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tiLU8KAP'8 HOUND.
Canadian legend.
Tbey alrw a god in a valley
Thiit (area the wooded west.
They Uelil him down in their anger.
With a mountain acroaa hia breaat,
And all night through and all night long
Hia hound will take no rest.
From the low woods, black aa aorrow.
That marahal along the laka
A cry breaks out on the atillneaa
Aa if the dead would wake
The cry ol the faithful dog, who runs
No more for the running'a sake,
But follow, the aldea of the valley
And the old familiar trail.
With Ua noae to the ground and hia eye
Red lights in the cedar awale;
All night long and all night through
Till the heavy east grow, pale.
Some aay Le foreheralda tempest.
Outrunning the wind in the air.
When the willows are blowing yellow
And the aider, are wet and bare.
Be hunts, with no Joy In the hunting-.
Giving tongue to nil mad despair.
Another atick on the campflre.
For the shadows are leaning near.
And something runs in the thicket
That the aprucea bend to heart
The white stars wonder why be runs.
With his grief of a thousand year.
Theodore Roberts In Youth's Companion.
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The state station.
Alert Farmer Are Keeping; In Toaeh
With Their Local Scientist,
Farmers appear to be taking more
end more Interest in the work done by
tbelr state experiment stations. At the
appearance of new 'agricultural prob
lems, sucb as Insect pests, plant dis
eases, etc, many of them look for ad
vice and assistance to tbelr station.
Tbe stations also keep them Inform'
ed as to new Industries and Improved
methods of carrying' on tbe old. The
value which progressive agriculturists
place upon this experimental work Is
Indicated by tbe alertness with which
tbey seize upon and profitably employ
all valuable Information disseminated
from these sources.
According to Secretary Wilson, "tbe
stations are to an Increasing extent be
coming centers of Information and au
thority on the lines of work in wbicb
tbey have been engaged, with special
reference to the local requirements of
agriculture. There Is no meth
od of Informing the tiller of the soil so
valuable to him as to have practical
scientists studying the conditions of
production In his neighborhood."
In order that the people whom It con
cerned might be better acquainted
with the work done there the Nebraska
station last summer arranged a series
of excursions for farmers to the state
farm, whlcb were largely taken ad
vantage of, and many farmers no
doubt received new Impressions and
Ideas which were turned to profit In
future work. The systems of work
and study and the facilities of differ
ent stations of course vary. But tbe
following facts gleaned from an Illus
trated account In the Omaha World-
Herald of tbe Nebraska station give
some conception of tbe methods not
only of that particular Institution, but
of station work In general:
The agricultural college farm of the
state university and the experiment
station are In this case closely related.
The experiment station Is a compare
tlvelv new addition to the former,
about 40 acres of the half section of
the farm being given op to experiment
al work. There are half a dosen or
more substantial buildings of brick and
stone on the farm, including tbe dairy
school, the patho-blologlcal laboratory,
agricultural school, chemical laboratory,
animal bouse and the experiment sta
tion building, which is now In process
of completion. Besides these are the
larse frame barn, sheds for feeding,
buildings for inoculation or nogs ami
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN
CAPTAIN.
A Tle of the Bea In Which
Summary Punishment Is
Meted. Oat to Two Coward
BT CAPTAIN A. J. lEJiEALY.
Copyright, 899, by Ervin Wardman.
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It was in the Cast India museum at
Salem, Mass., that I first met my
friend the captain. Re was gaging
reminlscently at a large case of curios
whlcb he had brought from Calcutta
ever so many years ago. Fashioned In
Benares by the cunning bands of Hin
doo artificers, the exhibit was repre
sentative of the Ingenious handicraft
of those patient and Indefatigable
workers. The glass rase on whlcb bis
eyes were fixed mournfully and yearn
ingly reminded him perhaps of Salem's
maritime decadence.
