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JACOB A. LONG, -4 Attorney-at-Law, GRAHAM, - - - - - N. c Practices In the State and Federal oourtat Oitlco over White, Moore it Co.'b store, Main Strmt. 'Phone No. 8. Iohn Gray Bynuk. W. r Byktm, Jb. BYNUM & BYNTJM, Attorneys and Counselors at Law GREENSBORO, N. C. Practice regularly Iff the conrta of Ala mance county. Ann-. 8, 94 ly DR. J. 1. STOCKAlD Dentist, GRAHAM, N. C. uince in toe vestal uuuuing, over Albright's drug store. First-class work at moderate prices. Call on me. Oliver S. Neli jjvI Attorney-at-Law, "i GBEENBBOIIO, N. C. ;. omce In Wright Building East of Court nouse. m Will practice regularly In the courts of Al amance. Mothers! THBdiscom forta and dangets t be almost en- tirely avoided, WineofCardui relieves ex pectant moth ers. It gives) Cnta them in condition to do their work perfectly. That makes prejf nancy leas painful, shorten labor and hastens recovery after child-birth. It helps woman bear strong healthy children. nas also broneht happiness to thon sands of homes barren for Era. A few doses often brings to loving hearts that long a darling baby. No woman should neglect to try it for thia trouble. It cores nine eases on of ten. All druggists sell Win ot Cardni. $1.00 per bottle. la ems TyCbattasaosa Marla-tas Co. Caaata- aalOOIUBAIX. W7isaanss.ri.SSf "When I tnt took Wrns aaT CareM W had keen mamad thrs ysaars. Sot ' ouM aot have ant hiMrea. SlnS Btimki iatoa-1 had a tae girl baby. You imnma im noV vhpn Toil ny Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy. - T. A. Al b,,ght & Co. will refand your mon y f yoa are not satisfied after us JnR it It ia every where admitted be the most sncceseful remedy in tt for bowel complaint and the "ly on that never fails. It Pleasant, safe and reliable. 4m AaTrT- 1 DwWltt'. Little Erly RUer. The tsaases - (silts. n ish ing DIVING FOR FIREWOOD. Sandwich Ielnndere' Way of Filling the Wood Box. Boys whose most distasteful task Is to keep the wood box filled, or who ure expected to split the kindling wood ev ery night, would undoubtedly enjoy living at Hawaii. Firewood there Is not only -cry scarce, but they get It out of the water, another feature of the matter which would probably appeal to such of the boys as aeTlsht 1ir "goin swlmmln." H. W. Henshaw, writing In The Youth's Companion, says of this custom: Upon the shores of Hawaii firewood is a scarce and precious commodity. The present forests do not grow near the sea, and the labor of bringing wood from the distant timber Is grent, espe cially as roads are few. Practically all the firewood of the natives, and much that Is use4 by. the .Europeans In the towns, Is drift that Is brought down periodically from the uplands by fresh ets that follow heavy rains. There Is nothing strange in all this, but what Is strange Is the way the natives gather the wood. Pick It up on the beach? Not at all; ot least, very little Is obtained in that eommonplace manner. Much of the island timber Is extreme ly heavy, and instead of floating in orthodox fashion, as wood should do, it promptly sinks to the bottom. As tbo freshet gathers heudway, down come the heavy tree trunks and branches, dashing fiercely against the rough lava sides of the stream and bumping against the bottom tttl all semblance of their original shape Is lost and they are bruised Into shapeless blocks or split Into kindling. The current carries them well Into the ocean, where they settle Into tbo sand. The first stage of their Journey Is over, now for the second. In a day or two the ocean rises In Its might and sends In huge breakers upon the shores, which catch the logs and splin ters and roll theui over and over, still on the bottom, toward the beach. Here Is the native's chance. Ho haa been waiting long for Just such an op portunity. Down to the shore come the Kanakas In troops. No one is left be hind save the sick and the Wind. Mr, women and children are all on the beach, having an eye both to business and to pleasure. Tbo women are clod In old, loose holakus, a garment I may best describe by likening It to the