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HELEN. ITrr^r* * in IV "Pn ]?;r>*> ? ail.I nWSSCS Over temples smooth and fair. Have you marked it. as she passes*. 0!oam and shadow roioplcd tnei'C Braided strands of midnight air? Helen's hair? D?eo with dreams ami starry dkui-s Of the thought that in them liis, Have yon seen them as she nisis Them in gladness or surprise Two gray yearns of daybreak skies? Helen's eyes ' Moist with dew and honied wafers Of a music sweet that slips. Have you marked them, brimmed with laughter's Pons and sunshine to I heir tips. Rosebuds v.i-eu-e the fragrance drips. I Helen's lips? np who sees her needs must love her; t But. beware; avoid love's dart! Tie who loves her must discover Nature overlooked one part, In this mast, rpiere of art? Helen's heart. - " tWrl, t,v (tie Wil!. ?.uatlison Vii?vni, ill .... _ cJ I l' fOT Drummer ("m train)?"Is this seat engaged?" Coy Country Maid?"No, but I am."?Judge. "Uncle Tom, what is charity?" "Charity, Tommy, is finding good excuses for 41)0 faults of people we don't like."?Detroit Free Press. By such discrepancies as this Our life down here is cursed; , The man who sings the loudest is The man who sings the worst. ?Washington Star. "I admire your wife's style of writing. Her diction Is perfect." "tcs. her diction is all right. So is herj contradictlou. That's wonderful."? Tit-Bits. "Say. pop." remarked little Willie. ' "is corn-raising an infant industry';"! "Xo, my boy." answered the head of i the house. "We^ what do they need cribs for?"?Philadelphia Record. I found an honest man one time, "Vou are a thief!" 1 cried, When I had caught him in the act. "I am, sir," he replied. ?Detroit Free Press. "Where arc you going?" asked the housebreaker. "Up to detective headquarters," said the safecracker. "I have reason to believe the police are on my traiL"?Chicago Record-Herald. Bizzer?"Are you afraid of burglars, I that you sleep with your poeketbook under your pillow':'' Buzzer?"Er? not exactly; you see. it's my wife that I'm afraid of."?Ohio State Journal. Bill?"Don't you think there is more In anticipation than in realizationV" Jill?"Well. I believe there is more satisfaction in lying about the fish, rin catching them, if that's what mean."?l'oukers Statesman. Surface?"I see that nearly all the rich men of to-day began their careers by teaching school." Deepuu?"Yes, a man who succeeds in getting along with an average lot of school directors can make his way anywhere."?New York Weekly. "See here!" exclaimed the boy's mother, as che ejected hint from the pantry, "how many more times must I tell you to keep away from those jars of preserves?' "How many more jars are there, maV" inquired the uoy.?I'litiaucipuia uccuru. "I hope some day lo sec my daughter's name on a doctor's sign.'' said the match-making mother. "Ah. indeed," said the young physician; "is she studying medicine?" "No; but I am anxious for her to marry a doctor."?Chicago Itecord-Herald. "How did you happeu to iusure in that particular company?" "I consulted the wishes of my wife." "Of course; that's very praiseworthy. But ?does she know anything about life insurance companies?" "Yes. She investigated, and found that this one always issues the prettiest calendars." -Tit-Bits. Unpaid Doctor'a Bills. Fcople expect of physicians charitable deeds much more numerous than 4K aca ?Ann't?A/l r\f Arillnai'tT mnrfnlfi IUUOC iVVjUU tu VI viviiuui J .w.vv Here is the naked statement made recently by a prominent physician: "I am old now," said