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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-06
Executors Notice.

Having qualified as executor OF the
last will and testament of Rebecca
Stephens, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons holding claim:
against said estate to present same TO
me or my attorney on or before Au-
gust q, 1905, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery of
same. All persons indebted to said de-
ceased will please make prompt pay
ment,
T. H. ROWLAND,
Executor Rebecca SteI hens, deceased
III. e. Norris, Atty.
This August 81. 1909.
8-21-1W Wks.
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a trial sample
absolutely free

81 have TAX en- two bottles of Stuarts Gin and
Buchu with highly satisfactory results ard
believe that one bottle will cure me-
D. p. Higgins, Oglethorpe, Ga.
81 suffered since childhood with bladder
trouble Was in bed three weeks, when [
read of Stuart's Gin and Buchu, and after
taking same three weeks [ was Well'-~Mrs
Ida McElroy, Columbia S. c.
SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
to-day for a trial bottle, which we will send
Won absoiut ely free and thus give you an
opportunity to thoroughly test our remedy,
without exense to you. We are sure that
there is nocase that Stuarts Gin ana Bucnu
III NOT cure but we do not ask you to take
our word for it; send for trial sample and
nudge for yourself. Address Stuart Drug Com
pany So Wall ST., Atlanta, Ca
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l AUTOMOBILE FOR SAIIE-SLIGHT.
~ used, 1904 Cameron Car; in per.
feet condition at bargain. Raleigh
Iron Works.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02

L
at once awoke father and mother and
told them. We lighted the gas, and
wondering what in the world it could be,
father assembled the third floor stairs to
investigate, while we stood at the door
waiting to see what would happen.
AS soon as father reached the top Of
the stairs he began to chuckle. What
IS it ?" cried mother. Come up and see,"
said father. We went up and what do
you think it was? 1t was sister who had
\ nightmare and had crawled up to the
lhird floor. We asked her what she was
hunting for, she was looking into
every corner and she said, ooh, IN
hunting for a mouse! We all laughed
which awoke her and she could not I'M
Herstand what it all meant, as by this
time the whole household was up and
standing around her. Afterward we ex-
ylained it all, and whenever we went
bunting after that it reminded her Of
this event tho it has never happened
0ince. Marie Baernstein
los E. Sixteenth Street.
B Seventh Grade, Emerson School.
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A PLACE QUITE HANDY.
(Honoraple Mention.j

(EIOnorab1e Menton.j
where did you put it the last time you used it?'
bald mama when asked her where my baseball was.
"Oh don't know T replied 'You will have to hunt
for it, because don't know what did with it." So
I started to hunt. first went upstairs to the store
and looked thru boxes Ct mean their contents)
and behind bureaus and trunks but all in vain. Next
went into the kitchen and turned everything upside
in fruitless endeavor to find the missing ball.
81 can't find it anywhere complained, "and want
play tonight" "You can't play ball if you do
find it unless you straighten this Kitchen went
to task but the boys who had been waiting so
patiently 10 seeing that it would
play when I finished dispersed mutterng about "a
fellow that'l bring you to play ball when he
hasn't got any ball"
When had finished said, "Now you may go
out do your chores" I picked up my hat but I
the sight which greeted my eyes.
the ball under my hat, where had put it that
it would be handy II told you it where you put
It," said Harold S. Morton
Ninth Grade, 1851 Lyndale Avenue N.
North Side High School
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down on the lounge and fast asleep. do
not know how long slept but awakened
by of my friends who very anxious to have
me come out jumped rubbed my and called
out of the window, yes I'll be there in just mnute.
This minute meant about half an hour long it
would take to find my hat
now started on the search did not know how
long it would last for these hunting
mine vary greatly first looked all the chairs in
the house which hats favorte resting places,
and then behind the doors. Being unsuccessful in
these attempts thought it might it's way
behind the lounge. I removed this and my dssats-
faction found nothing. growing impatient and
kept saying to myself II know it there;
right on that chair" ETC., until tired AS last
resort tackled the hooks in the hail. looked at
after another until came to the which my hat
belonged, and there my hat right where it be-
longed It always is lost when it is the right place.
put hat and went outside but found my friends
missing perhaps tired waiting. Dan Colburn,
Seventh Grade, 1922 LongfelIow Avenue.
School.
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AN ASTONISHING SPEED.
(Honorable Mention.)


