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Flush.

eff you please, sir" pleaded the
bookkeeper, "Td like to have three
weeks vacation this year instead OF
two"
Have you any particular reason for
making such a ~request?" asked his en-
plOyer.
"Yes, sir. I've saved up more money
this year than 1 usually do, and I'm
afraid I won't be able to spend 1t all
In two weeks"
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Porch Cushions.

Porch cushions are the gayest
of the gay. And they are striped,
in conformity with the general
trend toward striped effects in
decorations and home accesso-
ries of every sort. All the colors
of the rainbow are seen In these
cushions for the swinging seat,
the settee, the rocker, and gen.
eral utility, but the combination
OF tints have been made so skill
fully that the result, while unde- .
niably vivid, Is by no means I'M
pleasing or crude. In the khaki
hued couch hammock, or in one
of awning stripes in black or
white, a group of these bright
toned cushions presents a desir-
able contrast.
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ITCHING, BURNING SCALPs
Crusted with Dandruff Yield Readily
to C~uticura. Trial Free.

C~uticura Soap to cleanse the scalp OF
dandruff crustings and scalings, and
Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heaf
itchings and irritations. Nothing bet
ter, surer or more economical than
these super-creamy emollients for hair
and scalp troubles of young or old.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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AAhpptSSt A ~
world, for the
single man v
knows at what
place or time he
will meet the one
woman who will
cause all his de-
termination and
theories to melt
like fog before the
sunshine. Even the
men who are the
0 ~strenuously
opposed to matri-
mony have their
secret ideals
some one type of
woman interests
them more than
others do but
they are frank
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Cream Separator.

making use OF centrifugal force, the
various movable parts of the separa-
tor being SO arranged as to render
the separation rs nearly positive as
possible, and to prevent the mixture
of the cream with the heavier portions
of the milk after the separation of the
cream therefrom.
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seaougfl with themselves to scout the
sdea that their ideals can be met with
:oe this mundane sphere.
1t. is equally useless for a man de-
alberately to refuse to go to a place
(which women frequent or refuse
spointblank to be introduced TO the sex
Tor which he mas no use. Cupid does
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USE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
Various Movable Parts Of Machine
Arranged to Render separa-
tion Nearly Positive.

