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SUPPLEMENT TO THE RECORD, PITTSIiORO. X. C, M"RIi; J?. ivv AT THE SUMMIT. Ee started when the days were fair And all tin1 ! pei were g'ad ami green, 5A lien nil til" w.tM was tree from uirc And )0.!-.f .-!.: -d uv 1 1-every s-iiit;, !' ivdcli a gal ;!i.u hope hoi sot, Kir. tar. inc. o! noil a ho. gilt. 'And, bi'.iv iii'i .ill llu- nit- lie met Kept en tlii- -.re. with all lus might. IIi found a Mi'U-.ind . .ires lli.it he Was t'orei d to leu' a!ong tin1 way, lint Jme Miulttl or. loin joyously Ami j 1 1 x ni u. ! will: him day by dity; K'W hut-, sir i oc ii-.i ilit-m, lliat ttitMl And 111 lit' triumphs 111. i.li' linn clad, 'Anil iik'U who n il ik'inn.l iu ill sighed l .i li ivi1 cue !i blfrMiigi as he hud. iAl list, one d.iT In- rt:n bid the goal, j lcga. so .1:: Ijllt at the stirt, Unl iiiy c.inie ;i n to li.l Inn soul. N.iv. Lime 'iv.ii sorrow in In heart; Tin' p.'i.o w& high tliat lie had won Ami st'll a Mia mint plan and lair Jiut after all Ins work was done. He turned lii imd his rival there. 3. V. Iv..-rr, ;;i I .'Iiiv.-agi Keooril HoraU A MODERN CINDERELLA The Story cf .ha Prirtca Who Won Her. -m W-AMMA. mamma, what do you think." cried I l J.y.Ia Snmri. m sin; ,- rushed into ilif room Where !u rlllH'li.4 an found lw. row nip if :.:.. .silov sal, with flushed ili 1 lmir. '1 have i ..-!: i.i is i . tin1 ball to-uiur-ii;i:n in- anything m them ir. weu-ii 1 could l r:l th" owner a;:. I eh. mamma. 1 want t use them; 1 - r i I lu go!"' -Hill Stuari i'.i';;r." expostulated Mi". I da pau--t d lil ". i ' id'ssly. "how - - ' 'Why. ...i evoni'r. and 1 :i :n -'i:i bi'aif.i.'ilii.V. ii fii'in.'ilil.- in :i id I'lo li'lli . hO V. !l Iiu. .' I xvaai o;i t an i'::i;i;:ai..' t'lll't k. -I .-.(I..-U.J :: It. il.-ar. .-il.'l a opt tir two in my !1-'. Volt ktiOW. IIIHilii'l'. iiu' white tun1 would do :d Ton: is si ill tpnte pre is dress siiii. I'Vi'ii if it '.lid hero are ill" li. hols. only tiling Is lil. ii li o, darling'." wiih t'li her mother's :ll lllf ll'MSI lllllllll a til you w;ll in- iis- niip.iinifil.'' t)li. 1 luu.w I si,. ill tn hi If, and tint cf ir. Inn tii.-.i '.ii -s inn liiaMor. 1 shall fujiiy w.it' iiiim it all. mill h.Mrin-' tin niusii'. I iii.it ii'iiiiiiia" IiiisIih'ss wlili li-iniri'. tun. iiiani.'iiii. by tfi'lfiit'i si;i::r uimv idi'.is for in..' -ki'trlii-s." "Wi1 will mi' wli.ii yuiir liroihiT says, fli'iir." Mrs. Mii.ut at suoi oil. Sin- wtiitlil La v'i' l' ii loath. ind"Pil, to ili'ni'iw lii.s ii.iii;:'nirr o;' h rs .if any pli'a.sUfi' tli .i rtiiLiif i iiini' In Iut way. for in tin- rrvorsi s that had fallen mi tlic lainiiy Sinn- Mr. Sttmn's iloalh. tils wi:Vs i.-r.Tiusl ;:iii'i' llild lirMI fol' Lyil.i. Tin' ilisiiMtf had nuin on the ery rvi nf Iut rutnjii.' out, ami ovor Btnro liii'.v left tl.uiP ht'HilUful Kiiitllsb liotiii' ami i-aiiio to tiiis his. si'iHliiui:, lolii'ly Aini-. it an riiy. l.yda had worUi'd Steadily at iliiiflraiir.u'. . Now was m.-ik.i:',- siti-i-oss iir l!. flint tli'iv v.as ai.-o Ifu i ntl i tiif to lu' liiiU' a ilciiia'.id tor hi-.- ilaluiy wati'f color wovU. When You 'vine hoi'.'.c I.yiln iinnii'di ati'ly iiin i'il i'..oii han Mini ri'lmoil h.'i' wimdi'i'i'ii! i.i-As. Hi- nv.iliiy aprci'd to take In r. tun hi' uaria il h.-r Hint thi'.v voiilil not ir- l.koly to ui"i'i any of thi'ir I'i'W ai-ii;:ilntflii''t's. mnl ih.it, tlii'ivfoiv. s!iP would ii.-ivi- to in u;-istii-d to ilaii. o witli liiiii or be siuiply a HiiiV'talor at l.iT li." ball. Tin? iK'st i. i y liii'.v papi'r for fnii.e ith-ii; a ii lied II.'1 in;-, of tin- tli keljt. tii' t foil jn.tr ilh'i! but none :iii'M:i'.l. In using thi ui. That tiili! I.y lit w.