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Irving's us.-VI.

AAC discovery O1 AIu0r1Cd. LII
answers, sent to the secretary, vii
be graded and returned. These ar
swers should be from memory as ia
as possible, but the book may b.
referred to if it is necessary to do so
l. Give an account, in twenty lines
of the life of Columbus up to his
fourteenth year.
2. How did the geographical posi-
ton of Portugal place that country
at disadvantage in trading with
the East?
3. Write ten lines about Prince
Henry of Portugal.
4. How does Irving characterize
geographical discovery"
5. How was Columbus gradually
klndled up to his grand design.
make at least eight points.)
g. What two inventions of the
fifteenth century extended the sphere
of navigation?
Z. Give two reasons why Columbus
left Portugal after having been
n~aturalized there.
8. Name five Spanish men whose
exertions brought Isabella to the
point of sending Columbus out.
3. In the articles of agreement be-
tween Columbus and his sovereigns,
what hereditary titles were guaran-
~teed Columbus2
The criha |p-noo-o ~ poJo~-
TONS quarterly report showed a
large falling off in net earnings.
submarine torpedo boat, be,
Cnc scone- aC oIOs up
on the embarkation of Columbus
expedition.
IL. During the voyage what deceit
did he practice upon his crew?
II. Upon landing On San Saliva
dor, how did he show his piety, his
loyalty and his authority?
ID. How did Columbus describe the
islands and their inhabitants.
IA. What vas the object of his
search among the islands and the
result?
Is. Where and why did Columbus
attempt to found a colony?
16. What difficulties beset his re-
turn2
IL. Why is only one ship spoken of
as standing up the river?" page
63.)
Is. What was the fate of his com
panion, Martin Pinzon?
10. How long did Columbus take
to accomplish his voyage and his re-
turn? How long does it take to go
from Lisbon to New York to-day?
20. Mention four occasions, de-
scribed in this book, in which Column
bus is gloriously triumphant.
WORD sTUDIEs-CHAPTER III
Predatory.-L., praeda, prey; prey
ing upon; robbing.
Circumnavigating. L, circum,
around; navigo, I sail.
Stimulus.-L., stimulus, a prick or
goad.
Munifcence.-L., minus, a gift, a
kindness; and the verb facio, Imake
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TEACHERS READING COURSE.

Conducted by MISS ADA ". woMBLE, Raj.
elgn. N. e, to whom all correspondence re-
gard1ng the Course should be addressed.
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'USe S'"s NV 80 "'S''SO"
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
TOUR TO THE WORLDS
FAIR, NOVEMBER 10, 1904,
VIA SEABOARD AIR LINE
RAILWAY.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
announces their last personally CON
Quoted tour to the Worlds Fair on
Thursday, November 10th, leaving
Raleigh at 400 p. M, Wilmington at
800 p. NJ, Charlotte at 1925 D. M.
Connection will be made from all
other points in the State. Throughp
service will be arranged from VIII
mington, Charlotte, and Raleigh.
This is the last special train of
the season to the Worlds Fair, and
special low rates will apply from all
points or the Seaboard and it's CON
nections.
This party will be in charge of q
representative of the Seaboard. who
will look after the comfort and pleas
ure OF the party and arrange for
them to get located at hotels. or
boarding houses where the party NAV
desire to stop in st. Louis.
For circulars and pamphlets annlu
9. q. GATTIs, T. P. A..
Raleigh, NJ G.
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YOU CAN CLIMB OVEN

sit upon, or fall a tree across a Page Fence and not
deform or damage it. It's made differently.
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian. Michigan.
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Oh, l gifts my strenth fun white side
meat.
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Export of Munuf,cturc,.

Figures recently issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor At Wash
lngton show that during the month of
July last our exports of mnnufact ares
amounted to S4o,0o0.000. against Ssh
90 of agricultural products. During
June the exports of manufacturers We're
nearly S42,O00,000, against %$31,5OG.00O
OF agricultural products. This is tn. first
time i'll the history of the country that
the exports of manufactures nave ev-
aeeded those of the farm. This does not
mean that the exports of farm products
are fallins off, but that those of manu-
factures have greatly Increased. This is
due to a protective tariff which. while it
DEMENT'S american manufactures. also in
creases the home demand for American
farm Products.
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Democrncy,s BAD Record.

