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VOL. XXIV.
THE BVE OF HER WEDDING.
Huahl -Let me bide iny hnpplmwa, - L
A little while let Brief hold away, -
And aweetnras blend with blttorncAa .
; Before I gtvo myself away. '' T
Soon, aooHi nnat iMan foreyormore
flie eoenea of old. Now patha I ehooaa.
Oh. let me oonnl my troaaarea o'er,
That, winning love's dellghta, I loss!
Door hornet Howell ita nooks and tree
Recall my childhood's Joya and tears,
Mixed with Immortal roemorica -
Of twenty tranqnll, tnuiakmt year.
Familiar Bounds of blrda and bees
On atunmer evenlnga fair and at ill,
Bot to the mnale of the breeze v
Or twlUght tinkling of the rlUl
0 babbling brook, O dnrllng glade, ' '
Old ohnrch beside thine onolent yew,
Where oft my childish feet have atrayed,
I bid you all a last adlent
Dear almple Bonis, so stanch and true,
, In oottage homoa. o'er hill and dell, . -:
A distant home la mine I To you . . ,
And yours I bid a lost farowelll
A but farewell I Though all appear
1 Part of niy very bolng'a whole, , :i
Linked with my whole ure'a aojourn bera,
Knit to each fiber of my souL
Unkod with the goldon dreams of youth ;
And all ita gay and guulsome things.
When childhood's innocence and troth
Lent to each buoyant day ita wings.
My father smiles and chides In vain
The tears my mother's love lets fall. ; -
My slater' heart is wrung with paln-x
Qoodby I I soon must leave you all. -
Thla little honr I giro to grief .
' With tender thoughts mine eyea ore wot.
1 almost seem to find relief -
In reminiscence and regret I
t
One little hour I My woman'e oyea
. With waning childhood's daws nro dim. ;
Away I Loveonllal I must arleo . .
And hasten forth and follow hlml
'-. -if- 3. Hudson lu Chambers' Journal.
THE SPANISH MIN. .
Onr mate In tho Caspian, Mr. Bar
clay, used to tell of the following ad
venture. I have sometimes thought that
lie possessed a talent for embellishing,
and do not, therefore, vouch for its
truth. But I hove been careful to "noth
ing extenuate, nor aught set 'down to
malice."
Whon I was on my first voyage in
the whaler Morion, I got infooted, like
mauy other young fellows, with the de
sire tOtrun away and try my luck else
where.' I could not lot well enough
alone, though 1 belonged to a good ship
and was well treated. And I listened to
the seductive stories of Tom Babson, an
adventurer, who had led a hnrom
gcarum life, knocking about in the Pa
cific and in the various ports on tho
Danish main, tiU I convinced myself
that we were a mncn aDusea snip s com
pany and that any dhango would bo for
the better. - . . :' . ; '' - ; - v ' '
''While lying in the port of Fnyta,
in Peru, we got acquainted on snore
with some seamen belonging to a ten
gun brig called the Tres Amigos. She
was fitting out to go and fight somebody
t never knew exaotly who, for these
South American republics wore always
in a tow. I thing they hardly knew
themselves what it was all about. But
there was change and' adventure in it,
at any rate, and Tom and I laid a plan
to desert from the Marion and get a
couple of doubloons advance by enlist
ing in the' cruiser. -.. r:','' U-:rk::- !''
At various times during onr stay we
contrived to smuggle nearly all onr
rdnthoa on shore and left them with a
shark called Scotch Jock, who kept a
little pulguoria, or grogshop, and tne
last liberty day that we were to hove
we left the ship in the morning, not in
tending to return to her. -
" We went to the rendezvous where
thnv ahiDDod men for the brig and
fnnnd. much to our disappointment
that the wages were not so large as had
haan represented and that only one doub
loon would be ndvancea ns inmeaa 01
two. ,-,'v; ,.',';.' .rf':."
Ibesan to perceive that ail tnac
glittered in beach combers' story was
not gold, but we had gone so far that
we disliked to torn book, and we should
hardlv be able to get onr clothes dock
from Jock, for bis object was to have ns
desert and spend onr advance money in
hia tavern.