-n ail rxfiti-nicni. Tho wliiti' u")W n i.a I ! . fiiircil very lil tlt aIli'r.H!oii. .::.i! r. Mr.. Smart nlt ihf finisl. ;oi:i ::r to hi'f tin il? 1 1 ' f' toih'i -i.i' i'''.i vr"" pariloii.-ii'li' iii'iiinT ly I n-i. ! -- n "li.o tsk"d. I'liniii. '.'.ill l.'M' , i'i r."-i no. Toiu." I.yda t:ii bull' .- 1 1 i ii -.r T.:;:i iv'u.-::.i'. "Hy .Tuvo!" lie i-iai'ii-1 tit 1 :i i o irax-ii .:t llio l'i' t Uf.' f mftl in i!n il....rua.v. Sln latilntl happily, taking iiu:'. i n; tlnsr.r in It's astir.. i.slirit n ii in ,;'i'n. "I know vni wiM'e uooil lot kin'.;. l.yd.i. but Voii'io tptili" too MiliumiM to iiibi: isn't mother?' "Slip tlor-i look ini'itr, but wi ninst not turn thi I .fish; lb tie li'ad witii too tuu. it llatitry. tbMiietnbfr it In mly for one uipht." Mfi. Stuart ai; kwitiI. n Utile sadly. Tom w it-hed that hi- own hcnil were trifle i-iifidler. Ii hail been aehini: nuint f.-nrfiilly ail day. but he would nut say it wold to mar l.ydu's pleasure r to -:tiio hi tnnihci' any anxiety. lie felt rewarded for the -ffirr he bad niH.ile w iien lie .nv l ow uiiirh I.yda eiiioy-it ber novel experieiU'i-. nud in li.-ti nil! ; tn Iut briifht com ment uti tin- piitlerinj; pminrntnu. Tom frar. tl that daneluij luU'lir tax Ills jiowefs of I'Miiiuauip too far, and wns uoudcvini; what exeuise to make tn I . v il l . win il a hearty voh-t; es rlaimetl: "Why. if Ir isn't Tom Stu art!" And a friend f,.T their list ho lain! sin ok ii.m vigorously by the hard. I.yd.t w.w soon ..-IMiiit; aroum! wish this friend t.r iier .hlidhood. She naively ep!ii'ii,l to Mm how th.y liai'l'i'in il lo i i- a; rhe ball, so he t-mi; jrreat pains m mii .'oii'i.-i' hU fi'ii silid iii'i.i' liiat .-in' iliil not kii k ids. part iter-. , li'lllsik d :.' to prep." re f iipy. - h.e . ie iiieil'y VeT,: --..it.'.', w;-.-, she 'i'!ei"-'"i fr. 1 1 extiei't' 1 I" li .l T. ':' i lo.lii fOOIll .1! 1 iii w.'iii.u:; I'm- 1 e-. but tie w.i-. tiuwhei' 6ht sio.nl ra her if i be seen, and itsiv wa;. iiif for him. As she ;r.)ceil val her anxiously :tbn.: for lief aher site happened to 't; cotinb'f t!i.' s.iSi' t.r a man who stra- i near I!" wa ; ili.-i iiuuisheil !-n.l: teg, atu! l.jd.i had uotieeil him sevefal tinier (luriiu Uie I'Veuin. seefelly -ihiUi Oiat alio iuU;ut have mot b'm. As she looked tip he seemed to realize ! thai he had been staring nt her. for he started a Utile and turned away. I.yda i!id not kiow what to do. Wiie.-e lo'.ild Tom Ie.' If only one of the iiii-n -he had met would pass lliat way. !Ir trepidation iin leased. No tieinir tiii'. the man, who was still eov dlly Wat. iiin:.' her, approaelie.1. "I "an 1 be of any assistanee to you':" he asked euiuieoiisly; perhaps 1 eoiihl lind the person you were looking lor'.'' "It is my brother." I.yda half gasped, raising a pair of very frightened blue eyes. Meeting his kindly, encouraging look, she lim i ittl on. "I thought he would be here, and eannot iiinlei'staiid what keeps him Ah, there he is! Th.'ilik you no niileh.'' as Tom huiTiid to her, looking very white. "Why, Turn, what Is the mutter'-" she questioned auviously. Holing his pallor. Hugh Thurston plopped aside, wish ing devoutly thai "Tom" had not ap peared ittite so soon. Of eouix-. he was glad lliat the ister' anxiety was relieved, but lie very mueh warned to know who she was. "Why, I had a sort of giddy, faint sell, little girl," Tom explained hastily. "My head has bothered me till flay. Awfully sorry hope you have mil U-en frightened." "1 was rather, but it's no mutter. 