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'he Ala Gleaner. VOL. XXXIII. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, L907. NO. 18 mange Tired It may be from overwork, bat the chances are Its from an In active LIVER. With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. It can be kept in healthful action by, and only by ; - JAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. C. A. HALL, Anul!S!:V AND COONSELLOK-AT-LAW, GRAHAM, N. C... Office in the Bank of Alamance Bulding. tip Stairs. J, Attorney-nl- Law, -GRAHAM, - - - - v.-'. N. C. Office Patterson Building Second Floor. , ...... WALTER E. WALKER, M.D. GRAHAM, N. C. Office over Bank of Ala' mance Up Stairs. tS-OSxce hours 8 to 10 A. M. -'Phone 80-13 . (and 197-a). i. WILL S. LOJ'G, JR. ... DENTIST . ... Graham . - - North Carolina OFFICE in SJMMONS BUILDING lOHNOBAr t I sum. W. .P. BTKTK, J, MMJ.U&BYNUM, Attorneys and Gotmsjelors at JUuw (i..d.KN8BOBO, N U. Practice regularly In the courts of Alia aUDce county. Aw. g, 94 1, JACOB A. LONCI. . .' J ELMER LONG, LONG & t': Attorneys and Oounaelora at XAw. GRAHAM, N. ROB'T C. STRTOWICK Attorney-at-Law, ';' GREENSBORO X: U. Practices in tke .. courts of Ala mance and Guilford countieB.: NORTH CAROLINA FARMERSK Need a North Carolina Farm Paper. - V -. One adapted td North Carolina climate, soils ,- and conditions, made by Tar Heels and for Tar Heels -and at the same "ttme as wide awake as any in Kentucky or Kamchatka. Such a laper is TL . r ' ' a - me regressive farmer RALEIGH. N:c. Kdited by Ciarehce H. Poe, with Dr. W. C. Barketj.Jector B. A. k M. College, and Director B. . Kilgore, of the Agricutlural Experiment Station (you. know them), as assistant editors - ($1 a year). If you are akeady taking 'be paper, w'e can make no reduc tion, but if you are not taking it YOU CAN SAVE 50C By sending your order , to ra That is to say, new. Progressive farmer subscribers we will send that paper with Thk Gleaner, oth one year for. f 1 SO, regnlar Pries 12.00. . Addrsesa ' :' ' ' , THE GLEANER, - Graham, N. C. Graham Udenrwriters Agency 8C0TT & ALDRICHTi Craham, N. C fcorr Mebake MVg Co. OVERALLS. Cgi. . GRAHAM, IT. C Apr. UH07. A scott, Agent . suthsra Ure Stock las. Co, UMin QTm. H.C. tnJT to ictmMri receipt e C tbtn tn furl navaseat r.Z!r uw poller No. tn. eormlDf n)"" r Ln Gray Irr Hone, w-fcV yon fcr th prowptneas esaJSiJ thtooinnyof mIjTZ? h" bee nrdod In ar H X Ue am.U prrmlum 1WinrifJa4 wiiboul tasurua 'Srt rrj trny. ' iTt-Mi&A.h& irro CO . H, W. Scot. orrci at lhE BASK OF ALAMAKCE A MAKER OF HISTORY By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM, Author of "The Master Mummer.- "A Prince of Sinner..- "Mysterious Mr. Sabln." -Ann. the Adventuress." Etc. Copyright. 1903. 1906. by LITTLE. BROWN, and COMPANY. "What sort of a fellow's the father?" "Very quiet. I've scarcely spoken to him. They're Americans. Friends of Lord Bun ton's lu-atlier out in New York. Ever heard of tliom?" "Yes, a few times.-' "You seem interested." "I am very." Duncombe turned suddenly white. "What do you mean?" he asked. Spencer held his cigarette between Ills fingers and looked at It thought lully. "Mr. Fielding of New York," he said, "sailed for America from Havre last Saturday. His daughter has gone to Russia with n party of friends." Duncombe sprang from his seat. His cigarette slipped from his Angers and fell unheeded upon the carpet. "Then who who are these people?" he exclaimed." Spencer shrugged his shoulders. "I thought It worth while," he said, "to come over and find out." CHAPTER XIX. , FEW minutes before 10 the following morning a mounted messenger from Ilunton House brought the following note for Duncombe: Runton House, Friday Morning. My Dear Duncombe Fielding has cried oft the shoot today.