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l The oxygenized strength of the
healing pInes,' combined with other
we'll known kidney and bladder
remedies is presented in Pineules.
This new, discovery gives immediate
relief and pernanentlyc cures, all kid
,ney and bladder troubIes.-Sold by
Higgins Drug Go. ~ -
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/ District League Conference.
The first session of the Newbern
District League Conference will be
heldlin connection with the District
Sunday school Conference at New
port, N. Co., Sept. 81, %, 30. The
following is a tentative program:
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EVENING SESSION.

ManZan. is. certainly a specific for
Piles. This new discoveryi is put up
in a c~ollap,ible tube with nozzle, so
it mag beapnIied where most need
ed. StouS me pam Instantly and
cures Sold ~ Higgins Drug Co. :
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RUSSIAN CRUISER e n
birmingham Age-IIerald.

btKL Ii SS~O-11CIdTu.
The arrival of the Russian auxili-
airy cruiser Lena at San Francisco
has created a mild sensation in that
city and throughout the country.
The facts seem to be that, on account
of the. condition OF her boilers, she is
in an unseaworthy condition.. She
cannot be compelled therefore to
leave San Francisco in twenty-four
hours. This country has adopted a
rule requiring a war vessel to be de-
tanned in port twenty-four hours af-s
ter the vessel she is chasing has
sailed away.ad4 4ebbaa Q SIS III
If the Lena has on the score d. bad
boilers and a general unseaworthy
Icondition sought an asylum in one
of our ports, we being friendly alike
toJapan and Russia, shefmust obey
whatever regulations we mayasee fit
to impose.i2 We may and probably
Will0order her to disarm and to stay
in San Francisco iharbor untilathe
endao the war;. In thai way we
would not be aiding either side. We
would give the Lena refuge. inI dis
tress, and yet we woutd not enabfe
her to get ready to prey upon Japa-
nese commerce. -
I The state and navy. department
are to deal with the Lena, and the
chances are that IN the end she will
await in San FRANCISCO the, termina-
tion of the a She is secure there
against an active foe, and she will
not be permitted to Sail away con-
trary to well-knownoprecedents. -a9.
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AZ ~ TOP

It is a 1audable ambition to reach the ton
Of the ladder of success. But many a MAN
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= -tss 2 NlOfeN1N0 U . ESS1OAs st-'A 'i'=
Devotional exercises.
Organization. s@zf59a s.df 2e15 7
The Individual Lacquer.
What He Is-General discussion.
What He should Be-Address.
How to Make Him What He.
Shall Be-Address. 49,
) A Question Box. III as..a
q AFTERNOON SESSION. 81 f#t =
3 Devotional-Bible Reading.
Reports from League chapters.
Reports from Committees.
Election of Omcers.
League Chapters:-Its Discourage
ments-General Discussion.
Its Encousagements-Address.
How to Promote Junfpr work
Address. A 0
EVENING Session &
The evening session viii be de-
voted to Missionary Interests.
Let the Leagues IN the. District
send not less tllan Tires representa-
tives to this Conference.
Assoon as delegates are electedsend
their anne with reports to Rev. II.
B. Anderson, Goid,boro, N. C. EfF9G4
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THE desirable dwelling and lot at
- William street, South, op-
positesthelI court house (Thompsons
homestead3fi57 feet front land 210
feet deep, is for saie.l Apply to
Miss Daisy Thompson, 106 Ash ST.,
West, Goldsboro, n. G. If
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= No one will burn wood when they
find out now cheap soft coal is phone
w. III. Griffin and he will call and
explain. Phone No. At.
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The History of Sheen.