1 am so sorry y-ott are ill; why didn't you say so. nod wo toiild have gone home sooner' This gentleman" nod ding towards Thurston -'had just of fered in go iu searelt of you." Tom turned to Thtirsion and thanked hint briefly, explaining his own delay. I.jila bowed a slight a. kiiowledgmeht as they passed, bill soiuetiiing lu his eyes as il.ry met hers made her lean give a s'.iililtii hound and broi.goi a deeper flush to her i beeks. "Who nil earth eanshe be'.-" Thurston wondered. Kvhleiiily they lit I not eoine iu a eai riage, for she wore a hat. and a dark ulster hid nor ball gown. ar.d lie Unew from her aeeent that she was Ku-lish. Looking down. In saw n little gold pin lying in I'm1 ' oriier w In-'''.' she had sloiid while waiting for In r brother. I'ifkiug it up. he hurried downstairs and sear.'hetl the ciin-i.!.n' f. r Lor. oui she was now bores to be s i II. Thurston siffiid io take the pin to tin- desk, but he il.aii-ed Ins mind and liieked ii away iu his eard ease. Then lie went ha. lo liie l alli'iioiu and tried U) lind nllt who she was. Hut no one seelia d to ret ..-.'uize his ileseripiiou. In siieli a crowd, in fact, there were many wlai miglu liuve ausweie I to it, so Thnrsti u was forced to leave with nut oi.iauiiug any clew to her identity. lb- marveled at the ilepih of the im pression tlint tins gins tace una mane upon him. His wealth and Kimd looks won him so tnti. h favor among women that be bad eoiue to regard lUeui with jjroat Indiftereil.'e. lie inserted nu iidvertiseinenc con cernitig tlm pin, but no an.-wcr ever runic, and be strove to forget the owner, but many times lie blue eyes seemed io look nt him thr.ugli the smoke rings, or come unhidden be tween him and u printed page. The day after the ball, poor Tm.t was in a raging fever, and the weeks which followed wore anxious tines in deed ill the Stuart" Utile home, fuf Tool had a bad case of typhoid. Their small savings dwindled rapid ly, and I.yda wi iki tl incessant ly to re new resources. Mrs. Stuart became so worn by her vied at the siek bo.v'n side, lliat the doctor feared that tdf, too, would be allai ketl by this disease. l.yd.i. worrying about her mother, grieving because the ilnor-iit liiat .-;ij bad aggravated Tom's illness by tak ing him to tho ball, and working even harder than usual, hud grow a wiiii miiH pale, and there wre heavy circles under lin1 nice eyes. Hue afternoon, as she was doggedly putting the Ibif-liing lonclies to some dinner eiitil that were lo Ik culled for that day. ti.e u !l rung. "Come in." ! .Vila cnilcd softly, ihinkins; it w tin- doctor. "io right in, doctor," li e added, without turning her hc-ul. She mis uot willing that he should M'i the traces of tears that would brim over occasionally and Im pede U'T progress. -T beg pariiuii. bit: my sister sent tue for the cards." mid u voice that was certainly r.ot the doctor's. She rose tpil. kly. "Oh. pnrdoti me,' he exclaimed, then sfnppeii short ss she recognlnml lirv 'bull man." its she had metilslly termed him. Hugh Thurston started eagerly for ward. "You!" he cried, vfi.lt glml ring in his voice, "you!- I have so often tried to find you s'u -e the ball. Hut. child.'' taking her bund lently in hi h. saw tier psle cheek- mid tired eyes, what have liiey done to yoitV" The cheek became so crimson and the eyes so wide with astonishment lhat he t amo sudden! lo himself an 1 dropped her hand. "Of cini:-.-". you don't understand." !if i";plalne.i ra'lier lamely. You've prob nbly never given it:-- a thought." The blue eyes were sudd -nly veib-d. 'You didn'l leave any slipper behind thnf I might ktii.w o; i ti. -t iniiini your oo af.er yon bid go!!-, and 1 w.i.iiei! to lind ti e ov.-fe'.-." He bad pull, d out h.s iai-d ..i-ie wiiile he v. a - sc.