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VOL. XVI.
GRAHAM; N. C, .THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3D, 1890.
NO. 30.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
; LIKE SUCCESS.
The reason Kadam
Microbe Killer is the
most wonderful medl
of ne. is bemuse it has
nerer failed lu any In
stance, no matter what
the diteaee, from LeD-
rosy to the simplest dis
e4i Known to tue ou
man ystem .
The scientific men
to-day claim and prore
tbut eyery disease is .
CAUSED By MICEOBES,
. AND ' '"
Radam's Microbe Killer
Exterminates the Microbes and drives them
out of the system, and when that Is done yon
cannot have an ache or iin. Ho matter
what the dls ae. whether a simplo ease of
Malarial Fever or a combination of diseases,
wa enra then all at the same time, as we
reat all diseases coLStitutionally. ;
AWthaia, Chm'pOi'i Catarrh, B
a-aftla. Rhcaaaatiaaa, KUstr aad
Lirer islseaaea, Keasale Treablea
la all Im fares., aad, la fact, erery
Dlunraka.wal Ike Ilaataa T-
See that our Trade-Mark (same as above)
appears on each jug.
Send for book "History of the Microbe Kill'
er," given awsy by
1,. B. HOLT & CO.. Merchants.
Graham, N. C.
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' PROFESSIONAL CABDS.'
JAS.E. BOYD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
; Greensboro. 2T. C.
WH1 be at Graham on Monday of each week
te rrtteod to professional business. Sep in
ix. r. kebnodle.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DBA It 1M, N.C.
Practice in the Stare and Federal Cours
will faithfully and promptly attend to all hu
aessutrnsted to him . -
DR. G. W. WHITSETT,
Surgeon Dentist,
GKEENSBORQ, - - N. C.
Will hlso visit Alamance. Call in
the country attended. Address m at
Greensboro. ' v - , ' dec 8 tf
JAQOB A. LONlx,
ATTORNEY AT LAW; J '
GRAHAM, - -
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the ktaoeoaa Eaabraead taa Dog.
That the raccoon it tha smallest rep
resentative of the bear family is a fact
very -well known to naturalists and
generally set forth in dictionaries, but
tha average hunter refuse to recognize
the relationship. Silas Barnes, of New
burg, who for twenty years has earned
his living by selling small furs and rat
tlesnake oil, after half a lifetime of
doubt, was finally convinced at dawn
the other day that the familiar 'coon is
a true urea minor, and his eighteen
pound bull terrier learned the lesson at
the same time, but too late to profit
by it ' , '..-.; - . y r 5 .
, The hunter and his dog had passed
the night in the woods at the foot at
Storm King mountain, on the Cornwall
aide, and at daybreak Barnes "treed''
a 'coon in a tall pine. lie never carries
agon, because he says it frightens the
game he wants to eatch-and besides,
be hasn't one. He climbed the tree
and drovethe 'coon downr noticing as
it passed him that it seemed to be con
siderably more bulky than his dog.
Then he sat upon a bough about thirty
feet above the ground to watch the?
sport
He saw the terrier seize tha 'coon by
the throat. The shaggy animal made?
a desperate effort to release Itself.
Failing in this it stood upon its hind
Some may find out our prices on a certain article and to cut under us will sell that article below cost.
You know that is not business. Beware of anv such dealing: : for they must make it ud on other things, and feet, and throwing its strong foreleg.
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tice.
to give you a close home market, where you can trade andknow you will not be cheated nor taken advantage I wJISTS
oi wnen you maKe a mistake, iiyouaon i Know tne prices, we wmieiiyou. Are not prices lower in Alamance Theithweiiedfra
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ceived ; you have not been deceived. Your confidence shall not be betrayed.
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was badly lacerated, and in
a few minutes he was dead.
The squeeze of the) little bear had
been more than even his seasoned
frame could stand. 'New York Trl
bune. ..
GRAHAM AND BURLINGTON.
Fall PUwIbk.
Joseph Harris has the' following to
on -fall
May 17. '88.
E. C. LAIRD, M. D.j
HAW RIVER, N. C.
