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GRAHAM. N.C.; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1896; NO; 31. 4 - J- Vkot a sick day Fcr Over Thirty Years ! - ' EISTCT OF WDTO "- AYER'SJMLLS . -t "Aver's Cathartic Pills for over thirty y years have kept me in good health. Beret baring had aafck day in all that (into.. Before I waa twenty I suffered .- almost continually a result of eon etipation from dvanenia. headaches. aauralitia, or boH anil other eruptive When I became convinced v. n m 1 thai nlns4e.tit)is of my troubles were caused by constipation, I began the nse of Aver's Pills, with the most satisfactory-results, never having a single attack that' did not readily yield to this remody. ,Ny wife, who had been an . invalid for, years, also began to nso Ayer's Pills, and Iter health was quickly restored. With my children I had no ticed that nearly ail their ailments were . preceded ;by constipation, and I soon bad the pleasure of knowing that with children as with parents, Ayer's Pills, If taken in season, avert all danger of tekness. H. WmrsTKnr, Byron, 111. AVER'S PILLS tflghcst Honor at World's Fair. Afar! faruetritli Streagthew the SfttM.; ' PpoPESSIONALCARPB. .f iA. c t i a. r. rvj 9 rf Attbrney-at-Loi-fer, BCTRUXGTON, -. - -., - , - fc. C frartice In the Stiite vA Feilerel courts. Oniee over White, Moor 4 Oot's toie. Main Street. 'PboiwNo. 8. ATTORNEY AT LAW GRAHAM, " ' N. C J-nnOur Brsi-." I r". Biu,JH. BVNUM' &?BYTUJI, .Attorneya THCuna'toi"e tit JUu'W OBBBNSBDBO, N. O. Practice rttjnlsrly In the ci-nrts of Als- sHititr. , ! : : , ; i i v ', Dr. JolaR.Stockardi Jr., BURMNGTOX, N. C. Oooil arts of t- th I0 x-r set. Ome on Main Ht-orcr 1 K. Wa ker A V."s tore. . Livery 12! Feed STABLES. I i f i mi m W. C, Moore, Pkop'b, GKAHAM. N. O. , ... . eefcsanertatl train. Onnd s Of e or don hie Iniu, Charge moderate. ;-tiia ' IIENltY IJAX.V, JR., X- PBAOTICAL OTEB, . ' GRAHAM. N.C. ' iU lilads of tin work and re pairing. , Shop on W. Elm St., 'second door from Bain & Thompson's. ' DecCtf. X SMDFORSlllPLECOPr. . 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INS. ,"J' They Wen In JW Davlaf Vamtutam Wkea) ' Be Waa Oaptarsd. - . uenerai xtaman unnron, tna alien- ' fgan representative of the quartet of old staff ofQoers, who rose from cap - tain to colonel of the famous Twen - ty-aixth Miobigan, and then to as sistant adjutant general and obief of staff under General Milea, showed With much pride while in Washing ton a $5 goldpiece that has a won 'derful history. When General ,Chnrob's regiment was to bo mus tered out in 1866, General Miles re quested the war department to al low him to retain his obief of staff in the service, which request was granted, and for six months after bis regiment had gone home and until be declined to remain longer Gen eral Church was with General Miles at Fort Monroe, their principal duty being to guard their distinguished prisoner of war, Jefferson Davis. ' ; ' When captured, Mr. Davis bad in bis pocket the goldpieoe in question and a Mexican silver dollar.. Gen eral Church procured other similar pieces and effected an exchange for t be two f onnd in Mr. Davis' pookot He retained the goldpiece and gave the .dollar to Major JBlaclt, the Da kota member of tbe four who were present at the recent exercises, and Who had been his. tent mate. A few months thereafter Major Black was showing his famous dollar at an evening gathering, passing it from one to another, when it suddenly dis- ' appeared, and be has ever since l runnrned for his lost treasure. " - ! General Church1 bad' better luck, however, with bis goldpiece, and, while be occasionally exhibited it to his frierds, carried it as a much prized 'pocket piece for 25 years, when he euddonly discovered that he bad unintentionally paid it out instead of another similar piece of monoy he carried with it, bnt to whom be had not the slightest reool lection. Be 'promptly directed the cashier of bis bank tq lay aside any $5 gold pieces hearing the date of lb'S7 that might pass through his bands in the course of business, thinking there lnight be possibly one chance in a million that the val uable keepsaVo would some time make its appearance. 