ho, "approaching the age of seventy years. The other day I was reviewing my career and going over my account books, carefully preserved from the beginning of , my practice. I found on those books debts amounting to $104,000, for which I would accept fourteen cents. The public would cry out indignantly upon a doctor who refused his art to those unable to pay him, and every doctor lias worthy patients, who take the best of his time and skill perhaps and pay him nothing, but there are hosts of people who seem to thinu tnemselves justified in imposing upon him. Some of those who owe money ride past my door in carriages."?Philadelphia Ledger. A Commanding Figure. "Your friend is a commanding ligurc in the politics of your State." "I should say so," answered Senator Sorghum. "Ho stands for at least a billiou of dollars." V'< I "Marriage/' says the Cynical Bachelor, "is a game of chance in which there are a lot of booby prizes." Worth Knowing About. Xo need of cutting ofi'.i woman's brentt or a man's cheek or nose in a vain attempt to cure cancer. Xo need to apply burning plasters to the ties 11 and tortuiing tins' already weak from suffering, botanic Blood J aim < B. 15. 15. i gives a safe, speedy and certain cure. The most horrible forms of cancer of the face, breast,womb, mouth, stomach, large tumors, ugly cancers, eating, festering sores, persistentpitnplcs.bloodpois tn.cat rrli, ill uniatisin, terrible itching, scabby skin diseases. etc., are all 8 \ccc**l\\ ly treat* u an?i cuicu Botanic Wood Balm (15- B. B.l. Druggist?, 4(1. Sample of medicine sent free, alfio raanx testimonials, by describing your trouble nn' writing Bloo-.l Balm Co.. 12 Mitchell Street. Atlanta. Gn^ l.ur<;e?t in the World. Walter Baker & Co., Ltd.. Dorchester, Mass.. are the largest manufacturers of cocoa and chocolate in the world. They received a gold medal from the Paris Exposition of last year. This year they have received three gold medals from the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are the standard for purity and excellence. Unmentionable. Teacher? "What doesb-u-l-l-yspell?" Johnny?'"WTiy. or?u'm?ni Teacher ? "Come! Come! Suppose a great big boy were to strike a little fellow, what would you call him?" Johuuy?"I don't dast to tell .ver I Ala aiu. ? Latuouc standard and Times. lleet For the Bowels. No mutter what ails yon, headache to a cancer, yon will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascauets help nature, euro you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health bach. Cascabkts Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware oT imitations. The study of music requires an ability to read between the lines. II. H. Gbsex'8 Sons, of Atlanta. Ga., arc the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. See their liberal offer in advertisement in another column of this paper. The moon moves around the earth at I 2273 miles an hour FITS permanently cured. No fitsomcrvons' nesaafter first day's usa of Dr. Kline's Great ! Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. R. If. Kt.i.ne, Ltd., 031 Arch St.. l'hila. Pa. The man of letters may be either an author or a postman. Mrs. IVinslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflarama ' tion,allays pain. cnras wind colic. 25c a oaStl > The difference between a job and a position seems to depend on the salary. