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' , : I - How eon you loam (ham to bur. - ATTORNEY AT LAW ' .runtrnsted to him- - 11 ; . Burgeon Dent!nt, th eo Greensboro. lee 8 tf - 03A JACOB A. LONG-, Waiter Ragland, M.'D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, GRAHAM, ' -- ( Jnnr'28 88; DON T BUY, . 811 or f xchanse nv kind of new or econd tinnd Marhlnerv, Bnitale, c, Iwfore ! tlnln1l'ricen from W. E. Biinfiw, Miinager, Jrnbri, N C. I.r)f lino f -Kgino, Bollcra, Mill. Slmfihnr W jotl-worklmt M ohineiT. 'lireslicrii. CottoMJin; Prese Liglit iycomWlve, Pole Iiyad Uvcouiotlveii, Ilollcr-fredcm. Lubrlcatiire. " Tobicca Ma- (hiiierr. Oil. almost tnrlliln!nrim want at w1iolrale pricea, . """OD O J nl Bar wimt vii. want, mention tlim nauer am are in-iney. . . - , , , 8e. 13, "87-1, Col' StJFfO. am ttaJ 'CbMr, cbaer, cheer, Cbeerupt Cheer!' rrf I ir.i f i t a m i iillickJn-ijb4biilanc)4i a.nn Uien how uie ling nnic eciioea ring ' Aa Iw nuttm bla winga and Dm awayc v j ."Cbcor, olieer, cheer, ' , , ' l . Choerup, .- Cheer r V-',:. X. vwe Ja4vllff.bWtaU?Utfchad: . 1 tHoor, cheer, chocr. Cheer up, f Cheerl - - j ool rtonseaepna) D we Into in October, and tno tin ff -m diUly, Ijui ihff-mtrrrtifch had built, anil which reached up with ita long tongues of flarao half rrny to th dark pino top abore, mado tho camp comfortabte. W Iiad stopped for tlw ight just off the crcat Doadwood trail, s xeen Uixeenbidles fromJihas nlaco fna rreat A? aga( rad whicK JffUt rom tf e god Ailnre fe ciliiziilfctUtc 2lK fciiles ' Jutflpft rjpountAia ncj iliiBJover ' - - CHABTECED 187?. ; rrrparaiori, Prupfical or Tinhhing in 4 CYami Metfhetnatic, (Sciences - . ' " .. ' nnA Hm KY IWa. oi. jrooDCCTMa,2i;paiE, . Term reasonable, iloth rexe admitted Jn Suflolk, v. July. 10 it- v.FREEHAIf & CO., iili-lieu, Toilet ami Medictitod HotipH. Violen, Bhiijo and Guitar RtriH; of th best , make always in stock. Physicians prescriptions and family ripi a specialty., ; 1 111 I) Insurance Aa'en GREENSBORO, N. C. Fir r iuTV.it tons. night," said tleno Brooks,- a freighter', ith . three great freight wagons and twclro mules, which ho drove aIone as is ciidtomary: "I set up all last night tellin you fellers stories, but yon can't Tope im in that "way to-night." -Wf hod fullcnfn with Gene on tho trail the iSar before. Wo looked at tho fire, Bfw burnlnt lower.' as we listened to ttho iigp wind, nnfclt lielow, Mnging U-iincTTTlie nine tons tho same low, sad refrain which Jtie wind and the pines CTcrsmg. :-- ;'? . - 'il.mged if there- ain't a stray muletV said Gene, -aa he strained his eyes through flio (larkncss tpwaid, Ae trail. "Looks km-fm' MeJMS Bill nks' leaders, too, but Bill donTtlet none of his mules get away. 'Sides, he's gone to Sundance this trip, though it must bo 'bout time for him to get back ha hurries 'Jong kinder fast now he gets lonesome, ckon. i liaiovo l must jeu . ron notu enow or robacco wun a pocKetKnire nva rolled over and kicked his toes into the -ArmiKLnx fio csAed at tho fire, while Uie J.rOSfjllLAll t&irXUrilainimr somr for . moment, and the murmuring of. Iwftt Butto creek came to our ears as it bub bled along over the rocks a few yards away, all grayish, roilky.whlto, mu4 tlledf by tho silver mininic along its head waters in tho Galena district all the streams jn the Black Hills run .cither the one ain't 'fraid of nothing that whtk.' Been frojrhtin ever since I have fnme year. Got n twelve mulo outfit tliree wacrons. Bill ain't exactly quarrelsome, but if ho basot anything agin' anybody hodoif't go round trynv to rorger.it. umps.tne teller an' Bill ain't no been, f Cnrrfes i run in the ? Feller FfyonSifof WW tft take4lmi noer had no trouble with him but a little queer an' not a man to monkey with 'lew you're lookin' for mighty lively exercise. " L Gene meditatively took off his hot and blew the dust from the wide brim the red. nowderr dust of the traili 4be throueh every- uro coach and pasaengcr coach, mule train and bull train, by the noasinir breeze and the gale as it sweeps jdown out of the canyon and whirls it along in great clouds that shut from sight coach MA-Ofllce opposite the Court Htfuse, 2 The plantation on wnich Dr. Alex WiUon lived up to his death. It is in this county, miles from Bwepsonrllle ad S miles from Mebave, U well watered baa gnnd dwelling orchard aad other Im wmmitL la emiTenicDt' to cliurebea. cbooU and mills, welf sUoiHedTto arsinaud graa-ea, la nelborteTa4Slf.al)iVlcaKa nakins: It qalt a desirable farm. In addt tiou to tbia la a small t net of anlrapro iand ooth roakine about 130 arres. roses ion gWea to a abort notics, Tut terma, etc J'P'J wt.4BKR 'h KtRVoDUt. Agtnu. ' Uore Ukely. J 1 'Sdtj.tSiiJ VrrfrWr""!?! fy passenger and I UilrMrtvet. men ft I town then, ; V . XFAKJOXY. teilTB. ANJ) EftfEaj ,. t -r frttii aw - mii. lit im l ivrs t l1 -Tare aH afttlf BlJeeeaeVkeaM d Frahata,! - Irhis; am me west mm e naw niTer, aujma - fn im taada vLl- A Lwag on the north, rlirTuUrlr;tt o" "eM' and.W. L. Cooper ofwfv - vVtto rUlDd M-res 1iwl-illrww B taawtr, white . . ak and Mt fk .tiertr, le btlaB la a Kiaawia.iiiy.1'J trart alan oma' . Ttrwi' ef t-.'e ii.el HibW OfcoH ';'rr-n rV?L' r.rteel-ArferJ f at i.