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VOL. XXIV.
'..GRAHAM, NC.,. THURSDAY APRIL 28,-1898.
NO. 12
WaOfH. BiwmTrtensart WWteBn.
smelrd b3teel, made In M, it, Aland
M look wMthe-lsnsth IS lnebes. It sal
ona-inon VI I Ian, two mob. brass nM
and sap, Sua bed retails at from to -
dollars.
But at the maker and Sara tbe
dldmaaf -proDta. Oar Cetalomes ars
mailed for tlx asktnr. Complete llnat
of Furniture, Draperies, Crockery,
Ptotume, Minora, 8 to Tea, Befrlsera-
Our
tor. Babr Oerrlaa-es. Lamp, Bedding.
arc are onniainea in anaee uwaa.
LtUoaraobed Garnet Oetakjaoe bow
ing ail goods In hand-painted eolora If
a Mo f rest If Carpet samples ara wanted
mall us fa. In stamps. Drop a postal at
one to tbemonsv-ssvois and reaaaenp
kr tha wa Mf srolnhS ahM
fIihm of 4 areola.
CwriaJaa. I-ortlera aaa
Haes nanoBnUna to aa4 ever.
Julias Ilincs G Con
BAImt orb. no. s .,
MILD MURDERERS. BAD WEATHER ROADS
THE HIGHWAYMAN.
CONVtCT TRAMPS THAT INFEST CEPr
. TAIN PART8 0F 8IBERIA,
NEED OF HIGHWAYS THAT ARE AL- I
: WAYS SMOOTH AND HARD.
Flower and :
Garden Seeds.
Large lot of
Flower Bulbs
To arrive in a
Few days. '
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School Books
Don't faU to try
Holmes' Pills.
Drugs, fine candy, &c.
GATES & CO.,
Burlington, N. C.
Livery, Sale ii Feed
STABLES.
Aa 111 look would bate It, a party of
19 tramp lott then passed.' Peroeiving
the Pole alone, tbey (nrrooDded blm in
an Inttant, Tbe Qaselon, mho was bat
a few paoet off, bid. In the bnabea and
witneased what followed. '
He oonld not help ble friend, aj to
knew that if be (bowed himself be
would be killed at onoe. .
"Bail friend." Mid tbe tramps, tak
ing off their caps, ''Bad look to jou
that yon have met at, bat too see it U
not on fault Boob ia tbe will of God.
1A n 'fienv., PnnP1!. I Bow much money bave yon gotr
v'r5 nT ' "Piraniblei. wblobl wmivyoa,
M well as my olotbet, if fan only spare
myiue." .... .;.
"soar Ufa It of no nee to na, and we
TfcayCniailt Paads of Blood Wtthoat lr
IktaMna aw raaaloai A Qooor Kind' of
allsjt"B in Incident Illnatratlng Their
VamUa Ideaa.
Tbe feature of Siberian life which
moat impreeses traveler U tbe convict
tramp. He baa escaped from tbe mines
and ia wearily tramping across tbe
snowy wastes, cold and hungry and oon
atantly hiding from pursuit, only to bo
nn ally oaognt ana taken bacK.
Liberty ia sweet, bat tbe chance . of
ultimate escape, is very small, u they
all know, and that they make tbe ea
oape at all must be due to faot tbat
een.tne terrible privations of the jour
ney aiq a welcome change from tbe liv
big grave of the mines, : -
To disoonrage attempts at escape tbe
government baa granted the lawful prlv
liege to any one to shoot them on tight
Tbe oonvlctt, net knowing frlendt from
enemies, axe obliged to avoid villages
daring tbe day and to have recourse to
highway robbery, to satisfy their wants,
Generally speaking these bradlagi are
tbe wont of criminals.
One of tbe leading characteristics of
tbe bradlagi which distinguish them
from other murderers and freebooters it
their complete indifference and1 absence
of irrigation and passion when commit
ting s deed of blood.