Of all dOmeSticated animals the sheep
has, from time immemorial, been most
closely associated with mankind. An
erudite author sixty years ago, having
laboriously collated an assortment OF
illusions to sheep made by sacred and
profane writer's, concluded that the
history of these animals is so interwo-
ven with the history of man that they
never existed in 4 wild state ut al.
Biblical history from the time Of Abel
is full of illusions to the fOckS which
formed the chief possessions of the
Jewish people and their neighbors. The
SpoilS of war and the tribute of vaSsal
kings largely consisted Of sheep. Thus
we read that Mesha, King OF Moab,
was 4 sheep master. and rendered
unto the King Of Israel 100. 0G0 lambs
and 100, 0G0 rams with the wool. Moses
after his victory ove the MidianiteS
obtained as loot no less than GI0,GOO
sheep, and long before the Christian
era sheep were cultivated in Western
Europe. Spain and Italy possessed
them from all unknown period, al
though long after Rome was founded
the inhabitants had not learned 10
sheer the fleece. and. until the time of
Piiny. the practice Of p!IcEin& if from
the skin was not wholly abandoned
Outing.
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Not n Case For an Understudy.

ard like to have Il day of next
Wednesday, sir" said young Thomp'
son to the Senior Partner.
The Senior Partner frowncd. He
did not approve of holidays.
We don't like to establish the pre-
ccdent Of giving time eff" he said.
But l have some rather important
business on hand urged young
Thompson. 'and--
And l suppose TO one possibly could
attend to this important business but
you.' sneercd the Senior Partner.
We'll. not very well. sir, because,
sou seq
Young men are 30 prone to over
rate their own importance" interrupt
ed the Senior Partner. lis 4 COM
mon failing among them to consider
themselves Indispensable. while nine
times out Of ten they arc only block
.ng the way of better men. Now. in
his little business matter of yours. nc
iOubt. if necessary. you could depute
;omc one else to attend to it for yOu-
;onc one just rs able and just rs will
HS rs yourself"
without doubt, sir" said young
Thompson, but, as I'm to be married.
he lady has conceived the notion that
am indispensable to the ceremony"
New York Press.
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Hand Baths.

For q hand bath-a bath given to the
body by the use of the hands only, or
by a sponge or cloth-place a handful
of sea salt in a basin as ordinarily
filled for washing. Allow the salt TO
dissolve, or hasten the action by stir,
ring it with the hand. The water
should be as cold as you have vitality
to withstand. Use no soap. Battle
the entire body. Do not neglect the
face and neck in the free use Of the
salt water.
This bath has all e~zhilarating infu.
ence. tones the entire system, and
gives to the skin q healthful condition
which amply repays the time and trou'
BILE involved. 1t will be an excellent
preventive Of colds, besides being a
substitute for face cosmetics. No chap.
ping, no roughness of the skin, and no
clogging of the pores will trouble the
person who Systematically takes a
bath of this sort.
Ordinary table salt or rock salt will
do, but will not do so well. The sea
salt contains medicinal properties not
found in others. Whether Il eNer.
ciseS or not, the body should receive
a daily hand bath of cold or cool wa.
ter. especially in the summer, either
upon arising or before retiring, OF
Doth.-Dr. L. 3. WarmaD.
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petty theft cautioned against is often
practiced. Uncle Sam recently issued
a patent for a hat and coat protect
ing hook, the invention Of a subject of
the King Of Sa1ony, residing In Leip-
zig-Stotteritz, indicating that this
country is not the exclusive home OF
the sneak thief. The device consists
of two arms, piyoted together after
the manner of scissors, forming two
sets of hooks, an upper and a lower
pair. The upper hooks are intended
to clamp ovel 1ne OF the hooks usual
~ found in public places for holding
hats and coats or outer wraps. The
lower hooks are turned inwardly to-
ward each other, n being adapted
to receive the suspension loop on the
coat collar, and the other having a
fiat surface against which the bent
round rim of the hat may be clamped
by the other hook, so that the hat can
not be taken from the hook, but will
not be damaged by the clamping ac-
ton of the two hooks. owing to the
aat surface against which it is pressed.
When the coat has been suspended.
and the hat rim clamped in position,
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Tie New Wound Gun.

