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MONTHLY
i SUFFERING.
fhooaanda of
troobled at
tnonthly inter
. Tala with pain
In the head.
back, breasts,
- eboaldrrs.tklca
; ttipaand limba.
But they need
: aotsaficr.
Thee pains are symptom of
dajweroua derangement that
can be corrected. The toea
straal function should operata
palulraaly.
1 rulnlsas
and regular. It pats the deli.
' cat menatraal organ in coodi-
fjott to Qo tsev arork propeti.
And that atopa all this pain.
Why will any woanan aafter
anonth after moatthwb-a Win
of Cardni will nlim her? It
eceta $mjbo at the drag atora.
Whr doat jom get a bottla -
Par adVice, In caaea tcqoirlaa;
epccial dirgctiooa, addreaa, gly
ing ayaxptosna, "The Ledlea
Airiaory Departsaent," The
Chattanooga iaedicina - Cot
Chattanooga, Tens.
I tarrawt faMa aw kwaa saw kwoa.
iwa- SKI d. pn ) "
ZUOiLI
THE LOST ORDERLY.
' It was not yet noon, bat tho running
Ight whloh had disturbed the solitndo
t tbe . Enttea xinco. arly mora log was
ant. Tbe troop had scattered after
them with a great deal of threatening
and intentionally wild firing, bat it
was no port of Captain Pillogg's orders
to nudaly slay or even harass. His do
1 Ire-was merely to impress "the fear of
God and Washington" upon the deluded
tribe and drive them back like sheep to
their fold. Besides, after tbe morning's
amusement, tho hot sun made rest wol
conio. - '
"Sound the recall, " said Pillogg to
his senior trumpeter, and at onoo throw
himself -from his horso, lay at fall
length on the grass and produced his
flask and oigar case.
The bogle sang brightly over the
plain, and as its, clear command fillod
the distant hollows and rang from
til off to bind ' the distant shouting and
firing gradually ceased. While the cap
tain puffed his cigar at ease, and the
trumpeter stood holding the horses be
side him, tho roar of the first sergeant
forming tho troop came to their ears,
and in a few minutes, with much snort
ing of excited horses and cldttor of
steel, the mon camo galloping back in
column of fonrsjforroed compuny front
swiftly and halted.
"Call tho roll, " said Captain Pillogg,
remonutiuR, and the first sergeant,
drawing a paper from his blue shirt
pocket, faced tbo men and rattled off
the names, while the officer eyed each
man critically as be answered. "Hera"
There were some casualties." One man
was badly hurt by a shot in the side;
others were scratched, but one alone
was missing. The captain, who had led
tbe fight in the beginning of tbe affair,
tbonght consolingly of the number of
Indians bowled over, wbo had mostly
been carried off by their comrades. The
first sergeant swung his horse about and
saluted.
"One-man missing, sir, " he reported
"tbe second trumpeter, Thomas Cpx. "
"Anybody know anything about him?
Anybody see him drop?"
A trooper replied , that Tommy was
riding bard mouthed Rip and in tbe
pursuit appeared to have ail be could
do to hold the borso in. Tbe trooper
opined that Rip, being half crazy at tbe
best of times, hod gono mod with ex
citement and borno Tommy Cox "into
the next county. " Tbo captain had just
ordered the sergeant to detail a corporal
and men to look up tho mining when
from the direction of tbe Indians' flight
there came a mad batter of hoofs and a
shout. Up charged tbe missing bugler,
a smooth faced lad, with saber rattling
wildly against his side, bis buglo pound
ing his back and his bridle hand, though
touching tbo rein, evidently powerless
to control his foaming, wild eyed borso,
who dashed pellmcll into tbe troop and
came, to a standstill only when it had
jammed itself between two bruised and
cursing troopers. Tommy's right arm
desperately embraced a wriggling bun
dle of dirty shirt and red brown skin.
and from tbis bundle come a hideous
succession of bowls and snarling lumen
tatioua. The troopers leaned forward
on their horses' necks to look, and at
once there ran from right to left a rum
ble of sardonic laughter.
" What is that, sir?" the captain ask
ed and peered disgustedly at the bundle.
"Please, sir, " said Tommy, a year in
tbe service and glorying in bis first es
peditlon, "a prisoner, sir."
