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MONDAT, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY.
OCTOBER 13, 14 and 15.
J H HELLER & BRO
220 Newcastle St.
His Life in Peril.
“I Just. seemed to have gone all to
pieces,” writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare,
Tex., "bi Piousness and a lame back
nad made life a burden. 1 couldn't
eat or sleep and felt almost too worn
out to work when I began to use Elec
tric Butters, but they worked wonders.
Now I sleep like a top, can eat any
thing, have gained in strength and en
joy hard worn.” They gave vigorous
health and new life to weak, sickly
run-down people. Try them. Only 60c
at all druggists.
The sensible housewife will always
use Bob Hoy flour.
Miss Kate Slater wishes to call the
attention of the ladies to her new
fancy work in battenherg and
aunce work.
Do You Want a Home?
$1,900 will buy the handsome resi
dence where C. MeOarvejr now re
sides. This is one of the prettiest
homes in that section of the city and
ihe price is unusually low. See Brob
stou & Fendig Cos. .
Goes Like Hot Cakes.
"The fastest selling article 1 have
in my store,” writes druggist C. T.
Smith, of Davis, T.y., “is Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds, because it always
cures. In my six years of sales it
has never failed. 1 have Known it to
save sufferers from Throat and laing
aiseases, who could get no help from
doctors or any other remedy.” Moth
ers rely on it, best physicians pre
scribe it, and all druggists guaran
tee satisfaction or refund price. Trial
bottles tree. Regular sizes, 60c and
sl.
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f CLOCKS.
\ JEWELRY.:
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vner and at lowest prices for J
♦ GOOD WORK.
♦ Pins put in breast pins only
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♦ EVERYTHING IN JEWEL
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[ KINNON MOTT. 0. D. i
r *’*' The Leading Jeweler,
f 215 NEWCASTLE STREET. ’
Inspector of watches for the
l Southern and B& B Railways.
Keeper of the city clock. Time
L by wire from Washington daily ;
♦ at 11 a. m-
FAMOUS GOODWOOD.
Somethluic About a lliatorie ICujtllah
Hmcu Course.
The Goodwood race course is quite
unique. It Is a long way from a sta
tion and Is not near any town, says
the London Tatler. It is on a hill the
top of which is shaped like n horse
sins*, the space between the two horns
being represented by a deep ravine.
The course runs round the horseshoe,
tile start being at the end of one
horn and the ilnlsh at the end of the
other, 'i he result of this Is that Hie
equestrians who oil other courses con
trive to see both start and tinisli by
the simple process of riding across
while the race is In progress cannot
do so at Goodwood They must elect
which they will see and remain there.
On the other hand, the course is very
eus.v to follow with glasses.
The races ns an institution are com
paratively modern, but there must
have been hunt races and-matches on
this course since the days of William
Hi., wlien we hear of •' .odwootl
hunt as in existence. In 1800, howev
er, the then Duke of Richmond made a
new course, which is practically tlie
present one. in ISbl the course was
completed, and in order to celebrate
this a regular meeting was got up by
the duke with the assistance of the
hunt and some officers of the Sussex
militia and yeomanry, and prizes to the
value of about £I.OOO were put up.
This meant a good sum in those days.
This was tlie first Goodwood meeting
of importance, and from that year it
became an annual event.
1 A Walking Fern.
Most ferns are confirmed travelers.
New fern leaves grow out from the un
derground roots some distance away
from the old plant. The average ob
server scarcely notices this,, but there
is a native fern that steps off at so
lively a pace that its odd habit has
long furnished one of the unceasing
entertainments of the woochr The
walking fern often carpets ledges and
tops of shaded rocks. The slender,
tufted leaf fronds are singularly Un
fernlike in appearance. They squirm
about and “walk" by declining their
taper tips to tlie soil and taking root
there and growing. In time dusters
of new leaf fronds spring from such
rooted tips. By and by some of these,
too, bite the earth and, taking root,
start still other colonies, which in turn
will continue the progress again and
again. Naturally, with the lapse of
time, ttie connection lietween the older
tufts and the younger becomes broken,
yet one sometimes finds series of three
or four linked together, representing as
many steps in the pretty ramble.—
Country Life In America.
Bridal SnprrwlltlotiM.
Many and curious are tin* customs
regarding brides. In Switzerland the
bride on her wedding day will permit
no one, not even her parents, to kiss
her upon the lips. In purls of rural
England the cook pours hot water over
the threshold after the bridal couple
have gone lu order to keep it warm for
another bride, says the London Globe.