-. via beean osain: , tbnut two year ago we wsi oil I Irkra i Pientt-rusiroet raliroaa a, you know: Them was'lively limes at fierre. ruilea a man very night, buried Imu the nex momin', or uabby the day after, Vordin' to bow busy Uiey was. ' : "There was a girl at Pierre aamed l'eari Queen. Least that's what the bills said. 4r name was, though I jol'ayi ibbtrgfif ft was a little mixed bout ft bela' rlrlit. She acted at the Alhambra theatfw, you see. Danced on her toes remarkably pretty 'like. 8he'd: been there aemo time, and we. all knowed bar mnre or Iras. ' She was a little thing, miillin' young. J fedged, thoogh Ial'ays caiculuied siio looked a little sort 0 faded. Sho waa JdrultT OUJft., tbonirh 9 -tH.rV r P1 look, too.! They said site uh a teuer at Kidney, pat fete FcrrU said it wa'n't 'her a tall, so I don't know botlmig "boor 'tt, ' , ' ' 1 "Anyhow, Bill Jcckf got a'qnaiated w'h bv on trip, and they Jess attuaid to muchu'lr tall in love with each other at first sight.. Well, we didn't pay- attenudn M this, bat we wa'n't qaate ready for what folk-red. Bill got a load of fjvTcu'ndiee for 'Lead City, an' the nex rrwrniii pulled out, an' the bldt ts hf Lere: Set tin' up on the saddle On thexar white mulo wa Pearl Queen. I' Jrw'.'sif abe'd ol'sys been tbero; oa'Bill wi'weiiin TotigtaoeTi ancuuy a nuje IqwVa gen'ral, sweafrinr nt the mule joV.W ever pulled out ne other arav. .. .,...-. . : , "' r "1- we all tooked an' that's Vmt !j (!U do when w see 'era cornier- : iere happened to be Quite a let of as hi aie tUrm an we was jr hooain' f -IidU had camped ikawa by Ute rrvtgM taooae. Peart had oa a ew caJ.ker dieru, moatlr red and pretty like, an" 1 nioeU ilte. 'reared rather better look in' l!sa getfrat I thovcljt. . Xig Smith was j Aisa BtTTTn Mir fieW7U akwiixv eua says hetifeminfa BUL',. Mwin', Big i43nuth.l sayeBiib and stpjps,hja., team. .'I jiiseei you got Bearl Queen W wpu,' says Dig Hmtui. ut aoes.,, pear , that way, eisayiiBiU.i"'I; b lieve lm aoowwiiat aqowinted with Pearl myself,' says pig . Smithy kinder smart like. 'I, 'low you don't know anything bod ,ppat her say's Bill, bitin' his teeth together hard. TWelL tt-.Ckackl av't BiU hit him one on the law so we could all hear it. say in' at the same time: 'What Is It you knowt Big Smith fell like a log on' lay thorn' for 'moat a miaute, Bill all the time waitin' for an answer. Perttyaoon BigfUaithget ot he could kinder roll a lUde, an' then said: BiUV it. ain't worth inentionuVr. Then BUI whistled to his mules and -went era. ii. m& u h s h1 Nothing but flsrhts for Bill Jenks af ter thaL He had ' w stop'' An? lick the man that kep'the Red Corral 'fore be cot onto town, 'and he pounded two frelghterratWiUow' Greek, iaf at Bad Biver be an' the. man that run the road ranch there fit twenty minutes, an' Bill finally got .him up on the bank of the stream an'.shqTed him in an' that settled him. " He would meet a man. the man would say "somothing about Pearl or go tOjgrmnin', on: Bill, wquia nop nn' step np Jin' whale . Jiim,.come .baclc, kinder mop ,oft the. thickest of ue.biooawitn bis sleeve, swear at the mules an go on. '-, jrdiilo Pearl,seached down on' patted him u& t1to;rVcmM.,'idie -,' , iVfeao Blare wun. iiira.nnt. ailing. She didn't ride, on r the mule so much ;ftftet the first trip 'cept when they .were goto -inter town, phen Bill aljiyays had. nor noewsotiiau inerewas anyoooy Vound wanted to make any remarks, that f sho wenUd'act Wetf ;tention an- tne would make em, an' xiill would stop ant have It oatrwithi'em'Btit It wasn't long 'fore folks got over say In l-much In Bill's liearln' nwfut oriheWtftypractioe.' une day when they -was- pollln'i into Rapid City otto of these pictur- men tried to take their pictur with Pearl on the muje, but Bill caught him at it an' went over an' kicked tme o' the legs off his out fit, nn'ns'tua't" only'lef two on HI it didn't stand very steady, an' the cM looked kinder seepish ptiit i t under bis aim on mode a sneak.'.; ' .' . '" . t J ,, rfjpiU, ftiVtyt fixl?(s iier, "np a nfce'plocw to ride ia the trau wagon, an' when sne .wasn't there or on the mule shei would walk .long by his side, . Is'pose. K was very pleasant for herV hear, BUI awearin' At ihn miilpa nil da.vL. 