"So Tom Babson proposed mas we
should not ship immediately to the Pe-
rnvian man-of-war, bat hide away un
til the Marion had gone to sea ana men
tnfcn our chance of something better.
We could at all events toko up with the
offer of the rendesvoos as last resort.
There was no occasion for us to nioe
war before niahtfalL for one leave
lasted until sundown, so we were cruis-
inff about bail fellow well met with
other seamen through the day. . I took
onnd cam to keen sober, but my com
rade drank so freely that he was stretch
ed out in Scotch Jock's back room be
fore the day's leave was up, quite ob
livions of everything. Of course he was
no company for me, and indeed I was
fast getting disgusted with him and his
plan. '.''
"When the boat came in for the lib-
artv men at snnsat, 1 got out of sight.
where I could noonnoiter, and saw om
after another of my shipmate go down
and aake their plooo ill hor. Ifelt lone
ly enough to set nay sober second thought
lowork and the 'result wss I deter
mined to stick by the Marion and lot
Turn Babson no his own reckless road.
Bad he. kept himself sober and been
with me at that moment to use hi In
fluence I might have seen things in
Terr different ltabt i . - ..
"The boat was; in the very act of
poshing off when, obeying the voice of
this better angel, I rain shooting down
the pier- - The officer waited for me and
as I tamped in said: 'AN on hand but
Tom Babsrax What Is he? Does any-
"I alone knew, bat though I had re-
nented any own foolishness I had no
idest of turning informer. 80 Ton w
left behind, and . the BCi monsiog
new hand was shipped in his stead. Of
eoorss when wn got to sen 1 was obliged
to go to the captain to draw more cioth
rng from the slop cheat, bat I nevcv told
the whole story, and he only repri-
as a foolish, tmptxmdsnt
follow for havving sold all my traps in
iirrt and srjt the moory. '
"I was beUwoontnited on board now
that I had no Tom' mfrsane a w
an make mo cthsarwiss. Wo wen
laoky In taking whaiea, and in rwr
rterwawd we aochored Tumbea, with
a full ahlp, apd. after taklta to oaar ws
trr, went ap to Payta to enjoy oof nav
artwand nnt far Ua peaasirw hoano.
had almost ceased to think about Tots,
and had no ttaooght of fading htm
thara, tanro than in soy other part of
the world, karwlnar hU Ufa to bo that
of ante sriKwtniwr. ' V ' J.
GRAHAM, N.C.,
"But one day, wullo strolling about,
I passed what I took to bo a prison or
guordbouso, whuro a sentry was pacing
bark and forth, when I hoard my name
ealled from a loophole. - -. - .
"I stopped in astouishmcnt and stucod
at a faco pressing up against tho open
ing, which I did not at once recognize.
" 'Who is it that knows mo?' I asked.
: " 'Don't you j-euiember your com
radn, Tom Babsun?'
-- "I walked up to tho loop to push my
hand iu. but tho sentinel interposod
a little, insigniOcaut looking Cbolo, as
tho half Spanish, bait Indian is . called
on tho ooast. 1 took - his measure at a
glance; a few Spanish words whisper
ed, and, more - yet, n few silver reals
displayed to his avaricious gaze, end the
count was dear. .
"Ho even hinted to me that if I
would pass wrjudteranother pigaouhole
on the other side I could talK witn tne
prisoner without being observed, and he
himself would not be compromised with
bis superior officer, r I was not slow to
take tho, hint, and after a shake of the
hand, in which. 1 could feel half that I
had to any, Tom told me hia end story,
, peeping through the little loop like a
postoffloo clerk. ' - "
"He hod, it seems, waited and search
ed in vain for me after he got over his
revel, until he was satisfied that I must
bavo gone to sea in the ship, when he
took charge of the two stocks of cloth
ing, which wore transferred ' to Scotch
Jock's hands fox liquor and board,
"A few days were sufficient to wear
out his welcome there.
"He was forced, after all, to ship in
tho Tres Amigos, man-of-war, and tho
landlord got the lion's share of tho ad
vance doubloon.
Tom was soon convinced that the
Peruvian novol service was not what it
had been described, and he, as well as
several other English adventurers, was
heartily sjck of his bargain and deter
mined to nock out of it at uio nrst op
Dortuuitv.