- Says he has a motor coming over for him to try trom Nor wich, and his dutiful daughter remains with him. Thought I would let you know In case you cared to come and look them up. Best I could do for you. Ever yours sincerely, RUNTON. Duncombe had breakfasted alone. Telham had asked for something to be' sent up for him, and Spencer, after a cup of coffee in his room, bad gone out Duncombe did not hesitate for a moment. lie started at once for Kunton House. A marvelous change had taken place In the weather since the previous day. The calm splendor of the early au tumn seemed to have vanished. A strong north wind was blowing, and the sky was everywhere gray and threatening. The fields of uncut corn were bent like the waves of the sea, and the yellow leaves came down from the trees In showers. Filed up masses of black clouds were driven across the sky. Scanty drops of rain kept falling in earnest of what was to come as soon as the wind should fall. Dun combe had almost to fight his way along until, through a private gate, he entered Runton park. The house lay down In the valley about a mile away. To reach It one had to cross a ridge of hill covered with furze bushes and tumbled fragments of ancient rock. Halfway up the first ascent he passed. A figure had struggled Into sight from the opposite side the fig ure of a girl. Her skirts and cloak were being blown wildly about her. She wore a flat tam-o'-shanter hat, from under the confines of which her hair was defying the restraint of hat pins and elastic. She stood there sway ing a little from the violence of the wind, slim and elegant notwithstand ing a certain intensity of gaze and bearing. Duncombe felt his heart give a quick Jump as he recognized her. Then he started up tbe bill as fast as be could go. She stood perfectly still, watching him clamber up to her side. Her face showed no sign of pleasure or annoy ance at bis coming. He felt at once that it was not he alone who bad realized the coming of tbe tragedy, Nn words of conventional greeting passed between them as be clambered breathless to her siae. xne wmu u brought no color Into her cheeks. There 7 A jr had HnwUd Into HqM from in vyyum rim. node her eyes- She tad Um appears of ona who bad coma mto touch with fearsoma UltH. "What do yon wtnt wllu nB' asked. "Why arayon oere. To b with yon," "Too kwrw why," tte taugned mirthlessly. -Better co back,- aba cUimd. 1 an ao lit eonrpaaioo foe day. I came aor w Agust of wind cams tearing up tba hillside. They awn brth. 1. -I came," . ' , was going w ' " L. happened wtuca ya ''"looked b white front of tba bowe.,ad tbara was terror In T , Something Is hPPnIuj Dirttered, nd I am afrai0- He took oer Kv i. km ua dc rwi Tx:t b- inters lay p.ir.tr l , - . - 1 1 i a "Let me be your friend," he pleaded. "Never mind what has happened or what is going to happen. You are-ln trouble. Let me share it with you." "You cannot," she answered "you nor any one else In the world. Let me go! You don't understand!" "I understand more than you think," be answered. She turned her startled eyes upon aim. "What do you mean?" she cried. "I mean that the man whom we em ployed to trace the whereabouts of Phyllis Poynton and her brother ar rived from Paris last night," he an swered. "He wanted a list of Lord Runton's house party. Can yon guess why?" "Goon!" . "Mr. Fielding of New York left Havre on Saturday" Stop!" Her voice was a staccato note of agony. Between the fingers which were pressed to her face he could see the' slow, painful flushing of her cheeks. "Why did you come to tell me this?" she asked In a low tone. "You know," he answered. "Did you guess last night that we were lmposters?" she asked. "Certainly not," he answered. "An drew was tortured with doubts about you.' He believed that you were Phyl lis Poynton!" "I am!" she whispered. "I was afraid of him all the evening, ne must have known." It seemed to Duncombe that the rocks and gorse bushes were spinning round and the ground was swaying un der his feet. The wind, which had kept them both half breathless, seemed full of mocking voices. She was an Impos tor. These were her own words. She was In danger of detection, perhaps of other things. At that very moment Spencer might have gained an entrance Into Runton House. He felt uncertain of himself, and all the time her eyes watched him jealously. "Why did you come here?" she cried. "Why do you look at me like that? It Is no concern of yours who I am. Why do you Interfere?" "Everything that concerns you con cerns me," he answered. "I don't care who you are or who you say you are. I don't even ask you for any sort of explanation. I came to warn you about Spencer. For