When the veterans of the Civil War
We're with Gen. Grant before Richmond
or with Sherman marching to the sea. Il
Democratic national convention declared
the war a failure and demanded a dis
honorable peace. When the business
men. the wage-earners and honest men
OF all classes We're battling for sound
money and the gold standard the Demo-
cfatlc party. as an organization. was
clamorng for free silver at 16 to l..
w hen the Republican party was contend
ing tor protection to American manufac-
turers and %workmen, its opponents were
advocating a policy destructive to both.
What good thing has the Democratic
party ever done. anyhow?
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REGULATIONS OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER.
Dver T'ediy's Lottery

i.ihlliS. w va. ,>CDt. 10, 1901.
pear sonny-l've inS7 finished rcadin'
IeddS's letter and haven't had 50 much
run since J. was toss'l in a blanket the
year mat grand old rough rider, Andy Jack
losses MS up so high that it seems as If
wee never come down.
rerro a|tfp u pain Ss' os a t RAFT 1e, SO fun an, Of I'M
derned one of them like II Jolt on the solar
pIexus that Steve is SO fond of talkin'
"Ngnky,', said steve. as ! hobbled into
breakfast this m9rnin' the first time since
why Goes Teldy's letter rasuind you OF a
corduroy road
"hevause it's so full of bumps says L.
gucsSin' his coutrCrum the first crack.
There's nothin' like n few sharp iclts on
me SPINE to sharpen an Old mans intel
No wonder you thought it a mile long.
y short piece of road like that goes n long
way when your wagon hasn't amy springs
or straw on the bottom. am your old hams
Lack fat like miale.
tell you, Alton, that's the matter with,
us. The Democratic baud wagon hasn't
got any springs nor straw for cushions. and
I'm settin' all fired tired furnishin' all the
axle grease.
This letter of Teddy's doesn't RIM on
rubber tires. lie may. mean we'll, hut what
What business is 1t of his il we are like
the nan stealth Il ride on the end of a
passed: If he was as Old as / am. he'd
bless his stars If he could see anything.
behind ar before.
This havin' foresight is nh a Republican
gift. We Democrats haven't got il. We're
always Suckin' the hind icat.
We newer saw anything in infant indus
tries TIL the Republicans adopted the
foundlin' and brought it up on Protection
milk.
We never saw that the Union had to he
preserved. If there wcrc to be enough
Offices to go round. until the Republicans
saved it and filed the offices for nigh onto
forty years.
We never saw that two things could not
occupy the same place at tile same time.
until the Republicans adopted the gold
standard aud left us holding the bag he
tween bimctallism and free and unlimited
silver.
l tell You. we've no faculty for fore
sisht.and. as far rs | can see. mighty
little for hind-sight. either. No wonder the
donkey is our party emblem. Do you
know. we been lokin' in mothers lookin'
glass lately. and ] swan, if my chin wlis-
kers amt grown like 81 goat's and INV cars
are gettin' so long they droop. steve saws
it's only an optical lalIucination. superin-
duccd by too much b%roodillg over Repub-
lican cartoons.
But. say. Alton -on the quiet-have YOU
consulted your glass since you made that
speech to Charlie Knapp and the other
Charlie horses:
Donkeys have this advantage over mon:
they can get their ears to the ground with.
out crnwlin' on their bellies.
Waitin' to see yoii put Teddy on the grid
iron, your old uncle.
HENRY GASSOwAY.
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Not the Only Important Question.

Admitting that the gold standard is ''ir-
revocably fxed.' as Judge Parker says.
though he did not help fix it. that is only
one of many important financial ques-
tons that may come up in relation to
financial matters. The question of the
preservation and extension of our sys-
TEN of banking and currency: the refund
ing Of our national debt as it may. from
time to time. become due. and many 9TH
er questions of like Importance may
arise. To place the settlement of these
questions in unfriendly hands might re-
suit in such a disturbance of business as
would shock the whole country.
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Party Recnrla.