"So, having been sentinsnoroon suuiu
sort of spy service under , the command
of a young middy, they took charge of
the boat themselves, put the officer on
the beach and started down the coast to
leeward. But not duriUK to show them.
solves at any town on the main they
tnunnced to set a Small stock of prov-i
sions et an out of the way place and
headed her off for the Galapagos islands.
"After many strongo adventures ana
dreadful sufferings they lunded there)
and, as might be expected, tbey soon
became scattered, lolnlnff aiucrent snips.
Tom had been iu half a dozen vessols
during a year's time, and feeling quite
snfehadoome ashore In rayta aiew
days before from a coasting craft in
which he was employed. He bud hardly
landed when ho was recognized by one
of the former officers of the man-of-war.
Ho was arrested and tried by a hasty
oourt martial, whore the littla. middy
himself was brought forward, and, glad
enough for this chance for rovenge,
swore to Tom's identity.
He was at once found guilty of hav
inn mutinied, doposed his superior ofll-
aer. lata violent notion upon uuu uuu
. . . . . 1 1 . 1
tamed him ashoro in a hostile torritory.
All this was true, of course, but until
then Tom had hardly understood the
ennrmitv of his offense, which bad
seemed to him a mere saiior'sirean. no
was sentenced to death.
Next Monday, ' said he, 'I am to Be
led out at sunrise, stood up in tno cor
ner there at the angle of the wall and
shot by a platoon of these Cbolo scare
crows. Heaven have mercy upon me,
for I have bad none upon myself ana
have found none at the bonds of my
judges.'
'Yon mav imaslne how I congratu
lated mvself that 1 had been so sudden
ly led to think better of our mod scheme
and to return to my dnty on board the
Marion. But what could I say to com
fort mv miwmided shipmate? In throe
dnv. for it was then Friday morning,
be would bo put to death) 'There was no
hope of pardon or reprieve. .
But the second mace, aitor neariug
my story, entered into the thing heart
and soul. It was too bod to see an old
shipmate made a target of in that man
ner, ha said, bvo crowd of humou mon
keys, like these Choles, and by a little
mauaoement and a few dollars used in
briber he thought be might save Tom,
from his fate and run him off the beach.
Be went ashore with me the same even
ing, and we managed another interview
with the prisoner at his pigeonhole and
nheerad him un with a hope of deliver-
auoe, giving him some idea, -too, of our
plan of effecting It, mat no mignt 00
prepared to act in eo-operation. -
"We smuggled a coil of rope ashore
on Sunday and concealed it iu a pile of
rubbish convenient to the place where
it was to, bo used. We were stirring
early on the'moming appointed for the
execution and lauded witha picked
crew before daylight No particular no
tice was taken of our movements, as we
were supposed to huve been Impelled by
natural curiosity to see the man shot,
and we mingled with the other specta
tors without suspicion, keeping always
near each other, however, and ready to
communicate by sianaJ agreed upon.
"We- saw Tom led forth from tne
goardbonse by a ftlo of the soldiers and
marched across the yard to tho place of
nrntico. Here be stood np like man
who had nerved himself to--nee; his
death without flinching, and as bs
braced himself against the mod wall in
the corner his calmness extorted aa
nlmilnsi fnm his niters.
"We could hear what was said, for
we bad now rallied our whole force at
the same angle of the wall on the out
min mmhrmm w were making our prepa
rations entirely ajiobserved, the whols
of the attention of the spectators being
engrossed by whs was going forward
tnaMA.
"Bonriae was tho time fixed for the
anrniJon to take place, bat with a r
Inernrtit of cruelty worthy of Panrrlan
he had been brought oat and led to his
post an honr before than time.
This
favorable for our project " was now
tnat en the sra of the saoruinaT, bo-
ttm daybreak and full daylight.
"The OkJo officer and hU ftlo of ram
withdrew to the other side of the yard
after awriast set poor Tom up for a tar-
srt, an 00 might say. The firing party
had no yet rxwaoon the sjoand,
Tho wall a tho angle where tho
orprWanoed man stood was aboot nine
&" hifrh, SO that hi guards had DO fear
of his being able to climb It when they
foil back and bat bias there, but tbey
little drauued what was going on on tho
other aide of in awroabto to
lanHa't ta low tones throogh a chink
or crack, and Tom, watrhing a favors-
bto OToortunity, gara the word
whisper, 'Now.'
