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NO HARD PROBLEM' TO SOLVtl Bellboy's Suggestion Would Seem tc Be Natural Way to <^et Around Situation. Englishman ^ho has been feBHmi top bat and a frock coat all who saw bim with hit ^^^^^HUshed appearance as be stroll ^H^^BKiiwith an expansive air in one Hhe more expensive hotels. Or ^^^roneeday morning be came up to a 1 would like to have a shirt laun dared." be said. "I must have it bacl by fire o'clock." The clerk told hfto that the time < wis unusually short, but be would dc what be could, and the shirt was de llvered on time. j He dame down Thursday morning and said he wanted another shirt laundered, but that this one must b? , back by two in the afternoon. The 1 elerk said that would be too short t tfane- The Briton grew angry anc , demanded to see the proprietor. Ht : got as far as the bellboy captain, tc whom he protested that be would nol < stand for such treatement. The bell boy suggested the purchase of a thlrc shirt?New York Sun. Her Credit Was Strained. A young country merchant who has something of a reputation for cleat figuring was especially attentive tc the village schoolina-am. The yount wogaan had a sweet tooth and wat f not at all retiring about making th< fact known. Accordingly, she hlntec to her admirer that a box of choco J files would i^e greatly appreciated or i , the occasion of his next visit. Latei the suggestion was repeated anc again duly heeded. The third time the subject was broached,- however the dispenser of sweats turned a den ear to the entreaty. "1 don't know about talcing that girl ny more candy," he confided to a | j companion next day. "She's owin' m? sixty cents for chocolates already.**? Ltpplncott's Magazine. m W I1 Doctors know that Oxidine is a most dependable system-cleansing tonic. Most useful in stirring * up lazy livers, sluggish bowels and kidneys, weak stomachs. Its effects are quick, safe, ure and permanent OXIDINE ?a bottle proves. 11k spec, be tor Malaria. Ctulla i * a id Ferer and all diaeaaea i due to disorders of liver, g ! r* stomach, bowels and kidneys. ? 60c. At Your Druggist* t ran sunn sirs co.. Q Waco, Text*. t b ?^ g RheumatismI Yields to MILAM j Read The Proof: 1 Former U. S. Postmaster Roeommends Milam. Gentlemen:?My niece sutured for ninny yean P.rouble pronounced by her physicians si d Roenm-Uisru. and although he treated i | never obtained relief. : veil acquainted wl.h Mil.AM and knowing red used successfully rery frequently lb Bases. 1 determined to put her oa It. 8b? bottles with the happiest results I regard iat sntlrely relieved, * ,d will always take la teooiaar ending 1.1 LAM for L'rto Acid Teats truly. C. T. BARKSDALB Danville. 7a.. July U. 1910. Spent$3,000 on Rheu. rnatism. Norfolk. 7a.. July 0.1910. Abeat ws?ks ago 1 was I adooed to take Milan !????? nf RhMtuillim. for wMeh 1 fcad spent over Ij.OOO tor all known remedies and tried many doctors, went to Hot Spring*, ton! reiHbtd no benefltt whatever Kor flf?-en year* 1 MPN MOsaaaflbtwr. ea-b spring I barn beeulnhcd andleeapltawe?wM*unUltbi*spruig. which. I am glad to say. 1 hnB bef.-. attending to my buslmw, fsel lino, splendid appetite. and /eel confident that I will be a en rod man from rheumatism. 1 wish traay that Ml lam has don > all/on claim It will do In my case, so tar. and I look forward to speedy recovery, and would not take five times th? amount of the price of tho medicine for what It bat doeo for me so far. Tours Tory truly. C. H. WADE Business. Cor. Church and Lee Streets Rheumatism Entirely Gone. * was a great sufferer from Rheumatism and dealdsd 10 tty MILAM. I bought six bottles, and an ~ ~ now on my fourth bot tie. I ran truthfully saj P that I bare never takes ^a medicine that hoi done me as much good . My Rheumatism Is en tlrely gone, m y oom Hi^H piexion greatly IdA. i proved and my appetite V'.*, ^B|na good -In fart. I have no felt so well In a lorn time, would not tab) f J M0.U0 for the good youi medicine baa done aa _ . r| but U> order to be ran mmmw am.m. m j| that the trouble lien MILXM I tlrely eradicated. I wtl | take the two remalnlm Ukl ' 1 voluntarily give thii * wPHWPlw' I testimonial. un>l cheer W^EESm ~ II fully n-coiutuend Slllac > v to >uj"n* Kutlerlnt ! ; |{ >-L. ROOD. BONE -i SO* I ALBERT McBRIDB. ! Danvlllo, Vs I irs *.j Guaranteed Ask the Druggist ADVICE TO THE AGED Am brings infirmities, eucb aa sluggish Iwwdi. waak kidneys and torpid I Tuft's Pills havo a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, gives natural action, > ad laaparts vigor to the whole sytsrm. PILLOWS FREE! ?ail us fio oo for 36-pouod Feather Bed d received-pound pair of pillows. Freight prepaid. New feathers, best ticking, satisfaction guaranteed. AGENTS WANTED. TURNER & CORNWELL, Feather Dealers, Charlotte, North Carolina. rpisos^ L will Immediotety relieve J ^COilfiHR arOLDS ^ I qheG I ^MARGARET E. ? 