Bat what astonishes one most ia tbe
combination of the most hardened crime
With some religious ideas and also a cer
tain degree of humility born of tbe se
vere discipline of bard labor of tbe
mines, which produces a - show of pity
toward' the victim they are destroying
in tbe most cold blooded manner:
Illsfortune end tbe bradlagi it one
of. tbe most unfortunate of beings
nnoonsoioosly turns their thoughts to
ward religion. In Justification of their
crimes "they -invariably say, " We are
poor tinners, but also most unfortunate;
and therefore God will, forgive n all
our
Whenever they see a cross, they al
ways take off their caps and cross
themselves, ' In conversation they are
very fond of quoting wbat at first sight
seem Scripture texts; bnt what in reali
ty are . phrases made by themselves for
their own Justification, such at "God
bates the rich ones of this world, ""Sin
committed in perfect humility is no
sin," "If thon most kill a man, don't
kill his soul."-
Their peculiar idea are exemplified
In the following incident, in one oi the
more important villages there lived two
men, a Bnssian and . a Pole, sent there
for some small offense. Both being shoe
makers, tbey entered into partnership
and tried to; gain a decent living.
One da tbev went some SO verste . bkbult or aaiuiow tikm.
from tbe village on an esoorsion, and about 1,500 cheese factories and cream -
eominff to a few straggling bushes tbey eries. To each one of these every morn
separated and began to. gather little ing there comes an average of say 40
I nieces of wood. v .. farmers' with their, milk. Jtow tbat
Be Long- as. tha Fnrmar Maya at na
Boada Don't Botha Blm Whan Be
Go, to Market Hi. Trouble Bsgiaa.
. State Aid In Bond Conatmetloa. : V
Perhaps never dors tbe need of good
roads manifest itself . so . strongly in a
community of farmers as where tbey
attempt to carry on a. co-operative en
terprise tuoh at a creamery or a cheese
factory. Bo long at tbe farmer remains
at borne on his own land it makes no
difference to him whether bit roads be
smooth as asphalt or rough, and atony
as a mountain pass, or whether tbey. be
bard and level like tbe English high
ways of macadam or soft and sticky like
the ground about the pigsty, says Cy
cling Gazette. It it only when it oomes
to going to town, especially" if it be
with a load of crops, that the condition
of tbe highway eats any figure, And it
beoomet mere important than ever
where farmers are obliged to drive to a
oreamery- each day in the year with
their milk.
Inmost of: tbe states dairying has
only of late become a. great Industry,
but its continued growth calls more
loudly than ever for tbe construction of
roads which will enable the creamery
patrons to deliver thebK.milk without
wearing oat their horses whenever the
weather takes an- unfavorable torn.
Wet weather roads are needed here,
and dairying nan never be a complete
success without them. Ex-Governor
William D. Hoard, tbe president of tbe
National Dairy anion, it a strong advo
cate of good roods. ' His experience baa
taught bin) bow essential tbey are to
dairy farmers. -At vioc'pretident of tbd
Wisconsin League For Good Boeds Mr.
Hoard has most forcibly stated tbe case
from tbe dairyman's standpoint
"Modern dairying," says Governor
Hoard., "it usually grouped around tbe
creamery and tbe cheese factory. On
good roads, where from one to two tons
of milk can be . hauled to tbe factory
with ease and safety, the cost ia natural
ly lower than where a muoh less quan
tity can be bauled. It follows, then, tbat
the condition 'of tbe roads is a direct
living factor in the cost of bsuling.
A limited calculation would give yon, I
think, a new view of tbe situation.
There are in Wisconsin, for in stance,
Did yon ever meet a robber
aanifa,
Who, prompt and aordlal tiiwUm waa,
i- moo or roar UH."
1Tap while yon stood a-traablut wMh roar
naaaa aoore roar a.an.
Took roar sold, moat srbnt? oSeriaft
mainaoldkmdf ,
i robbta. I was sjosas-bosM
yea In cold tesdr
WeU, tones Bote
to tan.
Tha way was rathe toaBTTlhdBfh not yet
too dark to sue
TEat the atnrdy roane who stopped ass tkera
waa Terr raUy armed, -
Batrm hon sat at matotalniaa that I dJdal
He was pontine kard from rnmnlne sol, betas
- suu nnc. anted,
Very boldljr faced tbe
. what a wanted.
I was quite as M( Mb was, kadi waa not oat
Bo 1 didn't tear bla ahootmsj
" CM Id dean,
Ia answer to say qnsattons tha hiekwaraaan
ralaed an arm -
And pointed Msttalcbt at me, tboosb I stffl
nn no Mann. -Bo
did not aak to monoy, bnt wbat be said
was law, ..:--'
'Ton cannot nana, papa, nnlim yoa rasyoor
bcaauar-
aiiiai aniii jricwtaTag.
