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An a-baoetin aoine t' elof y overy dny
Lei as not contract thLidco tliut th'men o'
greatest worth
Are th' men whoso deeds consist o' great
display.
War's produced some mighty heroes who bare
lore a good impress
An are worshiped by th' men o' evcrr clime.
Bat when taikin o' real heroes lot as houestly
ooroess
They're the men who keep o-hastlln all tb'
time.
Let as not sninox th' idco that a hero's born o'
war.
For th greatest heroes never foucht a flcht.
An th' men who done nuast (Ifhlin you'll And
uiey magtiy oro
Th' fellows that were, seldom in th' rich.
Ho, th' very ureatust heroes that the roll
hlsfry fills V , f-
Aln t bad their deeds o' worth wri uiv I
rhyme.
They ro the heroes o' th' workshops, o' Ui
farms an o' th' mills
They're th1 horoes that keep hastlin all th1
tune.
Ton can telle o' martial heroes till 4b' toot
uabriers bora
An declaim about your statesmen till you're
noarse.
But they ain't tb' biggest heroes that Into th'
world was born,
For, oomparod with , some, their work
miahtv coarse.
Th' root heroes wear no-tokens but th' blisters
on their ban's.
They re th' toilers that aboun' In ovorv cllmo.
They're tbe very bone an sinoo o' ull times an
o' au Inn's
They're th' men who keep a-hnstlln all th'
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In nfllce Momlaya and Datur
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M.
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Mothers!
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be almoat en-
tjrelr avoided.
WioeofCardnl4
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child-birth. It help a srasnaa
bear rtroog healthy children.
baa also broceht happineaa to
- thmiianrlaof bome barrrn for
Tears. A lew dosesottn btriinr
toy to loving hearta that toag
lor a darling baby. Ko woman
ahoakl neglect to try it for this
trouble. It cares nine esses oat
of teak All drajgrisU sell Wine
of Csxdai. j in per bottle.
f svFa0aas
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t CfoWtssflOps, laWxitsCtawl COL. Csxaflas
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4 sa aasrras nrs rssrs,
aal asa af saikaraa. usa
staaarlsaaasaasulissrs."
OA0TOniA
"Maldlto Spaniards I' ' said my friend.
dob Joan, editor of a (Jn ban newspa
per called El Hcralda "The rplo of the
govornment over its snbjects is nnjnst
ana wic&ea. luoro is absolutely no
liborty of tho press. "
1 looked up. "And what of all that?'
I asked.
"And what of all that?" he repeated.
'Wo shall bo forced to Coaso publica
tion' and ho camo over and whispered
to too, "Tho censor . has suppressed
every column of tomorrow's paper but
tho advertisementa "
That was truly n. serious situation.
It was a difficulty that seemed . insur
mountable by even a man like Don Juan
with his indomitable will and resistless
energy. He was sitting at the editorial
tiitilo. Before him was a budget of in
teresting material, news direct from the
camp of the insurgents and many other
items all streaked with tho censor's
rod pencil. During the past two months
I had boon assisting him, as the staff
hod boen considerably depleted by
call for volunteers by the rebel army.
Tho weather was oppressively hot
Tho heat stoamod through tho hutfo
doors and windows which were thrown
wide own. Wo wore all dressed in
white suits, innocent of course of col
lars and waistcoats. Half naked negro
boys waited for copy, but got none.
Tboy were inky littlo imps ideal print
er s devils.
"We must fill tho space, " said the
editor, and in a tono of a commander
be gavo his orders in his native tonguq,
which, literully translated, meant,
"Make a pago of tbe 'Spanish -Virtues'
and stretch tho shark to a column and
a half."
Xne lattor was iu reference to a
gigantic shark that luid been making
frequent visits to tho harbor of lotn.
and at times when tbe suppression of
our news made us short of material the
timely reappearance of tho-shark coulfl
always bo depended upon to fill censorial
gaps.
I did my best with It. I bad it cangbt
and speared, and I described graphically
its death struggla This same shark bud
been killed once or twice before by some
reporter but no matter.