-aki.ig ai'd linw he hat'-.b'd tile pin - a lover's knur v, a ili.-ni"..f..i cent re to her. "Il'ii n i not tt.iue." she said, lo.il.iir; l!j nsii a ib inure )!.;!. suiib1. ' I if; it;" he it.ele.l siirpri-i-'i.r. "!t ! .-n't matter, i hough' ---.-.o e".'. ha' ir- f.n; i.v "for I've done belter ;r I l!,e 'own-.-:-' I've foan.l p. vi. '--." and as tie ir ey.-.- t '' pi . 'i e-s kliev." tt'.ar 1 lie p: If e come.- Xew York News,. t.i ::i hi ' had of ,t man Not. aid l trust hi'ii- -,n't blai.ie him for being sits- : oihci.s.-ruiiadeipuia i;cc- pioiniis of -t The Ailing ( all. ' "When calves are first fed on butter milk tiny are apt lo suffer from indi gestion; tlie same effort follows ,-it times the feeding of meal unless it i thoroughly Weil boiled. When a young calf is found to be ailing after Mn h a change of let d il Is we'd to give a moderate purgative as a u'llespeunful of castor oil. or twi.e as mueh of lin seed oil. Any grain food givcti to a young calf should be thoroughly boiled ami given as gruel, with a linie suit, and but I ei milk tdiou'.d be given spar ing1)' at liis'. I'liiQlliiB flio Crops There are customs which f.'" rigidly n. lie 'fed tu in the sowing or planting of the staple crops, rlover Is usually sown on I in- wl. ai laud iu the spring, the seed being seailcred over the ground when It Is covered with snow iu order to facilitate the work, one tir the rigid rules is lo sow a certain U.itit!ly nf the seed tas little as tis bible if I lie seel is leghi. and should the stand lie light tile rau-e is ascribed to every; lung bill tin- M i d The I net is that seed should Ie um.1 more lib erally, as mueh of i: is destroy. cd in various ways before germination, the saving In seid tail ing a lo-s of clover. Another point is to harrow the wheat, feed down the clover ami th.ti use il roller ill the hind. The belter Ihe preparation for clover 'lie more seeds will germinate and lhe mice pi rfect the "i.aich." Ilreping 1'ohIh Warm. Vr.Tls can hardly be ln'pl loo wiiitn in wiiiier. especially ai night when tioi exerci.-iiig. If tile Ilea i from l Init io. I.. -s can be kepi oonhaed flbotll Iheni Hay will ho er.v ciinn'oi'ta id,, indeed. 'I'ii aid in sc. ii.-ing ibis condii ion of nroTCi'THP imosrs. things tin' plan i 1 1 n in the cut can often, be u-. il. riace a board at the celling in front of the roosts and have the plaiioiiii In low the roosts come nut as far from the real wall as is this board. SI retch a wife lu from of the board, close to it. mnl hung a curtain of burlap upon the wire. A string and a screw -eye tan be at ranged so that the turiaiu can be drawn from the hallway after ihe fowls are in roost. They will keep vi ry warw iu Midi an ill. lo.-ed space. - Orange .ludd 1'aruier. Apple Culture. TVhen we'd managiil tho tipple or ii i:d is lite most p.'iiliiiihlc pan of al most any faru. but we nmsi dm lor Ihe trees and soil and nurse both Into good condition from the start. Old neglect ed orchards can be repaired and lmule proi. Utile, but it is always t titicr to start a new orchard and begin at the fouiiihil ieii. l'l b i s fur tipple will neve'.' lie so low that a good prolil can not be made in raising line fruits, writes riisw'nrth Madison in American I'liltivatnr. Th market demand has steadily Increased raster than the sup ply uf fruits. In the average orchard half the fruit show s signs of semi star vation, ami it is ai once apparent that there is something wrong. Either the fruit must be thii.ued out or the trees tuns! Iu fid more. The latter is the better plan in young orchards, for the tree? as well us the frtlils will then do better. Many do not seem io realize that :. big crop of apples from an acre of land practically means the removal fi'nni the nil of an imiiiciiso autumn ni' plant ft el. It ba- been t-slimal. il licit each tr.iji of ap pi. s and the Icivo-taki-s I ii i in the soil of an acre of or- (.hard i.ind ii"ir fond. A good d Mm wo: ill nf plant of th,s coim s from of it is rout! lied in leave.