A GOLF COURSE.
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GKAUAM, N,
Trams most all trains: ' Good slnf le or don
bis teams, cnarsea oiooerate. -iin-eni
" PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
- JACOB A. LONG, -4
Attorney-at-L.aw,;
GRAHAM. . - ' if. C
. SViiaea In tha Btata and Wadsral eoarfa.
- omea over White, Boon Co's store. Mala
. attest, -raonono. a. ,
J. D. KEBNODLEa.
tTTOnKRY AT LAW
GRAHAM, - ; ...
N. C.
4-
w.
P. BVBUH, J-
obat Braon.
BYNUM & BYSTUM,
Attornrya and Coanarlora at ln w
' . OBEKNSBOBO, IT. O.
fraettea reraJarly 4a
ware eeaalv.
eoarts of. Ala.
A, t. 4 iy.
DR. J. R, STOCKARD,
Dentist, -GRAHAM.
N. C.
would really like to let yon go; but yon
see, dear friend, we bave our la wa, which
void. If yon were to escape
lira, yon would report ns to tbe po
ttos, and ws night be caught Therefore
forgive ns poor sinnert, bnt die yoa
mast
AU this conversation passed in a sub
dued votes as if in gentle persuasion.
The countenances of the murderers bore
no trace of anger or neroeni
Tbe Pole tried to soften them with
bis prayers when one of tbe tramps,
who appeared to be tbe chief, took blm
kindly by tbe band and said in a friend
ly tonec
"Good nan, don't be baby and ask
for life we cannot give yon. Ton and
we are both the children of one Father.
Let ns finish this basinets in a brother-
ty fashion. . By resisting yoa will only
offer more. Cbooss wbiob death yoa
prefer -tbe knife or stick or river,
wbiob is very deep, ' or perbspt yoa
would prefer to kill yourself. We will
vwsJlowthet" c
'I will not willingly taks my own
life," be said. "God has given it to
me, and I will not assail It. Kill me
with your sticks, bnt pray kill ma. at
Onoe at taildaBoa, opposite
Hapuet i-auraa.
fcVat work at reasonable prions.
Ia oShm Mondays and featur
are. v -
C2.G3 pfltna
None
jrfjSft Better
1 . 1 iur R i I Mnnav. ksto
emu m s
LIU .Good.
"Us quite assured. We bar bad a
great deal of practice, and yoa won't
feed .nMklii.
And bow let bm pray.""
He knelt down and prayed. When be
bad finished, be looked at bis murder
ers, standing silently roond bun.
Are yoa ready!" asked the ohief.
"Bendy, " he answered In a low voice.
It was hi last word. A few blows
with strong attek on the temple
Mswtoned hint ssQsdtiies on the ground.
Tha tramps then stripped tbe corpse.
tied a atoms to tbe neck and threw it
number of factories or creameries rep
resents 100,000 farmers wbo certainly
ought to be interested in tbe Improve
ment of roads from a business stand
point In all kinds of weather, every
morning in tbe year, rain or shine, good
roads or bad roads, most tbey take their
milk a distance varying from half a
mile to five miles to tbe factory and
haul their tkimmilk back over the tame
route. Dairy farmers as a rule are tbe
most enterprising and progressive of
any oust of farmers. Does not their own
fortune as well as good name require
tbat 'tbey get together', at every cheese
factory and creamery and unite co-oper
atively for an intelligent building of
good roads?"
Better means of communication are
becoming more and mora essential, not
lone to dairymen, bat to all fanners
alike. Farmers should be mads less de
pendent upon the weather. Agriculture
in tbe United States bas developed to
point where time it valuable in this
pursuit, and it should be made possible
for farmers to get to town after rain
when the land la still too wet for farm
work. Many of them would avail them
selves of this opportunity if they bad it
Bat they dennot themselves undertake
the construction of good roads upon all
main lines of travel leading to market
towns. SSo community of fanners con id
burden Itself with tbeir oost
Tbs city population is interested in
tbe improvement of eountry roads and
should contribute to its expense through
tbs medium of state aid. This ia being
done in Massachusetts, In Hew Jersey
and In Connecticut. Hew York and
Pennsylvania are about to introduce
similar system. By tbe stats aid system
tbs expense of country roads Is divided
between the state which pays Iron
third to ons-half of tbeir oost, the
of tbs adjoining property, wbo pay
about one-tenth, and the county.