'causa aha thoncrht a hean of Jiim When one ai the rest of I, us cajnDa. at jnrt . we ittl'avs have to vruaUs.'rmirKtan' cook our own Denn. wit she done his oookin,' righx along, an wokhx'Jt was too.fVa.use Bill jssked .me to eat with themsev'ral times. , Biscuiu! w'v she used to-make biscuits that tasted, w V. dnrn it aJL.they tar.'inost like thex. nsed toat home! . Bill, on'barl al'ays got along, powerful fine together. ,They wasn't nvrried . regTai:, you know, BiH said ho didn't believe. In any .such tnanlrnw fnialnMa. an I reckon she didn't . rf itlijr, Ja Bill told" mb it was going to be a steady ;.V0ng; on; k,wos f r ...t lo'-Well, i wna,a hard life 0T? te gifT,' al'ays on. he rosd-r-eqld .an' .Mpnny .through the wintex ; an' Ijot and ; dusty wlien summer come-r-iiei;er sieepin in a house an' not hardly oyer being in one" at ahV'eept ccasionally mebby a store, of freight depots or, sometliing. But' she seemed' to stand It first rate an' not want notbin' else. .Bill, was mighty, careful 'bout her atayln' in the wagon an' keep- In' warm In cold or rainy weather, so ? dun no, uiebby the life was Trnot as easy, as any she was used to. 'tier V Bill was al'ays happy anyhow, an' I s'pbee that's a better record (nan some routs tnat live finer an ard 'mpts ' solider niarried con ti ti&i ert alrit io Ur. much more to tolI,"t,hoagh it's kinder hard workto tell ' ft a tall.' "' One night, 'way long' thts summer I camped back here, hear BtuffB, 1 got up early and pulled out for Deadwood, not thinkin' wit ' anything. I'd gone six or seven mile' an was gittln long fine, when I come 'round a lend in the road Hght 'raong thHMggest of -tho ntountohis, When what should I see but Bill Jenks' outfit camped ahead a ways, - It wa'n't no rcg'lar campin' place, an' I couldn't make it oat at first, but then I see Bill a-walk in', baek'ards in' for'arda sfdeo' the wag with something white in his arms, I an' then, says L-'I know what's up. Git, yon mules J An' I elim' on the aear one an' hit each of 'era a crack with the whip, an' I'll be hanged if I dida't come np to where he was on the trot! I stopped an was goto to yell, an' thenTlbought TTSSaH't "better 'cause it might not be-the thing for each an oo casiAn. Then I was glad I didn't, 'cause aaTJill dveTTI tasrteMs hi hlaeyes. First I thought he felt bad, then I lowed he was glad, then.I didn't know; bat Bui -Rw irruia the nrala an' I H be teetotaliy kisaid yes, sir. I will-i-lf he diao't turn back some sort o' soft cloth t n thd lf)Tflte-n shbwTd me the ail. P flrtdest, blinkeat, srhalleet, b ttle etna baby,, yon Jmow that yon ever steal That's -. what . he ', done,' an' mv eyes . stock out a . foot, though i : knowed, soon as 1 seen. Bill waftfaV-whsdo was com in', too, 'Then says Bill: -"tlene, that's my boy. Don't he look like mer I was stock for a minute 'cAuew I couldn't see's it looked like anything cept J-V baby, hot I braced up, an' says U mu, ne s tae pe- tur'of you .'cept his eyes he's got his pother's, eyea.' 'Tea, says Bill, his another's eyes, an' mebbe her hair, too, only, it's awful short.' Then .1 started tosay somethiDK. but Bill stopped me. an' says hot Peari is awful sick, n' I want yoa to est onto one o my males an' ride ea to Uradwood an' git a doctor to oomeeVrwa.? . - . " ' 8o I don so, froin' boot as quick as anybody ewe ltd With a mukt UwtwosJ kinder aefjaglnfgoin' anyhow, on' got back.Vay altead o' da doctor, When 1 come np titers was nobody in siglit I waited a.minute an' didn't hcai nothin. Then I tapped a lUUe on tle trail wagon en' Hill aaki, . -Cojwe in, sorter choked like, an' 1 put my bead under the canras at the lack ewV . . .. .. . i . . "inere as nut aa ua Douotn u us wrtm boxwkh the baby on one arm, wluie - he we s-lookin' down at Pearl her bead war a -la Tin' In )0a lap an' her face was so white that it start me. Then she opened her eyes, on at first they was big an' wild Lke, but uy g sotier ou- r&Witd jo' hear It: dene,' says she lootaT 'after Bill a little an olieer. Jdm p when, Pin gone.' An', then sho looked at . i , i. , l r . . L. . T, ll lie oauy wun htt uig cjres air-up as 0111, onl tried to raise her hands, an' Bill srfw wluit she wanted an' put one of ler arms round the baby an the other np 'round his own neck no' leaned over, an I come "kw'ay quick's I could an' went 'round to the mules an' 4rled to mnkcx b'llere t wos fixin' tbejiarneea or something. A. mule is very cheerin' on each a.Vaaion. Anf after few minutes Bill oprtieotrt wfth the baby stilron hwarmthe-Httlo feller never whlmpered-Hul' he; net lown oi the wagon tongue an' his head .kinder dropped In has bond, an'tMyt het; KJene. there ain't nobody to take care o' me V the Iwy nowIM ji:l.:i-v f.H 'l -'-( . ' "Wewaited; a while an', titan I got a feller that came along to drive my outfit an' I took Bill's, an', he got in the wagon, an' we went. toi Dsadwoodu ;Ther,next day was Sunday an' we had a funersj. Ev'ry freighter that couM be was there, , an' lots of other folks that kfibwed Bill come down where we held it.' 1 liad a preacher, too; Bill was doubtful, but ii told hlra it 'u'd be better.. : When he Come BUI took him' to one side, an' says he, 'I want to "tell you 'tore yoa begin. You know who I am on' who she was 1 'my'wife you'vd heard our atory. Now r rflwi4 ittnt IMU ft ii,.,.. 