; "At tho signal the ropo, witn n oow
lino knot of suitublo size ready tied at
tho and, was tossed silently, over tho
wall In' tho dusky morning twilight
this oporation could not be seen by tho
soldiers or by the spectators who had
gathered on the-opposite side of tho in
closure. ' Tom, whoso hands bad boon
left froe in deference to his own request
and sheer adinirution of his supposed
courage to meet bis fate llko a hero,
slipped thobowlino down overnisooay,
and placingjiimself as in a 'boatswain's
chair' he gave tho signal by a slight
jork. -;
"Our wholo eonls, j it may be sup
posed, were in the riiuscWsf our arms,
and his slight Jork was responded to by
one which lifted him into tho air as if
he had been a child. -His hands grasped
rtrlfftop of tbo wall, and quicker than a
flash, it seemed, he was over ana arop
ped among his shipmates. .
" 'CaramhOT was tne exciuinuuou
from the" guards, as they caught a
glimpse of his form against the sky over
the' wall. ' V." 'f'-' ' -":
Stunid half breeds as they were, they
rushed to the spot to assure themselves
that he was really none and then rush
ed back again. But meanwhile the word
hod sprung among the lookers on, and
many Wero ahead of the soldiers in the
pursuit. As they had a consiaoraDiecir
ouit to make before thoy could even seo
the scene of our operations we had time
for a Rood start and made tho most of
It. We had made straignt lor our noac,
which we bod taken care to have all
ready for a start on the instant, the oars
being 'peaked' in the rowlocks and a
boy left In hor to keep her on rrom me
landing place, i Ho did his duty like all
the rest, and, each man dropping upon
hia own thwart as he arrived, a vigor
ous shove sent her well uudor headway
before the howling crowd of pursuers
reached the waeorsiae. j
'Give way, my lads I' said tho sec
ond mate, wild with exoitomout.
" 'The captain will bavo to givo me
np again If you take mo aboard, said
the condemned man.
" 'Not bo I Tho foretopsail is loosed
now. and he got his clearance papers
last night We'll bo under way for
home before these Oholos got their eyes
fairlv onon I '
The flrinix platoon at inis moment
turned a oornor. coming at a dotiulo
quick pace. Thoy rushed, all out of
breath, down the pier ana nrougni ineir
muskets to a 'ready at the order of a
littlo bewhiskerod officer, whose voice,
jerking out Spanish 'oaths, seemed the
most formidublo part 01 nun.
"But wo hud already a saw omng,
and their bullets rattled harmlessly in
thtrwator on either side of us. , Several
other spattering shots followod, but
nanallv imnotont as tho first ones, for
wo had not loot a stroko in-our pulling,
and the oars were doing their best in
thn nnrvnna srasn of traiued whalemen.
The Marion was already casting ner
head seaward when we shot alongside,
and as the head yards wore braced full
she Gathered rapid headway. Never was
handled Quicker in making sail
than it was that morning by us. Two
or three boats were seen to push out m
pursuit, but they might as well nave
saved their labor and given np the chase
as soon as the sun showed at what a
rate we were leaving them astern.
, "Tlmt was the nearest that I ever
enma to rnnninn away from a ship, for,
you may be sure, the jesson was not lost
upon me. - I think loin joson uiway
gave the Whole Spanish main a wide
berth afterward. Ho would' not even
venture round the western Born again,
hnt shinned for an Indian voyage as soon
as we arrived in England. " Exchange.
. , Bakers' Old Pana,
The Question has often been asked by
people who visited Juuk stores, "Why is
it that one never finds old bakers' pans
In thn innk stores?"
A New York master Donor was wus.ua
where all the old bakers' pans went to
whon they bad fulfilled their mission.
'Thov never finish tneur mission
while they hold together," he said.