Stats snd county taxes being levied
npon every tsxpsyer in proportion to
bis wealth, tbs state aid system
it possible to obtain eontribations to tbs
oost of good roads from railroad, insur
ance, street rail way and telegraph corn
pan las and from tbs wealthy cltiatns la
tbs eitlet, thus relieving the fanner of
considerable burden which would fall
entirely apon' bins if all rood building
was to be done by us township otnoers.
through township taxes.' If tbs fanner
wants good mads, and we know tbat be
wants them, be should insist npon state
aid la tbeir eoostrnetlon .
They then expressed to on
regret at being obliged to kill
praised but good qualities and
away. Psaraoo t Weekly.
Tbs roads ballt by tbe English tat In
din bars done mors then any other
agenciea toward breaking down
ndoes barrier of easts as
rating tbs condition of tbs tot
$2.63 PaaU IxcIunivfeKf.
We try to da bo ana tkia. an wo i
tatt isi tanas bettor, do e
mloally sadaaaas sistsMlsnaty una"
aarWdy afcat doealt The Isswiss of
ear petes and the Msh vnans ef ear
Peals are eaaviaMtas nanevs.
XllZ, Pvaf. fill
"'" BM near as aond.
YoaH Aiwa vi 3 f0 Iyoo wear
wear ItneU s w.w them ooob.
nfTd by eell rwats On. Bsneora, B. C. I
-tnsuutr-
HOLT 4 WHABTOX.
Tbd art of beating boose it
dooad to tbd finest- point la Bosnia,
At tbs and of October every window
ta a dwelling Id sealad with potty
and not opeoed again nntil spring;
and there la only oos spertnre left
bj which every day for a few anhv
ntes some fresh air is let ta Tbe
stores are of pcreeUin, and an arm
ful of wood le pot into then ia tbe
Btoralng. which, proree oofficieat to
give out great bedt for U boars.
Twasriowt Why are row so angry
at tbe doctor I
Mrs. Twaepont When I told Mm
I bad terribly tired fealinc, be told
toe toabow him my tocfue. noose I
laid WostW.
It is said that roads yenning north
ad teeth dry first oa tbe east side. Gaa
iny one tall U II le so, and U
o) U A. W. BaJJeUn, ,
ItUdaimed that Maaltoba't wheat
crop is the largest ia tbe history of the
Bcrthwwat,
. If tbe oalary blichta, spray With a ao
httioB of snlnbsfe of copper, eaa owaee
to eight gailoasof waaar. Mr. T. Orris-1
er says this Is sale and affective.
Professor Sraitb of tbe ffsw Ji
statkm says ponad of parts gnaaa to
7 gallons of water is safe sad will
tnrely kill the cabbage wonas Lf tpraywl
on at tbe right fixea.
There is a abcrtaga la tbs snanrasnsal
TheOmnd ttee aired aad Bow tha LiaJu
Bbaald Bo A r reefed,
From 80 to 90 acres are raqnired for
a fall. 18 bole ooareaTentalling a large
inlltal ' expense In ootitttuotion and
heavy permanent oharget for op keep.
to say nothing of tbe item of rent Bat
golf does not absolutely depend npon
bow many boles yon bave. Their play
ing quality is muoh more important
Nine or even tlx good boles will give
better golf than 18 abort or indifferent
ones, and It is never good policy to over
crowd the playing area. Slnoe 9 and
are both multiples of 18, two or three
rounds of short course will make np
the perfect number of 18 boles, and It
Is for this reason that f. 10 and II
bole oocrses are seldom seen. For a club
of, say, 80 to 60 members a 8 bole oourss
should be huge enough to accommodate
all wbo may be likely to play at any
one time, but with longer list of play
ing members it ia apt to get blocked. , A
9 bole course will give 100 per oent
more playing room tbatbone of 0 boles,
It is not always possible to obtain ex
clusive control of even tbe M or 40
acres that we will need for our moder
ate tlaed course, Ground under cultiva
tion or in bay Is impossible, and tbe
same it true of woodland and hopelessly
rooky fields. There are obvious objec
tions to the use of land npon wbiob. cat
tle are grated, and tbe boof marks are'
partlonlarly destructive to tbe patting
greens. On the other band, theep pas
ture may be used to excellent advantage,
and Indeed sheep are purposely graaed
on many of the big gopooorsee for their
good offlees in keeping the grass abort
Almost any farmer should be willing to
give a club the privilege of playing over
bis sheep land at very moderate rent
al, and tbe arrangement generally works
well for both parties. .