Pink, pink! Apples! Bear bear! Keep together!
Pink! Not fast! Apples!- Keep together! Rum
sheep rum" We playing run, sheep run and the
gave the calls excitedl hiding and the
poised either to jump forward
drop back according to the circumstances. Every
muscle tense, and hardly breathed. Here they
came, straight for Pink, pink! cried the caller
an dropped out of sight. Bear, bear!'' the
made ready to spring out Of hiding place
when they should shoot past But instead of shoot
ing past as hoped they going to, they stopped
directly in of my hiding place. dropped back
crept behind door.
Where can be?" said of the girls. I'm
the barrel" Apples apples, apples" shouted my
caller. That meant to come to goal. started and
came round the of the barn at astonishing
captain Of the other side coming round
also at the rate of speed, and oh!
came face-no, head to headwith each other.
calm meeting but just as if two prize fight
ing bulls had charged. The shock knocked us both
down, and really 1t took two girls to that
my not fractured The other girls nose be-
gan to bleed and head ached terribly. We could
hardly stagger to the house. How do like
sheep, run q" said the girls teasingly Don't
it to again, at least not till get WELL"
said fretfuy. Mary c. Ely,
A Seventh Grade, 1912 w Forty-fourth st.
Lake Harriet School
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Can you tell what implements rep
resented by this picture?
PICTURE PUZZLE.

looked up at the and then at his watch saying in
surprise Aren't hungry? It is three o'clock" So
sat down to eat hastily prepared lunch, but
since were in great hope Of getting that deer
speeding again.
We reached open marsh where it possible
for us to at a rapid rate, and in SO doing
stumbled, spraining ankle very badly Vic told me
to stay where was, always being ready and keeping
my on the we had come, while he walked
without giving satisfactory answer to where
He had idea. kept watch and there
came, at lively trot, that buck which had
My ankle longer panied my spirits
while the buck When he enough I
shot him in the shoulder killing him almost instantly
East Side High School. j. Walter Malmquist,
r. F. D. No. g. Cokato, Mimi
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THE JOURNAL JUNIOR,

for the coveted Each Of the party took
showing them to the guide who passed Judgment upon
them. With some fifteen twenty of eagerly
watching for the stones along the beach, faces
toward the shore and occasional of larger size
threatening to wash away, and with the loud
clamation which accompanied each successful find, it
was most exciting hunt. By noon had
fifteen fairly good specimens, out Of which I have
since had three cut, polished This one
the pleasantest hunting incidents that have
perienced A. JepsOn.
Eighth Grade, 1927 Emerson Avenue N.
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THEN MRS. COW LAUGHED.
Wild Flight Across the Meadow for Dear Life Instead
O in
(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize


of just for Fun
(Fifth and Sixth Grade PriZe.)
Not very long a friend of mine and myself took
notion to go hunting snakes 1t arranged that
should We started next morning
half past nine. When crossing field there
loose in it. We thought it would be great
fun to be chased by her. found long stick and
uckled her We could barely wink before she
heels We for dear life until reached
the fence. We had just tumbld when along
Mrs. Cow grinning tho she had won. We went our
way left her to chase flies the rest of the day.
toad
Finally reached the grass and began looking for
snakes We had walked short distance when 7 dis
covered hole in the ground. asked friend if it
gopher's hole. She said, yes! Can't you tell
gopher's hole when you it," She just thru
speaking when large snake (about foot long)
poked his head out of the hole. screamed and
pushing the grass down in front of which,
sorry to say flew back in my friends face. She had
heard and then run, she followed
screaming at the top Of her voice (But she did not
know what for.) We reached the fence safely, none
the worse for dreadful experience with the snake
When arrived at home that afternoon very
tired long if anybody had mentioned
snake I could have another mile without stop
ping Violet Calmus
A Fifth Grade, S.
Whittier School.
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AT MOONs1ONE BEACH.
(Honorable Mention.)