In every national campaign for forty
years past the Republican party has
stood upon its record of things done, of
laws enacted. o: policies established I'M
der which the country has progressed
and prospered. The record of the Dem
ocratic party made in two administru-
tious was so full of disaster. of CONNER
shipwreck. Of Industrial paralysis
and business failures that its chief bust
ness in recent years has been to get az
far away from its record as possible.
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A sign of Pro.perity.

There is no better criterion of general
prosperity than the postal business.
When times are good the postal revenue
increases. and vice versa. The report Of
the Postmaster General shows that for
the year ending July 1, 1895, the receipts
from postal revenue were SIG, 171,O0O.
For the year ending July 1, 1902. they
were $119,95S,229, an increase of 81 per
cent during seven years of continuous
Republican rule. During the year ending
July l, 1895, the receipts from the money
order business were $S12,O3S; for the
year ending July 1, 1902, they were ST.
SS9,S17. an increase Of 1873 per cent dur.
ing seven years of Republican prosperity.
The Postmaster General in his annual
report for 1902 said: The increase in
the postal revenues attests the wonder
full prosperity Of the people and the ac-
tivity Of business interests throughout
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PARKER's FAyoRI1E POEM.

lAit"n Is, Parker Is very fond of the po-
s,rN Of James whitcomb Rllcy-Curient
Uncle David Bennett Hill's at Parker's
house to stay,
To help him fix his fences an to tell him
what to say;
David says: BE kecrful, now you are a
candidate.
Or else they'll git the best of you-that's
jest as sure as fate;
Now don't send any kilograms, %creatin'
further doubt.
Or Roosevelt III beat you,
eff you
don't watch
"Wnnst they WAS a candidate at thought
he'd have IL chance
IL he'd tell the people what he knew
about finance:
Went about TIL country with Il holler an
4 whoop=
When the votes was counted he was uu-
derneath the soup.
Stick to what | tell You. or you'll amble
up the spout.
Fer Roosevelt III beat YOU,
IF YOU
don't watch
ont.
"Wunst ] Wore a feather plume: I Am
Il Democrat
I'LL a cyclone from tn west jest blew
away my hat
When they asst me what !! was. | an
swered cool an cam,
With another feather plume which .eal:
L Guess | Am
IA, .,,. l;co ,l,.. 1,.:1 ,
what he is about
An Roosevelt II beat you,
eff You
don't watch
out.
Best be purity kcerful how you talk
about tn trusts
IL you want to roast one, better wait
until it busts.
An tn money question--ion't rave very
much to say
AS to plutyerats-rcmembcr Henry Gas
saway.,
Stick right tola whisper. don't you never
dare to shout,
Or Roosevelt II beat YOU.
eff you
don't watch
Have your picture taken-out be keerful
what You wcar-
Put OF all til o~vcralls an look Ike
county fair
Take your little plunge into the Hudson
every lay.
Keep below The water when you've any
thing to say.
Mind your Uncle David-his Suggestions
never iiout-
For Roosevelt u beat you.
Ell YOU
DON'T WATCH
QUIZ
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Parker Womb BE Unsafe,

Without questioning the sincerity of
Judge Parker's expressions on the
money question he was, by his own state
nents, more devoted to his party, in
1896, than he was to his sincere con
victions Of right. That being the case,
We have a right to assume hat he might.
at an extreme moment, again surrender
his principles for the sake of his party.
Such n man cannot be held up as 4 safe
candidate for the highest r. sit;on in the
government.
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per,onn1 Abnse Will Not Win.