It was dying again in good taeto in
my hands, and the "dovll" was waiting
at my elbow when tbe localista. or gen
eral reporter, came in. Ho was in
breathless hasto. lie had obtained some
important items of tbe war.
"Tbe Spanish soldiers have mode au
attack upon tho rebels in their strong
hold in Sun '. Tho engagement last
ed two hours and tbe loss to the enemy
was great. It was impossible to ascer
tain the number killed. Tbe Cubans
captured 20 prisoners, after which the
Spanish retreated. The matter has boon
hushed by tbe military authorities."
I took a note of all this, taklna care
to leave oat all that would be likely to
be disapproved of by his worship, Senor
Perez, who held tho office of censor.
"Never mind that, Nevin, " Don Juan
aid to roe;, "we ought to have f hat just
M it is.
But"
"Anything else?" be said, addressing
the reporter.
Yea. A uliBuskTing expedition.
with arms and ammunition, landed last
night at a point about throe leagues
from here. It was not discovered until
tbe supplies bod all been brought on
bore and safely delivered to tbe agents
of tbe insurgents. All efforts to seize
tbe goods have proved ineffectual The
boot has been abandoned and tbe crew
cannot bo found. With this ro -enforce
ment tbe Cubans will be folly equipped
to resist tbo attack of the troops recent
ly dispatched to the interior."
Don Joan had a nice littlo coffee col
ored nose for news. He- wanted to serve
bis leaders with this palatable, redbot
stuff. Ho said modtotly that It would
make good reading. Besides it was
something tirit tickled his great, warm
Cuban heart. But onloat be gave the
glory of tbe victory to tbe Spaniards
this very dusdinbie reading matter would
never grace the columns of 1 Heraldo.
And there was one whole blarrk page to
be filled yet I lie took, off bis pauuna
bat to oooi his bead and drammed his
fingers on the teblo. He eorienmed Just
two mlnntes In thinking oat and per-
foctunf aa ingenious plan.
I will , try It," be said. "Buahr
and hi less tine than It takes to write
he bad set every man in tbe office to
work farming oot copy of reversible
gpenisb-Cabaa victories. We were lost
to sighte and sounds. Not even tbe cry
xf "Los insurroctosr- that spread wild
alarm among the inhabitants and
brought oot troops of mounted military,
sistarbedoa. .
The material was then given Ho the
printer, for 8eoor Fcrea bad taken a
ana stand. He would read nothing that
had not bora aet op in type, SO my
friend and I sat down and smoked long
eigarewbile we waited for the proof
akeeta. There were two kinds that day
tbe one telling of Cabas victory, the
other In similar words gave aa acnoont
of the defeat cf the Cabas foe.
Don Joan sprat Brook time carefully
coloring one side of 'the former with a
It was a fine, adhesivesubstance made
from tno pollen or a native flower, and
when marked loft an indelible impres
sion. ,This done, be fitted thorn neatly
and without a crease to proof sheets No.
9, and they wero held fust together by
the substance between.
And how the Spanish guns boomed
through tbo medium of printers' ink,
and how the valiant soldiers captured
20 prisoners and completely routed tbe
rebels and seized every bit of the sup
plies brought to tbo country by tbo flli-
bustcrers, made up a wholo pago of
glowing material that would have passed
muster at the hk of tbe veriest old
Spanish official. But most of all how it
all contradicted itself in one and tho
same copy which was . double and
went over, arms and ammunition, pris
oners and all, to tho Cubans.
Don J mm. took it upon himself to
convey the decoy proof sheets to the
censor. He would intrust them to no
on for fear of discovery. Thero was no
outward sign that would lead to detec
tion, but the extra thickness. As wo
parted ho reminded mo of something
he had told mo several times before
"Be careful," he said, much con
corned, "remember"-"What?"
"That you are under guspjclon of be
ing a correspondent of an American
newspaper. You are watched nnd likely
to be arrested at any moment. '
If I hud only been one of your despis
ed American correspondents who, next
to tbe Cubans, couuj in for a good tasto
of bpanlsh misrule! It was a position
ranch coveted by me, but as it wos I
hud to bo content with only the suspi
cion.