original "Mother Hubbard." The men doff their gar ments and don the economical mok, or waist cloth. Tbo children follow suit, so far as doffing goes, and don well, to tell the truth, most of them don nothing, and if they are satisfied, you and I need not complain. And now for It The men dash into the breakers, div ing under the big combers and rising on the crests of the smaller ones tlll tney are out shoulder nigh; then tbey feel around with their feet till they find a pleoo of wood-U may be only a splinter, or it may re a tog to require the aid of a rope to puU It in: but, large or smati, " Down dives the Kanaka bead foremost to seize the prise. "... The women aod children wade In a llttlo distance to catch the smaller pieces that get past the men. and soon the piles on the shore grow from noth ing to cords. A hardy native wiU stay In the wa ter wading and diving, for a couple of hours and then come out. pretty thor oughly "chilled, to sun himself on the beach In readiness for another bout with the waves, meantime solacing himself with tbo Inevitable pipe or C'La.r!?i,',fc Is this wood gathering by diving, what tetwec. i the buff etlng. or UM? W. . 9nr .11 . A thA arwiIsTl HIH1 LUV tWatanra, - . i ikn lrwtra AJMlOrc. OU v and one might suppose i was a summer picnic. Whatever his faults, the Kanaka has not added to the gloom and dtowtort of the world. He endures ouw.- a miafortune with equanimity, .k tvt. rass and the son i sbiDes be is ready to laugh and be glad. A p.telt Bis TatsabaviatsM. The arsve of VVUllam A. Hulbert. at 0L prerideot of th. old KaUonal Baaeball leagne. to marked 1tb tombstone hi the shape of Joau. benVr. H albert died. In 1882, aoroe ofT M S-ocUte. set .bout to w tLr love and rcttor hlnvwd the reamlt was tb moontnen n utwee land cemetery. Chicaga The baaxall Is made of red f"". n i.h in diameter, swwma auo " .. the the scams as tney v' . I Bvha) RsnlStJoO gaV Across the top arpears to te the old r Aeoee, Worcester ana 'y T" " derelaDd. BoffaJo and DiroM. LTtber. Is a Ireadartooe of white tnather with the date of birth, Oct Ind the dst. of death. April ia I8S2. . AFTER THE MUSICALB. My cab at the door at eleven. (How lt ia old time in hia Sight When one haa been dreaming In heaven!) Good night to you, sweetheart, good night. And there in the shadow you're standing. And we're drifting and drifting apart To duties sdpreme and commanding To distance and darkness, sweetheart I Are we never content with love's vision Of a heaven that his smile makes complete? Do 1 mourn that the meadows clysian Have now been transformed to the street 1 The same steadfast stars are above me. And distance baa never the art To drown the sweet thought that you Vovo me That you love me forever, sweetheart I v This rose I Did you wear Itt A token I'm taking away with me, sweet - That word which waa tenderly spoken That won the heart's answering beat! The hand clasp, the gentle delaying Of love that was fain of the light; -j That tress that was willfully straying From locks that gavo gold to the nightl We sigh not, we cry not at fate, dear. Nor pass to the shadow unblest It love, through a world and its hate, dear. Lead life to the lilies of rest. They are there, in the gardens that gladden Tlte world and the hcuvon so brfghtr And why should lips quiver, hearts sadten. For saying a simple "Good uigbtF" Good night and good night. Where- your dreams are I know, in some guise. I shall be; Your grief, dear, your sunny bright gleams -ro llie light and the shadow to mc, No more to Bwcet farewells replying We drift In the wide world apart; Love know that ia faithful undying Kor distance, nor darknrsa, sweetheart I Frank I Stanton. Tiie Perversity OI U04 A Locomotive That Would Not Behave ami Was at Last De graded t a Gravol "Train. Eleven hundred and "foTHVwas o freight locomotive, a little bigger, but no belter, tlinn other engines of her class. Motiley. who imiuagcd her. was like her. Ho wiim Just n fair, average engineer, and that was nil. Aud yet when another man went out on the Leven-fotir she would lay down on hfm eight ttmes out of ten., ... And