Oh, h I cried Pillogg, and tbo
troopers roared. "Let tho pnpooao go.
Are you a dry nurse, sir? ' -
No, sir," said Tommy, very red and
anxious. t "But he's such a little devil,
an bo's hurt, an I I'm afraid I've
killed his father, o I I thought I'd
bring him along. Ota, ah, ohr"
Tbe wriggling Indian child had
writhed about until it got Tommy's
hand between its teeth and was now
biting like a rat When tbe next man
in -ranks overcame his laughter sufll
ciently to release tbe bugler, tbe cap
tain was smiling.
'You killed the father, eh? Uow did
it happen yoo did not keep up with tbe
Tommy, eager to excuse himself, and
hot at tbe laughter of tbe grizzled troop,
hastily explained.
"Kip got a bit tbe best of me," he
jerked out, "an ran wild. We lost
aigbt of tbo other fellows, sir, an over
there the horse bolted up a cooly,
There was an Injun without a pony, an
tbis kid on his back, running ahead, an
he turned an fixed on ma So I fired
back with my revolver, an (Tommy
grinned with modest pTide) I dropped
tbe son dropped him, sir, deader than
stuffing. This here kid howled; I guess
the ballet graaed him. An an I got
Bip in band an dismounted an took
tbe kid; be fought like a wi Ideal, an
the bites Jing, can't ho bite I"
If you'd taken the rifle It would
have boss more sensible," Pillogg
drawled. "What do yon want to do
with bimr
"Be can't walk, air." Tommy tao-
tented. "an I was kinder sorry for bun!
He's so darned cate when he wraatles
an bites an an he'd die if I ief him
there all night"
The captain turned away.
"When those beggars have come to
their senses again, be said, "they'll
send for him. Yon can bring him along
if yoo 11 guarantee to none him. Tea
tiool - Right forward, fours right,.
snarcnr j
la tbis manner the Weasel.
brought to Fort a and introduced to
the mysteries of civilication. Ilis fa
ther and mother dead, none of bis tribe
fclm, and Tommy Cos, the
biiglet; became, despite of tbe men's
freqoeut jests, a father, tutor and Mind
to him. Tommy was yet young enough
to retain great freshiies of aool and
aim pi icily of bemrt. That fact that he
bad abot tbe bale aavaae's father and
made an orphan of the Weasel weighed
j opon Ma conscience, and be was very
! asaJoos In his oar of tha Indian, Here.
j tbelea. T -year-old redskin is a trcsv
j bleeome anomaly la the nrriaoa, wbeas
the tsoxnea of lsnn1ras' tow looked oa
bins as they might upon tbe direct
spawn of the devil, hailing Mr owa
oftoprin from bin wbea tbe Weasel
would bava Shared their games. Ilad
tbey had their way the boy woald bae
beea sent back to the ien latkm.
A powerful teflaeoce was exerted,
bowerer, in the Weasel's behalf, aa ta
flaeooe than which aoae greater was
felt la Fort & Miss Tooaie Adair. Ut
ile t year-old dwDgbter of tbe colons, I
wbo bad beea christened Judith (a
name to which she nover answored), to
the borror of all the laundresses took u
fancy to tho Weasel, and at once adopt'
ed him as her own special protege.
What Toonio said, when sbe said it
from tbe colonel's knee with ber urm
round his nock, invariably was accept
ed as a post order, and th Weasel's po
sltipn was assured.
"You're a dreadful wicked little suv
ago," said Toonie, scuted on tbe colo
nel's porch, with the Wcaud squatting
in front of bur, his big, black oyes sol
emuly stariug into tho depths of her
big blue ones. "Ain't you sorry God
borued you a cavnge? Do you like blue
eyes?' My eyes J.o blao, and they're
very pretty.- Whru Jtu know how to
speak Englifibf yoVnmst tell mo I have
pretty bluo eyes. Everybody does ev-
cry body I like, xon'vo black eyes.
Black eyes is navngo. Did yon over scalp
anybody? If you wore to scalp mo, my
father would kill you ho .would, with
a pistol and sword, because he says my
hair is the prettiest in tbo world. Yon ' ve
black hair. It's not prctfy, it's savage.
