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|l! batnted Leg. ^ |F Little Girl? Your papa Mm only got ?p _>r? one leg, hasn't he? Veteran's Little Girl?Yet. ? Little Girl?Where's his other one? E Veteran's Little * Girl?Hush, dear. k; ' It'a in Heaven.?Home Herald. P ?l Far HBADACHE-lllrlu' CAPCDIJCB wp. \ i rflMbr from Colds, He**, Stomach or E . A IbnuM Trouble*. Capudlne will relieve you. Hi . 'r i ' It's. UsatA?J>le*?-*nt to .t?ke?act* InnedlR .'Setlflj. It. 10c.. Sc., aad 50 c*oto?tdr?| B>*. '? KLJAs a grows older he sees something In himself every day that is calculstsd to make him a little less conjf 5'i i Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulat* tad invigorate stomach, liver aed bowels. | Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take. I Do not gripe. ^ - There are few shade trees in the average man's field of labor. mj Mrs. Wtnalow's Soothing Syrup for Children SsMblsg. softens the gums, reduce* tnAammaMoa,allnjrs pain,cures wind colic, 25c a bottle. & " A cheerful liar is more entertaining & than a gloomy truth teller.' 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CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS ^Tt\ gently butfirmlv com^ ~^ys Sia dSy""' ^iCaRTESSr Cur^ C^. AmUm f ITTLE j rtip.tion, In.jtfgT I?YJjR J ' 'M difeitioB, AbiIb and Distress After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL D*>E, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature This 'is Cvrni O. Bates, the mau who advertises Mother's Joy Oooss Ores so Liniment, ? two of the greatest titlkgs known to humanity. Vsiktr's Jn /& c#??i Tw|jj|/ 1^ UNkOT dual tall to sat a box of MOTHXR 8 JOT? -j~r- ; - Charlotte Directory Charlotte Auto School, Charlotte, N, C, Ofwit* men i\ni) Hoy * to learn Automobile bnMnena In tiieir Garage and Macbine ahops. New Cars; New Machinery; good uouitlous 1 (or every graduate. CATALOUCE VRKJK. SPECIAL SALE ON PLAYER PIANOS We did not anticipate 8l/i ^Hf Cont cotton when we placed |^| our order for Self - Player Pianos. The stock on hand must be sold before December 31st, and in order to dispose of them will make special terms. See this stock while it is complete or write for particulars. Ghas. M. Stieff KusfMtBrer of the Artistic Stieff Self-Pbyer and the Shew Self-Player Pianos 1 Southern Warerooni I 5 West Trade Street Charlotte - North Carolina C H. WILMOTH, Manager iMeatloc *hU Paper) SKKT CImstmas Greeting Br EUGENIA RABBAS 3t?aSKSS?? ooioTigbt mi SO I am a heartless flirt, who doesn't understand the meaning of the word love, am 1, Mr. W 11 i 1 am Dunning?'' stormed Marjorle all to herself. In answer to the final decree of rage and defiance wbtch that gentleman burled at her' by means of a vigorous slam of the front door. "1 believe he would have shaken me. if he hadn't rushed out in time to prevent himself from doing it,M she continued, the ever ready dimples venturing out of their hiding places, but she banished them severely. "I'll never, never forgive biro, even though he neks mo to, which of course, he won't! And he calls me slubbprn!** Next morning Marjorle was tremen dously busy wrapping up dainty Utiia parcels, for the next day was Christmas. and her many friends must be remembered, in spite of quarrels and Billy. Still, she seemed very much preoocupied over her work, and quite suddenly she threw aside the piece ot holly she had been toying with, and fairly flew to the telephone. In answer to her Impatient summons, she was quickly connected with Brown & Oo.'s hook store. "Have you sent out those books that were ordered for Mr. William Dunning?" she asked anxiously. The answer evidently pleased her, for she breathed a sigh of relief. "That's all right; I'm glad you haven't, for 1 have changed my mind about them. Please cancel the order." Marjorie hung up the receiver with an air of triumph. "There. I'm glad I hnncrht nf thnM Rlllv would have construed a Christmas present into an abject apo|ogy," she said, her indignation rising at the very thought of such a thing. But when she went bac-k to her parcels and picked up the little twig of holly she had Intended tucking away into one of them, her face softened. "I know that isn't the right kind of a Christmas spirit to have,, but I can't have Billy thinking that r am admitting I was wrong, when I know I wasn't." she argued.with herself. Meanwhile what would Billy do? 