so It fell out Unit, while she did her work willingly and well with Mos ley aboard, she galixnl a bod uunie. The conductor, coming out with the orders, always glanced up Into the cub, and if Mosley were there he would smile, otherwise he would frown." And If Mosley enme out with another en gine the conductor would be Just as unhappy. Mosley and the 'Levcu-four went together, or they dtdu't go. One night an extra man weut out. or rather, started out. with the 'U-veu- four. At the very lust ditch leaving the yards she broke the switch bridle. climbed the mil. turned over on her back. Jammed her whistle luto tlie sand and Bobbed her life away. Twenty-four hours Inter, when she stood upon her feet ngaln. they pushed her Into the buck shops to be over hauled and palnled, nud In that way Mosley got nuotlier ten days waiting for her. Locomotive engineers nre notorious ly superstitious, lo lie sure, mere are exceptions. I was one or tneni. The Oremnu of a pusher uotlcus tnnt when the bend engines slip the pusher will almost luvariably fly up. The head engines slip Ik-chubc they have found a sharp curve, but Hint would not cause the pusher, lying hack on a tangent, to slip. Itut she will slip, and you will see the driver oen the sand valves the moment he hears the head engine going or hih-s the lire shooting up In a solid stream or feels the weight of the train suddenly up against bis pilot bar. Many good nd plausible reasons for this responsive or answering slip might be put forward, hut to the mind of the,avcrage engineer It Is a sym pathy strike pure and simple one en gine feeling for another. Why. 1 have known men who would argue that s locomotive would not only sympathize with a sister engine, but would actual ly grieve for a dead engineer. Hear' Ing and seeing flane things for fears, the newly promoted engine driver car ries with him. consciously or uncon Sclouxly,'' a certain amount of Juper- stitlon. One day when I was a hostler tho master mechanic ect for mc, I went Into the office and came out an engi neer. To Ik? sure. I had expected pro motion some Jay. but not that day. tlidugb 1 knew that aometiody would be promoted to take Mosley's place, for Mosley was doait ' The master me chanic had run me around others, but no one complained. Old runners had shied at the "Ixven four when Mosley was alive. Who would wnnf Iter now? 6ln was count ed "unliv '-y" then she would be extra bnznrdi.i. now. Of course it did not follow Deeessart ly that she would full to roe. but she did, and the firs: night out I seemed to feel the arm r.-i still worm where tlte late lockh-ss cnghircr bad leaned watching the earning rail beneath his pilot. Koan. the old fireman, bad refnsed at first to go out with me. but there wss no one to take bis place, and be was forced lo go. To this day I see that fireman' sad. bony fsen. He serroed at first to resent my presence on the right hand side, and I xvan to rrseot bis resentment The head brake run o asked him. Id the lao irnaire.of the raoooee. -What was eatln him." Nosh said nothing and sighed s gain. . As I went sboot oiling toe engine 1 beard the fireman telling the brake man bow abe had behaved when Moav try latd off and an extra man bad one oat oa the Xereo-fonr. -If sbsd do that then, wham aba do to 'em now; wham she do to this khlppy rnnnerr The Urakeman shot bis head. ' AtJast after much firing, the Bre man eoecceded lu siting the engine (and the engineer' hot and away we went three engines and 13 toads for the foothills. t In the valley the 'Levea-fonr did fairly well, bnt the moment we hit the Heavy grade-MT fcet to the toIVe she began to ent on. The pointer on the steam cans began to go back and hsu-k. I shut off the Injector to allow Ker to -ntr op," and when the water was as low as I muUI afford to let it I tried to put oo the pam again. ' X t, fOJ but !t i.;u.;nl to woik. Wp ti'h-il the left hand lift. It would start off nil right, singing like a locust, and then brcjnk nad shoot the water Itito the ditch." In tho-meantime I got we rigut hand Injectors going ngaln, but when 1 tried the water the blue