Ain't you glad I'm taking care of you,
littlo boy? Because it's not your fault
you was borned an Iujun, and if you'ro
good 1 11 nmko you a Christian, and
then p'raps God will make yonr eyes
bluo and pretty like initio.
"Papal" she cried in the first cnthu-
siafmi of her liking for the little savngo.
"Now I'm a real, real cojouel, just like
you. I'm going to havo an orderly.
And, please, papa, may bo have a uni
form 1
The laundresses nud all others ill dis
posed toward tho littlo Indian had now
no word to say. Tcouio's orderly bo-
camo a feature of Fort S. Where the
littlo fiirl went thoro went ho, oven
to accompanying her at tbo regulation
distance behind, for Toonio was noth
ing if not disciplinarian, and kept him
in his place on her sudden dashes.
pony back, into tbo surrounding country
and about the post. For him when tbe
bin black eyes softened, it was at Too-
nie's voice; when bo bout to study his
lesson it was at Toonie's behest ; when
he returned, as ho did several times,
after running away in search of savage
freedom, it was to stand meekly and
mournfully before Toonie's tearful ro
buke. For Tommy Cox he bud a regard,
varied by sadden outbursts of passloiiate
disobedience; to Toonie his devotion
wiis always unbrokenly simple and dog
like in its faithfulness. Sometimes the
officers joked tbe littlo maid on her or
derly, but never after tho yuar in which
she was 9lnd tho Weasel about 10.
Sbo had dashed away on one of her
willful trips of exploration, followed at
a gallop by tbo Weasel. It wus glaring
summer time, and by the river far from
the post grew big red plums in succu
lent profusion, cool and juicy. To feast
on tbese at leisure tbo girl dismounted,
and tbe Weasel tied the ponies to a
tree. IJo was not yet finished with tbis
olTlco, Toonio plunging at onco in the
bushes, when tbe boy was startled by n
terrible cry. Ho quickly umdo tho
ponies fast and darted to the child's aid.
Sho sat upon tbo ground in tearful
fright, white and sobbing.
tmnlrnl Tim armiat' alia rl...l
A great big ntttlesnuko it bit me.
Sho clutched ber ankle and mouued.
Tbo little Indian did not besituto; bo
did not lose bis bend. At some timo in
bis life with bis own people ho must
bayo witnessed some such scenes, for
now bo acted with decision and knowl
edge lp a cmho wbcro a white boy wbuld
have been helpless. Ho toro tbe low
shoe and little stocking away, und
there, already, was tbo swelling redntas
of tbe serpent s bite. Ho owned a knife.
tbe gift of a brotherly trooper, and tbis
he whipped out. No doubt his block
eyes gleamed strangely with excite-
tnent, for Toouie was ovcrcomo with
new terror at sight of them and of tho
sharp and shining blade.
In -spite-of her screams tbo grimly
silent Weasel seized the leg uuddoliber
ately and firmly cut into the flesh
round the wound until a portion was
backed out To tbo cut bo applied his
Hps and sucked vigorously. Toonie's
shrieks and bowls filled the air, but the
boy uttered nover a word, only, stopping
now and thou to peer into his mistress
bluo and frightened eyes anxiously.
These did not dim, ber rigor did not
lesson, and tbo Weasel sucked away
with commence,' At last be took ber
handkerchief aud bound up tbe wound.
dragged her to ber ponyand helped ber
mount Hao was a wonderfully strong
and healthful young person and did not
whimper nor faint, only howled In
sturdy and wbolcsomo way. The Wea
sel rode by ber side at a tearing gallop
back to the post and straight to tbe hos
pital. Tbe doctor applied his remedies,
but tbey weronot uouded, for tho rude
promptitude of the Iudian's actiou bad
drawn the poison. Toonio boro an ugly
scar afterward and betrayedau awsd
respect for and a little fear of ber order
ly for a long timo, but the doctor was
enthuaiaatlo. and the colonel let it be
understood that the Weasel wus bence
forth bis own particular charge.