The Democratic party has been so
long in the opposition and its every day
work has so long been criticism, that it
forgets that no battle vas ever won
by swearing at the enemy. Abuse of
MIR. Roosevelt will make votes for him.
He is a very popular man. Personal
criticism will not draw away from him
any man who admires him, but it will
stir his admirers to the more earnest sup
port of him.
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ISM" There is no "Imperialism.'' We
are but brothers. who are going to as
sist in feeding the rest of our brothers
of the world; to give them the benefits of
it all and to reap ourselves the benefits
of it all. To submit to anything else
would be silly. 1t is but Il problem of
common sense.
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the country" 1t would not nave been
proper for the Postmaster General in an
official report to attribute this wonder
full prosperity in 1902 to the operation OF
the Dingley tariff law and other Repub-
lican measures. but such was the fact.
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S'SbS PicAAiOtOt u hAOmu IL Snlkt
and regular transportation. ~
The complement of this transportation
is n steady and reliable flow of freight.
Here irrigation comes into play. Irri-
CATION insures regular crops and there
fore n fixed volume of freight; even as
a reliable transportation insures regular
trade. These phases of national life are
part and parcel of the evolutionary pro
cess that has made the United States the
trade leader of the world. The activi-
ties of the country are rising to the new
economic standard. He who fails to see
this should seek a new perspective.
To the ordinary man the term .Asiatic
trade lacks special significance. He
knows it relates to trade with Asia.
and that we are constantly exporting to
and importing from Asia. He does not
realize that all the leading countries of
the earth are competing for the trade of
several hundred million Asiatics, and that
this trade is really the greatest CONNER
cial prize of the day. He does not realize
that this trade may be the making of his
own trade, calling or business.
Your Personal Interest.
Farmers, ranchers, miners, lumbermen,
merchants, laborers of the West, do not
WIZ isdlla SOul OMu luleIcSlS, tlul VI
your family; and yours and their future.
Vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. They
have brought you glad tidings in the ma
tional irrigation act. Its workings nave
already begun. Under its operation there
will be a tendency to balance interests
and thus help in a powerful way to keep
the government steady. 1t will settle the
beef question, every acre irrigated would
rrNI,oo n fhop tbivtv 4ip,o. n- ,,,,nh
as is now produced on any of our wild
of moderate size. where all the vocations
of trade. of learning. literature and re-
ligion will flourish. 1t will change the
face of the sky. 1t will modify the at
1t will give life, health, joy and pros
perity to the people.
Work for Republican Party.
When we come to contemplate the
whole field of natural western re-
| sources, available for food. for industry
and for commerce., when we attempt to
grasp in one act of thought the length
and breadth and depth of the riches with
which Providence has loaded this see
ton; when we try to realize how every
possible want, every material aspiration
of man can be bountifully provided for;
when we consider how measureless are
the values which will spring into being
at the touch of modern industry, and
how these values. when once created,
are solid and real and become incorpo-
rated into the enduring structure of hui
man society. we may begin to es-
innate properly the measure of re-
sponsibility which rests upon this ma
ton and its chosen rulers. This is not
merely to preserve unframed the price
less boom of civil liberty which leaves
the individual citizen free to do his share
in work of development. but to adopt
such measures as will prevent the waste
OF natural resources, clear the way OF
progress and promote the triumph of civ.
ilization. The record of the Republican
party shows it to be a party Of progress
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According to the Bankers Monthly for
August there are 7,3o5.22S individual
depositors in the savings banks of he
United States. and it is safe to say that
100000 will vote for the Republican
ticket. at least all who are legal voters
will
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new ERA FOR GREAT WEST
President RooseveIt's National Irrigation Act to
Be a Wonder Worker.
MILLIONS OF CHEERFUL, HAPPY HOMES
Avenue of Relief to Congested Cities-HeaIth,
Prosperity and Patriotism Fostered by
Contact with Soii-RepubIican
Party Leads the Way.
Danger in consc.ted Cities.

plies and resources as no one govern
ment in the world ever had before.
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Under the Wilson low tariff exports IN
creased $94.00o,0W in three years UNI
der the Dinsley tariff they increased
S155, 100000.
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The passage of the National Irrigation
Act marked a new era for the West.
Its effect upon actual settlement nav nor
unfairly be compared to that of the
Homestead law, signed by President
Lincoln in 1862.
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mo more important question can on.
gage our attention, and none should
receive more earnest and thoughtful
confederation, than one which seek. to
guard and prcHerve the high standard
of our population and citizenship."-
Senator Fairbanks in the Senate. JanuarY III. 1888.
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Improved Transportation.