'Would he. too, lest Marjorle might think he was admitting something, ignore her existence this Christmas altogether? She held her breath with the thought of such a possibility, and in her heart she almost prayed that Billy, influenced by the spirit of peace and good will, which was a part of this sea son, wQuid hold forth the olive branch in the form of a Christmas greeting. The Joyous ringing of Christmas bells and merry shouts of her younger sisters and brothers, when they discovered their stockings the next morn ing, only served to emphasize her depression. "Billy nerqr loved me; If he really and truly did he never could treat me like this." she told nerseir as sac stoua looking with unseeing eyes at the snowy Christmas world. Just then.a young man, fairly tear log around the corner, arrested her attention. It was no less a person than Billy himself who was coming, poBt haste, to see her. Marjorie looked at him in won- j ier. What had como over Billy'1 ; Why Ibis sudden contrition, when. sb< admitted it now for the first time, sven to herself she had been greatly, f noi altogether, to blame for their auarrel. It wasn't a bit like Billy to ?at humble pie at any time, and this inexpected turn of afTalrs completely Jisarmed her. "0, Billy. I am so glad you came." Billy took some little time to emphasize his appreciation of her welcome then "Glad 1 came? Why wouldn't J come, dear?" he asked. "Because you vowed you wouldn't unless I apologized," Marjorie explained mischievously. "You didn't think I'd be so narrow and unforgiving as to ignore your dear little peace offering? .1 brought one ol the books with me to read something to you," be told ber, and diving into bis pocket he produced a little copy of "Romeo and Juliet." Marjorie was surprised for a second, then it flashed over ber what it all meant. Brown & Co. had forgotten ti ; cancel her order and Billy bad re I - ? rain- 1 celved ine noos?. mni uau usu < her sending them into n humble plea I for forgiveness. He most probably wouldn't have come at all if it hadn't beeu for that, j She stiffened visibly and all her love was swallowed up In a wave of rebel I lions pride. "You are mistaken," she commenced coldly, but Blily interrupted her | "Here. 1 have found it. "'My bounty Is as boundless as the sea. My love as deep, the more I give io thee.' "The more 1 have, for both are inilnite." he was reading, and the simple beauty of the lines awoke something 10 Marjorie strouger than pride or resentment and she only smiled when he added tenderly: "My Christmas greeting to you. dear." Potato Crisps. Cut co.'d-boiled potatoes of uniform size crosswise in slices, half an Inch thick. Drop them In a deep pan of hot fat or brown carefully on each side In a well-greased frying pan. Sprinkle with fine minced parsley and salt to taste as soon as they are removed from the pan. Cleaning Lamp Chimneys. If cold water Is poured through a smoky chimnoy all the black will quickly disappear; the chimney should then be polished with ar*soft cloth. - '/ ; $ A FEDERAL HEALTH BOARD. It is gratifying to note that the tiill for the creation of a. federal health board will not be allowed to pass without a protest Reports of organized rlslstance come from all parts of the country, and it may be that the opposition will soon be sufficiently solidified to defeat a project that promises infinite mischief for the community, and suffering and injustice foj* the individual. The proposal is based upon those specious claims that are notoriously hard to controvert. If a federal health board were to confine its activities to the promulgation of salutary advice upon hygienic matters, to the abatement of quackery, and to the purity of drugs, it might be possible to say much in its favor, although it would still be difficult to say that such an organization Is needed. But we know that It will attempt to do far more than this, seeing that Its adherents have loudly proclaimed their intentions. Indeed, there is no secrecy about them. It is confidently expected that the board will conslBt of advocates of one school of medicine only and that the methods of that school will be not only recommended, but enforced upon the nation. Indeed a board that was in any way representative of the medical profession as a whole would be stultified by its own disagreements. Outside the domain of simple hygiene, for which we need no federal board at all, there is no single point of medical practice upon which allopaths, homeopaths, eclectics and osteopaths could be in unison. Any board that could be devised by the wit of man must be composed of representatives of one school only, and this means that all other schools are branded as of an inferior caste, even though nothing worse happened to tbem. And something worse would happen to them. If we are to establish a school of medicine, if we are to assert that the government of the United States favors one variety of practice more than others, why not establish also a sect ot religion and be- ! stow special authorities upon Baptists, Methodists and Episcopalians? An established school of religious conjecture seems somewhat less objectionable