The important new principle in the
Brown gun just built in the Scott Iron
Company's works, at Reading, Pa, is
the winding Of a tube of involute steel
plates with polished steel wire, thus
securing both longitudinal and circum'
ferential strength. The gun is 313
inches long and weighs 10000 pounds.
On a forged steel lining tube thirty
four fat steel sheets, o~ne-seventh OF
an inch in thickness and 30S inches in
length, are laid in the same fashion
that shingles are put on a roof, one un'
der the other. But in this case they
curl around the lining tube, fitting e1'
actly, and form the true tapering cyl.
inder. On the outside of these plates
is wound, back and forth, just as
thread is wound on n spool, twenty.
one miles Of steel wire which is SO
tightly stretched by a special machine
that every inch is tested to stand $500
pounds tension. There are seven lay.
ers of wound wire at the muzzle and
twenty-one at the breech. On the out.
side of the wire, for a distance OF
twelve feet from the breech, is shrunk
a forged steel jacket to cover the pow.
der chamber. 1t is believed that no
possible powder pressure in explosion
could burst this gun.-New Fighting
Machines, Everybody's Magazine.
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An I:HcuSn5ic Pun.

1t was tacitly agreed a'noEG the hu
moristS, at their convention. that ANY
ono who stopped to pCrpCtra(e = pun
should be ostraciZeG. and the inhihi
ton was observed until the day Of Il
reception at the Kentucky Building.
There a group Of fun makers was
being photographed, and there was
some difficulty in keeping the constitu.
ents still. The photographer Of Il OF
the papers had taken Il picture. and ii
he feared. unsatisfactory. DO
he still Il minute" he pleaded.
Yes. do" chimcd in Strickland Gil
lilan, the new President Of the associa.
ton. BE still a minute, for he Wants
to get a sccond!'
Bue the second looked like the pic
ture of a riot.-Sunday Magazine.
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ADJUTANT.GENERAL

If n were to harrow the country
with a fne-tooth comb he would find
no man more fitted for the hero of a
soldier-of-fortune novel than Sherman
Bell, sometime trooper in Roosevelt's
Rough Riders, now Adjutant-G eneral
Of the State of Colorado. Nor would
the author long remain in doubt about
the title of his novel. He would natur-
ally call it "The Dictator" Because
Governor Peabody's hammer is vain.
fearless, obstinate, theatrical, and an
untrammeled leader Of men by grace
Of natural fitness, Mr.. Richard Hard
ing Davis should put him into immedi-
ate %reauisition.
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cock it. Ny fears were now. 1Sr tie
time. forgotten. and I was all excite
ment for fear the man would disc yer
me. and make his escape before l could
kill him.
My youthful mind in 10 wise real
| lied the awful deed 1 was contem-
plating. in deliberately attempting 70
kill the man. 1t but seemed il brave
and heroic act. One for which all
| good people would praise mo, and best
of all, one which would make me the
envy of all the other boys of the town.
Entirely forgetting the fearful racket
made by the cooking OF my weapon,
let go the trigger. laid hold on the pon-
derous lock and tugged away with
might and main. The excitement UNI
der which 1 was laboring lent strength
to my arm, and the first desperate pull
nv arm, and the first desperate pull
| brought the gun to half-cock, although
| was using only one hand. instead OF
both as l usually found it necessary
10 do.
IF the gun had actually fire it could
not have produced a more startling
| sound than tie loud lick. which an
| nounced it a half-cock.
AS it rung out on the sill night air,
the burglars head snapped back as
though moved by an electric current,
and l shall neve" forget the look of ter
ror in the -.yhite face | the man as lie
suddenly looked up right into the u
zle of the gun pointing full down on
him, and so fcarfully >ar.
1 was again overcome with terror at
being suddenly so discovered by the
man whose life 1 Was attempting, and
hung over him speeches. and motion
less. wondering what he woull 20 >
me.
For an instant he gazed tlHcdly. as
though fascinated, into the muzzle Of
the gun. and then l noticed that he
seemed to be settling down as if his
legs were slowly sinking into the
ground.
Then suddenly. with a shrek Of ter
Tor that fairly split The air, and nearly
caused me to fall over the railing, he
sprang back with a mighty leap, which
carried him fully twenty feet, and,
turning, fed to the real of the yard at
top speed. leaping and lodging from
side to side as he ran.
The yard was high in the rear, and
protected by a retaining wall Of stone,
and above the wall, and a little further
back, was a high board fence. Neither
of these obstacles seemed to present
the least difficulty to the fleeing man.
He ran up the wall like a scared cat
and fairly flung himself over the fence.
The street was steep and rocky in
the rear, but I plainly saw and heard
him continue his retreat with undi-
minished speed until he turned the
next corner.
1t then took me a very short time tic
get back into the house where l was
glad to find my sister undisturbed and
quietly sleeping.
When the family returned and heard
the story of my adventure, they all,
with the exception of brother Will,
sympathized with me. VIII insisted
that 1 was "a chicken-hearted chump,'
and said 1 did not deserve ever to have
another good chance at a burglar as
long as 1 lived. and l very frankly
told him that 1 hoped 1 never would
Forest and Stream.
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THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER.