1 1 ma ui.v,n T ' . . . . 'it, i I I Li 1.. .L. 1 I caus8 you migiit-say something ag'in "r: -..,. -"- ber wlten you Uidu'tmean to on' it woiud be bod for yon, on, of .course, me, too; so jes' read a? Utile W o' ybnr $HIe-r-I .reckon 'that's all straiclif talkflft' if you must' spy something" jes' sav'she was snuar', an", never went' back to ' Bill , "So thtWaMut 'tlie way it' wns the preacher read some an then be1 shng a song; I heard st church when"! whs a I boy, an' soute Of ti? j'ined in a little, 'on' J Big Smith hirled the tnhe kinder toft likev an' looked at the grrrnnd; an' then the preaf her sajd thin her tlurt was gone mtis Hare'. been a good' woman Or. the husband she left' would hot mown her so rn,uch an' so deep,' an' then' ha put oni jSlte was: always true to Bill Jcnks,' an L IfJai n Wi, ; . .. I "We buried her dowfi tlw gulctt; a bit uu troiH ua iruu m aaiie purs uhhuj some, pines Bill wouldn't hard nothing to do with the' reglar graveyardi-he said folk might not want her there, an' tbey, .needn't have . Iter. ' lie' dug the graTS hiiusolf, so it would be rights he said. .lie sent clear to Qnjalia' after a headtone an' it's a beauty nicer 'n any thev srot in the btirvin' around. ' '"' 1 . Tue baby, heyr fpu bet bo's all -right the preacher's Wife took linn for a while'an Uien Bill got bef an' her hue. L bond to go with him an' take the baby t j , t f.C.( t tin-. uu.il pun wim. ui iunvnu.iMU fani'Jy down there are a sood deal' more , pn style an' all that sort o' thing1 than he 4san' tlfoy , got lots 0' mohey an- wore tipped to death, with the little .cuss; a.n' are taking the best kind o care bt him an when lie glts big are gojn' to senl nira to school, an' give him an ectication an" a big start in life,' , The' old folks wanted. BUl to stay home too, but; be. said the Me would kill him ft was so reg lar, so he's goin;, down, to pea tbejiuto toiler once a year, ., I wonder. When he grown np an'iglta weariii' fine clothes air one thing 'n' another if lie'U ever know any thing ,'uout tho start lie had way out here ,bi the trail in the big frclcht wagon all .ill. Aitmtl 1 rtk InniliU rt,ln Dill named nun wiuiam vueen Jvugena Jenks notliina- ornery bout, that home. is there? Frederick lX Cnrruth in New : ' 1 .. V ' Mernoa Colefy :h CTalhaaliaa., I j , Tlte-Mormonj have . within jtho pan three years seen the advantages of clieap grazing and farming lands in this coun try and the opportunity, to escftpe perse , ctition in tho United State. The, results ,are seen in the flourishing colonies tf Juares and Diiife, the former Jtd joining lis, the iatter about seventy-flv? milel to jtlienortli. - -: . ., : . ,, ' ". ; 'Each colony comprtnes from 200 to 800 souls. They are recognised Jor tbbir fairc aeeling. ;lwneMy -ajrid . Urriftinessl Tlo country owes them a debt of grol( ,tude for 'iittrodnciiig high grade 'live - stock of all1 &'scriptionaj , farming imple 4imta, Becda, trees,. saw and,, flour, mills and Industries hitherto unknown to the Mexican but in its most primitive form. Though polygamy is against .the law ia .tjils country, te Mormons oro tolerated ' and encouraged, and up to tlw presont time have been of immense benefit to the country In eduoating the, natives to a more advanced class ' of work. Some proselyting has been' dbno by their mis-. sionartes m the soutiierii part or- tno ro mtblio, mostly in and about, tliev jCity of ,lUxtoa. : ., .,.-;; .., Tbey attempted to induce a number of .tho conWrtsto form part of the -Juares colonjrit but after bringing about , thirty families they were obliged to return them to meir iiumce. ine iucxicare oon-verra i The aaarahNrUUew e Test's.,,, - " 'In Dr. Young'a eaperiment the tooth to be replaced has long been eatracted, and the socket filled np with bony sub- stanoai lie drills into the Jaw, gouges out -sv'sjew socket, sad' Uen( taking a -tooth that has aonir hewn extracted,, he Cleans is nmrougiuj, auaussaBrsn uaeosunue t mercury, and inserts it in. the socket juwt formed, ' This new tooth indue time !h nomas firmly KKMart& and as SfTTtce. able as tjie original one before it became decayed. Dr. Younger holds tliat the tooth is held, fat He placa by th,soft tis anes surrounding it, and that the artificial socket bat nothing to do with anchor ing is."' "t - h':f.ui .-, .