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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
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BY INA WRIGHT HANSON.
Copyrighted. 1907. BY Jessie Morgan.
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Pauline, l love you. VIII you mar
gy me or won't you?" l made my lit
tie speech desperately, with my eyes
ghut.
The silence was so long that | opened
them to find Pauline with her own
eyes shut and her lips noving rapidly.
but noiselessly.
what are you doing?" | inquired
as calmly as l was able.
II was saying the protection charm
for lovers" she answered, smiling
Eweety at me. It's lucky for you
that you asked me today. No more
lucky days for me till the middle Of
next month"
"Oh, superstition, thy name is Pau
aine!" l said fondly. No matter what
absurd ideas she had. she was the
sweetest girl in the world. ''Tomor-
COW l will bring the diamond" l add
ed after awhile.
"Oh, no. please" she answered
promptly. II should rather have a ru-
by. Rubies exert a special protection
In matters Of love"
Next day when l entered the only
Jewelry store the place afforded l was
wishing that my Pauline were not so
superstitious. or course l wanted her
to be pleased. but diamonds seemed to
me the only gems for be%trothals.
When l met her in her garden thai
night l fanciei that she looked pale,
and when | gave her the box | thought
she seemed on the threshold of tears.
"Open it, hearts dearest" l allured,
not without some t%repidation.
But she put the box up her lace
sleeve and began whispering to me of
how she vas ever prone to hold her
pleasures a little while from her unit,
She had tasted anticipation to the full
and she was so wonderfully enhancing
that no mortal man could remember
such mundane things as metal or bril-
hants In the soft symphonies of her
feeling-swept voice.
But there was a change in my sweet.
heart after that. l had sometimes
chafed ove the necessity. when we
were starting for somewhere and had
only a brief time to get there in and
had forgotten something. of being com
PEELED, when we returned for it, to sit
down till we had counted fifty, but this
Pauline always laughingly insisted on.
Now she treated all signs seriously
She no longer laughed when we spilled
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
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An AMUSING slim.

a well known temperance lecturer
VINO Is an ardent advocate Of prohibit
Ing the public sale Of liquors was be-
coming dramatic over the ideal condi-
lions prevailing in a certain prohibi-
ton town. vi
Il am sure all who are present viii
agree with me-" he concluded, sinking
ais voice to an impressive whisper,
when ! tell you that during a stay os
over two months Isaw but one drunk
en- mana most refreshing sightl''
Buffalo Times. #2s
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29

WALL, SHE WALKED UNDER IT.
the salt. She looked at me with fear
IN her eyes as she threw a pinch Of It
Mto the fire. She sometimes cried
when | left her. as though my absence
were to be an indefinite thing instead
of a time Of hours, and when l came to
her she often rejoiced. as though ! were
come from a far country. and through
al these days she refused to wear my
ring. One night I spoke sharply to
her.
Pauline. take my ring from your
sleeve, or the corner Of your handker-
chief, or your pompadour, or wherever
you have concealed ii, and put 1t In
Ets rightful place." ! insisted.
"It's in the house, she faltered, look
< ing at me with frightened eyes. "Irl
get it"
Returning. she placed the red leather
BOX On the arbor table. and with her
face wreathed in tragedy she began to
salk.
II looked at the rings In that store
before You went In to get it. There
was only one ruby, as you know, and
! thought 1t beautiful, beautiful! had
told the man when I went in that /
wasn't going to buy, so he began to
$falk to me. He said be. called the ruby
bis thoodoo ring!'H He said a young mar
bought 1t first for his; girl, but she
fitted him before she ever saw the
ring, 90 he brought It back, excaang-
ing AZ for q diamond gearfpin. Then
q man bought It for his daughters
graduation gift but she died the week
SafoRes and he sold It for money to
Bury the poo chiId's saroud. Wasn't
M5dreadfuLs Harry Then q mysterious
relied lady said she i going to buy
Das she suddenly disappeared and
vas never heard Of after s5
81 went home in dreadful state of
lgaarlG. Al day vas sending the
mental suggestion NOT 10 bliy
ring but Just before CLOSING dime
ned iii n io, ana tho ruby waa
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
May Turn Eiaese

Professor Mcmillan Brown, ethnol-
ogist. holds that the future Australian
people will in all probability be black.
The P~olynesians. he said in a lecture
at Sydney, came originally not from
America, as has been supposed. but
from Asia. They were whites and
changed color, just as the future Aus
ralian may do as the centuries go on,
at least IN the tropical regions OF the
north. The violet rays OF the sun vv1Il
turn him black in course of time.
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Sorry He Spoke.

