Tired Women
Should stop and consider the dangers
which threaten them because of their
weakness, languor and lack of ambition.
Thousands of women find their strength
unequal to the demands of duty. And
yet there is no escape from the incessant,‘
round of care and toil. They must have
strength. How shall it be given? By
,5 building up their systems through puri-
fied, ' enriched and vitalized blood.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla will give them -
strength because it will make their blood
pure and enable it to feed the nerves upon
proper nourishment. It will create an
appetite, tone the stomach and invigorate
every organ. It is what tired women need.
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ARE YOU GOING SOUTH?
If so. for health. pleasure and comfgrt‘go
to Piney Woods Inn. Southern Pines. h. .
act harmoniousl with
Hood's Saris Zia.
Those desiring to escape the rigors of the
climate North will find a mild. dry climate
at Southern Pines. H. C.. in the heart. of the
long leafed pine section of America.
The elevation is 609 feet above sealevel. the
highest point in the turpentine belt. delight-
ful climate, with all the advantages of resorts
farther south and free from many disadvan-
tages: it is the place the tourist and health
seeker will appreciate.
It has the most perfect drainage. being a
huge sand-bank. and is sitiiated'in .the heart
of the long leaf pine. It is Within the in-
iiiwnce ol the gulf stream. to which itowes
much of the mildness of the climate.
l‘lney Woods Inn. an elegant new hotel. is
now open. The house accommodates 290
guests. has all modern conveniences. sani-
im-y plumbing. eicc‘r‘c lights. call bells.
wide verandas. sun m. !ors. steam heat. etc.
in fact Piney Woods l-nz. has: been fitted up
that guests may enioy- the comforts or ever
day life athomeatmoderate rates. -
Piney Woods Inn is reached bv the Sea.
board Air Line. For terms. etc. address.
CHARLES ST. JOHN.
(Bunsen).
Southern Pines. S. 0.
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LQCKWBOD! LIGHT PARCEL and
' . PACKAGE DELI-VERYi
Cheap rates, Will also take orders for mes-
senger service in New York. Goods called
or snddelivered to all parts of the town,
Orders received'at E P. Weed’s Druz Store.
:31??? Street. With telephone connection an.
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would .on account of some local weak-
“ the Body.
When man or. a woman passes seven-
ty {years of age great care should be
given to the condition surrounding him
or her for the prolonging of life. The
vital forces are greatly enfeebled at
that period of life. and the powers of
resistance, in conSequence of age, are
the weakest. A man of 'three score
years and ten, and over, is like an old
machine that, by proper care given to
its condition, has been kept running
for many years, and is still able to do'
work, but its wheels and axles and
pinions‘are much worn, and are rick—
ety, and if it should be pushed, even
to a small extent, in excess of its di-
minished powers, it breaks down and
cannot be repaired. for every part of it
shattered. But if it should be
worked carefully and intelligently by
a. person who understands its condition
and knows its capabilities, it can be
kept in action a much longer time than
would be pdssible if acarcless engineer
controlled it. In these fast ‘times,
however, it is generally not profitable ‘
to husband the resources of an old ma-
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{CARE OF THE Aesop , {
How to Preserve the Failing lg‘orces or ‘
chine. But this is not true as regards
our old men and women. It is desirable i
i to hold on to them as long-pa possible, 3
and if we can succeed in prolonging l
their lives five or ten years, or more, it
will greatly enhance our happiness.
We have seen it stated that human
age is not to be counted by years, for
that in some constitutions the general
tissues are older at fifty than they are
in others at one hundred. And this,
too, it is said, not because the general
tissues have been overworked and
thus become enfeebled, but because
they were originally endowed with a.
shorter longevity. This may be true
in part. But we can accept it to the
extent only that some persons. by the
overwork, the vices or errors of some
nature of their ancestors, have had
entailed upon them, through no fault
of their owu, a brief period of life to
live. A large number of the human
family die sooner than they otherwise
ness. The large majority die early in
consequence of faults of their own in
living. With some overwork, either
mental or physical, has destroyed
them; with others, constant anxiety
and trouble, brought about by disap-
pointments and misfortunes; with oth~l
ers. their vices; with others, again,
ignorance of the common laws of
health, or, where that does not exist,
an inability to change their mode of
life and live under more favorable cir-
cumstanccs.
