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vOL. XV.
GRAHAM; N. C.." THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1890.
NO; 49:
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JA3.E.B0YD,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW, ; '
Greentboro, N. C.
Will W. st Graham ou Monday of each
tt attest to professional busintes. Sep 16
J. I. ItEXtlVODLTi:.
J TTORNEY AT LAW
' : .. 1 W A A M . W. "!-
f raetlcss ia the-Btate and Federal Cours
ill faithfully ana promptly atteuu w an "u
atsiutrusted to him
DR. Q. W. WIIITSETT,
Burgeon Denlhtt,'
GREENSBORO', '.- N. C.
' Will also visit Alamanco. Calls in
tbe country attended; (Addressine at
Greensboro, i , . ' dec 8 If
JACOB 4L. LONG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRAHAM,
Mar 17. '83.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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distinct department.
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1888. Write to the principal lor catalogue at
' fiuflolk. Va.
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GRAUAiOOLLlEGE.
FOE BOTE SEXES.
Session opens Sept. 3. Terms per
month $2, $3, $4, 4.50, paynble quarter
ly. Board per month $8 60, including
furnished room and wood cut; $6 per
month for those boarding five days per
week. Payable monthly. .
Boarding 'depart ment ill . be In
charge of Mrs. j. U. Newman. ;J . ...
SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES IN VO
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As we have before explained, our busjness methods though new to this section are not inexplicable; though
they do seem mysterious to the average merchants who now seem to bt struggling with the perplexing prob
lem of how any one can sell goods for less than cost and live. One suggestion : We do not sell for less than
they cost us, though we do sell for less than they cost the average merchant, -and. we make enough on the
cash discounts given large purchasers to pay us a fair per cent, on the investment. But you have shown by
your repeated and increased patronage that you fully understand and have solved the problem of where to
trade to the best advantage, and we take it that you will be able see when we cease to do busines far above the
average competition. . ' - , .
It is our aim and desfreto demonctrate to you even more fully how far removed we are from the old methods which take such cxhorhitant prices out
of the pockets of our people and thus lay a tax on living to which" the war tariff itself does not compare and how our Interest in Belling you at such
low prices so closely allied to your own iu buying from us at such close margin. We propose to give you cntiro satisfaction and give you a mar
ket here which shall be equal to any and excelled, by none. ' "
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JblpplaM Dressed .Pum llry.
Kai.r Year Own Cow.
Will ba far superior to any year of its bis
tort. a lanrer amonut of money having been
anuropriated for the embellishment of the
matfaiin. than ever before, (iodey has been
. pnon.nea lor on oars wimom uiMeiug n m
ane, and
YOU CANNOT (GET A KETTER
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Fanhlon Plates in black and while, repre
Mntlng the preTallicg styles, prodaced x
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Maw mm Papalar Of naic,
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House.4 by AoaotT 8alisubt Paiacorr
(Jrnoy Wren), which will treat of the ari
one duties for each month. A Children's
Corner, for the Huts ones. '
A rich array of literature bj faronte au
thors, among whom aie Emily Lennox, Olivia
Aovell w moo, aaa jtarie mi, s.iaio on.
"O," aatbarof "emini." belle C. Oreeoa,
with her hamorona sketches, aad others.
PREMIUMS to clnb raicr are among iu
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Dooa. xour ioe. oampw -"pj
am of these ejopona.
as4fMUfn Haaapla. whicb will
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- The pattna shows yoc how to eat out the
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CFFICE AT VT. C. DORNADAVS.
I Ycur 'p..' rotjflge toVw'.Ul.'XjH
A half dozen good cows are worth a
v.JLt "n'.nitr., la waII f.-A- 1 dozen poor ones. It takes as much
a." ii nn ocn iiiiivhii uvumi i
tended, as there is a great diflerence
between the price of Tat and that of
poor poultry, and, in a fully stocked
market, good poultry, wellr fattened
and well dressed, will always command
ready sale and good prices, while poor,
Tkonf.ira there is not only C"" 13
weight by having poultry properly
food and care to keep a poor cow as it
does a good one, aud wliiie the former
barely returns enough at most to "pay
her way," the Jailer returns u comfort
able profit t( l be o.vner. Those far
mers wllo are looking around for really
good cows know how difficult, it Is to
badly drewed, is slow sale at low pHces.'! Uoyjjneywbea fouud, at o price, they
caii afford to pay7Vetthey-frjuent-L
ly keep "looking around" for several
dressed, but also in price. J3orn is the f yCrgj thpy mjjht ,u th(j f jpe
best for fiuisbingofT poultry, as it gives
a firmer flesh and yellower color than
buckwheat aud other grain. - Feed
nothing from twelve to twenty-four
hours before killing, so that the crops
will be perfectly empty.