In the good old times Salem's clip
pers were the proudest and fastest of
all tbe gnllniit argosies that plowed tbe
southern ocean, bravely breasting the
towering seas encountered .off the Cape
of Good Hope when running "easting"
down and making fast passages out
and home. Then It was that Salem
had a mighty rival In Boston, and the
fastest vessel picked up the choicest
freight from tbe Indian, Chinese and
Parsee merchants anxious to send by
tbe smartest ship their soft and gleam
Ing silks, their fragrant teas and aro
matic spices and all the other fantastic
products of their old und storied coun
tries to the new and rising nation of
the Occident
I don't know bow It was that I came
to be on speaking terms with my
friend the captain. There is a kind of
Freemasonry among those who fol
low or have followed that cruel and
capricious mistress, tbe sea, ' for a
livelihood that, frequently amounts to
a magnetic attraction, just as two
ships in the doldrums, without a breath
of air blowing or an Inch of current
running, gradually will approach each
other, coming nearer and nearer, until
eventually (If the calm continues) tbey
drift closo alongside each other and ei
ther collide or exchange friendly cour
tesies. Iu the same mysteriously magnetic
way the captain and I drifted together
and became good chums. He was a
striking personality. Although past
his ninetieth year, his eyes bad not lost
their fire. Above tbe average height
of man, he towered erect In spite of
his burden of days, and bis white hair,
eyebrows and beard were In striking
contrast to his mahogany complexion,
tanned by many tropical suns. He bad
Look In Your Mirror
UW eparklrn; eyas, a healthy.
uwa akin, a nmt erpreaeiea aaa a grace
lul (oral The attraction are the result
pi good Malta. If tbey are absent, t
ia Heart r slvsvs eocna disorder W til. i
tinctly feminine orsana priit. Healthy
awattraal ora-aaa mean wealth aad beaatfr
"rwasra.
IVItt'o of Cnrdul
"uses) women beautiful and healthy.
It strikes at the) toot of ail their
trouble. There ia no menstrual dis
order, ache or coin which it will not
cor. It is for the boddinr girL the
busy wife and tbe mairoa approaching
the chana-e al Hf At trrine
in woman's Ufa it briars
health, sfireneth and liaroineas. It
coats Ji.oo of marlirlne deaJera,
For advica in caaa requiring special
Tbe Cha.ttar.ooga Medicine Co., Chat
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Kigid aad cushion, daters, num.
fcererg, inks, pad, and all kind of
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experiments In hog cholera treatment, a powerful Koman nose, a short npper
-. I tin .nil a mfl-a.lvA Inwcr 1flw ftonnHnff
dogged determination and an obstinate
wllL
He was elad In the costume affected
by mariners a half century ago a blue
coat and waistcoat with brass buttons.
trousers of snowy duck, a white shirt
and well starched choker. On his
crisp thatch of glistening silver hair
ha wore an easy bat of felt.
It bad ail Irresistible fascination for
him. be said, that quaint old museum
at Salem. There be spent much of bis
time. It reminded him of bis past.
old East India skipper feels always a
lonrtn- to revisit the scenes of his
earlier triumphs.
Tbe captain lived In a delightful cot
tage outside the town, far from tbs
maddening clang or tbe trolley car
gong-a sweet, old fashioned dwelling
of red brick, with clematis, honey-
suckle and trumpet vlna shading Its
spsctoos veranda. Tbera, with an ok)
colored - tnaassrvant whom be bad
bought from a alave ship and wbo re-
fnsed to be libers ted. bs kept bach-
Many a quaint and bar
baric dish did tbe old slave cook for
us highly seasoned Indian curries and
dishes savoring of tbe Kongo, whence
be bad been stolen by Spaniards In bis
youth.
One evening over a dowi or pnocn. u
which Medford rr-tn and fragrant times
were tbe chief lnradients,.tiie captain
nbosomed himself to me. He said bs
haunted by tbe memory of
sin whlcb be bad committed and which
be was afraid might make things go
hard with him on the day of Judg-
problem to tbe farmer who came from I lie said be had repented bitter-
east of the river. Tbe oepta proper i . M vj. -rim, wbicb was done tn a
roe- Milan. Inst bow much and bow of-1 u mnrrr. and be tboogbt I
ten to plow for certain cropa,bave w I woold like lo have tbe views of anotb
learned over again, and even now tbel M to wbctber be wss Justl-
best farmers are learning new leseonsi ad m tbe drowsing af two sal tors.
SBXBASKA SCHOOL Of AORlCUL-axauL
th latter half a mile from the main
group of buildings, and the sugar beet
Uhorntorv. located at Amet. Neb. The
working staff consists of 17 professors,
cbemlsts, etc.
In tbe dairy school facilities are pro
vided for practical study of the meth
ods ef treating milk, making Doner ana
cheese and other work of the dairyman.
Analvses of soil and food products,
with their comparative value for butter I eior. haIt
or fat or bone making, are pan m me
course. Tbe patbo-blological la Dora to
rr with Its machinery for making and
handling tbe bog cholera and black leg
treatment and specimens for tne stuay
of the action of most of diseases to
which domestic animals are subject, Is
an interesting oart of the place.