-, bill iu .spile s Iff melldiills. Now tile dir. and Mi'ii.- . I he si,:, p . uf l o: ! ia: f'f this tiie drain is "what are we .elll to :io lo restore that fiTlilhy '.' We iiiiist ii iiu i.iht'r that nature keeps up the fertility of her forVsts by adding to '.he soil year nfier year the b'avt s ai d crops of fruit, w hich, with the exception of the small amounts de voured by birds and animals, goes hack to the laud, nlid keeps up the feililily. If we are going to harvest big crops of good apples We inn-t feed the soil, and ft rd ii sysieuiatii ally, mid then mne vi ry effort to nnd.e the plant fou l im median ly aviill iUe. Hy frei)Ueut and itiielligi-iii linage we siir up the soil so thai the drainage is better, the ilccotii-pn-iiioit progr-ssos fus'.er, mid food generally is i hanged mci-hanii ally and chemii ally -o as ;o be taken up nt otice by th tree-. We must plant crops in tl rciia d and Mini them under. Wo must nd. I fertilizers and barnyard ma lie.. vs pi make tho 1 1 cos no!, and '.imi l i..;i- :,i i.rot.ih. We in,'..-i liil iiiul i n! tiV.M iliiiil lhe l:it:d i.. Iirotighi into I'C.'i "t l la-. !.. ureal cmiilitiou. Aople i.i-ciia .'.l . for tin- nit s! part iniist be fed iiiul tilled .ir.-. as tir.i. li as a lit 1.1 of grain or i c -i. We have pa--i il the laid whin (ho orchard i-ottM h" if. loci 't!. Tiie I. in. I has been g;iu;. p.n r r every jt-ar and we m.i-i i.o s:il:eil.i!:g lu i ll.'ili tile downward li 11 liclii y. I,rarllfi-1 KurinliiK. N' fara -i can progress unless he is w.i;i"g io ii'ily and learn. In all m c;;p.i:i ifs liie.iry is a mighty factor, for iMii'.".ii...n i -i consider, d e-sctn ial in site res. . Ti- I'aiiuer uf to-ilay wiio main tains tii.tr o,,,y p-i?..n iejil farming is worthy i f his consideration, ar.'l who lieiiev . s ;l':it his soils can learn all that ii ucci.'Ssji'y aVout faruiiu-,- ou tuo l" Vt.-" r.- . .-.-i zYvrsAVWp farm Itself, daily witnesses tho Fons ol those outsjiilc cf farming I'i i viiiy knowledge at institutes, lu wlii. h in-strut-lions tu mechanics uro imparted. The best engineers, machinists and wtiotl-woikers endeavor to enter tlieii .sons in .schools or college, i'i which l hey can be taught all that is possible I rom a theoretical s'lindlioiiii. Tin farmer hi;.- kepi himself bark by his opposition to iheon liciil farming, tin "book farmer" being, to hi'-i. one ut teriy desi Mine of knowing iinylliiiig except to expend I. is money foolishly iu the effort lo a.-i omplish an impossi bility. The farmer, however, is a closi observer of opera lions, for. while lie will not lifetime a pioneer and (Ives no encouragement to those working outside of practical lines, he ipiiekly secures the bctielits derived through the efforts of Ihe experiini titer. Of course, all farmers, are not alike, for some of them are progressive; but many prefer to wait for developments, and w lieu they become reiivim ed that a change in the nu thuds nf r.