The pretty custom of throwing the
slipper originated In France. An old
woman, seeing the carriage of her
young king, Louis XIII., passing on
the way from church, where he had
Just been married, took off her shoo
and, flinging it tit Ills coach, cried out,
“’TIs all 1 have, your majesty, but
may the blessings of God go with it.”
There is aft old superstition In Ger
many against marriages in May. A fa
vorite wedding day in .Scotland is Dec.
fit. so that the young couple can leave
their old life with the old year and be
gin their married life with the new
one. The Italians permit no wedding
gifts that are sharp or pointed, con
nected with which practice is our su
perstition that the gift of a knife sev
ers friendship.
Sympathetic Critlo.
The first play ever witnessed by Miss
Sparrow of Brooklyn was “Hamlet."
She sat breathless and spellbound un
til the curtain had dropped for the last
time, and not until she was well on
her way home did she confide her opin
ions and feelings to her niece,
“I pitied Ophelia,” she said at last;
"yes, i certainly pitied her; blit, you
see, she didn’t realize sueli a great deal
after all, her wits leaving her that
way. "i’was a mercy for her, but I
couldn’t help thinking ’twould have
been better to take her right out of the
piece when her head got so weak.
“But yet I could see that would have
thrown Hamlet into a position where
he’d have had to say more to fill up
the story, and as it was he looked so
sick I didn’t know, he’d live to fin
ish the performance. Nothing would
have surprised me less than to see him
topple right over where he stood, and
if he’s got any relatives if there’s a
single one of the Hamlet family any
where round—l should think they’d
see to it that lie lias Hie doctor before
uiorning.”— Youth's Companion.
What Answer Goulif she Make?
Mother—Elsie, your sister fells me
you took a second helping of pudding
at Mrs. Brown’s today.
Little Elsie—So I did, mamma.
“Do you think that was right, Elsie?”
“Yes. You know you have often told
me not to contradict any one, and Mrs.
Brown said, ‘I know Elsie will have
a second helping to pudding,’ uud i
couldn't contradict her, could 1?”
Washington Star.
Text For Text.
A minister in a country town once
instituted n series of reform measures
against a local political organization.
He began his political campaign, ac
cording to Harper's Magazine, by send
ing to the chief boss of the district a
card upon which wi re written the num
ber and chapter of a verse In the Bi
ble. W inn the boss and his associates
looked iq) the text, they found it to bo
a fire breathing threat against evildo
ers. The worst resort in the town was
a so called hotel known as The Firs,
and the minister preached hotly against
the place for two months preceding
election. The evildoers, however, not
only refused to tremble, but they won
the election.
Some months afterward, when nil
wits going at the lively pace of old, the
minister received a postal card which
read thus:
Dear filr- We respectfully refer you to
the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, eighth
verse. , THE FIRS.
Upon looking up the text be wits
amazed to read the following;
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and
the cedars of Lebanon, saying. Sin -
thou art laid down no feller is come up
against us.
Tle Oyster Season.
The theory that oysters are only
good to eat in the months which have
an “r” in them Is more or less new.
Once Aug. 5 was regarded by everyone
as oyster day and the first of the sea
son. So far from calamity following
the eating of oysters in August, it was
said that “whoever eats oysters on St.
James’ day will never want money.”
The old theory is still recalled every
year by the children who lieg passers
by to “remember the grotto.” How
many either <>f the children or of those
they beg from know the origin of Ihe
old and Irritating custom? Loudon
Globe.
Her Name For It.
“My dear,” remarked Mrs. Simplex
gently, “I think 1 can give you a bet
ter name Ilian growlery for your den.”
Simplex—Aw- yes, that’s very kind
of you. (Rut tie moved about uneasily,
not liking ilie cold glitter of bis wife’s
eyes.)
Mrs. Simplex You and Bloomoff sit
there and tell each other funny stories,
don’t you?
Simplex—Ye es. Bloomoff says some
capital tilings, and I fancy I can—
Mrs. Simplex—And you tell each oth
er about tlie handsome women you
have fascinated and various other
fairy tales.
Mr. Simplex—Oh, come, now, 'Aon
my word, you know!
Mrs. Simplex (sweetly)—Call it file
foolery, dearest. It will then Lie the
most appropriately named room lu the
house.—Pearson's.
lii on tlse Ground Floor.