In killing, use a sharp, narrow-blad-ed
knife, iuserting it in the mouth, as
far hack as the ears, and cutting the
Vein. Tbeu hang it up by the legs,
until thoroughly bled. Tbe water for
scalding should be at boiling point.
Take lb fowl by the legs and t beat,
dip in the water two or three times,
letlhig the hot water through the
feathers to the skin. Then strip off the
feathers clean, pin-feathers and all.
Ifjhe beds are dipped In tho water
the scalding will wake them look
stale and shrunken. After thoroughly
time, have raised several choice, cows
theirMclvcs. Of course it take time to
rear a good size 1 herd of profitable'
cows, but this expenditure of. time is
only in lieu of the money "expenditure
absolutely necessary to.'purcliase a de
sirable animal. As a fiii-mer usunlly
can spate the time better than ha' cm
spare the cash, it Is eay to xee what
is the best course to pursue. There
are but lew uracrs who do not
now have, at least one, two or three
cows fairly good, which can be used us
s ptart in improvement. Do not use a
scrub bull merrly because your neigh
bor bofpens to have him and charges
nothing, but rather pay a fair price
for a good, pure-bred one. Save all
the heifer calves and carefully raise
them. When they sre about three
IN0O.
In 1S90 we shall seo ' .
Kvents as follows come to be : ','
Sen serpent, as In years gone by,
Will come around about July.
The ice mno and the; plumber will .
As usual present thtiir bill.
Tbe prion of nmmerXboard will rise
In August to the vorwskies. .
The gray moMjuitOjjA of yore,
luu Uumunily jwiM tore.
wtlve fly, to fleet,
nervous tvnu
picking, dip in clean scalding water, . yenrf o)J) aud ,eM thau toar years from
then plunge in clean coia water, - tJ)(. tj(ne lbe mproveroei,t i, ,tartd,
ting it remain about ten mtnatesv xaat , fll,e
it out and bang up In a cool, dry place,
In a mirrnnt of air. but 4o not let it
freeze. Do not draw It, or take the In
testines out. Leave the bead and legs
on, and use great care in dressing not
to rubor tear tbe skin, bruise the flesh,
or break tbe booes. The abova hioU
ore for scalded poultry, which Is in most
demand. . - .
For picking, kill by bleeding in the
mouth, and immediately atrip tbe
feathers off clean while) the fowl Is
warm, naiiig great care not to tear or
bruise the fioh. Then bang op by
tbe legs to cool off, the aaiao as for
scalded fowls. Some persons also do
what is called naif-scalding, wbictf is,
alter dry-picking cleanly, to dip ia
scalding Water, then ia eotd. Turkeys,
ducks, and geese go through tbe sains
process In dressing as fowls, both scald
ing and dry-picking. Soma persons.
sfter tbe ducks and geese are picked,
to more thoroughly free them from pin
feathers rub them over with powdered
rorio ; dip in scalJiog water and rub
off the rosin aod pin feathers, tbea
wash through with warm water and
brush w ith soap ; then rinse In cold
water and hani up until eolJ and tbor-
OBi.ly duel. Asierican Agriculturist.
you will have flue vounz cows. 0;her
Chives will also be coming on, from
them as well as from the original cows,
an-l in five or six years there will be
qaiteaberd; the common, unprofit
able cows baviog been Wftrked off to
the butcher. Many a farmer wishes he
had oommrneed five or six years ago.
lie does not think that be will likely
say tbe same thing five or s'x years
hence, yet does not commence now.
Good, pure-bred bulls have cow be
come so well distributed, that tbe use
of one can usually be secured without
much difficulty, while a good bull calf
can be bad from such stock, eligible to
eotry, for a comparatively low prfce.
Enough can, as a rule, be counted on
from neighboring farmers' herds to pay
for bis keep. American Agriculturist.
Do you know that the largest room
in lbe world, under one roof aod un
broken by pillows, is at St. Petersburg t
It (s 620 feet loog by 150 in breadth.
By daylight it la used for military dis-
Likewise the,.
Will agitati
Each fUherman will 31) anii lie
As be bus doue in years goue by.
When comes along the verdant spring,
The poet will be heard to slug.