the rest, here am I your friend whatever happens. You ore ter rified! Don't go back to the house. Give me the right to take care of you. I'll do it!" Then for the first time a really hu man expression lit up ber face. The sick fear passed away. Her features were suddenly softer. The light in ber eyes was a beautiful thing. "You are kind," she murmured, "kind er than I ever dreamed anyone could b who knew. Will you be kinder still?" "Try me!" he begged. "Then go away. Forget who I am. Forget who I am not Shut yourself up In your study for twenty-four hours and come out without any memories st all. Oh, do this for me do this!" she begged, with a sudden break la ber voice. She leaned a little toward him. A long wisp of her hair blew In bis face. A moment of madness came to him with the gust of wind which, blew her almost Into bis arms. For one eiqul it moment he held her. The violets at her bosom were crushed against bis coat Then she tore herself sway. "You are mad!" she cried. "It Is my fault! Oh, let me go!" "Never V he answered, passionately clasping at her hand. "Call yourself by what name you will, I love you. If you are in trouble, let me help. Let me go back to the bouse with you, and we will face-It together, whatever It may be. Comer She wrung ber hands, The, Joy bad all gone from ber face. "Oh, what have I doner she moan ed. "Don't you understand that I am an Impostor? The man down there Is not'my father. I-oh, let me go!" She wrenched herself free. She stood away from him, ber skirt gathered up Into berband, prepared for flight. . "If you would really do me a kind ness," abe cried, "get Mr. Spencer to stop his search for me. Tell blm to forget that such a person ever existed. And you tool 'Too must do tbe same. What I nave done I have done of my own free will I am my own mistress. I will not be Interfered with. Llstenl" gbe turned a white. Intent face to ward tbe house. Duncombe could bear nothing for tba roaring of the wind, but tba girl's face was onca mora eon Tnlsed with terror. "What was tbatr abe cried. I beard aothlug." be answered. "What aaa ona heart Tbe wind is strong enough to drown even our Tokea.'" "And those T she cried again, pour big with outstretched Anger to two rapidly aoorlrjg black specks corn's toward then along the winding road which led from the highway to Boston House. Dmacombs watched them f of o meat. They are tbe Banton shooting tonkas," ha edared. 1 expect Bon too and the rest at tnem are v- tog bsck.- - - ' "Com lug hackr sua repeawo. "'" - Bttle gasp. "Bat may wera gwa boot an dsy sad dine there. They not expected homo nu pan am- T expect the snoot as on. w eombe remarked. -Ona eouldn-l pos sibly hit aaythtng a dsy Uka this. I wonder they ever started." ' Her face was white eaouga vmucm. hot it was aeainiy mww. -r-partrf. but only a V ttlo J0" fJ from then. Ha heard the rash of ber skirts ana saw myim ward. Ee was left aJoot B tt CHAPTER XX. fak. CNTON was apparently enjoy. K, big the relaxation of having got rid of practically tbe whole of its guests for the lay. The women servants were going about their duties faithfully enough, but with a marked absence of any su perfluous energy. Mr. Harrison, tbe butler, was enjoying a quiet pipe In his room and a1 leisurely perusal of the morning paper. Mrs. Ellis, the much respected housekeeper, wss also In ber room comfortably ensconced In an easy chair and studying a new vol ume of collected menus which a friend bad sent ber from Paris. No one wss exactly neglecting their work, but ev ery one was appreciating a certain sense of peace which the emptying of the bouse from a crowd of more or less exacting. guests bad brought about In one room only things were differ ent, and neither Mrs. Ellis nor Mr. Harrison nor any of the household knew anything about that It was the principal guest chamber on tbe first floor, a large and handsomely furnish ed apartment Barely an hour ago It bad been left In spotless order by a couple of painstaking servants. Just now it had another aspect In the middle of tbe room a man lay stretched upon the floor, face down- He was down on his knee upon the floor. ward. The blood was slowly trickling from a wound In the side of tbe head down