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wa, 0. E.sdslet, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1900. The largest ten cities in the United States in the order of their population are: New York. Chicago. Philadelphia. St. Louis. Boston. Baltimore. Cleveland, Buffalo, San Francisco and Cincinnati. The Randleraan (N. C.) Hosiery Mills were destroyed by fire during the week, entailing a loss of about $22,000. The insurance is said to aggregate $15,000. 1 *.(?, I 5T ls J^] 5 If^SSIS to t?0\i % With many i ideal home laxati 'Jm one, and the met! ^ Company ensures which have comi most eminent ph; who are well info: Syrup of Figi ^ out in any way d ^ freedom from anj In the proce & pleasant to the ta combination are ficially on the sy? w To Jet its 1 C&hfo Louisville, Ky. Rj for Sale bv all I El ?< BS9EBQ3BKSMHBBBSQ9MBMpVR:PaSPM9OT Dyeing is as simple as washing when you nse Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by all druggists. The girl who refuses an olfer 01 marriage is usually very much surprised when the young man takes her at her word. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, i Lucas County. 1 "' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the cnior partner of the tirni of F. J. Cheney k Co..doing business inthc Cityofl'oleilo,County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one iiuni>rei? dollars for each and every ease of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. L'n i vir T Pirpvrv Sworn to before me anil subscribed in my . . presence. this 6th day of December seal ' A. D., 1880. A. W. (Ileason. ' ?'? .Volar;/ Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,and acts directly on the blood and mucous surface.; of the system. Send for testimonials, ?*o. F. .T. Cuenf.y & Co., ToleddyC. Sold by Druggists, 73c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Scholarship For Sale, In one of North Carolina's leading Business Colleges. Address Hunter, care Box 607, Charlotte, N. ('. _______ Ceo?raohic Ignorance. In spite of all that lias been written, in J spite of books, magazine articles and newspaper articles, in spite of lectures stereopticon talks and social talks, the fact remains that the bulk of people on the mainland know very little about lis. It was only the other day that one of the teachers passing through to Manila commented upon tiie fact that Honolulu ; bnd the nnncarance of an .American | town. The reply was. '"Why, this is an ' American town. You are still in the United States." And then she said, "Do you know I always though; that the Hawaiian Islands belonged to Japan." This damsel was going to help to teach the Filipinos geography. It is to be hoped that Asiatic geography is of a somewhat better brand than her co mographic views upon the Pacific.?Honolulu Star. Almost exactly half the coal exported from Great Britain in the last six months went to the four countriesFrance. Germaiv. S^ain arvl Italy. ? , F ?.*^1 PRICE, 25 c. UseCERTAIN^CURE.11 IT5 And PLEASANTLY at ^ H/tBlTUAL rER,CO|A? niUions of families Syrup of Fi ve. The combination is a sim liod of manufacture by the Ca that perfect purity and unifc nended it to the favorable cc psicians and to the intelligent : rmed in reference to medicinal > has truly a laxative effect anc isturbing the natural function: r unpleasant after effects, ss of manufacturing, figs are ,ste. but the medicinally laxatr obtained from plants known ;tein. beneficial effect uy the ^er\\jinerMan\jf? r?kvRq<S Sar FrAr\oiscotCaJ. DRUOOI ST S PR redds! | " I had a terrible cold and couid J Incraiy Dreuuie. i men iricu rtyei i. Cherry Pectoral, and it gave mi: iaa- j mediate