"Really. Miss Primm, you ought to get
married" remarked Wedderly. You'll
sooD be in the spfnster class IL you
don't hurry up and catch on" @
"Oh, don't worry about me, Mi. We'd
Derby" replied Miss ~Primm. IT i
were as easy to please as your wife. I:
would have been married long ago.
london Telegraph. #
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29

HE looked to me like a rather dis,
dnguished customer" l replied. "Some|
government functionary on half pay
or an owner Of bonds.'
Marcel smiled again.
"That well dressed gentleman, them
supplies us with toothpicks. which his
wife makes at home. He calls once al
month and takes our orders. I dare
say he and his wife between them
make from SO to So a week and con-
trive to keep up appearances on that
sum. 1t is an instance Of what one
calls 'gilded poverty" 1
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
His profession

Il In the midst of our tea drinking III
the little Partisan restaurant, says
Miss wards tn al account
0f "Honne Life In France q gentle
manly individual wearing d tall hat
and frock coat entered and, after d
short coiloauy With the young MASTER.
passed out.
You would never guess that gentle.
mans erfsand, Marcel said, smiling.
aa he resented himself at the tea table.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29

Rely upon 1t that the man who does
not Worthtly estimate his own dead
forefathers viii himself III very little.
so add credit or do honor To his conn
y arWilIiam q Gladstone.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
80 q ~ 9E,1I0 WF1I... 3
An Apt Illustration.

Miss Kinky-What does white folks
mean when dey talks about paintin,
g ely? Mr. Jackson-Dafs about dc:
sarane as butterin' de polk chop.-Ean9
sast City Times.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29

Refined IL.

- little girl was told by her mother
that under no circumstances must shlesI
use the word .tniggger,s as IL was Of
#ffensiYe TO the colored people. T1he|
next Gay at school she was requested
20 read ~ aloud atn about. q niggardly man.
ana she. ~astonished the teacher hyl
reading 4 this wise: s"'onca upon n
time there was a very negrogardls|
man, = etc. I sSssNs1s
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
Eadgine His Frienda.

dffiaaee following advertisement recent
~ appeared In one of the Ealgilah coIo.
nial newspapers:
$50 af,es saveail beas 10 notify Eaak
ne mas started business ON his own ac-
count 40 an up TO date restaurant ana
hopes that bis many friends Win folly
Weai stop ava and gfYa him q
chance 0 $ss
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-29
Some, { n EaIiowsr

~With 100000" said the man of
expansive ideas. u could make a for
tune in Wall street" -
seYes," replied the piker, tsbut whose
fortune would you make r -Washing-
ton Star. - /. u .Ss9ss
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
VIII he Refused Admittance.

Washington, March 14,-Com-
plying with the provisions of the
immigration act approved Febru-
ary 22nd last, President Roose-
velt today issued an executive Or
der that such citizens of Japan or
Korea to wit: Japanese or Ko-
rean laborers, skilled or unskilled,
who have received passports to go
to Mexico, Canada, or Hawaii and
come therefrom, be refused per-
mission to enter the continental
territory of the United States.
This order was issued by the
president ip fulfllment Of his
promise to Mayor Schmitz and
associates from California when
the negotiations regarding the
Japanese school question were had
ia Washington.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
Had the Wrong Man.

Asheville, March 14.-N h
Walker, of McFuris, arrested here
by Sergeant Jackson, of Spartan
burg, charged with the murder of
his sister-in-law in New por t,
Tenn, several months ago, has
been released Newport officers
who arrived in Asheville for the
purpose of Identification declared
that Jackson had the wrong man
and Walker was speedily released,
The officers here were satisfied
that Jackson had the wrong man
when be arrested Walker and con-
sequently had little if anything
to do with the false arrest.-Spe-
cial to Charlotte Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20

The News~No Pure Drug Cough
Cure Laws would be needed, if all
Cough Cures we're like DR.. Shoop's
Cough Cure Island has been for
20 years. The National Law now
requires that if any poisons enter
into a cough mixture 1t must be
printed on the label or package
For this rsasc n mothers and 9TH
ers, should insist en- having DR..
Shoop's Cough Cure. No poison
marks on DR.. Shoop's labels-and
none in the medicine, else it must
by law be on the label. And it's
not only safe, hut it is said to be
by those chat know it best, tru-
-ly remarkable cough remedy.
Take no chance particularly with
your children. Insist on having
DR.. Shoop's Cough Cure. Com.
pare carefully the DR.. Sh >op pack
age with others and see. No pois.
on marks therel You cal always
be on the safe side ~ demanding
DR.. Shops Cough Cure Simply
refuse to accept any other. Sold
by Grimes Drug Store.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
DO not Crowd the Season.

