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In the world. illustrated Booklet. Write
us. HOWELL COBB, Propr.
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HOTELS AND RESORTS.
Hotel Allegheny
--AND-
ROckbridge Alum Springs
Combined Mountain Resorts
On Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
10 Hours from RALEIGH

Combined Mountain Resorts
On Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
10 Hours from Raleigh.
HOTEL ALLEGHANY-A handsomely
furnished, modern hotel at Goshen, Va,
on main line Of c. and o. Ry., and
ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS-Nine
miles from Goshen. with fine hotels and
cottages, beautiful grounds, and cura-
tive mineral waters; $4,000 expended in
improvements this year: are managed
practically as one resort. Steam cars at
frequent intervals enable guests to inter-
mingle as though housed under one ROOF.
Fine golf links at Rockbridge Alum. Or
chestras at both places. Lovely drives.
Magnificent mountain scenery. Exhilarat-
ing summer climate. Address
H. BROKENBOROUGH, Mgr.
Hotel Allegheny, Goshen, va.
JAMES A. FRAZIER, Gen. Manager.
Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va.
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form him of his nomination and escort
him to the hall. On this committe there
were appointed Messrs. R. S. Mccain, of
Vance; E. L. Abel, >of Johnston; C. f.
Lumsden, of Wake; H. A. London, OF
Chatham; Hubert Martin, of Franklin,
and B. H. Bunn Of Nash.
While the committee was out there
were calls for Mr.. r. B. White, who
spoke briefly, pledging himself to stand
by the utterances of Mr.. Pou. Senator
Wood, of Randolph, who was present,
was loudly called for. He came forward
and made the shortest speech on record.
He said: 81 am glad to be with you and
glad to see Mr.. Pou now entering the
hall"
Mr.. Pou was presented to the conven-
ton by Mr. b. H. Bum as the man who
on the first Tuesday in November would
be elected to Congress from the Fourth
District, defeating John W. Atwater or
anybody else that anybody might put up
to run against him.
Enthusiastic applause had greeted the
nominee as he entered the hall, and this
broke forth again as he was presented.
After a few opening words of special
acknowledgment, Mr.. Pou spoke as fol-
lows:
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MR.. POU'S SPEECH.

Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conventions:
Poverty in language, it seems, is great
est when wealth of expression is yearn-
cd for. The gratitude which would cen
vey to all those who have conferred this
nomination. upon me must therefore find
its expression in but few sinAo.D wor is.
l ask every man here to believe. 1 ask
every Democrat in this district to believe
that am deeply grateful for this great
honor, but that in accepting your nomi-
nation no man could feel mJre keCniy
than | how poorly equipped l am to rep
resent this great people upon the floor
of the greatest legislative assembly in
the world II, however, diligent atten-
ton to duty; if an honest effort to ascer-
tain the right and to do the right; if a
willingness to labor and to serve in the
interest of all the people whom l repre-
sent; if this shall attest that gratitude
more forcibly than words can express,
then | trust that my course in Congress
may be invoked as witness in my be-
half
My friends, political parties are but
agencies. They are not masters, but
master, not the party to which he be-
longs. Parties cannot dictate their
membership, but the citizen freely
chooses the party to which he will be-
long. No man can be heard to complain
that he is forced to ally himself with
any political organization. Therefore
no man should use the beneficent offices
of any political party and at the same
time give aid and comfort to it's enemies
Gentlemen, we are Democrats We be-
lieve in the principles of our party. A
party which has lived for a century,
which defeated time and again has re-
fused to disband, which has stood by the
grave of all its adversaries, save one
until the very names they bore have
been abandoned must be the custodian
of principles in which very many of
our fellow citizens implicitly believe.
If there are those in our State who,
while not believing in the principles of
our party, have yet felt constrained to
act with us on account of the good gov
ernment our party has administered, we
should account that a cause of congrat-
ulation rather than of reproach Under
new conditions we shall not permit these
men to part company with US without
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KOOL BY KOMING
TO MONTREAL.
HOTEL MONTREAL
GLAND OF THE SKY, "

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
The most charming spot in all the
mountains at which to spend the heated
term. Sleep under blankets all sum
mer. New hotel with all modern com.
forts. Mineral waters.
Double daily mail. Telephone and
telegraph. Two miles from Black
Mountain depot, Southern Railway.
w. d. PAXTON.