The Scientific American, in illus
trating and describing a e sepa.
rator invented by J. A. Falk of Stacy.
vile, Iowa, says:
Mr.. Falk's invention c~omprehends
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NSoppti5"F ~"
swbo snail say where love begins,
ats subtle way IL WINS!
Gods, who love the race they frame.
Cannot tell whence springs the name,
MAN may reason long and well,
but can never break the spell
] No man should rail at or sheer at
che remark that married life is the
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In doing something well worth doinS.
every man ought to ind his highest
satisfaction
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Kansas City (Mo.) property o tan
alton purposes is valued at $2O6.OaZs-
672.
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and they can't lose much money II
they don't. More than one herd of
purebred cattle has been built on
something that didn't look very good
the crowd on sale day.
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quotation, but she felt its aptness SO
keenly that unconsciously she slipped
her hand into SANKEY'S as her sign Of
acquiescence without words.
"Hey, there!" came Jack Madison's
voice from far below. Come down
to earth and have breakfast"
With a sigh, they left the lowell
ness that surrounded them there and
obeyed Jacks unromantic summons.
When they Joined the rest OF the
guests on the sui porch for breakfast
Jack saw a serious light in Lydia's
eyes that caused him to close his lips
SO determinedly that his boyish smile
was obllterated.
That night, for the fourth and last
time, he proposed to Lydia and was
refused with more firmness than she
had shown on any Of the three for
mer occasions. His white face and
tightly set lips as they re-entered the
drawing room from the porch made
Lydia feel sorry for him. She liked
his boyish impulsiveness, but had
never relished his teasing and his
habitual attitude of refusing to take
her seriously.
Seeing Mrs. Hornaby corral Jack
for n bridge game, Lydia slipped
from the room to avoid being SINH
larry captured. She threw a soft
white wool shawl about her and de-
turned to the porch. The round,
white moon was just emerging from
behind the blackness OF the noun
tians. She stood quite still for a few
moments thinking of all the pleasures
she had enjoyed with Jack, but felt
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prise as he turned to reply. He would
not have been more surprised had the
austere teacher OF English who was
his dinner partner and his hosts sis
ter. suddenly asked him II he didn't
adore some popular matinee idol.
"Why--er. l hope SO, Miss Par
kerr" said Mr.. Barnes, doubtfully,
and Lydia mistook his slowness In
answering for the Intellectual conde-
scension Jack had predicted. The
truth Is that Stanley Barnes was
thinking what a charming Katherine
or Rosalind this vivacious questioner
Of his would make, but Jack and the
teacher Of English Just then Joined
forces to take their minds from
Shakespeare, and later, when her dis
tinguished neighbor addressed Lydia,
he touched upon lighter themes. She
inwardly determined that she would
some day compel that terrific high
brow" to recognize her as something
more than a doll baby in converse.
ton.
please let your lamps rest on a
poor devil OF a lowbrow," said Jack.
I'm beginning to feel as much Of a
dead n as Alas, poor Yorick,' ever
was"
Lydia caught the teasing note in
Jacks voice, and ignored his plea.
Evidently, The rest is silence,'"
said Jack, marveling as much as Ly-
dia at his fund Of quotations from
Shakespeare.
The next morning Lydia crawled
out OF bed early to take a peep at the
mountain sunrise, and she saw Stan
ley Barnes in khaki and heavy shoes
and puttees setting out for a climb
all alone. Being already in an adj
v%enturous mood, she decided to take
an early morning ramble herself, and
who knew but she might meet the
interesting, II Indifferent, Mr.. Barnes
as he returned?
What are you up to, Lydia?"
called Alice Mason, sleepily from the
twin bed beside the mi just vacated
by Lydia.
up to see the sun rise. Don't you
want to come, too?"
mo, indeed" came the sleepy re-
Spouse as Alice turned over and drew
the covers close about her neck.
In her corduroy suit and high
brown boots Lydia started out for a
climb. The cool stiffness Of the early
morning made her feel very tiny and
helpless, but as the sunlight warmed
her body and frightened the coppery
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merce. spreading around tho globe
in the body OF the shipborne rat.

merce. spreading around tho globe
in the body Of the shipborne rat
1t is estimated that every case Of
human plague costs the municipality
in which Il occurs At least $500.
This does not take into account tho
enormous loss duo 20 disastrous quar-
antines and tho commercial pafalyS
sis which the fear OF the disease 10
frequently produces.
Tho disease Is now treated By q
serum discovered through the Eenius
Of = scientist named Yersin. This
Is used In much tho saine Hay a.
diphtherin antftoxin
Plague Ia transferred nom TIL rlck<
rodent to the well man by flcsa. THfl
sick rat has enormous numbers Of
plague germs IN It's blood This blood
Is taken by tho flea which. leaving
the sick rat socks refuge and susten-
ance on the body Of o human being Ia
whom 1t transfers the infection
Since plague Is o disease Of rats
and since It Is carried from sick rata
to well men by rat feas, safety from
tho disease lies In the doing away
with rats. This means not only driy-
Ing them from our houses but from
the ports and cities OF the world
HEALTH QUESTION: ANSWERED
E. B. r.; II find IL impossible to
swallow water without noise. although
/ drink slowly and try TO be careful.
What can l do for this? y
Have your tonsils examined.
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:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