than an established sect of pseudo-scientific conjecture. Thos? who suppose that a federal board of health would have no concern with individual rights are likely to find themselves undeceived. It is for the purpose of interfering with individual rights that the proposal has been made. We need no special knowledge of conditions to be aware that what may be called unorthodox methods of healing have made sad inroads into the orthodox. Homeopathy claims a vast number of adherents who are Just as well educated and Ju6t as intelligent as those who adhere to the older school. Osteopathy, eclecticism, and half a dozen other methods of practice are certainly not losing ground. Beyond them is the vast and increasing army of those who may be classed under the general and vague name of mental healers. Those who are addicted to any of these forms of unorthodoxy need have no doubt as to the purposes of'the federal health board. Those purposes are to make it difficult for them to follow their particular fadB and fancies, to lead them, and if necessary to drive them, from medicAl unorthodox*- <> medical orthodoxy. Now the Argonaut holds no brief for any of the excesses and the superstitions connected with the care of the body in which this age is so rife. But it does feel concerned for the preservation of human liberty and for the rights of the individual to doctor himself in any way he pleases so long as be does not indubitably threaten the health of the community. He may take large doses or small ones, or no doses at all; he may be massaged, anointed with oil, or prayed over, just as the whim of the moment may dictate, and probably it makes no particle of difference which he does. But he has the right to chooee, just as he chooses the color of his necktie or the character of bis underclothing. It is not a matter in which any wise government will seek to interfere. This Is precisely the liberty that the health board intends to take from him. Orthodox medicine, conscious of its losses, is trying to buttress itself by federal statute, to exalt allopathy to the status of a privileged caste, and to create an established school of medicine just as some other countries have allowed themselves to create an established school of religion. It is for the common sense of the community to rebuke tha1 effort and to repel an unwarranted invasion upon ele raentary numan rignis.?tsan r rancisco Argonaut. A Drain of the Company. On his way home from the theater, where be bad seen a performance of wOtbel!o," Bobby was unusually quiet # Qjdn't you enjoy the play," his ^75i,d!ather asked at last. \5^tvjes. very much," replied Bobby. "But. Jmdpapa, there's one thing I don't quite understand. Does the black man kill a lady every night?"? Youth's Companion. . Natural Deduction. "Papa, are lawyers always bad-tempered 7" "No. daughter; why do you ask that?" "Because I read so much In the papers about their cross-examinations." Kindred Spirits. "Lady," said Plodding Pete, "1 ain't had a square meal in two days." "Well." said the resolute woman.' as she turned the dog loose, "neither has Towser. so I know you'll excuse him." : Its Status. "Our congress Is the 3ncst legistsI tlve body going." "No, the British house of commons Is, and I can prove It" "How so?" "Why. you must admit the house of commons is without a peer." A Business Connection. Messenger Boy?Who's the swell | guy ye was talkln* to, Jimmy? Newsboy?Aw, him and me's wolked togedder for years. He's the editor one o' my papers.?Life. A Prefernnee. "I shall leave my reputation to oe Judged by posterity." "That's a good idea," said Senator Sorghum. "The way things are going I'd much rather take my chances with posterity than with an investigating committee." ? A Hot One. Maud?I am really surprise when 1. consider what a lot of homely women get married. Ethel?Surprised and encouraged, eh. dear? SOMETHING NEW IN LODGES In View of Extraordinary Occasion "Plnkey" Might Well Be Ex. cuaed for Absence. "Pinkey" is the nlokname of the chocolate-colored Chesterfield who presides over the bar In a small, unique and out-of-the-way liquid refreshment establishment In Washington patronized by newspaper correspondents, visiting celebrities and government officials. He is a great "J'lner," and devotes his one evening "off" a week to his several lodge duties. Being missed on one of these occasions by one of his friends and patrons, who had lugged to his place a suit of evening clothes which he thought would fit the Plnkertonlan form, on the next evening regretful reference was made to It, the suit having been bestowed on another, a tn a Hval hostelrv. "I'se mighty obliged to you, sah." ! groaned Pinkey, 'mighty obliged, Jes' the same. Tbis'll teach me a lesson to stay on the