-irmlnc is necessary, will accept the inevitable ami t'iiilc-1 vor 1" improve. Tin' class known us "readers" lias made many siu-rltiees iu the effort to improve the brit'ils nf live stock, the greatest ob stacle to progress being Ihe indiffer ence of farmers. Hill the breeders weiu on with their work, every year witnessing nu advance in the improve ment of horses, cm lie. sheep and swine. Ut'fords were made and live stock went up in prices, and uhere before an an! nial was sold ni only a nominal sum, prices rose . u to a hundred fold. WI ile the fanners were oblivious lo Ihe work if ihe breeders, lhe kilter class was making rapid hcadwav. To-day hun dreds nf farmer. are breeders, and their farms are operated mi the most scic initio inetlimls known. The result t.f the cninbinaii f prat lit o and theory h is increased tin value of live sio. k in ihe I'nitcil Stales to thousands where formerly ihe figures were given in hundreds, and the increase in the yield of imp. has also been very marked. What is moi e inipoi l.inl, however, is thai tin' I'fil i 1 i i y of the farms is now much greater than be fore "Abandoned" larms are fewer, wurnoin" soils are biotigl.t again mult r i iilii'.iiii'.ii. a larger and more selected variety of fruits lias In en iit iiodiiied. and the general condition of lhe farmer has been gi rally Improved. Much if ihe advance imnle by the farming class is due to the heretofore despised iheoreiical fanner, who has always b d the way. even if years were l'fiiuire 1 after h.s decease to demon sirate that lie was rigid. I hough dur ing his i hue unsuccessful nud unfortunate.-- riiiladclphia ltecord. Kej In I'rollH In PnttltrT. I The vigor nf fa fin poultry must bo kept up iu inlet- io have prolilable I stuck, as weak inbred slock floes not j ihiivc or lay well. There is a mistake made in calling for extremely heavy Weights In :l hived. Select birds tibotif (he statidard weight for the chosen bleed, nnd gd them ihick-llcshed and solid. Avoid a kliock-kticeil or crooked b.icke.l bird, nnd i low onili i pre ferable in dressed birds. The active. Ion lieu is Hit' layer. Select eggs frinu your Inst layers for hatching and use pure breeds by all means, as they dress inure uniformly and .give Ihe besi all roll ml satisfaction. A good poultry holts lias the follow ing iiualiiieaiions - wai'intli. dryness. bi"ghliiess and cloauliiies-t. Have tl four-inch dcitd air space, la i hod ami jihlsleled. I.nt too lilllch gl:l-s, low ceilings and all furniture movable, I'eruiiiiicut lint ii res are often lie har bors. A good house could be niadf? cheap by two by four studding, lathed inside, ceiled nUI-ii1o of studs Willi cheap Itmilii r; tar paper mi two rr thrc thickue .-d' tiiid side walls shingled; put paper nil sheelilig under .-hingl-'s. Hive lillle feed, and fv tlli'lll (like lots of i xei'tUe. A very ligin mash of clover t h.aff. bran and i at- ground line, inix-d stiff, i-i ii-e.! in lie morning, as i. readily is as iiiiil.il. d by the fowl. I io not f. . d more than a iiuari to a dov.cn hens. Teed all grain in litter. and for uuoii g.ve eg bibb's and meat in some form, f.uil odds and ends of butchering rather lhaii feed to flogs. Keen tlli'lll W'-ll supplied Willi g'.'il i.ml ! clean waier. The secret nf winter eggs h comfort able roosting iti;il li is, l.ieal and exer cise. Young hens lay better than c-ld ones, and sunie strains excel in egg pro duction. Hatch i hickotis as early as pos sible. The early oucn i Hell the worm for either egg basket or market. lVm't feed chicks till from twenty four to thirty-six limns old. Then give them stale bread, soaked in sweet milk and sipn . zed. The best feed wo have ever used is mi'.'-: bird curuincal. two thirds brut', inlxiit stiff in milk, either skim or w bole. Sour milk will not hurt af ter liny are a week or leu days old. Don't let food stand. They will relish nuisbe.l piitatoes. or.l meal, dry of cooked, ."or a change, ami meat it. some form. If they can't gt t reeu jrra-s give them other vegetable food. Kec,, t hem busy and crowing. The whole "eiei if silei essfcl poultry rais ing is iu the lirsi s weeks coo. I v'gor oils -ro ii,.. 