'Six weeks afterward an old farmer dropped in and madeasinall deposit, when the cashier said' to Mr. Chnroh, "Here, soo if that's tho goldpiece you aro looking for." Ho took it and was overjoyed to And the distinguishing marks be had placed ujion the coin whon it first loft Mr. Davis' pocket and found its way to bis own. bince then, thai precious ..piece has been kept carefnlly wrapped and safely seonred against another disappear, ance.' . . . , :X .' ' While in Paris five or six years ago General Chnroh was n guest ono evening at the homo of a wealthy family who bad formerly resided in New York. In some way tho hostess learned that bu had helped to guard Mr. Davis while lio was a prisoner of war, and she said, with much ap parent satisfaction, "1 have a Mexi can dollar thatrwas taken from Mr. Davis' pocket at that time, which I value very highly.'" ; r ! Withoat botraying tho anxiety be feltTtfr.Oiurcb 'asked when and where she obtained it and was told that it bad bad been - presented to the late President Andrew Johnson while bo occupied tbe White House, and that she being bis near relative it bad fallen to her on tbe distribu tion of bis valuables after President Johnson's death. General Church had no opportunity or inclination then to explain what he knew of tbo old Telia, bnt be bas now bad an opportunity to personally tell Major Black where bis long lost dollar is, ... -t " ,j. r, : and he, too, may, like General Church, come in due time into pos session of his own. Washington Post Beady Hade Koeta. ; Ligbtoragobusinessabouttbsbar bor of New York bas been consider ably damaged by a new labor saving device In tbe building trade. It used to bo tbat many lighters were em ployed in transporting from point to point tbo sand and lime, tbat go to the making of mortar. A now con cern, however, is now sending down aoo w loads of ready, mixed mortar from Cow bay. This mortar, of three qua Hies, is ladled out into iron carts and sent tosll parts of tbo city where building operations are going on, and tbo lighters are low and leas employed for carrying tbo materials tbat go to tbe making of mortar. New York Ban. UthSi Don't sleep with eyes facing tbo light is a osution given by all oocn- lista A test by closing tbo eyes wben facing tbe ligb t q aickly shows tbat tbo strain is xmly lessened, not removed, and tbe interposition of the sbtst eyes ss wben tbey aro open. J It is sometimes neoossary in a small . h.M u hl faoa tbo win- dow, but oven then, by means or hade rolling from tbo bottom in. stead of from tbe top, tbo window may be covered to tbo few ioebeo left free for tbe paatagoof sir. A TRAMP'S STORIES. OlafT M a Itraas Performer and At sea ' tune With a tlaad Oak: Bnt there are some humorous fea- tares connected with a tramp's life, 1 For example, I happened to be ia ! Terro Haute, Ind., one time iind met an acquaintance who was in the show business. Ho bad a few days before written to I. W. Baird of L W. Baird'a minstrels for an engage ment He received an answer tell ing .him to oomoon toColumbusvO., and : join tbe show. But my friend wired back that be bad a friend, and could, accept no offers unless I was also engaged. Wo received no reply for two weeks. Then -a wire came inquiring if we both could play brass. My mato was an excellent performer enfieIto-bornTbnt" I knew no more about wind instru ments than the man in the moon. Nevertheless we answered in tbe affirmative and were told to proceed to Raleigh, where the show would be in a few days.. We did so, and Baird 's first question upon meet ing us was as to what instruments wo played, ; My, friend replied tbo alto horn, and I answered tho cym bals. He bad bought our tickets through from Terro Haute, and bis faco grew black as a thundercloud. "I thought you played brass?" sputtered be. 4 V ; "Well, ain't cymbals brass?" in quired I innocently. H ' :; I am not sure whether it was my nerve or not thot did the triok. At any rato he engaged us, and we re mained with him for two seasons. Another incident that bad a spice of humor in it happened to a "bobo" of my acquaintance ono' summer in Long Branch. I was working for an ioe dealer, but my chum oould get nothing to do. However, be was togged out in great shape in a light plaid suit, russet shoes, straw bat, etc No one to look at him would have taken him to bo anything less than a gnest at ono of tho swell bo tols.. He waa very particular about the cut of bis hair, stato of his linen and the rest of it quite an oddity in the tramp lino, Bnt ho hadn't a cont, and I was in the habit of let ting him. bunk up in the hayloft over the stablo in which rny em ployer kept bis teams. Ho was ao oustoined to "hit" all tbe back doors in town for "band outs V -and (hero- by bangs n tale. Two girls who ... 