Old people should have moderate ex-
ercise. Walking short distances every
day is advisable, if the weather per-
mits and they are not ailing. To eat
heartily and take no exercise is apt to
superinduce congestion of some organ.
Excessive eating should .‘be “avoided
under all circumstances.
We always make it a point. in the
case of old people, to advise to use
great care in avoiding cold. The aged
are carried off more frequently by
contracting cold than any other cause.
They should always remain indoors
when the weather is damp or at all in-
clement.’ If circumstances force them
out, the greatest care should be exer-
cised as to their dress. The clothing
should be made of woolen goods as far
as possible. It is warmer in 'winter, if
properly made. and cooler. in summer.
In summer a thin woolen undershirt
should be worn, and in winter, a. thick
one. The blood with them is thin and
is deficient in the heat-making ele-
ments. An old person will sometimes
complain of being cold sitting in a.
room in summer time—N. Y. Ledger.
USED A KNIFE WITH PIE.
Confusion That Came Upon a Smart Young
Man by a. Waiter's Stupidity.
They sat at his favorite table in
an uptown restaurant. Both were
dressed in the height. of fashion. The
attention of the other guests in the
dining-room had been attracted to the
couple by the evident anxiety of the
young man to make a favorable im-
pression upon his fair companion. He
gave orders to the waiter with an
air of self-styled superiority, and his
tone of voice was warranted to reach
the ears of all those present. .
As the courses progressed the time
for serving dessert came. The young
woman was heard to confess a weak-
ness for hucklebcrry pic.
“Ah,” exclaimed the youth, so
funny, youknow, I, too, am passion-
ately fond of huckleberry pic. I have
it almost every day here.
“I say, waiter,” he called, at the
same time snapping his fingers above
the table, “bring two portions of
hucklcbcrry pic.”
The walk l‘ executed the order with
due haste, and. as he set the plates
upon the table the final act of the lit-
tle drama that was being enjoyed by
the persons at other nearby tables be-
gun. The young woman frowned,
then blushed, and leaning over com-
plained to the young man in a. stage
whisper that the powdered sugar had
been omitted. .
“How stupic ,” he cried, as he
beckoned the waiter again. “Brooks,”
he said to that functionary, “what is
it that I always order with buckle-
berry pic and which. you invariably
forget?” .
it
“I don’t know. sir,” replied the waiter
after a moment’s hesitation.
“G0 at once. then,” continued the
youth, “and bring it to Miss ———”
By this time several new arrivals
who had come in just in time to hear‘
the last part of the Conversation joined
the rest of the ,audiencc in watching
the couple. Everybody waited impa-
tiently for the waitcr’s return. '
In a few seconds ‘ he came back
hurriedly, and, walking to the young
woman’s side, laid beside herplate—a
knife.
The young man’s face was astudy
in chromatics of high tints as he saw
'the expression of suppressed laughter .
about? him. He hastily paid the bill
and left with his fair companion, who
showed by her countenance that he
had made a lasting impression-St.
Louis Repulic.
BRIDGEPORT.
THE
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THE
CHIEF
PEOULIARITY
Of stocktaking, as fat as
those outside the store are
concerned, is the imaginary
line between mid-winter 0f-
ferings and the bright, brand
new colors of car] y Spring——
3. gladsome change to a great-
I'nan‘y ; especially 'with a Sea-
son like the present one,
when it could hardly be
called either one thing or the
other—least of all W'inter.
But there’s good buying
yet, even‘if lighter shades are
beginning to bob up serenely;
there’s two or three months
to hear from before one Can
settle down to continuous
and confident ‘ “things to
\vea‘r.’ Only and' here’s
wheres ouc’s judgment- comes
into play—early buying
means early readiness when
the proper time does come.