TO find a home beyond the sea
Upon a foreign strand.
And never dare to set a loot
Upon his native land.
But when they chased him from sse realm
Those people little knew
What even ono good-natured
And smiling face can do.
Now children seeking after Joe
Would round the ruins; stray.
And grievc because the people drove
Their laughing friend away.
And long before a year went b,
Those bad-behaving men
Sent messengers across the sea
To coaN him back again.
And out they ran with princciy gifts
To meet him at the shore,
And begged him there to live and laugh
In peace f~orevermore.
Palmer Cox, in st. Nicholas.
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There was a great philosopher
Lived years and years ago;
And such a merry soul was he
They called him laughing Joe.
For laugh he would throughout the year,
Let things go wrong or right;
Let fortune smile or fortune frown,
q, His heart was ever light.
And little children every day
Would gather round his place,
To listen to his hearty laugh
Or see his smiling face.
But gloomy-minded people said
They thought it was a shame
"A man should be disposed to laugh
At good and bad the same.
AT last they gathered in a crowd
And pulled his dwelling down;
They hustled him around the streets
And drove him from the town.
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the two arms are locked in the closed
position by a screw operated by means
Of a key through a key hole. When
clamped tightly the key is withdrawn.
AS the device is quite small and Of
very light construction it car readily
be carried in the pocket. Of course.
the device is equally adapted for
equipment Of public coat racks, and
might be handed to the patrons on en-
tering the place, and returned on de-
Darture.
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NJ. BELL.

The outcropping stratum of Gen
eral Bells mental makeup which first
catches the observers attention is his
cocksuredness. He lever showed
doubt in his gusty lifetime. That
quick, lop-sided brain of his sums up
the matter, largely regardless Of the
evidence, and comes to an immediate
decision. He is one of the most un.
fettered Of men. 1t is a safe guess
that down deep in his heart he does not
care one jackstraw for abstract law.
He decides what course Is best to fol-
low and the legality Of it does not
trouble him at all.-William Macleod
Rajne, in Leslie's Monthly.
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Ouickly Concealed.

my boy" said the benevolent par
son, 81 hope you do not hide your light
under q bushel?"
"Light?" echoed the lad, who was
learning to smoke in the barn. Why
when I hear dad coming, I hide the
whole cigar under a bushel.
News.
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adapted to be heated by an electric
current conveyed to it by insulated
wires. When warm water is desired
it is but necessary to turn on the cur
rent AID the water at the same time,
when the water, rushing through the
electrically heated pipe, is warmed.
Cold water is obtained by simply
throwing the electrical switch out OF
circuit.
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Water.

Hicks-"He hasn't been in Wall
Street long. but be seems to be quite
at home there
Wicks-"IeS. he takes to stock-job-
bling like Il duck
Hicks-"You mean like q duck to
WATER
Wicks-"Yes; but why be so tauto-
observation-disclosures Standard-Times.
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As He Expected 1t.

II suppose you don't take much in
terest il ancestry and that sort OF
thing" said Count Fucash.
oh, yes l do answered the eminent
mathematician. Il have the highest
respect for 4 first-class ancestor. He is
often the active numeral that is relied
or to give potentially to a long subse-
quent line Of ciphers. Washington
Star.
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Canned Goods.