7 A PERFECTLY fresh, A crisp one-dollar bill, that m has never been used unUJL til It reecbes jour hands, will not bGj any fWWm more loaves of bread, faBTi ferry tickets or rides on ra&Ef] the trolley car than an y ' old, wora and soiled bill for one dollar which has + IM1+ ^passed through a great many hands before Its i soming to you.? The government will redeem It for one hundred cents, whether It Is old or new, clean or dirty. If It be a good one-dollar bill. Nevertheless, you prefer a ^bright, new bill, and so do I. When Time, the enchanter, comes to us with a gift, the gift of a new year, the comparison with regard to the bill fails In swingle feature. The bill that is worn and soxiea sub ueeu uuiu^ uuv ? ketplace for a longer or shorter pe-j riod. It is probably to remain in | business until it absolutely falls I apart, and even then it may be redeemed. The New Year, fresh, shall i we say, aa a coin from the mint, has not as yet done service anywhere. It Is unstained and white as the snow that fell in the night, and covers the land in the morning with a mantle of ermine. It is like the beautiful gown that is to be put on for the first time, and has not a spot or a wrinkle. It Is like a book which you have not yet read. The story may be charming or prosaic, gay or sorrowful; it is still onknown to you. The New * Year s the gladdest thing in creation Just because it Is full of all sorts of the ovelleet possibilities. As the dollar 1)111 is good for one hundred cents, so .he New Year will be good for a definite number of months, weeks, lays and hours. What are you going :o do, you who are girls, young, ligbtlearted and happy, with Time's gift o you of a glad New Year? First, let me advise you to begin as rou mean to go on. Throw away pnce for all your needless worries ind your foolish fears. Some of us lllyw the habit of worrying to take such possession of us that we never "tally enjoy anything as we Oj^ght. There are girls, for example, who are Hfrald to say that they are well, that :hey never have headaches, that they ire seldom tired, and that life is a pleasant and joyous thing, because jack In childhood there was a dear luntie or a kind grandmother who vas superstitious. She used to (yarn roung people not to be too confident ind never to boast of health or happiness. "Knock on wood," you hear oik say when you declare that you lave neither aches nor pains. Why (nock on wood? 1 have been trying or some time past to ascertain the oot of this familiar bit of counsel. Perhaps it started away back in the lays of p.imeval mythology, when ryad . dwelt in trees, and pilgrims rent to the woods to consult oracles. Then, it may be. one knocked on the tark of a tree and listened and heard , murmur of wisdom from the heart f the oak, or the pine or the cedar. Vhetber one knocked on wood or not, here is still sure to be renovation nd gayety and courage waitirg for hose who can now and then leave ricks and mortar behind them and Up into the country among the trees. Inly don't be afraid, in this New ear, which is yours, to say that you re well, to say that you are glad, nd to praise the - Lord for the good ifts which he has bestowed upon ou. Throw your worries overboard nd trample upon your fears. Intead of worrying when you are dlsppointed, when you fall In what you indertake, when you have not enough ? ?.V? ? ??