There’s bound to be more
Jacket selling for us; it
shows every day. " The class
of garments we are selling
accounts for a. good deal of
it, while the prices we ask
appear to do the rest. Hap-
pily we are so situated as to
give every customer the
grandest offering of their life.
Saturday will see lots of
expectant and happy. faces,
around the Dress Goods
counters—now Spring fabrics
will be a part. of the attrac-
tion. Notin their entirety
however, for it is impossible
to have them all ready at
Once ; but enough to warrant
one in becoming interested.
Fri-yin the extreme dark
shades to medium and more
con: ervativc groundw o 1' k s,
that’s about what we’d call
the new Carpets—perhaps
you’ll think of another de-
scription—one more attrac-
tive. No matter what title
U u 37 go by everybody’ll unite
17;» In one thing—beautiful
zit-«l of excellent quality.
with prices right.
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Laces, new Trim-
lll!"",j~', new Linings to go
in i. I 1 11 l 0‘7: d FOSS st u fie.
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RELIOOF GEORGE. WASHINGTON. '
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Stinging Letter frzm the Commander on '
Army Resignation'sn
Mrs. John S. Brown, the wifelof Vice
President Brown, of the First national
bank of Crawfordsville, has a. relic
which is not for sale, being nothing
less than an autograph letter of Gen.
George Washington. The letter, says
the Indianapolis News, was found
"many. years ago among 'the papers 'of
Maj. Beall, of Virginia, the great-
grandfather of Mrs. Brown, and it has
been treasured as a "precious heirloom
ever since. Maj. Beall was in the con-
tinental army, and the letter was
written to him upon his resignation
from the service, after the terrible win-
ter at Valley Forge. The letter is still
in good condition, having carefully
been framed, and is one Of the few au-
tograph letters of Washington extant.
It has the characteristic signature,
abounding in flourishes, but the bal-
ance of the letter is written in a com~
paratively plain hand. The letter reads
as follows: _
“Headquarters, 3151: March, 1778.—
Sir: I have received your letter of
this date inclosing your commission.
The frequency of resignation through-
out the army is truly alarming. In
the Virginia line this spirit unhappily
seems to rage like an epidemical dis-
ease. I .am at a loss to account how
gentlemen can reconcile such an aban-
donment of the public interest at this
crisis of our affairs, either with the
principles of honor or duty to them-
selves and their country. If, however,
you think yourself warranted and are
determined to quit the army I must at
least insist upon your retaining your
commission till the arrival of more of.
ficers in camp. I am, sir, your most
()bt. Servt., Gr. Washington.”
The straightforward letter of the
great commander so affected Maj.
Bcall that he continued in the service,
and was instrumental in bringing
about the recall of a number of other
resignations. '
APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
Reasons Given by a Man Who Listens to
All Street Beggars.
A man who makes a practice of giv-
ing aims to almost every beggar that
accosts him on the street has a unique
explanation for his action, says the
Washington Post.
“Street begging is the hardest work
in the world,” he says. “Supposing
seventy-five per cent. of all the beggars
in the business to be impostots. what
do you observe? A woman crouching
all day over a hu'rdy-gurdy, waiting for
the pennies that are dropped into her
tin receptacle; men standing in the by-
ways and on dark street corners in the
cold without an overcoat, asking you
as you pass to give them a dime to buy
a .cup of cofiee with. Suppose they
make a. dollar a.day that way! If you
think that’s. a comfortable business;
just try it for an experiment. Don’t
take any reckoning of the hard things
that are said to them. Pride soon be-
comes callonsed under such a strain;
but just look at. it from the standpoint
of the amount of hard work involved
and the discomforts from cold and ex-
posure. You'll soon come to the con-
clusion that almost any kind of manual
labor is lighter than street begging;
and for that reason I never inquire
whether a beggar is deserving or not.
If he takes to the business as a matter
of choiCe he deserves all he can get.”
“But suppose every man should take
your view of it. Beggary would be-
come the most'profitablc business that
one could engage in.”
. “Ah!” said the philosopher, “but how
many men take the trouble to think of
it? The discovery is mine."