steam hissed from the gauge cocks hot and dry as a crcupy cough. I began to ease up to Bave her crownshoet, and the old runners, who were helping me up the bill, began to whistle me ahead. Ah. that Is gall to a young runner. At last we hnd her hot once more, and now she began to do my share of the work I hammered her unmerciful ly, but the harder 1 hit her the hotter she grow. Noah would shoot a re proachful glance nt me every time she lost her fact, though lie knew that she was doing it thut she was only re senting the abuse that 1 was heaping upon her. In my nuxlety to get out on time 1 had forgotten my engine cap nud was uow wearing a little chip of n derby, which is awkward and out of plnco on an engine: While dodging In and out of the cab, wrestling with the sand lever and tho Injector, I struck tho point of my der by against the cab window and It shot down the mountain, leaving me bare headed. I signed to Noah; lie shook his head he had no extra cap. I went Into the clothes Iwx and found a little Jaunty brown cap that I had seen Mott ley wear nnd that nobody but Mosley would think of wearing. As I put it on Noah raised his baud with a look of liorror. Pi-eseutly the 'Lcven-four began to die on us. Noah worked,. frantically, but to no puriiose, lie would cock ins gates, miss the furnace door nnd scat ter coal all over his deck. , Finally I signaled him up Into the cab to work the sand lever uud weut at the lU-enyseliJJuMtwas of no uso. The coal lay black ani dead In" tho firebox, not n spark came from the stack, aud Mclvor declared afterward that he could aot hear her exhaust. and he wns coupled to my pilot bar. Mosley had been a dudisb driver, und Just over the furnace door he hnd a bevel edged minor fastened. Suddenly I strnlghtened.up, glanced luto the mirror and saw Mosley as plain as 1 had ever seen him. wearing the .little brown cap that he had worn on his last trip. Well, It gave me a start, though 1 am not at all superstitious. In a nio- meirt I remembewd that I wns wear ing the cap that had been worn by the dead driver and remnrked for the first time thut we had looked alike, hnd ,1,1. . sainc.hnlr, the same small, brown mus tache nud nearly the same eyes. The furnace heat hnd given me for the moment the same ruddy glow that bad been his. In short, wo were Identical, save that he had been handsome nud I was not 1 wus uncomfortable. Climbing up to my place again. I said to Nouh that the eiii) was too small for me nnd ex changed with him without nsklug his consent. 1 watched Noah. The first time he caught sight of himself In the mirror he put up his hands again, took off the cup, folded It carefully, put It into ins clothes 1k)X nnd tied n big rod and white handkerchief nliout his bend. lty this time my two helpers had hauled me to the top of tho hill, where I heltl the 'Lcven-four wide open for ten minutes to save her crawuHheet, for there was scarcely enough water lu the lower gauge to wet a postage stamp. lu a little while wo were golug down the mountain slowly, the heavy cnr creaking on tho twisting, curving trail, nnd that nnd the low breathing of the nlr pump woj oil we could hear. Pres ently the big black engine Ix-gnn to line aud full. At first it seemed that she would climb the rail nud then fall back Into the groove again. Now she was heaving great, deep sighs. Noah notlccd'lt and glanced over nt me. The whole huge hulk of machinery would lift nud fall, sobbing like a troubled sen. "What's the matter with her nowf I asked. "Old yotl ever see her do that before?" "Not exactly that" said Noah. "I've seen her cut n good many capers, but nothing llko this.". "Well," he added after a pnuve. "If she'll tote mc In this tlino I promise never to bother her again." and I saw the fireman cross himself. "They dou't ha vu no mercy on a lo comotive." Nonb went on. staring through the nnrrowwludow In front of bim. "Engine ain't bad time to grieve." Well, now that he hnd mentioned It, 1 could see that the great engine was sobbing silently through the night, heaving nnd falling llko a troubled IrreflHi. though, as I remarked lcfore, I was never tho least bit suiN-rntltlotis. Ax v.e lay ou the aiding nt Rlinwnna waiting for No. 10 I took the torch to look I over. I noticed a bright bond Iroun tlie cesipr of the nxlc of toe p tiy truck. The front cod of the for ward equaliser hnd dropied so that It rested on the axle when she had her nose down hill, and the axle, tyvolv lug. would draw the equaliser forward aud lirt It np, Itftlug the engine until It could go no farther. Then with a auddro drop the macolncry'would fstl bock In place sgnin. 