Feb'y 13," '90.
Levi M. Scott. F. H. Whitaker.Je,
Greensboro, N, C. Graham, N.C.
SCOTT & WBITAKEB,
Attaraeya at Law,
GRAHAM, - N. C.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fomona. Hill Nurseries
POMONA N. C,
Two and a btlf miles west of Greensboro,
M. 0. The mala line of the R. A. l). R. R
passes through the grounds and within 10
feet of the office, Balem trains make regu
lar stops twice daily each way. Those Inter
ested In fruit aad fruit growing are coi
dlallv invited to Inspect this the largest nur-
serry In the 8tst and one among the Urges
inthaSonth.
Stock eonsisu of apple, peach, pear eher -
ry, plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, apri
cots, nectarine, mulberry, quince, Grooer
Figs, raspberry, gooseberry, earraats, pie
plant, English walnuts, pecans. Chestnut
. 8c rawberry, roses, e vet greens, shade traes,
Ac.
All the new and rare varieties as wed as
the old ones which my new catalogue for
1888 will show.
Glre your order to my authorised scent or
order direct fronj the Bnrarry. Coirespoo
deacr solicited. Descriptive catalogues free
to applicants. Address,
' J. TAN. LINDHT,
POMONA,
apr38 "8T. Guilford County, Si. C
Reliable salesniaa wanted In ercry eonaty
gond DSfinc eommlajno will be gtren
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say in American Agriculturist
plowing. v v
It is of great importance to sow
barely and oats in the spriug. A few
days difference in the time of sowing
often makes all the difference between
a g od crop and a poor on'e and what
a difference that is all experienced far
mers know. It Is not merely the lo?s
of all profit from our labors, but the
land is foul with weeds and In poor
condition generally. My own land
varies considerably in character.
Much of it is rolling land, the knolls
being sandy, while the lower edges of
the knolls are more or less clayey, and
the valleys between the knolls vary
from a dark sand to sandy loam and
a clayey loam. Perhaps these terms
do not convey a distinct meaning. All
I wish to show is that the soil varies
considerably and requires different
methods of working, lo get part of a
field into good condition for oats or
barely in the spring requires three or
four times the labor required on other
parts. On such land as this (say a field
that has been lo corn the past season,
and on which one intends to sow oats
in the spring) I find an immense ad
vantage from fall plowing. As soon as
the corn is cut, and while it is standing
in stocks in the field, if I have time I
like to start the plows on the laod be
tween the rows of stocks, and finish
plowing after the corn and stalks are
removed.
On strong land I put three horses on
the plow and turn up a good deep fur
row, and leave the subsoil' on top,
where it Is exposed to the ameliorating
action of the air and frosts of winter.
In advocating fall plowing what is
particularly in my mind is not sod
t 3 i g. i s ' 1! t- r i
' - .-r 1 upon fOUr iej8; Most ol us have seen
aarlers. .'
Ill conditioned dogs do not all go
or potatoes, or beans, or roots had beeu
grown, and which was intended - for
oats or barley in the spring. Little or
nothing was said about plowing sod 1
land in the fall, on my own farm of
late year, at any rate I seldom, . if
ever, plow sod land in the fall, and
that not from theoretical reason only,
but because there is not time and be
cause, further, so land can be . plowed
In the spring at times when other land
is too wet and sticky to work to advantage.
Bea.Tatla Old Dfeaa'ewa.
It often happens that old meadows
become unprofitable; the grass of
meagr growth and of inferior quality.
When a meadow falls off in productive
ness many farmers suppose that the;
soil Is impoverished to such a degree
snarling curs upon two. If there is a
hateful biped on the face of the earth
it is your habitual snarler the mau
who has reduced his nature ' to a sys
tem, and practices it methodically at
all times and seasons.
These professors of the snarling art
of course snarl at everybody and
everything but their especial targets
are their families. They reverse the
themistry of the bee. Instead of ex
tracting honey from the weeds of life
they contrive to extract poison out of
its honey. It has been said that "man
never is, but always to be blest ;" but
that's not the case with the suarler.