WATSON LIKES BLOOMERS.
Bought a Sn it for His Daughter and Was
Angry \Vhen His “’ifo Cut It Up.
Silas Vl'atson, a. Sidney (N. Y.) farm-
er, purchased a bicycle for his fifteen-
ycar-old daughter recently and also
gave her money to buy a bicycle cos-
tume. When Miss Watson rode into
the yard attired in a bloomerhcr moth-
er was astonished, but the father was
much pleased with his daughter’s ap-
pearance and ability as a cyclist. The
mother declared that her daughter
should not be allowed to dress like a
new woman. After the girl had re-
sumed her ordinary dress and gone toa
neighbor’s the mother took the bloom-
ers, chopped them up and presented the
pieces to her daughter when she re-
turned, witli the following note:
“Here is what. is left of your abomin-
able bicycle suit, which your father en-
couraged you to buy. N 0 daughter of
mine shall ever be allowed to parade
herself in public dressed in blOomer
costume. Take these pieces and use
them in some articles of patchwork as
a reminder of the folly manifested by
yourself and father.” ‘
Farmer Watson was so indignant at
his wife’s conduct that he immediately
gave his daughter more money to buy
another bloomcr costume and assured
her that she should henceforth be pro-
tected from a similar experience.
The Cases Similar.
Prompted by the feeling that it was
his duty, he bishop remonstrated with
one of his clergy for attending a local
hunt. “Well, your lordship,” replied
the offender, “I really do not see there
is any more harm in hunting than in
going to a ball.” “I presume,” an-
swered his lordship, “that you refer to
having seen my name down among
those who attended Lady Somerville’s
ball, but I assure you throughout the
whole evening I was never once in the
same room as the dancers.” “That,
my lord, is exactly howl stand—I was
' never in the same field as the hounds.”
Then the bishop sat down and silence
reigned.
new We Keep Cool. .
Nearly two hundred million fans
have bccn'sold during the past year in
the United States. These fans include
both the imported'and domestic manu-
facture, but the bulk of this immense
number came from China and Japan.
Few fans are made in the United States,
and the greater part of the home pro-
duction is of the very cheapest kind
and used mostly for advertising pur‘
poses. - -
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. ‘ . Highest of all in Leavening Pounce—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
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ABSOLUTELY pom: f
WHAT we OWE SOCIETY.
Above an Things We Should! Be Agreea-.
ble.
For example, in declining an invita-
tion that we would not under any cir-
cumstances accept. are we privileged
to say that we deeply regret that a
previous engagement prevents the
pleasure, etc. When we have been
greatly bored, and have so expressed
ourselVes to various persons in the
company, should we say to the host
and hostess, even if be the custom.
that we are indebted to them for a
very delightful evening? Is it quite
the thing, if we have asked our com-
panion who that very plain woman
may be, and are presented to her, a
few moments later,»by Mr. Jones ashis
wife, to declare “that We had been ‘
wondering who that very pretty
woman was? Dces our conscience feel
easy when we remember that after
being "compelled to listen to a Sonata,
very ill performed, which we pro-
nounced excruciating. we have deliber-
ately walked up to the performer and
praised' him in superlatives? Is our
cquanimity not disturbed a whit when
we say to our friend: “Don’t introduce
me to that cad!” and the next minute,
while shaking his hand, repeat the
formula: “Charmed to meet you! ”
These and numberless other hypoc-
risies and falsehoods are almost the
current coin of social speech. Conse-
quently they are not considered what
they really are, and he who objects to
them is regarded as over-scrupulous,
severely puritanic. What would you
have us say? some one may ask. Tell
the brutal truth, and be unpzirdon-
ably rude?
uses is preferable to lack of veracity,
it may be claimed that such fictions
really deceive nobody; that society
does not expect anyone to be. truth-
ful, and that no harm is done. If so,
the admission is sufficiently damaging
to society to give color to what Cynics
say of it. Is it indeed a miserable
sham, a mere dance of death, a mass
of corruption under a. polished surface?