Church-"Do you speak any foreign
languages"
Gotham--"No, sir; the only foreign
tongue I ever had any use for came
in q tin box.'-Yonkers Statesman.
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Before She Knew Him.

Wife-"Do you recollect that once
when we had q tiff I said you were
Just as mean as you could be?'
Husband-"Yes. darling " ~
Wife-"Oh, James, how little did }
know you then."-Baltimore Sun. IL
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Familiar Example.

s'Now. little boys" said the Sunday.
school superintendent, 81 want you to
tell me what faith u.s."
"Goin' out on the pier early in the
mornin' to ketch a mess O. fish for
breakfast.'-Chicago Tribune.
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His Choice.

"What would you rather have-an
auto or it's equivalent in money!?
"An auto"
"Why?"
because your money goes fast and
then you haven't got it, but al auto
goes fast and you still have it.'-CleVe-
land Plain Dealer.
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Marked Advances.

"Has Oldboy made any advances to.
ward a reconciliation with his gay
young wife"
Eyes, I think he has made an adj
vance of several thousand dollars
New Orleans Times-D Democrat a.
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No Wonder.
after With Garages

"What's the matter with Garages
voice? 1t sounds like a fog horn
why, Garage was out in the coun-
try with his auto yesterday, md some
one stole his squawker. So all the way
in he honkhonked with his voice, n
that's what's the matter with it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ELECTRICAL WATER. HEATER.
To Provide Warm Water Immediately
From Spig0t.

Water heaters are ever in demand,
and the simpler and more effective,
with due regard for the saving of
time, the more they are sought. For
this reason a newly patented cleo
trical heater will doubtless find favor.
Near the faucet is introduced, in
lieu Of the usual plain pipe, a spe-
cially constructed section Of pipe
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In q Pet,

"That sparrow was in a blind rage
q minute ago." said the first robin.
81 guess that explains why he went
off in a pet just now" replied the other
How do you mean in a pet?"
"That Angora cat just caught him.
Philadelphia Ledger. >
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Accurately Informed.

"The mosquito must be a mighty In
telligent ANIMAL" said the man VINO
says foolish things.
What makes you think so?
eff he couldn't read and write. how
could he manage to pick out all the
summer resorts so accurately T-Wash-
ington Star.
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Sweet Affection.

Dear me- said the proud mother,
'what rice affection! You seem SO
anxious to kiss your baby brother"
"Yes'm," replied Tommy, smacking
his lips, The has jam on his cheeks
Chicago News. '.'-''
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At His Own Game.

"Suppose, keener, that the foreigner
90 whom your daughter is engaged
should turn out to be j bogus count?'
HE couldn't be a bit more bogus
than the check I'm going to give him."
Detroit Free Press.
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Only Playing.

Jimmie, Jimmie, don't you know It'd
awful to say those swear words?'
II was dus' playin' I was papa hunt
in for his collar button. detroit Free
Pres.
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Owing to restrictive legislation, the
drouth and trade depression, GIG Chi
nese left Australia last year, and only
sixty arrived from China.
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CAN remember when l
wore dresses, and long
yellow curls like a little
girl, but cannot remember
when ! did not love a gun.
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The Bold Thing.

'Mannish! I should say she Isl"
"What has she been doing now?"
Getting off street cars facing fha
front.p-Cleveland Leader.
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SAFETY HOOK FOR hat AND COAT.
Garments Security Locked When Hung
Upon the Rack.

The watch-your-hat-and-coat signs
which are an inseparable feature of
lunch rooms and public assembly
rooms in this country, indicate that the
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1umor Of
Today
We All Do.

We All Dc. "
. "A sassy old gentleman wren
Once tried to make love to a hen.
She started to scold
And turned him down cold
We all get our bumps now and then.
Milwaukee Sentinel
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"What is the luckiest day to be born
on?!"'
Couldn't say. I only tried one."+
New York Press. So.
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MMNMMM X
MY G.
By LEWIS HOPKINS

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