Field experiments under tbe supervi
sion of the director of tbe station are
carried on with grains, ffjasees, sugar
beets and other products.
On the western plains there is a new
ners. bwsm
calm, pore
rbeoght
In these lines. On the farm wnere we
taste nance of tbe family depends npon
experiments are aanrerona ana
failures diaastrons. .Here tbe expen
nta can be madev and tbe work of
the experiment station Is to give tbe
farmer tbe benefit or tabi.
Tak alfalfa, for instance. Hardly
any farmer would have been able to
srnue the ntoo aaa exprro um
IC. ... BOTaarr to alsssonstrate tbe
tm that eertala land tnder certala
etnditloos could profitably produce tbe
lUaiit. It was done here, and tbe aseor-
tbai m gifBuar wu- --i w a-flors need te aay 1 was a ssauru-
caa safely plant and depend poa toe wta; bejt, aJUMOgB
vteome Is tavsJuable te tne wvm i ptrJcl apnnarin. I treated nry
fork raiser. I n mmA man- af than bad asva
am, ryaaes wttb use. Tbe awp , w
an earl af at tWe tisrtlenlar tbne
OATOnZA( ..Mirim I narrer eared sanen
JM ' ' - - . 1 untsr afnlL I SSWWan BW
Ton conld have knocked me down
wttb a feather wheal tbe captain tbue
gave me bin esaMeoee. This Madly
old apsrtessna with dlatlngnlabed man
nas laettocts. seaaing a
life, a as aider rl Never!
1. Perhapa he Is the victim
U old sasa samsetJaBes aaoors new.
Bat bis story was straightforward, and
t nave ae doabt e its parfsct trwa.
That hia yarn:
-Wbam I was la the East incua iw
I was MDrcrt as wen as capwn.
"Wo sailed out of this port on the
Halloween one fine morning, bound for
renting and other oriental ports. All
but two of the crew were good Amer
ican seamen, the exceptions being Pie-
tro and Demetrlo, two natives of the
Levant whom I bad been forced to
ship much against my will to fill the
place of two old nnd trusty hands who
railed to turn tip when tbe crew an
swered the roll call. They bad cashed
their advance notes and had been de
coyed from the straight and narrow
path of virtue and rectitude by the
superior attractions of grog and tobac
co, the rocks on whlcb poor sailors
spilt.
"Here, Fompey, fill our glasses and
bring us some of those Burma che
roots r Interjected the captain. Those
cheroots were precious. I never could
find out where my old friend got them.
We lighted up, and tbe old sailor con
tinued:
"These two Levanters were not pre
possessing specimens of humanity,
xou know the breed snaky vermin
that are neither useful nor ornamental
aboard a Yankee ship. Tbey bad been
shipwrecked on Mlnot's ledge, and
good Samaritans bad entertained tbem
hospitably, and the good New England
diet of pork nnd beans had filled out
their starve gutted dago sides until
they were fat and sleek as November
porkers. I kept my eye on the pah
but could find no reason for serious
complaint against tbem. They behav
ed pretty well until we reached the
line, when two young men from Bos
ton, named Sears and Crowninsbleld,
whom I was training to be sea captains
when their time should come, com
plained that tbe two Levanters had
robbed them of several shirts which
tbey bad washed and bung up to dry,
"Now, I wouldn't tolerate theft
aboard my ship. I made tbe dagoes
bring their sea dunnage on deck, and
I overhauled It. There, sure enough,
wore the shirts. The Levanters swore
that the bo' bad given tbem the shirts.
This was a lie, of course, so I had tbe
thieves seized up, and tbe bo's'n gave
them a devilish good lambasting with
a length - of ratline stuff until tbey
bowled for mercy.
"But, bless you, you can't stop a
dago from playing his low tricks, nnd
before we were out of tbe southeast
trades Scars and Crowninsbleld came
to me with nnotber complaint against
them. A couple of fine flying fish had
come aboard one night nnd wero pounc
ed upon by the foreigners Instead of
asking tbe cook to fry them for break
fast tbey tacked them on wooden pan
els, smeared them with a mixture of
oil and tnr and sold tbem to my young
sea captains (who had more dollars !
than sense, being sons of rich Bos
tonlans) for $5 eacb.