- The esrperinaenl desoribed abore was perfortoed by Dr. O. M. Curtis, of 8yra cuee, N. Y., who afterward extracted the rrrrrMnted tooth, snd sent it to Dr. W. M. Gray, the mtoroaeopht of the sirgeon general's ofltoof whs has made a very careful examination of it, IBs experi ments pro-red beyond question that the tooth so unj-huited is revived, tne circur IntioH Is eKUbiiaind between the socket aad the- implanted tooth, and that the socket does take on active part in anchor ing the tooth. A tooth so implanted is mads mors firmly anchored aa. the jaw than one of Uie originals, and In the' rasa lefuud to, the tooth was held so firmly that Dr. Curtis broke -it in ex tracting It, Dr. Gray does not doubt-fgrn. that the soft tissues do un an active part in the operation, but he barf proved his propositions in regard to tiielxsinand the tooth beyond all ruKMiotwilalls Journal of Health. , ia Oiatafi OetJ Tales. tin. There is no doubt that one Of tho mott useful qoalifVationa of sn orator is a good voice. Burke failed in flie l-onse throng's the lack of it, while William Pitt, through the poasewsioa of It, was a roler there at the age of 11. Mr. Leek says that 0Connell s voaoa, rJamg with an easy and melodious swell, filled , the Ttorgest building and Plumphed over the wildest turn a It, while at the same time it conveyed 'every Inflection of feel ing with the moat dWirate flexibility. The great msiority of celebrated orators have been aided by the. pi-saiil ji of a good voice. Webster's voice, ea the oe eaaioa of Ins reply to Banator Dickinson, had snch an effect that one of his listen ers frit ail the night afterward ae,tf a heavy cannonade bad been mounding tn bis ears. Uarrick taaed to my ae would give a hondnd guineas if he eooli aay Ohr'.as Whiteueid did. Mr. Clad stone's Voice has the muses and-tbej reao. naace of a silver trumpet. Ocntieman's Magsrine. ' ' " ' , t . - a KTblldren, asM a Her Jeuary echool teacher, .always be cheerful. Whatever falls to your lot to do. do it clieeTfully." 'Yea, Indeed, dear teacher, responded jeans,. -Xton JlaxJcan, though converted in belief, could not be converted to the manners and' Castomsdf the America. (BatidesviUteTr! ore -a: mdt , people ' for .ormng, atUiclimeqta to tlie.landof their Mnn. xncy rareiy leave tne noma tney were born in. This is decidedly so among thoj lower, Imlf Indian class that 1 00m- jPrisfd.tho nuijority.of.tlieconverU,, To 1111s ioct tne utirer uay otnnu, as iney . 'prefer to be called, attribute' their fail-; ubsj -IChe'OolMy of. Juarez Js laid out in rectangular form, divided (ptb streets andlots. In'the latter' 'flietr" Lhle wo-jflen houses are erected, tlie' only, wooden .house in this, portion of , the country, surronnded by . gardens and trees. In case of "plural wives,'" two ior rnnre'-'riouees are seen in the same lot. Louis Ross in Nw York .Wor;dl(K, i '', - Taloe of the Koealrptus "ffree. ' ! -;Thaeucasyptus belongs to the myrtle tribe. , It is said that there are as many as 150 varieties' of the tree;"' They are native to Australia, but have; already been.' introduced into most of the tropical and .temperate Countries of tlie world,' Two kinds have been chiefly cultivated, the red gum frosinifora), and the blue train,, (globulus), . wlilch , is the better known.. It is famous for' lis rapid ' ferowth,' as it often makes an Incrmso ia height of from six to .nine feet a year. Tlie tree continues growing at this rate until it bos reached an enormous size.. ' .The1 product of this tree are numerous and voripHj. The wood Is said to be yrd , liable for , 'the carpenter's and builder's ' uses. ' Tho gum', rosin; is employed in the monuiaotufeiof "foaps, perfumes, .kaenges, court plaster, liniments, syrups, pomades, tpilet ylnegars, as well as many preparations used for' ortistie pwrposesy suck as varnisliing oils, veneer and true-. (ng paper." There lias been tor some years established In Paris a store for the 'sale of eucalyptus) perfumery. :!. But by far . the most valuable and ice portent prooorty of this tree is its power of correcUng rnanrla. This qualiry lev 4 pernapa, dt to- the aiwmatiaou wnicn . ther tree, contains, or more probably to the drainage effected Jsy its roots. It has been proved In many countries ih which the tree has been planted, t Ia Algeria the (Cultivation of the tree bos rendered many low lying ior marshy districts hv habitabla," where, in the early yenrs of French occupation, foreigners could not live on account of deadly fever,- Youtus uompauion. ' '' VJ. e ' a hriglit httie Rahway scholar, erea the Vkeeters sins; when Uy are at work."' the lotVeJat tie an' said alal wemi, ao ' fow York ban. ;. (The WesM's HlclMat Meantalna, Every once in a while we discover that1 some mountain 'peak must give up the undeserved ' dtsttactioa eVKifarred upon -it of-hokliug its head higher than all other sumtuits. , For i long uuie ktuunt Cbaae boraco was' tuppoeed td be the highest mountain in the world until la the Pog reas Of fho Himalayan surreys Moant Ererest was found to overtop ii. Fotn years ago W. W. Graham, who hat been fcigttervahove the sea than any other mountain climber, asurted that Everest must yield' the palm of supremacy to an mraamed peak about eevetity miles from & We lung suroosrsi that ktoorftfit. EltM was the ofUest mountain of North America, but we -now know that thas honor Innongs to Trfouni Wrangei,. which ts about fOO fasti hltrber than Bt, EUasV It was also supposed that Mount Kiiimav NJaro, 18.T09 feet high, was the greatest elevsUu la Africa, but now comes Count TcMO. the Uungarian traveler, with the assertion that this mountain must piay secctod 'fiddle to Mount Kenia, about fOO miles north.