Of haaardt on tbe course there are tbe
natural and tbe artificial. So haaard
should oost tbe player more than one
legitimate stroke to extricate bis baU
(although be may very possibly take
large number), and the difficulty should
alwayt be visible one. Blind pits and
tbe like are unfair traps and should
least bave tbeir position marked "br spe
cial nags, ai ins stasiiinu we tana
banker It tbe natural and traditional
haaard, and Its ordinary substitute on
an inland course It tbe cop banker, or
simple ditch partially filled with
In making a cop banker tbe turf should
first be rempved from strip of ground
14 to 16 feet wide, tbe length of
strip depending npon tbe distance of the
haaard from tee or patting green. The
farther away from either tee or green
tbe longer must be tbe banker, so I
wildly driven balls may not eseapa
elotohea Tbe excavation should be from
18 inches to two feet in depth, and tbe
earth removed should be beeped np In
mound three to five feet In height with
tbe open trench otvtbe near side, and
then banked with tbe turf to Insure its
paueei ration. Tbe aids should have 'a
tolerably steep slops to beep tbe
from running over, bnt tbey should not
be so parpendlonlar as to be unplayable.
Tbe trench should now be filled with
fuse white sand to within s few Inches
of tbe playing level of tbs field; other
wise tbe ditch will either be muddy or
ana baked, and aeltber condition is fa
vorable to good golf.
In tbe np keep of the averngt
course the chief difficulty It to keep tbe
grass' abort upon tbe fair green or oourss
between tbe boles, it must be short,
or the player will never get a
brasais lie, and the balls will be lost
with veeatioea frequency. If tbe
tog of sheep will not keep the
down, it ssnst thee be regularly set and
preferably by bone laws mower. Tbe
ordinary bey meehlne eaneot be est to
eet close enough to toe groand. Har-
per't Boned Table.
FOWLS ON THE FARM.
Begat Baassns Wky Poultry Is Tal noble
Professor Gilbert of Ottawa, In an
te tbe question, "Wby Is poultry
value bit to tbe farmer?" gives tbs fol
lowing reasons! .
. Became be onght by their
convert a great deal of tbe wfeJ . ,
farm into money In tbe shape oV gs
and chickens for market
. Because with intelligent management
tbey ought to be all year revenue pro
ducers, with tbs exception of perhaps
two months during tbe molting season.
: Because' poultry will yield blm
quicker return for tbe capital invested
than any of the other departments of
agriculture. . ..
Because the manure from tbe poultry
boose will make valuable oompost for
in either vegetable garaen or or.
chard. Tbe birds themselves, if allowed
to run in plum or apple orchards, will
destroy all Injurious insect life.
Because while oereals and fruits can
only be sacoestf ully grown in certain
Motions, poultry can be raised for table
use or layers of eggs In all parts of tbe
oountry,..
Because poultry raising is an employ-
men! in which tbe farmer's wife and
daughters can engage and leave him
free to attend to other departments.
Because it will bring blm tbe best re
mits in tbs shape of new laid eggt dar
ing tbe winter season, when the farmer
bas most time on bit bands
Because to start poo I try raising on
the farm requires little or no capital.