(HonOrable MentOn)
While spending the winter in California noticed
mat many girls hatpins, stickpins and rings
set with moonstones. Upon inquiring where they OBJ
tanned them told that they were found Moon
stone Beach, Catalina Island, and that of the
fascinating attractions of the island hunting
for these pearly We soon had the pleasure of
visiting the island and at took small steamer to
beach. We taken to shore in small rowboats
but before landing had taken off shoes and
stockings and ready for the hunt.
guide told that the moonstones were of a
white chalky hue, with internal shade of blue, and
when up to the they somewhat resembled
opal. We waded out nearly to our knees and as
small surf rolled the pebbly beach it
brought multudes of little stones; and while they
rapidly following the receding hunted eagerly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02

Once in while a violet but they
few far between. Then crawled thru the fence
and went down in rayine On the side lucky
enough to find about two stray columbines. Then
about three violets
beautiful moss have seen. AS were not lucky
explored elsewhere. Going back crossed the
road but found nothing there. It apparent
had been all thru these woods before. We next
went under the bridge. It hard to make way
there, the being thickly nterlaced,
in e1nrging finally other side,
frutless. We went farther down the road and
hunted for quite WHILE but in vain Three very tired
and disguised girls walked about m away
with eight vioets each Lille e. Colburn,
A Ninth Grade. 1922 Longfellow Avenue.
South Side High School.
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minneapolis Topics.
For Saturday, July IS:
"a HARD CLIMB"

Everybody had to climb somewhere, sometime. It
always hill, either 1t be climb down, too
a a climb ought to have
story fit the topic The cf telling
W the rather
that thrilling story may yet
The must be in the hands the editor
Junior
NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY EVENING JULY g.
They must be strictly original written
side only Of the than 800
than 1O0 marked with the number of
paper with school,
writer together with the of the prize
list printed elsewhere The Junior.
be rolled
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NOWHERE ROUND ABOUT.

Did you have to look for something and you
did not know whether to hunt in the cellar the
tic? I have Papa has a knife which he says should
always be put the shelf in the diningroom after
being used. One day he looked for the knife but it
not in it's usual place. Upon his inquiring it
the of the family said that had with it
last. .sWhy," said T. II don't remember that have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
ON THE TRAIL OF RED DEER.

lHonorabe Mention)
Very early Saturday morning Vic out on
our first deer hunt. Neither of had
away from home friends and it did queer
to get up that morning in lumber camp which we
had made headquarters.
After walking about five miles many signs
OF deer and really expected from this to kill several
that day. We walked what thought the graz
ing grounds of the deer Having walked short dis
lance we heard large animal ahead us and
began our chase. Walking fast quietness would
permit and talking little kept eyes track
which appeared fresher at every turn. Finally Vic
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THE FLOWERLEss WOOD.

Two of my friends and myself went to
the woods to look for violets one Satur-
day in spring. We had never explored
this place for flowers before but thought
perhaps we could find some. To get
there we took the car.
Right next to the road the land was
low and marshy and on the other side
was water. AS we walked along we saw
many violet plants but the violets had all
been picked. Someone evidently had
been there first. We turned off the road
nd oEy hn1 CT hor jrto n a15
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For Saturday, July %:

you said st any harm p
you intended to good turn,
in the end that
ought number of Stories
all kinds this topic for there is who
his intentions bring
then. The must be in the hands
The Junior
NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10,
o'clock They be strictly original written in
side only of the not more than 800 words in
signed with the grade
the writer together with the
preferred the list printed elsewhere in The
papers not be rolled. -
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HUNTING THE BANDIT MOUSE

A sort Of crawling noise awoke the dow
stairs clock struck three; it three listen,
and still the noise did not cease, but sounded lii
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
LOST IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

ss (Honorable Mention
It was summer day when I had nothing to do
felt lazy and after while went into the house lay
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ldu ~ lof TWO OF three
days."
Don't you remember
you could not find the
scissors and SO you used
the knife ?" said my sis
ter.
"oh, yes, I remember.
( said.
Look for it right away
for I need it now" said
papa.
AS I walked slowly out
Of the room wondered
whether to look in the
barn, on the porch, in the
kitchen or in the hall, or
perhaps in-"Haye Won
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found it YETI" said familiar voice. NO., replied
81 have not begun yet" And hurried away coming
back hour later with nothing to but that, 'Ive
looked all around I did not find it but believe
looked everywhere except in the hay But the queer
thing all that about month after my hunt
mama found it in the cupboard -Bernice Drew,
Seventh Grade, 2714 Stevens Avenue.
Whittier School.
TWO MINUTES TOO LATE.
9 Oh, where wassny pursel Z had put e E
with my coat and hat on the lounge but 1t noe
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WIDE
Continued from First Page.)

