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HOW CARE CHEATS THE UNDERTAKER

The oldest doctor in England died
in the present year. IF he had lived
a few days longer he would have
reached, hundred years. The most
interesting thing about his career
was not any special work that he
did, but the fact that he never
practiced his profession because of
his delicate health. He was one of
the many men who expected from
early youth to die soon, but through
care outlived every early associate.
We e the same experience con-
stantly. The thin, sickly looking,
a~pprehensive person, whom no insur-
ance company would accept on ap-
pearances, at any price, clings on
year after year and becomes a vet
eran, while the rosy citizen who.can
eat all day and drink all night and
who has no fear of consequences
drops off suddenly, and many in the
large attendance at the grave express
wonder that such a healthy man
should die while others so plainly
marked for the cemetery are present
at his funeral.
Nothing could better show the
value of ire in the business of hv-
ing. We seem to know practically
everything about disease nowadays,
but as Benjamin Franklin remarked,
"Want of care does us more damage
than want of knowledge" The sick
~ fellow cheats the years by taking
care of himself, while the healthy
person has an early funeral because
he laughs at food and fate. If the
doctor who lived to be nearly a hun
dred could not practice his profession
because he was too delicate, the aver
age patient on whom the doctors do
practice ought to pause a while and
think. This is undoubtedly an age
in which the human body is disor-
gained and weakened by too many
medicines. 1t is a period of ~Overeat-
ing, and a lot of judicious starvation
would probably be about the best
thing that could happen for the race.
With all the accumulated wisdom
of the centuries few men have come
to really appreciate the fact that
pure air and plenty of it + more
important than mere food. At the
same time, of course, he need not
slight his food, and if he is sensible
he will get the best that his purse
can buy. Be careful, be cheerful
and be comfortable
"Joy and Temperance and Repose
Slam the door on the doctors nose"
Lynn Roby Meekins in Saturday
Evening Post.
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CHRISTIAN Life Column.
-,oTTTEs ARE BLIGHTING OUR BOYS.

recent session of the Shelby
lot Conference, while the pre-
D ,;ng elder was questioning the pas
SUI ohout the condition of their
-. .cas and to what extent worldly
u" 'nsoments were practiced by their
Ian1a one of our truest and most
p~SSorvant preachers reported that
80 we're some dram-drinkers
1,orc his people, some who danced
.~ocasionally and a number who went
oircuses, all of which was damag-
w TO their piety and hurtful to the
.b1rch, but that smoking cigarettes
doing more harm on his work
.bon any other n thing, if not all
of them.
Another brother reported that no
-,nno man in his pastoral charge
Tho had the cigarette habit was do
;,g any good religiOusly. This view
.rss endorsed by other ministers as
tr,,e When we think of the preva-
I,ncn Of this terrible habit, when we
-,mnmber that hundreds and thou
-,rds of the sons of our Methodist
,aonle are already confirmed and
b,bitual cigarette smokers and that
,1most irresistible influence is being
brought to bear upon boys from six
vaars old and upward in almost every
TOWN. village, city and country place
n begin the use of them and con-
tract the habit, is not the outlook
threatening indeed?
Is it not time the church is waking
mn TO the real situation?> Is it not
time some action is being taken to
save our boys from this fearful evil?
Isit not time that our preachers are
irving out against it?
We are not an alarmist. We are
not among those who magnify small
Evils. We have no disposition to
turn the minds of the readers of the
Advocate to an imaginary wrong ;
INT we have looked into this matter E;
wo have taken pains to inform our
selves and we are quite sure the time
has come for every minister and
member of the church, for every ed
itor and lover of his race, for every
parent and teacher to take a stand
and speak out against the seductive
and destructive evil that is destroy
ing the bodies and souls of so many
promising youths.
Sometimes silence is golden, but at
other times it is criminal. Surely
no pastor who understands the stu
ton and keeps silence can be guilt
less. The time has come for a cru
SADIE against the cgarette.-Greens-
boro Christian Advocate.
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OFF.