And from the gnrb.ige pile of time
Will prick the asbts of a rny me.
Tbe funny man his Jokes will crack
(The sume old jokes see alumuuc.)
On winter oiirhts will Hovers U
For bours aud watch the firelight flit ;
Ami when the summer comes, they still
Upon the beacu will coo and Dill.
''The oldest man," as in years past,
At intervals will oreathe bis last:
In all trades merchants who are wise
As usual, will advertise.
In fiict, these things and many more.
Iu 1890 are in store.
And yet with sorrow is it fraught ;
Unhappy year I It ends with naught,
A aaas Jaaee atary.
A good story is told on 'Rev. 8am
Jones an Incident that banpened
whan the well-known preacher first
starts ! in evangelistic work. He wen (
to a small town and was told . that be
would hae a bard time In tbe church,
atliere were numerous feuds existing
betwern tbe members, and two brotb
ers, who both belonged t tbe church,
never spoke to each other, ner did tbeii
familtes.
The uight for opening the meeting
arrived. Mr. Jones entered the church
while tbe choir and congregation were
singing: ' ,
"Com, angri band ; .
Come, and around me stand.
O, bear m a way on your auowy wings
To my Immortal boras.
. Wbea the ceoter of tbe churchy was
reached Mr. Jooes stopped in tbe aisle,
waved bis bat at his choir sad shouted:
"Stop I Stop that singiog f
Tbe mnaie erased at once, aod Mr.
Jones conHoued :
"That's not a fit eon g to be singing
fn Ibis church. lam told that there
plys,and abaUlIioa can completely j are brdtoers and couMns who belong
maneuver iait.- 20,000 wax tapers are I here and yet don't speak to each other.
required to light it. Tbe roof f this I Now do yon think thete U any danger
at rod u re is a single srch of Iron, and i of bearing the rustling of aogelV wing
it exhibits a rema-kaWo engineering beneath the roof with such a state of
skill in tbe architect.
affairs? You won't hear any kmd f
wings rustle as Ions;' as that sort of
thing keeps up, uuless It's a buzzard's
wlngsi" . ' , i
The two brothers rn vie friends before
the meeting broke up. " -'
Aslall, taaiej,09a Call.
Since the great Dxter excitement of
more than tjraoty years ago, nn ovont
has occurred Is :l borso-world which
bits created so much Interest as the
achievements and aula of tbe young
stallion Axtell, whom portrait is given
in the American Agriculturist tor Jan
uary. In fact Hie latter event so far
surpassed the former that a comparison
of the two forcibly illustrates tbe great
advance of the American road horse
during a period of a little more than
twenty years; When Dexter made his
record of a mile in 2 : 17 he was of ma
ture age, and at the summit of bis pow
ers. Yet this speed was so far in ad
vance of previous perfjrmances that
the gelding was sol J soon after for 33,
000. - Id" the more recent event Axtell
only three years eld, yet he goes a mile
n 2: 12, and Is sold for a price nearly
three and a quarter times greater I ban
was paid for Dexter.
Tbe historyoi Axtell is as brief as
sensational, lie was foaled in 1883,
bred, rais4, trained, and driven by
Charles H. Williams, a young man ef
Independence", Iowa. His first victory
was at Keokuk, Iowa, August 9, 1880,
where ho wonin three straight heals,
in 2;50, 2:411, and 2:81. As It w as a
race for thre-year-olds, be was pro
tested, and the protest sustained. JJut
this, though it deprived bis owner of
tbe Immediate results of tbe victory,
made it tbe more remarkable. During
tbe aame year the colt was tret ted at Chi
cago, Minneapolis, DcS Moines, Odar
Rapids, and Lexingtoe, Ky.f retiring
with tbe unexampled record, for a twe-
yeer-o!d,of2:23.
On tbe opening of the season of 1889,
Astell was ao object of eager Interest
and great expectations which be bas
more than fulfilled, He began by win
ning a stallion race at Chicago in 2:19,
14, end 2 20. This left bim tbe cham
pion of three-yeir-cldsv lie wore this I
honor but a few weeks,' however,
when tbe California filly Sunoi trotted
n 12. But ber triumph was short
ived, for at Iodianapolins, October 11,
Axtell trotted a mile ia 2:12, beating
his own time by two second, tbe three-
year-old recor.1 by one and I h re e-q 'tar
iff seconds, the stallion record by one
and ope-quarter soctidn, and roakitg
him the most famous hor.-e in lbs
worlJ. P fin slier rie racs At'e'l was
soU L f ia',000 to Col. J. W. Cooley,
of Chicago, who represented a syndi
cate, which Included CoL Con ley, W.