He neither Is nor can be blest. In fact
he won't be blessed : but on the con
trary Is a curse to himself and to all
who come iu contact with him.
Oh I the wives that are snarled at I
that it M no longer able to produce i Vain are their efforts to please. All
i
profitable crops. This, says Rural
Home, is in many cases a mistake.
There is no question that grass as well
as other rops, If cut and removed year
after ycr, will impoverish the soil, but
not as fast as is generally supposed.
The meager growth is due to the close
ness of plants, acd these meadows are
thickly matted so as to form a compact
sod. Now all that is neoemary to re
store such a meadow to a state ot profit
able productiveo
so far worn as to be the cause of the
unproductiveness is to thin out some
of the growth, which Is readily done by
passing over the meadow with a sharp
toothed harrow. By this operation the
sod is 1 acres ted, the superfluous grass
killed, and as a result the remaining
Buck plowed land is cleaner and much plant make a luxnilant growth. This
If
more easily prepared for spring crops
than if il bad not been plowed. In plow
ing for corn my practice is lo plow
arouod the field, and thus avoid bavlog
dead furrows. But ia plowing in the
fall for spring crops I can, if necessary,
make narrow lands, aad by connecting
the dead furrows with the necessary
outlets I can get rid of a large quantity
of water in the spring. These narrow
lands, by running a gang plow so as to
fill np the dead furrows, are easily
leveled down, aad by cross barrowiog
with an Acme or other barrow the Uud
can soon be got ready for the drilL I
drill ia 150 to 900 pounds of superphos
phates with the barley and oats, aad
have reason to expect a good crop, and
the land after the oas or barely is bar-
vted is ia better condition for plow
ing lor wbeat thaa if it had not been
j well and deeply ploed the fail pre-
may be done either In the fell or in the
spring.
It is well or even necessary to pass
over tb meadow with a heavy roller,
as the harrowing makes tb sod rough,
sod If this be allowed to remain the
crop cannot be cut so lo as it might
be, or small pieces of sod are rare to
get into tbe bay, and this Is certainly
not desirable. A judicious application
of well rotted barn yard manure ap
plied as a top drasaing just after bar
rowiog will greatly increase the pro
dnctivenes of tb meadow, especially
ifitbeoldaod quit worn. A diae
1 arrow will answer, bat a barrow with
teeth Is preferable.
tneir winning ways are met with con
tumely, all their fond words choked In
tbe utterauoe with snappish yelps of
anger and cohtempt Ei.
. a.
a Tbaerr Afceet Ileaala ssl Krai as.
Dr. Starr, of London, says that It Is
impossible lo draw any conclusion from
tbe size or shspe of the head as to ex
tent or surface of the brain, and so as
to the mental capacity. It is absurd to
unless tbe soil is 'judge of tbe brain surface by either the
size ot the head or the extent of tbe
superficial irregular surface which is
covered by the skull, without taking
into consideration tbe number of folds
or tha depth of creases. "For a little
brain with many deep folds may real
ly, when spread out, have a larger
surface than a large brain with few
shallow folds. Phrenologist will
probably dispute this theory.
The largest freeh water lake com
pletely within the booodary of a sin
gle state ef tbe United Bute is Lak
.' Okecbebee, ia F.orida.
eratebea ia Ms rasa.
Years ago I bad a horse affected by
scratches. I tried many reootnmended
remedies without success. Knowing
from experience that pin tar would
cur chapped bands I applied It to the
cracked and sore parts, and only three
applications were neceaaary to effect a
complete cure. Sine then I have sev
eral lime applied it with equally good
result. Il softens the diseased parts
and keeps out moisture and dirt. I do
not want a better remedy, and were I
to add anything to it ia obstinat cases
it would be a very little pulverized
bin vltrol. Coj;. Rural New Yorker.
There is a spring lo Georgia which
has tbe reputed;quality of curing tbe
trst for (irons drink.
Fretccllai Creaa fraaa Fraes.