op the pile, there the cat calmly washing
ais face with the doll dress n beside him.
Eighth Grade, Ruth Marshall,
Bryant School. 1882 Second Avenue S.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
BE GOT THE SHOVEL AND DISAPPEARED

BE GOT THE o N DISAPPEARED.
her with hiring a tramp to lift that
gate off or argued that it was her BUSH
ness to sit in the front window with
a shotgun and keep the boys away.
He would have made out that the gate
had been damaged at least $1,000
worth and that the p%oorhouse was
close at hand, and he wouldn't have
ceased talking about it until bedtime.
There were other things to tell him,
however, and a little shiver passed
ove Mrs. Bowser as she said:
"You know that new snow shovel
you bought the other day? Well, a
tramp came along this afternoon and
borrowed it to clean off a walk across
the street, and when he got through
he walked off with it,"
did, eh?" grinned Mr.. Bowser.
"Well, he's a snow shovel ahead Of
the game, but he won't dare come back
on this block again."
"But aren't you-you going to do
anything about it?"
"Not that I know Of. He's got the
shovel and disappeared. You should
have tied a rope to his leg. I'll have
another shovel sent up tomorrow"
Mrs. Bowser felt herself turn pale.
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She fully expected Mr.. Bowser to de-
clare that she must pay for that snow
shovel out of her pin money and that
oye $1,000 worth Of shovels had
been lost through her carelessness since
their marriage. He might also be ex-
pected TO rush outdoors after dinner
and declare that he would follow that
tramp to his lair if it took a thousand
years and make him eat shovel and
handle, and to return to say that il was
a wonder she hadn't lent the front door
to a potato peddler. She was SO be
numbed that she said no more until
dinner was finished and they had set
tied down for the evening. Then. as he
was playing with the cat on the lounge,
she remarked:
"Oh, 1 forgot to tell you about the
boys in the alley"
There were boys in the alley, eh?'
he queried.
"About a dozen of them, and they
were snowballing our cat as she went
along the fence. One of the snowballs
crashed through the back bedroom win
dow upstairs"
"Well I'll replace it tomorrow night.
/ was a boy myself once, and 1 expect
/ broke a hundred windows. Can't ex-
peet a boy to be a man, you know"
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Bowser Is Quiescent
He Gets q Strange Fit on and Causes Great Anxiety About
the House-Keeps Mrs. b. and the Cook
Guessing a. to the Outcome.
rcopyrieht. 1904. by c. 3. Lewis.l