1 railed Nosh and tried to explain o him that this might be the cause of ba-r signs, but be only amlled sadly and said be knew the 'Leven-four. line waa mourning for Mosley. "Bbe'll be as bad as the Hundred -so -seven If she keeps thla up." be went on; "only she'll never kill anybody." . I wrote a page about her to the work book at the other end of the ran and gave the one machinist In tbe ronnd bonse a busy day. but she was as bad going back tbe following night We were poshing that night and when we bad almost reached tbe eom mlt of tbe Bookies she begsa to alio. The two bead engine pulled tbe train away from me until I could feel tbcm tugging at my pilot bar. Suddenly I saw a great glare In tbe snowsbed. It was the second section coming for my tall lamps three powerful loco motives, all wide open. Having the beoeflt of tbe rail that f had been standing all along, they were walking Into oa with tbe spsed and weight of aa ocean liner foing np against a floating Iceberg. I dared not whistle tbecn down, for tbe engines at tbe front of my train might bear and shut off, and so In- crease tbe danger to tbe 'Leven four, aboot to be crashed as an egg. I shouted to Noah to come out of the tank, and then the crash came. No body wns hurt. 1 got changed to an other run and Nonb to another engine. By and by she came out again, but she never did any good she only made trouble for others, and finally, after re building her and changing everything but her number, tbey put her on a gravel train away up on tho side of the mountain, and that was the last of tho 'Lcven-four. Nearly every rnllrond man In the mountains, and many of injrTeaders, know about the Hundrcd-and-scvcn. She was mate to the Hundrcd-aud-nlne, born ou Friday, her sister on Saturday, and tbo Baldwins of Phila delphia, who built her, declare that the two engines were Identical, pleco for piece, from the point of their pilots to the tip of their tanks. But their "souls" were as different as were the souls of Jekyil and Hyde. The Hijndred-nnd-nlne was virtuous, honest and true. Her sister was faith less, wanton. Vain, whimsical and ut terly conscienceless. She killed more men than any engine that ever climb ed the Rockies. Finally, when she made her lust wild leap all gaudy In new paint into the Gunnison river, tills same Noah was underneath her, and that wns tlie last of the Ilundred-and-seven, and the Inst of Noah. Phil adelphia Evening Post A Lively One, Tho Chlcngo drummer was sunning himself In one of the big leather chairs In the lobby of the Uusscll House when n slender young fellow, lltho but not nt all athletic looking, said to him: "What do you want to bet that 1 can't start from here nnd run around this block In lens than one minute 7" "I'll bet you 13 that you can'u" "All right. I'll take It. In a few seconds lieTiad ronndedlhe corner of Congress street, nnd In what seemed not more tlinn three seconds ho was coming from the Fort street di rection, nud to the drummer's nston- Ishmcnt the slick young sprinter again stood before lilm. Tlie drummer was dnscd for the next half hour nnd didn't come to until, noticing a car stop In front of the hotel, he saw the mys terious sprinter standing on the plat form waving adieu. Next tp him stood his exact counterpart -going through the same motions. "Humph!"'anld tho drummer to tho man in tho next chair. "I thought at first It wns a case of extra fast horse. Now It looks llko seeing double, bat I guess, after all. Its another case or twins!" Detroit Free Press. He Worked tbe Court Among tho amusing stories of court procedure told