No baker will use a new bread pan U
no can get an old one. In tho first place,
a new bread mn. shining and smooth,
is not as ttood a conductor of neat as an
old one with all the polish rubbed off it
For this reason cokes, are hard to cook
throuoh in a new pan without burning
them. If tho underside is only cooked,
tne rake is usually raw Ituido. Besides,
the cake or bread, when baked iu a new
mn stick to it In the second place,
von can't Bet rid of the smell of the
naur till for the nrst uutinu or twu.
"Now. an old nan. on the other nana,
cooks tho cuke or bread were quickly
and cooks it all through because its ami
surface make If o nt-Bt Tssndnctor of
heat That is the reason you never ops
rdd haklna bans ill tho lunkiinops.
Rakers will buy them, no mutter bow
old tbey are, in prefuroncetouew pans.
New York nut.
' The Coad actor's Way. '
"Will you stoD at Second streetr
asked tho woman of the Brooklyn con
ductor as be rang np her fare.
Then the car went on. Tbo other pas
sengers had heard the request but not
tho number of tbo street The car went
on and on. Tho tsusongers were lazily
Interested in each other, as people are
who are taking a long rids and bavo
nothlna to take up their attention.
"Where did yoa wish to get offT
Baked the conductor suddenly, remem
bering that the woman bad asked bun
to stop at a certain place.:
"Hecond street" she answered, with
nlacid oatifloVnow.
"Ton want to trot off here." said tbo
conductor in a businesslike way a be
ransT tho bfelL
The laaaiiH'ii who had been realis
ing that tbo car had been going on and
on, covering a long distanoa, looked out
and amUad: the street sis said ""orti-
oth street" The car still went on, and
the interesting part of what the woman
thought when she, too, read the street
sign is not tola. new xora tune.
Vnklns He CT
Mm Wlckwire If yon could stop
drinking if yon-chpsv why don't yon
ehooset
. Weary WstUns Missis, I had a seo
ond eoQtin out west who had hi eye
shot out for nsVsiu a drink, an I don
want to take no chaaees of meetin bis
tad fata. Indianapolis Journal.
"Mrs Biscuit win yoa lend me your
"Ham roar? What for. Booby?"
"Why, papa said we coaldn't keep
anything ia this aonso aniens 1
naiind down. "Detroit Free Press.
-THURSDAY, JUYL
NEED OF BOADWAYS.
THEY ARE THE VEIN8 AND ARTERIES
" OF A COUNTRY.
Valuable Alike te the Producer aad Coa-
aumer Grade aad Direction of Bead.
Wfdth, Ditches and Bridge BaaentUU
In Blghway Hnlldlns. .'
Roads are a certain and accurate test
of a notion's civilization. They are one
of tho first Indications of a poople'a ad-
vnnnnment from the savage state, and
their improvement keeps pace with the
country's increase in numbers and
wealth. When America was nrst set
tled, the dovolopinont of the land was
confined almost . entirely to the states
lying along the seaooast, owing to tne
difficulty of crossing -the Alleghany
mountains, writes Henry, Bedingcr in
Louisville Courier -Journal. ,
Dr.. Johnson says that life has no
greater pleasure than being wniriea
over a good rood in postehaise, but
the road has a greater claim to 1 impor
tance than merely for pleasure, xtoaas
are the veins and arteries of a country,
connecting the cities with the rural dis
tricts, the consumer with the producer.
Good roads benefit tbo farmer in many
ways by saving his time in bringing
bis products to tne oiiy, oy buiiui0
him to bring perishable fruits and veg
etables to ubirket by lossoning the
wear on his horses and wagons, by dl
miniahinir the number of horses neces
sary to do the required work, ana, most
of all, by advancing tho value of his
Wild. It is estimated that if all road
were macadamized and made free the
prico of furm land would increase from
60 cents to 94 per acre, xoe sumo wu
results would be felt by those living in
tho city in that tho former with the
same profit to himself would be able to
soil his products cheaper;.
Theouestionasto tne wisaom 01 nv
ing tollhouses on our pikes has boon
much atritatcd of late in Kentucky.
Mauv authorities hold that tho state
HKKPS DIIAININO.
should own ond control the pikes, keep-
hur them in order with her own funds.