The first warm days of spring
bring with them a desire to get
out and enjoy the exhilirating air
and sunshine. Children that have
been housed up all winter are
brought out and you wonder where
they all came from. The heavy
wirt:l c'cthing is thrown aside
anA y shed their fannels
Then az ! wave comes and peo.
pie say that grip is epidemic.
Colds at this set.s>' are even more
dangerous than in id-winter, as
there is more danger of pneumo-
MIA. Take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, however, and you will
have nothing to fear. It always
cures, and we have never known a
cold to result in pneumonia when
it was used, It Is pleasant and
safe to take. Children like it
For sale by James nmmer, Sal
isbury, and Sp e- Poa: "oe cy,
Spencer, N. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20


Council street These gentlemen will take pleasure i'll
showing and giving any information about it that may
desired Remember will get it without fail If
you want one why not make effort to get it?
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES.
During this contest we have decided to make the most
liberal prices possible for full year subscriptions They
follows:
The WATERMAN single subscription, renewal .75c
=" 2years g .. $1.OO
In clubs OF two or more renewal EACH SOC
Those who enter the contest for the main price, the buggy
will be guided by the above, but should they want other
information will be glad to furnish them with same
Subscriptions for less than year will be at the rate of
$1.OO.
OTHER PRIZES
Any who sends five subscriptions and $780, will
be given years subscription free
Any esending ten subscriptions and $780, will
given copy Of the San Francisco Earthquake book Value
ST. so.
The WALcHMAN will continue it is with whatever im>
provement may be able to make upon it, It asks the
support of all good people and will endeavor to merit their
patronage
Subscribers have the privilege of selecting their
didaes New candidates may be brought out at any time
Vote for whom you wish and often possible The
ddae who gets the most votes will be awarded the prize
The first in the field generally standsa good chance to
win you going to make effort for the buggy
word to the wise is sufficient Any other information fur
nishnd upon request Send all money and communications
to
VIM. II. STEWART,
Salisbury n. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
Lexington Dispatch, March 18th

August 18th has been definitely
decided upon as North Carolina
State day at the Jamestown Ex.
position. Governor Glenn, his
staff and a large number of North
Carolina citizens are expected to
be- present on that day.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
Cleveland Enjoys an Outing.

Georgetown, S. c., March A.
Commodore E. G. Benedict came
to the city today from General AL
exander's shooting preserves at
Forbes Point, and reported that
former President Cleveland, is en-
joying thoroughly his outing here,
that he is in good health and the
best of spirits. The weather is
too warm for good duck shooting,
but Mr.. Cleveland and Admiral
Lamberton bag quite a number
each day. The party will visit
the club house and preserves of
the Santee Gun Club in a few
days.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
Health In the Canal Zone.

The high wages paid make it a
mighty temptation to our young
artisans to JOIN the force of skill
ed workmen needed to construct
the Panama Canal. Many are
restrained however by the fear Of
fevers and malaria. It IL the
knowing ones-those who have used
Electric Bitters, who go there
without this fear, we'll knowing
they are safe from malarious in
fluences with Electric Bitters on
hand. Cures blood poison too,
blliousness, weakness and a
stomach, liver and kidney trou-
bles. Guaranteed by all drug
gists. 50c.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
Tetter, Salt Rheum and Eczema.

These are diseases for which
Chamberlain's Salve is especially
valuable. It quickly allays the
itching and smarting and soon
effects a cure. Price, 25 cents.
For sale by James Plnmmer, Sal.
isbury, and Spencer Pharmacy,
Spencer, n. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
8 8 GOOD Buggy Free!
The WatChman's Latest and Biggest
Contest Now on.
Will Continue till June Ist.
IF you Want Good Buggy Don't Fail to Get
Busy at Once.

The biggest and best proposition in the way of voting
contest offered by The WAroHMAN is herewith set
foot The conditions brief and the prize great Now
your opportunity to get splendid oneorse buggy with
out the outlay of dime your part You want good
buggy and we want to increase the circulation Of the
contest For every cent paid subscription vote will
be given except subscriptions brought in by ac
agent in which two votes for each cent paid
will be given Voting coupons with the number Of votes to
which entitled'the will be issued to all who
make payments These coupons must be deposited at the
office Of the WATcHMAN to be counted and credited to the
proper candidates.
No connected with the WArcHMAN force any
will be allowed to enter the contest but all others
subscribers invited to help in any they
Work for yourself or help some else to get it.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUGGY.

We haven't a suitable cut
of the buggy which some
lucky person will receive at
the expiration of this contest,
but in a general way we can
say that it is a No. 12 Dia>
mond buggy made blythe Du~
rant>Dort Carriage Co. It is
of the open side bar type and
one Of the best makes on the
market, substantial and frst>
class in every particular. It
can be seen by calling at the
Barber Buggy and Wagon
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
Straus to Appoint Georgian.
stanly Enterprise. March 18th.