P. Ijams, of Terre Haute, A, E. Brush,
and F. T. Moran, both of Detroit,
f Axtell represents a large proportion
of Mambrloo blood,' combined with
lhat of George Wilkes, Itysdik's Ham
bletoolan, Seely's American Star, and
Clay, upon thoroughbred fouudatlon.
American Agriculturlnt.
r.aeriaaWArV'
a. .
Wiaetr apples of tbe best keeping
sort may be kept until summer apples
are available. Of 1 course, perfectly
sound apples must' be selected a small
brulsp or decayed spot cannot be al
lowed. A temperature just above tbe
freezing point, and equable, Is essen
tial. Fruit do not keep so well In a
wrrm temperature, and fluctuations
are even more to be avoided.
, This should be observed In ketln
apples for use during winter and early
spring ; and for this reason it Is best f o
have the fruit-room disconnected from
the cellar, or at least separated -from
the rest of the cellar by a partition.
If a brick partition cannot bo afforded
ne of matched boards will answer.
Sliding sash will enable one to reculat.
,he lomperature. The fruit-room
thould always contain a reliable ther
mometer. Select tbe apples for long keeping In
tbe lateffall or early winter, and wrap
tissue paper around each - apple.
Bought in qoantity this paper Is cheap,
and several bushels can be wrapped
in au bour. Plane tbe annlaa nn
delves, stem up. - Or, whet Is per
haps a better plan, pack the apples
down In fire-dried sawdust or bran,
chaff or land plaster. The fruit may
be packed In either keg., barrels or
boxes. First a layer of chaff, or what-
ever Is nsed, an Inch thick ; then a lay
er of apples, stems up ; fill all spaces
with (he chaff, and I ben a layer of
chaff, and so on. Apples no racked
will keep nicely In an outhouse with
three or four feet of straw thrown over
them. The barrels or boxai ak.,M
ret on tbe ground.
The apples to be kept late should be
astorto d out la tbe early spring aod
placed ia a room that ran be kept
cool one that ean be opened up lo
admit tbe eooi night air and closed
tight during tbe beat of the day.
American Agriculturist.
Haw It Came to a Wlsa Coactasloa WaMi
a Duntar Interfered With. , '
Birda of prey generally possess In
stinct enough for all ordinary emery
gencies. There are. however, special .
occasions on which a call is made for, . ' .
unusual sagacity, and it is then thai
we see now near these creaturesomn
lo reasoning in the same way as our
selves.' The author of "Twixt Ben
Nevis and Glencoe" gives, bearing
upon this point, a story which he had
from the keeper on an estate In that - -
neighborhood. . :
One day in July the keeper In queay, .
(ion, happening to be out after vermin,
with his gun. saw coming: in his li- '
rection a oira which he knew to he " "'? "
some kind of hawk, but whose man
ner of Sight puzzled him extremely; .
It was beating up the wind toward '
him as if with a sorely wounded
wing:, manifestly impeded la - earns. ,
way that caused it to zigzag and strug- .
gle strangely in its flight, '
Seeing that if it kept it course It -
was likely to pass within easy shot, Uj
keeper quietly retired into a clump of
ferns on one knee, with his gun read;
for action. He bad, however, to waH .
longer than he expected, for the hawk, (
meanwhile, alighted on the top of a
large gray bowlder a hundred' yards , ..
away, and seemed very busy about
something, though what it was the;
keeper at that distance could not make .
out ; "..
In about five minutes, however, (he .
hawk took wing again,, this" time with
a, much more steady and even flight ' ' "
lie . was soon overhead, and-, neat
enough to drop to the keeper's gun .
On going up to hi prize the keeper
found that it was. indeed, a hawk " -and
beside it was lying a .plump par- .
tridge, well grown,. but, to the keep,
er's surprise, almostallogether stripped
of its feathers. . . ,
On going to tbe bowlder on which . ;.;
the kestrel had rested for a while, all V'
the missing-feathers of the partridge '
were fouud scattered about, and the) ,v
keeper instantly took in the state of
tbe matters from first to last, and e :'" '
plained it thus: ' ' , ;i( .. ,
The kestrel, having struck down tbe . - J'
partridge, was carrying the daintr
morsel to his greedy fledglings in their -Vil
nest, The wind, however, wasstronic t,:
and gusty, and adverse to the kestrels
line of ilitrhtr and of the wind, the ' '
wings and tail, limp and pendent, of, - - ,
the partridge caught so much, that it - , .