relief." W. C. Layton, Sidell, 111. How will your cough | be tonight? Worse, prob-jj ably. For it's first a cold, a then a cough, then bron-1 chitis or pneumonia, and | at last consumption. | Coughs always tend 3 | downward. Stop this 8 I downward tendency by Sj I taking Ayer's Cherry Pec-1 I Three s':es: 25c., "1c., Jl. ill drnyih't. a 9 Consult your doctor. If lie says take it, H thon do as lie say*. If ho tell, you not B to take It. then don't take it. He knows. M B Leave it with him. Wo aro willing. J. C. AVl-.lt CO.. Lowfll. Mass. | f*APUDINE ( ) * ? CLICKS 5 Nervoun Headache, Neuralgia, X g and 8ICK HEADACHE. It ia abao- X g lutely harmless. No effect on the jj| g heart. For sale nt an Drug atores. jg ixinAiniinunnnKisxiiffiiixisfiii DO YOU SHOOT If you do you should send your n WINCH GUN CATALOGUE. It illustrates and describes all the diff Ammunition, arid contains much val Winchester Repeating Arms Co.. *U NIO i W. L Dcnjlas S-I.OO 'fi Gilt EdecI.lno Cannot Be I iMEqualed At Any Price. 1 . Tor Kars Tim & C^art.-r cf a % Csntory iho reputation ( f v.*. I? Douglas $3.oo a:;<l $3.:j ::o , for wEBBBPtT*! stria, comf >rt and wear has c :ccelled til o'her make: sold at thcao prices. This excellent reputation ^jL'" >u lias Ix-en won ly merit alone. W. L. DoutAis shoes Uavotogi/o bcttorsatisfactlon than other $.5.00 and $3.00 shoes hoccuse his reputation lor tho best ?3j and $3^0 shoes must lxi maiataisv-id. W. L. Bonsrlas 8.1.00 and 81.10 Khor are made of the tamo hl^h-urado leatl era used In 81.00 and 80.00 shoe* on are Just as good in every way. M ...rrwh.r# - Cntltloff O Fr*e. ie*fftstu I ^CTS ? Gently. 4 cohsnf>atl0l1 i IlHEHTLY 1 jg gs has become the pie and wholesome ^ lifornia Fig Syrup TJk >rmity of product, nsideration of the appreciation of all ?f agents. ?? 1 acts gently withs and with perfect used, as they are ;e principles of the SfL to act lUDSt bene- Tjl Kctvrcd by ! yrapC?| Mew Yorh'NM ^ ICE ,50* PER BOTTLft Qf\ I % ' U/E euro CA'CE? AND TU?n?0 ; '? i^We Use NO Knife, NO Master. ; We give 110 J llin, 'lied ' <> blood. Wo euro \ou IJK/OKF. YOU PAi. ! Wo are h Graduate of Two Medical Colleges, | We want you to reiiil ot:r UO Page liook. We wnut this "ad" itielo-ed in writing n-. Wi-iiro lAn .1 S:i T s Dim i. ItieniiKjiid- Ya~ Write a postal to-day For itook Free. $8.00 one of the ff?f buys best made i! ^ . KM Lb. Platform Scales tj ever So!d. Well made. ? WILL LAST A LIFE TIME. FULL Size Platform. Catalogue free. JONES (HE PAYS THE nUaUUT). , tiNoiuiiroN. N. y. CHEAP vc vc ^ ^ SCHOLARSHIPS I Our ro'lece spac-i-n:i-ntly cnlar :nl an I to till it up a-, or.r ?v will a<cep'. office work or notes for tuit or, pay rii,r>ad fare, furnWh h?-?p board, ?n?i -ernre pos'tiors wh> n cradi at m. ! bi> olft-r is made ii ly to n few froru. e eh c< ui.tv ? ho ?> p'v liisLso wr te at once. Allures-. COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE. I Ol.t T1HIA, :?. ?!. TSTMa:H^EVER .. ? CURED BY / rlDR.TAFfS>* A fl FTVfc^ /D , FREE TRIAL BOTTLE DR.TAFT 79 E.I20T-ST..N.Y CiTY HANDSOME AMERICAN l.AOV, miepen dently rich, wants arood, honest husband. Address Mr-. ?., ST .Uarkct fsi., < bh-ago, 111* nOODQY NEW 3ISC0VEK Y; t>m \J IV W I I quick relief and cam worst r&aev liooa of testimonials snd | u days' treatment Fr*e. Dr. E. E. OEBBH SBOXB. Box B. Atlanta. ?a. 7 ame ?nd address on a postal card for a IESTER IT'S FREE. ercnt Winchester Rifles, Shotguns and uable Information. Send at once to the a A new navcn, uonn. j N'MADE* ^ MJGLAS *| \ 5jOQ&M | |Bi> J r'" The standard hM always I N -' ' * Vach CA l iffh ln?t thA I E r-( crer rccelvesmorV value for feSWi- M lift money In t.':? W. L. Douglas ssF'' Al&K a irx end fc.W shoe's than ho can /jfrlSSjK B R-1 elsewhere. W. 1? Dcuckia SSEtzJy ' jp\yF*SM makes end sella mere ?1.00 ar.d , gSS" ji 'Piyy y$3^0 shoes then any other two Tff..'