Come, Helen breakfasts ready"
Eyes, father, pretty soon," said
Helen.
She was tying a ribbon round the
neck of her kitty. She fastened the
bow securely, and then pushed kitty
off to see how it looked but the lit
tie creature did not choose to be adj
mired, and away she ran down the
garden walk, and Helen started after
her.
"Helen - called her father again.
Yes, father, III a minute" said
Helen L want to catch my kitty"
n The kitty a in among the currant
bushes, and Helen pushed in after
her; bN+ before she reached her,
pussy Was>away out on the other
side. Helen cNutinued to chase un-
tl she captured TIE little runaway,
land then she walked slowly back
carrying her little pet.> When at
last she went into the house, father
and mother had finished breakfast,
and were just leaving the table.
, sOh, dear! I don't want to eat
hlone," said Helen.
Those two little words, pretty
BON, will cause you greater incon-
whence than this" said Helen's
f finer, unless you resolve not to
lRen to them. Yesterday when
mther called you to put away your
f do, you said pretty soon; but be-
n for you came Fido had torn her
y prey clothes and broken her arms.
/ LaAweek you were going to give
you canary some water pretty
Le sOQ4 but he was left nearly all day
If whhothing to drink. By putting
OP& duties we often lose the OPP
to funny to perform them at ALL"
of fAeIen Thought of her fathers
at <5ile she ate her lonely break
ITO go as soon 49, Gu iii
\ find this much the fddpp@one Wln
Children who + always putting on
will likely become useless men Oh
(women.AThe Morning Light.
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THE BOY WANTED IN BUSINESS.

what kind of a boy does a bust
mes man want?" was asked of a
merchant.
He replied, ''Well 1 will tell you.
In the first place he wants a boy who
don't know much. Business men
generally like to run their own bust
ness, and prefer some one who will
listen to their way rather than teach
them a new kind. Second, a prompt
boy, one who understands seven
o'clock is not ten minutes past.
Third, an industrious boy who is not
afraid to put in extra work in case
of need. Fourth, an honest boy
honest in service as we'll as matters
in dollars and cents. And fifth, a
good-natured boy, who will keep his
temper, even if his employer does
lose his now and then.'-Augusta
Chronicle.
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Children's Column.
A.BRINaIN, HOME THE COWS.

1t amt no fun a-hoeing corn
The sun, it's bilin' hot,
And pa he keeps a Teller Just
A-goin' at a trot.
You bet I'm glad to see the sun
A-shinin' through the boughs,
Cos then it's time for me to be
A-br1ngin' home the cows.
Sometimes I finish out my row,
But mostly Uncle Bill
He says, "Just drop your hoe, my
son;
| guess you've got your fill;
LII take your row on out from here.
You whistle for old Towse,
And go and have a little fun
A-bringin' home the COWS"
And when the COWS is cross the crick
l strip and swim across,
And drive 'em in the swimmin' hole,
And then I ketch old Boss
Right by her tail and hang on tight
Gee how the old COW ploughs
Right through the water-lots of fun
A-bringin' home the COWS.
Then when 1 git up to the barn
Pa he picks up a stick,
And says, young man, I've told
you 'noUgh
To keep out of the crick -
And then 1 say, "Why, pa, they went
Across the crick to browse,
And l jest had to swim across
A-bringin' home the COWS"
1t amt no fun in winter-time-
You git ketched in the dark
And hear the big owls hootin', and
Them big red foxes bark;
The SHOWS a-fallin', and the winds
A-howlin' through the boughs;
It's lots of fun in summer, though
A-bring'n home tho COWS!
Peoples Home Journal.
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AN EASY CAST TO TACKLE.

Young Symple was at a club din
ner the other evening, and tried to
make an impression on a well-knOwn
lawyer who sat next to him. But
the man of law did not appreciate
the attentions of his neighbor.
81 suppose you gentlemen have
some strange cases to deal with at
times?" observed Symple.
Yes" answered the lawyer.
"Some very puzzling cases., said
the young man, trying again f;
leases that almost confuse you and
err"
"Just So" said the legal gentle
man, a look of determination over
spreading his countenance. 81 knew
a man once who had a case to deal
with of the kind you mention. He
gave his full and undivided attention
to that case during the whole of one
night, and when he had finished he
really did not know which side of the
case be was on, he was so confused. "
REALLY !" exclaimed Symple, de-
lighted at having drawn the lawyer
at last. "Most interesting! What
kind of case was it?"
ut was a case of champagne, re-
piled the other.
He was left in peace after that
Golfers Weekly.
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EVERYBODY IS READING
"In His Steps;
What Would Jesus DO?"
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON,
THE RELIGIOUS MASTERPIECE
OF THE CENTURY.
MILLIONS OF COPIES ALREADY
SOLD.

