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HOESES IN HISTORY.
80ME OP THE NOBLE STEEDS THAT
HAVE ACHIEVED FAME.
The Four Footed Friend Far Whom
City Wa Warned Soman H
Uved Uka Prlneea Chargera Who Woo
lUnoarn Amid tha Oaraaa of Wn,
It ia bard to say with any near ap
proach to aoouraoy bow loug tha horse
baa been a domesticated animal. Wo
can only any that bo baa been ao from
time immemorial that io, from the
eaiuest times of which we have any
records. The Assyrian sculpturesand
they are about the most ancient of wbioh
we know anything, for some of them
are estimated to date from 4800 B. O.
contain more representations of enpari.
soned horses than even men. Still, wo
do not get any examples of favorite
horses au til a Ions) time after this. .
Even the nrtit examples, indeed, are
only legendary, for, though there is no
doubt that Hector of Troy existed, it is
not improbable that Homer invented
the names of bis three favorite horses,
Podorge, the cream colored Galatbe and
the fiery Ethon. Bat the horse of Alex.
ender the Great, Bucephalus, is an Indi
vidual as historically real as bis master.
This famous horse was, says Plutarch,
offered to Philip for 18 talents (about
3,618), bnt he displayed so niuoh vl
oiousness that Alexander's father was
about to send him away when the
young prince'offored to tame him. He
agreed, in the event of failure, to for
feit the price of the horse and began by
turning bis head to the son, as he ob
served that the horse was frightened at
bis own shadow. In the end be com
pletely tamed him so completely, in
deed, that Bucephalus, though ho would
permit nobody except Alexander to
mount him, always knelt down for that
purpose to his master. He died at the
age of 80, and his master built as nis
mausoleum the city of Booephala.
Readers of Macanlay will remember
the famous black Anster. the horse of
Merminins, and the dark gray charger
of Mamilins, whose sadden appearanoe
in the city of Tusculum without his
master brought the news of the defeat
of the allies at Lake Eeoillus. Connect
ed with that battle, too, were the horses
of the great "twin brethren," Castor
and Pollux, coal black, with white legs
and tails. Bnt those are legendary. Not
so, however, the well known horse of
Caligula, Inoitatqs. This animal had a
stable of marble; bis stall was of ivory,
his clothing of purple and bis baiters
stiff with gems. He bad a set of golden
plates and was presented with a palace,
furniture and slaves complete, in order
that guests invited in bis name should
be properly entertained.-- His diet was
the inoef costly that could be imagined,
the finest grapes that Asia could provide
beina reserved for him. verns, another
Soman emperor about a oentory later,
treated his horse almost as extravagant
ly. He fed him with raisins and almonds
with bit own hands, and when be died
erected statue of gold to him, while
all the dignitaries of the empire attend
ed the funeral.
As we come to later times, so we get
more examples of favorite horses. Wil
liam the Conqueror bad one which he
rode at the battle of Hastings, about
wbioh almost everything seems to be
known exoept his name. He waa of
huge sine and waa a present from King
Alfonso of HDam "soon a gin as a
prince might give and a prince receive. "
This gallant horse, however, did not
survive the battle, for Gyrtb, Harold's
butcher, "clove him with bill, and be
died." fiiohard I'a bona waa called
Maleck, and waa Jet black. He bore his
master through the holy war and ar
rived in England before him. In fact,
he survived the king several years. The
seoond Biohard, too, bad -a favorite
horse, called Boon Barbary, wbioh was
opposed to be the finest horse in Europe
at that time, and it was on Roan Bar
bary that the young king was mounted
when the Incident wnerein vrai xyter
waa stabbed by the mayor of Walworth
took place. .
About a century later we get ine
Wars of the Rosea, and In the many
battles of that civil distorbanoe Con
nie of bones played important parta,
These belonged to the great Earl 'of
Warwick,- the ' kingmaker. His first
waa Maleck, beautiful gray, wbioh
he rode at the battla of Towtoo. It waa
this horse whose death turned the for
tunes of the battle, for Warwick, seeing
that his men were giving groond, de
liberately sprang from bis favorite horse
and killed bint. Thennis men Knew
that the kingmaker waa prepared to
conquer, but not to fly. They rallied
and flnallv won tne Battle.