In "Case nnd Comment" Is one of nn occasion when the Judge appeared for tho defendant. It wns In tho west, and before the magistrate a fat short lazy, Innocent looking fel low named Dolph stood Indicted for gambling. Tbo Judgo asked, "Who Is your lawyer?" Dolph said be had none. "Well," said tho Judgo, "get one, and we will proceed." Dolph looked at the Judgo and said: "I don't want no lawyer, Jedge. Jlst you and mo will try the case." It turned out that tho prosecutor's witnesses bod defective memories, and be could not prove his case, whereupon ho tried to put Dolpb himself on tbe stand In defiance of his constitutional rights against Incriminating himself, but tho Judge said, "What's your ob ject In this?" "To prove that be gam bled," said the prosecutor. "Oh. no," said tbe Judge, "that won't do. Dolph and me can't sin nil that" Dolph was discharged for luck of evidence, but the court warned him that it wouldn't generally le safe to rely on the court to defend blm. Tlner Veraaa Lion. The Bengal tiger lins more courage than the lion so, at hnst. we nro as sured, by, a .showman, who states that the matter was tested lu this manner: "We placed a shooting cracker In the resiiectlre cages and fired the fuses. As soon as tho fuses began to burn they attracted the attention of both animals, but lu a widely different man ner. The Hon drew Into a corner and watched the proceedings wltb a dis trustful and uneasy eye. "The tiger, on the contrary, advanced to the burning fuse with a firm step and unflinching gnze. On reaching the cracker he took his paw and began to roll It over the floor, and when It ex ploded beneath his very nose be did not flinch, but continued his examina tion until perfect) satisfied. The lion betrayed grent fesr when be heard the report of tbe explosion and for quite a time could not be coaxed out of hit aen." Aslsnsia sad Birds Thai Ftarfct. You would hardly believe that moles, clumsy and almost blind, become per fect demons when tbey quarreL No one knowa what tbey quarrel almut but If they once stsrt fighting, one has to die. They will keep on In the presence of any number of specta tors, hanging ou to one another like bulldogs, and burying tbelr enormous ly strong Jaws and teeth In one anoth er's flesh. Hedgehogs, soother type of tbe quiet Inoffenslro looking animal, not only 0ght, but always to tbe death, and wben one Is kllli-fl tbe other generally devours bim. Hares, on tbe other hand, are prover bially the most timid of creatures; yet they can Oght A fight between two hares Is a ludicrous sight as tbey skip ud jump over one another. But a Mow from tbe hind b-gs of a bare la Do Joke to bis opponent Among birds, robins are tbe most pugnacious. More than one case could be quoted of two robins so frantically set on killing one another as to have allowed tbemselves to be picked up 111 tbe hands of a looker on sad there have laid wtth beak and claws deeply burted In oa anotber'a plumage, atafsrlstti the Kids. A schooUwy who waa going to a par ty was ntloned by his mother not to walk boa If It rained, and abe gave bim money for a cab. It rained heavi ly, and gfawt was the mother's ear prise when her eon arrived at bom drenched to be skin. . "Did yotj do'- take a cab a I ordered' you. Alf r "Oh. yea, not when i noe win jm yoa slwsjs mskt tne ride Inside! Thisj i time I rode on tbt box. and it waa oo I JoUyT London TeVrraph. . THE HABITS OFFISH. SALMON ARE THE FIGHTING ROMEOS , OF THE FINNY TRI3E& Codflah Can Ontdo tho Coat and Os trich Combined In Digestive Pow. ere, and the Dlneflab la the Moat Dloodthlralr Thins la Sin lure. U Is not too much to say that In somo ways the love of salmon passeth tbnt of women. To. reach tho objects of their affection tbey perform feats and undergo hardships greater than any man could do or bear, and to maintain It they fight with a courage nud fury which might make many a soldier en vious. , Tbo salmon trials begin when they first leave the sea on their long up riv er Journey to meet their sweethearts. Presently perhaps they, meet a high waterfall. Then the salmon backs away as far as