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I t I he Herald and Advertiser NBWNAN, FRIDAY. OCT. 8 0. Negroes and the Census. New York World. Encuuruging facts showing progress among the negroes of the United States will appear in a forthcoming bulletin of the Census Hureuu. Of negroes 1(1 years old and over, 30.1 (>er cent, are reported as illiterate. This proportion is lower than it is among large elements of our white im migration; lower thun the rate in Southern Italy and the Italian islands, and little more than half what it was among the negroes themselves twenty years ago. The negro death-rate is still very high, 25 5 per 1,111X1 in the registration area in Hill), against a general death- rate of 15; hut this alsu is fast de creasing. Partly owing to this heavy percentage of deaths, but mainly to white immigration, the total number of negroes in the country is now hut 10,7 per cent, of the whole population. It has steadily lessened in every decade Of the republic. Almost three-fourths of our negro population live upon farms or in vil lages of less than 2,500 inhabitants. It n a rural race. In feeding and cloth ing the country, with a surplus for other lands, it plays an important part. The great cotton crop of the South would scarcely be iiossible without ne gro aid. A frivolous society girl, in a small town, made a daily trip to tho town library, where she would always get a book. This being the loafing place of the young men of tho town, it was quite evident why she came. One of the young men, guessing that tact, asked her this question: "Miss Jones, have you ever read 'Scott’s Emulsion?'” "O, yes; isn't it the sweetest hook? 1 just love it." MANY TROUBLES DUE TO AN INACTIVE LIVER Many of the troubles of life, such as headache, indigestion, constipation and lack of energy, are due to inactive liv ers. GRIGSBY'S LIY-VER-LAX is s nat ural, vegetable remedy that will get the liver right nnd mike these troubles disappear. It has none of the dangers or disagreeable after effects of calomel. Get a 5'Jo. or id bottle of this splen did remedy from your druggist to-day. Every bottle bears the likeness of L. K. Grigshv, who guarantees it through John R. Cates Drag Co. What Became of Them. Take a walk through the cemetery alone and you will pass the resting- place of a man who blew into the muz zle of a gun to see if it was loaded. A little down the slope is a crunk who showed how near he could stand te a moving train while it passed. In strolling about you'll see the monu ment of the hired girl who tried to Btart the tire with kerosene, and a grass-covered knoll that covers the boy who put a cob under the mule’s tail. That tall shaft over a man who blow out the gas casts a shadow over the boy who tried to get on a moving train. Side by side the pretty creature who always hud her corset laced to the lust, hole, and the intelligent idiot who rode a bicycle nine miles in ten min utes, sleep unmolested. At repose is a doctor who took some of his own medi cine. There, with the top of a shoe box driven over his head, is un old man who married a young wife. Away over there reposes a boy who went fishing on Sunday, and the woman who kept strychnine powders in the cup board. The man who stood in front of the mowing machine to oil the sickle is quiet now, and rests beside the care less brakeman who fed himself to the 70-ton engine. And near by may be seen the grave of the man who tried to whip the edi tor. A man after the lapse of n few months, meeting an old friend, accosted him thus: "Say. old man, why is it we don't see you uny more?” "I’ve joined the army,” was the la conic rejoinder. "What army," asked the amazed friend. "The army of the Lord." "And the church?" "Baptist." "Well, it's not the army you mean then, it’s the navy." There is a certain Ohio Judge whose wit has enlivened many a dull ease. On one occasion counsel made in his court this statement on behalf of a plaintiff of somewhat bibulous ap pearance: "My client, your b*nor, is 3 most re markable man and holds a very respon sible position. He is manager of the wa terworks." After a survey of his elient, his hon- nor replied; "Yes, he looks like a man who could be trusted with any amount of water.” Curst OK Sires. Otksr ItaUlst »««’! C«rt ‘I lif frtfs cates, no manfr of how Ions standing, ate cured by ihc wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porfer'e Au[i*c|-lic. ttraling Oik It relievea Paw -t-d lie- 1 - at [be saute lioje. Be, 50 c, JL0U. How much are you worth? Measured by the tape-line of this world’s valua tion you are rich or poor, worth much or little, according to the dollars you own. Measured by the rule of heaven, and you are worth just what you can take with you into the next life. A man who possesses in this life a million dollurs is not worth a cent one moment after he is dead. Bank books are out of place in a dead man’s coffin. Shrouds have no pockets. All the wealth of the universe could not pur chase a single moment of the time, or help a man to retain his hold upon his earthly riches for one hour. You are worth whatever of good deeds you have to your credit on the other side of life. If you have been h/nest, up right, faithful, full of kindness, and have built your character along these lines, you are rich, If you’ve been narrow-minded, covetous, grasping, hardhearted, self-seeking, you are poor indeed, even though the wealth of a gold mine is yours. A witness declared that a chauffeur driving an automobile at forty miles an hour could, if necessary, atop the ma chine within ten or twelve feet. The Judge glanced up as if the statement was a lump/ thing to swallow. Tho next witness was classified as an expert, and rattled off his testimony with the easy grace of an evangelist singing the doxology. To him the Judge looked for some confirmation. "Mr. James," said his honor, ad dressing the witness, "if an automobile was traveling at the rate of thirty or forty miles per hour, and the brakes were applied in such n manner as to stop it within ten or twelve feet, where would tho driver go?" "That, your honor," calmly replied the witness, "would depend very much on the sort of life that the driver had been living." Hopeless Lung Trouble Curod. Many recoveries from lung troubles lire due to Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey. It strengthens the lungs, checks the cough and gives relief at once. Mr. W. S. Wilkins, Gates, N. C.. writes: ”1 used Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey in a case given up ns hopeless and it effected a complete cure." Get a bot tle of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey if your cough is dry and hacking and let it trickle down the throat; you will surely get relief. Only 25c. at your druggist's. Cleanlines*. Cleanliness may l>u defined to be the emblem of purity of mind.—Ad dison. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old StHudard jrtncml fttrcngtht-ainjE Ionic, OROVK'S TASTKLKSS chill TONIC, drives out tlslorU.corichcs Ihc blood .snd builds up the sys tem. A Uuc luuic. Nur adults and children. 30c We have made an important addition to our candy line. We are now sell ing Townsend's California Glace Fruits. They are different from the ordinary crystalized fruits in that the juice is not extracted in the process of preparation; a process known only ro Townsend. It is a mixture of all kinds of fruits—sim- plv delicious. $1 PER POUND And if you arc not pleased we will gladly refund your money. Buy them once and you will buy them again. “Away above everything” of its kind. These, together with Kern’s delicious chocolates, bon boas, chocolate nuts, etc., makes a good line to choose from. THE BEST DRUG STORE Wc Give You What You Ask for J. F. Lee Drug Co. Prompt TWO Efficient Delivery ’PHONES V>0 Service i I Townsend’s California Giace Fruits \ •- - -W- .