1.. t vi. nuu muiJJ'UlJj 111 limuuiuuiK incut rnnnH. i,,i iim.ii utrnfir i,v iiiannnt attiro and dashihir dros. and ho bad n.adoup to them in great sbapo, bav- J ing learned that the father of one of i. i - , ; i -- XT v i and was worth considerable monoy. J Ono day wbilo strolling along one of tho shady streets of the Branch they encountered him just return ing from a foraging expedition. He bad a number of beef sandwiches done up in a newspaper, and when be caught sight of them be jammed the parcel up the back of his cont out of flight. Tho three stopped and engaged in a pleasant chat, tbo would bo gallant holding tigbt to tho bottom of bis coat in order to prevent tbo "hand out" from slip ping. But finally bo became so in terested that bo lot go ' with one band tbnt bo might make an appro priate gestnro to punctuate some re mark, wben; lol tbo bundle of sand wiches tumbled out upon tbe side walk,, the paper opening and itsoon tentaacatterinfrabout tbo foot of tbo two sbobkod - young 'visitors. Tho "gentleman bobo" djd nut endeavor to make , any explanations, but van ished around tbo nearest corner en veloped in a salpburie atmospbero generated by curses loud and deep. . Bnt, taking everything into consid eration, the lifo is a bard, jrorpoeo- , ' "" "HiT to break down tbo health of tbe 1 . . m - M I . JKI most vigorous, and tbe end is a obar ity hospital and finally tbo potter's field Philadelphia Times. Stery of hear. One of tbo most romarkable aci en title statements of its kind appears in a recent number of. Popular As tronomy concerning F. 70 Opbinobi, an easily visible equatorial star, hitherto supposed to oonsist of two components, of tbo fourth and sixth magnitudes respectively, tbo appar ent orbft being a narrow ellipse of such size tbat tbe two stars can al most always bo readily separated by small tolosoopes. Astronomers have been constantly wstobing Ibis sys tem, so tbat more observations of it bare been recorded than of any other double star in tbe northern beaten, while it has also tbus far bad more orbits computed than any other, tbo irregularity oi motion being snob as to load to tbe conclusion tbat tbo law of gravity does not bold good to that system. Coining down to tbo recent and most careful investiga tions by Professor Hco of tbo Uni versity of Chicago, there is shown a regular variation through a seriea of years ia tbe acTuaT. orbit wb: only be explained by tbo existence oi a aara nouy id ido svamm. iw noriotl of this dark body appears to be about 34 years, tho dimenateos of tho largo orbit being probably mid way bwtween those of Nepttmo and Drsnus. tbe combined mane of tho three bodias being about 1 MO tbat of ocr sua. ' , FIDDUNQ FOR TURKfYS. A fcaaUaf IWrlee W These Wk Ho WIM Tarfcey Tialaia. A Forest and Stream correspond ent writing from Greenville, Miaa., tells how he went 'turkey bunting with n friend. They got off tbo ears at Angullla, and Paul Denkens met them. ' With a pair of stoat males and a-, heavy wagon ' loaded , with oamp duffel tbey traveled IS miles over rough road, finally camping near Darling bayoa on a hikh oane ridge. They took a llv.o wlhrtarkey gobbler that had been trained along with them in a box. The next morn tng before daybreak tbo two set oat with tbo turkey, wblob was named Fox. v .'- f ..-.