I thanked Don Juan and warned him
in turn.
"If that Kchemo of yours is found
out," I Fnid, "you'll bo"
Garrotcd tomorrow morning at tho
castle for conspiracy against tho govern
ment or some otlierexcuso. I know it. "
Ho had said exactly what I wns going
to say. '"But I nm confident of getting
through all riht unless something un
expected happens. For tbe sake of mak
ing a reputation for my paper for giving
truthful reports and bo done with tho
contemptible lies wo havo been printing
all along, I will ripk it.
I wisliodhini well, but I had my mis
givings. As a man with ordinary
courago, I would not havo carried tbe
thoughts of bucii things in my mind
that bo cerried in his hand that is.
not iu Cuba, wbero thero was a daily
execution of some one, and damp dun
geons yawned for occupants, and I whs
already under the watchful eye of iho
authorities!
Senor Perez sat at his desk carefully
reading and revising tbe proof shoots of
tho various newspapers and periodicals
published in tho town. It was his busi
est timo and an hour elapsed before bo
reached too roil marked El Heralda"
He took it up, examined it, skimmed
through tho contents and tlien begun to
rend critically. Ills attention became
fixed upon certain reports and lie was
seen to read thorn over mom than once
to mako sure that his eyes did not de
ceive him.
Where did you got your facts?" ho
asked.
From 1 Spanish eyewitness," re
turns Don Juan, "but they cannot be
verifldoV' "
"They can bo verified I" Perez an
swerod, bud with a vengeanco ho
brought his pencil and ran it through
an item Just below, which, it bad Been
previously calculated, would bo disap
proved by him. Senor Perez did not
know that at flint moment ho marked
donblo.
With th roll onco more in his pos
session Don Juan departed. I think it
quite impossiblo to describe tho feelings
of a Cubnu who has tricked a Spaniard.
Tbo town was iu a state of wild excite-
incut.
Another alarm that tbo insurgents
wero coming bad been raised, and sol
diers swarmed through tho streets and
sentinels stood at the corners. Every
Cuban was closely watched, and several
arrests wero made. Don Juan felt no
littlo anxiety. He put tho papers in bis
hat audi wus walking in more baste
than- was considered proper by the
guards, and be was suddenly stopped
by the chullungo:
"Who goes tliero'r"
"Spain," was the quick response.
" What kind of people' '
"Inoffensive."
And bock to tho offloo ho romo with
the precious proof shoots, wbero they
wore separated, and lot thero they were,
two copies marked exactly alike. Tbe
original with tbo red bocks were very
wisely doBtroyod. Tbe couteuts of the
other came out in El Heraldo the next
day. Cuban victory never looked more
glorious In print than wbun embellish
ed with the tracings of tbo censor's
pencil or its counterfeit.
That little affair stirred up tho whole
tadldul system. El Heraldo was
promptly luid beforo tbe authorities and
read. Surprise traveled downward from
tbo governor, through the clerks to tbe
next official, and so on down to the
wnc:i l nrara a rngiiG cough and, turn
ing, I found myself iu tho august pres
ence nf no less a distinguished personage
than ecnor l't roz himself. Wo were fel
low prisoners.
Ho drew nway from me dlsduinfully
while I made n respectful boW, standing
with my 1 u In together and walking
backward, i:h I bad seen tbo Spanish
dignitaries do nt "court at tho palace.
Next in Hue to tho distinction of being
an American correspondent was occn-
pyiug the tamo cell with Senor Perez.
lie seemed to think it a reflection upon
his dignity to bo iu my company.
"Americano! ho said contcmpto
ou.vly. ' I bowed ngain this timo for my na
tionality. "I hopo that wo .shall not lie
together long," I said; "that is, I hopo
I shall bo snoa released.