job." "Attending one of your lodge meetings, I suppose?" queried his friend of the dress suit. "Well, not exactly, sah," replied Pinkey, "not exactly, sah. You see, we was jes* organizing the colored Hibernians." WISE MAN. 1 Wilson?I understand you've broken up housekeeping and gone to board- j lng. Why did you change? Bilson?My wife started to attend a I cooking-school. Men Who Live Long. The longevity of artists is almost proverbial, and the case of Mr. Thorn-" as Robert Macquoid, who at the age of ninety-one IB still painting, ih reiuai*able, but not unparalleled. T. S. Coop- 1 er, Ft. A., exhibited at the Royal academy for several years after passing his ninetieth birthday; John Massey i Wright, a water color artist, born In 1773, was fully occupied and In active work up to the time of his death at the age of ninety-three. Most notably, j however, was Titian, who, born In 1477, lived just one year short of a century, and continued to paint pictures until the very last.?London Chronicle. Great Scheme. "Dear me," said Mrs. Housewife. ! with a deep sigh, "I can't manage to keep a cook a week." "You should copy me," observed her , friend. "Since my husband learned i Ftench I can keep one a year." Mrs. Housewife looked surprised. "I don't see the connection," she said. "It's simple enough. He now swears ! at her in FYench Instead of English, It gives him a vent for his temper, some valuable practice?and the cook thinks he's making love to her!"? Satire. Up to Both. Harry Lauder, landing from the I Saxonia, told a New York reporter a j new story. "It's a story," he began, "about one i o( your American peeresses, a lady of , striking independence. She rang for her maid the other afternoon, and said very sharply: " Yvonne, if I catch you and my husband kissing again, one of you wilT have to go."' , Wonderful Statistics. When it is considered that the percentage of deaths from consumption is 91 per thousand against 63 per thousand of any other malady, how important to guard against a slight cold. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein is the great medicine for coughs, colds, consumption, Whooping Cough, etc. All druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 a bottle. Wh?r? Th?v Lav. A physician, finding a lady reading J 'Twelfth Night," said: "When Shakespeare wrote about patience on a 1 monument, did he mean doctors' patients?" "No," replied the lady, "you don't Ind them on monuments, "but under them." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Signatured In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria i i Kindly Repartee. "I refused him because I want a | husband who has known sorrow and 1 acquired wisdom." "But, my dear, if you had accepted him he would soon have met your re i quirements." 1 AS 'A REMEDY FOR MALARIA n any form Elixir Babelc lias no equal. t cures the most obstinate and long , Handing cases. "!i glv.-s pleasure to certify that the IOIIxIr Rabek* cured no- of chills and nalarial fever, with which 1 have suf'ered for a long tinn '?August Epps Vance's Shops. V.'i. It contains no (|itlnin>- and is euually ; >eneflclal t.< j tung and "hi. Elixir Ma lie k. ."il r. ts. :.ll dr igtr -ts >r Kloczewski .v Co., Washington. It. C. 1 Both Sides. She?Just look at the troublt Honey can get you Into. He?Yes, hut look at the trouble It i i :an get you out of. ro DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND Itl'ILD UP THE SYSTEM Take the 014 Standard GKOVKS TASTKLKS; JUILL TONIC, foil know what you are taking Clio formula It plainly printed on every bottle ibowlng It Is eltnpl, yuinlnr and Iron In a tasteles* ' lorm. and the most effectual form, k'or Kruwt I >eople and children. ?0 cents. A woman who beats the 6treet cai j company out of a nickel and puts it In the church plate may believe It i the eternal fitness of things. __ I Tightness across the chest means a cob an the lungs. That's the danger siznaj | Cure that cold with Hamlins Wizard Oi before it runs into Consumption or Pneu mocia. The defeated candidate is Burprlset at the number of misguided men wht failed to vote for him. ? r \ iNIDMnONAL. SUNMSftlOOL Lesson LESSON FOR DECEMBER 24 MALACHI REBUKES JUDAH. LESSON TEXT?Malachl 3:1-4:3. MEMORY VERSES?3:16, 17. GOLDEN TEXT?1. "Return unto me, and I will return unto you, salth the Lord of hosts."?Mai. 3:7. 2. "Unto you Is born this day In the city of David a Savior, which Is Christ the Lord."