"Of course the fish, Instead of being
proof against the tropical sun, soon be
came offensive, and the boys, who had
been deluded with the Idea that they
had acquired valuable curios, came to
me crying for Justice. I forced the
swindlers to refund the money and
strung them up again. You know what
a thief Is thought of aboard sblp. He
might Just aa well be In the northeast
corner of hell, with a hurricane blow
ing from tbe southwest Ho gets seven
bells knocked out of him, and serves
blm right I
"Nothing happened In particular un
til we got well south In tbe track of
the westerly gales. I was anxious to
make a fast passage, aa tbe Alert, a
famous Boston clipper, was racing
against me. For that reason the Hal
loween was driven as bard as she
could stand. A heavy westerly gale
struck tbe ship, and my policy was to
make tbe most of It. Accordingly we
reduced her to close reefed main top
sail, whole foresail and fore topmast
staysail and let ber scud. My ship
steered like a boat, and I was per
fectly easy about ber.
"Of course If the Halloween hadn't
been an exceptionally easy steerer I
would have hove to until tbe gale abat
ed, but the wind waa too precious to
lose. She didn't yaw much, and two
helmsmeavhad little difficulty In keep
ing ber tolerably straight on her course.
The greater tbe press of canvas the
better she steered. It never occurred
to me that there was a possibility of
ber broaching to or being brought by
tbe lee. In that event dismasting
would have been Inevitable and
foundering possible In tbe mountainous
sea then running.
"It was higher than I ever before
bad seen In all my long experience. To
a landlubber perhaps tbe scene would
nave been appalling. Tbe spray from
tbe broken crests whirled along by tbe
force of the tempest drenched the ship
from stern to stem. It was almost Im
possible to face tbe furious wind In
spite of the fsct that tbe sblp waa run
ning dead before It and going a good
14 knots through tbe water. Never
bsM I beard such bowling and hissing
and rattling and roaring.
"When one of tboae enormous waves
of a dull green lab grsy curWd blgb
over fiM trrn. you would think II
could not fall lo poop tbeablp. fill tbe
der-ks mi l rlsa'i everything lo plrcce.
fJoiwbow or other thle did. not bap
pen. Juki al the moment when tbe
ship wsa menaced by a sea as lofty as
tbe mhuteniusst tbe stern would rlae
up and up, and the bow would go down
and down until tbe bowsprit was snb-
L Meanwhile aa alliatroas cir
cled around tbe ship tn thorough en
joyment of the sport of following us.
"It was a maxim ef mine in my
younger days never to hears my sblp
t until tbe artwtraas furled Its wings
and look to tbe water, and 1 wasnt
going to alter the system which I had
mapped out. Fiercer and fiercer blew
tbe gah. I never shall forget that
eanset. Itlgnt astern for a moment a
burst of rtiuiaoa btigbtness Illuminat
ed tbe dusky clouds aad showed where
the soa was staking la the leaden aaa.
Then all was black gloom.
At 6 'dork the two Levanters re
stored twa Cape Cod sal Vara at tbe
Tbey had proved themselves
smart enough hebnsmea. and It never
atrnck me that tbey were curs and
cowards. If It bad, my ship would
have been damaged, aad Be sis
weald have rested on my cotmcieare.
Ten minutes after those dagoes had
taken the wheel from a few bandred
yards astern a bags asoaataln of wa
ter arose.- On It snored majestically,
steep sa tbe side of a prwlptca, with Hs
lofty crest toppling aver aad three ten
tasto overwhelm oar stoat old ship.
One af tbea craven helmsmen tamed
hia head aoU. looking backward, saw
It roaalng. With a cry af terror he In
mate?ollowcd lihn, and, Hkefwo scar
ed cats, they scurried down the poop
ladder and mado for tbe galley.
"The wheel, deprived of guidance,
whirled madly round as if It bad an
electric motor attachment. The sec
ond mate and I ran for tbe wheel and
grasped tbe flying spokes. We nearly
bad our arms wrenched ont of their
sockets. We were too late. The ves
sel came to nearly four points, bring
ing the rea on the starboard quarter,
and.lt looked ns though she would
broach to. Tho monster wave which
frightened the dagoes smote' the sblp
Just aft the main rigging. The shock
was terrific. She trembled In every
timber. She was forced over until tbe
lee fore and main ynrdarms nearly
touched tbe water. The sea made a
clean breach over her, filling tbe main
deck from the break of tbe poop to tbe
topgallant forecastle. Two lifeboats
on the skids were dashed to splinters.
Tbe top of the galley was stove iu. A
spare topsail yard that was lashed to
the deck broke loose and floated about,
threatening death and disaster. Luck
ily tbe sheet of the fore topmast stay
sail bold, and that sail payed her bead
off, aud we were able to get her once
more before tbe wind aud steady on
ber course again.