For the first time in a year I sat
up today!
Y Mollie and Dick came this morning,
both OF them almost as excited as
was. When everything was ready,
Dick would not allow anyone to lift
me but himself.
When he picked me up he whisper.
ed partly to me and partly to himself,
How light you are, Margie, you weigh
almost like a feather"
Then he set me down, oh SO care.
fully, in the soft invalid chair and to
my great Joy I found l could sit up
and move my legs and feet.
"Look, Dick" I exclaimed, as l
lifted one Of my legs and flexed the
knee a little. ooh Dick, Dick. doesn't
that seem as though someone had
handed us a million dollars? AL.
though l am quite afraid to ask what
that blessed doctors bill was yet I
am sure that all my life I will 60
without luxury to pay him."
II, too, was a little afraid to ask
for the great surgeons bill, Margie,"
said Dick. "but yesterday he sent It
and much to my surprise It was only
Q thousand dollars! When / went
TO pay him I told him I expected his
services would have cost more. But
you see. he said, 7 came here on
my vacation and part Of the recon.
pense for the operation may be a SOP
tolmy vanity in showing your splendid
surgeons q new way to help suffering
humanity
-He tells me-" continued Dick, "he
has decided to stay in this country
and start q hospital for children Grip.
pied by spinal diseases"
I wonder. little book, II It were
wrong not to have told Dick I had
known Malcolm Stuart was going to
'dot this. I don't know why I shrink
from telling anyone OF the intimacy
that has grown up between MIR. Stu.
art and me. Perhaps It Is because,
while ! vas Ill, It was a kind OF 40.
cret garden open to myself to re-.
fresh my soul.
The letters are so different from any
] have ever received from man or
woman. They stir that idealic side
o. my nature. The fanciful idea OF
the little green god of dreams" and
tts utter loneliness until II should,
ntfer ages inddt other sell. partlcu.
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tints in her hair, she was once more
seized with the spirit OF adventure,
and went higher and higher. with
eyes alert for all the beauties around
her. She forgot all about the man
who had preceded her up this noun
tain roadway. The odor Of the pines,
the singing of the birds, and the
broad view of mountain and valley
gave her a sensation of an absolute
completeness of things, and she stood
long with her bare head held high
and her brown eyes sparkling with
pleasure.
tits absolutely perfect" she said
aloud. Nothing more Is needed"
II agree with you, Miss Parker, yet
l hope 1t will not mar the perfection
OF 1t IL l Join you In enjoying It,"
Stanley Barnes was standing on a
large boulder almost directly above
Lydia's head, and when she looked
up and met the smiling question in
his eyes, she answered it with a frank
smile that brought him quickly to
her side. They stood silently looking
at the changing lights on the distant
hills and listening to the occasional
whirl Of the fitful morning wind
among the pines.
Words r sadly unequal to all
this" said Lydia, throwing out her
han~ to indicate the sweep from ze-
NTH to horizon.
"'For We, which now behold these
present days.
Have eyes to wonder, but lack
tongues to praise"
Lydia was unfamiliar with this
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lCopyright, 19l6, by the Mcclure
Newspaper s~yndicate.)
n ENG accustomed daily to the
TX admiration Of impressionable
young men under twenty-five,
Lydia did not set a high value upon
It. She accepted 1t as casually as she
did Strawberries or cantaloupe in
season-pleasing and desirable. but
not indispensable.
On the first evening of a home par
ty at Mrs. Hornaby's charming noun
tain cottage, Lydia was taken in to
dinner by Jack Madison. who had
taken turns at teasing her and max
ing love to her for years. Her neigh
Dor on the other side was Stanley
Barnes, a dlgnified man of perhaps
thirty-flve, who had the double dis
ttnctton OF being n successful lawyer
and a remarkable Shakespearean
scholar.
Dear me, Jack" said Lydia, In a
dramatic %undertone, tell me some
thing from Shakespeare quick! Some
thing I can throw in for good meas
ure when talking to my distinguished
neighbor on the other side"
'Frailty, thy name Is woman"
quoted jack promptly.
Take him for all and all, he was
Q man." snapped Lydia, land there
fore ready to find fault with woman"
Better not start anything with
that wiseacre," said Jack, still smil-
ing at Lydia's quick retort. TT will
be wasted sweetness on your part and
intellectual condescensIon on his. Be-
sides, I saw you first and I love you"
Just for that!" Lydia Indignantly
ignored Jacks avowal Of his love and
turned to Stanley Barnes with a win
ming smile In her sparkling brown
eyes.
"Mr. Barnes, do you think the
Shakespearean revival this year will
tend to create a more general interest
in the immortal bard?"
Stanley Barnes lifted his eyebrows
and opened his gray eyes wide in SUR
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that she had been right in refusing
him.
THE man l marry must have
enough seriousness to recognize what
little bit there is Of 1t in me-" she
unused, "and Jack Is even more frlv-
olous than l."
Then she recalled how Stanley
Barnes had that morning recognized
her as she had resolved the evening
before to make him recognize her
as something more than a doll baby,
or a chattering society sparrow. At
the sound Of a step on the porch, she
turned and recognized the man who
was in her thoughts approaching.
care you, also, a refugee from
brldge?" he asked. MAY I Join your"
YES" Lydia answered both ques-
lions with n word. ~ suppose 1t
was rude, but I couldn't endure the
thought Of bridge tonight. l seemed
to hear the bigness of things outside
calling me-" AS Stanley Joined her
where she stood at the railing, she
added, 81 defy even your Mr.. Shakes.
peare to find words to describe the
loneliness OF this night"
GAS you like it, lady fair" said
Stanley, with a deferential bow, and
SO they stood there for q time in
wordless enjoyment of the picture
before them.
When Mrs. Hornaby's ample form
appeared in the doorway and her
voice called back to her guests that
she was going to find those truants
and punish them by making them
man the music machine" they knew
that their little hour was over, but
went in without reluctance, for Lydia
had already assured Stanley that life,
as he asked her to share it with him,
would be just as she liked 1t, and the
very first record she put on the ma
chine was ut Was a Lover and His
Lass"
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SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. chappell, Of Five Years
Standing, Relieved by cardui.