As to tbo making 01 gooa roaas, tno
first thing essential is that tne roaa
should be straight This rnlo cannot be
taken as a moral guide, however, lor
often to so around a hill makes not on
ly a hotter but a shorter road. Ana many
times to avoid obstructions is more eco
nomical than to surmount them. More.
over, the dlireronoo in lengtn ootweeu a
straight road and one wnion is sngnmy
curved is very small, u a roaa oetwoen
two places ten miles apart were maao
to curve so that the eye couia nownere
see farther than a quarter of a mile of
it at once, its lontrth would exooed that
of a perfectly straight road between the
same points by only about aou varus.
Secondly, the road snonid do as iovoi
aa nossiblo. Some pooplo have said that
it is easier lor a noveo to travel over a
rollinir country than over a level stretch,
because different muscles would be
brought into play, but this has been
proved to bo a mistake and was, no
dmiht. suinrestod more by man's love
for variety than bye desire to assist toe
horse. Another effector steepness is tno
danaer caused by snow and ice in win
tor. and also the rains wash tne roaa
into gullies aud destroy the surface,
making continual Improvement neoee-
nrv. .,.,', ' i
The proper wldtn 01 a roaa aepoua
noon its importance and the amount of
travel upon it Its minimum is about a
rod, or sufficient distance. lor two ve
hicles to pass each other, irrotn bo 10
in tVuat ia onnA width for any road un-
lua it form toe oporooch to a city. The
roadbed should not be flat but most be
hiirbor in the middle than at Its slues.
The best transverse profile for a road
on level ground is that formed by two
Inclined planes meeting in tne center 01
the road and having their angle slight
ly rounded by a connecting curve. The
degree of inclination should be about
1 in 84, or half an Inch to a loot, 'inert
should bo a ditch about 6 inches deep
and 10 inches wide on each sido of the
read. ... '.
The bridirlnir of the road depend al-
Lanost entirely upon the kind of vehicles
that will- pas over them, in JonoTson
county a mistake bas been mane in
bui diur bridires of logs ana eovenng
them with earth and stone, for the log
have decayed and horses have been In
jured by breaking through the upper
crust A bridge should bo built upon
stone foundation and of heavy white
oak timber, for though more expensive
it will outlast many cheaper structures,
In this district limestone Is one or tno
best materials for macadauiizing roads.
Two layers of rock should bo put on
road. The first should bo of rock about
tho size of s inch cube, and should
be about ten inches deep. The second
layer should be of smaller crushed rock
and should be about six tncaes amp
This would make an ideal road.
The public and private advantages
resulting front the Improvement of our
highways cannot be estimated.
since these advantages are spread over
so wide a surface and are beneficial ia
so many ways wo are not able to ap
preciate tbem so much a) those derived
from other sooroas, but any one, after
even a sllirht cousidurstioa of the sub
ject Will realize that every branch of
our awricoltaraL eonunerctal and manu
facturing industry would bs materially
benefited by good roads.
. A town In which fine highways
tor Is a veritable lodosuste for drawing
aealrahle residents and Increased basi
nets within iu limits. - -
stasttah Spsrle Usl steal lestuves all llara,,
oft sr Calloused Insaps aad tttetniaese f 1
bar. Bleed Spaalna. Corne, HpHnta, we-
sr. Blss-noaa. name, pimi-
Tbiaata.CtMtsiis.rts. aare sas ov oss si -
hnttto. Warranted the aseet waaarrrai
auiktauamkana aoMkyT.A.AI
brlsm, SrusflacOrahsaa. K.C
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Devil and ta.ll to lniv.1
tsl.ll.hrd mmimr In UnrtS tmroMna. -uarts
asd eaneaa-s. 1-m.lti. stsdr.
TtKlkMUaaaCBpsa,le4.BW
Cblcasn. . . .
7, 1898.
keyal stskes ths toad para,
' :":- wbolesssas sad
Issueless.
Fir.vnin
Absolutely Pure
aovu twiwa eowws ee., Mtwvesa.
Bnllflsbt Bombast, ' -w
"These constant 'victories' won by
onr friend the enemy," remarked the
man who bod soon Spain, "remind me
of the herculean labors performed for
publio amusement in the bull ring at
Madrid.