In this wonderful book, Rev. Chas.
M. Sheldon tells the story of men in
every walk of life who pledge them
selves for a time to bring the stern
test question, "What Would Jesus
DO?" to bear upon each act Of every
day life.
A sermon story dealing with the
great moral questions Of the age.
Written in the winter of 1895, and
read by the author, a chapter at a
time, to his Sunday evening cOngre-
cation in Topeka, Kansas. 1t was
then printed as a serial, then in book
form, and at once was recognized as
the greatest religious work Of the
day. It is estimated that
OVER 5000, 900 COPIES
have been sold in England alone, this
exceeding the record of any other
American author in any foreign
country.
In order that no one shall fail to
read this book on account of price,
we have arranged a special edition
and make the following exceptionally
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AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY.
Members North Carolina State Board of Ag-
riCulture.

4O4A SbHAS q "a NSo
riCulture.
John S. Cunningham, Chairman, Cunning
ham, N. c.; M. B.. Pitt, Old Sparta; G.. F. Wes-
ton, BiltmOre; c.. McArtan, Ellington; J. B.
Grimes, Grimesland; R. II. Jones, Raleigh:
W. G. Sprinkle, Marshall; A. 7. McCalIum,
Red Springs; Howard Browning, LittletOn !;
w. A. Graham, Machpelah; j. D. Maultsby,
Whiteville; J. W. Bailey, Raleigh; j. c. L. Har-
ris, Raleigh; L.. G.. Waugh, Dobson; H. E. King,
Raleigh; N. l.. Barnard, Franklin; j. r. Joyce,
Re~idsville; J. B. COfield, Everetts; Geo E.
Flow, Monroe; w. r. Capehart, Avoca; S. F.
Shore, Shore; J. A. Stevens, GOldsborO; J. G.
Ray, Boone; J. c. Bunch, Oak Ridge.
OFFICERS.
commissioners. L. Patterson.
Secretary-T. K. Bruner.>
Assistant, in Charge of Immigration-J. w.
Thompson.
State observation-disclosures Curtis.
State Chemist-B. w. KilgOre.
Acting EntomOlOgist and Botanist-Gerald
Mccarthy.
POstOfice address of all officers, Raleigh,
N. {.
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\Teacher-"Nowsu suppose there were
Re boys going skating, and they
hA three pairs of skates how
may boys would have to look on?"
B='I know the two that got
the NVst of the fight"
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Temperance gives naturgherselt
play and enables her to e4Addison.
in all her force and vigOT
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.....E Educational Directory....
WARRENTON HIGH SCHOOL.

Location healthy; Instruction thorough; Ex-
penSes moderate.
English, Latin, Greek, and Mathematics have
special attention.
Write for a catalogue.
JOHN GRAHAM, PRINCIPAL,
WarTentOn, N. G..
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WANT OF FAITH.

1t Is often regarded as a Blessing
that ninety-nine men and women in
Il hundred utterly lack the ability to
realize conditions that they dO\not
see. Who of our readers has oyer
realized the heather mans need of
the gospel? Who has lately realized
the extreme distress of our mission
aries in China, none of them know
ing what d day may bring forth?
Who has read the graphic reports
from India and has in the slightest
degree realized their truth2 Me9
and women and children are starry
ing there by tens of thousands
millions T in the clutches OF Fam
inc. But who can really see before
him one child dying for bread:
Power to realize the truth IS the
secret Of enthusiasm and devotion
If YOU do know that a dollar OF yours
will proIong a life a month, you VII
give 1t if it is your last. If you az
know that all you have will save
soul from death you will give it t.
the last. Your trouble is what
Want Of power to realize. WhaI
Want Of power to. lay hold upon tn
evidence of things not seen-faith
Wan- If Fifth e at bottom of all in
difference. Faith is realization c
things not seen Biblical Recorder
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Dark hour come to US all and II
We have no cIew to a peace that can
PASS unbroken through their murAy
gloom. we shall be in a state OF con
tinusl dread. Any stone flung by d
chance ~passer-by may break Tue
crystal clearness of the Lake Oh
Peace. and send disturbing rlPPles
across it, unless we have learned Ut
trust in the perpetual presence o
him who can make and keep "grea
calm within the soul. Only le
nothing come to you which you sh9
nor Instantly hand over to him.
petty worries, all crushing dlfB.
ties. all inability to believe.7
Meyer. I'll
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An able man showsZ1ta actions.
gentle words and H;6 Chester
He is neither hot
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N. C. Tobacco Growers Association.
President-J. Bryan Grimes, Grimesland,
Secretary-T. B. Parker, HiIlsbOro, N. G.
Treasurer-W. B. Upchurch, MOrrisvilIe, N. c..
N. C. Cotton Planters Association.
President-W. A. Graham, M~achpelah, N. C.
S~ecretary-JnO. p. Allison, Concord, N. G.
N. C. State Horticultural Society.
President-. VanLindley, Pomona, Nc.
Secretary-T. L. Brown, Greensboro, N. c.
Treasurer-C. B. Edwards, Raleigh, N. {.
N. C.. Swine Breeders Association.
President-J. NJ. Johnson, West Raleigh,
Vice-President-C. C. Moore, Charlotte, N. c..
Secretary-Frank E. Emery, West Raleigh,
N. c.
N {. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Director-George T. Winston, West Raleigh,
Agriculturist-Benj. Irby, West Raleigh, N c.
Horticulturist-W. F. Massey, West Raleigh,
Professor of Animal Husbandry-J. NJ. John
son, West Raleigh, N, c..
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National Live Stock Association.