?Luke 2:11. TIME?Some time during the age of Ezra and Nehemlah, but it Is not certain whether about 458 (Ezra) or 444 or 430. PLACE?Jerusalem and vicinity. CONTEMPORARY HI8TORY - Alciblades at Athens. The Peloponnesian war (431-404). The republic at Rome, governed by consuls and military tribunes. About this time Socrates was teaching the only approach to a pure morality which Athens ever knew. Herodotus was nearly through his travels (484-400). Plato, the philosopher (430-350), was now a boy, listening to Socrates. Xenophon (444-354) leads the retreat of tho ten thousand back to Greece (400). which retreat he has Immortalized In his Anabasis. There Is no certainty as to the definite time when Malachi uttered his prophecies, because no data is given In the book, and the sins which he sought to reform were present throughout the whole period of Ezra and Nehemlah, from 458 through the rest of the century. Most place him soon after Nehemlah's second coming to Jerusalem, between 433 and 430. He is plain spoken, and direct, without high eloquence, or supreme poetic power, but abounding In effective similes, metaphors and imagery which hit the mark, and do the work. What a London paper says of a distinguished man's straightforward speeches applies well to the sermons of Malachi: "A sound and healthy gospel doubly welcome because 'the world Is waking to the consciousness of Intellectual and moral hunger which only these trutha can satisfy.'" If we read the later chapters of Nehemlah and compare the sins and evils which Nehemlah labored to re- J form, with the sins and evils which j Malachi denounces, it will be seen that both are laboring for the same ends, and realize the same necessity of reform. God was dishonored, and 1 religion made a mere form and farce, by offering mean things for sacrifices, as polluted bread, and lame and sick I animals, by refusing to do the simplest service in the templo without pay, by refusing to pay tithes for the iV_ * n^..v,lr> y - oupjjurt UI IIJC ICIIiyir "UIOUIJ/, MJ I being weary of serving the Lord, by j intermarrying with the heathen. In 1 all these things they broke the dl-j vine law; they showed that their minds were all wrong. One of the peculiar glories of the Bible is that from the very beginning its golden age 1b in the future, not, as in other ancient nations, in tho pasL And ns the golden age must have a ! maker, God's revelation soon brings into view the one. the Messiah who alone can make the age of gold which is the Kingdom of Heaven. Isaiah , tells us that "unto us a child is born, j unto us a son is given; and the gov- i ernment shall be upon his shoulder; | and his name shall be called Wonder- ; ful Counsellor, the mighty God. the , everlasting Father, the Prince of i Peace." In the last book of the Old Testament, about 400 years before Christ was born, the last prophet brings the hope and ideal and goal in the person of the Messiah, Christ, the Jesus who was born on the true Christmas day. Behold I, God, will send my messenger, one coming In God's name, and bearing a divine message, whose work shall be to prepare the way before me, the coming of God himself. ' This messenger, interpreted by our | Lord himself on two occasions, was one who should come in the spirit j and power of Elijah, dofhg the same | work, rebuking sin. denouncing all wrongs, calling men to repentance, awakening the consdlonce. It is possible that these words had a partial fulfilment in Nehemiab, a foreshadowing on a smaller scale, of John the Baptist who completely fulfilled the prophecy. Nehemiah's reforms were a part of the preparation for the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven, and fixed the eyes of the people on tho great ideal toward which they were slowly moving. Thara 1c o natural rnnnortlnn hp. tween religion, morals, generous giving. devotion to God, on the one hand, j and a general condition of prosperity, on the other. They tend to cultivate those higher moral and spiritual qual- j It<es which are. the source of mate- j rial civilization, and which are the | great enemy to the vices that are the source of poverty. Rut especially do they transfigure all earthly things. 11 and enhance their value, and bring ; into life the love and Joy of heaven. j There is no greater prosperity thar j the privilege of having some part In ' the elevation of man. in the coming of God's kingdom, and in the songs of final triumph, and in the blessing, well done, good and faithful! Supose we make two maps of the world on the plan furnished by the United States census to show the degree in which ignorance, certain diseases, and many other things prevail, by means of higher and ^arker Bhades. On one map we will note the countries where the purest Christianity prevails, by white. A darker shade will mark the more imperfect forms, and then let the shades grow darker and darker through Mohammedanism, and the various forms of heathenism till we come to the blackness of the lowest fetishism. Then, with entire independence, i make a similar map of the moral and i intellectual condition of men Where there is the most manhood, the noblest womanhood, the highest morality. the host sor'ai conditions, the ni >.