<? A /\ tint oltncothnr UOIle.v, ? urn >uu uu uu> ai?vBviuVI I Makes for i Shrewd Woman Reasoner Has Learned the Value of Perfect Appointments in Dress. "If I have a trying Interview before me," said a woman whose wonderful and quiet poise Is the envy of those who know her best, "I find the best preparation for it is, first of all, to think out ray own standpoint In the matter that is coming up for discusdon, and to make it perfectly clear in my own mind. Then i put it all luite aside and dress myself for the mcountcr with at least twice my laual care, putting my whole mind on >erfecting each detail, no matter how dainly 1 am dressed. The knowledge hat 1 am fully up to tho mark In that espect gives me a certain surety of nyself that nothing else can supply, t Is not vanity at all?It Is rather a natter of self-mastery. "I think I first learned the value of his 'artificial backbone aa, a very oung woman when I was for aeveral reeks In forced association with an | \ . /"ifeffc -nK.' V ?. - ' * '. f { f adhIf like tbo work you 1 ij /l/l \ P are about, when. ^ J1 /111 II In fact, there Is I III ill anything In life / \j\ I'f that does not J L please you, make TJCR up your mind to j /7\ bear what canniiH tn holn vonr. self by taking hold of whatever comes, with good cheer and an 1 earnest will. Next, resolve that each day of this New Year shall mark for you an 1 advance in the inner life. By this l < mean that yqu should make it your 1 aim to be braver, truer and more < .serene, as well as less impatient than i you have hitherto been. Our inner 1 life writes Itself upon our faces. We < show the stuff of which we are made i by the expression we habitually wear, j It is no credit to any one to stand 1 still and it is a disgrace to any one < to be forever slipping backward. 1 This New Year should make us turn ; over a new leaf. When I was a child : I used to be very proud and delighted < when I had a new copy book. The < teacher in thdse days wrote a copy at the top of each page. The pupil 1ml- I tated the copy as well as she could, i and when starting a new book there i was not a blot, a blur or a careless ' piece of work of which to be ashamed, i The trouble with most of us then was 1 that we spent more pains on the first 1 page than on the second, and that we 1 got heedless in the middle of the I book and hurried as fast as we could ] without extraordinary effort to do i well, when we approached the end. i Some of us treat the years in this : way. We make good beginnings in i January and resolve upon a great < many improvements, but our resolu- i tions are forgotten in February, are an old story in March, and by April have been tossed to the winds. Every broken resolution weakens character. It is much better to make no resolu- ; tions than to make good ones and neglect them. Having said this, may I suggest to 1 you a certain line of action for Nineteen hundred and twelve? This century Is growing up. The child who ??!???? wti?n it heron. is two wao tie? vu omv*. 0 , years past twenty today, and you may make your own accounting as to your age on that same basis. I bare f warned you not to worry. Now I am \ going to warn you again not to hurry. ' Worry and hurry are twins, and they I are not angels. They are a good deal ^ more like fiends. Hurried work Is ( slipshod work. People who hurry i themselves and others make a lot of t fuss, stir up a great deal of confusion e and put themselves in disagreeable c evidence, but they do not accomplish t so much as the people who go straight t on. minute by minute, doing what t ought to be done in the time it ought c to take. The whole universe runs on t scheduled time. The suns and the t planets and the comets, the tides that 1 ebb and flow, the entire current of na- t ture and the four seasons move ac- i cording to schedule. , f Again, in this New Year, which 1 i Not a single emerald ember, f<Vot a glint or gleam of gold, Glide the garden where for warden Broods the pallid wraith of Cold; Snow-^lveB down the gray sky flying Hither, thither, swift and sheer, Bugler -wind to wind repining, 4k,W?lct^me in the youngling year. Far MQ^tbe river border All is frosted, all is froze; Leafless bingle, rime-white shingle, Line the barren reach of shore; Yet where steely reaches glisten. And fleet skaters dart and veer, Gleeful voices?ah, but listen!? Welcome in the youngling year. What although be strewn behind us Wrecked ambitions, broken alma, Ever vernal, aye, eternal, Hope's radiant pharos flames; Let us then with valiant chorus Lift our bail to JanivereFace with faith what lies before us Welcome in the youngling year. -rCllnton Scollard in the Columbian Magazine. Seif-Control j older member of the family whom 1 | leared not a little and with whom 1 was likely to have daily?and nervetesting?encounters. For me to keep steady self-control was a vital matter not only to myself, but to those others for whom I needed to stand firm. "I was taxed almost beyond endurance by the