffee air bakea taters. "In imaginashun I kin see a pictur". I It's of a pore man gwine home of a | Saturday night wid his wages in his pocket. He stops at de grocery an' orders codfish an' su-;ar. He stops at de cobbler's an' takes home his chillen's shoes all mended up. He orders kerosene ile an' soap for obor Sunday, an* he knows dar'a butter an' four in de house. "He gits home to be greeted at de gate by fo' chill'en an' a dawg. He opens de door to receive de smiles of his wife. He hasn't got no coupons to cut off, no chocks to draw, no bonds to hide under de bed. All he's got to do am to eat supper, box de chillen's ears an' set de hull eavenin' long wid his feet in de oven of de cook stove an' his mind at rest. "Dat's me, an' dnt's you, an' dat's ebery odder pore man in de kentry, an' when we lie down at night or rise up lr? rlr\ moTi'nin' tl-o nvtnr mnlisrp on' hp grateful fur do fact dat we am takin' comfort in hunks an' chunks, while de rich man am hastenin' to his doom." M. QUAD. Zcdol Gives Strength, By enabling the digestive orgAnto digest, assimilate and transform all of the wholesome food th it hisa be eaten into the kind of blood thai nourishes the nerves, feeds the tissues. hardens the muscles and recuperates the orgaos of the entire body. Kodol Dy-pepsia Cure cure*Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Catarrh of the Stomach and all s omach d>s orders. Sold bv all druggists. In a State- of Donbt. "You claim to be a law abiding citizen, don't you?" asked the man who argues. "I don't know whether J^am or not," answered Mr. Sirius Barker. "There's a lot of laws and police regulations that I never road. I can't be sure that I'm not violatin' some of 'em every day."?Denver News. Just Pop'* Way. Teacher?Now, Mary, suppose your father agreed to work for $2 per day and at the end of the first week or six days he brought home $10. Would that be right? Mary?No, ma'am, and mom always tells him it ain't right.?St. Louis PostDispatch. A Relief to Him. "Young man." said her father kindly, "you look a little bit nervous. How do you feel?" "I feel flattered." replied the girl's lover, who had asked for the interview. "I was afraid I looked scared to death."?Philadelphia Press. Complimentary. He (at the art exhibition)?Well, how ?lo you like Brown's picture? She?Thai one? Why, I thought it was yours! Very bad. isn't it??Punch. The safest principle through life, inrtead of reforming others, is to set i bout perfecting yourself.?Ilaydon. During the summer kidney irregularities ere often caused by excessive drinking or be;ng overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using ... Foley's Kidney Cure. The Kaufmann Drug Co. Remember, on Saturdays, you will fin 1 ice cream at the Bjzaar. . i JACK MASON'S WAG EE HE WON IT IN GREAT OTYLE WITHOUT "TURNING A HAIR." I'nisino Jlujitinpr Expr.niulp or r. Fnxnou.s Old Time Virginia- Spori?iC-i:i. IJirtI SI'.ooiini; Thp.t Opened :i Old Scotchman'* Ilye.i. From all accounts Jack ? Jr. son in his youth tvas the wildest rattling young blade in the country. One of his sporting escapades is a household tradition do v.* n in old Quantico to this day, says Alexander Hunter in Outing. There was a large plantation in the section owned and wo:lied by a Scotchman. an elderly man, who employed no oversee1*, but filled the place himself. Ho was 1 lie typical stern, bigoted Scotch. Covenanter as drawn by the immortal pen of the Wizard of the North. He was a fanatic in nil things and was utterly out of place among the pleasure loving Virginia gentry. It was the irrepressible antipathy of the Cavalier and Puritan?the rising of the bristles of the boar at the approach of the staghounds. lie herded by himself, and they left hi in severely alone. The canny Scot was himself no sportsman, nor would lie allow any of the nuighi bom to fire a gun on his place. Now it happened there was a large ball near by. with Jack Mason in attendance. of eoursb, and during the night the young planters discussed the chances of autumn shooting and deplored the failure of all their efforts to be allowed to hunt on the Scotchman's preserves. Jack Mason offered to bet his favorite horse against any of equal value that he would shoot over that preserve on the morrow and with the full and free consent of the owner. Ho was asked if he knew him personally or had unknown mi ins of winning his favor. He answered in the negative and added he had never even met the Scot ? a j-i in his life. The wager was cjossu mere and then. The next morning as the old Covenanter was walking up and down the porch enjoying his after breakfast pipe a strange apparition advanced up the gravel walk and took off his three cornered hat and made him a sweeping bow. The Scot winked his eyes and looked again. lie saw a slender, effeminate looking fellow some twenty-five years old who seemed literally to have stepped from the ballroom. His ruffled shirt front was adorned with a diamond. mother of pearl buttons gleamed on Lis sky blue coat, and bis satin small clothes glistened In the sunshine. A pair of silk stockings were gartered by a love knot bow of blue ribbon, and bis dancing pumps were decorated by a jeweled buckle. He carried a gun in one hand, and two pointer dogs trooped at his heels. "Well, what do you want?" asked the planter. In a mincing voice the intruder asked his gracious permission to shoot a few birds, saying he had been dancing all night at Warwick hall and needed a little morning exercise. The? Scot gazed at him with the same feeling perhaps that his stalwart mountain bred ancestor had at the perfumed dainty fops of Charles II.'s court. He was about to utter a curt and positive refusal when his grim Scotch humor got the better of him. lie came near hilarious laughter as he saw that delicately clothed creature standing sc clean, jaunty and nice and then pictured him returning from the hunt, his costly attire In rags, his tender limbs scratched, his.morning glory all gone. So he smiled in his board and asked him if he intended to hunt just as he was dressed. He was answered in the affirmative. So he gave his assent that his unknown guest for that one day might shoot all he pleased, and then he started of? for the low grounds to attend to the cornshucking. A short time after his negro manager came running up to him and said: "Marster, there won't be a bird left on dis here place. De man's a debbil, ( and the dogs is the debbil, and the gun is a debbil." Dropping his work, the owner hurried to the scene, and he opened his eyes very wide indeed at what he saw. in tee iroui or me nouse was a siuuuie Held of several hundred acres that had been harvested in wheat the same year. It was as level as a table and an ideal feeding place for the quail. For many years they had whistled, mated and fed around the place all undisturbed until they became almost as tame as baruyard fowls. The owner saw the dogs stand motionless, saw the dandy sportsman pick his way gently where they were, saw a few birds rise and two puffs of smoke, followed by a nearly simultaneous report. Two birds dropped, then the clogs retrieved, and the game was handed to a nondescript negro lad whom the sportsman had picked up somewhere, who had i tied the birds to a string and wrapped them around his body until he was i half hidden from view. The gun was loaded and capped inside of a minute. The performance was repeated. The man never hurried, the dogs, beautifully trained, never bungled. the gun never missed, and the dandy had. in sporting parlance, never "turned a hair." The stockings were a little colored by the chick weed, but he was ready to lead the minuet that moment. The Scotchman at first was furiously nvj-w. hut as he saw the matchless work of the trinity of destructive agents?man. gun. dog?so perfectly blended into one, and beheld in the af> footed coxcomb the same metal which under Rupert had again and again , broken the steel fronted squares of Cromwell's Ironsides, he advanced and asked his name, and when it was given be answered, "I might have known it." And that's how Jack Mason won his bet Qr:o n.weplioii. "Seeing is believin;,'. you Imow." remarked the man witli the intjrowr. (nictation habit. "Xot always." replied the fussy person. "I see you frequently, but I seldom believe you." ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. His Good ?.ntnre?l Way. De Broune?Is Fitz-Greune j^ood nntured V Van Schmidt?Good natured? Good naturedV Well. I should say so! Why. he laujrhs at his own jokes.?Xew Orleans Times-Democrat. Wretch. Jim ? That man destroyed all my married happiness. Jam ? What! You don't mean to say? "I do. He married the cook."?Baltimore Herald. Looked Attend. "What interesting sermons you preach!" "Yes. The time I should have been In a theological seminary I spent sowing my wild oats."?Life. I'ronf Enough. "I ray, Carleton. do they have very high proof whisky out your way?" "Do they? Why. man, they run automobiles with it instead of alcohol."