Society is nothing of the kind here.
whatever it may have become at some
of the courts of the old world. Here
we need not say what we do not be-
lieve; nor need we contradict what we
have just spoken in order to be polite.
Politeness consists in suppressing ill-
naturcd comments, in the first place,
not in asserting the contrary after-
ward. It is possible to be reasonably
sincere even in society, if we will
strictly carry out our unwritten com-
pact to be agreeable—at least to try.
And in the furtherance of this object
amiability will be a great help—Har-
per’s Bazar. ‘
BANKS OF MARSEILLES.
———._.
Queer Way ‘of Cashing a. Check—Unique
Business Methods.
, We had to make, our way through a
crowd occupying a large room or small
hall in which business was cenducted.
This hall was filled with peoplc,’somc
of whom were there to look after their
own or other people’s affairs and
others of whom had obviously dropped
in for a casual chat. Almost all were
smoking cigarettes, an amusement
which they shared with a. good many
of the bank clerks. When we had got
through the crowd my friend and host
presented his check at a guichet. The
man behind the gnichct gave him a
metal disk stamped with a number.
Armed with this, my friend made his
way to another guichct, behind which
stood not a clerk, but an ordinary
porter, wearing the livery of the bank.
This porter'had his hands full of sim-
ilar metal disks. After a weary wait-
ing he called out the number—say,
302—on my friend’s disk.
Then my friend advanced, identify-
ing his check 'by another number ob-
tained at the first ‘guichet, and then
received his money, not in the cur-
rency or form which he wished for but
in such shape as the porter had at
hand to dispense from the authorities
above him. 'Then some of the notes
being only locally, negotiable, my
friend had to go to a third guichct to
see if they could be changed into nego«
tiable notes. On occasions this is im-
possible and the unfortunate holder of
the check has either to leave part. of
the money he has come for until a
favorable opportunity or accept what
he can get on the chance of paying it
away or getting it changed or both
with some of his tradespcoplc. Bo.
yond this there is no clearing-
house system; each bank makes a
charge for cashing a check on another
bank, and these charges practically
swallow up the tiny amount of int-er—
est nominally allowed on a constant
balance. And this is how the daily
routine of banking is conducted in the
first bank of Marseilles. ——Longman’s
Magazine.
Southern Hospitality.
A discourse on southern hospitality
would be upon an old text; but as
most old texts are the especially good
ones, it would be a pit-y quite to drop
them. It has been predicted that with
the abolition of slavery and the conse-
quent difficulty of securing household-
assistancc, there will be a. decline of
the old famed hospitality; hat it will
not outlive this generation. Were the
heartiness of this virtue confined to
eating, drinking and housing, we
might fear that with increased house-
hold labor might be decreased cordial-
_ity of entertainment. but there is a‘
further manifestation than the mere
attention to appetite. It’s the being
welcome to wliat'thcy have, rather the
attention to what they have, which
especially marks the warmth of south-
ern manner; we hope it is long th' t we
shall know and remember this b auti-
ful virtue.--Wonraukind. .-.., '
If it be urged that rudc- -
' PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
—Customer—“Give me a. dozen fried
oysters.” Waiter—“Sorry, sir; ”but '
we’re all out of shellfish, excepting
weg‘gs.”—Crypt. - .
--.She——*"It will be a pleasure to me
to share your troubles and anxieties.”
lie—“But I haven’t any.” .She—“Oln
you Will have when you are married.”
—Tit Bits. . .
-—Dozer—“I see your crowd is calling '.
for areform in the town government
for next year.” Dinzer—“Yes, sirree! .
and, mark this, by fair means or foul,
we’re determined to get it.”—Roxbnry
Gazette.
~—An Improvement. —- “Mrs. Ham-
merhard doesn’t pound the piano as
much as she did.” “No; since she‘s
been taking boarders she spends her"
time pounding the steak.”— Detroit
Free Press. .
—“So Maud has a title at last,” said-
the dear girl in pink. “Yes, but it’s
a second-hand one," replied the dear
girl in blue; “How so?” “The noble—
man she married was a widower.”—
Chicago Post. '
——“Evcr have any trouble with your
wheel?” “Not yet,” said the Sweet
Young Thing. “So far whenever I
have run over anyone I have been able
to get away beforehe got up.”——In—
dianapolis Journal.