In the paaaago of time It became nec
essary tut tbe girl to desert tbe wild
but healthful life of the western plains
aod go east to be educated. Tbe colonel
decided to send Weasel away at tbe
same time to one of these great Itutitn
tiona wblcb are maintained for tbe ben
efit of tbe nation's wards. Thus it a
tbe two parted, the mistress and
the orderly. Toonie gave blm ber pho-
tograpb wit
'Yoo're i
wttb tears..
never, never to forget roe,"
she said. "Promise." 1
"Never" said the Weasel, with sad
ly earnest eyes, I
"And when I cotne back yon 11 be my
orderly tost tbe same; promise." :
"Just the same." said the WeaseL
Bnt when she came back she was no
longer Toonie, tbe child. She was Miss
Adair, no farther opposed to being
called Judith indeed preferring It to
the loving pet name of ber babyhood,
which, she aaid, was snlly. The Indian
was back oa .the plain, wry tall and
straight) In peat garments of cirilUa
Uon. He bad passed through the school
with much honor and was now to act
I missionary among his own penal.
The eoioael war amoaedly ftrood of
bias, as of a fins dog of bis own breed
trig. He ant far blm on tbe night of
Judith Adair's arrival.
"How's yonr old orderly, my duax,"
id be.
bae looked ap front tbe enair where
was reading some letters looked at
bins with a smile of ooxiodty.
'Well. I never, papar" the" aaid.
B looks qnite eiTllixM. I am flad to
bear yon get ea so wett, " she added.
With a nod to the Weasel, and resumed
rending. , . j
.Tbe Indian weat oat silently, anr
looked se tall and atraigtit and happily '
oxpeetuut as when he entered.
Ho had ridden lu from the mission,
ton miles from tbo post, where lie was
quartered. The moon was up When lie
silently left tho post after that chilling,
indifferent greeting, .Tbo. clouds that
scurried low between earth and moon
oust flickering, hasty shadows on tho
uneven plain, but the shadow that had
fallen on his life never lilted. Beforo
him, as he rode, stretched the shimmer
ing, (shallow river, darkly fringed by
those low boslies whence the rnttlcsnuko
bad darted so short a time ago.
had seemed to blm so short a time, un
til tonight. Now be realized that an
ago bad passed. Perhaps it bad novo
)i unpolled ; it was a dreum. It must hav
been a dream, or the chill young lady
in the parlor ho had left, who had told
bim so carelessly ho was quite oivi
lized, would bavo romomborcd.
Ho was civilized. For years lie bad
lived with white people. Ho barely re
membered the baby days of tepees aud
squaws and ponies and bows und ar
rows. Sbe bad civilized him, sho and
tbo long,, happy thoughts of her in tbe
days at school and college when hi
own blood brothers luul been things of
pity to him, because they had never
boon blessed by friendship with her,
when bis teachers had wondered at bis
towering ambition and bis intense in
dustry. His horse, unhindered, fell to
walking leisurely. - Tho Iudian's head
dropped. Swiftly tbero came to bim a
conviction of tbo wrong done bim. Over
all those great rilitius tbero were two
peoples, two grout fumiHes--tho white
and tbe red. Each member of theso bad
bis brother, his father, close ties of
kinship. - In all tbo brcadtb of tho land
be stood utterly alone and apart. He
was civilized-r-half and half, ticithor
one thing nor tbo other, llo had turned
away from bis brothers at the beck of
bis teachers. He had done bis task, lie
hod succeeded. Ho bad been held up us
a sbiniug light, an oxatuplu of wbat
might be done with one of bis race,
Tbero it stopped. He had dreamed of
being n white among the whites, whose
creed hod been dinned in bis eurs "all
men are equal. " Only tonight bad sbe,
by a glance and a word, let bint reulize
bow be had deeeivod himself. To please
her bo bad obeyed as a child, studied
as a boy, labored at college. To please
her.
"Well, I nover I He looks quite civi
liod. I am glad to bear yon are getting
on so well, " sbe had said.
He would not go back to tho post nor
to the mission. Ho cared nothing for
their good will if ho wus not to be one
of them. What then?