"You?" he said. "You will get your
punishment for your complicity with
Don Juuu iu defying tho government
and publishing the lies about the sol
diers of Spain in El Heraldo. "
"I, senor? I thought I was to be pun
ished for King un American correspond
ent. I think it is unfair to arrest a man
on one charge and punish him for an
other. V
"Do not worry," bo answered, with
a malicious H:uilo, "you shall havo ull
tho law allows for both In duo timo. "
That u na a wicked witticism. Subse
quently I learned ho had been confined
in jail pending au investigation, as bo
was under suNpLdou of having approved
of tho "lief!" thnt hod appeared in tho
paper. I was much concerned about Don
Juan.
"And wbut of tho editor?" I asked
cautiously.
"Tho Spanish government deals very
promptly," was tho reply.
"Y Won?"
"And well, tlien? Ho is probably on
his way to tho castle now I"
"You inenu that lie is going to his
death?" I gu.sed.
"Yes, certainly."
I could not restrain myself. Excited
beyond ull reason, I made a wild rush
for tho door iu an attempt to breuk
from tho cell and moke an effort at
least to save tho life of my friend, ull
of which, bud I succeeded, would havo
boon utter folly on my part
At that moment several imperious
officials appeared bearing certain proof
shouts. They were shown to Senor
Perez, and ho examined them. lie had
held thorn in his hands before, but he
was not uwuro of it. Up to that time
ho had remained stcadfust in the asser
tion that the editor had Ignored his sup
presfuou of tho reports. Ho was certain
bo bad suppressed them. He could not
Sue how iu his loyalty to bis sovereign
ho.oould have done otherwise. Hero
was tho evidence that tie had not; hero
wero bis own marks of opprovul; hero
were exactly tbe same words lie hud
read, only of coarse us they road now
tbo subject matter wus reversed. Senor
Perez stood u mazed.
"Aro those your murks?" he was
asked.
Senor. Perez hesitated. To savo him
self there wus only one answer that ho
could give.
"No, " he replied. "Tbo whole thing
isaforgory."
It was a vital moment. Tbo ustoulsb
ed officials etured at him and thou at
me and from mo back to him again. I
returned their gazo with au air of in.
difference, but I was not . sure of my
countenance. I was afraid some little
look would reveal tbo fact that I knew
more tluin I cared to tell about tbo
affair. But fortunately tbe uncertainty
that I felt concerning my own fate left
a blank expression in my faro. After
many more questions tbe officials took
their departure quite satisfied with
their investigation nnd fully determined
to bring to J nut ice. the Cubans who had
dared to-forge tbe censor s pencillugs.
I was a passenger on board the first
mail steamer that left port after my ar
rest, and my next item of news for tbo
Cuban paper were sent from America,
But Don Juan hud long since Joined
the rebels.
That is tbo story bow El Heraldo
published the truth for once and thou
died a gloriorui deuth. Josepblno Voss
lb Detroit News-Tribune.
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Tho farmers of Utah live in towns
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teu stack hay uud grain in small, fenced
lots or corrals on an upland spot, whero
an artesian well or reservoir furnishes
water, and there feed horses and cattle
during tho severest months of the win-
tor. Numerous devices bave boen used
in bay stocking, souio boing too expen
sive and others being patented by in
venters who occasionally doiuanded
royalties for the use of their ideas.
Tbe most complete and the cheapest
dovloe yet discovered is what is gcuor-
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Hi- construction, easily handled and is
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A POLK STACKER.
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Tho material necessary for tbo pole
stacker consists of two poles 20 and 80
feet or longer, as desired, throe pulleys,
two chains and two ropes. Tho short
polo, usually a dry red pine or bulsnm,
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havo been nailed on, or pins driven in
auger holes every two font, which makes
a ladder for getting up and down when
uecessury to fix the top chain or drop
the lifting pole. A short chain is fasten
ed around tho standing pole aud left to
drop about two feet, where it hooks
around the stacker. This gives the Kilo
plenty of play uud enables the muu on
tho stack or wagon to swing it around at
will. The long polo is fixed at the butt
end with a chain which regrflutes the
height of the stuck and holds it in place
after being swung around for the hay
on tho wagon, l'bo pulleys, ropes and
fork are handled uswith other stackers.