There were two norses belonging to
highwaymen wfciafc-WSr famous U
ttwlr tima. cum of snem Deioooeo w
the celebrated knight of the road, Paul
Clifford. He was called Robin and waa
Iriah. In color irou tray, Be was to-
rated br lodges of horsoneab and
there were some who were quite as com
potent to give an opinion, if not mora
so. as any of tne present oay u do mv
amntalv without blemish and to b seo
ond to none, r Another famous boron, or
.rathm? mar, was Block Bees, tier own
a. Dick Tnroln. or. to give Hint MS
correct Bame, Kicks, oomsnitted a rob
bery in London at 4 o'clock in tha
mornhiaL and. fearing discovery
for Oraveaend, ferried across the river
and appeared at tha bowling green la
York the same evening, bavins aooom-
pliabed his ridoof BOO miles in llkon
on ana bona. At leans so says la w
sad. and this is certain that on his
trial ao waa acquitted, too lory ooasid
rise it impossible that ha could have
got to York ia the
Standard.
Ynteaella listened to aoswytbiaa
and bo offended no est by disputing
aovtbinat At tbo cloawt' his ilai hs
was asked the secret of his snoosae, a
as replied tbat it was by observing twe
"Kvaryooay may do ngaw-
orythlng may bo ao,"
Tbo
toad la
to tbo
lstobo
The Colorado Oond Beads league will
snoa tavaotivery tngsgad In
tag road toiatrverasata
Stats aid ta road building to a system
of eo-operatica by which good roads oaa
bscccaCTntoallyaodrapaaly ULSiasis
Good utcattona, load wofossioaa
glided prqsuisas build no roads. Tnes
ansa organisation aad aaratotant lobar
DIRT ROAD THE BEST
IN GOOD WEATHER 18 8UPERIOH TO
ALL OTHERS.
la Coid anstl on With Narrow raved Hlfti-
; way It Bills All Beqatremante of Coon
' try Travel Belence of BoadbnUdma Pto
i eoaaed by General Stona.
! General Boy Stone spoke on the sub
ject of good roads at a banquet tendered
him recently by the Commercial club
of St. Louie. He soldi
"Itwosonce thought that in tba gen
eral government taking up this ques
tion there might bo some unfavorable
sentiment in some of the states owing to
an impression which might possibly
prevail that it was an interference witb
a state's sovereignty over its own do
main. I am glad to say that, on the
contrary, the government's old . and
counsel on the subject of roodbuilding
have everywhere been received in the
spirit in which thoy have been offered,
and the interest which has been develop
ed through the government's policy id
one of the most encouraging signs for the
fntnm of the work. At the meeting of
itbe good roods convention in South Car
olina the worn ol organizing tne move
ment was placed largely in my bands,
"The science of roadbullding is
steadily developing, -and so for experi
ence baa shown that the very best road
in the world in good weather is the dirt
rood. When it is either dry or frozen,
BY COURTHsr, A IIOAI).
Prom L. A. W. Bulletin.)
it mukea the best road known. For this
reason it is the rule on the most modern
roadways to have a dirt road running
alongside ot, the pavea roaaway, ana
in some instances the poved roadway
baa a dirt road on each side of it to be
need in good weather. It is remarkabio
on roads built in this fashion bow many
dava in the year the dirt roods do the
best possible service, ana tne wear ana
tear on the paved portion Of the road are
thus saved. Besides this, wet woutner is
tho time . when travel over the paved
road does it the least harm, for the ve
hicles then press down tbo rock and
stone into a place instead of scattering
them, and bv being- usod only in baa
weather it lasts much longer.