- lie is the only man who lyetBSoendcd .Kenia.--Near ,Yrr i, , .The r oleea ef feeea , I (r. t is very unusual 'to find In a kreot smoker a healthy appetite for plant food, and medlool opiaions may he bad ia any number as to dyspepsia caused by smok ing. To whatever degree the habit affects the nervous organization, it sppeara to bo certain tint the process which is regarded J as sootmng as really destructive, tut Benjamin Brodie must have known what ha was writinr, about when, he declared that "the poison of tobacco acts by da-J atroymg ins runetioa os inevnun. -- .jui Bttsueu hospital in 18e a Dr. Ckad nowski took the liberty to examining by means of a pump the digestive powers of six amokingand as ninny non-amoking soldlera, and be recorded that "in tho fornwt the time req aired for Uijjratkm avetaged seven bowxa, while in tho cam iof the taoueanokers the mean period of digeatioo was only six hours." With the prtswntenornoosconsninptionof tobacco the social consequences, apart fftoa those exmeerniog the bodily and nsental powers of the consumers, are importanLraU Mall Gssette. - I' . Tke Crjwtato mi nid. ' 'According to Dr.- Pesetty Orrrra, writing la a Spanish journal, if blood be mixed with a aula bile, small crystals are formed which are of. different shapes in different species of annuals. In man tbey are. right angled prisma, in tha hone cubes, in pig rhomboids, in sheep rnombuidal plates, in dogs right angled prisma very similar to those seen in human blond, and in ciiickerw more or less regular rubes Bit 11; n Jjg'.e. "out! toAWenmun-cown. Ast lacldrat la den. Grant's Las ttasae 1 -''BMlcat-i-A MeeedlcM Blew '- There Was a sudden commotioa among the lieadquarterf escort, and on looking around I saw some of our men dashing up to a horseman In full Confederate uni form, who had suddenly appeared in the road, and in the act of seizing him as a prisonor. : I recognized him at onoe as I ' -Jt fil ' . . . Lul USIW VS LMITI 1UM1I KUUW, W IIW . VI for brought us important idispatclies,! and mid to Win: , "Jllow do you do. Campbell?" and tutd our 'men he was all right and was oh of our own people. i ' He informed us he had had a hard ride from Sheridan's camp, snd had brought a dispatch for Gen. Grant By this time the general had recognised him, and had stopped in the road to see what he had Drought Campbell then took from his mouth a wad ,of Jobscco, broko it open and pulled out a 'ittle ball of tinfoil. Rolled up in this whs a sheet of tissue pa per, on which was-written tbefsmous dispatch so widely published at (he time, in which Slieridandescribcd tb-) situation at Joffersohville, and added; "I wish yoa wore bore foumlf .''?, C 1; ' ii c ..-.: ! (Tl)ft general said be twould go at once to Sheridan.' and dismounted from' his bbck ifJony "Jeff Davis;'' which' ho had Tdmw riding, and caHedf for his Ug bay horse .'.KTuicinnati." , He stood. In the road for a few' minutes and wrote a dis patch, using the pony 's;Ac; for a desk, and die mounting the freah horse, told Campbell to lead the way.. It was found we would have to skirt pretty' closely to the "enemy lawas, and it was thought Cdentato take some cavalry with us, there was nons roar, at hand, and the general sold he would risk it with our motuited etoort ef fourterm men. Calling upon me. wdlVP ct; three, otsj officers to accompany him, he started off. It was how after dark, bat there was enough tanxwllgtit'tu enable us to see the way without ; difficulty.. After riding nearly tvrty'mUoa,foUowmgcn)esToads through a wooden country, we struck Sheridan's pickets about lOtWh'docJt, and scicriftW'Thiched his heeriqnartera, - Sheridan was awaiting the general-m-"chief. 'thinking be would come after get ting the diepatchj a good supper of coffee and cold , chicken had been spread out and It was soon demonstrated that the night ridp had not impaired any one's appetite, Gen, Horace Porter in The I. Century, , ,' .'V , ',: : -Zlephanta tai thai TUtaaTaev Bwstoeee. 