"The chief toreador comes oot, stalk
about the arena, swings bis bright col
ored draperies and finally; halting be
fore the royal inotosure, puns up uu
chest and pounds upon hia manly bosom
with clinched fist . .. -
" 0 mighty and ihagninoent poie'
tate,' he eallls, 'do bnt cast down the
key, that! may go -and drag from his
lair the furious beast I' 1
Than, with areat strides, ne passes
to a gate, unlocks and opens n. iroa
comes a puny, measiy, dioouiobs mvu
bull calf that has been kept half starv
ed In a darkened pen to prepare it for
the prowess of the fighter. Attendants
goad the poor, frightened creature
through the usual speciacuuir penuriu-
once. When tne-rnnons osnav uusu w
die, the toreador slaughters it and quick
ly its emaciated body is orsggea away.
"'Behold, 0 majestic monarch I'
shonts the fighter. 'I have triumphed
over tne savage roe 01 num. "
brought to dust the raging beast, as 1
will bring all its kind forever.',
"Than he parades himself around,
while the crowd goes wild with delight
I tell yon, it's a grandiloquent vocoou
lary that keep things a-going In Spain.
At word pointing the dons are artists. "
New York Sun.
w Beets Mow.
'When I was a boy," said the mid
dle aged man, "pretty much everybody
used to wear boots I did,' I know, fins
calfskin boots. Now nobody wears boots,
except horsomonand farmers that Is,
practically nobody, xou ao mee a man
in the oity now and then that wears
boots, but such men are so lew thai
they don't count
'We turned from dows to ooubtos
gaiters, once almost universally worn,
and there's quite a lot of congress gait
am worn srtlL Yon look along the rowi
of feet of the men sitting in an elevatea
oar and von aro pretty likely to see one
or more pairs of them, bnt button shoe
and laoe shoes finally in very targe
measure supplanted the congress gait
ers, and they remain the shoos common
ly worn today. "
"And we snail sciox to snoes 01 one
sort and another. We shan't go back to
boots for various reasons. In the first
nlaoswe don't nood them. In oltiei
thavara not necessary for protection,
nor are they essential to comfort Shoe
are now more suitable for wear at cen
ter of population, besides being mow
convenient and cheaper. .
"So in populated regions, for . tns
wear of tbo great majority of men, we
have not through with boots, it is an
other illustration of now easily even
long established customs vanish when
oondlttons change. "Exchange. ;
The Farmer Bit Bash.
It Is mid of ex-President fintnerford
B. Hayes that while attending school
at KeuTon college be was In the habit
of takinff dally walks into the country.
These trips were shared by two intimate
companions, who were of a fun loving
disposition, which frequently got tnem
into trouble. On on occasion tbey mors
than met their match at repartee in an
old farmer whom tbey met on tbo high
way. The loo white board of tnorarm.
ar aravo him a patriarchal appearanoe,
and while be was approaching the stu
dents they arranoed to give him a "Jol
lying," which eventually terminated iq
the discomfiture of the youths.
One of thorn doffed hi hat with great
reverence and respoctas ho said, "Uood
morainir. Fsther Abraham."
The tooond saluted tho old farmer
Good morning, rather
Mr. Hayes, not to be outdone in affa
bility and politeness, extended his hand
at be said, "Uood morning, jratonr a-
enh."
Lrnorina the outstretched hand. of
Mr.. Hayes, too old fanner replied
"Clentlemon. yon are mistaken In the
man. I am neither Abraham. Isaac nor
Jsoob, bnt Saul, tho son of Kish, who
was sent out to seek his father's saee
and, lo, I bavo found them."
A esse BalMla.
- A few years aoo a local powder man
eiacxnring company, at considerable
sarnaose. sent a man east for I several
months to investigate pracaauooery
ares In regard to nitroglycerin.