There is another argument in favor
of building roods in this way, and that
is that instead of a paved or graveled
roadwav 10 or more foot In width it is
only neoessary to build it 8 feet wida
This reduces the original cost of build
ing the roads Just one-half, and it has
been found to answer tbe purpose Just
as well, if not bettor, than a road twioe
tbe width. How about wagons passing
each other? That is a natural question
and simply answered. One wagon tarns
out ou tbe dirt road whore two wagons
meet, but as two wagons seldom or
never meet in exactly tbo some place,
there ia no danger of wearing a deep
hole or rut in tbe dirt road.
The cost of building a first class
road of this kind recently in Pblladel-
nhia. with InexDerienocd bands and
other rather unfavorable oonditlous,
was 1 1.800 a mile. Tbe some kind of
road has been built for 1900, and even
as low as BOO a mile. Tho railroads
everywhere appreciate tbo direct benefit
that good roods ore to tne iroignt irauw
on their lines and have in nearly every
instance, when called upon, given tbe
movement their hearty aid and co-oper
ation. Tbe Southern Railway company
assured me that it would be glad to haul
the rook needed for oonstrnotiug tbe
roodwavs to stations along its lines at
the bare cost of hauling the oars.
"In collecting data 00 the $000,000,
000 annually which bad roods cost this
norm try I sent out over 10,000 letters,
both in this country and abroad, and
the figures are given only after a very
careful estimate. In tbe state of Iowa
tha farmer hauls 80 boshela In a load.
when, if tbe roads were good, be ought
to haul 100 in. one load. Tbat single
instance tells tbo story in greater vr
lessor dearree of tbe bad roods through
out tbeoountxy. Tbat 1000,000, 000 loss
very year through bod roads it a tax
not only on tbe farmer, but on every
body. I find in my experience mat one
of tbe most difflcolt things which the
nromotera of good roads have to do,
and eatttoiallv tboao who live in tbe
eitieo, is to paov to the farmers that
their interest in good roads in the count
trv is real and a personal one. Tbe
farmer bas paid the tax of bad roads
and bas suffered from it for ao long that
bo finds it difficult to believe tbat bo is
to receive aid front poofls whom ha
haa formerly believed bad very little
real interest in them."
The Missouri good roads convention
at its session in St. Louis adopted reso
lutions asking tbat tbo 90 counties in
tha state authorised to levy a tax of M
aniafrw armnty usraoaos bo asked to
setastdo onev third for road Improve
ments, requesting the governor to call
an sxtra session of tbo feghdatoro to
eonaider tbo question of good roads,
asking tbo snbmlaaVai of a ooastita
tjonaf anModmeot permitting Bounty
courts to Incceoas the tax levy for rood
purposes and reoornmending tbat tbo
next geoeral assembly appoint a stats
' (aw tf any toll toads are maintained
tn axwd r-rV While tbey exist
eorapel tbo aorporationa controlling
thasa to aoafcn tbom first eioarn . -:
Cora plaint is inode tbat fa rosA
roaring oat 9 Waahingtoa are to poor
suaditkau Wiry atwuldsx the aofhmal
aspttol ho tbo eatstey of gooa roods; aad
11 streets sad highways to tbo District
of Columbia bs so built sad oared fat
that they would bo of interest to hv
BumaroUa visitors aad parpataal object
Bulletin.
" Thaeoasingais months will afford a
sniaadid outaatoawy to agitato for bat
ter highways, develop popular asati-
1
BALLADE OF A CITY BOVVea i
It boaky dolla with brown and silver brooks
Pipes numberless perennially ahrlll,
Vat pobUahmnrl betimes in alghtly boolQv
Bgntn breathing rujhteoos praise of bough
andrtu,
Tbeee era (air apota, bnt ben God's gracious
will
A atono'a throw from the elty'e heart and dla
niuM Mt n. fair let ma dcaorve it atlll
My upper window where the eba looks IB.
Thny love dark things who celebrate the rooks
Taut buna in wooay piaoue nunc nu wtu.
y anltfhbor, too. mkued, on sturdy hooka
A painted cage bangs from nla window alll
And hears not In its eautlve'a ev'ry trill
Pleas for the liberty he may not win.