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Ugly! Ugly hain't no name fer hit. An
sech er mouth. Guess you had to hold
to somethin' to keep from fallin' in
when he kissed you, didn't your"
You think you pow'ful smart, don't
you? But you needn't to poster bout
Bob Hanks mouth. Hit hain't hurtin'
you none. an, anyhow, hits jest as the
Lord made it,
Il dunno. They say natur' made a
mistake with Bob. 1 hearn tell that
when she made his mouth she made a
cave at the same time to go in a noun
tain somewhat, but that she got 'em
mixed an put the cave on Bob an give
the mouth TO the mountain. 1 dunno.
though, whether that is rally so or
not"
mo, but guess if hit is the cave Bob
got for mouth hit must a been made
for one O. the mountains you got by
mistake in place o. feet"
Jim Tom started and looked sur
prised. His face colored. and he took
on sickly. faraway grin. He looked
down at his feet. then showed them
deeper into the water.
MY Lordy," he said, but you're
sharp. hain't you? Reckon Bob better
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you sAorely is pow'fui smart. an I
don't reckon nobody could ever beat
you f1xfn' up poetry. You must allowed
me some 10 write bout me that away"
HIS arm stole around her waist.
Spect mebhy did. Susan Ann he
replied Spec mebby loved you a
heap when 1 writ them verses
My. Wish'd somebody loved me
that away now. somebody that kin
write putty things Ike them
Mebby somebody does"
''Uh. uh. Not now they don't"
"Mebby Bob Hanks kin learn 70 write
lack that"
"Uh. uh- Bob 1anks can't write
nothin' that's no count Guess you'u
Jane now. won't your"
''Uh. uh."
Why
Case they don't fit her She hain't
putty an sweet an all thst."
Who you goin' 10 write EN- bout
then, wonder2''
Dunno Mought write 'em bout you
ef 'twa'n't fer you lovin' Bob"
An ef 'twa'n't fer you lovin' Mary
Jane"
"Mebby I hain't iovin' Mary Jane"
"Mebby 1 hain't Iovin' Bob
There was long silence. Then she
said:
Eff wuz a man an had my arm
roun' a gal I loved an who loved me
an her head wuz layin' on my shoulder.
1 know somethin' I'd do
A light flashed over his face.
"B'lieve know somethin' I'd do I'M
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Some interesting experiments for the
artificial production Of rain BY means
OF electricity have Just been carried out
in Japan Waves Of electricity directed
skyward under a system somewhat
similar 10 that upon which wireless te-
legraphy Is based have resulted in at
mospheric disturbances OF far greater
area than ever artihcially produced
through the medium OF decorating ex-
plosives in the upper air strata.
The probability OF achieving greater
success I'm ratnmaking through the
means OF electricity than by the uss OF
explosives has been urged BY scientists
for several years This attempt By thu
japanese, however. Is the arst prae sicai
effort 70 prove the truth OF the theory.
II yas attended By conspicuous success.
Operations were commenced Al II N
the evening. but there was no sign Of
atmospheric change until . o'clock next
morning. when a cluster OF clouds waa
observed over the Hill on which the ex-
pertinent was held. Al length rain be-
gan 70 fan. followed by a second fan at
II a m. and afterwsrd a third. fourth
and 9th the last being about $50 In
the evening. The area upon which the
rain fell extended over many miles.
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THE BIG ROUND DAISIES.

The big round daisies opened their syss
And cared witn 10y and mild surprise.
For over the hoesr decked tfid oae dsy
Cane the sounds q laughter and voices gay
said one little bud " bent 20 ths hrecss.
''0h. mother what joyful sasnas are faessF'
And the snsaer ONE d" IT'S the rHEic frssk
o. ehildfeH's voices and pagtefinx feet"
And the big round daisies opraed tasir eYss
And nodded their hcsds Meath fhe summer skieA
I'VE love the songs - The Birds taeT sait.
And the EiFfening river thst rfoens ga Sc 81.
And the chirp ~ the cricket snd hum q ths tss
We listen % ever with Iog and Fise.
Bot tie musie love TIE bssf ts beat
Is ths sound q chs ehildreHs voioes clesr''
And TIE chli5res pisysd IN the fsid 81 Gag.
AID the big reuns daisies naaied scar
Tai the shadows rrea lonz aH1 IRE Esss gfss
red.
And TIE ehlldrrn 81 iss' wrri home 20 ~
Then he bag r1ana 6s.riss closed farir eyes,
And TIE saoen fose ~ IN fas ezrkea.uE sstrss
Tte7 thought n ter fHiisrfn "a s.ssHtes aeso.