on the carpet With nearly ev ery breath he drew be groaned. Over turned chairs and tables showed that he bad taken part In no ordinary strug gle. Tbe condition of the other man also testified this. The other man was Mr. Fielding. He was down on bis knees upon tbe floor rapidly going through tbe contents of a dark mahogany box, which was sppar ently full of papers. Scattered over tbe carpet by bis side were various strange looking tools, by means of which be had forced the lock. Mr. Fielding was not all bis usual self. His face was ab solutely' colorless, snd every few mo ments his hand went up to bis shoulder blade snd a shiver went through bis whole frame. There was a faint odor of gunpowder In the room, and some where near the feet of the prostrate man lay a small shining revolver. Nevertheless, Mr. Fielding persevered In bis task. 1 Suddenly there came an Interruption, Footsteps outside in tbe corridor bad paused. There wss a sharp tapping at the door. Tbe prostrate man groaned louder than ever and half turned over, proving that be was not wholly uncon scious. Mr. Fielding closed tbe box and staggered to his feet v He stood for a moment staring wildly at tbe door. Who could It be? He bad asked, ss a special favor, that be might not be disturbed, snd Mr. Fielding knew bow to ask. favors of servants. Interruption now meant disaster, abso lute snd unqualified the end, perhaps, of a career In which be bad achieved some success. Big drops of perspira tion stood out upon his forehead, drawn there by tbe psln and this new fear. Slowly snd on tiptoe ha drew near tbe door. r ".Who Is tbatr bs asked, with won derful calmness. "It ur It Let me In," came tbe swift answer, snd Mr. Fielding drew a little breath of relief. Nevertheless ha was angry. He Opened the door and drew the girl In. "You fool!" he exclaimed. "I sent you out of tbe wsy oa purpose. Why have yon eome backr gbe opened ber llpe, but bo words came. Tbe man on the floor groaned again. Bbe swayed upon ber feet It wss stl so horrible. , "Speak, can't your he mattered be tween bis teeth. "Things have gone badly here. I'm wounded, and I'm afraid I've hurt that chap pretty badly." - "I was la tba park." she faltered, "snd I saw them. They are ail coming beckr "Coming backr "They are almost here. Sir George Doncombe told me that they could not shoot becsuse of tbe wind." "Tbe carr "Downstairs wsrMng." Hs bad forgotten bis hurt Ea caught op his hat and coat and pushed her oat of the room. He locked tba door and thrust the key Into his pocket As tbey walked down the eor ridor he lit a cigarette. A footman met them m the halL A gentleman has eaDed to sea you, air. a Mr. Bpeneer." ha aaoeaaeed. 1 have shown blm Into tbe library." Mr. Fielding sppeared tajbeattato tm a moment It la the maa who waata to seflad (he ear." he exclaimed, taming toward the girl, "but I haven't swest sees) It yet Better tefl him to watt for s ejaar te7of aa hour." be added, taraliig to- towa to tbe lodge gates and bee. Come along. Sibyl" , She followed him to the ifrssit Jeer. A maa wss seated st tbe wheel eftbe otor ear and turned hi. ,1 tbey apptoscbed. Mr. TVkllngnocV ed pleasantly, though bis face was white with axeracUtmg pat. -Kept you waiting. Tm afraid, said. -Can yoa drive at aa ta a jrtod tike this?' "Jump In, sir, and see," tbe man an swered. "Is the young lady coming?" Mr. Fielding uodded and stepped In to the front seat The girl was already In the tonneau. Tbe man slipped in bis clutch, and they glided round tbe broad, circular aweep In front of the entrance. Just as they started the wagonette drew up. - "We shan't be more than a few mln utes," Mr. Fielding cried out; waving his hand. "Sorry you've lost your day's sport" "Hold on a minute and I'll come with you," Runton called out "That car looks like going." But Mr. Fielding did not hear. Duncombe, who had returned from tbe park by tbe fields, was crossing tbe road to enter his own gates when a black speck far away on the top of tbe bill attracted his attention. He stood still gazing at It and was In stantly aware that it was approaching him at an almost Incredible speed. It gathered shape swiftly, and he watch ed It with a fascination which kept blm rooted to the