-- V .:7-V;.::- i' Ws took oar way through a most abominable thicket; "bo continued. " After passing through tho cane wo got into briers and tangled vinos. In tho darkness wo floundered over logs and through water, at times waist deep, for f oar or five miles. Wo tethered Fox to a stake in tbo open and took, our station by tbe root of tbe trees at a good shooting distance from him. Wash, tbe team ster, who toted tbo gobbler for us, was afeared tbo paut'or would sure get him and refused to go back a ways, where bo would not alarm the game. - . "At daybreak Fox gave a mighty gobble, whereupon every bird, owls included, made answer, and among others was a wild gobbler's defiance. If. a gobbler hears a gobbler, bo feels that ho Is obliged to see what tbo row is about, and that was tbe death of the gobbler ;- that answered Fox, One day Fox was making a lot of raoket in tbo camp. A eouplo of other hunters hoard him, and tbey spent several hours trying to call what they suppoaod to bo a wild gobbler. Tbey wore very sheepish when tbey learned of their mistake. " . Tbe turkey fiddle is an instrument used by those who haven't a live trained wild torkoy. It ia aoedar box bored out of inch stuff 0 inches long by 8 incbos wide, with thin sides. Tbe bow is a piece of slate 1 inch wide and 3 inches long. This bow is clasped between tbo thumb and forefinger lengthwise, and tho farthest edge of tbo fiddle is drawn toward one across tbo slate. Like all otbor turkey calls, this one is declared to bo positively the boat rmade. With snob an instrument as . , . . 1 this a man went out turkey calling. IIUHI aa MB gUS L. JIII1U JJ(II WBtlU to fiddle turkey songs in a way that set all tbo. turkeys to clucking in low tones and tbe gobblers to yell ing defiance, battleories and other things. Ono of tbe gobblers did not yell very much, but eamo charging at tbe man. Tbo man had laid him sol f down behind a log, thinking that tbo turkeys would come up be fore bim to be shot, Tbo gobbler that didn't say much evidently did a lot of thinking, for an of a sudden tho man heard a "Put, put, '' behind bim so oloso tbat bo made a discord like a wildcat's shriek. Before be oould get bis gun tbo gobbler was bob ind a 3 foot tree and scooting for dear Ufa All tbo fiddling tbe man did after that failed to fetoh a feather The Cslaly "X4 Tartlet A most curious, nlgy and ungain ly semiaquatio oreatavo is tbat which is known by tbo common same of '-'mud devil" or "bell bend er." Tho mud devil baa neither tbo spiked tail tbo horned bead nor tbo cloven hoofs- tbat are supposed to be tbo distintruisbing marks of tbo evil one, but bo is hideous enough to suggest all sorts of horrid dreams and nightmares, and on that account bas been made more repulsive by tbo bestowal of bis nneupbbnkms eommos name. Do la not poisonous in any way, has ao boma or sting, -bnt U simply a mad devil, boos use bo is repulsively ugly. In general appearance bis distorted and wart oovered body is not exactly unlike tbat of a gigantio tadpole. His aver- ago lengtn is about is inches, bat occasional well fed individuals may exoeed even S feet from tip to tip. Ho bas a broad, flat bead and a sharp, swlike fin running from tbo middle of tbo back to tbo tail St Louis Bepoblio. . AX If a Japanese artist wishes to daw sort bo ia color and design tbo antici pation of happiness, bo draws a pic ture which is a combination of aa April evening, a moon, a nightin gale and a plum tree or two. Yio tory is symbolised by tho trie, grace and quietness by tbo willow tree and tbo swallow for symbols. Pa triotism is sometimeo indicated by a spray of eaerry bio oma. Too almond flower ia tbe flower of spring and symbolises beauty. Tbo dragoo twines asd writhes aa artistic oourse through all Japanese art, root and Dranch."His name is Tstso, and when yon sea bim pictured ss fight ing wits a tirer Mia tbasymbelcc reliaion fighting against power. A dragon floating about ia tbo csood means sncosss ia Ufa Tort, tbo eock. perched upon a dram, sirmfles good toverniuont Both tbo Greeks nd tbo Japs ao tho botterflyfo trmbulhas lasortsSy. ?3 rr - xesc - rirt ' TELEPHONK EAR. Bw tt la rradaeeO aa4 Wars b Which 1 May Be Avid.a. Have you tbe telephone ear? j It yoa use tbe telephone three or mora times a day, the probabilities aro yoa have it, though 'it may not have occurred to you. , But if yoa bo past SO years of age, yea have al ready notioed a difference between tho right and tho left ear in aouto nrys of tbe sense of bearing. . There Is little doubt now tbat your atten tion is called to it, that you will re member your left ear is a trifle keener in matters of bearing than is your right : Not wben yoa are lis tening over the wire; but, when in nn ordinary conversation