At a crossing of trails ho met an old
Indian freighter going to tbo post to
sell watermelons to tbo soldiers. Tho
Weasel stopped bim and gave bim some
money and mado p bargain, und tho old
freighter went on bis way with n good
suit of olotheu from the oast, and tbo
Weasel dashod into tbo darkness, whore
bid fur, fur awuy tho Indian roserva
tion, aud on his legs and feet were
fringed and beaded moccasins, and
round him was wrapped a gaudy blan
ket. Ho had chosen his family, his peo-
plo, amougwhom ho would bo an equal
at leant He had retrograded, lapsed in
to savagery. One of tbo chief delights
of bis eastern teachers when showing
off their star pupil to congressmen and
inquiring philanthropists bad been to
dwoll upon the faet that tbo lad belong
ed to ouo of tho most unruly nod bono-
lussly savage tribes on tho plains a
tribe which was constantly restless, un
aunoal annoyance to tho Indian bureau,
addicted to sun dances, ghost dunces,
raiding and other symptoms of Incura
bio Iudiau fever. Just at this timo tbey
were disturbed nuasuully by tho promi
nence among them of a certuiu young
buck wbo aspired to leadership and was
incitiug bis comrades to all manner of
Iudiau deviltry. v
Ilis heart was soro. lie hud been
merely an interesting plaything for
philanthropists, tbe old colonel aud ber.
Hu wus rejected of his own people. No
tie was left blm. On his breast, in a
little deerskin pouch fastened to bis
neck, lay a picture tho photograph
Toouie had given biin when she went
away to school, bur heart young and
teuder to tho devoted boy who had sav
ed her lifo. He toro it out as ho rode
aud rent it to shreds aud throw tbem
to tbo wind with a wild cry.
llo galloped furiously on ward, in aud
oat of tho shadows, over low stretches
of. sand and across rocky ridges. In
front of hi in was a rising bluff, whoso
farther side dropped precipitously to a
deep ravine hewed out ages ago by gla
cial suows. Here had old time Indians
driven the great buffalo herds, sending
tbe madly frightened brutes tumbling
and bellowing to a crashing deutb down
the cliff. Hero rode tho Woaul uow, at
full tilt, Btitil. Hh ona luug. wailing
yell, be pluagnd headlong. U. Y. liluck
In Chicago Inter Ocean.
' Largsst ntstsorlte Kama,
A meteorite, described as half the
size of Bt Paul's cathedral, london, is
aid to bavo fullcn at Port Alfred, Booth
Africa. It made a bole in tbo ground
60 feet deep, 120 feet loug and 00 fust
wide, which woald meko it tbe largest
known meteorite on record. Being
singlo piece apparently. It was probably
solid iron, like other nv-teotitca known,
sntno of which have weighed a number
of too a. but none of tbis size Is record,
ed. And yet there Is no reason to believe
that multitudes very tuocb larger may
Dot be traveling In the celestial spaces,
and It Is only good lock that prevails
oar falling In with theni. There Is no
inherent Impossibility that a meteorite
or little asteroid as largo as some of tbe
nraltitode that revolve between Mara
and Jupiter might cotne within tbe
sphere of the earth's attraction large
enough to coves an entire state. - They
may be even moving in the tracks of
onmeta, although we know p7f-tly
ell that tbe balk of tbe material of
cornet Is very inconaltbs-ahle, and the
earth has more than ono paaand through
the tall of a onnv- wlUjoot anymore
effect than a abowrrof falling stara,
Wbat tbe effect weald beof striking the
bead of a comet we do nut yet know..
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LESSONS IN FEEDING.
A Bill of Far Vor Voang Chicks In Hot
Weather.
If you have been feeding tho chicks
wet sloppy, raw feed, you have been
making a mistake, nud if you continue
to so feed during tbo warm weather you
will certainly lose a great many chicks,
and those yon do succeed in raising will
not be right Discard the sloppy, ntw
feed right now. I bellovo that this kind
of feed is tbe cause of tho death, during
tbo summer months, of more chicks
than is anything else except lice. Tho
food is allowed to sour and at onus tbo i
chicks become affected with bowel com
plaint Nothing will so reduce tho vi-!
tality of a chick as will bowol trouble,
and with the attendant effects it soon
greatly reduces the number of chicks.
The fuct is thut ono food a day of soft .
stuff is sufficient Not only is it sufll
oiont, but more is absolutely injurious.
Let this bo fed in the nioriiiug. If the
feed consists of any part of cpruineul,
let it bo moistened with scalding water.