Then. fol54az their Fstzhs. fsii flsf satefp-
--FcHs1aacs "a Lsss.
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lighted to accept the invitation. for he
was too young to be able to catch a
large fish for himself.
When they had finished the meal.
Scamp said:
Let's have a slide"
There was, a little farther down the
stream. a nice bank which Scurry had
never tried. He did not like to say that
his mother had told him not, TO go slid
ing unless she was with him. so he pre-
tended that he was TOO tired to play.
What exclaimed Scamp in deri-
sion. And you haven't swum more
than a trees length from your home.
You must be very delicate" And he
shifted contemporary.
The little fellow did not like to have
any one speak slightingly of his abili-
ties as a swimmer. so he replied:
Very well: let's slide"
The bank was of smooth clay, and
spreading out his fat. webbed feet for
skates, Scurry went down the bank at
splendid speed.
'Hurrah." shrieked Scamp from the
top of the Hill, but he waited warily 10
see if scurry. came up all right. He
was an experienced otter ard knew
that traps were often set at the foot of
alluring clay banks
Poor Scurryi \ scueal of pain told
his fate to the plotter at the top of the
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"Mebby hit hain't. yet I'd jest lack to
see what sort o poetry Bob nd sit up,
Bet hit must be gre't truck"
Guess hits jest bout as greet as the
poetry what's writ by some folks what
thinks they's so misuhble smart
'Meanin' me, reckon
Anybody the shoe fits kin wear hit"
Jest SO. I'd love to see the poetry
Bob writ. though. Bet you dasn't show
hit to me-"
Bet dast if 1 wanted to-
Bet you plumb 'shamed O. hit"
Bet 1 amt nuther."
Let me see hit, then"
Don't hat to-
Don't b'lieve he never writ none"
Did too.'
Wont b'lieve hit less I see hit
Then see hit eff you jest plumb boun'
to-" she said, taking a scrap of paper
from her bosom and handing il TO him.
He took the paper and studied over it
a long time. Finally he managed TO
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"Co'se do. Guess you would. too. ef
you want too jealous
''Humph. You must be pow'ful easy
pleased. Eff I couldn't write nothin'
better'n that fer the gal I love. I
wouldn't write nothin' er tall. Hits
scan'lous po' stuff. shore"
''Oh. do you think so. Jim Tom? Meb-
by ef hits so musuhbie po' you kin tell
me what's the matter o. hit. you so
pow'ful smart"
Land Looks lack you could see
that much. Does he say any single
word in there bout how sweet you air
an how putty?"
Moo" she admitted hesitatingly.
don't b'iieve he does"
"Co'se he don't. An he don't say
nothin' bout wantin to bite pieces out
O. you an eat you all up nuther- You
shorely moughty easy pleased ef that
sort O. truck satisfies you.
She hung her head and was silent and
thoughtful Now that her attention
had been called TO it, Bob's poetry did
seem very fiat and insipid. It did not
swell and pulsate with the warmth Of
love as she felt it should. OF course 1t
said he loved her and would like TO
squeeze. her, but that was not much.
Any one almost might say that much
about any girl. 1t was very mild.
Now. thar's a little thing I writ
bout you last week" Jim Tom went
on, that's raIe shore 'nough poetry. I
writ hit fore you went an fell in love
with Bob Hanks. but didn't have no
chanst 70 give hit to you; so now 1 reck-
on I'll have TO give hit to somebody else.
Hits a right putty little thing. though,
an hits Jest oozin' with love an
sweetness"
Susan Ann perked up and manifested
great interest. After little hesitation
she said with an air Of affected indif-
ference:
Dunno nothin' you could say bout
me that 'u'd ooze with love an sweet
ness"
Don't you?" he replied. Then
s'pose 1 read hit to you"
Jest as you lack"
He took a scrap of paper from his
pocket and, Strengthening it out, read
as follows:
81 know putty little gal
Sweetest gal ever wuz writ about,
An ever time look at her
I see the sweetness oozin' out"
He paused, and she looked up at him
with a glad light in her eyes.
Did you fix that up bout me?" she
asked.
He nodded his head.
You shore hit wuz bout me?"
Goose hit wuz.'
She drew a satisfied sigh and gave
him a look of admiration
Ny she said softly, but you shore
is a good hand at writin' poetry"
"Oh. kin do hit putty WELL 1 guess"
he replied little proudly. But let me
read you some more"
rs there some more bout me?"