Thone are free, lusty tluoats Wlin ran inai
All
My upper windows whore the elm tooka In.
A gllst'rlng, tnnrootee bayt over looks,
Uy pleasant bower, and a gentle hill
Ollt with wild moktard bloasoma Thenars
nooks
Beyond them doubtless which a little Skill
In ballad making moat misprise. To thrill
The world with perfect laya lot thorn begin
Wbooan- Thla tluuno befit an humbler qutll
My upper window when the elm looks In.
When day Is eves at tha rambling mill
nd allmwd the syves of office discipline.
Here la an, exorcist for ev'ry 111 .
My nppor window whore tlw elm looks In.
: nawara w- 1 urnaru id mh
THEATRICAL RECEIPT8.
Charles Bead Wondered Why They Wan
Bo Large In Ainerloa.
'Edwin Booth In London" la the title
of an article in The Century by E. H.
House. Mr. House tells of an Interest
ing meeting between Booth and Charles
Rendo anil renorta tbe following conver
sation relating to tbe appearanoe of
Booth and Irving together:
"Is it true that tbe prioes will be
changed?"
"Doubled, I believe, Irving sayatney
mnat be. That is one of the risks. 1
speak of, but bo is full of confidence.
He does it more for my soke thou any
thing else. "
"Then I hope It will turn out won.
What are the indications?"
"Very good. 1 bear. I cannot jndge
myself. Tbe conditions are all different
from what 1 am need to. ,
"I understand. We are too slow
and thrifty, I suspect to run the swift
American pace. Yet I can't' see why
there should be snob an amazing differ
ence in your theatrical business and
ours. The stories we bear of New York
profits sdund fabuloua 1 should say tbey
were fabulous if 1 had not seen tbe re-
tarns of Wallack'g when one of my
plays was produced there. A hundred
pounds a night is nothing toyoo. it
seems."
"Two or three hundred would not
tagger us, " said Booth, smiling, -nor
four or flvo for a very great and special
attraction. For sevoral. years tbe pros
perous bouses in Mow York "considered
f 1,000 a fair average tne year rouuu.
'Stars' traveling through tbo country,
for whom the regular prices were raised,
could sometimes draw much more.
. " Wero yon at all prepared for tbe
lower receipts bore?"
"Not really prepared. I was told
what to oxnect, bat paid no attention.
Clarke said I should get nothing at the
Princess', bnt I did not take bia nota
ing' literally. I thought I might oount
upon f 1,000 a month at tbe very worst.
Ho was right, however. "
"I can't make it oat," said Beado.
"Your theaters are not larger than ours,
and the prices of tickota ore about tbe
same, yet I see tbe Adelpbi or tho St.
James' nocked, without a boat one-half
the result tbat Wallook'a shows. It
bouts my arithmetic Yon cant get
more people into a place than it will
hold."
"Wo do tbat, too, sometimes, "
laughed Booth, "but, as I say, yon most
oome and find out all about It for your
self, Mr. Beado. Your audiences will be
larger than the balls pan bold, so yon
can stndy the problem under the best
oondltians."
"No, no. Yon tempt me to my de
struction." Bnt the compliment greatly
pleased the author, who liked to bear
such things said, though he affected a
lofty indifference to pralaa
Seotdlaa Cade DM
At 0 church gathering some time ago
a number of deaf mote were presoot.
Refreshments wero served during the
venihg, and in banding a cup of ooffe
to one of tbe guests a deaf mute gentle
man happened to spill a faw drops 00
bia wife's skirt. The wife is sleo a deaf
mute, and it waa evident tbat she took
tbo misban in a rather irritable way.
Boo wrinkled op bar forehead and at
ooce made a aerlee ot remarkably swift
movements with ber nimble fingers
Tbe husband, looking exceedingly spol
ogetio, pavle a few motions in rectum.