? Boston Herald. How He I'lacnied Her. Maisio?'The diamond in this engagement ring is awfully small. * ' Morton?I told the jeweler it was for tlic smallest hand in the city.?Indianspoli.? Journal. Spring. Folks on muddy crossingsSlip. slip, slip! Women making dressesSnip. snip, snip! College boys class yelling? Yip. yip. yip! Some one beating carpet*? Blip, blip, blip! ?Chicago Tribune. Interesting to Asthma Sufexers. 1 Daniel Bante ci Oiterville, Iowa, writes, "I have h<id asthma for tbrte or four years and have tried abuUt all the cough and asthma cures in the market and have received treafc| ment from physicians in New York | and other cities, but got very little benefit until I iritd Foley's Boney and Tar which gave me immediate relief aud I will never be without it 1 m my house. I niocerely recommend ii to all " The Kaufmaun Drug Co. Wanted to Bo Sure of Ilim. "I want a real nice monument for 1 him." said the widow. "About what size, madam?" "Well, about six or eight tons. You know, it's pretty hard to keep a good man down."?Atlanta Constitution. Not Stimulating. 1 "Funniman has a dry sort of hu1 mor." "Yes, his jokes are enough to drive * one to drink, if that is what you tiean."?Town and Country. 1 ! A Musical Preference. > I likes to hear de playin' When dc band comes down de street, An* I jines de crowd a-strayin* 'Cause it gets into my feet. > But In spite of all de pleasure Of dem harmonies sublime I>ar's a ompany dat I treasure Even more; dey's frien's of mine. I'ze waitin' till de cricket Or de murmurin' honeybee Btaht to fiddlin' in de thicket; ' Defs de orchestra foh me. i ?Washington Star. Greenville, Tenn. I ba^a thoroughly convinced my - i *ni _ ji j wf-n that W. .Baiters -dioou auu Liver Cure is the finest medicine made U r Indigestion and Constipation. (I have tried them all) and was cured by the use of this medicine, f'fter all others had failed. I most cheerfully and unhesitatingly endoise it. Yours truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. A Utiihfal Man's Rase. A bashful young roan who was afraid to propose to his sweetheart induced her to fire at him with a pistol which he assured her was only loaded with powder, and after she had done so he fell down and pretended to be dead. She threw herself wildly upon the body, called him her darling and her beloved, whereupon he got up and , married her.?London Tit-Bits. Tlic* Cotv. "Johnny." said the teacher, "write a sentence containing the word 'contents.' " After a few moments' bard labor Johnny submitted the following: ''The contents of a cow is inilk."?Chicago ; News. Don't guy people. It's not much fun for you. and the people whom you guy will hate you and lay for a chance to get even.?Atchison Globe. Ten Years in Bed. i R. A. Gray, J. P., Oakville, Ind., > write-, "For ten years I was conhued to mv lv-d with disease of my kidneys. It ?as so severe that I 1 could not move part of the time. | I consulted the very best medical skiil available, bbt could get no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended to me. It has been a , God send to me." The Kaufmann Drug Co. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common giass with your ] water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a 9 a ^ sec^ment or sst" li?M1 ij J tling indicates an l^sT7? unhealthy condi[wi / tion v \m lp[r^S/ . 1 V H^ys; if it stains * >'our Iinen u is ' J evidence of kidJBQ \i/fl CLffi ney trouble; too ^^TV^/V 1^%}^ fluent desire to * Pass h or Pa'in in "j ?. ,s aj<.0 convincing proof that the kidneys and biad- ; derareoutot order. V/liat to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kiimer's Swamp- J Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or bee. -nd overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp=Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases, if you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 5Cc. and $ 1. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, * address Dr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp-Root. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When v/riting mention reading this generous offer in this paper. Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law. m COLUMBIA, C. Especial attention given to business etrnsted to him by his l'ellow citizens o Lexington county. 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