It will then swoll before it is consumed
instead of after if fed: raw. As'to tbe
other foods, I have found nothing bo
good as millet seed. It is rich in oil and
other desired properties and is greatly
relished by tbo chicks. Do no feed it
exclusively, for a mixed and varied fted
is essential to growth. Remembor tbis
This season I am feeding as follows;
Morning feed, mixtnro of cornmcal,
ground oats, barloy and rye, moistened
with scalding water, with a little mi lit
added.
Noon, millet seed ono day, wheat ths
next
Night, cracked corn one day, a mix
ture of wheat aud millet the next.
Twice a weok a feed of whole barley,
soaked in boiling water for about ltl
hours, is given.
An occasional feed of raw cut bono in
also given, not more often than twice n
week. Let tbis talto the ploco of the
noon feed.
Upon this bill of faro the chicks will
grow and thrive wonderfully. . Some
trouble, you say. ..Yea But I have
learned that in tbis .7'orid It pays when
we are doing a tblnglCO'do it It is the
man who makes the most out of bis op
portunities wbo succeeds, and tbo fel
low who is not willing to do this don't
cut much of a figure in tbis busy, pruo
tioal world, especially in the poultry
yard. Cor. American Poultry Journal
rraotlcal Breading.
When we huve said that wo believed
that tho bird for tbe fanner or the vil
lage poultry keeper to huvo is a stuud
ard bred bird, we havo known that
many who have good flocks" of fowl
would feel that they could not afford to
dispose of their eutiro flocks of bent ond
pullets to begin attew upon sotno that
would 1)0 all of one breed. Whether it
would be profitable for them to acoora
plish this by selling their own eggs in
tho market and paying nioro for egg.i
to batch from well bred birds we will
not discuss now, because if wo were
able to provo to our own satixfuctiou
that it would he for their advantage to
do so they would not all bo convinced,
or, convinced against their will, "they
would bo of the sumo opinion still. "
For such we have another suggestion to
offer. Select next season some of - tbo
best fowl in the flock, healthy, aetivu
and good layers, aud mato tbem with n
male of aoinu good breed to obtain eggt
for hatching, allowing all other hens to
run without any mala It is tuit iioomi
snry to obtain a prize bird nor a Mi
point bird, but get as good a one as the
means will allow, or such as you will
feel a littlo proud of, and from those
mutiugs ruise chickens. Ruiso enough
of tbem to allow of tho pullets being
carefully culled, aud tbe best selected
for next year's breeding to tbo same
malo or another of the same breed. Wo
are not so much afraid of inbreeding as
some, and less so whim grnditig up from
a mixed flock than wo would be if cock
and ben were of tho sumo breed. But do
not use ouo of tbe grade males for breed
ing purposes. American Cultivator.
Cock, as Brooder.
It is not an unusual thing for a cock
turkey to take char go of a brood of
young ones, and go about with ' them
and hover tbem as tbo ben would and
we havo oven heard, that if one were
shut up for awhile with a dutch of
eggs be would proceed, to sit on tbem
and batch them out but we never test
ed the truth of tbis. Yet It would not
bo strange if true, as we know that In
some wild birds the male has to do bis
share of tbe incubation of tbe egg aud
ith many kind the father fouls the
young quite as frequently and fuithfully
ss tbe mother. Capon also are anid to
be ready utwii a little pcnniiydon to take
cbargo of a brood of chicken, but now
we have a story -in ati exchange of a
Brah uia rooster that took cbargo of a
lot of chickens af ter the hen hud left
them and brooded tbem faithfully.
Larg. icggs Not Host far Hatehlag.
A poultry breeder anys that extra
large sized eggs seldom batch well, and
be prefers the medium sited eggs from
tbo same flock. It t doubtful if
chicken was batched from a very large
egg wbctner It would grow to make any
Larger fowl or one that would be mute
likely to lay largo eggs than tbe chicken
from an egg of medium size. Posaiblr
uy men aiwciiuaa , n tmrKrm nHn
tii the trait might beootue fixed, but
usually tlie very large egg Is an omato
rat production or an accidental one
caused by the condition of tho fowl be
fore laying.