An exposl muster was one of a
group in a city hall corridor recently
engaged In discussing queer manifes
tations of jealousy on the part of
young men in love, u dispatch in the
morning papers having given rise to
the eon versa f lon. He said (hat Hie
most jealous man lie ever had knowl
edge of applied for a position in the
postoflire. 1!e brought, such excellent
recommendations that the postmaster
was moved to wonder that the young
fellow did not go into mercantile life.
Pressed for a reason, he finally con
fessed tliut In* was giving up a better
position in order that as an employee
Of the postolliee he might not only get
bis fiancee’s letters the sooner, but also
might learn whether or not she re
ceived mail from auy other mail.—Phil
adelphia Times.
Boated the Kncmy.
lii some of tiu* London-courts there
ore private dining rooms reserved for
the exclusive use of the legal frater
nity. Into one of these rooms one day
there hustled u gaunt female who on
being courteously approached by a
junior counsel (Lilly declined to leave.
Thereupon an unblushing Q. (’. looked
tin* lady In the face and expressed his
mind. Still she did not budge. Coun
selor Lockwood then Intervened. “I
do not think there is anything unseem
ly in fids lady’s presence,” quoth be.
“She wears a gown and yes, I’m pret
ty sure that she also wears u wig.”
The lady went.—Loudon Tatler.
Good Opcnem.
“George certainly lias very strong
hands,” saitl his motlier-iu-law grudg
ingly us site watched him uhscrew the
top of a can of .preserves which had
stubbornly withstood his young wife’s
efforts, says the Gentleman’s Maga
zine.
"Hasn't lie. though?” cried ids young
bride admiringly. “Now 1 know what
he meant when he spoke in his sleep
last night about having such a beauti
ful pair of openers.”
After Iho Dnm'p.
“I hope you have enjoyed the even
ing, Miss Oliver.”
“Not excessively, Mr. Roland. The
men are such wretched dnucers. 1
have had only one really good part
ner.’
“My own experience precisely.”
“Yes, Mr. Van Twister is the best
dancer f ever saflf. There lie goes now
with Grace Turner. It is a pleasure to
.watch them, isn't II?”
“Yes; he does very nicely—with a
partner like your friend Grace, She
Is the one to whom 1 was referring
just uow.”
“So 1 supposed.”—New York Herald.
Armored IMentH,
In tlie countries where the cactus
flourishes it is selected by various
birds mid oilier members of the animal
kingdom as a place of refuge. There
is it special kind of woodpecker in
Mexico, a clever bird, which furnishes
nn illustration of what birds will do.
If tlie traveler is near a mass of
cactus known as the candle cactus, he
will perceive at some height from the
ground a hole iu tlie mass of spiny
leaves that appears to be evidence of
decay. It was really made by the
woodpecker, which peeked away till tt
made an opening just large euough to
get inside the armored tree. It then
burrows its way down the middle
among the pith till it is right in the
center, and there It builds its nest and
keeps the eggs free from the great heat
of the sun and from its enemies.
Rabbits make their homes in the cac
tus. They burrow under the roots and
so keep clear of hunters who do not
appreciate the defensive properties of
the plant. If any one attacks a cactus
vigorously with a hatchet and man
ages to clear away some of tlie pro
tecting spines, be will surprise a whole
colony of birds and small animals, the
latter on the ground floor and the for
mer iu the upper stoi ies,
A Sociable Servant.
A Japanese servant must have good
manners, for he lias to have sufficient
knowledge of etiquette to entertain his
master's guests if his master is out.
A filar rubbing his knees together and
hissing and kotowing he will invite
you to take a seat —on the floor, that
is, on your heels with a flat cushion
between your knees and tbe floor to
make your ordeal a little less painful.
It is nothing for tlie Japanese, who
has no calves, unless he is a rickshaw
boy.
He will then offer you five cups of
tea—it is the number of cups that sig
nifies, not the number of callers—and,
dropping ou tils own heels with ease
and grace, enter into an affable con
versation, properly humble, but per
fectly familiar, until his master ar
rives to relieve him. Even then he
may stay in the room and is quite like
ly to cut into the conversation and
dead certain fo laugh at the smallest
apoiogy for a Joke.
All That Wai Necessary.
“You must abandon all business cares
for tlie future," says tbe physician.
“But I fear that 1 have not yet ac
cumulated sufficient money,’’ protests
the multimillionaire.
“Sufficieut?” repeats the doctor.
“Why, my dear sir, you have enough
money to pay physicians’ fees for the
rest of your life!”—Baltimore Ameri
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