"On deck came tbe first and third
mates. It had been their watch below.
but the hubbub quickly awoke tbem.
Tbe third mate took my place at tbe
wheel, and by giving the ship what Is
known us 'small helm' she was soon
scooting along to the eastward at her
old gall of 15 knots. I could do noth
lug until the ship llnd cleared herself
of her main deck load of water. Like
most East India men of the old school.
she had high nnd massive bulwarks,
and thus It took some time before the
deck was sufficiently clear of tbe wa
ter to permit me to go forward and
look after my crew.
"At length my opportunity came.
Forward 1 went with murder In my
heart. If tbe sea bad not already
avenged me on the craven curs wbo
had fled from the wheel and caused the
disaster to tbe ship, I determined to
take the law In my own hands and kill
them on sight I found them, bruised
and bleeding, but In full possession of
their senses, in the waist on the star
board Bide near the scuppers. I seem
ed to be Imbued with stiperburaan
strength. I grabbed one of them by
the scruff of the neck nnd the slack of
the breeches and tossed him over the
side. He seemed as light as a feather
In my relentless grip. I treated his
companion coward to a similar bath,
after which 1 began to look after the
safety of my ship. No remorse did I
then feel. It seemed to roe that I bad
exacted only timely and righteous
vengeance. Tbe remorse came later.
"By the grace of the Almighty all
the rest of my crew escaped without
serious hurt. Many of them were bad
ly bruised, bnt both watcbes managed
to crawl aft and answer to their
names. Only the two Levanters, Pie-
tro and Demetrlo, were marked down
as missing. I was the only man on
the ship who knew tbelr terrible fate,
and I never snld n word. I gloried In
my deed.
"I bad rum served out to all bands,
and we fell to and cleared awny the
wreckage. The huge spare spar that
bad got adrift played havoc with tbe
bulwarks beforo we got It secured
again. Tbe splinters of tbe smashed
boats were thrown overboard, and
some sailors went aloft on the fore
yard to cut away the few fragments
of the foresail whlcb bad blown out
of the bolt ropes when the sblp broach
ed to. Tbe carpenter set to work wltb
a number of sailors and rigged up a
huge screen of stanchions and stout
canvas r.ft tbe wheel, so that the
helmsmen might not see tbe monstrous
waves that at frequent Intervals curl
ed up under the counter and threatened
to topple over the stern and cause more
disaster.
" "Those two cursed cowards,' I cried,
nearly wrecked my One ship! They're
grilling In hell now no doubt! If any
other craven runs away from the
wheel, I'll blow the roof of his bead
oirr
"All (bat night tbe Halloween send
ded before (lie hurricane. It was too
late to heave to except at Imminent
risk of loalug our three masts, which
meant foundering. Tbe ship behaved
admirably considering tbe violence of
the tempest. In tbe sleet laden squalls
everything aloft snapped and creaked
and crackled. Every moment I ex
pected to see tbe lofty fabric of spars,
sails and rigging swept sway. But our
rigging was new. tbe spsrs stout snd
sound, and our main topsail, on which
our existence depended, wss of Ibe
best quality of canvas that money
could buy. I bad tbe clews lashed to
the msln yardarma, so that m case thf
sheets parted tbe sail abould not blow
away. If tbla bad happened, I Intend
ed to set tbe fore topaall and run ber
till tbe storm lost some Its force. Mean
while we got another foresail up from
the ssllroom, ready to bend and set
In tbe first lull that came.
"Luckily our main topmast held on
right bravely, and tbe stanch sblp flew
before the bowling blaat Into tbe
pitchy darkness ahead, rolling and la
boring bear My. It Is true, bot making
better west ber than even tbe most san
guine of os hoped for. Hut It was a
algbt of anxiety and grave peril tbat
I shall always remember. Only good
seamanship on Ibe part of all bands
saved tbe ship. If our spars and rig
sing had not been of tbe best, our
ship must have succumbed In that ter
rible hurricane.
"The pressure of tbe wind decreased
pit dsy. Forty-eight hours after we
were Dying a main topgallant sail over
tbe single reefed topaall. Finally we
made a splendid pa aaa g to Penang.
It was tbe most lucrative voyage 1
ever made. I tit It wasn't until my re
turn to Rales, some two years later.
tbat I felt the slightest compunction
for killing the two forWgners.