strain, but 1 found that It I compelled myself to take unusual Odd Schools. I "Freak" schools were the subject recently of an article In a European provincial paper, and we are confident that few of our readers will have heard of some of these very odd educational establishments. It appears that in Belgium before qualifying for a post as sexton one must pass an examination in a school of gravedlggers. while in Paris there is a school for judges, where make-believe trials are carried out in detail before lawyers of i repute. Russia has a school for policemen, / f / * I lope Is to be the happiest you hare ?ver had, take an Interest In people. Instead of sitting down and thinking :hat you are lonely and left out, look ibout for somebody else who needs :o be cheered. Do not take an Interest In only one kind of folk. One should have friends everywhere, and iraong all sorts of people. There are rery few people whom you meet, who ;annot tell you something you do not mow or give you a good suggestion It you have an open mind. Whatever you do, avoid tht temptation to conlescend to any one or look upon any me In a spirit of patronage. Do not shut yoyr eyes to the fun of the situation. Yoj may say that there ire situations with which fun has nothing to do. Yoti are mistaken. There is always fun If you can understand it and enjoy it. A person who tias no sense of humor is greatly to be pitied. Fortunately, most girls are bubbling over with fun, and '?o not have to be told how to find it. When [ hear the merry laughter of young girls, when I see their faces dimpling and their eyes sparkling with pure delight in the Joy of existence, I am glad not only for them, but for every Dne they meet. To bo sure there are circumstances which try the equanimity of the most philosophic soul, but no matter what they are, somewhere within them there Is sure to be fun if you know where to look for It, and 11 you have a wholesome Intention to make the best of things as they are. Having said this, I wish every one of you the happiest, most fortunate, most fruitful and delightful year that you can possibly have. A happy New Year to each and all. Beginning the Journey. This is the flm of a new year. W? ire setting out on a journey of which -?-- Vnnwlprfi?p in advance * C tail UUIU UW n.<w..?VMOV The road la one on which we never lave gone heretofore. We know not vhat any day will have for us, what >ur duties will be, what burdens shall >e laid upon us, what sorrows we ihall have to endure, what battles we ihall have to fight We cannot see >ne step before us. How can we know he way? As we sit in the quiet, his first evening, and ask the ques Ion, we hear an answer which is full >f comfort Jesus says to us: "I an he Way." All we shall have to do herefore, will be to stay with Christ ( Je has made a way through the world or us. He has gone over all the Jour jey and opened a road for us at jreat cost. He went over the waj ilmseif?we shall find his footprint! it every step. He has a definite waj or each one of us. "Every mile of tht lourney he has chosen, and everj place where I pitch my tent he hai selected for me."?Rev. J. K. Miller. Weather and Wisdom. Weather and wisdom prophets whe have lost faith in the fickle barometei and fallible Old Moore, should cock an abservant eye upon the weather dur Ing the early dayB of the year. It is an immemorial tradition that the weather of January 25 foretells the i whole year. The articles of faith on this point nave Deen 6ei ionn in in numerable verses, the best autbenti:ated of which warns you that fair iveather on St. Paul's day means a prosperous year; rain cr snow fore tells dear times; cloudB and fog mor.allty among cattle, and hlg'i winds R-ars. The origin of all superstition 8 wholly lost in antiquity. But the )Id chroniclers called the day a "dies Sgyptlacus" (or unlucky day), In ivhat De Qulncy would have called 'shuddering propitiation." i The Modern Sort. "What we want," said the publish er, "is the terse, hard-hitting moderr style of expression." "I know," replied the writing per son; "the stuff that sounds like pro fanlty with a little benzoate of sodr in it." Cruel Slur. "Some women," said Mr. Growcher "remind me of a salad." 