No organization in this State. North Caro-
lima Member of National Committee-Frahk E
Emery, West Raleigh, N. G.
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North Carolina State Dairymen's Association.
President-G. F. Weston, Biltmore, NC.
Vice-President-C. E. SeymOre.
Secretary-Treasurer-C. w. Gold, Wilson,
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Board of DirectOrs-W. E. Dulin, T. P. Bras
well, F.. E. Emery, T. B. Brown, c. G. Moore,
J. L. Knight.
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N. C. Tobacco Growers Association.
President-J. Bryan Grimes, Grimesland,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-17
The DeadIy Air.Gun.

Arthur Neptune. the five-year-
old son of Mr.. A. I'll. Neptune, of
Parkersburg, lost his right eye last
Saturday, as the result of being
shot with an air gun in the hands
of young playmate. The shot
penetrated the eyeball, and when
DR.. DAbney, who had been sum
moned, reached the unfortunate lad,
the contents of the eye had es-
capped and all hope of saving the
sight was destroyed, The eyeball
was at once removed, the operation
being successfully performed and
at last report the little sufferer was
doing we'll.
There are lot of these danger
GUS weapons in the hands of child
rem in Point Pleasant, who dis
charge them reoklessly in every
direction, and the only wonder is
that no serious accidents of like ma
ture to the above have occurred,
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nIot4reM-hnMlex.

On Wednesday, January 10th,
1900, at high noon, Mr., +. p. Mo-
Grew, of Cincinnati, was united in
marriage to Miss Susie Hawley, at
the brides home at Cheshire, Ohio,
by Rev. Fulton, in the presence
of few intimate friends and rela-
tives.
The bride is charming and oul-
tured young lady and one of the
most popular ladies of Gallia
county.
The groom is the handsome and
most popular travelling salesman of
The John Shillito Co., of Cinoin-
natl, who has a host of friends in
this city, and in fact everywhere
he goes he makes friends as we'll as
customers.
MIR. and Mrs. McGrew will for
the present make their home
with Mrs. McGrew's mother, at
Cheshire.
The many friends of the happy
couple in this oity join with the
Register in wishing them most
pleasant journey through life.
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DEATH by RAIL.
4 Painter Falls From n Freight
,,,,,,i,, ,,,,I TOiaS M bfs wounds,

a Painter Falls From n Freight
Train and Dies of his Wounds.
X. s. NJ. passenger No. 1, from
Charleston yesterday morning,
when near Buffalo, picked up a
banly hurt man who proved to be
R. r. Paine, son of Squire Paine,
of Charleston. 1t is surmised that
he had in some manner fallen from
a freight train. He was painter
by trade and when found had a
bundle of clothes with him. Mr..
Paine WAS badly bruised about the
head, in fact, his whole body was
in terrible condition, producing
paralysis of upper and lower ex-
tremities. He was brought to the
hospital here where DIR. Mossman
rendered all medical aid possible,
but to no avail. He died at 1O:3O
yesterday, and his body was re-
turned to Charleston in the even
ing. He was about 30 years ofage.
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a RIvEls REooRD.
Death of a Pilot Who Made the
Enmous run.