spot Above- the wind he could hear tbe throbbing of Its engines. He saw It round a slight curve In the road with two wheels In the sir and a skid which seemed for a moment ss though It must mean de struction. Mud and small stones flew up around It The driver wss crouch ing forward over tbe wheel, tense and motionless. Duncombe moved to tbe side of tbe road to let It pass with a little exclamation of anger. Then It came more clearly Into sight; snd be forgot his anger ha his amaze ment The seat next tbe driver was occupied by a man leaning far back whose face wss like tbe face of tbe dead.. Behind was a solitary paasen er. She wss leaning over as though trying to speak to her companion. Her hair streamed wild In the wind, and on ber face was a look of blank and fearful terror. Duncombe half moved forward. She saw him and touched the driver's srm. His hand seemed to fly to the side of tbe car, and his right foot wss Jammed down. With grind ing of brakes snd the screaming of locked wheels tbe car was brought to a standstill within a few feet of him. He sprang esgerly forward. She was already upon her feet la tbe road. "Sir George," she said, ."your warn- Ing, as you see, was barely In time. We are adventurer and adventuress detected. I suppose you are a magis trate. Don't you think you ought to detain us r 'What can I do to help your be asked simply. She looked at him eagerly. There were mud spots sll up ber gown, even upon ber face. Her hair was wildly disordered. Bbe carried her hat In her band. "You mean itr aba cried. "You know that I dor She turned and looked up tbe road along which tbey bad coma. There was no soul In sight She looked even up at tbe long line of windows which frowned down upon them from tba back to tbe ball. Tbey, too, were empty. Bbe thrust a long envelope suddenly Into his band. Guard this for me," she whispered. "Don't let sny ona know that you have It Don't spesk of It to any one. Keep It until I can send for It" He thrust It Into his Inner pocket and buttoned bis cost "It Is quite safe," be said simply. Her eyes flashed ber gratitude upon him. For tbe first time bo ssw some thing In her face, heard It la ber tone, which made his heart beat After all she was human. "You are very good to me," aba mur mured. "Believe me, I am not quite so bad as I seem. Good by." . He turned with ber toward tba ear. and she gave a low cry- He, too, start ed. Tbe ear wss a mile away, tearing up a hill and almost out of Igbt In tbe lane behind tbey could hear tba sound of galloping horses. He caught ber by tbe wrist, dragged her through tbe'Yate and behind a great shrub oa the lawn.. "8Uy there!" bo exclaimed hoarsely. "Don't move. I will coma back." Half a dosea horsemen were com ing along the Una at steeplechase pace. Lord Bun ton, on his wonderful black horse, which no maa before had ever seen him gallop save across the softest of country, pulled up outside the gate. . "Been a motos go by, Dnneomber ha called oat Duncombe nodded. "Bather r be answered. "Fielding and Miss Fielding la IV Oobig Uka madr - . - Boston waved bis companions oa and leaned dewa to Dintcoanbe. -Beastly napleassnt thing happened, Duncombe." he said. -Fielding and his daughter have bolted. . Fielding seems to have half killed a ess soger who came down from London to sea Do Botbo and stolen sosoe papers. Fact of tba matter Is he's not Fielding at stt, and aa for tbe glrV-Lerd known who she 1st Sorry for yon, Dncoosbe. Dope yon weren't very hard bit" - Ha gathered ap hie reins. "We've sent telegrams rrerywbera," he said, "but tbe beast baa evt the tele phone, sad De Botbe blasphemes U we talk about tbe police. It's He -rode off. Dnaeessba Wi the airl wss standlag. etatchlag at the brakes of the strut) ss though prostrate with fear, but at Ma iwtnra she straightened berseif. How much had aha heard, he dared, "Dont anove," I She nodded. da say one sea soar aba ssked. Xot frees the road.'; From the honser - Tbey could." ha admitted, "but It as ia servants' dlansr hour. Don't yon aotiee hew quiet the news an." "las." She was very while. She seemed ta gad some alfflculty ta speaking. Thar was fear la her eyes. -It would not ba safe for yon to tears here at praMf." be said, lass