'They're none of 'em so green." "No. But the impression they mak? depends almost entirely on the dress ! lng." ^/WWWVWWV/WS/> I pains with my appearance?to cio mj hair In the most bopoming rolls, tc wear niy daintiest and freshest ac rossorlos arid to be sure always thn' no neglected stitch or creased gar inent showed any relaxing from the standard I had set myself?It bracet me up in a way that I should hav<; supposed incredible?Impossible?hat I not proved it by my own persona 1 test. It has a direct effect in tonlni up the nerves, which any girl 01 woman can verify if ehe have the wisdom to try." j which it is. we believe, the pet anibl tlon of the young and aspiring burg lar to join. In an adjoining museun ; "the pupils make themselves familial with jimmies, drills, chlEels and othei tools used by professional thieves." Still more ambiguous are the merit! of the course of instruction given ir the Casino at Monte Carlo. Here is evolved the professional croupier Some 6ix months training is all tba: is needed to produce a finished spec! men of these useful articles, which aic turned out at the ?ate of "nearly i hundred a year. NOT COMPLIMENTARY. __ k jpSM^ N/i W" uk-JM \jwfr Magistrate?You are accused of having kissed this lady. What have you to say in your defense? Prisoner?Nothing (looking at the woman)?I was drunk and deserve to be punished. BURNING ITCH WAS CUREU "I deem it my duty to tell about a cure that the Cuticura Soap and Ointment have made on myself. My trouble began in splotches breaking out right in the edge of my hair on the forehead, and spread over the front part of the top of my head from ear to car, and over my ears which caused a most fearful burning itch, or eczema. "For three years I had this terrible breaking out on my forehead and scalp. I tried our family doctor and he failed to cure it. Then I tried the Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used them foi two months with the result of a complete cure. Cuticura Soap and Ointment should have the credit due, and I have advised a lot of people to ure them." (Signed) C. D. Tharrington, Creek, N. C., Jan. 26,1914. Itching Scalp?Hair Fell Out. "I will say that I have been suffering with an itching on my scalp for the past few years. My hair fell out in spots all over my head. My scalp started to trouble mo with sores, then the sores healed up, and crusts formed on the top. Then the hair fell out and left me three bald spots the shape of a half dollar. I went to more than one doctor, but could not get any relief, so I started to use the Cuticura Remedies. I tried one bar of Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Ointment, and felt relieved right away. Now the bald spots have disappeared, and my hair has grown, thanks to the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I highly recommend the Cuticura Remedies to all that are suffering with scalp trouM* " Id Qnmunl Sfern 93fi Floyd St., Brooklyn, N. Y? Feb. 7, 1911. Although Cutlcura Soap and Ointment are cold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Cuticura," Dept. 9 K, Boston. NOT THE OLD MASTER S. Visitor ' r: ! : T i n r: Is that one of the old masters? Rastus?No, sah; dat belongs to de ole missus. Shakespeare Footnote. Oie Mammy Lize was dusting the southern woman's drawing room. She i came to a small bronze bust of Shakespeare and began carefully go- { ing over him with her rag. ".Mis' Juliet, chile, who am (lis yere geramun?" "That is Shakespeare, Lize, a wonderful poet, who died centuries ago." i "Dat him, missy? lxjr', 1'se done hyear o- Mistali Shakespeare a lot oh times. Ever'body seems to know him. 'Deed, 1 done hyear so much 'bout him dat,l alius thought he was a white eemmun." Unwritten Law. According to (he Standard Diction ary, "The unwritten law is a rule' or custom established by general usage, etc." The unwritten law, as the term recently has come Into use, is the assumed or supposed right of a person to punish even with death the author of a gross wrong committed against a member of his family. Courts do not countenance it, but Justices frequently art*upon it. and several instances have occurred in recent years in which i persons accused of homicide have been acquitted. Money Saved Is Money Made. Dr. Wm. Self, rf Webster, N. C., an old practitioner of medicine, tells us that after many years' experience in medicine he finds It money saved to his patients to use Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein for coughs, colds and consumption, Whooping Cough, etc. At druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 a bottle. The Exception. "Take my advice and mind your own affairs. No man ever got rich Hghting other peopb s Initios." 