Washington, March 14.-It has
been practically decided by Sec
retary Straus to appoint J. L..
Benton, a we'll known young busi-
ness man of Monticello, Ca. as \
special agent of the department
to 60 abroad and investigate the
market for cotton seed products.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
s1ATtsVILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY,
Ok Teams and Automobiles. Another
New Telephone Line.
Statewide Landmark, March 18th.


Statewide Landmark. March 18th.
Miss Glide Linney, who has been
in school at the college, has been
very i'll at the home of her sister,
Mrs. E. A Frye,ss on Mulberry
street, but is very much improved.
The freight blockade, which
has existed on the Southern dur
ing the winter, has been broken
and freight is now moving IN and
out at the Statesville station in a
systematlc..manner. Agent Maher
says freight transportion lis now
normal.
VIM. B. Lambert, of Barringer
township, and Miss Bertha Josey,
of Fallstown township, were mar
Iied in'the solicitors room at the
court ~~house,,ssyesterday afternoon
about 80 O'Clock.
OK teams are seen in..Statesville
occasionally, but teams of four
are not common. Tuesday four
large steers yoked to a mounted
engine was a street scene. We
have the most primitive and the
most modern methods of trans
portation in this community-ox
teams and automobiles.
W. P. Gabriel, of the vicinity
Of Moeresville, whose mind is i'm
paired and who has been in jail
several weeks Eawaitipg an open
ing in the State Hospital, was
taken to Morganton Tuesday and
placed in the hospital.
A meeting was to have been
held at Taylorsville yesterday to
organize company to build An
independent telephone line from
Taylorsville to Statesvllle. On
account of delayed train the
meeting had to be postponed. It
will be held next Tuesday.
Capt. J. A. Cooper, who has
been in feeble health for several
months, suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis Tuesday afternoon and his
condition is very serious, Capt.
Cooper suffered stroke of paral-
ysis last summer and since then
his condition has been precarious.
The last stroke affected his entire
right side and he is unable to
speak but recognizes his acquaint-
ances, His condition is un-
changed this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Morrison,
of Salisbury, are spending a few
days at the home of Mr.. Morri-
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
e, Morrison, north Of town. They
will leave in few days for STAN
Icy, CASTOR county, where Mr..
Morrison will maLage the brick
plant being installed by W. e.
Morrison on his recently pur.
chased property there. D. A.
Morrison will 60 to Salisbury TO
take charge of the brick business
there, which has been under the
management of J. B. Morrison.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20

Faster and faster the pace is set,
By people of action, vim and get,
So if at the finish you would be,
Take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. T. w. Grimes Drug Co.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-03-20
ALBEuARLE AND sTANLY COUNTY.


Unfortunate Accident to Young Man who
is Working for Education.
stanly Enterprise. March 18th.
Geo.. Reid, of Misenheimer,
came very near being killed here
Saturday night. Mr.. Reid and
several other parties came to Mi
senheimer to Richfeld OH a lever
car, and on their return the car
ran into some slabs that had been
placed on the track by unknown
parties. Mr.. Reid was thrown
from the car and his head very
badly cut and bruised. DR.. Allen
was at once summoned and his
wounds dressed. The wounds are
not serious, but he will probably
carry the scars the balance of his
life,-Richfield correspondence.
Frank Caspar. the young man
who was injured at Canton last
week, is now at the hospital at
Salisbury and is getting along
fine. He fell IS feet from brick
wall which fell OH him. He was
covered for two hours before re-
lief could reach him, It seems
he was spared only through the
mercy of God. Frank is a fine
boy and an Industrious workman.
He was working to make money
to educate himself. He has the
sympathy and best wishes of his
many friends.-New London cor
respondence.
The Missionary Institate for
the Salisbury district conference,
which met with the Methodist
church here Tuesday and We'd
nesday, brought to AlbsmarR an
interesting group Of ministers and
delegates. The Presiding Elder said
the meeting was one of the most
successful he has yet held or at
tended. The services we're xeA
attended and the missionary cause
in the district is shown to be IN
healthy condition.
A deacon of the Baptist church
at Silver Springs correct ts the item
In last issue which refers to the
raising of money at box supper
to paint the church, saying that
cit was g often up by some of the
young peple who do not know that
Baptists don't raise money ex-
cept by the gift plan.''
News of the death of our form
er townsman. Whit F. Hearne,
who moved to the west several
years ago, did not reach relatives
and friends here until few days
ago. A letter states that Mr..
Hearne died at his home at Mt.
Pleasant, Texas, sometime in No
vember last.
Mrs. Jessie Furr, who has lin
gered good whilsswith consump-
tion, died last Tuesday. Her
death was followed few hours
later by that of her ten-months-
old child. The remains we're IN
TERED Wednesday in Center Grove
church cemetery.-Locust cores
pondence.