with tbo noises of the street about yoa or the ham of business in ofiloe or shop or tbo bun of talk in the parlor, yoa will bend forward a' little nnd in. oline tbe left ear to tbo speech of your friend. Yoa have tbo tele phone ear and baven't notioed it What is tho cause of it? Tbo tele phone. Arranged as it is, with the reoeiver at the left band, yon can not well use it exoepting at tbe loft ear. Yoa press tbo black mnssle of tbo reoeiver olose to the oar, the speech of your correspondent agi tates tbe diapbram at bis end of tbe line, and the waves of air gently strike upon tbo drum of your ear, and what one of the aurista of Chi cago calls massage takes place. Your ear is subjected to tbo same knead ing process tbat is so beneficial wben wisely applied to 'the flesh or mus cles of any other part of , tbe body. And tbe effect of it is an increase in tbo sense of bearing in tbst ear. At the telephone exobange tbe girls aro instructed to obange tbe reoeiver from ono oar to tbe other throe or four times a day. For one thing, it is a rest to tbe operator. If ono ear were used exclusively by tbo operator, in time there would be so diatinot a differ en oe in tbo aouto nesa of tbo bearing between the left and right sides tbat tbo operator would be practically incapacitated for a obange. There would bean abnormal development at one side at tbo expense of tbe other. "I do not think the electrical effoot is felt," said Dr. Edward T. Dicker man, whose specialty ia diseases of tbo ear. "It is little if anything more then a gontlo massago of tbo membrane of tbe ear. And in all cases exoept where tbe affection ia catarrhal ia its character and had affected what is called the interior oar the use of the telephone will produoe a beneficial effect. I never know a person to be injuriously af fected by tbe use of that instru ment and 1 certainly have known numerous coses where it had a good effoot" In Germany tbo telephones are ar ranged with a double reoeiver, and each car of tbe operator In tbo sta tions is provided with one.. ' Tbe sound is delivered equally in each ear. In suob case there is no vary ing result Both ears booome equally acute. ' If tbo general patron of tbo telephone in America were to use such a oontrivsnoo there would be no phenomenon like tbe "telephone ear." Chicago Times. Herald. - - : . . ' Aai laaaaet Mmm, ' ' '. Bent day in Paris is a very impor tant oooaaion. - The landlord is king la a realm where exactitude is not oply encouraged, bat enforced. An Englishman says ho onoo went to see a landlord about some matter connected with tho bouse which be had hired. Tbo Frenchman proved to bo a very suspicious and inquisi tive old.!, gentleman, who bad made his fortune iu tbe candle trade. - What do yoa sell?" ie inquired. Tbo Englishman acknowledged that be made his bread by writing for tbo magaatnes. Tbo landlord shrugged bis shoulders. - . "I am afraid,'! said bo, "tbat yoa will not be exact with your rent on tho 15tb of tbo month." Ho evidently bad old fashioned notions of literature as well as otbor arte and prof erred tbat bis tenants should be, like himself, comfortably to trade. So, ia order to vindicate bis vocation, tbo Englishman went ia person to call upon bis landlord a tbo lttb, with rent ia band. J told yoa eof exclaimed tho preoiaa old merchant "1 know yoa wouldn't bo exact at tbe day or boor i fixed, too nave brought your rent SI hours too soon." r ear sou's Weekly. v Thai Ptaaa. SconlDida! rnn lnm to bavo that fluffy, haired beauty 1 run bar little white fingers op snd down your ke-ybnard? Tbo Piano 1 did trotil she played asofalea, - Tbe t&oo Wretcd corjoette ! I shall Bovor forgot bow sua eat down OS xoe! Cleveland Flab Dealer- ' . Xsaars TW Dhow Sir. Waygles-. Pidat I tn yoa not to toll Wsfgfee tbst wo were going to move?" I gidw't waul bim to know, and today bo asked so wbea we war goiag to make tbo ohanga, Mra, Wiggfea (faadirasntly) I eTMa't say's word to Trias shoot It I dMat teD aaybody hot kUwUo BoservUle Jiraal Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. & Govt Report, AD50L3JTEELV PUHC f THE DANCE OF THE 60NNET8. ' All on and down lbs brDllant hons I . ........ Throogh eirdo, oox. parqmti, v ! Bat rows and rows of wsltinn folk, Urn, dames and ounselii gay. All with tbvtr bright, expectant looks, .' Care free as If In story uooM v . " ttnpauent for the play. , At last the Hshte tamed, sadden, low! - The eartain apward went; Each rotoo was boshed and garment's stir. - With mm aad ear ill top t . tt2SSZ Eaoheacer faoe waa bent. f Bnt one, asbast, eonld nothing see doapt a monstrous plamm Wbllo tbreo rrd ram high a-wave From Paris skill abloom , Before soother's straining erea. With saner tilt and saTBce siso, Did loom, aud loom, and loom. And hard br this another Mevkeoal. bot now a-rage, For two wide sproadlng, fnulike wings Conoralrd Jnat half the Um. Sometimes a plaror's brad or hand Or fragment of a dancing band . Woold faU within his gaoite. One dame, behind a ribbon tower. Frit honest, trae omasa ' That thoughtful sho of rlniint tofjoa Mont lhas be snollnd nf gsze. She knew not that bor light olgrot To eros behind would only k't Things pose ae mroujn i And en tbo daneo began to right, To loft, to right again Tbe flower, the fcalbar, silken bow, Tbo wing of bright bird slain. O weird chasm, row after row. The bonnets com it, the bonnote go. Till enrtsln drops and from tbo show Wend weary ores and brain. ! ... . Cbarle Uodlor .Warner. The Vather ef tho BrltUh Nary. Hawke's claim to tbo title which Keppelgave bim rests mainly not aa. atnivln tiattlA rrrr nn tlin vhnTYarv. I dies of ephemeral literature, but on a discovery which was almost as im portant as Anson's, though it was made in the field of tnotica rathor than of topography.; Tho discovery was simply this and it sounds almost puorila wben reduced to jilain ; languogo that naval engagements; to be worth fighting at all, must be decisive; tbat strict adherence to the recog sixed methods of procedure was ! very well at tho coromenoeinent of; n AAtfnn hnt tvni tn hn tlirnwn trt tbe winds when anything better could bo done; tbat, in fact to usoj Hawko's own words in bis instruo tions to bis offiocrs just beforo Qui-' boron, as regards tho enamy, "Ilo was for tho old way of fighting to make downright work of them. " i Surely tbo man deserves something more than a qualified oblivion wbo could deliver at the crucial moment snob an order as tbis a truism per-1 haps to our . ears nowadays, but1 pregnant with influence at tbo time upon tho naval warfare of tho future. I IIow be understood it himself may beiratbered from his retort to the , master of bis ship, wbo reinonstrat-' ed with bim on tho perils of pursu.j ing tho French' flagship farther j among tbe rooks and sbosls of Qui-' boron bay: Yoa nave oone your doty, sir, in showing me tho dangor. Yoa aro now to comply with my or der and lay roe alongside tbe Boleil BoyoL How tbo lesson waa taken irf ,i...ir,i t,w Hinw to heart and developed by Rodney and by Nelson is familiar to every reader of English history. llaomil Ian 'a Magazine. We m Pleaslaa Oasis, Tbo wells of Murabd (mora bit- tor) aro situated in tbe heart of tbo ' Nubian desert on tbo Korosko to Abo-Bemed line, about 118 miles from tbo former and .109 from thef latter plaoo. Tbey form tbo only sources of woter supply on tbis rood, tbe intervening country being sterile desert, mostly loose sand. - I Bir Samuol Baker, wbo was hero ia 1861.. describes tbo plaoo as "a mourn fa 1 spot on extinct crater ' surrounded on sll sides but one by I precipitous cliffs about UOO foot high; j Tbo bottom is a dead flat and forms a valley or sand about zio yards wide.- Tbo beat is very great" . Colonel Stewart, whoacoorapnnied Gordon to Khartum and was sub soqoently killed at Abn-Hamod, traveled by tbis roots In 1881. and adds tbat tbo water ia so bad tbat only camels will drink It Mr. V. L James, a previous traveler, obtained some swwt water front a sooroo In tho neighborlnv; bills. "It took our meaawbole4a4 fetekl' Both General Gordon and Colonel 17 tbe desert ti this direction is quite tupsnamblo for any army and is a oomplcto barrier separating gypt from tbo Bodan. London News. A CS phsafeetaal. A dlsmlcrtsut wLksb combines cliespnrva with general worth is found ia jrroscnsuate of potash. Ono oozreo will make a bucketful of disinfectant It h a crystal and eaa be kept in tbis state until reqoiiod f.JT SMB. - The largrt bird Jn tbo world fa-re tbo condor. Ceadors with a spread of