1 don't know. How about a law- j ver?" For OOLOS and fill IP Hicks' Capcbinf is the Pent remedy?re IIpvph the (whin* atid lfvfrl?hnc*s?cures the Coi?t and restores normal conditions. It's liquid?effects immediately. 10e., 25c., and 50c. At drug stores A woman thinks of her future; other women talk of her past. Dr. Pierce's Pellet", small, sugar-mated, easy to take a> canny. regwaio ana invifjorate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not gripe. Mechanical kisses are the kind women give each other. Mrn. Whislow'e Soothing Syrup for Chlldrec | teething. soflcns the Rums, reduces inllama?.. lion, aliays pain, cures wind coiic, 26c a bottle. I Most women like the villain better than the hero. / ITCH. II'CH relieved In 30 minutes fry Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. At r>rnfryt*la , The wise manicure never lifts the nail on the head. / Mhmional SONMTSCIIOOL - Lesson LESSON FOR DECEMBER 31 REVIEW. OOLDEN TEXT?'If we confess our sins, he is faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."?I John 1:9. To go over all the lessons separately, one after another, to repeat titles and Golden Texts In order, to select certain truths we have learned?this a- a urv.t noo/l (a th> 19 11ul 1u vi r tt , TV u at no nccu to iuu movement of the whole perlcl of the history, to study Its meaning, to what It Is leading, how each event, each character, bears upon this end, to help or to hinder, to see God In the history, and to learn the lessons the whole period teaches us. Reviewing is looking backward from some tower or hilltop, over the landscape through which we have been traveling. The hills, the valleys, the cities, the villages, the forests, the fertile fields, we have been seeing in detail through the quarter we now see as one broad country, and we understand the meaning and power of the land as a whole. , The principal countries where the events took place should be noted on the map, their relations to one another, the modern names of these lands given, and the events in each reported. The Bible history !.> made more real, and more interesting, when the contemporary events of secular history are connected with it, joining day school with Sunday school. And often the secular history throws light upon the Biblical history. The monuments, the remains of ancient times found in the ruins of their great cities within the last century, add greatly to our knowledge and interest The history we are reviewing naturally falls Into four eras or periods. (1) The two streams of the divided kingdom. (2) The single stream of Judah. (3) The Exile. (4) Tho Return and Restoration. I. First Period. The Divided Kingdom.?Judah and Israel side by side, a double experiment In the progress of the kingdom or God. This period extended from 982-722, about 260 years. Judah's territory contained about 3.400 square miles- Israel's 9,400. Judah's capital was Jerusalem with Its temples; Israel's was Samaria, with two centers of false worship. Judah was more sheltered than Israel from close contact with the heathen, both politically and religiously. Judah had one dynasty of 11 kings and one queen, all of the house of Davldt and Israel 19 kings and 9 dynasties. Judah had several very good kings, and great revivals of religion and reforms of morals; while in Israel from the first was a deterioration of varying degress, with great help from Elijah and Ellsha. The principles we have been studying apply to our own times, but are worked out In ways adapted to modern life. "The church is an army on duty, an army for the Christian conquest of the world by loving faithfulness." There are great evils to be driven out of our country. The whole land Is waking up to realize the need of civic righteousness. There is always need of uwaikdiuig new i ciui luitif, ?,cai. i vi every Btep we gain gives us views of new needs, and new ideals. Every Christian land ought to be a perfect example of the kingdom of God, and of the blessings that abound in It. Every failure to live that life lessens its influence over the heathen nations. II. Second Period. Judah the Sole Kingdom.?Length of Period, 136 years ?from destruction of Samaria 722 to final fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the temple in 586. Every failure from the perfect llfje, every moral wrong, every