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0
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CORN AND C0WPEA3,
Why
bumble Cuban who lounged In the trop
ical eon and woodeTcd now Lsi Juai)
ever dared.
I remained long enough in tho office
to read tho paper, and then weui oot to
tbe landing of tbe ulitMisu expedition
k tbe Co ban reporters bad Uu debarred
(romxibtaiuiiig any news. My trip took
ne into thicket tn which I lost my
way aa-rorei times, and It was late be
fore 1 retasned I was In prasseooB Of
news that I felt, sore would make an
other startling sensation when it ap
peared tn print
Hot I never reached toe ocice umm
day nor since. Tbe inevitable bappeoed.
I was walking along the Plasa de
Armas.
"Seonr Don Charles NevlL," mid toe
officer, "I arrest yon."
Of course I asked for what, and be
told me that tb anvcrnment had dis
covered that I was aa American onrre
spnadent (I denied tbe ebargoempbatio.
airy) and that I was tbe author of
and tantrothfol dtspsttbes
published ia the New York
ThoTufae my ems.
I amid that be was mMahea sad as
aooly aa possible wrot with him. I never
hall forge these ftrat moments U JadL
The town bad garrtsua of more sol
diers theft It could conveniently aecotn
modsea, and a portion of (be troops had
been oaartered la tbe Jail, to either the
diagnotor deli! or both of the prisoav
era, who were crowded m groans of two
and three into tbe small eella.
Tbe door bad been locked and I was
looking lonaingly through the iron
wtckerwork after the wsreatine efBoar
Khaepskla Has.
If shectMkln rugs are washed, as deal
era assert that tb7 can be, it is pointed
out by an autliorityon their cleansing
that this process is not accomplished in
tbe jpsual way by tinmurslou in a tup.
Tbe pelt side should Mot be wot at alL
To prevent this they aro tacked around
a stout barrel and scrubbed with aclean
scrubbing brush and hot suds In which
ao good w Ashing powder has been
dissolved. Tlx 7 aro thoroughly rinsed
In clear water and left on the barrel in
the ran to dry. While tbo drying proc
ess is going on a ciean enrrycemb ia
twrful to keep tbo wool from matting.
Vbo final result is a fluffy rug of das-
lling whit-mesa. New York Post
1 Urn 1mu.
Tbe loon is found in nil the north
ern atattti. It ia n very awkward
bird on innd, but a j.iw ful and
rapid swimmer. It ia a retnn rkuMo
diver, ami it is thought tlmtuo other
fouthoi-eil creature Cilo dlvo ho fnr
bonottth tbo aarfuco or remain so
tone thno tmdet wutor. A mim-i-
mou was or -C found utLwlxtd to tbo
book of a nuborman's i4 line in
Bonoca lako, it having dived marly
100 fi-et to roach tbo Uilt It feeds
on lixordH, fifb, frogs, all, kinds of
aquatic insei-U and thorax of freab
water jduiits, usually aw allowing its
food UDder wuti-r. It ia a very large
bird, abuut S feet in
riireuds its wings fully S foot It
builds its iMt In martibua, toer wa
ter, of rnHbeo and grue, which H
twista together In a huge heap on
tbe ground, usually afbotog tall
reeds. The efcgs, usually throe In
number, are a Mule over S incbea
lung end In color of a dull green ixh
ocImt, with IwlMintt sputa of dark
uintxT, most numerous toward tbe
broad rod. During; tbo winter this
bird Mvra lAvr tbe traaLore, tm
rially In tbe suit uiantbes on . tbe
Long; Inland cimut si.-d dung tbo
boTcwof li e ClHfsa,wke. l,t la Ue
auiotoer it g'jee M ha north as
Maine and brccda there la great
quantities. Detroit Free Prena.