Mt. Airy. N. C.-Ms. Sarah M. Chap
pell OF this town, says: "a suffered fof
five years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles, aud my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
! tried most every kind Of medicine,
but none did me any good.
read one day about Cardui, fhe wo-
mans tonic, and | decided to try ii. |
had not taken but about six bottles until
! was almost cured. II did me more
good than all the other medicines ! had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me why |
looked so well, and | told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking It."
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
OF the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache,
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
II so, let us urge you to give cardui a
trial. We feel confident 1t will help you,
Just as It has a million other women In
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day, You
won't regret it All druggists.
.Hprih b. Chattanooga Medicine o., Ladies'
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for ,SftriaI
taFrsefisnI on your casa and 64.paas book. Home
Treatment for Women" In plain wrapper. NC. l24
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Staff Special.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Mrs. Joseph
Wolinsky says she does not believe in
signs SO she and her new son will
nerver worry because he was born in
a hearse.
Baby Wolinsky never meant to have
a hearse for a cradle-but accidents
will happen.
His mother, Mrs. Joseph Wolinsky
started for Michael Reese hospital
when she knew a great event was to
happen.
The ride on the street car was long
too long.
Out on Western avenue the conduc.
tor stopped the car and hailed the
first vehicle In sight. 1t was a hearse.
The mother was lifted from the car
onto the death chariot and a race with
life began. The chauffeur lost. When
he reached the hospital a baby that
had grim death as its godfather was
handed to the nurse.
Though he was born behind the cur
tains of a hearse, and came into the
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MANY IN FAIRMONT
TRY SIMPLE II

Many Fairmont people are surprised
at the QUICK action Of simple buck.
thorn bark, glycerine, etc, as mixed
in Adleri.ka. This simple remedy
acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel,
removing such surprising foul matter
that ONE SPOONFUL relieves all
most ANY CASE constipation, sour
stomach or gas. A few doses often re.
lieve or prevent appendicitis. A short
treatment helps chronic stomach trou.
be. The INSTANT, easy action Of AID.
ler-i.ka is astonishing. Martins Drug
Co.
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larly appealed to me who has suffered
from a kind Of loneliness oil my life,
especially the last year.
And, some way, little book, I shrink
from letting anyone see that bit OF
flattery put up in the prose poem
which he called Saliva. It was a de.
scription Of the woman l should like
to be. And the subtlest compliment
was the fact that he saw the germ
Of courage In me and encouraged 1t
by making 1t bloom and hold up its
head.
Some people, little book, might say
this Is a question Of right and wrong
when / a only feel 1t Is a question
Of temperament. It would hurt me
inexpressably II by any chance some
one would misunderstood Mr.. Stu.
arts letters.
know they were written by a
lonely mar to a lonely woman-a wo.
mar who had no hope and to whom
a bolster for her courage was the
greatest boon for her.
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HEALTH HINTS.
BLACK DEATH!