Every reader knows that some thin
covering, such as is afforded by news
papers, old sheets and the like, will
protect tbe plants so covered from
froot. Professor Hazen'a explanation
oi this protection is that the thin cover
ing prevents the sod and plants from
radiating their beat.' He says: "if we
can produce an artificial covering or
cloud, no matter how thin, we sbaU'ac
coDplisb the desired protection." He
advises that farmers haviug crops to
protect shall, when frost is Imminent,
try burning damp refuse straw, horse
stable bedding or damp chips to the
windward of a field. In order to deter
mine just where to locate this smolder
ing fire burn a little damp straw, and
the direction of the smoke will show
on which side of tbe field tb straw
should be scattered. If the smoke
should go straight np Professor Hazen
advises that the straw be burned near
the center of tbe field. When the sky
is cloudy or tbe wind h'gh there is, as
most readers know, but little danger
from frost.
Pt-, t f w n ,.nu v -
Methodist Church at New Gretna. Bur
lington County. N. J.. writes verv en
couragingly as follow. :
ur. U. W. Jfcirk, Dear Sir About
four years ago 1 took a heavy cold that
resulted In a stubborn catarrh. It in-
creased In severity, gradually extend
ing oowuwara to tne pharynx snd
larynx, thence to tbe bronchia. Tbe
back part of my throat was covered
with ulcers: my voice lost iu atrenirth
and resonance, aomelimm fading away
into aspirations. To bo ont into cool
air was to be filled np with phlegm and
mucous uoiu was no pleasure to
leave tbe bouse. I Med remedies nf.
fictnal and remedies patented, with no
relief, tbe disease still increased In
malignance. Badam's Microbe Killer
was suggested to me. aod bad soma
one other than yourself bad charge of
it a annum nave aismusea it from my
mind. Having; confidence in tour
judgment, I felt "there must be some-
tning in It." A faithful us of tb rem
edy has convined me that there Is sal-
vation In it for every catarrhal sufferer.
I feel improved in every ease ; bea'ib
much Improved, voice aLrona. dia.
charges much less profuse, ulcers beal
d, hoarseness gone, can get a full
oreetn Of air la short, cats ssy tbe
remedy is all that ia claimed for it.
Yours,
3. O.K. Coxuas.
For sals by L. B. Holt 4 Co.
saaalasw tmr dralaa.
abaaariae Sarrare.
The lines over which it is proposed
to lay a telegraphic cable are now ss
carefully surveyed beforehand as a line
of railway is surveyed before construc
tion. Not only are soundings taken to
find out tbe Inequalities of tb ocean
bed, but the nature of that bed Is also
investigated. This is don by using a
sounding machine which brings a por
tion of the bottom with it. The fol
lowing account of tbe survey between
Cadiz and the Canary Islands gives a
good idea of the oar with which tb
work is don.
Two ships made zigzag courses across
the proposed line of the cable, and
soundings were taken every few miles,
and more frequently if ciroumstance
warrant tb delay. In this manner tbe
ground was covered effectually. On
board tb Dacia w bad a pleasant
time and mad som remarkable dU-
ooverie.
We cam across several banks where
deep water had been supposed to exist.
On of these banks nearly escaped us,
as we were sounding at long intervals,
but a suspicious shoaling was noted on
comparing on sounding with tb pre
vious one, and at a little further on
deeper water was found, w tried back,
stopping to sound every few mile.
Tbe depth decreased very rapidly,
aod excitement ran high when tb
sinker found bottom at sUty-elgbt
fathoms. W had found a submarine
mountain raising Iu crest to within a
few feet of the surface, rising precipi
tously from a depth of nearly two
thousand fathoms.
Such locidenU as this show clearly
tb necessity for careful survey of
ocean cable routes. Tbia bank was
right on tb proposed course of the cable,
aod if this had been laid a was origi
nally intended the strain would have
proved fatal to lu existence.
Prince Bismarck has always been
noted for his love of truth, not only hi
his domestic but also in his public life.
This desire for trnthfulnes was instilled
into bis heart by the mother whom he
loved devotedly, and to whom be was
a most tender and respectful son. .