'sUh. huh. Listen here:
81 know putty little gal
Whose lip I'd like 10 sup,
An ever time look at her
I want TO eat her up
She drew a deep breath and turned I'D
her face, all radiant and glorious Her
feelings were too great for utterance.
He read on:
81 know q putty little gal.
All so bright an sunny:
If she loved me as / love her.
I'd be happy as fly in honey
She closed her eyes and leaned back
until her head rested against his Shout
der.
Jim Tom" she said in low tones,
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be sort O. keerful how he hugs you If
he don't want to git cut all to pieces.
She turned her back toward him.
Guess you done cut Mary Jane all
up when you Rugged her" she said,
you so sharp. Better be sort o keer-
full or you mought cut some o them
freckles off what makes her SO putty
You wouldn't have nothin' to Write
poetry bout then"
"Mebby 1 mought write some fer you
bout Bob's puttiness in that case.
"Bob's puttiness hain't needin' no
poetry writ bout hit. Guess If hit did
he could write some hisself."
'Ha, hal I bet hit 'ud be fine poetry
Bob 'u'd write. Shucks He couldn't
make two lines rhyme. an there
wouldn't be no more sense in nothln
he'd write than nothin'. Haint no
more poetry in Bob Hanks than there
is in pigs tall
Don't you go TO maxim too shore
that, Jim Tom Spivey, or the fust thing
you know yo1n bust your 'lasses Jug
You needn't to think you're the only
feller that kin write poetry an that
Mary Jane Bowles is the only gal that
kin have poetry writ about er."
Jim Tom laughed lightly and care
lessly, and there was something like de-
rision in his voice and manner. For
two years he had been what might be
termed the poet laureate Of Postum
Ridge-in fact, he was, in his own hon
est estimation. the only real poet Pos
sum Ridge had ever had the proud hon
or of producing OF course there were
others who tried to write poetry, per-
sons who threw together meaningless,
sentimentless lines; but Jim Tom kneW
that they were not poets. They were
only base imitators who sprang up in
his wake, as they always spring up in
the wake of a real genius.
In a thoughtless and unguarded mo-
ment the editor of the Possum Ridge
Wriggler had on one occasion accepted
one of Jim Toms poems and, totally
unmindful of Jim Toms future happi-
ness and the welfare of the public had
published 1t. From that day Jim Tom
fldU lett lIldl ne WAS d man apart lIOIAI
and far above the common human
clods about him and that there was a
higher and broader life into which it
was not only his privilege but his duty
to soar. He felt that blowing corn and
hoeing potatoes were not vocations fit
ting an intellect such as his, so he re-
Taxed his efforts in that direction and
devoted himself largely to the cultiva-
ton of rhymes.
Other people. seeing Jim Toms poem
in The Wriggler and encouraged by his
glittering success. threw down the pillow
and the hoe and took up the pen. The
result was there were more weeds and
rhymes and less corn and potatoes
raised on Postum Ridge that year than
ever within the memory of the Oldest
But to return to the lovers by the
creek side.
Il reckon. then" Jim Tom said pres
emily, Bob Hanks has been writin'
poetry bout you?"
Susan Ann tossed her head slightly.
'Mebby he has" she replied. AN
mebby he hain't. Guess hit haint no
body's business nohow."
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CAUGHT a NICE FAT SALMON.
minnow, which he could toss down his
throat as he went along. He was a
handsome fellow. with his long. slender
body covered with brown fur. his fiex-
ible legs, which in swimming could
bend in any direction. and his webbed
feet admirable for paddles. His Ions.
fiat tail acted as a rudder With it he
could steer in any direction. His eyes
and ears. though small. were exceed
ingly keen. Inside his mouth were two
rows Of long. sharp teeth. When a fish
fell into the grip Of these. its fate was
sealed.
I don't see why mother objects 10
ny eoasting down mud hanks. com
planned the otter. It's heaps OF fun.
What could harm me- Old offers are
too timid
Just then UP swan another young OF
ter He was known as Scamp because
of the many pranks which he played.
Scamp had just caught nice fat saln-
on He invited Scurry (as the other
little otter had been named because OF
the sWlftneSs with which he could swiml
10 accompany him to the shore and
there have biz OF fish. Scurry was de-
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district for Photographic apparatus and
supplies and suggests the introduction
OF Up 10 date postal scales 10 replace
the crude articles n use at the present
time.
Much attention wss paid to paved
roads in Greece. and an excellent sys-
TEN Of roads ran from Athens TO al
parts OF the peninsula
Underneath the town Of Norwich.