-t done for the sick and suffering, the most of all that elevates the people. and brings the greatest happiness ?these put in white. Itarken the . 1, <??? .,11 Blin'irn nw uicoc tiuu^a fiiuw irrn, un we come to the blackness of the lowest savagery. The two maps will al- I most coincide. Where there Is the most Christianity there will be the most that is good for man. Insanity. Most insanity is caused by business and pleasure engrossment. Very few people go Insane over religion. They may talk about it after the bra'.n becomes addled, but that usually Is because they neglected it in tho sane days. Today people have a notion that, religion is a pastime or glass set In a ring to wear on the finger.?Rev C. F. Reisner, Methodist, New York City. The surest way of climbing up to heaven is through a laugh. > % HUSBAND WAS A LAWYER. w?i^ The Tombstone Man?What kind of a monument do you wish put over your husband? Mrs. Weeds?You can carve any figure, I suppose? The Tombstone Man?Oh! yes, ma'am. Mrs. Weeds?Then make the statute of limitations. I've often heard my husband mention that ECZEMA DISFIGURED BABY "Our little boy Gilbert was troubled with eczema when but a few weeks old. His little face was covered with sores even to back of his ears. The poor little fellow suffered very much. The sores began as pimples, his little face was disfigured very much. We hardly knew what he looked like. The face looked like raw meat. We tied little bags of cloth over his hands to prevent him from scratching. He was very restless at night, his little face itched. "We consulted two doctors at Chicago, where we resided at that time. After trying all the medicine ofi the two doctors without any result, we read of the Cuticura Remedies, and at once bought Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Following the directions carefully and promptly we saw the result, and after four weeks, the dear child's face was as fine and clean as eny little baby's face. Every one who saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura Remedies was surprised. He has a head of hair which is a pride for any boy of his age, three years. We can only recommend the Cuticura Remedies to everybody." (Signed) Mrs. H. Albrecht, Box 883, West Point, Neb., Oct. 26. 1310. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Cuticura," Dept. 14 L, Boston. Baltimore French. A Baltimore bonlface tells of a waiter in that city who lately announced that he had taken up the study of the French language. "Do you find It necessary here?" asked the patron to whom the man confided thlB bit of information. "Not here, air," explained the waiter; "but I've been offered a steady job in Paris at one of the hotels if I can learn French." "But Paris is full of French waiters," said the patron. "I'm afraid you're bping deceived." "No, sir," said the man, with much earnestness and absolute simplicity. "The proposition's a straight one. The proprietor of the hotel says that the waiters he has can't understand French as we Baltlmoreans speak it, and that's what he wants me for, you see."?Lipplncott's. Read it Differently. A man was charged with stealing a sheep belonging to Sir Garnett FltzMaurlce. "I found the poor creature strayin' on the road, me lord, an' was just drivln' it home," pleaded the accused. "fan von read ?" asked his lnrdshin. "A little, nie lord." "You could not have.been ignorant, then, that the sheep belonged to your landlord. Sir (Jarnett Fitz-Maurlee, as his brand, 'G. F. M.' was on the animal." "True for ye. me lord, but sure I thought the letters meant 'Good Fat Mutton!'" Such a Difference. I'sher?Are you afraid of the .room? Madam?Oh. my, no! I'm the >rlde's mother.?Judge. For COLDS and GRIP Hicks' CapI'DIK* Is the best remedy?relercH the achlli* and fererlahness cures the ?oni and restores normal conditions. It's iqtild?effects immediately. 10c., 26c., and 60c. tt drug stores In the Sanctum. "I want a good feature story." "Then why not take this debate? | !t is full of 'ayes' and 'noes.'" i /I^ OUi / lf\ \ Homework is drud / J \ cs, dust* and scrub: I .\ many ^cta''s ? \ temple* throbbing, I I I not refreshing, beci I I mit of refreshing si 1 fflMBl I J ?*omen is satisfied 1 / It Makes ' w. ,, i J of women'i vK7// / /nation and weaknesses appetite an %?j Dr. fierce is perf L. his " Favorite Prei ingredients on the b / J ulous druggist persi I J m HKJ3? composition is "/? ViBR r a bigger profit. Ju ^3^ Z.y\. J I)r. Pierce's Ple? -_- ~vr rrrnii r>"aiWT,T?T~~~Tirrt rnaTir * There's Healti For You Brief Extracts From Stror TESTIMONIALS ll Mr.C T. Barkadtlr. P M..at Dajm1!? for many yi My nticc raftered for many year* with urie acid r . . . She took tix bottlea of Milam with the h?pj 1 regard her at being entirely relieved. Mr. R L. Wallace, of Cherleatoa. Weet Va., wi keen a eufferer from Catarrh for twenty yeara wbi to take Milam. 