One of tbo guests who bod not lot
this little byplay slyly slipped oat
bit of paper and penciling something on
it banded It to a Irtena. -
Thla la what tha tataar roadf, -
"No matter bow badly afflicted, wo
man can still SOOld. , a -
Tho friend scribbled this in reform
"Va Imt In the nrcsMitoasa the hus
band ia luckier than tbo average. Ha
doesn't have to look. " Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
. Married
Of all tbo causes now tending to keep
women out of matrimony 00a that is
vary effective is tho diecrlinluaUou
aeaiost marriod women teapbore ia the
nubile school a Maiden, Moan., is the
iateat to declaro tbat tho tnarriago of
rnblio school teacher shall be regarded
as a reaignotioo of ber office. Mark tbo
pronoun "ber. " No such discrimination
to made against nuui, Woman's Trib-
Tbo fagtoa between tho first and see
end cataracts of tha Nils U tha hottest
on tbo globe. It never rains there, and
tbo natives do not believe foreigners
who tell them tbat wafer oaa dattoM
from the sky. . -
Tb Roman bouses and palaces wore
ao ImDerfeotly lighted tbat in many Uv-
boa rooms tbo tomato went forced to
depend on bun pa by day as wU a Iff
night.
Te Can A CM w Oaa Way.
Take laxative Broino Quinino
TbletA. All drofgisU refund the
money If it fail to core. VtC
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POULTRY THAT PAYS
MONEY IN RAI8IN0 DUCKS AND GEE8E
FOR MARKET.
Puck Halting Has Been Developed Within
tha last Tea Yean Into a lourlahtes
Iadootry Tea Standard Breeds Advles
and Bogtesttoas.
A recent bulletin of the department
of agriculture states that there are ten
atondard breeds of ducks raised in this
oountry. , These are the White renins.
White, Aylesbury, uoiorea noaen,
White Cayaga, Colored Musoov. Gray
Call, White Call, Black East Indian
and Crested White. The first tu namea
are considered most profitable to raise.
The two breeds of Calls and tns Black
East Indian are bantams, which are
bred more for the showroom. The
Crested White Is almost wholly orna
mental. Duck raising bas been developed with
in the last ten years into a nourishing
industry. Frier to that time the dock
waa not considered a profitable fowl to
raise. Its flesh waa never prised very
highly by the masses. Docks were raised
without constraint in waterways, xeoa-
ing mostly on fish and water insects.
This food gave the flesh a strong fishy
flavor: hence it waa not particularly
Bought after save by a few wbo were par
tial to that class of diet. Tbe Quck oen
tors of Long Island and Now England
were then produoing a limited number
each season, and it was with difficulty
tbat these were sold with any profit.
In fact, one of the most prominent duok
raisers may be quoted aa saying that be
waa obliged to visit tne oity mari-eta
personally and team the dealers to pur
chase bia birds in order to secure any
thing like satisfactory prices.
Artificial incubation and brooding,
combined with jndioloos'feeding, have
been instrumental in tho development
of the Industry. Machinery baa enabled
the duck raiser to accomplish bis ambi
tion of having his stock in the market!
when prioes are tbe best, and also oi
ruining largo numbers of birds in a lim
ited space of time. The season lor rais
ing ducks it about six mouths from
February to July.
Duok raising Is to be reoommenaoa
to fanners as a profitable sonrce of rev
enue, and by careful attention to the
work, aa knowledge increases, the soope
of tho industry may be extended. There
are numbers of farms in this country to
day tbat are devoted exclusively to rais
ing docks, averaging from S,000 to
20,000 ducks as an annual output. An
idea of the proportions of the business
may be had from tbo fact tbat aa blub
as threo tons of I ecu are osea aaiiy vj
a single raiser during the busy season.
Tbo profits are tne very Dost, arm
apod incomes may bo made when once
the business is tnorougniy mastonn.
Bnt tho reader should not lump lmpro-
dontly to tne conclusion tbat these re
sults can "bo easily obtained, jjuck rais
ina is an arduous task, one tbat re
quires an apprenticeship and absolute
knowledge of too bosinoss peiore soo-
is reached. Those woo have been
st-otjessfnl in raising docks have loam
ad tbo business much as one does any
other vocatlon Tbo beginner should
start modestly and Increase bis plant as
bis knowledge of tho work increases.