England. are numbers OF brine springs
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wIM TOM SPIVEY and Susan Ann
Perkins. a pair of young Possum
Ridge lovers, sat side by side on
the bank of a creek idly padding
their bare feet in a pool Of water.
They were very unhappy, for the
course of true love, which had been
flowing freely, had met an obstruction
in the shape of Jealousy. and the flow
had come to a sudden stop.
There had been a long and oppressive
silence between them, she gazing va
cantly out into space and he thought
fully watching her work the mud up be-
tween her toes, when he suddenly
Frightened up and, assuming an air OF
the greatest gayety, blitheiy sang:
''Thar's putty little gal I know,
The puttiest little gal ever see.
A putty little gal I love So
A putty little gal what loves me.
Susan Ann shrugged her shoulders
contemptuously. while a look of disdain
came to her face. In tones of whitening
sarcasm she said:
Il reckon you think that's pow'ful
tine poetry, Jim Tom Spivey?"
"Co'se I do he answered. I'm
jedge O. poetry, an, SIGH bein' the case,
how could I think anything else?"
"Oh, then I guess I hain't no jedge o
poetry"
why? Don't you think hits good?"
Goose I don't"
Cant see why"
"Humph! Putty little gall Lordy,
sech fool stuff! Freckle faced, turned
up nose, big mouth, feet an hans like
hams! Hits plumb sickenin'."
Who's freckle faced, turned up nose
an all that?"
Why, the gal you writ that poetry
bout, O. cose."
How you know who writ hit
'bout?"
"Humph. Lack as if anybody
wouldn't know, Who else could hit be
bout 'cept that misuhble ugly Mary
Jane Bowles, when she's the one you so
dead in love with?"
How you know Tze dead in love with
herr"
Lord, I hope you don't think I'm
plumb stone blind, Jim Tom Spiveyi
Jest as if anybody wouldn't know you
wuz dead in love with her after seem |
the way you slobbered an mussed |
roun' her t'other night over thar at
the candy pullin'! Hit wuz plumb sick
enin'."
That so? Want sickenin' none to
me. Didn't low you wuz teckin' notice
O. what I wuz doin', though"
Reckon if a barn wuz fallin' down |
right in front o your eyes you couldn't |
help teckin' little notice O. hit could |
you?''
Spect not. But the way I wuz
dom want no barn fallin' down as |
kin see."
Hit wuz jest bout the next thing TO
hit, so FAR as fuss an splutterment 4
went. Hit wuz plumb silly"
Minded you good deal O. the way
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water seventeen days without either
eating OF drinking. and cuiy Sc days
when eating solid food without drink
sBE
= hundres tors - CATS talis we're -
Gently sod IL ere lot IA SeE Fork fns
ar1amenfsax ladies' NesxfzE a5rarfi-
Ts.ss means f&zf 10 fsHer tnsr III -
s.s,esit4 Raj been killed 70 s1VSsy IRIS
one consignment
Iron stoves are cs1srg more &c
more into use Il BEix1rlz. h&vszx srsv-
q CIT she I'll Esazes zaez formerly -
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aiversises IN the LEGAL papers Tor re
first time IN maritime history that =
VII accept freight % ~ through wita
bulk unbroken 10 Chico 20.
OF TIE total tsSs5 80 Increase 81
working expenses - fifteen Enzlsza
railways during the pas; hsf year 81
So .5Es came from fuel for motive ssoHes.
$3.50 90 from ordinary trsftie expenses.
s5sl 80 from repairs and reresals zfs1
$50 s1s 81 rsasnt@nsnce % Wsy-
\ horse can i've twenty-five days
without Solid food. D<rsly drinking
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which were used for the prepare ten OF
salt even before the Christian era
The English Society For the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Children secured the
conviction and punishment of nearly
s.ol'9 cuIpritS isst yesr
Before becoming q policeman IN Wan
ma & man must Be able 20 swim row
and send \ teieEraphsc message.
Consul Listoe writes from Rotterdam
% say that Chicag as seaport cum
mences 70 attract the attention q Ea-
rope 4 Rotterdam ship broker nrTn
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According 20 an old document juss
discovered IN Australia. sold Was first
found by convict near Parramatta in
1883. The unfortunate fellow was az
once charged with having stolen "A
watch and boiled It down" and. being
convicted BY the rude court Of those
early days. was given 80 iashss for
mis- pains. In later years the record OF
this incident was closely examined ~
an undoubtedly competent authority,
who was quite convinced OF the genu-
ineness Of the convicts story.