1 Lory abd cluiisy looking as the U tohant appears in cur tnwnsgerics, where it is merely 'an object of curiosity, in AsUi it is ss useful an animal as the horse, and Is, indeed, employed in a greater va rletr of way." W the rombtr -yards I tf ysnanrwt' SttJ ' Vslllinawfl '4 Kan sTffltf M VI SjaslVrVM aaaJTVU saasa-sssiasw-ef asw waw-sv operation of moving add piling the heavy timbcr'is performed by male elephants without,'bhy frteciaf supervBrtV by the ker' The logs to he moved are teak wood, which is' very'heBvy',1 1 Ihejt are cut Into lengths 'of twenty feet with diameter, or perhaps t Winare, of about a foot. An elephant win gd to a log, kneel down,' thrust hit tusks Under the middle ofit chis trunk-overlt, testtt to see that it is evenly balanced, and then raise with it . and easily carry It to ifce pile which is belntf niade.' Placing' the log carefully' oti' the. piW txt its proper plane, the sagadioTsf animal wDI step back a few pace and'toeasre "with his eye tode tormino 'whether or Hot the. log heeds pushing one way or, another, ft will then make any necessary alteration ef position. In thirl f ay, without a word of command from Its mahout, or driver, it will go on with its' work. As a rule the work of dragging Is done by the female elephants, since, having nd tusks, they cannot carry Jogs as thd" ijude 'elephants do. A man could hardly display more judgment la the adjustment of tha, rope or chain around a. log, nor could a man with his two hand tie and untie knots mors skJO fully than tbey do with their trmikaw John R. Coryell in Bt Nicholas. v -. 1: twast We irW "Geo. Grant dismounted near fans bouse which stood on a khoD within a mile of the enemy's inner line, rind from which be could get good view of the Odd of operations. He seated himself at the foot of a tree, and was sooa busy reooiving; dispatches and writing orders to officers ocKioctlng the advanoe. The position was under fire, and as sooa as the group of staff officers was seen the enemy's guns Iwgan paying their respects to the party. ' This beted for nearly quarter of an boar, and as the fir be came hotter and hotter several of the officers, apprehensiv of the general's safety, urged bun to move to some Ism conspicuous -fMMtlon, bat "'be - kept on writing and talking without the seaat fa terrustion f rom the shots falling around him. and apparently not noticing what a target the plaos was becoming or paying' any, heed - to The . gentle remimliT to move on," After he bod 'finished his dupoiohea be got op, took a view , of the situation snd a be started toward the other side of the farm botpw said, wuh a quizzical look at the group around blm : "Well, they 'd seem to have the range 'oti u. "Gen. Grant 'a : Last Campaign"1 in The Century. ' . , 11 '' trwawlfeattlee w tfce CUstera.' ' If there is any corKhsnoa proved be yond usiuwersy by the experience of the past, five years It is that the Asiatic couffce.' sooietlmes taractabla and easily managed, becomes at other timea. under cotKliuons which are as yet but Imper fectly tinclerstood or explained, as un manageable as a rrrlone, leaping the Urrirrs of Cordon and quarantine), exniting this or that villago and city with pesti lence, while leaving intermediata ones untouched, raging for a tune with a malignity which defies alike prevention and remedyrtheu suddenly asssxmmg a trpmor beaign, and finally dUse4peur ing as myeters-nsry aa it eaune, Mar. sjstllrsCer. New York World, ; ItM Xsttsack The CosrrtMr. Oork, is this Thumday afterneon! , Oork Yes. your honor. . r-TteCosa-tTo-morrowistba Turkish Sabbath, Saturday the Ilcbrew, and Sun day lb Christian. , We adjourn until Muodav. 1 , CWk-But -that Is Labor day: Tues day is the annl'eiaary Of the Iriah Inde petsdeace, aad Wednesday of the found big of the German empire. , The CoartThea we are dosed for tb tuses eaT Vmrnmj vw TTewad U :,;-.-" tbe.Weaaersi yildaiuusa, , . In tlie great forests west of f.e lTisii' rdppi the wild bees swann hi Counties -numbers, feeding on the luxurious vege tatkm which skirts nn J intersects the prairies all along tiie'l.. uvtal bottoms of tlie-rivers,' and seeming to fulliil liter- ally tlw Bible description of a "hiiid Cow- ' tog with milk- and honey." Hollow tree are taken posterior of py,them, and -honey stored Intu Iheiif i tUrge tnianti ties. . "It nothing daturbs tlioin they rt main in their old quarters for long periods' at a time; laying up stores of honey for ' their own use, snd, as is often the case for the bears or tlw white men in the Vmj 1 run. 'The hunters wlKui;tkea busineas of collecting the honey are the most mer ciless cneuiio tliat the little creatures' have., Unlike Bruin,, who discovers si nive os uoney ny caauce, ur uirougn urn aid of hU at UBiliVe hoso.' heIJteJinn ten carry on their, work systematiiailly whilo gathoring lionev from the flowers; ndthen following tiiem as tliey return1 ' to their hoiiio through the nir'.' After ad experience of a year 00 two in tlie burs' ness. tlie hunters can locate with won derful accuracy tlw liouicof the bee,' notvt itlisUlwIiiigllie fact that the hive if -often situated in a denso forest and lnj trees where no one would ever think of 1 looking for honey, , Like most other wOJ creature)", tlw bees Wrny their hiding . place by their own fscOotJ' lu I V Tho huntcrsU-f ore .starting out inqrW of their rich booty provide tlteuiaelre' . with the nitisBidy equiptnenta. These' consist, of axt--rotw.njatche and a .,, small piece of., lioneycbmb.' The rifle1 are carried along for their own protec-' tion, in case the hunters nhould be hunted by enemies other " tliai honey bees. When an ofinn ghdeVneaf the edge of W forest is reached. Jt piece of boneycomh is placed on a low bush wliere it. can be plainly erjby - the poaaing bee. , Its' sweet aroma quickly fills tlu air round hV and attract jibe little honey gatherer toward It ' Ljke a miser, wlio hassuoV detdy discovered m treasure of gold, tby dive down into the little cell and begin' ' to satiate their appetite.' ' Then, wUhouf autnpccUng ther trap nt.