/MvZL'fM nmnrfae'urera In the world. vXj 7 W/7w rA:;T COLOR EYELETS U3ED. k * 'e' Insirt npon having V7. L. ronglal (hots A with nuu sad pries ctautood . oatotton. hhoe.it.ent any- ?*??. 4 where r-i receipt of prico CO and 23 cents additional Tor car- JL & ~S | rln;re. T.-.ko measurements cf i footiisshownrstatestylcdo- /tj.jtv. >1 i * sired tilao and width yf ftv X A l7 usually worn; plain p--"CSvt 1* \ J ; t? or cap too; heavy, XCjajfe V. mcdiam or light soles. ^*CX?JP*^ ct from Sectary to weeirr ?t one pro tit {?r-< tie bc<t ?ho? dealer* B iOTMl I KJLl BV IBlltJJJW : Engines, Word PI mors, RR. Orogvtie 3 m Machines and Other Machinery, jf A1anuf?ctured by tfi 5 Salem Iron Work*. Salt ni, N.C. r WOMEN ! SUFFERERS ! Writ* to day. For ON CENT AND A H U.F PER DAY you cur* y nrscl', it home, of Jono riioea. Ulceration, D'solacenient, Tumors, aud *11 teniale week rr?cs. Addrww nearest Supply OlHre below. Particulars !rce for stamped envelop*. Uti va Supply Office, Qunllntovvri, N. C, MR3. LAURA M. .rUSriCT. Mgr. Alt re 1.miles needed in tmnssigne 1 territory to ma oye offices nt ltouic. Good pay. Seuil stain xsl eu* elope to UTOVA CO., Main Offices, South Bend, led. A Wl.vr' ss 1VOUK bUARAKTKKD \ We wantften. ngentsfor our Boaa v^Btv i Harness Klveter. $5 to$.s perdey * M easily made. Mends all kinds of ar'c nes?. Be.ts, and everything where 2 5 SW well clenched rivet answers purJ" pose.Fast replacing all other rtvetbendSOc in stamps for sampla I Ir"?BwJ\ IHlveter and box of Rivets and our D Vr uaninteed money-making prop? " M sltlon.Huvdlreetfrom largest roan ijafT?"SHfe ufacturera. Orintrrlllr Agrlmm L^wSriiltiiral VVorka.l'rani<r?lllr,t*a Mention thUpaper ichen icrttimm. THE SWIFT GREEK DAIRY AND STOCK FARM IVS.A' I ? H??for?to<.'HEAP?tai*? II JC!W ..i/" W numberof Registered AJCC V'-un* JERkKV Bl'I.Ld Al*? HKlPKRg. a I from It \\ /It great Milk and Butter stock 4X ' - r > Bred up to-date; none bettar tn the South. Th-? blood of the famous Stoke Fogta. S'. Lambert and Coorna?sle b ended. Poland Chin* Plea alwavsnn hand. T.P Braswell. Fattleborn. N.C. $900 TO $1500 A* YEAR We want intelligent Men and Women as Traveling Representatives cr Local Manager*; alary Jyoo to $1500 a year and all expenses* according to experience and ability. We also want local representatives: salary $9 to $ij m week and commission, depending upon the titee devoted. Send stamp for full particulars and late position prefered. Address, Dept. B. THE BEI.L COMPANY, Philadelphia. Pa. ' iiDIFf PSshee1ttusic pppp ?im ilvljLatest Hits * given awAy inbound form introduce our music and catalogue of good things in 6* ery h. me. Priule I rom same plaiea as 40c music. Send 13c for mailing expense-*. Piedmont Music Co., Winston, N.C. Mention this pacer. A GHATS to sell the "Mnfchle?i"*tde ss*b loch; Wanted the greatest antl rattler and burglari-roof li cn on the market. I." to $madayfor those who want to work. Ntckle plated sample FREE; Inclose IDct*. for postage. MAT? HLEOSsrKrlALTY CO.. Dep. C. Ml'.ACIK. IAD. ~5o7T?. ft cijRtS WHERE AIL ELEfAlLS. EJ * M Bc5t t-'oosh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use P!1 m In time. Sold by druggists. BV ? ? t , ' V' .V/ V.' Y\ - j