Under any olrcamstanoes, with proper
management, poultry can be made with
little cost valuable adjunct to tbe
farm. ;-
1" "'M7ftr' T7
How will; doctors, who are Jest now
doing tbeir beet to rtprete unregistered
tyactitioners, regard tbe invasloa of
their doaseia by spiritualistic ntediui
One of these gentlemen bas lately b
enpplyteg prosnriptbeit supposed to have
who ttnawttM aco lart tbe passant of
tart oat rtej medietas rorthesptrtt world.
at wbo ssssna to be aajdoas to
tteee bit preetlee by a of
mongers. If this be not enfalr oompatt
ttca. It U oUifioall to know what augbt
ewSavambly be aaeBtoed at seen lag ender
bat bead. A boas fids ttierjltt weald
aaterally ebjeot to mike Bp a pise sip-
to be Billies by a earnest
g eteme that a not ha atlas
peueve la spirit
am ansa, A tsshtlaiitlnsl
will le all niooabUltr
wbo
pacple tee sptrlt world Brae an
Idly thaa bat hlrharta beea the
"Tbe
r history" is tbetaaorof fwporta
iMfrom aaaey of tbe agrlaaltaral eot-
wifl ant
lew average lor em. -
One aataortty dabas tbat a ere of
teraips plowed ha is ef onaa'asrsaly
vmlas at a fertuiotr tbaa e are ef
Owing to beery rnewetbaw to tbe so-
tate yield anaary fat-mart ere getllng
twies asaseeb tor tbetr early, fiasloai
tbistaU as at tbe like date to two yea,
. Molting.
The greatest care must bo taken to
keep fowls in good oondltion daring tbe
mofting season. It is a drain on their
yital powers to furnish tbe material for
a fall ooat of new feathers. There is
apt to be a laxity of attention to tbeir
feeding daring this period on account of
their cessation of laying, when, in fact
there should be more care taken. It it
good plan to select all tbe fowls that
it It desired to winter or keep for breed
ing and market tbe balance. Tbit will
out down the expense of tbe molting
ion. Hens wbiob will molt early if
they are in good oondltion and oomfort
ably boated will nearly alwayt make
tbe best winter layers, while the later
molten will rarely lay nntil spring.:
These utter should bave a pluoe where
tbey can keep warm and dry and be
given an abundance of nutritious food.
The period of molting may be shortened
by careful attention and a supply of food
rich in muscle, bone and feather form
big materials rather than fat making
foods. Alwsyt provide pure, fresh wa
ter and keep tbe quarters clean. Wheat
l Unseed meal, bone meal, meat
scraps and fresh ground bones make bet-
food at tbit time than corn or any
thing tbat may be considered a fatten
ing ration. While It may not be best to
feed tbe oblckeni all tbey will eat, in
neatly all oases liberal feeding and the
applying of good variety will be
found tbe most desirable tbiug to da
The bent need to takr sufficient exercise
to be healthy. Feather.
GROWING SUGAR BEETS,
Fine Basnlts Claimed for Transplanting,
Baste Oala la Wel(ht aad Sasar,
Tbat "co-operative efforts bave dem
onstrated that sugar beets can be grown
with profit in all the western states
wbere-irrigation assists tbe farmer" is
the assertion of a writer in Farm and
Fireside, wbo relates tbe following ex
perience: 7;'. ' .-v.
Seed was planted April S9, in new
land, from which tbe native saaebrnsh
had but recently been cleared. The toil
wat plowed to the depth of 8 inches,
and thoroughly pnlvertzed with bar-
n at
STORES
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SAMPLE BROWN MERCANTILE CO., of Greensboro, C -want
the people of Alamance to know that they, now (
have an immense stock of NEW SPRING GOODS, em- f
lirnpinty a a niv af uliuli .Tr, 4- Aa4- la U .. V '
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; as nice, stylish, op to date stuff as is kept bv ativ : :
house m.N. C. In their dry goods house, 234 South Elm '
at. ) ou will hod everything in t ;
Dress Goods, Trimmings, Notions,
Hosiery, ; Silks, Carpets,
i Mattings, etc, '
At 225 South Elm St.they have by far the largest stock ( )
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carried by any house in the State. Yon are earnestly re- ( )
quested to call on us when in Greensboro or order what ( )
you want with the understanding tbat if goods and prices ( )
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Vev Misw.aad Bar Moaay.