Once when be was a little boy bis
mother, when tAAAmg him good night.
asked carelessly, "And did you eat .
your broth f" ,
To her sutuiIm the boy ran away
without niaking ber any answer, but
he quickly reappeared and said "Yea,
with great glee. It seems that hi
memory had failed him in regard to the
broth, and be hunted up bis grjwiness.
Lottie Bchmeling. to make sure that he
had eaten it I
His ideas in regard to the love pa
rents hold for their children were al
ways outraged by the story of WSIXam
Tell, who was not a hero to his mind
at all. On one occasion the talk had
turned on Schiller's version oi the tale
and Bismarck said: -
"It would have been nobler and
more natural, aooording to my way of
thinking, if instead of ahning toward
tbe boy and displaying his akin by
shooting an apple on his son's head he
had shot at the governor! That would
have been nothing more than righteoo
anger at an t"hinn dnrnand p - -
xoutn 's Companion.
A YrvM :
Indeed tbe Idea of transmigration.
which is a poetic forecast of the mora
scientiflo doctrine here enunciated, is a
very familiar one. Coleridge In hi
boyhood one day wa proceeding
through the Strand, stretching out hi
arms as If swimming, when a passer by,
feeling a band at his coat UU, turned
rudely round and seized him a a pick-
pocket. Coleridge denied the charge
and confessed thai be had forgotten
lik whereabouts in the impression that
be was Leander swimming across the)
Hellespont, a wretched street lamp be
ing transformed by bis imagmatirei into)
tb signal light of the beautiful priest
ess of Seat oa. ,
Now it would be a little too fanciful
that Coleridge may have numbered
Leander among bis ancestors and that
LenWs memory was suddenly in an
abnormal moment reasserting Itself
through the brain of Coleridge. It
would be too fanciful, and beside it
is possible that Leander may really
never even have aTita a mrWts
Notes and Queries.
Horsroir, Tkxab, June 2H, 1888.
For tb publio :
iy w r ha fcn troubled with
enronio liver complaint and kidney
diaae for many years coupled with
Indigestion aad a stubborn constipation
Of the bowels. Pba haa tak ik
fjngs f Badam's Microbe Killer, and
feels greatly improved in all respects.
u Jr " "opes or a permanent
"""i continuing tne eae of the Mi
crobe Killer. V. IIaieau
For sale by L. B. Holt ft Co.
A bill to provido for establishing a
uniform standard for wheat, corn, oaf,
berelv and Atiia. min. ), ku.
ported and reoomended to the national H-n,il,0 Off has been tpo master
bouse of repreernUtivesbr the eom- Gr"y H1"' T,n-no 188
mil lee oa agriculture. Th president1 er wer th'rtj-five tnns-
of tbe National Farmers' Alliance Is J'"00 ocrlpture In existence,
credited with the statement that "a! A verv lanre nortlnn rik. iuk ...u
standard for grain is as imtiorunt
standard for money."
m sardines ara 1
char da.
reality eeraiah pit
's Oda Wan. .
There is, not tar from Fennlmore.
Wis., a peennar well, which at pres
ent is but little known. It la about
80 feet deep, the lower 40 feet beinz
drilled. About 20 feet from the sur
face there enters a crevice, oat of wLicb
rushes a current of air with fore so
great as to be felt at the top of thr
well, and a temperature so low a to
freeze a small stream which enters on
the opposite side about 8 feet above the
crevice. Tbe first 40 feet of the well U
through a shaley eaxtdxtooo, so soft ae
to require cribbing nearly the whole
depth. Lower down, where It is drilled,
there Is a stratum of very hard roclt
several feet In thicknena. Below tLU
again the rock is soft. The well is lo
cated on tbe aide of a doep sandstone
ridge, from which the cold air crevice
comae. St Louis Republic
rjrrmlawrabl,
. Charles Cruel one, can it be C t
yon utterly refuse met -
Clara Exact y.
Charie Sweet Iceberg! Atleaf tr -
mlt roe to congratulate you.
Clara For what t
Charles For your abso! a t e t: ; "
ry from heart disease, V,: i 1 u - I