It came about In a enrtoos wiy.I
SALT RHEUM CURED BY
Johnston's Sarsaparilla
always made It ft practice when In Sa
lem to attend the old stone meeting
house yonder on tbe bill," continued
the skipper, pointing to a storm beaten
building In the distance, "and one Sun
day a strange clergyman from Boston
occupied the pulpit and preached" a
strong sermon ou me text, vengeance night Bhla ErssUoas are a Warming of Beaaethlng Iff ore Bert te Caen
is mine, snltu the Lord.' It electrified i The Only aaur Way la lei Her the Warning. JoLnMais teiMrarula
aa ass mwm arvweursata aaaew araurssser aaewa.
Nature, In ber efforts to correct mistakes, which mistakes have come Iron
QUART BOTTLES.
jrurr sjkkm ih thik.
me. It mado me realize tbe extent of;
my offense against heaven. Instead of ",T TT ZZZT'.ZzXr rr, wSTL .
mnwi. r,r. hrri,o .. i am ...h careless living, or It may be from ancestors, shoot out pimples, blotehesnn.
..t. . .9 a.,r va u-i.ua. b uae a
making n false entry In the log that
they had been washed overboard I
should have let the law take Its course.
I am not sure that there wns any law
that tbey bad broken, as tbey acted
under the impulse of terror, and It waa
the first hurricane In tbe south Atlantic
they ever had encountered. Anyway, I
have been much perturbed In
ever since 1 beard tbat sermon. I
feel ns though- the curse of Cain bad
blighted my being and that the venge
ance of heaven will fall on me eventu
ally. What thluk you, shipmate? .Yon
arc tbe first man to bear my story, and
It seems that, now I have unbosomed
myself to you, I feel relieved. Do you
think I shall be forgiven? I am by no
means : superstitious, but I am much
troubled on this score."
There were tears In tbe old sailor's
eyes as be ended. Evidently It waa my
business to administer consolation. I
slapped him cheerily on the back,
shook him heartily by tbe band, pour
ed him out another Jorum of punch,
and then I hailed hi in thus:
"Don't let the matter of those two
cowardly curs iron hie you for another
moment. You noted perfectly right.'
and tbe law would bare bucked you up.
An officer of a reglmeut shoots down
cowards without the slightest twinge
of conscience. It Is part of his mili
tary training. The poltroons you
speak of Imperiled the aafety of all
hands. Tbey deserved to die, but
drowning wns too good for them. Tbey
ought to have been banged. You ns
captnln were entitled to look upon
them ns mutineers and as such guilty
of a capital crime. Had you not kill
ed tbem you would have been un
worthy of tbe respect of a brother tar.
There seems to be good sound sense
in what you say, shipmate," was tbe
captain's grave reply, "but I am near
er my grave than you may be -to yours.
and nnturnlly 1 feel anxious. What
you linve snld. however, has given me
much encouragement, but but still I
always shall regret sending those da
goes to tbelr death prematurely."
New York Press.
' baps tumors, cancers, erysipelas or pulmonary diseases) are certain to follow i
you neglect to heed the warning and correct tbe mistakes. '
Many a lingering, paimui disease and many an early death has been avoidet
simply because these notes of warning have been heeded and the blood kep
pure by a right use of JOHNSTON'S SAR8APARILLA. ., v
Miss Abbie 1. Rande, of Marshall. Mich., writes:
"I waa cured of a bad humor after suffering wltb it for five years. Thi
doctors and my friends said it was salt rheum. It came out on my head, ned
and ears, and then on my whole body. I was perfectly raw with it, What i
spirit suffered during those five years, is no use telling. Nobody would believe me i:
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A uiu. a tneu every mcQucine iilui. waa suveroieea so euro iu x spent roone
enough to buy a house. I beard JOHNSTON'S 8AKSAPAEILLA highly
praised. I tried a bottle of it I began to improve right away, and when 1 hac
finished the third bottle I was completely cured. J bare never had a touch of il
since. I never rot any thing to do me the least good till I tried JOHNSTON'!;
SAB8APABILLA. 1 would heartily advise all who are snflering from bnmon
or skin disease of any kind to try it at once. I bad also a good deal of stomach
trouble, and was run down and miserable, but JOHNSTON'S 8ARSAPARILLA
made me all right" -' i . r-,:r ., , , -
The blood is your life and If you keep it pure and strong yon can positively re
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J. C 3immoni, Licensed Druggist.
BEHIND THE TIMES.
J. I. Berry, Lnganton, Pa,
wnlea, "I am willing, to tako my
oath that I was cared of pneumonia
entire? hjr tha use of One Minute
C ugh Cure after lioctots failed. It
also cared ray children of nhoopin
coagh." .Quickly relieve and r urea
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C Pimmona, the druggist
ar Ira Tear
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An Kxcltlng Experience.