Tbe average farmer has all the facill-
rl for raising a goodly number of
ducks and may with a little outlay add
considerably bia income.
It to not at all neoessary tbat docks
aboard have access to water to be raised
successfully. Tbey grow and thrive aa
readily without. There are sucoessful
plants where thousands of dnoks art
raised tbat have no water savs (hat
which la given tbem as drink.
Geese raising If not so extensively en
gaged in aa dock raising. The conditions
under which they are snooeavrfully reared
are almost entirely different than tbosi
oeoessary for tha docks. Being smaller,
tbe dock can bo raised in a more limltol
pace than can the goosa. Tbe bitter
neoda free range and water. Tho duck
baa been proved to do equally as well
without water. There are many places
on a farm tbat are worthless fur culti
vation that could be utilised with excel
lent results in raising geese. Many
farmeM profit by this and add to their
Incomes annually. - Tboro are bat little
core and attention naoessary for raising
geese, and tbe cost of food ia also pro
portionally small.
The Basal? at Barge,
Not many American eggs are si port-
ad, and not many eggs are Imported,
none exoept in seasons when eggs ber
run very bigs. Tbe Imported sggs oome
from Sweden, Germany ana Austria.
Tbey com in boxes oootaiuing hun
dreds of dozens each, packed in chopped
straw. A few eggs In thla oountry ar
atlll packed in straw in barrels, but tb
now wall nigh oouiinonly oaed Ameri
can egg package is a box containing 80
or Sadoauo. Tbeegg are pacsoa in in
aow familiar straw board racks, wbioh
are called fillers. Tbo eggs are stood on
and. each la a pigeonhole by itaulf, sit
doaan esaa In a layer. There are sheets
of atrewboard between tbo layers, and
eons an nocked some five and some six
layer to tb box. Eggs are moat costly
la winter, bat cold storage baa done
Btaoh to equalize tbo prios of eggs tb
year round. New York bob.
Tbo best method of picking duck
aad sea I to steam thorn. If this. is
ImrsMtioable, tbey may b dipped into
vary not water tbo some a chick ens
and turkeys, but most b kept in a tri
fla lozuter. a tb feathers are more diffl
eult to loosen. It doe not pay to pick
tbom alive for too mk of earing tb
faoxliara. aa tb small profit derived
from tbom to mot than lost on tb mU
of tb btrda, tbe result being so to in
ftamotb akin aa to greatly Injun th
gala. Leave the bad and nppw portion
of tbe neck unpicked and tbo legs and
to It tart. Never siaae docks and
geese, as it leaves the akia oily aad a
L-rvitiaav
- Whoa don bia yolked eras are found.
it to to bo taaeeted, as they ttrvarlably
lodtoato that tbe boa ar oat of oondi
ttoa too fat,- A ban to good laying
anauUtioB will Ba-rer produce aa egg
Other than of the normal shw peculiar
to ber bread, and if fat saa at entirely
unfitted for laying. If a fat baa to kill
aL aha will bs found foil of toga, so to
surak. bat tbey win be manced to be
.ti ud 1 ha tmilu-raan will
ha amaoni over tbe fact that aha did
l.r bat rumination will abew
thmt rajatrur-tions of fat wrr the cause.
and that the be Is UVn mor taofita-
Royal makes the food pur.,
wholesoaM aad dellcloaa,
FOtVDFJI
Absolutely Puro
acvm amnw aown? en., atw was.
BLUSH INTO.
riijalnhins Who Make a Specialty of Ba.
tlevffg the Bmbarraaiad.
Perhaps there ia no queatlon which
doctors have to deal with more fre
quently than tho euro of blunhhig. It
is nob to he wondered at, therefore,
that there are now in London two
or three ladles and gentlemen who
have mado this interesting ailment
their special study. As to the actual
mode of cure we will say nothing,
but undoubtedly among the patients
of the "blushing doctor" there are
some sorely afflicted and yet withal
interesting individuals in all classes
of society.