Bubonic plague Of today is identi.
cal with the black death OF the middle
ages.
1t is primarily a disease of rates
caused by q short dumbbell shaped
miscrospic vegetable, the pest germ.
1t occurs in man in three forms,
the pneumonia, which has a death :ate
OF almost 100 per cent; the septicaem.
ic, which Is nearly as fatal, and the
bubonlc In which even the most mod.
sern methods Of treatment fail to
bring the mortality rate lower than
so per cent.
Bubonic plague is a disease of com.
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EXPECTED
BY resident
Of CATAWBA'
- i
Mrs. R. P. Prickett Writes
Crane Eloquent Nerys
Worth Story.

This comparatively new local On,
dorsement tells a good deal In q small
compass.
Cranes Drug store-I have suffered
with stomach trouble for ten years.
Bloating, headache. sleepless nights.
Worried a great deal, Was sad and
would cry for hours without any cause
only extreme nervousness. Food would
not digest.
Doctored for years. Got but worry
little relief. l am now much better
since Merry Worth came to the rescue.
Taken three bottles Nery.Worth and
I'm getting much better and belieye u
will cure me.
MRS. R. p. PRICKETT,
gGatawba, ". vs..
Your dollar back at Cranes, Drug
Store IL Wentworth does not henefi
you.
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and neckpiece Of the same material,
whether fur or duvetyn or velvet or
what not.
Caps and the huge ruffy neckpleces
are made of a new soft grey fur-Pol.
isian-like the Angora mittens we
used to wear.
Another pretty yagary is to have
Madame's bag match her hat.
AS on gowns, velvet Ia to be com.
bined with other mater,a.s in hats,
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The h%igh-crowned hat seems to be
best in fall hats.
Sailors We have always with us and
they grow larger each year,
Trimmings are In general very sim.
pie. Ostrich feathers are making a
desperate attempt to be revived but
with little success. Such feathers as
are used are the wispy kind, like the
'paon" feathers ~sprouting out OF the
crown OF the sailor.
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such as silk, satin and chenille braid.
And We are still going to be little
widows. wells of all description droop
OF hats, large and small.
A cunning variation of the o~verhang-
ing edge OF maline Of last summer
is the little black hat with the maline
veil hanging from inside the crown
shading the eyes.
The chin strap, too, is on many fall
hats and is becoming to the "jeune
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regulation visor, but II has q purple
motive embroidered on the front, and
the edges are catstitched In yellow
wool.
He shows also a typical drum ma
or hat in fur frightened by a flower
In front.
Russian caps of all shapes are
blooming everywhere.
A pretty style is to have the hat
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BY ESTHER

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Fall hats are
extremely small or extremely large!
And to be a Cossack is very fashion
able!
These are the ahead.of.the-times
edicts Of New York's most famous
mtliiners.
Tape shows a little 'cap.llke hat
Of mustard colored duvetyn with a
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flle' though a bit trying for her moth.
or.
Louise shows a little purple hat OF
chenille braid with a veil dripping off
the back in two long points and a
round, chin strap of purple or white.
The becoming tam.o'.shanter is not
lost either, though 1t is going to be
used more, as a crown than as a hat
by itself.
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VeryIcleat..

Mechanic street extension IL . one
way street. That Is, any vehicle may
now move only In one direction at Z
time. In fact. vehicles hereafter. VIII
move in two directions at one tifha=
The New Rochelle, N. X. STANDARD.
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Top, Bah WolInsky, born In a
hearse; below, Mrs. Joseph WoIlnsky
and son, Joseph, Ir.
world to the hum of a speeding me.
tor car, Baby Wolinsky is Just as hap.
py as a baby can be. Perfectly healthy,
too.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
AS LYDIA LIKED 1T.
BY CATHERINE CRANMER.

Copyright, 1916. by the McClur
Newspaper Syndicate.)