(for;thtm, wot stopiang to inquire about the Strang' phenomenon of hotfeyebmb growing on bush, titer dart away through the forest to deposit theif "load in the hi ( This i the hunt, opportunity. Nov tldng the nJiction in, which th bees fly they quickly, start in nursuit, keeping tire little creatures ia sight' with difficulty. Usually aa bid experienced bee hunter ' take the lead, and his eagle like eyes cats detect the small black specks in tbCair when Uie others have entirely lost sight? of them. Through ' dense clusters of" brambles and owe wttlggy grcun they hurry, .completely absorbed in the chaw, and ujunindful of all diMgiyeabV urrouhdings, . Tbey 'ajtll' td task a bee line through the woods, and not to stop to consider whether tliere is better travel-' tog in another but tagw, direction. Even the most expert leader of hunt-'' tag parties will sometime -lose sight of the game, and the beat wili escape with-' out betraying the locality of their home. After wandering about nt tn wood ros a sufficient Ueam, senrching attentively on every tree for a sign of one of the fittler creatures,1 the . IsadsTbeueatM satisned that hs cannot find thei bivejwUhout n sorting to another trick. A small boar with a glass top is then produced, within . widen, are a number of bees, which tha bunler have Wnhr "round thr' honey-' comb bsf or nfaraSCtlf, woods. One of these is allowed to escape from the box, and the direction which U takes iminedV. atdy followed by the party. A walk of sevaral minute then Uptnp theVeader keepinci bis ye sxed jm sv certain ttw whkh he, ha marked ia the ditncev The other of .the party glance aboug them to dkxsovwr signal 't .the tn fat whkh th hive i nlddrm r.v,.,.... , - A second bee is then allowed, to escape1 from the box. instead ox nytng in in wi .n.rite Th W mn. rt darn oaT tot the gfeht and parsumacotn' directly oppoaiU to that' adopted by kat mate. Thk would bar toMcndlng ta aa inexperienced hunter, and be would con clude oaturaJIy that either th beet wet from different hives, or the old ayins; about bee firing directly to their bom when Uljsratcd was all sjosh.'' Tb leader of the hunting party, bow-, ever, understands the mute language of the little roeeet. ''The party ha passed the tree (xmtaining tb hive, and a coun termarch la Inuaediately ordered. Douba precaution is now taken to locate the ex act spot of thabivs, and in avury short tun this is don. (, , n ,r Bat quit frequently it happens that tha hunters ' wlien' in the imtnediato neighborhood of the tree are unable to distinguish the riglit onerom the others. The entrance to il ! castle 'is aoverat feet above Uie '"grotrrnl, and thcryesoC tlie hunter are uaabl i to e- it pnlesa attracted by ha .bre coming la and out in number. , The third step of Uie hunt U then taken, and the leader knows that this cannot faiiU 1 A fire It kindled and a. piece of Itaoeycoinh, placed upon a warm, tone. In a few minute the honey be gins to tneltand the smell' from it permeate- the -air tlirouijuu t tl forest; reaching even the bees in their snug- home. As a result, tnwJJ colony of boss begin to swam, out of their ruauVJ andfiyarosxnd th fire from which tha aweet astor arfsesj rneoswckwaly they kav sQaclosad tbca-hiflhtg-pbee. and the hunters imnsediateJy mark the tree- sad preps re Tor work. Tlie fire Is allowed to burn, ana wnue tue oera bps nosy g ring tb 'wasted sweets tlie ax begins to make the echoes -rmg throughout lb woods. . As if still susrting nothing. s the owner of fh hive 'Oontiiin flying aatkwtud and forward, eoterirtg snd ro ntertng their hoto wtlh their liny load of honey until th great tree begin to tremble. A sharis si fitting aeeae aXartle th vbolo ejctooy fmia tlnAT work, .and before thfy have tima to isscertain Uie ' cause the htifr tn-o crashea drniward. -carrying wHh he, honey and alL ' todrpendrnt . ... , 'A Sprt-U eaT AeU Wwaer. , ' About fifteen inSea south of iroriJian. JCh., tliere U a ar-ar.-? near the foot of a km. Tho walry b almost as mr sa lemon Juic. With tho addition of sn--r it make first class IfTnon.-v :v a slight tat of iron. Ti e rr!: 5 r; r aeutly dXoered, and it U s'i;-- I to pn.-rss any value except ssacv.' .",
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Sept. 27, 1888, edition 1
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