OAMTOnXA.
t U let Tajjbwjams. a(k
bW f ia lai wi are ssam as
afuSrTS&sV'
Whra the Watermelon Is Ripe.
lie Hlwire
Wlien you thuinM 'om dey sllus sotiu'
plunkl"
Vnquestioualily the flat, dead sound
emitted by a melon when "thumped" is
tbo readiest indication of ripeness, and
tbo 0110 most universally depended on.
If the resonance is hollow, ringing or
musical, it is a certain proof of imma
turity. Frequently on turning the mel
on and exposing the undarsido tbo ir
regular wliito blotch formed whero tbo
melon has -rusted 011 tho ground affords
an iudicutioiiHif maturity. Whoa this
begins to torn yellowish and become
rough, pimply or warty, with the sur
face sufficiently hard to resist tbo finger
nail when rerntched, it is usuullya fair
sign of ripeness.
But there is ram moro test that is cor-
roborntivo. After the melon "looks"
ripe and "thumps" ripe, if, on a steady
pressure of tho upper side, or "top," by
the palm of the hand, while tbe melon
lies 00 the ground, instead of resisting
solidly the interior appears to bave a
tendency to. yield a "givoy" tort of
feeling, ns it were accompanied by a
crisp crackling half beard, half felt
as the flesh parts longitudinally In aeo
tioosuuikr the pressure, the melon may
be pulled wlthabaoluteconfldence. It 1
certainly ripe, litis teat should never
be resorted to with melons intended for
shipment Hugh N. Starnea, Georgia
It Is Itoslrahl to "Lay By" tbe
Cora Crop 'Rather Early.
Much of the corn crop will bo "laid
by" in Juno. Tho Southern Cultivator
explains why a crop that bus been well
worked and is cleau can be "laid by"
rather early wUb advantage, say, when
fully bunched or beginning to tassul.
- At a later stage more stalks are liable
to bo broken but tbo principal injury j
from later pjqwings is tho out ting of
tho roots. During tbo later stages of
growth, if not disturbed, the roots will
fill tbe soil, coming as near tbe surface
as moisture aud tbo plow will permit
them, and the earn needs tho work of
every root. This Is shown by tho pliiut
sending out now roots from the lower
joints up to the time of its full growth.
Wlliln them hint formed mntji nnHVinti
in part tho office of braces tbey also de- j
vclop numerous fibrous roots which are
feeders aim absorbers of moisture.
Watch the plow when lifted from tho
ground at the ends of rows, and if hung
with corn roots set them to run shal
lower.
Corn may stand some rough treat
incut during tbo early stages of growth,
but it has now reached a critical stago
and should ho given overy opportunity
to do its work. It ennnst wait now nor
recover quickly from injury. What it
does it must do quickly. Witness how
a corn crop is Cut off by a droqght dur
ing tbe lust stages of its growth.
Another reason for laying by corn
early is it opeus a way tor securing a
better crop of poos iif cornfields. The
question is often raised whether sowing
peas among corn injures the corn. Un
questionably it does. Tbo peas draw
upon the moisture and food in the toil
and must, theroforo, to some extent in
terfere with the corn. , But bore again
it is a choice of evils, or, rather, a bal
ancing of good and eviL Iu tbe first
place, if peas ore not sown, a crop of
weeds or grass is almost sure to oonio
dp in the corn it certainly will If the
land is at all rick-and such a orop will
do tho corn mure barm than a orop of
peat will.
Peas, being deep rooted, will inter
fere less with the com than any other
growth, and the argument in favor of
tbo peas might rest hero. But the peas
will offset, and much moro than off sot,
tbo barm done tbo corn by their enrich
ing of the land and the increase of sub
sequent crop grown on tho land.
Look At ThitrP
For 30 tlays we will soil you this
Organ DELIVERED AT YOUR
HOUSE, with nico stool and book
for only 855,00 generally sold at
$75.00 -
We lmvo. secured, three counties
for the celebrated StanrlarH
Rotary Sewing1 Machine
the lightest running and most
iviisirlfss mnehino made. We hnvn
sold MJv KINDS (now bave nil
kinds in stock) lmt tho Hlandord
downs them nil. 75c a week buys
one liom Ellis.