'i'i,,. iiiark.'i lei-idi'i-i ai feti'i'tu if b. st prices are to be ob tained. Hoii'i allow it'll'., hi..' wiili laving hells, as few people t b li tli" id.-ti of Inning eggs with chickens Iti I tin. sdicP.- Ha.e eggs cb-an ar.-l so: Id j for i..' and clor. in every ..;vn :ir 1 j eiiy ;i person who i all guarajjtee i gs I're-li and swcci can t oinr.ii'.li.l a pre ! i , io i,i frui. i ciisit.ii'.ci .-. The cil ie ; an 1 tourist trade w ould be more pro-o.iM . ii i lie propel' ipialil y was product d. It is astonishing to so. the bhn U -kiimet thai is off. veil fur sa! The lhc'.li-h ni.'irki Sin i-.iil.iHIH wui'Ul of life- very , car Myron A. Oi it! iiu t lllllVl'1,1! A M..-s,,arl farmer who hough! d in M"iiu has raised soiiii; tlaiki oil coin tcv t'litccu tct hiu. Chapters ol STRANCE STORIES GATHERED FROM MANYWHSRES. triNDMILI. ON A I.O0.1MOT1VE. 'A novel way lo get electricity fol' lighting a railway train is described by fussier' Magazine. The favorite nieihod nowaday is to provide each car with a small dynamo, which Is driven by the axle. The current is tirst led to a -storage battery composed of only nu ooils, o as lo have a sup ply of clectriciiy when the traiu is standing still. A b'ss satisfactory plan is to pin iho dynamo on the locomotive ami drive it with sieani from the boiler. The si holm which fiisslet 's reports Is a variation of Ibis Litter one. It includes a ilyiiauio that is located on the engine, perhaps under liie pilot, but the power for ii is derived from a rotary fan or windmill immediately above, under the headlight. As the ltieoiliolive travels at lhe rale of twen ty, lliiriy or even forty miles an hour, a breeito of i iirrespondilig cloeiiy is developed. The current is conveyed to small ticcuiiiuliiois under each car of the train. It may be assumed that when these are fully charged the cur rent Is aiitoiniilically cut off. Tests are said to have boon made wiih an -mult of ibis kind, and the results are said also to have been encouraging, contrary lo what one inighl be led lo expect. TttR sjiALT.rar house is the woiti.n. What Is said to lie the smallest horse In the world has Just been brought to Tampion. Mexico, by Tabialo L'spn silo and sold lo A. ,1. Morrison, of Los Angeles, fal., for a large price. This Tuui Thumb of c'lUlnes, which is ap- -MAI.LKST propriatrly iiaitieifLillipuliau." stands Just high enough lo reaeli to his own er's knees, ami weighs only sevcuty three pounds, though fat ami plump. The Jiony is seven years old unit Is twenty-two and one-half Inches -live mnl :i half Intuits- tall. Lilliputian bus a history that Is al most as remarkable as his diminutive size. The Mexican who disposed of lit 1 1 cln tins he stole the animal, and. us he imineillillely disappeared there seems to be no reason for doubting the assertion. The wily seuor, it ap pears, goi Lilliputian from an island olT the coast of South America, no- twoeii fiuateniala and Satuou. The na tives there worship pretty lillle horses ami keep them cuiisl intly guarded on a high cliff. Kxposito look Ibis and another dwarf- the two smallest he i-oc.ltl lind and nude away wiih them by lowering llietu from the cliff ivitu a mp". lie was hotly pursued. P.cfore r.-:ieliiii g Mexico the other horse, less lialilv L3i.ni lhat hero pi. lured, died. "iiSiin'tn Sioini- of cob i,i:cti;:oitv. I rain and snow v. Ir. ;: have oci tn.e.l in foreign lands from iime io time should give li.-.' to Iir b- s wonder than a storm a. men id in ilio I'liiled St.t.'s n il long and iflii uf ".