It Is fact that cannot Le gainsaid
that standard bred fowlt are bred with
oat considering practical value at all,
and as long at this goes on tbers is
room for any one wbo will take tbe
pains to breed strictly practical fowl
to tell bis stock at very satisfactory
prioes, - There will alwayt be breeders
wbo will bay for standard points, and
these will make market for standard
bred fowls, bat tbe man wbo can pro
duce flock of bent tbat will lay more
eggt than any other flock will make at
much money at tbe one who breeds the
highest scoring stock. Breeding for
beauty la all right In Its plaoe, but
w$ere beauty Interferes with utility Is
the place to let beauty take second
plaoe. There are mongrel bens that will
lay as many eggs as the most prolific
Lag born, bat tbey can not be depended
on to transmit tbe tendency to tbeir
progeny. This Jit where tbe mongrel
fails, Tbs farmer wbo chooses ous of
tbe pore breeds and then tries to. im
pre bis flock Is tbe one wbo will
msks tbe most money In the-end,
Farmers' voice.
Bate are greet destroyer of oar
young ehickent season after season, and
these varmints get away with hundreds
-yes, millions of young chicks all
over tbe eountry. Can't we check this
loss? Wby cannot It be stopped aito
getberf Shall we tit Idly by with folded
bands and make no effort to check this
'great and continual nuisance? Bats are
sharper and to suddenly attempt to
poison or trap tbsm will fail. A good
plan to girt tbcm an effectual dose is ss
follows: Get box two feet squsrs (an
ordinary - tomato box will answer).
Have portion of tbe lid to you can lift
It ap. Inside tbe box place a dainty.
meal, while oa each and of tbe box end
bear tbe floor are two good sized boles.
Tbs rats Will soon learn to ran In one
bole and oat of tbe other. Continue the
feeding for a boat ten days, and on tbe
eleventh dose it with roogb on rats. Do
act be in a berry to poison them snd
give them all tbey will eat Mountain
View Poeltryi
F. B. Patrick, Kitlannlng. Pa.i Ooav
oa field pumpkins are good for fowlt.
decks and geese being especially fcad of
as. Ia oar opinion all taob vtgwtablat
abonld be cooked, where It ia coot so loci
to do this. - Desks aad gssss will eat
raw pearpkiae with eoneiderable relish,
sot obloaeos are more dainty, aad If will
letter to eook tbe puarpklaa, tnart
tbess aad feed with tbe soft food. Bew
peaspkme, potatoes, turnips, eto.ebop
psd fine are rsliabod by chickens daring
tbe win bar and serve tbe panose ef
The Beet Salve in the world tor
Cola, Braisee, Soree, Clone, Sell
Rbenm, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chillblains, Coma, and
all Skin E captions, and positively
earn Piles, or do pay requied. It
it rnaranierd to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price
25-cenU per box. For anient T.
A. Albright Ca's drug; store.
KAT0BAL S0GAB BEIT,
row before planting. Water Wat turned
in tbe farrows on Mty 10 to supply
moisture for germinating tbe teed. This
wit repeated at intervals of ten dayt to
two weekt throughout the season or nn
til Ootpber. Tbe water never flowed
longer than one hour in a plaoe and
wat not pet in it ted to touch tbe tubers
or tops on tbe surface. Beett were thin
ned June 10 by catting out all but two
or three in every foot of row, tbe dis
tance between rowt being about 16
inches. Cultivation followed each irri
gation, and the ground wat kept clean
of weeds. The average yield wat 14
tons to -the acre, tbe beett averaging
about one-balf pound each for those in
original seed rows
Having made several tuooessfnl ex
periments in transplanting onions, I de
cided to transplant some sugar beett and
watch developments At thinning time,
When the beett were about tbe lite and
length of finger, I tpaded np several
hundred and reset tbe tame at cabbage
plants, by making . holes with a dibble
and allowing them to fill with water
from the ditch, trickling along tbe far
rows before Arming tbe moist -toil
round tbe plants, To my surprise, folly
nine-tenths of tbe transplanted beets
lived and grew splendidly. Tbe tubert
eeased going downward and began to
spread oat like turnips, and when fully
grown resembled rutabagas, Tbe leaves
spread flat upon tbe ground Instead of
growing upward, at In the original "teed
tows, tbut maintaining perpetual moist
ure and killing out grass and small
weeds When harvested, tbe transplant
ed tubers averaged one-tbird heavier
than the others and ooutaioed about 8
per cent more eaocbarlne matter and
parity.