1 bought three bottlea and am a fourth. My catarrh ia entirely gone and I have not in year*. C. H. Williame. Saleaman for Cluett-Peabody 6? < iafton. W. Va.. aayi: You can keep your money, entirely u ell. Am finiehing my aixth bottle of think after 36 yeara of ecxcma am cured. Rev. D. P. Tate, a Mrthodiet Minieter. of Da writea: 1 took eiz bottlea of your Milam which prov culable benefit to me. lit Y0IH DRUS6IST PUTNAM Color m.re goods brighter and faster colore than an; dye any garment without ripping apart. Write f< / ' * FleasantJ Beneficia " , ; . i Gentle and Effectre ! CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP in the Circfe, on evenj> Pacifta?e of the Gor $ DO NOT LET ANY DE/ DECEIVE YOU, ' ' ' ' SYRUP OF F1CS AND ELIXIR OF SENNA Hi UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION FOR MORE THAN THIS PAST. AND ITS WONDERFUL SUCCESS HAS SCRUPULOUS MANUFACTURERS OF IMITATIONS INFERIOR PREPARATIONS UNDER SIMILAR NA COSTING THE DEALER LESSt THEREFORE, WHET NotetfceMNameofthe Gomj NFJTWm 1UI1 JrJITWTT^ A3JJU1 iMnfilliif 111! PRINTED STRAIGHT ACROSS, NEAR THE BOTTOl TOE CIRCLE, NEAR THE TOP OF EVERY PACKAC GENUINE REGULAR PRICE 80s PER BOTTLE; ONLY, FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUG 3YRUF l?f FIGS AHP ELIXIR OP SENN SOME AND EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR AND BILIOUSNESS DUE TO CON5TIPA EFFECTS FT IS NECESSARY TO BUY WHICH IS MANUF/ California I RjebT PERFEI Always read] a ^?rtf | the furnace. Invalti Drum* of blue er .A A?k your dealer to // \\ or write to any agency L-JL I Want to Send You a Complete Tei to prove to you that you can euro yooraelf at home easily, nothing to give tee treatment a complete trial; and if you eta. a week, or lass than 2 eta. a day. It will not interfere name and address, tell me how yon suffer if you wish, a: free, in plain wrapper, by return mail. I will also tend you ADVISIK" with explanatory Illustrations showing why wt at home. Every woman should have it and leam to thl must have an operation," you can decide for yourself. T home remedy. It cures all, old or yminc. To mothers ment which speedily and effectually cures Iwucorrhoea. Grt Youcg Ladies. Plumpness and health always result from Wherever you lire. I ran refer you to ladies In your owi that this Kent* Troatmsnt really cures all wcraen'j ditear lust send mm your address, snd the free tan days' treati scheme. All letters are kept confidential and arc never k 1 this offer again. Address MRS. M. SUMMERS. BOX 17 ? f Scientifically coi / J most light for the oil fEasy to light, c In numerous finishe best of its kind. Ask your dealer to show you I Lanterns, or write for ill to any agen Standard Oi I (Incorpo Restores Gray Hair to Natural Color RklOTKM lit Mill I If SMI Ml UK ] Inrl borates unci prevent h the hair from IalUiif?oi. For S?lr b. MroirtfUt*. ur Sent Dirrct I>j ! XANTHINECO., Richmon i, Virginia Price #1 Per Untile; Staple Bottle lat. Send for circular. TAKE A DOSE OF 1 PISO'S 1 THE BEST MEDICINE ^*49 for COUCHS & COLDS * . 1 -mrr. ! READERS ???=t| j I of this paper desiring to buy any- | thing advertised in its columns should I . insist upon having what they ask for, I J refusing all substitutes or imitations. I sework Drudgery gery for the weak woman. She brushs, or is on her feet ell day attending to f the household, her back aching, her nerves quivering under the stress of y feelings. Sometimes rest in bed. i? ? iusc the poor tired nerves do not per- h eep.' The real need of weak, nervous by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Weak Women Strong lick Women Well. i icrlptlon" removes the cause r weaknesses, heals In/lam? i ulceration, and cures those ( i so peculiar to women. It i the nerves, encourages the , d Induces restlul sleep. ectly willing to let every one know what ? icription" contains, a complete list of Kittle-wrapper. Do not let any unscrupuade you that his substitute of unknown t st as food" in order that he may make ma .mil. <in/1 aknlro onnr lii?dH f isant Pellets cures liver ills. _____ \ tan. vn'tM I bcumatina. MILAM ! Daavilla Vs.. nret reruita. I | yean. foilowiai yT /'K^lf flamed far aevei itea: I K?t? y>_ year, when tbc ra I decided ? rflWW?PSj Milam and wu iow oa my pWQMQj felt *0 well Mr.W. E.C w a? former Caibter Co.. Hast- 1000 BONE a*d 5XT< my ryeaight beg My face i* r, ?.? i?tj with nc reli Milam anal ir.g die coulJ I ! aot tbink it cou nrille. Va.. , ,T_ ?t>icb b. ed of iacal- - ^ nevrpaprr. at n - - } in attending to i _____ JsMmtCa. huSn* *] I ^JMOP 6 Bottle: FADELEJ t other dye. One 10c p.,ckage colors all fibers. The,dye :r free booklet -How '.o Dye. Blearh and Mix Colors. 