He returned with all tbo knowledge
obtainable upon tbe-strbject, aad $9,000
and many months were spent ta
ing a"aafe" building With the proper
fwnantioos jununst Drernatar explo
sion. Tho plant was transferred with
the utmost care.''' """" '
Two boor lator this
building went up ia a " premature" x
plosion, and that's as much as one eaa
believe in hew "safe" ideas to guard
against powder w plosion. Han Fran-
eiowOall. ,
Routhcrri and Western stock
men know a good thing when they
see it therefore Ib j . Kiaicnea,
mmmmmw. rine.hom. strains, tprsins.
braisea, saddle and harness gall and
ailment of hofsw, tbey use Rice's
Goose Crease liniment, it is good
for man a beast. Bold and nsj
anteed by all druggist and general
stores. -
OAMTORXAi
no; 22.
Look AtLThiaX
For 30 days we will sell you this
Organ DELIVERED AT YOUIt .
HOUSE, with nice stool and book
for only $55.00 generally sold at
175.00 '
Wojhavo secured three counties
for the celebrated Standard
Rotary Sewing Machine
lieiglitest running And most ;
noiBL-leeg mncnine made. We have
sold ALL KINDS (now have all
kinds in stock) but the standard
downs them all. 75c a week buys
one from ElllSa '
' ELLIS FURNITURE CO.,
Burlington, N. C.
C. fl. ELLIS. Manager.
1 J6-- --
IHSUHillirCB !
I wish to call tho attention of insurers in Alamance county
to tho fact that tlvjJurlington Insurance Agency, established in :
',1893 by the late firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring..
Thoro is no insurance agency in North Carolina with better ,
facilities for placing largo linos of insurance, that can give low
er rales or better indemnity, Only first-class companios, in every ;
branch of the business, find a lodgement in my -office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
satisfaction in evory instance. Correspondence solicited i upon
all matters pertaining to insurance.
I am making a specialty of Life , Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safo and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica
tions to other agents. '
Very respectfully, , . ; - -
Pi
ft
Suppose
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Suppose you had a nicely displayed
advertisement in this space, then what?
Why the 2,500 eyes that scan these
pages every week would see. it and
would know bf your business, and when
something in your line was wanted they
would naturally'look you up.
See? Had you ever thought of it?
Itemember In Cooking vegetanies
That most vegctablce should be
. a l !
put on to cook in irosniy noiiing
water, says Tho ( Woman Home
Companion. '
That salt ihsuld bo added when
Ihey are about two-thirds done. Z
That 1 ing In very cola waler lor
' . . .;t .w. 4 !u1 1 v va.
store to wilted vegetable quality and
freshncM.
That very green vegetable should
be cooked rapidly, and uncovered,
to retain its color.
That is the water is very bard
tiny bit of soda, not larger than a
pea, added will make Ihe vegetables
cooked in it tenderer and of a letter
color. Ordinary waler does not re
quire such addition.
That when soft water Is used the
salt most be in from the first, to
prevent loss of flavor and substadce.
That cooking a vegetable after it
hr-rhrne-tcflgheruv darkens- it- and
detracts from its flavor.
That the beet dressing for vege
tables at their protection w butter,
pepper and salt cauliflower and
perhaps sjsparsgtis expected.
That older or staler vegetables are
improved by a cream' or drawn-
All kinds Commercial Print
ing, Pamphlets, Posters, &c,
neatly and promptly executed at
lowest prices.
JAMES P. ALBKIGHT,;
BURLINGTON, N. C.
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butter sauce the basis for tho latter
being the reduced liquor left when
the cooking is finished. ' v-
The Monroe Journal is informed
that the Mormons succeeded in get
ting about twenty names of persons
who were ready and willing to form
a church at a point in Buford town
ship. But whon the Elder got
them together and began preaching
to them about giving : one-tenth of
Uieir stuff to the church, it broke up
the wholo business.
The Slate crop report for Juno
based on I cturns to the Agricultural
department from 1,000 com pen
dents, gives the following per cent
ages of the condition of crops : Cot
ton 89; tobacco 90; com 95; wheat
103; oats 89; sweet potatoes 87; ap
ples 76; peaches 78; grapes 92. The
average of cotton aa compared with
hut year is 92; com 100; tobacco
100.
It now looks like tho char!"8
against Ewart will not rirh the
Senate this session but will din ia
the committee room. The commit
tee says the charges have not Lcoi
proven but they believe that Ewart
should be rejected because he f a n't
a judicial temperament.