A grupeuinu nauii-d Autolne Vldlnl,
at Los Angeles, tin d un experience be
will not soon forget. lie was loading
grapes luto his wagon from a freight
car and before going to work bitched
his team to the rear of the freight car
while be o.ued the door and Insjiectcd
tbe load Inside.
While he was inside a switch engine
came down the track, coupled to the
front end and started off wltb tho car,
man nnd lioi'so. Tbe man commenced
to shout, the horses did their best to
keep up with the car, and tbe wagon
went merrily bumping over tbe ties.
Tbe cries of tbe man finally reached
the ears of tbe engineer, and he stop
ped, only to find that If he bad kept on
for another .V) yards be would have
pulled the heads off tbe borses.
The teamster had a fit right there
when he saw how close be bad come to
killing his horses. However, there was
no barm done beyond a few broken
harness straps and the wounded feel
ings of tbe driver, who had to stand a
storm of objurgations from tbe engine
men. IOS Angeles Herald. j
A Storr of the Iron Oak.
The lute l.ord Salisbury was then
ald-de-camp to the duke, and be told
me tbat when tho Chartists began their
march he galloped In great anxiety to
the duke al the Horse guards and
found him rending tbe morning paper.
Ho lifted bis bead for a moment and
aald, "How far are tbey now from tbe
bridge?" (Westminster bridge.)
Lord Hallsbury replied, "One mile
and a half, sir."
Tbe great duke aald, "Tell me when
they are within one-o,uarter of a mile.'
And be became aborled in bis paper.
The Marquis of Salisbury went back
to observe. When the procession reach
ed the appointed distance, lie git I loped
back to tbe Horse guards and again
found tbe Iron Duke quietly reading.
"Welli" said the duke.
Lord Salisbury reported that tbe pro
cession wss breaking up and tbat only
small, detached bodies of Cbsrtlats
were crossing the bridge.
"Exactly what I expected." aald the
duke and returned to bis paper. "Bi
ography of Lord Playfalr."
lafemaatlsa Fee Certala Hearer.
"I have noticed," said tbe Rev. Dr.
Goodman, pausing in his discourse,
"that two or three of the brethren
bave looked at tbelr watcbes several
times iu Ibe last few minutes. For
fear tbelr timepieces may not agree I
will say tbat Hie correct time Is 11:43.
I set my watch by the regulator at the
Jeweler's last night. Tbe sermon will
be over at 12:01.- It would bave cioeed
promptly at 12 bnt for this digression.
Let us proceed to consider now what
tbe apostle meant when be says. 1
ess toward the mark.' " Chicago
Tribune.
Saved the Edition.
Sir Frederick Uorl Ouseley used to
tell a .iy about the famous Claren
don Pre, st OxforiL whlcb show
bow very easily serious blunders may
be made. It was when a new edition
of tbe Bible was coining ont. and not
till tbe final revision of tbe text, when
In another moment It would bave been
Irrevocably fixed In Immortal type, tbat
tbe prist was discovered to bave
given Ibe following "fraar" reader! of
Of I Corinthians xv. 63:
"Tbe trumpet shad sound see and
we shall be banged r
aaertr la Blood Doe. -Clean
Mead aaaan a eJaan atria. Ha
beaaty vritaont It Caaeareta, Candv Gather
ti He a yew bleed aad keirn at elaaa, by
etimag am the lazy liver and driving all nv
rtsas (roan the body, tvpgia to-day to
tea stanles. boiia. bfatchea. Uaekbeada.
sad that aarfcly btbona enanrjaexsoa by taking
Cf aret. -oeaaty for tea cent. All drng
giats, sal aaf act aaa guaranteed. 10r,2Se,SOa.
ITOIIIA.
TMtastwIeiaaft
la the Matter at lloade This Coantr
I a Daek Naaaber.
Governor Rollins of New Hampshire
In a recent address on the value of Im
proved blghwnya said that the prog
ress of tbe national life was Indicated
by the roads. Tbe progress of tbe peo
ple In arts and sciences Is Indicated by
roads. - We are becoming a little vain
glorious, we people or this century.
We believe tbat vie are up to date, but
when we come to the subject of roads
we are far behind the times.
Governor Boiling dwelt npon the
character of the highways of tbe Bo
man empire. Even today In every
part of the world where Rome bad a
foothold, be said, traces are left of the
wonderful roads. - When Borne began
to decline, road building waa stopped.