fall into idolatry, diminished their power for good; and it. was necessary that punishment should fol- ; low such conduct, both to persuade them into the ways of God and right- ! eousness, and also to show the heath- j en that only obedience to God could lead to the blessings prepared for Gods people. III. Third Period. The Exile in Baby- I Ion. Length of period, 70 years, 605536 and 586-516. A period of discipline, of sifting like wheat, of the refiners purifying fire. 1 The Jews learned their need of God, ! the value of religion, the blessedness of the Word of God; they gained the broadening of their ideas, and sympathies, the increase of their culture. Discipline, purifying in the furnace, the strength that cornes from overcoming, is the need of all individuals and churches today. IV. The Fourth Period. The Return. The New Spiritual Nation.?This period extends from the first return in 536 to the close of the Bible history, 400?with an onward vision to the coming of Christ. Preparations for the coming of Christ. The forerunner. God's Way. "Give me to drink."?John 4:7. Through what little things God accomplishes his wondrous works. "Give me to drink;" what a little word, and yet ncte what God built upon it; the conversion of one guilty soul, and through her the drawing of multitudes to hear the words of life from the Savior's own lips! How wonderful and yet how different from us. To accoinpusu giaai. cuu? ne u??; great means. God does exactly the reverse. And why? Because our ends are ac com pushed by the means we use. God's are not. And what Is God's ob Ject in this? That we should mark not the visible ^nd, hut. the Invisible; ' not the process, but the hand that is working; not the things seen n*.i temporal, but the mighty Worker un seen and eternal. As creatures of sense we are arrested by (he visible , ends. God would have us see, net them, but him; and therefore he work? by the weakest means in order that, by bbservlng the great disproportion ( between the means and the end, we ! may recognize his hand. A CURE FOR CARE. "Do not worry; trust instead!" That is what the Master said. And It cannot be denied That his teaching, when applied, Proves a sovereign cure for care, .^.lgbtens brudens anywhere. Heathen men who never heard Of the Master's restful word May bq pitied If they let Anxious thoughts their spirits Tret, But disciples all may learn Of the Master to discern, That, while God doth reign above, "Providence" means watchful love. I fclwilMlltlAI I ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT l[ J AYegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regula 1 i;tf3 tm? the Stomachs and Bowels of fi i nessandRcst Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral ' ft! Not Narcotic & R?tpr cf Old DrSAMVEl/m/fER L f\vyJri* SuJ i>? Six S?na ? \ i I R?ktllt s*/(j 'j' Am'rt S**J - I & BiCnfimmUS?la I j w?'Stu. I IJtv I Wmkrfrttm /"On or / i $0 Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa- # HJ! lion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, I ^{c Worms .Convulsions,Feverish- I ness and Loss of Sleep 1 Fac Simile Signature of The Centaur Company. NEW YORK 1MB yjGuaranteed under the FoodanrfJ I Exact Coov of Wrapper. tod1 The strong, s Rayo lamps and lanterns give it Do not flicker. Will i Simple, reliable and durable?and sol Ask your dealer to show you hit line of Rayo lair Standard Oi (tneorpo Special Offer This paper is printed from ink the SOUTHERN OIL & INK CO., I per pound, F. O. B. Savannah Course in Kindness. " "1--. .1 -U-..U I.. ? I we Dcneve inai mere tuiuuiu uc a j course In the public schools, all grades, devoted to humanity?kindness; the rights of four-footed and feathered flocks. We are improving slowly. We lay j out bird reservations. Robins nest in the maples in our most crowded dis- 1 _ tricts. Birds that for years sought 1 the depths of the forests now rear j I their young within heating of the roar j of the street cars. In some subtle f way they know that their chances for protection have been increased, t claims tho Cincinnati post. They do , not know that kindness is being 3 taught and brutally discouraged in countless homes. Yes, we are improving, but we want the world to move faster?and we , plead for school education that will j teach the coming generation to be [ kind to animals and all birds. Pantomime Code. James T. Fields of the firm of Tick- j nor & Fields wore a