Let the doctor sjiouk for himself :
"One of my first patients vraa a
captain of u crack onvulry regiment,
who. thouuh nerfectly ut nis euse
When con versing with men, wuti In
the presence of ladies coveretl with
confusion and color. This, as you
may imagine, was u constant source
of grief to him, nud bo nctuully de
clared that if ho were not cured of
blushing he should have to resign
his commission.
"Of course I number scores of
clergymen among my patients. One
1 curate plaintively salU uint
when called upon to read the lessons
be Invariably stood before bis con
gregation with his face the color of
ripe tomato. His white surplice
heightened the effect, and frivolous
mom bors of his congregation bad
not hesitated to compare him to a
candle that had just been blown out,
leaving a glowing red spark at the
top. Instead of lwing edified by his
discourse, therefore, tbe members of
the congregation vwre in sore dan
ger of being led into levity. And
this thought gave blm great pain.
"Even morCTerioug,Jn. a certain
sense, was tbe case of a young man
employed inn largo Uraper's shop,
wbo was actually discharged by his
hate employer simply because
whenever asked by a lady customer
to show goods be we in the habit
of blushing and stammering violent
ly. Furthermore, in tho case of cer
tain goods, he was wholly unablo to
transact any business at all. Sev
eral complaints had been made of
this weakness on the part of tbe
young man, and the matter culmi
nated in bis receiving a week's
wages and his dismissul, to say
nothing of. a torrent of abuse from
bis lute master.
"A very Interesting case was tbat
of a young lady who rntly wrote
to me in great distress. Hho, too,
was in the habit of Mushing to the
roots of her hair whenever spokon
to, and her chief trouble luy in the
fact tbat, owing to this snmo blush
ing habit, several, young men ef ber
acquaintance with tbo concert of
youth rather funded that she wus
In love with them, whereas she re
garded them with perfect indiffor
nee. . Thin was - a really difficult
case.
"You would think that commer
cial travelers Were the very lust men
in the world to need my treatment,,
yet I number among my patients
several knights of the rood. Now
clearly tbo peminslve tongue and
alluring sample of the traveler
vail blm nothing if bo cannot re
fraln from becoming lively crtm
on directly be con fronts a pusslble
buyer."
It is an interesting fact that the
numtwir of "blushing" doctors is in
creasing, ana it is undoubtedly
better paying profession than tbat
of tho ordinary medical practitioner.
London MalL
CaSfaaaaad Oil Meal.
Tb oil meals, gluten meal mid bran
are materials which may be osnd as car
ries of fertility to the soil. Cottojweed
oil meal is thus used to quite a large ex
tent in tb southern and Atlantio eoaet
state, and tb Connecticut experiment
azatkmhoa reocatedly called attention
In it a 1 aonro of nitrogen (or tb
New England state. The following
paragraph to from a report ef tbat sta
tion:
Cottonseed meal bas beesi by f ar tb
cheapest aonro of available nitrogen
during tb past season. KxperimeoU
Indicate that it Is a rapidly and fully
available as the bast forms of animal
matter. It has been extensively usod ia
borne mixed fertiUaer and has given
perfect satisfaction.
Tha Ifeat Boy Creo,
Tb New England UouteaSnad report
a follows:
Farmers will devote a full ana to
bsy tbe coming seoano- Many of our re
tams bom the middle and westera
states point to an lucre a of 10 to to
par otat over last year occasionally
tor thaa this wblto others aa aerator
ajwut equal to last year and some to a
decrease, la tb western states, where
the crop to nearly all prairie bay, tb
ssoaat cured Will oVpead to om ex
tent apoa prions la July. Ia many of
ta elder eentral and eastern stales,
given ever largely to ttawthy aad eto
vor hays, there will bs aa torrss
owing to tb abespnoas of potatoes and
grain.
Look At This !