-—No 'Ground for Complaint—Cus-
tomer—“The butter you sold me tastes
just like so much cheese.” Grocer—-
"You will observe, madam, that I
charged you only for the butter,
though."——N. Y. Sun. '
—In Boston, of Course. «Hicks——
“But. really, what kind of 3. looking
girl is this Miss Beekon?" Wicks——
“Well, I can hardly say; you see, she
didn’t hgve her glasses on the day I
saw her.”~——Boston Transcript. ‘ '
—Theory.—“Dear,"’ said the 'sick
man to his wife, “I wish you wOuld
(it another blanket and put it on the
bed. I think when the doctor took
my temperature a'minute ago he took
too much of, it.”——lndianapolis J ournai.
—Tramping a la Mode.401:l Lady—
“Didn’tl tell you never to come here
again?” Tramp—“I hope you will.
pardon me, madam, but it is the fault
of my secretary: he has neglected to-
strike‘ your name from my calling list.”
—Harper’s 'Bazar.
——Thcy were telling of books that
they had read, and the man with the
high forehead asked what the other
thought of the “Origin of Species.”
The other said he hadn’t read it. “In
fact,” he added, “I’m not interested
in financial subjects.”—-Boston Tran-
script. '
—Mr. Noopop—“My baby cries all
night. I don’t know what to do with
it." Mr. Knowitt—“l’ll tell you what I
did. As soon as our baby commenced
to cry Insed to turn on all the gas.
That fooled him. He thought it was
broad daylight and went to sleep.”—
‘Pearson‘s Weekly.
t—Gencralship.—“Von Boodlc's wife
is very indignant with him.” “Why?”
"He playedatrick on her. He came
home very late the other night."
“That has happened before.” “And
he told her he heard a burglar in the
house, so that she was afraid to scold
him above a whisper.”—+Washington
Star.
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DEAR "OLD LADY.
She Was Going to “Albert's,” and Reached
There Safely. _ ~
An old woman wearing a black bon-
net, a warm shawl and a pair of gold
eyeglasses was a passenger 'on ' one of
the trains from Bufl’alo to New York
recently. She had come through from-
thc west. and the- nervous way in
which she gathered her bundles
around . her and the number of ques-
tions she asked all showed that she
was not accustomed _to traveling. When
the trainboy came through with his
assortment of books, she confided to
him the fact that she was going to
New York to see her son, and that she g
had not seen him for over a year. She
grew talkative and said: '
“My son Albert’s a great preacher.
He is a Methodist, and I am a Metho-
dist. I taught him when he Was a. lit—
tle bit of a boy what . was right an.l
what was wrong. He hasn’t been
back to see me for over a year. I live
way out in Missouri, and he couldn’t
get away this summer, but he wanted
to see me, and he sent for me to come
on. He preaches in a. big church there,
and he has got a fine family growing
up—”
_ So she prattled on. The trainboy
listened to her attentively and suc-
ceeded' in selling her a copy of "The
Quick or the Dead.” solemnly assuring
her that it was a Methodist religious
book. When he left her she began to
read it, calmly at first, then nervously.
until she grew tired. Then she began '
to nod, and finally the book slipped to
the floor. The gray hair rcpbscd on
the cushion of the palace car seat, and
its owner dozed peacefully.
The conductor came through to col-
lect tickets, and seeing the peaceful
sleep of his passenger was loth to wake
her. Finally he leaned over and shook
her gently, and said:
“Where are you going, mother?” .
“To Albert’s,” was ”the quick reply,
as the eyes behind the glasses opened, - ‘
and'the old woman looked around her
for a moment, _still unable to tell
where she was. The motherly re-
sponse touched a. sympathetic chord in
the conductor’s heart, and he care-
the trip and saw“ her rush into Albert’s
, arms half laughingand.halfcrying.—
N. Y. Times. ' ' * ,
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