possible, makes a loco motivelike rush nnd leops for the top. He actually whizzes through tbo air, bis tall moving like lightning, his scales shining like silver enamel. Per haps bo falls to reach the top by a foot, but he catches tho water, bangs sus pended for a moment and then with a, miraculous strength forces his way up and reaches the quiet water beyond. Perhaps tho next waterfall Is five feet higher, and tlie salmon leaps In rain. Then, finding the feat Impossi ble, bo actually climbs tho sides. Jumping up from ledge to ledge and resting In little pools until the rlvvr above Is reached. Then ho goes on pushing through rapids and flounder ing over shallows until tho spawning ground Is reached. In many of tho larger rivers of this continent the sal mon Is no beauty when he reaches his Journey's end. Uls scales perhaps aro I worn off, his fins torn, nnd his body Is n mass of bruises. But nevertheless he wooes bis ladylove boldly, caresses her tenderly,- fights bis rivals fiercely and wins bis bride like a soldier. But all fish are not so romantic. The codfish, for Instance, Is unsentimental and act ally ridiculous. Ho Is a grent, gray, ugly fish, nnd bis name Itself Is absurd. If there were such a thing as submarine humor, bo would figure In It as the goat does In our own comics. The codflsu has, In fact an appetite which makes tho 'goat's look pale, and when fishermen cut the fish open they assert that tbey often find such things mass of bruises. as scissors, suspender buckles, horse shoos, potato parings, oil cans, door: knobs, tnarlln spikes, corncobs and India rubber shoes. Another startling story told by fish, ermen Is that In heavy weather cod' fish eat stones to ballast them, but it Is moro likely that theso rocks aro tak en In whllo attached to sea anemones, of which tho codfish aro very fond. It may bo Inferred that codfish do not object to nibble the fingers or hands of human beings, because the wedding ring of a drowned woman was once found lu a cod's stomach, nud tho Bud cr got a big reward for Its return. Oysters and clams In the shell arc very popular with the codfish, and there aro vast henps of dead shells In tho ocean, "nested" together like strawberry boxes, which are believed to have once been In tho stomachs of codfish. Tho opetltes of theso fish aro Insatiable. They will fill their stomachs, fill their gullets and fill tbelr mouths with food and still try to get more. If pcoplf knew moro about the fish they eat It Is possible that a slice of "baked blue" blight fill many a man with shuddering horror, for the blue- fish Is perhaps tho most terrlblo and . t.i i.i.i . tt.1.., i ii m... uiuiAjiuirBi luiutt i j an uuiuii.. iuv tiger bas a sweet aud cheerful dlsposl lon compared -to the blueUsh, the shark seems a phlegmatic nnd amiable creature, aud the wolf, by comparison. Is positively mild. Tbo bluefish make menhaden their especial prey. When a school of these fish pcrcelro bluefish near, they swim away with such terri fic basto that tbo ocean foams under them, but the bluefish cannot bo dis tanced. They rush among tho help less menhaden, biting, tearing, thrash ing and even throwing tbcm Into the air. Tbey do not stop to swallow their prey, but kill purely for the love of slaughter. The sen Is reddened wltb blood and dotted wltb dead fish, but bluefish kill ou until exhaustion stops them or until the menhaden get Into such shallow water that the bluefish do not care to follow. Sometimes these helpless fish nre so blind wltb terror that they swim ashore and are piled op In windrows a foot deep. Tbe bluefish do not cat one-tenth of the fish they kill, although wben stir felted tbey are believed by some peo ple to disgorge tbelr food In order to tako In another meaL It Is estimated that during a fair season 1,000,000 bluefish are caught between New Jer sey and Monorooy and that about 909, 000,000 remain oncaugbt Thirty' or 40 fish are sometimes found In tbe stomach of one bluefish, but placing bluefish's kill at only ten per day It will be seen that during their four months' yearly stay on tbe Now Eng. land coast tbey destroy about. 