flowing beard, as many men of his time did. He was ' scrupulous in the care of it, and In . the main managed it at the table I with skill. i His wife was always on watch for him, too, when they went out to din | ner together. They had a pantomime < code and a few expressive spoken sig- | nals. Should a bread crumb catch in ' i the floss .Mrs. Fields would say: ".My dear, there's a gazelle in the garden." TO DRIVE Ol'T MALARIA AND 111'JED I J' THE SYSTEM Take tho Old Standard URoVICH T. STKl.ESS CHU.I, TO NIL. You know what yoit nro tiiki.ig The torum-.i Is pltinl.' printed >n evory botiln, howlng it Is Imply QniaiMand Iron In nUUlel form, and the ntm' ctTeeinal form. lor grown reople and children. (4) cents. Ancient3 Used Lightning Rods. As early as 400 B. C. the aneients had observed that iron rods had the power to avert lightning For HKADACIIK?Kicks' C A PL'DINE Whelher from Colds, Siomach or Nervous Troubles. Cnpuillne will relieve you It's liquid plcnsr.nt to take a<-f* Immediately. Try It. 10i*.. 25c.. and 5 cent* at drug stores. In after years a woman may be sorry she married the man in the case, but she's always glad that "that other , woman didn't get him. The Chicago Fire could have been prevented with one |>ai! of water, hut the water was not handy. K<"p a bottle of Hamlin* Wi/ard '? ' ! r !v and prevent the fiery pains of inflammation. Don't waste time trying to kill two birds with one ?tcne Stones ar1 more plentiful than bird? Remedies are Nee Were we perfect, which we arc not, m< not often be needed. But since our sys come weakened, impaired and broken indiscretions which have gone on from t through countless gtncrat.ons, remedies aid Nature in correcting our inherited i acquired weaknesses. To reach the sc weakness and consequent digestive tro nothing so good as Dr. Pierce's Golden M cry, a glyceric compound, extracted from inal roofs?sold for over forty years with Weak Stomach, Biliousness, I.ivcr Compli Heartburn, Bad rrcafh, Belching of food, Derangements, the "Discovery" is a timt The genuine has on its nttfvirh* u'/>-irin/>a //IA C\^ Signature x You can't afford to accept a secret nosf holic, medicine o? known composition, n< thereby make a little higher profit. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, ens 3ERFE< In every cold we SSHfiiK 'j Smokeless Oil Heati WfttkTZWi or undress ? Do yo w'icn W'D<: \i? a A Perfection Smo fort Can be carrie / glowing heat from tb m C':-s3QS>^ PK A?k ?i?r dealer to ih. 7/^ write for o?cripti*e arc i I T 1 mmmmmm?* For Jnfants and Children. he Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /,*, Signature /Axi ' w W Li i _ J For Over ! Thirty Years EASTQRIA TNI OSNTAU* 0O??ANV. 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V .lll'OT M I'Ulfl or pxinmruuiiirj ?iynr*v : LEAKING HOL'NL,14lW.?5tb8L,*.Y.Cltjr W. N. U.. CHARLOTTE. NO. 52-1911. Charlotte Directory Charlotte Auto School, Charlotte, N, C. wants turn ximl hoy a to lrnrn Automobile Ini-incs In C'dr G.-iriipo it rid Machine whops. Sow Cars; Sew Machinery; ir<><mI positions Tor every priulunte. CATALOGUE FKKE. SPECIAL SALE ON I PLAYER PIANOS We did not anticipate 8/4 cent cotton when we placed our order for Self - Player Pianos. The stock on hand must Ixj sold before December 31st, and in order to dispose ! of them will make special j terms. See this stock while it is complete or write for particulars. Chas. M. Stieff ; Mauufactnrer of the Artistic Stieff Self-Player and the Shaw Sc!f-P!ayer Pianos Southern Wareroorti 5 West Trade Sireet Charlotte - .North Carolina C. H. WILMOTH. Manager Mention thts I'nptpr) -?- ! .. J ml and otherwise at of stomach ? " ubles, there is J? j [edical Discov- ' *0 i native medici great satisfaction to all users. For lint, Pain in the Stomnrh after eating, Chronic Diarrhea and other Intestinal t-proven and most efficient remedy, rum as u suhstitufc for this non-a!cont even though the urgent dealer may and invigorate stomach, liver and y to take as candy. ? 11 a "TinisiSM0KELESS I ^ I lUrS OIL HEATER | athcr emerjrnry yea need a Perfection rr. Is your bedroom cold when you dress ur water pipes freeze in the cellar ? Is it 1 whistles around the exposed corners of kdess Oil Heater brings complete com- i id anywhere. Always ready for use? 1 e minute it is lighted. 1 nw you a Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater | or 1 ular to soy aieacy of 9 lard Oil Company m I