was only with great difficulty the
Dluckv little cantor could make anft '' '
satisfactory headway.' ! ; . f; l-
uetting ureu of ine struggle at lasta , .,. ,
he must nave reasoned with himself
somewhat after this fashion i ' " ' f
"Mv partridge burden is more diffl- '::..:.
cult to get alpng with than it really? ,
need bo. I am lieartily ashamed of, " ' '
myself, acting thus like a booby. 1 W. ;
will take a rest on yonder bowlder. .
and pluck away ail the wing and tail
feathers of my dainty bit of game, an,-:
operation which, while it ieavea my;
partridge quite as big and good to eat
as before, will enable me to near it up,, ' '' 1 " '
and, cany it against tbe wind 'with 7- '
comparative ease." ' ii rj Al ? , . y t-t,':
Tha Color ef tha Saa.
The color of the sea' is' not uniform, r-
though it Is generally described a ' r v ; :
bluish green. . In the tropics it is gen- ,
erallv indigo blue. The cause o run
change of hues is explained as "de-t7
pending on the action of suspended.
particles or soiiu matter on ine iigut,
which traverses the wuter. Lfrht on:
entering the water is Ajfnicted, and-
therefore more br less resolved into its , '
primary colors, especially if the water,
Is of suiricicntdopth. The red, 6range. ' '
and yellow rays do not penetrate tbv : ;
water to so great a depth as the blue
and violet; Now, tbe presence of mi-,
nute solid particles causes some or lue
light after entering the water to be re-i ,
ileoled, and the color of this reflected.
light will depend upon the depth at
which the reflection takes plaeo."
If the particles are large, and freely
.reura;. 1 1 jit a muuuaig ucjfcii, wmj .
win aiso prevent renecuoa from sv-.-,.
greater depth, so that the rays corning',
from the eves of the observer will be . '"'
green; but if the particles in the Upper
strata are minute, and the aeileotiou ia' ,
from a coinuderable depth the color
will be more nearly a pure bIue.rPro-.- '' '
feasor Tyndair, it is said,' while mahlng.-
a voyage in a steamer, bad a white.
plate attached to a cord cost into the,'.,
water at a moderate depth, and when ' " '
it reached the proper point of observe-, . ,
lion its color was green, although, .
tliat of lbe water was blue. Montreal '"
Star. , ' '' ;'
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BROWMS IR0X BITTERS
4 una lnttr"toa, Pilotaini, r,.rfala. MAla-
na. KnrufM, srxl rfrl tN-hutf. Fh?n4
etAaS fw-itfnfru.1 il. Ah OrAri HI u. 0tiuit
autraU. KA- k as4 eri.asc i rod iiucsoa wxAjpac
rtawar Vmm. . , ,1
For one reason or another, tiie ma-,
jonty of flower users are not (lower '
raisers, and necessarily the few must,
supply the many. Jn the city or large,
town all can procure their needed. '
lowers from professional florists, but', -in
many smaller place there is no.
small demand constantly being made
ou the amateur who raises choice,'
flowers. It is a real pleasure to give-
one's pretty town girls the dainty; -eorsage
bouquets they ask for. and.
each Sunday morning to supply the, '
neighbors"childreh with sjieir little
button bole bouquets. It is gratify-'
Lng to one's pride to have a, dozen or;
more persons eall each day "just to: '
see the flowers," quite eswectiiig and,
in fact receiving, a nosegay each, andj '
It is almost a privilege to send flowers .
to adorn the bride or to place on the .' 1
eosotn Of uie oead ; yet if all these ..
flowers, for all these varied purpose, ,
must be furnished by one, that person ',
must use some forethought or else see.
his or ber flower beds robbed of Lair .
of their beauty. Vick's Mapuiue.
Near Silverton, Ore., is a quarry f .
what is called "fireplace stone." It is
soft when mined, and can be sawed or
shopped into any tlesfred chape, and
when subjected to intense heat does '
sot seem to be affected. It is coarsjJ-- .
wed the best material for li replace or.
lues. ,
The sole panacea for erery ailment'
M China is s plaster. So pre-al is tlm
jational prtxlii?c'.ion fnr this method
)f treatment that thbChiuo ha as u t."
nnpt! been duscriiyj as a pUisu.i au 0-'
liatcr'Icvinj'pcoiildL