winxcf It to 20 feet bavebee&. sbt iit ! V i.Iua. 7D U VVvCWa GAFFNEV WAS PLUCKY. "H Ura4 After a Silk naaahseahlsf Baal ateea Orawm Tare BUs atoa. "Tbey are flanking tbo brigada and charging tbe battery. ' rboordaweioitterod W aa off! oer who bad sufficiently recovered from the stunning a gunshot wound had given him to raise his bead and 'Mr to tbesalntationof bis brigade "( commander. ; It took plaOS OB, th I field of Antietam early la the day. i and tbo man who spoke was Edward : 8. Bragg, then lieutenant eokmel, ' commanding a regiment A ballot ' bad struck bissrm, inflicting a psiav onnd, paralysing it- General John Gibbon, tho brigade commander, was riding rapidly to give directions to the battery wheaf he saw Colonel Bragg lift np Jilt head. "Old man, are yoa hurt Ton are very white," said Gibbon. "No. Tbey are flanking tbobri. gade and Charging the battery.' It was one of those oooasions wbea a lieutonant colonel presumed to 1 give directions to bis general. In a few minntea tbo oolonol was ablo to walk to tbo field hospital. often bantered each otbor. - VVboa T BarUettsawtheoolonel.be said: "So yoa have come to soo me. Bavo been expecting sll the morning to bo -called upon to amputate your bead. What is tbe matter, colonel?" I don't know. If I did, I wouldn't . ' cor' I want to find oat Where are you bit? "In tbe arm. Can't yoa see? "Is it broken?" "Ton are paid to tell mo If it 1 broken." Tbe doctor took tbe Jimp, helpless, hurt arm, felt of it hurriedly aad said, "Brsgg, if sny other man to tbe army bad been hit aa yoa were, , bo would bsve hsd a broken arm, but your arm isn't broken." "Thank yoa. Tie tbis handker chief around my neck and hitch II 1'to'b"t "m' X?r' What aro yon going to do? " ' "I am going back to tbe regiment" "Better let mo dress your wound .first" ! ,',.? ; "Never mind tbo .wound. Toa can drees tbst tomorrow.'! And tho pluoky little warrior, wbomoretbaa earned all of his ranks from private to brigadier, rejoined bin fighting and dreadfully decimated regiment . On his wsy back the oolonol saw a msn of bis old company. "HaUo, : Nick! What's ths mstter?" "Ism shot, colonel. I'm going to ' die."-,- -.;;., .'. :;5- f "No, Gaffney, you aro not going to die. Let me see your wound. " Tlie boy pointed to a bine spot otv. bis breast "You're all right, ehiok. on." Then the colonel pot bis band over tho wound and said i "Take a kin breath." iPoor Nick took a long breath, bat ' " a m m id the oolonol a band was covered la A. .! fait- - St.. a. .AT with blood. Tbo shot had struck bim in th breast, snd gooo tbrougbJ -' - In telllas; of tbo incident afterward General Bragg said I "I A-.., A I . .11 I 1 . ... . tout tov poor iciiu w us waa aui rifaa, but I didn't believe it 1 dida't so then bow a fellow shot throogh tbo long eonld survive. "Nick Gaffney U still living and apparently a strong man. Tbo sur geon . drew a silk handkerchief through bis body soon after bo wont to tho hospital. - It makes yoa shud der, doesn't . it? It mado poor Nick Gaffney wince, but be uttered no sound.' Colonel Bragg remained wit bit regiment tbo balance of tbo day, bat wbea the battle was over tbo reoo tlon came, and bo bad to give ap lor a time. Chicago Times-Herald.? OI4 Btaa ef IfarylI mm Tk At tbe Peabody library is aa old map of itaryUad and Yb-giabv ' wbiobtsbssievedtodatobaektotbo . seventeenth century, Tbo map has) a ..ai m m i osoriuni w ry-o mm mT ,C TzTT Z J?1 ,f ot W v- . f blank PWW 'Ta f ability, and was evidawOy pari oi a jarger wars oesorimag xao . Anwieaa eoloniea, as tbopagaoasw ' numbered, "Baltiasoro tors . a si toa tod betwoaa tbo "Basoeeasr banougb and Bush rivers. Nooa ' , pedal mention ia mado of It ka tbo description ef tbo colony, fa wklesi "8t Uarios" figures aa tbo chief place. - la addition to tbo Baaqtsa.' ban na, with ita tuear spa Wo g, tbo principal rivors are named as tbo Patowmeo, Pa tuxes t, Ana Arasdet, alias Severn, Cboptauk. Naatoooko . and Pooomoka. Tobacco ranting h aaoied as tbo priocipal oouroo of fsnuo in the colony, and it ia stated tbat trade was carried oa chUfly by barter and exchanga Tbo awpwssiubliab.J iaLoaJoa.
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Sept. 3, 1896, edition 1
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