Tills Looks Uk Ooo4 Wsitana
A poultry keeper la Maine wintered
1,000 hens, and a late report aays be
bad then 1,400 bens and til lex ens and
100 hens sitting, from wblcb be botwd
to otrtafa 1.000 more chicken. His
chickens and egg are sold in Boston,
and it Is to be presntoed that be finds It
a ptofitable baidneaa, as be is cartful to
keep the bast layers and only (hose that
lay dark brown eggs, aa they aejl In this
luarket I er I eenta a doora higher tbaa
bbite shelled eggs or mixed lot.
Kaneer rifle la bard work Is
found to be a mistake. It baa a ease ef
ve cartridges, which bava to be all
axed before any eaa be reinserted. That
is to say, if a soldier baa eocauoon to fire
three be most go on and waste tbe otbr
er two or else leave himself to ateet a
fnaaible auddea rab with only two
round la bis gun. Nine times out of
ton be prefer to be ready with a fall
chars, aud so bis ammanttina ts wast
ed. Moreover, it Is an an handy weapon
to work in a hurry Loaidua Telegraph.
Royal stake ths loed pare,
wboiaaoaa aad
,
F0V7DEI1
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL MKIM PflWPt'W Ofl.i WtWVOWKa
THS GARDEN GATE.
Long ago In childish terror
From a fancied gnome 1 fled.
Casting frightened glances backward,
Longing looks toward home ahead,
Through the iane and by the windows,
flwllt and anro as feet of fate.
Hover staid 1 till behind ms
Clanged and clasped tbe garden gate,
Bhavnd sale of happy childhood.
Barring harm and sorrow oat.
Where the shadow of the homestead
Threw protection round slmntl
Blewod warders, peace and safety.
Holding watch for wanderer late,
Cloning with thlr arm about me
When I ahnt the garden gate I
All things foaraomr lay beyond It,
Springing foe and lurking wile;
All things true ami right within It,
Clostored round my mother's smile,
fint the years oatne creeping, creeping
Veara that woald not bide and wnlC
Till, despite my bitter weuplng.
Foes came throoith the garden gate.
Ah, how 1 atrugitlud with the stranger,
Palo and terrible and grim!
TJnclnftped the handit that fain would bold it
As ho came through tlie twilight dim.
"A little while! Oh, pallid stranger,
A year, a day, a moment watt
. Wo love hlin so!" - Ifeath gave op answer.
Except to. como within the gate.
And now I know that safe no longer
Fnllt the cottaue latch for me.
Tbnngh 1, waiting, watch lalde It
With whitened hd and bending I
Yet, with eyollil alcend and weary,
Quite forgetting day or date,
I dream again how bright the heaven
Whose portal was the garden gate.
Kuw Vork Ledger.
Oxford Bible.
Everybody has hoard of the Oxford
Bible, and everybody knows that it is
printed on a peculiar paper, bat the
story of tbot paper Is a story of the tri
umph of porseveranou. In MoClure't
Magazine some Idea Is given of the long
search for tbo paper whloh has . revolu
tionized Bible making. India paper Is a
mechanical mystery and a trade seoret,
a secret known only to three mon.
It is mado at tbe Wolvorcote-mllls of
tho Oxford press, bnt as no employee
is in touch with rooro than ono stage
of the process the complicated secret is
bold in hand.
In 1843 an Oxford graduate returned
from India with a paper peculiarly
thin, peculiarly tough and peculiarly
opaque. " A few Bibles were made from
it, one of i wblcb was presented to tbe
queen. ' Its use reduced tbe thickness of
tbe Blblo by ono-balf. Every .effort was
mado to obtain a supply of this paper,
but without soocees.
Mr. Gladstone's nblaultv of researob
was drawn upon, but no oooki only
recommend a search in Japan. Papers
equally thin and equally tough w
obtained, but tbey were too transparent
It was not possible to print tbem on
both sides of tbe t-heet.
Finally a paper thin enough and
tough enough and opnpio enough was
developed, but it was too yellow.
was tried, but tbo color was anacoepta
ble to the pnblio. It was not till DO
years bad passed that tbo tenacity and
perseverance of Mr. Frowdo triumphed
over all obstacles, aud Bibles were is
sued In 1874 on the wonderfully tbin
paper on which tbey aro issued today, a
paper which distinguishes tho Oxford
Bible from all tbe other books of tbo
world.