ELLIS FURNITURE CO.,
liurhngton, N. 0.
(!. 11. ELLIS. Mananer.
, t hSSSS" i:':
insurance: i
l wish to call the attention of insurers in Abimance county
to tho fact that tho Rurlington Insurance Agency, established In '
Feaaet Vor Plaa.
The peanut Is certainly worthy of a
foremost place in tho list of hog crop.
The Hpanlhh variety can be used for th
early crop and also for planting after
oats, tbo common running variety for
tbo lata fall crop. It is highly diwirnblo
to arrange a succession of peanut crops
rather than to have large anas ripen at
tbe mine time, for In wet weather Span
Ish peanuts will not remain ling in the
ground after mnrority without sprout
ing.
Trench far reeding Me.
Two pigs in the ordinary V shaped
trough will csowd and fight each other.
each trying to get his Jtt into tbe
trough to run his nose along the narrow
bottom. Tbe Farm Journal advises to
. Tare Ways to Couple Hoops.
The cut, from Tbo Hnral New York
er, gives a view of a tub silo as looked
down upon uud shows threo ways by
which the boops "may be coupled. The
staves are shown as thoy will apoar if
set up without beveling. Tho joint at
the Inner edgo is perfectly tight. Fig.
1 shows what is described us an ideal
way of making- tho coupling. The ex-
1803 by tbo late firm of Tate & Albright, U still in the ring.
There is no insurance agency in North Carolina with better
facilities for jilacing large lines bf insurance, that can give low
er rates or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every
branch of the business, find a lodgement in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
satisfaction in every instance. Correspondence solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance. - .
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit
able investment, to confer with 1110 before 'giving their applica
tions to other agents.
Very respectfully,
J A 31 ICS P. ALIHIIGIIT,
BURLINGTON, N. C-
A UaSbT no vhovgu. -
make the bottom of I W loch plank, as
shown In Ihe cross aretlnu. From aide to
sitfe, every M iiKbea, put lrrsi rods
acrnaa. There will thus be no sharp
angle iu tbe lottftn for food to sour In,
while the rods kerpthe pig' fret.ont of
tbe trough aud prevent crowdiuH' and
k"ngthj audi flgblisg.
Matab Far Las Nm
II yoa have a variety of pea yoa
want to grow lare la the sxasna and are
afraid of tbe effect of tb miiiner brat
oa thero, pbt a heavy Binkb of sum
anrt, a fc4 at bms wide oa each aide
of row. Light marsh bay is best.
learned this hut stmirarr," my a Farm
JooiasJ oirrpraideat.
Mauy peopt who find they
eoove we
di-tfaa
tajnyins; a nice cap of cocoa. It is for
ass a milder, seas sstmolattng
re notrittoas tinvofasw than
coffee. It contain M per ecat of fat
If pT cent of albomlaotda. To
make it rob a teaspoonf nl of the cocoa
tor fTOerua, ajrxnrding to tbe
atae cf year cop with a tHkspoonfal of
turar. fill p the cap ith araJdlng hot
milk ciigbtly dilot-d with hot water
and ar-rr bet with a lamp of eat loaf
SJvrar m tb sunt -
ggpiptpy'W
Spse-lal ? I
ill
- - ill
in
r astksisu Hoors 6M k si 10.
pnnsri of having this made would be so
great a to make it Impracticable In
many casus. Fig. J shows tho ends of
the . hoop drawn through a block of 4
by 4 oak. Many silo are fastened in
this way, aud It is effective and cheap.
The cheapest of these mode of cou
pling tbe boops 1 tbe one shown in Fig.
8. Tbl consists of an eye turned at the
end of tbe hoop and welded down. A
three-quarter inch bolt passes through
these eyes and by loosening or tighten
ing tbe nut, the hoop may be given tbe
proper tension. Th hoops, of flve-
eightha inch steel, with eyes turned and
welded, can be purchased for t cents
per linear foot
tiaattHsasss f Tetjaasa TXmmt,
The tobacco plant Is remarkably sen
sitive to metittlogice! oundittons.