For 30 k yd we will Bell you tins
OrKn 'DELIVERED AT Y0UU
HOUSE, with nico stool and book
!or only - f 55.00 gt'iieriillv told . at
?7f 00
i. We ,1mvo secured three counties!
fur the cblciirnu'd Standard
Rotary Sewing Machine
-llio lighter running mid most ,
mistless machine made. We have
.sold ALL KINDS (now have all
kinds in rtock) luil-tlm standard
downs llreni nil. 75e 11 week huys ,
one from Ell 16. . .
ELLIS FURNITURE CO.,
Burlington, N. C.
0. li. ELLIS. Malinger..
INSURANCE
I wish to.cull the attention of
to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in
"isi)3 by the lato firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring.
'There is no. insurance agency in North Carolina with better -facilities
for placing large .lines of insurance, that can give low--er
rates or better indemnity. Only liret-claas companies, in every
branch of tho business, find a lodgement in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a sharo of the local patronage. I guarantee full f
satisfaction in every instance. Correspondence solicited upon :,
all matters pertaining to insurance.
I nm making a specialty of Life Insurance and will jmake
it to the interest of all who desire protection for- their families ,
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit- '
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applied
tions to other agents. ,,, ; ;
Very respectfully, - (
JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, . ' ;
J5U RLINGTpN.
E00CCsCOC00KK00OO0O00O0O0
I Suppose What ? .
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 of your business, and when
something in your line was wanted they
would naturally look you up.
See? Had you ever thought of ,it?
o
oxo:
elaettag fUrda to Shaw.
As the btuiiHMS poultry keeper is
d'liibfluaa turning his attention toward
the coming poultry shows a few words
elvrot solectiog Birds fir exhibition may
bn in ordT Firat, pick out fowls that
matured their feathers during ouol
weather, as they have more luster to
plumage than those that matured earlier.
Second, select the best of your flock and
put Una by thamaelveo. 1'ut cut straw
on tb flour and scatter their grain la
this and make them scratch for it Of
the heavy breeds, pick out those that
ar uniform in Weight and pick out one
third mor fowls than you intend to ex
hibit, o yon con allow for tb defect
tliat will almost sorely com to light
liars your know coops bandy and put
tbe birds in tbem occasionally so as to
get tbem used to tbo ooopa and handling.
Poultry Monthly. -
realtor falala, '
Lpw roosts an what you want.
Young dock will beat broilers.
If yoa have poor, sandy land, put poul
try on it
Tb poultry business is very far from
ovordoaa. " : '
There to aa increasing demand for
pom bred fowls.
Hav a good, sarong male bird and
one not akin to the bans. - -
A double walled bouse, the space
filled with chaff -or straw, make a
warm agg producing place in whiter.
Many farmers wbo bay kept eh Ink ens
all their Uvea need to atudy the busineas
slmoat from the beginning to make a
noceaa, fur they have paid ao attention
to it Wist am Plowman.
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ft &Hf v.. s
t
.x
insurers in Alamance county
"Mr
Southern
Railway
THE ' '
Ntnmlartl Railway of r
THE HOUT1I.
Tl:e direct Line to all points'
Texas,
CaUfornia, W
Florida, "A tr'
Cuba and fttfy
Porto Rico.'jv .
.Strictly first-class equipment on all .
Through and local trains; Pull
man 1'alace Sleeping Cars on H
night trains; fast and safe ftched-
ules. . ''. '
Travel by Uio Southern and you re
assured a tafe, comfortable and
ex pedicious journey . - -
Apply to ticket agents for time ta
ble, ralcevah(f general informa
tion, or address.
R. L. VEB.N05. F. R. Dabbt,
T. P. AM a P. &T.A.
Charlotte, N. C. Asheville, N. C.
No troublo to answer questions. '
Frank J. tJannou, 8rd V. P. And
Gen. Man., J. M. Culp, Trafio
Man, W. A. Turk, G. P. A,,
Wasiington, D. C. , ,
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kme sea aeoaro
aad tores It BDoa leKiamtoraa,
-4c dead thaa waee alive.