The transportation issue is settling
itself. The trans-continental railway
companies face A globe circling COMPETE
ton that forces them to raise the eff
cheney of their systems, west of Chi
cago. The steam ines of the Pacific
ocean are meeting the transportation de
mands, thus the American
with the Asiatie East is insured by that
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To Make Hair Grow

To stop the hair from falling
out, first of all, you must cure
your scalp. Nothing in the world
will make hair grow except a
clean, healthy scalp.
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Women, and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that IS the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Even that greatest Of all
Jewels, health, is often ruined IL
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous con-
sequences of coughs, colds and
bronchial affections by regular
use of DR.. Boschee's German Syr-
up. 1t will promptly arrest con.
Sumption in it's early stages and
heal the affected lungs and broh-
CHA, tubes and drive the dread
disease from the system. 1t is not
cure all, but it is a certain cure
for coughs, colds and all bron-
chiai troubles. You can get DR..
Green's reliable remedles at d.
A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
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Ignoramuses for Statesmen.

Quay wasn't cold in death until
war broke out among the Penn
sylvania millionaires for his seat
in the Senate. The argument adj
vanced in favor of the richest one
of all the candidates is that che
is a successful business man,
having amassed great wealth III
the Steel trust. The question
whether he is an intelligent law
maker, or possessed Of even a sus-
picion of what craftsmanship is is
of no consequence so long as he
has that money to keep the ma
chine well fabricated. However,
the situation in Pennsylvania is
no different from every other
State whose people have come to
worship money as the god Of all
gods. Ready cash not only covers
a multitude of sins, but it makes
statesmen out Of ignoramuses,
Christian out of sinners, and Sen
ators out of money bags.
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YOST'S MEXICAN ECZEMA
AND DANDRUFF JURE

is not an ordinary hair tonic, but
it is the most effective skin and
scalp cure known. 1t will pene-
trate the skin and scalp, and it
contains the proper ingredients to
kill any disease germ, which is
the cause of it all. 1t is not greasy
nor sticky, and will positively
cure after everything else has
failed, or your money back.
At all barber shops and drug
stores, so cent and ST. bottles'
Manufactured only by
FRED YOST,
400 Market st., Wheeling, w. Va
Beware of refilled and unlabel'
ed bottles.
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THE CLUB woMAN's
Husband Is Not Such a Joke, AT
ter ALI.

The husband Of the club woman
isn't such joke, after all, and
should be treated with the utmost
consideration. Very little is
known of this mysterious chin, !"
except that he is Mrs. So and So s
husband. He is a quiet, domestic
) sort of creature, possessing no
bad habits-just merely house
hold pet. At times he displays an
intelligence that is almost human.
He is a zero in the domestic prob
lem. His identity is surrounded
at the family altar only fragment
of which is seldom saved for him,
in order that he may still possess
. the virtue of signing checks. He
/ also has some other modest viz
tues we will enhmerate. He can
sew buttons on his clothes while
| his life partner is saving the chill
dren of the masses; he can keep,
house while she is away attend
ing the National convention, and
minister to all the needs Of the
baby; he can listen patiently to
stories of the club doings told by
his wife, although he might be
dying to read the morning paper;
and, best of all, he is perfectly
satisfied with his lot. We have
even known some of the species
to wait for their wives outside OF
the clubroom, after a hard days
work. and escort them home to the
supperless abode. Occasionally he
attends club meetings with her,
and listens proudly and quietly
while she demonstrates her super
ior intelligence. Occasionally he
becomes. drowsy and begins to
nod, and when he arrives home he
is called stupid and sleepy-head-
ed. The time is fast approaching
when the clever bachelor-club girl
gets married, that the ceremony
will not change her name. She
will be Miss Smith after as well
as before marriage. The man
will be the one to surrender his
cognomen, and be forever after
ward known as Miss Smiths hus-
band.
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A Strong Heart

is assured by perfect digestion.
Indigestion swells the stomach
and puffs it up against the heart.
This causes shortness of breath,
palpitation of the heart and gen.
eral weakness. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure cures indigestion, relieves
the stomach, takes the strain off
the heart and restores it to full
performance of its function nat
urally. Kodol increases the
strength by enabling the stom-
ach and digestive organs to di-
gest, assimilate and appropriate
to the blood and tissues all OF the
food nutriment. Tones the stom-
ach and digestive organs. Sold
by Stotler & Corbett, Opera House
Drug store.