1 *11 m~tr* i Ki CIVEN l i K TV vfa->C B COKUINjUIXM* > ITY YEA^IS HlciNT. Or ALCOHOL j f10 ?AND 3 'Mw^qwawnw. I I i buying. jfl jpUifOmG'SYRUFC? M A. AND IN IE,OF THE ONE SIZE MINIATURE PICTURE GISTS. O^AOUCt A IS THE MOST PLEASANT. WHOLE, r STOMACH TROUBLES, HEADACHES TION, AND TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE, tCTURED BY THE :ig Syrup Col r^TiriM SMOKELESS L 1 iUlN OIL HEATER ir for use. Safest and most reliable, ion Smokeless Oil Heater is just ireplace. ving heat wherever, whenever, you want it 1 and spring, when it is not coid enough (or lable at an auxjiury heater in midwinter, lamel or plain steel, with nickel trimmings. how you a Perfection Smoke leu Oil Heater, of ' dard Oil Company (Incorporated) stoYou-MySistei IEE TO YOU and Every Sister iffering from Woman's Aliments i m a woman. know woman's sufferings, fiavo found tlto euro. vdl mail, free of any charge my hom* treatment wit* istructions to any sufferer from woman a ailments. 1 to tell all women about tbia cure?you. my reader, tot <11, your daughter, your mother, or your sister. I to tell you how to cure younelrea at home without Ip of a doctor. [Men cannot undrratand wotnen'a aufa. What we women knuw from experience we know than any doctor. w that my home treatment le a aafe eed cure core lucerrhooa or Whitish Discharge, Ulcerattea, Dte nent er Falling of the Womb, Profuse, Scanty or jl Periods, Uterine or Ovarian Tumors or arowthei tains In the head, back and hovels, bearing deem go, nervousness, creeping feeling up the epine, Choi y, desire to cry, hot tlaehee, weerineee, kidney ladder troubles where caused by weakneaeea ar to our sex. 7 Days' Treatment Entirely From miWW!y and surely. Remember, that it will cast yen should w ith to continue. It will coel you only about IS with tout work or occupetion. lust eend me rsnr nd I will tend you the treatment for rour raae. entirely freeTef cost, mv book "WOkdUT* OWN MEDICAL men suffer. end how thev can caailv cure thi inailjM nk lor herself. TJicn when the doctor a?y?? Yea house nor of women have cured themselvee with Off f DAUGHTERS. I will Prplain a simple home trrtttn Sickness and Painful or Irregular Menztruatiod a its use. i lorulity who know and will gladly tell any sufferer es an 1 make; women well, strong, plump and rofaatf. nent is yours, also the book. This Is no C. O. D. tld to other persons. Write today, as you may not son NOTRE DAME, IND., U. S. Aa | | lamps and Lanterns (jC) istructed to give h-Jjife-V I they burn. ffejgH lean and rewick. I ffSi s and styles, each the j /j|^jij| ms line or rciyo Lamps ana '? aiMfiI ustratcd booklets direct I Company PILLOWS FREE lail us $iooo for 36-pound Feather Bet nd receive 6-pound pairof pillows. Freigh >reD?aid. New feathers, best ticking, satis action guaranteed. AGENTS WANTED rURNCR & CORNWALL, Fcathe: Dealers, Charlotte, North Carolina READERS ??1 of this paper desiring to buy anything advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, I refusing all substitutes or imitations. WANTED IOC nunti people ti f tu-l Shi r'hand and Br >kkeepin| auaL: '<>' nl?' > - If u .Dtor*-ict. ? id enmrt r.o .idd'o*"-- ,,f:| r. ?ro ,r. I kit . nr j -r. written ,r l? KAjfr-O-KI I V?IU>::0 < OM Ml K< I VL lUUOL. t.rfjtvmoro. *> < f. r I.it. r^'ore. nj?f!DxY TT^ATKU. quick ro. Jjfyj Mflvrul Uef^EMiuHy rcmuvo swcl\ 3. Una anrl short brnjlfcin a f'"* ,,3T" an<> cnuro relief in li-45trial treatment ttjTTB I BEE. BK. UKKKSS A. Aila?li,6* 3EFIAH6E STIRCH-fcj -other atarchea only U ounce*??amo ,n(l 'DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUAy . 'he Great Square Puzzle ir"'v '?rnV'.;-?*^L lngs. l'rlco 10c. fcuadaul Ifg.to., fen til. awiii,l?aMk j ! Thompson's Eyo Wilor N. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 51-1911. I i lam] monia.'s are From Peopie of I M igence and High Standing I fl i/iHiam*. Manager Cry?tal Ice and Power Co.. L |B0 Ea-CLicf of Police, writea: For the pa?t fire 0 g an attack of eryaipilia my foot as J ankle in- fl ral month* at the eame time ercry year. Laat jymptom* began to appear. I to a iome of your entirely relieved. No return of the trouble eince. Irigg*. Sec y if Tree*. Weetbrock* Elerator Co.. Bank of Danriilc. write* About ten year* ago an to fa l. ... I couulted acvcral reecialcf until abcut two yeara ago. wa* adviied notb- J he done. . . . consented to take Milam diJ Id hurt me. About tie week* noticed ir.proreu been *teady ever tince. A . . Now read itbt with ordinary flat*-s. . . . No trouble my dutie* aa executive of a large corporation. 5 55?Results Guaranteed 5S DYES M incoldwatcrbetterth.inanyo*herdyc. Youcin MONROE DRUG COMPANY. Qulacy, II&