-.toiia hich may 'il li railed i ici-tric light." tat John 1'. fiiiloy. Niptn tales K.'gidiir Infant ry. a ,st. well known in this i oitn i vvbness nf tin- phenomenon, fri.i ,1 nu icon try. w.i u hi. li i un use nciiiii'i'it while ho was making . m i f I'ike's Peak, f olor.ulo. bill! the storm seemed like ll r of "coltt htv." This curious T.i Ptlie.v tppearauco wn-s due to the fact tbat i . . f Life's Oddities. every flake was charged with electric ity to such an extent, indeed, that when It en mi! In ruin act with the hair of the inultj on which the lieutenant was riding, it discharged electric sparkis Willi slight detonations. When the storm increased In fury nnd the fluke- cauio down thicker ami faster, eitoh Hake emitting a spark of electric light, the sight was truly mag-liitb-ent. After I lie Hakes reached the ground or other lesting place the elec tric display ceased, until the snow was again pill iu motion, when the dis charges were repeated. by shaking his tinger tips, hoard or nose or ears the lieutenant was nblo to produce a shower of eleetrle sparks, wlillo n wave of his arm produced an f-n'ocl like the sweep of ti tiaming svvorj blade through the air. every flake of snow touched giving out its liltle spark; nf light and the coiisi'ipn ni slifc'ht ex plosion. srrns on irs winds. One of the most renin rkn bio curiosi ties in the world, probably, iu tho bird line, is the kamiclil. ihe wing of which is alined with spurs. This edit creature is found in Hrazil. tliiina and Colombia, and inhabits Ihe deepest foresis along the water courses. This large black bird is very remark, able for the strength of Its voice, which has powerful and peculiar guttural notes. It bears on eiieh wing two powerful spurs, and on its head a point ed horn, three or four inches long. The two spurs on each wing tiro dl lected forward when the wing 1 folded. 'these spurs are the outgrowth of I III? metacarpal bone, ami arise from Hie anterior pan of the two extremities of this bone. The upper spur is larger and is triangular, til-nut two bielici long and slightly curved at the end. A par IV of explorers and iiiitiiraltsbt captured one recently, which is now in ihe London Zoolorionl (iardeti. II Is very mine ill Ii.- deiiiciiiior toward hu man beings, but puis Itself on the de fensive iis soon as 11 sees a dog. It knows hnvv to make such good use of, ils spurs that II can pill Ihe enemy tt llighl by a single .stroke, llesblos theso weapons mi its wings the kamiclil lntl a very sirong beak and hard am' '. uistnnt claws. ANlIEK CTIIKS EF.ArNESS-. Here is a novel cure for deafno--. According to several I Hitch papers a deaf woman, who resides at Kroui monie. had ii ijunrrel a few weeks ago wiih some of her neighbors, ami us U result got into a violent passion. OK IIOKSKS. As she Is seventy years old hoe friends feared that tills sudden nnd terrible outburst of linger would In jure her. but instead it oouiplt'loljr, cured her of her deafness. what is IT? This is not :i puzzle pi dure nor st strange monster, but the model for K bonnet intended for wear in an auto mobile, as pictured by l.Tlluslr.itiou. J Mi- wiipaiit'r 1-'1 (it. A f hi.'iigo nioivliam tell the Tribune of that city that he Uses vavioi s inelU uds of adv el! ising, but 'it. thin,' elsu until his newspaper space ha-, becu com raci.cd for. "No oilier medium brings such immediate or sti.-h largo returns. Considering the rosulls, it i by uli odds the clicapcaL.". ...wjjj .I..
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 23, 1903, edition 1
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