Deep fall plowing putt tbe toll in
better oondltion and It advisable, except
on sandy land. Close tillage and care
ful band thinning and weeding are at
moob necessary lo tugar beet culture as
In onion growing, bballow stirring of
tbe soil between rows it beneficial after
are not satisfactory money will be cheerfully refunded.!
Sample BroWr Mercarvtile Co.,
GREENSBORO, N.
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Wc have just returned from the North with the newest
of new styles and the lowest of low prices. Give us a pall
and be convinced and let iis show you wbat wen do for
you. " -
We are how located i n the new. store of B. A. Sella
& Son, and are no longer known as Mra. M. A. Walker
& Co., but a" .
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rain or irrigation, and frequent
hoeing aids in keeping down weedt and
Increasing fertility. Highly man a red
land will produce large, coarse speci
mens containing bot little sugar and
possessing poor feeding vsloe. On or
dinary soil, with csref ul tillage, beett
testing from 18 to 80 per oent snd yield'
Ing an sversgs of 18 tons to tbe acre
can be grown.
Bsaaedy Bos Oeassbaiij Mildew.
At the result of testing vsrloos reme
died for gooseberry mildew tbe follow.
ing recommendation Is tntde by-lhe
Mew York station:
Potassium tulpbide it tbe most effect
ive remedy for controlling gooseberry
mildew. It should be applied very early
In tbs era son, just si Ins buds srs
swslling, at lbs rate of an ooooo la two
or three gallons of water, and the treat
ment repeated every ten dayt or two
wreks.
latarastlag StetlsUea,
According to official statistics of the
Bgriculteral department ocr agricul
toral ss ports increased daring 1097 to
tbs sxUnt of about 1 1 14,000,000, cot-
Ion, wheat and eorn oon tribe ting most
to tbs combined gain.
Mease red In quantity rather than
value, exports of cotton show tbe re
marktble gain of 788,698,664 pounds
daring 1887 over tbs preceding year.
Tbe product exhibiting tbe third lar
gest gain as an export daring tbe pest
year was wheat. The gsla ia quantity
i 18.811,840 basbele and In vales
80,810,910.
Converted Into Its eqalvalent in grain,
tbe Boer exported la leB7 would amount
to J8, 889, 969 besbelt, end too combined
shipments of wheat and wheat floor
sta tod la grain would reach 145,194.979
I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county
to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in
1893 by the late firm of Tate dc Albright, is still in the ring: J
There is no insurance agency in North Carolina with better
facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low i
er rates or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every .
branch of tho business, find a lodgement in my office. With j
a practical experience of more than ten years," JT feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full i
satisfaction in every instance. Correnpondence solicited upon .
all matters pertaining to insurance. -
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desiro protection for their families 4
or their estates, or who wish lo make absolutely safe and profit- 4
able investment, to confer with fme i before giving their apnlica- i
-lions lo other agents. j
, , Very respectfully, J
- .JAMEj P. ALBRIGHT. . ' . i
BURLINGTON, N, C. i
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Southern and Western stock
men know a good thing when they
see it therefore for scratches,
sweeny, ring-born, it rains, -sprains,
bruises, saddle and harness galls anu
ilmenu oi bore, tbey use Kice t
Goose v reeee liniment, it is good
for man as beast. Sold and guar
anteed by all druggists and general
tores.
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He needs no introduction to the
people of AUmance.
yDMIMISTBA TUB'S BOTICB.
Havine enalisod as admlnlatrator of A. A.
Tbompaua. aeeeaeed. all pereoos indebted to
aetata of deceased ara requested to make Im
mediate perment and all poraoos boldlns;
clalma asalnat said doreaaed muet present
taea on or before April let. Me. or tais
aoUos will he pleaded la bar of tasir raeov
ory. TaUtlat of Marr-a. 1K.
O.B.THOMFOW. AdmT.
Mar.M-ef. Ueoeola, M.C
Railway Commiasioner Abbott ha
completed a table which shows tha
the average earnings per mile of the
railways in North Carolina are less
than in any other State in tbe Un
ion ; that the average gross earnings
re 12,846 per mile ; that the taxes
and average cost of operating is 70
per cent of this, leaving 30 per
cent, or $359, which to 6 per cent,
on the valuation of $14,820 per
mile, while the arrrape value is
I $30,000 per mile, thus making net
earnings less than 3 per cent