1 JSOO. 000.000.000,000 fish, and that Is exclud ing the vast numbers of minute flsb eaten by little bluefish, wblcb are not Included In Ihe otimste. Carried Into avoirdupois It Is calculated that 200, 000.01 rucds of fish are eaten dally by blneflsb. Nevertheless tbey are handsome and graceful fish. Very lit tle Is known of tbelr other habits, but tbey are so nervous while In cap tivity that tbey develop corns oa tbelr noses by trying to push tbe latter through tbo (la as sides of their tonka. Los Angeles Times. The Cess need aire Seat! amenta. It was "ladles' day" at tbe yacht dub, and a crusty old member who hate a crowd and a fuss was watch ing one of tbe dub servants paint tit "welcome board." lie painted a pie tore of a yacht clubman, with a broad, happy grin dividing bis face from ear to ear. Then be put these word be neath, "This la a pretty big board, bat If w were to tell yoa bow glad we are that ladles' day baa come again w would need a board three times aa big as this one." r "Huhr grunted tbe trusty mem bet aa the man pot the last enrlyeo to the tost setter. "What make yoa ey thatr "Well air, th commodore said wo might as well tell a good on we were about It" said the while touching bhj cap, New Tork Mew. 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ALBRIGHT, BURLINGTON, N. C. Capt. Carter's Punishment for De fraudlng the Government. Washlnirton Dispatch, Sept 30. The President has approved the sentence imposed by court martial on Captain Oberlin M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and a formal order was to-day issu etl from the War Department direct ing tho execution 6f,tho sentence. -The verdict of tho court was as follows : "And the court does, therefore, sen ten do the accused, Captain Ober lin M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, to be dismiss ed from the service of the United States, to suffer a fine of five thou sand dollars, to be confined at hard labor, at such places as the proper authority may direct, for five years, and the crime, punishment,- name and place of abode of the accused to be published in the newspapers in and about tho station and the State from which the acccused came, or wliere he usually resides." Following is the formal approval of the verdict : "Tho findings of the court mar tial in the matter of the foregoing proceedings against Captain Oberlin M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, U, S. Army, aro hereby approved aa to al except the following "Charge II., specifications, 7, 8, 9 and 10, Charge III., specifica tions 3, 4, 5, G, 7, 0, 11 and 22, which are disapproved. And the eentence imposed by the court mar tial upon tho defendant Oberlin M. Carter is hereby approved. "Elihu Root, "Secretary of War." "Executive. Mansion, Washing ton, I). C, September 29, 1899. Appiovcd and confirmed. William McKixley." his place qf ( onkineme.nt. Appended to the orders as given above is the following : "By direction of tho Secretary of War, Captain Oberlin M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, ceases to be an officer of the army from this date, and the United States penitentiary, Fort Ivcavenworth, Kas. is de signated as the place for his confine ment, where he will be sent by tbe commanding General, Department of tho East, under proper guard. "By command of Major Geueral Miles. "H, C. Cobbin, Adjutant Gen eral." Charles were preferred against Captain Carter by General John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, on De cember 13th, 1897. These charges were made after the investigation by a board tf engineers of the river and harbor works at Savannah, Georgia, and other points in that district, which has been under the gaper vision of Captain Carter. The charges mainly consisted of a de claration that Carter had entered into A conspiracy with other per sons, intending to dHraud the Unit ed States. It waa alleged in the charges that Carter and certain parties had defrauded the United States of from 1 1,600,000 to $2,- 000,000. CAPT. CARTES ARRESTED. 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