going to take yon lata a Sttle rosea leading out of any study. Ne one ever ta It Yon win be ears mere lor a if I could stt down for n Btoa while Be took her arm and led her unre sistingly toward tbe boas Tbe ,mmm IkIiw'U elOSMd. bUt bO OPSW 4 It easily and herped ber ttotragh. At the farther end of the room was an Inner door, which he threw open. "This Is a room which no one except myself ever enters." he said. "I used to do a little minting here sometimes. Sit down, please, In that easy chair. I am going to get you n glass of wine." They heard the library door sudden ly opened. A voice, slinking with pas sion, called out his name. "Duncombe, are you here? Dun combe!" There was a dead silence. Tbey could bear him moving about tbe room. "Hiding, are you? Brute! Come out, or I'll by heavens, I'll shoot you if you don't tell me the truth. I heard her voice In the iHne. I'll swear to It" Duncombe glanced quickly toward bis companion. She lay back in tbe chair hi a dead faint CHAPTER XXI. T HE three men were sitting st a smsll round dining table, from which everything except the dessert bad been removed. Duncombe Oiled his "own glass and paased around a decanter of port Pel bam and Spencer both helped them selves almost mechanically. A cloud of restraint had hung over the little party, Duncombe raised bis glass snd half emptied Its contents. Then he set It down and leaned back In bis chair. 'Well," he saul, "I am ready for tbe Inquisition. Go on, Andrew." Feibsm Angered bis own glass ner vously. He seemed to And bis task no sssy one. 'George," be said, "we are old friends. I want you to remember It wsnt you slso to remember tbst I am In a hideous state of worry and nerves." He passed his band over bis forehead just above bis eyes, as though tbey were hurting him. "I sm not behaving to you ss a guest should to his host I admit It freely. I have lost my temper more then once during tba. last twenty-four hours. I am sor ry. Forgive me If you can, George." "Willingly, Andrew," Duncombe an swered. "I shall think no more about It" "At tbe ssme time," Pelbam contin ued, "there Is another point to bs con sidered. Have you been quite fair to me, George? Remember that Phyllis Poynton Is the one person whose exist ence reconciles me to life. You bed never even heard ber name before I sent for you. You went abroad, like tbe good fellow you are, to find ber for me. You assure me tbst you have discovered nothing. Let me put you upon your honor, George. Is this ab solutely truer , "I have discovered nothing' about Phyllis Poynton," Duncombe declared qulstly. "About Miss Fielding, tbenr ' "Phyllis Poynton snd Miss Fielding are two very different persons," Dun combs declared. "That may be so," Pelbsm said, "al though I find It hard to believe that God ever gave to two women, voices so exactly simitar. Yet If you are as sured tbst this is so why not be al together frank with mer "Wbst bsvs you to complain otr Duncombe asked. "Something has happened at Buntou House, Inewblcb Mr. Fielding snd bis daughter are concerned," Pelbam con tinued. "I have beard all manner of Strang rumors. This afternoon I dis tinctly beard tbe girl's voice In the lane outside. Sba was crying out as though In fear. A few minutes later I beard you speaking to some one In the library. Yet when I entered tbe room you would not answer me." "Supposing I grant everything that you say, Andrew," Duncombe answer ed. "Supposing, I sdmlt tbst strange things have bspiwued with regent to Mr. Fielding snd bis daughter which have resulted In their leaving Buntou House-even tbst.siie was there In tbe lane this sfternoon bow does all this concern your "llecsoae," Pelbam declared, striking tba table with bis fist "1 am not satis fied tbst tbe girl who baa been staying at Bnnton House snd calling herself Miss Fielding to not ba reality Phyllis Poynton." Duncombe lit n cigarette and passed them round. "Do yon know wbst Ihey are saying i tonight of Mr. Fielding snd bis dsogb tarr be asked quietly. . nor ' - -That tba ona Is n robber and the ether aa advantureas," DuncomN sn swered. "This much is certainly true They have both left Bunion Hons et tnomenrs notice snd without taklpg (TO SS COSJLSUUU.1 I DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. MeseT Bern brick la aasong tbe few nubile slngera who oa their married Queen Ulluokalanl baa denied that she Intends to get married again, al though she Is only sixty -eight ' St Lents boasts of girl blacksmith Minnie Iff ""- aged sixteen, who shoes bnreea aa quickly and neatly as dose ber experienced Macksanlth fa- Be. Anna H. Shaw, noted woman lector and preeldeot of the National Woman's Suffrage aaaorlatlon. Is build ing a haadsMne noma for herself at Moylaa. ra. Mrs. ColHa P. nsattegton of Kew Torn baa potrhaawd the rnrts hones of the kite Baron Hlrach tn tba Aro se Gabriel The prtco Is aakd to have 1000,000- In her ninety-alsth year Mrs. Ensa- bets r. GUlla of MDford as the eldest person In at the oldest In She baa been S teerher 1or the greater part mt her Ufa. Mrs. Roosevelt has choewu ta arty beraelf with that part of society which goes ta for spurting. She baa sedulous ly avoided the merely Mvolona. Ber name on the ne of fwtnsne of art and mnsac. She as pledged when her hsssband lea res office to aid In the es tabttsanMUt of n satfauej academy et art and of a neOoual both to b supportnd try funds. Mother Stewart, the foeatder of tbe W. C T. C, recently celebrated her Unety-fint birthday anniversary. Sba waa poetmlsU ten under General Jack Son, the Crt vtstpsb ESowa to hold a federal oflTc'e. She was' the first wo man to ask for police matrons She began the temperance crusade In Springfield, O.. In 1873, slngingand playing In the saloons. She has writ ten four books, the last one In ber ctghty-nlntb year. TRAIN AND TRACK. One of the British railroads provides chess and checker outfits for its pas sengers. The Splugcn railway In Switzerland, starting at Colre, will bare a length of fifty-two miles. The main tunnel through the Splugen will be seventeen miles hi length, and Its estimated cost la $25,000,000. The Southern Pacific railroad has thir teen new lines under construction, rep resenting an expenditure of $53,000,000. Five of the lines, comprising tbe prin cipal part of tho works, are In south ern California. Genoa and Milan are to be connected by an electric railroad eighty-five miles long, which is to cost $47,000,000. Tho high cost Is owing to tho nature of the country through which tbe lino will pass. It will require nineteen tunnels, one of which will be twelve miles long. There will be 372 bridges, snd the road will bo six years In course of construc tion. The cost of the line construction alone will be $300,000 a mile. COLLEGE AND SCHOOL Wollcsley college Is one of tbe Mas sachusetts Institutions that are protest ing against the taxation of certain col lege property. Instead of using a common towel In tho wanliro mi pupils of the Winchester school. New Haven, Conn., are provid ed with absorbent paper, thus reduc ing the danger of spreading disease to a minimum. Rcglnnln.? with tho fall of 1000 every student wlu seeks to enter the col lege of inedlcino and surgery -of tbe University of Michigan as a candidate for tlio.M; 1". degree must show a cer tificate that ho has had two years' work, to luvludu special scientific sub jects. In the literary department of some first clasi college or university. THE HOME DOCTOR, When tbe stuns are tender and bleed ing the ruouih should be rinsed with warm water, to which llaterlne has been added. Hot water : to which salt bss been sddrd Is an excellent remedy for torn sllltls. Wet a cloth with the salt watet and apply outwardly. A good complexion i iinuot lie rubbed In from tha cmtildo; It luimt be swal lowed. The lt wuy to get this la not In medicine, but in rrecn vegetable and dnndclli.n salad.. Cinders or forchyu suhstuuco-i uiny be removed fror.i the cyo by Insertlnj one or two flueed , v.-h!.h will soon almost disNolve and nozo oat Cirin jo the closed llrla, brlnln j- Hi" torturluj speck wltb them. . Cyclone. The afr to always warnu-r In freut tl a cyclone than la Its rr:ir. Tho former, too, to wot, wbllo the hitter Is dry. .A cyclone mny h.'