copyright, 1904. by C.. 3. Lewisl
~EyERAL things happened around
the Bowser house the other day,
and an hour before Mr.. Bow
ser a expected home from
the Office MIS-. Bowser felt a sinking
Of the heart at the thought Of what he
would say and do. She was in the
hall when he opened the front door
with his pass key, and she opened her
eyes wide as he carelessly remarked:
More snow, eh? Well, if we had a
horse and cutter we'd surely take ad-
vantage Of this %sleighing. Do you re-
member how we used to go skitting
aboutT"
"Did-did you notice anything wrong
with the gate as you came In? she
f~alteringly asked.
81 saw that some boy had lifted 1t
from it's hinges and flung it down.
That's boylike, however. They'd tip
the house over On it's side if they could
and call it fun. If dinners ready,
We'll go right down"
Mrs. Bowser was amazed. At other
times Mr.. Bowser would have charged
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spare bedroom, and if it isn't fixed the
water will take the plaster off. 1
didn't go up on the roof with a crow
bar and jab and punch and pound in
order to make you $1,000 extra ex-
pense, but
Roof leaks, eh:" he interrupted.
Well, tin roofs will get old and leaky,
and I'll send up a man tomorrow to
fix ours. Glad you happened to notice
it. 1t shows what an interest you
take in the house"
Then Mr.. Bowser tenderly removed
the cat from the lounge to the floor
and stretched himself out for a rest.
For a few minutes he talked about the
weather and business and then drop
ped of to sleep. Mrs. Bowser and the
cat both sat looking at him and trying
to make out what was going on when
the cook came softly upstairs and
whisperingly inquired:
rs ne ashlape, ma'amp
Mrs. Bowser nodded her head.
Then let me look me last upon the
dear man. Me brother was took just
the same way two years ago, and be-
fore morning he went into commissions
and died without telling US that he
owed a saloon bill Of S14"
NJ. QUAD.
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etdTc- Not d mOutn ago q DOy broke u
pane Of glass In a window while she
was downtown. and when Mr.. Bowser
came home he talked about It for two
long hours, charging her with gross
!, carelessness and reprehensible extrav-
agance and saying that a pillow should
be stuffed into the broken pane for the
rest of the winter. he figured up then
the cost Of broken panes for twelve
years past had been $4,000 per year.
Now he was not only playing with the
cat, whose life he had sworn to take on
q hundred different occasions, but ind
ing for the hoodlums who had
broken his windows.
81 must also tell you about the COAL"
said Mrs. Bowser, after a long pause.
Il heard you ordered a ton of range
coal by telephone last night"
Yes"
"Well, they came up with a load to-
day while l was busy and dumped it
n the cellar, and it was furnace coal
l only found it out just before you
came, and 1 thought I'd leave it to you
to 60 for them. Such carelessness de-
Del Voc luc ScNcIeol TeDuht.
"Oh, 1 dunno" replied Mr.. Bowser,
as he turned about. Its just possible
that l didn't make the order clear to
them, or they may have got things
mixed in the rush of business. None
Of us are infallible, you know
But it's the wrong coal"
THAT is, we can't burn it in the
ronoo hut u-n xr;y raoI Dlorfy 80 11ol
before spring is over. Well use it for
the furnace and give another order"
Don't you mean to rip those coal
people up the back, as you call it,"
persisted Mrs. Bowser as she recalled
his awful language through the tele-
phone on a former occasion.
mo, I don't see any need of it.
1 don't want folks to think I'm always
ready to kick"
If Mr.. Bowser had come home with
both arms sawed off close to the
shoulders Mrs. Bowser could not have
been more benumbed. She sat and
stared and wondered, and wondered
and stared, and he finally took notice
of it and asked:
NudLS Tue u1dIIeE WITH you Ills
evening? You don't seem to be as live
ly as usual. Want to go to the thea
teri"
"N-no."
"Shall we run into Green's for a
couple of hoursr
Il guess not"
Maybe you want to play a few
games Of euchre, though you always
beat me -four out of five"
"Mr. Bowser," she replied, don't you
feel well this EVENING""
Never felt better. My head is as
clear as a bell, and I've got an appe-
tite on me like a horse. Why?
"I-I've got to tell o something"
"Well, what was it,"
something worse than I have told
you"
$50 ahead"
IL know you'll be awfully put ont
yer it and blame me, but I've got to
tell you just the same"
"Well, tell away"
I'll discovered today that the roof
leaks! Yes, it leaks right over the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
White Coats.

We AVE q splendid assortment q
these coats for BARRIERS and walters
Our clothing department. is separate
and distinct from the other Departments
Of our store and we are showing a.
splendid line of goods in this depart
ment and we know that we viii save
YOU money and can sell you clothing for
less price than regular clothing house,.
We buy our clothing direct from ~
factOeies; we handle the best goods anl
they are we'll made and would thank
you to Civ us q look.
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Mems CIethisq.

Spring suits OF all kinda. In this line
OF goods We ara carrying quite an ex-
tensive stock and are able to please any
one who will come to VI for a suit. We
also handle a nice line OF tuo-Diese
suits with prices running from $500 to
$3.50 a suit. Our regular meas suits
range from $3.50. $500 $1,000 and al, UP
to $3.50 q suit We are ala showing
a nice line OF spring pants. We VII
sell you a good pair Of wool pants for
$1.N. Better pants, nicely made up.