Even la each a famous tobacco region
as Cuba tobacco of goad quality cannot
be grown in tbo immediate vicinity of
the ocean or ia eertoin part of tbe
island "Voo on what would otherwise
be considered good tobacco lands. This
has been tb experience also in Sumatra
and in th United Htatea, bat the In
flaeoo ar toe anbtl to be detected by
ordinary ineteorolcfrical instrumeuta,
say an twhange.
"
Beoent experimrnta tt Andabon park
with alfalfa have demonatrated very
fully the pre-emUMSt sttitability of
Lsmijdana alluvial land fsr that deair-
abl crop From five to eight catting a
year, yielding a mack as iJt tons of
bay per acre per cutting, have bean 06-
A Georgia farmer cot bis oats when
th first beads ar la the dough state.
care la the asaal way and and th hay
Jest aa good as timothy for horses. t
1. ..I,..,..t. -. k S I.Um, a. -
Una lard from exclaafve peanat feeding knd on account of inability
solidified only daring tbe coldest weath
er of February, at other times la Febru
ary and March becoming almost a aenii-
Ikraid.
OOOOOO
Suppose you had a nicely displayed
advertisement in this space, then what?
Why the 2,500 eyes that scan these
pages every week would see it and
would know of your business, and when,
something in your line was wanted they
would naturally look you up.
See? Had you ever thought of it?..
iutoriJ)eiji(rnt thejcnr
old son if Mr" Sossonis, of Sampson
countv. cot a watermelon nerd in
his windpipe and died froiii tho ef;
feels of it. AnAtteuipt was tuado to
remove the seed but It could not le
definitely locates!. Tlic loy was re
covering from a spell of fever and
" . -
was quite weak.
Clinton Democrat: 'Squire. II.
11. Giddens has just plucked from
bis gaitlen a Damascus cucuiiiUt
three feetjn length and about three
inches in diameter. It wnx grown
from seed given Mr. Giddens by an
Armenian lately arrived from Dam-
ascus. rxiuiros uiuueua msirie
that this foreign vcgetablo should be
called "cowcumber." It is said
to be eipiaJly as platablo as the
domestic cucumber.
High Point Citixen : Last Sun
day about 9 o clock there came
walking up the railroad track a man
wearing solder ' uniform, and up
on being asking where be was from
and the cause of his unfortunate
condition, he 7iI ' "I" WM
member of the Second regiment,
I was
discharged and cast out without
money- or ticket and have had to
walk all the way from Raleigh.
--AshevillfrCltixen At the coun
cil oLreproacntativcs of different '
Jlariiist churches, held on Hominy,
a report was adopted declaring that.
Rev. M. I. Mathcny, a member
and former pa tor of the Itryson
City Uaptist church, "was not .
worthy of Christian confidence."
The report will be 8nrtothe liry
son City churcli. Rev. Mfltheny
was for some time editor of the '
iSouthtrn Raptist. The charges
brought against him are numerous.
KngtUk Sparta I Jatasent lesauve all Hard,
Soft or Calloused lump and Blemishes from
borsM. Blood snarlaa, CnrtM. Bpitnta, Bniv-
ny. Vine- Boa. KtiSea, Spralaa, ail Hwouea
Throata, Gousha. eta. Hare SM bv as of on
botu. Warmntaa the most woedcrfal'
IUemisbenrearer known. Bold by X.' A. Ar
brirhl. drusslM. Graham. M. C
Greensboro Record, July 29 :
Jerry Rcs)aes was in Winston .
yesterday, returning to Mooresville
last evening. He i still surveying
for the Southern, He says that the
new road to Mooresville is a good
one. ' Track-hying will be complet
ed next week. It is the plan now
to begin moving trains' on schedule
time about August 20th. There
will be three depots between Mocks
rQle and Mooresville, tho stations
being at Woodleaf, Barber's Junc
tion ami Fherill's. ... .
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