.vj nny cilninote from 100 to S.000 nilicx The usual dl mensions are between 1.000 aiyl 2.00C miles. A cyclone, or largo circular storni. may die out In a sln;!o dny or It may last for a fortnight It usually travel! eastward st about twenty miles as hour. - . Crop Culling. France grows a greet desl of tobac co. Tbe crop averages 10,000 tons. . Rotation of crojis must be observed In tbe garden as on tbe farm. Do not grow similar vegetables In the sbro bed year after year. More than 830 acres of sweet corn will bs raised In Brattlehoro, Vernon, Nortbfleld. Chesterfield snd Bernard stno, Vt the coming season 'for n can ning factory In H rattle bora ' Schopenhauer en Masks. . For all sorts of purposes men hire often put on tbe mask of philosophy, and even of philanthropy, and I know not what besides. Women have a small er choice. As a rule, tbey avail them selves of the mask of morality, mod esty, domesticity sod humility. Then there are general masks, without any partk-ular character attaching to them, like domlnos. Tbey may be met with everywhere, and of this sort Is tbe strict rectitude, tbe courtesy, tbe sin cere sympathy, tbe smiling friendship, that people profeea. The whole of these masks, ss a rule, are merely, ss I havs said, a d Is guise for some Indostry, com merce or speculation. It Is merchants alone who la this respect cosytltute any honest class. Tbey are tVi only people who give themselves out to ba what tbey am, and therefore tbey go about without any mask at all. and consequently take a humble rank. Seasonable Farm Seeds PCow Peas, Scrgtai Luiretx, Teosmie, Late Seed Potatoes, Eackwteat, Vetches, Crimcii Clover, etc. WooeTn Croc Seeolet. riving nrieea and tonteiy anocmUon a boat Beads that can b niajited to advantage aad profit at different seasoas of tho year, mailed nee oa it inqaesv. wm for Rb - II T.W.lYCCDtlSCSw, j . BEEDSUXN, yi Jj RICHMOND, . VA' H. The Song of the Hair There are four verses. Verse 1. Ayer's Hair Vigorstdps falling hair. Verse 2. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow.' Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff. Verse 4. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the scalp healthy, and keeps it so. It is a regular hair-food; this is the real secret of its won derful success. v V ' The beat kind oittoetimenitX " Bold tor OTer lxtr tt9." J. O. Ayar Go., Low!, saksat axilla, pills. ifers CHEKRT KCTOJUL. oAAAAddddddaaaUdanddAAdaU O ,: This time of the year are signals of warning, TakeTaraxacum Com pound now. It may av9 you a spell of :fe-. ver. It will regulate your bowels, set your liver right, and cure your indigestion. A good Tonic. . An honest medicinei' araxacum MEBANE, ' N. C. Hearts Are else to Indigestion. Mnetrnlnsef every ens hundred people who bare heart trosbjs can remember when II was simple mdlgs. Sen, It Is a sdenttf to fact that all eascaaf heart disease, not erraiao, are net only traceable to, but are the direct reeult of Indi gaatloo. All food taken Into tba stomach whloh (alls of perfect dif asuon laments sad swells the stomach, pulling It Bp against the Start. This Inter! eras vim the acnoa at the heart, and tn lbs course of time thai aBoats but vital erraa becomes diseases. Mr. P. Kashas, si Hern, Oh esret I a sfcimi r.hi 4 ailil kaS Mala as I kal heart troaMa na M. I took Kasot DrUSSls Can lar skoal last SMSlia aad S eared saa. Kodot Blnnstt VVhat Yon Eat f. . and relieves the stomach of all uas isss Strain aad tbe heart sf sll pressure. wr. 11.00 She aaMliw 2H eaaas Steartat sue. arStcfc sails lot SOa. kr a. a oawrrT exx, OMtOAOa J. C. Simmons, Druggist. . 3 ia Cure . .-:- r,it you eat.' if t.-'itiS sll of the all kinds of t-1 iff and never i:nca rnn tneaitadl Dif Tbl D digcstui fiMid. I falls to c tba fund you v 1 iinMotsenslUva st4imvhscjn,Uuil ity tu use many .Sonai,d cf dy-iopU.-: -eve been ....Rfierev-ry'Maii else failed.- Is net. Jailed f . r ho stoenach. Child ren witowt-ik rttn.sy.hf thrive on it. First dose rcJlcrei. A diet unnecessary. CarM all i lorr.ach tronUM itU.Mit cus,lia ua-.Ufcc ate alaiM.Ur or Bhoeeot Bwama tot IkaretprcJfICr If:-! 2 w -"-- an- ier Oallira. raa a trw eakaaankisa aaa eSWS as wmmm at leea sfcaa aeas. t, ost ns nr. warm tobat El-ili WZ rrCl WALL PATER Fir?t C s quality, at balf usual price. I hoe of earnplea to select from, la tter hascinc at retta! r h ; - 1 work au.-OcVry. BRADS HAW. rosZaUsDU telac 0 Y! . At I A ' ' VJ Dv 3 j Us.