It baa only been of recent date, be
continued, that good roads began to
show themselves In England and In
Scotland. The progress and strength
of the English people bave been coin
cident wltb the building of good roads.
Tbe governor advocated a plan to open
up the rural sections of New England
by the construction of paths and lanes
leading to picturesque spots, winding
In and out of wooded districts and se
cluded places, forming a sort of Inez-
pensive park system.
The good roads movement In this
country is only of very recent date,
and the bicycle Is chiefly responsible
for tbe agitation and beginning of the
work. Tbe best roads are those about
great cities, because of tbe accumula
tion of wealth there, yet the people
who need them most are the farmers.
Tbe people In big cities think tbat they
are heavily taxed, but proportionately
tbey are lightly taxed In comparison
with the farmers.
Tbe speaker discussed tbe plan for
good roads recently put Into operation
In New Jersey, where the abutters pay
10 per cent tbe county one-third and
tbe state the remainder of tbe cost.
Tbe result, he said, Is tbst the state Is
being converted luto a network of fine
roads. The governor gave a number of
statistics wltb relation to the greater
revenue to be derived by the farmer by
hauling his merchandise over good
roads.
With regnrd to the construction of
roads Governor Rollins said tbat care
should be exercised In location and at
tention paid to conditions. In tbe next
23 years there la going to be an unprec
edented activity In road building.
Relief In Six Hoar.
Distressing Kidney snd Bladder die
relieved in six hours by the "Naw Gaaa
South Amnio' Kidsst Cuaa. This ne
remedy ia a (Teat surprise on aosonnt of 1
exoeeding promptness In relieving pain 1
the bladder, kidney, back and every part '
tne urlaair passages In male and female, i
relieve retention of water and pain in pas
Ing ttalmoat Immediately. If you want quk
relief and care this Is your remedy. Hold t
T. A. Albright, druggist, Grabjn.l.C. .
STATE AID FOR ROADS.
Why the Farmer Shaald lint, Unaid
ed. Balld Highway.
The exact ratio of value between
farm and city property la not known,
but more than one-half of tbe taxable
property In Minnesota Is In tbe cities
and village, wltlra continual tenden
cy, aa tbe atate grows older, to Increase
tbe value of city property as compared
with the value of farm property, says
A. B. Cboate. In some of tbe eastern
states tbe proportion of stste taxes
paid by tbe farmers to tbat paid by the
owners of city property is very small
Indeed.
Tbe bearing which this baa upon tbe
question of state aid Is very apparent
for If the farmers are required lo pay
taxes on their proportionately very
small amount of property to Improve
tbe long stretch of country roads,
while the city people pay only enough
taxes on their great wealth to Improve
tbe roads within the city limits. It will
be necessary that tbe road taxes levied
npon farm property shall be very much
heavier In proportion to tbe value of
that property than tbe road taxes npon
city property. Without any attempt at
accuracy, because the exact proportion
Is not known, tbe accompanying facta
show tbla Inequality. Wltb so much
money and wltb much less territory
tbe cities have a very uafalr advantage
aver country districts.
Tbe country roads never bave been.
ought not to be and never wll be Im
proved at tbe sole expense of the farm-1
Ing property. It Is absolutely Impossi
ble for tbe farmers to do It Since tbe
whole atate Is latrrested In tbe Im
provement of all the roads and since
tbe city people at Interested la and
anxious to bave tbe country roads un
proved. It would be fair to levy a tax
en all tbe property in tbe atate for tbe
Improvement of tb - roads. Tbla Is
what ta meant by atate aid. It la very
similar to tbe plan now ta operation
whereby the state contributes to tbe
expense ef country schools. Tbe state,
yon know, does not undertake to con
duct tb country district schools, but
It does aay that If aay school district
eball ma a school ef a certain charac
ter a certala Bomber of months la tbe
year tb state wlH eoartrlbute ta tbe ex-
Trie Htata Normal and Iadautris
College of N. C, -'
Offers to younjr women thororjg
Uterary, Waasica!, gsientific, and in
dustrial ducation and apeciai peo
agogical training. Annual expense
$90 to $130; for non-residents of th
State $150. Faculty of 30 menr
bera. More than 400 regular stt
dents. Has matriculated abot
1,700 students, representing ever
county in the State except on
Practice and Observation School
about 550 pupils. To secure boar
in dormitories, all free-tuition at
plications should be made befoi
August 1." j
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those desirine competent tr&ine
teachers.
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