Cincinnati, o.-The death at
Portsmouth, recently, of Capt.
VIM. CLARK, father-in.law of the
late popular Capt. Chris q. Young,
has set all old river mento talking,
Capt. CLARK with Capt. Tom Whit
ten, was pilot on the Buckeye
State, when, in the '40s, she made
the famous fast run from Louis
vile to Pittsburg. This record of
run of 40 hours, port to port has
never been beaten. Capt. Sam
Reno commanded the Buckeye
State and Tom Kennedy was head
engineer. The way the now cele-
brated run came to be made was as
follows:
Jenny Lind and her concert
troupe were performing at the old
Melodeon Hall, just razed to the
ground to make way for a modern
sky soraper, and the troupe could
not leave here until midnight Sat.
urday, and was obliged to play in
Pittsburg Monday night at eight
O'Clock. There was great rivalry
between the palatial fast side
wheelers of the Cincinnati Pitts.
burg trade in those days. The
Buckeye State, on this occasion,
had the famous Messenger to COM
pete with. The Messenger was
commanded by Capt. Jas. Fisher,
afterward of the big boat store firm
of Isham 81 Fisher.
Capt. Fisher heard the Buckeye
State was negotiating to carry the
Jennie Lind troupe. He stepped
in and secured it to the utter dis
may of Capt. Reno, After the
troupe boarded the Messenger,
which left here at - midnight,
Saturday, Capt. Reno, the more he
thought the matter over the angrier
he grew and he finally telegraphed
the facts to the Superintendent of
the line in Wheeling, who wired to
"raise steam and beat the -Messeng-
er to Pittsburg ifit was in herpow-
or to do 30"
The Buckeye State got up steam
and left here at 4 a. IN. Sunday
morning four hours behind the
Messenger, made the run to Pitts
burg in 40 hours, the fastest then
on record, and speed by steam-
boat that never has been beaten.
The Jennie Lind troupe was two
hours late filling it's engagement
and the Buckeye State was lying
coldat the wharf when she got
there.
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En,,rtccn Mistakes.

An English peper gives a list of
what it terms the Ia mistak IS of
life" While there are undoubted'
ly other mistakes than those men
toned the list is fairly compre-
hensive one
Itis great mistake to set up
our own standard of right and
wrong and Judge people according
ly: to measure the enjoyment of
others by our own; to expect uni
formity of opinion in this world;
to look for judgment and exper-
ience in youth; to endeavor to mold
all dispositions alike; to look for
perfection in our own actions; to
worry ourselves and others with
what cannot be remedied; not to
yield in immaterial matters; not to
alleviate all that needs alienation as
far as lies in our power; not to
make allowances for the infrmities
of others; to consider everything
impossible that we cannot perform
to believe only what our finite
minds can grasp; to expect to be
able to understand everything.
And the last and greatest mis-
take of all is to live for time alone,
when any moment may launch us
into eternity.
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The OrIgln OF ON.

The theory has been advanced
that petroleum is of mineral origin,
and that it's production is going on
and may continue almost indefinite
ly. The hypothesis is that water
finds it's way below the crust of the
earth and there meets with carbides
of metals, particularly of iron, in a
glowing state. Oil bearing strata
occurs in the neighborhood of
mountain regions, whore it may be
supposed that the dislooations of
the strata afford passages for the
access of the water The water is
deoomposed into its constituent
gasses; the oxygen unites with the
iron, while the hydrogen takes up
the carbon and ascends into higher
regions, where part of it is con-
densed into mineral oil, and part
remains as natural gas, to escape
where it can find an outlet or to re-
main at great pressure until bore
hole is put down to provide it a
passage to the surface.
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spain's Greatest Need.

Mr.. r. p. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain
spends his winters at Aiken, $. O
Weak nerves had caused severe pains ir
the back of his head. On using Elec
trio Bitters, Americas greatest Blooc
him. lie says this grand medicine ii
what his country needs. All America
knows that it cures liver and kidney
trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the
stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts
vim, vigor and new life into every mus
Gle, nerve and organ of the body.
weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every
bottle guaranteed, only so cents. SOLD
by G. w. NJ. Hooh, Druggist.
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Heights.
Correspondence 18th.

Correspondence IlIn.
Mrs. Della Rice, of Old Town, is
spending a few days with her sis
ter. Mrs. A, w. Taylor.
Mr.. Ira Helton and wife, of Sas.
safras, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
McMillen for few days.
Mrs. j. N. Stewart, of Old Town,
was n pleasant visitor here. yester-
day, to her daughter, Mrs. A. w.
Taylor.
Mr.. A. w. Taylor returned yes
terday from Old Town.
The stoves for the new U. B.
church were put in yesterday by
Filson Bros.