Aa Aoetdoatal
VIM VJM, O W, WJM, WWH.
there was a roan in London wbo bad
Ann. M tin. k , w
ventured - upon various publishing
schemes with but poor suooess and Was
beginning to despair of ever making a
fortune when, by chance, bo bethought
himself of a huge scrapboob which bis
wife had compiled of .various literary
odd and ends that bad enchained ber
fancy. She called ber scrapbook "Tit
Bits," and it occurred to bur husband
that such odds and ends, published in
Dnriodloal form, might Interest other
people as well as bis wife.
Tbe result of this meditation on bis
part was the appearance of a little pen
ny paper called Tit-Bits, which proved
so-popular and gained such a wide eir
eolation that its proprietor felt encour
aged to plaoe other literary von turn on
the market, and it was a0 long before
be became known as tbe publisher of
number of extremely popular penny
periodical. He is now a mUIIooaire
many time over and a baronet, while
bis wife, whose scrapbook proved tbe
cornerstone of their prosperity, finds
ber reward in tbe It tie of Lady N
Munxsy's Magazine.
ar Oenlar Holloas.
Jay Gould's millions were at
time In danger. It was In 187,
tbelr fate depended upon tbe flootaa
tioM In tbo gold market, Gould saw
bis preeasioot position la time, and so
his power and ipQoenos
vered himself oat of tbe
difficulty. Is fact. When It was over be
was wealthier tbaa ever.
About ten years after this bapperjad'
there were dark romora about bis af
fair, aod it was bio ted that tbe area
Gould was not wbat be
to be In a pecuniary senae. lit ditpoesd
of these doubts In a very aimple man-
lie Invited a aamber of gentlemen
to bis private office, and wbea tbey ar
rived be laid oa tbe table before them
for examination certifies tea of stocks la
bia owa nam to tbe value of ot.OOQ,-
000 and aaid that If tbey wished be
woald by 120,600,000 mar before
tbem. , .
Bh Ob O SIH an.
-What did Newriob ear Wbea yea
told bim yoa wanted to marry bis
daughter?"
He didn't absolutely re a, bat be
imposed a very serious eondition. "
"What was It?"
"He aaid be would see me banged
rat" London Fan. ...
I wish to cull the attention of insurers in Alamance county
to the fact that tho Burlington Insurance Agency, established In
1893 by the late 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 first-class companies, in erery
branch of the business, find a lodgement in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten yean, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
satisfaction in ; every: instance. . Correspondence " solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance.
I am making a.Hpecialty of Lite Insurance and will make
it to (lie interest of all who desiro protection for their families
or Iheir estates, or who wh to make absolutely safe and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applies
lions to other agents.
Very resjiectfully,
JAMES P. ALBRIGHT,
BURLINGTON',' N. C.
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Why. the 2,500 eyes that scan these
pages every week would see it and
would know of your business, and when
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would naturally look you up.
See? Had you ever thought of it? .
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In Chi
The cause of gapes is small worm.
something resembling a flab worm, only
smaller. It lodges In the throat, ceas
ing a choking or gaping of the chick,
and instead of being swallowed It re
mains in tbe throat and breeds there In
such numbers aa soon toobuke tbe chick
to death, There is a small gapeworm
exterminator la tbo form of a loop wire
that can be Insisted in tbe windpipe and
withdraw tbe worm, foa can pnrrhaee
thee at almost any poultry supply
bouse. Wbat bas proved the beat reme
dy with me is about two drops of tur
pentine injected down tbe throat ettbsr
with a small syringe or machine oil
This will usually dislodge tbem
and give the chick relief. This worm
lnfeata only certain aoil and one may
bavo gapes In it wont form oa one I
part of tbe farm and have no sign of It
ka Uum a fourth of amivswny. If
one's flock Is badly affected by tbem, I
would recommend a change of run for
the chicks and yoa will usually see tbe
disaass cUmppea. Theodore Bcw ba
Breader GaaeUe.
thorough spraying with hutoauui
or with solution of oarboUo
acid with a pump that will force tb
fluid Into every seam, crack and comer,
will cleans the main part of the build-
mg, roof and all er a thorough Ssnok
isg with mlpkur will do it Wbea this
at done, the beas will teei a proud as
yoa would if year rooms wr new p-
red and carpeted, and. aniens they
ve been doing their beat before they
will try to do It afterward. Axaerieaa
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